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CNN ratings in free fall but its bought-and-paid-for airports monopoly goes on
By World Tribune on July 5, 2019
by WorldTribune Staff, July 4, 2019
CNN continues to maintain a monopoly on news at airports throughout the U.S. which is hard to digest given that, on an average day, more people are watching the Food Network than CNN.
Speaking of food, there is a spillover effect as CNN is also in customers' faces at McDonalds and other fast food troughs and public spaces.
Millions of travelers are forced to watch CNN content at airports across America.
The cable network's ratings death spiral has seen the outlet President Donald Trump likes to describe as "very fake news" lose 20 percent of its audience in the second quarter of this year. That's after CNN finished 15th in prime time in the previous quarter.
With only two other cable news outlets as competition, not a single CNN program ranked in the top 20.
"CNN's prominence at airports is often mocked by critics, who are quick to joke that the network's only viewers are waiting for a flight," Fox News media analyst Brian Flood wrote.
That's because, at airports, CNN is numero uno. A CNN Airport media kit says 323 million people view CNN Airport on an annual basis at the 2,400-plus gates throughout the country that carry the channel.
"Airports feel like a lesser version of hell with dirty seats, overpriced food and propaganda posing as news on CNN," Fox News host Tucker Carlson said last month.
Trip Savvy recently listed the 25 busiest airports in America and 20 of them are listed as airports participating in CNN Airport.
The network's airport presence is facing new scrutiny, though, since its hard turn to the left, Flood noted.
"Critics are now asking if busy travelers should be subjected to CNN's increasingly ideological programming — at gates, bars, food courts and baggage claims — which can include on-screen chyrons or subtitles that gleefully mock President Trump," Flood wrote. "Many travelers have even taken to Twitter and started online petitions to urge airports to change the channel."
Media Research Center Vice President Dan Gainor told Fox News that CNN has become more partisan than MSNBC since Trump moved into the White House and travelers should have the option of not watching the network.
"How are airports justifying the idea of bombarding captive viewers with content many of them oppose? Sadly, almost any outlet is fairer now than CNN," Gainor said.
So what is the main reason CNN is forced on air travelers? Of course — money.
CNN pays airports to keep the fake news on, and many travel hubs even have agreements in which CNN pays for their TVs and infrastructure.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that airports also receive "up to six minutes each hour to promote the airport or local attractions" as part of the deal.
"CNN Airport covers the costs related to the TVs and related infrastructure, provides programming specifically geared for airports, and pays us for the opportunity to be in our facility," a representative from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International said, while Miami International's spokesperson pointed Fox News to a document proving that CNN is willing to pay the most.
"Long-term contracts typically give CNN the ability to curate content seen by travelers whether they like it or not," Flood wrote. "The eight-year contract that was signed in 2016 promises Miami International Airport 'a maximum annual guarantee of $150,000' that may be adjusted annually to ensure the deal is on par with similar airports."
Stu Bykofsky wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer that "while you seem to be watching CNN, and sometimes you are, there are also departures from the main feed, including original programming and commercials that are customized for the air traveler. The CNN Airport Network has three of its own reporters and its own control room in Atlanta."
And, Bykofsky added, "The airport news service filters the news. You will never see a newsworthy air disaster on an airport screen, even if such a report is being carried by CNN. The airport operation runs on a 10-second delay, which allows it to edit on the fly to block 'bad' airline news from passengers who might be upset by it. The network usually covers banned news by throwing in a quick weather report or other filler."
The average viewing time per airport is 53 minutes, says Alison Hashimoto, vice president of programming. "We have a very broad audience, people from 3 to 93," she says, and research shows "people like a variety of content."
Hashimoto added: "People have their right to any opinion, and at CNN we stand by all the reporting that is going on every day. CNN is a very trusted news source." Hashimoto pointed to a Pew Research poll that found CNN "most trusted" among the networks. The poll was from 2014.
San Francisco International Airport told Fox News it has informed CNN that the relationship will be terminated next month when the existing contract expires, pointing to improved mobile devices and free airport Wi-Fi that allow travelers to curate their own content as the primary reason.
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July 19, 2011: Eco-Intensification: Does Organic Agriculture Contribute to the Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources for Better Adaptation to Climate Change and for Food Security?
On July 19, during the 13th Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (18-22 July 2011) of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) the side event on "Eco-intensification: does organic agriculture contribute to the sustainable use of genetic resources for better adaptation to climate change and for food security?" took place.
The Side Event was jointly organized by the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), the Danish International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and Bioversity International.
This side event introduced the ecological principles and practices behind organic agriculture that make it an important tool for addressing climate change and food insecurity. By working with and intensifying nature's ecological processes organic agriculture has developed a comprehensive suite of resilient, affordable and highly accessible farming practices, as well as an international market, based on the sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Case studies on the synergistic benefits of inter-cropping and the use of diverse production systems that regulate pests and diseases while providing communities with enhanced nutrition, were presented. The continuous in-situ adaptation of plant genetic resources, which is critical to maintaining system resilience in organically managed agro-ecosystems, will be discussed in terms of the crucial role of conservation and adaptation for agriculture and food security.
François Pythoud, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland
Nadia Scialabba, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO
Markus Arbenz, Executive Director, IFOAM
Urs Niggli, Director, FiBL and IFOAM World Board member, Switzerland: The concept of eco-functional intensification for agricultural research
Emile Frison, Director of Bioversity International: Agricultural biodiversity for sustainable intensification of food production: three case studies
Anders Borgen, ICROFS: Alternative plant breeding for Organic Agriculture
Perspectives of delegates
Markus Arbenz: Conclusions and suggestions for further action
FAO.org: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA), Thirteenth Regular Session
FAO.org: CGRFA-13 Side events, 18 – 21 July 2011
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Interview with Gleb, John Doe #27 and Dildo from Chaneys
For her latest piece, Salvatore chose to bring light to a Russian Punk Rock band from the "dark corners" of Moscow, and they are talking about how they decided to form a band, what they are up during these trying times, their plans for the future, some very unique inspirations behind their music, all unquestionably influenced by anything and everything spooky.
Salvatore: So, please let me know something about your new music and band.
Gleb: Well, we are a Punk Rock band from the dark corners of Moscow, Russia, mostly inspired by any kind of Horror subjects: from classical Horror movies and literature to the scariest stories and characters of the real world. Bands such as Misfits, Samhain, Blitzkid, Balzac are, you might say, among our musical influences.
Misfits from back in the day.
JD27: The band is Gleb Kasady (guitars, vocals and primary creative force), Myers (guitar, secondary creative force and primary driver), Dildo (drums, secondary driver and the propagandist of suburban lifestyle) and me, John Doe (bass, backing vocals, primary destructive force and a boss wannabe). We've played with each other in different combinations since 2012, but conjoined our efforts as Chaneys on Halloween's Eve of 2017.
We introduce to you: Chaneys!
S: How hard is it for you during the current Covid-19 crisis?
Dildo: Boooring, practising on a pad and electronic drum kit, desperately missing live shows.
Gleb: Still got a lotta work to do. Still got a lotta music stuff to write and learn. This is of course much more convenient to stay home due to self-isolation for me personally than moving across the city on everyday basis to do things. But yes, I miss our rehearsals and gigs hardly.
JD27: Actually every band, especially a DIY band like us, has a lot of things to do besides practicing and playing gigs, so we're still pretty busy.
S: What led you into a life of music?
Dildo: I spent my school years trying to drum without a drum kit. I've been spending hours on my meals with headphones in my ears, drumming with spoons on plates and tables, even when my meal was already cold. I used pens, pencils and books at school. Kids around called me weirdo and my notebook drumming caused problems during lessons. My mom was regularly called to the principal and I had to visit a child psychologist to find out if there was something wrong with me. By the end I finally reached the agreement with school administration to keep my drum kit in exchange that I will perform with the local school band on different events. I entreated my father to buy me my first drum kit, which is still alive and stored in my garage now. By the way, when I assembled the kit, I was already able to play simple beats because of my "kitchen" and school practice. Everyone was pleasantly surprised!
Gleb: In my case it's not what but who. In the 70's my father played guitar in sorta boomer Rock band. He can also play the piano and accordion. When I was 5 or 6 he tried to teach the piano to a stupid kid who I was back then. So he decided to send me to music school. Later in high school for the first time I started playing guitar in a Punk band with my friends.
JD27: I always was into music, like singing songs in our yard at the age of 3, playing father's LPs on a stereo (we destroyed them all, luckily they all were total garbage) or playing along the songs from tapes on a broom a little later. But as a child, the idea of getting music classes scared me to death, so when I learned, that in Punk Rock you don't have to know, how to play an instrument, and still can be cool and famous, I knew that it's what I'm going to do. Despite what I said, I've chosen Flea of RHCP as my first role model, and he's a hell of a bass player.
Flea rocking on stage.
S: What's your thoughts on your current musical journey?
Dildo: All I can say is that I still attend drumming lessons and there is no limit in mastery.
Gleb: Who knows to what shores the ship on which I am travelling in music might lead me? Who knows where I am now?
JD27: If I could give any advice to a younger self, I'd say to be focused, to cut the crap and don't waste time on things, that lead obviously nowhere.
S: Where do you see yourselves in the future?
JD27: If in a couple years I'll be spending half of the year in a smelly van with these guys, I'll be totally satisfied.
Gleb: Worldwide tours, sold out stadium gigs, billions of sold records - all this stuff in the future, hahaha!
S: What was the inspiration for your first/last song?
Gleb: Well, for the first song ['Victim Of Abuse'] in my current band the inspiration was the story of one of the UK's most notorious serial killers Robert Maudsley. I don't think I've written the last song for my band yet.
Serial killer Robert Maudsley. I dare you to look him up, his story is B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
S: What will be the first thing you say or think when you become huge?
Dildo: Hell yeah!
Gleb: Lots of chicks and beer! At last! Screw my job!
JD27: "Wake up, motherfuckes, we gotta go to the next city!"
S: Anything big planned in the immediate future?
Gleb: At this point, we plan to get back to work on our LP as soon as all this Covid-19 crap is over. We are working on a couple of music videos as well.
JD27: Also we have a new song recorded and waiting to be released on the double LP compilation with some rad bands. And some other really cool and unusual projects, that we don't want to talk about right now. So subscribe to our social media [show them some spooky love on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube] for updates and you won't miss it. Anyway, if you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.
" ...if you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans."
S: Which musicians would you consider your inspiration and why?
Dildo: Travis Barker. I like his style and his musical amplitude. His influence on me could not be underestimated, because when I was a kid, during my kitchen band school practice I mostly listened to Blink-182.
Gleb: There are quite a lot of musicians that I can learn a lot from, and I can learn something different from each of them.
JD27: I agree with Gleb, there are a lot, depending on what I'm listening to the most right now.
Blink-182 with Tom was the best Blink.
S: If you get the chance to share a stage with any band or musician, who would it be?
Dildo: Well, I don't know... Blink 182 with Tom DeLonge, Blitzkid.
Gleb: Black Sabbath.
JD27: I'd say, that playing with pretty much any major artist at a huge venue in front of a huge crowd would be thrilling. But, as far as I know, we play Horror Punk, so I would definitely let Misfits open for us.
S: Where do you plan to tour?
Gleb: Oh, we had plenty of plans for the tour before the pandemic started and countries started closing their borders: Germany, Austria, Italy. I hope everything will work out when this whole virus situation is over.
JD27: Hopefully, everywhere. Wherever our catafalque brings us.
"Where do you plan to tour?
Hopefully, everywhere. Wherever our catafalque brings us."
S: Can you tell us something about one or two of your tracks?
Gleb: 'Do You Really Think I'm Dead?' is a fast-paced battle hymn suitable for the rising of the living dead.
JD27: We often use it to open our sets, I think it's a great opener.
Gleb: 'Ghost Stories' is about how everyone has their own ghost stories, their own way to escape for a while from the constant struggle with the world around them for survival.
'Farewell' is a Pop-Punk song about the fact that a maniac killer and his victim at the time of murder become in some sense the closest persons and it is pointless to deny it.
'Boundless Oblivion' is a bit in the style of Trash Punk, it pushes the boundaries of meaningless cruelty common to all mankind. In fact it is meaningless only at first glance and this makes the picture even darker.
'Madeline'. There are hidden or unconcealed dirty thoughts in the mind of every person. That keeps alive such a genre as Sexploitation.
JD27: It's named after Madeline Smith, the British actress of said genre, among others. Hopefully we'll make a music video for it.
Gleb: The song called 'Creepy Hands' tells us the story of a tortured hero with a broken heart who rises from the dead and chooses bloody revenge over eternal suffering. Although the plot is not the most exciting, but the whole song sounds very cool, this is one of my favourite tracks of our band.
Thank you so much guys for your time and we wish you all the best on your music journey!
Interview by Adel Salvatore.
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Welcome to Hamburg docks and HADAG. HADAG has been operating a scheduled boat service in Hamburg's docks for more than 115 years. Now HADAG is responsible for all ferry traffic in Hamburg docks in co-operation with HVV - a great opportunity to get to know the docks close up. Our "Tolle Törns" also offer a whole range of interesting tours along the Elbe both in and around Hamburg.
Brunckhorst is one of the leading caterers in Northern Germany. Since many years we are chosen partner of ATG for the organization of all culinary highlights on their white Alsterfleet. From fingerfood to an elaborate buffet - everything is possible. We therefore are able to look back onto many successful events held afloat on various Alstersteamers. However, it would be also our pleasure to assist you with your events on dry land. Please don't hesitate to address one of our consultants.
Dinnershipping provides you with a wide choice of delicious Dinner-Trips or helps you to your own chartered Alster steamer tour.
Attend one of the scheduled trips or charter ypor own vessel with Alsterschiff.
Experience the elegance and luxury of the new 5-star Hotel Le Royal Méridien in Hamburg. With its absolutely central position, you'll reside directly on the Aussenalster basin, with immediate access to shopping areas and tourist attractions.
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Hamburg may be a Free City of the Hanseatic League but it doesn't have an honours system. That's how it's been throughout history and no doubt that's how it will stay. But every now and then, a commendation is needed, when an outstanding personality has proved to be a global ambassador for the Hanseatic city as a result of their special achievements. Those who have embarked on a course and achieved success are recognised by the "Congregation of Alster Lock Keepers S.C." with their badge of honour, Honorary Lock Keeper.


