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I have been making a lot of soups lately with almost any ingredient that I can find, that needs to be used up. Soup for dinner is so comforting and makes for a perfect meal especially when you are alone at home and are in no mood to cook. It also fits in with my plan towards healthier eating in spite of the numerous failed attempts.
Here's a recipe for a soup that only takes minutes to make and calls for just a handful of ingredients. The recipe involves cooking some onions, potatoes and cauliflower florets till tender and then blending everything together to get a rich and creamy soup.
Here's how I made mine -
½ onion, peeled & chopped finely
1 medium potato, peeled & chopped into small cubes
1 pack of frozen cauliflower
3 cloves of garlic, chopped finely
1 tsp ginger paste.
¾ cup milk
½- 1 tsp of nutmeg powder depending on taste
Salt & pepper to taste.
Herbs for garnishing
1 Tbsp olive oil
Heat some olive oil in a large saucepan and add the chopped onion, ginger & garlic. Sauté everything for a minute or two.
Add the potato cubes and cauliflower florets along with a little bit of water and cover & cook till tender.
Blend/Puree the mixture after cooling and return to the saucepan.
Add about ¾ cup of milk and cook for another 2-3 minutes. (You could add some more water here depending on the consistency you want for your soup. I like mine thick, rich and creamy; hence added the milk & almost no water)
Add the nutmeg powder, season with some salt and pepper, garnish with some herbs and serve hot.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Creamy Cauliflower Soup
I have been making a lot of soups lately with almost any ingredient that I can find, that needs to be used up. Soup for dinner is so comforting and makes for a perfect meal especially when you are alone at home and are in no mood to cook. It also fits in with my plan towards healthier eating in spite of the numerous failed attempts.
Cooked by TBC on Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Labels: Cauliflower, Soup, Winter
61 Burps:
- Sirisha Kilambi said...
Hi tbc...
What a nice one......The soup looks amazing........I bet the texture has come out perfectly :-)
- September 4, 2007 at 4:56 PM
- Rajitha said...
tbc, it looks delicious...and i hear you on trying to eat healthy and flunking on it ;)
- September 4, 2007 at 5:25 PM
- Ashwini said...
such a gorgeous pic TBC. I like cauli soups that dont use cream or half & half
- September 4, 2007 at 5:48 PM
- Laavanya said...
What a creamy, dreamy soup.. :)
- September 4, 2007 at 5:49 PM
- Linda said...
Hi, TBC... your cauliflower soup looks wonderful for an autumn evening -- the creamy soup with crunchy croutons, lovely :)
- September 4, 2007 at 7:52 PM
- Tee said...
Such gorgeous pictures! I love your recipe for cauliflower soup...very comforting indeed! I am bookmarking this recipe...will make for a wonderful meal. :)
- September 4, 2007 at 8:00 PM
- Savithri said...
Looks delicious! Its quite healthy too:)
Lovely presentation!
- September 4, 2007 at 8:52 PM
- Pragyan said...
This looks delicious. Though I have never tried cauliflower soup. Maybe we can substitute brocolli in this soup. Have you already tried this? Thanks for sharing.
- September 4, 2007 at 9:35 PM
- JennDZ - The Leftover Queen said...
mmmmm! Nice cauliflower soup! Never could have come up with that one.
- September 4, 2007 at 10:01 PM
- Nirmala said...
This looks really yummy and relatively health with the use of milk instead of cream.
- September 4, 2007 at 10:02 PM
- Cynthia said...
I guess the season is soon going to be upon us when all that warms the heart is a delicious hot bowl of soup.
- September 4, 2007 at 10:15 PM
- Jun :) said...
hello there...tq 4 dropping by at my blog..urs is nice too..i'm always xcited when it comes to food's blog..hehehe...i hope u dont mind if i link urs? tq in advance..
- September 4, 2007 at 10:18 PM
- Kribha said...
Looks so creamy,yummy and heavenly. The picture looks awesome. My hubby is a big fan of soups. Will surely try it for him.
- September 4, 2007 at 10:23 PM
- Redchillies said...
TBC, what a great idea using cauliflower. Now that winter is round the corner, I know where to get awesome soup receipes.
- September 4, 2007 at 11:39 PM
- Valli said...
What lovely photos! They are making me very hungry! I love the addition of ginger in your cauliflower soup to give it that little twist.
- September 4, 2007 at 11:46 PM
- Nags said...
looks really really yummy! bookmarking the recipe
- September 5, 2007 at 12:09 AM
- Jyothsna said...
Good looking soup! Since the climate is changing here too, I should also start making soups.
- September 5, 2007 at 12:37 AM
- musical said...
I just finished my dinner, and now i see this! I have some serious craving now :-D. Very inviting bowl of soup!
- September 5, 2007 at 2:16 AM
- kunika said...
thanks for your comments on my blog...well nice creamy soup ....i like such soups (cream of mushroom is one of them)...'ll try soon
- September 5, 2007 at 2:20 AM
- A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! said...
Hi there, wow, so I am the first one to give u a scrap...your soup looks really tempting...nice fotograph...!..well, myself, i just into the worlf of blogging..just 2-3 days old infact..but a regular reader of many beautiful blogs for months...trust me, me too am in a very learning stage..I went thru ur write up on puri, atleast, u have given it a try..inshallahh!!..me too will make a puri sometime...have only eaten the ones which the udupi restraunts serve me, or which mom used to make at home. Again on muffins, they too look really great..know what, I did try one last month, but I am sooo illiterate in this side of cooking that my first trial was with a ready-to-make muffin mix, and it had mentioned preheat the oven to 450 deg's..and good old me was just standing in front of the oven and wondering, oh my god!!..my oven has got a temp setting only upto 250 deg!!!!..honestly, only later did I found from Viji of Vcuisine that the 450 deg on the pack says for fahreheit!!!!...very literate, isnt it!!!..lol
- September 5, 2007 at 4:02 AM
- Rachna said...
cauliflower soup? i only like cauliflower in only two or three ways and yur pics makes me wanna try this....
- September 5, 2007 at 4:04 AM
- Raaga said...
Wonderful. I too used to live on soups until I got married... now its a rare thing, but I still manage to make some varieties :-)
- September 5, 2007 at 4:52 AM
- zlamushka said...
Hi TBC,
this is a funny coincidence. I jst posted my zuchini cream soup at http://www.burntmouth.com/2007/09/zucchini-cream-soup.html
I love bloopy bloopy soup (as Cynthia called mine), so I will definitelly try yours :)
- September 5, 2007 at 7:11 AM
- A kitchen scientist & a white rat hubby!!! said...
Hi ther, so let me the first one to comment on your soup..even thou i don't prefer soups mcuh,yours does looks really inviting!!!..i am very new to the world of blogging, to be precise, just 3 days old..but, a silent reader of many of the beautiful creations on cookery blogs for months!!!..all this , and a push from Viji of Vcuisine(whom i happened to meet while i was wandering amongst these blogs) led me too, to start one of my own. one thing in common with both of us is, ur initial posts just shows the images...not the writeup's..and same is mine!!
- September 5, 2007 at 7:41 AM
- archana said...
Loved the picture and soup recipe looks good. I will try it this winter :)Bookmarking it :)
- September 5, 2007 at 8:19 AM
- Asha said...
OH, looks so good with croûtons. Wish I had some of that now, can't cook much for another week:)
- September 5, 2007 at 8:58 AM
- Happy cook said...
Soup looks delicious and yummy.
I too love soup it is so comforting.
- September 5, 2007 at 9:01 AM
- Padma said...
