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Dragons Fall In The 1st Round Of The State Playoffs To CartersvilleTeam FYN Sports November 12, 2017
This past Friday, on a cool, brisk evening, the PHS varsity football team travled down to Cartersville to take on the top seed from region 5, the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes in the first round of the GHSA 4-A State football playoffs. This would be the 21st meeting all time between the two schools.
Pickens, won the toss and elected to receive to start the ball game. After several first downs on a good opening drive, the Dragons were forced to punt. The Canes got on the board first at the 6:45 mark after a 17-yd TD pass making it 7-0 Cartersville in the opening quarter. Cartersville added to the lead at the 3:23 mark of the 1st quarter with a 41-yd TD pass making it 14-0. The Canes would score just before the end of the 1st quarter with a 4-yd TD pass giving us a score of 21-0 Cartersville after one.
In the 2nd quarter, Cartersville would again add to their lead after a 1-yd TD run to make it 28-o with 9:16 left in the first half. Pickens nearly snagged a fumble in the end zone after a long completion from the Canes, but were unable to secure it as Cartersville was able to fall on it and make it 35-0 at the 4:43 mark of the 2nd quarter. The Canes would score again just prior to halftime with a 51-yd TD pass to give us a score of 42-o.
In the 2nd half, things started picking up for the Dragons. After a high snap, the Dragons pounced on the loose ball, then a fumble occured, then a quick thinking Hunter Hermann scooped up that fumble, and took it into the end zone for the score to make it 42-7 Canes with 10:18 left in the 3rd. Cartersville scored on a 19-yd TD pass to make it 48-7 Canes as we headed to the 4th.
In the 4th, Pickens would find the end zone twice. This time, with the offense. The first score in the 4th came from Robert Davis. Davis was able to sneak through the left side of the defense for a 6-yd TD run at the 8:21 mark to make it 48-14. The 2nd score, was set up by a beautiful punt return that Davis nearly took all the way. Jacob Brumby finished it off with a 3-yd TD run to make the score 48-21. Your final in this one, 48-21 Cartersville.
Final Season Stats:
215 first downs, 49/116 on 3rd down, 15/32 on 4th down, 5,193 total yards (school record), 429 total points (school record), 2,675 rushing yards, 2,518 passing yards, 26 total takeaways, 17 fumble recoveries, 9 INT's
Jacob Brumby: 172-290, 59.3%, 2,457 yards, 22 TD's, 8 INT
Robert Davis: 123 rushes, 1,148 yards, 9.3 ypc, 14 TD, long of 80
C.J. Streicher: 72 rushes, 523 yards, 7.3 ypc, 7 TD, long of 45
Jacob Brumby: 110 rushes, 417 yards, 3.8 ypc, 4 TD, long of 25
Trevon Hawkins: 40 rushes, 296 yards, 7.4 ypc, 5 TD, long of 82
Brady Moore: 13 rushes, 116 yards, 8.9 ypc, 2 TD, long of 52
Zach Goss Jr: 45 catches, 856 yards (single season record), 19.0 ypc, 15 TD's (single season record), long of 56
Josh Cain: 34 catches, 421 yards, 12.4 ypc, 2 TD, long of 28
Robert Davis: 33 catches, 403 yards, 12.2 ypc, 1 TD, long of 60
Alex Snelgrove: 25 catches, 322 yards, 12.9 ypc, 2 TD, long of 36
Trevon Hawkins: 12 catches, 201 yards, 16.8 ypc, long of 51
Hunter Hermann: 121 total tackles, 73 solo, 48 assists, 9 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 INT, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, 1 TD
Trevon Hawkins: 78 total tackles, 53 solo, 25 assists, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovery, 1 TD
Jay Jones: 78 total tackles, 35 solo, 43 assists, 2 TFL, 2 INT, 3 fumble recoveries, 3 pass break ups
Boz Gayden: 69 total tackles, 37 solo, 32 assists, 1 TFL, 1 fumble recovery, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass break up
Kaleb Ray: 48 total tackles, 35 solo, 13 assists, 4 INT, 2 forced fumbles, 8 pass break ups, 1 block
Special Teams:
Michael Burrell: 33 punts, 1,142 yards, 34.6 yd average, long of 53, 5 inside the 20, 52-58 on PAT
Punt Return:
Trevon Hawkins: 8 returns, 111 yards, 13.9 average, long of 28
Robert Davis: 6 returns, 77 yards, 12.8 average, long of 43
C.J. Streicher: 3 returns, 68 yards, 22.7 average, long of 47, 1 TD
Kick Return:
Robert Davis: 19 returns, 460 yards, 24.2 average, long of 94, 1 TD
Trevon Hawkins: 9 returns, 249 yards, 27.7 average, long of 74, 1 TD
Season Records:
Jacob Brumby: total offense (2,874), passing yds (2,457), completions (172), passing TD's (22)
Zach Goss: yards receiving (856), receiving TD's (15), 2nd in receptions with 45
Robert Davis: kick return yards (460)
Michael Burrell: 52 makes on PAT puts him 2nd for a season
Career Records:
Jacob Brumby: all time leader in passing yards (4,432), completions (318), passing TD's (33)
Zach Goss: all time leader in receiving yards (1,318) just a Junior
Dragons To Face Northwest Whitfield For 3rd PlacePHS Basketball, Team FYN Sports February 13, 2016
Last night, the PHS Dragons varsity basketball team traveled once again to Southeast Whitfield for the 7-AAAA Region Tournament. This time, Pickens faced the #1 seeded Canes of Cartersville for a shot at a region championship, and a home state game in the 1st round.
In the opening quarter, things did not get off to a good start for the Dragons as Cartersville went on a 9-0 run. However, the offense picked up for Pickens as they went on a run of their own, even taking the lead during the run. A 14-5 run for the Dragons tied things up at 14 as we went to the 2nd. In the 2nd, both teams went back and forth. The Canes pulled away a bit by the end of the quarter to take a 34-26 lead into the break.
In the 3rd, the ball game was still up in the air. Cartersville outscored 18-16 to take a 52-42 lead into the 4th and final quarter. In the 4th, the Canes were able to close things out using a 23-13 quarter run to get the win, 75-55. With the win, Cartersville will now face #3 seed Heritage for the region title today at 7:30.
Leading the way for the Dragons were:
Holden Roop: 20 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, & 2 steals
Trent Rizoti: 10 points, & 6 rebounds
Tyler Garner: 8 points, 1 assist, 8 rebounds, & 2 steals
Avery Luke: 8 points, 1 assist, 2 rebounds, & 1 steal
With the loss, the Dragons will now face the #2 seeded Northwest Whitfield this afternoon for 3rd place at 4:30. 7-AAAA is facing 6-AAAA in the first round of the state tournament. Depending on the 6-AAAA region championship game, and the outcome of the Dragons game today, Pickens will either be traveling to play Lithonia or Grady in the opening round.
Dragons Upset Raiders Make State Tournament For The 6th TimePHS Basketball, Team FYN Sports February 12, 2016
After getting past their 515, rival, the Gilmer Bobcats earlier in the day, the PHS Dragons varsity basketball team looked to earn a 4A State Tournament berth. It would not be easy as they had to battle the hosting school, the Southeast Whitfield Raiders for that bid.
Pickens got momentum early as Joseph Gossett, nailed 2 of his 3's on the night back to back. After a back and forth opening frame, the Dragons led things, 24-20. In the 2nd, Pickens continued it's scoring ways. Outscoring the Raiders 13-11, the Dragons took a 37-31 lead into the break.
In the 3rd, Pickens stretched out their lead even more. A 21-13 quarter, gave the Dragons a 58-44 advantage over Southeast heading to the 4th and final quarter. In the 4th, Pickens exploded for 29 points. The Raiders poured it in as well, scoring 34 in the quarter. The Dragons were able to hit timely buckets and win the free throw game to take this one, 87-78. The win gives Pickens it's 6th State Tournament berth in 60 years.
