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Women's Golf Team In First At The Susie Maxwell

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By Athletics Communications
University of Oklahoma
APRIL 08, 2002

Complete Scores

NORMAN, Okla. - The Oklahoma women's golf team's is in first place by 13 strokes at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic, which is being held in Norman, Okla. The Sooners endured overcast conditions during most of the morning at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf course while firing rounds of 294 and 292. Baylor shot a 599 to slide into second place.

Sophomore Lisa Meldrum carded dual rounds of 70 to take the lead by four strokes. Senior Wendy Martin is in sixth place after shooting a 148, while fellow senior Jennifer Tannehill is in seventh place with a score of 149. Carding a 151 was sophomore Hope Edge who is in ninth place, with junior Allison Johnson in 14th place after shooting a 153. Sooners competing as individuals were freshman Emily Milberger in 37th place, senior Jennifer James in 57th place, senior Jaime White in 80th place and freshman Jenni Nimmo in 81st place.

The Sooners will look to defend their tournament title tomorrow morning with tee times beginning at 7:44 a.m.

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Team Standings
1.Oklahoma        294-292=586
2.Baylor                300-299=599
3.UALR             306-304=610
4.Kansas State        306-308=614
5.Texas A&M       309-307=616
6.Nebraska        312-307=619
7.Arkansas        314-308=622
8.North Texas     316-307=623
9.Oral Roberts     314-312=626
10.Texas Tech      313-316=629
11.UTEP            315-317=632
12.Wichita State   322-314=636
13.Lamar           328-318=646
14.SMU             329-323=652
15.Sam Houston State332-337=669

Individual Standings 1.Lisa Meldrum, Oklahoma 70-70=140 T2.Maria Svensson, UALR 68-76=144 Melanie Hagewood, Baylor71-73=144 4.Tara Bateman, Baylor 74-71=145 5.Randi Gauthier, North Texas73-73=146

OU Individual Standings 1.Lisa Meldrum 70-70=140 6.Wendy Martin 72-76=148 T7.Jennifer Tannehill76-73=149 T9.Hope Edge 76-75=151 T14.Allison Johnson 79-74=153 T37.Emily Milberger*82-76=158 T57.Jennifer James* 79-83=162 80.Jaime White* 84-92=176 T81.Jenni Nimmo* 86-91=177 * denotes individual competitor

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Santa Fe - Main Downtown Brokerage Santa Fe, New Mexico

Steeped in history and Santa Fe style, the main Santa Fe office is known as the Padre Gallegos house. As a historically contributing structure, it was named for Padre Jose Manuel Gallegos, a colorful and controversial priest and politician, and was built around 1857. In addition to being a chapel and an art gallery, it also housed soldiers and government officials during the Civil War. The protected courtyard features sunny luncheons in summer produced by an award winning local restaurant. As the third largest fine art market in the US, Santa Fe is full of galleries and museums in historical compounds such as the main office. With over 45 seasoned professionals with offices here, a visit allows fine dining and a connection with one of the market leaders in Santa Fe real estate, Sotheby's International Realty in Santa Fe.


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Archaeologists working in western Cyprus with their discovery of a Bronze Age 'microbrewery'

Archaeologists working in western Cyprus are raising a glass to the discovery of a Bronze Age "microbrewery".

The team excavated a 2 metres x 2 metres mud-plaster domed structure which it says was used as a kiln to dry malt and make beer 3,500 years ago.

Beers of different flavours would have been brewed from malted barley and fermented with yeasts with an alcoholic content of around 5%. The yeast would have either been wild or produced from fruit such as grape or fig, according to the researchers.

Dr Lindy Crewe, from the University of Manchester, has led the excavation at the Early-Middle Bronze Age settlement of Kissonerga-Skalia, near Paphos, since 2007. She said: "Archaeologists believe beer drinking was an important part of society from the Neolithic onwards and may have even been the main reason that people began to cultivate grain in the first place.

"But it's extremely rare to find the remains of production preserved from thousands of years ago so we're very excited. The excavation of the malting kiln with associated sets of pottery types and tools left in place gives us a fantastic opportunity to look at Bronze Age toolkits and figure out techniques and recipes."

The oven discovered by the archaeologists was positioned at one end of a 50 metre square courtyard with a plastered floor. They found grinding tools and mortars which may have been used to break down the grain after it was malted, a small hearth and cooking pots made of clay to cook the beer gently.

They also found juglets, which they believe probably contained yeast additives or sweeteners to produce beers of different strengths or flavours. The beers' ingredients were found by the team as carbonised seeds. Dr Crewe added: "Beer was commonly drunk because it is more nutritious than bread and less likely to contain harmful pathogens than drinking water which can make you ill.

"But alcoholic beverages were also used to oil the wheels of business and pleasure in much the same way as today. Work brought communities together for tasks such as bringing in the harvest or erecting special buildings. Instead of payment, participants are rewarded with a special feast, often involving quantities of alcohol which also transformed the work from a chore into a social event. The people of the Bronze Age, it seems, were well aware of the relaxing properties of alcohol."

An experimental archaeology team, led by Ian Hill of Harp (Heritage and Archaeological Research Practice) Archaeology, recreated the drying kiln using traditional techniques to test Dr Crewe's theory in August, said the university. The modern version used hot air to produce a temperature of 65C - perfect conditions for heating and drying grains but still preserving its enzymes and proteins.

Mr Hill said: "After the beers had been strained, we felt they were all pretty drinkable, though some varieties were better than others. The grape was less pleasant - a bit too sweet - the outcomes are less reliable when using wild yeasts, compared to brewer's yeast, but the fig beer was definitely the most popular."


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Traditional Chinese Medicine Travel in China

April 04, 2013

Traditional Chinese Medicine in China - healing TCM  travel tour

If you love traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM) in Asia, like I do, you will love the unique wellness travel tours and medical tourism available in Beijing through China Medical Tourism International.

Thanks to our friend Winser Zhao and the Good People Helping Good People ( 贵人相助北京总裁俱乐部) business club, we met some amazing people from this TCM International Health Center, who gave us a two day tour to show us some of what they have to offer, so we can share it with you.

stunning Beijing and Chinese cultural heritage

Travel health secrets, health and travel, organic eating etc have been primary interests for me my whole life ( I am a nurse who worked in ICU, hosted world renown healers at our home and we grew our own organic food year round before our travel lifestyle), but became even more so when I had to learn to travel while sick and dealing with medical challenges.

Traditional Chinese Medicine in China Acupuncture

I first wrote about this TCM Culture experience in "Confucius Temple in Beijing and TCM Tourism" but the tour was so diverse, enlightening and awe-inspiring, (with loads of great photos and video),  that I will have to break it down into several posts.

