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Dr Sarah Jane Gibbon
Sarah Jane is a lecturer in Archaeology and Project Officer with ORCA.
Sarah Jane's interest in Orkney's heritage dates back to her childhood as she was brought up in a family steeped in stories of Orkney's folklore, history and culture. Sarah Jane completed a joint undergraduate degree in History and Archaeology from Glasgow University in 1998, after which she continued her studies there, completing a research masters on the topic of 'Norse Castles in Orkney' in 1999. In 2006 Sarah Jane was awarded a PhD in Archaeology from the University of the Highlands and Islands/Open University. As well as lecturing in Culture Studies and Archaeology at the UHI, she has worked as a Historic Scotland Tour Guide and an archive assistant in the Orkney Archive. Since having her children in 2007 and 2012, she now divides her work between the Archaeology Institute and private research and consultancy.
Research interests
- Medieval Orkney in its North Atlantic context, focusing on the saga period, particularly interested in the development of the medieval landscape, including the lifecycles of townships and parishes, the development of the ecclesiastical and judicial landscapes. Also, interested in similar aspects of the changing landscape of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Methodological interest in how best to interpret/recreate historic landscapes and mapping them successfully.
- Historiography of Orkney, and the impact of antiquarian scholarship on subsequent perceptions of heritage and history etc., as well as its more general contribution to Orkney's past.
- History of song (and music) culture in Orkney.
Current/Recent Projects
- 2016 - Pilgrimage in Orkney
- 2008-2012 Researcher and administrator for the NPP Things Network Project.
Academic responsibilities
Part of the Archaeology Teaching Team at Orkney College. Lecturing for Masters Degrees: Dissertation (module leader); Early Medieval Archaeology of Scotland (module leader) and From the Vikings to VE Day: the archaeology of Scottish medieval and later society (module tutor). PAT for L8 Orkney students taking archaeology degrees.
External responsibilities and memberships
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
- Member of The Society for Medieval Archaeology.
- Member of The Scottish Society for Northern Studies.
- Member of Medieval Settlement Research Group.
- Member of the Mapping the Historic Parishes of Scotland Research Group.
- Member of the Viking and Medieval Archaeology Forum.
- Member of the Orkney Maritime Archaeology Forum.
- Co-ordinator of The Big Orkney Song Project legacy and archive.
Recent publications
Barrett, J. H. and Gibbon, S. J. (ed) (2015) Maritime Societies of the Viking and Medieval World, Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph 37, Maney Publishing, Leeds.
Gibbon, S. J. and Irvine, J. (ed) (2014) New Orkney Antiquarian Journal Volume 7 Special Edition: John Rae 200 Conference Proceedings, Orkney Heritage Society.
Downes, J. and Gibson, J. with Gibbon, S. J. and Mitchell, A. (2013) Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site Research Strategy 2013-2018, Historic Scotland.
Gibbon, S. J. (2012) 'The Church in the Orkney Earldom' in H. Þorláksson and Þ. B. Sigurðardóttir (eds) From Nature to Script Reykholt, Environment, Centre, and Manuscript Making, Snorrastofa, Reykholt, pp.165-184.
Gibbon, S. J. (2012) 'Orkney's Things' in O. Owen (ed) Things in the Viking World, Shetland Amenity Trust, Lerwick, pp.80-93.
Gibbon, S. J. (2012) Voices in Chorus songs and their stories from The Big Orkney Song Project, Northings Publications, Kirkwall.
Gibbon, S. J. (2011) 'The New Year Song: A biography', New Orkney Antiquarian Journal Volume 5, Orkney Heritage Society, Kirkwall, pp.33-35.
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Grab a flag in one hand, your voter's registration in the other, and balance a plate of pancakes on your lap, it's just about that time again. Time to look back at where we've been, and look onward to the next four years of god knows what.
So come celebrate the amber waves of grain, the Star Spangled Banner, the majesty of our own sweet Columbia! Join us at EST next Sunday for five new plays about America by the writers of Youngblood, as well as pancakes, bacon and (young)bloody marys!
Sunday, November 6th
Brunch begins at 12:30pm, plays begin at 1pm!
Featuring new plays by Will Arbery, Olivia Dufault, Jahna Ferron-Smith, Kristin Slaney, Michael Walek


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Nakba: Palestine in Our Blood and Memory
Living in Palestine is a privilege. I did not choose to live here, but I was born here, as my mother and father before me, and their mothers and fathers before them, and the land and its history are in our blood and memory. When visitors ask my father, "How long has your family been living in the country?" he always replies, "My grandfathers played chess with the shepherds who received the good news about the birth of Jesus Christ."
Here I am, part of an ancient people with a long history in a land I am grateful to live on, yet I feel stuck between a hammer and a rock. This has been part of my lived experience in my several decades of life, and today we remember the Nakba, the expulsion of our people, the uprooting of many of our traditions, and the subsequent occupation that became the only life Palestinians have known since 1967.
There are many stories I could tell from my grandparents' experience with the Nakba of 1948, but instead I will focus on what it means for me today in the daily injustices I endure (and of course, my fellow Palestinians as well).
As a Palestinian from the West Bank, I am not allowed to visit Israel or worship in Israel's Christian sites unless I have a special permit from the military. Palestinian Christians generally receive such permits during Christmas and Easter. I have written about the inconvenience and humiliation of using our permits to enter Israel, but I decided to visit this past Easter. I wanted to take my Christian students on a visit to the Holy City so they could pray where Jesus carried his cross, where he died, and where he was resurrected. I decided to bring my children with me so they could see and experience this as well.
As we walked around Jerusalem's Old City looking at the ancient stones and soaking in the history of this place, and our spiritual and physical ancestry, my daughter got lost in the crowd. I was frantic. Jerusalem is always busy, particularly during Easter, and she was running around in an unfamiliar place filled with Jerusalemites, Palestinians, Israelis and tourists. My students and I began shouting her name, trying to look through the crowded alleys behind me and in front of me.
All of a sudden, we were surrounded by soldiers and police. A new fear leapt in my chest. I was afraid for my daughter, but we were also surrounded and I realized that I needed to stop as I was about to be the death of myself or one of my students, as they looked at us as threats and potential terrorists. I called out to the soldiers with all the calm I could muster, "Don't shoot! My daughter is lost!" Somehow, I got through to them, and they began to walk away and chat with one another.
Overwhelmed by the situation, thoughts rushed through my mind. We are no longer viewed as threats; that's good. I just told them I lost my daughter, and they walked away. Would they have helped me if I were Israeli? I dismissed these last two thoughts, telling myself, they only fulfilled their orders, so how could I expect any different behavior from them? I justified their dismissive actions toward me. Should I have?
There was no time to linger on such thoughts as we immediately resumed our search. Shortly thereafter, a woman approached us with my daughter. She was a tourist, and she found my daughter running and crying, and she held her and helped her find us.
Yes, my friends, living in Palestine is a privilege that many other Palestinians who were expelled cannot enjoy. Yet, living in Palestine is also a punishment, a constant reminder that the Nakba did not end in 1948. It continues and shows its ugly face in the ongoing occupation that says we do not belong. The day we were kicked out of our villages to never return was just the beginning. The West Bank is divided and continues to be carved apart to make room for more Jewish settlements, while our areas for development are choked. An apartheid wall separates us from some of our holiest sites, preventing movement. This is the ongoing catastrophe, the ongoing Nakba.
As long as we have breath, we will not accept this. The occupation will not push us into despair. We will embrace the goodness of our humanity, showing you how we love to live life and will make the best of our situation. We will continue to cultivate the land. We will welcome tourists to worship and walk among our rolling hills and holy sites. And we will raise our children as we were raised, to know this land is in their blood and memory.


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About the Colony
When it comes to shopping, I won't stand for it — but I'll happily sit
I'm not one of those guys who can stand and wait.
I can, however, sit and wait.
Over the past 10 years or so, I just don't seem to be able to stand in line for anything, whether it's while my wife looks for new clothing, or while we wait in line to get a ticket to the movies.
As I talk to other men in department stores, we all seem to think the same thing — where can we sit down?
I've always thought the smart clothing store is the one that provides some seating for the husbands. The malls understand this and provide plenty of seating.
When I can sit down, I tell my wife to take her time. "There's no hurry," I assure her when I can see a place to sit down and sip on a hot cup of coffee. I don't expect to find coffee in a small dress shop, but in the mall there's always a place to find coffee and even an oatmeal and raisin cookie to go with it. Sometimes I find a bonus: a newspaper or magazine someone left behind. Can it get any better than that?
It seems I'm not the only one in my age group looking for a place to rest my weary bones. In the last couple of weeks we've attended performances at the PCPA in Santa Maria, the Cohan Center on the Cal Poly campus and the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande. My wife and I always arrive early so I can grab a cup of coffee before the show starts. With coffee in hand, we quickly discover there are not enough benches, chairs or sofas to accommodate those of us who want to sit. This is especially true at the Poly venue. I'd like to see all three theaters put out some more seats.
In the various lobbies I see many people standing at tall round tables sipping wine or hot coffee. How comfortable can that be? Of course, maybe they are all in better shape than I am, which means the problem is with me and not them.
