Cowboys and cowgirls. Breakthroughs. Part Two.
There was a bus that bobbed along the city streets, like a bottle in the ocean. It was crowded and filled with people who seemed to be minding their own affairs. The guy next to me was watching an Instagram video of a young girl dressed in a bikini, blowing kisses to the viewer. Across, a darker woman sat with sad eyes, staring out the window to a distant world. Though like any other, the bus ride felt odd, foreign like. Not foreign as in people speaking different tongues, but foreign because I was sitting on this bus with only one piece of luggage and, no child by my side.
I often hear of mothers travelling solo for a week or two to experience an escapade 'without the kids'. For myself, this is an alien idea and frankly, not an option. But as fate would have it, my sister was free to watch Cedar for the weekend so I embarked on a solo adventure to Calgary for the Alberta Bouldering Provincial's. It was a strange sensation. Kissing good-bye, the sense of worry and concern conflicted with grounded rationales that she was more than safe. Eventually, my uneasiness disappeared and the feeling of being on vacation exploded within.
Sparing the details of how exciting it felt to be exploring the frigid city streets of Calgary to getting groceries at my own pace, a foreign sensation of being at ease filled me. Perhaps only fellow parents may understand this but it seemed, over years of parenting, something very gradually engrained itself deep within me to the point of not knowing, that is, until it disappeared. Normal daily worries and stresses had somehow lifted themselves.
Upon heading into qualifiers, I recapped goals based on lessons from the comp a week prior: to relax, enjoy, and full commitment on moves. Warm up went badly and concern about my right shoulder grew. Yet, when crossing the line between iso and start time, I absorbed my surroundings. Something within took light. On problem one I felt insecure from the start yet my breath was slow and calm. I trusted my feet and myself. My eyes and breath were relaxed and focused.
Problem two required a bit of a throw. I knew what to do and did it; no hesitating had. Sitting between problems, I was filled with a strange feeling of being relaxed while observing and breathing in the amped environment around me. The realization that I was learning to enjoy the moment, the tension, the stress, pleasantly surprised me. I was relaxing into the energy of competition and enjoying it!
Upon arriving at the top of problem three, the focus of my eyes changed to a darting fashion. The final hold seemed just out of reach. Unsure of what to do, I threw from a most awkward position. My shoulder twisted as it tried to hang on while I headed face first towards the ground, letting out a scream. Realizing all was ok. I laughed at the sketchiness of the fall. Getting back to the top and taking a deeper breath, I realized to reach the finish; all I had to do was turn 180 towards the crowd.
Problem four had a big move which I didn't get deep enough on the first throw. To my own surprise, I dropped back down, rearranged my feet and threw with more vengeance. The last and final problem was tricky: to balance and move subtly, or to grr and scratch myself up there. I choose the latter which clearly, wasn't the way. On each attempt I was spit off in a fury but to the surprise of those who knew me, when I fell, I laughed. I was approaching it as a puzzle rather than defeat. :)Ironically, once qualifiers finished, issues normally of a concern like letting go of stress, worries and such didn't come into the equation. Being so much more relaxed than I'd been in any competition, there was really nothing to 'let go' of. The words of Lucas were true. Relaxing and trusting myself worked. I had made progress. After analyzing my first fall, had I stayed relaxed at the top, reevaluating and not rushing the beta, may have worked. As for the last problem, taking a breath, keeping my eyes open and looking around, may have shown me that I couldn't reach the next hold because my arm was bent.
In the end I did 4 of 5 problems in 5 tries. To my own surprise I qualified in second behind strong lady Stacey Weldon. More importantly, I proved to myself that being in that ideal state was possible. I really did it and seemingly, without trying. This was a huge breakthrough!Then, finals came... Thinking back to this leaves a sour taste in my mouth. With the increased pressure of wanting to reproduce what I did the day prior, the stress came back with vengeance. Tightness constricted my body and mind. No matter how many deep breaths I took, summoning feelings of relaxation felt next to impossible.
Trying to stay optimistic for problem one, the move to the bonus was far. No matter how hard I tried, getting the extra centimeter needed to get my tips around it was impossible. I began fearing the rest of the comp. This impending fear and not letting go of problem one, quickened the downward spiral. I cursed myself for losing it which also didn't help. As a route setter myself, I left finals with much frustration; the many long moves felt just beyond my reach; I felt there wasn't even a fighting chance.
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I really liked this series of posts. Staying grounded, calm and relaxed is something I have a hell of a time struggling with too. I think a lot of it relates to expectency, be it in my work life, climbing, or whatever.
"I need to do this", "I must achieve that", and "I should do well at this comp" is part of the problem. When we expect things, we remove ourselves from what's happening now and place ourselves into some incredibly tenuous, bias-crafted future.
So, I've been trying to do the same as you. Instead of even thinking about how I can remain more mindful, I'm just going to take a deep breath, and do. I'm typing this on the way to a boulder series in the UK, mind you. We'll see how it goes.


If you are a caffeine addict and someone who cannot start his day without that punch and aroma of morning coffee, it is most likely that you own a coffee bean grinder too. Grinding your own coffee and preparing it has its own uniqueness in flavor and taste. But how often do you clean this kitchen appliance? Even if you are cleaning it frequently, are you cleaning it properly?
Why is it necessary to clean your coffee grinder?
Coffee beans, like all other spices and condiments, releases its natural oils when ground. With usage, these oils and bits of coffee get stuck to the grinder. Wiping it dry or damp with a cloth is not enough. With the passage of time, the grinder will also start to malfunction producing smaller coffee grains than you desire. Eventually, this will affect the taste of your coffee and your morning cuppa's quality will significantly deteriorate.
Rice: Take a handful of uncooked white rice and throw it in your grinder. Close the lid and grind until it resembles a powder. Once in that stage, turn it off and open the lid. You will notice the rice has taken a brownish tan- that is because it has absorbed all the coffee grains that were stuck. Throw away the used rice and use a paintbrush or cloth to scrape out any excess powder remaining behind.
Salt/ sugar: Salt and sugar can both be used following the procedure mentioned above. However, the process may have to be repeated a few times until they come out clean. This method is especially suitable to remove bad odor. However, it does come with the drawback of particles being too small to clean properly.
Bread/ Oatmeal: Grinding stale, white bread or oatmeal in your coffee grinder also helps get rid of the residual particles and smell. In this way, you do not have to waste any food but instead use up food that would have rather been thrown away. However, this can get mushy.
Grind and remove whatever is left in the grinder and turn off the power.
Carefully detach the removable parts such as the hopper, hopper lid, grind chamber and grind chamber lid.
Wash these by hand and dry clean completely.
With the hopper removed, use a paintbrush to reach inner areas and clean out coffee grounds.
Remove the burr grinder and similarly clean the inner areas with a brush.
Clean the interior and exterior with a damp cloth.
Reassemble the parts once they are fully dried.


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namespace pairing_chromeos {

class FakeHostPairingController
    : public HostPairingController,
      public HostPairingController::Observer {
 public:
  typedef HostPairingController::Observer Observer;

  // Config is a comma separated list of key-value pairs separated by colon.
  // Supported options:
  // * async_duration - integer. Default: 3000.
  // * start_after_update - {0,1}. Default: 0.
  // * fail_enrollment - {0,1}. Default: 0.
  // * code - 6 digits or empty string. Default: empty string. If strings is
  // empty, random code is generated.
  // * device_name - string. Default: "Chromebox-01".
  // * domain - string. Default: "example.com".
  explicit FakeHostPairingController(const std::string& config);
  ~FakeHostPairingController() override;

  // Applies given |config| to flow.
  void ApplyConfig(const std::string& config);

 private:
  void ChangeStage(Stage new_stage);
  void ChangeStageLater(Stage new_stage);

  // HostPairingController:
  void AddObserver(Observer* observer) override;
  void RemoveObserver(Observer* observer) override;
  Stage GetCurrentStage() override;
  void StartPairing() override;
  std::string GetDeviceName() override;
  std::string GetConfirmationCode() override;
  std::string GetEnrollmentDomain() override;
  void OnNetworkConnectivityChanged(Connectivity connectivity_status) override;
  void OnUpdateStatusChanged(UpdateStatus update_status) override;
  void OnEnrollmentStatusChanged(EnrollmentStatus enrollment_status) override;
  void SetPermanentId(const std::string& permanent_id) override;
  void Reset() override;

