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to find adventure and discovery through travel.
Enjoy excerpts and more from our latest travel adventure books.
OVER THE TOP & BACK AGAIN: Hiking X the Alps
2010 Book of the Year Bronze Award
ForeWord Reviews Magazine
adventurer Brandon Wilson on another trek of discovery, as he and
his wife traverse the high Alps along the Via Alpina for nearly
2000 kilometers across eight countries. Take 111 daily climbs and
descents of 3000 feet or more – then add snowfields, ice, 40+ days
of rain, fog, high altitude winds, deadly ticks, a mountain of cow
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Whether you're planning your own Via Alpina trek, or just armchair
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before. A new true adventure
book with photos by the author and original sketches by Ken
The first travelog In English about hiking the Via Alpina from Trieste to Monte Carlo. Now also available for Amazon Kindle.
"My favorite kind of adventure tale...I laughed, I winced, and then I started checking to see when I was next scheduled to be anywhere near the Via Alpina." ~ Kyle Wagner, travel editor, The Denver Post
"Recommended for armchair travelers and anyone interested in hiking the Alps." ~ Library Journal
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Lowell Thomas Gold Award-Winner
(Society of American Travel Writers)
ForeWord Reviews Magazine
It was an idea born while hiking the
famed Camino de Santiago across Spain. Two men shared a dream of
trekking from Europe to the Middle East on the ultimate road trip.
It just happened to coincide with a path walked by thousands of
Crusaders, pilgrims and merchants during the Middle Ages, a time
when wars, unforgiving weather, wild dogs, and an ever changing
cast of characters tested even the toughest traveler.
As they say, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." Two modern-day travelers discover the truth when they take on that same ultimate challenge—to hike the Templar Trail across 11 countries and 2,600 miles to Jerusalem. Throwing themselves out into the universe with bad maps, blisters, but plenty of optimism, they face identical challenges in search of adventure, life's meaning and lasting peace. Proving that even today, there's nothing like a little war to shake your strongest resolve.
Now also available in a new German edition, Auf dem Templerweg, translated by Imke Healy, and for Amazon Kindle.
"Simply one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time..." ~ Richard Bangs, adventurer, author, co-founder Mountain Travel Sobek
"More than the mere adventure of two brave men, it is a grand and noble quest for peace... Combines a marvelous sense of Zen with good humor, and his personal style makes you feel as if you were there taking part in it all..." ~ Mayra Calvani, Midwest Book Review
"A fascinating testimony of faith
and gumption that inspired two men to take seven million steps for
peace. A must read…"
~ Arun Gandhi, president, M.K. Gandhi Institute for
"A travel lodestone – a magical quest, a warts-and-all journey… This is a special book hovering above its obvious travel-shelf slot into a spot of its own." ~ Marilis Hornidge, Courier-Gazette, Maine
Adventures X Africa
does it take to follow your dream? Quite a bit if it requires
traversing two continents from London to Cape Town. After their
seven-month overland dream safari quickly turns into a nightmare,
one couple sets off across Africa — alone — from
the heights of Mt. Kilimanjaro to the depths of war-torn Mozambique
and beyond. Their immersion in the controlled chaos of African life
leads from one wild, quirky, edge-of-your-seat adventure to
another. This is a look at the real Africa — unsanitized for your protection.
Now also available for Amazon Kindle.
"Honest, gritty and insightful. Best of all, it makes the world's most exciting continent read just like that." ~ John Heminway, author, No Man's Land: A Personal Journey into Africa
"Entertaining and a monument to those who would take on the challenge of land travel across one of the most dangerous, unhealthy continents in the world." ~ Heartland Reviews
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An IPPY (Independent Publisher) Award-Winner
tenacious man, woman and their Tibetan horse dare to challenge fate
and the bounds of endurance on an "impossible" 1000-kilometer
Himalayan trek from Lhasa, Tibet to Kathmandu. In the shadow
of snowy Everest, they witness a Tibetan culture pushed to the edge
of extinction and discover the human link connecting us all.
A riveting tale of courage and survival, as
well as a poignant eulogy for a vanishing Shangri-La.
Now also available for Kindle and Nook, and in a new Spanish edition, Yak Butter Blues: Una Caminata de Fe Por El Tíbet, translated by Ramon Solé and friends.
South Asia readers can also look for a special edition entitled A Tibetan Trek of Faith: Yak Butter Blues published in 2011 by Heritage Publishers, Delhi, India.
"Recommended for adventure travel and Tibetan culture collections." ~ Library Journal
"A high-altitude tale of synchronicity, divine providence, begging monks, trigger-happy Chinese soldiers and dehydration." ~ Rebekah Scott, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Told with humor and insight, this vivid narrative allows you to vicariously experience life at true Tibetan pace, one step at a time: so close, you can almost smell the yak butter." ~ Michael Buckley, author of Tibet: the Bradt Travel Guide
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It all began on a Sunday . . .
The delightful Lesley Livingston and I flew into NY Sunday morning and parted ways to get settled in our various residences. I was staying with my friend Penny, her husband Drew and their little adorable one year old, Annabel. Coincidentally, our mutual friend Courtney and her husband Aaron, and their one year old Grant were in the city at the same time, so we all had a lovely lunch together and then went to Central Park to hang out:
An oddly blue picture of (from L to R) - Courtney, Aaron, Penny and Drew - in front: Grant, Annabel.
The day was in general quite park oriented. Lesley and I met up again and wandered through it as well, then parted ways for dinner, only to meet up again at The Algonquin (famed for it's literary history - and very pretty). There were some very interesting characters there, all having seen a performance of some kind in the other room. I wish I could have taken pictures of these people, but it would have been rude I think. But here's a picture of me and Lesley:
The next day Lesley was meeting with her agent and various editors, so I had to come up with something to do in the morning before meeting up with her in the afternoon. Thus I did my usual one museum per visit visit. This time the Museum of Natural History. I went straight for the dinosaurs. I love dinosaurs:
I don't recall what these guys are called, but I thought they were both cute and creepy and so I took a picture.
