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Earlier, we explored steps you can take to create a healthier, more sustainable home, limiting environmental hazards by using organic, eco-friendly, and non-toxic options. We started with the most significant culprits responsible for indoor air pollution: off-gassing paint (Part One), synthetic carpeting, and chemically treated polyurethane bedding (Part Two) are at the top of the list. Other important choices are your furniture, accessories and appliances – even your daily cleansers.
Non-toxic Furniture
Cisco Brothers' Inside Green Line is on a mission to completely eliminate the popular fire-retardant chemical, chlorinated tris (TDCPP), from cushioned furniture. Their website cites recent studies by Duke University linking TDCPP to health concerns in toddlers, ranging from antisocial behavior and memory loss to lower levels of male hormones and hyperthyroidism, as well as hazards to pregnant mothers. One study found flame retardant in the blood of every single child they tested. (A Scientific American article also links the chemical to cancer.) The manufacturers state, "Cisco's Inside Green technology is our smart, healthy, responsible, alternative method of building furniture made entirely from Natural Latex, organic wool, organic goose feathers and down." Their wool is sourced from family farms in Oregon and California, and their goose down is cruelty-free.
Ekla Home is a member of the Rodale 100, the Sustainable Furnishings Council, EWG, and the Organic Trade Association. They specialize in eco-friendly, flame retardant-free organic furniture handmade in the U.S. With GOTS-certified fabrics, recycled steel springs, natural latex cushioning, and zero-VOC finishes, certified by OEKO-TEX and Greenguard standards among others, they produce sofas and chairs that would be the centerpiece of any room!
Eco Balanza is committed to working with local artisans, minimizing environmental pollution and knowing the source of all materials, and using only organic, certified, and natural materials in their creations – avoiding all chemicals. Environment Furniture focuses on recycled, reclaimed, and sustainably harvested woods, water-based stains awarded the EU's Ecolabel certification, and recyclable shipping materials. Committed to reducing their carbon footprint, they also use vintage military canvas and recycled denim for material.
More designers than ever before are jumping on the eco-friendly bandwagon. Just be a savvy customer and don't let a salesperson put you at ease by simply using the word "natural." When you're in the market for furniture, it's imperative to do your research first.
DIY and Upcycling
Another popular alternative is finding old, well-made wooden pieces – bureaus, desks, tables, and chairs – and updating them with water-based stains or natural paints. Look for dovetail jointing, a sign of skilled carpentry and no contemporary synthetic glues.
I have seen old ladders refashioned as corner curio stands, barn cabinets turned into attractive bookshelves, and other imaginative and unique upcycling projects. Check out Pinterest and DIY sites such as Apartment Therapy. Be careful you're not bringing pesticide-infused fruit crates into your home, however! With a good imagination and non-toxic paints and polishes, you can remove all plastic pieces from your collection.
Speaking of Plastic
Another dangerous source of chemicals is the lightweight plastic used to manufacture food and beverage containers. Many plastic containers once were made with BPA, bisphenol-A, which proved so detrimental to human health that the EPA issued an action plan to try to curb the damage. While BPA is no longer widely used, it's always worth checking. Better yet, avoid plastic whenever possible. I prefer to think old-fashioned and traditional when it comes to my kitchen. I use glass jars for storage and wax paper to wrap sandwiches. Old porcelain, no-lead ceramics, and even stainless steel are much safer dishware options.
And Then, the Washing Up …
Some people tell me they actually like to wash dishes. This I find mysterious and incomprehensible. To my endless satisfaction, energy studies have shown that dishwashers actually save water and energy over hand-washing, which requires turning the hot water on and off repeatedly, using more fossil fuels to heat the water, and ultimately depletes that water table faster than the simple cycles of Energy-Star rated appliances. Impressive progress is underway in reducing the energy requirements of household appliances, especially refrigerators. Try to get the highest Energy-Star rating available – you'll see the savings on your electric bill and you'll be doing your part for the environment.
Clean your drains and garbage disposal simply and effectively with baking soda and white vinegar: this tried-and-true combination fizzes all the way down your pipes, naturally and effectively swishing away greasy grunge and eliminating odor. You can also try tossing a slice of lime or lemon into the blades of your disposal for extra freshness.
One of the most practical ways to minimize environmental harm when it comes to washing up is your choice of soap. Most popular commercial soaps – here it comes again – break down into hazardous chemical byproducts which linger as pollution in the water table. Look for brands like Seventh Generation and Method, both Certified B Corporations, meaning they work to be a positive influence on both people and the environment at every stage of production and product use. Zum Clean aromatherapy laundry soap and cleansers, available through Amazon.com, contain no sulfates or phosphates – in fact, the only ingredients are saponified 100% coconut oil, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), essential oils, fragrance, and vegetable glycerin. And they are as powerful as promised – don't let dark colors soak too long. To check out other brands, use the Environmental Working Group's Guide to Healthy Cleaning.
If you want whiter whites, avoid chlorinated bleach, which is consistently destructive all the way from human skin to water runoff. Instead, use products containing hydrogen peroxide, or good old-fashioned 20 Mule Team Borax, which breaks down into inert, non-toxic components.
Fragrance Hazards–Go Natural
Unfortunately as indoor air becomes more contaminated, people who don't suspect the actual sources of the stuffy, particle-contaminated air tend to compound the problem using chemical fragrance sprays and chemical plug-ins that release puffs of artificial fragrance into the air. Cleaner, more natural solutions include soy- or food-grade paraffin wax candles with lead-free wicks, scented with essential oils. Try Shortie's Candle Company tealights, available on their website, at some Whole Foods Stores, or on Amazon.com. Another simple and natural solution is to boil a pot of water with cinnamon and cloves, or whatever herbs you like. (Just don't forget and burn the pot.) Pure essential oils can also be used mixed with water in a diffuser, such as Nature's Truth Essential Oil Mini-Diffuser, available at many local grocery stores – and you can plug it into any USB port.
Start with one or two of the suggestions in this series, keep our advice in mind and do your own research for future redecorating, and enjoy your newly fresh and vibrant home!
See Part 1 and Part 2 of this series for more on creating your safe and vibrant home!
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I love Barbie. I don't care if her waist is impossibly small and her breasts are perfectly plastic. My very own Barbie Dream House still resides in my parents' attic along with the dozens of Barbies and Kens. Some with all their hair, some with unfortunate hair cuts.
And when my kids are old enough and if they want to play Barbies (even my son), then I'll happily share all my "vintage" stuff. I'd even buy them Mattel's latest Drag Queen Barbie if the doll wasn't $125.
Technically, the doll is called The Blonds Blond Diamond Barbie, but nicknamed Drag Queen Barbie because the lady is designed to look like cross-dresser and now-Barbie designer Phillipe Blond.
Phillipe along with David Blond were commissioned to give ole Barbs a gender-bending look, perhaps even more fabulous and fierce than any look Barbie's ever had. That's certainly a lot of sparkle.
I can almost hear the complaints of uptight parents already who think Drag Queen Barbie is an abomination of the sanctity of the Barbie world and playrooms everywhere. To them I say Don't like the doll? Don't buy it. It's a collector Barbie anyway and the $125 price tag reflects that. Just like the uproar over Tattoo Barbie, there will always be those who freak out and act like that Barbie will make your kid will want neck tattoos and this Barbie will make your kid a Liza Minnelli fan. Neither is that bad when you think about it. We're not talking about torturing puppies here. Still, some will think that if their child plays with this Barbie, he or she will want to be a she or he and it's all the fault of the white faux fox fur coat with its signature Barbie pink lining.
