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How well you sharpen a Japanese planer blade with your whetstone depends on how you hold your mouth. So goes the legend-and Paul Discoe, who has delicately hand-sharpened many a blade in his Japanese timber-framing shop, has found it to be true. He's still using a set of tools he brought back from Japan, where he studied Buddhist temple design and construction from 1970 to 1975, and he's still applying the techniques he learned there to design and build custom timber-frame homes, workspaces, and temples.
In an age where woodworkers use power tools almost exclusively, Discoe's employees each have a set of traditional Japanese chisels, planes, and pull saws that enable them to do highly refined and exacting work. These tools can be more keenly sharpened and can cut more accurately to the line than their American counterparts. Handling them requires the utmost concentration as well as an athletic ability to move in just the right way. Discoe likens his woodworking to riding a bike instead of driving a car to your destination. It takes longer, but you notice more along the way and enjoy more flexibility and personal participation.
As part of his work, Discoe has had to come up with creative ways to conceal metal fastenings, hold-downs, and rods to maintain the integrity of pre-industrial Asian design while also meeting modern building codes.
His successful melding of East and West has led to jobs for clients such as the San Francisco Zen Center and Oracle's Larry Ellison, who commissioned 10 15th-century Japanese buildings, including a main home and guest and tea houses, for his estate. Parts are built in the shop, then shipped and assembled on site.
His latest design is an economical modular house that comes in a kit and can be arranged in any shape based on an 8-foot grid, making his high-end craftsmanship now affordable for folks like you and me. Just be sure to hold your mouth just right during assembly.
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Gallo anchors Short-Season All-Stars11/28/2012 1:00 PM ET
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Minor League Baseball™ and the Topps Company announced today that Arizona League MVP Joey Gallo and Pioneer League Player of the Year David Dahl are among the nine players selected to the Topps Short Season-A™/Rookie® All-Star Team. The squad also includes four players chosen in the first round in this year's June Draft. The Chicago Cubs organization has a pair of infielders on the team in Dan Vogelbach and Gioskar Amaya. The best performances in all Minor League Baseball classifications are again being honored by the Topps Company of New York, N.Y., in conjunction with Minor League Baseball.
Dan Vogelbach (19) of North Ft. Myers, Fla., led short-season players with 62 RBIs and tied for the lead with 41 extra-base hits. The first baseman, who began his season in the Arizona League with the Cubs and then was promoted to the Boise Hawks, ranked second in homers (71), slugging percentage (.641) and OPS (1.051). The Chicago Cubs drafted Vogelbach in the second round in 2011 out of high school.
Gioskar Amaya (19) of Carabobo, Venezuela, tied for the lead among short-season players with 12 triples and was fourth with 61 runs. The Boise Hawks second baseman ranked among the top five in the Northwest League in runs (1st), slugging percentage (.496, 3rd), OPS (.877, 3rd), stolen bases (15, 4th) and batting average (.298, 5th). The Chicago Cubs signed Amaya as a free agent in July 2009.
Dorssys Paulino (18) of Bani, D.R., finished second in the Arizona League in batting average (.355) and third in OPS (1.015) and slugging percentage (.610) in 41 games for the Indians. The shortstop was then promoted to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in the NY-Penn League. The Cleveland Indians signed Paulino as a free agent in July 2011.
Joey Gallo (19) of Las Vegas, Nev., topped short-season players with 22 homers, a .660 slugging percentage and 1.072 OPS. The Arizona League MVP and third baseman for the Rangers set a new circuit mark by clubbing 18 homers. Gallo also led the AZL in RBIs (43) and slugging percentage (.733), before being promoted to the Spokane Indians in the Northwest League. The Texas Rangers selected Gallo in the first round (39th overall) in this year's draft out of high school.
Mike Zunino (21) of Cape Coral, Fla., hit .373 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs for the Everett AquaSox. The catcher had a .736 slugging percentage and 1.210 OPS and was promoted all the way to Double-A® after just 29 games. The Seattle Mariners drafted Zunino in the first round (3rd overall) in this year's draft out of The University of Florida.
Andrew Aplin (21) of Suisun, Calif., played 44 games for the Tri-City ValleyCats, before moving up to Class A®. The outfielder hit .348 with 20 stolen bases for Tri-City with an OPS of .978. The Houston Astros took Aplin in the fifth round in this year's draft out of Arizona State University.
David Dahl (18) of Birmingham, Ala., led short-season players with a .379 batting average and 106 hits and tied for the lead with 41 extra-base hits. The Grand Junction Rockies outfielder was second with 62 runs and third in slugging percentage (.625) and OPS (1.048). The Colorado Rockies took the Pioneer League Player of the Year in the first round (10th overall) in this year's draft out of high school.
Jesse Winker (19) of Windermere, Fla., hit .338 and ranked third among short-season players with a .443 on-base percentage. The Billings Mustangs outfielder's batting average tied for second best in the Pioneer League and his OPS of .943 was third. The Cincinnati Reds selected Winker in the first round (49th overall) in this year's draft out of high school.
Taylor Cole (23) of Las Vegas, Nev., went 6-0 and had the lowest ERA among short-season starters at 0.81. The Vancouver Canadians right-hander ranked second in WHIP (0.80) and batting average against (.161). The Toronto Blue Jays picked Cole in the 29th round in 2011 out of Brigham Young University.
