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Wellness, Naturally: Balancing Vata in Winter
Seasonal changes affect our lives in many ways. They play a role in a person's very nature, something known as a dosha in Ayurveda. The winter season can affect and imbalance a vata dosha, or constitution, so balancing vata is important during this season.
Vata is one of the three constitutions in Ayurveda. Associated with the air element, it expresses itself in attributes like cold and dry skin, feeling restless, having a thin body, talking a lot, and gravitating toward a warm climate.
It's important to be mindful of how a dosha imbalance happens. Once you understand this, you can focus on preventing it or bringing yourself back into a state of balance. Some factors that imbalance vata include sleep problems, high-pressure work situations, a lot of worry and stress, and an abundance of talking or traveling. During the winter season, cold and windy climates can throw off a vata constitution. Winter is generally hard on a vata type, because of their cold and dry skin, cold hands and feet, and overall difficulty handling cold weather.
These problems are particularly pronounced when a person's vata is unbalanced. Some things that indicate an imbalanced vata include problems with the joints, body pains, restlessness, and trouble sleeping.
Balancing vata
A vata constitution will feel much better when in balance. You'll feel healthier and happier, with a more calm state of mind. You'll sleep better, feel less pain, and have a more stable and focused mental state. And throughout the winter, you'll feel warmer and experience healthier skin and circulation. While there are numerous steps you can take to balance vata, try these three methods this winter:
Follow a daily schedule
Create a better routine that provides balance. Your schedule should help manage your workload and personal responsibilities by breaking them down into smaller steps and allocating enough time. This way, you can reduce stress and still remain productive. Plan ahead of time for personal care and meditation. Make an effort to get to sleep earlier by making your nighttime routine more calming. Try to find motivation in getting more sleep, such as noticing the difference in how you feel, both mentally and physically, when you go to sleep earlier.
Reduce Stimulants
Help yourself achieve a better state of calm by cutting down on stimulants. This includes caffeinated beverages like coffee, as well as processed sugar that creates a quick sugar high and then an energy crash. Instead, find more stable sources of energy through complex carbohydrates and healthy fats and proteins. Meditate and use other methods to calm and rejuvenate yourself, rather than reaching for stimulants.
Follow a vata diet
Rejoice in winter comfort foods. Foods that are cooked, warm and soft will be good for you, so enjoy stews, macaroni and cheese, and similar comfort foods. Take in healthy oils and a lot of moisture through foods and beverages. Some ideal vata-balancing foods include olives, dairy products, avocado, nuts, seeds and wheat. Also, choose salty, sweet and sour tastes like fruit, yogurt and kimchi instead of bitter, pungent and astringent ones like radishes, kale and legumes. Fried dishes and overeating can cause problems to vata, while rich yet nourishing meals help balance this constitution's lightness.
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Walking the Path: Going With the Flow in March
Going With the Flow
March tends to be that time of year that is like a line from the movie Forrest Gump: "Life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you're gonna get." It can come in like a lion and go out like a lamb, or serve up any number of weather combinations in between.
Because the weather can be so unpredictable at this time of year, things are not black and white in terms of our Ayurvedic daily routine. We need to go with the flow and be comfortable in the grey areas, too. Some days may find us walking around in hats, scarves, and gloves, deep in thought, and other days may find us driving around with the sunroof open, jamming to our favourite songs on the radio without a care in the world.
Flexing Your Ayurvedic Muscles
If you've been practicing Ayurveda for a while, March provides you with the perfect opportunity to 'flex your Ayurvedic muscles', and see how you fare with attempting to go with the flow. When you observe how you are feeling and do a little bit of calibrating, you can take the 'March Madness' weather in stride, and remain in balance.
If Ayurveda is new to you, this can be a tricky time of year to navigate. Perhaps you have just gotten used to your winter routine, and now Mother Nature is throwing you all sorts of curve balls from one day to the next. Never fear, Ayurveda is here! Here are some tips to support you during this transitional time of year.
Ayurveda in March
If you've been using sesame oil for your winter oil massage (abhyanga), and it seems a bit heavy right now, you may want to explore siwtching to an oil like apricot kernel that still pacifies winter qualities (vata), but also has the ability to appease the spring qualities (kapha). Apricot kernel oil is smooth, light, and supports healthy functioning of the circulatory, lymphatic, muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems. Its redolence is lovely, too! You can also stick with your current oil, but alternate oiling one day and dry brushing the next.
If you live in an area where you are receiving more rain, or a good deal of snow is melting, you may want to get cooking with a variety of grains that are slightly heating and naturally diuretic, such as barley and millet. The warming and astringent quality of these grains will support your body's ability to let go of any excess water or dampness that it might otherwise retain at this time of year.
Get Outside!
On a personal note, I always get outside all year round for a walk or run, but this year I found myself not getting out as much as usual. I noticed that I felt disconnected and sad sometimes, without any particular reason. As soon as I got back outside, I felt re-energized, reconnected, and it really elevated my sense of happiness. Getting out in nature is a simple act, but has profound results. Try to notice whether you got outside enough this winter, and how it may have affected your overall mood and energy level.
Practicing Ayurvedic principles doesn't have to be all or nothing – a few simple steps can make a big difference in our health and happiness. We don't call it Ayurve-duh for nothing!
– Diana Bellofatto
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Ayurvedic Recipes: Sauteed Asparagus with Slivered Almonds
Asparagus is known for its antiseptic, diuretic, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is also very low calorie – 10 calories per 100 grams. It's low in fat and cholesterol, and high in fibre, folates, B vitamin complex, and vitamins K and E.
This makes it a great food for March, where vata season is turning into kapha. It helps decrease water retention, weight gain, improves overall immunity, and increases elimination. Besides the above, asparagus is also good for both women's and men's reproductive health, for skin, hair, nails, beauty, and strength. Making the recipe with ghee helps to stimulate the digestive fire, or agni, and the almonds and sesame seeds provide protein and omega fatty acids – the good fat that the body needs for immunity and endurance.
Sauteed Asparagus with Slivered Almonds
Prep time: n/a
Cooking time: 11 minutes
1 tsp ghee
1 bunch asaparagus
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp maple syrup
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Heat ghee in pan. Add asparagus and saute until tender (about 10 minutes). Add slivered almonds and cook for 1 more minute. Season with black pepper, salt, maple syrup, and lemon juice.
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Ayurveda Recipe: Chai Tea
Chai originated in India and the folklore surrounding the tea dates back between 5000 and 9000 years ago. Some say the reigning king created the recipe for Ayurvedic healing. The first Chai tea recipes varied in preparation and taste depending on the region, it was only in the 1930's when black tea was introduced to the recipe. Here we share a spiced turmeric Chai tea recipe that is warming, nourishing and calming.