Powerful doll.
And you know what? Even if you are into being super spendy when it comes to your kids, remember this gal is really called Blond Diamond Barbie, so if you aren't in the mood to teach your kid what a drag Queen is, simply don't tell her or him that's the leggy one's nickname.
Besides, like all Barbies, this one just had perky little hills for boobs and a non-descript mound for a private area. The doll's body looks like every other Barbie out there. Drag Queen Barbie doesn't even come with a gay pride flag or RuPaul's phone number, so haters should cool their jets.
Those who love the fab doll can buy her at Barbie Collector, but the babe is on back-order until December.
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Hello readers! I hope you haven't given up on me because I've been MIA lately.
This week I started back at work...FULL TIME...after not working at all for over 6 months! Though this opportunity came out of the blue, it was the perfect time since I was ready to go back to work, but having to jump in full force with no notice has definitely taken a toll on my body:
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What's new at Links: Thailand, Pakistan, ecosocialism, 9/11, Sudan, Egypt, GCC, Venezuela, Palestine, Swaziland, Blacks & Comintern, Australian left
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September 19, 2011 — On the fifth anniversary of the September 19, 2006, military coup inThailand, General Sonti Boonyaratgalin should be facing charges for staging an illegal coup and tearing up a democratic constitution. General Prayut Junocha should also be facing charges for ordering the killings of nearly 90 unarmed pro-democracy demonstrators last year.
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September 15, 2011 — Baba Jan, a federal committee member of the Labour Party Pakistan (LPP), has been taken from jail … and the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is torturing him on the name of investigation", fears the LPP.
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September 10, 2011 — Economist, activist and writer Derek Wall is a member of the Green Party of England andWales(and the Green Left grouping within it) and is the author of several books on ecology and politics. Wall will speak via video link at the Climate Change Social Change activist conference inMelbourne,r September 30 to October 3. He maintains the ecosocialist blog Another Green World. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's Simon Butler about the politics of ecosocialism.
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By Rupen Savoulian
September 17, 2011 — Near where I live inSydney, there is a war memorial commemorating all those people from the area who have died serving the Australian armed forces in wars overseas. There are columns for each war Australians have participated in, followed by the names of those who never returned. For instance, there are columns for World War I (1914-1918), World War II (1939-1945), the Korean War (1950-53), and also the "International Campaign against Terrorism (2001– )". Notice that last one? Unlike the others, the war on terror has no end date.
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September 15, 2011 — The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has expressed alarm at the growing censorship of opposition newspapers inSudan. The regime's secret police, the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), halted the distribution of four different opposition newspapers without cause.
Dateline Egypt: Everything up for grabs in ongoing revolt
By Raul Bassi, Cairo
September 11, 2011 — After the overthrow ofEgypt's dictator Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, a new chapter in Egyptian history is being written and its authors are the people themselves. Anything could happen and everything is up for grabs given the profound political, social and economic crisis in whichEgypt's neoliberal system finds itself in.
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September 17, 2011 — Australia Asia Worker Links reports that jailed trade union activist Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was denied bail on September 12. Somyot is in jail for allegedly insulting the Thai king, under the country's notorious lèse majesté law.
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Long-time friend of Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Adam Hanieh, has just released a book that is essential reading for all those following developments in theMiddle East. With Hanieh's permission, Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal publishes an interview with the author, conducted by Jadaliyya, and a short excerpt from the book.
Venezuela: Communes in Caracas
September 7, 2011 — Translated by Owen Richards — Among the aims of community organisation is that of building the communal state, where power is exercised directly by the people, through self-government, with an economic model of social property and local self-development. Based on this premise, 236 communes and more than 9000 communal councils have been established, according to information from the Ministry of Popular Power for the Communes.
Palestine: Ilan Pappe — At the UN, the funeral of the two-state solution
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September 12, 2011 — We are all going to be invited to the funeral of the two-state solution if and when the UN General Assembly announces the acceptance ofPalestine as a member state.
Black liberation and the Communist International
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September 11, 2011 — The influence of the Communist International was decisive in the early 1920s in winning a generation of black revolutionaries to Marxism. On this the historians agree. But what did this influence consist of, and how was it exerted?
Eyewitness Swaziland: The birth of 'Liberation Friday!'; 'The struggle for a democratic Swaziland continues'
By the Swaziland Democracy Campaign
September 10, 2011 — Friday, September 9, marked the last day in the second Global Week of Action on Swaziland, culminating in a large protest march in Mbabane that resulted in pitched battles between a heavily armed and aggressive security detachment, and mostly poor workers, students and the unemployed, who gathered legally and peacefully as they have done all week.
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September 8, 2011 — For many years we were regular contributors to Green Left Weekly and proud supporters of the paper. We've now decided to resume writing for GLW and we urge other former contributors to consider doing the same.
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- Your Elder Shield and Mirror Dancer have created a doorway to the fifth dimension which allows you to leave your body.
- You are within the context of the dream and all your senses are at work. In other words, you are a part of the dream and you can taste, smell, feel, hear and touch in the dream.
- You are in the dream as an act of power and your psychic gifts are present and active.
- Your recall is 60-80 percent stronger within this dream.
- Frequently, a dream teacher will work with you and teach you something about the reason for your existence in this lifetime.
- The windows of prophecy are open.
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Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 full review
As PC Advisor's production desk turns into the latest battleground in the war between Apple and Microsoft, your reviewer's cherished Mighty Mouse has been swiftly replaced by the Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 – and it's not hard to see why.
Sporting five buttons, a scroll wheel, a sharp 'moonlight silver' design and a decided lack of wires, the 6000 is a classy piece of work. The fourth and fifth buttons, one big, one small, are intuitively placed for thumb use, and as well as moving vertically, you can press the wheel down (as the fifth button) or to the left and right for horizontal scrolling in certain applications; unfortunately, this felt a tad clumsy. A good idea, however.
The 6000's Magnify function, set by default to the small thumb button, allows you to zoom into the screen with a degree of panache that had colleagues punching their hands with envy – although we think using the thumb buttons as back and forward makes more sense, and reprogrammed the 6000 with Microsoft's bundled IntelliPoint management software.
Incidentally, the software also approximately doubles the number of tracking-speed settings you can choose from – ideal for gamers. Unfortunately, the mouse occasionally decides to temporarily adjust speed for you, which can be disorienting.
As far as the wireless element goes, there were minor issues at first getting a strong enough signal, but these disappeared once we manually reset the device/receiver transmission codes. Microsoft claims the wireless range is 1.8m, and we're not quibbling. Indeed, we got the 6000 to work at a greater distance than this, but the low-signal-quality dialog started to appear after a minute or so.
Presumably as a result of the batteries, the 6000 is nicely weighted in the hand and feels great in use. We were impressed by the cunningly positioned 'scoops' for our fingers and thumbs, although the shape may not suit lefties.
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"So there's no moraine at all?"
"Not a single stone," replied Ian. "You just fly straight to base camp, no porters, cooks, or even L.O.s. Basically no hassle. You just rock up, fly in, and then you have it in large style."
My eyes glazed over. We were sitting next to the world's biggest haulbags on what seemed to be the worst moraine in the Himalaya. Admittedly, India's Arwa Tower was impressive, but the amount of hassle and effort was telling. Physically fighting with agents--plus a nine-day approach from base camp--was not ideal.
A week later, still in India, Ian and I were sitting in a very similar spot in a very similar state. "So, when are we going?"
"Going where?"
"Alaska, you fool; this sucks!"
