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CloudEXPO Silicon Valley Exhibitor Directory was published on May 1, 2019. Here's the link to the page which is being updates daily.
Ten Tips on How to Maximize Your @CloudExpo and @ThingsExpo Sponsorship Benefits
@CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX, two of the most influential technology events in the world, have hosted hundreds of sponsors and exhibitors since our launch 10 years ago.
In this blog post, I provide 10 tips on how our sponsors and exhibitors can maximize their participation at our events. But before reading my top 10 tips for our sponsors and exhibitors, please take a moment and watch this brief Sandy Carter video.
"Cloud Expo was really the event to connect with thought leaders, innovators, business folks who are interested in what the cloud can bring to their business. You know really how it allows them to bring the transformation of the business process."
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1) Sponsor and Exhibit in both New York and Silicon Valley
@CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX New York and Silicon Valley provide a full year of face-to-face marketing opportunities for your company. Each sponsorship and exhibit package comes with pre and post-show marketing programs. By sponsoring and exhibiting in New York and Silicon Valley, you reach a full complement of decision makers and buyers in multiple vertical markets. Our delegate profiles can be located in our show prospectus.
2) Send Your Sponsor/Exhibitor Contract Early to Maximize Your Pre-Show Promotions
Once you select the best sponsorship/exhibit package that fits your goals, return the signed contract as soon as possible so you don't miss any of your pre-show promotional activities.
3) Review and Approve Your Assets, Logo, Company Sescription, etc., Quickly
Please provide your official company logo and description for inclusion on all our event sites and conference newsletters.
4) Communicate Your Participation and Presence with Your Clients, Customer Base
Our 20 years of experience as the world's leading technology event company has shown us that the sponsors and exhibitors with the most successful return from our conferences are the companies that plan their show presence well in advance. Some of our sponsors even provide fleets of cars to drive their customers to and from the event.
5) Coordinate Your Announcements with Our Show Dates to Maximize Your Media Coverage
The best way to leverage your @CloudEXPO presence as a sponsor and exhibitor is to plan your news announcements around our events. The media covering @CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX will have access to these releases and will amplify your news announcements. More than two dozen Cloud companies either set deals at our shows or have announced their mergers and acquisitions at @CloudEXPO. Product announcements during our show provide your company with the most reach through our targeted audiences.
6) Sign Up with Our Event Blog and Publish Technical Posts
@CloudEXPO, @ExpoDX, and @DevOpsSummit offer some of the most well-known and widely read, popular technology blogs. Contact us at email@example.com to set up your blog. Blog entries explaining tips, tricks, and techniques about the technologies you provide are an invaluable way to reach your buyers.
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7) Use Twitter Frequently, add @CloudExpo and @ThingsExpo in Your Tweets
Your customers and our delegates are the most active professional Twitter users in any industry. We will re-tweet your posts to our 120,000+ followers.
8) Promote Your Session(s) Before the Event
If you have technical sessions at our events, promote them. Don't forget, every speaker is competing with sessions in nine other breakout tracks which takes place at the same time slot. Many delegates pick which sessions they plan to attend before they arrive, so you need to promote your session content to draw the maximum audience to your presentation.
9) Plan Your Activities at Your Booth, Don't Forget Live Demos
The Expo Floor is where business is conducted. Remember your competition in the next booth is trying to reach the same customers as you are. Providing demos of your solid product is the best way to utilize the activities at your booth. Giving out t-shirts and fun toys and conducting drawings will keep delegates interested, but at the end of the day you are there to sell your products and services, not t-shirts.
10) Take Advantage of the Post-Show Marketing Opportunities Included with Your Contract
@CloudEXPO and @ExpoDX sponsor/exhibitor packages come with the most effective pre and post-show marketing opportunities. Don't miss any of these programs, which can be worth more than all your other marketing efforts combined.
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Financial enterprises in New York City, London, Singapore, and other world financial capitals are embracing a new generation of smart, automated FinTech that eliminates many cumbersome, slow, and expensive intermediate processes from their businesses.
Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 23rd CloudEXPO, June 24-26, 2019 at Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA will find fresh new content in full new FinTech & Enterprise Blockchain track.
ServerlessSUMMIT & Kubernetes at CloudEXPO Silicon Valley
As you know, enterprise IT conversation over the past year have often centered upon the open-source Kubernetes container orchestration system. In fact, Kubernetes has emerged as the key technology -- and even primary platform -- of cloud migrations for a wide variety of organizations. Kubernetes is critical to forward-looking enterprises that continue to push their IT infrastructures toward maximum functionality, scalability, and flexibility.
Kubernetes is critical to forward-looking enterprises that continue to push their IT infrastructures toward maximum functionality, scalability, and flexibility.
As they do so, IT professionals are also embracing the reality of Serverless architectures, which are critical to developing and operating real-time applications and services. Serverless is particularly important as enterprises of all sizes develop and deploy Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives.
Serverless and Kubernetes are great examples of continuous, rapid pace of change in enterprise IT. They also raise a number of critical issues and questions about employee training, development processes, and operational metrics.
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ServerlessSUMMIT and DevOpsSUMMIT at CloudEXPO expands the DevOps community, enable a wide sharing of knowledge, and educate delegates and technology providers alike.
There's a real need for serious conversations about Serverless and Kubernetes among the people who are doing this work and managing it.
So we are very pleased today to announce the ServerlessSUMMIT at CloudEXPO.
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DXWorldEXPO® has organized these issues along 10 tracks, 22 keynotes and general sessions, and a faculty of 222 of the world's top speakers.
DXWorldEXPO® has three major themes on its conference agenda:
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For the past 10 years CloudEXPO® helped drive the migration to modern enterprise IT infrastructures, built upon the foundation of cloud computing. Today's hybrid, multiple cloud IT infrastructures integrate Big Data, analytics, blockchain, the IoT, mobile devices, and the latest in cryptography and enterprise-grade security.
Digital Transformation is the key issue driving the global enterprise IT business. DX is most prominent among Global 2000 enterprises and government institutions.
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Oh, Lady Gaga. They love you even when you're a greasy, sort of hunched-over guy with a big black pompadour named Jo Calderone.
Lady Gaga opened up the 2011 MTV VMAs with a stunning performance in drag as her alter ego, Jo Calderone, who first appeared on the cover of the Fall 2010 issue of Japan's Vogue Hommes. Folks at the time speculated it was Gaga, and this month photos of the fairly intense, hollow-eyed, scruffy man appeared on her Twitter page and Web site as cover art for her new single.
If there was any doubt, now we know for sure. (Or not:Gaga has been dogged by rumors about her gender for years.)
Wearing a white T-shirt, black slacks and blazer, Gaga looked every inch a 1950s greaser, dragging on a cigarette and swilling beer. She sang "You and I" with her signature energetic bellow and energy, and even seemed to stumble a bit as she climbed the piano, so worked up was she/he.
And just for good measure, Queen's Brian May added a screaming guitar solo.
Comparisons to Ralph Macchio on Twitter aside, fans loved it.
Later, Jo presented Britney Spears with the Video Vanguard award, and even attempted a smoch.