Leading the way for the Dragons were:
Holden Roop: 36 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, & 3 steals
Joseph Gossett: 15 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, & 3 steals
Tyler Garner: 12 points, 2 assists, & 7 rebounds
Trent Rizoti: 11 points, 3 assists, & 7 rebounds
Blake Gorth: 8 points, 1 rebound, & 1 steal
Avery Luke: 5 points, 3 rebounds, & 2 steals
The Dragons will have little time to rest, as they will be back at Southeast Whitfield later tonight for the semifinals of the 7-AAAA Region Tournament. Pickens will be facing the #1 seeded Purple Hurricanes of Cartersville. Winner will play for a region championship tomorrow, and earn a home game in the first round of the 4A State Tournament. Tip off set for 8:30 p.m.
Dragons Fall To Cartersville Prepare For Big Region WeekPHS Basketball, Team FYN Sports January 17, 2016
Last Friday night, the PHS Dragons varsity basketball team traveled to Cartersville to take on the Purple Hurricanes in region 7-AAAA action. The Dragons, came in winners of 3 of their last 4 games with all 3 of those being region games.
In the first quarter, everything just went Cartersville's way. The Purple Hurricanes took a 27-11 lead heading into the 2nd. Cartersville just could not miss as they stretched out their lead. The Purple Hurricanes outscored the Dragons in the quarter 30-15 to take a 57-26 lead into the break.
In the third, Cartersville again stretched out their lead using a 23-8 quarter run. The Purple hurricanes led things, 80-34, going to the fourth. A highlight for the Dragons in the 4th quarter was freshman Seth Bishop's put back dunk that even had the home crowd cheering. Cartersville took this one, 92-40.
Leading the way for the Dragons were:
Trent Rizoti: 10 points, & 4 rebounds
Avery Luke: 9 points, 1 assist, 4 rebounds, & 1 steal
Holden Roop: 7 points, 2 assists, & 1 rebound
Chase Simmons: 3 points, 1 rebound, & 1 steal
Seth Bishop: 2 points, 1 assist, 3 rebounds, & 1 steal
Tyler Garner had 2 points, 1 assist, & 2 rebounds, & DJ Walden finished with 2 points, 1 assist, & 1 rebound.
The Dragons will look to shake that game off and get back in the win column this Tuesday as they host the Heritage Generals. The Generals are currently at the top of the 7-AAAA standings at 8-1 while the Dragons are currently in 5th at 3-4. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Dragons Comeplete Comeback For Third Straight Region WinPHS Basketball, Team FYN Sports January 13, 2016
Yesterday, the PHS Dragons varsity basketball team traveled to take on the LaFayette Ramblers in a critical 7-AAAA game. Pickens, came into the ball game winners of two straight region games and looked to get the home and home split with LaFayette.
In the opening quarter, things got off to a slow start the Dragons. The Ramblers led things going to the 2nd, 12-7. In the 2nd, LaFayette stretched their lead out by using a 17-14 quarter run to take a 29-21 advantage over Pickens at the half.
The third quarter belonged to the Dragons. Pickens held the Ramblers to just 3 quarter points while putting up 15 to take a 37-32 lead. In the 4th, the Dragons were able to hit key shots and get stops on defense to leave LaFayette with a 55-46 win. Thier 3rd straight region win, 2nd straight on the road.
Leading the way for the Dragons were:
Joseph Gossett: 17 points, & 1 rebound
Trent Rizoti: 15 points, 2 assists, & 10 rebounds
Holden Roop: 8 points, 4 assists, & 3 rebounds
Tyler Garner: 5 points, 4 assists, & 11 rebounds
DJ Walden: 4 points, 1 assist, 5 rebounds, & 1 steal
Sam Davis had 2 points, 1 assist, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, & 3 blocks, Blake Gorth had 2 points, 2 assists, & 1 rebound, & Seth Bishop finished with 2 points, & 2 rebounds.
The Dragons will look to continue their winning ways in region road games when they travel to take on the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes on Friday night. Tip off scheduled for 8:30 p.m.
Dragons Fall To Canes After Close GameTeam FYN Sports December 20, 2015
On Friday evening, the PHS Dragons varsity basketball team hosted the Purple Hurricanes of Cartersville in a 7-AAAA game. This was the makeup game for the game that had been scheduled for the 4th.
In the 1st, both teams went back and forth offensively. Cartersville took the slight lead going to the 2nd, 11-9. More of the same high paced action continued in the 2nd quarter. The Purple Hurricanes edged the Dragons in the frame, 14-13, to take a 25-22 lead after one half of play.
The 3rd belonged to Pickens. In the quarter, the Dragons outscored Cartersville 21-17, capped off by a massive Tyler Garner dunk off of a fast break. Dragons held the lead after three, 43-42. The 4th quarter was neck and neck as both teams traded buckets. In the end, the Purple Hurricanes were able to win the free throw game and outscore Pickens 29-23, to take this one, 71-66.
Leading the way for the Dragons were:
Holden Roop: 25 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, & 4 steals
Trent Rizoti: 16 points, & 6 rebounds
Tyler Garner: 11 points, 2 assists, 5 rebounds, & 3 blocks
Joseph Gossett: 6 points, 3 assists, 4 rebounds, & 1 steal
Sam Davis added 3 points, 3 assists, & 1 rebound
The Dragons will be back in the Dragons Den tomorrow night as they host the Tigers of Dawson County in non-region action. Tip off scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Dragons Battle Bruins Come Up Short In Region ContestTeam FYN Sports December 16, 2015
Earlier tonight, the PHS Dragons varsity basketball team was on the road for another big game. The Dragons took on the Bruins of Northwest Whitfield in 7-AAAA action. Pickens, looked to turn their fortune around after the last several games.
In the 1st quarter, both teams came out firing. At the end of the opening frame, both teams were tied at 21 a piece. In the 2nd quarter, we saw more of the same. Northwest Whitfield outscored the Dragons slightly, 20-16 to take a 41-37 lead into the break.
As we entered the 3rd quarter, both offenses continued to trade buckets. The Bruins again outscored Pickens 20-16 to take a 61-53 lead going to the 4th and final quarter. Northwest Whitfield closed things out in the 4th with a 22-12 quarter run. The Bruins took this one over the Dragons, 82-65.
Leading the way for the Dragons were:
Trent Rizoti: 23 points, 1 assist, & 9 rebounds
Holden Roop: 22 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds, & 2 steals
Joseph Gossett: 9 points, 1 assist, 2 rebounds, & 4 steals
Sam Davis chipped in 4 points, 2 assists, & 1 rebound.
The Dragons will be back at home on Friday as they host the Purple Hurricanes of Cartersville in another 7-AAAA region game. This is the makeup game that was originally scheduled for the 4th but got moved due to Cartersville's state championship playoff run. Tip off is scheduled for 7:30.
Dragons Finish Regular Season 8-2 Prepare For Playoff Game At MaristTeam FYN Sports November 8, 2015
This past Friday, the PHS varsity football team host the Purple Hurricanes of Cartersville in what was the 7-AAAA Region Championship game. Cartersville came in ranked anywhere from 1-3 in different polls and undefeated on the season at 9-0 with a 6-0 region record. Pickens came in winners of 4 straight, undefeated at home on the season, 8-1 overall, & 5-1 in region play. The Dragons had a little extra motivation as the seniors were recognized for Senior Night prior to the game beginning.
Cartersville won the toss and elected to receive. Pickens held the high powered Purple Hurricane offense and gave the Dragon offense a chance at the first points. The Cartersville defense held the Pickens offense as both defenses came to play early. The Purple Hurricanes got on the board at the 7:51 mark after a 49-yd run by Trey Creamer to make it 7-0. Both teams went back and forth for the rest of the quarter, but no points could be found and we'd head to the 2nd quarter with Cartersville leading 7-0.
It was a defensive battle in the 2nd quarter as both teams showed why they have been two of the top defenses in the region all year long. Creamer again found the end zone after a 19-yd run at the 3:06 mark making it 14-0. 14-0 would be our halftime score as we went into the break. Cartersville added to their lead in the 3rd with a 50-yd run by Creamer at the 9:43 mark & a 10-yd passing td from Trevor Lawrence to Creamer at the 1:18 mark giving the Purple Hurricanes a 28-0 lead going to the 4th and final quarter.
