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Writers Shouldn't Write For Free
A debate is raging right now. No, it's not about the upcoming Election. Instead the controversy is about whether or not creative people should do work for free or for exposure, as a lot of clients like to tell us. Every creative has to make the choice for themselves but I stand with Wil Wheaton and do not believe that exposure is enough compensation from these companies.
Earlier this year, Taylor Swift took a stand against Apple. Apple was launching a new music streaming service and they were going to give everyone 90 free days! Great for the consumer but not so great for the indie artists that depend on the royalties that they get from the streaming companies to eat and pay their rent. In an open letter Taylor wrote:
"I'm sure you are aware that Apple Music will be offering a free 3 month trial to anyone who signs up for the service. I'm not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months. I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company."
Apple immediately changed their tune and agreed to pay the artists after all. Everyone decried it was the power of Taylor Swift, and many of us secretly wished that she would stand up for the rest of us in the same way, Or at least that some of these people who are so anxious to lure us to work for them for free. They tell us that doing their project will help us get noticed, and that will lead to "REAL" work.
Recently Wil Wheaton experienced the same thing that many of us have had to endure over the years. He wrote a piece for his website, and then The Huffington Post came along and asked to republish it on theirs. He considered for a moment, and then asked about how much he would be paid. The editor informed him that they are "unable" to compensate him. He politely turned them down and tweeted out this advice to writers, "Writers and bloggers: if you write something that an editor thinks is worth being published, you are worth being paid for it. Period." In 140 characters or less Wil has handed over the best advice to creatives and hopefully more of them heed it.
Last Sunday, instead of writing, I was playing on Facebook. There was a post on one of the writing groups I'm a part of that intrigued me. "Urgent: Writers Needed Immediately". So I commented that I was interested in learning more about it. The gentleman asked me to message him privately, so I did. We talked for a couple of minutes about the project, writing long horror scripts for him. The conversation suddenly stopped when he asked how fast I could get it done and I said that it depended on compensation. After a few minutes he wrote back and (in my head) incredulously said that there was no pay, and again this is my opinion as I have no proof, but he seemed irritated when I told him that I wouldn't work without being paid. He ended the conversation abruptly with "OK bye". This guy wanted me to spend hours upon hours writing a script that would be something like a hundred or so pages, and not get paid for it. Sorry I don't think so. And I hope that many other writers and creative people start doing the same thing.
The argument that everyone needs exposure and to get their name out there before they start charging is held in high esteem by some. It's hogwash though. We don't tell high school kids that they should go work at McDonald's for free, just to get their name out there, why should writing or any kind of art be any different? People in Congress make over $100,000 a year and get more vacation time than all of the people I know combined, Yet people who work hard, and rarely take time off are expected to suck it up. I don't think so.
© 2015 EdAnderson
I never listed any books for free Ed. I read recently that research shows listing them for free makes no difference to getting them seen. I have one for $8.50 and another $6.50 at present.
I agree with you to a point also Ron, after all I write for HubPages for virtually nothing, and have done guest blogger posts which I don't charge for. But if I publish an eBook for example I won't make it available for free like many do.
I understand the point you are making, but I wonder if a hard line on this is always appropriate. For example, a number of people have gotten started in the coaching profession by working for a time as unpaid interns in a college athletic department in order to get their feet in the door. In the writing realm, a piece of advice you see frequently is about guest-blogging: you offer your content to a blogger who is more widely read than you are, not expecting to be paid, but seeing it as an opportunity to gain greater exposure for your "brand."
Couldn't insisting on always being paid in money for any and all work you do sometimes be short-sighted and counter-productive for an unknown trying to become known? Couldn't providing free content on occasion be part of a well thought-out strategy?
I learned years ago that, once people find out you are a writer they have all kinds of projects you can do - to get your name out there. I adopted this policy: You must pay me something for my work, even if it is a plate of brownies. Even on Kindle I tried letting my work go for free and guess what? It made no difference. If folks do manage to find my needle in the publishing haystack, if they are at all interested they will pay a fair price. On average it takes me two and a half years to write a book. That is worth what the market will bear.
Great hub and good advice Ed. I was approached recently through Twitter and also Google+ by a site that said they wanted me to write online content for them and to contact them by email. They would only accept new material that had never been published elsewhere, you had to agree to write a minimum number of articles/stories/poems per month etc. When I asked about remuneration I was told "Oh we can't pay you, but your name gets exposure on our site.
I have a minimum amount that I will charge people per page of writing. It isn't an unreasonable amount and most that have hired me have actually tipped me more than I asked. However if they won't accept my asking price I turn them down.


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The follow-ups to Jason Horowitz's original Romney hazing story have run the gamut, all the way from strange to confounding. Key exhibit: Matthew Jaffe's pulse-quickener with the headline "Sister of Alleged Romney Target Has 'No Knowledge' of Any Bullying Incident."
That's Jaffe's lede, too, and he adds Christine Lauber's quote: "Even if it did happen, John probably wouldn't have said anything."
But that's not new information. From Horowitz, referring to John Lauber:
When the chance to get out of Indiana presented itself, he jumped at it, and enrolled at Cranbrook. He never uttered a word about Mitt Romney or the haircut incident to his sisters.
And Horowitz talked to Lauber's sisters, referring to two of them as "sister Chris" and "sister Betsy.' ABC's headline and lede were already implied in the original story. The only new factoid here is that Lauber "corrected the story, saying her brother was a boarder, not a day student." Hang on -- Horowitz's story never suggests that Lauber was a day student. Horowitz implies that he wasn't, because the school was in Michigan, and his family was in Indiana.
When the chance to get out of Indiana presented itself, he jumped at it, and enrolled at Cranbrook.
So what was Chris Lauber "correcting"? And why didn't ABC mention that Horowitz, too, had spoken to her?

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An event every week that begins at 8:30am on Sunday, repeating until December 30, 2018
In our Traditional Worship service at Kingman First there is a choir with our choir director leading the way. The choir sings in unison with the congregation using songs from the hymnal, with the songs being displayed on the screen in the front of the church. The song selection usually consists of more traditional hymns. The choir is accompanied by a piano.
After the choir sings, the preacher will present God's Message afterwards. When he is finished, he will call the Invitation. It's called the Invitation because you are being invited either to accept Christ into your heart, to join the church, or in some cases rededication of your life to God and Christ.


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Brad Wall is on what's being called a "Saskatchewan Ingredients Tour" for the next couple of weeks.
The premier began his tour at the CanMar Grain Products plant in Regina Monday, a company that turns the flaxseed grown here into products that are sold around the world.
"There are now more than 300 food companies operating in the province that generate more than $4 billion in revenues and employ about 5,000 people," Wall said.
"Throughout Saskatchewan, companies are adding value to what we grow, and in the process, creating jobs and opportunity."
Saskatchewan ingredients are increasingly finding favour with consumers around the world.
Saskatchewan flax is used in the cookies sold at Shanghai Disneyland, while oats grown in the province are a key ingredient in the Cheerios eaten at breakfast tables throughout North America.
"I think it is important in Saskatchewan that we're continuing to ensure that there are policies in place that are encouraging of this kind of endeavour, that make Saskatchewan the right place to do this," Wall said.
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Woman Nature Alone shows a series of micro-performances enacted in response to captions and taglines of imagery taken of stock video and photography sites that corresponded to the keywords 'woman', 'nature' and 'alone'. Each of the videos was uploaded to YouTube on daily basis, only 2 seconds snippets of which appear in the final film. This version fashions the range of activities into a loose narrative, covering various emotional states, times of day and weather conditions of a woman alone in nature.


