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"Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men." ~ Psalm 107:8 ~
A few weeks ago Ely and I had given our passports to the office for them to do something official with them. A day or so later, after school, I saddled two horses up expecting to take a certain student for a ride.
Well, said student didn't come so Ely and I went for a ride instead. On our way back we passed by the Studio and stopped to chat with Caleb and Savorn, and ended up giving their daughter a small ride. Sreiya came past and said she had our passports to return to us. She dashed inside the studio and retrieved them. She handed me one, then took it back and gave me the other, saying it was mine. I slipped it into my back pocket, Ely took hers and then we raced the horses home.
Arriving home we quickly untacked and finished our chores. Partway through chores I remembered the passport and figured i should put it inside. I reached for it, and found my pocket empty. I must have put it inside already. I went in and saw a passport on the bookshelf, I opened it and it was mine. Phew.
The next morning on the way to school, Ely randomly mentions the fact that Sreiya had mixed up our passports and given hers to me, and that Ely had put mine on the bookshelf. Ely later said that she didn't know why, but she'd felt very strongly that she had to tell me that information. I immediately began wondering where I had put hers, but figured I would look for it at luch time when I went home. Sitting down in the staffroom to do some work, I couldn't concentrate. A strong urge (which I believe was the Holy Spirit) was telling me to go look for the passport. Previously I have ignored urges like this and found that I'd missed an opportunity, so although I didn't feel worried about the passport, I decided that I would go and look.
I walked back home and searched everywhere and couldn't find her passport. Now I was worried. It must have fallen out of my pocket the evening before. The kids could have found it, played with it, destroyed it… plus it had rained during the night!
I started praying and retracing my steps; wondering exactly how I was going to explain to Ely that I'd lost her passport!
I walked past the school scanning the ground, begging God to help me find the passport. I saw some trash on the ground that looked like part of a cement bag. I went over and praise God it was the missing passport. A bit damp, but still in one piece! Still praying, now thanking God, I raced back to the staffroom to show Ely! I'm so glad that I went to look for it when urged to. It was right near some of the younger grades who, not comprehending the importance of the little book, might have had all kinds of fun with it if they'd found it first.
I hope I will be more attuned to God's voice in the future and not ignore what the Holy Spirit impresses me to do or say.

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This table requires little explanation. Just imagine what 2035 will look like.
One observation: With the exception of Apple, the 2015 names are all different than those in 1995. Depending on your role, therein lies the danger and the opportunity.
1995: top 15 Internet companies worth $17 billion. 2015: top 15 Internet companies worth $2.4 trillion. —@kpcb pic.twitter.com/qbCRI0RSA7
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) September 1, 2015


