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2018 - Catwalk for BMC Cancer Research :: New Designs for Models and Survivors
2018 - DC Fashion Week
2018 - Art Exhibit and Wearable Art Dance Show at Piano Craft Gallery, Boston
2018 - Catwalk for the Cure, formerly Susan G. Komen New England at Boston Design Center
2018 - Costume Design for Koltun Ballet Boston Annual and Youth America Grand Prix Performances
2018 - Costume Design for Dance Center in San Antonio Annual and Youth America Grand Prix Performances
2017 — Art & Fashion Showing @ Boston Winter Celebration in Vinopolis
2017 — Boston Fashion Week appearances at VOGE & Carbon Salon Runways and in collaboration with designer Denise Hajjar
2017 — Wearable art costume design for modern and ballet dancers for FORK short-movie (release March 2018), Boston MA
2017 — Art in the Square Pop-Up @ Chestnut Hill MA
2017 — Wearable Art for Sports Summer Kick-off Runway at South Boston Art District (SoWa)
2017 — Wearable Art for Sports @ Style Up Fashion Show by TBW in RI
2017 — Architectural Digest Design Show, Pier 94 MADE, NYC
2016 — Solo Exhibit at #BostonWinter Holidays Celebration Boston downtown
2016 — Boston Design Market at Boston Design Center, Suite 329 :: showing new abstract paintings, artistic wallpapers, corresponding fabrics and fashion pieces
2016 — VOGE Runway:: Wearable Art Spring - Summer 2017 collection BALLERINA at BOND R&L Boston MA
2016 — Architectural Digest Home Design Show @ Pier 94 New York NY
2015 — Boston Home Decor Show @ Cyclorama Boston MA
2015 — The Dover Church Gallery, Dover MA
2015 — Architectural Digest Home Design Show @ Pier 94 New York NY
2015 — International Prints, Posters & Etchings Exhibit at transFORM Gallery, New Rochelle NY
2014 — The Holidays Exhibit Path to Abstraction at Agora Gallery in Chelsea NY
2014 — Architectural Digest Home Design Show variety of Facebook posts of paintings, patterns and giclees
2014 — Architectural Digest Magazine | Favorite Picks | March 2014, June 2014
2014 — Robb Report Magazine | Art Section| July 2014
2014 — Architectural Digest Home Design Show @ Pier 94, NYC (Juried)
2013 — Solo exhibit at the Dover Town Public Library, Dover MA
2011, 2012, 2014 — Art in Bloom at the Museum Fine Arts. Lead arranger in 2012 and 2014
2010 — Dover-Sherborn TV aired story about Jazz concert at Fine Art Vision boutique gallery
2006 — Bellevue WA TV aired a story about Fine Art Vision Gallery and Russian Art School (2002-2008)
2005 — Bellevue WA Press coverage on Fine Art Vision in Eastside Business Journal
2004 — Bellevue WA Press coverage on Fine Art Vision Gallery in Jewish Times News and Russian World
2003 — Seattle Times, Eastside section published an article about Fine Art Vision
2000 — Arts Promoter, www.FineArtVision.com
1999-2002 — Corporate consulting
1997-1999 — The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford MA | Master of Arts | Major International Relations with focus on International Business
1992-1994 — Completed certificate course for paralegals at Boston University
1984-1989 — Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, Former USSR, BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering
Like reading, kayaking, skiing, hiking, biking, yoga, interior design, feng shui, travel, going to the museums and theaters, fluent in Russian. Resides with her husband and two children in MA

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And so it goes – 2014
January 2, 2014
Ah. The obligatory – "NEW YEAR NEW ME!" post. In all honesty – these are some of my favorite posts to read that are written by others and some of my favorite to write. I'm a New Years Resolution junkie and am constantly bugging my friends and family with "whatcha gonna change? How are you going to change it? Huh huh huh??" – so here goes.
2013 was a tricky one for me, it took a lot from me and my family. So, I've decided that 2014 is my year.
In the spirit of rising to the challenge, I went to town on resolutions for myself, but since this is a lengthy post as it is – I've decided to break down the resolutions over the next week or so, hopefully interspersed with legit posts to get back on track. So lets start with list number 1: probably the easiest and most relevant to this blog. Fitness resolutions.
1. Be active each day. Whether or not its a scheduled day of training or just getting out for a long walk, doing yoga or a hike – I want to feel like I've moved each day.
2. Be committed to lifting. This year I re-discovered my love for traditional weight training and I started to put some efforts into creating an at home gym that I could workout in, in lieu of a gym membership. I slacked off a bit over the holidays and worked through some confusion of how to eat and train in order to get the kind of body I want. Its a work in progress and although I have a sneaking suspicion I used it as a coping mechanism this summer, I really do enjoy lifting and have great respect for female lifters.
3. Run 5 miles a week – that's 260 miles in a year. A few years back, I opted to train for races as my goals and did fairly well. Last year, I didn't sign up for any races and my running dropped significantly. This year, I'm trying a new to me tactic that I've seen floating around before, which is set a weekly mileage goal. Its a concrete goal that I can work for, without having something to train for specifically. I've kept my goal fairly small (cough cough: attainable and maintainable cough cough:), because I know my mind's ability to overwhelm itself when I'm thinking about too stressful of a goal. And since I have a hard time admitting that a few miles and not 3-4-5 miles is worth the time, I'm trying to remember that its not how I get to the goal, but that I achieve it. In preparation for this, I bought myself some fancy new kicks to start it off right.
4. Put at least 20 miles on the bike a month – that's 240 miles in a year.. We have bikes. Mine is my baby. We have not explored the trails nearly enough to make its purchase worthwhile. Biking is something my husband and I both truly enjoy, both by ourselves and with friends. So this year, in an effort to get out on the bikes more, I've set a monthly mileage goal. Anyone who's hopped on a bike, know that its definitely not a difficult goal to meet and I have big plans of crushing this mileage goal. But at the very least it'll get us out for a weekend ride 1-2 times a month and that's really what is most important.
5. Incorporate Yoga and Insanity into weekly workouts. I have a tendency to have tunnel vision when it comes to my "training". If I'm weight training, then I absolutely cannot replace a lifting day with a cardio day or yoga day, etc. I also have a really hard time saying "OK well, Wednesdays are Yoga only", because whether I'm lifting or running, its hard for me to give up a day of training, period. But I enjoy yoga, and damn it Insanity was expensive. So as a tie in to goal number 1 – I'd like to include more flexibility to my fitness routine, which will go a long way for making it a lifestyle habit, rather than a training for a specific goal habit.
So far – its been only a day since yesterday, so I haven't really gotten a chance to put these resolutions into practice, although I got a head start on a few and lifted at home on Monday and Tuesday, which while not a lot – was better than nothing. I have plans to get in a workout tonight and am thinking that an easy little run is in order. I've got some shiny new Nike Frees and 5 miles to get in by Sunday, eh?
So there you have it, my fitness resolutions (give or take a few). I tried to keep them concrete and obtainable, which I think is so incredibly important for tracking progress. I've got a hefty list of other resolutions that include personal, foodie and work related ideas, but they can wait for another day.
I hope everyone had a wonderful set of holidays and that they stayed relatively healthy 🙂 and here's to 2014.
Snow Days
December 10, 2013
Oh last Friday…Also known as:
That random day where I had the genius idea to throw every leftover veggie and container of cooked rice into the crock pot as a surprise, leave for work in the drizzle and come home in a cold wet down pour to an "extra two points" from the Hubs because our house smelled like a delicious warm bowl of soup that was ready to eat. And when I say that, I mean, with huge hunks of fresh baguette smeared in earth balance, duh.
That, my friends – is the magic of a crock pot.
This soup was seriously delicious, it absolutely hit the spot. We had been craving a veggie soup since the explosion of food that is otherwise known as Thanksgiving week. I normally use two big cans of diced tomatoes, but this time around I switched out one of those cans for a can of crushed tomatoes. The switch added a little more tomatoey depth (technical term folks, use it) to the soup and with that change plus the leftover rice from the night before, the soup really thickened up into almost a stew, especially with the meaty cremini mushrooms thrown in. More magic? I was feeling pretty lazy when I threw the soup together in morning, so the mushrooms only got cut in half, the celery, squash and zucc were chopped REALLY thick, tore up the green beans with an "eh…that looks about even" form of measurement and didn't even bother to take knife to the baby carrots – in they go!. A can of corn with its liquid and a few bay leaves, a healthy dose of cumin, garlic powder and black pepper and I was done. Honestly – no recipe. Just went with what I had and it turned out perfect. We froze a bunch for another cold night and had the leftovers for our snow day on Sunday and it tasted just as good. There's just something about soup that makes you want to curl up in thick cozy socks and be warm and comfortable, especially after a cold wintry day.
