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Trainer Alex Nicholas' start in endurance racing should give you an idea of what the goal is for the members of his gym,Epic Hybrid Training.
"I was actually looking up the movie '300' online, and when I Googled it I saw that there was this thing called Spartan races," he says.
The races — essentially a miles-long obstacle course with running, climbing and a lot of mud involved — was love at first obstacle for Nicholas. It inspired him to mold the program at Epic to include more high-intensity interval and circuit-based training, "ideal for these Spartan races."
"The best thing that Spartan has is something that's going to test somebody at some point," he says. "You've really gotta be an all-around good athlete and pay attention to all parts of your physical fitness to do well."
And if you think you can do an endurance race because you've run a marathon, think again: "This is a whole new adventure," he says. "Marathoners, they already have the mindset – it's really doing the cross-training and a lot of runners don't do any types of weights at all. We don't go crazy heavy in weights, but we do use a lot of kettlebells, which take agility, stability and coordination."
But the workout, which consists of seven entirely different classes that rotate every four weeks, isn't just for the would-be warriors. "About 30 percent [of members] do the races," Nicholas says. "A lot of people are just happy to get a workout in, excited to be part of a different style of workout. We don't put pressure on people to do the races."
Inside the Workout: Spartan SGX
Walking into Epic should be intimidating — there is nothing but a long expanse of mats and neat rows of equipment along the walls just promising a variety of ways to make you grunt and sweat.
But you're also greeted by Nicholas, who's tall and built to be on "American Ninja Warrior." (He's made two appearances). He's also quick to smile and not a drill instructor – there is no yelling, only the rhythmic encouragement of time checks and motivational nudges to keep your sweat from drying.
The class consists of 45-second circuits of obstacle stations around the gym, from tossing and catching a 20-pound leather ball (combined with squats) to jumping from the floor onto a chest-high stack of mats, uneven monkey bars (harder than you think) and various other ways to leverage your own body weight against you so that you'll reconsider second helpings forever. If an obstacle proves too difficult, burpees pass the time.
Alex describes HIIT as "revving the engine of a car, redlining it, then bringing it back down," and that's precisely what the hour feels like. There's no part of you that gets a break, but the camaraderie between you and your partner (classes are capped at 16 and you're usually paired up) isn't like sweating side-by-side in any other class — it's knowing they've truly seen your best and worst, and were right there showing you the same. That has created a community that extends beyond the walls of the gym — members regularly sign up and travel together to races even well outside of town, like a recent Spartan race at Fenway Park in Boston.
Bottom line: It might be the hardest workout in the city – and even if you didn't start out wanting to race, you may reconsider if you make it to the end.
Epic Hybrid Training has two locations: 38 W. 38th St. and 230 E. 53rd St. For more information, call 646-450-2405 or visit epichybridtraining.com.


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The American media and politicians, especially Republicans, have a love affair with Israel.
Politician after politician go on the news and talk about Israel's right to defend itself and that they are our greatest ally in the region. They say America and the world loves Israel. If that's the case, why this constant display of support? My cynical side says that everybody in the world and America doesn't support Israel and what they are doing. There are people who have real problems and concerns about what's happening in the Middle East. But the media and politicians tell us those concerns aren't valid and we should give Israel unwavering support.
The great Bill Maher recently stated that there is not one member of congress who is a Republican Jew. Yet, Republicans seem to be in love with Israel. They let the only Jewish member of Congress get his ass kicked by a tea bagger and that was Eric Cantor. Republicans have this great love affair with Israel, but the don't back any Jewish candidates and the one Jew they had they let the shit get kicked out of him. Bill Maher suggested that the Republicans love for Israel is based soley on the money they receive from various Jewish political groups. Every Republican candidate has to declare their support for Israel and go to Vegas to kiss the ring of Sheldon Adelson, who is a billionaire 30 times over and is their biggest contributor. Newt Gingrinch's entire campaign for president was funded by Adelson. The Republicans support for Israel is not because they agree with their policies, but because they want that money. That's it. And this is coming from a political commentator who is Jewish. Bill Maher said the Republicans let their one Jewish member of Congress get his ass kicked.
Republicans will take your money, but don't wanna hang with ya. They'll kowtow to blacks or latinos or women if it will get them votes. They'll do or say what they have to do to get elected, but they don't want to sit next to them at the country club. They won't invite them into their circle unless they meet the financial or political requirements of support. So it's funny to watch the Republicans do their money dance on the news declaring their love and support for Israel when most of them couldn't give two shits about the Jewish people. If the billions that flows from the Israel lobby suddenly dried up, you would see them drop their support in a nanosecond.
Every president, from Jimmy Carter all the way to Obama have said that they prefer a two state solution and that Israel occupies the West Bank. Palestinians were allowed to govern themselves under the disengagement plan back in 2005, but Israel still retained control over Gaza's airspace and territorial waters and maintained their control over their water supply, electricity and communications. They control the perimeter and still call the shots. This conflict is never going to end until this control is relinquished and handed to the Palestinians.
Of course, anytime you talk about solutions that don't favor the Israeli position you are labeled an anti-semite. John Kerry is being labeled as being sympathetic to the terrorists and Hamas. It's ludicrous and unfair when you're not allowed to speak out about what Israel is doing and offer other solutions or compromises. It's wrong to be called an anti-semite when you point out other viewpoints other than that of Israel.
Hamas is called a terrorist organization that is in the same category as Al Qaeda or ISIS. Hamas was democratically elected by the Palestinians. To say that every member of Hamas is a suicide bomber who wants to run into a disco and blow everybody up is absurd. There are radicals in every group. You have the Republican Party and then you have the Tea Party. You have radicals from militias who walk into restaurants with assault rifles. Those who blow up abortion clinics and kill doctors. The Cliven Bundy yahoos who bought their assault rifles to his ranch and pointed them at federal agents. The Republicans don't like to claim all of these extreme people who are part of their party. It's the same with the Palestinians and Hamas. They are not all suicide bombers and radicals. To say that all of the Palestinians and Hamas are suicide bombers and launch rocket attacks on Israel is the same as saying that the KKK members in South Carolina who go door to door handing out candy and racist leaflets represent the entire Republican Party.
What if the Republican Party was labeled a hate group? You have thousands of Republicans and Tea Party members who preach doctrines of hate and intolerance. Against gays, against minorities, against anyone who is not like them. How are they not a hate group, yet members of Hamas and other radicals who strap a bomb to their chest and kill Jews somehow represent all Palestinians? There are many Palestinians who don't proscribe to extremism, yet they are lumped into the same groups. They want their own independent state and to live their lives in peace. How are they lumped into these terrorist organizations, but Republicans aren't lumped in with the extremist elements of their party like the Cliven Bundy supporters?
Palestinians and Hamas are all regarded as terrorists. Over 1200 Palestinians have been killed in this latest skirmish, women and children included. Are you gonna tell me that they're all Al Qaeda terrorists? These dead children aren't terrorists, but the media propagates the notion that if you support the Palestinian people you're supporting terrorism. I watch these news shows and Israeli commentators one after the other say, "What would you do, America? You went after Osama Bin Laden and terrorists!" To lump everybody into one group and just label them all terrorists is ridiculous.
If Charlie Rose or Wolf Blitzer are sitting down and interviewing an Hamas leader in Qatar and Qatar is an ally of the United States and Hamas is a terrorist organization like Al Qaeda, why is that leader not arrested? If Qatar is harboring a terrorist why are they not sanctioned? Why is that Hamas leader not captured by a Delta Force team and extradited back to the US for war crimes? I would imagine if Hamas is a terrorist organization that every member would be like Saddam Hussein and the 50 most wanted that were on the trading cards during the Iraq War, like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or the limo driver for Osama Bin Laden. If Hamas is a terrorist organization why are their leaders allowed to go on TV dressed in a nice suit and talk to Anderson Cooper? How are they allowed to part of negotiations with John Kerry and other world leaders? How is a terrorist organization able to do this? Exactly. It doesn't add up. It doesn't make logical sense.
