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"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." Albert Einstein
As of 2017, global debt climbed to USD 237 trillion. This is about USD 100 trillion more than at the beginning of the financial crisis.
Web Source: Tanzi, A.: "Global Debt at Record Level", Bloomberg, 10 April 2018,
accessed 05 October 2018, https://www.bloomberg.com, Link to the article
Comment: Despite this massive increase in debt, global economic growth could hardly be boosted. I'm sure Einstein would have looked for another solution…

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Beaton's Prayer
The Beatons were a clan of physicians who flourished in the area of the Kingdom of Dalriada (which eventually became the "Lordship of the Isles and the Kingdom of Man") – essentially the region of Scotland and Northern Ireland occupied today by Argyll and Bute, the mid and southern Hebrides, and the Ulster counties east of the Bann Rivers – centred on Loch Finlaggan on the Island of Islay.
By the Middle Ages, the Beatons seem to have settled largely around Skye, via Armagh, but most islands and clans had Beaton physicians who dispensed a sophisticated medicine using Al-Razi's Pharmacopoeia and Ibn Sina's Qanoun. They had acquired their skills, it would appear, in Islamic Spain.
This prayer is famous in Gaelic Scotland, largely because of the incongruous, but evocative, phrase "mar an t-uisge air druim a' gheòidh"/"like the rain on the goose's back". I have taken some liberties with the translation, substituting "the Unseen" for sìthichean. This word appears usually as "the fairies", but it doesn't really mean that: the best translation would probably be "the Jinn", as the sìdhe and its inhabitant sìthichean in Celtic belief correspond fairly closely to that world identified as such in Islam. But it's a good prayer, and one that Muslims could happily use:
Ùrnaigh a' Pheutanaich
(grace said by Farquhar Beaton, who fl c 1750-c 1850)
O Thì bheannaichte, cùm ruinn, agus cuidich leinn, agus na tuiteadh do ghràs oirnn mar an t-uisge air druim a' gheòidh. An uair a bhios fear 'na éiginn air gob rubha, cuidich féin leis; agus bi mun cuairt duinn air tìr, agus maille ruinn. Gléidh an t-aosda agus an t-òga, ar mnathan agus ar pàisdean, ar spréidh agus ar feudal, o chumhachd agus o cheannas nan sìthichean, agus o mhì-rùn gach droch shùla. Bitheadh slighe réidh romhainn, agus crìoch shona air ar turas.
Beaton's Prayer
O Blessed One, provide for us, and help us, and let not Thy Grace fall on us like the rain on the goose's back. When a man is in danger on the point of a promontory, do thou succour him; and be about us on land, and along with us. Preserve the old and the young, our womenfolk and our children, our sheep and our cattle, from the power and from the dominion of the Unseen, and from the malice of every evil eye. Let a smooth path be before us, and a happy end to our journey.


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April 29-30 at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon
Oregon's unpredictable weather always keeps us questioning what we would get for the first round of the Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association (OMRRA) at Portland International Raceway (PIR). The weeks leading up to the race are always nail-biting. Fortunately, we lucked out and were given dry racing conditions and even a few rays of sun now and then.
This weekend was my first time riding my new Yamaha R1 at PIR. It had been well over a year and a half since I raced a 1000cc bike here, and I had some good competition to face off against. Friday's practice day was a learning day on the bike. PIR is extremely different to Chuckwalla Valley Raceway where I raced last February and had great success on the R1. Chuckwalla has a good amount of elevation change, lots of corners and even some banking. PIR on the other hand, is totally level with 2 long straightaways and few turns. Suspension and electronics changes were in order, as well as some seat-time to get comfortable on the new bike at my home track.


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NEWVILLE - Greencastle-Antrim continued its impressive start to the season Thursday evening, dismantling Big Spring 14-0 in Mid-Penn Colonial Division action.
With the win, the Blue Devils improved to 4-0.
Eight different players scored for G-A, led by three goals from Brandon Steiner. Brandon Stuhler, Kaleb Hurley, Nick Lesky and Tanner Martin all scored two goals in the lopsided victory while Jared Rohrbaugh, Josh Kline and Cole Hummer each added a goal for G-A.
Greencastle returns to action on Saturday as the host of the Blue Devil Challenge. Alternating varsity games with the girls, the G-A boys are scheduled to play at noon and 4 p.m against Susquehanna Township and Susquehannock, respectively.
Waynesboro defeats Shippensburg 4-1
SHIPPENSBURG — The Waynesboro Indians improved to 4-0 in the Mid-Penn Colonial Division with a 4-1 victory over the Shippensburg Greyhounds Thursday evening.
Derek Buhrman scored three goals and Aaron Tylicki tallied a goal for the Indians (6-1), who play Chambersburg on Saturday in a Mid-Penn crossover game in Chambersburg.
Waynesboro took a 2-1 lead into halftime. Buhrman, who scored his eighth, ninth and 10th goals of the season, scored on a through pass from Tylicki with 15:10 remaining in the first half.
Buhrman connected again just over 10 minutes later to make it 2-0.
Ian Weikel scored 16 seconds later to cut the deficit to 2-1 at the half.
In the second half, Tylicki dribbled from 20 yards out to score at 28:35. Buhrman capped the scoring with a goal at 9:07, with the assist coming from Tylicki on a long pass through.
The Tribe outshot the 'Hounds 9-4 and had a 6-2 advantage in corner kicks.
Waynesboro plays out the first half of the league season on Tuesday at Boiling Springs and Thursday at home against Greencastle-Antrim.
Blue Devils sweep Shippensburg
SHIPPENSBURG -- Greencastle-Antrim coasted to a 3-0 sweep of Shippensburg Thursday evening, registering set wins of 25-4, 25-12 and 25-5.
Rachel Verhoef had a strong night for the Blue Devils (3-2), registering a team-high eight kills while serving 10 aces. Keri Gearhart connected on seven kills in the win with Madee Goodwin adding seven aces.
Bailey Wilson distributed 16 assists for G-A, which competes in the Gettysburg Tournament on Saturday.
Big Spring tops Waynesboro
WAYNESBORO — The Waynesboro Maidens' offensive woes continue as Big Spring rolled to a 7-0 victory on Wednesday in a Mid-Penn Colonial Division contest.
The Bulldogs' Rachel Schmidt led the way with four goals. Sydney Witter, Madana Tigyer and Sami Meacock each tallied a goal.
