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14 February
St. Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day probably has its origins in the Roman feast of Lupercalia, which was held on February 15. One of the traditions associated with this feast was young men drawing the names of young women whom they would court during the following year–a custom that may have grown into the giving of valentine's cards. Another legend associated with Valentine's Day was the martyrdom of the Christian priest St. Valentine on February 14. The Roman emperor believed that men would remain soldiers longer if they were not married, but Valentine earned the wrath of the emperor by secretly marrying young couples. The first American publisher of valentines was printer and artist Esther Howland, who sold elaborate handmade cards for as much as $35 at the end of the 19th century. Complex and beautiful machine-made cards brought the custom of valentine exchanging within the reach of many Americans.
1645 – Robert Ingle, commissioned by the English Parliament and captain of the tobacco ship Reformation, sailed to St. Mary's (Maryland) and seized a Dutch trading ship. This marked the beginning of what came to known as "The Plundering Time."
1688 – The Carolina colonial assembly denies the power of the Lords Proprietor, agents of the King, to invalidate the Fundamental Constitutions of 1669.
1778 – The American ship Ranger carried the recently adopted Star and Stripes to a foreign port for the first time as it arrived in France. The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
1779 – American Loyalists are defeated by Patriots at Kettle Creek, Ga. Colonel James Boyd and 700 loyalists set up camp along Kettle Creek on February 14, 1779, they knew to be prepared for an attack. Only a couple of days before, on February 11, 100 Patriots attacked them while crossing Van(n)'s Creek in spite of being outnumbered. Things were not going well for these Loyalists. Boyd expected additional men to assist in a strike against the Patriots. The skirmish at Vann's Creek had alerted Colonels John Dooly and Andrew Pickens to the Loyalist's presence in Wilkes County. As was the custom, the Loyalist sent scavengers out to find food. About 150 men were out searching for food when Pickens attacked with a combined total of 340 men in three columns, Col. Dooly on the right, Pickens in the middle and Elijah Clark, Dooly's second in command on the left. A small advance guard was sent in front of the columns to scout the enemy. Col. Pickens scouts were surprised by Boyd's Loyalist sentries and opened fire. Alerted to the attack by the sound of gunfire, Boyd rallied his men and advanced with a small group to the top of a nearby hill, where they wait behind rocks and fallen trees for the Patriots. To the left and right the men under command of Dooly and Clarke had problems crossing the high water of the creek and nearby swamps. Pickens continued his advance to the fence on top of the hill, where Boyd's men awaited the advancing Americans. On the approach of Pickens, the Loyalists opened fire. Men at the lead of the column fell victim to the first rounds. Clarke and Dooly, unable to advance quickly through the cane, were helpless. By all accounts, outnumbered and caught by surprise, the Patriots were losing the battle. After the successful ambush, Boyd ordered his men to retreat to the camp by Kettle Creek. In one of those events frequently labeled as fate, Boyd fell to the ground, dying from a musket ball. Seeing this, his troops paniced and an orderly withdrawal turned into a nightmare for the 600 men under his command. Pickens rallied and advanced his men towards the Loyalist camp. At the same time Dooly's men emerged from the swamp. Surrounded on three fronts, with the creek to their back, about 450 Tories followed Boyd's second in command, Major Spurgen, across Kettle Creek. While they were crossing the creek, Lt. Col Elijah Clarke emerged on the other side and charged with 50 men. The Loyalists fled, soundly defeated. Total losses: Loyalists 40-70 dead, 70 captured, Patriots 9 dead, 23 wounded. The men who fled the battlefield eventually made their way back to Wrightsville, although some were captured and hung later that year. Pickens, who became famous for his many battles in the Revolution would later write that Kettle Creek was the "severest chastisement" for the Loyalists in South Carolina and Georgia. Dooly was later brutally murdered by British Regulars.
1813 – Essex becomes first U.S. warship to round Cape Horn and enter the Pacific Ocean.
1814 – USS Constitution captures British Lovely Ann and Pictou.
1824 – Winfield Scott Hancock (d.1886), Major General (Union volunteers), was born.
1840 – Officers from USS Vincennes make first landing in Antarctica on floating ice.
1846 – James Polk became the first U.S. President to be photographed in office. President Polk and his cabinet assembled in the White House Dining Room—Thomas Jefferson's old office—and sat for a formal portrait by John Plumbe, Jr., the first photograph of a president and his advisers and the first photograph known to have been taken inside the White House.
1855 – Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
1859 – Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state. Oregon's area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before traders, explorers, and settlers arrived. An autonomous government was formed in Oregon Country in 1843, Oregon Territory was created in 1848.
1862 – Galena, the 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, was launched in Conn.
1862 – Gunboats U.S.S. St. Louis, Carondelet, Louisville, Pittsburg, Tyler, and Conestoga under Flag Officer Foote joined with General Grant in attacking Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River. Donelson, on high ground, could subject the gunboats to a plunging fire and was a more difficult objective than Fort Henry. Foote did not consider the gunboats properly prepared for the assault on Donelson so soon after the heavy action at Fort Henry; nevertheless, at the "urgent request" of both Grant and General Halleck to reduce the fortifications, Foote moved against the Confederate works. Bitter fire at close range opened on both sides. St. Louis, the flagship, was hit fifty-nine times and lost steering control, as did Louisville. Both disabled vessels drifted down stream; the gunboat attack was broken off. Flag Officer Foote sustained injuries which forced him to give up command three months later.
1864 – Union General William T. Sherman enters Meridian, Mississippi, during a winter campaign that served as a precursor to Sherman's "March to the Sea." This often-overlooked campaign was the first attempt by the Union at total warfare, a strike aimed not just at military objectives but also at the will of the southern people. Sherman launched the campaign from Vicksburg, Mississippi, with the goal of destroying the rail center at Meridian and clearing central Mississippi of Confederate resistance. Sherman believed this would free additional Federal troops that he hoped to use on his planned campaign against Atlanta, Georgia, in the following months. Sherman led 25,000 troops east from Vicksburg and ordered another 7,000 under General William Sooy Smith to march southeast from Memphis, Tennessee. They planned to meet at Meridian in eastern Mississippi. The Confederates had few troops with which to stop Sherman. General Leonidas Polk had less than 10,000 men to defend the state. Polk retreated from the capital at Jackson as Sherman approached, and some scattered cavalry units could not impede the Yankees' progress. Polk tried to block the roads to Meridian so the Confederates could move as many supplies as possible from the city's warehouses, but Sherman pushed into the city on February 14 in the middle of a torrential rain. After capturing Meridian, Sherman began to destroy the railroad and storage facilities while he waited for the arrival of Smith. Sherman later wrote: "For five days, 10,000 men worked hard and with a will in that work of destruction…Meridian, with its depots, storehouses, arsenals, hospitals, offices, hotels, and cantonments no longer exists." Sherman waited until February 20 for Smith to arrive, but Smith never reached Meridian. On February 21, Confederate troops under General Nathan Bedford Forrest waylaid Smith at West Point, Mississippi, and dealt the Federals a resounding defeat. Smith returned to Memphis, and Sherman turned back towards Vicksburg. Ultimately, Sherman failed to clear Mississippi of Rebels, and the Confederates repaired the rail lines within a month. Sherman did learn how to live off the land, however, and took notes on how to strike a blow against the civilian population of the South. He used that knowledge with devastating results in Georgia later that year.
1891 – William Tecumseh Sherman (b.1820), Union Civil War general, died. His famous "March to the Sea" changed the face of modern warfare. "Vox populi, vox humbug." (The voice of the people is the voice of humbug).
1899 – Congress approved, and President McKinley signed, legislation authorizing states to use voting machines for federal elections.
1903 –An Act of Congress (31 Stat. L., 826, 827) that created the Department of Commerce and Labor provided for the transfer of the Lighthouse Service from the Treasury Department. This allowed the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to succeed to the authority vested in the Secretary of the Treasury under the existing legislation.
1912 – Arizona became the 48th state of the Union. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union. It was previously part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain before being passed down to independent Mexico and later ceded to the United States after the Mexican–American War. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
1912 – The 1st US submarine, the USS E-1, with diesel engines were commissioned at Groton, Ct. USS E-1 (SS-24) was an E-class submarine of the United States Navy. Originally named Skipjack, the boat was launched on 27 May 1911 by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. D. R. Battles; renamed E-1 on 17 November 1911, Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz in command.
1939 – The Reich launched the battleship Bismarck.
1940 – The British government announces that all British merchant ships in the North Sea will be armed. In addition, it will allow British citizens to volunteer for the Finnish Foreign Legion.
1942 – This Is War, a 13-week anti-fascist radio series, debuted in the midst of World War II. The only radio series to air on all four networks-ABC, NBC, CBS, and Mutual- the show featured such Hollywood stars as James Stewart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Tyrone Power in shows that promoted the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
1943 – German General Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps launch an offensive against an Allied defensive line in Tunisia, North Africa. The Kasserine Pass was the site of the United States' first major battle defeat of the war. General Erwin Rommel was dispatched to North Africa in February 1942, along with the new Afrika Korps, to prevent his Italian Axis partner from losing its territorial gains in the region to the British. Despite his skill, until this point Rommel had been unable to do much more than manage his own forces' retreats, but the Battle of Kasserine Pass would finally display the "Desert Fox's" strategic genius. In the Battle of El Alamein in August 1942, British General Bernard Montgomery pushed Rommel out of Egypt and into Tunisia, behind the Mareth Line, a defensive fortification built by Vichy French forces. After taking several months to regroup, Rommel decided on a bold move. Rommel set his sites on Tunis, Tunisia's capital and a key strategic goal for both Allied and Axis forces. Rommel determined that the weakest point in the Allied defensive line was at the Kasserine Pass, a 2-mile-wide gap in Tunisia's Dorsal Mountains, which was defended by American troops. His first strike was repulsed, but with tank reinforcements, Rommel broke through on February 20, inflicting devastating casualties on the U.S. forces. The Americans withdrew from their position, leaving behind most of their equipment. More than 1,000 American soldiers were killed by Rommel's offensive, and hundreds were taken prisoner.
1944 – American and New Zealand forces land on the Green Islands.
1945 – 521 American heavy bombers flew daylight raids over Dresden, Germany following the British assault. The firestorm killed an estimated 135,000 people. At least 35,000 died and some people place the toll closer to 70,000. The novel "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut was set in Dresden during the firebombing where he was being held as a prisoner of war. US B-17 bombers dropped 771 more tons on Dresden while P-51 Mustang fighters strafed roads packed with soldiers and civilians fleeing the burning city.
