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The women's golf team will head to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina to compete in the fifth annual Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Golf Tournament this weekend. This will be the teams fifth appearance in the tournament that it happened to win in 2012 and 2013.
After a third place finish in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Championship the Crimson Tide is hoping to continue build on its momentum.
"For the most part we had a really good showing at the Sugar Bowl, but there are some areas we need to improve on so we tried to address some of those things," coach Mic Potter said.
Potter said going into this weekends tournament he hopes the women do not pay attention to how high the team is ranked but instead they focus on getting better each tournament. The team is currently ranked No.4 in the country, according to Golfstat.
Sophomore Lakareber Abe said the team has been taking advantage favorable weather which has resulted in a good week of practice. Golf is a sport that requires a strong mental approach and Abe is always focusing on improving that aspect of her game.
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Knight, a freshman, will be making her first appearance in the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate. She said she has learned a lot from every tournament, and has really been watching how seniors Emma Talley and Janie Jackson lead by example.
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Transdev has today announced a new partnership with Newcastle-based mobility tech startup, Liftango.
The global mobility leader will work with Liftango, sharing industry expertise and resources, to develop On-Demand Transport Solutions.
Transdev Australasia CEO Luke Agati said the two parties had shared ambitions to improve connectivity and promote greater adoption of Public Transport services across Australia and New Zealand.
"The partnership is an exciting opportunity to combine our shared strengths of innovation and mobility in order to provide a more personal and seamless experience for customers," Mr Agati said.
"The success of our business is built on strong local partnerships and we are proud to be partnering with one of Australia's most exciting local mobility startups in Liftango."
Kevin Orr, CEO of Liftango, believes the partnership will help Liftango take the next leap forward towards making public transport a convenient and flexible option again.
"Cities around the globe are combating congestion and commuter issues, as our populations and urban density continues to grow. Further exacerbating the problem is the increasing demand for recent ridehail solutions. We are still yet to understand the full impact of these services both on congestion and the public transport network," says Mr Orr.
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Our partnership with Transdev is already creating new opportunities to integrate on-demand and shared mobility solutions into existing public transport networks, which will in turn help improve the commute, keep costs down, reduce our overall carbon footprint and start creating the transportation the cities of tomorrow will require. Transdev is a great partner and we are extremely excited about working with them on future mobility solutions that are shared.
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There is no one 'set price' for backflow tests in the United States. Certified professionals will charge more than uncertified plumbers – but they may not be able to file important city certifications or make repairs.
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In some cities you can do an annual test at home by yourself – but in other cases (like commercial buildings with a drinking water system) you may need to hire a certified backflow assembly tester for a yearly inspection to look for contamination.
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After 2 years in making, 'Melody In The Mist' album is ready for listening. Ambience and atmospheric feelings get you in the mist.
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Memphidos is Dimitris Sakkas, He was born in October 5th 1986, in Athens Greece.
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Damien Chazelle's Whiplash stormed its way into theaters last weekend with a militaristic take on jazz musicians, their mentors, collaborators, and ambitions. Although Chazelle has said much of the inspiration for the film came from his very real high-school experiences, elements of the film were heightened for dramatic purposes. "My teacher was a little less of a monster," he said at the film's East Coast premiere. "I was in a very competitive jazz band that toured around the world, and the teacher modeled it after college programs and professional programs. It was a climate of fear and tough love, and I just remember feeling those emotions of anxiety and stress and anguish as a drummer, and I wanted to make a movie about what that felt like." Vulture consulted Mark Sherman — a multi-instrumentalist and international performer who also serves as a jazz faculty member at The Juilliard School, New Jersey City University, and the New York Jazz Workshop — about what should be considered fact and what should be considered fiction. (Mild spoilers for the movie follow.)
1. There's blood, but it's not that bad.
"You know how the drummer is so frustrated and scared, and his desire to succeed is so strong? He's practicing, really trying to get faster and faster, and he's drawing blood. That's unrealistic. People don't draw blood like that, playing music. It just doesn't happen, and if you do, you're holding the sticks wrong. You're screwed up technically if you're drawing blood. I've never seen anyone draw blood. I used to draw blood on the vibes a lot, because the mallets are being held between your fingers. Sometimes I would play loud and break a callus. Popping calluses, breaking blisters."
2. That's not really how you practice drums.
Some of the things the drummer was practicing were not really things you'd want to practice. When Andrew was drawing blood, for example, he was playing the single strokes so fast and for so long. They were trying to show how deep Fletcher had hurt him and how much the kid wanted it, but practicing like that in and of itself is psychotic and insane.
