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Confession: I am completely addicted to anything and everything water. I love beaches, pool, rivers, lakes, ponds, even pictures of water will do in a pinch!
I also love one-piece bathing suits. They look great on so many body types and I swear every single year, designers make them cuter and cuter and cuter. They start rolling them out around this time of year, so I wanted to share my top picks 1: before they sell out and 2: in case anyone has a fun vacation coming up!
I always feel my best in a one-piece, they just suit my body type best. And it's so easy to throw on a skirt or shorts, floppy hat and sandals for an easy pool-to-restaurant outfit.
Here are my top picks for this season and they are all budget-friendly at under $60!
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*It seems like these are all going in and out of stock by the dang minute, so if one is sold out, just check back the next day, they do come back in stock! Literally, as I was finding the links to these suits over the course of a few hours they came in and out of stock.
1 | Scalloped V-Neck – Vanilla Beach, $39.99 (Target)
I love that this suit has a simple cut with some pretty details. The scalloped bust and backside are a nice touch. It's almost an exact dupe for this $326 swimsuit on Shopbop!
2 | ASOS Fuller Bust Bardot Dot Mesh Swimsuit, $57.13 (ASOS)
I fell instantly in love with this suit the first time I laid eyes on it! It's so 1960's French Beach Glamour!! I am embarrassed to admit that I will probably fail this gorgeous suit by wearing it in a hot tub somewhere, instead of exclusively wearing in on the French Riviera. Oh well.
It's a knock out of a suit, with polka dots, mesh, ruffles – all while coming together and not being "too much." The original bust sizing suit keeps coming in and out of stock, but truthfully, I like the cut of the fuller bust version more (and you can always have it tailored, which I know seems crazy for a suit, but really isn't major $$). ASOS has been my go-to for swimsuits for a while. If you are bustier like me, they make a ton of great suits with DD+ cups. All very cute and supportive with great coverage.
**ASOS New Look Spot Mesh Suit, $38. This is a very similar polka dot and mesh style!!
3 | ASOS Lost Ink Polka Dot Mesh Swimsuit, $54.12 (ASOS)
I haven't tried this suit in real life yet, so my thoughts are all based off the photos. I love the unique high neck and the polka dots, Dear Heavens, I can not get enough polka dots and mesh. So adorable and chic!
4 | ASOS Tapestry Floral Bardot Swimsuit, $48.11 (Fuller Bust + Regular | ASOS)
Another suit that I haven't tried on, but I just love the look of. The draped shoulders and defined bust line are so stunning to me. This is what I mean when I say a suit can be a whole outfit at the beach. This suit has VIBES!
5 | Lace Up Back One-Piece, Pink, $24.90 (Forever 21)
I love the lace back detailing on this suit. Last year my favorite swimsuit came from Forever21! Their suits are (strictly) final sale however, so know your size before you order! The color is beautiful also on this suit.
6 | ASOS New Look Stripe High Leg Swimsuit, $22.53 (ASOS)
The light blue stripes on this suit make the whole look really pop for me! I love the higher cut leg, it's generally pretty flattering. The stripes just scream summer for me and make me want a beach day!
7 | Zippered Racerback One-Piece, $24.90 (Forever21)
I have been wanting a zippered sporty look suit for a while. You can't beat this price and I LOVE the unique color. The nude and white are really striking. The suit has a 70's glam movie star feel.
I always keep an eye out online at Target, ASOS, and Forever21. I feel like they always have great budget-friendly options.
Are you a one or two piece (or both!) kind of gal?
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California Sen. Bill Dodd calls for establishment of a fire warning center
Bringing technology into the battle against California's catastrophic fires, state Sen. Bill Dodd is pushing for the creation of a state-operated wildfire warning center linked to a network of automated weather stations in high fire-risk areas.
Dodd, a Napa Democrat whose district was hit hard by the North Bay wildfires of 2017, said the system would identify dangerous conditions before fires erupt, allowing time to deactivate power lines and put firefighting resources in place.
His bill, SB 209, introduced this week would put three state agencies - the Public Utilities Commission, Office of Emergency Services and Cal Fire - in charge of the California Wildfire Warning Center.
It would also require PG&E and other investor-owned utilities to install weather-?monitoring stations throughout the fire-prone areas they serve.
"This is a no-brainer," said Dodd, who co-chaired the special legislative committee that drafted a detailed wildfire response law last year.
The senator said he was inspired by a visit in December to San Diego County, where the utility that serves 3.6 million people has ?177 weather stations spread over 4,100 square miles.
"It was so impressive," Dodd said, calling San Diego Gas & Electric the "gold standard" for wildfire safety.
PG&E had installed ?200 weather stations across its 70,000-square-mile system by the end of last year and plans to add 400 more this year, reaching a total of 1,300 by 2022, said James Noonan, a spokesman for the utility.
PG&E, which has declared bankruptcy in the face of billions of dollars in wildfire liabilities, has not taken a position on Dodd's bill, he said.
"PG&E shares the senator's desire to help keep our customers and communities safe from the increasing risk of wildfires through the deployment of weather stations across the state's electric grid," he said in an email.
The utility opened its own wildfire command center at its San Francisco headquarters last year, with data, weather and fire experts tasked with keeping watch for blazes across its service territory. The nerve center is supposed to inform PG&E decision-?makers who initiate safety protocols including pre-emptive power shutoffs during dry-season wind storms - a call the utility did not make last November ahead of the deadly Camp fire in Butte County.
Dodd said the state warning center would have access to existing wildfire alert systems, including high-tech fire detection cameras as well as weather stations, and would "find out where they need more data."
There are 128 pan-?tilt-zoom cameras installed in four California regional networks, including 15 in the North Bay with another eight scheduled to go live here within a month or two, funded by PG&E and Sonoma Water, the North Bay's largest drinking water supplier.
Cameras and weather stations combined are an ideal fire safety system, said Graham Kent, a University of Nevada, Reno seismologist who co-?directs the statewide AlertWildfire camera network.
"You need to be data-driven," he said. "It's a 21st-century dance that we all have to get better at."
Dodd said he had no cost estimate for the fire warning center and weather stations envisioned in his bill.
"But it's a fraction of the cost of fighting just one large wildfire," he said.

