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A Love Note to Boston

I have two pairs of pink crocs in my closet. One pair is mine. One belongs to one of my closest friends. I have my friend’s pair because I brought them home with me last year when I returned from her memorial service. She died of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 48. But I still think of the shoes as hers, not mine.

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A fellow walker saw our feet sticking out of our tent together and said, “I see a cute picture!” Grateful she took it for us.

I don’t know why I wanted her shoes. I just did. She’d bought us matching pairs in 2007 when we walked the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day together in Boston, her hometown. They were to be respite for our feet at the end of 20 miles walking each day. That year marked her fifth year cancer-free from when she was first diagnosed. We wanted to celebrate, but even more so we wanted to honor the occasion with an act of endurance, strength and perseverance. Walking 60 miles in three days and raising money for a cure for breast cancer seemed like just the right thing to do.

When I first got home with her shoes, I tried them on. They still had remnants of sand in them from Martha’s Vineyard, one of her happy places and where she’d been just a month before she died. I took the crocs off as soon as I’d put them on. I didn’t belong in her shoes. Yet, having them side by side with my own pink crocs has been a secret comfort in the months since she passed away.

The news of the bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday rattled me. I guess it rattled us all, as senseless, tragic and heartbreaking acts always do. Out of longstanding habit, I had the urge all Monday afternoon to text my friend. We would have traded notes and shared our shock. I would have sought reassurance that she and her family were alright. I felt her absence even more keenly than usual, and was deeply saddened as I thought about how many families would be shaken by trauma and loss from the bombings.

I have spent a fair amount of time in Boston over the years, both before and after the 3-Day Walk, and have always been fond of the city. I’ve collected a lot of good memories there. But covering 60 miles on foot through its streets and communities put it right smack dab in the center of my heart in a way that was altogether more personal and permanent. From the police officers in every town who didn’t just provide logistical support but smiled with kind words, their own stories, funny jokes and moral support, to the throngs of cheering crowds along the route, there’s just something special about Boston. I’ve walked the 3-Day two more times since in my own hometown and I mean no offense whatsoever to the Twin Cities, but no one cheers like Bostonians. It makes me think that the hearty, New England, patriot soul of the city gives its inhabitants an especially deep reverence for acts of endurance, strength and perseverance.

In my sadness on Monday evening, I happened to see the pink crocs in my closet. Just seeing them made me feel comforted, so I decided to put them on. I grabbed what I thought were mine, yet when I tried to slip into them, I realized I’d gotten two left shoes. I pulled out the remaining two thinking I could quickly sort out which was which. I remembered my friend’s shoes as having been far less scuffed and worn than my own and, of course, there was the tell-tale sand that would be definitive proof. Yet, turning the shoes over and over, I couldn’t tell which pair was which. Both are the same size and though the particulars of the scuffs were different, the amount of wear was just the same. The Martha’s Vineyard sand must have long since migrated to my closet floor.

Interestingly, instead of feeling sad, I was actually even more comforted by the fact that our shoes were now indistinguishable. I put on a left and a right and hoped that by luck I had chosen one of each of our pairs.

At the close of each 3-Day, there is a tradition that all walkers who have not been through cancer to take off a shoe and kneel in salute as those walkers who have been through cancer march into the event’s closing ceremonies. It is a small and symbolic way to honor the endurance, strength and perseverance of those who have been through the disease. Each time I have been a part of this ceremony, I have been moved to tears. But the one I remember most and hold closest to my heart was that first time in Boston.

So, Boston, I hope you can see me. Just like in the faded clipping I saved from the font page of The Globe six years ago, I am kneeling on the ground and raising one pink croc high in air, waving it proudly for you in salute and solidarity. We’re all in this together.

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10 Comments on “A Love Note to Boston

  1. Love this post. Saddened. Touched. Joyful. Tender and mushy. Thinking of you and your beautiful heart, as well as Elizabeth’s!! LUV U!

  2. Very moving Lucy. Grateful for people and cities like Boston with a lot of heart. Thanks for sharing. Susan

    • Thank you, Susan. I’m grateful, too, for Boston’s big heart and for all those there who pitched in to help. There’s so much good in the world, it helps me to remind myself of that in the face of events like this.

  3. We are all with you…I love your story and I love Boston and my best friends! So sad to lose one, but keeping it alive is what matters!

  4. Thanks so much for this and all your postings, Lucy. Interestingly, I saved this to read on my day off to savor it. Now, after being glued to the television and on the phone with Katie for the last 13 hours, your kind words about Boston, your loving friendship with Elizabeth, and your desire to share your thoughts with so many are a real comfort to me on several levels. I’m grateful to call you friend. Love, Kris

    • Grateful to call you friend, too, Kris. I can imagine that watching the news has been extra agonizing for you with Katie and Ryan there. So glad for the outcome last night. Boston is one heck of an amazing city. Lots of love back to you!

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Sully Baseball Podcast – Solving the Free Agent Situation at Whittier College – February 6, 2018

While visiting Whittier College, alma mater of Richard Nixon, I took a look at the free agent signing drought. I came up with a solution that included fixing the Mets ownership crisis as well.

I am not a crook in this episode of Sully Baseball.

While we are at it, enjoy the In Memoriam video.

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The Vet from the parking lot, 2000 – Sully Baseball Daily Photo at Noon for February 6, 2018

IMG_2442Was Veterans Stadium, AKA the Vet, cold, ugly, dirty and not exactly a cozy place to see a ballgame?

That goes without saying.

But do you know what ALSO goes without saying?

Some of the greatest moments in Philadelphia sports history took place there. And the Phillies won their first ever World Series title there. So you are damn right I am nostalgic for that unfriendly cookie cutter park.


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On the sales job, it’s quite important to gather as much information as possible about your prospect. Agreed. But, a mere string of unorganised information listed at a stretch is not of much use. You, as a sales rep would be lost in this pile of data.
Before you go on a call with your lead-to-be, it’s crucial that you go through the specifics about him like his designation, no. of employees, social profiles and much more.

To make this experience of your’s better and help you land on the required information as quickly as possible, use groups and bucket all relevant fields together.

For ex: Say you a list of fields namely No. of agents, Current vendor, Demo completed, Pre-sales contact and Onboarding date. You have a call in the next 10 mins and you want to know about the prospect’s presales information. Instead of browsing through the entire list of fields and then spotting presales related info, you can  organise these fields under a Group named ‘Deal Information’. Now you can spot this information in a jiffy.

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Now let’s see how to add a group,

1. Login as a Administrator.

2. Go to Custom fields > Lead fields

3. Click the ‘Add group’ button present on the left panel.

4. An add group overlay appears asking you for a couple or so of group details

5. Fill in your Group name and then choose the Nested under dropdown

- Main group: To create a main group(similar to Basic or Additional information), don’t choose a value for this dropdown
- Sub-group: To create it as a sub-group, choose the group under which it needs to be nested.

6. Click Save.

- If you create a main group, the new group appears right below the basic and additional information.
- If it’s a sub group, it gets listed inside the corresponding main group under which it's nested.

Quick tips:
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Reorder the groups to suit your conveinience
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Restore a previous version of an item or file in SharePoint

If your SharePoint lists or libraries are set to track versions, you can restore a previous version of a list item or file. To learn how you can delete a version, all versions, or just minor versions of an item or file if your list or library is configured for it see Delete a previous version on an item or file in SharePoint. To turn versioning on, see Turn on version history in SharePoint.

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Restore a previous version in SharePoint

  1. Open the list or library from the Quick Launch bar.

    If the name of your list or library does not appear, click Site contents or View All Site Content, and then click the name of your list or library.

  2. Right click on the space between the item or document name and date, and then click Version History from the menu. You might need to scroll the menu to see Version History.

    If you don't see Version History, click the ellipse (...) in the dialog and then click Version History.

    You'll see a list of versions of the file.

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  3. In the Version History dialog, hover next to the version you want and click the down arrow on the right side to get a list of options.

    Version history options (view, restore, delete)

    Click Restore.

  4. Click OK to restore the current version as the latest.

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    Note: SharePoint doesn't remove the earlier version you just restored, it creates a copy and makes it the latest version.

