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In a few weeks, I'll be moving out of my house to a new home with more land. As a passionate gardener, this is a dream come true. To prepare for my real-life enactment of the game, Gardenscapes, I decided to learn about permaculture.
Permaculture is a way of looking at the environment holistically, and working with, rather than against, the natural systems that already exist on a site. Instead of viewing the soil as a resource to extract, and weeds or insects as things to be eradicated, permaculture honors the patterns and relationships in nature that build and balance growth. Nutrient-rich soil is developed organically; animals and birds are encouraged into the garden so that they, not herbicides and insecticides, will control weeds and bugs.
There are two things about permaculture that attracted my attention because they're so common sense that they apply to our kehillot – sacred communities – as well.
1. Understanding the site
Before building up expectations about the size, location and shape of a garden, permaculture practitioners take into account forces like sunlight, wind patterns, slope and flooding. Some places just make the gardener work harder. They don't get enough light or they're at the top of a hill when all the rain water washes to the bottom. That's not to say that it's impossible to maintain a garden there. It means, though, that the gardener has to be intentional about the selection and placement of plants so that they match the strengths of the environment. Otherwise, the gardener spends more energy fighting the site than cultivating the growth of plants that have the natural inclination to thrive in the area.
Can you recognize the pattern in kehillot? Many of our synagogue buildings are located now in areas where demographic trends make growing the size or diversity of the community, (aka "bringing in young families"), a challenge. I have worked with many, and there's usually a person or two who are sure that one more big marketing push will bring people in the door. Often, there is no marketing committee, and no institutional strength or money to launch a campaign. Even so, this intrepid gardener is sure that one more season of just working harder will overcome the environment.
How do we approach this as kehilla permaculturists? One of the most important things leaders can do is build in ways to step back and realistically assess the lay of the land. This is almost impossible to do in urgent moments. Like gardeners, synagogue board members are most worried in the spring, when they're trying to balance the budget for the upcoming year. Strategic planning is one way to create a process that gathers data and information before digging into decisions. If launching strategic planning is too much for now, there are other ways for professional and volunteer leaders to build time for reflection and analysis together, as part of a leadership learning agenda.
2. Understanding the gardener.
Permaculture practitioners divide the garden into somewhat circular zones, beginning closest to the house and working outward. Why? One simple principle begins with understanding the nature of human beings: We tend to take care of things best when they're in close proximity. For example, if I'm making a dinner for my friends and family, but I have to walk 200 feet in the rain to get some herbs and salad greens, how often will I bother to use them? And if I have to carry my watering can out there twice a day just to keep them alive, forget it…I'd rather go to the supermarket for my parsley.
The practicality of permaculture, then, tells me to place the things I want to use every day right at my back door. I'll notice when they need water, or some propping up, and I'll take care of it each time I pass by. Continuous, but effortless, maintenance will free up my time and energy so that I can be more intentional about how I tend to the plants that are farther away, in Zones 2 or 3.
What does this have to do with kehillot? We can't map out geographic boundaries and tend to the people who live within them in different ways. But in a sacred community, our "zones" have to do with time. The rhythm and cycle of Jewish life bring people together in different ways at different moments of their lives. What we're growing in the garden of community is relationships; what we're attending to are moments with relational potential.
We have fixed times – daily minyan, religious school pickup and dropoff, Shabbat, holidays – when we know who and when people will be in close proximity. It's during those times that we can predict encounters and look for ways to maximize relationship-building.
- Do you have a cafe corner on Sunday mornings that invites people to slow down and schmooze, and then go into adult or family learning opportunities?
- You'll see coffee corners in some shuls on Saturdays, now, too, for the same reason. Yes, it means people can leave the service and congregate outside the sanctuary. But the alternative has been that they were congregating in their own kitchens, not the shul.
- Is your kehilla one of the growing numbers that sponsor a CSA, (community supported agriculture)? Do you just set it up in the parking lot and control traffic as people drive in and out to pick up their veggies? Or do you give people reasons to slow down, park the car and meet one another? I have seen some CSA committees pass out hors d'oeuvres during pickup time that were made from the ingredients in that week's produce. In the best kehilla permaculture strategy I have seen, the religious school was involved, as the curriculum integrated the Jewish values reflected in the CSA movement.
- Programs continue to be an important Zone 1 opportunity in our kehillot. There are ways to maximize their relational potential as well. United Synagogue has created a Relational Checklist for programs, and we have been distributing it at our district Relational Judaism conferences. (Contact your kehilla relationship manager if you'd like a copy.)
Building Up the Soil
Permaculturists do one more thing that is critical to the success of their gardens: They don't disturb the natural balance of the soil by digging around, plowing and overturning the earth. Although that tactic will produce one good year of harvest, it depletes energy and nutrients, and takes twice as much effort to build it up again for the next season. It isn't only about planting; it's about nourishment and replenishment of the ecosystem.
For that reason, permaculture gardeners create rich, fertile soil by layering materials on top of the beds that will generate energy, a diversity of organisms, and nutrients. Nothing is overlooked in a permaculture garden, because the gardener knows every tree branch that fell on the property, has collected leaves and grass clippings, and processed every scrap of food waste. What separates a permaculture garden from an ordinary one is the background work of gathering and preparing the raw materials that will continually inject energy into the system.
As for our communities, kehilla permaculture can't only be about making friends. Conservative Judaism's garden only comes alive if we help all people engage with our rich tradition as they walk the path together. How do you continually gather and prepare the raw materials of diversity, meaning and purpose to nourish your community?