One of our customers told us: "We'd commission more translations if only it were easier." As I headed back to the office, these words still rang in my head, and before the end of the week we'd held a brainstorming session. Thus, from customer needs and comments, the idea for Navitep was born.
Four years have passed since then. With many lines of code and animated discussions behind us, it looks like we're almost there. Software can never be considered finished, of course: you can always improve something or add new features. But the engine is there, and we are gaining speed.
Navitep Oy is a software company whose main product is Navitep, software developed to automate the translation process. When designing our software, we followed our customers' suggestions such as 'If only it were easier, we'd order more translations'. This idea is the backbone of Navitep's development.
Navitep boasts 20 years of experience in the translation sector, with Sofokus Oy responsible for software development. Over the years, more than half a billion euros has been invested in the software development and currently a number of venture capital organisations support the process as well. The beginning of 2018 is going to witness another major step in Navitep's history: internationalisation.
Thanks to the investors and the established pilot customers, Navitep's finances are on solid foundations and our team has been constantly acquiring new talents. The company's headquarters are located in Tampere, whereas Helsinki and Tallinn are homes to our branch offices.
Navitep has agile and reliable services at its core.
With Navitep, you will find the right translators for more than 200 language pairs easily by their area of expertise.
For higher quality, the automated work flow includes a proofreading stage additional to the translation.
The process of ordering is automated, and ready-to-use translations are delivered in the original format.