But there was more than just dinosaurs there:
When I was done I met up with Lesley to explore the Highline - an old elevated train track that has been converted into a park/artscape thing. It's fantastic. And Lesley, who wanted to visit it for research, got a lot of new ideas from checking it out. If you are in NY, I highly recommend you go, especially as the second part of it opens this month I believe.
So this was a sign explaining about a particular art piece. It's hard to describe, but it's a two dimensional illusion of a three dimensional billboard frame. Uh . . . this is what it really looks like:
LOVE these lounge chairs.
Just liked the colour contrast here, and the grumpy bird.
The Highline from below.
The Highline passed through and under many buildings, these were some really cool windows inside one of these underpasses.
I like this building.
They have this cool bit with windows where you can overlook the street below. Thus I am overlooking the street below.
And Lesley . . .
And some total strangers. A cool image of them and their reflections.
Me and Lesley inside this really cool restaurant we went to after the Highline.
Me taking a picture of myself.
Just liked the colour contrast here, and the grumpy bird.
The Highline from below.
The Highline passed through and under many buildings, these were some really cool windows inside one of these underpasses.
I like this building.
They have this cool bit with windows where you can overlook the street below. Thus I am overlooking the street below.
And Lesley . . .
And some total strangers. A cool image of them and their reflections.
Me and Lesley inside this really cool restaurant we went to after the Highline.
Me taking a picture of myself.
That evening I joined my friend John Buxton (we both studied acting at LAMDA in the UK) to watch a staged reading of several ten minute plays written by Kentucky convicts currently incarcerated. They were really interesting, though my favourites were the ones that has nothing to do with prison, that reminded you that these men had had lives before they were in jail. Some of the writing was very strong, and next year they are sending a playwright to be a writer in residence. Kind of amazing really.
Then we went to the restaurant that John works at, Maialino, for an AMAZING dinner. Here we are in our matching shirts:
Tuesday was my day of meetings. Well just one, but it was a doosy. I met my insanely wonderful editor, Nancy Conescu, for the first time in person. My agent, Jessica Regel, and I met at the agency (totally awesome, but I'll describe it anon), and took a cab to meet Nancy for lunch (so yummy, I had Eggs Benedict and we all had dessert crepes for . . . dessert).
The first thing you need to know about Nancy is that she's adorable. Best smile ever. She's also uber enthusiastic and I was very delighted to learn that she loved THE FRIDAY SOCIETY. Remember, I sold the book on proposal and she helped me make the first 20K super awesome before she pitched it to the rest of the house. But she hadn't read the full manuscript until I finished it in April.
The thing is, almost two months had passed since then and though she and I had had several delightful back and forths on other subjects (mostly steampunk), she hadn't said a word about TFS, and I started to worry that she had something she wanted to tell me in person. Well she did. But it wasn't, "Uh, no, let's try writing this over again" but rather, "I loved it!"
Thank goodness.
After lunch we parted ways with Jessica, and Nancy took me to the Dial/Penguin offices. Let me tell you, I'm not sure how long you have to be in this biz before going to a publisher's offices isn't super awesomely cool, but I'm clearly not there yet. I LOVED the Penguin offices. So much creativity on the walls, in people's cubicles and Nancy has a totally fantastic office. If I had an office I totally would have gone to town on it like she did:
And of course, a pic of me and Nancy (for some reason super yellow, not sure what was up with my camera and its colour choices that week . . .):
She introduced me to the Publisher and President of Dial, Lauri Hornik, who was delightful and so sweet (she gave me a couple board books to give to Annabel). And I also met her assistant, Andrew (who I think I'll be calling Lily from now on. Long story).
Eventually it was time to go, so I made my way up to the Hudson Hotel to meet Lesley on the rooftop patio. We had a nice little chillaxing before it was time for her to fly home:
That evening was party night. I went to the JVNLA agency party at their awesome agency. Let me tell you, it looks exactly what you think an agency should look like. Bright and painted white, on the first floor of a red brick building. Bookshelves stuffed with books EVERYWHERE. Up walls of course but over doorways, under furniture . . . everywhere. They also have a really big garden (for NY) and that's where I spent most of the party, getting to know fellow author clients including the very personable Jack Tomas and his wife Mary Beth:
Then Jessica and I, and some of the other ladies from the agency, Elizabeth Evans, Tara Hart and Laura Biagi, went party hopping. We went to the Housing Works party which was packed. My picture of it kind of sucked:
. . . so I stole this from online - the bottom corner says "Ryan Muir" so that's to whom I'm giving the credit:
We moved onto another party (don't remember where). The highlight of this party was having a shot of whiskey followed by a shot of pickle juice. Yes. You read that correctly. No idea why I did it, but it tasted surprisingly good. Jessica found this article on the subject the other day, so if you are curious about this strange new phenomenon you can read about it here.
Then it was time to go back to Penny's.
So I did.
Wednesday I indulged in some touristy stuff, and fan girl stuff. Yes. I went to see HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING starring Harry Potter himself: Daniel Radcliffe. The lad acquitted himself very well, and who knew he could dance like that! It was a kind of crazy experience however, as there were a few school groups up in the balcony and when he first appeared on stage the cheering was so loud it was just a wall of sound. Still, a fun afternoon.
Then I rambled through the ramble, and enjoyed Shakespeare's garden . . .
This is Shakespeare, but the statue is at the top of the Mall not in the garden. Still, it felt appropriate to post it here.
. . . until it was time to meet up with my picture book artist/author friend Peter Brown and his ginormous posse for dinner.