Chai Tea
1/2 Teaspoon Fresh Turmeric Powder
Fresh Ginger (grate as finely and as much as you desire)
1 Teaspoon of Cardamom pods
1/4 Teaspoon of Cinnamon powder or stick
A few Cloves (optional)
Pinch of Nutmeg (optional)
Pinch of Fennel Seeds
2 Cups of Rice Milk (or Almond milk or simply water)
Pour the milk (or water) into your pot, add the spices and allow to boil, cool down, strain, then serve. Delicious.
Some of the health benefits:
Ginger: Aids digestion, improves circulation, boosts the immune system and reduces inflammation.
Cardamom: Aids digestion and supports the immune system, helps detoxify the body and improve circulation.
Cinnamon: Contains digestive properties and has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antioxidant effects.
Fennel: A source of antioxidants, Vitamin C, potassium and fibre.
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Ayurveda Recipe: Sesame Cookies
As we ease into fall and the leaves begin to change we naturally move into a different rhythm and explore other ways to spend time. Getting creative in the kitchen can be a wonderful way to ground and nurture yourself. Read on for a delicious ayurvedic sesame cookie recipe, perfect for dunking in those warming teas as you snuggle on the couch.
Sesame Cookies
Sesame is a special seed, it contains an unusual trio of tastes: bitter, pungent, and sweet. Its naturally balanced composition of heating, cooling, and building qualities makes it a tonic for increasing strength and immunity.
1 cup sesame tahini
1/4 cup almond flour
1/3 cup maple syrup
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 tsp Everyday Sweet Spice Mix
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 egg, whisked
2 tsp sesame seeds, plus extra for decoration
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 2 baking sheets by lightly greasing with ghee or coconut oil or else lining with parchment paper.
In a medium mixing bowl, mix the ingredients together in the order listed. If the batter is too runny to shape, put it in the fridge for 5–10 minutes (but batter that's a little runny bakes nicely). Shape batter into tablespoon-size balls or drop with a spoon onto the prepared cookie sheets. Leave a few inches between the balls, as they will puff up when they bake. Lightly press down on the balls with a fork. Sprinkle tops with extra sesame seeds. Bake for 10–12 minutes, until they are firm enough to touch without your finger sticking.
Let them cool completely before removing from baking sheets and serving. Puffs will be soft when you eat them. Yum!
Source: The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook
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Yoga and Ayurveda
The benefits of Yoga and AYURVEDA
- Yoga and Ayurveda are sister sciences from the ancient wellness tradition of India. Ayurveda is a science for keeping the body in balance through right diet, exercise, meditation and herbs. In Ayurveda there are three body types (doshas):
Vata dosha which is made up of ether and air
Pitta dosha which is made up of fire and water
Kapha dosha which is made up of earth and water
To have optimal health these doshas need to be balanced, particularly your predominant dosha.
When vata is imbalanced there can be anxiety, fear, depression, worry, insomnia. If pitta is out of balance we may have poor digestion, poor elimination, poor detoxification. When kapha is out of balance we may feel lethargic, tired, lacking energy and enthusiasm. So how do yoga and Ayurveda work together to help us stay in balance?
How does yoga help the doshas?
To reduce vata we need to practice in a quiet, grounded and systematic way. The balance between strength and flexibility is critical for a positive experience of the vata dosha. Being still is the vata challenge and reward. Vata wants to move; vata loves vinyasa flow. Vata needs quiet, calm, slow, deep breathing to balance that element and not imbalance the other elements. Great postures are forward bending poses.
Pitta energy presses forward in an impulsive manner. Excess pitta is reduced by practicing in an effortless, non goal oriented way, working at about 75% of our capacity. We hold postures for longer periods to reduce pitta. We slow down. Pitta has a tendency to work the breath too hard. Working effortlessly and softly while being strong is pitta's work. Forward bends and twists are very effective in reducing excess pitta and bringing up low pitta.
Kaphas have a tendency to be a little lazy or lax. "I don't really want to do this kinda thing." The challenge for kapha is to keep the level of effort needed to reduce their dosha. Kaphas benefit from standing poses, headstands, inverted poses and back bends. Headstands and handstands are especially good for reducing kapha. Downward dog is a good posture to reduce kapha if someone is on the heavy side and not a regular practitioner.
Sometimes what we resist the most in our yoga practice is what we need to balance our dosha. Vata people really like vinyasa flow but it can increase vata. Pitta people like a challenge and work very hard in yoga when they should be working less. Kapha people are hard to get to yoga. They may be drawn to a gentle class or a restorative class when a moderate class may serve them better.
Working together, yoga and Ayurveda can strengthen our system and bring us into much needed balance, despite the obstacles we may face in daily life.
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Developed from a talk given by Kim Rossi on Yoga and Ayurveda. Thank you for joining us.
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From Vata Imbalance to Vata In Balance
In our last post, we looked at signs of vata imbalance. Now, I'd like to introduce some practical tips for how to keep vata in balance when it gets out of whack.
1. Some Tips to Warm Up
How to balance vata? Stay warm and stay calm. When you are relaxed, you also feel happy and well. It helps to have a warm, cozy place to be, a warm bed, and a hot water bath. Ayurveda also recommends applying oil and massaging the body as the best way to balance vata. You can have a traditional Ayurvedic body massage, called Abhyanga, or you can do a self-massage. Following that, various steam and heat treatments help to balance vata. You can use electric warming pads, hot stones, or a steam chamber. In ancient times, they would heat a large stone, and a person would lie down on the stone, which would take away the excess vata. So different types of steam and heat treatments are recommended according to the various types of vata imbalance.
2. Nourish Yourself
Food is the major factor that influences vata. Cold food, frozen food, large beans, dried food and foods with bitter, astringent, and pungent flavors aggravate vata. However, sweet, sour, and salty flavors along with sweet dishes, oily foods and rich food help to balance vata. Foods with a heating effect balance vata, while foods with a cooling effect disturb vata. So it's good to know how foods will affect your constitution.
On the balancing level, take food according to your constitution and what element is out of balance. Let's say you are a pitta person with a vata imbalance, then it is good to follow a vata diet. However, there are certain foods that balance pitta but aggravate vata. So it's important to understand food and its effects.
3. Find Stability through Meditation
Along with massage, which is the best method to balance vata, accompanied by steam and heat treatments, meditation helps calm vata. With these life-supporting habits, more or less, vata gets balanced, and small aches and pains disappear. These positive actions more or less balance vata.
What if…my vata's still flying wild?
Let's say a part of the body is in pain. Massage, meditation, and heat treatments will help, as will warming food with sweet, sour, and salty. But when there are too many problems, such as continuously hurting joints, it requires further insight into which part is being affected.
The physical makeup is divided into seven substances: blood, muscular tissue, fat tissue, bones, bone marrow, lymph, and the reproductive fluids. Once we know which part is out of balance, then it is easy to balance the affected area. For example, is it affecting the nerves, the joints or the bones? Taken for some time, specific herbs help balance vata. One such herb that pacifies vata is turmeric, which also has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
Use of Panchakarma
And when vata has grown too far out of balance, when it is beyond the control of modifications in food, lifestyle, massage, and herbal supplements, then we can use panchakarma. Panchakarma, which is an elimination therapy, removes the vitiated vata using various herbal decoctions and oil preparations in combination with specialized treatments to treat the root of vata imbalance. Before disease comes, we are able to correct it.
