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A CrossFit beginner guide to getting in shape, feeling amazing, and learning to love exercise again.
Bored with your usual workout routine? Looking for a gym alternative?
Ready to try something new to lose weight, get in shape, increase your energy, and feel motivated?
Heard about one of the fastest growing sports in the world, CrossFit? Have you heard how it can help transform people from overweight, bored gym rats into enthusiastic, energy-filled, fit people? Before we talk about the advantages CrossFit has over regular gyms, let's look at some misconceptions.
CrossFit FAQ, Myths, and Misconceptions
Have you heard it mentioned that CrossFit is difficult? Anything that gets big results in life is not easy. But getting started doesn't have to be hard. CrossFit welcomes newbies and even offers programs for beginners. If you're out of shape, don't worry. That gives you goals to achieve.
We'd like to dispel the myth that CrossFit is scary. And while we're at it, let's dispel some other myths created by people that have never even taken a class.
CrossFit Is For Everyone
As CrossFit instructors, one of the first questions we get goes like this:
Do I have to be in amazing shape to do a CrossFit workout?
The answer is no. Everyone, and I mean everyone, can take part. Will you be able to complete a high-level workout with Olympic lifts? Most likely you won't, especially if you're a beginner or new to exercise. But don't let that stop you. You'll find that the CrossFit community is more welcoming than the average soulless gym community (which is non-existent, in most cases). Newbies are welcome. We love having beginners at the gym. New members are treated like family, particularly if they show enthusiasm. And that's all that's required. Enthusiasm will get you a long way. And the beauty of CrossFit is that there's always something new to learn. Always a new challenge. Things will never get stale and CrossFitters help each other to achieve their goals. Trust us, you can't lose.
CrossFit Will Not Make You Look Like A Bodybuilder
The second question often goes like this:
Will I get huge by doing CrossFit?
No. Not if you don't want to. Leaving aside the men for the moment, most ladies would prefer not to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. The sight of so many super-buff CrossFit athletes in the media (both male and female) might put women off the sport. They don't want to get "too muscular". But here's why gaining a few pounds of muscle is good.
1. It is very hard for female athletes to build huge muscles. Large muscle-growth (bodybuilder-style) requires extreme amounts of effort. It also requires testosterone. So don't worry about that, girls. The top-level CrossFit athletes train 3-4 hours a day and follow diets created like laboratory experiments. They live for this. The rest of us use CrossFit to help us live better, stronger, and healthy lives.
2. Building muscle is, in fact, a fantastic way of losing fat, and toning the body. Muscle is dense. And unless you want to be a bodybuilder, it won't appear as bulky. Dense muscle gives your body great tone and shape. It also burns lots of calories at rest. You'll burn more calories in a short, high-intensity workout and while you're at rest, than a cardio athlete will burn in a 10km run. Once the cardio bunny stops running, they stop burning.
CrossFit Is Safe
The third question we hear goes something like:
I hear CrossFit is dangerous and lots of people hurt themselves, is that true?
People injure themselves in every sport. CrossFit is one of the safest sports, statistically speaking. The media loves to hate the new kid on the block, especially one that's exploding in popularity. Media journalists look for outlier cases of accidents to report on. There have been unfortunate accidents in CrossFit. But more people hurt themselves on treadmills in those sterile gyms every year than in CrossFit gyms.
In a study of the injury rates of CrossFit as compared to other sports, The Journal of Human Kinetics, found that "the reported incidences of injuries associated with CrossFit training programs were comparable or lower than rates of injury in Olympic weightlifting, distance running, track and field, rugby, or gymnastics".
We'll concede that you might pick up more injuries in CrossFit than from working out at a regular gym. But you'll never get out of that fitness rut either. The principle of progressive overload tells us that, to improve, we must make our muscles and cardiovascular systems adapt to higher intensities than we're used to. That's why people can spend a long time in the gym or many hours out jogging, but never get results. The body adapts to routines. If you never push yourself, you'll be forever in the 'average body' category.
CrossFit is Fun
Ever tried to motivate yourself in a regular gym? The headphone-wearing selfie crew and the sea of news channel TV screens don't inspire people. Even if you've never lifted a weight before, the encouragement and help from coaches and other members will motivate you. And there's no reason to be shy. CrossFit is a sport for all-rounders. If you can move around on your own two feet, you can do CrossFit. Just scale it down when attempting more complicated stuff.
The key is to be safe. Always stay within your limits! It's no surprise that guys injure themselves more than girls in CrossFit (and most other sports). Men's competitive instincts in sport lead them to go beyond their level. A good coach will prevent injury by guiding beginners and less experienced athletes.
Why do CrossFit?
The benefits of CrossFit are too many to list here. So here are just a few of the most important ones:
1. Get in the Best Shape of Your Life
CrossFit is a sport for everyone. It includes elements of cardio, weight training, gymnastics, flexibility, and power. It's suitable for all ages. And older populations benefit from the higher-intensity, shorter-interval workouts. Changing your routine will get better and faster results than repeating the same tired old gym program. CrossFit workouts test your ability to adapt. The new challenges keep things fresh and keep the muscles guessing. This results in a fitter and stronger body for those that want it.
2. Banish Gym Boredom
Unlike the average gym, CrossFit boxes (the place where we train) are exciting places where you can make friends, have fun, and share experiences. Gyms, especially the chain variety, work like McDonald's franchises and offer cheap deals based on the volume of customers they can sign up. CrossFit gyms offer group classes with trained coaches every time you go. Your coach is there to help you improve and most coaches will provide help the entire time you spend at the box. No two workouts are the same. You'll never experience Groundhog Day at a CrossFit Box.
3. Learn New Things
It's never too late to learn new tricks. Take inspiration from Clarke Holland, a 65-year-old CrossFit Games athlete who walked into his first gym at the ripe old age of 58. It's a CrossFit success story that should encourage anyone to start.
Learn gymnastics moves like handstand walks and muscle ups. They might look risky but in fact, they strengthen the shoulder and upper back muscles. Follow a plan that lets you progress without risk, and soon you'll be doing things you never thought you could. Walking on your hands is very difficult, but it also makes you feel like a child again. And that's why it's fun.
Olympic weight lifting takes mental strength and concentration. It's a great way to keep the mind ticking over and extract yourself from your everyday problems. You could even consider it a kind of meditation. You don't have to lift very heavy weight to feel the exhilaration of Olympic lifting. Scaled (less difficult) versions are available to everyone so there's a natural progression for each movement. It might take years.
But it's the journey, not the destination that counts, right?
4. Look Amazing
If you put your mind to it, you can achieve the body you always wanted. Short, intense workouts with both strength and cardio elements are ideal fat burners and muscle toners. Maybe you don't want to look like athletes at the Games and that's fine. But you'll be training enough to get shapely shoulders, a flat stomach, and powerful, toned legs. Regular gym workouts suffer from the problem of over-training certain body parts. Guys end up with massive chests that overpower their backs, weak non-superficial abs, and puny legs. CrossFit hits the body every way and doesn't let you get too comfortable. You'll use muscles you never knew you had.
5. Feel Amazing
We all want to have more energy, right? We all want to feel great and enthused after a workout. Running 10km every couple of days will soon get stale. Performing legs, back, and chest split in the gym every week soon gets boring. Your energy levels will plummet once your workout routine becomes, well, routine. The last thing you want to do is make excuses for not exercising. And thrashing yourself in the gym for hours won't do your health any good.
CrossFit, by contrast, is constantly varied. Workouts are short but intense. You won't feel exhausted for the rest of the day and you won't feel bored while you're doing it. It's no wonder that CrossFitters are known to be very enthusiastic about their sport. Once you get a few small wins under your belt, you'll have a new enthusiasm for working out.
Get Better at Sport and Life with CrossFit
Improved balance, stronger shoulders and upper back, improved flexibility, and rock-solid legs are just some of the benefits of CrossFit that can help you with sport and daily life. Many professional athletes are getting into the sport, thanks to its crossover benefits. The same goes for non-athletes.
Interested in starting? Find a CrossFit gym near where you live and ask how you can get involved. Visit the local box to watch a class. If you're in Wanaka or the Queenstown Lakes area, drop by and see us at CrossFit Wanaka. We're easy to find on Gordon Rd. We're looking forward to meeting you.
The CrossFit Wanaka Team
Photos of back squat and CrossFit Wanaka Coaches by First Light Guiding.


