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Coaching For Performance: The Principles And Practices Of Coaching And Leadership
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The seminal book featuring the transformational GROW modelCoaching for Performance is the institution of the coaching profession. This landmark text has now undergone the largest revision yet in its history to bring it fully up to date for today's professionals. With a focus on coaching as a way of being rather than a temporary process, this new edition explains how coaching can have a profound effect on the culture of an organisation. No longer an activity conducted in isolation by a select few managers, coaching impacts the growth of the whole company as well as the personal growth of the individual. This new edition includes a Foreword by John McFarlane, Chairman of Barclays and TheCityUK. New chapters on culture change demonstrate how to build a high performance culture in any type of organisation and measure the results. Extensive illustrative material has been added; the visuals are those used in coaching training programmes by Performance Consultants International, one of the pioneering global firms in coaching, leadership development and performance improvement. Terminology has been revised throughout to align with that used by the International Coach Federation and a new full glossary of terms serves to make this the definitive book on the topic.The influential GROW model (Goals, Reality, Options, Will) featured in the book is supported by new international studies and examples which are included throughout, ensuring that this edition will stay at the forefront of professional coaching and leadership development.
Coaching for Performance is the proven resource for all coaches and pioneers of the future of coaching. -- Magdalena N. Mook, Executive Director and CEO, International Coach Federation This book is a must-read for leaders and organizational development practitioners who recognize that coaching is a performance activity which impacts leaders, teams, and culture holistically. -- Thorsten Klein, Director, Global Talent & Organization Development, eBay The best first book to read for leaders as well as new or experienced coaches. It goes beyond the skills that it so aptly spells out, to explain the essence of coaching. -- Carol Kauffman PhD, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School This new edition is a testament to Sir John Whitmore's commitment to real change in people's lives and will bring value to all industry leaders. -- Tim Gallwey, author of the internationally bestselling series of 'Inner Game' books Coaching for Performance was our reference manual when we introduced coaching as part of our leadership development activities in the European Commission. It helped us to understand the benefits of coaching, provided a sound base in our initial selection of external coaches and, later, a benchmark for the development of our own internal coaching team. Some years on, the Commission benefits from a strong coaching culture, with Sir John's work as the main reference point. This book is a must-read for managers and OD practitioners alike. -- Norman Jardine, Head of Internal Communication, European Commission, DG Human Resources and Security Coaching for Performance directly impacts the way of working in our companies. It provides coaches and leaders with a fantastic tool for people development that is so powerful. -- Jean-Louis Araignous, Coaching Program Manager, Volvo Group University Coaching cultures are better performing, fairer, and more sustainable than those arising out of traditional management systems. Coaching for Performance is for any leader aiming for excellence. -- Ludo Van der Heyden, Professor of Corporate Governance, INSEAD In this Fifth Edition of Coaching for Performance, Sir John Whitmore and Performance Consultants shine a light on what it takes to create high performance and unpick the myths around coaching. -- John McFarlane, Chairman, Barclays PLC, Chairman, TheCityUK
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Sir John WhitmoreSir John Whitmore is the pioneer of coaching in the workplace and Co-Founder of Performance Consultants International, the market leader in coaching globally. He was the first to take coaching into organizations in the early 1980s and creator of the GROW model, the most used coaching model in the world. Honoured for his lifetime's work with the President's Award from the International Coach Federation, Sir John's global contribution to coaching and leadership has helped to drive organizational transformation. Through his books - most notably Coaching for Performance - workshops and speeches, he defined the principles of performance coaching and midwifed its birth from sporting excellence, transpersonal psychology, and emotional intelligence. Coaching for Performance is widely considered to be the bible of coaching and Sir John's vision, philosophy, and methodology has inspired millions of managers, leaders, and coaches across four decades to bring the best out of themselves and others. Sir John died in 2017, his extraordinary legacy is continued by his colleagues. The new edition of Coaching for Performance to publish in 2017 was completed before his death. Performance Consultants InternationalFounded in the early 1980s by Sir John Whitmore, Performance Consultants' mission is to transform the relationship between organizations and employees. Their stance is simple: organizations are sitting on a great untapped reservoir of potential - that of their people. They partner with organizations globally on effective leadership development, coaching and culture transformation. Market leaders in their field, they invite organizations to improve performance through their leaders and thereby reap rewards for people, profit and planet. Their flagship development programme named after this book is Coaching for Performance, it is considered the industry gold-standard and delivered in over 40 countries and in 23 languages.


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- Change (band)
Change Origin Bologna, Italy
New York, USA
Genres R&B, post-disco, boogie Years active 1979–1986 Labels Atlantic Records, Goody Music Records Associated acts Luther Vandross Past members Luther Vandross (d. 2005)
Jocelyn Brown
Zachary Sanders (d. 1992)
Timmy Allen
Diva Gray
Deborah Cooper
James Robinson
Mike Cambell
Vince Henry
Jeff Bova
Nathaniel S. Hardy, Jr.
Rick Gallwey
Rick Brennan
Andy Schwartz
Toby Johnson
Change was an Italian-American post-disco group formed in Bologna, Italy in 1979 by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus (1949–1986) and Mauro Malavasi (1957). They were heavily influenced by legendary disco band Chic.
Change was initially formed in 1979 as a studio-band with a revolving cast of musicians, led by businessman and executive producer Jacques Fred Petrus, with the majority of song-writing and production carried out by Mauro Malavasi and Davide Romani. The band's dual Italian and American identity was a result of a production system, in which the music, excepting the vocals, were written and recorded by Italian collaborators in studios such as Fontoprint Studios, Bologna, Italy. The backing tracks were then taken to the USA where vocals were added by American performers, before being mixed into finalised versions in major studios such as the Power Station in New York.
Immediate success
The band's debut album, The Glow of Love, was released in 1980. It was composed by a small team of writers made up of Romani, Malavasi, Tanyayette Willoughby, Paul Slade and Wayne Garfield. The first single was the million seller "A Lover's Holiday" featuring the ad lib stylings of Zachary Sanders, known then for his work on Schoolhouse Rock. The follow-up hits from the album, "Searching" and the title song feature lead vocals by Luther Vandross who had yet to come to prominence. The three songs combined spent 9 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Club Play Singles chart,[1] enough to make it the #1 Disco album of the year and a million seller in the U.S. The success of "Searching" and "The Glow of Love" exposed Luther's voice to mainstream and eventually led to a successful solo career starting in 1981.
The follow-up album, Miracles was released in 1981. It was created by the same collection of writers and producers as had worked on the debut album. Due to contractual differences, Vandross refused to sing lead vocals on any of the album's tracks and was only featured on backing vocals on selected songs. After Miracles, Vandross continued to provide backup vocals for the group until 1981, when he left Change to pursue his solo career. Petrus and Malavasi signed up James 'Crab' Robinson to replace Vandross, owing to his ability to perform in a similar vocal style. Robinson shared vocals with Diva Gray for the album.
Miracles was released to a similar level of success as the début, though it did not manage to produce a mainstream crossover hit such as "A Lover's Holiday". "Paradise", "Hold Tight," and "Heaven Of My Life", combined were another huge hit on the Billboard Club Play Singles chart, spending 6 weeks at the number one spot in 1981.
Change's 1982 album, Sharing Your Love, moved the band further away from disco and club music and into genres such as R&B and Funk. The lead single "The Very Best In You" was one of the foremost examples of the group's take on R&B. The album also marked a new process in the writing of the band's albums. The team behind the first albums contributing less, instead a wide range of songs by other writers were recorded. Overall, the album continued a slowly declining trend in the commercial fortunes for the project, though the album sold well and "The Very Best In You" was popular.
