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Friday, December 28, 2012

Gas In Saskatoon, December 28, 2012.

Yep, we get one more of these in after a period of stability.  Once more the price of gas has dropped.  It is now 106.9 cents a litre at most locations in Saskatoon.  I suspect the first price change of 2013 will be a price hike, but who knows with the supposed "fiscal cliff" in the US about to do us all in.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Just Because.

I'm linking to this for no other reason than that it's fun if you're a Yes fan.  They did a very good job in my opinion of adapting it to the videogame music genre.

A Familiar Look.

The last couple of days I've been playing on the revived Full Tilt Poker, which is now owned by the same folks who own PokerStars.  They had an offer for PokerStars players that if you linked your accounts on both sites you would get a 20 buck ticket to use to play Full Tilt  ring games.  Interestingly any time the dollar balance on that ticket gets over 20 bucks you end up making money when you leave a ring game table.  At the moment my cash account is up to $3.17.

As for the game play itself if you played on Full Tilt before it will seem very familiar to you.  Pretty much everything seems to be the same as it was when the US government forced Full Tilt to suspend operations in April of 2011, including the familiar cartoon character avatars.  For example I use the cowboy one, which is what I used to use.  My old account was opertional, so if you're one of those folks who had their money frozen in a Full Tilt account you should probably sign on and see what your status is.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Goodbye Gerry.

Veteran British TV creator/producer Gerry Anderson died today at age 83.   He first came to notice as the mind behind such puppet/marionette series, most with science fiction themes as Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet before moving to live action with the 1968 movie Doppleganger, known in North America as Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.  Anderson's most successful live action production would turn out to be 1975's Space: 1999, starring Martin Landau and Barbara Bain.  Although he had been working on a number of projects in recent years it was announced in June of this year he was suffering from Alzheimers.

In memoriam here's "Breakaway," the opening episode of Space: 1999

Rumours Confirmed.

I forgot about it, so I missed the noon hour changeover.  But now we know.  Wired 96.3's replacement, as the rumours suggested, is 96.3 Cruz FM.  The format is "classic hits," apparently ranging from the early '70s to the early 2000s.  Interestingly when I checked their Radio Data System feed a couple of minutes ago they were still IDing as Santa FM.  Their website can be seen here.  Will this new format work?  It seems to have too much overlap with Magic 98.3 and Rock 102 FM to me.  I guess it's a case of stay tuned.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Insert Applicable Seasonal Greeting Here..

Hope you're having a good holiday, becuase I'm pretty bummed at the moment, and expect to stay that way.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

There, It's Done.

It's December 22nd. You're still here, I'm still here. The Mayan Long Count Calender rolled over, and nothing much happened. No giant earthquakes, no asteroid strikes, no UFO full of aliens to rescue anyone. So now you can relax and shut up about the whole thing. And maybe next time those of you who fell for the interpretations of a bunch of paranoid, mainly white, cranks will think twice. But I doubt it.

I have to admit I was expecting we'd see worse as December 21st approached. But fortunately for everyone it mainly turned out to be a lot of talk and hand wringing from believers. There were no mass suicides or other outbreaks of violence. I suppose there were probably some folks who did things like sell all their worldly goods, but if so they were isolated enough not to get much press.

My late grandmother Margaret Carr used to say that the world ends for someone every day. And it's true. Yesterday was the end of the world for some, not because of some silly prediction, but because we're mortal beings. Perhaps that;s why so many people like end of the world predictions, because it will make their end part of a spectacular event, not the result of the slow decline or mundane bad fortune that will do most of us in.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Still Nothing.

So here's a tune about someone warning aboiut the end of the world.  It's from Planet P Project's 1984 album Pink World, a concept album about a 7 year old boy, Artemus, who gains superpowers after drinkiing polluted water.  When WW3 breaks out his powers are used to save a group of "true believers" from the resulting nuclear wasteland.

It's OO:51 UTC...

...and the world hasn't blown up yet.

Or do I have to wait until it's midnight someplace in Guatemala or Mexico?

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Should Have Been.

It would be fascinating to know what processes bands go through when deciding to release singles.  Rush's 1990 album Presto produced 3 singles: "Show Don't Tell," the opening cut, "The Pass," and "Superconductor."  But if I'd had a say in the process, I would have tried to convince them to release "Available Light," the album's final track.

I really think this track could have been a hit.  For that matter it's a Rush tune that might actually do someone quite well if they covered it.  Unfortunately a hamfisted cover "Tom Sawyer" is much more likely to be in some artist's plans.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Waste Of Time.

I have a Livejouirnal account.  I use it to post and comment on several places.  But my own Livejournal page never gets posted to.  Today I got a spam comment to the test post I have up.  All the spammer did is waste some time given that I have few if any visitors, and given that I instantly deleted the spam comment.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

How annoying.  As I write this the themometers we have say it's minus 7 outisde.  It's supposed to be warmest during the day, not late in the evening.  And that temperature is probably the warmest i's been in a week or more.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Haha, I Win!

As of today I'm done with all my Christmas shopping.  Hence I have beaten a whole bunch of you out there to the finish line.  No "Still looking for gifts 30 minutes before closing on December 24th" for me.  No having to stress out about finding something.  It's done.  Too bad for you if your shopping isn't.

Big Whoop!

So Rush is going to be indicted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  The only thing good I can see about it is the Rush fans who for some reason think this is important won't keep going on about it.  Being in the so-called Hall of Fame won't make peoiple who don't like Rush like them, or make their music sound even better.  So why should anyone care?

As you sit there thinking about what nasty thing to say to me for not thinking this is the most important thing to happen in music, EVAH! you can listen to one of my favourite Rush tunes.  Surprise, it's not "Tom Sawyer!"

Friday, December 07, 2012

What To Buy, What To Buy.

The F35 fighter is back in the news again in Canada, with reports the government is reconsidering the program given that it may cost as much as 40 billion dollars, versus the 9 billion the government had been claiming.  So, if the RCAF isn't going to buy the F35, what would they buy in its place?

In fact it is arguably a good time to be out trying to buy a fighter.  There are a lot of choices out there:

Boeing F/A18E and F Super Hornet.  It's the 21st Century version of the original McDonnell Douglas F18 Hornet the RCAF currently flies.  Along with earlier Hornet models the E(single seat) and F (two seat) Super Hornets are the backbone of the US Navy's air combat capability.  The Royal Autralian Air Force also flies the F model, which replaced its Lockheed F111s in the long range attack role, and may buy more of them given the problems the F35 is having.

Boeing F15E Strike  Eagle.  This early '70s design is still in production, and Boeing has proposed a more stealthy version, the F15SE Silent Eagle.  Given its age it's likely a long shot for a Canadian purchase, and no one has purchased the Silent Eagle version, making it a risk for Canada to buy it.  The choice would also be ironic given that the original F15A was one of the contenders in the late '70s in the competition that eventually saw Canada buy the CF18.

Saab Gripen.  Sweden's current entry in the world fighter market.  It's flown by Sweden, Hungary, the Czech Republic, South Africa, and Thailand, and the Swiss have a batch on order.

Lockheed-Martin F16.  It's still in production, but for how much longer remains to be seen.  Another aircraft that took part in Canada's late '70s fighter competition., but the currently offered versions are heavily upgraded from the early A model.  Buying a Lockheed-Martin product instead of another, problem plagued,  Lockheed-Martin product might prove politically iffy.

Dassault Rafale.  The latest design from France's famed fighter producer.  It's flown by the French A|ir Force and and by the Navy's carrier squadrons, and the plane got a big boost earlier this year when India decided to order 126, most of which will be licence produced in India.  The Indians may order more in the future, and it's considered one of the frong runners in Brazil's on again/off again fighter competition.  Several Middle Eastern countries are also interested.

Eurofighter Typhoon.  Built by a consortium of several European firms, it was developed to a joint design requirement for the airforces of the UK, Germany, Italy, and Spain.  It has also been purchased by Austria and Saudi Arabia.