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my baby started to eat cerelac infant cereal at age of 5 months old is that okay?
she love to eat cerelac but im worried about her weight.
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Dear gelizaire,
Are you worried that your daughter is losing weight? It is recommended that babies don't start being offered food until they are 6 months old and developmentally ready. This is because their milk (ideally breastmilk but if not then formula milk) is much more nutritious and easy for them to swallow and digest than food such as cereal. Therefore, if you are worried that your daughter is losing weight I would swap back to just milk until she is 6 months old.
You may also find that baby led weaning (which I described in my previous post) is better in maintaining the milk (and its calories and nutrients) she is getting and offered alongside this (rather than a substitute for this milk in the first 12 months of life).
If you are concerned about your baby's weight then I would recommend seeing your healthcare practitioner.
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Terrence Dwyer, the president of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, has been trying hard to convince young Orange County that the Costa Mesa temple of culture isn't just a place for mom and dad anymore.
Reggie Watts could be the ultimate statement of the Center's new programming philosophy.
The New York-based vocalist/beatboxer/musician/comedian/improviser, whose Wednesday show in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall was part of the second annual Off Center Festival, represents the epitome of wild and woolly downtown hipness. Stocky, dressed for the practice room (his first onstage act was zipping his fly) and sporting an afro that would have been considered impressive in the Age of Aquarius, Watts has to be the strangest act to appear on that august stage since it opened in 2006.
You might have seen Watts without knowing his name. He has appeared on Jimmy Fallon's and Conan O'Brien's shows and is a regular on the IFC's "Comedy Bang Bang." He's also popular on the comedy, alternative music and theater festival circuits.
Watts is an indefinable animal. Everything he does is improvised.
Using only his voice, he quickly manipulates digital samplers to feather together intricate and multi-layered loops of repeating sounds which he then solos over. In contrast to his highly rhythmic and tightly structured sound beds, Watts' lead lines and melodies are very fluid and stream-of-consciousness.
He employs his highly flexible voice to imitate a huge variety of styles, from jazz to African township music to classical arias. Often he invents languages. They're nonsense words, but Watts modulates his inflection and body language so they seem uncannily like real phrases whose meaning you can't quite make out.
Sometimes holding two microphones, occasionally playing simple repeated chords or single lines on a keyboard, Watts is a facile and virtuosic composer with a symphony of vocal sounds at his disposal.
Watts alternates his music-making with random monologues about virtually everything under the sun. His ramblings can be hilarious, pseudo-scholarly, disconcerting or maddeningly obscure. He sometimes lets his voice trail into inaudibility or wanders offstage during his talks.
Watts began the evening with a long, detailed and completely fictitious etymology of the Segerstrom Center's name. "It's named after Bob Seger," he told the young, rowdy crowd. "He liked storms. But he didn't want to be obvious about it."
Such artful nonsense is typical of Watts' style. Sometimes it soars; sometimes it falls flat. What's amazing is that he employs no mental filters or governors, allowing one tangent to lead to another. He covered group sex, organic food, President Obama, vocal techniques, the importance of sound absorption and a crazy plethora of other topics, all connected through non sequiturs.
Watts' final song of the evening, announced several times, was delayed over and over by one aside or another. That's at the heart of Watts' performance persona: to keep us off balance and unsure of where exactly he's taking us.
He used that uncertainty right through the show's final moments. As he sang over an energetic sound loop, Watts slowly slid off the stage, walked through the audience and disappeared out the front door of the hall, improvising lyrics all the while. The lights stayed off; the accompaniment continued. Was the show over or not?
A few moments later, Watts finally provided closure. Like a sleight-of-hand artist who's finally done fooling us, he bounded back onstage, thanked us and bid us good night.
Watts isn't everyone's cup of tea, but that's the whole point. From the wall-defying choreography of Project Bandaloop to the tent cabaret of Teatro Zinzanni, the Segerstrom folks have been striving mightily to defy expectations of what a performing arts center should offer. They and Watts are pursuing the same goal: to shake us loose from our ruts and preconceptions, no matter the result.
Who: Reggie Watts
Where: Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
When: Wednesday
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Britney Spears tells Congress to get to 'work'
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Britney Spears says Congress could learn a thing or two by taking a listen to her new single.
The star sent out a tweet on Wednesday, tweaking some of her lyrics in the song. She wrote:
Go call the po-lice, Go Call The Gu-vunah! Someone tell Congress to get to #WorkBxxCH— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) October 2, 2013
Politics aside, Britney's new video released on Tuesday seems to have put her right back in the good graces of the critics. Among the media singing her praises is the "Daily Beast," who is calling the video "flawless" and "classic Britney."
"The Hollywood Reporter" says that Britney is "up to her old tricks again," adding that the provocative new clip featuring her as an S&M type character is "a welcome return to form."
The star has tweeted that she's "overwhelmed with all the love," and thanked the video director Ben Mor.
Overwhelmed with all the love, my goodness! Big kiss to all of u & Mr Ben Mor!!! Xxoo #WORKBxxCHVideo— Britney Spears (@britneyspears) October 2, 2013
Her still-untitled new album is set to drop on December 3rd.
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Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal nerve, which carries sensation from your face to your brain. If you have trigeminal neuralgia, even mild stimulation of your face — such as from brushing your teeth or putting on makeup — may trigger a jolt of excruciating pain.