Mixed fortunes
During the recording and touring of their fourth album, This Is Your Time (1983) Change's relatively stable line-up of performers, writers and producers as well as their commercial success faltered. The album failed to chart a major hit, with the title track flopping in comparison to previous lead singles. After the album's release Rick Brennan stepped into the place of Robinson who left to pursue a solo career, while producers Davide Romani and Mauro Malavasi departed for other projects. At the same time of these important departures, Change was bolstered by the contributions of bassist and songwriter Timmy Allen and returning vocalist Deborah Cooper now promoted to lead, both of whom remained in the band until its demise. After Change, Cooper worked with the C+C Music Factory in the 1990s.[2]
The failure of the 1983 album left future of Change in jeopardy. Petrus wisely hired recently sacked Time members Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to write and produce what would become Change Of Heart in 1984. The album did well internationally, returning the group to the charts in Europe and the USA. The title track became Change's first top ten R&B hit in three years. Unlike former Change albums which had a large number of song-writers, Change of Heart was written by just three writers, four tracks were by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' partnership while the remaining four were the work of Timmy Allen.
This upturn in fortune was soon cancelled out. As with previous collaborators, Petrus fell out with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis over a financial dispute, reportedly, the duo was never paid in full. Their loss was huge to the group, as Allen's efforts had fallen short of Jam and Lewis', and were closer to filler. Nevertheless, Allen was given the opportunity by Petrus to write and produce the majority of what became Change's final album in 1985, Turn on Your Radio. This album bore little of the polished dance and R&B sound that the group had always emphasised, and was less successful even than This Is Your Time, though Europe remained receptive to the group. The band's final US hit "Let's Go Together" was notable as it was co-written by Petrus with returning collaborators Davide Romani and Paul Slade.
Demise and future
Turn on Your Radio was the band's commercial low point, but had not been intended as the act's final release. The formal end came after the death of Petrus in 1986.
While the original Change disappeared after Petrus' death, Davide Romani, Mike Francis, a.k.a. Francesco Puccioni (1961–2009), and Patrick Boothe attempted to revive the project in 1990. This new Change project was planned for a release on BMG North America under the name 'X-Change' in 1992, but due to lack of money, the album was left unreleased.
The availability of the X-Change recordings was resolved in 2009 after Romani closed a deal with the Italian label Fonte Records to release the album late that same year. The album was released under the title Change Your Mind,[3] it was produced by Davide Romani and Francesco Puccioni, written by Davide Romani, Mike Francis and Patrick Boothe, with Boothe as the main lead vocalist.
In 2001, American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson featured a sample of Change's The Glow Of Love in her number 1 single "All for You".
Line up
Change was effectively a studio group composed of session musicians and a core group of collaborators led by Jacques Fred Petrus and Mauro Malavasi. After the release of The Glow of Love and Miracles, Petrus sought to give the group more of an image and put together a group for promotion and live performances. This second line up was relatively stable and contributed to the group's subsequent four albums.
- First line-up (1980 and 1981)
- Luther Vandross - Lead Vocals (1980), Background Vocals (1981)
- Jocelyn Shaw - Lead Vocals (1980)
- Diva Grey - Lead Vocals
- James (Crab) Robinson - Lead Vocals (1981)
- Mauro Malavasi - Piano, Synthesizer
- David Romani - Bass
- Paolo Gianolo - Guitar
- Rudy Revisi - Saxophone (1981)
- Doc Powell - Guitar
- Terry Silverlight - Drums
- Onage Allan Grumbs - Keyboards
- Maurizio Biancani - Synthesizer
- Second Line-up (1982 to 1985)
- Deborah Cooper - Lead Vocals
- James (Crab) Robinson - Lead Vocals (1982-83)
- Rick Brennan - Lead Vocals, Percussion (1983-85)
- Timmy Allen - Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Background Vocals
- Vince Henry - Guitar, Saxophone
- Michael Campbell - Guitar
- Jeff Bova - Keyboards
- Toby Johnson - Drums (1983-84)
- Rudy Trevisi - Saxophone (1983)
- Bernard Davis - Drums (1983)
Change discography Releases ↙Studio albums 7 ↙Compilation albums 8 ↙Singles 25
The discography of Change includes seven studio albums, eight compilations and twenty-five singles.
Year Album Chart positions[4] Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1980 The Glow of Love
- Labels: Warner Bros. Records, WEA
29 10 — —
- US: Gold[7]
1981 Miracles
- Labels: Atlantic Records, WEA
46 9 — — — 1982 Sharing Your Love
- Labels: Atlantic, London Records
66 14 — — — 1983 This Is Your Time
- Labels: Atlantic, Polydor
161 34 — — — 1984 Change of Heart
- Labels: Atlantic, WEA
102 15 24 34 — 1985 Turn on Your Radio
- Labels: Atlantic, Cooltempo Records
208 64 — 39 — 2010 Change Your Mind
- Labels: Fonte Records
— — — — — "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified
Compilation albums
- Greatest Hits (1985, Renaissance International)
- The Artists Volume 2 (1985, Street Sounds) (with Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Atlantic Starr) UK #45[8]
- Collection (1989, Friends Records)
- Best Of Change (1993, Flarenasch)
- The Very Best of Change (1998, Rhino)
- The Best Of Change (2xCD, 2003, One Trybal)
- Album Collection (5xCD, 2006, Fonte Records)
- The Final Collection (2xCD, 2007, Fonte Records)
- Greatest Hits & Essential Tracks (2xCD, 2009, Smith & Co)
Year Single Chart positions[9] Album US
1980 "A Lover's Holiday" 40 4 1 — 15 24 14 The Glow of Love "The Glow of Love" — 49 — — — "Searching" — 23 22 — — 11 1981 "Paradise" 80 7 1 — — — — Miracles "Hold Tight" 89 40 — — — — "Heaven of My Life" — — — — — — "Stop for Love" — — — — — — — "Miracles" (promo) — — — — — — — 1982 "The Very Best in You" 84 16 30 — — — — Sharing Your Love "Hard Times (It's Gonna Be Alright)" (promo) — 71 — — — — — "Sharing Your Love" (promo) — — — — — — — "Oh What A Night" — — — — — — — "Keep On It" — — — — — — — 1983 "This is Your Time" — 33 39 — — — — This is You Time "Magical Night" — — — — — — — "Don't Wait Another Night" (promo) — 89 — — — — — "Got to Get Up" (promo) — — — — — — — 1984 "Change of Heart" — 7 17 14 17 — 17 Change of Heart "It Burns Me Up" (promo) — 61 — — — — — "You Are My Melody" — — — — — — 48 1985 "Say You Love Me Again" — — — — — — 94 "Let's Go Together" — 56 33 — 42 — 37 Turn on Your Radio "Examination" — — — — — — — "Oh What A Feeling" — — — — — — 56 "Mutual Attraction" — — — — — — 60 "—" denotes the single failed to chart
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
- ^ Whitburn <, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 357.
- ^ Change - www.jacquespetrus.com
- ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8195305
- ^ "Change US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3870. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ a b "dutchcharts.nl - Discografie Change". © 2006-2010 Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Change. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
- ^ a b "Change UK chart history". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3327. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Change US certification history". riaa.com. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Change&format=Album&go=Search&perPage=25. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Luther Vandross / Teddy Pendergrass / Change / Atlantic Starr - The Artists Volume 2 UK chart history". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=45372. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ "Change US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p3870. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". chartstats.com. http://www.irishcharts.ie/. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
- ^ "charts.org.nz - Discografy Change". © 2006-2010 Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Change. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
External linksCategories:
- Disco groups
- Boogie musicians
- Italian house music groups
- American rhythm and blues musical groups
- American funk musical groups
- American soul musical groups
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Policy Development at Cambridge University Libraries: the inaugural Digital Preservation Policy New
Cambridge University Libraries has a new Digital Preservation Policy that has been developed over the past two years as part of the Polonsky-funded Digital Preservation at Oxford and Cambridge (DPOC) project.
Come along to hear how this policy has been developed, what the policy covers, and what this means for you and your work.
