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Fleet Feet Sports Madison & Sun Prairie 2015 Highlights
Another year has passed and we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the happenings at Fleet Feet Sports Madison & Sun Prairie in 2015!
January: We rang in the New Year with our Annual Fleet Feet New Year's Day Dash at Quaker Steak & Lube in Middleton. A good time was had by all! We kicked off our Winter Warriors Training Program, with many hearty running souls keeping their fitness levels up during the dead of winter.
February: Our Destination Training group that had trained over winter packed their bags and headed to Huntington Beach, California to compete and take in some warm weather. We heard no one misbehaved on this trip! In addition, Fleet Feet Sports Madison & Sun Prairie won the BEST of MADISON award for Sports & Recreation Shop. Thanks to all that voted and supported us for this recognition!
March: The Madison Shamrock Shuffle was a great event we are always proud to sponsor. This annual event raises needed funds for the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County. We also kicked off another successful season of Force of Orange, SPEEDPlay and No Boundaries!
April: Fleet Feet Sports Madison Celebrated its ten year anniversary with a celebration at the store. Thanks to all our customers and friends for the support over the years!
May: Many spring events began in May. We were pleased to sponsor the Annual Lake Monona 20K & 5K and the Madison Marathon Spring Events. Special thanks to those who volunteered; without you these events could not happen!
June: We love the Pheasant Branch Trail System and were proud to be a main sponsor for the first Prairie Chase event. Funds were raised for this awesome place to run and hike in Middleton!
July: Our new website went live! We are now able to offer online shopping for many of the great products we carry in our stores, available 24/7! We kicked off our Power of Running Campaign along with over 100 other Fleet Feet stores. It was a way to give back to our selected charity of Henry Vilas Zoo. This campaign also included Brooks Power Hour Pub Runs and a fun Recess Run held at the zoo. Our first Adventure Training Circuit workout with Woodall Training was held at Indian Lake Park. A great workout and fun time was had by all participants.
August: Our team completed an Interactive Staff Meeting up at the Capitol Square. We know we are more creative when we workout together. Another great Madison Mini Marathon & 5K was held in Madison. It was a beautiful day to run and celebrate at the Memorial Union Terrace on the lake!
September: We are always inspired by the competitors at IRONMAN Wisconsin. So much fun to watch and cheer on our friends and customers on their special day. Congrats to all! We held our second Adventure Circuit Training with Woodall Training at Indian Lake Park. It was a warm morning and so nice to be out in nature running and doing some cross training!
October: Thanks to all our friends and customers that helped us celebrate Fleet Feet Sun Prairie's one year anniversary. It was a great night with a fun run and some good beer and snacks after! We had a great turnout for our combined Halloween Pub Run from Paul's Bar in Middleton. Great run, awesome costumes and prizes courtesy of Brooks Running.
November: Matt & Jessica competed in the New York Marathon and had an amazing trip. Our Annual Fitnatic Weekend took place (during Black Friday Weekend) to get shoppers in the mood for the upcoming holidays. We also want to thank customers for supporting us on Small Business Saturday. We love serving our customers and giving back to our local community. We had two Fleet Feet teams as well as our No Boundaries participants representing at the Berbee Derby on Thanksgiving morning. Our Destination Training Group began training for the Gasparilla Classic held in Tampa, Florida in February 2016.
December: Jessica and Megan attended The Running Event in Austin, Texas and got to meet running superstar Meb Keflezighi. We also had a blast at our Holiday Lights Ugly Sweater Pub Run from the Coliseum Bar. Thanks to all that contributed to our Allied Running Club and to Brooks Running for the holiday shirts and socks.
Thank you for being a part of our 2015. We look forward to being a part of your journey again in 2016!


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With mobile technology taking center stage today, people are just fond of using it in every walk of life. It is not only used for text messaging, communication and networking, but also for chatting, votes, registrations, ratings, emergency systems, marketing and statistics purposes.
The marvels of SMS communication is now extended to fulfill "prevention and cure" objective. The state of Andhra Pradesh is in the process of creating a project that uses SMS as a tool to track and prevent diseases.
Named as 'Integrated Disease Surveillance,' the project is being implemented by National Informatics Center (NIC). The underlying idea is to combat the spread of an epidemic by identifying it during the primitive stage itself.
Taking into consideration the growing penetration of mobile phones in the rural markets, NIC intends to use it as a platform to convey critical information. The health workers communicate disease-related information in their jurisdiction to a central server which automatically pinpoints the exact locations at which the disease outbreak is severe. The tracking involves usage of maps and hence just by looking at it, the government officials can quickly act on early warning signals of impending outbreaks by deploying the resources.
The built-in system is featured in a way that an alert is generated immediately after the disease count crosses a certain threshold. The information is shared with the health officials for taking quick decisions and to derive comparative results over a month earlier. To cite an example of the project success, early detection of the virus Anthrax in a district helped to prevent its outbreak, saving a thousand lives.
Being a low-cost solution, it is ideal for a country like India where infrastructure is characterized by high literacy levels and low internet penetration. Hence there are talks about deploying this solution in other states as well.
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LINZ, Austria -- After six years, Barbora Strycova finally has a second WTA singles title to her name.
The Czech No.2 seed raced past No.1 seed Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, 6-4, 6-1, to claim the Upper Austria Ladies Linz title on Sunday. Strycova enters the winner's circle for the first time since 2011, when she was victorious at the Coupe Banque Nationale in Quebec City.
"I'm very happy, it's the second title of my career, it's sweet, it feels nice," exclaimed Strycova during her post-match press conference. "Maybe the thoughts will come to me a little bit more tomorrow, but I feel relief, I feel very tired, but I feel very happy."
Strycova came into the match with a 4-1 lead in their head-to-head, including victories in their last three encounters. It was more of the same in this championship match, as Strycova used all of her guile and volleying prowess to complete the match in one hour and 27 minutes.
"I know that we've had huge matches against each other, especially the one three weeks ago in Tokyo," Strycova continued. "I knew it would be a hard one, because we have a little bit tricky, similar games. We serve and volley, we go a lot to the net. But I felt like I handled the game on the same level, and some times I stepped it up a little bit."
From the start of the match, the combatants, both of whom are extremely comfortable on grass and other fast surfaces, clearly telegraphed their intentions to come to the net often. But it was Strycova who was the stronger player throughout, winning 82 percent of her first serve points, and facing just a single break point.
Strycova immediately picked up the crucial break in the first game of the match. The Czech knocked off a backhand volley to set up the break point, which she converted after Rybarikova pushed a groundstroke wide.
There were no additional breaks in the first set, and Strycova took the first set 6-4 with a backhand pass down the line while both players were at net. The Czech won an incredible 21 of her 24 first serve points in the first set -- although she was 0-for-8 on her second serve.
Both players were exceptional on serve in the opener -- the break point Strycova converted in the first game was the only one of the set for either player. Unfortunately for Rybarikova, her steeliness on serve was never rewarded, as Strycova was excellent at the line in the first set, and could not be broken.
There was no respite for Rybarikova in the second set, as Strycova was impenetrable while she raced to a 5-0 lead. Even when Rybarikova won a grueling rally after hitting a miraculous behind-the-back shot to keep the point alive at 1-0, she could not make a dent throughout most of the set.
Strycova threw Rybarikova a lifeline when serving for the match at 5-0 in the second, as impatient play gave the Slovak her first break point of the match, which was duly converted to avert the bagel. But it was not enough to start a comeback, and Strycova broke again in the very next game to complete her victory.


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Percutaneous Core Needle Biopsy in Retroperitoneal Sarcomas Does Not Influence Local Recurrence or Overall Survival
Wilkinson, M. J., Martin, J. L., Khan, A. A., Hayes, A. J., Thomas, J. M., Strauss, D. C.
Percutaneous Core Needle Biopsy in Retroperitoneal Sarcomas Does Not Influence Local Recurrence or Overall Survival.
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Background. Tumours within the retroperitoneum can cause a diagnostic dilemma. A preoperative core needle biopsy often is required to establish a histological diagnosis. Preoperative core needle biopsy for extremity soft-tissue sarcoma is oncologically safe and biopsy site recurrence is extremely rare, attributed to placing the biopsy site within the planned resection field. This study investigates whether preoperative core needle biopsy affects oncological outcomes in retroperitoneal sarcomas. Methods. Patients undergoing resection of intermediateand high-grade primary retroperitoneal sarcoma from 1990 until 2011 were included. Primary endpoints were immediate biopsy-related complications, local recurrence, and overall survival. Results. A total of 150 patients were included in the analysis. Of these, 90 patients underwent resection after a preoperative biopsy. Median follow-up was 48 months. One patient required hospital admission postbiopsy for an abdominal wall rectus sheath haematoma. No patient developed intra-abdominal complications that required hospitalisation or early operation related to core needle biopsy. No patient developed a biopsy site recurrence. There was no significant increase in either local recurrence (p = 0.101) or overall survival (p = 0.191) after core needle biopsy. Conclusions. Preoperative core needle biopsy for retroperitoneal sarcomas is safe and does not affect oncological outcome.
