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In a previous post I covered setting up SQL Server for R language integration. Now that we are set up, we can put this functionality to use.

Simple R Function Call:
First we’ll get the average from a list of numbers retrieved from SQL Server using one of R’s built-in functions. First we’ll make a list of numbers.

drop table if exists dbo.RTest;
create table dbo.RTest (
Measure tinyint not null

insert into dbo.RTest(Measure) values (1);
insert into dbo.RTest(Measure) values (3);
insert into dbo.RTest(Measure) values (4);
insert into dbo.RTest(Measure) values (7);
insert into dbo.RTest(Measure) values (8);
insert into dbo.RTest(Measure) values (10);
go 10000

select count(*) as RecordCount from dbo.RTest;

This will give us a list of 60,000 numbers. Now it is easy enough to find the average of all of these numbers in T-SQL:

select avg(Measure) from dbo.RTest;

So a few things about R before we run some R code. R is case sensitive. We use When results are returned from R to SQL Server, they will need to be as a data frame.

Let’s use use R to find the average of the ‘Measure’ values in our test table. Here is the stored procedure call:

EXEC sp_execute_external_script
  @script=N'OutputDataSet <-data.frame(mean(InputDataSet$Measure))',
  @input_data_1=N'SELECT Measure FROM dbo.RTest'
  WITH RESULT SETS (([Average] tinyint NULL));

The ‘sp_execute_external_script’ stored procedure is used to execute R code. In the @language parameter we specify ‘R’ since we want to run R code. In the @input_data_1 parameter, we specify the data set that we want to pass in, in this case we select all of the records from our 1 column table. The @script parameter is where we place the R code. Any data returned by the code in the @input_data_1 parameter is visible in our R code as ‘InputDataSet’ (We can use a different name by specifying in a different parameter, but we’ll go with the defaults to keep it simple).
Even though our input data set has only one attribute (Measure), it should be specified, InputDataSet$Measure. We use the R function mean to find the mean value of all of the Measure values. So even though it is a scalar value being returned, it needs to be converted to a data frame, which is assigned to the default output variable OutputDataSet.
For the output, we use RESULT SETS to specify the name, data type and nullability of each attribute in the data set. In this case, we get the value 5 as ‘Average’.

Installing R Packages:
One of the powerful things about R is all of the external libraries of functionality that are freely available to use. If we want to explore machine learning or advanced statistical functions, we’ll need to find and install these packages.
RStudio Support has a list of the most popular R packages.
Once we find a package that we’d like to use, we’ll need to download and install it. We’ll install stringr, which has regular expression and other string manipulation functionality.
Running install.packages in the sp_execute_external_script proc didn’t work for me, I got a message that the package wasn’t available.
SQL Server Central – Installing R packages in SQL Server R Services gives some other options to install packages.
I ended up using the R command line option to install stringr. Since the package was dependent on two other packages, they were retrieved and installed as well.

Other Links:
MSDN – Using R Code in Transact-SQL
Simple Talk


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“Whoever Believes in Me Will Never Die”, by Fr. Jesus Galindo, OFM

Water→Light→Life. There is a steady crescendo, a growing intensity, in the gospels of the last three Sundays—all from St. John. On the third Sunday of Lent, Jesus was portrayed as the living water that gave new life to the Samaritan woman and to her town mates. Last Sunday, fourth of Lent, Jesus was the life-giving light, which opened the eyes of the blind man—and his heart too. Today, Jesus is the resurrection and the life—the Lord and giver of life.

All three gospel events were signs (a favorite term of John’s gospel) meant to bring about faith in Jesus. The Samaritan woman and her town mates believed in Jesus. The blind man bowed down and worshipped him. And in today’s gospel, “many Jews began to believe in him.” Not only did they become believers—in all three instances; they also became apostles: The Samaritan woman brought her town mates to Jesus. The blind man defended Jesus before the Pharisees to the point of being expelled from the synagogue because of that. And Lazarus caused many Jews to believe in Jesus; so much so that the chief priests wanted to kill, not only Jesus but Lazarus as well, “because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him.” (Jn. 12:10-11).

These three gospels of John were used already in the early Church to instruct the catechumens (those who prepared themselves for baptism) in the faith, telling them that, through baptism, they were to become, not only believers but also apostles—and even martyrs, of Jesus Christ.

Today’s gospel about the rising of Lazarus proclaims above all the divinity of Jesus, the Lord and Master of life and death. It also underlines his humanity; he is a true man, with human feelings. No other gospel passage plays up Jesus’ feelings and emotions as much as this one. Like anyone of us, Jesus developed strong bonds of friendship. He was no cold and detached preacher but a very warm human being: “Lord, the one you love is sick.” No name is given, and no name was needed. Jesus’ love for Lazarus must have been so special that there could be no doubt about his identity.

Further down, in verse 36, the Jews themselves attest to Jesus’ love for Lazarus, “See how he loved him,” they said. Jesus’ love however was not confined to Lazarus; it extended to his two sisters as well: “Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.” What a lucky family indeed to have enjoyed the special love and friendship of Jesus!

The gospels are usually silent about Jesus’ feelings and emotions. Verses 33 to 38 however are an exception; they are truly emotion-laden. They bare the humanity of Jesus and reveal how deeply the death of his friend Lazarus affected him—even though he knew that he was about to raise him up from the dead: “Jesus became perturbed and deeply troubled.” “Jesus wept.” “So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.”

The core and centerpiece of today’s gospel is, of course, the dialogue of Jesus and Martha: “I am the resurrection and the life… Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.” These words of Jesus are the backbone of our Christian religion; they sustain us in our grief over the death of a loved one, with the assurance that death is not the end of it all but rather the beginning of a more beautiful life with the Lord.

Those words of Jesus give us the courage we need to take up our daily cross and to accept illness, and even death, in a spirit of loving submission to the will of God. They dispose us too to enter into the approaching mystery of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection with the firm conviction that suffering, sickness and death will not have the last word. With Martha, we burst into a profession of faith in the promise made by Jesus: “Yes, Lord, we have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is to come into the world.”

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Spotlight On… Niall Johnson

After a couple of years sabbatical from SSR but never too far from a DJ booth, we’re pleased to announce Niall Johnson’s Edge of Soul radio show is back.

Cue the spotlight…

How long have you been involved with SSRadio?

My first show was in 2007, it ran for five years amassing over 7600 podcasts for the last show and now after a couple of years sabbatical I am back!

How did you originally get involved?