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Version History is turned on by default in SharePoint, but if you don't see the Version History command, version history may be turned off. Depending on how your administrator has set up SharePoint, you may be able to turn on list or library versioning.

For information about SharePoint versioning settings, see Enable and configure versioning for a list or library.

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Knowing how to order a custom surfboard is key to getting the surfboard you want.

Some surfers order their first custom surfboard aged 8, some at 48, but no matter what age, the experience is profound. Just like getting barrelled, ordering a custom surfboard is a unique charm of surfing, something that most sports just don't allow for.

And thus the act should be similarly cherished and savoured. Even the trip to pick up your custom surfboard can be as exciting as checking the surf at a new spot.

But there are so many ways custom surfboards can go wrong... Did the shaper nail exactly what you wanted? Was the spray guy really listening ? Should you have ordered thicker? So many potential banana skins...

To avoid disappointment, there are a few things to consider before submitting that custom order form for your next custom surfboard.

Whether it’s the shaper or the shop owner taking your order, make sure the details are clear and precise. When the form is filled in, read it again, as if you had no prior knowledge of the surfboard. Is there enough detail? As your surfboard gets built it'll be passed around the factory from shaper to glasser to sander to sprayer etc, so the order form must be clear and accurate.

Be open and honest about how rad you are(n’t) when discussing exactly what you want. A statement full of heartfelt candour like ‘I just want to catch waves, go fast, have fun, man... I’ll probably not be doing rodeos’ will probably see you getting a better surfboard than any silly faux posturing as the second coming of Dane. You might even get a hug.

If you really want a particular shape, don’t let the shaper talk you into their latest wacky whimsical creation. If you want a a singlefin, don't let em talk you into a bonzer. Or vice-versa... Reign them in. Listen to their advice, and sure, there should be wiggle room, but stick to your guns. It’s called a ‘custom’ and you are the ‘custom-er’. Be firm, without being a tool.

On the other hand, don’t go experimenting with your own dimensions too far outside the standards for a particular model. That particular surfboard has been designed to have that form. The shaper’s job is to know what width and thickness suits what length for what board. Let them advise you here, they know their own models.

Sure, you want it to look great, but keep it in perspective; functionality over aesthetic - the real importance of a custom board is how it is going to make your life better by being insane in the water.

On the other hand, if it looks awful (some colours look ‘heavy’, flames are always shit, etc), you might find it hard to love it. And we all want to love our boards, right?

Give the board a chance once you finally do get in the water. The poor thing has so many expectations on its shoulders and it will need time to show you its talents. Many a magic stick hasn’t feel good immediately but unleashed its magical power after given a proper chance in a range of conditions. For further tips on that tricky first surf/test drive are here.


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Separate Worlds: A Misguided Look at the ‘Intangible’ Differences Between Public and Private Schools

It seems some conservative Think Tank has published a study that claims teachers are overpaid. I have a lot of issues with this study, but one thing that really stuck out as I was reading it was a section on … Continue reading

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Lately I have had tendency of being a bit tired in the mornings. Usually I am a morning person and do not have any problems getting out of bed. I work full time and most of my mornings are early ones, and sometimes I get to bed waYyyyy too late.
But I have tree little things I always try to do, just to give myself the best start I can get.
Always eat breakfast
Even though I am not that old, I have gotten to know myself during these 19 years. Me doing stuff on an empty stomach, especially when it is mentally challenging, is a BIG no no.
If I do not want the outcome of it to be me ending up crying, screaming or irritated as fuck I better eat. Not just for me, for everyone else’s safety.
 Walk outside
I try to walk to work every morning. It’s roughly 5 km, which is a perfect length for me. It takes about 45 minutes in a normal/slow tempo which gives me enough time to wake up properly and plan my day in my head.
 Put on a podcast
Instead of watching tv or scrolling Instagram I put on a podcast. I believe that I get more out of it and can do other stuff in the same time like making breakfast or packing my bag etc. While walking to work it feels like I am in the conversation with the podcast hosts and I have had several people look at me strangely because of all the times I’ve started laughing uncontrollably.
But what ever, I am happy and that is the important thing.
So remember that, always focus on what makes you happy. Because it is the small things that build up your life, and it is happening right now. Not tomorrow, not next weekend. Now.


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Awkward moment as Putin accidentally phones Obama while hacking his voicemails

December 16, 2016

An attempt by Vladimir Putin to hack Barack Obama’s phone ended in awkwardness when he accidentally found himself speaking to the US president.

“What time is is where you are? Really? Okay, bye.”

The Russian president had phoned his US counterpart 58 times, on each occasion reaching voicemail and entering a new PIN in a bid to access messages, when on the 59th call Obama himself answered.

A transcript of the call obtained by Swan Bake reads as follows.

Obama: “Hello.”

Putin: [silence]

Obama: “Hello.”

Putin: “Um, I think I have the wrong number.”

Obama: “Is that you, Vladimir?”

Putin: “Yes, er, I mean. Hello Barack.”

Obama: “Hello.”

Putin: [long pause] “How are you?”

Obama: “What can I do for you, Vladimir?”

Putin: “I just called because, erm. It’s bitterly cold for the time year, isn’t it? Brrr.”

Obama: “No.”

Putin: “So what can I do you for?”

Obama: “You called me, Vladimir.”

Putin: “I called you Vladimir? Oh, I’m sorry. Awkwaard!”

Obama: “No, you phoned me. Vladimir. Fifty-eight times. Have you been trying to listen to my messages again?”

Putin: “Whaaat? Really? Of course not.”

Obama: “So why do I have 58 missed calls from your number?”

Putin: [pause] “Wow! Look. What’s that?”

Obama: “What?”

Putin: “Over there. In the corner.”

Obama: “I’m not in the same room as you, Vladimir.”

Putin: “Oh yeah. Bye.” [call ends]

A spokesperson for Mr Putin denied the call took place, insisting: “This is actually laughable nonsense. Hahahahaha. Aha. Ha.”

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Book Review – Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

America’s burgeoning “foodie” movement owes much to Michael Pollan. The author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” opened the eyes of many readers to the issues surrounding modern agricultural production, from out-of-touch government subsidies of corn growers to the disconnect between the expectations and realities of industrialized organic produce. In his 2013 book “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation,” Pollan shifts his focus from the farm to the table, providing an elegantly written primer into the art and science of turning food into meals.

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The book’s subtitle of “natural history” is well chosen, as Pollan’s approach to the science of his subject is more akin to that of a Victorian museum than a modern, specialized laboratory. He chooses to divide the world of cookery into four thematic sections mirroring the classical elements: fire, water, air, and earth. In each part, the author delves firsthand into a fundamental food preparation technique, telling the narrative of his own experience as he riffs on the chemical and cultural significance of the process. The style is highly observational, but in the best way, expansive and richly detailed.

Pollan begins with the most “primitive” of cooking styles, that of meat over flame, by diving into the world of Southern whole-hog barbecue. The technique takes on quasi-religious significance for its practitioners, and the author riffs brilliantly on the similarities between ancient burnt offerings and modern masters of the fire pit. After the pyrotechnics of this section, he moves into the kitchen, ostensibly discussing the many pot dishes made by braising in water. But it is from this humble beginning that Pollan establishes the main message of the book: cooking for oneself and one’s family and friends is among the most physically and psychologically healthful of activities.

He continues to expand on this point as he moves through the more esoteric techniques of baking and fermentation, representing air and earth in turn. As he explains, learning to make “advanced” products like bread and beer provides an irreplaceable sense of self-reliance, as well as a greater appreciation in consumption. The common thread of patience ties all four parts together: cooking, whether the slow burn of a barbeque pit or the months-long curing of cheese, cannot be rushed, and in this way stands in opposition to the breakneck pace of modernity.

In “Cooked,” Pollan has written an endlessly engaging and thoughtful treatise on why cooking matters. Like the products it describes, the book is a feast for the senses and the mind, an inspiration to cook further. The author offers a handful of recipes in an appendix just for that purpose, and a reader can’t be blamed for heading straight to the kitchen.