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ALOR SETAR: Barisan Nasional (BN) announced on Tuesday (Apr 24) that it will once again field Nawawi Ahmad in the parliamentary seat where former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is hoping to stage a comeback.
Mr Nawawi, 57, won the Langkawi seat in 2013 with more than double the number of votes received by his opponent then, the People's Justice Party's (PKR) Ahmad Abdullah.
This time round, Dr Mahathir will be the one contesting under the PKR logo. To win the contest in the 14th general election, he is banking on the development he had brought to the islands in his home state of Kedah when he was in power.
Mr Nawawi, however, urged voters not to get too sentimental when casting their ballots on May 9.
"He's almost 100 years old, with due respect, how can he have the physical strength and energy, let alone time to serve the people here?" he said after his candidacy was announced.
"I respect Dr Mahathir as a father figure who has vast experience. However, in the case of elected representatives, we have to choose someone who can work day and night instead of a person who only comes to contest but later live in Kuala Lumpur," he added.
Mr Nawawi, who is also the Langkawi UMNO division chief, called on voters to pick the candidate who can bring development to both the island and country.
One analyst has questioned if Mr Nawawi will be able to stand up against Dr Mahathir's legacy in Langkawi and his home state.
"The competition right now between Dr Mahathir and the incumbent is akin to an elephant going up against a cat," said Associate Professor Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi from the Department of Malay Socio-Culture of University Malaya.
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Mr Nawawi is, however, confident of the BN's chances. He said the seat has been among the coalition's strongholds in Kedah, as shown in the last general election.
"We think that the strength of BN in Langkawi is the most powerful (compared to all parliamentary constituencies in the state). Our majority (votes) were over 11,000, whereas other areas only obtained between 2,000 and 3,000.
"This means Langkawi has the strength. However, we will not look down at the opponent because they also have their own (election) machinery," he told reporters.
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-----Original Message----- From: Sent: 19/03/05 2:39:16 PM To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: bamboo marimbaDear Jim McCarthy,
Hey, I am multi-instrumentalist trying to build a cheap marimba, nothing fancy, out of some scrap bamboo I have for fun. I have an interest in instrument building I'm trying to cultivate with this project. I've read most of the articles on your site and found them to be extremely helpful in understanding the underlying principles of marimba sound production. I started to design my project marimba (is it even a marimba???) and I wasn't sure if I should split the bamboo or leave it whole. I opted to split it so that I might be able to use the rest of the bamboo to make resonators. Visually deconstruction a marimba (or probably vibraphone in my case having no experience with marimbas) I split the bamboo to make bars. Would you recommend splitting them in the future? It seems like if you leave them whole they might act as their own resonators, but maybe not.
I was also wondering about figuring bar length. I have a finite amount of bamboo and don't want to mess this up. Do you have any suggestions for how to approach this? This is what I was going to try. My lowest pitched piece is 29cm by 1.5cm. I was going to cut the 2 heaviest/highest pitched pieces into thirds to make 6 pieces around 6-10cm for the most upper register. Should I cut the pieces to make a linear change from the longest to the shortest and then try to turn everything or trim as needed? Or is there a formula or ratio I can follow that'll put me in the ball park. I feel like I should be able to get 2 bars per piece of bamboo if I plan well. I haven't figured out what range it is in yet or what my lowest note is but I could find out if it helps. Is it unreasonable to think I can alter the note enough just by thinning the bar or should I be focusing more on working with bar lengths?
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I'll do my best to answer your questions although my experience with bamboo is limited by never actually building bars with it myself.
Firstly - I think splitting the bars is the right thing to do, you double your material and get rid of potential circular vibration modes that might make a tuning nightmare. It also means you can be sure there are no non-hollow bits which would tend to act as nodal positions where you might not want them. A note on that: if you can avoid having any segment junctions in your bars, do so- if you don't have the lengths to plan it that way, cut so the joins are at the positions where the vibrational nodes will be anyway. The idea of having the bar as its own resonator is interesting but wouldn't work very well even in the incredibly unlikely event that you could get a tube that would vibrate longitudinally and have a single open end with correct acoustic length. The bars would have to be too long to be practical anyway and, and it wouldn't resonate properly as the direction of vibration would be perpendicular to the bar's primary mode.
If it was me, I would make a tube resonator for each note. They are WAY more efficient than a box style resonator and you will need this efficiency with bamboo as it doesn't produce a huge tone by itself. A slit length of bamboo would not be big enough for a box style resonator - you are right there - although in theory it could work ok with the right dimensions as long as you segmented the strip into a number of sub-boxes with the size of the slit getting smaller at the low end. Individuals are what you need though. A guitar is a bit different again of course as a high percentage of the sound is transferred to the body mechanically through the bridge / Post assembly.
BARS: you are best to get your highest note and lowest note first. Once you have found the ideal nodal points for these you can work out how many notes you need in between and yes, a linear relationship. Line up all the rough cut lengths in a row with the finished top and bottom bar at either end. Use a big ruler or some straight edge to rule lines for both the bar ends and the nodal points - don't drill the nodes yet though. Use the markings as a guide - you don't want to cut the ends of the bars at an angle. You should be able to lower the pitch of bars quite a bit by carving the middle of the bar underneath - not inside the hollow just the edges of your 1/2 circumference. If you want a really low bar without it being to long, you try a bit that hasn't been split - carve a small slice from the whole length of the bar so its not a tube, then continue carving in the area between the nodes. Because the area outside the nodes is thicker it will be a bit lower than with a 'sliced in 1/2' bit.
Anyway, once you have the frame built with suspension mechanism and all - then you lay you bars out exactly as they will sit and mark out the exact position / angle of the nodal holes to drill.
Hope this has been some help.
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One thing I have taken particular note of is all the wonderful conversations that are happening in the comments section of posts in my absence! Thank You! I really love seeing that!
I have been hard at work on a new project that will complement GSTV. Because of this new project, I have found that the weekend is the best time for me to catch up on comments and to prep the This Day in Aviation History posts for the upcoming week.
The way notifications work, especially for pages that receive high volumes of engagement, are "penalized" for checking notifications frequently. I've been in contact with Google+ asking for the ability to sort notifications so I can just see comments or +mentions. I wanted to be transparent with you all as to what is going on and if there is anything urgent that you'd like to bring my attention to, please +mention John Chvatal.
As you've probably become accustomed to seeing the This Day in Aviation History posts going live between 7:30 and 8:00 pm Central; I thought I'd try to be present to respond to the comments that are posted in the following half hour or so after the post goes live. So, the best way to be notified when the post goes live is to turn on notifications for the This Day in Aviation History Collection.
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Given the needs of self directed men and women, fitness enthusiasts, aging Indians, students, and athletes to specialize in improving the health and well-being, Active Body Nutrition has entered India with a wide selection of quality products.
In India, more and more people are realizing the value of good health, fuelling a greater interest in all the things that promote it. Health & Wellness is not just a goal. It is both a lifestyle choice and a thriving consumer market.
Given the needs of self directed men and women, fitness enthusiasts, aging Indians, students, and athletes to specialize in improving the health and well-being, Global company Active Body Nutrition has entered India with a wide selection of quality products ranging health, vitamins, thermogenics, heart health, immune system, cleanses, minerals, herbals, sports nutrition, weight management, total well being and endurance.
Founded by Juan and Camilo Jimenez , who have deep roots in competitive body building space and have won coveted awards within the health and fitness industry in Canada, Juan the President of Active Body Nutrition shares his plans to expand in Indian market.
What is the story behind the emergence of Active Body Nutrition?
Camilo and I have been engaged in fitness throughout our life and thanks to our parents, who cultivated the need for an active lifestyle from our young age. Our love for health and fitness drove us to this entrepreneurial venture when our first store was started under a known Canadian franchise in 2006 and later we ventured into our own brand in 2013.
Currently, the brand Active Body Nutrition is owned by four partners- Camilo Jimenez, Josephine Tortora, Sandeep Alexander and myself. From a single store in January 2013, today the brand has grown to 25 locations in Canada. What initiated as a simple business venture, has today has become a movement. Over the time, the desire to impact the community catapulted us to shift gears to franchising.
How do you evaluate the Indian market and what are your plans for the market?
There has been strong economic growth in India, which is a universal sign of a country's population becoming extremely health and wellness conscious. The passion and respect that millennial Indians are showing towards looking and feeling healthy has garnered our interest to test the waters. We see India as one of the biggest markets for expansion as Indians are becoming conscious on consuming innovative food and drinks and this trend is not just true for Metro cities but also in smaller cities of India.
We are also looking at big expansion through master franchisors that could be our extended arm in the region. However, India is diverse and I feel Education will be the need for health and wellness nutrition, perhaps more than the West.
What sets your brand apart from the rest of the brands in India?
We are one of the few brands around the world with a holistic health and fitness paradigm offering vitamins, supplements alongwith a juice bar, meal prep, active apparel and fitness accessories. We are an all-inclusive brand that extends our services not just to bodybuilders, but from a young child to senior citizens.
In addition to pure retail, we also have exclusive regional representation rights of renowned brands such as Nutrabolics and many more that add profitability to a prospective franchisee's business model.
Elaborate about the products offering.
Active Body Nutrition has a wide selection of products ranging from women's and men's health, vitamins, thermogenics, heart health, immune system, cleanses, minerals, herbals, sports nutrition, weight management, total wellbeing, and endurance. The supplement brands we sell in Canada include Muscletech, Nutrabolics, Mutant, Dymatize, Organika and many others.
Similarly our Juice bar menu parades 80 state of the art smoothies crafted by nutrition experts for the health and fitness connoisseur. The apparel and accessories segment includes T shirts, hoodies, tights, tank tops, gym apparel, gym bags, shaker cups, gym belts and related accessories.
What franchise model are you planning to introduce in India?
We hope to build a good network of franchisees all over India. We hope to open our first stores in the major Metros before proceeding to Tier- II cities. We have only planned to have franchised outlets in India.
Our multi-pronged promotional strategy will involve digital marketing through social media, print media, road shows, sponsorships, radio and television campaigns. We are confident to replicate our success in Indian soil too.
What are your criteria for selecting franchisees and how will you support them?
Passion, vision, investment and long term commitment this is all we need the franchisees to come with. We have formulated a compressive guidance format for franchisees, through training from health and wellness experts from North America. Periodic training will be provided by industry experts who include body builders, motivational speakers, business experts, marketing and design experts. The format would be mostly online followed up with annual on-site training. We give exclusive representation rights for international supplement brands, access to menu methodologies and nutritional benefits ofsmoothies/ shakes. There will be access to systems and operations manual, store design and operations support and exclusive access to webinars and tutorials within Active Body Community.
For the first few stores, our support will come physically from the top management. Eventually, we have planned to have a physical presence of our support office team within India.
Where do you envisage your brand five years down the line?
In the next five years, I want to see Active Body Nutrition as a recognizable family brand. A supplement source that is respectable in all communities and to expand to 750+ locations worldwide along with growth in brand and partnerships.