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The "Ehrenfest paradox": Ehrenfest imagined a rigid cylinder set in motion from rest and rotating around its axis of symmetry. Consider an observer at rest measuring the circumference and radius of the rotating cylinder. The observer arrives at two contradictory requirements relating to the cylinder's radius:
- Every point in the circumference of the cylinder moves with radial velocity ωR, and thus, the circumference of the cylinder should appear Lorentz contracted to a smaller value than at rest, by the usual "relativistic" factor γ: 2πR' < 2πR.
- The radius R' is always perpendicular to its motion and suffers no contraction at all; it should therefore be equal to its value R: R' = R.
Einstein wrote to Vladimir Varićak either in 1909 or in 1910 (Febuary 28): "The rotation of the rigid body is the most interesting problem currently provided by the theory of relativity, because the only thing that causes the contradiction is the Lorentz contraction". CPAE 5, Doc. 197b.
Ehrenfest imagined a rigid cylinder gradually set into rotation (from rest) around its axis until it reaches a state of constant rotation.
In 1919 Einstein explained why this was impossible: (CPAE 9, Doc. 93)
"One must take into account that a rigid circular disk at rest would have to snap when set into rotation, because of the Lorentz shortening of the tangential fibers and the non-shortening of the radial ones. Similarly, a rigid disk in rotation (made by casting) would have to shatter as a result of the inverse changes in length if one attempts to bring it to the state of rest. If you take these facts fully into consideration, your paradox disappears".
Assuming that the cylinder does not expand or contract, its radius stays the same. But measuring rods laid out along the circumference 2πR should be Lorentz-contracted to a smaller value than at rest, by the usual factor γ. This leads to the paradox that the rigid measuring rods would have to separate from one another due to Lorentz contraction; the discrepancy noted by Ehrenfest seems to suggest that a rotated Born rigid disk should shatter. According to special relativity an object cannot be spun up from a non-rotating state while maintaining Born rigidity, but once it has achieved a constant nonzero angular velocity it does maintain Born rigidity without violating special relativity, and then (as Einstein showed in 1912) a disk riding observer will measure a circumference.
Hence, in 1912, Einstein discussed what came to be known as the uniformly rotating disk thought experiment in general relativity. Thinking about Ehrenfest's paradox and taking into consideration the principle of equivalence, Einstein considered a disk (already) in a state of uniform rotation observed from an inertial system.
We take a great number of small measuring rods (all equal to each other) and place them end-to-end across the diameter 2R and circumference 2πR of the uniformly rotating disk. From the point of view of a system at rest all the measuring rods on the circumference are subject to the Lorentz contraction. Since measuring rods aligned along the periphery and moving with it should appear contracted, more would fit around the circumference, which would thus measure greater than 2πR. An observer in the system at rest concludes that in the uniformly rotating disk the ratio of the circumference to the diameter is different from π:
circumference/diameter = 2π(Lorentz contracted by a factor…)/2R = π (Lorentz contracted by a factor….).
According to the equivalence principle the disk system is equivalent to a system at rest in which there exists a certain kind of static gravitational field. Einstein thus arrived at the conclusion that a system in a static gravitational field has non-Euclidean geometry.
Soon afterwards, from 1912 onwards, Einstein adopted the metric tensor as the mathematical respresentation of gravitation.
Indeed Einstein's first mention of the rotating disk in print was in his paper dealing with the static gravitational fields of 1912; and after the 1912 paper, the rotating-disk thought experiment occurred in Einstein's writings only in a 1916 review article on general relativity: "The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity".
He now understood that in the general theory of relativity the method of laying coordinates in the space-time continuum (in a definite manner) breaks down, and one cannot adapt coordinate systems to the four-dimensional space.
My new paper deals with Einstein's 1912 and 1916 rotating disk problem, Einstein's hole argument, the 1916 point coincidence argument and Mach's principle; a combined-into-one deal (academic paper) for the readers of this blog.
Sitting: Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington and Hendrik Antoon Lorentz. Standing: Albert Einstein, Paul Ehrenfest and Willem de Sitter. September 26, 1923.
Further reading: Ehrenfest paradox


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The needle-sharp point snagged the flesh and a shiny barb burst through the scaly cheek with a firm tug. Secure on the hook, his fate was sealed. Fresh fish shall sizzle on the stove tonight, sprinkled with pepper, glistening with butter.
That is what we call a "hook."
However clever your plot, however unusual, no matter the ingenious twists and surprises, readers will never experience your story if you do not set the hook. Below you will find four types of effective hooks: drama, description, character, and curiosity. There are variations in each category, and good story hooks (like fishing hooks) may be created from tying together two or more types of hooks, but so long as they are sharp and securely set, your hook can keep your readers hopelessly snagged from your first sentence through the entire chapter, until your next hook is firmly set.
Begin with the story unfolding so that readers will feel they've jumped in the midst of it from the very first line. Ideally, they cannot back out of the story because they are already in it.
Carefully compare and study the way TV shows begin. Newer shows often forgo opening themesongs or character introductions and go right to the story action, subtly displaying the opening credits as the story unfolds, all this to hook their viewers from the start and persuade them to remove their thumb from the remote control button. This is called a "cold open," and once the viewer is hooked the network will cut away to the commercials, confident the audience will remain as their sponsors sell their floor cleaners and doggy snacks.
A drama hook may be the very event that drives the entire story (what we call the "inciting incident"), the first domino to fall which begins the entire sequence, pushing the reader forward all the way through to the last page. It may involve danger, inner conflict, personal challenge, conflict between characters, or a host of other dramatic actions. Whatever it is, the drama hook must put the reader in the middle of a story they care about. Give them something to worry about so they will read down the page and turn to the next and the next.
Stopped at a red light on a rainy, windy morning last December, fire battalion chief Mark DeBruyckere looked up to see a large truck barreling toward the intersection, heading right for him.
From: "Bringing Down a Bank Robber," by Caitlin O'Connnell, Reader's Digest, Oct. 2013.
Any description must be engaging description, the kind that draws readers to hold your book in sweaty hands, eyes fixed and unblinking, pulse quickening, nerves twitching, almost forgetting to breath, transfixed by your carefully crafted sentences and well-chosen words, oblivious to the world about them.
You may describe a setting, an event, or even an object, but your words must stir emotions and draw readers in like mesmerized mosquitos to a bug zapper on a balmy summer night. Like an effective stage setting, your descriptive hook will set the mood, creating the atmosphere for your story as soon as the curtains rise and the lights come on.
A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.
From: Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.
A young boy with tousled hair and dirty socks recedes into his darkened room, away from the yelling outside the door, cloistered in his corner, surrounded by piles of books, joyfully escaping his cold reality, all because you've created a character he cares about.
Open with characters that readers will care about, and they want to see what happens next. Use description, setting, action, and mystery to create an emotional and mental bond between the reader and the person in your book. Your readers want to worry, so give them some people to worry about. When readers care about your characters from the very beginning, they will keep reading
Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids.
From: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis.
This type of hook reminds me of the time that my wife and I went camping, and just after we settled down for the night, far away from all the other campers, we heard a faint scratching noise at our cabin door. It wouldn't stop. True story, but I'll tell you more later.
The familiar riddle asks, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Forget about the why. We couldn't care less. What we want to know is if he made it all the way across the busy road alive, unharmed, with all his feathers intact.
Questions, contradictions, dilemmas and mysteries, puzzles and clues are all proven ways to capture the curiosity of your readers and keep it throughout the opening chapter.
I was not there, yet I was there. No, I did not go to the trial, I did not hear the verdict, because I knew all the time what it would be.
From: A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines.
There are different variations of all the above hooks. For example, all of these can be used in a dialogue form:
Narrative style:
She stood at the cliff, sobbing and shaking, watching as pebbles bounced against the boulders below, disappearing into the frothy surf.
Dialogue style:
"Karen! Please, get away from the cliff! We can work this out together."
Though one is dialogue and the other is narrative, both these openings rely on mystery, danger, and the powerful emotion of fear to snag the reader's attention, keeping her eyes glued to the page in order to discover what is happening, why it is happening, and how it will all end.
What types (or combination of types) do you see in the following examples?
Put your answers in a comment below this blog, and see if others agree with you.
- "Late on a full-mooned Sunday night, the two figures in work clothes appeared on Highway 27, just outside the small college town of Ashton. They were tall, at least seven feet, strongly built, perfectly proportioned." (From: This Present Darkness, by Frank E. Peretti.)
- "Death was driving an emerald-green Lexus." (From: Winter Moon, by Dean Koontz.)
- "The last drops of the thundershower had hardly ceased falling when the Pedestrian stuffed his map into his pocket, settled his pack more comfortably on his tired shoulders, and stepped out from the shelter of a large chestnut-tree into the middle of the road." (From: Out of the Silent Planet, by C.S. Lewis.)
- "I have been afraid of putting air in a tire ever since I saw a tractor tire blow up and throw Newt Hardbine's father over the top of the Standard Oil sign." (From: The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingsolver.)
- "The sun was already sinking into the deep green of the hills to the west of the valley, the red and gray-pink of its shadows touching the corners of the land, when Flick Ohmsford began his descent." (From: The Sword of Shannara, by Terry Brooks.)
- "The office had no windows, only electric lanterns to light the hundreds of spines standing in their cherry wood bookcases." (From: Thr3e, by Ted Dekker.)
- "I was born in 1904, so that when I was pregnant in 1943 I was near enough to be past the rightful age to bear children." (From: Jewel, by Bret Lott.)
Hook them early, hook them securely, and keep them on the line, reeling them in all the way through to the end of the story.
Oh — that scratching at our cabin door? I never did find out what it was. Probably a chipmunk. But my wife and I eventually slept soundly and safely through the night at that church camp near Yakima, Washington.