There were, and continues to be, a number of House stations on the internet but choosing the right one was simple. I listened to a range of them and choose the one that had the best shows on. That was SSradio.

What’s been your favourite memory so far?

Watching the audience grow over the years across all the shows and as the station grew so it attracted more established djs.

How do you think the station has evolved since you started?

Unlike some other stations SSradio has evolved with the quality of it’s shows. It doesn’t have to switch dj rotas to remain fresh nor put on nights to gain momentum with its audience. It has evolved naturally with djs promoting the station through their own shows and nights. That draws people to it and once there, they don’t go anywhere else.

Where would you like to see the station go now?

We have had the same website for a while now and that might help to spread the word more. It would be good to bring back the boat party, perhaps to an annual event. Maybe we could get more involved with Croatia. How about a Argonaughty?

Favourite events you’ve played?

It has never been about the size of the crowd for me. It has, yes it is a cliché, been the crowd on the night. Nights where you get the crowd to dance when you think that it may not happen – a particular night in a club in Istanbul that was famed for its love of minimal techno. I was the warm up and was asked to play on. A seven hour set followed. I never shook so many people’s hands at 6am! Back in the day I remember playing at Bagley’s (RIP), looking up to see Jason Donovan dancing away in front of the booth, pupils the size of saucers…

How would you describe your style?

It is built upon the foundations of soulful vocal House. It is also about the mix. I love to bring sounds together in an effort to bring an extra something to the tune but without taking anything away from the tune. Keep it simple.

Where did it all begin?

Djing at university in 1988 with a friend. We thought that we were something special before dj’s became to be seen as something special! From there to bars and clubs in Kingston Upon Thames and then into London and the Home Counties. Thinking back I was playing with guys and girls who were just as naive as I was, but are now established names within the scene.

Where’s your favourite place you’ve played?

Wherever there is a like minded group of people. For unique I would say a very choppy boat in the middle of the Bosphorus which collided with another boat.

What gig would you most like to play?

Nowhere in particular although it would be cool to get more involved with the djs on the station.

Who are your inspirations?

The feelings brought about by those 1989-1991 Strictly Rhythm and similar US labels were inspirational. They kept me coming back for more at clubs like the Soundshaft and spending any money I had at Reckless, Beggars Banquet and Blackmarket record shops. The 4/4 beats kept the feet moving and the songs about love and loss were like nothing I had ever heard.

Who is your favourite DJ?

How can anyone have just one favourite dj? Without turning into a beard stroker (too much) It is a shame that some really good djs have not made the long haul through the years. Are there djs that I would go and listen to every time they were playing nearby without fail? Of course, Terry Hunter, Ted Patterson and Kid Batchelor.

Does success make you a sellout?

It depends on what you do with it. Some people like Louis Vega or Joey Negro who spread their talents into live music I respect what they are doing, showing that quality dance music doesn’t just come from a dj and a couple of CDJs. Of course there are far too many out there who think that auto mixing a few Traxsource top tens makes you worthy of more attention, defeats the whole purpose as far as I am concerned. It is not important to know who I am but it is important to listen to my music.

Your track of the 2013?

Louie Vega Starring Bucie – Angels Are Watching Me

Hottest New Acts On The Block

Liking Eats Everything tracks a lot in the last few months. Gives everything an Edge…

You can catch Niall Johnson’s return Edge of Soul show on Sunday 1st December 2013 at 20:00.

aac715 wrote December 4th, 2015 at 03:02

I do not have iTunes., I have an old Zune MP3 player. I want to download the podcast though. How to I do this? Where is the URL that I can cut and paste into Zune?

Matt Sims wrote December 4th, 2015 at 10:28

Hi aac715, you can find the podcast URL on every playlist post:

I.e. To subscribe to Niall Johnson’s podcast, the URL is

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What You Can Learn When God Says No

Have you ever bargained with God? Have you ever told Him exactly why YOU think that the answer to a certain prayer should be yes? Have you spent countless amounts of time praying for something only to receive a big, fat, NO in the end?

Well, that happened to me this summer. I have been praying for this one specific thing for quite some time; I would guess close to a year. It’s been heavy on my heart and it’s deeply affected my attitude on the daily throughout this entire year. I’ve prayed. My husband has prayed. My best friend. My mom. Even my mother-in-law. It’s been a long year of prayer to say the least.

Want to know what all that prayer got me?

It got me a really hard-to-hear NO from God.

But, I learned something really important that has completely changed my attitude in recent weeks. And, if you feel like you have received a no from God, then I want to share this with you in hopes of opening your eyes to the bigger picture and the positive side of no.

  1. I Do Not Know What Is Best For Me

As much as I hate to admit it, what I think is best for my life is hardly ever what is truly best. In fact, most of the time I am down-right WRONG.

During this year of what has felt like constant prayer, I have done a lot of bargaining with God and trying to convince Him of why my way is best. I can’t tell you how many times I have literally prayed the words “I know this would be good for me because….”

Like I have ever been right about that before! And here I am trying to tell the Creator why THIS time I believe I’m right. Though time and time again He has proven that His will is always better than my own.

Friend, let me save you a little time and trouble here….

You may know what would be good for you. And you certainly know what you want and what you think would positively impact your life. But when it comes to what is absolutely and truly BEST….well, that is up to God. Because of His all-knowing nature, He can truly determine what will produce the best possibly outcome for you and the ultimate plan He has for your life.

I know that sounds really preachy. I even hate hearing it myself. But, it’s the truth that has been revealed to me through this season of praying and hoping. You see, my husband and I have this motto, if you will. No matter what we do or where we go, we just want to make sure we are in God’s will. And, throughout our entire relationship, it has brought us nothing but goodness.

Yet, still I find myself wanting to argue my own will and have my own way.

Thankfully, God in His mercy doesn’t always allow me to have my way. When I think of all the times He has said no in the past I sigh in pure relief — so many blessings I would have missed out on if He had answered yes when I wanted Him to.

I know feeling like God is saying no or just isn’t answering your prayer at all can feel like the most painful rejection ever, but I promise that He always has a good reason. And that reason is this: His will is always better. ALWAYS. Even when it seems that what you’re praying for cannot possibly have a better alternative, I promise that what He has in-store for you will far exceed what you have in-store for yourself.

2. Sometimes NO Means NOT NOW.

The thing I have been praying about all year almost received a yes this summer. At least, it seemed that way at first. Everything was lining up. It all made sense. The timing was perfect. It all seemed even better than what I had actually been praying for. But then,…silence.