Lawrence connected on another td pass at the 7:46 mark in the 4th to make it 35-0 Cartersville. The Dragons got down to the red zone late in the quarter but an intercepted pass in the end zone stopped the Pickens drive & the Purple Hurricanes ran out the clock to take this one, 35-0. With the win, Cartersville wins the 7-AAAA Region Championship and will go into the playoffs as the #1 seed with a 10-0 record. The Dragons finish the regular season with their 2nd straight 8-2 regular season and will be the 7-AAAA #3 seed and travel to Atlanta to take on the 6-AAAA #2 seeded Marist War Eagles.
In what was a tough game offensively for Pickens, the Dragons finished with 8 1st downs, 2/13 on 3rd down, & 0/2 on 4th down, had 181 total yards on 55 plays, 113 yards rushing on 40 total carries, & 68 yards passing on 15 attempts.
Marcus Byrd finished the night 2/6 for 32 yards & Jacob Brumby went 4/9 for 36 yards
Byrd led the Dragons in rushing with 33 yards on 9 carries followed by Chris Pittman with 28 yards on 10 carries, Brumby finished with 24 yards on 6 carries, & Dillon Gasaway ended the night with 17 yards on 9 carries
Walker Lawrence led the Dragons in receiving with 22 yards on 2 catches, followed by Cortlin Norton with 17 yards on 1 catch, & Jacob Pair finished with 1 catch for 15 yards
The Dragons defense 3 TFL, forced & recovered a fumble, broke up 3 passes, & Dillin Eilers & Nick Southern combined for a sack
Ricky Klimbal & Avery Luke led the Dragons with 6 total tackles. Luke finished with 5 solo & 1 assist, & a fumble recovery, while Klimbal had 4 solo and 2 assists, Eilers finished with 5 total tackles, 4 solo, 1 assist, 1.5 TFL, & a 1/2 sack, & Dalton Gasaway ended the night with 5 total tackles, 4 solo, & 1 assist
Byrd punted 8 times for 337 yards, a 42 yard average, a long of 54 yards, & landed 2 inside the 20-yd line
Pickens will be taking on 8-2 Marist next week in the 1st round of the 4A state playoffs. This will be the 1st meeting between the two schools. Marist is ranked in the top 10 in 4A in some polls. Pickens will be looking for their first playoff win in school history.


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Kristin Garth is a poet from Pensacola, a kneesock enthusiast and a sonnet stalker. Her sonnets have stalked the pages of Occulum, Drunk Monkeys, Luna Luna, Moonchild Magazine, Midnight Lane Boutique and many other publications. Her first chapbook Pink Plastic House is available from Maverick Duck Press. Her second chapbook Shakespeare for Sociopaths is forthcoming from The Hedgehog Poetry Press January 2019. Follow her sonnets, socks and secrets on Twitter: @lolaandjolie.
What are you working on?
I just completed a chapbook Shakespeare for Sociopaths. It's 37 Shakespearean sonnets on the subject of sociopaths. This is my second chapbook. My first was very personal to me because it was very biographical and it was like a pink Barbie dreamhouse of my life. Shakespeare for Sociopaths is about influences: William Shakespeare who designed the cage for most of my poetic creations – a cage, I will clarify, that liberates from me from thinking about form a lot and focusing on content. It is a cage that I feel free to let my wild subjects roam and roar in the safety of 14 lines. It keeps me terse and bold that cage, and I'm excited to celebrate it and the dark influences from life and literature that I have struggled against or stumbled upon in nightmares or books.
Shakespeare for Sociopaths is a 40-page chapbook which will be released by The Hedgehog Poetry Press on my birthday, for good luck, January 17th, 2019. I am so excited to be published by this fine press and to bring this book to everyone and share my love for Shakespeare, true crime, sinister characters, survival and dark influences.
Also, tonight I recorded a poem for my Twitter. I love to make Soundcloud audios of my poetry and post them. I call it The Garth House of Poetry & Burlesque (as I was once a stripper); people who read my poetry know this very well. (It's a very favorite subject of mine.)

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Singing in the Car/
Car rides. Sometimes it can be my worst time of the day....can any other mothers relate? There is just something about getting everyone inside the car, buckled in their seat and keeping them happy and content while you drive a moving vehicle safely that is just daunting! Some drives we see a train or diggers as we are driving, so everyone is a little bit happier. Other times, it is a major hustle trying to keep everyone happy, entertained and alive all at once!
It's funny how people tell you to keep your eyes on your kids at all times so you know where they are and yet when we are driving a moving vehicle, our kids are forced to sit behind us. Do they think we have eyes in the back of our heads?!? I can remember so many drives when I have one hand on the wheel and one hand on a soother, or one hand on the wheel and one hand digging for a milk cup, or one hand on the wheel and one hand unwrapping a granola bar...maybe God should have given us three hands?
However, one thing that our kids love is music. So, when we get in the car, our car comes alive! We are moving, grooving, clapping, dancing and singing any and all songs! People who pass us may think we are crazy but I'm just a momma trying to survive a car ride.
Here are 6 Songs we are rocking and rolling to in the car lately:
1) Olaf Summer Song - still going strong in my house. Didn't they say there was going to be a Frozen 2? I'm ready for the next batch of songs.
2) Tremble by Mosaic - Amazing worship song. There is something about hearing little ones sing worship songs that melts my heart.
3) Larry Boy - Not sure if you are familiar with the series "Veggie Tales". Yes, its tales about vegetables - but funny songs! "Larry-Boy, He's our man!"
4) Reckless Love - Anything Steffany Gretzinger sings is life changing (Cory Asbury also sings this song and its equally as good)! We headed to the Bethel women's conference this past August and there was a last minute change to the worship singers on the last night and Stef happened to be leading! Our jaws dropped for about 15 seconds and then we had one of the best worship nights - definitely a moment we will remember.
5) Real Love - Hillsong - My son heard this song during kids camp at our church this past summer. He loves it and requests it daily so my daughter now loves it too!
6) Sugar, Sugar by the Archies - My parents have been singing oldies with the grandkids lately so they are always asking for classics like - Sugar, Sugar and the Locomotion Song.
Any other amazing songs I can add to our playlist?
**Side Note ** We were listening to JRFM the other day and "Shake it for me" by Luke Bryan came on. We were singing along and as the song ended Wayne and I looked at each other and had kind of an "ahah" moment - like that was a totally inappropriate song for our children to listen to and changed the station. No lie, 10 seconds later Jake says, "Mommy can you put that shake it song on again?" Uuuuhhhhh no sorry! Not a great song for you. Mommy fail moment!!
A few weeks ago we graduated Jake to a new car seat. Kinsley will need his old one soon and it was time for a change. The biggest draw for Jake in his new car seat is his own personal cup holder! He was ecstatic that he had a place for his own "water" or "coffee" (Not real coffee people...although he has had a few sips of mine before...no judgement!).
Britax's new Click Tight technology makes installing a car seat incredibly easy all while making sure it is the safest for Jake. The ClickTight Installation System uses the vehicle seat belt instead of the lower anchors and simultaneously tensions and locks the vehicle seat belt, like almost too easy to install!
I could stay here in this hug all week! Love this little boy. I've also been loving this top from Shop Pink Blush. It is the perfect fall transition shirt with the cut out shoulders and the lace detail makes me feel feminine and girly!
And yes that is blue sky in the background!! Makes me miss summer on a rainy day like today, but I'm so grateful for the changing seasons and beauty each one brings.


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There's a particular genre of writing, very specifically aimed at amateur history buffs, which focuses on alleged Great Mysteries of the Second World War, almost entirely based on claims that the official fates of certain top Nazis are polite fictions. The pioneer of this genre was Hugh Thomas who wrote two books dedicated to proving that Rudolf Hess was not exactly the same person as the man imprisoned for over forty years in Berlin; his research was laughable, his arguments full of holes, and yet he made a fortune. Soon enough he was claiming that Heinrich Himmler survived the fall of the Nazi state and someone else had committed suicide in his place. Meanwhile, Ladislas Farago "proved" (in 'Aftermath: Martin Bormann and the Fourth Reich') that Hitler's deputy Bormann had fled to Argentina and created a Fourth Reich there amongst émigrés (in reality, Bormann's skull was found in Berlin and verified to be his by DNA testing). And there was Hitler, with an entire mythology already dedicated to discussing his alleged escape and survival. This book (Grey Wolf: The Escape Of Adolf Hitler by Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams) is merely a belated entry on that list.
