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I love my city and normally I would be singing praises of my city and tell you how AWESOME it is. I would be telling you that, I think Hyderabad is one of the best cities in India. I would be saying that, we have a perfect balance between tradition and modernity. I would be talking about all great historic marvels like Charminar, Golconda Fort, Mecca Musjid, Falaknuma Palace and Salar Jung Museum etc. I would talking about it being the hub of Information Technology and also add how it is ahead of whole country when it comes to Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industry. I would be talking about the beauty of the necklace road and also telling you about Ramoji Film City which is world's largest integrated film studio. I would talk about the Hyderabadi cuisine and all those places where you get mouth watering food. But at the moment I am irked.
I had been looking forward to watch an IPL in the stadium for 2 whole years. I couldn't make it to the 1st edition due to various reasons. I was hoping to make it to the 2nd but it got shifted to South Africa. So I pinned all my hopes on this year. I wanted to get Deccan Chargers Logo on my cheeks, get a weird hairdo, yell like crazy and loose my voice and make a banner that would catch people's attention. I wanted to go with my Dad and just feel that electric atmosphere. But there isn't going to be even a single match in the city thanks to the tension in the city (old news… but I m still not over it!!!). Now, I did think of going to another city and watch the match and come back. But my Dad found the whole idea insane and my sane side had to agree with him. So now, all I get to do is sit in front of TV and cheer.
As if that wasn't a good enough reason for me to be hopping mad; two movies that I have been waiting to watch desperately (Alice in Wonderland and Shutter Island) haven't released in my city yet. The whole world has seen them and here I am still waiting for them to release.
At least some consolation is that Shutter Island hasn't released in India. It's been such a long time since I saw Leonardo DiCaprio on the big screen. And I am sure I would love the movie… I mean its Leo + Mark Ruffalo and a good book. So what's not to like?
I have been longing to see Alice is Wonderland since the day they announced it. Its one of my favorite children's book. I wanted to see modernized version of this classic. To make things better it has my two favorite actors Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway. And also it's in 3D. So, I did expect it to release here as we have an IMAX. But to my surprise it's released all over in India but not in Hyderabad. And if my Dad finds it insane that I want to go to another city and watch a match, he would definitely think i am mad if i say i want go and see a movie. The whole idea is so ridiculous. If I go and get a pirated DVD or watch the movie online none can blame me… it's so totally NOT my fault.


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Childhood obesity costs Australia $17 million every year, new analysis shows.
With a fifth of Australian kids overweight before they start school and one in 20 obese, scientists at the Unversity of Sydney have put a public health price tag on the growing health issue.
According to the study published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, each obese child incurs a healthcare cost $367 above that of a child of healthy weight.
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At our church, we are fairly liturgical. We are not Book-of-Common-Order-high-church, but we have a liturgy, we have all the elements, and we sing Scripture, we confess the faith, we fight the good fight. Nevertheless, our session ran into this pastoral problem: people like certain styles of music and they want them in worship even if they do not fit in with the liturgical cycles let alone the regulative principle. Most people ask, "Why may we not have Chris Tomlin songs in our worship?" and when we answer with the RPW they say, "The what now?" We explain it to them, and they usually accept that it makes Biblical sense. They then leave because they do not prefer the music style. Musical style and preference is more divisive than the gospel. The heart of man is desperately wicked, and desperately wants to rock. But on the other side, some people will not let go of their favorite hymns because they were saved at Billy Graham Crusade where they sang In the Garden. The democratization of American Christianity of which Nathan Hatch wrote has become such a part of the warp and woof of the wider culture that Presbyterian and Reformed pastors can hardly swim against the tide. What is a session of elders to do, especially if they hold the regulative principle of worship in this world me-time, my music, my subculture, my worship style, my kind of church, my kind of pastor, my kind of God?
"Worship wars" is a term with which Presbyterian and Reformed Christians may not be familiar. In the Southwest Baptist General Conference in the 1990s, this term was the subject which took the center stage in most theological debate. There were two positions. Some were for traditional worship, others for contemporary. The method of argument was generally to side with one or the other based on preference. Neither gave Biblical argumentation. Traditionalists, guided by nostalgic feelings and conservative values, clung to the old hymns- which sounded like a clown playing the organ at a circus fair upon which sat a trained monkey banging cymbals together. Stodgy and gaudy they reminded of the good old days of revivals and crusades. The young by and large forged ahead to bravely sample the musical style of U2 to create contemporary Christian music for the contemporary generation. The church in which I was brought up and baptized eventually split into two services, a traditional and a contemporary one. As attendance by attrition and death allowed for it, the traditional service went away and one contemporary service emerged the victor. As Bradley Nowell said, "Can't fight against the youth." That is the way of things, and I was brought along with the irresistible tide of my generation. I assumed that there was not a better way.
The answer came to me first from a debate between a minister of the Reformed Presbyterian and a Baptist on the subject of worship. The Reformed Presbyterian articulated what he called the regulative principle of worship. That was the answer I was looking for. That day the hermeneutic of Biblical worship defeated my democratized preference based presuppositions. I never looked back. That scripture commands and guides our worship and that God blesses it with the blessings of Christ accomplished for us and reserved in the heavenly places and distributed by the means of worship was enough for me.
Along with this comes the difficult issue of singing. The reason for my long introduction of the Baptist Worship Wars is to show that we are not immune to the same root sickness within Presbyterian and reformed circles. Preference guides our worship as much as it does the Baptists'. I am not advocating traditionalism as the reason for the singing of scripture, nor saying that we need to reject all tradition for the sake of acceptance by the contemporary culture and its musical preferences. What is at issue here is the pastoral problem of the sinful hearts of Christians still stuck in the cycle of desire for musical style and material that suits their own preference. The usual way to reform the theology and practice of a church is for the Elders to come to a conclusion, hold a church meeting to tell the congregation what is happening, and the next Sunday the new practice begins. This is often followed by a church split. I believe it stems from not having the pastoral sensitivity to disciple the congregation into gladly following the lead of the session. Below is our approach to move from singing uninspired songs and hymns to scripture alone. We did it is such a way that while leading the flock we could look back and see that they were gladly still following. The following is how we secretly switched to singing Psalms only.
The pilgrim session spent a long time studying the issue of music in the church and came to the conclusion that we agreed heartily with John Murray's position that the church ought to sing scripture. He also argued that to sing the Psalms only is safer and also permissible, and we agreed. But how would we implement this without splitting the church? We were going to have to take away people's precious hymns and songs. After our study was done we made no motion to suddenly move to scripture only, but we did something else. We spent more time strategizing on how to transition to singing scripture only.