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Waynesboro hosts West Perry on Friday at 4 p.m. for its next game.
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G-A travels to Shippensburg on Tuesday.
Waynesboro beats Shippensburg
WAYNESBORO — The Waynesboro Maidens continue to play in high gear after losing to James Buchanan last week.
Waynesboro won its fourth straight game, 5-2 against Shippensburg in a Mid-Penn Colonial Division matchup.
The Maidens improved to 5-2 overall, 3-1 in the division.
Waynesboro hosts Central Dauphin on Saturday at 10 a.m. in a non-league game.


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[[Management Science]] can be characterised as the usage in organisations of scientific, mathematical models to (help to) solve organisational problems. According to Lancaster University:
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Welcome to the STREAMS Wiki
- 1 Defining STREAMS
- 2 STREAMS or STORMS?
- 3 Systems Thinking
- 4 Real Enterprise Architecture
- 5 Management Science
- 6 STREAMS Philosophy
- 7 Indexes / Bibliography
- 8 STREAMS Blogs
- 9 STREAMS Education and Consultancy
- 10 Becoming a STREAMS Author, Contributor or Reviewer
- 11 STREAMS Blogspace
- 12 Copyright
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Defining STREAMS
What is STREAMS?
STREAMS is an acronym that stands for Systems Thinking, Real Enterprise Architecture and Management Science.
It is a set of ideas about how to build and manage an Enterprise based on a common, rigorous STREAMS Philosophy. It leads to methodologies, methods and techniques for building, managing, evolving and innovating Enterprises that can be applied in practice but, like an Engineering approach, its methods are grounded in rigorous research and understanding.
Common to the three main strands, or tributaries, of STREAMS is the Use of Models: conceptual models of a variety of descriptions and characteristics ranging from highly complex mathematical models informed by volumes of quantitative data grounded in empirical observation and measurement to simple qualitative models expressing some simple truth. The purpose of the models is to guide Decision Making.
STREAMS is a set of ideas that are both transdisciplinary and integrative of theory and practice. It is "Trans-disciplinary" in the sense that it eclectically draws on ideas, theories, principles and methods from a range of academic disciplines - deliberately paying no heed to the traditional divisions in universities - or similar academic institutions. It is "Integrative" in the sense that is seeks to blend these ideas into a coherent, well-founded theoretical framework - but also incorporate emrpically grounded and proven ideas and practices from Practice, not just academic theory. STREAMS is not intended to be an academic exercise in the social science but theoretically-sound ideas and methods for practitioners in engineering enterprises.
STREAMS or STORMS?
Operational Research is an older Discipline of Practice, dating back to the 1960s or maybe the post-World War 2 era, that has clear relationships to Systems Thinking and Management Science. In many ways Operational Research can be regarded as the predecessor and forerunner of Real Enterprise Architecture. Had that discipline been the fundamental basis for the collation of ideas the acronym would have been "STORMS" - and indeed there is some reason to think this would have been a good set of disciplines/ideas to put together. However, STREAMS considers Real Enterprise Architecture to be a more modern form of Operational Research and more modern discipline appropriate for the 21st Century. Others consider Operational Research to be more or less synonymous with either Systems Thinking or Management Science - although some academics would ardently dispute this - and so would add little to the mix. Also STREAMS suggests a smooth confluence of ideas whereas STORMS suggests a violent tearing apart of ideas by a community. So we have STREAMS, not STORMS.
More information: Operational Research
Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking is the aggregative and integrative term used in STREAMS to refer to various Systems Thinking traditions, discipines, theories and practices derived from a number of sources - both academic and practitioner. Following Prof. Michael Jackson, STREAMS divides Systems Thinking into three broad "traditions": Hard Systems Thinking, Soft Systems Thinking, and what Jackson shyly called "Coercive Systems Thinking" - but what in STREAMS we call more plainly "Systems of Power Thinking". Each tradition of Systems Thinking grew out of, and to an extent challenged a certain set of philosophical assumptions. Hard Systems Thinking, for example, can be thought of as exemplifying the traditional realist-positivist assumptions that underpinned 18tt, 19th and 20th Century Science and Engineering.
STREAMS attempts to integrate 'correct' principles from different philosophical traditions in a coherent framework that avoids the extremes of either principle or emphasis of dubious philosophies (given that nothing in Philosophy can ever be completely falsified and found to be 'incorrect')
More information: Systems Thinking
Real Enterprise Architecture
Real Enterprise Architecture is a Discipline of Practice - or Practitioner's Discipline - that seeks to establish guided, if not fully controlled, evolution of enterprises by establishing normative (governing) systems within and throughout the enterprise based on the usage of a common, widely-shared coherent model of the enterprise and its context. It therefore comprises the two essential aspects of model-making - constructing accurate and useful models - and model-using - using models to make better decisions about the enterprise. Because of the scale and complexity of modern enterprises Enterprise Architecture as a discipline usually uses modern information technology (IT) - as opposed to traditional "pen-and-paper" - to implement and manage the model [see Ashby's Law - the model has to be of a similar level of complexity to the actual enterprise]. In this sense Enterprise Architecture is a new professional practice that is a part of "IT-Enabled" or "Computer-Assisted" Management. Real Enterprise Architecture is not a method (or "methodology") of of IT - or Information and Communications Technology (ICT) - systems design. However, given the ubiquity and necessity of modern ICT to enterprises, Enterprise Architecture is often concerned with how ICT is used in enterprises.
Real Enterprise Architecture is a central foundation for STREAMS and regarded as a new evolution in the practice of enterprise management. It builds on a legacy of a more professional approach to enterprise management that has been evolving both in Practice and in Academia since the 1950s - and hence STREAMS seeks to not re-invent past knowledge - such as that developed in Systems Thinking, Operational Research and Management Science - but to re-use, re-cycle and re-capitulate such knowledge in a modern technological world.
More information: Real Enterprise Architecture
Management Science
Management Science can be characterised as the usage in organisations of scientific, mathematical models to (help to) solve organisational problems. According to Lancaster University:
"Management Science is concerned with developing and applying models and concepts that help to illuminate management issues and solve managerial problems."