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Chapter XV
Mop-Up Operations As the war drew to a close, news coverage became more extensive and with the vastness of war came death reports in greater numbers. Newspapermen now thoroughly indoctrinated in the methods of war were experiencing the horrors of the hectic final days. Civilian correspondents were working hand in hand with the Office of War Information, uniformed correspondents and the Marine's Combat Correspondents.
The war in Europe was drawing to a close and mortality lists were small compared to the big push in the Pacific and C. B. I. The Time-Life toll rose to three on January 6, 1945 when William Chickering died during a Japanese kamikaze attack (18) in Lingayen Gulf.
He was already, at 28, a veteran of Pacific war.
(Time-Life correspondents lose much of their identity because their stories are handled by a copy desk for condensation. Mel Jacoby's articles were used in total (Chapter III) due to their brevity and to the minute importance of the occasion of the Battle for Bataan. Chickering's letters to his family were published by his father and provide a greater insight into his character.) Bill Chickering went to Yale from a family with one of the richest Harvard backgrounds imaginable. His great, great, great, great grandfather was graduated from Harvard in 1733. Only one of his direct paternal ancestors missed his four years on "the yard."
The island held beauty for him that permeated his writings. No one was more capable of carrying the story of destruction on the remote Polynesian Islands, for his heart felt the impact of the slightest scratch on this adopted homeland by a callous foe. His immense store of knowledge of the lore of this vast expanse is eloquently exposed in his work, Within The Sound of These Waves.
Chickering was more of a novelist than a journalist. His work displayed an immaculate educational background that was education, not mere schooling. He was widely traveled and more than most of his kind, felt the need for perspective in his writings. His entire background gave him that perspective more true than most, at the outset of every campaign he was scheduled to cover.
"This army," he wrote his parents, "emerges in my mind as one of the finest collections of men I ever hope to know. I have made some great and lasting friendships, and I have seen plain, plain Americans at their finest, and believe me, they are truly fine . . . I haven't met a man in this army that I couldn't sit down and talk with, and feel comfortable as with my best friends. . . I have found a real faith in the people with whom we live."
He liked people, and people liked him. His family was his most absorbing passion, and in all his letters he conveyed the feeling of frustration at having to be away from Audrey, his wife, and his small son, Sherman. "There are times when I want to give this whole thing up and hurry home as fast as planes will fly me. These times are most of the time. . . I dreamed last night that I was playing with Sher, and I thought what other condition could be more satisfying than to have a boy of your own. . . I am still restless and full of longing. I would give anything for one sight of little Sher. . . Everything you write about him means so much to me."
"I have been having what I suppose I will look back on as a good time," he continued to his wife, "but it's been lonely. I have missed all the things that I realize marriage means, the talking things out and the companionship, the shared life, and I haven't been able to share this at all with you. It makes me very sad."
In spite of all his loneliness and near despair he had an almost unnatural love for what he was doing. He could never explain why he had such a fascination for the Army in general, physical combat in particular. He could never explain the feeling of nostalgia that he always had when taken from his "fighting" character.
He wrote of it in his letters to his family: "Taken all in all, I consider myself one of the luckiest people I know. I am fascinated by my work and fortunately the life appeals to me. . . I have never explained to you really why I follow this dim star. I don't know myself. . . There has been nothing yet to lessen its appeal. The fascination only grows upon me. "This Guadalcanal is the most beautiful place I have ever been -- the heat, the bugs, the food, the dust, the boredom, all roll off me."
"I am glad to be . . . in this sort of life, strangely enough -- but I find others feeling the same way. We all want to be with our families, but there is a weird sort of will-o-the-wisp that lures you back and makes you restless when you are not in its pursuit. It's very unlike me to have such feelings, and I can't tell you what it is I am pursuing. The nearest I can come to it is the look on men's faces, the emergence of individuality from the drabness of routine . . . "
"I haven't had even a cable from the office, and hence was feeling really at the ends of the earth. Still the ends seem very familiar, and I have been enjoying myself in this saturating heat, mud, dust, and smell of dirty khaki. Why do I like such things? I'll never know."
Bill's love of the beauty of the islands is one of the most striking things in all his written work.
". . . All the vitality and all the intricate beauty of the world is concentrated for me in the Pacific islands . . . they always renew themselves, so swiftly and so magically that all men's problems seem less important than a rock dropped into a pool." They are living philosophy in their very essence. . .
"Guadalcanal is a fascinating place . . . The islands on both sides are long and blue and brooding, and the glassy sea between, looks too innocently blue. (It) is spacious, and the clouds build up into huge towers in the blue, and the light has that over-intensity of a kodachrome picture. It is hot, but I never mind that . . ."
The Chickering Odyssey followed about the same pattern as that of General Douglas MacArthur. Life and Time received his stories from New Guinea and Australia during late 1942 and early 1943. He covered the invasion of the Gilbert Islands, Treasury Island and Bougainville, the taking of Kwajalein, and the historic return to the Philippines, this at MacArthur's bidding.
Bill and "the general" were friends. MacArthur had known relatives of Bill's, and though this brought no unusual overtures from the distant soldier-statesman, it created an aura of warmth between them. The usually eloquent MacArthur felt the loss of this young correspondent far too greatly to deal in remote eulogies. He resorted to an even more profoundly eloquent silence which punctuated the emptiness that Bill's absence meant. He could only bring himself to say in routine fashion, to avoid a show of feeling where human inadequacy is most noted, ". . . his loss is deeply regretted in this theater."
Bill's writing was outstanding for its photographic quality. It put the reader on the scene. His "Mop-up on Kwajalein" was a classic, printed verbatim in Time. It is well worth inclusion, in part, in this work: "Baby Satan already had its motors running and was veiled in blue exhaust smoke . . . Baby Satan lurched and grumbled on the way up to the fight . . . We left the hatches open to get our last breaths of hot fresh air. Passing the end of the air strip, we entered an area which looked as if it had been hit by a hurricane. The sound of rifle and machine gun fire was loud and close by. Casualties were lying in the dust with medics bending over them. We began seeing dead Japs along the roadside, many of them with their clothes blown off. Over the radio: "Hello, Louis, this is Jack--better button up."
"We pulled down the hatches. Now our vision was limited by the slits of our periscopes. The noise of battle was fainter in our ears, but it was still perfectly audible. Sweat began to etch rivulets down dusty faces and clot in the stubble of three-day beards. With brows pressed against the rubber cushion above the periscope we watched the battle panorama unroll. The smell of cordite and the smell of dead bodies filtered through the vents and seemed to enter our pores . . . "
"On our right was a group of infantrymen maneuvering around an area of threshed foliage. We passed so close we could look into their eyes as though it were in a movie close-up . . . They seemed unaware of the tank. There were Japs in that tangle. One infantryman calmly fired his tommy gun into the brush. Two others stood by with bayoneted rifles poised. A grenade went off in a puff of smoke. Other soldiers around seemed inattentive, looking off across an area of broken palms where heavy firing was going on . . . "
"Baby Satan rumbled on. The radio was never still. It was like listening to a football game and a prize fight at the same time. Get that guy--get him! Over there, dammit, over there! What the hell is the matter with you, Number 43? To your right, to your right! That's got him!"
"Forty yards ahead loomed what appeared to be a two-story concrete building covered with coconut-frond camouflage. There were grassy mounds buttressing it. In the foreground was a shattered truck. Its tires were burning briskly. On the right was an oblong structure, a bomb shelter; on the left, a round house of concrete shot full of jagged holes; near it a low-slung square pillbox. The ground was covered with blackened corrugated iron from the roof of a demolished house. Bits of lumber lay about, an iron bedstead, broken boxes of ammunition, two or three bodies torn apart and oozing black blood. . . ."
"Hey, there's a live one over there by the pillbox right next to the dead one. See him? There -- See him move?" In the rubble the man was invisible to me, but the machine-gun tracers found him. The head and shoulders of the Jap rose up and collapsed. Then all we could see was one leg kicking in the air, kicking as bullets poured relentlessly into his body. Finally it stiffened, dropped. The gun was silent.
"The cleanup went on to its inexorable end."
There is a description of a church sent back by Chickering. It is one of the homiest and most honest reports of the war. It might have been a simple narration of a very observant executive to a stenographer-friend. The writing is the same as in the battle scene above, but in a vein more easily reconciled with the style used in describing beloved island scenes. It was entitled simply, The Church.
"There is a church were the people came when the battle was surging through their town (at Leyte). They brought their babies, their cooking pots and meager portions of food wrapped in leaves, and sometimes they brought family pictures or a treasured mahogany chair or other piece of furniture. They were followed by frightened dogs and little black pigs who were left outside to scuffle disconsolately for scraps.
"The Americans drove the Japs out. Then the Americans dug foxholes in the town square in front of the church. At night when they lay down in the cold earth, a white figure of Christ spread out his arms in the quarter moonlight as though to bless them. When Americans were killed they were buried in a narrow row alongside the church and muddy white crosses marked their graves.