Seven months later Ian (a.k.a. Buba Smith) and I are sitting next to one another again. This time it's outside the Fairview Inn in Talkeetna, drinking beer and awaiting our burgers. "Beats Delhi, huh, Kenton?"
I couldn't really disagree. We had arrived only 24 hours previously and would be at base camp in less than 24 more. It was looking like a designer trip. I have a reputation for being excitable, and right now, with a few beers inside me, I was fully excited.
The following evening saw us step out of our plane and onto the soft snow. A gaggle of people with skis and gear were shouting and screaming. "Okay, New York Bushwhackers Expedition" boomed a rather short, attractive lady wearing what looked like carpet slippers. Four climbers almost jumped to attention before throwing their gear into the plane. "Hi, Ian," the woman said quickly before jumping into another chaotic scene of bodies and gear.
"That's Lisa, the base camp manager," explained Ian as we pulled our gear up to two empty campsites. After almost ten years of Himalayan climbing I had never seen a base camp such as this.
The next few days saw us sorting gear and eating (apparently we set a record for the amount of food brought in by a two-person team). Ian seemed to know most of the people at base camp and spent much time yarning. The big news was that one team was currently on the Stumps Route on the Moonflower and another was on the Wall of Shadows. Now, neither Ian nor I are superstars; we're not like the late Alex Lowe or the current Steve House. We're normal human beings, and all this talk of overhanging ice, killer mushrooms, five-day storms, and lightning-quick ascents was beginning to psych me out. It was time to go climbing.
The Mini Moonflower, as it became known during this trip, is a triangular buttress about a quarter of a mile past the Moonflower on Mt. Hunter. Ian had spotted it the year before and neither of us could believe that it hadn't been climbed. Such a buttress in the Alps would have six routes on it.
After sorting a standard rack and two 7.5mm ropes, we turned to our supplies: 30 GU energy gel packets and seven liters of water. We looked at each GU suspiciously. "You sure about these, Bubs? Doesn't look like very much to me!" Ian simply eyed them in silence.
Ian kicked up the initial slopes, went over the bergschrund, and put in a belay below a steep groove. Reaching the stance, I leaned over and muttered, "Here we go, Bubs, let's have at it!"
Ian led off over some interesting mixed ground, and the pitches quickly merged into one. The climbing was hard enough to be interesting but never desperate; it was very similar to French goulottes in Chamonix: squeaky ice, good rock, great climbing.
The plan was to climb during the night (remembering that it doesn't really get dark at this latitude) and rest in the daytime, using the sun to fight the cold. However, as night became day, the clouds rolled in and wet snow began to fall. The leads (we were climbing in blocks of three pitches) switched again, and Ian started up what was to be the crux—a steep ice runnel with a tricky mixed step at the top. I pulled up to Ian at the belay with a roar of delight: "Fantastic, man, fantastic."
But concern began to creep in as we got higher. Despite his list of outrageous ascents, Ian is relatively new to mountaineering. "What do ya reckon about the snow, Kenton?" We were worried about the upper slopes shedding on us. I'd heard nasty things about the Moonflower doing the same thing.
"Don't know, Bubs. Tell you what. We'll continue up and if it gets any heavier we'll reconsider."
Although we had scoped the route from below, a combination of the clouds and actually being on the route meant that routefinding was tricky. We were using a large roof as a reference point, but as the clouds were coming in and out, a rather ominous sight came into view. A huge ice mushroom could be seen to one side of the roof. I caught Ian's eyes and they said it all. The whole upper half of the route was threatened.
We said nothing as I racked up and continued, trying to move out of the fall line, which seemed impossible. Tiredness was setting in; it was 29-plus hours since we'd left base camp. Watching the rope inch out the belay plate was depressing, and all I could think of was my sleeping bag and killer mushrooms. (Ian had suffered broken ribs at the hands of a collapsing mushroom the year before.)
"Below!" screamed Ian. I looked up expecting to see crashing mushrooms but instead got a chestful of ice. "Arrgghh!" My hand felt like it had been squeezed in a vice. "Bastard, Ian, you bastard!"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, yeah, man." My hand was on fire and I couldn't move it. Shit, I thought, it's broken. My immediate thought was for the rest of the trip and all the money we had spent getting here. "Safe" finally filtered down. I gingerly dismantled the belay and began to climb.
Ian was concerned about my hand since it was rapidly swelling. Light was fading and it was snowing again—and it was my lead. "Any chance of you continuing, Bubs?"
"No sweat, man." He led another pitch toward the ridge, and we now seemed to be directly under the mushroom. The pitch finished on easy ground, and the ridge seemed to be only about 200 feet away. The condition of the snow prompted another discussion, and the ice prodder came out of my pocket. We forced a couple of mocha GU's down us, flushing them with the last water and started to descend. Fifteen rapid abs saw us back to the bergschrund and one last, long rappel to the skis.
Brits are famous for not being able to ski, and Ian and I are no exception. This, combined with Ian's low-quality bindings, meant that skiing with rucksacks was at best interesting. I'd turn around to see Ian sitting on his sack smashing his skis with his pole while screaming obscenities. We finally reached base camp in the early hours. A wave of utter exhaustion enveloped us both, but the ascent was in the bag and it was time for tea and medals.
After a few days rest we decided to go up the west buttress to look at a new route on Denali's Washburn Wall. Unfortunately, a three-day storm rolled in and we got no further than the 11,000-foot camp. On our return to base camp Ian bumped into "BenAndKevin" from New Hampshire along with Bruce Miller. "Don't worry, Kenton, I told them not to do the route on the Washburn Wall." Well, they did and called it Common Knowledge. Yanks for you!
The next week was spent sunbathing and eating at base camp, with a brief spell on the Moonflower, which we climbed with three points of aid. After this we geared up to go to the 14,000-foot camp on Denali.
Ian was quite right about no moraine, but he didn't mention anything about sledge pulling. Anyone on Heartbreak Hill when the Brits were around were in for a laugh. Ian seemed to take it quite personally in the way his sledge would overtake him and pull him off his skis. He lay there in a crumpled heap, close to tears through frustration. It was hard to imagine him cranking it out on steep ice, and I could only laugh. Three days later, after many such falls and even more four-letter expletives, we reached the 14,000-foot camp.
This high camp on the west buttress is beautifully located and overlooks Mt. Foraker and the very top of Hunter. We were positioned here to make an attempt on the Father and Sons Wall, a wall which to date had only one route on it. The plan was to climb a line to the left of First Born (Steve House's line), join up with the north buttress route, and then traverse both the north and south summits. All this in a single push with no tent, no sleeping bag, no idea.
Leaving camp at 10 p.m., we descended to the top of Motorcycle Hill, and it was here that we got our first look at the wall (it had been cloudy on the way up). "It's a bit big, Ian!"
"Na, it just looks big; no bigger than Stanage" came the reply. We had stashed a bag with ropes and hardware at the top of the descent, but unfortunately a freeze-thaw cycle had occurred. Ian pulled a cam out of the bag and attached to it was most of the rack and a huge lump of ice. Meanwhile I was struggling with a rope that thought it could do the Indian rope trick. "Bollocks" was slightly understating it, I thought as Ian started chipping ice away. Not the ideal start.
Things went from bad to worse, and the descent rapidly became one of the most mind-numbingly frightening things I've ever done. The slope felt good to start with but quickly deteriorated to what felt like imminent death, all above a line of gnarly seracs. Finally I broke the tension. "Ian, I'm scared, I'm scared stupid; I don't like this at all."
