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Instagram: @allyvot
Hometown: Iowa City
Years of experience: 7
How I found HABA: Word of mouth.
My ideal hair aesthetic: Natural looking, healthy, easy to grow out.
What I bring to the salon floor: Creating solid relationships with my guests.
My golden rule of beauty is: The lower maintenance the better.
My favorite quality in a HABA client: Someone who places their trust in me.
Main style inspirations: Myself in sweatpants.
Favorite things to do after HABA closes: Nap.
Favorite film: Alice in Wonderland.
My secret trade (un-hair related): I am a candy connoisseur!
Fictional character you most relate to: April Ludgate
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Dog hair and diarrhoea
Well, school holidays are a laugh a minute, aren't they? Especially when it's raining. And even more so when ALL THREE KIDS ARE SICK. Yep, we've gone for the trifecta these school holidays, and the cracks are beginning to show.
It all started when I offered to dog sit last week. Now, some might say that the mother of a child with a dog allergy perhaps shouldn't offer to dog sit. But I … well … I forgot. I forgot! And then I remembered, but figured he'd have probably grown out of it, and anyway it was a short-haired dog, so what's the worse that could happen? Eh? Oh that's right, he could end up in hospital. Yep. Ben spent Friday night in A&E because he couldn't breathe. Mother of the year, right here.
To the dog's credit, she was LOVELY, and we ended up keeping her and sending Ben to my parent's for a couple of nights, which was a pretty fair swap if you ask me.
Before this, on the rainiest day of them all, I took all three (Ben gasping and wheezing, like that kid from Malcolm in the Middle) to a bouncy castle place that's just opened. I realised we'd made a terrible, terrible mistake when the first person I saw was a man with a tattooed head. Now, my mother didn't teach me much, but "never trust a man with a tattooed head" was definitely one of her golden rules. So yeah, there was a man with a tattooed head. And a cash-only policy, with the ATM being one of those ridiculous machines that charges $23 per transaction and spits the money out with venom and ridicule. You know the ones. And I knew, instinctively, that this wasn't the place for us. It was split into three age zones, which is great in theory, but in practice meant that massive great teenagers were bounding through the littlies section and knocking them over and forcing me to become my dad, giving them THE GLARE and telling them to watch themselves, or else, and drawing my finger across my throat. So we left, sharpish.
So you're getting the picture, yeah? Ben: gasping for breath and coughing over-enthusiastically. (And god, I'm sorry, but over-enthusiastic coughing to me is like fingernails down the blackboard to others. I TOTALLY GET the whole struggling-to-breathe thing, but must he make such a song and dance about it? Must he?) The dog: lovely, but allergy inducing. The rain: relentless. Me: halfway to losing it. And then Frankie gets croup. YES, doctor-who-told-me-it-wasn't-the-season-for-croup, CROUP. And I'm all, like, just give me the fucking steroids, doc, and he's, like, no, croup season is a good month away, and I'm, well, I'm all: "Okay, thank you, sorry for bothering you," because I'm British and I have no balls. So, as a result of my absence of balls, we've had three solid nights of Frankie barking like a seal. In our bed. Lying horizontally and kicking like an epileptic starfish/seal.
Okay, so you're getting this? Dog and rain and allergic reactions and school holidays and croup? Because it gets better! It really does! Because then Alice gets the shits! The shits! At first I think she's just done a really explosive poo, so I change her, and think we're safe to leave her nappy off for a few minutes while I sort out the shrapnel from the poo explosion. Cue every mother in the land snorting with laughter, because as every good mum knows, we're NEVER SAFE. So yeah, Alice came and sat on my lap. And shat on me. And while I was cleaning that mess up she went and shat on the sofa. I spent the morning on my hands and knees sniffing the poo trail, and disinfecting as I went. It was great fun! And now somehow her diarrhoea has turned into a spectacular cold, with green snot just to liven things up and drip into her mouth when we're trying to take a family photo.
But HEY, things are on the up. Ben's back to normal (his version of normal, anyway) and in "brilliant big brother mode", which is ace, while it lasts. The sun's shining, and Alice appears to have stopped shitting herself. The best part? It's Friday, and Paul's home, and wine time is but a mouse-click away. Happy weekend, y'all!


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My son just finished up his junior high basketball season and watching him and his patient and passionate coaching staff, I made the following observation: the game isn't won or lost just by the skill of the players or even by the teamwork of the individuals, but also by the momentum or pace of the game. Even in professional sports, in leagues like the NBA or FIFA, games are often won or lost for reasons that have little to do with player capability, and everything to do with player performance, which has a context on the court or field, and in the minds of the players. Just like anything, there is a balance between speed, quality, and scope and in sport, as in business, pace can account for a lot.
Sometimes you must speed up. When the other team needs time to set up their play or you want the kids to keep the head in the game, I observed how useful it can be to speed up the game play. To pass the ball more. To run a play quickly to take the other team off-guard. Our local college football team, the University of Oregon Ducks, made a strategy in the last few years of the "hurry up offense," which played the athleticism of the team and could effectively wear out opponents by not giving them time to rest or set-up.
Staying ahead of the competition requires some hurry up offense in business as well. Sometimes the spoils go to the company that is first to market with an innovation, who out maneuvers their competitors in devising winning channel programs, or who establishes a new category, positioning their products as the benchmark to which other offerings are compared. Although the idea of a "first mover advantage" is often-overstated (as market pioneering is a high-risk strategy), there is something to be said about being first to do things well. Marvin Lieberman and Steven Blank have both written that what is often attributed as a "first mover advantage" is often a "fast follower" advantage instead. In any case, it requires a speed and responsiveness to take advantage of market shifts, technology changes, and customer insights to deliver sustainable advantage.
Sometimes you should slow down. My son's coach would often counsel the boys to slow the game down when their play because too erratic or error-filled. Sometimes they'd let the game get the best of them and make simple mistakes. Just slowing down the game, improved their ball handling, their passing, and their shooting percentages.
Sometimes this is true in business as well. As a person with a well-developed sense of urgency, I want to rush into new ideas or start experiments without all the information. Sometimes this works well, but often if you take a moment to bring other team mates on board, to plan for contingencies, or to research alternatives, you can arrive at a better outcome. "As fast as possible, as slow as necessary" can be a much better approach.