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Many people contact me who have been ripped off by a business. Unfortunately I am unable to take every case that comes through the door. Sometimes it does not make economic sense for the consumer to pursue the case, or the facts make the case difficult to prove. These issues can often cause the consumer a great deal of grief and feeling of hopelessness. However, the consumer should contact the Oregon Department of Justice for help.
The Oregon Attorney General has a wealth of information and resources to protect consumers. Here are just a few resources:
1: Before making a purchase you can check out the business before you buy. You can call the Oregon Department of Justice at 1-877-877-9392 or you can click on the link: https://justice.oregon.gov/complaints/
2: Report Fraud: If you think you have been ripped off you can call the Oregon Department of Justice at 1-877-877-9392 to request a complaint form, or you can click here for more information: https://justice.oregon.gov/forms/consumer_complaint.asp
The Department of Justice can assist many people by conducting an investigation and contacting the business on your behalf in an effort to resolve the dispute. The Department also has the ability to fine and seek civil penalties and other remedies on behalf of all Oregonians.
The Department of Justice can assist consumers with concerns about: Automobile Sales, Credit or Debit transactions, Home Repair issues, Retail Sales, Fraud, Real Estate Transactions, telemarketing and Home solicitations.
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Back at the beginning of this month, we reported that how Microsoft has planned to spy on its users by releasing their latest operating system Windows 10.
Many didn't know that this latest version of Windows has a capability to silently capture and send user data to Microsoft servers, without user's consent.
But wait, you can't run after the creators of Microsoft to criticise or complain for stealing your data because you agreed to the Windows 10 terms and conditions, where Microsoft has clearly stated "we will access, disclose and preserve personal data."
Now are you worried much? You are not alone. Many Windows users are unhappy with Microsoft's choice to spy on its users and many privacy conscious users even opted to not to update to Windows 10 and stick with older version of Windows i.e. Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
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So I'm talking tracks, not temps. October 2017 was actually a little warm, but global warming doesn't exist so it's fine! RIGHT??? Lord, help us. But yeah, a lot of good music dropped last month! Sam Smith got us in our feelings early on with the Timberland-produced, "Pray". Kelela blessed us with her debut album, Take... Continue Reading →
Spooky Tunes
So here's the thing. I planned on saying a bunch of stuff about October and all the cool things to do during this time of year, but I really just made this playlist because I like when artists make darker, sort of creepy music. So yeah! Pick your favorite streaming platform and get spooky below. SPOTIFY:... Continue Reading →
So let's define what it means to be a Bad Bitch. According to my favorite definition on UrbanDictionary.com, a bad bitch is a "A self respected, strong female who has everything together. That consists of body, mind, finances, and swagger. Also, a female who does and gets hers by any means necessary." Profound. This... Continue Reading →
So I love R&B and I love Beyoncé. Here's over 4 hours of Rhythm & Blues & BEYONCÉ. There's no time to waste, just pick your favorite streaming service and get into it! SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/user/12121878368/playlist/7B11bFAiNdMhyt2If7DLt7 APPLE MUSIC TIDAL
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Summer Luhh
So summer's pretty much over. It's definitely September, but it's also still hot outside. So whatever. At any rate, this playlist is sort of bigger than summer. Yes, most of the songs included were either released or made popular in the summertime, but it's more about a feeling. It's about that light, airy feeling... Continue Reading →
So August didn't come to make friends. AUGUST 2017 CAME TO GIVE US BOPS. We got tracks to dance to, cry to, vibe to, feel like THAT bitch to, etc. August got us like BET swears they do year after year. But I digress. This month gave us new music from favorites like Frank... Continue Reading →
So I feel personally attacked. June 2017 gave us some pretty solid albums and singles, but they all were conveniently aimed at me. SZA read me for being an insecure, sort-of-fucked-up person who is overly obsessed with the concept of control throughout her debut masterpiece. Jay Z read me for being a nigga that's afraid... Continue Reading →
So You Had A Bad Day
So I had a bad day. Have you ever had a bad day? Have you ever had a SUPER bad day? Like one of those wow-my-love-life-is-in-limbo-and-I'm-super-broke-with-hella-bills-and-I-have-to-PAY-to-get-to-my-UNpaid-internship-on-time-by-using-money-that-I-get-from-my-underpaid-part-time-job-and-I-barely-have-enough-money-leftover-to-eat-AND-pay-rent-AND-pay-my-other-bills-so-I-may-just-have-to-pick-one-and-on-top-of-THAT-I'm-taking-an-inconvenient-ass-summer-class-in-order-to-graduate-on-time-and-clearly-THAT-wasn't-enough-because-I-accidentally-hung-up-on-the-CEO-of-the-company-that-I-intern-for-TWICE-within-two-minutes-and-I-have-to-renew-my-license-before-my-birthday-not-because-I'm-getting-a-car-but-because-America-says-that-I-can-finally-drink-this-year-and-I-really-miss-my-mom-right-now-and-I-REALLY-just-need-about-10-extra-hours-in-EACH-day-to-get-everything-done-and-NOT-be-sleep-deprived-for-once-but-Beyoncé-said-to-grind-from-monday-to-friday-and-work-from-Friday-to-Sunday-so-here-I-am type of bad day? Just me? Yes, I am being dramatic. Like more dramatic than a budding reality TV star fighting for a spot on the main cast. I... Continue Reading →


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Last May, Occidental's men's ultimate frisbee team, also known as Detox, earned a spot at the D-III College Championships after a dramatic upset over Claremont in the D-III Southwest Conference Ultimate Tournament. The victory was huge for the whole team, but its five seniors were forced to choose between going to nationals in Louisville, Ky., or going to graduation, both of which fell on the same weekend. Ultimately, according to team member Drew Andersen (junior), the majority of the seniors found a way to make it work.
Three of the five seniors came for the first day of the weekend and were able to compete in two games according to Drew Andersen (junior). Then, immediately after playing all day Saturday, they had to catch a red-eye flight to make it back to Los Angeles by Sunday morning.
"People were worried — because there were thunderstorms — that even if they did go and planned on flying back for that Sunday that they wouldn't make it, but luckily it worked out, and the people who did leave did make graduation on time," Andersen said.
Unfortunately, not every senior was able to make it. David Kimball '17 elected not to go, for fear of missing graduation.
"It was a hard decision to make, I spent the entire weekend checking the scores of the games," Kimball said. "Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go, but I know the team was and will be in a better place to compete for a championship."
Despite their excitement, Andersen acknowledges that having only one of their five seniors had the potential to affect how they performed in Kentucky.
"Maybe the outcome of a few really close games would've been different had we had those couple seniors that were pretty integral to our offense," Andersen said.
Going into the new year, the team members who competed last spring are still riding the high of making it to nationals despite finishing second-to-last place.
Griffin Morita (senior) recalls the team's performance in their first appearance at Nationals in the last five years.
"Nationals — well, we came in as last place, and we broke seed, which was awesome," Morita said.
Detox entered as the 16th seed and became the 15th seed, meaning they were able to leave Kentucky with a higher ranking within the tournament than they were originally. For Detox, this showed the high level at which they could compete, even without their whole team playing.
"When we went in there and we broke seed and came out as not last, we were just stoked," Morita said.
The excitement and motivation from nationals have carried over into the fall.
"What was really great about it was — since we had a lot of first years on the team — it really has shot up morale, and people are excited to play now that they've seen that we can compete," Morita said.
"I think you can see the effect of it on our team this year," Max Marion (senior) said. "Everyone's very excited about this season, everyone's very excited about being here and playing frisbee again."
In addition to the abounding joy displayed by the team members, the sport is seriously considered into some of the members' decisions. Andersen revealed how he factors his love of frisbee into major life choices.
"I'm not even sure if I'm going to be here for the spring because I'm going abroad, but if we end up being really good, I might have to change my decision. But we'll see, we'll cross that bridge when we get there," Andersen said.
Part of Andersen's dilemma has to do with the talent the team has in their senior players this year. He does not want to miss out on his last chance to go to nationals with them again.
Despite the loss of five skilled seniors, the team has high hopes about where they are headed. Since their first year, the upperclassmen on the team have seen a continuous growth of students that come to Detox's fall tryouts; after their nationals success, the number has grown even more. The team is ready and excited to use the momentum built from last spring to propel them into the new school year, and they expect great things from their upcoming season. Regardless of how well they do, they are more than happy to just be out on the field tossing the frisbee.


