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Softball Falls to Western Kentucky, 8-2, In Western Kentucky Spring Fling
Saturday, March 09, 2002Johnson City, Tenn. (Mar. 9, 2002) -- East Tennessee State softball fell to host Western Kentucky in their first game on Saturday in the Western Kentucky University/Ramada Inn Spring Fling from Bowling Green, Ky. ETSU's second game of the day is in jeopardy due to inclement weather in and around Bowling Green. Western Kentucky (11-7) opened up the scoring by plating two runs in the top of the first. The Bucs (7-9) responded quickly by scoring two runs of their own in the second to tie the game. Freshman third baseman Lindsay Lane (Erwin, Tenn.) led off the inning with a single to right center. The next batter, sophomore first baseman Miranda Byerly (Candler, N.C) also laced a double, scoring Lane. Byerly would score on a double to left center by sophomore left fielder Reah Holler (Peoria, Ariz.) to tie the game at two. Following the Buccaneer spurt in the second, the Hilltoppers would score six unanswered runs to taken the game, 8-2. WKU scored single runs in the third and fifth innings and plated four runs in the sixth. Buccaneer freshman pitcher Courtney Jenkins (Knoxville, Tenn.) pitched a complete game, allowing eight earned runs on 10 hits, striking out three. Her record is now 2-3 on the season. Holler was the star at the plate for the Bucs, going 2-3 with an RBI on the day. The Championship rounds of the Western Kentucky University/Ramada Inn Spring Fling will continue late tonight and Sunday, weather permitting.
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Recently we sat down with a panel of three Scotches from one of our favorite single-malt producers, Laphroaig: the 10-year, Quarter Cask and 30-year. Laphroaig is a startling Scotch if you've never experienced it—smoky and peaty flavors (think cigars and lapsang-souchong tea). We started by tasting some blended chocolates from a top chocolate producer, and the combination didn't sing.
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Real estate agents in Southern Maryland say they're optimistic about where the region's market is heading.
"There is some energy there," said Steuart Bowling, Southern Maryland Association of Realtors director of technology and new business development. "It's moving generally in the right direction."
Bud Humbert, SMAR's president-elect, who has been in the industry for 27 years, said Southern Maryland's market is "slowly bouncing back" after hitting bottom in the mid-2000s. "Before '05, nobody could do wrong," Humbert said. "If you could breathe, you could get a loan." Humbert said people didn't realize the effects until the market collapsed and "hit everything real hard." After that, he explained, banks started reworking and evaluating potential lenders.
"We're still struggling," Humbert concluded of Southern Maryland's market, "but I would say the market is going up. It's definitely not stagnant."
The chief reason "we aren't coming back as quickly as I think we should be" is the lack of inventory across the region, he said. When there is a limited market of houses, they aren't on the market for long and sell rather quickly. He explained that in a good real estate market, houses would be on the market for an average of about 90 days. Anything more would mean there's too much inventory. Anything less means there's not enough, he said.
Bowling said he has noticed a decline in the average number of days a house is on the market. In the past, he said, it was "ideal" to get one sold and settled in 30 to 60 days.
"All three counties are moving in that direction," Bowling said, citing April's average for Calvert County at 128 days on the market, which he called "not too bad," Charles County's at 82 days and St. Mary's at 106 days.
Dontae Carroll, Long & Foster regional manager for Southern Maryland and Prince George's County who is also the manager of the Waldorf sales office, said that Charles County "has a healthy supply" of inventory $350,000 and higher, but "the sweet spot is between $150,000 and $300,000." Carroll has been in the industry for 14 years and in Southern Maryland's marketplace since 2004.
Carroll said "a very key metric" is months of supply because it "gives you some insight to how the market really is."
Months of supply is calculated by dividing current inventory by current sales. That indicates how many months would be needed to sell the entire inventory available at the current rate of demand, according to a Long & Foster report. Carroll said a six-month supply of inventory is "generally considered a normal market."
In April, there was a supply of 5.3 months available in Charles County, compared to 7.7 months of supply available in April 2012, according to a Long & Foster Market Minute report for the county.
A similar report for St. Mary's County shows there was 6.3 months of supply available in April versus 9.2 months of supply available in April 2012. Calvert County's report shows there was 8.1 months of supply available in April, compared to 8.8 months of supply in April 2012.
"We need more inventory," said Judy Szynborski, an agent with The McNelis Group LLC in Solomons who has been in the industry since 1988. "What's out there isn't enough."
Szynborski said that in her experience, people want a standard sell "and they're being snatched up." She said the problem is that most of the market consists of foreclosures and short sales that are sold "as is" and may need work.
"What is still out there needs to be revamped," but it's usually not worth the buyer's investment if they can buy a newly constructed home for the same price as one that needs repair and renovation, she said.
Szynborski said that those types of units are best left for investors. "When people are willing to invest in real estate, that should be an indicator to everybody" that the market is on the right track because "they feel it's a safe investment," she said.
Buyer's market? Seller's market?
The real estate market is "good for both parties" right now, Szynborski said.
For sellers, Bowling explained, the market is in a place where they're receiving about 90 to 95 percent of their asking price on a unit. "That has been trending in the right direction lately," he said, explaining that in 2010 in Calvert, for example, sellers could expect to see a house sell for about 80 percent of its original asking price.
In April in Calvert County, the selling-price-to-original-list-price ratio was 92.2 percent, according to RealEstate Business Intelligence, a Metropolitan Regional Information Systems company that tracks monthly market statistics.
For St. Mary's County, the RBI data for April show that the ratio was 92.5 percent. In Charles County in April, the RBI data ratio was 96 percent.
The selling-price-to-original-list-price ratio Southern Marylanders are seeing, Bowling said, still has "negotiating room." The two prices aren't "so far apart that people aren't willing to make a deal," he said.
The average selling price for a residential unit also increased in all three Southern Maryland counties in 2012 over the average selling price for the same type of homes in 2011. In Calvert, there was a minimal increase from 2011 to 2012 of 0.47 percent, compared to St. Mary's and Charles, whose increases were 4.21 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively, according to RBI year-end market statistics.
Interest rates are at historic lows, giving buyers greater buying power, said Connie Fitzgerald, the top-producing agent with RE/MAX 100 in St. Mary's County. The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is between 3.25 and 3.5 percent.
According to a graph detailing interest rates over the last 200 years from Eddie Logan, branch manager and mortgage loan officer for PrimeLending in Owings, current interest rates of up to 3.5 percent are as low as they were in 1958.
According to other data from Logan, the payment for an average home is about the same as 30 years ago because of the low interest rates. For example, for a $246,800 home in February with a 3.5 percent interest rate, the monthly payment would be about $1,115, which the data show is usually less than the current rental rates of about $1,350 a month.