"The Japs infiltrated on night. They came across the bridge that spans the brown river. They pretended to be guerrillas but the Americans were not fooled. There was a lot of shooting and the people in the church drew closer together and murmured to each other in fear. When dawn outlined the weathered bell towers of the church against the gray sky, the Americans were moving around outside and there were dead Japs everywhere and a good deal of blood.
". . . This was the church. It hadn't been a very beautiful church. Built by the Spaniards in the 18th century, it had been remodeled in 1898. Its transepts had been walled up. Now it had simply a long nave and a circular raised chancel at the end. Fissures along the wall held chalices but because they were falling apart, primitive paintings of religious symbolism had been hung over them. The walls were brick covered with grey stucco and the roof was corrugated iron. The formal facade of the entrance was pink and was rococo as the icing of a cake made by a small-town confectioner. The belltowers were of simple design and ferns sprouted from the cracks in the stucco. But if the church had never been beautiful it was beautiful now, rising like a rock from the trampled soil, sanctuary for the homeless, the wounded, the frightened, soldiers and children, white and brown." He cabled to Time, December 14, 1944 -- his last Christmas season:
"I hope to spend Christmas in the Ormoc (19) Valley where carabao pull sleighs, instead of caribou, where Christmas leaves have leaves and are lighted up at night by swarms of fireflies, where a suckling pig has a can of C-rations instead of an apple in its mouth.
"It will not be the merriest Christmas, and Holy Night will not be a silent night, but like a Christmas spent in New Guinea two years ago, it will be a Christmas to carry in the heart through all Christmases to come."
The tall, handsome Californian never lost his sense of humor. Not even when he was irritated beyond description did he fail to note a humorous twist to a situation: "Since I have been here," he wrote his wife from Brisbane, Australia, "I have developed a loathing for many things Australian, but the main one is elevators. They have a number of 'lifts' that are automatic and these are the greatest danger. Some have automatic doors, and I have been very nearly cut in half on numerous occasions when my interception of the magic eye has been poor and the doors have snapped closed on me. Further, once you get in an automatic elevator, you are at the mercy of the whims of everyone on every floor. You just gain the ground floor and are just about to open the doors, when suddenly you are shot up again to the tenth. I have been in these elevators for hours at a time. Even those that are run by men are sad affairs. They take all the time in the world. You get in the 'lift' in a great hurry, glad you have finally caught one, and the 'lift' man steps out for a cup of tea. People are always stepping out for a cup of tea in this country, regardless of the situation and all others concerned with it. This was a case of a train: the engineer and the brakeman had an argument at a small station. The argument lasted for half an hour while the ten- or twelve-car passenger train waited. Finally the engineer said, 'Well, I am going to have a cup of tea; I don't care what you're going to do.' The passengers were left to stew in their own juice."
One of his final pieces, written in a highly humorous note, instructed others in the art of How to be Unafraid in Warfare, though Panic-Stricken: ". . . I have developed a formula which I apply like a pultice to my fevered imagination, and which prevents me from being afraid, even though slightly panic-stricken.
"On Shipboard. . . . find a place toward the center of the ship, up high though not on top (you don't want to be too exposed). If torpedoes come in, the ship will blow up at the bottom and you have several decks to act as a buffer. If bombs are dropped . . . well, in that case, it is better to be down a few decks. If a plane comes in strafing, you should be on the other side of the ship.
"Now . . .
"If for some reason you have to be up on the bow of the ship, or the back of the stern, assure yourself that the target is the center of the ship. If you are in an engine room or hold, persuade yourself that you are in the unimportant engine room or hold, the one that no Jap would be silly enough to want to hit. Tell yourself that the Jap wants to knock the admiral off the bridge, get the ammunition or gun turrets: if you put your mind to it, you can think of a lot more important targets than a little old engine room . . .
"Bombing Ashore. The first principle is to persuade yourself that you are well hidden and that everything else is right out in the open. . .
"If you are right beneath the bomb as it falls, console yourself with the argument that a Jap's aim is invariably bad and that this bomb is a dud; nine out of ten always are."
The life of a war correspondent is not an easy one. Frequently it was a more rugged life than that of combat soldiers. Correspondents were required many times to stay on a front long after the regiment or division with which they landed was sent back for rest. The correspondent merely stayed on with the relief division until that front was cleared. He was then sent to a convalescent hospital or home, to recuperate for the next operation.
Chickering never complained about the life. Candidly admitting his natural liking for the life, he proceeded to describe it frankly, evidently to justify his own feeling that his love for such a life was a perversion of some sort:
"Dear Mother and Dad: You should see your lazy and comfort loving son. I wear a tin helmet, a dirty green jungle suit, high army shoes and leggings. I carry a canteen, a long knife, and an army pistol. I haven't slept on a bed or between sheets in weeks. My hair is nearly shaved off, my beard is prickly most of the time, and my friends, the chiggers, have rediscovered me. Food is army rations, often Australian bully beef, and is simple, monotonous, but hearty; I also take vitamin pills and 2 quinine tables per day as well as salt tablets occasionally. The rainy season has set in, and what was swampy jungle before is now bottomless mire. Still the jungle is beautiful . . ."
In 1943, Chickering was recalled to the United States, but he returned to his islands in September of that year to describe the bombardment of the Gilbert Islands, the furious battle for Bougainville, the invasion of Treasury Island and mop-up operations on Kwajalein.
A few months after, he was recalled again to New York to edit the Army and Navy section of Time. In August 1944, he returned to high adventure -- the greatest adventure of them all.
The last visit to war was especially critical for Chickering. Ten days after his death, a son, William Henry Chickering III was born.
The story of Bill Chickering lives on in a volume of letters privately published in 1946 by his father. Following publication, the War Department returned two of his letters and an article that was in production when he died. They were published as a supplement and describe well the sequence of events leading up to this finish of another heroic chapter of American journalism. He wrote in a letter during his last tour of overseas duty that ". . . as I promised you, I took no unnecessary chances . . . " Yet he crawled up the beach of Leyte with the first wave under the hottest fire of all the Leyte landings. He wanted to get the story. 3 January, 1945 he wrote: "I had asked . . . to . . . get . . . on an LCI rocket ship or a battleship . . . I drew the BB (battleship).
"We got underway late last night and at dawn we had general quarters just as we were going through Surigao straits. It was a beautiful sunrise and an impressive sight to see this sizeable task force streaming down through these once perilous waters. The land on either side was mountainous, wreathed in clouds, and some of the cliffs were very reminiscent of windward Oahu. Native sailboats drifted around in the middle of our force, some with large squid drying in the sun. . .
"I have a battle station up on the navigation bridge, equivalent to the 15th story on an office building. I sat up there this morning in the hot sun and had an unparalleled view of the whole force, and the calm beautiful passage. As we came through the straits and into the Mindanao Sea, we could see the high mountains of Mindanao to the south of us.
"The afternoon was blazing hot, the sea a glittering mirror of heat. Later it grew misty over the horizon to the rear of us, a red mist. . .
"The sunset was one of the most magnificent I have ever seen . . . One or two planes got in, but were shot down. I didn't even see them. We shall probably have a night of many alarms, and tomorrow in the Sulu Sea should be really lively. . . "
In the last few hours of his life, Bill Chickering saw what was probably the most beautiful sight in the world to him. Only one who has stood in a tropical setting and watched the sunset or moonrise can appreciate the attraction that it held for Bill. He was an observant person, and he missed none of the beauty of that scene.
His last letter, written the day before he died, expressed his feeling that "tomorrow" would be hot:
"Dear Audry,
This letter would be a good idea if only I could withdraw to some nearby planet and write without interruption. Since that evening two nights ago I have been able only to squeeze in occasional short periods of sleep. Apparently the Japs don't want us to invade Luzon . . .
"This morning we entered the South China Sea. There was a brisk wind and spray flew over the ship. Off to our right we could see Bataan. I think everyone in the task force must have felt the same tug of emotion. We were the first American ships in the China Sea in three years. . . In the afternoon we sighted four Jap destroyers ahead and our carrier planes went out and got them. Then about four-thirty the Japs began to react.
"The action was so fast and so continuous that it is hard to sort out the images of what happened. They came in from all sides. The sky was overcast, a sort of ugly mustard color, with the sun burning through it. The planes came in swiftly, low, over the water, and we shot them, our bursts seeming to spray our own ships they were so low. Some of our ships were hit, but none seriously. They all look serious however in the first frightful burst of flame and smoke. We didn't secure from general quarters until after eight o'clock, and I am afraid now that we shall be up most of the night.
"Then tomorrow -- we not only have to worry about air attack, but about mines and shore batteries. We go into Lingayen tomorrow morning to start bombarding. Whew!"
That was his last letter.
General Douglas MacArthur, aboard his flagship, told Life photographer Carl Mydans of Chickering's death. "Our losses have been small in this operation," he said, "but you feel them heavily when close friends die." At the time of his death, Chickering was writing a book which he had tentatively called, Return to Bataan. John W. Vandercook, in his forward to the privately published letters of the correspondent said: "The short chapter of so much fulfillment, but of so much greater promise, ended."