Traditional Chinese Culture in China - Confucius temple Beijing

We got a fantastic insider view into traditional Chinese culture and historic places never seen on the tourist trail, as well as many treatments by top practitioners and doctors. If you have any interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine or Chinese history and culture, these are the people to connect with, as we were so very impressed and it added so much to our China travel.

Traditional Chinese Medicine in China - top acupuncture TCM doctor in Beijing

We not only got an acupuncture treatment from one of the top TCM doctors in Beijing, which was fantastic, we also had lunch with him at a special restaurant which serves only delicious Chinese food that is also part of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Each and every  dish (and even the water with a beautiful flower in each glass), was a healing food which we discussed over this scrumptious lunch as we also interviewed him.

This physician inherited Acupuncture and Moxibustion Mastery as a disciple of one of the most famous TCM doctors in China. He had many students training under him and doing apprenticeships to learn these secrets when we visited his office. I found him very gentle and powerful.  He used acupuncture needles, moxibustion and Tuina ( TCM massage) on me during my treatment.

Traditional Chinese Medicine in China - healing herbs from TCM Museum Beijing

It was really a pleasure to work with Joan Ye ( General Manager) and her colleagues who organized and led our TCM Culture experience. She is a native, born and bread in Beijing, who has also spent time and studied in the U.S., thus is a great bridge between the two cultures and has excellent English. She had just returned from a trip to NYC where she experienced the infamous Hurricane Sandy.

She was very flexible, very knowledgeable and paid extraordinary attention to detail which made every aspect of the tour enjoyable and rewarding. Her love for Traditional Chinese Medicine and culture was evident in all that she did. Like most of the people we met in China, these folks had a very heart centered approach to life, were very generous and genuine spirits, with a passion for traditional Chinese culture and history.

Joan Ye - General Manager at TCM International Health Center

We were able to learn Medical Qigong (chigong, chi kung) with the top expert and only doctor in China who teaches Qigong as part of a hospital and has taught many around the world over the last 20 years,  including many doctors. The highly esteemed Dr. Xu Hongtao is head of the Qigong and Tuina Department of the world-renown, United Nations WHO Collaborative Training Center in Xiyuan Hospital. The hospital’s Qigong Department was featured in the Bill Moyer’s PBS series Healing and the Mind.

Traditional Chinese Medicine in China - doing Qigong with top expert Dr. Xu Hongtao

Qigong ( 气功) means "Life Energy Cultivation" and has evolved in tandem with Traditional Chinese Medicine so is over 5000 years old. Guigen Qigong is a medical style of Qigong and a holistic practice that combines the use of physical movement, breath-work, meditation, and intention which heals, restores energy levels, calms the mind,  and was designed by Dr. Xu Hongtao. Many of the movements resemble world famous Chinese martial arts. "Guigen" means a return to one's primordial home, or a return to the Tao.

We really enjoyed learning some Qigong and our time with Dr. Xu Hongao. I love his quote "Nothingness is the best prescription". I will be writing much more about these two exceptional doctors and things we learned.

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

We visited one of the most prestigious education institutions in China, Tsinghua University, which was once the emperor's unique garden during the Qing Dynasty,  with TCM plants.

acupuncture in China TCM

I loved the combination of TCM treatments like acupuncture with top TCM doctors,

TCM International Health Center tour to foot massage in China

unique and soothing health treatments like foot massages,

TCM travel in China with Dr, Xu Hongtao and Joan Ye with soultravelers

time to talk with these very approachable and wise eminent TCM physicians,

Traditional Chinese Culture temple

visiting rarely seen historical sights that are so important to traditional Chinese culture as well as meeting crafts people making traditional items,

TCM lunch in China during TCM tour

and of course, amazing healing food in beautiful environments with great company!

Any questions?

Thank you Joan Ye and China Medical Tourism International for sponsoring us on the ultimate China TCM tour, one of our best experiences in Asia.

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Ianni shines

Patrick Ianni made the most of his first appearance since being sidelined with back spasms on May 5.

Wednesday night’s clash with Sporting Kansas City at CenturyLink Field was just the type of game where Patrick Ianni has been known to shine.

The Sounders FC defender is typically at his best in physical battles, and the confrontation with Kansas City was seemingly the perfect night for him to make his first appearance since being sidelined with back spasms on May 5.

His side volley from 15 yards out off a Mauro Rosales free kick only went to emphasize that this was his night and that the back spasms were behind him.

“We were concerned about his fitness depending how the game goes, but I thought he held up well fitness-wise,” Sounders FC head coach Sigi Schmid said.  “Obviously the physical nature of the game is something that he can deal with and play to.  So I thought it went well.”

The Sounders improved to 4-1-2 in Ianni’s seven starts this season.  They’ve allowed just three goals in those seven matches.

The Sounders were prepared for the physicality of the match against Kansas City, a team known for aggressive play.  And while Schmid’s hand was forced by a red card to Jhon Kennedy Hurtado in a loss to the Montreal Impact on Saturday, the move to put Ianni back in the lineup was perfectly suited for the match-up.

Even if things got more rugged than they planned.

“We knew it was going to be a physical match, but maybe it was a bit more so than we thought,” Ianni said, nearly holding back a smile.

One could forgive Ianni for beaming after the match.

In his first time back on the pitch, he scored his third goal for the Sounders and did so in fittingly dramatic fashion.

His first came on an over-the-shoulder shot in a 2009 match against the Houston Dynamo at CenturyLink Field, earning the Sounders a 1-0 victory.

The second came on a tap-in off a corner kick that helped knock off Real Salt Lake to end their 29-game home unbeaten streak.

Wednesday’s highlight-reel jumping, side volley equalized after an early Kansas City goal caught everyone by surprise.  It was the type of goal scored by a dynamic forward, not a bruising center back.

Ianni isn’t about to try to take that role away from Seattle’s forwards though.

“I’m not a goalscorer.  Fredy Montero is a goalscorer.  Eddie Johnson is a goalscorer.  I was happy to get that one back for us,” he said.  “It just kind of snuck through to me.  I thought, if it comes all the way through, I’m just going to get good contact on it and put it on frame and fortunately it went in.”

Ianni and the Sounders meet the Portland Timbers in their first of three matches against their Cascadia rivals on Sunday at Jeld-Wen Field in Portland.  Kickoff is slated for 2 pm Pacific with national television coverage on ESPN and the radio broadcast locally on 97.3 KIRO FM.


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Distributing Your Music Online

Today The Bedroom, Tomorrow The World!

Published in SOS August 2006
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Music Business : Online Music

Thanks to iTunes, on-line music distribution is a reality - but can you really use it to make money from your music?