Momentum affects your perception of the outcome. Of course, "momentum" is a physics concept describing the ability of an object to continue moving because of its mass and velocity. But in sport, psychological momentum is the effect that preceding events have on the perception of the probability of winning or losing. Sports commentators will often comment on momentum changes in a game and credit momentum with changes of energy or confidence. A team on a "hot streak" will inevitably win the game, it seems. Teams that are on the losing end of a change of momentum, can appear to do nothing right.
Whether momentum actually affects the outcome or simply the mindset of the players (causing them to get flustered or make simple mistakes) can be debated and has been the topic of articles in the Journal of Sports Behavior, Perceptual and Motor Skills, Journal of Applied Sports Psychology, and Cognitive Psychology, to name a few. The consensus appears to be that the concept of a "hot hand" is a fallacy. In fact, a study conducted by Jonathan Koehler and Caryn Conley and published in the Journal of Sports and Exercise Psychology sought to find evidence of sequential dependency across shots and in general they found that no shooter they studied had significantly more runs that would have been predicted by chance. Yet, there is a perception among fans and players alike that momentum can change the confidence of the players and the energy of the game.
The same is true in a business context. If a sales person is rejected three times in a row, they are a bit less confident the fourth time. If a marketing team perceives that the customer has launched a winning innovation, they can begin to doubt their strategies and might pre-maturely abandon what would have been a better approach long-term. Companies with strong brands can leverage their reputation to a string of successes which are made easier by their valuable brand or history of innovation, but it hardly guarantees product success. If the scale of the risks matches the appetite and capabilities of the company, nothing in a business context is truly final or fatal. If you treat your customers with respect, you nearly always have time to course correct and make changes. But only if the leadership keeps their problem-solving wits about them and applies what they have learned in failure to their next opportunity for the win. No company has a "hot hand" forever. And no company is a chronic loser, if they are taking advantage of the learnings along the way. And they remember the things that are within their control and seek to maximize their choices along the way.
I have spent my career in technology, where the pace of change and innovation is high. This has illustrated to me vividly the importance of controlling the pace of the game you are playing. Going quickly when the circumstances allow. Slowing down with the circumstances warrant. And keeping your head in the game, in good times and in bad. And with great teamwork and customer engagement, the record can show great results!
This article was posted on LinkedIn Pulse.


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If you are suffering from painful varicose veins, then it can be a serious issue which you cannot just brush aside. You may find skin infection or blood clot is being formed on the affected areas. In such situation, you must consult your doctor for necessary treatment.
If you don't pay any attention to your painful varicose veins condition then it may slowly worsen and certain new complication may develop. In certain cases, you may also have to do enlever une varice.
Following problems may develop if you ignore painful varicose veins problem.
Leg swelling
When the pressure is build-up within the veins, fluid of the blood may leak into various other tissues surrounding it and as a result, there can be swelling in the leg. When you remove your socks then you will find very tight sensation on the skin. Also, you may find difficulty in wearing the shoes. There can be yellowish fluid leaking out of the skin. In due course of time the color of the skin may change.
Skin ulcers
If the swelling condition remains for a pretty long time then in due course of time the color of the skin may change. In such situation, if you suffer any minor injuries then your skin will not heal properly. That is because the flow of oxygen and nutrients is limited in the affected tissues. If they remain untreated for a long time then it can become a non-healing type of ulcer.
Skin infection
Due to swelling the skin on the affected areas will get stretched which will reduce its defence mechanism against any type of infection. Bacteria present within the skin can easily create certain infection on the skin. The affected area may become red and warm and therefore you will need medicine for treating your skin infection. If the swelling can be reduced then too skin infection can be treated.
When varicose veins occur then larger amount of blood is accumulated under the skin. In case, the vein gets damaged then there can be excessive bleeding and it may take much longer time to stop bleeding if any injury takes place.
There can be blood clot developed in a varicose vein. Usually, it is observed that around 3% of people who are having varicose veins can develop blood clots. The affected area becomes too painful, warm to touch and the veins can become hard.


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ROC Spotlight Series - Jaime Saunders
What are you reading?
I tend to have a stack of books, all partially read, by my bedside or downloaded and waiting on my kindle. I mostly read non-fiction – always have, with a little Harry Potter sprinkled in for good measure.
Right now my nightstand has:
· Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High (I like to find common ground and win-win situations whenever possible)
· But He Never Hit Me: the Devastating Cost of Non-Physical Abuse to Girls and Women (Dr. Jill Murray is our keynote for Willow's May 10 luncheon – I hope to read as many of her books before then.)
· Hamilton (a recent gift filled with the lyrics, behind the scenes images and stories of how it came to be)
· Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the 7 Transitions to Adulthood (as my 8 year old daughter often says things like a 20 year old, I need all the help I can get)
· 5 Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (I pretty much adore all things by Patrick Lencioni. He is very insightful about the human dynamic and is very pragmatic in his advice to get so many divergent interests, skills and approaches to row in the same direction).
Recently I have fallen in love with the Apple News feature on my ipad which aggregates news from all major news and smaller publications and tailors it to your interests. Mine is filled with the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Guardian, HGTV, PBS, Vogue, Food Network, and Entrepreneur. This has become a daily ritual to get the latest from a variety of sources and perspectives. Not to mention inspiration for new meals to try.
What are you listening to?
Our house is filled with music – from my kids practicing cello or recorder to the portable Bluetooth speakers that travel with us inside and out. My husband always has music on and I enjoy listening to what he discovers. Lately it has been psychedelic West African funk from the 1970s – the Hygrades, P.R.O., and Witch. My own Spotify account is filled with Bjork, Blonde Readhead, David Grey and Bill Evans.
Right now on my way to work, although I am very late in the game, I am listening to Hamilton the Musical for the first time. I am enjoying it immensely with such talent, fast prose, and the full pride of the birth of our nation 240 years ago as the great experiment of democracy. I hope the production travels to Rochester!
What is the last album or song that you downloaded?
Giant by The The for my 10 year old son.
Do you have a favorite podcast(s)?
I haven't really explored podcasts. I do watch various Tedtalks and postings through Apple News that I enjoy. A TedTalk that changed my way of thinking is Dr. Nadine Burke Harris who speaks so engagingly about how our early childhood experiences impact our lifetime of health. This is revolutionary in how we engage with others, what services we provide and how we as a community approach collective solutions through this lens.
What are you currently watching on TV?
