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Summer is well under way, which means your various gadgets and gizmos are going to be lying on beach towels, sitting in hot cars, sweating on the train and generally getting hotter than they normally would. Here's why that's dangerous—and what you can do to keep them protected.
Heat and electronics don't mix whatever the season of the year, which is why the most advanced gaming PCs are rigged up with elaborate air or water cooling systems, and why laptops will occasionally throttle performance to keep temperatures down. As the weather warms up though, you might find your gadgets burning up without you realising.
How heat harms gadgets
Electronics don't like getting too hot any more than humans do. In the case of batteries, too much heat over a prolonged period can speed up the internal chemical reactions, damaging the internal structure and leading to a loss of the electrolyte that helps hold a charge. The battery degrading that happens normally over time suddenly speeds up.
And it's not just the battery that's at risk—the ultra-thin layers that help to make up a phone screen can get scorched too, leading to damage to the display itself. At the most extreme high temperatures, the glue holding everything together and outer plastic casing can get warped and damaged as they quite literally melt under the heat.
Heat causes expansion of course, and in a tightly packed gadget that can cause a variety of problems and ultimately permanently damage to the electronics inside a phone or laptop. Cracks and other types of degradation can be the result, and even if the device in question carries on working, it may not work as well as before.
Modern-day gadgets are designed to put defence mechanisms in place when the heat gets too much, which is why your phone or laptop will often shut down as the temperatures rise, trying to cool off. When they're not actually switched on, your electronics aren't generating their own heat, so they stand a better chance in rising temperatures.
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This can mitigate the damaging effects of heat in some cases, and means your precious gadgets might be able to recover after a short spell in the sun; it also means that today's smartphones and laptops need to reach a seriously high temperature to incur permanent damage, though it's important not to be complacent about the risks.
As an aside, excess heat also causes your gadgets to slow down as they become more stressed, which is something you might notice just from heavy use when you're not in the middle of a heatwave. High levels of humidity can also have adverse effects on your electronics too.
Safe operating temperatures
Look at the packaging or instructions for any gadget you've purchased recently and you'll often see guidelines about safe operating temperatures. We'll give you some examples here—bear in mind that room temperature is generally considered to be 23°C (at least for the purposes of scientific experiments anyway).
Here's another comparison: The air inside a car in the sun can reach 46.7°C in the space of an hour, and even 37.8°C in the shade after the same time period.
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And so to the gadgets. As we've said above, electronic devices generate their own heat under normal circumstances, which is why you'll usually see separate temperatures quoted for storing gadgets and actually using them. You need to be particularly careful if you're running a device under high load and the weather is warm as well.
The brand new MacBook Pros, for example, need an operating temperature of 10 to 35°C to function correctly, Apple says, and must be stored at temperatures of –25 to 45°C. The iPhone X, meanwhile, must be run at 0 to 35°C and stored at −20 to 45°C.
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Not everyone gives such detailed guidance but you can use the Apple specs as a benchmark for other phones and laptops. Google recommends that its Pixel 2 phones are kept below a temperature of 45°C, matching the storage limits for the iPhone X, while Samsung says that "normal operating conditions" are 0 to 35°C, which also fit with Apple's guidelines.
In other words, something in a warm, enclosed space, or laid out in the sunlight, is going to reach a dangerous temperature pretty quickly, and maybe faster than you realise. Holidaying in sunny climes in a heatwave? Maybe lay off the YouTube streaming while outside. Of course we all want to be outside as much as possible when the warm weather hits, which tends to put our gadgets at a greater risk.
Keeping gadgets cool
Keeping gadgets cool is really common sense—just be aware when you might be exposing your devices to warmer-than-normal temperatures or direct sunlight. Extreme cold is bad news for electronics too, as is moisture. Which means you shouldn't put your smartphone in your fridge or anywhere it might come into contact with condensation to cool it down.
We'd recommend against keeping phones and laptops off window ledges for extended periods of time (reminder—the Sun moves during the day), and avoid keeping them next to any artificial sources of heat too, whatever the season (anything from a radiator to a desk lamp) too.
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If you're heading out, you need to keep your phone or laptop in the shade, whether that's in the car or on the beach (you're checking work emails from the beach again, aren't you?). Wrap a towel around your gear, or keep it in a bag, and check on it regularly—time is a factor in gadgets overheating, so you don't want to be leaving your phone or laptop somewhere and forgetting about it.
The harder your gadget is working the hotter it's going to get too, so maybe ease off that video encoding or those intense mobile games if the sun is already beating down. The best way to make sure you're not placing too many demands on your gadgets is simply to turn them off until you need them again.
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If you're at home, then even just a carefully angled fan can make a big difference. Reduce the air temperature if and when you can, and increase the flow of air wherever possible too. If you're finding the heat uncomfortable, then chances are your gadgets are as well.
When it comes to laptops specifically, a variety of third-party cooling solutions and stands are available too—not just for the hot weather, but for whenever they come under stress. This is just one example of a cooler for laptops with displays measuring 12-17 inches, but plenty of other makes and models are out there and worth a look if your computer is regularly overheating.


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Publicis Launches Its Second 2018 Internship Program
Publicis Media has announced its second 2018 winter Internship Program to seek out exceptional talent from a range of universities and faculties in Sydney and Melbourne, following the success of its inaugural program earlier this year.
Intern candidates will again be selected based on a diverse skill set including science, technology, business, psychology and mathematical backgrounds and the program is open to all universities.
Publicis Media and its agencies, including Starcom, Blue 449, Zenith, Spark Foundry and Performics, will share 25 interns in total, with 10 based in Melbourne and 15 in Sydney.
Publicis Media people and programs director, Alex Delehunt, said: "Following the success of the first Publicis Media Internship Program, we are very excited to open applications for our winter intake. We were really impressed with the calibre of our interns and we've already hired four in permanent roles. The growth of the internship program is future proofing Publicis Media, growing our capabilities, especially with talent from a variety of backgrounds and degrees."
Internship entries are now open via Linkedin and close on 31st May. Applicants will need to submit a YouTube video and CV answering one of two questions: "Are you a strategic thinker or a number cruncher? Or maybe both?" and "What has been your favourite ad and why?"
Only current university students can apply and shortlisted students will receive an invitation to Publicis Media's "Insights Day" where they will hear from each agency about media life, hear from past interns about their tips and tricks and also respond to a real media brief and present their responses back at the end of the day.
Successful interns will be placed in a team for four weeks full time or six weeks part time, attending weekly "grow" sessions with agency leaders and craft specialists. They will also have access to Publicis Media's full training program, including the Programmatic Certification.