I invite you to continue your journey by checking out more articles in the blog or visiting with a consultant. We are currently offering free introductory consultations over the phone with one of our Ayurveda Health Counselors.
If you'd like to learn more about how Ayurveda can better help you preserve your health and increase your quality of life, I invite you to check out our ebook, Ayurveda 101: Find Vibrant Health with the Science of Life.
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Recognize the Signs of Vata Imbalance
In the last post we looked briefly at the three main constitutional types in Ayurveda. Here, I'll go into more depth about vata, the mover and shaker of the three constitutions.
This information will be especially useful for readers who:
- have a vata constitution
- have a hectic lifestyle
- have a vata imbalance OR
- live in a climate that is struck hard by vata weather conditions, in cold, dry climates, or as generally felt in late summer and fall.
Principally associated with the air and space elements, Vata is the main force which controls everything in the body.
In Sanskrit, it is said:
"Just as a cloud cannot move without the help of the wind,
pitta and kapha cannot move without the aid of vata."
When vata is balanced, everything is fine. When vata is out of balance, this can lead to problems in the body, including pitta and kapha imbalances also.
Vata controls all movements in the body, including but not limited to energy circulation, blood circulation, hormones, joint movement, muscular movement, neuro-muscular coordination and also the flux of thought and emotion. So what are the things that aggravate vata? Only by knowing these can we know how to balance vata. They are:
- Too much talking
- Too much traveling
- Less sleep
- Not sleeping at the proper times, such as working all night and sleeping during the day also creates imbalance in the system. So proper sleep is also important
- Too much swimming or other water games
- Exposure to cold or windy climates
- Working under pressure creates stress in the system, aggravating vata
- Worries, emotional imbalance and stress. There are so many emotions that may affect our system.
From an Ayurvedic perspective, in morning time kapha is the dominant principle. Noon is pitta time and evening is vata time. So in Ayurveda, generally leafy greens and salads are not recommended in the evening, though they may be very good earlier in the day. Eating large quantities at night may aggravate vata in the body. Other foods that may disturb vata are cold items, frozen foods and large beans that produce more gas in the system.
What to do to balance vata? We'll continue in the next post with a description of just that – simple actions you can take to stay focused, balanced and steady. If you'd like to find out more about your constitution or current state of balance, you can schedule an assessment. You can visit us in Boone, meet me during the Ayurveda for Vibrant Health Tour or even schedule a complementary phone consultation with one of our Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselors.
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Know Yourself by Knowing Your Ayurvedic Body Type
Your Ayurvedic body type, or constitution, is at the heart of Ayurveda's approach to well-being. Knowing your constitution allows you to maximize your quality of life, health and happiness by following the recommendations for food and lifestyle for each constitution.
An Ayurvedic pulse diagnosis with an expert is the best way to recognize one's constitution.
I've spoken about the general characteristics of each body type to help familiarize readers with general tendencies. So read on to acquaint yourself with the main constitutions and the self-discovery that is the joy of Ayurveda.
THE GOOD LIFE (for your type):
Ayurveda means the science of longevity; it is the science of how to live a long, healthy life. "Ayu" is the life span we spend with the body. The spirit is immortal — it can be with the body or without it, but the union of body, mind and spirit — how long that combination stays, that time span is called ayu. How to live that time happily and in good health is the knowledge of Ayurveda. So how do we live this way?
In this respect, Ayurveda says there are four aspects:
- What is good for the body
- What is unhealthy
- What makes us happy
- What makes us sad
It is like driving a car in that once you know the rules of the road, you can drive safely. And it is the same with life also, once you know these four aspects.
For that we need to know the body and mind. The body is made of five elements, space, air, fire water and earth. Physiologically, these elements function as three bio-dynamic forces, called vata, pitta and kapha. These are called variously dhatus, substances, dosha, or prakriti, our natural constitution. What is the importance of knowing you Ayurvedic body type?
While every individual is born with five elements, the constitutional makeup and the relative proportions of each element are a little different, and our lifestyle also differs based on your type.
Those who are born with more of the space and air element have a vata constitution. Generally, a vata person will be very thin, more talkative, restless; they typically have a lower body weight, dry skin, brittle nails, thin hair, and small, slightly sunken eyes. While walking, their joints may make sounds. In terms of climate, they tend to prefer warm or hot weather, while they may have trouble tolerating the cold. They have a hard time gaining weight, so they tend to be thin with a low weight.
Next are pitta people, those who are born with hotter constitutions, containing more of the fire element. A pitta person is generally active, good looking, a perfectionist, dynamic, intelligent and also short tempered. They may have leadership qualities, a moderate build, a smart personality, a sharp nose, and their eyes will also be sharp, sometimes offset with a slight pinkish tint. Due to the unfortunate ease with which a pitta person gets imbalanced, hair loss and early greying are common. They are generally slightly warm to the touch with rosy lips and pink nails with a slight curve.
Kapha indicates a preponderance of the water and earth element. People with this kapha constitution are generally cool, calm, lazy, cheerful, stocky (if not overweight). If assigned a task, they never complete the task in time. Actually, Ayurveda says that because a kapha person is the least bothered, happiest type of person on the whole planet, the best constitution is kapha. They're cheerful all the time! Other qualities include a thick build, thick, dark hair, big eyes with white around, and prominent, shiny, white teeth. The skin may also be thick, moist, and a little cool to the touch. As a personality type, while they tend to accumulate stuff, they also have a sharing streak that moves them to service for society.
These are the three main Ayurvedic body types, though mixes also appear — pitta-kapha, pitta-vata, vata-kapha and saamya, one whose constitution contains all of the five elements in equal ratios.
Constitution is what we are born with. When we eat the proper food and follow the lifestyle that suits our Ayurvedic body type, we have better chances of staying fit, healthy and happy for a long time.
We'll continue in following posts with more detail on each constitution and some tips for each type to keep your body in balance. To talk with an Ayurvedic practitioner about your body type, you can select a free consultation via telephone at the link below.
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ABCD's(American Born Confused Desis)
"Can i have one more of those salty donuts"???asked my 5 year old cousin in his all american distinct twang looking perfectly adorable in a power rangers T-shirt and with a bar of candy in his hand...salty donuts???i was stumped....a food item which i was not aware of??it took me quite a while to understand that he was actually talking about our local medu vada!!!
i looked at him and wondered about his future and the future of all the ABCDs..he was an american citizen(owing to the fact that his parents had been in the states for the past 15 years)..how would he view himself 20 yrs from now...as an americanised indian or totally american??what would he say if his parents(who had their roots in india) told him that it was wrong to date at the age of 15??and when he faced the outer world would he be discriminated because of his brown skin and distinct indian features and a name like adarsh subramanian(which by the way has been shortened to adash mani by the americans..wonder whats so difficult about adarsh)..before sept 11 i dont think i would have worried so much..but with the security becoming tighter and tighter in airports and when everyone with a different sounding name and a beard is viewed with suspicion i m not so sure..
