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The following pictures of the boat were taken on our maiden voyage from the previous owners slip under the bridge going over to Ft. Myers Beach on up to where we put the boat in storage up on the hard at Charlotte Harbor Boat Storage. At this point we had already made a couple changes to the boat while getting it ready to make the trip while it was in the slip at Ft. Myers Beach.
We had finished our 400+ mile Spring 2011 trip with the Mac and had taken some items off of it and transferred them to the Endeavour for this trip.
The bimini on the boat is in need of replacement. We will use the frame and Ruth will use the old one as a pattern to make a new one from Sunbrella Ocean Blue, the same color we used on out Mac.
The previous owner had done a really nice job of refinishing all of the exterior teak on the boat, but hadn't gotten to the cockpit table, lower arrow, before selling the boat to us. The table raises and the two sides fold out. It will be a nice table and we used it a couple times on the trip.
Notice the size of the cockpit. Ruth is happy and feels very secure in it.
The two top arrows point to the jib and main winches on the mast. Nothing fancy on the way the lines are setup on the point. It is all real functional and kind of idiot proof. Under normal conditions I can raise the main without the winch, just using it to pull it taught. The jib is now a furler Genoa, so the jib winch is just used to hold the Genoa up in the furler.
The bottom right arrow points to a 4 gallon and a 7 gallon Reliance water containers that we took off the Mac. It was good as on the first day out of Ft. Myers Beach the 100 gallons in water tank ended up in the bilge and we had to move it overboard. First I thought that it leaked out, but the tank was empty to the bottom and the water in the bilge was higher than the bottom of the tank that is housed in the bilge area under the sole. I think the pressure pump must of come on and there was a link in the tank and it all was pumped into the bilge. We will never know for sure what happened as once we got to the storage yard we pulled the 100 gallon aluminum tank out. We are going to replace it with 4 20 gallon poly ones that will give us more flexibility in storage and use.
The yellow jugs are diesel fuel. The fuel gauge showed under 1/2 full at the start of the trip and the tank is suppose to hold 55 gallons which should of been plenty to get to the storage yard 70 miles away, but at this point we didn't know if the gauge was working. The boat came with two jugs and we bought one more and filled them all 'just in case'. We didn't have to use them and the boat seems to get really nice fuel mileage. We ran most of the way at about 5 knots on very little throttle and about 1500 rpm if I remember right and I'm guess we got about 8-10 mpg at least considering the gauge was still over 1/4 at the end of the trip.
The red jugs were for the Honda 2000 generator, but we only filled it once. I ran if for almost one day trying to equalize the batteries trying to put some life back in them, but it didn't help. There seems to be something putting a pretty big draw on the batteries and they would loose charge very fast. We will put in 4 new 6 volt batteries when we return to the boat and I'll go over all the wiring and find out what is going wrong. The starter battery was brand new and gave us no problems.
The diesel started right up at all times and runs really well. It is leaking a little oil, but neither it or the transmission seemed to use any oil on the trip.
Above you can see how nice all of the teak looks and it actually looks better than the pictures. The PO had also repainted the brown below the teak. Later as we change the canvas over to Ocean Blue we will re-paint the brown to blue.
The Endeavours 37's have this very distinctive coaming that starts at the back of the cockpit one one side and extends up over the cabin in front of the companionway hatch and back down the other side to the back of the cockpit. It is one of those things that either you like it or you don't pretty much. We like it as it really sets the boat apart and you readily know if you are looking at one or not.
The boat has 3 hatches, lower arrow points to the V-Berth one. The left arrow points to the cabin hatch and the upper right arrow points to a hatch over the chart table/quarter berth area.
The bottom right arrow points to the frame for the dodger that was secured in that area for the trip. The canvas for it was stored below and is in bad shape. Again we hope to use it as a pattern for Ruth to sew up a new one. It is of a nice design that lets it attach to the bimini if so desired for full cockpit coverage and also has a bug netting divider that seals off the cabin from the cockpit with a bug screen if so desired. It zips in and out.
The bow is really spacious compared to our 26 foot MacGregor and there is a lot of protection there with the double lifelines.
The middle right arrow points to a 35 lb. CQR that came with the boat. I had it sitting on a plastic storage lid so that it wouldn't mar the deck. The chain/rode was attached to it and goes down into the anchor locker under where the Honda is sitting. The Honda was stored below under the quarter berth when underway.
When we bought the boat we bought a 35 lb. Manson Supreme as we have a 25 lb. on the Mac and love it. We are anchored on the Manson in the photo and for the whole trip. The boat also came with 2 25 lb. CQR's and 5 danforths of different sizes. We are keeping one of the 25 lb. CQR's and one of the danforths. On the trip I used the large blue plastic storage trunk for the rode for the Manson and really like it. The rode streamed right out of it and was easy to stuff back into it when weighing anchor. I'd like to put a windlass on the boat as I'm in my later 60's, but due to the location of the stock anchor locker it is not easy to do, but I have some ideas.
The top arrow points to the single anchor roller. We will add a second one to the port side. I really like the way the anchor lines are brought through the bow portals and tie off to cleats astern of them. I thought they might be a pain to use, but actually the couple times we anchored they were very easy to use.
The bottom right arrow points to the gas tank for the Zodiac Inflatable. It normally will be on the Zodiac's transom. Not sure why I didn't have it there for this trip.
Above is a better view of the hatch over the chart table/quarter berth.
The arrow above points to the rode bag for the larger 7/16 inch rode for our Mac. Not large enough for the main anchor on this boat, but we had it on board just in case we wanted to use the stern anchor, a smaller danforth that came with the boat. We most likely will continue to carry it with us. Besides the two rodes with chain and 200 feet of line that were on the Manson and the CQR the boat came with one more long chain, a short one, and another 600 feet of large 3 twist anchor line.
Since the boat had been in a slip for a number of years it came with some large fenders. We try and anchor out all the time, but still will have to use fenders occasionally. Not real sure where we are going to store these. The starboard cockpit storage area under the seat there is huge and I think once it is reorganized I might be able to store 2 there and maybe all 4.
The right arrow points to one of two oversized scuppers the PO installed in the cockpit. I hope we are never in a situation where we have towering waves coming on us from astern, but these along with the way the entrance to the companionway is laid out will help if that ever happens.
The left arrow points to one of the two cockpit winch handle storage bins. The cockpit is much larger than on our Mac and Ruth feels a lot more secure in it.
