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Monday, July 27 2015
There have been many books, blogs and articles written on leadership. Personally, I have read leadership books written by pastors, military officers and firefighters. They are intriguing and each one has given me insight into how to be a better leader.
The Bible still remains the greatest leadership book and David facing Goliath on the battlefield is an example of how a leader can rise from the unexpected and make a difference.
#1 - Willing to do the Small Stuff
David had been anointed the next King of Israel in 1 Samuel 16 and "the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward". His future was promised by God, but when asked to deliver groceries to the battlefield the Bible says...
His willingness to "do the small stuff" also reveals David's desire to be obedient. God has called us to be obedient from the creation of man and our love for God is directly tied to our obedience to His Word.
#2 - Look for Opportunities to be Used
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.~ Benjamin Franklin
As a Christian, we have been commanded to go and make disciples. The opportunities that rise to minister may not always be convenient or exactly the responsibility that we want, but our desire to be used of God should be greater than our personal ambitions.
A man named Ananias was asked us to minister to a man named Saul. Ananias' immediate response was not "Yes Sir", but "I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem", but because he was obedient the Bible states...
It was through this opportunity that arose for Ananias that the Apostle Paul first received salvation, kings heard the gospel, churches were planted and 2/3 of the New Testament was written. An opportunity to witness to that person at work or your neighbor could bring revival to your city.
After David had arrived at the battlefield, he heard the cry of Goliath and saw the fear of the Israelite army. David never asked what would happen if Goliath killed the Israelite, but asked, "What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"
In David's mind, victory was the only option. David understood the power of God because his experiences with a lion and a bear. His faith told him that he was an overcomer and this was an opportunity make a difference. An opportunity to be used by God.
#3 - Live what you Preach
David was accused by his brother, Eliab, of being proud, having "naughtiness of heart" and to come down to see the battle. David replied "Is there not a cause?" He was saying all the right things and the Bible states, "When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him". David's word sounded good enough to the King Saul that he wanted to speak to David. David tells Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine". Their conversation continued....
David had to "put his money where his mouth is". He had to face Goliath. He had been anointed the King of Israel, he was willing to do the small stuff, found an opportunity to be used and now he was going to have to put his words into action.
It was on the field of battle in front of two armies that a young David faced an experienced warrior. David never hesitated in his willingness to face the enemy of his people. His expectation was to win because of the previous experiences that God had allowed to him face. David was not alone in his fight against Goliath.
At the end of the day, David won the battle. He lived what he preached and brought deliverance to his people. The Apostle James wrote James 2...
Live what you preach and you can see your family and community changed through the power of God!


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Huntsville police temporarily closed a street while they investigated a suspicious item Monday afternoon.
Police said just before 2 p.m. a citizen found a suspicious item in the shape of a pipe behind 1395 Enterprise Way, which is the building that houses Five Guys and Jason's Deli.
#BREAKING: Large police presence near the Five Guys restaurant on Enterprise Way. @HsvPolice @whnt pic.twitter.com/7zaHZbzVwf
— Jeremy Jackson (@JeremyJacksonAL) August 5, 2019
Enterprise Way was blocked for about 10 minutes while police worked on the scene. The road reopened around 2:45 p.m.
Police said the item they found was not explosive.
#BREAKING: Huntsville Police just shouted, "Fire in the hole!" The sound of an explosion followed. @whnt pic.twitter.com/8zM11oz0Ow
— Jeremy Jackson (@JeremyJacksonAL) August 5, 2019

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Philosopher in Meditation
|Philosopher in Meditation
Philosopher in Meditation (or Interior with Tobit and Anna) by Rembrandt
|Dutch Golden Age painting
|28 cm × 34 cm (11 in × 13 in)
|Louvre, Paris
Philosopher in Meditation (Bredius 431)[1] is the traditional title of an oil painting in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, that has long been attributed to the 17th-century Dutch artist Rembrandt.[2]
It is signed "RHL-van Rijn" and dated 1632, at the time of Rembrandt's move from Leiden to Amsterdam.[3] Recent scholarship suggests that the painting depicts "Tobit and Anna waiting for their son Tobias" instead. This interpretation is given in an auction catalogue from 1738 (see "Subject matter"), the first source that clearly refers to this painting.
The painting appeared in Paris around the middle of the 18th century and made the rounds of aristocratic collections before being acquired for the royal collections housed in the Louvre Palace.[4] The presumed subject matter, the finely graded chiaroscuro treatment and intricate composition were widely appreciated in France and the painting is mentioned in the writings of many 19th- and 20th-century literary figures, including George Sand, Théophile Gautier, Jules Michelet, Marcel Proust, Paul Valéry, Gaston Bachelard, Paul Claudel, and Aldous Huxley.
The ongoing popularity of the painting may be measured by its presence on the internet, where it is often used as an emblem of philosophy, or interpreted along esoteric or occult lines.
Painted in oils on an oak panel measuring about 11 x 13 in. (28 x 34 cm), the painting depicts in slightly accelerated perspective two figures in a partially vaulted interior that is dominated by a wooden spiral staircase. The architecture includes stone, brick and wood, with arched elements (window, vault, doors) that create an impression of monumentality. On the pre-iconographic level, this is one of the most "graphic" works painted by Rembrandt, in the sense that it contains many straight, curved, circular, and radiating lines: from the lines of the flagstones to those of the window, the bricks, the wainscotting, and of course the staircase. As in the staircase and the basketwork tray at the center of the composition, the curved lines can be said to organize the straight lines.[5] The first figure is that of an old man seated at a table in front of a window, his head bowed and his hands folded in his lap. The second figure is that of an old woman tending a fire in an open hearth. A third figure—a woman standing in the stairs carrying a basket and turned to the spectator—is visible in 18th- and 19th-century engraved reproductions of the painting, but virtually invisible in the painting's present state.[6] As it is, the overall painting is quite dark due to the aging of the varnish.[7]
The panel is signed "RHL-van Rijn 163_" at the bottom and left of the center, at a vertical from the figure of the old man. The signature was traced with a fine brush in light pigment on a dark background and is quite difficult to make out. The last digit is a tiny blob of paint, the form and placing of which would tally with a "0," "1" or "2."[8] The type of signature—monogram plus patronymic—would argue for 1632, for the artist used this type of signature only in this year.[9] This does not mean that the picture was painted in that year or even in Amsterdam, to which Rembrandt had moved in late 1631. In any case, this type of signature is so rare in Rembrandt's oeuvre and date-specific that it argues for authenticity.[10]
Subject matter[edit]