We have another snow day today and so I'm hanging out at home. While the adult in me is really frustrated that I can't get into work and get some things done (when did THAT happen?), I'm trying really hard to embrace the extra day I've been given to get some other things done too. I have a few things I can do to work from home, so I am grateful for that – and I now have a few more hours in the day to get some presents wrapped, the rest of the decorations up, an early workout in and some more cookies baked. I've got my best gal friends on speed dial (text?) to keep me company and a mug with my name on it. Plus, it really is hard to waste so much energy being frustrated, when something is so beautiful and we are safe and warm enough to enjoy it.
And another perfect day for another perfect bowl of soup. I'm thinking this recipe:
Wherever you are, I hope you are warm and safe and dry!
And happy 🙂
Holiday Hangover
December 4, 2013
Woof. Holidays.
How I can fly half way across the country and still manage to stick to a relatively healthy eating schedule and maintain all workouts, yet make it home to my mom's house for a week and feel like a slug is beyond me.
Not really. But sort've.
Last week I spent the week enjoying the comforts of home. This week, I'm looking back on how I spent it. My eating habits and lifestyle habits are relatively healthy compared to most, so I can't say that I was "bad" for the whole week – but if I were to sit back and compare my extremely clean diet and workout schedule of the past few months to just a week of going back to how I used to be, I learned a few things. So, instead of wallowing in the "I wish I had"s, I'll share.
Happily, a week of not being on a high intensity workout schedule and super clean diet (we're talking, minimal sugar, carb cycling, loads of protein and whole food style eating) didn't have an "immediate" change on my outward appearance. I may have felt a little softer, a big jigglier, but in actuality, my weight didn't fluctuate at all. What it DID have an effect on however, was my mentality and emotions. I THOUGHT I was all of those things, I was down on myself and felt lazy. And not the good kind of lazy where you think "I deserve this break". I felt sluggish and frustrated from a lack of workouts, dehydrated from not drinking enough water and most interestingly to me, I couldn't for the life of me get a handle on my eating schedule and my body did NOT react well.
I eat about 5-6 smaller healthy meals a day, am a water weekdays warrior (alcohol on the weekends only) and I try to drink 1-2 liters of water each day too. But that schedule is pretty hard to maintain when you're home away from home and out with friends and family that you haven't seen every night. You have a beer to be social, you eat out almost every night. I tried to stick with healthier options, salads for lunch and dinners out, fresh fruit at breakfast (love a crisp cold apple fresh from the farmers market), but even a salad can start to feel heavy when you're eating out. And I missed my clean protein sources. That was my biggest issue – I made some protein bars to bring along, but even they started to feel heavy after awhile. Sugar was EVERYWHERE and I ended up with more than a few sugar headaches. And the absolute worst I felt, was after my Thanksgiving meal.
First off – let me just say that anyone who thinks Vegans have to go hungry at Thanksgiving, you are officially invited to our house next year – SO much food on my plate. I think my plate was piled higher than most of the table. I made a vegan lentil loaf and a mushroom and leek seitan roulade that was to DIE for. There were also brussel sprouts, green beans and some of my mom's stuffing that she very sweetly has veganized for me, sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow cooked sweet little onions (we're talking 18 hrs here kids) cooked in some red wine, crazy number of homemade cranberry sauces. So. Much. Food. The problem though, was that being used to eating the number of smaller meals in a day, having a small breakfast and then one LARGE meal in the afternoon that basically covered all of my caloric intake for the week had me feeling awful. I ended up in bed early with a migraine and what felt like impending doom of sickness. Luckily (and far less dramatically), I was fine the next morning.
I can say that although I wasn't "working out" persay, I was fairly active for the majority of the week and even made it out to peruse some of the stores on Friday. Which leads me to another post for another day – but is anyone else starting to be a little tired of the extreme consumerism these days? Buying gifts because they flash the brightest and honk the loudest instead of finding a special gift and embracing the spirit, etc etc.
But for now – I'm back home. Sleep deprived (why is it that my first few nights back on a real and deliciously comfortable bed I sleep AWFULLY), but slowly getting back into the swing of workouts and healthy eating. I'm back to my small meals and got myself moving last night with some circuit style lifting and moderate cardio. Just in time for the Christmas festivities to start! We have our Christmas lights up on the house and are planning out our Christmas tree strategy/decorating. I'm determined to enjoy each holiday this year as much as I can. Because we should.
Hope everyone else has recovered from the holidays and maybe even had a healthier go of it than I did!
Deck of Cards Workout
November 18, 2013
I like working out, I really do (ok, maybe not cardio so much…). But I also like my weekends and sometimes, a workout is the last thing on my mind on a cozy rainy Sunday morning. Just like anyone and everyone else, I can definitely struggle with motivation. So this Sunday – I definitely was not feeling the scheduled workout, but as the day wore on – my guilt settled in, especially knowing that I really wanted to get back into the swing of things and really see some gains and the key to that – is consistency, aka – NOT skipping a workout on Sunday just because. But I definitely wasn't up for a full fledged workout downstairs in the chilly basement…where there was no football watching to be had. Priorities – I gots 'em. So I reached back to when I first started working out pretty seriously and had to travel to a friend's house that weekend. One of the workouts I did was called a "deck of cards" workout. They're pretty standard workouts, with a ton of different ways to do them. The first time I did them, I followed Jamie Eason's deck of cards workout and did a set of plyometric exercises, totaling the number of 3 cards to get my "number per" exercise for each exercise. I've also seen workouts that incorporate two moves (say, pushups and burpees) and you assign red or black cards to each exercise. For my workout today, I borrowed from this workout and used a different exercise for each shape. The original workout called for trying to get through as many of the 13 card sets as possible, each number on the card dictating how many of each move you do. I chose to up the ante a little bit and add in a second set of exercises and switch between the two for each set of 13 cards, for a total of 2 rounds per workout set and added in 20 mountain climbers at the end of each set. I finished up the deck of cards and was definitely winded, but strangely craving more. So after a quick break, I came up with 2 more workout sets and went for a second time. Here's what my final workout looked like for today:
For the sets that required weights (squats, curls, presses, etc) I kept the weights super light, since at any given time I could be doing 20+ lifts at a time. The rest of the exercises I did with body weight only. To give you an idea of how this works – one of my card draws for Workout 3 looked like this.
I stuck to the original number values of
J= 11, Q = 12, K = 13 and Ace = 14 (there are no jokers in the deck for this!). So that was 23 lunges per leg, 12 tricep extensions, 12 upright rows, 2 + 10 jumping jacks, 10 upright rows, 9 lunges per leg, 28 upright rows, 2 + 22 jumping jacks and finally rounded out the set with 20 mountain climbers. After this workout, I pulled another 13 cards and did repeated for Workout #4, switching between the 2 for a total of 2x per workout (i.e. the entire deck of cards, sans jokers). Excluding the small break, the whole thing probably took me close to 45-50 minutes.
It may not seem like a lot, but as you work through each set and keep the pace up, you are definitely winded by the end of workout. Especially when you get the higher pulls like 23, 24, etc.
I finished up feeling proud that I had at least put in some time getting my heart rate up and I especially appreciated the change of pace. Not to mention a chance to catch some Football in the process 🙂
Hope ya'll had a healthy weekend!
disclaimer: I am not a licensed fitness professional or trainer – this is a workout I designed for myself and felt comfortable doing given my level of experience with weight lifting. Please only pursue workouts that YOU are comfortable with and are appropriate to your level of fitness. The great thing about workouts is that they can be tailored to anyone's skill level!
My 100%
November 15, 2013
I read somewhere once that you should always give 100% everyday to whatever it is you're doing. But the kicker, is that what is your 100% one day may be nowhere near your 100% the next day.
That, I have found – is so so true.
The good news is that my trip to the dentist was remarkably uneventful – I say remarkably, because the level of sensitivity and pain in my teeth was enough to have me double over at different points in the day. If you know me, you know my tolerance for dental pain is also pretty dang high. I'm not being a hero, rather the opposite. I hate going to the dentist, so I have adapted to tolerate almost any level of pain in order to avoid it. Case in point: I let an abscessed tooth go for over at least a year – and I'm willing to bet longer than that. So I put on my brave face and called up the dentist. Turns out – the pain wasn't an abscessed tooth, but in all probability a nasty sinus infection that I'd been fighting off for a few weeks now, that suddenly decided it wanted to be BFFs with the nerves running to my teeth. Thanks for that.
So – while the dentist was thankfully uneventful (I did stay for my cleaning though! Gotta be better about these things.), i'm still left fighting off this sinus infection that isn't symptomatic enough to warrant antibiotics, but pesky enough to make this blast of cold weather we're having one of the most painful to date. I try to keep my medication overload to a minimum, choosing instead to fight unhealthy with healthy. But my efforts have certainly been a bit subpar to my normal standards.