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Aromatic Feast
by Erin Hollingsworth
November 2006
Every artist has a muse, and for Vidalia's
Executive Chef Jeffrey Buben the restaurant's namesake
inspires a festive and aromatic holiday menu. Each dish, save
the lemon dessert, features Vidalia onions, adding their signature
pungency and sweetness to varied intensity in a diversely
delicious meal as simple to prepare as it is enjoyable to
Begin the meal by warming up with a rich bowl of Five Onion
Soup. Follow with briny oysters and bubbly Champagne whose
viscerally stimulating flavors and textures will excite the
palate and guide you to the next course – Roasted Partridge
with Huckleberry. Finish with the Southern classic Lemon Chess
Pie. It's a sweet, tart and delicious way to end a great
Vidalia holiday dinner.
Chef Jeffrey Buben of Vidalia and Bistro
Bis – Washington, D.C.
Five Onion Soup
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Oyster Toast
Roasted Partridge with Huckleberry-Horseradish Compote
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If 16 Cygni's solar system harbors aliens, they may be older and wiser than we are. Located 69 light-years from Earth and barely visible to the naked eye, 16 Cygni boasts two yellow stars like our sun, plus a dim red dwarf. The two suns are much farther apart than Pluto is from us, so each has room for planets. Indeed, in the 1990s astronomers discovered the planet shown here; it's more massive than Jupiter and orbits the fainter yellow sun. Now, new observations from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which looks for planets that pass in front of their stars and dim their light, have detected oscillations in both of 16 Cygni's suns. The data indicate that the stars are 6.8 billion years old—about 2 billion years older than our sun. The researchers say the new findings, submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters, demonstrate Kepler's superb ability to probe the hearts of other stars.
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Valve announces some big changes making their way to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive this Monday, October 1.
This update will feature the following, according to the official blog.
A revised matchmaking system for Classic Competitive mode
Two maps
- The classic de_vertigo
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A number of bug fixes based on community feedback
Check out these images from CS:GO's Twitter hinting at the upcoming changes.
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5 Days in December 2015 - Day 4
Hi everyone,
Day 4 already - December is just flying by!!! I have a quick Christmas card to share using a collectable item from Kaisercraft's Home for Christmas and some Echo Park papers.
To add a bit of extra depth and interest to your cards quickly you can use a similar tone distress ink to add colour to the areas ie to that would have shadow such as the middle of the poinsettia or flowers. A few glitter dots add the sparkle, which is always good for Christmas card. The 3x4 journal card (from a 12x12 paper) provides a foundation for the poinsettia and the tilt gives a good contast with the other layers making the simple design more interesting.
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the facebook page for a beautiful silver bells advent calendar.
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Today was a long day. I went to the gym after work and got in a good leg workout and then headed to Cranbury Buy Rite to pick up a bomber of Sierra Nevada Hoptimum that Matt set aside for me. Totally excited to try that. Anyways, I'm sore and it's definitely time for a beer. This is a beer that I have no idea why it was on my list of beers to try. I'm not a fan of "Euro Pale Lagers." So, here goes.
Style: Euro Pale Lager
Trivia: According to wikipedia, "Birra Moretti was an Italian brewing company, founded in Udine in 1859 by Luigi Moretti. In 1996 the company was acquired by Heineken International. The brewing plant in Udine was sold to the newly formed Birra Castello S.p.A.; Moretti is now a brand of Heineken."
Random: I've heard a lot about this beer, which is surprising because it's a Euro Pale Lager, typically a style that is not one that gets talked about a lot.
This brew poured with a one finger white head that dissipated really quickly and left no lacing on the glass. The body was a clear straw yellow color with moderate visible carbonation. The nose was skunky with some grain, but overwhelmingly skunky. I can tell, I'm not going to like this at all. On the taste, some carbonation came out and although it smelled skunky like a macro, it was slightly better. It was definitely a crisp beer, but there really was nothing to it. It was watery with a hint of bite (and I mean and ever-so-slight). The finish is a little bit on the skunky side, but not overwhelming. On the positive side, I could easily down these because there was just nothing to them. But, that's also the bad side. It was just a very bland beer and not something I would rush back to. But, if I had to drink a Euro Pale Lager, this would be it.
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Harrow Homestead, a private home and a grand residence with the warmth and charm of yesteryear. Robert Ramsay, the English owner, had the impressive home constructed in the 1870's mainly of hoop pine and red cedar with large rooms and an arched hallway of polished pine and cedar panelling. The home covers 100 squares with wide verandas on three sides. Harrow was once the centre of the small village with many outbuildings, workers cottages and a school. Harrow is still very much a working property today.
Harrow Gardens. The rambling picturesque gardens cover 10 acres featuring a 50 metre rose arbour, a lake with waterlilies, extensive garden beds, interesting trees and shrubs and a fish pond. The present garden, which was created under the direction of the late Mrs Mavis Carrigan, has previously featured in the Australian open Garden scheme on three occasions.


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The Rosie Effect – Model turned actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley turns up the va-va-voom for Vogue Germany's November cover shoot shot by Alexi Lubomirski. Donning a sexy wardrobe of trenches and knits from Burberry Prorsum, Rosie revels in the lightweight outerwear and little else.
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According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, the Washington Redskins have already moved on from the Peyton Manning Derby. Glazer tweeted on Friday night that the Redskins have agreed to a trade with the St. Louis Rams that would put them in position to draft Heisman Trophy-winning Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III.
The extended text of Glazer's tweet (via TwitLonger) indicated that the Redskins were sending the No. 6 selection in the 2012 NFL Draft, two future No. 1 picks and additional selections in exchange for the Rams' No. 2 overall pick in the upcoming draft.
While the Denver Broncos, the Miami Dolphins and several other teams are just beginning their courtships of free agent quarterback Peyton Manning, the Skins were reportedly out of the running almost immediately.
According to Chris Russell of ESPN 980 in DC, the four-time NFL MVP has no interest in joining the Redskins despite the fact that the franchise reportedly intended to make an "aggressive effort" to sign him.
With Manning apparently unlikely to be lured to the Beltway, the Redskins have, per Glazer, gone aggressively in another direction. Just two days before Glazer tweeted about this deal, Wes Bunting of the National Football Post projected that Washington would trade up in the draft to select RG3 in the No. 2 slot. After Glazer's tweet, NFL media and fans quickly began weighing in on all aspects of the deal.


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The worst ideas in the long sad history of bad ideas are normally realized half way through doing whatever it was you set out to do. In this case it was realized 6pm after a strenuous day cycling a desert and finding the cheap bags of water we dragged with us had bust open, reducing our capacity and soaking our pillows (fleeces) in the process. Not only lost water where we needed it the most after 35c and high humidity, but the fact I had hauled dead weight that slowed us through the day, only for it to evaporate away at the end of the night leaving us with nothing. Welcome to the Punta Gallinas Cycle.
We start from Uribia, a bicycle shaped town and the last town before Punta Gallinas. The town revolves around the bicycle with bike taxis, the market assembling on the back of load carrying trikes and a lot of colour. Hotels cost about 20-24 dollars a night, which is high for us, but more than compensated by the cheap street food and decent meals for three USD. The local guides told us it wasn't possible to cycle there and certainly the bemused looks from locals made us sure it would be a full micro adventure on our big South America adventure. We rose early as the market was assembling for the the day to gather supplies needed for the trip. We left our climbing equipment at the hotel telling them we would be back in three to four days. We had been used to buying heavy duty 6 liter bags of water to keep us hydrated but at this hour, the vendors were not open that held them. So we substituted them for light duty 3 liter bags which, though looking frail and not ideal certainly were water. We supplemented them with 4 large bottles of water that would form our turn back point (24l), the point at which water was low and if we couldn't purchase any more we would head back. All in around 50 liters. This figure sounds crazy, but in the heat and humidity we decided we needed 6 liters for a days cycling between us, plus 6 for properly rehydrating overnight. We stocked up on food the only way we knew how- potato chips, sugary gummies and bread, vaguely counting the calories and deciding 'that should do it'.