3. Sure, there's pressure at music schools, but come on!
As I watched the movie, I thought two things: This kid Andrew is going to come to practice with a gun. Then, he's going to shoot the guy. The whole way, I thought it was going to be a statement on the type of stuff that's happening in schools today, where a kid comes in with a machine gun and blows everybody away. Either that, or I thought the kid would commit suicide. It makes me feel bad that people are being led to believe that trying to get a career in music or jazz … this is what you got to go through. I teach at a place like Juilliard, which is top-tier, and a lot of these kids are under a lot of pressure, yes. But not that kind of pressure. The pressure, ultimately, is the pressure you put on yourself, to survive and succeed in the industry.
4. Fletchers do exist, but they're not that cruel.
I know some people — and I don't want to mention names — but [one] was the director of jazz studies at one of the schools I taught at. He's not there anymore because he retired. He was a guy who, in the big band rehearsals, used to turn a lot of kids and teachers off by calling them "assholes" and "stupid idiots." Not screaming it at the top of his lungs, but using words like that. Even that little bit of verbal badgering was enough to get people to be unhappy. I could see why that would turn a young aspiring player off. Of course, then there's a lot of reproaches. You could say, "The tough only survive, you got to be tough," or "If you can't take this shit, you'll never make it out there." Well, there's part of that that's true, but I don't think that's the way to show it or teach it. This type of mental and verbal abuse, borderlining on physical, is taken so seriously that he'd be thrown out of Juilliard and most schools no matter how great he was. If Wynton Marsalis, who's my boss here at Juilliard, did that — called kids "cocksuckers" and badgered kids like that — he'd be thrown out.
5. Lessons do go awry if students are unprepared — it's just not as terrifying.
My expectation, particularly of the Juilliard students, is to follow the rules here: Lateness and absences count in a big way. My expectations are: Show up on time, with the work I've assigned to you prepared, and/or more. If a kid comes into a lesson and they haven't prepared their lesson properly, we don't need to sit here and watch them practice. So we might say, Okay, you practice and I'm going out for a cup of coffee. I'll be back in 20 or 40 minutes and see where you're at.
6. Yes, the standards are extremely demanding.
I expect my students to be like I was when I was their age. I used to practice about six or seven hours a day, go to all the classes and orchestra rehearsals. It was 14 hours a day in this school thing every day for five years. And for that, you get a little career. I used to enter the building at 8 a.m. and leave at 11:30 p.m. That's all I did for five years, when I went to school here. You want to get good at something, you do it hard for ten years. Practice perfectly for ten years, and you'll have what you want — that's how you get to the next level.
7. For some, it's true, music can be a solitary career.
That part [in which Andrew breaks off with his girlfriend to chase his dreams] is a valid point. The commitment that it takes to play music is like any other art form. The commitment of trying to be a master of jazz's poetic language is an addiction, just like a drug, and there can be very little room for a social life. Some kids here can't find a balance. That's a reality; there are lots of people like that. You become a hermit from practicing so much. But you know what? The guys who stay in here for ten hours a day? Those are the ones who come out on top a lot of the time.
8. The movie's end is real and raw.
I actually cried at the end, when the kid was kicking ass in the last tune. And the most important thing about that scene is maybe what the band director was trying to get out of all the students from the very beginning — my take on it, at least — which is he's trying to teach them to be leaders like he is. And at the very end, Miles Teller says, "I'll cue you." He's the leader now.


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Rumors and leaks have flow on toy sites lately, but now the mischief is managed. Loki, Thor's trickster brother, returns in plastic form for a new comic-based figure. And the timing couldn't be better, with all the hype gearing up for the Asgardian nuisance's new Disney+ TV series. Rather than replicating Tom Hiddleston's precise MCU look, however, this Diamond Select figure takes inspiration from the comics. And in addition to adapting his modern outfit, the figure includes Kid Loki. The younger incarnation replaced his more adult self for some time in the comics. But why replace when you can have both?
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Updated: Dec 13, 2019
Have you ever allowed things to disturb your inner being so bad that your stomach hurt? That was me. I would literally get sick because I was so upset. I allowed the smallest and most insignificant things disturb the peace I had. I was the child that held things in and would explode when I had reached my breaking point. I remember being in college and someone spilled a drink on me and I flipped. I mean I went off to the point that everyone in the dining hall could hear it. Now that I think about it, it was really embarrassing and so unnecessary. I know that it was partly because I had become this angry person due to some of the things I had experienced growing up but also because I had not yet mastered peace.
