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Eggings…Your Winter Wardrobe’s Secret Weapon

The sun finally showed up outside, but it decided to slap us with weather in the teens in the morning hours.

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So when no one wants to leave the house, let alone the bed, it becomes time to arm yourself with some serious winter gear.My absolute favorite, favorite, favorite are these exercise leggings, which I am going to annoyingly re-name Eggings, from Target.

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Let me be perfectly clear that I am not a runner.  I have nothing against runners but I am weak and I am lazy.  I did read the reviews on the Target website for these pants and some runners said the waistband seemed a little big and that it was falling down when they were running. In my opinion maybe they ran themselves skinny and now the pants are big. I’m just saying. I am not endorsing these for any marathons, just for comfy and warm pants.

I do try to drag myself onto my treadmill for some vigorous high incline walking (don’t laugh) or predawn yoga (not on the treadmill of course, although that would be interesting). These pants at least get me half way there to pull myself out of bed and into something warm. If I get these on there is a good chance I am more inclined to continue with the sneakers and the rest of the outfit, or at least be ready to at any point in the day.

As I mentioned they are fleece lined so they are so warm. If you are at all menopausal you will hate them and think you are being tortured. But at least the Moisture Wicking, Duo Dry®, Stretch (per the Target description) will keep you from sweating in them.

They are long, so they don’t do that ugly thing were they start to sag and creep up the ankle. If I have on sneakers there is no cold gap at the ankle. Picky, I know, but we all know that annoying feeling.

The fabric is thick because of the lining so it hides any lumps and bumps. And it never gets pulls. The black stays dark black. No fading. Just enough shine, but not too much where I look like an 80’s breakdancer.

Easy care – throw in the washer, tumble dry low or hang to dry.

And did I mention they are $24.99???????

The waistband is clean and simple. No funny ties, fold over bands, fussy zippers. Just a clean line that doesn’t create a total muffin top. Sizes go from XS to XL. To be honest I have them in 2 sizes. One is for when I have been good about the early morning exercising, and the other for situations like I encountered this past weekend. The girl scouts were set up selling their cookies right in front of the wine store. Do you know what it feels like to say no to a girl scout? It feels about as good as beating up on a kitten. So of course you buy the cookies. Well played girl scouts, well-played.

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But the very, very best part is the fact that Eggings convert into the best pair of black skinny pants. I love getting dressed in a great outfit. These are my foundation.  I put them on with my skiing socks, (yeah I don’t ski either but it’s the warmest kind of socks) and everything from biker boots to riding boots.  Put with almost any top and donezo. Outfit is complete. The boots cover up the little Champion insignia on the ankle so no one knows they are exercise leggings. Unless, of course,  I tell them, which I guess I just did right here.  If you travel they are a necessity because they can perform double-duty. They look just as good dressed up with my over the knee snake-skin boots and a cashmere sweater,  to dressed down with an oversize denim shirt with Frye boots.

Sweaters + leggings. Winter layering.

I think they always look good and more importantly feel good. As long as my top is of the tunic/oversize length I am not showing the world what the girl scout cookies did to my backside. I am already dressed for the morning but if I later become struck by the motivation to exercise, I  can simply swap the top for a t-shirt, and the boots for sneakers, and I am all set.

*INSIDER TIP – Are you long in the torso and struggling to find a long enough top? Try layering a tunic style long tank under your top. Look for the ones that almost look a tank mini dress and aren’t super clingy.  They cover your bum and any potential too tight in the crotch issues.  Pick black if you want to minimize your hips, or a lighter color to highlight your hips if they are narrow but your waistline is not. It is okay if the shirt on top of the tunic tank is shorter, it will all balance out, just make sure your top over the tank is looser (think flowy) or boxy (think chunky sweater).  If its super cold I will add  a button down over the tank, under the sweater (as in the pic at the bottom). In the end it is always about proportion and balance.

*INSIDER TIP – Can’t find these at your local Target? They are available online.  Here’s the link.

10 thoughts on “Eggings…Your Winter Wardrobe’s Secret Weapon

  1. Love it! Had my JCrew leggings on today and I was FREEZING from where my boot socks ended to the start of my long tank under tunic with a sweater wrap….looked warm and cozy but my shins, knees and thighs were frozen within seconds!! Thanks for another fabulous tip…feel free to get me a pair for mads bday 🙂

  2. How do I not have these??? Thanks for the tip, Suzie! Love your posts!! Seriously, we have to hang out…. you are fabulous, my friend!!

  3. I like the look of leggings and boots that are the same color. I was not a boot person but I took your advice and bought boots. I feel so much warmer in them compared to shoes. I like the look and feel so much that I bought a second pair.

    1. Ceil- That makes me so happy to hear that you went out of your comfort zone and are feeling good! Sometimes trying new things work and sometimes it doesn’t, but it is always good to try or you will never know. I agree with you that if you are petite black boots are a good match for black leggings because they will elongate your frame. Thanks again for taking the time to read 🙂

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Finding Love: Chasing the Cat

I’ve been single for 46 years.  This isn’t really my choice, but it is my reality.  Part of my personality is to analyze and over think things as I shared in this post.  My love life has not been exempt from this habit of analysis paralysis.  I was talking to a friend of mine at work the other day and she said something that was eye-opening to me and really shed some light on the way that I have always approached relationships.

She told me the story about the time when she was a little girl.  She begged for a pet.  Her parents got her this kitten and she was so excited. She was so happy to have this new little feline friend that she wanted to spend all of her time with it.  She wanted to hold it, to pet it, to dress it up, and to have it return her abundant amount of affection.  The only problem?  The kitten was overwhelmed.  It was terrified and wanted nothing to do with this little girl.  It wrenched free of her affectionate grip and found refuge under the recesses of the little girl’s bed.  Crouching in the farthest corner, the kitten was terrified and shaking.  And my friend, chased the cat…trying to make the little animal love her back, but all the kitty wanted to do was to escape.  My friend was heart-broken.  She just wanted to love the kitten.  She wanted to have the kitten love her back. She envisioned a playmate and life-long friend, but the kitten was in a new place, with new people and the only thing it saw was an invasion.  What my friend didn’t know was that the best way to approach a cat is to relax and go about your business.  The cat will come to you.

So, what does this have to do with finding love?  Well, the fact is that people are more like that little kitten when it comes to romance than many of us realize.  At least more than I realize. About a year ago, I did some soul-searching and ending up fighting with God about the whole me still being single thing.  At the end of everything, I decided to move forward and approached finding love with a kind of military attack strategy.  I joined an online dating site.  Now I don’t know about you, but when I realize that my current approach is not working, I have a tendency to swing, like a pendulum, in the complete opposite direction. So instead of being shy and retiring, I started barreling in head and heart first.  In short, I was chasing the cat.

And just like that little kitten of my friend’s, the men that I met ran for the corner!  Understandably.  I was simply overwhelming them with my desire for a relationship.  And like my friend, I was heartbroken when they ran the other way.  And just like my friend, I didn’t understand. Until she told me her story.  All of a sudden, I realized what I had been doing. In my zeal for love and relationship that might lead marriage, I was being pushy.