  // HostPairingController::Observer:
  void PairingStageChanged(Stage new_stage) override;

  base::ObserverList<Observer> observers_;
  Stage current_stage_;
  std::string device_name_;
  std::string confirmation_code_;
  base::TimeDelta async_duration_;

  // If this flag is true error happens on |STAGE_ENROLLING| once.
  bool enrollment_should_fail_;

  // Controller starts its work like if update and reboot already happened.
  bool start_after_update_;

  std::string enrollment_domain_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(FakeHostPairingController);
};

}  // namespace pairing_chromeos

#endif  // COMPONENTS_PAIRING_FAKE_HOST_PAIRING_CONTROLLER_H_

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It is the third line that always struck me as unusual: "If I should die before I wake." It seems odd that little children in the springtime of life should mention death in their bedtime prayer. But if you think about it, it's not odd at all. Death comes to all of us sooner or later. Sometimes to children. And sometimes in the night before we wake.
There is an art to dying well. The Puritans spoke of "dying grace," which is the special help God gives his children as they prepare to cross the final river. I suppose all of us are planning to live a long time, but these days you can never be sure. The stray bullet, the out-of-control driver, the renegade gang member, the sudden heart attack, the unexpected tumor, who knows what will happen next? Any of us could be struck down at any moment.
"Man does not know his time" (Ecclesiastes 9:12). No one know what tomorrow may bring. As I sit here typing late at night, I have my own list of things I need to do. Perhaps I will get them done. Perhaps God has other plans for me. There are no guarantees that I will even be alive 24 hours from now.
Here is one mark of genuine Christianity. When you come to the end of your life, you still hold on to what you believe. When someone dies suddenly, we all want to know: What were his final words? What was on his mind as he was exiting this world? Did he leave any messages? Did he give any final instructions?
What were his final words?
We come now to the final moments of Joseph's life. In order to set the scene, we need to know one crucial fact. Fifty years have passed since Joseph said to his brothers, "You meant it for evil against me, but God meant it for good" (Genesis 50:20). That half-century is covered in just one sentence, "Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father's family" (Genesis 50:22). Joseph's final words are recorded in two places: Genesis 50 and Hebrews 11. From looking at these two passages, we discover how faith shows itself at the end of life.
Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here." So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt" (Gen 50:24-26).
Twice Joseph says, "God will visit you." This is faith at the very end of life. Though he was old and dying, Joseph saw past Egypt into the distant future. He knew that God would one day keep his promise and deliver the Israelites from Egypt and would give them a homeland of their own. Because he believed so firmly in that promise, he instructed the Israelites not to leave his bones in Egypt but to make sure and carry his bones with them and bury them in the Promised Land.
Was Egypt good for them? Yes, it saved them from destruction.
Was Egypt good for them? No, not if they stayed there forever.
How could Joseph be so sure about the future? First, he knew what God had promised his great-grandfather Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3). Second, his own life proved that God keeps his promises. He knew that Israel didn't belong in Egypt, and he didn't want his bones staying in Egypt when the Jews left for Canaan. On the outside he looked like an Egyptian; on the inside he was an Israelite. He never forgot who he was or where he came from. The Bible tells us that Moses took the bones with him when the Jews left Egypt (Exodus 13:19) and years later Joshua buried them at Shechem (Joshua 24:32). There his bones rest in the dust of the earth to this day.
II. Hebrews 11: Take Me With You!
"By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones" (Hebrews 11:22).
When we think of Joseph, these are the things we remember. But God saw his faith shining brightest in his final moments. As great as his past exploits were, he rose to the highest pinnacle of faith just before he died. In a sense, he was given a peek behind the curtain and he saw what others could not see. He knew God would keep his promises.
When he died, he was embalmed and put in a coffin in Egypt so that his bones would be a testimony to the coming generations.
His children and grandchildren knew what sort of man he was.
His descendants knew where he stood and what he stood for.
And so the bones of Joseph testified to coming generations that the people of God didn't belong in Egypt. They were there temporarily, but their real home was in Canaan.
He was 17 when he was sold to the Midianites and taken to Egypt.
He died when he was 110 years old.
How long was he in Egypt? 93 years.
Nothing of God dies when a man of God dies. We die, but the promises of God live on. They bury us, but they don't bury God's promises with us. Your death cannot nullify God's faithfulness. Our God is the God of the future. He is the God of the generations to come.
A servant whose master was dying was asked, "How is your master?" "He is dying full of life," came the reply. It is a grand thing to die "full of life." That's exactly how Joseph died–full of life and full of faith.
Let's wrap up this message with three lessons for today.
1) The greatest thing you can do is to pass your faith along to your children and grandchildren.
Abraham passed his faith to Isaac, Isaac gave it to Jacob, Jacob gave it to Joseph, and Joseph gave his faith to the whole nation of Israel.
The Christian faith is not a sprint and it's not really a marathon. It's a relay race, and I am but one member of a team that stretches across the generations. I have faith because someone gave it to me. And someone gave it to the person who gave it to me. On and on the line goes, stretching back 2000 years. I must make sure I pass my faith along to my own family. Not only that. I must do all I can to make sure that the faith I pass on to my sons is passed on to my grandchildren. I must not fail here. The baton of faith must be passed on to the next generation.
As the years quickly pass I now understand that passing my faith along is the work of a lifetime. It's never finished no matter how old I get. As I write this paragraph, it occurs to me that my # 1 job at this point is to make sure that I finish well. Our boys are grown up and now the older two are raising families of their own. I owe it to them and to our four grandchildren to leave them an example of what it means to finish well. I don't want to run the race and them stumble and fall as I am about to cross the finish line.
I pray to do the same.
2) The saddest thing that can happen is to become bitter in your old age.
We've all seen it happen to people we know. Sometimes we've seen it happen to people very close to us. As they grow old, they become bitter, angry, and filled with resentment because life didn't turn out the way they thought it would. Abraham had a promise from God but he never saw it completely fulfilled. Isaac had the same promise but he died without seeing it fulfilled. Jacob had the same promise and he died in Egypt. Joseph had the same promise but died in Egypt too. If ever any one had the right to become bitter it was these three men—Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. They lived and died with the promise unfulfilled but to their credit they never gave up hope. They never became bitter because they didn't see everything God promised come to pass before they died.
3) The happiest way to live is to realize that God's work is bigger than you are.
I may live for 70 or 80 years and never see all that I dream about. I may pray for things that never come to pass. I may trust God for things that do not appear. I may struggle against great difficulty for many years. The way may be hard, the road steep, the path lonely. I may climb and climb and still never reach the summit of all that I set out to do. It may not be given to me to see everything I would like to see, but it is given to me to live faithfully day after day so that after I am gone, others may stand on my shoulders and see things I never saw. Here is a great goal: To have dreams so big they can't possibly be fulfilled in my lifetime.
God's plans are bigger than mine. My part is to live for God and to pass my faith along to my children and then to my grandchildren. I must live so that those things for which I am praying and those things I dream about may happen some day after I am gone.
Suppose we line up a grandfather, a son, a grandson, and a great-grandson on the platform. This text tells us that what God was to the grandfather, he will be to the son. What he is to the son, he will be to the grandson. What he is to the grandson, he will be to the great-grandson. And so it goes across the centuries. Generations come and go, one after the other. Only God remains forever. This is our hope at the edge of death. This is why we rejoice as we bury our dead. We need not fear death because a Christian is immortal until his work on earth is done. You cannot die and you will not die until God's appointed time for you finally arrives. Until then, you are immortal.
The workers are buried but the work goes on.
The sower may die but the seed remains.
I do not know how far we have to go until we reach the end of our earthly road. But this I know—that road is paved with God's love and faithfulness. Therefore we need not be afraid.
I am so glad that God's faithfulness transcends the generations. I am 61 years old heading for . . . what? 65? 70? 75? Maybe 80 or even 90 years old if God blesses me with long life. But I won't live forever. As the years roll by, I find myself realizing how much of my life is wrapped up in my three boys. Yesterday they were teenagers, today they are young men, tomorrow they will be grandfathers.
Will God still take care of them? What about their children? And their grandchildren? Will God still be there for them? The answer is yes because we serve a trans-generational God. That means I don't have to stay alive to ensure that my boys will be okay. God will see to that. After I am gone from this earth, and even if all my prayers have not been answered, I can trust God to take care of my sons and my grandchildren. What a comfort this is. I do my best to help my boys while I'm here, and after I'm gone God's faithfulness will continue for them and for their children and their grandchildren, and even for their great-grandchildren.
We're Going to Make It!
Death cannot exhaust the promises of God.
That's why Paul could say, "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" (1 Corinthians 15:55). Years ago I heard Stanley Collins, then director of Forest Home Conference Center in California, tell a story from his days with the British Army in World War II. One day he and another soldier came upon an unexploded land mine. Later that night he nearly passed out when he walked into the barracks and found his buddy resting his head on the same mine. Then he discovered that his buddy had removed the firing pin, rendering the land mine harmless. What had been an instrument of destruction had become a pillow for a weary soldier. Jesus has taken the sting out of death and given us victory over the grave.
No wonder Joseph said, "Don't leave me down in Egypt! Take my bones with you." He knew that a better day was coming for all the people of God, and that's why he didn't want to be left behind in Egypt. It would be a fine burial spot for a few centuries, but it was not meant to be Joseph's final resting place.
Let's be clear about what this means for us. We need not fear death because we know that death is not the end but the beginning for the children of God.
Brothers and sisters, we're going to make it! God has willed it so.
We will all eventually go through the valley of the shadow of death.
We need a guide who can help us on that treacherous journey.
We need someone who's been there before.
Who can we get? Where can we find a guide like that? His name is Jesus! He's been there before. He knows the way through. He's been to the light on the other side and he'll come for us. Thank God, we don't walk through that valley alone. Jesus will walk with us. He'll lead us through to the other side.
The saints of God have nothing to fear in the moment of death. Though it may not be pleasant or painless, though it come after long suffering or in a fiery crash, the moment itself will be filled with joy as the Lord himself escorts God's children through the darkest valley of all. At that moment, all other guides must turn back. Only the Lord Jesus Christ can help us through. And he does.
Cheer up, child of God. Smile through your tears. Death is the worst that can happen to us. The best is yet to come.