From the Vaults – The Science of MSG

Editors note: To welcome any readers that may be coming to my blog from my recent post regarding GMOs on LIVESTRONG.COM, I’m reposting one of my earlier discussions about another misunderstood topic in food: monosodium glutamate, or MSG.

As discussed in last week’s article, some creative scientists are examining the changes in Hawaiian seafood menus over time for useful data about fishery abundance. If researchers were to study another set of menus, those of Chinese restaurants in the United States, they would find a similarly interesting trend: from the early 1970s onward, many menus began to advertise the absence of monosodium glutamate, or MSG, in their cuisine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, however, has labeled MSG as a “generally recognized as safe” food ingredient since 1959. A sudden change in public perception led to these changes, but the roots of that perception are surprisingly obscure.

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Although MSG was only formally discovered in the early 20th century by Japanese chemist Kikunae Ikeda, the compound from which it is derived, glutamic acid, is one of the 20 amino acids necessary for proteins (and therefore life itself). The body recognizes the importance of glutamic acid through the sense of taste in foods like asparagus, tomatoes, cheese and meat. Just as the tongue’s taste buds detect sodium chloride as salty, sucrose as sweet, or quinine as bitter, they register glutamic acid as its own unique taste, designated by Ikeda as “umami,” a Japanese word for “delicious” or “yummy” that is often translated as “savory.” MSG is simply glutamic acid that has been stabilized through the addition of sodium; for comparison, MSG contains one-third the amount of sodium per unit volume as table salt.

Asian cooking traditionally derived umami flavor from ingredients such as seaweed (from which Ikeda first isolated glutamic acid) and dried tuna, but by the 1950s, purified MSG was available to the United States as the seasoning Ac’cent. Restauranteurs and food processors were quick to adopt the ingredient as an inexpensive way to bolster the flavor of their products. No concerns were raised by the substance’s inclusion until 1968, when a Chinese-American doctor named Robert Ho Man Kwok reported feeling a number of ill effects after eating at Chinese restaurants in the United States.

As BuzzFeed’s John Mahoney outlines, Dr. Kwok hypothesized in the New England Journal of Medicine that his symptoms may have been “caused by the monosodium glutamate seasoning used to a great extent for seasoning in Chinese restaurants,” and after the New York Times covered the story, a flurry of experiments were conducted to confirm his suspicions. Many of these studies did report an association between high doses of MSG and symptoms such as headaches and flushing, but they lacked the proper scientific rigor of double-blind design (in which both the experimenter and subject do not know which treatment is being administered) or placebo controls.

Better designed experiments over the following decades failed to confirm the results of earlier research, and a comprehensive review by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology concluded that were was no association between MSG and short- or long-term health issues in humans. Despite this research, a number of groups have continued to advocate about the perceived dangers of the compound, and MSG has been absent from baby food since 1969. Yet as the scientific consensus stands, one should feel no fear in enjoying a plate of egg foo young from a Chinese restaurant, even if the menu is silent about the presence of MSG.


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Five things for today

Five Things for Today
  1. Thinking about my SoCal friends, at the (hopefully) tail end of their heat wave, while I stand in 28 degrees waiting for the bus. The neighbors are using ice scrapers on their cars.
  2. Related: I did not choose an appropriate jacket for today.
  3. Work work work work work… busy but, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Good stuff.
  4. You know why Californians are all about the avocados? Because they are awesome. An avocado, picked from a local tree and ripened on your counter is way better than the avocado spread/mix/substitute used around here. Avocado spread, “made with 10% real avocado” frankly, sucks. Also, east coasters, the “avocado” shouldn’t be the color green that glows in the dark.
  5. Fully enjoyed listening to Note To Self‘s episode, “Even a Silent Phone Disconnects Us”. Definitely makes me evaluate my mobile device usage, especially as I continue to work to further appreciate “being in the moment”.


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Down By The Fishing Hole (32 Photos)

Fishing and camping go hand in hand, it's one of the best ways to spend your day while you're out in the wild, and plus it's a great way to catch some fresh food for dinner.  Check out these awesome photos of happy campers down by the fishing hole.
December 17, 2017

6 Essential Tips For Buying The Best Fishing Reel For You

Buying a fishing reel isn't difficult, but it does require a little bit of thinking and consideration about what you will be using the reel for exactly. Different kinds of fishing and different kinds of fish require different reels. This article will give you 6 key pointers on buying your next reel so that you get exactly the one you need.
October 7, 2017

What No One Tells You Before You Go Fishing

Fishing is the most popular participatory sport among all age groups but everyone has their own perception for fishing. Some find it boring while many find it adventurous. So, we thought of bridging the gap by telling you things no one tells you before you take fishing.
May 13, 2017

How To Choose The Right Fishing Line Color

If you're relatively new to going fishing, it can be incredibly overwhelming just trying to get started and figure out what color fishing line to use.  Forget about the advanced styles of fishing, or selecting the right type of bait to use, or which fancy fishing pole is going to give you the best odds of catching a fish - something so simple as fishing line comes with an insane amount of options to choose from.


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Exhibition on view: Drawing Codes: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation

Exhibition on view: Drawing Codes: Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation

Exhibition on-view March 7 - 28

Emerging technologies of design and production have opened up new ways to engage with traditional practices of architectural drawing. The twenty-four experimental drawings commissioned for this exhibition explore the impact of such technologies on the relationship between code and drawing: how rules and constraints inform the ways architects document, analyze, represent, and design the built environment.

Each drawing engages with at least one of the below prompts that begin to expand the notion of code as it relates to architectural design and representation:

  • Code as generative constraint. Restrictive codes often govern what is permitted and what is prohibited. Examples of this include building codes, urban codes, zoning codes, accessibility codes, and energy codes. How can such constraints become generative, opening up opportunities for design and representation?
  • Code as language. A code can be understood as a set of rules, conventions, and traditions of syntax and grammar that structure the communication of information. The discipline of architecture similarly has its own language of typologies, taxonomies, and classifications. How can drawing engage with such architectural languages?
  • Code as cipher. Encoded or encrypted messages are intended to hide or conceal information. Likewise, architectural geometries, forms, spaces, and assemblies are embedded with invisible organizational, social, political, or economic logics that may not be immediately evident. How can drawing engage with these latent meanings and messages?
  • Code as script. A code can be understood as a script or a recipe: a set of instructions to be executed or performed by a computer, a robot, or (in the case of theater or film), an actor. Scripts often produce unexpected discrepancies between the intent of the code and how it is executed. How can drawing explore these open-ended processes that may not have a defined outcome?

The invited architects were asked to conform to a set of strict rules: consistent dimension, black & white medium, and limiting the drawing to orthographic projection. The intent is for this consistency to emphasize the wide range of approaches to questions of technology, design, and representation. Yet within this considerable diversity of medium, aesthetic sensibility, and content, several common qualities emerge. First is the unsure link between code and outcome: glitches, bugs, accidents, anomalies, but also loopholes, deviations, variances, and departures that open up new potentials for architectural design and representation. Second is a mature embrace of technology not as a fetishized end game, but as an instrument employed synthetically in concert with other architectural “tools of the trade.” And finally, these drawings demonstrate how conventions of architectural representation remain fertile territory for invention and speculation.

Panel discussion Tuesday, March 6 at 6:00pm in the Art & Architecture Auditorium, followed by opening reception in the College Gallery. Exhibition on view March 7 - March 28.

Sponsored by The Guido A. Binda Lecture and Exhibition Fund.


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Blogging as an Assessment Tool in Educational Institutes. Yes or No?

Blogging Is Now Assessment Tool in Universities. Agree or Not?

Blogging“- the name that has been making rounds of talking for all the good reasons and benefits that it offers along with the delivered comforts. People are seen getting attracted with its popularity and are tempted for trying their hands with it.

It just not only help the businesses or bloggers to gain a steady reputation and a decent source of income but now has expanded its range to almost the sectors of the world. The latest one making the list is the education sector.

Blogging now is being used for an academic purpose in many schools and university to help their students in gaining an exponential potential in writing and to give them exposure to the unlimited benefits of academic blogging.

