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Mountain biking down an active volcano in Ecuador

At 5897 metres above sea level Cotopaxi, in Ecuador, is one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. Visible from Quito on a clear day, the majestic monolith dominates the skyline from miles around. Its perfect cone and snow-capped peak make it the most stunningly beautiful of all Ecuador’s volcanoes. A popular challenge is to attempt to hike to the summit of Cotopaxi. Beginning from the Refugio at the height of 4800 metres, the brave climbers trudge through deep snow drifts and fight against debilitating altitude in their battle to reach the top. Whilst it is obviously massively rewarding for those who do succeed, the combination of the altitude and the notoriously unpredictable weather patterns that surround Cotopaxi mean that success is far from guaranteed. Unfortunately, many climbers return to Quito disappointed, having had their attempts thwarted. An interesting alternative for those who fancy a bit of adventure, but don’t want to go to the top of the mountain, is to mountain bike down it instead. Having already biked down Bolivia’s notorious “Death Road” a couple of months previously, this was definitely a challenge that I wanted to undertake!

The Biking Dutchman was established in 1991 and has been running day trips down Cotopaxi ever since. It is easy to see why the company’s success has endured; the ride is utterly exhilarating. The minibuses leave Quito at 7am and make their way to the national park, eventually stopping 4500 metres up the mountain. From here the views of the mountain are breathtaking and provide wonderful photo opportunities. After a safety briefing, we tentatively began our descent. The first 8 kilometres of the ride were all downhill, on a frightening gradient, and we achieved some truly phenomenal speeds. Whilst the ride is suitable for most ability levels, I wouldn’t really recommend it to complete beginners as the bikes were basic and only had front wheel suspension. This meant that maintaining balance was a tricky proposition. I think my knuckles were white from gripping the handlebars so hard! Thankfully, I made it through this stretch with only a couple of minor falls.

When the descent has been completed the ride slows down and takes on a more sedate nature. After the rush of going downhill and holding on for dear life, it was pleasant to actually do some pedalling and take time to appreciate the bewitching lunar landscape. The massive boulders that have been spewed from the volcano in its moments of fury make for particularly compelling viewing.

Once we had eaten a delicious, and much needed, home-made lunch, we embarked on the final section of the ride. This took us across barren grasslands before plunging through lush pine forests. Pedalling across the grasslands and having to continually change gears was torturous. However, once we headed into the forest, all the effort seemed worthwhile. Here it was possible to really put my foot down, and get some serious speed up, flying over rocks and through puddles in the process. The speeds were comparable to further up the mountain but without the same fear factor, making this my favourite section of the ride. Finally, after four hours of hard riding, we reached the end point. Many of us felt seriously battered and bruised. None of us said that we didn’t enjoy every single minute of it.

The trip is competitively priced at $55 per person. This includes lunch and transport to and from the national park. It doesn’t include the $10 entrance fee to the national park. Check out the Biking Dutchman’s website at

Disclaimer: This is an old article which I wrote eight years ago for a sadly now defunct paper called “The Ecuador Reporter.” I’ve updated the article so all price information is current, but please don’t blame me if anything else is out of date!

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Have a great time, get out to see Tijuana’s professional basketball team – the Zonkeys!
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With enough power to excel on all sorts of tracks and terrain, combined with an extremely lightweight chassis, the 300 XC has one of the best power-to-weight ratios in it's class. The unrivalled power-to-weight ratio of the lightweight 2-stroke engine makes it a true contender against the more complex 4-strokes. For MY 2017 the 300 XC features detail improvements and new colors and graphics, but basically retains the same chassis and engine specification as MY 2016.


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Video: Toshiba UWB Laptop Demo

LAS VEGAS—At CES 2007, Toshiba gave us a taste of the first Ultra-wideband (UWB) docking station in action, possibly a sign that UWB is taking a stronger foothold in the wireless networking industry. UWB uses USB 2.0 technology to transfer data wirelessly between two computers. Currently, the device only works with the Toshiba R400-S4931, a sleek convertible tablet that has the look of a 13-inch MacBook, except with tablet capabilities.

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Barbara's Beat: Win Time In Dolls to teach kids time 3/25

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Win Time In Dolls to teach kids time 3/25

Win a Time In Dolls on Barbara's Beat 3-25.
Hosted by: Feisty Mom and FaVe Mom
Sponsored by: Time In Dolls

It would have been so much easier to teach my kids about time if we had Time In Dolls. They make learning about time fun and easy for both parents and kids.

Time is a difficult concept to explain to a toddler or young child. It's a difficult concept to understand. Time is often taught in a negative manner in the form of "time outs." Time In Dolls provide a positive, fun, way to teach your kids time.

You can use the doll to give yourself some time when you need a five minute break to catch up. The doll has simple skills implemented into the doll to be more creative and fun for your kids. They can practice how to tie laces, zip, snap, and velcro. Read the full review by Feisty Mom here.

Our favorite features of the Time In Dolls:
  • For ages 3-10
  • Helps to teach the concept of time
  • Helps child to learn patience and courtesy when used for "mommy" or "daddy" time
  • Gives Mom and Dad a brief moment of personal time while child explores skills
  • Not for "Time Outs", but an "understanding" of time
  • Works well with time management and reward systems
Giveaway will run from March 3-25. One winner will win a Time In Doll. To enter use the Rafflecopter below.

Remember you must complete all of the mandatory entries. You do not have to complete all entries on the Rafflecopter, but by doing so you are increasing your chances of winning. Those that wish to take advantage of daily entries be sure to visit and grab those entries.

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"It has been decided by the Eden Xperience Committee, Chain Gang Events, Eden  MTB Commission and Eden Disaster Management to postpone the Oakhurst Insurance Eden Xperience "Battle of the Bikes" and the "Eden Adventure Trail Run" until Saturday 7th November 2015. This decision was made due to the severely wet conditions on the race route and for the safety of the participants.  Details of regarding the event on 7 November will be posted in the local press.

The Oakhurst Insurance Eden Xperience Festival will continue as planned with the Friday evening George Herald Run for the Stars, the Fun Park and live entertainment by All & A'lls on the Main stage.  The Saturday Hockey Festival, The Oakhurst Charity race and our "Little Glens" Toddler dash will continue as scheduled along with food stalls, fun park and live entertainment.
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This year it also seconds as the “Eden MTB Championships”. The distances are as follow:

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What’s Screening: November 14 – 20

A lot of festivals this week, most of which will be closed by the end of the week.

Whether in festivals or not, there aren’t many films playing this week for which I can give an honest opinion. But here are the opinions I can give:

A+ The Thief of Bagdad, Rafael, Sunday, 4:30. One of the greatest fantasy adventures ever made, thiefbagdad1940and made decades before Star Wars clones glutted the market. The special effects lack today’s realism, but they still pack an emotional punch (my daughter, when she was young, found this giant spider scarier than the ones in Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings). The sets are magnificent, the dialog enchanting, and the story’s randomness gives it a true Arabian Nights flavor. And all in glorious Technicolor. Since there are no available 35mm prints, and it hasn’t been prepared for DCP, the Rafael will screen it from an HD CAM tape previously used at the Film Forum. Part of a series hosted by Dennis Muren, the Senior Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic,.

Made in Niles, Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum, Saturday, 7:30. To celebrate the Museum’s 500th Saturday imagenight show, they’re screening six short subjects made in Niles, mostly by the Essanay Film Company. These will, of course, include starring turns by Broncho Billy and Charlie Chaplin. But they’re also screening a brand-new short made by Niles enthusiasts, Broncho Billy and the Bandit’s Secrets. Frederick Hodges will accompany on piano.

A Metropolis, Castro, Saturday. The first important science fiction feature film still strikes a considerable visual punch,and with the latest restoration, tells a compelling story, as well. The images–workers in a hellish underground factory, the wealthy at play, a robot brought to life in the form of a beautiful woman–are a permanent part of our collective memory. Even people who haven’t seen Metropolis know them through the countless films it has influenced. Recently-discovered footage, which restores it to something very much like the original cut, elevates the story of a clash between workers and aristocrats from trite melodrama to grand opera. Read my longer report and my Blu-ray review. With the recorded score rather than live accompaniment.. On a double bill with the newly-restored Robocop, which I haven’t seen in a long time but remember liking.