Let's face it. If America were a little more lawless, you would have Tea Party extremists fringe groups doing the same thing as the fringe Palestinians. When you see people at the Cliven Bundy ranch who are Republicans and Tea Partiers perched on a cliff with assault rifles pointed at federal marshals and they are on camera saying, "We don't want another Waco. But we'll do what we have to do" that is one step away from what happens in Palestine. You have Republicans, you have Tea Partiers and you have extremists in these groups. You have the Palestinians, you have Hamas and you have extremists associated with them. You have people in Hamas who say we have to negotiate and then you have people who say no we have to bomb Jews. You have Republicans who think it's crazy to have an armed confrontation with the government and hand out racist leaflets and rally against homosexuals because of the bible and other Republicans who think that's just dandy.
There are Republican pro-life supporters who applaud the bombing of abortion clinics and other forms of violence to achieve their goal of ending abortion. Do we then condemn the entire Republican Party? Of course not. You can't do that. But we let Israel and the United States and politicians condemn all Palestinians, Hamas and the people who are sensible when it comes to establishing policy in Palestine. We let the crazy suicidal pseudo-religious maniacs represent all of Palestine.
When you hear about these tunnels, the only thing you hear from the media is the tunnels are used by the Hamas terrorists to kill, rape and bomb Israeli civilians and then they run back to the Gaza Strip to plot more dastardly deeds. Again, it's like lumping in the Cliven Bundy militants and other radical Tea Partiers with all Republicans. Those tunnels are the only connection to the outside world that people in Gaza and the West Bank have. They only way they can get supplies of any form. That's their only way out of an area that is occupied. Besides the Palestinian radical militants who use those tunnels for violence, there are also Palestinians who use those tunnels for peaceful purposes. No different than Republicans who aren't pointing assault rifles at federal agents' heads.
It's insane that the America political system gets bogged down by money. Campaign finance reform is gone, crippled by Supreme Courts decisions that have defined corporations as people and Citizens United which allows unlimited influence. PACs can throw as much money as they want to their cause, so you will never get a true representation of the way things should be because you have all this money flowing in from all different directions. It's a sad state that this is what controls our political system and our media.
Take a look at the spin created by media giants like The Washington Post. They make it seem like thousands of Israelis are killed and displaced from their homes and that Palestinians are nothing more than terrorist savages. It's funny that Republicans whine about Hollywood's influence on our culture and way of life. A Disney movie won't start a war. A Quentin Tarantino flick doesn't make policy. A movie does nothing but create mindless entertainment and escape from the reality that politicians create.
You want to see where the real influence is? Take a look at Washington, take a look at Congress, take a look at our leadership and you will see where their true hearts and minds are. It has nothing to do with compassion for Israelis, nothing to do with compassion for Palestinians or Africans or even Americans. In the words of an FBI agent to two reporters from The Washington Post during the Watergate investigations of the 70's, "Follow the money."
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Hi!! So I know that I haven't created many posts that I said I might in here, but I finally got around to doing my first Manicure Monday, so I'm making progress!
On another note, I hope that everyone is enjoying the new year so far, and that school/work hasn't already managed to stress ya'll out! So far, school hasn't been too bad for me, but I know it's only a short matter of time until things get really hectic. With that in mind, I decided that, while I had some free time, I was going to post my post holidays haul. I ended up getting some stuff from Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, Sephora, Gilly Hicks, and American Eagle.
First, I'll start off with the items that I got from Forever. To be honest, I'm not really sure how I feel about the store anymore. Whenever I stop by the mall, I always make a trip there, but I find that I either walk out empty handed or only with jewelry and other beauty stuff. I rarely purchase clothes. I think the reason for this is that going there is too much for me. With so many sections that all focus on different styles, I think I get overwhelmed. Also, I find that the things I do like are not as affordable as you would think, especially since I wouldn't say that Forever clothes are of the highest quality. On top of that, they have the worst return policy. With all that being said, the items I ended up purchasing were necklaces at $4.80 each.
Next, I got 2 shirts and 2 jewelry pieces from Charlotte Russe. Both the shirts I ended up getting were on sale (the denim one was $15 and the patterned one was $10), and the jewelry was 2 for $10. After shopping here shortly after going to Forever, I feel like I like C.R. more. Yes, they don't have as much variety, and yes it's basically like Forever and Wet Seal and Agaci and Shasa, but they offer more discounts. Not only do they offer 10% off your purchase when you sign up for their text messages, but they also offer 10% off all purchases if you're either a student or a part of the military! I think that great, because they are really supporting the demographics that shop there, and who doesn't like t0 save money? On top of that, they let you return jewelry that may have been pulse purchases and have a normal return policy of 30 days.
I'll be the first to admit that I was slow on the denim trend, so if you're like me, head over to C.R. because you should be able to find some affordable tops for $10-15 with an additional 10% off!
When I sent to Sephora, I only purchased one item, but I also received another one with 100 Beauty Insider Points. I bought the Clarisonic Replacement Heads Twin- Pack. I picked Deep Pore Cleansing Brush for $40. Before this one, I had the Normal one, and that one was pretty soft. This one is a bit more rough and abrasive, but that is to be expected. Some people may be worried about if this is too rough to use daily, and for me, I find that using it once a night, is fine for my skin. The item that I got with my points was a mini Clinique Acne Solutions set. This set included a cleansing bar for face and body, a clarifying lotion, and an oil free clearing moisturizer.
I've been obsessed with knit sweaters lately. Like super obsessed. I also love the baggy slouchy look, but unfortunately it doesn't always work out for me because I'm too broad. Despite that, when I went to Gilly Hicks (my future summer job :P) for their semi annual sale, I saw these cute, long knit sweaters. Unfortunately, they were more than I was willing to pay, but my cousin stopped by the next week and said that everything in the store was 25% off. The sweaters we wanted were originally $44.50, but my cousin said that she ended up paying around $20, which isn't as bad (I'm not sure why they were $20; I'm aware that that is more than 25% off). Anyways, I love this sweater. I got a size small but I'm not sure if an x-small would have been better because it's sorta long. It hits me at about mid thigh, but I'm only 4'11.75″.
Lastly, I went to American Eagle where I think I made my favorite purchase! The only reason I walked in the store was because I still had a gift card from last Christmas and they were having a 50% off sale. I never really get anything there because I feel like the clothes aren't worth the price, but, I always look at the sale section. I usually never see anything I'm crazy about, but this time was different. When I walked in, I immediately saw a really cute shirt. I looked at the price tag and saw that it was on sale. I was ecstatic because it was priced at $24.99 with an additional 50% off. Before I actually got in line, I wanted to double check the price, and unfortunately, the extra 50% didn't apply to it. At first, I was bummed out and put the shirt back, but once my mom got to the store I showed it to her and she convinced me to try it on, saying that the price wasn't too bad. After trying it on, I was sold. With the gift card, I only had to pay like $2 extra, so I was okay with that since I figured I most likely wouldn't have used the gift card on anything else.
So, if you're still with me, I hope you enjoyed this post. Sorry it's so wordy; when I type, I tend to write like a talk, so there's a lot of extra fluff in there. Anyways, if you've made any purchases this year, feel free to let me know in the comments; I would love to hear about things you got!
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QE Isn't Dying, It's Morphing
Posted by EndlessMemories in Banking Cartels & The Fed, Economy, Finance, News on November 12, 2014
Via: NomiPrins.com
Nomi Prins
November 10, 2014
A funny thing happened on the way to the 'end' of the multi-trillion dollar bond buying program known as QE – the Fed chronicles. Aside from the shift to a globalization of QE via the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of Japan (BOJ) as I wrote about earlier, what lingers in the air of "post-taper" time is an absence of absence. For QE is not over. Instead, in the United States, the process has simply morphed from being predominantly executed by the Federal Reserve (Fed) to being executed by its major private bank members. Fed Chair, Janet Yellen, has failed to point this out in any of her speeches about the labor force, inflation, or inequality.