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Nadine Lader of Printer Bee's took a few minutes to tell me how her business handles follow up and their philosophy on the entire sales process. Check out the video here, or watch below:
As you saw (or will see) in the interview, Nadine is also the author of "The Secrets I share With My Friends: Everything I Know About Building a Small Business". This truly is a must read for every small business owner out there, because it's a collection of tips and strategies derived from real life examples. With everything from how to choose a business name to how to build a list, this book shares such great information that every small business owner needs at one time or another. So definitely check it out!
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(This article will be helpful to an author that doesn't know much about the online space, but understands that he/she needs a website and is therefore planning to hire a website designer.)
1) Use a blogging platform such as Blogger (Blogspot), Tumblr, Typepad, or WordPress as the content management system for your site. Using a blogging platform will make it so that you can easily update your own site. A designer can create a unique look for any of these platforms, but the underlying content management system will allow you to easily post your own writing, photos, links, videos and more. Note that the terms "website" and "blog" can be used interchangeably, but that a blog implies more frequent updates.
2) You should look at existing sites that use these systems, and experiment with the platforms on your own before you decide which one to go with. This research and experimentation will help you have a more focused and effective conversation with your potential designer. You may also determine that you don't even need to hire a designer, as the platform you like is easy enough for you to handle on your own. Note that these blogging platforms are free (Tumblr, Blogger), charge a reasonable monthly or annual fee (Typepad), or simply require you to pay for webhosting (WordPress). Note that if your site needs to be hosted, make sure you discuss any hosting server specifications with your designer before purchasing a hosting plan. WordPress, for example, requires a server that supports PHP and MySQL.
3) You should have a clear understanding of how your site will work in terms of updates and site changes — what will require the help of the designer and how much such help might cost, and what you will easily be able to do on your own. The more you can do on your own, the better.
4) Publishing simple updates, such as posts, news, links, reviews, photos, videos, event information, etc., should be very easy and not require the help of the designer at all.
5) Your site should easily be able to accommodate your future books, or whatever else becomes your primary focus. Obviously you want your current book to be front and center, but you DON'T want to build the site around the look and feel of that book's cover. Such a look and feel will obviously not work once you've moved on to promote your next project.
6) Your site should have RSS capability. This allows users to subscribe to your updates via their readers (such as the Google Reader). This functionality is built-in to the above mentioned blogging platforms. Feedburner is also a good option here.
7) Your site should include "share" links. These allow readers to easily share links to your content in their social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Delicious.com and more. The above mentioned blogging platforms all have various "share" link options and implementations.
8) Your site should feature prominently any social network feeds/links you are a part of – especially your Facebook fan page and twitter acct, should you have them. Other popular social networks you may have profiles on that you might want to feed into/link to on your site: Flickr, Goodreads, Delicious.com, last.fm. In 2010, the web is less about blogging on personal websites, and more about social networks. It's about making connections (following, friending, fanning, retweeting, commenting), easily sharing information, and participating in online conversation. It goes without saying that you should be participating in some or all of the above — if you are not participating and engaging, you will have very little success online.
9) Your site should feature a mailing list sign-up, so that readers interested in your books and your public goings-on (readings, conferences you are attending, etc) can sign up to your mailing list. Good mailing list services include Google Groups, Godaddy, MailChimp, Campaign Monitor, and Constant Contact.
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12) Your designer should make sure your site is search engine optimized (SEO), so that at the very least, when someone searches for you or your books, your site comes up. The blogging platforms such as WordPress, Tumblr, Typepad and Blogger all have basic SEO elements (such as tagging, categories, title tags, etc) built into their structure, but your designer should have additional strategies to make sure your site is search engine optimized.
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Bangkok, Thailand -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/30/2014 -- The Venus Factor has been developed as a stand out program among the women folk not only to help lose weight but also to keep it off permanently. The most common criticism against today's modern weight loss diet programs has been its inability to keep the weight off long after the program is completed and done with. While many have helped individuals to lose weight, none has succeeded in keeping it off.
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Intentional camera shake + trees = falling leaves abstract...
Nikon D40
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Aperture f/29.0
Focal length 45mm
lens Nikkor AF-S 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED VR
September 28, 2009
A perfect day... continued
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heb jij dit ook gemaakt? vind het knap gedaan!
- September 28, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Elsa said...
WOW, what a great picture! I've been inspired lately to start taking pictures again ... thanks for yesterday's and today's!
- September 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM
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Looking for a way to get your shoes of the floor?
Here's a great way to do it….simply use coat hooks, attach them to a board and hang it low on the wall by the front door.
That way when you come in, you take your shoes off and hang them on the coat hooks…no more shoes cluttering up the floor and slowly walking themselves out into the middle of the walkway!


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British artists flock to set up home in liberating Berlin
Charlotte Higgins reports in the Guardian on a growing number of young (and not so young) artists who have chosen Berlin as their home.
"When you say you are a composer it feels really normal in Berlin", says Luke Bedford. "In Britain people often don't seem to think you can actually be a composer; people are rather confused by it and think you must write music for TV, or something."
The full article is here.
Here's a full list of works by Luke Bedford.
His new opera, Seven Angels, will be premièred by the Opera Group and BCMG this June.


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The brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Celicia, greetings. Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immortality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell. (Acts 15:23-29)
What degree of faith is necessary for a Greek living as a Greek to turn to God, profess that Jesus is Lord, and cease living as a Greek, cease eating blood, cease eating meats that were strangled so as to retain the blood, cease eating meats offered to idols, cease frequenting prostitutes, and begin entering the synagogue on the Sabbath day to hear Moses read (Acts 15:21)? Is not the above degree of faith comparable to the faith of Abraham who left home and kin to journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, the visible representation of God's rest? It is, isn't it? And since it is, then do these Greek converts need to do anything more to have their hearts cleansed by faith? They don't, do they?
What about the children of these Gentiles? They will grow up not eating blood or meats strangled or offered to idols, and will grow up in a household shunning all forms of sexual immorality. What degree of faith is required of them to continue doing what they grew up doing? Not much? That is correct, not much. If a child grows to maturity in an environment where the laws of God are kept, the child will keep these laws as part of the expectation of the household. Solomon wrote, "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it" (Prov 22:6). Both Lenin and the Roman Church have similar sayings.
It takes considerable faith to leave kith and kin and the practices of the household in which a child grew to maturity, but no great amount of faith is required to continue doing what the person has always done, and this includes keeping the commandments of God as well as keeping the limited requirements of the Jerusalem Council.
The limited requirements of the Council were addressed to a specific audience as a solution to a specific problem, just as the ordination of deacons to serve the neglected Hellenists widows was the solution to the first serious conflict the Church addressed (Acts 6:1-6). There will be no next generation like the generation of the Gentile households that first professed that Jesus is Lord. The next generation will not be without knowledge of Jesus. The next generation will not grow up eating blood and visiting prostitutes. So what is an appropriate action of faith (an act that will cleanse hearts) for the first generation of Gentile converts will not be an appropriate action of faith for the next generation. Rather, the second generation of disciples must go beyond the first generation in deeds; for faith of a comparable quality to that of the first generation's must be displayed by this second generation. Doing what the first generation did is not enough, for the second generation does not begin where the first generation began. Therefore, before the hearts of the second generation will be cleansed by faith and spiritually circumcised, this second generation must display faith of the quality of the patriarch Abraham.
If you are being convicted to plain dressing and headcovering, and your kith and kin have no such tradition, does not your forsaking of tradition and beginning to live your new faith equate to beginning the journey of faith like our father Abraham? Welcome to the journey …