Thursday was my day to actually visit BEA itself. I love BEA just as I love publishers' offices. It's big, it's noisy, and there are free books and stuff. I met with Tim Ditlow in the morning which was such a delight. Tim is the Brilliance Audio publisher I met last year at the Audie Awards. Well, actually, it's more like we went to the awards together. Here we are last year:
We got along great last year and made sure to meet up this visit again. We had a lovely chat at the Brilliance booth and then eventually we parted ways.
I wandered the hall and ran into Peter Brown again. He was signing posters of his latest book, so I got one for me and one for Annabel, and a picture of us and the giant cutout of his main character:
Then we too parted ways (there were many ways parted that week) and collected some cool books:
- Both of the Maggie Stiefvater ARCS: Forever and The Scorpio Races
- The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr for my parents who love these kind cerebral (pun intended) books.
- Pride/Prejudice by Ann Herendeen for my author friend J.M. Frey that I think is right up her alley.
- A children's board book about creatures under the sea that I gave to Annabel and can't recall the name.
- Queen of America by Luis Alberto Urrea
- And an ARC of Great House by Nicole Krauss
Then I left to meet another LAMDA alumn for lunch - Louis Buitendag who is also a children's book author. We chatted, then explored the Barnes & Noble at Union Square. Then . . . you got it! We parted ways.
That evening was the KidLit party organised by editor Cheryl Klein. I was a bit late as I had dinner with Penny and Drew first, but I showed up in time to meet . . . Peter Brown. Again. Met a lot of lovely people, including a manager of that very Barnes & Noble I had visited that afternoon :) . Then Peter and his posse and I went for dinner. Except I'd already eaten, so I had dessert.
Then . . . it was Friday.
Friday was the day I was attending the Backspace Writers' Conference as a panelist. I had one panel first thing in the morning (9am) about YA that I sat on with A.S. King, Barb Ferrer and Jonathan Maberry. As usual the panel went by way too fast, and discussion continued in the lobby area with some of the attendees. Then I became an attendee myself, watching several very interesting panels before getting so exhausted I needed a break. So I wandered up to Bryant Park and just sat for an hour:
I returned for the keynote by Jonathan Maberry, followed by the signing and cocktail party. This is me and author A.S. King:
This is me, A.S. King and Sarah J. Henry. We are imitating those see/hear/speak no evil monkeys. Obviously.
It was so amazing getting to meet people I only knew from online. Despite how much the internet rocks, there's nothing quite like actually being in the company of other humans :). In all it was much fun and very educational.
That night Penny's and my other mutual friend, Carrie, came from Boston to stay with Penny and Drew for the long weekend. So we had a nice quiet evening, and then the next morning the three gals went to a button shop. As one does:
Then it was time for a lovely brunch where Drew and Annabel joined us, followed by a walk up the East River.
Then it was time for me to go home. And collapse. (and then pack my entire apartment to move in two days)
Some pics with Annabel:
And thus you have the story of BEA 2011. I hope you enjoyed it :) .

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The Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Cade's Cove, Tennessee
Dave Tabler began blogging about Appalachian History about 13 years ago. He has put an enormous amount of work into this blog as he strives to write a 400-500 word article every day, Monday through Friday. His work takes the form of articles, extracts, pictures, interviews, and audio samples.
"The Appalachia covers a vast expanse of area: It includes all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states." Our beautiful Tennessee falls within that area. You can read Mr. Tabler's interesting blog by clicking on this link: Appalachian History. I'm sure he'd love to hear your comments. You can also read his interview on the History Nexus site. You'll learn all manner of neat things about our Appalachian expert.
I want to post an addition to the above two paragraphs. Dave left a comment after seeing my post and I thought everyone might not see it. He wrote:So, I wanted to correct my statement on how long the blog had been online and apologize to Mr. Tabler. Thanks for stopping by.
Judith, thanks so much for all that enthusiasm! I do want to point out that, while I started my journey into the world of Appalachian history 13 years ago in the form of helping my dad edit his memoirs, the Appalachian History blog itself only dates back to December of 2006.
And boy, what an eye opener it's been digging up all this stuff. Truth really IS stranger than fiction.
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Random reflections from here to Hawaii �
Random reflections from here to Hawaii �
- Just wondering: Onslow County has produced its share of good high school athletes, but why are the number of top-flight college and pro athletes from the area so miniscule?
Think about it: Has any player ever gone on to the NBA from here � or even had a tryout? Not in recent memory. And it�s not like there�s been a deluge of great college basketball players from the area, either.
And while the area has produced a few strong college football players, the number who�ve even made it in the pros are few and far between, with, of course, ex-Richlands High School star Mario Williams, being the most notable exception.
I could go on.
Baseball? Right now, I�m betting ex-Dixon High School star Rookie Davis will wind up pitching in Yankee Stadium at a future date still to be determined. But maybe that�s only a hope so I can go up there and be in the press box when he�s on the mound.
Soccer? Nada.
Wrestling, nope.
And the other sports? Zip, zero, zilch.
It�s just strange, but, like I said, I was just wondering.
- As we head into the home stretch of the high school winter season, the postseason chances of our area teams are beginning to come into focus.
In boys� basketball, I suspect Southwest and Northside will likely go the deepest in the playoffs. My dark horses? Call me crazy, but Jacksonville and East Duplin would be my picks.
On the girls� side, Lejeune is still undefeated. So you have to figure the Devilpups are a good bet to go far. So, too, are Northside and East Duplin, especially if they can stay healthy and also given they�ll certainly be battle tested given the (relative) strength of the East Central 2-A Conference.
My dark horses? One stands out in an otherwise weak field: White Oak.
And then there�s wrestling.
My guess is Croatan has a strong shot at again winning the 2-A dual championship while Jacksonville is a good bet in the 3-A ranks. In the 1-A, Dixon and Southwest have good teams but may be hurt by not having a strong top-to-bottom lineup.
