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The best Chocolate Muffins EVER!!!
Difficulty: Easy Peasy
- 250g flour
- 150g sugar
- 3 Tbs. cocoa powder
- 3 Tbs. baking soda
- 150 g melted chocolate
- 250 ml milk
- 90 ml oil (coconut,olive...)
- 1 egg
- Start off by mixing all dry ingredients...
- ...then add the rest
- Mix well
- Preheat oven to 150°C
- Pour mixture into muffin tins
- Bake for about 20 minutes, depending on your oven
- Serve and enjoy!
I made those yummy chocolate muffins this week with my boyfriend and they turned out AMAZING, so I thought I'd share them with you! Leave some love in the comments below and share your recreations using the hashtag #tptmermaid ! Love,


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Zinyathi Game Ranch
The wind was blowing in all directions on the morning I was waiting in one of Zinyathi's many blinds, writes Rean Steenkamp. I was hoping to bag an eland, but none would enter. I tried stalking one, but with the wind changing so often, it was to no avail.
I was hunting at Zinyathi Game Farm, a beautiful game farm with abundant game. With me in the blind was Piet, an excellent tracker. Since I wanted to shoot an eland, I allowed other animals to walk in, but did not take a shot. However, since the wind was blowing in all directions, I was starting to feel desperate. I was ready to shoot anything that walked in by then – be it an eland or not. And soon something did. It was a big warthog. It did not have long tusks, but it certainly had a big body.
As soon as the boar showed his flank square on, I placed my twenty-yard pin on a spot just above the elbow. I slowly squeezed the trigger and the arrow was off. The pig took off at a blinding pace, but about 40 yards further we could see it falter slightly and then it disappeared around a bush. Then we heard a "clunk" sound and we knew he was down!
Zinyahti Game Ranch is situated in the lush green bush of the Steenbokpan area. Three lodges, namely Zinyathi, Kolobe and Mafula forms part of the greater Zinyathi Game Farm, comprising an area in excess of 2750 ha. Zinyathi Lodge, boast ulta-luxury accommodation where foreign hunters are catered for, while Mafula Lodge is ideal for conferences and other corporate meetings. Here the visitor can relax and during sweltering summer days drinks can be enjoyed in one of the five swimming pools built around the bar area. Kolobe Lodge is earmarked for South African hunters where all the usual facilities with self-catering are available.
Zinyathi Game Ranch is near Lephalale (Ellisras) and hosts giraffe, eland, kudu, waterbuck, blue wildebeest, red hartebeest, gemsbuck (oryx), kudu, impala, blesbuck, burchell's zebra, ostrich, duiker, steenbuck and warthog. Local predators include brown hyenas, caracal (lynx), black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox and various smaller cats. Occasional visitors to the ranch includes leopard, cheetah and bushpig. It is approximately 13 kilometres west of Steenbokpan and 60 kilometres west of Lephalale (Ellisras) in the Limpopo Province. It is 350 kilometres from Pretoria and seven kilometres from the Botswana border.
Zinyathi Lodge also hosts a herd of buffalo and sable antelope, and Mafula Lodge is situated in the densest marula tree area in the world. I guess the warthog I shot was so fat since he was feeding on murala. The camp has a communal kitchen, dining room, and lounge combination, a lapa to braai (barbecue) and an upstairs lounge overlooking a waterhole.
Kolobe is ideal for South African bow hunters, families or private groups who want to enjoy the bushveld at a reasonable price. The camp consists of a communal kitchen, dining room, and lounge combination and a lapa overlooking a waterhole.
Zinyathi Game Farm is exempted for bow as well as rifle hunting and is situated in a malaria-free area.
My visit at this game ranch was double sweet, since I bagged a fine warthog and I spent time with my friend of more than 30 years, Johannes le Grange, a hearty fellow who manages the game farm. I will certainly be back later in the season for that eland, of that you can be sure!
For more information, phone Johannes at 073 220 8159 or 082 947 1519.

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Polylepis a is a paramo valley that has a glacial origin formed during the
quaternary age (pleistocence) with an antiquity between 2 and 4 million
years ago when earth gave origin to this millenary primary forest.
FLORA: This is a highland area of vegetation and mists. Among
the most notable plants of in the Paramo is the Frailejon, a giant
member of the daisy family that can grow up to 2m.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS: The mystical Polylepis forests full of the
amazing millenary Polylepis tree otherwise known as "paper tree or Colorado"
of this area on the 12 acres of protected land. The stunning paramo landscape on which you
can take educational tours by horse or by foot.Polylepis also offers fishing, biking and
horse back riding tours.
229 miles from Quito, in Napo Province, this 13,000 acres reserve
is equipped with basic tourist infrastructure.
FAUNA: There is a large concentration of fauna in and around Limoncocha
Lagoon, especially 347 bird species (e.g. tinamous, needle ducks,
herons, ducks, falcons and hawks, turkeys, parakeets, parrots
and macaws, churn owls and orioles), great caymans and tortoises,
a variety of fish and multiple insect forms, while in mammals,
there are marsupials, bats, monkeys and agoutis.
FLORA: The vegetation is typical of varzea zones, with aquatic
and semiaquatic plants which serve as habitat for the great
variety of birds. Microscopic algae give the water a lemongreen
color and are responsible for the heavy fish population.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS: The singularly beautiful lagoon landscape was
formed by the ancient course of the Napo River. A Quichua community
lives here, and canoe trips can be made to observe the fauna,
while one can get a look at the jungle vegetation on walks through
the forest.
Located in Guayas Province, the park covers 86, 589 acres, which
are located 25 miles from Guayaquil. There is a certain amount
of basic tourist infrastructure, but there is no place to stay
at night.
FAUNA: A fluvial lake is ideal for observing aquatic birds, especially
the canclon (horned screamer) and tortoises; in the low part of
the park there are inlets inhabited by ducks, pigeons, herons
and woodpeckers; mammals such as the howler monkey, agouti, paca,
anteater and badgers; and invertebrates such as shrimp, crabs
and mollusks,
FLORA: The most important vegetation is the mangrove formations.
Stands of laurel, balsa silkcotton, oak, guayacan and ebony can
be found in the dry land forests, with many orchids and bromeliads
complementing the scenery.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS: The reserve contains hill with footpaths leading
to them, canoe trips are also available through the mangroves,
where many birds, invertebrates and various forms of life typical
to this ecosystem can be observed.
Located in Pichincha Province, its, 8,359 acres are only 24,6
miles from Quito. It has basic tourist infrastructure.
FAUNA: There is a variety of birds here: hummingbirds, tanagers,
flycatchers, toucans, churn owls and gulls. Mammal life includes
paramo wolves, ocelot, armadillos, spiney rats, squirrels and
gazelles. There is an interesting insect population, in multiple
forms and habitats.
FLORA: The paramo is dominant, while foret nuclei support paramo
grass, palms, alders, tree ferns, laurel and walnut, with several
orchid and anthurium species.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS: There is an impressive view of the crater from
the Ventanilla (small window) Mirador. The visitor can walk to
the center of the crater and climb nearby mountains to observe
the geological forms and thermal springs.
The 752,235 acres of this reserve are located in Imbabura Province
87,6 miles from Quito. It has basic tourist infrastructure.
FAUNA: The fauna is varied, due to the size of the park and variations
in plant life. There are condors, hawks, tangaras, anteaters,
sloths, ocelots, raccoons, pacas, armadillos, fox, rabbits, deer
and paramo wolves.
FLORA: Various forms of vegetation are found here, from the rain
forest to the paramo. The vegetation is very rich in herbaceous
species, shrubs and trees, as well as vines and ferns.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS: The landscape varies a great deal, from volcanic
lakes and streams to rivers with rapids and waterfalls. The Cayapa
Indias live here. Walks with a guide can last eight days, from
the top to the low areas.
Located in Pichincha Province, 60 miles from Quito, this reserve
covers 914,270 acres and has basic tourist infrastructure.
FAUNA: Birds are represented by the condor, caracara and hawks.
The paramo wolf, coati, rabbits, foxes, spectacled bear, deer
and armadillos also live here.
FLORA: Primary forests and extensive paramos support paramo grass,
valerian, ferns and lycopodium.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS: The area is dominated by snowtopped Cayambe
Volcano, which is a favorite of mountain climbers. San Marcos
Lake, among others, is a beautiful camping spot.
144,702 acres are reserved in Chimborazo Province, equipped with
basic tourist infrastructure, 109 miles from Quito.
FAUNA: For several years, a program for the reintroduction of
vicuña and llama has been going on in conjunction with the Indian communities which
live in the area's paramos. The swordbilled hummingbird
and the condor are found here, as well as wolves, pumas, deer,
marsupial rats and rabbits.
FLORA: Paramos dominate the scenery. Quinua, the sacred plant
of the Incas, grows here. It has a very high protein content and
is an important local food.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS: Chimborazo, Ecuador's highest mountain (20,696
feet above sea level), is a snowcapped volcano, a great attraction
for mountains climbers, as well as those who simply appreciate
beautiful scenery. There are two shelters, one at 15,744 feet,
and the other at 16,406 feet, where one can stay overnight.
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Ismail Darbar Biography
Ismail Darbar, the celebrated Indian violinist and author was conceived on the 1st of June, 1964 at Surat in Gujarat, India. He had worked for a ton of years as a session violinist for eminent music chiefs like A. R. Rahman, Jatin-Lalit, Nadeem-Shravan, Anand-Milind, Rajesh Roshan, BappiLahiri, KalyanjiAnandji and LaxmikantPyarelal. After a long while, he got his abundantly required leap forward when he got the chance to work under Sanjay LeelaBhansali for his film, 'Murmur Dil De ChukeSanam' (1999), featuring Salman Khan, AishwaryaRaiBachchan and Ajay Devgan. Beforehand he had worked for Jatin-Lalit in the film, 'Khamoshi: The Musical'. The music which he had made for Sanjay LeelaBhansali's "Devda" was enormously refreshing by all. After this film 'Devdas', because of some individual contrasts, Ismail Durbar quit working for Sanjay LeelaBhansali. After the accomplishment of 'Devdas', Ismail attempted his hand in different movies yet he neglected to get much accomplishment from them.
In the year 2005, he alongside A. R. Rahman created for 'Kisna: The Warrior Poet', coordinated by SubhashGhai. That same year, he showed up on the TV as a judge for Zee TV's musical TV reality show named 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005′. On the judges' board, Ismail was available alongside other huge names like HimeshReshamiyya, Jatin-Lalit and AadeshShrivastava. Ismail again showed up on the judges' board in the 2007 version of this musical TV reality show. He additionally judged for season 2 of the Close Up Bharat kiShaan Singing Star (publicized on Doordarshan) furthermore for Amul Star Voice of India 2.
In 2007, Ismail Darbar discharged the music collection named 'RasiyaSaajan'. He additionally showed up on the little screen in the third season of the TV reality show 'Bigg Boss'(aired on Colors TV).
In 2011 Ismail Darbar even entered the field of legislative issues by joining BharatiyaJanata Party Gujarat.
One of his most recent tasks incorporate the 2013 film 'Kaanchi', coordinated and created by SubhashGhai and featuring MithunChakraborty, Rishi Kapoor, Om Puri, KartikTiwari and Misthi.
Ismail Darbar Profile
Name: Ismail Darbar
Full Name: Ismail Darbar
Date of Birth: 1 June 1964
Born Place: Surat, Gujarat, India
Occupation: Music Director, Composer