B When Comedy Went To School, Oshman Family JCC, Sunday, 4:00. This sweet, nostalgic documentary looks at the culture, traditions, and humor that defined the Catskills from the 1930s through the 1960s, and in doing so created the art of standup comedy. Like all documentaries covering recent history, When Comedy Went to School contains a lot of interview footage, but this time around, the interview subjects are amongst the funniest people alive. This very short feature moves at a good clip and covers a lot of ground, but ignores one important side of the story: What did these comics learn in this "school." Read my full review.

A- Force Majeure, Aquarius, opens Friday. The carefully controlled, not-quite-natural outdoor experience of a fancy ski resort becomes a metaphor for the veneer imageof a troubled marriage in this Swedish drama set in the French alps. When an avalanche threatens his family, Tomas fails to protect them as he should. Soon his wife loses all respect for her husband, and Tomas losses all respect for himself. All this is set within a resort that appears to be just a bit more realistic than Disneyland.  Force Majeure studies courage and fear, and the destructive behavior that can destroy a marriage. But it’s about the artificial worlds we create for our own enjoyment. See my full review.

Mystery Science Theater 3000, New Parkway, Friday, 10:30. Regular readers know that I’m a fan of the classic bad-movie-with-commentary TV show, Mystery Science Theater 3000. I have never seen an episode on the big screen with a full audience, but I suspect I’d enjoy it–especially if it’s a really good episode. I hope this will be a good episode, no one is telling us which one will be screened.

C- Gone with the Wind, Stanford, continues through the week. I love big historical epics, but the biggest of them all just leaves me flat. First, there’s the blatant white supremacy. I’m used to racism in old movies, and generally just wince.But the racism in Gone with the Wind makes me cringe. The entire story depends on assumptions of white masters and black slaves as the natural order (you can read my in-depth comments). Leaving racial issues aside, the first part is pretty good, but boredom sets in after the intermission. The picture has one thing going for it: It used color far more creatively and effectively than any previous movie. 35mm print.


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TWD- Pizza Rustica

I know one of the first rules of cooking and baking is to read the recipe all the way through. I read this recipe through a few times so I knew what ingredients, how to make the dough, and how long it would take to prepare. I decided to make this for dinner tonight. I made the crust this afternoon and left it in the fridge for a few hours.
We eat at 5pm so I thought I’d just start this at 4:20 or so because it bakes for around 30 minutes.

How did I miss that you’re supposed to cool it completely before serving? We ended up just eating it hot. And a little runny.

This is an interesting dish- a sweet crust filled with a ricotta cheese, eggs, cheese, and prosciutto (my fave). The crust isn’t subtlety sweet, my daughter thought it tasted like cookies and left out eating the filling. 🙂 Both my husband and I really liked this. My kids, not so much.
Margaret and Jessica will have the recipe!

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  1. Judy says:

    Your pizza looks great. I think this is a dish that appeals to adults more than kids, although one of my teenagers enjoyed it.

  2. Amanda says:

    It looks perfect. I think your daughter is right about the cookie taste. It just doesn't seem to be a kid-friendly dish as a whole. Who wants to make kid friendly things all the time though? I didn't see the cool completely thing until I was making it for dinner either. It was still warm when we ate it. oops.

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The Simple Beleives everything- Proverbs

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Welcome back my beautiful people! Today quote comes from Proverbs 14:15. While reading this quote I thought to myself, who and where would I be if I beleived everything that was ever said to me? I’d probaly be lost physiaclly and definately mentally.When your soul is so vulnerable it’s so easy to let the negative things sink right into us. Being vulnerable is like an open wound that’s just waitng for a infection to happen. At times we don’t even know it but we just let these negative energy pour right into our lives and let so much damage happen. The world is full of lies and deciet so it’s only best if I warn you about it now. Don’t beileve everything that is said to you! Need I repeat it again? The only person you want to be vulnerable for is G.O.D. Think anout it, what do you want for your future? Don’t think about what mom wants you to become after college or what everyone is expecting of you. WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOURSELF? You have beautiful and amazing structures that are waiting to shine. If you dont know , that is completely ok. The goal is to not let your mind and body sink into the world lies. Dont be simple and beleive everything. Figure out what you want for yourself. Map it out. WRITE it down. What’s written is real!  Take careful actions into your plans and desires. I love you guys and until next time. Don’t forget! You are alive and bright its time to let those beautiful structures shine!-Rose

Red Flags To Look For in a Relationship !

Hello my beautiful people ! Today I want to talk about some signs to look for in an unhealthy relationship. We all know that every relationship is different. I don’t want to offend or mislead anyone especially if they have an awesome relationship with their partner. Although definitely keep an open mind and be on the look out for what makes you happy and what not. We are all in this together and do not judge anyone at all.

1.First thing first, Lack of communication is a big downside in any relationship whether it be a friendship, dating, or even with family. Communication is tremendously important especially if you want to build a relationship with that person. Sometimes silence is not the golden rule in a relationship. You have to be able to get comfortable and ready to talk about your needs, expectations, and goals as a unit. You have to establish a common ground among each other. For example, do you want to build something serious or be friends with benefits? Either one is fine but just make sure both of you know what you are getting yourself into. Also if you don’t like something that has been done to you or you don’t want being done to you, please let your partner know. A lot of things can be avoided if you just speak up. The goal is for you to TALK, TALK, TALK. So that way a strong foundation is being built.

2. Lack of intimacy. Sometimes it doesn’t  necessarily mean that you and your partner are not meant to be. It just means you probably have to spice things up a bit. Whether it be a date night, alone time that consists of fulfilling you or your partners sexual fantasies, or anything that helps you guys reconnect spiritually, mentally and/or physically again. Don’t ignore the situation, definitely do something about it if you truly care for the person.

3.Verbal and physical abuse. Any type of abuse is wrong no ifs ands or buts. No matter who you are. You are beautiful and deserve way much better. Most of the time we seem to let verbal abuse just pass us by like it’s nothing. When in reality it’s deteriorating us mentally. It’s not fair to you! If someone has the need to keep on disrespecting you physically or verbally then they definitely do not  deserve you in their life. You are a gift, you know what you are worth. Don’t let anyone degrade you because of their own problems.

4.Jealousy and insecurities. Sometimes being jealous can sometimes be a good thing or a bad thing. If your significant other gets jealous if someone tries to hit on you, It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad thing. It just simply means that they care for you and want you all for themselves.You are their prized possession. Now on the other hand, if your partner gets jealous of you because of the things you have or your success then that is a Red flag. Your partner maybe has some insecurities they need to deal with. It doesn’t necessarily mean the relationship should be over but you should atleast sit down and have a deep conversation with your partner.

That is all about the topic of relationships but I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope it finds you well. Definitely keep some of these aspects in mind so you know what type of things you’re getting into when looking for a relationship. Just be true to yourself and your partner and everything will go in your favor. I hope you come back soon next week for another surprise topic! You are beautiful anddon’t forget “You are Live and Bright and it’s time to let those BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES SHINE”-Rose & Brittany.


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What Lap Are You On?

ImageWe all know that when the Lord teaches us a lesson and we oft forget it, He sends us around the wilderness, so to speak, to re-learn it. Some of us “get it” and others are still out there wandering like the Pharisees and Sadducees who are blind and leading the blind into the pit. Maybe that is why  they are “sad you see.” They came seeking a sign, but this time they wanted a sign from heaven. It is hardly any different today as I can readily attest as I have spent the last 4 yrs discussing biblical truth with an atheist or a family member who says I will read the Bible when I find the true one. Like the Pharisees, they are seeking a heavenly sign when it is right in front of their noses! Friend, these are traps set by the enemy. Jesus rightly pronounced that it is a wicked and adulterous generation that seeks for a heavenly sign.

Moving on, Matthew now gives us a glimpse into the disciples thinking and Jesus irritation with them. Imagine His frustration with them. It is as if Jesus, after listening to their arguing, finally says to them “Hello!! Where have you been? You have such little faith! You saw the miracles and yet you are bickering about bread?” And then came the “aha” moment when the light bulb came on and they “got it.” How often are we like that as well. We hear the truth, we see the truth, but we get caught up in the nitpicky mundane extras rather than seeing the jewel of truth before us. Or how often have we experienced God’s truth only to forget it when we face a similar experience or read and then re-read and then finally it dawns on us what He is saying. No wonder we have to do laps!

