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Tigers can't shake their losing habit
The Missouri women�s basketball team is no longer sure where the bottom of its free-falling season lies.
There have been too many losses � 12 in 13 games � in too many ways.
The Tigers matched the school record for offensive futility in a 37-33 loss at Kansas State and nearly outgunned No. 3 Nebraska in an 82-78 defeat. They have blown a 20-point lead to Memphis, missed a potential game-winning look in the final seconds against No. 11 Oklahoma and been run out of arenas across the Big 12.
�It�s hard to say which one is the worst,� Coach Cindy Stein said.
But a frontrunner emerged in Missouri�s 80-79 overtime loss to Colorado last night at Mizzou Arena.
In a mostly one-sided game between the league�s two worst teams, a fight for respect that Buffaloes Coach Kathy McConnell-Miller said both sides �truly and desperately wanted to win,� Missouri led by seven points with less than 2 minutes left in regulation.
But the Tigers (11-15, 1-12 Big 12) crumbled.
The star power of Brittany Spears � the junior CU guard who finished with a game-high 34 points � and her band of long-distance flingers ensured Missouri�s two minutes of late-game futility would trump 38 minutes of dominance.
Spears� game-tying 3-pointer with 30 seconds left in regulation capped a 10-3 Colorado run, and freshman guard Megan Malcolm-Peck drove baseline to lay in the game-winner late in overtime.
The harried Tigers, who didn�t have a field goal in the final 1:56 of either regulation or overtime, had their hopes doused when Shakara Jones� shot from a step beyond the foul line bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
�You can�t really put these losses into words,� said guard RaeShara Brown, who led MU with 21 points. �It�s hard on the team. You put your all out there every night and you gut it out and � �
They lose � at a record pace.
Missouri is off to its worst conference start in the program�s 36-year history and is virtually assured of a last-place finish for the second time in three years.
Colorado (13-13, 3-10), which visited Columbia with an eight-game losing streak and a coach also squarely on the hot seat, moved two games ahead of Missouri last night. The Tigers close the season with trips to Nebraska and No. 14 Texas and a March 7 home game against Texas Tech, which has won three of four.
�There�s no other option for us except to keep working hard,� Stein said. �The other option is to quit or give up, and we�re not going to do that. We realize that sometimes when we go out on the floor, we�re the only ones that can believe we can win, and we�re going to be that way until we can prove otherwise. But we are going to keep battling.�
Which is what she saw her team do last night and what made the loss so difficult.
Missouri, which faces a talent disadvantage nearly every night in the nation�s most difficult conference, positioned itself well for a feel-good night.
The Tigers opened a 15-point lead late in the first half and maintained a double-digit margin throughout much of the second. They outrebounded CU 41-33, forced 19 turnovers and, spreading the Buffaloes� defense with six 3s, drove at will.
Brown and senior guard Toy Richbow, who had 12 points, each finished with career highs, while senior forward Jessra Johnson, who began the game on the bench for defensive reasons, finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Missouri hit 29 of 35 free throws and shot 35.5 percent from the field.
�This is a game we should have won,� Stein said. �We controlled it for 90 percent of the time.�
But the Buffaloes hung around long enough � they hit 14 of 29 3s � to make a final push.
It became clear the Tigers were in trouble when, ahead 71-66 with 1:28 remaining, Jones missed two point-blank shots to set off a CU fast break. The next possession, a 3-pointer from Bianca Smith caromed off the rim and halfway up the backboard before bouncing in.
�The luck of the ball, I guess,� Brown said.
If it seemed like a hard-luck night, Stein had one question: Aren�t they all?
�I�m not sure how you build confidence when you�re losing,� she said, �but we�ll have to figure out how.�


Its motor races are among the most widely watched sports events in the world, with each race attracting 150m television viewers around the globe. Formula One Administration holds the sport's commercial rights and is now controlled by CVC, the private-equity group, but Bernie Ecclestone and his family retain an undisclosed stake. Ecclestone, whose name has been synonymous with Formula One for more than 30 years, remains chief executive. In recent years China, Bahrain and Turkey have joined the list of race venues, and Abu Dhabi will follow in 2009. Sales reached £433m in 2005.


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Style, film format Half-frame 35mm interchangeable lens rangefinder system
Lens, shutter Uncoated f/3.5 35mm Vitor
Photo quality Nice
Ergonomics Very tiny!
Mention the name "Ducati," and most people will think of motorcycles. And that would be correct. However, for a few years, Ducati -- the renowned motorcycle manufacturer -- also made cameras.
From what I've been able to gather -- and it's not much -- the Ducati was released in the mid-1940s, just after the end of World War II.
The Ducati Sogno ("Dream") is a full-featured 35mm rangefinder camera system. It featured a coupled rangefinder (although it has a separate viewfinder), interchangeable lenses, solid construction and a decent set of shutter speeds and apertures, plus a couple of novel features.
All of that is packed into a small steel and brass package, which means that the camera has heft, considering its diminutive size.
The Ducati engineers squeezed a lot of functionality into the camera, and one of the compromises is that it's a left-handed camera. The film advance is on the left. The shutter release is on the left. The focusing tab for the lens? On the left.
But don't be put off by its somewhat reverse arrangement. Just enjoy some great Italian engineering.
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If you've ever been mistaken for a pregnant women--when you were not--then you will know where this blog post is coming from. If you walk into the room, and your extended family is always on pregnancy watch, then this post is for you. If you remember what it was like to have a flat stomach, and now you have rolls of fat touching one another--then we are on the same page. This was how I would have described myself 5 months ago including a new double chin, a backside like an extended minivan, a fatty back connecting to love handles, and thighs that my kids would shake and jiggle because they were like jello.
On January 1st 2013 I decided that if I didn't take my health, fitness and nutrition into my own hands, that I wouldn't be able to keep up with my young family. Have you ever tried running after 5 kids aged 2- to 7-years old--all running in 5 different directions? It left me red, winded, and tired. Even worse, I thought that I would make myself sick because I was growing so heavy. And of great importance, my children were learning from my poor example to be sedentary and make poor food choices. I decided that all would change by making simple changes to my lifestyle.
The simple changes to my eating habits included cutting out junk food and fast food, cutting down portion size, adding a fruit and a veggie to each and every of my meals, and only eating at meal times and designated snacks. I also was very careful about choosing nutritious foods for my family at every meal. The simple changes that I made to my fitness, included being active for at least 1 hour every day. In the winter it meant tobogganing to stay active, walking outside or at the mall, swimming, and eventually working out a gym 3-4 times per week.
My health and fitness journey has not been very hard, but it has all been about consistency and making good choices each and every day. My journey has not been about a number on the scale or even a clothing size, or how other women look in comparison to me--it has been about me and me alone, and my quest to look and feel better for myself. As a result it has been a very personal journey, and I am proud of my efforts and the results. Click to see my first 100 days of fitness here!
If you are reading this and looking to start your own health and fitness journey, allow me to encourage you! I can say without doubt that if you increase your activity level, cut down on the unhealthy food, make healthy food choices and eat moderately, you will reach your goals! If you need to, just start off small: a daily walk at the park, nature trail, or at the mall. If you can't get out, there are plenty of activities you can do inside your own home: marching on the spot, using an exercise bike, or doing exercises by following along with a fitness dvd. Make the first step TODAY by going through your pantry and throwing out all the junkfood so it's not in the house to tempt you.
For those who are interested in hearing about results, in 5 months I have lost over 2 clothing sizes, and about 50 lbs. Not bad for a chocoholic with an allergy to all sports and fitness! I still have a long way to go on my journey, but it is only getting easier! If I did it, you can do it too...just take one step at a time! Today's a great day to start looking and feeling better!
What was your favourite sport or physical activity when you were a child? Do you still participate in the same activity? What are your health, fitness or nutrition goals?
WOW you look AMAZING!!! But more importantly you FEEL amazing and are able to be more active with your family, this is inspiring!
Julie, thanks so much for the encouragement!
you are rocking this!!! you look amazing!!
Jenna you look totally amazing! You have inspired me to loose my 20 lbs! I remember meeting you at ShesConnected in October- what a difference! Good for you!
Thanks a lot, Lyne! Losing 20 lbs in the summer is a very obtainable goal! Just get active and have fun!
Nicole, thank you so much for the encouragement! I have seen photos of your progress over the past 1.5 years and you've done fantastic!
Erin, what an incredible achievement! Congratulations! Hopefully you're health issues will get corrected soon so you can get on with your regular life.
Lookin' good, my friend! Lookin' good! You should be very proud of all the amazing work you've done! Love this post!
Thank you very much, OFW! Kicking around the ball is excellent physical activity!
Kayla, since this blog post I've lost an additional 20 lbs and I'm at a good weight for myself (70 lbs lost in just over 9 months). I've done nothing radical except eating moderately and getting a reasonable amount of daily exercise.
you look great! For me I just wanted to stay under 200 and when I slowly starting approaching that number I had to do something. So I eat very small portions and I walk at least 1hr. Thats it.
I love reading your blog you are so inspiring!


