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3206YTD and a 150 miler./
I live in and near mountains because they make me alive!
Starting out form Boulder on the farmland flats towards HYW 34.
We started out early today. early for us is 8 AM. It seemed a ot colder than the 47 degrees the car thermometer read.
I was in a pretty crabby mode today, day 5 of the vacation. Had to keep telling Steve to motivate me today. My legs were quite tired from the week. By today we had about 26,000 feet of climbing in our legs. And.... it never really got warm. Seemed I didn't dress very well. Maybe b/c yesterday was 80 degrees.
Headed over to my favorite canyon-The Big Thompson. I love it. Easy climbing, shoulder for two, and a river to watch the whole way up.
We were really lucky as we had a slight tail wind up half of the climb. ALwasy a good thing!
Once me made the turn from Drake, we did have wind in our face. Very typical of this part of the canyon, only getting a bit stronger once you get to Estes Park.
In Estes Park, Steve booted one of my tired. I had the start of a slash in the sidewall. Bummer as the tire is only about 800 miles old. I didn't want a blowout on the descent down to Lyons. We also ate some food at one of the gas stations ans fueled up for the rest of the way.
We then did both Fruit Loops and the Big Box Loop to make sure we'd get enough iles for a century.
A few times eating Clif Bloks along the way.
After the Box Loops we headed back towards Boulder. Once there, I realized that I didn't want to do a 144 mile ride on the last day of vacation, Saturday. So...I talked Steve into doing a shorter loop on Neva Rd and get in another 25 miles.
We finished that lop and I thought it would be cool to do another 25 mile loop and get in a 150 mile ride for this day.
Although I was wasted (tired) I called out friend Eugene and asked him to keep me motivated on one more loop. He was all for it. We wer lucky as we had pretty good winds , mostly in our favor.
We finished up the riding and it was fun to say I did a 150 (actual 151 mile loop).
Only one more day left and the weekend forecast is for rain.


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If we could draw any conclusion from the latest high-level political meetings in the world regarding ecological and environmental matters we would have to be pessimistic: Leaders seem unable to lead.
Today's world is very complex: Besides having huge quantities of people and corporations of all kinds, we have to take into account that what we are as a civilisation depends too in the interdependencies and interrelations among all those entities, persons and components. Our nature as a life and evolutionary event is the result of an effect that is larger than the sum of its material parts; instead, we base our progress on dynamics. If companies, states, etc. were just the result of material accretion of goods, capital and so on, immaterial things like communication media, ideas and other intangibles would have little if no value at all. We are today a civilisation based not in steam engine power, electricity or nuclear energy, but on information. So, as Carl Sagan suggested once when discussing about Kardashev's scale, the progress of any civilisation should be measured not just by its access to energy, but also considering the kind and magnitude of access to information.
In strict terms, the pure Kardashev's scale that measures only the kind of access to energy that any civilisation enjoys or suffers could still be used to include information as a by-product of the use of energy. That is, in order to create and propagate information you need some sort of power source. However, we are reaching a stage in our technological progress where the production of energy depends unavoidably on the use of information: A modern aircraft could probably not fly without its onboard computers but these need some sort of electrical source to work, and that is provided by a generator that, alas, cannot be switched on without the help of a starter computer associated to a battery.
But information is not a self-managing entity; at some level and to a variable extent requires some explicit - not always rational - decision-making. This has to be done by someone and many times this means policy-making and making politics. There is a subtle difference between both concepts but they are both involved in this matter. This, indeed, means that politicians have a lot to do with the quality of progress that we enjoy or suffer; we all know that but if we are keener to look under the hood, this means that advance is influenced either by their virtues or defects as individuals. Taking into account the characteristics of the propagation processes common to information, those virtues and shortcomings found among the people that rule and lead will indeed have an synergistic effect by which the end results will always be greater than the sum of the individual components of the system, and a simple way - if a little bit grotesque - to explain this is to refer to a tabloid-like topic common to many politicians: Sexual scandals. Infidelity, perversions and other stuff that usually belongs to the private sphere of people have little incidence even in the neighbourhood where they live, but in the case of politicians and for many different reasons, sexual scandals are career-killers that often have far-reaching consequences. Indeed, if the power equation among lobbyists becomes altered due to a sexual scandal, long-term policies could be decided or terminated just based on the new power distribution instead of more reasonable factors and aspects. Now, since we are all humans and imperfect, but there are only few geniuses, it becomes evident that it is far more likely that shortcomings will influence the decision-making process than virtues.
Bad decisions are more prevalent than good ones. Considering this, what could we expect regarding policies destined to prevent global warming? Nothing good, unfortunately. None of the measures being considered at this point is cost-proof. Every possible course of action thought of so far implies costs of all kinds that eventually become political costs for decision makers, mover and shakers or whatever you want to call them. The development of new, less harmful technologies and standards is indeed a good thing, but someone has to pay for them and it is there that we find a really soft spot in society and especially, its leaders that depend on elections in which people vote that are not prone to spend more in thing that they do not perceive generally as beneficial in the short term. Plus, there are interest groups that donate money to the campaigns of those politicians, and among them there are of course vested interest such as those of energy companies that see little opportunity in those new technologies but increasing costs and less profit. So it is obvious that there are more reasons that would explain erred decisions rather than wisdom about the future of our planet, which is a long-term business.
Politicians will do ultimately what their constituencies say, and simple people as well as vested interests will not agree on caring more for the environment until the water from floods caused by climate change will reach their knees. That is sadly human nature, as it is creativeness and advancement, so solutions will also eventually come; we can deal with floods and other disasters, of course. However, the price that we will pay will undoubtedly be much higher than necessary.
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This is The Mindful Word's new weekly column, MINDFUL DREAMS. In this column, Aneta Baranek of the School of Metaphysics will be offering free dream interpretations to The Mindful Word readers as well as offering articles on dreams in general.
If you've ever been curious about deciphering the cryptic contents of your subconscious mind, here's your chance! If you would like Aneta to interpret your dream, fill out this form. She will respond with your dream interpretation via MINDFUL DREAMS, published every Thursday.
Hi Aneta,
I dreamed that I had a key to a house I owned. I seemed to have not been previously aware of this ownership, but the house was cold and old and run-down and owning it didn't immediately seem like a benefit or an asset. I seemed to be unsure as to whether I wanted it and it needed much work. Another problem was that the key to the front door bent in the lock and then broke.
DREAMER: Female, ZA, 33
Key – tool for unlocking or locking, for opening or closing
House – state of mind of the dreamer
Dear Fightycat,
Thank you for sharing your dream…
This dream is all about your own state of mind and you unlocking and accessing it. It highlights the fact that, a day or two prior to having a dream, you had a deeper realization about your own state of being, your own state of mind. Perhaps you became aware of certain thought patterns that you have had for a while? This is what you not being aware of the house highlights. You identified the house as being cold and old. This symbolizes your own attitude towards how you perceive your own inner state of mind at this moment in time.
If this were my dream I would rejoice in discovering deeper parts of myself (the house in your dream). Your current perceptions are that the house (i.e. your mind) is cold and old. That is a common perception, and yet… that is only what it is… a perception. We create our reality based on the thoughts that we repeatedly think. We can change what we feed our minds. In this particular case, I would create an affirmation and repeat it many times throughout a day. An example might be: "I am open to exploring my inner being, my mind. I am excited to know myself on a deeper level." Affirmations are a great tool to enhance our quality of existence and upgrade our perceptions of reality. As we upgrade our perceptions, our reality is upgraded as well. "As within, so without."
May your dreams illuminate the inner you…


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Points of Focus: weeks 1 & 2
The #ArtEveryDay2018 project is here and it's time to get painting (or sculpting, or dancing, or playing music, or cooking)! It can seem difficult to make time daily for a creative pursuit, especially if you have a day job, kids, pets, and life in general. But the simple act of setting aside a few minutes a day for this is a mighty seed that can yield beautiful fruits. To get the year going gently, I'm beginning with a procedural point of focus that will help us get in touch with ourselves and the direction we each need to take with our own practices.