1945 – American USAAF B-24 and B-29 bombers raid Iwo Jima in preparation for the landings later in the month. They drop a daily average of 450 tons of bombs over the course of 15 days (6800 tons).
1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard the USS Quincy, officially beginning U.S.-Saudi diplomatic relations.
1949 – The United States charged the USSR with interning up to 14 million in labor camps.
1951 – Operation ROUNDUP officially concluded and the 30-day battle of Wonju began as the 2nd Infantry Division repelled repeated attacks from seven Chinese divisions.
1953 – U.S. Air Force Colonel Royal N. "The King" Baker, 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, downed his tenth enemy aircraft and became the third double ace of the war. (An ace has five enemy kills.) His F-86 Sabre was called "Angel Face & the Babes."
1962 – President John F. Kennedy authorizes U.S. military advisors in Vietnam to return fire if fired upon. At a news conference, he said, "The training missions we have [in South Vietnam] have been instructed that if they are fired upon, they are of course to fire back, but we have not sent combat troops in [the] generally understood sense of the word." In effect, Kennedy was acknowledging that U.S. forces were involved in the fighting, but he wished to downplay any appearance of increased American involvement in the war. The next day former Vice President Nixon expressed hopes that President Kennedy would "step up the build-up and under no circumstances curtail it because of possible criticism."
1971 – Richard Nixon installed a secret taping system in White House.
1973 – U.S. and Hanoi set up a group to channel reconstruction aid directly to Hanoi. In 1972 the U.S. had begun to "de-Americanize" the Vietnam war. It was a policy of gradual withdrawal.
1978 – The 1st "micro on a chip" was patented by Texas Instruments.
1979 – Adolph Dubs, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped in Kabul by Muslim extremists and killed in a shootout between his abductors and police.
1979 – Armed guerrillas attacked the U.S. embassy in Tehran.
1989 – At a meeting of the presidents of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador, the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua agrees to free a number of political prisoners and hold free elections within a year; in return, Honduras promises to close bases being used by anti-Sandinista rebels. Within a year, elections in Nicaragua resulted in the defeat of the Sandinistas, removing what officials during the administration of President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) referred to as a "beachhead of communism" in the Western Hemisphere. Nicaragua had been a Cold War battlefield ever since the Sandinista regime came to power in 1979, following the overthrow of long-time dictator Anastacio Somoza. Almost immediately, U.S. officials criticized the new government, claiming that it was leftist-possibly Marxist-in its orientation. As relations between the United States and Nicaragua worsened, and Nicaragua moved toward a closer relationship with the communist bloc, the Reagan administration took action to bring down the Sandinista government. The foundation of this effort was economic and military aid totaling nearly one billion dollars by 1988 to the so-called Contras-anti-Sandinista rebels operating from Honduras and Costa Rica. By the late 1980s, concerns about regional stability and the widening Contra war effort spurred other Central American governments to work toward a solution to the Nicaraguan conflict. The February 1989 agreement was the culmination of that work, with Nicaragua promising free elections within a year in exchange for Honduran promises to close the Contra bases within its borders. Contra leaders were quick to criticize the agreement, but it was obvious that their days were numbered. The Sandinista government declared that the agreement symbolized the failure of the U.S. effort to bring it down through force. Officials of the new administration of President George Bush in the United States adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards events in the region. Ronald Reagan and other officials who served during his tenure, however, were quick to take credit for the outcome of the meeting-despite the fact that they had not participated in it. They claimed that the U.S. pressure during the previous eight years, particularly support of the Contras, had forced the Sandinistas to agree to elections. When the Sandinistas-who were heavily favored to win the election–went down to a shocking electoral defeat in February 1990, Reaganites claimed total victory.
1990 – Space probe Voyager 1 took photographs of entire solar system.
1991 – The Iraqi weapons depot at Ukhaydir was bombed. Iraqi authorities revealed to US authorities in 1996 that the site stored hundreds of rockets filled with mustard gas and nerve gas.
1998 – Authorities officially declared Eric Rudolph a suspect in the bombing of a Birmingham, Ala., abortion clinic and offered a $100,000 reward.
1999 – John D. Ehrlichman, President Nixon's domestic affairs adviser imprisoned for his role in the Watergate cover-up that ultimately led to Nixon's resignation, died in Atlanta at age 73. He wrote at least 4 novels and the memoir "Witness to Power: The Nixon Years."
1999 – Iraq threatened Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with missile attacks for permitting US warplanes to fly from their countries.
1999 – In Rambouillet, France, Madeline Albright brought together the Serb and Albanian sides in the Kosovo peace talks and the talks were extended one week. The plan for a 3-year interim settlement included a NATO force of some 25,000 troops, who would collect the weapons of the Albanian rebels. In the plan the KLA was given 120 days to surrender its arms.
2000 – The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft began its orbit around the asteroid Eros.
2002 – In Kabul, Afghanistan, Abdul Rahman, the Air Transportation Minister, was reported killed by a mob of Muslim pilgrims at Kabul Airport seeking transport to Mecca. Hamid Karzai later said senior officials were responsible and blamed the killing on a personal vendetta. Gen. Tawhidi and Gen. Beg were among the accused. Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah later said the attack was not premeditated.
2002 – In the Netherlands Slobodan Milosevic spoke on his own behalf on the 3rd day of his trial. He denied all blame for a decade of carnage in the Balkans and displayed pictures of victims of NATO air raids. Milosevic justified his actions as a "struggle against terrorism" and said he was a victim of twisted facts and "terrible fabrication."
2002 – Palestinian Abu Zubaydah (30) was identified as the new chief of operations for al Qaeda and was believed to be organizing al Qaeda remnants for new attacks against the US.
2003 – Major powers rebuffed the United States in the U.N. Security Council and insisted on more time for weapons inspections in Iraq. Earlier, chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix told the Council his teams had not found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq but also stating that Iraq has still failed to fully cooperate.
2005 – President Bush asked Congress for an estimated $82 billion in additional funds to cover the costs of continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
2007 – Operation Imposing Law, also known as Operation Law and Order, Operation Fardh al-Qanoon or Baghdad Security Plan(BSP), a joint Coalition-Iraqi security plan conducted throughout Baghdad, begins. Under the Surge plan developed in late 2006, Baghdad was to be divided into nine zones, with Iraqi and American soldiers working side-by-side to clear each sector of Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents and establish Joint Security Stations so that reconstruction programs could begin in safety. The U.S. military commander in Iraq, David Petraeus, went so far as to say Iraq would be "doomed" if this plan failed. Numerous members of Congress stated the plan was a critical period for the U.S. presence in Iraq.
Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken this Day
Rank and organization: Signal Quartermaster, U.S. Navy. Born: 1835, Scotland. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. G.O. No.: 17, 10 July 1863. Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Carondelet at the reduction of Forts Henry and Donelson, 6 and 14 February 1862 and other actions. Carrying out his duties as signal quartermaster and captain of the rifled bow gun, S/Q.M. Arther was conspicuous for valor and devotion, serving most faithfully, effectively and valiantly.
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army. Place and date: Apache Pass, Ariz., 13-14 February 1861. Entered service at: New York. Born: 24 June 1830, Ireland. Date of issue: 24 January 1894. Citation: Voluntarily took command of troops and attacked and defeated hostile Indians he met on the way. Surgeon Irwin volunteered to go to the rescue of 2d Lt. George N. Bascom, 7th Infantry, who with 60 men was trapped by Chiricahua Apaches under Cochise. Irwin and 14 men, not having horses began the 100-mile march riding mules. After fighting and capturing Indians, recovering stolen horses and cattle, he reached Bascom's column and help break his siege.
Rank and organization: Chief Watertender, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Hopkins. Place and date: Aboard U.S.S. Hopkins, 14 February 1910. Entered service at: Nashville, Tenn. Birth: Tennessee. Citation: While serving on board the U.S.S. Hopkins, Bonney displayed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of the accident to one of the boilers of that vessel, 14 February 1910.
Rank and organization: Watertender, U.S. Navy. Born: 6 May 1883, Foxport, Ky. Accredited to: Kentucky. G.O. No.: 59, 23 March 1910. Citation: On board the U.S.S. Hopkins for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession on the occasion of the accident to one of the boilers of that vessel, 14 February 1910.
Rank and organization: Watertender First Class, U.S. Naval Reserve. Born: 12 July 1920, Hebron, 111. Accredited to. Illinois. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving on board the U.S.S. Fletcher during action against enemy Japanese forces off Corregidor Island in the Philippines, 14 February 1945. Standing topside when an enemy shell struck the Fletcher, Bigelow, acting instantly as the deadly projectile exploded into fragments which penetrated the No. 1 gun magazine and set fire to several powder cases, picked up a pair of fire extinguishers and rushed below in a resolute attempt to quell the raging flames. Refusing to waste the precious time required to don rescue-breathing apparatus, he plunged through the blinding smoke billowing out of the magazine hatch and dropped into the blazing compartment. Despite the acrid, burning powder smoke which seared his lungs with every agonizing breath, he worked rapidly and with instinctive sureness and succeeded in quickly extinguishing the fires and in cooling the cases and bulkheads, thereby preventing further damage to the stricken ship. Although he succumbed to his injuries on the following day, Bigelow, by his dauntless valor, unfaltering skill and prompt action in the critical emergency, had averted a magazine explosion which undoubtedly would have left his ship wallowing at the mercy of the furiously pounding Japanese guns on Corregidor, and his heroic spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of almost certain death enhanced and sustained the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the service of his country.
Rank and organization: Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, Company M, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Chipyong-ni, Korea, 14 February 1951. Entered service at: Bellwood, Pa. Birth: Bellwood, Pa. G.O. No.: 20, 1 February 1952. Citation: Sfc. Sitman distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against an armed enemy of the United Nations. Sfc. Sitman, a machine gun section leader of Company M, was attached to Company I, under attack by a numerically superior hostile force. During the encounter when an enemy grenade knocked out his machine gun, a squad from Company I, immediately emplaced a light machine gun and Sfc. Sitman and his men remained to provide security for the crew. In the ensuing action, the enemy lobbed a grenade into the position and Sfc. Sitman, fully aware of the odds against him, selflessly threw himself on it, absorbing the full force of the explosion with his body. Although mortally wounded in this fearless display of valor, his intrepid act saved 5 men from death or serious injury, and enabled them to continue inflicting withering fire on the ruthless foe throughout the attack. Sfc. Sitman's noble self-sacrifice and consummate devotion to duty reflect lasting glory on himself and uphold the honored traditions of the military service.