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With all of humanity on the brink of chaos after alien spacecraft land on Earth, the military enlist top linguist Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams) to decipher the ships' communications and find out why are they here. Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker costar. "Anchored by an internalized performance from Amy Adams rich in emotional depth, this is a grownup sci-fi drama that sustains fear and tension while striking affecting chords on love and loss." - David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
Director Tim Burton reteams with ED WOOD screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski for an insightful look at another outsider artist. Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) painted portraits of children with huge, doleful eyes that became famous in the 1960s – after her husband Walter (Christoph Waltz) attached his name to the works and mass-marketed them. Jason Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter and Terence Stamp costar in this colorful portrait of a woman not content to stand silently behind her man.
Partially inspired by the late 1970s ABSCAM sting, this complex crime story stars Christian Bale and Amy Adams as a pair of con artists caught up in FBI agent Bradley Cooper's attempts to bring down a shifty New Jersey mayor (Jeremy Renner). Arab Sheikhs, mob bosses and missing millions figure into the plan, which will keep audiences guessing right to the end. With Jennifer Lawrence and Louis C.K. "AMERICAN HUSTLE is an urban eruption of flat-out fun - the sharpest, most exhilarating comedy in years. Anyone who says otherwise must be conning you." - Richard Corliss, Time.
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A fit, energetic 75-year-old, who still jogged faithfully every morning, Stanton Prentiss felt in the best of health. Then he discovered he had cancer.
The Edgewater resident was getting a checkup for another complaint when the physician found an abnormal growth. Prentisswas diagnosed with prostate cancer, one of the most common and deadly types of cancer among older men.
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Hap-pi-ness means…
1. the quality or state of being happy
2. good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy (taken from Dictionary.com)
The synonyms for happiness are: pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction, bliss, contentment, felicity ~ imply an active or passive state of pleasure or pleasurable satisfaction.
In the several days I've been pondering this topic a lot of pleasurable things occurred.
*A new source of income emerged
*Several book reviews of my works were posted to major venues
*Quite a few more "Yeses" for my book party in two weeks
* A lovely surprise outing for Mother's Day
All of these things brought varying degrees of happiness with them. However, in looking deeper into the topic I realized that any of these things could have gone the other way. What would have happened to my happiness then? Would it have flown out the window? Would I have cried? The real key is to have happiness no matter what's happening around you. Easier said than done, right? Wrong.
How does one maintain a sense of happiness all the time? Simple. You decide to be happy all the time. Intention is 9/10th of the battle. If you awake each day intending to be happy then you tend to draw positive experiences to yourself. And drawing positive things to yourself becomes easy once you identify what you love, or what you have a passion for -- then do that (or those!) things!
I figured this out just recently. I am many decades into my life and seemed not to be able to find happiness anywhere I looked. There was a big empty hole inside that was never filled by anything I did or tried. So, after I was sick and tired of being sick and tired I just said, What the hay! and began doing the thing that I loved the most -- writing.
I have 4 novel length manuscripts in various stages of completion and many many short stories. So many stories that I lost several over the years! Why wasn't I writing? Who knows? I didn't feel I deserved. The job had me working too many hours. The children needed me. Mercury wasn't lined up with Mars…pick one! When we want excuses we have no shortage of them to pick from. They even sound nobelese!
However, that little voice. That really small quiet voice which is your true self, your id, your ori, or whatever you want to call it speaks to you and whisphers the thing(s) you should be doing to make you HAPPY. Yes, in all caps.
Now that I have published Leaping Out On Faith (http://www.amazon.com/Leaping-Out-On-Faith-ebook/dp/B007RGBQNA) and Opening Up (http://www.amazon.com/Opening-Up-ebook/dp/B007XNRD7A) I am tremendously happy!
For years, I had been giving away my power and my voice to those who 'would decide' if I could write, or not. They would tell me when I arrived (whatever that used to mean to me!). Now I see that I have to arrive in my own mind, in my own positive beliefs. Once I took ownership back, I could experience all of the happiness I had on hold.
Take your happiness off hold and begin truly living the life you want by first envisioning it, mapping a path to it and then following that path no matter what happens! You will meet resistance; this is jus to see if you really want whatever it is you're going after. So push through it and watch the happiness grow day-by-day. One day you'll be passing a large picture window that's squeaky clean and you'll see a grinning idiot staring back at you -- it's you! That smile can't be wiped off by any simple (or not so simple) turn of fate because you are directing your own happiness.
Remember, practice makes perfect! So, if every day at the beginning doesn't feel the way you think it should do more of the things on your map so you're not thinking about all that other stuff. Get busy getting your dream (and your life) ON and the happiness will follow!
P.S. - If you need some help getting your happiness up, check out some of these relaxing videos that will help you get quiet and set your intentions on the dreams and goals you're seeking to achieve.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9fmhiO2qqo Chinese Garden
Chinese Love Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09uwJCl2Ejg&feature=related
Nature & Dolphin Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?=m_rSzzopAXo&feature=related
Native American Flute Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTA_lK1oHuw
Ta-ta for now,
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As a passionate runner, you're probably wondering is it better to run outdoors or use a treadmill?
Well, the good news is both options have their pros and cons. Perhaps the best approach is to reap the rewards that each of them has to offer by incorporating both of them in your running routine. Let's explore them in details.
Treadmill running offers some great features. To name just a few, treadmill surface is cushioned to reduce impact. As a result, it greatly helps in preventing muscles and joints strains that are commonly associated with running on a concrete surface. In addition, you have full control of the running effect you feel like creating. For example, you may choose a hill-running effect and increase speed/resistance freely. In other words, you can fully customize your running experience with a treadmill instead of having to adapt to outdoors running surfaces.
The obvious beauty of a treadmill is that it sets you free form worrying about unpredictable weather. Also, it's a great option when your personal safety is an issue particularly for women or even men who live in rather deserted areas. With a treadmill, you can run at 2 Am in the morning if you feel like it. It couldn't get any better than that!
The major drawback of a treadmill is that it limits and constraints your body's movement range, forcing you into a running frame only four-feet-wide. This may cause tightening up your muscles as well as creating knee, back, and hip problems in the long run. Outdoors running, on the other hand, allows your joints and muscles to move much more freely. Outdoors uneven surfaces coupled with wind-resistance allow your body to burn more calories compared to a treadmill.
Therefore, if you plan to run long distances over five miles, or if are training for a race, outdoors running is your best bet. It's a good idea to run in the park or soft surfaces such as gravel, tarmac, or grass.
If you prefer to use a treadmill as part of your workout, it is not recommended to run more than thirty minutes at a time. If you have more ambitious fitness plan, you could increase your workout intensity by adding resistance and incline. Cross-training is always advisable. Even if you're a running-fanatic, give yourself a treat and enjoy the fitness rewards other exercise has to offer such as biking, weight training, rowing, swimming and the best exercise of all: walking.
If burning calories is your number one priority, again stick to the thirty-minutes treadmill rule. In fact, increasing your workout intensity in a shorter duration results in burning more calories than running at a lower intensity. This rule applies to both treadmill and outdoors running. And hey, NEVER forget the magnificent after-running-stretch particularly when using a treadmill.
The good news is that you can work around some of the unavoidable treadmill training issues. The lack of wind resistance and the assistance of the treadmill's moving belt creates an easier running experience compared to free-range running.
When you run outside, the surrounding air creates resistance. Studies have shown that outside air resistance contributes to increasing your workload between 2% and 10%, depending on your speed. The faster you run, the better effect air resistance has on you. With a treadmill, you could easily create similar effect by elevating the treadmill to 1% or level 1. The slight increase will make your treadmill workout equivalent to running outdoors on level ground.
When you run outdoors, you are moving over ever-changing terrain. The incline and slant of the ground is constantly changing. The running surface itself could change frequently. You could notice that you are moving from gravel to concrete to asphalt to grass.
Unfortunately, there's no magical button you could press to turn the smooth treadmill surface into an uneven and rough one. The major negative consequence of this is not getting enough "Proprioceptive Training", an essential skill needed for treadmill running. Proprioception basically means your ability to intuitively feel and know the motion and position of your body, legs, feet, arms, etc. all the time.
It results in being aware of all the various actions of your running routine. To a limited extent, you do proprioception naturally. Still, you need to maximize your level of awareness by practicing to be consciously aware of your position on the treadmill belt, the amount of your forward leaning, your feet angle as well as all stages of the running stride.
Moreover, outdoor running exposes you to all types of unstable running surfaces. The surfaces changes will automatically force your neuro-muscular system to become proprioceptive as it must make split-second adjustments in order to stabilize your body while moving in the right direction. The flat treadmill surface takes away this valuable training opportunity.
To makeup for that in your treadmill training, you can use a wobble board, namely a board with a half-sphere on the bottom. It mainly wobbles when you stand or step on it. This way, you could help in building and maintaining your proprioceptive skills.
All runners should focus on maintaining a proper running form regardless of your running place. This is especially important for treadmill newbies. It is much better to perfect your running form the get-go instead of getting used to wrong running habits that will be hard to break.
The most effective running posture is the relaxed and mostly upright one, with a slight whole-body forward-lean beginning at your ankles. Avoid leaning forward at the waist. Make sure to push out your chest and keep your shoulders back and relaxed. You need to avoid upper-body tension. It's very important to remember that tension is a form-wrecker.
If you lean forward too far at the waist, it will cause a high-impact stumbling motion that could slow you down and add excessive stress on your ankles, knees, and hips. On the other hand, if you Lean backward, you will find yourself running in a too much vertical motion that will stress your back and hips.
Even the totally vertical posture has its own stride issues. When running in a very vertical position, you tend to reach out with both your arms and legs. This could waste your energy and slow you down a bit. On the other hand, a whole-body forward-lean would enlist the gravity help just enough to direct your momentum.
Also remember that if you land on your heels, you are overstriding and putting too much stress on your hips and knees. Make sure to Land either flat footed or on the balls of your feet in order to minimize the impact and keep your forward-momentum going strong. Check out the argument agains heel striking.
A good tip is to count number of strides you're taking per minute. If you're running correctly, you should be taking between 85 to 95 full strides every minute. If you are taking less than that, it means you're taking too much time on your feet.
As you see, both running options have its goods and bads. While running on the road has the obvious advantage of enjoying the stunning nature, you could still make your treadmill routine entertaining by adding guilt-free T.V. time.
The bottom line, only you can decide which option to go for based on your unique needs and circumstances. Just bear the above tips in mind in order to make the most out of your running experience. Happy running!