It would take a lot to upstage Gaga, but Beyonce may have done it: She announced she was pregnant on the pre-show carpet.She later rubbed her baby bump on stage after a signature stellar performance of "Love on Top," which was, understandably, a little light on the high-energy dancing. And she looked so happy!
Earlier, Beyonce's husband Jay-Z performed, officially unannounced, with Kanye West, doing "Otis" from their hit joint release, "Watch the Throne."
And of course, there was a few winners. Among them: Tyler, the Creator as Best New Artist; Nicki Minaj, Best Hip-Hop Video for "Super Bass;" Justin Biber, Best Male Artist for "U Smile;" Britney Spears, Best Pop Video for "Till the World Ends."
Highlights of the red -- or technically, black -- carpet that preceded the show:
_ Justin Bieber, sporting his shortest, lightest locks yet and enormous glasses (Rachel Maddow, anyone?) and clearly looking to move into edgier territory, carried a snake with him, bringing back memories of Britney Spears' 2001 VMA performance of "Slave 4 U". His snake was much smaller however, and he felt the need to announce it was named "Johnson" before planting a kiss on Selena Gomez's cheek after some very, very stilted conversation between the "couple."
_ Nicki Manaj in what can only be described as technicolor-domanatrix-harajuku-surgeon. We don't even remember what she said, we were so busy trying to take in the outfit.
_ Britney Spears looking healthy and mature in a black sequin dress (not wild about the mid-calf boots,though) and ready to achieve her lifetime achievement award. Could it be just four years ago she opened the VMAs with a disastrous, spaced-out performance of "Gimme More?"
_ The cast of "Jersey Shore," with the men looking almost, well, conservative. "You guys look so marvelous," MTV's Sway noted, asking if they like to change up their look to come to the West Coast. Perhaps the ride in MTV's private jet to ensure they escaped the wrath of Hurricane Irene had something to do with the turn, at least in the direction of, elegance.

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'New' Stairway to Heaven released
An unreleased version of one of the most celebrated songs in rock, Stairway To Heaven, is to come out later this year - after sitting in the vaults for more than 40 years.
An alternative take of the epic track, one of Led Zeppelin's most famous compositions, will be released on a new version of the band's fourth album due out later this year.
Guitarist Jimmy Page has sifted through vintage studio recordings to find different versions of each of the eight tracks from the Led Zeppelin IV album - which first came out in 1971 - for a companion disc to accompany the reissue, part of a remastering of the band's entire catalogue.
The soon-to-be released performance of Stairway - which, legend has it, is barred from some guitar shops, to deter customers from playing it over and over again while trying out instruments - dates from a series of mixing sessions at Sunset Sound Studio in Los Angeles. The version which was eventually released was completed at the Island Records studio in London.
Also to be issued the same day, October 27, is a remastered version of the group's House Of The Holy album which again features newly heard takes of seven of the eight songs from that release.
New editions of the band's first three albums came out last month.
Founding members of Led Zep - Page, singer Robert Plant and bass player John Paul Jones - famously reunited on stage in 2007 along with Jason Bonham, the son of late drummer John, at a tribute concert for Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of the band's label Atlantic Records.
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My Childhood, in Pictures
Posted by Allie at 4:41 PM
57 comments:
- Allie said...
this brightened my day. i love the part with the crayons. great post!
- February 24, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Miss Grace said...
How does the small baby feel about how you grew up?
- February 24, 2010 at 4:49 PM
hey allie I love your blog, even if you write "I woke up", somehow you make it awesome! How long do these pictures take you in MS Paint? YOu're too good!! :)
- February 24, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- WannabeVirginia W. said...
That was awesome!
- February 24, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- Sarah P said...
You didn't color on the baby. You should have colored on the baby. She was totally stealing your thunder.
- February 24, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- JustLinda said...
You really ought to have those unevenly dialated eyes looked at! Scary. LOL
- February 24, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- Gigi said...
Oh Allie! No you didn't grow up criminally insane - just extremely gifted!
- February 24, 2010 at 5:03 PM
- Allie said...
Allie - Thank you! I'm glad my mother's misery can finally be turned around to make people happy! See mom? This is what I had planned all along...
Grace - It's hard to tell... we were bitter enemies throughout childhood and adolescence was stressful at best. Things got a little better after we got our own rooms when I was 17.
Woeyhairs - Thank you! As far as how long it takes me to do drawings, this post took me about four hours to do, when you factor in getting distracted a couple times.
- February 24, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- Allie said...
WannabeVirginiaW - Thanks!
Sarah P - You mean like this?
I totally did that a couple times, but not quite as extreme as in that link.
Linda - I find that unevenly dilated eyes are directly related to crazy. Thankfully, I outgrew that phase, but it was probably a worrisome problem for my mother...
Gigi - Thanks, Gigi! Can you imagine what would have happened if my mom gave me a bomb kit instead of crayons and paper, though?
- February 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- Dear Mason... said...
I think you accidently drew my son in a dress...
- February 24, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- Untypically Jia said...
I've been having a crap day, but this totally made me laugh. You have a great way of doing that.
- February 24, 2010 at 5:20 PM
- Homemaker Man said...
I love the tiny angry punch. It's like you were a combination of carrie, the firestarter, and John McEnroe. Also, good looks on the toddler tees. We are in discussions about colors/numbers now!
- February 24, 2010 at 5:26 PM
I love how simple but hilarious your drawings are. They always make me smile (kinda like Natalie Dee!)
- February 24, 2010 at 5:28 PM
- dogimo said...
This could be like, a how-to parenting manual. Look how well this whole situation resolved.
I believe you Allie! That dang kid drew all over that wall.
- February 24, 2010 at 5:45 PM
- Sarah P said...
Yes! That's awesome! You totally should have colored all over her.
We have a children's book by Berkeley Breathed. I highly recommend it. It's called "Mars Needs Moms." In it, the mom doesn't get what's so funny about "sister tinting."
- February 24, 2010 at 5:57 PM
- ShineForLife said...
Your mom must have been incredibly patient. Mine yelled at me when I drew on the tiles. But I was ten, and probably should have known better - paper solves all problems.
- February 24, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Tony said...
Oddly, that's how I see my older sister...she used to hit my mom, and she blamed stuff on me all the time. But I guess that's what all older siblings do.
- February 24, 2010 at 6:06 PM
- Ed said...
Cartoon Allie is sooo cute & demonic.
Oh look, she's still wearing the same pink dress.
- February 24, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- Quinn said...
The picture after "No! Don't punch mommy!" made me LOL for at least 10 minutes...
- February 24, 2010 at 6:29 PM
- P.T said...
Epic! I'm surprised Blogs of Note hasn't featured you yet...or have they?
- February 24, 2010 at 7:15 PM
- juskaulani said...
Holy jeez, this whole time every time I saw "Allie's" posts I thought they were you. Awkward. lol.
And that's a lot of drawings.
Don't little siblings kind of ruin your life when their first born?
- February 24, 2010 at 7:22 PM
- Shana said...
Blame it on the baby! Great idea.
- February 24, 2010 at 7:31 PM
- --V said...