It is time now for Jesus to see what is really within the disciples thinking. Who is He to the crowds? Who is he to them? He is asking us the same question. Who am I to you? Am I just a prophet like Elijah or Jeremiah? Am I just a man who was a good teacher as the rich young ruler said? Or am I the Son of God? Peter rightly answered You are the Son of the living God.  Where are you in your thinking? The Father in heaven will reveal Jesus to you if you do not know—just ask. He is who He said He was.

Go and read the entire Matt 16 chapter to get the context.

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Media Prep: a MUST! Tips on how to prep

So many clients get freaked out with TV interviews, and it can be understood: live TV is a one-shot opportunity, a no “re-do” spot. So are interviews with media on the phone or simply in person.

Here are some media prep tips from David Rourk’s blog:

– Prepare by speaking in short sound bites — avoid long, rambling stories. The tighter the better. Try to condense your thoughts into their most potent, descriptive words. A reporter is only allotted so many words and so much time, so make it easy for him or her. This also cuts down on the chances of being misquoted and damaging your public relations efforts.

– Prepare by using bridging statements when needed. There will be times when a reporter knows little about your profession or the issue he or she is asked to cover. Or, the reporter may have bad research information from the Internet, which is loaded with good, bad and misleading information. A bridging statement gets you past those potentially damaging questions and refocuses the interview on what’s important. This is not dodging a question. It is helping the reporter get the story correct.

– Prepare for the unexpected. Never tear off the mic and storm away. No one has pulled this off in a professional manner. Better to hold your ground, stay on message and maintain your composure and professionalism — most likely the media is on a tighter deadline than you are.

– Prepare for the pre-interview chit-chat phase. Establish rapport with the reporter before the interview. Remember, the whole interaction is on-the-record. Avoid talking about anything you don’t want repeated in the paper or on TV.

Put yourself in the reporter’s shoes. If an expert gives you great quotes or analyses which easily fall into place, chances are you’ll call that person again. However, if an interviewee speaks in jargon with rambling, incoherent sentences, you’ll never call that person back because you’ll find someone just as good who understands your needs.

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Ol' Thomp Report!

Phone rang the other day, and I picked it up. A scratchy ol' voice stated, "good mornin", "it's a voice from the grave". Yep, Thomp was callin me. No matter what time of day he calls, he opens with "good mornin". I think it's cause he just woke up. Well this time when he called he was in Kidney dialysis. Hooked up to the machine for 5 hours. Ol' Thomp sounded like ol' Thomp. although kinda weak. Said he didn't remember anything after he got to the hospital. Said he didn't remember his heart stopping, bein on a ventilator, or anything; except that he can't find his carvin knife. Maybe he's on the way to gettin stabilized. Anyway it sure was good to hear his voice. Thought you would want to know.

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Jim Birch said...

Tell Thomp to hang in there! I know what its like, our medical histories are very similar. Just gotta keep going each day.


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FREE Chips & Drink @ Quiznos February 27, 2010

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YUM!! That’s what I have to say about Quiznos sandwiches. Some of them are even good enough to remind me of my days spent living in New England where subs were called “grinders.”

So, in the spirit of my years up north, here’s a printable coupon for FREE chips & a drink when you purchase any regular sub, large sub, or regular chopped salad. Let them toast your buns. You’ll like it!

Find a Quiznos near you.

Expires: March 7, 2010

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    love it

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Use social media to promote your website, not replace it.

You’re probably well aware of the affect that social media platforms can have on your nonprofit, so you probably have accounts on many of them. But are you using social media to enhance your Web presence, or are you just spreading yourself thin?

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Gardener: "I planted tomatoes this year!" Friend: "Oh yeah? How are they growing?" Gardener: "I have no idea. I never look at my garden." Silly, right? But are you making the same mistake with visitor tracking on your website?

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Is your website actually helping your organization?

Are you sure your website is actually helping your organization? How do you know? Sure, you can probably find out how many people are visiting your website, but bringing people to your website is not your website's job.

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Are you using any kind of Captcha verification on your forms? Captcha is that test that checks if the submitter is “human.” Whatever your method you’re using to make your visitors prove they're human, stop it.

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Monday, 1 July 2013

Sew-A-Long Catch up's

There are a couple of sew-a-longs I joined in on this year and this weekend I had a marathon sewing session and managed to catch up with my two favourites.  First I completed my K-9 block for the Doctor Who-A-Long.  I just love this design and the doggy themed fabric "Puppy Park" by Riley Blake really suits him.  I love Puppy Park.  I bought a FQB and 2 layer cakes of this collection and have made one quilt with designs for two more (plus I was able to spare a little for K-9).

The City Sampler sew-a-long over at Sew Sweetness started last month.  These mini blocks are really tons of fun.  I can't believe how quickly they come together.  I was way behind and caught up in no time really so join in if you can.  There are 100 blocks from Tula Pink's book "100 Modern Quilt Blocks".

A lot of people are using Tula Pink fabrics.  I must confess I doon't have any so I'm using Boho by Annete  Tatum and so far so good.  (I do have 2 Tula Pink Books so I think I'm forgiven!).  Mixing in a few solids from my stash and following the colour guidelines from Tula's book not exactly but as close as I can as in the picture gives really nice results.

I have yet to see a block that doesn't look good and some of these would look great a little larger on a pillow or cushion or even stick to the 6.5" mini size and make mug rugs!  I'm  so happy with this project and I'm all caught up at block 15!

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  1. The K9 block looks great, the puppy park fabric is an fab choice of background. I am terrible at keeping up with sewalongs so I'm keeping clear of any more but the Tula book looks very tempting.

  2. wow, that is awesome! A Doctor Who a long?! Too cool!

    I am stopping by from the WIP hop, hop on by if you can

  3. I've seen a few bloggers recently who are getting involved with the Doctor Who-A-Long. It's great to see so many crafty Doctor Who fans.

    It looks like you had lots of fun and success with your marathon sewing session. I personally have never attempted a sewing marathon. I guess you could say I'm still in training. Maybe one day I will work my way up to a mini-marathon.

    1. The Doctor Who-A-Long is tons of fun. There's even a stitch-a-long going on this summmer which I haven't tried. Might be something to with the 50th year anniversary this year!

      It feels good to have a slightly shorter to do list!

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Alright peeps. here’s a sprinkle of truth.  While I still believe that Whole30 has been a fabulous experience, I have had some ‘not so fun’ things going on recently that I should share.

My allergies have been killing me for 2 weeks, which has been a bummer because I was just getting into that really nice Tiger Blood, and then they have affected my energy and sleep a bit.  But I believe I said before, they haven’t gotten me down nearly as bad as when I’m not on Whole30, so that’s a plus.

Yesterday and today I’ve had some pretty intense ‘kill all things’ mood issues as well as some pretty intense tummy issues.  The overall hypothesis seems to be that I am having a very delayed detox reaction.  I’ve definitely read accounts from other people that their ‘kill me now’ moments have occurred after 3 weeks, not 3 days.   So, maybe I didn’t get off easy like I was hoping, but hopefully it will not be long lived.

I have also been experiencing a bit of the ‘I’m over it’ feelings.  And it’s not about the food I’m eating, it’s about the requirement for perfection at all times.  We did go back and check the ‘rules’ and were reminded that there are RULES and there are RECOMMENDATIONS.  So far we’ve done our very, very best to follow both 100%, but we know we have to give ourselves a little slack on the recommendations when eating out, because we just don’t know if the waiter knows what he is talking about!  For example, we ordered steak, steamed veggies and a plain baked potato…we asked what the veggies are seasoned with and we were told seasoning, no butter or oil.  Well, it only took one taste to know THAT wasn’t true.  We did our best, we can’t sweat the small things, and we move on.  It was a delicious steak though!

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Our plan is to definitely just keep going with the Whole30 rules, just not holding ourselves to the perfectionist standards when we eat out or have special occasions.  However, we’ve already discussed how we have to be honest with ourselves about what qualifies as a ‘special occasion’ and we have to eat out A LOT less than we used to!

Nevertheless, it is Day 26 and I will push through this yuckiness, both physically and mentally, and have no doubt I will make it to Day 31!!!  In the meantime, Keep Livin’ Simply!