While the traditional title Philosopher in Meditation has to a large extent been responsible for the painting's popularity, it is iconographically untenable. The painting shows none of the conspicuous attributes of scholarship or philosophy—books, globe, scientific instruments, etc.—and the presence of at least one other figure involved in domestic tasks does not fit in with the solitude associated with study and meditation.[11] Though a large book and a quill seem to be among the few objects on the table in front of the main figure, they are summarily depicted and impossible to identify more precisely: a Bible alone would not suffice to make the figure depicted a scholar or "philosopher." Staircases—whether spiral or not—were not an attribute of philosophy in the early 17th century. Similar observations argue against identifying the main figure as an "alchemist," a subject that would allow for other figures, such as an assistant tending a fire. The objects depicted suggest a domestic setting, yet the improbable architecture speaks more for a history than a genre subject. The French art historian Jean-Marie Clarke[12] argues that the scene is ultimately derived from the Book of Tobit, one of Rembrandt's favorite Old Testament sources.[13] The sole objection to this interpretation is that, apart from the two main figures—the blind Tobit and his wife Anna— there is no identifying attribute, such as Anna's spinning wheel. Nevertheless, a plausible interpretation of the scene is Tobit and Anna waiting for the return of their only son, Tobias, a scene that Rembrandt had already represented in another version in 1630.[14] This is supported by an 18th-century source identifying a Rembrandt painting of exactly the same format representing a "Composition with Tobit and a winding stair."[15] Earlier inventory mentions of a "winding stair with an old man sitting on a chair" or "winding stair" attributed to Rembrandt are vague and might even refer to the companion painting long attributed to Rembrandt, but now given to Salomon Koninck.[16] Although the title in the Louvre's publications remains Philosophe en méditation, catalogues of Rembrandt's painted oeuvre, starting with Bredius (1935) identify the subject more soberly as a "Scholar in an Interior with a Winding Stair."[17] With the rejection of the attribution to Rembrandt by the Rembrandt Research Project in 1986, the title became "Old Man in an interior with a winding staircase."[18]
Companion painting: Philosopher in Contemplation or Philosopher with an Open Book[edit]
The best explanation for the long-standing misinterpretation of the Philosopher in Meditation lies in the fact that, in the second half of the 18th century, it was sold together with a pendant of identical size (28 x 33.5 cm) that presented similar motifs—including a spiral staircase—and that was also attributed to Rembrandt. The paintings were exhibited together and titled interchangeably Philosophe en méditation and Philosophe en contemplation, or referred to simply as the Philosophes.[19] The companion painting shows an old man in a vaulted interior seated in front of a table at a window on which we can see books, a globe, and a crucifix. These objects and his solitude make him a much better candidate for philosophical tasks than the old man in the alleged Philosopher in Meditation. In spite of the obvious differences in the composition and execution, no one called its attribution to Rembrandt in doubt. The great exception is the American art historian John C. Van Dyke, who whittled Rembrandt's oeuvre down to less than fifty paintings and made short shrift of the Louvre's Philosophers: "Small pictures over which, in the past, there has been much spilling of good printer's ink with no marked results. The pictures are not wonderful...".[20] In 1955, examinations with X-rays and infrared photography at the laboratory of the Louvre revealed notable differences in treatment and caused this attribution to be dropped.[21] Jacques Foucart (1982), Curator for Dutch and Fleming Painting at the Louvre, like Horst Gerson (1968)[22] and Werner Sumowski (1983),[23] attributes this work to Salomon Koninck (1609–1656), a Rembrandt imitator, dating it to around 1645 and titling it Philosopher in Contemplation or Philosopher with an Open Book.[24] Yet the real credit for the attribution to Koninck should go to John C. Van Dyke, who wrote: "In fact, one may be heretical enough to think that someone like Koninck or Dou may have painted them..."[25] The subject matter and details of the Koninck picture seem to have been directly inspired by a Rembrandt etching dated 1642 and representing St. Jerome in a dark chamber (Bartsch 105), which is the only other known work by Rembrandt that features a complete helical staircase.[26] The traditional iconography of the Doctors of the Church and St. Jerome in particular provided the attributes for 17th-century representations of scholars in their study.[27] In the last analysis, the only thing that the pendant has in common with the Philosopher in Meditation is the medium and format, which reflects more on Koninck's intentions than on those of Rembrandt. Any further speculation on the relationship between the two paintings must take into account a manuscript commentary from around 1750 by their first French owner, the marquis de Voyer d'Argenson, who states that the two pictures were brought together "by chance."[28]
Rembrandt Research Project and disattribution[edit]
In the second volume of its Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, which covers the years 1631-1634, the Rembrandt Research Project (RRP) rejected the attribution to Rembrandt of the Philosopher in Meditation. Until then, and except for the "heretical" John C. Van Dyke, this attribution had been unanimously accepted by experts and art historians. The RRP did not introduce any new objective or documentary evidence, but based its judgment on an assessment of Rembrandt's "habits," an appraisal of the painting's style, and the difficulty of fitting it within Rembrandt's production in 1632 or the later 1630s.[29] The RRP did not make any guesses as to who the author of this painting might have been, but relegated it to "Rembrandt's immediate circle, or even his own workshop."[29] This judgment was analyzed by Jean-Marie Clarke[30] who pointed out, among other things, that the RRP may have had a special stake in rejecting this painting, as the following quote suggests: "In the later part of the 18th century the painting enjoyed a great reputation in France as Le Philosophe en contemplation, and it helped to determine the image of Rembrandt's art to an unwarranted extent."[31] This disattribution was not accepted by the Louvre and other Rembrandt scholars,[32] and the newly configured RRP has changed its stance since then. In the fifth volume of the Corpus (2011), which covers "small history paintings," the painting is classified without further ado as a "re-attribution" by the current director of the RRP, Ernst van de Wetering.[33] The painting was officially re-instated in vol. 6 of the Corpus under no. 86 with the title Interior with a window and a winding staircase and the parenthetical information: "a study in Kamerlicht."[34]
Esoteric, psychological, and philosophical interpretations[edit]
In a lecture given at the Goetheanum in Dornach (1916), the ex-theosophist and founder of the Anthroposophical Society, Rudolf Steiner, described the Louvre Philosopher as the "purest expression of light and dark... All that you see here—the architecture and all the other features—merely provided the occasion for the real work of Art, which lies in the distribution of light and dark." This, he held, was precisely the essence of Rembrandt's art. As it was, he showed only a "lantern slide" of the companion painting by Salomon Koninck discussed above.[35] With his inversion of the title, Aldous Huxley (1954) sums up most of the "deeper" interpretations of the painting: "There hangs in the Louvre a Méditation du Philosophe, whose symbolical subject-matter is nothing more or less than the human mind, with its teeming darknesses, its moments of intellectual and visionary illuminations, its mysterious staircases winding downwards and upwards into the unknown.[36] The caption to an illustration of the painting (reversed) in the psychoanalyst C. G. Jung's Man and His Symbols (1964) reads: "The inward-looking old man provides an image of Jung's belief that each of us must explore his own unconscious."[37]