I think that a lot of people fall into that trap.  We are so hungry to find love that we throw ourselves at the person we’re interested in.  We smother them with attention and affection thinking that our enthusiasm will translate to becoming a couple.  I wonder how many others are seeing this truth for the first time, too.

You know, when I was younger and so confused about why I was still single, I would ask my older, married friends for insight.  They would all invariably say, “When you’re not looking for it, love will find you.”  That used to really make me angry. I couldn’t see the truth in their wisdom.  I thought, “Pssh!  Easy for you to say…You’re married!”  I thought, “I’ll never not be looking for love.”  But I think that I finally understand.  What they were saying is don’t try so hard.  Don’t push.  Don’t chase the cat.  If you will relax and be yourself, when love is ready, it will find you.

I think that the bride in Song of Solomon has said it best.  This Biblical tome is all about the affections shared between two lovers.  It doesn’t get a lot of pulpit time, but maybe it should.  There are real nuggets of wisdom all throughout.  The beloved bride issues a challenge to women who are longing for romantic love.  In this very short book she says no less than three times,

“Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.”

Even then, she was telling us what my friend learned what the woman in the Song of Solomon was trying to say.  If you are interested in finding love?  Don’t chase the cat!

Single Life

This is a talk that I will be sharing with a group of female residents at the Sumter County Correctional Intitute in June of this year.  I had some fellow attendees ask me to post it here.  It is long, the talk is supposed to last from 15 to 20 minutes.

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Good morning, Ladies.  I’m going to talk to you this morning about a lifestyle that can be both the most frustrating and the most rewarding that you’ll ever know.  My talk is about the single life and I promise that you can be single, but never be alone.  Hi.  My name is Karen, and I am living that life.

From the time that we are born, little girls are conditioned to long for love.  We are told fairy tales with damsels and princesses who wait to be rescued by heroes and handsome princes.  We dream of weddings and dresses…of ceremonies and happily ever afters.  But the single life of reality doesn’t usually turn out that way, does it? Continue reading Single Life

Top 10 Automatic Replies to Avoid

This is a blog post that I wrote for work, but then I realized that this is great advice for everyone…not just parents.  What other automatic responses do you use?  Let me know in the comments section.

1. “Just a Minute.”

When parents say this, they are generally just placating the child.  You may think you mean, “Just a minute…” but it usually turns out to be much longer than that, if at all.  Your words hold a lot of weight with your children, and if you say “just a minute…” then that is a promise that you should keep. Continue reading Top 10 Automatic Replies to Avoid

3 Things to Do to Honor Your Parents

Even if your parents don’t know the Bible, odds are they have quoted it in the course of their parenting:  “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long…”  At least that was the case when I was growing up.  I had a real problem with that when I was a child.  To say I was stubborn would be like saying the Titanic was a boat!  I resisted authority…still struggle with that one.  I questioned every decision – and I mean EVERY decision…especially those made by my mom.  Why is that?  Well, because she was the most present parent.  She dealt with all the details of raising the four of us.  In the course of the every-day, I learned just how far I could push an issue and I determined to push as much as possible.  I wasn’t a bad kid.  On the contrary, she was often complimented on our excellent behavior and manners, but that didn’t change the fact that I challenged her. Continue reading 3 Things to Do to Honor Your Parents

10 Family Resolutions to Keep Next Year

The beginning of a new year carries with it the inevitable looking back paired with the hope of a fresh start and second (or third) chances.  As the clock moves ever closer to midnight on December 31st, we feel the need to promise to do better than we did last year.  We resolve to lose weight, to be on time, to be better with our money…to stop smoking or drinking or swearing.  By the time January 31st rolls around, many of us have had a relapse in our resolve.

Part of the reason that we fail to keep these resolutions is that we attempt to tackle them on our own.  So, this year, instead of making an individual promise that you’ll soon forget, why not make some resolutions as a family?  You help hold each other accountable and can grow closer in the process.

  1. A Weekly Family Game NightTake one night a week and make it a time of fun!  One week, pull out the cards and play “Old Maid” or “Crazy 8’s,” or teach the kids a game you used to play.  The next week, make it a Wii™ night…let technology bring you together and show the kids you’ve still got it (or at least you know where you left it).  Take a trip to the local bowling alley for a game.  Or pile up the board games on the dining room table and have a tournament.  The act of playing together fosters feelings of fun and family.  Playing board games can teach children important social skills such as taking turns and how to be a good winner or loser. They also learn a lot about interpersonal communication as you talk and laugh together while you play the game. Continue reading 10 Family Resolutions to Keep Next Year


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_MG_5250Not only one of my favorite Jay Z albums but when I wear ‘all black everything’ I feel like a bo$$.

Maybe, it’s living in New York for four years now (crazy how time flies) but there’s nothing I love more than some monotone.

Wearing one color makes this outfit super easy to recreate if I do say so myself. (Are you sick of my Jay Z lines yet? I’m not.)

This entire outfit besides my accessories are from one of my favorite stores, Aritzia. They’re known for their killer outerwear and I am obsessed with their sweaters/everything they have.

This coat is the Aubertin coat by Wilfred. It is the perfect long black coat that not only dresses up your look but is insanely warm. The oversized pockets are great to hold your large iPhone Plus (I just got one) so that’s definitely a “plus” in my book.

I’m a big fan of oversized sweaters, there’s nothing cozier you can put on in these cooler months as we are still making our way through winter. This sweater is the Tyrion Sweater by Babaton. It’s a super thick knit that feels like you borrowed it from your favorite boy but has a feminine cut with the v-like neckline — basically the perfect sweater.

EDIT-10Lastly, the faux leather legging. I’ve had these Wilfred Free Daria leggings for years and they never fail. I love wearing them with a simple black bootie — mine are the Petty’s by Sam Edelman — or adding a cool white sneaker to keep it casual. The perfect pant to take you from day to night. These also have a nice hi-rise so they won’t sag which is never a good look.

_MG_5296IMG_0213To accessorize — this is a fringe bag I got forever ago in college from H&M. I was super excited fringe came back in a big way this past year so I could break out this bad boy again. You can find a similar version here.

Are you ready to rock all black everything? I got 99 problems but my outfit isn’t one…hit me:

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BOOTS: Sam Edelman

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Lake Tahoe fine dining: Where to eat this winter

Simply put, ski towns don’t always have the best reputation for their food. After all, people aren’t typically visiting mountain towns for the culinary scene anyways. However, in North Lake Tahoe, longtime fine dining restaurants and top chefs from major cities showcase the area's great fine dining restaurants. So in our latest foodie post I share a few of the best Lake Tahoe fine dining restaurants to enjoy this winter.

Lone Eagle Grille

Located waterfront in Incline Village (at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort), Lone Eagle Grille combines a beautiful lakefront location with a unique, award-winning menu. Among the menu’s highlights is a selection of wild game, including elk strip loin, lamb chops, and bison tenderloin. What’s more, Lone Eagle Grille's extensive wine menu has been awarded Wine Spectator's Award of Excellence for several years. Arrive early during the winter months for s’mores and warm cocktails waterfront around the resort’s fire pits, before enjoying dinner inside Lone Eagle Grille.