Both, however, won�t be easy outs in the playoffs.
My dark horse: Swansboro in 2-A.
As for state individual championships, I�m guessing when all is said and done in Greensboro on March 2 several area wrestlers will bring home state titles.
- Who knew Lefty was a Righty?
Well, actually anyone who knows professional golfers could have guessed as much. In essence every pro golfer is a small businessman. The only difference is they are the product, not some widget they�re trying to convince consumers they can�t do without.
It seems Phil Mickelson, who reportedly has a net worth of $150 million, was upset that his taxes might be going up in California and he was thinking about moving to a more tax-friendly (at least for the wealthy) state such as Florida.
My only question is, Who cares?
Other than the California tax bureaucrats worried about their coffers being a little less, who really cares if Lefty is thinking about moving? Beyond that, he came off as a wealthy whiner and not a man of the people as he is portrayed, with apparently good reason given his charitable works.
And Mickelson obviously realized a day late (and a few dollars short maybe?) that he made a mistake when he asked for a mulligan by saying he should have kept his plans to himself.
- Is there a worse professional all-star game than the NFL�s pro bowl?
It�s awful, absolutely and positively, unless you�re picked to play in it and get to go to Hawaii. The NFL is thinking about doing away with it, to which I applaud and say, Great, R.I.P.
Of course, the NBA and NHL all-star games aren�t far behind. They�re offensive affairs in every sense of the word.
In fact, for my money, the only all-star game worth bothering to watch is Major League baseball�s annual summer affair. For the most part, the NL and AL try hard to win and while it isn�t perfect with the managers having to appease all the egos by trying to get every player in the game, it is the best of a bad lot.
- Finally, as I was finishing up this column I got word of a real-world heartbreak: New York Mets catcher Landon Powell�s 5-month-old daughter, Izzy, died Friday night of an immune disease that attacked her liver and bone marrow.
I covered Powell for four years at the University of South Carolina and this past July talked to his father, Ron, about how his son was doing. Ron was in Swansboro for the N.C. Junior American Legion state championships, which the Cary team he coached won.
I haven�t talked with Landon in years, but the death of his young daughter just kind of hit me hard from afar and reminded me of just how miniscule to the point of insignificance is the world of sports when compared to what really matters.
Sports editor Rick Scoppe can be contacted via email at email@example.com or by calling 910-219-8471.


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You think you know this story. An epic clash of the freelance titans - Upwork and Freelancer. Sorry to disappoint you, but this isn't a classic Hollywood story about bad and good guys. There are no winners and losers here, only poor and excellent choices you make. My story has a twist and begins with a very simple question.
What's the Best Platform for Freelancers in the World?
Do you think this is supposed to be an easy guess just because I'm wearing a Freelancer.com T-shirt? Well, you got it wrong. Here's the answer every freelancer wants to know. Are you ready? Here it goes.
The best platform for freelancers in the world is the one where you earn the most. Are you surprised or disappointed with this answer?
Freelancing Ain't Fishing
All freelancers in the world are the same. They think that freelancing is as same as fishing. More than one river means more chances to catch a fish. I used to be like this. At one point I had user accounts on Elance, oDesk, Guru, and Freelancer. Do you think I was a successful fisherman? Back in those days, I didn't catch many projects. Why? Well, I was a busy little bee flying from one site to another. The more I bid, the fewer invitations I got. I was tired and frustrated.
My First Exodus From Upwork
Luckily for me, Elance and oDesk decided to join forces and create Upwork. I definitely gave up on Guru, and I stayed on Freelancer. So, instead of four, I was bidding and working on only two freelance websites for a change. I was able to save a lot of time and energy, but I still wasn't quite happy.
On average, only one in ten new projects came from Upwork. In other words, Freelancer.com was my superhero who was paying all the bills. Upwork was a sidekick who just couldn't catch up no matter how hard I try. I began to question myself. Was I too stupid for Upwork? One day I just had it enough. I also heard that there's a new promising thing called - an Upwork Rising Talent badge. It seemed that is easier to make it on Upwork as a newbie rising talent with no working record than as an experienced freelancer who is struggling all the time. So, I closed my account and started all over fresh and new.
My Second Exodus From Upwork
Much sooner than expected, I got my Rising Talent badge. However, this initial success didn't solve my problems. I still couldn't make it on Upwork as I planned and wished for. Upwork ended my misery by stabbing me in the back with the most unpleasant email for any freelancer. Long story short, they informed that I didn't have a future there and permanently deleted my account.
At first, I was so angry and frustrated. But, then I realized something. Upwork actuality did me a huge favor. Once I was able to completely focus on my work on Freelancer.com, I started earning and winning new projects like never before.
Do You Really Need All Those Freelance Accounts?
Freelancers with a single account who work exclusively on one platform are a rare species. The majority of freelancers are still "fishing" on more than one location. I understand, and I don't judge them. We all want to increase our chances of winning new projects the best we can. Speaking for myself, Freelancer.com is an endless sea where everyone can catch a goldfish to grant him more than three wishes.
As far as Upwork is concerned, I honestly wish them all the luck in the world. One thing just doesn't add up, though. Upwork says it's "the world's largest online workplace." There can only be one, not two largest freelance platforms. Right? There are 26,296,272 and still counting reasons that can prove Upwork totally wrong.


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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Ice Lanterns
I think this is one of my very favorite projects.
How could it not be?
You'll need small and large containers, cold, something heavy, and bits from nature.
The Gathering is a favorite part, to be sure.
For the containers, you can use buckets, the bottoms of orange juice or milk cartons, bowls... whatever you have on hand-- just make sure there are no ripples or any lines to keep your ice from flowing freely out of the container.
Place your small container inside your large one,
and then between the two place your pretties-
evergreens, rosehips, glitters if you like, pine, berries...