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PILI Alumni Network Leadership Council
PILI's Alumni Network is led by the PILI Alumni Network Leadership Council, a group of PILI Alumni committed to staying connected to PILI and public interest law, and to giving back to their community. PILI Alumni interested in developing their leadership skills and having a voice in PILI Alumni Network programming and planning should get in touch with PILI Program Manager Brent Page by email or by phone at 312-832-5128.
Jessica Schneider, Equip for Equality
Chair-Elect & Liaison to the PILI Board of Directors:
David J. Scriven-Young, Peckar & Abramson, P.C.
Vice Chair & Liaison to the Programs Committee:
Martin Cozzola, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
Alumni Engagement Team Leader:
Marlow Svatek, Sidley Austin LLP
Program Planning Team Leader:
Militza Pagán, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Public Service Team Leader:
Cristina Headley, Equip for Equality
Immediate Past Chair:
Emily Seymore, Faegre Baker Daniels
At-Large Council Members:
Rebecca Canary-King, Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC
Aaron Chait, Office of the Illinois Attorney General
Emily Coffey, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Katie Deibert, GATX Corporation
Mackenzie Drutowski, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Cedric Gordon, Chapman and Cutler LLP
Megan Harkins, Legal Council for Health Justice
Casey Judge, Chapman and Cutler LLP
Kejai McNeal, Legal Aid Society
Alexandra McNicholas, Laner Muchin
Kimberly Mills, Cook County Public Defender
Rebekah Newman, Ropes & Gray
Jill E. Roberts, Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
Elise Robie, Cook County Public Guardian – Adult Division
Andrew Sharp, Illinois Legal Aid Online
Marlow Svatek, Sidley Austin LLP
Elie Zenner, City of Chicago Department of Law
Davina Rae DiPaolo, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (2019 Intern)
Sarah L. Lode, Schiff Hardin, LLP (2019 Fellow)
Nidhi Narielwala, Baker McKenzie (2018 Fellow)
Patricia Varona Garcia, UIC John Marshall Law School (2018 Intern)


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Three Cathedrals' Day of Prayer for Bishop Nick
Ripon Cathedral is to offer prayer stations as part of a Three Cathedrals' Day of Prayer for the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales, and, in particular, for its Bishop, Nick Baines, as he prepares to be enthroned.
On 12th July, the Saturday before Bishop Nick Baines is enthroned in the three Cathedrals of the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales, the Cathedrals of Ripon, Bradford and Wakefield are each holding a Day of Prayer for Bishop Nick and for the new Diocese.
In Ripon this will take the form of a series of prayer stations which will be available from 10am to 4pm.
There will be the opportunity for quiet, personal prayer in the Chapel of the Resurrection and a series of interactive stations focusing on
- Bishop Nick and his ministry as Chief Shepherd
- the parishes and Deaneries of the whole Diocese
- our own part in the journey to this point and onwards from here
- our dreams and hopes for the future
- our mission to the world around us
Read more on Ripon Cathedral's website.