Located mid-mountain at Northstar California inside The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, Manzanita is characterized by tall windows overlooking Northstar’s ski runs and giving off a rustic, yet classy lodge ambiance. Manzanita’s dinner menu is creative and “artful,” as the restaurant puts it, with items like duck fat tater tots, braised short rib, poached halibut, rack of lamb, and maple-glazed Brussels sprouts. Come on Sunday's for Manzanita's Champagne Brunch, which features a seasonal menu, breakfast favorites, a carving station, cheese and charcuterie, unlimited champagne, and a Bloody Mary bar. On Sunday afternoons, call ahead of time to participate in Manzanita's hour-long Art of Mixology class.

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Mountain Table Dinner at Zephyr Lodge

Even further up the mountain is Northstar’s Mountain Table Dinner series, which happens just a few times per winter. Taking place at Zephyr Lodge, after hours, each dinner pairs a different winery with a carefully crafted five-course menu from Northstar’s chefs. This year’s Mountain Table Dinner series takes place over four Friday evenings, with winemakers from Simi Winery, The Prisoner, Charles Krug, and Rodney Strong, all atop Northstar’s mountain, and to the backdrop of live music. Tickets do often sell out, so it’s recommended to buy ahead of time.

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Located in the heart of downtown Truckee, Trokay comes to you from the husband-wife duo of John and Nyna Weatherson, formerly of New York City. Nyna is former head cheesemonger of world-famous Murray's Cheese in the West Village, while John is former Chef de Partie of the three-star Michelin restaurant, Restaurant Daniel. Trokay’s menu is fine dining at its best in Lake Tahoe, with entrees like dry-aged duck, Dungeness crab tortellini, and southern fried quail. Naturally, there’s also an extensive cheese menu. Trokay also has a prix fixe menu and chef's tasting menu, which can come with a wine or beer pairing.

Also in downtown Truckee is Pianeta, which has been serving Northern Italian fine dining in town for two decades. Highlights of Pianeta’s menu include veal meatballs & pesto, saffron risotto with prawns, ragu, and double cut lamb chops with goat cheese ravioli. Pianeta’s wine list is characterized by both European and West Coast wines, while they also have a craft cocktail menu with their take on classic cocktails. Reservations are highly recommended.

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Christy Hill

Located lakefront in Tahoe City, Christy Hill is actually the sister restaurant of Pianeta, and a favorite for drinks with a view on Lake Tahoe, especially during summer. While you'll find Italian on the menu, like the fresh tagliatelle, the dinner menu is wide ranging. This includes entrees like Moroccan spiced lamb loin, apricot-braised chicken (with pappardelle pasta), duet of duck, and osso buco. Pair these with wine from their extensive wine list featuring bottles from around the world. The icing on the cake is what is arguably one of the best fine dining views on Lake Tahoe. As such, reservations are recommended.

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Wolfdale's Cuisine Unique

Finally, is another longtime fine dining Lake Tahoe restaurant, Wolfdale’s, which Chef Douglas Dale opened 30 years ago in Tahoe City. According to Wolfdale’s, the theme is “fresh food, simply prepared.” Here, the cuisine is internationally-inspired, with entrees like Japanese dumplings, Thai seafood stew, Asian-braised short ribs, and Argentine-marinated filet mignon. During the warmer months, enjoy the lakefront summer deck. Reservations are suggested for dinner.

Southern born and bred, Spencer was bitten by the travel bug at a young age, flying on a plane for the first time at age five and by himself for the first time at seven. While he continues to travel around the world in search for the best whiskey, Spencer now calls Reno home, where his search is for the best cocktail (and first tracks, naturally). He has written about travel, food, and drinks for a number of publications that have included the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, Outside Magazine, and Travel + Leisure, just to name a few. See a more candid version of Spencer on his website,, and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.


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Immersion French…

Many years ago, I almost drowned–twice.  Once, believe it or not, in the Dead Sea where no human being in recorded history has faced such a threat.  I was 15 or so, I was on my back in the Dead Sea, and suddenly I felt like I was being pulled down.  There was a minor panic on the shore, and then it was all over, the taste of salt in my mouth for days and weeks to follow.

The second time was in Great Neck, NY, when I was some ten years older. It was my first visit to the US; I was staying with a college friend, and we had gone to her parents’ club.  And there, in the midst of the commotion and animation, and under the watchful eyes of the life guard, I felt the pull of drowning.  I was promptly pulled from the water, comforted, dried.  I did not go back to the swimming pool.  After this second incident, I was determined to get over my fear, and tried every method under the sun to learn to swim well, but it was not to be. And so I ended up carrying an unexpressed fear of drowning though my love for all things related to water has grown in leaps and bounds.

And so it was with some trepidation that I signed up earlier this year for a course in Provence for immersion French.  Immersion French?  I must have lost my mind. Immersion French–a sure path to some catastrophe awaiting to snatch me in my frailest moment, and this time for real.  Immersion anything meant drowning–in the French language, but still drowning, and drowning was the Dead Sea and Great Neck mixed into one lethal elixir.

But if immersion meant drowning, I’ll take a chance, I thought.  I had been studying French with a great teacher, A.P., in Boston; I had learned to conjugate and elaborate and summarize and inflect–all of it out of context. It was time to see how all this accumulated information would play out in the native setting.  Twelve hours of French, in France, in the constant company of French teachers.  If that’s not the path to drowning, I didn’t know what was.

With an anxious heart,  I entered the gates of Le Monastèré de Ségriès, a monastery built in the nineteenth century, in the beautiful regional park of Verdon, in Haute Provence.  The beauty of the landscape and the grounds took my breath away, but I was suspicious, very suspicious. My suspicion grew into near-panic when the director of the program led us graciously toward the back, and there, under the beautiful sun was the shimmering waters of a swimming pool.  But I held my panic in check, for I was determined to take this jump, come hell or high water.

Five days into the course with teachers who are as witty as they are skilled, as helpful as they are un-patronizing; with co-learners whose excitement is contagious beyond words, I am happy to report that I have been immersed, but I have not drowned though the swimming pool is a 3-minute trek uphill.  I have thrown all the rules of grammar to the wind, and talked a broken, awkward French–and for 12 hours of the day.

I may not know the subjunctive; I may falter with the pronouns, but I know for sure that, as my Boston teacher (who’s also a jazz performer) said, When you practice, you practice; when you play, you play.  I have no idea what the hidden thread between practice and play is all about, but I do know that learning is a mysterious thing, an opening of the heart and mind to something unknown and strange, something like water.  And if this opening immerses me in French, then I’ll do it first kicking and screaming, but later with a certain alert receptivity.  And if drowning is the dark side of immersion, then I’ll have to get behind my fear, walk through them, for there is no other way with fear.  No escape, no self-delusion, no revising. Walk through fear knowing that there is no reward, no destination on the other side.

Practice, throw it away.  Then, play.

About Taline Voskeritchian

Writing teacher at Boston University; translator (from Arabic and Armenian); prose writer; occasional editor; incurable wanderer.
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  1. Aukjen says:

    That’s the way to go girl!