I especially like the one where baby sister is quietly gnawing on a crayon.
- February 24, 2010 at 7:43 PM
- Kait said...
you are cutest fucking cartoon child I've ever seen. even the crazytown child moments. especially them.
- February 24, 2010 at 7:49 PM
- Layla Winterborne said...
Dude. I'm pretty sure that my boyfriend is going to leave me for you. ;)
- February 24, 2010 at 7:56 PM
- MODG said...
i super heart you but you know that.
- February 24, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- Youthful Wisdom said...
hahah omg these cracked me up :)
- February 24, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Oh Allie. I loved this. It's a nice tribute to your mom that it ended so well. If you put that Bicycle one on a t-shirt I will totally buy it.
- February 24, 2010 at 8:55 PM
- Harini said...
hahaha.... awesome!! I loved this... i seem to say this to every post of yours :P.
- February 24, 2010 at 10:26 PM
- The Randomist said...
I once drew a stick figure mural going up the wall beside the stairs... except I carved it into the paint with the stick part of my belt fastener... I then blamed it on the neighbor's dog. I don't know why they didn't believe me, that dog was like a Picasso ninja.
- February 24, 2010 at 11:54 PM
- Lilee▲ said...
haha awesome!
- February 25, 2010 at 5:10 AM
- Rita/Fighting Off Frumpy said...
This looks like a drawing of my life - only I'm the mommy and I have sons. But close!
- February 25, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- Moooooog35 said...
My childhood is pretty identical except for the dress and baby brother and there was more smoke bombs and lighting of my Star Wars toys on fire involved.
If you could draw that shit up, I'd appreciate it.
- February 25, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Assertive Wit said...
you have to make a book of all these awesome pictures and stories you draw!!! it's too hilarious and I would DEFINITELY buy it!!!
- February 25, 2010 at 7:41 AM
- Blaise said...
Haha! I love the demon toddler eyes. and teeth! Your cartoons are excellent, keep it up!
- February 25, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Chl said...
I want a "I WANT A BICYCLE" t-shirt. Now hop-to chicky! :)
- February 25, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- *uncorked said...
That is amazing. My mother's two favorite pictures of me as a kid were taken on the same day - in one, it looks like I have little silver stars in my big blue eyes, and in the other, the red-eye is overwhelming and you can see my fang teeth. I'm going to forward this to her. She'll love it.
- February 25, 2010 at 8:47 AM
- Brutalism said...
Was it hard to have a two-dimensional childhood? I used to see the two-dimensional kids in my class and think how hard that must be...but I suppose we all have our crosses to bear.
Love your perspective on things.
- February 25, 2010 at 8:55 AM
Seems like you were a wonderfully delightful child!
- February 25, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- Hipstercrite said...
You should totally have a Sunday comic.
- February 25, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- malou said...
Hahaha. Haven't changed a bit!
Bahaha. Just kidding.
Left an award for you on my blog!
Love, Malou.
- February 25, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Sam Liu said...
What a delightful childhood you had, and even then, you were an enthusiastic artist and drawer!
Awesome post :)
- February 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Alice said...
so the lesson i take away from this is that you should have a new kid every time an existing one demands a bicycle.
those duggar kids must have wanted A LOT of bikes.
- February 25, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Brian O'Mara-Croft said...
When I was a child, I would go into my parents' room, trash it with my mom's makeup, and then run to my mom and tell her my brother just messed up her room. I'd be thanked for letting her know, and he'd get a spanking.
I'm pretty sure I have the penthouse suite in Hell reserved.
- February 25, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Jenny Brown said...
You're frickin' hilarious.......I want some of whatever your on - seriously Can't wait to read more of your posts..... :):)
- February 25, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- Dyinetch said...
You are so my new favorite! Really funny stuff. Im your newest follower!
- February 25, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- Dyinetch said...
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- February 25, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- Dyinetch said...
In case youre wondering, i deleted the 2nd comment because its just the same as the first one. I accidentally clicked publish your comment twice! LOL
- February 25, 2010 at 1:20 PM
Hehe, that was cute.
- February 25, 2010 at 1:49 PM
- Cheryl said...
More people should have moms like you.
- February 25, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Simone Says... said...
crayons. yum. and your mom was brilliant finding an outlet for your creativity. thank her for me.
- February 25, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Christina In Wonderland said...
Ah, the life of an older sibling. Lol. Great way of handling it, Allie.
Your evilness astounds even me. :)
- February 25, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Tgoette said...
Awesome drawings as usual! So nice to see how well your drawing has evolved over the years! Funny post!
- February 25, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Sharon Needles said...
I'm with --V: I loved it all, but my favourite image is off the baby chewing the crayons.
Surely you are familiar with the twisted and random Don Hertzfeldt?
- February 25, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- Lewis Siragusa said...
I'm a sucker for happy endings
- February 27, 2010 at 11:08 PM
- Amanda West said...
I think I would be a little scared to be your sister...
Just sayun.
- February 28, 2010 at 7:20 PM
Just discovered your blog & love it--This one is my oldest daughter to a tee--except instead of crayons she had a knack for finding Sharpies I thought were out of her reach.
- March 4, 2010 at 8:40 AM


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Since February is "American Heart Health" month, I thought I would post a recent article I came across from Inside Heart. Many people on heart medication are not aware of certain foods that should be avoided as they may cause adverse reactions to the medication.
Article from Inside Heart:
A good million of Americans across the world are on herbal remedies that can help them keep a check on their high cholesterol or even their depression. While they might consider these herbs safe, since they're all natural, this may be far from the truth. The combination of herbs and the other allopathic medications that you're already on could be deadly and even fatal sometimes.
Read on to learn about the natural foods that should be avoided when you're having a heart problem to deal with.
This belongs to the onion family and can be found commercially in the form of a pill, extract or oil.
To lower the LDL or the bad cholesterol in a person's system. It is also used as a blood thinner or as a mode of combating atherosclerosis.
The ability to be a blood thinning element will increase the risks of people who are on anti-clotting drugs.
This is the extract from the leaves of a plant called the gingko plant or also known as
maidenhair tree. It is generally sold in capsule form or can be used as tea.
It is mainly used to improve memory in the case of people with Alzheimer's or to prevent dementia; but is also known to better circulatory patterns of a person's system.
It could interfere with the usage of certain drugs that are meant to de-clot the arteries.
This is the root of the Echinacea plant, which is available in dried form or the extracted form and is known to be sold as either a tea, juice or a capsule.
It is used to prevent the common cold or flu-like symptoms and is said to boost the immune system.
It is said to increase the risks related to liver damage and this gets associated with the usage of drugs that help in lowering a person's cholesterol level.
St. John's Wort:
This is a yellow flowering plant which is known as Hypercium Perforatum. It is known to be sold in the capsule, liquid extract and tea form.
It is primarily used in the treatment of anxiety and depression. It could also be utilized to treat certain types of sleep disorders.
It is said to affect the body's capability to absorb the number of prescription medications and may be detrimental to the efficacy of certain drugs which are known to treat heart rhythm disorders and high blood pressure.