Coming back to my cousin when i asked him if he would like to come back to india he told me "the waterrr(spelling mistake intended) here is so salty that it makes me wanna puke and the bugs(read mosquitoes) bother me.i think i like baltimore better"..at that time i laughed but when i gave thought to it i realised that they are so used to luxuries that even if they decide to migrate to india its going to be tough for them to adjust..they cant imagine sleeping on a mat,eating with hands,walking to a place(its always "are we gonna drive??") and so many other things.
And as for me there is no place in this world i would rather be than india and particularly chennai..india with its politics,oppressive weather,reservations in educational institutions and poverty has something so attractive about it that i dont think i could ever leave it let alone thinking of getting an american citizenship and being confused all my life about whether i m an american with roots in india or an indian with a life in america??i would rather be in a country which has been my home for so long and where i have the freedom to do anything and be close to my near and dear ones than be in a country where i have to slog to get a green card,visit my country only once in two years and give up my culture just for the sake of earning a little extra money..Though it may sound cliched "There is no place like home" and wild horses couldnt drive me to the US of A..and who knows if we just wait long enough maybe we would see a day when the economic times headline screams "one dollar=1 rupee";);)

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text: Northern Indiana has a museum different from about any other museum in the region. Mid-America Windmill Museum is located on the east edge of Kendallville on Allen Chapel Road, just south of U.S. 6. Several different types of windmills are displayed and well maintained. Kendallville is home to Flint and Walling, a company still in existence where windmills were built many years ago. The museum is open through the end of November. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 to 5 Saturday and 1 to 4 Sunday. Visit midamericawindmillmuseum.org for more information.


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China: The New bin Laden• http://www.lewrockwell.com/
George Orwell, the pen name by which Eric Blair is known, had the gift of prophecy, or else blind luck. In 1949 in his novel, 1984, he described the Amerika of today and, I fear, also his native Great Britain, which is no longer great and follows Washington, licking the jackboot and submitting to Washington's hegemony over England and Europe and exhausting itself financially and morally in order to support Amerikan hegemony over the rest of the world.
In Orwell's prophecy, Big Brother's government rules over unquestioning people, incapable of independent thought, who are constantly spied upon. In 1949 there was no Internet, Facebook, twitter, GPS, etc. Big Brother's spying was done through cameras and microphones in public areas, as in England today, and through television equipped with surveillance devices in homes. As everyone thought what the government intended for them to think, it was easy to identify the few who had suspicions.


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Welcome to my blog.
First off, I'm an artist, although that word can pertain to a whole lot of different creative professions, I am an artist that creates art with paint, canvases, brushes and anything else that I can work with. I am best known for my 10 minute paintings and palette knife paintings, which are indeed by far, my favorite paintings to create. You can view my artwork on my website ARTstraussa, my Daily Paintworks site, or Facebook Page.
I like photography too, although my photos probably look like yesterday's trash compared to professional photographers but I really enjoy clicking away at that silver button on top of the camera. I have a huge love of nature and to be able to capture it in that way is such a blessing.
Cooking and baking, okay first off, I love to eat more than doing either of those two, but I still love to try new recipes and really enjoy eating them, especially if they turn out to be delicious. I have a huge love of cookbooks and although I don't cook and bake nearly enough, I love to collect as many cook books as I can. I'm not sure exactly how many I have, but I'm sure they range somewhere over the 200 mark. I plan on getting a few more when the money permits. I could never have enough cookbooks.
Although I don't sew as often as I could, I do enjoy creating things using a sewing machine. I can't say the same thing about cutting a pattern, I really hate that, if it wasn't for that, I may sew more often.
I crochet every so often, I haven't done much crocheting these past few years, but recently have been crocheting nearly every Sunday. It's just so relaxing and I really enjoy it.
I love hats… ladies hats, there is something about hats that really attracts me to them. I have many already and if they didn't cost so much I'd probably have many more, even though I only wear a couple of them.
I hope you enjoy reading along on my daily adventures through a world of art, photography, homemaking and crafts.
Keep in mind that I'm an artist not a writer, so if my writing isn't up to proper standards, or sounds like mumbo jumbo, blame the artist mind in me. Just think of my mind as a Pablo Picasso abstract and you may get a better idea of how my mind works……or maybe not.
Either way, I hope you enjoy traveling along though the adventures, and mind, of Gloria Ester.


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CS Colloquium
Speaker: Ling Ren, MIT
Title: Cryptographic Primitives for Hardware Security
Host: Zhong Shao
Hardware plays a critical role in today's security landscape. Every protocol with security and privacy guarantees inevitably includes some hardware in its trusted computing base. The increasing number of vulnerability disclosures calls for a more rigorous approach to secure hardware designs. In this talk, I will present several cryptographic primitives to enhance the security of hardware. I will first describe our work on Oblivious RAM (ORAM), a cryptographic primitive to prevent access pattern leakage. Among other things, I will present the first constant bandwidth ORAM scheme, Onion ORAM, which uses memory-side computation to avoid a well-known logarithmic lower bound. Next, I will discuss the use of Physically Obfuscated Keys (POK) to strengthen the security of private keys. In particular, I will present a computational fuzzy extractor based on the Learning Parity with Noise (LPN) problem that uses stability information as a trapdoor to correct a constant fraction of errors efficiently.
While hardware is often trusted as a line of defense, it can also be utilized by attackers. The advent of ASIC hash units calls into question the security of hash functions and proof-of-work systems. I will describe bandwidth-hard functions to achieve ASIC resistance and also briefly touch on my other projects in blockchains and consensus.
Ling Ren is a final year graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his Master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University. His research interests span computer security, cryptography, computer architecture and distributed computing. He won the best student paper award at CCS 2013.


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Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v38 n4 p549 Win 2005
We examined the use of noncontingent reinforcement to decrease self-injury and increase bite acceptance in a child who exhibited food refusal. First, a brief functional analysis suggested that self-injury was maintained by escape from food presentation. Next, we evaluated an intervention that involved noncontingent access to a video during feeding sessions. Results of the intervention showed a decrease in self-injury and an increase in bite acceptance.
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Intervention, Self Destructive Behavior, Child Behavior, Videotape Recordings, Eating Disorders
Department of Applied Behavioral Science, 1000 Sunnyside Ave., KU, Lawrence, KS 66045-2133. Web site: http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu.
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Gathered my little collection of kokeshi dolls for a Girl's Day photo. My latest doll to the far left, was found on ebay. I thought she was so cute, she reminded me of my little niece Harper with those smiley eyes, brows, and round face. Hopefully I will photograph Harper when I visit home again.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
SATURDAY 9 meme: Gimme 3 Steps...