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Bhojo Gobindo - Star Jalsha' Serial Song Lyrics, Video

Bhojo Gobindo, Star Jalsha, Bengali serial
Vojo Gobindo- Star Jalsha' Serial Title Song Lyrics:
"Bhojo Gobindo" is a Bengali television serial which aired on Bengali Popular Entertainment first HD Channel Star Jalsha. Bhojo Gobindo Star Jalsha cast this is the story of three different character, Bhojo Gobindo characters is Gobindo as a hero, heroine and grandfather. Gobindo is the main lead hero of serial who is play character made servant, he will doing all kind of house-work and some extraordinary qualification like tutor, computer specialist, chef etc. Other-side old age grandfather are in very trouble with his cute also crazy grandchild, who is playing lead female characters as a Bhojo Gobindo's heroine. Gobindo, an innocent boy who is work as a government peon. One day he is going out to distribute a documents heroines house. Opposite side grandfather worried about his grandchild's craziness. Cause heroine are not to listen anything from anyone. Only she will doing as her wish. Grandfather and all made-servant of house are always afraid is her craziness. That's the situation grandfather is find a way, how to make his grandchild Calm down. Al last he is find solution and yes Gobindois the ultimate solution. "Vajo Gobindo" is made with funny & comedy story and all are actress are perfectly try to present their talent on the screen. We hope this is the upcoming Bhojo Gobindo on StarJalsha. Bhojo Gobindo actress name is Swastika Dutta. We are to collect information like Bhojo Gobindo wikipedia standard. This Bengali daily soap produced byBlues Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Acting main male Character Hero name Rohaan Bhattacharjee & main Female Character Heroine Swastika Dutta. The show "Bhojo Gobindo " is starts 29th May everyday at 09:30 pm on Star Jalsha and Star Jalsha HD also HOTSTAR. Watch & listen the star jalsha serial title track Video song of Bhojo Gobindo with lyrics.

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Catbus and Totoro bento

This is the first time I made a Catbus bento, although I have made several Totoro bentos previously. The Catbus (Nekobasu) from the film My Neighbor Totoro is a large grinning cat whose hollow body serves as a bus. The Catbus is often used to transport Totoro.

In this bento I have made the Catbus using rice mixed with teriyaki sauce for a slightly sweet flavour. The details are done with cheese and nori. I made Oh-Totoro using mashed potato, and the soot sprites Makkuro Kurosuke were made using sauteed shitake mushrooms.

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Glossaries for Translators: Why You Need Them

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If you are a translator and you haven’t made your own translation glossaries yet, you need to create one right now. You are not just missing out; you are doing yourself a disservice. The benefits of creating and maintaining your own glossary(ies) cannot be understated, from increased productivity to better translation quality. They are essential tools for all translators that should be put to use on every single project. Need a little convincing? Below are five reasons you shouldn’t spend another minute without creating your own glossary (or glossaries!).

Glossaries are worth their weight in gold

Conservatively, let’s say your first glossary has about 100 terms in it and that you spent an average of five minutes researching each term. If your hourly rate is $50, that glossary is “worth” just over $400. Now, picture this: my personal Chinese to English glossary, which I use for every project that crosses my desk, currently has 1,258 terms. One SAP glossary that I accessed had 16,383 terms in five languages. Imagine how much a glossary like that is worth! By maintaining a glossary, you are capturing value, like a bank account whose balance never decreases.

Glossaries help you work better and faster

Now imagine how much more quickly and accurately you could work with the help of an impeccably-researched 16,000-term glossary. As we all know, time is money. If you never have to research the same term twice, you will be able to work faster, more consistently, and ensure higher quality. Translators who want to stand a chance of competing effectively in our ever more discerning market must compete on quality, not price, and glossaries are an effective way to work both better and faster.

Glossaries are not difficult to create

Actually creating the glossary is the easy part. If you use a CAT tool, it will have an integrated feature for adding terms and their equivalents. Some products, like SDL MultiTerm Extract, will identify and extract terms from a corpus of texts for you (at a cost) while tools like memoQ QTerm, as one reader pointed out, have a free integrated term extraction feature. Don’t use a CAT tool? That’s OK! A glossary can easily be made in Excel or in a free version of an Excel-type software, such as those published by OpenOffice or Google. A glossary can be made with just three columns: source language, target language, and notes, in which you can include an explanation of one or both terms, definitions, etc. If you like, you can add any number of additional columns for context, definition, where you found the term, and the date that you added the term. You can then alphabetize the column by either the source or target language column and search for specific terms as needed.

Glossary creation can be monetized

In addition to being a great resource for yourself, glossaries are a great product that you can sell to new or existing clients. Glossaries provide you with a host of benefits, and you should be able to sell your clients on those same benefits: increased accuracy, better consistency, and the creation of a valuable asset that they own and can control (with your help, of course). Want more help convincing a client to purchase terminology management services from you? Have them read my post on glossaries for translation buyers.

Glossaries evolve

Glossaries, like languages, are living things. You will never be able to take your glossary, put a bow on it, and call it done. As you, your clients, your areas of expertise, and your knowledge evolve, your glossary will undoubtedly grow, change, and improve, too. New realities will become new glossary terms. You very well may find a better term for that entry you added last week or even last year, and that’s OK (in fact, it’s great!). As time passes, it will become an increasingly valuable asset for you and for your clients.

Have I convinced you yet? The bottom line is that glossaries are invaluable resources for all language professionals. If you don’t have one yet, make creating one the first thing you do after you are done reading this. The effort you put in will pay you back ten times over, guaranteed.

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  1. “If you are a translator and you haven’t made your own translation glossaries yet, you need to create one right now.” Actually, if that is the case, I would say the person is not yet a translator. Excessive reliance on the resources of others is the mark of a slavelancer or house servant, not of an independent professional.

    You are mistaken about MultiTerm. It does not include a term extraction module. SDL MultiTerm Extract is a separate tool which costs €500 more or less and has some serious issues with its rule-based root identification routines. It makes up some amazing garbage from irregular nouns and verbs in German. A better alternative would be Prof. laurence Anthony’s AntConc, which is free. Or for something more sophisticated, get a memoQ license and use the integrated term extraction module in it. Even if you prefer to translate in other tools, it’s cheaper to use memoQ for term extraction and export the results to SDL Trados Studio or something else than it is to get SDL MultiTerm Extract.

    There is no question that glossaries are an essential part of professional language work. But it is important to consider long-term maintenance strategies and to ensure that your data can be used to your best advantage in quite a number of situations. A few are hinted at here, but there is still a lot of gold to be found in that mine.

    • Kevin, thank you for your comment. Apologies for the delay replying, the comment was sent to spam and I only saw it today.
      You are right, my post was incorrect regarding MultiTerm, so I have corrected it and added what you wrote about memoQ. Thank you for that.
      In your opinion, what are some other ways language professionals can use their data to their advantage? I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

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It seems like we’ve been waiting a decade for the iPhone X to finally launch. Actually, some us have been waiting a decade! The day has finally arrived though, and millions of people will be taking delivery of their sleek new tenth-anniversary iPhones beginning today. As beautiful as Apple’s new design is, however, it’s also fragile since the front and back are both now made of glass. You already spent over $1,000 on your new phone, so let us help you save some money on the cases that will protect it.

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Manila Drive detour for bikes

UPDATE (5/3): PG&E has assured us that they will limit “certain construction activities such as truck crossing and x-ray work during peak commute hours to minimize impacts to the path.” They will also host an Energizer Station on the west side of the closure on Bike to Work Day, where staff will be available to explain the project and any future impacts to bikes and pedestrians.

UPDATE (4/30): As several readers have pointed out, PG&E's suggested detour is not very pleasant. SVBC member Janet Lafleur has prepared a map with a suggested route that takes advantage of nearby bike bridges over the freeway. Click on the image in the sidebar to expand.

UPDATE: PG&E has contacted SVBC to let us know that the bike route closure will be intermittent, not around-the-clock as previously believed. Specifically:

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will be conducting a gas pipeline modernization project on Manila Drive in Mountain View. This work is part of a system-wide program to ensure the safety of our natural gas transmission pipeline system. Manila Drive will closed at times throughout the length of the projects. The road closure extends about 0.5 miles, from just east of Ellis Street to roughly Enterprise Way. Crews will be working mostly around the clock, including weekends, to finish the project as quickly as possible.

What we previously reported:
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is currently working on Manila Drive in Sunnyvale for a pipeline modernization project. Due to excavations and heavy equipment, the road is unsafe for vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists. The road is expected to remain closed throughout the duration of the project, which is scheduled to be complete by 6/15/2012.