Jean-Marie Clarke (1980) advanced a psychological interpretation based on the circular form of the composition and the Yin-Yang-like distribution of light, reading the painting as a Mandala in the Jungian sense: an archetypal symbol of the integrated Self. The chiaroscuro treatment and the presence of many straight lines that are structured by curved lines speaks for an effort at reconciling oppositions. Further, Clarke interpreted the concentricity of the composition and wealth of circular motifs as metaphors for the underlying theme of the painting: the eye and vision. Like Julius Held,[38] Clarke believes that the drawing dated ca. 1630 at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (Benesch 64) with the caption "HARMAN GERRITS van der Rhijn" written in Rembrandt's hand that shows his father in a pose similar to that of Tobit here, suggests that he may have been blind at the end of his life.[39] Accordingly, the figure of the blind old man (Tobit) would stand for Rembrandt's father (d. 1630), who opposed his son's wish to become an artist and whose vision the young Rembrandt (Tobias) "healed" with the help of the archangel Raphael ("God heals", a name that also symbolizes Art).[40] More recently, Clarke published an interpretation on the internet that relates Rembrandt's composition to the design of his signature in 1632.[41]
Jean-Pierre Dautun (1983), a student of the French philosopher Raymond Abellio, offered a detailed phenomenological reading along Gnostic lines, interpreting the central motif of the painting (the basketwork tray) as "the navel, the omphalos of the luminous hermetic secret that Rembrandt wishes to transmit: the phenomenological secret that the eye of the genius will be given to those who will conquer the genius of the eye. It is the ineffable secret of this transmission itself, the 'thou art that' of this mutus liber that is his painting, as if to permit an Occidental satori to a koan of his own devise."[42] The French philosophy professor Régine Pietra (1992) published an essay in which she used the painting to illustrate the rhetorical figure of hypotyposis;[43] Rembrandt's painting, with its interplay of light and dark, renders the experience of philosophical meditation visually perceptible.[44] The Dutch philosopher Otto B. Wiersma (1999) published an article on the internet that he summarizes in these terms: "The painting of Rembrandt Philosophe en méditation (1632, Louvre Paris) can be characterized as a pictorial meditation on the miracle of vision. A better title would be Méditation visionnaire, because the painting catches the eye in more than one sense."[45] A discussion of the Philosopher in Meditation along essentially Gurdjeffian lines can be found on the Objective Art website (2011).[46]
- ^ Abraham Bredius, Rembrandt Gemälde, Phaidon Verlag, Vienna, 1935, 18: "Gelehrter in einem Raum mit Wendeltreppe." A few decades earlier, Wurzbach merely translated the title from the French, Alfred von Wurzbach, Niederländische Künstler-Lexikon vol. II, Vienna and Leipzig, 1910: B. 122, Der Philosoph in Betrachtung.
- ^ Since December 2016, it is on display at the Louvre Lens, La Galerie du Temps. https://www.louvrelens.fr/work/philosophe-en-meditation/ Archived 7 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, last consulted 7 November 2018.
- ^ Jacques Foucart, Les Peintures de Rembrandt au Louvre, Éditions de la R.M.N., Paris, 1982, 19-23, 89.
- ^ See the Provenance in Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, vol. II, 644. See also, Anne Leclair, "Les deux Philosophes de Rembrandt: une passion de collectionneurs," La Revue des Musées de France-Revue du Louvre, 5, 2006, 38-43.
- ^ Jean-Marie Clarke, "Le Philosophe en méditation, de Rembrandt," Cahiers de Psychologie de l'art et de la culture, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 6, 1980, 132.
- ^ For example, this figure is visible in the engraving of the painting by Devilliers l'aîné in Joseph Lavallée, Galerie du musée de France, vol. 8, Filhol, Paris, 1814, pl. III. The third figure does not appear in the turn-of-the-century engraving by Timothy Cole in John Charles Van Dyke, Timothy Cole, Old Dutch and Flemish Masters Engraved by Timothy Cole With Critical Notes by John C. Van Dyke and Comments by the Engraver, The Century Co., New York, 1901, 32.
- ^ Ernst van de Wetering et al., A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings, vol. V, The Small History Paintings, Springer, Dordrecht, 2011, 197. As Van de Wetering notes, "the paint layers were covered with an extremely thick, yellowed layer of varnish, as a result of which it is very difficult to get any clear insight into its pictorial characteristics."
- ^ Jean-Marie Clarke, "Le Philosophe en méditation du Louvre: un tableau signé 'RHL-van Rijn' et daté '1632,'" Revue du Louvre, 3, 1990, 193-94. For the author's English translation, see:
- ^ Horst Gerson, Rembrandt Paintings, Artabras Books, Harrison House, N.Y., 1968: "The date has always been regarded as 1633, but the last digit may just as well be read as a one or a two, which accords better with the style of this tender painting," 492.
- ^ Corpus, II, 641: the members of the RRP who examined this painting in 1968 were unable to see the signature. However, subsequent examinations by Foucart (1982) and Clarke (1990) confirmed its presence.
- ^ Clarke, 1980, 138-9.
- ^ Op. cit., 198.
- ^ Julius S. Held, Rembrandt and the Book of Tobit, Gehenna Press, Northampton MA, 1964.
- ^ Anna and the Blind Tobit, 63.8 x 47.7 cm. This painting at the National Gallery in London has been re-attributed to Rembrandt, with a possible participation by his student at the time, Gerrit Dou. David Bromford et al., Art in the Making: Rembrandt, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2006, 62-69.
- ^ Corpus, II, p. 644: "Eene ordonnatie met Tobias, ende eenen draeyenden trap door Rimbrant" at the sale of the collection of the Comte de Fraula, Brussels, 1738. The Rembrandt Research Project dismisses this evidence as "certainly incorrect since there are two women in the picture and there is no specific motif from the story of Tobias," 642.
- ^ See the Provenance in Corpus, II, p. 644: "Een wenteltrap van Rembrandt van Ryn met een oudt manneken sittende op eenen stoel" (1673) and ""Een wenteltrap van Rembrandt van Ryn" (1687). Here, as Clarke (1990) points out, the RRP uses the mention of a winding stair to support their hypothesis that the painting was intended as an exercise in perspective by a member of Rembrandt's studio or circle, but ignore the evidence of the mention of the master's name to identify the author.
- ^ Gerson, 1968, loc. cit.. Gary Schwarz, Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintings, Penguin Books, London, 1985, 198: cat. 214, Scholar in a room with a winding stair.
- ^ Corpus, II, 638-44, C 51.
- ^ "034 (034, 27): To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 31 May 1875. - Vincent van Gogh Letters". vangoghletters.org.
- ^ John Charles Van Dyke, Rembrandt and His School; a critical study of the master and his pupils with a new assignment of their pictures, New York, C. Scribner's Sons, 1923, 114-5.
- ^ Madeleine Hours, "Rembrandt. Observations et présentation de radiographies exécutées d'après les portraits et compositions du musée du Louvre," Bulletin des Laboratoires du Musée du Louvre, 1961, 6, 3-43.
- ^ Gerson, Op. cit.
- ^ Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, vol. III, PVA, Landau, 1983, 1649 (cat. no. 1133): "Interieur mit meditierenden Gelehrter."
- ^ Foucart, 1982, 98.
- ^ Van Dyke, 1923, loc. cit. He continues with: "The second picture, with the light coming from the left, seems a companion piece, but there may be some doubt about its being by Koninck. Its assignment is tentative."
- ^ Clarke, 1990, 194-95.
- ^ Clarke, 1980, 121-28.