Point of focus for January 1-15:
Meditation and art making go hand in hand. Sometimes when you are in the flow of making it can feel as if you go into a meditative state naturally, or maybe after the frenzy of making is over you feel calm and contented as if you had been meditating? Whatever your relationship may be with your art practice, for these first few weeks I invite you to consciously incorporate some form of meditation practice alongside your making. This could manifest in many ways, and there is no reason why it cannot be as individual as your own creative pursuits.
Personally, I've found that every time I sit down to meditate, I have a different experience. And similarly, each time I step up to my work table to paint, there is a different energy around or within me that makes it easy, hard, or confusing - and each creates a different sort of painting! This is all perfectly fine and part of the process, but my intention in combining the two are for a more conscious experience of them.
Here's what I'll be doing:
Meditating for 5-10 minutes before, during or after I finish my daily painting. And when I say "meditating" I mean that I will simply sit silently for 5-10 minutes, not taking action of any kind. By taking time to not act, I will become more aware of myself, surroundings and my actions. It might be a time of reflection or a time to regroup from a busy day and get a clear head before starting another action. In any case, it can't do any harm and will help me to also develop a meditation practice!
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If the practice proves successful (or not), we can reflect, share and revise for the next point of focus. Please don't hesitate to share your thoughts or experiences in the comments section or email me (firstname.lastname@example.com) personally.


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diary entry for saturday the 5th of october
i am a little back logged with this frantic week but i will get it all out i promise.
Woe what a weekend been one hell of a trip just scooting about.
Zine fair was awesome it was so hot in watt space. My hangover, which I thought I had cured, started to come back. Friday night I abused my body with lots of vodka and dancing to hardcore techno. I thought that when awoke I only had a little headache and if I looked after myself drank lots of water and ate some food it would all be apples. But I was deluding myself. I have the sneaking suspicion that I was still pissed. The headache went away as I started to treat myself better. But in the confines of this hot, sticky and noisy place that is the zine fare it started flooding back. I kept my cool it would be so hard to be cranky when beautiful, interesting and creative people who understand what it is like to self publish surround you. Put their work out into the world to be consumed. I sold a few zines and made some good swaps with people. Met some ziners I really like (Shane who did blown colon and handpash, Cassandra who makes relax baby and Paul who makes star zine.) I sat at a table with some great ziners CJ whose hot new zine half-baked eyes blew my mind its educated design sizzled my retinas. He has a great eye for detail and ended up with a very slick work. Shane who is always good for a rave on pop culture. He truly loves smash hits magazine. He has started a great debate about whether Karl Marx would have liked Brittany spears or not. Lou and tom where up the far end of the table with all their crazy stuff. Well written designed and executed with such finesse. They are fine team when working together but also are powerhouses when they're doing their own thing. They are the homecoming king and queen of thee zine world and we are all but serfs to their onslaught. The place was teeming with people of varied and different styles. I had a girl sitting next to me selling a zine all about buffy the vampire slayer. I donít know what it is about fan zines but I just donít seem to see the point to some of them. They just seem like advertising. I had to put up with going "wow I love buffy too." or "wow I make a zine about buffy too, you wanna swap." I guess I get obsessed about things to. I can choose not to read that style of zines. Who made me god to choose what zines should or shouldn't be made? I was hot hungover and had a headache sent directly from Hades.


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New packaging and honey in lozenges.
Haddrell's of Cambridge's UMF Manuka Honey from New Zealand sports a new packaging at Nature's Farm. The brand has also recently come up with a line of UMF 16+ Manuka Honey Lozenges in three different flavours to add to its existing range of honey produce.
The UMF mark on the products show that the honey had been tested and it meets the criteria for each grade of Manuka honey. According to Nature's Farm and Haddrell's of Cambridge, each batch of honey to receive the mark must meet required levels of Non-Peroxide Activity, Methylglyoxal, Leptosperin and Hydroxymethylfurfural. The UMF number indicated on the Manuka honey products indicate the purity and quality of the Manuka honey.
Haddrell's of Cambridge's new line of UMF 16+ Manuka Honey Lozenges comes in original, blackcurrant and +propolis.
Exclusively distributed and retailed through Nature's Farm, the Manuka honey comes in 5+ (500g: S$76.50, 1kg: S$148); 10+ (coming soon in 500g and 1kg jars); 13+ (500g: S$127.45, 1kg: S$249.90), 16+ (500g: S$145.45, 1kg: S$285.90) and 20+ (500g: S$205). Haddrell's of Cambridge's lozenges cost S$12.90 per pack of eight lozenges.
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Merely's music is strange, surreal, and often confusing - but it's never less than beautiful.
New album 'Hatching The Egg' landed earlier in the year, released on sought-after imprint YEAR0001 (Yung Lean, V***** Boys).
A record is real depth, every single song seemed to find Merely taking rare chances, chopping up both her expectations and working methods.
Album highlight 'The Sunset Beach' is a case in point. Opening in down tempo climes, all opaque electronics and gossamer vocals, it builds towards an incredible rave finale, emotion bursting into radiant colour from every note.
Film makers Hanna Nilsson and Rasmus Svensson directed the accompanying video, allowing 'The Sunset Beach' to become an evocation of loneliness.
Matching the introversion of Merely's opening statements, the video then flips into a race towards freedom, empowerment, and fulfilment.
Merely explains...
"A woman lives in a tiny house. This house is her whole world. She wakes up, makes the bed, drinks coffee, reads the newspaper, cleans. But she dreams of something more."
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Episode 15 - Max Silvestri
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On this episode, I spoke with Max Silvestri. Max is a comedian, comedy writer, comedy performer, and comedy food television host. If you're sensing a theme it's because Max is a very funny, by my standards and by those of society in general. He's also very smart and thoughtful, and he shares with us a bunch of thoughts on his career, his work ethic, how he became known as a "food comic" or whatever, and much much more.
Max has a brand new album called King Piglet, which is probably available wherever you're listening to this podcast, and he will be hosting the forthcoming TV show "The Feed" on the forthcoming FYI network. Check those things out.


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Aslay - Nakusemea
I chose to add the video for this one because it shows a bit of the dance that goes along with this style of music known as Kiduku. The little kids at the end do it briefly, crouching low and moving with the knees and ankles. I wish I could find more but this is the best I can do for now.
Given the sound of the voice on this track, you'd be forgiven for thinking Aslay is a girl, but I'm almost certain it's a dude. Almost as certain as I am this is Tanzanian music.


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Archive for December 19th, 2002
And you were thinking Tawana Brawley was so 1987: Gays! Muslims! Blacks! Everybody's doing it! (Update: I used to have Jews in there. No doubt such instances exist. But since all of the Internet sources for Jewish hate crime hoaxes turn out to be, shall we say, interested (see the comments), I removed them.)


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Make no mistake; what you are about to read is the opinion of a self-professed Roseanne fan. When I say Roseanne, I mean the sitcom, though. Roseanne was one of the most innovative and necessary sitcoms on television from 1988 until the end of it's eighth season in 1996 (I won't bother trying to defend season nine). When, 30 years after its debut and 20 years after its end, its revival was announced, I was elated, albeit, worried.
In the late 80s and 90s, Roseanne was spearheaded by its namesake star Roseanne Barr. She originally created the character, "the Domestic Goddess," during her standup comedy act before turning the Goddess into Roseanne Conner, a full-fledged matriarch, anchoring the show Roseanne. Throughout its nine years on the air, the sitcom tackled a number of topics never before touched on network television. By all accounts, based on the beliefs portrayed by the Domestic Goddess, Roseanne Barr and Roseanne Conner both appeared to be leftist liberals, causing conservatives to cringe during its nine years on the air.
In the 21 years since the show went off the air, many its stars have gone on to be quite successful – more so than can be said for the stars of its competitors. Barr's on-screen counterpart John Goodman, the show's patriarch, continued to have a successful career outside of Roseanne, during and after its run. He has starred in a number of successful films, series, and in animated films as a voice actor. Laurie Metcalf, who played Roseanne's wacky sister Jackie, has recently gained substantial acclaim as an actress thanks to a Tony award winning performance in Broadway's A Doll's House, Part 2, as well as an Oscar nominated performance in the film Ladybird. Sara Gilbert, who played the Conner's middle daughter Darlene, went on to have a successful career as producer and co-host of the daytime talk show, The Talk. Meanwhile, Darlene's boyfriend David was played by Johnny Galecki, who has starred in all eleven seasons of the wildly successful The Big Bang Theory. The show featured guest appearances from Roseanne co-stars Gilbert and Metcalf, as well, which helped stir the rumblings for a Roseanne reunion. Sarah Chalke, who played Becky #2, had a successful starring roles on Scrubs and How I Met Your Mother.