Commenting on the first intake, one of the interns said: "From when I was first accepted into this program to now, I have learnt an incredible amount about the industry and met and worked alongside many wonderful people. This internship has not only been an opportunity to develop both my functional and technical skills, but has also given me a glimpse into the transition from uni student to the workforce first hand; to adjust to the people, opportunity and responsibility of a new role – and to claim this was merely intimidating is an understatement."

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My friends Anna Bowen and Kim Davids Mandar run Bookish Radio, a great CFRU radio show about books. I was on the most recent episode that talked with local artsy people about the books they'd recommend reading this winter. Check it out.
In Bed with the Word
I'm going to tell you a story about a book.
A few months ago I went to a reading at The Bookshelf, our local independent bookseller. I didn't recognize the name of one reader (Daniel Coleman? Author of Yardwork?), but the other was my friend Shane Neilson, and I love to hear him read, so I went.
It was a solid event, though too sparsely attended. Daniel's reading was quite interesting, and Shane's was good as always. Afterwards, I was chatting with Daniel about some of the ideas he had raised in his reading, and Shane mentioned that those ideas had been raised much more deeply in Daniel's earlier book, In Bed with the Word, which was about reading, spirituality, and cultural politics. I was intrigued, but The Bookshelf didn't have a copy, so Shane promised to loan me his.
Then I forgot all about it.
Shane, however, did not. The next time we met for lunch, he dropped me off his copy, and this morning I sat down on my front porch with my coffee (escaping the unseasonable heat of my house), and read it front to back, out loud. I don't read everything out loud (Poetry, yes. Philosophy, sometimes. Fiction, rarely), but this book seemed to ask for vocalization, so I obliged.
It didn't take that long to read, even aloud – maybe two and a half hours – and it was worth every minute. It's a little gem of a book that gets into all kinds of my favourite things – the posture of reading and reflection, the function of slowness in thinking, the difference between criticism and what Daniel calls discernment, the spiritual (not to say religious) significance of reading, the necessity of good reading to turn to moral action – and so forth. He also cites a whole range of authors who have been influential on me, from Simone Weil to Jacques Derrida. It was a provoking and affirming read.
What it is not (despite what the previous paragraph might seem to imply) is a work of philosophy, not in a rigorous sense. It's far more the sort of book that I have come to call a meditation, something like Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space, Michel de Certeau's The Practice of Everyday Life, or (closer in time and space) Tim Lilburn's Going Home. What I like about these kinds of books is how they take up their subject in much they way that Daniel's book recommends – slowly, thoughtfully, leisurely. They take their time. They adopt a posture of humility or (as I've often argued from Heidegger) of thankfulness.
Before I was even quite finished In Bed with the Word, I knew it was the sort of book that needed to be on my shelf. I started walking down to The Bookshelf to get my own copy, reading as I went. They still didn't have it in stock, but I ordered it. There aren't enough books like it out there.
A Good Morning
My children woke me early this morning. I found something to amuse them, then I roasted coffee on the front porch for the first time this spring. I sat on the porch steps to drink it while I read some poetry: Kate Cayley's When this World Comes to an End (for the third time in the last week or two), Annie Dillard's Mornings Like This (which seemed appropriate to the day and which has some truly profound bits in it), and Leonard Cohen's The Spice-Box of Earth (which I have somehow managed to avoid reading until now). It was both sunny and cool. Birds were foraging in the garden. The bloodroot flowers were up in clumps.
Let me quote Dillard: "This is not a thing that I have sought, / But it has come across my path, and I have seized it."
Good Manuscripts
Most of the manuscripts that come my way in the capacity of editor / jack of all trades at Vocamus Press do not make enjoyable reading. Many of them have merit in their own way but aren't of much interest to me personally. Others are just not very good by any standard.
Today, however, was a good day. I read two manuscripts of poetry, one each from a couple I've just recently met, and both books were wonderful. I was pages into the first before I found a line that didn't ring true. The second did things with a poetic conversation that I have never seen before.
Days like this make all the other ones worthwhile.
A Literature That Will Not Disturb
The often made assertion that most people read and write less now with the advent of smartphones and tablets and other such teletechnologies is patently absurd. It is only necessary to watch people interact with their devices a short time to see that they actually do little else but read and write for considerable portions of their day, churning out more words with their thumbs than writers of the past were able to accomplish with pens or typewriters or computers. It is not the case that people read and write less. Rather, it is the case that what they read and write, to a degree that no one could have expected, is the minutia of each other's lives, the commonplaces of their immediate social relationships. The culture of the device has made this fact seem obvious and natural, and yet, no previous generation could have imagined that reading and writing would come to serve this purpose, that the personal and the commonplace use of the written word would come to eclipse any artistic, political, economic, or practical use of the written word, at least in sheer volume, that the verbal chatter of our kitchen tables and office water coolers and gym locker rooms would become the dominant literary mode of our time, not in a form that tries to raise it to any artistic or practical significance, but in a form that revels precisely in its commonness, in its insignificance, in its detachment from any greater social or political meaning, because to our great relief, we have at last discovered a literature that will not disturb, by any means, the isolation of our own lives.
Ten Years of Reading
I have had to read extensively through my notebooks as I work on my new novel, and I made searchable master list to assist me in finding things. The result interested me so much that I decided to share it, though it will probably interest you much less. The list is a chronological record, not of the books I have read in the ten or so years that I have been keeping these notebooks, but of the books that prompted me to make notes for some reason or another. There are some books, particularly some novels, even ones that I very much enjoyed, that went without any sort of notes at all and are therefore not on the list. There are others that did find their way into the notebooks and onto the list despite the fact that I genuinely disliked them. Also, in a number of cases, the book ended up in my notes on the second or third reading, because I first read it before I became addicted to reading in the way I now read. The rest of the list should be self-explanatory. It is also very probably too long to read, and you need not feel obligated even to try, but here it is in any case.