The financial system has failed and remains a threat to us all. Only cheap money and the artificial inflation of asset values can make it appear temporarily healthy. Yet, the Fed (and the Obama Administration) continue to perpetuate the illusion that making the cost of (printed) money zero by any means has had a positive effect on the population at large, when in fact, all that has occurred is a pass-the-debt-ponzi-scheme co-engineered by the Fed and big US bank beneficiaries. That debt, caught in the crossfires of this central-private bank arrangement, is still doing nothing for American citizens or the broader national or global economy.
The Fed is already the largest hedge fund in the world, with a book of $4.5 trillion of assets. These will plummet in value if rates rise. Cue the banks that are gearing up their own (still small in comparison, but give them time) role in this big bamboozle. By doing so, they too are amassing additional risk with respect to interest rates rising, on top of all their other risk that counts on leveraging cheap money.
Only the naïve could possibly believe that the Fed and its key banks haven't been in regular communication about this US Treasury security shell game. Yet, aside from a few politicians, such as former Congressman Ron Paul, Congressman Sherrod Brown and Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, the notion that Fed policy has helped bankers, rather than other people, remains largely divorced from bi-partisan political discussion.
Adding more fuel to the central-private bank collusion fire, is the fact that the Fed is a paying client of the JPM Chase. The banking behemoth is bagging fees for holding and executing transactions on the $1.7 trillion New York Fed's QE mortgage portfolio, as brilliantly exposed by Pam Martens and Russ Martens.
Continue Reading At: NomiPrins.com
Econimic Swindles – Overheard In Every Boardroom In America
Posted by EndlessMemories in Banking Cartels & The Fed, Control Grid, Economy, Finance, News on November 8, 2014
via: ZeroHedge
November 8, 2014
Could it really be this simple?
Quote Of The Day
Posted by EndlessMemories in Banking Cartels & The Fed, Control Grid, Economy, Finance, Quote Of The Day on November 6, 2014
Silver Update 10/29/14 – Quantitative Fleecing
Posted by EndlessMemories in Economy, Finance, Silver & Gold on November 6, 2014
via: BrotherJohnF
November 6, 2014
Nomi Prins: Why The Financial & Political System Failed And Stability Matters
Posted by EndlessMemories in Banking Cartels & The Fed, Control Grid, Economy, Finance, News on October 30, 2014
via: ZeroHedge
From: NomiPrins.com
By: Nomi Prins
October 28, 2014
The recent spike in global political-financial volatility that was temporarily soothed by ECB covered bond buying reveals another crack in the six-year-old throw-money-at-the-banks strategies of politicians and central bankers. The premise of using banks as credit portals to transport public funds from the government to citizens is as inefficient as it is not happening. The power elite may exude belabored moans about slow growth and rising inequality in speeches and press releases, but they continue to find ways to provide liquidity, sustenance and comfort to financial institutions, not to populations.
The very fact – that without excessive artificial stimulation or the promise of it – more hell breaks loose – is one that government heads neither admit, nor appear to discuss. But the truth is that the global financial system has already failed. Big banks have been propped up, and their capital bases rejuvenated, by various means of external intervention, not their own business models.
Last week, the Federal Reserve released its latest 2015 stress test scenarios. They don't even exceed the parameters of what actually took place during the 2008-2009-crisis period. This makes them, though statistically viable, completely irrelevant in an inevitable full-scale meltdown of greater magnitude. This Sunday, the ECB announced that 25 banks failed their tests, none of which were the biggest banks (that received the most help). These tests are the equivalent of SAT exams for which students provide the questions and answers, and a few get thrown under the bus for cheating to make it all look legit.
Regardless of the outcome of the next set of tests, it's the very need for them that should be examined. If we had a more controllable, stable, accountable and transparent system (let alone one not in constant litigation and crime-committing mode) neither the pretense of well-thought-out stress tests making a difference in crisis preparation, nor the administering of them, would be necessary as a soothing tool. But we don't. We have an unreformed (legally and morally) international banking system still laden with risk and losses, whose major players control more assets than ever before, with our help.
The biggest banks, and the US and European markets, are now floating on more than $7 trillion of Fed and ECB intervention with little to show for it on the ground and more to come. To put that into perspective – consider that the top 100 global hedge funds manage about $1.5 trillion in assets. The Fed's book has ballooned to $4.5 trillion and the ECB's book stands at $2.7 trillion – a figure ECB President, Mario Draghi considers too low. Thus, to sustain the illusion of international systemic health, the Fed and the ECB are each, as well as collectively, larger than the top 100 global hedge funds combined.
Providing 'liquidity crack' to the financial system has required heightened international government and central bank coordination to maintain an illusion of stability, but not true stability. The definition of instability is this epic support network. It is more dangerous than in past financial crises precisely because of its size and level of political backing.
During the Panic of 1907, President Teddy Roosevelt's Treasury Secretary, Cortelyou announced the first US bank bailout in the country's history. Though not a member of the government, financier J.P. Morgan was chosen by Roosevelt to deploy $25 million from the Treasury. He and a team of associates decided which banks would live or die with this federal money and some private (or customers') capital thrown in.
The Federal Reserve was established in 1913 to back the private banking system in advance from requiring future such government injections of capital. After World War I, a Laissez Faire policy toward finance and speculation, but not alcohol, marked the 1920s. before the financial system crumbled under the weight of its own recklessness again. So on October 24, 1929, the Big Six bankers convened at the Morgan Bank at noon (for 20 minutes) to form a plan to 'save' the ailing markets by injecting their own (well, their customer's) capital. It didn't work. What transpired instead was the Great Depression.
After the Crash of 1929, markets rallied, and then lost 90% of their value. Liquidity froze. Credit for the masses was as unavailable, as was real money. The combined will of President FDR and the key bankers of the day worked to bolster people's confidence in the system that had crushed them – by reforming it, by making the biggest banks smaller, by separating bet-taking arms from those in which people could store, and borrow money from, safely. Political and financial leaderships collaboratively ushered in the reform measures of the Glass-Steagall Act. As I note in my most recent book, All the Presidents' Bankers, this Act was not merely a piece of legislation passed in spirited bi-partisan fashion, but it was also a means to stabilize a system for participants at the top, middle and bottom of it. Stability itself was the political and financial goal.
Through World War II, the Cold War, and Vietnam, and until the dissolution of the gold standard, the financial system remained fairly stable, with banks handling their own risks, which were separate from the funds of citizens. No capital injections or bailouts were required until the mid-1970s Penn Central debacle. But with the bailout floodgates reopened, big banks launched a frenzied drive for Middle East petro-dollar profits to use as capital for a hot new area of speculation, Third World loans.
By the 1980s, the Latin American Debt crisis resulted, and with it, the magnitude of federally backed bank bailouts based on Washington alliances, ballooned. When the 1994 Mexican Peso Crisis hit, bank losses were 'handled' by President Clinton's Treasury Secretary (and former Goldman Sachs co-CEO) Robert Rubin and his Asst. Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers via congressionally approved aid.
Afterwards, the repeal of the Glass Steagall Act, the mega-merging of financial players, the explosion of the derivatives market, and the rise of global 'competition' amongst government supported gambling firms, lead to increased speculative complexity and instability, and the recent and ongoing 2008 financial crisis.