"It's absolutely the time for first-time homebuyers to jump into the marketplace," Carroll said.
Fitzgerald said people who are thinking about buying should buy now before the interest rates increase, which Szynborski said could occur soon. Szynborski said the adjustment may be mild and a little at a time, but it will happen.
"Knowing that's in the future," Szynborski said, "drives people to get serious about buying. Real buyers are making decisions. If they're not ready to go, they're gonna lose out."
Sometimes it's 'survival of the fittest'
"In the market's heyday, a lot of people came into the real estate market," said Billy Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Realty and Auctioneers in St. Mary's County. Then, when the country went into the recession and the housing market collapsed, he said, "a lot of people couldn't afford to stay" in the business and had to look for other employment. "It was really survival of the fittest," he said.
Humbert said, "The Realtors who were able to stick it out are doing really well." He said SMAR is about 250 to 300 members lighter "than we were before in the booming market. But our numbers are increasing."
"I'm very lucky," said Billy Fitzgerald, who is also chairman of SMAR's commercial and industrial committee. He added that he's had "a very good career" in Southern Maryland over the last 40 years in the residential and commercial market.
Connie Fitzgerald, who said she's been in the marketplace for about nine years, said, "I always stay busy." She said she was busy even after the market fell.
"The market is really good for me," she said, explaining that she had 70 transactions in 2012 and is on target to have 93 this year.
"It's about being a business professional, honest, a good communicator with your clients, knowing the market and being able to adapt to changes in the marketplace," Connie Fitzgerald said of her success in real estate. A positive mindset, she said, is also helpful to her success because it "helps navigate through the challenges in the marketplace."
Billy Fitzgerald said that part of his success in surviving the marketplace has been learning to work smarter rather than harder. Real estate agents learned to use the technology available to them, like the Internet, he explained.
"Realtors don't have to put in as many hours to serve a client," he said.


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Q. You were back in the points in China with a great drive - tell us how it felt in the car...
PdR: "Overall it was a good result when you consider how the first half of the race went. I was stuck in traffic, my tyres were graining and I couldn't move forward. Fortunately we got ourselves into some clean air after my second pit stop and I think we showed that the potential of the car is very strong. We thought we would have to go on the softs at the end and overtake some cars, but we had such good speed that we managed to jump them with our strategy. In the end we left China feeling pretty satisfied, but knowing that there is more potential to come."
Q. What are your thoughts on Bahrain?
PdR: "I'm looking forward to it. We're back in the hot weather and we were strong in the heat of Malaysia so there are no real worries. Last year the car worked well in Bahrain, which gives us confidence heading into the weekend. We've got a few things to understand and I think we can go forward a bit more. We're back to the medium and hard, the same as we had in Malaysia, where we were strong."
Q. What do you need from the car there?
PdR: "A bit more speed, as we always do! We need a clearer weekend; we don't need things to go wrong, as they did in FP3 in China. It lost us a session, lost us a few hundredths, and that would have made the difference to put us out of position in qualifying to have an easier first lap. So that will be the plan - to be more consistent."
Q. Adrian Sutil
Q. Adrian, sum up your feelings after China...
AS: "The race was very short. I had a little incident with Paul early on, but we spoke about it, and there's no problem. For the next few laps I was catching up the cars in front and then Gutierrez just missed his braking point and crashed into my rear. It's frustrating, but what can you do? He will learn so there are no hard feelings. Hopefully he will not do it again."
Q. Looking at where Paul finished would it have been easy to get some good points?
AS: "It's never easy, but I think we can learn quite a lot out of the race. The pace was not so good at the beginning, but much better at the end. We have to understand why. Paul got some good points for the team, but we lost some pace this weekend in general, and there were quite a few quick cars who didn't finish the race. So we have to get a move on in Bahrain! It should be better for us there."
Q. Is Sakhir a track you enjoy?
AS: "I like it, yes. With a good car I like almost every circuit. The track is not one of the most difficult ones, but it has a lot of big braking points, so you need a strong car on the brakes. The heat is very different to China, with very high temperatures, and also there's a different combination of tyres."
Vijay Mallya - team principal: "Last weekend's race in China left us with mixed feelings: the pace of the VJM06 was evident throughout the sessions and we would have been on track to place both Paul and Adrian in the points had it not been for the unfortunate accident with Gutierrez in the opening stages.
"Paul's pace, especially when he had clear air, was indicative of the quality of the work done by the team. We were also very satisfied by the good job done in the pits with a clean and fast final stop helping Paul emerge ahead of Grosjean and Hulkenberg after a race-long battle.
"We now head to Bahrain, where last year we had an excellent result with Paul finishing sixth. This track, with its high temperature and smooth surface, has generally suited our car and we hope this will be the case this weekend. With a bit more luck, we will be able to fully exploit the potential of our car and get some more points on the board before the European leg of the season."


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- Kat VonTesla
- Kansas City, MO
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How to let go of your old/past self
After doing a great deal of digging over the past five years or so, I've found countless books and articles on advice you'd give yourself in your childhood, teens years, 20's, etc. I've also found articles on how to plan for your future and how to visualize what you want as well as a sort of "plan of attack" in doing so. But there seem to be little to no resources out there for how to just be in your own skin, presently. I honestly don't have advice for my younger self. I had some good and bad times. And with my ego as a child/teen, I wouldn't have listened anyhow ;) I have some great plans for the future... but my problem has always been in comparing my current self/partner/job/physique/lifestyle to the one I had (nostalgic "had", not actual). I'm always trying to get back to who I am. But that "am" doesn't fit who I honestly AM now. I'd love to hear how others get in touch with reinventing their current self and how to acknowledge, honor and then let go of the old self without it feeling like some kind of a death.
Aug 27 2013: This is definitely not a popular topic for Americans. Two years ago, I more or less was forced to learn how to do it (I did write a book on it, so the details will be skimped here). One of the first things I did was learn to merely observe what goes on in and around me. Not judging, not saying "I am x, y or z." A certain detachment from feelings, thoughts, habits, etc. is necessary. Long story short, I found that the act of simplifying my approach to life made it possible for me to finally come into my own skin.
Your inner child is far more important than your past child. The simplest piece of advice I can give you is a little affirmation: "This is where I am, this is what I'm feeling, these are the tools I have, and it's perfectly ok. I do the best with what I have, and I have everything I need in this moment."
There are a few reasons I suggest this affirmation, or something similar in your own words. The most difficult thing I had to come to terms with was being human. Somehow, in my endeavor of striving higher and higher to live my full potential and really be the best version of me I possibly could be, I forgot square one. I believed at my core that there were things fundamentally wrong with my existence, based on certain urges, feelings, emotions, beliefs, etc that I was brought up to believe were somehow unholy. Perfect=adequate was my mantra. This affirmation helped me come to terms with being a human animal, and from there realize that as a human, I have the choice to be stuck in the muck of suffering or I could choose resilience, humor, love, trust, etc. I'm just as alive as anyone else, and it's time I be honest with myself, about myself, 100% of the time, I decided.