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by Dea Castrejon
To me, chocolate chip cookies are an American classic! I think it is very important to have a great chocolate chip recipe in your bag of baking tricks. I am sharing my chocolate chip recipe with you, but I am sure you can guess at this point that I have added our not so secret ingredient of granola. Give these cookies a try…I guarantee you will want more than one!
1 1/4 cups flour
1 cup All Natural Honey Pecan Granola
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), room temperature
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup chocolate chips
Begin by preheating oven to 375ºF. In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.
Next, cream together the granulated sugar and brown sugar with the butter. Add the egg and beat until smooth (about 2 minutes).
Mix together the flour and butter-sugar mixture. Lastly, fold in the granola and the chocolate chips.
I like to make big cookies, so grab a large chunk of dough and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet or baking stone.
Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until the edges start to turn in color. This will dish out firm but gooey-on-the-inside cookies! Enjoy with a cold glass of milk!

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When thinking about common blogging mistakes you may ponder the traditional boo-boos: spamming your readers with thin posts, not building an email list and doing no market research before you start blogging.
All are grave errors but I wanted to knife into a few trickier mistakes that may trip you up without you even knowing it.
Note; I have personally made all these mistakes over the course of months or…..gasp…..years. I'm semi-embarrassed to say I still have a few mental blocks in some of these areas but I'm getting there. I've also been circling the globe through my blogging efforts for the past 5 years so I'm doing enough smart things blogging-wise to create a pretty neat lifestyle for myself.
These mistakes are insidious. Sneaky. Deceiving. Like the false promise of looking outside here in Cyprus and seeing a windy day; you think it's cool and breezy but the desert-like, sauna-type environment slaps you in the face with reality when you step outside. The cool breezes were an illusion. Blowing heat is the reality. Just like when you appear to be avoiding these blogging mistakes but reality tells another story.
Blogging For Daily Profits to Make Ends Meet
A certain group of bloggers takes a "meal ticket" approach to blogging. Instead of thinking long term they focus on trying to squeeze $5 out of today. Then $3.50 out of tomorrow. If they get enough money to eat they can worry about rent near the end of the month. The only thing that matters is making your meal money today. Then tomorrow.
This crowd fails to see that if you're driven by trying to make a pittance each day you'll do silly stuff which leads to extended failure and misery online. Someone who gives off this desperate energy will repel the successful ideas and successful folks who can take them up 5 or 10 or 50 levels quickly.
Practical tip: develop a long range vision. Set long term goals. Don't make blogging your meal ticket. Make your blog a vehicle through which you can create a freeing, fun lifestyle. I've lived in places I barely knew existed 8 years ago because even amidst my countless blogging mistakes I still had a long term vision in place. Said vision helped me connect with hyper successful bloggers like Zac who expanded my reach by leaps and bounds.
Trying to Build Your Blog Only through Your Owned Online Real Estate
Trying to build your blog by focusing 100% on your blog alone is like trying to scream out loud after you've lost your tongue. Nobody will hear you. Yet legions of well-intentioned bloggers believe that ignoring guest posting and blog commenting and social media marketing is the smart way to go.
I learned this lesson the hard way. To the tune of year's worth of struggle, heartache and misery. I was an idiot because I felt publishing a cyber-diary would net me a fortune. But nobody else was reading my cyber diary. Only me.
Eventually, I discovered that blogger outreach is 1/2 of the blogging success equation.
Create Content on Your Blog + Make Friends with Successful Bloggers through Social Media, Blog Commenting and Guest Posting = Successful Blogging
Comment on relevant, high profile blogs. Guest post on relevant, high profile blogs. Promote top shelf bloggers. Link to your buddies' blogs on your blog. Be generous.
After linking in to a few super successful bloggers through my latest blog post I noted tweets from pros like Zac and John Lee Dumas. Give freely and get boosts from heavy blogging hitters.
Not Meeting Other Bloggers in Person (When You Have the Chance to Do So)
I met Zac a few months back when I was home in NJ and blogged about it here:
3 Blogging Lessons I Learned from Having Lunch with Zac Johnson
Something special happens when you meet a fellow blogger in person. Something clicks. You build a stronger bond.
Yet countless bloggers avoid "in person" meets through individual sessions or group meet ups by making excuses. Big time mistake. Because you're skipping the chance to build a strong friendship and powerful emotional bond with a fellow blogger. Said powerful bonds can take you to greater heights through your mastermind session and hey, you become that much more memorable when you meet a fellow blogger in person because they become more human to you.
I've also met blogging buddies in Nepal, India and Thailand during my journeys. So much fun!
Being Driven Primarily by Vanity Metrics Versus Helping Folks
Do you recall the Alexa craze from a few years ago? How about bloggers who drank the Page Rank Punch? Wow. Have those vanity metrics ever faded into the sunset.
A shockingly high number of bloggers devote a ridiculously significant portion of their energies to *getting* (stats, metrics, comparisons, rankings, etc) versus *giving.* Naturally, these stats-obsessed bloggers usually fail to make an impact because you can't devote most of your energy to outcomes and also write super helpful, thorough blog posts, guest posts and comments.
Here's your prescription, stat sick bloggers: give, help, and give some more. Hop onto a G Plus blogging community. Share a valuable blogging tip. Ask if your twitter followers need blogging help. Follow up on their questions. Get so busy with helping people that you care less and less about metrics. You can still use vanity metrics as a light benchmark without getting obsessed over 'em.
Do any of these common blogging mistakes haunt you? Which ones?
What are you doing to correct these mistakes?