So this week, my 100% looked like significantly lower intensity workouts and zero traditional cardio (the movement set my teeth throbbing). I lifted far less weight than I normally would aim for. But I worked out. And I attempted to have nutritious and healthy balanced meals each night. Sometimes, my 100% was a bowl of soup, but soup with greens and protein. Sometimes, like last night, my 100% looked like a heaping bowl of pasta, a beer and NO workouts. Turns out, I'd been blaming a lack of motivation and will power when it was probably my body saying "'scuse me, but you're sick, yo", ok and maybe a little bit of lack of will power 🙂
Yes, I probably could have pushed a little more this week, but in the end – I would've been even more miserable than I already was. I am proud that I got in my workouts and plan to keep on getting them in. I'm ok that I have to modify them right now, because its not the end all be all of workouts and it feels better to do something than nothing. And eventually, when I'm feeling better, the workouts will ramp back up. But for now, this girl just wants to sleep! Its reassuring and kind of cool to be able to acknowledge a mental progression of sorts. A year ago, I would've been so angry with myself for not putting in a full workout I had planned. Growing up is cool.
Happy weekending y'all!
Sickie Dinner for 1
November 13, 2013
Sick = soup, always – right?
While I'm definitely not full blown sick, I have been feeling pretty drained and under the weather lately. I've been trying to keep up my workouts at a lower intensity and keep my body fueled with good healthy foods to fight off whatever it is that's wrong with me (my money is on a Sinus Infection/Tooth Infection – yuck).
Yesterday was a particularly rough one and by the time I was home and had finished my workout, I had ZERO appetite. Not eating wasn't an option, so instead I threw together this easy soup that reminded me of my "mom, can I have a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup?" days. Salty, comforting and with a few extra healthy bits and pieces to satisfy my lifestyle.
I started with half a cube of Veggie broth bouillon into 2 cups of water and added some diced carrots and celery I had already cut up in the fridge. Next went half a package of pre-cubed tofu cubes, some freshly grated ginger, cayenne pepper and garlic powder, a trifecta of sick blasters! Once the veggies were nice and tender and the soup was ready to eat, I threw in a handful of torn up kale and let it steam a bit, to up the greens factor.
The result was cozy and comforting, salty and nourishing. Not too heavy, but still nutritious enough to satisfy. A big bowl of this would fill me up on a regular (feeling good) day, especially with the addition of some grains or noodles. But for now, it was perfect as was. Tonight, I'm feeling like a hungry beast, so I'm hoping a nice solid biceps/back workout will put me in the mood for some roasted acorn squash….get in mah bellay!
I'm off to the dentist tomorrow (I really hate the dentist…) to try and figure out if the tooth is the problem, or the sinuses are the problem. Chicken or the egg?
See also – go give my friend Dom some serious love over at his page. He just got back from running the NYC marathon. Major inspiration right there.
At home vs At the Gym
November 11, 2013
Man is this post long over due….
I "recently" (cough cough: early October: cough cough) spent some time out in Salt Lake City, Utah for work and while I was there, I had the pleasure of some of the best vegan food I've had in a long time and even managed to not step foot in a Starbucks once the entire time I was there (A staple for conference goers everywhere…), choosing to explore the local breakfast and coffee options instead, a personal accomplishment of mine.
On top of all of that, I had serious first for me, which was being dedicated enough to a workout to take advantage of a hotel gym to keep up with my scheduled sessions. Since it was the first time I've set foot in a gym other than my basement for the first time since February, I thought it'd be fun to compare my experiences between the two.
First things first: Cardio.
I have a treadmill at home, but the week I was in Utah was the first that my training program was adding some medium intensity cardio back into the mix. There are a few things that I came to realize.
1. Never underestimate the value of a good quality treadmill. I have my brothers hand-me-down treadmill in my basement, for which I am extremely grateful. But its a rickity and wobbly machine that doesn't have proper incline control (read: none at all). But I think the most important thing I realized while in Utah, is that good treadmills are a bit softer on the knees. For 3 days in a row, I banged out solid cardio sessions which were enjoyable and a good workout and I was actually a bit sorry to see the time end. Compare that to at home, where its painful, sluggish and slow. Lesson learned, a) get outside and run b) save up for a decent treadmill (sure beats fighting for one at the gym!).
2. Somewhat related to being on the treadmill, is the fact that I was willing to be on a treadmill. One of the reasons I first started running is embarrassingly non-inspirational. I waltzed into my apartment gym ready to elliptical my little heart out. The only problem? No ellipticals were free. No problem, I'd just hop on a bike and work out (steadfastly avoiding that treadmill), but they were full also. Strangely, the row of treadmills was empty, but people will milling about stalking ellipticals like it was their job. So instead of wasting my time, I reluctantly got on a treadmill (and voila! A blog was born…). The moral of this story? Is I saw my previous self walk into that gym every.morning. The amount of eyerolling, foot stomping and exasperated sighing that I witness simply because the ellipticals were occupied was both amusing and disheartening. I was suddenly very grateful that I had the ability to work out in so many different ways.
Next up – LIFTING.
Oh man. I didn't think I'd ever miss weight lifting machines as much as I have in the past few months. I love free weights and will forever believe they are the best form of lifting. But lately I've felt a bit limited with the exercises I can safely do (like heavier weights for squats), or even think about about doing (lat pulldowns, leg press, etc). There are some quick fixes, hamstring curls/leg extensions with dumbbells etc, or front/hack squats to replace the quad targeting for leg extensions, but I have been absolutely missing targeting my back muscles or incline exercises. Funny though, while it was really nice to use those machines (and do a proper pull up/chin up, I managed to eek out 3-5 each time (leg kicking and all), after which a separate gym goer promptly walked over and banged out about 30 without breaking a sweat – sigh.), I found I missed simple things, like my squat bar (seriously, what gym doesn't have a barbell. I also had the pleasure of a workout partner for the week. Which came in VERY handy after spending hours wandering around a city and eating delicious food. Sometimes a little outside influence is necessary 🙂
I came back thoroughly proud of my workout dedication and extremely burnt out. As I worked through some minor jet lag and general conference/travel exhaustion, the last thing I wanted to do was prep meals, wander downstairs after work and lift heavy. I took a glance over my workout logs (another reason I am super glad I kept them) and realized that it had been about 7 weeks straight of very intense lifting, 5-6 days a week. For someone who's used to those workouts, it starts to be second nature, but for this little gal, it was definitely time for a breather. I also glanced over my food logs and was a bit skeptical of the amount of calories I was taking in (and with the lack of cardio in the first part of the program, not burning off as much). I did a few more calculations and reading and came to the conclusion that I was probably taking in about 500 more calories than I truly needed, which would explain my overall discontent with body image and feeling sluggish. I was so focused on protein and carb ratios, that I completely overlooked my veggie intake also. Instead of my clothes fitting better, they were beginning to feel a bit too tight. Oops. So for the 2 weeks or so after my conference, I worked out moderately, but really focused on not focusing too much on the diet. I ate what felt healthy (and much much lighter). My natural caloric intake came back down to a far more reasonable intake amount and I now feel a TON better. After a few days of 100% no workout rests, I kept up my workouts, but instead of 5-6 days a week, I cut back to 3-4 days a week and kept the weights a little lighter. Slowly but surely I'm working myself through the burnt out phase. I'm keeping an eye on inspirational sources and trusting my food instincts a lot more, instead of focusing just on numbers. Certainly nothing groundbreaking, the body is this crazy thing that requires a lot of fine tuning when it comes to workouts. So its just a general moving forward and tweaking as I go. Which I'm proud of doing, rather than saying "nope! not for me, peace out, workouts!"
Now that I'm starting to feel a little more inspired, I'm beginning to pay a little more attention to my at home gym. I'm still not convinced that I need a gym membership, so I thought I'd give a peek into how I'm getting through some hurdles I've found.
My biggest concern when working out at home is safety, especially since I workout solo without spotters. As my weights for squats went up, the need for a "squat rack" became pretty apparent. I have two sets of 10 lb weights, a set of 5s and a set of 20s. And anything above 25 lbs it gets a little sketchy trying to clean and press the bar on to my neck (body pumpers will know this move). So the solution, was this rack. It puts the bar just below shoulder height for me, so that I can easily get under the bar and not have to worry about getting the weights up and over my head.
One of the staples of weight lifting, is to target the same muscles from different angles. Think, regular bench press vs an incline bench press. The above set up is my quick fix for any incline exercises until I get a bench that can be adjusted for different angles. Its just my exercise ball propped against an old fridge (or wall, etc) in the basement. Its definitely not perfect, but it works for now.
My last quick fix so far is the use of exercise bands for exercises like tricep pushdowns or seated rows. The above set up is what I use for the pushdowns, if I'm doing a row, I wrap the bands around a pillar instead of a ceiling beam (which incidentally is also where I try to build up to some efficient pull ups). The obvious downside to this fix is the lack of added weight resistance. I do find with the tricep pushdowns that if I've worked my arms out hard enough previous to this exercise that the bands will be extremely sufficient in fatiguing the muscles. But for the rows, lat pull downs, etc, I usually end up wishing I had more weight to pull. I usually try to find different exercises that target the same muscles that use dumbbells instead.