Several strategies were key to transitioning to singing scripture. First, on the first Sunday of the month for one year I took a break from my lectio continua preaching series and instead preached on a Psalm from the Trinity Psalter. We would then sing the Psalm every week and call it our Psalm of the month. Many people memorized these Psalms and now sing them without the Psalter in worship. I chose the popular Psalms and ones with good tunes.
Second, we continued to use the Trinity Hymnal, but only sang the scripture songs from it. We also made it explicit that we were singing Scripture and even singing the words of Christ through the Holy Spirit inspiring the Psalmist. Christ himself was teaching us how to pray by praying to the Father through us. The Trinity Psalter and Trinity Hymnal were designed to go together. The tunes are easily interchangeable. There are some stinker tunes that reminisce of the clown and monkey whom we mentioned earlier, but these are easy to avoid because the meter makes them interchangeable with sing-able tunes. Just a note here: more visitors steal the Trinity Psalter than the Trinity Hymnal. That seems strange to say, and perhaps the reason is its novelty to them. Either way, we took it as encouragement that the Psalter was so impressive to them that they broke the eighth commandment.
Third, we already were liturgical. We are not really high church, but we are liturgical. You have to think of this as in opposition to a revivalist or seeker sensitive church service. We are like extra-terrestrials to most people who walk through our doors anyway. Why not just go all the way and sing only scripture as we proceed through the liturgy? The Psalms and scripture songs we chose fit in with the liturgical mode or cycle in which we were at the moment of the service. For example, Psalm 51 in Trinity Hymnal 486 is our regular confession of sin. Psalm 32 in the Trinity Psalter also serves this purpose. We sing Trinity Hymnal 30 often to prepare for the prayer of the church. Go ahead and take a break and sing Psalter 67 to the tune of Thaxed from Gustav Holst's The Planets and you will burn your Matt Redman MP3s on the bonfire of vanities the moment you finish. It will purge all of your contemporaneous concupiscence. You may find the tune to Trinity Hymnal 660, O God beyond all Praising. As we slowly learn one Psalm a month I classify it into fitting with a certain cycle and put it in a regular rotation for singing. If the Psalm is a Psalm of rejoicing, it goes into the call to worship cycle rotation. If the Psalm is for petition for providence, it goes into the Prayer of the Church cycle rotation, and so forth.
Fourth, we avoided attracting religious sociopaths. When it comes to this and many other subjects some people do not care about worshiping God, they care about worshipping perfectly. They are obsessed with the perfect form of worship. It becomes an obsession, and if they get wind that you do things "their way" then you are well on you way to becoming part of their list of worship perfectionists, like them. Beware the flatterer, dear pastor, they only have poison in their tongues. Also you may end up in a deep freezer chopped into tiny pieces one day. I kept praying, "Lord help us not end up on someone's blog who is going to show the whole world what we are doing, because we don't even know if it is the right way to approach this! The last thing we need is to become the center of some internet controversy." The Lord answered the prayer.
Really, if you showed up to Pilgrim Presbyterian on Sunday you would not mistake us for covenanters, and probably would not pick up for a few months that we were scripture only in our singing. We have even had OPC and PCA members and ministers worship with us regularly and have not noticed this. The URC guys notice, though. You would find right away that we are liturgical, guided by a Gospel logic, direct, serious, reverent, emotional, and centered on the Word. We use the creeds and confessions for teaching the congregation, and we pray the Lord's Prayer and recite the Ten Commandments. Singing is only one part of the worship service. Our services are only one hour anyway, so how could we spend the first half hour singing revivalist hymns or contemporary choruses? That just would not fit the complex and healthy diet of word and prayer we get from the liturgy. Modernist Californians are not use to any of these elements. So we just shovel it down their throats in one hour-long gulp. We are from California so sometimes I accidentally call people in the Bible "dude" or "hombre" but that is only every once in a while. It does seems to keep the modernists at ease, but that is about all the acculturation we do. I sometimes wish we had more contemporary tunes, but then again the problem comes up of contemporary accompaniment, V-neck T-shirts, and all the other accomodations we would be led to make. These things would not fit with the liturgical nature of our church's worship. Welcome to Pilgrim, here is the fire-hose, take and drink. Singing scripture is just variable of the liturgical equation.
I should also mention that we are not a strong singing church. We are getting better. Therefore, if this worked for us, it will work for you. I lead the singing, but I am almost deaf in my left ear and it sounds to me like there is a cardboard box on my head at all times. We meet in a school with poor acoustics. I am confident of better things for you, though we speak in this way.
There have been so many benefits to this approach. The main one is because we did it so smoothly and secretly we never had any resistance. Also, people memorize scripture. I memorize scripture. How about this: The Lord Jesus sings through us to the Father in the Psalms by the presence of the Spirit speaking in Scripture. That one convinces most people when they catch on to it even if they are initially against the idea. The Psalms make sense of everything in the Bible. God's word is its own interpreter so I am able to choose a Psalm for the singing which ties into the text for the preaching, yet it will still fit in its proper liturgical cycle. People pick up and read a Psalter as scripture, not as uninspired commentary. Christians cannot do that with the non-inspired hymns and songs. These have been such a blessing to us, we heartily commend them to you.
When we approached this matter in the furtive way that we did, it was not intended to be manipulative, but rather to ease the flock into the material. It was born out of orthodox conviction and pastoral sensitivity. In a culture so democratized and accommodating to all preferences, we hope to rise above the idolatry of musical style which divides the churches. That may be an ambitious aim, but we have found a combination of being liturgical, word-centered, and culturally self-aware will help us navigate the problems that rise.


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Syria's National Security chief Major General Ali Mamlouk has reportedly paid a visit to Saudi Arabia, amid promising signs that the incumbent Damascus government led by President Bashar al-Assad is being admitted back into the Arab world after nearly eight years of foreign-sponsored militancy.
Mamlouk, one of Assad's most senior advisers, visited the oil-rich conservative kingdom a few days ago and explored avenues for the rapprochement of diplomatic relations between Damascus and Riyadh, Lebanese Arabic-language daily newspaper al-Joumhouria reported on Wednesday.
The newspaper, citing unnamed diplomatic sources, added that the visit took place late last month, shortly after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain opened their embassies in the Syrian capital.
