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>Running 101>Do 20 mile runs ever get easier?
Am I doing this right?
I did my second 20 mile run today. I really feel pretty good until the last couple miles Those last 2 miles I really start to struggle. The last mile especially. Do they ever get any easier? Is there anything I should be doing differently?
No excuses....
What are you training for?
.. and no.. unless you're at 100 mile weeks.. they dont get easy. Sorry..
I can only do 14 before feeling terrible.
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ummm sorry to differ with parklife but yes they do get easier. But it usually means a second or third or fourth marathon training cycle.
Try slowing it down a little in the first few miles.
And realize that you had a pretty brutal week leading up to it. You've just moved to 50 miles, you did 2 pace runs.
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I would say they do get easier, but perhaps with more consistent mileage. Looking at your log, there's a two week gap without a lot of running between your last 20 miler and today. That said, a person is bound to feel pretty drained after twenty miles.
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When the long run is such a substantial proportion of your overall running, it's not going to be easy. Over time yes, it will be easiER.
Looking at your log....granted it's a narrow window of perspective....it looks like the classic situation of putting too many eggs in the long run basket. IMHO even if you have an upcoming marathon, you'd be better off running 16 and getting more in during the week consistently....assuming recovery from the long runs is what is leading to such limited running outside the long run.
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In my experience, they got easier. Then they got harder, cause I got lazy about going long.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Hey BigBunny
I'm a beginner for the long runs too (done some 30K, not 32) and the last 2 km are tough for me too...
2 things help me: go slow and eat something somewhere in the middle- not much just something, half of an energy bar is enough for me at this point. I'm assuming you are drinking. That and good luck :-)
Yes, of course they get easier.
Yes, it looks bad with my week last week. That was not because of the first 20 miler. I was out in MT fly fishing for a week. It involved too much beer and bad eating. Vacation for real.
I appreciate all the feedback. Yes, this is my first marathon training cycle. I realize some of it is tired legs from training. However, it's starting to mess with my head a little in that if I can barely make it through 20, what happens with 26.2?
Anyway, I understand all the advice. I'll keep with the plan and working on it.
Realize that there is a huge difference in a 20 mile training run and doing a marathon (taper, mentally, fueling, hydration, ect). I agree with most that with a more substantial base they do get easiER, but also remember that you logged a fast 10 mile pace run the day before so you are already working on tired legs. There probably is alot of benefit to following up your 10 mile pace run with a 14-16 mile run the next day but constantly pushing 40% of your weekly volume on 1 run will not leave you healthy at the starting line.
Its great that you have some one to go on the long runs with and you may want to consider ending with them rather than alone. Mentally it will be easier.
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As I am working my way towards my second marathon an a diet of higher mileage / lower intensity, I find that the longer runs (including today's 20 miler) have become easier to complete. That being said, I was very aware of just how far it was to the finish line starting around mile 17. I don't think that they ever become easy but that they difficulty decreases with mileage (both current and cumulative).
Rebuilding my aerobic base....racing next year.....nothing to see here....move along now.
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But, in my little world, 20-milers get easier. A lot easier.
Still, it depends.
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remember that you logged a fast 10 mile pace run the day before so you are already working on tired legs.
remember that you logged a fast 10 mile pace run the day before so you are already working on tired legs.
This is a staple (and goal) of the Hidgon training plans, I'll guess the OP is using one.
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Yes, it looks bad with my week last week. That was not because of the first 20 miler. I was out in MT fly fishing for a week. It involved too much beer and bad eating. Vacation for real.
No wonder you had to work some on the next one. I wouldn't worry about it.
This is a staple (and goal) of the Hidgon training plans, I'll guess the OP is using one.
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Dogtown and Z-Boys - Birth of Modern Skateboarding
While doing some Christmas shopping today, scored a copy of Dogtown and Z-Boys for $9. Merry Christmas to me. I've only seen this documentary once, a few years ago, so popped it into the DVD player tonight for another look. As remembered, a fantastic film, even if you're not a skateboarder.
I wouldn't call myself an actual skateboarder, but did dabble with skating back in the '70s as a teenager. Neighborhood cruising and general goofing around, including one broken wrist as proof. I also read Skateboarder magazine at the time, so knew a bit about the Dogtown crew and influence on the scene. That scene being Southern California, my scene a universe away in suburban New Jersey.
Those Skateboarder magazine articles and photos - especially the photos - made an impression on me. Some of those images of Tony Alva, Jay Adams and others, burned into my teenaged brain. I recognized many shots in the film, as it shows plenty of photo and video archive from that era. Seeing the archived video was especially cool, since all my memories revolved around still shots. Watching how they skated, you can really see how it formed modern skateboarding, pushing it from the stand up tricks from the '60s, into vertical moves that changed the entire sport. Modern day interviews though out the documentary puts it all in perspective.
Being a kid from the '70s, the look of the archive footage - long hair, tube socks, t-shirts - and the soundtrack, pushes all my memory lane buttons. The look and feel of the old film and still shots, combined with the very stylish skating - fantastic to witness. There's also a bit of surfing history and footage laced into the film, since early skateboarding was very tied to the surfing scene.
If you've never skateboarded in your life, still an interesting documentary. Especially if you ski, mountain bike, surf, snowboard, BMX, motocross - anything involving movement, style and flow - you'll get it. Highly recommended.
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Do you believe in every girl's right to marry who they want, when they want and to live safe from violence? Speak out to ensure that youth voices on these issues are heard at the highest level.
Isabelle is a member of the youth panel for the upcoming Girl Summit (19 July). She is passionate about girls' rights and effecting real change for girls and women across the world. She has just returned from volunteering in India for three months.
Recently, I was chatting to a friend about sex and relationships.
We are both 20-year-old women. I'm from the UK and have a boyfriend, with no current plans to marry or settle down. It's a situation I'm happy with. My friend Sandhiya, however, is from India and hopes to have a 'relation marriage' – an arranged marriage to her first cousin. She is also very happy.
Arranged marriages provide the chance for both members of the couple to give consent, or say no, to the match. Sandhiya wants to marry her cousin and she'll be 25 when the wedding takes place. She has a college diploma and enjoys her working life. Although arranged marriage seems alien to me, it is a socially and culturally important practice that is not necessarily detrimental to the lives of women. In India 90% of marriages are arranged.
But what if Sandhiya had no say about her husband? What if she were too young to make an informed decision about her future? What if she were forced into a marriage that she didn't want?
That situation is not as uncommon as you may think. One third of the world's girls are married before the age of 18 and 1 in 9 are married before the age of 15. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that marriage should be "entered only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses". If people are not yet 18, can their consent really be considered "free and full"?
When I went to India with the government-funded International Citizen Service programme, my experiences there made me think about what it means to be a woman and what else I could do to help improve the lives of girls and women around the world.
Soon after my return I was given the opportunity to be part of the youth panel for the government's upcoming Girl Summit, which will take place on 22 July. The summit is focused on stopping the harmful practices of child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM). Its other key focus is ending female genital mutilation (FGM), an issue that affects many countries including the UK, where over 20,000 girls are at risk of FGM each year.