Sukhoi Su27/MiG 29 families.  I'm lumping these together because they're very unlikely choices.  Russia would certainly love to see more export orders for these aircraft, and no doubt would get a certain kick out of a NATO country buying them instead of an American aircraft.  But it would be quite the chore to modify them to meet NATO standards and take NATO weapons like the AMRAAM and Sidewinder missiles Canada uses.

Avro Arrow.  There was some ridiculous talk earlier this year about the much ballyhooed late '50s Canadian design coming back from the dead.  Don't believe it.  Trying to make Arrows makes as much sense as startng a car company to make the 1958 Chevrolet lineup in huge numbers.

No fighters.  Some folks would no doubt say this is the best choice.  It's not going to happen.  Canada will replace the CF18s with something.  Ironically the people who don't want to buy new fighters would be no happier with a possible result, namely the US demanding the right to station fighter squadrons in Canada to patrol Canadian airspace if we don't.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Last Take.

Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck has died at 91. So in his hounour here is his best known piece, "Take Five." I got the chance to see him at the Sask Tel Jazz Festival several years ago. Even at his advanced age he still had it, even if he needed help getting on and off stage. Hopefully we'll all be still active in our late eighties.

If you're in Saskatoon you'd better enjoy today's break in the weather.  After the predicted high of plus one it's going to get very cold again, and the long range forecast shows nothing approaching warm for the next week

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Removed For Safety Reasons.

Coming home this afternoon on the bus I spotted a Christian tract sitting on one of the seats.  I took it with me when I got off, so that some poor unfortunate wouldn't be warped by reading it.

In reality I suspect that tracts don't have much effect at all.  Religious upbringing, personal relations, and other interactions strike me as much more likely to have an effect on one's religious choices than an easily ignored piece of paper.  Of course part of the thinking of those who distribute tracts is that they, like the religious works they're based on, have some sort of God given power to effect others, that they're a magical talisman.

Monday, December 03, 2012

The Snow... sapping my will to post.

Come here and take it away.


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Sunday, April 15, 2012

THREE ON DVD--capsule reviews of : CARNAGE *** TAKE SHELTER*** IN TIME

CARNAGE  (2011)

Rated:  R

Two eleven-year old boys get into an altercation. One swings a stick at the other and knocks out a couple of teeth. The two sets of parents get together and try to smooth things over in a polite and civilized manner. The stage is now set (literally--the film is adapted from a stage play) for some delicious dark humor, and some not so appetizing cobbler dessert, in Roman Polanski's Carnage.

Jodie Foster and John C.. Reilly play the odd couple--Michael and Penelope. She's a liberal minded writer. He's in the household supply business, and something of a hamster hating sociopath.  Christopher Waltz and Kate Winslet are the upscale pair--Alan and Nancy. He's a corporate attorney, and she's an investment broker.

Initially, everyone is polite. Then, accusation and counter accusation begin to fly in an escalating manner.  Booze is poured. We are treated to the spectacle of Nancy tossing her cookies (actually, the aforementioned apple cobbler)  all over her husband and Penelope's precious coffee table books.  There are great lines like: Their son is a threat to national security!  Then, when the spouses turn their rancor upon each other: If you ask me, the couple is the worst ordeal God has ever inflicted on us.

This is a heavyweight cast, and each of the four turns in a bravura performance. But Jodie Foster's tightly wound Penelope--ready to snap at any moment--is something to behold.

Other than the opening setup and the closing shot, Carnage takes place entirely inside Michael and Penelope's Brooklyn apartment. The intimate,  close-range aspect of it is reminiscent of My Dinner With Andre, but with decidedly less civil overtones.

Grade:  A

Rated:  R

Michael Shannon stars as a normal family man who begins having visions of impending disaster, and starts building an underground bomb shelter in his back yard. His wife (Jessica Chastain) thinks he's going schizo. Is he?  Pony up some scratch to see it and find out.

There is a building sense of foreboding in Take Shelter  (sort of like the way I feel about the upcoming presidential election). It all leads to an understated, yet potent and portentous ending. Some may be disappointed with it, but those are the folks who need to have everything spelled out for them. Anyway, it all fits into the groove of what is in the back of the minds of a lot of people as the countdown to December 21st, 2012 continues.  If anybody is crazy, let's hope it's the Mayans. (Those knuckleheads!)

Take Shelter  was on a lot of top ten lists of 2011.  It misses mine, but not by a whole lot.

Grade:  B +

IN TIME  (2011)

Rated:  PG-13

Time is money, that's how the saying goes. In the world of the future, that is literally true. People are genetically programmed to stop aging at 25. Then, an electronic digital clock implanted in your wrist begins to count down the days, hours, and minutes until you reach 26. You've got one year, and it's up to you to beg, borrow, or steal more time--otherwise you'll drop stone cold dead. (Hell of a birthday present, eh?)

Yep, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Those who are short on time live in ghettos and scramble to stay alive day to day. The rich, who have hundreds of years in the bank, live in their own segregated world. Just like now. The currency medium is the only thing that has changed.  (The way it works is you drive up to a toll booth, for example,  and stick your arm out and the attendant collects a few minutes off your life...yes, you can LITERALLY be nickled and dimed to death!)

 Justin Timberlake stars as Will Salas,  a poor dude who is bequeathed a hundred years by a guy who no longer wants to live. But Salas is accused of the man's murder, and he's on the run. He's pissed-off about the inherent unfairness of the system, (like the Occupy Wall Street gang) so he buys himself some threads and decides to crash the rich folks' party.  There he meets the super hot daughter (Amanda Seyfried) of an extremely wealthy man. She's intrigued by him, and they both end up on the lam, running from the "timekeepers" who are out to bring them in. And that's where In Time  kicks into another gear.

The movie opened to mostly lackluster reviews, but I was surprised by how much it grew on me
as it sped toward its climax. (You only want to do that in the movies, of course.)

Grade:  B

  1. Three reviews.......

    The first one, as you write about it, sounds like a play. You said it was based on a play. I think I'd prefer to see it as a play. (My comment is influenced by my upcoming trip to NYC and the prospect of seeing a few Broadway shows.)

    The way that you wrote about Take Shelter makes it, out of the three, the one I'd most likely want to see. I like the sense of the foreboding. Also, I remember my dad discussing about building a bomb shelter. He didn't do it.

    The last one reminds me of a movie called Carosel (sp?). I think the age 30 was wheN people were supposed to terminate their lives. (Of the genre, I think Soylent Green was my favorite.

    Whew, that was work. Next time you post a trio, I'll respond to only one of them. (I intended to do that this time, but........)

  2. Thanks for the feedback, Arlene. Now you see all the work that goes into sitting on my butt and watching these movies with popcorn and beer! (The real work is the writing, of course.)

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Saturday, June 25, 2011

A Little Food-crazy

The other day, I remembered that I have a blog.  A sad, lonely, neglected little blog.  There's a lot going on and it felt like too much work to explain all the pieces here, but I think I may have found a way to connect my real life with my blogging life without over-sharing.

To no one's surprise, that connection is food.

It all started with a lump that my mother-in-law found in her right breast.  Tests followed, with days of anxious waiting and then the confirmation no one wanted to hear.

Fuck fuck fuckety.  FUCK.

She had a mastectomy on Wednesday and is recovering with miraculous speed and ease.  Her oncologist told her that she's going to live another twenty years at least.  Her doctor prescribed a special diet which focuses on removing inflammatory foods and boosting consumption of anti-inflammatory foods, so I've had food on the brain even more than usual.  While the diet she's on isn't necessarily an official Paleo diet, the Paleo food philosophy lines up with the whole anti-inflammatory prescription.  A friend told her about the blog nomnompaleo, which has been a useful and entertaining recipe resource.  On Sunday, I spent about three hours reading that blog.