Wish I could write more, as I could go on and on, but I hope this is a good start that gets you thinking. Feel free to message me, ask me any questions. I'm here to help in any way I can. Thanks for exuding the courage to be yourself. :) It does take a lot, but the rewards are infinite.
Andrea Hall
Aug 21 2013: Speaking on personal experience here...I've gone through a "transformation"--both physically & mentally/emotionally--that I understand you to be writing about above. I'll go into a bit of detail.
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In 2008 (in a matter of a one month period) I lost my job, my Mom to cancer & my grandmother to heart disease. Needless to say my "world" & sense of self was turned upside down! I found myself at a proverbial fork in the road where I had a choice. 1) To live in this sorrow & wallow in what I had lost, most likely snowballing on itself & putting me deeper into my negative outlook on myself more than what I already was. Or 2) get up, dust myself off & figure out my "new normal". In one sense this was a "dying and rebirth" experience as you mention above but not in a negative sense. It wasn't a matter of letting go of my old/past self (which at that time was without a Mom, unemployed, single, and over 345lbs) but accepting it for what it was and moving on. Over the next 5 yrs I found that a lot of my weight was actually emotional "weight" of experiences from my past that I never really addressed. I wasn't really aware that I was even carrying these things around until they surfaced and I chose to face them.
I first had to let go of the fear of facing these things head on. It's like needing to clean out the closet/storage unit that many of us have. Most of the stuff in there we don't actually need but for whatever reason we haven't been able to part with in the past. The task of having to go in & begin to "clean out" this unit is mentally overwhelming/exhausting. But taking on a little bit at a time is manageable & how it should be approached. Too much at one time can send you into a negative spiral. Having a health issue of obesity, like I had, somewhat forced me to take it a little at a time because losing it all at once isn't realistic. I learned that a Healthy Mind = a Healthy Body & reinforced my belief that everything in life happens for a reason.
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Aug 22 2013: Andrea I am so glad you joined TED conversations. I appreciate you sharing your inspiring story......so many of us need to find our way....and the world needs to hear from those people who have walked the talk.....to learn how it can be done......I hope you will start your own conversations, and reach out to many more people. Cheers!!
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here is an inspiring talk on pathways to success:
http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.htmlSep 2 2013: I have had similar thoughts and yearnings for not only a more authentic self, but also a better self - a person I want to be in the future - harder working, continuously more compassionate, decent, kind - plain and simply a human, a harmonious human being.
I have a few leads for you that have helped me in my journey. Most recently, I have been listening to Eckhart Tolle's Living a Life of Inner Peace. It is a wonderful audio recording of a talk he gave. He light-hearted. He is joyfully wise. Disc two especially addresses your topic. He discusses the need to let go of the search for oneself - because, (for me, in this case), I am the now. So, of course you are the now. That is a beautiful statement and so liberating. I love words - perhaps that it why I am presently typing :) - so I'd like to add the word 'unfolding' I am the now, unfolding...I am unfolding into the now... By placing your self into the moment you that are in at any moment, and being there, exclusively, you become what you are.
Frustration over the past - it wanders away with no foothold upon me. And the future is, hopefully, when all goes well with my dwelling in the present, waiting patiently for my unfolding like a flower in the warm sun or perhaps a nourishing rain, and gosh, sometimes even a tumultuous rain. But my essence remains me.
And so I also look brightly toward the future. I believe that I am continually becoming a person I am happier with and more confident about introducing to strangers, potential friends ... all people ... and animals too.
Another wonderful teacher is Sogyal Rinpoche. The early chapters of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying directly and compassionately discuss comfort in one's own skin. What a wonderful, beautiful and unique gift we give the world, others and ourselves when we dwell in the present moment -truly experiencing it - as we are, as we are created, and as we are growing to be.
Also, I recommend Roshi Halifax here on TED on compassion and empathy.
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Sep 2 2013: Beautiful!! I agree. :)
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"Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living." (Eckhart Tolle)
so.....being in this moment now....as my most authentic self is being fully present in life that matters.
James Connor
Aug 22 2013: This is a great topic. I think we must first look at the problem or problems. Jiddu Krishnamurti always referred to "how we think as people as the root of the problem". We must first change that before we can have a solution. So, a solution for a problem that many will go through but no clear path....and that is based on trying to organize life. The organization of life is the control factor that we try to do on a external level. This is a problem because you can t control how life flows. We can make all the psychological hypothesis on how to better cope with emotions but, the problem is controlling these things. What happened to understanding, accepting, and being that person with flaws and potentials.
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So, how do you appreciate that person we are growing to be or who we are. Conflict.....I think conflict is when we compare what we are to someone we would like to be. Or we want to be someone, to be an idol, someone inspiring to impress another, or for the gain of recognition. Especially in America, it is slapped in your face on what we should be at an early age. But what is wrong with the man or woman that likes a non stressful job cleaning houses. Someone says "Oh wow, you can do better than that." but, that person has no stress and is content with that lifestyle. What if ambition was measured on what makes you happy. What if the schools were teaching on the trials of life, massive cultural acceptance, and critical thinking and much more. An education to enhance the creation of the mind and acceptance for the unique abilities we all have.
So, how do we become comfortable when we have been programmed and brainwashed for so long. LET GO! Accept your flaws physically and mentally. Accept your brilliant difference from one another. Accept people that look at you for YOU and not what the classifications are in our society. Accept that happiness is letting go of the substance inside us, the conflict of what we should be. Accept your self for you in grow from there
adesh saxena
Aug 22 2013: Travel light, Its a pleasure.
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In the journey of life travel light
without baggage of the past
and without loads of expectations in future.
Yijia Chen
Aug 17 2013: when i someday become a old lady,i won't jealous other young ladys.l will probably say when i am a child ,i enjoyed being a child ,when i am an old lady,i'll enjoy being an old lady.it isn't a matter of time,after all.because i have also gone through this period of time in my life,just that simple.