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"God Bless You." Those were words that I heard a lot at POTS in the Bronx. POTS, which stands for Part of the Solution, is a nonprofit organization. It gives people in need things such as food, haircuts, showers, mail services, holiday gifts, and more. I have helped serve food there a couple of times. It is great organization and everyone is very nice. About 20,000 people were helped by POTS in 2014. While we were there we served food such as chicken and mashed potatoes, passed out drinks such as cranberry juice. Another thing the volunteers did was clean dishes. POTS even gives out dessert. POTS gives a great meal that will fill you up. When you leave, you can take a sandwich with you for your next meal. POTS is a great place that can make a big difference. As Aesop says, "No act of kindness, however small, is wasted." So you can be part of the solution!
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Have you ever had those moments in life where you feel like God or the universe is trying to get your attention and show you something really important?
Over and over again in the last 24-hours, the same theme has been coming up.
Yesterday when it first hit I was like "that's interesting".
Then when it came up again this morning in a different context I thought "oh wow, what a coincedence"
And then the third example just moments ago, I literally sat down and said out loud "really??, this is that important??"
Clearly, someone or something that cares deeply about me is trying to make a point right now.
And I can't think of a better reason to sit down at the keyboard and try to capture/express the depth of the message for others to share.
Scenario One
I'm talking to a friend yesterday, one of my closest. I know his story and he knows mine and we actually still like each other. (those in accountability relationships will get the humor in that)
He has had his share of weaknesses and struggles; childhood neglect can create emotional cavities that manifest in less-than-desirable ways later in life. And even in our best intentions, we will hurt the ones we love, and be hurt by them.
That is just life, we can learn how to minimize the damage, but few, if any, will ever be completely immune to it.
This time it was about his wife, she was triggered. He had done something that "this time" he was completely innocent but it flared up fear and anger in her.
We talked for an hour trying to assess the reality of the situation.
Yes, his past actions have helped create her insecurities, but the reality that she is responsible for her emotions and he is responsible for his is still the bottom line.
However, knowing the truth, and having our emotions follow along with that logic, are two VERY different things.
He was feeling insecure, kinda fearful. Any husband knows when his wife is upset with him there is unavoidable tension on the horizon and no way around it, you just have to step up and into it.
At one point he said, " but I don't have to own her emotions".
And that was big, for both of us.
We are both very familiar with how our childhood woundings molded us into people-pleasers. We have become skilled at keeping the peace to avoid emotional conflict, it was the highest priority in our emotional world before enlightenment began to rewrite the narratives.
And we know the role codependency plays in that, the act of "feeling" responsible for other people's emotions and making them responsible for ours.
In that one sentence, he proclaimed his freedom; he realized he was about to give his power away and he reclaimed it.
It wasn't mean, it wasn't selfish. He simply stated the fact that "just because my wife is upset doesn't mean I have to be upset also".
By him choosing to remain emotionally stable and still meet his wife where she is instead of having to somehow "make her like him again", or "fix her", he was then freed up to now simply love his wife instead of needing to change her state.
Sure it was a good desire, but it wasn't necessary for his well-being.
That was true freedom example #1
Scenario Two
This morning I was awakened by a phone call; it was my old boss.
Just last week, after a year of me being on a medical leave of absence, we sat down and I signed termination papers. I had to surrender my job of 19 years. We were both saddened; but also trusting that God is manifesting new things.
So when my "ex" manager called this morning, I realized that I picked up the phone effortlessly, I was happy to see his name on caller ID.
I noted that awareness immediately because over the past year I have felt anxious, maybe even guilty, every time he called.
He was having a crisis at the office and was calling to get my opinion. I'm glad he did because what he was considering doing was a suicide run with the customer; a setup for disaster that could potentially make a bad situation much worse.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a solution for his issue, and I told him I would at the very least I would pray and we both agreed God is always faithful and this will work out, it always does.
When I hung up the phone I was at total peace… and that was unusual.
So much so that I began to journal and reflect on it.
What I realized is that even though I have been on disability for the last year and I was on an approved medical leave of absence, I "felt guilty".
Somehow my boss represented my failure to perform, my inability to work meant I was less than a man, I was somehow useless.
But this morning when he called I had none of that experience.
I realized he was still the same person, it was only my perspective that shifted.
For the last year (probably more like my whole life) I had given my self-worth (another aspect of personal power) away to my job, my career.
Somehow my illness made me less of a person and all I could "feel" was how I was "letting them down" even though it was my illness that made me incapable of working my old job.
Throughout my entire career, I've always had the knowledge that "I can only do my best" but I always had the feeling like "it was never good enough".
That's how I got sick, my over-achieving workaholic, perfectionism mindset provided me great career success, but also drove my body and mind to the brink of exhaustion.
And a year later, I'm still trying to recover.
Again, emotions were driving my reality, not wisdom.
That was true freedom example #2
Scenario Three
And then the icing on the cake was soon after that phone call another close friend called to share an experience he just had.
He was at work yesterday and his boss and his cronies came out of an office as he was walking down their hallway. He instantly had this pang of anxiety. What are they going to say, am I in trouble, what will they say about this tomorrow?
Granted there is a lot of history that I won't share here that makes this scene make more sense, but in a way, it's kinda like my other friend and his wife. It is a relationship that has ups and downs, and it now generates "what is going on now" fear-based emotions.
You know, that uncomfortable space where somebody might do or say something and without knowing their motive we worry about "what are they thinking about me".
We all say we don't worry about what other's think about us, but I would hazard to say that is b.s. for a vast majority of the population.
Our social survival is pinned to what other's think of us, and our amygdala (the fight or flight response) is ALWAYS judging body language, tone of voice, and actions of others against past experiences to determine if the situation is safe or a threat.
But what he was so excited to share was the epiphany at that moment when he realized just seeing his bosses created this emotional response.
His inner dialogue went something like this:
"Why should I fear them, they are just men.
"Sure they hold the power to fire me, but so what."
"God is bigger than my circumstances, this isn't the only job on the planet that I'm qualified for."
"I don't even like this job."
"If I ran into them at the grocery store they would mean nothing to me other than old acquaintences."
At that moment, he was set free. His revelation gave him his power to choose how to feel about them and himself.
He simply needed to be respectful and do his job, and his bosses were free to have a good day or bad day and be grumpy or friendly as they choose.
They may control his time when he is on the clock but they will only control his emotional well-being to the measure of his internal dialogue and the power he places on their state.
That was true freedom example #3
From there I started to recognize just how prevalent this lack of emotional freedom is throughout my whole life.
When a police car pulls up behind me I get nervous… BUT WHY???
Well, in my teen years I was a party animal and used to drive wasted all the time (God's mercy that I never hurt anyone) and cops were terrifying. Could my body's emotional memory of those years still see police as a threat today?
Back then I was truly doing something wrong and should fear them, but that is not my reality today.
Wow, I realized that's an actual description of PTSD. Past experiences creating unrealistic emotional responses to current events.
Or my son not replying to my text right away… could that mean he is in trouble or he's upset with me?
Why would I go there… it could also mean he is just busy. (And that is all it means every single time).
When my son's mother mentions that our son needs new tires on his truck, is she just "being a bitch that only calls me for money?" That depends upon how I "choose" to view the situation.
She's just stating a fact and I am blessed with a son and with that comes the opportunity and obligation to help keep him safe.
If someone else doesn't like us, does that mean we are unlikable?
If someone else didn't think we did a "good enough job", does that mean we didn't give it our best and our efforts were wasted?
If someone else thinks our dreams to be an entrepreneur or to go back to school or take up sky-diving is stupid, does that mean us dreaming or desiring more is stupid?
If someone else devalues us, judges our motives, treats us poorly, says mean or unsupportive things… does that mean they know us better than we or God knows us?
We Choose to Believe What We Believe
- I choose to believe I will or I can't
- I choose to believe I have options or I'm stuck
- I choose to believe I am empowered or I'm a victim
- I choose to believe that success simply has obstacles or life is cruel and unwinnable
Our Choices Create Our Reality
- I choose to eat healthily or eat crap
- I choose to risk being vulnerable with people or wall them off by wearing masks
- I choose to go for my dreams or talk myself out of them
- I choose to exercise or rest, save money or spend, like myself or hate myself.
Our Emotions Seek Survival Not Success
- I can choose to be excited about the day ahead or feel burdened by it
- I can choose to let courage propel me or fear to stop me
- I can choose to be happy or sad
- I can choose to be hopeful or hopeless
- I can choose to take risks or play it safe
- I can choose to feel alive or dead
Power is not something others bestow upon us, our true power exists in the way we value ourselves and how we interpret the circumstances of our life.
Some of my favorite ingredients for success
- Don't Live Small; Have a Compelling Vision
- Own Your Shit; Then Strip Away Conditioning & Fear
- Live With Intentionality By Making Decisions and Taking Action
- Don't Judge Outcomes as Good or Bad; Simply Measure Results
- Fall In Love With The Process
I'd say today's message falls under #2 above, stripping away the conditioning and taking ownership for our lives.
Self-Awareness Is The Key
The committee (as I call them, the subconscious inner-workings) have agendas that do not align with change and growth and risk.
We have to become hyper-aware of the ways in which our thoughts and emotions try and trick us into submission and complacency to living "less-than" lives through an exaggerated pursuit of "safety"
We have the ability within us to create the lives we desire… but we must make the choice to believe that and to then wield our God-given power in ways that brings healing and hope to a broken world.
Join the conversation: How have you either given your power away or discovered ways to take it back?
My desire for LMP (The Life Mastery Project) is to create a fully-engaged community of overcomers who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other
Let's Do This!
George Crone
Certified Life Coach & NLP Practitioner
Founder of Nikaos Strategic Coaching
Developer of The Life Mastery Project