الجمهورية:المملوك زار الرياض لتمهيد الارض أمام مرحلة جديدة من العلاقات— AlMarsadOnline (@almarsadonline) January 9, 2019
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The sources highlighted that Saudi Arabia is preparing itself for the strategic change, and that the kingdom's volte-face is either because it has come to terms with realities on the ground or it aims to distance the Syrian government from Iran.
On December 28, 2018, Bahrain's Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that work at the kingdom's embassy "in the Syrian Arab Republic is going on whilst the Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic to the Kingdom of Bahrain is carrying out its duties and flights connecting the two countries are operational without interruption."
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The statement also affirmed "the Kingdom's keenness on the continuity of its relations with the Syrian Arab Republic and stresses the significance of enhancing and activating the Arab role in order to maintain Syria's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and avert the hazards of regional interference in its internal affairs and progress."
It came a day after the UAE officially reopened its embassy in Damascus.
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See that guy? That guy is Kit Pellow, a nondescript, mostly mediocre outfielder in the Seattle Mariners organization. Pellow is one of those thousands of baseball players whose name fans hear once and never hear of again.
But to Mets fans, Kit Pellow's name will always have meaning: He's the guy who broke up Tom Glavine's no-hit bid last year. (We were there. We saw it.) Mets blogging wunderkind Jason Fry looks at the Mets' inability to ever get a no-hitter in the wake of Pedro Martinez just missing last weekend through the conceit of a club consisting only of those who have broken up Mets' no-hitters.
KIT PELLOW I'm Kit Pellow, how the hell are you? I kept Met fans from ever taking a liking to Tom Glavine.
Hey. Sorry, man, I didn't know your name.
That's all right, dude — they know my name in New York!
Much laughter all around.
You may not do anything else in your career, kid, but they'll always know your name in New York. Just like they know mine, and Leron's, and Kit's, and those of all these other guys back here you ain't met yet. Now go out to the cooler in back and get us some more beers, huh?
Perez looks reluctant.
It's the rules. You're the new guy.
Don't sweat, man. I only had to do it for like two months.
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In honor of Reformation Day, here are some complaints I'm nailing on the Wittenberg door.
Long before there was an Occupy Wall Street, Martin Luther staged the most important protest in history. He was upset because Roman Catholic officials were promising people forgiveness or early escape from purgatory in exchange for money. So on October 31, 1517, Luther nailed a long list of complaints on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany.
Luther's famous 95 theses were translated from Latin into German and spread abroad. Like a medieval Jeremiah, Luther dared to ask questions that had never been asked, and he challenged a pope who was supposedly infallible. Through this brave monk, the Holy Spirit sparked the Protestant Reformation and restored the doctrine of grace to a church that had become corrupt, religious, dysfunctional, political and spiritually dead.
"I've grown increasingly aware that the so-called 'Spirit-filled' church of today struggles with many of the same things the Catholic church faced in the 1500s. We don't have 'indulgences'—we have telethons. We don't have popes—we have super-apostles."
I am no Luther, but I've grown increasingly aware that the so-called "Spirit-filled" church of today struggles with many of the same things the Catholic church faced in the 1500s. We don't have "indulgences"—we have telethons. We don't have popes—we have super-apostles. We don't support an untouchable priesthood—we throw our money at celebrity evangelists who own fleets of private jets.
In honor of Reformation Day, I'm offering my own list of needed reforms in our movement. And since I can't hammer these on the Wittenberg door, I'll post them online. Feel free to nail them everywhere.
1. Let's reform our theology. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity. He is God and He is holy. He is not an "it." He is not a blob, a force, or an innate power. We must stop manipulating Him, commanding Him and throwing Him around.
2. Let's return to the Bible. The Word of God is the foundation for the Christian experience. Any dramatic experience, no matter how spiritual it seems, must be tested by the Word and the Holy Spirit's discernment. Visions, dreams, prophecies and encounters with angels must be in line with Scripture. If we don't test them we could end up spreading deception.
3. It's time for personal responsibility. We charismatics must stop blaming everything on demons. People are usually the problem.
4. Stop playing games. Spiritual warfare is a reality, but we are not going to win the world to Jesus just by shouting at demonic principalities. We must pray, preach and persevere to see ultimate victory.
5. Stop the foolishness. People who hit, slap or push others during prayer should be asked to sit down until they learn gentleness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
6. End all spiritual extortion now. Christian television ministries must cease and desist from all manipulative fundraising tactics. We must stop giving platforms to ministers who make outlandish claims of supernatural financial returns, especially when Scripture is twisted, deadlines are imposed and the poor are exploited.
7. No more Lone Rangers. Those who claim to be ministers of God—whether they are traveling evangelists, local pastors or heads of ministries—must be accountable to other leaders. Any who refuse to submit their lives to godly discipline should be corrected.
8. Expose the creeps. Churches should start doing background checks on traveling ministers. Preachers who have been hiding criminal records, lying about their past marriages, preying on women or refusing to pay child support should be exposed as charlatans and shunned if they do not repent.
9. Stop faking the anointing. God is God, and He does not need our "help" to manifest Himself. That means we don't sprinkle glitter on ourselves to suggest God's glory is with us, hide fake jewels on the floor to prove we are anointed or pull chicken feathers out of our sleeves to pretend angels are in the room. This is lying to the Holy Spirit.
10. Let's return to purity. We've had enough scandals. The charismatic church must develop a system for the restoration of fallen ministers. Those who fall morally can be restored, but they must be willing to submit to a process of healing rather than rushing immediately back into the pulpit.
11. We need humility. Ministers who demand celebrity treatment, require lavish salaries, insist on titles or exhibit aloofness from others are guilty of spiritual pride.
12. No more big shots. Apostles are the bondslaves of Christ, and should be the most impeccable models of humility. True apostles do not wield top-down, hierarchical authority over the church. They serve the church from the bottom up as true servants.
13. Never promote gifts at the expense of character. Those who operate in prophecy, healing and miracles must also exhibit the fruit of the Spirit. And while we continue to encourage the gift of tongues, let's make sure we don't treat it like some kind of badge of superiority. The world needs to see our love, not our glossolalia.
14. Hold the prophets accountable. Those who refuse to take responsibility for inaccurate statements should not be given platforms. And "prophets" who live immoral lives don't deserve a public voice.
15. Let's make the main thing the main thing. The purpose of the Holy Spirit's anointing is to empower us to reach others. We are at a crossroads today: Either we continue off-course, entertained by our charismatic sideshows, or we throw ourselves into evangelism, church planting, missions, discipleship, and compassionate ministry that helps the poor and fights injustice. Churches that embrace this New Reformation will focus on God's priorities.