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Functions of Input Controls Essay & Advantages and Disadvantages of Restricting user Interfaces
There are many kinds of input controls. Write a 3-5 page paper in which you:
1. Explain the function of input controls.
2. Identify four (4) types of input control and explain the function of each.
3. Provide an example of a data integrity error that could occur if each of these types of input control were not in place.
4. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of restricting user interfaces. (User interfaces can often be restricted, limiting the user's ability to navigate to other areas of the system, or out of the system.)
5. Design and build a graphical representation of a Web-based input for making a hotel reservation, using Visio or PowerPoint or an equivalent.
6. Research and cite at least three (3) reputable academic sources.
A company must ensure that all its data is always protected. This includes not only the firm's own information, but that of its customers, employees, and suppliers. Organizations need to set controls with aim to prevent erroneous data from being entered into computer system or to detect and remove mistakes from system and recapture the integrity of financial information. It is important that input controls be designed in such a way as to give reasonable assurance that input data is correctly authorized and entered into computer system. Completeness and accuracy of entered data depends on successful combination of different data check methods (Rosenblatt & Shelly, 2012).
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Maslak competes with Etiler – Levent area, leader in this classification, in office rental prices.
Maslak, in which rental prices have increased by 50 % on the basis of square meter prices of offices in the last 5 years, rises to the peak in rental prices. Based on this information, Maslak will catch Etiler – Levent area, the most expensive field about office rental prices, soon. TSKB Gayrimenkul Değerleme LTD's Appraiser, Delal Ekinci, who shared his "Maslak – Ayazaga Field Appraisement Report" with an AA pressman, has reminded that those two neighbours have been connected to Sariyer by court decision while they were connected to Sisli in 2012.
Ekinci, states that Maslak – Ayazaga area, one of the most favoured business centers, goes on increasing in value and prestige thanks to the quality office and house projects which have been completed and the ones which is still being designed.
Ekinci, who says that Maslak appeals to elite class which has high income thanks to its business centres and Ayazaga is a mixed area which appeals to low, middle and elite class, also states: "While Cendere Valley of Ayazaga had been planned to become an 'Education, Science and Technology Area' in 2011, transformation period of the area in Industry, Storing and Logistic sector use has been started, now. This has become a key point in value increase of the field. Ayazağa goes on becoming a home to new projects by also increasing the value of Maslak thanks to its own developments."
There is discrimination in house prices in Ayazaga
Ekinci also says that there are mixed projects which are still under construction, and it is considered that these projects will increase the attraction in the area after completion of the constructions. The prices vary based on quality.


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John Fea
The Bible Cause
A History of the American Bible Society
Oxford University Press 2017
New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network October 6, 2017 Franklin Rausch
I own many Bibles, but curiously, I didn't purchase any of them. They were all given to me, almost all by Protestant Christians. And, considering the history of Protestant Christianity, that impulse to freely offer "God's word" makes a lot of sense. John Fea takes up the institutionalized giving of Bibles in a primarily American context in his new book, The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society (Oxford University Press, 2016). Through a meticulously researched and carefully constructed chronological narrative of the American Bible Society, Fea expertly touches upon themes of foreign relations, gender, race, technology, and the changing American religious landscape from just after the Revolution to today. This fascinating work would therefore be of interest to general readers and to experts in the field, and is particularly noteworthy as it explores Christianity outside of traditional denominational lines.
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Fall Preview 2017
Each semester we invite prospective students and their families to join us for our Preview Events. We believe that these two days are the perfect way to find out if Link Year is right for you. We can tell you how awesome Link Year is (which it is) as much as we want, but we know that there's nothing like getting to see for yourself.
This year we had a great group of students and their families join us for Fall Preview and it already has us excited for some of these young men and women to join us in 2018 for Class #8. Talk a look at what went into this year's Fall Preview and what we've been up to this week on campus!
The Fort
We kicked it off with The Fort on Wednesday night. This is a weekly thing for our students!
Campus Tour
We took a full tour of campus including the dorms, the student lounge, game room and the workout facility.
Student Q&A
We don't want to just sell you on Link Year. We want you to hear from current students and for you to be able to ask them about their experience. Oh and we eat some delicious food with IBCs!
Sit In On Class
We have one of the most unique learning experiences and classrooms in the country. Our guests joined class to see what we're learning this week!
Barn Dance
If there's one thing we can guarantee, it's a lot of fun. We ended Fall Preview with a good ole fashioned Barn Dance led by our Assistant Director, Adam Martin. Fun is an understatement!
Thank you to all of the families that made their way to Branson this week. We look forward to you joining the Link Year family!
If you missed this Preview Event, don't worry! You can still schedule a visit!


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Bike & Car Show
Thank you for your participation! We are excited to have you come out and support our students. Got a bike or car you're ready to show off? Have some items you want to donate toward our silent auction? Can't attend but want to support our cause?
September 23, 2017 from 10AM - 4PM at Central St. & Railroad Ave in Ridgely, MD
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5 Classes of Bikes, Top 20 Cars, and Best in Show - What award will you come home with??
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Apple 2018: Launches new iPad, MacBook and Mac Mini!
Apple's second fall hardware show has been held a few hours ago in New York City. It was a pretty interesting event as Apple has launched three new devices! So what has Apple to offer this year? Apparently they have revealed the new version of MacBook Air, a newer iPad Pro and… Mac Mini! Yes, you read that right, Mac Mini.
Let's jump straight into it.
Mac Mini:
I would like to cover first the new Mac Mini as that product itself hasn't seen an upgrade since 2014. It's been four whole years. So what changed after all those years?
First of all the new Mac Mini is now available in Space Grey. Not a major upgrade if we take into consideration the new style Apple has been putting on their devices lately. And who cares how a mini-desktop looks like? Let's talk about specs. The new Mac Mini features a quad-core processor chip (allowing for upgrade to six cores) and it comes with a maximum of 64 GB of RAM. Apple has also made a few changes on the ports of the device, as they added four Thunderbolt 3 ports and an Ethernet one.
But what is really exciting about the new Mac Mini is that, it is made out of 100% recycled aluminium.
Prices start at $799.
MacBook Air:
Moving on, Apple has made a few upgrades on the legendary MacBook Air which was originally released ten years ago.
The new MacBook Air features a 13.3-inch Retina display, a Force Touch trackpad and it even comes with Touch ID! On top of that, Apple has also upgraded it's processor, the keyboard and added some more USB-C ports. And if that wasn't enough for you, they managed to reduce the laptop's weight down to 2.75 pounds and it's 17% smaller than previously released MacBook Air models. Much like the new Mac Mini, the new MacBook Air is also made out of recycled aluminium. The only downside here in my opinion is it's storage. Unfortunately the new model comes with just 128 gigs of SSD storage.
Prices start at $1,199.
iPad Pro:
And last but not least, the brand new iPad Pro.
So what does the new iPad Pro has to offer? Well to start with, it takes 25% less space than the previously released iPad Pro's. Considering the volume an iPad Pro takes, that's a significant change. Moreover, Apple has decided to entirely remove the home button and (yes you guessed it) the headphone jack. No more headphone jacks for iPad Pro. But not to be let down, they have also added a Liquid Retina display . The new display is 11 inches which is just slightly smaller than the MacBook Air's one. In addition, the new iPad Pro features Face ID, allowing it's user to unlock it effortless within seconds.
What about it's hardware specifications though? Any worthy upgrades? Well, I would say yes, Apple has you covered on this one.
Featuring a seven-core GPU and a brand new processor called A12X made by Bionic. Apple claims that the new iPad Pro's are 92% faster of all laptops, so that makes a strong point. The new iPad Pro comes in two sizes. The small 11 inches version and it's bigger brother featuing a 12.9-inch display.
Prices start at $799 for the small version and $999 respectively for the 12.9-inch version.


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If worship is in progress, feel free to join us! Simply have a seat in one of the pews. For services at the High Altar, leaflets are available at the Welcome Table. For services in the Lady Chapel (to the right of the Altar), leaflets are available on a small table at the back of the Chapel. During worship services, please silence or turn off all mobile devices. We encourage you to participate in the worship service, but you are also welcome to sit quietly and observe.
If you visit when no organized event is underway, you are generally free to explore the Nave and Lady Chapel. Printed self-guided tour pamphlets are available on the Welcome Table or in the Tower Lobby. You might see others quietly meditating or praying before the Blessed Sacrament. Others might be softly speaking with a priest or staff member. While you are most welcome to take photos and roam freely within the public area of the church, we ask that you take care not to disturb others.
Spoken Mass: Sundays at 10:30am
Evening Prayer every weekday
Find out more about our
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"Non Ministrari, sed Ministrare."
Our motto adopted by the parish in 1994, (the centennial year of our current building) taken from the Latin translation of Matthew 20:28 means "not to be ministered unto, but to minister." No matter where you are on your faith walk or life journey, we invite you to experience the ministry of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont. If you need to be ministered to, come and experience our rich liturgical worship and genuine community. If you desire to minister to others, come and join us in our work of showing Christ's love and grace to our community and beyond.