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Julia Hartwig-Międzyrzecka (Lublin, 14 augustus 1921 - Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, 14 juli 2017) was een Poolse dichteres, essayiste, vertaalster en kinderboekenschrijfster. Zij behoorde tot de generatie van Zbigniew Herbert en Wisława Szymborska en wordt beschouwd als een van de belangrijkste Poolse dichteressen.

Leven
Hartwig werd geboren in de Poolse stad Lublin. Zij studeerde Poolse en Franse literatuur aan de Universiteit van Warschau en aan de Jagiellonische Universiteit in Krakau. Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog studeerde zij clandestien en moest daarom enige tijd onderduiken. Julia Hartwig was sinds 1954 gehuwd met de Poolse dichter en politicus Artur Międzyrzecki (1922-1996); het echtpaar woonde in Warschau. Międzyrzecki overleed daar op 2 november 1996. Hartwig bleef in Warschau wonen. Zij overleed in 2017 te Gouldsboro in Pennsylvania (Verenigde Staten).

Werk
Julia Hartwig debuteerde in 1956, enkele jaren na de dood van Stalin, met de bundel Pożegnania (Afscheid); hoewel haar eerste gedichten al in 1944 werden gepubliceerd in de krant Odrodzenie. In de periode 1947-1950 studeerde Hartwig met een beurs in Parijs. De weerslag van die studie van Franse auteurs publiceerde zij in 1954 in een verzameling artikelen Z niedalekich podróży (Van dichtbij). Het heeft lang geduurd voordat haar poëzie erkenning kreeg.

Julia Hartwigs werk is vaak vergeleken met dat van haar land- en tijdgenoot Szymborska, maar Hartwig begeeft zich met haar poëzie in een ander "psychologisch landschap". Zij heeft haar stijl 'mystiek realisme' genoemd, waarmee ze de gruwelen van de wereld aanvaardt, zodat haar gedichten naar een soort transcendentie kunnen reiken. Van de wereld "kan men zichzelf niet scheiden om alleen te zijn, als een ondergronds mens of een misantroop". Mystiek realisme distantieert zich niet van ons tegenwoordige zijn om zich in dromerige speculaties te verliezen; het wil juist onze aandacht, aanwezigheid en appreciatie ervoor versterken (ibidem).

Prijzen
In oktober 2014 werd Julia Hartwig de Wisława Szymborska Poetry Prize uitgereikt in Krakau. Ook was zij diverse malen genomineerd voor de Poolse Nike-literatuurprijs.

Gedicht (fragment)
DE BOOM DIE IK OP DE HELLING ONTMOETTE

De winterse contour van de boom verliest langzaam zijn scherpte
de steeds overdadiger knoppen en loten
bezetten in een bliksemsnelle mars zijn dikke takken
vernietigen zijn rust
als familie die opeens in het huis van een eenzame verschijnt
Duizend bladeren als onuitstaanbare kinderen
stellen hem met hun geruis nooit eindigende vragen
en halen hem weg van de wolken die hem zo na stonden
maar de boom schikt zich nederig
wordt een prachtige voedermachine
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maar er komt een ogenblik dat de boom weer vrij zal zijn
de wind aan hem rukt en schrijnende regens hem schoonspoelen
hij een kluizenaar wordt
hij zichzelf wordt

Bibliografie (selectie)
poëzie
Pożegnania (Afscheid) (1956)
Wolne ręce (Vrije handen) (1969)
Dwoistość (Dualiteit) (1971)
Czuwanie (Vigilance) (1978)
Chwila postoju (Een moment van rust) (1980)
Obcowanie (Contact) (1987)
Czułość (Tederheid) (1992)
Zobaczone (Gezien) (1999)
Zawsze od nowa (Altijd opnieuw) (1999)
Nie ma odpowiedzi (Er is geen antwoord) (2001)

proza
Wielki pościg (De grote race) (1969) (kinderboek)
Bez pozegnania (Geen afscheid) (2004)

Een aantal gedichten van Julia Hartwig is in Nederlandse vertaling verschenen in Memento: Nagelaten vertalingen van Gerard Rasch (samengesteld en ingeleid door Miriam Rasch) (2005). Pegasus, Amsterdam. (pp. 68-81) , alsmede in het literaire tijdschrift Tirade 47 (2003) nr.1. De bloemlezing Na de dood stond ik midden in het leven  (Uitgeverij P, Leuven, 2008) bevat vijftien gedichten van Hartwig, vertaald door Maarten Tengbergen.

Pools dichter
Pools schrijver

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Who are the parish potlucks for? The parish potlucks are for all members of the parish, their family, friends and anyone considering joining the parish, or the Catholic faith. They are also open to anyone looking for a chance to fellowship with other Catholics.
Why Parish Potlucks?The Parish Potlucks were established to help build a sense of community at our parish and to allow us to have time to fellowship with other Catholics. In our busy fast-paced world with all of our social media we often forget to have time with people face-to-face, the parish potlucks allow us to have that time of community and togetherness.
What should I bring? Please bring a dish to share with others, enough to serve about 6-8 people. This could include a main dish, side dish, salad or dessert. Just for fun we often have a theme each month, you do not have follow the theme, just bring something you enjoy and others will too. All food must be brought already cooked as we do not have the capabilities to cook meals at this time. We hope to in the future.
Do I need to RSVP? No, come if you can when you can. We fellowship from 5 pm until 5:15 pm as people arrive and the dishes are put out. Grace is promptly at 5:15pm and then dinner. Don't be late!! There is lots of time for visiting, Adoration alone or with your family and we usually wrap up by 7pm.
I can't/don't have time to cook? Not to worry. A pizza or rotisserie chicken, cookies from the store or salad from the deli are all good eats. Just be sure you come!
When/Where are the potlucks? The potlucks are held on the third Saturday of most months in Seton Hall.
Please check the parish bulletin for updates on the dates or feel free to contact Stephanie Padley at 847-261-4184 or Julia Wagner at 630-815-9078.


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El Palacio San Martín, también llamado Palacio Anchorena, es la sede ceremonial de la Cancillería de la República Argentina, dependiente del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y está situado frente a la Plaza San Martín en el barrio de Retiro de Buenos Aires.