See the above image depicting the closed section and PG&E's suggested detour, or download a PDF of the map here.


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What’s your story? (by Emmanouela Tisizi)

Emmanouela is a PhD student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University. Her academic journey entails studies in Modern Languages (MSt) and Language Education (MSc) and she is passionate about studying the ways in which languages and people evolve over time and through social interaction.

You can get in touch with her via email or visit her LinkedIn page!

This blog post is inspired by Taiye Selasi’s talk where she urges us to ask people not where they come from, but rather where they are locals. In her inspirational talk, she explains that countries and nations are constructs and that it is not always possible for people to identify with just one country. Countries change; many of them disappear and new ones appear, for a number of reasons including war and politics. Selasi however addresses this issue, not just because defining one’s national identity in absolute terms is often impossible. She goes further than that and argues: ‘What are we really seeking though when we ask where someone comes from? And what are we really seeing when we hear an answer? Here’s one possibility… basically countries represent power. It’s possible that without realizing it we are playing a power game especially in the context of multiethnic countries. As any recent immigrant knows, the question where are you from? or where are you really from? is often code for why are you here.’

Having lived in different places myself, these words definitely resonate with me. I feel that by asking people where they are from instead of what their story is, we implicitly seek to attach labels to them; labels that categorize them as more or less powerful, and labels that other them. Regardless of their journey and life experiences, we search for one word, one fixed notion, that will supposedly tell us all we need to know about them. Personally, I identify as Greek. I do so, however, not because I happened to be born and raised in Greece, which I did, but rather because I identify with the Greek customs and traditions, I have a keen interest in Greek history and language, and I feel that among the various cultures that have influenced me, Greek culture has influenced me the most. At the same time, I recognize that things are not as unambiguous for all people. There are people whose parents do not share the same backgrounds, who are born in one place and raised in another, and there are others who are forced to leave the place they identified as their homeland and struggle to integrate in a new society. Deciding on one’s national identity is not always clear-cut, and in some cases it is impossible. Instead of trying to mentally assign labels to the people we meet, we should offer to hear their story, which may or may not appertain to a singular place.

During the last few months I have been living in Montreal, which is a multicultural (officially intercultural!) place. People from different ethnic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds live together and interact on a daily basis. Pluralism is indeed respected here, and a dialogue among the different ethnicities is maintained. Nonetheless, even in such a place people still ask others: where are you from? (see also ”I’m from Canada…Really!”) only to add the next burning question: when are you going back? Well, going back isn’t always an option. For some, being in Montreal is a choice, the realization of a hope for a better future. For others, however, being here is not a choice. There might not be a place to go back to. Or, in their case, going back might mean going to a place where there is poverty, political hurdles or even war.

Therefore, I feel that it is everyone’s responsibility to consider the other’s life journey before making any judgements. Most importantly, educators have the ethical responsibility to do so. In a world that’s becoming more and more multicultural and multilingual, now more than ever, the educator must ‘teach the whole child’ (Cummins et al., 2005)[1]. That is, the educator must affirm all students’ backgrounds by actively choosing to view their linguistic and cultural backgrounds as resources instead of impediments to the educational practice. This brings us to translanguaging pedagogy which places students and their differing backgrounds and life experiences at the core of the learning practice, instead of marginalizing them. Each of us has a story to share, and educators must ensure that their students become confident and that all stories are heard and respected for what they are, even if they do not fall into conventional categories. What’s your story?

[1] Cummins, J., Bismilla, V., Chow, P., Cohen, S., Giampapa, F., Leoni, L., Sandhu, P. & Sastri, P. (2005). Affirming Identity in Multilingual Classrooms. Educational Leadership, 63(1), pp. 38-43.

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Our Story – On to North Carolina

We are moving to Morganton, NC, in mid-2018 in order to be faithful to God’s call on our life to plant a new Christ-centered church for a city that we love.

In 2011, we became part of Karis Church in Columbia to receive additional ministry training, and God kept us in Columbia longer than we expected. We have spent six incredible years growing and maturing as a family, building lifelong friendships, and serving in ministry leadership at Karis Church.

At Karis, I have had the the privilege of serving as a pastor for a great family of believers during a season of incredible growth and fruitfulness. It had been an amazing opportunity to learn, grow and serve in such a healthy, life-giving church. It truly has been a family and a home. These have been the best years of our life.

At the beginning of 2014, though, we began to sense the Lord was inviting us to a new season of life. We felt that it was time for a “coming home” to our truest gifts and calling, but also the time to come home geographically. We had the strong sense it was time to head back to the state where I grew up, where we are known, and where we can plant ourselves for the second half of our lives.

Our hearts have grown more and more for Western North Carolina. We have patiently and persistently pursued growth in character and competencies as we approach planting in NC. We received immediate support from Karis’ pastors and members. We have friends who have committed to join our mission as well.

Our hope is to plant our family and our team in neighborhoods where we can maintain a faithful presence. We will take jobs where we can build relationships with the unchurched. We will open our homes to students, to skeptics, and to the marginalized. We will take the long view and grow this new church through hours of evangelistic conversation and hours upon hours of Discipleship.

We are confident that God is going before us, making a way for this new work. As he has done centuries before us, he is gathering a people for himself, for his glory and for the good of his people. We are joyfully submitting to his work here, and we are happy to be joined by a great team and support system for this new season of life and ministry.

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    I always had the paper supply ready for my tweeters. Plain paper
    so she doesn't get sick from the print that might be on the paper.

    On 5/04/06, kim wrote:
    > you probably have a female lovvie there which is going into
    > breeding mode. If you had a nestbox on the cage she would be
    > taking the torn up paper into the box to build a nest.
    > On 5/04/06, elizabeth wrote:
    >> On 5/04/06, Holly wrote:
    >>> I have experience with several different types of birds,
    >>> and about a month ago my Grandmother gave me her one year
    >>> old Lovebird that she had hand raised. He is really sweet
    >>> and knows a few words, but he does something I've never
    >>> seen a bird do before. He chews up paper into small pieces
    >>> and hides the pieces in the feathers of his wings. Is
    >>> this common Lovebird behavior, maybe some sort of nesting
    >>> instict? Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
    >> Yep, that is a nesting instinct. Very common with the
    >> species when they are ready to nest. The lovebirds are
    >> mature younger than other species and at one year they are
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Raising the profile for Birdshot

BUS believes that it is important to raise the profile of uveitis in general, and Birdshot Chorioretinopathy in particular so that it is better researched and understood.

To do this, we have been working hard at gaining a voice on local and national lobbying groups, working groups and parliamentary groups.

Vision 2020 UK

We have joined UIG to Vision 2020 UK.  The objectives of Vision 2020 UK are:

  • To prevent avoidable blindness
  • To improve the quality of services to vision impaired people
  • To improve the training available to professionals providing advice and services
  • To improve communication between organisations within the VI Sector
  • To improve the availability of information to vision impaired people
  • To ensure that the voices of the vision impaired are heard when planning services and their opinions sought on key issues affecting their lives
  • To raise public awareness of the issues and problems relating to sight loss

In addition to the above, VISION 2020 UK seeks to provide a unified response on key issues affecting people whose vision is impaired.

UK Vision Strategy

The UK Vision Strategy is a VISION 2020 UK initiative led by RNIB to develop a unified plan for action on all issues relating to vision, across the four countries of the UK.

Rare Disease UK

We have also joined UIG to the Rare Disease UK coalition.  This coalition has been asked to develop a Rare Disease Strategy for implementation in the UK in 2013.  Rea sits on one of the working groups  helping to develop this strategy.  The important thing for us is, that once implemented, all of us who have rare diseases should see a distinct improvement in the care we receive and the access we have to different kinds of medication.  The Rare Disease UK coalition is a member of EURODIS, the European organisaton for Rare Diseases, so UIG is now represented on EURODIS too.

All Party Parliamentary Groups

Rea also attends the All Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment, which is currently chaired by Sandra Gidley MP.  She will also be attending the newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group on Rare Diseases.

We have joined UIG to Orphanet

and have posted details of UIG and uveitis on their website.

We Need Your Help

If anyone can think of other ways of raising the profile of uveitis and Birdshot Chorioretinopathy, or wants specific ideas fed into any of these fora, please let us know by e mailing us at Birdshot@live.co.uk.