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A Closure on the 2008 Season
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The 2008 season of the Maple League has come to its end. The Porvoo Butchers had the privilege of celebrating their fourth championship in a row, while the Trojans came sixth in the Maple League standings. Manager Kim Gronlund admits he has a bitter taste in his mouth. He goes on to say that the team had the potential to do a lot better, but nobody could anticipate so many injuries and absences. The team was motivated and training hard in the winter but something happened in the spring time. Gronlund will get to the bottom of the matter together with the coaching staff.
Gronlund is not able to name any single reason for the team performing below expectations. Difficulties in the beginning of the season and the games lost with such a small point margin put a lot of pressure on the relatively young players. Head coach Jarmo Rautiainen mostly agrees with Gronlund. QB Jayson Davis getting injured and the team losing games in the beginning of the season was a tough blow on morale. The team could practice everyone together only once a week from the end of June onwards, which is not nearly enough.
Manager Kim Gronlund and head coach Jarmo Rautiainen.
The adversities our American players experienced did not help out either. Not only Jayson Davis but also Malaki Lesa was injured. Malaki hurt himself in his first game and was unable to practice with the rest of the team. Johnell Wyatte played a very good season, though.
Kim Gronlund is eager to remind us that victory was not the only objective this season. The Trojans wanted to give young players enough playing time to make sure there are competitive and experienced players in the future to replace retirees. The manager gives praise to the Trojan youth program: Our program is one of the best in the country; we chew young boys and spit out football players. He mentions Danny Andersson, a young QB that has shown great promise, as one of those who have benefited from the extra time onfield.
Defense Got It Done But the Offense Did Not
The Trojan defense was elite although the offense could not keep up with the top teams in the league. Rautiainen has an explanation ready. Defense is always easier to play than offense. Offense takes a lot more practice and repetition, particularly for the offensive line, says the head coach and brings back some words of wisdom he spoke prior to the season: Anyone can run against the air and do it right, but training as a full team is entirely different. Gronlund agrees on the team not having enough practice: We made way too many mistakes and, ultimately, it all goes down to lack of practice.
The number of American players in a team was three this year as opposed to the leagues two-player policy of the previous seasons. The policy change had a drastic effect on the game as offenses became substantially more effective than defenses. Neither Gronlund nor Rautiainen is happy about games with more than one hundred points scored altogether. They would both prefer the two-player limit but admit that theres not much to do about North American players with EU passports.
The Roosters and the Wolverines have already announced extending the contracts of their most successful American players. Robert Johnson is even planning train all winter with his team instead of returning home. Kim Gronlund would be happy about getting his American players here earlier than before, but he doubts it would change things all that much.
A Good Crowd at the Upper Field
The Trojans played some good home games and beat the Roosters and the Crocodiles that were valued better than the home team. The fans would not abandon their team in the face of adversities either. More than 200 season passes were sold and hundreds more turned out at the games. I loved watching the home games. The team looked good, the new field was awesome, and the weather was on our side too, says Gronlund. The one thing he does not approve of is that people would choose music over football. The fans were fewer than expected during RuisRock, a traditional weekend-long rock festival in Turku that draws audiences from all over the country.
There were a lot of new faces in the crowd in addition to the old diehard Trojans fans. The Trojans were number one in the country in spectator turnout, says manager Gronlund with a sense of pride. But there is still room on the bleachers and the management continues to work hard for better turnouts. Kim Gronlund only wishes cooperation between teams would be easier. This season there was too much friction in negotiating the schedules.
Continuing Work for a Better Experience
The Trojans home field has undergone renovations. A new artificial turf was installed before the last season, and now theres a new lighting system. The latter will allow night games to be played in the late summer. Monday night football games have attracted twice the amount of spectators weekend games have, and those are something we will enjoy next season as well (translators note: A great number of Finns spend their weekends at summer houses away from the city during the local football season).
The management will tackle the issues with concessions too. The lines to the concessions stands have been way too long during halftime, but there will be new arrangements. They are looking at a possible beer license and new ideas for halftime entertainment in addition to expanded concessions capacity.
Sponsorship a Boon to the Trojans
Milwaukee Electric Tools and Laakeriteam sponsored the Trojans by paying every single admission into one game. The biggest crowd of the third millennium, estimated at more than 800, showed up at the Upper Field. Kim Gronlund believes that football will increasingly benefit from sponsored games in the future. He reveals that similar deals are already made for the next season and that we are expecting even bigger crowds at the games.
The problem is that Finland is a soccer and ice hockey country with football being a marginal sport, albeit its one of the most popular marginal team sports. Promoting your own team consequently equals promoting the sport in general. The sponsors organize all sorts of activities and entertainment for the occasion that should attract potential fans to give football a chance.
Manager Kim Gronlund was asked about his view to the current sponsorship situation. To nobodys surprise, he would welcome more sponsors. The thing with sponsorship is that it can never be too good. I would say the present situation warrants high hopes, though. Gronlund is eager to make longer-lasting deals with companies instead of one-season contracts. There were a number of new contracts last season and more are being negotiated. A lot of new stuff is underway right now, both for the sponsor and for the spectator. I only wish there were more hours to a day, reflects the manager.
Kim Gronlund wants to send out a message to all corporate readers:
Sponsoring the Trojans will give you a lot of presence. Your name can appear in the team uniform, in several places at the venue, in the sideline advertisements, in the program handouts, in newsletters, and on our popular website. Please let us know what kind of cooperation would suit your company the best, and a team representative will contact you.


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Your Questions Answered!
Ok, now that you answered all my questions, I'll answer yours. I must admit I'm surprise by how many questions I received over the past two weeks. Honestly I was expecting only like two, but y'all went far beyond that. Thanks so much! It really means a lot to me that you all are reading and following along with this blog. I can't thank you enough!
So without further ado, here's your questions answered.
This first one is from my mother.
Question #1:
What are ya planning that I can't know about????? HMMMM???????
"I'm not telling you... stop asking. It's not lady like."- Bryce Dallas Howard (you know what movie :)
Question #2:
How old were you when you started to sew?
I was about 9 years old when I first learned how to sew and have been doing it ever since.
Question: #3
At what age did you realize that you no longer completely hated the nickname Susie-Chris and that your favorite aunt was actually the most intelligent one in the bunch for creating it?
I can't remember how old I was, I just remember being completely in awe that I hated the name Susie Chris as a child and wondered why in the world I did. Because Susis Chris is the CUTEST nickname in the world and add on the fact my amazing aunt came up with it makes it extra special! ;)
Question #4:
If you could design and sew a wedding dress for any famous woman, past or present, who would it be? And why?
That's a good question! After giving it a lot of thought I've narrowed it down to two women; one past, one present.
The first one is Sarah Mally of Bright Lights Ministries. She wrote a book entitled Before You Meet Prince Charming: A Guide to Radiant Purity about preparing yourself for marriage and life beforehand (I totally recommend it. Every girl should read it even if she's not planning on getting married). Marriage is something that is very important and serious to me, so I would want to design a dress for a bride who understands the sacred, holiness of marriage and what she'd be going into.
The second woman would be Pocahontas simply because I think that it would be cool to try to make a wedding dress that incorporates both the English styles of 1614 and her original indian heritage.
Question #5:
What has been your absolute favorite thing you have ever sewn?
AHHHHHHHH.... Stop with the difficult questions!!!! Um... probably my cousin, Shelby's, wedding veil simply because that was a project that was very near and dear to my heart. She was a great "client", was very flexible with me and I think she loved the finished result. And that moment when I put the finished product on her head... it's moments like that I realize, this is my calling; to make my Creator King's children feel like the beautiful person HE made them to be. It's priceless.
Question #6:
Will you do a tutorial on how to sew zippers into dresses and skirts?
Sure! Thats sounds like fun! There are so many different ways to install a zipper, I'll have to do some research first so it might take a little time. Keep an eye out!
Question #7:
How would you like to come to Mississippi and teach my daughter how to make a skirt?
Is this an all expense paid trip? :)
Question #8:
Have you considered learning to quilt?
Actually, my great-grandmother on my dad's side quilts and does an amazing job at it! I asked her at one point if she would teach me but I quickly realized that quilting was just not for me. I'm just more interested in sewing garments than I am quilts.
Question #9:
How many dresses have you sewn for yourself and how long does your average dress take you to make?
My goodness! I don't know! Probably a few dozen, maybe more!
It depends on the type of dress and what fabric I'm working with etc.. but on average I'd say from cutting out to finishing a hem probably about a week working on it off and on.