The top arrow points to Captiva Pass at the north end of North Captiva Island and the south end of Cayo Costa Island where we anchored for a couple days on our way north. Lots of small boat traffic there.
The left arrow points to the Autohelm ST 4000 wheelpilot that came with the boat. The right arrow points to the compass location. The lens is sun damaged and we are going to have to figure out what to do about a compass. Not sure if we can get a lens or not at this point.
The left arrow points to non-functioning depth and speed gauges. The middle arrow points to the traveler that is in exactly the same place as the traveler I made for our Mac. Below the traveler or the engine start key and gauges. The Hour gauge is not working, but the Oil Pressure, Temp, and RPM all work. The speaker to the right is for the CD player. I might hook it to the VHF instead.
There is also a new and very nice hot/cold cockpit shower head recessed into the starboard side of the cockpit under the seat there just aft of the stereo speaker. Not sure how often we will have hot water, but I'll bet we use this shower instead of the one in the head.
The right two arrows point to the starboard side 2 speed winch and track for the Genoa sheets. The winches were rebuilt and seem to be in good shape.
The left arrow points to the lower part of the outboard lift which is hooked in the picture to the Yamaha 8 HP 2 cycle that came with the boat and that is suppose to run fine. While we were getting the boat ready in Ft. Myers Beach I found a second outboard mount and mounted it to the left of the Yamaha's mount. To keep it from turning on the railing I made up the PVC tubing support at the bottom (bottom left arrow). Then I mounted the 3 1/2 HP long shaft Tohatsu that we use on the Zodiac. We would like to have both outboards available for use on trips.
The Tohatsu is lighter and quieter, being a 4 cycle, but also slower. The Yamaha would be nice to use if we needed to get somewhere quicker in the dinghy. The problem we have is that I raised the transom on the dinghy to work with a long shaft outboard. We wanted the long shaft as it gave us a backup outboard for the Mac if in an emergency we had problems with the Mac's 9.8 HP Tohatsu.
We took the dinghy back home along with the outboards and we will try removing the transom extension I made and see how the dinghy performs with the long shaft and also try the Yamaha there on a local lake and then decide what to do.
One item we wanted for sure on the boat was davits for the dinghy and the boat has them and they work nice. They along with the outboard lift will be a nice combination. Ruth is going to sew of a cover that will cover the tubes on the dinghy to help extend the life of it in the sun.
The left arrow points to the long range WiFi antenna with the Bullet 2 HP radio off of the Mac. It is stuck into the flag holder. The bottom right arrow points to a 5 step swim ladder that we bought and I added to the boat in Ft. Myers. To mount it I had to move the stern anchor rollers, bottom left arrow over a couple inches.
The right arrow points to one of the danforths on the stern lunch anchor mount.
The boat had a non-working depth finder. We will replace it, but we had bought a portable Hummingbird in Marathon while out on the Mac, so that we could use in on the dinghy to scout out possible anchorages. I mounted it ...
... on the Endeavor where it could be seen while at the wheel.
The transducer for the Hummingbird, bottom right arrow, was mounted on the bottom of a piece of aluminum square tubing I bought in Ft. Myers and the tubing was clamped to the new ladder with hose clamps, top right arrow. It was about 8-10 inches down in the water. It worked well and we might run it there in conjunction with one more forward on the boat nearer to the bow. On our Mac for our Florida trips we had also installed a GPS Cuda 350 depth finder and put the transducer on the transom on the stern. Normally you want the transducer forward, but we have found that in most cases in Florida the water depths seem to transition to deeper or shallower much less rapidly than they do on the western lakes where we live where the water can go from over a hundred feet to less than 5 in a boat length. One nice thing about the transducer back there is that it is very easy to clean the barnacles from it while in the dinghy which helps to keep it accurate.
The bottom left arrow points to where the ladder folds with two steps below the hinge point. I'm going to make an extension that we can put on it to make it easier to use it while swimming.
One last thing while we are looking at the stern and that is the name is going to be changed to the Margaret Ann. My mom's name was Margaret and Ruth's middle name is Ann. The two most important women in my life!!
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- Verification: Verify elevations between your stair pan landings and main slabs before you place concrete. If the steel and stairs do not align and you catch it ahead of time you can make necessary adjustments to the concrete deck or set a point to float in the descrepency away from the stairs and stair landing.
- Verify riser heights for each set of stringers.
- Make plywood jigs cut to perfection to screed the concrete, make specific jigs for each set of stringers if the riser height varies and carefully mark each (1/8" can make a difference) .
- There are a couple of ways to protect the finish, if the stairs are galvanized and exposed then applying tape and protection before hand can save you hours of cleaning after, if there primed stringers than a wipe down once the stairs are finished.
- Watch your sequence of pour and start from the top down so you finish from the top down, yes I know this might be a given but if it's your first time you don't want to learn the hard way.
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Fathers don't get enough credit. There's no "paternal instinct," from birth. No hormonal or physical preparation that occurs while a man awaits the arrival of his child. A father must simply be thrown in to parenting, in that sudden and overwhelming moment of his child's birth, ghostly florescent lights and stark hospital walls, casting their harsh glances at him, waiting for him to "become a father." It's a hard way to start parenthood, but I hear it's worth it.
And that's the thing, too: I have heard that fatherhood is worth it.
Because I've heard on several occasions that I was worth it. My own father made a point to tell me.
It wasn't always with words, because speaking can sometimes be less impactful than acting—a concept that men seem to understand well.
No, it was in his choice to come home to my mother every night; not out of obligation, but out of crazy, "how-did-I-get-so-lucky," deep and committed love. It was in his prayers for me, his kisses goodnight and good morning (and all the times in between), his random acts of kindness, his tree house building skills, and his time spent at my eye-level. I knew I was worth it, when he chose to get up, daily, shine his shoes and fasten a tie to provide for our family. More than that, he provided over and above what we ever needed, and he did so happily. He continues to. And for that, I am thankful.
There is, quite literally, no one like you. Through my 23 years as your daughter I have watched countless friends and strangers alike, light up in your company. The words (sometimes shaped into hilarious songs) that leave your mouth are a constant source of weightlessness and laughter to so many people, and I hope you know that. You are human. You admit mistakes, fix problems, love others with actions and words. And despite the changing and challenging world we live in, Jesus is still your standard. I have watched your journey down the narrow path of life, and although I may have put up quite the fight in my younger years, I am truly thankful for your leadership in our family. Thank you for being amused and not swayed by the fact that "everyone else's parents are letting them…" Thank you for protecting me physically, emotionally and spiritually from the moment I was first placed in your arms. As Colt can now attest, that is no easy task.