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Ride sharing service Uber has apologised to a blind customer who was refused service by one of its drivers and then abused by another driver, who would not allow him in his car with a guide dog.
The customer in question was Australia's former disability discrimination commissioner, Graeme Innes who immediately lodged an email complaint with the company and then with the Human Rights Commission.
On March 24 Innes ordered an Uber car, however upon arrival he was refused service.
Innes said when he told the driver he was required to take guide dogs, the driver said: "No this is a new car, this is a brand-new car, it's a $90,000 car, I can't take animals in the car -- it will just make it messy," The Daily Telegraph reported.
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"We believe that everyone should be able to get access to reliable and affordable transport, including those with accessibility needs and assistance dogs."


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This lazy section of river through Sacramento runs all year round, but gets heavy use from floaters in the summer time. The river is bordered by Sacramento County's American River Parkway which has bike paths, parking areas and access areas. There are several different access locations along the river such as at Sunrise Ave - SACParks - Sunrise (PDF) and at SACParks - Watt Avenue (PDF).
There are a number of sections of swiftwater and riffles, but San Juan Rapids are the notable excitement. San Juan hole is good for playboating at many flow levels.
Sunrise Avenue is the start for the paddling portion of Eppie's Great Race. This long standing triathalon draws nearly 1,000 paddlers every July.
Other Information Sources: American River Main Stem California Creekin'. American River Parkway Folsom Dam State Parks website Sacramento State Aquatics Center at Lake Natomas on the upstream side of Nimbus Dam. Nimbus DamNimbus Fish Hatchery is located just below Nimbus dam.
Folsom South Canal: Water is diverted at Nimbus dam into the Folsom South Canal for municipal and industrial use south of Sacramento. The canal has a capacity of 3,500 cfs, but this author is unable to find actual flow records as of Nov 2010. There is a bicycle path along the canal and an organization dedicated to developing a Folsom South Canal Corridor Plan. The canal is part of the Auburn Folsom South Project of Bureau of Reclamation.
Nimbus Whitewater: Michael Picker wrote at Boof.com in 2010Remove the weir at Nimbus Dam and build a play wave near Hazel Av
Boating is not allowed within 1,000 feet of Nimbus Dam by order of the county of Sacramento, possibly because of this weir. However, there are reports that people do launch and float down from above the weir when the fish barriers are not in place. Some people have surfed below the weir at high flows. There may be various hazards at this weir.
There are Studies to remove, relocate or alter this weir.
This is the highest legal put in for launching onto the lower American River. It is on river right.
This appears to be the start of a very long riffle or rapid.
Sunrise is possibly the most used put in for floating the lower American. There are large parking areas for river access on both sides of the river.
Ideal levels for the San Juan hole are between 1,400 and 3,100 cfs with 2,100 cfs primo. At 1,400 cfs it a shallow, rocky and sticky hole; at 2,100 cfs it is a gently retentive hole that is great for cartwheels and loops; at 3,100 cfs it is a very fast wave with a foam pile that still gives up spins, blunts and an end or two.
The lower American River, below Nimbus Dam has boatable flows all year round. Flows are highest in the spring ranging from 4,000 cfs in drier years to 10,000 cfs in average years and much higher in wet years. Flows are lowest in the winter, but do not drop below 1000 cfs in most years.
Water from Folsom Reservoir is released from the dam through a powehouse to generate electricity. Flows vary during the day according to power demand. Nimbus dam forms a much smaller reservoir just big enough to reregulate or smooth out the variable flows from Folsom. Water from Nimbus is also released through turbines to produce electricity. A large portion of the water in Nimbus reservoir is sent out through the Folsom South Canal for municipal and industrial use in Sacramento and San Joaquin Counties.
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Folsom South Canal is 26 miles long and has a capacity of 3,500 cfs. Folsom Reservoir Hourly Inflow, Outflow, Elevation and Storage readings.
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RIOC Has Ambitious Plans For Improvements At Roosevelt Island Sportspark Facility Says Board Director At Audit Committee Meeting Yesterday
... contractors are currently working to replace a broken pool pump motor and damaged electrical components at the Sportspark pool. The pool will remain closed until further notice.At yesterday's November 3 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Audit Committee meeting discussion (audio web cast of meeting here) of the proposed RIOC 2016-17 Fiscal Year Budget, RIOC Director Howard Polivy noted that the budget included funds for:
.... an ambitious plan for Sportspark ....
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I asked Mr. Polivy what were those ambitious plans for Sportspark. Mr. Polivy replied the ambitious plans listed in the proposed budget include::
- Electric
- Roof
- Pool
- Concrete Restoration and Reconstruction
- Replace Windows and Doors
- New Flooring Squash/Ping Pong/Gym
- Upgrade Locker Rooms/Bathrooms/Ceilings Sportspark -
- Façade Repointing/Repair
- Outdoor Basketball Courts
... Basically, It's a project that will go through the space and rebuild it...RIOC President Charlene Indelicato reported that due to the Cornell Tech campus project work previously being done on the North Road adjacent to the Sportspark, interior work could not be done at the Sportspark. Now that the Cornell Tech North Road work is completed, Sportspark interior work can start but not before a new Sportspark boiler is installed.
Here's the discussion
and Sportspark items (Page 8, budget item amounts are per thousand)
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Composite World, Saint-Peterburg, Russia
Exhibitor of the 11th International Exhibition Composite-Expo 2018
February 27 - March 01, 2018 / Pavilion 8, Expocentre Fairgrounds, Moscow, Russia
Exhibitor information:
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On Friday, April 26, the Newcomerstown Relay For Life is sponsoring Vera Bradley Bingo at the David Barber Civic Center from 7 to 9 p.m.
Each ticket cost $20, is good for 20 games of Bingo and a chance to win 20 beautiful Vera Bradley bags. Early bird games and cover all tickets will be available at the door.
There will be a 50-50 raffle, door prizes, silent auction and a concession stand sponsored by Newcomerstown Emergency Rescue Squad.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. There will be Early Bird Games starting around 6:45 p.m. Regular bingo games begin promptly at 7 p.m.
See a Relay For Life team or contact Kristen Meek (740-294-0599), Amy Miller (330-243-2385) or Abby Collins (492-0502) for tickets.


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Shed Those Winter LayersMark Moon | Fitness & Wellbeing
Summer is almost here, and for many of us that not only means warmer weather and lots of time in the great outdoors, it also means dusting off the runners from the back of the closet and working on our fitness again.
Seeing as how you have all been diligently following your BT diet through the winter, and we know it's about 70% healthy eating and 30% exercise, it should be easy to increase your fitness and quickly tone up a few problem areas with some nifty circuit workouts. When getting back into it I have three tips to help keep you going strong right through summer.
- Try not to be Hercules on your first day back! This is a tough one especially for the guys, but ladies need to pay attention too. The last thing you want to do is get an injury on your first week back. To avoid this, train at maximum 60% intensity for the first week and step it up depending on how you feel from there.
- Start with a full body circuit style workout that incorporates all aspects of your BT fitness regime over the week. This will eliminate any potential strained muscles or bruised egos. Also, remember to stretch and cool down adequately when getting back into it. Stretching will help with recovery when you wake up then next day wondering what you did to yourself.
- Plan ahead with activities you will look forward to doing and add plenty of variety to your fitness schedule. Firstly the human body is extremely evolved in the art of adaption, so you need to stay challenged if you want great results. Secondly, you will get better results with more exercise variety as you will recruit more muscle fibers, therefore have a better response. Lastly, you want to stay mentally motivated and excited to be working out.
Super Circuits are my favorite way to train for overall fitness, as you can easily incorporate any exercises to design a workout that's just right for you. Workouts don't need to be any longer than 30-45 mins for excellent fitness results. For best results I recommend using an alternating body part formula, placing in a cardio burst every 4th exercise. Check out my example below.
Workout Example
Cardio Burst: Rower/Elliptical/Run – 90 seconds
Upper Body Push Exercise – 30 seconds
Lower Body Exercise – 30 seconds
Upper Body Pull Exercise – 30 seconds
Rest 90 seconds
You will complete four sets through in total. Round one will be a warm up round at about 60% intensity, and sets two, three and four will be at your maximum capacity as your "working" rounds. To incorporate this into the blood type guidelines blood type O and blood type B would repeat this with a new set of exercises for a total of 8 exercises and a 40 minute workout, blood type A and blood type AB would then go into some Yoga/Relaxation to de stress and relax for the following 20 minutes to complete a 40 minute workout.
Mark is one of today's leaders in health and wellness, with more than 15 years' experience from across the globe. As a celebrity trainer with a continued national and international presence, Mark promotes his well-balanced, holistic approach to fitness and lifestyle through media platforms worldwide.
Mark has created his own online health, fitness and lifestyle brand Get Fit Fast The Complete Workout System with workouts, meal plans and workout schedules available for download at www.markmoonfitness.com Mark is also a resident trainer on USA digital workout platform Fit Fusion, USA based iPhone application Go Flaunt It, and his home workout DVDs range is distributed through the USA by Watch It Now Entertainment at www.markmoonfitnessusa.com