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Queen Victoria – Empress of India
Born on May 24 1819 Alexandrina Victoria was the only child of the fourth son of King George III: Edward, duke of Kent. Her mother was Victoria Maria Louisa of Saxe-Coburg, sister of King Leopold of the Belgians.
About Queen Victoria
Victoria became heiress-apparent of the British crown on the death of her uncle George IV, and when her uncle William IV died childless in 1837, she became Queen of Great Britain. She was crowned the next year. Her Era was the longest of all in the Royal History of Great Britain. She tested the limits of her royal powers when the government of Lord Melbourne, the Whig who had been her mentor, fell the next year. She refused to follow precedent and dismiss her ladies of the bedchamber so that the Tory government could replace them. Her refusal brought back the Whigs until 1841. The Queen's first language was German. German was the language of her mother and governess. She also spoke English, French and Hindustani.
Marriage: She'd met her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, when they were both seventeen. When they were twenty, he returned to England, and Victoria, in love with him, proposed marriage. They were married on February 10, 1840.Their first child, a daughter, was born in November 1840, and the Prince of Wales, Edward, in 1841. Three more sons and four more daughters followed. Victoria had traditional views on the role of the wife and mother, and though she was Queen and Albert was Prince Consort, he shared government responsibilities at least equally.
Indian Attraction: After the victory of British East India Company in the Revolt of 1857, She got the title of Empress of India which later on became the most popular title of Victorian Era. She was the first to use the title Empress of India. Queen Victoria had an affinity with India and all things Indian. This was probably why she took an instant liking to an Indian manservant Munshi Hafiz Abdul Karim. Abdul Karim was from the Taj Mahal city Agra and had come to Victoria as a gift on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of her reign in 1887. He was to serve the queen as a waiter but soon this personable young man of 24. with suave manners became her special favorite. Victoria and Abdul Karim often talked in Urdu, foiling the attempts of those who would very much have liked to eavesdrop on what was going on between them. With the change in his status, came the change in Abdul Karim's residence. The Queen moved him from the servants quarters, giving him cottages in the ground of royal palaces at Balmoral, Windsor and Osborne House. She assisted him in bringing his family to Britain where they lived at the royal expense. In 1878 Victoria had founded the Order of Indian Empire to honor people of outstanding merit who had served in India.
Widowhood: Death of Prince Albert in 1861 devastated her; her prolonged mourning lost her much popularity. Eventually coming out of seclusion, she maintained an active role in government until her death in 1901. Her reign was marked by waxing and waning popularity — and suspicions that she preferred the Germans a bit too much always diminished her popularity somewhat. By the time she had assumed the throne, the British monarchy was more figurehead and influence than it was a direct power in the government, and her long reign did little to change that.
Death: It was a winter time in Great Britain & every one was enjoying the first month of the New Year of 1901 when the entire British Empire was fallen into mourning & was paying homage to the Great Queen Victoria. On Tuesday 22nd January 1901 at 6:30pm at the age of 81 when the dusk was falling on the sky The angels of death were busy taking the soul of the Empress of India leading to an end of a Victorian Era & the rule of House of Hanover in the UK.The Queen was suffering from Rheumatism in her legs which had rendered her lame and her eyesight was bearing the shades of cataract. She was laid to rest in peace near the grave of her beloved husband Price Albert in Frogmore Mausoleum at Windsor Great Park . Her Funeral was the only White Funeral where everyone was dressed in whites as requested by her.
Assassination Attempts: Five attempts were made to assassinate Queen Victoria during here lifetime which she survived with no serious injuries.
Legacy: Herself written Letters, Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands and More Leaves. Biographies of Victoria: Lytton Strachey's Queen Victoria, are now considered out of date.The biographies written by Elizabeth Longford and Cecil Woodham-Smith, in 1964 and 1972 respectively, are still widely admired. Victoria Memorial in Calcutta – India, Victoria Memorial – London, State of Victoria in Australia & Victoria Waterfalls in Africa are named after her.
Children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert:
- Victoria: Princess Royal, married Frederick III of Germany and mother to Kaiser Wilhelm
- Albert Edward: Prince of Wales, later king as Edward VII
- Alice: married the Duke of Hesse
- Alfred: Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Helena: married Prince Kristian of Schleswig-Holstein
- Louise: married the Marquis of Lorne
- Arthur: Duke of Connaught
- Leopold: Duke of Albany
- Beatrice: married Prince Henry of Battenber
Also read about Victoria's Life with Prince Albert in our blog on Prince Albert


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Faces being cut off victims and Bruce Wayne being haunted by a deathly Batman in his dreams. That's what fans of DC's Caped Crusader will get if they pick up Batman: Death Mask, a new anime miniseries that doubles as the American comics debut of acclaimed Japanese creator Yoshinori Natsume, if the just-released preview pages are anything to go by.
The four issue series - the first issue of which is due in stores on April 9th - brings a serial killer with connections to Bruce Wayne's Japanese training to become Batman to Gotham City, as well as bringing Togari and Kurozakuro creator Natsume (who's also worked on Konami's Metal Gear Solid games) to an American audience sure to shun him because he doesn't draw like Jim Lee.
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sponsoring a bill to remove the last-in, first-out law that regulates layoffs.
It's no coincidence that this is happening now, in the era of Bloomberg, Rhee, and Obama. One of Obama's promises to the NEA was, "I'll do it with ya, not to ya." Those words, however, have proven to be as empty as those of "change" and "hope."
For those of us who've been around the block once or twice, the "change" will be having no more job. And the "hope" will be that we're not overqualified for that gig at Taco Bell.
This is a time for us to stand tall, because we cannot tolerate this. The middle class is under attack, and the very best place in which to stick a knife is to teachers, the last bastion of vibrant unionism in this country.
Call your state senator, and call your assembly person. Tell them that you believe teachers are important. Tell them you don't want to rely on the good graces of Michael Bloomberg and Joel Klein to keep your jobs. You don't have to tell them you've seen no evidence of good graces from Tweed, but if you think that will punch up your message, tell them that too.
This is national idiocy. People all over have tough times, and think if they screw things up for teachers, they will somehow be better off. If Americans were smart, they'd march to Albany with torches and pitchforks, demanding they, too, have unions and job protections--just like the teachers do.
That's what Americans need. Let's not allow Wal-Mart to dictate how we run education, or how we compensate our working people.
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I wrote a line in my journal on May 22, 2014, not yet a month after Pam had been re-diagnosed, followed by a question mark, because I am uncomfortable with answers: "Life is the further abbreviation of abbreviations."
"act of shortening; a shortened thing,"
from Middle French
But if life extends beyond living, perhaps this further abbreviation has a semblance of form, as well, a word that can define it, make sense, for I'm only uncomfortable with answers because I need them.
A contraction is made by elision
of certain letters or syllables
from the body of a word
but still indicates its full form
(as fwd. for forward; rec'd. for received).
What hides in contraction is the body, the full life lived, what follows is the stuff this lexicon is made of: memory, grief, desire.