It all stopped and it felt like my prayer got a big fat NO stamp on it just when I thought the yes was finally coming my way. I was heartbroken. I spent many nights crying in bed while my husband tried to comfort me. He said everything he could think to say in attempt to help me see the positive side of the situation. But, all I did was continually ask why.

WHY wouldn’t He give me this? It seemed so perfect.

WHY would He let me believe it was going to happen and then take it away?

WHY doesn’t He want me to have this?

And then, finally, David said something that finally made sense to me.

“Sometimes what you perceive as a NO from God is actually a NOT NOW.”

Suddenly, I found myself rising back up to my usual self and little-by-little I stopped questioning Him. I learned to be okay with a simple “not yet” for now.

You see, this particular thing I’ve been praying for has been on my heart for so long. And for the past year it’s been made clear time and time again that some form of this prayer is what God is leading me toward. So when I thought He was saying no I spiraled in confusion. That is, until I finally accepted that God’s timing is perfect and that He will fulfill this promise when He knows the time is right.

Maybe this is true for you as well. There are certainly times when God says to no to what we think is best. But, I also believe that if you have covered a decision in prayer and have felt God’s leading that He will be faithful to finish what He starts….when He knows the timing is absolutely perfect.

Looking at my life right now….it’s actually a really good thing that what I prayed for didn’t happen when I thought it should. I would be weighed down by guilt and chaos and stress at this point in my journey if everything had gone the way I wanted it to. The timing I thought was so perfect turned out to be pretty far from it. Turns out, as we have already discussed, I tend to be wrong more often than I like to admit. So, I invite you to believe with me, friend, that when the timing truly is perfect He will fulfill the desires of our heart.

3. It Isn’t About Me.

Have you ever been so caught up in a prayer that forget that you aren’t the center of the universe. That’s what happened to me this summer — I was so focused on this one thing that I totally forgot how it might impact people around me — my husband, family, coworkers, friends….I was so caught up in how it would change my life for the better that I never considered how it might make the life of many others more complicated. I never considered how it would change how I serve those I care about. Because in those moments of prayer I only had one thing on my mind: MYSELF.

I never set out to be selfish about this. And who ever does? We all think we are being pretty generous and selfless, but if we’re being honest with ourselves….most of our prayers are pretty selfish. We want happiness, security, prosperity, contentment….and we never stop to think that maybe lacking those things isn’t the worst thing that could happen. We forget that we aren’t here to be happy and to prosper….but rather we are here to give of ourselves, sacrifice our own security, and seek to bring true joy to others by shining the light of Christ.

When I sit down and think about all the prayers that I have circling my life…most of them are pretty selfish. Good health, secure financial standing, an enjoyable career, safety….all of these things have one thing in common: my happiness. And as hard as it may be to admit…..that is not what this life is supposed to be about!

I had to ask myself….is receiving a no to this prayer really causing anyone discontentment except for me? Does it majorly impact anyone else but me in a negative way? No, not really. When I think of the time I spent worrying and begging and bargaining over this….I feel sick because all of that prayer could have been devoted to so much more — to something that truly impacts others and makes a difference for The Kingdom.

Dear friend, it is more than okay to pray for the desires of our heart, even if they are mainly about us. But, what is not okay is making those types of prayers our priority. That is what I did, and I truly believe that the no/not now that I have received is a wake up call regarding my selfishness. It’s time that I stop devoting 99% of my prayer life to myself — that isn’t the kind of prayer warrior I want to be!

I don’t know about you, but I want to be the kind of prayer warrior that lifts others up, that prays for the ones that no one prays for, that feels God’s presence in every moment because my entire life is drenched in prayers for others. I want to witness God moving in the lives of the ones I love rather than just in the life I lead. I want to open myself up to all of the possibilities of seeing miracles and lives changed.

So, you might ask: do I still pray for that thing I was so distressed over? Yes, every day. I lift it up every, single, day. But, I do so in a new way. Now, I hand it over to God each day, accepting that His will for this prayer is far better than mine. I try to truly let it go each morning and trust that He will use today to bring me close to that answer I long for. My faith in God’s ability and willingness to answer a prayer hasn’t changed — but my pursuit of that prayer has. I have found an abundance of joy in devoting more time to praying for others — my husband, my family, my dear friends, random people I meet or know of, even my readers (aka: you!). Trust me, that kind of joy is far better than the joy I would have received from having my own prayer answered. That kind of joy is irreplaceable.

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  1. Giselle says:

    Thank you for this. My heart and head needed it today. I am heartbroken about God’s no, but this helped a little.

  2. Megan says:

    This touched my heart in so many ways. I too have been praying my heart out over a situation for about a year, and in some ways feel it’s something that God had called me toward, however it’s still met with a (seemingly) “no”. The door is absolutely shut on it right now with no way whatsoever to open it, and as much as I have prayed still God hasn’t opened it either. But your husband’s comment about no being not yet really hit home for me, and it’s something I hadn’t even considered. Thank you for pointing that out. Prayers that God answers in your situation soon!

  3. Barbara says:

    Sometimes we forget that what we say and do should bring God glory. When He answers our prayers, it will bring Him glory.
    I prayed 5 years for a house of my own, mortgage free. I was on Zillow every day. I found perfect homes for me and my dreams, but they sold one right after the other. But I thanked God for saving me from a mistake each time they sold. All the while I was driving by His plan for me.
    I’m living in and renting a house that is so much more than I had imagined. And He’s working out all of the details for me to purchase it.
    The key to being at peace while we’re waiting is, found by realizing God’s timing is perfect.
    If you journal, you will see how interactive He is with you; if you don’t journal, start. Just write down your conversation with Him, and He’ll answer in scripture, a song, a quote, a devotional, a sermon, a friend – always match up what you’re perceiving us from Him with a scripture.

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  • System Engineer and Information Security Minor
  • Software Analyst and Programmer
  • Indeterminate accept rate at StackOverflow.com

I just try to answer.

I know we require a minimal understanding of the problem and be clear on what is being asked, then I forget how much is minimal. On one end the understanding of the problem is well enough that there is no need to ask on the other so poorly that the question is misguided. If to formulate a good question a person has good understanding of the problem, you would expect good questions to be hard to answer as that understanding is not enough. If answering is wrong, I guess that's it for me.

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One of the best parts of a crawfish boil is the day after – that’s when MawMaw would make crawfish bisque from the leftovers. It is a labor-intensive process the way MawMaw did it. It will take an entire day to prepare everything, but I divide the labor into two days. I’ll mention optional steps if you want to shorten the process.

Today I’ll show you day one of the process – the prep work.

