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Story and photos by Richard Frisbie
Heritage and History in Curacao
Landing at the Curacao airport brought the realization that I wasn't in a tropical paradise. The landscape looked like the American Southwest, covered in cactus, when I'd expected palm trees and lush rainforest. That wasn't the last time my assumptions about Curacao proved wrong. There were many more surprises in store for me... all of them good.
For instance, I didn't know Willemstad, a UNESCO World Heritage city, would be so colorful and pretty. The distinctive buildings in the Handelskade area along Santa Anna Bay follow the Dutch School of Architecture, with quaint, gabled designs seen nowhere else in the world outside of the Netherlands. The additions of shutters, porches and bold colors reflect the Caribbean influence, and introduce a photogenic charm to the narrow streets of this colonial gem.
This section of the city is fun to walk in, with a broad selection of the finest shops and brands, and narrow alleys that lead to hidden courtyards with shaded sidewalk cafés. There is also a round building of local shops and stalls, with a more casual flea market of pop up tents nearby. The South American coast is an 8 hour sail away, so a floating market of boats laden with exotic Venezuela produce is docked on the edge, creating a most worldly farmers market.
Right near that is the pavilion dinning of Plaza Bieu, a local's food court of good native fair. This is where to find the best goat stew, local fish and such crazy-delicious soups as cactus, iguana and okra. All are served from steaming cauldrons on open-pit stoves, to be enjoyed at picnic tables. You must eat here!
I spent two days walking around Willemstad. It is on a very busy and very large harbor with huge ships accessing the oil refineries and dry docks further in, and the massive cruise ships moored along the docks in the city itself. The skyline is dominated by the Queen Emma Bridge, soaring high enough above the water that the ships can pass beneath it. For walking, the pedestrian-only Pontoon Bridge connected the historic center to the opposite shore where my hotel, Sonesta Kura Hulanda was located.
The Sonesta Kura Hulanda is more than just a hotel. It was an old village with the buildings creatively updated and re purposed into rooms and suites. They line the original narrow old cobbled streets that connect at a large central square featuring sidewalk dining from the hotel restaurants. Smaller squares were sculpture gardens or held one of two very pretty pools. It really is a charming place. It even has an extensive museum of slavery from the early colonial days of the island when Curacao was the center of the slave trade in the Caribbean. Much of the exhibit was collected in the village itself.
Willemstad is also rich in Jewish history, customs and culture. The Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue is the oldest continuously operated synagogue in the Western hemisphere. Established in 1732, almost 100 years after Jews first settled in Curacao, the synagogue's beautiful woodwork and soaring ceiling create a historic setting for modern services. I was surprised to find that it had a sand floor which made it feel like walking on a beach. This harks back to the old world custom used to muffle the footsteps of the worshipers, when practicing Judaism was illegal and Jews were persecuted. For this information, and much more of its history, there is a museum on premises filled with artifacts - many still used in services.
When visiting Willemstad you must try some of its best restaurants, many of which are located in the Williamsburg-esque neighborhood of Pietermaai, home of boutique hotels and upscale eateries. One evening there, after some very creative pre-dinner cocktails at Luke's Bar, we walked to a restaurant named Blessing. Located in an old cathedral and monastery - hence the name Blessing - they offer a refreshing take on modern cuisine. I had tuna tartar on a crunchy thin rice cake topped with aioli and shredded greens that was as pretty as it was delicious. That was followed by a medium rare rib-eye steak generously topped with mushrooms and onions. They also offered the imaginative dishes of seafood cannelloni and octopus ceviche, but it just seemed like a steak night.
It was here that I saw our wine, a refreshing La Linda Viognier 2016, poured perfectly! A pet peeve of mine is that often the label of the wine is not visible when being poured. Our waitress rotated the bottle in her hand after each pouring to insure the label was visible to the individual she was serving. I rarely encounter that level of professionalism. You can expect that attention to detail from everyone at Blessing.
Another really fine dining experience can be had at the Asian-influenced restaurant called Ginger. There were curries and fish skewers and teriyaki appetizers, but I had back ribs with sweet and sour coleslaw. I love ribs, but only ordered them because I was sampling their Asian flavors as a main course with a combination serving of beef tikka, fish tikka, and chicken tandoori served with noodles and Indian sauce. They really know how to do Asian fusion flavors! And because pairing a wine with them all would have been impossible, I had my favorite Brazilian drink, a Caipirinha, made with cachaca, a sugarcane liquor.
There were more restaurants to try than there were days, and more museums left unvisited than I had time for. In particular, there is an official Slavery Museum and a Maritime Museum worth seeing. English is widely spoken and everyone accepts the US dollar. You'd be well served to spend more time touring Willemstad and learning the other neighborhoods before heading over to the west side of the island to sample some of the 35 beaches. https://outoftownblog.com/swimming-and-diving-in-curacao/ Pick one of the oceanfront resorts as a base to explore them. We stayed at Oasis Coral Estate Beach, Dive and Wellness Resort, with good food, swimming and unbelievable sunsets. You can rent a car at the airport.
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The Dow Goes West
Technology goes industrial
By Scott Budman
Published Jun 1, 2009 at 4:26 PM | Updated at 5:47 PM EDT on Jun 1, 2009
With Cisco replacing GM, the Dow 30 goes even more high-tech
GM may be getting all the headlines with its bankruptcy. But as the automaker stalls, a Silicon Valley giant is revving up. Cisco Systems will take GM's place in the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 stocks. This means more than fifteen percent of the storied Dow will be made up of pure technology plays. The stock market goes north and south. But the long-term trend is clear: It's heading west, towards Silicon Valley.
HP, Intel, IBM (admittedly, a New York-based firm), and Microsoft have all established themselves as Dow stocks, despite long suffering from a certain East Coast bias. It goes like this: Wall Street's bankers and investors used to love technology, but then got burned by the dotcom bust, and will never go back again. Meanwhile, technology has become at least as built in to the American economy as energy, transportation, or banking. Really, what belongs in your portfolio: HP, or Bank of America? Both are Dow stocks. One is leading the way into the future. One's threatened daily with irrelevance, or worse, obsolescence. Take your pick.
As GM mercifully leaves the average, Cisco makes sense to take its place. It plays a big role in the ever-expanding internet, has long been a leader in telecommunications, and is even making inroads in the consumer space. It's a company with a set revenue base, that is clearly willing to take risks. When was the last time anyone said that about Alcoa, or Home Depot?
It's also interesting to me that so many of the "Industrials," like Disney, Boeing, and General Electric (parent company of this website) are trying to position themselves as "tech." They use computer animation, high-tech assembly lines, solar power, etc. All components of the Silicon Valley economy. In fact, try to find a movie, jet, or green initiative that doesn't come from the tech world. Fact is, our economy is being led by technology, and bravo to the once-stuffy Dow for recognizing that.

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Maple Valley Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,178 at the 2020 census.

Communities
Valley Center is an unincorporated community in the Township at Shephard and Galbraith Line Roads (431106N 0825507W; Elevation: 801 ft./244 m.).

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.5 square miles (89.4 km2), all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,114 people, 378 households, and 306 families residing in the township.  The population density was .  There were 405 housing units at an average density of 11.7 per square mile (4.5/km2).  The racial makeup of the township was 98.92% White, 0.09% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.33% of the population.