Just to make the term more clear, the blogs written for academic purposes is known as academic blogs. These are not the blogs that students write on any specific course topic but are small articles that the students write on any specific topic as a part of their assessment. This type of writing sessions helps students to develop writing habits and opens them up for a great exposure to the surroundings.

Benefits of Academic Blogging

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Many reputed colleges are invoking these academic blogging sessions while many well-known professors are in favor of this style of blogs. They believe that writing academic blogs can help students to polish their skills and develop a new habit of writing. One such believer in the positive impact of academic blogging is Mark Sample an associate professor of Davidson College, North Carolina presents the benefit of academic blogging in a unique way. According to him, some of the most important benefits of academic blogging are:

  1. Responsibility: He considers that academic blogging is an excellent way to make the students responsible. As the students would be investing their time in writing the content that would be used for assessment they would be pretty responsible for what to post and what not to.
  2. Interaction: Since blogging will help them to participate in different forums which can be a great platform for the students to interact with other bloggers and learn about a lot of things.
  3. Create Mindset: This also helps the students to create to develop a mindset and get to know about many new things. Also, it is a great platform that helps the professors to know about the mindset of the students.

Besides the benefits that it offers to the students, the professors also look for some of the essential elements that students must work on to deliver amazing blogs. To include some of the features, the blog should be original, purposeful, should reflect student’s identity.

Is Blogging an Assessment Tool in Institutions?

All these throws light on how important the academic blogs are for the students, but the main question of concern still happens to be the same. Should an academic blog be seen as the assessment tool in educational institute or not?

In order to find the answer about this let us analyze the benefits, it delivers for the students and the teachers.

Benefits to Students

The following can be the benefits that academic blogs will offer to the students:

  1. Experience: Along, with academic learning related to the subject, this kind of academic blogging session can add on an experience of digital learning experience which will give them a huge exposure.
  2. Learning: This will also help the students to learn many new things as blogging will help them to get exposed to a transparent world of knowledge.
  3. Professional training: Such blogging experience helps the students to get trained for a professional dealing and they don’t require any such training when dealing with job situations in future.
  4. Give chances: It helps the shy and introvert students to show up their talent and to come up and portray their talents in the best form of their writing.

Benefits to Educators

Besides the mentioned benefits that it offers to the students, there are many benefits that it offers to the professors as well. Let us have a look:

  1. Way to know the students: This is the best possible way by which the professors can know the capabilities of the students and find out about their talents and strengths.
  2. Encourage students: With regularly assessing their blogs professors can help the students to become experts on certain topics and pursue their careers as writers.
  3. Interactive sessions: Blogging about different topics helps the professors to create transparent yet interactive sessions with the students. Also, the pre-lectures discussions become a great source of motivation for both the students and the staff.

After analyzing so many benefits that academic blogging offers to the future of the student, we would strongly recommend to include such blogging experience in the University so that the students gets an opportunity to brighten their future.

This academic blogging should be taken as an assessment tool in the university to help the students know where they are lacking and in which sector they are shining.

This is our opinion about the involvement of the blogging in the academic assessment tool. What do you think? Comment in your views and suggestions.

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Welcome to your new email, where connecting and sharing is fast, safe, and easy. Things you’ll love about Yahoo! Mail Get easy access to all your contacts in one place. Add your friends and family now. Check messages on your phone from anywhere. Keep every message, photo, and video that you want—forever. Things you won’t love about Yahoo Mail Advertisements appended to the bottom of your messages API Connection leaves something to be desired Web interface is not great (check out the “settings” panel – still hasn’t been updated in years)

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East Campus Construction to Route Trucks through Tenleytown

Trucks similar to this one will be used at the East Campus site. Photo courtesy of American University.

Trucks similar to this one will be used at the East Campus site. Photo courtesy of American University.

The usually predictable quarterly meeting of the American University Community Liaison Committee (CLC) threw Tenleytown residents a curve ball during an otherwise routine update on the University’s construction of its new East Campus.

David Dower, Assistant Vice President of Planning and Project Management, informed the committee that excavation at the former Nebraska Avenue surface lot will begin this month and run through early fall. As with the Tenley Campus, AU anticipates that 80 to 100 trucks per day will be necessary to haul dirt from the East Campus during excavation.

Dower surprised Tenleytown residents, though, when a map of the anticipated truck routes indicated that vehicles are projected to travel along Nebraska Avenue, up Wisconsin Avenue and then take Brandywine Street to River Road as they head north out of the District – a route that would take them through the heart of Tenleytown. The River Road route was one of a handful included on the map shown to the CLC.

In April, Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 3E, which includes Tenleytown, AU Park, and Friendship Heights, passed a resolution urging the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) “not [to] allow River Road to be used as [a] construction route,” noting that “River Road NW and Brandywine Street NW… are not designated truck routes.” The resolution further cited the residential nature of River Road and Brandywine Street, and that trucks would have to travel along a route that includes “a Metro stop, the city’s largest public High School, Middle School, [and] Elementary School.”

ANC 3E proposed instead that DDOT allow Foxhall Road to be used as a route as “DDOT’s truck route map indicates that Foxhall road is an approved truck route.” Neighboring ANC 3D (AU, Foxhall, Kent, New Mexico/Cathedral, Palisades, Spring Valley and Wesley Heights) has been an ardent opponent of construction traffic traversing Foxhall Road and was successful in stopping AU from using the road as one of its routes during Tenley Campus construction. Indeed, Commissioner Kent Slowinski (3D-01) during the CLC meeting complained of recent construction vehicles on Foxhall Road and asked for AU’s assurances that prohibitions against travel on Foxhall would be enforced.

Sema Tokel, a River Road resident, spoke up in protest against the proposed River Road route, which is already overburdened by traffic from other projects surrounding Tenleytown. She detailed concerns about noise and air pollution from the large volume of dump trucks, as well as damage to residential properties along the road, saying that her house “rattles like crazy” when trucks pass by. Tokel also raised concerns about pedestrian safety, especially around Fort Bayard Park and its toddler playground. She and other River Road residents are currently petitioning DDOT for a traffic calming assessment for the thoroughfare.

Dower and his colleagues from AU listened closely to objections to the use of River Road, but it was unclear whether he intended to revise the proposed truck routes as a result. While AU had not submitted the routes to DDOT yet, Dower and Linda Argo, Assistant Vice President of External Relations and Auxiliary Services, were quick to note that DDOT had been the one to suggest the use of River Road for both the Tenley and East Campus construction. ANC 3E commissioners are following up with Dower’s office.

As for the Washington College of Law at Tenley Circle, work is proceeding as planned. As Tenleytown, D.C. reported previously, construction moved into the concrete phase. Crews have laid the underground garage foundations and the first elevated garage slab above grade. Dower told the CLC that construction is “a little bit behind” schedule due to the unexpectedly harsh winter, but he “believes we can recover” to met the fall 2015 deadline for completion.

Note: This post was updated to include a picture of the type of vehicle that will be used at the East Campus site. A previous version included a stock photo.


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August Premier

If you’re familiar with August Premier than Happy Miserable is what you get when you combine the raw talent and emotion of August Premier’s debut release Balloons…Everything’s Okay with the polish and musical skill of their sophomore album Fireworks and Alcohol.  If you’re a newcomer to AP, than you just need to know that they’re a Chicago based Pop Punk act.  More specifically, they’re one of the primary reasons Chicago continues to be the preeminent spot for music in this country.

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Top 5 Heist Films

The Six Degrees Of Helter Skelter

The Hustler

Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

Magic Mike

Beasts Of The Southern Wild

Dead Presidents

Three Kings

Batman & Robin

Bad Santa

The Good, The Bad, The Weird

Panic Room

Ocean’s Eleven

Reservoir Dogs

Inside Man

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  1. When I saw Panic Room I thought the kid was a little boy. Not much improved for Kristen Stewart over the past 10 years.

    Posted by Elle | August 23, 2012, 4:31 PM
  2. One of the best episodes in a while but there was less movie talk than in other episodes. I like the guys, so it was a nice change.