I love you with a love that children have been trying to put into words since the beginning of time. It is my hope that through these sometimes small glimpses of love, you are able to see how much you matter; how respected you are in this family of ours. It is because of your integrity and prayerful partnership with mom, that I am who I am today.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific said on Friday the United States must carry out freedom of navigation patrols throughout the Asia Pacific, but declined to say whether it planned go within 12 nautical miles of China's artificial islands in the South China Sea.
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CHICAGO — Six people were taken to the hospital after a stolen SUV ran a red light, causing a chain reaction car crash.
It happened just before 11 p.m. Thursday near Kostner and Washington in the city's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
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FUNKY, FUN & JUST FOR THE LITTLE ONE…….Frankie & Cessie founded little babushka's late in 2008. We knew the crafty itch had to be tamed – so now we don't leave the sewing machine/kitchen unless its for one of the little-e's!!!
Well…. that's not entirely true. Frankie is a mum who manages to hold down a fulltime job – so the sewing machine isn't always with her! Cessie juggles two kids,a part time job and shares the demands of starting up a business.
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I love ….. my 2 boys & my little gecko, i also couldnt live without the rest of my family. gardening and growing vegetables, cooking yummy wholesome food, making stuff, sunshine and lots of it.
I laugh when ….. i'm so frustrated that i'm about to cry. my neck gets tickled
My friends think ….. i'm pretty laid back. that i'm shocking at making calls. that i really do care.
I'm naughty because …. i dont do bills – my poor husband does it all. i love good food and lots of it.
I'd prefer to be …. on a picnic with a bunch of friends and family by a lake in the middle of summer.
I love ….. The thought of giving up my day job and being a full time mum! I also love to dream, I'm a dreamer. I dream of moving to the country to be a modern day hippie. I love my family and couldn't live without them!
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Rio Olympics look to IOC for help with US$40m debt
Almost a year after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Brazilian organizers are asking for help from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to satisfy creditors who are still owed about 130 million reals (US$40 million).
Mario Andrada, a spokesman for the Rio organising committee, said Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman will meet officials next week at IOC offices in Switzerland.
"The IOC might help us gain leverage, might help us in this dialogue with the government," Andrada said.
However, the IOC was cautious in a statement on Wednesday to The Associated Press. Contractually, host cities and countries are obligated to pay Olympic debts.
"The IOC continues to be ready to offer its help and expertise," the statement said. "However, to do this we would need reliable and understandable information from those in charge, something which, regrettably at the present time, we do not have. Once we can be provided with a clear picture, then we can work out how best we can offer our support going forward."
The Rio Olympics were battered by organisational problems and variable attendance, while the country faced a series of corruption scandals and the worst recession in decades.
Some infrastructure built for the Olympics has found uses a subway line, a renovated port, and high-speed bus lines. But sporting venues are mostly vacant, a US$20-million Olympic golf course is struggling to find players, and fewer than 10 per cent of the apartments in the 3,600-unit Athletes Village are reported to have found buyers.
Last month, an AP analysis supported by city, state and federal data put the cost of the Olympics at US$13.1 billion, a mix of public and private money. However, the exact figure is likely larger and may never be known.
Andrada, the Rio spokesman, said organizers were moving cautiously to get help from authorities in Brazil in paying the committee's debt. He said negotiations had reached "a crucial point".
Any such move to avoid possible bankruptcy is sure to meet resistance from the state of Rio de Janeiro, which is late paying teachers, police, pensions, and other public services.
This all comes as Brazilian President Michel Temer has been charged with corruption by Brazil's top prosecutor and has a popularity rating of only seven per cent.
"We need to connect dots that are very far apart in a very complicated political environment," Andrada said. "The IOC is more guiding us rather than being the silver bullet."


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Deceased climber identified as Miha Sumi of Portland
After a day of treacherous conditions and a massive search-and-rescue mission to assist injured climbers on Mount Hood on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office has identified the deceased climber rescued as Miha Sumi, a 35-year-old Portland resident .
Sumi was airlifted to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in North Portland after sustaining severe injuries in a 700-foot fall on the Hogsback portion on Mount Hood's south face and pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. Sumi was climbing the mountain in a group of four, with the remaining climbers later rescued by volunteer searchers.
According to the sheriff's office on Feb. 14, Sumi's injuries included "bruising around the ears, significant bleeding, loss of sensation and fading vital signs."
Deputies were alerted to the incident Tuesday morning around 10:30 a.m. by Sumi's fellow climber, 36-year-old Chatchay Thongthap.
Sheriff's office Search and Rescue coordinators were quickly deployed to Mount Hood, setting up a media camp in the Timberline Lodge parking lot above Government Camp.
After the fall, a lone climber unrelated to Sumi's group was able to reach Sumi and administer CPR until the helicopter arrived. As the day progressed deputies were made aware of other climbers on Hogsback who were stranded and in need of rescue.
Around 2 p.m., rescuers with the AMR Reach and Treat group reached the remaining climbers of Sumi's group, who had sheltered in place. They learned that Dan Parks, an additional climber not with that group, had sustained minor injuries but was mobile.
Among the group, 32-year-old Kimberley Anderson of Beaverton, according to rescuers' reports, became unable to move and had to later be secured to a sled and transported down the mountain. The rest of the group was safely led down to Timberline Lodge and arrived by 6:40 p.m. The group aiding Anderson arrived 30 minutes later, barely missing impending winter weather, which hit the mountain communities later that night.
The five climbers rescued were Sumi, Thongthap, Parks, Kimberley Anderson and Matt Zovrtink.
"Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Miha Sumi," Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts said in a release. "Thanks to all the search groups for their tremendous work on this complex search-and-rescue mission. Every SAR mission is a team effort requiring help and careful coordination from teams of dedicated first-response partners and volunteers."
Volunteer search groups that responded included Portland Mountain Rescue (PMR), American Medical Response's Reach & Treat (RAT) Team, the 304th Air Rescue Squad, the Hood River Crag Rats, Mountain Wave Search and Rescue, Oregon Emergency Management and U.S. Navy personnel at Whidbey Island in Washington also assisted.