Thanks again to everyone who submitted in the giveaway and celebrated my blog anniversary with me! I'm so pleased that I got to share it with all you lovely ladies. May G-d richly bless you during this holiday season and I'll see you at my next post!
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Objective: To determine the effect of myofascial trigger point release of the plantar fascia and calf muscles in patients with plantar fasciitis for pain management. Material and Methods: It was Quasi experimental study on 42 diagnosed plantar fasciitis patients (13 male and 29 female) with age more than 20 years. It was conducted in Private Physiotherapy clinic in Gujrat, Pakistan,from December 2016 to May 2017.. The patients were given 03 sessions per week of myofascial trigger point release of calf muscles and the plantar fascia for 4 weeks. Plantar fasciitis pain scale questionnaire was used to measure the results of pre and post intervention. The paired T-test was used to determine the significance of treatment. Results: The mean age for diagnosed planter fasciitis patients was 31.40±7.46. The intensity of pain significantly reduced after the treatment in walking (2.35±0.79 vs. 1.35±0.65, p=0.0001). The intensity of pain during standing on bare foot was also improved (1.23 ±1.07 vs. 0.61 ±0.66, p=0.53) as well as during stairs climbing (2.28±0.77 vs. 1.07±0.68, p=0.004)
Conclusion: Myofascial trigger point technique was seen effective in relation to improve pain in patients of plantar fasciitis.
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Calliope's Box: The American Dream (Excerpt)
by P Curry
My mother always told me that no one is inherently evil. I remember many nights where she sat at my bedside, constantly reminding me to always see the good in others. As a result of those lessons, I used to believe that each and every person was worthy of the benefit of the doubt. Alas, for someone as kind and open-minded as I once was, even I had my limits.
If you told me that everything that has transpired over the past four years would have happened to me way back on the eve of the summer of 1992, I would have never believed you. However, I do know what I did believe in at the time: Atalan. The fallen city-state. A once vibrant and pulsating metropolis, bursting at the seams with people of all backgrounds living their livelihoods. Now, it sits as nothing more than a crumbling ruin.
The storied ruin that was a shimmering jewel a mere four years ago. Questions were raised around the world as to what led to it's downfall. How could it all fall apart in, to quote Plato, a single day and night of misfortune? Was it an inside job? Were members of the House of Peloponnesian involved? And, last but certainly not least, who was Calliope Thessaly and what was her exact role in the whole ordeal?
I'm probably the only person who can tell you the entire truth. How is that, you say? Because I am Calliope Thessaly. Atalan's "Enemy No. 1," or so the news articles said. The story of the fall of Atalan is intertwined with my story. And my story begins during the fifteenth year of my life, in the summer of 1992.
Canto I:
The World Outside My Window
Trapped In A Box
It was sheer madness. The metropolis literally shimmered at night. The top heavy buildings in the Atlantic Colony were more intimidating than ever. Immaculate statues and fountains dotted the landscape, and the Greek Revival school of architecture had taken over. The holy trinity of our economy (Architecture, Entertainment and Trade) was booming, so much so that the only way they could go from there was up. And yet, the class divide was stronger than ever. The rich got richer and the poor got poorer. The crime and poverty rates were at the worst they had ever been. But at the end of the day, what did I know? After all, my only exposure to all of it was through my bedroom window at the House of Thessaly.
I originally come from an Upper Noble background, and my house, the House of Thessaly, was basically the dictionary definition of nobility prestige. We had lived in a coral house with seven bedrooms that looked like something straight out of Santorini, with wide square windows, several small balconies with gated barriers, a patio covered in arches that wrapped around the entire facade, and a large, round white dome on the top. My father, Pan, owned one of the most successful architecture firms in all of Atalan, Thessaly Architects & Co. My mother, Demeter, was a self-made entrepreneur, owning a coffee shop and a shoe and accessory store, both being located on Morpheus Avenue in our original polis, or city within a city if you will, of residence, Auburn. Nobles were afforded a great wealth of privilege within Atalan, only the Royals and Deities were more privileged.
And yet, for some reason, my parents forbade me from venturing too far from our home. From the sounds of it, it may just sound like I had strict parents, but that was hardly the case. I had four siblings, two of whom were younger, and all had more freedom than I had. At the age of fifteen I barely even knew Auburn, let alone the rest of Atalan. I had never even went to an actual school. While my brothers and younger sister all walked to school every morning, my morning commute consisted of rolling out of bed and walking downstairs to wait for the in-house teacher my parents employed for me.
For years, the highlight of my day was perching myself on the sill of my window each night, just to glimpse at the hometown that I hardly knew. With the glistening skyline of the Atlantic Colony, forming a sort of cave over the revolving, red and siren-like light that signaled the entrance to The Acropolis peeking through.
"Calliope, you sittin' up at that window AGAIN!?" I heard a voice say behind me.
I turned around, only to see Brutus standing at the doorway to my room. On the stocky side, with chiseled arms and a potbelly, his stereotypical, pretty boy exterior, with hazel eyes, a head adorned with loose curls or so-called "good hair," and a light brown complexion, belied one of the most obnoxious, hotheaded and machismo personas one could ever have the displeasure of meeting. But he was my brother, so I couldn't help but to love him. It eventually turned out that there was a heart under there, somewhere.
"Why yes, I indeed am," I snidely replied.
"Well, I don't see why, it's like opening the refrigerator every hour. Ain't nothin' changed," he said.
"Man, leave her alone, you know she never gets out anyways," my brother Julius said while walking behind him. Aside from body shape and build, my eldest brother Julius was practically the complete opposite of Brutus. With an ebony complexion, cornrows and dark brown eyes, he was one of the kindest souls a person could meet. He was caring, open-minded and understanding. I will say this though, he did have a tendency to keep his fair share of secrets.
I turned over to Julius, smirked, and exclaimed, "Thank you very much Julius!" Brutus just rolled his eyes and walked to his room, while Julius walked into my room and sat on my bed.
He looked at me with his sweet, brown eyes and asked, "Well, how does the city look to you tonight?"
"It looks…..lovely. As always," I answered with a rather unsure tone. In all honesty, I didn't know how to reply to that question. All I knew back then was that I wanted a chance to finally be closer to the city.
Julius chuckled before saying, "Alright then. Just wanted to check up on you, good night!"
"Good night," I said to him, watching him walk out of my room. I looked out my window for a few minutes more before closing it and going to sleep for the night. Little did I know, my life would never be the same after this night.
The next day started out on the typical routine I had known all my life. I rolled out of bed and fixed my long, tightly-coiled locks. After that, I woke up my younger siblings, Isis and Atum, and we walked down the curved, marble staircase under the dome of our house to the bright, airy, pastel-shaded and plant filled living room of our house. My mother, Demeter, loved plants. She put them everywhere. Everywhere. And she always woke up very early every morning, to make breakfast.
It was always a pleasure to see her in the kitchen. She hummed like nobody's business, her eyes gleaming like black diamonds out of her beautiful, mahogany skin. Her makeup was always done to the nines, with her trademarks being bright, red lipstick and subtle earth-tone shades of blush. While she always had big hair when I was a child, she started opting for a short, pixie-style haircut back in those days, but her preferred fashion hues of bright greens mixed with pastel browns never changed. All of it adorning her curvy and rubenesque figure, with sizeable hips that she fondly referred to as a gift for making her babies. Another thing she loved to do while making breakfast was open all the windows in the pink and retro-styled kitchen of our home, which looked like something straight out of Minnie Mouse's house. I also remember that it was particularly windy on this day.
"Babies, come close these windows before my grits fly away," she said to me, Isis and Atum with a laugh. The three of us closed the windows before we proceeded to set the breakfast table like we normally do. We then sat down and waited for mama to finish breakfast.
Isis sat on my right hand side. She was a very quiet girl but always had a smile on her face. She was like me that way, a hopeless optimistic of sorts. We were also alike in the fact that we both took after Mama Demeter in terms of appearance, with skin like mahogany, long, coiled locks and dark brown, black diamond-like eyes. Atum on the other hand, who sat on my left hand side, was a big jokester. Appearance wise, he was basically a slim version of Brutus, and a lot of things about his personality reminded me of him as well, albeit without the more insufferable qualities.
"Now remember my babies, I don't want anyone to take a single bite before your father and older brothers get here," Mama Demeter told us in a stern, but sweet tone. Alas, like always, it was hard to resist her breakfast once it was finished. Between the buttered grits with cheese sprinkled on top, the scrambled eggs which were always spiced up with cayenne pepper, the smoked sausage links, the bowl of fresh fruit from the garden, the fluffy biscuits covered in gravy, the tall stack of thin flapjacks with butter pecan syrup on the side and the pitcher of orange juice which she always squeezed herself. If I had to choose one thing I miss more than anything else about my mother, it would have to be her cooking.
