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The smile of an 'Ironman'
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Chris O'Connor raises her hands triumphantly after finishing Ironman Arizona Nov. 21 in Tempe. (Courtesy photo)
Horrific injury cannot stop Butte native Chris O'Connor
Chris (Haley) O'Connor smiled for the photo.
It was a photo she insisted her husband, Pat, take. O'Connor had been blogging about her training for the 2017 Ironman Coeur d'Alene race, and she figured the photo in the emergency room of Kootenai Health would be a fitting touch.
She just wasn't sure why she was in the hospital.
Scared and confused, O'Connor mustered up the smile to try to reassure her husband, who she figured also must be scared and confused.
"For the next week I have spotty memories," O'Connor said. "I remember telling myself to smile at him so he wouldn't be scared, even though I had no idea what was wrong with me."
O'Connor, a Butte native and Bozeman resident, had just been a horrible wreck. About 80 miles into the 112-mile bike ride of the Ironman on Highway 95, a support truck turned in front of her. She had been cruising long without worrying about traffic along on a stretch of the course that was closed to all vehicles that were not part of the event.
It was supposed to be just her, the competition and the road on that August Sunday day in 2017.
A law enforcement officer did not see O'Connor coming, however, and the officer waived the driver to make a turn into an aid station, where the truck was picking up other bikers who were not going to make the cutoff time.
At least that is what she has been told.
"I have no memory of the accident," she said. "It hit me in the front quarter panel. I was probably doing 35 miles per hour when I hit. I've seen pictures. The truck has a big dent in the front panel where it hit me."
Pat got the call that his wife was being air lifted to the hospital and he took off. He beat her there.
"She was actually apologizing," Pat said of seeing Chris for the first time at the hospital. "She said, 'I'm sorry, I don't know what happened. I must have wrecked.'
"She kept saying, 'Are you going to take my picture?'"
He took the picture before he realized the severity of the injuries sustained by his wife of, at the time, 27 years.
"Then the doctors came in and said, 'This is what's wrong, this is what's wrong, this is what's wrong,'" Pat said. "That went on for bit."
It would be a long time before Pat and Chris would have reason to smile. Chris never posted the photo on her blog, and she did not write again about the 2017 Coeur d'Alene Ironman.
She was told that her running days were behind her. She was no longer an Ironman.
The "Ironman" distinction is something O'Connor earned in 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky in 2015. She did it again in 2016 in Coeur d'Alene. She headed back to northern Idaho to try it again in 2017.
An Ironman race consists of a 2.4-mile swim in open waters, a 112-mile bike race and a full marathon. That's 26.2 miles of running for a total 140.6 miles. To be an "Ironman," a competitor must finish all of that in less than 17 hours.
In Louisville, O'Connor beat the cutoff by two and a half hours, and she felt like she was on top of the world. As she laid in the hospital bed in Coeur d'Alene, she was just hoping to learn how to live again.
"The doctors said, 'You shouldn't run again,' O'Connor said. "One doctor said, 'You should never run again.' I didn't like hearing that."
However, on Sunday, Nov. 21 — just shy of four years and three months after her horrific crash — the now 56-year-old O'Connor swam, rode and ran at Ironman Arizona in Tempe.
She crossed the finish line to once again hear the words, "Chris O'Connor, you are an Ironman."
Chris O'Connor smiles from her hospital bed. (Courtesy photo)
'Not an athlete'
O'Connor graduated from Butte High in 1983, and most of her classmates were probably surprised to learn that she ended up competing in Ironman races.
The daughter of Dennis and Miriam Haley, O'Connor grew up on North Washington Street in Butte. She attended Lincoln and McKinley elementary schools before going to West Junior High School and then Butte High.
Dennis, who passed away at 76 in 2019, was a math professor at Montana Tech. Miriam, who still lives in Butte, is a former hair dresser and secretary for a church.
"I was not an athlete during my school years," O'Connor said. "I started running after I met Pat when we got married. Pat was a runner."
Pat and Chris married in 1990. Pat is the son of the late Eileen and William "Oakie" O'Connor. He is one of six O'Connor siblings, all of whom have or are still called "Oakie."
His father was an elementary school principal in Butte. He was also the unmistakable voice of KBOW's Partyline, a staple on the Butte airwaves every weekday afternoon.
Pat is still a runner. He once again ran the Veterans Day Race in Butte this year. He has completed 14 marathons. He ran the New York Marathon and finished the Boston Marathon three times.
While Pat, a wrestler who as a part of Butte High's Class AA state championship teams of 1980 and 1981, liked to run race, Chris was not a competitive runner.
In 2014, though, O'Connor decided she wanted to compete in triathlons.
"I took swimming lessons as a kid, and I hadn't been in the pool since probably fourth or fifth grade," she said. "I found a program on the internet on 'How to swim your first 500 meters,' and I just went there."
Once she got the triathlon bug, O'Connor decided she wanted to go big and become an "Ironman."
She had the swimming down, and the biking was no problem. O'Connor though, had never ran a marathon. Her first 26.2 race would come at the end of her first Ironman.
"I had two half marathons," she said. "But I had never done a full. It was just something I wanted to try and wanted to do. It just happened.
"I wasn't a big competitor in races," she said. "I signed up for a 5K or two before my half marathons, mostly because Pat said, 'You really should run a race and get that experience and know what it feels like to be at the start of the race.'"
O'Connor, who earned a computer science degree at Montana Tech, decided to walk away from her job as an IT professional, in part to focus on her training. But just when it seemed like the Ironman life was going great, that truck slammed in front of O'Connor and changed it all.
Pat and Chris O'Connor share a rare smile in the hospital. (Courtesy photo)
'He was just wonderful'
When O'Connor hit the truck, she did not go flying over the top. She came to a crashing stop, and her body basically crumbled.
It takes quite some time for O'Connor to tick off all of the injuries she suffered. One was a concussion, and that messed with her memory, which might have ended up being a good thing.
She said her only memory of the emergency room is asking Pat to take her picture.
"I don't remember anything else," she said. "Throughout the next few days, we learned I had eight broken bones. I had a concussion. I had a broken nose. My right clavicle was broken. My second rib was broken on my right side. The L2 vertebra was broken. My right tibia plateau fractured complete. My right fibula and my right fifth metatarsal."
Her first surgeries were to fix her tibia plateau and her nose.
The tibial plateau fracture is a rare break of the larger lower leg bone below the knee that breaks into the knee joint.
Then, O'Connor underwent back surgery, and her lower back was fused from the L2 to the S1 vertebrae.
After about two weeks in the hospital in Coeur d'Alene, O'Conner was ready — or not — to go home. Getting her back to Bozeman was a job in itself. With a handful of family members riding along, O'Connor rode home in a motorhome.
"We had Chris propped up in the back," Pat said. "I was sitting on the floor, making sure she didn't come off the bench."
For Pat, that was just the beginning of the work. He took six weeks off of his job to take care of Chris, who struggled through the house on a wheelchair and a walker.
"I had to use a walker, initially," she said. "That was tricky with a broken clavicle."
At that stage, everything was tricky. O'Connor's insurance offered to pay for nursing home care, but that did not seem like a good option to an "Ironman."
"I told Pat, 'You can take care of me. You can take care of me,'" she said.
Pat accepted the challenge.
"He would have to help get out of bed," O'Connor said. "He would stick his arms under me and pivot me so I could sit up. He put the wheelchair or walker in place. He'd help me go to the bathroom. He helped me shower. Anything you can think of, he helped me do it.
"He was it. He was just wonderful."
Pat, a Navy veteran who earned a chemical engineering degree at Montana State, started studying the nurses at the hospital. He knew the task he was about to take on was a big one.
"When she got hurt and I was in the hospital, I was thinking 'This is long-term, you've got to start doing this,'" Pat said. "There were a couple of nurses out there who trained me how to do it."
That, Pat said, helped him see nurses in a new light.
"For the two weeks we were in the hospital, I was thinking, 'You guys are amazing. These were the hardest workouts I've ever done.' It gave me an appreciation of their profession."
O'Connor said she got so much help from family and friends. Her father built her a wheelchair ramp, her mother took care of cooking and cleaning. Her sister, Jen Haley, helped wherever she could.
"Pat's family was just super emotion support," O'Connor said. "They would come over and visit and just give us the chance to think about something else. It was just all consuming there, the injuries and just trying to get through each day."