As these are global issues, it is imperative that we have global contributions. Although our panel is made up of a diverse mix of UK and international members, we need your ideas and opinions to understand and tackle these issues in the best possible way. That's why global children's charity Plan UK is leading a youth consultation, supported by the UK government and UNICEF, asking for your opinions on CEFM and FGM. Please contribute by completing the questionnaire and use this resource pack as a guide. Your responses will be used to create a mission statement that will be presented at the Girls Summit Youth Event on 19 July and read at the summit on 22 July.
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Between two worlds
The shooting at a Sikh Temple in the Wisconsin town of Oak Creek last Sunday revealed an ugly side to America's pluralistic society. In a country of immigrants, there are still people who hate or fear those they see as "outsiders," and when those people have access to semi-automatic weapons, they can put their fear and hatred into action.
The shooter, a former US Army soldier named Wade Michael Page, was a white supremacist, and before he was gunned down by a police officer, Page managed to kill six of the temple's worshipers and to wound another police officer.
The incident is being treated as a domestic terror incident, with Page's embrace of the "racial holy war" rhetoric of the far right making this more than just another case of American mass murder. But the shock of the event also hit many Americans at another level. Here, the terrorist was white, and a former US soldier. His victims were Asian. The terrorist's ideology, white supremacy, was every bit as hateful and destructive as the religious holy war (jihad) of the men who hijacked the planes on Sept. 11.
Sept. 11, of course, is the day that changed America forever. Many Americans began to view the outside world (and particularly the Islamic world) as a threat. But what about those Americans who were themselves Asian or Muslim? Jaswinder Bolina addresses this question beautifully in an essay, "Empathy with the devil," in The State, a print journal based in Dubai. As an American of Asian descent, Mr. Bolina finds himself torn between two worlds, and while he shares no actual sympathy for the goals of radical extremists, he understands implicitly what those goals are and where the motivations come from.
Recalling a conversation with an immigrant, shortly after 9/11, Bolina writes, "He knows that he and I better resemble photographs of the hijackers than photographs of the firefighters. And when he says, 'they treated us like dogs,' us means the Indian conflated with the Pakistani, the Pakistani mistaken for the Afghan, the Afghan called an Arab, the Arab indistinguishable from the Persian and the Turk, the Shia and the Sunni and the Sikh all taken for one bearded and turbaned body."
The American dream
Shervin Malekzadeh, an Iranian-American immigrant and visiting assistant professor at Swarthmore College, makes a different point about an immigrant's life in America. In an article in the Atlantic, marking the recent death of actor Sherman Helmsley, Mr. Malekzadeh, television was the tool for learning about America, and the 1970s comedy hit, "The Jeffersons" was the show that came closest to identifying the challenges of being an immigrant.
Making it in America, making it in terms of the American dream, was compromised for George and Louise by their loss, and it was here that The Jeffersons showed us where the American and immigrant experiences converged. Because of who they were, and where they came from, the Jeffersons could never feel like they fully belonged in tony Upper East Side, or what my father liked to refer to as Grey Poupon society. The past pulled on them, and although neither ever forgot where they came from, the longer George and Louise stayed away from the old neighborhood the less they knew of their old selves.
The role of religion
If the 9/11 attacks and the Sikh Temple shootings have taught us, it is that we don't generally understand each other's religious outlooks and world views very well. On television talk shows, one hears the notion that America is a nation founded on Judeo-Christian values, which presumably means those are the only values worth knowing about, and outsiders should be the ones doing the studying and accommodating.
But Scott Atran, an anthropologist at the University of Michigan and author of Talking to the Enemy and In Gods We Trust, writes in this week's Foreign Policy magazine that knowledge of another person's faith can have a profound effect on how different societies interact. In short, studying another person's faith doesn't mean that one must adopt it, or abandon one's own beliefs, but it can improve "the human condition, including a lessening of cultural conflict and war."
Time and again, countries go to war without understanding the transcendent drives and dreams of adversaries who see a very different world. Yet we needn't fly blindly into the storm.
Science can help us understand religion and the sacred just as it can help us understand the genome or the structure of the universe. This, in turn, can make policy better informed.
Iran, explained
Iran seems to be the big bogeyman these days, with its theocracy, questions about its nuclear program, its threats to cut off the Persian Gulf, its support for the embattled Syrian regime, and its continued support for radical militant groups like Lebanon's Hezbollah.
But the West's conflict with Iran has been brewing for decades, dating back to the early days of World War I, when British colonial officers arrived in the Persian oilfields to secure fuel for their military fleet. From that day onward, Britain, the United States, and Iran's ruling elites were locked in a love-hate relationship that leaned heavily on hate.
In a review of Christopher de Bellaigue's biography of former Iranian prime minister Muhammad Mossadegh – a man toppled by America's CIA in 1953 – Roger Cohen writes in the New York Review of Books that the West not only put Iran into a democratic death-spiral that led to the rise of theocratic rule. It also set a precedent that it clings to today, by overthrowing "troublemakers" and tolerating tyrants who keep the flow of oil to the West. And it is this tendency in US foreign policy that accounts for much of the hostility that fuels leaders like Iran's current President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, and others.


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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Swedish Batter Bread with Cinnamon and Cranberries . . .
My husband walked into the kitchen, spotted this newly baked item on the kitchen counter, and asked the question I'd been anticipating.
Him: "What kind of bundt cake is that?"
Me: "Um, well, actually it's not a bundt cake. It's called Swedish batter bread, with cinnamon and dried cranberries. It's made with yeast."
Him: "Really? But didn't you bake it in one of those bundt pans?"
Me: "No. It was made in a kugelhopf pan."
Brief silence.
Him, with affectionate sarcasm: "Ohhhh, of course. A kugelhopf pan. I should have known."
He loves to tease me about the odd minutiae of baking. The wacky pans, the loonier methods/techniques, the sometimes off-beat ingredients. And that's okay with me. I figure it helps keep me from taking all of this too seriously. I assumed he'd have something funny to say about this particular recipe, because this is one of those baked goods that's not easily categorized.
It has the texture of a hearty cake or maybe even a muffin, which I found kind of surprising. I'd expected it to be at least a little more bready. The flavor, though, was as I expected--nicely mild, not very sweet, but still cinnamony. Luckily, Andy (the hubby), really loved this batter bread. He munched it with coffee in the morning for a few days, and I tucked a little piece of it into his lunchbox. Yesterday, when it was legitimately stale and he found out I'd thrown the small remainder away, he pretended to cry. That guy.
About this recipe . . .
Adapted from The Great Scandinavian Baking Book by Beatrice Ojakangas (a wonderful book, by the way), this batter bread was originally intended to feature saffron and golden raisins. I toyed with the idea of using saffron with dried cranberries (I'm not crazy about golden raisins), but then realized I wasn't even in a saffron mood at all. I was in a cinnamon mood.
I also decided to refrain from sprinkling the finished bread with the recommended powdered sugar, and used cinnamon sugar instead. That was a good choice. I modified the method for putting this together slightly, used instant yeast instead of active dry, and added in a little nutmeg along with the cinnamon. I reworded the recipe to reflect all of my changes.
Swedish Batter Bread with Cinnamon and Cranberries
(For a printable version of this recipe, click here!)
Yield: One 10" loaf made in a kugelhopf, tube, or bundt pan
1 and 1/2 tsp. instant yeast (or, 1 package active dry yeast, which you'll need to proof in the 1/4 cup of warm water below)
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
1/4 tsp. salt (I used fine sea salt.)