J. Lee Grady is contributing editor of Charisma. You can follow him on Twitter at leegrady. He expounds on these topics in his 2010 book The Holy Spirit Is Not for Sale (Chosen).
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Saying Good bye
This is our home away from home when
we are in Ukraine.....Nehemiah Guest House
The service is superb, the staff is wonderful
and it always makes us sad to leave.
Wayne and Sherry with Tanya.
Tanya and her husband Vasiko are precious
friends who head up the ministry at Nehemiah
Ukraine. We have known Tanya for 11 years and
Vasiko for about 6. They make a great team.
We spent a day in Budapest on our way
home to rest. The city is beautiful and we took
a walking tour to see the area around our hotel.
The buildings are lovely and very old and there
are statues everywhere of those who lived there
and made a difference. The Danube River flows
through the middle of the city and divides it. One
side is Buda and the other Pest. That is where you get
the name.
I could not resist taking a picture of this
charming phone booth.
This is a square with a Roman flavor. The statues
are breathtaking and full of detail of charioteers
and others on horse back. It must be a memorial
of some sort, but it was not written in English and
we did not have a tour guide. The square was surrounded
by museums.
This is a sampling of the gorgeous old homes in
the city. They speak for themselves and one
can only imagine what the past residents were like.
We are always sad to leave our friends in Ukraine because they are very dear to us and we sense God's call on us to be there and strengthen families. This trip was no different. We were very busy with ministry each day and sense that there will be good fruit from our time in Ukraine.
The DVD's are almost totally completed. They were able to print 33 of sessions 1 and 2 and willl be finished soon. Thanks to Valodya and those who worked so hard on this project.
Thank you to all who prayed for us and who gave financially to make this trip possible. When we go, you go.
As much as we enjoy going, we love coming home even more to our family and our church. There is something about understanding the language and culture and eating familiar food. :>))))) Thanks Pastor Bill and Edie for the wonderful job you did taking care of CCF while we have been gone. You are a continued blessing and strength to us.
Grace and Peace
PW and Sherry
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Church Picnic Ukranian Style
Traditional Sack Races
A special Ukranian soup cooked from scratch
over an open fire with all fresh ingredients.
It was delicious.
Two sisters who are Pastors wives
Elizabeth from Uzghorod
Angela from Chop with her new baby.
Sherry in a contest to see who can peel a potato, chop an onion and a
pepper in small pieces and slice a loaf of bread the quickest. I won the first round and
then in the final run, I had to make a sandwich for PW and he had to eat
it. My competitors husband chewed faster so she won the contest and the
ribbon. It was great fun.
Two little kids who thought it was fun to
walk in a tent. They rolled it all over the place.
Dads enjoying their little ones
A friendly game of soccer between the men
A few songs before the message
PW preaching a short message on relationships.
He was very funny and everyone was laughing.
The congregation had been encouraged to invite
unsaved friends and there were quite a few in
attendance. He ended the message by presenting
the gospel and telling them what true love was in
the form of the cross. Note the megaphone the translator
is holding. She has a soft voice so they brought this
for her to use while translating.
PW and I with Natalie and Nikola
We ended our day by having dinner with
them at a local pizza shop.
Two more days and we will be home. We are so homesick at this stage and look forward to seeing our family and church family.
We want to thank Pastor Bill and Edie for holding down the fort and going above and beyond the call of duty this time in ministry to our church family. What you do does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. You are the best.
Blessings to you all as you worship tomorrow.
PW and Sherry
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After the release of a 3min animation, Systems Thinking – a new direction in healthcare incident investigation, there are enthusiastic responses calling for an alternative systemic method for healthcare incident investigation. At the same time, there are suggestions that Root Cause Analysis (RCA) suffers more from an implementation problem than being fundamentally flawed.
In this two hour seminar, we would like to present three systemic accident analysis methods with illustrative examples. We will discuss the utility and feasibility of the systemic analysis methods for healthcare incident investigation.
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The session will be interactive and feedback from workshop participants will be collected as part of impact measurement of the animation production project (sponsored by the Health Foundation).
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Dr Gyuchan Thomas Jun is Lecturer in Human Factors and Complex Systems at Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, UK. He is a researcher, educator and design facilitator working in a broad field of human factors, engineering design and service design. He is particularly interested in integrating systems thinking, design thinking and resilience thinking into complex system/service design practices. He was trained as an engineer, but has been an interdisciplinary researcher with the intention of bridging various disciplines. He led the production of a highly praised 10 min animation on system safety, Two Contrasting Views of South Korea Ferry Accident.


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Control of Microcantilevers Using a Stand-alone FPGA-Processor Platform
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In magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM), feedback control of the microcan- tilever is often needed to reduce the effective Q value. But because the natural frequency of the microcantilver is of order 10 KHz, this controller can be challenging to implement. Early MRFM experiments at the University of Washington used a field programmable gate array (FPGA) controller that worked well, but was expensive and time consuming to design, implement and maintain. However, there exist computing solutions that can perform the necessary functions of the earlier controller, for which program development and mainte- nance is less complex. This master's thesis explores the implementation of a single board platform (SBP) with a real-time processor and programmable FPGA to control the micro- cantilever. Two separate control methods were tested in this project: conventional and heterodyne control. The resulting data shows that this device is sufficient for control of the microcantilever when using either control method. Additionally, heterodyne control is advantageous, largely because it eliminates the need for many additional instruments, such as a lockin amplifier and spectrum analyzer. Therefore, with the combination of a SBP and the heterodyne control method, the separate instruments needed in our MRFM experiment have been reduced by half. Moreover, the cost of the SBP is a fraction of the combined cost of the equipment it has replaced. Finally, because SBPs are often programmed in common languages such as LabVIEW, the expertise required for program development and maintenance is substantially reduced.
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Acoustic Panel Reviews
Isolation Pads and Sound Diffusers
Even the very best audio equipment in the world is going to sound like trash if you put it in a room with bad acoustics. That's why it's important that your listening room receives the right sort of acoustic treatment (to learn more about acoustic treatment in general, check out my informational article on the subject first.
While it's entirely possible to make a room acoustically suitable for listening without using any sort of special equipment, sometimes it's just more practical and straightforward to throw some money at the problem and get specialized panels to absorb or diffuse unruly sound. So, here I have collected a few products that you can order online which should help make your listening experience go from good to transcendental.