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Flavored butters are a quick and easy way to dress up any meal. Make them even more special with your own homemade cultured butter. Soften the cultured butter to room temperature and blend in ingredients. Spoon the soft flavored butter into a decorative container for a year round gift or just roll in wax or parchment paper to store for appetizers and meals. Cultured butter will keep for weeks in the refrigerator.
Homemade Flavored Fresh Cultured Butter
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I'd like to try this with Black Garlic! I would think that will be a good spread.


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Justina Blakeney
Tigress Cushion
Designed by Justina Blakeney for Loloi Rugs, the embroidered Tigress pillow is perfect wild addition to your bed or couch.
• 40cm x 60cm
• 100% cotton
• Plain reverse
• Spot clean or dry clean
• Comes with a feather insert
• Made in India
Known for her wild bohemian style and New York Times bestselling book, The New Bohemians, Justina Blakeney (The Jungalow) is a multidisciplinary designer, author and award-winning blogger. For Justina, designing is about feeling free, having fun, and getting a little bit wild.


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Syn.: Alsophila tricolor (Colenso) R. M.Tryon, Cyathea tricolor Colenso, Polypodium dealbatum G. Forst.
Family: Cyatheaceae Kaulf.
Distribution: Endemic species of New Zealand which is common throughout the North and South Island to as far as the Catlins area, on the east, and is probably absent from the west. Grows as far as 45 degrees south.
Ecology: Rather common in lowland and montane forests and shrublands.
Description: Medium high (max. 10 m) tree fern. Trunk is up to 45 cm in diameter with upper part marked by the bases of the old frond stalks. Numerous fronds (2–4 m long, 60–120 cm wide) with silvery-white undersides and dark green face side spread more or less horizontally. Characteristic colour of fronds does not become evident until the plants are a few years old. On fertile fronds their undersurfaces are dotted with numerous brown sori. The bases of the frond stalks are usually covered with a silvery white, waxy bloom.
Note: Takes its name from the light underside of the fronds which can be used as a signpost for travellers in the bush, with the tips pointing the way. Alternative name "ponga" is also generic vernacular name for tree ferns in general. It is from this species that New Zealand's national emblem, the "Silver Fern" is derived.
These images were taken in New Zealand, Rauhine Forest Range (March 24, 2007), New Zealand, Huka Falls (May 5, 2007), New Zealand, Wellington, Otari Wilsdon's Bush (May 16 and 22, 2007).


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Warwick Dentistry is downtown Pittsburgh's dentist of choice. Conveniently located in the Bank of New York Mellon Center, we offer a full range of general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, and restorative dentistry services to give you a confident smile. We partner with you, always listening to your concerns, and providing conservative care that helps you achieve your oral health goals. We look forward to meeting you and invite you to get to know us a little better, too!
Our calming environment and soothing operatories will help ease you into a great dental visit. Enjoy floor to ceiling views of the city, relax with a warm blanket and pillow, and listen to your favorite music on office provided iPods. Chairside monitors give you a comfortable view of digital x-rays, intraoral photos, and more. Most of all, we know you'll appreciate the one-on-one attention and extra TLC we give to every patient. While you're here, you're our most important patient!
Enjoy a fusion of high-tech and high-touch at Warwick Dentistry. Dr. John Warwick and Dr. Joyce Warwick provide general and cosmetic dentistry in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh. Whether you'd like a consultation, a comprehensive exam, or second opinion visit, we deliver outstanding service and one-on-one care. Contact us to schedule your visit our Bank of New York Mellon Center dental practice today.


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The PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating sets you apart as a dive instructor who takes continuing education seriously and is committed to teaching a variety of courses. Having the rating of a PADI MSDT makes you more valuable as an employee which makes it easier to find work. Once you've landed your dream job the MSDT rating gives you more variety in your teaching, allows you to certify more students and offers better income opportunities.
If you sign up for our incredible MSDT preparation program you will soon find that you can achieve the higher instructor rating of Master Scuba Diver Trainer and really get a head start.
Included in our IDC program are two free Specialty Instructor Courses*. To complete our MSDT prep program you will need to take an additional 4 Specialty Instructor Courses that can be completed after your IE in only three to five days; the perfect way to spend those days while you wait for your paperwork to be processed at PADI head office. You will explore the critters of the Dauin Coast but also have a three dive day trip to world-renowned marine sanctuary Apo Island!
* Project AWARE Dive Against Debris and Emergency Oxygen Provider. Only Dive Against Debris counts towards your MSDT rating.


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What you need to know about building maintenance and repair service
You need to make sure that you will be a master of almost all things once you have a business. Whenever you have your very own business then see to it that you will know how to attract customers, provide a service and balance books and many more. Since you have a lot of tasks to do then the last thing that you want to have is a defective building. It is the success of your business that can also be affected by the presentation that your building has. Getting a good impression form your clients is what you should always have. The look of your office or building is what most client will base your reputation from. And that is why in this article that we will be talking about the importance of hiring a building maintenance and repair service.
There are many different building maintenance and repair contractors that you are able to see in the market today. Whenever you are looking for one thigh then you need to see to it that you will be choosing the one that can guarantee their work. It is them that needs to fix things that they installed once it will not be working properly. Most of the contractors will also be able to handle major repairs that your building needs. They will also be able to install various fixtures needed for your building.
Building maintenance and repair service can also provide you service for smaller repairs. When taking a look at most buildings then one of the most neglected things is lighting maintenance. And that is why it is important to make sure that you will have the lights checked even once in a year. Causing fires is what these lights can be especially if the fuse that they have are already worn out. Lights in the offices are used more than that of any home and that is why it is important that regular maintenance is needed. There are also lights that need to be cleaned since they can accumulate dust ever a period of time. This can make them less effective. If you have a showroom then having a good lighting is crucial. A bad lighting can discourage your client.
The building maintenance and repair is a thing that most business owners can overlook on. A timely maintenance and repair for your building is what is needed by you before everything is too late. Keeping your building looking good is also good for your business.