I must say that one mouthwatering creamy soup for a chilly wintry evenings
- September 5, 2007 at 9:15 AM
- Sia said...
beautiful pic and recipe tbc. soup looks both creamy and delicious. i haven't tried making cauliflower soup till now but now u have tempted me enough to give it a try:)
- September 5, 2007 at 9:28 AM
- bee said...
thanks for ther tecipe. i tried cauliflower soup once and hated it, but your pic is tempting me to try it again.
- September 5, 2007 at 10:33 AM
- Sreelu said...
Ooooh TBC, cauliflower soup looks so creamy and warm,hmm love your coutons, wish I could dig in
- September 5, 2007 at 12:46 PM
- East Meets West Kitchen said...
Lovely! It's still a little warm here for soup, but can't wait to try your lovely recipe as soon as fall/autumn arrives! :)
- September 5, 2007 at 12:50 PM
- bhags said...
my roomie used to make cauliflower soup and i never liked the taste....your pics make me drool over it though....thanks for the recipe
- September 5, 2007 at 12:55 PM
- Mishmash ! said...
Hey...the soup look so rich and creamy even without cream!!
Looking at your recipes, I dont think u re a budding cook, u re quite a matured cook :)
Thanks for visiting my blog:)
- September 5, 2007 at 1:12 PM
- Latha Narasimhan said...
Soup picture is very tempting! but I like cauliflower as it is and not in soup! but the colour tempts me to try!May be I will!
- September 5, 2007 at 1:17 PM
- Meera's Blog said...
it sure does look like an easy soup recipe:)looks awsome:)wil try this one.hope i can use fresh cauliflower instead of frozen!
- September 5, 2007 at 1:29 PM
- Pooja V said...
Soup looks yummy !! Your pictures rock.
- September 5, 2007 at 2:22 PM
- Helene said...
I love soups. Nice picture. Thanks for adding the recipes. I would love the hummus recipe.
- September 5, 2007 at 7:53 PM
- Siri said...
Thanks for visiting my profile and dropping a comment.:D
this cauliflower soup looks so amazing and yummy.. will try it soon..
- September 6, 2007 at 9:54 AM
- Seena said...
Lovely picture and the recipe!
- September 6, 2007 at 12:22 PM
- TBC said...
Sirisha, Rajitha, Ashwini, Laavanya, Linda- thank you ladies:-)
Tee, let me know how you like it.
Savithri, Jenndz, Nirmala, Cynthia, Kribha- thanks for the kind words and the compliments.
Pragyan-You most certainly can & I have a recipe for broccoli soup posted too , if you are interested.
Jun:)-thanks for visiting. I have no problem.. go right ahead ;-)
Redchillies, Valli, Nags, Jyothsna, Musical, Kunika,Sona - thank you for saying such nice things. It feels good :-)
Rachana- do try it out.
Raaga, thanks.
Zlamushka, I just checked out your soup & I'm gonna make it when I buy Zucchini.
Archana-Tell me how irt turns out.
Asha, dear, I like seeing you here but take some rest:-)
Happy cook & Padma -thank you
Sia, It really tastes good & you could modify it to suit your tastes. The nutmeg gave it a nice flavor.
Bee, if u hated it before,I don't know if it will be any different this time. Let me know if you decide to make it & end up liking it ;-)
Sreelu, come on over, girl;-)
EMWK, thanks. I was alone & hungry & didn't want anything too elaborate.
Bhags, you are welcome. Hope you like it if you do make it.:-)
Shn, thank you for stopping by & thank you for your kind words.
Yeah, I hate those soups which have dollops of cream & other fattening things.
Latha, thanks dear:-)
Meera, welcome to my blog.Fresh cauliflower is better; I am too lazy for that, hence used frozen ;-)
Pooja, thank you. It means a lot tome 'cos I takealot of time to take the pics.
Helene, welcome to my space & thank you! I promise I will update my older posts(including the hummus post)when I get a chance/ make it again.
Siri, thanks for visitng!& thank you for the compliment.
Seena, thank you :-)
- September 6, 2007 at 2:57 PM
- Priyanka said...
Never tried cauliflower soup....looks pretty tempting TBC, Also loved ur pineapple halwa..will try it out soon.
- September 6, 2007 at 5:12 PM
- Namratha said...
Looks so delicious TBC, should give it a try..maybe tonight ;)
- September 6, 2007 at 5:43 PM
- Cris said...
This dish looks really delicious, I have made this type of soup before and I think mine were dull, but you added a few spices that really bring up the flavor, love that!
- September 6, 2007 at 8:33 PM
- Shankari said...
I guess the nutmeg gives it that distinct flavor , love your photos
- September 6, 2007 at 9:42 PM
- Kajal said...
WOW........very nice look of soup with new flavor of cauliflower..............Thanks for sharing.:)
- September 6, 2007 at 10:38 PM
- TBC said...
Priyanka, thank you:-)
Namratha, do let me know how you like it.
Cris, yeah, I think the nutmeg really took it to another level:-)
Shankari, thank you:-)
I too think the nutmeg is the star here.
And congrats to you!
Kajal, you are welcome. Hope your mom is better now.
- September 7, 2007 at 9:09 AM
- Vcuisine said...
Lovely soup TBC. Thelast photo is really tempting. Viji
- September 9, 2007 at 1:32 AM
- TBC said...
Viji, thanks.
- September 9, 2007 at 10:20 AM
- bindiya said...
lovely thick soup,will make this tody!
- September 11, 2007 at 1:29 AM
- TBC said...
Bindiya, let me know how u like it... do not forget to add the nutmeg powder. That gives it a unique taste:-)
- September 11, 2007 at 8:53 AM
- Grihini said...
Hi TBC, delicious looking soup. Would love to try this recipe out.
Is there a substitute for nutmeg powder?
- September 20, 2007 at 2:06 PM
- TBC said...
Grihini, thank you:-)
- September 21, 2007 at 11:17 AM
- SeeC said...
Hi TBC,
Thanks for checking up on me, even after a long break. I felt really happy. I am held up with project work and trying hard to balance my personal and official life...
Lets see how it goes.
Your soup looks perfect. Nice idea of having it during night.
- September 24, 2007 at 4:43 PM
- TBC said...
Seec, good to see that you are alright. I know blogging gets in the way of our lives sometimes & it can get difficult to find a balance . Blog only when you can... no pressure:-)
- September 24, 2007 at 11:17 PM
- Grihini said...
Hey, just wanted to let you know that, I did try out this soup and it came out delicious. I almost used the same recipe with very mild variations (as in using vegetable stock and carrots)
And yes, a pinch of nutmeg does make a difference.
Thankyou so much for sharing and inspring me to try this recipe out.
Will be posting it in my blog soon.
- October 3, 2007 at 1:52 AM
- TBC said...
Grihini, thanks a whole bunch for letting me know.
Carrots will make it nice & sweet & a little more creamier too, not to mention the lovely color.
I am waiting to see your post now!:-)
- October 3, 2007 at 2:51 PM
- bird's eye view said...
This sounds yummy - must try it out - and all the food pics on your blog are delicious. I'm still learning...
- October 14, 2007 at 11:49 PM
- TBC said...
Bird's eye view - welcome & thanks for stopping by:-)
I tried to check out your blog too but I guess you have not enabled your profile?
- October 15, 2007 at 9:28 AM
- ANJALI J. said...
this looks excellent.. so delicious.. nice pic too.
- April 15, 2008 at 11:22 AM
- TBC said...
Anjali: thank you for the kind words. :-)
- April 16, 2008 at 3:54 PM


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How could I change window's location without reloading and # hack?
At first I thought that hash hack is a requirement, however judging from the recent updates from facebook, I am thinking otherwise.