Erasmus Praise of Folly
Kierkegaard, Soren Fear and Trembling
Kierkegaard, Soren The Sickness Unto Death
Kierkegaard, Soren Concluding Unscientific Postscript
Rushdie, Salman Midnight's Children
Smith, Anna Deavere Twilight: Los Angeles 1992
Zitkala-Sa American Indian Stories
Hodgins, Jack The Invention of the World
Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
Hulme, Keri The Bone People
Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury
Stein, Gertrude Three Lives
Ondaatje, Michael Running in the Family
Mitscherling, Jeff Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics
Ingarden, Roman Selected Papers in Aesthetics
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Ethics
Lewis, C. S. The Abolition of Man
Ingarden, Roman The Literary Work of Art
Derrida, Jacques Writing and Difference
Derrida, Jacques A Derrida Reader
Derrida, Jacques Of Grammatology
Derrida, Jacques Difference
Husserl, Edmund Logical Investigations
De Saussure, Ferdinand Course in General Linguistics
Miller, J. Hillis Narrative
Radcliffe, Anne The Mysteries of Udalpho
Lewis, Matthew The Monk
Dickens, Charles Hard Times
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein
Woolf, Virginia Mrs. Dalloway
Lessing, Doris The Golden Notebook
Gosse, Edmund Father and Son
Augustine, Saint The Enchiridon
Norwich, Julian of Revelations of Divine Love
Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime
Barnes, Julian Flaubert's Parrot
Winterson, Jeanette Sexing the Cherry
Benjamin, Walter These on the Philosophy of History
Stoker, Bram Dracula
Kant, Immanuel The Contest of Faculties
Kant, Immanuel An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment
Arnold, Matthew Culture and Anarchy
Readings, Bill The University in Ruins
Graff, Gerald Professing Literature
Appadurai, Arjun Patriotism and its Futures
Ahmad, Aijaz Culture, Nationalism, and the Intellectual
Murray, Heather Working in English
Grant, George Technology and Empire
Chesterton, G. K. The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Adorno, Theodor W. Subject and Object
Critchley, Simon Ethics, Politics, Subjectivity
Jasper, David Rhetoric, Power, and Community
Blodgett, E. D. Silence, the Word, and the Sacred
Caputo, John God, the Gift, and Postmodernism
Shakespeare, William King Lear
Derrida, Jacques Aporias
Hood, Hugh The Swing in the Garden
Marion, Jean-Luc God Without Being
Osborne, John Look Back in Anger
Kipling, Rudyard Kim
Anonymous The Cloud of Unknowing
Eliot, George Adam Bede
Parker, William Riley Milton: A Biography
Hooker, Richard Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity
Nouwen, Henri The Return of the Prodigal Son
Kahn, Paul W. Law and Love: The Trials of King Lear
Booth, Stephen King Lear, MacBeth, Indefinition, and Tragedy
Danby, John Shakespeare's Doctrine of Nature
Elton, William King Lear and the Gods
Kronenfeld, Judy King Lear and the Naked Truth
Cornell, Drucilla Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice
Sterne, Laurence Tristram Shandy
Booth, Mark What I Believe
Marlowe, Christopher Marlowe: The Plays
Sawday, Jonathan The Body Emblazoned
Swift, Jonathan The Complete Poems
Rushdie, Salman East, West
Drakakis, John Shakespearean Tragedy
Girard, Rene Violence and the Sacred
Wilde, Oscar Comedies
Turgenev, Ivan Fathers and Sons
MacDonald, George Lilith
Girard, Rene I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
Carlyle, Thomas Selections from Carlyle
Litz, A. Walton Major American Short Stories
de Beavoir, Simone The Blood of Others
Derrida, Jacques The Gift of Death
MacDonald, George At the Back of the North Wind
Derrida, Jacques Archive Fever
Tutu, Desmond No Future Without Forgiveness
Derrida, Jacques Acts of Literature
Dostoevsky, Fydor The Idiot
Derrida, Jacques Acts of Religion
Dumas, Alexandre The Count of Monte Cristo
Vanier, Jean Made for Happiness
James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady
Vanier, Jean Finding Peace
James, Henry The Ambassadors
Yancey, Phillip Soul Survivor
Ranciere, Jacques The Names of History
La Capra, Dominick History and Criticism
Le Goff, Jacques History and Memory
de Certeau, Michel The Writing of History
Buechner, Frederick The Storm
Defoe, Daniel Moll Flanders
Foucault, Michel The Foucault Reader
Barnes, Julian A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters
Russell, Peter Constitutional Odyssey
Saul, John Ralston Voltaire's Bastards
Haselkorn, Anne Prostitution in Elizabethan Drama
Mudge, Bradford The Whore's Story
Zimmerman, Susan Desire on the Renaissance Stage
Kant, Immanuel Kant: On History
Hegel, G. W. F. Reason in History
Dollimore, Jonathan Sexual Dissidence
Foucault, Michel The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction
Foucault, Michel The History of Sexuality, Volume II: The Use of Pleasure
Foucault, Michel The History of Sexuality, Volume III: The Care of the Self
Cary, Elizabeth The Tragedy of Miriam
Foucault, Michel Madness and Civilization
Stackhouse. John J. Humble Apologetics
Foucault, Michel Discipline and Punish
Coetzee, J. M. Foe
Barthes, Roland Mythologies
Barthes, Roland S/Z: An Essay
Heidegger, Martin On the way to Language
Baudrillard, Jean Simulacra and Simulation
Dillard, Annie Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Heidegger, Martin Poetry, Language, Thought
Barnes, Julian Something to Declare
Milbank, John Radical Orthodoxy
Raeper, William George MacDonald
Gonzalez, Margarita Behind the Veil of Familiarity: C. S. Lewis (1898-1998)
Schakel, Peter Reason and Imagination in C. S. Lewis
Tolkien, J. R. R Tree and Leaf
Lewis, C. S. Of This and Other Worlds
Wangerin Jr., Walter The Book of the Dun Cow
MacDonald, George The Light Princess
MacDonald, George Phantastes
MacDonald, George The Lost Princess
MacDonald, George The Gifts of the Child Christ
MacDonald, George A Dish of Orts
Peters, Thomas The Christian Imagination
Montgomery, John Myth, Allegory, Gospel
Conlon, D. J. G. K. Chesterton: A Half Century of Views
Anonymous The Song of Roland
Milbank, John Being Reconciled
Chesterton, G. K. Orthodoxy
Barth, Karl Dogmatics in Outline
Dillard, Annie Living by Fiction
Algren, Nelson Nonconformity
Derrida, Jacques Positions
Amis, Kingsley The Biographer's Moustache
Rajan, Tilottama Deconstruction and the Remainders of Phenomenology
Dillard, Annie For the Time Being
Cohen Leonard Beautiful Losers
de Chardin, Teilhard The Divine Milieu
Faulkner, William As I Lay Dying
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Joyce, James Dubliners
Brown, Robert McAfee Saying Yes and Saying No
Brown, Robert McAfee Religion and Violence
Brown, Robert McAfee Unexpected News: Reading the Bible with the Third World
Longacre, Doris Living More with Less
Aichele, George Violence, Utopia, and the Kingdom of God
Barthes, Roland On Racine
Blanchot, Maurice The Step Not Beyond
Derrida, Jacques Religion and Violence
Foster, Hal The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Postmodern Culture
Godwin, William Caleb Williams
Kavanagh, Thomas The Limits of Theory
Behn, Aphra The Rover
Kierkegaard, Soren The Journals of Soren Kierkegaard
Kierkegaard, Soren Works of Love
Ibsen, Henrik Ghosts and Other Plays
Rushdie, Salman The Satanic Verses
Woolf, Virginia To The Lighthouse
Graves, Robert Poems Selected by Himself
Chesterton, G. K. Saint Francis of Assisi
More, Thomas Utopia
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich The Cost of Discipleship
Kierkegaard, Soren Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing
Chesterton, G. K. The Man Who Was Thursday
Webb, William Slaves, Women, and Homosexuals
Fokkelman, J. P. Reading Biblical Narrative
Lukacs, Georg Realism in Our Time
Huxley, Aldous The Doors of Perception
Bronte, Anne Agnes Grey
Levi-Strauss, Claude Totemism
Nietzsche, Friedrich Thus Spake Zarathustra
Thomas, Edward The Works of Edward Thomas
Forster, E. M. A Passage to India
Chekhov, Anton Ivanov and Other Plays
cummings, e. e. 100 Selected Poems
Becket, Samuel Endgame
Ward, Graham Barth, Derrida, and the Language of Theology
Smith, James K. A. Speech and Theology
Oliver, Mary Why I Wake Early
Rooke, Leon The Happiness of Others
Rushdie, Salman Shame
Steiner, George Real Presences
Camus, Albert The Plague
Kafka, Franz The Trial
Drefus, Hubert L. Being in the World
Rich, Adrienne Adrienne Rich's Poetry
Illich, Ivan Energy and Equity
Illich, Ivan Tools for Conviviality
Nin, Anais A Spy in the House of Love
Adams, Richard Shardik
Gorky, Maxim Fragments from My Diary
Zola, Emile Germinal
Barnes, Julian Love, Etc.