1. Has anyone ever got angry with you for flirting with their partner or date?
Years ago, but not recently.
2. What is your favorite movie line or speech? (Set the scene so we appreciate it in context.)
There are so many! Probaby a tie between Nigel giving a tour of his guitar collection in SPINAL TAP saying "These go to eleven"
and Rob Reiner's mom in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY saying "I'll have what she's having". http://www.filmsite.org/wavfiles/whenharrymetsally.wav
3. What is something that has happened to you that you would consider a miracle?
Meeting Bud again after over 30 years and hooking up.
4. What do you try to stay away from?
5. What is it too late for?
My bikini modelling career.
6. If you could write three newspaper headlines, which would come true, what would they be?
World Peace At Last!
Global Warming Issue Resolved!
Income Tax Is Gone!
7. When was the last time you apologized to someone?
VERY recently...
8. If you to find out now that you would very well known after you die, what do you think it might be for? (Feel free to pick an accomplishment that you have yet to do.)
My award winning children's books about Sok.
9. Are you easily angered or able to handle every situation calmly?
I am calm in chaos, but I cry when upset. I never yell.
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I think that you and Bud are so romantic. I just love you two! And the world has been deprived of my bikini modeling career, as well. (And the world is better for it!)ReplyDelete
You reminded me of MY favorite Spinal Tap line, "It's one more."
After reading your answer on #5, I went to your about me page hehehe. I guess, it's not really too late. hehe. Enjoy your weekend.ReplyDelete
mine is here
LMAO...I should have thought of the bikini modeling answer. That's classic. I wish I'd thought of the income tax headline, too. I'm a supporter for doing away with it.ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend, hope you're getting the same sun we are.
You an me both in SI.....talk about miracles.ReplyDelete
What a coincidence- I just watched Harry and Sally for the second time in 24 hours thanks to cable.
Have a great day!
I love your headlines! If only!!ReplyDelete
You didn't mention The Hunter! ;)ReplyDelete
Thanks everyone for your comments. Thanks for reading my answers. It never ceases to amaze me people are interested! Get well soon Bud... xxReplyDelete


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Henry C. Wallich, a longtime member of the Federal Reserve Board and its leading authority on international finance, died today at George Washington University Hospital. He was 74 years old and had been in failing health since undergoing surgery for a brain tumor in 1985.
Mr. Wallich's diverse career as an academician, journalist, Treasury official, Presidential adviser and central banker was marked by an insistence on intellectual rigor and an implacable opposition to inflation.
Throughout his 12-year tenure as a Federal Reserve governor he was the board's most persistent voice for price stability, and his periodic dissents from policy decisions nearly always reflected this concern.
''Like burglary, inflation is an extralegal form of redistribution,'' Mr. Wallich once wrote. ''Unfortunately, many economists share with politicians the habit of always regarding inflation as the lesser of any alternative evils.'' A Thinker and a Connoisseur
Witty, precise, extraordinarily diligent and somewhat austere, Henry Christopher Wallich seemed equally at ease with international central bankers and reporters. Most of his colleagues regarded him as one of the foremost economic thinkers of his generation. He was also known for a passion for fine wine and cigars.Continue reading the main story
Mr. Wallich was appointed by President Nixon in 1974 as one of the Fed's seven governors. His term, which was to have expired last January, was cut short when he had to resign in late 1986 because of poor health.
Mr. Wallich was perhaps best known to the public as an economic columnist for Newsweek magazine from 1965 until he joined the Federal Reserve Board. A former academic colleague once described him as ''a conservative Keynesian who hated inflation.''
One of Mr. Wallich's most imaginative ideas was a proposal he espoused in 1971 with Sidney Weintraub, a liberal economist, for a tax-based incomes policy, or TIP. Their plan, devised to curb inflation, called for an income-tax surcharge to be levied against companies raising their average wage level above specified inflation-related guideposts. The Wallich-Weintraub plan never became law.
Mr. Wallich was born in Berlin on June 10, 1914, to Paul and Hildegard Rehrmann Wallich. His father and paternal grandfather were both bankers. The younger Mr. Wallich had a brother, Walter, and a sister, Cristel. Both are now dead. #2 Years in South America After studying at Munich University and at Oriel College, Oxford University, Mr. Wallich began his business career in South America in 1933. ''It was arranged,'' he wrote years later, ''that I would work for a Buenos Aires exporting firm which already had done business with my grandfather.'' He spent two years in the export business in Argentina and Uruguay, learning the importance of adequate foreign exchange reserves, and as a banker in Chile.
He came to New York in 1935 to work for the Chemical Bank, and the next year he joined a securities firm, Hackney, Hopkinson & Sutphen. While working on Wall Street he studied economics at New York University and earned a master's degree from Harvard University.
In 1941 Mr. Wallich began 10 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he became chief of its foreign research division. While at the bank he continued his studies, earning a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1944, the year he became an American citizen.
His doctoral dissertation, he recalled, drew upon his experience in South America with the problems of a ''small open economy'' dependent on exports.
He joined the faculty of Yale University in 1951. Campus and Capital Posts
Except for stints in Washington in the later years of the Eisenhower Administration as an assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury and as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, he remained a Yale economics professor until joining the Federal Reserve Board in 1974.
For many years he was the board's main emissary to the Bank for International Settlements, the institution in Basel, Switzerland, that serves the world's central banks.
Mr. Wallich was also credited with raising the standards of the Federal Reserve's research department, now considered among the world's best, and he insisted that its work be incorporated into the Fed's decision-making process.
His special interests included the economies of developing countries in the third world. He worked as a consultant to officials of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Cuba in the pre-Castro era. He also served on the advisory board of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1972-73 and was the United States representative on the United Nations Experts Panel on the Economic Consequences of the Arms Race.
Mr. Wallich took a particular interest in theories of portfolio management. He believed that securities markets were highly efficient and that the key to investment success was proper diversification rather than poring over corporate financial statements. He enjoyed chiding Wall Street friends with the argument that they could do just as well in the market by throwing darts at stock tables. Wine-Tasting Parties
At Yale he was known for his wine-tasting parties, and he restocked his extensive wine cellar on trips to Washington, where prices were lower. He went to the trouble, friends said, of obtaining documents from state officials that made it legal for him to haul large quantities of wine in the trunk of his car.
In 1950 Mr. Wallich married Mable Inness Brown, an economist from Floral Park, L.I. They met while both were working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Sometimes they collaborated in economic research and writing.
Before joining the Federal Reserve Board, Mr. Wallich was a director of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, the United Illuminating Company, the Lionel Edie Capital Fund and the First New Haven National Bank, among other institutions.
He also served in the early 1960's as an editorial writer for The Washington Post, and he contributed to other publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, The Journal of Commerce and Dun's Review, as well as Newsweek.
His most-praised book was ''The Cost of Freedom,'' published in 1960.