Ironically, the show's biggest star, Roseanne Barr, did not find similar success post-Roseanne. From 1998-2000, she hosted her own talk show, but since then has only had a few stand-up specials, a strange reality show about her Macademia nut farm, and, most recently, a stint as a judge on Last Comic Standing. Oh, she also ran for President in 2012.
That event was sort of the catalyst that changed the public perception of Roseanne and revealed, in a big way, how much she had changed since her sitcom days. Actually, it really started in the mid-2000s, when she started doing comedy again, hosting radio shows, and eventually, running rampant on Twitter with her rather outlandish, controversial and often times offensive views.
Throughout the 2016 Presidential election cycle, Barr expressed support for Donald Trump to the shock of many. Coming from the pioneering woman who changed television via the Conner family, largely due to the show's liberal themes, it was quite a shock. Here is a woman whose show delved into topics like a woman's right to choose, social welfare programs, birth control, gay marriage, domestic abuse, racism/stereotyping, privilege, gender roles, and all-around feminism, all with a liberal tone, it was indeed quite a 180.
So, last year when Barr voiced her support of President Trump amidst the news of the Roseanne revival, people naturally responded with concern. It became even more concerning when it was revealed that they would make Roseanne Conner a Trump supporter in the show, and deal with the issue head-on, because it didn't really make sense.
And it still doesn't. Perhaps that is the intention – and brilliance – of it. The Roseanne Barr of 2018 supporting Trump is not shocking. But the character Roseanne Conner? That is shocking. She, like other Americans, seemingly fell into his web of lies and became a believer in them. More believable would have been Conner as a supporter of a third party candidate, but the choice of the show's writers and producers (which includes both Barr, Sara Gilbert and comedian Wanda Sykes) allowed for there to be a divide within the Conner family akin to the divide that now exists in many American families.
*ALERT: Spoilers Below*
That is what Roseanne has always been about, after all… it has (with the exception of season nine) always been a reflection of a real, working class American family. The press made a spectacle of the fact that Roseanne Conner is a Trump supporter, but that was hardly the main focus of the revival's debut episode. It continued to reflect American families in 2018 with its inclusion of a mixed race family (son DJ has a daughter with a Black woman), and a gender fluid boy (Gilbert's Darlene has a son who dresses in stereotypically "female" clothing). The Conners are still poor. Darlene is unemployed and living with her parents again. DJ just returned from serving in the military. Becky is widowed, works as a waitress, and is considering being a surrogate to make ends meet. Jerry (the youngest Conner, born in season eight) is the rogue sibling, away at sea. Jackie is still changing jobs (she's a life coach now). Dan seems to still be drywalling despite his age, Roseanne may or may not be an Uber driver, and they both are struggling to pay for their prescriptions. Then, there is the new character Andrea (played by Becky #2, Sarah Chalke) who is your typical nauseatingly oblivious and "health conscious," Whole Foods shopping hipster who doesn't understand the Conners at all. In an interview on The View, Gilbert explained that she and the other producers researched how the Illinois town that inspired Roseanne had changed since they went off the air, and tried to reflect that in the reboot, and the effort shows.
Despite being a Trump supporter, Roseanne Conner is indeed still lovable and progressive. In response to her grandson's choice to wear girls' clothing, she is supportive and nurturing. She even goes down to his school and lets his entire class know that if they mess with Mark, they will be hearing from her. In response to Becky's decision to be a surrogate for Andrea, Roseanne is not supportive of the idea that Becky will essentially be putting their grandchild up for adoption, but recognizes and supports the fact that is ultimately Becky's choice, because it is her body. Neither of these viewpoints fall in line with what one would expect from a "Trump supporter," were a breath of fresh air, and show that in its revival, Roseanne will continue to tackle topics other shows would avoid. And, apparently, there is more to come.
In short, even though Roseanne Barr can be an attention-seeking instigator, Roseanne Conner still deserves our attention; in fact, she and the entire Conner family commands it: the revival garnered massive ratings and as a result has been renewed for another season!
There are seven more episodes of season ten on the way; tune into ABC on Tuesdays at 8 P.M. Feeling nostalgic? Rewatch seasons 1-9 on Amazon Prime.


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Anne Doyle: 'I never had a plan that I would be married with kids by a certain point and it isn't a regret'
Ahead of her return to TV, Anne Doyle invites our writer into her home, and opens up about retired life, why she has no interest in marriage and researching her family's links to the 1916 Rising.
When I arrive at Anne Doyle's four-storey Georgian house in the centre of Dublin, the former newsreader announces that she's "cranky" and has been all day. To say that this is disconcerting is something of an understatement - as anyone who has ever met her will testify, the former RTÉ newsreader exudes an ice-cool, almost regal presence that strongly suggests she doesn't suffer fools. And that's when she's in a good mood.
Happily, Anne ends up being extremely welcoming, funny and gracious - and I even end up disappointed not to see the "wicked tongue" that she professes to have.
Anne retired on December 25, 2011, a month before she turned 60, and exactly 32 years to the day after her first bulletin. True to form, there was no gushing display of emotion as she took her leave. "And that's the news this Christmas night, from all of us, take care, and from me, it's been a pleasure," she said, warmly. "Good fortune, goodbye."
"I was very happy to retire," she tells me today. "In an ideal world, I would probably have liked to go earlier, but you have to stay with RTÉ until you are 60 to get a pension. It wasn't as strange as it should have been at first, as obviously you lose part of the structure of your day, but I rationally presumed it would be fine and it was. It could have been awful, but it just felt right for me.
"I used to go in to work around 2pm, so I always had the mornings to myself, and I'd finish at 9.30pm so I was a creature of the night. My job wasn't glamorous or exciting like people presumed it was, but it was a good, satisfying job and generally speaking, I did the best I could, and I'm content with that."
When she left, Cillian de Paor, who was then MD of RTÉ News and Current Affairs, said that Anne's on-screen professionalism made her a favourite with audiences. "We know her for other things," he added. "For her wit, her lively personality, her legendary loyalty to friends, her meticulousness and her formidable skills in argument."
In tandem with Anne's long career, many changes took place out in Montrose, both in broadcasting and technological advances under the watch of many different management regimes. Would it be safe to assume that Anne, who at one point was the staff representative on the RTÉ Authority, deployed those "formidable skills in argument" at various junctures of such changes?
"I would always fight my corner," she nods. "If I was to be critical of myself, maybe I was a bit overly-confrontational as I have a wicked tongue sometimes and can get myself into trouble. Sometimes I was a bit silly and bristled a little too much, as we all have to get used to change. When things settle, you think, 'What was I so annoyed about?' And while I wouldn't have a problem apologising if I was really wrong or did something stupid or impulsive, coming to that realisation is the tricky bit. If it dawns on you 10 years later that you were a bit harsh with someone, there's really no point in saying sorry. But with a bit of luck, the enemy is long gone anyway."
Anne says that RTÉ was good to her and she made great friends there - indeed, she gave former colleague Aengus MacGrianna away at his wedding to Terry Gill in 2014. She speaks very warmly of the organisation, and says that she strongly believes in public service broadcasting.
"Overall I found it a good place to work, but in later years, it did get to be too much of a treadmill," she admits. "I did a lot of radio, so I was just reading headlines every half an hour, so by the time it came to the nine o'clock news, I was ready to go home. News reading can be a bit lonely and isolated as you are usually a solo flier, but it was always interesting and gave me an opportunity to do something worthwhile."
These days, Anne (63) describes herself as a "very boring person" who reads a lot, keeps a nature diary, and enjoys the company of her friends and a bit of craic.
Originally from Wexford, she grew up a couple of miles outside Ferns as the youngest of John and Lizzie Doyle's seven children. She was a bit of a tomboy as a child - there were 11 years and five brothers between herself and her sister Eilís. As a result, she didn't grow up shy of the opposite sex.