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Kat VonTesla
Aug 16 2013: To a degree... I don't feel paranoid per say and I've yet to master thinking before I speak. It's more the feeling of needing to keep up a certain image/persona around everyone. I've been this social shapeshifter for so long that I've never had the chance to really dig in and be all of myself at once. In a lot of intimate relationships, I tend to hold back and feel more like a diluted version of who I'm supposed to be if that makes sense. After being "this" for so long, I've found that there are instances where I'm just to exhausted to keep it up and I'm at least more of myself than usual and I end up feeling like I've upset things. That tends to foster very well intentioned but annoying comments that start of "you know what's wrong with you is..." and then I fall back into character. After speaking with a few other people who spend a large amount of time performing, I've found that I have a few comrades in this awkward stage of introducing myself TO myself finally. Sounds a bit odd, I'm sure. Realizing all this was the major reason I decided to step back and stop performing so it wasn't quite so easy to fall back into the addiction to external validation and to try and figure out what a lot of others figured out years ago ;) Upon doing so, I found that there weren't to many (if any) books/discussions dealing with this from the standpoint of a performing artist and I thought hey.... I bet TED would be a great place to start. So far, I'm really glad I put this out there. You've all had some great insight and some really good points!
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Johnny Atman
Aug 16 2013: Hi Kat,
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I assume that you are not alone in attempting to "shed your skin" as snakes do, to be born again and let go of the baggage you are carrying.
But you see, our Self-Concept depends on the past, the past evolving in the present, the past claiming a foothold in the present, "I am that which I was, or a continuity of".
For as long as we invite the past in the present, we have problems.
Now, I don't claim to be an expert, but this is my 5 bob's worth.
What I do, personally, is insert a space (I call it SANITY) and this puts things in perspective. What I mean is that there is a difference between "then and there" and "now and here". If you enmesh them, you lose the space and with it, your sanity. And I also make sure when I converse that I use the words "recall" and "remember" when speaking about the past, rather than speaking as though it is happening now.
Comparing...well, if you compare yourself, you lose your Uniqueness, that is clear. Any form of comparison is a form of self-betrayal as we betray Uniqueness in order to derive a sense of Self as a deduction. Self is not to be deduced, self is to be aware of, presently. This does not involve mathematics, additions or subtractions. I am not more or less than somebody. I am ME. I can only be me. And I AM ME when I do not compare myself with others or past memories.
The curious question is why compare? Why not AWARE?
Linda Taylor
Aug 16 2013: Oh my goodness! Look this is pretty simple. You embrace who you are now. That's it.
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Who you are now is a cumulation of all you have gone through before so you have to embrace that also. You cannot throw it away. Letting go is not the same as throwing away. You let go of the emotion but you keep the memory for it is an integral part of who you are now.
Who you will be does not exist yet. All the planning and goal setting in the world cannot predict who you will be.
All there is is now. Enjoy it.
All the rest is crap.Aug 26 2013: If you are a full-time housewife, I wonder if this could be a solution for you: discuss with you family and work out some compromise between your real family life and the true self you like in the past. If you are still eager for the good feeling of success reassurance from the crowd,you could try to find a part time job or a job could be done at home that can bring you some excitement . Please don't get me wrong and ignore it if there is anything offensive to your privacy.
Scot Wilcox
Aug 23 2013: You're talking about changing yourself, right? Getting rid of tendencies and habits that harm yourself or others and changing for the better. I think we all need to be working at this all the time. I usually start with recognizing that what I've done or am doing is bad. I think about where I would like to be and what I want to be doing. I then make a plan and set goals, concrete steps I'm going to take to change. Willpower alone is sometimes not enough though, in my experience. I struggled for a couple years to change who I was at one point. I found that God helped me go the extra mile.
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It's not that the old self was all bad or whatever, I just hadn't learned some things yet. It's all step-by-step progression, so once you've made your change there's nothing to regret anymore. Who you are is pretty dynamic, changing every day. By consciously choosing in the small decisions to change for the better instead of worse, I don't have to compare myself to the past and wish for it.
Kat VonTesla
Aug 23 2013: Yes I am. And it's less about changing my whole self and more about being able to discern what from my past still serves me well and what to let go of. I don't think the qualities I'm trying to walk away from in my own past were bad or even negative. I have found, however, that they no longer serve a purpose in the life I'm living now I suppose. When I was younger, I performed all the time. I met a lot of incredible human beings and I wanted to talk to everyone, do everything and didn't want to be rooted down by anything or anyone. It was a great period in my life BUT as I've grown and started raising children, I've had good reason to re-evaluate who I was then and who I am now. While my life is still pretty good, it's not quite as exciting as it once was and I have days when it's hard not to want to be THAT person again. When you're on stage, you get that validation quickly and en masse :) The life I have now is equally as fulfilling and exciting (in different ways) but that validation has to come from myself now. The trouble is, when I have my off days it's easy to switch on that old process of "how do I get back to being that person" when it probably SHOULD be "how do I create the feelings and assurance I had then in the life I have now and from myself rather than from a crowd". It's a process :) Thanks for the input and that's great advice!
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Emily Ch
Aug 22 2013: I've been struggling with this idea of letting go and finding myself for some time as well. My current hypothesis is that maybe the best way to do this is to help others let go and find themselves. That maybe by finding it within us to try and really understand what someone is going through and letting it be what it is, we will allow ourselves to do the same.
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I actually have launched an art project off of this concept, where I hope to take 12 strangers, get to know them for 3 months, and turn their stories into paintings. If this seems interesting to you, I actually invite you to take a look :) Its a work in progress, but I'm very hopeful about what this will lead to.
Andrea Hall
Aug 22 2013: Thank YOU Juliette I really appreciate your comment! I'm navigating my way around TED and I hope to become more active on here!
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Aug 22 2013: Hi Andrea :-)
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I am still green myself....but I can share with you my early lessons I learned as I joined TED conversations.....on every single comment there is a reply button ( upper right hand corner, red "Reply")...when you click on it a new window opens directly below that comment. As you type you will see the red word "Reply" change to "Replying....".
What this feature does is that it sends an email to the person you are responding to ....and that is the only way that person knows to come back and read your response.
....today I randomly stumbled upon your message to me and of course my gladness is multiplied ...first for your presence and second for knowing that my words reached you ❤ ❤.
Joshua Bond
Aug 20 2013: Hello Kat,
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There are many interesting comments in reply to your quest, but I will focus on the last phrase of your introduction where you say you are seeking a way to let go of the old stuff "without it feeling like some kind of death".
Sorry; it's going to feel like some kind of death - and inevitably so. Why? Because our current identity is grown out of, and maintained by, the beliefs and habits of that old self - so in letting go of that old self we have to let go of our identity that is enmeshed in it, and in so doing it feels like a (partial) death.
However, I would say that this process is a normal part of growing into psychological and spiritual maturity. Mystics have called this experience "dying to self so that we might live" and "the dark night of the soul". We can choose to have little "dyings" every every day, or wait until a big crisis comes along and then we have an opportunity for a bigger "dying".