Ironically, for equipment meant to improve sound, I think that how acoustic paneling looks is just as important. One of the main reasons I personally avoid using this method of acoustic treatment is that it can completely ruin the look of your room. I don't want to spend time in a place that looks like a pro studio, no matter how good the sound is. Your listening room is meant to be a refuge and a place to relax.
That being said, you can integrate these different paneling solutions in such a way that they make your room look nicer. A lot of modern panels can actually be mistaken for purely decorative objects, so I'm especially critical of this aspect of paneling.
I've listed my top picks first, but the rest of the reviews are not in any particular order.
Top Foam Pick:
SoundTrax PRO Studio Acoustic Foam
I immediately got excited by these SoundTrax Pro foam panels, because they're obviously something different from all the egg-carton pyramid foam products out there. These two-inch thick panels have an awesome and unique pattern which I really like. In particular, they look good as individual groups of panels, which is how you'd want to use them. Personally I've always thought that pyramid foam panels only look sort of good when you do them wall-to-wall.
Looking at all the pictures of how different people have styled and used these, I'm pretty much sold on them from an aesthetic point of view.
This is a 12-pack, which is sold as 6 nested pairs. The pattern they've come up with is meant to be full of little peaks and valleys, letting the panels do more sound dampening work than the two-inch thickness would lead you to believe is possible.
The downside is that if you actually wanted to do wall-to-wall paneling using this foam you really aren't going to get a seamless join. The way they explain it, what you get in the box is cut from one huge panel that will all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle or let you space it all out as you please. Which means that you'll never find a piece from another box set that exactly matches the ones you have. This cuts down on cost, but has this logical outcome.
So was all the effort to make squiggly foam worth it? It seems the answer is an overwhelming "Yes!". Everyone from music fans to voice artists are very positive about this foam.
It's a fair price, the looks are fantastic, and the endorsements of its audio properties seem on the level. I think we've found our mainstream winner.
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Auralex Acoustics MoPAD Monitor Acoustic Isolation Pads
Although these pads are not meant to treat the acoustics of your listening room, they are meant to acoustically treat your speakers themselves. Go check out my reviews of monitor speakers to find some awesome examples.
By placing your monitors on these you can prevent resonance between the room and the speaker cabinets. It may seem weird, but just putting your monitors on these pads will make them sound more clear.
Do they work? Feedback from buyers say they do. People report an immediate difference and the best part is that it doesn't matter if your speakers are cheap or expensive, they can benefit from these isolation pads.
If you are going to get any of the things I look at on this page, get a set of these.
Foamily 12-Pack
For the audiophile on a budget there's always good old pyramid foam. This is basically the real-deal sound paneling that garage bands with egg-cartons stuck to the wall are trying to achieve.
You get real value for money out of these panels, since you get twelve 12"x12" squares to place on your primary reflecting surfaces.
These are designed to lessen reverb, not completely eliminate it. If you've ever seen the paneling they use in anechoic (reverb free) sound chambers, you'll notice that the pyramids are much taller than these.
In terms of looks, they're professional but unremarkable. It is nice that they come in a number of muted colors, which gives you a little leeway in decorating choices.
The burgundy option in particular, seems like it would work well in listening rooms that are deliberately styled for vintage audio enjoyment.
Here's the problem – pyramid foam like this doesn't do all that much, even though it looks the part. One of the main issues is that even high-density foam is not going to do much at only two inches thick.
However, that's not a total condemnation of these. Since we aren't trying to soundproof a room, but just cut down on the worst of reverb, these may do just enough.
If you can afford something better, than that's what you should go for. However, at the price these are being sold at you may as well try them first and see if they help enough.
Really, my main issue is that it's hard to stick these in a room in a way that's subtle, but I'm sure with a bit of imagination (or putting a thin wall hanging or drape in front of it) you could make it work.
Mybecca 12-pack Acoustic Panel
Here we have another 12-pack of 12"x12" foam just like the Foamily kit above. Unlike those panels, these do not use the pyramid design, but instead use the wedge-shaped method.
You'll also notice that this paneling is half the thickness of the Foamily, which on the surface does not bode well.
Still, this is the best-selling acoustic wall paneling you can buy online today and surely there must be a reason for it.
These are rated to provide 70-80% echo deadening, which sounds perfect for what we would want to achieve in a listening room, since in a personal listening room we don't want to kill all of the reverb or the music will sound dead too.
This has been specifically designed not just for professional contexts but explicitly for home theater and gaming rooms. That makes it perfect on paper, but does it perform in real life?
Unfortunately, it turns out that at one inch in thickness these panels are just too thin. They don't seem to be worth the money. Once again, your results may vary depending on how sever the echo in your room is, but in general I suspect these are going to be inadequate, so skip them.
Auralex Acoustics T'Fusor Sound Diffuser
These diffuser panels from Auralex are no joke. At nearly five hundred dollars for a pack of four you need to be serious about cutting down on that echo or have a desire for perfection that has no regard for the health of your wallet.
The actual diffuser has an interesting and modern shape. I really think they could be blended beautifully into a modern home theater or listening room. I also like that they are paintable, so you can either paint them to highlight them or camouflage them instead. You can't really paint foam.
You can put them up with pins, staples, Velcro, or any other permanent or temporary fastening. There is no need to remodel anything if you don't want to.
These panels are made from thermoplastic, so they should be quite sturdy while also being light.
Unlike absorption foam, a diffuser like this helps to quell reverb by taking the main sound and breaking it into lots of smaller reflections that are too weak to bounce much more.
So, you get what you pay for. These things work pretty darn well based on what people have had to say. They've even been used in some unconventional settings to help ease the noise from things like running motors and pumps, so you know they can put up with some harsh volume levels.
If you can stomach the price, these diffusers are well worth the money.
Arrowzoom New Wooden Acoustic Diffuser Isolation Panel
I find the idea behind these wooden diffusers to be very interesting indeed. For your money you only get a single panel (and you'll need a few), but thanks to the beautiful naked wood finish this can basically go into any room.
There's also no reason not to stain them a different color. In the promo photography there's a picture of an entire ceiling covered in interlocking panels. I think it just looks gorgeous despite its costing a fortune to do it.
Most people are not going to use this wall-to-wall however. Instead, the idea is to take four or five of these and alternate them with foam panels.
So the question is, does this work? There's no reason it shouldn't, but this doesn't have those intricate patterns that other modern diffusers have. It's basically just a nice little piece of wooden shelving with sound traps in its shape. The sound goes in and then breaks up inside.