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Mail Art Meets Mixed Media
This is an interactive piece where all the postcards used were sent to me by other people over two months. In November 2011 I put out a call for postcards to make the first piece for 2012. I had a great response and nearly 100 people sent me postcards. Many even sent more than one. I incorporated postcards from all the individuals who sent them. Quite a few artists sent me printed postcards with their work, and those were included as well. Then there was the handful of amazing, handmade postcards I received from other artists. I didn't want to cut the handmade ones up, but I wanted to use them. For those cards I made color copies and added them to the piece.


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Source: China Trade News
CE Dongli discovered from its recent research aiming at internet sales of SME clients, that nearly 80% clients' understanding to internet sales still remained at the basic level "webpage indication". Clients did not have any in-depth usage of and long-term plans of internet sales. CE Dongli experts indicated that development of internet usage by SMEs was in wave-band pattern – the first stage was consciousness and form, i.e. SMEs were willing to understand the effect on corporate development by internet application, and were actively to proceed such junior level work as website construction and promotion; the second stage was proactive form, i.e. SMEs started to proceed internet sales proactively for promoting its development; the third stage was in-depth usage stage, i.e. SMEs started to find out more internet applications for its own benefits.
By using its ten years' experience in cooperating with SMEs, CE Dongli proposed SMEs' internet sales should be "Win" sales. The critical point is to start "Elimination of Fundamental", by cutting off those basic facilities without having relationship with the core business of the enterprise. Those facilities were accumulated redundancies resulting from those SMEs coping with IT management and IT era (for instances, corporate websites and different types of IT management system etc.), which all were regarded as "basic facilities" that an enterprise should have and established.
Therefore, it would not be difficult for SMEs having internet "Win" sales. Simply speaking, SMEs first of all have to detach from "consciousness stage" of intimated internet sales, and to find out the potentialities of internet sales, and make use of it as the actual tools assisting the development of enterprise instead of treating it as things of little value. Meanwhile, SMEs should clearly well understand the limitation of their own abilities, and should let such other IT operation expert as CE Dongli take care of their weak area in IT management basic facilities. On one hand, SMEs can better utilize internet resources and internet sales techniques and on the other hand, SMEs can focus its capital and manpower in corporate development so as to stand with the severe competition in the post economic crises era and to increase their market shares continuously.
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Every year, many pet owners have to say goodbye to their beloved companions due to undesirable or aggressive behaviors. Our passionate opinion is that the majority of these situations can be avoided with proper owner training and education. Your veterinarian must not only understand animal behavior, but they must be willing to take the time to help you address these concerns. At Wheatland, we make this a priority. We provide excellent behavioral counseling for our clients and individualized management plans. There is nothing more rewarding than saving the relationship you have with your pet.
Here is a short list of some of the behavioral problems we manage:
- Inappropriate urination or defecation
- Aggression toward children, guests, or other animals
- Excessive barking
- Separation anxiety
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- Leash pulling
- Compulsive behaviors
At Wheatland, we evaluate pet behaviors from a pet's perspective. We ask ourselves why a pet is acting the way they are. Are they fearful or confused? Do they know what is expected of them? What motivates them? When we ask these questions and answer them like a pet would, it is amazing how many of these problems can be fixed. Come find out why Wheatland is the best for behavior consultations and let us help you repair the relationship you have with your pet.