50 Percent Of American Workers Make Less Than $28,031 Dollars A Year
Posted by EndlessMemories in Economy, Finance, News on October 24, 2014
via: TheEconomicCollapseBlog
By: Michael Snyder
October 23, 2014
The Social Security Administration has just released wage statistics for 2013, and the numbers are startling. Last year, 50 percent of all American workers made less than $28,031, and 39 percent of all American workers made less than $20,000. If you worked a full-time job at $10 an hour all year long with two weeks off, you would make $20,000. So the fact that 39 percent of all workers made less than that amount is rather telling. This is more evidence of the declining quality of the jobs in this country. In many homes in America today, both parents are working multiple jobs in a desperate attempt to make ends meet. Our paychecks are stagnant while the cost of living just continues to soar. And the jobs that are being added to the economy pay a lot less than the jobs lost in the last recession. In fact, it has been estimated that the jobs that have been created since the last recession pay an average of 23 percent less than the jobs that were lost. We are witnessing the slow-motion destruction of the middle class, and very few of our leaders seem to care.
The "average" yearly wage in America last year was just $43,041. But after accounting for inflation, that was actually worse than the year before…


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For a while I've been meaning to write something – a post or a column or whatever – about the widespread fallacy that science fiction and the real world are in some way exclusive realms: that if something is happening in the real world it is not science fiction, and vice versa. This is obviously a mistake: there's a robot with laser beams zapping rocks on Mars, there are debates about creating kids with deliberately arranged genomes, humans are changing the climate, etc. These are all the stuff of science fiction as it was constituted from, let's say, 1925 to 1975, and they don't stop being science fictional just because they are happening.
One of the reasons I haven't actually written about this is that I'm not quite sure what this says about the world. I'm putting up this sort of placeholder, though, because I was struck by what Paul McAuley has to say about it means for science fiction in this excellent blog post on the distinctions people make between literary and genre fiction.
Too much science fiction looks 'inward', but I wouldn't make a strong distinction between science fiction that attempts to revitalise genre tropes and science fiction that attempts to inject new ideas for 'outside'; some of those tropes have escaped into the real world, and by engaging with them and using them to discover new meanings science fiction is in dialogue with both its own ideas and with the real.
That's very true of Paul's work: his The Secret of Life, for example, is a dialogue between science fiction staples (life on mars) and the real world (an ever more commercialised biology); The Quiet War is about what green politics could mean long term as well as dogfights in the rings of Saturn. The bravura "invasive species" moment in Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 brilliantly plays a staple of science fiction off against real-world ecological concern. These are exciting ways that science fiction can deal with the fact that some of its traditional subject matters are now part of the reality of the world — in Paul's words,
laying the groundwork for all kinds of debates that stimulate writers and readers, and refresh the field and widen its possibilities, and crack open the limitations and boundaries (too often self-imposed) that, according to critics like Krystal, consign genre fiction to the outer dark of the second-rate.
So science fiction has ways to deal with the fact that it has infected/invaded/annexed the real world, and Paul is clearly right that the prospect of using and developing those means is an exciting one. But it's not yet clear that the real world has good ways of talking about the fact that it is in part science fictional, which is the deficit that I really want to address.
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Remember the old game show "To Tell the Truth" popular in the late 1950's? The game went something like this:
There are four people trying to correctly identify a described contestant. This contestant is accompanied by two impostors who pretend to be the central character. The panelists question the three contestants; the impostors are allowed to lie but the central character is sworn "to tell the truth". After questioning, the panel attempts to identify which of the three challengers is telling the truth and thus is the central character.
This picture reminds me of that old game show. I'm looking for the "truth" of who the couple in the picture really are. We know that Robert Arbuckle and Jean McNiven were real people, but is this picture of them or of someone else? Obviously the man in the picture can't stand up and tell us he is or isn't Robert Arbuckle so we're left trying other methods to figure out who the dickens he is!
Here's my attempt:
The photograph is a standard Cabinet Card measuring 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.
The Photo is glued to card stock, black in color.
The photographer was R.T. Dodd, 65 Jamaica St., Glasgow.
The man is wearing a three piece suit, the fabric looks like a rough woolen, there is a small chain attached to the vest. Possibly a watch fob.
His hands appear to be clenched.
The woman looks as if she might be pregnant.
I'd been told by my cousin Margaret Blair who gave me the picture, that it was of Robert Arbuckle and Jean McNiven, my Great-Great-Grandparents who were born in Scotland, emigrated first to Canada and later to Minnesota. But look! Here's another copy of the top half of the picture on which has been written: "Grand Mother and Father Arbuckle, early 1800's. The handwriting appears to be from one person and print (early 1800) by someone else.
Does the inscription resolve their identities? No, not at all. Whoever wrote on the picture has identified couple the photo as Grand Father and Grand Mother Arbuckle but although they may be Robert and Jean they could as easily be another set of Arbuckle grandparents? If so, who?
So I set up a telephone appointment with Maureen Taylor and even though it didn't lead to conclusive evidence Maureen was able to offer several considerations that helped me clarify the possibilities.
The inscription says the picture was able to taken in the early 1800's. Robert Arbuckle was born in 1821 so either this is not Robert, or that date is incorrect.
Maureen dated the picture as having been taken in the late 1860's – 1870's. Jean Arbuckle's last pregnancy was in 1874 when she was 54. This couple looks older, but farming in 1874 was not easy and they may be younger than they look. If the photo is of Jean McNiven when she was pregnant with her last child, John, it would have been taken in the winter of 1873-1874. John's dob: February, 1874.
The Arbuckles were living in Canada in the mid-1850's yet this picture was taken in Glasgow. Could they have returned to Scotland for a time or was there a Glasgow in Canada or Minnesota? Indeed there is a Glasgow in Canada, but it's been confirmed hat the photographer who took this photo did have a studio in Glasgow, Scotland so it seems likely that the photo was taken there rather than in Canada.
It seems unlikely that the Arbuckle's were financially positioned to take a return trip to Scotland but we can't be certain.
Perhaps R.T. Dodd, the Photographer travelled to Canada taking pictures of Scotts settlers there.
Another possibility is that the picture is of a sibling of Robert's who stayed behind in Scotland.
My own personal, and probably sentimental idea is the unanswered question of why someone saved this particular picture. And two different people identified the couple as Grandmother and Grandfather Arbuckle. Margaret Blair verbalized that it was Robert and Jean Arbuckle, her Great-Grandparents. Could it be?
So Robert and Jean if that's really you we surely would like to know about it. No need to stand up……
Note: For an excellent analysis of this picture visit Patti-Davidson Peters blog:
Susan J. Edminster, Granite Falls, Washington, January 29, 2012, All rights reserved.
Pictures are the property of Susan J. Edminster.


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Ridza Alief, Mustofatun (2010) HUBUNGAN ANTARA PEMANFAATAN MEDIA INTERNAL "FOKUS" DENGAN KETERPENUHAN INFORMASI(Studi Pada Pegawai Pemerintah Kabupaten Pamekasan). Other thesis, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
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Internal media played important ole in internal public life. There also with Pamekasan Residence Government which used internal media consisted of Fokus magazine as communication media of Pamekasan Residence Government to Civil Employee as their internal public. The media also apply mass media function. They are information, education, and entertainment. The research aimed to find relation between internal media usage with information fulfillment in Government employee. The research used quantitative approach with survey method and explanative research kind. Population was all Civil Employee in Pamekasan Residence consisted of 9.178 people. The samples was 100 people where sampling technique used probability sampling with random sampling technique. The independent variable were internal media and the dependent variablewas information fulfillment. Data collection technique used questionnaire processed using coefficient correlation product moment Karl Pearson statistic test. The result stated that thee was relation between internal media usage with information fulfillment of government officer. There found r count larger than r table, which was 0.803 > 0.195 and t count larger than t table, that was 13.331 > 1.685, so that there was significant positive relation with correlation coefficient categorization "very strong". There hoped that all parties related with Fokus magazine to increase information and news value so that Pamekasan Residence Government Officer had more interest to use Fokus internal media.