By my late 20's, I had realized that I suffered from anxiety and stress. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer the first time, the doctor told me that I had to eliminate stress from my life because stress causes growth. From that moment on, I was determined to live a life of peace. However, it wasn't that easy! I was a teacher, a coach and a single mother. All jobs that brought on great stress. Not only that but I was broken from the pains of my past so where was peace going to live? I didn't have room for peace because I was holding on to too many other things that broke me. I knew I had to let these things go in order to get to the place of peace that I had so desired to be in. It wasn't easy and it took me a good 3 years after my initial diagnosis to evolve to the place where I decided that my peace was more important than my pain. However, when I made that decision, I didn't look back. I began to work on my wholeness. Part of that journey led me to read two books, Sara Jakes Roberts "Don't Settle for Safe" and Touré Roberts "Wholeness". In addition, I had to make the decision to stop doing what I had loved and that was teaching and coaching. It was taking a toll on my body and it was just something I could no longer do. The decision alone caused me anxiety and stress. Retirement at the age of 36, who would have ever imagined? Not me! But my health and my peace became a priority to me.
Peace is defined as a state of being free from disturbance. With reading the two books, I was well on my way to grasping peace. I had always been one to look for "closure" but what I had learned is that closure is more about addressing the anger and hurt I was carrying instead of looking to the other person for answers. Once I had realized that, my journey became easier. My journey to wholeness was making room for the peace I so desired. It took a lot of work and I shed a lot of tears but I was determined to live a life of peace.
I'm now at a place in my life where my peace can't be disturbed, and Lord knows there have being challenges! I just can't afford to allow it. I love how I feel with this mastered peace. Don't get me wrong, every now and again I might allow something or someone to crack that door open but then I remember who I am and where God is taking me. I can't be that same girl, I must be the woman that God has called me to be. The woman who calls on God's peace that surpasses all understanding when the winds begin to blow. The woman that ignores and avoids the drama because she is no longer that broken girl. The woman that has EVOLVED to the place where she prays for the peace of the ones who may try to disturb hers. I'm not perfect but I know that PEACE is POWER and I enjoy having it. If you're feeling broken and are trying to master peace, I would recommend the two books above. They both changed my life and aided me in obtaining the peace I desired to have.
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Activision has released the launch trailer for Modern Warfare 3 first DLC pack. The DLC pack is called Collection 1, and packs in four multiplayer maps, Piazza, Liberation, Overwatch, and Black Box along with two Special Ops missions, Black Ice and Negotiator.
Collection 1 is set to release on Xbox Live on March 20th, and will set you back 1200 MS points ($15). PS3 and PC players can expect the collection to hit PSN and Steam about a month after.
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As the weather grows colder, my carb cravings grow stronger. I inevitably turn to classic comfort foods, like the Southern classic of meatloaf, green beans and mashed potatoes. Is there a better way to carb out than hiding carbs in a loaf of meat and serving it with a side or two of carbs? Oh, I suppose you might select Panera Bread's "Pick 2" meal, and order a starchy potato soup with a sandwich and get a side of bread. (Not that I do that … too often.) But still, when you want some comfort you can't beat home cooking, or at least home style cooking.Jump to Recipe
Necessity is the Mother of….
As with many of my recipes, Almost Italian Meatloaf originated because of what was and wasn't on hand. I wanted to make something Italian. I thought I had Italian style bread crumbs, but the container—sitting on a shelf like a respectable container of actual product—was empty. Who does that? Puts an empty container in the pantry? (I do, apparently. I do.) The closest thing to bread crumbs was matzo meal. I was firmly committed to meatloaf by now, so …. Almost Italian Meatloaf.
Matzo is for more than….
I keep matzo meal on hand for making matzo ball soup and latkes, which is usually about once a year—matzo ball soup in the dead of winter, and latkes for Hannukkah. Incorporating matzo meal into meatloaf worked out really well, because it's a great way to ensure I use it up before it expires.
If you've ever had matzo ball soup, you will understand how matzo meal adds a certain density to meatloaf that's just not possible with regular bread crumbs. Just like a day's worth of lamp oil lasted 8 days in the miracle of Hannukkah, matzo meal seems to go further with less.
About Almost Italian Meatloaf
The meatloaf holds together very well, and a single slice is pretty filling, even if you don't load up with a side (or two) of carbs. Throw some Italian seasoning into a side of green beans and add a side of Garlic Smashed Potatoes, and Southern comfort goes Italian. And if you really need that extra carb, throw in a slice of Italian bread. When it comes to carb loading, why "Pick 2" when you can pick 4?
