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There came a point, during the earliest hours of yesterday morning, when talking was no longer adequate. After the weeks of qualified expectation, the months of sober analysis and, in the last tapering days a restraint in the Barack Obama camp so disciplined as to amount almost to condescension now, after all of that, it was finally time to scream.
I emerged from the subway in central Harlem at half-past midnight to what sounded like the seconds after the whistle at a World Cup final. (One of the many subsidiary victories being celebrated was the death of ice hockey as the country's presiding sports metaphor). On Martin Luther King Boulevard the traffic congealed around thousands of pedestrians, who rapped on car windows to embrace the inhabitants, climbed on to fenders and generally met and exceeded every cliche of mass public joy in existence, including the D-day celebrations and the final scenes from Fame.
Every stereo in the neighbourhood was jacked to full volume; every car bonnet drummed on. People weren't dancing with but at each other, in undulating circles that admitted new members as they flowed up the street and must have looked, from the air, like cell biology. Three women climbed on to the roof of a bus shelter and gyrated outwards to a roar from the crowd, and as I walked east past the Apollo Theatre, a man came towards me engaged in what might just be the prime indicator of emotional overload: banging two saucepans together.
The scale of the joy, which started when the election was called and not a moment before, was a mark of just how feverishly repressed the earlier part of the day had been. If Obama's candidacy had been a tightrope walk through preconceptions, a constant awareness that on the other side of legitimate-sounding criticisms such as "cocky" lay words such as "uppity", then it was still being walked well into voting day. At 7.30am in my downtown neighbourhood the queue outside the polling station wasn't jubilant: it was quiet, serious, patient, about 45 minutes long and the only joy permitted came from the fact that, after a cold spell, the weather was a balmy 16C and the pleasing sense of suffering for democracy was realised without having actually to suffer much.
Around the corner in the local park, the group of men who gather every day to play chess on the public boards and sort through their plastic-bottle collections were talking in muted tones about what might happen. The best way to ward off the evil eye was, by their calculation, not to anticipate a John McCain victory, but to go with the polls and anticipate for Obama, then flatten their optimism under a tonne of doubt over what he might actually achieve. "You can't change things in four years," said Silkey, an African-American street trader who had managed to get himself on the electoral register, despite haphazard lodging arrangements. "He's just one man."
But a good man? "Yeah," he said. There was a pause. "I love to listen to the way he talks. He talks honest. If you ask him a question, he doesn't make you go from New York to Chicago and back for the answer." And in the event of a victory that night ...? Another pause and Silkey grinned: "I'll jump out of these clothes and have a ball."
In the yuppie coffee shop around the corner they were observing what the Republicans would call an elitist version of the park dwellers' superstition. "If one more person asks me if I've voted ...!" yawned a woman in an unnecessary hat and, bemoaning her election fatigue, wondered whether it would be possible to go to the polling stations after hours and get some memorabilia for her apartment.
After days of anticipating electoral meltdown, even the news channels had to submit to a quieter narrative on the morning of the vote. At one point CNN cut live to a polling station in Denver, where a desperate-looking reporter stood in front of a queue of eight people. "It's certainly getting busier," he said hopefully. "Wow, what a melting pot." The camera cut to an alarmed looking Asian-American before swishing mercifully back to the studio.
A little after noon I took a train up to Harlem and it was then, I think, that the first cracks - the first, allowable peckings of excitement - started to show. At the Obama field office on Frederick Douglass Boulevard, people were having their photo taken with a three-quarter size cutout of the senator. In the street, every snatch of conversation seemed to refer to him. "I'm gonna find myself an Obama Mamma!" Ancient voters were being unfolded by relatives from the backs of cars that pulled up outside polling stations, in scenes that made even the police on site gulp with emotion.
"I've never campaigned for anyone before," said Michelle Collins, canvassing on a corner, and repeated a refrain I heard often that day. "It's not only about the African-American community. Obama wants to bring the world together and to make the world like us again after President Bush disgraced us."
A block from Bill Clinton's Harlem office stood Terrance, leaning against a wall. He had never wanted to vote before and now that he wanted to, he couldn't. "Convicted felons can't vote," he said. "I wish I could." The thing that surprised him about Obama was the breadth of his appeal. "It's shocking for me to see all the Caucasians down with Obama - maybe it's him being biracial. That'll help." Terrance said he was 38, had just become a grandfather and that as he saw it, while Obama might be too late in coming for him, things were looking up for his grandchild. Had there been much interest in the campaign in prison? "Yeah," he said. "Obama and religion, the two biggest things."
For a short time after 9/11, psychiatrists in Manhattan registered a decrease in mental health complaints, as common cause expanded to embrace those people usually excluded from everything. There were weird echoes of that on Tuesday. In the early evening I rode the subway to the CNN election party. A heavily listing woman entered the carriage, rattling a cup beneath our noses and, after announcing her hunger, said in a scene that could have been directed by Frank Capra: "Have a great Obama day!"
When the calling of the election finally came in, hours later, it was greeted with total silence. Pennsylvannia had fallen to huge cheers; Obama's lead in Ohio announced to the same effect. At the CNN election centre by Central Park, the free burgers had been eaten, the free bar drained, and the mad deployment of technology, culminating in the "live by hologram" effect, roundly mocked, as well as the fact that Spanish-language CNN seemed to be calling the states earlier than the English one. We knew things were bad for the Republicans when a CNN political correspondent prefaced all references to John McCain with: "I don't mean to be mean, but ..."
Meanwhile all British journalists present made desultory comparisons between the Obama victory and the 97 Labour landslide, and between corn dogs and Scotch eggs. Friends texted little haikus of their whereabouts and feelings. And so we gathered on the edge of the studio to watch Wolf Blitzer, the CNN anchor, make his historic announcement, while a producer made huge flapping motions with his arms and hissed:
"No cheering, no cheering."