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Cafe to just work or hang-out in Rome?
Italy is awesome for many things but I miss being able to work or hang-out for hours in a cafe without feeling the need to rush out (as is the case for most cafes and bars in Italy).
My question, does anyone know a place in Rome to just sit and relax and work (hopefully with an electric outlet for the laptop)? of course I'll order something. bookstores maybe?
Thanks ahead!
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HOW YOU eat a Jaffa Cake says a lot about your personality. More than 90 per cent of us say we enjoy them. But there are four tell-tale differences in the method we eat a Jaffa…a sponge circle with a central layer of orange jelly topped by chocolate.
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The Hancock-Henderson Quill, Inc.
Greetings to everyone in western Illinois. I'm a hope'n this fall season has gone well fer ya and ya've had time to prepare your home for colder weather a come'n up ahead.
Most of the harvest is put away by now, at least for those who strive for it to be so. Thoughts now gravitate toward market'n the years bounty and care'n for livestock. Whatever ya do, don't forget to lay aside some food for the wildlife.
Halloween is soon upon us and I can remember a good many years in the past where harvest was not complete before that calendar date. Trick or Treat from the cornpicker, was enterest'n watch'n neighborhood chillens travel from nearby farmstead to farmstead.
Ahhh Halloween, with stories of witches and ghosts and unlucky black cats. Parties where folks dress in weird costumes that would make them sure seem silly at any other times than Halloween. Apple bobb'n and string dangl'n are fun times of old. Halloween allows ever person a chance at a little fun and entertainment.
I remember years ago as a young lad visit'n a farm neighbor fresh from the, "Old Country". We yelled, Trick or Treat", in anticipation and excitement expect'n some sweet treats. He opened the back door of his farm house and let out a blast of his shotgun. In broken tongue he made it clear we should make a quick exit for other parts of the community. I reckon he hadn't yet learned our traditions.
A place to be, in days of old, after harvest time, was grandparents cool, dark, damp root cellar. In those days it seemed the most mysterious and intriguing place of all the farm.
Great pyramids of apples and potatoes filled the bins. The shelves in the fruit cellar were loaded to capacity with two quart, quart and pint jars of fruits, vegetables, preserves, pickles, jellies and meats.
Grandma's and grandpa's cellar was filled with the pleasant scent of fresh apples, potatoes, turnips and other mouth water'n root vegetables.
Nestled up in corners of the huge cellar underneath their farmhouse were country crocks of all sizes which were filled with preserved foods for the long, hard winter that was always expected.
These were the hold over days when there were no refrigerators or freezers to preserve food. The cellar bottom was the place to store the round, beige, earthenware crocks with the dark brown necks and oft made at, "Maple City Pottery".
It was so fascinate'n to watch grandma lift the wood or metal plate, and rock weigh'n it down, off the top of the huge crock of sauerkraut. It was truly delicious, served for dinner with pork roast or homemade sausage.
When the grandparents, of years long gone by, wanted something for supper, they seldom made a quick trip to the store. Their supplies were in the cellar. A swift trip to town was not possible, practical, or thinkable in farm country in those days.
The country crocks contained delicious dill pickles, meats in brine, apple butter, and eggs preserved in brine and red wines. Aged cheese and butter were also stored in smaller crocks.
There was always a plate to cover the smaller crocks, topped with a heavy rock or stone to discourage a hungry country mouse. The larger crocks were covered with tin covers, topped with rocks to weigh them down, or more often wooden homemade cover'ns.
Some of the crocks were used to store applesauce, candied cherries, pickled pears, relishes, or mincemeats for short lengths of time. The cool cellar was just the place to set a crock of Jello.
The folk of old knew full well of the various temperatures and humidity at different levels within the cellar. They knew exactly to a science which produce and meats stored and kept best at various appropriate locations, within the cellar, from floor level to hang'n from the ceil'n. And ahhh, what a mixture of pleasant aromas.
Today folk mostly use the old crocks for antique decorations and they bring a right smart price at auctions.
Once in a while exploration in an old root cellar yields the explorer a few relics of days gone by. Such a find gives moments of joyful pleasure to those with nostalgic memories of the past.
Kay Hoffman put it best as a proclamation of summer gone by:
When the apple butter simmers
To a rich an' spicy brown,
When there's corn roasts in the makin'
And hay-wagon trips abound.
When the frost is on the pumpkin
And the bird house is, "For rent",
Then you'll know without a doubt
That summer's up and went!
What say ye, why don't ya check out your old root cellar and see what treasures ya might find. If'n your family has been on the ole homestead for several generations ya might be surprised as to what you'll discover.
I know ours has glass filled fruit jars and canned goods packaged with love and care from long gone loved ones of several generations ago. It is intrigue'n to imagine what their thoughts were in the process and if'n they ever dreamed the fruits of their labor's would be around so many years later.It was good to see a lot of you'ns over north at the Baptist Ham and Bean supper for mission projects, and then afterwards at the Raritan Opera House to hear the Central Illinois Banjo Club perform. That one feller with the black wig on sure had everyone fooled and the costume fit in with the song they were a play'n to. The community sure supported some old fashioned fun and the old opera house was a rock'n that night.One of them Banjo players grew up a Raritan boy, Denny Overstreet, and is responsible, I hear tell, for bring'n the Banjo Club to town. Me and the boys take our hats off to ya for remember'n and support'n your home community. One of the boys said his favorite song was "I'll fly away," and his wife's favorite was an old Hank William's song, His wife knew all the words and in fact, sang along to almost every song. In one of the songs, there was a whole lot of whistlers in the audience that he enjoyed take'n part in. Anyway, people were tap'n their shoes, clap'n their hands and cheer'n to the whole affair.As long as folk support community efforts such as this, it sure seems our Henderson and Hancock communities are in good hands.
Have yourself a good week come'n up. I'm a hope'n ya enjoyed this trip down memory lane.
Keep on Smile'n
Catch ya Later
Barnyard Bruke