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Hi is this underexposed? - I would value the opinion of others esp those with a pro pc/mac setup.
On the camera it looks fine, when imported into adobe lightroom it look under exposed but then this was adjusted. It looks fine on my Macbook and TFT.
At work in was looked very dark on CRT monitors on a pc (look at from the web), but on a colleagues TFT it looked fine, and it was mediocre printed on the office laser jet/photocopier.
Not an easy question; here's why.
"Proper" exposure is image and/or scene dependent, meaning you may have to sacrifice hi- lites to capture darker areas and vice versa.
Looking at your example, I would vote no. What was your point of interest in this photo? If it was the performers face, then you are ok. Theatrical lighting is quite "contrasty" making a great exposure difficult, not to mention color balance problems.
Your image contains pure black and pure white, so it is impossible to capture this range with one shot.
My personal definition of under or over exposure would be this.."NOT realizing the full dynamic range of the camera/sensor."
Example: A photo that does not show shadow transition or detail, yet it should without blowing out the hi-lites.
Over and under exposure is not only image and scene dependent, but also creative. You may WANT to shoot this or that in high contrast or with harsh black shadows.
Today with digital cameras, many of us rely on the histogram. This may or may not be a great idea as it depends fully on one's ability to interpret the histogram AND the camera's ability to render an accurate histogram. Reading a histogram can be a course in itself.
Concerning your issue on how the image looks on this monitor or that printer has little to do with exposure and more to do with the quality of the monitor/printer and calibration.
Scott J. Chalmers As you can see from the camera settings - it was pushed to the limit without going to silly shutter speeds or higher iso, which would be too grainy.....I did not use any exposure compensation...if that was pushed up by a stop or two would that help at all?
Hi Scott, I use a 50mm f/1.4 lens for these type of shots. It really helps with low light and it is the least expensive lens in my bag.
If you are shooting jpg, you might want to try a manual WB.
Best to shoot this type of lighting in RAW format.
James Scott Stone Scott S. I have a sigma 28-80 lens 2.8 when shoot in lowlight. just go out and have fun.
I think you can really tell a lot from the histogram. You are really getting about half (ok, 60%) the dynamic range here that you would get with better exposure. A good correction would bring out some of the highlight without blowing out the details and enhance the image and color even more.
Take a look at the images I am uploading...the levels shows you have a lot of head room in the highlights and this can be adjusted successfully. The result should appear a bit brighter, but true to the original. I chose to lighten it a little -- which you don't need to do if you feel the darkness is a mood thing.
I hope that helps. These corrections and techniques are derived from stuff I teach in my courses at betterphoto. I made the corrections using Elements here, and Photoshop works about the same way.
I have to agree with Pete's comments - you can see detail in what I believe are the strap and the microphone. Plus the details in the face (eyelashes, lips, etc.) are great. I think it is a great shot, very "moody" and realistic.


Pioneer Meats, fueled by our entrepreneurial spirit and creativity, seeks to develop products that create their own space in the marketplace as well as expand the potential applications of existing protein products. We pride ourselves on developing long lasting customer relationships while keeping our customers' needs at the forefront of innovation.
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Slater Smith
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The Weather Machine is the creative project of musician Slater Smith, who recently relocated to New Zealand and will make his Aotearoa premiere at the Christchurch Folk Club.
With hearty lyricism and theatrical flair, Slater's material explores a wide territory, spanning everything from jazzy glam rock to more traditional folk and singer-songwriter sensibilities. During this intimate solo performance, you can expect a rich combination of warm ballads, zany story-songs, and plenty of finger picking folk stylings.
You'll also hear some brand new songs from The Weather Machine's unreleased record, set to come out later this year. You can listen to Slater's past recordings by searching for The Weather Machine on Spotify, or visiting weathermachinemusic.com.
Doors open 7pm. Performance starts at 7.30pm, you will get a seat if you arrive close to 7pm.
VENUE: Irish Society Hall, 29 Domain Terrace, Spreydon The hall is situated up the long driveway, directly next to Domain Park, and there is plenty of well-lit off-street parking.
DOOR SALES CASH ONLY, please bring correct change if possible.
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Tea, coffee, biscuits and cake available during the break.
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The location of the new San Mames stadium, at the end of the urban mesh of the expansion district of Bilbao, peeping over the estuary, turns the building into a piece of architecture that must show itself categorically and with force, but at the same time, respecting the rest of the buildings that make up that area of the city.
The project offers added value to the circulation areas, contributing spatial qualities and linking them in an intense fashion to the city and the surroundings.
This connection is materialized by the introduction of great windows framed in red. One of them includes the club's crest, which is projected with LED technology. In the same way, the ETFE panels that make up the façade change their white colour for any imaginable combination of shapes and colours.
The design of the new stadium, with capacity for 53,332 spectators, satisfies the requirements of an "Elite category" stadium, the highest rating under UEFA standards. The complex has complementary uses such as a museum, a shopping area, restaurants, cafeterias, event rooms and meeting and conference rooms.


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Q: Discord.js moving person to random VoiceChannel I'm making a discord bot that will has a feature to move user's to a random voice channel if they want. I searched the internet 3 hours straight and checked the whole documentation. But still can't find anything.
note : I know this bot idea looks useless. But that's what I need.
code :
let voiceChannels = message.guild.filter(g => **idk how to check if it's vc** );

that's what I just found in 3 hours.