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Rich and creamy, and filled with healthy fats, this avocado egg salad is the perfect food for picnics, parties and an on the go lunch or snack!
I have always been a fan of eggs, really. Scrambled, fried, over hard,n hard boiled eggs, pretty much any style of eggs you could make. Back in the "low fat days" of my early adult life, I would skip the yolks and only eat egg whites in an omelette. Even copious amounts of salt and pepper couldn't make up for the bland flavor of those atrocities!
With the keto diet, fat is actually the "lever" in which you consume more fat when you are hungry rather than carbs. Guess where the fat in an egg is? That's right. The yolk. The golden yellow to orangey yolk.
To see how to make hard boiled eggs with your instant pot, read the post here.
We raise our own backyard chickens, and during the Spring and Summer, we often have an overabundance of fresh eggs. Now, before you think, "You say that like it's a bad thing.", rest assured I have eaten these fresh eggs in nearly every way, shape and form possible.
We love egg salad in our home. Even as a kid, I loved to eat egg salad sandwiches. Quick and easy, with all that fluffy white mayo just dripping between crushed hard boiled eggs.
Now that I am grown up, I like to change things up a bit. Eating the keto way means that I concentrate on healthy fats in my diet. Adding avocado is a great way to get those healthy fats, and change up the texture and flavor of your homemade egg salad. Truly, what could be better than egg and avocado?
Don't like avocado? Get our keto friendly homemade mayo recipe here and use that instead!
I am loving avocados for this great recipe.
Kids, avocado isn't just for guacamole anymore. It's a great replacement for mayo in nearly any recipe, but especially with this avocado egg salad recipe. Take a couple hard boiled eggs, add the avocado and BAM! You have a delicious, quick, light lunch. Light and creamy, with a smooth texture, you can add whatever spices you like to this.
Need an egg salad with a bit of kick? Try adding in ½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Want a more Mexican flair? Mix in cumin with a touch of lime juice. Adding in 1 Tablespoon of chopped red onion will add 1 carb, but will also take the flavor up a notch. Need more tangy creaminess? Add in 1 Tablespoon dijon mustard. The possibilities are nearly endless.
What would be your favorite way to serve this? Here's some serving ideas:
- Top a bed of mixed lettuce greens
- Scoop on cucumber slices
- Serve with cucumber spears in "hummus" style
Are you ready to tickle your tastebuds? Be sure to pin this for later, too!
Avocado Egg Salad
- 6 eggs, hard boiled
- 2 avocados
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Mash the avocado until creamy. You can use a fork, or a food processor depending on how chunky you like it.
Cut the eggs into dices and add to mashed avocado.
Season with salt and pepper.
Stir to combine.
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Joshua Welfare Organization (JWO) came into existence in June 2009. It is registered under the Society Registration Act (XXI of 1860),with its main office in Warispura, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
It is a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political humanitarian organization committed to empower, sensitize and mobilize the marginalized and downtrodden communities to use their own talent, time and treasure on integrated human and social development towards vigilant society having vibrant-equitable economy, healthy communities and harmonious human relation.
JWO designed its Programs and Services to enhance capacities of the marginalized and downtrodden communities from relief-rehabilitation-dependent to active-capable communities in order to work together in their own way,the establishment of equitable socio-economic ventures;improvement of health services;broadening of space for peace;and strengthening ofcharity-for-disaster preparedness.
Within few years of existence, JWO has already been able to involve in empowering and mobilizing children, youth, women, widows, religious groups, disabled persons and victims of natural disasters. It has also able to develop a wide networking and close links with CBOs and other NGOs to work on more sensitive and common issues in the local and national levels, including campaigns against the prohibited drugs and the killer HIV/AIDS disease.
As special focus communities, the youth, children and women, JWO mobilized special workshops, seminars and debates for youth on topics leadership and vocations to prepare them to cope with future challenges in shaping a new model of economy and society as the next generation of leaders. Children as their successor, even in their childish stage, JWO has designed special indoor and outdoor activities to start building their awareness and capacities. Finally, the organization gave special attention to psychological, physical and capacity enhancement needs of women as the mother and the closest guardian of this youth and children for them to cope their responsibility of giving guidance.
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One of neat ideas I've seen in blogland for awhile is something called a sensory bin. I decided to create one for this unit and this is what it looks like!
|Testing it out for the first time.
|Starting to pull stuff out.
|Unloading the box.
|He loved the "crystals"
|Notice it is all on the floor? Don't worry, when he was done, he picked almost all of it up on his own.
As far as storage - I dont' have a ton of space to store this stuff so I think I'm going to have one tub and than, store the "stuff" in a bag instead of having 12 boxes or more stored somewhere. The bags I can squish down into one box.
Have fun! And let me know if you try out a sensory bin - I'd love to see pictures. (And yes, I'm already picking up stuff for my February box - not sure yet what the "main" stuffer will be - to replace the cotton balls - I think a trip to Hobby Lobby is in order!!!!)


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Bad Blood: Mike Tyson Chucks Drink At Don King During Boxing Hall Of Fame Event!
It all went down at the Boxing Hall Of Fame Induction Weekend in Canastota, NY ... when King tried to give Tyson a friendly tap on the shoulder ... and Mike returned the gesture with some water. Remember, Iron Mike and Don have had beef for a long time ... with Tyson at one point suing him for $100 MILLION alleging Don cheated him out of a TON of money when he used to promote Mike's fights. Posted By Persist
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Friar Alessandro has recorded an album of Christmas Carols and sacred arias, or as he describes it, an album of Joy. Since his first album was released in 2012, Alessandro has captured the hearts of people around the world with his beautiful voice and this album will now fill those hearts with Joy.
When recording Voice From Assisi, his first album, Friar Alessandro had never been on a plane before. Since then, he has now been on 18 flights throughout Europe. For this album, he travelled even further to Bethlehem , his first visit to the Holy Land, to record two of the tracks . Friar Alessandro performed Adeste Fideles (Oh Come Let Us Adore Him) in the place where Jesus was born. He also performed in the Shepherd's Field where the Angel appeared to the Shepherds to tell them of the birth of Jesus. He could not believe he was there – it was magical, and the magic is captured in this new album.
Featured on two of the tracks is the Coro Regina Coeli, the official chorus of the Metropolitan Cathedral, Buenos Aires. They were the official choir to Pope Francis when he was Archbishop in Argentina. They perform on Alto E Glorioso Dio with Alessandro, a beautiful prayer written by St. Francis. Voice of Joy is an album of beautiful music, sung by a beautiful voice belonging to a wonderful man. It is a celebration of Christmas - an album of Joy.


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Feltham amateur side Top Ballerz are on top of the world after being crowned FA Umbro Fives champions at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
They beat off competition from across the country, culminating in a 5-3 penalty shoot-out win over White Dogs in the final under the huge Wembley arch.
However, their road to glory started with a bump with a group stage loss to Genesis.
But they recovered with back-to-back wins over White Dogs, who they would later meet in the final, and Jonathon Elkin.
Further victories over two Galacticos teams, from Nottingham and Salford, in the last 16 and quarter-final, and a semi-final win over Liberties, put them in the final.
The finalists were whittled down from more than 1,700 teams across the UK, with games starting last March and continuing throughout the summer, culminating in Sunday's 24-team showpiece.
Top Ballerz skipper Colin Mortley said: "This has been one of the best days of my life, I can't believe we won!
"It was a memorable day as it's every kids' dream to lift a trophy at Wembley, and I've just done it in front of my friends and family.
"I can't wait to try and retain our title next year."
ALMOST two decades after their finest hour, Bedfont Sunday's Middlesex County Cup winning side of 1989-90 were back in action on Sunday.
Dubbed Bedfont Sunday Legends, they beat the club's veteran side 3-1 with goals from Mark Sturley, Bobby Watson and Gordon McAvoy.