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The Words of the Senaratne Family
Sri Lanka, Gets An Inter-Cultural Peace Sports Centre
Chula Senaratne, IPSF
Tangalle, Sri Lanka
Mr. Namal Rajapksa, Mr. Deitmar Doering (CEO – AGSEP), Mr. Janaka Sri Warnasinghe (National Organiser – Aspiring Youth/ RYS Alumni), Dr. Chula Senaratne (National Director – IPSF), Miss. Dinesha Liyanasuriya, Mr. Thakshila Hettiarachchy, Mr. Earnie Fernando of IPSF/RYS; in a group photo with German students.
Since 1992, the Religious Youth Service (RYS) has been active in promoting peace in Sri Lanka through its inter-religious program of service and leadership training. Working to build trust and cooperation between both the Sinhalese and Tamil ethnic groups the RYS draws its participants from various nations and from all parts of Sri Lanka. The Inter-religious Peace Sports Festival (IPSF) has been active in Sri Lanka as a global program working to build peaceful relations between athletes of each religion through the medium of sport. Since it began in 2003 hundreds of athletes, coaches and cultural performers from Sri Lanka have invested themselves in this peace initiative. Both the RYS and the IPSF are projects of the UPF/IIFWP.
In 2005, following the disaster of the December 26th tsunami, the RYS and IPSF alumni linked together with the Asian German Sports Exchange Programme (AGSEP) to build a community center in Tangalle and area hard by the tsunami. This cooperation has grown and now with additional local support an inter cultral peace sports center is being built. This a forward thinking program that is aimed at creating the positive environment from which peace and healthy lifestyles can thrive.
The 'Aspiring Youth' youth organization presided by Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of President of Sri Lanka HE Mahinda Rajapaksa, together with the Inter-religious Peace Sports Festival (IPSF) and Asian German Sports Exchange Programme (AGSEP) will set up an Intercultural Peace Sports and Recreational Centre in Tangalle. The estimated cost of the initial buildings including a standard swimming pool would be around $250,000. This would be a tsunami project and major portion of funds will be raised by the AGSEP members and from well wishers in Europe.
Already, there are two similar Sports and recreational centers in Nattandiya (Western, Sri Lanka) and Mullativu (Northern, Sri Lanka), which are in function at the moment. Sports Centers in Neelaveli, of Trincomalee district (Eastern, Sri Lanka) is still under construction. The proposed centre in Tangalle would be the Southern centre. All these cities were destroyed by the devastating "tsunami" waves on December 24 2004 without any preference whether it is North, East west or South.
The main aims of this centre are a long term plan for supporting the peace process in Sri Lanka since the children could learn about the culture of the other communities. It is important to start the peace process from grassroot level, enabling children to be in contact with children from different communities.
After the tsunami most children developed fear of water. The swimming pool could be used for the children to learn swimming and get into competitions and compete on behalf of the district they represent.
An Indoor Stadium consisting of badminton, table tennis, basketball, volleyball and soccer field, and Adventure Playground will also be added to this centre. Hostel facilities to accommodate children will also be put up.
The children would be trained at this Sports Centre and there would also be home sports competitions among the Intercultural Sports Centers around Sri Lanka. The best among them would be further trained, in order for them to compete at National Level. By providing these sports facilities, it will be helpful in improving the moral standards of the children; thereby creating some good athletes.
RYS/IPSF alumnae in Sri Lanka are taking a major role in this project where they would be promoting the ideology of Inter-religious Peace Sports Festival & Religious Youth Service, and working to achieve permanent peace in Sri Lanka to end the 25 year civil war of this country which has ruined this beautiful island nation since.
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Big Kid Art debuts brand spanking new large format art from Oklahoma's premier delinquent art gang FANCLUB. Jamie Paddock, Preston Pettigrew, Una, Jackson Edge, and Das will be collaborating on large format collaborative installations and presenting new pieces from each of the members. Also, this will be the introduction of new FANCLUBBERS Amy Young and Vincent Ciarlo. Expect provocative and engrossing new drawings, paintings, prints, and more.
With the "Live on the Plaza," Istvan Art is excited to present this new art installation from FANCLUB. The show will be up at The Barn, located in the Plaza District at 1601 N. Blackwelder Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73106.
"The Barn" is a 1907 homestead renovated in 2014 by developers Jeff and Aimee Struble. The Barn offers private and open work spaces along with lounging spots and stand up bars to work from. There are meeting and conference rooms and a coffee bar with organic teas, snacks, microwave and fridge.
The FANCLUB art installation at The Barn opens with a FREE and open to the public artists' reception Friday, May 13th from 6 to 9 p.m.