The other alternative to the shopping issue is for my wife to leave me at home. I know she worries about the time when she knows I'm sitting somewhere in the car or mall. The operative word here is "sitting." I constantly reassure her that if I'm sitting, I'll wait forever.


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What a difference a day makes! I feel a whole lot better this morning than I did yesterday morning. I got about 7.5 hours of sleep, and actually woke up before my alarm clock. Energy levels seem to be OK so far. I'm betting it's the awesome Taco Salad I had for dinner last night. Hopefully it was, because it's also what's for lunch today.
Frustrating afternoon with work stuff, which seems to affect me worse right now when I'm hungry. Puts me in a bad mood quickly.
Another day off from working out. I might go for a 2 mile run tomorrow just to stretch the legs out some before my 10K race on Sunday. I picked a weird time to start this life-change. I've got my first 50K in two weeks. I'm more than a little worried that my energy levels won't be where they need to be by then.
Breakfast- 4 Eggs Bell Peppers Raspberries Grapes
Lunch- Taco Salad
Baked Chicken Sautéed Zucchini Kale with bacon Boiled Carrots
Planning ahead is definitely key to success on #Whole30 for me and my wife. We are incredibly busy with work, exercise, and the kids school and extra-curricular activities. Prior to Whole30, we easily fell into the trap of it being easier to go out for dinner, or make something frozen. If we don't stay on top of things and make sure we have meals planned out, and ingredients needed for those meals, we'll definitely fail at this.
I skipped working out this morning. The two previous days I've felt such a lack of energy, so I'm going to rest up for a couple days and see if that helps things. I ended up getting about 8.5 hours of sleep last night, but feeling extremely sluggish this morning. I had a slight headache on the way into the office. Not sure if that's just allergies, if that's sugar detox affecting my body, or something else. I had my first ever cup of black coffee. I'm not a fan, but thought the caffeine would help as a pick me up.
Felt a little like I was on an emotional roller coaster today. The "good part" of it was at least I knew when I was being irrational, although it didn't help me not be irrational. Hoping for a better day tomorrow.
Bacon wrapped Chicken Breast
Bell Peppers
Banana w/Almond Butter
Taco Salad
Raspberries and mango
Spinach salad with cherry tomatoes, hard boiled egg, and almonds
Bacon wrapped Chicken
Sauteed Spinach
Mango and Raspberries
My CrossFit workout didn't go well at all this morning. Felt winded and tired after the skill work, which shouldn't have been THAT much of a challenge for me. The MetCon just sucked all the life out of me though. It was a combination of overhead squats and burpees. The overhead squats seemed heavy, and I was spent after doing just a few burpees. I was able to grind out and finish, but it wasn't pretty. Between being in Las Vegas for a few days, having GI issues yesterday, and starting #Whole30 yesterday, I'm really not sure what is to blame. I've got a race on Sunday, so I'll be taking a few days off to rest up for that. Hoping to run the race strong, and be back at CrossFit on Monday feeling strong!
The rest of the day was OK. I felt tired several times throughout the day, took a 15 minute power nap at one point which helped immensely.
Last two nights, I've been full after dinner, but still wanting to eat something. I guess that's the cravings… Not so overwhelming at this point, but hope they don't get worse.
Biggest craving today? Soda…
I've been exercising on average 4-5 days a week now for just over 2 years. I've never felt better than I do now. I don't think I've ever been in better shape than I am right now. But I think I've plateaued on losing weight, or more specifically losing the last several inches of fat around my midsection. I messed around with the Paleo diet earlier this year, but something came up, or whatever, that I ended up not sticking to it very well.
Last month when one of the coaches at CrossFit Chickasaw was talking about "clean eating" and this #Whole30 program, it piqued my interested. After researching it, and also seeing many MANY testimonials on how amazing the results have been, I decided I wanted to give it a try. Well, lucky me, it turns out the same coach got a group together to all start at the same time. While the program advocates starting right now, we as a group decided to wait til after Labor Day, because we all knew there was a good chance of falling off the wagon during Labor Day weekend activities. This worked out REALLY well for me, because I spent Labor Weekend in Las Vegas for my wonderful wife's birthday. So yeah, #Whole30 would have made that trip a lot less fun.
The group officially started the #Whole30 Challenge yesterday (September 4th, 2012). My wife (who is also doing the challenge with me) suggested that I kept a journal of the next 30 days. I thought, well heck, I've got a blog, what better place to do it then there! My goal is to do a post every day about what I ate, how I felt, etc on the previous day. I'm sure I'll miss some days, but I'll try to catch up when I do.
If you'd like more information on what I've signed myself up for, check out the book "It starts with food." by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig, and also check out http://www.whole9life.com/
So, without further ado, I'll fill you in on yesterday --
4 eggs
1/2 cup of mixed fruit
Grilled Tilapia
Grilled Zucchini
Grilled Asparagus
Grilled Steak
Grilled Pineapple
I woke up feeling sick, and having some GI issues. I actually contemplated not going to CrossFit, but decided I was just being a wimp. Well, turns out, things got worse once I got to the gym, so I ended up having to leave before the MetCon started, which really bummed me out. Things didn't improve for me until around lunch time. My GI issues seemed to go away, and in general felt pretty good.
The only other mishap for the day was going a couple hours past the point where I should have eaten. My wife and I didn't get back in to town until the afternoon on Monday, and then I had to work for several hours. So we never made it to the grocery store, or Whole Foods to get our first few days of food. Last night after picking up the kid from football practice (my stomach was already rumbling from hunger), my wife and I went to Whole Foods, and from there went to Costco. Unfortunately this meant that we didn't get home to START cooking dinner til after 7. I ended up losing it and snapping at my wife about helping me cook dinner so we could eat sooner than later. Not a great way to start off this #Whole30 challenge.
I'm running as a "hero" for St. Jude this year at the Memphis Marathon in December. Below is the email I sent out to friends and families soliciting their support for this great hospital
Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me your ears... Wait that's not right.
Friends, Family, and everyone else... Still not right.
TO ALL THE AWESOME PEOPLE I KNOW (nailed it!),
I am running the St. Jude marathon again this year. This year, however, I am running as a hero for St. Jude and committed to raising $5,000 for the hospital. I'm not the best wordsmith, but I'm going to attempt to explain why I'm doing this...
I first ran in the St. Jude race 2 years ago, and can't begin to describe to you the overwhelming emotions that was over you as you run through the St. Jude campus. The children have gotten out in advance of the race and drawn all sorts of pictures and written messages on the asphalt in chalk. The patients, their families, and many of the staff are out there yelling and encouraging each runner as they go by. It quite literally brought tears to my eyes the first year I ran the race. At the time I was only a few months into running, and trying to complete a half marathon. I followed a run/walk/run pattern on runs prior to this race, but it hit me as I was running through the campus that these kids don't have the opportunity to stop and take a break whenever things get too tough. They have to stay the course and remain strong throughout their treatment. It actually inspired me at the time to run further than I had ever run before without stopping and taking a walk break. Add to this hearing a former St. Jude patient sing the national anthem at the start of the race. Last year seeing a family around mile 25 of the marathon with a huge professionally printed banner with a picture of their child and dates of birth and date of losing their fight with cancer which was only a month earlier than the race. I'm getting teary eyed just sitting here thinking about these moments again... All of these things inspire me to not only run the race again, but to raise money for the hospital that does so much for so many and asks for nothing in return from those it helps.
Danny Thomas said that "No child should die in the dawn of life." and trying to ensure that doesn't happen has always been the mission of St. Jude. It costs $1.7 million per day to run the hospital, and no family is ever asked to pay anything for the treatment their child receives at St. Jude. During the past five years, 81 cents of every dollar donated has supported the research or treatment at St. Jude. The overall goal for fund raising for this race is a mere $5 million. Not even enough to keep the hospital open for a full 3 days. But every little bit helps. With every single donation they receive, they can continue their research and providing the life saving treatments to their patients.
I recently read a story about Danny Thomas. He had a dream one night where he walked through the hospital and was turning off the lights. He walked out the front door and locked the doors behind him. They had cured childhood cancer and there was no more need for the hospital. Unfortunately this was just a dream, but every day they get closer to making it a reality. In the 1960s the survival rate for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, was less than 10%. Today with the help of research at St. Jude that survival rate is now well over 90%.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of St. Jude opening it's doors. Please consider making a donation to help them continue their half century of work in curing childhood cancer. You can donate online at the link below, or if you'd like send me an email and I'll give you my address to mail a check.
To donate online: http://heroes.stjude.org/bgswanson
Thanks, Brian Swanson
This post is way off topic, so feel free to skip it. A friend recently posted the picture below, having solved the "tee game" available at Cracker Barrel (and I'm sure other fine establishments). A winning solution to this puzzle is one of the many pieces of useless information I have stuck in my head, so I thought I'd pass it on to you…
Have you ever wondered how to solve the "tee game" at Cracker Barrel? You know the one where you jump from one hole over another tee to an open hole and it allows you to remove the tee you jumped? The objective of the game is to leave just a single tee.
(Source: Brad Montgomery)
Here's the solution… Numbering the holes from left to right, starting at one of the tips of the triangle and moving down to the base, it would look something like:
So put a tee in each hole except hole #1 to start the game. Now, follow the move instructions below and you'll end up with a single tee left and can show your friends and family how smart you are.