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Science fiction is science fiction, no matter what form it takes. Good science fiction is good no matter whether you see it, read it, or play it. Even if they're not gamers, sci-fi fans everywhere can appreciate a good story—no matter how it's packaged and presented.
I happen to be a gamer. (Hey, did you hear that? That was Stephen King clucking his tongue.) While I do enjoy the mindless entertainment that many a story-less game has brought me (*cough cough* Bulletstorm *cough cough*), I find I have much more fun with a controller in my hands when I'm intellectually and emotionally engaged with what's going on onscreen.
So, my fellow sci-fi lovers/gamers, I present to you my personal list of the five video games I've played that had amazing stories.
But before we do that…
Needless to say, there are some massive spoilers ahead, so if you're a gamer and you don't want your day ruined, I suggest you quit now while you're behind.
1. Horizon Zero Dawn
I couldn't figure out what the heck was going on with this game when I started. The setting looks like the Ice Age, with huge snow-capped mountains, lush old-growth forests, and primitive tribes with their hair in dreadlocks and their faces daubed with purple paint.
Then I noticed all the giant robots walking around and thought, Huh?
You are Aloy. She's an orphan, banished by her tribe, the Nora, for some mysterious crime. She's brought up by Rosh, another exile. Rosh teaches her to hunt, to gather medicinal herbs, and to take down the giant, ferocious machines that roam this strange wilderness. Aloy is desperate to know who she is, who her mother was, and why her tribe exiled her. The journey will take her far from her homeland, into foreign lands and kingdoms, and up against strange new machines. Players will eventually realize that the mountains, deserts, and wastelands Aloy crosses are in fact part of the former American West (Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming)—the post-apocalyptic United States. It's a fascinating journey into a freshly imagined apocalypse, as seen through the eyes of a primitive tribeswoman a thousand years after the fact. The story is tight, the plot is action-packed, the characters are real and believable, and Aloy's transformation from a sheltered back-country huntress to a street-smart, world-beating badass is a joy to watch (and play!).
2. Half-Life 2
"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world, so…wake up, Dr. Freeman. Wake up and…smell the ashes…"
—the G-Man
You are Dr. Freeman, physicist and all-around badass who barely escaped the Black Mesa research facility after a scientific experiment went horribly wrong and a portal opened to another dimension and a bunch of vicious aliens got into our world and started wreaking havoc. Humanity has been subjugated by an alien race known as the Combine, and the entire planet is now some dystopian, 1984-ish nightmare. The Combine have practically drained the oceans, have built "Air Exchangers" to swap out our life-giving atmosphere for their own, have turned a large population of the human race into mindless zombie homunculi, and oppress the rest so well that even Josef Stalin would be appalled. You are pulled out of a slow-time envelope by the mysterious "G-Man" and suddenly find yourself on Earth, in "City 17," somewhere in Eastern Europe, decades after the Black Mesa incident. In a couple of minutes, you're arrested, rescued, get a crowbar and your signature HEV suit, and are now responsible for fomenting a revolution and saving the world from an army of bio-mechanical alien monsters. Good luck with that.
Now, I didn't say the story had to have a good ending, did I? Despite the fact that RAGE was an obvious beta rushed into production, and the game doesn't so much end as fizzle out, it still had a heck of a setup. A giant asteroid (99942 Apophis) strikes Earth. Fortunately, humanity saw it coming, and buried a series of "Arks" deep underground, filled with people. You were one of the lucky people who wound up on one of those Arks.
The Arks were supposed to surface only a few months after Apophis struck Earth, but they malfunctioned. You wake up in a newly surfaced Ark one-hundred and six years after the impact, and the world has gone to hell. Cities lie in ruins. Plant life is all but gone, leaving a blasted, dusty, sun-scorched wasteland. Bandit gangs and vicious mutants roam this wasteland, preying on the weak and unwary. What few humans remain live in fortified settlements, oppressed or ignored in turn by a mysterious force known as "the Authority," which has advanced weapons and technology not seen since the pre-impact days.
As the nameless protagonist, you are tasked with adjusting yourself to this new world, avoiding the Authority (which pays top dollar to anyone who brings them an Ark survivor), and building a resistance force to take the Authority down and bring the rest of the malfunctioning Arks to the surface. The environments are beautiful, the enemies intimidating, the weapons a joy to use, and the game itself is just fun. It's like the perfect combination of The Walking Dead and Mad Max. It also had one of the greatest trailers ever.
4. Halo
There's nothing I hate more when I'm playing a game with a pinball protagonist, who just bounces willy-nilly from one plot point to the next without any of his own agency. Stories like that are full of contrived situations and coincidences meant to speed the apathetic main character on his way.
So it's always gratifying when I'm playing a game where all the events in the game happen because the previous events happened, and the action proceeds logically, and the protagonist isn't a human pinball but a proactive, dynamic character for whom I can really root. That was the Halo series for me, but especially the very first game in the franchise, Halo: Combat Evolved.
The year is 2552. Humanity has colonized far-flung worlds. One day, humanity loses contact with the distant agricultural planet of Harvest. The United Nations Space Command (UNSC) sends a fleet to investigate. Only one badly damaged ship makes it back to Earth; the shell-shocked crew tells a horrifying story of a giant alien ship that annihilated the fleet effortlessly and then fled into the void.
This was the first contact between Earth and a hostile, incredibly powerful alien force known as the Covenant. Though composed of diverse alien races, the Covenant is united by its fanatical religious devotion. Covenant prophets have deemed humanity an affront to their gods, and the Covenant military promptly begins waging a holy war against us.
You play the armored super-soldier John-117, known only as "the Master Chief," a SPARTAN super-soldier genetically and cybernetically enhanced to be a perfect killing machine. You are the last of your kind, the other SPARTANs all having fallen in battle against the Covenant. You are woken from cryo-sleep when the ship you're on, the Pillar of Autumn, flees into hyperspace with a Covenant armada on its tail. The Pillar of Autumn leaves hyperspace and suddenly finds itself orbiting a mysterious ring-world known only as "Halo."
Captain Keyes decides to dramatically crash-land the Pillar of Autumn on this ring, drawing the Covenant down to a desperate ground battle. With your MJOLNIR armor and your assault rifle, you are tasked with saving as many human lives as you can and figuring exactly what the hell Halo is before the Covenant can activate it.
5. Mass Effect
Again, I'm sort of cheating here. Mass Effect is a trilogy, and you can't really separate the games because they're inextricably linked. I'm not just talking about the fact that Mass Effect 2 and 3 are sequels to the original, and have the same characters and enemies. The decisions you make in the first game will show up in the sequels. If your compatriots die, they won't appear in the sequels. That's how tight and cohesive the overarching story of Mass Effect is.
The story of Mass Effect makes a lot more sense when you consider that it's basically World War II IN SPACE! You play as Commander Shepard (who can be male or female, depending on your choice), and your job is to convince the ruling council of the Alliance (a confederation of different alien races based on the Citadel, a massive space station of unknown origin) that a massive threat is rising in the galaxy—the Reapers, a sentient race of humongous squid-like machines that appear every 500,000 years and wipe the galaxy almost clean of life. Your task in the sequels is to actually fight these monsters and prevent them from destroying the galaxy as they have who knows how many times before.
You've got a lightning-fast ship, the Normandy (told you it was WWII, didn't I?), a crew of misfits (among them some adorable romance options), and a mission to save the galaxy. What better sci-fi story could you ask for?
So there ya go: my picks for the sci-fi video games that have the best stories. I wouldn't mind seeing any one of them turned into a movie. (Director Peter Jackson was actually going to direct a film version of Halo, but it got stuck in development hell and got turned into a lame TV series only available on the Xbox streaming service.) If you've played any of these games and like the stories (or if I missed a game you think should have been included), leave me a comment and let me know.
Now get off the Internet and get writing!


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Many 12-year-olds dream of becoming fashion designers, but very few actually see it happen...especially by the time they're 13. Enter Isabella Rose Taylor, the Austin native whose clothing line will launch with Nordstrom this September. She's an accomplished painter, a Mensa member, a college freshman (!), and now a fashion entrepreneur.
So how did it happen? Isabella has been painting since the age of three and designing clothes since she was eight. By the time she was 12 and had gathered a serious fan group of peers, she was asked to show a collection at Austin Fashion Week. Thanks to the help of a New York-based business coaching firm, Isabella's team was able to build on the buzz (including key appearances on The Today Show and Steve Harvey), and by the time they decided to approach Nordstrom, the high-end retailer had already heard of the then-12-year-old prodigy...and her trend-setting duds.
So what should you expect to find in Nordstrom this fall? We met up with Isabella to see the collection and were impressed by a cohesive line of embellished tees, high-end sweats, and easy frocks. Her favorite pieces include a seriously cozy flannel jacket and a printed dress featuring one of her paintings. Turns out, this 13-year-old might just know how to design for 13-year-olds—who would have thought?
Aside from designing, Isabella is currently working on getting her associate's degree in Fine Art before heading to a four-year college like FIT when she's 18. Until then, she's just concerned with regular teen stuff: school, friends, catching The Fault in Our Stars, and, you know, managing a skyrocketing career. Sounds like a full plate to us, but we'll say this: We're going to keep an eye on this gal.
Check out Isabella's show from Austin Fashion Week below to get a glimpse of her collection, and as always, tell us what you think in the comments!


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Now it goes down to this one simple question, which is not so simple to answer…
If I had written this post about one and a half month ago, I might have written boldly about how I want to lead a revolution in education, especially in my home country.
But then some things happened, and I was faced with some harsh realities (which I now realize that it may just be my reality) that made me feel not so sure about it. It even made me skip this LYL challenge for a month. I don't want this post to be too long, so if you really want to know about what happened, you may read the story in the other post. (link to be updated)
It made me so doubtful of myself. I seriously doubted my competence and capabilities to actually lead that kind of revolution. I feel like I've really screwed up and feel so small that there's no way I'd be able to do that.
But after a few pep talk with myself, talking to people (more like exchanging ideas, not talking about my problems though), and a lot of prayers.. I finally tell myself that I just gotta do it. I just gotta do something, anything I can think of, anything I could possibly do right now. Who cares if I can or cannot do it? I still want to make it happen. At least I know where I want to go. I'll do something and I might at least learn something, no matter how little it is. Eventually I'll figure out how to get there.
So here's the revolution I want to lead. Continue reading "What Revolution Will You Lead?"