Simon Trask

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There can be no doubt that on-line music downloads are now an integral part of contemporary culture, and increasingly of the music industry. Apple's success with the iPod and the iTunes Music Store has been remarkable — over a billion tracks have been sold at the time of writing, and the Store is now open for business in 21 countries from Denmark to Japan, Australia to Sweden. And in just a couple of years, downloaded music in the UK has gone from having its own separate chart to forming a major component of the sales that determine the Top 40 singles chart each week.

New Tricks

Of course, the downloadable sales model espoused by Apple isn't the only one — streaming and downloadable subscription models are used by the likes of Emusic, Napster, Playlouder MSP and Rhapsody. And while Apple uses the AAC file format and 'digital rights management' software, or DRM, as it's euphemistically known, on the tracks they sell at the iTunes Store (in other words, copy protection), many indie-focused services prefer to stick to high-quality MP3s with no DRM, preferring to trust fans to buy music by the artists they like rather than sharing it for free. Warp Records' site at www.bleep.com is a prime example of this approach, selling albums from over 200 indie labels in MP3 format for £6.99, or at 99p per track.

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Neil Leyton, boss of independent label Fading Ways.
Neil Leyton, boss of independent label Fading Ways.
Neil Leyton, boss of independent label Fading Ways.

Meanwhile, the new breed of digital music distributors like CD Baby and The Orchard support unsigned artists not only by selling their CDs on line, but also by acting as so-called 'aggregators', and getting unsigned music onto a wide range of on-line music services that won't deal directly with individual artists (for more on the former, see my article in SOS February 2004 at www.soundonsound.com/sos/ feb04/articles/onlinemusic.htm). The Independent On-line Distribution Alliance (IODA) is another body which has emerged more recently to enable independent rightsholders to get their music into the digital music outlets in return for a portion of the licence royalties paid out by the on-line services. IODA provides on-going rate negotiation, audio-encoding, data-management and reporting services, and of course handles the administration and distribution of royalties. By aggregating music from independent labels and musicians, it is able to provide collective bargaining power; the company works with over 750 indie labels of a variety of sizes, and now distributes a catalogue of over 200,000 tracks.

The likes of IODA are helping to level the on-line playing field for independent artists and labels who otherwise wouldn't have the resources and the ability to compete on-line with the majors. Over the past couple of years, podcasting has arisen as another way to get homebrew music out to people, and Apple's adoption of podcasting in its iTunes store has helped greatly in raising its profile. The term 'podsafe' has come about to describe music which is owned by the artist and released under a Creative Commons licence, thus removing any restrictions on the use of such music when it is broadcast non-commercially (for more on Creative Commons, see www.soundonsound.com/sos/ jan05/articles/creative.htm). Such is the profile of music podcasting in the States that the US royalties body ASCAP recently introduced interactive and non-interactive podcasting licensing agreements.

Another musician-friendly success story has been the rise of Myspace, a 'social networking' web site which has become a popular place for signed and unsigned musicians to post their work. The music section of the site allows surfers to search by category, keyword,or musical genre, and site users can be notified of upcoming gigs and events relating to the bands they follow through Myspace. Such features have proved a hit with the under-30s, leading to a flood of trendy articles focusing on 'The Myspace Generation' and no doubt contributing to last year's successful sale of Myspace's parent company to Rupert Murdoch's News International for 580 million dollars.

The Musicians Speak

These are just some of the new ways musicians can use the Internet to obtain a wider audience for their music. But what do the musicians themselves think? Neil Leyton, label boss for forward-thinking indie label Fading Ways and an artist in his own right, has a typically pragmatic indie attitude: "Any new technology presents challenges to and opportunities for an existing business model. The Internet affords artists huge promotional potential and the prospect of new distribution models. It's best to work with it rather than against it, respecting the artists' wishes on how they want to be marketed."

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Artists Without A Label, the on-line distributor that bought you the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Editors.
Artists Without A Label, the on-line distributor that bought you the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Editors.

But as it becomes easier for unsigned artists to promote, distribute and sell their music on line, are labels becoming less significant? Leyton: "That depends on the label. Artists still need someone to handle the business of selling pieces of plastic and distributing them, or, alternatively, marketing their on-line stores to drive fan traffic towards them. It's all a question of adaptation — and dinosaurs have trouble evolving. Labels and artists should become equal partners in the age of the Internet, as opposed to artists being owned or controlled by labels. There is no need for an artist not to own their copyright, for example."

One highly evolved organisation whose very name calls the need for record labels into question is AWAL, or Artists Without A Label. Like CD Baby, AWAL enables independent artists and labels to get onto iTunes and its ilk. AWAL UK now represents around 400 organisations ranging from unsigned artists to labels with whom iTunes won't deal directly. "Just think of the manufacturing muscle that would traditionally have been needed to reach, say, eight million people in Europe and North America" says Paul Bower of AWAL UK. Now you can do that by uploading the contents of a single CD-R. It's the smaller independents that will really flourish. While they have smaller budgets to play with, they can now shift more funds towards promotion rather than manufacturing."

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Paul Sanders of on-line music encoder and 'aggregator' Consolidated Independent.
Paul Sanders of on-line music encoder and 'aggregator' Consolidated Independent.

"The rapid development of a digital music supply chain, pulled by the success of iTunes, is enabling more recorded music to get into the marketplace than at any time in history," says Paul Sanders, co-founder of Consolidated Independent, a company which specialises in encoding music and submitting it to the growing number of on-line music stores. "And we have all discovered now that there's no future in pretending that a digital product is somehow the same as a CD, which almost everyone has up till now." Indeed, thanks to digital stores like iTunes, people can sample and often buy individual tracks, not just whole albums. More radically, the subscription model moves music purchasing beyond per-track or per-album pricing models to an all-you-can-eat service. Paul Sanders and Consolidated Independent are also involved in on-line music retailer Playlouder MSP, which offers a music subscription service of the latter type, in this case allied to a broadband ISP. Playlouder MSP has attracted many independent labels and musicians, but also has a deal with Sony/BMG. For Sanders, Playlouder is leading the way in an approach that will become much more common.

"As I see it, there's a growing realisation that applying a per-unit revenue model to on-line music leaves too big a gap to be enforced through legal action and copy-prevention technology," he observes. "The more appropriate model is a broadcast-style licence with royalties collected by either application or network providers, such as we're adopting with Playlouder."

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Live Transmissions, the latest Steve Hillage album to be released under the name System 7, is available from a variety of sources, including the iTunes store and Steve's own web site.

Guitarist and composer Steve Hillage, who with his wife Miquette Giraudy operates as System 7, is a long-time user of the Internet. System 7 started putting up music clips on their site from the late '90s onwards, and began exploring the possibilities afforded by selling on-line downloads in 1999. "We've now got quite a clear strategy for selling our stuff as downloads" says Hillage. "We're putting our whole catalogue on line, including some exclusive stuff that's previously only been available on vinyl. CD singles are often uneconomic, but as a download people can burn it to CD or play it on their iPod. We're not going to stop releasing CDs and vinyl, we just see downloads as a new arrow to add to our quiver."