Leaving town the sky was overcast, the temp warm, but not hot, and the wind already getting up. We had an easy 30 miles on a gravel road parallel to a rail line before crossing into the scrub and start of 4 wheel drive trail. We sat to eat our lunch of potato chip, only to find my front tire was flat when we were ready to set off. This was to be a theme of the next couple of days. The area was mainly cacti up to 8 feet high creating a dense desolate dry forest with plenty of thorns and needles on the ground making bicycle landmines. Some trail was hard packed and easy, but interspersed with sandy patches that were soul destroying. The hope was it would stop around every winding corner. It didn't stop the wheels turning , but was hard going. I slightly regret not buying the fat tires for the trailer but most the time it did well. (The bicycle tires we picked are Schwalbe marathon mtb 2.4″ with a good smooth rolling tread on the center but some reasonable traction for the rougher stuff, and with some puncture resistance, though I don't think any tire has puncture resistance to match the size and hardness of thorns out here.)
As the hours churned by, one wheel rotation after another, we felt progress was good. The occasional 4×4 would stop to ask where we were going and advised that it's a long long way on a bicycle, even for a four wheel drive. It was nice knowing we had a decent reserve of water taking pressure off this thought. As each three liter bag was emptied, we checked progress and knew we were on track perfectly for water there and back. The whilst Karli was behind me she noticed drips coming of the trailer. On inspection, needle sized holes had sprouted and were soaking the t-shirts and socks placed to cushion them. We quickly drank the water we had and filled our bottles with the bust bag. So started the system of dealing with leaks that would repeat over the next two days.
To our surprise, there are people living out here, though on what I cannot imagine. Everything is brought out on wagons . Due to the boost in tourism going to the most Northern Point, the locals had started blocking the road with toll stations made of shredded tires, old clothing, and anything else they could get their hands on. There must be around 40 attempts at charging 2000 pesos (60cent) making this probably the most expensive road in South America mile for mile (based on no supportive facts) but also the worst. We realized pretty quickly though that they listen out for cars and when they hear them an armada of kids come running at them with hands held out and quickly pull up their makeshift rope to bring vehicles to a stop. Unfortunately for them we were not cars and made no noise so we were just chased by kids often. A few roadblocks we did as the locals and rode around them on the motorcycle pass gap.
Things were slowly becoming more sparse and sandier. Half way through the day we passed a military checkpoint searching a water tanker for illicit goods. They seemed befuddled by our being there on bicycle and untrained for the circumstance, letting us pass with a confused look. On we rode through the burning sun. The cacti soon gave way to open pans where the full effect of the headwind was felt, a good 20-25 mph with gusts of 30, it was hard and hot. Our sweat mixed with the dirt creating tan mud on our legs. Salt crystallizing on our clothes where the heat baked them. Despite the cloud cover the temperature was still over 30c/90f.
We took a break at the edge of one of the pans.
'Karli?' I asked as we sat back to back for support.
'Ye?' came the response a few seconds later.
'Have you ever felt like you were cycling across a desert?'. to which we both chuckled a little.
The flat open areas were a welcome break from the cactus watch but the winds took a bit of the joy, struggling to make much more than 10mph. We took a wrong branch at one point and upon turning barely had to pedal to get back to the junction. Off to the side of the hard packed track was a thin crust that would start sticking to the wheels if we ventured off. Towards the end of the day and feeling pretty beat by the heat, we picked a half rock/ half sand dune to make camp beneath, that would keep us reasonably out of sight. Using the bikes and rocks to stake out the tent, we chucked our pads inside and sat down. We had covered as a conservative guess 52 miles (not accounting for the twists and winds of the road). This was disappointing. We knew it also meant a second day just like it. Opening our panniers we then found two nearly empty bags of water and two soaked fleeces- our pillows for the night. With a sigh we lay them out to dry and ate dinner, a combination of potato chip, bread and biscuits and drank the rest of the bust bags. At least we would be well watered. The night sleep was uncomfortable and for the main, the sleep part lacked. When the alarm went off at half 4, I knew it would be a slow day. Rationality might have said turn back, you just lost more water, but we still had a few liters till we hit the turn back point. Sometimes good surprises happen. Today is cloudless, and the full intensity of the sun piercing down.
We set off to find the remnants of more roadblocks. We came to a fork that offered a choice of what was on the map, a road through the ocean, we were guessing a wetter pan, or a hilly alternate with more cactus. We chose the hilly way not wanting to risk turning back. What followed was probably close to type 3 fun, with the odd little downhill on which we still had to pedal into wind. (Note Karli's hat sinched tight and flapping up in most of the pictures).
Some time in the afternoon we came to a small town that sold cold drinks and some provisions for 2-3 times the value back in Uribia. I don't resent prices like that, It was pretty nice to have some cool pop unexpectedly in the middle of a scorching day but it did raise the question would we have enough for more water on return? We didn't expect to need cash in a desert. On we rode eventually moving onto the return supply of water, I was glad to be drinking some of the 24 liter (52lb) I had hauled behind me. I would like to say it made me faster, but heat and a bad night sleep make anything worse. We passed a tanker who stopped and asked.
"donde van? Punta Gallinas?" To which we replied "Si."
He smiled and said we were almost there, it's just around the bend. This was the best news all day. But the reality was that bend was 10 miles of soft ground and a final climb up to the costal cliffs. This was tedious, hot, grinding labour. Like a filthy headache that just won't give in. The heat was getting to us both. That sickly taste of knowing you can't keep going like this. Checking every mile watching them slowly count down on the map. We arrived on top of the cliff around 3pm. On a rock was painted the words Hospedaje with an arrow. We headed straight for it.
Arriving we ordered some food and a couple of beers, relieved to be in some shade. With the sea in sight, I didn't feel the need to walk down and put my feet in, that looked like more work than it was worth and the beer that looked like it was stored under a chicken coup was more welcome. The hard part was done. Now, with a tailwind we rode downhill 5miles back to camp.
I sat at the roadside for probably the tenth time that day to assess my punctured tube. As the day wore on and frustration built over either completely disassembling to put a new patch on or just pump it up for another few miles, it was getting a bit sickening. We decided we had done the hard part. But with a failing pump, a tube with a needle wielding ghost in it and low on water we conceded we could hitch a ride out. The next morning before dawn we saw lights coming over the cliff down to us. It was a local making his once a week run to Uribia. He had already picked up a couple of guys and three goats for the market. He was happy to give us a ride if we bought him an Empenada in town. Seemed like a pretty good deal. I thought it would detract from the adventure, but with no guarantee of other vehicles that could help if things went downhill, we hopped on. It was kind of fun but also with a hint of 'this is scary am I going to die being flipped from the wagon as we hit sand on an adverse cambered corner.'? I wondered if I would realize? Would it be fast? Would I be paralyzed and have to send Karli to the hotel with the bikes while waiting for rescue? Would they chuck me in with the goat like a carcass? Before I had considered much more we stopped to pick up a lady and her kid (making it 4 people in the 2-seater front) plus a mile further on a farmer and his dozen goats off to market. It was a bit odd to have someone pass me goats by the bound legs and hauling them up and in. It did feel honest. Though the last goat had eaten a lot and wasn't easy to pick up.
The first few miles the farmer that joined us spent re-organizing the heads and necks so they wouldn't suffocate, after which I was surprised they all seemed to go to sleep, only to hit a bump in the road and they would let out a horrific long wail. I am happy to say by the time we reached town and unloaded the goats they were all still alive and after a quick bit of business the original three goats seemed to be sold to the herder of the many. For how long they would stay alive I do not know. What I do know, is that our lunch that day tasted very fresh. So concluded going to the most northern point. Our panniers covered in dust and goat poop the can no longer join us in the hotel room. While we could have got a ride to the northern point and cycled South, this seemed more fun and worked out well.
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Three Jehovah's Witnesses who feared the end of the world was coming fled their home naked and kidnapped their neighbours, according to reports. Two women and a man thought they were saving their neighbours from the imminent armageddon during the bizarre incident in Canada, court documents state. The neighbours were a man, his adult daughter and her six-week-old son, who were forced out of their house and into the snow without shoes.
The mother and baby were put in the back seat with two other teenage girls, daughters of one of the female kidnappers who were naked under a blanket.
In their haste to get to safety, a number of the kidnappers didn't have time to put any clothes on.