My mind is always going so I enjoy a little brain candy TV as a distraction. After making decisions all day long, I tend to find a series on Netflix or Amazon Prime and just keep watching all the episodes straight through over a month so I do not have to make a decision of what to watch when I want to relax. Right now I am rewatching the entire 30 Rock series which just gets better each season. I am almost done watching The Crown on Netflix which has been opulent and fun to see past world events (especially the Great Fog episode).
My classic go-to favorite will always be any episode from West Wing and I am waiting for the next season of House of Cards. Unfortunately I finished the Danish political drama series Borgen – as I didn't want it to end! I like watching Anthony Bourdain's food travels to nontraditional places. The most recent Jim Gaffigan TV special was hysterical.
What is the last movie you saw?
For family night we are watching movies from the 1980s which has been fun to relive. We just watched the sweet film, Batteries Not Included (1987) and last month we watched all 3 of the Back to the Future films.
Of note - it seems that "PG" ratings in the 1980s are the modern day "PG 13" or "R". Watching these movies with my kids has opened up interesting conversations to say the least.
Who are you following on Twitter?
I mostly use Twitter as another way to get news and information. I follow most media outlets and news reporters, domestic violence advocacy groups, Willow Center, our elected officials and friends. Locally, I do find Bob Duffy's posts quite entertaining and of course Mark Siwiec is always posting interesting tidbits and images of lovely dream homes.
How do you spend your Sundays?
Putting this in writing sounds so boring (!), but for the first few hours I am cleaning out my work emails and do any writing I need for the upcoming week. I find my mind is best first thing in the morning no matter the day and I enjoy getting my ideas down on paper to clear it out so I can then focus on other things. When you love what you do – this doesn't seem like work.
By 9am we are having pancakes and veggie sausages – a Sunday tradition. Giving my husband John a griddle two years ago was one of my better life decisions.
Then the usual life activities of cleaning the house and soccer practice. Sundays will include much crafting with my daughter who is so creative with the bits and pieces of materials we have around the house. The best Sundays with my son are when we grab a sandwich and go 'train hunting' and end up parked in one of our favorite train watching spots. Car conversations with your kids are simply priceless and I try to soak them up. I never knew there were so many trains running on Sundays, but the tracks are always busy and full – just like life.


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Q: Are you experienced?
A: Very! I've been a full time wedding photographer for over 10 years and have photographed hundreds of weddings. We've photographed at many of Houston's finest venues. Everything in nature from Catholic churches, Downtown ballrooms, all inclusive venues, backyards, beaches, chapels, barns and country clubs just to name a few.
Q: Are you just one of those natural light photographers?
No! Our experience far surpasses natural light settings. We have been professionally trained in OCF (Off Camera Flash) and are very comfortable in all types of lighting scenarios. Dimly lit churches with a lot of photography restrictions or candle-lit ballrooms don't get us in a frenzy. In fact, the ever changing environments is one of the aspects of our job that we love most.
Q: Do you shoot film or digital?
A: We are digital photographers and shoot with Canon 5D Mark IV cameras, top of the line Canon L series lenses, and we always carry back-up equipment.
Q: Color and B&W?
A: Yes.
Q: Will you travel?
A: Absolutely! We will travel anywhere! No place is too far!
Q: How many people work with you at a wedding?
A: I always bring a second photographer. I prefer the additional perspective. Sometimes an assistant will come along to make 3 of us.
Q: How many images do you usually take at the wedding?
A: After editing for the best images, you will usually end up with somewhere around 600-750 images. The amount of images depend greatly on the amount of coverage, circumstances, etc. (But don't worry… we won't leave out any of the good stuff!)
Q: Do I own the copyright to my pictures?
A: Sarah Ainsworth Photography holds the copyright to all images taken. Along with the USB of your images you will receive a signed "Rights to Print" form that gives you permission for personal use, such as making prints, posting on your Facebook, etc. This release is specific to the bride and groom alone and it cannot be transferred or sold to anyone else.
Q: How long will it take to get my digital images from my wedding or portrait session?
A: About 4-6 weeks for weddings and 3 weeks for portrait sessions.
Q: How long will it take to get my prints once I've placed my print order?
A: About 2-3 weeks.
Q: How long have you been a wedding photographer?
A: I photographed my first wedding in 2007 and have loved it ever since. I fall more in love with my job after each wedding I shoot. I have always loved the excitement of the day and the beauty in all the details.
Q: What should we wear for our engagement session?
A: Be yourself! Everyone has their own unique style and personality. If you want, bring a few things and we'll try out more than one outfit. Just remember to mix it up; don't bring all formal clothes. Throw in a casual outfit as well. Try not to match exactly and be careful to not clash with your colors or patterns. Layers and texture are always a good idea! Accessories, colorful jewelry and some high heels can add some fun flare to your shoot. And please, by all means don't be afraid of COLOR! There's nothing like vivid color and rich texture! Please be sure to avoid large logos or text. You are more than welcome to bring props as well. Bring anything from bubbles, to vintage furniture, fun sunglasses, your family pet, a bike for two, balloons, sparklers, hula hoops, playing cards, really whatever you think would be fun or something that is unique to you. We will get amazing shots with or without props so don't worry if props aren't your thing. Feel free to browse engagement sessions on my blog for ideas on what to wear.
Q: Where should we have our session?
A: I am more than happy to take you to a few of my favorite spots; however, if you have a place that is special to you or just a cool place you spotted, I am always up for something new. I will have you fill out a questionnaire about your style and personality that will help us in deciding what location would be best for you.


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It's a cold, blustery February day on the New Jersey coast, and Anna Jaworski is wading her way through a salt marsh that seems to go on forever. From where she stands, about 100 yards from the modest parking lot at the Jakes Landing-Dennis Creek Wildlife Management Area, one can look out and see almost nothing but marsh grass and dead trees in one direction, a thick coastal forest in the other and, in the distance, the waters of the creek itself.
In a lot of ways, the place feels like the middle of absolutely nowhere, which is hardly surprising: It basically is the middle of absolutely nowhere. But according to Jaworski, that desolate salt marsh and the forest that borders it may hold the keys to helping scientists understand just how much rising sea levels have impacted the Delaware Bay over the past few decades—and, more importantly, how much more land will be gobbled up by the rising waters in years to come.
Jaworski, a graduate student in the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES), has been working for two years to piece together a sort of historical record of sea level rise and salt marsh loss along the Delaware Bay, with the ultimate aim of gaining a fuller understanding of how sea level rise—which is a truly global issue—has manifested itself locally. The idea is to help officials in Delaware and New Jersey prepare for the widespread changes—and enormous land loss—that are bound to arrive in years to come, as sea levels rise at an ever faster rate.