    Posted by Vin Viddi | July 15, 2012, 9:38 PM
  3. Anderson is absolutely right about Inside Man. The only good thing about that movie is Denzel Washington’s performance but everything else is annoying as hell. It really doesn’t deserve the 7.7 it has on IMDB. More like a 5 to 6 out of 10. I stand by the ban on Spike Lee. Speaking of overrated, Inception is another average film everyone seems to love. Thank god Anderson agrees with me. Two things: I believe Dog Day Afternoon deserved a spot on one of the lists rather than an also ran. And what happened to The Taking of Pelham One Two Three? I thought Anderson loved this film, and I do too very much. Perhaps you don’t agree with that it is a heist because nothing is stolen? I’d like an explanation for why it was left off

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You miss 100% of the shots that you don’t take – Michael Jordan

Niki Lauda recalled this quote at Silverstone on Saturday afer Lewis Hamilton had aborted his qualifying lap in Final qualifying at the British Grand Prix thinking that conditions had worsened and that he had pole position in the bag from his previous effort only to find that five others were able to beat his time. Read more…

make a choice and get off the fence; it isn’t that comfortable up there

One of my regular topics here, but rightly so for being able to make a decision, even a poor one, is beyond so many people and seems to be a greater problem when collective thinking is involved as in the case of an organisation’s management. Read more…


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Summer Stir Fry

Today was hot. Damn hot. We hit 42 C before lunch... and it's the second day in a row we've gone that high... the last thing anyone feels like doing is cooking much (who wants to heat up the kitchen using the stove more than necessary??) or eating much. Hence the need for something cool and fresh and light for dinner. Therefore, I present:

Summer Stirfry (Serves 2)

You will need

150 g tofu, cut into strips
1 onion, sliced
1 tsp butter (note: the lactose in the butter helps the onion caramelise - it is a sugar! If you're vegan, this can be replaced with 1 tsp oil and 1/2 tsp sugar)
1 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 capsicum, cut into strips
Kernels from 1 cob corn
100 g sugar snap peas, strings removed and halved
1 Tbsp mirrin
1/2 Tbsp tamari (or soy sauce if you can eat gluten)
2 drops sesame oil
Handful diced spring onions, to serve

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  1. Melt the butter in the frying pan and fry the onions until translucent.
  2. Add the garlic and fry until it releases its aroma
  3. Add the tofu and brown on both sides
  4. Add the capsicum and stirfry for 1-2 minutes
  5. Add the corn kernels and peas and stirfry for 1 minute
  6. Season with tamari, mirrin and sesame oil
  7. Sprinkle with chopped spring onions and serve!

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Neiman Marcus Just Sold Out of $66 Collard Greens, Twitter Reacts with #GentrifiedGreens

gentrified-greens-arriveGentrification is now reaching beyond urban hubs, directly into black culture.                                                    Neiman Marcus, known for it’s high end fashion and beauty brands, recently started offering frozen foods in its luxury catalog. Among their offerings were collard greens, enough to feed 8 people, for the hefty price tag of $66.

The dish, guaranteed to arrive by Thanksgiving, is currently sold out. But not to worry, you can just order an $80 “Bean Medley” from the site, a $65 dollar Broccoli and Cheese Casserole or some $92 tamales.

Black Twitter, of course,  responded with its usual hilarity, starting the hashtag #gentrified greens.

The Root tried the soul food staple and correspondents were less than enthusiastic about Neiman Marcus’ interpretation of the southern cuisine.

Neiman Marcus boasted the greens are “seasoned with just the right amount of spices and bacon”.  @BlackSnob disagreed.

The Root decided to sample them.

And decided they weren’t worth the money.

Even if the greens were delicious, we can all pretty much agree that good soul food should not require you to sign away your actual soul. If you’re planning to cater you Thanksgiving feast this year, try Helen’s Kitchen in Columbus MS.  It’s better than your grandmomma’s.

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art history for filmmakers – Rothko’s colours

Black on Maroon 1958 by Mark Rothko 1903-1970
Mark Rothko, Black on Maroon 1958 | photo by Gillian McIver, at the Tate

Mark Rothko’s Black on Maroon 1958, at the Tate Modern, might not seem to have anything at all to do with cinema. but I would argue that it (and all Rothko’s work) teaches us a lot about colour. How is darkness made visible? How to differentiate two colour darks and make them both harmonise and clash? How can we use this knowledge in film making?

And how to immerse your viewer in the moment of the film by the use of colour? Rothko wanted the viewer to be ‘in’ the painting, not standing looking at the painting, so he made the huge fields of color enormous, overwhelming. And you can feel this strongly in the Tate’s Rothko room.

Abstract art is as important as figurative art for filmmakers. How can you use abstraction as a tool and guide?

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SHOW #36 (07.02.12) lierre keith

Lierre Keith is an American writer, radical feminist,, food activist, and radical environmentalist. She discusses why we need to eat meat to maintain good health, start to go back to basics when farming and raising animals, How corporation have sold us a belief that benefits their profits but destroys the  environment, where we can go to find the right advice and much more!

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  1. I’m a veggie but I really like meat so was interested in that. I didn’t feel Lierre dealt with any of the issues although she knocked down some straw men: Like that Veggies think:

    * That Monsanto grain dumping is just
    * That you don’t need nutrients

    She said that “Agriculture” means “Bionic Cleansing” (it means farming and doesn’t necessarily mean fossil fertilised). Her ideal seemed to be a grassland monoculture without trees or shrubs. She said that the “food pyramid” is that you have to eat a lot of grain. It is that animals have to eat plants or animals that ate plants. It sounded like the Meat Marketing Board or the Atkins diet.

    I think that the best argument against vegetarianism is that we need our strength to fight back with. One of the problems is that the land is mostly owned by Aristocrats and they make a lot of money from renting it out to farmers. I don’t think we can afford the expensive meat that she advocates.

    Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns:

    • I think the only way I can respond to that is we need to go back to basics. Start doing things the way our ancestors did when it comes to diet. I can’t fault her argument. Good meat, as in organic, free range and ethical, shouldn’t be expensive at all. It should be a requirement that all animals are treated with respect. And so should their habitat. We
      need to reclaim our land back. It belongs to the community. Not to the corporations or the state or the Queen for that matter. Let’s go the whole hog with this. And the U.N. can go whistle as far as I’m concerned. How is it a good idea to blame cows for something humans are responsible for. And trust me, ‘the meat marketing board’ are not best pleased with the likes of Keith’s when her ideas are set to make them all go out of pocket. Remember its ethical meat she’s talking about. As it stands there’s nothing ethical or humane about the mainstream meat industry. They have no place in a just world.

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For The Love Of Her

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teen girlI’m going to be brutally honest. I only got into basketball when I was younger due to a girl I had a crush on. I was fascinated as an 8 year old boy, watching her move and break defenders down. She was 13 at the time. Call it pre pubescant hormones but it was amazing watching this young lady. The sad part is, I dont even remember her name. She was the one who gave me confidence to play the game. I would see her in the summers at the North Beach Playground here in the city. She would be on the court with grown men, Balling Out. I would rebound her shots for her hours on end. She told me that I’m great at finding the loose balls and looking for my teammates. I couldn’t shoot however. I shot like Josh Childress. Which sounds fine for an 8 year old kid…

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This weekend was the world première of Will Ferrell‘s latest movie Megamind, however a certain 16-year-old pop star stole the limelight just a little bit.

Justin Bieber attended the première at Mann’s Chinese Theatre in LA much to the delight of the teenage-girl contingent. While a lot of the other guests got into the spirit of Halloween, Bieber wore some big geek glasses. Ferrell also wore an interesting outfit, a bright red tracksuit, although it’s unclear if this was some kind of costume.

Megamind is an animated comedy from Dreamworks in 3D with the voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross and Brad Pitt.

The movie directed by Tom McGrath, is the story of Megamind (Ferrell) and his arch-enemy Metro Man ( Pitt) who are aliens sent away to earth from their doomed planets as babies (kind of like in Superman). Metro Man becomes really popular while Megamind is rejected. The only way Megamind can be a hero, like Metro Mind, is if he defeats him.

However once he wins and becomes popular he realises that things aren’t quite as simple as he thought, because without an enemy to defeat, his life is pretty pointless.