The male neighbour was put in the trunk and ordered to chant "Jehovah" 10 times, according to Canadian Press .
The mother of the two teen girls was the only one dressed and drove them all in a BMW SUV ploughing straight through their garage door.
The SUV sped down roads and went through a red light, says the document.
The male neighbour trapped in the boot managed to unlock it and escape, as did his daughter with her baby.
The kidnapped flagged down a passing truck to try to get to safety, but the driver of the SUV rammed into the truck before going into a ditch.
When police arrived the family refused to leave the car with one believing the officers "were monsters who would kill them."
The three kidnappers were then Tasered, dragged out of the car an arrested during the incident that took place last year near Edmonton, Alberta.
The trio pleaded guilty last week to a charge of unlawful confinement and one of the women also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
A judge has ordered pre-sentence reports and risk assessments, which could include psychological testing.
The three adult offenders are to return to court for sentencing in December.
The two teenagers who were present during the abduction were not charged.


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Teaching Good Posture and Natural Alignment to Children
Many of us know that our children's posture is a problem. We struggle to know what to do about it, having already learned the futility of simply telling a child to "sit up straight."
Truth be told, we often are at a loss to know how to inhabit our own bodies in ways that are comfortable and relaxed, yet strong and energetic. Can we ever expect children to know what to do, if we ourselves do not?
Teachers are frustrated, too. Many of the children in their classrooms are ill-prepared to participate in learning--their bodies are collapsed, and they are restless and unable to sit still and focus, or they are lethargic and "zoned out." In the meantime, there are lessons to prepare, tests and homework to correct, administrative paperwork to complete, not to mention the aches and pains that come from being on one's feet in a classroom all day.
Posture: An Easily Ignored Topic?
It makes sense that posture is a topic that is easily ignored. The general attitude tends to be that it is something we should pay attention to, but it's just "too hard" to maintain. We remember our mother's nagging us to "stand up straight," but whenever we tried, we felt rigid and uncomfortable, and our ability to maintain "proper" posture lasted hardly any time at all. And so it continued, we either gave in to slouching or we pulled ourselves up and held ourselves together with tension. Sound familiar?
The good news is that it doesn't have to be this way. Our cultural ideal of "good" posture turns out to be all wrong. Truly good posture--natural posture-- is comfortable and relaxed, while also solidly strong and upright.
Natural Posture: Simple But Not Entirely Easy
As it is with many other things, natural posture is simple but not entirely easy. It does take a bit of re-learning as well as some practice. Doing this with others--parent and child, teacher and students--not only makes it more interesting and fun, but reinforces our efforts along the way.
I started out to teach children, but they ended up teaching me.
While the programs I've conducted in elementary schools were at first limited to helping children know how to sit upright with ease, whether at their desks or on the floor, from them I learned the following:
* Children have a great appetite for knowing how to inhabit their bodies with ease. They are enthusiastically attentive and curious about how their bodies work.
* In a home and school environment that emphasizes acquisition of information and development of cognitive skills, children are grateful to be invited to feel what is going on inside their skin.
* Children respond well to being part of a process of mutual learning. They are fully aware when we are not walking our talk or practicing what we preach, and they appreciate our admitting that we, too, still have much to learn. They are inspired by our sincere commitment to improving ourselves and will follow our lead.
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Posture: It's For Your Whole Life
Months after the conclusion of a pilot project at a public charter school in Hilo, Hawaii, in 1999, I had a conversation with the fourth-grade teacher. After the program concluded, she found it helpful to occasionally remind the children that she saw some "sad dogs" in the room. This reminded them that sitting up with ease begins with establishing the pelvis as the foundation.
One day, when she said she saw some sad dogs in the room, one boy blurted out, "That's over!" My heart sank momentarily as the teacher recounted this to me, before she added that another child had earnestly called out, "No it's not! It's for your whole life!"
Knowledge is power, as the saying goes, and the power that comes from knowing how to realign yourself with the forces of gravity bestows benefits that last a lifetime.
Planting The Seeds For A Healthy Future
And so it is that working with children is always about planting seeds. Inspiring interest is the first step, because curiosity is the fertile soil in which seeds can begin to sprout. Our own enthusiasm and persistence for putting alignment principles into practice is the fertilizer that we add along with encouragement and supportive reminders.
It may take months or even years for the seeds to bear fruit in ourselves and our children. You will forget and then remember many times over. The best we can do is stay on course. The benefits of this will become clear to our children, and especially to ourselves, by how we feel.
There is no guarantee that a self-directed process will unfold in someone else. Yet nothing will motivate our children more, now and in the future, than watching us reap the benefits that come from inhabiting bodies that are aligned, both literally and figuratively, with the truth of who we are.
©2010, 2017 by Kathleen Porter. All rights reserved.
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Healthy Posture for Babies and Children: Tools for Helping Children to Sit, Stand, and Walk Naturally
by Kathleen Porter
In this richly illustrated manual for parents, teachers, and kids themselves, movement educator and researcher Kathleen Porter explains how to relearn natural alignment with a simple movement routine that "reminds" the body of its natural patterns. Details the principles of natural alignment in accessible ways to share with children.
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Kathleen Porter is the director of the Center for Natural Alignment in Portland, Oregon. A movement educator and specialist in the body's authentic natural alignment, she offers programs for people with posture-related pain. Kathleen has taught principles of skeletal alignment in many settings, including the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon, and the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. Kathleen is also the creator of a line of posture aid products--The Wedge, Travel Wedge, Yoga Wedge, Comfy Shoulder Band and Baby Wedgie, all are available at Amazon.com through her company, Natural Posture Solutions, LLC.
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We examined the effect of sera from 11 patients with American visceral leishmaniasis on mitogen-driven lymphocyte proliferative capacity. All sera inhibited lymphocyte proliferation of patients' peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) when stimulated by either phytohemagglutinin, Concanavalin A or pokeweed mitogen. Serum was also strongly inhibitory for Concanavalin A-pulsed normal volunteers' PMBC. The effect of the serum was not due to cytotoxicity, inadequate nutritional support or altered kinetics of DNA synthesis. High levels of IgM or IgG (both total and antiparasite) and high levels of triglycerides were found in patients' sera.
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Wow, how time flies! It has been one full year since I started this blog. I've read and reviewed some great and not so great books. I've gotten to learn the ins and outs of the publishing and self publishing industry and met some great people along the way.
So what will 2014 bring us? Well, as you may have already seen I have pulled down the original renditions of Heroes and Hearts and Descendants of Quendaris. I've merged both stories and, after talking to some other writers and reviewers I've picked up a lot of great tips and insight that I am now using to revamp the new novel. I have spoken to a few publishers and agents who are interested in reading the finishing product and I hope to have it ready for submission by the Spring. In the meantime I will also be flexing my writing muscles via contests and short stories. It's been years since I've actively picked up a pen and paper (hey I'm old school, I don't write on computers;) but I feel confident that I've brushed away all the cobwebs and I'm now ready to throw down!
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TapMeasure – AR utility 4+
Measure & share any room in 3D
Occipital, Inc.
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Meet TapMeasure, the spatial utility that combines computer vision and AR, creating a whole new way to capture and measure your space.
▶ 3D Room Builder
Create scale-accurate 3D models of rooms that you can measure and review immediately, or revisit later.
▶ Quick Measure
Capture point-to-point measurements with just two taps.
▶ Smart Level
Ensure picture frames and artwork are perfectly level, automatically.
TapMeasure is the fastest, smartest way to measure a physical space. Period.
Additional Features:
• Geometric Recognition: Automatically detect rectangular objects like doors, windows, artwork, and more, and add them to your model.
• Quick Outlining: Create simple outlines of items on the walls or floor.
• Easy Sharing: Send your 3D model to anyone with a simple URL.
• SketchUp Export: Export your 3D model as an .SKP file, allowing you to view and edit in both free and pro versions of SketchUp.
We built TapMeasure as an easy to use, everyday spatial utility — but it also works great for pros, including interior designers, architects, contractors, real estate agents, appraisers, insurance agents, and anyone that needs quick, approximate 3D models and measurements.