Then Tristan found this TED talk, which I've been watching on repeat.  All of this information has led to a minor existential crisis for me, both because I have to deal with the fact that my sons' Grandma is mortal and I feel mildly panicked at the thought of ever making another wedding/birthday/baby shower cake.  The main problem is sugar.  Eating sugar raises insulin levels.  It is literally insulin's job to stabilize blood sugar levels, and it does this by pulling sugar out of the bloodstream and into fat cells.  In other words, fat isn't necessarily made of fat, it's made of sugar(or wheat or corn or rice).  Insulin also triggers a process called angiogenesis(the growth of new blood vessels).  Cancer cannot survive without angiogenesis.  The really cool thing is that there are lots and lots of foods which are anti-angiogenic, and they are the sort of thing you might expect: berries, vegetables, tomato sauce, green tea.  Know what's not on the list?  Grains.  Of any sort.  Not even whole grains.  This is very bad  news for General Mills.  Metabolically, eating grains(and simple starches like potatoes, corn and rice) has the same effect on the body's insulin levels as eating sugar: insulin levels go up.

Now look at the staple food crops of America: corn, wheat, rice, potatoes; notice a theme?  Now when I look at those foods, all I can see is "inflammation, inflammation, inflammation."  I'm not saying that if you eat sugar or grain you're going to get cancer, or that if you stop eating those things you won't get cancer.  But I can't help but think of the nutrient opportunities each meal provides, and asking myself how I want to spend those opportunities.  Nutritionally, grains don't have a whole lot to offer.  I'd rather eat some pastured meat, lots of vegetables, maybe some roasted sweet potatoes.  Cherries and blueberries make a delicious dessert.  As a major benefit, if I skip the grains and simple starches I can eat an astonishing volume of food without feeling uncomfortably full.

I've already committed to three wedding cakes between now and September and I will craft them with love and enthusiasm, but I have this crazy idea; what if instead of cake, we started a tradition of, say, roasted free-range chicken with an assortment of roasted vegetables?  Why shouldn't the symbolic first food the bride and groom feed each other be about a commitment to be healthy and delicious, not just non-nutritionally sweet?  I realize the obvious setbacks to this proposal, but it still appeals to me.

For now, I plan on spending more time in this space and trying to curb my food fanaticism just a little.  Refining my food philosophy, feeding my family well, and sharing the recipes here.


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A Leapfrog Opportunity for Pathology

| November 28, 2012

“Radiology is digital at the beginning; Pathology is digital at the end”

In a previous post last month entitled “Digital Pathology Debate Continues: Hope or Hype?” I made mention of a Dark Daily story talking about a talk that Dr. Paul Chang, Co-Founder of Stentor and Vice-Chair of Radiology and former Director of Pathology Informatics at the University of Chicago gave at Pathology Informatics 2012.

You can hear and watch Dr. Chang’s talk from the PI 2012 website

My post included some commentary on the story by Dr. Stacey Mills over at Pathology Network blog on the talk and the commentary from Dark Daily.

Bloggers have to take a stand on topics of the day among many things.  You have to call out a candidate, support or admonish your favorite sports team, make reference to topic-specific issues such as self-referral as Dr. Mills recently did or review interesting news.

In the post prior to this one Dr. Mills talks about the iPhone5.  One of his comments says “Switching from one sophisticated electronic device (home computer, laptop, smart phone), to another can be a traumatic experience with all sorts of concerns about data loss, lost and forgotten passwords, familiarization with a new device, etc.  I’ve had a few nasty experiences in this regard over the years, and I’m sure you have as well.”

It should come as no surprise then that Dr. Mills completely missed the points Dr. Chang, a radiologist and innovator was making to pathologists.

Radiology is digital at the beginning; Pathology is digital at the end.

We get that.  It costs time and money without a reimbursement code for slide scanning services and the FDA Class 3 mention many pathologists are using as a crutch for reason not to adopt digital pathology.

Radiologists make impressions. Pathologists make diagnoses. We get that too. Radiologists will be the first to tell you this.

Our files are bigger and the images are more complex.  Our tea leaves require some color interpretation, depth, contrast and depth of focus beyond black and white two-dimensional shadows shown at 5 mm intervals from a digital acquisition at point of collection.

One of the points I think Dr. Chang was trying to make was emphasize on some more complicated workflows in pathology than radiology and ways in which digital pathology, including, but not limited to whole slide imaging alone after coverslipping.  Multiple parts, containers, pieces on those containers, multiple blocks, slides, additonal slides, immunohistochemical stains, recuts, deepers, levels all contribute to a much more complicated workflow than radiology.

KneemriThe radiology workflow goes something like this – MRI ordered, schedule MRI, show up at 2 AM, sit in MRI machine, leave, call doctor for results. He/she is told the radiologist suggested a CT because of some black on white or white where there should have been black and they could not make out and CT is better for that than MRI.  So, schedule CT, show up at 4 AM, get CT, leave, call for doctor for results.  He/she is told that the results are inconclusive and CT with contrast would be a better study to further assess “indeterminate imaging”.

Eventually you get your knee scoped for 30 minutes with an orthopedic resident providing necessary torque following tau = rFsin theta,! ,where r is not a normal r, F is excessive force and the angle is not designed to be used on the human body to go for six months of rehab and your knee hits worse than before you saw the doctor.

Anyways, the point is digitization in pathology is actually not the end. It could be the beginning, from the time of collection, after coverslipping, through case assembly and well beyond sign-out.

Given all the talk about cuts to 88305 and other billable codes for services provided the costs for digital pathology are nominal and scalable with value on positive patient ID, appropriate documentation, slide delivery, review, sign-out and archive.

Not too mention I think we are at the tip of the iceberg and failing to recognize, much like radiology did 15 years ago that digital will allow us to do much more than we can with analog slides.  The ability to view tissues and cells three dimensionally, as nature intended, with improved contrast, depth of field and orientation beyond which we can do with a light microscope will be realized and improved quantification will be delivered.

Lastly, Dr. Chang emphasizes improvements to workflow and Dr. Mills dismisses this as digital review taking longer than glass slide review.  Not sure I agree with this one either.  Would launching a digital slide, with paired radiology, endoscopy or gross images along with electronic medical records including clinic visits, operative notes, requisitions prior history linked with those images, as well as prior cases if need be save time or take time?  Anyone who has received a tray of slides with an incompletely filled out requisition form, prior slides not available in real-time, had to review notes and imaging in disparate systems, wait for prior slides, call the clinician and then order immunos might like to try a system that enhances this workflow before claiming that the case review takes longer.

Category: Digital Pathology News, Pathology News

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Sober since April 6, 2006

Monday, November 19, 2007

a dozen roses brighten any day

And today, I am grateful ...

  • to be sober
  • that I still have my family
  • that we all had a nice weekend
  • that I got to have lunch with my wonderful boyfriend
  • for the beautiful flowers my boyfriend gave me today. All of my coworkers' husbands got in trouble ... ("My husband hasn't given me flowers in years!")
  • to get a refresher course on cooking dressing
  • for my nice warm bed
  • that I can look back in this blog and see patterns and trends in my behavior ... I realize the blog has been more about work lately and less about AA. Part of that is because work has become more important. As a result, I'm not as happy overall as I used to be. Hrm ... pattern?
  • for God, because His plans cannot be derailed.

dAAve said...

I often think of the analogy ...

Trudging said...

God knows I have often tried to derail God's plans(-:


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Thursday, May 10, 2012

This is why I Coach...

I am sure that other triathlon coaches would shake their heads at me.  I know El Esposo thinks that I should blow this "job" off for one that pays better.  But I don't do this for the money.  I do this because I can empower people.  I can give them something that they thought was out of their reach.  Call it self respect, pride, courage, bliss....whatever the hell you want to call it...they find in in the last mile to half mile of their "A" Race.