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Tata Teleservices Limited will be offering Live streaming of Asia Cup matches to Tata Indicom and Tata DOCOMO users.
Hyderabad: June 18, 2010: It doesn't get any bigger than this! Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), India's fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology telecom service provider, has introduced Football and Cricket match service on the move, for Tata Indicom and DOCOMO subscribers respectively.
Tata Photon services that is synonymous with speed, accessibility providing superior live streaming mobile TV services on the move. Providing exclusive cricket streaming content on mobile, Mr. Zubin Jimmy Dubash, AVP & Head VAS New Product Innovations, Tata DOCOMO, Tata Indicom & Tata Photon, said Having earned the affection of our customers on popular brands Tata DOCOMO and Tata Photon, we are striving each day to provide value to them. The Asia Cup offering live and exclusive on Tata DOCOMO, and Tata Photon Plus is one of the many such initiatives we will be offering in the future to our customers".
As the sports fever is religiously catching up with youngsters, the ongoing football/soccer games and the Asia Cup fever, it makes worthwhile to offer services to subscribers that will be relevant and engaging. Adding to the fervor, Mr. Rishimohan Malhotra, Head-VAS, Tata DOCOMO said, Indians are a big time cricket fans and whatever the form of tournament maybe One day or 20-20, there is enough excitement and passion to watch Indians play. To offer easy accessibility of getting score updates and viewing live content on the move, Tata DOCOMO offers its subscribers score updates for both soccer and cricket along-with exclusive Live streaming of Asia cup matches using GPRS on their mobile phones.
Asia Cup: Subscribers can stream live content, listen to score updates, download special videos and get SMS alerts for Asia Cup matches. Tata Teleservices has entered into an exclusive partnership with Apalya to offer live streaming of Asia Cup for both Tata Photon Plus users and Tata DOCOMO subscribers.
Watching Asia Cup Live Streaming for Tata Customers
For Tata Photon Plus customers Asia Cup is accessible on their Mobile and laptop using Tata Photon TV, with the addition of an exclusive channel telecasting the event. The pricing for the event on laptop is Rs 5 per match; Rs 25 for the full tournament while Asia Cup is available absolutely free of cost for Tata Photon TV on Mobile. Tata Photon TV is available only on LG 510, Samsung-Corby, Samsung-M519-Metro & Blackberry-9630 (Pre imbedded) Handsets to watch Asia cup channel for live football matches.
For Tata DOCOMO (GSM subscribers) Asia Cup content is delivered through multiple channels. Subscribers can take their pick for getting Asia Cup updates through:
- Live streaming of Asia cup matches on mobile using GPRS. This is in exclusive partnership with Apalya. Tata DOCOMO subscribers have to download MiMobiTV, a simple GPRS based application that allows you to watch Asia Cup 2010 on streaming enabled Mobile handsets. Subscribers can download the client application at no cost while browsing the content is charged at 1p/1 KB in home network and 10p/10KB while on off net roaming. To download the application, users will have to send an SMS LIVE' to 54321 (Toll Free).
- Users can get Asia cup updates on SMS that is available in three different packs; Daily pack at Rs 5 for every match, Weekly pack at Rs 10 for 7days and Monthly pack at Rs 30 for 30 days. Users can also avail of Daily match updates via Voice packs by dialling 54321194 @ Rs. 5 per Match day.
- Using the GPRS platform, Tata DOCOMO subscribers have a choice to download exclusive videos of Asia Cup. The Asia Cup Portal by Vuclip will have videos of Match Highlights, Wickets, Fours & Sixes. Users can watch the video clips of match being played as well as previous matches. Data charges as per the data tariff plan of the user.


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Taxing Work For Strippers.
Updated : Apr 14, 2009
Strippers are generally used to bearing all, but strippers in Sweden will have to reveal a lot more than their bodies as the dreaded tax man wants them to expose their financial details.
Sweden's tax authorities are seeking the bare facts about webcam strippers' income, estimating that hundreds of Swedish women are dodging the law.
The search involves tax officials examining websites that feature Swedish strippers, in an effort to identify them and chase them for tax returns.
The tax loss is estimated at about 40m Swedish kronor (£3.3m) annually.
Project leader Dag Hardyson said 200 Swedish strippers had been investigated so far. He said the total could be 500.
"They are young girls, we can see from the photos. We think that perhaps they are not well informed about the rules," said Mr Hardyson, head of the tax authority's national project on internet trade.
The investigation into strippers is part of a wider tax project that includes online poker and fake trader locations
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Psychoanalysis and the Unrepresentable: from Culture to the Clinic, edited by Agnieszka Piotrowska and Ben Tyrer, Routledge, 2016.
A year ago, we were putting together this manuscript and now it has been published! The first collection emerging out of the fantastic work that has been going on for the last three years in the Psychoanalysis in Our Time research network, supported by the Nordic Summer University. Drawing on papers presented in both Copenhagen and Tallinn, as well as incorporating further, original work from international scholars, this is a book of which we are immensely proud. Thank you to all of our contributors and to everyone who helped to make this happen.
Table of Contents:
Introduction – Agnieszka Piotrowska & Ben Tyrer
The Body Locked by a Lack of Meaning – Katrine Zeuthen & Marie Hagelskaer
Trauma without a Subject: On Malabou, Psychoanalysis and Amour – Ben Tyrer
A Possible Way to Represent the Unrepresentable in Clinical Trauma – Yaelle Sibony-Malpertu
(Un)Representing the Real: Seeing Sounds and Hearing Images – Thomas Elsaesser
On Touching and Speaking in (post) (de) colonial discourse – from Lessing to Marechera and Veit-Wild – Agnieszka Piotrowska
Pointing at the Other – Goran Vranesevic
Is Poetics a Fiction about Truth – in a Poem? Some Remarks about Paul Celn – Rene Rasmussen
Presenting the unrepresentable in presentable ways – Pia Hylen
Duras and the Art of the Impossible – Carin Franzen
Representation without Language: Freud and the Problem of the Image – Annie Hardy
Understanding without Words – John Miller
Rethinking the Primal Wound, Trauma and the Fantasy of Completeness: Adopted Women's Experiences of Meeting their Biological Fathers in Adulthood – Elizabeth Joyce
Embodying Traumatic Griefscapes – Per Roar
Suture and Gus Van Sant's Milk – Richard Rushton
Unnameable – Anna Backman Rogers
Each Day at a Time – A Daily Intervention into Loss – Myna Trustram
The Scent of Philosophy – Birthe Tranberg Nikolajsen Gregersen
"This anthology sets out to 'do the impossible' in interrogating the paradoxes of unrepresentable and unspeakable experience. Drawing together an impressive array of writers from diverse fields including those of clinical practice, film and literary studies, post-colonial theory and cultural analysis, it weaves a complex matrix of ideas grounded in the work of psychoanalytic thinkers as diverse as Freud, Lacan, Bion, Malabou, Winnicott and Meltzer. The essays are lively and compelling, offering new perspectives on themes such as trauma and embodiment, silence and invisibility in the digital age of media, the psychodynamics of touch, voice, gesture, love, grief, adoption, and anxiety. A wide range of textual material embracing literature, cinema, poetry, language, meta psychology and metaphysics, provides the basis for philosophical and psychological commentary that is often astute, and the daring inclusion of creative work premised on personal experience acts as an emotional coup de foudre. Piotrowska and Tyrer have curated a cracking compendium, one that seduces and challenges in equal measure, and one that will surely become essential reading for anyone interested in the riches of psychoanalytic enquiry." (Caroline Bainbridge, Professor of Culture and Psychoanalysis, University of Roehampton, UK)
"This is an important collection that speaks to contemporary events with compassion and poignancy. Piotrowska and Tyrer's Psychoanalysis and the Unrepresentable: From culture to the clinic is simultaneously wound and suture. It both opens and seeks to comprehend the cultural fault lines that exist around trauma, abuse, race, image and language itself. These diverse, and at times provocative essays, allow for an outpouring of the unconscious and the experience of pain and anxiety. It is the inability to speak with the inability to be silent that suffuses this radical collection and yet it is these same tensions in this book that serve to heal the cultural body." (Luke Hockley, Professor of Media Analysis, University of Bedfordshire, UK and author of Somatic Cinema [2014])