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How to: enable the web browser on a non-activated PS4 4.05 (permapatch)
With the release of the PS4 4.05 Kernel exploit this week, Owners of a PS4 running firmware 4.05 can now enjoy a variety of hacks and mods.
One of the issues of running a lower firmware PS4 is that, unless you're signed in to the PSN, you cannot use the web browser directly (there is an existing trick, though, which consists in loading the user guide through a proxy, which is something you can see demonstrated in our tutorial on how to run payloads on the PS4).
Enabling the browser however seems to be a simple registry setting, or in other words a saved config entry on the PS4. With a hacked PS4, it is possible to set that variable on the PS4 to re-enable the Webkit browser. And you only need to do it once, the fix is permanent.
Re-enable Webkit on PS4 4.05 – permapatch
- Download the EnableWebBrowser405.bin payload (MD5: 08a064bbe5be2cdc0424a1cd5062a214 )
- Send the payload to your PS4 following our guide.
For those who are worried about what this does, or who want to give a try at compiling their own payloads, here's the code (courtesy of CrazyVoid, via zecoxao):
#define KERNEL_REGMGR_SETINT 0x4CEAB0 uint64_t *(sceRegMgrSetInt)(uint32_t regId, int value) = NULL; sceRegMgrSetInt = (void *)&ptrKernel[KERNEL_REGMGR_SETINT]; sceRegMgrSetInt(0x3C040000, 0);
Please note that at the time of writing, I have not tested this release yet.
Source: Playstationhax


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Tuesday, December 29, 2015
The End of an Emoticon Era
I've noticed over the past few months that I have been having trouble seeing the emoticons on the "currently feeling" tagline at the end of each entry. I figure if I'm having trouble, others are, too. And so, beginning in 2016, I will no longer be using the tagline or the emoticons. At least, I'm going to try. (I might miss them too much, we'll see.) I hate for my huge collection to sit unused, but I also hate for them not to make any sense because they are too small to see. Wishing you a fond farewell, emoticons. I really enjoyed you!
Currently feeling: already missing my friends
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DMC, Inc.
20 Holland St
Suite 408
Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 758-8517
DMC's Boston area office is located at 20 Holland St. Suite 408 Somerville, MA 02144. DMC Boston is conveniently located steps from the MBTA Davis Square Red Line stop and the Minuteman Bikeway.
Less than 3 hours: Park on top of the Buena Vista Lot, and it is $1/hr for up to 3 hours. It's a $30 fine if you go over and they will always get you. Parking is free on Sunday!
More than 3 hours: Park on top of the Buena Vista Lot, notify a DMC Admin when you get in the office. Alternatively, park at Alewife Station for $7/day or $8/overnight. Take the train one stop to Davis Station.


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My blog will offer me the opportunity to communicate with fellow readers, writers, and anyone who enjoys good literature.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
What Do Books Mean To You?
Reading for information is important, but in my life, reading is most often pure escapism. Traveling to other lands, through other peoples' lives, into other realities is a way to take a mini-vacation from my own challenges. It's easy to get lost in stories and forget about the day-to-day trials and tribulations of real life. As you go deeper and deeper into someone else's universe, suddenly the importance of your broken lawn mower, long hours at work, and too-crowded schedule begins to fade away. At least for a while. Minutes, even hours, can pass free from worry and stress.
So, I challenge you, blog readers, to pick up a book or turn on your ereader. Lose yourself in a book; it can be the best therapy - and it's certainly cheaper than a shrink!
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Agree with you totally, cannot imagine life without books - pure escapism.
- July 27, 2011 at 1:49 PM
As an English teacher, it shocks me as well to hear how many of my students don't like to read (fortunately, that number seems to be shrinking... something which gives me reassurance as a writer :)
I wish I had more time, but unfortunately, my reading time is restricted to just before bed, which definitely make for some interesting dreams depending on what I'm reading.
Paul D. Dail
- July 27, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- jmrinaldo said...
Thank you both for your comments. I'm very gratified, pauldail, to hear that the number of students who don't like to read is shrinking. I hope that trend continues. I don't think kids in their teens understand how rich their lives can be with the help of good books! I very much fear that technology has created an entire generation of people who require instant gratification - thus the effort and time they'd have to put into reading a book is more than they care to spend. I hope I'm wrong about that.
- August 1, 2011 at 1:07 PM
I have to thank Harry Potter and Twilight for this phenomenon (although I've heard the latter isn't very well-written. It's pretty far down on my list of books to read, but I will eventually for the sake of my stepdaughter, who loved them). They have spurred a new generation of readers, for which I would also hope will combat the need for instant gratification. One step at a time, eh?
Paul D. Dail
- August 1, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- jmrinaldo said...
I agree, pauldail. The Harry Potter books have rejuvenated youthful (and adult) interest in reading (my wife has read them all and loves them). She had a hard time getting into the Twilight books - too high school, I think - not enough "fantasy". But we're both glad to see young people reading more.
- August 4, 2011 at 1:49 PM
- Lorane said...
First, I deserve a book just for a) finding this post; b) my review of "A Spy. . ." is better executed than others I've scanned and 3) I believe I expressed the same general posits re: what a book means in my blog. The one about you.
Just as men strive for perfection (C.G. Jung), women strive for completion. Reading is the ticket to the degree of comleteness one can garner in the short time before the life train leaves the station. Books, then, provide the vicarious life experiences that one either can't afford, lack the time to execute or, like your reader, hunger for associational inspiration that may yield fodder for my own writing. (There's really no such thing as altruism) In conclusion (whew!) I've already recommended your book to a friend - California super "people person" - who not only bought it but posted it on Facebook. Her friends/contacts/ influence make Sherman's march through Atlanta seem a mere tip-toe performance!
Later, Lorane. . . .
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Centos 6 IP Address Routing
I have a couple of droplets one is on 128.199.147.X and the other is on 128.199.149.X. Both appear to be on the same subnet within the Singapore platform.
One of the servers is a openvpn gateway. From the other server i am trying to route private IP address ranges like 172.24.0.0 through the openvpn gateway. For some reason this is not possible.
Is there anyway to do this?