The book's theory, if one can put it that way, is that Hitler and Eva Braun escaped from Berlin on 27th April 1945 (by which time it was surrounded by the Red Army and elements of Marshal Zhukov's forces were already inside the city limits). They were replaced by a "double" of Hitler and an actress, who played Braun, and who went through a sham marriage on the 29th April before being executed the next day as the Russians were approaching the Reich Chancellery*. Hitler and Braun went off to Denmark, returned to Germany, thence left for Spain and finally to Argentina, where they lived near the Andes, had two daughters, and divorced before dying of old age (in Hitler's case, in 1962 at the age of 73).
Actually, the evidence - physical evidence, in the form of documents (including Hitler's will and testament), survivor accounts, Hitler's state of mind and health - is overwhelming that Adolf did kill himself on the morning of 30th April 1945. Anyone who doubts this is welcome to read well-annotated (unlike this book) accounts such as Hugh Trevor-Roper's 'The Last Days Of Hitler'. If Hitler had actually escaped, in fact, it's more than likely that G
öring or Himmler - both eager to succeed him to the last - would have had him quietly bumped off; and in any case by 1945 Hitler was aged decades beyond his years, a complete physical wreck, addicted to "Dr" Theodor Morell's drugs, possibly suffering from Parkinsonism, and certainly from severe neurological trauma from the assassination attempt on him in July 1944.
Also, Hitler was "historically minded" - he had refused to escape when he easily could have, with the Russians still far from Berlin, and had chosen a "Norse" end in the city - a Götterdämmerung (the Twilight Of the Viking Gods). Determined as he was to die mythologically, it's inconceivable that he would have tried to escape (as I said, he had repeatedly turned down desperate suggestions by his staff that he get away while there was time). Escaping would have been a complete betrayal of his own character. He always thought, and said so out loud and clear, that the German people were "unworthy of his genius", and so he was determined to pull the nation down with him.
Most Second World War Conspiracy Theory Industry books are hung on one minor and essentially unimportant point, which is blown out of all proportion and frequently fictionalised as well. With Hugh Thomas it was a "scar" Rudolf Hess should have had on his chest as a result of a wound in the First World War – but the Spandau prisoner, according to Thomas, did not. In reality, the "scar" was still there, though much faded, and Thomas misrepresented (or simply ignored) the type of bullet which caused it, and therefore its treatment, and its very nature. Bormann's alleged survival revolved around rumours among Nazi émigrés in Argentina, with a fairly transparent impostor (whom the author Farago interviewed) stepping in to fill the role. Himmler's case (Thomas again) revolved around the allegedly "incredible" way the man (a notoriously weak-willed Nazi whom Thomas built up into a monster of efficiency) allowed himself to be captured by the British and then committed suicide. And in this case, it turns on the fact that the skull alleged to be Hitler's and which lies in a Moscow vault turned out to be female. (Actually, it wasn't the skull the Soviets used to identify Hitler – it was a jaw fragment found near it – which is a point completely missed by the authors, for who knows what reasons of their own. Or, I might say I know quite well...)
These starting points, in the Industry literature, are then built up as the core of the investigation (they have to be, because usually there is exactly nothing else to go on), and other rumours, innuendo, insinuations and fantasies are weaved round them in order to make a whole structure that looks impressive on the outside but stands up to not even cursory scrutiny. Thomas never answers the question, for example, why the prisoner in Spandau prison in Berlin never revealed that he wasn't Hess, when a word from him would have set him free. Farago never answers the question (which he himself raises) of why the "Bormann" he interviewed never seemed to allude in detail to his life in the Führer's company, but almost exclusively focused on the Fourth Reich in Argentina. And the authors of this book never even approach the question of why Hitler should have been helped to escape by so many people, when it would have been in their own interests to see him dead and gone.
For instance, for the Nazis, a dead Hitler would have been a martyr and a symbol. A half-mad, cranky old man would have been a security risk, an embarrassment, and an anti-symbol as it were, living proof that Nazism had failed and was a thing of crackpot theorising and insane delusions of grandeur. For the Americans (the book claims they helped him get away in return for weapons secrets) Hitler alive would have been irrelevant to those weapons. He wasn't a scientist and the Americans and Russians between them recruited the ex-Nazi scientific corps for their own efforts quite nicely without Hitler, thank you very much (check up Werner von Braun sometime). For the Spaniards and Argentines who allegedly helped him along and sheltered him, he would be another security risk and embarrassment (it's one matter sheltering some relatively minor SS thug, quite another where it's the Monster himself). And in any case these authors make absolutely no effort to prove, by hard evidence even approaching (let alone surpassing) the evidence proving otherwise, that Hitler got away. And in instance after instance they openly state that certain conclusions are the result of their "intuitive thinking" (a rather Hitleresque term, I find). They do not even attempt to track down Hitler's two daughters – who would of course be priceless proof of the rightness of their theory, and whose DNA could be compared to the descendants of Hitler's siblings to confirm their identity.
I'm not saying that Hitler didn't get away. I suppose it's possible. But there's a hell of a distance, measurable in parsecs, between admitting that the evidence for his death (gathered in the ruins of a nation falling to pieces and with the shadow of the Cold War already looming overhead) might have holes in it, and claiming that Hitler actually did get away, had daughters, died at a specific time – and failing to back any of this up with evidence a court wouldn't throw out in five minutes.
Even in styling the book is badly faulted, with most of the first hundred-odd pages devoted to a history of the Second World War. Pardon me for assuming that anyone who reads this book will already know all about the history of the V-weapon attacks on London, for instance, or the Allied offensives of early 1945. He or she is reading this book to know what the authors claim happened to Hitler. That information, such as it is, is singularly late coming. And when it does come, it is as full of logic and factual holes as the genre as a whole (no pun intended) is.
Verdict: save your money. I'm giving it half a star out of five, and that's because I'm feeling generous.
Go read a good novel instead.
*The "evidence" for this is a claim by a single "facial recognition expert" that some photos of Hitler taken on 20 March 1945 do not in fact depict Hitler, with no other backup of even this claim.
Note: I found an excellent dissection of this figment of the authors' imagination here.
See "Buyer Beware: Fantasy History" by Roger Clark on that page.
*The "evidence" for this is a claim by a single "facial recognition expert" that some photos of Hitler taken on 20 March 1945 do not in fact depict Hitler, with no other backup of even this claim.
Note: I found an excellent dissection of this figment of the authors' imagination here.
See "Buyer Beware: Fantasy History" by Roger Clark on that page.


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When it comes to editing video content as of late, my process has been to shoot in the highest quality format I can, and then to take that footage and organize it onto my MacBook Pro's internal SSD. Having everything on a drive that fast makes it easier to do edits versus running them off an external hard drive.
At least, that was the case until I picked up LaCie's Rugged USB-C hard drive. With a USB C to USB C cable, the drive has a potential speed of 135 Mb/s, making it more than fast enough to transfer large projects faster than if using a standard USB A 3.0/3.1 transfer speed.
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After leaving the U.S. Army, Captain Christoff attended the Corrections Academy in Orlando. He was hired by the Florida Department of Corrections where he worked as a Correctional Officer at the Central Florida Reception Center.
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I originally posted this article to a local Co-working group I'm a part of, but decided to share it here as well. I've edited it slightly here, but the point of the story holds true.
A large part of Epic Duck Studios is Commissioned Painting. Over the years I've had differing levels of success – at one point I was painting full time and living with constant feast/famine syndrome. I'd get a project scope wrong, have a picky client, or just overestimate how quickly I could paint something, and suddenly I was working my backside off and making $8/hr because something I thought would take an hour took two and half. It doesn't matter *what* you're doing as a Freelancer, we've all done that once or twice.
A few years ago, I decided to re-enter the workforce and put my business on hold, and I've really just been painting as a hobby since then. My intent was to develop my skill, and start painting at international competitive levels. To that end, I started getting REALLY focused on the small details, and suddenly models that used to take me 2 hours to paint were taking 6 or 8 or 17. Sure, they looked a LOT more detailed, but they also just weren't getting done. In the first 6 months of this year, I managed to paint maybe 5 models. The Knight Titan in particular took almost 70 hours.