Move from #4 to #1, and remove tee in #2 Move from #6 to #4, and remove tee in #5 Move from #1 to #6, and remove tee in #3 Move from #7 to #2, and remove tee in #4 Move from #10 to #3, and remove tee in #6 Move from #13 to 4, and remove tee in #8 Move from #14 to #5, and remove tee in #9 Move from #2 to #7, and remove tee in #4 Move from #3 to #8, and remove tee in #5 Move from #11 to #4, and remove tee in #7 Move from #4 to #13, and remove tee in #8 Move from #12 to #14, and remove tee in #13 Finally, move from #15 to #13, and remove tee in #14
Congrats! You've solved the puzzle and only have one tee remaining
Someone asked me the other day if I was having a mid-life crisis, because I've signed up for my first ultra-marathon, and I recently jumped out of a perfectly good airplane on purpose. My immediate response was that, No, I'm not having a mid-life crisis. (1) No matter how old I seem to get, I still often don't think of myself as an adult, so it's hard to even think of myself as "middle-aged". But, being 37 now, it might be time to realize that I am in fact an adult (like it or not), and also I am middle-aged. (2) For me a mid-life crisis conjures up images on buying a fast sports car, and getting some young girlfriend to make me feel young because I'm feeling old. That just does NOT describe me.
As I thought further about whether I was in a mid-life crisis, I realized that I was actually having one a couple years ago. How else would you describe someone being 35, the heaviest they've ever weighed, trying to play racquetball and not being able to play for more than 10 minutes at a time without taking a break? At that point, I also had zero motivation to exercise. I didn't even think of racquetball as exercise, that was just going and having fun with my brother. Around that same time I had looked into sky diving and realized I couldn't do it because I weighed too much. I'm not sure if there's a weight limit for jumping solo, but your first jump has (needs) to be a tandem jump. The clips that connect you to your tandem instructor do have a weight limit, and trust me, this is not a time where you want to try to fool yourself or anyone else into being lighter than you really are. I started to get pretty down, but then also realized it was a solvable problem.
My wife had been trying to get me to exercise since before we got married. So I decided to start doing a little running to see if I could get in shape. Within a week or two of my beginning to run, I had a conversation with the guy who is now my long run partner almost every weekend, Scott Smith. He had made a similar decision to try and lose weight and started running. This seemed like an amazing coincidence, but a great opportunity. Since neither of us were runners, we could help motivate each other, and run together sometimes. I believe we even made a pact that we'd run the 2010 St. Jude Half Marathon in December. This would give us the push we needed to keep running, and it was kind of a bucket list item to run such a long race.
Finishing my first 5K
Fast forward a week or so, and I was at a July 4th pool party at a friend's house. I was talking to a few friends about an upcoming 5K, and a lady at the party started talking to me about the Memphis Runners Track Club. She mentioned their annual Road Race Series, and how it would be a great build up to running the St. Jude Half Marathon. Needless to say this was exactly what I think I needed. Basically 10 races, happening usually every other week, starting with a 5K, and ending with a half marathon just 2 weeks before the St. Jude race. Two 5Ks in July, two 5-milers in August, two 10Ks in September, two 10-milers in October, and finally two Half Marathons in November. As long as I continued running, adding mileage each week, and stay injury free, I'd be able to run the St. Jude Half Marathon.
Finishing my first half marathon
Needless to say, I've stuck with it, and have since taken it beyond the half marathon. To date, I've completed 10 half marathons, and 5 marathons. As I mentioned earlier, I've signed up for my first ultra marathon which will take place in September 2012. So, yeah, I was suffering from a mid-life crisis of sorts. But I faced it head on, found a new passion for running, and have a better and more fit life as a result.
Scott and me after finishing the 2011 Little Rock
Marathon (our first marathon)
I've sat down to write another post so many times. But I get lost in wanting to say too much, so don't write anything. Then, more time passes, and I've got even more that needs to be said… At some point you just have to draw a line in the sand and get things going again.
The last time we saw the hero of this tale, he was within a week of his first major "A" race of the year, the Germantown Half Marathon. He was confident (probably to the point of being cocky), and had no doubts he was ready for the race. And then race day came, and he had a horrible day.
When I showed up at the Germantown Half Marathon on race morning, I was jittery like I had never been jittery at a race before. I had my game plan, and was ready to execute it. My stomach was tied in knots and I was feeling ill. But as several of my friends can tell you, for me when my stomach isn't right before a race, there's a good chance I'm about to have a great run. No idea why that's the case, but prior to this race every time I feel sick before a race, everything goes calm during the race and I have a phenomenal run. That didn't happen during the Germantown Half Marathon unfortunately. I ended up getting sick twice during the race. After it happened the first time, I was mentally shaken. I had been really positive up to that point and felt like I could have the huge PR I was looking expecting. But after I got sick, I just kept thinking negative thoughts, and things just kept going down hill from there.
At the end of the day, I still completed a half marathon. I've learned since the race that I need to be grateful for the gift of running that I get to experience. While there will be days where I can be happy with how fast I was, I need to not focus on the off days where the speed isn't there. I need to remember that sometimes my "bad run" is still faster than some people have ever done the same distance.
After the Germantown Half Marathon, I took some time off from training. I had been on a constant training cycle with no breaks and several huge races for almost a year. It was time to relax a bit and give my body a rest. I ran when I wanted to, where I wanted to, and how far I wanted to. I'd call up friends and ask them what their runs were on a given day, and if it sounded fun, I'd join them. Once we got out on the run, sometimes they'd tell me I could go on if I felt good, and I told them it was their run, I was just along with them. So if we needed to slow down, it was not a problem for me. Doing these runs with friends is some of the best fun I've had, and probably the most relaxed I've been while running since I started. It's amazing how much better I felt when I hadn't put the pressure of expectations on myself for a run.
Somewhere in all this "free running" I was doing, I decided that I wanted to run a marathon distance training run to test myself. My previous two marathons were both run with friends, and we stayed together the entire time. I really didn't push myself to my limits to see what kind of shape I was in. I picked a 5.25ish mile course in Bartlett, and decided I'd do 5 loops. This would allow me to run by my truck every 5 miles and refill my water bottle, take in a Gu, etc. So I wouldn't have to drop stuff along a really long course and hope it was there when I needed it. I then sent out an email to my running friends and told them my plan. I asked them if they wanted to join me for one or more of the loops. I was pretty sure no one would be interested in doing all 5 loops with me, but if they could get in a 5-10 mile run they'd be pretty happy, and help pace me through my day. I intentionally ran the first loop by myself. I wanted to set my own pace, and get into the groove on my own and not have to worry about anyone else. My buddy Scott joined me for the second and third loops. My friend Petey joined me for loops three and four. Finally my brother Jeff joined me for the fifth loop. It turned out to be a GREAT run for me. First and foremost, probably because it didn't matter, I relaxed and just did it. Second, because of having great friends out there on the course with me, it took my mind off the fact that I was running so far. Each time we started a loop, it just felt like we were out for a 5 mile run. By no means did I do this run at anything I'd consider to be my marathon pace. This was just a long training run. But, I ended up PRing the marathon distance by almost 30 minutes. GREAT DAY for me…
Since then, I've continued running, and only recently did I start back to an actual training schedule. I've got every day's training mapped out from now until the end of the year. This would probably make a lot of people crazy, and seems like it would be stressful. But, I know that I'm listening to my body after each workout, and I'm not afraid to adjust the schedule accordingly to the feedback I'm getting from my body. I'll add in extra rest days when I feel like I need it, and won't be stressed out about the missed workouts. Also, I've started doing CrossFit training at CrossFit Chickasaw in Memphis. The great team of coaches over there take their time with each person that comes through the door. They make you feel welcome, and help you with your fitness goals no matter what your starting point is. I feel like I've already made significant gains, since I've started working out there. In addition to doing CrossFit, I've scheduled in a fun run each week. On Thursdays, I meet a group of friends for a lunch time run at Shelby Farms on the Tour de Wolf trail. It's an almost six mile run, but while we are out there, pace doesn't matter, we're just some friends out for a run together. Some days it's harder than others because of heat or whatever else we might have done that week, but it's always fun…
Until next episode, may your days be happy and your runs fulfilling…
So I've only been running for not quite 2 years, and as a result I haven't tried many different methods for training for any given race or distance. Up to this year, I've pretty much just Google'd "training plan" and whatever distance I wanted to train for, looked at the various results and picked one that matched up well with my schedule and such. This year, I'm training differently for a race. My next peak race is the Germantown Half Marathon which is now just under 2 weeks away. Instead of following a running training plan, which slowly built up miles until I peaked at 13.1 on race day, my mileage has been limited. I'm doing speed work 2-3 times a week, and I think my 3 longest runs are two 8-mile runs and one 10-mile run. The focus has been almost entirely on cross training and speed work. I started CrossFit a month ago, and have been doing that at least 3 days per week, as well as some sort of running training 3-5 days per week. I feel really well prepared for the race in two weeks. I *KNOW* I will PR at the race, the question is just by how much over my current PR of 1:54:53 which I did in early November 2011.