Acknowledging that iTunes is the place to be for downloads, System 7 now have 14 albums available on Apple's Store, and recently released an iTunes-exclusive LP of remixes. "If you're not on iTunes, you're not digital" says Hillage. "You can quote me on that. It's had a significant effect on our revenues, though we're getting quite a lot of sales from Napster as well. In the past year we've signed up with IODA as our digital distributor, and I would highly recommend them to anybody. Within one month of signing up with IODA, our tracks were out in the USA. Pretty damn good!"

P2P, DRM, & Weed

Peer-to-peer (or P2P) filesharing is the perennial thorn in the side of the majors, but indie musicians and labels have typically adopted a more relaxed attitude, preferring to see filesharing as free marketing. Steve Hillage: "People have been getting free music for nearly one hundred years. It's called a radio, you know what I mean? I don't think filesharing is a bad thing in moderation, because it helps you get your music heard. And everyone's happy when their music is played on the radio, so there's a certain amount of hypocrisy there. I try to have a balanced view of filesharing, because it's not going to go away."

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Independent artist Toby Slater, a keen supporter of the Weedshare ethic.
Independent artist Toby Slater, a keen supporter of the Weedshare ethic.

Neil Leyton feels that filesharing is great for independent musicians. "Provided they're genuinely driven by cultural exchange and not a third-party moneymaker, these services should be allowed to exist. Anyway, filesharing is a fact of life, much as home taping was a fact of life in the '70s and '80s. It's cultural exchange, and artists should embrace it as such."

Leyton isn't suggesting that music should simply be free; selling more recordings is his ultimate goal. "If someone hears an MP3 file for free, they can then decide whether they want to buy it and support that artist. Not every transaction or exchange needs to be a financial one, nor do we believe that anyone is ripping our artists off by downloading their work. On the contrary, it's great promotion. If you're selling more records as a result of P2P, then it's just fine with us that those filesharers are not paying anything for the right to listen. Filesharing is not piracy, no matter how many major PR campaigns are launched to try and beat that into our social consciousness — and it allows people to sample more music than the radio can offer. Music fans are the life-blood of an artist's career. They are certainly not pirates, and if they want to hear music for free it is out of their appreciation of that artist's work. If they like it, they will continue to support and endorse that artist in a number of different ways, from buying a record to wearing a T-shirt to going to a live concert."

DRM typically marks another distinction between major and indie approaches to selling music on line. Apple had to use DRM on its iTunes tracks (albeit a relatively light version) in order to get the major labels on board. But, as mentioned earlier, many indie sites sell DRM-free MP3s, seeing DRM as an unnecessary inconvenience. Another option, adopted on System 7's site, is to give fans the choice; DRM versions of tracks, at 79p each, are cheaper than the 99p non-DRM MP3s, reflecting DRM's inherent inconvenience. However, Steve Hillage says they're now moving to MP3 only, because the MP3 files have been outselling the DRM ones by a ratio of 15 to one, despite the latter's cheaper price. And the changes won't stop there. "Dance music downloads have blown up in the past year, and beatport.com, who are the leaders, have starting using WAVs" comments Hillage. "Once broadband speeds get a bit faster, MP3s are going to be history. It'll be WAVs or AIFFs, and that's the true nightmare of the record companies — or not. It depends how creative people in the music industry are."

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The Shared Media Licensing web site (below), home of the Weedshare concept, and (right) co-founder John Leighton Beezer.
The Shared Media Licensing web site (below), home of the Weedshare concept, and (right) co-founder John Leighton Beezer.
The Shared Media Licensing web site (below), home of the Weedshare concept, and (right) co-founder John Leighton Beezer.

"Generally, my feeling about DRM is that it penalises the people who purchase the track" says independent artist Toby Slater, an enthusiastic adopter of the Internet since the days of the original Napster. But not all DRM is created equal. Recently, Slater has found his music appearing as so-called Weed files thanks to a deal between CD Baby and Weed developers Shared Media Licensing. He points to the Weed system as a way in which DRM can work for artists and fans: "The fantastic thing about Weed is that it rewards the people who pay for tracks, and it rewards you for passing them on. That's the opposite of most DRM, which just limits you."

Weedshare is a system developed by Shared Media Licensing (SML) which challenges the assumptions of those who only see the negative side of DRM. Essentially, Weed uses a Windows DRM-based system to enable fans to be rewarded for sharing tracks by allowing them to share in the track revenue. The centrally-managed DRM limits the number of times an unbought track can be played (to three plays), and tracks the chain of purchases. Fifty percent of any purchase goes to the track's artist, 15 percent to SML, and the remainder goes to the sharers, divided 20, 10 and five percent through three stages. So if someone buys a Weed track that they got from you, you get 20 percent, while if someone then buys the track from them, you get 10 percent of that purchase, and on one further stage to where you get five percent. If a track costs you a pound, you get 20p, 10p and 5p respectively from every person who subsequently buys the track. How much money you get obviously depends on how many people download it from you in the first place and then buy it, and on what subsequently happens to the track. See www.weedshare.com/share/musicfans for a more detailed explanation.

"It seems obvious to us that filesharing is, in effect, free promotion and distribution — so it can't be all bad," says Shared Media Licensing co-founder John Leighton Beezer. "That was the basis of the idea that it was OK to pay people to share. It was a friend of mine who proposed the idea to me; he called me up one day and said he'd figured out how to make DRM work for music. I was very sceptical at first, but he convinced me. We know that our files can be hacked, but we're trying to create a positive alternative to standard on-line distribution."

So-called Independent Content Providers (ICPs) are approved by Shared Media Licensing to do A&R, set up rightsholder accounts, verify rights, encode the music tracks, and work with artists to promote their music as Weed files if that's what they want. An ICP then gets all 35 percent when someone buys a track from their site, because they're the first provider. "In a lot of cases, record labels have an in-house ICP for working with us," says Beezer. Another feature of the Weedshare approach is that anyone can set up as an on-line music 'store' by hosting existing Weedshare tracks, and earn revenue through the 15/10/5 system. There's no need to set up an e-commerce capability, because SML handle all the sales and the distribution of revenues.