The original hash hack (I am not sure if this is the correct term) is that by changing location.hash, one may save a state in the URL without refreshing the page. That is extensively used by Google's apps, and Facebook, and lately #NewTwitter. However today I noticed that Facebook no longer have this "#" if you use a "modern" browser - like chrome or firefox. I double checked that they are not reloading by using developer tools and firebug respectively.
With a minimal search in stackoverflow, the closest one to the solution is using Flash - however I disabled Flash and facebook.com still works like a charm. Judging from the coverage in chrome 8 dev and firefox 4 beta, I wonder that could be related to HTML5-era APIs, but the code in Facebook is not of my capacity to debug to find out what they did.
Since this is like the first question I ask here, I wonder if any of you may have already solved this problem.
Thanks guys.
P.S. Doesn't work on IE8, haven't tested on IE9 beta.
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Here is the HTML5 working draft spec about it: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/history.html#the-location-interface
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- Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
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What say you, Kotaku readers with a flair for graphic design? Can someone take on a bonus PhotoShop challenge and give that Killzone 3 artwork more room to shine?


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|Head Coach
|Previous College:
|16th Season
It was only fitting that David Bobb, who is one of UMBC's most decorated athletes to ever don the Retriever black and gold, take over as head track and field coach following his stellar career as a Retriever athlete. Now entering his 16th season with the women and 13th at the helm of the men's squad, Bobb continues to raise the bar for his athletes as he leads them into their 11th season in the America East Conference.
In the first year, UMBC's men's team placed sixth at the outdoor conference championship meet while the women took eighth. A year later, Bobb moved the men's team to third place while the women moved up a spot to seventh, while nearly doubling their team score. During the 2005-06 campaign, the men placed second at the indoor conference championship and fourth in outdoor, while the women placed fifth and fourth, respectively. In 2006-07, the Retrievers hosted their first meet since 2003 with the America East Championships, and Bobb led the men to a third-place and the women to a seventh-place finish. In 2007-08, the Retriever men and women finished fifth and fourth at the outdoor meet, respectively, and in 2008-09, the men finished fourth in both indoor and outdoor.
During the 2010-11 season, the Retriever men placed third during the indoor season and fourth outdoors, while the women finished fifth in both seasons. The 2009-10 season was highlighted by Dominic Devaud, who was named to the CoSida/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America Third Team and won the heptathlon at the America East and IC4A Indoor Championships.
In 2011-12, the women's team earned its highest-ever finish, third place, at the America East Indoor Championships, and followed it up by finishing fourth at the outdoor meet, their top-finish since 2006. The Retrievers were led by freshman Mercedes Jackson who broke the school record in multiple events and was named the conference's Most Outstanding Rookie at both championship meets. Meanwhile, the men's squad took fifth place indoors and sixth place outside.
Last season, Bobb guided the Retrievers to their best-ever finishes at the conference meet. Bobb and his staff were named the Coaching Staff of the Year twice, first after the women placed second at the America East Indoor Championships, and then after the men earned a second-place finish at the outdoor championships at Binghamton. In total, UMBC won 13 conference championships at the indoor meet, and then added another 13 titles at in upstate New York.
In addition, UMBC received three invitations to the NCAA Championships as Mercedes Jackson competed at the indoor championships in the 60m dash, and then she and thrower Vincent Rentzsch flew to the West Coast for the outdoor championships at Oregon. The NCAA Outdoor Championships marked the first time in program history that multiple Retrievers qualified for the same nation meet.
Since Bobb's first season with the Retrievers, his squads have produced four NCAA Championship competitors in Cleopatra Borel, Huguens Jean, Jackson, and Rentzsch. Borel won UMBC's first NCAA Championship in the shot put in 2002. Both became All-Americans and won multiple individual conference titles.
Prior to Bobb's rise into the coaching profession, he was a five-time Division I All-American as a student-athlete at UMBC and was inducted into UMBC's Athletics Hall of Fame in February 2003, along with legendary coach Jim Pfrogner, his mentor.
Bobb became UMBC's first Division I All-American in track and field with third-place finishes in both the 55m and 200m dashes at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, during his junior season. His performance alone catapulted UMBC to an 18th-place finish in the nation.
Bobb capped off his career with a second-place result in the 100m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Bloomington, Ind., where he was the top American finisher in the country and earned All-American honors for the fourth time. He also qualified for the 200m finals, becoming an All-American for the fifth time, but a slight muscle pull forced him to drop out of the race.
Bobb, who was featured on the ESPN show "NCAA Today," graduated from UMBC with a degree in information systems in 1997. He and his wife, Dawnnette, have two daughters, Caitlyn Cassandra and Madisyn Alexandra.


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A little while ago we were talking about clients and servers. And I've finally got back to the interesting thing which is playing with emacs networking.
The comment from Gabriel nicely pointed out emacs' low-level socket facilities.
(open-network-stream) which is synchronous and
(make-network-process) which can be asynchronous if the parameter is set. I haven't been able to make the last one work, but check it out yourself.
So, er, I'm not 100% sure how to simulate a crappy internet connection. Maybe making my server pause 2 seconds between line reads will be sufficient.
sub process_request { while () { s/\r?\n$//; print STDERR "Received [$_]\n"; last if /quit/i; sleep 2; } }
I'm also interested (or perhaps curious?) in when the connection is made and broken.
sub post_accept_hook { print STDERR "Accepted new connection\n"; } sub post_process_request_hook { print STDERR "Client disconnected\n"; }
Did I mention I think Perl's bad press is a little unfair?
So what I need now is a basic API for connecting, disconnecting and sending messages.
make-network-process makes a process as you can probably infer from the name and for my purposes a single client is enough so I make a wrapper to get the current process. Layering in this way means I can add any error handling at the appropriate point later on. And also it should be fairly easy to generalise
client-process to choose between different connections.
(defconst client-process-name "*client*") (defsubst client-process () (get-process client-process-name))
For maximum asynchronicity we add a sentinel function that will be called back when the connection has completed, either successfully or unsuccessfully.
It turns out that a perl-style
chomp function is really handy!
(defun chomp (str) (if (and (stringp str) (string-match "\r?\n$" str)) (replace-match "" t nil str) str)) (defun client-notify-connect (&rest args) (message (format "Connection message [%s]" (mapcar #'chomp args))))
I added a fairly hacky
(sit-for 1) after opening the client as otherwise I could send messages before it was ready due to the sentinel and nowait. Future versions will probably get the sentinel to set an "opened" variable which will determine whether the send message and close functions work.
(defun client-open (host port) (make-network-process :name client-process-name :host host :service port :nowait t :sentinel #'client-notify-connect) (sit-for 1))
Closing the connection is a simple matter of deleting the process. I confirmed this against my test perl server.
(defun client-close () (delete-process (client-process)))
(defun client-send-string (str) (process-send-string (client-process) (concat str "\r\n")))
My test program simply sends 10 hello messages to the server at the same time as inserting 10 hellos in the buffer. The fact that the buffer insertions completed almost instantaneously whereas the server took around 20 seconds to display the messages indicates there is some degree of separation.
(progn (client-open 'local 8080) (dotimes (var 10) (client-send-string (format "Hello %s" var)) (insert (format "Hello %s\n" var))) (client-close))
Next time I'll look at setting up a filter to receive messages that the server sends back. Any questions or comments let me know.
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Sunset on the Palouse Hills
A springtime adventure to the Palouse region of Washington state provided me this amazing sunset - transforming the landscape into a vast expanse of rolling gold and green hills.
Details of the last bit of Autumn color at Castlewood State Park in my home state of Missouri.
Lower Lewis
A detail shot of Lower Lewis River Falls in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Last Vestiges of Autumn
Leaves blanket the forest floor along a creek that feeds into the Skokomish River in Washington. I had never explored this area before so it was incredible to get out and just wing it. No maps, no time frame, just taking whatever trail looked good and experiencing each new scene as it came along.