Weigh down your inner container with something heavy (rocks, marbles, whatever) and then pour water into your outside container.
Set them outside to freeze.
When they're frozen throughout (possibly it will take 24 hours), bring them in and empty your inner container of its weights, then run hot water on the outside container until the ice is released from the container.
Do the same thing for the inner container- place hot water inside so it will release from the ice surrounding it.
I planned to use tealights, so I wanted a 'shelf' in the ice ring to place my candle upon, so I filled it with a couple inches of water (depending on the height of the lantern) and then placed it back outside to freeze.
note: if it's a 'ring' only (there is no bottom for the candle) and you want a shelf, just put the whole thing back into it's original container, and fill it up with water until the 'shelf' will be at the desired height. Then place it outside to freeze.
You could do this the opposite way too - first filling an empty container with a couple inches of water (and pines, holly, and berries) and letting it freeze, then bringing it inside to put in the smaller container and the rest of the embellishments. Then of course put it back outside to finish freezing the lantern.
I am so thoroughly charmed by this project, and have decided that this will definitely be a part of our Solstice celebrations every year.
Light the way.
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- Anonymous11/25/2010 10:01 AM
I remember seeing this exact thing in Martha Stewart years ago and have wanted to try it FOREVER. Yours are so pretty. Sadly, still not cold enough for snow here. Perhaps I'll use my freezer. Thanks for reminding me of this project. SO fun.ReplyDelete
These are lovely!ReplyDelete
Such a good idea and my ice obsessed children will adore making these...I just hope our freezing weather holds long enough to make them.
These must have been so much fun to make. I agree that it is often the gathering of materials which can be one of the best parts. We have a similar ice craft we have been waiting since spring to try. Our weather is getting colder so the time is coming. Enjoy a wonderful thanksgiving weekend and thank you, dear mama, for all you give and share with us!ReplyDelete
Ohhh, lovely! Thanks, Stephanie! You're such an inspiration, always!ReplyDelete
Very beautiful!ReplyDelete
These are so beautiful! We will certainly be making them! They are perfect for Solstice and I think we'll include them in our celebration too!ReplyDelete
Love love love those! I can't wait to do them! Are you going to post your advent calendar list again this year. I am trying to make a homemade one and need ideas(hint hint) also ideas for the activities. I look forward to reading a ll the wonderful Christmas/solstice fun that you make with your kiddos.ReplyDelete
Oh I want to try this today!! We have no cold though. It was 84 again yesterday. But, I do have the freezer so we will give a whirl.ReplyDelete
I want to do the mittens too.
Stephinie, you are a goldmine of ideas :). Have a great weekend!
- Anonymous12/01/2010 10:17 PM
Stephanie, this post was such an inspiration, I had to try it. Thank you! Here's how it turned out: http://loveinthesuburbs.com/wordpress/ice-lanternsReplyDelete
It turned out so beautiful. Love the photos!!ReplyDelete
They are stunning and ideal for Solstice! I'm inspired - this will be fun to do with the kids.ReplyDelete
Oh I love this- I once made one for a center piece using a milk carton- yours turned out beautiful-ReplyDelete
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these are lovely! thanks so much for sharing.ReplyDelete
Utterly fantastic! I'd blogged earlier this week about ice decorations but this is extra special. I'm inspired! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, those are stunning! Really brilliant.ReplyDelete
Hello I'm visiting from Friday's Nature Table. Love your lanterns. We just made some of these a few weeks ago but they're still in the freezer as our weather has warmed up too much to put them out at the moment!ReplyDelete
I've never seen these before. What a beautiful, beautiful idea! Its pure magic seeing the flame glowing through the ice!ReplyDelete
These are simply beautiful! We added these to our advent activity list. I linked to your post hereReplyDelete
What other ideas would you have for solstice? We are planning on making a sun cake and decorating a yule log so far. I'm loving this season!
Mama Whimsy -ReplyDelete
Our 24 Days list is here, there are a some Solstice things on it. Aside from the list, I believe we'll make Sun Paper art again this year.
oooh thanks! I don't know how I missed that post. What a wonderful list!ReplyDelete
I'm afraid that we won't have as many random containers laying around as I'd like. In my dream world we'd make a ton of these. So lovely. Thanks a bunch for the inspiration!!!ReplyDelete
gorgeous! i wish we had had the weather to do this today. a lovely solstice activity, for sure. happy solstice!ReplyDelete
I just love these, they are so beautiful and fun! I'm making them this week with freezing cold weather and heaps of snow, a little light in the ice surrounding by plant life is warming! I Thank you for the lovely walk through!ReplyDelete
These are so amazing to look at! They are very ethereal winter decorations.ReplyDelete
This is a great idea. I can really see kids enjoying it. Thanks for sharing. I've posted a link to your tutorial from http://craftandkids.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/ice-and-nature-lanterns.htmlReplyDelete


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- (Sp)-1-Diphenylphosphanyl-2-{(S)-[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)phenyl]hydroxymethyl}ferrocene (2008)
- The absolute configuration of the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C36H29OP2)], is Sp at the ferrocene group and S at the asymmetric C atom. Both P atoms have a trigonal-pyramidal conformation. There is a short intramolecular C-H...P contact with an H...P distance of 2.56 Å. The hydroxy group is involved in an intramolecular O-H...[pi]phenyl interaction. The crystal packing shows five very weak intermolecular C-H...[pi] contacts, with H...Cg distances between 3.26 and 3.39 Å (Cg is the centroid of a phenyl or cyclopentadienyl ring). Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 162 K; mean σ(C–C) = 0.004 Å; R factor = 0.038; wR factor = 0.083; data-to-parameter ratio = 22.3.