A: You'd need to access the guild's channels and then choose a random channel of type voice.
So in your case, it'd be:
let voiceChannel = message.guild.channels.cache.filter((channel) => channel.type === "voice").random();
if (!message.member.voice.channel) return message.reply("User is not in a voice channel");
await message.member.voice.setChannel(voiceChannel);

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Pierre-Emerick Emiliano François Aubameyang (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɛməʁik obaməjɑ̃ɡ]; born 18 June 1989) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays for English club Arsenal and captains the Gabonese national team.
Born in Laval as the son of former Gabonese captain Pierre Aubameyang, Aubameyang began his senior career in 2008 after being promoted from the youth-setup at Milan. However, he never appeared for the first team, and was instead loaned out multiple times to Ligue 1 clubs. Although renowned for his speed, having clocked 30 metres in 3.7 seconds, he was often used sparingly on loan until joining Saint-Étienne in 2011. Following multiple individual performances to guide a depleted team to mid-table in 2012, Aubameyang built upon his performances to include goalscoring the following season. After establishing himself as the core component of the team, he ended the campaign as Ligue 1's second-top goalscorer, with 19 goals, while also winning the 2013 Coupe de la Ligue. This garnered him a move to Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, for a rumored fee of €14 million.
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At international level, Aubameyang has played 56 matches for the Gabon national team since his debut in 2009, scoring 23 goals. He represented his country in three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, as well as the 2012 Summer Olympics. For his performances at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Aubameyang was named CAF's African Footballer of the Year, becoming the first Gabonese player to win the award.