1/2 cup milk, slightly warm (Ojakangas says to scald and cool the milk; whether this old-fashioned scalding step is still necessary these days with modern milk is up for debate. In any case, use milk that's warm. I did not scald it first.)
1 and 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg (Freshly ground is best; do it yourself when possible!)
3 cups all-purpose flour (I used unbleached.)
3/4 cup dried cranberries
3 Tbsp. granulated sugar mixed with 1 tsp. ground cinnamon (to sprinkle on finished bread)
In the large bowl of your mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in the room-temperature eggs along with the salt, beating until smooth. On the lowest speed, add in the yeast, water, and milk.
In a separate bowl, whisk the cinnamon and nutmeg together with the flour, then add it gradually into the mixer bowl, still on the low speed. Raise the speed to medium, and beat for five minutes, stopping to scrape the bowl and beaters now and then.
Add in the cranberries on low speed, mixing until combined.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, place it in a warm spot, and let the batter rise until it's doubled in size; this will take about 1and 1/2 to 2 hours.
Prepare your pan by liberally brushing it with soft, unsalted butter and lightly flouring it, or use baking spray (if you use baking spray, be careful not to let it pool in the bottom of the pan. Before you transfer your batter from the bowl into the pan, use a pastry brush to even it out and make sure you've gotten all the nooks and crannies, especially if you're using a kugelhopf/bundt pan.)
When the batter has doubled, stir it down; it will deflate considerably. Pour all of the batter into the prepared pan. Cover the top of the pan with plastic wrap and place it in a warm spot until the batter approaches the top of the pan (I let my batter rise to about an inch from the top of the pan); this should take about 1 hour.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees while the batter's rising.
Bake the bread for about 40 to 45 minutes. It should be quite golden brown on the outside. I tested mine with a toothpick, too.
Cool the bread in its pan for 15 minutes then invert it onto a cooling rack.
While still warm but not hot, set the bread still on its rack over a baking sheet and liberally dust the top of it with the cinnamon sugar.
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This would make an awesome addition to the Christmas cakes and cookies trays.If hubby gave it his seal of approval, it must be good. Thank you.
- November 13, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Emily Malloy said...
Absolutely beautiful!
- November 14, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Mmmmm....you've got me in a super-cinnamon mood too, after reading this and looking at the gorgeous photos to accompany such a tasty treat. I love cake...especially bready-type cakes...I love cinnamon...I love cranberries, so I'd give this 9 YUMS (out of a possible 10).
I'm definitely going to try this one out, and also have a look around on ebay for what sounds like a lovely book, as well.
Thanks for sharing, Jane. And your hubby is adorable, too. Mine teases me similarly when I'm in the baking zone (as he calls it). But in that same sweet, adorable way. I think my guy would also have pretend cried if I threw out any bready-type cake - stale or otherwise. He's not a big cake fan, but he loves bread, so bready-type cake definitely qualifies.
- November 14, 2011 at 3:37 PM
- Paula said...
You did make a beautiful bread and I had to laugh at the conversation about it between you and your husband. Got a really good chuckle out of his *pretend tears* too so I suppose this will be seen again at some point in your kitchen. Wishing it was in mine however.
- November 14, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- Luv'n Spoonfuls said...
Love the photos, and the cake sounds really delicious. I'm a sucker for any dessert with fruit in it. This sounds delish with a cup of tea. I also have pan-envy ;-)
- November 15, 2011 at 6:22 PM
- Nancy Baggett said...
Well, of course, it's a Kugelhopf pan! How silly to think it's a Bundt! I actually have a beautiful handpainted Kugelhopf that I bought in Germany many years ago, but have always been afraid to use. So, if I try this I'll probably bake it in a Bundt!
- November 20, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- Pink Piccadilly Pastries said...
I have had this cookbook for years and not made one recipe from it! This looks so good and perfect for this time of year! Love your blog and am a new follower! Jina
- November 26, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- BumbleVee said...
hahahha.... that's pretty funny. Your hubby sounds like mine. We never even realize how much goes in through osmosis do we? Mine likes to sit there ..."keeping me company" as he puts it.... waiting for bowls to lick and such.... sometimes even reminding me of certain steps and ingredients if I forget. Time he did the baking methinks. Actually he does bake my birthday cake..a tradition... I like carrot cake and he has made it for quite a few years now... ... his is the best I have ever tasted. Come to think of it...he also makes a mean pizza!
This looks interesting...I may have to break down and find me a Kugelhopf pan.
- November 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- Aveen said...
My husband and I have had many similar conversations involving baking tins and other kitchen implements! This looks and sounds delicious, really my sort of thing. I've been wondering about this book but you've convinced me, I think I'll be asking Santa for a copy.
- November 27, 2011 at 4:47 AM
- Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) said...
I love the shape of this baking pan! Looks gorgeous! And of course, the batter would be lovely too :)
- November 27, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- MuffinTopConfections said...
This looks utterly divine. I would love to try to make this for Christmas. I think my hard to please hubby would approve!
- November 27, 2011 at 7:33 PM
Greeting Jane,
I enjoy your blog and have made several of your posted recipes. Today I tried the Swedish Batter Bread. My batter was more like tacky dough than that shown in your photos. I have a few questions to help pinpoint my mistake. Since I could not find where to add the sugar, I creamed it with the butter before adding the eggs. My liquids measured 1 1/2 cups (1/4 c H2O, 1/2 c milk, and 3/4 c eggs) to 3 cups flours. Is that correct ... 50 percent hydration? I also mixed the spices in the the flour. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
- December 13, 2011 at 7:08 PM
- Jane said...
Hi Anonymous,
Thanks so much for letting me know about that omission in the recipe. I should have written (and have since corrected it in the post and in the "printable version" of the recipe) that the butter should indeed be creamed with the sugar, and then the eggs and salt are added in. You mentioned that you used "3/4 cup of eggs." The correct measurement is 3 large eggs, not 3/4 cup of eggs, so I'm wondering if perhaps that was the source of your problem? In any event, I am sorry it didn't turn out as hoped. I appreciate that you contacted me!
Jane :)
- December 13, 2011 at 9:09 PM
I just tried this recipe as I wanted a breakfast birthday "cake" for my son to wake up to. (it did indeed look beautiful with candles!) My batter was much more like a bread batter (definitely not pourable!). The bread turned out wonderfully, but it was definitely a bread texture (which I was happy about). Not sure why it differs from your experience, as I followed the recipe closely, but it made a beautiful bread loaf and I plan to try twisting it into a different shape this time, given the texture of the dough. Always fun to play :) thx again! love your blog!
- June 2, 2012 at 6:53 PM
Thank for your Blog...this is my first go at one of yor recipes. I got a little confused as to whether to add the cinnamon and nutmeg to the flour (started to then saw about the topping and thought that was where it went ya da ya da). I just added the cinnamon to the dough realizing that was the correct thing to do. You just might have the recipe read to mix the cinn. and nutmeg into the flour before adding it to the moist ingredients. Just a suggestion.
- June 4, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- Jane said...
Dear Alison (regarding the June 4, '12 comment),
Thank you very, very much for making me aware of that flaw in the recipe. I have fixed it in the post itself and in the printable version of the recipe. I sincerely appreciate that you told me about it, and I apologize for any trouble it caused for you. I hope your bread came out well. Thanks again!