There were 378 households, out of which 39.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.4% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.8% were non-families. 16.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the township the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.1 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,058, and the median income for a family was $43,452. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $22,143 for females. The per capita income for the township was $16,418.  About 7.0% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

Townships in Sanilac County, Michigan
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Georgia (country)
Topics Georgia (country) Timeline
1121 Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
1907 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper ''Dro'' is published.
1924 The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1978 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1989 The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strikes, demanding restoration of Georgian independence is dispersed by the Soviet army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
1990 South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
1991 Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
1991 South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
1992 The Socialist Labour Party is founded in the nation of Georgia.
1992 Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
1992 Georgia joins the United Nations.
1993 A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
2003 Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.
2004 The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
2005 A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutinian lands about 65 feet (20 metres) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2006 The region of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.
2008 Georgia launches a military offensive against South Ossetia to counter the alleged Russian invasion, starting the South Ossetia War.
2008 Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of the former Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia.


So much of our history is recorded, remembered, and influenced by the views our male ancestors. But that was only part of our story, and I am fascinated by the words of our female ancestors. I am adding a new blogging category called Women's Words Wednesday where I will post and reflect on these important words that I have found in my research, in whatever form they arise (letter, photo, document or record).
She just lies and seems to be sleeping and does not seem to notice any one. Charlie I think poor Sara is quite [unreadable] your Father and Mother are so worried but I know Charlie you will come out if you can and if you do not come out the [unreadable, possibly "next word you" ??] that Sara will be better and fully recovered again and a marked improvement from her present condition.
Sadly, Sarah Cubbage died on Christmas Day, ten days after her fall. She was 45 years old. I do not know if Charles ever traveled the 30 miles from Swissvale to Penn Township in Butler County to visit his sister before she died. At this time in 1902, only Sarah and her brother James L. were still living at home with their parents – their five brothers, including Charles, had all left Butler County.
But who was Sara Logan? And why did she write the letter "in place" of Charles' parents, James and Barbara Cubbage? Sara mentioned how worried they were and that her brother should "come out if you can". Were James and Barbara too distraught to write the letter? These are questions I most likely won't know the answers to, but get me thinking about the role that women played during a tragedy.
Sarah Cubbage, who never married, worked for many years as a servant in the home of John R. Logan. I am fairly certain that Sara Logan was connected to this family – either a relative of John, or possibly the spouse of one of John's sons. Sara Logan wanted Charles to travel to see his sister, yet she seemed to stay positive at the end of the letter, hoping that Sarah will be "better and fully recovered." What was it like for her to be the bearer of bad news? Did she reach out on her own, or at the request of the parents? And since Sarah Cubbage didn't survive, did Sara Logan need to write another letter to Charles, and possibly the other brothers, to let them know about her passing? Or did Sarah's parents James and Barbara send a letter?
Sarah's obituary reported that "her death was made harder to those who loved her best by her continued promise of recovery" making it appear that she was improving before she died. It also mentioned that she had for many years "remained in the home of Mr. John R. Logan, deceased, and where she was loved and will be mourned deeply" suggesting a close relationship with the Logan family. The obituary also notes that her brothers in Montana and Washington were unable to attend the funeral, leading me to believe that Charles made the trip from Swissvale to Penn Township.
Sara Logan's letter to Charles, as well as Sarah Cubbage's obituary, were found tucked inside of the Cubbage Family Bible, originally owned by her parents, James and Barbara. I'm thankful for Sara's words that convey part of Sarah's story.
 Sara Logan (Valencia, Pennsylvania) to "Mr. Charles Cubbage", letter, 16 December 1902. Privately held by the author.
 "In Memoriam," undated clipping from unidentified newspaper, citing death of Sarah Cubbage on 25 December 1902 in Penn Township, Pennsylvania; privately held by the author.
 James and Barbara Cubbage Family Bible, The Holy Bible (New York: American Bible Society, 1870); privately held by the author.