After venting about this on Twitter, a fellow painter challenged me to a 2 hour paint-off. He had been in a similar rut before, getting bogged down on the tiny details, and this was how he broke out of it.
So I selected a miniature – the Eldar Dark Reaper Exarch below – sat down, and started a Stopwatch. I made quick gut-instinct colour and brush choices. I let myself make mistakes. I painted over tiny details and went back to attend to them later. I didn't worry about the parts of the model that can't easily be seen.
At an hour and 5 minutes in, the model was effectively done – I took a short break to let a wash dry. In almost half my alloted time, the model was good enough that, had it been for a customer, I would have turned a profit. More than that, it was 1/8th of the time I take lately, and the project was effectively complete. I spent the last 40 minutes just adding the shiny spots on the gems, the sharp edges of the weapon, little things like that. I looked for mistakes at the very end, and quickly fixed them. When my time was up, I was elated; I hadn't finished a miniature in 2 hours in what felt like years.
TL;DR: It's easy to get bogged down in the details and lose sight of what's important; it's easy to overstep your scope and let your inner perfectionist drive you to do too much work for too little pay. Sometimes you need to let the details go and focus on the bigger picture to get things done. And sometimes, you need a stopwatch.
I've said before that Painting is my Zen Place. I didn't actually expect it to teach me valuable life-lessons though.


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Update from Team TOMODACHI
November 2016
Eight Alumni from the TOMODACHI Generation Share Their Stories at the 2016 U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference in Silicon Valley
Every alumnus of the TOMODACHI Generation has a special story to tell.
On November 15, eight TOMODACHI alumni from both the United States and Japan were selected to share their stories of overcoming adversity at the 2016 U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference held in Silicon Valley in California. Their personal trials and tribulations ranged in topics from women's empowerment, disaster resilience, mental illness, youth entrepreneurship, social welfare, and cultural and educational differences.
Koki Yamamoto
spoke about evacuating his home in Namie, Fukushima after 3.11 and how participating in the TOMODACHI program affected his life.
"My hometown is Namie, two miles away from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. I have never been able to return to my hometown since the accident. In 2014, I was able to take part in the TOMODACHI SoftBank Leadership Program. During those three weeks, I learned the importance of community development but more importantly, I was able to openly say that I come from Namie town. Something I could not say before because I was afraid of discrimination. It gave me time and the opportunity to speak about my experiences, meet with other Tohoku students, and share memories of my hometown for the first time. It also became clear to me that I want to do community development to support my hometown."
Read his entire speech here>>
After hearing the alumni's introductions and personal stories, the workshop attendees were asked to choose one of four table where the alumni speakers led discussions focused on the themes identified in their speeches. The participants provided feedback to the challenges and questions posed by the alumni speakers and began those discussions that would create awareness and propel them to work towards a better world.
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The Latest on TOMODACHI Programs and Activities
Female High School Students in Fukushima Discover the Importance of Challenge Through a Session with Foreign Exchange Students in Japan
From October 29-30, one hundred and twenty-two high school women in Fukushima met with 20 foreign exchange students from 13 countries including the United States for Step 2 of the
TOMODACHI High School Women Career Mentoring Program in Fukushima 2016
Funded through the TOMODACHI Combini Fund, which is supported by FamilyMart Co., Ltd. and Lawson, Inc. companies, this six-month program consists of four sessions or "steps" that support female high school students from Fukushima to broaden their perspectives and to open doors and opportunities for their futures.
During this session themed "challenge", foreign exchange students shared the conflicts that they overcame in order to study in Japan. Subsequently, the students contemplated and presented their own new challenge that they will be executing in time for Step 3 on December 17.
One participant commented, "I learned the importance of challenging myself."
Two Japanese Female Entrepreneurs Selected for the TOMODACHI Goldman Sachs Female Entrepreneurship Support Program
Two young female entrepreneurs were selected to participate in this program which aims to develop leadership skills for female entrepreneurs. Sponsored by Goldman Sachs Co., Ltd., the program engages Goldman Sachs employees from various background and sectors to collaborate with the participants by providing pro bono advice and support.
Sayaka Murata,
President of Kamonohashi Project
Ms. Murata founded Kamonohashi Project to fight child prostitution in 2002. Since then, she has been raising supporters and funds to bring substantial change to the issue of human trafficking. She was the youngest person to receive the Nikkei Woman's "Woman of the Year 2006" Leadership Award in 2006. In 2007, she received "The Outstanding Young Person" Award by Junior Chamber International.
Tomoko Shirai,
Representative Trustee of Toybox
Ms. Shirai took part in the establishment of a free school in Okinawa in 1999 where she was appointed as principal. In 2003, she founded Japan's first publicly established and private free school, Smile Factory. After the Great East Japan Earthquake, she established the Minamisoma Learning Center in Fukushima prefecture. Ms. Shirai currently serves as Representative Trustee of the nonprofit corporation Toybox and of Hatachi Fund, and is also a member of the education enhancement master plan working group for the MEXT's Central Council for Education and a member of several free school-related committees.
Participants of the TOMODACHI Disability Leadership Program in America Welcomed in Washington, DC
From October 19 to 20, three young women participating in the
TOMODACHI Disability Leadership Program in America
visited the DC region, meeting leaders of Northrop Grumman Corporation as well as local community leaders. The TOMODACHI Disability Leadership Program,
generously supported by Northrop Grumman
and implemented by the
Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at UMass Boston
, is a five-month internship program in Boston designed to support future careers in disability leadership.
The three young women were invited to Northrop Grumman office in northern Virginia and participated in an event celebrating the Disability Rights Museum, which began with remarks by Sandra Evers-Manly, Vice President of Global Corporate Responsibility at Northrop Grumman, followed by a tour of the museum by the curators who explained to them about the fight for disability rights in the United States.
Over 900 Students and Faculty Inspired by the Young Americans on the TOMODACHI Goldman Sachs Music Outreach Program
With the support of Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd., the cast members of the American nonprofit organization, Young Americans, visited public elementary and junior high schools in disaster-affected regions of Tohoku to conduct educational outreach workshops through music and dance. From September to November 2016, this
TOMODACHI Goldman Sachs Music Outreach Program
inspired over 900 students and faculty in 6 elementary and junior high schools throughout Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.
One student remarked, "The exchanges with the Young Americans made me want to know more about America."
Through exchanges with the talented and energetic cast of the Young Americans, the students gain confidence and are inspired to learn about different languages and cultures.
Voices of the TOMODACHI Generation
Yuka Sadayuki
grew up in Los Angeles, California and Tokyo, Japan and currently attends George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She became a TOMODACHI intern at the Tokyo office during the summer of 2016. She participated in the
TOMODACHI Daiwa House Student Conference III
that took place in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2016.
I believe that the TOMODACHI Initiative has been a cherishing experience that has trained me to have a more multifaceted and appreciative attitude towards others and at the same time, has boosted my passion for international relations and the U.S.-Japan alliance
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Koki Yamamoto
is currently a freshman at Toyo University majoring in regional development studies. He is originally from Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture, an area that was affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent explosion of the nuclear reactor that made his hometown a restricted zone.
In 2014, I took part in
TOMODACHI SoftBank Leadership Program
[and] learned the importance of community development. It was suddenly clear to me that THIS is what I wanted to do; community development to support my hometown. Even if I can't go back right now, I want to help create and share my culture to others not just for the people from Namie, but also for myself.
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On November 15, he shared his story during a TOMODACHI Workshop at the 2016 U.S.-Japan Annual Conference.
Sreya Atluri
participated in the
TOMODACHI Toshiba Science and Leadership Academy
in 2014 and is currently a Robertson Scholar at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Duke University.
"With TOMODACHI's support, I have been able to expand my work as Founder and CEO of Creating Awareness in Research and Education (CARE), a non-profit striving to address educational disparities across socioeconomic dimensions by distributing educational and STEM resources. We've been able to run operations internationally, and have been very fortunate to be able to reach thousands of people."
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On November 15, she shared his story during a TOMODACHI Workshop at the U.S.-Japan Annual Conference.