Awestruck Brushstrokes
The two hours I spent photographing in Antelope Canyon in 2013, still stands to this day, the most surreal experience I've ever had while photographing. At one point a young Navajo woman was playing a flute while a man was chanting in native tongue. I couldn't see these people but their sound echoed down the canyon walls.
Misty Mountain
A cloudy, dreary day in Mount Rainier National Park provides just enough atmosphere for a moody image.
Sedona Staccato
Sunset as seen from the hike towards Cathedral Rock in 2013.
Foggy Frame
A beautiful and quiet Autumn afternoon spent on the Pacific Crest Trail in Mount Rainier.
Golden Perspective
Looking down a row of Poplars at the mesmerizing and bewildering Boardman Tree Farm in Oregon. The Fall season is absolutely spectacular in this area and certainly should be on everyone's list, especially before the land is sold.
From the Poplar Trees
In-camera double exposure of a Poplar tree with fallen Poplar leaves at the Boardman Tree Farm in Oregon.
Testing Limits
This is an image from a couple years back on the Oregon coast at Cape Perpetua. I was in town for work but came a week early to explore and photograph all over the state. I had put 3,000 miles on a rental and drove around with cloudy grey skies almost the entire trip. This was the last free day I had and the last location I would photograph before work started the next morning.
I'd read a sign about shotgun waves and being sure to stay alert and aware near the edge. After watching the waves crash in and move out for a few minutes I decided to push my luck and get closer and closer to the rock's edge. Of course, in Mother Nature's pranskter fashion,once I got as far as I felt comfortable going she managed to douse me with a wave about 10 minutes after this shot was taken. It fell down on top of me with such force that I remember the salt water stinging the inside bottom of my eyes and standing there drenched head to toe. Without a rain cover for the camera, I managed to completely soak it and the lens. After I regained my composure and counted my blessings, I dismantled the gear, which was already acting twitchy and ran back to the car, cursing out loud the entire time. With the camera and lens on the dash with the defroster blasting, I drove to the nearest grocer for ziploc bags and rice. After a week of leaving the lens and camera untouched in the rice, I was able to save the camera but killed the autofocus on the lens. I couldn't believe it actually worked and it saved me so much money in the long run. It led to an already mounting fear of water but also reminded me to enjoy nature from a safer distance. Well, not too safe of course.
Persistence of Perseids
I should have made a ton of wishes the night of the Perseids meteor shower but instead I just stood their in amazement, staring up waiting for shiny objects to pass by while trying not to slide down a cliff edge. We were able to see 40+ meteors through out the night, many of which weren't actually captured. This is a composite of images spanning about two hours and containing seven meteors.
Morning After The Meteors
A beautiful clear evening spent photographing the Perseids meteor shower turned into a lovely clear morning spent photographing the sunrise above the White River Valley.
Cascading Dawn
Gorgeous layer of inversion fog settling in the North Cascade Range during dawn on a recent camping trip. Elevation provided us a great opportunity to see above and below the layer.


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FISL Talk "Powerful v. Empowered"
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During the FISL12 conference last week, I had the opportunity to present a keynote entitled "Powerful v. Empowered – Threats to the Open Web." The talk examines the threats, the drivers, and how we can make a difference. The prezo can be found here: FISL Prezo Final. The FISL community was pretty awesome. There's something about their approach and perspective that had a delicate and thoughtful quality that was really impressive.


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I found this name mosaic idea from Melissa at Joyful Learning in KC. Melissa purchased small color squares from Lakeshore, but I cut mine from bright colored copy paper. I cut 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch squares. I placed a plateful of squares in the center of each table. Then I showed my students how to put glue on the letters and lay the colored squares on top of the glue. After everyone's name dried we shared them and named all of the letters in each person's name.


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Improving z/OS WebSphere MQ availability: Structure failure or connectivity loss? Community Blog
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By Barry Dearfield CICS and Messaging Middleware for z/OS consultant IBM STG Lab Services Recently I participated in the IBM WebSphere MQ V7.1 and V7.5 Features and Enhancements IBM Redbooks publication project. It was a great experience and gave me the chance...
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The coupling facility utilized storage size data attribute updated for OMEGAMON XE on z/OS, v5.1.0 to show 'in use' structure objects Community Blog
Recently there was a change to the Utilized Storage Size data attribute and how it's calculated and displayed in OMEGAMON XE on z/OS, v5.1.0. In the Tivoli Enterprise Portal, the Coupling Facility Structures Data for Sysplex workspace, presents information...
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Self-Documenting Systems (Actually Coupling Facilities) - One Year On
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About a year ago I posted: A Small Step For RMF, A Giant Leap For Self-Documenting Systems . A year on I've encountered some customer data that's made me go "huh?", related to this. In the referenced post I mentioned R744FLPN, the Coupling Facility's...
Coupling Facility Code Planning Considerations for CFLEVEL Community Blog
Coupling Facility Level (CFLEVEL) Considerations The link below points to the useful reference information concerning CF levels: 1. Summarized CPC support for the different CF code levels 2. List of enhancements by CF level http://www-03.ibm.com/syste...
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A Small Step For RMF, A Giant Leap For Self-Documenting Systems
MartinPacker Tags: oa21140 z/os rmf memory facility lpar smf r744flpn coupling smf74 smf70 smf73 10,956 Views
I mentioned APAR OA21140 before - here . It's quite an old APAR and so it will (in all likelihood) be on your systems. I'd like to draw your attention to a subtle 1-byte field in the SMF 74 Subtype 4 (Coupling Facility Activity) record: R744FLPN. It's the...
Minor Good News On Coupling Facility Performance Reporting
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In recent releases RMF have put the machine serial number into both SMF Type 74 Subtype 4 (Coupling Facility Activity) and SMF Type 70 Subtype 1 (CPU Activity). Actually we get two fields in each case: Plant Number and Sequence Number, which you can put...
Coupling Facility Subchannel Busy in RMF
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In the same meeting with RMF Development as ERBSCAN / ERBSHOW was discussed we talked about Parallel Sysplex instrumentation. (Both XCF and Coupling Facility aspects.) One thing I hadn't noticed is the appearance of Subchannel Busy Percentage as a number in...
Coupling Facility Structure CPU - An Interesting Test
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I'm not sure if anyone's done this before. Certainly I've not seen any results... We're beginning to write up some tests the "A Team" (Alain and Pierre) ran before their return to France. Which provides me with some test data. Fortunately I had a stab at...
Cache Structure Information
It's fair to say I've written very little in terms of book words these past two days. That's because I've been "doing research" on how the cache structure counters really work. "Doing research" is a euphemism for "finding out how the heck the darned thing...
Coupling Facility Structure CPU Time - Initial Investigations
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I had to eat a little bit of humble pie today - because I made an elementary mistake. I'm going to share it with you - to save you making it, too. :-) And I'm very sure I'm not going to make it in a customer situation. (Residencies are great for making...
A Minor Fact About Lock Structures
Sometimes reading the SMF manual buys you less than you thought. I had completely ignored a nice little field - and the code I inherited to analyse SMF 74 Subtype 4 Coupling Facility data ignored it as well. R744SLEC in the Request Data Section for a structure...
Misunderstood Coupling Facility Commands
I wonder how many of you recognise the terms "READ_COCLASS", "WARM", "RFCOM","WRITE_DATALIST" and "CASTOUT_DATALIST". Granted that in that list are two pairs of terms that I believe to be synonymous, but all five are relatively recent enhancements to Parallel...