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Critical Studies in Men's Fashion
Online ISSN: 20500718
First published in 2014
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University of Hawai`i, Mānoa
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Critical Studies in Men's Fashion examines the multi-faceted dimensions of men's appearance. It uses the holistic definition of dress as a means of examining the tangible and intangible aspects of creating and maintaining appearance. This journal is the first to exclusively focus on men's dress and topics of gender, identity, sexuality, culture, marketing and business will be discussed. Men's dress and fashion have been side-lined in scholarship, and this journal provides a dedicated space for the discussion, analysis, and theoretical development of men's appearance from multiple disciplines. All articles are double-blind peer-reviewed in order to maintain the highest standards of scholastic integrity. Theoretical and empirical scholarship in the form of original articles, manuscripts, research reports, pedagogy, and media reviews are welcome.
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Gallimore, L. S. and Whiteley, J. P. and Waters, S. L. and King, J. R. and Oliver, J. M. (2011) Nonuniqueness in a minimal model for cell motility. Mathematical Medicine and Biology . (Submitted)
Two–phase flow models have been used previously to model cell motility, however these have rapidly become very complicated, including many physical processes, and are opaque. Here we demonstrate that even the simplest one–dimensional, two–phase, poroviscous, reactive flow model displays a number of behaviours relevant to cell crawling. We present stability analyses that show that an asymmetric perturbation is required to cause a spatially uniform, stationary strip of cytoplasm to move, which is relevant to cell polarization. Our numerical simulations identify qualitatively distinct families of travelling–wave solution that co–exist at certain parameter values. Within each family, the crawling speed of the strip has a bell–shaped dependence on the adhesion strength. The model captures the experimentally observed behaviour that cells crawl quickest at intermediate adhesion strengths, when the substrate is neither too sticky nor too slippy.
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Preventing and Treating Heart Disease from NY's Top Doc
New York Daily News
As the Director of the Cardiac Cath Lab and Intervention at Mount Sinai, Dr. Samin Sharma is a cardiologist who performs 1400-1500 interventions per year. In practice for 18 years, he has the highest angioplasty success rate in New York state.
Coronary angioplasty is a procedure that reopens the clogged arteries of the heart, allowing a healthy blood flow through the previously blocked artery. The heart's arteries become clogged as fat builds up in and on the artery's walls—a process called atherosclerosis.
Though patients and other laymen still use the term angioplasty, most doctors are now using the term PCI, for percutaneous coronary intervention. Patients who are at high risk of developing heart disease are the people most likely to need angioplasty one day. "These are the patients most likely to have a blockage in their coronary artery that will require something more than medication," says Sharma.
Everyone should know the six risk factors for developing heart disease: age, family history, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity.
Men are considered at higher risk once they reach the age of 45, or earlier for men with a strong family history. Women are considered at higher risk after they are over the age of 55, or whenever they have gone through menopause.
"Progesterone helps women prevent heart disease," says Sharma.
People associate smoking with lung cancer, but it also acts as a contributing factor for heart disease; "18% of angioplasty patients are smokers." Family history is also a good indicator, warns Sharma, "If both your parents have heart disease, you'll be dealing in some form."