It was so hard to keep quiet that when it came, people made deranged gulping sounds and looked at each other with bulging eyes. I fled the studio and plunged five flights down to street level with a young producer who welled up and said: "Wow, it's over." Outside, cars blared their horns, pedestrians shrieked and two helicopters hovered overhead. I walked 15 blocks south to Times Square, where a huge crowd had gathered to watch Obama's acceptance speech on big screens. Chants of "Yes we can!" gave way to "Yes we did!" and finally to "What the fuck?" when, just before the president-elect started to speak, when the man standing next to me looked up at the scene being beamed in from Chicago and said: "Is that really a black family up there?", when a New Yorker looked pityingly at the foreigners in front of him and, reasserting an American pride that, for liberals at least, had been dormant for eight years, said, "They're about to witness history and they can't even understand it" (they were German, so obviously spoke better English than either of us) - that's when the satellite link broke and the screen went blank.
People began to move south to try to catch the speech on a screen further down Times Square, and as they moved, the cabs opened their windows, cranked up their radios and eventually came to a complete stop. For about 10 minutes, Times Square was a mass of yellow cars, each surrounded by large groups of people straining in at the windows to hear Obama's words.
The cab I attached myself to had a white woman in the front, dabbing her eyes with a folded-over hankie, two white men in the back, some Puerto Rican teenagers leaning in at the driver's window and the hot-dog guy leaning on the bonnet dripping fat from a spatula. When the speech was over and the cheers went up, everyone kissed the cab driver, which might be unprecedented in the history of New York cab drivers and, indeed, cab drivers the world over.
What was there left to say? "Now Palin can go back to Wasilla!" someone shouted. And, "The people SPOKE." And, "It's fine to be alive."
By 2am, we were at the stage of jerky public outbursts and mild admonishments from the police. On the subway up to Harlem for the final stage of the party, the driver came over the PA and said, "Obama!", and the whole train went crazy. Later I even heard, I swear, a strangulated "Obama" issue through a police car loudspeaker, followed by what sounded like a sock being stuffed in the speaker's mouth.
By yesterday morning a few pundits were already asking how Obama can possibly live up to this. But for one night at least, words that campaigning had turned into cliche seemed freshly minted, and nothing was too schmaltzy to fly. A teenager in a tracksuit, bandana and gold chains, who ordinarily on that particular corner in Harlem would have caused a heart attack in any stranger he attempted to hug at 1am, held up a hand as I passed. "I need guidance," he said, smiling. "Can a black man call a white woman sista?"
As I waited for the last train, you could hear the shouts on the subway platform from the street above. A man walked up and down hollering until he was hoarse. "McCain and Palin are outta business! McCain and Palin are outta business! Who's maverick now? he screamed. After all that patience, it seemed OK, just this once, to crow.
In quotes
"What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters. You are about to go on one of the great journeys of life. Congratulations, and go enjoy yourself."
George Bush's message to Barack Obama
"I felt like my vote was the vote that put him into office. It was down to one vote, and that was going to be my vote. And that may not be true but that's how much power it felt like I had."
P Diddy
"It feels like hope won. It feels like it's not just victory for Barack Obama. It feels like America did the right thing. It feels like there's a shift in consciousness. It feels like anything is now possible."
Oprah Winfrey
"It's a great day, it's a beautiful morning, a new dawn, a new beginning - not just in America but the world over."
Spike Lee
"Tonight new dreams are born and old truths are affirmed. Tonight we enter a new America, the best America, the America of our highest hopes."
John Kerry
"The rest of the world is so pleased and happy for you, America. I'm (almost) dancing with relief"
Stephen Fry


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There are numerous unanswered questions about blogging and traffic many answered are only but opaque. You may have thought of boosting your blog traffic but have never had a reason to think twice about utilising some of the popular things you use online to actually boost your blog traffic
Just a Simple Question;
What actually encourages you to blog more?
My guess would be
Traffic and user engagement!
Are definitely my best guess.
An average blogger and most new bloggers hunger and thirst for traffic to their blogs just like me! The reasons for attempting to boost ones blog traffic is numerous and a common reason is; it is encouraging when the traffic rolls in indefinitely.
Isn't it really heart breaking that after striving day and night to publish a new post and expect nothing but some good readership which triggers social shares yet you get stuck with little or no views at all.
Some bloggers go extra miles seeking for traffic so they indulge in black hat seo which along the way, wrecks their blogging career… Black heart SEO is not a good practice, thus not recommended!
Before you think of traffic, Work for Quality and Authenticity.
Does your blog deserve to be described as authentic and Qualitative?
If no, then you need to work on this first before crying out for huge traffic.
The content on your blog matters a whole lot more than the traffic you seek endlessly.
You don't just stack your blog with quantitative posts which have little or no impact on your readers. Quality bring back readers and increase your blog's readership.
A topic may not be new but your content obviously should be. This topic being treated have been written about as many times as possible but what makes each post stand put from the other? Uniqueness!
Don't go copying and pasting someone else's article and hope for some good outcome… It doesn't always work that way! Be real and Unique! Let your article be free of plagiarism. If you must write something not so new, do it in a new way and perspective.
One more thing;
Your blog posts matters a lot and they hold your blog's success. Let your posts be great and meaningful to those it is targeted at.. Once your blog beats this reach, then you can move proceed to cry over your blog traffic despite your genuine practises.
Now let's go over the amazing and effective strategies that you could employ to drive genuine traffic to your blog.
Below are some effective Strategies On How To Drive Traffic To Your Blog.
1. Go Social.
The social media shouldn't go short of your new posts… Always share your posts to social medias. You can use auto publishing tools like IFTTT to auto post your new articles to social sites once you publish a new post…
• You should create and grow a community on social medias if you don't have any yet.
• There is no rule which states that you shouldn't share your blog content more than once; Keep sharing! Once, twice in a week or as much as you want in a month…
• Whatsapp, Skype, Telegram and a host of other chat apps you utilise often can be use to link to your new posts…
• Sites like Pinterest can actually boost your post readership. Make your images pinnable and your posts shareable to Pinterest.
• You can share your posts on Google communities related to your blogging niche…
• Join facebook groups that are relevant to your blog, create your own group, create a page and promote you newly published post…
• Share your posts on twitter with relevant hashtags.