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My weekend started with a big kablaam meaning going to the Deadpool premiere Friday night. It's SO DAMN AMAZING! I don't do super much during weekends at the moment due to my lack of energy/poor health etc but I've been trying to deal with my closets :) It was still messy when I snapped the photo above but...I have a large amount of clothes and it takes me so long to fix it all up haha. I also store the original packaging for my merchandise in there, trying to find a better way to store that as well. Also squeezed in some journaling and that makes me very happy :)
My plans today was to continue organizing stuff while doing laundry, with some gaming in between. But I've spent the day so far having a war with my computer that finally gave up letting me win and started up like 20 min ago lol. Oh the life of being a geek, huh? :)
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Weekend: Deadpool, Closet Organization...
Posted by Kitten WolfHeart at 3:01 PM
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I'm going to see Deadpool sometime in the next week or so, and I'm super excited! Tania xx taniamichele.blogspot.co.ukReplyDeleteReplies
It's so amazing! :DDelete
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How great is Deadpool?! I saw it this Sunday and laughed SO hard. I am very tempted to go see it again this weekend! :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
It's so damn amazing! *.* Worth the wait for sure :D Know the feeling haha, I really wanna see it again, like now! :)Delete
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I'm planning on see Deadpool next week, and I'm so excited!! :D Enjoy your weekend xReplyDelete
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Blood and Dark Chocolate Beanie
I have a love for the movie Blood and Chocolate..so the name these colors remind me a little of that movie. Still trying to get my hands on a copy of the book!
This hat is a great project to have for winter. I used the Caron Simply Soft Eco, double stranded so it is very soft and warm. One I used a black and red held together throughout for a tweedy look. Possibilities are endless!
materials: J hook, your choice of yarn, mine was Caron Simply soft Eco
With two strand of yarn held together
Rnd 1)ch5 sl st to form ring, ch1, 11hdc in ring join to top of first hdc. (11hdc)
Rnd 2) ch2(does NOT count as first st now and throughout) 2dc in same st and in each st around, join to top of first dc
Rnd3) ch2, 2dc in same st, * dc in next st, 2dc in next st, repeat from * around, join to top of first dc
Rnd 4) ch2, 2dc in same st, * dc in 2sts, 2dc in next st, repeat form * around, join to top of first dc
Rnd 5) ch2, 2dc in same st, * dc in next 3sts, 2dc in next st, repeat from * around, join to top of first dc
Rnd 6-11) ch2, dc in same st, dc in each st around, join to top of first dc. (here is where it is nice to add a strip of CC if desired, I did one row of red on rnd 11)
Rnd 12) ch1, sc in same st and in next 19sts, 2hdc in next st, * hdc in next st, 2hdc in next st, repeat from * 6 more times, sc in remaining sts, join to first sc
Rnd 13) ch1, sc in same st and next 19sts, 2hdc in next st, * hdc in next st, 2hdc in next st, repeat from * accross hdc's of rnd 12, sc in next sc and accross to end of row, join
Rnd 14) ch1, sc in same st and in next 19sts, hdc in next hdc and in each hdc accross to last hdc, sc in next sc and in remaining sc around, join
fasten off weave in ends. Please feel free to use your own creations as you like, but please link back to my pattern, Thanks... Happy Hooking.
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I like it a lot i think i will knit one for my son... or maybe one for me too... congratulations great job!!!! a big hug from Chile CarlaReplyDelete
thanks so much from sharing this nice pattern. i always look forward to seeing new things posted here. :) keep up the good work.ReplyDelete
Thank you both so much!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your pattern!ReplyDelete
I love this hat!
I love this, I can't wait to try one for my girls, they will love this! :) Thanks for making it free! -glad I stumbled on your blog!ReplyDelete
This is really cute, this one will be the next project I start, love the color....ReplyDelete
Hey, I love your hats! However I'm a little new to crocheting. I can do all the stitches but I'm trying to adjust these to fit my 9 month old. I"m kind of guessing on how to adjust the pattern but am not being very successful. Is there a trick to adjusting these patterns to smaller heads?ReplyDelete
You can use a smaller hook and or use ond strand of yarn instead of two. You can also do less increase rounds, but you would have to take away some stitches from the brim.ReplyDelete
Fabulous name (I love that movie too!) for a fabulous hat. I know just who I am making this for as a Christmas present.ReplyDelete
I am so glad I found your blog!
Hi there- found this pattern when Googling- love it- but I'm having problems with it. I'm used to crocheting in the round so this is a slight adjustment for me- I keep ending up with a hole at the end of my round... am I supposed to be crocheting into the chains or skipping over them to join into the first st?? Thanks for your help-ReplyDelete
Hey there! I did your Olivia's Butterfly hat for myself and LOVED it. Can't wait to try one of these for my niece.ReplyDelete
I wanted to ask you if you've gotten yourself a copy of Blood and Chocolate yet? I realize you posted this back in September, but I had to ask as I am in charge of Teen Services at a library and Blood and Chocolate has been one of my favorite books for years. If you haven't gotten it already, they recently reprinted it, so it should be easy to find in a chain bookstore.
Happy crafting!
- AnonymousFebruary 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM
This is an awesome hat and I was curious if we could use a size smaller hook? if it would effect the outcome of the hat.ReplyDelete
I've been trying to make this hat and having the most difficult time. Mine comes out big enough for a large man and the top is flat. First one I unraveled. 2nd I just kept going thinking it would be as big as I thought. The 3rd one just has me very discouraged. What am I doing wrong?ReplyDelete
Hey mama I love to crochet and I love your patterns! Keep up the good work you do and you inspire me to keep on making thingsfrom the heart. Keep the patterns going!ReplyDelete
@Lynne - same thing happened to me. I unraveled the first and used an H hook. It still came out just a little big, but I kinda like it not too fitted because I used wool. I didn't notice there was a gauge on the pattern, so not sure how to measure before you start.ReplyDelete
Would this fit an adult? Sounds like it from some of the posts..ReplyDelete
How many skeins would you suggest using? Looks to be about 2 or so.ReplyDelete
Will the brim still stay "up" if I only crochet with one piece of yarn? I am using variegated yarn and if I hold two I don't think I will achieve the look I am wanting.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 29, 2013 at 5:24 PM
Total beginners' question: I didn't see any "turns" is that because I don't turn after for example, for each ...ch2, ?ReplyDelete
Thank you for this pattern, i love these hats and i was tired of paying target for them.....ReplyDelete
Since I'm using a bulkier yarn on this I knew a smaller hook was in order, but I grabbed half a MM too small so I frogged it. Now I'm going to experiment with double strands of bulky, and the small hook! Good thing I've got time to play around before Christmas! Haha ... Might just have to make a few for myself too (: I love this pattern! (And the movie too!) Thanks so much for posting it (:ReplyDelete
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KITH Presents "Fighting Homelessness – We Mean Business"
Rare Form Limousine is proud to have provided transportation for some special guests to the Kirkland Interfaith Transitions in Housing (KITH) event "Fighting Homelessness – We Mean Business."
The Bellevue High School Drama class sent a handful of students to the event to play homeless citizens, and Rare Form Limousine whisked them off from class to the Fairfield Inn Seattle Bellevue so they could participate.
Raising over $14,000, the event was a huge success, and we are glad we could be a part of the fundraiser. Keep an eye out for future KITH events if you would like to become actively involved in helping local families cope with extreme economic hardship.