You may initially experience short, mild attacks. But trigeminal neuralgia can progress and cause longer, more-frequent bouts of searing pain. Trigeminal neuralgia affects women more often than men, and it's more likely to occur in people who are older than 50.
Because of the variety of treatment options available, having trigeminal neuralgia doesn't necessarily mean you're doomed to a life of pain. Doctors usually can effectively manage trigeminal neuralgia with medications, injections or surgery.
Trigeminal neuralgia symptoms may include one or more of these patterns:
If you experience facial pain, particularly prolonged or recurring pain or pain unrelieved by over-the-counter pain relievers, see your doctor.
In trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, the trigeminal nerve's function is disrupted. Usually, the problem is contact between a normal blood vessel — in this case, an artery or a vein — and the trigeminal nerve at the base of your brain. This contact puts pressure on the nerve and causes it to malfunction.
Trigeminal neuralgia can occur as a result of aging, or it can be related to multiple sclerosis or a similar disorder that damages the myelin sheath protecting certain nerves. Less commonly, trigeminal neuralgia can be caused by a tumor compressing the trigeminal nerve.
Some people may experience trigeminal neuralgia due to a brain lesion or other abnormalities. In other cases, surgical injuries, stroke or facial trauma may be responsible for trigeminal neuralgia.
A variety of triggers may set off the pain of trigeminal neuralgia, including:
Make an appointment with your primary care provider if you have symptoms common to trigeminal neuralgia. After your initial appointment, you may see a doctor trained in the diagnosis and treatment of brain and nervous system conditions (neurologist).
For possible trigeminal neuralgia, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions during your appointment at any time that you don't understand something.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may give you more time to go over points you want to discuss further. Your doctor may ask:
Your doctor will diagnose trigeminal neuralgia mainly based on your description of the pain, including:
Your doctor may conduct many tests to diagnose trigeminal neuralgia and determine underlying causes for your condition, including:
Your facial pain may be caused by many different conditions, so an accurate diagnosis is important. Your doctor may order additional tests to rule out other conditions.
Trigeminal neuralgia treatment usually starts with medications, and some people don't need any additional treatment. However, over time, some people with the condition may stop responding to medications, or they may experience unpleasant side effects. For those people, injections or surgery provide other trigeminal neuralgia treatment options.
If your condition is due to another cause, such as multiple sclerosis, your doctor will treat the underlying condition.
To treat trigeminal neuralgia, your doctor usually will prescribe medications to lessen or block the pain signals sent to your brain.
Anticonvulsants. Doctors usually prescribe carbamazepine (Tegretol, Carbatrol, others) for trigeminal neuralgia, and it's been shown to be effective in treating the condition. Other anticonvulsant drugs that may be used to treat trigeminal neuralgia include oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), lamotrigine (Lamictal) and phenytoin (Dilantin, Phenytek). Other drugs, including clonazepam (Klonopin) and gabapentin (Neurontin, Gralise, others), also may be used.
If the anticonvulsant you're using begins to lose effectiveness, your doctor may increase the dose or switch to another type. Side effects of anticonvulsants may include dizziness, confusion, drowsiness and nausea. Also, carbamazepine can trigger a serious drug reaction in some people, mainly those of Asian descent, so genetic testing may be recommended before you start carbamazepine.
The goal of trigeminal neuralgia surgery is to stop the blood vessel from compressing the trigeminal nerve or to damage the trigeminal nerve to keep it from malfunctioning. Damaging the nerve often causes temporary or permanent facial numbness, and with any of the surgical procedures, the pain can return months or years later.
Surgical options for trigeminal neuralgia include:
Microvascular decompression. This procedure involves relocating or removing blood vessels that are in contact with the trigeminal root. During microvascular decompression, your doctor makes an incision behind the ear on the side of your pain. Then, through a small hole in your skull, your surgeon moves any arteries that are in contact with the trigeminal nerve away from the nerve, and places a pad between the nerve and the arteries.
If a vein is compressing the nerve, your surgeon may remove it. Doctors also may cut part of the trigeminal nerve (neurectomy) during this procedure if arteries aren't pressing on the nerve.
Microvascular decompression can successfully eliminate or reduce pain most of the time, but pain can recur in some people. Microvascular decompression has some risks, including decreased hearing, facial weakness, facial numbness, a stroke or other complications. Most people who have this procedure have no facial numbness afterward.
Gamma Knife radiosurgery. In this procedure, a surgeon directs a focused dose of radiation to the root of your trigeminal nerve. This procedure uses radiation to damage the trigeminal nerve and reduce or eliminate pain. Relief occurs gradually and may take several weeks.
Gamma Knife radiosurgery is successful in eliminating pain for the majority of people. If pain recurs, the procedure can be repeated.
Other procedures may be used to treat trigeminal neuralgia, such as a rhizotomy. In a rhizotomy, your surgeon destroys nerve fibers, which causes some facial numbness. Types of rhizotomy include:
Glycerol injection. During this procedure, your doctor inserts a needle through your face and into an opening in the base of your skull. Your doctor guides the needle into the trigeminal cistern, a small sac of spinal fluid that surrounds the trigeminal nerve ganglion — where the trigeminal nerve divides into three branches — and part of its root. Then, your doctor will inject a small amount of sterile glycerol, which damages the trigeminal nerve and blocks pain signals.
This procedure often relieves pain. However, some people have a later recurrence of pain, and many experience facial numbness or tingling.