Many organisational problems (or "issues") are fundamentally quantitative in nature, whether or not there is a representation as a mathematical formula (or set of formulae), and could be solved easily and quickly if managers were able to select and apply the right mathematical or numerical techniques. Management Science - or the study of it - makes those techniques available to managers and allows them to construct the right numerical or mathematical models that properly reflect some aspect of their enterprise and enable well-informed decisions to be made about that aspect or alternatives to be efficiently evaluated, without changing the organisation experimentally. Management Science has been closely associated with Operational Research - and could be regarded as the quantitative arm of the discipline. The methods and techniques of Management Science are discussed on the STREAMS Management Science pages.
In STREAMS, the numerical and mathematical models produced by managers in the course of making good decisions, need to be incorporated, integrated and made coherent with other models produced elsewhere in the enterprise to form a coherent enterprise model.
More information: Management Science
STREAMS Philosophy
The STREAMS Philosophy is a collated set of coherent philosophical principles and assumptions that underlie and support, in a truly foundational way, the STREAMS ideas. In a sense all the STREAMS ideas can be derived from the STREAMS Philosophy, though in practice many originated elsewhere - and have been retro-fitted into the STREAMS Confluence.
The STREAMS Confluence is the coming together of a set of ideas about how to build, change and manage enterprises.
More information: STREAMS Philosophy
Indexes / Bibliography
The author index catalogues all the individuals who have made significant contributions to the subject-matters of STREAMS.
The topic index lists all the individually identified subjects included in the STREAMS confluence.
The Bibliography / References indexes the published books, journal articles and other publications referenced by STREAMS.
STREAMS Blogs
Untested hypothesis, speculation and opinion from STREAMS authors can be found here: STREAMS Blogspace.
STREAMS Education and Consultancy
STREAMS is an enterprise whose common, shared goal is to advance the management of the change in enterprises towards being more engineering-like - practical but based on knowledge and method - and less of a political black-art. It does this by freely exchanging knowledge of effective methods of organisational and technological change. STREAMS is not in the business of selling either Education or Consultancy services - and indeed many of the knowledge items, methods and techniques are available from academic sources for relatively low fees. However, some of the STREAMS contributors are very highly qualified or experienced or both, in their fields, and may be willing to assist in some form in driving and delivering enterprise transformation using the STREAMS Know-How. If your or your organisation are interested in acquiring some STREAMS education or consultancy services please send and email to firstname.lastname@example.com outlining what you perceive your needs to be. This will be circulated to the STREAMS contributors, who may get in touch to see if they can provide some of the needed services.
Becoming a STREAMS Author, Contributor or Reviewer
Fundamentally, the STREAMS Wiki is a wiki - a two-way communications channel where ideas on good practice can be exchanged and shared - and is therefore open to all knowledgeable parties to contribute to the level they wish to. However, unlike other Wikis on the Internet, the STREAMS Wiki seeks to maintain the quality of the content by adopting the peer review system from academia. So while all contributors are welcome to talk about the ideas presented - on the "Talk Pages" - only the content that has been through the peer review system can be linked into the STREAMS structure. Therefore the content-authoring and editing access to the wiki is restricted. If you would like to a STREAMS author or editor, or indeed peer reviewer, please send an email outlining your professional (practitiioner) and academic qualifications, and your intended role and contribution to firstname.lastname@example.com
STREAMS Blogspace
The STREAMS Blogspace is an area where non-peer-reviewed articles can be lodged and discussed. The articles may be edited to insert links back to the STREAMS wiki. If you would like to become a STREAMS blogger please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
STREAMS is the copyright and intellectual property of Glossop Mallard Consulting Ltd., but is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike policy and license. By all means use it - but please acknowledge its provenance.
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Missing is Jesus Diaz Melendez, 26, of Trenton, New Jersey.
The crew of the vessel A.J. Meerwald came upon a jet skier who stated he and Melendez ran aground on the jet ski, which ejected both of them. Melendez couldn't be located after the incident. At 7:07 p.m., the crew of the A.J. Meerwald contacted Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay and reported Melendez missing.
Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay watchstanders launched a Station Philadelphia 29-foot response boat crew and an Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew to respond. The boat crew picked up the jet skier who confirmed his friend was ejected from the jet ski.
If anyone knows or has seen Mr. Melendez, or has any additional information that may assist the search effort, they are asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center at 215-271-4940 or on VHF-FM marine radio channel 16.
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Fifteen years ago this month, I sat in the back row of a nondescript classroom and thought I don't belong here. Nearly everyone else in the room was at least ten years older than me, and male. I loved the professor and loved what he said even more. He talked passionately about the church, about her story, about our story in it. I was captivated. I was captured by the story. I know now that I also wanted to have a place in that story. I scribbled notes and listened and I loved every second.
But every time someone else in the room interjected a point or used a technical theological word or quoted scripture, I thought two things:
These men love the sound of their own voice.
And I don't belong here.
Just a few months before I had been accepted to seminary, a skidding 180 from my original plans to attend grad school for exercise science and psychology. I certainly didn't belong in seminary. My grandfather wanted me to be a judge. My parents always told me in words and action that I would be whatever I set my mind to, and my mind certainly wasn't set on ministry. Ministry, ha. Just the thought made me laugh. That's not a career.
I thought people who were in ministry just couldn't make it in the real world. The walking wounded, some might say. But my experience at a little church plant called Hope had been totally different. We met in a school. We passed the offering in bread pans. The pastors were normal and smart. They used regular voices when they prayed and taught. And they loved me and Dave well, in a crucial time of new town, new jobs, new marriage, new life.
Despite my own immaturity (or maybe because of it) I led in Hope's fledgling student ministry. I had energy for it, barely out of my teens myself. And these middle school girls, all elbows and braces, they won my heart. In serving, I grew. I remember the first time I stood in front of a circle of girls in the cafeteria where we met. I remember telling them a painful story from middle school, one I would have rather forgotten about and locked away. And as I stood in front of them and looked at their faces, as we laughed together about the hijinks of middle school (that had not been laugh-worthy when locked away in my soul), something in me released. I put words from the bible together with the story and when I did, flint hit steel. A spark flashed and a flame began to burn.
The prophet Jeremiah once described God's word as a fire within him, a fire shut up in his bones, a fire that couldn't be contained. That's what happened in the cafeteria of that church plant. Honesty, freedom, truth crackled and my heart's been on fire since.
And that's how I found myself in the left corner of the back row of a seminary class, wondering what in the world I had gotten myself into.