2. Comment on Blogs
I have visited lots of blogs from the comment section of some blogs. While you share your views on a post, you can leave a link back to your blog with non deceptive titles. Although most bloggers do not allow links in their comment section, there are several others that permitting reasonable linkings. This can be a good way of boosting your blog traffic as some readers might get interested in your links title and visit. When making use of comment sections on other blogs, avoid spamming, Google hates spamming.
3. Be an active member of Forums
Forums are great when it comes to building your readership and traffic, because you can add posts from your blog which may interest its members largely…
Members who read your posts may get interested in your site if you add a link back to your blog beneath every post you create. Some forums allow signatures which appear beneath a members comment or post; you can add your blog post title and link there.
A link on your profile is also an active way to promote your blog. Be an active member of a good forum. And your activeness will boost your blog traffic.
4. Become A Guest Poster
Guest posting is an amazing way of moving your blog to greater heights. Write guest posts on sites that target the kind of readership you need and be sure your posts are relevant to them so they consider visiting your blog and probably end up sticking to your community of readers. Publishing a post on other blogs not only boost your traffic but your relevance online.
5. Use Relevant Keyword on your posts
This is something we still need to get acquainted to!
Keywords are essential when it comes to blogging… If your post contains relevant keywords that people search for, you expose your blog to the online communities of readers and searchers…
Your post title should not be short of a keyword. Through keyword integration, Google and other search engine get and independent overview of what your post centers on.
6. Work on your blog design and layout
Your blog design matters a lot in building your online presence and encouraging visits…
I wouldn't revisit a site with tacky and stale designs… You should arrange your blog properly, if you don't know how to, hire a professional. Don't use extremely loud colours or too many colours either.
Make your blog design responsive so it fits into any device screen it is viewed on. Always make sure your blog isn't short of share buttons in your posts…
Above all, Be a diligent and consistent Blogger that knows what his/her audience needs.
Be consistent, post regularly if your niche desires you do so. Don't just cry for traffic when you post once in a blue moon. When you don't post often, your readers will dwindle.
Also when your posts are meaningful and insightful, your readership increases. Thus, Create catchy Post titles, know your audience, be friendly and publish regularly.
While you make use of the above idea, remember never to spam, as earlier mentioned because GOOGLE hates spamming… Spamming reduces your blog's relevance greatly…


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I just received this news from Solomon Boulos, that Mandelbrot passed away. Would anyone have discovered this area of math if he hadn't? Whatever the answer, many of us have whiled away at least a few happy hours rendering 2D and 3D fractals, and Benoit was the one who started it all.
Here are a few links in honor of Mandelbrot. I happened to have these stored away for the blog, time to put them up.
- DirectX 9 Mandelbulb demo scene code in 1k
- The Mandelbox
- Iñigo Quilez's site has a fair bit on fractals and on all sorts of other graphics goodness.
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Hardcover, 474 pages
Published May 17th 2016
For some people, silence is a weapon. For Mallory "Mouse" Dodge, it's a shield. Growing up, she learned that the best way to survive was to say nothing. And even though it's been four years since her nightmare ended, she's beginning to worry that the fear that holds her back will last a lifetime.
Now, after years of homeschooling with loving adoptive parents, Mallory must face a new milestone—spending her senior year at public high school. But of all the terrifying and exhilarating scenarios she's imagined, there's one she never dreamed of—that she'd run into Rider Stark, the friend and protector she hasn't seen since childhood, on her very first day.
It doesn't take long for Mallory to realize that the connection she shared with Rider never really faded. Yet the deeper their bond grows, the more it becomes apparent that she's not the only one grappling with the lingering scars from the past. And as she watches Rider's life spiral out of control, Mallory faces a choice between staying silent and speaking out—for the people she loves, the life she wants, and the truths that need to be heard.
My thoughts ~
I think all of us, at the end of the day, just want to be real and want to be loved. --Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Problem with Forever is about two teenagers with a seriously horrible past, Mallory Dodge (Mouse) and Rider Stark. They are raised for more than a decade by abusive foster parents. Not only was Rider her best friend, but he was her protector, he took beatings that she was meant to take. He sacrificed himself to protect Mallory and keep her safe at all costs. Eventually, they are removed from that horrible environment, but they are separated and taken in by different families. Four years later, they are reunited as Mallory goes from being home schooled into a local high school and she and Rider are reunited.
Even though they both moved into good homes, Mallory and Rider are anything but okay, they still have issues they are dealing with from the past. Because of their traumatic upbringing, Mallory becomes as silent as a mouse, nickname given by Rider, she is unable to stand up for herself and has difficulties communicating with others. As for Rider, he appears to be relatively unscathed but, things are not always as they seem.
I just loved Rider, not only because of how he cared for Mallory in the past, but because those actions continued through to present day. Rider stepped back into Mallory's life and became her protector all over again.
Mallory grew so much throughout the book and I was happy and tearful when she could stand in front of the class and give her speech.
One of my favorite reads of 2017.
Forever was something we all took for granted, but the problem with forever was that it really didn't exist. –Mallory Dodge
Happy Reading ~ Jovi


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Figure 3: Common tern chick.
The St. Lawrence River Area of Concern (AOC) at Massena/Akwesasne is home to a large variety of waterbirds including osprey, bald eagle, common loon, tree swallows, gulls, common tern, black tern, herons, cormorants and others. In 2013 a secondary data review provided a summary of existing information on sentinel bird species, populations, and contaminant concentrations detailed in an Avian Interim Status Report. Also in 2013, a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) was developed to conduct field surveys and tissue analysis to address Degradation of Fish and Wildlife Populations and Bird or Animal Deformities or Reproduction Problems BUIs.
Field surveys of nest counts, productivity, and habitat quality were conducted in both 2013 and 2014, while egg collection and contaminant analysis was conducted in 2014 by Riveredge Associates. Dr. Lee H. Harper, US Chair of the Great Lakes Area Working Group on Colonial Waterbirds was the Senior Scientist for Riveredge Associates.
Contaminant analysis includes measurement for PCBs (209-congener specific), mercury, pesticides, dioixins/furans, metals (Pb, Dc, Al), and fluoride. Contaminant concentrations were compared to published literature and toxicity thresholds when available and comparison sites, primarily in the St. Lawrence River. Data results are outlined below in the Avian Status Report.