Megamind will hit UK cinemas on December 3rd.

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Meet Brett Anderson…

I had planned on writing this post for a while but I wanted to wait till I saw Anderson pitch before I wrote it. Well, Anderson made his major league debut last night against the Mariners and the 21 year old showed great poise and outside of an unlucky second inning, pitched very well.

The A's Brett Anderson

The A's Brett Anderson

After a rough second inning where the Mariners scored 5 runs on 5 hits, Anderson could have thrown in the towel. Instead he gathered himself, showed a fastball in the low 90’s, a nice slider and limited the Mariners to just 2 hits for the next 4 innings. Though Anderson suffered the loss, he did what all good pitchers do…keep your team in the game and give your offense a chance to win the game.

Outside of Keith Laws’ analysis, I have never seen a scouting report on Anderson but he reminds me of a young Andy Pettitte. I think the Oakland A’s will take that.

Here are some other facts about Brett Anderson…

2nd round of the 2006 Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Was traded to the A’s along with Dana Eveland, Greg Smith, Aaron Cunningham, Carlos Gonzalez and Chris Carter for Dan Haren and Connor Robertson.

Minor League Stats

Single A: 8-4 with a 2.21 era, 76 H, 85 K’s in 81.1 IP

Single A+: 12-7 with a 4.38 era, 118 H, 120 K’s in 113 IP

Double A: 2-1 with a 2.61 era, 27 H, 38 K’s in 31 IP

Keith Law Ranking and Analysis

Ranking: #20 out of 100 best prospects in baseball

Analysis: “Anderson took a huge step forward this year, both in terms of his stuff and in his track record when he showed he could succeed both in the tough California League and in a short stint in Double-A. Anderson is a command left-hander with an out-pitch curveball and an average changeup that projects as plus. The curve has a very sharp, almost spiking two-plane break; he maintains good arm speed on the changeup and it runs late towards his arm side. His main weakness was always his fastball, but his velocity has been improving and he’s now solid-average as a starter. He showed in the Futures Game that he can bump it up to 94 or so in a short stint. He commands all of his pitches, can pitch to both sides with his fastball, and releases the ball late to get a little advantage on the hitter. His arm action is a little long, and he comes a little across his body; other than that quibble, he looks like a very solid mid-rotation starter with a chance to be a two or even a one.”

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Aintree Day One

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Day one of the Aintree festival. Usually it pays to side with horses who have swerved Cheltenham, however this year we've had a slightly longer break between the two. Whatever happens over the next few days I'm sure we're in for a right treat, there are some great races to watch and a few tricky handicaps to try and solve. We of course then have the biggest puzzle of them all – The Grand National! My record in the big one just isnt great, the last time I won I think I was eight! I'm now 35!!! However, I have an antepost ticket on MON PARRAIN at 50-1 after he won for the blog on New Year's Day. I'm chuffed the ground will be on the better side for him and also chuffed that Sean Bowen rides. He has a great chance and I reckon he'll run a cracking race! I'll probably pick another couple but haven't made my mind up yet!
Here are my selections for Day One. Good luck with whatever you back and I hope you win!
Manifesto Novices Chase 1340
A small but distinct field and a few with obvious chances. The main one is VIBRATO VALTAT who should have been UN DE SCEAUX's main rival in the Arkle, but he never ran a true race. I'm not sure whether he will get this trip? JOSSES HILL has flattered to deceive this year and I don't think his jumping will hold up. I'm opting for CLARCAM (WON 5-1), he may also not get the trip but I prefer his chances with Ruby on board. He was put in his place in the Arkle too but he really caught my eye in the Fred Winter last year and was unlucky when falling. He has had a couple of solid runs this year and doesn't have either VAUTOUR or UN DE SCEAUX to overcome.
Betfred Juvenile Hurdle 1415
HARGAM will be a short priced favourite for this based on his third in the Triumph. The Nicholls pair really don't do it for me. I'm opting for INTENSE TANGO (unplaced). She struggled against her male counterparts last time but she comes here fresh and will enjoy the better ground. Her weight allowance may also support her speed at these weights and help her overcome her rivals this time. She looked a decent horse when putting PASS THE TIME and ANIFILET in their place at Doncaster.
Betfred Bowl Chase 1450
HOLYWELL (nb) (3rd – 5-2) was my tip for the Gold Cup and is my tip here. He ran a cracker at Cheltenham and it was a shame the ground swung to the soft side that day as I really thought he would win the race. SILVINIACO CONTI misfired that day and on this ground I can't see him reversing placings with my tip. MA FILLEULE is a tough mare and she will be there at the finish. HOLYWELL has the class, the jumping ability and the ground to beat all his rivals.
Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle 1525
JEZKI comes here with a real chance of giving the champ another victory in his swansong. ARCTIC FIRE has been ultra-consistent this year too and must have a decent chance. However, I have to opt for my old favourite ROCK ON RUBY (2nd 7-2) though. He missed the festival and will be fresh. Despite being 10 years old he can still mix it with the young guns. He has a good record here and produces good efforts on better ground. I think he'll battle up the finishing straight with the other two above and his heart will bring him out on top.
Crabbies Fox Hunters Chase 1605
Only one horse here for me. PACHA DU POLDER (nap) (2nd 7-1) is a horse I always followed and has made a brilliant start in this sphere. My selection improves so much on better ground and I'm expecting a big run tomorrow. He started out this year being beaten by TEAFORTHREE on soft ground and he then won easily on good ground at Ludlow. He's a nice mover and a smart jumper. He is closely matched with BIG FELLA THANKS on old form and I expect both of them to be fighting it out up the finish.
Betfred Red Rum Chase 1640
CLARET CLOAK will enjoy the better ground and ran well last time behind ULCK DU LIN at Ascot. He runs well fresh but 11st 12lbs is a lot to carry in this. Even a 5lb taken off by Sean Bowen may not be enough. BABY MIX fascinates me; he's been off for a while and was a smart hurdler on good ground. With this break to overcome and a return to form needed he may not do it, but he's well treated on his old form. I'm opting for TED VEALE (treble) (unplaced) he's down to his last winning mark of OR141, which he's won twice at. He has got a nice weight and has good form when the ground is better. He also has a strong form line through CLARCAM and I think he'll run a big race!
Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap Hurdle 1715
The last race on day one and it's a cracker to try and solve! DALAWAN is smart yet disappointed last time behind CALL THE COPS, can he recapture his form? CALL THE COPS has been raised another 7lbs for that win and I think he's handicapped to the max now. LAC FONTANA could really improve for the extra distance amd is worth a saver! UNIQUE DE COTTE and my old favourite JOIN THE CLAN deserve praise and should run well. Now this is where I get silly! I have followed KATGARY (unplaced) all year based on his efforts last season and I was and still am convinced he's a smart horse. Good ground I'm sure is key and with a little bit of confidence back in him for winning in a lower class last time I think he'll run well. He is carrying a stone less than he did last time too. My advice here, ignore me, I'd go over the White Cliffs for this one!!

Saturday at Kempton

With a couple of weeks to the Festival stables will be putting the final touches to their hopes. I’m not into ante-post betting so will just wait until the day before finally selecting my horses for each day. It’s a shame Newcastle was off today due to more inclement bloody weather. I can’t remember such a period of cold and wet weather before. I hope we have a few dry weeks up to the festival and get good racing ground. Remember though if that happens that the form book can go as most big races this year have been contested on soft or heavy ground. The ground is good at Kempton today which will help good old NACARAT in what may be his final appearance. I can’t back him today though on recent form.

Here are my selections for today :

OPENING BATSMEN 1550 KEMPTON (nap)(WON 12-1) ran well in defeat behind ROLLING ACES last time at Wincanton. He has taken well to his fences and is on the upgrade. He will prefer the better ground and is in receipt of an extra 6lbs today from ROLLING ACES, with that concession and better ground he has a great chance in my opinion. That said there are still some other potential winners in this race other than these two.

IRISH SAINT 1405 KEMPTON (nb)(WON 5-4) won well here on his British debut and then just seemed to get outpaced by ROLLING STAR last time out. Another who I think will benefit from the better ground and he should have too much for the others today.