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Jose Antonio Vargas debuts film at SJSU, receives Hearst award
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas has chosen the San Jose State University for the West Coast university debut of his documentary film. "Documented," which was screened in a March 10 community event, showcases Vargas's life as an undocumented person and puts a personal face on the 11 million undocumented people in America ...
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Nerissa Fernandez wishes friends courage and faith in the new year
By Cristina DC Pastor One down, how many more to go, Nerissa? We're talking 'bucket list' here, and Nerissa Fernandez, Global Corporate Affairs director of broadcast network ABS-CBN International, in Redwood City just checked one off her list: On December 1st, she went skydiving on Monterey Bay, south of San Francisco. She is very much ...
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Plaridel Awards now accepting nominations from FilAm media
On its 25th anniversary, the Philippine American Press Club, U.S.A. (PAPC) announced the Second Annual Plaridel Awards that acknowledge and celebrate the contribution of outstanding writers and publishers in the Fil-American community, as they chronicle the lives and times of their compatriots, promote and share their culture and history, champion their causes and provide a ...
Former GMA executive Juliet De Los Reyes, 56
Juliet Arnobit De Los Reyes, former corporate executive of GMA Network, Inc., passed away on July 17, 2013 in Henderson, Nevada after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. She was 56. Known to friends and family as "Jonjie" or "JJ", De Los Reyes is survived by her husband Byron Norgren De Los Reyes and sons ...
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Flickr founder Caterina Fake on 'putting the heart and humanity' back in the Internet
By Cristina DC Pastor On her blog, Caterina Fake, 49, co-founder of the Flickr photo hosting and sharing website, described herself using four disordered words: entrepreneur, mother, reader, optimist. Let me add another: Filipino-American. I came across Caterina Fake's name while doing a web search of 'Filipino Americans.' Her name came up and under it ...
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'The FilAm' is now in the Nation's Capital
By Cristina DC Pastor Maricar CP Hampton, a longtime contributor, has joined The FilAm family. She is now the editor of The FilAm Metro D.C., covering the areas of Metropolitan D.C. Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, with a Filipino population of more than 75,000. Maricar is a seasoned community journalist who has been tracking down ...
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Left Out in the Chicago Cold: Stats Perform's Biggest All-Star Game Snubs
By: Nadeem Patel
With so much talent and so few spots, there's always going to be a heated debate over which players deserve the honor of playing in the NBA All-Star Game.
And this year is certainly no different.
The All-Star voting still leans a bit toward popularity in terms of the starting lineup as fans account for 50% of the vote to determine the 10 starters. Players and a media panel each make up the other 50% of that selection process, while the league's head coaches pick the reserves. Captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo then held a draft from that player pool to select their respective teams.
So who likely feels the most wronged ahead of Sunday's star-studded showcase in Chicago? We'll attempt to answer that question and break down a couple of the other top players who didn't get the invite.
Here are Stats Perform's biggest All-Star Game snubs:
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal
BRADLEY BEAL (WASHINGTON WIZARDS)
With John Wall out this season, Beal is quietly having a career year while helping the Wizards hang around the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. The veteran guard ranks fifth in the league with a 29.1 points per game – on pace to shatter his career high of 25.6 last season – despite attempting far fewer shots (965) than James Harden (1,164), Damian Lillard (1,067) and Trae Young (1,018), who rank first, third and fourth, respectively.
Beal, who is also averaging a career-high 6.3 assists, has easily been the Wizards' MVP as he ranks seventh in the league with a 33.6 usage percentage (USG%) among players with at least 1,000 minutes. His previous career high was 28.4 in 2018-19 and only Antetokounmpo,  Luka  Doncic, Harden, Young, Russell Westbrook and  Kawhi  Leonard have higher USG% among All-Star selections this season. Beal is probably the most deserving player not to make it considering the level of production he has achieved and the load he has carried.
USG%
1 Giannis Antetokounmpo Bucks 38.0
2 Luka Doncic Mavericks 37.5
3 James Harden Rockets 36.8
4 Trae Young Hawks 35.3
5 Russell Westbrook Rockets 34.3
6 Kawhi Leonard Clippers 34.1
7 Bradley Beal Wizards 33.6
Among players with 1,000 minutes
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker
DEVIN BOOKER (PHOENIX SUNS)
Booker has been a bucket machine since he entered the league, and many people expected him to get his first All-Star nod this season. That's because Booker ranks 10th in the league at 26.4 points per game and third in true shooting percentage (.628) – higher than any other player selected for the All-Star Game – among players with at least 1,000 minutes and a 20 USG%.
He also leads an improving Suns team with a 115.7 offensive rating, a 29.7 USG% and a 37.1 free throw rate.
TS%
1 Karl-Anthony Towns Timberwolves 29.1 64.2
2 Jonas Valanciunas Grizzlies 21.9 63.5
3 Devin Booker Suns 29.7 62.8
Among players with 1,000 minutes and a 20 USG%
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns
KARL-ANTHONY TOWNS (MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES)
While the Wolves are having a tough season, Towns has not missed a step. The 6-foot-11 big man is averaging a career-high 26.5 points, shooting over 50% for a fifth straight season and hitting 41.2% on a career-high 7.9 attempts per game from the 3-point line. Only Khris Middleton of the Milwaukee Bucks (43.9) has a higher 3-point percentage among All-Star selections, meaning he's shooting better from behind the arc than any guard chosen.
His true shooting percentage (TS%) of 64.2 ranks first among all NBA players with at least 1,000 minutes and USG% of at least 20. Only Rudy Gobert (69.2), who has not attempted a 3-pointer all season, has a better TS% among All-Star selections. Towns, Antetokounmpo and Anthony Davis are the only two players to average 25 points while totaling at least 375 rebounds, 145 assists, 30 steals and 40 blocks.
1 Giannis Antetokounmpo Bucks 646 280 52 51 30.0
2 Anthony Davis Lakers 415 149 70 107 26.5
3 Karl-Anthony Towns Timberwolves 378 153 33 42 26.5
Players with at least 375 rebounds, 145 assists, 40 blocks and 30 steals
ZACH LAVINE (CHICAGO BULLS)
Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine
LaVine has given Bulls fans something to cheer about during an otherwise disappointing season, but he was hoping to represent the host city in the All-Star Game. He ranks 11th in the league at a career-best 25 points per game while averaging career highs in 3-pointers made (3) and rebounds (4.8). Though LaVine's USG% (31.7) is behind only Antetokounmpo (38), Doncic (37.5), Harden (36.8), Young (35.3), Westbrook (34.3) and Joel Embiid (32.2) among All-Star selections, Mitchell (10.5) and Lillard (10.8) are the only All-Star guards with a better turnover rate (12.9).
LaVine is certainly putting up numbers worthy of an All-Star, especially considering the way he's carried a Bulls team that's been missing injured starters Otto Porter Jr., Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr.
Other notable snubs:
Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons-Cleveland Cavaliers)
DeMar DeRozan (San Antonio Spurs)
Paul George (Los Angeles Clippers)
Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics)
Malcolm Brogdon (Indiana Pacers)
Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets)
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Matt Carpenter and his ride through motocross from prodigy to professional
By Justin FrommerSentinel staff
MARTIN — The day was a steamy 80 degrees with little wind or clouds to provide a break from the sun beating down.
A cloud of dirt painted over the blue sky with every passing biker. The sounds of nature were canceled out by the revving of dozens of motorbikes at Martin MX Park.
There is nowhere else Matthew Carpenter would rather be.
This secluded motocross course, almost built away from civilization, is Carpenter's home away from home. He's made the 45-minute drive from Zeeland to this sanctuary so many times he has lost count. When Carpenter is here, on his bike, any problems in his life seem to go away.
"It's just the place where I come and put in work to improve," he said. "When I come here I feel comfortable. I know that it's time to try and improve."
The meaning of this track to him is more than most people can realize. It's where he began a motocross life, spending countless days a week zooming around the track as a child. It's where he developed his skills to the point where he was considered one of the best drivers in the state as a prodigy at the age of 5.
And it's where Carpenter, now 20, practices for his motocross professional debut on July 6 at Red Bud MX in Buchanon.
This life path was always destined for Carpenter. He had a personality built for it. His father, Phil, saw something in his son when Matthew was 4 years old and got bored with the training wheels on his little red trail bike. He mastered those pretty quickly.