- ^ In the wording of the fragmentary note: "Le hasard qui les a rassemblé..." Leclair, 2006, 42. The marquis bought the Rembrandt painting from the art dealer Willem Lormier at The Hague, probably in June 1748 (not 1746). Lormier's wax seal is on the panel by Rembrandt, but not on the pendant, whose provenance remains unknown.
- ^ a b Corpus, II, 641.
- ^ Clarke, 1990, 191-200.
- ^ Corpus., II, 642.
- ^ Roelof van Straten, Young Rembrandt: The Leiden Years, 1606-1632, Foleor, Leiden, 2006, 229: "It is not understandable that the Rembrandt Research Project does not accept the picture as an original work by the master."
- ^ Corpus, V, 197.
- ^ Ernst van de Wetering, A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings. Rembrandt's Paintings Revisited. A Complete Survey, vol. VI, Springer, Dordrecht, 2015, 523-24.
- ^ Rudolf Steiner, "The History of Art: Rembrandt" (lecture 5), November 28, 1916, Dornach (Eng. translation, Rudolf Steiner Library, Anthroposophical Society of America, N.Y., 9).
- ^ Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, Harper & Brothers, N.Y., 1954, 95.
- ^ Carl Gustav Jung (ed.), Joseph L. Henderson, Marie-Louise von Franz, Aniela Jaffé and Jolande Jacobi, Man and His Symbols, Doubleday, Garden City N.Y., 1964, 103.
- ^ Held, 1964, 26-27.
- ^ Clarke, 1990, 198.
- ^ Clarke, 1980, 115-86.
- ^ Jean-Marie Clarke (November 2016). "The Rembrant Search Party". Journal of Artistic Research.
- ^ Jean-Pierre Dautun "Le Philosophe en méditation de Rembrandt", Cahiers Raymond Abellio, 1, 1983, 42-51, 51
- ^ "Defined as a "vivid description of an action, event, person, condition, passion, etc. used for creating the illusion of reality".
- ^ Régine Pietra, Sage comme un image. Figures de la philosophie dans les arts, Editions du Félin, 1992, 105-15.
- ^ Wiersma, Otto (1999). "Het is een kunst om te lezen: de dubbelzinnigheid van spiegelbeelden bij Rembrandt en Salomon Koninck".
- ^ http://objectiveandsacredart.ning.com/forum/topics/the-philosopher-in-meditation
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7 years ago my hubby and I were living in a nice apartment in Burnaby BC on the 15th floor with an incredible view of Vancouver and the mountains. We didn't have much as newly weds in a new city… a table and chair set, and bedroom set we got at an auction in Saskatchewan and a free couch that some dear souls carried up 15 flights of stairs because it wouldn't fit in the elevator, and a 13″ tv with no stand.
One day my hubby came inside from taking the garbage down to the garbage room carrying this little number:
We were stoked on life! Who the heck would throw away a perfectly good tv stand!? We won the jackpot that day…. And we have brought that bad boy along on 5 moves in the past 7 years.
Well recently I received two pieces from the 1920's and after turning one into a tv stand for a client, a vision hit me for the other one! It was time to move on from our Burnaby treasure. It served us well but f'real I was so over it!
Here's the lovely little radio shell after a light sanding (I don't have a proper before photo on my phone)
It's like she was made to hold our tv, everything fits perfect! And I won't have to wipe sticky finger prints off of it for at least 5 or 6 years!


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It wouldn't be a stretch to call 2015 the year of threat intelligence. In February, President Obama signed an executive order at a cybersecurity event held at Stanford University that encourages and promotes threat intelligence sharing between the private sector and federal government. Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress has introduced several threat sharing bills of their own. And at the annual RSA Security Conference in April, threat intelligence was clearly one of the primary topics of discussion among cybersecurity professionals, technology vendors, and government representatives.
Yup, there's a lot of jawboning going on about threat intelligence, but it's not just idle industry chatter – large organizations are actively adopting formal threat intelligence programs and consuming threat intelligence feeds. According to a recent ESG research report, 41% of enterprise organizations (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) use 6 to 10 different threat intelligence sources as part of their threat intelligence program, 21% of enterprise organizations) use 11 to 20 different threat intelligence sources as part of their threat intelligence program, and 7% of enterprise organizations use more than 20 different threat intelligence sources as part of their threat intelligence program (note: I am an ESG employee).
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- 38% of organizations want to use threat intelligence programs to improve automated incident prevention. In other words, they want to consume and analyze external threat intelligence and then modify internal security controls to counteract new types of threats. I've seen this type of threat prevention activity between integrated cybersecurity orchestration platforms (ICOPs) like Resilient Systems and endpoint security software from vendors like Bit9.
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- 26% of organizations want to use threat intelligence programs to improve risk management efficiency and effectiveness. So CISOs want to use threat intelligence to improve risk management metrics and mitigation actions. BitSight and Risk I/O align closely with this aim. Infosec pros may also want to pay attention to developments with the NIST cybersecurity framework with regard to threat intelligence and risk management.
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Not all theatre is highbrow, and not all theatre aspires to it. Some theatre is pretty much ashamed to admit that it is theatre, or indeed staged in any way. Oh no. It is all real, and it is sport, damn it. And from this, you get the glory that is World Wrestling Entertainment - the WWE.
My sister and I attended this NIGHT OF GLORY together. This is not our normal scene. We were very far out of our comfort zones. Both of us had several existential crises, complemented by out of body experiences... which then had out of body experiences of their own. We shared/suffered through/loved this experience together so we're writing this review together, conversation style. So... here you are.
JOJO: Hi, Hazzabangerz.
BANG: Hello, Jodi. It's been such a lovely night at the theatre!
JOJO: That's an interesting point you raise there, Bang Bang. WWE calls itself 'sport' and people steadfastly refuse to admit it is scripted, when it obviously is. I refuse to believe real life dialogue would ever be that a) awful, and b) hilarious. So do you think that WWE really is 'theatre' per se?
BANG: Of course it's theatre. The entire event is about the audience's suspension of disbelief, knowledge of catchphrases, signature 'moves', and the storyline is dense. Each wrestler is a caricature of a real athlete and - I may be making a sweeping genalisation here - behaves more melodramatically and narcissistically than Ridge Forrester (on crack).
JOJO: I think the Ridge analogy is a good one, because at the end of the day, let's face it, WWE is a giant soap opera about men wearing no pants and women dressed as 80s superheroes pretending to punch each other. Personally, I could use less punching and more of the hilarious talking. I could have listened to CM Punk's opening rant 'calling out' (another WWE favourite thing to do) corporate America and the WWE execs a lot longer. But no, Rey Mysterio HAD to go and punch him in the face.
BANG: Oh, CM Punk! My favourite wrestler of all! Technically, he's a villain - but he cares in a meaningful way about grammar!