I may be a bit of a drill Sergent throughout the training season and my charges may think that I sit and try to come up with the craziest workouts that I can to give them.  They may think that I am a kill-joy when I give the raised left eyebrow at them when they tell me that they are going to go off and do something way outside of the training plan or they start playing Mr. Potato Head with the workouts.  I know some of them dread those Thursday emails from me.

When they are scared the night before the race, I give the pep talk and the reassuring hug.  When they are about ready to jump out of their skin on race morning, I help them focus and fix any problems that might arise.  When they are crawling out of the swim or running into T2, I am there with my cowbells pissing off the old ladies running the aid station with all of my extra energy to get a smile out of some tired athletes.  When they want to call it quits on the run, I am there to assess their status, give them information that they can use, and even to get them to focus on something else to take their mind off of the discomfort.  Sometimes, I even get to run with them.

And that last mile to half mile is where the magic takes place.

Those are tears of relief, tears of determination, and tears of joy.  As the race announcer said on Sunday, "What does it take to finish a Half Ironman? It takes two friends to make sure you get there."  We look out for each other.  The first finisher of our little TEAM made sure to go back out and stay with our last finisher.  I made sure that I kept someone's focus sharp on the goal and that nothing (pouring rain) or no one (the gentleman she had to pass in the last 250 meters to not be last) got in the way.

It is more than just crossing the Finish Line.  It is about the journey that took place to get there.  With those last few strides, they truly believe that "Anything Is Possible".

I am very proud of my 13 who finished Ironman Galveston 70.3 and my 9 who finished Ironman St. Croix 70.3.  It took guts to ask people for money for blood cancer research and to fit in training between job travel, family commitments, illness, relocation to another city, new relationships, and moving into new homes that needed renovations.

In the end, this is why they did it....
They did it so that Molly and Kaden could have a better quality of life.

You can assist the 16 doctors in the Texas Medical Center that we directly fund to help them continue their research by following this link:

Later Gators,

Adventure Racing said...

It is good that you are joining that activity. You are a strong girl.

Christi said...

What a great cause and what a great coach you are!

This only reinforces my desire to meet you and hang out with you and your charges!

TNTcoach Ken said...

You don't do it for the money? That money keeps me in bubble gum the entire season! Great season Coach!

fiona said...

Coach Liz! We love you!!! THANK YOU for getting us over the line!!!

Erin said...

Every time I see the photos of Amanda & her finish, I get all teary-eyed. You are an AWESOME coach. We couldn't have done this without you. Thank you SO much for being that crazy, super energetic lady who pushed us further than we ever thought we could go. I, for one, will never forget this experience.


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Friday, January 25, 2013

Useful TOEFL Resources - Books and Audio Books

TOEFL or the Test of English as Foreign Language is not an easy exam to pass. English is not that hard to learn especially if you have the determination in learning the language. There are already a lot of people who have passed the exam so why not us? TOEFL will open up a lot of doors of opportunities in terms of career. Having the TOEFL certificates will be more advantageous to people who wish to work in an English-speaking country like the US and the UK. Anyway, the following are some books I have found online and I read a lot of good reviews so I think it might be a good idea to share them to you.

400 Must-Have Words for the TOEFL [Paperback]
Practice Exercises for the TOEFL with Audio CDs (Barron's Practice Exercises for the Toefl) [Paperback]
Kaplan TOEFL iBT with CD-ROM [Paperback]

Monday, January 21, 2013

Strengthen your English Experience with TOEFL Review Centers

It's actually a likelihood that studying for an English proficiency test is simply done through self-studying. A person tends to buy a reviewer from a book shop and studies alone. Anybody studies and responds questions in each and every page of the reviewer. However, this will likely help, there are many expertise that self-studying by itself can't be provided. For that reason, countless authorities started off establishing review centers that offer assistance to their potential customers. Luckily, because that there is a large amount of persons applying for the TOEFL tests, there is a TOEFL review center in Manila and other provinces that are willing to help.

Why does a man or woman have to review for the TOEFL? Is it not just a uncomplicated English exam? This is often one of the dilemma everyone has in mind when it comes to the TOEFL test. The TOEFL test or the Test of English as a Foreign Language is a computer-based test usually taken by individuals who have promises to study in colleges in foreign lands or working personnel looking for better occupations in other countries. The TOEFL test is smartly designed to review a person's ability in the four language skills: the reading, the listening, the speaking, and the writing. Compared to any other English fluency examination, the TOEFL test uses academic English and American English accent which render it considerably easier.

You can find a TOEFL review center in Manila and other provinces which provide assistance to assist a person achieve their target scores for the TOEFL. These TOEFL review centers have a very wide-array of solutions that anyone can pick from. Classes and training are carried out in individual or group sessions. Applying for a TOEFL review center can be very advantageous. Essentially, in a TOEFL review center, coaches will start building your abilities in reading, listening, speaking and writing. Instructors will start off researching your talent on the first day to have a program that is appropriate for a person. Therefore, the person's weaknesses and strengths is decided. As the review gets better, different types of routines will be presented to sharpen other locations the individual needs to boost.

Studying for the TOEFL test is really important. Furthermore important is to enroll in a TOEFL review center for directed review and becoming familiar with for the real test. The TOEFL review centers are able to help men and women realize what the real test is and ways to respond successfully to the problems.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Getting Ready For The TOEFL Examination

It's true that there is a rising population of scholars who are intending to take the TOEFL test for even more studies in a university away from the Philippines. Though the Philippines have excellent schools that offer excellent of education, students still seek for more educational experience and at once an experience of an alternative academic environment away from Philippines. As a matter of fact, progressively more students have been enrolling to various review centers like a TOEFL review center in Manila, Cebu, and Davao City. What should one know prior to taking the TOEFL test?

The TOEFL or Test of English as a Foreign Language is a computer-based academic-setting English exam. It has four different areas that are uniquely designed to gauge how good an individual can have an understanding of articles, class conversations, discussions and chats between people. Unlike other English proficiency test, the speaking test in the TOEFL is taped, so candidates don't need to feel intimidated or worried in speaking before an interviewer. Though it seems less difficult, quite a few people still feel concerned with speaking. Hence, a TOEFL review center will give you solutions to conquer this fear.

A TOEFL Center in Manila normally delivers training services - one on one or by group - to help a candidate develop attitude in speaking. Filipinos are good at speaking; yet, there is still a need to enhance our accents. Using an American accent in giving answers to speaking questions gives the candidate an advantage. Remember that a candidate is not only assessed with the relevance of his or her answer to the question, but also how good he or she can communicate his or her response in spoken English.

The topics covered in the test are so varied starting from arts, sciences, history, and many others. In addition, your vocabulary and grammar will also improve once you study with a TOEFL review center. The academic English used in the TOEFL test use some words that may not be familiar to a candidate. This is needed for your reading and listening tests. Your grammar will be measured in speaking and most especially in the writing test. With these skills developed for the TOEFL, you will surely hit your target scores and be excellent in no time .

Taking up classes in a TOEFL review center will prepare you thus making you ready enough for the TOEFL test. Teachers and coaches established classes that aim to establish your skills and boost your confidence in using the English language. For more information on TOEFL, go to the nearest TOEFL review centers locally.


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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Ibis Covers The Green

Three years ago I saw the first ibis in Coral Gables. I know that there was a group in north Miami but no others in the area. We always had them in the Florida Keys. Now we have them all over the place. It must be the heat. The University of Miami thinks a lot about the Ibis, take a look.


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Monday, November 1, 2010

Theme Day Topic: Public Transportation

This morning I used the metro to go to my doctor in Miami. The train was able to go faster then a car and I didn't have to pay to park my car. I didn't even pay for the metro ride. The metro and the bus is free if your over 65 and you live in the area.