One class turned into two and then reality. What would I do with this fancy theology degree? On the five hour drive down to school each month I would pray and think and question. I had just enough faith to show up for class but not enough faith to believe God would do something with it all. I tried to imagine a life where I had a church job. I had never met a woman on a staff of a church. I had never heard a woman teach. I had never heard a woman even lead a prayer in church. My readings from theology class grew my knowledge but my CDs of Beth Moore stoked the soul fire. Beth Moore was the best bible teacher I had ever heard, and she was funny. Beth (I like to pretend we are on a first-name basis)….well, Beth helped me believe that God could have a place for me.
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Make a Mystery Medallion Quilt
Mystery Quilt Pattern
Falling Leaves is a mystery medallion quilt pattern. The pattern is complete now, so skip ahead to see all of the instructions before you begin or take it one step at a time to keep the results a mystery.
The Mystery Medallion quilt is an easy pattern that can be sewn in one of two sizes:
- A 45-inches square wallhanging
- A miniature quilt that finishes at 22-1/2-inches square
Let's look at the center medallion first, and think about fabric choices.
The finished quilt has just two more fabrics than you see here, both mottled greens, similar in color and color value but one with a slightly larger print than the other.
Start by playing around with five fabrics, sorting them into groups you think will work well together and considering how they will contrast. Choose:
- a dark neutral (shown as brown)
- two lights (examples will be green)
- a medium-dark warm (shown as deep rust)
- a light to medium warm background (shown as lighter fabric with shades of rust).
If you have small yardages, choose more than five fabrics, because the pattern is suitable for a scrap quilt.
Quilting Fabrics & Other Materials
- Dark neutral (brown): 1-1/2 yard
- Light warm background (light shades of rust): 1-1/4 yard
- Dark warm (rust): 1 yard
- Light cool (green): 3/8 yard
- Medium cool (green): 3/4 yard
Miniature Quilt
Continue to 2 of 8 below.
- Dark neutral (brown): 7/8 yard
- Warm background (light shades of rust): 3/4 yard
- Dark warm (rust): 5/8 yard
- Light cool (green): 1/4 yard
- Medium cool (green): 1/2 yard
02 of 08
Center Medallion and First Pieced Border
Here's a peek at the first pieced border surrounding the mystery quilt's center medallion. Look at the fabrics you've chosen. Can you visualize how they'll look with this portion of the layout?
Center Medallion Block Cutting Chart
Wallhanging Cutting Chart
Dark warm (rust):
- (1) 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" square
- (2) 6-7/8" x 6-7/8" squares, each cut in half once diagonally
Light background
- (2) 5-1/8" x 5-1/8" squares, each cut in half once diagonally
- (6) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares
Dark neutral (brown)
- (6) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares
- (4) 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangles
Miniature Quilt Cutting Chart
Dark warm (rust):
- (1) 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" square
- (2) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares, each cut in half once diagonally
Light background
- (2) 3" x 3" squares, each cut in half once diagonally
- (6) 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" squares**
Dark neutral (brown)
- (6) 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" squares**
- (4) 2" x 3-1/2" rectangles
**Used to make quick-pieced half-square triangle units. It's helpful to cut oversize squares and then trim the finished units back to their correct size after assembly, aligning the diagonal seam with the ruler's 45-degree line to ensure block halves are identical.Continue to 3 of 8 below.
03 of 08
Assemble the Mystery Quilt's Center Medallion
Make the Medallion Center
- Center and sew the four background triangles to each side of the center square. (Fold pieces to find midpoints and match, or crop 1/4" off of triangle ends)
- Press seams towards the triangles.
- Center and sew the four rust triangles to the unit from step 1. Press seams towards the triangles.
- Pair a dark square with a light square. Use the sandwich method to create two half-square triangle units from the pair. Repeat to assemble a total of 12 units (completed units will measure 3-1/2" square for the wallhanging and 2" square for the miniature quilt).
- Group components as shown. Sew together to complete the block. Press adjoining seams in opposite directions where possible.
First Border Units
Look back at page 2 for a glimpse of the mystery medallion quilt's first border, made from half-square triangle units in green and rust.
Warm dark (rust):
- (14) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares
Cool light (green):
- (14) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares
Miniature Quilt:
Warm dark (rust):
- (14) 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" squares
Cool light (green):
- (14) 2-3/8" x 2-3/8" squares
- Pair each light green square with a rust square. Use the sandwich method to make a total of (28) half-square triangle units from the pairs (completed units will measure 3-1/2" square for the wallhanging and 2" square for the miniature quilt).
The border is illustrated above but don't sew the half-square triangle units to your center medallion just yet.Continue to 4 of 8 below.
04 of 08
Sew Borders to the Mystery Medallion Quilt
Sew the First Two Borders
The Mystery Medallion quilt's first pieced border is made by sewing 28 half-square triangle units around the center block. The suggested layout is shown on page 3 and repeated in the upper left drawing on this page.
Feel free to experiment with the layout. We've included two other possibilities for the units—play with arrangements and you'll discover more. Any layout you choose will work just fine with the next border.
- Once you're satisfied with the design, sew all units (except the corners) in the top row side by side, and then sew all units (except the corners) in the bottom row side by side. Press, taking care not to stretch the row.
- Sew the remaining units along each side into vertical rows. Press, again taking care not to stretch. Sew a row to each side, matching seam intersections carefully.
- Sew the top and bottom rows to the center, matching seam intersections carefully.
- Sew the side rows to the quilt. Press.
The wallhanging's center should measure 24-1/2" square; the mini's, 12-1/2" square. If you're off just a bit, the next border will square it up. If the center is off a bunch, then square it up before you sew the border.
Sew a Plain Border to the Quilt
Sew a dark neutral (brown) border around the medallion. Instead of measuring the unit's size, we'll use pieces cut to match the size the center should be at this stage (to make the next pieced border a breeze).
- Top/Bottom: (2) 2-1/2" x 24-1/2"
- Sides: (2) 2-1/2" x 28-1/2"
Miniature Quilt
- Top/Bottom: (2) 1-1/2" x 12-1/2"
- Sides: (2) 1-1/2" x 14-1/2"
Add the Border
Continue to 5 of 8 below.
- Fold a top/bottom border in half crosswise and crease. Match its midpoint and ends to the top of the medallion, easing to fit where necessary. Sew the border to the medallion. Press allowance towards the border.
- Repeat to sew the bottom border.
- Repeat to sew each side border.
05 of 08
Sew the Third Border to the Mystery Medallion Quilt
The next border is a bit more involved, and the suggested patchwork is foundation-pieced. If you aren't a fan of this technique than there is an alternative later on in this tutorial.