Other friends would stop by to visit, too.
"I have great friends," O'Connor said. "People would come by and just spend time with me."
Chris O'Connor is shown not long after her Aug. 27, 2017 crash. (Courtesy photo)
On the move again
Slowly, things started to come back for O'Connor, who spent a total of more than three years in physical therapy.
"It was November when the doctor told me I could start walking with crutches and put very little weight on my right foot," O'Connor said. "My left foot was still broken."
In December of 2017, she was able to start weening off the back brace. She would take it off for an hour one day, and then maybe two the next.
"That was hard," O'Connor said. "When I finally got completely off that back brace, just standing in front of my sink to brush my teeth was all that I could do. I had to go sit down."
Then, she started walking without crutches, going a little faster than the doctor said. She said she saw her doctor on a Thursday, and he hinted that she would soon be walking without the crutches.
"Over the weekend — without telling Pat because he doesn't like when I take chances — I would walk around the house holding the crutches so it looked like I was using them. But I was walking without them."
Then, O'Connor's physical therapist gave her the OK to lose crutches.
"The doctor said it would be a while," O'Connor said. "I was off them in a couple of days."
She returned to the pool to walk, but her back doctor advised against running in the water.
"I was in the pool, and I was really happy," she said. "It was a week before I was released to start swimming. I went and did 50 meters."
While things seemed to be coming along quickly, O'Connor said everything was a challenge.
"How do you learn to walk again?" she said. "Getting my knee to bend was the first thing."
She did that by lying in bed and holding her leg on the wall. She would slide her foot down to try to get the knee to bend.
"At first it would slide an inch or two," she said.
Amazingly, everything came into place in time for O'Connor to, get this, complete a triathlon in July of 2018.
It was no Ironman, but the Montana Women's Triathlon in Helena was something. The event featured a 500-meter swim, a 12-mile bike ride and a 5-kilometer run.
"I was not in any kind of good shape to do it," she said. "I could swim the 500. Biking 12 miles felt like an eternity. The run just hurt. Everything just hurt.
"It was not a feel-good moment. Everything hurt."
The triathlon, though, got O'Connor thinking Ironman.
"I finished it, and I just built from there," she said. "I was like, 'OK, I can do another one.' Eventually, I thought I could do another Ironman.
"I never stopped think about it. I never stopped stop thinking that I wanted to do one, but I didn't know if I'd be able to do one," O'Connor said. "The desire to do one was never gone. As I started feeling better, I started thinking that I can't stop. I just love triathlons so much. I asked Pat, and he said, 'You go for it. You do what you need to do to make you happy.'
"When he was OK with it, I was OK with it."
Then, O'Connor found herself back in the surgery room.
In November of 2018, she slipped on some ice and broke the rod in her back. That meant O'Connor had to undergo a second back surgery to repair the damage in January of 2019.
Another surgery meant another three months with no activity.
"It seemed like every time I started making progress, I'd have a setback," O'Connor said. "Every time I would move forward, I would move backward because I had to have something else done."
In all, O'Connor underwent six surgeries — three in Coeur d'Alene on her nose, back and knee, two on her knee in 2018, and the second back surgery. She also had some stem cell injections into her knee, which made a "night-and-day difference."
Eventually, O'Connor was able to start setting her sights on the desert.
Pat O'Connor is his wives biggest fan and supporter. (Courtesy photo)
Ironman Arizona
The training for an Ironman is fierce, and O'Connor knew it when she registered for Ironman Arizona a year ago.
"I signed up not knowing if I could get through the training," she said.
She told her coach that the training was going to be the toughest part.
"I told him if I can get through the training and my body was in good shape to start, I know I can finish it," she said. "I knew that I wasn't doing the same amount of training and intensity that I did for my other Ironmans."
Her coach held her back at times, playing it safe with a conservative approach. That worked, but she said it did not help with her anxiety.
"It was a year of a lot of questions and unknowns," O'Connor said. "Did I do enough to get me through that 15-and-a-half-hour day?"
Eventually, O'Connor got to the starting line in front of the Tempe Town Lake. It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
"I got there and I was feeling good," she said. "I had a couple little tweaky things, but everybody does to start an Ironman. I felt good. It was a good day."
The crowded swim was not an easy one, but O'Connor was going fast despite multiple collisions with the many swimmers.
"I felt really good in the swim," she said. "I just kept getting hit and punched, but I felt good during it."
O'Connor emerged from the water in 1 hour, 38 minutes, 14 seconds, and she could hardly control her excitement.
"She got out and she said, 'I can't believe it,'" Pat said of her swim time. "She was ecstatic."
The loops of the bike race included long stretches uphill, and the wind made that even more challenging.
"It was a really windy day," O'Connor said. "It was uphill into the wind, which made it really hard. But the downhill was really fun. I felt good for the whole bike course."
The 112 miles took O'Connor 7 hours, 24 minutes, 51 seconds to ride. With a marathon to go, O'Connor was just over 9 hours into the race, and she was about to realize she had a problem.
"I got off the bike, and my back was stiff," she said. "That never happened in training. That concerned me a little bit. I couldn't quite stand up straight."
Pat was very concerned.
"She's always been solid on the bike," he said. "She told me at the start of the run, 'Awe my back's killing me.' This is the start of the marathon."
Instead of heading to a spot where Pat could see Chris run at the 5- or 6-mile mark as he planned, he ran to a destination where he could see her 3 miles in.
When Pat saw his wife running again, though, his worries subsided.
"As soon as I saw her, I was like, 'Oh yeah, she's going to nail this,'" he said.
O'Connor would run for a bit, then walk. That was her plan for the marathon that featured three laps around a course. Run 8 minutes, walk 2. Then run 5 minutes and walk 2.
"I did that for the first lap of that course," she said. "My back was still stiff for the whole time, but I was just ignoring it."
By the time O'Connor got to the third lap of the marathon, her stomach felt sick, and her foot hurt. She said she knew that if she kept running it would lead to a stress fracture, or worse.
"Probably the last seven miles I had to walk," she said. "My stomach was queasy and my arch on my left foot was really sore. I walked as fast as could."
The marathon took O'Connor 6 hours, 12 minutes, 17 seconds to complete. She hit the cutoff time with 1 hour, 20 minutes, 17 seconds to spare.
She placed 24th in her age division, 384th among women and 1,672 overall. When she crossed the finish line, though, O'Connor got to hear the magic words.
"Chris O'Connor, you are an Ironman."
As she stood in front of the camera with her finisher's medal proudly hanging around her neck, Chris O'Connor smiled for the photo.
Chris O'Connor poses for a post-race photo after finishing Ironman Arizona. (Courtesy photo)
A new way of living
Even if you have never been hit by a truck, an Ironman is brutal. The recovery takes time.
On Monday, eight days after her finish, O'Connor got in her first post-race workout. It was a light strength workout.
"I'm getting better every day," she said of her recovery. "It makes my legs hurt, my ankles hurt, my back hurt. It makes everything a little sore."
Will this be her last Ironman? Will she be satisfied competing in smaller triathlons? O'Connor does not know the answer to that.
Now fully retired at a young age, O'Connor has lots of time to find out.
"The more days I'm away from last Sunday, and the more days I have to recover, the more that thought keeps creeping into my mind," she said of signing up for another Ironman.
The long-term effects of the injury are unknow, but O'Connor knows that they are going to be there. She also knows she has a partner she can lean on.
"I'm still not going to be where I was before the accident. My body just took such a hit," O'Connor said. "It's a new way of living. I know my back is going to be sore sometimes. I know my knees are going to be sore sometimes. But sometimes they're not.
"I'm fine with it. And Pat's fine with it. If he's fine with it, then I'm going to keep going." 12 comments
Joseph Melvin
Butte Tough!
Diane Rewerts
What a wonderful story! So proud of you Chris and Pat. You're amazing. Thanks for sharing their story, Bill Foley.
Jen Haley
Chris! You never cease to amaze me. This made me smile. I'm so proud of you! #ironsister #thisishuge #shesback
Mark Parvinen
What an amazing story! I am having back surgery next week and this is inspiring me to do big things afterwards! Thanks, Bill. And thanks to the O'connors for showing what Butte Tough is all about!
Cynthia Knox
Wow, Chris, you are such a Superstar! Way to go, you're so tough! Just amazing!