- June 4, 2012 at 8:22 PM


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How to Overcome the Difficulty of Saving Money
I remember walking to our house carrying one kilo and half of rice, 2 cans of sardines and a few packs of noodles with a wide smile that could almost reach my ears. The smile came from the feeling that I was able to finally buy food for me and my mom. Just like every Filipino wanting to help their family, there's this feeling of priceless joy whenever you bring something to the table – literally.
I was paid a little over 20 pesos per hour then and made barely 3000 per month. Yet, I was so happy and hopeful. Too hopeful that I even decided to open to a savings account in a local bank. Every time I get my salary, I look forward to putting a portion of my meager salary to the bank. It was very difficult to make both ends meet as I needed to pay my tuition (it helped that I was a half scholar), buy our necessities and still manage to save money.
Looking back, I'm thankful for that decision to try and save money. I've learned to overcome the hurdles and most importantly, I've learned the principles of saving money – especially when it was most difficult to.
1. Find a bank that allows you to open a savings account with low opening balance
Most banks require such a high opening balance that's why most people are often discouraged to save at all.
1. Find a bank that's near your workplace so you won't be tempted to go to the mall first and splurge your hard earned money there.
The goal is to have a budget plan and ensure that a portion of your money goes to your savings account.
I started by opening an account (with now defunct LBC Bank) and I would save at least Php200 every salary. Remember I was only earning Php3000 then so Php200 was already quite a challenge for me though it may seem too small for some. The key is to not be discouraged with how little money you start with, as long as you keep doing it.
2. Focus on your needs, eliminate the wants
I was lucky to have an Ilocano mom who was (still is) thrifty and taught me the value of hard work and the need to save money. At that stage of my life, I knew I couldn't afford to have expensive wants, so I focused on our needs instead. Simple things like buying vegetables for lunch instead of meat (not only because it's cheaper but definitely healthier) helped me develop a discipline in myself to actually stick to the budget no matter how tempting it is to buy something else. It's those little things we sacrifice for the sake of our long term plans that will eventually pay off.
3. Have more goals and fewer likes
Focus on the things that you wish to achieve rather than the things you wish to have. Stay away from activities or even friends who don't help you achieve your goal to save money. Yes, stay away from parties and all sort of unnecessary expenditures. I don't suggest you be a loner, but trust me, there's plenty of time for celebration once you're to have enough savings already.
Don't be afraid to start small, develop a habit of prioritizing your goals over fleeting pleasure and keep that discipline in yourself. Once you're able to save, think of ways on how you can make that money grow whether it be opening a new business, investing or keep saving till you're sure you've learned enough about where you'll spend your money.
The best time to save your money is when you think it's most difficult to because you'll try and find ways to actually achieve your goal and develop discipline you couldn't establish in any other ways.


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The Greatest Parenting Inventions Ever
Thank goodness for Sesame Street, Cheerios, Velcro and this other cool baby and kid stuff that makes life easier for parents.
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Who among us hasn't used the TV to keep kids in line while cooking dinner or going to the bathroom? We can't be a 24/7 source of entertainment, so thank goodness for Dora, the Wiggles, and their wacky buddies on Yo Gabba Gabba!. After a few Sesame Street episodes, we'll turn off the set to resume our stellar hands-on parenting, because it's like comedians always say, "We'll be here all week!"
- Michael Brian
Bless their hearts, but there are some things our kids just cannot do: cut onions, pick up Motrin at the Walgreens, and tie those cute little shoes of theirs. But thanks to Velcro, kids can take care of their shoe situation themselves, allowing the whole fam to get out of the house faster.
- Andrew McCaul
Umbrella Strollers
We're glad someone invented the lightweight umbrella stroller, which transformed the meaning of going anywhere with your kids. Before that, going somewhere with a stroller was almost as cumbersome as traveling with a covered wagon in the 1800s. Except that oxen weren't pulling the thing—you were pushing it. And then you walked 5 miles to pick up the kids at daycare. In snow. Uphill both ways.
- Alexandra Grablewski
Temporal Thermometer
It's tough being a baby when you're running a fever and your mom sticks a thermometer—up there. And it's no picnic for parents, either. With all of the poop explosions and endless diaper changes, we welcome one less opportunity to avoid going—up there.
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What do most moms want to bump to the top of the food pyramid? Cheerios—the easy-to-pick-up whole grain finger food. They've managed to satiate the tastes of drooling babies for thousands of years. Well, maybe not thousands. But a lot. And surely more to come.
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Amidst the controversy surrounding vaccines, all we have to do is look at countries where kids aren't routinely vaccinated to see that they keep our kids safe from deadly diseases. So—not fun to get, but necessary. Get the scoop on everything parents need to know about vaccines for their children and themselves.
- Veer
Throughout the years, the internet has brought us unforgettable things both good ("Charlie Bit Me!") and bad (The Hamster Dance). But people hungry for info ("Why does my baby's poop look like rubber cement?") are grateful to take a ride on the information highway. We'll tweet to that.
- YouTube.com
Sesame Street
Jim Henson's educational-yet-entertaining Sesame Street was innovative at its premiere on November 10, 1969, and it still is today. Not only has the company behind it expanded to a website, movies, computer games, an amusement park and more, but the original show still stands up to the newest and hippest kid-stuff to hit the market. Yes, your kids can still watch those segments about the letter "Y" and how to use the cross walk that you watched. And we all can feel pretty good about that.
Santa Claus
The most wonderful time of the year is wonderful for many reasons—among them, goodwill to men and batch after batch of Christmas cookies—but for parents, Christmas is a Christmas gift in itself: Santa's naughty and nice lists keep kids on their toes about three months a year. Now if only someone would cover the summer months, life would be a breeze.
- Getty
Washable Markers
We love fostering our kids' creative juices and all that, but do they have to get purple Crayola all over their jeans? Washable markers let us relax when our kids release their inner Picassos—otherwise, arts and crafts time would be conducted in a plastic bubble, with our kids forced to wear disposable body suits.
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Since 1956, Play-Doh has saved the day again and again, probably allowing for more hours of creative entertainment than any other toy. It's safe, clean, and totally portable in those iconic little yellow tubs. And playing with it is something every kid can do. (It's so good, we sometimes find ourselves reminding our kids not to eat it.) And if Play-Doh somehow made an edible version that included a serving of veggies, there'd be way less arguing at the dinner table.
- Gabrielle Revere
Tear-Free Shampoo
Cheers to anything that takes away tears at bath time. Still waiting for something to make the following concepts tear-free as well: getting shots, going to bed and being denied marshmallow cereal for dinner.
- Ned Matura
Portable DVD Players
Nowadays kids are so used to being able to watch their favorite episodes of Dora in the car they probably couldn't imagine a world where we had to go through rounds and rounds of "I Spy" and "100 Bottles of Beer On The Wall" to make time fly. Keeping the "Are we there yet?"s at bay used to be tiring, but now it's effortless, saves everyone's sanity, and makes the destination and the getting there more enjoyable.
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Bubble Wrap
Sure, it protects our fragiles in the mail, but it also entertains our kids, sometimes more so than Sesame Street and Play-Doh combined. Bubble wrap reminds us that it's really the little things in life that are truly amazing. And delightful. And addictive. And somewhat annoying to listen to. Says editor Melanie Monroe Rosen, "my kids like to pop this FOREVER."