Certain other herbs like ginger, alfalfa, fenugreek, bilberry and others are known to hinder the job of medicines like warfarin which are known for their blood thinning abilities. It would be recommended that they're not consumed when any sort of heart health medication is being consumed.


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Friday, 10 July 2009
What happened to all those "crazy" pregnant runners?
Recently, I read that Line Pedersen, a Danish woman between 3 and 4 months pregnant, took second place in the European Championship in Mountainbike Orienteering.
This inspired me to write a post dedicated to a few women (who I met through my blog) who ran through their entire pregnancy. Below are pictures of the happy mothers with their girls (links to their blogs are found in the column to the right).
First, Enthused. She is 42 and ran through her entire pregnancy (avg 21 miles/week). She gained 18 lbs and reported a complication-free pregnancy. Enthused kept an incredible journal of her pregnancy experience and is a great resource for exercising pregnant women.
Here is the nearly 8 lb Cadence.
And here is the happy mom 14 days after delivery.
Then there is Joy. She also ran through her entire pregnancy, had an at-home delivery and gave birth to a 7 lb 5 oz girl. The picture below says everything.
Here she is with her baby girl, Selah.
And here is Heather (Ad Astra, Per Aspera), who also ran all the way through pregnancy. She even raced at 39 weeks! She gave birth to an 8lb 10 oz girl, Angeline Marie. Here she is with her almost one year old daughter.
I hope this is reassuring to all of you exercising moms-to-be out there!
And these are just the ladies I have pictures of and info on. I would love to hear from more of you if you've had your baby.
Running Song of The Day: Engel by Rasmus Seebach
11 comments:
- cherelli said...
Thankyou for showing those great ladies off, it is so reassuring! I have 6 weeks til my first IM and then B and I will finish with baby making dress rehearsals about a month later...and I will definitely be referring to a few of these blogs for reassurance should all actually go to plan :) Cheers!
- 10 July 2009 at 16:47
- SteveQ said...
Minnesota legend Sue Olsen was a decade ahead of you, running Grandma's Marathon a week before giving birth and doing an ultra the week after. Her son John's a tween now and has taken up distance running.
- 10 July 2009 at 18:08
- Marathon Princess said...
Thanks for these, it is so inspiring to see so many women continuing to run through pregnancy. I am a little over 12 weeks with my first and have so far run a marathon, half marathon and finished 2nd AG in a duathlon while pregnant. I will continue to race (for fun) until the end.
The picture of the woman at 14 days postbaby is great I hate hearing everyone say it will take months to lose the weight, great to see.
- 12 July 2009 at 03:00
- sea legs girl said...
Glad it was reassuring! But I have to ask, what is IM and then B mean? I have a guess, but don't want to write anything too stupid.
Yes! I had heard rumors of a Sue Olsen from a good friend of mine, who ran with her while pregnant.
That is just amazing! You have done A LOT in 12 weeks. I am looking forward to following you through your pregnancy!
- 13 July 2009 at 08:29
- Ewen said...
Hi, just letting you know the link to Ingrid Kristiansen has moved -
By the way, Elaine races rarely these days (due to nagging injuries), but last year was running around 25 minutes for 6k.
- 13 July 2009 at 12:11
- sea legs girl said...
Thanks so much for that update, Ewen. And I have changed the link.
- 13 July 2009 at 17:39
Hi again, Sea Legs! Thanks for the kind words and the link to your blog! Cadence and I are doing great - happy, healthy, and looking forward to running again in a week or two!
Thought you might like to see this if you haven't already - Denmark was recently named "The Happiest Place on Earth".
Glad to see you are doing well. The Bois is the absolute cutest!
- 15 July 2009 at 19:44
- Layna (aka Willow) said...
Sealegs -- I've been an on again, off again reader of your blog for the last year ago. I have two little girls (2 and a half and 5 months) and ran all the way through both pregnancies. If you'll send me your email address, I'll send more details. Thanks!
- 17 July 2009 at 00:17
- er said...
Hi Sea Legs,
I am another pregnant (though soon not to be - due in 8 days) runner who has been following your blog as well as several of the blogs you are linked to. These blogs have been great resources as I have not found a lot of peer-reviewed, scientific literature on high level athletes exercising during pregnancy (other than the Clapp studies which were helpful but not as quantified as I would have liked, at least not in his book - never read the actual articles). It would be a neat project to compile everyone's stats into a spreadsheet i.e. miles run before pregnancy, miles run during 1st, 2nd & 3rd trimester, # of days to return to running post-pregnancy, pre-pregnancy bmi, weight gain, maternal blood pressure, baby weight at birth, # of days/weeks to return to pre-pregnancy weight etc. etc. What do you think? Worth doing?
- 17 July 2009 at 23:29
- sea legs girl said...
Sorry... arrived in the US a few days ago and haven't had much chance to use the internet.
Enthused, funny thing about Denmark, is I think Danes are just the most willing to respond that they are happy. Could have to do with the translation of "happy" to "lykkelig"
Lanya, that is great! My email address is email@example.com.
er, I know exactly what you mean about the lack of data on the more "extreme" end of exercising in pregnancy and would love to compile data to get some meaningful statistics. Of course, everything that is compiled AFTER pregnancy is biased in the sense that those who have bad outcomes are less likely to be included. A large, randomized controlled trial would be ideal, but also would never happen since no one wants to be assigned to a certain amount of exercise at the beginning of their pregnancy. If a spreadsheet were compiled, I'm just not sure what conclusions, if any, we could draw from the data. Any other thoughts?
- 19 July 2009 at 16:27
- Joy Joy said...
I'm honored to be a featured lady on your blog! I just saw the post today and you made my day. I was so happy to be able to exercise through pregnancy and shortly after delivery--I took a total of just under 3 weeks off around Selah's birth. Despite the exercise, I still gained a lot of weight during pregnancy (~40 lbs). Apparently it was mostly water because I am now just 4 pounds over my preprego weight and lost 28 pounds within 5 days of having my daughter. Cheers to going for it while prego!
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A clutch fourth quarter scoring drive and a last minute fourth-down stop at the 14 yard-line Saturday gave Wabash a 22-16 win over Allegheny College.
The ninth-rated Little Giants improved to 8-0 and will host Wittenberg (7-1) Saturday for what often plays out to be the NCAC championship game.
"We fought hard obviously but we made a lot of mistakes," Coach Erik Raeburn said. "But we had great effort. This is always a tough trip to deal with coming this far. With a big game coming next week we'll take any win we can get here."
Allegheny put the Little Giants on edge opening the fourth quarter with a 13-play, 39-yard drive capped by Ryan Zipf's 38-yard field for a 16-14 Gator lead. But Wabash responded with a 49-yard drive of its own.
Chase Belton hit Wes Chamblee for a 23-yard gain then four plays later found Jonathan Horn from 19 yards to reclaim the lead 22-16 with just over three minutes to play.
The Wabash defense stopped Allegheny's next drive and then got a break when Gator punter Andy Dejong, one the top statistical punters in the nation, shanked a kick for 16 yards. Wabash took over with five minutes to play and a chance to run out the clock. Vann Hunt ran for 15 yards but then fumbled on his next carry.