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Ultramarathon Daily News, Tue, Aug 18
eric schranz August 18, 2015 Daily News
Here's a pretty good analysis of what types of people succeed in ultramarathons, and what it takes to do well. Lots in there to digest, but then the author finds it necessary to start hand-wringing (edit: apologize) over racial diversity in the sport.
Results from races held over the weekend, including Wardian's first hundred mile finish win!
Remember the Oz Pearlman interview from a few years ago? Yep, he's still doing well on America's Got Talent. Vote for him this week!
Stephanie's great post about celebrating the positive female athlete role models.
Harrowing, first hand account of a grizzly bear attack. Wow.
Will you welcome our new trail running overlords?
Mike Aish is ready to attack Leadville this weekend. Here's the rest of the field. Remember who won it last year? This guy.
Reader Matt tipped me off to this race in Michigan. It's a trail race that's run as a team, with everyone starting at the same time, but the four runners run different distances (5, 10, 20, and 31 miles), times are combined and the lowest wins. And apparently next fall they'll have one with 25, 50, 75, and 100 miles. Very cool concept! Hey West Coast RD's, you listening?
And these off-trail mountain races sound like fun too, but as the article suggests, permitting them is pretty tough.
Ah, much of this is familiar: What every doctor should know about treating athletes.
I attended Team RWB TrailRunning Camp in Texas last year as a mentor Max, Schlarb, Liza, Joe, Megan, Dom & Katie, Ford, and others. This year, Sarah's going as a mentor. If you're looking for a fun and informative week (that supports a great cause for a low price!), check it out.
Written by eric schranz
I host and manage ultrarunnerpodcast.com, a site devoted to the Mountain/Ultra/Trail running world. We interview a wide range of athletes, conduct honest and extensive product reviews, and report on the daily happenings of the MUT scene.
22 Responses to "Ultramarathon Daily News, Tue, Aug 18"
It might be his first 100 mile finish … this month. But I recall he did pretty well at States in June. It does seem to be his first 100 mile win.Reference
I think calling it "hand wringing" is a little unfair. The author simply notes a very real homogeneity within ultra/trail running. It would be naive to ignore this, and to pretend that people who fall outside the typical demo might not feel wholly welcome, or comfortable. We in the community should be honest enough to reflect on these realities. No one is suggesting affirmative action entries for Western States.Reference
Tha Messenjah says:
First 100 mile WIN 🙂Reference
kyle whalum says:
Gotta agree with Alex, Eric. Big fan of the website, daily news, and podcast–but as an ultrarunner who happens to be black, I think it's ok to notice the homogeneity of the sport and endeavor to spread the 'good news' to more and more types of people. While the ultra community is generally extremely friendly and welcoming, i'd love to not be the only black dude at most races someday. PLUS: I'm really tired of getting laughed out of my barber shop every time someone finds out I run 100 milers!
eric schranz says:
Of course it's OK to notice it, study it, and question it. I'm the guy who's always asking why there aren't more Asians in ultras in the US, as the depth of their training program and elite runners (particularly in Japan) is mind blowing.
My issue is that it seemed to be apologizing for the ethnic make up, and that's what I feel is unnecessary.
Sage Canaday says:
Eric, I'm actually (half) Asian (Japanese to be exact). I agree with others that the mention of diversity (or lack of it) in MUT running in the US is something that is good to bring to the table.
Yes, it's great, and again, that's why I question many of my Asian guests (Jared Burdick and YiOu Wang, for example, links below) what we can do to bring more Asian athletes to the US and why Asian Americans don't participate in T&F at the same ratio as other minority groups. YiOu's answers have been particularly interesting. I'd LOVE to discuss it further, as the prospect of having East Africans and Japanese Hakone Ekiden runners compete stateside gets me stoked.
I love the fact that MUT events have tall, short, dark, light, chubby, gay, straight, runners, and it'd be even cooler to have a wide array of ethnic groups represented. My issue is that it seemed unnecessary to apologize for it.
Hope that clears things up.
https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/thenorthface-endurance-challenge-preview-magdalena-boulet-yiou-wang-alicia-shay/
https://ultrarunnerpodcast.com/jared-burdick-interview/
bob polizano says:
"I'm the guy who's always asking why there aren't more Asians in ultras in the US" … good on you, buddy. the article is interesting, and points out an important issue. don't be a moron
Hey Bob, thanks for replying, but let's keep this civil.
you're right, i just found your responses to be smarmy and oddly self-congratulatory. you should never simply shake your head at a story that advocates for something good. that only encourages bad journalism.
Perhaps "hand-wringing" is an overstatement, fair, but of all the sports and activities I've been involved with, I simply can't think of one that's as open as MUT running. Perhaps it's a CA mindset and other locales are different?
And maybe it's not as representative of minorities as some other sports (which can certainly open up another discussion), but the availability to participate and be accepted is wide open.
My original point was that it seems unnecessary and pandering to essentially apologize for the ethnic make up of those who choose to run ultras.Reference
Let's say I'm a member of a given minority group. I've run a few marathons, etc., and would like to try a trail 50K. I read an article like the one linked, and then see a fair and honest discussion dismissed as hand-wringing. That's not going to make me feel very welcome in such a space. I promise I'm not trying to attack you here; and in general, I have found the MUT community to be accepting and progressive. However, homogeneity is, to a large degree, self perpetuating. So while anyone theoretically *can* sign up for MUT events, it's important to consider why those who choose to do so are overwhelmingly straight, white, and male. And being a member of that majority, it's a little problematic to dismiss such concerns. Of course you would be less likely to see any blatantly offensive or exclusionary behavior. But more importantly, you'd almost certainly outright miss the countless microagressions that minorities endure. An african american being told they should be faster, because aren't all Africans? A runner joking that he's going to keep his shirt on for this race, because there's a gay guy lining up next to him. These are small things, nominally, but they accumulate. (And yes, I've seen both.)
This is not to say MUT running is some sort of toxic, bigoted environment. Of course it isn't. But we can do better, and we should encourage discussions that lead down that path, rather than dismiss them as mere whining.
Thanks for the reply Alex. I have an admitted tough time with this because my group of extended running friends include racial minorities (black, asian, mexican), quite a few LGBT athletes, etc. It seems (albeit from a white guy) that everything is hunky dory, but you rightly pointed out what I'm missing if I were to look closer and be in your/their shoes.
I can't argue with anything you wrote, so I'll leave it there.
Thanks again for your response.
I think what's missing is some context about where many of the most celebrated ultras take place. Mountain towns are almost exclusively white so it really is no surprise that the sports that take place around those towns would reflect that racial makeup. Other mountain sports share the same issue.Reference
Sarah Lavender Smith says:
Frankly, I think the article contains a lot of academic gobbledygook by a guy who's relatively new to the sport, who got a thesis in his head and then went and did research to support his point of view. I don't think the sport is homogeneous, especially when you consider the wide range of geographic, political and age differences among ultra runners. But like Eric, I'm in Northern California where we see all types on the trails. Now who wants to talk about beer and Leadville instead?
One of the reasons why I was originally, and continue to be, drawn to the sport is that it is comprised of a group of people who have time and again demonstrated a welcoming and come-one-come-all attitude; such a breath of fresh air. Asking why there aren't more minorities in the sport is a fair question, but even the slightest hint that the community is unwelcoming seems rather disingenuous.
Eric, thanks a bunch for the add and comments about the MUTT team trail race. We are getting pretty excited over here in Northern Michigan about this new race concept/series.
Allen Lucas says:
This is really interesting. It's got to be a bit of a headache for the RDs, but that's probably mostly because it's such a different format. The runners having to stick together (at least until the shorter distance person peels off) is a fun/scary aspect. Great concept!Reference
On the contrary Allen, the race is quite manageble from a race director perspective. Teams are capped at 60, and go off in one minute waterfall intervals. The course is an out and back, so it's like managing 4 separate distance races from a timing standpoint with only 60 participants.
Another unique aspect is along with team times, individual times are used as well, so pace strategy is key for team and individual awards.
Mike Hinterberg says:
Good comments by Alex — and I think we're all probably in 95% agreement anyway and debating details. The article is predominantly about ultrarunning demographics. Discussing or analyzing those issues — if they're real — is more than just saying, "Everyone has a fair chance and there's no overt discrimination." And I guess it's OK not to be particularly concerned if all you want to do is run and be happy. But I don't think it's good to be dismissive of the topic.
I'm not buying the "California" thing: we've all run races out there, y'all have run races out here (Colorado), and we read the same stuff. I don't see a noticeable difference in California, and I haven't seen people comment on other states being noticeably different when they travel to race.
That said, I agree with Sarah on the way it was written as a pre-drawn conclusion, working backwards; and I think the analysis is very much suspect and incomplete. It's self-aggrandizing in elevating middle class work ethic, without actually proving that it's causative. Wouldn't proving oneself in the struggles of the lower-class create a grit and determination that would lead to ultra success (along a suggested alternative: the upper-middle class lifestyle is too easy, that people create their own arbitrary challenges)? Are some groups of people drawn more toward team sports and direct competition, rather than the largely competitive-with-oneself aspect of ultras? What about trail/mountain town access (already mentioned)? Is ultramarathon an outlier among other endurance sports like triathlon (hint: no)?
What about the differences in the way 'nature' experiences, like camping and hiking, are represented by different ethnic groups? There has been more study, data, and programming aimed toward this than ultrarunning specifically. Similarly, there appears to be about 1% African American visitation to Yosemite NP, for example. (Which I'm also pretty sure is in Northern California).
So, the numbers are real, but I don't think it's necessarily an ultra-specific thing.
You're right that the grit and determination developed working in blue collar industries would lead to ultra success. The point, though, is that people who occupy those "lower" classes don't have the time and freedom afforded to the affluent and upper class to devote hours upon hours to training, or disposable income to travel far and wide to race, etc. The author doesn't self-aggrandize the middle class work ethic. In fact, it's the opposite. He's pointing out how privileged and elite the ultra community makeup is.
I'm actually pretty surprised at how defensive Eric's and some other's comments have been here. The demographic makeup of ultarunning is far from diverse. And like you said, it goes hand in hand with similar recreational activities. Pointing that out shouldn't be a problem.
Sam in Oakland says:
I'm no veteran at the longer stuff, but have been on the trail scene for some time. I've thought as of late that encouraging younger, intercollegiate athletes into the shorter mountain stuff (USATF champs, La Sportiva mountain cup) would be a nice way of creating a broader feed of people into the wider trail scene. It is hard to get young talented runners to race a 50k or 50m since many are involved with intercollegiate programs. But the summer short-course mountain stuff could be worked into a schedule. I certainly wish I'd known about the junior mtn team when I was in college. NCAA cross country is not exactly the most diverse pool of people, but there are huge depths of running talent hailing from the African-American and Latino communities. I'd love to see many more of those folks in the sport. It would raise the quality of races. Oh, and sign me up for any stateside Ekiden. That would be beyond cool.Reference
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Of all the places to sail in Italian waters, the Tuscan Islands are probably the most appealing and it is propably one of the most popular areas for yacht charter. It has something for everyone. The islands of Capraia, Elba, Giglio and Giannutri are all accessible to yachts and provide a number of attractive harbours and plenty of anchorages, some even secluded in bad weather. On the mainland south of Livorno, the harbours of Cala di Medici, Punta Ala, and on the Argentario promontory: Porto Santo Stefano, Porto Ercole and Cala Galera, are all relatively large and comfortable, and any one of them would provide a fabulous base for exploring the area.
The Pontine islands are a favourite destination for sailing Italy. They are conveniently placed for both Rome and Naples and with six islands to choose from, there is plenty of variety to enjoy. The two largest Islands: Ponza and Ventotene, have attractive towns to explore. The others: Palmarola, Zannone, Gavi and Santo Stefano are smaller, but provide some very attractive anchorages. Care needs to be taken in bad weather as they are a little exposed.
It is not hard to see the appeal of the Bay of Naples for sailors of our catamarans sailing Italy charter. On the northern end, the islands of Ischia and Procida are both very accommodating to our catamarans sailing Italy with several well equipped marinas and a number of beautiful anchorages suitable in settled weather. In the center, the famous outline of mount Vesuvius dominates the skyline with a number of marinas where is also one of ours, lining the coastline around Naples, some more attractive than others! On the southern end, the Island of Capri lies serenely off the Sorrento peninsular. Its harbour is famously expensive, but there is an anchorage to the side of it and a number of spectacular bays suitable for anchoring in settled weather. To the north of the bay, yachts can visit the beautiful Pontine Islands and to the south, the Amalfi coast beckons.
This area is renowned for its beauty and is one of the most popular holiday destinations Catamaran sailing Italy. On the northern side, the town of Sorrento sits serenely on a hill overlooking the bay of Naples, and on the southern side, the towns of Positano, Ravallo, Amalfi and Salerno gaze southwards, framed by one of the most famous backdrops in the world. From a sailing point of view, its shortcomings are compensated by the extraordinary scenery. Sorrento has marina facilities, as do Amalfi, Maiori and Salerno. Catamarans can anchor off the seafront at Positano in settled weather.