"I've always had an understanding of the weaker sex," she jokes. "My five brothers regularly had friends over, so I was used to men. I was brave as a child, much braver than I am now, and I got away with a lot being the youngest. I was quite independent, and my mother was very good and sensible - she took a chance with letting me do things that she didn't approve of because she knew she couldn't lock me up."
Anne's father was a quiet man who worked as a farm labourer on other people's farms, and like her mum, he left school at 12 or 13 to go to work. "Daddy was a man from the past," she says. "He was a ploughman but never learned to drive, and the industrial revolution kind of passed us by. He didn't get to have an education, but I think he would have enjoyed an opportunity for intellectual development.
"My father was old-fashioned, but my mother, who was 11 years younger, was more modern and a real free spirit. She was fabulous and great craic, and was unusual-looking as she was really sallow with almost blue-black hair. She was very lucky, as she seemed to have the gift of happiness."
While her parents were happily married, interestingly six out of seven of the Doyle children didn't marry. Why does she think that's the case? "We were really happy when we were children, so I wonder if that made it hard?" she muses. "Our mother never focused on the marriage and children side of things, because all she cared about was that we got a good job and were independent. She would have loved to be a solicitor, but she had seven children and little choice.
"I don't think I ever really wanted to get married," she adds. "Maybe when I was in the first flush of some love affair, I might have thought about it but I never followed anything through. It just didn't figure on my agenda. I wasn't against it, but I also didn't have positive inclination towards it, and if you don't, then you are probably as well leaving those things alone."
Even so, Anne's stance might be considered somewhat unusual as she has been in a relationship with restaurateur Dan McGrattan for around 12 years, and had several serious relationships before that, one lasting almost 20 years. Her much-publicised, six-month relationship with former minister Jim McDaid caused a bit of a stir in 1998 as he was a married man. "I don't regret anything," she said afterwards. "There were no lighthouses to guide us."
Today, she lives with McGrattan, whom she describes as "a lovely man". They don't spend a huge amount of time together, however, as Dan is busy putting in long hours running his bar and restaurant, McGrattan's, on Fitzwilliam Lane. Anne, who doesn't drive and used to take a taxi (paid by herself) to RTÉ every day, will often wander over to have dinner with him in the evening.
"Our paths don't cross hugely, which can be lonely at times, but in some ways, it suits me," she says. "I know it works for some people, but I couldn't imagine a life where you do everything together as I'm too set in my ways. Dan is a very nice, practical man, and he's very smart. While I don't agree with him on everything, he never gives a stupid opinion, and I may even think later on reflection that he might even have had a point.
"I wouldn't be too difficult to live with - maybe I'm a bit cranky at times, but I don't set out to be difficult. Life amuses me really, and I have a sharp tongue and find my own little quirky things that amuse me. I'm happy and I enjoy life."
Anne says that while she isn't particularly romantic, she is not against it. Dan isn't romantic either, but he would be known to buy a bunch of flowers and to mark special occasions. "He might leave a few bob in the house for me to buy myself something," she deadpans. "Now that's what I call romance."
Anne's one married sibling is her brother Tom, who lives in Cork with his wife Pat. Anne loves her two nieces, and four grandnephews.
Would she have liked to have had children herself? "I never really had a wish to have children, sure I'm a child myself," she laughs. "I never had a plan that I would be married with kids by a certain point. It just wasn't in my head, and looking back, it isn't a regret. My eldest niece, Clare, is very like my mother and Martha is probably more like the Doyle side. They're tiny little girls and very pretty."
Anne's connection to her family and their heritage is one of the reasons why she was delighted to take part in Ireland's Rising, a new four-part series for RTÉ One. It sees Ryan Tubridy, Jim McGuinness, Fiona Shaw and Anne return to their ancestral home to explore its connections with 1916. For Anne, filming took place in Wexford, where one of the most significant Risings outside of Dublin took place in Enniscorthy.
Her own family were farm labourers in 1916, and her grandfather John was 35 at that time. For the TV series, she visited the farm he worked on to find out more about his daily life, and spent time at Ballinahallen Woods to gain an insight into what it might have felt like for the Ferns Volunteers, who waited there as confusion reigned as to whether the Rising was going ahead or not.
"I think it's a lovely programme," she says. "It was a really interesting and moving experience for me, and it was emotional as Wexford is still very much my home place. I have been gone 46 years, but my roots go very deep there."
Anne went to Ferns National School and then boarded at Loreto Abbey in Gorey on a county council sponsorship. It was "OK" and, while she didn't have a bad experience or find the regime difficult, she would much preferred to have stayed at home. There was no coming home at weekends back then, despite being only 10 miles away, and as she points out: "Really, once you leave home for school, you're gone."
"I never dreamed of telling my parents I didn't want to go because it was just the way things were in those days," she says. "You were getting a shot at something they never got, so you weren't going to screw it up for them. Depending on when Easter fell, you could have 13 weeks at one go without going home. We were allowed to have a visit at weekends, but the roads of Ireland were useless back then so many girls didn't have a lot of visits. Luckily my sister Eilís was great, and she would have ferried in my mum or my aunt to see me."
Straight after her Leaving Cert in 1969, a 17-year-old Anne came to Dublin to study English and History at UCD. Her sister was a national school teacher, but Anne didn't want to go that route. She managed to play for time by convincing her mum she could do an arts degree and then a HDip to become a secondary school teacher - that way she wouldn't have to learn sewing and singing, which her mother knew weren't exactly her strengths.
"My plan was to avoid work as far as possible," she says. "The big thing was that if you got the call to be a teacher, you took it, but I knew I wasn't cut out for it because I wasn't great with children."
Anne was booked in to stay at a kind of hostel for young people run by the nuns for the first year, but she ended up being "fecked out" after Christmas. She moved into a bedsit in a student house in Harold's Cross, where she had a ball.
"I was always coming in late and maybe I was a bit cheeky, but I can't exactly remember," she says of her eviction. "It wasn't forceful, but they suggested that I would be better off living elsewhere. Thank God they didn't tell my parents though, and there were loads of students living in the house and we had a great time. It wasn't continual assessment in those days, so you could just cram at the end to pass. I don't recommend that as an education, but it gave me a hell of a good time. I had a boyfriend who was very good and knew how to study where I hadn't got a clue, so really I got my exams thanks to him. We crammed together and luckily I had a good short-term memory."
After she completed her degree and HDip, Anne went to work in a library, and then got a job in the Department of Foreign Affairs for four years. She was doing a very mundane job to do with the upkeep of Irish embassies around the world when she applied for an advertised newsreader position in RTÉ aged 26. After several auditions she got the job, but found going into news cold with no broadcasting experience difficult. "It was a 'be careful what you wish for' situation, because I was thinking, 'How the hell am I going to do this?'" she says. "Everyone else there was long-established and knew what they were doing."
Now out the other end of a successful career that spanned three decades, retirement is clearly suiting Anne. Getting older doesn't bother her, either, as she says that not everyone gets the privilege of growing old. Indeed, Anne's beloved mum died suddenly aged 64 the year after she joined RTÉ. Her father had passed away three years earlier, in 1975. Her sister Eilís died of cancer aged 48 in 1989, and her eldest brother John of the same illness in 2000 - both deaths deeply affected Anne.
Now, only herself, Phil, Pat, Joe and Tom remain. "Even with this new show, I found myself saying, 'Eilís or John would have known that,' and you actually forget for a second that they're not around to ask," she says. "My sister didn't drink or smoke and had a healthy lifestyle, so I protect myself by not living too cleanly!"
I wonder would she reconsider both the clean living and the retired status in favour of a high profile job - perhaps one in Áras an Uachtaráin? "The current President is very well settled, and I would say there will be lots of aspirants there," she says plainly. "To be honest, at this stage I wouldn't really run for anything, and that's not because I think it's only for the young and the rest of us should lie down and die.
"I was asked to be an ambassador for UNICEF recently, so I'm looking forward to working and travelling with them. I'm not trying to sound like a do-gooder, but being retired does give you time to give back. I have been lucky, as a lot of people born in my time in a similar background wouldn't have got the breaks I got, and without the breaks, you get nothing. Everything I got was more down to that than native wit or cunning."