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Even as our army obliterates entire families in Gaza, Israelis continue to sweep Palestinian humanity under a rug of unconvincing security justifications.
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I was 18 years old when I first saw the Gaza Strip. It was 2002 — the peak of the Second Intifada — and I had enlisted to the Israeli army as a scout for the Field Intelligence Corps. The area I was stationed to monitor was nicknamed the berech (Hebrew for "knee") on the northeastern edge of the strip. I began every day by zooming in and out of a shack where a single Palestinian family was residing, looking on at people who had almost nothing. I remember them like the back of my hand: a mother, a grandfather, and a boy with bright blue eyes. Every night, they were the last thing I looked at before going to sleep.
Back then, I saw that Palestinian family as a hindrance rather than as human beings. They interfered with my job; the orchards near the fence, their meager livelihood, obstructed my field of vision. They were an obstacle to be leveled. I recall how easy and compelling it was to fall back on that military outlook, which reduces people into problems and dangers. That is how we Israelis are taught to see Gaza, its homes, its people, its children — as a constant security threat.
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Operation Cast Lead — the 2008-9 Gaza war — killed 762 Palestinian civilians, of which 318 were minors. In 2014, in just a month and a half, Protective Edge killed 1,372 civilians, 528 of whom were minors, an hour's drive away from Tel Aviv — and almost nobody seemed to care.
In the first few days of this month's Gaza operation alone, we killed Kussai (six months old), Adam (3), Zayid (8), Hanaa (15), and Yara (10); just one of the fifteen families that we wiped off the face of the earth. The army calls this "collateral damage." These children were buried without leaving behind so much as a ripple in Israeli society, and always for the same reason: because we see them as a threat rather than as human beings. Even a six-month-old baby.
Israeli airstrikes ultimately killed 65 Palestinian children in two weeks — kids who were born on the other side of the reality in which my own son was born. For our children to have a future free of such war, we Israelis must look at ourselves in the mirror and ask how we became a society that accepts such atrocities, resigning ourselves to "live by the sword."
Too many times we have witnessed not just how feeble and unconvincing Israel's security rationale is, but how it is designed to allow us to continue with our lives, even after an entire Palestinian family has been obliterated. Too many times has this justification enabled us to ignore what Israeli control looks like in Gaza, and what it means for those who live on the receiving end of our actions and whose only fault is that they exist.
Palestinians attend the funeral of 10 members of Abu-Hatab family, who were killed by an Israeli air strike in Al-Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza City, May 15, 2021. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
As a young soldier, I watched a Palestinian family wake up every morning. I watched a boy playing, and an elderly Palestinian trying to eke out a living. At some point, it becomes impossible to shake these people from your consciousness, to sweep them under the rug of security justifications. What is happening with them today? How many of them survived the previous wars?
Along with the innumerable voices and testimonies of Palestinians in Gaza, it is also worth listening to the testimonies of the soldiers Israel sent to Gaza in 2014. The things that they describe taking part in cast a sickening shadow over the security justifications we have grown accustomed to reciting. They describe Palestinians who continued living in the populated neighborhoods we bombarded in 2014, which we had been assured were cleared of innocent people, and which we were told needed to be fired at with artillery shells.
I was born to a military family. I was brought up and educated on values of Israeli patriotism and unconditional love for Israel — for better or for worse. I was 18 when I enlisted. Eighteen years have passed since I watched the Palestinian boy in the shack over the fence. In another 18 years, my infant son is expected to take an active part in this same reality. It cannot be that the only way for him to live here is to subjugate an entire nation — innocent people — forever. I refuse to accept that this is the only option.
A version of this article was first published in Hebrew on Local Call. Read it here.
Yael Lotan is the Deputy Director of Breaking the Silence.