Balloon compression. In balloon compression, your doctor inserts a hollow needle through your face and guides it to a part of your trigeminal nerve that goes through the base of your skull. Then, your doctor threads a thin, flexible tube (catheter) with a balloon on the end through the needle. Your doctor inflates the balloon with enough pressure to damage the trigeminal nerve and block pain signals.
Balloon compression successfully controls pain in most people, at least for a period of time. Most people undergoing this procedure experience some facial numbness, and some experience temporary or permanent weakness of the muscles used to chew.
Radiofrequency thermal lesioning. This procedure selectively destroys nerve fibers associated with pain. While you're sedated, your surgeon inserts a hollow needle through your face and guides it to a part of the trigeminal nerve that goes through an opening at the base of your skull.
Once the needle is positioned, your surgeon will wake you from sedation. Your surgeon inserts an electrode through the needle and sends a mild electrical current through the tip of the electrode. You'll be asked to indicate when and where you feel tingling.
When your neurosurgeon locates the part of the nerve involved in your pain, you're returned to sedation. Then the electrode is heated until it damages the nerve fibers, creating an area of injury (lesion). If your pain isn't eliminated, your doctor may create additional lesions.
Radiofrequency thermal lesioning usually results in some temporary facial numbness after the procedure.
Alternative treatments generally haven't been as well-studied as medications or surgical procedures, so there's often little evidence to support their use. However, some people have found improvement with these treatments. Be sure to check with your doctor before trying an alternative treatment because it may interact with your other treatments.
Complementary and alternative treatments that have been used for trigeminal neuralgia include:
Living with trigeminal neuralgia can be difficult. The disorder may affect your interaction with friends and family, your productivity at work, and the overall quality of your life.
You may find encouragement and understanding in a support group. Group members often know about the latest treatments and tend to share their own experiences. If you're interested, your doctor may be able to recommend a group in your area.
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Another message on the wall at Strongsville HS
(Strongsville) -- There have been three threats written on the wall of a girls' bathroom and on an outside wall at Strongsville High School, and now a fourth message has been written on that same wall, this one being more of a message, and in the same writing as the threats.
Superintendent John Krupinski tells WTAM 1100 that the message found by a custodian Thursday night was more of a message about being bullied. He would not go into specifics.
Krupinski says school leaders and Strongsville Police want to find out who is responsible for writing the restroom messages, saying "this is creating an inappropriate, anxious environment."
In order to find out who is responsible, Krupinski says they are increasing the security presence in restrooms, and more cameras are being installed around Strongsville High School. There is also a police presence on school grounds.
This comes in the wake of three threatening messages found in the school. One contained the word "bomb" and was written on an outside wall Sept. 30. The others were found in a girls' restroom on Oct. 2 and 4.
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WATCH: T.I. Talks New Album 'Paperwork'
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Actor, family man and reigning King of the South, rapper T.I. recently stopped by Houston's 93.7 The Beat where he chatted it up with the station's Devi Dev and Mr. Rogers. In front of an intimate crowd of listeners, tip shared music from his fourth coming album Paperwork and candidly answered the questions that have been on everyone's mind!
In Part one T.I explains why he chose Paperwork as the title of his upcoming 9th album. He also addresses this weeks leak of the heartfelt track "Stay" and who he thinks is behind it. When quizzed about the way he handles adversity, Tip shares his views on character and Manhood.
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On a recent Saturday afternoon, the British psychoanalyst and writer Adam Phillips delivered a talk at the Brooklyn Academy of Music titled "Acting Madness." The event was being held in conjunction with BAM's spring season, which features three plays about madness: David Holman's adaptation of Gogol's "Diary of a Madman"; Macbeth; and King Lear. In a row with plenty of other seats, a young man with a wispy beard and glasses took the place directly next to mine. He was wearing, I noticed at once, a Paris Review T-shirt. My mind leaped as though a starter pistol had been fired. It was all so obvious: The Paris Review had sent this person to check up on me.
In his essay "First Hates," from On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored, Phillips usefully glosses paranoia as the refusal to be left out. That is, much worse than the fear that everyone is talking about you is the fear that no one is talking about you. As the gentleman in question and I waited in silence, I performed a little Phillips-inspired self-analysis. Either The Paris Review had sent this man here to stalk me, and he was announcing his intentions with his T-shirt, or he was a Phillips enthusiast and also a reader of The Paris Review—even my paranoiac fantasy had to concede this as a likely demographic crossover. Embarrassed, I meditated, very briefly, on my own unimportance. The Paris Review would survive with or without my post. This unimportance was a fact I was going to have to live with, because living without it—believing that this man had donned an official T-shirt in order to more conspicuously surveil my blogging—was crazy.


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IMO, this is the defense I'd go with playing the Steelers.
The Steelers have had incredible success recently running up the middle, and that is where our biggest weakness on defense lies, which of course has always been pretty much the strength of our D. Terrence Cody and Kemo are going to get killed if the Steelers play the run like they've been doing recently, and it's all up the middle. I'm actually confident about our run defense from the edges with Suggs, Upshaw, and McClellan, but we seriously need to address the middle which could get hugely exploited.