Music On Mobiles
While the Internet is maturing as a music sales and marketing medium, it's still early days for music in the mobile world. "Mobile music sales are still very much focused on the big seller, the chart hit, with the top 20 percent of overall content generating 80 percent of the total revenue" observes Steve Hayward of Mobile Streams, a company that sits between the music business and the mobile networks, liaising with both to make music available on your mobile. "But there is growing pressure for change. In the same way that the Internet music download market has given a new lease of life to jazz and classical music, I think we'll see mobile music diversify into more niche areas."
Heyward describes Mobile Streams as a media company with a production facility. As a formatting house, it has its own dedicated image-, video- and audio-formatting teams. "Our strategy is very much to work with multiple network operators in multiple territories. In the UK, we work closely with 3, Vodafone, O2 and Orange. Approaching the networks directly is pretty difficult; they're quite entrenched in terms of who they work with. And it's hard to reach the mobile mass market if you can't work with a network operator, so it's quite difficult for small independent labels; in fact it's hard even for the large indies. We work with Beggars, Sanctuary, Ministry of Sound, and a large number of independent music suppliers."
"The mobile network operators want a closed service, whilst it's in the best interests of the music owners and third-party service providers for there to be an open environment," says Jeremy Copp of mobile music-technology specialists Beatnik. "My belief is that in the interests of creating the biggest and fastest-growing market, mobile users need to be able to have access to music from a whole range of sources, not just those dictated by the operator."
So while the Internet is opening up opportunities for indie labels and unsigned musicians like never before, will they have to resign themselves to the fact that music for mobiles will remain the province of the major labels? "There's no reason that independents or unsigned artists cannot share in the opportunities that mobiles provide" Copp says. "The authoring of music for mobiles fits into the existing recording studio workflow, and is being made much easier due to the adoption of common, standard formats. So there are likely to be opportunities to distribute content either directly or through partnerships with operators, service providers or perhaps major labels." And other broadcasters may also provide an outlet, he adds. "I can imagine radio stations and TV channels picking up on mobile audio as a promotional channel, so those stations who today promote independent and unsigned artists on the Internet will be able to extend this to mobile phones."
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The Magnatune web site (left), featuring the excellent mission statement 'We Are Not Evil', and (below) founder John Buckman.
The Magnatune web site (left), featuring the excellent mission statement 'We Are Not Evil', and (below) founder John Buckman.
The Magnatune web site (left), featuring the excellent mission statement 'We Are Not Evil', and (below) founder John Buckman.

Another site which typifies the open approach of selling MP3s is Magnatune, the on-line music retail site set up by John Buckman to find a better, fairer way to sell music after his wife fell foul of music industry dealings. Magnatune follow a largely traditional sales model, but don't lock files up in DRM. Buckman does non-exclusive deals with artists on a per-album basis and gives them 50 percent of each sale. When buying an album, people can choose how much they want to pay for it, from $5 to $18. Magnatune also encourage podcasting — because they make all of their 128k MP3s available under a Creative Commons licence, use of these files is 'podsafe' if they are podcasted non-commercially. In keeping with Magnatune's open attitude, people can also stream complete versions of tracks and albums from the label's web site at any time. There's even a well-developed licensing side, with a very open web-based licensing interface that allows potential licence-holders to see how much they'll have to pay for their desired use. One such use is for film soundtracks; the system allows filmmakers to try out Magnatune tracks for free and only pay for them when their film enters the commercial arena.

Buckman's feeling is that iTunes has stolen the show for the consumer side of the business ("the lack of any major non-DRM site means there isn't a real contender to iTunes"), and he's doubtful that any music service dealing in mainstream genres will make any headway against them. As for the most promising developments for the independent sector, Buckman sees these in the new marketing possibilities in smaller markets, "be it on Myspace, by artists self-releasing on iTunes through someone like IODA, or the new music sources such as the Magnatune and Garageband sites."

Nick Webb first discovered the value of the the Internet for selling CDs and downloads back in the late '90s. He began selling CDs from his own label, Farfield Records, and other ambient labels in 1998, and his URL, www.ambientmusic.co.uk, became a leading destination for those in search of ambient and chillout music. Meanwhile, he did deals with on-line music services such as Emusic, Rhapsody and Wippit. Early last year, he set up a new on-line site, Shopsonic, to sell CDs and album downloads.

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On-line retailer and distributor Shopsonic, brainchild of aptly-named musician Nick Webb.
On-line retailer and distributor Shopsonic, brainchild of aptly-named musician Nick Webb.

Webb sees on-line CD retailing as the way forward for small labels like Farfield and the various other labels whose catalogue he stocks. "Getting your CDs into the shops isn't necessarily going to get you anywhere. You've got to have a budget to advertise nationally, and with a lot of large companies, even if they do stock something from an independent, it will be tucked away at the back of the shop where no-one can find it. Having the ability to sell downloads in the same shopping basket as CDs is quite unique to our site and allows us to offer free sampler downloads and albums when customers are making a CD purchase." Perhaps unsurprisingly, download sales have been increasing since Shopsonic agreed a joint on-line licence with the UK's MCPS & PRS music-licensing bodies in April 2005. According to Webb, downloads now account for approximately 40 percent of music sales, and of those, 30 percent are from the USA. He's definitely of the opinion that downloads have helped to bring in new customers to his site from overseas.

"Bricks-and-mortar distributors can make it very difficult for labels like mine," says Fine Arts Militia co-founder, Zenstone record-label owner and bassist Bryan Hardgroove, who leads Public Enemy's live band, "but the Internet provides a distribution channel. If you mass-produce records and put them in a store, then you have a loss if you don't sell them. But if you can expose people to your music via the Internet, you can see how much people like it in whatever region you're interested in, and then you can move records where you know they're going to be wanted."

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AWAL UK specialise in getting independent music onto on-line music stores such as iTunes. Paul Bower is one of their UK team. "When you offer your music to an on-line distributor, presentation is just as important as if you were offering the music for sale on CD" he says. "Remember, you're entering the music business; thinking about a few simple points will help you to be taken more seriously."
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How to present a CD to an on-line distributor (above) and (right) how not to present it!
"Don't just send a CD-R with a scribbled email address. At the very least it should have the artist, title, and copyright information written neatly on the disc. Better still, invest in a thermal or inkjet disc printer."
"Check your postage. A CD in a jiffy bag will weigh just over 100g, so putting a single first-class stamp on the package will result in your recipient having to collect the package from the sorting office and pay a one-pound fine."
"If your CD artwork is printed on a laser or inkjet printer, try to include a CD-ROM of the original artwork, as these rarely scan successfully. And if you send in scanned artwork, always clean the artwork and your scanner before you scan. If the scanned artwork is not absolutely straight, even to within a tenth of a degree, it will look odd when reduced down to a thumbnail. To remedy this, scan the artwork with a border to allow subsequent readjustment."