"No, it's shit," he agreed. We decided to go to a slight depression and make yet another ab; this would be our third one, each one leaving us more and more committed. Finally, after using all but three feet of our ab tat, we reached the glacier. "Better not retreat off the route," Ian pointed out, looking forlornly at the tat.
As we moved quickly over the glacier, the wall loomed above us and a sudden realization
of how remote this route really was sunk in. Although perhaps less than a mile from the west buttress, we could have been on the moon. The only feasible escape would be to exit via the Peter's Glacier. With no bivy gear, minimal food and fuel, it wasn't really an option. Cramming GU's and water down, I geared up.
The first 600 feet disappeared quickly as we moved together. The plan was to gain the center of the face via a series of icy runnels. I found myself eyeing a rather scary-looking icefall, the key to the line. "It's shit, utterly shit" Ian shouted down as he watched his tools track down in the mush. The ice had been fried by the sun, leaving a soggy excuse for falling blocks. "Don't fancy it, do ya, Kenny?" I didn't and I told him so. Back at the belay we had a discussion on what to do, and out came topos and descriptions. Arms were waving here and there, and necks were craning. In retrospect 600 feet up a 6,500-foot wall and being lost already wasn't very good. Try left was the final decision, and thus began the magical mystery tour.
We moved quickly over moderate but interesting ground and soon gained a mixed spur that seemed to kick back into the middle of the face. The climbing was a mixture of icy runnels and easy mixed ground interspersed with gnarly steep snow. After a number of hours I ended up belaying underneath a short, steep corner, with the yellow plate of Ian's crampons inches above my head. "Watch me, Kenny!" His feet skated and so I placed his front points onto a micro edge for him. "There's nothing for my tools" he spurted as his left foot shot off the edge again. "I'm off, na I'm on, no I'm off." He wasn't; he was in fact grinning nervously at me. Sweat glistened on his face. It turned out that Ian had just sent the crux.
Thirty hours into our little jaunt we stopped for mashed potatoes and soup. It's surprising how comfortable it is sitting on two ropes halfway up a mountain. Sleep quickly overcame me. The only shelter we had was a bothy bag, and it was this, flapping in the wind, that woke me almost four hours later. "Four hours, you sure? It felt like ten minutes to me," Ian moaned. My mind was groggy from not enough rest. My senses slowly returned with depressing clarity, as my hostile surroundings closed in once again. Moving away from our little lunch spot was the psychological crux, but once moving again we passed the hours with little recognition.
The final hard climbing found us moving together over tricky ground. This was more out of laziness than forethought. Looking back on it, we were stupid, but normal reasoning had long since left us. It was turning to an ordeal, no longer fun. The final slopes up to the north ridge were never-ending and the thigh-deep powder was soul destroying. "Go, Ian, you're the man. Yeah, have at it, show it who's boss!" Upon hearing this, Ian would pull himself back to his feet and break trail for another eternity before collapsing again. It was only afterward that I confessed I was encouraging him only because I didn't want to break trail myself. It truly was an impressive sight. The final 300-foot slope up to the north ridge was horrendously loaded, and the wind was blowing spindrift over the top. The last 60 feet I had to climb totally blind. Pulling onto the ridge was like stepping into the heart of Hades. The wind was screaming all around us. We had intended to sleep in the sun on the ridge and then traverse the north and south summits, but the wind meant that stopping was impossible and sleeping would result in black digits or worse.
The ground was easy but I was unable to move across it; my body was hurting and my mind had gone numb. Figures kept dancing in my peripheral vision and I kept looking every which way. I knew there was nothing else up there, but I kept staring and saw nothing. "Ian…Ian" I found myself muttering. "This is fucking stupid," I screamed. I slumped down utterly spent, feeling frustrated and angry that Ian had brought me here. This was quickly superseded by a feeling of guilt; it was Ian's dream and I was in the process of shattering it. For me, continuing up was not an issue; it was time to drop onto the upper Peter's Glacier. I think with this realization my self-conscious gave up and my body stuck its finger up at me.
As we moved off the ridge and down onto the glacier, the situation seemed to improve. Out of the wind and with food in me, I started to recover. Ian had for the last hour or so been operating for the both of us. We plowed straight across the glacier, under a snub of rock above an ice-fall. The final push to the 16,000-foot camp on the west buttress was fine, previous stories of waist-deep powder proving unfounded. Reaching the ridge, we quickly located the fixed ropes on the headwall. I turned to Ian, who was grinning. We embraced and shouted into the wind, congratulating each other. Cramming the rope and gear into the sack, we clipped onto the fixed ropes and started to bum-slide almost down to the tent. We staggered into camp approximately 46 hours after leaving it. We got a number of strange looks from people looking as spent and as disheveled as we were. They had no idea, no idea at all.
Summary of Statistics
Area: Alaska Range
Ascents: Extraterrestrial Brothers (VI, Alaska Grade 5/6, Scottish VII) on Mt. McKinley's Father and Sons Wall, in 46 hours round-trip from the 14,200-foot camp on the West Buttress, early June. Kenton Cool and Ian Parnell.
Kiss Me Where the Sun Don't Shine (Scottish VII) on Mt. Hunter's Mini-Moonflower in May. Also a repeat of Mt. Hunter's Moonflower Buttress. Kenton Cool and Ian Parnell.


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By Erick Lehman, Managing Editor
It's always a challenge when your best player — your top goal scorer — is not on the ice, instead sitting in the bleachers, watching the game with an injury.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn hockey team faces such a problem as they eye the national tournament, a mere four weeks away now.
The tournament will start March 3 in Chicago, and the Wolverines are getting closer and closer to punching that ticket to the Windy City.
What stands in their way of that is a Kent State team that has tripped them in the past, and one more matchup with the powerhouse known as Adrian.
In the eyes of outsiders, or someone who hasn't been around this team like I have, you would say they have another challenge on their hands, and that would be replacing Tyler Groat, or at least replacing his production.
Groat left early in the second game against Adrian on Jan. 16 and has missed three games since, but still leads the team in goals with 25 and points with 37.
In reality, straight-up replacing that production in near impossible; just bringing someone in who has been scratched and expecting them to score those points isn't really realistic.
But, as a team, as a unit coming out and playing together, and collectively replacing that production?
That is how you manage without Groat.
That is exactly what the Wolverines are doing at this point of the season.
It's unclear whether or not Groat is going to be back this season or in time for the beginning of nationals, but what is clear is that the Wolverines can still win without him; it just might take some manufacturing.
"With the way things have been going and the way we've been playing, this is the definition of a team," Tyler Dalton said after Friday night's game against Indiana Tech.
Dalton praised his entire team, saying it was a team effort, and how guys are out giving maximum effort, and that is what is helping the team.
"Guys are stepping into big spots, guys are stepping into big minutes at times that are critical for us to be four weeks away from the national tournament and have freshman who are just diving for shots, trying to get blocks — it's huge."
You can't look past the depth that this team has as well.
The Wolverines boast three lines that can be deemed as scoring lines, and when you have three lines that can score you can be dangerous.
"We don't have a starting line or a first line or anything like that," Dalton said.
Going along with that, the Wolverines have players who are versatile. Nic Laburn, and Kevin Bechard are both big-bodied scorers who can use the body to knock opponents off the puck, and use their stick to score goals, and they can both play forward and defenseman.
Ian Wiljanen is another defense who can skate up and play forward as well.
Head coach Chris Haltinner raved about the fact his team has versatility like it does, and when you can play five forwards on the ice at one time and not miss a beat defensively, you can be dangerous.