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Breaking Point
By Jess Bowen
Book: The Order of the Elements #1
Publisher: Omnific Publishing
Pub Date: Nov 23 2010
Genre: Young Adult
Format: eBook
Source: Author
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Phoebe Johnson and Ethan Smith had everything they needed: loving parents, great friends, and admission letters to Ivy League schools they'd be heading to in the fall. If only they knew that they were never going to reach the end of that summer, at least, not in the world they knew. A secret waits to be revealed on the eve of their nineteenth birthday, a secret that is going to change their lives forever when it leads them to a place they never believed existed, love they could never imagine living without, and power they never suspected they possessed.
Jess Bowen expertly plunges readers into an imaginative, supernatural world that refuses to bow down to the darkness that's all but taken over. Amidst this adventurous quest for a lost prophecy, Bowen weaves in powerful tales of love that will leave the characters and readers breathless.
My Review: I wasn't sure that I would like this book, since I had to go through the trouble of ordering it since chapters doesn't have it, I was already in a sour mood. This is one of those books that once you pick it up, you just cant put it down. Phoebe and Ethan have recently just turned 19 and the world around them is changing, but not like normal high-school graduates. The are forced to leave there family behind so they can learn how to use there powers to help save another world. The only thing that some people may not like the cliff hangers. Personally I don't mind them but this book does have some.


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With plummeting temperatures and the nights closing in many people will be looking forward to the warmth of their homes and the companionship of family and friends that Christmas will bring.
But for the homeless and vulnerable the holiday season is too often a time of great suffering.
Fortunately, thanks to the tireless work of organisations such as Homeless Care, which runs the Maidstone Day Centre in Knightrider Street, those on the brink are offered help, support and, most importantly, hope.
For another year the Kent Messenger is backing the charity with its You Can Help campaign to secure vital donations of food so people who are most in need can keep going and get their lives back on track.
Last year the campaign brought in a staggering 30,000 items.
Homeless Care has come a long way since beginning as a soup run started by former head of Maidstone Grammar School for Girls Patricia McCabe and a group of her pupils in 1986.
The Day Centre now offers a wide range of services including GP and mental health clinics, home cooked meals, hot showers, and laundry.
The centre also helps people with claiming benefits, dealing with personal problems such as health issues, obtaining identity documents and finding accommodation.
Each day the centre helps around 40 people.
Around 80% suffer from mental health issues while 60% struggle with alcohol and drug problems.
Maidstone Day Centre Manager Zofia Grzymala said: "We had a fantastic response to our appeal last year and we are hoping that this year's will be equally good."
Trustee Angela Clay said: "I want to say a big thank you to all the people in our community who help to fill our store cupboards over the festive period. "Your kindness enables us to provide good home cooked meals for our homeless men and women and also food parcels for those in our community who would otherwise go hungry."
Lending a helping hand to people without a home this Christmas could hardly be easier.
Several local supermarkets which collect for Maidstone Homeless Care and its food bank, Food For Thought, all year round are providing their usual collection points while the Kent Messenger offices at 6 and 7 Middle Row, Maidstone will also accept donations.
The day centre is in need of tinned fruits, vegetables and meat, cooking oil, non-alcoholic drinks, squash, coffee, and all non-perishable food.
Collection points can be found in Sainsbury in Romney Place, Maidstone, Sainsbury's in Mills Road, Larkfield, Morrison's in Sutton Road, Maidstone, and Waitrose in Allington Park. The campaign is also being supported by eight schools, three churches, three GP surgeries, and The Mall in Pad's Hill Maidstone.
To find out more about Homeless Care or the Maidstone Day Centre please visit www.homelesscare.org.uk
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Ever since the rise of Rupi Kaur, poetry has become a competition.
You see it with the #poet accounting for 5,584,465 posts on IG.
It's beautiful, don't get me wrong. But it seems that with each new poem, there is yet another name to follow associated with it.
Gone are the days that poets write poetry for poetry's sake?
Or maybe our culture likes to speak with an @ symbol before our names or -(name here)-?
A poem, called earth:
A shoebox filled with dirt and worms.
Garbage piled on top.
A tree grows.
That was a poem for people who have compost piles in their backyard or outside their apartment doors.
So why is poetry dead?
Because during a conversation with a Santa Monica college counselor who happened to get her Masters in Counseling, I inquired about her weekend plans.
She responded with an amazing Friday night. An establishment, Savoy, has a slam every Friday where poets get up on stage and an artist accompanies them to paint, dance, or do anything necessary to portray the words as they feel them through performance.
Naturally, I was like "Wow, I want to go!" and continued to press about if she wrote poetry.
Her response was "I used to, but I'm not very good, so I leave it to the poets."
"That's bullshit" I thought in my head. How can a 20-something year old consider themselves not good enough, and "the competition" too good for her to not express herself as she so (damn) please.
"In my eyes, anyone who declares themselves a poet is a poet" I responded. "It's those who breathe it, do they find it to be their lives."
Just because you are not getting paid, or have thousands of followers, or any other popularity contest metrics do you have to step down from poetry. (where is that @Medium green highlighter that I see people use all the time… anyways, remember that please and thank you :))
However, if you expect that because you go write poetry, tag a name, and post everyday will you achieve financial reward or fame, you are mistaken.
Rupi Kaur is Rupi Kaur for a reason.
Go find your own lane…


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Joselin L. Estevez is the Social Media Director for New Theory Magazine. She dabbles in Graphic Design and is quickly becoming a leading expert in Social Media Marketing. She loves her rescue cats more than anything as she feels it's her greatest accomplishment to date. You can find me at https://newtheory.com/author/joselin/
What do I do best?
I really enjoy doing graphic designed and social media, because I feel like get to express myself through those things.
What makes me the best version of myself?
I believe that staying focused and not giving up is the key to success. If you focus on your goals and keep trying you will achieve anything you want.
What are my aspirations?
I want to be a better me everyday, PERSONAL & BUSINESS wise. I want to make my loved ones proud and build an empire for the generations to come. Also do something big with animals in need, I am the biggest animal lover, one of my goals is to help as many animals in shelters, streets, and in the wild. Spread the word out and hopefully make people understand the beauty of animals.
My Biggest Success?
One of my biggest accomplishments has to be saving four cats from the shelter, and being able to show them that there is hope and now they have a beautiful forever home. I also have been instrumental in the re-launch of www.NewTheory.com which focuses on Business and Lifestyle topics for Generations X, Y and Z.
My Most Challenging Moment?
A challenging moment in my life has to be when I was old enough to understand how hard my mother was working to provide for my sister and I. So since I was 18 I started working and going to school at the same time, to be able to help my mother and had her not worry as much, was challenging but worth it.
My Motto?
I strongly believe that you can achieve anything you put your mind and heart to, as long as you know there will be challenges but you are strong and know that nothing that's worth a lot comes easy. So fight and never give up, one day you will look back and say I did it, and others will look up to you.
My Favorite People/Role Models?
My favorite people have to be my Mother, Father and Boss. They mentor me to become a better person everyday.
My Favorite Places/Destinations?
I will have to say my favorite place has to be spending time in the forest in a cabin, where I get to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature. Nothing better than that.
My Favorite Products/Objects?
My favorite object has to be my phone, and the many apps in it :)
My Current Passions?
My passions are animals, design and just enjoying life and making memories.


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Winner of Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System Best Enterprise Reseller, for the Middle East and Africa 2008/2010; A Certified Epson Service and Warranty Center, Fujitsu Certified Imaging Professional, PaperCut Certified Professional and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and major supplier and main system integrator of Banking applications with Epson POS Printers – is a wholly Nigerian owned Information Technology company, incorporated in July 1997, with its focus on providing execellent and professional IT solutions to small, medium and large companies alike.
In the past years, we have consolidated our expertise in providing effective Retail Management solutions to Restaurants, Retail Outlets, IT Infrastructure Deployment, Support and Maintenance, Equipment Procurement; and have ventured into bank teller optimisation, integrating various equipment with Core Banking Applications.
We have empowered our staff with unique technical skills through various training courses.
"To be the leading provider of business solutions for the Hospitality, Retail and Entertainment as well as other vertical industries such that we define the standards for best practices in business operations in the industry"
Guided by legal and ethical considerations in our dealings, we would provide the following:
To our customers: to provide the best value for money solutions that ensure business imperatives are delivered and the customers' business objectives achieved.
To our partners: to be committed to growing the foot-print of their solutions and to represent them in the best way we possible.
To our Investors: to represent an investment that ensures exponential returns on their
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The Many Faces of Family - March 2019
God brought more freedom in areas of my past as I was HOV (Honest Open Vulnerable) with the HWH ministry team. I had repented, confessed, broke lies, judgments, & vows but the power of agreement & the leaders dismantling strongholds & evil spirits made all the difference when I came face to face with my past! Details below:
Hello Ladies!
I just wanted to give you a praise report. We are back from CA & our family trip to FL & they both truly were the best trips I've had & enjoyed. The CA brought forth Gods glory in ministry & with my family. The major past & struggle temptations that gripped me for years were gone. All sinful & inappropriate past thoughts, desires & fantasy imaginations were gone & a key person from the past was present during the conference. This is Miracle. I've fought internal battles for years!!! No jealousy or envy because I wasn't a part of the big team platform team the total opposite, at the end I hugged & loved on my friend & ministry partner like never before. The love of God just poured through me to her. God healed & made so many things new!! Thank you for loving & walking with me during this season. I love you ladies so much!!!