Mr. Wallich was a member of the New Haven Lawn Club, the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences and the University Club of Washington.
Besides his wife, Mr. Wallich is survived by his mother, Hildegard, of Shelton, Conn., and three children, Christine Wallich of McLean, Va., Anna H. Kehoe of Bedford, N.H., and Paul I. Wallich of New York City.Continue reading the main story


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CHARLESTON, Sc., Aug. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Water Missions International (WMI) is preparing to respond to catastrophes around the world as the height of this year's natural disaster season approaches. WMI staff and volunteers have readied 20 water purification systems for immediate deployment to disaster-affected regions across the globe. In the aftermath of a disaster, the most urgent need is safe water. Each WMI water system has the capacity to purify up to 10,000 gallons of water per day, enough to provide clean, safe water for the drinking and cooking needs of 3,000 people. Having responded to two major disasters earlier this year, the Cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China, WMI's greatest need is funding. The organization welcomes donations to help replenish its disaster relief fund and assist future relief efforts. About WMI: Water Missions International (WMI) is a nonprofit, Christian engineering organization based in Charleston, SC. WMI's mission is to provide sustainable access to safe water and an opportunity to hear the "Living Water" message in developing countries and disaster areas. Assistance is provided regardless of age, sex, race, or faith. To date, WMI has deployed a total of 591 water systems in 36 countries worldwide and two U.S. states, making safe water available to more than one million people. Visit us at www.watermissions.org. If you would like more information about Water Missions International or to donate funds, please contact Danya Jordan at (843)769-7395 x 210 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Donations are also accepted online at www.watermissions.org.


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The Davidson County commissioners unanimously approved $115,000 to design an expansion at the Denton branch of the county library system at their Tuesday night meeting.
In June, commissioners approved $1.1 million for the expansion of the library in their 2007-2008 fiscal year budget. Library fundraisers have estimated the project's cost at about $1.7 million. Library supporters are trying to raise $600,000 in donations to make up for the project's costs not funded by the county, but the fundraiser has gotten off to a slow start.
The expansion will add about 7,000 square feet onto the 4,500-square-foot building. Ramsay Burgin Smith Architects Inc. of Salisbury was chosen to design the project.
Denton library branch fundraisers had raised about $105,000 in business, family and individual donations by June. At Tuesday's county board meeting, Ruth Ann Copley, county libraries director, said the branch had raised a total of $110,000 toward the expansion, or about $5,000 in the last five months. Commissioner Larry Potts asked Copley how the campaign was going.
"We're working on it. We've applied to multiple foundations," Copley said. "We're also going out and asking for donations from the local community. We're also expanding outside the town and asking for more people from the surrounding area (to donate)."
Potts asked Copley if she thought the commissioners approving the design fee would help the campaign raise the final $495,000 for the project.
"I think it will greatly," Copley said.
"I'd like to see a library there, but I'd like to see people who are willing to give, too," Potts said.
The $115,000 includes the construction phase of the project and will be paid to the architect in stages.
"It's billed off of work performed," County Manager Robert Hyatt said. "Nothing's paid in advance."
Commissioner Dr. Max Walser facetiously and seriously told Jones Loflin, chairman of the library's fundraising team and a motivational speaker, that he's "still holding his feet to the fire on this fundraising." Loflin respectfully said that's what he expected the county to do.
Copley said the library missed out on several grant cycles this year and will apply in hopes of receiving some private or public funds next year.
The intended project will expand the children's section and add space for more computers, leisure reading and a section for teen readers. A meeting room is also planned with hopes that it could host civic clubs, artists and musicians. Several of the bookshelves are double-stacked, and closets have been turned into genealogy sections at the branch.
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� The county board approved the reappointment of Steven Moore for a three-year term to the Davidson County Workforce Development Board from January 2008 to January 2011. Commissioners also approved three-year terms to reappoint Assistant County Manager Zeb Hanner, County Director of Public Health Layton Long and Davidson County Schools Superintendent Dr. Fred Mock to the Davidson County Day Reporting Center Advisory Board.
� Commissioners approved a right of way agreement with Duke Energy Carolinas LLC for the utility to run power lines on the property of the Davidson County landfill.
� The board will meet Feb. 7-8 for its annual winter retreat and planning session for the 2008-2009 fiscal year and to discuss the county facilities study. Commissioners will meet at the Davidson County Economic Development Commission's offices for the retreat.
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County OKs design funding for library work
The Davidson County commissioners unanimously approved $115,000 to design an expansion at the Denton branch of the county library system at their Tuesday night meeting.


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Wednesday, September 2, 2015
To Venezuela, or Not to Venezuela?
For days we were going back and forth on what we should do. Azure was going back to the USA to be with her Mom, but what about me? There were so many options: Go back to The Netherlands to see my family, go back to the US, stay in Colombia, go to Curacao and try to find work or follow the road less traveled into Venezuela. A flight to Holland was too expensive. The US would only let me in for 90 days and we needed to still be there in August for a wedding. I don't like backtracking, so Colombia would have to wait for Azure's return. Curacao is too touristy. So Venezuela was the only option.
Writing it down like this makes me wonder why it took me so long to make a decision. But I guess all the negative media attention concerning Venezuela gave me doubts about traveling there. But how often have I found the exact opposite of what the media says to be true? Is this not what it is all about: Get to know the real world, the real people. After a short chat with Paul Hastings, a fellow overlander from Australia who had recently ventured into Venezuela, the decision was made.
Article in the Guardian just before crossing into Venezuela...
Venezuela here I come!
After storing Azure's bike at Chachi's (between the border of Colombia and Venezuela) we went to the Venezuelan border to get some information (you can move around freely on the Colombian side without checking out).
While Azure was chatting with the officials inside, a nice soldier answered all of my questions: "No, Dutch citizens don't need a visa or return ticket or hotel booking while entering overland". "You would get a 90 day visa and the bike would be no problem as well". "It was safe enough to enter Venezuela". He also told me that I would not be able to arrange my bike permit during the weekend as the office would be closed. This was very good to know as I was planning to head for Venezuela the next morning.
I already felt very good about going. What a nice guy.
We raced back to our hotel in Maicao. It had gotten dark and we didn't want to dally so close to the border. Back at the hotel, reality hit me: I had exactly two days to work on my Spanish, as I had largely been relying on Azure for communication up until now. I needed supplies, a lot of cash money to exchange for Venezuelan Bolivar (Azure kindly emptied her stashes of currency ). And I needed to completely repack.
Filling up the tank before crossing. Although gas is much cheaper (almost for free) on the other side, gas stations near the border on the Venezuelan side are overrun with gas smugglers who sell it at a big profit in Colombia. This means long line ups or no gas at all...
My excitement turned into sadness when I saw Azure repacking her bags. After almost four years of traveling together I would be on my own again. I would not be able to share this new adventure with her. But this was the path that was shown to us.