Photographs by Tony Gavin
The four-part 'Ireland's Rising', begins on RTÉ One on November 29 at 8.30pm
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Canton Drop Forge has decided to remove the 100,000-gallon aerial water tower due to its age and condition. The iconic tower, with its red Canton logo has been seen by many as they travel across Route 30. The tank, which supplies water for steam generation and process water for the plant has been in operation for over 60 years.
Undergoing many repairs and rebuilds over the year, the last as recently as 2011, the tank was determined to be past its useful life in early 2015. The decision was made to replace the tank with a ground level tank of the same size. CDF contracted with International Tank Service in Lima, Ohio to construct and install the 100,000-gallon replacement tank in early 2015 and the tank installation was started in the fall of that year. Final coating, painting, and installation of supply lines were completed in April 2016.
Demolition will begin the week of July 4th and the tower is expected to be taken down that Wednesday or Thursday depending on progress. Eslich Wrecking Company is performing the work for CDF, which includes removal of a large girder crane in the same location as the tower. This crane was used to service a rail siding that was removed from CDF many years ago and has not been in operation for quite some time. The space where both of these structures reside will be repurposed to improve traffic flow at the facility and for better-organized storage.
I am sure the employees of Canton Drop Forge, both past and present, will certainly miss seeing this landmark of our company as they come to work or travel across Route 30.


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Deacon Kalish will be recording some mini-sermons at Fairfield's CATV studio, a public access channel.
Later in the day he will meet with Father Jack Dickenson, a new young priest who has very recently joined the staff of the Roman Catholic Corpus Christi Parish. This parish is kindly allowing our church to use the Side Chapel of the Sacred Heart Church of Waterville for our weekly Sunday services. Dcn. Kalish is looking forward to spending some time talking with Fr. Dickenson about our mutual church concerns, and the need for outreach to the community.
Very recently, thanks to a wonderfully generous grant from the National Church (ACA), Holy Trinity has been able to increase its outreach efforts. Among them include applying for membership in the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce, to increase our visibility in the area.
Our first project will be an information table in this summer's "Taste of Waterville" Festival on Wednesday, August 3rd. Church members will staff the table throughout the day.
There is even a rumor that Shyla Spear may offer for sale her much coveted "Pot de Creme" dessert, a chocolate delight. A riot could ensue!
Holy Trinity requests prayer from our sister churches concerning all of the above, and thanks you profusely for your remembrance of us.
From the Bishop's Chair, NEA June 2011
Recently, during an episcopal visit, a very
bright young man asked me a specific question.
Although I am often asked questions about everything
from theology to baseball ( how about those
Red Sox? ) this particular question struck me
with special poignance. Bishop Marsh, he
asked me, if God can talk to Moses, does He
also talk to me?
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June 24, 2011
Bishop Announces Ordination
By the Grace of God and the St. Matthias Anglican Church consent of the people, Mr. Merrill Perkins will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons by the Rt. Reverend Brian R. Marsh, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Northeast, Anglican Church in America (ACA) at , Old Mystick Village, Mystic, Connecticut. 11:00 am, on July 16, 2011.
Mr. Perkins is the son of Raymond and Nancy (Merrill) Perkins and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Merrill, a priest of the Church for 51 years. He attended Old Saybrook, CT, elementary and junior high schools; Xavier High School, Middletown, CT. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State Tech, specializing in diesel mechanics. He has been employed with Amtrak since 1976, where he began working first as a shop laborer, then as a locomotive dispatcher, ticket clerk, currently a drawbridge operator in Niantic, CT. He began his theological education with St. Aelred's School of Theology and completed his diaconal studies at the Logos House of Theological Studies this year. He has served as a lay minister at St. Matthias Anglican Church over the last year.
As mentioned in yesterday;s e-mail, there will be a three-day clericus on June 15-17 (Wednesday-Friday) that will replace the Summer School that was scheduled for that week. The cost of the event will be $134 for two nights at Alfred ($67 per night). If you are only able to come for one day, you are welcome to do so in which case your cost would be $67. Checks should be made out to "DNE Clericus" and given to Archdeacon Koller upon arrival at Alfred during registration.
Archdeacon Koller has compiled the following program for the three days (two nights) at the Notre Dame Spiritual Life Center in Alfred, Maine.
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Wednesday (June 15)
3:00-5:30 p.m. Arrival & Registration
5:35-6:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30-7:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
7:00-7:30 p.m. Welcome by Bp Marsh
7:30-8:00 p.m. Updates in the Anglican World - Bp. Marsh
8:00-9:00 PM Fellowship Hour
9:00-9:15 p.m. Compline
Thursday (June 16)
7:30-8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer
8:05-9:00 a.m. Breakfast
9:00-11:00 a.m. Theology and the BCP (Archdeacon Koller)
11:00-12:00 a.m. Eucharist
12:05-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00-1:30 p.m. Rest
1:30-3:00 p.m. The Ordinal and Clergy Responsibilities (Dean Williams)
3:00-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30-5:00 p.m. Practical Applications of the BCP(Dean Williams)
5:00-5:30 p.m. Break
5:35-6:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30-7:00 p.m. Evening Prayer
7:00-7:30 p.m. Mentoring Time
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9:00-915 p.m. Compline
Friday (June 17)
7:30-8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer
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Deacon Dibble was ordained Deacon on September 10, 2000, at the Church of the Resurrection, in Ansonia, CT under the Bishop Ordinary of the Anglican Province of Christ the King. He joined the ACA and has served at St. Lucy's Mission.
Deacon Dibble is a self employed contractor, small scale farmer and landlord. He graduated High School from Clinton Senior High School in Clinton, NY, in 1986.
The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America, meeting in Tucson, Arizona, has elected the Right Reverend Brian R. Marsh to succeed Archbishop Louis W. Falk as President of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America. Archbishop Falk completed his two year term as President of the House of Bishops and has announced his retirement.
In a statement released by the bishops, the House of Bishops formally expressed their deep gratitude and appreciation for Archbishop Falk's years of service to the Church.
Bishop Marsh's election will be ratified by the General Synod which will meet in September. He currently serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of the Northeast and has been in that position since February of 2009. The Right Reverend George D. Langberg was re-elected Vice President. Both were elected unanimously by the attending Bishops.
The Anglican Church in America is part of the worldwide Traditional Anglican Communion, with members in 44 countries, and seeks to uphold the Catholic Faith, Apostolic Order, Orthodox Worship and Evangelical Witness of the Anglican tradition within the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ. The Communion holds Holy Scripture and the ancient Creeds of the Undivided Church as authentic and authoritative, and worships according to the traditional Liturgies of the Church.
Episcopal Visitor Appointed To Serve Parishes in the Diocese of the Eastern United States
The Rt. Rev. Brian R. Marsh has been appointed Episcopal Visitor to the Diocese of the Eastern United States. This appointment was requested by the Standing Committee of the diocese because of the recent resignation of The Rt. Rev. Louis Campese, longtime Bishop Ordinary of the DEUS. The request was affirmed by the ACA House of Bishops. Bishop Marsh will assist the DEUS by providing episcopal oversight to the many parishes and missions in the southeastern area of the country. He will preside at the upcoming synod of the Diocese of the Eastern United States which will open on March 30.
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March 13, 2011
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
The earthquake in Japan, along with the tsunami, have cause the people of Japan incredible suffering. TAC Bishop Raphael Kajiwara and his churches were undamaged, none of his faithful people injured. Still, the need is great and I ask that any donations be sent to Bishop Kajiwara through Peter Thomas of the IAF.
Our prayers go out to the people of Japan during this time.
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Honda Scoopy, a retro modern type scooter from Honda in Indonesia has got new colors in order to attract more buyers. Scoopy has got two new colors red and black. This trendy looking product is a best seller for Honda at Indonesia, which is a rapidly growing two wheeler market like India.
With the addition of two new colors, Honda is targeting 20,000 units a month sale for Honda Scoopy. These new colors are available at no extra cost and will be available for the same price of Indian Rs.74,700.