This is the crawfish we had left over after a crawfish boil. I estimate this to be 12-15 pounds.

Let’s prepare to peel the crawfish. (Click here if you need instructions.) You will need two large containers – one for the shells, and one for the tails.

This is what I reaped from the leftover boiled crawfish: 2 lbs. of crawfish tails and a boatload of shells.

Next, I’ve separated the larger heads from the smaller heads and bodies. I have collected 60 larger heads in which I am going to stuff the crawfish dressing.

Optional Step: I’ll use the smaller heads and bodies to make a crawfish stock. To do that, I dump the shells into a large pot (depends on how many shells you have, for these I will use a 12-qt. pot), fill the pot with water (enough to exceed the shells by twice) and boil until the water is reduced by half. My 12 quarts of water will yield 6 quarts of stock. Just use water if you can’t expend this much time and energy on making a stock.

Now it’s time to clean out the heads to make room for the crawfish dressing.

Believe it or not, this is also an optional step. You can just roll the dressing into balls instead of stuffing shells. However, it is my opinion that crawfish bisque loses a lot of flavor without the shells. What’s the point of crawfish bisque without stuffed shells?!

Insert your thumb under the shell and pull down.

Run your thumb along the inside of the entire length of the shell to separate the insides from the shell.

Pull the insides off of the shell and bend off the pointed spines and eyes.

Here is the emptied shell which you will stuff later with crawfish dressing.

When you finish cleaning the heads, you need to remove a thin white membrane that covers the inside of the shell.

Scrape off the membrane with your finger. I do this under running water because the shell is rinsed as I’m working, but you could do it in the bowl of water and rinse the shells afterward.

Now you have 60 cleaned heads and 6 quarts of stock (if you chose to make a stock) and have completed the prep work for making a crawfish bisque.

Tomorrow we’ll make the bisque and stuff the shells – the fun part. Stay tuned!


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Jaha was reportedly circumcised as a one-week-old baby —just as it has been a tradition in her family in The Gambia. Fifteen years later, when she was taken to the United States for an arranged marriage, she was taken to a New York City doctor who worked closely with African communities, in order to be “reopened” for her husband.

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“Now that I think back,” Dukureh explained, “that’s what pisses me off. The fact that I was 15—you saw how young I was, you didn’t say anything, you didn’t do anything.”

She said that was why she called on the US Congress to implement a nationwide programme that trains authorities across all sectors—from education, to public health, to law enforcement—to watch for warning signs that girls might be pressured into the practice of FGM.

FGM is illegal in the US, yet activists estimate that hundreds of thousands of girls are at risk of being cut each year. Now living in Atlanta with her second husband, Jaha has made it her life work to ensure that young girls won’t go through the same practice that hurt her and killed her half-sister.

The procedure, seen as a rite of passage and believed to discourage premarital sexual activity, removes part or all of the genitalia on young girls. It can lead to a lifetime of painful medical conditions and even death, and for years has been decried as a human-rights abuse by the international community.

As immigrant communities grow the United States, activists say the number of American girls has only been increasing since the last known study—done nearly 15 years ago—which estimated that nearly 230,000 young women annually were at risk of FGM in the US.

Yesterday, Dukureh, along with representatives Joe Crowley of New York and Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas, presented a petition letter with nearly 200,000 signatures to 50 members of Congress, and will hold meetings with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education.

Dukureh has a simple question for U.S. authorities: How many girls in America are at risk of undergoing the same painful practice she went through? She and all those backing the petition are requesting that President Obama and these departments commission a report about the prevalence of FGM in the US and implement a programme to train authority figures across the country to detect and halt the practice through state laws, hotlines, and umbrella coalitions.

Before starting her now-viral petition in February, Dukureh, who founded ‘Safe Hands for Girls’, wasn’t aware of how widespread the practice is on US soil. “We’ve had calls from girls saying this doesn’t only happen on vacation, we get cut right here in the USA; they have cut us in Minnesota, they have cut us in Claxton, Georgia.”

FGM has been illegal on US soil since 1996, and last year President Obama passed legislation that made transporting girls out of the US for FGM punishable by five years in jail. But activists say the procedure has just gone deeply underground and is still clandestinely carried out on girls across the country.

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Real NameMohnish Bahl
NicknameNot Known
Physical Stats & More
Heightin centimeters- 178 cm
in meters- 1.78 m
in Feet Inches- 5’ 10”
Weightin Kilograms- 70 kg
in Pounds- 154 lbs
Body Measurements- Chest: 41 Inches
- Waist: 35 Inches
- Biceps: 12 Inches
Eye ColourDark Brown
Hair ColourBlack
Personal Life
Date of Birth14 August 1961
Age (as in 2017)56 Years
Birth PlaceMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Zodiac sign/Sun signLeo
HometownMumbai, Maharashtra, India
SchoolNot Known
CollegeNot Known
Educational QualificationsNot Known
DebutFilm Debut: Dancer (1981)
TV Debut: Isi Bahane (1980)
FamilyFather- Rajnish Bahl (Naval Lieutenant Commander)
Mother- Nutan (Actress)Mohnish Bahl Parents
Brother- N/A
Sister- N/A
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/Girlfriends Aarti Bahl (aka Ektaa Bahl)
Wife/SpouseAarti Bahl (aka Ektaa Bahl)Mohnish With His Wife
ChildrenDaughters- Pranutan Bahl (23-year-old), Krishaa Bahl (8-year-old)
Pranutan Bahl

Son- N/A

Mohnish Bahl

 Some Lesser Known Facts About Mohnish Bahl

  • Does Mohnish Bahl smoke?: Not Known
  • Does Mohnish Bahl drink alcohol?: Not Known
  • Mohnish Bahl is an Indian actor working in the Indian film industry and on Indian television.
  • He is the son of veteran actress Nutan and Lt. Cdr. Rajnish Bahl, and a prominent member of the Mukherjee-Samarth family.
  • He started his career as a lead actor with the film Dancer (1981) but he could not eshtablish his career as lead actor.
  • Later in 1989, he was reintroduced, this time as a villain in the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya, which starred Salman Khan and Bhagyashree. The success of the film transformed his career and led to him being a very busy villain and character actor.


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Stateamind News and Events

Latest News and Future Events - Stay Connected with Stateamind

Stateamind will be closed on Saturday, June 15th and Sunday, June 16th in observance of Father’s Day (and the BLUES PARADE!). Take this time to enjoy family, friends, and the Stanley Cup Champion St. Louis Blues!

Regular business hours will resume on Monday.