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June 9, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
Hot Yoga- 90 min (Mon & Wed 6:00pm, Wed 9:30am, Sat 9:00am)
it's Hot! exceeding 100 degrees, this challenging class is going to give you every opportunity to sweat. ALL LEVELS on Mon 6:00pm, Wed 9:30am, Wed 6:00pm and Saturday 9:00am


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how many times did you need to buy a present for someone and you just can't think of what to get them? i came across this really cool australian based online shop called bindle, it just makes me happy.
i love everything about it, the concept and the products and just the whole presentation. they have gorgeous packages for just about everyone and for all occasions, and all products are also eco friendly. it's never too early to start your christmas shopping. damn is it really nearly end of october already!
i think nothing describes better than how they describe themselves: bindle is an online eco gift store that blends sustainability with style. love!


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More beautiful Lace Shawl patterns for sale on Knituition.com
Friday, April 27, 2007
Stitch Markers
I've been busy with making some awesome stitch markers. Some of the beads I had gotten from Michael's the other day for my birthday. Some of the others I made myself. Here's some of the ones I made myself.
They include a sweater, skull, a conical shaped one with zig zag pink on it (which is hard to see), a cube with swirls on both sides, a bone, a long bead with turquoise swirl and something that my daughter calls a smashy ball. Why, I'm not sure.
Here's a fuzzy close up of the skull and the sweater. The sweater I think is really cute.
Here's some of the stitch markers I made from the beads I had on hand. Working counter clockwise there's fresh water pearl, a blue and grey glass bead, a turquoise bead with flower design, a china plate like bead (I know there's a specific name for the design but I can't seem to recall it from my memory at this moment. :)), and two larger markers made from plain wire.
The skull one was so cool I decided to make it into a key chain for my husband. (The mask is my key chain, he has a stick of ram for his key chain...what a geek. :D) What do you think?
These ones were really cool. I tried wire wrapping some of the bobbles instead of just piling beads onto the wire. I think it turned out really cool. My husband really liked the black wire wrapped bead. I'm partial to the red ones myself.
Posted by Teresa at 2:36 PM
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2 comments:
- Valerie said...
Those turned out beautiful!!! I love the skull and stitch markers that are wire wrapped. -=applauds=-Wonderful job!
- April 30, 2007 at 7:56 AM
- HaLeY said...
umm...how did you do the skull and the sweater and stuff...i mean..what was the materials you used?
- August 20, 2007 at 4:02 PM
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Now that the weather is getting cooler, well, at least everywhere else in the U.S. except here in Southern California, it's time to start layering and bundling up. However, because the temperature can be tricky here in the fall and winter, it can get cold but not freezing cold, it can sometimes be difficult to find something to wear that is warm yet not uncomfortably warm and still chic. Luckily, polo necks (i.e. turtlenecks, roll necks) are having an it moment and they are pretty versatile too because you can wear them alone or layer them. Will you add more polo necks into your wardrobe this year? You can see more ways to wear them here.
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15 comments:
Love the details in this shot. Very beautiful capture!ReplyDelete
Ah it's wonderful Owais...the minute details...ReplyDelete
Lovely closeup!!ReplyDelete
The color is so attractive! beautiful..ReplyDelete
Wow !!! Amazing!ReplyDelete
Keep Blogging!
- AnonymousApril 6, 2012 at 7:33 PM
wonderful click owais.ReplyDelete
If I say something please do not get mad on me!ReplyDelete
Is not pink, is purple!
Or you used contrast to share a specific ideea?
- Owais AshrafApril 7, 2012 at 11:33 AM
lol... i would never b mad at u. i know its purple. pinky is just the caption with which i hve tried compared the beauty of the flower with a girl from my college i call pinky who i think is as beautiful as flowers. funny! :). im glad u showed ur concern.ReplyDelete
well owais, supppalyk the click! so near and so deeper! keep it up!ReplyDelete
Sorry, my bad :(ReplyDelete
Next time I will try to soo much.
But nice point of view with the comparation.
mesmerizing! absolutelyReplyDelete
beauty captured beautifully!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful shot!!!ReplyDelete


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Putting 500 Miles on a Pair of Keen Voyageur Mid Boots
Last fall, Gear Shed tester Andrew Forsthoefel set off on a momentous, sure-to-be-life-changing megatrip. He loaded up his backpack, laced his shoes, and walked out his back door in Chadd's Ford, Pennslyvania, bound for the West Coast on foot. He's not in it just to prove that he is Outside's ultimate gear tester. Forsthoefel is walking cross-country to put himself at the mercy of the elements, or the people he meets along the way, and, like James Agee, to collect the stories of everyday peoples' lives.Over the past few months, Andrew has been putting the most promising gear through the ringer to see if it can hold up to the grueling rigors of the road: up to 20 miles a day of walking, rain, sleet or snow. Five months into his trip, we're getting reports from the field on what's proved itself against the wear and tear of daily use.
Field Report #1: Keen Voyageur Mid Boots
Facing a first leg of over 500 miles of pounding pavement and trail, Forsthoefel picked the Voyageurs because he knew he'd be carrying a pack between 30 and 40 pounds, and he wanted support and cushioning in a boot that didn't feel clunky or overbuilt. Now in Louisiana, he's more than pleased with his choice.
What he found: "The polyester mesh kept me comfortable in temps ranging from 20 to 70 degrees. Moving through warmer climes in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana I thought my feet might get too sweaty. I was glad to be wrong."
Forsthoefel also noted that the Voyageur's sole, with its oversized lugs, gave the boot tire-like traction on the road. He found that the upper of the boot was stable even with a full load on his back. "One evening in Virginia at dusk at mile 12 I was daydreaming and watching the sunset when I stepped into a pothole," he told Gear Shed. "The sturdy leather upper stopped my ankle from rolling—a good thing as it was five more miles to the nearest town."
This isn't our first review of the Voyageur Mid. Other testers called this boot as tough as "beef jerky" and another recommended it as one of the best boots for 20-milers. Forsthoefel found similar results. When it finally failed—as any boot will with extended and extreme use—it was the webbing lace loops that wore through.
The bottom line? The Keen Voyageur is the go-to choice for a hiker that's going to face a wide range of conditions and wants high mileage-per-dollar. $120, keenfootwear.com.
—Berne Broudy & Andrew Freeman