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The casino hub of New Jersey is finding solid ground as gamblers return
Even though 2019 was an incredible year for Atlantic City casinos, 2022 seems to be proving to fare even better, and it's not even over yet. According to recent mixed results on the region's gaming industry performance released by New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), the nine casinos in this busy city earned $269.2 million in gross operating win in the third quarter. News like this continues to come in steadily to Americas Cardroom, demonstrating just how strong America's Playground is in the industry.
While it's true that the recent figure translates to a 13% year-over-year quarterly loss, it's 12.5% more than the profit they made in the third quarter of 2019. According to Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute for Gaming, Hospitality, and Tourism at Stockton University, last summer presented some major hurdles in the industry. Those factors included rising gas prices, inflation, shortages of people and supplies.
Bokunewicz added that expenses, wage increases and reduced overhead represented a major financial challenge for all casino operators in this city. This all explained why this third quarter was less than the same period last year.
Still, much of the gain has been attributed to the operations of Hard Rock, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The casino posted the highest earnings in the third quarter at $44 million. The Tropicana and Borgata follow, with profits of $41.5 million and $40 million, respectively.


Sara El Ouali, MD, is a staff physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. El Ouali worked in Montreal, Canada, where she previously earned her medical degree from McGill University.
Dr. El Ouali completed her Internal Medicine residency at the McGill University Health Center, where she was awarded the Ezra Lozinski prize in recognition of her outstanding compassion, understanding and sense of responsibility.
She completed her Gastroenterology & Hepatology fellowship as Chief Resident at McGill University, and then underwent additional training in inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr. El Ouali is American and Canadian-Board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada.
Dr. El Ouali has also published several articles and presented at major international conferences. She is passionate about gastroenterology, and has a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease and quality improvement in endoscopy.