Allegheny then went on a march downfield. The Gators ran off 10 plays to move the ball to the Wabash 13. Quarterback Jordan Fowler fired a low fourth-down pass at Matt Griffith that was broken up nicely by Little Giant safety Andrew Gibson.
"I guess this one was more of a nail biter than what we've had this year," Raeburn said. "You have to figure out a way to win those games. We came up with a big stop when we needed it after we turned the ball over."
Chamblee got the scoring started with a 28-yard catch and easy run into the end zone. After the first of three Zipf field goals and a Gheny TD catch from Dan Lubarda, Chase Belton scored just before halftime on a three-yard run for 14-10.
"They always play physical and they always have a good game plan," said Chamblee, who finished with six catches for 104 yards. "We always have to be sharp when we come to Allegheny."
Chamblee had modest numbers in the return game as Gheny went to great lengths to kick away from him the entire game. Wabash was starting drives at midfield throughout the contest.
"I'm not disturbed by it at all, they're giving up field position," Chamblee said. "I think this game is a wake-up call. I think we expected a hard fought game. But we were able to come out on top in this game and it gives us a little momentum for the next two weeks."
Allegheny was primed for the Little Giants arrival in Meadville with a bye week and extra preparation time. The Gators churned out 97 rushing yards to Wabash's 63. The hosts also had more passing yardage, 240-208.
The bye week is an advantage for a team, Raeburn believes. Wittenberg's bye fell this past weekend.
"Wittenberg will be the fourth game this year where a team had a bye the week before," Raeburn said. "So thank you conference scheduler. Most conferences have a rule that that doesn't happen. Obviously, our conference doesn't so this will be the fourth game like that.
"I've had years where I had a bye week and it came at times we were playing great. A week off helps those teams to have two weeks to prepare for us. They can make sure all their guys with little bumps and bruises are feeling good. But thanks to our conference scheduling this will be fourth time a team has had a bye before playing us."


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Salt Lake City, UT (SportsNetwork.com) - Coming off a heart-breaking loss in Tempe, the fourth-ranked Arizona Wildcats seek a quick turnaround, as they continue their current three-game road trip on Wednesday evening against the Utah Utes at the Huntsman Center.
Sean Miller's Wildcats have had a hugely successful campaign thus far, but the team gave up a little bit of ground in the Pac-12 standings over the weekend, dropping a 69-66 2OT affair to rival Arizona State. With the loss, Arizona fell to 10-2 in league play, still atop the conference standings, but by just one game over UCLA.
It has been a tale of two seasons for Larry Krystkowiak's Utes, who have posted 16 of their 17 wins at home this year, with just one defeat at the Huntsman Center, as opposed to its ugly 1-7 mark outside of Salt Lake City. Utah earned its first road win last week at USC, but faltered two days later with Saturday's 80-66 loss at UCLA. The Utes are now 6-7 in the Pac-12, good for seventh place.
Utah is clinging to a 28-26 series lead over Arizona, but the Wildcats have closed the gap with eight straight wins over the Utes, including a 65-56 decision in Tucson on Jan. 26.
Struggling offensively for most of the game, Arizona was simply unable to outlast Arizona State last weekend at Wells Fargo Arena, dropping a three- point decision after two overtimes. The Wildcats shot a mere .359 from the floor and compounded the problem with a 16-of-30 showing from the free-throw line in the loss. T.J. McConnell led the team with 17 points, although he was guilty of six turnovers. Nick Johnson checked in with 14 points, while Aaron Gordon and Kaleb Tarczewski finished with 13 points apiece in the loss.
The Wildcats aren't a flashy offensive team on most nights, but they are usually efficient, shooting .466 from the floor en route to 73.1 ppg. Where the team has dominated is on the defensive end, holding foes to just 57.6 ppg (fourth nationally), on .379 shooting (fifth nationally). The team also boasts a stellar +9.5 rebounding margin. Johnson leads the way offensively with 15.8 ppg. Gordon has delivered as a freshman with 11.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. The team lost Brandon Ashley (11.5 ppg) to injury a couple of weeks ago, but there is depth in the form of Tarczewski (9.8 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (8.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg). McConnell doesn't add much in terms of scoring (7.9 ppg), but ranks fourth in the conference in assists (5.4 apg).
While Arizona relies on its defensive play, Utah is a much more offensive- minded squad. The Utes are averaging a solid 78.7 ppg, while ranking fifth in the nation in field-goal percentage (.499). Utah also does a solid job on the glass with a +4.2 rebounding margin. Delon Wright, a 6-5 guard, is one of the most versatile playmakers in the conference, leading the team in scoring (16.2 ppg), assists (5.5 apg), steals (2.68 spg) and blocks (33), while ranking second in rebounding (6.8 rpg). Wright is ranked 13th in the nation and first in the Pac-12, shooting a scorching .592 from the floor. Jordan Loveridge can also fill up the basket at 15.6 ppg, and is tops on the team in rebounding (7.6 rpg). Brandon Taylor rounds out the top scoring threats on the roster at 10.8 ppg.
Utah kept things close early on, trailing UCLA by only two points at the half (33-31), but the Bruins turned on the burners over the final 20 minutes, shooting 64.3 percent in the second half to pull away for the 14-point decision. Wright had another strong all-around game, posting 16 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three blocks, but got little help from his teammates. Utah was outrebounded 38-29 and shot a modest 41.8 percent from the floor overall.


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The positive spin on a possible cooler housing market.
A cooler housing market isn't all bad news, a major Canadian bank says.
Lower prices could benefit young couples struggling to save for a down payment and also retirees who dream of moving to British Columbia, the report by CIBC World Markets predicts.
While slowing home sales will "take a bite" out of Canada's economic growth, "less well understood" is the fact there will be winners and losers across the economy, the report released Thursday said.
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To avoid confusion, follow the NEC sequence when performing your circuit calculations. You'll see this sequence in each of the Annex D examples. You'll also see it in the structure of the Chapter 2 articles.
Getting circuit calculations right is a multi-phase process. In Phase 1, you describe the application. Look at each of the Annex D examples, and you see a short paragraph that does exactly this. Don't mistake this as being purely for the sake of laying out the background for the story problem. It's really an illustration of what information you need to collect on the application before you start calculating loads and sizing conductors. Begin with the one-line diagram.
Think of load calculations as Phase 2 of a multi-phase process. If you look at each of the Annex D examples, you'll notice a recurring methodology. The designer first characterizes each load as either continuous or noncontinuous, then lists it under the appropriate heading. When this is done, the next steps then become simple to execute:
- Add up the noncontinuous loads;
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Preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C.Transfer the chicken and leeks to a 1.2 litre pie dish with a slotted spoon – leave the stock in the pan. Make a paste with the flour and 1 tbsp cold water. Thin with 2 tbsp stock then add to the pan and stir on the heat non-stop until thickened. Take off the heat, stir in the watercress and crème fraîche, season and pour over the chicken and leeks. Cool.