{From a zen perspective I can recommend Cheri Huber's "There is nothing wrong with you"; from a Christian perspective I can recommend Thomas Keating's "Invitation to love"}
wayne uejio
Aug 17 2013: There is a lot of great advice. I would say not reinvent yourself but evolve to fit your current state. Now let me cliche you to death - 8>))
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Billy Joel's "Keeping the Faith"
You can get just so much from a good thing
You can linger too long in your dreams
Say goodbye to the "Oldies But Goodies"
Cause the good ole days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
Satchel Paige - "Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you"Aug 17 2013: Kat,
What do you mean you are "trying to get back to who I am"?
There is already lots of good advice on this thread, so I'm simply reinforcing it. We are what we are today, partially because of the experiences we have had in the past, which we can learn from......or not.....it's a choice. In my perception, life is an exploration, so it is an ongoing adventure in which we can continue to learn and grow.
As other people on this thread have said...embrace who you are, live in the present, learn, grow, explore, accept change, evolve...be all that you can be here and now.
The past is gone by, and we can use the information gained from past experiences to learn. The future is not yet a reality. This moment is the only reality. Do you choose to spend your time lamenting the past..."feeling like some kind of death", as you say? Or do you choose to embrace the lessons of the past and move on, embracing who you are now? It is a choice my friend:>)
adesh saxena
Aug 17 2013: Live in the present.
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Past good or bad is a teacher with experience. Let's learn from it.
Nothing remains same, even the universe.Aug 17 2013: There is no permanent "self" ......we change we evolve with time through our experiences , learning , realizations ........that's natural
Everett Hill
Aug 16 2013: I have learned that I can not let go of my past. It has made me who I am today. Every good and bad experience has shaped and molded me to be the person am I today. All of it is important. Even the icky, yucky, hide it in the closet and don't tell anyone stuff. You can't get rid of it but you don't have to dwell on it.
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One perspective that gave me some insight, which came from a religious standpoint but can be tweaked for those who are not religious, is that "God will never waste a hurt". Because you have had certain experiences, you can speak to someone or help where others can not. Those experiences are gifts which make you who you are and only you can use them to their full potential for good.
You can't go back and change your past. You wouldn't be who you are today if you did. But, you can embrace it and move on.
Be who you are and love it.
Sophia BAE
Aug 16 2013: I think a habit of comparing current oneself and that of the past is not bad. 'Compare' has a bad effect only when it is done in a way that one compares oneself with others because people usually do not see their own benefit, only to envy others' lives. Deep thought about oneself will be one of motivations which make us live in a better way. :-o
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Kat VonTesla
Aug 16 2013: First off I would like to thank everyone for replying. I appreciate the advice and the perspective from a different set of eyes. I tend to get trapped in my own head a great deal :) After speaking with my sister and a few friends and getting that familiar look of "what the hell are you talking about?" followed by the usual and very well intended advice of just being yourself, I did more digging and more talking. I found that my perspective on all this is coming slightly left field than some. My trouble with being able to clear away the self-imposed mud so I can follow aforementioned advice, is that I have to have a starting point. I need to understand where I am now in perspective to who I have been up until this point. And the reason that is so difficult (well perhaps not the only reason but the one that struck me first and hardest) is that I have been performing since I was 4 years old. Because of this factor, I've never BEEN "myself". Whoever that is. I've been putting on a show my entire life. Hell I won't even listen to certain songs with the windows rolled down driving because of 'keeping up appearances'. The ridiculous part is that logically, I realize everyone else is living their own lives...not waiting for me to screw up ;) But this discovering myself is very new and very foreign because of those circumstances. Which makes this concept of letting go, breathing in, and just BEING incredibly challenging. I wanted to put the idea out there to gain some insight...and perhaps get out of my own head for a minute or two.
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Johnny Atman
Aug 16 2013: Hi Kat,
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The picture you are portraying is much more clear now. It appears you are stuck with a self-image, a self-concept that forces you, compels you to portray a certain behavior associated with it, maintain a certain standard, etc. You live from expectations rather than spontaneous self expression. I can assume that most things you do are calculated, thought beforehand, weighed up, which is a struggle in itself. And I can also assume that you feel imprisoned by it, and guilty somehow if you don't live up to these expectations. If feel you let yourself down if not living up to the demands of the self image, and at the same time, you feel suffocated, watched over, like someone is looking over your shoulder, correct? You feel like spontaneously saying something, but you hold back, because it may not be :the right Thing to say", you may offend someone, etc. You may say "yes" when you really want to say "no." And I feel that there is a lot of resentment and passive aggressiveness inside you, and deep sadness at the loss of your freedom to be yourself, like a child, spontaneous, living in the "now-space" rather than the expected/anticipated. We also call this type of behavior "conditioned" and it is normally triggered by cues, and the reaction is from "should" rather than from a free "want:" and the "should" action is driven by guilt where the "want" action is driven by present desire and passion, full of life and joy.
Honesty is your Tao of cure, Kat. Means, be true to your self: feelings, wants, not wants. Do not say yes when you mean no, and if you feel sad, feel the sadness and do no try and immediately feel happy, because it involves the formation of "reaction formation" or the creation of the opposite. The Genuine becomes the "Shadow" as it is repressed, and the Opposite becomes the Mask, that which you are stuck with, a form of pretense, that is robbing you of your Authentic Self. That which you refuse to manifest, you repress into the Shadow.Aug 16 2013: Hi Dear Kat Von Tesla.Did you hear Enya's only time?the song's melody is a comfort for me sometimes.
I learn to appreciate'Now'.Because it is the only time I can enjoy.Meanwhile I also learnt to learn sth from the past,learn to get some hopes in the future to motivate me Now.
Accept and forgive and forget all what had happened,just move on,be conscious not forget lots of little grasses growing beside your hurry passing roads...Sep 14 2013: Create a better one starting today.
I had an abusive/alcoholic father and I found this helpful-
"When one has not had a good father, one must create one"- Friedrich NietzscheSep 14 2013: Even though we try to take away our old/past self from ourselves it is quite hard. Because we are the presences which are accumulated from the birth to the now. Rather than trying to divide our identity into small part, self-awareness attitudes should be required. The better one know oneself, the happier one could live life..
A Sharif
Sep 1 2013: Thank you very much indeed for raising this point; it is indeed some thing many people, myself included, struggle with.
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I do agree that a big part of the conflict is the mismatch or contradiction between Who I Really Am and Who I wish to Be Seen. In my case, I took some dramatic steps and pushed myself out of Both images, I mean the way I perceived myself in reality and the way I wished to be perceived by others. I stepped out of both molds-suddendly and mercilessly- to re know and reshape and reconstruct a balanced self-image, something to help me reach a happy medium.
I started to meet people I had never even imagined, I got into a lot of stuff I would never dare to approach formerly. I don't know whether what I did was LOGICALLY sound and sane or not, but honestly I have reached that happy medium now. I can confidently claim that stepping out of both images I used to hold, and trying to reach some thing that can reduce the tesion caused by the mismatch between the two, has taken me to a third self-image which is pretty much what I am and what I wish to be seen.