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Q: Introducing new statements in java syntax Is there a through which we can add new statement to java syntax like if i write the line
add(6)(5)(4)(3)

i get the answer 18

A: what's wrong with using add(6,5,4,3)
with something like
public class Numbers {
    public int add(int... numbers) {
        int sum = 0;
        for (int number : numbers) {
            sum += number;
        }
        return sum;
    }
}

A: One approach that is similar in Java, would be to use variable arguments,
public static int add(int... args) {
    int r = 0;
    for (int i : args) {
        r += i;
    }
    return r;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    int i = add(6, 5, 4, 3);
    int j = 6 + 5 + 4 + 3;
    System.out.printf("i = %d, j = %d\n", i, j);
}

If you wanted to use JavaScript in Java, I suppose you could.

A: Write your own compiler.  In conjunction with the other answers, you will be able to write statements like you want to, and in under 10 million such uses it will pay for itself.


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Alene R. Engel
Alene R. (McCoy) Engel, 93, of Hillsboro died Sunday at Salem Home in Hillsboro. She was born Jan. 31, 1920, to Frank and Laura (Rodes) Burdette, rural Herington.
She married Dale McCoy in 1940; he died in 1955. She then married Charles A. Engel.
She is survived by a son, Charles W. Engel of rural Newton; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a sister; and a son, Dale Thomas McCoy.
Graveside service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine. Memorial funds have been established for Hillsboro United Methodist Church and Salem Home.
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The ceasefire agreed by Presidents Putin and Trump has better prospects of success than the previous ceasefires agreed by Secretary of State Kerry and Foreign Minister Lavrov because the Trump administration is more united and has a more realistic policy towards Syria than did the Obama administration.
That was a result of having communication with a country. During that five day period a lot of lives have been saved, a lot of people were not killed, no shots have been fired in a very, very dangerous part of the world and this is one of the most dangerous parts of Syria itself.
By having some communication and dialogue we were able to have a ceasefire and it's going to go on for a while. And frankly we're working on the second ceasefire in a very rough part of Syria.
One senses in these words the pride of a man who sees himself first and foremost as a deal maker who has just done a successful deal.
Moreover in what he says President Trump is not wrong. The previous ceasefire negotiated by by the US and Russia in Syria – the one agreed in September by US Secretary of State Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov – required weeks of agonising negotiating to come into effect and then lasted just four days.
There are three reasons why this ceasefire however stands a better prospect of success than the two ceasefires Kerry and Lavrov agreed with each other over the course of 2016, the first in February and the second in September.
The first is that President Trump agreed it himself. Unlike President Obama, who never wholeheartedly committed himself to either of the two ceasefires negotiated by Kerry, that means that this ceasefire has behind it the authority of the President himself.
Even when a President is as much in conflict with the bureaucracy as President Trump is, it is nonetheless far more difficult for disaffected members of the bureaucracy to sabotage a policy that is backed by the President himself.
The second is that on this issue the President may actually have the support of the key figures in the bureaucracy.
It has not been widely noted but President Trump has a far more coherent foreign policy team than President Obama ever did.
Obama's practice was to balance supposed 'realists' within his administration with ideological liberal interventionists or neocons by giving both posts in his administration in a way that made it easier for him to play them off against each other.
This was justified as an inclusive 'team of rivals' approach supposedly borrowed from the one used by President Lincoln in the Civil War. My opinion is that it was actually intended to cover Obama's tracks, making it possible for him to let one member of his administration carry the can for a policy, and then using another member of the administration to undermine or overturn the policy if it ran into trouble.
A classic example was the way Ashton Carter – Obama's neocon Defense Secretary – was allowed to sabotage the ceasefire Kerry painstakingly negotiated with Lavrov last September as soon as it became clear that it was unpopular with the regime change hardliners in Congress and the media and within the administration itself.
Though this was clever politics, it made negotiating with the Obama administration on a subject like Syria ultimately impossible.
By contrast one gets the sense that the top members of Donald Trump's foreign policy team – Tillerson, Mattis and McMaster – are on the same page and work well with each other as a united team. Importantly it seems that all three of them are fully signed up to the President's Syrian policy, and want to make the ceasefire work.
The key figure is Defense Secretary Mattis. Not only does he appear to be especially close to the President – apparently they meet regularly and often lunch together – but as a former Marine General he appears to have the US military in Syria fully under control.
It has become increasingly clear over the last few weeks that it is Mattis who has day to day control of US policy in Syria. Moreover he appears to be a voice of (relative) moderation. Strikingly, following Sean Spicer's phoney 'warning' to President Assad of a few weeks ago it was Mattis who stepped in to calm the situation by saying that the 'warning' 'appeared to have been heeded' so that an attack on Syria was not actually necessary.
With Mattis in control of the US military in Syria and backing the ceasefire there is much less risk of US action being taken to undermine the ceasefire than was the case with the ceasefire agreed last September.
Thirdly and lastly, despite all the problems and obstacles – some of which it must be said are self-created – the Trump administration overall has a much more realistic policy in Syria than did the Obama administration.
The Obama administration never gave up its objective of achieving regime change in Syria by overthrowing President Assad's government in Damascus.
In the summer of 2015 it was preparing to declare a no-fly zone over Syria – ie. start a bombing campaign against the Syrian military – even at the risk of allowing ISIS to capture Damascus. In the spring of 2016 it supported a Jihadi offensive to capture Aleppo, Syria's biggest city. In the autumn of 2016 some of its more militant members appear pressed for military action to stop the Syrian military liberating the Jihadi controlled eastern district of Aleppo.
By contrast the Trump administration has accepted that the forcible overthrow of President Assad's government is unachievable. Instead it is focused on gaining leverage in Syria by establishing areas controlled by its proxies there whilst at the same time making genuine efforts to achieve the destruction of ISIS.
Recently, in the face of the rapid advances by the Syrian army, the Trump administration seems to have given up its plan to establish a big statelet controlled by its Sunni proxies in central and eastern Syria, and appears to be more focused on building up a large pro-US Kurdish controlled statelet in the north.
In my opinion this policy will also eventually fail, and I believe that the whole of Syria, including its northern Kurdish areas, will eventually be brought back under the control of President Assad's Syrian government in Damascus.
Whether or not I am right about that, it still remains the case that this is a much more realistic policy than the Obama's administration's policy of seeking regime change in Damascus.
Given that the Trump administration's objectives in Syria are more realistic and limited than those of the Obama administration, and do not include regime change in Damascus, that means that a ceasefire in southern Syria will not be perceived by members of the Trump administration as a defeat, as the two ceasefires negotiated by Kerry were perceived by members of the Obama administration.
None of this unfortunately guarantees the success of the latest ceasefire. Given that Al-Qaeda and ISIS are still on the loose in Syria, and given that countries like Saudi Arabia, Israel and Turkey are all still active there, confidence that any ceasefire anywhere in Syria is likely to hold would be foolhardy.
However President Trump is right to say that this ceasefire is more likely to hold than the earlier ones.