GRANDIOSO 1440 KEMPTON (treble) – (WON 9-4) has been a bit of a revelation this year and has been progressing well. His run away success at Ludlow was impressive last time and he has every right to have a stab at this level. Paul Nicholls has a cracking record in the race too with six out of the kast seven winners including NATAL and HERECOMESTHETRUTH.

LAC FONTANA 1515 KEMPTON(3rd – 9-4) got run out of it abit over the final couple of hurdles last week at Newbury. Not saying he would have won bumthe never got the chance, possibly why he is back this week. Another one on better ground should run better, I think he will win easily.

FILBERT 1330 KEMPTON(4th – 13-2) had a successful introduction to fences at Ludlow and whilst off top weight he is probably least exposed of all these and open to further improvement.

HAND ON BACH 1625 KEMPTON (unplaced) has been running in some hot maiden and novice hurdles against the likes of PUFFIN BILLY and last week against LAC FONTANA and CHATTERBOX. He is pitched in here for his handicap debut and he could prove to be a good each way snip. The stable won this last year too.

HENRYVILLE 1700 KEMPTON(unplaced) finished third behind PUFFIN BILLY on his debut and then lost in a jumpers bumper. Hoping the form of the bumper behind Puffin Billy will hold up against these.

PRINCE DE BEAUCHENE 1435 FAIRYHOUSE(2nd – 8-11) this boy is a monsterof a horse and one I’ve always followed since Graham Wylie acquired him. He won this last year before injuring himself and being ruled out of the National. He should be too good for these and this will put him in good order for the big on in April.

There we are then, these are who my well earned shillings are on today. Lets hope there is a winner or two here. If you are having a flutter do so within your means and good luck!


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Honouring Connor – The Writer’s Way

Part One

Connor was born prematurely. He had been plucked unceremoniously from a horse chestnut tree one gusty pre autumnal night and now he lay nestled among the tired hand-like leaves that had fallen early, with him. The hands weren’t yet crisp or golden; it was far too early in the season. So here he was lying forlornly wet – still partially cocooned in his green prickly womb. It had split open in the blustery hustle during the night and now in the early morning light, a glistening brown streak was the first glimpse of Connor, the conker.

Part two

Connor was without doubt a perfectly formed pebble of a conker. The non symmetrical shape, true to more robustly natured conkers, had not failed this smaller specimen. But he was small; his circumference merely the size of a thumb nail. Yet he was oblong and perfectly formed and balanced. Whenever he was set off kilter gravity rocked him back so that the rough underbelly was, indeed, under his belly. The shiny, smooth, crisp coat that resembled walnut veneer was all you could see. This was his armour and his amour.

The moment he was spotted his captor fell in love with his youthful beauty and adoration assumed. Sadly, Connor was not going to become a horse chestnut tree but then not many conkers ever do. He was not going to become a champion in Children’s games, but then not many conkers ever do. He was however a cherished nut; sourced and given in love – therefore an endearing remembrance. What could be better than that, for a premature horse chestnut?

There are two parts to this exercise. First Sara asks us to describe an ordinary object that is small enough to hold. She asks us to concentrate on it for a few minutes, then put it to one side and write about it, like you really love it. Then Sara asks us to have another look at the object, adding to or rewriting what has been previously written.

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New Year’s Eve

By lex, on December 31st, 2006

Each person’s life can be envisioned as a kind of trajectory or arc, and it’s customary at this time of year for each of us to attempt through introspection to fix where we are on life’s arc as well as where we’re going and how fast we’re getting there. Because it is both difficult and – for most of us – humbling to rigorously conduct that sort of self-scrutiny it’s tempting to apply Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle in this – that you can know a particle’s position or velocity with great precision, but that the more you know about the one, the less you can know about the other. But that really only applies to matter at the sub-atomic level and is little more than a convenient dodge to deflect away the necessary analytic tasks.

Does that mean that we are subject to classical Euclidean geometry? I don’t think so, and in any case I reject all notions of mechanistic determinism in the human sphere. I will freely concede that much of what we call “fate” is only a deeply human inability to grasp the entirety of the variable influences one is subject to, but even given that, free will endures: I chose to write this blog post, you chose to read it. Neither choice will affect anything in the sweep and span of time, but the decision to do so – or not – illustrates the limitless power of free choice, especially when applied to significant nodes of possibility.

Freedom and free will, wrote Sartre – and no, neither am I an existentialist, but I agree with him on this – are intrinsic and fundamental to our humanity, they in fact define us as human, even if the physical world steadfastly refuses to conform itself to our choices, indeed our very existence. That refusal on the part of enduring physical reality induces the sensation Sartre described as “nausee,” or nausea. With nausea goes vertigo, which he illustrates as the fear embracing a man has who stands at at the edge of a great precipice: He does not fear that he might fall – he fears that he might jump.

When I stop to think about it, I see the world like this: In every conscious moment we are surrounded by a near infinite series of overlapping possibilities, dimly lit tunnels of expanding radia, each of them subject to our smallest choice and most of them quite trivial. We choose one course – today I will write a blog post and I enter that tunnel, while the alternate binary possibility – I will not write a blog post – grows smaller and eventually collapses with each act towards completion I take, really, with the first stroke of the key.

But this is surely meaningless, the reader may object, and who would I be to disagree? But suppose that having once entered into that tunnel, and being faced now with new, overlapping and expanding possibilities radiating out in every direction that exclude only the choice not taken, I further decide that, having hit “publish,” I will go on a long bike ride. It may be that choice will lead me into a fatal interaction with a distracted person talking into a cell phone while speeding down a lovely country lane in their SUV – this is a non-trivial possibility in North County Coastal – an event that would not have occurred if I went on the bike ride before posting to my blog, or hadn’t decided to go on a bike ride at all. And what, gentle reader, could be more significant than that?

But to engage in this kind of thinking is to drown in causality – the alternate may very well be as true – and as a method of shaping our choices in an uncertain world could result only in disastrous immobility. We must choose and we must act. Of course there will be consequences.

Picture this: Nearly 30 years ago, a socially awkward young man, not quite 17 years old, is sitting in his car, suiting up for a soccer game – he is in fact tying up the laces on his cleats. CCR’s “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” is playing on the car radio, a song that is upbeat and makes him smile. At that very moment a fetching young lass walks by, and hearing the music looks within the car and is greeted by a smile. She smiles in turn and encouraged, the young man opens up his glove box and displays a bumper sticker that he keeps meaning to put on the back of his car, but which he has not yet earned: “Virginia is for lovers.”

Do you feel the tunnel opening before them? Can you sense the others closing behind? Each choice shapes what follows after, and now the two, having become one, have created between them – with God’s blessing – three more separate and distinct windows on the universe, each looking out into a near infinite series of overlapping possibilities, and all of them linked and intertwined. Because he laced his cleats in the car instead of on the bench? Because John Fogerty of CCR wrote an upbeat song? Because the disk jockey chose that moment to play CCR? Because the radio was turned on? Because she chanced by?

Yes, yes, yes – because of all those things. Choices.

It is also customary at this time of year to take stock of last year’s resolutions, and compare our track made good in life against the course we had shaped for ourselves. But this kind of retrospection is perhaps less useful to me now than ever before, even given the natural suspicion I hold against New Year’s resolutions in general: Last year ended in a blur, I was in a bit of a funk and made no real resolutions apart from a dedication to live with a fuller comprehension of the tissue-thinness of the veil that separates “life” from “not-life,” as well as a vague idea that it would be useful to lose some weight. But the first resolution leads to the kind of “live every day as though it were your last” philosophy that sounds attractive in theory, but if followed to its natural conclusion is a damned good way to end up living on handouts in your old age, should you make it that far. As for the second resolution, well, suffice to say that will have to be a carry-over from last year to the next. But professionally and to a degree personally it has been a year of marking time. Which is to say it has been a lost year because “time runs on, cried she.”