The director of Auddie A.Wiranata, AHM (Astra Honda Motors) said that "Scoopy unique character design is also highly appreciated by various circles of society that increasingly confirms it as a pioneer of modern retro scooter in Indonesia."
"Honda Scoopy is choice among young people who want to be different and forward the lifestyle and freedom of expression" he added. The scooter is powerful, stylish and equipped with modern technologies and they has sold more than 3,60,000 units of Scoopy since its launch.
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"Why I March" By Tina L. Chrismore
"Why I March" By Tina L.Chrismore
I am not a paid protestor, nor am I part of a liberal protest organization. I am a citizen of the United States who is fully awake after our last presidential election. I now feel the need to march, more than any other time in my life, because America has changed.
Being political is not new to me. I am a self-proclaimed news junkie, more interested and informed than most of my friends and family. I became a Young Republican while in high school in the blue collar town of Newton, Iowa, former home of the Maytag Company. Back then, Republicans I followed were moderate conservatives, nothing like the extremists coming from Iowa today. The parents of a friend of mine were very political and were helping their son build his political resume, so they created a Young Republicans club and installed him as president. I joined as secretary and started helping out with grassroots political action. It was after years of Young Republicans, College Republicans and Campaign Management School (CMS) that I realized that I am not a Republican.
I was especially turned off by the tricks they taught at CMS. One of the notes I took, stated: "It doesn't matter if it is the truth, as long as it is perceived as the truth." This was the final straw, and finally gave me the strength to leave the party.
Because I am loyal, I was not able to immediately join the Democratic Party. I became an Independent. I love voting and feel it is my civic duty. This is one value that the Republican Party instilled in me – EVERY VOTE MATTERS. While living in Chicago I realized that as an Independent, I was not allowed to vote in primaries. Rather than have the decision made for me, I decided that I must finally commit to the Democratic Party. I did not take this commitment lightly, but made a thoughtful change in order to align myself with the party that most represents my core beliefs.
In the 1990's I never felt the need to march. I became a devoted Bill Clinton supporter. I admired him for his intelligence and the pure joy he had for his job. I watched as the conservatives in both parties kept the first lady in her place as a greeter and party planner, rather than allowing her to use her intelligence, experience and abilities as a policy maker. And, I do not doubt for one minute that there existed a "vast right-winged conspiracy" against the Clintons. Unfortunately, President Clinton did not help himself by his weakness with women. It was easy for me to forgive his weakness, and much harder for me to forgive the relentless attacks from Kenneth Starr and Republicans using this infidelity to create a case for impeachment.
During this time I participated in many walk-a-thons. I joined a march against domestic violence in Boston, and in NYC raised money for MS, Breast Cancer, and AIDS. I didn't feel much need for political protest. However, I did join a march against the Iraq War during the GW Bush administration and recently joined the climate march during the Obama administration. But, how I feel now is much different.
Like many Americans, I watched as Donald Trump ran an unconventional reality TV show, circus of a presidential campaign. I watched Republican debates that were so low-brow that seasoned politicians were rendered speechless and confused about how to respond. As children we are taught that it is best to stand up to bullies or do not engage, but never sink to their level. Over and over again, we saw the GOP sink to Trump's level making themselves look ridiculous. Because it was Donald Trump's way to be rude and abrasive, he was held to different standards as an "outsider." People smiled and shook their heads and said it was just Donald being Donald. He's unconventional, but somehow they convinced themselves that he would magically be different once he became president.
I was shocked when Trump became the GOP nominee. His crude behavior, racist comments, sexism towards women, mocking of the disabled reporter. . . all of this was repulsive to me. I worried about Hillary Clinton having to debate such an awful bully. When the time came, Hillary wiped the floor with him. But, the theatrics of Trump were the focus, not what was said. Clinton's knowledge of issues, intelligence and compassion were not acknowledged. Instead Trump portrayed her as a "nasty woman" with all the distain that sexist people have for powerful women.
Although I was worried, I still believed that the thoughtful voter would rise above the sexism and the illogical rabid hatred that right-wing Republicans have been nurturing against the Clintons for years, and make a sane choice. But, somehow Hillary wanting to be president was seen as power hungry and self-serving, while any man doing the same was considered a respected leader. The double standards, the emails, the pointless Benghazi hearings, the relentless fake news coming from overseas operatives. . . all of this stacked up against our first woman presidential candidate, yet, I still believe she would be able to pull off a win.
On Election Day, I was excited to vote for the most qualified person to ever run for president. I posted on twitter that I voted. That evening, I stayed up and watched the nightmare unfold. As the returns came we saw that once again an unqualified, unprepared man got the job instead of a highly qualified, prepared woman. I am appalled that women could forgive and forget all that Trump said and did and still vote for him.
I don't think Trump voters are racist or sexist, but the fact that they voted for him means they were okay with it. One of my sisters mentioned she liked him on the Apprentice, and I don't doubt many Americans voted for him because of his celebrity.
The next day I went to work at my diverse high school in the Bronx. There was a feeling of dread in the air. We have many Muslim students, minorities, undocumented, and/or students with family members who are undocumented. They were scared and said that a lot of their friends are, too. After a dreadful day I went home and was watching the news feeling hopeless and helpless. As my depression was setting in I noticed on Twitter that people were starting to march at 42nd Street. Without a second thought, I put on my shoes and coat and took the subway downtown. When I got out of the subway I saw a huge crowd of people in the streets. I joined them and we marched through the streets headed to Trump Tower on 5th Avenue. We chanted "Whose streets? OUR streets!" as cars slowed and honked and many people with cellphones were recording and cheering us on. It was amazing to feel that I was not alone in my despair. I felt less isolated in the beautiful, diverse, spontaneous crowd gathering to tell that world that Trump's values are NOT America's values.
"Not my president!" and "Immigrants are welcome here!" We were expressing love, support, inclusion, and it gave me hope that America was NOT going back to a time where women and minority rights are stomped on. I am still filled with disbelief that Trump is president. I am filled with the passion to protest. As this administration, full of wealthy white men, try to turn back time against women, minorities, the environment, health care, public education, social programs for our most vulnerable citizens, in order to give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans and increase the size of our military power, I will not back down. I went back to Trump Tower a few days later to stand with like-minded New Yorkers, but the streets were blocked off. The protestors were barricaded so they could no longer can move freely. I went to join some protestors in front of Trump International Hotel, but this was also mostly blocked off. On January 21st, I joined the Women's March in Washington, D.C., by boarding a NYC National Organization of Women's bus at 4:30 am to join millions of women who felt the need to show up and stand up for the rights of women. The crowds were so large we never made it to the staging area, but I wanted to be there and be counted. It was empowering to be a part of a movement with the message of peace, love, and acceptance. We were marching because we were offended by the messages that came from the Trump campaign. We were also marching because of our outrage and disbelief that Hillary Clinton, who some say could have been one of American's greatest presidents, was not elected partially because this country is not ready to accept a woman in power.
I will continue to march to protect the rights of women, to protect the environment, to protect public education, to fight for public television and the National Endowment for the Arts, and say NO to cutting important social services to our most vulnerable citizens. I will be out on April 15th to demand that all presidential candidates be required to release their taxes to run for this high office. I will be marching on Earth Day, April 22nd, with the March for Science. Climate Change is one of the biggest challenges in our lifetime. I will stand with Al Gore and his Climate Reality Project for the Climate March on April 29th. We must fight to protect Mother Earth and not allow our government to abolish the EPA. We need regulations to protect the environment from corporations that will always put profits first. I will continue to support women and men who will run for office so they can go to Washington to work for the people and be a government that reflects the people. For many of us unpaid protestors, marching is not something we want to do, it is something we must do.
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- Pre-heat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Place the pizza mix in a bowl fitted with dough hooks, add warm water and mix on slow speed for 5 minutes.
- Mould the dough into 16 round balls and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Roll dough out to 15cm rounds, brush cold water around the edges and place on a baking tray lined with silicon paper.
- Evenly spread the pizza sauce over the base leaving a small border around the edge.
- On one side of the dough, add the mozzarella, garlic and basil leaves then season with the black pepper.