Indeed, some scientists have projected that sea levels could rise by a staggering 19 inches by the year 2050. While that number sounds alarming—and it most certainly is, according to Jaworski—her aim is to put together a more clear and more accurate prediction for what will happen specifically along the Delaware Bay.
"We are seeing a substantial increase in sea level rise rates," Jaworski says. "That's starting to worry us. Sea levels have always changed, but this is very rapid. What we're interested in with this project is the local relative sea level rise, so we know what will happen on the local level, so we can help people respond." And if one thing is almost certain, it seems, it's this: Those people will have to respond.
Or else.
"When Hurricane Sandy hit, the storm surged in some places about four meters, and we saw the damage that was done," explains Ken Lacovara, an associate professor in the BEES Department. "Well, some people are talking about that kind of [sea level] being the reality on a nice, normal day in the year 2100."
The doomsday scenarios are certainly out there: Entire coastal cities underwater, habitats destroyed, species pushed to the brink of extinction. One can certainly debate the causes of these changes, Lacovara says, but what one can't deny is that the changes are happening, and will continue happening. Coastal communities worldwide will be challenged by these changes, and will need to adapt.
The only question is, "How?" and, "How much?"
That's where Jaworski's work comes in. And it is dirty work, indeed.
To compile the data she needs for her project, which was funded in part through a grant from the DuPont Foundation, Jaworski needs to make regular trips down to places like Jakes Landing, where she spends hours engaged in one of two activities: Hacking her way through the woods to gather core samples from trees in the nearby forest, or sloshing her way through the salt marsh to extract peat cores from the marsh floor. Each sample holds different clues to the climate, past and present, of the area.
"With all of these dead trees, what we want to figure out is when the tree died," she explains. "That's important because the year of death directly corresponds to when it was inundated with water."
Specifically, Jaworski targets eastern red cedars, a type of tree that just so happens to be incredibly rot-resistant. An eastern red cedar inundated with water might die rather quickly, but it can remain standing for decades afterward. And indeed, the marshes around Jakes Landing are peppered with dead cedars; by coring both those trees and living ones nearby, Jaworski is able to not only understand how far and how fast the water has risen, but also better understand how the climate has impacted the area in other ways.
"Those tree rings are basically the recording of the climate of that entire year," she says. "The rings change in size based on any number of conditions—if you have better conditions, you have better growth. One of the reasons we're particularly interested in this is that we're seeing more storms, unfortunately. Hurricane Sandy was a horrible event, but it really woke people up to the problem. The question isn't whether we can rebuild. It's whether we rebuild at all. Or, at least, how close [to the coast] do we let people rebuild?"
Jaworski holds a sample mount containing several tree core specimens. Each core specimen will be cut in half and studied to determine the age of each tree and the year it dies.
Such questions have been asked with greater frequency recently thanks to a series of natural disasters that have made clear the risks of building large cities along flood-prone areas. Hurricane Katrina almost completely devastated New Orleans in 2005, of course, but it was Hurricane Sandy—a storm that struck the Northeast with devastating force—that may have really put the issue on the map. Sandy not only left millions of people in the Northeast without power, but also left some coastal communities— including some in New York City—completely under water. In that storm's wake, politicians in storm-stuck areas like Hoboken, N.J., were left to consider such radical ideas as sea walls to help prevent a recurrence in future storms.
Along the Delaware Bay, and in sparsely populated areas such as those surrounding Jakes Landing, the impact of Sandy and other storms hasn't been quite as dramatic. But as Jaworski has already proved, huge swaths of land have been swallowed up there anyway—it's just taken a few decades for it to happen.
"All of the stuff that scientists have been warning everyone about since the 1980s related to climate change and sea level rise—well, it's happening," Lacovara says. "You can walk about and see a drowned forest and see that it's happening. This stuff is real. I get frustrated when I see people in the media debating whether it's happening. I mean, sea levels could not possibly have risen if the world was not getting warmer. We know for 100 percent certain that sea levels are rising. Therefore, we know the Earth is warming."
With that debate settled, then, the next steps are obvious: Planning for a wetter, warmer future.
That's where researchers like Jaworski come in, Lacovara says. She, and others like her, are making a global issue understandable on a local level.
"Scientists don't always do a great job of communicating to the public," Jaworski says. "And that's why a big part of this project is about outreach. It's about getting the information out to the people who live there."
"Things are changing," she adds. "We can't stop them. We either have to adapt to them, or that's it. If we don't think ahead, we're just going to have more problems."


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USC graduate student's decomposing body found in dorm room
LOS ANGELES -- The decomposing body of a University of Southern California student who may have been dead for a week has been discovered in his dorm room.
CBS Los Angeles reports a cleaning crew found 24-year-old Jacob Kelley's decomposing body Thursday inside a dorm at Seaver Residence Hall after a maintenance person detected a foul smell.
Kelley was a first-year student in a master's program in medical physiology. He was found lying clothed but shoeless on his bed and the room was neat.
The dorm is located at USC's Health Sciences campus, about eight miles from the main campus.
The detective says classes had only recently resumed and Kelley still had clothes in a suitcase.
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CMLL Puebla Preview: I mean...at least Hechicero's on the show!
So remember how warm and fuzzy CMLL made some of us feel on Friday when they actually tried and put on a good show? Yeah, fuck those feelings because they're throwing us back in the cold for tomorrow's Puebla show! Well not entirely; the third match of the night looks as though it could be pretty good and the fourth match may even have a shot. But besides that this looks to be another show where we all ask for change and CMLL responds by laughing hysterically, Ivan Ooze style. That's right folks; CMLL has bored me so much that I just referenced Ivan Ooze in a lucha column for the first time ever. We break new ground here every day folks. Let's try to do some more of that over the next 1,100 words or so. Moses, stop hitting the snooze button and pull out the meme.
Black Tiger, Lestat, Millenium vs. Ares, Fuerza Chicana, Policeman
What to Expect: Black Tiger will bore, Ares will suck, Policeman will continue to be beloved because…I don't know why, Fuerza Chicana will make Ares look like Negro Casas and everyone will feel bad for Lestat and Millenium, the only two luchadors in this match who deserved to get booked. Don't be like me; skip this match and do something better with your time peeps.
Winners: Rudos in three falls. NEXT!