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To Andalusia..

A slightly revised version of a dispatch originally posted in summer, 2011. Madrid, Barrio of Trafalgar, May 2011 It was Mahmoud Darwish, by his own personal and poetic admission a lover of Andalusia, who said about love—that love is either … Continue reading

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will my scores be higher on the actual subject test? for Math II

TheBestYetTheBestYet Registered User Posts: 5 New Member
I am using barons practice book for Math II and i am doing horrible.
i keep getting low 600's and i need at least a 750. whenever i cheek the answers i make simple mistakes.
on my first practice test i got 26 right 10 wrong and 14 omitted on barons test.
will my scores be any higher on the actual test

btw i take it june 5th
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  • redzerbredzerb Registered User Posts: 226 Junior Member
    i've heard barons is pretty hard and people typically do better on the real test.

    but if you are missing questions due to simple mistakes, then odds are you will do that on the real test.
  • Panther5Panther5 Registered User Posts: 61 Junior Member
    I used Barron's for math 2. On the practice tests I got mid 600s and on the real thing got 740. Don't worry if you're doing badly on the practice tests. I remember they were MUCH harder than the actual exam.
  • TheBestYetTheBestYet Registered User Posts: 5 New Member
    that gives me some relief i really want to score a 750+ but if anything i will take it again after the summer
  • monkeydudexDmonkeydudexD Registered User Posts: 90 Junior Member
    i got a 690 on my one and only barron's test that i did and i got an 800, so you should be in good shape if you do a couple of other easier practice tests (pr, kaplan, sparknotes)
  • teamfrangela92teamfrangela92 Registered User Posts: 880 Member
    In Barrons, I got mid 500's and I got a 710 on the real thing.
  • bloogbloog Registered User Posts: 235 Junior Member
    If I recall correctly, Barron's math II review included crap on conics, which is most definitely NOT tested (things might have changed since I took it...)

    My advice is to study all the concepts in Princeton Review and you will be guaranteed to do well (770-800). However, if you have already mastered all the information in Princeton, it won't hurt to look over some of the "extraneous" topics in Barron's. It never hurts to over prepare with Barron's...just prepare yourself to be frustrated =P

    Best of luck!
  • success18success18 Registered User Posts: 194 Junior Member
    Oh my god, this makes me fell soo much better as well. I have the Barron's book and I keep getting scores in the low 600s (610ish), and I really want a score thats 750+. I'll look at some Collegeboard practice tests.
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I Heart Thanos And It Bothers Me

I Heart Thanos And It Bothers Me

Confession: I’ve seen Infinity War seven times and each time I exit the theater more enamored with Thanos than before.

At first, I didn’t really notice. I was kinda team Thanos as it is, simply because I think humanity is too flawed to continue existing. The more violence, abuse, and casual disregard for other people’s lives, not to mention the wanton cruelty by so many others, that I see, the more I think we as a species don’t deserve to survive. I spend my days wishing an extinction level event would happen, partly because I don’t want anyone to remember me or care about my leftover shit. But, alas, here we are, living in a corrupt society comprised of levels of exploitation while spinning lies to convince ourselves that we’re more caring, generous, and compassionate than we actually are. We live lives of excess gained from the constant mistreatment of others who are fighting for a chance to survive, and all the while we pretend our gains are earned, instead of stolen.

If you haven’t noticed, I have a lot of contempt for humanity, myself included. So, the idea of cleansing this planet doesn’t bother me. I kinda wish I could, especially if I could wipe out those who do the most to hoard the most. But I can’t, so I live with the fantasy of one day having that power and the will to enforce it. And wrong as Thanos was, he did what he had to do to attain that lofty shit.

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And you know what? That shit’s that hot.

It’s also fucking disturbing. Thanos was an “any means necessary” type of being, and that usually means hurting a lot of people to get your way - which he did. Repeatedly. He took out anyone who hindered his path towards his goal. With the exception of Heimdall and Loki, it didn’t even feel malicious. It felt like a man with a plan and the will to implement it. Dare I say, ambitious. Cuz, yeah, he was ambitious. You kinda gotta be when your plan is to kill half the universe with a snap of your fingers.

It really bothers me that I think he’s hot. And not the actor. I just watched Deadpool 2 today and Cable did not give me the same feels. Not even close. Not to mention that Thanos is a CGI character. A 7-ft 8-in purple titan from another planet in a fictional universe, and here I am thirsty as hell for that bodied-out Teletubby. He’s a fucking monster with a ruthless, horrific plan, yet I’m like, “Yeah purple man with the big hands. Come sit by me.”

I should not be into Thanos, but what can I expect having grown up in a country that idolizes and romanticizes its monsters and promotes them as heroes? I’ve learned to love the horrors of humanity.

American history is fraught with murderers reframed as liberators. Trying to name an american hero whose legacy isn’t saturated in blood is challenging. America’s history is one of oppression, exploitation, and genocide drenched in the blood of its victims. Cyclic violence that many white people appear to revel in…they live in a space where they feel entitled to strip people of their humanity on a whim. They convince themselves that extreme violence is heroism, that it creates civility and culture, rather than murdering people and stealing it. Their idea of moral high ground is atop the bodies of all they have slain in their quest to convince themselves of their superiority, a self- perpetuating cycle that continues to fester and feed on others before finally consuming itself.

I grew up learning that might makes right and that only the strong, smart, and ruthless survive. Thanos is all these things. He embodies the characteristics I’d been conditioned to see as strength. He regrets the need to murder his daughter, but he doesn’t allow his feelings for her to stop him from pursuing his goal. He doesn’t hesitate…but he does mourn. The monster does feel pain at his actions.

Throughout my life, I’ve learned what it is to suffer at the hands of those who I’ve been taught I should love. I’ve been told how to suppress my trauma and continue functioning, hiding my broken behind a smile. I’ve learned how to navigate physically and emotionally hostile environments and take abuse from men and white people – I’ve figured out how to love something that constantly hurts me and seeks my downfall. Monstrosity is the breeze on my skin and the oxygen in my lungs. Cruelty is just an obstacle whose injuries I’ve learned to accept as normal and it’s a strength I’ve learned to appreciate. Mass murder has been depicted as an acceptable loss on the path to my desired outcomes. I am a monster who loves monsters and from that standpoint, Thanos is worthy of my regard. This character managed to display a savagery that appeared reasonable and a vulnerability that didn’t compromise his strength, something many men I’ve known never bothered to try. In a world where men glorify their emotional stuntedness and revel in their inability to cry, Thanos managed to expresse a vulnerability that elicited compassion that enhanced his masculinity. The monster that is Thanos exhibited more reason and emotion than is seen as acceptable in our society and instead of diminishing him, it made him stronger. It elevated his humanity and enhanced his appeal. And still he remains a monster.

But, you know, I’m american and if there’s one thin I’ve been taught, it’s how to love monsters because loving monsters is as american as apple pie.

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Bala’s Naachiyaar has its script in Thanjavur’s backdrop

Usually, directors don’t prefer to shoot at the location if their previous film(s) shot there hadn’t done well at the box-office; not Bala, the mercurial film-maker who has decided to keep Thanjavur as the backdrop of his next film Naachiyaar.