Thanks to everyone that made it out to either of the Stateamind hosted Malibu Just Ride Tour stops! We got lots of great content from the events to share. Check out the videos and pictures below!

Lake Lou Yaeger

Come out to Stateamind KC at Sportsman’s for two days of food, drink and incredible boat specials. Let Gary show you around all the great new Malibu’s and Axis Wake Boat’s and learn about the best wake in the biz.
Friday, May 17th, 9am- 5pm
Saturday, May 18th, 9am – 4pm
Contact Gary for more info
(314) 275-0336

Come join the Stateamind Crew for the 2019 Just Ride Tour. Get out on the water in a brand new Malibu Wakesetter with Malibu Factory Team members including Jeff Langley, Bec Gange, Chad Sharpe, and Charli Shore. Book your appointment with Stateamind to reserve one of the limited spots each day! A $10 fee is required to hold your spot and in return you’ll get a half day on the water with Malibu Pros, Stateamind staff, and likeminded boating enthusiasts. You’ll also get a swag bag full of Stateamind goodies. Don’t wait, spots will go fast.

Sunday May 19th – Kansas City
Longview Lake Marina
9898 Longview Rd, Kansas City, MO 64134

Friday, May 31st – St. Louis
Lake Lou Yaeger
4943 Beach House Trail, Litchfield, IL 62056

Kirby’s School of Wake is back in the Malibu M235 for another summer of fun and learning at Lake of the Ozarks. Along with private lessons Kirby has a series of events throughout the summer. Check out the schedule and contact Kirby today!

2019 Event Schedule

Spring Fling Freeride
May 17-19 | Pomme de Terre
Kick off the wakeboarding season at Spring Fling, an event bringing riders together to explore new waters and compete in a low-pressure video submission contest. Cost is $75 per 30-minute lesson. Lodging not included.

June 3-5 | Lake of the Ozarks
AWAKIN your passion, purpose and potential at this three-day, Christian wakeboarding and wakesurfing camp. We also create a focus on teamwork and leadership as campers will work as team with their ride groups throughout camp. Ages under 18 welcome [...]

Summer’s gone and we know you’re holding out for the best possible deal. We get it. That’s why we’re offering our Better Than Boat Show Guarantee.

That means is no matter the discount Malibu or Axis offers during the 2019 boat shows, the Year End Sales Event discount will be better. If it’s not, we’ll pay you the difference.

So don’t wait around. Build your boat today and be the first to hit the water in 2019!

This Weekend, June 22-24th

2018 Malibu Rider Experience Midwest – Lake of the Ozarks

Open to the Public

This event is located on the Bagnal Dam Strip at Lake of the Ozarks

( 1140 Bagnell Dam Blvd ) at Iguana’s own lookout point

Wakeboard Competitions
Wake Surf Demonstrations
Wakeboard Lessons
Riders Clinics
Pro Rider Demonstrations
New Boats on Display and For Sale
UTV Power Sports On Display and For Sale
Latest in Watersports Gear
Paradise Pads for Sale and in the Water
Stand Up Paddle Board Demos
Large Spectator Area and Swim Area
Open to the public come over and check it out
Bring a Blanket and/or Chairs

The marketing department (me!) got to spend a day on the water with Kirby. Beside learning how to wakeboard from one of the best instructors out there I got a ton of great pics. Enjoy!

Memorial Day Sale

Malibu Promo

Sunshine? Warm weather? Yep, it looks like summer is gonna make it to the midwest after all and we’ve been waiting for it too!

But now it’s crunch time. Stateamind wants to make sure you’re on the water by Memorial Day so we’re offering the deepest discounts of the year right now until the end of the holiday weekend. Don’t wait long though, as the list of new boat owners grows so does the time it takes to get each one prepped and ready for the water.

So, come in today, get the best price of the year, and enjoy the water with family and friends all before Memorial Day!

Come take a ride with Kirby in the new Malibu M235 this weekend as we kick off the summer at the Dog Days Boat Show.

Stateamind and Iguana are hosting a meet and greet with Kirby from Kirby’s School of Wake this Friday at Iguana Boat Sales, the Lake’s Malibu Sales Center (4363 Osage Beach Parkway, Osage Beach, MO 65065) from 4-6pm. Kirby will be joining the Stateamind/Iguana Team to answer all your boat questions and tell you all about our big plans for the summer.

On Saturday and Sunday you’ll have a chance to ride with Kirby in the Malibu M235. You’ll also be able to check out boats from Malibu and Axis as part of the LOMDA Spring In-Water Boat Show at Dog Days Bar & Grill (1232 Jefferies Rd., Osage Beach MO 65065). The show runs [...]

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It was an extremely close race between Universal's The Boss and Warner's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for first place this weekend. The Boss is currently estimated to come out ahead with $23.48 million, but with an estimated lead of only $45,000, either film could ultimately end up in first place this weekend.

Regardless of whether or not it ends up in first place this weekend, The Boss outpaced expectations and performed well with its modest price tag in mind. The Melissa McCarthy led R-rated comedy also proved to be critic-proof this weekend. The film's opening weekend performance was 9 percent ahead of the $21.58 million opening weekend of 2014's Tammy (though it should be noted that Tammy's opening weekend take was softened by a Wednesday debut) and 19 percent below the $29.09 million debut of last year's Spy (it should be noted that The Boss had been widely expected to open below Spy). With this weekend's performance of The Boss, McCarthy continues to remain one of the more consistent box office draws in recent years. McCarthy will next appear in Sony's Ghostbusters, which arrives on July 15.

The Boss started out with $8.11 million on Friday (which included an estimated $985,000 from Thursday night shows), increased a healthy 20 percent on Saturday to take in $9.73 million and is estimated to decline 42 percent on Sunday to gross $5.64 million. That gave the film an estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio of 2.90 to 1. The Boss skewed heavily toward female moviegoers (67 percent) and slightly towards moviegoers under the age of 35 (51 percent). Audience reception to The Boss appears to be lackluster as the film received a C+ rating on CinemaScore and current has a Flixster audience score of just 50 percent. With that in mind, it's quite possible that The Boss won't hold up as well going forward as McCarthy's previous hits have. On the other hand, the film's mentioned strong Saturday hold is an early encouraging sign.