Historia

El palacio de estilo Bellas Artes fue diseñado para Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena, miembro de una de las familias más representativas de la aristocracia porteña, por el arquitecto Alejandro Christophersen en 1905. Construido a partir de 1909 y con todas sus fachadas revestidas en símil piedra, fue inaugurado por la familia Anchorena para conmemorar el centenario de la declaración de la Independencia Argentina. Desde su edificación y durante los veinte años en que fue propiedad de la familia Anchorena fue conocido popularmente como el Palacio Anchorena, hasta que en 1936 fue adquirido por el gobierno argentino y se convirtió en la sede del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, pasándose a llamar Palacio San Martín. En el año 1993 se inauguró el Edificio Cancillería (Buenos Aires), un moderno edificio para el funcionamiento de ese Ministerio, quedando el tradicional palacio como la sede ceremonial de la Cancillería Argentina.

El palacio contiene muchas obras de arte de artistas argentinos y americanos del siglo XX, como Antonio Berni, Pablo Curatella Manes, Lino Enea Spilimbergo y Roberto Matta, además se encuentra en él una colección de arte Precolombina y una biblioteca especializada en derecho internacional y de historia de las relaciones internacionales.
Asimismo funciona allí el Museo de la Diplomacia Argentina.

Es considerado como monumento histórico nacional desde 1994 (MHN).

Véase también
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto de la República Argentina

Enlaces externos

 Palacio San Martín.
 1:1BA - Palacio San Martín.
 Museo de la Diplomacia Argentina, Cancillería

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto (Argentina)
San Martín
Edificios del barrio de Retiro (Buenos Aires)
Obras de Alejandro Christophersen
Familia Anchorena
Palacios de Argentina del siglo XX
Edificios institucionales de Argentina del siglo XX
Arquitectura de Argentina de 1909
Edificios institucionales de la ciudad de Buenos Aires


Xiaomi's most affordable phone is here!
The Redmi Go is Xiaomi's most affordable phone ever and comes with stock Android goodness. It is loaded with features that are more than enough for a basic user who is taking the plunge from feature phone to a smartphone.
Xiaomi's first smartphone to run on Android Oreo (Go Edition), the Redmi Go has made it to India. It is specially crafted for people who are first-time smartphone users and are transitioning from feature phones. With this, the Redmi Go is now the most affordable Xiaomi phone in India at Rs 4,499.
Feature phones remain a key segment in the Indian mobile phone market as it saw a shipment of more than 181.3 million units in 2018. While Jio holds the crown when it comes to feature phone shipment share, there are only a handful of great entry-level smartphones.
With the toppings of stock Android goodness, the Redmi Go makes a case for itself in the entry-level smartphone segment. Is it worth its asking price? Here is what we found out.
Redmi Go is priced at Rs 4,499 and it is available on Flipkart, Mi India Store and other Xiaomi partner retail stores.
The Redmi Go has a very compact form-factor and upon first look, it does not seem to be cheap. It's got a solid build courtesy of aluminum alloy chassis and the brushed aluminum finish on the back.
The phone has a certain heft and it definitely does not go for the sleek profile that we have seen with other sub-Rs 10,000 phones. To give you an idea, the Redmi Go is 8.4mm thick and weighs around 137g. The back panel is slightly curved towards the edges providing an easy grip when in hand. There are thick bezels on the top and bottom which house the speaker, front-facing camera and capacitive touch keys respectively.
The volume buttons and power key are located on the right edge while the dual SIM card and microSD card slots are situated on the left edge. There's a speaker unit on the bottom adjacent to the USB 2.0 charging slot and a 3.5mm jack on top. So, the Go has got all the essentials covered which is nice. Again, for the asking price, the Redmi Go offers a superior build quality than its contemporaries in the same budget segment, thus making it a formidable option for first-time smartphone owners.
The Redmi Go does not come with the baggage of being a modern smartphone flush with a notch and wide-screens. It has prominent bezels and features a 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. To provide additional protection against regular drops, the display is layered with hardened 2.5D glass. This makes the phone slightly durable for regular wear and tear or in an event of slippage.
There's little that we expect from the phone's display considering its price, but in our usage, the display wasn't really bad at all. In fact, the Go has one of the better HD displays at the price it is being offered at.
In addition to that, it packs in features like ambient display and night light which is a welcome bonus. In our time with the phone, the display looked bright with vivid colour reproduction.
Being an entry-level phone, the camera on the Redmi Go offers a pretty basic set of features. It has an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera for selfies. The camera can record videos in full high definition, supports Auto HDR and AI Beautify mode for selfies among others.
In our daily use, the cameras performed decently while we did notice that the pictures came out with a lot of grains in low-lit environments like indoors. Otherwise, the pictures made by Redmi Go depict accurate colours, retain a good amount of details, identify textures in the frame and is generally a good camera for casual users. In some landscape shots, the sensor just falls short of capturing the cloudy sky but that is what you get out of a budget phone like Redmi Go. While at times, the autofocus was snappy enough to capture a movable object.
Overall, the Redmi Go has a good set of cameras that will not disappoint a buyer who's entering the smartphone segment with this phone.


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Europe's food service industry IT hiring activity drops 3.7% in November 2021
Europe witnessed a 3.7% drop in IT hiring activity in the food service industry in November 2021 when compared with the previous month, according to GlobalData's Job Analytics dashboard.
November 2021 has seen a decrease of 5.72% in the overall hiring activity when compared with October 2021.
IT jobs accounted for a 1.09% share in the industry's total hiring activity in November 2021, registering an increase of 0.03% over the last three-month average share.
IT hiring in global food service industry rises 6.4% in November 2021
Gig Economy in Consumer: Regulatory Trends
North America's food service industry IT hiring activity rises 12.3% in November 2021
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Occupations leads by classification in November 2021
Software and Web Developers, Programmers, and Testers Occupations emerged as the leading IT occupation in Europe with a share of 55% in November 2021, a 57.14% rise over the previous month. Miscellaneous Computer Occupations came in next, claiming a share of 15% in November 2021, marking a flat month-on-month increase. In the third place was Database and Network Administrators and Architects with a share of 15% in November 2021, a 200% rise from October 2021.
Computer and Information Analysts registered a share of 10% in November 2021, a 33.33% decline over the previous month.
Top five food service companies in Europe's IT recruitment activity in November 2021
The top five companies, in terms of number of jobs as tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined average growth of 260% in the overall IT recruitment activity of Europe's food service industry during November 2021 over previous month.
Domino's Pizza Group posted 12 IT jobs in November 2021 and registered an increase of 300% over the previous month, followed by Soho House with 3 jobs and a flat growth. Welcome Break Group with 1 IT job and CJ Lang & Son with 1 jobs, recorded a flat growth and a flat growth, respectively, while Kingston Hospital NHS Trust Dining Services recorded a flat growth with 1 job postings during November 2021.
Country-wise composition of IT hiring in Europe's food service industry
The UK commanded a leading presence in the region's food service industry IT hiring activity with a 100% share in November 2021, an 81.82% increase over October 2021.
Junior Level job postings dominate in November 2021
Junior Level jobs held a share of 70%, up by 7.69% from October 2021. Mid Level positions with a 25% share, registered a growth of 400% compared with the previous month.
In the third place was Entry Level job ads with a 5% share, down 50% over October 2021.