Of course with the Germantown Half Marathon being less than two weeks away, I've now begun my obsessing over the course, race strategy, fueling, etc… I'm going to run 11 miles of the course this weekend. I'd actually like to run the whole course, but my coach was insistent that I run 11 miles and no more. Beyond that run, I'll do CrossFit 4 times this week, 3 times next week, and several running speed workouts as well.
So training is going well so far. Mileage is way down, but I'm doing speed work several times a week. I've also started a 6 week CrossFit fundamentals class that I'm enjoying. Is it weird that of all my published goals (see right sidebar) the goal I've made the most progress with is trying 50 new beers? According to untappd I've tried 16 new beers already this year. Hmmm there's a small chance my priorities are messed up, but I'll go have another beer while I consider that…
I'm a guy who found exercise late in life, and loving pushing myself to new limits.
2015 Goals:
Complete my first Half Ironman
Get back to sub-8 min/mile average pace for 5K


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Yay! Another "Sisterhood of the Traveling…" installment! I look forward to doing this, and now that we have upped the feature to every week, it's even more exciting! Today our item is this pretty coral color distressed sweater. The distressed sweater has been a staple item in so many fashionista's wardrobes, and the topic of numerous DIY's! I hope you enjoy and find some inspiration for styling your own!
Top – Soho Find
Bustier – Tommy Hilifiger
Jeans – Jill Stuart (A Gift from my Lovely Cousin!)
Shoes – Ash
Jewelry – DIY, Forever 21
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Micah Perks
What is your most recent writing project/what is a piece you've had published recently?
My most recent published book is What Becomes Us, a novel which was named a top ten Apocalypse book by the Guardian.
I just finished a book of linked short stories, True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape, which comes out in October, and I am now working on a book of nonfiction, a literary memoir called The Book of Changes.
What's your favorite thing someone else has said about your writing?
I really love the writer Debra Earling's quote about my novel, because she compared it to one of my favorite writers, Shirley Jackson: "Every once in a while a book not only takes us on a journey, it transports us. I couldn't shake the feeling that I had fully entered this world. The characters are so finely drawn, the story so well told—I felt as if I was carrying a candle through a landscape haunted by Shirley Jackson. A little bit gothic, wonderfully strange, delightfully spooky. A unique love story nested in a Pandora's box of wonder. What Becomes Us is bedazzling. "
What is one craft or writing book you love?
I don't love any writing books, but I do love some essays about writing very, very much. I go back to these essays again and again both in my teaching and for myself: George Orwell's "Why I Write", Raymond Carver's "On Writing," Donald Barthelme's "Not Knowing," Joan Didion's "Why I Write," Anne Lamott's "Shitty First Drafts," Ursula Leguin's essays, Brett Lott's "Towards a Definition of Creative Non-Fiction," and Patricia Hampl's essay on Augustine.
Who is one other writer you're excited about right now?
So, right now I'm really excited about visions of utopia. I just finished Octavia Butler's Lilith's Brood, about the mixing of species to create a new kind of human without hierarchical tendencies, Ursula Le Guin's anarchist utopian novel The Dispossessed, and George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, in which he describes the all too brief anarchist utopia established in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War.
What's the worst writing advice you've ever gotten? What's the best?
I think one of the most pernicious ideas about writing is 'write what you know.' That advice completely discounts imagination as well as the primary reason to write—because you don't know. I would say, 'Write to know.' Write to come to some kind of mediated but profound understanding. Best advice? Maybe from my teacher Alison Lurie, who told me that sometimes it's best just to say what you mean, directly, simply, rather than somersaulting and backflipping around the page. Another teacher at Cornell where I went, A. R. Ammons, said once, "The only thing that ever helped me was praise." I love that because it's funny, and has some real truth to it as well.
Do you have a dedicated work space? Do you write in your home or do you prefer to write elsewhere? Can you write while traveling?
Right now I'm on sabbatical in Europe. I've been writing in small apartments, on the bed or on the couch with my laptop on my lap, or in cafes, hyped up on too much coffee.
What are some of your writing habits?
Now, I'm writing pretty much every day. I try to advance a project rather than count the hours. Like, I want to finish this project by this date. That works best for me.
When you are sitting down to write, what is the first thing you do?
Sadly, check my email.
How do you pay the bills/financially support yourself?
I'm a professor at University of California, Santa Cruz.
When in your life have you felt your work/life balance to be most in sync? When in your life have you felt the most out of sync?
The times I've been happiest in my life in terms of my writing are at writing retreats or on this sabbatical, when I really have time to think and write. But, conversely, another time of great happiness for me was working as a summer camp counselor when I didn't do any writing. I think I love immersive experiences. I don't like to multitask. I like to concentrate. I am most happy by a lake or in a lake or kayaking on a lake.
What are the most pressing demands for your time, energy, labor (including emotional labor)? What has worked best for you in terms of balancing those demands with writing?
For most of my life it has been my children and my job, in that order. Right now, my children are grown up and living away from me and I'm on hiatus from my job, so my only pressing demand is my writing, a great luxury.
Do you have any writing rituals? Or any non-writing rituals that feed your writing life?
It's important for me to exercise, every day if possible. I'm most happy if I can write, read, and exercise every day, though that's not something that actually happens every day, it does happen many days.
Micah Perks is the author of a memoir and two novels, including most recently the award-winning novel What Becomes Us. Her short stories and essays have been published in Tin House, Epoch, Lit Hub, the Rumpus, the Kenyon Review on-line, and many others; and her stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize five times. True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape, a book of linked short stories, will be out in October. She is the co-director of the creative writing program at University of California, Santa Cruz.
For more info: http://www.micahperks.com/ and http://outpost19.com/WhatBecomesUs/


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Product information
This men's lightweight, waterproof running jacket weighs just 150g and boasts 20,0000 B-1 breathability. The AT/C STORMSHELL HZ features taped seams, adjustable hood & half zip. It has Lycra bound cuffs with integrated thumb holes and includes a stuff sac.
2.5 layer waterproof fabric with 20,000 HH and taped seams keep rain off and upper body and head dry.
Suitable as part of mandatory kit when race directors rule a waterproof jacket must be carried.
Can be quickly adapted to changing conditions, with half zip on chest and a roll-away hood that includes wired peak.
- Waterproof.
- Roll away hood with wired peak.
- Ultra breathable.
Inov-8 is one of the world's leading all-terrain footwear, apparel and equipment brands, priding themselves on designing high quality, innovative products in both the running and performance training markets.
Inov-8 believes that an athlete's interaction with the environment around them is the single most important factor to consider when designing products. And with this in mind the company is driven by a desire to deliver athlete-centric innovation.


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Luxury in a tube: the Tory Burch Lip Color
My favorite bag is from Tory Burch and I still regularly use it until today, two years after the purchase. I love how the brand exudes elegance and timelessness without the insane price tag compared to other similar names. I also like the quality of the products themselves, so I feel like I'm not just paying extra for the marketing. You know what I mean? ;)
That's why when I heard that Tory Burch now has cosmetics in the Philippines, I just had to come check it out upon their kind invitation!
The Tory Burch makeup line only has a few selections, but they are well-curated for their exclusive clientele. There's a Lip & Cheek Tint, Bronzer & Blush, Face Brush, and of course, the Lip Colors! There was originally only one shade but the brand recently came out with a full line of luscious colors that'll pique even the most jaded makeup connoisseur.
The packaging alone is really something else. It's in Tory orange, with indented panels and gold lining. It's a statement accessory as it is! I did however expect it to be made of heftier material, since it feels kinda light for a luxury lipstick. Other brands would be either made entirely of metal or have a heavier bullet. It's not an issue for me in any case, as long as the actual design looks fab.
The formula is intended to be sheer, since Tory Burch is all about wearability. They are daily MLBB shades with the juiciest shine to them. You gotta check them out in person to appreciate them fully! There are two intense shades though - Scoundrel and Smack Dab - which are deliciously red. Can you guess what I ended up with? ;)
Above are the top three best-sellers: Pas Du Tout, which is the signature nude of Tory Burch; Smack Dab, a fiery red-orange; and Scoundrel, a blue-based bright red. It was a struggle choosing which color I would take home so I spent a bit of time swatching my top picks. :P Check it out!
Knock On Wood is a brown, almost terracotta color. Pas Du Tout is a tawny pink nude that surprisingly has good coverage for a sheer lipstick. Saucy is a mauve, MLBB color, while Scoundrel is a gorgeous red with fuchsia undertones.
I ended up taking Smack Dab home since I don't have an orangey red that I really like. What I have in my collection is either too red or too orange for my taste, which of course is entirely subjective, but these are my lips after all! I wanted a color that I can wear until I finish it up, not a seasonal one that I can only take out when it feels right.
And that's me wearing Smack Dab. It's gorgeous no? I haven't been into reds lately but this color brings back my infatuation with this classic primary! I also appreciate the light and moisturizing formula of the lipstick, and how it leaves a lasting stain on my lips (about seven hours? The actual product stays on for 3-4 hours).