JOJO: The heroes/villains thing is really weird, actually. It is obvious to both you and I that CM Punk is the coolest of all the wrestlers, and yet he is cast as a villain with an evil cult that rallies around him. He's also militantly straight edge (which he has tattooed to his stomach) ...but yeah, that isn't terribly relevant to my point - which is that in normal sport, you have your team or your individual or whoever that you pull for, with little real outside involvement. For example, I like Roger Federer and barrack for him because I think he's awesome. But in WWE, because of the theatricalised, scripted elements of it, the writers (well, 'writers') can lead you to like or dislike certain characters by casting them as heroes or villains and then give you a guaranteed happy ending (ie. the good guy beats the bad guy while you shout a lot). It's very safe to barrack for a hero in WWE.
BANG: Imma stop you there, Jojo! It's safe to be on the winning team... until R-Truth steps onto the scene! Tonight's MAIN EVENT featured reigning WWE champion John Cena (hero) and the recently-insane challenger R-Truth (villain). Truth has 'SHUT UP!' written on the back of his jeans, breaks through audience barriers, threatens small children ('Little Jimmies'), and tells Sydneysiders they smell like 'doo-doo'. He also stole someone's drink. Very poor form indeed.
JOJO: And yet until recently, R-Truth was portrayed as a hero-figure in the WWE universe. Character/actor/wrestler/whatever-you-want-to-call-thems can cycle through both the hero and villain spectrums, but you always know who you should be going for. It's like reading a romance novel or a crime novel. You know there will be some kind of payoff at the end where good defeats evil. Though for us this is obviously troubling in the case of technically evil CM Punk, who is - problematically for the entire WWE - obviously a freaking legend.
BANG: I prefer the villains, in the end. I don't care about the emotional pay-off. I want to see plots, schemes, hitting people with steel chairs!
JOJO: Agreed. The actual wrestling aspect of wrestling is not particularly interesting. In fact, it looks even faker in real life (if that is possible). It's stunningly obvious when someone has landed on the floor next to someone's head rather than on their head, that kind of thing. And the acting level was often not high... someone would get kicked in the head and then clutch their knee, that kind of thing.
BANG: The part that really gets me is when the scripted narcissism gets in the way of winning a fight. When The Miz manages to get his ex-apprentice-now-nemesis Alex Riley on the ground, he's so easily distracted by the crowd calling him a wanker. 'I am NOT a wanker!' yelleth The Miz, upon which occasion Alex Riley punches him in the head. Miz also falls victim to the wrestling trend of dancing around in anticipation of a signature move. It is neither big nor clever to pretend you are a magpie looking for worms, or whatever it is he's intending.
JOJO: On that subject, why were those Nexus dudes so terrified when Santino Morella was chasing them round and round the ring doing a Lleyton Hewitt style emu hand? Is that really such a powerful move? EMU PECK! OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW THE PAINZ.
BANG: Yeah, I wonder why Santino lost that match. There were also some top-quality wardrobe decisions in this part of the show - I particularly enjoyed David Otunga's bedazzled speedos.
JOJO: They were indeed dazzling. There's something very spesh about all WWE fashion and its peculiar brand of pantlessness. I regularly find myself barracking for the ones that wear pants PURELY BECAUSE they are wearing pants and not some bizarre speedo/gogo boot combination (or worse, a unitard). CM Punk is obviously an exception to this rule, but those black and pink speedos are not going to win him best-dressed dude in the WWE.
BANG: I'm a little sad Dolph Ziggler has ditched his old outfit, the inside-out-and-backwards pleather hotpants. Now he's advertising himself as Mr. Perfection, an interesting move considering he's 99% chin. 99% chin, 1% pants. 100% peasant.
JOJO: I'm a bit sad that his WWE girlfriend (not to be confused with any real girlfriend he might have) Vickie Guerrero didn't make the trip to Australia. One of my favourite parts of WWE is the fake relationships and all the shenanigans that go on there. Fake relationships, fake engagements, fake weddings, fake adultery... I'm pretty sure there was a fake pregnancy one time... It really is a soap opera. Let's face it - WWE would be totally boring if it were really about wrestling. It's more theatre than sport - much more about the characters than the punching.
BANG: Let's not forget the audience involvement! No fourth wall here! What would WWE be without a whole stadium of people shouting 'YOU CAN'T SEE ME!' whilst waving their hands in front of their faces like windscreen wipers? In fact, one of the highlights of tonight's show was the audience volunteer dance-off, orchestrated by diva Kelly Kelly.
JOJO: Yes! That was SUPREMELY excellent. I love watching total strangers completely humiliate themselves in front of an entire stadium of people just for the chance to meet a WWE superstar. (The winner chose to meet John Cena, if anyone cares. I don't. I'd venture Bang doesn't either.) And people were scrambling and screaming to be in this dance-off! It was like one of those maniacal religious riots you read about in ancient myths - vaguely Dionysian. And Dionysus was, as we know, the god of theatre.
BANG: Dionysus would have loved this party! He would have taken a shine to contestant number three, who had the good taste to wear some Nexus (CM Punk's cult) merchandise but the bad taste to wear his pants around his ankles. Wardrobe malfunction almost became human sacrifice. He also introduced himself to Kelly Kelly as 'Dave Baby'.
JOJO: What a charming young fellow he was. I am SO SURPRISED he didn't win. Even in the genuinely unscripted part of the WWE show, the whole hero/villain thing orchestrated by the writers behind the scenes paid off. As soon as he got up there in that Nexus shirt, he was doomed. Of course, his self-pantsing probably didn't help.
BANG: Why don't any wrestlers 'pants' each other? It seems like a sensible tactic. I also wanted to see some hair-pulling (particularly from the divas who had all that weave flying around), but the closest we came was Dolph Ziggler chinning Kofi Kingston in the ponytail. Thanks Dolph Ziggler, Lord of the Chin-stand.
JOJO: That chin-stand was pretty spesh. Another moment of which I was particularly fond, because of the excellent writing demonstrated - seriously, SUCH SKILL - is when villainous The Miz took the microphone and told the crowd, 'shut up, I want to say my catchphrase'. I WONDER WHAT THE WRITERS THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN NEXT. Certainly not five minutes of The Miz putting the microphone to his mouth only to be interrupted by the crowd going GISDHFLSHFKUHWKFHKIUSHFDKJH at him. (His catchphrase is 'Because I'm The Miz... and I'm awesome!' if anyone is interested. I could not see anything particularly awesome about him... even his speedos and gogo boots were dull by WWE standards.)
BANG: It was really obvious who was written as a villain because they all initiated their monologues with a generalised insult towards Australia. Even CM Punk. I cried.
JOJO: It's okay, Bang Bang. It's theatre. He didn't mean it. We know he's a freaking legend.


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(businesspress24) - Specialist in mainframe rehosting to leverage Flynets terminal emulation technology to deliver digital transformation
A new technical alliance that will cut the cost of running mainframes and dramatically improve the administration and accessibility of host system environments has been launched by TmaxSoft, a middleware and enterprise software company, and Flynet, a leading supplier of host server integration software and services.
Under the terms of the technical alliance the two enterprise software companies will co-operate on a sales and marketing initiative, promoting the ways in which TmaxSofts OpenFrame rehosting solution and Flynets Terminal Emulation and User Experience tools work in tandem to transform legacy mainframe estates to a modernised, cost effective infrastructure with a modern user interface.