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Winter Weather Advisory: Ice possible Monday, as warmup begins
Dan Zarrow
Dan Zarrow Published: January 8, 2018
A frozen ground and near-freezing air temperatures present a perfect setup for freezing rain and a glaze of ice, just in time for Monday evening's rush hour.
30... 26... 20... 25... 23... 19... 20... 27... 30... 29... 18... 14... 18...
Those are your high temperatures at Newark Airport since December 26th. Thermometers have been stuck below freezing since about dinnertime on Christmas Day, for something like 324 hours. Finally we're going to crawl our way out of the frigid cold snap this week, but not without a hit of wintry weather too.
Monday morning is beginning with temperatures in the teens — still unseasonably cold, but at least we're not setting record lows like on Sunday morning. High temperatures for Monday are forecast to reach the lower to mid 30s. Not bad, but still below normal for early January. I expect a good portion of New Jersey to pop above freezing (but not everyone).
In addition, a weak storm system will push into the Garden State Monday afternoon, with light showers spreading from west to east through Monday evening. Usually, light showers wouldn't be a big deal — but I'm very concerned about the potential for freezing rain and icing.
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Let's talk about freezing rain, which many New Jerseyans incorrectly believe is the same as "ice pellets" or "sleet". (It's not.) Freezing rain looks like rain and feels like rain, until the droplets hit a cold surface and freeze on contact.
Do you know of any cold surfaces outside right now? Of course — after two weeks of deep freeze, everything outside is frigid! And, with air temperatures at or just above freezing by Monday afternoon, I fear it presents a perfect setup for a period of freezing rain and a glaze of ice accretion (accumulation). It doesn't take much ice at all to make roadways and sidewalks very, very slippery.
Current advisories from the National Weather Service. Purple=Winter Weather Advisory
Because of possible icing and messy road conditions during Monday evening's commute, the National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for central and southern New Jersey:
--From 1 p.m. to 9 p.m for northwestern Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, inland Monmouth, Salem, and Somerset counties.
--From 4 p.m. to Midnight for Atlantic, southeastern Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, coastal Monmouth, and counties.
The different county groups reflect the different timing for the wintry mix showers, which matches my thinking very well. Total snow/sleet accumulation will be less than a half-inch (mainly North Jersey), and total ice accumulation may be as high as 0.05".
Beyond Monday's burst of wintry weather, temperatures will skyrocket to 50 or even 60 degrees by the end of the week. Even though our weather will turn unsettled (read: wet) at the same time, the warmer temps are going to be glorious!
Skies will clear to sunshine by Tuesday morning, allowing high temperatures across the entire state to rise above-freezing and probably even above-normal, between about 40 and 45 degrees. It will be an incredibly welcome change of pace from the arctic chill of the past two straight weeks.
Wednesday will feature increasing clouds, and a few afternoon showers. (Those showers could bring some more light wintry mix to the Garden State.) High temperatures will once again end up in the lower to mid 40s for most of New Jersey.
The warmup continues on Thursday. Even though skies will be mostly cloudy, we can realistically look forward to highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s!
GFS model temperature forecast for late Friday, showing temps across NJ spiking to about 60 degrees. (College of DuPage Meteorology)
However, our weather takes a wet turn starting Thursday night, as a prolonged period of rain enters the forecast. Friday looks wet, although warm — thermometers could make a run for 60 degrees in South Jersey.
The rain chance wraps up Saturday, perhaps with a bit of snow or wintry mix at the very end. (I don't see any accumulation issues at this time.) More importantly, behind this slow-moving cold front, the door to the arctic will open once again.
Don't kill the messenger, but high temperatures for Sunday and beyond look to once again plummet to the 20s and 30s. Blech.
Dan Zarrow is Chief Meteorologist for Townsquare Media New Jersey. Follow him on Facebook or Twitter for the latest forecast and realtime weather updates.
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Categories: Dan Zarrow's Weather Blog, New Jersey News, Weather
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Thursday NJ weather: Wet and gloomy, periods of rain all day
NJ weather: Wednesday is the 'dead of winter' but will not feel like it
Tuesday NJ weather: A 'blah' day, with clouds and spotty showers
NJ weather: Three storm systems to watch over the next week


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Mindset and Mastery
Zettelkasten Book
A better question to unlock a more ambitious strategy
How you frame you goal can mean the difference between it being failure and achievable
Martin Adams
As we set our own goals we start to ask the question. "Can I achieve…". I often see people say, "can I get to 4,000 Twitter followers by the end of the year", or "can I make $1,000 monthly revenue on my product".
While these types of questions are great, it unfortunately limits your thinking making you less likely to find a way to achieve it.
Goals vs Strategy
Now think of working with a team who have quarterly objectives. Their goals may be set out like the following:
To increase website traffic by 10%
To get 20 signups a day to the mailing list
To get 20,000 monthly YouTube views
To get 500 social likes in a 28 day period
If you see a strategy that looks along these lines, then consider that it's more of a wish than a strategy.
A failure to believe the goal
If you're now poised with the task to make the goals happen, it is easy to feel that they are unattainable. You may believe that they are too ambitious. You may not know how to action them. The consequence of this is that you're unlikely to put the time and attention in to make it happen. You'll procrastinate. And you'll fail at your goal.
Others may look at the strategy and conclude that it's just not possible and will fail to support it in the way it deserves.
Imagine you're pitching to your boss to implement a new social media strategy to get 50,000 new fans for the brand. Your boss may simply disbelieve that it's possible and not support the project.
Frame it as a 'how' question
I'm a believer that you can unlock a much better strategy by framing the goal as a question. As a 'how' question. And let everyone involved be part of the process to get their buy in.
Let's look at an example.
Goal: Get to 100,000 YouTube subscribers
You can now frame this as a question:
How can we increase the number of YouTube subscribers to 100,000?
It now prompts more thinking to solve the problem. You (or your team) may now start to ideate the following:
Make daily videos
Make 70% of the videos based on topics that people search for
Create a better hook to improve watch time
Editing and storytelling to improve the watch time
Relate videos to keep viewers watching related content on the channel
Hopefully you can see now that it's no longer an abstract goal but a more concrete strategy, all by framing it as a how question. These ideas now form part of the strategy.
A second layer of resistance
As you elaborate on the solutions, you may start to see a second layer of resistance. For example, "there's no way we can make a video a day".
Now you repeat the process…
How can you produce daily videos?
The solution follows the same ideation process to overcome the limitation…
Batch the recording and editing
Outsource the editing
Hire more talent to work on it
Create pillar content pieces but edit it to daily YouTube shorts
By doing this you start to break down the objections that limit thinking. You get to fully explore more novel ways to achieve ambitious goals.
Todays Ah-Ha moment
Don't just have a wish list of goals. Instead frame it as a "How can I" question and explore many different ways to solve it. Repeat the process until you have clear and concrete actions for you to take, no matter how ambitious the goal.
Want to level up your note-taking and be a deep meaningful thinker? Check out my book Atomic Note-Taking.
The Gravity of Influence: Recognizing Our Responsibilities in the Social Ecosystem
Are you aware of the responsibilities that come with having a fanbase? Learn how to navigate the psychological weight of influence in the digital age and the power of persuasion in social media.
Where you put your roots
Home. It's where you feel safe, comfortable and with people you care deeply about. During a recent trip to South Africa, it allowed me to reflect on what makes a home a home. My wife grew up in South Africa and the moment the plane touched down she felt
What's the score you're keeping?
I was watching this interview of Mark Rober on the Colin and Samir YouTube channel and he mentioned The Mario Effect. It's the concept that if you're faced with a learning challenge, if you lose points for each failure, you'll be less likely to learn and will quit sooner. So
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Bugged by low insect numbers!
IT'S a bug's life - or rather not in West Yorkshire.
Examiner Live
With news of large numbers of wasps and hoverflies across the UK this year, people in West Yorkshire may think the county is swarming with insects.
But the annual Big Bug Count by the Denby Dale office of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds tells another story.
Motorists taking part in the survey "splatted" only one insect every five miles!
The Big Bug Count, the first survey of its kind in the world, asked people to count the number of splatted insects on their vehicle number plate after any journey in June.
Each used a special device called a splatometer.
The idea for the survey was based on the belief that the number of insects squashed on cars has declined in recent years.
Nearly 40,000 people took part in the survey.
A total of 324,814 insects were counted, at an average rate of only one splat every five miles.
RSPB spokesman Margaret Overend said: "The main aim of the survey was to form the baseline against which we can compare results from future years.
"Although the variation in insect numbers across the UK was small, there appears to be a gradual increase in numbers from the south-east of England to Scotland.
"The reasons for this, and the potential consequences for birds, will be the focus of future research."
Many birds depend on insects, either as the main part of their diet or as food for their chicks.
Swallows and house martins are specialist insect- feeders, but seed-eating birds, such as skylarks and house sparrows, also need insects to feed to their young.
Many of these species have declined in recent years. For example, house sparrow numbers have fallen by 65% in the last 31 years.
The reasons why there may be fewer insects are not yet known. Theories include habitat loss and pesticides.
* There are more than 1m known species of insects in the world
* The UK has more than 23,000 insect species. They provide food for other animals and are important for pollinating crops and plants.
* There are about 1m times as many insects on earth as humans. The total weight of all the insects is about 12 times that of the people.
* The hawk moth is the fastest insect flier, with a top speed measured at 33.3mph.
* There are 1,462 recorded species of edible insects.