- (Rp)-1-{(R)-(Dimethylamino)[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)phenyl]methyl}-2-(diphenylphosphanyl)ferrocene chloroform solvate (2008)
- The absolute configuration of the title molecule, [Fe(C5H5)(C38H34NP2)]·CHCl3, is R,Rp. The molecular structure is similar to the structure of the solvent-free compound [Fukuzawa, Yamamoto & Kikuchi (2007). J. Org. Chem. 72, 1514-1517], but some torsion angles about the P-Cphenyl bonds differ by up to 25°. The P atoms and the N atom have a distorted trigonal-pyramidal geometry. The chloroform solvate group donates a C-H...[pi] bond to the central benzene ring and is also involved in six intermolecular C-H...Cl contacts with H...Cl distances between 2.96 and 3.13 Å. Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 163 K; mean σ(C–C) = 0.003 Å; R factor = 0.039; wR factor = 0.088; data-to-parameter ratio = 24.2.
- C2-symmetric bisamidines : chiral Brønsted bases catalysing the Diels-Alder reaction of anthrones (2008)
- C2-symmetric bisamidines 8 have been tested as chiral Brønsted bases in the Diels- Alder reaction of anthrones and N-substituted maleimides. High yields of cycloadducts and significant asymmetric inductions up to 76% ee are accessible. The proposed mechanism involves proton transfer between anthrone and bisamidine, association of the resulting ions and finally a cycloaddition step stereoselectively controlled by the chiral ion pair.
- (Z,Z)-1,4-Diiodo-1,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)buta-1,3-diene (2008)
- The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C10H20I2Si2, contains two half-molecules. Both complete molecules are generated by crystallographic inversion centers located at the mid-points of the central C-C single bonds; the butadiene groups are planar, with a trans conformation about the central C-C bond. The molecules show short intramolecular H...I contacts of 2.89 and 2.92 Å. The crystal packing shows no short intermolecular contacts. Key indicators: single-crystal X-ray study; T = 155 K; mean σ(C–C) = 0.002 Å ; R factor = 0.021; wR factor = 0.059; data-to-parameter ratio = 43.6.


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For those of you interested in running the BDAS Spark stack in a virtualized cluster really quickly, the fastest way is using Linux Containers controlled by Docker. Using Andre Schumacher's fantastic Berkeley Spark on Docker scripts and tutorial, you can get yourself a virtual cluster of whatever size you'd like in a couple minutes!
However, the tutorial is Scala centric, and you will be instantly dropped into a Scala shell. I am primarily interested in using Python as my tool to do analysis and data science tasks, so we needed to do a couple more steps.
Follow Andre's tutorial, and start up a Spark 0.8.0 cluster on top of Docker as you normally would. Here I am starting up a 6-worker cluster:
1 user@aliens:~/Documents/docker-scripts⟫ sudo deploy/deploy.sh -i amplab/spark:0.8.0 -w 6 -c *** Starting Spark 0.8.0 *** starting nameserver container started nameserver container: 5093b46c4df527528cae0194a8b2849a258e314dc2e0b847c67950776b5715df DNS host->IP file mapped: /tmp/dnsdir_10034/0hosts NAMESERVER_IP: 172.17.0.18 waiting for nameserver to come up starting master container started master container: 4d431889af3c7176fa1a9ffee850c6658840a307e86ad6fbf2691e54fe8fb792 MASTER_IP: 172.17.0.19 ...lots more output
We are interested in the part that tells us how to connect with SSH into the master node…
*********************************************************************** start shell via: sudo /home/user/Documents/docker-scripts/deploy/start_shell.sh -i amplab/spark-shell:0.8.0 -n 5093b46c4df527528cae0194a8b2849a258e314dc2e0b847c67950776b5715df visit Spark WebUI at: http://172.17.0.19:8080/ visit Hadoop Namenode at: http://172.17.0.19:50070 ssh into master via: ssh -i /home/user/Documents/docker-scripts/deploy/../apache-hadoop-hdfs-precise/files/id_rsa -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no firstname.lastname@example.com /data mapped: kill master via: sudo docker kill 4d431889af3c7176fa1a9ffee850c6658840a307e86ad6fbf2691e54fe8fb792 ***********************************************************************
You can see in the second output above that you can SSH into the master using the 'ssh -i ….' command. However, there is a bug with permission on the id_rsa file, and SSH will not let you get into the master node.
Fix this with:
chmod 0600 docker-scripts/apache-hadoop-hdfs-precise/files/id_rsa
Great, now we can enter the master node with this command:
ssh -i docker-scripts/apache-hadoop-hdfs-precise/files/id_rsa -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no firstname.lastname@example.com
Of course use the IP addresses that Docker is generating for you, in the output above MASTER_IP.
So from inside the master node, we want to use Python2.7 to do our work, so go find 'pyspark' inside of /opt/spark-VERSION
We have a huge problem!
root@master:/opt/spark-0.8.0# ./pyspark Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 20 2012, 22:39:59) [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/spark-0.8.0/python/pyspark/shell.py", line 25, in import pyspark File "/opt/spark-0.8.0/python/pyspark/__init__.py", line 41, in from pyspark.context import SparkContext File "/opt/spark-0.8.0/python/pyspark/context.py", line 21, in from threading import Lock ImportError: No module named threading >>> sc Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in NameError: name 'sc' is not defined >>>
Fix Number two:
Get out of the Python / PySpark Shell (Ctrl-D), and install python2.7:
sudo apt-get install python2.7
Great! Now run 'pyspark' again, and you should see it working perfectly:
root@master:/opt/spark-0.8.0# ./pyspark Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 20 2012, 22:39:59) [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2 ... Welcome to ____ __ / __/__ ___ _____/ /__ _\ \/ _ \/ _ `/ __/ '_/ /__ / .__/\_,_/_/ /_/\_\ version 0.8.0 /_/ Using Python version 2.7.3 (default, Apr 20 2012 22:39:59) Spark context avaiable as sc. >>> >>> sc >>>
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American restaurants, cafeterias, carry-outs, and other eating establishments prepare and serve food to tens of millions of people - from coast to coast - every day of the year. This is an industry that truly never stops working.