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iPods, iPhones and iPads
The portable gadget family has been a godsend for parents, whether it's because of useful apps, boredom-busting games, access to music and TV, scheduling made easy, GPS in the palm of your hand or the ability to communicate via e-mail and phone. We know that one day, there will be something cooler. But right now, it's hard to imagine.
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Magnetic Refrigerators
Consider it your virtual desktop. Your unorganized, colorful virtual desktop, covered with schedules, artwork, math tests, invites, and photos. If not for—let's rename it, shall we? The community organization board—where would all that stuff go? The bottom of your purse? Good luck finding anything there! And oh yea, there's leftovers in that fridge, too. Sweet!
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It's very romantic to say, "We don't use a microwave," but let's just all admit it right now: "We use a microwave." And it saves us. For a snack in a flash, warming up baby food, or getting the world's fastest baked potato, thanks to the microwave, making dinner is a little more possible and a little less "ugh."
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Plastic Baggies
The person who invented mini plastic zip-up bags probably wasn't doing it for solely for parents, but we're likely the number one consumers. Packing snacks would be just about impossible without the little disposable baggies that come in perfect sizes for Cheerios, sandwiches, and even toys.
- Brian Hagiwara
Digital Cameras
Before digital cameras, it's not like we had to make our babies stand still for hours to pose for family pics ala the 1800s, but now that digital photos are the norm, taking a roll of film and waiting for it to develop seems crazy. The best part about this new photo age: sharing online brag books is a snap, and since it's so easy, we brag more than moms in the olden days ever did. Now everyone can see just how cute our baby looks with spaghetti all over his face.
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When we say "mac and cheese", we don't just mean mac and cheese. We mean pickles, potatoes, alfredo sauce, donuts—whatever that food was that you just had to have when you were expecting. You may see someone eating a huge plate of the orange macaroni now and think, "eww, disgusting!" But don't deny it—when you were pregnant, that stuff was your best friend. And come to think of it, it's actually still our best friend in toddler-run households…
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Sippy Cups
Spill-free sippy cups and juice-box holders let young kids handle their own drinks, and bring leak-free peace of mind to backseats, living rooms, and dinner tables everywhere. Drink holders are also a boon for time-pressed families. No more waiting for your toddler to finish his apple juice before heading out. Have sippy, will travel.
- Béaba
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The Blog
Brutal honesty + Wi-Fi = instant support group. This tool inspired the virtual parenting village many of us live in today. Parenting blogs help isolated moms and dads connect with each other, and can be superb sources of advice, encouragement, and information. It's no surprise that more than half of all bloggers are parents, and moms are 27 percent more likely than the average American to visit a blog.
- Lansinoh.com
BPA-free Baby Bottles
It makes sense for baby bottles and sippy cups to be made from clear, shatter-resistant plastic, right? The problem is that bisphenol-A (BPA) was a common ingredient. BPA has been linked to "hormonally disruptive" health problems in animals, and over time it can leach from containers into milk and food. Last summer the Food and Drug Administration banned BPA from these products.
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Diaper Bags That Don't Look Like Diaper Bags
A utilitarian product that revolves around something kinda uncool (aka poop) finally gets a makeover. Today's great-looking bags (fashionable ones for moms, masculine ones for dads) offer more than style; they offer staying power. Many parents use them as handbags or laptop bags after giving diapers the heave-ho.
- SummerInfant.com
Digital Car Seat
Is the strap tight enough? Did you hear it click? These are the questions parents ask themselves when they install this cumbersome chunk of plastic. Their anxiety is warranted: Seven out of ten install the car seat incorrectly. Now you can get instant reassurance with products like Summer Infant's Prodigy infant car seat, which features a digital guidance system and a green light that illuminates when it's installed correctly.
- Philips
Electric Breast Pump
When new moms latched on to these modern milkers, they finally got the best of both worlds: They could exclusively breastfeed their babies and return to work. (Hand pumps were available for years, but too exhausting to use day after day.) Just as crucial: A supply of pre-pumped breast milk gives dads the chance to feed baby and share in the bonding.
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Muslin Blanket
The age-old practice of calming babies with snug wraps scores a modern safety upgrade. Made with breathable, lightweight muslin fabric, these wraps keep baby cool and won't compromise her breathing if they slip over her face.
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Nursing Pillow
This crescent-shaped cushion fulfills the age-old product mantra: Find a need and fill it. Consider the rise of the Boppy. Like Kleenex and the Q-Tip before it, the Boppy was such a niche hit when it arrived that other pillows are often called by this brand name.
- Jon Whittle
Stroller 2.0
Training for a 10K? Use the jogger. A day at the theme park? Pack the umbrella. Got multiples? Buy the double. Forget the glorified wheelbarrows of generations past. Today's buggies are every-size-fits-all.
- Kim Kuhn
Video Monitor
Is he sleeping on his back? Crawling out of the crib? Adding a screen to these safety devices was the parenting equivalent of switching from radio to TV in the 1930s. And it keeps getting better: A number of new monitors allow working or traveling parents to tune in to their baby via a password-protected smartphone app.
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Nintendo Wii
This groundbreaking, sweat-inducing, first-of-its-kind console is a godsend for a nation where one in three kids is overweight or obese. Thanks to the Wii, and other game systems like it, kids can box, dance, or hit home runs to their heart's content—right in the family room.


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The state education commissioner has recommended that a western Massachusetts Chinese immersion school be permitted to open a high school.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that Mitchell Chester, the elementary and secondary education commissioner, recommended that the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley expand to 12th grade. It currently offers classes from kindergarten through ninth grade.
The expansion requires approval by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Chester is recommending an expansion of the school's charter to allow it to educate 584 students, up from 300 students.
In February 2012, the state board followed Chester's recommendation by extending the school's charter for five years for kindergarten through eighth grade and approved adding ninth grade for one year, to allow eighth-grade students to continue at the school.


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§ 637c.
DefinitionsFor purposes of this Act—
the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration;
the term "Federal agency" has the meaning given the term "agency" by section 551(1) of title 5, but does not include the United States Postal Service or the Government Accountability Office; and
the term "Government procurement contract" means any contract for the procurement of any goods or services by any Federal agency.
(Pub. L. 95–507, title II, § 224(a), Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1772; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
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This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 95–507, Oct. 24, 1978, 92 Stat. 1757. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section was not enacted as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.
2004—Par. (2). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office".
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Despite dominating possession throughout the night, Jurgen Klinsmann's men were unable to capitalize on chances in the final friendly ahead of the Hexagonal.
After three weeks of camp ahead of the final stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, the United States wasted an opportunity to enter next week's match in Honduras on a high note after coming up empty-handed in an ugly 0-0 draw with Canada at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston.
"I'm disappointed because you just hope that after those three weeks of work they get their moment to shine and you wish it for them," U.S.coach Jurgen Klinsmann said.
Although the Americans dominated possession, controlling the ball for 66 percent of the match, they were unable to put any of their 14 shots past goalkeeper Simon Thomas. The Canadians produced just four shots while playing 11 men behind the ball most of the night.
The two nation's brought young, mainly MLS-based squads to their January camps. The U.S. entered Texas with seven players who had yet to earn a cap, while Canada featured its youngest roster since May 2006 with the average age under 25 years old.