Quilt Border Options
The next border is illustrated above and is made with 4" (finished size) foundation pieced quilt blocks (left) in three colors. Sewing brown corners on the block results in little "v" indent where the patches meet the border.
On the right is an alternative border, made up of four-patch units (pattern on page 7) made from the background fabric and the darker green fabric. You can use any 4" (finished) blocks in the border.Continue to 6 of 8 below.
06 of 08
Make the Foundation Pieced Border
Cut only enough pieces for one block. Adjust patch sizes as necessary to suit your foundation piecing sewing style.
Medium green:
- (32) 2" squares
- (64) 2-3/8" squares, cut in half once diagonally
- (64) 2" squares, cut in half once diagonally
- 1-1/4" wide strips, cut selvage to selvage; total length will depend on your sewing style.
Dark brown:
- (64) 2-1/4" squares, cut in half once diagonally
Medium green:
- (32) 1-1/4" squares
- (64) 1-5/8" squares, cut in half once diagonally
- (64) 1-1/2" squares, cut in half once diagonally
- 7/8" wide strips, cut selvage to selvage; total length will depend on your sewing style.
Dark brown:
- (64) 1-5/8" squares, cut in half once diagonally
Make a Quilt Block
Continue to 7 of 8 below.
- Make 32 templates.
- Center a green square right side up on the foundation center, on the reverse side of the foundation.
- Align a background triangle right side down on one edge of the square. Turn the foundation over. Sew on the line separating the two patches.
- Flip the triangle right side up; edges should overlap the lines beneath that form its final shape. Trim back the seam allowance to just under 1/4" to reduce bulk.
- Working around the center, sew three more triangles in the same way (some people like to sew opposites instead of moving in a circular motion).
- Use the same method to sew four green triangles around the center.
- Align a background strip right side down along a green edge; ends must overlap the outermost foundation line. Sew, check placement and trim seam. Sew three more.
- Sew brown triangles to the corner slots. When flipped right side up, edges should overlap the outer perimeter of the template.
- Press and trim through all layers on the outermost template line.
- Make 31 additional blocks.
07 of 08
Alternative Four Patch Border
Mystery Quilt Alternative Border
Here's an alternative four-patch border to replace the border from earlier. It goes together more quickly than the foundation pieced border does and is a good option for those of you who simply don't like the foundation technique.
Four-Patch Cutting Chart
Green fabric and light background fabric:
- Cut (4) 2-1/2" wide strips of each fabric from selvage to selvage
You may need an extra short strip of each if long strips do not have a usable length of 42" after squaring up.
Miniature Quilt
Green fabric and light background fabric:
- Cut (2) 1-1/2" wide strips of each fabric from selvage to selvage
- Cut (2) 1-1/2" x 10" strips of each fabric
Assemble the Four-Patch Quilt Blocks
Continue to 8 of 8 below.
- Sew a green strip lengthwise to a background strip of the same length. Press seam allowance towards the green strip.
- Square up one end of the strip set and then cut as many segments from it as possible.
- Wallhanging: cut 2-1/2" segments
- Miniature: cut 1-1/2" segments
- Make additional strip sets from remaining fabric. Cut a total of 64 segments.
- Arrange two segments as shown, with like-fabrics diagonal from each other. Sew together. Press seam in either direction or fan it out from the middle, pressing one half to one side and the other half to the opposite side.
- Make a total of 32 four-patch quilt blocks.
08 of 08
Finish the Mystery Medallion Quilt
Finish the Mystery Medallion Quilt
- We're almost finished with the mystery quilt. Add the pieced border first.
- Sew seven pieced border blocks together side by side. Press seam allowances either direction. Repeat to make another 7-block border.
- Sew nine pieced border blocks together side by side. Press seam allowances either direction. Repeat to make another 9-block border.
- Sew a 7-block border to one side of the quilt. Press seam allowance towards the plain border. Repeat on the opposite side of the quilt.
- Sew a 9-block border to one of the remaining sides. Press seam allowance towards the plain border. Repeat on the final side of the quilt.
Add Two More Borders
Sew two more plain fabric borders to the quilt. This example repeats the rust fabric used in the center medallion first, followed by a repeat of the dark brown fabric. The quilt is bound in the darker green.
The pieced border probably brought the quilt into a square, but if it didn't, the final two borders are a perfect opportunity to do that.
Press the quilt and mark for quilting if necessary. Sandwich, quilt, and bind.


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According to an official announcement, the upper house will have 20 sittings during the session.
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, had met earlier this month and decided the dates of parliament's winter session.
The session commences on the day election results for Assembly polls to five states – Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram – will be out.
The Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha may be adjourned for the day after offering condolences to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who died during the intersession period.


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MIDDLEBURY — A new exhibit called "Childhood" is on view now at PhotoPlace Gallery, at 3 park St. in Middlebury.
MIDDLEBURY — A new exhibit called "Childhood" is on view now at PhotoPlace Gallery, at 3 park St. in Middlebury.
BRISTOL — Bristol will once again host the Lumen Celebration of Fire and Light.
MIDDLEBURY — Singers and players gather each December at the Congregational Church in Middlebury for a joyful reading and rendering of selections from Handel's Messiah.
LINCOLN — Alex Smith will perform for the Burnham Music Series at Burnham Hall in Lincoln on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m.
When I joined an online group dedicated to home decorating, I hoped to be inspired by other people's ideas.
Mostly, I just feel like an outsider.
On his first day on the job at Bard College, my son David met Mackie, the director of admissions.
When I was a little 15-year-old, the powers-that-be in my small town decided to consolidate our schools.
Once again, the days are getting shorter, the hours of darkness are growing longer and the quest for any and all forms of light becomes correspondingly more acute.
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Video Games Offer Important Vision Therapy Benefits
Video games aren't just a pleasant diversion. In fact, they may help you improve your vision during vision therapy.View Article
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If you are seeking an optometrist for your family then a behavioral optometrist should be a consideration. A behavioral optometrist tests the entire visual system and recommends vision therapy when appropriate. Vision therapy is a sequence of individualized activities to remediate problems that prevent a person from reaching their full potential. Dr. Adams, a behavioral or developmental optometrist, founded Optique EyeCare in 2009 with the goal of making vision therapy assessable to the local communities. Her approach to vision care differs from most other eye doctors. While eyeglasses and contact lenses are an important mainstay in the eyecare industry, other options are needed to help some adults and children. For example, some vision problems do not respond well to traditional eyeglasses and contact lenses. That is why nearly 20% of children with undiagnosed visual problems struggle in school, sports or even everyday life. Children with visual problems are often misdiagnosed as having ADHD, learning disabilities and dyslexia. Children and adults often suffer needlessly from double vision, headaches and poorly focused vision. Dr. Adams has also personally seen major improvements in her patients with Autism and Asperberger's Syndrome as a result of a vision therapy program.