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The Diviner
Cut from the green hedge a forked hazel stick
That he held tight by the arms of the V:
Circling the terrain, hunting the pluck
Of water, nervous, but professionally
Unfussed. The pluck came sharp as a sting.
The rod jerked with precise convulsions.
Spring water suddenly broadcasting
Through a green hazel its secret stations.
The bystanders would ask to have a try.
He handed them the rod without a word.
It lay dead in their grasp till, nonchalantly,
He gripped expectant wrists. The hazel stirred.
~Seamus Heaney
Excuse me while I try to form my feelings and hazy ideas into something that makes sense.
So the week before Spring Break (two weeks ago, I suppose), we were talking about Seamus Heaney in my Irish class. I adore Heaney, and his poetry is beautiful and meaningful and very much a living thing. Among all of the things that he has to say about life and Ireland and all the rest, something that struck me the most was his talk of the role of the poet.
Now by poet, I don't mean strictly someone who writes poetry. That sounds funny. Let me explain. I mean "the poet" in a broader, more ancient sense, one that encompasses more than rhyming or what you may normally associate with poetry. I mean the poet as a sort of epic hero, who brings truth to his people, sometimes painfully. This is the traditional Irish view of the poet, or senchaí: someone with great power that speaks the truth, even to the king, and that some fear. He has the power of sight, and can use his words in satires against his enemies.
Or like the Oracles of Ancient Greece: someone who is chosen to be a mouthpiece of the divine, someone who is spoken through. Which brings me to the most important parallel to the poet, the true calling of such a person: the prophet, someone who carries the truth from God to the people. Although this brings to mind the prophets of the Old Testament who spoke with God (how amazing!), you can still be a prophet today. Anyone that God uses to speak through is a prophet, and God most certainly still speaks to people.
And around this time in my class, as we're talking about poetry being made up of partly scop, or craft (being a good writer), and partly vates, or prophesy or vision, speaking the truth, I start freaking out. Really freaking out, and zoning out of some of the discussion or being way too much into other parts of it. I can feel myself getting excited all over again as I type this. I'm looking at my paper right now, and I have little notes scrawled all over it, like:
my heartbeat shakes my whole body in trembling rhythm with the hand of God,
Or this overly-excited realization of the poet's job:
poet as a go-between!
a translator of truth!
a diviner!
a mouthpiece!
a prophet! an oracle!
a tool in the hands
of He who holds all Truth
a liminal, ferried between
two worlds,
granted another sight by the
poet as messenger
of the eternal, birthright
of an oracle
why am I almost twitching?
a mortal body and an
eternal soul,
like all the amphibians of humankind.
and I am suddenly restless,
yearning, churning, swelling
with a feeling I don't know
and a desire for something past
this mortal coil.
My heart is beating with desperate purpose.
So, I was freaking out. And still am. Because I couldn't, and honestly can't, imagine a greater purpose than being spoken through. The lump in my throat tells me that I desperately want that, to have a purpose, to have this purpose, but I don't know. I honestly don't know.
We read another poem that day called "St. Kevin and the Blackbird" (click), where a bird makes a nest in St. Kevin's hand and he is responsible for their lives and can't move until they leave. I talked to my professor about the role of the poet and such things after class on my way to study for my calc exam (that was easy to focus on after all of this).
I wrote down all that I could remember of what he said. He looked at me and told me that the calling of the poet is not an easy one to accept. He asked me to remember St. Kevin. What did he do? He went out to the wilderness and hid away from everyone else. But God found him anyway.
You were made with a purpose, and you're here for a reason. I watched the movie Hugo a few days ago (which I heartily recommend), and was nearly moved to tears by certain parts of it. There's one part in there where Hugo and Isabelle are talking about purpose. Hugo looks at people like machines and wonders if they too become "broken" when they lose their purpose. It's beautiful. And then he says this:
"I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason too."
You are not an extra part. I really identify with Isabelle. I wonder what my purpose is, too. But I know that I have one, because God has given me one. We were each made for something. And I trust that He will help me find that something.
See this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcdEXHIuTxw Seriously, watch this movie.


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Anthony "Tony" Siragusa[1] (born May 14, 1967), nicknamed "Goose", is a former National Football League defensive tackle who spent 12 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and the Baltimore Ravens. He currently works as a sideline analyst for NFL games broadcast on the Fox Network, hosts the home renovation program Man Caves on the DIY Network, and participates in advertisements for Depend for Men.
Early life
Siragusa attended David Brearley High School in Kenilworth, New Jersey. In high school, he played football and was also a member of the wrestling team. He was the New Jersey state wrestling champion with a 97-1 career record. In football, he played defensive line, punted and place kicked. He had a 39-yard punting average and was 15-18 on PATs. Upon completion of high school, Siragusa attended the University of Pittsburgh where he was a member of the football program from 1986 through 1989. in 1985, Play in the New Jersey North/South All Star Classic
Professional career
Siragusa was an undrafted free agent[2] in 1990 and was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as a defensive tackle. He used to play nose tackle[3] to draw the double teams when the Indianapolis Colts were in a 3-4 defense or 4-3 defense. While Siragusa was a key part of the 1995 team that was one Hail Mary pass away from reaching Super Bowl XXX, he was enraged when Colts coach Ted Marchibroda was given a no-raise, no-extension contract offer that he rejected before resigning, and Siragusa was open about his dislike for new coach Lindy Infante and the team's VP of Football Operations Bill Tobin.
In 1997, Siragusa signed with the Baltimore Ravens.[4] He was a part of the 2000 Baltimore Ravens defense that allowed the fewest total points in NFL regular season history.
Siragusa was fined $10,000 for an illegal hit on Oakland Raiders QB Rich Gannon in the 2000 AFC title game, injuring Gannon's shoulder.[4] He helped lead the Ravens to their first Super Bowl in franchise history in Super Bowl XXXV where they beat the New York Giants, 34-7.[5]
Siragusa retired following the 2001 season. He finished his career with 562 tackles (416 solo), 22 sacks, five forced fumbles, nine fumble recoveries for 12 yards, and 28 pass deflections in 170 career games.[6]
Post-playing career
Siragusa is a sideline reporter and analyst during NFL games on the Fox Network.[7] Siragusa usually appears with Kenny Albert (then Dick Stockton) and Daryl Johnston. He appeared as the character Frankie Cortese in the HBO hit series The Sopranos. He partnered up with Michael Romanelli and opened a restaurant chain called Tiff's. The original name of the franchise was Tiffany's, but after a lawsuit by Tiffany & Co., the luxury jeweler, the name was shortened. He hosts Man Caves on the DIY network. He also presents a documentary program called Megamachines on the Discovery Channel and is the spokesperson for an adult diaper in a national advertising campaign.
Siragusa also played a Ukrainian mobster in the movie 25th Hour.[8]
Out of a concern for men with prostate cancer, in 2013 Siragusa began appearing in an ad campaign for Depend for Men, saying, "I decided to go and shoot the commercial and bring a little bit of lightness to [the problem] where guys can talk about it and after I did the commercial you wouldn't believe the response."[9]
Personal life
Siragusa married his wife, Kathy, on April 22, 1995. The two have three children, Samantha Rose, Ava, and Anthony Jr. They currently reside in Florham Park, New Jersey.
- ^ "Siragusa at databasefootball". databasefootball.com. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
- ^ http://www.extremeskins.com/archive/index.php/t-198360.html
- ^ "Tony Siragusa - Watch out for Corey Williams". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ a b The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/keyword/tony-siragusa. Missing or empty
- ^ Super Bowl XXXV
- ^ ESPN - Tony Siragusa Stats, News, Photos - Baltimore Ravens - NFL Football
- ^ Raissman, Bob (2011-12-25). "Siragusa, Johnston talk a good game". Daily News.
- ^ 25th Hour (2002). IMDb The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ^ Zach Wilt, "Tony Siragusa Explains Why He Became The Pitchman For Depends," Baltimore Sports Report, October 17, 2013
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The use of an antimalarial medication may prevent the onset of diabetes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, new Geisinger research shows.
Researchers examined the records of 2,093 Geisinger patients who received treatment for rheumatoid arthritis from 2000 to 2008. The study looked at, among other things, use of the medication hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and the development of new cases of diabetes in these patients.
HCQ was developed to treat malaria but it has also been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, use of HCQ was associated with a 53 percent reduction in the development of new cases of diabetes, the study found.
"Given the relative safety and low cost of this generic drug, HCQ may be useful in preventing diabetes in other high risk groups," said lead study investigator and Geisinger rheumatologist Androniki Bili, MD, MPH.
Researchers don't know how exactly HCQ prevents diabetes onset but it's suspected that HCQ improves glucose tolerance.
Dr. Bili presented the study's findings Monday at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco.
About 23.6 million Americans have diabetes, while 1.3 million have rheumatoid arthritis.
People with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk for diabetes due to more sedentary lifestyle, chronic inflammation and use of steroid medications that can cause weight gain.
"We should revisit HCQ in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis because, in addition to its disease-modifying properties, it might prevent the development of diabetes in this high risk group," Dr. Bili said.
Source: Geisinger Health System