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(businesspress24) - DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL -- (Marketwire) -- 12/31/12 -- J. Scott Penny, Regional President and Chief Acquisitions Officer of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), together with Alan Gilbert and Teresa Gilbert, the principals of Gilbert RV Insurance, Inc. and Recreation Insurance Management, Inc. (collectively, "Gilbert RV Insurance"), today announced that Brown & Brown of Kentucky, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired certain assets of Gilbert RV Insurance.
Founded in 1992, Gilbert RV Insurance provides personal lines property and casualty insurance products and warranty products for recreational vehicles, including RVs, trailers, boats, motorcycles and other power sport vehicles. Gilbert RV Insurance has combined annual revenues of approximately $2.4 million. As part of this transaction, Gilbert RV Insurance's operations will operate as a branch location of Brown & Brown's recreational vehicle division under the leadership of Mike Neal.
Mr. Penny, who is responsible for Brown & Brown of Kentucky's retail operations, stated, "Over the past 20 years, Alan and Teresa Gilbert have built an agency with a national presence offering personal lines insurance coverage for RVs, motorcycles and other recreational and power sport vehicles and equipment. The acquisition of Gilbert RV Insurance, along with our prior acquisitions of RV America and Reed Brothers, allows Brown & Brown's recreational vehicle division to become the preeminent supplier of personal lines and commercial insurance products to the RV, auto, marine and power sport industries."
Mr. Gilbert stated, "My wife Teresa and I are very excited about the acquisition of Gilbert RV Insurance into the Brown and Brown family. The growth of Brown & Brown over the last 25 years has been remarkable, and I look forward to working with them in the years to come."
Brown & Brown, Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and related services. Additionally, certain Brown & Brown subsidiaries offer a variety of risk management, third-party administration, and other services. Serving business, public entity, individual, trade and professional association clients nationwide, Brown & Brown is ranked by Business Insurance magazine as the United States' sixth largest independent insurance intermediary. Brown & Brown's Web address is .
This press release may contain certain statements relating to future results which are forward-looking statements, including those associated with this acquisition. These statements are not historical facts, but instead represent only Brown & Brown's current belief regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Brown & Brown's control. It is possible that Brown & Brown's actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in these forward-looking statements. Further information concerning Brown & Brown and its business, including factors that potentially could materially affect Brown & Brown's financial results and condition, as well as its other achievements, is contained in Brown & Brown's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors include those factors relevant to Brown & Brown's consummation and integration of the announced acquisition, including any matters analyzed in the due diligence process, and material adverse changes in the business and financial condition of the seller, the buyer, or both, and their respective customers. All forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of this release, and Brown & Brown does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which Brown & Brown hereafter becomes aware.
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Sanchez's seventh-inning homer lifts Bucs
Walker, McKenry also go deep; McDonald settles down after rough first
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Gaby Sanchez hit his team-leading fourth Grapefruit League home run as the Pirates rallied for a 4-3 win over the Red Sox at McKechnie Field on Monday afternoon.
Trailing, 2-1, in the seventh, Pittsburgh got a leadoff walk from Josh Harrison and then Sanchez crushed a Chris Carpenter offering over the left-field fence.
For his second straight start, James McDonald endured a shaky first inning and then settled into dominance. On Wednesday, he allowed three runs in the first to Toronto and then retired 14 of the last 17 batters he faced. In Monday's game, he gave up two runs on three first-inning hits and then held the Red Sox to one other hit over his final 4 1/3 frames.
The right-hander also notched six strikeouts and issued three free passes.
One day after Jon Lester hurled six perfect innings, Boston starter Clay Buchholz pitched one-hit ball for five innings on Monday. Buchholz gave up his first run of the spring, but he was extremely sharp for a fourth consecutive start, limiting the Pirates to a second-inning homer by Neil Walker. In 13 1/3 innings, the righty has allowed seven hits and a run.
For Walker, who was hampered by injuries the last six weeks of the 2012 season, the homer was his first since Aug. 12.
Ryan Lavarnway's two-run single off McDonald in the first gave Boston a quick 2-0 lead.
Jason Grilli, the Pirates' new closer who had been away participating in the World Baseball Classic with Italy, made his first Grapefruit League appearance since March 3. Grilli came on in the sixth and retired the side in order.
Michael McKenry tacked on an insurance run in the eighth when he hit a leadoff homer off Oscar Villarreal.
Up next: The Pirates have their second and final break in the Grapefruit League schedule on Tuesday and then resume play with a Wednesday visit to the Wonderful World of Disney for a 1:05 p.m. ET game against the Braves. The game will air live on MLB.TV. Kyle McPherson is due to make his fifth start off the Bucs' best outing of the spring, his five innings of four-hit shutout pitching on Thursday against the Phillies. Andrew McCutchen is expected back in the lineup to work on his .172 preseason average.


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Green economy approach shows hope for Borneo amidst floundering Rio+20 talks
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As world leaders meet amidst a gloomy forecast for a meaningful outcome of the Rio+20 Earth Summit this week, WWF is releasing a green economy report at the biggest-ever UN event that offers sustainability solutions for our ailing planet.Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – As world leaders meet amidst a gloomy forecast for a meaningful outcome of the Rio+20 Earth Summit this week, WWF is releasing a green economy report at the biggest-ever UN event that offers sustainability solutions for our ailing planet.
The Heart of Borneo (HoB): Investing in Nature for a Green Economy Report is a practical regional guide on how future economic growth can be achieved while protecting the values of ecosystems and biodiversity of the Heart of Borneo - a 220,000km2 treasure trove of unique and often endangered animal and plants species, on the world's third biggest island.
Produced by WWF and a consortium of partners, the report highlights environmental costs and forgone revenues in the current economy and shows how valuing 'natural capital' supports the long-term stability and development of local economies in Borneo.
"The HoB's natural capital is of tremendous social and economic value - but if we continue to fail to recognize its worth, both people and the environment they depend on will suffer," said WWF Director General Jim Leape.
"This report finds that valuing natural capital can pave the way to strong local economies, as well as deliver on the growth, climate change and sustainability priorities in the region," he added.
Making business more sustainable
The report highlights the current unsustainable practices of the forestry, palm oil and mining sectors in Borneo and shows that the erosion of natural capital leads to a corresponding loss of long-term economic viability and social welfare.
"These sectors are vital to Borneo's economy, but must embed sustainability within their practices to remain engines of growth in the future, " said Adam Tomasek, Leader of WWF's Heart of Borneo Initiative.
Economic modelling in the report shows that under a Business-as-Usual (BAU) scenario, the environmental costs of economic growth could outweigh revenues from the use of natural resources as soon as 2020.
"Globally we're seeing how the mismanagement of the world's financial capital causes long-term damage to nations. The same will be true in Borneo if we continue to mismanage our natural capital – only the damage will be measured in 'generations of suffering'," Mr Tomasek said.
"The irony of this is that unlike the financial crisis where the austerity packages imposed have been seen to be unacceptably severe, especially on the poor – a shift to value natural capital could actually improve the life of poor and vulnerable people in Borneo."
Investing in Nature reveals two choices for the use of the immense wealth of natural capital in the Heart of Borneo: squandering it or keeping it in the bank, which would allow many generations to live off the 'interest' forever, in the form of the sustainable goods and services. It identifies that the key enabling condition is the shift to an economic infrastructure where fiscal policies and subsidy allocations favor sustainable practices and maintenance of ecosystem services.
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The Heart of Borneo: Investing in Nature for a Green Economy report will be released on June 20th by WWF International Director General, Jim Leape, to coincide with a high-level event hosted by Indonesia's President Yudhoyono. The President of Guyana and Prime Minister of Norway, as well as the office of the UN Secretary General, Ministers and senior officials will be in attendance.