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CNN's senior legal analyst said on Thursday's Starting Point that "some of these Republican judges are just deranged by hatred of the President." Jeffrey Toobin was railing against the three-judge panel on the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court that had made the Justice Department write a three page memo about the Obama administration's take on judicial review.
Toobin called the act a "disgrace." However, though President Obama had said the Supreme Court overturning his health care law would be "unprecedented" and "judicial activism," Toobin defended his remarks as "entirely appropriate."
In response to those remarks, one of the three Fifth Circuit Court judges expressed concern over Obama's remarks and the panel then made the Justice Department explain just what the administration had in mind about judicial review, through a single-spaced three page letter.
Actions like that, said Toobin, reveal a "hatred" of the President. "That was a perfectly appropriate comment by the President and it just shows how some of these Republican judges are just deranged by hatred of the President," he insisted.
The Blaze.com's Will Cain called Toobin out for his analysis of Obama's remarks. "I find the President's statement that was the predication for this, really I find that unprecedented as well. You find it completely normal," he told Toobin.
Cain said that presidents have clashed with the Court before, but after certain decisions had been ruled on, unlike Obama who made his comments before the Court has reached a verdict. "It's hard not to see that as some sort of influence, warning, intimidation," he insisted.
A transcript of the segment, which aired on April 5 at 7:16 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: Obama administration scrambling to meet this deadline now. It comes from Republican-appointed federal judges. And those judges want answers in writing after the President made kind of a controversial remark about the Supreme Court's upcoming decision over his health care law. Here's what he said.
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BARACK OBAMA, (D) President of the United States: I'm confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress.
(End Video Clip)
O'BRIEN: So that was what the President said in a press conference. Some people say the president was warning the justices not to overturn the law. It didn't sit very well with the three-judge panel hearing a different challenge to the same law. And here's what one of those judges, his name is Jerry Smith, said in court.
(Video Clip)
JERRY SMITH, judge, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: He was referring, of course, to ObamaCare to what he termed 'a broad consensus of majorities in both houses of Congress.' That has troubled a number of people who have read it as somehow a challenge to the federal courts or to their authority, or to the appropriateness of the concept of judicial review. And that's not a small matter.
(End Video Clip)
O'BRIEN: Hence, Jeff Toobin, CNN legal analyst. I said that you call this a pissing match, but I got that wrong. You called this a hissy fit.
TOOBIN: A hissy fit. I think what these judges have done is a disgrace. What President Obama said was entirely appropriate. There is nothing wrong, there's nothing controversial. He said I signed a law that was passed by the democratically-elected Congress and I think it's constitutional.
And then these judges give the Justice Department a homework assignment, a three-page letter, single-spaced, explaining what the President said. They don't have to explain what the President said. That was a perfectly appropriate comment by the President and it just shows how some of these Republican judges are just deranged by hatred of the President.
O'BRIEN: But isn't the role of the Supreme Court to overturn stuff that's unconstitutional?
TOOBIN: If they find it.
O'BRIEN: Right.
TOOBIN: And there's nothing that Obama said that was contrary to that. The President has no leverage over the Supreme Court. He can't threaten – what's he going to threaten to do? If you rule this way, I won't – if you rule this way, I'm not going to invite you to a state dinner. I mean, that's about his only leverage.
CAIN: This is where I must step in, and I totally agree with you, Jeff. This is a very odd requirement.
O'BRIEN: Hissy fit.
WILL CAIN, CNN contributor: Three-page letter, single spaced, explaining the President's views on judicial review. That being said, I find the President's statement that was the predication for this, really I find that unprecedented as well. You find it completely normal. But while judicial review has been a 250-year-old concept that the country has lived by, presidents have at times had problems with it. Jefferson. FDR had a court-packing incident. But those all happened after court decisions. ObamaCare tries this extraordinary and unprecedented before the Supreme Court made their decision. It's hard not to see that as some sort of influence, warning, intimidation.
TOOBIN: To do what?
CAIN: To rule in his favor.
JOHN FUGELSANG, comedian: What's he going to do if they don't?
TOOBIN: His administration wrote a brief asking them to rule in his favor. So it's not exactly a secret.
O'BRIEN: Everyone knows they want the justices to rule in theirs favor.
FUGELSANG: – what side the President's on here.
CAIN: He continues to call it unprecedented, extraordinary exercise of judicial power, from an unelected group of members. He's putting a lot of language in here, Jeff, that suggests it would be totally off-base for the Supreme Court to apply judicial review to his favorite law.
TOOBIN: And that's what his Justice Department said to the justices last week. I mean, there is no secret about the Obama administration's position on this issue. I don't see why the President saying it, the Attorney General saying it, the Solicitor General saying it –
CAIN: Because it calls into question the legitimacy of their decision, not his disagreement but the legitimacy to make the decision.
TOOBIN: He didn't say anything about their legitimacy. He said my interpretation of the law is the following. He's an American citizen. He has the right to express his opinion.
O'BRIEN: Okay, so let's talk bigger picture. So bigger picture. How is what is really a political statement at a press conference becoming sort of a judicial statement, right? Shouldn't the two of them really –
TOOBIN: Well, I think what I have devoted my career to attempting to prove is that the line between law and politics is essentially nonexistent. When you have cases like this, when you have cases like abortion, affirmative action, these are essentially political decisions being made by individuals who wear black robes, but they are, in essence, political decisions. And I think the more we recognize that and the more we eliminate this artificial line, this sort of idealistic but really meaningless line between law and politics, the better, because I think that's the way the world works.


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RFK Jr., : "Is Your Vote Safe?"
Interview with Mike Papantonio, Air America Radio
Bobby: "There are about 30 scams the Republicans are deliberately using, particularly in the swing states to get Democratic voters off the rolls. These scams originate in the so-called Help America Vote Act which was passed after the Florida debacle in the year 2000. It was originally suggested by Democrats and Republicans but it was passed by a Republican congress with a Republican senate and a Republican president. And instead of reforming what happened in Florida it basically institutionalized all the problems that happened in Florida. And institutionalized a series of impediments that make it very difficult for Democrats to register, for Democrats to vote and then for Democrats to have their vote counted.
"One of these requirements under HAVA is called "the perfect match" and what that does is little known but it is devastating. A quarter of the voters in Colorado have just been removed from the rolls because of this – just this one scam. And what it does is they use a computer system to compare your registration application to all other government records of you in the state. So they'll look at your social security records, your motor vehicle records and any time you've had any interaction with the government and if there is any information on your voter registration that is different than the information on another government record that they find they remove you from the voting rolls.
"For example, if I registered as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and yet my motor vehicle license said Robert Frances Kennedy Jr. I'd be removed from the rolls. If your initial is different, if you leave an initial out, if you leave a "Jr." out, if you leave a hyphen out in your name. And what they've done is a study in New York that said 80% of the errors are errors that were done by state clerks who are taking down this information. And particularly immigrant communities that people tend to vote Democratic, people have names … spell Muhammad with an "o" instead of a "u" (crosstalk)
Pap: "Are the Democrats Suing to Stop This?"