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2016 was the hardest and most wonderful year of my life. I have been working on getting my permanent residency here in Korea and after 2 years of a lot hardships I finally passed. In past years, my review was about my professional photographs for clients and while I did work a little this past year, I didn't take on too much because I realised my attention was split and I needed to focus on obtaining my Residency. So this review contains mostly personal photos shot on my iPhone. Thank you for taking the time to go through my journey with me!
The cold month of January was mostly spent hibernating with my best friend. We spent mornings baking in the sun and braving the cold for our daily walks. I also travelled up to Seoul to second-shoot for one of Korea's best, Mr. Dylan Goldby which was a ton of fun! We worked at a beautiful location on the Han River and the memories I have of this day set my year off to a great start.
Korea also experienced a lot of snow in the first month. I of course was all starry eyed and took millions of pictures, Dino on the other hand, was less than pleased and went into full hibernation mode. The snow eventually melted and February rolled in with its long Lunar New Year's holiday which meant some quality friend time. I spent a lot of time drinking coffee, eating good food and jetted off to Jeju with one of my favorites. Camera-free.
We decided to rent a car and just drive around everyday. The weather was not too kind but it did clear up for like 30 minutes so that Erin could see Jeju Island in all its glory. I also went on a hunt for the famous Haenyeo (Women Divers of Jeju) and we found some in action. I was thrilled and also regretted leaving the camera at home a little bit...
One of my new year's resolutions was also to take control of my health. For good. And also to face more fears. So I killed two birds with one stone and joined a crossfit gym. I have talked about what crossfit has given me and taught me in an article I wrote for Gwangju News but looking back, it's one of the biggest triumphs of my year and the people that have now become apart of my daily-life, makes this milestone even more special to me.
The months of March and April were a bit of a whirlwind. I took on a bunch of photography every weekend, I was back at the Korean Learning center full-time, working full-time and exercising at night too. However my daily walks with Dino and some special meetups with friends whom I hadn't been able to spend time with for a long time made for a beautiful spring.
Spring turned to summer. It seems like quite a blur looking back. Eat, sleep, work, study, repeat. Weeks rolled by but daily walks with Dino were still my favorite as it was the only form of quiet and creative stimulation in my days.
At the end of summer I had finally passed the language part of my course and I was set to complete the final phase: Understanding of Korean Society. At this point I was happy for the few weeks off to breathe again and could reconnect with my friends again, but I was tired and completely drained. I made the decision to go on a photo hiatus. I accepted no new clients and threw myself 100% in the final stage of the program.
On the first day of my new class, I soon realised that I could not do this alone. The teacher was all over the place, she had no experience in teaching this material and she babbled on about things completely irrelevant. After a bit of a meltdown I went in search of a tutor to help me on my off days and weekends. What an awesome human this woman was to me. I won't go on too much about her, however I will say this: She is the epitome of kindness and giving because she truly wants to see you succeed.
And somewhere in this crazy-ness I had lost my heart to a baby boy that needed a home or he would have been sent off to a shelter or I shudder to think, sold to a meat farm. Meet Ringo...
After a big adjustment (for Dino and myself), Ringo is now a little happy energy in our home. He is so happy to be alive and he teaches me everyday to just live and be happy with now.
Fall was in full swing. Life was still chaotic but with beautiful fall skies and a cool breeze, it was more bearable. I studied every free moment in preparation for my upcoming test. I did take one day to overcome one of my fears: hiking. I went up a pretty big mountain with my crossfit friends and they once again taught me that when you change your brain you can change anything! It was some awesome momentum to get me over my last challenge.
Results came in and I passed! I cried. I was so happy to be done. To have time again. If there is one thing that this whole two-year journey had taught me was to value time. I savoured each slow morning, every weekend I did things that brought me joy. I literally just (and I am still) enjoyed and savoured my free-time. I took a birthday trip to Jeonju (something on the bucket list), marvelled at beautiful autumn colors and caught up with old friends.
And suddenly it was December! My best friend came to visit Korea after 3 years and we had so much fun doing all the things that make living in Korea awesome! In December I also played around with the timelapse feature on my phone I don't have too many photos to show for my month ;)
And once again another year came to an end. My new year's eve was spent with the boys and an early night because I decided to do the Korean thing this year: hiking to see the first sunrise of the new year. This set an awesome tone to my new year and hopefully by December I will forget how cold and hard it was and go up again next year!
A belated but HAPPY new year to you! I want to thank clients who were very understanding and patient with me, friends who supported me and kept me inspired and motivated. I have a whole lot to be grateful for. May your 2017 be a happy year!
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Return to childhood in this heart-warming one-of-a-kind narrative experience from the directors behind the BAFTA award winning game Life is Strange.
9-year-old Chris is an ordinary boy who really wants to be a super hero. With the help of his toys and a big imagination, he turns a normal Saturday into a series of exciting adventures, but he is not prepared for what today has in store for him, today something truly extraordinary will happen...
Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange Universe that contains links to the brand new story and characters of Life is Strange 2.
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The John Kasich campaign said Sunday night that it plans to pull its resources out of the Indiana primary to help Ted Cruz beat Donald Trump one-on-one in that winner-take-all state.
Kasich campaign manager John Weaver acknowledged that he is basically teaming up with Cruz in order to keep Trump below 1,237 delegates. A Trump victory in the winner-take-all state of Indiana would give Trump 57 delegates. The Kasich campaign has already been working the Indiana delegates on a potential second ballot, and claims that it has locked up the support of more than half of them.
So instead of trying to actually win the primary on May 3, Team Kasich is clearing a path for Cruz to go up against Trump one-on-one.
"Our goal is to have an open convention in Cleveland, where we are confident a candidate capable of uniting the party and winning in November will emerge as the nominee," Kasich campaign manager John Weaver said in a strategy memo Sunday night.
"Due to the fact that the Indiana primary is winner-take-all statewide and by congressional district, keeping Trump from winning a plurality in Indiana is critical to keeping him under 1237 bound delegates before Cleveland. We are very comfortable with our delegate position in Indiana already, and given the current dynamics of the primary there, we will shift our campaign's resources West and give the Cruz campaign a clear path in Indiana.