Dr. Adams approach to vision care is based on the whole person. Posture, self esteem, nutrition and the entire visual system are routine considerations at Optique EyeCare. Visual skills such as focusing, coordinated eye movements, perceptual skills and eye tracking movements and more can be improved with vision therapy. A typical program can include the use of lenses, filters, occluders, specialized instruments, computer programs as well physical exercises.
For Dr. Adams, improving her patients lives through vision therapy is her life's mission. Early success stories included helping a young adolescent with a crossed eye and cerebral palsy. His mother noted improved reading skills, his father noted he could better control his body when he ran. What did the patient notice after completing therapy? He noticed that he could play hockey much better. Another success story included helping a student with a 4.0 grade point average overcome his daily headaches, double vision and inability to see a 3D movie. Aside benefit was his improved performance in Tae Kwon Do. Doctors who provide vision therapy recognize that 80% of learning occurs through the visual system. Improving vision via therapy will impact every aspect your life in a positive way including learning and sports.


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In chapter 2 we saw how knowledge of a hitter's AB, BB + HBP, singles, 2B, 3B, and HR allows us to compare hitters via the Runs Created metric. As we will see in this chapter, the Linear Weights approach can also be used to compare hitters. In business and science we often try to predict a given variable (called Y or the dependent variable) from a set of independent variables (x1, x2,…xn). Usually we try to find weights B1, B2,…Bn and a constant that make the quantity
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Microsoft has announced Windows Phone 8 as the successor of Windows Phone 7 at Windows Phone Summit event. At that event, Microsoft also said that current WP7 smartphones won't be udpated to WP8 due to hardware limitations. But, Microsoft will bring WP 7.8 for those phones. That cause many people upset and don't interested to buy a WP7 smartphone.
Recenlty, Amazon cut the price of Nokia Lumia 900 bundled with AT&T carrier to $ 0.01, very cheap for a high-end smartphone. Nokia Lumia 900 is the Nokia's flaghship smartphone. It has a 4.3-inch Nokia ClearBlack display (480 x 800 pixels). An 8 MP rear camera is equipped with Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash. The handset is powered by a 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor alongside with Adreno 205 GPU. Lumia 900 supports HSDPA up to 42 Mbps and HSUPA up to 5.76 Mbps. Nokia Lumia 900 comes with various colors selection – white, cyan, black. All with the same price.


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High on Artichokes' Second Season
Chef Massi Boldrini of Berkeley's Riva Cucina takes full advantage of midautumn artichokes for his Ravioli ai Carciofi.
Ravioli ai Carciofi.
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A mysteriously delicious thistle bud with a tough, prickly exterior and achingly tender heart, the artichoke—a Mediterranean native, and one of California's most prized crops—has been a sought-after delicacy since the time of ancient Greece and Rome.
Cultivated locally in the late 1800s by homesick Italian and Spanish immigrants, artichokes remain exclusive to California in the U.S.—nearly 100 percent of the national crop is grown here, most notably in Monterey County. Castroville's nickname, "The Artichoke Center of the World" is not unfounded; in 2013, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom even proclaimed the artichoke California's "official vegetable."
Though they are ubiquitous at local farmers markets from March through May, artichokes have a secondary peak season in mid-autumn, and Italian-born chef Massi Boldrini of West Berkeley's Riva Cucina takes full advantage of it.
"Artichokes have a complex, satisfying flavor—rich, grassy, with a little bit of sweetness and a subtle, bitter finish," said Boldrini. He likens the vegetable's tricky essence to the mineral bite found in a fresh mountain stream. "It is a complete experience for the taste buds. All the sides of the tongue work hard."
At a time of year when customers seek out Boldrini's capellacci di zucca—fresh pasta stuffed with butternut squash, a fall specialty of his hometown Ferrara in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region—the chef is also busy plying and simmering artichokes the way his father, also a chef, taught him from childhood.
Rule one? Baby artichokes are easier to clean and prepare. Rule two: Don't overpower their flavor. We'd like to thank both chefs Boldrini for the recipe below, handed from father to son. (Additional tips from the chef to newcomers to fresh pasta: Be patient, write notes, and keep a very clean cooking environment.)
Riva Cucina, 800 Heinz Ave., Berkeley, 510-841-7482, www.RivaCucina.com
Ravioli ai Carciofi
Pasta Dough
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 cups semolina
5 eggs, plus 1 egg for sealing ravioli
1 teaspoon salt
Combine flour and semolina in a bowl and mix well. Pile the flour mixture onto a clean table or large cutting board and make a large crater in the center. Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat lightly. Pour into the crater. With a fork stir the eggs, slowly incorporating the flour into the eggs. When all the flour is mixed with the eggs, stop using the fork and knead the mixture with your hands until the dough is smooth. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for an hour. Cook filling (see below) and cool while the dough chills.
Roll the dough (either with pasta machine or a rolling pin) into 1/16-inch-high sheets. Cut the pasta with a knife into 2-inch squares. Reserve half of the squares for ravioli tops. Working with ravioli bottoms, place 1 teaspoon cooked and cooled filling in the center of each square. Brush the edges of each square with beaten egg. Top with additional pasta squares. Seal the edges together with your fingers to form ravioli.
To cook, in a large pot, bring 2 quarts of water to a rolling boil. Add 2 tablespoon of salt. Gently drop the prepared ravioli into the boiling water, one at one at a time, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until they float.
1 teaspoon salt, plus salt for boiling water
1 lemon, juiced
1 pound baby artichokes
8 ounces mascarpone cheese
8 ounces Parmigiano, grated
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil. Add 2 tablespoons of salt and the juice from one lemon. Meanwhile, snap off the lower petals at the base of each artichoke, near the stem. Cut off and discard top 1/4 inch of each artichoke, and snip any additional needles. Cut the stem level with the base. Cut the artichokes in half. Blanch cleaned artichokes 3 to 5 minutes in prepared boiling water or until tender when pierced with a knife. Drain and cool.