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>There's no denying that professional triathletes invest themselves significantly in their craft. This fact has been evidenced in no small measure by comments from some of the prior athletes interviewed in this series. What is refreshing, however, is to see – and tangibly relate – to the joy that some of these world class athletes take in participating in their trade.
Linsey Corbin seems to totally enjoy triathlon. Every time she's photographed, she has a huge smile on her face. She finishes every race wearing a cowboy hat, a testament to her roots in Montana. She embodies the fun that we age groupers feel each time we compete. She's FUN.
Recently, Tri Madness had the chance to interview Linsey about her 2010 season, her triumphs, the joy of winning an Ironman, and how she's changed her training routine this year.
And now, this week's version of "Ten Questions With…Professional Triathlete Linsey Corbin:
TM: First of all, congrats on a really successful season so far. Three podium finishes at 70.3, including a win in New Orleans, and the big victory at IM Coeur D'Alene. How does this year stack up against your prior years in terms of your level of satisfaction, expected results, and goals?
LC: Thanks! It has been a great year for me. I have had some great high points (winning IMCDA in a new course record, 2nd at IMAZ, putting down the fastest IM by a US woman for 2010). I have also had some races where I was wishing for a bit more – so this is what drives me – always looking to improve. My big goals for the year were to win IMCDA in a new course record, to race fit & fresh, remain healthy & injury free. Mission accomplished. There were also a few things I desired to accomplish that will now be goals for 2011 such as a top-5 performance in Kona, to break a 3 hour marathon, and to break 9 hours at IMAZ.
TM: You took your first IM distance win at Coeur D'Alene. When did you know you had the race in the bag?
LC: Winning IMCDA was a dream come true. It was my big goal for the year – so to have it happen was surreal. I don't think I really ever thought I "had it in the bag" until the final stretch on Sherman Avenue. Anything can happen in an Ironman. I knew my training partner and good friend, Meredith was hot on my heals. I took the lead at mile 18 of the marathon. At that point, I was also getting time splits to my goal finish time of 9 hours and 15 minutes. I knew I couldn't let off the gas as I was really shooting for that time.
TM: Your finish line photos at IMCDA were awesome, with the look of utter joy on your face. What emotions were going through your mind as you finished the last couple of miles?
LC: I thought that finishing an Ironman was an adrenaline rush – well let me tell you, winning one is something else! I was just so pumped. I can't describe it any other way. Everyday since January 1, 2010 I was focused on winning in CDA in a new record time. So many people sacrificed so much to help me out along the way. To achieve the win was so much more than something about myself. That joy was so authentic and a moment in my life that will be hard to replicate. a I want to do it again and again, I can tell you that!
TM: You had an amazing race in Tempe this year. Your time broke the previous course record, and you set a new personal best in an Ironman. Could you walk us through the day? What went well, what worked, what you'd like to have a chance to do over?
LC: Thanks, IMAZ was for sure a highlight of my year. I guess the first thing was having Chrissie, Leanda, Rachel, Meredith, Heather, and so many other talented women in the field. I knew if I wanted to make it into the top-3 I would have to take some big risks in the race and elevate my game. I really tried to focus on myself. The swim was the swim. Always a work in progress. I hit it hard on the first few loops of the bike, trying to limit my damage and see where I ended up. My legs opened up throughout the ride and I was happy to break 5 hours – a new personal best for me. Onto the run, I was determined to give my best effort and try and break 3 hours. The course at Arizona is awesome for this, 3 loops, a lot of spectator support, and relatively flat. I was on track for the first 2 loops and felt really great. Things got pretty tough with about an hour to go, and I really had to fight mentally to keep my head in the game. I was spent by the time I reached the finish line, so it was a satisfying race for me. I finished 2nd and it was the fastest a US woman has gone in an IM for 2010.
TM: I've read that you don't do the run part of races with a GPS or pace watch – that you run "on feel". That may seem a little unusual to many triathletes in this day and age of technology aids. Could you elaborate on this a little? Do you train with technology at all?
LC: I grew up a runner in Bend, Oregon. We always ran just to run. Everything was off of feel. To me, running symbolizes freedom. I feel that in Ironman you get what you get and you don't throw a fit. You never know how you are going to feel in the marathon – so I just go with what I got. I have been so close to breaking a 3 hour marathon, that I may switch it up and start paying attention to my pacing a bit more to make that happen. I train with a GPS, on a treadmill and I do pay attention to pacing when I have to. But a lot of the time I run with out a ceiling, just for the fun of it.
TM: You've spoken openly in other interviews about how in 2009 you were overtrained and how your coaching relationship with Matt Dixon fundamentally changed your approach to training. What are the biggest differences in how you approach training today versus 18 months ago?
LC: The biggest difference is that I am fit & fresh. My training has taken on a well-rounded athlete approach. Its not about swim, bike and run – I also focus on strength & stability, core & mobility, nutrition, mental stamina, along proper rest & recovery. With training, each session has a purpose – sometimes the intensity is very high. I feel I focus more now on quality than quantity and making each set count. When it is time to work hard, we work hard. When it is time to rest, we really rest. I feel the best I have in my career and I am so thankful to have connected with Matt Dixon – purplepatch: its a feeling not a color!
TM: It's well publicized that you love to live in Montana. Part of that includes massive climbing and training at altitude. To what extent do you think that has benefitted you in your training and racing?
LC: Living in Montana provides me a perfect training platform. We are blessed with great trail runs, a nice 50m outdoor pool, rivers to swim in, open roads for riding, and mountains to climb. While the training is epic in Montana, the most important thing I get out of living in Missoula is happiness. We – my husband Chris and our dog Madison – have found a perfect balance and way of life in Missoula. I am surrounded by some of the greatest friends and training partners ever. I think having a happy heart is the first step to competing well. I come to Kona with little stress, injury-free, well-prepared, and I have trained hard, all in Missoula. You can't beat that!
TM: I live in Florida, and I've got to admit that when I think of Montana, I envision 10-month long winters. Sure that's an over-statement, but how do you cope with winter and weather as you train?
LC: The winter provides the perfect opportunity to enjoy an off-season. While I won't truly take a ton of time "off" as I am an active individual I enjoy spending December skiing, working on strength with TRX at the gym, hiking in the snow with my dog, building up my cycling stamina with focused indoor trainer sessions, and spending time outdoors. I look forward to the change of seasons and adapt my training accordingly.
TM: So what's the backstory to finishing every race with a cowboy hat?
LC: I started racing triathlon with our local triathlon club, Team Stampede. Tradition was that we finished each race with a trademark cowboy hat. This group was so supportive of me (and still is). I took the cowboy hat tradition with me as I started racing all over and climbing the professional ranks. The cowboy hat is like my carrot – always waiting at the finishing stretch for me. Just get to the finish and grab the hat! I think it also symbolizes why I do this sport – for fun. It doesn't matter if I win, am 5th or dead last – seeing the hat makes me smile and reminds me that this is a profession I have chosen, and I like to keep it fun and positive no matter what.
TM: Do you have any non-triathlon guilty pleasures?
LC: Drinking espresso, enjoying a nice beer, red wine, peanut butter, pretzels, cuddling up with a good book, shopping, traveling, and being social. My family is the most important thing to me and I have a wonderful golden-retriever, Madison. Life is good!
TM: Here's a bonus question: I read somewhere that you said one of your fav post race indulgences is a beer from Big Sky Brewing (a local Missoula brewery). I think the quote inferred that there was a beer named after you? I checked out Big Sky's website….your beer isn't called "Old Bluehair" is it?
LC: Ha – yes, Big Sky Brewing is one of my few Montana based sponsors. They have rallied behind my profession since early in my career. The companies values are similar to mine: have fun & enjoy all that you do. Each year for Kona they come up with a specialty beer for me to bring out to the island. If you ask nicely, I will give you some next year :).
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Last night on WQED-FM, a little after 8pm, I just happened to tune in at what I would call 'the perfect time.' Well anytime is a good time, but on this occasion it was indeed perfect because I was listening to a concert recorded a few months ago at Chatham University; a concert, coincidentally, I had intended to attend, but was unable. So I was delighted to hear this music, and with three members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Now admittedly, I didn't recognize it for Brahms, and I didn't recognize the artists while listening; it was surely pleasant and relaxing, sometimes driving and vigorous, and just plain great — I remember thinking that this is the kind of music that I strive to hear. I was alerted by Ted Sohier after it was over, as to by whom and where it was performed.
The Chamber Music Concert included four women, alumni of The Curtis Institute of Music, performing together for the first time in Pittsburgh, and presented by Chatham University. This concert was held on Sunday, January 11, 2009:
Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor
Tatjana Mead Chamis, Viola – Pittsburgh Symphony Associate Principal
Heather Conner, Piano – Salt Lake City
Jennifer Ross, Violin – Pittsburgh Symphony Principal
Anne Martindale Williams , Cello – Pittsburgh Symphony Principal
Aha, so this was the Brahms that I was enjoying! That same concert.
There were several other pieces presented that evening, and oh, how I wish I had experienced them as well:
Robert Schumann – "Fairy Tales"
Henri Vieuxtemps – Sonata in B flat Major Op.36
Boris Pigovat – "Nigun" for Solo Viola (Pittsburgh Premiere)
Update: I've heard back from a musician of the PSO that there is a proposed cut of funds provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to WQED. This is sad news indeed, if it comes to fruition. In that event I would hope that WQED finds ways to make up for it. I've made suggestions to them every year, with my donation, the kinds of things they do in business. I don't know how much leeway they have, considering they are funded partly by the Federal government (NPR news is one expensive place to cut, I want to hear music, not news). I would be disappointed if whatever cuts mean that we no longer hear PSO music on the radio, that would be devastating. I'll be contacting my state representative to request they reconsider this cut.