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1975 Mercedes Benz 280S W116 in DB862 Pine Green Metallic, BECKER, 137k, SUNROOF

Price: US $1,975.00 Item location: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
  • Condition: Used
  • Make: Mercedes-Benz
  • Model: 200-Series
  • SubModel: W116 in DB862 w. M110 and SUNROOF
  • Type: Sedan
  • Trim: DB862 Pine Green Metallic * w. bamboo int.
  • Year: 1975
  • Mileage: 137,089
  • VIN: 116.020-12-039109
  • Color: Pine Green Metallic *
  • Engine size: M110 I-6 2,8
  • Number of cylinders: 6
  • Power options: Air Conditioning, Power Locks, Power Windows
  • Fuel: Gasoline
  • Transmission: Automatic
  • Drive type: RWD
  • Interior color: Bamboo
  • Options: Sunroof
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1975 Mercedes-Benz 200-Series W116 in DB862 w. M110 and SUNROOF

1975 Mercedes-Benz 280S Sedan (W116)
VIN # 116.020-12-039109
Elegant DB 862 Pine Green Metallic * exterior paint complimented with Bamboo MB-Tex interior.
Power locks, power windows.
Power sunroof.
Original BECKER Europa II radio with Hirschmann antenna.
137089 miles.
2 previous owners.
Never in any type of accident.
Running/driving car. Strong and powerful engine (no smoke). Smooth transmission.Recent oil change, new battery.One of the engine belt pulleys is making asquealingnoise (maybe a belt itself?...) - thatwill need some attention.Flywheel seems to have lost a couple of teeth in the course of years... So, sometimes, rarely but it happens, one might have to turn the key two or three times in order to start the engine. Afterwards everything is fine.
First and original factory paint (its clear coat is fading).
Bamboo MB-Tex seats (the front on ones) are in good condition, the rear seat will need to be re-stuffed.
German square weave carpets are in excellent condition (driver's side foot rubber too).
Headliner is flawless.
The A/C works but it will need a re-charge.
All the chrome (bumpers) and aluminum trim are excellent.
All the glass is good.
All windows, lights, gauges, turn signals, horn and radio work the way they should. Power sunroof is a little bit hesitant.
Brakes are good, emergency brake too.
Tires are worn and should be replaced soon.
Undercarriage (floors and rocker panel areas) is showing first signs of rust and corrosion - nothing extreme, but it should be addressed in order to be prevented of going further.
Never in any type of accident.
Original books manuals are included (see picture # 24).
The NADA value of this car is MUCH greater than my asking price. Why?...Because my asking price is considering the repairs needed to have this car 100% again.
It is a beautiful car in a gorgeous color-combination. Great as an investment or simply as a first car of your 18-year old child. A reliable first car. And a SAFE one!Let us not forget: it is an S-Class!
This vehicle is only 41 years old.
Due to the age sold as-is.
$500 deposit due immediately, balance within the next 3 days via bank wire transfer, cashiers check or cash.
This is a WORLDWIDE sale. I can help organize the shipping to anywhere in the world.
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Transformation Prayer – Matthew 17:1-20

1. Do you have any talents which you showed a lot of promise in, but have plateaued in as of late? Why would you say you showed much talent in this ability? Why have you since plateaued?What is needed to thrive in a particular skill? Is it fair/wise to compare a talent/skill to yourspiritual walk? Why or why not?

2. Imagine a wonderfully equipped playground full of kids playing. One is going down the slide, another digging in the sandbox, one climbing a tree, in the wading pool, on a swing, etc. How would you describe your current spiritual life by comparing it to a child in a playground? Why did you choose this image?

3. Read Matthew 17:1-20.

4. Have you ever had a significant mountaintop experience with God? Describe it to the group.What happened? What was the result of it (how did it impact you?)? What led you to thismountaintop? What can keep someone from finding themselves on the mountaintop?

5. Why might God want to reveal Himself in deeper ways to His people? How does someone become a person who longs for more of God?

6. What do you need to do as a result of this small group?

Transformation Prayer – Luke 11:14-28

1. Can you think of a time when you felt useless or helpless? Describe this time. How did you react to this helplessness?

2. Read Luke 11:14-28.

3. We need authority in this life and have been given authority. Why?

a. People are in bondage. What are people in bondage to? What are the symptoms of bondage? How might we discern if someone is ill or in bondage? How is bondage broken?

b. Because Christ came to set captives free. What are some examples you can think of where captives have been set free by Christ?

c. Because this same authority must be exercised on our part. Where in Scripture do we see believers exercising authority? Have you seen it in your lifetime?

d. This authority must be exercised with wisdom, under God’s instruction. What did Pastor Bill mean by this?

4. Where do you need to see the power of Christ in your life/your family’s life?


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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

My Sweet Pure Friends

It's time for another guest blog. Today I will be featuring 2 of my favorite people: Miss Stella Sehn and Mr. Sheldon hill. They are the hardworking duo behind Sweet Pure Honey - a Canadian company focused on creating pure products from simple ingredients. I love their glosses, honey products, and more. Stay tuned because in December I will be giving away some of their tasty treats. Stella and Sheldon the floor is yours...

My name is Sheldon Hill. I have been an apiarist or a  beekeeper (as we are more commonly known). I am the co founder of Sweet Pure Honey. We live in a small community in Saskatchewan called, are you ready for this, Porcupine Plain... I know! I once loathed this name when I was young, but now it's pure gold. The name sticks in your head like a bad radio jingle - permanent damage, but brilliant for a small business like this that we run with our three kids.

My name is Stella Sehn and I am the inventor of Sweet Pure Honey balms.  Our 2-ingredient organic balm contains only Organic Extra-Virgin Coconut Oil and Raw Beeswax.  We gently heat and create our products with inspirational purpose. As we are the actual beekeepers and producers, all the money goes directly to support our farm and local community.

Together we are the pair behind Sweet Pure Honey simply striving to live healthy creative lives our children can look up to! First of all, we are very proud to be supported by Tosca. We love knowing our products fit her Eat-Clean philosophy and lifestyle. Secondly, we would like everyone to know how committed we are as a company to providing simple and efficient products from nature without the interference or manipulation of man. Aside from honey, the other ingredient we use is the best coconut oil around - Organic Extra Virgin, which is what initially spiked Tosca's interest. She commented on how good it was and wanted to know our source. We're going to make her sweat for a while, but will probably give in on this request at some point! As for the rest of you, read on for what its like to live the life of a beekeeper...

The Life of an Apiarist:
I am a Beekeeper so honey and beeswax comes to mind. To this day, twenty years since our start, I am still amazed at the purity and efficiency of the food product that is  honey. After the larval stage  of a bee (egg, larval, pupae ) it will be the only food that it will survive on for duration of its life. Think about that for a moment and try to name another food that offers that sustenance. I can't think of too many. When we "pull" or harvest the honey it is during the warmest part of the year when the thermometer hits 25 to 30 degrees Celcius (plus a whopping 70+ percent humidity).  That is when I put on my coveralls fitted with a hood, lift very heavy boxes as fast as you can (more reps means a better workout), and drink about a gallon of water a day just to recover from sweating - and you sweat a lot in this job! After 4 to 5 hours each day I am wiped out. That is when I eat about two or three large tablespoons of honey! Thanks to the nutritive properties of honey, in about a half an hour I can feel my muscles returning "normal" and my brain becomes clear again. Just in time for another round!

I enjoy being in nature and the bees are fascinating creatures in the way they organize themselves and make collective decisions for the good of the hive. We still don’t fully understand why they do some of the things they do. It is intriguing being a part of that culture of beekeeping, a culture that is thousands of years old.

  1. my dad is a beekeeper and we make our own beeswax candles! ( if you want to take a look) honey bees always amaze me. i swear our garden thrives every year because of our bees :)

  2. I think this is wonderful and what a great way to instill healthful living through the power of nature. I really LOVE what Ms. Sehn said . . ."how committed we are as a company to providing simple and efficient products from nature without the interference or manipulation of man."

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San Francisco, California,is the other large city in California. It is smaller than Los Angeles and does not have the warm tropical beaches, but it is much more scenic.