Users will be able to rehost their mainframe applications to Open System platforms at low cost and reduce or eliminate Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS) payments, with the option of a modern interface that increases the accessibility and usability of their mainframe from any mobile or desktop device.
Carl Davies, CEO of TmaxSoft UK, commented on the partnership: The world of IT is changing rapidly and yet throughout this dramatic period of change the old mainframe remains a staple in many enterprises. The challenge in an era of Big Data, Cloud Computing, mobile and social technologies is how to ensure that the mainframe and the data that resides within it remain relevant. With the mainframe forming the backbone of many IT departments, supporting many mission critical applications it is still the system of choice for many in terms of security, scalability and reliability.
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Our alliance with TmaxSoft will not only deliver costs savings to legacy mainframe estates, but combined with our advanced mainframe terminal emulation and modernisation software will make the data that resides within the mainframe accessible to a whole new generation. We look forward to working closely with TmaxSoft, he added.
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Youth voice increased on Board after December elections
On 14th December Harri-Jade Martin and Trey Brown were elected as Youth Directors for 2018/19 for Youth First. They join Amy West (running a second-year term) and Rhiannon Montague (2017 candidate and Young Advisor).
Youth Directors are young people who play both an active and an official legal role within the structure of Youth First.
308 young people voted for their first and second choice of Youth Director between Thursday 6th and 13th December. Our ten directly managed sites acted as polling stations after seven candidates spent a week campaigning across the youth clubs and adventure playgrounds.
Back in March at the Youth First 2018 AGM motions were passed to increase youth representation on our Board:
- Doubling the amount of Youth Directors from two to four;
- Increasing the maximum Youth Director age to 25;
- and, allowing a second-year term for Youth Directors that want it
Not only are these 2018 elections a big win for youth voice but ensure each Youth Director has the opportunity to make real lasting change in the organisation, as they contribute for up to 24 months.
The two newly elected Youth Directors shared 49% of the "First choice" votes cast by young people and 41% of total votes.
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Our DIY Dog Bed and Custom Bed Covers:
Update: These water resistant dog bed covers were fantastic, but after several years of hard wear under paws and claws, shuffling around indoors/outdoors, and ferrying through our move, they were rather worn. See our new (and slightly improved) DIY fitted envelope-style rear closure dog bed covers for details on the new beds.
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The boys have had MANY beds over the years, indoors and out, hammock and filled. Our current favourite pre-made beds are the Molly Mutt dog duvet beds, which come in multiple sizes and styles as a pretty zippered cover that goes over a stuffable sack, with a waterproof liner option. With the Molly Mutts is that you can stuff the inner sacks with whatever you wish, which has allowed use to repurpose comfy fillings like old fabric, pillows, and blankets into "free" filling. We love these beds and would definitely recommend them to anyone not up for a full DIY. We have two, they are several years old, well used, well washed, and still look great!
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I'm just not feeling Christmas this year. The economy is in the crapper, ain't got no money, it's like 70 degrees outside and I'm just in an all-around poopy mood. However, I soldier on 'cuz that's how I do what...
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Well, this was unexpected. About 15 minutes ago, I was informed by my daughter that my dog Pepper, a charming mix of Beagle and Steve McQueen, took an unplanned furlough from the backyard. We went to catch her and I have to say for a dog as tubby as she is, she's REALLY fast. I caught her, told H. to hold her collar while I ducked back under the barbwire fence that surrounds the property I had just trespassed upon aaaand she let her go. She took off, my lungs which have been ravaged by at least a decade of cigarette smoke said, "Fuck that noise" and we turned around and came home, sans our beloved fat little escape artist. So she's still on the lam and I'm Googling prices on Commit Lozenges.
But I started this post with the intent of finishing it and by gum, that's what I'm gonna do.
Where was I? Oh, Christmas. Yeah, it sucks this year, I'm over it, whatevs-doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm still in love with the IDEA of the holidays, even if I'm not expecting much out of them this year. But ask not what the holidays can do for you, ask what you can do for the holidays. Kennedy said that, I believe. He was probably drunk at a Christmas party or something, but I'd bet cash money that he did say it at some point-he was a stitch, that JFK.
You know what else is a stitch (and I'm sure we all see what I did there)? Mystery Science Theater 3000. I was poking around in my blog archives and I noticed that this is my third Christmas with this blog and I've never, ever posted this episode. I don't know why, because I love it like it was my own little child. Pia Zadora is in the featured movie and Joel and the Bots perform a song entitled "Lets Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas". Not to end on a down note, but that song is one of the reasons I'm posting this now. I don't reckon the Swayz' will be around next December, sadly and it just doesn't seem right posting a song like that when the subject...Well, you know.
Enough melancholy. Enjoy "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" and if you don't watch the whole movie, at least stick around for the kicky theme song, "Hooray for Santy Claus". It's a fun tune and sure to diminish any holiday ennui. I should listen to it myself.
AFTER I hunt down that fat little beast.
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Undernutrition, and the inter-relationships between nutrition, growth and poverty in developing countries. Professor Mascie-Taylor's eight year project in Bangladesh to lift 1 million extreme poor people out of poverty ended in September 2016 having exceeded the target. The project was awarded the 2016 British Expertise Award for Outstanding Leadership in International Development.
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South Okanagan General Hospital – Emergency Department – expanded facilities cost $1.25 million.
Ribbon cutting this morning at General Hospital at Oliver attended by mayors of Oliver and Osoyoos and the entire council of the Osoyoos Indian Band.
Petra Veintimilla, chair, Okanagan Similkameen Regional Hospital District –
"This project was very important specifically for residents of Oliver and Osoyoos, but also for residents right across the Okanagan-Similkameen. We are pleased to support these renovations to SOGH to create a more patient-friendly emergency department, including space for families."
Carey Bornn, executive director, South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation –
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OLIVER – People in Oliver and Osoyoos will have access to improved patient care, thanks to construction upgrades completed at South Okanagan General Hospital (SOGH).
"Our government has invested in an upgraded emergency department at SOGH so that the people living in this community can receive quality health-care services when they need it," said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. "I saw first-hand the need to upgrade the emergency department after touring the hospital in the fall of 2017 and am pleased that health-care workers can continue to provide exemplary care to local residents in the improved space that they deserve."
The project cost was $970,000. The provincial government contributed 60%. The Okanagan Similkameen Regional Hospital District funded 40%. Work was bolstered by a further $280,000 commitment from the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation.
Construction upgrades were done to meet staff and patient requirements as outlined in the project business plan. They included developing a new waiting and triage area, a quiet room for families and a separate emergency department entrance. The admitting and administration services were relocated. This will mean more privacy and convenience for patients.
A new team-care station will also enhance working conditions for staff. A private area for physicians enables them to consult with specialists as required.
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- This topic has 97 replies, 13 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 9 months ago by Kay Lee Brown.