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Falling in love with Zambia
A memorable welcome
When I chose to volunteer with IVO, I thought it would be lovely to go to a remote island off the Australian coast or Cambodia. I ended up in Africa, but the continent soon had me falling in love with it. The love affair continued throughout my 20 months volunteering at a HIV hospice in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. I was fortunate to have a placement that had everything going for me – the role itself, accommodation, location, co-workers and other volunteers.
The first phase of my stint here was interesting and memorable in more ways than one. I was seen by the Indian community as the 'young' (debatable) girl with who has quit a corporate job to come here, leaving a husband behind in India. The hospice staff and locals I met thought I was like the Mittals and Tatas with loads of money to offload at the hospice. Having said that, the Zambians are among the warmest and friendliest people one can find and very accepting of outsiders.
It was fun in the initial months learning to pronounce names like 'mwale, mbewe' correctly, trying not to laugh outright when I heard names like Survive, Obvious, Wireless, Reloaded, Suffer and Grief, and more importantly learning the names of all 60+ staff that I had to manage at the hospice!
The learning curve was steep and challenging. I learnt a lot about pain management, cultural needs, HIV and AIDS, and resource allocation in a non-private setting, amongst many other things. And for me to be successful in the professional context of the hospice, it was imperative I understand not just hospice management but also the background of the Catholic community that has helped the hospice become one of the best in Zambia. The nuances of the denominations, sub-groups, the church and the politics of money were big learning and very fascinating.
Difficult decisions
The hospice was set up by Catholic missionaries 11 years ago to provide palliative care for patients dying of AIDS. My background in healthcare definitely helped prepare me for this experience, but as I found out, hospices (by themselves) and in Africa are very different to the hospitals I had worked in elsewhere. In a country where the life expectancy hovers around 49 years, the incidence of disease and death is very high. It took me a few months to reconcile myself to the fact the most of the dying were in what we would call 'prime of productive life' in other parts of the world.
The hospice was in the throes of a severe funding crisis when I arrived, with no great source of income for running costs. It therefore became my responsibility to make some very tough decisions about the future of the hospice, and prioritise resources accordingly. We had to partially close some services at the hospice in the light of the financial circumstances. This obviously resulted in a lot of heartache and tragedy with staff losing jobs and patients having nowhere to go for palliative care. We were the last hospice in Zambia to close, which did not help the public reaction to it and for a while I woke every morning thinking I was going to get lynched that day for the terrible decisions I had made.
Breathing new life
Thankfully I survived that difficult phase to make the hospice a well-supported institution for a set of limited services, while I worked on building a business plan to re-open closed services in a self-sustaining model. We successfully launched some new HIV programmes, including starting a support group for teenagers with HIV and AIDS, and partnering with a theatre group to focus on younger children and their parents and caregivers. We began a few income-generating ventures at the hospice and tasted some success there too. I'm glad to report that the foundation for the new business plan is now in place and I hope that successful implementation by the incoming management will breathe new life into a fantastic organisation.
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I'm not feeling chatty today for some reason, so I will post a scene from my first ever WIP, Driven. It's finished but needs severe editing (as does the scene I'm going to post). One day I intend to get back to it.
Chloe lost her father to a heart attack sustained while in the middle of a race. She had been racing as well and didn't know what happened until the race was black flagged and she came off the track.
Jess is her main competition on, and off, the track. He's also the son of her father's lifelong best friend, partner, and her godfather. Through all the competition and constant bickering between Chloe and Jess, there has always been the underlying knowledge that they understood each other and would be there for one another when it counted.
After her father's funeral Jess takes Chloe to a bar to get wasted. Which she promptly does by drowning in tequila shots. Shortly thereafter Scout (Jess' father) shows up and offers his philandering son some words of advice on how Chloe should make it home. Namely: fully clothed and untouched. The scene picks up just after Scout walks away from the table.
*snip removed by blog owner*
3 comments:
- Shelley Sly said...
Wow, this is so real. You write "drunk first person" really well, which isn't easy to do.
- February 19, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- sarahjayne smythe said...
This was really good. i liked it a lot. And this line?
He smelled like home, my childhood. My hopes and dreams. And he felt safe.
This is just excellent.
- February 19, 2010 at 6:47 PM
- Tara said...
Thanks Shelley, I'll take that as a pretty big compliment considering I don't drink, lol.
And thank you, Sarahjayne. I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
- February 19, 2010 at 8:09 PM
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Seed Investing Is Not Equity Investing
Loving Products vs. Analyzing Cash Flows
Yesterday was an awesome day for reading.
First, Hunter Walk wrote a great post on not worrying about market size when considering Seed Stage Investments. You should read that.
Then, you should read Aswath Damodaran burn down the house with his post on valuing young, growing companies.
I read both of these and was struck with something a mentor told me awhile ago: venture investing and equity investing are pretty much on opposite sides of the financing spectrum.
Did you know that most venture investors are admittedly bad public equity investors? It makes sense: the skills you need to be a great early stage investor have almost nothing to do with the skills you need to analyze a publicly traded stock.
At the early stage, you're mostly interested in the team trying to solve a problem, and the problem they're trying to solve.While that relates to a market and there are macro factors to consider, the bigger pieces are harder to incorporate into a framework for deciding if a Seed Stage investment is a good idea, mostly because there's so much uncertainty around it — a market can completely shift between the time you make an investment and the time in which the broader dynamics of the market really matter.
Investing in equities, on the other hand, should be a disciplined practice of analyzing the present value of the discounted future cash flows of a business. There's a lot more data to work with at the public equities (and probably a lot more noise), but the current market dynamics matter a ton. This is further compounded by the fact that companies are hitting the public market far later in their life cycles than they used to.
A lot of investors try to think about Seed Stage investing using the framework they learned as equity analysts. While that may work sometimes, those investors are likely to miss a bunch of opportunities by overlooking great teams building great products.
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2017: Five New Life Hacks
With a new year upon us all, now seems as good time as any to pile on with everyone else's reflections, predictions and life tweaks.
I'm a productivity enthusiast, which comes partly out of a passion for trying to extract the most 'life' out of my time here. Also, I find that I'm happiest when I'm slightly overwhelmed with goals. A few years ago I got into a phase of life where I was simultaneously in grad school, working full-time, interning for a VC fund, competing in triathlons and planning a wedding. I really enjoyed the discipline required to get all of that done. For whatever reason, operating at that pace makes me happy, and helps me enjoy downtime when I have it.*
As such, I'm always looking for new ways to make space on my calendar and in my head. These are a few things I'm doing right now to help with that:
1. Personal Quarterly Objectives
For the past five years, I've built out personal quarterly objectives for myself. I try to use the OKR format for these, taking a page out of business management frameworks for personal life management.
My objectives focus on career, personal relationships and health and wellness. Of everything I've done for productivity, this process is probably the highest leverage. Trying to figure out what you want to do for the next year, defining how the next three months can help get you there, and then reflecting on how you did, is simple and effective.
2. Reading and Listening > Browsing and Watching
I've been using most of my slack time to read books and listen to podcasts. given the choice between 15 minutes in a book versus 15 minutes browsing a social app, this one's a no-brainer.
In terms of content, for books I've been mostly interested in narrative nonfiction (e.g. Michael Lewis), biographies (e.g. Walter Isaacson) and thought leadership pieces on politics, culture, technology and business. For podcasts, I've been listening to a lot of in-depth interview content that covers people's life stories, or industry thought leadership. A few of my favorites right now are The Axe Files, FiveThirtyEight, a16z, and EconTalk.
It's not easy to stay on this. The pull of scrollable content is strong. Here are a few tools I use to keep me on track:
- I've got a book list list of about 50 books and I'd like to cover about eight every quarter. Having a goal gives me something to focus on, and having a list removes the 'what should I read next' friction.
- I use Overcast to store podcasts on my phone for listening in the subway.
- I deleted all social apps from my phone. I still occasionally load Facebook from my mobile browser, but it's definitely helped to not have five different apps with feeds and notifications for me to check.
- I use the Kindle App on my phone, and order paper books for home. I leave my phone in the kitchen at night so I'm not tempted to hop online.
3. Eating Less / Intermittent Fasting