So there you have it – that's the current state of my at home gym, with a pretty decent set of dumbbells to go with. I'm happy with what I've pulled together so far, but next up on the list is definitely a proper pull up bar, a bench and I've seen a few online tutorials for putting together a lat pulldown machine. I also think I'd like to seriously look into a decent treadmill or elliptical machine. Its definitely not perfect and I absolutely miss the amenities of a fully equipped gym, but I also don't miss waiting for a machine (cardio or otherwise) and the added few steps of working up the motivation to get out of the house and to the gym. Plus, you can't beat having 2 four-legged furry workout buddies to keep you company!
Happy Monday ya'll!
p.s. How is it the 2nd full week of November already?? I've been doing my daily "I"m grateful for…" but keeping it private, in a little notebook that I carry with me everyday. I've really been enjoying the practice and plan on keeping it up even after November is done.
p.p.s. Thank you so much to whoever nominated me for the Mobbies ( A Baltimore based Blog award). I'm super sorry I haven't been too timely with posts lately. The above mentioned burnout recovery involved some nights of complete self reflection.


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If there's a video game console or dedicated game machine not covered in this epic 23-minute walkthrough, I don't want to know about it. In fact, there are plenty here that I don't recognize.
Well played, Elder-Geek video editor Eliot Hagen. Double bonus points if you can identify all the songs, or honestly just for making it through the whole thing. [Elder-Geek via Geekosystem]


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Playing with the Universe
Ideas and shares of working with the energy of planet earth.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Working with your 6th senses from Calling All Angels Show
The Image and energy that I projected over the past week (to July 15th) was a lotus flower opening and the energy of spiritual growth. We are coming up to accelerated growth opportunities and the Angels felt that was a perfect energy to beam out. This is the exact picture I beamed out.
Don't be shy about sharing your experiences with me, that is the purpose of this exercise and us developing out connections with each other.
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Not long now before the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest kicks off in beautiful Belgrade.
I've always been a big fan of the contest but would be the first to admit that the quality of songs has declined markedly in recent years.
As I wrote in The Guardian:
Hardcore Eurovision-sceptics will doubt it, but there was a time when the continent's annual music-fest did actually produce good music. The golden age of Eurovision - like the golden age of football, television sitcoms and most other things which really matter - was the 1970s.
The strength of 70s Eurovision was shown by the quality of the songs that didn't win. Italy's Gigliola Cinquetti would have romped home in any other decade with her beautiful ballad Si, but had the bad luck in 1974 to come up against a Swedish outfit called Abba. The 1975 contest was another classic, won by the Dutch group Teach-In, with Ding a Dong, arguably the best winning song of all time.
And of course, Ding a Dong was followed a year later by the classic 'Save Your Kisses for Me', a runaway winner for The Brotherhood of Man, and the biggest selling Eurovision hit single of all time.
And as a reminder of those glory days, above is real You Tube gem: a video featuring all the Song Contest winners from 1956-79. Enjoy!


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By Rick Henderson, ink-stained, pixelated wretch; political writer and editor; alum, UNC-Chapel Hill (A.B. 1979); aficionado, American roots music and eclectic pop culture; cheap wine snob.
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Monday, December 25, 2006
A couple of LA blogs say this commercial was first aired on news radio, but now it's on TV:
An American Express commercial using "Gimme Some Money" as incidental music.
At last, the royalties will allow the Thamesmen to retire in comfort.
Meantime, here's a photo I took today near the casa. Merry Christmas.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
For awhile, anyway. It's been a fun and interesting year, and more on that later. Now, though, just a note to let anyone who's interested know that blizzards are beautiful and quiet and really suck. It started snowing here at about 5 Wednesday morning. The forecasts were for anywhere from 3 inches to 2 feet in the metro area, depending on where the storm settled.
I took my normal route to work -- drive to a side street near the downtown Littleton light rail station, take the train downtown, walk to work. (More on the Rocky's amazing new digs later.) Snow picked up during the day and the newsroom made arrangements for workers who might be stranded to stay in a hotel. Most of my colleagues and I decided to head home, figuring that we could take the train or a bus this morning.
(You are wrong, mass transit breath!)
The Regional Transit District announced that buses would stop running at 7 p.m. and trains would operate on a limited service -- meaning fewer trips. So we peeled out a bit early. Walking empty streets in downtown Denver during rush hour should be amazing, but it was cold and snowing and I had places to go.
Fortunately, my colleague Steve Oelrich was on the train with me, and his wife Jane picked us up at the station and drove me to my car. The drifts had made digging out the windshield an adventure, but between Jane's snow shovel and both our snow brushes, it only took a couple minutes to clear the glass. And because the snow was dry and fluffy, I was able to power out and head home.
I figured that getting to work would be an adventure, but possible. After all, there's a bus stop adjacent to my apartment complex, and while it takes more time to ride the bus and transfer to the train, it's doable.
Wrong again. Today, no buses. Light rail is closed, until the afternoon, anyway. Passengers can't get to the trains from the bus stops and park-n-rides. So in about an hour, I'm going to see if I can move my car from the parking lot to the main street (Mineral Ave.). If so, I'm golden to get to work. Which is essential, because we still have a few production-related things to do for the Friday and Sunday papers.
Tomorrow is supposed to be better. I haven't measured the snow, but the official reading for Littleton is 21 inches. Drifts can be much higher, of course. In other good news, a storm like this hits Denver only about once every decade.
UPDATE: The train ride last night was surreal, too. Every time it snows, there's always a risk that the doorways to the cars will get clogged with snow or just freeze. The only way to clear them is for the drivers bang on the doors and loosen the slush. Last night, with drifts and wind and temps in the mid-20s, more and more of those doors (there are three sets per car) became paralyzed. At one point, all the passengers were moved from the rear cars to the lead car because the doors were starting to stick. Wouldn't that be fun -- stranded on a rail car! Passengers had to enter and exit from the front door, each of which connects to a ramp that's handicapped accessible, and I believe also can be opened manually if necessary. It was fun, fun, fun.
UPDATE 2: The guys who were clearing snow from our parking lot made a couple of extra scrapes near my bumper, so I was able to get out and go into work. (Good thing; it snowed another foot or more after I got home last night.) The roads were covered with snow but passable. It took about 40 minutes to take the 12-mile drive in. It stopped snowing about noon, giving the gummint time to scrape the roads a few more times. The test will be tomorrow. It's supposed to be about 12 degrees when I get up. If the buses are running (they weren't today), I may just take one to the light rail.
Meantime, here are a few photos:
From my apartment:
The geese never get too cold; see the flying V in the distance:
The deck:
This is the main road to work:
Happy holidays!
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Interesting though incomplete L.A. Times story about the "merger" of the two dailies in Las Vegas, including my former employer, the Review-Journal. Incomplete, because to get the whole story, read the take of my friend Steve Sebelius, who worked at both papers and now edits the alt-weekly in town. The Greenspuns' naked (and insufficiently disclosed) self-promotion is beyond belief.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
My first bylined story for the Rocky: a contrary view of Rod Dreher's Crunchy Cons, a book that asks how people with conservative political view can also live more "organic" lives. (The short version of my view -- they can, and they don't have to renounce the free market to do so.)
Rod's "point" is here.
My "counterpoint" is here.
I actually let Rod off with a stern warning, compared with the treatment he gets from his friend and former colleague Jonah Goldberg here. Then again, Jonah's writing for the congregation, not a more-general audience. Still, I'm with him.
If you're interested in the "movement," which Jonah calls a journalistic invention, NRO has established a blog for crunchies and their critics. All I can say is, if you're having doctrinal disputes over whether it's OK to buy gourmet coffee beans that aren't locally roasted, you're really not comfortable discussing Adam Smith and Milton Friedman.
Da game
It's tonight. If you don't understand the Carolina-Duke rivalry, this piece by a righteous Tar Heel alum (in National Review, again) tells it all. The comparisons of Roy Williams and Coach K are terrific. BTW, those of us in the Denver Carolina Club really can't figure out how fervently we'll pull for Team USA in the '08 Olympics, because, you know, that guy's the head coach.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
I've been quiet, particularly about the Tar Heels because a) I'm just superstitious enough to not want to jinx them and 2) I have a fractured wrist, dammit.
Anywho, if Roy Williams is not selected national coach of the year, I'd hate to be one of the no voters. Imagine the e-mails. From my understanding, no D1 team has ever lost its entire starting five (let alone those guys and its top two bench players), and yet the defending nationl champs have been ranked 10 of the past 12 weeks and could finish second in the ACC. This, on a team that starts two freshmen and two former walk-ons, and plays a 6'-6" guy at power forward ... and is getting nearly 9 more rebounds than their opponents per game.
They turn the ball over too much, they can get smoked by teams with super-quick guards, and some games they can't hit jump shots.
Even so, Roy has been more than us life-member alums could have asked for as a coach, recruiter, teacher, and steward of the program. (And I was a skeptic early on.) Go Heels.