When I wrote this I couldn't find anything from people who'd actually bought this to determine how effective the diffusion is, but I can't think of a reason this design won't do a good job.
On the upside, the maker promises a 100% money-back guarantee, so I guess we can take a chance on them.
Foamily Acoustic Wedge Studio Soundproofing Foam
Sometimes a simple finishing touch can make all of the difference to the look of your room. These corner wedges are not strictly needed for most acoustic treatments of listening rooms, but if you want to get that last bit of sound reflecting into the corners, this is the way to do it.
This is a 4-pack, which means it is as cheap as chips, but you can also buy them in sets of eight and twelve.
They are very small and quite a few people can't hear a difference, but if you have a few corners in the room where you know sound is piling up and reflecting, this can be a cheap and easy way to deal with the problem.
JOCAVI Acoustic Panels
These diffuser panels have the wildest design that I have ever seen. They look like a 90s digital acid trip or shark skin seen through a microscope.
In fact, while I think this is a beautiful object, it's a bit too extreme for my taste.
This diffuser, like most, is raw and unpainted. Usually I would say to paint the whole thing one color, but this is just asking for something a little more inspired. You could have alternating colors for each facet, for example.
It comes with self-adhesive mounts in the box, which is a great convenience. The whole dispersal pattern is the result of extensive computer modeling. However, at double the price of my top diffuser pick, I think these are overkill for the home listener.
Arrowzoom New Quadratic Wooden Block Crate Acoustic Diffuser
I like panels with a wood finish and I think wood is a wonderfully natural audio absorber too. The patterning of these angled wood pyramids is just so pretty. It also opens up all sorts of painting options to make them fit in perfectly with your listening environment.
I almost don't care how effective these are, but at a mind-numbing, wallet-murdering $500 PER PANEL I'm less enthusiastic.
Vinyl Vintage Audio System Reviews
If you're completely new to the world of vinyl and vintage audio, I'd recommend to start with the reviews on Turntables, Phone Preamps, Record Cleaners and Speakers. Once you've got this covered, make sure to check the menu for more of my reviews.
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- Dig a hole about 8-12 inches deep, depending on how long the root system is. Give ample room for the roots to spread.
- Fill in the hole by spreading soil around the crown of the hosta. Don't cover the eye of the root ball when spreading soil. The eye is the part that will grow into the plant, so leave it exposed.
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Sam Elliott from Shields Paddling Company was over at Paddle Expo 2017 this week checking out some of the great new Pyranha kit for 2018.
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The Ripper. New school old school. #playtheriver.
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When: July 15, from 5 PM to 8 PM; July 16, from 9 AM to 3 PM
Where: Southeast Corner of the Soccer Field in Ridgway
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Game of Thrones can easily be considered one of the biggest shows currently on television, and its latest season seems to be gearing up for quite the epic finale in the coming weeks. But before we all go into a deep depression about how we'll soon be Game of Thrones-less, Redditor Tolkfan combined his love for the series with his love for StarCraft II by recreating the show's opening credits within the game world.
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Love Letter to Video Game Magazines
Some of you may have heard of Retroware TV, an amazing website filled with quality content on older games. You may also know that I do the RetroBeats show on there which focuses on game soundtracks.
But that's not what we're here to talk about. The new RWTV episode was released today and focuses on video game magazines from the past and also present. The video is a heartfelt look at something that touched us all before the Internet was born. Browsing through the pages and an old Nintendo Power gives to many the same feeling as plugging in our NES to play our favorite childhood games.
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That´s the name of the new Wintersun album. That´s also the name of my main problem. I wish we had two weeks more to complete and rehearse everything without this slowly-creeping-in-panic.
The last two weeks were spent by composing, orchestrating and mixing this movie score I´ve been slowly doing since the beginning of the year. However, I had to make a final crunch and did 9-13 hour days in a row for two weeks, resulting with over 30 minutes of ready music made in that time span. The mastering session is next sunday, and then I´m finally 100% ready with that.
But this is not only about "woe is me", but rather...
"How to keep you shit together in a tight spot".
So, riddle me this. Besides the movie scoring and work, I´m obviously responsible for the Finntroll´s album pre- production very much. But wait, there´s more! I´m in the process of trying to sell our house and we´re expecting to see a rather small, wrinkled and screaming early x-mas present as well. Who, by the way, is calculated to arrive at the next day when our mix is over. I´ve expressed my deepest plea to "it" to let me finish the mix first, so let´s see how the omnipresent fatherly advice will work. So the last month hasn´t been exactly a picnic in my head. Sometimes this happens- and as long as it´s temporary, there are ways. If you´re always screwed with schedules and to- do´s, you´re doing something wrong. Trust me, I have experience with that years ago and it didn´t go exactly very nice as some people know. But that´s another story.
But how to keep that shit together when it hits the fan? Sometimes things stack and you´re screwed. And here´s something that might help you to survive it.
The most important things are that you mark shit down. You divide shit. You priorize shit. You delegate shit and ask help for the shit. And you get rid of shit by force. And now, let´s dissect that shit!
1. Marking shit down.
Use calendar. Heck, I use one self- made Excel- calendar, online Calendar to sync with my phone (to see "agenda" for the next two weeks and to have necessary reminders for stuff) and a task list- app for Android. Which, by the way, is highly recommendable. Finntroll- to- do runs in the task list, while my "private" events run in the online calendar. Calendar tells me where to be and when, task lists tell me what I have to do until a deadline and the Excel tells me more "bigger picture" with holidays, studios and stuff. The more stuff you get our of your head, the more you can concentrate on the more important issues. Clearing head is Zen. And Zen is vital (see #5).
2. Dividing shit.
Fuck multitasking. That is the stupidest thing to do ever. Multitasking is for robots and computers. You are a human. Human brain works best when concentrating on one thing at the time.
Instead, divide the tasks. Make sure you are organized. Today, you do this until 11am. After that, you have a break BECAUSE BREAKS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER IN A STRESSFUL SITUATION.
(Seriously, I can´t punctuate that enough. Take breaks.)
First, you decide that "next three days I will do only this project". And that means, nothing else unless it´s a one, 30 minute brainless job meanwhile. And only if really really necessary.
When you´ve micro- organized your day in the morning, you survive it. And no, you don´t start tomorrow´s job "because you were so fast" unless you really feel like it and have the drive for it.