"He was riding out in the snow and ice, came back inside and said, 'I hate the training wheels, I want you to take them off,'" Phil said.
Phil saw the lack of fear in his son when Matthew would clear the highest jumps on the motocross track, only to wind up flying into the weeds because he couldn't make the turn quick enough.
But he was happy he conquered the jump nonetheless.
"At that point, you realize he has pretty good hand-eye coordination and he's got a little bit of daredevil personality in him," Phil said. "He's always been that kid."
His rambunctious personality as a child pushed Matthew towards motocross. When he was 5 years old, winning event after event, Matthew didn't yet understand what he was achieving. Phil had a better eye for his son's talent. Matthew was just there for the excitement. The thrill of flying through the air upwards of 30 miles per hour and the swiftness of each sharp turn on the tracks brought him back for more.
"If he wasn't doing motocross, he would just do the next extreme sport," Phil said.
Only now is Matthew finally understanding his potential in motocross as he awaits his professional debut.
Not much has changed in the 13 years since. Only now the long blond hair that used to get tucked under his helmet has turned brown. The once "chubby kid", as Matthew called himself, has toned his body in order to compete better. And he still rides the days away at Martin MX Park.
There are just a little more stakes attached.
Adrenaline Chaser
Gil Gutierrez met Matthew when he was 4 years old. That's when he owned Zeeland Indoor Motocross and young Georgie — Gutierrez's nickname for Matthew — strolled in looking for some fun. He says the nickname came about because to him, Matthew looked more like a Georgie.
He still refers to him by that nickname today.
Gutierrez, 66, is no stranger to motocross. He raced professionally in the 1970s. And when he watched Georgie on his bike for the first time, he could see the talent.
"He always wanted to go fast," Gutierrez said. "He loved to ride motorcycles. He just picked it up naturally."
Young Matthew was always in search of the next adrenaline rush.
When he was 2, he would drive his first pedal bike attempting to go as fast as he could or try to get as high as possible.
"He's always had kind of a knack for two-wheels," Phil said. "He was so little at that time that people would literally drive down our road and slow down."
When his family went on bike rides through the neighborhood, Matthew would try to ride with no hands. And when he fell, opening a cut on his elbow, he got back up to try it again.
He had the same no fear approach when he was on the bike. The technique was shotty but Matthew sure wasn't scared.
"At that time he was fearless," Gutierrez said. "He would hold that pin as long as he could, going into corners."
Normal sports were simply too boring for Matthew. He always had to add an extreme element to boost excitement. When he would ski during the winter, flips down the hills was Matthew's norm.
That personality has gotten Matthew in some trouble with injuries over the years.
"Nothing major, a few concussions here and there, two broken hands," Phil said, listing off some of the injuries as if it was normal.
And when Matthew was injured, his pain tolerance seemed to increase.
When he was 7, Matthew broke his arm in a crash at the indoor track. He didn't bother to tell anyone. His arm hurt so he took some Ibuprofen, jumped back on his bike and finished his session. When he went to gymnastics later that day his instructor noticed his range of motion was off. Phil was puzzled upon hearing that.
He laughs about it now when telling the story.
When Matthew was 16, he went tubing following a broken hand. He made sure to get a water-proof cast just for the occasion. Matthew went flying into the water, popped out and held his cast halfway up his hand and nonchalantly said, "Woah, that was close. My cast almost came off."
He didn't care his hand was broken. Matthew wasn't missing out on the fun.
There have been other injuries as well. A broken left collarbone in 2015 after Matthew flew over his handlebars on a jump which left six screws and a steel plate in his body. And a broken back in 2017, which he says was the worst pain he's ever felt.
But the injuries were always just temporary. And the small dosage of fear he had to get back on the bike was only short term. Matthew says there aren't many injuries that could keep him away from the sport he loves.
That's been his mindset throughout his whole life, whether he realized it or not.
Making Sacrifices
It would have been easier for Phil and Matthew to list where they haven't traveled for a motocross event.
Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Texas and Kentucky to name a few.
"Our vacations, rather than going to Disney World, were big motocross events," Phil said.
Going through the grind of a motocross schedule required a lot of sacrifices. When Matthew was young, he didn't always understand why he had to miss a sleepover at his friend's house. Or why he had to skip fifth-grade camp.
Matthew's friends still talk about that weekend today and he notes it still bugs him.
Tears were sometimes involved, but with the future that Phil saw in his son, those sacrifices had to be made.
"Every weekend was certainly not a positive experience," he said. "I saw his potential, we had a lot of financial investments, a lot of time investments and then there were just times where he wanted to go do something else. He wanted to go play with his friends, or whatever, and we had made this other decision that this is what we're going to do.
Phil was responsible for pretty much everything throughout Matthew's motocross career. He was his coach and mechanic. He was also the driver and the planner for weekend trips as well as where Matthew's meals were going to come from. He was the do-it-all guy.
And that required sacrifices on his end as well, taking weekend after weekend off from his job while he and Matthew camped at the track.
Sometimes that mandated Matthew to miss many days of school. He sensed the jealousy from his friends when he would get called out of school on a Wednesday afternoon, not returning until Sunday night.
"We definitely maxed out his absences for sure," Phil said.
He cried about it then but Matthew is understanding now. It took some growing up, but looking back Matthew realizes every sleepover or day of school he missed was done for a reason. He wouldn't be in the position he is now without them.
"It was times like those that made it so I could get to this point," he said.
Finding The Taste of Winning
Winning to Matthew is a feeling like no other. It's something he is now always reaching for.
"Once you get a taste of being No. 1 it's like a drug, you're always chasing it," he said.
At a young age, he rode because he enjoyed it. He loved the thrills and excitement. Winning wasn't the main objective to him.
"I would never think about what place I was getting or how fast I was going around the track," Matthew said. "I was just out there riding."
The same couldn't be said for Phil, who knew what the goal was.
"He didn't even really realize he was out there competing, but for me and the people around us, we were competing," Phil said. "Whether he knew it or not that was the idea, for him to win."
Matthew said it wasn't until he was about 10 years old until he felt the drive to beat kids, to improve on the track and to win. The motocross life used to be about socializing for Phil and Matthew. Now when they go to events, Phil says they pull in, set up and it's all business.
Matthew has always embraced an underdog role when on the track. His preparation for races was somewhat hindered compared to the competition. Matthew would go up against kids who did motocross year round. They trained professionally, had designated training facilities in southern states and they had fitness plans.
That gave Matthew some extra satisfaction, he says, when he beats them.
The goal Matthew has always chased was reaching the Loretta Lynn's Amateur National Championship. The top 42 amateurs around the country get to go. Matthew had been trying to qualify since he was 7 years old.
When Matthew was 10, he got as close as he could without qualifying. A crash in his final lap cost him a spot. But that opportunity came around again, and in 2016 he achieved it.
That, in Matthew's eyes, is one of his greatest accomplishments.
"It was like a whole lifelong goal we just achieved," he said.
The winning kept coming after that. So much so that Matthew was eligible for his professional card in April of 2018.
"It finally felt like we made," Matthew said. "We had worked from 5 years old to 20 and it just made all the sacrifices worth it."
A new journey lying ahead
Knowing that he was thought of us a prodigy still flatters Matthew — and even Phil. He knows it's a compliment that is gratifying to him.
"It's always good to feel like people recognize your talent," Matthew said. "It's always good to feel that other people respect how good you are."
The road to getting his pro card was long and stressful. There was a lot of fun and a lot of broken bones.
And a lot of winning.
But Matthew notes there is still a lot of work to be done. That's why he is here, in the middle of a small Michigan town riding his orange and black bike through the secluded track.
There are a lot more jumps to conquer and turns to complete.
And there are still a lot more events to win.
"Now that we're at this point, it's a new journey," Matthew said.