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It is learned that a waste paper picker whose name is unknown, was subjected to physical violence of the police in Batman on December 14, 2020.
(12/163) Asylum Seeker Subjected to Physical Violence in Istanbul…
It is learned from the news coverage of December 14, 2020 that, an asylum seeker who was reported to hide in a truck destined for Italy, was subjected to physical violence after he was taken out of the truck in Ataşehir district of Istanbul on December 10, 2020. The name of the asylum seeker is unknown.
It is stated in the news reports that, the person who recorded a video of the incident says "They called the customs enforcement officers. I could not figure out who the person that slapped is, he is probably a customs officer, maybe the person in charge of paper works. (…) The person that slapped him, took him to a cabin-like place and beat him there too".
(12/164) People Forced to be Police Informants…
It is learned from the news coverage of December 14, 2020 that, Cevahir Kayar, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Women's Assembly member who was detained in Denizli on December 1, 2020; was forced to be a police informant under custody. It is also stated in the news reports that the police raiding the house of Cevahir Kayar, did not follow social distance rules and responded with racist hate speech to those who warned them about it.
Cevahir Kayar stated the following: "They were trying to illegalize me through verbal harassment. During the interrogation, they were insisting that we were in terror activities. They told me that I was going to be arrested in case I do not cooperate with them. I said 'let the court arrest me'. (…) They were not wearing face masks when they were going near my 70-year-old mother, and when I asked them to wear face masks, one of them said 'We tested negative so we do not have to wear face masks'. And he said 'Our blood is clean, your blood is dirty; you would not be contaminated from us, we are clean people' when my friend objected him".
(12/165) Hunger Strike in Prison…
It is learned from the news coverage of December 15, 2020 that several prisoners joined the indefinite hunger strike in turns which started in prisons on November 26, 2020, demanding an end to isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and to right violations in prisons.
The prisoners joining the strike are:
Ankara Sincan Women's Prison: 2 prisoners (Newroz Gülen and Fatma Aslan).
(12/166) Detained People in Şırnak…
2 people (Civan Temur and Ramazan Saymez) who were detained in Cizre district of Şırnak on December 12, 2020 are arrested by the court on the charge of 'being an illegal organisation member' on December 14, 2020.
(12/167) Detained People in Mersin…
2 of 6 people (Agit Kalkan and Hasan Künkün) who were arrested in Mersin on December 8, 2020 are arrested by the court on the charge of 'being an illegal organisation member' on December 14, 2020. 4 people are released on judicial control conditions.
(12/168) Hrant Dink Murder Case…
The case against 85 people (4 arrested) including security, national intelligence and gendarmerie personnel, on the grounds of being responsible and negligent on the murder of Hrant Dink, executive editor of Agos newspaper, is held on December 14, 2020 at Istanbul Heavy Penal Court No 14.
The court rejected Dink family lawyers demanding time for legal opinion of the prosecutor; and adjourned the trial to December 17, 2020.
(12/169) Co-Mayor on Trial in Diyarbakır…
The final trial of the case against Rojda Nazlıer, HDP co-mayor of Kocaköy district of Diyarbakır is held at Diyarbakır Heavy Penal Court No 11 on December 14, 2020.
After defence hearings the court sentenced Rojda Nazlıer to 9 years on the charge of 'being an illegal organisation member'.
Rojda Nazlıer was detained on October 21, 2019, and was arrested by the court on October 22, 2019. Ministry of Interior has appointed a trustee to Kocaköy Municipality on October 22, 2019.
(12/170) TJA Activist on Trial in Diyarbakır…
The trial of the case against Gülcihan Şimşek, an activist of Tevgera Jinên Azad – Free Women's Movement (TJA) through an investigation against Rosa Women's Association is held on December 14, 2020.
The indictment demands sentence for Gülcihan Şimşek on the charge of 'being an illegal organisation member'.
The court adjourned the trial to March 31, 2021.
(12/171) Military Member on Trial in Diyarbakır…
It is learned that Penal Department No 16 of Antep Regional Court, concluded on the appeal on 20 months of jail sentence given to specialist sergeant S. K., on the charge of 'reckless killing' on December 14, 2020. The court decided that the local court's verdict does not contradict to law in terms of procedure and principle, and converted the jail sentence to 18,200 Turkish Liras which would be paid on account in 24 months. Pakize Hazar (85) lost her life after being hit by the armoured car driven by specialist sergeant S. K., and Lice Penal Court of First Instance has sentenced S. K. to 1 year and 8 months on September 22, 2018.
(12/172) Ban of Events in Tunceli…
Tunceli Governorate made a declaration on December 13, 2020 and announced that, all events such as demonstrations and meetings; open-door meetings, sit-in protests, hunger strikes, opening stands, collecting petitions, concerts, festivals, distributing leaflets, hanging banners, carrying torches, conferences and so on are banned for 15 days as of December 13, 2020.
(12/173) Ban of Access to Web Contents…
It is learned that 5 different social media posts of Ahmet Şık, independent Istanbul MP, about the investigation against a member of judiciary, on the charges of violence against women and corruption; is banned to access on the grounds of violation of personal rights, by Istanbul Penal Court of Peace No 4 on December 14, 2020.
It is learned that 3 different social media posts of the account @perchem, which were about the sexual harassment that the account owner was subjected, and an entry on https://eksisozluk.com/ website about the same issue, is banned to access by Ankara Penal Court of Peace No 1 on December 14, 2020.
(12/174) Covid-19 Pandemic…
The Ministry of Health declared that 229 people died due to Covid-19 pandemic and 5,064 new Covid-19 ill patients were diagnosed on December 14, 2020. It is also declared that the daily number of Covid-19 case is 29,617.
The death toll from Covid-19 in Turkey increased to 16,646 and total number of confirmed ill patients is 1,866,345 as of December 16, 2020.
It is learned that 2 health workers (doctor Nezih Aydoğan in Mersin and radiology technician Abdurrahman Ürkmez in Hatay) lost their lives due to Covid-19 on December 14, 2020.
It is learned from the news coverage of December 14, 2020 that 16 prisoners in Karabük T Type Prison tested positive for Covid-19.
On December 14, 2020, the President made a declaration and announced a continuous general curfew as of 21.00 on December 31, 2020 until 05.00 on January 4, 2021.
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The cacao tree is a small evergreen tree native to the deep tropical regions of the Americas. Its seeds, the cocoa beans (that are found inside cocoa pods like the ones featured in this puzzle), are used to make cocoa mass, cocoa powder, confectionery and chocolate. The first European knowledge about chocolate came in the form of a beverage which was first introduced to the Spanish at their meeting with Moctezuma in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1519. The beverage made from cacao was introduced to the Spanish court in 1544 by Kekchi Maya nobles brought from the New World to Spain by Dominican friars to meet Prince Philip. Within a century, chocolate had spread to France, England and elsewhere in Western Europe.The three main varieties of cocoa plant are Forastero, Criollo, and Trinitario. A cocoa pod (fruit) has a rough, leathery rind about 2 to 3 cm thick filled with sweet, mucilaginous pulp with a lemonade-like taste enclosing 30 to 50 large seeds that are fairly soft and a pale lavender to dark brownish purple color.
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The quince is a small, deciduous tree, growing 5–8 m tall and 4–6 m wide, related to apples and pears, and like them has a pome fruit, which is bright golden yellow when mature, pear-shaped, 7–12 cm long and 6–9 cm broad. In Europe, quinces are commonly grown in central and southern areas where the summers are sufficiently hot for the fruit to fully ripen. They are not grown in large amounts.
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Tomatoes, Olive Oil And Basil
Start the day with a delicious and healthy tomato basil salad. We've got some freshly picked organic tomatoes, some green green basil leaves and bottle of extra virgin olive oil. What else do we need for a salad? Also called great basil or Saint-Joseph's-wort, basil is possibly native to India where it has been cultivated for at least 5000 years. It is a tender plant, best known as a culinary herb prominently featured in Italian cuisine (like the other ingredients featured in this puzzle -tomatoes and olive oil), and also plays a major role in Southeast Asian cuisines.
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According to Bleacher Report, LeBron James had some self-aggrandizing sentiments ahead of Game 3 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Finals against the Orlando Magic. "If I could clone myself, we'd be all right," he said. "But I can't." Then up 2-0, James' teammates apparently weren't motivated by his remarks, as the Magic ripped off four straight wins to take the series and advance to face the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. Making matters worse, James refused to shake hands with opposing players as the buzzer sounded on Game 6. Instead, he stormed straight to the locker room, refusing to speak with the media after the game.