In turn, we will focus our time and resources in New Mexico and Oregon, both areas that are structurally similar to the Northeast politically, where Gov. Kasich is performing well. We would expect independent third-party groups to do the same and honor the commitments made by the Cruz and Kasich campaigns.
We expect to compete with both the Trump and Cruz campaigns in the remaining primary states."
The Establishment is pinning its hopes on Indiana. If the Establishment can't stop Trump in Indiana, Bill Kristol has already declared that he will re-focus on his plan to put up a third-party independent candidate in November. That plan has already been condemned by the Republican National Committee as "helping to elect Hillary Clinton."
If Indiana goes south, focus turns to an independent race. (And FWIW, Texas's early deadline probably won't stand up to legal challenge).
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 23, 2016


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Stamping Royalty - SR#18
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22nd International Trade Fair for Travel & Tourism "Leisure" Russia - 2016
H.E.the Ambassador Dr. Saman Weerasinghe hosted a reception in the framework of the 22nd International Trade Fair for Travel & Tourism "Leisure", held in Moscow on September 21-24, 2016.
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The Embassy of DSR Sri Lanka in RF to participate in 23rd Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition "MITT 2016"
23rd Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition "MITT 2016" opened today at the Expo Center in Moscow, Russia. Sri Lanka Embassy in the Russian Federation organized the colorful "SRI LANKA STAND" with the support of Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau.
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Hon Minister of Tourism of DSR Sri Lanka with delegation to attend a Round Table at Moscow Regional Duma
Hon Minister and delegation attended a Round Table on the theme "Tourism in Moscow Region" at the Moscow Regional Duma (Parliament of the Moscow Region) on 18 February 2016.
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Reception devoted to International Travel & Tourism Exhibition "MITT 2016"
On 24th March 2016, Ambassador Dr. Saman Weerasinghe, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Russia invited all Sri Lankan participants for the MIIT Tourism Exhibition, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau officials and tour/travel operators in Russia to take part in special reception and dinner at the Ambassador's residence. More than 100 guests participated this event.
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Hon Minister of Tourism of DSR Sri Lanka to meet with Director of the Programme "Neputeviye Zametki"
Meeting with Ms Natalia Kuznetsova (Director of the Programme "Neputeviye Zametki") and Mr Oleg Demidov, Producer the First Channel of the National Television of the Russian Federation. Ambassador Dr. Saman Weerasinghe also participated this meeting.
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Tuesdays at Darryl's Couch have the Mystery Beer. But because Fridays are a very special day — It's the last day of the work week and, more importantly, it's the start of the weekend! — we've decided you should get to have some input on what beer to enjoy to start your weekend, so we're letting you choose a Friday Favorite for us to put on tap!
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It's a Hot Pink AffairDecember 04, 2015
For quite a while now, pink has been considered a girlish color...reason? I really don't know. But can you imagine a guy in pink sho...
Enjoy today's post and have an awesome weekend ahead.
Linda's World of Style
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Shutting Down the Culture of Shut Up
by Casey Breznick
How many arguments and disagreements do you have a day? How about in a week or a year? A lot, I would venture to guess, because disagreement with others is part of the human condition. But wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to just shut up anyone whose opinions you find annoying or abhorrent? A big red button with "Shut Up" on it that disabled the vocal cords of anyone who dares not to share your opinions would be nice.
Last I checked, such a button cost about 50 million human lives in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China under Mao, but slightly less at about 20 million in Nazi Germany. Granted, these are instances of the crusade for intellectual conformity taken to the brink of human capacity, but when it seems the tidal wave has receded, know it is only due time before it comes crashing down against us once again in one form or another, with varying levels of intensity but with the same end-game.
The Culture of Shut Up
Writers and pundits have recently begun to use the term 'Culture of Shut Up' to describe the increasingly popular phenomenon of leveraging mass outrage over certain voiced or practiced beliefs to enforce ideological conformity. It's an apt term much better than the terribly overused "War on [insert group or idea of your choice]" mantra. It's also a term, or an idea, that is literal in its meaning, unlike the silly war metaphor. The newest mass movement political tactic—no doubt derived in part from Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals—is literally about forcing people not voice their opinions before even trying to convince them to adopt new ones.
Examples of the culture of shut up include the campaigns for and against former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich and Phil Robertson of AEM's Duck Dynasty, as well as numerous situations playing out on college campuses across the country where anti-Israel and anti-"white privilege" movements are attempting to silence opposition in any way possible. These college crusades are particularly effective and damaging due to the social nature of college: everyone wants to be liked, and so no one will stick his or her head out to not shut up and keep talking the way he or she truly feels. Fear of slipping from the graces of social hierarchy due to non-conformist mindsets trumps common sense, free thought, and individuality. The diffusion of leftist ideas among the younger generations is also faster, since most young people are always accessing social media sites, the preferred medium of shut-up-propaganda communication.
Alas, the purpose of this article isn't to delve into an all-encompassing analysis of the culture of shut up. There are many articles on line that examine it as an idea and many that examine specific instances of its employment. The purpose of this article is to explain a few facets of the culture of shut up that aren't touched upon elsewhere.
Pinning Down 'Shut Up'
The origins of the culture of shut up are indistinct. For sure, without the pervasiveness of political correctness shut-up culture could not have developed. Political correctness is in itself a schizophrenic mode of thinking. It requires you to constantly second-guess your choice of words and refine them to betray their actual meaning in order to avoid the ultimate sin of offending someone. Shut-up culture is the manifestation of the so-called "PC Police," but on the (seemingly) grassroots level. That is what is most terrifying. Under a tyrannical government, you usually already know what can and cannot be said, but shut-uppers are sleeper cells operating at a whimsy. Out of nowhere they rise from the obscure, dark alleys of social media or pop-news websites and douse their followers with the fuel to light the fire of hate, shaming, and conformity. They will not stop until their target shuts up, usually accompanied by an apology, being fired, or suffering humiliation. The silence of forcibly sealed lips and minds is only punctured by the deafening clamor of the court of public opinion's slamming jail doors
How to Shut Up
The culture of shut up is decentralized. There is no hierarchical structure of leadership and no single leader. No one calls upon the mindless masses to churn the wheels of shut-up, though opinion leaders (e.g. political leaders, talk show pundits, etc.) usually egg on particularly large campaigns. After the initial outbreak of outrage and the corresponding movement to shut someone or some group up begun by a nobody-leftist, the fever spreads like wildfire across social media and news outlets—first the highly partisan and then the more mainstream—until it has reached mass saturation. Then, the campaign evolves. As more and more are sucked into its throes, the campaign's central idea is developed and further "theorized" upon until it practically becomes fact to those who champion it. For example, the "white privilege" campaign that grew out of college campuses (the hotbed of the culture of shut up) has, in light of the Eliot Rodgers shooting case, evolved into "half white privilege." Fractional racial privilege—what began as the brainchild of some leftist college kids trying to explain certain statistical correlations between race and prosperity has now become a pillar of the institutional Left.