A few minutes later, my father, Pan, walked into the kitchen. His natural aura was one of old-fashioned cool. He always wore crisply ironed blazers and slacks with two-toned oxford shoes, usually topped off with a felt hat. Being the parent that Brutus and Atum took after, he was a tall, but slim man with dark hazel eyes, loose coils adorning his head and light, sepia-toned skin. In my childhood, to me, there wasn't a more perfect man in my eyes. Sadly, not long after this morning, I bore witness to his true colors.
"Good morning family!" Pan said cheerfully before giving each of us a kiss on the forehead, as usual. He then took a seat when I felt someone rub all over my head. I lightly smacked the hand off of my head only to hear Julius laughing afterward.
"Julius! You just messed up my hair!" I exclaimed to him.
"Ha! Just run your fingers through it like you always do and you'll be fine," he replied as he sat down in the chair between Isis and dad. A minute later, Brutus walked into the kitchen, shirtless, letting out a long yawn before taking the flapjack on top of the stack and dipping it into the syrup.
"Brutus! How many times do I have to remind you to put clothes on before coming down to breakfast AND to not eat the flapjacks with your hands?" Demeter asked him.
"Mama Demeter, it's Brutus," I said nonchalantly, which made everyone else laugh while Brutus sat in his chair, continuing to eat his flapjack without a care in the world.
After saying grace, we all dug into breakfast. As always, mama Demeter's breakfast was delicioso! We all made our usual casual conversation while eating. It seemed like a typical morning, until dad tapped his glass of orange juice to get our attention.
"Family, I have an announcement," he said solemnly.
I didn't know why at the time, but my heart sank and a large lump formed in my throat upon hearing my father say that. It was quite the unexpected feeling, and I would soon realize the premonition that was behind these physicalities of dread was correct. All of us sitting at the table either stretched our lips or widened our eyes as we turned to look at Pan to see what he had to say.
"We're going to have to move. By next week," his announcement was.
Being the hopeless optimistic I was at the time, I smiled a smile that was beaming with excitement. I was enthralled with the prospect of seeing another part of Atalan. Hopefully it would be the Atlantic Colony. The rest of my family on the other hand wasn't so thrilled. Atum dropped his mouth in shock and just stared at dad. Isis and Julius were also staring at dad, but they were nondescript stares of indifference. Brutus just started eating again as if nothing happened. Mama Demeter went through a 180 degree turn in demeanor, clenching her teeth and if her eyes had been anymore scowled, they would have been fuming.
"There you go again with these damn secrets, Pan! Not only have you dropped this grenade on our table that we're moving, without saying a word to me but you want us to drop everything, get packed and leave the house we've put so much work into making a home for the past twenty years? How were we supposed to prepare for this? Tell me that right now!" She yelled.
Another lump formed in my throat when I saw her yelling at him. I knew for years that my mom and dad had problems, and I heard them arguing many nights. But at least it was never in front of me or any of their other children. Which made me happy, because I never wanted the dysfunction to play out in front of our very own eyes.
"How could it be a secret when I didn't know we had to move until last night? Mr. Peloponnesian told me over the phone." Dad told her.
"Oh it definitely is a secret! For years you've been having these secret talks with that man, over god knows what. I can understand leaving the kids out of it, but you could at least tell your wife! The one person in your life that should be told everything!"
"I've told you this, time and time again. I can't always tell you everything."
"Where are we going to be moving dad!?" I cheerfully butted in to ask, in hopes that it would relieve some of the tension at the breakfast table.
Dad took another sip of his orange juice, put the glass back down on the table, and answered, "Griffin."
I felt my heart sink even more as the smile on my face turned into a frown upon hearing his answer. Griffin. A polis that's among the most distant of them all from the red light. It could have been Piedmont, with it's lush, green park, vibrant and active street life and festivals. It could have been Inman, where the so-called Five Points are, a paradise for artists, hippies, rebels and bohemians. Savannah Beach is even farther out, but at least that's where the beach and the boardwalk are. I wouldn't even mind it if we were moving to the Cascade. It may have been the most crime-ridden and and down on it's luck polis in all of Atalan, but I'm sure it at least has a soul. Anything was better than wonder bread with extra mayonnaise and a little bit of tomato sauce Griffin.
"GRIFFIN???" Everyone at the table yelled in unison to dad. Apparently, my mom and siblings were just as unenthused about the plan as I was.
"Yes, Griffin," dad answered. "My business is needed there."
"Your business is needed there? You're an architect! Last I heard, there were no big construction projects going on in Griffin! Why, Pan, you're not even considering the rest of your family! Your kids have to start new lives and make new friends all over again. And I still have two businesses to run right here in Auburn! What about my businesses?" Mama Demeter shouted at him, her tensed up nose and eyes showed that she was getting more frustrated with him by the minute.
"Me and Mr. Peloponnesian are going to have another meeting in a few days, he will explain everything and we'll get it all sorted out."
Mama Demeter groaned before she said "There you go again with that 'Me and Mr. Peloponnesian' shit! Are you even listening to yourself?"
"Well if you don't want to listen to me, than that's quite alright. I'm going to work, good day family!" Dad yelled, taking one last sip of orange juice and putting his felt hat on before he stormed out of the kitchen. Mama Demeter stood up and exhaled before she said to us, "I apologize for that my babies. I never wanted our problems to be aired out in front of all of you like that."
"Ma, it's alright. We all already knew anyway," Julius nonchalantly replied. Mama Demeter let out another sigh and said, "Well I'm sorry for that too. I really just can't with that man sometimes. Well, finish your breakfasts so we can wash the dishes and then all of you can get ready for school."
As we all finished breakfast, Brutus, being his usual facetious self, obnoxiously said, "It's funny that you would say that about all of us having to start over with making friends mama. I mean me, Julius, Isis and Atum, yeah, we would have to start over, but Calliope don't know anybody!"
"Man, why you always gotta be so rude to her?" Julius asked him.
"Well hey, it's true! She ain't got any friends!" Brutus answered whilst laughing.
"She got Herc," Julius retorted.
"Ha! Oh yeah, she know the maintenance boy over there at the House of Peloponnesian, but she don't know any actual Peloponnesians."
Julius smacked his lips and said, "Like a girl like Calliope would get along with any of them anyway."
"I don't know dude, I think her and the boy in blue could be best friends."
I was getting up from the table and taking my plate to the sink when I heard Brutus say this. I briefly paused in my tracks when he said "the boy in blue." It caught my attention because a year before this, I did have another friend besides Herc, and he referred to himself as just that, "the boy in blue." He never did tell me his true name, and he told me it was best if I didn't know anyway. But for a several month period, I would see him in the park between our house and the House of Peloponnesian, which we all called the Garden of Artemis, almost every day. And he was as kind and sweet as an angel. In addition to being the first person I've ever felt confident enough to read my poetry to. Then, one day, he just stopped showing up. I still wondered about what happened to him every day. At the time I thought, surely, he couldn't have been a Peloponnesian, could he?
I turned to Brutus and asked, "The boy in blue? What boy in blue?"
Everyone in the kitchen turned to look at me, raising their eyebrows. All of them being either confused or intrigued as to how I could know who Brutus was talking about.
"The heir to the Peloponnesian fortune, Adonis Peloponnesian!" Brutus exclaimed in reply.
"Oh," I said. If that was the case then I figured I definitely didn't know who he was talking about. And yet, I couldn't shake off the strong coincidence. The boy I knew called himself "the boy in blue." I met him in the park next to the House of Peloponnesian. The House of Peloponnesian was where another boy known as "the boy in blue" happened to dwell. It all seems too much of a coincidence to not be connected at all, wouldn't one think?
Back in those days, the minute home school was over, I would always make sure to at least spend an hour in The Garden of Artemis. Writing book in hand, I would either sit at the gazebo with the golden trellis in the middle of the park or just lay down in the grass and write away. The park was always it's prettiest in the summertime. There were butterflies of many different hues everywhere. Pink and violet tulips, dandelions and red and orange lilies dotted the landscape. And since it was the last day of school, the park was soon going to be teeming with life. That was one thing I always looked forward to. Seeing the many different faces and what they were up to. For years that was basically my only exposure to life in Atalan, and I cherished every moment.
"Hi Calliope," I heard a high-pitched and childlike voice say. I looked up from my notebook to see Julius holding hands with his girlfriend at the time, Bolina. She was a short and slightly plump girl with a light ochre shade of skin. She had the most adorable smile, with small but gentle brown eyes and a voice like that of a hummingbird. She also had a tendency to opt for wild hair colors, magenta being her current choice.