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LCA of MEP and TI
Research question
What are the typical ranges of embodied carbon (and other impact measures) for mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and tenant improvement (TI)?
This study is an extension of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Low Carbon Construction Project. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality selected mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) and tenant improvement (TI) as research topics of interest to investigate because there is very little data on these environmental impacts. This study presents estimates of material quantities and environmental impacts for commercial office buildings in the Pacific Northwest.
- Summary Document of MEP & TI: Short (4-page) summary of results, focusing on embodied carbon and implications.
- Reports
- MEP LCA Report: Full report on MEP study
- TI LCA Report: Full report on TI study
- Calculators
- MEP LCA Calculator: Spreadsheet for estimating MEP impacts based on results from the study
- CLF TI LCA Calculator: Spreadsheet for estimating TI impacts based on results from the study
- Updated July 23, 2019. See tab "Introduction" for notes.
Research Team
- K. Simonen (PI)
- H.W. Lee (Co-PI)
- B.X. Rodriguez
- M. Huang
- J. Ditto
This research was funded by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The greater Low Carbon Construction Project was also funded by the Charles Pankow Foundation and Skanska USA. This project was also made possible by a number of project advisors and contributors, who are listed in the reports.


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Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Arugula Salad and Goat Cheese
Like any food enthusiast, I binge-watched Netflix's "Chef's Table" in just a few days. Amid the nonstop gustatory stimulation, there was one dish that stood out to me, but not because it was one of the many mind-blowingly inventive dishes featured; it stood out for being distinctly familiar and undaunting. While I would never in my right mind dare to replicate Massimo Bottura's signature lasagna dish, which very unconventionally emphasizes just the burned crispy edges of grandma's traditional recipe, I saw a dish featured in Chef Francis Mallmann's episode that made me perk up and think, "That looks relatively achievable!"
For those who haven't seen the episode (if you're even vaguely interested in food, then what are you waiting for?), Chef Mallmann is an Argentine chef known for his Patagonian methods of grilling and his vaguely polyamorous lifestyle. Mallmann specializes in cooking with just cast-iron and an open fire, a simple and back-to-the-earth technique that can be used for a vast variety of dishes, from whole animals to stews and even bread. And stuffed squash, apparently. Mallmann actually buries the squash, and a whole buffet of other vegetables, underground and underneath the fire.
Needless to say, this recipe has been modified for the home cook. Adapted from food writer Sasha Martin's recipe, this dish features a little something extra from me: pomegranate, which is one of the easiest ways to add sweetness, texture, and visual oomph to any dish, and just so happens to be in season right now.
This recipe is for one acorn squash, which makes one hearty serving, but it can easily be cut in half to create two smaller servings. Recipe below.
Serves 1 to 2
1 acorn squash
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups arugula
8 ounces Bucheron goat cheese (or regular goat cheese if you can't find Bucheron)
1/2 pomegranate
For the vinaigrette:
1 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh mint (or dried thyme if you don't have fresh mint)
1 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano (or dried oregao)
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Cut the top off of the squash and remove seeds and strings.
- Drizzle the interior and the cut top with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until fork tender.
- While the squash is roasting, mix together all the ingredients for the vinaigrette in a small bowl. Use an immersion blender, regular blender, or food processor to purée the dressing. Add vinaigrette to the arugula to taste.
- Release the pomegranate arils in a bowl. Try this fast and easy method.
- Transfer roasted squash to serving plates and immediately fill the cavity with the dressed arugula, goat cheese, and pomegranate seeds while squash is still hot. Cut the entire squash in half if serving two.
Adapted from Francis Mallmann and Global Table Adventure.


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Mon, 02/03/2014 - 23:58
Time flies… The extremely productive hack sprint at the friendly Blue Systems office in Barcelona is over for more than a week. I haven't had time to blog about the last days yet which I hereby make good for!
I spent a lot of time at the sprint polishing the KDevelop Clang plugin. A up-to-now semi-secretly developed language plugin based on clang which will replace our current C++ language support in KDevelop in the long-run.