Haltinner said on Tuesday night after a victory against Oakland that the injury to Groat gives other guys the opportunity to step up and do something.
Groat being injured may make it seem like this team, the team of destiny, is destined for a quick chase from the national tournament, but I beg to differ.
The team will rally around players who have been here, and led the team before like Gino Darin, Jeff McFarland, and Ryan Urso.
They will rally behind goaltender Nate Ferris, who Dalton said pumps up the team.
"Nate is the rock that keeps us together, so when we see him having a good game it gets the boys going," Dalton said.
With the veteran presence to lean on, and the teamwork that this team shows each game, the sky's the limit for them in the national tournament, and they're a team that should not be taken lightly, at all.


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January 11th, 2018
We explored along an abandoned line eastward until finding the tracks back and a CSX local working at Waycross, before heading south to the railfan platform at Folkston. After having supper with friends in Jacksonville, we finished the day at the The Ponce, a railfan-friendly hotel in Saint Augustine with its own viewing platform for the Florida East Coast.
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Folkson, Georgia
(map) Folkston is a town just north of the Florida border that has embraced trainspotting to the extent that they have built a train viewing platform complete with a permanent scanner.
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While I was in Washington DC for the National Black Justice Coalition's just concluded OUT on the Hill Black LGBTQ/SGL Leadership Summit, one of the questions I and my fellow Houstonians attending the conference frequently had to answer while I was inside I-495 was 'What's going on with the HERO?
And what was my answer to the inside the Beltway folks and other Black LGBT peeps like me about it? "It's 50-50 whether we keep HERO or it gets repealed"
As many people I've talked to about the Houston Unites campaign know, I haven't been happy about the way this has been run since the opening August press conference. One of the communities that will be critical in determining whether the HERO lives as it should or dies will be the Houston Black community.
My problem with Houston Unites not only is the lack of will to utterly destroy the trans predator myth, but the problematic lack of consistent pushback in the Houston Black community in the face of negative anti-HERO ads aimed at the Black community being played unchecked on Majic 102 and Ben Hall owned KCOH.
I also have a problem with the failure so far to go on offense concerning the opposition lies that a HERO that covers 15 categories is a 'LGBT ordinance', Federal law already covers everyone and HERO isn't necessary (no it doesn't) and we need to repeal it so we can 'rewrite it to cover everyone'.
I have also been scratching my head at the ongoing human rights malpractice as to why Houston Unites hasn't pointed out the consequences of what WILL happen to Houston economically if Prop 1 isn't approved.
Note to the HERO haters. The ordinance already covers every Houstonian, and you need to stop telling the lie that it doesn't Why shouldn't we have a local, non expensive alternative to combating local discrimination besides filing an expensive federal lawsuit?
Houston Unites needs to be bolder and as relentless in taking the message to Black media outlets and the Houston Black community that HERO protects us from local discrimination as our opponents have been since last year in aggressively demonizing the Houston trans community and putting out disinformation about the ordinance.
It's way past time to rebuke these Houston pastors who repeatedly violate the Ninth Commandment. You do not have to be nice and 'take the high road' against an opponent who wants to oppress you. doesn't care about facts, and is willing to throw their own human rights and the human rights of an entire city under the bus just to get a win and as a bonus for them, satisfy their irrational faux faith based hatred of the Houston LGBT community at the same time.
Neither can it all be on the Houston Black community to find out on their own that some of their ministers are lying to them. That strategy ain't working. Houston Unites is going to need to spend some money NOW just like you're doing for other Houston demographic communities on ramped up media and canvassing efforts targeted specifically to council districts Districts B, D and J for starters.
You're welcome.
The situation also can't continue of the Houston Black LGBT community going it alone on our underfunded education efforts. We could use some money and air time to get our message out there to our people.
I and other Houston Black LGBT people who busted our azzes to pass this much needed ordinance are NOT happy about the silence of the local NAACP, Houston area Black politicians. and the local Urban League chapter for starters to get behind Proposition 1, It would also be nice and deeply appreciated if Houston Unites hires folks from the demonized Houston Black LGBT community to talk to our community as only we can to blow up those lies.
Houston Unites, it's past time for you to be HERO-ic too. If you want to win on November 3, you'll do that ASAP.
Houston Unites, it's past time for you to be HERO-ic too. If you want to win on November 3, you'll do that ASAP.


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Nathan Drake and a rather evil super computer (and sometime potato) have topped the nominees for the 15th annual Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) awards.
"Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" led this year's nods with 12 nominations, while "Portal 2" got 10. Other multiple award nominees included "L.A. Noire" (with nine), "Batman: Arkham City," "Battlefield 3" and "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim," which all got six.
The awards, one of the more prestigious in the gaming industry, will be handed out on Feb 5 during the D.I.C.E. summit in Las Vegas in a ceremony hosted by actor Jay Mohr. CBS-owned gaming site GameSpot has been named as an exclusive partner and will stream the awards live online.
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Electricity in Budapest is the European standard…220 Volt with the two round prongs and generally recessed sockets. Here is what a typical socket looks like:
If you are traveling from a country like the USA with a different voltage standard and different outlets/plugs, here is what you need to know to operate any gizmos you happen to have brought along and feel are essential to the quality of your life:
In order to get electricity out of the wall and into your gizmo there are two, separate, requirements: the voltage needs to be acceptable to your gizmo (if it is not, you will likely fry the gizmo and, perhaps, set fire to your loved ones); and, separately, the plug from your gizmo somehow has to fit the receptacle on the wall. These two requirements are dealt with either separately (voltage conversion is done by a CONVERTER that 'steps down' the 220 voltas to 110; making the plug fit the holes is done by an ADAPTER; sometimes, converters also function as adapters, sometimes they don't; adapters never function as converters).
HERE IS THE BIG DANGER IN CONFUSING THESE TWO SEPARATE TYPES OF DOODAD: it is possible to make your gizmo's plug fit into the wall without changing the voltage. If you do that and your gizmo requires 110 volts, it's bye-bye gizmo. If, on the other hand, you have a gizmo that works with both 110 and 220, and you plug it into a converter rather than an adapter (an easy mistake to make if your converter also functions as an adapter), the chip in your gizmo that decides whether it is getting 110 or 220 will get confused and anxious and frustrated, causing it to heat up and potentially fry the gizmo (and perhaps those standing nearby). SO the first thing to do, before you do anything else is ascertain what voltage your gizmo needs, and use a converter if, and only if, you have to modify the voltage.
Many small electronic gadgets work with anything from 110 to 240 volts. Those are very flexible doodads, and many laptop power supplies and many cell phone power adapters fall into that category. YOU NEED TO KNO WHETHER YOURS DOES. All power supplies for laptops, mobile phones, PDAs, iPods, and the like tell you somewhere on them (sometimes in very tiny type and sometimes it's just in raised letters in very tiny type, black on black, but it's there) how many volts (input) and how many watts (input) the device requires.
If your device will accept 220 Volts USE AN ADAPTER to change the plug at the end to one that will fit into the receptacles in the apartment. DO NOT USE A CONVERTER, which may well get confused (or confuse your gizmo), causing it to overheat, melt, give off toxic fumes, and otherwise act in an anti-social manner. Here are four adapters that are commonly available. They are basically interchangeable…though the two on the left will accept almost any plug as an input, while the two on the right will only accommodate US and European plugs. (Why use an adapter for a European plug, you may ask? Because many sockets are recessed and grounded and some devices will not fit into them, like the COBY converter two photos below, without an additional adapter.)