The culture of shut up is derivative of political correctness, but the two are entirely separate beasts. Political correctness is about manipulating and changing language and words to manipulate and change the way people think. Shutting people up is about denying people the ease and freedom to think and speak however they want, and may or may not be based in political correctness. For example, in a February editorial on the subject of academic freedom printed in the Harvard Crimson, Harvard senior Sandra Korn writes, "Let's give up academic freedom in favor of justice." University policy should ensure that "research promoting or justifying oppression… do not continue." While this seems sensible on the surface, what Korn really wants is to purify her school of any sources of dissent with leftism by creating policy that would forbid the dissent—shut them up, in other words.
To engage in any type of debate with the shut-uppers is usually futile. They gravitate toward beliefs, usually codified in laughable slogans like "check your privilege," that are non-falsifiable by virtue not of the idea itself but of the characteristics of those attempting to falsify it. Case in point: Men have no say in anything related to debate or discussion regarding "rape culture" because they are men. Anything they say that is contrary to the leftist narrative is automatically discredited due to the genetic makeup. Similarly, white people can't talk about "white privilege," the affluent about the minimum wage or welfare, or Americans about non-Americans unless they share the same beliefs as the leftist zeitgeist. Anyone else is told to shut up.
A Game Anyone Can Play
I admit I've mostly pinned the culture of shut up on leftists. While they certainly employ it more often, shut-up culture knows no political boundaries. Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives, and pretty much any group can try to shut up its opponents granted it has a substantial grassroots base, like-minded media outlets for propagation, and national thought-leaders who can carry the campaign into the mainstream. For example, many so-called conservatives forgot that AEM had no legal obligation to guarantee its employee's free speech. While the movement to reinstate the fired cast member did not reach shut-up culture levels of intensity and ridiculousness, it got dangerously close.
It's Personal
When we conjoin existential beliefs about ourselves concerning our existence, our purpose in living, etc. with our political beliefs, any disagreement about the latter automatically becomes personal. In fact it becomes hyper-personal. In the case where someone discredits a deeply held political belief that is tied up in the very fabric of one's existence, the disagreement transcends the often-times minutia of policy particulars or philosophical precision into what is perceived as a serious threat. These types of people, it seems or is in fact the case, translate a statement to the effect of "I disagree with your political belief X" to "I disagree with your existence." This way of thinking is not necessarily bad, it is just extreme. The intensity and passion is equally applicable to freedom fighters as it is to the agents of tyranny. We should refrain, however, from applying the sliding scale here. The sliding scale is the idea that "right makes might," or even more aptly, that "more right makes more might." In other words, the amount of righteousness of one's cause is positively related to the morally ambiguous intensity one can fight for or defend it—i.e., the more righteousness, the more moral transgressions that are permissible. This idea is often applied to situations in wars, but it applies to the political battlefield as well.
The shut-uppers have dubious intentions, often fighting for, even if they claim to be conservatives, some sort of collectivist, conformist end-game. What they all fundamentally have in common is this hyper-personality where political beliefs and existential beliefs are one-in-the-same, or at least blurry.
The only way to combat the culture of shut up is to refuse to shut up. Shut-uppers' arguments are often designed such that you can't expect to win an argument because they have an irrefutable trump card. Whether it's your race, wealth, or gender, there will almost always be something inhibiting you from winning a debate. However, the worst thing you can do is admit the shut-uppers are right. By refusing to shut up their strategy falls apart; they have nothing to fall back on. This is the only way to shut down the culture of shut up.tweet


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The UACS Thermopylae dropped out of warp with her escort of two Sangheili Assault Carrier Gunship Refits over Fichina.
"We are secured from warp, Lord-Admiral," the helmsman announced.
"Anything on the comms?" asked the Cerinian Tiger with an inverted fur pattern.
"Negative, Lord-Admiral," Comms answered. "No distress beacons, no radio signals, no transmissions... no nothing. It's eerie."
"And unsettling," the Lord-Admiral growled quietly.
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|"What's so Eerie about Silence Dad?" Celina asked as she walked onto the bridge. "Space is empty... sometimes it's just quiet."
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|"Celina, at last report, there was a facility here. Communications disruption could mean a number of things, but I'm concerned it may have been sabotage... or worse. Either the Fichina facility's comm is dead, or they are," Markus explained.
|Nov 27 2015, 11:25 PM Post #4
Kursed aj rusb!
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Acting on feedback is a great way to improve. The Year 2 Champs have been working on giving each other feedback and, more importantly, listening to and acting on the feedback they have been given – not always an easy thing to do. To start with, the children were asked to copy a picture of either a butterfly or a beetle.
Then they were asked to give very specific feedback to each other on the shape of their drawings. From this first draft, they went through several more drafts until their final products, each time acting on feedback given. Have a look at the photos and see the huge differences that listening to and acting on their peers' very explicit feedback made to their pictures.


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Avionics Technician A
Description: Responsible for complete operational check-out of electronic systems prior to or after installation on the aircraft. Diagnose malfunctions and adjust, repair, or replace parts indicated by results of the checks through use of ohmmeters, voltmeters, oscilloscopes, audio oscillators, frequency and power measuring equipment, pulse generators, and other special electronic test equipment, guided by complex circuit diagrams, equipment instruction books, functional test specifications, and check sheets and/or verbal or written information furnished by Engineering.
Standing/Sitting: Requires full time standing with limited resting periods and to walk distances. Sit for extended periods if required.
Heights: Able to work at heights. Able to climb stairs or ladders as required. Able to work off of step stools, scissor lifts, lift platforms and aircraft structure without handrails.
Overhead work: Able to work overhead as required.
Weight restriction: Able to Lift/push/pull/carry a minimum of 25 lbs
Body positioning: Able to twist/bend (neck or waist) and stoop. Able to work in awkward positions as required. Able to squat/kneel/crawl/reach as required.