Two weeks later, the then-reigning MVP displayed no remorse for his actions. According to ESPN, James made it abundantly clear he was only sorry for not doing the media session after the game and not much else. When a reporter reminded him that players shake hands after a loss, James brushed him off.
"No you don't, no you don't," James said, becoming defiant when the issue was pressed further. "Teamwork has nothing to do with shaking hands. I'm not a poor sport at all." He continued, "Who brought up the rule that shaking hands, that's what you're supposed to do? No one shakes hands at the end of series all the time. No one does that. No one does that at all."
We're not sure what reality James was living in at the moment, but maybe it was the one where he was still bitter about the loss.
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It is a time to recollect, how the idea of mountain speed ascent contest had occurred. Not like selection tests for a Himalaya expedition members, but specifically — independent contest.
Vladimir Balyberdin had a pretty good idea what actually is the speed ascent competition – he has been through it many times in the struggle against self and contenders during selection tests for the Soviet Himalaya expeditions to Everest (1982) and Kangchenjunga (1989).
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Zhan was running through the forest as fast as possible, escaping the guards pursuing him. As he ran, he looked behind him and stuck his tongue out at his pursuers. They both had a look of worry dash over their faces quickly. When the impact against a hard something happened, Zhan realized why. "Ouch, that hurt!!" He shouted, punching the tree with all of his might. It left a large hole in the tree.
The pursuers neared as Zhan struggled to free his right arm from the tree. When he finally did, they were right behind him. He turned and pulled his bo staff, swinging it at them both. It connected with one's forehead, and he went tumbling down a hill. Zhan landed a direct blow in the other's gut, who fell back into a tree, out of breath. "Haha!! LOSERS!!" Zhan shouted, darting farther into the forest.
Finally Zhan reached the training area. "Stupid imperial advisors trying to make me study... I don't want to learn about the history of the Symbols..." He complained. "I'd rather train in body over mind, any day of the week!!"
Ige's fist connected with his face instantly, ige was fast and silent he truely was a symbol of true power. Ige quickly pulled his fist back and kneed him in the stomach next as he disappeared and reappeared behind him with grimace on his face. Ige stood behind the boy as he was about to snap his finger as fire danced on the tips, "Foolish child, you may be the leader but intellegence is needed. I must however say that you aren't strong enough yet to skip studies if you didn't detect my presence. Your past reincarnated form was truely strong and earned the title of leader. I am Ige Hong Toufa, i am the master of fire the oldest symbol and the one to be reincarnated the least. I am the Vermillion Bird." Ige was serious which wasn't good most of the time, as ige snapped his finger fire circled the young boy and ige.
Zhan felt impact, stronger than that of the tree hitting him. "OUCH!! What the HELL!?" He shouted. He saw someone in front of him, he looked familiar. Zhan had met Ige once before, but hardly remembered it. "You're that one guy...." He said. "And, I'm plenty strong!! You just caught me off guard, and I'm hungry... so I had a disadvantage!!" He lied childishly, not wanting to admit the other had more skill.
Taking a look at the fire around them, Zhan sighed. "I...um...I can do cool things with rocks like you do fire!!" He shouted, yet doing nothing to show off. Now that I think, this guy is another one of the Symbols, like me, right? He recalled.
"Wait, what's your name again, I forgot!!" He said, smiling innocently.
Ige sighed as he made the fire rise higher and higher then the fire encircled the boy till it was barely an inch away from his face, "So childish you are, i know you have eaten no symbol goes hungry, also you heard my name i have no need to repeat it unless you have decided it has any importance about your studies. Also i have met you before though you showed much more promise then than now. I challenge you to a fight, if you lose back to the studies if i lose then i shall hide you."Ige said as a small path opened up infront on the boy and ige stood there waiting, the fire began to disappera as it showed that ige was giving the first move to him.
Zhandouji nodded excitedly. "It's a deal!!!" He shouted, pulling his bo staff from his back. [i]Once I win, this guy will keep me away from the stupid advisors so I don't have to study!!" He thought, ignoring just about everything else Ige had said other than the challenge.
Zhan clapped his fist to the ground. "Obey me earth!! RAMPAGING QUAKE!!" He shouted, then the earth began to shake violently. Zhan obviously wasn't thinking of the fact that the guards might be drawn to the earthquake if they'd regained consciousness.
As the earth shook below him, he ran at Ige with his staff, ready to swing at his head. "Sorry if this hurts!!" He announced, smiling with himself at his earthquake.
Ige sighed as he jumped backwards as the earth started to rumble, it was nothing unless he had a combo in mind which he doubted. Ige started to have fire circle him then in case him, the fire went up fifty feet in the air as it disappeared and there stood Ige in his animal form. Fire was dancing off each wing and he looked as if a single match would make him a bird of fire. Ige looked down at the child as he slammed his wings on the ground making fire encircle the boy. He looked at zhan then took flight into the sky as he came in line with the sun almost blocking it out as he flapped his wings at zhan as feathers came off and fellow down towards him. He landed the instant he flapped his wings and breathed fire over the boy to scare him not harm him. Ige cocked his head to the side as he watched the boy see what he would do.
Zhan took a breath. Humph, fine!! He thougth. "The earth will protect me!! Terra Shield!!" He shouted, as the ground came up and surrounded his body. The feathers all impacted on the shield, and the fire brushed the top of it.
I'll attack from the inside!! He thought. "Fissure of Chaos!!" Zhan announced, slamming his palm into the ground below him. The earth shook viciously, a large fault in the earth appeared from the shield going straight at Ige. I still have something for back up if he avoids my fissure!! He thought, smiling to himself as his shield returned to the ground below.
Description: The ground below Zhandouji shifts, and forms a shell of rock around his body. This can keep him from being harmed by most attacks. The shield is only penetrable by high-power attacks, and attacks it is weak to, meaning Wood.
Description: Zhandouji slams the ground with great force, causing a large slit in the ground. If anyone falls in the fissure, they will be crushed by thousands of rocks, and spat back out after suffering severe injury. The attack is effective enough to break multiple bones in the body, but so easy to dodge it must be executed with skill.
Ige flapped his wings and flew into the sky, he hated having to do this as he flapped harder and harder till he started to glide in the sky. He made fire come off his wings as he began to circle the boy, the fire reached down to the ground capturing the boy in the eye of a fire tornado. Ige flew faster and faster as he transformed back to his human state and hit the ground with a thud as he made sure the fire stood in check, he drew his sword and motioned for the boy to make the first move. "Come now, i demand that you fight me in here, your earth is limited and so is my fire since i am stuck making sure the tornado keeps going. I belive you might have a bigger advantage than me."
Zhan looked around himself, observing the fire tornado. Symbol of Earth, YELLOW DRAGON!!! Zhan thought, his inner thoughts booming heroically. Yeah, I'm a total beast!! He told himself, as his body transformed into that of the Yellow Dragon's.
He spread his wings, and flew as his serpent body slithered through the sky. He turned, and dove at the ground, impacting the surface powerfully. The ground began to shake: Zhan had triggered an artificial earthquake. Though he could do so with his power, this took up less stamina. "Now, fear the Yellow Dragon!!" He shouted, his voice booming in his dragon state. He flew over the shaking earth, and transformed to normal just in front of Ige, swinging his staff at Ige's head.
Ige smiled as the fire tornado stopped when zhan turned back to normal, Ige whispered to Zhan as the staff was just above ige's head. "Inferno, Ja Ne." A huge wall of fire erupted from ige hitting zhan making him fly back, it alerted the guards of his position. Ige smiled as the boy laided there burned all over, he turned his back and waved goodbye as he walked away. The guards came running and saw the area then looked at Zhan, they rushed to him trying to see if he was fine, Sir! Are you okay? How did you get Burn?! Someone go get a medic for him!"