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Lost & Found | Absinthe
Numerous marine researchers have been trying to solve a mystery of the Bermuda Triangle — a set of disappearances in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. A new idea popped up in 2015. Absinthe is the cause. Perhaps, this is the most tempting explanation of some cases of vague reality and human vanishes.


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Mississippi Mud Pie
- Recipe created by FabFood on Feb 15, 2011
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- 1 premade chocolate pie shell (found in the baking aisle)
- 4 cups coffee ice cream, softened (not melted)
- 1 cup fudge topping
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- Spread the softened coffee ice cream into the chocolate pie shell, forming one even layer; pour the fudge topping over top, and spread it out with a rubber spatula, careful not to mix it in; cover with plastic wrap; transfer the pie to the freezer to harden for at least 1hour.
- When it's nearing time to serve, add the heavy cream to the bowl of a stand mixer; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form; fold in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract and beat on medium speed for 30 seconds more.
- Remove the pie from the freezer and spread or pipe the fresh whipped cream on top; sprinkle with chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
- Slice into 8 pieces with a sharp knife and serve immediately.
- Have leftovers? Leftovers can be stored in the freezer.
- Note: Crushed chocolate cookies may be substituted for the mini chocolate chips and walnuts, giving the cake a greater "mud" feel.
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We have a tradition here at Tweedee Productions. Almost every day at about 2:30, a small group of us will walk down to Ground Zero Coffee Shop for an afternoon shot of caffeine. The short walk gives us a chance to talk about things outside of the office. Our conversations range from our families, to the Packers, to the latest Hollywood movies – conversations that usually have nothing to do with work. I appreciate these walks and talks, and realize the benefits they have for the rest of the Tweedee team. Which brings me to my point in a round about way.
I just finished reading an article in the April issue of Inc. Magazine titled The Office Is Dead, Long Live The Office (I know, I'm a little behind in my reading!). For those of you unfamiliar with the magazine, they pride themselves in writing about up and coming companies, industry trends, and various business models that make some companies seem all too cool. So the editorial department at Inc. decided to live out a concept that it would typically write about – the virtual office.
For those of you over 50 (like me), a virtual office or company is one that exists without formal headquarters. Its owners, executives and employees all work in separate locations, many times from home offices. They stay connected via a myriad of cool electronic devices, web cameras and free software. And many of these virtual companies, as reported in the Inc. article, are multi-million dollar virtual companies.
So after working as a virtual office for one month, the Inc. team produced a 10 page article about the pros and cons of virtual companies. Pros and cons like less overhead, more individual freedom, confused family boundaries, more legal costs, and a seemingly cooler work vibe. But what I found most interesting was the effect that the virtual office had on the Inc. staff. Some people loved it – working at home in PJs, working from a coffee shop, coming and going as they pleased. Others not so much – it was easy to become distracted from work, and mostly they felt lonely and disconnected.
That last notion hit home with me and was summed up by the comments from Inc. Magazine photo director Travis Ruse. His reaction made me appreciate what we have here at our non-virtual office. Travis said, "My job really became just about my job. I missed the distractions and surprises that my co-workers bring to the day. Part of working is the social aspect of doing something collaboratively. I missed that very much."
I started Tweedee Productions 12 years ago in a home office. That lasted less than 6 months. I needed a place – an "office" – and much like Travis, the collaboration of working with and bouncing ideas off of my office mates. I would have trouble working in a virtual company today no matter how cool of a trend it continues to be. Here at Tweedee "world headquarters", we have the freedom to set our own hours. We are very generous (by American standards) with vacation time. Yet we all come together at a specific place, at a somewhat specific time and make good video. How much cooler can that be?
Gregg Schieve, CEO and Founder Tweedee Media Inc.


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Drugs designed to prevent organ recipients from rejecting their transplant could be raising the risk of skin cancer according to new report.
Scientists from Cancer Research UK's institute in Hertfordshire say that Azathioprine appears to become entwined with DNA in human cells and can mutate if subjected to ultraviolet A light, which is found in sunlight.
Patients using the drug, which has a number of other side-effects, are now being advised to avoid the sun.
Dr Jane McGregor, who helped compile the research together with colleagues from the Open University, the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry and King's College London, noted that the rate of skin cancer rose dramatically among organ transplant recipients by a factor of up to 250.
"The way our bodies normally hold precancerous lesions in check is lost," she explained to the BBC.
"When azathioprine interacts with UVA light it forms a novel photoproduct which can't be repaired.
"The consequence is that you are very likely to build up a very large bank of mutations.
"It's only in the areas of the body that interact with UVA - the skin - that it will become a problem and potentially carcinogenic."


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More than 2000 years ago, acupuncture was used as the primary treatment for many disorders. Today, a regulated profession, acupuncture has experienced a widespread revival in many parts of the world and is being used extensively as a safe and effective treatment for pain management, migraines, weight loss, hormonal imbalances, stress, sciatica, smoking cessation, and many other conditions too numerous to mention.
Extremely fine needles are inserted painlessly into specific acupuncture points on various meridians running along the surface of the body. The needles are retained for approximately 20-30 minutes and then removed. Treatments are repeated anywhere from 1 to 3 times per week depending on the condition being addressed. Treatments can be administered by a Licensed Acupuncturist or one of our Naturopathic Doctors. Acupuncture is popular among men, women and children and is covered by most health benefit plans.