Work content: Able to use/hold/manipulate small tools and parts with hands. Simple grasping, power grasping and fine manipulation is required. Able to use vibrating tools and perform torqueing operations. Able to use power moving equipment and power moving equipment. Repetitive tasks will be performed.
Vision/Hearing: High level Hand/Eye coordination required. Corrective lenses may be used. Eye protection required in many instances. Color differentiation may be required. Must be able to hear at level required for positions.
Environmental: Able to work around noise, chemicals, fumes and dust. Capable of using respirators and other personal protective equipment including hearing protection if required. Able to work outside if needed.
Attendance: Regular attendance required based on set work schedule. Able to work any shift.
Vehicles/Power moving equipment: Able to operate equipment or machinery as required. Able to work around heavy equipment and machinery.
Must be able to work any shift.
Desired Skills: Recent experience equivalent to a Military Organizational Avionics Technicians Journeyman (or better) on tactical aircraft.
Fiber optic experience highly desired.
Experience with operational test of electronics and test equipment including major troubleshooting.
Must have experience using electrical, radio, and radar testing equipment and instruments.
Experience using complex circuit diagrams, prints and specifications.
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What's Your Story? Featuring Tina Weede of USMotivation
Change. It is the one constant on which we can all rely. It is the one guarantee in life that will always happen. In our ever-evolving world, that is constantly moving, advancing and progressing at a rapid pace, it is important to stop, look around and assess where you are, how you got there and where you want to go. Each of us has been touched and enriched by great professionals who have paved the way for us to follow and we want to share their stories with you.
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It is essential to surround yourself with people who are already where you want to be. The professionals featured in our series have encountered the similar experiences young professionals soon face. They share their first-hand stories on learning through trial and error, overcoming obstacles and how to fail and get back up again.
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We've moved!
And thousands of thanks to those that helped, especially Nickos. I hope your toe feels better and that the microsurgeons were able to reattach that thumb. Now begins the slow task of turning a house full of boxes into a home. We've got a lounge room and we've all got bedrooms (albeit extremely messy ones) and we're also insured now! And our ducted gas heating works! Very comfy 20 degrees here at the moment. :)
Not much else has happened, really, except that I've been given the role of Sonders in On The Razzle for ReP, so yay me! Of course, I haven't been able to ring Stephen back yet, but I hope that a 24hour gap between calling me and me confirming I can do the role is not cause for them to go to their second choice. :)
Four things I learned recently;
- Putting all your books in big boxes is a bad thing to do.
- If at some point in your moving day you find yourself lifting a chest of drawers on your own, you should stop, it'll hurt come night time.
- Pide pizza reheats well when cooked for 30 minutes in an oven at 150 degrees (C).
- Our new chef, Matt, makes the best omelettes ever.
- Marcel Marcaeu, The Silent Movie


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Sale of Ireland's only oil refinery is understood to be a done deal
The sale of the country's only oil refinery - at Whitegate in Cork - is understood to have been effectively sealed by US owner Phillips 66.
The refinery has been up for sale on and off by Texas-based Phillips 66 since 2013.
It was reported in May that a deal to offload the refinery would be announced within weeks. It's believed the sale has now been agreed.
The company announces second-quarter results on Friday and could be in a position then to confirm the sale to investors.
A spokesman for Phillips 66 declined to comment beyond a statement the company made previously.
"We anticipate closing during the second half of 2016 if appropriate value is achieved and after customary government approvals," he said of the sale.
Family-owned Canadian firm Irving Oil has been touted as the front runner in the tussle to buy the refinery, which can process up to 71,000 barrels of oil a day.
Other interested parties in the asset were reported to be ArcLight Capital, Valero Energy and UK-based PTFPlusOne.
The refinery is directly owned by an Irish firm which is a subsidiary of a UK-based Phillips 66 company.
In 2014, Phillips 66 had pulled a planned sale of the refinery. The group's chief executive, Greg Garland, said at the time that the company had had "limited to negative interest" in the facility.
Just over a week ago, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Denis Naughten, confirmed in the Dáil that the sales process was on-going.
He pointed out that as part of the deal by the State to sell the refinery in 2001, the owner had a legal obligation to operate the facility until at least July this year.
"The Government views the continued operation of the Whitegate refinery on a commercial basis as highly desirable from an energy security and economic perspective," the Minister said.
"Security of supply remains a fundamental tenet of our energy policy and our overarching strategic energy security objectives," he added.
Ireland is obliged under EU and other rules to maintain oil reserves equivalent to 90 days of Ireland's normal requirements. Those reserves amount to 70,000 tonnes of crude oil and just over 1.5m tonnes of refined product.
About one third of those emergency reserves are held abroad, and the remainder in Ireland, including at Whitegate.
The refinery currently supplies between 30pc and 40pc of the requirements of the Irish retail market, excluding jet kerosene.
However, it's very possible that Whitegate's role as an active refinery will cease when the new owners take charge.
Low refinery margins and Whitegate's lack of strategic importance to a new owner mean it could be destined for use as a storage facility.
That will have significant implications for the 160 full-time employees and 130 contractors that work on the site.
Irving Oil is based in St John's, Newfoundland.
It was founded in 1924, and operates Canada's largest refinery, in New Brunswick.
Over 80pc of the refinery's production is exported to the United States, and it accounts for 75pc of all Canada's petrol exports to the US.
The group is also involved in other downstream oil activities, including the operation of over 900 retail forecourts in Canada and the United States.
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Teams from all over Europe are now arriving in Edinburgh to compete in the Edinburgh International Curling Championships. Sections A and B have their first round games on Friday morning at 08.30 and section C takes to the ice at 11.00.
In section A, Bruce Mouat, the reigning World Junior Champion plays Poland's Borys Jasiecki, Alex Baumann plays Scotland's Ally Fraser and Finland's Tomi Rantamäki takes on England's former World Junior Champion skip (when he played for Scotland!) Alan MacDougall. In Section B, Rasmus Stjerne plays David Šik, Yannick Schwaller plays three-time World Champion Ewan MacDonald and Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell plays Wales' Adrian Meikle. At 11.00 in section C, previous competition winner Aku Kauste from Finland takes on the Czech Republic's Karel Kubeška (coached by Brad Askew who will be very welcome back here at Murrayfield), Denmark's Martin Grønbech plays Cammy Bryce and Felix Attinger plays Dumfries skip Grant Hardie and his team.