La Vaquerita, Marcela, Sanely vs. Amapola, Dalys, Metálica
What to Expect: We're only six days away from the biggest luchadoras match this side of Zeuxis vs. Silueta this year…and CMLL decides to leave Zeuxis off the final match. Sound strategy there Tirantes! She's only the best luchadora you've got and all. Without the Queen around it's hard to care for this match, even though everyone aside from Vaquerita is pretty good. They'll do some stuff and it's always interesting to see any improvement from Metálica and Sanely, but I can't say I'm too hyped. I doubt many others are either.
Winners: The technicas team takes this in three falls after Sanely pins Metálica.
Blue Panther Jr., Stigma, The Panther vs. Hechicero, Puma, Tiger
What to Expect: Palpetine, how do you feel about this match?
ME TOO! This has the makings of being something quite fun, even in the land of no dives like Arena Puebla. I would've perhaps used someone other than Stigma to pair up with Panther and Junior, but he's a passable luchador and the rudo team is so good that he'll look good just by working with any of those three. It also doesn't hurt that Puma and Tiger seem to do better in matches with limitations, leading to them breaking out all sorts of unique double teams to make up for the loss of dives. I think they do that here, I think Hechicero remains one of the greatest wrestlers to walk this mortal coil, I think Stigma does enough to keep up and I think Junior and Panther provide the remaining excitement needed to make this the best match of the evening. What I'm most hoping for; a Junior tope suicida. If Panther can do at least one a match (and he's definitely doing one here) than you can do one too Junior!
Winners: The Panthers and Stigma take this one, with Junior submitting Tiger with the Nudo Laguerno in three falls. It's not as good as the dream I have of Junior or Panther beating Hechicero to set up a NWA World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship match next week but I'll still take it. Note to CMLL; do my suggestion instead!
Ángel de Oro, Atlantis, Johnny Idol vs. Cavernario, Mr. Niebla, Sam Adonis
What to Expect: There's two ways to look at this match. It could be very good, with Atlantis taking the rudos to backbreaker city, Ángel de Oro continuing his streak of great performances, Adonis and Niebla getting the crowd all riled up and Idol and Cavernario continuing to show why their two of the best young luchadors in CMLL's arsenal. It could also see Niebla pull a Jeff Hardy at Victory Road 2011 again, which forces the match to be ended early. I'd bank on it being somewhere in the middle. The crowd will be hot for this one because Niebla (if he's right) and Adonis can't help but get the crowd involved for various reasons (Adonis for his heeling, Niebla for his hilarious antics), not to mention Atlantis is Atlantis and gets reactions everywhere. I'm just not sure how much time these guys will get or how much CMLL will allow them to do. It could be worse I suppose; Máscara Año 2000 could be working a Lightning Match with Sexy Star in this spot. Excuse me while I picture Rob Viper's reaction to that match.
Winners: This could be another place to set up a match if CMLL wanted. Honestly any combination would work, and gorramit does CMLL need to eventually give us Idol-Adonis at some point. Naturally they won't do it and this will end without any further developments. Oh, and a technicos victory in three falls after Atlantis gets Adonis in the Atlantida. Sorry Sam!
La Máscara, Marco Corleone, Máximo Sexy vs. Ephesto, Mephisto, Volador Jr.
What to Expect: Well…at least Máscara Año 2000 isn't involved! It actually might be better if he were, seeing as that could at least lead to another run in from Los Cientificos. This will most definitely be the match where CMLL sets something up, if only because it's the only trios match where it makes no sense to set up a feud. The most interesting match up to come out of this would be Volador vs. Máximo or Volador vs. Marco, and there's no way in hell CMLL does that. That leaves either Volador vs. Máscara, a decent match that I really don't need to see, or a combination of Marco or Máximo facing Ephesto or Mephisto, which is just…I'll let this dude sum it up for you.
As you can see, it's hard to get psyched for this match when you know what's coming, and even worse the match itself doesn't offer much excitement. It'll be serviceable for sure, but it's nothing I'm going out of my way to see. Máscara has really fallen off ever since his Anniversary Show shenanigans, Marco has been going through the motions for months now (his offense is basically just lefts, crossbody's and grinds), Ephesto is Ephesto and there's no reason for the other three to go full throttle here when a game of New Year's Yahztee has more on the line. I'm honestly pretty convinced the phrase "ho hum" was invented just for this occasion. Here's hoping CMLL uses the third or fourth match to set something else up instead and this match becomes the fast paced sprint where everyone is trying to make their reservation at Super Astro's restaurant.
Winners: I'm going to say cubsfan is dead on when he predicted Máscara-Volador as the feud here. Thus Máscara will foul Volador in the third fall to give his team the win, challenges will be made and the match will be set for next week. And no, there's nothing we can do about it, unless anyone thinks me writing an open letter to CMLL before tomorrow's show trying to convince them Hechicero-Blue Panther Jr. or Ángel de Oro-Cavernario would be a more interesting match would work. Did any of that just make sense what I said? Fuck, even if it didn't it still makes more sense than CMLL's booking.
That's the show folks. I'll return tomorrow to preview the Tuesday show, possibly preview the next Lucha Underground episode and begin one of my End of the Year lucha columns. It's gonna be (Mike Francesca voice) YOOOOOGE. Till then, SCULLY!
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Black and White Chocolate Chippers
Well, If you follow me on pinterest you know that I pin a lot of things. I usually start on the home decor board, wander to the womens apparel and the DIY boards and then end up at fitness. I get really motivated to eat clean and exercise, and then I visit the food board. I realize that really I should visit food first and fitness last, but it just never happens that way! And pinterest is the place to find some amazing looking things to stuff your face.
I've been craving sweets and so I dug into my pinboards and baked up a storm. I started with these cookies. They looked to me like they may taste like Panera cookies. I tried to make them XL sized, and learned that when using a cookie scoop you should press down in the center once you place on your baking sheet, or you'll get a nice dome shape on the top of your cookie.
Definitely let these cool all the way before you eat. I'm someone who likes undercooked cookies, but I have to warn against doing that with these. Cook for the full time for the best results. And I can guarantee they will be perfect pull-from-freezer cookies. They are chocolatey and a good mix of firm but chewy and soft.
Black and White Chocolate Chippers (via pinterest, from My Recipe Book)
1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/4 cups cocoa powder
1 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsps. baking soda
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups white chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheet.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well with each addiction. Add the salt and vanilla.