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On the Damascus Road
What happened at Grenfell Tower was appalling and important. It was also very complicated. If you ask people where you can find out about the truth of Grenfell, many of them will say "O'Hagan, in the London Review of Books." The LRB filled most of its edition on June 7 with a 60,000 word article by Andrew O'Hagan, in which he set out to analyse what happened.
It's a detailed, moving account of a tragedy, but in my view it also contains serious errors of judgement – in its treatment of the fire service, the local council, and local activists. This article sets out what I think went wrong with O'Hagan's article, and why.
I'm an Andrew O'Hagan fan. I've read all the novels, and always look forward to reading his contributions to the London Review of Books (LRB), although on occasion – Assange, bitcoin – I don't feel the content justified the length. But Grenfell was different. It was complex and important, and I looked forward to hearing what O'Hagan had to say.
Large parts of this article are terrific. All the novelistic stuff, the quotes and details about victims and survivors, build up a vast, sensitive portrait of the life in the tower. And then there's the analysis, which is different, and part of the experience of reading this piece involves changes of gear and tone, as we switch from one kind of writing to another. That's a necessary consequence of tackling a complex event, looking at it from different angles, bringing a range of perspectives – personal, social, technical, historical.
What he says about national government abusing local government is tough but convincing. He's right to focus on the hypocrisy of government ministers lamenting the lack of attention given to social housing, when it's their decisions and control of finance which have exacerbated the problem in the first place.
O'Hagan also does well to break down the caricature of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). 'The council' includes both councillors and workers, and he's good on the way in which council workers, working hard, doing their job, are vilified by the press and much of the public. He listens carefully, to fire experts, child care officials, people on the front line with serious experience.
The surprise for many readers will be that he extends this same sympathy of the leaders of the council, stressing their good intentions and commitment to social housing, lamenting their vulnerability to media pressure and the big guns at Westminster. "As a writer, you try not to be swayed by people's niceness…I found I liked Paget-Brown." In the age of vitriolic social media, it's a touching, old-style appeal – "Come on, folks. Give him a chance. He's trying his best."
So to O'Hagan it's outrageous that Jon Snow, on Channel 4 news, could ask about poor people being moved out to make room for rich people. Later in the piece, analyzing the politics of space, O'Hagan seems a lot less certain. He refers to councils being "overresponsive to the anxieties of private investors – and there are many people who feel RBKC's leadership fell into that category…" Well, did it or didn't it? The answer matters, and if he's keen to condemn Snow then he needs to refute that analysis.
This issue was pursued in the LRB of July 5th, in a letter from Anna Minton. O'Hagan had quoted from her book, Big Capital: "The zeal with which so many councils are embracing the demolition and rebuild agenda means a rapid reshaping of London is underway…" but he then swerved into the rhetoric of the Twittersphere, in an extreme defence of the council leaders: "But does this amount to a case for mass murder?"
O'Hagan's distaste for social media is understandable, but there's still a serious argument to be pursued. Minton pointed out that the "mass murder" line was an oversimplification. In reply to O'Hagan's assertion that there was "nothing to support the view that these councillors were corrupt or trying to harm residents" she insists that the stress on personal probity isn't enough:
"This is another false opposition. Exclusion from the democratic process is not about actual corruption but the opaque processes which make it possible for councils, developers and lobbyists to make unpopular decisions without public participation…Feilding-Mellen had a widely reported, controversial history as a property developer in Scotland and Norfolk, in which his failure to listen to the views of local residents has featured repeatedly."
The Architects for Social Housing (ASH) report documents the planning process which preceded the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower. In 2009 Urban Initiatives Studio presented RBKC their vision of the future for this area: "The Far-Sighted Option aims to maximise overall value in the long run and create a high quality new neighbourhood." And where does Grenfell Tower fit into this?
"We considered that the appearance of the building and the way in which it meets the ground blights much of the area east of Latimer Road Station...On balance our preferred approach is to assume demolition."
The financial crash led to a fall in house prices, and perhaps for that reason RBKC turned down the "Far-Sighted Option" and settled for the "Early Value Option", which envisaged more superficial change:
"The changes to the existing tower will improve its appearance, especially when viewed from the surrounding area." An artist's impression of a shiny new tower was attached, and when the work was complete Nicholas Paget-Brown confirmed that the goal had been achieved: "It is remarkable to see first-hand how the cladding has lifted the appearance of the tower."
The ASH report explains that such developments are usually accompanied by a survey of residents, including such innocuous questions as "Would you like a new kitchen?" Ticking that box could include you in a total of residents who indicated that they were dissatisfied with their present accommodation and wished to move.
O'Hagan had received a copy of the ASH report, and had spoken to one of its authors, but none of that evidence surfaces in his account. He prefers to rely on the first-hand testimony of one of the councillors involved, Rock Feilding-Mellen:
"I put it to him that some critics believe he only agreed to the refurbishment of the tower to make it look nicer for those in the expensive houses nearby.
'I just don't know what to say to that' he said. 'I've got letters from people in the tower thanking us for the job. Residents took me round their flats and it breaks my heart to think of it. They asked for this refurbishment. The request was coming from them.' "
And that's it. Really? Since when has RBKC been responding to spontaneous requests for alterations demanded by some of its poorest residents? How exactly was that demand expressed? O'Hagan's not worried. Feilding-Mellen told him what happened, and he's a man of his word.
A more sceptical analyst might want to check whether or not residents confirmed Feilding-Mellen's account of this rosy relationship between landlord and tenant. Antonio Roncolato, for instance, had lived on the 20th floor of Grenfell for 27 years. He was rescued by firemen after waiting for six hours: "I kept thinking if I remained calm and acted rationally that I would come out of this alive."
Roncolato told the public enquiry that many residents had been unhappy about plans to relocate gas boilers into the building's corridors.
"Those residents who did not speak up were bullied into having the new boiler installed in the hallway." The Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) had been reluctant to meet tenants: "the meetings were often tense and residents would walk out." (The Guardian 4.10.18)
It's not O'Hagan's fault that he doesn't address this testimony, published six months after his article. But he did speak to Roncolato, and there's no evidence that he asked him for his view on consultation over refurbishment.
O'Hagan is more interested in Feilding-Mellen's family and personal background than in his politics, and he absolves him of any responsibility for ordering dangerous cladding as a way of saving costs:
"The suggestion that Feilding-Mellen and others at the council pushed for cheaper and less safe cladding – a hallmark of media coverage since the fire – is fully disproved by the string of e-mails between those individuals."
The Guardian had a different view, but maybe, as O'Hagan later remarked, "the facts weren't always what The Guardian wanted them to be." On May 9, 2018, The Guardian reported, under the headline "Safer panels on Grenfell 'rejected due to costs'" that a company who had provided a quote for fire-resistant cladding had been told by the contractor that the council had decided costs were too high, and the contract would therefore be put out to tender. It finally went to a different firm, who provided cladding which turned out to be highly combustible.
O'Hagan's article appeared a month later. It may be that this report might have changed his view, or maybe there was something in the e-mails which would lead him to discount it. But the fact that he's seen some e-mails which don't include a specific request for cheaper cladding doesn't mean that the council should be absolved from responsibility.
Subsequent evidence to the Grenfell enquiry confirmed this view of tension between the TMO and tenants. Two months after the change in the nature of the cladding, Grenfell resident Ed Daffarn put in a freedom of information request to see the TMO minutes regarding refurbishment. This was refused because release might "prejudice the commercial interests of the contractor." (The Guardian 11.10.18) That suggests a set of priorities very different from those implied by Feilding-Mellen.
O'Hagan claimed that the council couldn't be held responsible for the fact that the cladding wasn't as fire-resistant as it should have been. That was the responsibility of the manufacturers, and this council, like all councils, was simply going about its business. Subsequent enquiries have shown that hundreds of tower blocks have been fitted with cladding which fails to meet safety standards.
On August 9, 2018, The Guardian reported that the TMO had received specific warnings from the fire service, and from an independent fire risk assessor. In June 2016 the assessor recommended action on more than forty "high-risk" issues. In October 2016 it asked why action had not been taken on more than twenty of these. In November 2016 the Fire and Emergency Planning Authority highlighted problems regarding fire doors and the possible spread of smoke, and demanded action by May 2017 (a month before the fire).
The council, therefore, was not in exactly the same position as other councils. There's a complex argument about allocating responsibility between RBKC and the TMO that served it, but someone should have been aware of the risks, and there was more that could have been done. Could it be that on this occasion The Guardian is providing facts which aren't as O'Hagan would like them to be?
O'Hagan vividly describes the rapid growth of the fire, and the speed with which the failure of a fridge inside one flat led to flames devouring the exterior of the entire building. Problems with fire doors allowed smoke to spread freely through the building. The immediate response of the fire brigade was small-scale, but it grew rapidly and there were times when the senior fire officer present had not had experience of this kind of fire. O'Hagan makes the judgement that the failure to change the "stay put" policy was a fatal mistake. Tony Sullivan, a firefighter who was present at Grenfell, wrote a long letter in the July 5 edition of the LRB, arguing that this was a drastic oversimplification of a complex issue. O'Hagan sticks to his guns. In a podcast, which coincided with the opening sessions of the Grenfell enquiry, he assures listeners that "the enquiry agrees with me."
Well, not quite.
O'HAGAN: "The biggest weakness, all my sources agreed, was the slowness in telling residents to evacuate. Quite simply, it caused nearly all of the 72 deaths."
DR. BARBARA LANE, Chartered Fire Engineer: "I consider the performance of the rainscreen fire cladding system to have been the primary cause of the failure of the required external firefighting at Grenfell Tower…In my opinion, it is not acceptable to expect the fire brigade to mitigate for combustible external wall construction in high-rise residential buildings."
But the people who get the roughest deal are the activists. In O'Hagan's view, they're clearly distinguished from the residents, a decent group who have no taste for agitation – although that crude distinction has since been strongly questioned. For O'Hagan the activists are a small, unrepresentative bunch who make a lot of noise but don't know what they're talking about:
"In any event, whatever the arguments, the members of the group, who would come to be seen as the wise men and women of the disaster, had a long history of objecting to the council and its representatives…
…a great deal of material, all of it characterized by a fundamental assumption of guilt, and many errors…
…I met with countless activists, and recorded what they said, checking it as I did with every witness. They had loud voices and good causes but what they didn't have was facts…
…I liked my cups of tea with the activists and was sad to disappoint them. But I knew they'd be OK: public opinion, that great and ceaseless legislator or fairness, was on their side…
…Like Hailstones', Delaney's journey towards truth goes on a different track; it passes through the places you know, speeds past inconvenience, stops only to pick up the usual suspects."
There isn't much argument going on here. He could offer us specific weaknesses in the activists' case, but prefers to sustain a breezy assumption that these people can safely be ignored.