The last thing that needed to be done before setting off for the border was change some money. 200 US Dollar to be precise. As the man handed me bundle after bundle of 100, 100 Bolivares bills my mouth and eyes opened further and further. And the exchange rate was not even that good. I stood perplexed for about 5 minutes. How was I even going to check if he gave me the right amount? I decided to check one bundle and then just go for it. I needed to get over the border, not count money in an office all day! (the official set rate is 6.8 Bolivar for 1 Dollar. The black market rate varies from 260 to over 300 Bolivares for a Dollar. So never pay with a card in Venezuela.)
200 US Dollar turned into 52,000 Venezuelan Bolivares. Feeling like a king!
As I rode to the border I realized that I had actually enjoyed myself in the town that the "Lying Planet" describes as "gritty and dangerous." The market was nice and the people were helpful. Hopefully, I would have the same experience on the other side. The soldier that came over to check me out at the border started chatting to me and with my newly obtained vocabulary I stuttered away. When his eye fell on the map on the side of the box he pointed at the black line and asked: "Tu"? I nodded. "MUCHOS COJONES!" he said out loud. To make sure I understood he grabbed his balls Michael Jackson Style (without the other arm in the sky) and repeated himself: MUCHOS COJONES!
The line up to The border. Gotta love riding a bike!
I left the bike with the soldier and went to get my passport stamped in. I was given a small piece of paper to fill out and 2 minutes later I was back at the bike with a 90 day visa (free!). That was a new record! And best of all; there were no helpers at all! Welcome to Venezuela! I asked where I was to arrange my bike permit and was told I had to go further down the road. I stopped at a checkpoint and was told to keep going. 5Km into Venezuela the big Aduana building appeared.
A warm welcome! The Aduana building is to the left.
I parked the bike and a female Soldier directed me to an office and assured me she would watch the bike. I went into the office and could see my bike through a window. There were a few people pointing at the map. All good. The friendly man behind the desk requested 2 copies of my passport, 2 copies of my drivers license and 2 copies of my bike paperwork. Then he made 2 copies of my Colombian insurance. In the mean time, people started talking to me. As they noticed I was not "fluent" in Spanish they switched to perfect English. I love this place! :) We talked travels and politics for a while and they translated for me. 10 minutes later I was outside with another soldier checking the Vin of the bike. Back inside I signed my permit and I was ready to go. All I needed to do furthermore was to get myself third party insurance somewhere down the road in a town. Really... this was it. The country that a certain, above mentioned, guidebook tells you not to go to with your own vehicle because of all the paperwork, actually welcomes you in in less than 45 minutes!
Back at the bike I found a 5 year old girl posing with the bike. I had a chat with her parents and off I went. I was so excited to ride in yet another amazing country. So much to see, so much to learn...
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Shares of Caterpillar Inc. rallied 1.4% in morning trade toward a 2-year high, after the maker of earth-moving equipment reported that the pace of decline in retail sales has slowed across industries. For the rolling three-month period through December, global total machines sales fell 10%, compared with a 17% decline through November. The decline in North America slowed to 14% from 19% through November, while the increase in Asia/Pacific sales improved to 19% from 11%. In resource industries, the global sales decline was 10%, compared with 24% through November, while the fall in construction industries sales was 12%, compared with 15% through November. The total decline in energy and transportation retail sales was 22%, but better than the 25% through November. The stock has soared 68% over the past 12 months, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed 26%.
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Employers take gold for their support of UK Armed Forces
Five employers have been presented with the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award
Julian Brazier, Minister for Reserves, presented Carillion, Systems Consultants Services Ltd (SCS), Royal College of Nursing, BT, and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust their award certificates at Admiralty House in London.
Launched in July 2014, the Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence and encourage organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace.
To qualify for a bronze, silver or gold award within the scheme, employers pledge, demonstrate or advocate support and commitment to Defence personnel.
Whilst presenting the awards Julian Brazier said:
Thank you to you all for all that you've done and for all that you continue to do to help those on whom we rely to safeguard our shores and protect our prosperity. You have set the highest benchmark for future Gold Award contenders.
In addition to the Gold Award winners, more than 358 employers have received the Silver Award since the scheme was launched. Increasing numbers of employers have registered their intent to support Defence and received the Bronze Award.
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The Shreveport Times reported from a meeting commencing the land acquisition phase of the construction of the 180 mile, 42" Tiger Pipeline from Carthage, TX to Delhi, LA. Since the pipeline will more or less mirror the route of CenterPoint's recently constructed pipeline, the Tiger Pipeline developer, Energy Transfer Partners, doesn't expect too many obstructions to construction. The company believes that they will need to acquire property from about 300 land owners.
The project is still on target for a 2011 completion and is expected to cost between $1.0 and $1.2 billion.


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I saw this flick with my usual movie buddies this evening – along with only five other people!!! I've always been a huge fan of Rowan Atkinson, especially I liked his Black Adder character but also Mr. Bean, was great fun. However, for some reason, I hadn't the greatest expectations for this second installment of Jonny English. Luckily I was proven wrong, cause it was way better than expected.
Basically this is a spoof of the 007-movies, just as first JE-movie was. I wasn't like I was laughing my ass off, but nevertheless I got a good bunch of decent laughs along the way. To help in the shenanigans, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike and Gillian Anderson were doing well, but it was Atkinson's movie through and through. His rubbery face expressions are still top-notch!
Rowan Atkinson is doing most of his stunts himself and in addition to this, very little CGI is used. And that we like 🙂
Timoxylene barbabutanol is a very special and, to this movie, very important drug. It kind of reminds me of the drug that appears in the Black Adder episode 'Nob and Nobility', except that 'Timoxylene barbarbubu… barbubaba… barbabubu…." also turns the victim into a remote controllable killer – just before he dies. It goes without saying that English gets a dose of this drug, and hilarity ensues.
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Lady Cathy orders her slave to lie down on the leather couch and sits down right on his face with her huge ass. She loves to smother this tiny guy under her ass! While she's sitting on his face and nearly crushes his head under massive weight of her BBW body she's texting with a friend and completely ignores the moaning and struggling slave under her butt.
This sexy Russian hottie may look young and innocent - but at 20 years she's already a severe dominatrix. She loves to sit down on the bound slave's face! As he's bound to the chair he can't move his head and get away from her and Angelina definitely wants to take advantage of his helplessness. She slams her ass in skin-tight jeans on his face and smothers him under her perfect butt.
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The Naked Communist was a best seller in the early 1960s, selling more than 1.5 million copies. It found its way into the libraries of the CIA, the FBI, the White House, and homes all across America and overseas in Spanish and excerpted in other languages.