Grant, George Philosophy in the Mass Age
Barthes, Roland Empire of Signs
Newman, Jay Religion and Technology
Boethius The Consolation of Philosophy
Tilloch, Paul A History of Christian Thought
Hesse, Herman Steppenwolf
Derrida, Jacques Of Spirit
Hesse, Herman Magister Ludi
Derrida, Jacques Rogues
Camus, Albert The Fall
Whitman, Walt Leaves of Grass
Illich, Ivan Rivers North of the Future
Brueggemann, Walter Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Life Together
McLaren, Brian D. A New Kind of Christian
Wangerin Jr., Walter The Book of Sorrows
Derrida, Jacques Adieu to Emmanuel Levinas
Huxley, Aldous Collected Short Stories
Illich, Ivan Deschooling Society
Cixous, Helen Coming to Writing
Eco, Unberto Foucault's Pendulum
Levinas, Emmanuel God, Death, and Time
Honore, Carl In Praise of Slow
Borges, Jorge Luis Selected Poems
Abelard, Peter Ethical Writings
Borges, Jorge Luis Other Inquisitions
Norris, Kathleen The Cloister Walk
Woolf, Virginia The Common Reader
Levinas, Emmanuel Ethics and Infinity
Levinas, Emmanuel Outside the Subject
Rushdie, Salman Grimus
Dillard, Annie Holy the Firm
Levinas, Emmanuel Proper Names
Golding, William The Pyramid
Levinas, Emmanuel Of God Who Comes to MInd
Naipaul, V. S. The Enigma of Arrival
Shields, Carol The Box Garden
Wiesel, Elie The Night Trilogy
Golding, William Rites of Passage
Buechner, Frederick The Son of Laughter
Marion, Jean-Luc The Crossing of the Visible
Williams, Charles Many Dimensions
Williams, Charles All Hallows' Eve
Barnes, Julian Metroland
Marion, Jean-Luc Being Given
Ackroyd, Peter The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde
Derrida, Jacques Learning to Live Finally
Mossman, Dow The Stones of Summer
Styron, William Sophie's Choice
Koestler, Arthur Darkness at Noon
Lowry, Malcolm Under the Volcano
Wright, Richard Native Son
Saramago, Jose Seeing
Heller, Joseph Catch-22
Pynchon, Thomas The Crying of Lot 49
Fowles, John The Magus
Lessing, Doris Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Blanchot, Maurice The Instant of My Death
Lewis, C. S. The Pilgrim's Regress
Blanchot, Maurice A Voice from Elsewhere
Nabokov, Vladimir Pnin
Illich, Ivan Ivan Illich in Conversation
Maugham, Somerset Of Human Bondage
Barthes, Roland A Lover's Discourse
Friere, Paulo Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita
Barzun, Jacques The House of Intellect
Chesterton, G. K. The Man Who Knew Too Much
Rushdie, Salman The Moor's Last Sigh
Vanier, Jean Be Not Afraid
Dillard, Annie The Writing Life
Moorhouse, Geoffrey The Fearful Void
Genet, Jean Funeral Rites
Melville, Herman Moby Dick
Mailer, Norman An American Dream
Marion, Jean-Luc Prolegomena to Charity
Orwell, George Homage to Catalonia
Golding, William Pincher Martin
Graves, Robert Watch the North Wind Rise
Lyotard, Jean-Francois Postmodern Fables
Derrida, Jacques Echographies of Television
Ford, Ford Madox The Good Soldier
Cohen Leonard The Favourite Game
Chomsky, Noam Miseducation
Butler, Samuel Erewhon
Williams, Charles In the Place of the Lion
Chesterton, G. K. The Flying Inn
Wiesel, Elie The Forgotten
Debord, Guy The Society of the Spectacle
Mann, Thomas Doctor Faustus
Orwell, George Down and Out in Paris and London
Huxley, Aldous Island
de Certeau, Michel The Practise of Everyday Life
Winterson, Jeanette The Passion
Lilburn, Tim Going Home
Buber, Martin I and Thou
Kenner, Hugh The Elsewhere Community
Winterson, Jeanette Tanglewreck
Perec, Georges Species of Spaces
Orwell, George Books v. Cigarettes
Proust, Marcel Days of Reading
de Montaigne, Michel On Friendship
Bachelard, Gaston The Poetics of Space
Calvino, Italo Invisible Cities
Golding, William The Scorpion God
Kearney, Richard The God Who May Be
Gibson, William Pattern Recognition
Bolano, Roberto The Savage Detectives
Bolano, Roberto 2666
Bourdieu, Pierre On Television
Illich, Ivan In the Vineyard of the Text
Buechner, Frederick The Sacred Journey
Gibson, William All Tomorrow's Parties
Dick, Philip K. A Scanner Darkly
Winterson, Jeanette The Battle of the Sun
Williams, Charles Descent into Hell
Ward, Graham The Politics of Discipleship
Williams, Charles The Shadows of Ecstasy
Calvino, Italo If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
Maugham, Somerset The Razor's Edge
Layton, Irving A Red Carpet for the Sun
Gardner, John On Moral Fiction
Canetti, Elias Auto-da-Fe
Hoban, Russell The Lion of Boaz-Jachin
Ellison, Ralph Juneteenth
Bellow, Saul Herzog
Calvino, Italo The Road to San Giovanni
Davies, Robertson The Debtford Trilogy
Perez-Reverte, Arturo The Club Dumas
Hemingway, Ernest True at First Light
Heidegger, Martin What is Called Thinking?