I have never tried this dish with a vegetable-based protein, but I imagine it's possible. If you try it, please let me know how it turns out. For a lower sodium version, eliminate or substitute salt. Matzo meal is sodium and fat free, but it's made with wheat flour, so you'd have to use a gluten free meal if you need a gluten free dish.
Switch out Italian seasonings for cajun seasonings, use corn meal instead of matzo meal, and you've got a gluten free cajun meatloaf. Mmmm ….. my carb craving mind envisions cajun meatloaf with a side of gumbo over rice or—better yet—over yellow potato salad, along with a side of cornbread. I think I'm up to pick 5 now. Am I taking things too far?
"We parked in back and walked down the stairs with their polished brass railings, past the old-fashioned kitchen. We could see the chefs cooking. It smelled like stew, or meat loaf, the way time should smell, solid and nourishing."— Janet Fitch
Almost Italian Meatloaf
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 TBSP Italian seasoning
- 1 TBSP dried or finely chopped fresh basil
- 1 tsp coarse ground salt
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 1 tsp cayenne powder
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- ½ C black olives sliced
- 8 oz tomato paste
- 2 eggs
- 1 C matzo meal
- ½ C shredded Italian cheese
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- In a large bowl, mix together all ingredients except for the cheese.
- Place into an ungreased standard loaf pan or 9 x 9 square casserole dish.
- Bake for about 60 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle with shredded cheese.


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Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh couldn't stop laughing after Aamir Khan's daughter Ira Khan shared a hilarious video to wish 'beautiful soul' Hazel Keech 'Happy Birthday.' Ira, who recently directed Hazel as the lead character of her debut play Medea, took to Instagram to share a throwback video of herself with Yuvraj Singh's wife.
Ira wrote, "Hello, you beautiful soul❤ Happy Birthday? No clue where you are or which time zone but I hope you're having the most amazing time and you know that I love you and miss you! Hold on to your amazingness?? the world needs it."
In the video, Hazel Keech was seen wearing a longline black dress with an embellished yoke. The black maxi dress also cames with a ne,t long-sleeved overcoat. Ira, on the other hand, was clad in a vest top and denim hot pants. The video was believed to have been shot during the rehearsal of Medea last year.
Her post elicited instant reactions from both Hazel and her husband Yuvraj. Hazel wrote, "Love you. Tich!" While her husband posted an 'rolling on the floor laughing' emoji and a red heart.
Earlier in the day, Yuvraj shared an adorable of himself with wife Hazel with both standing next to the Statue of Liberty as he wrote, "Hey hazey it's your bday ! Thank you for taking me out on a freezing ? ? day ,only cause it's your bday ??❤ ?❤? have a great day my love."
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This kicked up deviled egg recipe are the perfect appetizer for brunch, holidays or any party!
- 1/2 lb. ground sausage
- 2 cups frozen, shredded hash browns
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons spicy brown mustard
- 12 hard boiled eggs, peeled and cut in half saving the yolks for the filling
- Chopped chives for garnish
- Start by heating a large skillet over medium heat to brown the sausage. Break the sausage up into small pieces as it cooks, cooking until all the pink is gone. Drain and remove the sausage to a bowl to cool.
- To the same skillet, add the hash browns and cook until crispy and brown, about 10 minutes.
- Add the hash browns in the same bowl with the sausage to cool.
- Once the filling has cooled, add the mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and half the reserved yolks from the hard boiled eggs and stir to combine.
- Stuff the eggs with the filling and garnish with chives.
- Category: Appetizers
- Method: Stove Top
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: appetizers, easy appetizers, deviled eggs, brunch recipes, holiday recipes, stuffed eggs, sausage recipes


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Having insurance is a no-brainer and if you fail to take out the right insurance for a particular situation, then you are incredibly foolish. When you purchase an insurance policy, your insurance company makes a promise to you that they will pay out in the event of an accident or anything else that is agreed upon within the insurance policy itself. For all of the road users out there, it would be extremely irresponsible of you to drive a motorcycle or any motor-vehicle without the appropriate insurance. In the event of an accident and someone is injured or even loses their life, there are big bills that have to be paid for hospital fees and for resultant money that needs to be paid if you are unable to go to work. For businesses, insurance is essential for matters such as flooding, theft or fire and you're taking a big risk if you try to go about your daily activities without having some kind of insurance policy in place.
If you are the owner and driver of a motorcycle, then Rabbit Finance bike insurance is something that you should never leave home without. Nobody knows what's going to happen next and nobody knows what lies in wait for you around the next corner or over the brow of that hill. Even small businesses know that they need insurance in place. If you still have to be sold on the idea of having the right insurance policy, then maybe the following can help you to make up your mind.