Without the likes of stars Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan and Jozy Altidore, coach Jurgen Klinsmann started three players - MLSers Tony Beltran, Matt Besler and Justin Morrow - who had never featured for the national team. Alfredo Morales and Will Bruin also earned their first caps as second-half substitutes.
"It's always difficult in your first game after only training scrimmages, you know," Klinsmann said. "And then with Canada being so ready to sit back and being defensive minded, then we just hope that sooner or later we unlock them and it opens up."
Canada had its best opportunity of the game after five minutes when veteran Dwayne De Rosario shot a rocket into the hands of goalkeeper Sean Johnson, but that would be one of only two shots on target for the Canucks, who also failed to find the net in a 4-0 loss to Denmark on Saturday.
The Americans had plenty of chances to get things going offensively, but they lacked the finishing touch. In the second half, the Yanks failed to capitalize on two free kick from just outside the box, Omar Gonzalez put a point-blank header over the crossbar and Benny Feilhaber had a clear path to the goal but shot at a poor angle.
"Getting chances of putting the killer ball into the box, finishing teams off, we didn't do that tonight against a very, very defensive minded Canada," Klinsmann said. "But overall we were very pleased with the way the players presented themselves, with the way they put the effort in there."
The United States will begin the final stage of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying in Honduras on Feb. 6. Canada will have to wait until this spring's Gold Cup for a meaningful contest after getting eliminated in the group stage.
Klinsmann said before the game that seven or eight of the players from the U.S. January camp will travel to Honduras on Feb. 6 to begin the Hexagonal stage. After Tuesday's performance, however, it will be interesting to see how many have earned a spot on the field.
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2012: Saw action in 15 matches as a freshman setter... recorded 123 assists and 12 service aces, 0.36 aces per set which places her sixth on the all-time rankings.
Pre-BSC: Lettered at The Randolph School, where she played outside hitter and setter... played club volleyball for NASA... First-Team All-State (2011 & 2012)... recipient of the 2012 Coach's Award... 2011 All-Region... 2011 Triple Crown Standout Athlete... Team MVP (2010 & 2011)... 2008 All-Tournament Team... member of National Latin Honor Society and National Junior Classical League... Certificate of Outstanding Achievement in World Craft Traditions (2010).
Personal: Daughter of Manh and Karen Dang... born on Nov. 13, 1993... has three younger brothers: Blake, Mark and Traywick... plans to major in psychology.
"I chose BSC because it made me feel at home. It is really similar to my high school and I absolutely loved the volleyball program. Everyone was welcoming and it was just a comfortable fit."


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Bungee-jumping over Victoria Falls seemed like a "great idea at the time" to Erin Langworthy when she headed to Zambia with mates last summer.
But what should have been a quick thrill left the young Australian seriously hurt after her bungee cord snapped, and she racked up $50,000 in medical bills.
Ms Langworthy has lent her story to a $2.6 million government campaign urging Australians to buy travel insurance before heading overseas.
"Before my turn, 104 others had jumped safely and everyone from my tour group had been and come back," Ms Langworthy said of the day she plunged into the Victoria Falls rapids.
But the bungee cord did not last the 105th jump - it snapped, sending Ms Langworthy plummeting 110 metres into the rapids. Just as she was making her way to the surface, she realised the cord was caught under a rock.
"That's when I said (to myself), `I don't want to die today'," she told reporters in Sydney on Sunday.
The young woman managed to swim to a river bank and was taken by stretcher out of the gorge before eventually being airlifted to a high-quality hospital in South Africa.
"If I hadn't had travel insurance I would have been hit with a bill for over $50,000," Ms Langworthy said.
"It would have ruined my holiday a little bit.
"If you can afford to travel, then I think you can afford travel insurance."
Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Australians without travel insurance risked poor local hospital care and high medical bills.
"About 14,000 Australians get into some difficulty overseas each year, and that difficulty is going to be a whole lot less if they've got travel insurance and if they're registered with Smartraveller," Senator Carr said.
"It's cheap, it's easy to obtain, and it can save your life when overseas."
The campaign launches on Sunday night and includes a new Smartraveller iPhone app, which allows Australians to register their travel plans without an internet connection.


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History of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, seen in tombstones
I'm tired of walking my usual routes, so this morning I decided to walk in Riverside Cemetery. Riverside is, by my estimate, about 1/4 mile wide and perhaps a little longer. It's on Hopkinsville's Main Street, just north of the Little River. Its boundaries are formed by Main Street, Little River, the railroad tracks, and the road to the Hopkinsville water plant.
As a rule, I'm not depressed by cemeteries (at least not by old ones.) I enjoy the names and dates on the tombstones and I wonder what those people's lives were like. Riverside Cemetery dates back to pre-Civil-War days, so walking there is a stroll through local history.
I noticed an interesting thing. In the decades from 1870 to 1910, many of Hopkinsville's fine old homes and buildings of commerce were constructed, and during the same years, a number of markedly large and tall gravestones were installed in Riverside Cemetery. It's quite obvious in Hopkinsville, as in most Kentucky towns, that some families prospered during the Reconstruction -- enough to build big ornate buildings and to erect big monuments to their families in the graveyard.
I used to come to Riverside Cemetery once in a while during my lunch break to walk, but I was always on a tight schedule and I didn't want to perspire much, so my visits were brief. Maybe that's why I had never walked past the Camp Alcorn Confederate Cemetery in a section near the river.
I saw the rows of identical stones this morning from a distance , and I wondered at first if it was Hopkinsville's "potter's field" for the indigent. As I came nearer, I was surprised to see that the rows of identical stones bear the names, ranks, and companies of Confederate soldiers.
The Jefferson Davis Camp #1675, Sons of Confederate Veterans, provided the granite grave markers and a monument that tells a bit about the men. The soldiers were stationed at Camp Alcorn in Hopkinsville, and most of them died from measles, typhoid fever, pneumonia, and other diseases. Over 300 died during the winter of 1861-1862. The remains of a few were taken back to their homes, but over 290 were buried in Hopkinsville. Many of them were from Kentucky but others were from Mississippi, Texas, and probably elsewhere as well. (This paragraph updated 1-02-10.)
One gravestone has an inscription on both sides. The front of the stone identifies the grave of Private Washington Hall of Hills Company, Gregg's Regiment, 7th Texas. The back of the stone notes that Washington Hall was a "man of color." The following is in quotation marks as if it might have come from the hospital records or perhaps a letter -- "This old man was a faithful servant to his master and died much beloved to his company."
550 feet to the northwest, there is another monument to unknown Confederate soldiers. Some remains were moved there in 1887. I did not see this monument, but I read on a historic marker near the front entrance that over 100 unknown Confederate soldiers are buried in Riverside.
Edgar Cayce, the famous psychic healer, is buried somewhere in Riverside, but I didn't see his grave. Also, there's a Union general buried there. I didn't read all the historic markers at the entrance in detail because some of my rambling needed to be a walk-for-exercise instead of a leisurely stroll. If I walk there again this week, I'm sure I'll be making additions and corrections to this report.