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wood sculpture. pamela blotner
ten years ago i would have happily spent hours in this inspiring place perusing old design magazines and books.
now i have three kids and must resort to gawking at photographs of this space on the internet.
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
What a weekend...
Michigan Center's 50th Anniversary Homecoming. We skipped the parade (Hudson was being surprisingly fussy and Ryan worked late), but Porter and I snuck down to the track to see a few of the floats while Hudson was sleeping. Later, Jane and Grace came over to attempt to scrapbook. Jane got a few pages done despite Grace not sleeping. I barely managed one page. I talk too much.
I hosted a spur of the moment Cheeky Monkeys playdate (Hey! If you're in the Jackson area and are looking for a Mom and Tot group... come join!). LeeAnn, MacKenzie and Koleen are the only Monkeys who were able to join us, but it was nice to chat with other moms for the morning.
All 4 of us took naps in the afternoon and for dinner we headed to Ry's parents house (so weird to type... do I change to Ry's dad's house?!) because Lori, Don and the girls were in town for the day. We took advantage of the gorgeous weather and played some kickball in the yard and swung on the swings.
Today was exhausting. I had lots planned for the day- yard work etc. We got a ton of yard work done.... I lopped off most of our ugly box bushes in the front yard (I've been told if I cut them low they'll grow back fuller next year... if not, we'll be in the market for new landscaping which is a-ok with me). Ryan trimmed up other trees/hedges around the yard and I pulled up some groundcover vine in the landscaping. My arms are SORE.
We also got to chat with 3 of our 4 neighbors. I love that our house is central to our nearest neighbors. We have two on the sides of us and two neighbors behind us (although we all live on the same road).
Kathy, the neighbor behind us who has a 9 year old and a 4 year old, stopped by to say hi and quickly catch up as we haven't had a chance to meet up since we've moved in. We'd discussed a neighborhood pot luck but both of us have been busy.
The other neighbors behind us, whose yard is literally right behind our row of trees/overgrown bushes, was out in the yard with their kids on the trampoline. Their little girl, Kennedy is 4 and son Eian is 2. Porter walked back to say hi, which turned into us chatting in their yard while the kids played on the tireswing and trampoline. Which turned into her kids exploring our yard and then us inviting them over to check out the house. We then realized Kennedy and Porter had taken off back to their house so we walked over there to get the tour of their house (they just built last year).
After naptime we were STILL out in the yard doing yardwork and Eian was at the path looking like he wanted to play so we invited him over to play in the sandbox. The neighbor beside us invited Zoey (our dog) over to play with their German Shepherd, Gracie, and then Porter wandered over to the Kelley's (behind us) to play with Kennedy again. It was like a child/dog swap! Its nice that our neighbors behind us have kids our kids's age... I think it'll be so fun for them to grow up and play together. Just after today I got a glimpse of how fun it'll be to be able to have our kids run next door to play or have them over in our yard. We're far enough off the road that traffic is nowhere near a concern, and since both of our families were out doing yardwork we just let the kids flit back and forth through the little path Ryan made between our yards.
I'm exhausted... I know tomorrow my arms are going to be killing me.
Here are a few other pictures.... of, well, mostly Hudson :) I forget to take pictures of him because Porter does so much more than he does at this stage...he just kind of sits there... poor kid isn't documented as much. I've been trying these past few days to take more pictures of him.
Both Ryan's dad, my mom and my grandma stopped by today. My grandma had Hudson absolutely busting up.. it was so cute. He has got to be teething... the kid was trying to shove his entire fist in his mouth. He was shoving and laughing and giggling and drooling. So cute.
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Hudson looks so big to me all the sudden!!! I mean, it's not like I see him a lot in person, but in pictures. That last one... his huge eyes. OMG! What a cutie... have to get our babies together!!! So sorry I missed Saturday... Ally had a soccer game!ReplyDelete
HAHA! Either you talk too much or I do. Thats okay, we will have to try again without my crazy head running around and we will shut up every once in a while to get some work done.ReplyDelete
Love the pics of Ryan and Hudson- so sweet. I really need to start taking more pictures with multiple people instead of just Grace :)
That is so cool you like your neighbors. That is how I grew up, playing with all the neighbor kids. So fun.
Hudson is such a little cutie! He is definitely getting so big!ReplyDelete
Love the pictures. Hudson's eyes remind me of Lori's girls eyes.ReplyDelete
I don't think that you should stop calling their house "Ry's parents house." It is their house. It does sound funny just saying his dad's house.
Sorry I had to miss the playdate. Hope you had fun. TAlk to you later.
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2008 at 9:40 AM
hudson is getting so big! he's adorable! love the pics of him and ryan. :)ReplyDelete
You busy girl! I wish I had the hours in a day to get that much accomplished! I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggles with taking pics of their 2nd (and 3rd) kids - it's difficult when all they do is sleep! :o)ReplyDelete
Hudson is a cutie though! He's looking less like Porter I think.
Sounds like you got a lot done this weekend! I love the pictures!:)ReplyDelete
Hudson is so totally cute! Hey, I finally changed my blog design, so stop over if you get a chance and let me know what you think.ReplyDelete
Love the new webpage's banner pic!!ReplyDelete
Too cute!! ;)
OMG... the boys are looking so much like each other!! That last picture..... yep, Porter!ReplyDelete
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Posted By Michael Fuchs On October 28, 2010 @ 4:06 am In Arts and Entertainment | Comments Disabled
As hard to imagine as it may be, South teachers harbor talents in fields other than education, specifically music and dance.Â
Dr. Paul Estin, who teaches history and psychology, has been a keen musician all his life. He first forayed into music at the mere age of nine, when he learned how to play the violin'€an instrument his older sister incidentally played as well. Since then, Estin has learned to sing and to play other instruments, such as the guitar, ukulele, harmonica, and bass guitar.  Â
Estin enjoys playing in a variety of styles, for example, jazz. And, in addition to playing by himself, Estin has actively participated in several bands. "Dr. Snark was my original band, but I'm the only remaining member, Estin said. "I was also in a band called Don't Fret the Small Stuff for a short period of time, but the organizer moved to Ohio. [Additionally, I am often involved in a] few, informal jam sessions and what not with other musicians.Â
Similarly, physics teacher Derek Van Beever, has immersed himself in music. He mainly plays the acoustic and electric bass, but he also dabbles in the guitar and piano. Van Beever began playing the electric bass while he was in high school, when a friend lent him an instrument.  Â
Sharon O'Connor, who works in the mathematics department, is also a performer; however, she is drawn to dancing, specifically tap.
As a little girl, she learned to Irish step dance, but, as she entered her twenties, O'Connor started to attend tap classes at night. Since retiring from teaching, however, O'Connor has been able to take classes during the day.
She also devotes herself to the tap group About Time Tappers, a local adult ensemble with dancers between the ages of 35 and 87.
"The same feeling you get from any kind of sport you get from dancing. It's exhilarating, O'Connor said.
Unlike O'Connor, Van Beever devotes himself to music. His taste in music covers a wide range of genres. "I will pretty much listen to anything as long as it is good. I am not too up on the current music scene though, Van Beever said. "I used to listen to only rock music, but now I am open to country, hip hop, Afro-pop, classical, and whatever categories you want to name.
Estin, on the other hand, has a strong affinity for comedic music. He is particularly drawn to the band Da Vinci's Notebook, but he also enjoys listening to several Canadian groups with notably quirky names, such as Arrogant Worms.
Estin explains that, as a performer, he prefers comedic music because it allows him to be more entertaining. "When I first started performing, I didn't feel very confident as either a singer or guitar player so I wanted the audience to at least be entertained, and using humor seemed like the best way to do that, Estin said.
Estin's niche for playing comedic music is filk'€a genre of music belonging to science fiction. "Filk has been variously described as 'Ëœnot so much a genre as a community,' Estin said. In addition to playing filk, Estin will admittedly also play traditional folk and rock music. In his listening, his tastes are broader, ranging from musicals to hip-up and electronica.   ÂÂÂ
While Van Beever and O'Connor refrain from using their talents in the classroom, Estin has, from time to time, planned lessons that incorporate music.
"I especially love when I can sing a song that's relevant to a class topic, Estin said.Â
 "Last week, in studying Hinduism in my ninth grade World History class, I played 'ËœDivine Monkey,' a four-minute musical version of the Ramayana, and 'ËœGalileo,' and an Indigo Girls song about reincarnation, Estin said.
Of course, in his class, Estin will only employ singing when he believes its usage is appropriate for class discussion.
"Music is useful both as part of a topic'€music and the arts are part of history, how we hear and enjoy music is part of psychology'€and as an alternative way to convey ideas, one which maybe gets a student's attention a littler better, Estin said. Â
Outside of the classroom, Estin further displays his musical talents.Â
Since he began teaching at South, Estin has performed every year in the Faculty Talent Show. His performance routinely receives a standing ovation and attests to Estin's humor.Â
Van Beever and O'Connor have also performed in the faculty talent show and, like Estin, have been widely acclaimed by students.
While dedicated to the subjects that they teach, South teachers engage in pursuits outside the academic world.
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On the Trail with Charles Wilhelm
On the Trail with Charles Wilhelm - helping you solve common trail problems
On the Trail with Charles Wilhelm - helping you solve common trail problems
Round and round we go! Make lunging smooth sailing with these tips from Charles Wilhelm Training
Learn about the importance of shoulder control in cow work from Charles Wilhelm Training
Introducing your horse to a mechanical cow from Charles Wilhelm Training
Charles Wilhelm shows how to start your horse on crossing objects, using a blue tarp.
Are you introducing a young horse to the saddle? Or does your riding horse have a bad attitude when you tack up? Make sure your saddle fits correctly and practice this exercise to keep your horse from becoming "cinchy."
Your hands are a key aid in communicating with your horse. Charles demonstrates some common mistakes and teaches you how to use your hands correctly and effectively.
Teaching your horse to load in the trailer doesn't start at the back of a trailer. Charles demonstrates how to first establish a forward cue and gain control of the horse's feet.
Don't have time to ride? You can still use this effective groundwork exercise from Charles Wilhelm Training to engage your horse mentally and physically.