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Each part has connection holes with special Velcro clip. They can be combined to be even 15 different configurations, And we equip spare covers for the holes, so you can use them to make closed wall or open pass channel according to the different configuration as you want.
One more thing, our Bootcamp gets a suitable dimension, the price is good. This new game is definitely going to be good and cheap and popular model.


In the past, we have covered at length in our catalogue the benefits of turmeric for various health conditions, however we haven't mentioned how useful it is in helping the body to repair from various trauma such as strenuous exercise, surgery, wounds, skin conditions, broken bones, osteoporosis and joint or muscle damage.
Turmeric contains antioxidants and has anti-inflammatory components that provide a natural glow to our skin. It can also support wound healing by reducing inflammation and oxidation in the wound, helping it to heal much faster.
Turmeric can also be made into a paste and used topically on a range of skin conditions including acne, scarring, psoriasis and eczema, however do be careful of staining!
Studies show that curcumin rich turmeric has a protective effect against osteoporosis, so is particularly beneficial to those that suffer from frequent fractures, the elderly and women that have already been through menopause. It can improve bone density dramatically in only six months, so it's never too late to try it!
Because of turmeric's anti-inflammatory properties, it is very helpful in reducing the pain and stiffness from both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It also alters the immune system response, meaning it can reduce the nasty effects of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.
Because turmeric is a natural analgesic with anti-inflammatory properties, it has great benefit for muscles to both reduce pain and help with recovery following exercise or strain. It also acts as a natural muscle relaxant and stimulates blood flow, encouraging rapid healing to damaged muscles. Due to its antispasmodic action it can also help to prevent painful muscle cramps.
Delayed onset muscle soreness, also known as DOMS, is the pain or stiffness felt for 24-72 hours following strenuous exercise. Taking a turmeric supplement can boost muscle recovery, meaning you can get back to exercise much more quickly.
For best results, turmeric high in curcuminoids (the active constituent) should be consumed with black pepper (piper nigrum) and fats. Both of these co-factors ensure maximum absorption. If you don't want to swallow yet another capsule, try adding your turmeric to yoghurt, a smoothie with avocado or coconut milk, scrambled eggs or mix it into a stew or curry. You can even make a delicious 'golden milk' with warmed milk of your choice (dairy, coconut, almond, rice etc) mixed with turmeric, black pepper, ginger, cinnamon and honey to taste.
Nadia McMorran - BNatMed. Registered Naturopath and Medical Herbalist.


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'Forum' at the Norris is plenty of fun
PUBLISHED: September 21, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 11:57 a.m.
The creative minds at the Norris Center for the Performing Arts had no idea when they scheduled "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" that the company's revival of the wacky musical would be the first after the death of its co-writer Larry Gelbart.
Stephen Sondheim's 1962 musical, with book by Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, is a farce that pays homage to the Borscht Belt comedians who came to prominence in the 1940s. The scripted jokes are pure cornball, something fans of Sid Cesar and Milton Berle will find irresistible.
What remains the centerpiece of "A Funny Thing," however, are the Sondheim musical numbers, which features a then-young composer finding his voice.
But what makes for a fun night at the "Forum" – and this production is plenty of fun – is not what's in the script or score. Success stems from the direction, vocal skills, and from the actor portraying Pseudolus, all of which are in fine form at the Norris Center, even before the curtain rises.
During the curtain speech by director James W. Gruessing Jr., Pseudolus (Nick Santa Maria) gets the audience warmed up by wading through the aisles cracking one-liners. Eventually taking to the stage, he opens the show with its best-known song, "Comedy Tonight."
In typical farce fashion, the plot is based on solving one predicament, which spirals out of control.
Pseudolus, a slave in ancient Rome, can earn his freedom if he can find a way to get Hero (Tyler Milliron) paired up with Philia (Suzanne Petrela), a virginal courtesan who has been sold to Miles Gloriosus, a Roman soldier.
Misunderstandings abound, involving Hero's parents, Senex (Barry Pearl) and Domina (Farley Cadena); their other slave, Hysterium (Michael Betts); and the next-door-neighbor Erronius (John Briganti), whose baby son and daughter were captured by pirates many years earlier.
Sondheim's score, though not as celebrated as his work in "Follies," "Company" or "Into the Woods," is filled with catchy songs and tongue-tripping lyrics.
"Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" is a bawdy vaudeville-style number sung by the older men about the "virtues" of having an attractive woman around the house. And "Impossible" is a duet between Hero and Senex, as each man wonders which of them Philia likes.
There are several strong voices on display, in particular Milliron and Petrela, whose rendition of "Lovely" is heartfelt and romantic.
Though Gelbart and Shevelove wrote dozens of jokes, there's room for improvisation, which is where Santa Maria shines. He references a wide variety of topics, including recent news events. And while faking his death, he delivers a rant filled with impersonations, including Redd Foxx, the Wicked Witch of the West and the Von Trapp Children.
Charismatic Santa Maria, a stand-up comic who was the original Genie in "Disney's Aladdin, A Musical Spectacular," knows how to compound the humor without going too far and losing the show's pacing.
Gruessing keeps the action moving and kicks it into high gear during the finale, during which the entire cast is running across the stage or slamming doors, or is involved in some cartoon-like fight.
Most of the scripted jokes in "A Funny Thing" are dated, but they are enjoyable even when they elicit a groan.
Gruessing and cast understand that energy and attitude can be infectious, and they infect the Norris Center with a serious case of fun.
When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Sunday.
Where: Norris Center for the Performing Arts, 27570 Crossfield Drive, Rolling Hills Estates.
Tickets: $40.
Information: 310-544-0403 or http://www.norriscenter.com.
Our rating: 3 STARS
Jeff Favre is a freelance entertainment writer based in North Hollywood.