Derrida, Jacques Of Hospitality
Saramago, Jose All the Names
Green, Graham The Power and the Glory
Dick, Philip K. Blade Runner
Dick, Philip K. Flow My Tears the Policeman Said
Miller, Henry Tropic of Cancer
Roth, Phillip The Human Stain
Ricoeur, Paul Living Up to Death
Gardner, John October Light
Saramago, Jose Small Memories
Saramago, Jose Blindness
Postman, Neil Amusing Ourselves to Death
Golding, William The Paper Men
Illich, Ivan Toward a History of Needs
Weil, Simone Waiting for God
Haggard, H. Rider She
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I have often found myself at odds with some of my fellow readers, even those who are otherwise very similar to me, over the the proper treatment of the books we read. There are some who treat their books with absolute disregard, scribbling in them aimlessly, breaking their spines, turning down their page corners, dirtying them unnecessarily, and I have always felt that there was something wrong about this, ever since I was reading C. S. Lewis' autobiography, at the age of nine or ten, as he described his tutor thumbing through his books with hands still dirty from the garden, an image that still causes me distress even now. There are others, however, who approach their books almost as sacred objects, buying only the best editions, ensuring that they not be worn or marked in any way, almost to the point of leaving them unread, and I find this treatment distressing as well, since books need to be read and to be read well in order to do what they are meant to do.
Between these two extremes, I have always thought that books need to be treated in the same way as craftspeople treat their tools, as good woodworkers and cooks and doctors treat the implements of their trade, not leaving them untouched and untouchable, as if they were sacred objects, but neither leaving them to grow dirty and disrepaired. A craftperson's tools, when used properly, will come to look worn, because they are performing their function, but they will also be clean and in good repair and put in their place. In the same way, when properly used, a reader's books will look worn, because they have been read closely and with attention, at length and at leisure, but they will also be well kept and in their place. There may be notes in the margins, and the pages may look thumbed, but they will not have been broken and defaced, because this prevents them from performing their function.


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When it concerns the important things that can make or break an event, couple of are as important as the quality, taste and appearance of the food and drinks you serve. A lot is riding on your decision of which caterer to work with, and if you think this choice truly isn't that important, look at it in this manner, fantastic catering can rescue an occasion that's on the rocks, however bad catering will usually send out guests to the doors.
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Of all the event and catering professionals we talked with, this showed up over and over and over again, mainly because how responsive and interested a caterer is during your initial conversations is a sign of how they will carry out throughout the length of their contract with you (and more on agreements later).
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Not every caterer is perfect or every kind of occasion, and many catering services themselves openly admit this.
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Practically every caterer has a basic menu or menus to select from, and numerous do supply some level of built-in versatility to adjust these menus to your specific needs by substituting specific items and/or personalizing others.
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How will you ever understand exactly what a catering service can do unless you sample their goods? And more specifically, how will you know exactly what the menu items you are thinking about will taste like unless you specifically try them?
Some people shy away from asking to sample the specific items they want for their occasion since it looks like a trouble for the caterer, but it is standard to request a tasting of exactly what you are intending to order prior to you sign on the dotted line.
In addition, you can request wine parings for these tastings if they are appropriate for your occasion (again, be prepared to pay a cost, it's a small cost to pay to guarantee you pick the best catering service). When you are tasting the food, also address how it exists, as any caterer who makes the effort to correctly display a sample will probably be more likely to make that type of effort on your occasion day.
Are you an event manager who needs to manage catering details, budgets and tasks?
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You may be in for a surprise if you work with a BBQ take-out joint to cater an official ballroom fundraiser. Or if you select a high-end corporate occasion catering service to serve a barn wedding. Why? Because these catering services might not be accustomed to preparing and serving food in such a setting.
This can get even more specific depending upon limitations of the venue itself, like in the case of museums and historical sites.
A lot more conventional places can likewise have limitations that caterers must follow, like particular setup requirements or disposal constraints for waste food and water, so having a caterer that is familiar with a venue's rules can potentially save you great deals of hassle on occasion day.
# 5 Total Description Of Services/Goods Promised In The Agreement
The catering service's contract need to clearly spell out exactly what food, drinks and services the caterer will be offering on the designated day( s). Additionally, it must safeguard you from non-performance as much as it protects the catering service from non-payment/default, so you may want to think about having a lawyer} take a look at it before you sign it.
Every detail ought to be included in the contract, consisted of chosen menus, variety of servings and/or people to be served, beverage/bar service details (if applicable) and all rates and extra services.
No catering service in Goodna with a shred of dignity and scruples enters into an agreement with strategies to bail at the last minute, but you need to make certain there is a cancellation stipulation in your contract simply in case your catering service has to cancel.
You do not wish to be left without recourse with only days or hours prior to your occasion, so simply make sure cancellation procedures and charges remain in place so you do have a backup plan.
# 6 Referrals You Can Call and Talk To
Of course you will have to check up on the caterers you are considering, and it's always great to begin online and check out sites.
However, don't stop there, as online reviews are not constantly trustworthy (and even genuine); for instance, a great catering service might have had a few nightmare/hater clients who skew their scores, while a truly average caterer might have padded their online reviews. So see if you can locate some past clients of the caterers you are thinking about and reach out to them.
# 7 Insurance Coverage
Every catering service we spoke to called insurance coverage "an offered" for catering services, and you definitely don't wish to legally be on the hook for some oversight or mishap that was the fault of your catering service.
# 8 A Skilled Chef and Kitchen Personnel
Surprisingly, how long a catering company in Goodna has actually been in business might not be as crucial in picking a great caterer as you may believe.
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Is tennis something you've been interested in for a while? Perhaps you've seen professional tennis matches on TV and think it's something you'd be good at? Tennis can be an incredibly rewarding sport, even for those who don't want to do it competitively. It can help improve your hand-eye coordination, your overall fitness levels and also increase your social life! Better yet, once you've learned the basics of tennis, you can get straight to playing the game. What better way of getting better at something than practicing it, after all?
You don't, however, want to jump into practicing the sport before you understand the technical side of things. You might be teaching yourself something incorrectly, and it's much harder to unlearn bad habits than it is to get things right in the first place. Don't worry if this sounds scary, though, as this guide will take you through every step in a simple, easy to follow way.
In tennis, the server's score is always announced first. This is the person who makes the first swing to pass the ball to their opponent, which starts the round. The second score will be the score of the receiver.