Bala’s latest directorial venture has Thanjavur as the backdrop though his last year’s Tharai Thappattai (landmark 1000th film as music composer for Maestro Ilaiyaraaja), which was about Karagattam artistes based in Thanjavur, didn’t exactly set the box-office on fire with its theatrical collections. Sasikumar and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar had essayed lead roles in the film.

Starring Jyothika and music director-turned-actor G.V. Prakash Kumar as siblings, the film’s shoot is to be held for a fortnight in Thanjavur. Bala is also producing the film under his banner ‘B’ Studios. Maestro Ilaiyaraaja is scoring the music of the film.

‘Rockline’ Venkatesh, who produced superstar Rajinikanth’s Lingaa, makes his debut as an actor in Tamil films by essaying a powerful role in the film which is to release in theatres in September.

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Twinkle and a glimmer
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Guest Post: Utilitarianism and Capital Punishment

This is a guest post by Elaine Hirsch. In this short post, she looks at what has been certainly occupying my interest lately, namely capital punishment. – TM

Utilitarianism and Capital Punishment

by Elaine Hirsch

Gurney from San Quentin State Prison where prisoners are restrained before being killed.

Utilitarianism is a form of ethics which seeks to maximize the benefits from human actions. As a theory, utilitarianism promotes the idea that the moral worth of a certain act is determined by the outcome. John Stuart Mill, a philosopher and economist, is perhaps the most prominent adherent to utilitarianism. In his (aptly titled) book, Utilitarianism, Mill stated that human action should adhere to the “greatest-happiness principle,” which strives to produce the greatest utility among all parties involved. Often covered in PhD programs, this theory has many applications to how public policies are devised.

In terms of public policy, utilitarianism isn’t (and doesn’t claim to be) a panacea for the world’s problems. Maximizing the benefits of policies doesn’t guarantee fairness nor does it take into account moral issues which populations value above other results. Regardless, utilitarianism provides a framework for public policy, and this article will look at how the theory relates to the death penalty.

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IRS Releases 2018 Form 1099-R

August 16, 2018 Adam Rivera

The IRS has released the 2018 Form 1099-R. The form is used to report distributions from pensions and annuities, IRAs, insurance contracts, etc. to the IRS. There are a number of changes from the previous revision:

  • All references to Form 1040A have been removed because of updates that will be made to Form 1040
  • New instructions
    • Box 1: “If code C is shown in box 7, the amount shown in box 1 is a receipt of reportable death benefits that is taxable in part”
    • Box 5 now includes references to “the investment in a life insurance contract reportable under section 6050Y”
  • New codes
    • Code C- Reportable death benefits under section 6050Y

View the 2018 Form 1099-R here.

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My Best Application Tips for Nail Polish Newbies 😎

Hey everyone,

More and more lately, I’m running into ladies who are totally put together and stylish and have dope makeup but can’t do their own nails! They’re either about that salon life, where gel manicures get expensive, or never learned and just go bare. Or they’ve tried and hate doing their nails! Obviously, as someone with a nail polish blog, I say those options will not do! Doing your nails at home is cheaper, more fun, and isn’t as hard as you might think. There’s a whole world of polish options out there, and taking the time to give yourself a manicure is a great opportunity for self care.

✧ Let the first coat dry for 30 seconds before going in with the second. Let the second coat dry a little longer than that. And let the third coat dry a minute before going in with finishing touches or top coat.

✧ Some polishes take longer than others to dry!

✧ If you see an imperfection after doing a coat, let it dry before getting back in there with your brush to fix it. Smushing wet polish around often makes things worse instead of better!

✧ If the polish gets streaky or tugged on the last coat, let it dry and go in with one more thin coat. Or, apply top coat since sometimes this fixes streaks and makes them invisible.

✧ If a polish is goopy, it might just be old! Toss it.

✧ A coat is not each time the brush touches the nail. A coat is when the nail is first covered. The nail is often visible under the first coat. You may have to dip the polish brush back into the polish three times for one coat.

✧ With some bottles of polish, you will need to put the cap back in the bottle, screw it on, and shake it up a few times during your manicure.

✧ Chips and scuffs and dings happen. You can either take the polish off and do that one finger again, or paint over it when dry.

✧ If you get a little polish on the skin on the side of your nail, use an unpainted or dry nail to just scrape it off real quick.

Nail art takes practice, but little flowers are really just dots close together!

✧ Don’t let the brush get flooded. Scrape the brush off in the neck of the bottle each time.

✧ Wait until your non-dominant hand is totally dry before moving on to paint your dominant hand.

✧ Have nail polish remover and q-tips handy to clean up polish on your cuticles

✧ Use polishes with good formulas! I have a whole post on this 😉

✧ Apply a base coat first so your nails are protected.

✧ Make sure you’re committed to the process of doing your nails. You will get those chips and dings if you’re messing around while they’re still drying. Use the restroom before you start, and have everything ready!

✧ A good top coat solves a lot of problems.

✧ Painting your dominant hand is HARD. It’s hard for everyone. Very few swatches on my blog are ever of my dominant hand. It will take double the time of your non-dominant hand, and my advice is to just be careful, practice often, and wait for each coat to dry before going back in.

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✧ File your nails first!

✧ Nails that are all the same (or same-ish) length look better, even if they’re all short. Some polishes look better on short nails, so don’t fret if you have to really file them down so they’re even!

✧ Don’t paint all the way to the bottom of the nail- leave a little sliver unpainted. This is a new tip to me, too! I blogged more about it here. This helps manicures last longer.

✧ Do even, quick coats with a steady hand.

✧ Remember you can always start over! Even I forget this one…!

✧ Practice as often as you can! It gets easier.

If something in the beauty world is hard for you, remember you’re not alone, this stuff is fun to master, and it CAN be mastered! I couldn’t do winged liner for the longest time, and then one day I researched the best liquid liner, grabbed my makeup remover, and practiced for hours and hours. Now they’re in my repertoire! Nails are the same way. Buy a trusty-worthy bottle of Orly or OPI or something you like, have the acetone handy, and try, try, try, until manicures are under your belt.

Then you can come here and figure out which polishes to get obsessed with!

Let me know if you have any more newbie nail tips, and if you found these helpful! 💘

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Andover, OH Real Estate

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Average Price in Andover: $111,500 / County Average: $158,665

Average Taxes in Andover: $1,106 / County Average: $1,865

Average Cost Per Sqr Ft in Andover: $75 / County Average: $85

Average Walkscore in Andover: 18 / County Average: 25

Average Year Built in Andover: 1953 / County Average: 1945

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The athletics program at Trinity Christian School is an integral part of the school’s total educational experience.Our sports provide coaches, students, and families with unique opportunities to live out the mission of TCS, as we seek “to glorify God through honoring Christ, inspiring excellence, and educating for life.”

Once an athlete commits to playing a sport at TCS, our desire is that it will be a great experience, rich with good memories, new friends, and life lessons to assist in serving the Kingdom.