I say we play Ngata at NT and bench Kemo/Cody, while playing a rotation between McPhee (if healthy), Tyson, and A Jones at RE and LE. Put Upshaw and Suggs in their natural positions, Upshaw can rotate with McClellan (who is a very good edge setter), and bring Kruger in for 3rd downs as a pure pass rusher nothing else. Infact, I'd go with a 4 man line of Suggs, Upshaw, Kruger, and Ngata on 3rd downs, which is going to bring some pressure. Line Suggs and Ngata on the left end of the defense on 3rd downs to exploit the weakness of that Steelers line on the right side, going up against the rookie Mike Adams.
Personally I still want to see McClellan start in one of the ILB positions, but the coaching staff is obviously not going to do that at this point, so just put McClain and Ellerbe there and hope McClain can have a decent game. We all know what the secondary is going to be (providing Jimmy Smith is healthy), but I'd replace Grahame with Chykie Brown for the nickel corner position.
So basically this is the front 7 I'd go with...
Arthur Jones-Ngata-Tyson
On 3rd downs....
Ellerbe/McClellan (blitzing strong side/contain)-Bernard Pollard-Chykie Brown (Nikel)
Take McClain out as he is terrible in coverage, and bring in Pollard covering Heath Miller while bringing Brown in as the nickel corner. Cory Grahame can come in as the extra safety. Ellerbe is very effective as a blitzer, so that's what I'd have him do on 3rd downs for 5 man blitzes, and bring in McClellan to help contain Roethlisberger in the pocket.
This is just a fans view, I'm sure, and I hope the coaching staff know something better to put out in order to beat the Steelers. It's going to be a huge game, but for now, I will be rooting for the Chiefs big time tonight.
Re: IMO, this is the defense I'd go with playing the Steelers.
Cody looked better yesterday than I've seen all year. He was keeping the blocker off his body and getting lower. I didn't see his arms over his head once. He made a couple of nice tackles in the trenches, holding the blocker off of him and sliding over into the gap to make the tackle.
He's still not doing enough, though. He needs to command two blockers, and he's not getting that done. The number of tackles he makes is almost irrelevant: it's how many blockers does the offense have to commit to him that matters. The more he and Ngata command, the fewer are available to get to the second level.
Re: IMO, this is the defense I'd go with playing the Steelers.
Did you notice we saw a 1st Quarter blitz yesterday? I about fell over. Maybe Pees's balls dropped.
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Re: IMO, this is the defense I'd go with playing the Steelers.
I have a good feeling that the Ravens defense, if they can avoid further injury setbacks AND get their 'walking wounded' sufficiently recovered, are going to finish this season strong - players and coaches. They could end up surprising a lot of folks, including their fans, even without Webb and Lewis.
They have already surrendered 196 points, but I don't think it is too unrealistic to see them give up less than 300 for the season. They have never before entered the postseason with 300+ in points allowed. In any case, don't forget that the Giants won the Super Bowl after surrendering 400 points last season!
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Its 29 degrees and mildly humid. Ive just had an open-air lunch with my wife, while Annie the housekeeper looks after our two-year-old, tidies up, does the washing and takes care of the dishes... When I knock off at 5pm this evening, I have a five-minute drive home to the other side of town. Its getting a bit cool now, but a swim in the pool may help push the hassles of the day out of mind...
These are not passages from a holiday diary, but a description of a typical working day for Tony Phelps, a UK-born Australian now working as an IT executive in the South Pacific.
Vanuatu Phelps is back in Port Vila, Vanuatu, for a second stint, earning a "six-figure package" as senior VP of IT at the Pacific International Trust Company (PITCO).
After a few years running the IBM mainframe at Hampshire County Council in the UK, he was offered a network engineer job in Vanuatu, where his parents also lived.
Phelps met his Australian wife there but after five years, they headed to Melbourne, where he became IT manager of Yarra Plenty Regional Libraries. Then, after three years in Australia, a chance to return to Vanuatu was an offer too good to refuse.
"This time, the contract horizon is more limited, and the focus is much more on establishing sustainability - getting the local guys to a point where they can not only maintain but continue the corporate IT, but on their own initiative," he says.
Working in Vanuatu differs greatly from the Australian and British workplaces to which Phelps had become accustomed. In the former French colony, a working day means a 7.30am start, but a two-hour lunch allows time for a swim or study. The fundamental challenge for expat executives in Vanuatu is cultural. "Although geographically remote, and with far fewer local resources to call upon than youd expect in Australia, it is the simultaneously attractive and frustrating laid-back mindset that is hardest to deal with," says Phelps. "Things really are left until tomorrow."
There is no stigma over losing your job and this makes it harder to convince staff to do more in less time and with fewer resources, he says.
Thus, local staff have to be told why they must beat the competition, which means involving them more in the business, setting targets, reviewing accomplishments and reminding people "that it can be good to come to work".
Next is the big IT challenge - the cost of communications. "The monopoly telecom company suffers the usual simplified complaints from its customers, but many are justified," says Phelps. "Very high prices, poor service, limited reach, excessive bureaucracy, undersized infrastructure, and slow modernisation all play a part. It means you have to be a lot more careful with the volume of a networks communications activities."
Europeans run many South Pacific businesses and Phelps says it is easy to detect a fairly colonial mindset, with some local residents adopting a deferential attitude towards expat executives. The older workers accept this, he says, but younger ones want challenge, reward, respect and as much involvement as any Australian employee would.
Phelps recommends Australian IT workers consider a short-term a stint in the South Pacific before returning to the "real world" - he says you have a good time and that the diversity of experience can certainly be beneficial for the CV.