When cooled, finely chop the artichokes. In a bowl, combine with mascarpone, Parmigiano, and salt and pepper, until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
1 stick unsalted butter
1 tablespoon fresh sage, chopped
Parmigiano, grated
Melt a stick of unsalted butter over a medium heat until it begins to turn light brown. Add 1 tablespoon of fresh chopped sage and turn off the burner. Remove the cooked ravioli with a spoon and add the ravioli to the sauce in the pan to combine. Then plate and top the ravioli with the grated Parmigiano, to taste. Serve immediately.
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The 10 Best Travel Plug Adapters
This wiki has been updated 18 times since it was first published in April of 2016. If you're planning on taking all your mobile devices with you on your next international travel adventure, you're going to need one of these universal plug adapters for the trip, too. Offering compatibility with almost every country's electrical system, they'll let you set up a virtual office or entertainment center -- or simply charge your phone -- wherever you go. When users buy our independently chosen editorial selections, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki. Skip to the best travel plug adapter on Amazon.
How To Be A Powerful Traveler
Long before I ever traveled overseas, I received my fair share of warnings regarding the differences between electrical power supplies in the US and those abroad.
Some adapters are country specific, meaning that they're built to receive one specific kind of plug and convert it to fit another specific kind of outlet.
Long before I ever traveled overseas, I received my fair share of warnings regarding the differences between electrical power supplies in the US and those abroad. If you so much as mention the desire to travel to another country to someone who's been literally anywhere outside your country of origin, you're probably going to get your fair share of advice as well.
The most obvious problem you'll encounter when trying to use international outlets with a domestic plug is a stark difference in shape. In the US, for example, ungrounded outlets contain two vertically oriented, rectangular slots that correspond to an American plug's two vertically oriented rectangular prongs. Tab A goes in to slot B with no problem.
In most of Europe, however, those two vertically oriented rectangles become two circles, and there's an entire lexicon of insults around trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, so we know that's not going to work.
What a travel plug adapter does, quite simply, is to take whatever plug you need to insert into an outlet and receive it on one end. On the other end are prongs outfitted for one or more different styles of international outlet, allowing you to take an American plug and insert it into a European outlet, or a British plug and insert it into an Australian outlet.
Some adapters are country specific, meaning that they're built to receive one specific kind of plug and convert it to fit another specific kind of outlet. Others are more interchangeable or universal, depending largely on how much you want to spend. The whole affair can get a little confusing, however, so here's an equally confusing map.
Transform Your Devices
Before you go and buy a travel adapter for every single one of your electronic devices and electrical appliances, it's important to understand some of the more volatile differences between your country's power supply and those where you intend to travel.
Let's use an American piece of equipment traveling overseas to paint the picture, and let's make it an iPhone because they're so ubiquitous. And iPhone is something that we should consider an electronic device as opposed to an electrical device. The difference is subtle but the distinction is important. Electronic devices contain computer chips; electrical devices do not.
In most of the rest of the world, outlets deliver 220-240 volts of the same.
In America, all of the standard outlets across the nation deliver 110-120 volts of alternating current. In most of the rest of the world, outlets deliver 220-240 volts of the same. It wouldn't make a lot of financial sense for a company like Apple to create different iPhones for different markets, so they go with the international standard of 220.
In order for an iPhone bought in America to charge safely and properly overseas (and vice versa), one only needs a travel adapter and the charging block supplied by Apple. That block acts as a regulator, standardizing the voltage delivered to your phone no matter where you plug it in. Your computers have these as well, usually located about half way down the charging cable.
Any electronic device without a clear transformer in its power supply risks significant damage when plugged in overseas using only an adapter. For such devices, you'd do well to get yourself a voltage converter for optimal safety.
Electronic devices, on the other hand, the ones without computer chips, only need a converter if they pull a majority of the amps coming through an outlet. High wattage devices like hair dryers and curling irons (things that get hot, usually) operate at maximum efficiency and a much higher degree of safety when used with a converter, and not just an adapter.
Now that you have an idea as to what you're going to need to make all of your devices work overseas, you can start to look at the options on our list with an eye for efficiency and style. The specific adaptations you need will guide your hand, for the most part, but you should also keep an eye out for outlet count, internal transformers, and other features that might make your traveling experience run that much more smoothly.
Setting Standards
By the turn of the 20th century, the debate over whether electrical standards should follow Thomas Edison's 60Hz, 110-volt, direct current model or Nikola Tesla's 50Hz, 220-volt, alternating current model had more or less settled out.
In Europe, the delivery method for alternating current followed Tesla's instructions.
In the US, the frequency and voltage of Edison's system became the standard, but the country made the switch to alternating current for its capability to send higher voltages across greater distances without much power loss. America is pretty big, so that came in handy. In Europe, the delivery method for alternating current followed Tesla's instructions.
At the time, there wasn't a whole heck of a lot of travel among the continents, and individuals didn't travel with any electrical devices, so the thought to make plugs and sockets to a universal standard never entered the picture. While in the US, Harvey Hubbell's design for a plug to safely connect electrical devices to a home's power supply gained popularity, nearly a dozen other styles of plug and socket entered the global marketplace.
If a nation had itself an empire to speak of, the countries in its empire inevitably adapted the plugs and sockets of its motherland. That's why a bunch of countries in Africa and Asia use plugs and sockets like those you might find in Britain or France.
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A new report from Nielsen finds that social networking is now the #1 thing people do online. Almost one quarter of time spent on the computer is for social networking. That's a 43% jump in time spent on social networking in just one year.
How much time have you spent on social media yourself? How much time do you spend managing your agency's social media presence? This should be a wake-up call to make sure you're connecting with your current and potential constituents who go online for information.


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Man Who Pledged Home As Loan Collateral To Help Friend Now Faces The Boot As Latter Stops Making Repayments
In Ridgefield, Connecticut, The Ridgefield Press reports:
- Bob Simonson is known perhaps equally for riding his bicycle all year round for transport rather than sport, and for the mass of miscellany that's grown around his Branchville Road house over the years. Now he's at risk of losing that house that he's called home for more than half a century and teeters on the verge of homelessness.
Over the years, debt has piled up on the property that two decades ago Mr. Simonson owned free and clear. In a letter to the editors last week, Mr. Simonson asked "Is there anyone here who can do anything to help me buy time enough to save my home?"