Instead, you have a mug of tea and lean back while listening to good music. You need also time to "settle down", and if you come home only to eat and sleep badly, you´ll be as stressed tomorrow as you were yesterday when you hadn´t read my excellent advices yet. :D
3. Priorizing shit.
My tablet´s battery problems are probably not worth of spending 4 hours fixing it right now. Also, doing a job for someone who didn´t do it in the first place isn´t. And I´m sure my friend understand that I don´t have time for 1.5 hour lunch right now, but we could do it on thursday if he is still free. And obviously, family comes first in all the priorities, but you probably knew that already. The first person you take time away is you, as this whole mess is your fault and not your family´s.
Just keep in mind that without you, the stress- causing things are not going to end until they are done for good. So take care of yourself and you can take care of other stuff much better.
You can play that computer game, browse news and read that magazine when everyone else is sleeping. Even though you need time for yourself, don´t be a poop and let other people suffer too much for your fucked- up schedules. Kids deserve dads and wives husbands, no matter how busy you are supposed to be.
And yes, you are allowed to say "no" for people. If you´re polite and too much of a yes-man, you can always use the "i´d be delighted to help you a bit later"- tactics. If people are asking you something, this means they are prepared for a "no" as well.
4. Delegating shit and asking help.
Vreth is taking care of organizing the horn players for the studio. Virta and Beast are arranging rehearsals. Tundra is spending his time to post- produce the pre- produced songs. My mom helps me out picking up my kid from school for those days I know in advance I have to be at the studio and couldn´t take off-days from work. My wife does a bit more of the stuff at home and my workplace is extremely nice and understanding at the situation as well. There are many things you cannot delegate to others, but those you can, ask for it. Make sure though how much you appreciate the help of others and do not misuse their good will. If you´re using your mom regurarly to pick up YOUR kid from school, you´re doing something very wrong. Your mom did that already with you. Asking for temporary help is different than leeching it, remember that.
ALWAYS be grateful of the help you get, because without getting it, you´d be royally fucked. And remember to help back. (Yes, hello, it´s me, spare Jesus here.)
5. Getting rid of shit by force.
What happens in the office, stays in the office. This means I do my best to leave the think- tank there where it´s being done. When I get home, I go to sauna, make food, watch Stargåte and Hercule Poirot, younameit....read a ton, do crossword puzzles at bed, discuss politics with my wife, teach my son to play Monopoly and go for a flashlight-trip in the nearby forest with my family. Besides one non- used spare midi keyboard and an electric guitar, I don´t have any musical equipment at home and that´s a conscious choice.
It really doesn´t help at all if you keep thinking that failed arrangement in the sofa while watching O´Neill whopping Goa´Ulds around the galaxy or dying in a WoW boss encounter because you were thinking of meeting schedules instead. This doesn´t come easy- you have to force yourself to Zen. And by Zen, I mean very simple practice: You do one thing at the time. As I said, multitasking is for machines. In time, this starts to come more natural and you realize you actually managed to spend the whole evening with only once thinking how those next week´s rehearsals should be arranged!
(Also, using that calendar helps with this, trust me.)
And here´s another good bunch of ideas as well in that storm of stress.
- Don´t listen to loud and aggressive music at the evenings- instead listen to classical music and ambient. This is not an advice from someone who´se getting old and wimpy but because it really helps me clearing your head
- Excessive use of alcohol and general intoxication is a great idea. IN ABOUT 1 CASES OUT OF TEN. In a stressful situation, you need all the clear mind you can get, you are horribly dependant on serotonine, you need quality sleep even more than ever...do I need to continue? When you go drinking, make sure you will "remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy". That will be your well- deserved day off. And you can´t afford many day- offs, so spend it wisely. Working in a stressful situation with a hangover is pretty much not working at all but just wasting time.
- Remember to eat well. Hamburgers are not an option because you don´t have time to do food. Yes, you have. There is always time for making food. By the time it takes you to walk to nearest Pizza Hut, waiting for your order and walking back, you would had already prepared that meal twice at home. "But I´m not home, mr. Trollhorn, but at the office/ studio/ car repair center!"
Make more of it when you do, and take some with you to the office/ studio. You´ll save money as well!
- When you do, whatever you do, remember Zen. As everyone should know by now, it´s been clearly studied that an average work day has only a certain amount of productive time and the rest is just farting around and bullshit. Why don´t you actually decide those thresholds by yourself instead of going with the flow?
-Write a futile blog text if you don´t feel like working. Just make sure you have time still do the actual work, too. Calendar!
Now I´m going to enjoy some coffee in all peace, and then work my ass off for the next two hours with no breaks and achieve more in that time than in a regular 6 hours. What a fucking great plan!
PS: This has got to be some sort of a joke, I got a phonecall in the middle of writing this where I was asked to give a lecture about game music composing at Unversity. :D Honored as fuck, I had to ask them to get back to me at january. :P


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As we move beyond December's jubiliant celebrations and prepare for winter's fiercest blasts, we can take heart that the days, indeed, are getting longer and that there are still some mighty lovely sights to delight us in the first month of 2015.
Most importantly, we can cheer for the re-appearance of Venus in our night skies! She's been hiding in the Sun's glare since the beginning of September and only recently began to show her lovely self in the west shortly after the Sun's setting. Perhaps you've already seen her there, a beautiful beacon on the horizon. Unless you have a unobstructed view west, she's not easily spotted right now, but the waxing crescent moon will meet up with her on January 21st and on February 20 ( just a day before the momentous Venus and Mars meet-up in Pisces), making her easier to catch.
All the visible planets will be in the sky this month, so while you'll have to bundle up to enjoy them, it's worth taking the time to get familiar with our neighbors in the solar system. Let the moon guide you to Jupiter on January 7, to Saturn on January 16, and to Mercury, Mars and Venus on January 21 and 22nd. The next full moon will be February 3.
January 7
Tonight, the waning gibbous moon and Jupiter travel together through the long winter night with Regulus in Leo. By 8:30, the moon and its chums will be above the eastern horizon, approaching the meridian after midnight. You'll be able to appreciate the 'Winter Circle' asterism as well, as it precedes the rising moon. Look for 7 bright stars forming a huge circle just above where Jupiter, the moon, and Regulus are placed. Gemini's twinned stars Castor and Pollux, Canis Minor's Procyon, Canis Major's Sirius, Orion's Rigel, Taurus's Aldebaran, and Auriga's Capella combine to make this one of the most recognizable patterns in the night sky.