Phelps warns expats can expect cynicism from locals who are used to outsiders coming in to do projects and leaving them none the wiser. But additional challenges come from outside the workplace.
"Law and order is gradually deteriorating," Phelps warns. "Burglaries and break-ins are on the rise and the police are both poorly equipped and unenthusiastic about dealing with them. Violence, thankfully, is not a big concern - unless you mess with somebodys wife."
In addition, Phelps complains of a perception he harbours that the government believes it has a right to money from foreigners, and continues to introduce new and bigger taxes that principally affect the expat or business community while at the same time closing off industries for locals-only participation.
"The result is they are choking off commerce and Im pessimistic about the long-term future," Phelps adds.
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Phill Hardstaff, senior systems engineer for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in New Caledonia, has a more positive perspective on island living. He has married a local and says nothing beats the Pacific lifestyle.
"There is no other place like it, some of the friendliest people on earth, some of the most amazing cultures, and the most amazing mix of peoples," he says.
The former Telecom Australia engineer joined the inter-governmental body in 1986, seeking a challenge. After a short spell back in Melbourne with Honeywell in 1992, he quickly returned for the warm weather, good salary and five-minute commutes.
"Its a great place to bring up kids," he adds. "It hasnt lost its innocence yet".
His boss, IT manager Sam Taufao, a Samoan who has also worked in Australia, confirms living standards are comparable to Brisbane, but with a more relaxed workplace.
The SPC has offices in Noumea and Suva (Fiji) and serves 22 Pacific countries. In June, Hardstaff was in the Marshall Islands advising on a Ministry of Health computerisation project. The SPC is also developing a digital strategy for the Pacific.
However, the SPC also faces the challenges of expensive, satellite-based bandwidth, training locals, sourcing spare parts and workload expectations.
Fiji For Franck Martin, working as an expat executive in Fiji means plenty of challenges, which are offset by shifting to "holiday mode" after each working day. Martin is ICT specialist for the inter-governmental research organisation South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) in Fiji.
The chartered engineer left France for the South Pacific as part of his military service and extended his stay. After setting up an ISP in Tuvalu for SOPAC and shifting another ISP in Kiribati from proprietary software to open source, Martin is now installing mapping servers across various island countries.
Martin warns working in the Pacific could mean lower wages, unless you are employed in an international organisation. Fiji also has poorer health services and Martin says you must read between the lines with employee communication. "Ensure theyre agreeing and not just saying yes. There is a tradition not to challenge, not to discuss decisions. But this is changing and you need to make the locals feel more confident," he says.
Another expat in Fiji, Rajneesh Charan, is information systems manager at the Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) in Lautoka. She manages 20 staff and provides a range of IT services to the FSCs four mills, a Sydney corporate office, plus the Lautoka City Council.
Her role includes managing all the corporations information-related activities including planning and coordination, plus maintaining the centralised applications and databases. She advises that only CIOs looking for a challenge should seriously consider the significant change in their life.
"Fijis wages are low," Charan admits. "[But] if youre prepared to take up the challenges and prepared to work within the means, then Fiji is the place."
Samoan-born Gisa Fuatai Purcell has held business analyst and consulting roles with Wellington City Council in New Zealand, ANZ Bank and the National Bank of New Zealand.
Now, as ICT adviser and secretary of Samoas National ICT Committee, Purcell leads the development of the national ICT policy and national ICT plan, working with government ministers, private sector groups and NGOs.
Purcell took up her post in 2003 after gaining a masters in commerce and administration from Victoria University Wellington. She decided to "give something back" to her home country and says the less than tropical Kiwi winters helped her to make the decision to up sticks.
Samoas main IT projects include "building the country gateway" for Samoa and establishing multipurpose ICT centres in the rural villages.
Purcell enjoys the research element of the role and says she is passionate about how ICT can help developing countries. She says plenty of opportunities exist for expats in Samoa but only if they are focused on knowledge sharing and want to make a difference rather than chase the dollar.
"There is no room for gold-digging but there is a tropical climate to enjoy, lovely Samoan beaches as well as the culture," Purcell adds.
The nitty gritty - whats in it for me? If the South Pacific work/life balance seems like an appealing proposition then it is worth considering the trade-off in salary. Finding average expat salaries has proved to be an extremely tricky task. Recruitment companies and professional head hunters have little or nothing in the way of research into the area, which is understandable given that it is likely to be one of their less lucrative markets.
Online salary calculators can, of course, offer a guide, and our table (above, right) is based on figures sourced from SalaryExpert.com - an online tool of Baker, Thomsen Associates Insurance Services, a US-based employee benefits and compensation consulting firm.
It should be viewed as a rough guide and refers to the average salary of nationals from these countries filling the position. Expat roles, particularly for foreign companies, are likely to have significantly higher salaries and will be in line with individual company salary structures.
The IT strategy planner position used to calculate these salary projections is described as "an executive who may advise industrial, commercial and other establishments on a variety of management, personnel, computing and technical matters, and apply theoretical principles and practical techniques to analyse and interpret data used to assist in the formulation of financial, business and economic policies."
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I like your new blog! Yes, there are many more recipes that can be slow-cooked besides cream-of-something soups!ReplyDeleteReplies
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I have a question about the Turkey White Bean Pumpkin Chili. It showed up when I did a search for SB Phase 1 recipes. Would it really be considered a phase 1 recipe with the pumpkin in it? The reason I'm wondering is because I think I'm getting ready to do Phase 1 again, to try and get myself back under control, and this sounds wonderful!