You must check out Tory Burch beauty products the next time you're feeling fancy. They're not too badly priced, considering. I expected the lipsticks to be around P2,000 but they retail for P1,650, the same price as a Chanel or a NARS lippie. ^_^
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These Companies Will Deliver Thanksgiving to Your Door
Thanksgiving is almost here along with all of the preparation and cooking that comes with putting together a classic turkey feast. Fortunately, the tech industry has plenty of options to make it easier for you, from shipping you boxes of all the ingredients you need, to delivering completely cooked dishes. Here are a few alternatives, some that even delivery on Thursday, that could save you some work this Thanksgiving:
Open the Postmates app, and you'll find a "Friendsgiving" tab that will let you browse recipes for everything from the turkey to a pecan-chocolate pie. For each recipe, it lists the necessary ingredients, which you can then order and have delivered right to your door. As its name suggests, the special tag was created with a potluck-style meal strategy that many friends adopt when celebrating the holiday with each other. What's more, if you want to entirely skip cooking, you can pick from a selection of ready-made goodies like pies and fancy cheeses to still contribute to the feast with minimal fuss.
For more details on Friendsgiving, head here.
This startup is known for eliminating the thinking and shopping while letting you still cook entirely from scratch. Plated sends you all the ingredients for specific recipes. All you need to do is follow along by mixing and doing the cooking. Plated's menu for this week is filled with dishes reminiscent of the traditional American Thanksgiving fare, such as glazed turkey thighs with mashed sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts, and pumpkin cheesecake with whipped cream.
For more about Plated's menu, get the details here.
During Thanksgiving week, Munchery will deliver freshly cooked holiday dishes right to your door, whether you're dining solo or with friends and family. The startup has created several dishes that can be ordered to assemble a veritable Thanksgiving feast of whatever size you need. In most of its markets, the company is also delivering an all-in-one meal for one person, complete with slices of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry, gravy, and Brussel sprouts. In San Francisco, a version for four people comes with all the essential dishes and optional wine pairings.
Menue vary by city, so find out more here.
Din, formerly known as Forage, is for those who want to cook but not too much. The company delivers meal kits that include all the ingredients necessary for a dish, though some ingredients are partially prepared or cooked, which makes the process faster and easier. For Thanksgiving, Din is offering dishes like organic free-range heritage turkey, pumpkin sage risotto and toffee apple pie.
For more on the menu and where it's available, go here.
Similarly to what Postmates is doing for Thanksgiving, grocery delivery service Instacart has rounded up recipes inspired by the holiday. For each, it will automatically generate a shopping list that can be ordered (in full or just whatever ingredients you need to purchase) and delivered. In San Francisco, the company has also partnered with local grocery company Bi-Rite to deliver its $175 Thanksgiving meal kits.
For a list of Instacart's Thanksgiving recipes, go here, and for more tips and recipes from its blog, head here.
Amazon Prime Now
The retail giant's members-only rush delivery service will be open for business on Thanksgiving Day to deliver last minute orders. Forgot a jar of cranberry sauce or a board game to entertain the kids? You can get both in under an hour. Though there is a $7.99 fee for one-hour delivery, the tw0-hour option is free as part of the Amazon Prime membership.
To see if Prime Now is available in your area, head to Amazon Prime's site here.
Bonus: OpenTable
Lastly, if all you want is a hot and delicious meals with zero cooking or dishwashing, check out restaurant booking service OpenTable (OPEN) to find local restaurants open during Thanksgiving.
To find a last minute table in your area, go to OpenTable's website, here, or download the app.
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Desire originating within, influenced by outside forces, aiming in various directions. Survival instinct can go too far. Self awareness fights insecurities revealed around others.
The desire of the moment or of a lifetime: to create something positive. Driving oneself beyond basic needs can lead to threatening levels of excess. Power seduces and the true self fades away, hides away, sometimes too far gone to be found.
To just be can get lost. The privilege of survival and self awareness are often lost with it, but those who hold onto that basic knowledge are rewarded by the knowledge itself.
Desire and Nothing
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Desire is indeed a strange beast, it drives us as you say to extremes or it can make us fade away. I loved thhe last two sentences because they sum it all up really.ReplyDelete
Yeah, we become so consumed by what we want, we forget who we are.ReplyDelete
Yeah, the concept of "enough" seems to have been eroded. I have friends who almost seem like they feel guilty if they're not either working on acquiring more or consuming something.ReplyDelete
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When I 1st met White Gold he was a junior in high school. Living alone with his mom, Lisa, in Arlington, VA. His cousin out in L.A.—my good friend and former roommate, GC—suggested I call White Gold's mom since I was in D.C. and she lived nearby. This was November of '03, during the 1st year of my wanderlusting around America in my VW bus and writing about it on the original version of TheGreatestYearOfMyLife.com. My home cooked dinner at White Gold's house turned into an unforgettable 1-week stay after he and his mom insisted on having me around for another night...then another night...and another. The conversation was that good. White Gold even convinced his English teacher to have me come in and speak to the class, seeing as how they were studying Thoreau and non-conformity. During my week in Arlington I also checked out one of White Gold's basketball games (he was a sophomore playing varsity) and watched some of the videos he'd made punking his friends. He was an aspiring filmmaker, so I left him with my DVD copy of Bottle Rocket, one of my favorite films ever and a low-budget masterpiece Just over 10 years later, this same kid—who presciently self-glossed himself "White Gold" when he was a curious jokester at a progressive high school (HB-Woodlawn) just across the Potomac from Washington D.C.—was winning Best Director at Sundance. It's true. But not until after going on the road with U2 as the band's official videographer throughout Europe—a gig White Gold picked up not long after taking a pair of road trips to San Quentin with me and my dispensary-owning friend Veeektor, who, a few years later, would go on to become one of White Gold's producers on Fishing Without Nets after financing the completion of the original short film version of FWN. (Which won the 2012 Best Short award at Sundance.) The way all this went down and played out is a classic story begging for more space than a paragraph on 2degreesofBOB.com. Maybe I can get someone to pay me to write it. Stay tuned.
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The good news keeps on flowing. Found out today that Cutter's film, Fishing Without Nets, was just picked up for distribution by 20th Century Fox. By this fall we'll be able to check it out, if not at a theater near you then at least via video-on-demand. Hooray, Cutter! (And Veeektor.)
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Belgium: Commission Adopts The First-Ever International Definition Of Nanomaterials For Regulatory Purposes {Apr 2012}
By Mihalis Kritikos, Jacquelyn MacLennan
The European Commission's hesitation to provide a legal definition of nanomaterials came to an end last week when its services adopted and released a long-awaited and much-debated recommendation for a regulatory definition for nanomaterials on 18 October.
By James Killick, Sara Nordin, Fabienne Vermeeren
On 13 October 2011, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted further amendments to the EU sanctions measures against Syria – this time imposing an asset freeze on the Commercial Bank of Syria – in Council Decision 2011/684/CFSP.
Belgium: The EU's New Sanctions Against Iran – Overview Of Implementing Measures Adopted On 25 October 2010 {Dec 2011}
By James Killick
This note provides an overview of the European Union's ("EU's") new Council Regulation 961/2010 on restrictive measures against Iran (the "New Iran Sanctions Regulation" or the "Regulation"), which was adopted by the Council on 25 October 2010 and entered into effect on 27 October 2010, in the process repealing the previous Iran Sanctions Regulation (423/2007).
Belgium: Akzo Nobel Chemicals v Commission {Oct 2010}
By Mark Powell, Genevra Forwood, Stefan Mahoney
The Court of Justice of the European Union (the "Court") on 14 September 2010 handed down a landmark judgment in an appeal brought by Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd.
By Ian Forrester, James Killick
Opinion 1/09 – the Advocates General of the European Court of Justice consider that a draft agreement which would create an EU-wide patent court is, as it stands, incompatible with the EU Treaties
Iran: The EU's New Sanctions Against Iran – Summary of Restrictions Adopted on 26 July 2010 {Sep 2010}
By James Killick, Sara Nordin, Fabienne Vermeeren
On 26 July 2010, the Council of the European Union ("EU") introduced a new regime for economic sanctions against Iran when it adopted Council Decision 2010/413/CFSP and Council Implementing Regulation 668/2010.
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30W LED Flood Light, 1950lm, 75W HPS Bulbs Equiv, Warm White, Super Bright Outdoor Security Lights$16.30
Ideal for stadiums, squares, billboards, parking lots, building exterior wall, etc.
Product Description
Sufficient Brightness
-Its brightness is up to 2250 lumen/1950 lumen, fully meet your lighting needs.
-No shadow, dizzy light, providing you excellent bright light.
Energy Efficient
-More energy efficient than old halogen lamp, great replacement for 75W HPSL (high pressure sodium lamp), saving over 60% on your electricity bill.
Wide Beam Angle
-120° beam angle, providing you with wide illumination range.
Usage Recommendation
-General lighting: illumination area is 20-30 sq. m. with about 75-150 lux when installation height is 4-6 meters.
-Outdoor light: illumination area is 30-40 sq. m. with about 50-75 lux when installation height is 5-7 meters.
-With fully aluminum alloy Die-casting case, this flood light has excellent heat dissipation, which effectively prolongs its lifespan.
-By adopting tempered glass, the panel is much more durable.
Flexible Installation
-It comes with a metal bracket on the lamp body, allowing you to install the light flexibly, including ceiling-mounted, wall-mounted, and ground-mounted.