The sections are played in round-robin format with each team guaranteed five games over Saturday and Sunday. Subsequent session times (24-hour clock in brackets) are 2.00pm (14.00), 4.20pm (16.20) and 7.25pm (19.25) on Friday.
Apologies to Section C – they have a brutal start time of 8.00am on Saturday morning, Subsequent session times are 10.20am, 1.20pm (13.20), 3.40pm (15.40) and 6.45pm (18.45).
The knock-out sessions all take place on Sunday with the quarter-finals at 8.30, the semis at 11.30 and the final at 2.30pm (14.30).
We are all looking forward to the competition.


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Elena's Models photo competition is in full swing! 54 entries received, so someone is going to get USD $500 bonus this month and become this year's first finalist to compete for $5000 cash prize.
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Urdva Dhanurasana
Upward Facing Bow
By Sean Haleen
I'd like to begin this month's article with a story. It's a tale about a man, his pet dog, and cod liver oil.
Years ago, a young man lived alone with a dog he cared deeply for. A friend of his told him that cod liver oil was greatly beneficial to his pet's health and should be administered daily. So one day, he decided to give it a shot. The young man sat on a chair and gently put his pup's head between his knees. Then, took a spoon full of cod liver oil, pried his hesitant dog's mouth open, and fed him the oil. Each time he did this, the dog became more resistant and onerous. However, because he loved his dog so much, he continued the daily feeding of cod liver oil.
One day, as the feeding of the oil began, the owner had the spoon right up to the dog's mouth when suddenly the animal jerked away and in the process knocked the owner over, spilled the bottle of cod liver oil, and sent the spoon flying. To the owner's surprise, a few moments later, his dog came back into the room and began licking the oil up off the floor. Later, the dog's owner realized that it wasn't the oil his pet detested, it was the method of administration.
And what this story teaches us is that it is often just as important to contemplate the manner in which we conduct our affairs, as it is to contemplate the matter itself. The method in which we deliver our words, actions, ideas, and offerings, to the world will directly correspond to how those interactions are received. We know this intuitively. One cannot expect to be well received if they're administering a message pompously, arrogantly, forcefully, passive aggressively, or so on and expect the receiver to drink it very long before being disgusted, even if what is being delivered makes sense on some level.
Our bodies work the same way. If you jam your body into a pose without any consideration of how prepared or ready it is for it, your body will receive instructions like this for only so long before something goes awry. One of the most common poses in which I witness student after student make this mistake in is Urdva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow in English).
This classical backbend is the first advanced backbend one is required to master before progressing to deeper ones according to B.K.S. Iyengar. Urdva Dhanurasana requires strong work in the legs and a deep flexion of the spine. Unfortunately, there is a perception that this pose requires great arm strength so it is common for people to push themselves up into this backbend using mostly there arms and very little bending in their back. This is what often creates the sense of narrowness or "pinching" as many students describe in the pose. Due to the amount of force from the arms combined with the lack of flexion in the back, the spine will often bend only at its most flexible spot which on most people is T-12, L1, L2 area. If Urdva Dhanurasana is performed many times in this way, ultimately your body will respond much like the dog did after being forced something it couldn't handle- it will revolt.
Below I will explain how to open up your wheel with minimal compression in the low back and maximum opening of the front body and extension of the spine.
Urdva Dhanurasana
Just like any backbend, before you attempt Upward Facing Bow, be sure to thoroughly open your hips, quads, hamstrings, and shoulders. This will allow for the fullest mobility of your spine and expansion of your pose.
There are countless methods and tactics for entering Urdva Dhanurasana so I'm going to just cover a few here. To ensure minimal crunching in your low back, it is important to enter the pose slowly, methodically, and patiently. Lie down on your back, bend your knees, and place your hands by your ears with your fingertips facing your heels. First, lift your hips as high as you can. The first mistake people often make in this pose is forgetting the legs are working just as hard as the rest of your body to open your spine. If you hips aren't lifted and your legs aren't working, at this point in the pose you're attempting to lift your entire body with just your arms. Good luck!
After lifting your hips, push through your feet and arms and rise onto your head. This, again, can be a place where people tend to rush and go straight into the pose. Once on your head, take your hands wider and turn your wrists out. Your hands should resemble downward dog hands here. This is another important detail. If the wrists are turned in, your arm bones will internally rotate, your shoulder blades will wing off the back, and you lose much of the power in your upper body.
Then, while still on your head, push through your feet lift your hips even high and squeeze your shoulder blades into the back of your chest. These actions will create a full backbend in your spine and deep opening in your chest. As you root your feet, engage your upper back, press your head down into the floor, and begin to role more toward your forehead. You'll be doing much more work here than you think.
When teaching Urdva Dhanurasana, I'll often have people repeat this action several times before ever lifting their head off the floor. This work trains your legs effectively and teaches your upper back how to engage- two crucial components of doing this pose safely and efficiently.
A tip for beginners. For those having a difficult time rising up onto your head, try placing two blocks at the wall at an angle (almost like they're a ramp leading from the floor up the wall). Place your head between the blocks and your hands on the widest surface of the blocks and repeat all the actions from above.
After you've trained your spine to backbend properly, then you can try straightening your arms and lifting your head off the ground. Lifting your heals will give more rise to the pelvis, power to your legs, and openness to your hip flexors which will all help open your pose more. Eventually, as your spine and front body opens more and more, your chest will push between your arms and your arms will be perpendicular to the floor. Once your Urdva Dhanurasana has reached that depth, then more advanced variations become accessible (attempting more difficult backbends, like Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana, before your Urdva Dhanurasana opens fully can be very dangerous).
As with many backbends, another successful way to open your pose up is repeating it several times. If you're serious about a deep backbending practice, work up to practicing Urdva Dhanurasana 8 or 10 (or even more) times in a row resting briefly between each one. This may take months but if your master this backbend with patience and ease, other deeper backbends will come.
Sean Haleen's classes are noted for their humor and depth. Focusing on alignment, students wishing to learn about their bodies and the different concepts of yoga philosophy in detail will enjoy his public classes. Click here to see his weekly class schedule. Sean will be co-leading a 14-hour training, Excel at Sequencing and Hands on Assists and teaching Handstand Bonanza! Learn to Fly! in August.
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