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Revived giants ready to right Russian wrong
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Italy and the Netherlands failed to reach Russia 2018
Both have bounced back impressively in the years since
We look at what's changed ahead of their Qatar 2022 campaigns
La Gazzetta dello Sport described it as "the apocalypse" and, in football terms, it wasn't far short. Italy, four-time champions, had failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.
Staggering in itself, this outcome was made doubly unthinkable by the Netherlands – finalists and bronze-medalists at the previous two editions – also missing out. And it was Sweden – sturdy, well-drilled but devoid of star players – who had claimed the scalps of these World Cup heavyweights.
For Italy, the enduring the image of their play-off defeat was an inconsolable Gianluigi Buffon leaving the field in tears. For the Dutch, it was Dick Advocaat scoffingly dismissing as "stupid" the suggestion that the Swedes could put eight goals past Luxembourg – and being proved all too wrong.
Changes were inevitable and, for both sides, the significant alterations of recent years have had the desired effect. Now, as a new FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign beckons, the Oranje and Azzurri arrive as altogether more formidable prospects.
Roberto Mancini has spoken of facing "a big problem". It is, however, the kind that every coach desires: selecting a team, and squad, from scores of players who merit inclusion.
"It was already going to be difficult before, but in the last few months players are coming through and have proved to be excellent," said Mancini, who blooded a number of youngsters in Italy's triumphant 2020/21 UEFA Nations League group campaign.
Marcello Lippi has lauded the former Manchester City manager for "recovering the beautiful image of Italy's football", while Tite – in an interview with FIFA.com – compared Mancini to Arrigo Sacchi and praised the "beautiful" style he has implemented.
"We have tried to become more offensive with our play," explained the man himself. "You have to have the right mentality to do so and have a style of play that all the great teams have. In Italy, we never lacked the players. We just had to give them confidence and a chance to play."
Post-2018 achievements
Qualified for UEFA EURO 2020 without dropping a single point, scoring 37 goals across ten matches and conceding just four.
Set a new national record for games won in a calendar year.
Emerged from UEFA Nations League 2020/21 Group A1 as unbeaten section winners.
What's changed
A 4-3-3 formation has become the norm but it's the switch to playing on the front foot, attacking and dominating the opposition, that has underpinned the Mancini revolution.
Federico Chiesa didn't have his doubters to seek when made the big move to Juventus. But this dynamic and intelligent wide man has silenced those sceptics by emerging as a star man for both club and country. Mancini, who played alongside Enrico Chiesa at Sampdoria, has praised Federico for having "more running" than his father and fellow Azzurri international.
Upcoming qualifiers
Northern Ireland (H), 25.03
Bulgaria (A), 28.03
Lithuania (A), 31.03
While Italy's gains have all been posted under Mancini, the Dutch were revived by a coach who is no longer in the post. Ronald Koeman oversaw a spectacular transformation in a team that had failed to qualify for each of the two most recent major tournaments, with Virgil van Dijk, Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay among several stars to emerge.
Koeman's departure for Barcelona threatened, for a time, to derail that progress. Brows certainly became furrowed when his replacement, Frank de Boer, set an unwanted new record by failing to win any of his first four games in charge.
But recent results – draws against Italy and Spain followed by back-to-back wins over Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina – ensure that the Dutch head into the World Cup qualifiers with a renewed sense of self-confidence.
Advanced to the 2019 UEFA Nations League final, beating France, Germany and England en route.
Qualified for their first major tournament in three attempts by reaching UEFA EURO 2020.
The 4-3-3 formation that was once a Dutch trademark has all but been abandoned, with De Boer – like his predecessor – favouring a 4-2-3-1 set-up and a dynamic, counter-pressing style.
Van Dijk, a classy, composed and commanding captain, remains sorely missed, while Frenkie de Jong has been lauded as "the engine" of this Dutch team. But it is the man who paid De Jong that compliment, Memphis Depay, who brings this new-look Oranje its attacking potency. Once described by De Boer as a player "who has everything", Depay dazzled in EURO 2020 qualifying, scoring six goals and creating another eight.
Turkey (A), 24.03
Latvia (H), 27.03
Gibraltar (H), 30.03
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Chrissy Teigen curses about the election, gets bleeped out at the American Music Awards
By Nicki Gostin
Nov 21, 2016 | 8:25 AM
Chrissy Teigen got bleeped out by censors for a comment she made about the election.
The supermodel, who is notoriously outspoken on social media about politics, dropped the f-bomb while introducing her husband, John Legend, at the American Music Awards.
"On the heels of what's been a really interesting, (expletive) up election for all of us, I think we could all use a little more love," the Sports Illustrated model said bluntly before introducing her husband.
Chrissy Teigen dropped an f-bomb at the American Music Awards. (DANNY MOLOSHOK/REUTERS)
Before making the candid comment, the 30-year-old gushed over Legend, 37, calling him a "wonderful father." The duo recently welcomed 7-month-old daughter, Luna, to the world and Teigen confessed that many of his love songs are inspired by their relationship.
Legend then took the stage to belt out his newest single, "Love Me Now," while images of diverse couples appeared on the screen.
John Legend performs "Love Me Now" at the American Music Awards. (Matt Sayles/Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Over the weekend, the cookbook author also weighed in President-elect Donald Trump's tweet that the cast of "Hamilton" should apologize to Mike Pence for reading a note to him after a performance of the critically acclaimed musical on Friday night.
"Donald is sensitive enough to actually seek out a way to punish/get back at anyone who dare criticize him," she wrote on Nov. 19.
"That's such a sad thought. Donald knows very well what he is doing. He knows the Hamilton speech was NBD. He knows his tweet will fire both sides up to distract from the 25 million dollar settlement of yesterday. Most conniving human on planet earth."
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A luxury hotel began initial construction work in early January on this bluff-top site in Encinitas.
Developers finally started construction activity in early January on a Leucadia bluff-top hotel project that's been talked about for decades.
Located just west of La Costa Avenue's intersection with Coast Highway 101 and part of a site that once contained the Cabo Grill, the 4.3-acre property will become home to a $110 million, 130-room hotel. The luxury hotel, which will have ocean views from all but two of its guest rooms, is scheduled to open for business in November 2020.
It's been a long time coming. So long that initial plans for the project actually date back to the 1980s, a time before some of today's adults were born, Fenway Capital Advisors Managing Partner Larry Jackel joked Thursday, Jan. 10.
Fenway Capital purchased the property about 13 months ago and is working jointly with JMI Realty to develop the land, which was once owned by KSL Resorts, Jackel said. Long ago, this property was envisioned as a companion property -- kind of a "beach club" -- to the La Costa Resort & Spa just east of El Camino Real, he added.
After some two decades of working its way through the state and local permitting process, the hotel project received its necessary development permits in 2008 and was headed toward construction when the nation's economy took a nose-dive, he said. Now, working off those previous coastal development permit approvals, the project is being re-started by a new group of developers.
The hotel project also will be paying for an overhaul of Coast Highway's intersection with La Costa Avenue, and the new hotel access point will be directly from that intersection, Jackel said.
City officials have long lamented Encinitas' lack of hotel offerings, particularly upscale properties, saying that many out-of-town folks use the city's beaches but spend their nights in other North County towns, particularly Carlsbad.
In the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, Encinitas is forecasting that it will collect a total of $1.7 million from its transient occupancy tax, which is commonly referred to as the hotel "bed" tax. For comparison, Carlsbad is forecasting that it will collect $25.4 million in bed taxes during the same period.
When the new hotel opens, Encinitas' bed tax revenue is forecasted to double; the project's developers say the new hotel may produce $1.5 million to $2 million in annual bed tax revenue for the city.
This will be Fenway Capital Advisors' first hotel project, but its partner in this project -- JMI Realty -- has many hotel properties, including several in San Diego County. Two that would be comparable to the future Encinitas hotel are The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe and Hotel Solamar in downtown San Diego, JMI Realty CEO John Kratzer said.
"Those two hotels and this hotel are what we call lifestyle boutique hotels," he said.
They have upscale amenities, such as spa services, but they also reflect elements of the areas in which they're located, he said. For example, the Encinitas project is being described as a "barefoot luxury" facility in marketing literature. It will be a place that "people will be proud of ... but very comfortable walking around in their flipflops, which is something I think reflects Encinitas," Kratzer said.
Room rates haven't been set yet, but comparable properties are running about $400 night, he said.
One other thing that also hasn't been decided is the future hotel's official name. For now, they're just calling it "Encinitas Beach Hotel" on marketing materials, the two men said.