Annie and Rea

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Things I Love: Fall 2014

It is officially fall, and I wanted to share some items that I love!  This is our favorite time of year for many reasons!  We adopted our little Victory in the fall and her one-year anniversary/birthday is approaching next month, which is difficult to believe!  We have our wedding anniversary next month!  My sister gets married very soon — next month!  We moved to our new house in the fall (and sold our last home in the fall)!  And we just love everything fall!  We have trips to the cider mill and the pumpkin patch planned with our Victory!  You can start to feel the crisp fall air in the mornings and evenings, which I love!  Victory has also secured her Halloween costume for this year, which is just darling!

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1. Downton Abbey – Doug and I started watching Downton Abbey, while on vacation, and we got through the first three seasons and we were hooked!  The CD for season four just arrived and we cannot wait to start watching and see what happens next!

2. Bird By Bird  I reread Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott on vacation, and it contains really helpful advice for creatives, not just writers.  I highly recommend this book if you are looking for a dose of inspiration with your creative endeavors!  I previously wrote about this good read here.

3. Lululemon Tanks — I love Lululemon — especially since Biscuit could and Victory can go inside the Lululemon stores and dressing rooms with me!  While in Canada, where Lululemon is headquartered, I got some new Lululemon wear and I especially love my new tanks!  Oh, and Victory tried on some Lululemon yoga gear — just kidding — she hopped out of her Hound About and she did go with me into the dressing room, though — everyone thought she was adorable!

4. Good Life Project — I love the Good Life Project, which has weekly interviews with creatives, entrepreneurs, and many other interesting people!  The Good Life Project just wrapped up its video project, and will be turning its efforts to audio.  If you are interested in some good interviews, I highly recommend checking out the interviews on this website!  I have viewed most of the interviews over the past two years and they are quite insightful.

5. Tim Hortons Hot Chocolate — I tried this hot chocolate on vacation since Doug likes Tim Hortons so much!  It is quite tasty and I brought back a can of this hot chocolate for this fall and winter!  If you are looking for good hot chocolate, this is a good one!

6. Moleskin Journals — I have several Moleskin journals and they hold up really well during travel and they last a long time — quite durable!  They are very convenient to write down just about anything.  I like to have a place where I can write down notes to myself because otherwise, I will forget.  It is a lifesaver!

You can view other things I love here!

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March 22, 2017

Alternate Ending

Rush hour in the United States, in the morning as the sun gives hope
to the inhabitants of the Earth, that tasks will get accomplished and
happiness is near the horizon.  Somewhere.
Scott, an average middle class white man with a mortgage, two
children, a wife with high expectations and plans for their family,
listened to National Public Radio while aggressively speeding up and
slowing down to get around trucks or other drivers of vehicles only
willing to do the speed limit.
“The president arrived in Cuba today to tour the country and to
witness the closing of the Guantanamo prison.  The last of the
prisoners were sent to federal prisons in Louisiana, Kansas and
Illinois.  This comes as the next wave of political refugees from
Syria, Yemen and Eritrea arrived in Atlanta…”
Scott turned to local news- all expressways designed in 1953 during
the Eisenhower administration, were jammed packed.  The weather would
be warm, Blackhawks won, Bulls lost; thirteen people were shot in the
city of Chicago overnight, three dead, two in critical condition.
Scott noticed a large Ford truck that was raised to monster truck size
in his rear view mirror.  The tires on the truck hummed.  The driver
of the truck rode right on Scott’s bumper until he moved from the far
left lane to the next lane over to the right.  The truck sped up
impatiently.  The bumper stickers on the back window of the truck
read, “She’s not my President”, “Trump 2020” and “Hindsight 2020”.
Scott profiled the asshole as he tailgated the next driver ahead of
him.  White-undereducated- homophobic-xenophobic-misogynistic, Trump,
gun, military loving, cow tipping, tobacco chewing, Country Music
listening, American and Confederate flag waving fellow… Citizen.
Guys who fit several of the profiles listed, beat him up in high
school and at college parties but he found a woman who didn’t want him
to bench press his weight a dozen times and drunk wrestle guy friends
in the backyard.  Scott’s wife wanted him to garden and do projects
around the home.  She wanted to go wine tasting and antiquing and take
Ballroom or Salsa dancing with Scott.  They were tolerant people who
loved diversity.  They wanted to vote for Bernie but alas things did
not pan out.  They both kept their Bernie stickers on the back of
their electric cars.
A minivan with a driver wearing some sort of shrouds crossed the
divider twice into the far right lane of the expressway.  Scott
applied the breaks to allow the driver to merge.  Instead the driver
drifted back to the left back into their lane.  Scott thought about
punching it or getting behind the driver and move to the left lanes to
pass.  Still having a bit of testosterone in his testis, he punched
the accelerator of his electric car and it raced forward the way a
semi does.  Scott just about passed the minivan when it suddenly
drifted to the right and rammed his car.  Scott lost control at the
speed of 58 miles per hour and careened into the wall.  The driver in
the minivan never applied the breaks.
“What?  What the fuck?  What kind of a fucking asshole does this
fucking shit and takes off?  No fucking way!”
Scott followed the van and called 911.  He was loud and appeared to
be out of control.
“I am the victim of a hit and run!  I am following the car now as we
speak…  I am travelling north on the 94 near Irving Park…”

“Sir… Do you mean west?”
“No, I mean north…  It’s 44 degrees and my screen on my dashboard
says north.  I mean north, what the hell does that matter?”
“It matters to the police when they have to either go east towards
Detroit or west towards Rockford…  Are you following that logic, sir?”
“Okay…  So do you have someone dispatched?  This driver is not stopping…”
Once off the highway, Scott called 911 for the city of Chicago and
answered a slew of questions that just made him mad.  Scott followed
driver all the way to a Halal meat shop.  There were sweet shops,
hookah lounges, restaurants and most of the writing was in Arabic.
Scott walked along side a woman most likely that was covered head to
toe in a burqa.  There was a little screen for her to look out of as
she hustled away from Scott and into the butcher shop.  She was there
to collect a lamb that was just slaughtered according to Muslim
guidelines hence halal.
A dozen cab driver looking men, scruffy with open dress shirts were
drinking brackish coffee and talking.  They immediately stopped
talking when Scott walked in.  Scott stared at the group of men and
then turned around and walked out.  When he walked back out, there
were two white cops.  Scott explained what happened with loud hand
gestures.  One of the cops radioed in for a “facilitator”.
“You’re waiting for a what?”
“A facilitator…  A female who speaks Arabic.  When these things come
up, this is how it is handled.  If we go in and drag her out, we wind
up on the evening fucking news.  Racist, xenophobic cops trampling on
the constitutional rights of a non-citizen and so on…  You have to be
careful of how you treat these people.  When I went to Iraq to fight
with and against them, they would just as soon blow you to pieces with
a bomb strapped to their chest, but we have to handle all these
situations delicately…  My advice to you…  Just file a hit and run
claim against your own insurance.  These people won’t have insurance,
license or anything.  You won’t get dick…  Just letting you know how
this shit works, sir.”
“This is fucking bullshit!”
“We agree with you…  Here comes the facilitator.”
The facilitator was a young thin white woman dressed in a white robe
like material.  She had the meekness of a librarian and barely spoke a
whisper.  She jotted down notes, covered her head with a scarf and
went in to talk to the woman.  After ten minutes, the facilitator came
out and started speaking with the word “so”.  She started every
sentence with so.  The facilitator went to college and majored in
Arabic just to land a job as a go between.
“So I spoke to Abu-Nasim-Kareem…  So she claims that she was not in
an accident and does not know what you’re talking about…  So I suggest
the police inspect the vehicles.”
The handles of the minivan on had a scuff but no paint.  Scott’s car
had a large indentation but no paint on the driver side and a
destroyed passenger side from contact with the wall.  The diagnosis
was nothing.
“So…  What do I do?”
“If you have insurance and you should.  You should report it.”
“This is fucked up…  I don’t even know what to say.  This is wrong… Fuck!”
Scott went home and poured himself a red wine that he and his wife
had purchased while in Sonoma.  He plopped down on the couch and
turned on the television.  It was 10 am and he was not going to make
it to work.  Scott had decided he was just going home.   He was going
to eat ice cream and watch nothing of substance on television.  Scott
was going to call his insurance company and take a nap and then pick
up his children from school and take them for a Slurpee and pretend
like the whole day never happened. Scott’s father-in-law, an ice
fisherman from Minnesota had been watching Fox news non-stop on their
television while visiting for a month.  His father-in-law had caught a
flight for Minneapolis that morning.  Scott was happy to have his
house back.  No old man to steal the newspaper in the morning, take a
monstrously smell shit before breakfast, breathe loudly like Dark
Vader, click his false teeth and comment out loud about the state of
things, hoping to draw Scott into a debate or a conversation.  He was
gone but Trump took his place.  On the television, at a rally in
Pennsylvania.  Scott never usually listened but he did that morning he
was angry.  Angry like a lot of other people disgruntled socially and
politically that they could not change the things that did not sit
well with them.  Scott poured a second glass of wine and plopped down
on the couch.  Trump took the podium with flag waving hicks in the
background.  Scott didn’t change the channel; he listened for the
first time that he could remember.
“Sometimes…  You lose…  That’s okay.  Sometimes a loss is a win… I
thought about the loss.  The razor thin loss in many states where they
said I had no chance.  I could have walked away and gone on with life.
I have been successful and will continue to be.  We have started a
movement that will continue to grow.  Throwing money at Iran in hopes
they do what we want, is not the answer.  Ignoring radical Islamic
terror is not the answer.  Accepting under vetted refugees is not the
answer.  Allowing America to be the dumping ground of the world is not
the answer.  I could go on with life but I feel my calling is to stop
our decline before it is too late.  This movement will grow and the
media won’t be able to stop this.  I’m going to the people and the
people are going to me… hindsight will be corrected in 2020.
Hindsight 2020!  Hindsight 2020.”
Scott emptied the bottle and did not move or change the channel.  In
hindsight he questioned what he thought and what he believed.  He was
angry and frustrated with an army of many others.  Will it subside?