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Would you just leave out the pumpkin for Phase 1, or is there something I can substitute it with?Delete
Kathy you could use the same amount of refried beans for phase one, as long as you don't have too large of a serving since beans are a limited food. If you just left out the pumpkin I might use a tiny bit less liquid.Delete
I loved this chili. Loved the mellow flavor of the pumpkin with the spice of the chilles and spices. I couldn't give it a 5 only because not all of my family loved it.ReplyDelete
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Mark Ingram, Ryan Griffin and rookie Brandin Cooks were the stars of the Saints' offense in the team's first preseason outing of 2014.
The Saints won the contest, 26-24 when the Rams missed a 59-yard field goal attempt with :11 left in the game. Greg Zuerlein was barely wide left after missing a 46-yard attempt with just under six minutes remaining.
Griffin completed 17 of 24 pass attempts for 190 yards and a touchdown. Ingram carried the ball eight times for 83 yards and a 22-yard touchdown late in the second quarter. Cooks had five receptions for 55 yards and scored a touchdown on a 25-yard pass play in the third quarter.
Drew Brees watched from the sidelines as he continued to rest a sore muscle.
Luke McCown started in place of Brees. He completed 7 of 10 passes for 49 yards and threw an interception on the Saints' first possession.
Shaun Hill got the start for St. Louis and threw two touchdown passes in the first half.
The Saints turned over the ball twice but the defense failed to force any turnovers.
"I'm glad we got the win, but we had far too many penalties, I think ten," coach Sean Payton said. "I was encouraged with our ability to run the ball," he added.


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Tigerville, S.C. - Three Tornados scored double digits Monday night at North Greenville, led by Samantha Winn and Brianna Worley with 14 each. Anna Schlobohm added ten points and four rebounds for the Tornados who ultimately fell to the Crusaders 71-64 in a game that saw two ties and six lead changes.
The Tornados now fall to 6-11 while North Greenville improves to 7-11.
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Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 2:31 pm
Post subject: geocaching travels
a while ago there was a thread about the various states that geocachers have logged a find in this year. (my list is not very impressive, it's at 4 states in the past 12 months, although it could have been 5, had i not struck out in florida.)
i may be heading to michigan next week. my trip would likely include an overnight in milwacky. i realized that if i hit a cache in wisconsin as i depart the next morning, i could stop in illinois, indiana and ohio on my way to michigan, then hit a fifth cache in michigan. while not the most impressive geocaching accomplishment in the world, it's not likely i'm going to be able to do anything like that again any time soon. (i don't anticipate moving out east any time soon, where hitting five states in one day could be done in a few hours, if you're in the right place. and while i could do 6 states on my trip back to minnesota, it's a long enough drive as it is, and i'd rather not hunt in the dark and turn a 10-hour trip into 12 or 14 hours.)
this potential trip left me wondering, what is the most significant geocaching accomplishment others have accomplished, in terms of states or distance?
i'm sure a few people have geocached more than 1,000 miles apart in the same day, thanks to air travel. perhaps others have visited caches 500 miles apart in the same day, while driving across 2 or 3 states. perhaps somebody managed to hit 5 or more states in the same day, be it out east, or driving around the midwest.
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Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:48 am
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i have an itinerary planned for the 2003 WI-MI geocaching tour. (i haven't decided if it's pronounced "why my" or "whimmy." since the I in both michigan and wisconsin is short, whimmy would be more logical, but i like the sound of why my better.)
now all i have to do is get the weather to cooperate later this week.
i have two geocaches scouted in wisconsin, one near my starting point and one near the illinois border, both of which i intend to hit.
there's a CD exchange cache in northern illinois i plan to hit, but if i strike out there, i have a nearby cache identified as a back up.
there's a northwestern indiana cache i am eyeing up, and two back ups i've identified. should i be successful at my initial indiana destination, i may hit the second indiana back up anyway, as it is close to the tollway.
there's a virtual cache where indiana, ohio and michigan meet, so i'm going to head in that direction before i reach ohio, where i have a small town cache scouted. if i strike out there, i can go further east for my back up plan.
southern michigan lacks traditional caches, but i have one scouted due north of my first ohio site. if i strike out in southern michigan i'll have to count two virtual caches i will visit either way as my offical WI-MI cache for michigan. i have a few traditional michigan caches scouted elsewhere, but those are north and east of my final destination, so those will wait for another day.[/quote]
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:47 am
Post subject: i did it!
i was a bit surprised that nobody has any geocaching distance accomplishments to brag about, so let me be the first! i am the *king* of multi-state geocaching!
i visited seven traditional caches in five states today. (and three virtual caches, two of which will be logged in the near future.) now that i've enjoyed a half liter of spiced rum while typing, my travel logs are complete.
this cache features my most creative log:
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 7:01 am
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This is a worthy accomplishment, hardware.
However, the Guiness Book of World Records clearly states that, in order to hold the geocaching multistate record for a particular locality, the first or the last cache must be located in that locality.
Thus, you may hold the record for Milwaukee, but you do not hold the record for the Twin Cities.
You are just going to have to do this again.