Being beyond the typical age that most people go to university, and after much deliberation, I finally decided to take the plunge. Although there were a few universities I could have applied to study religion at, my first choice was UCLan. Having read extensively on the RCS course, attended the subject Open Days, speaking to and hearing the RCS lecturers speak, convinced me that UCLan's RCS course was the one for me. I haven't regretted that decision since.
The RCS course has many modules to choose from, with each module covering various topics, cultures and views. With so much variety, there is bound to be something (if not everything) that will capture the interest of every individual, with further scope to follow your own personal interests.
Every lecture, without fail, would result in some amazing discussions; all of which were impossible not to engage with or get animated about – the lecturer encouraging us and often giving us even more to query and consider.
The skills acquired from the lectures, the discussions, the debates and the course overall have developed deep critical, analytical and lateral thinking skills, not to mention confident and objective communication skills; skills that are transferable and invaluable in any field of work.
The support from the RCS team cannot be stressed enough, both academically, personally and professionally too. The team don't just support their students for the short term, but for the long term, developing skills and potential within each of their students helping them achieve amazing possibilities. I can honestly say this with absolute sincerity because when I began studying at UCLan, it had been 12 years since I was last a student. Yet despite this, in my 2nd year at UCLan, my RCS essay got published under the tutelage and guidance of Dr Carolyn King, and I achieved a first class honours degree. Amazing given I didn't even have any A Levels.
Because of the RCS team and degree course, I can say with absolute confidence that I have acquired deep and broad knowledge of various religions, cultures, histories, and views (both religious and non-religious). The RCS course is very cross-curricular, examining history, politics and education to name a few, under the branch of religion, making the RCS course very relevant and diverse. As a result, it has made me want to inspire others hence, since graduating from the RCS course, I chose to become a Religious Studies teacher and completed my PGCE and now teaching full time and loving it.


A smoky, savoury apple salad.
I promise the next post won't be a salad recipe, but for now, I hope you are tolerating (and even enjoying) my recent run of salads.
I'll put some of the responsibility/blame on Simon - I was chopping up apples the other day and had all the intentions of making an apple dessert. He insisted that he wanted a salad and I gave in. On the bright side, it's nice that he is trying (with some success) to lose weight. Plus, given my appreciation for fruits and vegetables, it is really quite a good thing to have a boyfriend who likes salads. Right? Right?
So here we go... a simple, savoury apple salad that I created on a whim. The apples provide sweetness while the green capsicum pleasantly counterbalances that with a hint of grassy bitterness. The tomatoes add juiciness, while the lime juice keeps everything fresh and tangy. Garlic, smoked paprika and coriander leaves impart piquant, aromatic touches. This salad is easy to make, and it's easy to eat, too.
Mix lime juice, extra virgin olive oil, minced garlic, smoked paprika, cracked black pepper and salt in a salad bowl.
Chop apple(s) and capsicum into bite-sized pieces, discarding the stems, cores and seeds. Cut cherry tomatoes into quarters or sixths. Place the pieces of fruits and vegetables in the bowl. Add the coriander leaves.
Toss everything together to combine the ingredients. It's preferable to let the salad rest in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes to allow the flavours to mingle, and if you do so, toss the salad again just before serving.
Healthy apple salad. Also vegan and gluten-free!
Sounds wonderful! I must give that a try. I'll probably use chipotle paste instead of smoked paprika though.
Chipotle paste sounds like a delicious substitution!
This sounds fab.... I cannot eat capsicums, tart apples and tomatoes, for health reasons, but I'm salivating!
Oh I'm sorry to hear that, I'm gathering this is a recent thing? I'm glad you are still able to appreciate the salad from afar, though!
This salad looks great - the apple is a nice addition.
The salad is certainly nice and crunchy with the apples!


The workshop aims to introduce some techniques for undertaking collocational analysis with digital text corpora for the purposes of lexicographic research. Several types of lexical collocation will be introduced, from the simplest types of 2-word co-occurrence, collocational clustering to collocational network analysis. The workshop will employ examples from the Filipino language political lexicon using different texts and authors. The workshop's objective is to demonstrate the use of these techniques in practical lexicographic research.
Sketch Engine is a leading corpus tool, used for lexicography at Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Collins, Macmillan, and at national language institutes in nine countries; also for language research and teaching at several hundred universities worldwide. It provides corpora in over 80 languages and helps experts dealing with all kinds of issues related to how words behave in context – from getting example corpus sentences, over investigating collocational behaviour of words in particular grammatical relations using word sketches or distributional thesaurus up to integration with dictionary writing systems via Sketch Engine API. On top of that the system provides corpus building functions that allow people to convert their own texts into an annotated corpus or build domain corpora from the web easily, and search those corpora or use them for keyword or term extraction.
The workshop will provide an introduction to the Sketch Engine and cover some of the more advanced features together with their uses cases in lexicography. The workshop will be hands-on. Participants are encouraged to come with both laptops/tablets, and with data sets they would like to work with. The workshop programme may be accommodated to individual participants' needs as they appear in due course. Every participant will be entitled to a 3-months free Sketch Engine trial account.
The workshop will be led by Miloš Jakubíček and Iztok Kosem.
Miloš Jakubíček is an NLP researcher and software engineer. His research interests are devoted mainly to two fields: effective processing of very large text corpora and parsing of morphologically rich languages. Since 2008, he has been involved in the development of Sketch Engine corpus management suite on behalf of Lexical Computing, a small research company working at the intersection of corpus and computational linguistics. Since 2011, he has been the director of the Czech branch of Lexical Computing leading the local development team of Sketch Engine and became CEO of Lexical Computing in 2014. He is a fellow of the NLP Centre at Masaryk University, where his interests lie mainly in syntactic analysis and its practical applications.


Yes change the rules, We should ban the kamikaze!
No the rule should stay as is.
Was just wondering everyone's thoughts on banning the Kami altogether. Of course same rules with getting evidence and such. But just getting sick of getting a good kill after a firefight and then they return only to kami with a pook.
There's no skill in it and I believe it needs to be banned. Any thoughts form members/players? Thought this would be a good place to have a civilised discussion.