Each round is worth fifteen points. If the server had won two rounds, for example, and their opponent had yet to win any, the score would be read at 30-love. Love is a word used in tennis when someone has yet to earn any points.
If a game is tied at 40-40, this will be called a "deuce." If the server wins the next round, they will have servers advantage; whereas if the receiver gets the next point, it's known as receiver advantage. This is the case because the person with the advantage only needs one more point to score. If their opponent scores, it will send the game back into a tie, or deuce, and the same process will repeat itself.
Unlike other sports, tennis isn't one where you'll play one game and go home. Instead, games in tennis are known assets, which consists of at least six games. In tennis, the sets will not be over until one player has won six games in total and is two sets up over their opponent. If one player has five points and the other has six, they will have to keep playing until one player has a two-point advantage. If both players have won six games each, it's usually declared that a tie-breaking game will be played.
The Court
The tennis court can seem a little overwhelming as a beginner, but it gets easier once you understand how it works. With the court spanning 78 by 27 feet, it's split in half length-wise by the net. You can't hit the net or touch it with your hands once the game has started.
There are many white lines on the tennis court. The parallel lines furthest from the net on either side are known as the baselines. This is where you and your opponent will stand when making your serve. You should notice a small line in the middle of the baseline, which is the center mark. You will stand on the left or right of this mark to make a serve.
There is another, a thinner line between the baseline and the net, known as the service line. You must aim your serves into the area between the net and the service line.
The service area is divided into halves vertically, perpendicular to the net on both sides. This divides the service area into town sections.
You will then see two lines on either side of the court. These are perpendicular to the net and mark the boundaries of the court. There are two lines present for this: the inner line is the guideline for unique games, whereas the bigger, outer line is used for double games.
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There are six different strokes in tennis, all of which serve a different purpose.
The serve is the shot that will start each set or game. This involves the server tossing the ball over their head and hitting it when the ball drops down. To count as a successful service, the ball needs to have crossed the net and land in the service box without hitting the net.
The forehand is the most common tennis shot, which means you'll get a lot of practice with this one as you practice the sport. Using whichever hand is most dominant, you'll swing your racket from low to high in the direction of where you wish to send the ball.
He backhand shot involves bringing your racket across your body to hit it from your non-dominant side. Using this stroke, you will hit the ball with the back of your racket.
The lob is a high shot aimed above your opponent's head. It's often used when your opponent is close to the net, and there is lots of space behind them, where you intend the ball to land too. If the ball bounces more than once before they hit it back to you, then you have won the point.
The smash involves hitting the overhead ball height and down into the other side of the court. This involves a similar motion to hit a serve.
Now that you have a grasp on the basics of the sport, it's time to start practicing. Find someone willing to be your opponent—preferably someone of a similar tennis level—and find a local tennis court. The more you practice, and implement the technical side of the sport, the better you will get. It might seem like a lot to comprehend, but before long, you won't remember a time where you didn't know the technical side of tennis.
Some things you can do practice your tennis that doesn't involve having an opponent include:
- Practicing your serve. If you don't have a partner, spend an hour or so at your local tennis court delivering serves like you would if you were with someone else. Practice the tossing element, where the ball lands on the other side of the net, and the speed you deliver your serve at.
- Use a ball machine. If your local tennis club has a ball machine, make as much use out of this as possible. This will help you to improve the consistency of your shots, which will make you a harder opponent to beat when you do face someone else. If you cannot access a tennis ball machine, practicing against a wall will do.
- Practice your footwork. This involves practicing your sprinting from one side of the court to the other while holding your racket, which improves your speed and endurance. You can also use a skipping role to help improve the flexibility of your footwork.


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To meet the challenge of Covid-19 situation we have temporarily changed the way that our services work and the support that we offer. We can offer focused support to people by telephone or video call and can also offer online treatments.
We hope to be able to move back to our normal service as quickly as we can once the Covid-19 situation is over.
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These are a great way of meeting others facing the same difficulties as you, and give you an opportunity to learn from the experiences of others. They also can enable you to learn more beneficial techniques over a short period time, and the time to practice these techniques at your own pace and with the support of others before practicing them alone.
The Brent Talking Therapies Service offers the following courses, workshops and events. Please contact the Talking Therapies service to be referred. Entry into a group is subject to assessment and availability.
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This is a one off workshop for clients who have some form of sleeping difficulty. It is designed as an enhancement to one-to-one treatment rather than a treatment in its own right. It would not be suitable for long standing sleeping difficulties or clients presenting with symptoms of insomnia, sleep apnoea, or narcolepsy for example.
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This is a one off relapse prevention session helping attendees to consolidate their learning, recognise early warning signs of becoming unwell again and learn how to maintain their progress. The session is for those who have completed treatment at step 2 or step 3.
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Moodtools is designed to help people manage symptoms of anxiety and depression. The course starts with an introduction to CBT and helps clients to understand anxiety and depression. Throughout the course attendees will learn techniques such as behavioural activation, cognitive restructuring, worry, exposure therapy, relaxation, and sleep hygiene. This is not a therapy group and clients will not be asked to contribute personal testaments throughout the sessions. The material is taught using a powerpoint presentation and is supported by workbooks.
- Overcoming Panic
As the name suggests, this group is aimed at helping those with panic (with or without agoraphobia). Attendees will learn about the fight/flight response and the role of safety behaviours. Guided self-help techniques such as exposure therapy, cognitive restructuring, and behavioural experiments will all be covered.
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This group is for individuals who are suffering from either stress or worry that is due to demands in their life. Attendees will learn about stress and its effects on the body, relaxation, healthy work life balance with routine, assertiveness, sleep hygiene, worry techniques and thinking errors amongst other things. Attendees must be aware they are suffering from stress, accepts this and have an understanding of what they are stressed about. There must be an absence of co-morbid disorders that would render the treatment insufficient e.g. moderate to server depression or anxiety disorders.
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Introduction to talking therapies workshop is designed to provide you with an understanding of what talking therapies are and what they entail. It can be seen as a foundation to your treatment to help you plan your journey towards recovery and help you identify your goals for therapy. This group is designed to be a preliminary introduction to what we offer in the service prior to having further treatment.


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When designing a basement bathroom, in addition to pipes and vents, you should also think about the style of this room. Will you make it a classic bathroom with natural stones or the modern one with concrete structure?
Indeed, the most appropriate strategy to create a bathroom in the basement is to hide it. However, sometimes there is always a way to make it look nice and even not boring. The reason is the basement bathroom needs to compete with other spaces under your house, such as the lounge or steps.
One of the most important parts of the bathroom in the basement is the condition of the ceiling which must be strong enough to drive the moisture out of the house. Like steam, for example, which looks simply like small cloud when you're showering. But, once you go after a shower, the steam will turn back into the water and into the sidelines walls and floor of the room. In the end, this will be the dirty things that you do not want to clean it everytime after you finish taking a bath.