January 21, 2012 at 2:33 pm #32008
I>>> Hi, Our mushing endeavors are improving, but still have a long way to go. I have a few questions to start with and would appreciate any advice you can give. First, Tibbs is now 8 months old, we have allowed him to bikejor 2-3 miles, as we can control the amount of pull on a bike. He recently pulled a sled with Birr for the first time (about 1.5 miles) and was just awesome! But we all know that Chinooks mature slowly, and I am at a loss to figure out how much to limit him. My other question is, how do you get your dogs to pull without interruption if no other teams are around. Birr is a demon if a team is in front or right behind him. However, if pulling with no "competition", he will start out strong, then lose interest after a few miles (and sometimes less). Any suggestions? KrisJanuary 21, 2012 at 3:24 pm #32192
I do worry about Sakari zoning out when in lead, similar to how you describe Birr. She is great at the start, and hasn't ever really tuned out, but occasionally in the middle of a run when we're alone she just isn't as sharp. I've started to watch her and actually stop the team for a treat before Sakari loses her focus. A quick snack, a minute of down time while I run up and down the line, and we're off again. It seems to work- and in general it seems Sakari is focusing for longer (it used to be a certain spot in the trail, and/or around the mile and half marker. I'm lucky in that Tikaani in her non-flashy way will run with her line taut until she drops, and that helps push Sakari along. A brief break and re-start may be unorthodox, but seems to do the trick to give Sakari what she needs to collect herself and get reenergized in lead.January 21, 2012 at 4:53 pm #32193AnonymousInactive
Another idea is to give the dog a target to run towards, like a lake to play in, a field to play in, etc. This may give the dog motivation to run and a reward at the target. Also, I've been running Oscar with my dogs for over a year now. At the beginning, he seemed to lose focus half way through the run too. I get Oscar to go back out front to run for several seconds then stop for a break. Another thing I have noticed this year compared to last year is Oscar is maturing and keeping better focus in harness. He will be 4 years old in June. He is doing much better running in harness this year. His focus is longer and he is listening better to my commands.
I don't know if this will help but hope it does.January 21, 2012 at 6:49 pm #32194
Thanks for the tips. Will try both, the treat and a target. Birr will be 3 in March, so am hoping some maturity will help as well. Am glad to know I am not the only one who has experienced this problem. Can anyone comment on the difference between an H-back and X-back as far as weight distribution? H-backs fit my guys better, but just from looking it seems that an X-back would distribute the load more evenly. KrisJanuary 21, 2012 at 10:01 pm #32195Dan SilvertreeMember
There are plenty opinions out there, and these, of course, are just mine, please take them for what they're worth.
I don't run dogs under a year any real distance- I work them in harness, maybe pulling a tire or something, and perhaps hook them up to a scooter for an 1/8th mile with another (tired out) dog, but I'd rather err on the side of caution for their joints and bones. I'm not sure about the rate at which they mature, Parkie is a pretty big boy, so even at 9 months (when he first started learning to pull) he seemed like he was physically able to do the work, and Roo, who's pretty small, was mentally ready at 7 months. I think all that frustration she felt at being left behind until her birthday made for some good impulse control.
As far as getting them to pull consistently, that's the fun part. If you can hook them up with more experienced dogs, that will help the most. It seems that pack mentality kicks in, and no one wants to be seen as the slacker. Of course, that means paying attention to them so if one is starting to fall behind, you can slow them all down, so no one gets dragged. I was having problems when scootering with just Parkie and Roo, he would tend to slack off, which would make her slack off too. I switched them from side by side to single file with her out front, and I have never seen Parkie run so fast. He never wanted to go a head of her, he just couldn't stand her being out in front of him.
If you don't have access to another team, then targets can help. Having someone out ahead, either on a bike, atv or golf cart, to call and encourage them can be good motivation. Once they do start to figure it out, you'll want to ween them from targets, so they don't become too dependent.
As far as harnesses go, I have heard that an H Back harness isolates the pulling power to the front of the dog, which can be good in longer races for being able to help pace them. I agree that the x back harness does distribute better.January 21, 2012 at 10:27 pm #32196
Thanks Dan,
It seems as though we should really reign in on Tibbs. He will be very disappointed at being left behind and is sure to give us an earful just to drive the point home! :bark Will just have to fit in some more off-lead walks with him.
One of the bigger issues we have is that we don't know anybody with experienced dogs to pull with. We have been meeting some more teams and mushers lately, so maybe we will find a team to work with.
Will stick with the H-backs until I can find some harnesses that fit better. Have not had much luck with custom made ones and the standard sizes just don't ever seem to fit correctly. I will ask around to see who has had better luck with different vendors. Can you recommend any?
Thanks again,
KrisJanuary 21, 2012 at 11:15 pm #32197Dan SilvertreeMember
I've used Nordkyn and Alpine Outfitter's harnesses, both of which seem pretty good. Custom fitting a puppy can be difficult, as by the time you get the harness, he's already bigger… which is another good reason to wait a bit before he's really working! North East Outfitters has some good harnesses too, including the Modified H back that was designed for distance- http://ne-outfitters.com/ecommerce/category.php?vuid=2
Sleddogcentral.com has a pretty good listing of various vendors.
Here's something you can do with Tibbs in the meantime – [attachment=0:1vf3hbip]p3img1.gif[/attachment:1vf3hbip]
You can make this with 2 leashes, or get one already put together http://www.blackicedogsledding.com has them- its a great way to teach them directions, and it allows you to apply as much tension as you want. You can make it a game by having Tibbs chase someone while pulling you with this leash. As he gets better with his directions, you can lengthen the part that goes to his collar, and soon you'll just be hooked into his tug!January 22, 2012 at 12:08 am #32198
Awesome Dan! Just the kind of response and help I was looking for with this thread. Of course if Tibbs is pulling me it will be more like a meander- our family is notoriously slow. However, learning commands will be a godsend, as we have no experienced team to work with. Thanks for the heads up on vendors. Will look at the modified H-backs. Am not too concerned about distance at the moment, but do want a good fit with the best distribution of load. I am thrilled if we get a clean and uninterrupted 2-3 mile run!
I currently have a reluctant puller who is much slower than Birr, but very powerful. Was a steady Eddy for a long time, but really disliked the speed and jawing of his half-brother when together in harness. Worked to slow one and speed up the other, but Huck has developed a real aversion to any sort of neckline and lately is very unreliable about pulling. Fine one day, refusals the next. Have no idea what to do, so have benched him to see if a rest and time away will help. Was getting very frustrated, which never helps a relationship. If anybody has ideas about that, would love to hear them.
Thanks for all your input. I greatly appreciate it!
KrisJanuary 22, 2012 at 12:51 am #32199
I prefer the x-back and feel it distributes weight better, as Dan mentioned. I actually took my dogs to Nooksack in Maine and had them measured for the custom harnesses. Trying to measure myself gave me such varied results I was nervous using even an average. The harnesses they measured for fit very well. I tried the ManMat distance harnesses, and while I like them on the bike, they slip to the side a lot with the lower gangline- maybe I have them tightened incorrectly, but I just like the X-backs better.