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December 31, 2015Posted at 16:20h in Client Spotlight, Food, Spotluck	by	Marc
The media can't get enough of Spotluck, the APPetizing dining app that's changing the way D.C. diners dine. Live from the FOX 5 DC studios, Good Day DC's Steve Chenevey tries his luck and scores big with the help of Spotluck Co-Founder and CEO Cherian Thomas.
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You can find the corresponding article in the publications section of this website, and the slides in the presentation section.
The R-code below can be used to reproduce the simple example illustrated in the slides and in the article.
# To run this script, you need to install R, the language for statistical computing.
# For ease of use, you may consider RStudio IDE, but this is not required.
# of the package CEGO.
# create test functions with non conditional sim.
# create test functions with conditional sim.
This entry was posted in CEGO, Modeling, Presentation, R, Software on July 13, 2017 by zaefferer.
A new version (2.2.0) of my R-package CEGO was just uploaded to CRAN.
This update contained some various fixes to code and documentation. Also, the interfacing of C code was reworked, following recent changes to CRAN checks (registering of entry points to compiled code). This may have yielded a speed up for some of the distance calculations. The update also contains code that has been employed in the article Simulation-based Test Functions for Optimization Algorithms (see Publications for the pre-print PDF). This mostly includes functions for Kriging simulation as well as for the generation of corresponding test functions.
See also (external link) https://cran.r-project.org/package=CEGO.
This entry was posted in CEGO, Modeling, Optimization, R, Software on July 12, 2017 by zaefferer.
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a talk on the topic of the optimization of the feed material of a biogas plant, at the 15th Workshop on Quality Improvement Methods in Dortmund, Germany. The slides can be found in the presentations section of this site.
You can also find the program and abstracts of all the talks via the above link.
This entry was posted in Application, Modeling, Optimization, Presentation on July 6, 2017 by zaefferer.
Just a small update for the article mentioned in the last post: Model-based methods for continuous and discrete global optimization.
Until April 11, 2017, the following link will direct you to the final version of the article on ScienceDirect (free, without personal or institutional registration).
This entry was posted in Modeling, Optimization, Publication, Uncategorized on February 20, 2017 by zaefferer.
The accepted manuscript of the article Model-based Methods for Continuous and Discrete Global Optimization by Thomas Bartz-Beielstein and myself has been published in the Elsevier Journal Applied Soft Computing.
If you have comments or additions with respect to that collection, please let me know.
Also, you can find an earlier preprint version in the publications section.
This entry was posted in Modeling, Optimization, Publication on February 11, 2017 by zaefferer.
In the above attached PDF you can find our slides for the tutorial "Meta-Model Assisted (Evolutionary) Optimization", held at PPSN 2016.
## To run this script, you need to install R, the language for statistical computing.
## For ease of use, you may consider RStudio IDE, but this is not required.
## load the successfully. Otherwise you may receive an error.
## Initialize random number generator seed. Reproducibility.
## optimization problem to be solved by such methods.
## Now, let us assume objectFun is expensive.
## Build a model (here: Kriging, with the SPOT package.
## EI looks noisy, strange.
## Predicted mean has low accuracy.
## Potential remedy: use regularization with nugget and reinterpolation.
## the optimization process. But this is not necessarily correct.
reinterpolate=T # Reinterpolation, to fix uncertainty estimates, etc.
This entry was posted in Optimization, Presentation, R on September 23, 2016 by zaefferer.
The new version 2.1.0 of my R-package CEGO was just uploaded to CRAN.
This update mostly contained methods that were used in the upcoming paper Efficient Global Optimization with Indefinite Kernels (see Publications for the pre-print PDF). That includes methods to check whether matrices are (conditionally) definite, methods to repair definiteness and other conditions and their integration into a Kriging model to enable modeling and optimization with indefinite kernels.
Some patch notes are as usually available in the NEWS file, see also (external link) https://cran.r-project.org/package=CEGO.
This entry was posted in CEGO, R, Software on August 17, 2016 by zaefferer.
This entry was posted in Application, Optimization, Publication on July 5, 2016 by zaefferer.