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It is modeled after the global Street Law program that began in 1972, when a small group of scholars from Georgetown University Law Center developed an experimental curriculum to teach District of Columbia highschool students about legislation and the legal system. high schoolers called the sensible nature of the lessons Street Law, and the identify stuck.
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this truth to make my little brain understand such a principle.In pursuit of my healing from my ailments I felt impressed to take communion every day for awhile. Today I asked How can something so long ago be so effective today. Yes I know it is supernatural God stuff. But still something to wonder about. Instantly I was reminded of the scripture in Romans 5. This chapter describes how sin entered the word through one man Adam and righteousness acquitted us through one man Jesus.
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Livestream Preview: Lauren Calve @ WERA 96.7 FM, 8/8/20
Posted on 08/06/2020 by Parklifer	in Local Spotlight, Preview and tagged Americana, Lauren Calve, livestream, Lubber Run Live, Virginia, WERA 96.7 FM.
Lauren Calve (Photo by Shane Gardner)
Northern Virginia native, storyteller, singer, and songwriter Lauren Calve recently released her Wildfire EP on June 23. She'll perform songs off the EP during the final show of Arlington Arts' concert series Lubber Run Live on WERA 96.7 FM on Friday, Aug. 8.
With the pandemic cancelling the popular outdoor concerts at Arlington's Lubber Run Amphitheater, listeners are encouraged to recreate their own Lubber Run picnic experience and order take-out and beverages from local restaurants.
Read Parklife DC's interview with Lauren Calve!
Lauren's current single, "Better Angels" has taken on many new connotations and iterations since she wrote it after listening to a radio interview with Jon Meacham who cited Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address as inspiration for his book, The Soul of America: The Battle For Our Better Angels.
"Meacham applied Lincoln's message of 'the better angels of our nature' to the courage of the American people who dealt with the unprecedented crises of their era,'" Lauren said. "As I listened to this, immigrants were being contained, families were being separated, children were held in cages. Lincoln's words still held a powerful resonance, and they gave me a deep hope that I hadn't felt in years. 'Better Angels' was born from that surge of hope and optimism. It was a reminder that we would always rise to the occasion, no matter what."
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Other tracks on Wildfire like "On And On" with its Wilson Pickett style, was inspired by the documentary Muscle Shoals, and it is an anthem for anyone who has witnessed a loved one stuck in a vicious cycle. "Shock Time" gets its name from one of Woody Guthrie's journal entries referencing the electroshock therapy he almost underwent. The song formed after Lauren read Naomi Klein's book Shock Doctrine which highlights the social and environmental "shock" strategies of those in power to keep the rest of us scared and ignorant. In the song, Calve brings together Klein and Guthrie's "shocks" in a fearful contemplation of misdeeds and the retribution for it. "She Loves Waterfalls," the only ballad on the EP, is a beautiful song written after seeing a photo of her mother standing in front of a waterfall, happy, after finding love again.
Catch Lauren's performance online with WERA 96.7 FM!
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Rising Of The Shield Hero: Season 2? The Anime Will Return In 2023?
The show is an anime series and has its origin from the Japanese novel. The novel writer was Aneko Yusagi. And the series has garnered rave reviews that were positive for viewers and fans alike, and are now looking forward to the season. There have been great screen presentations, which are liked by fans. Here are all the facts about the show.
This is the story of Nofumi Iwatani, who is summoned into a parallel universe with three other youth from parallel universes on their journey to be the cardinal heroes of the planets, while defending them from demons, the waves, What to do.
The renewal status of the Rising Of The Shield Hero: Season 2
The anime's first season ended in 2019 June. In Crunchyroll Expo Panel the showrunner made an announcement of two seasons for the series.
Is there any official release date?
No, while there is still no official launch date for Rising of the Shield Hero season 2, if we look at recent industry leaks, season 2 is very likely to launch in late 2023.
Source: The Tech Education
The expected storyline of Rising Of The Shield Hero: Season 2
There is no official update on what The Shield Hero Season 2 Rising's story will be. But since we have a novel 25-volume series, we can imagine which direction the series will play. And nothing prevents fans from guessing what's going to happen on the show, so let's take a look at what we might have in the second season.
The story of Rising of Shield Hero Season 2 will follow Volume 12 of the manga series. We can expect to see Naofumi's fate take a different turn. Can we see him fighting his victory against himself or will he accelerate with his weaknesses?
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On Kawara
Japanese, 1933 — 2014
For more than fifty years, the rigorous and radical artistic practice of On Kawara has focused on his relationship with history, the passage of time and its impact on existence. His conceptual works mix in particular newspaper articles, maps and paintings, and obey each to a very specific code of conduct.
Starting in 1966, On Kawara developed several working methods he followed simultaneously, such as the project "I Went" in which he documented all his journeys between 1967 and 1978, or the project "Today", intimately linked to his daily life. The question of remembering permeates all his works, which fall in a quest to capture the essence of time and space.
Essential actor of the conceptual scene next to Sol LeWitt or Joseph Kosuth, On Kawara has been featured in an important personal exhibition at the Guggenheim in New York in 2015. His work was first shown by the Pinault Collection at the 2016 "Accrochage" ("Hanging") exhibition at the Punta della Dogana.
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Q: "No host described in new configuration 1 for replica set rs0 maps to this node " : Mongodb I have installed docker in 3 Ubuntu 16.04 VMs, for each of those VMs docker's containers I run mongodb image using the commande :

docker run -d -p 27017:27017  -v data:/data/db mongo --replSet "rs0"

After that I changed the file
/etc/hosts  of each Vms with adding their Ip(vms) addresses in each file of the 3 Vms

cat /etc/hosts
  127.0.0.1       localhost
  127.0.1.1       mongodb0
aa.bb.cc.ee   mongodb0
aa.bb.cc.ff   mongodb1
aa.bb.cc.gg   mongodb2

when I use the commande rs.initiate () to deploy replicaset
 rs.initiate ( {
    _id : "rs0",    members: [
       { _id: 0, host: "mongodb0:27017" },
       { _id: 1, host: "mongodb1:27017" },
       { _id: 2, host: "mongodb2:27017" }
 ] })

I have this error :

  "operationTime" : Timestamp(0, 0),
        "ok" : 0,
        "errmsg" : "No host described in new configuration 1 for replica set rs0 maps to this node",
        "code" : 93,
        "codeName" : "InvalidReplicaSetConfig",
        "$clusterTime" : {
                "clusterTime" : Timestamp(0, 0),
                "signature" : {
                        "hash" : BinData(0,"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="),
                        "keyId" : NumberLong(0)
                }
        }

how can I fix this issue, please?