In the June 21 edition of LRB two of the activists got the right of reply. It was a long, clear letter, which made two main points: (1) that O'Hagan had caricatured the Grenfell activists, and those who supported them; (2) that he'd criticized their political approach, while ignoring the political agenda of Tory leaders, who were dealt with in simply personal terms.
O'Hagan's reply began: "In reply to Grace Benton and Flora Neve, I would say simply that people can have their own opinions but they can't have their own facts." Note the loftiness of that "simply". It raises O'Hagan above the fray, where he can clearly see what's going on - they've got the opinions; guess who's got the facts? But this particular argument isn't about facts, it's about how people are presented. They were objecting to his misrepresentation of activists throughout the article, and he fails to address that.
O'Hagan continues: "Benton and Neve are right to defend the Grenfell Action Group; their basic mission was an admirable one, to protect the rights of tenants. But in my analysis their hatred of the Tories overshadowed their ability to bring about change. They spoke very effectively (and still do) to their supporters, but they couldn't build relationships with the other side…"
And RBKC, how did they do on that criterion? Were they good at building relationships "with the other side"? The dialogue between council and residents isn't a conversation between equals. It's a power relationship, in which RBKC not only make the decisions, but also decide how much they will listen to residents. In this particular case, the answer is "not much." Which helps to explain the anger with which some residents expressed their criticisms of the council, because previous attempts to put their case had been ignored.
This was pursued in the Talking Politics podcast, in which David Runciman interviewed O'Hagan about his article and the controversy it has aroused. Runciman gently suggested that the failure of the council to listen might outweigh the failure of activists to put their case, and O'Hagan agreed. Neither of them registered that this represented a significant change of attitude from the stance adopted in the original article.
This political aspect, about who has power and how it's used, was the core of Benton and Neve's second complaint. O'Hagan had accused them of being 'political' while he ignored the political dimension within which Kensington and Chelsea operated. His reply gave no sign that he understood that criticism, since he offered no response.
'Political', for O'Hagan, is a dirty word. His heroes are the people who want nothing to do with that stuff, innocents with their purity intact. "Hassan had lost everything but he didn't want to be on any committee or join any delegation; he didn't want to meet the prime minister or make the fire be about something else. He just wanted answers to his questions."
And somehow O'Hagan just knows that the answers Hassan seeks won't be in any way connected with the world of politics.
That's the dividing line which splits the residents into two groups, goodies and baddies. See if you can tell which is which:
"Several of the residents we spoke to – Antonio Roncolato, Karim Mussilhy, the Alvest family – were sympathetic to Grenfell United, the 'bereaved, survivors and community' group that has the ear of the prime minister, which they filled (both ears) with stories of how much they hate the council. Many of the survivors I spoke to had nothing to do with the group…"
"Several" against "many", but tucked away in that rowdy minority is Antonio Roncolato, the Grenfell veteran who survived for six hours on the tenth floor, not by being loud and angry but by being calm and rational. Could it be that O'Hagan didn't ask him about tenant-landlord relations because he guessed what the answer might be?
There is a brief moment, in his historical review of the area, when O'Hagan glimpses the political context:
"You begin to understand the ingrained resentment in Notting Dale when you hear stories of terrible treatment echoing down the years. Grenfell Tower is situated in a place where poor people have always had a hard time…" That could be the start of a very different analysis, which took account of the way in which that past injustice has been followed by the systematic regeneration taking place in London. Labour and Tory councils, strapped for cash, see their survival being ensured through selling attractive new homes to rich buyers, which requires the removal of unattractive and less profitable housing. The BBC documentary Before Grenfell (29.6.18) took exactly that approach, tracing how the 150 years leading up to the fire had established a pattern of inequality and neglect, against which residents have been campaigning for years.
In the podcast O'Hagan insists that he isn't providing answers, just raising questions, so that readers can decide for themselves what they think. It sounds reasonable, until you remember the front cover of the LRB edition which contained his article, and its provocative final sentence: "So we wiped our eyes, and blamed the council." That sounds like an answer to me.
O'Hagan isn't simply telling the story of Grenfell. He's also, very explicitly, correcting "the narrative." The narrative is the false story of the tower, in which the fire brigade are heroes above criticism, the council are the evil Tories responsible for the fire, and the activists are always right. This narrative is advanced by those same activists, and by the Government, as well as by the mainstream media and…well, pretty much everyone except O'Hagan.
There are clear signs that the nature of the project changed as it developed. Melanie Coles, a local teacher, wrote in a letter to the LRB of June 21 that she was "reassured by the fact that at least two people who lived locally were on O'Hagan's team."
What does a writer's 'team' look like, and what they do? We're more used to thinking about teams within journalism, but then this article is a mix of novelistic impression and journalistic analysis. For that it could be handy to have a team: they gather extra information, they offer alternative viewpoints, they get access to a wider range of contacts and – as in this case - provide street cred to reassure sceptical informants. On the other hand, their alternative viewpoints might be in conflict with those of the main writer. They might suggest things that he's left out, or that he's got wrong.
In Melanie Coles' case, a member of O'Hagan's team sent her this text, as an outline of his intentions:
"I'm asking the community to help me as only they can, to defy years of prejudice and corruption in local and national government, and let me tell the truth of Grenfell going back years."
It's an interesting pitch, but under the Trade Descriptions Act it wouldn't match the article which was eventually produced. That change in approach may help to explain the later dispute between Coles and O'Hagan about his use of her contribution.
What does O'Hagan think he's doing? Early on in his piece he describes the way this project developed:
"Initially, like everyone else, I felt angered by the sight of the burning building. In time, hoping to get to the bottom of what happened there, I set up an office near the tower and took on researchers so that we could examine everything…I came with my agenda and I wrote to everyone and I briefed my colleagues – "let's get the bastards who did this" - and I felt enthused by the general outrage, and by the people on the ground who appeared to be saying the right thing."
It's St. Paul describing the road to Damascus. "I did, really. I used to be like you. I was set on my route, thought I knew where I was going, when suddenly…"
"And then I listened more closely, and I began to notice the inventions, and I would check what was being said against the documents and e-mails and I could see the manipulations, great and small, but persistent."
He's granted a special insight into what's happening, and at the same time his working conditions are revised:
"I left the office after a while and ended up on my own again, testing everything that was said against what actually happened…and I saw something: a great many people, many of them appearing in the media every day, were spinning a series of beliefs and wishes into a great concatenation of 'facts'. "
He got the researchers "so that we could examine everything." Why did he lose them? Did the money run out? Was trying to "examine everything" too ambitious an aim? Did they come to different conclusions, or fail to produce the evidence he required? We're not told. But what matters is that there was a team, and then there wasn't. This became a solo mission, with O'Hagan in pursuit of the truth that only he can find. In the podcast, Runciman treats this as an entirely positive progression, with O'Hagan moving from unthinking shared anger towards a more considered, independent view. I'd argue that there are risks as well as advantages in that intense isolation.
He is both a novelist and a journalist, offering a sympathetic personal portrait of Nicholas Paget-Brown, but also exonerating him from blame. He privileges his distinctive role – "As a writer, you try not to be swayed by people's niceness…" - but doesn't acknowledge insight or assistance from anyone else, despite clear evidence that he's received plenty. It's a romantic, old-fashioned view of the solitary seer, and it contrasts with the approach of many contemporary novelists – Arundhati Roy, for example, or Jennifer Egan – whose acknowledgements of assistance are long and detailed. They don't see listening to others as a weakness; it's the surest way of getting to the truth.
Early in the podcast, O'Hagan describes "the sense of the individual writer", who faces a crucial choice:
"You either please the crowd, or you interrogate the data."
And at the end of it, he returns to this crude, dangerous opposition between the sensitive individual and the unthinking crowd, insisting that he stands by his position "because I found it genuinely, and not from a place of political bias." Are those the only alternatives? Could there be a form of bias which doesn't have political roots? Might a consistent anti-political stance create a bias of its own?
Where is the LRB in this? It's a huge commitment, to give 60,000 words of space to one story. If this were a communal effort, with different writers contributing to a thorough, wide-ranging survey, that would be understandable. But O'Hagan's study of Grenfell is a highly personal take on a controversial topic, with some very deliberate choices – criticising the fire brigade, exonerating the council, demonizing the activists. Did the LRB know that that's what they would get? Wouldn't tougher editing have removed some of the verbal flourishes which have infuriated O'Hagan's critics and weakened his arguments?
I don't have special contacts, inside information or expertise in this area. But simply by reading and asking questions I've raised some serious doubts about O'Hagan's approach. In publishing this lengthy piece the LRB have freed up a lot of editorial time which would otherwise have gone elsewhere. I'm surprised that no-one in their organisation seems to have shared any of my misgivings about the finished article.
An article that long, in that publication, immediately claims some kind of status. If you ask literate adults in the UK where to look for an authoritative account of Grenfell, a lot of them would say "O'Hagan, in the LRB. " Two of their readers in the subsequent correspondence praised it as a model approach, worthy of replication and detailed study.
Given the arguments which have followed its publication, is the LRB happy to stand by their decision to authorize this account? Do they have no comment on the subsequent correspondence, which contains serious indictments of O'Hagan's approach?
And yes, I did send them this article. They looked at it for a month, said that they welcomed it and looked forward to the continuing debate, but that it was a matter of policy not to print articles about previous articles. I don't understand why that is, and in my view the publication of a 60,000 word article creates a whole new precedent, but that's their decision. I'll be interested to see how they go about promoting the further debates to which they look forward.
Don't get me wrong. There's a lot of good things in this article. It's had a huge amount of thought and care put into it. The descriptions of the occupants, and the development of the fire, are movingly done. There is a large number of sensitive interviews, where careful listening and intelligent detail put across the experience of a wide range of people. There are issues where it provides revealing insight and a corrective to some of the wilder media reports – the tactics of the May government, the positive nature of life in the tower, the hysteria over the calculation of casualty numbers. It's a hugely ambitious attempt, to do all this as well as a technical analysis of the structure of the building and a history of the local area.
Maybe it was the blogs and the tweets, the lack of subtlety in their public pronouncements, that made O'Hagan dismiss the activists, and simplify the role of the council. But in both cases he stands back from the politics with distaste, and leaves a weakness at the core of his account – the image of the man on the Damascus road, who suddenly saw the light. O'Hagan was lucky to get all this space in which to air his views, but he's a good enough writer to know that that doesn't necessarily give him the final word.
Paul Francis
October 2018
Andrew O'Hagan "The Tower", in LRB (7.6.18), and subsequent correspondence (21.6.18, 5.7.18)
ASH (Architects for Social Housing) report – "The Truth about Grenfell Tower" (21.7.17)
Talking Politics podcast, David Runciman and Andrew O'Hagan (20.6.18)
Reports from The Guardian, referenced in the text.