As for baseball, I expect the Braves to make it 15 division titles in a row. Roger McDowell will demonstrate the only coaching skill that eluded the amazing Leo Mazzone -- building confidence in a young but talented bullpen. The Mets again overspent and will underperform. No one else in the East will compete. And the Rockies will be lousy, but I'll watch them play at Coors a few times. Even when the Braves aren't in town.
Sunday, February 19, 2006
I have a plate and several screws in my left wrist. The pain has been negligible, thanks to rest, ice, elevation and excellent meds. The test comes Monday, when I return to work. I'll have to type with one hand for a week. But if all's well, on the 28th I will be fitted with a removable splint and will regain limited use of my dominant hand -- with full recovery expected in five or six weeks. High marks to everyone involved in this procedure.
Speaking of high marks ... check out the weekly column by Rocky Mountain News Publisher John Temple on reaction to our decision to publish a host of offensive cartoons last Sunday, along with a pro/con about the role of the press. (Check the Islamic cartoons link here.) The encouraging news: Most readers cheered the move.
Meantime, The Washington Post gives Danish editor Flemming Rose his say. Tom Paine and Patrick Henry would be proud.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
and breaketh his wrist. I've been too busy soaking in the Front Range to discuss the future of the blog with my bosses (and having too much fun working and writing again to make this a priority). But, long story short, Denver is wonderful.
Except ...
I slipped on ice Friday night and broke my left wrist. I'll find out Tuesday whether surgery is in my future. The fall was painful. So was everything until I was splinted. Top ratings, though, to the folks at Highlands Ranch Urgent Care and the ER at Littleton Hospital. They took great care of me, sent me home relatively comfortable and with adequate pain drugs. Tuesday I see the orthopaedist again ...
The good news? He wants me to keep my left fingers active, so I'll be writing throughout my recovery. Whatever happens, I'll spend the next couple of months becoming a right-hander.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
How has every network news show and most mainstream reporting and commentary labeled Bush's NSA surveillance program? Domestic spying. Except it may involve few if any calls that took place in the United States at all. How do we know? Just read James Risen. That's right, the New York Times reporter who broke the story in advance of his book State of War. Excerpting the book, lawprof Orin Kerr at the Volokh Conspiracy suggests strongly that "most of the new surveillance program was not about domestic surveillance at all; most of it was about the surveillance of entirely international calls and e-mails that just happened to be routed through U.S. networks in the course of delivery." Kerr is hardly a Bush apologist. In this follow-up post, Kerr says he still can't decide whether the program violates the law. (I'm with him, and with today's editorial in the Rocky Mountain News -- I don't work there yet -- which suggests that if the law had to be broken to keep the program going, it's time to revisit the law.)
But media reports have clearly misrepresented how many communications were intercepted within U.S. territory -- abetted, I must say, by the Times and by Risen himself, who continues to claim that the leakers were righteous whistle-blowers and that the program is an outrage. I'm willing to bet a substantial amount of money the MSM will never willingly acknowledge the distinction between intercepting phone calls within the United States and snooping on international calls that route through U.S. networks. Nor will they drop the "domestic spying" shtick.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Check out the back-and-forth at The Corner between (mainly) Rod Dreher and Jonah Goldberg over "crunchy conservatism," Dreher's formulation that a growing number on the right have grown dismayed with a mindless worship of market capitalism and are willing to burn the blazers, wear Birkenstocks, and shop at Whole Foods. No, seriously. This is an emerging movement! Dreher's Sunday Times essay promoting his forthcoming book launched the back-and-forth at NR. Goldberg's criticism of Dreher (which dates from 2002) is golden. His main points: Only a handful of inconsequential libertarians (or hidebound Objectivists) pretend that market economics is an all-encompassing philosophy of life; Friedman and Hayek never attempted to explain beauty or spirituality on purely economic grounds. Dreher and his crunchy mates are in fact promoting a 21st century version of Yuppie-style consumerism -- show your class consciousness: eat organic food!
This debate began more than a week ago (keep scrolling, and be sure to follow the links) in response to this essay by longtime NR editor Jeffrey Hart, lamenting the triumph of "free market utopianism" -- now there's an oxymoron, for anyone who knows anything about markets or Utopia -- and the boorishness of today's materialistic conservative political movement.
Dreher seconds Hart's complaints, but he veers into a knee-jerk embrace of localism that sensible keepers of the WFB tradition smartly reject. For one thing, extreme localism can easily lead to grassroots tyranny; it was, after all, Washington that forced local and state governments in the South to dismantle Jim Crow. (For a concise summary of Dreher's confusion, read this post.)
But I digress. What Dreher fails to completely comprehend is that Whole Foods symbolizes a triumph of free-market capitalism, not its antithesis. (More thoughts on Whole Foods here.) Thanks to America's continent-wide free-trade zone, it's possible for organic farmers to gain the distribution networks they need to sell their wares to a larger group of consumers; at the same time, expanded markets keep prices low for consumers while letting the farmers earn a living. The public trading of Whole Foods shares on major financial markets has allowed the chain to expand throughout the nation; otherwise, John Mackey could never have raised the capital to expand beyond a handful of stores in the Bay Area.
As Goldberg says, "crunchy cons" may be nothing more than 21st century Yuppies. But there are policy implications in the agrarian-tinged technocracy Dreher is flirting with, and they're hostile to the Burkean "little platoons" Dreher claims to embrace. Virginia Postrel has eloquently refuted such critiques of plenitude here and here, among other places. Dreher says he would reject government edicts to mandate his preferred way of life. Yet he continues to argue that the marketplace must be shackled, or he could never maintain his lifestyle. I look forward to the continued debate on The Corner, and I'll probably read the book, so long as I can keep my blood pressure in check.
Back in the 'sphere
The cats and I trekked across the mountains and have landed safely in the Denver Metro area. We await the furniture, hoping that the movers were not waylaid by winter storms. The weather here has been wonderful, a bit breezy but sunny and unseasonably mild (60 degrees or higher every day). SoCal did all it could to keep me. I took my final bike ride in the 'hood on Christmas Eve. It was 84 degrees with brilliant sunshine and just enough breeze to cleanse the smog and reveal the gorgeous mountain vistas. I'm glad the elements cooperated so I could enjoy that ride.


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SMRT CFO resigns after eight months, last day Nov 9
SMRT Corp's group chief financial officer, Sam Ong Eng Keang, has resigned after eight months on the job and his last day will be Nov 9.
The transport operator said in a release on Tuesday that Mr Ong, who joined SMRT on March 1, 2014, is leaving to "pursue philanthropic interests and business prospects".
Pending the appointment of a new CFO to replace Mr Ong, the responsibilities of the CFO will be covered by Cindy Lau, its vice-president of group finance & shared services.
Some analysts were surprised by Mr Ong's rather short stay. He joined SMRT from Singapore-listed waste water management firm Hyflux, where he was group senior executive vice-president and deputy CEO.
SMRT said its CFO provides the overall leadership to the finance function of the group. The CFO is also expected to play a key role in developing, monitoring and evaluating overall corporate strategy with the chief executive officer and leaders of business units with emphasis on bottomline performance, working capital and enhancing shareholder value.
"This position provides useful financial insights to help make better decisions about formulating and executing strategy. Major responsibilities include corporate governance, accounting, treasury, investments and financial reporting,'' SMRT said.
An analyst said while the sudden departure of the CFO would be taken as a red flag for most companies, "we believe this should be an exception due to SMRT's history of strong corporate governance and majority ownership by Temasek".
Furthermore, SMRT had just reported a stellar set of Q2 2015 results indicating a strong earnings recovery on the back of higher fares, lower costs and operating efficiencies. Net profit spiked up 75.5 per cent to S$25.3 million for the second quarter ended Sept 30 on improved performance in its train and bus operations, as well as higher profitability from its taxi, rental and advertising businesses. Revenue was 6.0 per cent higher at S$314.0 million compared to the same period a year ago.
Looking ahead, SMRT said the fare business environment will continue to be challenging owing to heightened operational demands on service and capacity.
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Just posting to say that I will no longer be linking my reviews to this blog, at least for a while. Because I'm now being featured on Audible Forte' and The Rosen Hacker, I don't really see much point in redirecting people to three different blogs, especially this one is entirely my content whereas both of those sites feature a lot of other great talent. Maybe after (and if, fingers crossed) I start getting more views, I'll bring this blog back into attention, but for the time being, I'm just going to stop listing it at the end of my reviews.
I'm still going to list additions to my collection and updating my ratings whenever I can, so if you're checking out the site because you saw the URL in one of my old videos, it's still technically going to be maintained, even though it won't look like it (and yes, that does mean I'll be approving and possibly responding to comments). I started this blog as an easy-access archive of my CD collection for a personal hobby, and it can still fulfill that purpose.
So, if you've been here before and are just checking in for an update, thanks for your previous support; if you're browsing for the first time, sorry your introduction is on a bit of a sour note; either way, please be sure to check out the sites mentioned above.