Herring gulls have been monitored since 1986 adjacent the AOC on Strachan Island by the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS). 2014 chemical data of herring gulls demonstrated PCB transboundary impacts still exist in the St. Lawrence River AOC at Massena/Akwesasne, albeit in much lower concentrations than historical results. Data details of completed 2014 herring gull results can be found in the Addendum to the Avian Status Report.
NYSDEC released a Conservation Plan for Bald Eagles in New York State in March 2016. The objectives and actions of this Conservation Plan relevant to the St. Lawrence River AOC and future recommendations for bald eagles in the AOC can also be found in the Addendum to Avian Status Report.
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It's been a while since I last updated the blog, but it's not because I don't have anything to say or because i don't want to post on here anymore. Truth is, I've been so busy trying to reroute my life in a new direction and although I can't really tell you much about it at the moment I hope to be able to share the news with you very soon.
Collage of Thoughts
Today, Saturday May 28, 2016, as I look outside my window into this beautiful, sunny and warm day, I realize how lost and how in touch I feel with myself and with the world at this point in my life.
As I look out of the window again, I see mountains, cars passing by and people walking on sidewalks. Some of them have a destination they need to reach, others are still trying to find it. Then there is another category of people, those ones who have a goal, who know where they want to go, when they want to get there, but are still trying to find the right way. This particular group reflects the state of mind I am in these days.
I've had time to think these past weeks about my dreams, my goals and what I need to do to make my life one that I've been longing for and although I'm only half way through achieving my goal at the moment, I am hopeful and positive that I will accomplish it.
Loneliness, peace and quiet can be sometimes your best friends when trying to reengage with yourself. Sometimes being away from the people you're most comfortable with means opening up to new adventures and new potential friendships, especially if you're lucky enough to connect with people who are walking on the same path as you are. In just 3 weeks I have learned how important it is to connect with people and to rely on someone else when the task you're faced with seems to be too difficult or almost impossible to overcome.
I have been wanting to write my feelings down for a while now and although this post might seem a collage of different thoughts pasted together on a page, I am finally getting these thoughts out of my mind and into the world.
Collage of Thoughts


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Events & Meetings | Past Events | Past Tours | Past Lectures
The Work of Architect Edwin H. Lundie, FAIA (1886-1972)
Tuesday, February 28, 2017, 7pm, University Club
Peter J. O'Toole, will discuss the work of architect Edwin H. Lundie, FAIA (1886-1972), who began his career in Cass Gilbert's St. Paul office in 1904 and then became a draftsman in the office of Emmanuel Masqueray. After Masqueray's death in 1917, Lundie joined Fred Slifer and Frank Abrahamson to form a successor firm. Then he set up his own practice in the Endicott Building, specializing in residences for prestigious clients. Mr. O'Toole, a resident-owner of a Lundie-designed house, was so intrigued by the architect's work that he has published Edwin H. Lundie, Five Decades: A Journey of Art and Architecture.
Approaching the Capitol: The Story of the Minnesota State Capitol Mall
Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 7pm, University Club
Marjorie Pearson, Ph.D., will present "Approaching the Capitol: The Story of the Minnesota State Capitol Mall", based on her article of the same title published in the Winter 2017 issue of Minnesota History. Cass Gilbert began to envision a grand boulevard leading to the Capitol in about 1900 while the building was under construction. He spent almost the next 30 years, until the end of his life, advocating for an approach that would do justice to his building's design. The decades-long struggle to realize Gilbert's plans reflected the competing financial and political interests of the State of Minnesota, the City of St. Paul, and Ramsey County, as well as St. Paul business interests. A version of the plan was finally implemented in the 1950s as part of a massive urban renewal project to recreate the larger environment around the Capitol. Dr. Pearson, a past president of the Cass Gilbert Society and editor of the Newsletter, will provide an account of the Mall's convoluted history.
Tour: University of Minnesota East Bank: Renovation and Renewal
Saturday, June 4, 2016, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Minnesota Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH). The tour will highlight new construction, renovation, and changes in the context of campus history and development. Meet at Pillsbury and Pleasant. Cost $15 for MNSAH members, $20 for non-members. Register by June 2: http://www.mnsah.org/events/spring-tour-2016/. For more information: contact Rolf Anderson at 612-824-7807 or email@example.com.
Memorial Weekend Celebration
May 28 – 30, 2016
Roselawn Cemetery, 803 W Larpenteur Ave, Roseville, MN 51113, 651-489-1720.
Take this opportunity to visit Roselawn Chapel, designed by Cass Gilbert and Thomas Holyoke, view historic exhibits, enjoy refreshments, and hear an organ concert. For more information: http://www.roselawncemetery.com/index.php/services/events.
Pillsbury Hall and the Legacy of Architect Harvey Ellis
Thursday, May 5, 2016, 7 P.M.
Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis
The Cass Gilbert Society is sponsoring a discussion by architectural historian John C. Guenther about how architect Harvey Ellis came to be described as the link between H. H. Richardson and the masters of the Prairie School. Ellis, a contemporary of Cass Gilbert, had a peripatetic architectural career, working for several architectural firms in St. Paul and Minneapolis where he was acclaimed for his architectural renderings and designs. Ellis' most noteworthy contribution form this time was Pillsbury Hall (1887-1888) for the University of Minnesota. Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP, is president of the Society of Architectural Historians, St. Louis Chapter.
Connection to Cass
Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 7 P.M.
University Club, 420 Summit Avenue, St. Paul
Mary Lahammer, award-winning anchor, reporter, and producer for Twin Cities Public Television, will present a selection of her stories pertaining to Cass Gilbert and the Minnesota State Capitol to members and friends of the Cass Gilbert Society. Mary and her colleagues at Almanachave been documenting the saga of the preservation and restoration of the State Capitol for the past five years. With the building largely closed due to ongoing construction since May 2015, Mary looked for other ways to raise awareness of Cass Gilbert. In collaboration with the Cass Gilbert Society, she has produced "Connection to Cass," short program segments that have featured other notable Cass Gilbert buildings and interviews with building owners and representatives. They have been broadcast on the Almanac program and are available through the Twin Cities Public Television archive. Mary's program will offer a chance to see a group of these stories, as well as some of the State Capitol features. Join us as we hear about the fun and challenges of "Connecting with Cass"!