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Cryptojacking, an attempt to use a device's spare computing power to mine digital currencies, is gaining ground ever since crypto assets started getting mainstream acceptance. Researchers from China's Fudan University and Tsinghua University collaborated with the University of California Riverside to produce the first systematic study of these attacks. The researchers claim that cryptojackers are becoming more sophisticated over time, and it appears that the trend will not stop, at least not in the near future.
Measuring the Extent of Cryptojacking
The study paves the way for a systematic approach to understanding cryptojacking. Researchers used CMTracker, a cryptojacking detector, to monitor over 850,000 websites. The study suggests that existing survey methods could not identify at least 53.9 percent of the identified cryptojacking samples. This is because existing approaches assume that cryptojacking web pages exhaust users' CPU resources or contain malicious payload signatures in keywords. The blacklisting methodology used currently was described as "both incomplete and inaccurate."
CMTracker, however, depends on two behavior-based profilers. One is the hash-based profiler, which detects automated mining scripts. The other is the stack-structure profiler, which monitors a website's calling stack. When a website spends over 10 percent of its execution time on hashing, it is reported as a crypto miner. This methodology helps in catching sophisticated miners instead of the obvious ones.
On the other hand, the stack-structure profiler proves to be handy when hackers bypass hash-based profiling. Stack structure relies on patterns that are identified when single or multiple threads are created. This is another way of identifying crypto miners. The researchers further confirm the results by doing a final check manually.
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Thirty-five websites identified during the study were classified as benign because they sought implicit agreement from users. Of the top 100,000 sites rated by Alexa, the CMTracker found 868 domains containing cryptojacking. And after a further evaluation of external links, which includes 548,264 distinct domains from the 100,000 top sites rated by Alexa, 2,700 were found to be cryptojacking sites.
Cryptojacking activities have increased by a whopping 260 percent in just five months within the period November 2017 to April 2018. The websites most affected by these attacks are those serving adult content, as well as arts and entertainment websites. Ideally, the more time a person spends on a website, the better it is for the hackers.
The researchers estimate that hackers could be gaining $1.7 million from over 10 million users every month by mining Monero. It also increases energy consumption significantly as 278,000 kWh of extra power units are consumed every day. This much electricity can be used to power a small town of 9,000 people.
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Learning about our national heritage is an exciting pursuit for history buffs, and for collectors there is plenty of national memorabilia to keep it interesting. But if you are filled with civic pride or have a special place in your heart for the city of your birth, then there is another way to indulge your love of history. Why not start collecting city flags of the USA?
As much as we all know the story of our nation's history and the significance of our flag, most local residents wouldn't even recognize their own city's flag. That's because teachers rarely spend a lot of time immersing students in local history. Unless you live near your city's town hall or you pay a lot attention to flags, it's possible you didn't even know your city had a flag.
As a flag historian, I've found collecting city flags of the USA a more interesting and rewarding pursuit than many other types of flag collecting. Few people take the time to learn about the flags of their own town, but when they do, they usually find it to be quite interesting.
Here is a sampling of what I learned about some of my favorite city flags of the USA:
- Some flags are just as simple as can be, such as the Boston flag which features the city's seal against a pale blue background.
- Other flags are very complex in their symbolism. The Chicago flag features three white stripes that represent North, South and West sides of the city. One blue stripe is representative of the Chicago River's North branch along Lake Michigan, and the other represents the Chicago River's South Branch. Four red stars are symbolic of great events of this city – the Great Chicago Fire, Fort Dearborn, the World's Columbian Exposition and the Century of Progress Exhibition.
- In recognition of New Orleans' French heritage, its flag features three gold French fleurs-de-lis with a red border on top and a blue border along the bottom.
- The Los Angeles flag uses color to represent its natural resources – green for olive trees and gold for orange groves and red for vineyards. In the center is the city's seal.
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While working on Azure App service, you may notice disk full errors. These may surface in different ways for e.g.
- The application may get the error "System.IO.IOException: There is not enough space on the disk".
- You may see disk errors while browsing to the KUDU Console.
- You try to publish using VSTS or Visual Studio and you get an error like "ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_DISK_SPACE: Web deployment task failed. (Web Deploy detected insufficient space on disk)".
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USS McCain - What utter BS....................from Rico
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Having spent my entire 4 year enlistment aboard a US destroyer my question is "How can this happen?" Never mind the radar of CIC, but there are supposed to be sailors called lookouts standing on the superstructure equipped with binoculars scanning the ship's surroundings out to the horizon with their eyes. Given that all vessels during the hours of darkness carry running lights designed to alert lookouts to their presence, and even in their absence the loom of such a huge ship would have been noticeable to said lookouts long before the collision could take place that these collisions took place is incomprehensible.
Unless the lookouts were asleep, bombed out to their minds on drugs or simply not posted.
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Johnny's started in Atlanta over thirty years ago and their pizza restaurants, now franchised in many other locations, are recognized as landmarks in their communities.
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Our vision is to provide excellent services, in a completely renovated and modernized accommodation and to be the 'number one' hotel in Argostoli, with recognition in Greece and abroad.
Our purpose is the continuous improvement of the infrastructure and services, utilizing modern means of communication and promotion, staff with specialized knowledge and experience, oriented in the proper operation and management of the rooms, the observance of hygiene and safety standards, environmental protection and prompt and courteous service for the full satisfaction of our customers.
Having a sense of social and environmental awareness, in order to achieve our goals, we are committed to:
" know the quality level of the respective hotels and to be the best.
" implement a Quality Management System according to ISO 9001:2015.
" utilize, the best possible, personnel's know-how and experience, while ensuring good working conditions, focusing on continuous education.
" ensure that all personnel know the Quality Policy, the objectives and have full understanding of the Management System.
" to ensure all assets necessary to achieve the objectives and to continuously improve the effectiveness of the Management System.
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A man has admitted a campaign of threats and violence against a Tyneside woman.
Reginald Benge assaulted the woman, threatened her with a knife, tried to punch her, and pestered her with frightening telephone calls during a catalogue of incidents last summer, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Benge, of Market Place, South Shields, admitted harassment by putting the woman in fear of violence between June and July this year.
Sentence was adjourned for reports and the 30-year-old remanded on bail.
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musindie was born out of a desire to support the creative and economic growth of independent original songwriters and artists, plus those who support and service the independent music industry.
As independent musicians ourselves, we understand the process and costs of writing, rehearsing, recording and producing original music can be both daunting and expensive. Whilst internet/digital/cloud technologies have brought change, disruption and challenges to many musicians and artists, these same technologies can also be used to provide opportunities and better access to creative resources.
We created musindie as a community-led music creation and collaboration platform allowing like-minded indie artists to create, produce and publish their original music from one central hub. musindie provides opportunities for anyone to find the necessary skills, contacts, tools and resources to see their original ideas transformed into complete published songs for others to hear, purchase and enjoy.
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This past weekend (9/22) was my second Village Discount Outlet half-price sale (well, third if you count the time I inadvertently went to one on Father's Day) and I. Am. Hooked.
I was able to update my fall wardrobe -- and I spent less than $35.
And, just to prove that I'm not walking away with a bunch of useless crap, here's a rundown of what I purchased (pictures below):
- Two pretty necklaces, one bright gold chain with a pendant and one with mixed pearl and gold beads
- A black belt with gold buckle
- A pair of gold and silver flats
- A pair of grey sneaker flats
- Three sweaters (one reddish-orange with awesome leather, bead, and lace embellishments; one silver and black, zebra patterned; one light blue with knit flowers and pearl beads embellishments)
- Two cardigans (one beige with gold tint, one purple with gold tint and a pretty brooch embellishment)
- One grey sweaterdress
- One amazingly beautiful wool scarf (seriously the picture does it no justice)
- One amazingly beautiful, Jackie-O-esque, purple and maroon jacket -- its insanely lovely and I got a ton of compliments when I wore it to work yesterday
- Some of the brands I purchased (just to prove its not all junk) were Old Navy, The Limited, Carson Pirie Scott (vintage, love it), Isaac Mizrahi for Target, Ann Taylor, and Bisou Bisou by Michele Bohbot
I still can't believe that all of that cost me only $33.24. Its crazy to me!
Having been to more than one half-price sale now, here are my...