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Building upon a theme that keeps continuing for some reason, some more stuff has come to light about self distribution that I feel compelled to pass along. We all have to potential to make good movies (and lots have), but the road to obscurity is littered with them, and you have to make people aware of your work to get them to buy it. It's basic supply and demand.
A Big Movie for Free
Variety is reporting that director Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) is planning to make an environmentally themed film called Boomerang. The real news is that he's stealing my idea and releasing it for free distribution. The caveat is the free part comes after costs plus 10% have been recouped. I'm not sure how this will work, but it's interesting to see a big filmmaker moving in this direction.
Distribution Hell
The latest issue of Microfilmmaker magazine has a great article by Mike Flanagan called Self Distribution: Abandon All Hope??? He reiterates what I've been blogging about this week (distributor woes, CustomFlix) as well as adding some very valuable personal experiences. I really like his statement of "if you can secure a nice distribution deal for your indie film, my hat's off to you. But most of us won't." Harsh, but true. Make sure you read all of it.
Creative Commons and the Art of Free
I also took time to re-listen to the interview of Cory Doctorow by Lance Weiler and The Workbook Project. The information given by author Doctorow is really profound, and it's starting to become distribution doctrine for me. This time I picked up the morsel about when you sell your digital file (of your music, movie, book, whatever) don't copy protect it, and make it a format that people can do something with. If people want your thing, they will want it in some kind of universal format, otherwise they'll go to an illegal source where they can get it that way. Wouldn't you rather have them coming to you?
Starting with a business plan before you write one word or shoot one frame is a good idea if you plan to be a filmmaker that makes money. I know that I have yet to implement these plans, but come along with me (or do it yourself) and see how things turn out. The movie world is on the cusp of big changes, and I hope we all can get a nice piece of that yummy pie. And hopefully not worry about paying the rent when we are done.


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Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Some more memories - Nature in the home
I have been consciously taking pleasure in this series of Lou's. For me it is all part of being mindful, seeing and appreciating what is around you; and this little mantra I have been saying to myself recently 'If you look - you will see'.
I always like to bring something living back from the woods, or the garden to the house, I just haven't done it systematically before. Nature in the home has slowly changed that - Come the middle of the week I begin to think..... My eyes found this tiny bottle on a shelf in my room early this morning. My husband secretly bought it for me from a vintage stall in Hawes, on one of our first family holidays. I had seen it earlier in the day and I think I had passed it up because, well I didn't really need it (money was tight) - but he went back and bought it for me as a surprise, he knew I loved it.
It's actually a little peach brandy bottle, in that very pale, dusky blush pink that I love so much.
As it was being remembered so fondly today, the wee vase needed something to show off and these tiny flowers, from a shrub in my rockery were the perfect colour and scale to match it.
{Joining in with Lou's series Nature in the Home}
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hi jo....blush pink...doesn't get much better. I love it when the memory comes flooding back just with a glance. Allison xReplyDelete
I LOVE everything about this arrangement. Pink with pink, makes me happy!ReplyDelete
That's a nice story. No wonder the vase is special to you. Such a beautiful little arrangement. xReplyDelete
What a lovely little vase and posy of blooms ... just perfect ... lovely story too ... Bee xxReplyDelete
- Anonymous11 April 2013 at 02:31
Super story behind the bottle, that is often the reason I cannot throw things away. Great photo, katie xReplyDelete
It's gorgeous - even more so because of the lovely way you came to have it :-) xReplyDelete
Thats lovely - picture, flowers and story!ReplyDelete
The flowers are beautiful, and what lovely sentiment behind the bottle! :)ReplyDelete
love your mantra!ReplyDelete
Lovely pink and lovely story xReplyDelete
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More Yelp 3.0 Location Entry
I posted before about the magic search+location entry I'm working on for Yelp. The general goal is to reduce Yelp's interface to the smallest number of elements possible. The drop-down is very terse, though, and doesn't give you a lot of information.
One of the things I really like about Mallard guide pages is that they present topics to you with more verbose text descriptions. This allows readers to scan titles quickly, while still letting them check the description for assurance before committing to a click. I wanted to bring that to the location dropdown.
Another problem is that the search entries in the dropdown gave no indication of where they're searching. For 3.0, we want to have searches be per-document by default, with a link to search the entire help system instead. This would give you two entries in your history that look exactly alike, but return different search results.
So I played around with using two-line entries in the drop-down. For normal page entries, this is the same title and description you would see if it were on a guide page. For search entries, you see the search terms and where it's searching.
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4 Responses to "More Yelp 3.0 Location Entry"
2010-03-11 at 20:14
I am really glad that you're working on this. The help system has long been one of Gnome's sore points, but at this rate it'll be the best in no time
2010-03-11 at 21:43
Sorry, I don't get it. What is the (conceptual) difference in the two types of drop-down entries ? I read your description and looked at the screenshot and I cannot match up one with the other. Does the "Search…" entry open a special search menu ?
Maybe you'll want a tomboy-like search, where searching an entry globally (possibly in your drop-down, or a search window) and selecting a result opens the page, with the sought-for terms already highlighted. (It could also jump directly to the first occurance, but I think that's not as important as mallard pages are not that long.)
Also, the icon kinda sucks as I don't care about "searching a folder", i just want to search. Showing the document icons is better IMHO.
Keep up the good work, I'm a big fan of all the awesomeness you create, especially around Mallard. I'm actually looking forward to the next time I'll need to write documentation now.
2010-03-15 at 10:54
[…] Yelp, in its yelp-3-0 branch, got a new ocation dropdown, with two-line entries, displaying both title and description. Shaun McCance blogged about this change in More Yelp 3.0 Location Entry. […]


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NEWMARKET — Bill Robinson of Rochester stood in the rain for three hours on Thursday waiting to help set up a traveling monument honoring his father and 58,260 other American soldiers who never returned home from Vietnam.
Robinson — a large man clad in his American Legion Riders motorcycle leathers — was tasked with putting in place the panel of the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall that carries the name of his father who was killed in action on March 28, 1967.
The former Rollinsford resident said he was 6 years old when he learned his father, Joseph, was never coming home from the war.
"You think you're over it, but you never are," said Robinson as he choked back tears.
On Thursday, students lined the driveway area at Newmarket Jr./Sr. High School as dozens of veterans motorcycle club riders escorted the Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall to the athletic fields adjacent to the Newmarket Recreation Center.
The half-size identical replica of the Washington D.C Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be open 24 hours a day until it departs on June 1 and on Thursday it received a somber welcome as dozens converged on Newmarket to mark its arrival.
Robinson, 48, has visited the Washington D.C. memorial and has seen the Moving Wall a number of times, but said Thursday's experience was special.
His father Joseph was a Marine who left for the war in mid-February of 1967 and died just over a month later in a grenade explosion.
"I've always wanted to help and this gives me a chance to remember him," Robinson said before taking a deep breath.
"I'm hoping he knows how proud I am of him and what he sacrificed," Robinson added.
Robinson was the oldest of four children who lived with their mother Carole in Rollinsford when Joseph departed for Vietnam.
He still recalls the day when a casualty officer got in touch with his grandparents through the town's postmaster and they arrived at his home to inform the family that Joseph Robinson had been killed.
Robinson cried as he recalled the family dog's reaction to the knock at the door.
"He went and laid down in the corner ... he knew something was wrong," Robinson said.
Robinson never went to his father's funeral, but said he still keeps a Foster's Daily Democrat clipping showing a photo of his mother at the service as she received a folded American Flag.
The Rochester resident was one of dozens of people who traveled to Newmarket to help assemble a wall that pays tribute to the many who sacrificed their lives in Vietnam.
Gary Dossett, 57, of Newmarket spent three years applying and waiting for a date so the wall could be temporarily displayed in town and on Thursday he realized his goal as the 252-foot-long aluminum wall rolled in on a truck.
He said he was more than a little pleased when the Moving Wall arrived to find students lined up, a school band playing and dozens of veterans group members eager to help assemble it despite the bad weather.
"We had a terrific turnout and the escort was incredible," Dossett said.
Riders escorting the moving monument hailed from all over New Hampshire and Maine with a large contingent coming from motorcycle clubs like the Nam Knights, The Red Knights, The American Legion Riders and the Patriot Guard.
Roy "Piper" Greenleaf, 61, of Gonic rode his Harley Davidson to the event and said he was there to honor all who served in Vietnam including 12 of his fellow Marine "brothers" who are listed on the monument after having been killed in May of 1968.
Greenleaf — the fire chief in Newington — said he was also there to pay tribute to another friend, Andy Marcotte, killed in Vietnam in July of 1967.
Marcotte grew up in Rye and attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School with Greenleaf.
The fire chief still carries Marcotte's dog-tag on his motorcycle.
"He was a good friend," Greenleaf said.
Greenleaf said he didn't mind riding in the rain to give the Moving Wall a fitting arrival.
"It was wet, but it's worth it. There are memories on that wall and people have to remember what happened in Vietnam," Greenleaf said.
Greenleaf rides with the Nam Knights and said many Vietnam veterans remain committed to assuring that troops return with the support they deserve, which he said wasn't the case for many soldiers returning from Vietnam.
Rochelle Sharples of Newmarket is helping to organize volunteers for the Moving Wall's appearance in Newmarket and said she has been amazed at the number of people offering to fill spots to serve in the information booth there.
The wall will be lit at night and will be open to the public 24-hours a day until it is moved to its next location on June 1.
"People have been great ... it seems everyone has a connection to the wall. I had one lady call who lost a friend in Iraq in 2007. She called and is going to pull some early morning hours (volunteering)," Sharples said.
Rick Bach of York, Maine, rode his motorcycle in the escort and said he is more than willing to help volunteer and help people find the names of loved ones on the wall.
"It is an honor for me to do this. I was just hoping I could be a part of it," Bach said.
A moving experience : Tears, reverence for Vietnam wall display in Newmarket
NEWMARKET — Bill Robinson of Rochester stood in the rain for three hours on Thursday waiting to help set up a traveling monument honoring his father and 58,260 other American soldiers who never returned home from Vietnam.