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Margaret E. VanKempen, 74, of South Bend passed away Friday evening, September 8, 2006, in Memorial Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer.
Her family is grateful to the doctors, nurses and staff for the excellent care she received.
Margaret was born February 24, 1932, in South Bend, a daughter of the late Willard and Dollie (Cabanaw) Hite. She grew up in South Bend and made the community her life-long home. Margaret was employed for 22 years at Healthwin Specialized Care Facility; a job she loved very much. She was a member of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion. Margaret enjoyed crocheting, making crafts, fishing, camping and going to the Blue Chip Casino. She was a Notre Dame Football and NASCAR fan. Margaret was a generous lady who was willing to help anyone in need.
Margaret's family was the center of her life and she dearly loved her grandchildren. The hearts of her family are broken because of her passing and she will be missed by all who knew and loved her. Besides her parents, Margaret was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Â?HankÂ? VanKempen; a son, Charles Conard; and a brother, Arthur Hite.
Margaret's surviving family includes her daughters, Charlene (Gary) Applegate, Debbie (Randy) Sheneman, and Linda (Buddy) Fleese, all of South Bend, and Kathy (Dan) Belich of Granger; sons, Bill (Brenda) Conard and David Conard, both of South Bend, and Rev. Fr. Robert VanKempen of Bristol; four sisters, Barbara Taravella of Texas, Jo Marie Thompson of South Bend, Dorothy (Russell) Zimmerman and Diana (Ted) Hessler of Florida; two brothers, Michael John (Charlene) Hite of Maine, and Russell Hite of Niles; several half-brothers and sisters; a special friend and aunt, Neoma Morrow; and an aunt, Ann Gade; 17 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Friends may spend time with Margaret's family on Tuesday from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. and on Wednesday from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. in Thallemer, Goethals & Wells Funeral Home, 503 West Third Street Mishawaka. Services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Robert VanKempen officiating. Burial will follow in Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Healthwin Darden Park. Envelopes are available in the funeral home.


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Tales of Titan
Hail, and well met Adventurer!
Welcome to a world where adventurers delve into the depths of ancient dungeons to win great treasures of old, heroes stave off the insidious plots of ambitious nobles, rouge wizards vie for power, and voracious dragons hunt. Welcome to a land whose elemental scared foundation has spawned generations of dazzling wonders and heart-stopping monstrosities..
Here lies great adventure and wonder for those who seek it. Intrepid wizards defy warnings scribed in the crumbling stone of ancient tombs. Brigands skulk in dark alleys and hidden corners of vast cities and quiet hamlets alike. Priests rally their flocks and pray for divine aide. Warlocks vie for mastery over ancient pacts whose origins are better left concealed. Noble Kings, Emperors, and Warlords scheme to expand their lands and power.
But here too, evil plots in the darkness, eager and willing to expand its icy reach from dripping dungeons, endless caverns, ruined cities, and the vast wild places of the world. Away from the main roads and the great cities, the countryside is wild and fearsome, hiding roaming gangs of vicious bandits, spying shades of the reborn Shadow, and vicious man-beasts, as well as deadly and ancient remnants of civilizations long lost to the records of time.
Titan is a world of wild beauty, primeval malice, and modern wonder. It is your land to shape, to guide, to defend, to conquer, or to rule.
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Hey Guys, since we are hoping to add several new members to our group I decided to go back through a lot of the old lore and rewrite it in such a way to be easier to read, as well as more informative. I'm also looking to smooth out the way information is presented on the site, as I am worried that the wiki may feel too clutter or is too difficult to navigate. If anyone has any ideas on how to streamline the site or would like to add anything then please leave a post with your ideas!
Also, if you have uncompleted characters (those lacking basic stats and basic bios [a paragraph will suffice, where they are from, who they are, &c]) try and get that stuff filled out when you can. Here is the current list of uncompleted characters:
Reduke Ironaxe (missing stats)
Tantalus Swiftblade (missing bio)
Abdul Al'Alim (Missing stats, better bio)
Ajax (Stats & Bio)
Antione Delmar (Bio)
Atticus Rhodes (Bio)
Beckett Tredegar (Bio)
Decker (Bio)
Eldrin Riser (Bio)
Jack Delcarte "Hero of Delanor City" (Bio)
Lieutenant Alexander Markz (Stats and Bio)
Ragnosh (Stats and Bio)
Tier (Bio)
Damn my subconscious!!!!!!!
"Escalia" = my High Clerist faction :(
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I iz stealing and hiding all my characters on my page. Bwaha Bwaha Bwaha….
Taking off a bunch of characters as they will most likely not be used.
If it's only $40 for a year then we can split the pay for it, though it'll have to wait till the end of may for me when i actually get payed. Otherwise it's not too much, especially if splitting it, so I don't see where it'd hurt to try it. Though I'm not sure exactly how much I'll be making campaign stuff during the summer but I guess I'll just see how that goes this summer
I've been on the fence about playing dnd for almost a year now. So shelling out $40 for something we may not be using, at least I may not, seems silly. But on the same token, if I do leave it isn't really any of my concern anymore. You also should keep in mind that two of us, me and you, are graduating soon. After summer who knows what is going to happen and if it would be worth the time/effort/money to upgrade the site.
Hey guys, just wanted to let you all know I've made a few aesthetic changes to the site and that I am considering shilling out the $40 for a year long subscription for the premium version.
If I do update to the premium version then I could post up a lot more pictures and maps, we would have a forum for posting ideas/discussions, and we would get a nifty calender to keep track our gaming days (which, since we will hopefully be gaming once a week or so once summer starts could be very helpful). To boot, there are a few other nifty features that would help me with site design and I could make it so that there are multiple "DMs" and an unlimited number of campaigns. That would mean that other DMs operating in Titan could use the site to upload maps, manage their own campaigns, &c.
So, what do you guys think? If you guys like the website and think that it would be useful for us over the next year or so then I will start making the steps for getting the upgrade. However, if you guys don't really have that much of an interest in it then I don't want to just drop $40 on it.