This one is about a week old for me, but so far it's been a great experience and I'm excited to share it. I read a blurb from Spring Chicken about the benefits of intermittent fasting, found some posts about how to do it and started trying it out. It's shockingly simple — I don't eat for 15–16 hours per day. I just stop eating around 9pm, and start again around noon or 1pm the following day.
A few observations:
- My energy level is higher, not lower
- I'm more focused and productive in the morning
- I drink a lot more water
- I find that even when I start eating, I'm not that hungry and I'm generally eating less throughout the day
- I still get to drink black coffee in the morning (!)
- I'm losing weight — but not a ton, and not in a way that feels unsustainable. This isn't really a 'diet', or at least doesn't feel like one to me. It feels more like a way to manage my energy.
4. Same Outfit
This one's also easy, and removes another decision from my morning. At some point, I found an outfit that works for me and I bought five copies of it. Combined with skipping breakfast in the morning, I've removed the need to think through what to eat and what to wear when I wake up. While this sounds small, removing decisions from my morning allows me to focus on other things: planning my afternoon, spending time with my family, working out, etc. Easy win.
5. Paper for To-dos
I use a combination of Google docs and Evernote for taking notes, but I'm finding that running my personal to-dos on paper helps me remember them (because I have to write them), allows me full control (there's no collaboration), and makes me feel like I'm making progress (crossing things off is amazing!)
That's all I got. Happy optimizing and have a wonderful 2017!
(*As an aside, being a parent and running a company are exponentially more work than anything I've ever done, because both are endeavors in which your efforts are both high impact, and never sufficient. You're never 'done' with either).
Producing vs. Supporting
I've been at Snaps now for seven months.
When I took the role, my primary interest in the opportunity was one of personal growth. Of course, I was excited to work with the team, and excited about the space and it was generally a great opportunity, but mostly I wanted to learn how to run a company by actually doing it.
I've read a variance of comments on this idea: taking a ceo role for professional growth reasons. Some of the better critiques of this idea go something like " the best ceos don't actually want to be ceos at all, they take the job because no one else is willing to step into it". It's a romantic idea, the humble leader who quietly takes a leadership role without a hint of hubris or want of personal gain, who steps in and steadfastly inverts the org so that leadership sits on the bottom, supporting everyone on the team from below.
I aspire to do that, to be that. I fail at it every day.
One of the hardest adjustments I've had to make, and I'm guessing i'm not alone in this challenge, is moving my mindset from 'produce great work' to 'inspire and motivate others to produce great work".
I think most highly productive people end up in leadership roles because they were really good at producing work, and so eventually graduated out of producing work and into a role of managing others who are producing work. I'm not suggesting that I don't produce anything, more that I'm finding the most effective use of my time is in supporting others to produce work, because that's how organizations scale, how people grow and how leaders can create great results.
These two ideas: producing vs. supporting, require completely different skill sets. I am phenomenally weak in the second. I am impatient and intolerant of mistakes. I become frustrated when people don't produce work in a way I would have done it, or as quickly as I might have. At my worst, I can be pessimistic and dismissive, and that usually comes out when I can't control situations, which is basically every day at my job, and I imagine every day in most leadership roles.
I am often reminded in my new role how important is is to support others in producing great work, and I think that's been my best lesson so far.
I'm joining the team at Snaps
Like many of us in the New York tech and media communities, I've tried to invest my time working with world class entrepreneurs, incredible visions and great businesses. To that end, I'm thrilled to share that I'm joining the team at Snaps as its CEO.
When I first met Vivian Rosenthal, she described her view of a world where social communication had shifted from text-based, desktop conversation, to mobile-first visual channels like Instagram, Vine,Tumblr, Pinterest and others. We talked at length about how this shift will continue to create new opportunities and challenges for marketers, and how software can help create better conversations between consumers and brands in this new, visual space.
Our conversation didn't end at mobile. We also talked a about where that visual world is headed. With the emergence of new platforms like Google Glass, Oculus Rift and Magic Leap, new channels will continue to emerge that will transform the way consumers and brands communicate, and they're only becoming increasingly visual and immersive.
I believe that Snaps is perfectly positioned to help create, capture and amplify the visual conversation on the web. The current Snaps offering is a fun, engaging, creative solution that has already empowered some of the world's best consumer brands in social media, including Secret, Kraft, Kate Spade, Sony Pictures, Nestlé and The Houston Rockets.
Snaps has made incredible progress towards becoming a robust creative platform for brands, but we're just getting started. I'm thrilled to be joining the team at this phase, and hope to share more about our product soon.
Electronic Objects and the future of the web
Sometimes the device is dumb glass, driven by the cloud. And sometime the cloud is dumb storage, driven by the device.
— Benedict Evans (@BenedictEvans) May 27, 2014
I've been having the 'dumb glass or smart device' conversation with a number of friends lately, and everyone seems to have a really strong opinion on this (I don't, but I thought it was worth writing about since it's come up so much).
The debate
The question most asked is if the future of the internet will be one of smart-clouds-dumb-devices, or if hardware is going to play a meaningful role in the future of the web. To oversimplify with current companies, if you believe the former you're probably long Google and short Apple, since you believe that all of the innovation and value will be created in the software layer. If you believe hardware really matters, you think Apple has a bright future, particularly in the short-to-mid term, because there are elements of physical products that make one better than the other, and software is a smaller piece of the equation.
My friends fall into two camps, with distinctly different views of the future:
Dumb Glass People are often software engineers, venture capitalists and technology enthusiasts. They make the argument that the cloud is increasingly where innovation is happening, and where iteration can happen quickly enough to find product-market fit faster than hardware designers and manufacturers can keep up. Therefore, software will 'eat the world' and reduce hardware to a commodity space of dumb glass.
There's some strong evidence for this, notably this week Microsoft laid off 18,000 employees, mostly from Nokia, and Samsung has started bleeding.
Fred Wilson also often talks about fast replacement cycles for smartphones being a strong driver to keep larger devices (e.g. TVs) dumb, and allow them to be controlled by the smartphone. This is a bit of a middle-ground thesis, but I'd place it in the dumb glass camp.
Smart Glass People are generally everyone who thinks about consumer products, and consumer motivations – marketers and product enthusiasts. While the hypothesis of the smart cloud makes a ton of sense form an efficiency standpoint, this camp believes that consumers want specific use cases for their glass. Electronic objects, I would argue, is in this camp, and their promotional video paints a great vision for use-case specific glass:
While it's true that this device is generally dumb after its setup, most of the value is in the form factor, not the software. There is a specific use case for this unit, so it makes sense as a place to put artwork, and it makes sense as a piece of glass for your wall. Could we all have been doing exactly what EO offers for years with TVs and tablets? Yep. Does anyone ever do that? Nope.
The current device selection is insufficient for this use case – everything on the market is either to big, too small, too glossy, too clunky or just obviously designed for different purposes. It would look dumb on your wall and this looks beautiful. For a product like this, I think it's probably that simple.
In the short- and mid- term I think hardware is about to explode. In the longterm we'll probably drive towards some dumb glass standards, but until then, entrepreneurs are going to need to tell people what to do with their glass, and that's going to open up tons of opportunity.
CrowdStream Is Joining RadioIO
In 2010, Brian Bason and I started building CrowdStream to help music artists and fans connect on mobile and in social media. It's been a phenomenal experience working with some of our favorite artists as they forge into the mobile ecosystem to create experiences that weren't possible just a few years ago. This week, we're thrilled that CrowdStream is joining the RadioIO platform.
Over the past three years, and thanks to the help of an amazing group of advisors and friends, CrowdStream has been used by over 150 artists, including Mötley Crüe, The Smashing Pumpkins, the Neon Trees and J. Cole. We've reached over 100 million fans in social media and contributed to the success of hundreds of world tours for our artists. The most rewarding part of this journey has been hacking away to create a digital ecosystem that actually works for artists, helping them drive business goals and engage with fans in ways that are meaningful and rewarding for everyone involved. We believe artists create valuable content, and we've worked to help them realize that value through CrowdStream.
As part of RadioIO, CrowdStream will now reach an even wider audience, and offer fans even better ways to engage with their favorite artists through RadioIO's consumer and B2B streaming radio services . RadioIO shares our vision to create a compelling value proposition for artists in digital, and we couldn't be more excited to continue building towards that vision with the RadioIO team.