In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa and baking soda and gradually add to the creamed mixture. Fold in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes until fluffy but still soft. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
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A brilliant re-working of the Bob Dylan classic 70's album, hailed with four stars from Rolling Stone for its "quietly direct magnificence". Atlantic Monthly calls Mary Lee Kortes "one of those rare singers with a noticeable personality and all the traditional qualities of a great voice". This is a reissue of the original recording with some snazzy new packaging.
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TRANMERE Rovers Reserves halted their slide down the Avon Insurance Premier League table with a clear-cut victory over Walsall Reserves at Rivacre Park last night.
It was Walsall who drew first blood with a close-range effort by Gary Birch after Rovers failed to clear a free-kick by Craig Stanley in the 32nd minute.
Andy Parkinson gave boss Ray Mathias a nudge with the equaliser a minute before the break with Paul Hinds the provider following a Micky Mellon free-kick.
There was not a lot of goal-mouth action before Jamie McGuire gave Rovers the lead with a sweet volley in the 74th minute, then the same player made matters safe with another excellent finish from the edge of the box, seven minutes from time.
A fine save by Walsall keeper Gavin Ward denied McGuire his hat-trick in injury time.
TRANMERE : Howarth, Hinds, Ashton, Linwood, Gray, Mellon, Parkinson, McGuire, A Robinson (Dagnall 67), Harrison, Olsen (Jennings 69). Subs: P Robinson, Palethrope, Brown
WALSALL: Ward, Wrigth, Bennett, Stanley, Barras, Hay, Birch, Smith, Fryatt, Zdrilic, Taylor. Subs: Paschalis, Harris, Caines.
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Terrestrial laser scanning to model sunlight irradiance on cadavers under conditions of natural decomposition
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Human decomposition is a dynamic process that is influenced by both abiotic and biotic factors. Measuring these influences, in particular abiotic factors, on the decomposition process is often a challenge for scientists. Recently, researchers have turned to the use of advanced remote sensing technologies in forensic investigations. In this study, a new methodology is described that utilizes precise 3D images captured using terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to calculate total solar irradiance on a cadaver in a partially forested environment. To test this new measurement approach under actual field conditions, three cadavers were placed in an outdoor environment to decompose. Laser scans were taken the day of placement and used to calculate the total solar irradiance at time points of 24 h, 1 week, and 1 month from placement. The results show that as time progresses, different cadavers at the field site and different areas of the same cadaver receive varying amounts of solar irradiance. The modeling based on these laser scans can be used to create predictive images of solar irradiance that may provide researchers with a new tool to help quantitatively assess the effect of solar irradiance on a cadaver ecosystem.
KeywordsCadaver Outdoor decomposition Forensic science Terrestrial laser scanning Solar irradiance Modeling
Bucheli and Lynne would like to thank Matt Borum, Natalie Lindgren, Brent Rahlwes, Melissa Sisson, and John Bucheli for their assistance in the field. Pan and Glennie would like to thank Darren Hauser for his assistance in generating the terrestrial laser scanning point clouds. The authors would like to thank Dr. Joan Bytheway and Kevin Derr at the STAFS facility. We would also like to extend our appreciation to the individuals and families who participate in the willed body donation program at STAFS; without them this research would not be possible. This research was supported in part by National Institute of Justice grant #2012-DN-BX-K023.
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Dark Dance
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22 Intelligence
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2 Slot
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Medium range
Dark Dance is a Hex in Dark Souls 2. To cast a Hex, you must use a staff/chime or Special Weapons that can cast Hex.
Hex that unleashes a large mass of Dark. This momentous mass of Dark dances to signal the joy of its own release, or perhaps merely to taunt foes as it veers towards them.
Hexes are an expression of human depravity, of which this dance is a perfect example.
Catalyst: Sacred Chime
Acquired From
- Found just after the second bonfire of Frozen Eleum Loyce in the Crown of the Ivory King DLC. After defeating all the enemies in the first area, before climbing the first set of stairs, turn right and follow the snowy cliff face to a body with the hex on it.
- Consumes up to 5000 souls per cast.
Emits a shockwave and unleash between 1, 3 or 5 Dark masses depending on the amount of souls consumed, which simultaneously get fired at the target shortly after.
- Similar to Wrath of the Gods and Homing Soul Mass combined. Best to pair with Dark Chime Of Want +5 and Clear Bluestone Ring +2, Along with Dark Clutch Ring and The Abyss seal for maximum damage.
- Prior to 1.10 Calibration, multiple duplicates could be acquired with Bonfire Ascetic at the second bonfire, this is no longer the case.
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Working as the fashion line's Creative Director and Photographer, I created the branding and visual language for PINCUS New York beginning with the logo, identity, and brand video, followed immediately with the photography style. I developed a look that was honest and raw, but stylish and secretly quite comfortable. From the photos, I then created the look book, web/mobile site, and a guerilla campaign with outdoor and digital components to tease the brand launch party, as well as the second season's more tropical turn on city style.
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Yen continues punishing ride
The yen continued at its recent lows in early foreign exchange trading on Tuesday, falling to an eight year low on the pound and remaining near a four-year low against the dollar.
Sterling traded at ¥240.85, the highest point since 1998, at $1.9785 and at 65.36p on the euro. The dollar rose to ¥121.70, approaching the ¥121.80 it last reached in 2003.
The yen has been punished on the markets since the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced that it would be leaving its ultra-low borrowing costs unchanged at the end of last week.
"There's not a lot of factors to trade on this week, so it looks like the focus is going to stay on rate differentials," Takehiko Jimbo of Mitsubishi Bank told Reuters.
Minutes of the (BoJ) meeting released this morning revealed the political pressure applied to the bank, with ministers delivering a warning about the economy's downside risks.


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When it comes to what children want and what adults want, it can often be difficult for them to both agree. Kids will always go for the funner options, which aren't always the most practical. Whereas adults will try to go for something stylish and usable that is going to last for quite a while. Take gardens, for instance. Your kids will want to fill yours with cool games and play equipment, such as a jungle gym, while you will no doubt want to try and keep it as a tranquil space where you can relax after a busy day at work.
So, how are you meant to create a beautiful family garden that both kids and adults will be happy with and want to use as much as possible? Here are a few tips that should help you end this dilemma.