We're back with another packed episode of the Fantasy Hipsters Podcast! In this episode, Matt Harmon and Matt Franciscovich react to the news of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers being selected as this season's HBO "Hard Knocks" team and discuss the potential impact of the Patriots backfield with James White's extension and potentially Mike Gillislee being added. Then the duo runs through the perfect NFL team fits for their top rated prospects in the 2017 draft class at positions including running back, wide receiver and tight end. Of course, no podcast is complete without Franchise's music pick of the week, BJ The Chicago Kid, whom you can check out on the Fantasy Hipsters picks playlist at this link. Don't worry, Harmon's got another solid weekly beer selection, too. Of course, you'll have to tune in to check out some great offers from our sponsors. Don't forget to take a few minutes to rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen on!


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His action packed entertainer 'Lion' is yet to hit the screens, but Nandamuri Balakrishna is all set for his 99th film. Srivass, who delivered super hit film 'Loukyam' recently, will direct Balakri...Continue reading
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It is so lightweight that you won't even feel you are wearing foundation.
Foundation with new formula that feels soft and incredibly weightless and is perfect for everyday office use.
Just take a small amount of product with the index finger and start applying it to the skin with your fingertips. Usually, you can just apply the mousse in four places: the forehead, nose, chin and cheekbones. Blend into your skin starting from the centre of the skin outwards, taking care to cover your face including your neck.


There are benefits to be gained from interacting with one's peers. This tip explains how to locate suitable user groups near you.
Programmers are often unfairly stereotyped as solitary, anti-social nerds who'd prefer to spend time alone staring at a computer display and cranking out code to interacting with colleagues, peers, and co-workers. But however much the requirements of coding may force solitary behavior on practitioners, such stereotypes can't capture the range and variety of people and personalities involved in the programming business. And, as with many professional practitioners, there are benefits to be gained from interacting with one's peers that range from ordinary people networking to the more esoteric exchanges of knowledge and experience that only coding aficionados can enjoy.
* Languages: Basic/Visual Basic, C/C++, HTML, XML, and C#.
Believing those to be typical of many VS.NET developers, I was curious to see what would turn up.
After waiting nearly a minute for the search to crunch through, I was rewarded with the names of four user groups, all in pretty close proximity. One had a focus on FoxPro, and was therefore outside my criteria, but all the others looking pretty interesting, especially the Media Center Edition User's Group (which scratches my itch for multimedia, as well as programming topics).
MSDN and INETA user groups are staffed by volunteers and run independently of Microsoft, though the company does given them a small presence through its Web site (primarily in the form of links to and brief descriptions of such groups). Various useful resources are available (starter kits, content repositories, user forums, links to userful resources, and special member discounts) to those interesting in starting up or participating in such user groups.
What you'll find is a sense of shared interest and community, access to regular discussions and occasional education, and the opportunity to "talk shop" with a group of people you can count on to be ready to listen and talk about matters technical and programming related. It's definitely worth looking into, and can lead to all kinds of interesting experiences and learning, and might even possibly lead to your next job!


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Cameron 'has no right to block a referendum'
Hamish Macdonell
August 1 2015, 1:01am, The Times
Nicola Sturgeon in Hong KongAP
Nicola Sturgeon delivered a blunt warning to David Cameron yesterday that he could not stand in the way of a second referendum on independence.
Mr Cameron made clear this week that he would not allow a second referendum on Scottish independence to be held before 2020.
Any new referendum would need the backing of the UK government to proceed and the prime minister said he would not authorise any such poll for the lifetime of this parliament.
Speaking in Hong Kong, where she is on a trade mission, Ms Sturgeon warned the prime minister that he could not block the will of the Scottish people and if they demanded a new referendum, they would get one.
The first minister said she was not planning a…


This design-focused hotel is a three-minute walk from Asakusa train station.
The clean, spacious rooms at The Gate have a modern and luxurious feel with chic dark-wood furnishings. Featuring spacious Slumberland beds and interior designs by the late Shigeru Uchida, each room comes with free WiFi, flat-screen TVs, desks and tea & coffee makers, as well as rainfall showers.
Upgraded rooms feature panoramic views; while suites add separate living areas and some come with balconies.
R Restaurant and Bar serves French-inspired meals, including breakfast with decent freshly squeezed orange juice. It's open 24 hours for guests. The Gate's bar has a spectacular view of the Sky Tree tower and features the shimmering reflection of water on the terrace wall.
The reception area and rooftop terrace offer stunning views of the city, the temple and the Skytree. The Gate Hotel has been designed for rest and recreation - the peaceful and quiet rooms provide the rest; and the location, surrounded by restaurants, shops and the historic sights of Asakusa, provide the recreation.


My little one decided that four a.m. was the most reasonable hour to wake his parents this morning. After much coercion and rocking back and forth on my end, the stinker finally gave in to a few more hours of sweet slumber. As a new mom, one of my favorite moments are the quiet ones. The moments I can lie and stare at my sleeping baby and watch his chest rise and fall. The moments I catch a sweet smile on his lips while he is dreaming of something happy. My grandmother once said that when a baby smiles in their sleep that means they are playing with angels! Well, if you've ever caught a baby giving you a sleepy grin then you know this must be the only explanation.
For me, one of the best moments of the day are in the mornings. While the rest of the world sleeps, I lie awake and watch the sun slowly creep into my home and cast an orangish glow onto the walls. I hear the birds in the large cedar tree outside my window singing the loveliest melody because they are happy and thankful. They sing praises to the One who created it all.
Before I ever set foot out of bed, I am overwhelmed by the blessings in my life. I get to wake up and do this everyday! I get to experience another twenty-four hours full of Gods love and mercy. Another day to be called Mommy! There will be a day in the future that I won't be able to lie here and watch my baby sleeping peacefully. He will be in his own bed and I will be missing him in mine. But, for now, I will just stay here and be still and be thankful for these quiet moments. The moments I can just take it all in and appreciate this gift of motherhood.
Your entry has brought such peace to me. Especially your description of watching the sun rise and hearing the birds in the trees.
Thanks so much!! I am so happy you enjoyed and I could help provide some comfort today.