Oh, things aren’t as bad as all that: I had hoped that certain of the sinusoidal tribulations attendant to the raising of teenaged daughters in Southern California would dampen out a bit, and if that hasn’t been entirely true, then at least things have gotten no worse, which I’ll take as a kind of victory. And if I didn’t get to play but two rounds of golf this year – life being so very full in every other direction – then at least I know I’ll have no negative swing thoughts the next time I take to the links. The weather is fine and the scenery lovely and there still is joy in family and friendships, even if these too come with appurtenant trials. And I have progressed an unlikely further year down track on my master’s degree, with only six months left of academics and a thesis to write. Only.

With retirement beckoning – this time next year I will be sending out resumes for the first time in my life – I live with the sense of one set of possibilities winding down now, and another whose outline I cannot fully grasp looming in the middle distance. That being true, I feel as ill at ease making resolutions as ever I have before. Still, we must observe the forms.

So, be it hereby resolved: I’m going to get that fricken’ thesis written, and lose a pound or two per month.

You know me: Keep it simple.

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Our visit to Daystar was so lovely.

Violet read one of the stories she has written, “The Tortoise,” to the seniors.

Sophia read her story “My School.” And I read Harriette and Isabel’s stories for them.

And we took Rosa, the dog, with us today. She loved Castle Park.

Asher, Oscar and Sean in a tree(thanks Sean for joining us and for getting Oscar out of the tree.)

Puppy love. Having Rosa with us was such a wonderful time. She changed the way some kids feel about dogs, chased away fears and dosed us with her peaceful love. “Rosa, I love you so much.” ~James

Then we watched a wasp build its nest. We felt amazed to be able to watch such an event.

We also watched some of our frog eggs hatch into tadpoles while we were doing some specimen drawing. One swam right out of the egg sack while we were looking in the tank. The egg sack began to float down in such a beautiful dance as the tadpole took its first few swims. It was so exciting.

I know I always say it but I have to say it again–I love this class so much. They all inspire me everyday to keep seeing the beauty, love and magic in every moment of the day.

And because about 100 people read this blog everyday, you are seeing into a world that has been Sarah (our director) and my passion and dream. It can be done! We ARE doing it!


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If there is an award season for the book industry, it's probably right around now. The Booker will be announced in a couple of days, the Nobel Prize was just announced, and now the finalists for the National Book Award have been announced. (The Pulitzer doesn't happen until the spring, though.) The big news this year is that the 9/11 Commission Report has been nominated in the non-fiction category. It's an unprecedented development, and I can't help but think that a message is being sent. And it is a rather clever way of getting publicity for the award. It also, however, reflects the important place in history that 9/11 will hold. On the fiction side, the nominees are an interesting bunch, all of the women and none of them big, well-known names. Below you can find the nominees for the fiction and non-fiction categories, and some excerpts or whatever else I could find.FictionMadeleine Is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum -- profileFlorida by Christine Schutt -- interviewIdeas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories by Joan Silber -- excerptThe News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck -- excerptOur Kind: A Novel in Stories by Kate Walbert -- excerptNon-FictionArc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle -- reviewWashington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer -- excerptLife on the Outside: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett by Jennifer Gonnerman -- excerpt (this is a good one)Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt -- excerpt9/11 Commission Report -- read it here
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5 Differences Between Mopeds and Scooters

If you are trying to save a few buck in your transportation expenses these days, you may want to consider a moped or scooter. Obviously if you do not live near your work or have a large family this may not be possible. But for single people, students, or someone who has just a short commute to work, these vehicles can save you a ton of money when it comes to what you are paying at the pump each month.

Many people interchange the two terms, but they technically are not the same. Here are some of the differences between the two:

# 1 The Look.

Some of you reading this that are a little bit youngger may have never even seen a moped. They look like a heavy duty version of a bike. They have a motor, but they also have pedals.

The scooter on the other hand, has no pedals and looks like more like a mini motorcycle.

# 2 The Motor

Mopeds are going to tend to be a lot less powerful than most scooters. They will usually have a 1 gallon gas tank with no more than a 49cc motor. Do not get me wrong, they will usually get you over 200 miles on a tank, but they are limited on power.

The scooter, on the other hand, has evolved over the years. Scooters come with many different engine sizes ranging from 49cc up to 250cc.

# 3 Speed

The mopeds are hindered by their smaller motor, so they only get going to around 30 mph tops. The scooter can go anywhere from 25mph up to 60mph depending on the size of the motor.

# 4 Availability

Honestly, there are going to be many more options available to you if you are choosing a scooter over a moped.

# 5 Affordability

A moped may be a little less expensive because a) the are usually not as high tech; or b) you may actually have to find a used one if the moped is the way you want to go.

Scooters are much more advanced nowdays, but some people like the old school look and feel f the moped. Either way, they are both going to save you massive amounts of money at the pump if you decide to use them.

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I was kind of astonished that this lot haven’t ever featured in any of my own posts on this blog.  They did appear over at the old place as this, from 7 July 2011, testifies:-

I liked this a lot when it was released back in 2009. I still do:-

mp3 : The Horrors – Who Can Say

OK. So they don’t do anything us 40-somethings havent heard before, but they do it so well.

And if I was 30 years younger I wouldn’t be ashamed to think The Horrors were the saviours of rock’n’roll. And I’d be angry that they are another who don’t get the chart success they deserve.

The single was released in May 2009 just a week after the LP Primary Colours. The single was a flop and the album peaked at #25. Their new LP is out next week……Comrade Colin has said it’s a belter and he’s always a great judge when it comes to these things.

Here’s the b-side:-

mp3 : The Horrors – You Could Never Tell

** the mp3s with the original post back in 2011 were lifted from the CD album.  This time round, thanks to Drew gifting me this particular single when we hooked up last year, they’re from the vinyl.

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  1. Piley and Modo’s Podrophenia podcast put me onto these guyes (both are from Southend). I’m a 50 something and the Horrors have been my favourite current band since Primary Colours – their albums have great opening tracks – Mirror’s Image is Kevin Shields writ large and all the better for it. Skying is a more consistent one (Dive in, Moving Further Away Wide Eyed) and I will come back to the big tune later, and Luminous was on my car stereo a lot in 2014 particularly driving through France which I associate the opening track with (Chasing Shadows), the single (So now you know) and the rest. And ‘Still life’ from Skying is like that Changing the Rain moment in Hi Fidelity – put it on in a record shop and another copy of Skying is sold. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPLjyvPkBU. And I am such an old git and live in the middle of nowhere so I don’t get into the shops much so have not listened to V on streaming yet. So now you know.

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M.dot raises $600,000 to bolster its iOS-based mobile website creation software

M.dot raises $600,000 to bolster its iOS-based mobile website creation software

Silicon Valley startup M.dot has picked up $600,000 in seed funding as it gears up to launch its mobile website creation service.

Revealed through a regulatory filing, the only investor that is mentioned in the document is ‘super angel’ Mike Maples Jr from FLOODGATE.

However, we know the investment was led by Archimedes Labs, a Palo Alto, CA-based incubator started by TechCrunch co-founder Keith Teare.

UPDATE: In total, the startup is backed by $700,000 in early-stage funding. They first raised $100,000 from Archimedes Labs in July, and the recent $600,000 round was led by Floodgate, joined by SV Angel and ange investors Sean Jacobsohn, a partner at Emergence Capital, and Harris Barton, the SF 49ers football player-turned-investor.

We’ve reached out to M.dot co-founders Dominik Balogh and Pavel Serbajlo (who also kickstarted PoweryBase together) to learn more about the round.

M.dot hasn’t talked much about its upcoming service yet, but the startup’s current placeholder website reveals that it’s ‘coming soon’.

From the looks of it, the product will enable businesses to create a mobile-optimized website from an iPhone or iPod touch. Users will be able to pick a template and add business information (location, pictures, prices, opening hours and whatnot) to pages straight from their Apple smartphone.

That makes M.dot sound a lot like Zapd, and the startup will also face competition from a plethora of similar services, such as dudamobile, GoMobi, GinWiz, Wixmobile, Mobify, Onbile, Wapple, SnippetSpace and many more.

Previous FLOODGATE investments include Twitter, website creation software maker Weebly, Playdom, Gowalla, Milk, Kno, Reputation.com and Chegg.

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