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How to Enforce Security at the Digital Edge

Distributed, edge policy enforcement slashes complexity and latency

Cybersecurity of network of connected devices and personal data security, concept on virtual interface with consultant in background

Complexity has exploded across today’s enterprise IT infrastructures, with businesses increasingly dependent on less understood and evolving technologies. For example, the digital economy has increased the types and sources of digital requests from APIs, mobile apps, cloud and new customer and partner ecosystems. In particular, software-defined infrastructure, business APIs and digital services have brought tremendous power, capability and automation to the enterprise.

For hackers seeking ways to go beyond just breaching an enterprise’s firewall, these new programmable entries into the inner workings of the enterprise provide an irresistible target. To mitigate the risks that more sophisticated technologies and hacking capabilities present, new security guard rails and a “trust nothing model” are needed to protect people and companies from internal mistakes or unsanctioned behavior from bad actors.

The perfect storm of risks

The emergence of sophisticated new threats in an increasingly complex and automated IT infrastructure environment presents a perfect storm for companies seeking to protect their data. Comprehensive enforcement of security policies means implementing them in a way that cannot be circumvented under any circumstances. In an automated business environment, which makes policy enforcement decisions in real time, equally capable automated controls need to be in place to mitigate risk and protect security boundaries and employees from mistakes.

While an unlimited number of new security policies can be created, consistently enforcing them throughout the organization is not so easy—especially since much of the data and user activity to which firms need to apply those policies are outside of their security perimeter and not visible. It may be known that incidents are occurring, but there is no broad enforcement capability (other than manual processes) to identify and stop them. Finally, you need to place your security policies and controls at the edge, close to where attacks are most likely to be initiated.

There can be severe ramifications of not deploying basic event processing and monitoring to determine what policies you need. First, recovering from a devastating data breach incident to your business consumes an inordinate amount of time, resources and costs. Second, corporate compliance, governance and risk management are severely limited by a lack of controls. And adopting a “this will never happen to me attitude” is a poor strategy. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, as of August 16, 2017, the total number of U.S. breach incidents in multiple industries is 24% higher than at the same time last year, amounting to 917 data breaches recorded and nearly 17 million records exposed.

The strategy: Policy control at the digital edge

Policy enforcement decisions need to be made in real time to be effective. That, along with requirements for improved performance and scalability when applying these critical controls, is driving security policy monitoring and enforcement closer to the digital edge, where commerce, population centers and digital ecosystems meet. There, security policy controls can be applied, adjusted and deployed in real time (or near-real time), proximate to the entities they are protecting, allowing you to more effectively and efficiently mitigate user errors and hacking attempts.

Many Equinix customers are solving policy control challenges by leveraging an Interconnection Oriented Architecture™ (IOA™) strategy to place powerful and effective security policies and controls at their digital edge. An IOA framework allows security policy enforcement to be deployed and applied in geographically distributed digital edge nodes (vendor-neutral “interconnection hubs”) for improving boundary controls and preventing mistakes or malicious actions within the inspection zone.

Leveraging local monitoring capabilities and automated event processing can detect and act upon a variety of security breaches (e.g., data access anomalies, attack trends) in real time that would otherwise not be possible in a centralized data center. By moving business traffic through digital edge nodes, you can distribute monitoring and control to every edge intersection point, tailoring the policies accordingly to reflect company strategy, industry compliance or regional regulations, and implement them in an automated way that cannot be circumvented.

Leveraging an IOA Security Blueprint for greater policy monitoring and enforcement

The IOA Security Blueprint teaches you how to deploy security policy administration and enforcement within edge nodes as described (see diagram below). With this strategy, you’re protected when a developer accidently runs a test against a production database, or an employee trying to send a file link inadvertently sends a folder containing sensitive information. These potential disasters can be arrested where they begin, with localized boundary control and packet inspection at the IT exchange point, you see everything and can enforce policies accordingly.

Security Policy Administration and Enforcement

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The policy administration and enforcement design pattern diagram above shows how to architect edge-based policy enforcement that ensures all communication runs through the digital edge node and is therefore authorized, inspected and approved (or denied). The steps are as follows:

  1. Determine which flows require what kinds of policies. In doing so, identify components in your security ecosystem that can be leveraged in your digital edge node. Colocate high-dependency services in the digital edge nodes, and scale as more nodes are deployed.
  2. Many solutions advocate a wire-speed appliance in the digital edge node as a policy enforcement point that is configured to be part of the data flow with backend calls to SaaS services that will act when triggered (see next point).
  3. Leverage a security SaaS service that maintains policies and registries, of already prescribed and mature execution and remediation steps, to draw upon and enrich your policies.
  4. Leverage policy event data as a source to analyze for greater insights into trends. Soft alarms can be used to track sanctioned shadow IT projects, enabling innovation rather than preventing it by design.
  5. Tailor the policies over time for the most effective security coverage.

 Benefits: Assurance and performance

The benefits of a more closely monitored and enforced security architecture deployed at your digital edge cannot be overstated. Each edge node provides a consolidated point of control from which you can manage data flows between all parties. From this, you regain essential control of your business.

In addition:

  • Firm policies, such as cloud access and usage, can be followed and regularly updated.
  • Subscription security services provide an ecosystem (with lessons learned!) that has identified and fixed common mistakes so that they can be avoided.
  • IT and security teams gain the confidence to more readily support greater innovation, new business models and cloud use. For example, with all traffic within and between clouds traversing the security control point, you can stay ahead of dynamic changes by applying policies to the flow and not just to the endpoints.
  • Businesses can capitalize on lower latency advantages and implement more/deeper levels of security, governance and controls, which would have otherwise negatively impacted user experience or scale.

Learn more about these and additional procedures by visiting the IOA Knowledge Base of vendor-neutral blueprints that take you step-by-step through the right patterns for your architecture.

Watch for upcoming blogs in this series on data localization at the edge. In the meantime, read the IOA Playbook to start planning your move to the digital edge. And, if you’re ready to begin architecting for the digital edge now, contact an Equinix Global Solutions Architect.

Other security articles you may be interested in:

Establish Boundary Control

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It's Skin Mangowhite Cleansing Cream

It’S SKIN — Mangowhite Cleansing Cream Review

Over the last year or so, I’ve tried several cleansing oils, both Western and Korean, but I wasn’t 100% sold on them and decided to branch into cleansing balms. However, I goofed and accidentally ordered a cleansing cream. Because I’m loath to waste products, I’ve been using it for a couple of months now.