Ensure Your Lawn Stays Healthy
First of all, it's worth taking a look at your lawn. In fact, you might want to increase its size by replacing any hard paving or stones with more grass. This is a great way to improve the safety of your garden, as it will ensure that there is a soft floor for your kids to land on if they ever trip up or fall over. It's not just kids who love playing on lawns, though - adults like them too! Ok, so adults won't end up playing on the lawn, but they make a great area for garden furniture and are also easy to maintain. If you need some help in improving the condition of your lawn, you might want to go here to find out about lawn feed. You will just need to improve this feed to the grass to improve the overall growth of the grass.
Stick To A Natural Theme
When it comes to adding items to your garden, it's worth keeping things natural. You don't always need to buy play equipment to keep kids entertained in the garden, for example. In fact, your kids will be highly amused with natural materials, such as tree stumps and stepping stones. You'll be able to use all kinds of natural materials to make obstacle courses and mazes for the kids. At the same time, they will add some natural style to the whole garden.
Make It Sensory
It's also a really good idea to try to create a sensory garden. This just means that you need to add different elements that will stimulate all of your children's senses. By doing so, you will be adding various layers of interest to your garden which can help enhance the aesthetic. This is something that adults will like, as it will make the whole garden look very pretty indeed. Rustling grasses and plants with seed heads that rattle will be a great way to stimulate your children's hearing, for example. To stimulate their sense of smell, simply add a small herb garden. You can find more great tips on creating a sensory garden online.
Remove Poisonous And Toxic Plants
Next, it's worth taking a look around your garden and removing any plants that could potentially be harmful to humans and pets. This is especially important if you want to let your children play outside in the garden unsupervised, as you never know what they might end up doing with some of the plants out there. Removing all the toxic ones will make the garden a whole lot safer, and you won't have to worry about the hazard that they pose to your kids.
Add Some Zones
One top tip that many professional gardeners will recommend for a family garden is to add different zones to it. This doesn't have to be too complicated, and you might just want to add two or three different ones. This allows you to create an area for the adults and one for the kids. Ideally, the zones should be in kind of rings, and radiate off from the house. The zone closest to the property should be the safest and it should be easy to see young children playing outside while you are inside the house. You might want to place a dining area outside, slightly further away from the house, so that the adults have their very own space in which they can relax away from the noise of the kids.
Remember Some Shade
It is imperative that there is plenty of shade in every garden, whether it is a child-friendly one or not. This is important for a variety of reasons, but it's mainly because you will need shaded areas for in the middle of summer when it gets very hot. The shade provides some protection from the strong sun, and playing or sitting in the shade can prevent you and your children from getting sunburnt. Of course, you will still need to wear plenty of sunscreen and take further sun protection steps. There are a few different ways to create shade, such as by growing large trees or by adding a wooden canopy or sun house. Another reason why shade is so important is that it will provide plants with shade so that they don't have to endure high temperatures and strong sunshine all day.
Add Some Garden Paths
Adding some garden paths to your garden can provide your children somewhere to ride their bikes down. If you want, it's worth making some fun paths by snaking them through your lawn or all the way around your garden. Not only does this create more path for your kids to bike on, but it will also improve the overall aesthetics of the garden. Plus, having a solid path in the garden will mean that you don't always have to walk over the lawn, which could get quite muddy after long periods of rain. For the perfect path, make yours using recycled paving slabs.
So, your garden doesn't have to be better suited to either children or adults. There are plenty of ways you can make it suitable for both!


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Q's Daily DIY Green Tips: How to Be Green and Save Energy
How much can we save energy on our own just by making small adjustments to our homes, habits, and the way we live our lives? Q's Daily DIY Green Tips are now intergrated into Groundswell Contracting's website and Facebook page to help you learn to do just that.
Give it a read, and if you like what you see, follow us on Facebook for regular updates on how to live a greener, cleaner and less costly lifestyle.


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Few Canadians have much affection for insurance companies; in the event of a claim and a dispute about proper compensation or coverage, insurance rapidly become as popular as hives or H1N1.
But that reality is no reason for Albertans to jump to government automobile insurance. This latter idea was again floated by a New Democrat member of the Alberta legislature, Rachel Notley, after the Alberta Court of Appeal reinstated a$4,500 cap on soft tissue injuries.
Notley claimed "public auto insurance is the way to go," and that "B. C., Manitoba and Saskatchewan are cheaper with a public system."
Actually, Notley is incorrect in at least one comparison and misses the reasons why, on average, some provinces with government insurance may be cheaper but how that has nothing to do with a government system. But first to the comparisons.
In a 2007 study from the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre which looked at actual premiums paid by motorists across the country, there was no simple public-cheaper, private-more-expensive conclusion.
Between 2000 and 2005 inclusive, Ontario with private sector insurance had the highest average premiums, including in 2005. But in that year and in five out of the six other years, it was followed by British Columbia, where all mandatory coverage must be bought through the government insurance company. Alberta was third place most years.
The Frontier Centre study –unlike others which purported to show private sector auto insurance was always exorbitantly expensive, was based on actual premiums paid by actual motorists to come up with an average for each province; the faulty studies from others compiled averages based on Internet quotes — which represent nothing actually paid.
In 2008, Ontario still had the highest average premium at $1,313, followed by B. C. at $1,166, and Alberta at $1,052. Some might argue that if two out of the top three are the highest, that still shows government insurance is the better deal. No, it doesn't, because consumers get what they pay for and also what they receive in claims in the event of an accident.
In 2008, the average claim cost was $10,863 in Ontario — the highest in Canada. It explains why their premiums are the highest. Alberta's average claim cost is second-highest at $6,110; that compares to $2,924 in British Columbia. As for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, no figures are available as the government insurers don't release their average cost figures, despite being "public" auto insurers.
A last point that informed Albertans should know is that government insurance in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, along with private coverage in Atlantic Canada, is on average cheaper because of caps on the sort of pain and suffering awards recently the cause of so much debate here in Alberta.
The Atlantic provinces have a $2,500 cap (or deductible) on pain and suffering awards. Manitoba and Saskatchewan have no-fault systems that don't allow policyholders to sue at all for pain and suffering — the Saskatchewan exception being if one buys the more expensive tort option, in which case the pain and suffering claim is still subject to a $5,000 deductible.
In short, government auto insurers pay out less in average claim costs, and provide less –or nothing–for pain and suffering of the sort subject to a $4,500 cap in Alberta.
Consumers get what they pay for and the notion that government systems provide a better deal on insurance is a myth when one understands the difference in the insurance product.


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Gwen Stefani is NOT "pregnant with twins," despite a new tabloid cover story falsely claiming the supposed pregnancy is leading to a "shotgun wedding" with Blake Shelton. Gossip Cop can exclusively debunk both allegations.