We are a member of the WVSSAC (West Virginia Secondary Schools Athletic Commission) and the OVAC (Ohio Valley Athletic Conference). We offer the following sports to our students:

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All in all, WVSSAC Online is geared toward informing you about this program and providing immediate and accurate coverage of your favorite sport and activity in your local and surrounding area.

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How cities can harness the good — and avoid the bad — of the new mobility movement

In late September, London made headlines when it stripped popular ride-hailing app Uber of its license to operate in the city. The wall-to-wall coverage that followed the decision was a sign, if any more were needed, that we are on the cusp of an urban mobility revolution.

Ride-hailing systems, car- and bicycle-sharing networks, trip-planning apps and other innovative services that capitalize on advances in mobile communications, cashless payments and remote monitoring are increasing in popularity around the world. Users appreciate — and in many places have grown to depend upon — the convenience and flexibility these services offer at a range of prices. The most basic smartphone now means that getting to work or play or an airport at 5am is as easy as tapping the screen.

Faced with this new wave of transportation options enabled by mobile and network technologies, however, many local governments have struggled to adjust. Critics rightly point out that issues with regulations, safety and congestion are far from resolved. And multi-billion-dollar valuations or massive job potential make for exciting headlines, but they obscure the real possibilities of the urban mobility revolution.

Simply put: new mobility may be exciting enough on its own, but where it can be more effectively combined and leveraged with existing public transport options, its potential can be truly transformative.

Indeed, there are clear opportunities to integrate these new mobility services into existing urban transportation systems for more affordable, convenient and environmentally friendly transport for all. There are already more than 70 cities partnering with new private mobility services in part to bolster public transit offerings, while also easing the pressures of rising public transit costs, aging assets and rapidly increasing ridership.

Cities and their residents stand to benefit from new mobility services — if they can understand and avoid the potential pitfalls. In the first-ever global survey of new mobility services, led by the Coalition for Urban Transitions, new analysis shows how cities can evaluate new mobility options and integrate them into their urban transportation systems. There are three specific applications that could benefit from such collaborations.

New mobility services have the potential to complement public transit, but they could also lead to worsening traffic congestion, more vehicle accidents, additional air pollution and other unwelcome effects if not managed carefully.

First, partnering with the developers of dynamic trip-planning and ticketing apps could offer passengers a fully integrated platform for planning and paying for rides. This would make it much simpler for passengers to access whatever may be most convenient, appealing or cost-effective — all through one device. The GoLA app, for instance, helps residents of Los Angeles compare cost, time, calories burned and emissions saved for various transit options ranging from bicycling to bus to private cars. A total of 24 transport service providers are covered, with some already allowing for payment through the app, as well.

Second, integrating electric, on-demand minibuses operated privately with other forms of public transit could help cities maintain or extend coverage in underserved areas while lowering the cost of service. Minibuses play an important role in many fast-growing cities, and companies such as RideCell and TransLoc offer routing platforms that transit agencies could use to run their own on-demand fleets. Doing so would give cities the capability to change routes and capacity on the fly according to fluctuations in passenger demand.

Third, subsidizing shared rides to and from transit hubs in neighborhoods where residents may lack good access to transit options, including lower-income residents or individuals with disabilities. Several programs of this kind are up and running already. A town in New Jersey, for example, expects to save as much $5 million across 20 years by subsidizing shared rides instead of building more parking lots near train stations.

New mobility services have the potential to complement public transit, but they could also lead to worsening traffic congestion, more vehicle accidents, additional air pollution and other unwelcome effects if not managed carefully. And more attention must be paid to ensure that new mobility services meet the actual needs of residents. Overall, though, integrating them properly into existing transit systems is an opportunity cities should seize. We may still be in the early days of the new mobility revolution, but instead of banning the future, we should be creative about how we embrace it.


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Confectionery Market | Industry Research Report (Key Players- Mars, Mondelez International, Nestle) and more…

The research report on the Global Confectionery Market delivers extensive analysis of market trends and shares. The report analyzes the current market size, recent market trends, key segments and future prospects of the global Confectionery market (2018-2025). The market shares of segments (players, type, application and regions) are prepared to give an opportunistic roadmap to the readers of the Confectionery Global market. The report also comprises the study of drivers, restraints, and trends that influence the current scenario of the Confectionery Global market and its impact on the global market over the forecast period 2018 – 2025.

The report offers information and data analysis on market segments such as Confectionery product type, end-user, and region. In addition to this detailed qualitative analysis of market growing elements and threats, investment opportunities in Confectionery industry and challenges for newcomers are covered in the overview section. The Confectionery is one such crucial constituent that continues to gain demand from all corners of the globe. The global Confectionery report also states import/export consumption, supply and demand Figures, cost, price, revenue and gross margins.

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Firstly, the report speaks about the Confectionery market overview that assists with definition, classification and statistical details of the market that reveals the Confectionery market current status and future forecast. In the next section, market dynamics of the Confectionery industry has been studied comprehensively, includes industry drivers, Confectionery Global market restraints, latest developments and opportunities available to upcoming market players. The path towards Confectionery market threats and drivers offers a clear picture of how the market anticipated growing during the forecast period 2018 – 2025.

Confectionery Market Covered Segments:-

Markets Players:

  • Orion Confectionery , Haribo, Mars, Mondelez International, General Mills, August Storck, Nestle, Hershey Foods, Perfetti Van Melle, Barry Callebaut, Lindt & Spr?ngli, Arcor, Ferrero Group, Yildiz Holding and Meiji Holdings

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  • Sugar Type, Chocolate Type, Gum Type

  • Festivals, Weddings, Other

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World’s Major Regions Covered:-

 North America: United States, Canada, Mexico
 Asia-Pacific: China, India, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
 Middle East Africa: Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, GCC Countries, Rest of Middle East & Africa
 Europe: Germany, France, UK, Russia, Italy, Rest of Europe
 Central & South America: Brazil, Rest of South America

The report segments the worldwide Confectionery market based on the type of product, end users, and regions. It describes the performance of the individual segment in Confectionery market growth. Nitrilotriacetic acid market research is conducted leveraging the data sourced from the primary and secondary research team of industry professionals as well as the in-house databases.

Competitive Landscape of Global Confectionery Industry:

Another notable feature of the Confectionery report offers the detailed company profiles of some of the prominent market players, which will remain active in forthcoming years, along with Confectionery product launches, key developments, financials details, product sale and gross margin, Confectionery business short-term and long-term marketing strategies and SWOT analysis of the companies. It has been observed that many of the market players are focused on product innovations and want to expand their geographical footprint in upcomming years. Although technological developments have given the boost to the Confectionery business which is prompting new openings and welcomes new players in form of start-ups.

The assessment of the winning strategies followed by these companies can help Confectionery industry not only strategize but also execute industry operations by referring to the statistics about competitor analysis. The valuation of the Confectionery industry analysis across different regions along with vital information on the market size, share and growth rate makes this report a wonderful resource for business evangelists.