But as I stated, I did it roughly, firmly and mercilesslySep 1 2013: This is a great topic to bring up. Who doesn't want to be more proactive in shaping who they are and trimming off what they no longer are. Maybe the depressed and downtrodden but there is a way for them too. My thoughts almost immediately, went to the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, which has been a help to myself. Even if you are not an alcoholic, an applied modification of the 12 steps could give you the benefits of ridding yourself of undesirable behaviors. For instance, one could take the first step and say that they were powerless over material possession, that their life had become unmanageable in the acquisition of things. There is the searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself in step 4. In Step 8 one makes amends to others that have been wronged. The higher power concept is unique for everyone hence the "as we understood him" after the word God. http://www.silkworth.net/aa/12steps.html
The 12 steps may seem like a stretch to some but if it can work for them, I'm confident it could be a help to almost anyone tired of who they used to be.Aug 26 2013: No, I am a single mother of 2 and work full time as a drafter/engineer.
Aug 29 2013: Thank you for sharing your experience in life. I think all of us will get trapped in dilemma having to make a tough choice sometimes. I like your picture, it makes me believe somehow you must have the power to hang on there and take some small steps to balance your true self and your ouside world during your new trip starting from present to the future. Your topic remind me of the importance of enjoying my current life and cherishing what I have now. When I encounter the same problem , I will tell myself I'm not lonely ,there are other people who also have this kinda problem and I should be optimistic enough to solve it.
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Aug 26 2013: Dear Kat VonTesia,
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there is no solution for these type of questions or Ideas and it differ from person to person.
But the fact is that we don't want to think about our present because we know we are not doing right at this stage. If you are going perfect with your plan then you can think about your life and your heart and brain will be with you but if you are going wrong then if you tried to think sometime your brain avoid it and sometime heart. As our brain is full responsible for our body so it always tries to comfort us. It avoid thinking those things which may sad our mood. People drink because mind says please don't think that much and don't harm yourself just drink and enjoy. It always lead us on a path we love and enjoy.
That's why we need motivational books and quotes and sometime advice. for example we know that wake up early in the morning and do exercise is good for health but we never do it unless we read it somewhere or heard from somewhere that its good. We always need an example.
We can't get rid of our past because that's why we have the present so we can't forget our past but we can learn that how to make our past our strength. whatever bad we did cannot be changed but if we keep thinking about that then it may spoil our present. We learn to accept our past to develop our present or future.
Sorry if it irritate. :)
enjoy past with your present to make future.Aug 25 2013: Haha, I know what you mean but a remarkable thing happen. It appears to you in the best way possible individually and becomes permanent. There are times when I felt that my past is going to catch up to me only because I got that idea from someone else. It wasn't my own. There's a saying, yesterday is history tomorrow is a mystery and today is the a present that's why most times it's called a gift. Just don't make a living make a life. So, just live for today and no matter how much I thought about the past it really didn't matter cuz I was thinking more about now. Tomorrow is a long way coming. At the end of everything I will meet my friend Death and no matter the time taken I will willingly accept it if it's my time but till then I just want to be happy. It's not tough. It's quite a weight lifted off your shoulders when you realised the things that really matter are in front you. That's how I feel most times. I feel sometimes it's not healthy to plan the future cuz we literally are clueless what's gong to happen and we can't change it's course, so just ride that wave is all i'm saying. If you want to do something just go do it, simple and clear. That's How you meet your goals and expectations and not through expecting what's going to happen. Life is actually very simple, we insist in complicate things and you can't say labels has been that one means. Label this, label that and now everything has a name. wasn't it just man and woman in the beginning now its husband and wife, boyfriend and girlfriend, crush, couple, flirt and it's quite amusing for us to act in a way that seems quite childish.
It just doesn't make sense all this, we've change for a species that was once Intelligent, bold, beautiful and remarkably hopeful. We've always survived and prove that everything is possible even with the slightest chance and it was Amazing. And yet we see when we can't see and hear what when you can't here, there is a revolution coming and it's world of peace and love.
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Aug 24 2013: well, I think when we want to change our personalities we should know why we are changing it.. does that correspond with our purpose in our life?. looking inside ourselves is something essential for determining the factors that motivate us, and once we know these factors we can behave simpler and smootherAug 23 2013: There is some great discussion going on here. I love seeing the different view points/perspectives on what this question has meant and does mean to everyone else out there. I'd like to pose a new question now that occurs to me after reading all of your replies. I know on a personal level that I have some trouble with letting go to just BE. Not because I disagree with the concept but because I've been so mutable for the majority of my life that there's not root structure or one specific core truth that I have found to be my own focal point/true self. I don't feel that this is a negative or wrong way of being but it does make it different to focus the energy and simplify (again for me personally...I won't speak for everyone). One of the biggest issues because of this and because I performed for so long is learning the art of validating my happiness from within and then standing firm and maintaining that strength. A great deal of what I've put out into the universe was done on a stage and validation came externally. After living that way for a majority of my life and having no reason to question it then, I find it hard now to turn off the need for that "atta boy" and accept my own with equal power and assurance. I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on self validation vs. the external. Again, I understand and agree with the concept but I'm a bit out of practice. So for the sake of my own clumsy attempt at evolving here, I'll ask for some input ;)
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Aug 23 2013: Let the external validation be spontaneous, disordered, uncontrollable. You cant and don't want to plan an external entity for validation of anything. For example, A compliment is better when your not expecting it. So let it be not expected all the time. Internally always see yourself moving with life. "Like Water." as Bruce Lee would say. "Water is always flowing so you got to keep on flowing". Inward we must always acknowledge are achievements and failures in the now and understand and learn in the past. I think your pat on the back will be greater once you have achieved a goal for yourself and people recognize your achievement when you have moved to the next. Just try not to get caught up of where you were and what the future can possibly be with your goals and achievements...just keep on flowing. Again I humbly express my opinion. Thanks.Aug 23 2013: I think you could always focus on your current self. Treat yourself well and never think too much about the past.
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If you're tired with current self , maybe changing to another totally different enironment(changing your job,move to another country....) will bring you renascence in your self-evaluation.You could let the old self go just as let the time pass by. Just enjoy the movie directed and acted by yourself at different period of your life.Every role in the play is different aspects of you.
Aug 23 2013: i think that's not a solution, you are talkin like we have lots of money to move to another country etc, that's not general. the fact is we can't let go our past, we will always remember it, if the question said how, so my answer is just looking back to my old life but keep heading forward.