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A new and fascinating interior design project in Florence. For the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Luisa Via Roma Claudio Nardi intervened with a transformation of the Florentine boutique on the wave of "Good Vibrations". The new scene is based on vibrations and on the theme of black and white, absolute, abstract, timeless, a symphony of geometric textures, now harmonious, now pressing and hypnotic, now crossed by golden flashes, solid and transparent surfaces that intersect in a dance that accompanies an exciting continuation of the urban walk. The architectural elements, the decorations and the materials become graphic elements that dress the space: the carpet becomes elegant and designed pavement, the arches of the windows that flank it become ethereal and transparent scenes of an imaginary theater, all inspired by the decors of the tradition of Architecture, Art and Craftsmanship of the 900, which chase and intertwine in a kaleidoscopic space, in a subtle tribute to Carlo Scarpa and Giò Ponti and to the great Masters of modern architecture. In this installation you will find furniture and accessories designed by Claudio Nardi Architects and manufactured by Marioni
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The earth is made up of 70% of water. All human activities have a significant impact on the well-being of the ocean and consequently of our entire planet. Every individual can contribute to save the ocean by practicing simple but virtuous actions. One Ocean Foundation develops specific projects that help safeguard marine life. These projects are directed to individuals, organizations and companies. The first of these projects is the Charta Smeralda: a document aimed to safe- keep the ocean. The Charta Smeralda is an ethical code of conduct that serves to share and actuate principles that aim to safeguard the marine environment. It is a document that raises awareness among individuals, stakeholders and communities, of the urgency to resolve problems related to the marine ecosystem, with the aim of defining concrete and immediate solutions. Let's sign the document as our company did and act for the protection of our seas. More information on www.1ocean.org
SALONE DEL MOBILE HAS DRAWN TO A CLOSE
The 58th edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano has ended on an extremely high note, both in terms of turnout and in terms of quality of trade relations, testament to the power of attraction and inclusiveness of all the fairground pavilions right from the very first day. Marioni presented three new lines, WING, PALM and GRETA of the Notorious collection, which have been appreciated by a sophisticated clientele. The 386,236 attendees, over the 6 days, from 181 different countries made for a 12% increase over the 2017 edition, which also featured Euroluce and Workplace3.0. This edition demonstrated, yet again, just how great a pole of attraction the Salone del Mobile is, increasingly global, inclusive and attuned not just to the creative and productive furnishing system, but also to the city of Milan and its institutions. 2,418 exhibitors, 34% of them from 43 different foreign countries, were split between the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition, Euroluce, Workplace3.0 and S.Project.
SEE YOU AT SALONE 2019
The most important appointment for the furniture and lighting sector begins on April 9th. Milan will be the design capital for a week and we will present the new WING, PALM and GRETA collections in the XLUX area at Hall 1 H21. It will be an opportunity to appreciate the quality of our 100% manufactured products in Italy and view the latest furnishing proposals
SALONE 2019 IN MILAN
just a few days to the opening of the Salone del Mobile 2019, the world's most important show for high-end furniture and furnishings. We hope to have you in our exhibition space at Pad.1 booth H21. The new digital edition of the Notorious catalog, now in its fourth release, will also be launched in this occasion.
-14 DAYS TO SALONE DEL MOBILE
There are two weeks left to the start of the 2019 Salone del Mobile. Preparations are underway with new interesting collections including WING line for upholstered furniture and PALM line for tables and consoles. A mix of colors and materials that we hope will be appreciated by the public. Appointment then in Milan from April 9th, see you soon.
A showcase that has always mixed business with culture, shaping the history of design and furnishing yesterday, today and tomorrow. A global platform for truly top-notch products with the emphasis on innovation. Marioni will exhibit at Pav.1 H21 as usual, showing the new PALM and WING lines of the Notorious collection. The Salone Internazionale del Mobile is split into three style categories: Classic, which draws on the values of tradition, craftsmanship and skill in the art of making furniture and objects in the classic style; Design, products that speak of functionality, innovation and boast a great sense of style and xLux, the section devoted to timeless luxury re-read in a contemporary key. A range of goods that combines quality and technology, shaped by the creativity of the leading sectoral companies, practised at developing their businesses by investing each year in innovative products and home furnishing solutions. The many exhibitors along with the thousands of products being unveiled for the first time confirm the Salone Internazionale del Mobile's enormous value as an international showcase for creativity and a forum for industry professionals, with more than 370,000 attendees on average, every year, from 188 different nations.
PREVIEW SALONE DEL MOBILE 2019
Marioni with Notorious confirms his graphic and strongly identitary research, proposing once again collections rich in materials and quotations that bring together the Hollywoodian imagination and the contemporary. Several mentions that the Arch. Piero Angelo Orecchioni quotes in these new creations: from the majestic scenographies of the Egypt of vintage movies such as Cleopatra by Cecil B. Demille, which mixes the archaic to signs, very modern at that time, connected to the American Art Deco, to the particularity of this in including tropical and symbolic elements in the decorations, to Brutalism up to the Postmodern current of the eighties. The "Palm" collection includes a series of home accessories that bring to mind the seaside architecture of the years '30-'40. As in an ancient writing code, geometric signs in plan become precious modular ceramic elements, brass bands, lacquered wood tops and glasses that composed and overlap creating tables, consoles and bookcases of different heights and sizes, customizable in the finishes and in colors. "Wing" is a modular line of upholstered furniture composed of separate elements and an enveloping shape with a strongly characterized back that opens and welcomes the seat like under the protection of a large wing, also this as a recurring element of the American Art Deco iconography. The artisan mastery is able to overlap distinct elements that allow you to create different and unexpected combinations of colors with customized fabrics.