-The lamp body can be adjusted 150°, flexible enough to meet your lighting requirements.
-With IP66 rating, this floodlight can be widely used in outdoor lighting projects as billboards, show windows, gardens, patio, court, lawn, etc.
-You can also use it in your warehouse, workshop and use it as security lighting.
Key Data
Wattage: 30W
Luminous flux: 2250 lumen/1950 lumen
Light color: Daylight white/Warm white
IP rating: IP66
Material: Aluminum + Tempered Glass + Iron
Dimension: 225*225*50mm
Leading wire: 30 cm (plug not provided)
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If you plan another lighting project in your home or commercial places, you can also find other LE flood lighting products in our store. A variety of wattages, colors and other configurable functions (motion sensor, remote controlling, solar powered, plug in, rechargeable, portable, etc.) are all available!
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|Warm White
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|> 70
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By Dthebuilder
on Dec 11, 2018Verified BuyerGreat bright flood lights"Please note there are just bare wires on these lights so you hard wire them in. Which is exactly what we did. We just add more wire to them to get the distance we need if necessary. We use stranded copper wire and just solder them together and then use heat shrink tubing to waterproof the wiring. We have installed a lot of these lights to light up parking areas. People love the bright light and feel safer. The fixture is very water proof, we haven't had any problem with water getting inside them. I highly recommend them. "0 of 0 people found this review helpful.was this review helpful?YesNo
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on Jul 12, 2017Verified BuyerExcellent, but for me, only, a problem"Years ago while traveling around England my wife left her hair dryer in our previous hotel. No big deal. I trotted out and bought another one. When I got back to the hotel room and opened the box we were surprised to find that there was no plug attached to the wires. The front desk found my surprise amusing and sent me out to a plug store - the place literally sold nothing but plugs. I returned with the appropriate plug but working alone in the room, couldn't attach it properly. I went down to the front desk where they found my ineptitude even more amusing. I asked them if they could attach the plus. "No problem," they said. After about ten minutes a third amateur electrician was called in. Fifteen minutes later they handed over the fully functional hair dryer, and said, "See, simple." I thought if I ever wrote a book about Britain the title would be, "England, a Nation of Electricians."
When the first four of these lights arrived, Deja Vu. I was surprised when the first four lights arrived, with very short wires, *and* NO plugs. I had talked to a representative and been assured they were "plug and play." I guess it's my fault for not asking if plugs were included, but it didn't occur to me that they might not be.
The rest, is completely my fault - buying male plugs (or female, I forget which) when I needed their opposite; initially attempting to strip the wires without the tool designed for this purpose; and a bit of a challenge climbing the learning curve to correctly hook the striped wires around the inside of the plugs.
I also had some difficulty attaching them to 2x4s in the little rug business that I help my daughter with. You really need three hands, or I should say, I needed an extra hand. But, alas, seven are now installed; they provide a lot of light, draw relatively little power, and generate much less heat than HPS bulbs would. (Note, they do generate some noticeable heat and I turn them off if working under them for longer than five minutes - but much less than halogen equivalents.)
Finally, I have four "warm white," and three "daylight" 30 W lights. The latter are substantially brighter."2 of 4 people found this review helpful.was this review helpful?YesNo
By Shirley Martin
on Sep 22, 2014Unverified Buyerpretty great"The led flood lights is pretty great, I have bought 2 from LE and installed on the front of my house, very nice and bright, I highly recommend to anyone who are looking for flood lights!"3 of 5 people found this review helpful.was this review helpful?YesNo
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Question:Return customer, have loved our LED cabinet lighting for over a year, worry free. Superior Quality.
Working on an outdoor project, With a 30W LED Flood, are there any fixture heat considerations?
Could someone "shroud the edges to make the light more directional (like pointing a beam of light straight down onto something)?
Or what would you recommend for that application?
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Top attractions in Krakow
Wieliczka Salt Mine: 4-Hour Guided Tour from Krakow
Krakow: Schindler's Factory Guided Tour
Wawel Cathedral Entry Ticket and Audio Guide Tour
St. Mary's Basilica: Skip-the-Line Ticket
Krakow in a Day: 3-Hour City Tour by Electric Car
Oskar Schindler's Factory and Museums Entry Ticket
Kraków Airport Arrivals Transfer by Luxury Vehicle
Krakow: Sightseeing Cruise by Vistula River
Krakow: Jewish Quarter, Schindler's Factory & Former Ghetto
Krakow: Schindler's Factory Guided Tour
Oskar Schindler's Factory and Kraków Historical Museums Pass
Best things to do in Krakow
On the banks of the Vistula River lies one of Europe's most awe-inspiring cities. Historic buildings and monuments abound and create the foundation upon which Poland's capital of culture stands proud. Here are its top attractions!
National Museum, Krakow
The main branch of Poland's National Museum boasts around 780,000 art objects that span throughout history. The key draw for tourists, though, is its emphasis on Polish painting.
Wieliczka Salt Mine
This 13th-century Wieliczka Salt Mine was in use until 2007. The miners had to spend so much time down there that they carved Catholic statues and chapels out of the rock salt!
Wawel Cathedral
For those worshipping above ground, this sightseeing essential has been the center of Krakow's religious life since the 11th century. Pope John Paul II was ordained at the Wawel Cathedral in 1946.
Bieszczady Mountains
Keen hikers should allow time for a day trip to the region's scenic Bieszczady Mountains. It's pronounced Bee-esh-chardy, for those unfamiliar with Polish!
Tatra Mountains
Significantly higher than the Bieszczady, a far tougher climb is rewarded with breathtaking views. We'd advise against taking Tatras' notoriously dangerous Orla Perć trail though!
Main Square, Krakow
Want to cover the main sights of Krakow in a day? Start your tour in the Old Town. The Krakow Main Square alone hosts Cloth Hall, the Town Hall Tower, and the Statue of Adam Mickiewicz.
The magnificent fortress Wawel was the seat of the medieval Polish monarchy, but its fascinating history predates even then by quite a bit. Its oldest buildings date back to 970AD!
Planning Your Krakow Visit
How many days?
Krakow offers plenty to see and do, with some extremely appealing day trip options beyond its borders. Book your stay for at least 4 or 5 days.
Where to stay?
If you're only in town for a couple of days, booking a hotel in the Old Town or nearby Kazimierz will place you conveniently by Krakow's main sights. However, for visitors looking to keep their distance from the tourist district, Zwierzyniec might be the best place to stay. It's certainly the greenest!
How much money to bring?
Krakow is not expensive. Even if you only ate in the Old Town you could do all meals and drinks for as little as $30-40 a day. Match that amount for tours and attraction tickets (more for day trips). It's worth checking to see if you'll get a better exchange rate on your currency there, rather than before you leave. Also, don't be persuaded to start a tab in any bars you're not familiar with and check prices first!
Good to know
- Language
- Polish
- Currency
- Polish złoty (zł)
- Time Zone
- Country Code
- +48
- Best time to visit
- Spring and fall are the best times to visit, when temperatures are mild and tourist crowds are at a minimum!
Things to Do in Krakow
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What people are saying about Krakow
Takes the Hassle out of Visiting Auschwitz
You may be able to visit Auschwitz cheaper, as entrance to both sites is actually free. Auschwitz ii, you just walk through the entrance, no ticket required. A ticket is required for Auschwitz i, you can get them from the official Auschwitz website for free, but you can only enter at certain times of the day. Using this tour took out all the hassle of sorting tickets and travel to and from Auschwitz. We watched an informative video on the bus, and got free 25pln (£5.50 ish) guide book included within the cost. We didn't mind not having a tour guide as the booklet you receive has more than enough information in it. Also, the guy on the bus sorts everything out for you, tells you best bits to visit on each site and tells you where to be and where to go for tickets. Highly recommend if you want a stress free day visiting Auschwitz.
The place is incredible. The guided tour too rushed
The 4 stars are for the guided tour, not the camp. The camps are very well maintained, just excellent. What a place, wow. The tour however is too rushed, it's like the guides are in a rush to finish, running around and no time for visitors to take their time to appreciate the moment. I was feeling emotional in several of the exhibits and I felt tears coming in, but then I realised the guide is already moving on to the next exhibit so it completely ruined my moment being emotional. It's a shame really. The breaks are too short, 10 minutes to go to the toilet, have a snack, visit the shops... obviously no time at all. Also we didn't enter the museum.
Pavel, our driver was great. Friendly and lovely limo.
Pavel had waited forever as we were the last through immigration. That was a shambles. We then had to find our luggage. As it was now an hour since arrival the carousel didn't show which one for our Liverpool flight. Two lonely bags were found at the back of a stationary carousel after searching them all. Pavel was still there waiting and smiling. He had his own Mercedes limousine with lovely cream leather interior. He was friendly an d spoke great English. He gave us a lot of local info also.
Very knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide
The guide was lovely and was obviously very passionate about her country. Some of the stories were very moving. I highly recommend. A guided tour is optional; however, everything is explained in a lot more depth than if you went solo and read it all yourself. Very factual and accurate history. We bought a ticket online, as it was slightly cheaper and saved about 20 minutes waiting in a queue. They also accept mobile tickets, so you don't have to find a printer, which is ideal.