"You are treating your music as a saleable commodity, so you shouldn't send it off until you are absolutely happy with it; this includes the mastering side of things. Similarly, do not send out multiple disks for the recipient to compile."
"Always include a biography in your package, and type out any technical information such as copyright details, ISRC numbers, and track titles if they don't already appear on the sleeve."
"Make sure you have the rights to enter into the agreement! If you've previously signed a digital distribution deal, or your music has previously been released on CD, check your contract. You did keep a copy, didn't you...?"
"After initial contact, keep in touch by phone or email to push the deal through."
"Don't email MP3s unless you're invited to."
"Make sure you have cleared — or removed — any samples in your recordings, and obtained permission from session players and featured artists to use their performances."
"If your album contains a lot of crossfades, think about recompiling a download version without them."
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Steve Hillage says he's 50/50 about on-line music as an opportunity for independent labels and musicians: "It's something that's important to do, and obviously idealistically it's a fantastic way of bypassing all forms of corporate distribution and getting your music directly to the people that want it, which is a major plus. But as I said, it has to be seen as another arrow in your quiver."

Others are more convinced. "We're at a great time right now," opines Toby Slater. "There's access to the on-line stores, so you as an independent artist or label can get your stuff onto iTunes and Rhapsody and all those services pretty easily. You could sign up with someone like The Orchard or with CD Baby, and within a month or so you'll probably have your stuff up there and selling, which is really great."

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Fine Arts Militia bassist and Zenstone label owner Bryan Hardgroove.
Fine Arts Militia bassist and Zenstone label owner Bryan Hardgroove.

Consolidated Independent's Paul Sanders says he remains "infinitely optimistic" about the opportunities for independent labels and musicians, but that it's important to keep a sense of realism as well. "We have to keep working hard, but technology is opening a marketplace in which anyone who has created music can participate on the same basic footing, if not on the same commercial terms. When you're in the middle of such rapid change as we are now, there are all sorts of opportunities. The key to making the most of them is staying positive. If you can't get played on the radio, make your own station, and if you can't get into the shops, join a musicians' retail web site. The technology gets easier and more effective every year."

"I'm optimistic," says Bryan Hardgroove. "The only way you can stop a smart independent is if some sort of legislation appears, some sort of worldwide restriction. At the moment, the success of on-line record sales is as available as your willingness to work. If you have good ideas, good talent and a good marketing plan, it doesn't take a whole lot of money."

"I think that we're in a window of opportunity right now for indies and artists," comments Fading Ways' Neil Leyton, "but I think the golden era is still to come. We're 10 years behind the open source movement, but I believe, as others do, that the curve will be about the same in terms of growth and the opening up of markets. True independents, creative thinkers, will thrive."

Indeed, in contrast to the limited opportunities for exposure and sales in the traditional world of physical distribution, many opportunities are now opening up for independent artists and labels to market and sell their music on line. With new marketing avenues such as web logs and podcasting allied to companies that can help musicians get their music into a wide range of web-based music stores, the independent sector has many reasons to be excited about the Internet.

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Seven soups every Saturday: black-eyed pea soup recipes

Somewhere in the world, it's just the right weather for black-eyed pea soup, and here in Rhode Island, the nights are getting a little bit cooler and we can sense the impending arrival of autumn. Traditionally, black-eyed peas appear on the dinner table on New Year's Day, when eating them is said to bring good luck, but they're delicious on the other 364 days of the year, too. Pair them with strong flavors, such as sausage, peppers, bacon, peanuts, or dark green vegetables. Cooked peas and beans freeze well, so make a big pot of black-eyed pea soup when the mood strikes, even if it's still summer, and freeze for later in the year.

Seven black-eyed pea soup recipes caught my eye this week:

Spicy collards and black-eyed pea soup, from FatFree Vegan Kitchen

Black-eyed pea soup (with ham and chicken), from GFE - Gluten Free Easily

Hopping John soup, from Kalyn's Kitchen

Black-eyed pea soup with thyme, from Blue Kitchen

Black-eyed pea and chorizo soup, from Homesick Texan

African sweet potato soup with peanut butter, black-eyed peas and beans, from Gluten-Free Goddess

Black-eyed pea soup with corn and dill, from Lisa's Kitchen

Find more delicious black-eyed pea soup recipes on Food Blog Search. Come back every Saturday for seven soup recipes to enjoy any day of the week.

[Photo of black-eyed pea soup (with ham and chicken) by, and used with permission from, GFE-Gluten Free Easily.]

Posted by: Shirley @ gfe | August 20, 2011 at 08:37 AM

Good morning, Lydia! I'm a HUGE lover of black-eyed peas and I'm so honored that you included my recipe in your great roundup and used my photo, too! Thanks so much. :-) This soup is one I make often during the cooler weather, usually from October until early May. I make it about every other month during that period for my support group meetings. One member said it equaled "welcoming comfort food" when she attended her first meeting and sampled this soup. ;-) Now I'm off to check out all the other recipes. Thanks again, Lydia!

Posted by: Kalyn | August 20, 2011 at 10:45 AM

I love black-eyed peas just like Shirley does. That Hopping John Soup has become a fun New Year's Day tradition at my house.

Posted by: janet @ the taste space | August 21, 2011 at 04:39 AM

I recently discovered black eyed peas and love them! What a wonderful collection of soups to try. :)

Posted by: Lydia | August 21, 2011 at 07:07 AM

Shirley, thank you for sharing your soup, with us and with friends in your gluten-free group.

Kalyn, I love the New Year's Day tradition of this soup. It's a very Southern thing that many of us all around the country have adopted.

Janet, there are some great ideas here. Have fun!

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See art in the Adelaide Hills

Adelaide Hills’ art is inspired by nature’s finest colours. A human touch has been gently applied over 170 years. The Hills’ best known artist is landscape painter, Sir Hans Heysen.

The Cedars, Adelaide Hills, South Australia

After migrating from Germany, Heysen moved to Hahndorf in 1908. Four years later, he built The Cedars - the studio he called home until he passed away in 1968. Located on a 60-hectare property, Heysen’s studio is open for tours.

Galleries and art history

See Heysen’s painting tools and sketches. Take a leisurely walk around the garden. His timeless images are inspiring. Hahndorf is now a regional art centre, largely due to Heysen’s influence. Galleries are dotted around the beautiful old German town.

The Hahndorf Academy reflects the Adelaide Hills’ passion for art. Visit the 150-year-old building to see exhibitions, galleries, studios and museums. There are art classes, if you’re really keen.

See tribal art and international art at Aptos Cruz Galleries in Stirling.

Embrace your creative side

Art centres have sprung up around the Adelaide Hills as more towns have followed Hahndorf’s lead. Some even let you eat dinner and stay overnight.

You can watch artists in studios working on paintings, drawings, prints and textiles. In Stirling, the Atelier group of professional artists open their individual working studios on the fourth Sunday of each month. In Woodside, Etnos Gallery is a working studio and art gallery.