MARIONI AT LUISAVIAROMA
Today starts our collaboration with Luisa Via Roma for the new installation designed by Sara Ricciardi and curated by Valentina Guidi Ottobri. For the next six months some products selected from our catalog will be exhibited in the showroom of Via Roma in Florence. #luisaviaroma #pittiuomo #marioni #notoriouscollection
MARIONI WITH ARTEMEST IN NYC
Artemest opens its first pop up exhibition space in the heart of Soho, New York. Discover a unique showcase of design and craftsmanship; a curated selection of beautifully handmade decorative, furniture and lighting pieces created by Artemest artisans and designers. A collection of pieces. including Marioni's items, representative of Italian heritage and traditions, that explores wood working, glass working, ceramics, brass and more extraordinary techniques. When entering the Artemest pop-up, visitors will be led on an incredible journey through curated corners, each with their individual aesthetic, that allow for the discovery of an eclectic aspect of Italian craftsmanship. Address | 39 Wooster Street, New York Opening Hours | Monday - Saturday: 11am - 7pm, Sunday: 12pm - 6pm Opening Period | 13 November 2018 - 30 January 2019
MONACO YACHT SHOW 2018
Discover the fascinating superyacht world in the iconic Port Hercules in the principality of Monaco, the Monaco Yacht Show represents the pinnacle of luxury. Each year, the MYS curates the exhibition of 125+ extraordinary one-off superyachts built by the world's most respected shipyards and welcomes leaders from the yachting industry. In September, the yachting industry turns its focus exclusively to the MYS where forty or so new launches are annually unveiled in a worldwide debut. 580 exhibiting companies and partners participate in the growing success of the MYS. Monaco provides the ultimate showcase for industry influencers from the most reputable superyacht builders, award winning yacht designers, luxury suppliers, influential brokerage houses to the most sought-after water toys, prestige cars, helicopter and private jet manufacturers. Marioni will be represented there on two new boat. A special line of customized teak and stainless steel coffee tables on Tankoa yacht and a Gregory table and Cecile suspension on Baglietto boat.
We would like to inform you that our factory will be closed from August 4th to August 26th.
CONCEPT CATALOGUE VOL.4 JUST RELEASED
The latest release of the Concept Vol.3 catalog, which includes all the products in the "transitional" style by Marioni, is now available online. We invite you to browse it!
NEW NOTORIOUS VOL.3 CATALOGUE
A new catalogue for the Notorious collection has been recently released. The updated Vol.3 includes all the latest proposals presented at Salone del Mobile 2018. A digital copy can be downloaded from our web site.
SALONE DEL MOBILE REPORT
The 2018 Salone del Mobile is over, which has confirmed Milan as the world capital of design and furniture. Our participation has been very satisfying in terms of new contacts and has registered a great appreciation of the new Joe, Sunrise, Sunset and Blade collections especially for Middle Eastern and Far East customers. See you at the next edition!
INVITATION AT SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018
In a few weeks we will present the new collections at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. Follow the development of the products on our social channels! We wait for your visit at Pad.1 H21.
NEW WARRANTY CERTIFICATE
Starting from the end of the month of February all our products will be delivered with a new warranty certificate and a tag related to the specific collection (Notorious-Concept-Classic). In addition, a small leaflet will be inserted reporting our social channels to facilitate any contact by the end user with our Customer service.
SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018 PREVIEW
Marioni will show at Salone del Mobile 2018 new interesting proposals enriching Notorious and La Récréation collections. The "Joe" line composed by tables and consoles plays on the different composition of modular elements in lacquered wood, precious ceramic tiles and interlocking brass legs to create elegant structures of various heights and dimensions. The extra clear glass tops emphasize the shaped geometries. The "Sunset" floor and table sculpture lamps collection use an OLED lighting system of the Korean company LG. These ultra sophisticated and Hi Tech light sources illuminate the ceramic elements, creating a scenographic game of reflections on both sides.
MARIONI ON ITALIA-SUMISURA.IT
We would like to inform you that you have been posted on the website www.italia-sumisura.it/azienda/marioni/ managed by the Associazione Osservatorio Mestieri d'Arte - Oma. At the center of the Observatory are a series of cultural and promotional activities with the aim of relaunch the artisanal artistic sector, the creation of a network national and European to promote the understanding of different cultural identities that include a thorough examination of issues such as the quality of production, economy and education.
CORPORATE COMMUNICATION UPDATE
Starting from January 9th 2018, we will update our backgroud theme on Facebook, Linkedin, You Tube, Twitter and Houzz corporate pages. This will improve our communication strategy and brand awareness.
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Stephanie Mills: Big Sean. Would you be surprised by that? I like Big Sean. Of course I love Jay-Z. I love Kendrick Lamar. I love Ledisi [and] Lalah Hathaway. I love Jazmine Sullivan. I listen to a lot of different types of music, but I like the rap too. I love Tupac. I think they would be surprised to know that I love Tupac, but I always said I could've been Tupac's girlfriend back in the day.
GFM: What's your definition of Grown Folks Music?
Stephanie Mills: My definition of grown folks music is Johnnie Taylor [laughs], Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, myself of course, Dionne [Warwick], Gladys [Knight] and Teddy Pendergrass. Just good ole' R&B music. Good ole' soul music. I really don't like the categories that they put music in because I really feel like music is music and they categorize it, I think, to keep us separate in a way. But, I think good ole' R&B is grown folks music [and] live bands… everything live.
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