text: Kayak among dolphins as you cross Kealakekua Bay, to the village site where Captain Cook was mistaken for the Hawaiian god, Lono. Cook Monument is a premier snorkeling site. You can also get there by horse, or hike a steep and difficult trail 2 1/2 hours. For $40, you can rent a double kayak from Pineapple Park's grass shack in front of the hotel. It's about a 30 minute paddle to the Cook Monument. Tow your kayak behind you as you snorkel with your mask and fins.


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Call for papers: Rock and Violence in Europe (1950s-1980s)
Rock et violence en Europe est un colloque international qui s'inscrit dans une problématique émergente associant historiens, spécialistes des mouvements de jeunesse, musicologues, sociologues et professionnels du spectacle vivant. Cette manifestation est la première d'une série de deux colloques, dont le deuxième volet aura lieu en 2019 au département d'Histoire de l'Université de California State, Long Beach (États-Unis). Le premier volet à Rouen (1er au 3 juin 2017) concentre sa problématique sur l'Europe tandis que le second volet, à partir du même thème, s'attachera à la situation des Amériques. Il s'agit à travers ces deux manifestations de comprendre la place du rock dans la culture contemporaine et d'en préciser la portée et l'impact dans nos sociétés. Il s'agira également à partir d'un thème percutant d'envisager la part de légendaire qui entoure le mythe de la musique rock. L'association entre rock et violence, dans ce qu'elle possède de fantasmée et d'artificiellement construite, est cependant une donnée qui a traversé l'histoire de cette musique dans la deuxième partie du xxe siècle et que, d'une certaine manière, les événements dramatiques du Bataclan ont souligné de manière extrêmement tragique.
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Since its advent in the United States in the middle of the 20th century, the musical genre known as "rock" disseminated an image of violent music that aroused condemnations or, conversely, evoked fascination. Evidently, its attraction to the public, which since its inception to the present has not diminished, is not limited simply to these reactions. Nevertheless, however much its public expression seems to correspond to all sorts of political, social, cultural or identity postures, the violence that was alleged to be integral to this music encouraged its notoriety and built its grassroots support, at least at its beginning, with adolescent fans, but, as well, with its expanding audience.
A number of elements contribute to the complex definition of rock music, but the forward-thinking and liberating dimension at its advent appear to have been a response to the emergence of very modern forms of violence. Whether through the clothes that accompany it (black leather jackets, safety pins, etc.), recognizable corporeal signifiers (long hair or shaved heads, androgyneity, etc.), instruments of choice (electric guitars, drums, etc.), the sound level at which it expresses itself (amplification, stereophonic, etc.) or, as well, the relationship of the music and the lyrics, rock has been stamped as taboo. In disseminating a provocative message of overcoming barriers appears to constitute one of the essential elements of the "violence" which shakes a society, that, in spite of this, is considered "permissive."
If such verdicts on rock are less important today - especially, as rock music has become part of the dominant cultural consensus - nevertheless rock emerged victorious between the beginning of the 1960s and the end of the 1970s. These two decades were marked by overreactions, at times encouraged by aesthetic conformity and the dominant manner of speaking, even triggering hostile reactions in different nations which mistook the words and the provocative attitudes of rock's protagonists for real threats to the state.
The purpose of this meeting in the form of two conferences - the first, organized at Rouen, centered on what occurred in Europe, then another to take place later in America, and which will consider the situation in the United States - is to bring together diverse specialists. The goal is to explore perspectives on different concrete forms of the fantasy of violence associated with rock between 1954 - the year that corresponds with its advent in the United States - up to the beginning of the 1980s in Europe. This third of a century would appear to correspond to a significant period in history; as such, it encourages a consideration of the "rock" phenomenon that speaks not only to musicology, but also to history and cultural sociology.
For the Rouen conference, focused only on Europe between 1950 and 1980, we particularly encourage proposals on subjects that can fall in one of the following three broad themes:
Theme 1 – Rock, violence, youth and politics
The audience at rock concerts between the 1950s and 1980s was comprised of an emerging and numerous demographic, the post-baby-boom youth. The youth, or rather, the youths, find in this music a medium of liberation expressive of their demands, their frustrations, their passions. Whether asocial or antisocial, thug or student, "the youth" (male/female), expressed his/her convictions with force and affirmed with directness his/her opposition to the system, notably by the adoption of sartorial codes and the display of bodily hexis. These behaviors can be analyzed from the perspective of generational conflict connected to moral and societal values, as regularly relayed by the media. They can also be placed in social, political, and cultural context within the vast international movements characteristic of the period in which civilizations and models of development were contested.
Theme 2 – Live shows: musicians and audience
The second proposed topic recounts the expressions of violence on the stage and amongst the audience: interactions or oppositions between the artist and his/her audience, incitements to battle or the reverse, calls for non-violence, the rock concert is the temple where passions are unleashed, where the excesses can, in fact, lead to clashes between rival groups or against the police. But violence at rock concerts can take other forms: loud music, frenzied performances, provocations from the stage, excesses of speech or in the expressions of the body in dance, etc.
Theme 3 – Musical and Poetic Violence
A third topic will be consecrated to the means of violent expression, whether in the music or in the texts, in the relationship between music and text, in the pursuit of the right sound and the preference given to certain instruments to create the proper sound, in the confirmation of ruptures that mark the evolution of musical styles. Does a division exist in "rock violence"? What are the ingredients? Is it possible to arrive at a taxonomy of representations and of means employed? On the subject of words, in particular, papers can also examine conservative attempts at controlling the violence through censorship.
Scientific committee
Jean-Christophe Aplincourt (106, directeur)
Ludivine Bantigny (université de Rouen, Maître de conférences, historienne)
Arnaud Baubérot (université Paris-Est Créteil, Maître de conférences, historien)
Nathalie Cordier (106, responsable action culturelle)
Pascal Dupuy (université de Rouen, Maître de conférences, historien)
Joann Élart (université de Rouen, Maître de conférences, musicologue)
Philippe Gonin (université de Bourgogne, Maître de conférences, musicologue)
Gérôme Guibert (Université de Paris III, Maître de conférences, sociologue)
Dominique Kalifa (Université de Paris 1, Professeur des Universités, Panthéon-Sorbonne, historien)
Christophe Pirenne (Université de Liège, Professeur, musicologue)
David Shafer (Long Beach State University, Professeur)
Florence Tamagne (Université de Lille III, Maître de conférences, historienne)
Ludovic Tournès (Université de Genève, Professeur des Universités, historien)
Sophie Victorien (CLAMOR UMS 3726 du CNRS, Ingénieur de recherche, historienne)
Organizers and Partners
International conference put forward by
Jean-Christophe Aplincourt (106),
Nathalie Cordier (106),
Pascal Dupuy (historian, University of Rouen) and
Joann Élart (musicologist, University of Rouen),
organized by
the GRHIS, EA3831 of the University of Rouen, and
the 106,
with support of
the Normandy Region,
the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of Man and Society,
Criminocorpus and
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Conditions of Registration
Proposals for papers should be sent in either French or English before 15 July 2016 and addressed to Pascal Dupuy and Joann Élart; they should include the paper's title, a brief abstract (1000 characters maximum), and a short bibliography (500 characters maximum).
Papers accepted by the scientific committee will have to be presented in French or in English.
Notification to the authors: 15 September 2016.
Registration fees for participants in the conference will be 50 €. The organizers of the conference will take care of lodging, meals, gala evening, and a portion of the travel expenses (we invite participants to try to obtain partial or complete support for the financing of their trip).
Document annexe
Rock and violence - CFP (application/pdf – 897k)


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This company offers women the tools needed to pamper yourself and look beautiful during cancer treatment.
In Spain, the cancer is one of the most diagnosed diseases during the last decade. Among the different types, breast cancer is one of the most commonly manifest among Spanish fememina population, reaching almost 15,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Recent studies have concluded that an acceptance of the disease is a positive step to overcoming it. Having high self-esteem during cancer treatment, but can not guarantee success, if one could say that large-scale increases coping and prevention in relapse of the disease.
For this reason, what is born cheer , a company that started up in the cyber market to make available to patients, wherever they live, and easily accessible products and tools needed to pamper yourself and be beautiful during the cancer treatment. And is that its founder, Anna Reviejo, spent a difficult situation when someone close (and lives in a small town) was diagnosed with the disease and "we realized we could not find places that offered what she needed," so not idle Ana began to plan in his head the idea to create this store, to assist and support women who must struggle daily against the hard process of chemotherapy. The site is structured in a simple and useful, reaching to find everything from advice to general care, makeup and hair care. Also on the web, you can find makeup products, oral care, sun protection and care and hygiene.
While it is true that the newest offering cheer are complete for women going through this ordeal to look beautiful, feel good about yourself and fight every day against the disease with a big smile and a great self-esteem. This is why so in cheer can find everything from scarves adapted to sleeping hats, caps from different models, all of them youthful style and elegant design, and comfortable. With all this, we can say that cheer born with a fighting spirit that wants to convey to potential clients, as well as its creator says, Ana Reviejo "if you can." And is that optimism is one of the points that should be emphasized more when facing the cancer treatment.