Sam Cook sits down with Bárbara Riveros of the Wollongong Wizards in Basque Country, Spain for this week's episode of Triathlon Research. Bárbara talks about getting into triathlons as a nine-year-old girl in Chile. She also looks back at her idols growing up. Sam dives into the amount of time training truly consumes. They discuss Bárbara's previous Olympic experience as well as looking ahead to Rio. Finally, Bárbara takes a moment to reflect on what she wants to do after her competitive triathlon days come to a close.
21:50 I never really count the hours but it is a 24-hour job.
Hello and welcome back Triathlon Research radio listener to another episode of Triathlon Research radio. Continuing in our series of conversations with professional triathletes from Basque country in Spain with the Wollongong Wizards, I'm sitting here with the #5th ranked woman in the world right now, Bárbara Riveros, I believe well you are from Chile, right? From Chile, but Bárbara is also one of the earliest really well known professionals out of Latin America and one of the reasons this is a really interesting episode for me today is we are seeing a lot of interest in the Triathlon Camps from people from Latin America who are travelling up to Boulder and Kona and different places. The sport is really growing and one of the things they all tell us is that they are really just hungry for information. It's going to be really interesting to talk about what it's like to be an IT triathlete on Wollongong Wizards, Bárbara's background in triathlon and then also what she sees when she is home in the Latin American triathlon community, what's happening down in South America and Central Latin America. Welcome to today's show Bárbara, how are you doing?
All right, thank you for having me here and it's great to have you guys here. I appreciate all the knowledge and yeah, it's really awesome, thank you very much.
Well thank you Bárbara for taking the time to enlighten the Triathlon Research audience. Let's get stuck right into it. You've been doing Triathlon for how long?
I started doing Triathlon when I was nine.
Nine years old and actually I wasn't the first really Latin American to jump into ITU. You have a few people that were like really well performing. Probably I was the first that won the world Triathlon series in Sydney in 2010. In the other time you have a few people like Marianna Ohata. She was pretty high ranking at that time and a few other years, that's really went to the Olympics and represented Latin America. It was always her inspiration for me to watch them and become to rise to the highest level in the world.
Marianna Ohata, what country was she from?
Brazil, okay and what are some of the other professionals from Latin America that you looked up to when you would come up to the sport?
Well, the people, we have especially in Chile was Christian Bustos. He used to do long distance course. He actually got second behind Mark Allen in 1992 I think or 93 before his big accident. That was a great performance. Mark Allen was a great [00:03:43]. He was winning everything and actually he went and talked to Mark about that. He said he was struggling in the run when Christian Bustos was running [00:03:56] to him. I think Christian Bustos, he trained [00:04:04] in Chile when he [00:04:05] so this was always a great impression for me and as a small person as well I'm very humble. It was him and Mark Allen listening [00:04:18].
Christian Bustos you said before the accident, what happened?
Well, he was running up and his career was being better and better and in Argentina, he was racing there in the South American championship and a car ran over him, a jeep and pretty much almost killed him.
So did that end his racing career then?
No, he came back and then he performed six few years later but it was hard to get to the top of his game with the accident pretty much one of his side of his body was just made of metal.
For me it's really awesome and probably even more inspirational to follow the sixth place than the second because he was just awesome to go back after that accident.
Yeah, so he's originally from Chile then?
Yeah, originally from Chile. He trained a lot in Boulder and spend a lot of time overseas to get the best performance trying to beat Mark Allen and now he lives in Chile, has his own kind of training business there and yeah. Not much in the ITU high level but try to make people into sport, get into triathlon and they do ironman but I think the culture is really into it.
You've been doing triathlon since you were nine years old.
27, so 18 years you've been in the sport and how did you at nine years old figure out that you wanted to be a triathlete?
Well it's how my dad was a runner. He used to do his main career was as a runner, track and field, 1500, 5K, 10K and then in the last maybe two years of his career he was in triathlon so then we began and he started the triathlon and he actually when he was preparing he'd run a few times the Boston Marathon and my mom would tell him, take the kid to bed so he was like well, how do I do so many miles so it would take us next to him while he was running we would ride next to him.
Not much, he would tell the story, so yeah, then we kind of when we – the triathlon in Chile usually is in summer for sure and it's in South of Chile, It was the most beautiful parts in the country and the part that I usually miss the most.
We used to go there for holidays, so we will spend there maybe three to four weeks and then maybe every single weekend would be a triathlon summarize like when [00:07:35] highest do the triathlon and I remember my first few triathlon I couldn't even swim.
I was just pedaling and pedaling and trying to make distance and then on the bike he was a bit better on the run, even better so yeah. It was a lot of fun to remember dad and the first mile we had three children so with all the two brothers, one older, one younger. We enjoyed a lot to have that challenge over there.
Are both of your brothers triathletes?
No, the older one has a daughter and he got a job in business and my younger brother Jasper, he's a triathlete and he wants to make Olympics as well.
He won an Olympic medal?
No, he wants to Make Olympics in Rio.
Oh, he wants to – and where does he train?
He trains most of the time in Chile because he used to stay but now he moved to Canada to train there for a Canadian coach.
Gasper Riveros is how old?
25, also training for Rio, so the family goes to see both of you in Rio and then they don't have to travel that far for the Olympics, right?
Yeah, well, the family went to London as well. I think for him it was a great one to watch the game there. It's looking pretty high the qualification for him at the moment but you never know, you have to keep trying and hopefully you'll get some good performance, good any point and make the Olympic.
Great, so you started at nine and first you were just kind of dog paddling out there and doing triathlon probably more for fun and at your father's era ended. When did triathlon become something that you were obsessed with? Was it from the beginning or did it take you a little while to get into it?
No I think at the start I had a lot of pressure from my dad and I don't think I enjoyed that much and then a lot of people actually thought I was doing this well because of my dad.
My mom is kind of a big opposite, she likes the artistic side and I even played piano and flute at school. She was liking me to be an artist. Well I think after high school is a big time where you have a lot of distraction and you actually you might decide what do you want in life.
I think I have a few very important experiences in my life where I kind of start where I want to go and I think one of them was 2005 I went to the world championship as a junior in Gamagori and with a bit of problem with my coach because she didn't believe that I would do well there and that goal was like no, this is a family thing I will support you, you go and do your best.
As a surprise there I got nine in my first world championship and the winner was Portugal the first Latin American so that was big. It opened my eyes and I remember Australian coach went to me and said, Wow, that was a great performance and I saw a Chilean country getting the top ten world championship as a junior, so he gave me his card.
I kind of always wanted to go to Australia as well because at that time we didn't speak any English at all. I think yeah, that was a big time in my career. I went to Spain 2006, spent there about three months, met Jamie and kind of realized what it is to become a professional, what it takes.
And yeah, since then I've been going there all the time and actually I will say I moved from Chile seven years ago, seven, eight years ago. I base myself there. I keep in contact with Chile but I don't go too often it's probably two weeks a year, so yeah.
Two weeks a year at Christmas then?
Oh no, usually after my break because I already have to be back on training and so I usually go probably late October or November and then come back to just Australia to start and train.
What did your parents think about you being halfway around the world for the past seven years except for two weeks?
Well the thing is pretty tough especially with the first few years. My mom and dad they split up when I was six but I'm very close to my dad, I always speak a lot and I think for him it was really hard for me to move away and as well I was studying nutrition in Chile, following a career.
Chile is a very traditional country, so to not finish your career or be a professional athlete is something really weird and people think like well, what happens if you get injured or did you – it's very risky. It's like putting all the eggs in one basket. Yeah, I think now he understands that was my choice and yeah, support me.
Your dad can't really blame himself that much, can he?
No, he helped me a lot with all the logistics and tried to kind of as well, organize flights and as well as the support in Chile. It's not easy especially there in Chile, they don't understand what about what is high performance.
Especially when you go to the Olympics for Beijing just 35, 36 for London mainly 46 or a bit more and then for Rio hopefully more but it's very small group that goes to the Olympics and for them to be there is just what we are there.
Sometimes when you are going for something higher it's hard for them to understand and to work as a you see the Australiand and American teams work because it's not in their culture.
So the Olympics in 2012 you were there with 35, 36 other Chilean athletes. What was it like to go out at an opening ceremony? What was that like much out there and being there with all the pomp and circumstance in London?
Well, London wasn't my first Olympic. I went to the Beijing as well and Korea having been in the opening ceremony because I decided with my coach that we want to focus on the race.
Usually triahlon on this in maybe the second and third week of the game so to go there too early is a bit of a distraction and we can't really get the best out of us. I went to the closing ceremony in London.
How was the closing ceremony?
It was great. I was a bit disappointed with my race. It didn't go the way I wanted but yeah, I think it you have to enjoy the experience. I didn't really want to take my advantage of the things around because I felt like disappointed but yeah I think just the whole atmosphere is great.
You see different athletes, people, I remember when everyone went to the gym, the swimming was already on, I think they were in the second week and I remember I was warming up in the pool at the village and next to my line was Michael Phelps, I was like, wow, that's real, because you see him winning at that time five gold medals.
I think it was eight or nine in Beijing wasn't it?
Yeah, but when I saw him that time he was five and I was from the Olympic on the screen. You see that it looks kind of here and then you see that there was no person talking to someone else and swimming next to you is like very special, right?
Yeah, so Beijing was your first Olympics then London and now you are making a run at Rio. This is the first summer Olympics in South America right?
Yeah, that's right, so I think people are pretty happy around the American continental. Hopefully they have enough research and enough money to put a good game. I think people are very interested to see and discover that continent so hopefully, yeah, they run smooth.
Yeah, well it's definitely, what's always amazes me about the Olympic movement is there is for the host country whether or not it's economically worth it is debatable but certainly for an awareness around the world and the whole eyes of the world focused on that area of the world, Brazil and obviously Rio de Janeiro.
Specifically you are going to see a lot of Latin American, South American culture on display that a lot of people haven't been exposed to. It's going to be a special moment and I'm sure there'll be a lot of people from your country coming over, right, to watch the games.
Yeah, I guess so. I think a lot of them are pretty excited. Beijing was like impossible. It was too far away for everyone and my family even and I think London, it was a bit closer, in Europe and people want to go on there but I think Brazil is much more easy for everyone even people who don't have much more to get around and save some money.
I think as well the World Cup in the last year in the South here was something very special and people enjoyed a lot I guess so it's great to have the two big events. The world cup and now the Olympic next year in South America.
Yes, it's definitely going to be a special moment for everyone involved but let's hope that you and hopefully your little brother have a good crack qualifying for it and make it over there.
Right now you are ranked 5th in the world on the ITU circuit. How is everything going right now at training and where are you right now in your season? Describe a little bit about what your training is like, what you are doing in your season right now.
Well, this year the season was, we started pretty early, we started in March. We had Abu Dhabi, the first race ever, first time in United Emirates, so usually we start about early April so it was a bit somewhat earlier. The world triathlon series used to be like six races but now it's ten races.
It's just called the top five plus the [00:20:06]. You can race the ten of them or you can race six and then so you got, your own swap. At the moment I've been doing five already, Abu Dhabi and then Gold Coast, Yokahama, London.
And then I will miss Hamburg because I will go for the Pan American games, the 11th of July so it's like commonwealth games every four years, very important for the government and the whole country. I will do Stockholm and then get ready for the grand final in Chicago.
Yeah, the ranking probably will change big after Hamburg because I won't be there but I'm very positive to have a better performance in either Stockholm or the grand finals in Chicago because I had some good performance I guess but never feel my best in the races, a bit sick in two of them and then a little bit of food entry at the moment.
So yeah, always I'm very tough on myself and ask for more and so I'm looking to keep improving, keep moving forward, be consistent in training and in form for Rio so I can be there on the next.
So a typical training week for you is how many hours of training?