The most famous cleansing cream in North America is probably Pond’s, which I last used over twenty years ago, back in high school! (Just for kicks, I actually bought a jar each of Pond’s Cold Cream and Moisturizer last week, when it was on sale. I am curious to see how the cleansing cream compares with this K-beauty version.) It was then that I decided I wasn’t much of a fan of cleansing creams, which you apply to your skin and then wipe off with a tissue.

So, It’s Skin Mangowhite Cleansing Cream is basically the second cleansing cream I’ve ever tried.

From It’s Skin:

Mango white body line containing tropical fruit mangosteen for refreshing mind and brightening skin

The product comes in a large 200 mL tub, and the cream inside is a soft white with a sprinkling of little, dark pink specks. I don’t know what the specks are, but they’re definitely not for exfoliation—they dissolve away when you rub them. My guess is they’re nuggets of certain ingredients, or possibly just for visual appeal.

It's Skin Mangowhite Cleansing Cream

The scent is sort of floral-fruity and very pleasant—mangosteen is one of my favorite fruits, and I can’t say this particularly smells like mangosteen, but I guess it’s got that tropical fruit vibe. It’s not mango-scented, if the product name had you thinking of mangoes.

The cream has a light feel, and it’s really easy to scoop out a little too much product. A sort of half teaspoon-sized dab will do.

Cleansing creams are an emulsion of water and fat (like beeswax, oil, etc.). They have a tendency to feel “cool” against the skin—hence the alternate name “cold cream”—and this is no exception. It feels really lovely, especially in warm weather!

Mangowhite Cleansing Cream’s first three ingredients are mineral oil, water, and glycerin; it also contains several plant extracts and some ferments.

It's Skin Mangowhite Cleansing Cream, ingredients

The ingredients (translated at CosDNA):

Mineral Oil, Water, Glycerin, Triethylhexanoin, Butylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Garcinia mangostana (Mangosteen) Peel Extract, Petrolatum, Polysorbate 60, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearic Acid, Ethyl Hexanediol, Triethanolamine, Cetearyl Olivate, Cetyl palmitate, Dimethicone, PEG-100 Stearate, Fragrance, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Sodium stearoyl glutamate, Sorbitan Olivate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Lactose, Camellia sinensis Leaf Extract, Cudrania tricuspidata Bark Extract, Prunus mume Fruit Extract, Cellulose, Lactobacillus Ferment, Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate, Disodium EDTA, Iron Oxides, Iron Oxides, Tocopheryl Acetate, Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, CI 15985, Red 33, Blue 1.

After a bit of massaging onto the skin to remove makeup, the cream warms up against the skin and starts to feel oily. I’ve found that when it gets to this stage, it acts quite like a cleansing oil and is pretty good at getting gritty bits out of the skin. I’m often getting these tiny keratin/hardened sebum plugs in my pores (they rarely end up as acne, and you can’t really tell they’re there unless you feel for them, but holy cow they are annoying) and this cream makes them pop out nicely. It works especially well in the shower.

The thing I really don’t like about this cream is that you’re supposed to either tissue it off or rinse it off. I hate tissuing off, but if I rinse, it’s just too oily to rinse off well. It definitely leaves a slick film on the skin, so I always cleanse again with a gel cleanser after using this cream.

To be fair, I have to do this with oil cleansers, too. But the oil cleansers I’ve used emulsify better with water, and leave less film on my face. This cream is just really greasy-feeling when it’s time to remove it.

I am going to use this up and probably never try another cleansing cream again (except the Pond’s, haha). I’m currently slapping it on, generously, before stepping into the shower. I don’t mind the messiness in the shower, and as I mentioned, the warmth in the shower helps it to get extra grits out of my skin.

That said, the scent is really quite lovely, and as It’S SKIN has several products in the Mangowhite line, I’m probably going to try out something else, like the Peeling Gel.

If you do like cleansing creams, I would certainly recommend this product. It cleanses well and feels moisturizing. The amount you get in the tub makes it good value, too. Cleansing creams are just not for me!

It's Skin Mangowhite Cleansing Cream, label

It’S SKIN Mangowhite Cleansing Cream contains 200 mL and retails for about US$14.50 (it isn’t available on the US site, but similar products are US$14–$14.50) I paid just under US$11 on sale, including shipping, from Cosmetic Love (see sidebar for link).

It’S SKIN is based in Seoul, South Korea.

🇰🇷Made in South Korea
🇰🇷Company based in South Korea

6 thoughts on “It’S SKIN — Mangowhite Cleansing Cream Review

  1. Considering cleansing creams already have water in them, you would think it would be easier to rinse them off!

    Do you like cleansing balms better than cleansing oils so far?

  2. I’ve never tried a cleansing cream but hearing mangosteen kind of makes me want to give this one a go. I have heard good things about the oil or fats based cleansing methods but I’m always a bit wary of them because my skin seems to have breakouts even looking at oils!

  3. I totally tried Pond’s way back in the day too – hated it because it never rinsed off properly (I hate tissuing off too). I will never try another cleansing cream again just because it’s not suited for my skin type.
    If you’re looking to try a cleansing balm, I highly recommend the Clinique one. I have yet to try an Asian cleansing balm though – I need to find one.
    My preferred 2nd step cleansing is just micellar water. Then I tone – my skin doesn’t feel as stripped that way.

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    • I have the Clinique and I agree, it works really well! I have to say, though, I got some samples of Banila Clean It Zero….it’s ahhhmazing! 😀

      Micellar water is a good idea for a 2nd cleanse – I should try that!

      • So hilarious you mentioned Banila Clean It Zero because I was JUST looking at it! I’m planning on ordering that early next year – glad to know it’s amazing.

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About Ed Bellis

Ed is the CTO and a Cofounder of Kenna.

The Spectre & Meltdown Vulnerabilities: A Risk Based Approach To Remediation

Ed Bellis    January 5, 2018

There’s been a lot information and chatter about 3 new vulnerabilities identified by researchers with some working exploits by Google’s Project Zero demonstrating a new class of timing attacks that work on most modern CPUs. First a little background: There are 3 known variants affecting different processors: CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-5715. These can affect Intel, ARM and AMD processors. Since not… Read more »

Clash of the Titans: How InfoSec and Remediation Teams Can Finally Get Along

Ed Bellis    October 26, 2016

Why the bad blood between InfoSec and Remediation teams? The reality is, they need each other. They just don’t always work alongside each other, or use the same metrics, or see things the same way, or…well, let’s just say there’s a lot of baggage there. Why We Can’t All Just Get Along Within many organizations, security teams and remediation teams… Read more »

Moving from Vulnerability Remediation to Risk Measurement

Ed Bellis    June 6, 2016

Fighting security threats is hard enough, but it’s pretty much impossible if you’re fighting wrong battles. However, that’s what you’re doing if you’re focused on vulnerability remediation. I see it all the time: Security teams live by their spreadsheets. They have lists of vulnerabilities. They stack rank them by severity, start with the most critical, and commence to work through… Read more »

Must-Have Metrics for Vulnerability Management: Part 3

Ed Bellis    March 30, 2016

This is part 3 of a 3-part series on Must-Haves for Vulnerability Management. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Must Have #4: Know Your Resources Once you have a good handle on your business, your assets, and what security risks are currently affecting your environment, you’ll need to understand your resources. What do you have at your disposal… Read more »

Must-Have Metrics for Vulnerability Management: Part 2

Ed Bellis    March 30, 2016

This blog is Part 2 in a 3-part series on Must-Have Metrics for Vuln Management. Read Part 1 here. Must-Have #2: Know Your Business In order to understand the most pertinent threats and measure the likelihood of exploits, you really need to understand these factors within the context of your business. A great way to apply this knowledge to security… Read more »

Must-Have Metrics for Vulnerability Management: Part I

Ed Bellis    March 29, 2016

In this series of blog posts, we’ll cover the must-have metrics for vulnerability management. The rising cadence of automated attacks means that security teams need to strive to make their own practices as precise and metric-driven as possible. Pouring through spreadsheets and creating 500-page PDFs is no longer enough to ensure that critical vulnerabilities are remediated in time. But what’s… Read more »

Reporting on Risk: One Metric to Bind Them All

Ed Bellis    January 11, 2016

In my previous post, I discussed ways that organizations have typically reported on risk: namely, talking about the number of closed vulnerabilities. I discussed how most stakeholders (and particularly non-technical executives) can’t make heads nor tails out of that kind of reporting. So what’s the best way to truly report on risk? Your first step is to understand the criticality… Read more »