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IFA Seeks Labor Department Explanation of Applying a New Joint Employer Standard
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2015—The International Franchise Association today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Labor's (DOL) Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) asking for the rationale behind questions OSHA inspectors are asking franchise owners, which appear specifically designed to presume a joint employer relationship between brand companies and local franchise small business owners. IFA also asked for correspondence between DOL and OSHA officials and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which is engaged in a three year, $50 million corporate campaign to destroy the legal separation between franchise businesses and grow union membership.
"The Labor Department is conducting a witch hunt that, at a minimum, exceeds the statutory authority afforded to the OSHA by Congress. At worst it is engaged in a conspiracy to destroy the franchise model in cooperation with the Service Employees International Union and the supposedly-independent unelected bureaucrats at the National Labor Relations Board and its General Counsel," said IFA Vice President of Government Relations, Public Policy & Counsel Elizabeth Taylor. "The SEIU and its unelected allies in this Administration will stop at nothing to eliminate the legal separation that exists between franchisees and franchisors in order to grow their steadily-dwindling membership coffers. We are respectfully urging members of Congress to rein in regulators who are creating great uncertainty for franchise businesses about the viability of a business model that creates opportunities for millions of Americans."
As stated in a letter to DOL, IFA members have reported that OSHA representatives have requested extensive documentation during "informal" investigations that far exceed normal OSHA procedure and protocol thereby exceeding the statutory authority of OSHA. Some of these requests are for documents detailing the business relationship between the franchisor and the franchisee and have nothing to do with the franchisors direct involvement in the safety issues at local restaurants. These documents are similar to those requested by the NLRB during the ongoing unfair labor practice hearings against McDonald's Corporation. These questions appear to be directed at applying a new joint employer standard of liability at OSHA in order to demonstrate a joint employer relationship between corporate brands and franchise owners.
IFA has been aggressively fighting the NLRB's attempt to expand the definition of joint employer liability. The pending Browning-Ferris Industries case, along with the complaints filed against McDonald's and its franchisees, continue to generate a troubling and unnecessary amount of uncertainty for franchise businesses. Prior to this request, IFA and other business groups, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have expressed concern that other agencies such as OSHA and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) would adopt an expanded joint employer standard following the NLRB ruling in Browning-Ferris. "It is now apparent that OSHA is using the NLRB General Counsel's new joint employer standard even before the NLRB issues its decision in Browning-Ferris. Not only is the Administration inventing new law through executive and regulatory fiat, it is enforcing that law through another government agency," said Taylor.
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InfoNow's SAAS offering collects, processes and enriches channel sales and inventory data for companies that sell through the channel.SAAS-based channel data services provider InfoNow has raised $6 million in venture funding, the company announced.
InfoNow, which collects, processes and enriches channel sales and inventory data for companies that sell through channel partner networks, said it would use the proceeds to further invest in product development, marketing and sales activities.
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British Museum (Add. 14623) is now apparently housed at the British Library. I think that this text arguably more important than any of these other projects for the understanding of the development of Christianity. Whereas Sinai might reveal an important text - the British Library actually houses a text which is critical for our understanding.
The linked article at the British Library makes clear what is obvious to anyone who read the original attempt to transcribe this text - it was incomplete. We read:
Mitchell's patience and perseverance led, Dr. Barnett, then Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts at the Museum, in 1908 to apply a "re-agent" to the illegible part of the palimpsest. This had the effect of revealing the underwriting so clearly that it became possible to transcribe almost the entire contents. Mitchell was also able to reconstruct the original order of the leaves and quires. I'm not sure what this "re-agent" would have been, but judging from the present illegibilty of the palimpsest, I think this manuscript would be a good candidate for some form of investigative photography!Working over a century ago on a surviving fragment of the fourth century Church Father Ephrem the Syrian Against Marcion, C W Mitchell was informed that he was informed by a colleague that the remainder of Ephraim's Refutation was extant in this palimpsest in the museum. He did a bit of research and discovered the following account of its discovery:
As stated above, the volume is palimpsest throughout, and the miserable monk Aaron deserves the execration of every theologian and Syriac scholar for having destroyed a manuscript of the sixth century written in three columns containing works of Ephraim . .The original discoverer noted the importance of this text but also his fear that the information would never be recovered. Mitchell sought out the manuscript and noted in his own voice that:
on examining this palimpsest of eighty-eight leaves, I found that the older writing on a few pages could be read with ease, on a good number of others with much difficulty; while in each of these legible pieces there were more or less irrecoverable passages, and worst of all, only one side of the leaves could be read, except in two or three cases, though there was evidence that the writing was lurking in obscurity below. I decided to edit as many of the pages as were fairly legible, and to publish them along with the translation which I have mentioned above. After I had worked at the palimpsest for a considerable time, my gleanings amounted to over thirty of its pages. But the illegibility of one side of the vellum, coupled with the confusion arising from the disturbance of the original order of the leaves and quires in the hands of the monk Aaron, made it impossible to arrange the deciphered pages so that they could be read consecutively. As they had been transcribed with tolerable completeness, most of them containing about a hundred manuscript lines, and as each page was a section from a genuine work of Ephraim against Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan, the Text and Translation Society undertook the expense of publishing them as isolated Fragments.
He goes on to note just as he was about to publish the individual fragments that could be read a certain professor Barnett, Keeper of Oriental Manuscripts at the British Museum "began to apply a re-agent to the illegible portions of the palimpsest, and so wonderfully did its virtue revive the energies of the ancient ink, so distinctly did the underwriting show itself, here readily, there reluctantly, that it now became possible to transcribe almost the entire contents."
Nevertheless as it turns out these primitive efforts did not achieve the original hope of recovering the entire contents of the manuscript. Mitchell writes:
Instead of a text and translation of a collection of fragments, torn from their context, and suffering greatly from illegible gaps, this volume and that which is to follow it are now able to present to "the theologian and Syriac scholar" the text and translation of Ephraim's "Contra Haereses" approximately complete.
Yet he goes on to note that many gaps still exist in our knowledge of the text owing to the primitive nature of the original effort to merely apply a primitive chemical solution to the work:
The lacunae which still remain will not, I think, be found to affect seriously the elucidation of many passages of importance. Even with the help of the re-agent, the work of transcribing the palimpsest has been necessarily slow. Not to speak of the arduousness of the decipherer's task, which anyone who has had experience of such work will appreciate, there have been in the present case unusual difficulties owing to the fact that no other copy of the underwriting is extant. Such difficulties are inevitable when the decipherer's aim is not collation, but the recovery of a lost document. In a field of this kind pioneer work cannot go on rapidly ; for it constantly happens that advance is only possible by verifying and re-verifying one's conjectures as to probable words and letters in passages which at first sight seem all but obliterated. The time, moreover, which I have been able to devote to the work has been limited by my other duties, and has often been rendered still more scanty by the weather. Accurate deciphering is only possible under a good sunlight, and London has never claimed an abundance of this among her varied endowments. When bright days have been absent, in the interests of completeness and accuracy I have been obliged to postpone both transcribing and proof-correcting. For, however much the editor of such a work as the present may hope, for the sake of mistakes which he may have allowed to creep in, that he may not be transcribing e's act, yet he must feel that, as the writing soon fades back to that underworld from which it has recently emerged only after a thousand unbroken years of obscurity, there is laid upon him a special responsibility to attain finality in transcription. At the same time, he is aware that there comes a temptation to linger too frequently and painfully over sparse after-gleanings. Perhaps I have sometimes erred in this respect, but at any rate I feel that this edition presents a maximum of text recoverable from the palimpsest, and I have no hope that the lacunae can be filled by a more prolonged study of it. I have tried to make a literal translation, and for the sake of clearness have introduced marginal summaries. The difficulty of the Syriac of the published fragment of the second Discourse was formerly noted by Nöldeke (ZDMG for 1889, p. 543), and the remainder of the work is written in the same style. In the next volume containing Parts III. and IV.—the latter of which is now being printed—there will appear the text and translation of an unedited work of Ephraim, called "Of Domnus." It consists of Discourses against Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan, and a Hymn on Virginity. The Discourses against Bardaisan are remarkable as showing the influence of the Platonists and the Stoics around Edessa. In the third volume, Part V., I shall endeavour to collect, arrange, and interpret the evidence derived from the first two volumes for the teaching of Mani, Marcion, and Bardaisan. In that connection notes will be found on special points, e.g., the references to the Hymn of the Soul, Vol. i, pp. lxxxix., cv.-cvii.; BÂN the Builder, p. xxx.; BOLOS, p. lxxii.; HULE, p. xcix. f.; Mani's Painting, p. xcii.; the Gospel quotations, e.g. pp. xc., c. Part V. will also contain indices for the whole work. Throughout the first volume Ephraim directs his main attack against the teaching of Manichaeism—'perhaps the most formidable rival that the Church has encountered in the whole course of her history.' If that system ultimately failed on the favourable soil of Syria, its defeat must have been in some measure hastened by the weapons forged by Ephraim, and stored up in these Discourses to Hypatius, to be used by others in proving that Manichaeism could not justify itself intellectually to the Syrian mind. I could wish to make my recognition of Professor Bevan's help as ample as possible. In editing the text, in conjectural emendations, and, above all, in the translation, I have had his constant and generous assistance. Throughout the work I have received from him encouragement and help of the most practical kind. For its final form, of course I alone am responsible. I desire to express my thanks to Dr. Barnett, who has taken the greatest pains to restore the Manuscript to legibility, and who by his courtesy and kindness has greatly facilitated my progress with this work. I am also deeply grateful to Dr. Burkitt, who has given me advice and many suggestions ; and to my colleagues the Rev. F. Conway and Mr. C. E. Wade for help on certain points. To the Text and Translation Society, who undertook the publication of the work, and to the Managers of the Hort Fund for two grants in connection with it, I beg here to offer my sincere thanks.Surely, as the text also includes a great deal of information on the Manichaean tradition there must be a scholar somewhere who could take an active interest in raising funds to decipher the entire manuscript. If the reader looks at the large gaps of information that appear in our text on Marcion here, here and here they will surely realize that there at least a half dozen sections of text are missing from just this one section. There are countless more relating to Mani and other individuals referenced by the fourth century Syrian Church Father.
Why the hell hasn't anyone done a proper job getting this amazing text properly 'decoded'? What is wrong with scholarship today that nothing has been done - in spite of the development of new technology - since the primitive efforts of C W Mitchell? Are we just too interest in hearing ourselves pontificate? Isn't it more important to hear what Ephrem has to say?