After leading the box office for the past two weeks Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice fell to a close second place this weekend with an estimated $23.44 million. The blockbuster 3D superhero film starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill continued to fall off sharply, as the film was down 54 percent from last weekend. Batman v Superman is now on the verge of reaching the $300 million domestic mark with a 17-day take of $296.69 million. However, as a result of its soft holding power thus far, Batman v Superman is now running just 1 percent ahead of the $294.51 million 17-day take of last year's Furious 7 (which fell 51 percent in its third weekend to gross $29.16 million). With that in mind, Batman v Superman will soon fall behind the pace of Furious 7, especially with Disney's highly anticipated The Jungle Book entering the marketplace this coming Friday.

While Batman v Superman continued to decline sharply this weekend, Disney's Zootopia continued to display strong holding power with an estimated third place take of $14.35 million. The blockbuster 3D computer animated film was down just 26 percent from last weekend. Without taking into account ticket price inflation, Zootopia registered the eighth largest sixth weekend gross of all-time. Zootopia is also on the verge of reaching the $300 million domestic mark with a 38-day take of $296.01 million. The film is now running just 8 percent behind the $320.39 million 38-day take of last year's Inside Out and will continue to make up ground in that comparison going forward. Zootopia already has a current total gross to opening weekend ratio of 3.94 to 1.

Universal's My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 placed in fourth with an estimated $6.42 million. The PG-13 rated comedy sequel starring and written by Nia Vardalos was down 43 percent, as the film took a hit from the debut The Boss this weekend. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 continues to perform towards the higher end of expectations with a 17-day take of $46.75 million. That places the film 6 percent behind the $49.59 million 17-day gross of last year's The Intern (which fell just 26 percent in its third weekend to take in $8.68 million). My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 will hope to re-stabilize next weekend with the debut of The Boss behind it.

Hardcore Henry rounded out the weekend's top five with an estimated $5.10 million. The low-budget action film from STX Entertainment opened below pre-release expectations and delivered a lackluster per-location average of $1,690 from just 3,015 locations. The trailer for Hardcore Henry had gone over well, especially online, but that reception ultimately failed to get moviegoers to see the film this weekend. Hardcore Henry delivered the lowest debut for STX Entertainment to date in the distributor's young history. The film opened with $2.01 million on Friday (which included an estimated $380,000 from Thursday night shows), declined a concerning 7 percent on Saturday to gross $1.87 million and is estimated to slide 35 percent on Sunday to take in $1.22 million. That places the film's estimated opening weekend to Friday ratio at a fairly front-loaded 2.54 to 1. Much like The Boss, Hardcore Henry doesn't appear to be going over all that well with moviegoers. Hardcore Henry also received a C+ rating on CinemaScore and has a respectable current Flixster audience score of 66 percent.

Faith-based films Miracles from Heaven and God's Not Dead 2 claimed sixth and seventh place with respective estimated takes of $4.80 million and $4.05 million. Sony's Miracles from Heaven was down a very solid 34 percent this weekend, while God's Not Dead 2 was down a sizable 47 percent. Miracles from Heaven passed the $50 million mark this weekend and continues to perform nicely with $53.81 million in 26 days. God's Not Dead 2 has been far less impressive with $13.84 million in ten days and clearly isn't duplicating the word of mouth or the performance of its predecessor, 2014's God's Not Dead, which grossed $21.75 million in its first ten days after falling just 4.5 percent in its second weekend to take in $8.80 million.

Daily Domestic Gross Thu, Mar. 28 2019

Wide (1000+)

#TitleThu, Mar. 28 2019LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Us (2019)$4,455,635-13%3,741--$1,191$94,614,4401Universal Pictures
2Captain Marvel$2,519,412-10%4,278-32$589$333,305,8153Disney
3Five Feet Apart$718,964-6%2,86663$251$29,625,6012CBS Films
4Wonder Park$713,893-12%3,8380$186$32,941,7872Paramount
5How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World$601,135-11%3,347-380$180$148,734,0108Universal / DreamWorks Animation
6Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral$306,899-11%2,187-163$140$67,339,1704Lionsgate
7The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part$132,989-15%1,389-657$96$104,052,4339Warner Bros.
8Alita: Battle Angel$107,737-26%1,439-257$75$84,406,509620th Century Fox
9Captive State$82,755-34%2,5491$32$5,789,4102Focus Features

Limited (100 — 999)

#TitleThu, Mar. 28 2019LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1Gloria Bell$137,651-23%654615$210$3,067,0063A24
2No Manches Frida 2$91,580-21%4720$194$7,147,4272Lionsgate / Pantelion Films
3Apollo 11$80,764-24%586-2$138$7,251,2994Neon
4Isn't It Romantic$64,369-23%918-448$70$47,840,0446Warner Bros.
5Green Book$64,215-25%841-479$76$84,218,53619Universal Pictures
6Fighting With My Family$59,025-16%903-677$65$22,259,5196MGM
7The Upside$54,126-24%647-233$84$107,110,57811STX Entertainment
8What Men Want$29,970-19%404-183$74$54,203,7797Paramount
9Cruel Intentions 20th Anniversary Rerelease$28,327-37%708--$40$422,0531Sony Pictures
10Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse$27,459-10%278-88$99$189,994,43115Sony / Columbia
11Aquaman$22,2641%253-30$88$334,871,06415Warner Bros.
13Bohemian Rhapsody$18,367-21%174-82$106$216,024,8052120th Century Fox
14Run The Race$17,625-32%352-94$50$6,299,3505Roadside Attractions
15The Kid$13,581-17%167-101$81$1,406,7153Lionsgate
16Happy Death Day 2U$13,235-20%328-158$40$27,922,0606Universal Pictures
17Cold Pursuit$11,916-20%224-152$53$31,881,7227Lionsgate / Summit
18Everybody Knows$11,670-26%143-105$82$2,608,0807Focus Features
19Greta$11,665-39%384-596$30$10,491,3954Focus Features
20Ralph Breaks the Internet$9,8458%145-27$68$201,008,34318Disney
22Mary Poppins Returns$9,475-8%134-48$71$171,862,07214Disney
23A Star is Born$7,515-22%164-279$46$215,269,27925Warner Bros.