In this hard-hitting book an urgent need is finally fulfilled. In one exciting, readable volume, the incredible story of Communism is graphically told. We believe this to be the most vivid and comprehensive book on the subject ever published. It contains a distillation of more than a hundred books and treatises on Communism, many written by Marxist authors. We see the Communist the way he sees himself—stripped of propaganda and pretense. Hence the title, "The Naked Communist." Here is explained Communism's amazing appeal, its history, and its basic and unchanging concepts—even its secret time-table of conquest! Vital questions are clearly answered—Who gave Russia the A-bomb? How did the FBI fight the battle of the underground? Why did the West lose 600 million allies after World War II? What really happened in Korea? What is Communism's great secret weapon? Is there an answer to Communism? What lies ahead?
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William Gibson is known primarily as a novelist, with his work ranging from his groundbreaking first novel, Neuromancer, to his more recent contemporary bestsellers Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, and Zero History. During those nearly thirty years, though, Gibson has been sought out by widely varying publications for his insights into contemporary culture. Wired magazine sent him to Singapore to report on one of the world's most buttoned-up states. The New York Times Magazine asked him to describe what was wrong with the Internet. Rolling Stone published his essay on the ways our lives are all "soundtracked" by the music and the culture around us. And in a speech at the 2010 Book Expo, he memorably described the interactive relationship between writer and reader. These essays and articles have never been collected-until now. Some have never appeared in print at all. In addition, Distrust That Particular Flavor includes journalism from small publishers, online sources, and magazines no longer in existence. This volume will be essential reading for any lover of William Gibson's novels. Distrust That Particular Flavor offers readers a privileged view into the mind of a writer whose thinking has shaped not only a generation of writers but our entire culture.


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Larish's bomb propels Tribe over Mud HensAugust 30, 2012 No comments
Left fielder Jeff Larish launched a three-run home run to cap a four-run fourth inning on Wednesday night and lead the Indianapolis Indians to a 4-3 victory over the Toledo Mud Hens at Fifth Third Bank.
Larish's longball — just his second of the season — was to the opposite field, disappearing beyond the left-field fence. Both RF Brandon Boggs, who had walked, and 3B Yamaico Navarro, who singled, scored on the blast that proved to be the only extra-base hit of the night for Indianapolis.
It was the first hit for Larish since July 28 at Buffalo. The outfielder has spent several stints on the Indians disabled list throughout the season. His other home run came on June 5 in Pawtucket.
Prior to Larish's home run, 1B Matt Hague scored on Navarro's single to put the Indians up 1-0. Hague had led off the fourth inning with a single of his own.
A plethora of Indianapolis pitchers paraded to the mound to make that lead stand up. A day earlier, the Indians had used just four pitchers to shut out the Mud Hens; on Wednesday, six hurlers made their way to the mound.
Starter Jeff Locke (4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K) allowed just three hits and three walks while striking out seven over 4.2 shutout innings but was pulled in the fifth having thrown 78 pitches, 47 for strikes. LHP Justin Wilson (0.1 IP, 1 K) then closed out the fifth with a strikeout.
RHP Bryan Morris (0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1) started the sixth inning and allowed the first Toledo run of the game DH John Lindsay, who had doubled, scored on a groundout. RHP Jose Diaz (1.1 IP, 1 H, 3 K) relieved Morris and allowed just one hit while recording three strikeouts and pitching through the seventh. Because Locke did not pitch long enough to qualify for a decision, Diaz earned the win for Indianapolis, his first of the season.
In the eighth inning, RHP Even Meek (1.0 IP, 1 BB, 1 HB, 2 K) allowed a walk and hit a batter but struck out two Mud Hens in a scoreless frame. Things then got interesting in the ninth inning when Tribe closer Tim Wood took the hill.
A fielding error and a double put C Bryan Holaday and 1B/2B Ryan Rayburn on third and second, respectively with just one out before 3B/CF Don Kelly singled to drive in both runners and pull the Mud Hens within 4-3 of the Indians. Lindsay was then hit by a pitch and, on a strikeout, Kelly and PR Argenis Diaz pulled off a double steal to move both the tying and game-winning runs into scoring position.
Wood (1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K) then dialed up a game-ending strikeout of LF Jerad Head, however, to earn his 21st save of the season, the second-most in the International League. It was a roundabout way to do so, but Wood ended up striking out the side in the ninth.
For Toledo, RHP Brooks Brown (5.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 1 WP) allowed all four Indianapolis runs and took his fourth loss of the season.
Although he tallied neither a run or an RBI, SS Brock Holt continued his torrid hitting, going 3-for-5 in the contest. It was Holt's third-straight three-hit game; in his past six games, Holt has batted .538 (14-for-26) with two RBI and five runs scored.
In Thursday's 6:30 p.m. series finale, the Indians will likely send RHP Kyle McPherson (0-1, 0.98) to the mound to face off against projected Toledo starter LHP Adam Wilk (7-11, 2.76).
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adidas by Raf Simons | Spring/Summer 2014
This season, the breakthrough technology of adidas once again combines with the unique vision of designer Raf Simons to produce a range of innovative unisex footwear.
Over the course of two decades, Raf Simons has become one of the most singular forces in menswear design, producing revolutionary and memorable collections. For the follow-up to a successful initial A/W 2013 collaboration, Simons and adidas build off the unique design codes they've established, such as the "shoe-in-shoe" concept, while unveiling new styles to create greater variance and depth.
Exciting additions to the collection include a remix of the Stan Smith tennis shoe and an adidas Bounce-inspired trainer with uppers printed in a seasonal pattern matching the Raf Simons apparel. Based on each shoe's individual tooling, both Performance and Originals logos may feature, while some models boast the iconic three-stripe motif.
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The numbers are truly staggering.
The new Tesla Motors gigafactory is more than a game-changer for the California car maker. It could change the way batteries are made in the U.S. for years to come.
It comes down to the numbers for the thing.
The "giga" in gigafactory is, after all, the prefix for a billion.
The plant will be so large that it will double the amount of lithium ion batteries produced in the U.S. by 2020. It will make enough batteries to power 500,000 electric cars.
The plant, overall, will be:
- 10 million: square feet
- 500-1,000: acres
- 6,500: employees
- 500,000: batteries per year
- 35: gigawatthours per year of cells produced
But, it won't be cheap to build. The company says it needs $5 billion, that's with a "b," to make it happen. Tesla's current partner, Panasonic, has said that will pony up about $1 billion for the plant.
Tesla intends to raise $1.6 billion through a private bond issue to finance part of it as well.
In SEC documents filed Wednesday, the company said it would issue $800 million in convertible senior notes due in 2019 and another $800 million due in 2021 to build the factory. Overall, Tesla said it plans to invest $2 billion.
"Very shortly, we will be ready to share more information about the Tesla gigafactory. This will allow us to achieve a major reduction in the cost of our battery packs and accelerate the pace of battery innovation," Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote in the company's filing. "Working in partnership with our suppliers, we plan to integrate precursor material, cell, module and pack production into one facility. With this facility, we feel highly confident of being able to create a compelling and affordable electric car in approximately three years. This will also allow us to address the solar power industry's need for a massive volume of stationary battery packs."