Upcoming Programs and Events
Dec 17-18
Step 3 Session with Global Career Women of the
TOMODACHI High School Girls Career Mentoring Program in Fukushima 2016
take place in Tokyo
Dec 26- Jan 9
Fukushima high school students travel to California for the
TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program
TOMODACHI Alumni Activities
TOMODACHI Alumni Network with Influential Leaders from Japan and the U.S. in Silicon Valley at the U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference
Over seventy alumni and current program participants representing 11 various TOMODACHI programs were invited to attend and participate in the 2016 U.S.-Japan Council (USJC) Annual Conference which was held in Silicon Valley, California from November 12-13.
In this conference themed, "Imagine. Innovate. Inspire. - The Silicon Valley Experience," the alumni joined approximately 700 distinguished American and Japanese leaders from all sectors and listened to keynote speakers discuss technology collaboration in various areas from design to artificial intelligence to finance, and panelists exchange views about the U.S. elections and its effect on U.S.-Japan relations. The alumni also had opportunities to network and exchange business cards with conference attendees during receptions and dinners.
Alumni Inspired to Take On Leadership Roles After Attending the Women in Business Summit Hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce Japan
Four stellar TOMODACHI alumni who are Japanese university students were selected to join the
ACCJ Women in Business (WIB) Summit 2016
in Tokyo on October 28, 2016. They "shined" at the event as they attended panels and actively took part in various workshops and networked with various individuals.
Inspired by the speakers and lessons learned from the summit, at the end of the event they expressed their interest in pursuing knowledge and best practices on how to further the role of women in society and for them to take on leadership roles.
Meina Takayasu was really stimulated by Miwa Kato (Regional Director for the Asia Pacific Region of UN Women) for the work she does and her comments really resonated with her. Ms. Takayasu remarked, "Some people might say they don't like feminism but it is not just about gender. Men and boys should be empowered too. The point is that it is good for the economy once women can work without facing barriers and thinking about pressures."
Also in attendance were U.S. Embassy Tokyo Deputy Chief of Mission Jason Hyland, who gave remarks and presented a video message from U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, and Government of Japan Minister of Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality Katsunobu Kato.
TOMODACHI Opportunities
Intern, U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) & TOMODACHI Initiative-Tokyo Office
The U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) and the TOMODACHI Initiative is seeking unpaid interns to begin January 2017. U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) and TOMODACHI offers an exciting environment for interns to be exposed to non-profit, corporate, and government fields. Responsibilities for interns include creating and drafting documents, translation, website management, newsletter development support, public speaking, communication with program participants, designing presentations and posters, and event planning.
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"The Worst Type of Bubbles"
For the first time in my life, I went to Comic-Con. I was down there for a work event and ended up spending almost seven days in San Diego. Unlike my last journey down south, this excursion wasn't full of quaint towns and delightful bloody marys.
No, this was all about the job. I won't get into the details, but I worked with a dedicated and passionate team to put on something that had never been done before at such scale, and I'm incredibly proud of the output.
My feet strongly disagree.
The life of a professional writer is rarely physically strenuous. Mentally taxing at times? Yes. It's tough to stare at a blank document and then figure out what to fill it up with. But writing takes a low physical toll on my body – my fingers are most impacted as I have an annoying tendency to snap my fingers when I'm searching for the correct word.
For six days straight, I was up and on my feet. Pacing, running, walking, I was never sitting down. Part of my role was to lead a team of nearly 100 people, and I channeled my former lives as a teacher and camp counselor by making sure they never saw me sitting. If I was asking them to stand, then I had to be the Superman of standing.
After one day, my feet began to pulse with fiery pain. By day two, blisters began to form, and on day four every night was a terrible ritual of slowly peeling off my shoes in gentle motions.
In the few hours of downtime I had, I dragged a coworker to buy new socks, thinking that would remedy the problem (it didn't). Resigned to my fate, I woke up each morning, put on my shoes with a grimace, and trudged out into the hotel lobby.
All in all, my feet and heels are healing, so I don't regret a single moment. This experience has made me respect shoes that nurses and waitresses wear – suddenly rounded Keds and Sketchers don't look so dumb after all.
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Dr. Lindsey Perry earned her Ph.D. in Education from Southern Methodist University in 2016. She also holds an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas - Arlington, and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Texas - Austin. After teaching elementary and middle school mathematics for two Texas school districts, Lindsey served as the Assistant Director of Mathematics and as a Mathematics Assessment Specialist at the Texas Education Agency. She has also developed and led professional development opportunities for teachers in Uganda and Malawi and worked on an international mathematics assessment for students in grades 1 - 3.
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St. Peter's Fair(1981)
(The fourth book in the Cadfael series)
A novel by Ellis Peters
It is the great annual fair of St Peter at Shrewsbury. A quarrel breaks out between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastry and a riot ensues. Afterwards, a merchant is found dead and Brother Cadfael is summoned from his herb-garden to test his detective skills again.
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Good morning, I.T. entrepreneurs. Here are five technology news insights, rumors, gossip, chatter, and confidential wire intercepts to start your day for Tuesday, April 7, 2015.
Actually, today's update involves eight items.
8. IPO Concerns: Q1 2015 was a weak one for IPOs -- the quarter delivered the lowest number of IPOs in two years. Does that mean trouble for venture capitalists that have locked up millions of dollars in startups?
7. Box, Dropbox... And Adobe?: Yes, Adobe's new Document Cloud is now available to all interested users. And this isn't just a consumer push. Adobe Senior VP Mike Dillon -- an attorney -- explains how Document Cloud can help the legal sector to spend more time with clients and less time with paper. Adobe also points to a range of Document Cloud customers and partners. As for me... I'm looking for fewer cloud storage options. Not more. But the competition should help to drive continued innovation.
6. Mr. Android Goes Hardware: Andy Rubin, one of Google Android's key caretakers, has launched Playground -- an incubator focused on hardware for consumers and corporations. One can safely guess that Playground, backed by $48 million, will zero in on mobile and IoT (Internet of Things) opportunities.
5. How to Work With Accelerators: You're running a startup business that's "on the edge of a breakthrough." So, you seek out and sign up for an accelerator program -- a coaching and mentoring organization to drive you even faster toward success. But how do you embrace and navigate interactions with an accelerator? Dave Ciccarelli offers some great advice for navigating the accelerator relationship.
4. See You Later Today: I'm set to host Tech News Today with Mike Elgan at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT today. Some surprise guests are set to join us.
3. And Tune In Tonight: Our latest podcasts (likely a two-for-Tuesday this time around) debut tonight at 9:01 p.m. ET/6:01 p.m. PT. Check out Good Evening, I.T. Entrepreneurs for Episode 29 and maybe even Episode 30 -- featuring a conversation with Tracy Houston (advice on building your board of directors) plus an update from Silicon Harlem, the folks who are driving business, community and tech development in one of New York's most vibrant communities.
2. Hack Of the Century: I finally sat down to watch The Imitation Game -- which is loosely based on Alan Turing and a team of cryptanalysts that cracked a complex German code during World War II. Great move -- despite some of the poetic license that Hollywood took with the story.
1. There Has Been An Awakening: Have you felt it? If not, perhaps you will by April 10. Indeed, all six Star Wars movies are finally coming to digital stores -- iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, XBox Video and Google Play -- on April 10. And an early heads up: I'm on vacation Dec. 18, 2015, which means I won't be blogging that day for this site... or any other sites that potentially emerge by that time.
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journaling regularly gives you a place
to record thoughts
experiment and juxtapose diverse images together
mark an event
write out thoughts that would normally float through
your mind and leave
sketch a scene.
i thumbed through a little journal on my shelf today
remembering who i was at that moment. also noticing
how the format of my journals have changed immensely
from the use of magazine images to original painted images
i miss the simple cut and paste and appreciate both ways of expression.
a few photos from the power of art opening of the
redondo beach art group. two of my blue monoprints
are shown in the first photo.