Aug 23 2013: That's just some examples of changing environment that makes you feeling like death. one should remember his past but I mean don't think too much about it when he heads towards his future. Be concentrated on your present performance to make it better,every present segment will become part of your past.I think the best way is to change one's attitude towards his current status, treat himself well ,be confident ,stop to think what he can change and make decision to try to change. If he cannot change the environment or he doesn't want to change it, he'd better change himself instead.
Aug 24 2013: agree with that. the thing is do what you want to do, and don't do what you don't want to do,
just be yourself ! :)Aug 22 2013: Very much dig :) I'd love to see how it turns out!Aug 22 2013: Stop analyzing, keep it simple.Aug 22 2013: Very cool, thank you for sharing Juliette!
Have a happy and healthy day!
-AndreaAug 19 2013: Your question is at the base of human existence. I am not qualified enough to give you out of the box advice, but here is a link you may want to explore. http://magicofawakening.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/how-to-do-self-enquiry/Aug 18 2013: Have you read anything by Robert Kegan?
In his book The Evolving Self (1982), Kegan explores human life problems from the perspective of a single process which he calls meaning-making, the activity of making sense of experience through discovering and resolving problems. "Thus it is not that a person makes meaning, as much as that activity of being a person is the activity of meaning-making," Kegan says.[3] Meaning-making is a lifelong activity that begins in earliest infancy and can evolve in complexity through a series of "evolutionary truces" (or "evolutionary balances") that establish a balance between self and other (in psychological terms), or subject and object (in philosophical terms), or organism and environment (in biological terms).[4] Each evolutionary truce is both an achievement of and a constraint on our meaning-making, possessing both strengths and limitations.[5] And each evolutionary truce presents a new solution to the lifelong tension between how people are connected, attached, and included, on the one hand (integration), and how people are distinct, independent, and autonomous on the other (differentiation).
Aug 18 2013: This information is quite interesting.
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I would imagine that a person's metacognitive skills play a big role in the meaning-making process/evolution of self.....?
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By the way,Dear Mary M.would you like to be my daughter's english learning mentor?She is interested in english learning now.But it is really not easy for a kid to learn english well if no learning language environment.
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Mount Lola Climber's Log
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|Brian Kalet
|North Ridge
Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2008
|Skied from thew summit! Trip Report
|Posted Mar 15, 2008 10:04 pm
|Dangers Pop
|Main Trail
Date Climbed: Nov 17, 2007
|Great dayhike! Windy and cold with patches of snow. Followed the ridge to the north before returning crosscountry.
|Posted Nov 18, 2007 12:30 pm
|Mount Lola Trail
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2006
|Relatively straightforward hike to the summit. We encountered a mountain biker at a surprisingly high spot on the trail--I'd be very impressed if he biked all the way to the summit.
|Posted Oct 23, 2007 5:19 pm
|Ol Walsher
|Mt. Lola Trail
Date Climbed: Sep 14, 2007
|Took the day off work to bag two county highpoints with Sady. Ended up driving a PG&E worker out who got stuck with his 4WD. Drove him out to Nyack. All in all a cool hike with some cool views of the Sierras. I will be sure to go back. Also did Lola North.
|Posted Sep 16, 2007 10:01 pm
|Mt. Lola Trail
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2007
|Nice and easy hike to the summit from the Mt. Lola Trailhead. Super gusty winds at the summit almost knocked me over a few times. Tagged Lola North then headed cross country back. Didn't see another soul.
|Posted Sep 13, 2007 8:05 pm
|Beautiful Day
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2007
|Moderate climb on a beautiful Monday. Didn't see anyone else the whole day. 5.5 hours start to finish, with a 20 minute rest at the summit.
|Posted Jul 24, 2007 7:05 pm
|Solo Trip
Date Climbed: Aug 23, 2006
|My first real solo peakbag. I saw 1 person in 10.7 miles. Good hike, 40 MPH gusts at the top. Also bagged Mt. Lola North, then X-countried east back down to the trail.
|Posted Aug 23, 2006 11:31 pm
|Peak Baguette
|Via Mt. Lola Trail 08.19.06
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2006
|Just a touch of snow - stunning views, much solitude. Couldn't get Barry Manilow's "Copacabana" out of my head... "her name was Lola... she was a showgirl..." made me want to lobby to change the name of "North Lola" to "Mt. Rico". Register almost full - bring a steno sized notepad if you're planning a trip here soon.
|Posted Aug 21, 2006 7:17 am
|Mount Lola
Date Climbed: Jul 23, 2006
|Fled the heat (100+ F) in Reno up to the mountains for a hike to Mount Lola. There is still plenty of snow above 8400 feet, enough to lose the trail near the ridge, but it was no issue to go around or over the snow. It was partly cloudy a bit hazy to the South around Lake Tahoe, because of the unusually high monsoonal humidity and possibly smoke from wildfires, but we could just make out Lassen Peak on the horizon, 94.6 miles away NNE. The wildflowers were out in force, especially in Cold Stream Meadow. This has been one of my favorite hikes since moving to Reno.
NevadaRambler trip blog entry
|Posted Aug 4, 2006 7:14 pm
|Michael Graupe
|Route Climbed: Southwest ridge Date Climbed: October 26, 2003
|Nice short afternoon hike from White Rock Lake after climbing English Mountain in the morning. There are way too many ATVs out there.
|Posted Sep 27, 2005 6:15 pm
|Route Climbed: Main Trail Date Climbed: August 28, 2005
|What should have been an easy hike was made more difficult by booze and food from the night before. In the summit register from 8/17/05 it said "Lion Kill just off trail, be careful". A few snow fields still visable.
|Posted Aug 28, 2005 12:25 pm
|Route Climbed: Mt. Lola North Direct and North Ridge Traverse Date Climbed: 2 July 2005
|A longer day than expected, mostly because of more snow than expected (ie: more than "none"). Last 400 vertical feet on Lola North was a hairy snow slope in hiking shoes (not even boots) and fingers for ice axe. Last visit to Lola North was 2 weeks ago, at least two other groups summitted Lola proper today, braving endless snow field crossings. So much for July!
|Posted Jul 3, 2005 4:01 am
|Dennis Poulin
|Route Climbed: Mt. Lola Trail Date Climbed: 4 July 2004
|This is a beautiful palce to be on Independence Day. Still patches of snow on the trail.
|Posted Sep 17, 2004 5:28 pm
|Route Climbed: Mt. Lola Trail Date Climbed: July 8, 2004
|A very enjoyable summit which I had all to myself. I had to kill a lot of mosquitoes on the way up but the trail is a delight with the stream nearby most of the way. Some snow patches to cross near the top but that adds to the alpine feeling. Nice view spot. I must have had the 7th in my mind as I dated the summit register with that lucky number. Lola is the highpoint of Nevada county so always nice to pick up when you chase county highpoints as I do.