Good luck with finals guys!
Yeah the con stuff makes more sense and I can understand the cha stuff. It was just the int stuff that threw me off haha
Hmmm, good points, but you also have to remember that Sorcerers are tapping into innate powers, not learned powers like wielding a sword or picking a lock. Sure, any peasant, regardless of his intelligence can learn to swing a sword or the mechanics of picking a lock, but can he learn to control the wild forces of magic that rage inside his very blood? That takes a bit of skill.
That being said, perhaps a slight adjustment of the requirements is in order. I propose something along these lines:
17 Charisma – Sorcerers need not be the direct son of a magical being, instead it could be long dormant magic in their blood, dormant magic that requires a carrier with special attributes by which he/she can tap into that power. Thus, in the same way that one must possess and innate charisma and strength of heart to be a Paladin, you have to be equally as strong willed and charismatic to be a sorcerer. Plus, its where they draw their power (their self), so naturally they have to have a very strong self.
15 Constitution – This reflects how the character must be naturally hardy if he is going to withstand the rigors or tapping into his innate magical powers, powers which require a hardy vessel.
Your argument for intelligence makes no sense is the thing still though. You say you need high intelligence for them to tap into and utilize their abilities, their abilities are natural which comes from the charisma part meaning it's a natural strength. They need a high intelligence to utilize their abilities means a fighter should have a high int, or a thief, or most any class. This would allow them to utilize their abilities and learn more. Sorcerer's spell craft is as much a practice as a fighter learning to master the sword or a thief learning to pick locks and etc. To say they need a high intelligence to practice their innate abilities means that every class should have an int minimum to show they are smart enough to become expert swordsman or locksmiths, etc.
As for the scroll stuff, I guess if you want to take out scrolls being usable I mean it makes sense, but it just goes to show even more why int is not needed. They don't study magic. It is innate.
For a description on where sorcerers actually come from and why they don't need int, compared to Wizards who actually study their magic, see this site: http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Sorcerer
Sorcerers are unique beings that really cross more into the realm of being a peusdo-race. Although the magic that sorcerers use is innate (thus the requirement for high charisma scores) these individuals have to be intelligent enough to tap into and use their abilities. Many people might have the dormant blood of a magical being with them, but it takes real talent and personal intelligence to learn how to tap into and utilize that ability, thus the requirement for a far above average intelligence.
When compared to the requirements for classes such as rangers or paladins, who arguably far more common than sorcerers, the requirements are not all that demanding and are simply meant to further reflect the unique nature of the sorcerer.
As for sorcerers using scrolls, it simply makes little sense why a sorcerer who is untrained int he magical arts would be able to utilize what simply amounts to a page ripped from a spell book. Unless the sorcerer takes the spell Read Magic he doesn't have the necessary knowledge to use traditional means of casting spells.
These alterations are meant to not only fully integrate the sorcerer into the 2ed system (which the BG2 people admitted was kind of a thing they threw in right at the end, and hadn't quite been play tested in D&D until 3rd edition) and maintain the general spirit behind the concept.
Where did the weird requirements for being a sorceror come from? The minimum int makes no sense since int isn't required anywhere to be a sorceror. They use it as much as a fighter does. I guess the charisma int is whatever, just means that any sorceror can cast at least 7th level spells. And also Sorcerors could use scrolls why are you saying they can't now?
Sure thing, I should have it up by Saturday evening.
If you get a free chance place the information for my character on the site. Please change ownership to me as well so I can track xp, gold, and other statistics at my leisure.
Oh, and I wasn't the first person to put an anime pick for a character. Therefore one cannot mock my being in anime club. :P
I set the characters you marked as dead to DM characters in order to decluter the NPC chart and preserve the pictures of the characters. I had plans on making a special wiki, which unfortunately would get rid of their portraits, section for them but havn't had time to do so.
If you want to go back on making them dead, just let me know and I will restore them to PC'dom.
Strange system. Seems if you set the characters to dm players, even their creators, have absolutely no access to them.
First Paragraph is a little weird on home page…?


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Police investigating the murder of Tipperary-born Tom Walsh believe he was gunned down by a disgruntled former employee, whom he fired two years ago.
Walsh, a married father of three from Templemore, was shot dead in March while closing up the restaurant he managed near Daytona Beach, Florida. He was only 43.
On initial investigation, the killing was believed to be the result of a botched robbery attempt, with the killers running off with the restaurant's profits from that night. However, police now believe that a double suicide on May 10th may hold links to the murder of the popular Irishman.
James Seagraves, 29, and his girlfriend Kayla Nemoto, 20, died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head following an intense stand-off with police at their home.
Seagraves, who had only just been released from jail in early March, is thought to have carried out a series of armed robberies in Florida immediately after leaving prison, including at the Mainstreet Grill where Walsh was murdered.
While initially believed to be a random attack, it has emerged that Seagreaves and Walsh actually knew each other, with Walsh firing Seagreaves from the establishment two years earlier.
Police went to Seagreaves home to serve a warrant in connection with Walsh's murder, but Seagreaves and his girlfriend, who was said to be pregnant with a baby girl, barricaded themselves into their apartment.
After a stand-off, a SWAT team was sent into the home, only to discover the pair dead inside.
The family of Tom Walsh has demanded to know what background checks were made on Seagreaves before the restaurant hired him.
"Obviously it turned out he was a very dangerous individual," said Walsh's brother, Brian. "The job of firing this guy was left to Thomas a couple of years ago. He was living the American dream. He had built a great life for himself and this piece of scum took it away."
Tom Walsh was buried in April at the Templemore Church, Co. Tipperary. Tom's 12-year-old daughter, Kira, led the congregation in a simple prayer and asked for support for her family in the days ahead. Joined by up to 1,000 mourners, the family remembered the man known to his American friends as "Irish Tom."
Walsh's sister, Helen, described the killing as "senseless."
"But there's no going back. Tom had a good life, he had a great sense of fun," she said. "He was a regular Irish guy who went to the States and made good. My mom would say he was a cut above a regular guy."