TapMeasure combines the new ARKit framework in iOS 11 with advanced computer vision, to recognize and track objects. Since TapMeasure uses ARKit, you'll need an ARKit-compatible device (iPhone 6s or newer).
TapMeasure is built by the team at Occipital (occipital.com). We're the same team behind 360 Panorama, Structure Sensor, Canvas, Bridge, and other spatial computing products. We can't wait to see what you create with TapMeasure!
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Version 1.4
This update makes smart level even easier to use as walls are now automatically detected! A few UI bugs also got fixed.
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Great Concept. Decent Accuracy.
This app has an EPIC concept that has been well implemented in a smooth, easy to use app. After installing I did a few test measurements around home with a traditional tape measurer in hand to double check the app's results. The app's measurements were consistently about an inch off, thus the knock in stars. For my layperson purposes the app gets close enough and I will continue to use it with hopes that continued dev will improve accuracy. To the makers: Thanks for your hard work and for finally replacing the clunky tape measurer I can never seem to find when needed!
Measurements not accurate
Well, this app would be amazing if it worked. However it's failed the first 3 simple tests I gave it. The measurements it gave were simply inaccurate, and badly so. For example, the displayed measurement of the ground in front me read 4'5" in the app. I pulled out my tape measure and measured it, and the true distance was 6'.
A measuring tool that doesn't deliver accurate measurements is useless. If I wanted an approximation I could do that by eye.
Also, this tool doesn't measure vertical surfaces, which is what would come in vastly more helpful. Being able to measure a vertical line that would be physically inaccessible to me to measure with a tape measure- that'd be awesome! This app has no such functionally. Measuring horizontal surfaces in front of me can easily be done more accurately with a simple tape measure.
I reserve it one star because I haven't yet tested the 3D room builder. That may be a more handy tool- approximate measurements in that case may be "good enough".
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Thanks for the detailed review and feedback (and for at least giving us 2 stars -- 1 is such a heart-wrencher). FIRST - regarding measurement on the ground, you should be seeing more accuracy than this. Could you try again with a few tips? 1) Turn on as much light as you can -- this helps the CV system. 2) Make sure to move your phone around a little more before you tap the ground plane, as this helps make the plane more accurate. 3) When you move from one end of a measurement to the other, make sure to keep plenty of "detailed" things in the camera's view. When moving over blank areas such as a white wall, measurements can be affected. SECOND - regarding vertical measurements! While the "Quick Measure" mode doesn't yet support vertical measurements, we do have a way you can make this work using the 3D Room Builder mode. Please check out this mini tutorial on how to do vertical measurements with 3D room builder: https://youtu.be/R4c4q5KSgqg. If you still have troubles, please reach out to firstname.lastname@example.com
Ridiculously close but not quite
This is ALMOST a working easy space measurement app. I tried the room measurement scanner...first off, it takes forever to map the floor surface even in highly lit rooms. Then when that was done, I started to drop the points to note the corners of the room...but for no apparent reason, the app MOVED the points around as I circled. When I came back to the first point to close the outline, it had somehow been moved like two feet to the left and about a foot off the ground. Utterly useless. And the tutorials make no mention of this problem or any way to compensate for or stop it. This is yet another failed attempt at an easier spatial mapping app for a phone. I literally could have measured all three bedrooms and living room of my new house with a pencil, pad and old fashioned measuring tape in the time it took me to finally get a single (wrong) scan of a single room. Junk.
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Can you drink the tap water in Singapore?
...Singapore has a very advanced water filtering system, so I believe it ok! But, grocery store is around, why tap water? about 9 years ago
What's the cheapest and decent botique hotel in Central Hong Kong?
In Hong Kong, there is no boutique hotel in reasonable rate...but know that there is a better one close to SOHO/LanKwaiFong area. about 9 years ago
Should I rent a car to travel in the U.S.?
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Can anyone give me advice on the Amanwana Hotel? I want a secluded, elegant, low key hotel. Great diving facilities are a must.
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Planning a one month stay in Singapore any suggestions on a reasonable place to stay
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What should i really do on phuket, Thailand? And what should i really see?
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Reviews for Matthew in The Whale
"Arkin impressively locates the sweetness and ingenuousness in Charlie's open soul and transforms what might otherwise be a stunt performance into a transporting transcendence."
Myron Meisel, Hollywood Reporter
"Arkin gives a performance of such power and grace that it immediately qualifies as one of the year's best."
Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
"Stunningly effective."
Joel Beers, OC Weekly
"Arkin is a wonder under those corpulent prosthetics (designed by Kevin Haney). His every labored breath, every chest pain, every perilous journey to a standing position is enthralling."
LA Theater Critic
"Benson has found the perfect Charlie in Matthew Arkin. His performance is a tour de force on many levels . . . Physically, the portrayal is astounding. Aided by the superb efforts of costume designer Angela Balogh Calin and prosthetics designer Kevin Haney, Arkin disappears into the character. He moves, speaks and gestures like a man who's trapped not only by obesity but by demons and ghosts . . . Charlie's sensitivity and humanity have led him to this pass, and those qualities gradually come to the fore as Hunter peels back the layers and Arkin lets us see new parts of the tortured teacher. At the end, you've stopped wondering if Charlie is Jonah, Ishmael or Whitman: he has absorbed all of those voices and stories and weaved them into a final life chapter that, tragic as it is, makes perfect sense."
Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register
"Matthew Arkin makes the audience feel for the morbidly obese, grieving and suicidal Charlie in Samuel D. Hunter's funny, angry and moving play . . . leads us far into Charlie's despondent inner reality by so fully inhabiting his massive outer shell . . . A gentle colossus who's forever apologizing for his very being, Arkin's Charlie wins our sympathy even as he suicidally scarfs another meatball sub."
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
"Matthew Arkin's phenomenal lead performance . . . the "man behind the suit" brings this prosthetic effect to life in more ways in one, almost single handedly driving this entire play at full speed . . . Arkin's ability to "flesh out" Charlie (no pun intended) is a monumental feat of theatrical craftsmanship and character dimensionality. Arkin disappears into the physicality of Charlie every time he breathes with a painful gasp or when he has to move with his walker. His adaptability with the fat body suit is absolutely profound; the most heartbreaking is when he tries to rise from the sofa and his face turns beet red from the effort. Arkin's deteriorating physicality is matched by his emotional investment in Charlie as he combines sympathy, regret, and a little dose of optimism for his daughter's future. But the most revealing facet about Charlie's guilt comes in a powerful scene between him and Jennifer Christopher, most notably, when Mary barks out, "The only reason you married me in the first place was to have a kid. I know that." Following that statement is a deathly pause between both artists, and then Arkin's face transforms, turning sallow with increased self loathing, until he finally discovers the selfishness that fueled his past actions. It's a layered, delicately nuanced performance by Arkin, one of the best portrayals at South Coast Repertory this 2012/2013 Season.
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For the last 9 months I have been putting together a dream of mine – a custom mountain from component parts. This is the one I feature as the first steed in my stable. I bought the frame as my birthday gift from my wife and son last year and have meticulously sourced (funds permitting) all the components from all corners of the globe. It was very personal and my pride and joy because it was my design, my setup, and was made to fit me perfectly. It is the steed that I use to tow my son in his trailer so we can go on a bike adventure together as a family. I had busted a spoke on the front wheel last weekend and was going to get it fixed this morning at one of the local bike stores. I had my son with me and we headed down to the garage to get the front wheel and jump in the car. That is when I saw it missing.
It was stolen!
I could not believe what I was seeing – and for a minute I thought I had it upstairs in my apartment where my road bike lives. But it was gone. My son said "Daddy where is your bike?" and that is when it hit me. I had been robbed! As I walked up to the cage it was weird because everything was closed up and the lock was on, but when I got closer I saw what the b@stards had done. They had not broken through the lock, but had broken through mount for the latch and closing mechanism. There was an additional slap in the face because they decided to hang up the lock back on the hook, to make as if nothing had happened.