I went north and tagged the summit of Sierra county highpoint, North Lola and crosscountried down to the trail, hitting an old logging road about 500 feet down on the east side.
Met my summitpost friend, Keema as i was nearing my vehicle at the trail head. Small world indeed but I did have a close call with a downhilling mountain biker that nearly
sent me to the promised land. Great hike.
|Posted Jul 9, 2004 6:31 pm
|Route Climbed: Main Trail Date Climbed: July 8, 2004
|A fun day. Along with Lola North that I also tagged, these are California county high points 14 and 15. Nice views that would have been even better except for the haze around the horizon. How and why are those bricks at the summit? Trip report
|Posted Jul 9, 2004 1:29 pm
|Route Climbed: Mt Lola Trail - North Ridge Date Climbed: June 12, 2004
|Still a fair amount of snow on the way to the top, but I was still able to follow the trail blazes. Tagged the N ridge on the way back.
|Posted Jun 23, 2004 1:47 am
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: Same as Bob Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2004
|I enjoyed our second visit to the area a good deal more than the first.
|Posted Jun 7, 2004 2:52 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: North Ridge (ascent) / East Shoulder (descent) Date Climbed: Feb 14, 2004
|After a failed first attempt a few months earlier, Matthew and I returned for a second effort and found the weather considerably more cooperative. A very enjoyable winter outing. Trip Report
|Posted Jun 5, 2004 2:30 am


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (June 2, 2011) - For the second straight year the ETSU baseball team has placed a member of its squad on the Louisville Slugger All-American First Team as junior Bo Reeder (Cookeville, Tenn.) was selected as a utility player, announced Collegiate Baseball on Thursday.
Reeder had a sensational season hitting .316 with 16 doubles, 15 home runs and 59 RBI as a third baseman, and also shattered the Atlantic Sun single season saves record after posting a nation-best 18 saves as a closer.
On the mound, Reeder was phenomenal converting on 18 of 19 save opportunities while recording a 1.95 ERA and limiting opponents to a .165 batting average. The two-way standout also struck out 32 batters in 27.2 IP and allowed a run in only four of his 24 appearances.
The junior joins Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.) as the only two Buccaneers to be named to the Louisville Slugger All-American First Team. Reeder is also the second ETSU player to earn the utility distinction along with Caleb Moore who was named a Third Team utility player in 2004.
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"Take five minutes today to make the starter, also called sponge, and tomorrow you can bake two loaves of this marvelous, slightly sour, rustic Italian bread that has a hearty crust."
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For Sponge (Biga):
1/8 teaspoon
active dry yeast
2 tablespoons
warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
1/3 cup
warm water
1 cup
bread flour
For Bread:
1/2 teaspoon
active dry yeast
2 tablespoons
warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2/3 cup
warm water
1 tablespoon
olive oil
2 cups
bread flour
1 1/2 teaspoons
This was the best bread I've ever made! I prepared the sponge two days in advance and kept it in the fridge. I had no problems with it being too sticky like others mentioned. I cooked it on a pizza stone and basted with water every 5 minutes for a brown, crunchy crust. The parchment did burn a little around the edges while baking, but it was reminiscent of an old Italian bakery. See my picture -this bread is perfect!
I'll start with the good: I've been making bread for a couple years and this is easily the best bread I've made to date. It was soft, chewy, soaked up butter like a sponge when I served it.
The bad: The "sponge" measurements didn't work for me. The measurements given resulted in a softball sized ball of dough, not a sponge. A sponge, as I know it, should be extremely wet and gooey. I ended up going with equal parts flour and water, as well as additional yeast. And while a baking stone may produce a nice crusty bottom I've always felt that it took some of the air out of the bread since you're transferring the dough after it's been proofed. I just baked them on the parchment paper that had already been sprinkled with some cornmeal. Sat for 90 minutes and was ready to go in the oven.
So while the exact recipe would have been a complete flop for me (sponge not spongy) the overall idea and directions are pretty solid. I'll definitely be making the modified version again.
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The easiest 'real sourdough' recipie; those without 'aging' of dough lack the genuine ciabatta taste, even though they may get the consistancy right. This one gets even better with more than one days aging of the 'sponge'.
I cannot tell you how AMAZING this bread is. 3 loaves were gone in under a day and a half! It is crunchy on the outside, soft and moist on the inside and filled with all these lovely bubbly craters! I replaced the milk with water and just baked on a greased and floured baking sheet and it was still wonderful. I cannot rate this recipe highly enough. I served with olive tapenade and caprese salad for appetizers and it was wonderful. My fiance and family could not get enough of it! They beg for it EVERYDAY. Will certainly make again and again and again!
First, the sponge is amazing. Tastes just as good after only sitting for a few hours as it does after 24+. I made it once and left it for 24 hours in a cool place and that made nice fluffy bread without many air pockets. The second time i made the sponge I left it right next to a warm stove top and it rose very quickly and made these HUGE air pockets in my finished product. I only left this for 4 hours but the taste and texture were FANTASTIC and the sponge almost spilled over the rim of the bowl! It was a bit difficult to get out of the bowl because of its stickiness but that was to be expected. For those that thought the sponge needed water, it doesn't. It will look just like a clump of dough in the beginning but if you leave it you'll be pleasantly surprised with a bubbling, frothy, sticky sponge.
Secondly, I made this recipe cautiously because I expected it to be very difficult to handle, but it was not.
My husband and I celebrated our 11 year wedding anniversary with Friends and an Italian meal. Since my husband had visited Italy and collected recipes when we were there, the only one missing was a bread recipe. It was a little involved as far as prep time but it was easy,GOOD, and tasted just like what we had eaten in Florence!!!!!!! I will make it again. For 15 people I made 6 loaves with enough left over for dinner the next night.
I have fallen in love with making bread these past few months, and this is the best recipe I have have found, by far. I have made at least 12 loaves with this, and every time I make it, my roommates/friends devour it instantly. I have modified it a little, though. I found the original recipe to be too dry for my tastes when it came out of the over, so I tripled the olive oil, and it came out moist and delicious. Add more oil to the recipe and you're in great shape. I love this bread!
Awesome recipe! It makes such a wonderful, crusty bread that it's tempting to eat the whole loaf! I didn't have parchment, or a baking stone, so I oiled a cookie sheet, and sprinkled cornmeal on it before making the loaves. They turned out great!
I made this bread today and it turned just like the ones I've paid big bucks at the especialty's stores. Great taste and texture. I sent a piece of this bread w/my husband's lunch and he shared w/his friend... Next I know he is calling asking me to give a copy of the recipe to his friend. Hubby compared it w/the breads they serve at fancy restaurants.Everyone in my family love it. The kids even ate it without butter or jam!!!! It is a keeper!!!!
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Calories from Fat: 13
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