Platform (1 — 99)

#TitleThu, Mar. 28 2019LocationsAvg.TotalWks.Dist.
1The Mustang$17,965-20%3834$473$404,1792Focus Features
2The Aftermath$9,909-18%2621$381$246,7532Fox Searchlight
3Ash is Purest White$8,426-13%37--$228$165,5722Cohen Media Group
4They Shall Not Grow Old$7,9794%86-64$93$17,685,42214Warner Bros.
5Free Solo$6,7483%42-30$161$17,474,94726National Geographic Entertainment
6Arctic$6,405-11%71-26$90$2,281,3818Bleecker Street
7The Wedding Guest$5,836-26%93-3$63$355,7694IFC Films
8The Hummingbird Project$5,666-32%4137$138$140,9492The Orchard
9The Favourite$5,310-5%64-79$83$34,173,42318Fox Searchlight
10Hotel Mumbai$5,244-23%4--$1,311$115,4791Bleecker Street
11Birds of Passage$5,179-2%84-13$62$466,1426The Orchard
12Faith, Hope & Love$3,550-27%17-1$209$117,6362ArtAffects Entertainment
13The Prodigy$2,622-8%70-18$37$14,836,2987Orion Pictures
14Racetime$2,124440%105$212$1,871,11116Entertainment One
15Cold War$1,830-19%16-29$114$4,564,63214Amazon Studios
16If Beale Street Could Talk$1,789-1%36-23$50$14,893,43815Annapurna
17The Invisibles$1,629-3%12-3$136$325,4219Greenwich Entertainment
19The Kid Who Would Be King$1,4093%40-23$35$16,784,159920th Century Fox
20Out of Blue$1,389-16%35--$40$18,7791IFC Films
21This Magnificent Cake!$8901190%20$445$4,8574GKIDS
22Cliffs of Freedom$586-16%7-2$84$63,5294
23Uri: The Surgical Strike$6879%3-2$23$4,186,00611PackYourBag Films
24The Wild Pear Tree$55--10$55$27,8618Cinema Guild
25Hotel By The River$1043%1--$10$22,2616Cinema Guild


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Timing Our Life

One of Eli’s biggest problems is transitions. All of his therapies (ABA, Speech, and OT) agree that transitions are one of the main areas of focus for his development. How is one expected to be ready for school when they cannot transition from one activity to the next? How will he learn when he cannot join the class for coloring or story time because he is on the floor crying because he had to put away the farm animals? Since preschool starts in August, we only have a couple months to get a good handle on this behavior.

Eli gets speech therapy twice a week for 30 minute sessions, as you can imagine 30 minutes is not very long for a 3-year-old with transitioning issues. Within those 30 minutes they cover at least four different activities. Eli tantrums after each activity is over and needs to be picked up, and also gets very upset when it’s time to leave. One thing they implemented is a picture schedule. They used a PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) schedule. They lay out Eli’s favorite activities to do during speech and let him pick the four they are going to do for the session. This is very new and Eli doesn’t quite understand it yet. He sees the one he wants to do first, and doesn’t understand what the rest are doing there or what their purpose is. I do believe that it won’t take long for him to understand 1st ,2nd, 3rd, and 4th. (photo below for visual, not the actual schedule they use)

At home during ABA we started using a stoplight timer. I got it from our resources on the military base. It can be set to any amount of time and as the time progresses the lights change as they would on a regular stoplight. It can even be programmed to make noises (when turned on we have it say “BEGIN!” when it turns to yellow it makes a tick tock noise, and when the red light goes off it says “TIMES UP!” while the stop light is running Eli is in free play, whichever activity he would like to do, as long as he has asked us for it. When the timer goes off Eli has to go to the dining room, sit down, and complete and activity with his ABA therapist. For the most part, Eli caught onto this extremely fast. There are even days that he will have me set the timer at night when all the therapists are gone just because he thinks its fun. Of course there are days when he absolutely hates it and fights the whole way through the activity if we can even get it to happen at all.

I think, for Eli, these are the two things that are really going to help him with his difficulties transitioning. This is one area that causes most of his tantrums and I feel resolving this issue will make his school life soooo much easier.

30. Stay at home mom. funny, sarcastic, sympathetic, and a lover of memes.

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  1. This it my struggle too with my son. Great post. It is very hard. We just started doing the visual schedule so I am hoping it helps. I love that timer and have needed one. I need to checkout the PX here, maybe they will have one. Great post.

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Friday Links: Link Love

31 Jan

Link Love

Happy Fridaaaaaaay! Any fun plans for this weekend? I’m attending a friend’s apartment-warming and hopefully hitting up an art museum, in addition to doing some editing work.

I added a new page to my website called Link Love. There I’m posting websites related to the Beats, Greece and Greek America, the writing and publishing world, and other things I typically blog about.

You can find it here. It’s also in the tool bar banner above.

What websites do you visit on a regular basis? Do you have any recommendations for blogs I should be following?

PS: You can find past Friday Links here.

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Piano Trios – Coton, Cambridgeshire – 09/11/12

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Piano Trios
Friday, November 9, 2012
19:30 - All Ages
The Chapel (map)
66a High Street
Coton, Cambridgeshire, UK CB23 7PL
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Piano Trio recital featuring works by Haydn, Beethoven and Stanford; with Maurice Hodges (piano) and Nicola Anderson (cello).

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Undergrads speak at local conference

Stevenson University was well represented this year at the 34th annual Maryland Communication Association Conference, entitled “#MCACommTalk: Communication, Culture, and Media Education.”

Stevenson students and professors received positive feedback after their presentation on Sept. 15. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Deric Greene)

School of Design student panelists Heather Sun, Paul Farrell, and Emma Cathy Smith, senior lecturer Dr. Lee Krahenbuhl, and Drs. Deric Greene, Heather Harris, and Nadene Vevea were in attendance at the day-long conference held at Howard University on Sept. 15. Over 60 individuals were present at the event.

Sun, Farrell, and Smith were scheduled to be the last speakers of the conference. Their panel was titled, “‘We have watched and listened from the mountain!’ (M’Baku to the Wakandan people): Analysis of Black Panther.”

The process had started several months prior when a call for papers went out to local communication professors and students to see if anyone would be interested in presenting at the conference. Harris and Greene volunteered as mentors when the three SU students expressed a desire to present.

Once the theme of Black Panther was decided on, each student then wrote a research paper to analyze their specific topics of interest using a theoretical lens. According to Greene, “We were very surprised and pleased by the effort of the students. They came prepared and worked with all the fixes and recommendations we gave.”

Emma Cathy Smith, Paul Farrell, and Heather Sun smiled for the camera right before their presentation began. (Photo by Dr. Deric Greene)

Farrell, one of the students on the panel, spoke on the “Collectivistic Characteristics of Hofstede.” His goals for the presentation, he said, included not embarrassing himself and delivering a great presentation.

“I hoped to learn how to be a better writer and speech maker in the development of this speech and to grow in the communication discipline,” he said.