Now here are two adapters that are disguised as replacement power cables for many laptop power supplies (different power supplies have different cables; these are two of the most common; using a power cable with a European plug on the end will successfully ADAPT your doodad). REMEMBER, just using one of these does not convert the power from 220 to 110. Your gizmo must accept 220 volts to use one of these safely by itself.
If your device requires 110-120 Volts, you need not just an adapter but also a converter. TO USE A CONVERTER YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY WATTTS YOUR GIZMO EATS FOR LUNCH. Here are three different levels of converter:
Note that the one on the left (stupidly designed by COBY) will not plug directly into a recessed outlet even though it has a European plug; you need to use an adapter to extend the reach of this into a recessed outlet, any of the adapters above will do the trick.
Again, before using a converter, you must check the watt requirements of your gizmo. If they are more than the converter allows, the converter will overheat, melt, short out, and potentially burn the place down. I would prefer that you avoided that result. The converters are marked with the maximum number of watts they will accept. Your doodad should also be marked with how many watts it draws.
If you are in doubt, or confused, or scared, please err on the side of caution.
Preaching to the converted. And the adapted.
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Black customers accuse Houston's Gaslamp bar of discriminatory cover charge; bar says 'no'
The bar claims the men were charged to keep a favorable female-to-male ratio inside
Three black men say a popular Midtown bar charged cover charges only to non-white patrons and turned other minorities away under the guise of "dress code violations" Friday night.
An attorney representing the bar said that bar did not act in a discriminatory manner and always assesses covers for certain parts of the bar and reserves the right to turn away anyone who doesn't meet specific dress requirements.
Brandon Ball, Dan Scarbrough and Ken Piggee — all three attorneys — said that when they approached the doors of Gaslamp, at the corner of Brazos and Hadley streets, the doormen immediately told them that to enter, they had to pay $20.
Deciding against it, the trio went to a nearby bar and later walked by Gaslamp.
"We're looking, and there are white people going in and getting their hands stamped," Ball said. "They were going in and not paying anything."
The three sat and watched the door for some time, they said, watching white customers enter free of charge and minorities get turned away. They said they spoke with the others as they were turned away.
Two black men visiting from San Antonio said they were told they couldn't enter because they were wearing Polo shirts and jeans. A group of Hispanic men said they were told to pay a cover. Two Brazilian men received the same treatment, as did two Vietnamese women, the men said.
A large group of Hispanic men and women also were told they couldn't enter without a $20 charge, while a group of white people went in for free, the men said. "It didn't matter what they had on for the most part," Ball said of the white patrons entering the bar that night.
During that time, an off-duty sheriff's deputy working security looked on. The men said the deputy told them that he was there to do a job and didn't have a say in how Gaslamp ran its business.
The men said that, to them, it was evident the bar's entrance policy was racially discriminatory and a symptom of a larger community issue.
"The fact that they're doing this, there is a market out there for white-only spaces, and that's a sobering thought," Piggee said.
Tim Sutherland, an attorney representing Gaslamp, said the bar has three levels. The first is a sports bar, the second floor is Elysium – a nightclub – and the third floor is a rooftop lounge.
"The issue is, anytime you're a group of three guys, you're going to pay a cover," Sutherland said. "You're not just going in for free because we have ratios we try to maintain in a nightclub establishment of even or better-than-even girl-to-guy ratio."
An example is if a group is disproportionately male, they likely will pay a cover. If someone enters alone, likely not.
Sutherland said that's a widely used cover structure. Those going to the upper floors – accessible from the Brazos Street entrance – all pay a cover and have their hands stamped.
The Hadley Street entrance to the first-floor bar – which Ball, Piggee and Scarbrough said they used Friday night – works on a gender ratio basis, he said.
Ball, Scarbrough and Piggee said they had never been to Gaslamp and didn't know of the different levels, nor were they told by doormen about the different parts of the establishment.
The men said as soon as they approached, they were told to pay a $20 charge before even speaking and saw groups of white patrons getting their hands stamped and going in free of charge.
Sutherland said there is a sign at the bar that says they charge cover, but policy details aren't spelled out on the sign or on the bar's website, which he admitted isn't up-to-date. Entry also depends on meeting a dress code, he said, which he said is listed at the bar.
That possibly will be made clearer going forward, "not because we can't do it the way we're doing it – because we can – but it allows people to read improper motives into our actions, and so I think it's something we should look at," Sutherland said.
Ball posted the incident — along with photos of the men in their business casual attire Friday night, the doormen demanding cover charges and the deputy — on his Facebook page, which has ignited a flurry of shares and negative comments on Gaslamp's Facebook page.
One of the doormen also took to social media to defend himself, threatening to sue the men.
Some social media comments and responses were from people of color recounting similar experiences, including a white woman from out of town who, along with her white boyfriend, were turned away because he had a tattoo. The Chronicle has reached out to authors of those comments and so far hasn't been able to independently verify their claims.
On Monday, Houston Mayor Annise Parker tweeted that the incident further emphasized the need for Houston residents to vote in November for her controversial Equal Rights Ordinance, which she said would establish a process to investigate these kinds of alleged incidents.
Shows why it's important to vote for HERO, then there'll be a local law against this and a way to investigate it.-A https://t.co/uypnBIA6Hr— Annise Parker (@AnniseParker) September 14, 2015
The HERO support group Houston Unites also used the incident as an opportunity to push for Prop 1 votes.
"The ordinance is a local tool to deal with discrimination that happens here locally – whether based on race, religion, disability, veteran status and more," campaign chairman Richard Carlbom said in an online statement. "At its core, the Equal Rights Ordinance is about treating everyone fairly and equally, whether in a public space like a bar, or in employment and housing."
Sutherland said the reaction has been unfair and one-sided, with employees' photos posted online. He said bar has received threatening voicemails.
"We're not going to change the way we run our business in fear," Sutherland said. "We're business owners and we think we have a fair admission policy and, of course, people are coming out saying it's discriminatory and we'll have to look at it."
Other complaints that have popped up on Gaslamp's Facebook page and in online comments since the posting predate Friday night. Sutherland said he has not seen a pattern to those complaints.
When asked if employees deny the men's story, Sutherland said he instructed them not to discuss what happened Friday night.
"We do not deny that Mr. Ball came through the line and had two other men with him and a cover was requested of him for $20 to go up to the rooftop," Sutherland. "It was not based on his race, however."
Ball, Piggee and Scarbrough said they hope their experience stokes a community conversation and urges others with similar experiences at local establishments to come forward.
"They're a public business," Piggee said. "If you're going to be open to the public, you need to be open to the public, not just part of the public."


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This post came to me while I was driving last week. My sister took us to a woodland nature reserve that I'd never visited where the kids and her dog could splash and play in a shallow stream, she described it as being near a village but as we drove further and further I realised the wood was in fact in the middle of Inglestone Common, a place I hadn't visited for at least thirty years. When it was time to leave I was sure that going on over the common and along the edge of the Cotswolds was a quicker way and so I headed off, much to my sister's amazement – she was convinced I'd get lost. I didn't, and every mile was crammed with memories.
I have walked up and down this lane thousands of times in the last six years; in deep snow and gushing floods, on days when the cool green shade felt like a caress and one autumn day when I kicked a cider apple all the way down it until I was intoxicated by the bruised smell of the fruit. No matter how often I walk it, different things catch my attention – a new violet opening in spring, different bird song and glimpses of their plumage, a stronger gust of wind making the pine trees sing or sigh, a silent buzzard resting in the apple orchard. Twenty people could walk that lane a day and describe it differently, just as hundreds of romance novels are published a year but all tell the same basic story of two people meeting and finding love and making it work against the odds.