Hillside streets lined with Victorian houses overlook a large blue bay surrounded by pastoral mountains. Historic cable cars still ascend the steep streets, and the magnificent Golden Gate Bridge frames its Pacific inlet. The nearby Marin headlands and Muir woods provide scenic diversions. It is less than an hour drive to the Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley wine country, and a half-day to beautiful Yosemite National Park.

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Saturday, May 09, 2009

So where are you really from?

I have had several conversations with various peoples and adding to those conversations vague hazy memories of distant discussions, as well as just general observations of friends and colleagues, so it would seem, that everyone just wants to be an AUSSIE, and they don't want to be English. Lucky us.

Ok there maybe exceptions, but most of us are very proud of the fact that we are Australian. How could not not want to come from a place where the sun practically shines all year round? *sigh*

So some examples and proof.....One colleague pointed out that when he was in Australia, no matter where a person was from either born or via parentage (or grand parentage) they all went "yeah, but I am Australian". It didn't matter where they were from Malta, Spain, Pakistan, Italy or Greece - they were Aussies as far as they were concerned.

Where as what I have discovered here is that in London especially, if your not from here (irrelevant of holding a passport or having been born here) are Jamaican, Pakistani, Nigerian, Polish, Indian, Swedish or whatever - you are not English. In the sense of not wanting to be, at all. No respect for the country that brings such amazing freedoms and or a lifestyle that you may not have otherwise had from where you came.

This I discovered about one of my work colleagues after I thought he meant England had beaten Australia (Australia lost appallingly, a whole other story there....Australian sport has gone down hill since the disappointment at the Olympics) when he went "haha you guys suck we beat you". I went "oh well its the cricket, sometimes England beats us", he said nothing. Then as it happened to be St Georges Day (patron Saint of England) I asked him "well you seem to be pretty patriotic over the cricket, so what day is it today?".

He didn't have a clue - he thought it must have been St Patricks day. We all had a giggle, and said he wasn't very English not knowing St Georges day. Blank faced, he responded "oh no I am not English, I am Pakistani" and then we all clicked that it was Pakistan not England who beat Australia. So despite having been born here, raised here, schooled here, never having been to Pakistan and having obviously and English passport, this boy was very reluctant to claim being English.

Its a bit sad for England *insert me trying to sound British here* really, as they are quite good at letting lots of people in (though making it hard for us Antipodeans who run the place...well everywhere I have ever worked anyway), refugees, all of the EU and making themselves known as very much a multicultural society, the people they provide for shun the thought of being English.

I personally am a little guilty of this, because as much as I love it here and as much as I want all the perks of being English (though this isn't entirely true, as I would be quite happy to be allowed to live and work anywhere in the EU, especially France) so I can both work and travel. At the end of the day - well I am Australian, and no amount of time here is going to change that.

So I guess, from personal experience I contribute to the "not wanting to be English phenomenon", and well why would you want to only get sunshine for, oh about 2 days of the year...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

More Takeaways from AES on How We Eat

I am collecting all of my notes and pictures of things the doctors shared during my weekend at the Autism Education Summit. I was writing fast and furious, taking pictures of their slide show presentations so I didn't have to copy everything I wanted. I am going to be converting all of those notes and images into a file so I can print it off and put it in my notebook in a more legible form.

As I was doing that I came across two phrases that really spoke to me that weekend and they continue to do so. I wanted to share them with you.

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So many of us have heard through the years, "you are what you eat". This is not exactly true. In fact, it's so shallow it borders on untruth. Two different doctors spoke that weekend that said two different things that go very nicely together.

"You are what your eat eats that you can't excrete". - Dr. Amy Meyers

Think about what your food is eating. If you don't know what your food ate, you need to know. You might be truly disgusted once you learn. I live in a farming community. I don't have to guess what's being fed to these animals. I watch it happen. All I can say is, GROSS. I wouldn't want to eat what they are, ever.

The problem is, you aren't just eating what you put into your mouth, but also what they put into their mouths AND you may or may not be excreting the harmful things they ate. So, you say "so what if that cow was dosed up with so much antibiotic it was a walking pharmacy, that's not me, I am very, very cautious with using them in my life". Yeah, well, you just took a big mouthful with your grilled chicken last night, and you wonder why you have gut problems.

Next, "We are what we digest and absorb".

This goes so well with the other doctor's quote because if you aren't excreting it, you are usually absorbing it. That's not a good thing with many of the foods we eat these days. Oh, that chicken might be nice and fresh, but nice and fresh with what in it's system. We also are often not digesting our food no matter how high it's quality. If you aren't digesting it, you aren't using it, therefore you aren't getting the nutritional benefit of that food. We can fill our tummies with organic, whole, wonderfully nutrient rich foods, but if we aren't digesting it properly and then absorbing it, we have expensive poop. Now, while poop is very important (and a topic I will actually talk about later), I want cheap poop. I want poop that is void of all the wonderful goodness I put in my mouth. I want it to be only the barest of what my body couldn't use or if I put too much of a nutrient in my body and, with it's wonderful processing abilities, it just didn't need that much. We need to know if our body is digesting and using it's food.

If you aren't sure (and just because you don't have explosive diarrhea or have a little weight to lose doesn't mean you are doing a good job using your food), please talk to a functional medicine or biomedical doctor. They can do very simple, nearly painless tests to figure it out pretty quickly. You might need something as small as a digestive enzyme with your meals. But, you want to make sure you have one that's specific to your needs. If you aren't dealing with fats correctly, one that ignores fats and works on gluten is not going to be as much help.

So, change what you eat. Know your food and the source of your food (that's really not hard in this day and age of phones and internet). Then make sure your body is using that food well and properly.

Talk soon.

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

A weird and wacky fact

There isn't any "tea" in Long Island Iced Tea!! It's just lots of different alcohols mixed together with some ice and a splash of Coke to make it look as though that drink you're sipping at the family barbeque is Iced Tea instead of "Crazy alcoholic drink that will get you drunk at that gathering for old friends waaaaaay faster than you planned."

Sounds a bit like false advertising, don't you think?

Good thing all those old friends only remember me being drunk, anyway. Plus, all of that extra alcohol makes me way sexier and funnier than I usually am. Seeing as how I am generally smokin hot and chock full of stand-up-worthy material, you can IMAGINE what a blast I am once intoxicated.

At least I didn't head bang and hit my forehead on the floor this time.

Though I did crack the back of my head on the concrete floor after trying to do a flying leap into an equally inebriated friend who dropped me....

That, my friends, is classy.
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Iveco Daily change driver seat ....with Opel Vectra seat.

Because at first I was not happy with the comfort of the driver seat and the passenger,
I changed the passenger seat and started just now I changed the driver's seat.

We opted for OPEL VECTRA B seat YEAR 1999.

1.I cut the back support from the seat near of the shock support.
2.I had to cut about 10 cm from the fixed support that is attached to the floor.
3.As the slide seat is wider than the damping system had to weld steel strips each side 2 cm wide each.

Now I have two sliding systems.The original.And the OPEL slide seat system.
I'm satisfied but i must to tested on long trip.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Spain grapples with human trafficking - Features - Al Jazeera English

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"To raise society's awareness about what is happening, it has to be made clear that trafficking is not prostitution or irregular immigration, but that there are undocumented immigrants and people who are sexually exploited who are victims of trafficking," Maleno said.
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Sliding on the water with Ancol Epic Cable Park

Epic Cable Park make the visitors who try seems as if they are sliding on the snow, but this game running on the water, thrilling! This new game is better known as Wakeboarding, rather this game is the incorporation of skateboarding and surfing on the water.

Stand on the board of wakeboard towed by a speed high enough wakeboarder should strive to keep their balance and glide on the water.

Visitors who have mastered the balance can create a variety of styles, the more interesting and challenging. With the same 'aroma', without a speed boat, only the length of cable that pulled the wakeboard, what happens is the body upside down, but visitors will have fun.

Usually this water sport games using the motor boat to pull the wakeborder, but the management of Ancol Dreamland (Taman Impian Jaya Ancol) make adjustments to the cables attached to the tower to replace the boat.