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Pearlescent Pigments Market | Industry Research Report (Key Players- Merck, BASF, CQV) and more…

The research report on the Global Pearlescent Pigments Market delivers extensive analysis of market trends and shares. The report analyzes the current market size, recent market trends, key segments and future prospects of the global Pearlescent Pigments market (2018-2025). The market shares of segments (players, type, application and regions) are prepared to give an opportunistic roadmap to the readers of the Pearlescent Pigments Global market. The report also comprises the study of drivers, restraints, and trends that influence the current scenario of the Pearlescent Pigments Global market and its impact on the global market over the forecast period 2018 – 2025.

The report offers information and data analysis on market segments such as Pearlescent Pigments product type, end-user, and region. In addition to this detailed qualitative analysis of market growing elements and threats, investment opportunities in Pearlescent Pigments industry and challenges for newcomers are covered in the overview section. The Pearlescent Pigments is one such crucial constituent that continues to gain demand from all corners of the globe. The global Pearlescent Pigments report also states import/export consumption, supply and demand Figures, cost, price, revenue and gross margins.

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Firstly, the report speaks about the Pearlescent Pigments market overview that assists with definition, classification and statistical details of the market that reveals the Pearlescent Pigments market current status and future forecast. In the next section, market dynamics of the Pearlescent Pigments industry has been studied comprehensively, includes industry drivers, Pearlescent Pigments Global market restraints, latest developments and opportunities available to upcoming market players. The path towards Pearlescent Pigments market threats and drivers offers a clear picture of how the market anticipated growing during the forecast period 2018 – 2025.

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Markets Players:

  • Guangdong Volor Pearl Pigment, Guangzhou Sheenbow Pigment Technology, Kolortek, ALTANA AG, Lonwa Effect Pigments, Oxen Special Chemicals, CQV, Zhejiang Ruicheng, Merck, Kuncai, Yortay Fine Chemicals, Lansco Colors and BASF

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  • Coatings Industry, Cosmetics, Packaging Plastics, Inks, Others

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World’s Major Regions Covered:-

 North America: United States, Canada, Mexico
 Asia-Pacific: China, India, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
 Middle East Africa: Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, GCC Countries, Rest of Middle East & Africa
 Europe: Germany, France, UK, Russia, Italy, Rest of Europe
 Central & South America: Brazil, Rest of South America

The report segments the worldwide Pearlescent Pigments market based on the type of product, end users, and regions. It describes the performance of the individual segment in Pearlescent Pigments market growth. Nitrilotriacetic acid market research is conducted leveraging the data sourced from the primary and secondary research team of industry professionals as well as the in-house databases.

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Another notable feature of the Pearlescent Pigments report offers the detailed company profiles of some of the prominent market players, which will remain active in forthcoming years, along with Pearlescent Pigments product launches, key developments, financials details, product sale and gross margin, Pearlescent Pigments business short-term and long-term marketing strategies and SWOT analysis of the companies. It has been observed that many of the market players are focused on product innovations and want to expand their geographical footprint in upcomming years. Although technological developments have given the boost to the Pearlescent Pigments business which is prompting new openings and welcomes new players in form of start-ups.

The assessment of the winning strategies followed by these companies can help Pearlescent Pigments industry not only strategize but also execute industry operations by referring to the statistics about competitor analysis. The valuation of the Pearlescent Pigments industry analysis across different regions along with vital information on the market size, share and growth rate makes this report a wonderful resource for business evangelists.

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Wearable tech has increased by a substantial amount over the course of the past several years, with technological advancements catalyzing the market for an entirely new range of products. Companies like Fitbit and Apple continue to break the mold on what is available for those looking to get into the wearable market, and it doesn’t look like it will be slowing down anytime soon.

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A new survey has come out detailing how these devices can help encourage change in our daily lives with how we interact on social media, our perceived behavioral change, and so on. These several factors can help to encourage how much we actually get active. The survey showed that out of over 200 participants, almost 70% owned a Fitbit or a Garmin device over any other brand. The “most common themes for extensive activity tracker usage were to motivate users to monitor activity patterns, followed by improving fitness, and improving overall health. Most current users (81.4%) believed that wearing the activity tracker kept a focus on physical activity integration throughout the day.”

The survey continued to state that “The majority of current and former activity tracker users reported positive interface and hardware experiences using the device. Complaints typically related to battery life, navigating the support software, and hardware weathering were common among 22%-30% of survey participants.” This new technology is something that is groundbreaking and continues to change the way that tech helps us to interact with the physical world. If we are able to use this new technology to better our physical health, this tech could potentially provide breakthroughs for the medical industry as well in patients that need fitness tracking and health changes in their lives. The hopes are high that this new tech can continue to change the lives of many.

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Adventures in Sweden

I have the good fortune to be in Sweden on business this week, and it’s great for the people here because I’m saving folks right and left. I’m staying at the quietly luxurious Elite Park Avenue hotel in Gothenburg. On my first day here, overcoming jet lag, I walked for a couple of hours and really enjoyed the scenery, buildings, atmosphere etc.

I was pretty unconcerned about losing my way becuase I had my trusty iPhone with me. When it came time to head back to the hotel for something to eat I looked up the Elite hotel and found I was only about 15 minutes away.

When I got the hotel it had the Elite logo and the same Bishop’s Arms pub, but did not look at all like the same hotel I had left a couple of hours earlier. I thought I must have come in from the other side, so I walked around the block and it still didn’t look like the right hotel. I was very confused. I always keep the hotel folio they put your card in to remember the room number whenever I travel, so I pulled this out from my pocket and was astonished to find that I was standing in front of the Elite Plaza hotel, but I was actually staying at the Elite Park Avenue!  So I looked up my real hotel in my iPhone and set off in that direction.

When I got about a block away from the hotel a very tall Swedish man was walking in the other direction and he started talking to me in Swedish asking directions. I started to explain that I did not speak the language, but he kept repeating a phrase and I recognized it as “The Bishop Arms” (with a Swedish accent of course). So I was able to direct him to where I was just coming from and felt very knowledgeable (even if the fact that I knew the hotel was due to my original gross misdirection).

When I finally got to my hotel I waited in the lobby for two men (and their luggage) to use the small elevator. I thought I’d catch the next one. Well they had a real problem with the fact you had to insert your room card before you could get the elevator to work. When one left the elevator I finally walked into it and put in my card and hit the button for my floor. Then he came back and they both started to try and hit their floors but it didn’t work. So I ran my card in the slot again, and they were able to hit their floors!

So it’s a good thing I came to Sweden, otherwise that guy might never have found the bar, and those two other guys might never have gotten to their rooms!

2 responses to “Adventures in Sweden

  1. Laverne Rasmuson

    Well now Ted, it would seem that you (and your trusty iPhone)
    are not just a hero at home but abroad too! Hugs, Sis

  2. Gosh. I’m speechless at their good fortune. Amazed by your adventure. Really.

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I count, therefore I am

I’m morbidly fascinated by this site: The Quantified Self. It promotes a future age of quantification, where close attention to a quantified self will reveal who we are. As someone who works with life writing, it’s a treasure trove of auto/biographical possibilities. The traces of selves I find here are quite phenomenal.