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A Primer on Music Lessons…October 9, 2007 at 9:08 pm | Posted in Babies, Kindermusik, Music, Musical Instruments, Parenting | Leave a comment
This article appeared today in the Omaha World-Herald newspaper. In it you'll find some great advice on when and what to provide for music lessons for your child.
Too young to play an instrument? By Jane Palmer
What are good starter instruments? For babies: rattles (maracas), tambourine, bongo drums. For toddlers and preschoolers: rhythm sticks, sandpaper blocks, maracas, drums, finger cymbals, triangles, cymbals, gongs, jingle bells, xylophone-type instruments with removable bars and chorded zither. Toy instruments won't hold a youngster's interest for long. Age 3 and older: new or gently used piano, which should be tuned once or twice a year. Second best is a digital electronic keyboard with touch-sensitive, weighted keys. Young violin players: smaller violins, scaled to a child's hands and body.
How young can children typically start music lessons? For traditional piano lessons, at age 7. For band and orchestra instruments, in fourth or fifth grade, when children are big enough to manage the size of the instruments and have more lung capacity.
How can you get preschoolers interested? Listen to all styles of recorded music from birth. Sing together and play singing games. Participate in Kindermusik or other music experience programs for babies through age 7 or 9. Find local programs online at http://www.kindermusik.com.%20look/ for preschool programs that devote at least 10 percent of their time to music.
How much are lessons? From $15 to $40 for a 30- or 60-minute session.
How do you obtain instruments? Introductory instruments such as sandpaper blocks may be available at toy or school supply stores. Most instruments require a trip to a music store. Ask for a student instrument. Turn down artist instruments, which are higher priced. Buy a used instrument to further cut costs, and ask about service and repairs after the sale. You may find a bargain in classified advertisements or at a pawn shop, garage sale or thrift store. Make sure everything works. Music stores often have a rent-to-own program. If you keep the instrument longer than atrial period, you own it and your monthly payments apply to the purchase. On the rental agreement, take note of the interest rate and total cost. It may be cheaper to obtain your own loan.
Sources: Joan Reist, past president of the Music Teachers National Association and retired associate professor of piano pedagogy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lance Nielsen, president of the Nebraska Music Educators Association and director of bands at Lincoln East High School. National standards published by the National Association for Music Education at http://www.menc.org/.
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Posted on February 5, 2015
The first competition in Toronto of 2015 will take place on March 14, 2015 at the YMCA in Toronto. For complete details and registration, visit the competition page here.
Posted on February 5, 2015
The Atlantic Open 2015 will be the first official WCA competition to be held in Nova Scotia! The competition will take place on March 28, 2015 at Dalhousie University. For complete details and registration, visit the competition page here.
Posted on December 16, 2014
The VanCubing Winter 2014 competition took place this past weekend in Vancouver, BC. Anthony Brooks won the competition with an average of 8.85 seconds in the final round of 3x3x3. Jacob Hutnyk finished second averaging 10.48 and Daniel Chan finished third with 12.79.
To see the full results, click here.
Posted on December 7, 2014
Together with AlbertaCubers.com, we are pleased to announce the first ever official speedcubing competition in Alberta. The Edmonton Open, Winter 2015 competition will be held on January 10th. We hope to see a large turnout to show everyone how strong the community is in Alberta.
For full information and registration for the competition, visit the event page here.
Posted on November 24, 2014
The Toronto Open, Fall 2014 competition took place this past weekend in Toronto. The competition had 98 participants and contained an incredible number of fast cubers. We saw countless PBs, a NAR and even one WR.
In the end, Antoine Cantin won the competition with an average of 8.01 seconds in the final round. Bill Wang came second averaging 8.50 and Jonathan Tan Wei Xiat finished third with 9.37.
To see all the results, visit the WCA results page here.
And special thanks to everyone that helped make the food drive a success! We donated over 60 units of food and $139. A total donation of $150 will be made to the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank on behalf of the canadianCUBING community!
Lastly, we just wanted to say that this competition was probably the most well run competition we have ever done. There were so many great people that jumped in to make the event run so smoothly. Without a doubt, Toronto has one of the best cubing communities in the world. Be proud!
Posted on November 16, 2014
The VanCubing Winter 2014 competition will take place on December 13 at the Science World in Vancouver, once again. For full information and registration, visit the competition site here.


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The 'Hopscotch Loop'
Heading to Hopscotch? Get a preview of the Oak City Mile course and some of the venues while you're at it! Full course preview is here.
Step by Step Directions:
- Start at Runologie (401 Hillsborough Street), run towards campus and loop around the traffic circle at Morgan Street.
- Come back up Hillsborough Street and take a right at West Street
- Take a left on Martin
- Take a right on Salisbury
- Take a left on South
- Take a left on Blount
- Take a left on Morgan
- Take a right on right on Salisbury
- Take a left on Hillsborough (back to Runologie)
*Each loop from Runologie to the Morgan Street turnaround and back adds 1.2 miles if you wish to tack on


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So you know how hardcore sneaker heads have legit checks for Adidas Yeezys and Nike Jordans to make sure they aren't fake?
I have a high suspicion that this "1943 GPW" is in fact a modified '50 Cj3-A
David Tracy, et. Al; whaddya think? Can I get a legit check on this?


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Plantronics CalistoPro is my new favorite thing!
The CalistoPro plugs right into a standard analog phone jack at the wall (such as you'd have at home). If you have a PBX office phone system where you have to dial a 9 to dial out, this will not work as you would have digital instead of analog lines. The Avaya (or Lucent, AT&T) Partner phone series is the only exception. You can plug the Calisto Pro right into the AUX (auxiliary) port on the bottom of the phone and you have a great solution.
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EastEnders spoilers: Jack celebrates festive stag do as he prepares to tie the knot with Ronnie
Mick organises a wild final celebration for Jack, but will it end in drama or will he make it down the aisle unscathed?
EASTENDERS' Jack Branning has been preparing to tie the knot with Ronnie Mitchell for months, and despite a turbulent road to happiness - they're finally there.
Now Mick has arranged a wild stag do for his friend, with all the men dressing as Santa Clause to mark the occasion.
Ronnie and Jack's big day is fast approaching, and he appears to really get into the spirit of things as he's seen downing shots in new photos from inside the pub.
However, with Mick in charge of the night, it promises mayhem - and many fans will no doubt wait with bated breath to see if he escapes unscathed - or if he's hit with another hurdle before making it down the aisle.
Meanwhile, the pair have had a rocky few months, after they struggled to sell their house.
Jack later attempted to surprise his wife-to-be, recruiting help from his friend Honey - but when Ronnie's sister Roxy spotted them talking, she immediately jumped to the conclusion they could be having an affair.
It's daft of Rox to jump to conclusions, but then Jack hasn't done a very good job of keeping his future sister-in-law in the loop about anything, so maybe it's not so surprising.
He gets shirty with Roxy again after he and Ronnie show her the new school that they think would be great for Amy.
The turbulence has sparked concerns from fans as they prepare to watch Ronnie and Roxy's final scenes on the soap in the coming months.
When Roxy is less than enthusiastic about it, Jack gets angry and suggests she doesn't want her sister to be happy - sparking a horrified reaction from his future sister-in-law.
Jack's harsh words do make Roxy tell Ronnie that she won't stand in their way, even if it does mean she will see less of Amy.
But then, just when things seem to be looking up and Ronnie receives a good offer on No.27, Roxy lets slip her concerns about Jack cheating with Honey.
Ronnie tells her sister that she doesn't believe her… but the more she thinks about it, the more the seeds of doubt are sown.
Finally, she confronts Jack and asks him what the hell is going on.
So should Jack reveal the truth and blow the whole surprise – or keep schtum and hope that Ronnie's still going to be around when, or if, the honeymoon finally arrives?
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Advocacy Meeting – August 8th @ 6pm
UPDATE: The meeting has been moved to India Point Park due to the state holiday making our usual location unavailable. I will have a sign on display and be situated at the picnic tables closest to the pedestrian bridge. Parking on India Street, at the Radisson Hotel and on George M. Cohen Blvd.
The next general advocacy meeting will be held on August 8th @ 6pm in the
Community Meeting Room inside the Brown University Bookstore. Anyone interested in discussing bicycle advocacy or other issues facing cyclists in Rhode Island is welcome and encouraged to attend.
On the agenda for this meeting:
- Sharrows PSA
- Fall Bike Day/Light up the Night event
- Tiverton Bike Path overview (tentative)
- Moveable Monthly Meeting
- Remaining NBW Small Grant funds
We will have time at the end of the meeting for other topics of interest.


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Apple's official iPhone and iPad charging cords are nothing special. Like any straight wires, they have a tendency to tangle in a bag and they don't look particularly neat laying across your desk or nightstand. But there's a way to give your official power cords some added style and functionality with just a pen, some tape, and a blowdryer.
Here's your starting point. It's functional, but ugly and a bit of a pain to wrap up and take with you if you're in a hurry.
Take any old pen you have lying around and wrap the cord around it, taping each end so it remains coiled without you holding it.
Now, take a hairdryer and apply heat. This can be a bit tricky depending on the hairdryer you're using, but in general a good 90 seconds on each side should be sufficient. Don't melt the cord -- if you get it too hot, there's a good chance you'll melt the insides together and the cord may be rendered useless. I take no responsibility for you overcooking your fancy Apple cord.
Let the cord cool down and then unwrap it from the pen. You now have a self-coiling cord!


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Posts Tagged 'makes me feel awkward'
Never before seen footage
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When we were in college, Grace assisted me in making a documentary for a class about technology changing culture. This interview -of which you will only see a small snippet, though it lasted for about 30 minutes- was the result of a funny wig and glasses being present in our dorm room one night. It did not make it into the documentary, nor has anyone seen it.
…until now.
Grace is in an Improv Group
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Merry Christmas, from Grace and Jaeger.
WARNING: best when played simultaneously with the video below.
(note: make sure to put video below on mute)
Day 13? 14?
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Day 10? 11?
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Day 4
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Due to the fact that we've yet to sit down for another vlog, here's a visual representation of some of the events that have taken place over the past few days*…
*some depictions may or may not have been fabricated. except for the donuts. they were real.