Interesting to try and since Thursday, August 23, 2012 a new game can give a new experience to the visitors in the Ancol Dreamland arena. Prepare cost to take part in the game of Rp 125 thousand to Rp 300 thousand, depending on the time visitors to play with the vehicle.

Citing news from a tourist site, according to the Manager Development Program and Events Ancol, Metty Harahap explained, "The concept Sportainment, is now in Ancol water rides are developing environmentally friendly concepts, such as the pedestrian was made wider, so that visitors can take a walk or play well here."

Interested in playing? Hopefully there is no excess risk occurred, would have been considered security for visitors.

(Source Taman Impian Jaya Ancol, travelKompas /Images Taman Impian Jaya Ancol)

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An afternoon at the beach of Makassar

City on the southern tip of the island of Sulawesi with sea views as far as the eye can see, becoming a beautiful backdrop for the visitors, an afternoon with a gentle breeze that greets to anyone, especially you who are traveling to the Makassar with mosque silhouette standing in the middle of the sea as background.

All walks of life gathered at the same time, teenagers, young and old, families and children ran around the area of Losari beach, enjoying the beauty of the sunset which will soon arrive.

Twilight is a kind of impressive farewell. Golden light flashed on the glass windows of high-rise buildings, swept like a beauty giant brush. Cumulus clouds opt out, such as moved the hands of the gods.

The sun from a distance gives its own air aura, the hot scent of the surroundings, but visitors continue to arrive, the food vendors and culinary specialties of Makassar on the edge of the road did not stop to offer their wares, such as pisang ijo ice, potato chips, chicken porridge and the delicious yellow rice. Dawn will arrive and this is the best time to enjoy the sunset.

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Traveling Luck for Pulau Tombolang, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia

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Traveling Luck for Gornja Strmica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Airports close to Gornja Strmica

Sarajevo(SJJ), Sarajevo, Bosnia-hercegovina (88.4km)
Mostar(OMO), Mostar, Bosnia-hercegovina (144.4km)
Beograd(BEG), Beograd, Yugoslavia (175.9km)
Podgorica(TGD), Podgorica, Yugoslavia (176km)
Dubrovnik(DBV), Dubrovnik, Croatia (176.6km)

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Traveling Luck for Opština Rosoman, Rosoman, FYR Macedonia

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Airports close to Opština Rosoman

Skopje(SKP), Skopje, Former macedonia (67.8km)
Ohrid(OHD), Ohrid, Former macedonia (125.1km)
Aristotelis(KSO), Kastoria, Greece (154.3km)
Filippos(KZI), Kozani, Greece (162.1km)
Pristina(PRN), Pristina, Yugoslavia (166.3km)

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Alexandria, Alexandria, Greece (126.9km)

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Airports close to Trælavatnaskarð

Vagar(FAE), Vagar, Faroe isl. (30.8km)

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Airports close to Payette Lake Overlook

Boise air terminal(BOI), Boise, Usa (182.6km)

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

A Better Way to Prepare Daughters for the "What If"

Preparing daughters to be homemakers may seem like a fairy tale idea to some. What if a young woman goes through a divorce, her husband dies, or in some other way is left to raise her children and support them.

What are we as parents to do? I have read a number of articles about preparing daughters for the "just in case", and I recently read a wonderful article by Mrs. Wayne Hunter of Fascinating Womanhood Alaska about ways that parents can still raise their daughters to be homemakers, but still prepare them to remain a homemaker if they are suddenly found husbandless.

Reading the article opened my eyes to ideas that I had not thought of in blessing my daughter for the just in case. I think it is one of the best articles on how to truly prepare daughters for the "what if". I encourage you to read it.

Here's a snippet:

Many mothers want to prepare their daughters by insisting that they get college degrees for professions in case they: never marry, marry but their husbands abandon them or the marriage ends in divorce, or marry but become widows at a somewhat early age. While this seems logical and like a good plan to many, the damage done by it can be irreversible and can undo a lot of teaching we’ve given our daughters on to how to be God-fearing women.

Read the full article here.

Check out Raising Homemakers for more great posts on preparing daughters to be homemakers!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this post! I so wanted to read the rest of the article on Fascinating Womanhood- Alaska, but it wasn't there any more!

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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Marine Debris Removal 2011/2012 Project Summary

Coral Reef Protection through Marine Debris Removal in 2 Marine Protected Areas:  Arrecifes de Tourmaline and Reserva Marina Tres Palmas

2011/2012 - Project Summary

October 7th, 2012

On October 6th, 2012, the field work and outreach and education portion of this past years coral reef restoration project through the removal of marine debris came to a close. The field work began a year ago in September 2011. The project objectives were to remove a boat wreck off of a reef known as Cayo Ron, in a marine protected area called Arrecifes de Tourmaline, and more marine debris in the Tres Palmas Marine Reserve.  The field work was conducted with numerous community volunteers, stakeholders, agency officials, and students from the University of Puerto Rico.  Outside of the field work and in local schools and local communities, the outreach and education objectives were to build on the successes of previous educational campaigns to begin and/or enhance school-wide and municipal recycling programs, teach students and community volunteers about the importance of coral reefs economically for Puerto Rico, and to work together to protect them for generations to come by preventing more marine debris from entering our oceans.  We are happy to report that all of these objectives were accomplished.

Volunteer participation was a huge success. A grand total of 213 people volunteered their time contributing 1385.5 hrs to protect and restore Cabo Rojo's and Rincón’s precious coral reefs.  Volunteers ranged in age from 5 to 74 and not only came from Puerto Rico, but from 7 states including California, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Florida, New York, and Maine.  In addition, many of these individuals represented various agencies, universities, and businesses. For instance, we had individuals help us from the NOAA Restoration Center,  Puerto Rico's Department of Natural Resources, students from PRATT, the University of Puerto Rico, and the University of Puerto Rico’s Department of Marine Sciences Student Association, the Municipality of Rincón, the Municipality of Anasco, area middle and high schools, local fishermen, international businesses such as Ripcurl, Roxy, FCS, Nixon, and local businesses such as Taino Divers and Monaquatics. This type of support, and help, was what the project aimed to achieve. Every person, agency, and business was equally valued during their participation and were all equally as important. Thank you all for all of your help.

Field Work:  Cayo Ron- Arrecifes de Tourmaline - Cabo Rojo - Marine Debris Removal

Over the course of last year, SF Rincon worked with Monaquatics, Atlantis Diving Contractors, Reefscaping, and 50 community volunteers to remove a shipwreck off of Cayo Ron.  Cayo Ron is located roughly 5 miles off Cabo Rojo on the western insular platform in the marine protected area known as Arrecifes de Tourmaline.  Volunteers helped during 5 different outings to survey for marine debris, remove the debris, and restore Cayo Ron's back reef by transplanting corals that colonized a large portion of the boat hull and the rudder.  In total, around 60 corals were transplanted.  Recently, a trip was organized to monitor the status of the transplants and they are all doing well.  Below are figures and photos of the chapter's effort at Cayo Ron.

5 survey tracks

All the vessel associated shipwreck debris including renditions of the size and location of the boat hull and rudder

The debris field at Cayo Ron was concentrated on the northeastern back reef and consisted of an area roughly 3.2 acres in size.

The boat hull was calculated to be roughly 57.8m^2

The rudder was calculated to be roughly 6m^2

The coral transplants are doing excellent after a year of growth on suitable substrate.  The corals were transplanted off of the boat hull and rudder which was on the reef since the early 90's some officials think.

This is a before and after photo sequence looking at the starboard stern of the boat hull.  It will take many years for the newly opened substrate to be colonized but the process has certainly begun.

This is a before and after photo sequence looking from the stern towards the bow.

This sequence shows the starboard stern in a different perspective.  The photo taken on 9.2.2011 was taken a bit deeper than the photo taken on 9.12.2012 allowing for more soft corals to appear in the frame.