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What is React?
React.js is the trendiest library used to create user interface in modern single-page applications. It was designed by Facebook to satisfy their needs of adjustability, extensibility and convenience. Now React is driving force behind products of the most successful companies like Airbnb, Instagram and Netflix.
Core benefits of using React
- Modularity
Building interface with React components allows to really embrace agile approach to ever-changing business requirements. One component can be seamlessly modified without breaking the others. Thanks to this, we are able to deliver products that suits needs of our customers without unexpected delays and errors.
- Performance
One of the React's strongest suit is its blazing performance. Thanks to sophisticated algorithms, React performs costly updates of the browser content only when necessary. Composable architecture makes even the most complex remain really smooth and highly interactive.
- Ecosystem
React's ecosystem is one of the most rapidly growing open-source environment in web development history. Number of projects built around this technology increase exponentially each month. Developers has access to a lot of innovative, polished solutions used across the world. Such a tendency is the best guarantee of long-term support and further development of this awesome library.
- Effective testing
Testing of applications is straightforward thanks to one-way data flow and single responsibility rule embodied in React's components. Predictable data flow and functional programming concepts widely used in React development make error detection possible at an early stage of development. All of this results in effective team work and project maintainability.
- Versatility
React's only concern is view layer, so it is great for building interfaces regardless of application's size and complexity. Moreover, such an approach give us a free hand to choose all of the other tools required to meet development goals. Our stack will be precisely selected with yours project needs in mind.
- Development Speed
React been built for business. Its features have been made to make the work and life easier, save time and money, and let us use the blessings of the newest technology.
Our React Tech Stack
- Redux
A predictable state container for JavaScript apps. Inspired by Flux architecture, provides a uni-directional way of updating Views and handling user actions. Redux promotes simple yet effective rules of state management which enforces encapsulation and immutability. Thanks to this, maintaining React apps gets even easier.
- React Native
A framework that allows to create real and exciting mobile apps that are powered with React's magic. Thanks to cross-platform building, with one codebase we can build apps supported on both Android and iOS. This saves a lot of our time and your money.
- Styled components
A library that brings together CSS and power of JavaScript. It lets us apply modern styling solutions straight into React's components and solves many of the maintainability problems associated with traditional CSS at the same time.
- Storybook
A tool that simplifies creating and maintaining a UI documentation site which includes actual, up-to-date components. Storybook provides access to interactive list of components that were created in the past. It makes adoption of UI patterns at Pagepro so much easier. No one reinvents the wheel, which saves time and increases consistency.
- Jest + Enzyme + Sinon
To ensure that our projects are error free, we use highly effective testing tools stack. Facebook's Jest provides a test running environment, recognizable for its high performance. Airbnb's Enzyme makes it easier to assert, manipulate and traverse React components. Sinon is our choice for creating spies, stubs and mocks that lead to even faster and more reliable tests.
- Webpack
Before shipping React code, it has to be transpilled into form understandable by the browsers, including legacy ones. Moreover, modern front end applications come with many non-code static assets such as CSS, images and fonts. With stable production deploys in mind, we use Webpack, a module bundler tool that automatizes the complex building process.
Here are some examples of our React projects:
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We love sharing our knowledge with others and we do it in different ways. Our developers are experts in React Native development and often participate in conferences and workshops. They also teach each other in internal training, do speak at meetups and write interesting articles on the blog.
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NARN, The Psychotic Edition
The Northern Alliance Radio Network will be on the air today, with our six-hour-long broadcast schedule starting at 11 am CT. The first two hours features Power Line's John Hinderaker and Chad and Brian from Fraters Libertas. Mitch and I hit the airwaves for the second shift from 1-3 pm CT, and King Banaian and Michael Broadkorb have The Final Word from 3-5. If you're in the Twin Cities, you can hear us on AM 1280 The Patriot, or on the station's Internet stream if you're outside of the broadcast area.
Today, Mitch and I have a couple of very interesting guests. First, we'll have Troy Scheffler in studio with us at 1:30 to discuss his sudden suspension from Hamline University for his dissident views on concealed carry and diversity programs. After that, we'll talk with Roger Rapoport, author of the book Citizen Moore. We will go over the other stories of the day as we can squeeze them into this edition, perhaps reviewing again the Democratic Party's demagoguery over oil prices or how all of us are to blame for Katie Couric's failure at CBS.
Be sure to call and join the conversation today at 651-289-4488. Just remember that we will demand psychiatric counseling and an interview prior to getting on the air if you go crazy and demand a windfall-profits tax on Hamlin University.


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Making for quite the interestingly questionable depictions, US artist Dan Lacey has been busily creating a collection of nearly 70 Michael Jackson tribute paintings in the year since the singer's death.
Among the works are controversy-instigating nudes, as well works showing the King of Pop being pulled up by a representation of Jesus and a young Michael hanging with Tupac Shakur.
Lacey, whose oil painting take several days to complete, hit headlines last year with his surreal painting of a nude President Obama riding a unicorn.
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African Americans Teach A Jew About The HoloHOAX - Video Dailymotion: African Americans Teach A Jew About The Jewish HollowHoax www.TheGreatestStoryNeverTold.tv For the Jewish Holocaust officially debunked, look-up: - David Cole / David Cole Auschwitz - Ernst Zundel / Ernst Zundel: Setting The Record Straight - Or just search on Google/YouTube (or anywhere else that doesn't entirely ban freedom of speaking about historical facts) 'HoloHoax' If you want to know about the true Holocausts, look-up: - www.HellstormDocumentary.com - www.TGSNT.tv (later in the documentary, about halfway through and onwards) - Or lookup Jewish Russian Takeover, Russian Czar Slaughter, Soviet Famine, Holodomor, Soviet Atrocities, Soviet War Crimes, etc. www.TheGreatestStoryNeverTold.tv www.HellstormDocumentary.com www.911MissingLinks.com www.DavidDuke.com www.RealJewNews.com www.Smoloko.com www.RenegadeBroadcasting.com www.QuestioningTheHolocaust.com www.HolocaustHandbooks.com www.CODOH.com www.TruTube.tv
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Finnish lady describes the Muslim violence, they brag of attacks.
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text: BPD Living With BPD Print Coping With Borderline Personality Disorder in College By Erin Johnston, LCSW Erin Johnston, LCSW is a therapist, counselor, coach, and mediator with a private practice in Chicago, Illinois. Learn about our editorial process Erin Johnston, LCSW Updated on March 25, 2020 FatCamera / Getty Images More in BPD Living With BPD Diagnosis Treatment Related Conditions Living with borderline personality disorder (BPD) affects nearly every area of your life, especially where there are people involved. We also know that having BPD can affect college success. Let's take a look at an example of a person attending college with BPD, and the specific issues that can arise. An Example of How BPD Can Affect College Success A story can be worth thousands of words when it comes to describing how having borderline personality disorder (BPD) can affect the college or university experience. In order to better describe both the experience and issues a person with BPD may face, we will use a case report of a woman whose name has been changed to Martha to protect her privacy. As you read through this example, think about your own life. Have you faced circumstances similar to those faced by Martha? Did you have any of the same reactions? Then read on to learn about how some of the common issues faced by people with BPD may play a role. Background on Borderline Personality Disorder Let's start at the beginning. Having taken the last year off, Martha is planning on returning to college in the fall. Her break came as a result of not participating in classes the previous term. Martha just seemed to quit in the middle of her last semester; she stopped going to class, only turned in some of her assignments and started partying. Threatened with academic probation, she decided to sit out for a year and regroup. This was not the first time that Martha had problems in college. In high school, she was always a capable and focused student. When she started college, her future seemed planned and clear. Always one for a cause, Martha initially planned to start and run a non-profit foundation for teenage girls. Once she started school, however, her plans began to get a bit hazy. Borderline Personality Is Marked by Change When Martha took her break from college, she had already changed her major three times in two years and was thinking of changing again. She had started going out to bars until the early hours of the morning, often drinking in her dorm room before she went out (possibly self-medicating behavior). It was not uncommon for her to wake up not knowing where she was or who she was with. Through all of this, she still managed to participate in classes just enough to keep her head above water. But in her last semester, she just stopped going or doing much of anything. Impulsive Behaviors and BPD The Consequences of BPD Symptoms Martha's last semester had started with a level of enthusiasm that rivaled her first semester in college. She was finally able to register for a class taught by a noted professor at the university. She would pour all of her efforts into assignments for the class and even stopped going out as much. She felt that she was really connecting with her classmates as well. Martha was devastated when her papers were not singled out as being exceptional. The professor did not seem to see her as a superior student. To Martha, it seemed like the professor did not like her at all. (Think about what Martha did here. Have you ever done something similar in some setting in your life?) When Martha mentioned this to her fellow students, they would assure her that the professor was treating all of the students the same. Their lack of validation was intensely frustrating