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Easy Ease Integration in Motion Graphics
Disney's Animation Department developed certain principles that they would incorporate to make their characters look not only natural, but larger-than-life. Today these principles are not only the foundation of Disney and Pixar's films, but of motion graphics as well. Here is a list of all the principles of animation. But for this post, I am only going to focus on one thing, and that is the concept of "Slow in, Slow out." Some might be more familiar with the term "easy-ease." Everything in nature, whether it is a car accelerating, a person or animal running, an object falling, or even a bullet that is fired, starts off slow, and if its not acted on by an outside force, i.e. something hitting the ground at high speed, it will decelerate and ease into a stop. So, graphics that are moving on screen need to follow that natural progression. When you do this, the motion of the animation looks smoother and more natural. Here is what I mean. Take a look at the video below. This is a circle in motion going from point A to point B with no easing at all.
Notice how unnatural it looks. It starts and stops too harshly.
To make these two keyframes have an ease in-and-out look, right click on the first keyframe and select easy-ease in, and on the last keyframe select easy-ease out. Now look at what it looks like with easy-ease enabled.
It looks a lot better, but I personally would not stop here. You can exaggerate this motion even more. (If you read all of the principles of animation, you would know that one of them is exaggeration.) From here we can go into the graph editor and change the wave of the keyframes to ease in and out a bit slower and make the motion in the middle be faster and more fluid. Here is what the graph editor looks like and how it makes the video look.
That looks a ton better! Now we can just click on the motion blur icon on both the layer and the comp, and it adds just a little touch of naturalism. Here it is:
A good example of this technique is used in the Covenant bumper for one of our series. The series was about broken relationships and how some things weren't meant to be broken. The idea of the video was to have text breaking apart the words that represented some of the broken things in our society. I knew this concept of easing in and out of the motion would become important. I wanted to produce a smooth motion of the breaking, but not sacrifice the readability of the words or lines of text.
I hope that this helped. Happy Editing!


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New Hanford contract worth up to $6 billion, with lots of work for small businesses
The Department of Energy is looking for bidders for a $4 billion to $6 billion contract to provide services at the Hanford nuclear reservation for a decade.
It put out a request for bids on Thursday for a contractor to provide basic services for the site once used to produce plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons program. About $2.4 billion a year is being spent on environmental cleanup.
In a requirement important to Tri-City businesses that rely on Hanford for work, the proposed contract requires that at least 40 percent of the total contract value be subcontracted out and that at least 50 percent of that work go to small businesses.
Mission Support Alliance, owned by Leidos and Centerra Group, has the current contract (10 years at $3.2 billion), but that expires May 25 of next year.
The new Hanford Mission Essential Services Contract is planned to cover many similar services, including security, firefighting, land management, information technology, management of the HAMMER training center and infrastructure.
Infrastructure work includes maintaining and upgrading infrastructure such as electric and water service and roads, plus building infrastructure that will be needed to support operations of the $17 billion vitrification plant under construction. Hanford covers 580 square miles, with about 76 square miles requiring environmental cleanup.
The contract adds a new scope of work not under the current deal — providing assistance to DOE with its small business contracts at Hanford.
Because the contractor will be providing infrastructure and other services to Hanford cleanup contractors, DOE has set conflict of interest requirements for the proposed new contract. It's not unusual for a corporation to have financial interests in more than one Hanford cleanup contract.
But the site services contractor cannot work on other DOE prime contracts, including the central Hanford cleanup, tank farms, vitrification plant, occupational medicine or 222-S Analytical Laboratory contracts. There also are limits on what other work its subcontractors may do at Hanford.
DOE anticipates a contract structure that is similar to the current site wide services contract, reimbursing the contractor's costs and providing incentive pay.
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Motivate each other to do better.
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The Founders
Duanyi and Anthony founded Lyapunov Technologies as graduate students at the University of Delaware. The pair first met while doing research in robotics and control, and were inspired by the potential applications of their graduate expertise to a wide range of fields. Their research experience involves design and control of complex robotic platforms and nonlinear systems. The team has worked actively and closely on research projects for The National Science Foundation (NSF) and DARPA during their tenure as graduate students.
With their expertise in control theory, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, the team began exploring the application of their knowledge to the world of finance. The team regularly uses their in-house models for options and equities trading. After forming Lyapunov Technologies, the two had taken their business concept across the country at numerous national-tier pitch competitions.
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Make Your Own Magic! // Manifesting Board Blog Party // Guest Blogger Maria Pallas of MariaPallas.Com
Hey gorgeous #bossbabes!
If we haven't met yet, I'm Maria! I'm an adventure seeking, bijou hoarding, nature loving, beach bumming, high-vibing spiritual healer and intuitive coach with a bit of a wild side! And I am absolutely 100% committed to helping women create a life that they love! And today, I'm here to share a little secret with you, so shhhh listen up!
The secret is that we are constantly creating!
Everything we see, feel and experience, we have created. Whether we like what we've created or not is a different story.
Our reality is a creation of subconscious beliefs and intentions. Unfortunately, more often than not, we end up creating what we don't want. That stops now!
Today, my girl Bri and I are going to show you how to tap into the power to create exactly what it is that you want! And I mean, what you REALLY want. The career, the relationship, the image, the abundance. Anything you want is yours as long as you believe it, and as long as you are a vibrational match for it. That means that you have to see it and feel it clearly, using all your divine given senses. And most importantly, you have to feel as though you already have it.
So here we go!
Step One:
Download your manifesting board templates by clicking the links below!
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Watch Bri's fab video below to create your very own Manifesting Board. And girl...DO NOT HOLD BACK! This is where you get to capture the vision that you want to create for yourself, so make it extraordinary. The sky's the limit here. This is where you get to be the kind of person that you'd love to meet.
Then once you're done, save it and put that board anywhere you can see it. On your phone, on your screen saver, print it and post it on your bathroom mirror. Make the images literally haunt you wherever you go so that they are imprinted in your mind.
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Click the link below right now to access my very own 5 Keys and Powerful Audio Affirmations to Help You Manifest Anything You Want. This is where you become an irresistible vibrational match for what it is that you're trying to create. Do it now and hold a clear picture in your mind of things you've captured on your board while listening to the affirmations audio. Do this exercise every day and start to make shit happen!
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And the best part is that you're getting this all JUST IN TIME for the full moon on the 4th!
Good luck ladies! And keep us posted! Leave your comments below and let us know all the magic that you start to create for yourself. I can't wait to see what you guys can accomplish with this! Feel free to take a pic or screenshot of your board and tag it with #makeyourownmagicboard for a chance to be featured here!


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Project NEON is an evolution of the current Windows 10 design language, MDL2, and is intended to bridge the aesthetic gaps between traditional Windows and future paradigms, such as AR holograms.
MSPoweruser has obtained a couple of concept shots detailing how Project Neon will alter Groove Music and Mail & Calendar, both of which already use transparent elements which will be more prevalent among apps designed with Project NEON conventions in mind.
Project NEON will make heavy use of animated transparent blurring effects that are already present in Microsoft Groove, the Start Menu, and the Action Center. As you can see above, apps designed with Project NEON conventions will feature transparent menus that are reminiscent, at least superficially, of the way HoloLens' holograms sit translucently on top of the real world.
MSPoweruser reports that this effect is being branded as "Acrylic" by Microsoft, and developers will be able to use the effect to blur elements within their apps, in addition to the app itself.
NEON also appears to give interactive elements a new coat of paint, dropping the solid square borders for a glowing outline that follows your cursor, similarly to the way HoloLens apps gently feedback the position of your finger when selecting menu items. See the video below for an example of this in action.
It's highly likely we'll see NEON make its full debut at Build 2017 which kicks off on May 10th.


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Hope! Hope is contagious. In as much as it has fueled a lot of flames which sure needed to be burning; it has also continued fueling flames which should have been long extinguished. Hope is tricky, you know. It presents you this abstract bubbles of possibilities from which you can only assume which of the bubbles pop and which continue floating. It brings forth various dilemmas of until when to continue holding on and when to consider letting go. To either stay being right despite the possibility of being left at or continue going left despite nothing being right. I have no idea how this relates to Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat; but hey, the English translation of 'esperanza' is 'hope'.
Isulan Public Market
The cleanliness of Isulan Public Market has come so far from what it used to be. To date, Isulan's public market is one the cleanest public markets I've been to – not that I've been to so many. For me, the true charisma of the place comes from how the local government directs its resources to the places a typical resident frequents. Of course, the local government will beautify the places which attract visitors. If they also pay closer attention to the public parks, public markets, public recreational centers, public attractions, and the like then you can arguably infer that hypocrisy is not rampant with this one.