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Traditionally, actresses would never be seen, either on or off screen without their share of makeup. They absolutely refused to show their natural look as they felt it would not be accepted by the audience. But now things have changed. Each time an actress has moved away from the conventional method and tried something absolutely hatke, audiences have enthusiastically appreciated their efforts. Here is a list of some top actresses of Bollywood who have gone natural for a film and received much appreciation for it.
Kangana Ranaut in Queen:
The gorgeous actress has done various films where she was required to don an attractive avatar but, with Queen, the talented actress took over Bollywood with a natural look. In simple kurtis for most of the film, Kangana played a shy yet gutsy Delhi girl. The movie was a super hit with the audiences and Kangana's effort was rewarded with a National Award and a Filmfare Award!
Priyanka Chopra in Mary Kom:
For her award-winning performances in Barfi and Mary Kom, Pee Cee shed her otherwise glam appearance.With her meticulous acting skills, she gave the industry two of the most powerful performances of her career.
Evelyn Sharma in Ishqedarriyaan:
Evelyn Sharma is known for her young, hot and glamorous looks in films like Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, Yaariyaan, Main Tera Hero and Kuch Kuch Locha Hai. In her next film, Evelyn goes au naturel with her looks, playing Lovleen, a shy village girl, paired opposite Mahaakshay Chakraborty. With a never been done before from the actress, this one has already got us excited.
Rani Mukerji in Black:
Black was a path-breaking film for Bollywood. Rani Mukerji received nationwide appreciation for her performance where she was required to play a deaf and mute girl, and she excelled in it! The actress showed off some true talent in this film inspired by the life of Helen Keller.
Sonam Kapoor in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag:
Sonam Kapoor, one of Bollywood's biggest fashion divas, also gave up her glamorous avatar for this power packed performance. In the award-winning film, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag the fashionista was seen portraying the role of a simple girl-next-door. And though her de-glam avatar did not create too much buzz in the industry, the actress won hearts with her refreshing look in the film.


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Online games (im using a wired connection) would just drop connections every 10-30 seconds even though my connection is smooth.
AIM would also not connect for me, and im connected to the internet. And is anyone else having any Youtube problems? for some odd reason, the video icons and sometimes the video it self would not load at all.
Once again, this has only been happening to me for the past 2 days, never before.
Thanks in advance.


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The Clarisonic Mia 2: Initial Thoughts
Some beauty geekery today because it's all about this little nifty beautytool called the Clarisonic Mia 2! I think this might be one of the most popular beauty gadget on the market right now and now it's also coming to Benelux! I always heard so many people raving about the Clarisonic tools and I always wondered: is this for real or is it just a fad? When I got an invite to see the Clarisonic with my own eyes I just had to go and see it for myself. Truth to be told: I was very skeptical. Does this little device really do the things it claims to do? I also heard some negative stories about it and I can only say: this is a great tool but if you use it wrong you might get horrible results. I've been using the Mia 2 for a good week now and today I'm sharing my initial thoughts. A week is not nearly long enough to give my final verdict but it's a start!
So what is a Clarisonic? I'm sure most readers from the states know it, but it's very new here in the Benelux and maybe even Europe. It is a little device with a brush head that cleans your skin. You can use it twice a day (depending on your skin) for just a minute. It makes things faster and more effective. The special thing about the Clarisonic is the movement of the brush itself. Instead of just rotating, it has this oscillating movement which is a lot better for your skin and more effective in cleaning the skin. The bristles of the brush is made of special fibers which is very soft for the skin and anti-bacterial.
You can chose between different type of brushes and there will be coming three types of brushes for the Mia 2: normal, sensitive and delicate. I strongly recommend to go for either sensitive or delicate. There are numerous of stories that say that the normal brush head is too harsh and irritating for the skin. I chose delicate and it's perfect for my skin. The difference is that the bristles move a bit less so it cleanses the skin in a softer way. How do we use it? It's very simple! You just wet the brush a bit, put on your cleanser on the brush and put it on. You start with the forehead, the chin and jaw, and then you do each cheek for 10 seconds. You will notice that the device will give a beep for each area. It's just that easy! Mia 2 is waterproof, you will see that it has no openings. To charge the device you get this magnetic charger that will stick to the device, just like that!
After that you just clean the brush with water and dry it. We will get two types of Clarisonics: the Plus and the Mia 2. The Plus version is a full sized version and this comes with a body brush head too. The Mia 2 is a smaller version and doesn't come with a body brush head. Mia 2 is meant to be very portable, it comes with a travel case. So depending on your lifestyle you go for the Mia 2 or Plus. I honestly think the Mia 2 is great on it's own but I never tried the Plus. The only little downside of the Mia 2 is that it doesn't come with a holder. It would look a bit better and neater in the bathroom.
So how am I liking the Mia 2? I went to the presentation, I listened and I was still a bit sceptical. I went home, charged my Mia 2 and I used it for the first time. I literally washed away my last bit of doubt with that because from that moment on I was hooked! It leaves your skin incredibly clean without feeling 'squeaky clean'. I first used my own cleansers and went over with the Mia 2 and I still found some dirt on the brush. It cleanses deeper than a normal cleanser because of the bristles. I was also really happy that the brush doesn't feel hard or annoying at all, it actually is very soft on my skin. You do want to go easy on the cheek area. What I love most about it is the brighter appearance of my skin. It looks more even toned now and fresh. I think it's because the brush stimulates blood flow on the face?
I use it twice a day now and it might sound like a lot but so far my skin is really happy with it. It changed a lot over the week that I've been using it. Less clogged pores, brighter even-toned skin and less spots. I'm genuinely impressed by this and I never expected results this good! I also love how easy it is to use, even my boyfriend likes that. It's quick and easy but effective! This is really great for anyone who doesn't like to cleanse, or in a hurry or looking for really great skin!
Clarisonic will come to the Benelux at the end of August and will be sold at Ici Paris XL here in Belgium. A Mia 2 kit goes for 149 euro and a Plus kit goes for 225 euro. A spare brush head goes for 25 euro.