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Front Porch Magazine
April 2015 (pg. 3)
In celebration of National Poetry Month, local artists and poets have teamed up at Water Street Studio on Sophia Street to illustrate the ways art and writing influence one another. Come out and view their inventive collaboration and join the festivities on First Friday, April 3, 2015. Runs through April 2015


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When buying a used piano it's important to keep in mind that one man's "perfect working order" can be another man's piano-shaped table, so you ought to do some research on what to look for before you hand over the cash and lug it home.
Fortunately, Annie Grieshop, a registered piano technician and piano columnist, is on hand to share her hard-earned knowledge of second-hand pianos.
The newest student needs the piano that plays and sounds best. So if you get an old clunker from somebody's basement, don't be surprised if you give up trying to make music on it. With that said, there are a few things to consider before you even look at a piano:
First, what size/style of piano are you looking for? Here's a basic chart of the differences. Now you know the correct terminology (regardless of what ads or sellers might say to the contrary). Most people really don't know anything about pianos, so you are already better prepared!
The easiest way to buy a piano is to go to a reputable music store and try out all their pianos. If you don't play, take along a friend who does. If you can't find anyone to go with you, ask the salesperson to play all of the pianos that interest you, so you can hear the difference in tone.
Music stores are almost always more expensive than private sales – they have to be, to pay their staff and the electric bill. But when you buy a piano privately, you don't get a warranty and can't take it back, so you have to know you're getting something good.
The best way to ensure you get something good is to take your piano technician with you to check out the piano. If your tech can't or won't go with you, find out who has been working on the piano for its current owners, and talk to that person. The owners don't remember who tuned it last? They haven't had it tuned "for a while"? Ah, well now you know something very important about the piano you're thinking about buying: it has not been maintained properly.
That might not be the kiss of death, although it should make you much more cautious. Some pianos are so well-made that they can survive abuse and neglect. Others can't. So now you need to know how to tell the difference…
Download the free piano shopping checklist!
If you like to have your info nice and simple, download this checklist to make your search for a new piano stress-free!
Here are 14 basic things to listen, look, and feel for when inspecting a used piano.
First off, look at the keys.
- Are they level from one end of the piano to the other? (A very slight arch in the middle is a good thing.) Any keys that are "bottomed out", just sitting there, have broken parts. Thank the nice people and leave....
- When you look at their vertical ends, do you see a square or a rectangle? The more square, the better.
- When you push them, do they go down about 3/8"? Any more than that, and the piano will be tiring to play and won't work correctly.
- Can you move the keys far enough sideways that they hit each other? That's a sign of dried-out or missing felt and will need fixing eventually.
- Play from one end to the other with a very light and consistent touch. Do all the notes make a sound? If not, the piano needs regulation, at least.
- Is the tuning pretty consistent from one end to the other? Play the same note in three or four different octaves simultaneously to really check for tuning consistency.
Now open the piano and examine the strings and action parts.
- Do the wooden parts of the keys look as though they have been chewed? Are there stains on the wood or the strings? Mice have been living in there.
- Are any strings missing?
- Does the piano have all its hammers and dampers? (Note, dampers only go so far up, and the top 20 or so notes don't have any.)
- Feel the hammers for softness (if they feel dry and hard, the sound will be thin and hard) and look for wear.
- Do the hammers look as though little bits of them are missing? Are there holes in the felt? That is insect damage. If they ate the hammers, they probably ate other felt parts and the piano has sat without being played for some time. Playing kills the bug eggs, and it's bug larvae that do the damage.
And finally, open the bottom of the piano and inspect the pedals, the bridges and the general condition of that area.
- Pedals should move freely and quietly. By the time you push down 1/2", you should feel resistance and see movement in the action (dampers lifting, the hammer rail moving).
- Look for any signs of mildew or water damage. If a piano has been flooded, this is where you'll find the evidence. It's more common than you might think....
- Finally, look up the piano's serial number so you really know how old it is. Owners usually know when the piano came into their household, but they rarely know its true age.
Where to find the serial number?
Upright piano: inside, near or on the top, near the tuning pins, often stamped into the wood. Newer pianos might have a metal plate on the end/inside or have the number stamped on the back/outside.
Grand piano: originally on the metal plate, near the tuning pins. If the plate has been repainted, the number might be gone. In that case, look on the soundboard, near the hinge closer to the keys. Not there? You'll need to remove a leg....
With the maker's name and the serial number, you can have your technician look it up.
Annie is the proprietor of Greishop Piano Service in Iowa, USA, she also writes for the Piano Technician's Guild Journal, the Iowa Music Teacher and the Wapsipinicon Almanac. For more information check out allthingspiano.com.


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Dear Mr. Tannahill,
Though you live far away from me in Kansas, I was inspired by your clever tactic to continue giving away assault rifles on the campaign trail even after the latest US school massacre. It shows gumption and tenacity and a true understanding of your people, all of which will stand you well when you take office.
All the more bizarre then that I'm writing this letter to suggest alternatives to your pioneering gimmick!
This isn't because I really believe I can offer you anything better. I'm just thinking of this political high wire act we're all walking at the moment and of the fake news bombarding us from all sides. We really need to be thinking on our feet with such a miasma hanging over our heads.
If you would permit me then, Mr. Tannahill, here are five sure-fire alternatives to your AR-15 giveaway that I believe would improve your candidacy, the United States government and your constituency all in one.
In Cyprus, where I live, when men want to feel "safe" and "powerful", we simply wait for the streets to clear of all female elements and hang our members out the window until a "challenger" appears. If there is no challenger, we continue to hang in the wind, gloating. If a challenger does appear and we are bested, we buy a longer walking stick.
Give away a hand grenade instead. Hand grenades wreak just as much carnage and enjoy much more positive press. When was the last time someone hand-grenaded a school? Plus, Walmart has just started selling them in Florida. Now is your chance!
For five weeks before your next political campaign, smack your head against a brick wall for two hours in the morning and once again before you go to bed. This therapy may give you new insights into gun control.
Introduce evolution back into your school system. If you think the apes are giving us "bad genes", just think about what an upgrade the primate would be for you and your fellow Kansans, who have long been suspected to be the sons and daughters of syphilitic prairie dogs.
Consider other employment, sir. I hear the position of Junior Varsity Badminton Coach has recently opened up at Lee's Summit High School. When that position is filled, I'm sure they'll be looking for someone of your gumption, tenacity and understanding to pick up the dirty towels.
Max Sheridan


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…. and not much to show for it.
Our friend Kathryn is bringing her daughter for a visit to Concordia and they are going to stay here. This weekend was spent digging out the guest room, which to my mind was not that bad. The beds were made already, and we could just shuffle all the junk down to the basement, but noooooo. Lloyd had to actually gut everything and try to find homes for it all. The car is full of things to go to our respective schools and Goodwill, the trash can is filled to the brim, and there is also junk that was moved to the basement.
I made a stab at cleaning the rest of the house in my ADD fashion. (Lloyd gets more done in an hour than I do in a day.) You know your house is messy when you clean a room, look around and think, "That was a good first pass."
Anyway, it's clean enough for friends. 🙂


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December 2017
Fashion by Foot Q&A with Donna Cameron
James Fox of Inner Circle magazine speaks to Donna Cameron about her new venture, Fashion by Foot
July 2017
The empowering reason behind the Celine Dion fashion moment 2017
Donna speaks to Mamamia regarding the significance of Celine Dion's style resurgence.
August 2016
Healthy Bones Action Week
Spotlight on fit, fab & 50 - Donna Cameron
Donna was selected to be a Fit, Fab and 50 Champion, encouraging women to guard against potential onset of osteoporosis.Read about Donna's take on the importance of bone health and fashion tips for women in their fifties.
January 2016
AICI Global
Style up with upcycling
Donna discusses embracing upcycling as a solution to excess consumption as well as to create something special.
December 2015
Daily Life
The moment I knew I'd had enough
Donna describes why she enjoys working with Body Map.
View original article
May 2015
Certain Women
Wellbeing & Style by Body Map
Nadine and Donna speak to Mary Goldsmith about their backgrounds, business philosophy and how they work with clients.
October 2014
Smart Healthy Women
Mood boost
Donna explains how making one small change to either the inside or outside of your body impacts both.
December 2013
Women's Health & Fitness
How to look good (almost) naked
Read about how swimwear shopping became a lot less painful for two women who sought Nadine and Donna's guidance.
September 2013
Women's Health & Fitness
Shape shifting
Donna speaks to the Women's Health & Fitness magazine, September issue, about changing body shapes throughout the twentieth century:


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Ttile: DAMAGES INCURRED
Author: J.R. Gray
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Release Date: 7th July 2015
This is the fourth installment in the 'Bound' series, which I would classify as a contemporary M/M erotic romance, containing skilfully and tastefully written BDSM.
This was a long-awaited book for me, as I am a huge admirer of the entire series.
Thankfully, it proved to be more than worth the wait.
In my mind, the fourth book in this series stands out a little from the others.
Firstly, it is slightly darker and goes in a little deeper; a mini-study in the psychology of guilt, failure and internal confusion. In addition, it contains a faster-paced action. The plot is engaging and the events flow smoothly. There is also more head hopping this time and I really enjoyed this rich multiple POV perspective, provided in the third person narrative.
There is also a bit less sex than I expected. It is not exactly a criticism and fair enough, the characters are kept pretty busy trying to find and save Elliot and dealing with their own rapidly accumulating problems. Although I must confess I am a little resentful J.R. Gray did not allow a Zac and Jared encounter, when the air is clearly sizzling around them – a wonderful combination of animosity laced with enormous sexual tension.
The best shiver-inducing sex scene in the book undoubtedly happens between Rafael and Daniel during their stalking role-play in the club. I loved the whole concept, damn sexy!
I was positively intrigued by Eric, a newly introduced character, who could potentially shake things up a little and constitute a serious threat to Jessie and George's relationship in the future.
I loved and simultaneously hated the ending; cliffhanging, on-the-edge-of-your-seat kind of finale. I am quite sure the Author had tons of wicked fun writing it, being a self-confessed sadist. However, I must grudgingly admit – it does make for a great setup for the next story.
There are three major factors I find particularly appealing about Gray's writing in general.
The first one is the ability to develop multi-dimensional and compelling characters. Gray seems to be drawn, like myself, to what is broken, deeply flawed or permanently bruised; we share a fascination for the themes of mental trauma, psychological scarring and guilt. This results in Grey creating a set of tantalisingly complex characters with darker personality traits, struggling with unresolved past emotional issues influencing their present. There is plenty of heart-wringing angst, shadowiness and imperfection featuring in Gray's books and that is precisely the way I like it. No trace of overbearingly mushy naivety, characteristic of so many romances.
The second aspect is the ability to write BDSM erotica in an aesthetic and refined manner but also, and more importantly, in a way that is authentic and believable for the reader. I could not possibly count all the books I have read, written by authors with obvious no real life BDSM experience, that made me squirm, wince or even burst out laughing at the awkwardness and phoniness when I was supposed to feel highly aroused and erotically inflamed. Many books sound downright ridiculous when meant to be sensual and titillating, due to the lack of factual accuracy or true understanding of the subject. That is NEVER the case with Gray. It all rings true and my God, it is bloody hot!
The third thing I find appealing is Gray's style of writing. Natural, concise and precise, void of unnecessary words with a hint of humour.
In essence, J.R. Gray delivered yet again for me. I give this book a 4.5 rating. Legally Bound, the first book in the series, remains thus far my favourite with Damages Incurred not far behind. It is an excellent, witty, gripping and moreish read. I will be impatiently anticipating the next installment in the 'Bound' series (and hopping next time Zac will get to have plenty of sex….)


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Laurie Sherwood
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW
Accepting new clients for morning, daytime, and evening appointments
Teenagers (13 - 18)
Young adults / college students (18 - 24)
Mon: 8:00am-8:00pm
Tue: 8:00am-8:00pm
Wed: 8:00am-8:00pm
Thu: 8:00am-8:00pm
Fri: 8:00am-8:00pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed
Specialties & expertise
- Depression
- Insomnia
- Couples counseling
- Anxiety
- Mindfulness
- Addictions
Professional statement
Laurie Sherwood is a highly seasoned Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker bringing over forty years of experience to private practice in Newton, MA. Laurie uses a mindfulness-based approach to depression, anxiety, substance use, relationship challenges, insomnia, and couples counseling. Laurie applies her vast skill set to attend to the client as a whole person, creating a safe and productive environment for emotional healing.
Laurie provides compassionate care to a wide range of clients. A major focus of her practice is work with couples, including balancing the relationship and one's own needs within the context of parenting, transitioning to an empty nest, and maintaining sexual connection and intimacy. With a background in addiction work, Laurie also sees clients with challenges related to sex addiction, binge eating, gambling, alcohol, and illicit substance use.
Laurie is dedicated to continually building on her therapeutic experience and is also trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia, a skills-based approach to sleep challenges. She helps provide relief to individuals suffering from sleep deprivation, fears, and anxiety.
Laurie identifies herself as a consultant to her clients, helping them to fully realize their goals and potential with a focus on each individual's strengths. Laurie brings a clinically adept, nonjudgemental, and empathetic approach to every unique situation.
Depression – Sleep and energy disruption, overall mood disturbance, inability to enjoy yourself, and difficulty being motivated, amongst many other symptoms
Anxiety – Generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks
Substance use – Prevent and reduce challenges related to tobacco, marijuana, and/or alcohol, such as anxiety, depression, and challenges in relationships
Couples counseling – Improving communication and problem solving skills with couples from all gender and sexual identities
Mindfulness – Using practices such as breathing and meditation to cope with daily struggles
Insomnia – Sleep hygiene; sleep issues related to anxiety and life transitions
General expertise
Self harm – Injuring of body tissue without suicidal intentions, including but not limited to cutting, burning, scratching, and hitting
Trauma – Including dealing with past sexual assault, childhood trauma, environmental trauma (e.g. witnessing/experiencing violence), PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
Grief and loss – Processing the loss of a loved one, any form of grief; processing the emotional aspects of personal illness or the illness of a loved one
Laurie Sherwood is not in network with any insurances.
Read about the benefits of seeing an out-of-network provider here.
Out-of-pocket fees
Initial & ongoing sessions: $175 (50min)
Sliding scale: A sliding scale is offered to clients who need a reduced fee to receive therapy.
Therapist's note: Laurie can provide you with paperwork for reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network sessions.
Message to clients
"It is my hope and intention to offer a warm, welcoming, and peaceful space in which to work as we learn together what most needs compassion and attention in you. From there we will facilitate the strengthening of your natural internal (and external) resources in order to meet whatever challenges may be present as you grow toward the best life you have envisioned for yourself.
Treatment approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)In cognitive behavioral therapy, you work with a therapist in a structured way, attending a limited number of sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps you become aware of inaccurate or negative thinking, so you can view challenging situations more clearly and respond to them in a more effective way. (learn more)
Family SystemsFamily systems theory views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems thinking to describe the complex interactions in the unit. Family system therapy may be used to address conflict stemming from the family unit by working on a client's ability to maintain individuality while maintaining emotional contact with the group. (learn more)
Mindfulness Based Stress ReductionMindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBCR) brings together the healing benefits of meditation and yoga to reduce stress, anxiety, and autonomic responses. (learn more)
Mindfulness PracticesMindfulness practices include but are not limited to developing awareness, attention, and remembering. In mindfulness-informed therapy, clients develop tools to become aware of what is occurring within and around them, so they can begin to untangle from mental preoccupations and difficult emotions. Self-acceptance and compassion are also core elements of mindfulness-informed therapy. (learn more)
Psychoanalytic TherapyPsychoanalytic therapy tends to look at experiences from early childhood to see if these events have affected the individual's life, or potentially contributed to current concerns. This form of therapy is considered a long-term choice and can continue for weeks, months or even years depending on the depth of the concern being explored. Psychoanalytic therapy aims to make deep-seated changes in personality and emotional development. (learn more)
Supportive TherapySupportive psychotherapy is used primarily to reinforce a patient's ability to cope with stressors by giving clients the opportunity to express their feelings and thoughts about the issues. Clinicians help patients learn how to move forward and make decisions or changes that may be necessary to adapt, either to an acute change, such as the loss of a loved one or severe disappointment, or to a chronic situation, such as an ongoing illness. (learn more)
Education and work experience
Private practice, 1982 - Present
Bay State Community Services Substance Abuse Program, Consultant, 1994 - 1996
Visiting Nurse Association Hospice Staff, Consultant, 1998 - 2000
OmniHealth Employee Assistance Program, Consultant, Counselor, and Coordinator of Clinical Services, 1990 - 1995
West-Ros-Park MHC, Psychotherapist, Crisis Manager, Consultant, and Supervisor, 1986 -1990
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Consultant and Supervisor, 1984 - 1986
The Newton Court Clinic, School Consultant and Member of Newton-Wellesley Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Team, 1979 - 1984
The Free Clinic of Lake County, Clinical Social Worker/Psychotherapist, 1977 - 1979
Case Western Reserve University, School of Applied Social Sciences, Mental Health Concentration, MSW, 1977
Kenyon College,Theology, BA, 1973


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wendy wahl
about the artist
Wendy Wahl's layered creations express her views on the connections between nature and culture. By utilizing thousands of pages from discarded volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book and the Columbia Dictionary, her art becomes a commentary on the links between the written and spoken word and the visual arts. Wahl's compositions at first appear as topographical reliefs, but on closer inspection reveal their creative DNA stems from anachronistic printed text and materials which at one time were the basis for a now bygone collective consciousness.
Wahl is an artist, designer and educator with thirty years of professional experience. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is in many private and public collections including The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Museum (NY) and The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Her public works include a commission for the entrance of SOFA at the Park Avenue Armory, New York and have been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (MI), the Newport Art Museum (RI), and Fuller Craft Museum (MA). She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and the WSJ.
Beginning in 1985 she has taught for RISD in Continuing Education, has been a lecturer at the University and Community College of Rhode Island and most recently at the New School, Parsons. Currently she is involved in an arts and healthcare project with the RI State Council on the Arts and the Department of Health.


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