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Someone posted that the reason Seb slammed into Lance was to remove evidence that could show that Ferrari switched cars. Kimi was bullet-proof in quali but magically was unable to take the start, while Seb had gremlins all Saturday long, then had the speed to grab P4. It was implied that Seb switched cars to allow him to fight his way up the grid, sacrificing Kimi, who is not a title contender anymore. Due to the damage, Ferrari can skip scrutineering and have a free hand in dismantling the #5 car.
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What Is Tom Cruise's Best Role?
Tom Cruise hits the big screen again this weekend in the new sci-fi movie Oblivion, making this the perfect time to assess his career to date. Cruise began acting in his late teens, so we have about 30 years worth of films and performances to choose from. And it's about the same number for distinct characters he's embodied since his supporting debut in 1981's Endless Love. His most recent is aging rocker Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages, a critical and box office disappointment that many found almost worthwhile solely for Cruise's performance.
For such a classical type, by which I mean he's typically just "movie star Tom Cruise" on-screen in his movies, Cruise does have a way of intensely filling his roles. He makes the characters very distinguishable in spite of their common surface appearance. He always seems charming with a touch of crazy, or vice versa, but you could never confuse Ethan Hunt for Maverick or Jerry Maguire for Ray Ferrier. And so it's actually quite difficult to pinpoint his best role, the one that's most exemplary of his acting style and talent, the one in which he gave his best performance, the most fitting him and most fit by him.
Interestingly enough, when I polled readers on Twitter, most went for his later parts, particularly those offering him a chance to go against expectations and surprise us. I guess I do really love him as Vincent in Collateral for that reason, but I can't say it's his "best" role. I kind of want to cheat and say it's "himself" in Austin Powers in Goldmember, but I'm actually going to pick the very underrated Roy Miller in Knight and Day, which isn't that much different. It's a bit of self-parody but still seriously suited for the universe and tone of the movie. Cruise is at his most enjoyable when he's clearly having fun while also showing great dedication to the character, and that's most apparent in that action rom-com.
Here are the responses I received via the Twitter poll:
Collateral [Vincent] - @MattGoldberg
Collateral [Vincent] - @Owsler
The silver fox of COLLATERAL [Vincent] or wanderer of EYES WIDE SHUT [Bill Harford] - @adam_the_k
Born on the 4th of July [Ron Kovic] - @Mr_MSG
Any movie he runs in. But seriously, as intense as his role in BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY [Ron Kovic] is, I'm inclined to say MAGNOLIA [Frank T.J. Mackey]. It's the rare movie where even though you don't forget you're watching Tom Cruise being someone (his chief problem), it ends up working in his (and the role's) favor. - @alxhuls
It's gotta be Frank TJ Mackey in MAGNOLIA. Took his entire persona inside out and revealed incredible depths as a performer. - @TheTrueBrendanF
Magnolia [Frank T.J. Mackey]. He was robbed the Oscar. - @DennisRthr
Frank T.J. Mackey, Magnolia. - @tintedviolet
Depends on definition. Best performance and best film? Magnolia [Frank T.J. Mackey] (Jerry Maguire close second). Quintessential Tom is M.I. [Ethan Hunt] tho. - @dordotson
I would go with Magnolia [Frank T.J. Mackey]. My sleeper pick would be Risky Business [Joel Goodsen]. His funniest role Knight & Day [Roy Miller] - @bensower
Tropic Thunder [Les Grossman] - @ajabernathy
Les Grossman [Tropic Thunder], so great and funny that I forgot it was Cruise. - @August_Macias
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Experiencing the Big House
Have you ever been so overwhelmed by experiencing the Big House that it has got the best of your emotions? For the home opener in 2010, my and one of my friends took her mom to her first ever Michigan game. It was her mom's birthday and everything. Her mom cried the first time she saw the team run out onto the field because she never thought she'd ever see that live.
So my question to you guys is, do you have any similar stories? Have you ever been overtaken by your emotions from experiencing the Big House live?


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Windows Phone can be a great platform to release your Construct 2 games. My tests have shown it to outperform iOS and Android, enjoying silky-smooth gameplay even with physics-intensive games. The marketplace is also much less competitive than rivals, making it the perfect platform to test your game before branching out into more competitive territory.
Unfortunately the mobile version of Internet Explorer 10 has some shortcomings, so I created the Windows Phone Plugin for Construct 2 to plug the gaps, giving better performance and native feature support. Ensure you follow the forum post to keep up to date as new features are added.
For this tutorial we're going to add the necessary features to a basic Construct 2 game, so that it will run and pass certification on Windows Phone.
Firstly ensure you've downloaded and installed the Windows Phone Plugin for Construct 2.
Next up, download the sample .capx. This is a simple flinging game where you have to reach your friend and give them a kiss ❤.
You can also download a completed .capx, with the changes made from this tutorial. I do however strongly recommend you work through the tutorial so you understand how to properly export and test on Windows Phone. This could be useful though incase you make a mistake and need a reference.
Open full size imageWe'll need to add the Windows Phone object to the project, otherwise the exported game won't launch. First, open up the .capx and in the objects panel, right click and insert new object. Find the Windows Phone object and select Insert.
Included in the Windows Phone Plugin for Construct 2 is a ready-exported project that we just need to drop the relevant exported files into. Never export directly from Construct 2 into this project otherwise vital files will be overwritten. I generally have two folders, one for the project and one for the exported files. Then I just copy what I need from the exported folder to the Windows Phone 8 project folder, helping to ensure nothing important gets overwritten.
Copy the Project folder included with the plugin to a safe location. Next, export the Construct 2 game for Windows Phone 8, ensuring that Minify script is unticked (Minifying works but for some reason performance is much slower on Windows Phone). For more information on exporting your project read How to make a Windows Phone 8 app -> Exporting from Construct 2.
Now we have two folders, one for the Windows Phone 8 project and one for our exported Construct 2 project. We now need to copy over our JavaScript and any images or files currently not included (no audio yet - that comes later).
From your exported Construct 2 project copy the c2runtime.js file and the images directory to the Windows Phone 8 project folder. For this game that's all you need, but if your own project has files included, ensure they get copied across too.
Open up the Windows Phone 8 project (WindowsPhonePluginForConstruct2.sln) and we'll need to add our images to the solution. Navigate to the solution explorer, right click the images folder, select Add -> Existing Item, then add the newly copied image files.
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Unfortunately we can't use the audio files that are exported by Construct 2, we'll have to use .wav files. I always recommend using uncompressed .wav files for your source when loading audio into Construct 2 so that you can go back and make changes to the sound files without a degradation in quality.
Hopefully you'll have these .wav files that you can copy straight into your exported projects media directory. If not then there are a number of tools that will allow you to convert to .wav. I use Adobe Audition, but I hear Audacity is a good free alternative.
If you get an audio-related error, or there is a visible lag when playing audio, I recommend you convert your channels to mono, change sample rate to 22050 Hz and bit depth to 8. This will reduce audible quality, so play with these values to determine what works best for your game.
For this tutorial I've included the .wav files needed in the download.
Once you're happy with your .wav audio files, ensure they have the same name as your source files, then copy them to your exported projects media directory. Ensure these are also included in your exported project by navigating to the solution explorer, right clicking the media folder, selecting Add -> Existing Item, then adding the newly copied .wav files.
Currently the game will uses the standard Audio object, but that doesn't fully support Windows Phone, so we need to use the audio actions included in the Windows Phone object. The goal of playing audio with functions is to enable audio on Windows Phone whilst not breaking it for other platforms.