He inherited the property in 1989 with no mortgage, and in a fateful moment of what he calls "weakness," Mr. Simonson said, he used his windfall to help a friend buy a house in Pennsylvania where he sought to start an antiques business.
"He was the grandson of a famous antiques dealer, so he knew his stuff," Mr. Simonson said. "I figured he was a safe bet."
He borrowed $50,000 — $25,000 for a "200-year-old colonial that was falling apart" and $25,000 to fix it up, and he used his Branchville Road house as collateral.
"I knew him for a number of years and I trusted him," Mr. Simonson said. They had been roommates in town when Mr. Simonson's parents were alive, he said. "I used to be more trusting."
"For a couple of years he made payments," he said. In the mid-1990s, the payments stopped and Mr. Simonson, who has worked retail jobs around town for decades, picked up the slack. "I could have foreclosed on him at any time," he said.
Back taxes accrued and the debt swelled to around $70,000 ten years ago, Mr. Simonson said. A man Mr. Simonson describes as a venture capitalist offered him $30,000 for the house. He took it, but was left owing $40,000.
Then his indebtedness exploded up to around $200,000 today. "It just sort of snowballed over the years," he said.


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This is an image I found on Dulux the paint people's site. We're looking to do both the kids rooms this year so I've been searching for inspiration.
What I like about this bedroom is its appeal to boys and girls. Although painted in blue it's not a traditional themed 'boys bedroom' look. I think this room is great as it's got the fundamentals just right:
- It looks unified but not too 'done'.
- It has the ability to grow with the child. This could be the room of quite a young child but change some of the items on the shelves and it's easily the room of an older child.
- It drops in some higher end products with some goods that you can get away. A nice teepee tent with plush cushions are the major spend in this room, neither of which would break the bank.
If you'd like to have a go a creating the paint work in this room, there's a helpful video to help you
If you're looking for room painting ideas and your child isn't into blue and clouds they might prefer a jungle or circus theme. Although I'd be quite nervous about recreating the ceiling in the circus themed one…
Clever use of paint is a good way to stamp some personlisation on a den. If you want to check out other ideas then have a look at their site. They've got a number of themes, all blissfully plastic toy free.
We're rather chuffed too that in their space themed bedroom they've got our very own astronaut bedding. I'm not sure about that chair though I think a Petrol Happy Cat Bean Bag would look much better.
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After finally running my first ultra of the year last month at the Devil on the Divide 50k I was hungry to back on the starting line an actually race. Like I wrote about in my race report for Devil on the Divide I went in pretty smashed, was not in race mode and just wanted to get in a long day on new trails… and absolutely suffered and got my ass kicked. With The North Face 50 looming in December I wanted to get a hard race effort in my legs and hopefully rebuild some racing confidence after getting owned a month ago.
Since I wanted to go into the race with some fresher legs I took the week pretty easy but not in full taper mode. The weeks prior to race week had been really solid on the training front and actually way better than expected. I had two weeks back to back that were over 70 miles which is a lot for me and body felt great doing so.
I was stoked to see some fast dudes on the start list because I really wanted to race and not just run. This was first race I've done that was put on Human Potential running and it was rad. It felt like running one of the Old Goat or Big Baz races back in SoCal. Even though I like to go out and race hard I don't take my self or the race too seriously… and it's good to be out on the trails and at a race where having fun is the priority. I mean who doesn't want to be offered fireball shots mid race?
The race started in the Indian Creek Campground and I had run or ridden all of the course before so it was good to have an idea of what I was getting into. I also knew that the course was almost 35 miles and those extra 4 miles could make a difference, especially if you didn't know they are coming. I wanted to start out mellow but not let anybody get away. As we left the campground and headed for the first climb I was jogging in 3rd until we hit a little single track cut through to the fireroad. Instincts took over and I moved to the front and lifted my pace a bit.
I knew Michael Aish was right behind me and know that dude is on completely different planet than I'm on when it comes to running. From what I've read on his blog he's also probably the funniest, most honest dude in ultrarunning and I was hoping to run some miles with him… or try to. As we reached the top of the first climb I probably had a 15″ gap on the next dudes and then I just let it rip on the 6+ mile descent.
Around mile 9, a couple of miles into the 6 mile climb back to the campground, i saw Luke out on course and couldn't see anybody behind me. I kept my effort in check on the climb and just wanted to be conservative and save some matches for the final grinding climb of the race. I got back to the start/finish at the end of the first 15 mile loop in just over 2 hours and feeling good. As I headed out for the second loop Aish rolled in a couple minutes behind. That had me running scared as he had definitely closed the gap on towards the end of the first loop.
So for the whole second ~20 mile loop I was just waiting to get passed. As I ran towards Waterton Canyon I just tried to keep rolling and to keep eating and drinking. At mile 21, in waterton canyon, we started a steep 4 mile climb. I ran most of it but power hiked the steeper sections in order to keep my heart rate in check in an attempt save something for when I had to "race". I was still just waiting for somebody to come up on me and pass me and I was hoping to go with them. I was moving well but didn't think I was going very fast.
I hit the final aid station at 25 miles and was still in the lead. After some coke and chips I rolled a couple of miles down and then started the final 6 mile climb. I was still feeling ok but climbing was becoming a grind. Again I was hiking the steeper sections but now was also cracking and hiking some of the not-so-steep sections. The climb just goes on forever and when I would think I just climbed the last section and would start to descend I'd quickly see the trail going uphill again just ahead me. At this point i was still passing folks running the 50 miler (they started 2 hours before us) but i was now constantly looking over my shoulder… still just waiting to get passed.
I finished the climb and just had a 1.5 descent to the finish. I rallied and rolled the descent and was now just thinking about seeing Maggie, Fi, and Ruby at the finish… there's really nothing better than that after a hard day of racing no matter what place I'm in or how the good or bad the race was. Fortunately this time around it was able to hold on for the win.
The race was a lot of fun and Human Potential put on a killer event. I'm looking forward to jumping into some of their Fat Ass races this winter and more of their races next year. I got what I wanted out of this race and now am really looking forward to North Face in just under 6 weeks. I wasn't really sore after the race but still took it pretty easy last week. I plan on hitting it hard for another 4 weeks, tapering for 2 and then toeing the line on marin headlands and giving The North Face 50 another solid go.
way more important and exciting than any race… maggie and i celebrated 3 years together this past week. it's been a completely awesome 3 year adventure with her and now with our little family. she's definitely the best thing that's ever happened to me.