Obviously, the presence of a ventilation fan is the way to lead humidity out of your bathroom. Do not let your bathroom in really hot or cold condition since you have to maintain the temperature balanced.
Keep in mind that a basement bathroom offers plenty of opportunities to use a variety of standard structures that already exist in the home, e.g, the wall foundation which becomes the building structure. Why do you have to cover its strong appearance with gypsum wall? There is actually no need to do it.
In addition, you need to consider the installation of water pipes or electricity. Indeed, not all the water or electrical installation looks nice to see. However, if you have a plan to make the structure of the open space (open plan), the results obtained could be different, that is very unique and interesting.
Exposing the pipe can be a cool way to make a basement in your home or the home seemed to industrial plants in the cave like in ancient times. This is better and less troublesome than building many things to something that you should actually show.
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Sharing anniversary celebrations with the BMF
2018 sees our 10th successful trading year since the business began, and we were delighted to be included in the Builder's Merchants Federation's special anniversary publication in celebration of our milestone. As the BMF is celebrating 40 years as the BMF and 110 years as a trade body, they created a unique supplement in partnership with Builder's Merchant's News to highlight various businesses within the industry who are celebrating milestones this year.
Director Claire Digby spoke with Vicki Evans, reporter for the BMN, to discuss our milestone and what we were looking forward to in the future of the business.
Darren and Claire Digby founded Digby Stone in January 2008. Despite launching in the middle of the recession, the company steadily grew for the next ten years with a controlled growth of both products and people. It was born out of the couple's desire to have a lifestyle change and to create something for themselves.
The duo have always been familiar faces around the industry, as they have attended events for years through Darren's previous jobs at various companies, including Atlas Stone and Brett Group. Claire's background was in sales.
Right from the start, the company aimed to become a member of the BMF, and it achieved that goal within the first year of business. It was important to Darren and Claire, as the BMF supports them through training, advice and especially the all-important networking.
Claire said: "That was a real landmark as we were such a young company and we were still in a position to join the BMF. Becoming a member was very important to us and we saw that space to strengthen our networking opportunities."
When speaking with Claire, she was pleased to show that the company is not just stable at the merchant-facing end, with new products out and a developed digital strategy, but behind the scenes too.
Digby Stone's growth has been maintained over the last decade, and Darren and Claire have been very proud of what they have achieved.
Reflecting on the last ten years, Claire spoke about the current challenges in the industry: "We feel that the business has become far more price-driven than it was, hence more competitive. There has been a massive amount of mergers with larger companies, and a greater emphasis on buying groups. Now, more than ever, customers are looking for different items so it is a challenge for the company to source innovative and new products."
However, Claire said the main thing that has stayed constant is the people – "it is a people-driven industry and is all built on relationships."
These relationships are often formed in person and that is why events and networking opportunities are so important for the merchant industry. Dinners and conferences give suppliers a chance to show directly what their company is about, and provide a way for clients to see the passion that the couple have for their company as well as the industry as a whole.
Darren and Claire see further expansion and product development in the future for the company. There is already expansion in the works, including a new warehouse and office space, so that the workforce can increase, with the potential of three new employees by the end of the year.
Going back to how people affect the business, Claire said: "We believe that customer service and culture is the hardest to copy. A competitor can copy your price or even go direct to your supplier and copy your product, but they cannot copy your customer service. Passion and quality customer service is nurtured from the offset, and that is what Digby Stone is known for."
Words by Vicki Evans, Builder's Merchants News
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Last season we tried something new and held a video chat right before the premiere of Dancing with the Stars. We had almost 1000 people join us live, and we had a lot of fun talking about the premiere of DWTS with a bunch of people on camera and in the chat.
Since it was such a success, we're going to do it again this season on Monday, 3/21 at 6:30 PM ET (3:30 PT) as a lead up to the season premiere. It looks like @juliadelbel is going to co-host the video chat with me, but we'd love to get as many of you on camera and in the chat room as possible. The more perspectives and predictions the better.
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My plan had been to post my workouts here, but that plan collapsed when I had a long little-or-no run stretch.
Slowly I've managed to get back up to 3 laps of Twin Lakes, which I managed this morning. The temperature was much cooler than it has been over the past few days, but it was still toasty. I got in 4 yesterday on the Eastway course, so 3 laps was the goal. It was touch and go, especially in mile 3, but I managed to hold on.
I got in 6 runs this week, and over 20 miles. So it was a good week.
My hope was to post each running-day. Alas, that plan came apart last Thursday when I felt pain behind my left knee about 2.25 into a run. It's been sore ever since until today. So I went out aiming to do 2 miles, and I ended up doing that. Right now, in the afternoon, my right knee itself is a bit sore. We'll see what happens.
In any case, I'm not doing the Bronxville 2.5 miler this week-end, which was, in 2017, the first race I had done in quite a while.
I took yesterday off simply because I didn't want to push things.
Today's plan was a nice-and-easy 4 on the Eastway loop. Turned out not to be so easy. Pace wasn't hard and breathing wasn't labored for the most part, but still a struggle. Cut out one stretch to get back and struggled home in 29:53 for 4.
This was the first day in which it felt like Summer was coming. Not too warm and not too humid, but I could feel the heat.
Objective today was to go nice and easy and get 5 miles in at Twin Lakes. Focused on the easy part, and did not have any struggling stretches. But couldn't have gone much farther.
(Photo: Twin Lakes, looking south, on the western trail.)
I did not realize how long it has been since I posted here. And I've nothing interesting to post now, but while doing my morning run I figured I'd try to post regularly about my daily runs. We'll see how long that lasts.
In recent weeks, I've had issues with breathing, as in, I found myself taking breathes every two steps (right-left) and couldn't get comfortable. Struggle, struggle, toil, and trouble. Slow it down. So I tried 5 short repeats on the street on Wednesday, about 200 meters each. I was able to get to 4 on Thursday morning and took yesterday off.
Today I wanted to get to 5. So I concentrated on keeping it slow. So Mile 1 was as slow as I've ever done, 8:09, and that left me in a position to keep relaxed and not be breathing heavily. And so it went.
Until it didn't. Just past Mile 4, and perhaps because of a quick turn to get across Route 22, things fell completely apart within a matter of a few strides. Suddenly I was in distress. But I was determined to keep going, no matter what the pace. I decided to cut the course and just get to 5. Fortunately, after a quarter mile, I started to feel not-so-horrible again and was able to finish strongly. So that was today's run.
Well, on running, good progress to report. A 7-miler, non-stop, at Twin Lakes yesterday. I was able to keep things under control throughout and never felt under strain. 57:08 for an 8:09 pace. The splits were quite even: 8:32, 8:12, 8:14 (with a turn-around), 8:07, 7:50, 8:04, 8:03.