Good way to spend a day in the Krakow region
Our guide Filip was very passionate about Auschwitz and really set the mood for our visit to Auschwitz. He spoke with a lot of emotion and it left everyone on the tour feeling a great sense of sorrow for the people who had been sent there many years ago. We also visited the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam and having visited Auschwitz gave us a better appreciation for what Anne Frank had gone through. The salt mine was a good experience. I would recommend this tour


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When Sophie Moreno uncovers evidence linking the medical supply company she works for with arms smuggling - and worse - she doesn't know who to turn to. After a shocking betrayal, she realizes that the only person she can trust is a mysterious new person in the company - a man with hauntingly familiar eyes. As Sophie questions her intense attraction to this man and Jack struggles not to blow his cover, the two of them race against the clock to stop terrorists from killing scores of people - starting with them.
Contains mature themes.
This was my first Katie Reus book and after reading this I want to read everything she has ever written! Targeted is riveting.
Jack Stone is a bad-ass Marine Sniper, turned undercover operative for the United States Government. He takes the cases no one else can take or even know about. When the nation's security is on the line, Jack is the agent they turn to. After getting back from a long and dangerous mission, Jack is surprised that his boss is eager to throw him right back onto a new assignment. When he learns the assignment involves the one person from his past he has never been able to forget, warning bells go off in Jack's head. No way can he be that close to Sophie Moreno again. Because of his previous connection, however, he is the only operative that can take the mission and Jack knows that this will be the mission that either makes or breaks him.
Sophie Moreno knows something with her company is not right. Her boss, who is almost family to her, has been acting weird and the flight logs are not adding up. When she sneaks into the hanger at night to get a peak of the cargo, what she sees may wind up costing her her life. When a tall, strong, and dangerous looking man approaches her boss the next day, she can tell right away that he is not quite what he seems. There's something about his piercing blue eyes and the way he looks at her that triggers memories she has long been trying to suppress. Not only does he remind her of her childhood love who died in war, but he also claims to work for the company which is involved in some very dangerous activity. She definitely cannot trust this man. She also definitely cannot resist him. Despite all the red flags, she is drawn to him with an incredible pull that is impossible to ignore.
When attempts are made on her life, Jack will be forced to blow his cover to protect the woman he loves. With agents playing both sides, he cannot even trust the special ops team which is supposed to keep their own agents safe. With danger lurking around every corner, Jack is the only hope Sophie has for getting out of this alive.
What follows is a steamy, action packed adventure that will leave you craving more of Jack and Sophie. The plot is exciting and fast paced making the book impossible to put down. The characters are well developed with realistic strengths and weaknesses. The romance is so sizzling it nearly bursts off the pages. These are characters that you cannot help but cheer for and care about as you read and a story that will stick with you long past the final chapters.
I listened to the audio version narrated by Sophie Eastlake which was outstanding. Sophie has an incredible voice that was a pleasure to listen to. She narrated the novel with precision and clarity and added real depth and emotion to the dialogue. I would listen to anything she narrates. Simply outstanding! This is a book that comes to life in audio!


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All 7,000 taxis in the nation's capital will be required to use an app allowing customers to order rides in what the D.C. Taxicab Commission says is the first such requirement in the nation.
The commission unanimously approved a measure Wednesday requiring the 7,000 cabs in the district to be able to be hailed through the Universal DC TaxiApp. Like users of other ride-hailing companies like Uber, customers will be able to pre-load credit-card information for easier payment, though they'll still be able to pay in person with cards or cash.
Testing begins in March, and the commission hopes to launch by summer.
The app will be developed by the commission, and managed and marketed by an industry co-op, which will set rates.
Taxis will still accept street hails.


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Eilu v'Eilu Divrei Elohim Chayyim: It's a Valid Perspective But It's Not the Whole Truth
Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman/Rosh HaShanah D'var Torah 5777
Shanah tova!
It's a warm July day in the Berkshires. A group of ten girls at Crane Lake Camp gather under the trees by the picnic tables for an activity to sum up the summer's Jewish learning. As part of myvery fun week on staff at this Reform sleep away camp, I get to lead this bunk in the afternoon's lesson. We will be going around camp to locations where, in previous weeks, the campers learned about different middot, or personal qualities.
At each location -- the art porch, the pool, the outdoor sanctuary -- is a bag of colored beads, each color corresponding to a middah. Purple for דבוק חברים sticking by friends. Red for אמונה trust. Green for חסד loving kindness. White for אנווה humility. Each camper strings a bracelet for herself, intentionally choosing the number of each color. If she feels the middah is a strength of hers, she only takes one bead. If she wants to work to improve that quality in herself, she takes two or three. She will bring the bracelet home to reflect on during the year.
Swim towels and water bottles gathered, we begin to walk around camp, collecting the beads and making our bracelets. Then one camper takes a step not on the curriculum that moves the activity from creative to profound. She turns to a bunkmate, a child she's been living and playing with for four weeks, and says, "I think I need only one bead for patience, but what do you think?"
Soon half the girls are asking for each other's opinions before selecting their number of beads, figuring out on their own that self reflection is more informed and courageous when we ask those we trust for their perspectives.
It's an early autumn day, and 20 Sinai U high schoolers are gathered in Ehrenfried Hall. One group of students is speaking with a religious school parent, another to a board member, another to a custodian, and another to a staff member. Pens fly over paper as the teens take notes, asking open ended questions to solicit the needs, interests, and concerns of the person in front of them.
As members of the Sinai U Design Lab, these teens are learning the process of Design Thinking, while tackling a real challenge in their Jewish community. We learn from the Sinai U Design Lab teens that the first step to communal problem solving is asking genuine questions, listening empathically, and getting as many perspectives as possible.
What makes each of these stories inspiring? On the High Holidays we ask God over and over again to write us in the book of life. זוכרינו לחיים מלך חפץ בחיים, וכותבינו בספר החיים למענך אלהים חיים. Remember us for life, Sovereign who yearns for life, and write us in the book of life for Your sake, living God. Life life life! At Crane Lake Camp and at the Sinai U Design Lab, we hear young people's voices actively seeking perspectives not their own, practicing curiosity, and opening their hearts to the views of others. The young people's listening is generative, generous, and mature. But above all, it is life affirming. Just as an ecosystem needs diverse species and niches to grow and thrive, so we human systems and human beings need diverse perspectives to grow and thrive. The stasis of perpetual certainty is a kind of death. We must be open to multiple perspectives to remember ourselves and each other for life.
This year I have been spending a lot of time thinking about a concept my husband taught me: That whatever I think, at any given moment, it is a valid perspective but not the whole truth.
It is easy for most of us, at times, to act as if our perspective is the only valid one, even if we intellectually know this isn't so. It happens for any number of reasons: We have ego invested in what we've already said. We don't have time to hear someone else out. Sometimes we have entrenched interests that make a new perspective threatening - as Upton Sinclair said, "It's difficult to get someone to understand something if their salary depends on them not understanding it." - and sometimes we are so enmeshed in our own view that inertia keeps us there. More often, we simply see the evidence for our own view so clearly that further curiosity seems unnecessary.
What we think, at any given moment, is a valid perspective but not the whole truth.
If this sounds obvious, if this sounds easy, I dare you to remember how easy it is the next time you are arguing with a spouse, disagreeing with a coworker, reading an exasperating editorial, or stuck on the phone with a customer service representative.
A few years back I asked for a spectacular pair of binoculars for my birthday. I love them. Looking at the tree out my living room window the other day through these binoculars, I could see the leaves in great detail as they shimmered in the sun and rustled in the wind. But when I rolled the focus wheel in the other direction, I could see the metal mesh of the window screen, sharp and clear, just a foot away from my face, and the tree was gone. A moment ago that screen had been entirely invisible.
The leaves were a valid perspective of the view out my window, but they were not the whole truth. What does it take to turn that focus wheel?
Being remembered for life means, among other things, cultivating the middot, qualities, of empathy, curiosity, and courage - the empathy to care deeply about others, the curiosity to ask for further insights, and the courage to share of ourselves and be changed by what we learn. This is part of teshuva, the process of returning again and again to ourselves and to God, of turning and turning the focus wheel of our attention to learn more and more about ourselves, our situation, and the world around us. Teshuva, returning to our highest self, is impossible if we think we already know what the world will look like on the other side.
Baruch HaShem, thank God, we as Jews are heirs to a tradition that both canonizes different viewpoints - the Talmud and rabbinic stories fill thousands of pages of conflicting interpretations of the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law -- and celebrates the process of inquiry, disagreement, and soliciting multiple perspectives.
"For three years," the Talmud teaches "there was a dispute between the School of Hillel and the School of Shammai. One would assert, "The law is in agreement with our views," and the other would contend, "The law is in agreement with our views." [Shocking.] Then a bat kol, a voice from heaven, announced, Eilu v'eilu divrei Elohim Hayyim hen, "These and those are both the words of the Living God."
What we each think, at any given moment, is a valid perspective but not the whole truth.
Hillel and Shammai were proto rabbis, ancient teachers whose respective followers spent years arguing with each other. It took a voice from heaven to teach them how to handle this situation. See, the bat kol explains, both of you have valid perspectives. Each school of students is not only right, but is speaking the words of the living God, Elohim Hayyim, the same name for God we use in our high holiday liturgy.