The National Restaurant Association reports that the U.S. restaurant and food service industry currently employs more than 12.5 million full and part-time workers making this industry the largest employer in the Nation after local, state, and federal government. In 2006, the industry's 925,000 locations will serve over 70 billion meals and snacks.
For many thousands of high school students and young adults across the Nation, a job opportunity in the restaurant and food service sector is their first job - their first experience in going to work, providing customer service, and earning a paycheck.
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Fulton County Fair honors were won by several area competitors.
DAIRY—In the dairy cattle competition, Katie Knisely of Fayette won the Junior Reserve Champion Female honors. Martinline Farms of Fayette (Richard Martin) won Senior Champion Female Holstein, Reserve Champion Female Holstein, Grand Champion Female Holstein and Reserve Champion Female Holstein.
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BEEF—Jake West won the Reserve Champion Female Shorthorn honors in the beef cattle division. Aaron Brehm won Grand Champion Female Simmental, Rylee Ruger won for Grand Champion Female All Other Breeds, and Rhys Ruger won for Reserve Champion Female All Other Breeds.
HORSES—Brandi Woodring of Morenci won Reserve Champion Gelding in the horse competition.
SHEEP—For sheep lead, Sarah Kovar of Fayette to Overall Best of Show honors.
FOWL—In the fowl competition, Cameron Bachman of Morenci won Grand Champion Large Fowl, Grand Champion Bantam and Overall Poultry Best of Show.
NEEDLEWORK—Jean Durham and Joyce Mellott, both of Fayette, were given Judges Choice Honorable Mention for needlework.
HOBBIES—Robert Stewart of Fayette won Best of Show Senior Entry for hobbies.
ARTS—Ann Schang of Fayette won Best of Show, Professional Entry, for Tole and Decorative Arts.
TRACTORS—In the tractor operating contest, Mike Raker of Fayette won the senior division and Codi Johnson of Fayette won the junior division.
CHEERLEADING—Fayette's cheerleaders place fourth in the small school varsity division and the junior varsity squad placed second.
ATTENDANCE—Fair attendance set an all-time record of 73,105 on Labor Day. Extreme heat for the first three days resulted in attendance of 19,894 on Friday, Sept. 2; 41,214 on Saturday; 58,697 on Sunday; 29,421 on Tuesday (a Tuesday record); and only 4,983 during a rainy Wednesday.


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Seattle's foray into electricity generation began with an opportunity - an existing dam at the Cedar River that could be used to generate power - and a need - cheap electricity to power street lights in a rapidly growing city.Although originally part of the water utility, voters amended the City Charter in 1910 to create the Lighting Department (popularly and now officially referred to as Seattle City Light). Under the leadership of Superintendent J.D. Ross, City Light built hydroelectric dams on the Skagit in the North Cascades. Both public and private power was supplied to Seattle until 1951 when the City purchased the private electrical power supply operations, making the Lighting Department the sole supplier. In the 1960's, City Light built the Boundary Dam in Northeast Washington that now generates over a third of the utility's power output. City Light remains the largest municipally-owned utility in the Pacific Northwest.
Power Generation: Introduction
Seattle City Light built, owns, and operates four major hydroelectric dams and powerhouses: Gorge, Diablo, and Ross, all on the Skagit River in the North Cascades, and Boundary on the Pend Oreille River in the northeastern corner of Washington. The utility also operates smaller generation facilities on the Cedar and Tolt Rivers and contracts for additional power from environmentally-friendly sources and the Bonneville Power Administration. City Light owns hundreds of miles of transmission right-of-way and infrastructure to deliver this electricity to Seattle.
Diablo Dam Spilling, 2003
Power Generation: Cedar Falls Plant
In 1902, Seattle voters approved a $590,000 bond issue to finance construction of a hydroelectric plant on the Cedar River. This facility began operation in 1905, powering the City's street light network.
|Cedar River Power line and Powerhouse, 1922
|Cedar Falls Powerhouse, 2000
Power Generation: Steam Plants
The Lake Union Steam Plant, completed in 1917, augmented City Light's electricity supply. The City acquired the Georgetown Steam Plant from Puget Sound Power & Light in 1951.
Lake Union auxiliary steam station, 1930
Power Generation: Skagit Project - Gorge Dam
City Light completed Gorge Dam, its first hydroelectric dam on the Skagit River, in 1924.The Gorge High Dam replaced the original dam in 1961.
|Gorge railroad bridge, Gorge powerhouse at Newhalem, 1938
|Gorge Dam spilling, 2002
Power Generation: Skagit Project - Diablo Dam
Diablo Dam was completed in 1930 and began generating electricity in 1936.
Diablo Dam, 2002
|Diablo Dam & Diablo Lake, Ruby Mountain in background, 1935
Power Generation:Skagit Project - Diablo Dam Workers
Diablo Dam workers on incline, 1928
Power Generation: Skagit Project - Ross Dam
Ross Dam and Powerhouse, 2002
Power Generation: Skagit Project - Workers
|View of Camp, Skagit River, mountains, and railroad, 1930
|Gorge lunchroom, 1935
Power Generation: Skagit Project - Tourism
|Crowd on train between Rockport and Camp, 1931
|The Alice Ross on Diablo Lake, 1936
Power Generation: Boundary Project
In 1967, City Light finished construction of the Boundary Dam on the Pend Orielle River in Northeast Washington near the Canadian and Idaho borders.