It is the Age of Darkness and the realm called Kuruld Galain - home of the Tiste Andii and ruled over by Mother Dark from her citadel in Kharkanas - is in a perilous state. For the commoners' great warrior hero, Vatha Urusander, is being championed by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such arrogant ambition.
Reading Steven Erikson has often been compared with reading history. Some people throw this as an accusation while others of us deem it a virtue. There is a breadth of scope that belittles many other works of fiction, and the author treats the reader as would a historian a prized pupil – as a fellow devotee and acolyte of this particular aspect of history. This can be a good thing, but also sometimes leaves the reader reeling with the wealth of information and assumed knowledge.
Set however-many-millennia prior to his 'Malazan Book of the Fallen', Steven Erikson's latest work – 'Forge of Darkness', the first book in the Kharkanas Trilogy – similarly hopes the reader has memorised all the nooks and crannies of the original masterpiece in an effort to expand upon a fragment of history.
How much of what I don't know will be explained in the remaining two volumes? I don't know. How much of what I don't know is the result of an author teasing his audience? I don't know. No doubt each reader will find something new that others may miss, but I often reach the end of Erikson's books feeling as if I've missed a great deal.
Another characteristic of a Steven Erikson-written novel is the wealth of philosophical wandering the author allows his characters, and by extension, himself.
Many books we read reveal only the barest details of a character's thoughts. This is not a flaw, but rather a streamlining of the storytelling; a desire to keep the attention of the reader through each chapter, drawing them into the next act or scene having read every word and understood the direction they trod. On the other hand we have authors like Steven Erikson who use their books as a sort of Bible – expounding on the mysteries of life, death, and future. Entire segments of chapters are given over to teasing loose the fringes of our understanding, with little to no bearing on the story as a whole; unless the author's intention was to simply create fuller characters, more three-dimensional and real, despite the impact it might have on the intended story.
These two characteristics of Steven Erikson's fiction – similarities to historical and philosophical treatises – are laid out here, not as criticisms or condemnations of the work, but rather as warnings to the unwary.
As to the particulars of Forge of Darkness, they are much the same as any Erikson book you might pick up. The aforementioned 'scope and breadth' of the book is astonishing, boggling, and contains therein a dozen or more fantastic stories that interweave in the most intriguing and – more often than not – grievous ways. Characters jump off the page, their loves and sorrows all the more vital for the depth of their minds we are exposed to.
Specifically being introduced to some of the beginning stories of Anomander, Silchas Ruin, Andarist, Orfantal, Osserc, and Draconus are fascinating. The underlying gift made by K'rul is never witnessed but always felt, throughout this book, and gives a tantalising link to the future that we've already read.
All in all, for fans of Steven Erikson you will love Forge of Darkness. Having come to this book from the completed Malazan Book of the Fallen, I have no way to gauge how enjoyable this book would be to newcomers, though I imagine that it will sit well as it is a pre-history, rather than a sequel, and therefore anything we know from the Book of the Fallen preceding the reading only links the two, rather than spoiling one or the other.
And here we are in the second phase of the Malazan world, The Histories. I've been anticipating something like this happening since the Books of the Fallen ended and I have to say it, I was disappointed. Not from the content or style. It was good solid Erikson, but I just kept waiting to get caught up in things. It was like I was watching an episode of Mad Men and thinking something is going to happen soon to make this interesting and I will be able to forgive the slow build-up and won't call AMC Studios and ask for that hour of my life back. Unfortunately I was never really satisfied. But unlike Mad Men, I will be reading the next books of this trilogy. I was satisfied enough from the history lesson and origins of the Tiste groups and factions, but that's what it seemed to be to me, a history text book. I don't know the reason and I am disappointed in myself because I have been on the Malazan ride from the beginning and counting the days until the next book came out. But this book failed to grab me and hold me tight. For the first time in years, and never in the Malazan series, I found myself looking at the page numbers and saying in my best 5 year old voice, Are we there yet?
Have you read Forge of Darkness?


Every month we are going to be reading a Young Adult Novel, which will be announced at the beginning of the month, and reviewed at the end by all three members of the Three Hallows Book Club; Alex Chappell, Powisamy, and myself at RacheLeanne.
November: Ho Ho Ho Readathon Day One! And Huge Announcement!!


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Stan Winston's Animatronic T-Rex Attacks in JURASSIC PARK Behind-The-Scenes Clip
Posted Mon Jan 14, 2019 at 06:40 PM PST by Steven Cohen
Ever wonder how filmmakers rehearse for a dinosaur attack? Check out this fun behind-the-scenes clip!
The Stan Winston School of Character Arts has posted a fun behind-the-scenes video showcasing some of the practical animatronic and stunt work done for Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Recorded back in July of 1996 at the Stan Winston Studio, the clip features one of the film's stunt crew members rehearsing the Dr. Burke death scene. Serving as a test victim for the movie's animatronic T-rex, the stunt performer is seen being lifted up and thrashed about by the dinosaur's massive bite -- offering an amusing showcase of the studio's impressive ingenuity.
Check out the clip below!
As detailed in a related blog post, Stan Wintston's team created two full-size partial-body T-rex puppets for the scene. Unlike the full-body version created for the first film, each rig used in The Lost World only reached from the head to mid-torso, covering just what viewers would need to see in the shot. Meanwhile, scenes that showed the creatures' whole body relied upon CG instead.
To provide an enhanced sense of forward and backward motion, the practical T-rexes were then mounted to motor-driven carts, allowing the team to move the heavy rigs across eighty feet of track on the set. And thanks to this freedom of motion, the crew could actually ram the animatronic puppets into the RV featured in the sequence, allowing the dinosaurs to physically smash up the vehicle for real.
"I think out of everything on this movie, we had the most fun smashing up the RV with the two T-rexes," said effects supervisor Shane Mahan "At first, we were hesitant, thinking that we had to be careful with the rigs. But it got to the point where we were just, 'Ah, to hell with it,' and we just demolished that trailer with the T-rex rigs. That scene wasn't faked. Those T-rexes were really slamming into that thing, breaking glass and shaking it. I think the scene really works because we went for it like that. You can tell that something truly violent is happening."
For more behind-the-scenes footage and various special effects and make-up tutorials, be sure to check out the Stan Winston School of Character Arts Facebook page and YouTube channel.
Source: Stan Winston School of Character Arts (Facebook), Stan Winston School Blog


Ok, so it's a bit short notice but I will be at the V&A museum, London tomorrow demonstrating a couple of hexapod including iC. If anyone happens to be around drop in and say hi.
i was wondering if the hexapod was still there as part of the exhibition or was it just for the day?
I also heard a rumour that a hexapod would be on permanent display at Kinetica? Is that right?
No iC was only there for the one day, although they do have two of my other hexapods on static display.
be sure to give us notice next time matt.
I was at the V and A and saw the 2 dormant hexes :/ (shame they werent alive) I was at the science museum to see the Robotville exhibition and popped into the V and A.
The Robotville was v cool it was completely sold out so a friend got me a spare ticket. There werent any hexes but some amazing machines particularly the ones with good sense integration.
@ Matt I was half thinking you might have been there with your hex i think it would have gone down a storm.
I hope these kinds of work is exhibited more throughout the country.
I was invited to present a 15min talk during the robotville exhibition, but I decided I had too much on my plate as it was! I must try to get to see it but I think I will be too busy.
from what i understand it was only that weekend.