* It keeps things moving – If you have the right insurance policy in place and you come off your motorcycle on the way to work, then you're going to need some form of transport to get you to your job every day or else you will lose it. Having an insurance policy means that your bike will be fixed for you in quick time and if it can't be repaired, then they will pay out for a bike of similar value and this will allow you to purchase some kind of transport to get you to your place of work. With no insurance in place, you have a motorcycle that can no longer be ridden and there is a high likelihood that you're going to lose your position at the company you work in.
* You need it for finance – All finance companies will not allow you to take out a loan to purchase a motorcycle unless you have the right insurance in place. If they were to lend you the money to buy a motorcycle and you're involved in an accident, then if you didn't have the money to pay the final payments on your loan, then what is the finance company to do. This is why they will not entertain the thought of lending you any amount of money without an insurance policy.
* It is compulsory – Is illegal to be driving around on a motorcycle without any insurance at all and if you are caught, it will result in a hefty fine and maybe even some jail time. This is an item that you cannot avoid and it would be incredibly irresponsible of you not to have some kind of insurance. To learn more about the benefits of insurance, have a look here.
You need to look at insurance as something that you will always need like air and water. With that mindset, life will be a lot easier for you in the event of an accident.


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Before joining Century Financial, Madhur's had a rich banking experience across leading global banks in the region such as CITI bank and Standard Chartered. His last stint before Century was as an Assistant Vice President in CITI Bank (UAE) with previous stints at Standard Chartered in Priority Banking and ICICI Bank Ltd (seconded to Emirates Bank, Dubai)
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Madhur holds a bachelor's degree in Information Technology from Guru Nanak Dev University and is a CISI certified financial professional having completed professional exams- Global Securities, Risk in Financial Services, International Certificate in Wealth and Investment Management and UAE Financial Rules and Regulations from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI).
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The deadline for teams to set rosters for the Rule 5 draft looms at midnight. Yesterday, the Yankees made the "small move" that Brian Cashman hinted about Tuesday, hooking up with old pal Kevin Towers, now GM of the Diamondbacks, in a deal that sent first baseman Juan Miranda to the desert for right fielder Justin Upton pitcher Scottie Allen.
As I mentioned a couple weeks ago in my Rule 5 breakdown, the Yankees were likely going to designate Miranda for assignment to free up a 40-man roster spot since he's out of options. Instead of giving up the righty-masher for nothing, the team received a 19-year-old pitcher and freed up a roster spot.
The deal works out well for both teams. Miranda will head to a bandbox hoping to become the left side of a first-base platoon. Arizona is a team starving for runs to support their overly generous pitching staff; though they scored 4.4 runs per game in 2010, their pitchers gave up 5.2 runs per game. Towers is also interested in cutting the bloated strikeout rate of D'Backs hitters in 2010. Miranda is no stranger to the whiff, but if he's not exposed against southpaws, his K rates should improve. With Mark Teixeira holding down the cold corner until 2016 (with Nick Swisher to back up if he's injured), Miranda had no chance of busting into regular duty.
Pitching depth is always nice, and acquiring a useful minor-league arm makes this an instant win for the Yankees. Baseball America's 2010 handbook mentions that after being selected in the 11th round of the 2009 draft, Allen gained 18 pounds and started adding some ticks to his heater, putting up 95 mph readings at summer's end. However, their scouting report from yesterday notes that he has a sinking fastball that sits in the high 80s to low 90s. Allen also throws a changeup and slider, both of which register high 70s readings, and a curveball.
At 6-foot-2, 170 pounds, Allen still has room to fill out and add velocity. He already shows an aptitude for throwing strikes, though despite sink on his fastball, he's definitely a fly-ball pitcher (0.81 ground-/air-out ratio, 0.6 homers per nine). Despite an ugly 4.73 ERA, Allen does have solid peripherals. His 9.12 strikeouts per nine is definitely workable, as is his 2.54 walks per nine. It looks like the BABIP monster was a frequent visitor during his time with the Snakes; a .371 mark this year left him snake bitten.
Baseball America points out that the northpaw tires after the fourth inning, which indicates he would benefit with some additional strength and perhaps a switch to the bullpen. Allen is ages away from the majors and has many arms in front of him, but from an acquisition standpoint, the Yankees made off well in this deal.


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The church sold our van. I was told by several members I can not list the proceeds as revenue in the general ledger. Please let me know any suggestions, I know the sale and money need to be recorded somewhere.