Those in attendance were pleased at how well the students presented their papers and responded to questions and inquiries. “Based on audience feedback, students definitely exceeded the expectations set for their first conference presentation,” Harris said. “For example, I was asked by a professor if Heather, Paul, and Emma were graduate students!”

Krahenbuhl, a visiting senior lecturer at Stevenson University, also presented his research at the conference. His presentation was entitled, “Matter and Impertinency Mixt: The Boots of Maryland’s Promethian Actor Junius Brutus Booth (1796-1852) as Historiographical Relics of Interpersonal Communication.”

Throughout the day, there were also sessions from scholars at Howard University, College of Southern Maryland, Bowie State University, Morgan State University, and the Maryland University of Integrative Health. The keynote speaker was Dr. Ronald L. Jackson II, professor at the University of Cincinnati and president of the National Communication Association.

The students and faculty agreed that they would be interested in participating again in the future. “It is our goal to continue the tradition of carrying students to conferences so as to inspire them to understand the scope of the discipline and hopefully find inspiration to add to the field of study,” said Greene.

To view photos and videos from the conference, individuals can visit the MCA Facebook page.

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A ‘pique’ experience

“What has been your peak experience so far?” asked a Swedish-American tourist sitting with his wife at a table next to us in a sidewalk cafe in Madrid. My husband and I both stumbled around for an answer, but couldn’t come up with one. At that point, no single experience on our visits to Paris and Madrid stood out as “peak.”

The man’s “peak” turned out to be a walk through a cave with prehistoric drawings in northern Spain, one that allowed only limited access.  Our conversation ended about the time the tourist’s soup arrived and he became angry with the waiter because the soup didn’t meet his expectations. He accused the waiter of lying about the soup when he’d first asked about it, because, he said, “I know how this soup should be prepared and this is not right. Don’t ever do this to me again.”  His insults to the waiter and refusal to eat anything, while his wife kept her head down and focused on her salad, provided us with a memorable experience, but I wouldn’t call it “peak.”

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Notre Dame

This brings me to an article a friend sent from the New York Times (Sept. 24, 2013) called, “Sign of the Times/The Virtues of Fine in the Age of Awesome.” Writer Andrew O’Hagan says, “In an era of extreme travel and desperately competitive bucket lists, it’s worth recognizing that ‘good’ is often good enough.” He talks about the “Ultimate Experience” holiday that involves traveling by private jet, mountain climbing, or deep-sea diving and warns that, “The Ultimate Experience now poses a threat to the kind of small revelations that can make us happy.”

Champs Elysées

We’d enjoyed strolling through different neighborhoods in both Paris and Madrid, visiting art museums and cathedrals, testing out new dishes and desserts in restaurants, bakeries, ice creameries, and trying to read unfamiliar signs, menus, bits of text and maps in French and Spanish. We were pleased that everybody we’d talked to or asked for help had been friendly, often generous with their time and knowledge. Two nights earlier we’d eaten at the same restaurant where the man complained, when my husband realized he didn’t have enough euros to cover the bill. The waiter had no objection to my taking up table space while my husband walked the four blocks back to our hotel to get a credit card.

It’s true that we hadn’t seen everything we wanted to see, but that meant we had a reason to return. We were content.  As O’Hagan describes travelers like us, we weren’t seeking the ‘awesome’, but “travelers who wanted simply to find a lovely part of the world and dwell in it for a week or two.” Without peaks or piques.

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I retired June 30, 2010 after working for 40 years in the field of education and most recently doing school public relations/community outreach in a mid-size urban school district. I wrote for superintendents and school board members. Now I'm writing for me and I hope for you. In this blog, I offer my own views coupled with the latest research on how to preserve our physical and mental health as we age, delve into issues most of us over 50 can relate to like noticing wrinkles and forgetting where we left our keys, discuss the pros and cons of different ways to engage our minds and bodies after we leave the workplace, and throw in an occasional book review, all peppered with a touch of humor, irony, and just plain silliness.
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3 Responses to A ‘pique’ experience

  1. Gabriele Bailey says:

    I have been living in Italy for the last two years. Much has piqued my interest, but my peak experience is sitting in a piazza with a good glass of prosecco and watching life go by.

  2. Evelyn says:

    Well said! Often friends will ask “What was your best trip” or What was your favorite country.” I too stumble around trying to come up with an honest answer. The truth is that, like you, I enjoy every trip because I savour the whole experience of just being there.

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Downfall VIII: Anonymous (#Fiction Friday)

This is part 8 of the Downfall Series.  To read the rest of the instalments, please click HERE.  To read from the first episode, please click HERE.

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Stepping into the captain’s office my headache is nearly tripled in force as the onslaught of incense and oils the man has gathered wash over me like a tidal wave.  He is trying new relaxation techniques and has even gotten into Feng Shui.  I guess being the compact man that he is, an Asian wife made sense, but his dedication to going the whole nine is a bit much.  He has wall scrolls, banzai trees, and those guardian lions.  The problem for me is he has no idea that nearly every piece of his collection comes from a different Asian country.  The least he could do is pick one and stick to it instead of creating a salad bar of Far East culture.

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Othersiders: Arts of the Necromancer – Pt.9 (#Fiction Friday)

Evelyn sat staring at the book, willing the words to make sense and failing with each passing moment.  Her brow was furrowed in frustration and her tired eyes were red with strain.  She tapped the table with a pencil in a quick, furious rhythm that caused many of the people sitting around her to cast evil glances in her direction, but she neither noticed nor cared.  The book had been a immense puzzle from the moment she opened it and not a single piece had been properly put into place.  Her answers were not coming.

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Demonstration of auroral radio emission mechanisms by laboratory experiment

McConville, S L and Speirs, D C and Ronald, K and Phelps, A D R and Cross, A W and Bingham, R and Robertson, C W and Whyte, C G and He, W and Gillespie, K and Vorgul, I and Cairns, R A and Kellett, B J (2008) Demonstration of auroral radio emission mechanisms by laboratory experiment. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 50 (7). 074010. ISSN 0741-3335

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At Streets Alive Mission, we certainly don’t have all the answers, and we aren’t always aware of all of the factors in play.

However, we firmly believe that hope and unconditional love can help no matter the situation.  It’s our job to care for each and every person who walks through our doors, and to help them get the support they need to find freedom from whatever is holding them back – poverty and mental illness included.

Today, on World Mental Health Day, we’re asking for your consideration:

Please, don’t be too quick to judge the mental health of those you see on the streets!

To support the work of Streets Alive Mission, consider a donation in honour of World Mental Health Day.

Posted Tuesday October 10, 2017 by Streets Alive Mission

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