Whether your passion is two or three-dimensions, pastels, portraits or drawing, the Adelaide Hills has a studio for you.

Add to your collection

If you want to take something home, products made from a wide range of materials are available. You might like something shiny. There’s glass, gold and silver jewellery. Enjoy wine tasting and pottery at Samphire Wines and Pottery.

In the cellar of 130-year-old heritage-listed Pikes Historic Brewery, watch handwoven textiles and tapestries being made on giant looms.

Birdwood’s National Motor Museum hosts exhibitions dedicated to our passion for the car.

It’s quite simple really. In the Adelaide Hills, art reflects life.

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SOBO 300: Ramsey Nets Biggest Win Of Career In SoBo 300

SOUTH BOSTON, VA. - Wayne Ramsey netted his biggest payday of the season here Saturday night, outrunning a stiff field of challengers to win the season-ending SoBo 300 NASCAR Late Model Stock Car race.

Ramsey, in a 69-lap green-flag run to the finish, edged C.E. Falk III of Virginia Beach, Va. by 1.553 second to win the $10,000 first prize of the event that carried $52,300 purse.

The Amherst, Va. also won the $500 DRP Performance Products/South Boston Speedway Halfway Leader Award, giving him a total payday of $10,500.

"This is by far the biggest win of my career - by a big margin," Ramsey said afterward.

'To come here and win this race with the best-of-the-best here at South Boston Speedway is an awesome feeling. I'm kind of speechless. It really hasn't sunk in."

The win was the fifth victory in a row for Ramsey here at South Boston Speedway. Ramsey won the season's final four points races in his Ford before capping his season with the victory Saturday night in South Boston Speedway's longest and richest NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division race of the season.

Just as he had done in his during his late-season win streak, Ramsey won Saturday night's SoBo 300 in convincing fashion, taking the lead from Falk, the pole winner, on the 87th lap and leading the final 213 laps.

With only one caution period in the second 150-lap segment of the 300-lap event, Ramsey needed only about 10 laps after the final restart to pull away from Falk, his closest challenger. Once he gained a clear lead of about four to five car lengths, Ramsey was never seriously threatened.

Falk finished second, giving South Boston Speedway regulars a sweep of the top two positions. Former track champion Philip Morris of Ruckersville, Va. who finished third in the NASCAR national standings this season, finished third with Justin Johnson of Durham, N.C. and South Boston Speedway 2007 NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division champion Adam Barker of Hurt, Va. rounding out the top five finishers.

South Boston Speedway regular Rodney Cook of Reidsville, N.C., former South Boston Speedway NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division champions Drew Herring of Benson, N.C. and Timothy Peters of Brosville, Va., Scott Young of Mooresville, N.C. and former South Boston Speedway NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division champion Frank Deiny, Jr. of Ashland, Va., rounded out the top ten finishers. The top ten finishers were on the lead lap at the end of the race.

There was only one lead change in the 300-lap, 120-mile race, that coming when took the lead from Falk on lap 88.

Ramsey averaged 71.944 mph in the race that was slowed by six cautions, including the one that signaled the 15-minute break for the competitors at the halfway point at 150 laps.

Fifty-seven cars were on hand to attempt to nail down one of the 36 starting spots in the field for the SoBo 300 with the 15 fastest cars being locked into the field based upon their qualifying times.

There were three 30-lap qualifying heat races and a 25-lap Last Chance Race to fill out the field for the 300-lap main event. Jonathan Cash of Oxford, N.C. took the lead with four laps to go and won the first qualifying race. Deac McCaskill of Raleigh, N.C. grabbed the lead on the 19th lap and held on to win the second qualifying race. Johnson won the last of the three qualifying races and Dude Gibbs of Seaford, Va. won the Last Chance Race.

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2 40 C.E. Falk III
3 26 Philip  Morris
4 54 Justin Johnson
5 1 Adam Barker
6 14 Rodney Cook
7 3 Drew Herring
8 11 Timothy Peters
9 77 Scott Young
10 4 Frank Deiny, Jr.
11 74 Ronald Hill
12 89 Jonathan Bailey
13 50 Jamey Caudill
14 57 Eddie Johnson
15 24 Jason Mitcham
16 92 Chad Harris
17 02 Joey Coulter
18 55 Alex Yontz
19 44 Lynn Phoenix
20 08 Deac McCaskill
21 2 Owen Miller
22 27 Tommy Lemons
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24 47 Dude Gibbs
25 72 Richard Boswell
26 7 Tony McGuire
27 07 Richard Storm
28 00 David Triplett
29 71 Wayne Roach
30 98 Clay Campbell
31 73 Curtis Truex
32 84 Greg Edwards
33 20 Keven Wood
34 5 David Quackenbush
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The sessions are held from 11am to 1.30pm at Cherry Tree Court, Salterbrook. Organisers say support and advice groups provide a friendly and welcoming face there.

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Hitesburg News for Feb. 14, 2013 / February 13, 2013
Sunday, call to worship was “Only Believe” by the choir at Hitesburg Baptist Church. The Reverend Mike Riley read the announcements and welcomed everyone. Hymn was “Love Lifted Me.” Children’s sermon, which was lead by David Riley, was concerning creation and how God created everything and everyone. A special mirror was used as a visual aide. The children collected loose change from throughout the congregation for the February Loose Change project which will go toward the Red Cross Bags. Prayer time ended with a prayer from the Deacon of the Week, Andy Loftis. Hymn was “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.” Choir special was “The Way That He Loves.” Tammy Lloyd sang a solo of “When He was on the Cross, I Was on His Mind” as some other special music. Everyone fellowshipped with one another while Deborah Pulliam, pianist/organist, played a couple of verses. The Rev. Riley brought the sermon entitiled “In the Beginning, God....” Scripture came from Genesis 1:1-2:1, 1 Corinthians 1 and Collassians 1:17. Hymn was “I Am Thine O Lord.” Those wishing to, tied a knot/bow in a prayer quilt, which was quilted by Betty Griffin, for Don and Alice Loftis. Visitors at HBC Sunday included Reid Driskill, Gwen Driskill, Jackson Driskill, Nathan Wade, Evelyn Wade, Chasity Bowen, Bailey Bowen and Averie Bowen.

Last Tuesday, Tommy and Mary Stone and Roosevelt Stone enjoyed lunch with Betty Williamson to celebrate her birthday.

Last Tuesday, Annie Sue Overby and a few others visited Beth Ralston.

Last Tuesday evening, Abraham Tillotson went to a Crime Prevention program at Midway Volunteer Fire Department which was presented by the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office. Thursday evening, he went to Sandy Fork Hunting Club for a training seminar for the Department of Agriculture.