"Hey there Bolina!" I replied.
"What are you up to?" she asked me inquisitively.
"Just basking in the garden, writing as usual," I answered.
Julius laughed and said, "Yeah, like she always does, little miss nosy!"
Me and Bolina joined in on his laughter. The three of us made casual chit chat for a bit before the two of them went into our house. I went back to writing but before I knew it there was yet another distraction.
"School's out, FOREVER!" I heard a deep voice with a strong, southern-style drawl say. It's Perseus, Brutus's really good friend. He's a short and skinny guy with a sepia skin tone, similar to Brutus but darker, with a floppy and messy afro and a face which looked similar to that of a pit bull. Personality wise, he's very much like Brutus, but due to his weed smoking habit, he's more relaxed and nowhere near as egotistical. However, he was very good at concealing his dark side.
I looked up from my notebook again and saw him walk into the park with Brutus. Due to his slow, sloping walk and the fact that he was smiling and laughing for no reason, I could tell that he was probably already high. He flashed a peace sign in my direction and I waved back as he and Brutus walked towards the back of the park, likely in search of somewhere to toke it up.
I went back into my notebook, getting lost in the sea of words about dreams, desires, everyday people and, my favorite subject of all, love. After I finished writing, I closed the notebook, which I still have to this day. A pink notebook adorned with drawings of yellow hibiscus flowers and a yellow strap to keep the book closed. I put the notebook to the side, turned over on my back in the field and just stared at the golden red sky of twilight above. With my eyes 3/4ths of the way closed, I was seconds away from dozing off in the garden, but my favorite person, who was also my only friend at the time, wasn't gonna let that happen.
"OOGA OOGA BOOGA," a deep and exaggerated voice chanted above me. Startled, my body tensed up for a moment as I opened my eyes, breathing a sigh of relief. It was just Herc, being a prankster as always. A tall guy of slightly muscular and athletic build, with dark, bistre skin, a short afro and copper brown eyes, his smile had the ability to always light up my day. He always opted for simple color schemes in all of his clothing, almost always wearing either black, white or some combination of the two. He was also a master of stealth and disguise.
"You always sneak up and try to scare me, but it's alright, cuz it's my favorite time of day," I said to Herc as I stood up and gave him a hug.
"Good, cuz it's mine too," he replied, which caused both of us to laugh.
"So, how was work today?" I asked him after we finished our little fit of laughter.
"Eh, same ol', same ol'. As long as I do everything they need me to do around the house without any of them bothering me, then it's all good as far as I'm concerned."
"Bother you? I'm not sure I follow you here," I said with a raised eyebrow.
Herc scoffed and rolled his eyes before he said, "The Peloponnesians ain't all they cracked up to be, Calliope. Very foul, grumpy and just all around unpleasant people they are."
"Then why does everybody say you need to know them?" I asked in a somewhat rhetorical tone, seeing that I didn't have much of a desire of getting to know any of them in the first place.
"It's just a status thing, girl! You see how they throw those wild and crazy parties twice a month, right? But if you actually went to one of those parties, they're never anywhere to be found. I know from experience. So I betcha somewhere around ninety percent of the people claiming to know Peloponnesians don't know any of them at all, they just think they got the right to say they know one because they went to a party there."
"Mmmhmm," I replied with a smirk as I nodded my head. While what he said about the Peloponnesian family as people pretty much reaffirmed my lack of interest in meeting any of them, I have to admit, going to a party at the House of Peloponnesian had been something I've wanted to do ever since I was a child.
Herc continued his rant, saying "The most pompous and obnoxious one of the bunch, Hermes, is the only one you ever see at the parties."
"Are none of them decent people?" I asked.
"Well, Aphrodite is a really sweet girl. She's much more humble and down to Earth. And the grandpa, Kronos, he's alright I guess, he mainly just keeps to himself. Oh and Adonis, he's a pretty cool dude, even though he's on the mysterious side," Herc answered.
There goes that name again. "Adonis." Who was this Adonis and why did I keep hearing his name? As I sat in the gazebo with Herc and pondered about all of it, I got a sudden feeling of being watched. I looked up and turned my head towards the House of Peloponnesian. I took a closer look at the balcony that looked directly over the Garden of Artemis. There was no one standing on the moss-covered and column-enclosed balcony, and the iron-gilded doors leading to whomever's room was closed, but the light blue drapes behind the door were slightly askew, as if someone were peering out.
"What are you looking at?" Herc asked.
In a mild daze, I lifted my hand up and pointed at the balcony. Once Herc turned to look at it, the drapes were no longer askew.
Herc looked back at me, laughed a hearty laugh and humorously asked, "So, they can't look out their window or something?"
"They? Who are you talking about?" I asked in reply with raised eyebrows.
"I don't know who I'm talking about. But whoever it was, they should be allowed to look out their window as much as they'd like!"
"I….I felt like they were looking at us though" I replied.
"Well how do you think people feel when you look out your window all the time?" Herc asked me with another laugh.
"Ugh, whatever," I answered.
I quickly changed the subject and the two of us sat in the park and talked until the golden red, twilight sky transitioned into the romantic blue, evening sky with the lights of the Atlantic Colony glistening over the horizon. The light show that was the red light was beginning it's rounds for the night. We said our goodbyes and made our ways to our homes.
As I walked to my house, a shiny, golden, Jeep Wrangler drove by. As the song "Jump" by Kris Kross played, a passenger from the vehicle yelled out, "Party at the House of Peloponnesian this weekend! Caribbean themed this time!"
I gave a half-smile as they drove past. It was nice to know, but I wouldn't have been able to go either way. Mama Demeter, Dad, Julius and Brutus have all been to parties at the House of Peloponnesian before. Mama Demeter told me it was the most disgusting thing she had ever seen. Pan goes all the time but forbids me from ever going there. Julius told me he had a bad experience and left it at that. Brutus got so drunk there that he doesn't even remember.
As I walked into the white, marble double-doors of the house, I expected to smell a piping hot and freshly served meal, as was usual. But I didn't catch a whiff of a thing. All was silent downstairs. The lights weren't even on. Put off by the sight, I then walked upstairs to see what everyone was doing. And as I made my way up the staircase, a strange vertigo effect took over me. It felt as if with each step I took, the top of the staircase kept pulling back. My heart was sinking. The silence of the house was deafening. The darkness of the house was blinding. The longest walk I've ever had to take was the walk up the staircase of my original home on that very night.
When I reached the top of the staircase I paused for a quick breath. The walk up the staircase never made me winded before so it was strange that I felt that way now. I looked down the hallway, and just like downstairs, the hallway was dark and completely silent. I made my way down the hallway, growing more disturbed by the second with how inactive everything was. As I neared the door to the bathroom on my left-hand side, I heard the toilet flush and the sink go on and off. The door opened and out came Brutus. With sleepy looking eyes, and the fact that he was laughing for no reason, I could tell that he was high.
He turned to me, started to laugh even more boisterously and said, "I cooked up something real nice just now. Feelin' five pounds lighter."
I stared at him sideways, confused about what he was trying to say. My nose then tensed up when I got a whiff of the odor coming from the bathroom.
"Ew! Brutus!" I exclaimed, covering my nose as he continued to laugh really loudly while he walked across the hall and into his room, which was on my right-hand side. Well, at least Brutus was being his usual self.
I walked down the hallway a little further towards Julius's room. I saw that the door was cracked. Peering into the door crack, I saw him and Bolina, both fast asleep with her embracing him like a teddy bear. I smiled at the sight of the two lovebirds. As the hallway was L-shaped, I always had to turn a corner to get to the longer half of the hallway. This was where the bedrooms that me, Isis, Atum and our parents had dwelled. When I turned the corner, I saw that the door to Atum's room was open, with the light on. I walked towards it and looked in, only to see him and Isis talking.
I knocked on the door to let them know of my presence and asked, "Hey you two, how is everything going?"
"Not very good," Isis said with a somber tone.
Both of them appeared to be very anxious, with Atum biting his lips and Isis's eyes being restless with worry. I decided to walk into Atum's room and sat on his red and black checkered racecar bed.
"What's been going on since I've been in the garden?" I asked sternly.
"I think Mama Demeter is still upset over what happened this morning. When me and Isis came home, she wasn't cooking, cleaning or nursing her plants like she always does. She was just sitting on the couch, slowly sipping a glass of wine. She said 'Hi' to us when we walked in and then just went back to staring off into space," Atum answered. The timid shakiness in his voice showed just how anxious he was.