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The former CIA director John Brennan was interviewed on Friday by US attorney John Durham's team
The former CIA director John Brennan was interviewed on Friday by US attorney John Durham's team, as part of its inquiry into the investigation of Russian election interference in 2016. The interview took place at CIA headquarters and lasted eight hours, said Nick Shapiro, Brennan's former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser.
"Brennan was informed by Mr Durham that he is not a subject or a target of a criminal investigation and that he is only a witness to events that are under review," Shapiro said in a statement.
Brennan led the CIA as it and other agencies arrived at the conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit Donald Trump.
Durham is continuing to examine how US intelligence officials reached that assessment, which Trump has long resisted.
Brennan appeared voluntarily and has said he welcomed the chance to be questioned and had nothing to hide.
"I look forward to the day when the truth is going to come out and the individuals who have mischaracterized what has happened in the past will be shown to have deceived the American people," Brennan told MSNBC in May.
Brennan offered Durham details on efforts to "understand and disrupt" Russia's efforts to interfere in the election, and answered questions related to a "wide range of intelligence activities" undertaken by the CIA in the run-up to November 2016, Shapiro said.
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A little over due with this post for a number of reasons, but better late than never.
As stated on the last post, Robin and I arranged to meet with Jax Higginson at Seaton Carew on 22 November. She wanted to join our little 'buoy club'. Despite the fog everyone arrived on time and after some brief intros we were headed into the water with the intention of doing a minimum of 60 minutes. Jax gave us some info re her pace, which made us think she would be slightly slower....how wrong we were...a dark horse to say the least, Rob and I needed to put in a very big effort just to keep up...anyway, as we reached the buoy the fog lifted and the sun appeared, rounding our orange friend, we swam south for about 8 minutes in order to complete the first half hour.The plan was then to return to the buoy, have a quick welfare check then back to the beach. This way no matter how much you feel like it there is no quitting before the agreed time due to the distance from shore. Rob failed to stop for the 'check in' preferring to get keep moving, I knew this meant he was feeling a little cold, so I continued swimming with Jax on my left and Rob to the right. 62 minutes later we were all done, the water was 52f /11.1c A great swim, with Rob receiving some stern advice re his post swim routine needing to be muck more slick and coordinated.
After a couple more pool swims I arranged to meet with a few other locals from OWSNEE on Saturday 26 November for yet more individuals who wished to try the buoy swim...It was blowing a gale, however Magic Seaweed predicted no incoming swell. 13 swimmers gathered, we had a safety briefing before heading into what looked like flat water. Before too long we had a wind against tide situation, I reached the buoy in challenging but not the worst conditions and thought I would be the only one today. The fight to get back to dry land was good fun and I fully expected to be the last out. To my surprise around ten swimmers were still in the water. I quickly dressed and waited on the beach as the remainder slowly started to appear..the comments that followed on the facebook group indicated that most if not all found it extremely tough, to the point of being frightened. I was delighted that a safety brief had taken place and that most had swam in groups...slapped wrists for those who did not listen!...yes that's you Amanda Bell.
Yet more pool sessions before December arrived and the prospect of swimming outside into the final month of the year...Another planned session with Rob on the 1st of the month, we agreed to swim to the buoy and straight back as the air temperature was dropping rapidly...out to the buoy in the 50f /10c water, all felt good, we stopped for the standard check in, I moved from the horizontal to tread water and suddenly felt dizzy..I told Rob and we headed back to shore without delay...the spell of dizziness seemed to subside once swimming again. We both made a good recovery and headed off home. I was a little worried for a couple of days afterwards and hoped it was a one off incident.
Sunday 4 December and yet another visitor to join the club, this time in form of Channel Swimmer Dee Llewellyn...now I am not saying we are rubbish, but, Dee needs to wear Tee Shirt and shorts for extra drag to give us the slightest chance of keeping up! She is rapid to say the least. The air temp had dropped to 5c, with the water continuing to drop by the day, today my watch was showing 49f as we rounded the buoy, another great swim with no dizzy spells..I was more than happy. And this time even Amanda listened to the brief ;-) The only negative was me having to head off for an 10 hour night shift.
I met Joe at the buoy..we laughed about the temperature and the battle that lay ahead to get back to shore, we were in good spirits, it was like being back in April. I could not see Amanda and felt certain she was already headed back. In a matter of moments I was separated from Joe, I was struggling to sight. Making a direct line to safety was almost impossible. I knew from the many swims here with Joe in similar conditions, to just get my head down and swim hard, attempting to keep my stroke long and swim under the oncoming waves and chop.
Surrounded by white horses, I stopped to confirm my position/heading, I had drifted north about 150 metres from the buoy, I glanced Amanda in the distance and was horrified to see her still heading to the buoy. Despite my best efforts I was unable to get her attention, the sea was roaring and the wind made it impossible for my voice to do anything but disappear. Amanda was acclimatised and looked good, however the journey back was going to be far from easy. I began to feel the cold and could no longer sight any of the others, then suddenly I swam into what felt like an icey stretch of water...I was, for a moment, cold to the bone, then without warning something very strange...I felt like I was over heating, I needed to take off my cap, I was burning up. I was able to recognise that this was a danger sign of hypothermia. I felt faint but managed to talk myself into NOT taking off the cap, I began to worry intensely about Amanda, I was convinced she was in trouble. This was serious.
I lay on my back, getting battered my the swell and chop.. I decided the best course of action was to backstroke, this way I could breathe easily, could continue to look for the others without the need to stop and perhaps more importantly could generate some heat and make progress to land.
After what seemed liked an eternity I was tossed about in the breakers and hobbled up the sand, Joe had just landed but there was no sign of the girls, I expressed to him my concerns and was actually pleased to see the arrival of a coastguard truck. I rushed to the car, got dressed and started to get some hot fluids down my neck when to my ecstatic joy I saw Amanda speaking with the coastguard. (a concerned member of the public had called them after seeing us enter the water and failed to see our return) Once dressed Amanda joined me in the warmth of my car, I gave her a hug and almost burst into tears such was my relief that she was safe.
My own recovery took rather longer than normal but soon we were all home, dry and warm. A few reminders today regarding the importance of briefings, safety measures, lack of sleep, air temperature, swimming in groups etc.
A swim that under normal circumstances only ever takes 45-50 minutes had taken me an hour. A short time after arriving home I spoke with the ever positive and poker faced Joe and asked what he thought...his one word reply 'Nasty' said it all.
On reflection I was reminded of Cyrise Sanders post here.


In celebration of Canada's 150th birthday, the Esquesing Historical Society has made a list of the remaining farms in Halton Hills (Esquesing Township) which have belonged to the same family for at least a century and a half. In some instances the family name has changed because the farm was passed down to a daughter of the family and subsequently assumed the surname of her husband.
The list of century farms from the 1967 Centennial list composed by the Halton Junior Farmers was our starting point but after discussions with several old time residents, surveys mailed to the families of interest and the use of the 1877 Halton Atlas and a 1916 advertising map it was discovered that the list of 20 farms should have been 30 farms. The updated list can be found in the Heritage Farms menu at the top of this page. In addition to the sesquicentennial farms, we have collected a list of new century farms that have belonged to the same family since 1917. This list can also be found in the Heritage Farms menu above.
In November of 1966 the Halton Junior Farmers submitted to the local newspapers (e.g. Georgetown Herald and Milton Champion) a list of approximately eighty farms in Halton County of which twenty-one farms were in Esquesing Township (Halton Hills) that had been owned by the same family for at least a century. This was done for the 1967 Centennial celebration. The Esquesing Historical Society has furthered research on the century farms finding an additional nine family farms that should have been included in the list. These farms are indicated by an asterisk and blue text.
Appleyard *Appleyard, Richard Lot 25 Conc. 8, Trafalgar Rd.
Brown McCullough, Marg Lot 27, Conc. 4, #7 Hwy.
Devereaux 1830 Devereaux, Norman Lot 18 Conc. 7, Trafalgar Rd.
Henderson 1844 Henderson, George Lot 22 Conc. 7, Trafalgar Rd.
Lindsay 1854 Lindsay, Donald N. Lot 21, Conc. 7, Trafalgar Rd.
Ruddell 1841 Ruddell, A.J. Lot 9, Conc. 7, Trafalgar Rd.