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Man. Mai was bored, so seriously bored. After the little... incident she was told not to really move or only move as was necessary. And even then on those damn crutches, how embarrassing. She did not need this shit, but it was her own stupidity and not thinking things through that got her in this situation.Grabbing quickly for the nearby cell phone she decided to have a little bit of fun, with texting. Yay texting. And who better to message than King? No one, that's who!Kiiiing.Bring the hurt woman some soup or food or something, pleeeease?Who said she used that netspeak all the time? There were times where it was better to not use it. Oh well.Now it was just a waiting game.
You know, it'd been awhile since she'd actually... cooked for someone beside herself. It felt rather nice to actually do something for once rather than just half-ass it in general. A glance was made to the door from the small kitchen corner, kind of hoping Akuma would get there when she wasn't doing something intense over here. However, she honestly doubted that one, fate tended to hate her with things like that.Though, she was getting done faster than she thought. She still had her touch and that was all that really mattered in the long run, right? Right. Though she did have a little teeny-tiny thing that would be the... entertainment for the evening. What the hell she was thinking when it came to that was another story entirely, of course.
Well, Mai was completely bored, nothing to do on a saturday night. You know she had a plan though and that involved clubbing. And using a dress she hadn't used in a good long while.A soft sigh escaped her lips as she moved towards a nearby table that held a phone, picking up quietly she thought of who to call. Who wouldn't bitch at her for flirting with people and the like? Oh! That would work.Quickly she went to dial Kyo's number, tapping a finger on the table as she waited for him to answer. Tonight would be fun.
It hadn't taken Mai long to lead him to her little apartment room thing, fishing out her keys before unlocking and opening the door. Once that was done she wandered in, waiting for him to get in before closing and locking the door behind her."Well, here we are. It's small, but it works." And is on the border between the Nexus and her world of course. The inside was typical, couch off to one side as well as a table on the other. A small kitchen farther back and then a room with the bathroom and her bedroom farther in back."So... where were we, hm?"
Current Mood: flirty
((Taken from after the stalking away deal, grand.))After the stalking away from what would probably be the complete end of any relationship that ever existed between Mai and Akuma, Mai had decided to stalk right back to the apartment that was basically on the outskirts between her world and the Nexus. Convenient, no?"God, what a jack-ass." She grumbled under her breath, moving to scale the steps up to her room of the apartment complex, right on the third floor. It was good for her legs really, that was the whole point of that.Once getting to the designated one she fumbled in the pockets that somehow existed in her jean shorts and fished out the key before unlocking and opening the door. Once that was done she moved in, waiting for Alta to get in before closing and securely locking the door behind her.That was about the time she'd flop on the couch that existed in the little main area of the apartment. It wasn't big, but served it's purposes. "Great, even things in here will remind me of that oaf."
Current Mood: pissed off
Mai shifted a bit as she stretched out on the couch of her little apartment as it was. For once wearing what could be concerned as 'normal' clothing. A dark red sweater and dark red dress-type pants. Still Christmas there, no?There wasn't a tree or anything due to the, uh, sparse conditions as to what was going on. But she did intend to at least have one visitor really. And that was when her present would come in, heh.
Mai, before then been more apt to doing things in the city for who knew what reason. Though it had to deal with her own self and there was nothing weird about it.Taking the time, finally, to head back out into the woods a bright idea had struck her. Oh poor Akuma having to deal with her little 'bright ideas' as it was.Once reaching the place she had been using before heading back to the city she'd poke about, looking for Akuma for her plan to work. "Akuuuuma?"
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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Safety Certificate
Julian Assange needed this ...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Me and the boss are trying to tie up the local names of our freshwater shrimps with their scientific names and along the way are in contact with Alex, a shrimp expert at Harvard who, after examining the photo below, told us the following:
"These are definitely Atya -- the specimen at top in the first photo is a male (the robust pereiopods with peglike protrusions are a giveaway), while the second appears to be a female, perhaps of the very same species."
What the hell are PEREIOPODS we asked ourselves and duly found out on Wikipedia.
Ok, "So what?" you say.
But did you know this ...
"The pereiopods bear the sexual organs, which are the third pereiopod in the female and the fifth pereiopod in the male."
Well, well ... live and learn! Decapod sex must be a wondrous thing!
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A limestone chimney piece and plaster overmantel located in the basement of Strokestown Park, County Roscommon. As now constituted, the house is mostly the work of Richard Castle in the 18th century and John Lynn in the 19th. We do know however, that an earlier building existed on the site, dating from the late 1700s. The survival of this chimneypiece, and indeed entire room, at the bottom of the present main block suggest that it was originally one of the main reception rooms. Thus when Strokestown was initially aggrandised, probably in the 1730s, additional storeys were added and what had been the ground floor became a basement.
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After the Horses Have Bolted
So much attention is paid to country houses, their owners, contents and staff that the importance of auxiliary buildings on an estate can be overlooked. One thinks, for example, of a television series like the ubiquitous Downton Abbey in which all scenes are filmed either within or in close proximity to the main house. Scarcely any notice is paid to the people and properties required to sustain this seemingly contained world. Yet a country house required a vast range of services, and premises in which these could take place, if it were to operate satisfactorily. In this way, the place would resemble a self-sustaining village – and require just as much working space.
Even if we insufficiently appreciate an estate's outlying buildings today, this was certainly not the case in previous centuries, as can be testified by how well designed and constructed are the majority of farm and stable blocks. Indeed frequently when the main house has fallen down, supposedly secondary complexes remain standing. This is not surprising given their primary purpose was functional rather than decorative. Nevertheless, because these structures were substantial and potentially visible in the landscape, an architect was commonly commissioned for their design. And just as much care had to be taken over their layout as was the case with the main house: an ill-considered scheme could hinder the smooth running of an estate. Externally and internally all had to be fit for purpose. Of course, the problem now for many owners of such properties is finding what that purpose might be. What is to be done after the horses have, so to speak, bolted?
In 1762 James Fitzgerald, first Duke of Leinster wrote to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, then living on the outskirts of London, offering him £1,000 to cross the Irish Sea and create a picturesque garden at Carton, County Kildare. The invitation was declined, Brown allegedly replying 'he had not yet finished England.' It should not be imagined, however, that as a result of his refusal to make the journey this country missed the opportunity for its parklands to undergo what a contemporary admirer called 'Brownifications.' The links between Brown's English patrons and Ireland were plentiful: one of his earliest supporters, the sixth Earl of Coventry for whom he worked at Croome Court, Worcestershire from 1751 onwards, was married to the beautiful Maria Gunning from County Roscommon. Twenty years after he had started in the gardens of Stowe, Buckinghamshire in 1741 on an annual salary of £25, Brown's gross income was £6,000 a year, allowing him to send his sons to Eton and later to underwrite the cost of one of them becoming an MP. And he was besieged by requests for his services, hence the inability ever to cross the Irish Sea. Landowners sought Brown not just for the redesign of their parks, but also of their buildings: beginning with Croome he was the architect of several country houses in England. But even more, in his capacity as a landscape designer he frequently produced drawings for the offices and yards which were needed to sustain an estate. And so, although he never saw it in person, one example of such an endeavour can be found in Ireland: the stables at Slane Castle, County Meath.
The lands on which Slane Castle stands have belonged to the same family since 1701 when they were bought by General Henry Conyngham, veteran in the service of William III at the Battle of the Boyne eleven years earlier. Soon afterwards General Conyngham built himself a residence, Conyngham Hall, on the foundations of an older castle formerly belonging to the Flemings. It was his grandson, another Henry Conyngham who, although largely absent from his Irish estates, around 1770 invited Capability Brown to produce a design both for the landscaping of the parkland at Slane, and also for a new stable block. In the collection of the Irish Architectural Archive in Dublin a drawing survives of Brown's proposal for the latter. It is not unlike the finished building, but more elaborate than what we see today. For estate buildings Brown often liked to use the Gothick mode which he would likely have first seen at Stowe where James Gibbs' Gothic Temple was begun around the time he started to work there. So at Slane he proposed, for example, quatrefoil windows above the arched openings on either side of the entrance, a line of gothic corbels beneath the breakfront cornice, and finials on top of the two extreme and centre castellations, not unlike those he designed a decade earlier for the Bath House at Corsham Court, Wiltshire. Minus those additional decorative elements and built of local limestone, the eventual stable block facade is a simplified version of Brown's proposal but still clearly reflects his engagement with Gothick. Meanwhile the yard behind, for which an unattributed design also exists in the IAA is scrupulously utilitarian both externally and internally, but at the same time highly attractive.
At some date after he had commissioned the stables at Slane, Henry Conyngham asked Brown to come up with a design for the house in order to make it likewise more gothic in spirit. Perhaps this happened around the time he was created Earl of Mount Charles in January 1781, but unfortunately he died two months later (as did Brown two years after) and while a number of drawings exist (also in the IAA's collection), the proposal was not executed. Conyngham's nephew and heir, Francis Burton, second Baron Conyngham, subsequently invited James Wyatt to design the exterior of Slane Castle as it is today, and in turn his son (the first Marquess Conyngham) employed Francis Johnston to design the main rooms. Thus the only completed example of Capability Brown's architectural practice at Slane, and indeed in Ireland, is the stable block. Unfortunately, like many such complexes on estates throughout the country, over the past century this one became increasingly redundant and began falling into disrepair. The good news is that the stables at Slane are about to find a new use: housing a whiskey distillery and visitors' centre. Restoration work has already begun and the premises are expected to open by 2016. As his nickname suggests, Capability Brown would be delighted to see that a range of buildings he designed to serve one practical purpose have found another, and will thus continue to help keep an estate functioning successfully.
Spot the Difference
A mural above the drawing room chimney piece of Mount Ievers Court, County Clare showing the house and its surrounding parkland. Mount Ievers was built between 1733 and 1737 for Henry Ievers to the design of John Rothery who seems to have been a local architect and who died before the building's completion. Depicting the north facade of the house, the mural is usually considered to have been painted not long after work finished and to be an accurate record of Mount Ievers. Yet a quick look at images of the building then and now shows one crucial difference. In the picture, the entrance is shown as accessed via a horseshoe staircase, whereas today, as can be seen below, a double-flight of stone steps runs directly up to the door. So did the painting show what was intended but not executed, or what was constructed but subsequently altered?
(For more on Mount Ievers, see A Place of Magic, December 16th 2013).
Quays to the City
Camden Quay in Cork derives its name from John Pratt, second Earl Camden who, following his appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1795, visited the city in August of that year. Around 1885 a large commercial premises was erected on the corner of the quay and Pine Street. This takes the form of a Ruskinian-Venetian palazzo with a double-height arcade incorporating the first floor and then a continuous arcade on the second. Four arched windows feature elaborate cast-iron balconies with an Hibernian note introduced by the inclusion of a shamrock motif. After serving diverse purposes, for the past five years the building has served as an independent arts centre. Given its prominent location overlooking the Lee, it is a pity the façade has not been better maintained.
Let's Talk of Graves, of Worms and Epitaphs
'Can storied urn or animated bust
Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?
Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust,
Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death?
Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire;
Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed,
Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page
Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll;
Chill Penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.'
From Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Graveyard (1750)
'…Now, fond Man!
Behold thy pictur'd Life: pass some few Years,
Thy flow'ring SPRING, thy short-liv'd SUMMER's Strength,
Thy sober AUTUMN, fading into Age,
And pale, concluding, WINTER shuts thy Scene,
And shrouds Thee in the Grave — where now, are fled
Those Dreams of Greatness? those unsolid
Hopes Of Happiness? those Longings after Fame?
Those restless Cares? those busy, bustling Days?
Those Nights of secret Guilt? those veering Thoughts,
Flutt'ring 'twixt Good, and Ill, that shar'd thy Life?
All, now, are vanish'd! Vertue, sole, survives,
Immortal, Mankind's never-failing Friend,
His Guide to Happiness on high…'
From James Thomson's The Seasons, first part Winter (1726)
'Those Graves, with bending Osier bound,
That nameless heave the crumbled Ground,
Quick to the glancing Thought disclose
Where Toil and Poverty repose.
The flat smooth Stones that bear a Name,
The Chissels slender help to Fame,
(Which e'er our Sett of Friends decay
Their frequent Steps may wear away.)
A middle Race of Mortals own,
Men, half ambitious, all unknown.
The Marble Tombs that rise on high,
Whose Dead in vaulted Arches lye,
Whose Pillars swell with sculptur'd Stones,
Arms, Angels, Epitaphs and Bones,
These (all the poor Remains of State)
Adorn the Rich, or praise the Great;
Who while on Earth in Fame they live,
Are sensless of the Fame they give. '
From the Rev. Thomas Parnell's A Night-Piece on Death (1722)
'Dull Grave! Thou spoil'st the dance of youthful blood,
Strik'st out the dimple from the cheek of mirth,
And every smirking feature from the face;
Branding our laughter with the name of madness.
Where are the jesters now? The men of health
Complexionally pleasant? Where the droll,
Whose every look and gesture was a joke
To clapping theatres and shouting crowds,
And made even thick-lipp'd musing Melancholy
To gather up her face into a smile
Before she was aware? Ah! sullen now,
And dumb as the green turf that covers them.'
From Robert Blair's The Grave (1743)
All the pictures shown here were taken in the graveyard of St Mary's Church, Kilkenny. Located to the immediate west of High Street, it was already sufficiently well established by 1205 for Hugh de Rous, Bishop of Ossory to convene an ecclesiastical court on the premises. The church was substantially rebuilt in 1739 and much of its present form dates from that period. It was deconsecrated in the 1950s and has since been used for various uses; there are now plans for its restoration and conversion into a civic museum.
The establishment of a graveyard here seems to be contemporaneous with the church, and it was always a burial place for the rich mercantile families of Kilkenny such as the Rothes and Shees. Within its original boundaries are probably the finest single collection of Renaissance-style and later tombs in Ireland, including a number of arcaded altar monuments, a reflection of the affluence of the citizens who commissioned them.
Fire and Water
The facade of 3 Henrietta Street, Dublin. Of four bays and four storeys over basement, the house dates from c.1754 when Owen Wynne of Hazelwood, County Sligo married the Hon Anne Maxwell, daughter of John, first Lord Farnham who occupied the building next door. (For more information on Hazelwood, see Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata*, February 25th 2013). Like many other properties along the street, in the late 19th century No. 3 was divided into tenements and has yet to recover from this fate; in more recent times, it has suffered from water ingress and subsequent timber decay. Its circumstances were not helped by a recent fire immediately outside the property: while the relevant services were able to train their hoses to a certain height, they did not reach the upper section, hence the evidence of smoke damage on already highly vulnerable brickwork.
Travelling along a minor road in County Kilkenny, one suddenly sees what looks like the ruins of an immense castle on the horizon. Only when in the immediate vicinity does it become apparent that this is, in fact, an industrial building the original purpose of which has been disguised. Erected on the banks of the river Barrow primarily of limestone with a cut-granite battlemented parapet, the early 19th century six-storey flour mill at Barraghcore dates testifies to the prosperity of this part of the country during that period. Subsequently becoming a malthouse, it continued in operation until the early 1970s when the roof was removed to avoid payment of rates. So sturdily was it built that even after more than forty years in this condition the mill remains standing, but cracks are beginning to appear especially arond the corner turret and its future could yet be in jeopardy.