The new issue of OK! hit newsstands on Wednesday with a cover story inside announcing, "Gwen & Blake: Wedding & Twins!" The piece claims the relatively-new couple isn't "wasting any time." "Not only is she pregnant — and they've just learned, expecting twins! — they're planning to marry as soon as possible," alleges the magazine.
But despite definitively declaring that two babies are on the way, the tabloid actually has no proof. Instead, it merely quotes a so-called "source" as saying, "The buzz in their inner circle is that she's pregnant with twins!" As for wedding plans, it's said "the loved-up pair are planning an April wedding on the grounds of Blake's Oklahoma estate — country style."
OK! babbles on about the allegedly star-studded guest list, and how Miranda Lambert was supposedly "shaken when she heard her ex would soon be reproducing" with Stefani. But don't go calling Shelton "daddy" just yet. As Gossip Cop already correctly reported when the tabloid first made the claim back in November, Stefani is NOT pregnant.
And she certainly isn't expecting twins now. Gossip Cop can also once again confirm, as we have already, that there is no wedding on the horizon. Asked about both claims, a rep for Shelton exclusively tells Gossip Cop, "Neither are true," while Stefani's own spokesperson also tells us they are "untrue." One last thing: As further evidence of OK!'s cluelessness, the outlet says Stefani's divorce from Gavin Rossdale is "months behind her," apparently unaware that it actually hasn't been legally finalized yet and they are still technically married. Pathetic.


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Read in Malayalam.. മലയാളത്തില് വായിക്കാന്
As a part of our commitment towards our language and literature, we offer an endowment award -consisting of a cash award of Rs.15,000 and Citation – every year to a deserving talent selected by the Thunchan Memorial Trust, Tirur, Kerala. The Award is given either for short story or poetry each year. Sri M T Vasudevan Nair is the Chairman of the Trust.
A look at the awardees and the press coverage:
Smt. Remya Snjeev (Poetry), Sri. Abin Joseph (Story) and Smt. Mumtaz C Pang (Poem) are the awardees so far.
The selection panel, which includes well-known writers in Malayalam, chooses the awardee from the entries sent on the basis of advertisements given in the media. The age of the writer has to be below 30 years to be considered for the award.


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I can't decide if it is a poignant reflection on a life lived… or just a bad case of hoarding.
I spent nearly an hour tonight disposing of a box of used calendars that go back to the year I was born. From the daily minutia of Lamaze classes and notes to pick me up from camp, to significant events like graduations and moves; every detail was recorded in this one cardboard box. I learned my mother had a doctor's appointment the day I was born… I learned she needed to send my Uncle Pip a birthday card in 1988… I learned what she bought me for Christmas in 1997. Why was this important to keep?
I've been hard on my mother this week. I've been angry. Her terminal diagnosis is nearly two years old, yet it is only now that she lies helpless on her death bed that the decades of useless paper work and items that should have been taken to Salvation Army three moves ago is being dealt with. I found a pad of paper from her office in 1974. I spent 45 minutes shredding Aeroplan mile statements dating back nearly 30 years. They belonged to my father… he's been dead for five years.
As we wade through the debris we find moments of joy. We found the dress up box with which my sister and I spent countless happy hours playing. We found photos spanning 70 years. We also filled three recycle bags and one garbage bag in a span of two or three hours. Not to mention the groaning shelves of stuff that will go to the estate auction house.
Once the physical and emotional debris in cleared from this whole experience, I will go back to my house with a much more ruthless approach to clutter. I already make regular trips to the donation bins, but now I think back to my own collection of calendars. I have a few years piled up of the daily schedule… do I really need them? No. My family schedule is about today and planning for next week and next month. It's not about the past.
I grew up in a house that placed great value on things. The china cabinet is filled with things that were my Nana's or her Nana's. I can see the value in some of those things, but this idea that we can't throw anything away because it could be useful later has proved its harm as we face the prospect of clearing this house. Whether it is the 15 year old chocolates brought back from Africa or the will and mortgage of my great-grandfather, I fail to see why it is important to keep these things (okay maybe the great-grandfather's will is kind of cool but the chocolates were just nasty).
I've been rather ruthlessly warning all my mother's friends who call and offer aid or moral support in this horrible time of limbo. I tell them it is not fair to leave this level of debris for children or grandchildren. They will not need 30 different baskets. They will not need paperwork dating back 30 years. They will not need a stack of photos from a business party 20 years ago with absolutely no one they know attending.
Those left behind after a death have enough emotional clutter to sort through; adding physical debris is not only unfair, it borders on cruel. I've learned many painful life lessons during this slow march to death, but one of them is the most elemental of all. I teach my 3 year old to clean up after himself… the least we can do as adults is the same.


text: Had been communicating with Square and Lincole for a while before the pre-wedding and they wanted their pre-wedding in perhentian island, which is one of their favorite location for get-a-way from the hectic life in Hong Kong. This Hong Kong couple is quite unique, they just want something casual and what we did was rather an emotional session on the island. I was surprised that Hong Kong people are actually more emotional than us malaysians, this has been proven for a few assignments I did with HKers. They are more easy to express themselves and allow the emotion to pour. Loving this couple and finally Lincole poured her tears during the session, and I guess that folds a unique experiences for them.


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I am on something of a White Bordeaux kick lately, having tried several bottles over the summer that completely floored me with how freaking good they were. I understand that there are many wines that are light and pleasant and easy to drink, and that we want them that way. Those wines play a noble role in our lives, but they are not the wines that I tend to recommend. I like my wines to show me something, give me some weight, some gravitas, or say something interesting to me that I haven't heard before or not for a long time. These White Bordeaux have been hitting me over the head lately! Traditionally made from a blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, these wines have the weight of Chardonnay, but the flavors of Sauvignon Blanc and, when done correctly, none of its sharp edges. The Semillon brings loads of other fresh flavors, if given enough time in the bottle to develop. Most White Bordeaux, particularly the ones with Semillon, are best with several years of bottle-age. This particular wine is a 50-50 blend that I think is just spectacular. Complex aromas of grass,hay, honey, flowers, and a touch of lemon introduce the wine; on the palate the flavorsare true to its aromas, with a clean and refreshing mouthfeel. It does bring some weight and forceful flavors, so I would certainly not be afraid to pair this with dinner. Give it a few years in the cellar and you'll be even more impressed!-Andy Hall
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