January 14
Mercury makes its greatest eastern elongation from the Sun. Because it's so close to our solar system's luminary, spotting Mercury is never easy, and in the winter, with the angle of the ecliptic in the Northern Hemisphere, it's doubly difficult. However, for this occasion, Venus will be your guide for a successful sighting. First, seek out a spot with an unobstructed western view. Once nautical twilight occurs, some 45 minutes after the Sun sinks, you should be able to see at least one bright light in the southwest. This will be Venus which has been gracing the western horizon since mid-December. The dimmer light next to her is Mercury, named for the fleet-footed 'Messenger of the gods.' Just above them you will spot Mars in Aquarius, waiting patiently for his February date with the beautiful 'Evening Star.'
January 16
As the crescent moon wanes to new, it will make a lovely pairing with Saturn in the hour before dawn. Last year, Saturn watched over our evening skies until mid-October, reappearing low in the morning sky by December. In January, the ringed planet will continue to rise earlier each morning, eventually leaving Libra by the end of the month, pairing with Antares, radiant lucida of Scorpius.
January 21 through January 22The days following the new moon offers another opportunity to spot Venus, Mercury and Mars as the three are joined by a slender crescent moon. On the 21st, the moon – illuminated only 3% – will be close to Venus and Mercury just above the western horizon; on the 22nd, it cozies up to Mars.


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Berghaus Dragon's Back Race Relay Team 2017
As the Berghaus Dragon's Back Race fast approaches we catch up with the Berghaus staff members brave enough to tackle the world's toughest mountain race as part of a relay team.
The Team…
Chris Lines (CL)
Berghaus PR
I have been working with Berghaus since 1998 and have a deep love of the outdoors, and particularly of running. Based in County Durham, I am a member of local athletics club Sedgefield Harriers and have completed numerous races over the years, ranging in distance from 100 metres to marathons.
Richard Schorah (RS)
Commercial Coordinator
Growing up I did quite a bit of athletics but stopped around 18 / 19 years old. Around 5 years ago I decided I started running again and couldn't run more than ¼ mile without being ill.
At that time I couldn't understand how it was possible for anyone to run such long distances. Since then, the distances and type of race I have done have gradually changed to the point where I can believe that completing a day of the Dragon's Back race is achievable.
Edward Austin (EA)
Technical Sales Executive
I have been working for Berghaus for almost a year; I am a passionate outdoor enthusiast now turned weekend warrior.
Daniel Smith (DS)
(Now ex) Berghaus Product Designer
(so maybe brand ambassador / product tester… Call me what you want now)
I was lucky enough to take part in the Berghaus relay team in the last Dragons Back race, and I'm gagging for more!
So, the Dragon's Back Race – the world's toughest mountain race – WHY did you put your name down!?
CL: I have a passion for running in general, but particularly on trails and fells, and I have tackled a few mountain marathons and adventure races before. I have also attended the last two Berghaus Dragon's Back Races in a work capacity and found the events and competitors to be truly inspirational.
I don't have the time to prepare for the full race (and even if I did, I don't know if I'd be capable of completing it!), but tackling a leg as part of the Berghaus relay team feels like it is feasible, just about.
RS: To have the opportunity to take part in such an iconic race that so few people ever have taken part in even just for one day, is something not to be missed.
EA: The chance to run / crawl through some of the spectacular mountain landscape in Wales will be an incredible journey. I have always followed the Dragon's Back races and the chance to be part of one is an incredible opportunity, and one not to be missed.
DS: It's such an adventure! The scenery, being amongst the elements (we experienced most of the elements on day 5 last time) and putting yourself right over the edge of your comfort zone. It's also an amazing opportunity to be back amongst some of the most inspiring people who aim to complete the full 5 days!
What training have you been doing in preparation for the race?
CL: Erm… next question.
RS: Preparation started long before I got confirmed onto the team. During 2016 I took part in 9 different events, triathlons, road runs and more specifically trail runs including a 30+ mile event in December. This year I have concentrated on getting the mileage back up to where I need it to be and included a couple of days in the Lake District in the mountains.
Certainly reading previous accounts of this race it will be nothing like I have done before but I enjoy trying new events and challenges.
Better not to talk about my diet, like most people it could be better, but as long as I am eating and drinking enough before, during and after I am normally ok.
EA: Lots of up-hill …lots and lots of uphill! I am lucky to live in Sheffield close to the Peak District so my training has predominantly been a mixture of running, climbing, and cycling.
DS: I've been loosely following a training programme I found while searching through plenty of blogs and magazines, there's so much out there to help when you start looking!
Also not just focusing on running; I've found it really helps getting in plenty of hill walking too. And finally getting out to places I'm not so familiar with, which forces me in to keeping on top of my navigation skills.
And what have your learned while training
CL: That I should have done more training.
RS: That training plans or races don't always go to plan. Don't dwell on the problems but identify what you could have done better for next time.
EA: I need to do more!!! Maintaining a good pace is key.
DS: I've learned to listen to my body more… I've made the mistake before of just focusing completely on getting in the mileage and not resting enough, which ended in injury… this time round I'm putting in more time in to building strength and mobility.
What is going to be your key bit of kit, or let's open this up, key thing to take with you?
CL: I tend to suffer from cramp badly during long races with lots of climbing and the Berghaus Dragon's Back Race puts two very large ticks on those particular boxes. So, I will have to do my utmost to mitigate that, through carefully planned hydration and nutrition, which is always tricky for me on long events as I can't digest sucrose or maltose, which limits the options.
I think that this will also have an impact on my choice of pack – I have a couple of great suitable products in my personal Berghaus collection, but haven't quite decided which one I will use yet.
RS: I don't have any specific items other than the recommended kit. It's not worth taking anything that is unnecessary and adds weight. I do think that having good trail shoes will be the key though.
EA: Sugar, water and of course my Berghaus Hyper 100.
DS: FOOD! Fuel is the key for me on races like these, and working out what works for you is important…for me I find when I'm running low on energy and even morale, Percy Pigs get me through!
Any motivational words you would like to tell your future self during a tough part of the race?
CL: Your arms move your legs – keep moving those arms.
RS: It's only one day and a series of short run between checkpoints. Counting down after each checkpoint will give me motivation to know I am a little nearer to the finish.
EA: Enjoy every step, take in the stunning scenery and remember you are only doing 1 day out of 5, think how the real competitors must be feeling! Ouch!
DS: Suck it up, you're only doing a day… these poor sods around you are doing 5 of these!


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