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These posts contain information on how to run a Phoenix game. First, it explains the unique levelling system that we use, and it explains the alternating reward system, both of which are vital to running the game. The next five short sections contain advice and general guidelines for GMs with regard to running a superhero-themed game, including notes on levels of violence, strategies for making PCs feel suitably threatened, and various narrative styles that are available to you. The final section of the chapter contains an array of optional rules that you should read through and consider.
Before we get to all of that, though, we want to explicitly point out something that goes without saying, and therefore it often isn't said at all. There is absolutely nothing stopping you from selectively using some parts of Phoenix and not others. The most obvious candidate is the Powers chapter, which you could pretty easily import into any d20 game. All you'd need is a Power Die for your classes. Some powers bring with them whole sets of rules, Supertech Invention for example, but you can opt to not include that particular power if you don't want to bring in that whole system. Although we primarily designed Phoenix as an integrated game, you are not bound by that design philosophy. You could borrow some of the feats, or the Generic Firearms, or our Knockback rules. This game, like any RPG, is just a set of rules that have been designed to work together, but you are always within your rights to separate them, to mix and match the rules so that they enhance your game-play. If you're having fun, then you're doing it right.
- Optional Rules
- Character Creation: Rolling for Ability Scores
- Classes: F/X Classes
- Classes: Generic Superheroes
- Classes: d20 Modern Classes
- Classes: Omega Levels
- Feats: Tongue-in-Cheek Feats
- Powers: The Act-Roll System
- Powers: The Fatigue System
- Combat: The Continuous Clock
- Combat: The Full Flurry System
- Combat: Variable Negative Hit Points
- Combat: Constitution Damage
- Gear: Armour Modifications
- GMing: The Awesome Bonus
- GMing: CP Distribution Methods


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Flat-Leaf parsley
Slow-cooker osso buco
27/11/17 Filed in: Beef
Dinner tonight , November 27, 2017
So delicious , great for any cold winter day. Read More...
Spiced roast chicken with quinoa tabbouleh
Dinner tonight, 1 July, 2017
Just really really delicious dish, the quinoa tabbouleh you can make for other dishes , if you like.
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Creamy polenta with herbed mushrooms
28/02/17 Filed in: Vegetable
Dinner tonight, February 28, 2017
Very very fulfilling , a bit of a dry dish , next time I would serve with a light sauce. Read More...
Baked chicken with lemon, potato and olives
29/09/16 Filed in: Chicken
Dinner tonight, September 29, 2016
What a great dish, so tasty and would be great if you have dinner guest or just for a everyday dinner. Read More...
Creamy garlic pasta with shrimp & vegetables for two
19/04/16 Filed in: Pasta |With Calories
Dinner tonight, April 19 2016
Just an amazing dish, so delicious and great for any date night.
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Gambas al ajillo
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Delicious light dinner, sever with a lot of baguette and white wine Read More...
aHousewife's basic chicken soup
Dinner tonight, April 22, 2015
My go - to chicken soup, when we have a the flu or cold, nothing better than a clean chicken soup, boil on all the good veggies Read More...
Coq au chardonnay
13/03/15 Filed in: Chicken
Dinner tonight, March 13, 2015
Easy and absolutely delicious, and creamy, serve with white rice, green beens or even boiled potatoes Read More...
Cheesy turkey tortilla chips dip
30/05/14 Filed in: Turkey
Dinner tonight, May 30, 2014
Even though I call it dip, it is very full filling, so its a great for a hot summer dinner on the patio for 2 with a chilled glass of white wine. Read More...
Meat cheese nacho dinner
22/05/14 Filed in: Beef
Dinner tonight, May 22, 2014
Really a Nacho dish, but with out the tortilla chips getting soft in the bottom, great and easy way to make finger food , and great for TV dinners Read More...
Basic turkey burgers
20/05/14 Filed in: Turkey
This version is a clean cut way to make a tasty turkey burger / sliders, can be eaten cold and warm, and really easy to make Read More...
Nacho deluxe
14/05/14 Filed in: Beef
Dinner tonight , May 14, 2014
Everybody know how easy this dish is, but this recipe just have the wow effect, a really big hit with every body. You might serve jalapeños on the side if you have kids. Read More...
Chicken cutlets with fennel and capers
26/12/13 Filed in: Chicken |With Calories
Dinner tonight, December 26, 2013
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Beef & mushroom stew
14/01/14 Filed in: Beef |With Calories
Dinner tonight, January 14, 2014
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What a great stew, great for a cold January evening Read More...
Beef and guinness stew
03/10/14 Filed in: Beef |With Calories
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Absolute one of my favourite stews , i served it with home made bread and a tomato salad as a side dish Read More...