They had left everything else lying around including my park tool stand. The cave dwellers probably didn't even know that they were looking at. But they had lifted the bike clear off its wheel stand.
The b@stards even left their implements that they used to crank open the cage. A rusted old adjustable wrench and a rubber hood that was lying on the end. The hood was probably used so they would not get their thieving hands covered in rust. As if it wasn't enough of a kick in the guts taking my steed.
To say my stomach dropped was an understatement. I returned upstairs to inform my wife of what happened, and she came down to inspect herself. There may be hope, as we have CCTV installed in the garage following an assault of one of my fellow neighbours. We will be able to check the footage on Monday. As we went back to the lift I started to feel anger swell inside me – do nothing was not an option. So I left my family and ran around every street I could in the neighbourhood, in the hope that the thieves were stupid enough to leave my MTB steed on display. But to no avail. My anger had not dissipated, so I thought to myself that the thieves may be stupid enough to try and fix the broken spoke. I grabbed the photos from my blog and wrote up a sheet with the specifications on the side, including all the custom parts. Then I travelled to all my local bike stores, six in total, and informed them of the situation. Two of them had sold me parts, and two of them I had bought from numerous times in the past. I left the sheet with them and then I went to the local Police Station in Glebe. They were quite sympathetic to my cause and in talking to the Constable on duty he consoled me with the fact that bike theft in our area is rife.
By the early afternoon my adrenaline had gone and I felt physically exhausted. I was no longer angry, I was devastated. I had spent 9 months putting this bike together, and it was my first hardcore off-road set of wheels that if I ever chose to race would be my steed of choice. I have not been blogging much the last couple of weeks because I have been working my ar$e off and having to travel. And the one joy I look forward to with certainty on the weekend is towing my boy on a ride. If my bike is being used to finance a high or addiction, then that makes me even angrier. I have worked hard and sacrificed much to attain my wheels, and no doubt the thief with the wrench will never understand this concept.


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Here we go! If you haven't heard about my five-logos-in-five-days challenge, here's a quick overview. But let's get right to the first project:
Meet the Client
Name: Brittany Fridenstine-Keefe
What she does: "Teach private gyrotonic sessions out of my home based studio, and gyrokinesis in various locations. Additionally, I am my own brand for my freelance dancing and dance teaching. I have taught dance for children with special needs, and if I find an outlet to continue that work it will be incorporated into my brand name, My Spiral Motion. My Spiral Motion is the brand I am seeking....although it is very much about myself, I use it heavily for the gyrotonic side of my work, and somewhat spiritually for my dancing inspiration.
Website: www.myspiralmotion.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/balloweenie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myspiralmotion
Previous logo: None
Where do you want to use the logo? Print--ads and brochures, website, and business cards.
Which three words do you want associated with you? Spiral, Personal, Quality
Which three words do you NOT want associated with you? Pilates, Tension, Expensive
The Project
First, I reviewed all the information about My Spiral Motion I could find (including getting a sneak peek at the new website she's building). Then I reviewed other, similar businesses and the branding they use. Next I started looking at various typefaces, looking for something that invoked the words she wanted (as well as "spiritual" from her description of her work). I also wanted to find a free typeface, so Brittany can incorporate it in the rest of her branding without a big cost burden.
I created a Pinterest board to track the typefaces, images and logos I found (you can see it here). I sketched out a bunch of ideas on paper, then jumped into Illustrator to get to work. Though a lot of the typefaces are very spirally, I found them a bit too complicated and fussy. After several drafts, I finally settled on this:
And in a horizontal setup:
Though I'm not experienced in Gyrotonics, I used my experience as a dancer to think about how the body spirals (and, okay--I got up and practiced a few) and incorporated that into the sketches. Because Brittany didn't request any specific colors and doesn't use any colors in her current branding, I decided to stay with a gray & black color palette. The change from grey to black increases the sense of motion and gives a bit more interest to the logo. Having the darkest color on bottom anchors the logo in the way that a spiral anchors the body even as you reach up and out.
I also added the three words on the bottom to incorporate the whole of My Spiral Motion's work, since it includes dance, education and Gyrotonic/gyrokinesis. I put it in Futura, which is a typeface Brittany's using on her new site, so this will help the logo fit in with the work she's already done.
I went back and forth about the extra spiral several times but ultimately I kept it: it draws the eye up and out and back to the motion concept.
Phew. Day 1 done, five more to go!
p.s. If you're interested in getting a logo that will move your business forward and make you feel proud to hand out your business cards, contact me!


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Fredericksburg 150th Reenactment Video
Written by Joshua Horn on Thursday, December 13, 2012 / Comments: 0
Here are two videos from the Fredericksburg reenactment last weekend! Read my posts on the history of the battle on my other blog.
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Fredericksburg 150th Reenactment Pictures
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|Union forming in the street
|(L to R) James Longstreet, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, JEB Stuart and Stuart's aide to camp
|Confederates behind the stone wall
|Confederate cannon
|Crowd watching the battle
|Union casualties
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It was the start of a heat wave that would shake Victoria, and completely take its residents by surprise. Last Saturday, I dressed in jeans preparing for a day at Phillip Island, where the sea breeze is often quite vicious. Soon enough I was diving into the boot of the car for my denim shorts, as the mercury suddenly increased, and continue to get rapidly warmer from this point on.
Phillip Island is a place abundant with caves, beautiful horizon and native wild life (including penguins, seals and seagulls). Whilst This Guy and I have both been out to the island before, this was our first time together, and like many other adventures, it was more beautiful with my hand in his as we explored.
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Depending on the value of the item, jewellery is sent by either Royal Mail Special Delivery which is fully insured and a guaranteed next day service, or Royal Mail 1st Class Tracked post.
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Getting an accurate medical diagnosis is essential for both doctors and patients. For doctors, an accurate diagnosis is essential for proper treatment. For patients, an accurate diagnosis is essential for proper recovery.
With a wide variety of health conditions that have common symptoms, an accurate diagnosis is often difficult without lab tests, x-rays, and other forms of medical investigation. While some illnesses can be easily diagnosed and treated, others have vague symptoms that are difficult to diagnose.
When symptoms involve swelling and pain of internal organs, it's almost impossible for doctors to give an accurate diagnosis without x-rays or open mri.
As a patient, it's important to make sure you get an accurate diagnosis for your health concerns.
If you're experiencing vague symptoms like aches and pains, extreme fatigue, nausea or vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, and sleep problems, you want to know what is causing them.
Your primary care doctor may need to refer you to a specialist who can give a more accurate diagnosis. Before you head to your appointment, it's important to do a few simple things:
- Make a written list of your symptoms and questions. Time with your doctor may be limited, so a written list will help you cover all of your concerns.
- Know your family history, so your doctor can give you a more accurate assessment for risks of developing certain health conditions.
- Bring in all the medications that you are taking. These should include both prescription and over-the-counter medications.
During your appointment, speak freely with your doctor about your concerns and questions. If your doctor orders further tests, don't be afraid or alarmed. Further testing may be required to get to an accurate diagnosis of your condition.


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When testing the beta we found that the GTX 770 and R9 280X were just able to break 60fps while the GTX 960 and R9 285 delivered between 51 and 55fps. The GTX 770 and R9 280X are good for 55fps -- a 7fps drop for the GTX 770 and 9fps for the R9 280X. The GTX 780 was required in the retail version to break 60fps.


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Injury Updates, 2014 Fantasy Impact for MLB's Top Rehabbing PlayersJanuary 14, 2014
Injury Updates, 2014 Fantasy Impact for MLB's Top Rehabbing Players
Professional athletes almost always think they can heal from an injury quicker than what a doctor might initially suggest. And they're usually wrong, even if they are allowed to return to game action sooner than anticipated on occasion. Unfortunately, that can sometimes lead to the player aggravating an injury or just putting up mediocre numbers because they're not fully healthy.
So we should all take players' own personal health update with a grain of salt, especially in the offseason when they have a longer period of time to recover from an injury. It's normal for a player who will be less than a year removed from Tommy John surgery on Opening Day—recovery time is typically 12-18 months, but normally closer to 18 months and sometimes longer—to proclaim that he is way ahead of schedule and will undoubtedly be ready for the start of the season.