Having to detect the platform and use a different action every time we play a sound can become tedious and difficult to manage. Fortunately Construct 2 includes a Function object that makes this much easier to implement. In the objects panel, right click and insert new object. Find the Functions object and select Insert.
Switch back to the example .capx you downloaded earlier and open up the Global event sheet.
We need to add the following two functions PlaySound and PlayMusic:
Open full size imageIn both functions we detect if the platform is NOT Windows Phone and use the standard audio object if that is the case. The following is inside the PlaySound function. Notice we're using the function parameters for the fields - this allows us to reuse these function parameters for both the standard audio object and the Windows Phone audio.
The following is inside the PlayMusic function. Notice the Folder and Loop parameters are different to the previous play action.
Next we use an Else condition to determine when the game IS running on Windows Phone so we can use the Windows Phone object to play the audio.
Open full size imageThis is the Windows Phone Play sound (by WAV URI) action inside the PlaySound function. Notice that the Audio file URI parameter is the full URI, rather than just the name of the sound. So in the following example if the first function parameter was "Whoosh" the full Audio file URI would be "media/Whoosh.wav".
This is the Windows Phone Play music (by WAV URI) action inside the PlaySound function.
So now you should have your functions set up, which when called will correctly determine the platform and use the correct audio object as needed. This method also makes it much easier to handle when a user wants to change Sound/Music settings as all your audio playing logic is in one place. Generally it's good practice all round!
Now we need to go through and replace where our sound effects and music is played with calls to the functions.
Open up the Gameplay event sheet and the Fling group. Here is where we'll find our first sound effect. This is what the Audio object Play action currently looks like:
We need to replace it with the following Function object action Call function. The Name "PlaySound" is the name of the function we're calling, Parameter 0 is the name of the sound (remember the filename is automatically generated from this for Windows Phone) and Parameter 1 is the volume.
Here is what it should look like:
Open full size imageGo through and make the same changes for the remaining sound effects. These can be found in the Blocks group and when added should look like this:
They should now look like this:
Open full size imageNext up we replace the Audio object action for the music with the Function object Call function action. Expand the Music group and you'll find the Audio action below:
Replace this with the the Function object action Call function as below:
This should now look like this:
Open full size imageEnsure you've removed any Audio object actions and they've all been replaced with your function calls.
This was quite a long process so there's every chance you may have made a mistake along the way. Not to worry! You can download a .capx here with the audio functions added to the sample .capx.
Now we've exported the game, copied across files and changed our audio to work with functions, we can test to make sure everything works so far. Export the game again, the same as you did previously, then copy c2runtime.js to the Windows Phone project directory.
Run the game and fingers crossed, everything should run fine and the music and sound should play!
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Sup man, this is great but the "completedCapx" file download is empty, and its 22 bytes.Thanks you.
It's nice tutorial for windows phone 8 gamedev with Construct 2. Thanks @thehen for sharing with us :)
Fantastic tutorial @thehen, lots of information and easy to follow (great plugin too)!Thanks for doing this :)
Thanks you ! Great tutorial !
This is fantastic bro. Really A HUGE THANK YOU! I will probably use this tutorial and the plugin you provided. You've been doing a lot of stuff for Microsoft devices lately and I was wondering if you are a javascript developer in addition to be a great graphic designer. You impress me dude! I wish I had your skills.
@Zajkra fixed thanks!@kenli @Blacksmith no probs!
@Joskin no probs :)@anthonykojima I am indeed a JavaScript dev as well as artist. A web dev/design background was a good foundation for HTML5 games ;)
Thanks for awesome tutorial :) .İt is all ı need about Windows Phone.
Thank you very much for sharing this!
Hmm.. I tried the plugin and added the back button events but it doesn't appear to work on an windows phone emulator. Is this normal?
@stridhiryu030363 did you follow the 'Exporting the project' section of the tutorial?
Oh ok. That was the problem. Thanks a lot for the help and the tutorial.
Absolutly GREAT!!!
So glad you have this tutorial, I'm currently using it as a checklist to make sure I get everything.
Outstanding. I was able to convert one of my games in about 30 min after a couple of hiccups. Thank you very much!
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Padres unveil 37-game Spring Training schedule
Pitchers, catchers report Feb. 12; charity game vs. Mariners set for Feb. 22
The Padres will open their 37-game slate with their annual charity game against the Mariners on Feb. 22.
This will be the club's 20th spring in Peoria, Ariz.
The date for pitchers and catchers to report to the Padres' Spring Training facility is Feb. 12. On Feb. 16, the team will hold its first full-squad workout.
The Padres will also host a World Baseball Classic semifinal at the Peoria Sports Complex on March 14.
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Carla Abad, Rosalie Odean and Shannon M. Pruden
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The Cognitive Development Society's pre-conference on The Development of Spatial Thinking, organized by Dr. Shannon Pruden (Florida International University), drew both experts and emerging scholars together for an engaging discussion of spatial research.
The conference centered around five main aims, which were addressed throughout the talks, posters, and discussion:
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- Explore recent empirical advances on the ways to improve spatial thinking.
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- Increase discourse on how to translate what we know about the development of children's spatial thinking into effective interventions, curricula, and policy.
- Stimulate new research on the development of spatial thinking.
In his plenary talk, Dr. David Uttal (Northwestern University) discussed how maps can be used to integrate models of space. Uttal challenged the audience to consider how new technologies like GPS are changing the way we think as maps become a less important part of our daily lives.
Dr. Roberta Golinkoff (University of Delaware) gave an engaging talk about how shapes are taught in homes and schools. She reminded us to go beyond the stars, and show children all sorts of shapes including those in unusual forms.
In the afternoon, we had the opportunity to hear from some emerging scholars in the field of spatial development.
Dr. Vanessa Simmering (University of Wisconsin) guided us through the complex relation between language and spatial skills. Her work highlighted the importance of the quality of spatial language for the development of spatial skills.
Dr. Elizabeth Gunderson (Temple University) and her graduate student Noora Hamdan showed us the importance of spatial representations for math learning. Their work shows that students are better able to learn and transfer knowledge when using a number line to understand fractions.
In her talk, Dr. Jamie Jirout (Rhodes College) brought us back to the first talk of the day by illustrating how even the youngest children start to use basic maps to find objects. Her work finds that experience with scaled maps and feedback led to improvement in finding objects on the most complex tasks.
In the last of the emerging scholar talks, Dr. Colleen Ganley (Florida State University) discussed exciting new longitudinal research on the link between math and spatial thinking. In her work, she found that elementary school children's spatial skills predict math performance the following year.
In a panel moderated by Dr. Alina Nazareth (Temple University), Dr. Beth Casey (Boston College), Dr. Jennifer Cromely (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), and Dr. Susan Levine (University of Chicago) engaged the audience in an open conversation on education and the translation of spatial development research to the real world. The panelists suggested both small and large scale projects are necessary to move spatial reasoning research to the everyday lives of children and their families, from researchers talking to parents and schools to collaborating with large television companies and other media producers.
Dr. Nora Newcombe (Temple University) gave closing remarks and steered us to an exciting display of new research at the poster presentations.
We hope this piece will inspire those who were able to attend the pre-conference and those who were not to continue to think about new ways to be an advocate for the importance of spatial thinking.