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To stem unsolicited, unwanted e-mail, people and companies are going to extraordinary lengths -- at considerable expense.
They mask their e-mail addresses, install filters, create "white" lists of approved senders and blacklists of bulk mailers. An entire software sector has sprung up to try to defeat the spammers.
Yet in-boxes still are bursting with unsolicited offers of prescription-free Viagra, get-rich schemes and pornography.
To halt spam cold, many experts agree, requires a radical technical solution at the heart of the Internet.
So an international organization best known for creating the Internet's plumbing has decided to explore fundamental changes in its architecture that would effect a fix. This ultimately would require a global consensus -- and software updates for everybody.
The Anti-Spam Research Group holds its first physical meeting in San Francisco on Thursday. Members already have been discussing the problem over e-mail with such gusto that some participants complain they're getting more messages on anti-spam than from spammers.


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|Aikibojitsu and The Heart of Aikido
|Aikido is a sophisticated and powerful martial system based upon the principles of non-resistant power.
Created in the mid 1900s by Master Morihei Ueshiba O'Sensei, Aikido is now practiced by a wide spectrum
of serious individuals worldwide as a Way by which to approach the challenges of life. Aikido is meditation
as much as it is a martial art form. A major part of Aikido study involves work with a staff; Ueshiba O'Sensei
was a master of staff work, and considered it one of Aikido's foundational pillars.
Aikibojitsu's philosophy and technique with the staff resembles the philosophy and technique that was
taught at the Kumano Juku Dojo in the early 1970s. But due to many factors, Aikibojitsu has come to be
substantially different from its martial parent. As an example, in addition to focus upon achievement of
control of uke (the attacker), Aikibojitsu also places emphasis upon doing so in light of the exponential
nature of Reality.
Through understanding of both the theoretical foundation and practical techniques of Aikibojitsu, Aikidoists
will come to a better understanding of why Aikido techniques take the forms that they do. They will come to
a deeper understanding of where and how both power and silent stillness are best expressed in Aikido
technique. An Aikido practitioner who encounters Aikibojitsu will be inspired by it, empowered by its clear
illustration of the complex web of forces that underlie perfection in movement.
Although Aikibojitsu continues to evolve and is different in many ways from its martial roots, Read Sensei
still considers the art form to be the staff work of Aikido, and considers Aikibojitsu staff work to be a natural
extension of the staff work of Morihei Ueshiba O'Sensei.
|Aikibojitsu - The Art of the Staff


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Recently, I had to make the same configuration on several devices. It would have been a bore to log into them one after the other to paste the configuration; therefore, I used a script to achieve this. I then wrote articles documenting what I did. You can find those articles here: part 1 and part 2.
Be sure to visit the Intense School Cisco bootcamp page for training options.


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From the age of 6 till the age of( 19 )nineteen, the children are growing and their shoe sizes also change.
why not open a shop only for these kids?
you can also have a side by side separate shop (only for recycling ) with repairs and fumigation.
so that they can either buy,rent or lease for the period required.
These shoes can be bought and repaired if necessary.
If there are major repairs to be done those must not be accepted for it is a sheer waste of time.
This will save a lot of money for the parents
.Blessings and best wishes for saving for the future expenditures.


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Last month we introduced you to AHDM4U's "psychic" Boopie, a.k.a tiny_hairz. This babe "channels" your "future" via the art of gif. Check out her last read on Scorpio bbs here.
But this time it's all about you, Sagittarius. Boopie is back in the building, ready to share some unprompted knowledge. She's been in a recovery from a 13 hour Scandal binge and listening to Reasonable Doubt. Needless to say, she's in the zone y'all!
Sagittarius you're best known as an adventurous heartbreaker, on some Into The Wild shit,
sprinkled with some Legend of the Fall:
As you may already may be sensing thanks to the general malaise that's enveloped you:
… and from the sober tone of the preceding gifs you've actually got a weepy, pitiful road ahead. Hold up, hold up! Don't completely flip out. All your girl tiny_hairz is trying to tell you is that unlike the constant shine you're usually on:
… you may want to stick a little closer to home this month. And when I say stay close, I mean wile out Grey Gardens style:
Some of this:
(that's actually me this weekend watching Scandal)
Now you're probably thinking, isn't a horoscope supposed to encourage me to be my best person? Shouldn't it's read of the moon, stars and planets help me to anticipate what stands before me and lead me down a righteous path?
NO. I said take that coat OFF and let me learn you:
First of all, your work life is hitting a steady, solid stride. Steady, strong and, I imagine, LOUD as my girl Kerry Washington's Olivia Pope in Scandal:
You know, with accessories:
And again, from the back:
I digress … but yes Sag, you will run shit at the jobby-job on an epic Olivia Pope, "got the Prez whipped" scale. That's a metaphor, don't go Olivia and sleep with your coworkers. That brings me to my second point: Don't take any risks right now
Anyway, you'll travel in the New Year. For now stay at home:
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So, this post isn't a story, or a poem, or even a blog. It's about me.
Almost all my life I've been overweight. Almost all my adult life, I've been classified as "Morbidly Obese." Those are not easy words to hear, and they somehow got even harder to read on a page. Did it help much in the weight loss effort? No. Or at least not enough.
No, I'm not any more comfortable discussing my weight and size than I have been (I never have been). Mostly, I'm writing this to celebrate a little for some successes I've had, results of efforts made, but also so there's a record. To hold myself accountable for my actions.
I've tried various diets, and even, on occasion, posted about my efforts to lose weight and be healthier here. I've had weight loss surgery (lapband) and while it was a success for the first year or two, there were complications that arose, outside of my control, that caused the band not to work as it should have. No, it's not the band's fault I gained all my weight back, it's mine. I accept that responsibility head on.
No, it's not the diet's fault, all of those I've tried: Atkins, Weight Watchers, Sugar Busters, Diabetic, etc, that I gained the weight back- it's mine.
So what's new this time? What about this effort is going to be different than before?
Really it's many things. I turned 41 last year. In February of this year (2016) I realized I'm about to turn 42. I've been severely overweight for many years, and it's bad enough that I could say I'm living on borrowed time. Do I want to see my daughter graduate high school? Yes. Do I want to walk her down the isle someday? Yes. Do I want to play with my grandkids? Yes. Do I want to be able to enjoy the outside things I like to do like fishing, camping, photography, and just life in general? Yes. Am I tired of feeling tired all the time, getting stared at when going out to eat, or to a movie? Yes. Do I want to be a better me? Yes, Yes, and YES!
In those moments, something clicked. Not like before, but different. I didn't feel uncertain about what I wanted to do. I didn't see it as work, or an uphill battle. I saw it as making some changes to make me a better me.
So, with the help and support of my wife, Gwen, we began. On February 12th, we started eating a lower carb lifestyle. We have bread or a potato maybe once a week. Fruit only in the morning. Veggies, lean meat, cheese, that comprises our day. I walk daily. On my "rest day" I still get out and walk, it's just a shorter one. On my "I can" day, that's when I have that potato, or a spoon of rice.
Not only have I had a much easier time sticking to this new lifestyle, but I find I enjoy it. I'm getting out there, I'm moving, and I like seeing the results. I track protein, carbs, fat, and calories daily. I drink at least 70 oz, water a day. And I weigh in each week. Today, March 27th, I've lost 30 lbs so far.
Yes, I know I have a ways to go, but I know I'll get there. The best part is, this time I'm enjoying the ride. Yay Me!!
© 2016, Tim Hillebrant. All rights reserved.
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Private Client Solicitor - Leatherhead
- Recruiter
- Chadwick Nott
- Location
- Leatherhead, England, Surrey
- Salary
- £35000 - £47000 per annum
- Posted
- 27 Mar 2018
- Closes
- 24 Apr 2018
- Ref
- Contact
- Liam Andrews
- Sector/Practice Area
- Private Client
- Vacancy Type
- Lawyers, Private Practice
- Contract/hours
- Full time
I am working closely with a leading Surrey firm to expand their Private Client team with a driven junior solicitor who is looking to progress to their career.
You will undertake a mixture of Private Client work including:
* Will drafting
* Administration of Estates
* Income Tax and Capital gains Tax
* Inheritance Tax
* Lasting Powers of Attorney
* Court of Protection
The ideal candidate will be a personable individual with client facing skills. For the right individual a competitive package is on offer.
To find out more about this opportunity please contact Liam Andrews at Chadwick Nott.
Chadwick Nott Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.