On Music: My nephew Patrick is a rapper, going by the name Wiki. I sometimes don't understand what he says, but he's known for his lyrics, and when I went to one of his shows the youngsters in the crowd seemed to know them all.
I did a stream-of-consciousness thing, some of which bears no relation to him.
Things have been up and down for a while, but since January 1 they've been looking up as I've started to work from home. I can do virtually everything I need to do from my desk, including filing papers in various courts. The modern age. And soon, I'll be able to do them from my porch.
Since I no longer have to schlep to work, I have more flexibility running-wise, and am taking advantage. So far, not with anything dramatic. I'm slowly, very slowly, building up. I did 3 miles this morning.
I've taken a liking to a 2.5 mile lollipop loop; at its northern end there's a 1/2 mile circle so it's easy to add. (Hence today's 3.0.) It has some very slight hills, bumps really, but I had gotten the first of them into my head and developed a phobia for the run. But I realize that that little up in the beginning is a down at the end. Very little traffic. People often walking dogs. It's a nice little loop.
I haven't posted in a bit. I drafted something about a series of back-and-forths with cg9m in some comments, chiefly on She's Gone, but I decided it wasn't worth posting. I'll just note that I found her accusations misplaced (I think she was in a post-election spiral) and troubling and the whole thing sad, as it came from someone who I had coached and of whom I thought highly.
But what of running? Today I did two laps of Twin Lakes. 3.2 miles in 26:06. I got to 3 yesterday and in both cases the final stretch was painful. I'd gained weight and have tried to cut down on some of my eating and get more walking in. I then threw in some running, at first walking hard for 20 minutes, running a mile or so, walking hard for 20 minutes. Then just running. So far no injuries to report.
In any case, here's a short post-run video from this morning:
Thirty-three years ago was wet and a bit chilly in New York. Ed Koch was the Mayor and his was not among the several names for the 59th, or TK's, Bridge. I took the subway from my apartment on West 85th Street — just off the Park — and headed to a Warren Street mate's apartment in the teens or twenties. After some mingling, we boarded a small bus/large van and drove across the Verrazano Bridge and were discharged near the start.
Things were different in those days. We used the "world's longest urinal" and jogged in a parking lot south of the start. And we were told the race was to begin shortly and headed to the start. I had a very-high number, this being my first marathon, but I had convinced NYRRC that I indeed meritted starting near the front, and so had a blue dot on it. (This is why Geoff Smith had a very high number with an initial letter; it was his first marathon too.)
I had joined Warren Street the year before, and at my first race Tracy Sundlun had unceremoniously pulled a red singlet from a bag in New Rochelle for that city's half-marathon and handed it to me. It said "Manufacturers Hanover" on the front — a bank that would ultimately be part of Chase — and "Warren Street" on the back. Tracy had now gotten us proper singlets, and shorts and other paraphenaila. In Raider black-and-gray, "Warren Street" dominated the singlet's front.
I stepped in to perhaps the eighth or ninth row, and the cannon erupted. We were off. I had just gotten my first digital watch. When we hit the mile mark mid-span I checked it and to my shock read "00:00:00". Oh well. Tracy's instructions were clear: go out easily. And I did. I have no idea what my splits were, but from when we hit Brooklyn until the Bronx, no one passed me. I felt great.
I remember climbing the afrementioned TK Bridge and how quiet and spooky it was and then the hairpin turn onto 59th and lefthander onto First and going beneath the bridge to the sudden cacaphony of noise upon hitting 60th. I saw family members cheering at mile 17. It was wet and rainy, but not too much.
I felt good. I passed Grete at 19. She had a group of men with her, as was the tradition when the lead women started with the men, and I just cruised past. And then the Bronx.
Heading on that stretch that goes beneath Metro North's tracks and to the Madison Avenue Bridge, I caught a group of guys and thought, maybe I'll run with them for a bit. I was getting a wee bit tired. This was just past 20 so I was thinking to ratchet things down a tad. And down they went. As I got out of my rhythm, I started to fall to pieces.
I don't recall much from then. In those days, we entered the Park at 103rd Street. While this cut the long hill to 90th, it added a steeper hill at the entrance. I remember cheering picking up as I reached the southern end of the straight stretch along the Resevoir, just before Mile 24 and the Met. It was not for me. Grete went storming past, having rid herself of her escort. My wife was there — we were newly-weds at the time — and has a photo.
Things became a bit surreal. With the first woman having passed, there was a let-down among the spectators, which would disappear when they started cheering for everyone. But for a brief interlude, they quieted.
It didn't matter of course. I didn't care who passed me at this pont. I hadn't blown-up. I was just really tired and wet. And I felt betrayed. Running on the part of the course on which I ran nearly every day and expecting that this would be my strong stretch, I felt that it had betrayed me because I felt horrible.
I soldiered on, passing the one-mile-to-go sign. Turning onto Central Park South and looking west to Columbus Circle, it dawned on me that this was a long, slight uphill. This was depressing news to me. I saw someone stop, and I thought this was a good idea. I stopped. I had been keeping track of my time and realized that I had a shot at sub-2:30.
So with encouragement from the crowd, I started up again. Not a shuffle, but a run. Not that fast, but a run.
And so I ran the less-than-a-mile to the finish. And I did get there in under 2:30. For perspective, though, Grete covered the last 2+ 2:13 faster than I did.
And I was tired. Looking at the ABC tape later, it cut to the end of the chutes between interviewing Grete and Smith (who was passed by Rod Dixon at the 26-mile mark). There I was, fifteen sseconds of me being escorted by two EMTs trained to look for the struggling. They asked me some basic information and let me continue to get my bag. And there I was on national TV, with CPTC's Fritz Mueller right behind, very tired and very happy.
On Thursday I did what was perhaps my slowest run ever. 4 miles in 32:28, for an 8:05 pace. I ran around the neighborhood, and felt great. It's the type of run that boosts enthusiasm.
I ran into Yonkers yesterday and made it back, for a tad over 5 and this one hurt a bit, but I was determined to make it and did. I needed to add a bit of distance (to get to 5), and the most-convenient way is to run to the end of Stuyvesant Plaza and back, which is just south of my street. The problem is that there is a slight but formidable hill coming back. I decided that I wouldn't wuzz out on it, and it was done.
The "45" is a reference to today's run at Twin Lakes/ Nature Study. 45:04 for 5.6, and what was noteworthy is that I was hurting through 36. There is a long slight uphill to the end of a lap of Twin Lakes (heading clockwise), and I hoped that I would feel better when I had crested it and would do 40. But with each stride I felt better and decided, what-the-hell, go for 45. Rejuvenation indeed.
So runs on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.