and felt like an additional rejection. Martha felt alone and angry when she thought of class. (Lack of validation in childhood is considered to be one of the risk factors for borderline personality disorder, and even thoughts that a comment or grade, in this case, is invalidating, can bring to mind too many hurtful thoughts to imagine.) Martha stopped going to this class. Perhaps she thought the lack of her valuable contributions would be missed. Or, maybe she was angry and did not want to be where so was not wanted, or she wanted everyone to know how hurt she was. Soon she stopped going to her other classes as well. (To an outsider, this behavior may appear obviously self- sabotaging, but for someone living with borderline personality disorder, the insult is deep.) Common BPD Symptoms In this example, Martha demonstrates the following borderline personality disorder symptoms: Intense/Unstable Interpersonal Relationships: Martha's initial feelings toward her professor and classmates are intense and idealized. She feels that she is really connecting with her classmates and clearly idolized her professor. These feelings quickly and suddenly change, permanently altering Martha's perception of her experience. She begins to see her classmates as invalidating and her professor as picking on her because he's not recognizing her.Splitting: When Martha's perception changes to one of devaluation, it is a total shift from good to bad. She is unable to recognize that she ever felt differently.Sensitivity to Rejection: Martha's heightened sensitivity to rejection triggered thoughts that her professor and classmates did not like her. The reality of their feelings is truly unknown and may not have that much bearing on Martha's experience of them.Impulsive, Self-Damaging Behavior: Martha consumed alcohol excessively and was promiscuous. She would wake up with strangers and in unfamiliar surroundings. Her alcohol use resulted in her being unable to make safe decisions about those she spent her time with.Identity Disturbance: Martha's sense of who she was and what she wanted to do was fluid. Once she entered college, she lost her sense of self and found focusing on a clear self-directed goal impossible. If you are having suicidal thoughts, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 for support and assistance from a trained counselor. If you or a loved one are in immediate danger, call 911.For more mental health resources, see our National Helpline Database. Coping With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Many people with BPD will see themselves, at least to some degree, in the example described above. The process of reading through this example may even make you feel like you want to go to bat for Martha, as you understand the hurt in her heart that has led to her choices. The 9 Best Online Therapy Programs We've tried, tested and written unbiased reviews of the best online therapy programs including Talkspace, Betterhelp, and Regain. What's important to understand is that the way this interaction unfolds can be changed. And the change doesn't have to originate from the culprit changing their ways, but rather in you changing how you interpret the events, and in doing so, change the way you respond to what transpired. Looking at examples in your own life can be helpful when they are broken down as Martha's story is here. If you're living with BPD, find a good therapist who can help you work through the issues posed by BPD. How to Find a Therapist for BPD Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Learn the best ways to manage stress and negativity in your life. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? 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6 cups peeled and sliced Bosc pears- about 5 pears
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup unsalted butter
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter a 2 quart casserole dish. Okay – how do you decide what is a 2 quart casserole dish — it is 8 cups, but … annoying. Just give me a measurement of the dish – I mean really – ugh.
Toss pears with lemon juice in a bowl. Combine 1/2 cup light brown sugar, cornstarch, and cinnamon together in a separate bowl. Add sugar mixture to pears; toss to coat. Transfer to the prepared casserole dish – totally sprayed this with cooking spray. Sprinkle pear mixture with Cheddar cheese.
Combine flour and 1/2 cup light brown sugar in a food processor; pulse to mix. Cut butter into flour mixture until crumb consistency. Sprinkle topping over Cheddar cheese layer.
Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden brown, about 45 minutes.
Source: Allrecipes.com
Interesting that the original recipe said this was an odd combination – Really? No. This was really good, granted, I made a couple modifications, but I think that is allowable based on taste. I have a couple of quibbles though.
This did not work in the cheese flavor department, which was really disappointing because I love pears (or apples) with cheddar. Will have to figure out how to do that better. And, this is no criticism, but I want a little more crunch in the "crisp" part and I think either walnuts, or maybe almonds should work for that.
A 2 quart dish is an 8 cup dish, and according to conversion charts can be a 9 inch round cake pan (thank you again William Sonoma). That is what I used and to be honest, I think something slightly smaller in size, to make it a bit thicker would have been good. Notes for next time. And there will be a next time. I have two Bosc pears and a Granny Smith apple and I think I will be doing this again.


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Highlanders Chapter General Meeting: NOTE: We are meeting the 3rd Thursday. We meet at the Leesburg Public Library 100 East Main Street in the meeting rooms at the front of the library. Meeting starts at 5:00 PM. Come earlier for social time. Please bring your aluminum cans to recycle in non-dripping plastic bags and a snack to share. Open to the Public.
Start: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 5:00 PM
End: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 6:45 PM
Location: Leesburg Public Library
Details: 100 East Main St., Leesburg, FL
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As part of the Ivens database, I have been tracking key historical events to better understand the times my ancestors lived in.
It throws up some interesting juxtapositions:
1688: William of Orange (William III) lands in Torbay with 15,000 mercenaries, meanwhile Edward Lloyd opens a coffeehouse which eventually becomes Lloyds of London.
1692: The Campbells slaughter 38 MacDonalds at Glencoe, meanwhile the Salem witch trials begin in Massechusetts.
1693: William Penn proposes European Federation, meanwhile Mt Etna erupts causing earthquake that devastates parts of Sicily and Malta.
1701: Jethro Tull invents a drill for planting seeds in rows, meanwhile Captain Kidd is hanged for piracy in London.
1703: The Company of Quenching of Fire (i.e., a fire brigade) is founded in Edinburgh, meanwhile the Great storm of 1703 kills up to 15,000, and, by the way, The Man in the Iron Mask dies in the Bastille.
1709: Great Frost of 1709: Extremely cold winter, temperatures as low as −12 °C (10 °F) on 5 January. Floating ice enters the North Sea, meanwhile ten ships leave London for the New York Colony, carrying over 4,000 people.
1715: A total solar eclipse is seen across southern England – the last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years, meanwhile a Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships leaves Havana for Spain. Seven days later, nine of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida.
1720: The English stock market crashes with dropping prices for stock in the South Sea Company (The South Sea Bubble), meanwhile Jonathan Swift begins Gulliver's Travels.
1729: Completion of the first (wooden) Putney Bridge as the only fixed crossing of the River Thames between London Bridge and Kingston, meanwhile Bexhill-on-Sea struck by a waterspout (tornado) that came ashore.
1737: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.3 occurs off the shore of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Tsunamis up to 60m (200 ft) high followed in the Pacific ocean, meanwhile a tropical cyclone strikes Bengal, India killing approximately 300,000.
1741: The population of China reaches c. 143 million, meanwhile Irish Famine (1740–41): where somewhere between 310,000 and 480,000 people starve in Ireland due to cold weather affecting harvests.
1755: A Dictionary of the English Language is published by Samuel Johnson, meanwhile Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing 60,000–90,000 people. Cornwall was struck by a 10 ft (3.0 m) wave.
1779: Captain James Cook is killed on the Sandwich Islands on his third and last voyage, meanwhile The Iron Bridge is erected across the River Severn in Shropshire, the world's first bridge built entirely of cast iron.
1783: The Kingdom of Great Britain acknowledges the independence of the United States of America, meanwhile the volcano Laki in Iceland begins an 8-month eruption starting a chain of natural disasters, including sulphurous gas suffocating more than 10,000 in Britain, followed by about 8,000 deaths in winter.
1787: Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth in England with the eleven ships of the First Fleet carrying around 700 convicts and at least 300 crew and guards to establish a penal colony in Australia, meanwhile the original Lord's Cricket Ground in London holds its first cricket match; Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) founded.
1789: The French Revolution (1789–1799) begins with the Storming of the Bastille, meanwhile Fletcher Christian leads a different mutiny on the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty, and, by the way, George Washington is unanimously elected the first President of the United States.
1802: Marie Tussaud first exhibits her wax sculptures in London, having been commissioned during the Reign of Terror in France to make death masks of the victims, meanwhile Ludwig van Beethoven publishes his Piano Sonata No. 14 (the "Moonlight") in Vienna.
1807: The Swansea and Mumbles Railway in South Wales, at this time known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world, meanwhile Napoleon attacks Russia.
1815: Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies erupts, killing upwards of 92,000 and causes snows in June and July in the northern hemisphere, widespread crop failures, and subsequently famine, which is why 1816 is later known as the Year Without a Summer, meanwhile Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba leading to the Battle of Waterloo.
1818: The Christmas carol "Silent Night" is first performed in Oberndorf bei Salzburg in Austria, meanwhile Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is published anonymously in London.
1829: Robert Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police Service in London, meanwhile The Oxford University Boat Club wins the first inter-university Boat Race, rowed at Henley-on-Thames.
1831: Charles Darwin embarks on his historic voyage aboard HMS Beagle, meanwhile a Cholera pandemic: Part of the 1829–51 cholera pandemic, beginning in London, 55,000 die in outbreaks across England and Wales.
1836: First monthly part of Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers published in London, meanwhile Davy Crockett arrives in Texas. The Battle of the Alamo begins.