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Nebo-Rock Ranch and Textiles is located in Beautiful Round Valley in the north eastern part of Mendocino County, close to the small town of Covelo. The Ranch is home to, White and Natural colored Merino Sheep, Angora Rabbits and a variety of other farm animals (chickens, horses, a pig, dogs and cats). All the fiber animals produce multiple shades of natural colored handspinning fiber.
Nebo-Rock Ranch has produced many award winning, covered Handspinner fleeces, that are shown at the Black Sheep Gathering, Monterey Co. Fair, Mendocino Co Fair, OFFF, Humboldt Co Fair, Lambtown.
In both 2014 and 2015 Janet was the proud winner of the Black Sheep Cup and the best Natural Colored Fleece. This award involves the best 5 fleeces of the wool show and was won with 2 moorit, one grey and 2 white Merino fleeces.
Janet Heppler lives here in Covelo with her husband Bruce. Sons, Cooper and Ryan grew up on the Ranch . Both helped with building the Ranch, fencing and haying and were involved with 4-H and FFA. They have moved on to other locations and interests, but still come home to helpon the farm when they can.
Janet has been involed with fiber , fiber arts and fiber animals for over 33 years. Her fiber art interest, starts with the animals and goes to the finished product .Both an advide spinner and weaver, she shears her own animals,washes the fiber, spins it into yarn and then weaves the yarn into scaves ,shawls and rugs. Her business Nebo-Rock Textiles, provides Handspinner Merino Fleeces, Mohair fleeces, Handspun and Mill spun yarns, both in dyed and natural colors, roving , dyed Mohair locks and sheepskins.
Shows that Nebo-Rock will be attending
Black Sheep Gathering , Eugene OR June
OFFF, Canby OR Sept
CWFF (Mendocino Co Fair) Boonville CA Sept
Natural Fiber Fair, Arcata, CA Sept
Lambtown ,Dixon CA Oct


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Ah, Spring is here. Time to open the windows, let fresh air in and spring clean our homes. It can also mean time to spring clean our bodies, minds and souls after a winter of being closed in. Detox cleanses are popular to do in the Spring and Fall especially if allergies get activated because of the increase in pollen. I have suffered in years past from invasions of Spring-time dust and pollen resulting in sinus infections and antibiotics. Several years ago I took stock of my health imbalances and began to incorporate some natural remedies that have eliminated the infections and brought me into a state of healthy balance. Now I don't get sick and antibiotics are a thing of the past. So before and during the Spring season I have my own favorite ways to stay healthy.
Here are a few of my favorite Spring cleaning tips for body and soul:
1. NETI POT CLEANSING OF THE NOSE. The Neti pot is like a little tea pot or Aladdin's lamp that is filled with warm water (bottled or filtered works best) with a 1/4 tsp of salt. Tilting your head over a sink, insert the spout into one nostril and allow it to flow through and out the other nostril. While it seems odd to do, the benefits are enormous. The irrigation helps to flush out any bacteria that may be clinging to the tiny hairs in the nose. I do this once a week before Spring starts and then whenever a little tickle in the nose tells me that some unwanted toxins are beginning to lodge in my nose and create infection. Nasal irrigation really helps to not only clear the passages but to alleviate any congestion. It is great to use as a prevention of colds and infections and to clear blockages that may occur later. And as I have written in other blogs I have had such great success in eliminating the need for antibiotics and cold medicines because of paying attention to seasonal changes and polluntants in the air. My liver and kidneys are healthier and better functioning for it.
2. DANDELION TEA: Herbal teas are a mainstay in my diet every day. Once I discovered that so many herbal teas have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-viral and seemingly anti-everything I couldn't help but add them to my health regime. Dandelions are usually seen as nuisance weeds in the yard. And they are even with their bright yellow flowers. But the benefits far out way their nuisance reputation.
Dandelion is very rich in protein, magnesium, phosphorous, iron, niacin, riboflavin, potassium and vitamins A,B,C,D and E. It helps all of the digestive organs (liver, kidney, gallbladder). It especially helps the liver organ to detoxify and cleanse the blood It is a great diuretic and it eases bloat and aching joints. I buy dandelion tea in the convenient tea bags as well as in its natural luscious green leafy stalks which can be chopped up and put into boiling water for tea or added to salads to reap its fresh natural benefits. Even though there are dandelions in my garden and at my local park, I hesitate to dig them up – we do have neighbor dogs that share our local surroundings. So better to purchase dandelion from my natural food store.
I have found that as I ease into Spring drinking dandelion tea, my systems of digestion and elimination work so much easier. The earthy quality of the tea keeps me calm and grounded so even when the day becomes longer and I become more active, my moods and feelings remain more balanced.
3. MORE LEAFY GREENS: Adding more salads to my diet promotes healthy liver, colon and lymphatic and immune systems. Indoor winter time meant going inward and often meant eating soups and warmer foods and less of cooler salads. But with Spring lettuce, kale, spinach are bursting out and lots of salads are on my agenda. They bring in their own vitamins and minerals help to stimulate my elimination systems. Dandelion greens have not been the top of my list but, ok, I am willing to give them a try for health's sake.
Dr. Andrew Weil at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine promotes dandelion greens for their bitter taste because they help to produce bile that is important to optimal digestion. The bitter taste challenges the liver just as muscles challenged by exercise function better than ones that atrophy from underuse.
I am learning to expand my taste buds and I have to admit that dandelions are more of a challenge. But the benefits I feel in a more energetic body that gets me out into Nature and my garden is well worth the effort. So a few dandelion greens either sauteed with garlic and spinach or a few chopped up in a salad are finding their way into my health care.
4. MEDITATIVE MOVEMENT: Meditation is another mainstay of my healthy lifestyle but especially in Spring as I begin to walk more out in Nature and around my neighborhood. Starting the day with some quiet time to express a positive intention for the day and to move into some stretches and qigong movements sets the tone for me. I feel armed for the day when I can first touch into my core values, beliefs, skills and joyous goodness. I see this morning qigong/meditation (sometimes it is 15 minutes and most times 30 minutes or more) as a way to acknowledge the importance of my unique being that in the face of life's challenges can conquer the day!
So there are some thoughts that work for me and hope that work for you as well. I would love to hear your comments and to learn what you do to ease into Spring.