|Boundary Dam Construction, 1966
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- AnonymousFebruary 03, 2012
absolutely lovely. I love your globe, too. Where did you get it?ReplyDelete
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I love your black and white globe! It's so extremely sleek and classy. And the flowers are a great way to brighten up any room!ReplyDelete
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Where did you get the little kitty cup? I have been looking for a cute and different cup for my pens and that is so cute!ReplyDeleteReplies
Juliet- it's an egg cup so it wouldn't hold pens, those candles are mini. It's from Donna Wilson though!Delete
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Galileo's Jupiter Journey Began Two Decades Ago
- Launch: Oct. 18, 1989, from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on space shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-34
- Arrival in orbit around Jupiter: Dec. 7, 1995
- VEEGA (Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist) is the acronym mission planners gave for Galileo's flight path through the inner solar system
- Observed impacts of fragments from comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter
- Approximate number of people (from around the world) who worked on the Galileo mission: 800
- More than 100 scientists from United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Canada and Sweden carried out Galileo's experiments
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Galileo spacecraft began what would become a 14-year odyssey of exploration 20 years ago this Sunday, Oct. 18. Galileo was humanity's first emissary to orbit a planet in the outer solar system - Jupiter.
Galileo was launched into space aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on Oct. 18, 1989, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The crew of Atlantis deployed Galileo out of the shuttle's cargo bay only hours after launch. Then, a little over seven hours after leaving Earth, Galileo was propelled onto its interplanetary flight path by a two-stage, solid-fuel motor called an Inertial Upper Stage. Although earlier plans called for Galileo to use a more powerful upper stage so that it could fly directly to Jupiter, the final flight took it by other planets first so that it could gain energy from the gravity of each. Galileo flew past Venus on Feb. 10, 1990, and then twice past Earth -- once on Dec. 8, 1990, and again on Dec. 8, 1992.
Even before its arrival at Jupiter in 1995, Galileo was making groundbreaking discoveries. On Oct. 29, 1991, the spacecraft flew past asteroid Gaspra - sending back the first close up images of one of these celestial wanderers. Then on Aug. 28, 1993, Galileo encountered the 15.2-kilometer-wide (9.4-mile) asteroid Ida, where it took the first images of an asteroid and discovered the first asteroid moon, the 1.6-kilometer-wide (1-mile) Dactyl. During the latter part of its interplanetary cruise, Galileo was used to observe the collisions of fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy with Jupiter in July 1994.
Galileo arrived at Jupiter on Dec. 7, 1995, entering orbit and dropping a probe into the giant planet's atmosphere. The probe's velocity as it entered Jupiter's atmosphere was a blistering 47.6 kilometers per second (106,500 miles per hour). After the atmospheric drag and a deployed parachute slowed its descent rate, the probe relayed to Galileo the first in-place studies of Jupiter's clouds and winds, furthering scientists' understanding of how the gas giant evolved. The probe also made composition measurements designed to assess the degree of evolution of Jupiter compared to the sun.
While the descent of the probe was a highlight of Galileo's mission, it was hardly the only one. Galileo extensively investigated the geologic diversity of Jupiter's four largest moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa. It found that Io's extensive volcanic activity is 100 times greater than that found on Earth. Galileo discovered strong evidence that Jupiter's moon Europa has a melted saltwater ocean under an ice layer on its surface. Scientists estimate such an ocean could be up to 100 kilometers (62 miles) deep underneath its frozen surface and contain about twice as much water as all of Earth's oceans. Data showed moons Ganymede and Callisto may also have a liquid-saltwater layer. The biggest discovery surrounding Ganymede was the presence of a magnetic field. No other moon of any planet is known to have one.
When Galileo turned its instruments towards the giant gas world itself, the spacecraft made the first observations of ammonia clouds in another planet's atmosphere. It also observed numerous thunderstorms on Jupiter many times larger than those on Earth, with lightning strikes up to 1,000 times more powerful than on Earth. It was the first spacecraft to dwell in a giant planet's magnetosphere long enough to identify its global structure and to investigate the dynamics of Jupiter's magnetic field. Galileo determined that Jupiter's ring system is formed by dust kicked up as interplanetary meteoroids smash into the planet's four small inner moons. Galileo data showed that Jupiter's outermost ring is actually two rings, one embedded within the other.
Having traveled approximately 4.6 billion kilometers (about 2.8 billion miles), the hardy spacecraft endured more than four times the cumulative dose of harmful Jovian radiation it was designed to withstand -- and still major systems functioned. But while it was still enjoying relatively good health, the spacecraft's propellant was low. Without propellant, Galileo would not be able to point its antenna toward Earth or adjust its trajectory, so controlling the spacecraft would no longer be possible. Mission managers at NASA and JPL decided to place their resilient Jovian explorer on a collision course with Jupiter to eliminate any chance of an unwanted impact between the spacecraft and Europa. The possibility of life existing on Europa is so compelling and has raised so many unanswered questions that it is prompting plans for future spacecraft to return to the icy moon.
The Galileo spacecraft's 14-year odyssey came to an end on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003, when the spacecraft passed into Jupiter's shadow, then disintegrated in the planet's dense atmosphere at 11:57 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Its entry speed was 48.2 kilometers per second (nearly 108,000 miles per hour). That is the equivalent of traveling from Los Angeles to New York City in 82 seconds.
JPL's Deep Space Network tracking station in Goldstone, Calif., received the last signal at 12:43:14 PDT, 46 minutes after it was sent. The delay is due to the time it takes for the signal to travel to Earth. Hundreds of former Galileo project members and their families were present at JPL for a celebration to bid the spacecraft goodbye.
Galileo project scientist Torrence Johnson said at the time, "We haven't lost a spacecraft, we've gained a steppingstone into the future of space exploration."
JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, managed the Galileo mission for NASA. JPL designed and built the Galileo orbiter, and operated the mission.
Additional information about the Galileo mission and its discoveries is available online at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo-legacy and http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov .


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