The findings and recommendations of the report are featured in several events during the Rio+20 Summit. The accompanying website, www.hobgreeneconomy.org, provides a window to the world for the green development activities in the HoB.
"The report shows how Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia can continue to work together across borders to develop and implement a green economy aspiration. By investing in nature, they can clearly show how to deliver on the Rio+20 vision of 'the future we want" said Jim Leape.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a statement of issues paper seeking industry comment on Telstra's proposed acquisition of Adam Internet.
The ACCC is seeking further information on potential competition issues due to the merger.
"The ACCC's preliminary view is that the proposed acquisition is likely to result in a substantial lessening of competition in the supply of retail fixed voice and broadband services," Rod Sims, ACCC chairman, said in a statement.
"This is because Telstra would have the ability and incentive to use its market power in wholesale markets to favour the Adam Internet business over its other wholesale customers which is likely to foreclose competition in the relevant downstream retail markets."
Adam Internet is the last independent ISP in South Australia, with Sims concerned around the acquisition reducing competition in the South Australian market, which could impact on services in the state.
Yesterday Vodafone Hutchinson Australia, iiNet and Macquarie Telecom released a joint statement stating they opposed the deal.
"We believe that if the ACCC cannot identify that this acquisition would result in a substantial lessening of competition it is evidence that there is a flaw in the law," the companies said in the statement.
Submissions for comment close 24 January, 2013.
The ACCC has deferred its decision about whether to give the acquisition the go-ahead to 7 February, 2013.
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Now posted on Fast Company: An interesting article on "should do" vs. "must do" in our decision making. A good read on making career and life decisions based on our dreams instead of the easy, risk-free route.
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Sustaining Creative Work
"What carried creative people through from the conception to the completion of a project is drive and concentration born from a sense of purpose.
Purpose is what dictates the entire range of the enterprise.
Through intention, goals are shaped and ideas generated to fulfill them.
Through relentlessness come the cultivation of skills and the perfection of technique.
Through motive come the decisions as to which projects to pursue and in what order.
Through resolve, resources are marshaled and the necessary strength mustered to
overcome obstacles rather than to be overcome by them.
Through tenacity, friends and collaborators are selected.
And through will comes the wisdom to know when to part paths with influences one has
Creative work doesn't evolve simply from wishing or accident or wholly from a mystical flash of inspiration. It also requires a sustained purpose and the discipline of trying over an extended period of time.
(From Shekerjian 1990, page 141-2)
Success takes "Grit"
There is no doubt that succeeding requires something that allows us to overcome the many obstacles that we encounter along the way. There is evidence that this something is born out of our habits and discipline: grit.
In a study of cadets at West Point, researchers noticed that the most important factor correlated with their ability to graduate was something called "grit", which they defined as "the tendency to work strenuously toward challenges, maintaning effort and interst over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress." What the researchers concluded was that cadets with grit started with habits of mental and physical discipline that allow them find the strength to overcome these obstacles.
(From "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business", by Charles Duhigg)
The "Quest for Meaning" trumps the "Quest for Happiness"
Apparently, there's more to life than being happy. What's more, there's more to life than pursuing happiness. Rather, we should endeavor to pursue meaning in our life.
Of course, this assumes that we have taken the time to identify those things that will bring us the most meaning in our life.
Iyanla Vanzant on Purpose
"Your purpose gave birth to you. It has molded and shaped who you are and what you do. Your purpose is the reason you live and breathe. Your purpose guides your heart, hands, and head. It is alive in you. It is there, within, that you must seek to know it and live it." (Iyanla Vanzant)
A reminder
When the "have to do" stuff starts to encroach on the "want to do" stuff, try to remember the following from Jon Acuff's book Start:
1. Admit that you can't possibly get it all done.
2. Give yourself the grace to accept that as reality, not failure.
3. Do things you can do with your full attention.
4. Celebrate what happens during Step 3 instead of obsessing over the things you didn't get to.
5. Repeat as necessary.
Of course, one should never use this as an reason not to try to get stuff done.
From Bakadesuyo: Five powerful tips for getting more stuff done (…plus one from me)
Eric Baker, of the blog Bakadesuyo, published an excellent blog post on getting stuff done, entitled "Productivity Ninja". In the posting, he lists five steps that I need to emulate:
1. Know when you're at your best, and plan accordingly.
2. Get enough sleep.
3. Minimize distractions.
4. Work somewhere that you usually get things done.
5. Believe in what you do.
I would add a sixth tip, which I've found to be incredibly powerful:
6. Be accountable to somebody for getting things done.
I find that the more I am working with other people and finding myself accountable for completing tasks in order for them to accomplish their tasks, I am more productive. Even if the to-do list I share with my partners does not include things they are depending on, I am more focused on trying to complete them. So share those lists and be accountable.
Hunter S. Thompson on goals, and finding one's path
The following excellent advice on finding a purpose and living a meaningful life comes from a letter penned by journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson. (Hat tip to Brain Pickings.) As for me, I think I'm still searching for my "ninth path".
And indeed, that IS the question: whether to float with the tide, or to swim for a goal. It is a choice we must all make – consciously or unconsciously – at one time in our lives. So few people understand this! Think of any decision you've ever made which had a bearing on your future: I may be wrong, but I don't see how it could have been anything but a choice – however indirect – between the two things I've mentioned: the floating or the swimming.
But why not float if you have no goal? That is another question. It is unquestionably better to enjoy the floating than to swim in uncertainty. So how does a man find a goal? Not a castle in the stars, but a real and tangible thing. How can a man be sure he's not after the "big rock candy mountain," the enticing sugar-candy goal that has little taste and no substance?
The answer – and, in sense, the tragedy of life – is that we seek to understand the goal and not the man. We set up a goal which demands of us certain things: and we do these things. We adjust to the demands of a concept which CANNOT be valid. When you were young, let us say that you wanted to be a fireman. I feel reasonably safe in saying that you no longer want to be a fireman. Why? Because your perspective has changed. It's not the fireman who has changed, but you. Every man is the sum total of his reactions to experience. As your experiences differ and multiply, you become a different man, and hence your perspective changes. This goes on and on. Every reaction is a learning process; every significant experience alters your perspective.
So it would seem foolish, would it not, to adjust our lives to the demands of a goal we see from a different angle every day? How could we ever hope to accomplish anything other than galloping neurosis?
The answer, then, must not deal with goals at all, or not with tangible goals, anyway. It would take reams of paper to develop this subject to fulfillment. God only knows how many books have been written on "the meaning of man" and that sort of thing, and god only knows how many people have pondered the subject. (I use the term "god only knows" purely as an expression.) There's very littlie sense in my trying to give it up to you in the proverbial nutshell, because I'm the first to admit my absolute lack of qualifications for reducing the meaning of life to one or two paragraphs.
I'm going to steer clear of the word "existentialism," but you might keep it in mind as a key of sorts. You might also try something called Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre, and another thing called Existentialism: From Dostoyevsky to Sartre. These are merely suggestions. If you're genuinely satisfied with what you are and what you're doing, then give those books a wide berth. (Let sleeping dogs lie.)
But back to the answer. As I said, to put our faith in tangible goals would seem to be, at best, unwise. So we do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor police, nor doctors. WE STRIVE TO BE OURSELVES.
But don't misunderstand me. I don't mean that we can't BE firemen, bankers, or doctors – but that we must make the goal conform to the individual, rather than make the individual conform to the goal. In every man, heredity and environment have combine to produce a creature of certain abilities and desires – including a deeply ingrained need to function in such a way that his life will be MEANINGFUL. A man has to BE something; he has to matter.