I read something on twitter this week – I can't find it now and hate to not credit it properly. Its gist was that all stories are about someone wanting something; in popular fiction they achieve it, in literary fiction they don't. Given the flak that women's fiction gets, especially romance, that made me smile a lot (and yes I do read literary fiction – I think. I rarely even think about how a book is classified until I have trouble locating in it a book shop (Really? Euripides in history rather than classics or poetry or drama?)). Romance readers and writers have to develop a thick skin, or a serious headache from all the eye rolling we do each time we hear that the books we love are formulaic, clichéd, repetitive and all the same. Do hill walkers and ramblers get told that all walks are the same? You end up back at your house or car, tired and possibly muddy after seeing some countryside, just like you did on your last walk, why do you keep doing different walks? Or even worse, why do the same walk again? Because as I tried to describe above, it changes every day, heck every hour.
No romance and no book is ever the same. There are familiar rituals and goals, but the accidental tangential diversions and the deliberate off-piste excursions described in my post two weeks ago can make them come alive in different ways, revealing each author's distinctive voice. Just as the flower that made me smile yesterday can be eclipsed by the sight of a fox crossing my path today, so the breath-taking moonlit roof top chase in one book can be replaced by a champagne supper on a Mediterranean beach the next time, languid lovemaking between crisp cotton sheets in one story and frenzied still-half-dressed passion in a dusty cellar the next. I don't need to tell other romance readers and writers this, but as well as the variety of plots, it's the tiny details that count towards making the bigger picture different from author to author and book to book.
What's even better is that those tiny details can tell us a lot about the character experiencing them. Everyone notices different things depending on the situation and their background. A city girl and a country one will react to the smells and sights of a farmyard differently, a hero and heroine might react differently to a bathroom in need of a good clean. The words they use, the descriptions, especially the comparisons they draw and the memories that are invoked are deeply personal and can tell us so much about the character as well as the location. It can tell us what they are experiencing right now as they look around them – that patched old sofa covered in dog hairs will look disgusting or inviting depending upon how exhausted or in danger the character is.
The recollections can also be incredibly important. I've been guilty in the past of writing pages of backstory and then having to cut it. I still let myself sometimes because just thinking about a character or what has shaped them isn't enough, I have to start physically listing it on the page or keyboard and then it comes alive and my fingers can't keep up with scenes and anecdotes that have made that person who they are. Those passages will never end up in the finished work, but they are there for me and they inform everything else I write about him or her, I may allude to them, or show a brief snapshot of that moment in how they react to something in the present.
Which brings me back to Ingelstone Common. Last week, it all looked unfamiliar and then I recognised the very first road junction I came to; I hadn't been that way since I was fourteen or fifteen and I had been on a horse, not in a car, but I knew it at once. The rest of the journey was one of crystal clear memories: the pace where my sister fell and broke her collar bone, the wide grass verge that provided the only place to canter for miles, the corner where there used to be a pig farm and our pony could smell that distinctive odour long before we did and would start snorting and shying. There were houses where I remembered fields, and houses that I had seen being built now looked tired with the paint peeling on window frames, the small village shop where we sometimes bought ice lollies was now a house. As I changed down to third gear for a particularly steep and winding hill I relived the moment that a thunderstorm passed over me and my horse and the thunder and lightning happened in the same split second.
I live in the countryside where every other house seems to be called the Old Forge, Old Schoolhouse or Old Post Office; on that drive I passed the Old Bakery and felt even older as I recalled how we used to drive there on a Saturday morning and bypass the shop to go into the actual bakery and wait for the fresh loaves to come out of the huge ovens in the wall. I remember flour covering everything and the dim light coming through ancient leaded windows and the stifling heat. We had to wait for the bread to be cool enough to eat but it was best when still warm and soft and springy, by the afternoon, the top of a cottage loaf would have hardened to iron and when you bit it the crust would shatter and lacerate the roof of your mouth. I knew the bakery closed years ago due to the cost of modernising it, but it was still a slight shock to realise I am old enough to remember a place before it became the "Old" in a house name.
If I put any or all of the above in a book it would add colour, but also read like too much irrelevant padding/backstory, all it tells you is that I'm past the first flush of youth and I used to ride a lot in the British countryside. But just one anecdote alluded to, or given a wider context can add vital individuality to a fictional character. If the heroine knows her fear of thunderstorms is irrational, but only recalls later riding through that storm and her horse nearly bolting in fear; it gives her more motivation and rationalises her dread.
So my trip down an accidental memory lane made me think of my writing and back stories, about picking the right detail, and how when it's done with skill I can read the same authors telling me tales of falling in love again and again because every time they show me something different and make me want to take that journey with them.


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Merle was a very curious cat; even more curious than most. He had to be included in everything that the family did. He wasn't of the Siamese breed, but he sure acted like one. If someone was trying to read, he'd lay on the book. When someone would try to work at a computer; Merle would lay on the keyboard. Open up the refrigerator door and he'd be right there! Every time they turned around, Merle was right in their face! The thing that Merle liked the most, however, was the camera. If someone was taking pictures, he wanted to be in it. The family would scoot him out which didn't make him happy at all!
He tried all kind of ways to be in a picture. None of them worked. At Halloween, he found some clothes to slide into and then he tried to creep in the middle of where the family was posing. Christmas found him lying right in the way trying to wrap garland around himself. Out he went! "What do I have to do?", he wondered. He felt like he was part of the family and should be included in family pictures. He kept trying and wouldn't give up. Then he had the chance he was looking for.
The family was in the back yard for a picnic. They lived out in the country, so many creatures who lived in the woods would wander by. Among them was a pair of raccoons. They were so cute that someone decided to take a picture of them. While they ran in the house to get the camera, Merle quickly grabbed something too. Just before the camera clicked, Merle jumped into place!


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Blogging. As my friend Paul puts it, "Because what the world needs is yet another opinion." Another criticism. Another review. We've been to Paris. We've seen Britney's kids, and where they came from. Enough. More love. Less Bush.
Lovesick Billy is about love, an exploration of it and all of its manifestations: photos of stolen kisses, brotherly love, charitable love, love dilemmas – yours and mine, gain, loss, and everything in between.
A friend who constantly complains about being single, said to me once, "You're like all the rest of my friends, single for about twenty minutes."
"So maybe you should be doing what I'm doing," I replied.
I have been very lucky in love. Always. The best rules are the rules that work best for you, not your well-meaning friends or family. We usually know what's best for us, unless it's not working, and then second opinions can help – but honest ones, and those are hard to come by.
Lovesick Billy is a source for honest insight into matters of love. Because that's what the world needs now.


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We Are Ready for IIoT
As an industrial automation and information company, Avid Solutions would like to respond to the allegations of unpreparedness for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in a recent Automation World column from Stephanie Neil, "The IIoT Integrators Are Coming." In particular, we would like to refute the statement that industrial control system integrators as a whole "are not particularly IIoT-savvy." This might be true for other system integrators, but this certainly is not true for Avid Solutions. Our company has a dedicated team focused on smart manufacturing solutions that include smart connected products, cloud solutions, Big Data and machine learning. We are gearing up to fully support this industry as our customers demand the solutions. We have experts on staff as well as partnerships that provide us with all of…
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9th and 11th grade students are seen preparing for the grand parade.
The hosts for the day, Miss Nidhi Ramanathan and Mr Shlok Misra handled the crowd splendidly.