Mark Harburn pulled one back for the veterans.
Legands manager Tom Fountain also made an eventful 10-minute appearance - missing a penalty and giving one away.
The Legends team was: Craig Woodbridge, Charlie Weaver, Simon Edwards, Mark Harper, Kevin Archer, Dave Porter, Gordon McAvoy, Steve McPherson, Jimmy Williams, Gary Felce and Mark Sturley, with Toggy Martin , Ciaron Dixon, Terry Wood, Bobby Watson and Tom Fountain on the bench.
It was also a good day for the first team, who beat Chiswick
Griffin 4-0 thanks to a late burst of four goals in 10 minutes with just 20 minutes left.
Gavin Bamford opened the scoring on 71 minutes before a quick-fire five-minute brace from Vinny Hodges killed the game off, and Mark Smith put the icing on the cake on 81 minutes.
However, Scott Sheridan's brilliant 40-yard strike was little consolation for the second team as they went down 6-1 at Barnes Albion A.
The previous day, Saturday side Bedfont Sports chalked up their third successive Middlesex County Premier win by beating title-holders Indian Gymkhana 3-2.
Neville Barrett gave Bedfont the lead, but they fell behind before a late five-minute brace from Kenrick Harriott sealed victory.
But the reserves were knocked out of the Reserves Subsidiary Trophy 3-1 by Epsom & Ewell's reserves, despite an Azeez Dairo strike.


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Longchamp marks 70 years with its first runway show
NEW YORK (AP) — Sophie Delafontaine had tastemakers Anita Pallenberg and Veruschka on her mind when she was figuring out how to celebrate the 70th year of her family's business, Longchamp.
Working alongside her brother, CEO Jean Cassegrain, she decided to go big with vibrant '70s glamour, a California spirit and the audacious elegance of Paris, where Longchamp was born.
Delafontaine, the creative director, had something else to celebrate Saturday when she staged her show at New York Fashion Week. She had the new face of the brand, Kendall Jenner, who arrived in a bright purple suede mini-dress and gladiator sandals that were also featured on the runway.
Jenner, she said, "embodies all the values" of the brand.
"She's not only a model. She's also a very smart woman. She's a business woman. She's independent, she's international, she's beautiful, of course," Delafontaine said.
Jenner, in the new wave of supermodels, sat with one from the last, Kate Moss. The two chatted and posed for photos before the show began.
Longchamp was originally known as a luxury leather goods company. Later, in the '90s, it launched a foldable nylon tote called "Le Pliage" that took off as a must-have. The brand has since branched out to shoes, accessories and ready-to-wear clothing. Delafontaine said that's why it was time for a fashion show.
"Finally we are here and I'm very happy," she said. "It's our 70th anniversary and I'm very proud to show the creative part of Longchamp here in New York."
Longchamp chose a venue, 4 World Trade, with views of the Statue of Liberty.
"I feel here a huge energy," Delafontaine said. "It's a very dynamic city. It's also a very strong market for us. We just opened a store on Fifth Avenue so we are very pleased to bring a little part of our French touch here in New York."
Delafontaine featured leather and suede looks draped in fringe and long sheer dresses with bikinis underneath. All the models walked in knee-high gladiator sandals or fuzzy flat slip-on shoes.
Cindy Crawford's daughter, Kaia Gerber, was on the runway. The newly engaged Priyanka Chopra was also among Longchamp's guests.


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Thursday 10/20/16
6 pm ANC Program- Exploring Alabama's Caves.
$5 admission. Exploring Alabama's Caves - Ray Knott, Executive Director of The Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc, will tell us all about the secret world below our feet. The SCCI is the largest land conservancy solely dedicated to the conservation of caves and karst environments. Watch an exclusive screening of Southern Exposure's Sharing the Secrets, a film that takes viewers underground into the vast subterranean geology of a few of Alabama's more than 4,000 caves! We will also have some live bats on-hand as part of this cool presentation!
Friday 10/21/16
11 am Naturalist Led Hike at ANC
$5 admission. All ages.
Saturday 10/22/16
9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm-Guided Tours of State Capitol FREE
Use rear entrance at 1 North Union Street -- Guided tours are available at 9, 11, 1, and 3 to individuals and groups. (No self-guided tours on Saturday.) Tours last approximately 45 minutes. Pre-arrangement suggested, but not required, for groups of 15 or more.
9 am-4 pm Alabama Nature Center Saturday Program- Creek Trek
Admission charged.
10 am-4pm Lifeway Christian Stores Fall Family Fun Day FREE
Decorate a superhero mask, enjoy snacks, enter for giveaways and save money on one-day specials. We're also hosting a canned food drive to raise awareness about global hunger.
11am-3 pm Whole Foods Pop Up Pumpkin Patch FREE
Stop by between 11AM to 3PM in the Whole Foods Market parking lot to pick out your pumpkin and meet some of our team members! We're excited to get to know our community as we prepare for our grand opening in November. Pumpkins are first come first serve and one per household.
Sunday 10/23/16
2-4 pm Family Art Affair and Jazz Jams FREE
Participants will be invited to explore the exhibition Federico Uribe: Transformart and create inventive 3-dimensional artwork with jazz performances ongoing. The afternoon will end with a dance interpretation of Uribe's work by the Booker T. Washington Magnet High Dance Theater starting at 4 P.M.
4-5:30 pm FUMC Pumpkinfest
Trunk or treat, hayride, music, inflatable, face painting and more.
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Wait, You Mean Homeland Security Isn't Already Scanning Blogs & Forums For Terrorists?
from the uh,-yikes? deptUSA Today is reporting that Homeland Security is looking to start scanning blogs, forums and message boards to try to track terrorists and terrorist activity. My first reaction to this, honestly, was shock. Shouldn't they have been doing this already? As in, for many, many years? To be fair, the article suggests that the real difference here is that in the past Homeland Security has done static searches that they check on every so often -- and now they're hoping for a more real-time solution. Even so, it strikes me as odd that Homeland Security didn't already have something that was at least close to real-time in alerting them to certain things online. For all the talk of sophisticated monitoring on internet activities, could it be that we're really that far behind in internet terrorist monitoring?
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As per recent Bollywood updates, Harry Potter star Emma Watson is rumored to play female lead in Nandita Singgha's upcoming biopic Mid Dey. The film is about crime journalist J Dey, which will focus on his character, career, and his murder.
The movie has already been announced & reports also suggest Amir will start shooting for Mid Dey before his upcoming venture Dangal. Amir Khan will be seen playing role of J Dey. Commander J who was the editor of MiD DAY was murdered by some sharpshooters on June 11, 2011. The story of the film will revolve around his personal and professional life and will also include his murder case.
However this is not yet officially announced but if Emma gets finalized for this project than it will mark debut of Emma Watson in Bollywood.


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It is with great sadness that I received today, news of the passing of Vince Montana Jr.
I am one of the many who holds close to my heart, the Philly Sound. The Philly Sound started with me as far back as 1970, (Pre Disco Era). The Philly Sound is, in my opinion,
The leader & founder of what is call Dance Music. No other, has accomplished what Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff of Philly International Records has accomplished, also known as MFSB. Vince Montana (Mr. Vibes) was made known to us as the Vibe player in the Philly International studio group MFSB; he performed on many other record projects before leaving MFSB. Vince left the group MFSB & formed the group called The Sal Soul Orchestra, where he also had many of the MFSB musicians join him on most of all his productions. What a fantastic legacy he left for us, his music will live forever in dance music history. Theres not one DJ in the world who plays classic club music that can avoid playing something by Vince Montana Jr. He was a genius. Loved by so many.
A friend of mine once said about The Sal Soul Orchestra, Their music was the Mozart of Dance. Thank you Vince for the awesome collection you left behind, may God welcome you into Paradise, I love you with all my heart.