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Somewhere out there in small business owner land the following has just happened:
– Small business owner (SBO) builds website to take advantage of the "world wide web" as a sales and marketing tool.
-SBO puts up the website and waits for the tidal wave of leads and sales.
-Several weeks later – after only an occasional lead/sale, SBO realizes his/her site gets no traffic.
-SBO attends AdWords seminar and rushes home to get started with Pay Per Click advertising.
-Several months and several thousand dollars later SBO turns off AdWords thinking – paying for traffic is too expensive – it must be due to click fraud.
-SBO's website begins to collect dust and every call from an Internet marketing or web design company reminds him/her of the pain associated with the whole process.
Sound familiar? If not, consider yourself lucky. Far too often, we see small business owners creating "sites by tomorrow" and then paying to send traffic to them without putting in place the minimum tools necessary to achieve success. If you are actively paying to drive traffic to your website without having website analytics (and phone analytics if you receive calls) in place – STOP IT!
There is absolutely no way you are maximizing the return on your advertising budget if you are operating this way.
Sometimes it makes more sense to optimize a site FIRST and then turn on the marketing machine, but you'll never know if you don't accurately measure and track your site's conversion rate. We're not talking about small improvements either – take a look at this:
Conversion Marketing, Website Optimization
Imagine the long term implications to your advertising ROI of paying to send good traffic to a website that isn't an effective "closer."
The takeaway point is simple – by accurately measuring and tracking your website, you can determine your site's current conversion rate as well as find hints to improve it. By improving your site's conversion rate, you will exponentially increase the impact of your future traffic generation efforts.
*It is worth noting that sometimes it does make sense to pay to send traffic to a site with a low conversion rate. For example – if it's a new site, the paid traffic might be the only traffic you have. You need traffic to determine the conversion rate. There's also a relationship between the site's conversion rate and various marketing strategies. One site might convert organic traffic well, but fall short with paid traffic.
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The Forgettable Platform Artist
Forty-two years as an educator, and I am still the happiest when attending a fresh, well-organized presentation with information I can use, plus an action plan. Without a plan, no matter how cool or hot the experience, it becomes just an awareness, not a bad thing and certainly better than unaware, but very forgettable. I don't like being very forgettable, do you?
This season, I notice more than ever shorter attention spans in today's learners, and well-meaning educators failing to consider the falling attention spans getting shorter and shorter. Keeping a learner's attention is probably my biggest challenge today. The brain just needs something new constantly.
So, here are my big tips to keep your audience's attention much better:
1. Teach bite size concepts. I am down to about 4-6 minutes of me teaching, before I turn the tables on the learner(s) and ask them to participate. Tip: During your preparation, break the concept down to its simplest forms. When you think you are ready, break it down more, and then do it again.
2. Always follow every concept with an activity allowing learners to "practice" the concept. Create activities relevant to your audience's age group and lifestyle. Some of the activities I see are downright silly. Use handouts or give your audience something to do.
3. There should never be total silence on the stage. This is when people leave. If you need to concentrate on your work, ask someone else to continue speaking and engaging the audience.
4. Plan and practice your presentation in three parts: Introduction, (build in why a learner should even bother with this) Delivery (break it up to small pieces with interactivity) and Conclusion (steps on how to use the info in their daily lives).
Don't be the forgettable platform artist, learners have changed, and we educators must change with them.


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Fitness for Every Body: It's All About Your Life & How Much You Value It
This email needs no introduction – today we cut right to the chase… ——– Original Message ——– Subject: Re: a personal email for you, Cheryl. It's about your life… From: Cheryl Prestero – [email protected]_________.com – Date: Wed, January 07, 2009 11:41 pm To: "Your Trainer: Joey Atlas" – [email protected] – Hi Joey, Thank you for […]7 Comments | Keep Reading»
Spot Reduction, Spot Toning, Spot Targeting: Does it Work?
- by Joey Atlas, The Ladies' Trainer _________________________________________________________________ Spot Reduction, Spot Toning, Spot Targeting: Does it Really Work? Women constantly want to know… "Does spot reducing or spot training really work?" First lets just clarify the terminology… you'll hear words such as spot toning, spot reduction, spot targeting, etc, etc… – but they're all pretty […]13 Comments | Keep Reading»
Cellulite Reduction: 5 New Ways to Get Rid of Cellulite
- by Joey Atlas, Author of Amazon Bestseller – 'Fatness to Fitness' ————————————————————————————————————————————— Need Cellulite Reduction? Here Are 5 New Ways to Get Rid of Cellulite… 1 – Stop sitting on your ass all day, Sweetheart… It's a known fact that siting on your ass all day makes it fatter and wider – creating more […]82 Comments | Keep Reading»
Best Leg, Butt, Hip & Thigh Exercises for Women
- by Joey Atlas, Author of Amazon Bestseller – 'Fatness to Fitness' ———————————————————————————————————————————— No two women are alike and for this reason there is no one leg, butt, hip or thigh exercise that we can call the 'best' for every women. On top of this – there is no single leg, butt, hip or thigh […]38 Comments | Keep Reading»


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A British businessman fears he may never see his family again after being jailed for 37 years in Qatar for a bounced cheque.
Jonathan Nash, 48, was arrested in 2015 after an internal dispute inside his company caused payments to be blocked.
Because he had written the cheques himself, he was personally liable under Qatari law.
Jonathan has not seen his two children or elderly mother Jennie for three years.
In a phone conversation last week he told a friend, the Daily Mail reports: "I'm not sure that I will ever get out.
"All my pleas have so far been ignored and I've come to the realisation that I may die in prison or be a very old man if I ever do leave this place.
"What is causing me the most pain is that I may never see my family again."
Daughter Katie, 17, said: "My dad has missed some important times in my life, for example my GCSE results or my school prom.
"I haven't hugged my Dad in over 3 years - I miss him so much, he has missed a massive part of my life by not being here with me.
"I just want him home as soon as possible."
Jonathan, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, has been languishing in the Central Prison, in the Qatari capital of Doha, for three years.
He was arrested as a result of his work as chief executive for Doha company Top House, which offers services to the construction industry.
The charity Detained in Dubai, which fights for Britons trapped in Middle Eastern prisons, is now fighting his case.
Earlier this week they handed a letter to the Qatari Embassy appealing directly to the country's Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
He has the authority to pardon any prisoner on merciful or humanitarian grounds.
Charity spokeswoman Isabella Alexandra said: "Jonathan has a young family; he did not intend for the cheques to bounce, he did not profit from them, and the decision to refuse payment was not his.
"We appealed to the Emir of Qatar to consider all of these circumstances, and we hope for a wise and compassionate response."