On Huck- he sounds like Conaway. Only Conaway was never a steady Eddy. 🙂 He is the best chase dog you've ever seen- motivated and consistent. But in lead in a front team he islike a naturalist out for a stroll- checking out bushes and creeks and interesting smells. Very frustrating.
The fix- either he needs to be on a team chasing something (impossible to organize 95% of the time) or I put him in wheel. I put my girls in lead, and Conaway is intensely motivated to not be left behind. He is a strong and steady wheel dog, chasing the girls that are just a few feet ahead of him on the same team. I even hooked him up once in tandem when I only had two dogs – and that worked too. Hooked next to the same dog as co-leaders, nothing. Hooked behind her in single file, and Conaway ran a steady 3 miles.January 22, 2012 at 1:31 am #32200AnonymousInactive
I've been the same set up silver tree just posted with Esky.
I want the commands to be really solid before our next season in harness, especially since we're a one dog team we need to be solid 😆
We're in the middle of summer here, so at the moment our excercise is fairly limited. I get out and take Esky for jogs at either 6am or 10pm the only times when it's cool enough.
Next year we're competing against the 'real' dogs so I'm keen to see how we go.January 22, 2012 at 11:32 pm #32216
Tried the stop and treats when Birr and/or Henry seemed to lag today. Worked like a charm. 4 miles in one stretch with great performance and then an additional 1+ mile after resting. Tibbs had a baby run and did well, but was very upset with being left behind. Haven't figured out the "target" yet, but will take the day's success for the moment. KrisJanuary 22, 2012 at 11:57 pm #32217
That is great, Kris!January 23, 2012 at 6:38 pm #32234AnonymousInactive
I have a unique perspective on this "when should we allow the puppy to run" stuff. Kris and I don't typically communicate through texting or sexting (no snickers, please) – we use the old-school style of "nexting," where she is actually next to me, talking. She has been in an absolute quandary about letting 7 month-old Tibbs participate in our outings. The topic has dominated our nexting for weeks now, and I'd have to call Kris a flip-flopper – the term is fresh in my mind after primary season in New Hampshire.
On Sunday, we went to a maze of fire roads near our home for some sledding. The place is a hotbed for mushing, both dry and traditional. This day, Tibbs was on "restriction." Last week, it was full speed ahead. Flip…flop.
We arrived at 10 a.m., and the temperature had risen from 3 degrees F to a balmy 10F during our 20-minute drive. The serious mushing people had been there for hours already. Their 16-dog trucks were empty, and we could hear the howl of their chase snowmobiles in the distance. One poor dog was left behind, and he repeatedly whined, "I love you," just like you've probably seen and heard on YouTube. Birr teared up right away – he's an empathetic sort.
At this magical, mystical place (FOMBA trails in Auburn, NH), there's always a thickly accented German couple holding court. I don't know the full story, yet. They're always at the trail head, and appear to own many of the dogs and much of the equipment in use – but they never seem to go further than a few feet from their monster truck and trailer. We exchanged friendly waves and a "Good morning" or two as we passed.
We managed to get the boys (Birr and Henry) hooked to the sled and each other, but immediately hit a snag. Birr becomes insane at the prospect of running, and his enthusiasm is contagious. Henry, a sweet and normally quiet Chinook, copied Birr's behavior. I was struggling to hold them back so that Kris could slink around and get on the runners. My two hands were no match for two crazed Chinooks in harness, the puppy Tibbs – by now fully engaged in the excitement and threatening to slip from his retraints – the camera bag, the leashes just removed from the Birr and Henry, and the nice new gloves I hoped to wear again.
I was trying to make a split-second decision about which thing to let loose when the kindly German couple ran up to help. They took hold of Birr and Henry, Kris jumped on the sled, and I fell over backwards – loosing hold of everything but Tibbs. Kris yelled, "Hike!" and they were off in a flash.
I regained my footing and bearings just in time to see Kris and the boys diappear over a rise in the trail a quarter mile distant.
"They're really flying!" exclaimed the German woman.
"Nice," added her partner.
You might be wondering by now just what this has to do with the puppy, Tibbs. Well, he spent most of the next 45 minutes inconsolably pulling on the leash, frantic to join the fun. He had to have put more stress on his hips in that fruitless activity than he would have pulling Kris, thoroughly lost, through the maze of trails. When Kris finally returned, just after the dispatch of a search party, Tibbs was utterly exhausted – and so was I.
As consolation, we did allow him to take a short jaunt, and he obviously loves to pull.
I guess next time, we'll have to put Tibbs in a sling and suspend him from a tree. Stress-less…
[attachment=0:3rrtciq2]IMGP7935.JPG[/attachment:3rrtciq2]January 23, 2012 at 6:47 pm #32235Karen SchillerParticipant
Great story Chester, although I suddenly feel the need for a long nap!January 23, 2012 at 11:47 pm #32241
Birr may have looked a bit slow coming back from his big run. But here he is moments later, escorting Tibbs and Qivi -Absolutely ready for his next run! Kris
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Meringues are the one of my other favorites that can become any number of desserts or sweet things to munch on. I have made thousands of meringues over the years and this is how I do it. If you like meringues and have never made an Eton Mess, you are missing out on something very special. Check out the easy Eton mess recipe.
What you need
3 egg whites
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The process
Separate the eggs and place the whites in a large glass bowl. Mix with an electric beater on low until they are frothy, then turn the speed up to the highest you have and mix until the whites are creamy and stiff.
You will know they are ready for the sugar when you remove the beaters and the whites form a peak that does not fall over. Now add the castor sugar in 4 equal amounts beating on fast until the mixture shines. It will look luxurious and you will be tempted to dive in straight away.
Line a baking tray with grease proof paper and make mounds of about 2 tablespoons for each meringue or if you have a piping bag, pipe them about 4/5 cm high.
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Hey, long time no write! For some reason, I thought I had blogged sometime in mid-November, but looking at it today I realized that last time I posted was November 2nd! What?? Where did the time go?
Well, I know for Jesse at least, most of it has been spent frantically writing papers and studying for finals in a mad, end-of-the-semester blitz that hasn't ended just yet. (Just 40 pages to write before Friday at 5!) And I suppose I've been busy making sure the house is (relatively) clean, dishes are washed, we have clean clothes to wear, etc.
Also, I've been busy with Orchestra! Last night was our final concert of the year--an awesome Christmas concert with a local high school orchestra as well as a local choir. We also got to play in the amazing Hill Auditorium on the UM campus, which has hosted tons of famous orchestras and performers over the years (the Berliner and Wiener Philharmonics, to name a few!). It was really incredible to play in such an awesome place :)
We played a really awesome Bach Christmas Oratorio as well as some fun traditional Christmas numbers.
This isn't our orchestra obviously, but you can hear how the Oratorio sounds (also, our choir sang in English instead of German--a bummer for me, but a nice thing for them and the audience!):
So that's part of what's been keeping me busy lately! In the next few days I'll post some of the other fun things we've been doing that have kept me from posting!
Finally, I'll leave you with this picture of my sleepy boys hanging out on the couch:
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