Mrs. Kanta Bhatia and Mrs. Raji Ramesh (teachers of IHS) warmly welcoming the honored guests.
The girls and boys of grades 9 and 10 poured out their talents through patriotic songs after weeks of practice.
A chai stall placed next to the main stage was one of the main attractions of the day.
The Chief Guest, Mr Anurag Bhushan (Consul General of India to Dubai) was welcomed with the sounds of flute and veena.
Left: The assistant headgirl, Krishea Aswani giving a bouquet of flowers to Mr. Anurag Bhushan
Right: Consul General of India to Dubai delivering his speech to an audience of parents, students and school faculty.
"26 January holds a special place in our nation's history… We speak of what Mahatma Gandhi did in 1920s, let's take a look at what he did when he first came to India in 1901 – he attended a conference in an institute, where he saw the place dirtied by his colleagues. He did not wait for someone to clean the mess but picked up a broom and started cleaning all by himself…."
– Quoted by Mr. Bhushan in his patriotic speech delivered to all the Indians in Dubai and abroad with a special mention to India's brave soldiers on this auspicious day.
UNITED BY CULTURE: 3rd and 4th grade girls showcasing some of India's varied culture through their performance.
UNITED BY SPORTS: Boys of grades 5 & 6, enacting various sports that are native to the varied regions of India.
UNITED BY DIVERSITY: IIS, DSO students arranged a rainbow posture during their umbrella dance. The colors and arrangements they put forth with childish charm and gusto were a sight to watch.
Girls of grades 7 and 8 in formation to start their performances.
Clockwise from below: Human Pyramid, Durga dance, and Shield dance.
The human pyramid was probably one of the best performances of the day – the girls stacked above each other in various formations, displaying their balance and agility.
The students had also set up henna and face painting stalls, where all proceeds went to charity.
Clockwise from top left:
- The Food court organized by the entrepreneurship students of grade 11 offered nuggets, chicken strips, sandwiches, veg burgers and many more – all prepared, packaged, and presented by the students themselves
- A behind the scene look at the group effort put in by the girls in managing their stalls efficiently.
- Professionally cooked Indian dishes like vada, idly, set dosa, masala dosa, etc were also available to satisfy the tastes of the people from all over India attending the function.
"I feel really happy to be a part of such a fabulous event because this is the last year we would get such a fantastic opportunity to be a part of the best republic day celebration in the UAE…" said Mary Christina of 11 Sc B, when asked about how she felt about the program.
The Social Media Club of IHS has made many videos about the Republic day at IHS. The links are given below:
Credits to the IHS Social Media Council members (Irene Joseph, Saba S., Greeshma Gopakumar, Delilah) for the images
By Nelisha Mehta, Liyana Sahir, Merlyn Thomas & Athira Anand
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doritobrother wrote:He's been poor this season.
dogdangling wrote:doritobrother wrote:He's been poor this season.
he has been a bit error prone this year. Generally like the guy though
Gunnersaurus wrote:Vermaelen should not play, he's been poor all year and being captain should not mean he's an automatic choice.
Hopefully the penny dropped with Wenger because Scezeny and Vermaelen have been letting the side down lately.
aelc89 wrote:LK needs to be in our plans for the future. Yes there was the moment we do not speak of... but he always turns up for the big games, defensively and going forward.
Goal vs WBA in the last game of the season to get us 3rd with the winning goal.
Goal vs Man City for a point
Goal vs Bayern Last night.
Better than TV5 in my opinion.
Terry Henry wrote:I've always thought Kos has plenty of potential. To be honest, him and Jenkinson could be really good if they had a decent defensive coach instructing them, rather than the fuhrer.....
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5th annual Get Money Stop Hatin Tour - San Antonio
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Get Money Stop Hatin, the innovative national tour produced by DBBS Entertainment, is proud to announce the 5th consecutive installment of this critically acclaimed annual tour. Beginning in June 2013, the Get Money Stop Hatin tour brings 30 concerts in 30 cities.
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Boyd K. Packer: The Plan of Happiness
Contributed By the Church News
President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, began his Saturday morning conference address with a memory of his college courtship with his future wife, Donna Smith.
Their relationship eventually led to marriage in the Salt Lake Temple, commencing "the great adventure of our lives."
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Over the years, President Packer has taught an important principle: "The end of all activity in the Church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home and sealed together for time and for all eternity."
God commanded His children to multiply and replenish the earth. That commandment has never been rescinded, he noted.
"It is essential to the plan of redemption and is the source of human happiness," he said. "Through the righteous exercise of this power, we may come close to our Father in Heaven and experience a fullness of joy, even Godhood. The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan of happiness; it is the key to happiness."
He said: "If you suppose that the full-blown rapture of young romantic love is the sum total of the possibilities which spring from the fountains of life, you have not yet lived to see the devotion and the comfort of married love. ...
"Married couples are tried by temptation, misunderstandings, financial problems, by family crises, by illness, and all the while love grows stronger. Mature love has a bliss not even imagined by newlyweds."
True love requires reserving until after marriage the sharing of procreative powers. When entered into worthily, this process combines the most exquisite and exalted physical, emotional, and spiritual feelings associated with the word love.
"That part of life has no equal, no counterpart, in all human experience," he said. "It will, when covenants are made and kept, last eternally."
President Packer said romantic love is, by itself, incomplete; it is a prelude.
"Love is nourished by the coming of children, who spring from the fountain of life entrusted to couples in marriage. Conception takes place in a wedded embrace between husband and wife."
Temptations are ever present, he cautioned "Because the adversary cannot beget life, he is jealous toward all who have that supernal power." He said Satan will tempt, if he can, to degrade, to corrupt, and, if possible, to destroy this gift by which, we may, "if we are worthy, have eternal increase."
"The only legitimate, authorized expression of the powers of procreation is between husband and wife, a man and a woman, who have been legally and lawfully married," President Packer said.
"Anything other than this violates the commandments of God," he declared. "Do not yield to the awful temptations of the adversary, for every debt of transgression must be paid 'till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing' " (Matthew 5:26).
President Packer said, "Nowhere is the generosity and mercy of God more manifest than in repentance. ...
"Our spirits are damaged when we make mistakes and commit sins," he said. "But unlike the case of our mortal bodies, when the repentance process is complete, no scars remain because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ."
President Packer then spoke of worthy people who are unable to bear children or who do not marry. There is comfort in remembering that God is the Father. "All the love and generosity manifest in the ideal earthly father is magnified in Him who is our Father and our God beyond the capacity of the mortal mind to comprehend."
President Packer concluded with a tribute to Sister Donna Smith Packer, his wife of nearly 70 years.
"Toward the end of our mortal days together, I am grateful for each moment with her by my side and for the promise the Lord has given that there will be no end."


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The Firesheep firestorm
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Where Does The Health Insurance Reform Debate Go From Here?
See my post at Forbes
Is the Drug Industry an Existential Threat to the Private Health Insurance Business?
At a time when many Democrats are calling for a single-payer health insurance system, are the drug companies inadvertently driving the system on a course to that end? Consider this. … Read More
When Medical Billing Software is Better Than Bacon
Bacon is pretty good.The smell of bacon cooking can trigger such pleasant memories as weekend family breakfasts. The smell must be so intoxicating that someone even created bacon scented deodorant. … Read More
Now What Was I Supposed To Do??
Recent news stories have relayed studies that proclaim the numerous and varied health benefits of drinking coffee. About 83% of adults in the US drink coffee. Many drink it for … Read More