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Continuing the debate of the value of three-point shooting in today's NBA, my article analyzing this issue from a mathematical perspective has now been published on the arXiv, check it out!
Category: Sports
Some Thoughts On Howard Beck's Bleacher Report Article
Howard Beck had an interesting article today on Bleacher Report, basically suggesting that the NBA finals, in particular, the current style of play embodied by The Golden State Warriors is somehow a vindication of D'Antoni's basketball philosophies: "Shoot a lot of threes", "Shoot in 7 seconds or less", "Play small lineups", etc…
While the Warriors have certainly embodied some of these philosophies, my personal opinion is that D'Antoni's style of play can only be vindicated if there is a clear trend in championship teams that reflect these philosophies. As I show below, this is simply not the case.
I looked at the last 15 NBA Champions (from 2000-2014), and tried to see if there were any clear patterns in common between the teams. This is essentially what I found:
Two things that are immediately clear are:
1. There is very little that championship teams have in common!
2. The overwhelming thing that they do have in common is that 14 of the last 15 NBA champions have all been ranked in the Top 10 for Defensive Rating, something that Mike D'Antoni's coaching philosophy has never really included throughout his years in Phoenix, New York, and Los Angeles.
This, I believe is the grand point that no one seems to be interested in making, perhaps, because according to the "mainstream", defensive-oriented basketball, which, by definition is "less-flashy" still is the overwhelming common characteristic amongst championship-winning teams.
Perhaps, the Warriors will win this year, but as I said above, I do not believe that one year is anywhere near enough to establish a trend and a vindication of D'Antoni's basketball philosophies.
Further, there were some other things in Beck's article that I found to be a bit concerning:
He claimed "Today, coaches speak enthusiastically about "positionless" basketball—whereas 10 years ago, D'Antoni had to sell Marion and Stoudemire on the concept."
This is not actually true. The triangle offense is the de facto example of "positionless" basketball, and has been around since the 1940s when Sam Barry introduced it at USC. Phil Jackson and Tex Winter's Bulls and Lakers teams embodied the concept of positionless basketball. In fact, as can be seen from the diagram below (taken from http://khamel83.tripod.com/intro.htm), players don't have set positions in the triangle offense. Rather, there are regions based on optimality and spacing:
Many examples can be found from teams playing in the triangle offense system of guards posting up, big men coming out to shoot threes, etc…
An Analysis of The 2015 NBA Finals Matchup
The NBA finals are exactly five days away, and I wanted to present an analysis breaking down the matchup between The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers.
I used machine and statistical learning techniques to generate the most probable scenarios for the outcome of each game, and this is what I found.
Note that the probabilities listed above are not the probabilities for a team to win a specific game, they are the probabilities of a specific scenario occurring. Also, multiple scenarios can occur in a single game, so the probability of multiple scenarios occurring would be the sum of the individual ones.
The Model Results So Far (Updated: June 11, 2015)
Game 1: Scenario Outcomes: 1 and 2 – GSW win
Game 2: Scenario Outcome: 9 – CLE win
Game 3: Scenario Outcomes: 5, 8 – CLE win
Thoughts so far: Despite GSW being down right now 2-1, I still believe that Cleveland's wins were statistical anomalies. Cleveland's Game 2 and Game 3 wins according to our model only had 1.07%, 9.34%, and 1.765% chances of occurring in this series. Whereas, the GSW Game 1 win had a 44% chance of occurring in this series.
Game 4: Scenario Outcome: 2 – GSW win
Updated: June 14, 2015
Game 5: Scenario Outcomes: 1,2 – GSW win
Thoughts: All of GSW wins have been the dominant scenarios in this series, i.e., Outcomes 1 and 2. All of CLE wins in this series have been statistical anomalies/outliers. This pattern continued in Game 5.
Updated: June 17, 2015
Game 6: Scenario Outcomes: 1,2 – GSW win
Another GSW win through the dominant scenarios in the series, as expected.
Data Analytics and The 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls
It is without question that the greatest team in NBA history was the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls. They went 72-10 that year and went on to win the NBA Championship against a top-notch Seattle Supersonics team.
Phil Jackson's system and first-class coaching were the major reasons why the Bulls were so good, but I wanted to analyze their reason for winning using data science methodologies.
The results that I found were very interesting. First, I mined through each individual game's data to obtain patterns in the Bulls wins and losses, and this is what I found:
One sees that the Bulls were a defensive nightmare, and if you look at these results in detail, it makes sense that the Sonics were really the only team that ever posed a threat to them. This shows that to beat the Bulls, the opposing team would have to simultaneously:
- Ensure Ron Harper had a FG% less than 44.95% in a game,
- Ensure Dennis Rodman would have less than 17 total rebounds in a game,
- Ensure Luc Longley had less than 2 blocks in a game,
- Ensure Michael Jordan had a FG% less than 46.55% in a game.
If any one of these conditions were not met, the Bulls would win!
This analysis on some level also dispels the notion espoused by several sports analysts like Skip Bayless of ESPN who continually claim that the Bulls' sole reason for success was Michael Jordan. Ron Harper's contributions although of paramount importance are rarely mentioned nowadays.
This analysis also shows that the key to the success of the Bulls was not necessarily the number of points that Jordan scored, but the incredible efficiency with which he scored them.
A boosting algorithm also allows us to deduce the most important characteristics in the Bulls' quality of play and whether they would win or lose a game. The results are as follows:
We see that a key feature of the Bulls' quality of play depends on how efficient Ron Harper in terms of his FG%.
It is quite interesting that this analysis shows that winning a championship is not about one player, sure, every team needs great players, but the Bulls were a great team, consisting of many great components working together.
Data Analytics and The Raptors 2015 Loss
Based on several internal statistical models that my colleagues and I developed, we all have concluded that the Raptors losing the way they did in the first round was somewhat of a statistical anomaly. Through an extensive analysis, I present evidence below that shows it was due to several coaching breakdowns in strategy that lead to the Raptors' collapse.
Optimal preparedness would have been to prepare and utilize an extensive analysis of the Washington Wizards' style of play. Using advanced machine learning techniques, we generated two results, first based on tree boosting, and the other based on classification trees that found the weak points in the Wizards' system that would have greatly helped the Raptors in this series.
First, one should be interested in the most important commonalities and characteristics in the Wizards' play. This result is as follows:
One can immediately see that out of several factors, the two most important factors in determining whether the Wizards will win or lose a game is their team FG% and the number of points their opponent score in a game. From this analysis, we obtain that to beat the Wizards, the Raptors should have focused on particularly strong interior defense, and in particular, stopping penetration. From an offensive point of view, the Raptors should have played a strong and slow half-court game focused on getting close-to-the-basket, high-percentage shots, instead of "high-octane" running up and down the court as they seemed to do very frequently.
Going deeper in this analysis, one also has as a result the following classification tree:
In this tree, "W" and "L" denote whether the Wizards will win or lose a game, "FG." denotes the Wizards' FG%, "OFG.%" denotes the Raptors' field goal percentage, and "OPTS" denotes the number of points in a game the Raptors should score. One sees that for the Wizards to lose games, the coaching strategy should have been designed to ensure that the Wizards would shoot below 45.25%, while the Raptors should have shot at least 40.3% each game. Complementary to the above analysis, one notes that since three point shots are not fundamental to the Wizards' offense, to accomplish this, the Raptors should have had strong half-court defensive schemes (including traps and trapping zones), combined with slow-paced, interior offensive schemes.
In conclusion, it is important to note that these analytical results and ideas were available well in advance of the NBA playoffs, and the Raptors would have tremendously benefited from using these ideas. I would also like to point out that I have only offered a preview of the results I obtained. I have also developed several results pertaining to optimal offensive and defensive schemes that would not only change the way the Raptors play, but would make them significantly better.
The Effect of Kobe Bryant on The Lakers' Play
Much has been said about the effect that Kobe has had on the Lakers this season. Byron Scott has been limiting his minutes at times, and at times has played him almost the entire game. There have been times this season where analysts and fans of the Lakers have claimed that the team actually plays better without Kobe. We decided to look at these ideas from a statistical perspective.
We looked at a whole bunch of data of Kobe's play this season (courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com), and compared his individual play to whether the Lakers win games or not. This is what we found.
In this first classification tree, note that 'Y' denotes when the Lakers are expected to win, and 'N' denotes when they are expected to lose. What we found is any time that Kobe shoots at least 44.95%, the Lakers can be expected to win. If he shoots less than this percentage, then the only way the Lakers can win with Kobe still in the game is if he has less than 3 personal fouls, shoots less than 36.65% from the 3PFG% line and attempts more than 6-7 shots in the game.
From a statistical perspective, the Lakers can win many more games if Byron Scott optimizes the Lakers offense to get Kobe the ball in high-percentage shooting areas of the floor, i.e., closer to the basket than further away from it. Certainly, from a statistical perspective, Byron Scott's way of allowing Kobe to play "freestyle" basketball is hurting the Lakers' chances at winning games.
The second classification tree analysis that we did was to look at the whole debate over how many minutes is optimal for Kobe to play. What we found was that if Kobe plays less than 31 minutes in a game, the Lakers can expect to lose that game, while he is on the roster. If he plays more than 31 minutes, and has more than 7-8 assists, the Lakers can expect to win. The only other possibility for the Lakers to win games in this context is if he plays more than 31 minutes, has less than 7-8 assists, makes more than 6-7 of his shots, and plays less than 34-35 minutes a game.
Our previous analysis showed that the Lakers have the best chance of winning consistently when Kobe shoots a high percentage. This analysis shows that it is optimal for him to play between 31-35 minutes a game if he has less than 7 assists, but anytime he has more than 7 assists in a game, the Lakers can be expected to win. Therefore, from an offensive strategy perspective, the Lakers need to play more team-oriented basketball centered around Kobe. In hindsight, which is supported statistically, Kobe and the Lakers would be much better off in a post-oriented offense that promotes distributing the ball, high-percentage shots, and a slow pace. All of these three seem to be completely opposite to how Byron Scott has managed this team this year, and we feel that is why the Lakers have the record that they do!