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X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Full Trailer Drops a Stadium on the Internet
By Matthew McKibben | April 16, 2014
The X-Men: Days of Future Past full-length trailer dropped on the Internet last night like a football stadium on a freeway. I could not be more excited for this movie. While the viral marketing campaign has left a lot to be desired, including mutants badly (and tastelessly?) photoshopped into famous world events, I've been nothing but impressed with each trailer they've released. The first couple of teasers did their job of getting my mild enthusiasm ramped up, but this latest trailer is out to kick ass and take names.
If there's one common criticism of Bryan Singer's X-Men movies, it's that they've been a little light on action, and what action there is has been relatively unexciting and unimaginative. Not here. Even Storm, a character comics fans love but have generally not liked as presented in the movies, looks pretty spectacular this time around. If you were worried about this X-Men film being the Wolverine and friends show, you may be a tad bit nervous for this one based off this trailer. However I'm excited that we're getting glimpses of numerous, previously not-seen mutants doing some pretty spectacular things.
I'm a bit of a time travel nerd and I have to admit to being slightly nervous about how they're going to reconcile the 70's timeline with the more modern/future X-Men characters. Are they creating alternate timelines? It seems to me that if the events of X-Men Days of Future Past were prologue to the Singer X-Men movies, things would have been really different in Singer's movies. Confused? I am. But that's a discussion to be saved for after the movie comes out. Another discussion to be had later: how is young Xavier walking around after having been confined to a wheelchair in X-Men: First Class?
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Wed. 4th November at 8:30pm, flying in specially from Manchester, historian Don Wood returns to the place of his birth to present an eagerly awaited illustrated talk entitled: 'Where I come from'. Born in Munigave, Don will cover various aspects of local history in the Coppeen, Kinneigh, Castletown & Ballineen / Enniskeane areas. The Wood family history, & his childhood days in Munigave will also come under scrutiny.
Many will recognise Don from his recent appearance on the RTE 1 programme 'CSI Fada – Cork's Blood Secret'. Non-members €5.


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Say a few nice words to five people per day.
That's the challenge. Start simple. One person. Preferably a stranger. Why a stranger? They're definitely not expecting it, so it'll seem completely genuine. It'll brighten their day, which could have a nice butterfly effect. And since you don't know them, the potential for awkwardness is lower. There's no backstory between you two and there likely never will be a future one.
Also, it teaches you to not fish for compliments. Because that's not cool. That's self-serving narcissism. We have too much of that in the country and world.
Ramp it up from there. Two people per day. Then three. You don't have to stop at five. Maybe it'll be easy for you to hit 10.
Go to a coffee shop and compliment everyone in there before you sit down. I bet you get at least 95% positivity and friendliness in return.
And don't do it to get a date. Expect nothing in return. Not even a thank you. I've complimented strangers on the subway before and only received awkward blushing and fumbling in return. It's cool. It probably still made her day. Which is what really matters.
And I felt good knowing I made other people feel good. It's a win-win. And free.
Lots of research shows that generosity and charitable giving provide happiness in the giver. There's a lot of psychology in it, but I won't go there in this post. But that costs money.
This challenge – complimenting people – is absolutely free and takes only a couple seconds of your busy day.
Are you dating someone? Compliment them every single day. And do it when they are least expecting it. Not when you're trying to initiate sex. Randomly. Text them. At 2:30p while they're working. You want more romance/passion in your relationship, this will get you there.
Compliment people of the same sex and opposite sex, regardless your sexual orientation. This will help you become more comfortable talking with all people. We're all human. We're all flawed and we know it (most of us at least, haha).
Here's a caveat too: don't give a general compliment on someone's looks, especially the people you are sexually attracted to. At least not first. When you do, that's seen as a weak come-on. Be specific. Start with their sense of style or their smile. For people you know, compliment them on something you know about them that a stranger wouldn't: sense of humor, intelligence, their ideas, their quirks, the way they talk, the way they treat others, etc.
You can make the world a better place. Start today. And for $0. What's holding you back?


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End of support (EOS) is approaching for Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005.
Now is the time to engage customers, begin planning and assessments, and migrate customers to a modern platform. Talk proactively with customers, seize upgrade opportunities, or introduce a hybrid solution.
The bottom line is you don't want to leave your customers hanging. Our goal is to help you move your customers off these products now, and supply you with training and resources to ensure you are ready and resource-wise.
What is happening and why you should care
EOS for Windows Server 2003 is July 14, 2015—just a few months away. Likewise, SQL Server 2005 EOS is April 12, 2016. Many customers will need to address both products simultaneously, making this the time to do an end-to-end review of a customer's environment.
In its time, Windows Server 2003 was the most widely deployed operating system; there are still millions of instances of Windows Server 2003 running worldwide. EOS means no security updates; it means Windows Server 2003 servers won't pass a compliance audit; and it means no safe haven—there's discontinued support for applications, and instances are not protected in the cloud.
Your opportunity is to migrate customers to Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Azure, or Microsoft Office 365. A migration can help improve security and reliability of customers' infrastructure. And, migrations can mean revenue for your business—from migration services or managed services.
What's available to help you
To help you upgrade customers, you can use these resources:
The ModernBiz marketing campaign helps you have more effective business-focused conversations with customers. The campaign includes marketing and sales materials that can help you tap new opportunities with small and midsize business (SMB) customers.
In the Windows Server 2003 Modernization campaign, access modular resources to help you migrate legacy systems—including challenges associated with legacy systems, how to assess customers' environments and develop migration strategies, and available tools. For enterprise customers, use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit for scenario-based assessment and planning.
The Modernize and Automate Your Infrastructure campaign also offers modular training and resources to help with datacenter environments. Find resources to help implement hybrid cloud solutions, examine savings potential and return on investment (ROI) possibilities, extend Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Azure, consolidate servers, automate IT environments, and more.
Finally, our product learning paths help you get familiar with the products you'll be migrating customers to: Windows Server 2012, Azure, and Office 365. Look in the Products and Solutions section of the learning path tool.
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Before you can say "spousal decapitation", Showtime will be trading in Jonathan Rhys Meyers' baby blues for Jeremy Irons' adolescent browns. Variety reports that the cable network has ordered ten episodes of The Borgias, a historical drama that will star Irons as Rodrigo Borgia, head of the infamously corrupt Renaissance family (think Don Corleone in a puffy shirt) and a man who, despite his unsavory reputation, became pope in 1492. The show was created by film director Neil Jordan and will be exec produced by Jordan along with Michael Hirst, whose current historical drama, The Tudors, is set to conclude its four-season run this year.
The Tudors has been a significant ratings success for Showtime. Seemingly, Borgias is being set up as a replacement. However, it'll be interesting to see just how many viewers stick around without the alluring combination of soap opera-ish love triangles and Jonathan Rhys Meyers' uncommon man-beauty. Regardless, the saga of Rodrigo Borgia and his family is undeniably compelling material in its own right, fraught with political intrigue, murder, and all manners of debauchery–basically everything we've come to love the premium cable networks for portraying so very graphically. Look for it some time in early 2011.


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What perfect timing it is to received a book about "Being a mom is..." right after I did a blog post about "how motherhood has changed me"!!!
"Being a mom is...Always being in love" written by Anna Belle.
Give me lifestyle/gossips/health/recipe magazines, yes yes yes!!!
But when this opportunity came, I had to grab this book coz as soon as I saw a preview of it, I was hooked!!!
Not only it has beautiful cartoon-ish pictures, most importantly it has very very few wordings but don't get me wrong, these short wordings has deep meaningful & beautiful words to it!
And bonus points: How many adult books out there that looks like a children book???
And bonus points: How many adult books out there that looks like a children book???
As soon as Sienna and Skyler saw the book, they immediately told mommy n daddy to read it for them and Sienna attempted to read a few lines.