Individuals from Atlantis Diving Contractos, Reefscaping, NOAA's restoration center, and volunteers celebrate after removing the boat hull

Another group shot of volunteers happy and tired after a hard day's work at Cayo Ron

Students from UPRM enjoyed being a part of the restoration effort

Enjoying the crystal clear Caribbean waters after finishing the first day at Cayo Ron

Volunteers lift out large slabs that DRNA transported to a landfill

This photo gives a nice perspective of the size of the some of the boat slabs that were strewn across the reef at Cayo Ron.  This was actually not even close to the biggest one we removed.

The commercial diving crew with Atlantis Diving Contractors was happy to help out with this project.  They commented on how beautiful a site it was to work at and was a nice change to the murky waters that most of their jobs are associated with.

Field Work: Tres Palmas - Reserva Marina Tres Palmas - Rincon - Marine Debris Removal

Project coordinators conducted 10 boat days in the Tres Palmas Marine Reserve and adjacent areas to remove 75 tires and copious amounts of other types of marine debris such as boat debris, cable, pipes, clothing, etc.  Most debris items were discovered in decreased frequency since the last project in 2009/2010 except for boat debris.  This is great news and it is proof that the nearshore reef environments along Rincon's coastline are getting cleaner.  This is not only beneficial for tourism and the local economy but most importantly for the endangered species such as corals and sea turtles that live amongst these reefs.  Below are figures depicting the marine debris removal effort for 2011/2012.

 Using a handheld GPS device, the daily survey boat tracks were logged to depict the area monitored in Rincon.

 Debris removed ranged from tires, corals smothered by debris (clothing, rope, fishing line), blocks, extensive areas of cable and rope, pipes, trash patches, and significant amounts of derelict boat debris.

Tires were significantly aggregated along the nearshore shelf stretching from Calle Surf to the Black Eagle Marina. Other tires, in decreased frequency, were discovered near Steps beach and north to Marias beach.  We removed 75 tires during this project (550 since 2008).  Tires were discovered in decreased frequency since the last project.

Boat debris was discovered in increased frequency since the last project.

Cable, rope, and pipes were discovered in decreased frequency since the last project.

Clothing and plastic were discovered in decreased frequency since the last project.  Blocks were only discovered near the Black Eagle Marina.  There was only one boat battery discovered.

The amount of volunteer effort we had in Rincon allowed project orchestrators, Captain Edwin Pauco’ Font a local Rincoeño fisherman and myself (Wessley Merten) a marine science graduate student from the University of Puerto Rico's Department of Marine Sciences, to expand outside of the marine reserve in search of more marine debris.  Tow-boarding and swimming were the principle methods used to locate the debris.  Nearly two times the area of the Reserva Marine Tres Palmas (~825,558 m2) was monitored and covered. During the arduous endeavor many objects were found and removed with the help of the volunteers.  We encourage you to browse through the project’s blog archive to the date that you helped to find your photo(s).  Some of the best volunteer photos are including below.

The images above summarize the volunteer debris removal effort. Each item was removed by one of the individuals that helped throughout this project. Every item removed, including tires, clothing, rope, etc., were removed with a sense of satisfication knowing that the effort would help improve the health and quality of the reef. But, oftentimes when these items were found, along with miscellaneous objects such as car batteries, engine blocks, oil cans, gas cans, chairs, stuffed animals, and large pvc pipes feelings of dismay and sadness struck the volunteers and project coordinators. It was at these times that it was undoubtedly apparent that outreach and education towards increased reef awareness and protection needs to be a top priority in area schools and throughout the communities in order to to conserve the viability of nearshore reef ecosystems around Puerto Rico.

Outreach and Education - Marine Debris Prevention

In effort to protect the future health and quality of the reefs in Cabo Rojo and Rincón, multi-media presentations were given to local students about the severity of the problem of marine debris in our oceans and how it relates to ocean environments around Puerto Rico.  We worked in two different schools along the west coast of Puerto Rico, Jorge Seda Crespo in Rincon, and MAS Intergrated School in Anasco.  In total, over 600 students were exposed to this project through in-school presentation and outreach activities.  This effort wouldn’t have been made possible without the help of each school's administration, and teachers, for supporting this portion of the project and we are very grateful for your help.

Outreach activities included installing recycling bins at two beaches in Rincon.  We are happy to report that this pilot project, that is, attempting to start a recycling effort at beaches in Rincon, is working.  According to the Director of Recycling and Public Works in Rincon, 85% of the materials being put in the containers at Steps Beach are clean and ready to be recycled.  The Director thinks that this is due in part to the cooperation of a local business at Steps beach, Steps Quick Lunch, who is constantly reminding his customers to recycle their materials and make sure the materials are clean.  The other containers we installed at the marina are returning 50% clean materials with 50% consisting of trash.

Jim and Steve install recycling bins on area beaches

Another outreach activity was done to paint the chapter's new marine debris container and recycling bins that were donated to area businesses.  The marine debris container was highly successful in keeping the debris we removed from the ocean organized and clean until we could schedule a pickup.  The containers we donated to local businesses are being used, but at times not always for recycling.  This is a problem that we will address in future projects.  The last community based outreach event was done to restore Rincon's recycling center to increase the amount of people in the community recycling.  Signs were put up on major roads to direct traffic to the recycling center and a beautiful ocean mural was painted at the center to remind citizens of what we are protecting when we recycle.  It also makes the trip to the recycling center more enjoyable knowing that you will get to admire the beautiful art.

Art students from PRATT university, and MASIS, come together to paint our bins

Volunteers from PRATT University, AECiMa, and SF Rincon restore Rincon's recycling center

In the two schools that we worked in, we purchased recycling containers from AMEC PR, and began and/or enhanced the school's recycling program.  To begin each program, we had an activity at each school to paint their containers and then distribute them in the classrooms to initiate the program.  Each event was a huge success and the students really enjoyed personalizing their recycling bins.  Both schools received 4 big (95 gallon) containers, 30 small (14 gallon) containers, and a recycling corral for their parking lot.  The big bins were placed in the corral so the municipality could service their materials and all the little bins were used in each classroom.  Two bins were given to each classroom.  To spice things up, we charted the amount of materials that were being recycled and created a competition amongst homerooms to see which classrooms could recycle the most through the year.  The winning class won cool prizes from the surf industry including Ripcurl, Roxy, FCS, and Nixon, and a pizza party.  Below are photos from this effort.

MASIS Recycling Program opening event

Jorge Seda Crespo Recycling Program opening event

Amount recycled between schools (#'s represent amount of full 95 gallon containers recycled)

Jorge Seda Crespo Pizza Party

MASIS Pizza Party

Lastly, for Earth Day 2012, St. Johns School in San Juan, invited myself over to give a presentation based on the reef restoration project and the research I'm doing as a graduate student.  The students loved the presentation and I was pleased to see the school's enthusiasm with recycling, conservation, and activism.

Earth Day Presentation April 2012

The outreach component of this project will culminate in the short documentary about the project and the efforts we took in local schools to teach and inform students to prevent marine debris from entering our oceans.  This documentary will be finished in a few months and we hope it will ignite the passion of other schools in the area to join us in our fight to protect Puerto Rico's coral reefs.  Click here to see a prelude to this documentary in the form of an educational trailer.

To conclude, this was another successful community based reef restoration project that the Surfrider Foundation Rincón hopes to expand upon in the future. We have already monitored other areas along the west coast, including La Parguera, Isla Desecheo, and Shacks reef for marine debris and began the dialogue with different schools in hopes that we can continue this work in the 2013.  We are very grateful for the help of all the volunteers, contractors, schools, and agencies that helped make this project a huge success.  Thanks for all of your support, time, and dedication to this amazing cause.

(All photos and figures:  W.Merten)

Posted by Wessley Merten
Marine Science Graduate Student
University of Puerto Rico
Department of Marine Sciences

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