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Initially I thought of sitting out this ride and help out with the event but I guess they don't need me this time...heck...I don't mind...the world doesn't spun around me anyway....hehe
Anyway....my main objective for this year's edition is to complete the ride ahead of half of the pack compared to being the last one out last year...I'll try to complete the course within 5 hours time...we'll see how lah?
Also, realizing buddying with another rider is not a good idea and will only hold me back, I decided to go solo this time...meaning I'll be pushing my "kederat" to the limit to see my true strength...this also means I'll truly enjoy the ride....hopefully without any mishaps...=)
all set to go!
So....if you've already registered for the ride, good luck and have a safe ride...to those who haven't....too late and too bad....it's not too late to register for the Nusajaya ride next 12th December 2010 though....my participation in that event depends on my performance in Plentong.I haven't decided yet..hehe
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Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts is the development of Classical Chinese Kung Fu and the best of modern Mixed Martial Arts. We're a modernized system of self-defense that includes the most effective techniques available.
What if you're a total beginner or nervous to start something really cool but new? That's ok!
Our students come from all walks of life and start at different fitness levels. We love to work with beginners and elite athletes alike. No matter what your starting level is, you'll get a great workout, gain lean muscle, and learn techniques to keep you and your family safe.
Absolutely NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Our skilled instructors will teach and develop a curriculum that works best for you! A complete program and full body workout to get students in prime physical shape.
We take the best techniques of Traditional Chinese Kung Fu and apply the fundamental skills of:
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Learn fighting skills so you and your family can SURVIVE violence. We don't teach brawlers and we never encourage our students to be the ones starting "stuff" up. We teach honor, respect, and ability. Always.
Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts is not your average Martial Arts Academy. Our program is dedicated to our students physical, mental and emotional development. Amazing kid-friendly programs start as young as 4 years old and progress from there.
Students develop the Fundamental Skills, first. After they become accomplished at so many diverse skill sets such as punching, blocking dangerous strikes, kicking, wrestling, throws and grappling and submission escapes they are able to move on to age appropriate classes.
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Exec & Committee
DUBC prides itself on being a primarily student-led club, and as such the Exec & Committee are responsible for how the club is run, along with some input from coaching staff and Team Durham. Find out more about this year's Exec & Committee below:
College: Hild Bede
Year: 4th
Course: Management
Rowing background: I started rowing at Eton in 2013 and highlights include winning the Princess Elizabeth at Henley in 2016, and making the final of the Prince Albert in 2019. I am excited to see what the club can do together in the future!
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Vice President
Isby Shelmerdine
College: Hild Bede
Year: 2nd
Course: Biological Sciences
Rowing background: Learned to row in Year 12 at school in Cambridge, got asked to compete in Town Bumps and never stopped since!
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Women's Captain
Women's Vice Captains
College: St Chad's
Year: 3rd
Course: Biomedical Sciences
Rowing background: Since learning to row at St Chad's college in 2016, rowing has definitely taken over my life! I joined DUBC in 2018 and love being part of our squad 💜
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Alice Slattery
Year: 3rd
Course: Earth Sciences
Rowing background: Started rowing in 2018 for the DU development squad
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Jiya Saggu
College: St Chad's
Year: 2nd
Course: Combined Honours in Social Sciences
Rowing background: I learnt to row on the Thames when I was 12 and have not stopped since!
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Sponsorship & Fundraising Officer
Charlie Spink
College: Hatfield
Year: 3rd
Course: Earth Sciences
Rowing background: Started rowing in 2018 for the DU development squad
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Social Media Officer
Sophie Chumas
Year: 2nd
Course: General Engineering
Rowing background: picked up a blade for the first time in 2018 through Learn 2 Row (only because my roommate was doing it) and came through the development program into the senior squad. Known as The Chatterbox.
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Captain of Coxes
Izzy Peplow
College: Collingwood
Year: 2nd
Course:Spanish and Italian
Rowing background: Rowed at Borlase for 2 years, then started coxing last year.
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Usain Bolt puts his foot down after Jessica Ennis stalls
It was easy to tell that Usain Bolt has got over his tiny crisis. Last week, when doubts were still surfacing, he was driven into Rome's Olympic Stadium in a golf cart. Last night in Oslo he entered in a car that was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang revamped by Liberace — and clocked 9.79sec.
Such is Bolt's munificence that a time that would have been astonishing a decade ago was merely greeted as great. Bolt is the only man to have gone under 9.80 this year and, although Yohan Blake will not be intimidated by his dominos and training partner, there is a whiff of something special in the air.
"The execution was all right," a nonplussed Bolt said. Asked what time he could run


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text: North American Whitetail Online Staff - March 09, 2012 Deer of the Day - Hawkeye State Whitetail, Scott Bischoff This buck was taken the first firearm season in Iowa on Dec. 4, 2011, in Adams County, Iowa at 9 a.m.I was sitting in a box blind facing west with a pond about 20 yards in front of me and a fence that runs north and south five yards behind me.I had a nice eight-point cross in front of me right at day light but I let it go. I'd heard lots of shooting around me early in the morning and seen several small bucks. At 9 a.m., several does and five bucks jumped the fence coming from the east. They were on the move, but I hadn't heard shooting. After jumping the fence, the deer landed in a 15- to 20-yard wide by 100-yard long shooting lane. This was by far the largest buck in the group (there was a nice 140- to 150-inch 10-point also in the group). This buck was the last deer to jump the fence. When this buck jumped the fence in to the shooting lane, it stood about 25 yards away, stopped, then looked right at the box blind and started running again. Hunting with my T/C Pro Hunter FX, I got a shot off.I could tell I hit the buck hard by the sound and the deer's reaction. Ten yards in front of me was a stand of cedar trees; the buck ran behind the cedars and stopped. I started to reload; while I was reloading the buck started to cross a dam at the end of the pond.Not running but on a very fast walk, I was waiting for the deer to tip over while I frantically reloaded. I finally finished reloading, the buck was still on the move but slowed down. I let out a very loud grunt and the buck stopped quartering away. I ranged it at 72 yards. I put my cross hair on it shoulders and a little back and shot again. The buck went right down as if it had its legs where cut out from underneath it.While I was reloading again, the buck rolled off the dam and out of sight. I sat there shaking like a leaf, not sure what had just happened. I knew it was a nice buck, but not sure how nice. I replayed the event over and over in my head for an hour before I got up to recover my trophy; it laid at the bottom of the dam. It grossed 183 3/8. I live in Michigan and have hunted whitetails for 40 years, so this is truly a buck of a lifetime for me. We want your buck as our Deer of the Day! Please send us an image of your buck, a brief description (including where you're from) of your hunt and the gear used to firstname.lastname@example.com GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up