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Matches against Cambridge United F.C.
Cambridge United F.C.
Nickname The U's
Founded 1912 as Abbey United
Ground Abbey Stadium
Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on Newmarket Road, approximately 3 kilometres east of Cambridge city centre. The club was founded in 1912 as Abbey United, named after the Abbey district of Cambridge. A club called Cambridge United existed in Cambridge from 1909, but it was not linked to the club that exists today. The club played non-league football until 1970, when they were elected to the Football League, replacing Bradford Park Avenue. They subsequently spent 35 years in the Football League before relegation in 2005. All of Chelsea's matches to date against Cambridge United occurred in a five-year span in the early 1980s, when both clubs were in the Second Division.
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1979-80 Sat 29 Sep 1979 DIV2 Cambridge United Away Won 1-0
1979-80 Sat 16 Feb 1980 DIV2 Cambridge United Home Drew 1-1
1980-81 Sat 7 Feb 1981 DIV2 Cambridge United Home Won 3-0
1981-82 Sat 3 Oct 1981 DIV2 Cambridge United Away Lost 0-1
1981-82 Wed 7 Apr 1982 DIV2 Cambridge United Home Won 4-1
1982-83 Sat 28 Aug 1982 DIV2 Cambridge United Away Won 1-0
1982-83 Sat 15 Jan 1983 DIV2 Cambridge United Home Won 6-0
1983-84 Sat 10 Sep 1983 DIV2 Cambridge United Home Won 2-1
1983-84 Sat 11 Feb 1984 DIV2 Cambridge United Away Won 1-0
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MaMa Guilt - Is It Just a Part of the Job? - OMG Parenting!OMG Parenting!
Do you ever find that you are repeatedly upset about the same thing with your kids and what follows is mama guilt then more frustration? They don't put the dishes away, they eat poorly, your toddler is so clingy, they're always late, they don't pay attention…? Ah, mama issues! There have certainly been things that repeatedly brought out the mother grrrr in me! And I have reacted with mega, frenzied parenting frustration. Followed by some big time mama guilt.
With some frustrations I could eventually realize a shift I could make in my response to it. Voila, the problem amazingly would not be a problem! Like when my daughter just couldn't get out the door on time, I returned to my priority about having calm mornings, accepted that she just wasn't a girl who regarded time, and put the clock ahead 15 minutes. I made that shift after I got over my yammering on about 'why can't she get this right?' and 'she has to learn to be on time'.
When I got out of my own way, accepted reality and stopped judging (criticizing) her or myself, life got better.
Meanwhile, I noticed that other frustrations seemed to stick with me. Recognizing that my reaction was a bit over-the-top didn't change anything. In fact, I'd find myself thinking about it all after the fact, getting upset all over again. I'd either be chattering away about it in my head, or rolling my eyes at her when she did certain things, or making maybe not the most positive comments (what, me?!).
I am normally a rather sane, calm human being and my daughter and I have a very loving relationship, so these perpetual reactions of mine stood out to me. As time went on, I starting realizing something about these frustrations; they seemed to have a bottomless pit of energy and were followed by MaMa guilt.
And then I started listening to other parents and found they had the same pits, over different scenarios. It might be about their children not handing in their school work on time, not seeming to care about school, spending too much time on technology, talking back to them, always asking for stuff… None of these in and of themselves stands out as an unusual upset; these are the kinds of things that can annoy any parent.
What stood out was the intensity of parents' responses. And their guilt afterwards.
As I thought about all of this over the years, (my rocking chair helped), I finally developed words for the 'why' and 'way out' of this intense kind of responding, this cycle of frustration leading to guilt and then back to frustration. I was set free from this kind of frustration and guilt, not overnight, but gradually, as I unfolded the why and way out. In turn, my relationship with my daughter opened up even more and her core self strengthened.
Even I was surprised at what I was realizing. It was pervasive across all parents and yet we just didn't talk about it! How can that be? Did I miss something in all my professional and personal explorations of parenting?
I tried out my thoughts on some other parents. When they had some 'ah ha' moments with it, I started hearing parents in these moments of frenzied frustrations very differently. I had a direction we could go with it all (that kind of thing makes me happy). And since parents in frustration are something to behold, something kids shield themselves from, something that can have lasting negative effects on a young persons sense of self, I decided to bring up my way out for all of you.
And that is what came together as OMGparentings' parenting class, The Secret of Your Parenting Vows – it's all about mama guilt!
I want to share it with you because I want to spare you the frenzied frustration moments that are based on what I realized. And the gnawing guilt afterwards. I want you to be able to find the way out of that frenzy so you can open up your relationship with your child, because, as I know you know, that relationship is one of our greatest treasures and we are the world to them.
Frenzied frustration negatively effected me and my daughter, and it's negatively effecting you and your children. It brought down my mood and my energy. And it's doing the same to you.
It's all over something that is such a natural part of wonderful parenting, but has those darn shadow sides.
So join us in the parenting class. Don't spend years and years being effected by something, that, if you knew about it, would be life changing for you and your child. MaMa Guilt, or DaDa guilt for that matter, are not a part of the job.
p.s. My daughter does great with being timely now!


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Aussie Focus
Brown looking to reclaim time trial crown at Australian Championships
Team BikeExchange riders Sarah Roy and Grace Brown in action at the Santos Festival of Cycling. (Velo)Source: Velo
Team BikeExchange will showcase a strong female outfit in this year's Australian Championships in Buninyong as they tackle the time trial, criterium and road race events.
3 Feb 2021 - 10:27 AM
Time trial champion in 2019 and last year's runner up Grace Brown will be gunning for top spot again when she races against the clock on Wednesday, and will also compete in the road race on Sunday as she looks to add to her national championships tally.
And the 28-year-old believes she has put in the work during preparations for the events and is in the best shape possible to compete for the crown in both the time trial and road race this year.
"The Santos Festival of Cycling was a tough tour and it definitely highlighted that I have a bit of work to do before being at my top level," Brown said. "I felt that I built form throughout those four days of racing intensity and that should improve my shape coming into Nationals."
A Gigantic hurdle- national women's time trial preview
The Australian national road race championships are upon us, the first main day of competition is the time trial, with some strong favourites heading into the second most prestigious event of the week's racing.
"My primary focus is the time trial, but from previous years I find the preparation for both events goes hand-in-hand. Come Sunday, the road race will be just as important.
"Given the global situation and restricted travel, it would feel more significant than ever to be able to take the Australian jersey back over to Europe and represent our country in the WorldTour peloton."
Two-time Herald Sun Tour winner Lucy Kennedy will challenge for the road race jersey fresh off the back of a second-place finish overall at the Santos Festival of Cycling, while former criterium champions Sarah Roy and Jess Allen will tackle Friday's event before joining Kennedy and Brown in Sunday's main event.
SBS brings you the Australian National Road Championships
SBS Cycling Central will bring you the major action from the 2021 Federation University Australia Road Cycling National Championships, with a combination of livestreaming and live television coverage of the elite road races on Sunday.
34-year-old Roy acknowledged the pressure on her and her BikeExchange teammates as a WorldTour team, maintaining the need for focus and smart racing throughout the events.
"There is always a bit of a target on our backs heading into the National Championship races, being the only WorldTour team with numbers here in Australia, and with that comes a fair bit of pressure," Roy said.
"I think it's important we race to our strengths and not lose sight of what's to come with the classics starting in a month's time."
SBS will be providing coverage of the Australian National Road Cycling Championships. The time trials don't have any live broadcast, but stay tuned to the site for the results from Ballarat.
The elite men's and women's road races will be shown live on television on Sunday, February 7. The national criterium championships elite women's and men's races will be streamed live on the SBS Cycling Central website.