As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which ill let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward gratification of his DESIRES. In doing this, he is fulfilling a need (giving himself identity by functioning in a set pattern toward a set goal) he avoids frustrating his potential (choosing a path which puts no limit on his self-development), and he avoids the terror of seeing his goal wilt or lose its charm as he draws closer to it (rather than bending himself to meet the demands of that which he seeks, he has bent his goal to conform to his own abilities and desires).
In short, he has not dedicated his life to reaching a pre-defined goal, but he has rather chosen a way of life he KNOWS he will enjoy. The goal is absolutely secondary: it is the functioning toward the goal which is important. And it seems almost ridiculous to say that a mans MUST function in a pattern of his own choosing; for to let another man define your own goals as to give up one of the most meaningful aspects of life – the definitive act of will which makes a man an individual.
Let's assume that you think you have a choice of eight paths to follow (all pre-defined paths, of course). And let's assume that you can't see any real purpose in any of the eight. THEN – and here is the essence of all I've said – you MUST FIND A NINTH PATH.
Naturally, it isn't as easy as it sounds. You've lived a relatively narrow life, a vertical rather that horizontal existence. So it isn't any too difficult to understand why you seem to feel the way you do. But a man who procrastinates in his CHOOSING will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
So if you number yourself among the disenchanted, then you have no choice but to accept things as they are, or to seriously seek something else. But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.
But you say, "I don't know where to look; I don't know what to look for." And there's the crux. Is it worth giving up what I have to look for something better? I don't know – is it? Who can make that decision but you? But even by DECIDING TO LOOK, you go a long way toward making the choice.
And that's it for now. Until I hear from you again, I remain,
Your friend…
"You always do what you want to do…"
You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.
(W. Clement Stone)
8 lessons from Wharton
From Bruce Kasanoff's LinkedIn page, comes a list of 8 lessons that he learned while in Wharton's MBA program. Excellent lessons!
1. There are dozens of reasons why something can't be done, but perhaps only one why it can. Decide whether you are going to search for a way to do it, or regularly settle for a handy excuse.
2. Nothing stays the same. You have to be in tune with changes. Change is the norm.
3. Learn how when you have the time, so that you can do it when you have the chance.
4. Every business is show business.
5. Get as close as possible to what drives the business.
6. Invariably, there is a difference between those who carry titles on an organizational chart and the people who run the company. As soon as possible, figure out who runs the company.
7. If you can't relate to the boredom of daily chores, how can you manage people who must do them all the time?
8. A superior leader is a person who can bring ordinary people together to achieve extraordinary results. Remember this if you are lucky enough to manage a team.


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It is the start of another two-week Philly Improv Theater run at The Shubin Theater (full schedule online). Tonight, we say farewell to Chip Chantry's One Man Show (With Special Guests). The final show before Chip passes the torch to James Hesky will feature comedy from some of Chip's favorite comedians including: The Legendary Wid, John Kensil, Andy Nolan, Eric Todd, Steve Rees, Don Montrey (who passed the torch to Chip from his show Die Actor Die) and Secret Pants. The show will also feature popular segments The Feed with Jim Grammond and Story Time with Mike Rainey along with some surprises. City Paper talked about the event in their weekly comedy column LOL With It last Friday, you can read the story online.
Sketch group Camp Woods recently announced the lineup for their next Camp Woods Plus. The group will be joined on stage at L'etage (624 S. 6th St. Philadelphia) by Philly duo Animosity Pierre and New York's Pink Axe. The next Camp Woods Plus will be Wednesday March 14th at 8:00PM.
The Groundswell Players are throwing a fundraising event to help with the efforts for their 2012 Fringe Festival Show. A Chili Bonanza will be held at Quig's Pub, upstairs at Plays and Players Theater on Saturday, April 21st at 8:00pm. For a $15 (or more, if you're feeling generous) donation, you can participate in an evening of cabaret, food and drink in support of their upcoming show. You can pay for admission to the event online.
Local filmmakers are looking for help in funding a new comedy project through Kickstarter. Their mission statement from creator Derrick Metellus: "Our television project Quarter Life Crisis is on Kickstarter. We're shooting in April, and from now to then will be releasing some pretty funny material. This is no student project, we're aiming for cable. If you dont mind laughing, keep up with our updates. I promise not to beat you over the head with it. If you like it, you like it. If not, that's cool. Thanks."
Comedian Clint Coley is a native of Philadelphia currently living in Los Angeles. He began his comedy career in Philadelphia and currently runs his Chill…It's Just Jokes series of shows once per month at Helium Comedy Club. He is also working on a documentary about his life in comedy called Clint Coley – Behind the Jokes. You can check out the preview for the film online.


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'Hurry up and wait': Olympic skiing delays no fun for anyone
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Just because there's been barely any Alpine skiing at these Olympics — three of the first four races were postponed — doesn't mean that Mikaela Shiffrin and everyone else gets to just take it easy.
Many of the women whose slalom race was scrapped because of strong winds at the Yongpyong Alpine Center on Wednesday, including American star and defending gold medalist Shiffrin, took a couple of practice runs for the giant slalom that will be Thursday. Men took informal downhill training on a shortened course at the Jeongseon Alpine Center about 30 miles (50 kilometers) away.
There's also plenty of other work to be done — by the skiers, their coaches and the organizers.
"Everyone is like: 'Are you waiting around?' You're not really waiting, because you're keeping yourself — body and mind — ready to go," U.S. racer Megan McJames said. "You're training on snow. Dry land training. Physical therapy. Everything you'd do on a normal day to keep yourself in the best possible position to compete."
Which is probably a good thing.
Otherwise, one could get a bit antsy.
"You wait all season for this date, and you are so focused," said Didier Defago, who won a gold medal for Switzerland in the downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics after it was put off for two days because of a mix of snow, rain and — get this — too-warm temperatures.
"If you have a delay like this," said Defago, who is helping test the downhill course before the men's race, "you have to find the real balance between, 'I can let the tension go a little, but I have to be ready again.'"
Coaches want to keep their skiers fresh, focused and not too annoyed by all of the rescheduling.
"It's been a difficult few days ... (with) the excitement of getting ready to race and the disappointment of not getting to race," said Shiffrin's coach, Mike Day. "The more challenging piece, truthfully, has been flip-flopping events every day. If we stayed with one event, the focus can remain singular. Having gone back and forth now, between GS and slalom, and back to GS again, the preparation has been a little challenging. But I feel like we're in a good place."
The officials who organize the events must try to balance safety and fairness while making sure they get the 11-event Alpine program completed on time.
Consider the way things have gone so far in South Korea.
The men's downhill was supposed to be Sunday. Didn't happen. The women's giant slalom was supposed to be Monday. Didn't happen. Same thing with the women's slalom on Wednesday. It all means there are two doubleheaders planned: the men's downhill and women's giant slalom on Thursday, then the men's super-G and the women's slalom on Friday.
"All in all, it's clear it's a (backup) plan," women's race director Atle Skaardal said. "It's a compromise. But I think it's an acceptable one."
Added Skaardal: "We're just very, very eager to get a race off."
The only one that's been contested was the men's Alpine combined on Tuesday, which Marcel Hirscher of Austria won.
Even that was deemed unfair by some because the direction and strength of the wind kept changing, giving some racers a boost while hindering others.
All of the uncertainty can turn the sport into a test of mental fortitude as much as one of physical strength and skill.
"Some athletes deal with it really well. They can deal with delays and knowing there are only certain things they can control, and those athletes are usually ahead of the curve in this kind of situation. And then there are athletes that have a harder time with that and like things to be a little more programmed," U.S. men's speed coach Johno McBride said. "We try and keep things light around our household and try to keep the boys engaged in stuff so they're not just sitting around and worrying about what's going to happen."