Bobby: "No, the Democrats are doing nothing to stop it. In New Jersey, which is a swing state, 300,000 voters in New Jersey were just sent letters saying that they are now ineligible to vote. New Jersey is nice enough to actually notify them – most states will not even notify them. And New Jersey intends to send out 870,000 letters so that is three quarters of a million people off the voting rolls in a state that could decide this vote by 50,000 votes. And these are Democrats that are being pushed off the rolls.
Bobby: "Let me tell you about one other of these scams people should know about. If you're a newly registered voter – and of course the Democrats have done these gigantic registration drives – 12 million people on registration – if you're a new voter you MUST include your license or some other state I.D. when you come to vote. What that means is that if you're a college kid (and college kids now – they're sending in absentee ballots – they're not going to the voting place, they do everything online or they do everything remotely – they don't dream of going to the precinct house voting on election day and waiting in a long line) so if they send in the absentee ballot and they don't include a color copy of their license their vote is going to be thrown into a trash can. And none of these people know this because you have had to read the law in order to know it. So there is no notification for when you fill out your registration form, so all of those 12 million people that the Democrats have registered: those ballots are going to be just thrown out.
Pap: "And if Democrats won't talk about this how the hell's anybody gonna know about it? I'm involved with this kind of thing every day – I didn't know that until you just told me. The media is not talking about it. How in the hell is somebody gonna find this out? It's just incredible.
Bobby: "Hopefully – Obama is getting 66 million dollars a month – hopefully somebody in the Democratic organization is going to pay some attention to this before election day."
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Kim (front, center) and her teammates enjoy some free time in Buenos Aires.
Harvard field hockey player Kim Goh is traveling in Argentina with the U.S. Women's Under-19 National Team and has checked in with some updates on the trip and her team's progress.
Blog Entry #3 - Friday, April 9, 2010
Since our first game, we've played the Argentinian U19s again as well as one of the top clubs, GEBA. Unfortunately both games ended in losses, 3-0 to the U19s and 5-0 to GEBA. Against the U19s, we were able to control the game during the first quarter, but Argentina was able to monopolize on a penalty corner, following with another goal in the first half and one in the second.
Despite the hard loss, we came the next day to play GEBA ready to learn from our first two games and give a strong performance. GEBA is one of the best clubs in Argentina and is home to Luciana Aymar--voted best female player in the world six times in her career. The team we played was one of the club's best (even though Aymar, who is injured, didn't play). Although the end result wasn't spectacular, the team gained a good experience that will help us in our final game against Banfield club tomorrow.
Today we also had our first off day, which we spent getting to know the city of Buenos Aires. Some of the highlights included a visit to Evita's grave site in Recoleta Cemetery and exploring La Boca, the harbor region of the city where the tango was first invented. In La Boca, we also got a view of the stadium where the Boca Juniors play. The Boca Juniors are one of the best soccer clubs in Argentina, and their cross-town rivalry with the River Plate club nearly divides Argentina's fans in two. The Superclásico (when the two clubs play each other) is considered by many to be a must-have experience in a lifetime, and it's not hard to say why after seeing the fans in La Boca, where the streets are literally painted blue and gold--the colors of the Boca Juniors.
Blog Entry #2 - Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Yesterday, the U.S. started off our tour by beating the Argentinian U19 national team, 2-1. We were a little nervous in the first half and let them take the first goal off a penalty corner; however, in the second half things started to come together and we managed to come up with two goals and a win.
We'll play them again later today so we'll see if we can go 2-0 in these first two days of play. Off the field, most of our time is spent wandering beautiful Buenos Aires, trying local food and shops. Argentinian desserts are a big favorite with the team, and it seems like the tour managers over-budgeted our meals so we have extra money to stock up on chocolates and ice cream after breakfast and lunch...we've apparently convinced the coaches that these "victory meals" are good luck so long as we keep winning. Go USA.
Blog Entry #1 - Sunday, April 4, 2010
So, we're officially on our way to Argentina after two days of training at UMD. For most of the team, this will be their first time out of the country, as well as our first time representing the U.S. Most of our time thus far has been devoted to getting everybody on the same page as far as game tactics and structure, and we'll have to keep working on that during our training sessions early next week before we play the Argentinian national team on Tuesday.
One of our teammates grew up in Argentina, so she's been teaching us Spanish and telling us about all the things we'll have to try once we get to Buenos Aires. Needless to say, excitement is high and everyone's ready to finally get the trip underway!


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The one part of my life which I have never really looked at until recently was how I feel about same sex relationships. Many years ago, in 1977 I had a radio show in Australia. This was 5 years before I opened the metaphysical doorway. It was a 3 hour show every Friday morning and I was the most popular person each week on the radio. Mainly because people loved my English accent, and I realize now, that people were affected by my energy even then, as one woman had said to me, you are so comforting on the radio! I had to have a theme for my show, and I had heard a piece of music which I just loved, it was called Billitus, and I was not to know it was the music from a film about lesbians! I just loved the music. This piece of music played my show in and played it out. One day, I had a letter from a woman who told me she loved my show and would love to meet me. Her name was Elizabeth and she was married with two children. I arranged to meet her a few days after the letter arrived. (There was no email then as far as I recall) We met in town, had a delicious lunch and talked and talked. Elizabeth seemed so nice and invited me back to her house to see photo's of her children and talk further. I went along quite innocently.
During my visit to her home, she made a cup of tea for me and sat down at my feet. There she began to tell me how much she loved me, how she loved my show and wanted to be with me. I did not know what to do, because I certainly did not feel the same way. I also felt embarrassed, deeply embarrassed. I was married with children myself, I was not happy in my marriage, but the thought of being with another woman was YUK!! I could not get out of the house quick enough. She had given me a book by Karlil Gibran over our lunch, called "The Prophet" apparently I had mentioned on air I loved Gibran's writing, and did not have a book. I left the book behind in my effort to leave the house as quickly as I could. When I got home, I felt sick, I also felt "dirty" as if I had been invaded. Elizabeth tried to contact me at the radio station by phone, but I refused to take her calls. She sent the Karlil Gibran book by mail, with a nice card; I threw it in the bin. I cannot believe I did it now, but at the time I was so confused and embarrassed. It was as if the book was a part of what had taken place. I changed the music also in the show to something quite different. I shut the experience completely out of my mind and got on with my life, moving house and area a few years later.
After my experience with Elizabeth, many years passed without my having to face the issue again. Meantime the Aids issue became big, and then waned off. It was considered if you were gay as these relationships were known as, that you would get Aids. However, I was getting on with my life, experiencing a recession where I was a major player, and discovering metaphysics. I met quite a few gay people during this time, but kept on the outside of their energy, as I was so frightened what had happened before, would happen again. When I became a clairvoyant reader I had a few clients who were gay and the energy I channeled for them was so filled with love and understanding, but still myself, I had huge difficulty in understanding them. When Maitreya entered my life, one of the first things he began teaching me was love for all humanity no matter who. I had always had love in my heart for everyone, but this issue of gay people was a big block for me to get by.