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The Merry Men, 1887
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The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables Contents
"The Merry Men" (1882)
"Will o'the Mill" (1878)
"Markheim" (1885)
"Thrawn Janet" (1881)
"Olalla" (1885)
"The Treasure of Franchard" (1883)
In "The Merry Men" Charles pays a visit to his Uncle Gordon and cousin Mary Ellen. They live on the island of Eilean Aros, which has dangerous waters and has been the site of many shipwrecks. Indeed, the island is surrounded by treacherous reefs, known locally as "the Merry Men". They are so named because "the noise of them seemed almost mirthful [. . .] yet instinct with a portentous joviality. Nay, and it seemed even human" (p. 107).
The Espirito Santo, a Spanish vessel laden with treasure, is said to have sunk here on Sandag Bay many years ago. When he learns that a historian is searching for the treasure, Charles vows to find it first. He hopes that the wealth he gains will enable him to marry Mary Ellen and help his uncle.
When Charles arrives, he notices that his uncle is acting strangely and seems unwell. He also notices that the house has new furniture and decorations – all of which have been salvaged from the recent wreck of the Christ-Anna on Sandag Bay.
Later, Charles sees the wreck and also notices a grave has been dug nearby. He begins to suspect his uncle of some foul play with theChrist-Anna. Nevertheless, he resolves to focus on his treasure hunt. He dives and finds a rusted belt buckle and a human leg bone. Horrified, he realizes that these must be from the the Christ-Anna.
He turns back to the beach and sees several men in a boat investigating the buckle and the bone. Their schooner is further out to sea, and Charles thinks these may be the historian and his men. A storm is brewing and the men will probably perish in the dangerous waters.
Charles and his uncle go to see what can be done for the men, but it is too late. Indeed, Uncle Gordon takes a wicked delight in watching the men's struggles. Increasingly unhinged, he seems to think he is watching the wreck of the Christ-Anna again. Charles learns that his uncle was drunk that night, and murdered one of the survivors of the wreck – it is this man's grave he saw earlier. Charles is relieved that at least the act was carried out in drunken madness rather than in cold blood.
Later, Charles and his uncle examine the new wreck. They see a black man, the lone survivor of the storm. Uncle Gordon thinks he is the ghost of the murdered man come to haunt him. Now insane with guilt and fear, he runs and hides on the island. Charles, the servant Rorie and the black man try to herd him to safety, but the plan backfires. Terrified of the black man, Gordon runs into the sea with the black man in pursuit – both men drown.
Quotations from "The Merry Men", The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Swanston end, vol xxi (London: Chatto and Windus, 1911), pp. 69-124.
"Will o' the Mill" (1878)
Will lives with his adoptive parents in a quiet and sheltered mill and wayside inn in the countryside. After seeing the sea in the distance, Will is filled with an overmastering desire to leave the mill and explore the world.
Later a traveller comes to the inn. He urges Will to be happy with his sedentary life, arguing that it is better to be a "squirrel sitting philosophically over his nuts" than "a squirrel turning in a cage" (p. 244).
Some years later Will's parents die. Instead of leaving to see the world, Will adopts the traveler's philosophy and is content with what he has. When the Parson and his daughter Marjory come to stay at the inn, Will soon falls in love and he and Marjory plan to marry.
One day, Marjory explains how she longs to possess the flowers in the garden when they are growing, but when she picks them they lose their allure. She reminds Will of how he once longed to look over the plains, but if he went to the plains himself he would lose the pleasure of looking. He applies this theory to marrying Marjory, believing if they wed he would lose all of the pleasure of her friendship. When he explains this to Marjory she is furious, but soon decides Will is right. They remain friends until Marjory marries someone else, and some years later she passes away.
When he is an old man, Will awakes in the middle of the night and he seems to hear the sounds and people of his past – he hears Marjory, his parents and remembers his youth. Will goes outside and finds that Death has come to the inn to take him away. Death tells Will he has long waited for someone who has never really lived at all. Will responds that he has waited for Death ever since Marjory passed away. "[W]hen the world rose next morning, sure enough Will o' the Mill had gone at last upon his travels" (p. 263).
Quotations from "Will o' the Mill", The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Swanston end, vol vi (London: Chatto and Windus, 1911), pp. 235-63.
Markheim enters a pawnshop and murders the shop dealer for his money. Afterwards, he is haunted both by visions of his childhood and by phantom sounds.
He is busy searching for the money when he hears steps mounting the stairs. The door opens and a face looks in at him and smiles before withdrawing. Markheim is terrified, but the "visitant return[s]" (p. 284): "the outlines of the new-comer seemed to change and waver like those of the idols in the wavering candlelight of the shop; and at times he thought he bore a likeness to himself; and always, like a lump of living terror there lay in his bosom that this thing was not of the earth and not of God" (p. 285).
The visitor offers to help Markheim find the money, advising him that the maid will shortly return to the shop and find the dealer's body. Markheim resists, however: while he knows he has done wrong, he does not wish to collude with evil.
Markheim confronts the maid, telling her he has killed the dealer and that she should find the police. As he speaks to the maid "the features of the visitor began to undergo a wonderful and lovely change: they brightened and softened with a tender triumph, and, even as they brightened, faded and dislimned" (p. 291).
Quotations from "Markheim", The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Swanston end, vol viii (London: Chatto and Windus, 1911), pp. 273-91.
Note: The term "thrawn" is Scots for crooked, twisted or misshapen, but also means perverse or contrary. After the intoduction, this tale is narrated in Scots.
"Thrawn Janet" describes the first year of Reverend Murdoch Soulis's ministry at Balweary in the vale of Dule.
The studious Soulis invites the old woman Janet M'Clour to act as his housekeeper at the manse. The villagers, believing she is evil, throw her into the Dule to see if she is a witch. Soulis intervenes and asks her to renounce the devil in the name of God. She does so, but the next day the villagers notice that "her neck [was] thrawn, an' her heid on ae side, like a body that has been hangit, an a girn on her face like an unstreakit corp" (p. 309).
Soulis assures the villagers that she is suffering from a stroke of the palsy, but they believe she is not Janet at all, but rather a "bogle" or corpse possessed by the devil.
One day, Soulis sees a black man, the devil himself, who walks quickly away to the manse. Soulis cannot catch him, and when he asks Janet whether she saw him she tells him there is no such man. Soulis, however, feels uneasy and begins to suspect that Janet "was deid lang syne, an' this was a bogle in her clay-cauld flesh" (p. 312).
One night Soulis is awoken from his sleep by strange sounds coming from Janet's room. When he goes to investigate he sees "Janet, hangin' frae a nail" (p. 314) – she is a corpse after all! He locks the door and runs downstairs to pray, but she follows. He beseeches the heavens and lightning strikes her down. In the morning, villagers report seeing the black man that dwelled in Janet's body.
Ever since, Soulis is "a severe, bleak-faced old man, dreadful to his hearers" (p. 305).
Quotations from "Thrawn Janet", The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Swanston edn, vol v (London: Chatto and Windus, 1911), pp. 305-16.
Set in Spain during the Peninsular War, "Olalla" is narrated by an anonymous wounded English officer. He is sent on doctor's orders to recuperate in the mountains at the "residencia" of an old and impoverished Spanish family.
The family has a strange history: the Senora married beneath her, or possibly never married, and madness runs in the family . She has two children, Felipe and Olalla. Felipe is "an innocent" (p. 129), a mentally disabled lad, who dotes on the narrator. The Senora is strangely vacant, content with the sensuous pleasures in life.
The narrator finds the house and its occupants strange. One night he hears terrible screams but finds he is locked in his room. He is also haunted and enchanted by a painting of a beautiful woman. She is the Senora's ancestor, and looks uncannily like both the Senora and Felipe. The painting leads him to believe that physically the family are unchanged from their predecessors – mentally, however, they seem to have degenerated.
One day he meets Olalla and is instantly attracted to her. He loves her and urges her to leave with him. She, however, fears that she will go mad as her relatives have done, and that he should leave at once.
In despair, he puts his hand through a window and his wrist bleeds copiously. He seeks help, but when the Senora sees his bleeding wrist, she leaps on it and bites to the bone. Olalla and Felipe come to his rescue.
Felipe now takes the narrator to recuperate in a nearby village. The priest tells the narrator that when the Senora was young, she was sane, but that madness had come to her later. When the narrator tells the priest Olalla fears she too will lose her sanity, the priest urges him to listen to her.
In the village a peasant tells the narrator the local superstitions and fears about the residencia, suggesting that the residents are not human. Highly skeptical, the narrator is horrified to learn the peasants plan to burn the family out of their home.
The narrator goes to warn the priest and Olalla but finds that Olalla already knows. He asks her to leave with him once more, but she tells him that she has put her faith in Christ and that she must "pass on upon [her] way alone" (p. 173). Despairing, the narrator leaves her.
Quotations from "Olalla", The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Swanston edn, vol xxi (London: Chatto and Windus, 1911), pp. 127-74.
Dr Desprez and his wife Anastasie live in the country town of Gretz (actually Grez, an artist community that RLS often visited in the mid to late 1870s. For more information, see the page devoted to Barbizon & Grez in the Footsteps section of the RLS Website). The couple adopt a boy, Jean-Marie. Desprez loves Jean-Marie for his spiritual side, as much as he loves his wife for her pleasure in the material aspects of life.
Desprez resolves to teach Jean-Marie his own particular philosophy on life. Despite all of his teaching, however, he cannot make Jean-Marie feel remorse for stealing when he was younger. Jean-Marie insists that he stole only to feed himself, and that God would never think that this was wrong.
One day, Desprez and Jean-Marie go to Franchard. Desprez explains to Jean-Marie that wealth is poisonous, and that Gretz, with its fresh clean air, is a much better place than the evil influences of Paris. Indeed, Desprez had once ruined himself financially in Paris.
He also tells Jean-Marie about the hermits who used to occupy Franchard and how they had concealed their priceless sacrificial vessels somewhere there. When Desprez finds the treasure however, he instantly casts aside all of his advice and "a sort of bestial greed possessed him" (p. 300). His behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and Jean-Marie reminds himself of what Desprez had taught him: "[i]f necessary, wreck the train" (p. 308) – in other words, sometimes it is necessary to take drastic measures in order to save the day.
The next morning, Anastasie and Desprez awake to find that the treasure has been stolen. Admiral Casimir, Anastasie's brother, arrives, and learning that Jean-Marie was once a thief, instantly accuses him. Jean-Marie vows he will leave unless the treasure is never spoken of again. Terrified that they will lose the boy they love, the Dr and Anastasie agree.
The Desprez's luck then turns for the worse: their house collapses in a storm and a change in the market means they are ruined. Jean-Marie disappears, only to return with the treasure! Desprez is overjoyed, saying "[h]e is the thief; he took the treasure from a man unfit to be entrusted with its use; he brings it back to me when I am sobered and humbled. These Casimir, are the Fruits of my Teachings, and this moment is the Reward of my Life" (p. 332).
Quotations from "The Treasure of Franchard", The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Swanston edn, vol vi (London: Chatto and Windus, 1911), pp. 267-332.
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"Liebster is a German word that means "dearest" or "favorite". Other meaning may include sweetest, kindest, nicest, beloved, lovely, kinda, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing and welcome."
This kind of award is another way to know each other, so lets enjoy it and sorry if I will tag you ;).
Why do you blog? This is my only outlet to make me busy aside taking care of my family and I enjoy it.
What is your most memorable blog post. Please include a link. When I spent Christmas and New Year in the Philippines with my family.
Who is your favorite blogger ? JoysNotepad-she inspires me.
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I will understand if you can't make a blog entry for this but it would be nice " if you will answer these questions through the comment form below.
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10. What positive contribution your blog can share to the blogosphere?
11.Where do you see yourself five years from now?
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2. Seeing other places through other blogs and getting to know them.
4.God's presense, being with family, creating something and making other people happy.
6. I believe each post for me is memorable.
7.getting a degree in my old age in a foreign language at the same time working full time and taking care a family.
Good luck to others and thanks Mhie.
I used to do tagging way back but now I'm getting lazy. Love those colorful flowers.
I'm interested about that tags as much as I love your photos! This is great,Mhie..!
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thank you for the positive response,Lainy.If that helps I should tag you always so you have a good reason to update your blog.lol.
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Q: Java: errors in shaping Mongolian glyphs Context: Java 11, JavaFx 11 (where applicable), Linux Mint 19.3, Eclipse 2020.06. Java apps run as desktop applications.
Background: The Mongolian script is considered "complex" and, to be shaped correctly, requires OpenType tables as isol, init, medi, fina, rlig in the font(s) implementing it.
I am trying to insert Mongolian strings in Java UI and I am having unexpected results both with Swing and with JavaFX.
Basically, if a Mongolian string like "ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ" is inserted in a Swing JLabel or in an Fx Label alone, it is rendered without any shaping (more or less as in "ᠪ ᠠ ᠢ ᠨ ᠠ"), while if a string in another "complex" string is added in the same label, say "अनुच्छेद ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ" or "ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ अनुच्छेद", then it is rendered correctly.
Furthermore, I noticed that in Swing, either a Devanāgarī or an Arabic string turn on the correct shaping, while in JavaFx a Devanāgarī addition does the job but an Arabic addition does not.
Of course, I cannot add arbitrary strings just to turn the correct shaping on. Am I forgetting some important initialisation or is the Java shaping tier of the font stack broken? (I suppose it is HarfBuzz, which usually works quite well...).
Thanks for any suggestion!
A Swing minimal example, which comments showing which strings are rendered correctly and which are not:
package com.vistamaresoft.swingtest;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Main
{
    private         JFrame      frame;
    private static  Main        window;