1843: Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol is first published, in London. Released on December 19 it sells out by Christmas Eve, meanwhile The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
1845: Potato blight (in Ireland) devastates food sources, resulting in starvation and disease that kills somewhere around a million people, meanwhile Elizabeth Barrett receives a love letter from the younger poet Robert Browning on May 20.
1851: First protected submarine telegraph cable laid across the English Channel, meanwhile, Victor Hugo uses the phrase United States of Europe in a speech to the French National Assembly, while the population of UK reaches 21 million of which 6.3 million live in cities of 20,000 or more in England and Wales.
1854: An epidemic of cholera in London kills 10,000, meanwhile in the Battle of Balaclava, the allies gain an overall victory, except for the disastrous cavalry Charge of the Light Brigade.
1858: The "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional, meanwhile 4-year-old peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes has a vision at the grotto of Massabielle.
1862: General Ulysses S. Grant gives the United States its first victory of the American Civil War, meanwhile Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) extemporises the story that becomes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
1863: American Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg, meanwhile the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales introduces steam locomotives into general service.
1872: The Tichborne case is decided in London against the claimant Arthur Orton, meanwhile The Mary Celeste sets sail from New York; bound for Genoa, Italy. A month later, the now-crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found (still seaworthy) by the British brig Dei Gratia in the Atlantic.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call, saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you". meanwhile vast numbers of Native Americans in the United States move north to an encampment of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull in the region of the Little Bighorn River, creating the last great gathering of native peoples on the Great Plains.
1880: Bushranger Ned Kelly hanged in Melbourne Australia, meanwhile The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London aboard the SS Strathleven.
1881: Alexander II of Russia is killed near his palace when a bomb is thrown at him; President James A. Garfield is shot by lawyer Charles J. Guiteau in Washington, D.C. and Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
1883: Robert Louis Stevenson's children's pirate adventure novel Treasure Island is first published in book format, in London, meanwhile a rush for treats in a concert hall in Sunderland, England, results in 183 children being asphyxiated.
1886: John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola (in The Atlanta Journal); Yorkshire Tea is established in Harrogate, UK; and Scotch whisky distiller William Grant & Sons is founded.
1887: Construction of the foundations of the Eiffel Tower starts in Paris, France, meanwhile Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show opens in London.
1889: Charlie Chaplin is born in London. Adolf Hitler is born at Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary – just 4 days later on April 20th.
1891: The Great Blizzard of 1891 in the south and west of England leads to extensive snow drifts and powerful storms off the south coast, with 14 ships sunk and approximately 220 deaths attributed to the weather conditions, meanwhile The British steamship SS Utopia, carrying Italian migrants to New York, sinks in the inner harbor of Gibraltar after collision with the battleship HMS Anson, killing 564.
1894: Winter of 1894–95 in the United Kingdom: Conditions were such that many people died of hypothermia or respiratory conditions, meanwhile Blackpool Tower is opened.
1895: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island, meanwhile Oscar Wilde is arrested in London for "gross indecency".
1900: The second Modern Olympic Games opens in Paris as part of The Paris World Exhibition, meanwhile The Boxer Rebellion: An international contingent of troops, under British command, invades Peking and frees approximately 20,000 Europeans taken hostage.
1904: 80,000 demonstrators gather in Hyde Park, London, to protest against the importation of Chinese labourers to South Africa by the British government, meanwhile Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly, with a background theme of Japan–United States relations, debuts at La Scala in Milan to no great acclaim.
1906: Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples, meanwhile San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3,000, with 225,000–300,000 left homeless.
1912: British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four become the second expeditionary group to reach the South Pole, meanwhile White Star liner RMS Titanic departs from Southampton with 2225 passengers and crew on her maiden voyage bound for New York.
1914: Gavrilo Princip assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, triggering World War I, meanwhile Charlie Chaplin's second film, the Keystone comedy 'Kid Auto Races at Venice', is released in which his character of The Tramp is introduced.
1919: The Treaty of Versailles is signed, formally ending World War I, meanwhile British Foreign Office official St John Philby and T. E. Lawrence arrive in Cairo for discussions about Arab unrest in Egypt.
1923: Prince Albert, Duke of York (later George VI) marries Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother), meanwhile Vladimir Lenin suffers his third stroke, which renders him bedridden and unable to speak, AND Hyperinflation in Germany sees the number of marks needed to purchase a single American dollar reach 353,000 – more than 200 times the amount needed at the start of the year.
1925: John Logie Baird successfully transmitted the first television pictures with a greyscale image, meanwhile London's first enclosed double-decker buses were introduced.
1928: The River Thames floods in London; 14 drowned and thousands made homeless. On January 7 the moat at the Tower of London (drained in 1843 and planted with grass) is completely refilled by a tidal wave. meanwhile The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia commences operations.
1930: The first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale, meanwhile Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest at the British monopoly on salt, and, by the way, Georges Simenon's detective character Inspector Maigret makes his first appearance.
1935: Night of the Long Knives in Nazi Germany, meanwhile American outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed and killed by police in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
1936: The Summer Olympics open in Berlin, Germany, and mark the first live television coverage of a sports event in world history, meanwhile Billy Butlin opens his first Butlins holiday camp, Butlins Skegness, officially opened by Amy Johnson of Hull (the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia)
1938: A brilliant aurora borealis described variously as "a curtain of fire" and a "huge blood-red beam of light" startles people across Europe and is visible as far south as Gibraltar, meanwhile Orson Welles' radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds is broadcast, causing panic in various parts of the United States.
1944: 76 Royal Air Force prisoners of war escape by tunnel "Harry" from Stalag Luft III (The Great Escape), meanwhile 155,000 Allied troops shipped from England land on the beaches of Normandy in northern France.
1946: Right after WWII, blizzards block roads and cause blackouts, resulting in industrial stagnation. Followed by heavy flooding in March, causing £250–375 million of damage, meanwhile David Lean's Great Expectations, based on the Charles Dickens novel, and featuring John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Martita Hunt and Alec Guinness is released.
1952: The European Coal and Steel Community is established, meanwhile A "killer fog" descends on London, termed the Great Smog.
1954: Food rationing in Great Britain ends with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, meanwhile Bill Haley & His Comets record "Rock Around the Clock", thus starting the rock and roll craze.
1956: British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union after being missing for 5 years, meanwhile British diver Lionel Crabb (working for MI6) dives into Portsmouth harbour to investigate a visiting Soviet cruiser and vanishes.
1958: The European Economic Community (EEC) is founded, meanwhile Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit and burns up.
1959: In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. Meanwhile, a chartered plane transporting musician Buddy Holly, goes down in foggy conditions near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all four on board.
1962: The beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A U-2 flight over Cuba photographs Soviet nuclear weapons being installed, meanwhile The Beatles' first single in their own right, "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You", is released in the U.K.
1963: Assassination of John F. Kennedy in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, meanwhile The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire, England.
1966: The Aberfan disaster when a huge coal slag descends on a school in Aberfan, meanwhile The hit song "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones was released.


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This Coachmen Catalina bunkhouse model 301BHSCK features space enough for everyone, one large slide, an outdoor camp kitchen, plus so much more!
Notice the camp kitchen before heading inside. There is a refrigerator to keep drinks and snacks easily accessible when outdoors, a single sink, and a grill with drawer space beneath the bunkhouse loft bed. The chef in the family will certainly enjoy having this as a choice when it is time to cook meals for the entire bunch.
Inside notice the front bedroom behind the first door on your right. Here you will sleep comfortable on a queen size bed, and have ample storage with the two bedside wardrobes, plus the use of an overhead shelf.
In the main combined kitchen and living area there is ample floor space thanks to the large slide out booth dinette and sofa which includes overhead cabinetry. An entertainment center is located along the outer front bedroom wall which can easily be viewed from the seating in this space. There is also a small pantry just off the sofa slide as well.
In the kitchen you can easily create meals and snack for your family with the use of a three burner range including an overhead microwave oven. There is also a refrigerator, and large single sink for cleaning up.
Enjoy the convenience of a complete bath found along the curbs side including a 24" x 40" tub/shower, a toilet, and vanity with sink, plus overhead medicine cabinet.
A curtain found just outside the bathroom door separates the rear bunkhouse from the rest of the unit. Inside this space you will find a curb side loft bed that is 40" x 74" which includes a TV/wardrobe beneath. Opposite along the road side there is a kids dinette with a flip up bunk above creating sleeping space for three or four.
On the outside of this Catalina SBX, next to the camp kitchen mentioned above, you will find a 15' awning and front pass-through storage compartment for all of your extra camping gear, as well as an Easy Store door beneath the kids dinette/bunk along the road side, and so much more.
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|Ext Height
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|Gross Weight
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|Dry Weight
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|Cargo Weight
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|Fresh Water Capacity
|46 gals
|Grey Water Capacity
|70 gals
|Black Water Capacity
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