And as someone interested in the stories that bodies might tell, well, there’s no end to the possibilities here. There’s  an almost infinite list of body trackers. Most, of course, track the usual suspects: exercise and calories…but there are others – sugar intake, alcohol consumption, fetal heartbeat, menstrual cycle, emotional states, sleep cycles, productivity…and more.

At a simple level, I suppose we’ve done this forever. How many of us have counted calories, or checked nutritional values, or counted how many steps we climb every day? How many of us have spent gleeful childhood hours counting clouds or stars or pebbles on a beach? Or ants? And how many of us continue to track our lives using social media like facebook and twitter (both also listed in Quantified Self’s list of tracking possibilities…)?

We count, therefore we are?

But I am also creepily disturbed by this. If we count, therefore we are, then what happens to that which we cannot count?

And how do we actually count – as humans – if we cannot be counted? Can every part of us be counted? That was the mystery that informed the great Encyclopédie of the eighteenth century: codification. Everything in its place and a place for everything. It fits with our contemporary North American ethos: clutter control, self organization and a desire for ‘fact’ and that which seems to be easily interpretable.

Numbers would appear to provide us with this comfort and this certainty. They’re something to hold onto. Something that appears to be ‘real’ – we count, therefore we are.

But what does this mean for the written life – the life made text – when it exists only in numbers? And can numbers capture the essence of the human?

Body scans. Blood pressure cuffs. Xray machines. Sleep monitors. Ultrasound machines. Thermometers. We have the technology to measure every element of our body. But what if we’ve missed something?

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Dating Scams

Dating ScamsScammers are rife in the dating world trying to take advantage of people looking for romance often using dating apps or social media pretending to be looking for love or companionship. The aim is to play on your emotional triggers and needs to get you to part with money, gifts or even just your personal details.

How it Works

A Dating or Romance scam will often take place on a dating website or via social media and e mail, the goal is to get that first contact or introduction usually using a fake online profile to get you interested and lure you in. Many scammers will use the identities of real trusted people like the military or professionals working abroad.

These Scams are known as “Catfishing”

The scammers will show strong emotions very quickly and try and move contact away from and website or social site to a more private channel, such as phone or e mail and normally they will pick a location on the other side of the globe as you as their home.

Professional scammers will go to any length to try and gain your trust, from telling you how amazing you are to sending you small gifts, this may well feel like the romance of a lifetime and they may even promise to book flights to visit you.

But beware the end goal here is for you to start sending them money or gifts and even intimate videos or photos of yourself, often the scammer will contact you regarding a personal emergency along the lines of a family member falling ill or a street crime leaving them penniless or one of the most used scams telling you they want to visit you but they need help with air fares and travel expenses.

Any dating and romance scammers pose a risk to your personal safety as they can be linked to crime networks so always take care and never travel to far of destinations to meet someone you have only met online putting yourself at risk and in danger.

Scammers make a lot of money from those of us trying to find love so no matter how much you want to find that special person always keep your wit’s about you and never send large amounts of money to people you have never met as it’s almost impossible to recover from scammers.

Have you been Scammed?

If the answer is yes then report it to the website or social media site where you were first approached along with any scammers details like profile name and some of the communications it may at least get them closed down and save others from the same fate.

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Laura is a mother of 5 home-schooled children. She hails from Scotland but, having lived in Yorkshire for the last 10 years, she now finds it hard to understand the accent even of her nan when she goes to visit.

Barbara arrived with Pipa, a 9 year old gorgeous mutt with a little of collie in her and the sweetest temperament. Barbara is from Ireland but when she now visits her children back home, locals mistaken her of a tourist and ask if she’s enjoying her holiday in Ireland. She’s lived in England for some 20 years, where people seem to never miss out on her Irish accent. She recently got a kitten to keep Pipa company.

Andy has worked in a few countries around Europe and even picked up a little French. Nothing much, just enough to get by as long as no one speaks too fast. He feels strongly that everyone should be taught sign language at school so we could all communicate with each other anywhere in the world.

I was at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, washing my hands in one of the toilets, when the cleaning-lady started chatting. She was saying something… very fast… with a very thick Yorkshire accent. Cleaning and water splatters where involved, as well as the hand-dryers. She laughed, I laughed, we both smiled and everyone went away happy. (She smiled that I-now-know-you-and-we-had-a-bit-of-a-chat smile when I saw her on my way out of the building).

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Any compulsive shoppers out there dodging calls from your therapists and looking for that next rush of endorphins?

Well, look no effing further!  Enabling is what I do best!  Apparently.

Bad Mama Genny is here once again to fulfill your misguided attempt to find real joy through consumerism!  Today’s installment has it all: corseted cake baking, Foo Fighters, Mr. Darcy, sneaking alcohol into baked goods, and EVEN a bloodthirsty killer who’s not so rude as to be unconcerned that you might burn yourself!

I’ll explain later.

Waste no time, misfits!  We leave at daybreak!**

**RELAX, nobody’s going anywhere at daybreak; I’ve just always wanted to say that.**

1. Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots

Found via this blog.

This book of American mugshots will have the misfit in you riveted and fantasizing about that life of crime you always meant to lead.  But of course, there’s no need to shell out the mega bucks if you’re bad enough to take this task on yourself.  BMG says, make a regular date with a photo booth near you and make your own mugshot book.  Of course, if you’re still not sold on the magic of photo booths, just watch Amelie.   Works for me EVERY TIME.

2. Booze Cakes

Salty-sweet Honey Spice Beer Cake, anyone?  Rum-and-Coke Whoopie Pies?  Jägermeister infused Deutsch German Chocolate Cake?  It’s all here, my boozy baby cakes…and it’s all FUN.

3.  The newest Foo Fighters album, “Wasting Light”

‘Cause BMG’s misfits need to rock out, too.  And who better to help you than one of our most esteemed patron saints, Dave Grohl?

4.  These Victorian Silver Measuring Spoons

Why do you need a set of measuring spoons that looks like fine, antique silverware?

No seriously, your mom might like these.  It’s about as ladylike as we get around here.

Anyway, the real reason is so that you can make a cake whilst fancying yourself to be a saucy Victorian lady from a Jane Austen novel.  Then you can get all swoony when Mr. Darcy walks into the kitchen and samples the frosting from the bowl.  You’ll let it slide this time, but only because he tugged on your corset-laces so charmingly.  And because, hey.  It’s fucking Mr. Darcy.

5.  Jaws Oven Mitt  (giveaway)

If I have to tell you why this is awesome, I don’t think this is the right blog for you.

And I’m giving away a FREE mitt to one lucky misfit!

To Enter:
1 Chance: Leave a comment on this post telling me what you’d be pulling out of the oven while Jaws chows down on your succulent, meaty arms.
2 Chances: Want an extra go?  Follow me on Twitter for the first time, and leave a second comment here telling me that you did.
3 Chances: Still not enough for you?  Damn if you misfits aren’t demanding!  Well, I’m an obliging Bad Mama Genny.  Link to my blog on your blog and leave a comment with the link to your post.
You have until Friday, September 16th at noon (CST) to enter, so hike up your fishnets and get going!  I’ll announce the lucky misfit shortly after.

Love and big red kisses,

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