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I was gone for over a month. Mr B came home the day after my last post and I cannot be happier to have him safe at home with me.
The last month has brought some very exciting and unusual happenings. I may or may not chronicle them all here, but I will explain if ever I make mention of one of those adventures.
Since Mr. B has returned, Little Mister has decided that it's his dad's turn to read bed-time stories for the rest of the year...
...that brings to mind my new favorite phrase: "every day of the universe."
One of my psychology professor said that trying to illustrate a point. The point she was trying to make was completely lost on me because I was so stunned by that phrase I could no longer pay attention to what she was saying. My classmate looked at me and mouthed "did she really just say 'every day of the universe?'" It was obvious he was too appalled by her misuse of language to enjoy the phrase on its own. I was very glad to return home and have Mr. B share in my enjoyment. I think it is a fun way to express the idea of "infinity" which is how we say we love each other.
Last night I had a very long and crazy dream about how I got to help my husband save the world. I felt pretty good that he was my hero even in my dream.
So, what crazy little thought nugget should I end with today?
Get off the computer. Go spend time with someone you love. Be awesome.
That's what I am off to do...


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Well...it's kind of an interesting story...
teacher that created them that she was all that and a bag of chips!
So I put a comment in her "Ask a question" tab of her TPT store.
so I offered to send it to her email.
started emailing back and forth about life in Kindergarten.
so we both had a little extra time to chat.
we are the same age and have both taught for 20 years.
I took some time off to be a stay at home mom
make my life so she went out of her way to walk me through it.
Yes...I'm an enabler!
Angela was raving about how fabulous Pinterest is.
I mentioned how it made me dizzy to look at all of the pins at once.
Angela thought that was the most hilarious thing she had ever heard.
She also thought my not liking shopping was funny too.
I mean what grown woman doesn't like to shop? Right?
That would be me...it makes me dizzy to see all of that
stuff at once. I know...I have issues.
Anyways, here was this stranger raving about how
she couldn't live without Pinterest. (I had an account that
had been sitting empty for almost a year. Now I look back and think
"How could I be living without Pinterest?")
After she realized that I was seriously not going to be pinning
anything on my own, Angela offered to set up my
pin boards and explain to me how it all worked.
I checked her out on the Internet to make sure she was legit.
(My husband thought I was nuts as did mine!)
and I agreed to let her help me.
When she finished, I sent her some freebies...
because come on....who does this for you?
(Girrrl! She hooked a sista up!)
Anyway, I FINALLY convinced her to switch over to PowerPoint
over President's Day weekend. For that, we had our first phone call.
I mean, really, we NEED it right? We could all write a book!
Most folks would think it's fiction, but nope, it's just another day in
our world. However, I had no clue how to go about the technical side of it.
Angela made me laugh over the winter break.
She definitely needed a place to house
all of her quirky sayings and anecdotes.
Regina had always wanted to start a blog too but
with the demands of teaching Kindergarten
and raising 4 kids (over-achiever!) it seemed too daunting a task.
So we've decided to go with the old adage that
two brains are better than one
...and a blog was born.
She's the artsy fartsy one
(Just check out all of the cute pics throughout this blog!)
and I'm the gabby one....you'll figure that out quick!
Yes, I'm the one who drove our web designer nuts
with all of the minutia....poor McKenna!
I also drew a lot of the pictures.
Did you know that most clip art sellers won't let you
post their pics on blogs because they can be easily stolen?
True...so don't steal my pics ok?
Anyhow, after driving everyone bonkers about the details...
Angela won't admit it,
but I know she was rolling her eyes up in Illinois...
our blog is finally blogger ready!
Together we hope that your time here is enjoyable.
Keep in mind....as our disclaimer plainly says....
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious.
Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.


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Alex Day Strikes a Chord with Record Labels are Rubbish04:41 - Thursday 08 March 2012 - In Categories UK Entertainment, UK Videos
In December, 22-year-old singer Alex Day became the first unsigned act to reach number four in the UK charts after using Facebook and Youtube to promote his charity single, Forever Yours.
As a result, it would be relatively easy for him to sign a recording contract and get paid.
However, in this excellent video, Record Labels Are Rubbish, Day talks about the benefits of independence and explains why he's in no rush to sign to a major label.
The story about his meeting with the A&R is hilarious, but sadly all too familiar.
Is Day an idiot for rejecting the six figure deals he's been offered – or should he continue developing his career independently?
I had never heard of Alex before seeing this video awhile back, actually, but I found what he had to say both informative and a bit encouraging. If you find Steve Albini's rant on the internet from the '90s about the music business, I think you'll find some similarities and will likely agree that Alex has a much better chance long-term of making money by staying independent. According to Albini's (well-informed insider) diatribe, a record that makes "the business" seven million dollars will net each member of a band less than $5,000 for their efforts, including touring. What most labels offer guys like Alex is not so much a signing "bonus" as an "advance against sales," which means it's an interest-free loan that gets paid back before the artist gets anything. So in exchange for some commercial promotion, the artist gets to lose control of their music and their schedule etc etc. And having a major label back you can even be a negative in this modern climate where the public is leery of corporate sponsored art. Some labels have been caught trying to market their signed artists as independents like Alex simply for the cred, and plenty of label-signed acts have broken deals in order to go independent by means like Kickstarter. It's a new paradigm, brought about by the digital revolution. Digital production, digital marketing, digital distribution. As MC Lars said in Download This Song: "Hey Mr. Record Man, what's wrong with you? Still running your label like it was 1992. Hey Mr. Record Man, your system can't compete, it's the new artist model: file transfer COMPLETE!"
Day is most assuredly not an idiot. The deals offered by record labels sound enticing because of the dollar figures involved, but very little of that filters down to the artist. There aren't usually "signing bonuses" like in pro sports, the label deals are "advances" — sort of interest-free loans against future sales. Steve Albini's rant on the net about the state of the music industry circa the mid-90s is an eye-opener. Band with hit song tours the world and makes seven million US dollars for "the industry" writ large, and after the 6 month supporting tour, each band member has made US$6,000 for their part in it.