My eyes widened, and I asked him in response, "Was she at least playing the Motown oldies she always likes to play in the afternoon?" I must have thought that if she had at least kept up with that part of her afternoon routine, then perhaps things weren't that bad. I really couldn't handle the thought of my mother emotionally and mentally collapsing upon herself like that.
"No, she wasn't even doing that. It's like she wasn't even there on the inside," Isis answered while Atum was nodding his head.
"Where is she now?"
"She just went into her room and closed the door about an hour ago. Dad's not home yet either," Isis answered.
"This is the spookiest night I've ever seen in this house," Atum added, his voice now indifferent, but you could tell from his unsettled eyes that he was very disturbed.
Having heard enough, I got off the bed, left their room and walked to the end of the hallway to the master bedroom, which Dad and Mama Demeter shared. The door being closed, I decided to put my ear against it first before walking in. I dropped my mouth and widened my eyes even more upon doing so. To my horror, I heard my mother on the other side of the door, softly, but hauntingly, sobbing away.
With no hesitation, I opened that door and saw her sitting on her canopy bed with one tissue in hand and a small pile of tissues on the floor. I ran into the room, sat on the bed next to her and promptly embraced her for support.
She put her arm around me and said, amidst her tears, "I really appreciate you for trying, Calliope, but a simple hug won't make this pain and heartache go away."
"I know that mama, but I'll do whatever I can to help. Would you like to tell me about it?"
She sniffled and responded, "Not right now. I need to be alone. But if you'd like to know, I will tell you all about it when I calm down."
"Okay then," I said. I wanted to stay there with her, but I respected and understood her wish to be alone.
As I walked out of the room, I turned back to her and said, "Let me know if you need a shoulder to cry on, okay?"
"Will do, Calliope, will do. Thank you for trying to bring warmth into a cold room," she said. She laid down on the bed, pulled the translucent, white curtains over it and continued her sobbing. I looked back at her and sighed. I had always wished I could have done more to help her, but I was just a naive and oblivious young girl at the time. I walked out of her room and closed the door behind me. I looked back down the hallway and saw that Atum turned his light off and closed his door, presumably him and Isis have both gone to sleep. I figured it meant that it was probably time for me to go to bed for the night as well.
I walked into my room, turned the light on, and sighed yet again. I looked around my room, it's decor utilizing many hues of red, the same color as my favorite object, the red light. Closing the door behind me and putting my notebook down, I changed into my pajamas and sat down on the crimson chaise in front of my window. Unlike Mama Demeter, I didn't fall out of line with my evening routine. And I never did. I made sure to open my window as always, perch my arms on the window sill, look out and gaze away at the dazzle of the Atlantic Colony while the red light and it's revolution beckoned from underneath it's caverns.
Another thing I enjoyed to gaze upon was the house right next door. The House of Peloponnesian. Especially when it was on the eve of another one of it's famous (or as some would say, infamous), extravagant and rambunctious parties. The parties occurred once per month, every month, for an untold amount of years. I know they've been going on since my dad was a child at least (seeing that his childhood friend, Mr. Peloponnesian's younger brother Minos always told him all about them), and likely before even then. You can never fully understand the history of Atalan - especially as it pertains to my story - if you don't know about the Peloponnesian parties. On that night, in contrast to my house, the House of Peloponnesian was brightly lit and quite noisy. It was like they were already having a party while preparing for the party.
The side which faced our house was mostly covered in dark green moss, with three balconies jutting out and looking over the Garden of Artemis. The house was topped with two tall and imposing Corinthian pillars, with statues of of snarled griffins adorning their peaks. They appeared to look down at what I assumed was the entrance to the house, like guardians that were always ready to take out any intruder. While I did see a bright, radiant glow emanating from the front of the house, large trees obscured most of the rest of my view of it. The only other thing I knew about it at the time was that it was set back almost a quarter of a mile away from the street. The space between the house and the street was a gated driveway, with a replica of the Colossus of Rhodes, torch in hand and looking north towards the Atlantic Colony and the Acropolis (which one would think is where most of the party guests came from) standing guard over those very gates.
I was always very curious about what the main facade looked like. What it was like inside. What it was like to be at a party there. Of course, I balked at the idea that I would ever be able to attend a function there. Alas, like so many other things I believed at that point in my life, it turned out I couldn't have been anymore wrong.


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I have decided that in order to make the news a little more interesting, I will be doing it reporter style...
Greetings, everyone, this is Alex Jefferson coming at you live from Dallas, Texas, where the Adventures in Odyssey live show ended two days ago. Many, many people attended from all over the globe, and Bob Smithouser and Jesse Florea from the Official Adventures in Odyssey podcast were there as well as Nathan Hoobler, Paul McCusker, and Dave Arnold. None of them were available for comment because I didn't get to say much to them at the live show.
Also, Oliver Twist, a new Radio Theatre production, is due this September. That will be a treat for fans of The Skrewtape Letters and other Radio Theatre productions.
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Welcome to Just Another AIO Blog, a site that is dedicated to the popular radio drama Adventures in Odyssey. We provide news, reviews on the latest episodes, articles, features, and we also are home to Adventures in Connellsville, a unique look at the town next to Odyssey through book form, We also provide a U.S.S. Response page that gets updated every other day. This page provides a response to recent comments on The Soda Shop Message Boards. And just recently, we started a unique Adventures in Odyssey podcast: called JAAIOP, or Just Another AIO Podcast. Feel free to post comments or subscribe to this site by email or with Google Friend Connect. Thank you!
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We also offer classes on various topics throughout the year that will help you better understand God and your relationship to Him.
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Washington D.C., 16 April 2015: New fund aims to unlock $1 billion for children's nutrition
16 Apri 2015, WASHINGTON D.C. – The Power of Nutrition, a new independent fund launched today, will help millions of children reach their full potential. Backed by leading organisations from private philanthropy and international development, the partnership aims to unlock one billion dollars to tackle child undernutrition in some of the world's poorest countries.
The Power of Nutrition will save lives and help millions of children escape from the effects of malnutrition. It will help countries build healthy and prosperous communities. It launches with arrangements in place to unlock the first $200 million from high profile backers such as the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation, the UK's Department for International Development, UNICEF, and the World Bank Group. It opens to new private and public investors today.
Unlocking children's potential
Without the right nutrients, health services and care within the first 1,000 days of life, a child's brain and body fail to develop properly. Unlike hunger, these effects are largely invisible and essentially irreversible. Undernutrition is the underlying cause of 45 per cent of all under five mortality – or nearly three million deaths every year. Undernutrition leaves nearly four in ten children in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with underdeveloped brains and bodies. As a result, these children have lower IQs and are more likely to drop out of school. As adults, they are a third less likely to escape poverty.
The problem does not stop there. As undernourished girls grow into undernourished mothers, who give birth to undernourished children. This creates a vicious cycle that holds back the growth of future generations.
Money raised by the Power of Nutrition will finance large-scale, high-impact nutrition programmes to help break this cycle. Evidence shows that with the right nutrients and care early on in life, a child's brain and body are able to develop to their full potential, improving their health, education and future livelihoods. It is an investment in children, families and communities that lasts and lasts.
Multiplying funds for nutrition
For the first time, a combination of private and public finances will support country-led programmes that target child undernutrition at scale. The Power of Nutrition will act as a catalyst to multiply the financial resources going into this area, through a combination of grants, government funding and International Development Association (IDA) financing.
The fund has developed an innovative matching offer that guarantees that every dollar in private funding is multiplied up to six times with new financing secured from other funders. Governments seeking financial support for their national nutrition programmes will also be able to multiply their resources through the fund.
The Power of Nutrition opens to new private and public investors today. It launches with arrangements in place to unlock the first $200m of financing.
Contributions include $55m from the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, up to £32m ($47m) from the UK Department of International Development, and up to Swiss Francs 25m ($26m) from the UBS Optimus Foundation.
These resources will be channelled through a new World Bank Group (WBG) trust fund for nutrition and through a UNICEF matched-funding mechanism. The new WBG trust fund of at least $55m will leverage at least another $100m from the IDA, the WBG's fund for the poorest. The new agreement with UNICEF provides an opportunity for donors to fund UNICEF through a matched-funding mechanism dedicated to ending child undernutrition.
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"Good nutrition is an essential part of a healthy life. Yet every day, millions of children die, are sick, or are disadvantaged because they are not receiving the right nutrition and care at the right time. Investors in The Power of Nutrition can change that, so good nutrition becomes the new normal," said Michael Anderson, Chief Executive Officer at the Children's Investment Fund Foundation.
"We are very proud to be a founding partner of The Power of Nutrition. This groundbreaking new fund will help many more children reach their full potential by ensuring they get the right nutrients early in life. It's an investment in children, families and communities that will last," said Phyllis Costanza, Chief Executive Officer at the UBS Optimus Foundation.