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"Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in." ~ Louise Brown
Ten Years
First, Holy Expletive! Ten years! Ten years I have put myself through this torture. Ten years of word sprints, hundreds upon thousands of words, (over five hundred thousand) thirty days (three hundred to be exact) of having no life, an endless diet of caffeine, hours spent pulling my hair and questioning my sanity.
And through it all there are the friendships I have made. The writing sit-ins I have attended. The goals I have set and succeeded and the dreams that I have accomplished.
A lot has happened in ten years. I have grown not just as a writer, but as a human. I have become more self-assured. I am more knowledgable of the process as a whole. And I have been the same hair color for five years. (a huge accomplishment in of itself!)
For those who don't know what NaNoWriMo is, it stands for National Novel Writing Month. Every November, writers around the world attempt to pen at least 50,000 words which is the length of a novel.
In other words: It is pure torture. Do. Not. Do. It!
I kid.
While NaNoWriMo might seem like cruel unnecessary punishment, as grueling as it is, it is also incredibly fun. As someone who can get caught up in the writing process, it has taught me to let go and pen my thoughts without worrying about anything else.
It takes the writer back to basics, where the focus is the story and everything else is just excess.
The Last Year
It has been an ever evolving journey where I have learned and grown as a writer. This last year was especially life changing. The novel I wrote during the 2016 NaNoWriMo is in negotiations and has become a series. I have been freelancing for several publications and have had the amazing opportunity of covering some pretty rad events as a journalist with press creds.
At times it hasn't been easy. It still isn't always flowers and sunshine. The writer life isn't regardless of how it is portrayed in movies. But I am following my dreams and getting closer to actually being able to legit call myself a novelist. I may not be J.K. Rowling. And I may joke about being Carrie Bradshaw. But at the end of the day I am just me and this is MY journey and I wouldn't have it any other way.
This NaNo might be my most ambitious yet, especially because of my crazy writing schedule. I also have several trips planned, because why not? But that is what makes it fun. I wouldn't be the crazy over-achiever if I didn't keep pushing myself. And at the end of the day, THAT is what NaNoWrimo is about. Pushing your limits as a writer and delving even deeper into the process.
To everyone participating: Happy NaNoWriMo!
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Spain govt bitterly split over upping military spend
The release Tuesday of a billion euros for the army has split Spain's ruling coalition, with left-wing hardliners Podemos opposing the defence budget increases promised to NATO by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
he release Tuesday of a billion euros for the army has split Spain's ruling coalition, with left-wing hardliners Podemos opposing the defence budget increases promised to NATO by Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
As host of last week's summit of the alliance's leaders, Spain, like other members, committed to increasing its investment in defence to 2.0 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), as required by NATO.
Without waiting for the next round of tortuous budget negotiations, Sanchez's cabinet on Tuesday released 999.7 million euros ($1.02 billion) in military funding to "deal with all the extraordinary expenses" linked to the war in Ukraine, government spokesman Isabel Rodriguez said.
he funding was released as part of the "commitment" Sanchez made to NATO, she said.
According to NATO's latest annual report, Spain invested 1.03 percent of its GDP on defence spending in 2021, one of the lowest figures among alliance members, with only Luxembourg investing less.
But Podemos, Sanchez's junior coalition partner which has been highly critical of arms shipments to Ukraine, roundly rejected the military funding injection and opposes raising the defence budget.
Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz, who represents the party in government, on Tuesday called for an "urgent" meeting of the coalition's monitoring committee which is tasked with ensuring that the commitments made when the coalition deal was inked in January 2020 were being respected.
Podemos said it had only heard about the allocation of funds to the military through the press — a charge denied by the Socialist party.
"Spending on weapons at the demand of a foreign power rather than investing it in better healthcare, education and social protection is not a budget that our country needs," said Podemos' leader and Social Rights Minister Ione Belarra said on Monday.
In an interview with the local daily El Diario Montanes, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, who belongs to the Socialist Party, said he could not comprehend Podemos' opposition.
"I can't believe that any political force could be against guaranteeing Spain's security and protection at a time when the threat to our security has increased in a way that it hasn't done in decades," he said.


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Forum:PSA: Grand Exchange changes
Hi everyone!
Gaz, Jayden, Kitty and I are in the process of making some changes to how the wikis handle Grand Exchange prices. Please read User:Cook Me Plox/Exchange proposal for the full set of things taking place, but the overview is:
- We are moving historical data (used for charts) off the wiki to api.weirdgloop.org, and changing the charts to hit this instead of transcluding the data on the wiki page.
- We are removing Grand Exchange prices, last prices and volumes from the Module:Exchange/% pages, and making it so we only access them from bulk modules.