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Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuściński,
February 7, 2016 by Bettie's Books
bookshelves: journalism, nonfiction, winter-20152016, non-fic-feb-2016, travel, tbr-busting-2016, nutty-nuut, autobiography-memoir, translation, twist-on-a-theme
Read from February 18, 2014 to February 05, 2016
Description: From the master of literary reportage whose acclaimed books include Shah of Shahs, The Emperor, and The Shadow of the Sun, an intimate account of his first youthful forays beyond the Iron Curtain.
Just out of university in 1955, Kapuscinski told his editor that he'd like to go abroad. Dreaming no farther than Czechoslovakia, the young reporter found himself sent to India. Wide-eyed and captivated, he would discover in those days his life's work—to understand and describe the world in its remotest reaches, in all its multiplicity. From the rituals of sunrise at Persepolis to the incongruity of Louis Armstrong performing before a stone-faced crowd in Khartoum, Kapuscinski gives us the non-Western world as he first saw it, through still-virginal Western eyes.
The companion on his travels: a volume of Herodotus, a gift from his first boss. Whether in China, Poland, Iran, or the Congo, it was the "father of history"—and, as Kapuscinski would realize, of globalism—who helped the young correspondent to make sense of events, to find the story where it did not obviously exist. It is this great forerunner's spirit—both supremely worldly and innately Occidental—that would continue to whet Kapuscinski's ravenous appetite for discovering the broader world and that has made him our own indispensable companion on any leg of that perpetual journey.
Opening: Before Herodotus sets out on his travels, ascending rocky paths, sailing a ship over the seas, riding on horseback through the wilds of Asia; before he happens upon the mistrustful Scythians, discovers the wonders of Babylon, and plumbs the mysteries of the Nile; before he experiences a hundred different places and sees a thousand inconceivable things, he will appear for a moment in a lecture on ancient Greece, which Professor Bieźuńska-Malowist delivers twice weekly to the first-year students in Warsaw University's department of history.
The best part of this book is where us readers get a glimpse at the times when Kapuściński is setting out on his fledgling career
Herodotus's opus appeared in the bookstores in 1955. Two years had passed since Stalin's death. The atmosphere became more relaxed, people breathed more freely. Ilya Ehrenburg's novel 'The Thaw' had just appeared, its title lending itself to the new epoch just beginning. Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation.
I overheard a conversation in the adjoining room and recognized Mario's voice. I would find out later that it was a discussion about how to dress me, seeing as how I had arrived sporting fashions à la Warsaw Pact 1956. I had a suit of Cheviot wool in sharp, gray-blue stripes—a double-breasted jacket with protruding, angular shoulders and overly long, wide trousers with large cuffs. I had a pale-yellow nylon shirt with a green plaid tie. Finally, the shoes—massive loafers with thick, stiff soles.
Here he is, in his yellow shirt!
First stop Delhi, where Kapuściński starts to learn English via a secondhand Hemmingway picked up in a bazaar, then a trip to Benares to catch the sunrise from the steps.
At Sealdah train station, Culcutta, Kapuściński encounters poverty and distress that beggars belief:
They were refugees from a civil war, which ended but a few years earlier, between Hindus and Muslims, a war which saw the birth of independent India and Pakistan and which resulted in hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of dead and many millions of refugees.
At this point I mentally digess into the thought that it is everyone's duty on this speck of dust in the universe, to help other star children in every which way one can and leave the law to deal roundly with any criminals.
It is blatantly clear to this reader now, and to K back then, that he was out of his depth when it came to informative, objective reporting at this early stage:
Later I traveled to Madras and Bangalore, to Bombay and Chandigarh. In time I grew convinced of the depressing hopelessness of what I had undertaken, of the impossibility of knowing and understanding the country in which I found myself. India was so immense. How can one describe something that is—and so it seemed to me—without boundaries or end?
India was my first encounter with otherness, the discovery of a new world. It was at the same time a great lesson in humility. Yes, the world teaches humility. I returned from this journey embarrassed by my own ignorance, at how ill read I was. I realized then what now seems obvious: a culture would not reveal its mysteries to me at a mere wave of my hand; one has to prepare oneself thoroughly and at length for such an encounter.
So K comes home and bones up on English language, Herodotus, and all things culturally Indian, whereupon he is promptly sent to China! The result is the same, he is so overwhelmed at the vastness of the subject. How I would love to go back to that young man as he wrings his hands at his desk back in Poland, and whisper in his ear that not one ounce of travelling and research was wasted, for in a few years all you will draw upon this broadening of the mind to become one of the world's best known travel journalists.
And so our intrepid green-stick flies to Africa: Cairo, Khartoum, smokes a little ganga for the first time, goes to a Satchmo concert, then into the Congo, all the while reading Herodotus, which I now have a burning urge to revisit.
5* The Shadow of the Sun
3* Travels with Herodotus
4* Imperium
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Having read Herodotus, I am bereft of ideas as to why the Soviets might have banned it!


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Singapore Green Finance Centre conducts inaugural Academy on climate risk
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The need for a deep understanding among senior finance sector professionals of the risks posed by climate change has never been greater. The science tells us that unless deep decarbonisation is achieved within the next decade, the world runs the risk of facing irreversible catastrophic consequences. The latest reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) point to the urgent need for immediate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as well as the removal of accumulated emissions. These will not be achieved without the financial sector's contribution.
Against this backdrop, the Singapore Green Finance Centre (SGFC) conducted its inaugural SGFC Climate Risk Academy in Singapore from 29 March - 1 April 2022. The programme welcomed 27 senior executives among the SGFC's founding partners within decision-making functions across capital markets origination, risk management and asset management. Participants were from Bank of China, BNP Paribas, Fullerton Fund Management, HSBC, Schroders, Standard Chartered, SMBC, and UBS as well as the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
Taught by Imperial College Business School's Centre for Climate Finance & Investment for the first time in Southeast Asia, the executive education programme was designed exclusively for the founding partners of SGFC. It sought to challenge finance leaders to think critically and creatively about climate risks and opportunities through:
Developing an understanding of climate scenarios and how they impact global economies
Connecting climate change with macro factors and asset classes
Learning about policy implications and investable universe through financial instruments, and
Assessing sector and firm level climate impacts
Professor Dave Fernandez, Director of Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at SMU and Co-director of SGFC, said "We are glad to welcome our partners from Imperial College London, who flew in to conduct the Singapore Green Finance Centre's Climate Risk Academy. The Academy started on the first day of the relaxed Covid-19 rules and it was refreshing to be able to have an in-person learning experience on SMU campus. The SGFC aims to develop a strong talent pipeline to serve the growing need for sustainability professionals in Singapore and the region, with this as the first of many courses to come."
Professor Michael Wilkins of Imperial College Business School, who is also the Co-director of SGFC, said "Delivering the first ever SGFC Climate Risk Academy in person and live in Singapore was an immensely rewarding experience for my team and me. We designed the programme to challenge experienced finance leaders in Asia to think critically and creatively about climate risks and opportunities through real life case studies and immersive group exercises. We also engaged faculty from Imperial College Business School's Centre for Climate Finance & Investment as well as guest speakers who are leading industry experts for this programme. The outcome was a unique and highly impactful educational experience."
The Climate Risk Academy is in line with some of the 2030 targets under the Green Economy Pillar of the Singapore Green Plan 2030. These include developing Singapore as a carbon services hub in Asia and a leading centre for green finance and services to facilitate Asia's transition to a low-carbon and sustainable future. The programme helps Singapore achieve these targets by training its participants in carbon markets and pricing, thereby helping them to journey towards a net-zero future.
The four-day programme featured highly impactful, personalised, and immersive workshops and panel discussions. The learning methodology is based on lectures and real case studies developed with the SGFC founding partners.
Some of the topics in the programme include:
Introduction and Climate Risk Course Foundations
Climate Finance Risks and Opportunities – ASEAN Perspectives
Science and Background to Climate Scenarios
Climate Risks Across Asset Classes (fixed income, equities, infrastructure)
Policy & Regulatory Response to Climate Risks
Carbon Markets and Pricing
Quotes by participants:
"The Climate Risk Academy was an insightful and practical course with useful content such as carbon markets and climate-related risks and opportunities. The financial sector plays a pivotal role in catalysing the global response to climate change, through building resilience towards climate risks and supporting transition finance. This course has given me fresh perspectives and ideas on how various stakeholders in the sustainable finance community can contribute to advance our collective vision to build a greener and more sustainable economy."
- Samuel Tan (Deputy Director, Banking Department III), MAS
"The Climate Risk Academy was timely, structured and worth the time investment. I appreciated the wide representation of speakers from academia, consultants and industry practitioners as it provided a good range of perspectives and allowed both a broad introduction as well as the opportunity for a deeper dive on specific topics."
- Valerie Lau, CFA (Head Southeast Asia and Singapore), UBS APAC Sustainable Finance Office
"The instructors are extremely knowledgeable, passionate, and approachable. This is key to getting participants engaged and asking questions, which facilitates learning. The programme was relevant to my role and function and met my expectations in terms of building my understanding in climate risk management especially in the areas of scenario analysis and implications of climate risk on the sector and firm levels."
- Patricia Yew (Chief Risk Officer) Fullerton Fund Management
The SGFC Climate Risk Academy and other training programmes will be open to more organisations soon. Follow SGFC on LinkedIn for the latest updates.
About the Singapore Green Finance Centre
The Singapore Green Finance Centre (SGFC) is an initiative of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Imperial College Business School, and Lee Kong Chian School of Business at the Singapore Management University.
Our aim is for the SGFC to become the leading resource for financial education and impactful research on climate change and environmental risks in the Asia region. This initiative will leverage market- oriented solutions to enhance the financial industry's capabilities to channel capital to sustainable investments.