"We believe that undernutrition is one of the world's most serious but least addressed public health challenges" said Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, World Bank. "Children who escape undernutrition are 33% more likely to escape poverty as adults. Countries in Africa and Asia are losing up to 11% of their GDP to undernutrition. We want children and countries to reach their full potential. This is why we are tracking stunting as a predictor of development and see initiatives like The Power of Nutrition as key to achieving our goal of ending extreme poverty."
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The NVIDIA® Tesla™ C1060 transforms a workstation into a high-performance computer that outperforms a small cluster. This gives technical professionals a dedicated computing resource at their desk-side that is much faster and more energy-efficient than a shared cluster in the data center. The Tesla C1060 is based on the massively parallel, many-core Tesla processor, which is coupled with the standard CUDA C programming environment to simplify many-core programming.
The C1060 has a 2 slot form factor and plugs into a PCIe 2.0 slot. The device houses 1 GPU containing 10 multi-processors. Each multi-processor contains 24 streaming processors for a total of 240 processing cores. The device has 4G of global memory.
While the device does support double precision computations it does so at a much slower rate (97 GFLOPS) than single precision (1 Terra FLOP). Nvidia next generation GPUs should provide 1 Terra FLOPS of double precision computational capacity.
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Pedinellales is a group of heterokonts.
These are found in both freshwater and marine environments, and most genera are sessile, attached by posterior stalks. The flagellum is at the anterior of the cell, and the tentacles surround it, often capturing small prey drawn in by its current. The colored genera are Pedinella, Apedinella, Pseudopedinella, and Mesopedinella. Several more genera have lost their chloroplasts and feed entirely by phagocytosis. These are Parapedinella, Actinomonas, and Pteridomonas.
It also appears that certain heliozoa are actually derived pedinellids. Ciliophrys alternates between a mobile flagellate stage and a heliozoan feeding stage, where the body is contracted with extended axopods all over its surface, and the flagellum is curled up into a tight figure eight. The actinophryids, Actinophrys and Actinosphaerium, exist only in a heliozoan form with no flagellum and with more elaborate bundles of microtubules supporting their axopods. Their inclusion was argued by Mikrjukov and Patterson, who coined the term actinodine to refer specifically to this extended group.
The colored pedinellids were originally treated as a family of golden algae in the order Ochromonadales, promoted to an order Pedinellales by Zimmerman in 1984. Their relationship to the silicoflagellates became apparent some time later, and Patterson defined this rankless group for the two in 1994. Moestrup treated it as the class Dictyochophyceae, previously restricted to the silicoflagellates, while Cavalier-Smith defined a new class Actinochrysophyceae for them.
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Last year, my daughter had a very special birthday celebration: her bat mitzvah was on her 13th birthday. I didn't want to conflate her birthday with the big event, so we didn't have a cake at the bat mitzvah party. But I couldn't miss an opportunity for a birthday cake! So at our Friday night dinner with family and out-of-towners, I made her a marble cake with white chocolate ganache drip (drip cakes have been all the rage!), crazy amounts of sprinkles, and purple "unicorn bark". It was actually very cute, and it fed all 50 of our guests. I am not a fan of white chocolate, but it's the only way to do a tinted drip coating (you can't easily tint chocolate!). Although I followed the ganache directions hoping for the right thickness, it was way too runny and more transparent than I envisioned. See how it pooled at the bottom? That was after I had added more white chocolate! Oh well. Still cute.
For my niece's 9th birthday, my daughter planned a surprise party for her cousin, and it was fun to make a beautiful cake as part of the surprise. Plus, it gave me a second chance to make a drip cake. I felt more comfortable adjusting the thickness of chocolate ganache, so it was easier get the drips just right. It's hard to tell from the color of the picture, but the cake is frosted in a mixture of purple and white.


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Operator also confirms plans for launch of TV service in the next year
Vodafone's home broadband and fixed-line service has launched today as UK telecoms battle intensifies further.
Vodafone Connect, which offers speeds of up to 76Mbps, will launch initially in Manchester, Berkshire and parts of Hampshire and Surrey.
It will use a combination of Vodafone's own fibre network, which it acquired and expanded through its purchase of Cable and Wireless and BT Openreach.
It differs from other offers on the market through the use of a router that allows customers to prioritise devices on the network to receive a higher bandwidth and to 'beam' the WiFi signal to parts of the house where it is needed at that time. This can be managed though the Vodafone Connect App.
The operator also says it will offer a TV service within the next year and is in discussions with Virgin Media owner, Liberty Global, over a potential merger/asset swap.
Vodafone says the network already reaches exchanges which pass 20 million homes with that number set to hit 22 million by the end of the summer.
The operator already has 11 million European broadband customers in the 12 countries it currently offers the service.
400 jobs will be created as part of the roll out in South East England and Glasgow.
It will come in three packages (see chart at bottom of page) offering standard broadband (up to 17Mbps), Fibre (38Mbps) or Ultrafast Fibre (76Mbps).
Vodafone customers will receive a £5 discount on their broadband package and a further 50 per cent off for the first 12 months. Line rental will cost a standard £16.99 per month when paying monthly.
"This is a really exciting move for Vodafone in the UK as we move our business into a new phase," said UK chief executive officer Jeroen Hoencamp. "We are looking forward to the year ahead, including our move into offering TV services, as one which will prove to be a step-change in our customers' lives."
It comes just a day after BT confirmed that its Champions League coverage, which it shelled £897 million out for will be free for existing BT Broadband and BT TV customers. BT Broadband customers will have to pay £5 extra for European football but will continue to receive Premier League and SPL football for free through BT Sport.
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Tips for finding modest dresses, including modest prom gowns, modest wedding gowns and conservative dresses for work.
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Modest Swimsuits by Lime Ricki
The notion of "modest swimsuits" can encompass more than just conservatively cut one-piece swimsuits. Lime Ricki's offerings involve a creative range of swimwear, from rash guards with sleeves, to thick-strapped tankini halter tops. Three sisters founded the company, as they worked to create "...cute and modest swimsuit options" for their daughters and for themselves. Lime Ricki's products are made in the USA, and feature many bright colors and patterns. You'll find swim dresses, one-piece suits, and some interesting bottoms: "boy shorts," briefs and skirts. The skirt selection is especially impressive, with solid colors, patterns, pull-ons, ruffles and wraps.
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We went to Savastano's tonight for pizza. Call me crazy but I like my pizza cut into wedges ~ not into squares! At Savastano's they absolutely *will not* cut the pizza into wedges. They claim because it is supposed to be Chicago style pizza and the owners are from Chicago that they are not allowed to cut the thin crust pizza into wedges. What ever happened to "the customer is always right"? We asked for the pizza to be brought out uncut so we could cut it ourselves - into wedges. It may sound crazy but I think it tastes so much better cut into wedges. I don't like pizza without crust on the end. So, out it came and we cut it ourselves. Ummmmm.. delicious! and I was so much happier.
I will eat there again because the pizza is good. Next time though, I'm going to bring my own pizza cutter. Our waitress brought out the biggest clunker pizza cutter I've ever seen. The wheel was completely wobbly and I thought it was going to fall off the handle and go rolling across the floor. (I must be tired because I'm laughing to myself thinking about that wobbly wheel while I'm typing this -hee hee hee!)
Okay, so now that we've talked about food...
This is Phoebe. Also known as Phoebe Buffet, Phoebe who stayed too long at the Buffet, Curly, Girls, Feebs, Nerky, Narnickiny...the list goes on and on. She has never met a meal she hasn't liked. Let's just say she has a slight, ahem, weight challenge. We tell her it looks good on her though. :) I'm not sure if you can see from this picture but she has stumpy little legs and a nice, round belly. She sort of wobbles when she walks - kind of like a weeble. When she runs she looks like a little millipede.
Anyway. Curly and I have just started walking in the evening. We both need to stretch our legs a little. Since we are just starting out, she can't go very far without running out of steam so we are starting slow. The problem is, when she gets tired ~ after oh, about 100 feet or so, ~ she tries to walk directly under my feet so I'll pick her up. But I'm smarter than that. Tonight I tried to run just slightly ahead of her and made her run to catch me. I'm sure we were quite a sight. She just needs to lose a few .oz's and hopefully by helping her get a little extra exercise she can lose a little weight (and maybe I will too...).
I can't really put her on a diet or limit her food intake because she is already very food possessive and she gets even worse when I even think about limiting her intake. Plus with four dogs, honestly, it is so much easier to just free feed. So, as an alternative we are walking. Hopefully the exercise will do us both good and will wear her out so she will just sleep at night instead of guarding the food bowl all night long. Maybe we will both benefit.