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Throughout my childhood, teenage years and even during my early adulthood my hackles would rise if someone mistook my circus roots for being that of a gypsy. More playground fights would stem from someone referring to me under the title of any member of the nomadic races known in popular culture. It was a prejudice on my behalf that I freely admit to. Circus people are rarely 100 per cent nomadic. They are about as much a traveller as any artist who tours. They are on the road for as long as a season lasts, often from about March to October, and then they live at their winter-quarters, where many, particularly the circus directors, have their own houses. During the Christmas season, December to January, circuses have traditionally played in theatres. This is not an exact distinction from other travellers, as many travellers have lived for generations in their own permanent caravan sites, but it gives you a fair idea for how things have been for the most part of two centuries.
I write this as this year I have come across a few instances, where I have had to concede, quite happily, deeper connections between my people and the Romany gypsies as well as a full acknowledgement of how closely tied the show (fairground) or carnival people are to the culture of the circus. In
I was always led to believe that we were distinctly different from any other travelling culture. Circus people always aspired to high positions in business and during the golden age of circus did pretty well. My grandfather was a big believer in Rudyard Kipling's model for male perfection that one should be able to "walk with kings and never lose the common touch", and this is echoed in a documentary on our family conducted in the 1970s. He explained how wealthy European circus directors would have their sons drive tractors rather than flashy sports cars. His own son went to Britain Wellington and his nephew went secondary school, but they would return for their holidays in order to knock stakes into the grounds to put tents up and work as hard as any hired labourer. That was the circus way – what I guess some might call "renaissance" thinking. Marlborough
As time went on I realized that we certainly shared some common ancestry with the fair people or showmen (what Americans call "carnie" or carnival folk). In fact, during my grandfather's generation circus and fair were one and the same. My grandfather's first cousin was a showman and passed the tradition onto his children. In
today "The World's Fair" weekly newspaper continues its tradition of presenting a circus section in an otherwise showman dominated publication. A good deal of historical research for the circus is done through back issues of this very long running newspaper. However, apart from my relatives I do not recall ever having much contact with people from the fairground community. Then today my father received an email regarding an American article designed to set out the differences between circus people and carnie folk. It is interesting to note that the article's author attributes the first carnival to Frank Bostock, a person he doesn't mention came from a travelling menagerie family. Travelling menageries, like music hall also share circus ancestry. Many circuses had travelling menageries. Bostock, of course, was part of that most famous of British travelling menageries "Bostock and Wombwelle's Menagerie". My father is an avid historical fan of this particular institution and was even interviewed as an expert witness on them for the BBC. Britain
As for the gypsies, there is not much connecting them with circus people in the
. However, there is some. In UK Europe there are Romany connections with French, Spanish and Italian circus families - the Bougliones being a prime example. A week ago by chance I got talked to an old Romany woman. I recognized her background immediately, but she clearly mistook me for a "flatty" and she was surprised when I used the term, having not been around her own culture for a long time. When she realized my own background we discussed the similarities and differences in our slang. Circus slang is a virtual language, as are other types of traveller slang, and is used as a type of code. It interested me that circus shared several different words with the Romanies, but others were totally different. The lady pointed out that certain words like "mozzie", meaning a girl, came from showman's slang. Prior to this meeting I was always intrigued by the Polari used by the camp homosexual actor characters Julian and Sandy in the Kenneth Horne's famous comedy radio show "Round the Horne". They used many phrases that I recognized, but were being used within the context of the gay and theatrical subculture. At the time, of course, homosexuality was illegal and therefore it was understandable that the community would have a code language. It seemed to have been derived from the theatre, which had more than rubbed shoulders with the variety industry. Variety was just another evolution of music hall, a close relation and sometimes the same thing as circus. Many minorities and even criminals used versions of this language. Circus seems to be an amalgamation of Romany, show, theatre and even cockney slang. I once even heard a rhyming slang phrase used for another slang word – Norman Harper is slang for scarper which is slang for run away. Interestingly I have heard the word "scarper" being used by a circus person to mean steal or take – as in "You just scarpered my drink!"
Polari is a fast evolving language, although its usage is less evident in the British circus culture today as the traditional circus is very much under threat. For me it seems to be a representation of the many links and roots circus shares with so many other cultures.
My inspiration for this ramble, as you can see, came from many sources. However, this was the one that finally encouraged me to put finger to keyboard:
Circus versus carnival
An interesting Wikipedia entry on Polari
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To ski with Letitia Lussier is a singular experience—in that a day on the hill will reveal multiple facets of her personality, and of your own ski skills. Letitia was my group instructor during the Women's Weekend last season . As she guided us away from more populated runs, so that my newfound ski buddies,
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Leap Year Birthday Boy
Leap Year is now my favorite holiday—because it means that we get an extra ski day every four years! In honor if Leap Year, I'm introducing you to Deer Valley's own…Leap Baby. He has skied at Deer Valley for ten years—which is astounding, considering he's only having his third birthday this year. He has two
Isn't it amazing how one good storm can change the mountain?
Due to Mother Nature's sleepiness this year I hadn't attempted to ski any of our off-piste areas. Some of you might be saying, "Deer Valley off-piste?" But believe me; Deer Valley has a variety of skiing for all skier types. One of my favorite stories is many years ago, before we even had Empire Canyon,
Heidi Voelker's Deer Valley
It's that time of year again. The weather is beautiful but the feel of winter is fast approaching especially first thing in the morning when it's in the 30's. We'll be on the slopes sooner than we know. I love this time of year because the air is so crisp, ski swap signs are all
Shh, Shh, Shh, three more Chutes!
As winter is drawing to a close with even more new snow in the forecast, I wanted to take you on a whirlwind tour of some of the Daly Chutes we didn't explore this season. Today, we'll ski Chutes #7, #8 and #10. The first two are located in the "Cataract" area of Daly Chutes,
Field Trip to Daly Chute #2
Another day, another Chute! In fact, this time, I wanted to check the Cataract side at Daly and particularly Chute #7, but its access was closed for avalanche control. Instead, I set my sight on Chute #2. It grabbed my attention with its impressive, overgrown cornice. As usual, we had our little chit-chat: Chute #2:
Dropping by Daly Chute #4
This Thursday, as the gray skies were charged with snow, ready to fall and as I was skiing Empire Express, I chose to play around the X-Files. As I was ready for a second lap, I stopped on my way by Daly Chute #4 to get a closer look and had the following conversation with
X-Files Revealed
For as long as Deer Valley's Empire Express chairlift opened up, I've been intrigued by a mysterious area called the "X-Files." While it's not an official run, it's a place locals and skiers that are "in-the-know" rave about. I had always wanted to write about it, but – as you might have guessed – the


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I took a picture of this papaya "fish" I made a couple months ago. I thought he was pretty cute, but I immediately chopped him up so he could go in my salad:
This salad consisted of:
1) Papaya & Mango
2) 2 tbsp of mixed 1-hr soaked pumpkin & sunflower seeds
3) Mixed baby greens with 1 head romaine lettuce
The dressing:
Strawberries & freshly squeezed orange juice, blended together (yum!)
I LOVE this salad, it is one of my favourites, and could eat it every night if I had to.
Remember to always "Live Love Fruit" :)
Posted by livelovefruit at 08:34
Labels: 80 10 10, Fruit, greens, love, mango, orange, papaya, raw vegan, romaine, seeds, strawberry, vegan
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oh that 'fish' is cute!ReplyDeleteReplies
Heheh, he was a little cutie! I felt kind of bad for chopping him up, but papaya, being my favourite fruit, made me not able to resist :P He was very tasty :)Delete
Poor cute fish lol u are amazing like all your recipes God blessed you.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Special air quality statement issued for:
North Coast - coastal sections, B.C. (089100)
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Special air quality statement continued for:
Bulkley Valley and The Lakes - northwest including Smithers, B.C. (087110)
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Friends of ArtQuest - Current Projects
Current Projects and Event Planning
In addition to our continued promotional, volunteer and financial support to ArtQuest, Friends of ArtQuest is planning a number of exciting major undertakings this year:
Campus Beautification
We are in the design phase of ArtQuest campus enhancements, working to make the ArtQuest buildings feel more like an artistic part of the campus. The images above represent our vision, which includes repairs to the buildings, a new paint scheme, landscape improvements, enhancing the Mendocino Avenue frontage, new signage and large graphic panels where student art work and event information can be displayed. We are also supporting efforts to move the ArtQuest office into part of the CMedia Lab building and to increase our collaborative relationship with them.
Website & Online Communication Improvements
A major goal of Friends of ArtQuest this year is to improve online communications for both the ArtQuest program and Friends of ArtQuest (FoAQ). We've already launched our new Friends of ArtQuest website and now, working with the ArtQuest faculty and staff, we plan to roll out a new and improved ArtQuest website and updated social media links. The new ArtQuest website will provide more accessible and up-to-date information about ArtQuest and will have dedicated individual Arts Specialty pages where each specialty can connect with their students and families, display student work and provide information about events, exhibitions, performances, awards etc..
"Back to ArtQuest" Fall Picnic a Success!
Thank you to all who attended our annual Back to ArtQuest Fall Picnic! Approximately 250 people enjoyed a wonderful evening, pasta dinner and good company. A big Thank You to all of our volunteers who helped serve, staff the tables and cleanup. Thanks also to the SRHS administration and staff for their assistance. Let's do it again next year!
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Campus Enhancements Unveiled at Back to ArtQuest Picnic
Our concepts for ArtQuest campus improvements were unveiled during the Back to ArtQuest Fall Picnic. Click below to see images of what we are proposing.