Maitreya taught me that love in any form was the most beautiful thing people could have. He also taught me about sexual pleasure and how important it was for our spiritual/higher consciousness development, but also for OUR pleasure. Personally I had never had an orgasm; I had to admit I was very inexperienced in the sexual area. In fact to be honest I was downright embarrassed at the talk of sex, and at doing anything other than what basically my parents did. Maitreya led me to books which explained sex in a whole new way; He taught me through many different ways about sexual energy, once leading me through the tease of a book in a shop window on tantric sex, into a shop where I had to ask for the book. The shop was very busy and the owner said very loudly when I asked for the book in the window "Oh the book on tantric sex." which made everyone look up and my cheeks to go bright red!! One day, I woke up in the morning and felt I had a Penis and testicles; it was as if etherically I did. I could feel the testicles heavy between my legs, and as the day progressed, my Penis rose at the very thought of sex or at the vision of any pretty woman who crossed my path. Thoughts of Elizabeth again surfaced. I learned what it feels like to be a man for the day, and I must be the only female who knows what the tingle feels like before a man has an orgasm. However, after one day, it was over, but not before I had learned that men are totally different to women and understanding the male energy a lot better. It was then Maitreya told me he did not like the word gay. He preferred to use the word "free." Because he said these people who had same sex relationships were free, they had freed themselves from the binding of conditioning. It took a big commitment to be free and so he wrote a teaching about this. He counseled me on the subject of same sex relationships. I told him it was OK with me, but I did not feel it was for me. He told me that was OK but not to judge and more than ever not to be afraid of these people (which I had to admit I was.) I had been brought up by parents who called these people faggots and other such names.
I had to learn to uncondition myself which was not an easy task. However I found myself becoming more and more understanding. Maitreya brought free couples into my life to show me how their love was given and received. By now, free people were beginning to have families, and a lot of controversy was created because of this. However, I began to think after seeing quite a few couples, why should they not do this? I could see that many of them had so much love to give to children. The common thought was that the children of these couples would become free themselves, but after meeting a couple of families who had been brave and done this many years before and speaking to the children, they were as normal as other families, they just had two of the same sex people as parents. They said they had no feelings themselves for the same sex people. I was beginning to change.
As I began to relax more about same sex relationships, I found that I was becoming more and more understanding about other subjects as well. I found myself talking to free people up close, and actually not being frightened of doing so, something which in my early years would have freaked me out. I remember as a young girl, two particular people, one was a man called Quinten Crisp who when I was in England, came out and admitted he was free at a time when it was considered horrific. He was called all sorts of names and suffered terribly for doing so. Another was when Rock Hudson the film actor died and the press was desperately trying to prove he was free also. They never did at the time, but many years later, after of course many more people had come out, it was proved he was. I began to say, when I met a very handsome free person; "What a waste!" I was changing so much I could not believe it. In 1991 a friend of mine lost her husband to cancer. It devastated her. She had two young children and I realize now she could not face what had happened. I needed someone to help me on the road while I traveled, and she needed to get away. Leaving her children with some friends at the times I went away, we traveled together for me to do my readings and teaching. One evening, in the hotel room, she was crying in her bed over her deceased husband. I decided to get into bed with her and comfort her. As I lay there in bed with her, I found myself actually feeling good about this. She had her back to me, and all of a sudden I felt very loving towards her, I was also feeling sexual. She did not turn around, and eventually went to sleep. I went back to my own bed and lay there thinking about the experience. It did not frighten me, in fact it felt good. I asked myself what I would have done if something had happened. I came to the realization it would not have bothered me, I would have gone with the flow. I felt liberated!
Since that time, I have not had any desire for a female companion or partner. When I met and married Alan, I felt complete, as we are so alike. I knew there would be nobody else for me after Alan and Maitreya confirmed this. However, I was watching TV one night, and there was a new show on MSNBC called "The Rachel Maddow show" Rachel was an incredible woman, she was not only incredible, but openly free. I loved her in a non romantic way. Once again the feeling I had previously was back. However this time I openly welcomed it without fear or wanting to hide. It does not feel "bad" anymore to have that feeling, and I am certainly no longer afraid of it anymore. Do I still love Alan, you bet I do? I also know that I need a man in my life, but would I consider a woman if that were different? You bet you I would. I was thirty two when I met Elizabeth, and I am now sixty two. Thirty long years have passed, and during that time my belief system has totally changed. I cannot thank the world of spirit enough for enabling me to see this and to make the change I have done. Maitreya has said, love is love, it does not matter how it is used. I whole heartily agree.


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OBETZ, Ohio -- The reason Ben Speas is at ease taking on veteran defenders despite being a relative newcomer to MLS is that he's been doing it nearly his entire life.
Speas, the Columbus Crew's speedy 22-year-old midfielder, grew up with a ball to dribble and a full-sized goal to aim for in the backyard of his northeastern Ohio home.
"I've always been drawn to attacking players whether it's Ronaldinho or other Brazilians," he told MLSsoccer.com this week. "That's my favorite part of the game - dribbling. I've learned over the years the right time to take somebody on or just play quick. I love to have the ball at my feet. I feel that's when I'm most dangerous.
WATCH: Speas gets first MLS goal
"When I was little I would always be dribbling," he added. "I tell people all the time that the best thing you can do is dribble the ball. That's how you get your touch so good, get a feel for the ball."
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The Stow, Ohio, native has pushed his way into the Crew starting XI the past four matches after making his MLS debut in the 2012 season finale against Toronto FC.
"He started the last game last season and showed us a lot of good things, positive things so we were thinking about him in the lineup this year," head coach Robert Warzycha said. "But without the hard work and success he had in the preseason it wouldn't have been possible. He showed he deserved to play."
Speas has made the most of his opportunities this season, getting his first assist at Vancouver on March 9 and his initial goal two weeks later at D.C. United.
WATCH: Speas scores vs. Stoke City
He's played so well that when forward Jairo Arrieta returned from World Cup qualifying duties with Costa Rica last week Warzycha opted to keep midfielder Dominic Oduro up top so Speas could remain in the lineup against Philadelphia.
"It's all about getting the chances and having a good impression on the coaching staff and your teammates," Warzycha said.
By doing so, Speas is championing the cause for himself and the four other Home Grown players on the roster who came through the Crew Soccer Academy.
"It gives hope to all us younger guys, after struggling through his first year with injuries and fighting for time [in 2012], that he's been rewarded his second year," rookie defender Chad Barson said.
READ: Speas dedicates first MLS goal to former teammate Kirk Urso
Speas, who played two seasons for current Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter at the University of Akron before transferring to North Carolina and helping the Tar Heels claim the 2011 College Cup by scoring the winning goal, is the most successful Crew Home Grown so far. Forward Aaron Horton made one brief appearance in his first two years and is currently out after undergoing knee surgery. Goalkeeper Matt Lampson appeared in three league matches as a rookie last season, winning two, while Barson and fellow first-year midfielder Wil Trapp are awaiting their debuts.
Patience is the key said Speas, who missed the first three months of the 2012 regular season because of sports hernia surgery.
"I didn't play much in games last year, but I felt like I still learned a lot in training," he said. "If you're not playing you have to focus on yourself and getting better because eventually you're going to get out there."