Well, I never really count the hours but yeah, it's kind of a 24 hour job. I'm very serious when you talk about training, the recovery and all the things aside of just three or four sessions a day it's very important. I would say the weeks are usually we do three session day usually run in the morning and then we can have about 10:30 swim and then we run in the afternoon.
Sometimes we usually we do the three of them. Some gym or core stability and strength and then I like to stretch myself and then have a massage and look after my body so I'm free of injury.
Between say average of four hours a day working out then strength and core stability is probably another three or four hours a week at least and then you've got recovery, massage and physical therapy and all of that together, that is a 40 hour a week job, right?
Yeah, I would say I recall between 20 and 30. I think it's very important to disconnect and kind of get your mind healthy and relaxing because it's very intense work and you see that duration of like two weeks can just pretty much to each other like the whole year round and it can be really intense and so I think it's very important how you get along and yeah, keep motivated.
How do you disconnect? How do you escape when you need to decompress from training?
I usually like travel with my food, so when I have time to prepare the food. I like when I'm trying to do gardening or sometimes I read. I like to explore. When I go at something for my long run, I just go on new trails and get lost and get back and I really love nature.
This is why at the end of the season it's something I do extra because for me it's like, get back to nature, get back to, I don't know what is life, what is – I'll give you the power to move along and I think sometimes with all the technology we get isolated and we forget that the natural and the nature is very important, it's what we breathe every day so without that we can't really be here.
Yeah, I think modern technology certainly is supposed to make us more efficient and more connected but sometimes it can weigh us down. You like to just disconnect from everything and go for a walk or run.
Yeah, if I can get lost in the forest it would be great.
Obviously you like to play music. Do you like to listen to music too?
Yeah, I like to listen to music. I normally like to mix different cultures, talk about- because we actually live in a bubble and it's like maybe 5% of that. I usually never live with that but I like to live with normal people, seeing the reality because we actually think that the reality is what we have.
So a lot of things happening around and if you don't realize that and we are always keeping this bubble and the same people around, you actually are just taking from life and from experience just a tiny bit of what actually is happening around.
Yeah, we are sitting here in Spain and it's absolutely beautiful culture and experiences around here. You guys get to ride through it a lot but probably don't get near as much of a chance to participate in it because of your schedule but you definitely try and do that anyway right?
Yeah, always being in different countries in Switzerland with my coach before and yeah, I was living there with Swiss people and it's great to see their point of view there with so much structure and everything runs so smooth and it's really green so it's a beautiful country.
I really like it there but in the other side you have like they're really structured, like sometimes they don't have the enjoyable of get out of control and just enjoying life and the simple time and the present and I think it's a combination of Latin American people we sometimes do much of the other side.
We enjoy and love the moment but then they are a little bit messy and other stuff and so I think it's great to combine and take the bad thing of like every single culture. I think you explained the gastronomies, their cuisine is really good.
And pinchos are the appetizers or?
Yeah, it's like the tapas and even the simple tortilla, the potato here they try to make a variety of that and mix it. Yeah, I'm always very glad for what I do, the job that I got because I choose to do that and as well I can travel and meet beautiful people and then open my eyes to see that something you think like your life is terrible but it's actually not.
Two years ago I went to Africa and that really touched me a lot. We complain for things but this kid doesn't have nothing. They wear the same clothes, they don't have shoes so actually most of the time we have a lot of things and we are very complicated and we forget what's important in life and that's really something that I'm looking for.
I just have a simple life and just have the thing that I need and the rest is donated and live in the present. I think that's the main thing for me, try to live in the moment and the present.
Triathlon is a very tough sport and sometimes you may be tempted to feel sorry for yourself after a lot of training especially the workout that Ginnie puts you guys through but that's a great perspective that you have which is how lucky you are.
Obviously there are other sports where the athletes make a lot more money but in triathlon I actually think the more money you get the more problems and things you have to deal with so it's a cool sport to watch because no one is in this for the money right now, they are doing it because they're passionate about it.
Yeah, for sure I think actually ten years ago [00:30:00] a really good reach. I think it's about passion here and how do you put your heart into it and people ask me for how long I will keep doing that and if I feel the same motivation since ten years ago. I say well, I think yeah, I have the same motivation.
I try to keep moving forward trying to plan this race in my life and of course you know the Olympic is always the main focus and it's pretty tough because it's every four years and you have to be in the right time, the right moment and anything could go wrong and then that's it. The day is gone. I wouldn't be here even on my mind and my heart is not here.
You've got a great perspective on triathlon. I like what you are doing with it. What do you think you want to do after triathlon? This life can last for a while especially if you go the long course but what do you think you want to do with all this experience when you are done?
Well it's very depressing because I always ask myself why I'm doing triathlon if you go much deeper. I think people do it for different reasons. For myself, it's very important to understand my motivation because after you quit triathlon a lot of people feel lost because through their career they got fed by the ego by these people and being in the newspaper and being all about them.
To be honest I know I'm really selfish to get my goals and it has to be this time like that but at the same time when I retire I want to change my chapter and say it was so many years about me, about people support me, people helping around the world and I'm really grateful but then I want to give back.
I'm not exactly sure if I will be in triathlon as a coach because I would like to open a little bit more just help people with mainly keep travelling, keep learning and I have some ideas in my mind like maybe world traveling for a few, a year and not get paid to help people.
And then yeah, try to slowly make a project and help people not just as a sport because the sport will always be in my life. I think for me sport is a health and even make people get out of their like if you just do a sport regularly, you shouldn't go and buy so many drugs in the pharmacy just thinking about that, just sport for me means healthy.
The other side as well, I have a massage core therapy and then I'd like to finish kind of my career in nutrition, so kind of mega package and help people with all the experience that I've been through life in different countries. It's very raw but yeah, find a way of giving back.
Do you think you'll do that in Chile or where do you think you'll do it?
I don't know, I think I'll be really open, I think I have to see how the opportunity came up and it's something that probably not exactly what I'm saying now but I am always going to give back and keep working with the same ethic and with the same attitude and just have a simple life. I don't want to look to victory or anything like that I just when I give back to people that's just being so awesome to me through this journey.
That's great you have that perspective and for those who are considering or are professional triathletes, your perspective is this is a very selfish pursuit because it's all about you and results and sponsorships. It's all about image and things like that and you could look at that very cynically and say yeah, all professional athletes are selfish.
But I think it's great to see when a professional athlete is able to use that for something grater. There are plenty of examples of athletes who use their celebrity and what they have managed to achieve and all the people drawn to them to make a big difference.
And then there is other professional triathletes who just think it's all about themselves and like you said when they get out of the sport, if life continues to be all about yourself and eventually you are going to get really, really miserable.
Yeah, it's very hard, so as I said before it's always through your career understanding what feeds you to keep doing it. Is it to be in the newspaper, to be in the top of the podium or it's something else like you are doing that to inspire people? I always get all messages of people, I love to see you racing because you are small and you give everything and that inspires me so much, maybe used to the triathlon.
But now I'm into triathlon in sport and I think that that is probably things that really fill me in more than see myself win a race or yeah, be in the podium or the newspapers.
So, really inspiring just anyone get into the sport of triathlon you are affecting health.
More than triathlon is like health. Health and be able to always challenge yourself and to get the best out of you. I always, when I go and do a motivational speech to schools or companies I always say, it doesn't matter what you do in life, do your best and try to always have that mentality. It could be a doctor, it could be an artist, just do your best and that will be high five.
You go give a lot of talks. Are you giving talks mainly back home or all over the place?
I have done all around the world, yeah.
All right, so if any of you are listening to this and you have a company that needs a speaker, Bárbara, as you can tell from this podcast will give you a great talk and I really do think you are overcoming a lot of odds and were telling me before the podcast about your sprint finish with Gwen Jorgensen in Auckland.
And I asked you one and you said, well Gwen did. Just to be there with the greatest probably woman in history of ITU and world triathlon races and giving it your all is certainly inspiring and if anyone has seen Bárbara next to Gwen, how tall are you compared to Gwen?
Well, I haven't finished my degree but I have been helping and always really into it, reading a lot and I have my own ideas as well so as I said, even was I did one big year of nutrition out of five, still always talking to people, helping the Australian boss there to help him doing some job there so it's always very dynamic working in my brain.
Yes. Well Bárbara finally to wrap this up, if you are talking to someone let's say some young kids in Latin America who are considering getting into triathlon and they're not sure whether they should go for it, what would you tell someone whether it's let's just focus on those who are considering triathlon, what would your advice be for someone who is young and trying to decide if this is what they want to pursue?
Well I think it's very important when you are a kid to enjoy the sport. I think probably for us we take it too seriously and when you get to the age of 18 where you become serious and you are already done.
I think you've just got to enjoy as much as you can and till you decide what you want to do in life, so take it as a game. Don't focus on what's the superstar has. You just need to have the basic thing. I remember my first few triathlon I did not have a bike to ride.
I had to borrow my brother's bike and it wasn't the right size so I was like pedaling to pedaling and sitting on top tube and then another tube and sitting in top tube but then bring your character and I think all this experience that I've been through I'm so glad for because it built my character.
It built my belief in my dreams in what I want to aim in life, but if you start focusing on what the rest have or have the best equipment, something you lose the time, you lose the root of the thing and get distracted and that's something that something that is playing against us.
That's great advice. If you are listening to this and you are considering going into triathlon, I can't think of a better way to sum it up but also not just triathlon because many of you are not going to be professional athletes but you love the sport.
Whatever you want to do in life, make sure that you enjoy it and you have a joy around it and then go do it and if it doesn't feel like work and you get paid to do it, then that's something you should pursue whether that's triathlon or teaching or running your own business whatever you want to do and I think that those are words to live by.
As I always say on the show, how you do triathlon is how you do life and I think it's a safe place to experiment and see how it impacts the rest of your life because at the end of the day if you don't win a race you are still being something, putting yourself out there and really trying and there is a lot more important things in life than a race that you can apply those lessons to.
The values that sport teaches you I think they are great, so I always tell them, it doesn't matter if you want to become a professional athlete or just the values that you learn there you can do stuff for everything in life, and simple things that you think that's really hard, you'll be going through things even harder than sports that that's nothing compared to what a normal person would think that that's what's hard.
Yeah, and I think that's a great point. A lot of people I know who really want to do triathlon are afraid to do it because they might fail and whether or not you don't make pro or you don't make Olympics or you don't make gold medal, whatever your goals are.
Because as we get something, immediately we set our expectations and we are never happy with where we are because we always want to improve but if you don't get it, who cares because the values that you learned and the journey is going to be much more important than the results.
I think the most important thing is if you really give your 100%, that is the main thing, even though you are a bit slack in some stuff, then probably you won't be happy. It's all about being in the moment and being there.
Well Bárbara thank you very much for joining us. You've got a lot of perspective on life and having been all over the world, coming from where you started in Chile with your family and some of the obstacles you got to overcome, it's really great to see you be successful.
More success to come we hope and regardless I think no matter what you've got a great plan for after the sport whether that's next year heaven forbid or in ten years. Thanks again for joining us and thanks again Triathlon Research listener for joining us for another episode and we'll see you next time.