This is nothing new to these folks, though.
All are familiar with delays, postponements and even cancelations during the day-in, day-out World Cup circuit.
This is, after all, an outdoor sport.
"You get used to it," said McJames, a slalom and giant slalom skier on her third Olympic team. "Everyone jokes that ski racing is, 'Hurry up and wait.' ... That's just part of the deal."
AP Sports Writers Pat Graham in Pyeonchang and Graham Dunbar in Jeongseon contributed to this report.
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Army Marks 234 Years of Service, Sacrifice
By Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2009 - Citing the organization's long history of selfless service and sacrifice, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III helped to commemorate the Army's 234th birthday today at a Pentagon ceremony.
The U.S. Army officially celebrates its birthday June 14.
"This occasion marks the 234th year that ordinary men and women have become extraordinary citizens by answering the call of duty and placing the country in front of themselves," Lynn said to an audience of soldiers and other servicemembers in the Pentagon courtyard. "I'm humbled by this long tradition of service, reaching back even to the founding of our nation."
The Army tradition is expressed in a number of ways, he said, including in the actions and service of individual families.
Lynn recognized the Simpson family of Tennessee, whose generations of military service span nearly 100 years. Simpson family members served in Mexico, during World War II, in Vietnam and now in Afghanistan, he said.
"It's this kind of service and dedication that's the hallmark of the United States Army," he added.
Lynn also acknowledged the Army as the world's most formidable fighting force, and he credited family support as the dynamic that makes the Army such a strong, dependable organization. The Army couldn't be the institution it is without the families, he said.
"Our soldiers, of course, do not bear the burdens of combat alone," he continued. "When they sign up, they're also volunteering their families. Army families are a constant source of support and inspiration, and in many ways, they're the reasons our soldiers continue to serve."
Today's commemoration and cake cutting marks the start of a weeklong list of birthday activities all across the Army. The Army will hold its annual birthday ball here tomorrow, and on June 14, Army leadership will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Also, individual Army posts will celebrate with 10-mile birthday runs.
This year is Army Secretary Pete Geren's final Army birthday celebration as the service's top official. It's important, he said, to take the time to reflect on the importance and the impact the U.S. Army has had on the history of the world.
"It's important for an organization such as ours ... to stop and reflect on its proud history," Geren said. "It's important to stop and think how different the history of the United States [and] the history of the world would be without the United States Army."
Geren cited the importance of remembering the sacrifice made by previous generations of soldiers and military members. The battlefields may be different throughout time, he said, but the sacrifice is the same.
"Reflect on those who fought in Desert Storm and ... those soldiers who stood all those years ago at Lexington and Concord," he said. "Reflect on that wife, that husband who's waiting home today for their loved ones to return, [because] they are living the same experiences and emotions a wife was living when her husband [or] her son faced down the British troops at Lexington and Concord.
"As we enjoy this week and blow out those candles and sing happy birthday," he continued, "it's so important to stop and think about what our soldiers have done. Think about how different today the world would be if it were not for the soldiers and families of the United States Army."
Army Marks 234 Years of Service, Sacrifice [ http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=54763 ]


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Lipscomb Hall of Famer Kenny Perry at top of Masters leaderboard
AUGUSTA, Ga. - (AP) - Kenny Perry took one last look at the leaderboard behind the 18th green at Augusta National. This was no time to relish his position at the top with Angel Cabrera, rather to consider what lies ahead.
"You will definitely see something on the back nine," Perry said Saturday. "That's where it's all going to happen."
Now this is the Masters everyone wanted to see.
Perry and Cabrera were tied at 11-under 205, the lowest 54-hole score at Augusta in seven years. Even the 16 players within seven shots of the lead still feel like they're in the game because of those familiar back-nine fireworks in the forecast.


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CHAPEL HILL, NC — A statewide media campaign designed to reduce and prevent teen tobacco use has reached record levels of awareness, with 80 percent of North Carolina youth indicating familiarity with the campaign ads, according to preliminary results from a 2011 evaluation by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine researchers.
"A wide reaching media campaign is an essential piece of inoculating our youth against tobacco use," said Dr. Adam Goldstein, Professor of Family Medicine and Director of the UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program, which led the study. "Record levels of campaign awareness indicate that the campaign has reached North Carolina youth with a successful prevention message."
Key preliminary findings of the 2011 evaluation include:
- Between 2004 and 2011, awareness of the TRU campaign ads significantly increased from 48 percent to 80 percent, and over 680,000 youths (11 to 17) in NC have now seen and are aware of the TRU campaign. This record level of awareness suggests that the campaign awareness is reaching levels observed in other state media campaigns that have successfully reduced youth smoking.
- More than 94 percent of NC youths who had seen the TRU ads reported they were attention grabbing and convincing, and more than 98 percent said the ads gave good reasons not to smoke.
- Awareness of older ads from the campaign remains high, with nearly 70 percent of youth aware of campaign ads that aired between 2004 and 2010. Newer campaign ads appear to reinforce the campaign's effective prevention message.
- Thirty-five percent of youth report awareness of a tobacco prevention group active in their school or community; among youth who did not report a group presence, 58 percent indicated interest in joining a group if one were available.
The campaign, called "Tobacco.Reality.Unfiltered." or TRU, is sponsored by the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF), which faces elimination as of June 30th if the current budget proposal becomes law. Researchers point to the experience of other states where tobacco prevention programs have been defunded and youth smoking rates have subsequently increased, suggesting that the gains achieved by the TRU campaign will be reversed if the campaign ads disappear from the air on July 1.
"Losing an effective media campaign like TRU campaign will be a major setback to the youth in North Carolina and our war to prevent cancer," adds Dr. Leah Ranney, Associate Director of the UNC Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation Program.
North Carolina's Teen Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Initiative, funded by the HWTF, has included a statewide media campaign since 2004. Previous evaluations of the TRU campaign have shown that it is an integral part of the overall initiative and has played a substantial role in achieving historically low levels of youth smoking. TRU campaign ads feature real North Carolinians sharing their stories of the negative toll tobacco has taken on their lives. The current campaign ads feature Destini, a teenage girl from Winston Salem who lost her father to lung cancer, and Justin, a young father from Raleigh who died from lung cancer in November of 2010.
Goldstein has led several previous evaluations of the TRU campaign. The Survey Research Unit at UNC conducts telephone interviews with youth ages 11 – 17 across North Carolina. A baseline survey was conducted in March and April of 2004, with follow up surveys immediately after the fall 2004 ad campaign, immediately after the fall 2005 campaign, in 2007, four months after the major funding increase for the campaign and in January 2009, six months after the launch of a new series of ads. The latest evaluation survey began in January 2011, four months after the launch of the new campaign ads featuring Destini and Justin. The TRU ads are available online at http://www.realityunfiltered.com/index.aspx.
Media contacts: Dr. Adam Goldstein, (919) 966-4090, firstname.lastname@example.com and Dr. Leah Ranney, (919) 843-8354, email@example.com


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H.E. Dr. Erastus Mwencha, the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union, thanked the Government of Equatorial Guinea for donating $2 million in humanitarian aid to Somalia. A team of people from different groups within Equatorial Guinea will deliver the humanitarian aid, which is dedicated to helping the millions of people who were affected by a severe famine last year.
"It is worth recalling here the personal commitment of H.E. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the then Chairperson of the African Union when he called for the gesture of solidarity from all member states to providing African solutions to African problems," said Dr. Mwencha.
The African Union Commission has received up to US$8.7 million through the UN Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator to fund ongoing projects. According to Dr. Mwencha, there is a greater need for aid because the famine situation is becoming more complex.