    public Main()
    {
        frame   = new JFrame();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setTitle("Mongolian Swing Test");
        frame.setBounds(100, 100, 300, 200);
        //Set up the GUI.
        JPanel      panel       = new JPanel();
        panel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(panel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        JLabel      label       = new JLabel("ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ");         // NOT CORRECT
        panel.add(label);
        label                   = new JLabel("Abc ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ");     // NOT CORRECT
        panel.add(label);
        label                   = new JLabel("ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ  كتاب ");  // CORRECT
        panel.add(label);
        label                   = new JLabel("كتاب ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ");        // CORRECT
        panel.add(label);
        label                   = new JLabel("ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ अनुच्छेद");        // CORRECT
        panel.add(label);
        label                   = new JLabel("अनुच्छेद ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ");        // CORRECT
        panel.add(label);
        frame.setContentPane(panel);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        window = new Main();
        window.frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

A JavaFx minimal example. Note that the WebView is not any better than a Label and that copy and pasting a label text into the HTML input field yields the same results:
package com.vistamaresoft.fxtest;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.web.WebView;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class Main
{
    static final String html    =
    "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN\"\n\"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd\">\n" +
    "\n\n" +
    "
Sample text: ᠴᠣᠴᠡᠭᠠ
" +        // NOT CORRECT!
    "
ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ كتاب
" +                // NOT CORRECT!
    "
अनुच्छेद ᠴᠣᠴᠡᠭᠠ
" +                // CORRECT!
    "
<input type='text' name='title' size='20' maxlength='50' style='font-size: 18pt;' />
" +
    "\n";

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Application.launch(MainApp.class, args);
    }

    public static class MainApp extends Application
    {
        @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception
        {
            WebView webView = new WebView();
            webView.getEngine().loadContent(html);
            Label   lab1    = new Label("ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ");      // NOT CORRECT
            lab1.setStyle("-fx-font-size: 24pt;");
            Label   lab2    = new Label("ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ كتاب"); // NOT CORRECT
            lab2.setStyle("-fx-font-size: 24pt;");
            Label   lab3    = new Label("كتاب ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ"); // NOT CORRECT
            lab3.setStyle("-fx-font-size: 24pt;");
            Label   lab4    = new Label("ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ अनुच्छेद"); // CORRECT
            lab4.setStyle("-fx-font-size: 24pt;");
            Label   lab5    = new Label("अनुच्छेद ᠪᠠᠢᠨᠠ"); // CORRECT
            lab5.setStyle("-fx-font-size: 24pt;");

            VBox    vBox    = new VBox(webView, lab1, lab2, lab3, lab4, lab5);
            Scene   scene   = new Scene(vBox, 800, 600);

            primaryStage.setTitle("JavaFX Mongolian Test");
            primaryStage.setScene(scene);
            primaryStage.show();
        }
    }

}

EDIT:
These issues have been filed as bugs by the Java bug database:

*

*the AWT bug: http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=JDK-8252091

*the JavaFx bug: http://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=JDK-8252220

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Diving headlong into the volatile intersections of contemporary Moscow and the intimate lives of five people, Moscow Never Sleepsis multi-narrative drama about the hidden bonds that connects us all. An entrepreneur whose business empire comes under siege by powerful bureaucrats, a teenage girl mired in the misery of a broken home, a young man forced to chose between his girlfriend and his grandmother; a beautiful singer torn apart by the pursuit of two men and an ailing film star who gets embroiled in a bizarre kidnapping. Over the course of one day, their lives will change forever.
These stories weave through Moscow's choked cityscape as it celebrates its birthday with a massive fireworks display. They reveal the unrestrained energy of this megalopolis and the cruelty and beauty of the Russian spirit.
This Russian-Irish co-production stars many of Russia's best-known actors including Alexey Serebriakov (Leviathan). The film aims to give audiences a unique view of Russian humanity, to present a true impression of a vibrant culture overshadowed by egregious policies of a corrupt government and to capture the pulsating spirit of Europe's biggest city.