But hold on!
The bat kol continues by saying, "But the law is in agreement with the rulings of the School of Hillel."
You might be thinking, wait a sec! and the Talmud was too!
The text asks: "If both "Eilu v'eilu, these and those, are the words of the Living God," what entitled the School of Hillel to have the law according to their rulings? Because," the text answers itself, "they were kindly and modest, they studied their own rulings and those of the School of Shammai, and were even so humble as to mention the words of Shammai before their own (Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 13b).
According to this story, Hillel's teachings end up being the law not because they are smarter policies, or more practical or profound. They end up being the law because the students of Hillel listened to the students of Shammai, and were able to explain the viewpoints of Shammai as well as their own. While the text doesn't say so explicitly, I think the students of Hillel were transformed by their encounter with the students of Shammai. Their kindly and modest approach would allow their hearts to be open to their rivals such that they could not help but be changed and moved by them. While the rulings of Hillel and Shammai as handed down to us look like opposites, I think that Hillel's teachings were not purely Hillel's anymore. They intermingled with the wisdom and perspectives of Shammai, and they were influenced by the very process of debate itself. This is why the Hillel won the day.
We hear this lesson again nestled in the details of tomorrow morning's Torah portion, one of the more difficult stories in Genesis - chapter 21. Sarah finally gives birth to a child, Isaac. But years earlier, she had encouraged Abraham to have a child with her maidservant, Hagar. Now Sarah sees this child, Ishma'el, with her son Isaac. Afraid for her own son's inheritance, Sarah tells Abraham to banish Hagar and Ishmael.
If we look at the language around the key characters in this story, each of them is blinded by their own perspective and sees only a limited scope of the difficult situation. The Torah says ותֵרֶא שרה, "and Sarah saw Ishmael playing with Isaac." Instead of seeing children enjoying each other's company, Sarah sees only a threat to her son's power. While according to God Sarah is, upsettingly, correct to want Hagar and Ishmael banished, she is still blind to the truth that Hagar and Ishmael are part of this sacred story, and that they have their own roles to play.
When Sarah tells Abraham to banish Hagar and Ishma'el, the text reads וירע הדבר מאוד בעיני אברהם, "the matter was terrible in Abraham's eyes." Understandably, Abraham sees only the terror of banishing his lover and child. He cannot yet see the truth God will care for them.
And finally, when Hagar is sent into the מדבר, the wilderness, she places Ishma'el at a distance, not wanting to see him die of thirst, unable to see that deliverance is close at hand.
In this story, it is God who provides the missing information to the characters. "שמע בקלהּ, Listen to your wife," God tells Abraham. "Hagar and Ishma'el will be the beginning of a great nation, but your line will travel through Isaac."
"Look up, Hagar," God says, hearing the cries of mother and son in the wilderness. And the text reads, "ותפקח אלהים את עיניה, ותרא באר מיים' God opened Hagar's eyes, and she saw a well of water."
In this story, a character sees only their own corner of the world, until God comes into the story and gives them the crucial information relevant to survive the ordeal, almost like God twisting the focus knob on the binoculars to let them see something new right in front of their eyes. In our own lives, we must play the part of God for each other - asking and answering from a place of deep curiosity so that we can have more and more of the information we need to make wise decisions and open our hearts. Like the campers and Design Lab teens, we can practice a posture of learning in which we approach others as wellsprings of wisdom, as B'tzelem Elohim, made in the image of God.
Whatever we each think, it a valid perspective but not the whole truth.
This teaching is relevant on many levels.
In our intimate friend and family relationships, we can honor the nature, needs, and experiences of our loved ones by getting curious. "What am I not seeing?" we can ask. Or, "It sounds like you have a few different conflicting thoughts. I'd love to hear from each of them." In honoring our loved ones like this, especially when they are in inner conflict, we not only hold a compassionate mirror up to them; we also gain more insights and can better make decisions together or navigate disagreement.
On teams at work or in school, we can approach collaboration from this stance and be surprised by how much we learn and how much easier it is to get to consensus. Roger Schwartz, leadership coach and creator of the Mutual Learning Approach, teaches people to make genuine statements and ask genuine questions, in that order. (I challenge you to notice whenever you do the opposite - ask a question, and then answer it yourself. It's more common than we think!) When we say our thoughts, and then end with "What am I missing?" or "How do you see it differently?" a conversation can be a real give and take.
Within our own psyches, how often do we have voices or feelings that sound crazy but just need to be heard? When we shut them down, when we tell our anger, shame, disgust, frustration, grief "Take a hike, I hate you and I don't want to hear what you're telling me," the voice of that emotion or part usually gets stronger or repressed. When, on the other hand, we can gently hold that emotion and say, "Hi. I hear you. Thank you for your wisdom. I know you are not the whole truth, but you are a valid perspective," then we may be able to move more easily past the stuck place inside us.
The working title for my remarks today was, "This sermon is a valid perspective, but it's not the whole truth." One way in which the teaching I've offered today may not be the whole truth is that some stances, some perspectives, are just wrong. Politics distorts communication, and distorts personal stories. And this current presidential election has stretched me to the very edge of my capacity to call all perspectives valid.
On the one hand, I take it as an item of deepest faith that every human being's perspective is an expression of their actual needs and experiences, just as every human being is an expression of the divine. On the other hand, I take it as an item of deepest faith that institutional hatred is wrong, that misogyny, racism, and the denial of science for the sake of profit are just wrong. So I have two valid perspectives here, neither of which is the whole truth. I don't know how to resolve them. But I know this. There is always room for more curiosity. There is always room for more empathy. There is always room for more courage, especially in the face of discord and fear which drive people away from truth.
On the High Holidays we ask God over and over again to write us in the book of life. זוכרינו לחיים מלך חפץ בחיים. Remember us for life, Sovereign who yearns for life. We all speak the words of the Living God. Yet it is up to us to nurture the life affirming habit of seeking multiple valid perspectives - a habit which will enrich our own souls, our own learning, and our relationships to others. May we each string a metaphoric bracelet this year with many beads of empathy, curiosity, and courage to better grow towards life.
Shanah Tova!


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CEO succession at 5 big tech
The planned retirement of Intel's Sean Maloney in 2013 has ignited speculation over who might replace Paul Otellini, the firm's chief. Maloney, a charismatic 30-year Intel (INTC) vet, came back to run the company's $8 billion China business after surviving a massive stroke in 2010 and seemed the obvious candidate. The 56-year-old stepped down to spend time with family. As for Otellini, he became CEO in 2005 after a long stint at the chipmaker. But at 62, he now is close to the firm's mandatory retirement age of 65. COO Brian Krzanich, 52, seems a likely successor. (Otellini, Craig Barrett, and Andy Grove were all COO before taking the top job.) CFO Stacy Smith, 50, and chief product officer David "Dadi" Perlmutter are also possibilities. But Perlmutter, 58, will himself be close to retirement age by the time Otellini leaves.
Tim Cook
CEO of Apple (AAPL) since 2011
The operations whiz, 51, may eventually be succeeded by a younger, Jobsian visionary …
Scott Forstall
Senior VP, iOS
… like the 43-year-old mobile-software chief. He runs Apple's cash-cow iPhone business.
Steve Ballmer
CEO of Microsoft (MSFT) since 2000
Ballmer, 56, has been criticized for Microsoft's lackluster performance in handsets and search.
Steven Sinofsky
President, Windows and Windows Live
A smooth launch of Windows 8 could propel the 46-year-old.
Cisco Systems
John Chambers
CEO of Cisco (CSCO) since 1995
The 63-year-old chief recently said he may retire within the next four years.
Robert Lloyd
EVP, Worldwide Operations
Lloyd, 56, has hung in for two decades and is frequently named as a possible next in line.
Larry Ellison
CEO of Oracle (ORCL) since 1977
After 3 1/2 decades, the feisty 68-yearold shows no signs of slowing down.
Safra Catz
Co-President and CFO
Does the veteran, 50, have the upper hand for succession over co-president Mark Hurd?


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The B14 is an ISAF International Class and the organisation of the class is global.
World Council
The World Council co-ordinate the actions of the individual National Class Associations and ensure that the international one-design status of the class is sustained.
The World Council are funded by the National Class Associations and they, in turn, fund the international elements of the class including the B14.org website.
- Sébastian Le Cam - International Class President
- Adrian Beswick - Class Chairman AUS
- Chris Wilms - Class Chairman GBR
- Tony Blackmore - Vice Chairman GBR
- Lissa McMillan - President B14 Association - Australia
- Guy Bancroft - Technical Officer and World Council Rep
National Class Associations
The class has boats in many countries around the world including Australia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the USA. The major fleets are in Northern Europe and Australasia.
Australian Class Association
The Australian Class association has national and state representation from the following states: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. If your interested in getting in contact with your respective state association, please see the below Aus B14 Executive Contacts list. Want to join up as a member? The latest season's membership form is also attached below.


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The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
Denis Lee
Denis Lee
|Years at Michigan:
1969 - 2000
Professor of Art, Medical and Biological Illustration
Professor Emeritus