- After this is all done, we will be permanently deleting old revisions of Exchange-related pages if they're part of a consecutive string of only bot price updates. (These will be backed up to cold storage, but not stored in the database any more.)
Again, read the proposal for the full plan and reasons why, but here are the main benefits:
- We get to make GazBot only do ~12 edits per day instead of 18,000, which has huge performance impact for the job queue, webservers, and repeated caching.
- Currently historical prices are hardcoded in the HTML of item pages, which can often be 70% or more of the total page size (seriously, take a look at the HTML of https://runescape.wiki/w/Prayer_potion). This will remove that, and decrease the amount of total prices as well.
- We get to delete roughly 73% of all revisions on the site, including 66% of RSW, 84% of OSRS, and 95% of pt-RSW. This has a huge impact on the portability of the database, both for migrations and possible future ephemeral versions of the wiki.
- We get exchange data on pt-RSW basically for free, instead of needing to sign up for another 12,000 edits a day.
- Third-party scrapers will be able to use the new API (which is heavily cached) instead of hitting our wiki web servers.
Some small downsides:
- Historical data will no longer be interactable without some way to fetch the data (mainly JavaScript). That means templates that use that data directly on-wiki (rsw:Template:GEPHist) will have to break. However this was only used on one mainspace page.
We are going forward with this plan imminently unless people have major concerns. Thanks! ʞooɔ 23:15, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Discussion[edit source]
Support - Riblet15 (talk) 03:59, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Support - yahoooooooooo - Towelcat (talk) 04:01, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Comment - "Third-party scrapers will be able to use the new API (which is heavily cached) instead of hitting our wiki web servers." Does this caching mean prices provided by the wiki could be outdated? Or would it still be about the same as before where they're updated roughly every day? Crow 12:07, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Will the impact to the job queue mean faster updating for other things such as WLH during when Gaz Bot would have normally been running? Crow 12:07, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Support - So you're saying we get to hit milestone total edits again? Badassiel 15:29, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
- Depends on if you're counting by max revision number, or total revision count. I think the magic words use max, but Special:Statistics uses count. ʞooɔ 18:49, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Comment - Thanks for letting us know. --Legaia 2 Pla ᴛ · ʟ · ᴄ 20:57, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
Question - What do you mean by "possible future ephemeral versions of the wiki"? Would that be like if we spun up a mirror of the wiki to prep for a major update we have prior knowledge of? Or are you referring to something else? (Sorry if ephemeral has a tech meaning I'm unaware of.) BigDiesel2m (talk) 22:52, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
- Yeah, this would be sandbox versions of the wiki, either for embargoed update prep or technical testing. There may be situations where it's easier to have a sandbox wiki than sandboxing large parts of it. ʞooɔ 05:22, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
Closed - This has been launched, and announced in a wider setting. Previous revisions have been deleted. ʞooɔ 12:26, 13 December 2020 (UTC)


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To get a sense of how Ebola might be affecting the national electorate, it's worth considering how a simple bottle of hand sanitizer affected students at Cornell University.
In their 2012 paper "Dirty Liberals! Reminders of Physical Cleanliness Influence Moral and Political Attitudes," Erik Helzer and David Pizarro stopped 52 Cornell students in a campus hallway and asked them to take a short survey. But there was a catch. Half the students were asked "step over to the wall to complete the questionnaire." The other half were asked to "step over to the hand-sanitizer dispenser to complete the questionnaire."
The results were startling: the simple reminder of hand sanitizer — which is, itself, a reminder that disease is everywhere, and you need to be protecting yourself — changed students' self-reported politics. On average, students in the control group rated themselves a 4.93 on a scale where 1 was extremely conservative and 7 was extremely liberal. But students who were cued to think about the hand sanitizer rated themselves, on average, a 4.30 — and the difference held on fiscal, social, and moral issues.
The mere nearness of some hand sanitizer was able "to shift participants' responses toward the conservative end of the political spectrum," Helzer and Pizarro concluded.
The behavioral immune system
The researchers weren't just following up on a hunch. They were building on a rich and unnerving body of evidence that suggests some of our political beliefs run deeper than mere partisanship — they're evolutionary Jedi mind tricks that help us avoid infectious diseases.
The theory, at its core, is this: for most of humanity's history, infectious diseases were the single most profound threat to the survival of the species; they likely killed more humans than "all wars, noninfectious diseases, and natural disasters put together." But humanity fought back on two fronts. The first was the development of highly tuned immune systems. But the second was the development of behavioral responses — like the feeling of disgust when you smell rotted meat, or the shiver of fear you get when you see a rat — that helped us avoid carriers of infection.