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Hey everyone,
Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend so far. I thought today I would share with you all something fun that I found to pass a few moments of the day.
I won't tell you too much but open this Youtube video in fullscreen and put your finger in the middle and keep touching your screen while the video plays. It is pretty cool
(Nothing scary or nothing not work safe....don't worry!)
The Dorothy Days


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Sunday, November 23, 2008
horizontal ice!
Finally a successful day on the ice! We (Luka, Bella and myself) had a blast skating on Vermillion Lakes nearby Banff today. Luka was so keen that he did not want to leave, and after 4 hours on the ice I had to talk him into going home. Now they are playing Aliens in a space ship upstairs and whenever I pass by they shoot me. I wonder where they got this from, at 4 and a half I was still scared of Kasperl and co.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
the Replicant
This is the second post in a row of a route I have not done, which tells you a lot about my successful outings this fall. Just before my painful managers meetings in Banff, which are usually 3 days of sitting on my ass, I decided to make a free solo attempt of the "Replicant" on the Terminator Wall. I climbed the route years ago with Hans H., and I still remember the great day we two austrians had up there. I left home at 11a.m and on the drive to Banff I could spot a party on the first pitch. Since the climb is only two 70m pitches long and the approach about 2 hours, I thought the climbers will be long gone by the time I reach the base. Well, I was wrong! The second climber just started following the first pitch when I arrived at the base, and after watching the paint dry for an hour I went home again. It would have been perfect conditions with temperatures hovering around zero, and I was obviously quite disappointed. Now I have my meetings and after that the kids for 6 days, since Kimbi went for a family visit to Ontario. Don't take me wrong, I am looking forward having the kids all by myself for a few days and do some bonding time, but I still have a hard time accepting the fact, that I got hosed today by someone who would have been better of on an easier climb.
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Friday, November 14, 2008
in the ice again!
the ice season is on! I was quite slow to react due to various injuries, which kept me focusing more on my work at the lodge and family and simply the couch. I managed to get out and climb Nemesis with Steve H. and Aaron B., which was a blast, and a couple of days later I had a morning session on easy ice in Ranger Creek with Provincal Park boy Steve. Today we had an alpine start for an alpinish route in Kananaskis Country. Our goal was the massive east face of MT. Sorrel, which has some stunning lines to offer. Unfortunately it had snowed a bit too much overnight with strong winds from the SW and we had to bail due to avalanche hazard below and above our attended route. Steve enjoys his sandwich in way or another and Lila, who bravely joined us for the day, had to watch with disgust. Back in Canmore for lunch time with the family without swinging a tool!
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
I just came back from a trip to Whistler for the ISSW meeting. For those who don't know what this means, don't worry, I did not either. It's the international snow sience work shop, and it was actually a pretty good meeting. 800 people from the snow industry and about 60 presenters is quite a lot for a small town like whistler and an even smaller brain of mine. Luckily I was able to break things up with a few climbing sessions with my old buddy Jay. He moved to Pemberton a couple of years back and besides having a good visit with him, he showed me a few secret spots in the coastal woods. I felt a bit like a tourist with him, which was actually quite enjoyable. above is Jay cranking on the big show in Checkamus Canyon, the famous "Devision Bell" and the picture on top is a beautiful 12d in the Suicide area.
Although the weather was quite coastal (read pissing rain all week) we got treaded with a blue bird day for my last climbing day. Jay took me on a classic Squamish multi pitch route called "Freeway", a 12 pitch climb which was high on my hit list for the past decade. We had our self a really good time and I was able to on sight the climb, which I was quite proud of, since granite climbing is not my forte. After I hurt my shoulder on the descent with a stupid slip on a slick slab, I went for the 1000 km drive home.
Although the weather was quite coastal (read pissing rain all week) we got treaded with a blue bird day for my last climbing day. Jay took me on a classic Squamish multi pitch route called "Freeway", a 12 pitch climb which was high on my hit list for the past decade. We had our self a really good time and I was able to on sight the climb, which I was quite proud of, since granite climbing is not my forte. After I hurt my shoulder on the descent with a stupid slip on a slick slab, I went for the 1000 km drive home.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
family adventure in the Bobbie Burns
The summer in the Burns is going pretty good so far, the weather is quite a mixed bag, with rain being the main ingredient of the mix. Last tour I was able to bring my kids up with Kimbi, and we had a great time. Since it was a family adventure trip, my kids got out everyday on a hike with 9 other kids. They truly enjoyed the helicopter rides, the interaction with the other kids, and wondering around in the mountains with something new to discover around every corner. Luka was so trashed after the 3rd day, that he had to go to bed at 5p.m. and slept until the next morning at 8. I'm already looking forward to next years family adventure!
This is Carl (showing the direction of the future of our summer program) on the first tower of our Via Ferrata, which got finally completed a week ago and is the absolute winner with the guests.
This is Carl (showing the direction of the future of our summer program) on the first tower of our Via Ferrata, which got finally completed a week ago and is the absolute winner with the guests.
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Driving home from work on the Transcanada Highway is always an event for the passionate "outdoorsman". I usually leave the Bobbie Burns Lodge by 11a.m, it takes me about 2.5 hours to drive to Lake Louise, where I usually stop to break up the drive. After a 30 min hike I try to get a burn in at the Back of the Lake, where there are plenty of classic quartzite routes available. I usually arrive without partners, so I try to bum a belay here or there. So far I was always lucky with this tactic, and I got to know some very nice and fun people. I find that when you go with a partner to a cragging area, it's hard to get to know other climbers, simply because you don't have to. Although nobody is going to read this anyways, I would like to thank everyone who spend his precious time belaying me at the Lake, it means a lot to me! Here I would like to share a few impressions from the drive home after another burn at the Lake.
The sun is in my back at this time of the day, and the bizarre limestone formations of the front range of the rockies have a chance to show off.
This is an unclimbed, 300m face fairly close to the highway. Approach time is about 2h, and the thing is right in your face as you drive from Lake Louise to Banff. There is an obvious natural line in the center, right trough the left side of the big roof. If I would only have more time to play, this is a 45min drive from home!
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Friday, June 20, 2008
after almost 3 years
Only a week left, time flies by when you have fun! This is/was so far an awesome trip, a mixture between visiting friends and family, spending quality time with my wife and the kids, climbing, and of course drinking lots. Although it did rain every day at least once since my arrival, I was able to get out climbing every 3rd day or so. There are some great bad weather areas close to my hometown, at least 3 good areas where you can climb in pissing rain and with little or no seapage. The picture above is made in Erlsbach, a granite area about 50km drive and 15min hike away from Lienz. The picture below is taken on the Falkenstein, which is even closer, and offers over 110 limestone routes from 6b to 8c.I certainly appreciate the ability of beeing able to climb at almost any kind of weather here, all you need is a fun and keen climbing partner and a car. In Canmore you can have both mentioned above, but you can still be stranded for 10 days in a row in the middle of June due to neverending rain and snow up high.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
getting in shape for Europe
It's pissing rain today, and the forecast is for more to come the next few days. This sucks, but I still have to be happy with my spring climbing preparation for my visit to Austria. Although it boiled pretty much down to 5 days on rock in a 10 day period, I feel like I've gained enough endurance and confidence to face my European hot shot buddies, without embarrassing myself. Although my elbow did not get any better, it did not deteriorate either, so I take that as a bonus. Early this morning at 6:30 I had my 3rd physio/acupuncture treatment with Barb, she seems to know what she is doing. she thinks that the problem with my elbow stems from higher up, so she works mainly on my neck and shoulders, to increase the positive flow to my arms. The picture above is taken by Derek from a route called "the dark half", and the lower picture shows Derek on the classic "Nemo", both routes are located on the lower wall of Acephale
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
finally spring!
On May 8th and 9th Canmore recieved almost a meter of new snow here in town due to it's famous spring upslope storms. Since it stayed quite cold for this time of the year it has been pretty slow to melt initially, but now during the Victoria day long weekend, the heat got cranked up. Most cliffs are now in good shape for climbing, although there was a lot of wet routes due to the run off. Most challenging though proofed to be some of the approaches, all the creeks were running high and were pretty much impassable in the afternoon. Derek and I managed to get out to Lake Louise, Bataan and Acephale within the last week, and I was quite happy with my elbow, which seems to hold out quite well after taping it. Both of us tried to climb easier routes and get some milage in, before we look out for some projects for the summer. Derek seems to have his mind set on "Existance Mundane" on the upper wall of Acephale, which is certainly a great project for him. I will fly to Europe in 8 days, so no need to find something until I return end of June. On top you see the raging waterfall in the Colliseum, most of the impressive climbs are located on the wall just left of it. The picture above shows the NW-face of Wind Tower and Mt. Lougheed to the left. Both pictures were taken at almost the same time from my front deck yesterday evening.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
back in the saddle!
It's been a while, I know. I was not sure if I wanted to continue this blog anymore. Initially I thought it might be a good idea to start a little personal blog, but things have changed. I wanted to sharpen my less than midiocre writing skills, let some friends in Europe know what I'm up to these days (it's been almost 3 years that I wasn't there!), and probably most importantly, keep me off the streets! Let's just say, it was a good idea, I was just simply too lazy to keep it up in a busy Winter season like this one.
The picture above was taken about one hour before I got buried in a freaky, little avalanche at work in the Bobbie Burns. It was such a great morning with unbelievable low density powder, and it also was my last day guiding this winter season.
The worst part of the whole story, I buried a guest over 3 meters deep! Luckily we got him out fairly fast and he was unharmed, but the potential for desaster was huge. This was the first time in almost 20 years of guiding (14 winters with CMH), that I had a client I was directly responsible for, completely buried in a slide.Since we did not know what else to do after surviving this nasty little slide, we drank our guts out until 4a.m.! It was of course all fun until the next morning, when I actually realized first thing after I woke up, that there was a reason why I usually try to avoid partying past midnight.
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