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- Baccarat
- Bingo
- Blackjack
- Craps
- Keno
- Poker
- Roulette
- Sic-Bo
- Slot Machines
- Video Poker
The Internet has caused jurisdictional issues for governments all over the world that want to control content and use of the net in certain areas. Some online gambling operators are aware of the detrimental effect that doing business on the net where it is considered illegal can do for a company reputation.
Online gambling operators are leaving markets that have either changed the laws regarding online betting or have finally gotten around to enforcing existing regulations.
Canada is an example where it is against the federal laws of the land to operate an online casino or poker room but there is confusion as to how the laws are enforced. One method used by governments which is controversial from a number of points of view is the censorship or blocking of internet site by the internet service provider. The Canadian government however may not have that option with the existing laws in Canada such as the Telecommunications Act, which prohibits carriers from controlling "the content or influence the meaning or purpose of telecommunications carried by it for the public." ISP's are effectively prohibited from unilaterally blocking content.
However this law may be history for the province of Quebec which earlier this year announced plans within its budget. "A legislative amendment will be proposed to introduce an illegal website filtering measure. In accordance with this measure, Internet service providers will not be allowed to provide access to an online gaming and gambling website whose name is on a list of websites that are to be blocked, drawn up by Loto-Québec."
This action could lead to court battles and some feedback from freedom of the internet advocates. A working group on online gambling was set up by the Quebec government which recommended the opposite action. "The Working Group believes that in order to control the online gambling market, protect consumers and generate revenues for the government, the best solution for the government is to establish clear rules and open up the online gambling market to private operators. In fact, the best solution is to establish an online gambling licensing system."


text: Before the invasion we were told that Saddam Hussein is a serious threat to the world because he could kill every one of us with his satanic weapons of mass destruction. The Bush administration told stories of Iraqs links to al Qaeda and misled the American people into thinking that Saddam had something to do with 9/11. Unfortunately most Americans are too gullible to realize the war in Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terror. The Bush administration and the mainstream media claims that US troops are in Iraq because the US is fighting for peace, democracy and freedom but thats bullshit. The US is in Iraq because neoconservatives want to remake the Middle East to serve its own interests. In other words, the US wants to control the Middle East. Why Middle East? Because the US is dependent on Middle East oil, thats why. Saudi Arabia has the largest reserves of oil in the world and Iraq has the second largest. An energy task force led by Dick Chaney was examining Iraqs oil assets 2 years before the war and neoconservatives such as Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Chaney (Dick again) sent a letter to Bill Clinton in 1998 (Note, 3 years before 9/11) urging war against Iraq because Saddam Hussein was a hazard to a significant portion of the worlds supply of oil. Halliburton Co. got its first billion-dollar contract just 8 days after the invasion. Halliburtons 7 billion dollar contract to repair Iraqs oil fields, which was awarded without competition, gives it the power to run all phases of Iraqs oil industry, including oil distribution. Dick Chaney is the former CEO of Halliburton and he also has ties to energy giant Enron Corp, a major financial backer of Bushs campaigns. Both companies are now under federal investigation. Neoconservatives such as Bill Kristol have said America should remake the world to serve its own interests. Their ideological godfather is a German philosopher Leo Strauss who said, Those who are fit to rule are those who realize there is no morality and that there is only one natural right, the right of the superior to rule over the inferior. This is what the war in Iraq is all about. Weapons of mass destruction and Iraqs alleged ties to al Qaeda are just a smokescreen and a way to sell the war to the gullible masses.


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How To: Get Started With Just an Idea
Category : design ideas , getting started , how to
When I first begin a project, it often seems overwhelming. And, in fact, it's not until I break a project into manageable pieces that it begins to take shape as a potentially obtainable goal. So here's an infographic I found several weeks ago that may help someone else take that first step toward turning their web idea into a reality. Remember, baby steps! Also, it's a helpful guideline, not a rulebook – fill in your own gaps as needed.


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These shorts are an ode to the athletic styles of the '60s, with a modern-day twist (so take "athletic" with a grain of salt). Back before there were futuristic fabrics that made you jump higher, run faster and perform better, there was good old lightweight, breathable cotton. These are made from supersoft chambray and are almost guaranteed to be the coolest shorts at the party.
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News story
Progress on suicide prevention
England's suicide prevention strategy report shows better recording and sharing of information are important in helping to prevent suicide.
The first annual report on England's cross-government suicide prevention strategy, Preventing Suicide in England: One year On sets out key actions that local areas can take to prevent suicides.
It highlights the importance of responsive and high quality care for people who self-harm. And includes a joint statement on better sharing of information between organisations and families, to help prevent suicide.
Around half of the 4,500 people who die by suicide each year have a history of self-harm. Evidence shows when people who have suicidal thoughts or have self-harmed have psychological assessments, it helps to prevent suicidal behaviour and means better outcomes for patients.
For the first time hospitals will publish annual figures on the number of people who attended accident and emergency for self-harm and whether they received the psychological assessment recommended by NICE.
In addition, a new agreement between the government and health and care professionals has been agreed which is designed to promote greater sharing of information with health professionals and family or friends, within the context of the law.
This follows concerns raised by families that doctors and other health professionals seem reluctant to take information from them and have not communicated information about a patient's suicide risk to their family.
The joint statement means healthcare professional will be better able to:
- listen to the views of family members and friends, who may offer insight into a loved ones' state of mind which can help with care or treatment
- support people who may want to share information with their families or friends about thoughts they might be having.
- provide advice to families and carers about support services available and steps they can take to help keep a loved one safe
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb said:
We have heard from families bereaved by suicide that they feel there is sometimes more they felt they could do. Health professionals can be understandably worried about whether to share information – this will make sure they can be confident listening and talking to families to make sure patients get the right support.
We want to reduce suicides by ensuring those most at risk are better supported.


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Daily Weather Forecast Distribution Wednesday 21 December 2016Daily Weather Forecast Distribution Wednesday 21 December 2016 by Pattaya Meteorological Station.
General Situation
The low pressure over Malaysia is moving west to cover the head side of Sumarttra by 22 December, and the moderate northeast monsoon prevails across Thailand and the Gulf. The high pressure system over upper Thailand becomes weak.
Temperature rises but cool spells stay with morning fog over upper Thailand. Patchy fog is likely in the morning with thick patches in some places of the North, the Northeast, and the Central. People should keep healthy and all transport proceeds with caution. The South has outbreaks of isolated heavy to very heavy rain much of provinces: Chumphon, Surath Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat. All people should beware of severe conditions. All ships should proceed with caution in areas of thundershowers during 21-22 December.
Weather Forecast For Pattaya From 7.00 A.M. Today To 7.00 A.M.
Tomorrow Eastern Thailand Mist in the morning.
Minimum temperature 23-25 °C. Maximum temperature 34-36 °C.
Northeasterly winds 15-30 km/hr.
Wave height about 1 meter and 1-2 meters offshore.
Pattaya Partly cloudy.
Wave height about 1 meter and 1-2 meters offshore.
Forecast Maximum Temperature 31 °C.
Forecast Minimum Temperature 25 °C.
Maximum Temperature in the afternoon yesterday at Pattaya
Meteorological Station 31.8 °C.
Minimum Temperature in this morning at Pattaya
Meteorological Station 25.6 °C.
Today Sunset at 05.56 p.m.
Tomorrow Sunrise at 06.34 a.m.
High water at 10.28 a.m.
Low water at 02.47 a.m.
Pattaya Meteorological Station
Tel. 0-3825-0590


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Monday, January 31, 2011
Rug Mat
11 comments:
very nice one... vedio is not bad its clear to understandReplyDelete
Thank u Arul.ReplyDelete
The video is so clear.ReplyDelete
But is that rug available readily?
Hi Uma, video is clear enuff to understand..ReplyDelete
happy to know that you are making quilts..all the best..did tht butterfly done by your daughter..very nice..
vl be looking for more of your works dear..
hey BTW how does that water erasable pen works?
Thank u Viji,It is rug canvas and the hook is called as latch hook available in Raja stores T.nagarReplyDelete
Thank u Lakshmi,Iam very happy to get the feedback from a knowledgeable person like you.This gives boost to my enthusiasm to do more works like this.ReplyDelete
The pen works fantastic.
Nice tutorial! Beautiful butterfly. My wishes to your daughter!ReplyDelete
Thank u Thendral.ReplyDelete
Hi UmaReplyDelete
Many thanks on my blog. Like your tutorial for rug making. Its very clear o see and understand.
Nice to hear that you will be visitng Delhi very soon and wants to go shopping. Good places will be Karol Bagh, Sarojini Nagar and best will be Dilli Haat Near INA market which is not far from sarojini nagar.
Hope you enjoy your trip to Delhi.
Hi UmaReplyDelete
I have been going through your blog and found that beautiful aari round stand. I too learnt this work some time back and i have that huge cot type adda or aada which i am unable to place so i gave up this work and its lying idle in my house staring at me. But i liked your round stand.
I wish i can find it here in Delhi.
Best wishes.