Mark Schaller, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of British Columbia, calls this the "behavioral immune system," and once researchers began looking for it, they found it everywhere. People are disgusted by yellowish liquids that look like pus but unbothered by bluish liquids with the same texture. Women have stronger disgust responses when they're pregnant — and thus vulnerable to infection — than when they're not. Societies tend to be more xenophobic when they're in areas with higher risks of infectious disease.
Xenophobia, in particular, is a completely rational response to the threat of disease: a group's immune system might be tuned against local pathogens but helpless against foreign agents, and foreigners may not be schooled in the local norms and behaviors that protect against infection. As such, it makes a lot of sense for groups who are more vulnerable to disease outbreaks to fear foreigners.
Researchers tested this by looking at whether people exhibited more xenophobia when they felt subjectively more vulnerable to infection. They did. In one experiment, Schaller — working alongside coauthors Jason Faulkner, Jason Park, and Leslie Duncan — showed some people a series of pictures that focused on how easily bacteria could be transmitted in modern life and other people pictures showing how easily accidents could happen. The subjects cued to think about disease showed much more prejudice and fear toward immigrants they perceived as particularly foreign than did the subjects cued to think about accidents.
It's not just xenophobia, and it's not just in labs. There have been a number of studies looking at whether high rates of infectious disease risk correlate with different kinds of governments and social behaviors in the real world. They do, and powerfully. As Ethan Watters writes in an overview of the evidence, researchers have found "severe pathogen stress leads to high levels of civil and ethnic warfare, increased rates of homicide and child maltreatment, patriarchal family structures, and social restrictions regarding women's sexual behavior."
How Ebola could twist American politics
The claim here is radical and discomfiting: many of our cherished political beliefs and even cultural and religious practices are, on some level, a faux-rational rebranding of behaviors and attitudes developed to protect against disease. And the reemergence of infectious disease threats can trigger the reemergence of some of these latent beliefs and behaviors.
Which brings us to Ebola, a threat that seems custom-designed to activate our worst instincts. It's an infectious disease, of course, and a particularly scary one at that. It comes from West Africa, and so it lights up the part of our evolutionary hardwiring that connects disease to foreigners. And we're hearing about it all day, every day. If the gentle, neutral mention of hand sanitizer can change someone's politics, what will the constant storm of Ebola coverage do?
From the evolutionary perspective, what the American people want the government to do in response Ebola has been exactly what you would expect: there's been nearly instant pressure to shut down the borders and to quarantine anyone who has been anywhere near the foreigners. These ideas are wildly popular: a recent NPR poll found that 77 percent of Americans supported a travel ban.
As that poll suggests, this isn't really about Democrats and Republicans. When researchers say that infectious disease threats tend to increase traits associated with conservatism, they're talking about traits that run far deeper than party affiliation, and that can live in both parties simultaneously. What an infectious disease threat can do is shift the terms of the entire political system — both Democrats and Republicans will become a bit more closed to outsiders and mistrustful of change than they were before. These instincts long predate the invention of political parties.
You can see it with the travel ban. As modern as a travel ban sounds — it's about airplanes, after all — it is, in its way, an example of our most ancient reactions to infectious diseases: to draw a clear line delineating who is "us" and who is "them" and then make sure the line doesn't get crossed. The problem is, in the modern world, these instincts, which really did work for a very long time, can be counterproductive. "These kinds of reactions may have been adaptive in the past," says Schaller, "but in the current environment, there can be some really negative outcomes from these actions."
Travel bans, for instance, can lead to people hide their contact with Ebola victims, and thus spread the disease in ways we can't trace. They can also make it harder to get health workers and medical supplies to West Africa, where they're desperately needed if we're going to stop the Ebola outbreak. Quarantines effectively criminalize the health workers trying to stop Ebola in West Africa and might lead to fewer health workers willing to help victims.
For most of human history our only defense against disease was to hide from it, and to shun outsiders who might bring new diseases to our tribes. But recent events have proven that we can't hide from Ebola. A regional disease can turn into a global epidemic in an instant. The only way to stop Ebola in America is to stop it in West Africa. And that means our ancient instinct to close our borders won't work. Our only option is to fight Ebola together.


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This Sermon was delivered by Rev. Liz Goodman from the pulpit of the Monterey United Church of Christ in Monterey, Massachusetts, on January 10, 2016. Introduction and closing music is performed by Eric Martin, with voice by Dan Wing. We are grateful to Richard Weber for his permission to use his painting of Monterey for the album art.
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