Several months and multiple injury updates later, that pitcher is still trying to work his way back to making rehab starts after a second setback in his recovery.
We're getting closer to the point in the offseason, however, where timetables for a rehabbing player's return can be taken more seriously. Workouts are being ramped up with the opening of spring training approaching and teams will need to get a better idea of whom they can count on.
And so will fantasy baseball owners. Here's an update on eight rehabbing players who can make a fantasy impact in 2014.
Josh Beckett, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers
While Josh Beckett, who is recovering from surgery to relieve thoracic outlet syndrome, is expected to have a "normal spring training," according to general manager Ned Colletti as reported by Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register, his status in the Dodgers rotation is up in the air.
The team has not ruled out bringing in another frontline pitcher prior to spring training, which doesn't bode well for the 33-year-old right-hander. Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweeted that they're expected to "go all-out" for Japanese star Masahiro Tanaka.
If they were to sign Tanaka or one of the top free-agent starters—Matt Garza, Ubaldo Jimenez and Ervin Santana are still available—Beckett would almost certainly be the odd man out behind Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Hyun-jin Ryu and Dan Haren.
Beckett only made eight starts in 2013, posting a 5.19 ERA. It may have been injury-related, but he might not get a chance to prove that this was the case.
His fantasy value, which hasn't been strong since 2011, when he had 13 wins and a 2.89 ERA for the Red Sox, continues to appear bleak.
Chad Billingsley, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers
After undergoing Tommy John surgery on April 25, 2013, Chad Billingsley isn't expected to contribute to the big league club until at least midseason.
General manager Ned Colletti says he views the 29-year-old, who had a 3.70 ERA with an average of 12 wins, 185 innings pitched and 166 strikeouts per season from 2008-2012, as a midseason acquisition, according to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.
While Billingsley may very well be back at full strength for the last few months of the season, there's no guarantee that the Dodgers will have a place for him.
The high rate of injuries to pitchers, however, makes it likely he will eventually get a chance. I wouldn't count on him for more than 10-12 starts, though.
Yasmani Grandal, C, San Diego Padres
Not only are there questions surrounding how productive Yasmani Grandal will be once he returns from a knee injury that he suffered in July, it's also hard to get a grasp on what kind of player he is going to be because he had only played in 28 games following PED suspension before the injury occurred.
The 25-year-old switch-hitter burst onto the scene in 2012, posting an .863 OPS with eight homers and seven doubles in 60 games as a rookie. But after being hit with a 50-game suspension to start the 2013 season, he posted just a .693 OPS with one homer.
Did he just need some more time to get into the groove after the long absence? Or should we just expect a player who isn't nearly as good as his rookie season indicated?
We may not find out right away, as Grandal is expected to begin the season on the disabled list, according to Bill Center of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Recovery from ACL surgery, which he underwent on Aug. 6, is typically 9-12 months. For a catcher, it's probably a safe assumption that he won't make a quick return and will be eased back early in the second half.
Expecting something right in between what he did in 2012 and what he did during his short stint in 2013 is probably realistic, though a half-season of that production might not be valuable enough in many fantasy leagues.
Tim Hudson, SP, San Francisco Giants
Veteran starting pitcher Tim Hudson underwent surgery to repair a fractured ankle on July 26, had a screw removed from his surgically repaired ankle on Nov. 8 and agreed to a two-year, $23 million deal with the San Francisco Giants on Nov. 18.
He's now expected to begin throwing and running, according to Alex Pavlovic of the San Jose Mercury News, and is on track for a regular spring training. That's a speedy recovery for the 38-year-old.
If Hudson can pick up where he left off at the time of his injury—he had a 2.73 ERA in 69.1 innings with 50 strikeouts to go along with 55 hits and 19 walks allowed over his last 10 starts—the Giants and his fantasy owners will be in good shape.
Before reaching too high to pick him up on draft day, though, remember that he struggled out of the gate in 2013 with a 5.37 ERA through his first 11 starts.
Derek Jeter, SS, New York Yankees
A solid update on Derek Jeter's status for the start of 2014 season probably won't be available until he ramps up his baseball-related activities in the near future. He was encouraged by his early workouts back in November, however, and said he expects to play shortstop next season, according to Chad Jennings of the LoHud Yankees Blog.
When last healthy in 2012, Jeter hit .316 with a league-leading 216 hits to go along with 15 homers. He was seventh in AL MVP voting that season. Now entering his age-40 season—he'll be 40 in June—can we expect more of the same production after an entire offseason to rest his surgically repaired ankle?
The Yankees' ability to utilize him in the designated hitter spot while employing an above-average defender, Brendan Ryan, in his spot on the field should help. But with catcher Brian McCann and outfielder Carlos Beltran (who will be 37 years old in April) also likely to get time at DH, in addition to Alfonso Soriano and others, Jeter will likely be out of the lineup more than he has at any time in his career.
I wouldn't count out the 13-time All-Star from returning to at least close to his pre-2013 form. I just don't expect him to do it while playing more than 120-130 games.
Matt Kemp, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers
Trading Matt Kemp while his value is down after an injury-plagued 2013 season would've been a terrible idea. On the other hand, any team acquiring him would've been taking a big risk to give up a trade package worthy of an MVP-caliber player who won't turn 30 years old until the end of the 2014 season.
It's the same scenario in the fantasy baseball world. He could be a tremendous value if the rest of your league-mates cooperate. Make him a top priority and the reward could be significant if you're willing to take on the risk.
Not only is Kemp returning from ankle surgery, he also had surgery to repair the AC joint in his left shoulder. The injuries contributed to his playing in only 73 games and, quite possibly, his struggles at the plate (.723 OPS, 6 HR). Both surgeries occurred in October.
Since the second half of the 2012 season, Kemp has battled a multitude of injuries, so the concern doesn't lie solely in his ability to return at full strength from his 2013 injuries. He might just have a hard time staying healthy and could be very close to earning the "injury-prone" label.
Given his age, however, and his immense talent, Kemp is worth taking a chance on in 2014.
General manager Ned Colletti says they won't rush Kemp back to action before he's ready, according to Austin Laymance of MLB.com, but he expects his star center fielder to be playing "by the time we're in the midst of spring training."
Manny Machado, 3B, Baltimore Orioles
On the brink of stardom, the worst thing that Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado can do is rush back from a knee injury that ended his 2013 season in late September.
While initial reports suggested that he was unlikely to be ready for Opening Day after he underwent reconstructive knee surgery in mid-October, the most recent reports indicate that he's on track for the team's opener on March 31.
According to Roch Kubatko of MASN.com, manager Buck Showalter expects his third baseman to be ready.
Given that disabled list stints can usually be backdated as much as seven to 10 days from Opening Day as long as the injured player hasn't played in a spring training game during that time, it would make sense to not rush any player back no matter how vital his presence is to a ballclub. Machado could be placed on the disabled list and miss fewer than 10 games. He could spend part of that time off getting ready on a minor league rehab assignment.
With that said, it's safe to say that Machado will be back early enough to make a major impact on the Orioles and your fantasy team. Expect another jump in production after he posted a .746 OPS with 14 homers, 51 doubles and 71 runs batted in during his age-20 season.
Mark Teixeira, 1B, New York Yankees
A full return to health for New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira should mean 30-plus homers for fantasy baseball owners, which is why his recovery from a July 2nd wrist surgery deserves close attention.
The 33-year-old, who was limited to only 15 games in 2013, told Bryan Hoch of MLB.com last month that he was close to 100 percent and was expecting to begin swinging a bat in January. We'll know more once he does.
Teixeira was also limited in 2012 due to multiple injuries. He hit 24 homers in 123 games while posting the lowest OPS of his career (.807). Over his previous eight seasons, the switch-hitter had a .914 OPS with an average of 36 homers, 37 doubles and 117 runs batted in per season.
I'm guessing he has at least one more of those in him, possibly in 2014, if he can avoid the injury bug.