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Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 8:35 am
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besides starting the trip in minnesota, a 6-state endeavor would likely have to be attempted in the summer. while i did finish this trip in the dark, i was a bit lucky to do so. (since some caches would likely be difficult, if not impossible, in the dark.)
if the right person in iowa or minnesota was making a similar trip toward michigan, 7 states could be accomplished without much more difficulty, i would guess.
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:04 pm
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I can only show you the cache, you have to open it.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 5:05 am
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Today I hope to place 10 caches. I've done 8 in a day twice. I have a southern route planned and all day to do it. Also, I hope to pick up three of my caches, and check on two that can't be found. I have 4-6 travel bugs that will be dropped also.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 7:08 am
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Today I hope to place 10 caches.
Sound like mtn-man might have a chance to set some kind of approval record as well.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 3:14 pm
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forgot to check on the weather
It wasn't a bad day. Cold, soaking wet jeans are a treat to walk in. Totally wet feet. Couldn't find the entrance to Murphy-Hanrehan in the dark. Cleary was locked up, didn't wanna walk that far. Picked up the non-approved, illegal *Grandpa's Junk Trunk* from Silver Lake Regional (undeveloped) Park. Saw the remains of a poached deer in the park. A little geocaching activity there might make them less bold.
Passed Mystic Lake twice and didn't stop. Can't believe that. Found a very COOL *area* in Rosemount that my brother-in-law has been talking up for over a year. Placed two caches there. Checked the caches at Byllesby Regional Park: 1 gone, 1 still there Saw the biggest deer I've ever seen. 50 yards away, 12 points, BIG
Went to Cannon Falls to drop off a T B for skybluepink, and couldn't find my cache. Snow, sleet, leaves on a STEEP hill - not good
Placed two caches in Ramblin' River Park in Farmington, and one at Camp Savage *park* in Savage.
Yeah, it was a fun day.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 3:56 pm
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i imagine scouting out unclaimed areas and then finding the right place to leave caches in them can be as time consuming, if not more so, as planning a 10-cache hunt.
i hit 7 traditional caches and 3 virtuals during my WI-MI trip. one of the virtuals was the tri-state marker, which seemed like an appropriate place to find prior to entering ohio. the other 2 were very close to each other, and the only reason i made a point to visit them is that they were in the last town before my final destination. they would have also served as my back ups for michigan had i struck out in searching for the lone traditional cache available to me in southern michigan.
so i hit 7 traditionals that day, and that is probably my single-day record for physical caches. had i been able to get an earlier start on my trip to milwacky, i may have hit 12, as i had several scouted out in hudson, but had to blow most of those off to meet my stinktown ETA.
i know a number of people have hit more than 7 physical caches in a day, and that made me wonder if we've ever discussed single-day personal bests.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2003 5:48 pm
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hardware wrote:
a number of people have hit more than 7 physical caches in a day, and that made me wonder if we've ever discussed single-day personal bests
My friend Ben (in California) once did a 45 cache day solo -- he said it took several days of planning.
He also has done a 75 cache day with 2 companions -- one navigates, one drives, and one keeps track of the caches..... again, lots of planning.
He also recently did a 100 cache weekend with a friend
I can't even imagine doing so many in such a short time. I like to find the cache and explore around a bit, pick up trash ....... etc etc
I think somebody might miss a lot of really neat places if they were doing serious speed caching. (just my opinion)
However.... It might be a cool thing to try once or twice, just to see if you could do it.
The most I have ever found in one day was 16. It was on a cross country road trip west and most of the caches were at rest stops along the way or very close to the highway.
That made a real nice break for the kids on the trip..... stop about every half hour or so and do a quick geocache. We only actually stopped at about a fourth of the ones I downloaded. I suppose we could have done more, but..... if the boys were being quiet (a rare occurance), I kept driving.
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:42 am
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45 in a day is quite impressive, and i can appreciate the planning that is involved in such an endeavor. i spent a couple hours planning a little five-state trip.
even with a team, 75 sounds impossible, but i suppose with enuff advanced planning in a high-density area...
taking advantage of daylight would seem to be a no brainer for a multi-cache day. to hit multiple caches in a marathon style i'd suspect you have to bypass difficult locations and offset caches. i've thought it would be fun to attempt a multi-cache marathon once, just for the sake of trying it. maybe next spring, before the bugs are in full bloom, and if the ground is relatively dry. 25 would seem to be a reasonable, round number. 45 seems like a bit much, unless there's a flashlight involved.
i don't get very wound up by the numbers, but it's nice to be able to look back at them for historical perspective. last week's trip to michigan will be much more memorable because of the WI-MI aspect of it.
you may not recall, but you never mentioned how many states your 16-cache day encompassed. since you were driving west, it could have easily been 2 or 3, given the frequency of stops.
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 8:58 am
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six states in 24 hours
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:59 pm
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six states, especially in the midwest, is no easy feat. to me there's a greater sense of accomplishment in doing something in the same calendar day, rather than in any designated 24-hr. period, but however you prefer to slice it, it's still six states.
by that standard i knocked off five states in less than 12 hours. but again, that's not my preferred standard of measurement.
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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 9:02 pm
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Hey King,
Wasn't that cache just archived or disabled or something? If so, why? And what are the rules concerning a disabled cache. It appears to allow you to log it. Can someone visit and log a disabled cache if, say, it is disabled because it is wet? Would I (or should I) get permission from the owner? Would it be ok if I were to dry it and such with the owners permission?
Thanks, tomslusher
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