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The art of effective training is maintaining a training load sufficient to produce steady improvement while avoiding the damaging effects of over-training. In my preceding post, I described a test designed to help achieve these goals by assessing improvement in aerobic fitness while providing a sensitive indication of the early signs of over-training. The first key principle in the design of the test was measurement of heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) under various circumstances, thereby assessing multiple aspects the way that the autonomic nervous system regulates the heart, and avoiding dependency on a single potentially erratic measurement. The second design principle was that the test should fit within the framework of a warm-up preceding training, making it practical to perform it frequently within only minor interference with a training program.
At the time I was doing much of my training on the elliptical cross trainer so I designed the first version of the test for use on the elliptical. The protocol started with measurement of HR and HRV while standing in a relaxed state. Then after very brief warm-up to allow initial stabilization of the cardio-vascular system, HR was measured at three different levels of work intensity: easy, mild and moderate; followed by an assessment of heart rate recovery (HRR) during a minute of standing and finally HR was assessed again in the final minute of a short easy-paced recovery. The evidence accumulated during a 10 week period of aerobic base-building indicated that the first version of the test provide a sensitive measure of improved aerobic fitness, while also quantifying stress levels during a period when life-events were challenging, and in addtion it proved also to be a sensitive indicator of impending over-training.
The consistency of beats/Km
More recently I have developed a version of the test for use while running. The structure of the test is similar, but the biggest practical challenge to overcome was that fact that it is less easy to maintain a constant work rate over a period of several minutes when running compared with exercising on an elliptical cross-trainer with a power meter that allows regular monitoring of work-rate. The key thing that provides the solution to this problem is the observation that the number of heart beats per Km changes only slowly with changing effort across the aerobic range. Therefore, absolute stability of pace is not essential if the measurement of interest is heart beats per Km at each work-level. Furthermore, it is not essential to achieve the same pace at each of the three work levels on different occasions. Small discrepancies in pace from session to session have a minimal effect on the measured beats per Km at each level, and larger discrepancies can easily be dealt with by simple correction.
The course
I do not have access to a track, so I developed the test on a 230m loop of woodland path – slightly undulating and laced with treacherous tree roots, but on the other hand, an inspiring environment in which to run. At each of the three work-rates, I do three laps at approximately constant pace. During the first two laps, HR stabilises. Heart rate in the final lap at each level is used to estimate beats/Km at that level. The final lap should cover the same terrain on each occasion, and preferably should be a closed loop so that variations in wind speed from day to day have little effect. If you have access to a track, 2×400 m would probably work as well. The first 400 m lap allows stabilization. Beats/Km in the second lap is the measurement of interest.
Easy, mild and moderate levels
The easy, mild and moderate work levels correspond to 75%, 82% and 88% of maximum heart rate. The highest level (88%) is near the top of the aerobic range. The subjective effort required to maintain this pace increases quite markedly when over-training occurs, so for the purpose of early identification of over-training, it is desirable to have a level as high as this, though 3-4 minutes at this pace is perhaps a little more demanding than an ideal warm-up. Perhaps this level could be omitted on days when you want to perform the test before a demanding training session, though I find the full version of the test works well as a warm up for moderately intense interval sessions. The HR measured during the final lap of the recovery (performed at a subjective effort similar to that of the easy first phase of the test) reveals a substantial increase in beats/Km at that effort, demonstrating substantial mobilization of adrenaline during the test.
Target HR or pace
At least on irregular course, it is more practical to aim for a particular HR than a particular pace, though it is necessary to allow for the fact that it takes a few minutes to reach a near equilibrium state. If you have a foot pod that provides a continuos display of pace, using it to maintain a constant pace might be preferable. Nonetheless, I find that at least at mild and moderate effort levels I can maintain pace such that time per lap is constant to within less than 2% without using the foot pod.
Figure 1 shows the time course of heart rate during the full test.
Figure 2 shows the beats/Km in the final lap at each of the three effort levels on tests performed prior to an interval session in three consecutive weeks of my current phase of training, in which I have introduced interval training after a phase of low intensity, moderately high volume base-building. On all three occasions, subjective effort during the final lap at the third level was either 11 or 12/20. During this time I have not experienced over-training, though past experience indicates that effort level would rise to 14 or 15/20 at this pace during the early phase of over-training.
The amount of improvement over the three weeks is surprising, though it did correspond to a marked improvement in my fitness observed during other sessions in the same weeks. I will describe my current training program in greater detail in a subsequent post. Note that beats/Km decreases gradually as effort level increases. From the slope of the line a correction factor can be estimated if the intensity at any of the levels on a particular occasion is appreciable different from the intended level.
Standing HR, HRV and HRR
The other measurements of interest (standing HR and high frequency HRV during standing at the beginning , and heart rate recovery while standing for one minute after the final lap at the highest intensity level) are performed as in the elliptical version of the test described previously. Interestingly, in the three weeks depicted in figure 2, initial standing HR was 52, 57 and 52 beats/min while the three values of RMSSD (a measure of high frequency HRV that reflects 'restful' parasympathetic activity) were 51, 30 and 57 milliseconds. Thus both standing HR and high frequency HRV indicated reduced parasympathetic activity in the second week, possibly indicative of a somewhat increased stress level. In general, high standing HR and low high frequency HRV provide a sensitive indication of general level of stress. But neither standing HR nor HRV provide a consistent and sensitive measurement of improved fitness because they are too sensitive to various sources of stress.
The interpretation of HRR is complex, though the earliest phase (in the first 30-40 sec) is largely determined by the ability to re-engage the parasympathetic system, which is a good indicator of healthy cardiac regulation. One feature I attend to closely is the development of strong beat to beat variation within 45 sec of stopping running (illustrated as the fuzziness of the trace in figure 1) confirming strong parasympathetic re-engagement. Although I have not experienced an instance of over-training since I began the development of the running version of the test, the preliminary evidence acquired with the elliptical version revealed low HRR during over-training. Furthermore, during the over-trained state, HRR was low despite moderately large high frequency HRV during the initial period of relaxed standing, suggesting that high initial parasympathetic activity but reduced ability to re-engage the parasympathetic system might be a marker for over-training, but this is only a tentative interpretation.