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Jože Mencinger (5. březen 1941, Jesenice – 26. srpna 2022) byl slovinský právník, ekonom, politik a pedagog.

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Mencinger byl ministr hospodářství a místopředseda vlády v roce 1991 a čtyřicátý rektor Univerzity v Lublani (1998 až 2005). V roce 2001 obdržel zlatý Čestný řád svobody. Od roku 2002 byl členem Státní rady Republiky Slovinsko.

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Q: add_predictions gives three columns of predicted values with a polynomial formula I've fit a polynomial model to my data. Here's an example, not real data.
data <- structure(list(ct = c(28.6775817871094, 28.6388759613037, 28.463041305542,
25.6798400878906, 27.3672637939453, 25.9621925354004, 26.5006904602051,
27.5344715118408, 26.704740524292, 27.1313247680664, 27.1393737792969,
27.1804485321045, 27.5360717773438, 27.4171009063721, 27.4203395843506,
27.4557094573975, 27.486026763916, 27.3939399719238), standard_conc_ngul = c(50,
50, 50, 5, 5, 5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.005, 0.005,
0.005, 0, 0, 0)), row.names = c(NA, -18L), class = c("tbl_df",
"tbl", "data.frame"))

> data
# A tibble: 18 × 2
      ct standard_conc_ngul
   <dbl>              <dbl>
 1  28.7             50
 2  28.6             50
 3  28.5             50
 4  25.7              5
 5  27.4              5
 6  26.0              5
 7  26.5              0.5
 8  27.5              0.5
 9  26.7              0.5
10  27.1              0.05
11  27.1              0.05
12  27.2              0.05
13  27.5              0.005
14  27.4              0.005
15  27.4              0.005
16  27.5              0
17  27.5              0
18  27.4              0

model <- lm(poly(standard_conc_ngul, 3, raw = TRUE) ~ ct, data = data)

When I use the model to predict from ct, it outputs three columns of predictions
data %>%
  add_predictions(model)

# A tibble: 18 × 3
      ct standard_conc_ngul pred[,"1"] [,"2"]  [,"3"]
   <dbl>              <dbl>      <dbl>  <dbl>   <dbl>
 1  28.7             50         31.6    1627.  81600.
 2  28.6             50         31.0    1593.  79873.
 3  28.5             50         28.1    1437.  72028.
 4  25.7              5        -17.6   -1029. -52148.
 5  27.4              5         10.1     466.  23139.
 6  26.0              5        -13.0    -779. -39550.
 7  26.5              0.5       -4.14   -302. -15524.
 8  27.5              0.5       12.8     614.  30599.
 9  26.7              0.5       -0.786  -121.  -6421.
10  27.1              0.05       6.22    257.  12612.
11  27.1              0.05       6.36    264.  12971.
12  27.2              0.05       7.03    301.  14804.
13  27.5              0.005     12.9     616.  30670.
14  27.4              0.005     10.9     510.  25362.
15  27.4              0.005     11.0     513.  25507.
16  27.5              0         11.6     545.  27085.
17  27.5              0         12.1     571.  28438.
18  27.4              0         10.5     490.  24329.

However, in the add_predictions readme, the polynomial example only outputs one column:
df <- tibble::tibble(
  x = sort(runif(100)),
  y = 5 * x + 0.5 * x ^ 2 + 3 + rnorm(length(x))
)
grid <- data.frame(x = seq(0, 1, length = 10))
m2 <- lm(y ~ poly(x, 3, raw = TRUE), data = df)
grid %>% add_predictions(m2)

           x     pred
1  0.0000000 2.836851
2  0.1111111 3.443472
3  0.2222222 4.072347
4  0.3333333 4.713195
5  0.4444444 5.355740
6  0.5555556 5.989701
7  0.6666667 6.604802
8  0.7777778 7.190764
9  0.8888889 7.737307
10 1.0000000 8.234153

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