Tips for Village Discount Outlet Half-Price Sales
- Make sure to wear appropriate clothing and shoes. The stores are crazy packed with people so you want to be able to grab what you want and hit the mirrors with a bunch of stuff to try on quickly. I suggest wearing leggings, a tank top, and a loose sweater or cardigan over the tank top. That way you can easily take the sweater/cardigan off and throw what you want to try on over the tank top. I also suggest shoes that easily slip on and off. I made the mistake of wearing boots so it was a pain to keep taking them on and off to try on shoes.
- Its tempting to want to roam around to all the different departments all at once, but I suggest starting somewhere and doing that entire section before moving on. I usually start with shoes and then more to sweaters, coats, etc. I will likely never check the jeans/t-shirts sections because I don't really wear t-shirts, I'm trying to wear jeans less, and, to be honest, with the condition that most of the jeans are in at thrift stores, it would be more cost-effective to make an investment in a few decent pairs of jeans from Victoria's Secret, etc. that you know will fit you and last a long time. If you think about people's wardrobes, they usually have only a few pairs of jeans and then a million tops. So the jeans get worn out a lot more than the tops typically do. All of the sweaters I purchased (including the older, vintage ones) were in near perfect condition. But I couldn't seem to find a pair of jeans that was even worth trying on. So I think I might have to break my own rules a little and buy non-thrifted jeans. Old Navy has some awesome skinny jeans for $19 right now so I think I'll have to venture over there with the money I saved buying thrifted tops.
- Bring some music with you -- the strange mix of modern country and top 40s music gets REALLY annoying after the first like 30 seconds.
- Make sure your car is parked in a safe spot and that you have enough time left on your meter -- the checkout lines will take awhile!
- Also bring a book or something to do while you wait in the checkoutline!
- Always check the weird endcaps and all areas of the store -- really dig deep because that's sometimes where the best things are hiding. Most of the people shopping the sales are families so they aren't interested in awesome wool tops and Isaac Mizrahi jackets and will fling them off to the side. So be sure to look everywhere you can!
- Try to make a day out of it and visit several stores. I went to three altogether and while I found most of the stuff I bought at the one on Milwaukee near Armitage, I was able to find a few key pieces at the other stores as well. They all have different inventory, unlike regular chain clothing stores, so it helps if you hit a bunch.
Happy thrifting everyone!
DIY thrift store clothing updates
I've been scouring the DIY fashion blogs (I'm not going to link here -- just google "DIY fashion blogs" and you'll come up with more examples than you'll ever have time to check) for ways to update my existing and thrifted clothing. One example of an update I made recently was to buy some Crayola Brights Fabric Markers (about $5 at Michael's craft store) and make my own neon sweater, similar to the one on Style and Pepper. You can see the end results in the photos below (and its already gotten a ton of compliments). I've also purchased some pearl studs to glue to the collars of some of the blouses I have (fall is all about embellishments) as well as some materials for DIY jewelry. Next step is to get a sewing machine. Once you have supplies and tools, making updates to clothing costs next to nothing and keeps you looking stylish.
I also plan to make a DIY rug out of thrifted turquoise t-shirts, seeing as finding a turquoise rug has been so difficult.
Thriftstyle Friends: Networking to save money
I plan on writing a larger post about this at some point in the future, but its always helps to know a lot of people in a wide range of social circles and industries if you're trying to save money. Friends will be able to help get you deals on things, pass on information and advice to you, and possibly pass on some other things too. Over the years, roommates have passed on to me the clothing and shoes they no longer want. I've gotten some pretty sweet items, such as the polka-dot silk shirt (which I'm wearing today under a strapless black dress), polka-dot skirt, and Steve Madden blue suede flats all pictured below. My current roommate was nice enough to pass these along to me. And some pencil skirts from a previous roommate are some of the staples of my work wardrobe. I'm a very lucky girl to have had such amazing ladies in my life.
Have a great week, thriftstylers!
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EPA approves PBI-Gordon's Tekken fungicide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved Federal registration for PBI-Gordon Corp.'s Tekken broad spectrum fungicide. It will be available for sale in early 2018.
Approved for use on golf courses only, Tekken is formulated to control dollar spot, anthracnose, brown patch and 18 more of the most problematic diseases for cool- and warm-season turf.
Tekken's dual mode of action—through its proprietary blend of active ingredients isofetamid and tebuconazole—provides preventative, systemic control for up to 28 days per application. Appropriate for use on greens, tees and fairways, it also features one convenient rate for all diseases.
Though it can be used at any time during the year, extensive testing by universities and end users has shown that Tekken is particularly effective at controlling summer stress diseases like brown patch and anthracnose, the company said in a recent press release.
A FRAC Group 7 + 3 flowable suspension concentrate, it should be used in a regularly scheduled preventative spray program and rotated with products that have different modes of action.
"Tekken Broad Spectrum Fungicide delivers a lot of advantages for golf course superintendents," said Jim Goodrich, fungicide product manager for PBI-Gordon. "Not only can it be used on both cool- and warm-season turf, it's convenient to use and offers protection from the diseases that blemish—or worse yet—kill a course's aesthetics and hamper playability."


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ANTONIO CONTE has hit out at his bosses over Chelsea's mounting injury problems.
Frustrated manager Conte claims he is 'risking' his players in the Premier League and Champions League because his squad is not big enough to cope.
Conte signed six new players in the summer at a cost of £197million.
But he still believes he is stretched too thinly to cope with the demands of defending their title, trying to win domestic cups and competing in Europe.
Conte said: "The problem is we are playing always the same players. Also we have players in our team who are not used to playing three games in a week.
"For N'Golo Kante, it's the first time. For Victor Moses, the first time. For Alvaro Morata, it's the first time to play regularly for his team. For Marcos Alonso it's the same.
"When you have a lot of games, you need to rotate players. If this is not possible, I have to take risks.
"Then, for example, against Manchester City Morata was injured after 20 minutes.
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"But if I hadn't put Morata in the starting XI, you'd have told me I'm crazy. Sometimes the players need to rest instead.
"The situation is difficult. We have to play every three days, and it's not simple.
"Also because, in this moment, we are 'thin' and we have to play always the same players.
"Honestly, there is this type of risk to have other injuries. I hope not.
"But the best way, now, for us is to go game by game and then to decide every game which is the best formation and sometimes to take risks."
Chelsea missed out on a deadline-day move to bring in experienced striker Fernando Llorente, who joined Tottenham instead.
A deal with Everton's England midfielder Ross Barkley also fell through.
Even so, generous owner Roman Abramovich backed demanding Conte enough to shatter the club's record transfer fee with the £65m deal for Spanish striker Morata, defenders Antonio Rudiger and Davide Zappacosta, midfielders Tiemoue Bakayoko and Danny Drinkwater plus reserve keeper Willy Caballero.
Morata is fit to face Roma tonight but problems for Moses, Kante and new signing Drinkwater have weakened Conte's midfield ahead of a key game.
Kante, Morata and Moses all have hamstring injuries to varying degrees leading to questions about Conte's training methods.
Ambitious Bakayoko told SunSport last week he has never worked as hard in his life as he does under Conte's regime.
Last season the Stamford Bridge outfit's fitness record was exemplary when they had no European football to contend with — but now the extra load appears to be taking its toll.
Left-back Marcos Alonso admits Chelsea cannot take their eyes off the ball or face losing the title after back-to-back defeats in the league against Manchester City and Crystal Palace.
He said: "We've lost a lot of points already. We cannot lose any more games.
"We've not had time off. We've been recovering and preparing for tomorrow. The team are ready."
CHELSEA (likely line-up): Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill, Rudiger, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Alonso, Pedro, Morata, Hazard.
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Two women were injured Thursday in a wreck at 5:50 a.m. on Route W, three miles east of Wheaton. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Sheri Meyer, 40, of Fairview, was driving a 2005 Honda Accord eastbound when her vehicle traveled off the left side of the roadway, began overturning and struck a fence...
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In less than 24 hours after the Barry County Sheriff's Office posted a call-out on Facebook, deputies arrested a man wanted for alleged crimes in Monett. The office said Thursday the suspect, who was wanted for thefts and forgeries of stolen checks at several businesses in the Monett area, was identified, located and taken into custody...
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