Marguez Hot and Cold Spring Resort
The last time I have been in this resort, I have terribly enjoyed every moment of it. Except maybe that the camera lens of my cellphone got smudged and my front tooth got chipped on the bus home. The resort had nothing to do with those so I remained a good sport.
Now riding shotgun in the multicab going to Esperanza, I notice the newly installed streetlights. Asking the driver about those, he proudly narrates about the installation of streetlights with a solar panel on each on them. He also added how little by little, he has observed changes in the municipality like cementing even the alleys in the Poblacion. Not knowing yet that we live just from the neighboring municipality, he continues recounting the Halo-halo Festival held in the municipality which was featured in numerous TV stations.
I love listening to residents who have witnessed and experience how government projects positively affect their way of life; which also expose them to avenues which give them pride as an abiding citizen. Despite the barrage of negativities from various channels, it warms my heart to hear from people saying that, despite how hard life is, there is always hope; there are changes which affect them positively and that they not only realise it but live it. It inspires me a lot to interact with people who share positivity while living it.
There is no denying that I love Esperanza. I remember growing up how I always hear about the place but never went there. Back then, there was really not much to go to the place for. Times have definitely changed – for the better.
The roads and alternate routes going to the resort have been paved and cemented. The LGU sure makes visible effort to make the place easier to reach which brings much convenience to the visitors.
After reaching the resort, my brother and I roam around then agree that there are so many people in the resort this day. People swamp all the 3 hot and cold springs.
As per the suggestion of the habal-habal driver, we find ourselves going through the trees behind the demolished structure near the pools for a waterfall. After, literally, a couple of minutes of walking, we find the dried-up waterfall snuffing our fueled enthusiasm. We can only imagine how the water should have cascaded down the boulders, which now have names, initials, and the like etched on them.
After going to every corner of the place, we acquiesce to the idea that we are never ever going to dip in any of the pool because of how crowded they are. Nevertheless, we promise to return hoping for the best in future time.
Halo-halo in Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat
Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat just celebrated their 1st Halo-halo Festival. Anybody who has had access to the Internet and TV may have heard of it. It is rather bizarre, however, how Esperanza, who has never had any problems with high temperatures, pulled off the rabbit from the hat to become one of the halo-halo centers of the Philippines. Way to go, Esperanza!
One of the reasons why I am not writing a food blog is; the moment you look at my weight you'd have lots of hesitation to the credibility of my writing. (Not that you do not have any of my current writing.) The thing is, I weigh like eight pounds and I'm not complaining – at all!
So saying that the halo-halo in Esperanza I've tasted ranks one of the best I've ever had may seem full of baloneys; I really rank them one of the best – ever. Should you try going there and try their halo-halo and have the opposite impression will leave me to believe that there is something absolutely wrong with you!
Their halo-halo puts a lot in shame with their freshest ingredients any halo-halo could have. Familiarize yourself with the taste of the newly picked coconut and avocado, newly prepared leche flan, newly opened kaong and nata de coco, and various newly sweetened fruits; you'll know what I'm talking about. Bias aside, I dare you to try their halo-halo, friend.
Being a very picky eater, the reason why I don't sometimes finish my meals is not because I can't but because I won't. I just hate the taste of frozen things. (Which is basically how food in the city is preserved). They're bland.
So with the halo-halo, it is a massive disrespect to not finish the whole bowl. I become very respectful and not leave any trace.
I can't believe I just campaigned about eating halo-halo. Ha!
|Marbel to Tacurong (AC Bus)
|Tacurong to Isulan (AC Bus)
|Isulan to Esperanza (Multicab)
|Esperanza to Marguez (habal-habal)
|Marguez Entrance
|Marguez to Esperanza (habal-habal)
|Esperanza to Isulan (Non-AC Bus)
|Isulan to Tacurong (Non-AC Bus)
|Tacurong to Marbel (Non-AC Bus)


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How Does Your Fitbit Track Your Sleep
A fitbit is a device worn to track movement such as walking, sleep or weight. There are several types of fitbits. Some fitbits are worn on the wrist like a watch. Another type of fitbit is worn over the ears like headphones.
The fitbit uses a 3-axis accelerometer to track patterns of movement. An accelerometer is an electromagnetic device that measures static forces and dynamic forces. An example of static force is gravity pulling your body toward earth. Dynamic force is due to movement or vibration. The accelerometer measures dynamic forces that cause the device to move or vibrate. A 3-axis accelerometer uses three separate accelerometers. Data from each accelerometer is sent to a central data collection site that uses software programed to interpret the patterns of movement.
According to Robotic Radio control Power electronic website, "There are many different ways to make an accelerometer! Some accelerometers use the piezoelectric effect - they contain microscopic crystal structures that get stressed by accelerative forces, which causes a voltage to be generated. Another way to do it is by sensing changes in capacitance. If you have two microstructures next to each other, they have a certain capacitance between them. If an accelerative force moves one of the structures, then the capacitance will change."[1]
A fitbit identifies the onset of sleep as lack of movement for about 1 hour. If the fitbit has a heart-rate tracker, the fitbit will use a combination of movement and heart rate to determine the stages of sleep. There are 4 clinical stages of sleep: N1, N2, N3 and REM (rapid eye movement)
N1 is a light drowsy stage of sleep that is not restorative. Healthy sleep consists of limited amounts of N1 sleep. A normal amount of N1 sleep is 10% or less of the total sleep time.
N2 is called stage 2 sleep. Many sleep researchers consider N2 to be the first true stage of sleep. In a sleep laboratory N2 sleep is identified by the slowing down of brain waves interspersed with occasional sharp quick waves or short burst of fast activity.
N3 is known as deep sleep or slow wave sleep. During N3 sleep breathing slows, body temperature decreases and blood pressure decreases. Deep sleep is characterized by large amounts of big brain waves occurring at a slow rate.
REM sleep: The body is very active during REM sleep and REM sleep is consider an active stage of sleep. Brain waves during REM sleep look very similar to brain waves occurring during wakefulness. During REM sleep the heart rate and breathing are irregular.
The stages of sleep are determined by movement and heartrate. The fitbit identifies the onset of sleep as the absence of movement for about one hour The fitbit measures heart rate by using an LED light. Blood passing by the LED light is measured and an algorithm determines if the movement and pulse are consistent with one of the 4 stages of sleep. Accuracy of fitbit recordings depends on wearing the fitbit on the recommended body part. For example if the device is made to be worn on the wrist, the device will record more accurately when worn on the wrist and not another body part such as an ankle.[2]
The accuracy of how your Fitbit tracks your sleep is controversial. Sometimes the fitbit will report large amounts of a stage of sleep that is inconsistent with characteristics of sleep patterns at different ages. Tracking your sleep can be fun and useful if you don't focus too much on the data. It might be more important to focus on are you getting adequate amounts of sleep rather than the stage of sleep. This is because how your Fitbit track your sleep stages could be inaccurate. For details about the stages of your sleep and sleep patterns, the polysomnogram remains the best way to measure this type of detail. The fitbit may work best for assisting you with identifying sleep onset, sleep duration and the end of the sleep period.[3]
If you are considering purchasing a fitbit to record your sleep, you might be able to accomplish this is a free phone app. To find out if there's a fitbit perfect for your needs, take the fitbit quiz: https://www.fitbit.com/compare [4]
[1] https://www.dimensionengineering.com/info/accelerometers
[2] https://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1565
[3] http://time.com/4344675/fitbit-lawsuit-heart-rate-accuracy/
[4] https://www.fitbit.com/compare


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Brooke Shields ??! 😊😍
"I didn't understand the furore around Pretty Baby (in which Shields played a prostitute, age 11). My mum was furious. I remember her saying: 'Did you like what you did?' I said yes, so she said: 'Then fuck 'em if they can't handle it.'"
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"All this is well done on stage; the actors are engulfed in their roles. The sisters respond to their loss each in her own way: they hurt each other, they protect each other, square-dancing through life, switching roles, evolving as individuals and as a family. The Stillness between Breaths keeps it real, offering no pat answers or smarmy solutions. It's an in-depth character study of life the way we all live it — one breath at time." -Ann Arbor Observer
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