At first I thought it was gonna be a small, few pages kinda book... but boy was I wrong, it's quite large and has lots of pages!!!
This momma would like to share a few of many quotes from the book that resonates with me.
"Being a mom is... stocking up on diapers!"
"Being a mom is... Loving little fingers and toes "
"Being a mom is...accepting your mommy tummy"
"Being a mom is... reserving time for your mom too"
"Being a mom is...going crazy with stickers"
"Being a mom is... acting silly with your little ones"
"Being a mom is...going to the zoo annually"
"Being a mom is...sometimes difficult"
"Being a mom is... being showered with kisses"
"Being a mom is...crying during their kindergarten graduation"
"Being a mom is...when you are a grapevine"
"Being a mom is... giving them time to take on new challenges"
"Being a mom is... helping them pursue their dreams"
"Being a mom is... bundling them up on winter mornings"
"Being a mom is...a joy ride"
"Being a mom is... Loving your family"
This book is definitely a keeper as it will bring back lots of memories down the road (even now reading it made me teary eyed). Yes, every mom is different and will experience different things. Even each baby is different. No two moms are the same but ultimately LOVE "trumps" a.k a conquers ALL as the title of the books reads, "Being a mom is... always being in love"
Sienna and Skyler gave me a big hug and said "You are the best mommy!!!" right after daddy read this book aloud to them while mommy was listening + doing the dishes!
***awww, makes me wanna do more dishes...NOT***
This book will make such a lovely gift to moms-to-be, baby shower, mother's day for mom/grandma/aunt/etc...
Just for my readers who would like to purchase this one of a kind book, here's 10% off plus FREE shipping for those interested. Hurry this deal won't last long.
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Travelling from London to Rome
I am trying to book a ticket from London to Rome on 16/04/2016 and the result is somehow weird.
I searched for London to Rome, and it resulted in London Euston to Roman Bridge. Trip is like this:
London Euston -> Chester -> Llandudno Junction -> Roman Bridge.
I googled for all these four stops and it seems that all these four stops are in UK.
Am I wrong? Is there really Roman Bridge station in Rome?
Thank you.
Hello Mohammad,
Thanks for the question.
For your travel from London to Rome, you will have to break and book separately.
You can follow the below route :
- London to Lyon – Eurostar train.
- Milan to Rome – Italo train.
In order to book tickets, please visit our website.
You would need to feed in the Departure city and the Arrival city along with the travel date and preferred time & the number of passengers (Senior, adults, youth and children), and then click on "search tickets". Once you do so, you would find the schedules along with the fares. You need to select the fare which is preferable to you and then add it to Cart. Once added, you need to mention the names of the passengers to make the payment on the next page.
Hope this helps!!!
Best Regards,
Leora, Rail Europe Travel Expert.
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The pair packed on the PDA at the event, stopping to kiss for the cameras on several swoon-worthy occasions.
Kate and Daniel were first spotted together in Los Angeles in March earlier this year, but hadn't confirmed the romance until now.
Speaking at the premiere to Entertainment Tonight, stepdad Kurt Russell said: "He's a nice guy, Danny. Yeah, I like him. I always approve. Kate brings good guys."
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Goldie also gushed about Kate's new man, saying "He's a great guy. Yeah, he's very special actually."
Kate has certainly favoured musicians over the years, first marrying Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes in 2000 and welcoming son Ryder Russell Robinson, before separating in 2007. She later became engaged to Matt Bellamy in 2011, and welcomed son Bingham Hawn Bellamy before splitting in 2014.
Congratulations to the happy couple!


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A multi-faceted approach to innovation
At MINATEC, we promote a multi-faceted approach to innovation that takes into account not only scientific and technological, but also industrial, societal, cultural, and design-related factors.
We have joined forces with the following organizations to implement this approach, spark innovation, and speed the new technology development process.
The MINATEC IDEAs Laboratory is an innovation platform bringing scientists, engineers, and designers together with business leaders, economists, and social scientists.
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Making allowances for others
Making allowances for others
By Harav Y. Reuven Rubin Shlita
Pirkei Avos: Perek 4 Mishna 7
We have all been there, yet, it seems some never learn. You get on a plane, make yourself comfortable and then as the flight takes off you are told that despite the best efforts of the cabin staff, your kosher food has not been put on board. Almost as reprehensible is when kosher food is available, but not with your type of hechsher. Unfortunately, these scenarios are commonplace and one should always be prepared. For me its tuna fish sandwiches; I won't leave home for a long haul without one…or two for that matter. I have a theory that calories eaten thousands of feet above the ground don't really count.
So I was recently amazed when a young heimishe fellow totally lost himself when he was offered a perfectly sealed dinner plate with the "wrong" hechsher. He really gave the cabin staff a hard time, saying that they had no right to even ask him to eat such food, and that he had paid for a higher standard of kashrus. Well, in truth the fellow didn't know what he was talking about. Firstly, he was from another country so wasn't aware which Beis Din was giving the hechsher in the first place. Secondly, what in the world did he want from the cabin crew? Did he really think that they had planned to poison his tender soul with besmirched food? I quietly had a word with the fellow and managed to persuade him to at least sit down. Although I have no idea what those who witnessed this event thought, I can tell you I was not amused.
The Mishna says, "One who withdraws from judgement removes himself from hatred…….But one who is too self-confident in issuing legal decisions is a fool, wicked, and arrogant of spirit."
Today, there is so much available, yet there is so little sensitivity. We send our young to wonderful yeshivas, our young ladies study in the best of seminaries, but we sometimes find that a little Torah learning encourages them to see themselves as poskim in the making. We often seem so sure of ourselves and what we see as right that we lose the derech eretz that we should show to others. I witnessed how our Gedolim would do everything possible not to slight the degree of sanctity of other communities. Those who created Agudas Yisroel built it on such foundations. Over-zealousness in such matters only shows ignorance and causes Chilul Hashem.
In this regard, there are some communities where we find turmoil and machlokes. In such sad situations there is no shortage of individuals who are ready to decide on halachic matters, thus adding to the fires of anger.
Nearly a hundred years ago a dispute broke out in the town of Radin between two groups who were competing for the right to serve as the Jewish community's Chevra Kadisha. As can often become the case, the dispute threatened to engulf the entire town. The Chofetz Chaim then lived in Radin and although never seeking a public position, he found it necessary to intervene. During the Shabbos morning service the Tzaddik rose to address the congregation.
"My brothers, were they to offer me thousands of rubles to speak in public I would refuse, for time is more precious to me than money. However, today I have no choice but to speak out. I have lived in this town for decades and remember many townspeople who used to sit in this shul but are no longer with us. Where are they? Their tombstones can be found in the local cemetery.
"When I came to this town some of you were not yet born, while others were small children. May we all be blessed with long life. Nevertheless, we cannot escape reality; eventually every man must come before the Heavenly throne and give an accounting of all his deeds and words during his days on this earth.
"Know my children that machlokes is an extremely grave matter! One can perform many mitzvos, only to throw away their merit through strife. I am sure that when you come to the Next World and feel the awesome experience of heavenly judgement, you will grasp at any straw to save yourselves. You might want to claim, in my town there was a Jew named Yisroel Meir whom we believed was a Talmud Chochom. He saw us quarrel but said nothing!"
"Therefore I ask of you that when your time comes, do not mention my name! I have my own burden of sins to worry about …..I can't assume responsibility for yours!
With these words the holy Chofetz Chaim burst into tears and his entire body trembled. Everyone present was shaken to the core and the dispute was soon resolved.
Well, we don't have the merit of having a Chofetz Chaim in our midst, but we have wondrous Torah leaders who are trying to show us the proper path. Our times are difficult, where material gain seems to have become the goal of many. Let's step back a little and make allowances for others without judging them harshly or with arrogance.