Mr. Ryland Bowen visited Alice Bowen last Wednesday. Also last Wednesday, J.B. Riggan and friend, Carolyn Hicks, visited her. During the week, Johnny and Martha Szynklewski visited Mrs. Bowen. Johnny and Martha also went to the steak supper at Nelson Baptist Church Saturday evening.

Friday afternoon, Ruth Overby visited Mr. and Mrs. Heiter Griffin. Saturday afternoon, Ryland Bowen, of Richmond, visited Ruth. Saturday evening, Mrs. Overby attended the steak supper at Nelson Baptist Church. Sunday, Mitzie Waller, Delores Hamlett, Rocki Hamlett and a couple of the Hamlett ladies’ friends visited her.

Saturday, Thomas Bailey went to Joan Tuck’s funeral at Florence Avenue Baptist Church. Louise Galloway visited Mr. Bailey one day throughout the week.

Gwen Driskill, Jackson Driskill, Reid Driskill, Nathan Wade and Evelyn Wade spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Cranfill.

Tuesday, the monthly Senior Citizens’ gathering was held at HBC. Everyone enjoyed a hot-dog lunch while together. People from the Hitesburg community, the Aarons Creek community, the North Fork community and a couple of other communities were there to enjoy the food and fellowship with each other. There were also some there from the nursing homes.

Remember the sick, lost and those who have lost loved ones including the Wayne King family, the Mary Belle Daniel family, the Audrey Culley family, the Annie Whelcher family, the Joan Tuck family and the Peter McCready family. Remember our great country, HBC, the lost, the unchurched and each other as well. Also, remember our troops including Mariah Johns Adkins, Timmy Wilkinson, Brian Seate, Forest Clark and Dan Elliott, BIRTHDAYS: Faye McGaughey, Dale Loftis, Virginia Wilson, David Powell, Donnie Martin.

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A Tweetup in Space? Well, simulated

So, you’ve seen the video of the Apollo astronauts heading to the moon aboard their spacecrafts, and you’ve seen the pictures of the people sitting at their consoles monitoring over system settings onboard the spacecraft. Sounds neat, huh? Think you’d want to try that? You can!

Myself, along with @CraftLass are planning a tweetup for anybody who is interested in New York. Included would be a simulated space mission at the Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Center in Airmont, NY (just a short hop from New York City). The mission would involve a 3 hour mission to either the Moon, Mars, or to Rendezvous with Comet Encke.

If you are interested, please either leave a comment or contact myself, @thenasaman, on Twitter. Also, included in that message, please specify which mission choice you would prefer of the three options. If we can get enough people, this will be able to happen. A date has yet to be chosen, so if anything is better than something else, let me know as well. For more information on the Lower Hudson Valley Challenger Center, follow it on Twitter as @LHVCC and of course visit the website, http://lhvcc.com

Talk about it with people outside of the space biz

worry about our future in manned spaceflight. It’s going to be a tough
ride for the next 10 yrs or more. Besides exploring the cosmos, are you
aware of what manned spaceflight has done to improve your life? Do you
think money for the space program is spent in space and not on earth?

Learn more about how technology from NASA has improved life in your home and your city: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasacity/index2.htm

do believe I’m living proof that NASA money is spent on Earth and not
in space. As an engineer who works on a NASA contract – I am
paid to help develop the next generation of space vehicles for NASA.
That money pays my mortgage, my student loans, and I shop at places in
Clear Lake and Houston (spending money) that keeps other businesses in

Regarding future of manned spaceflight this is what I see happening.
Bush had vision w/o funding, Obama redirect with no add’l funding. Then
in 2013 if new Prez, another redirect with no add’l funding (b/c won’t
have shown much progress) & gap grows from 3 yrs to 10-15 yrs.

This is not acceptable. Think of the innovations and new technologies that
will not be developed/discovered to keep improving life on earth. Think
of the possible 100,000s people who will be put out of work in a bad
economy because the U.S. no longer believes manned space exploration
should be funded to actually take us somewhere.

can you do to make a difference? Tell people. Share what I have posted
here on your facebook accounts, on twitter, and on your own blog.  Add your own thoughts.  Get people talking about what’s to come and realize how it will impact our country.  Check out the link above. Add more resources for people to explore.  Talk about it. Don’t let manned
spaceflight disappear.

…It’s full of stars!

If you noticed that my blog title is a line from 2001: A Space Odyssey,
chances are you’re probably a sci-fi fan, movie trivia buff, or a space
fan. Or maybe you just have a really good memory. Anyhoo, it doesn’t
really matter since I’m not talking about movies or 2001 or if you can
recall what you had for lunch on Tuesday six weeks ago.

I’m talking about outer space today. After a few weeks of following
@flyingjenny on Twitter, I’ve become reacquainted with that
bigger-than-life world that is outer space and the magic that was
“maybe one day I can go to space” that all children seem to have at one
point in life.

I know I did. I don’t know when it started, but I’d guess it was when I
was about 5 and used to stare up at the night sky while driving home in
the evening. I loved to look at the moon and the stars and was
frequently disappointed when we arrived home and it was time to go in
to bed. I wished on stars ALL THE TIME, and one wish (for a dog) was
actually granted. I used to imagine the twinkling of those stars was
really a message to me, blinking and flashing in a secret code,
whispering to me how great my life could be and all of the wonderful
things that were in store for me.

My mother was very imaginative and when my brother and I were younger, we
were often treated to a game of make-believe play acting. We loved
pretending and sometimes our acting seemed real enough that if we lived
in CS Lewis’ books, we definitely would have made it through the

My mom read to us for hours on end, introducing us to The Hobbit and
classics by Austen when we were still not of school age. She’d give us
little buttons or other trinkets to leave on the windowsill for a
magical princess who rode on the back of birds. In exchange for our
little gifts, she’d leave a nickel or dime. It was wondrous!

Now toss in some good churching: the kind that makes God seem as big as
eternity and just as wonderful and bright as those tiny twinkling
stars, send us off to school to learn about the world around us, and
you have two kids who believe anything is possible in the great big

But back to outer space. I mentioned following @flyingjenny. (If you don’t,
you should!) She posed the question: “What “engages” you and keeps you
interested in space?” I knew what it was for me: it was the magic of
kinderhood that keeps me interested in space: it’s still a great big
old mystery, filled with all the exciting possibilities one could ever
imagine. My reply to her: “The magic that was space as a child!
Wondering if someday *I* could look down at earth from the stars! Still
feel that way. =)”

Why that is was her response, and what got me thinking today. Why is it
some of us grown-ups are still enchanted by space and others could care
less? When I heard NASA would be stopping the shuttle program, I felt
incredibly sad! It was my parent’s generation who experienced the first
shuttle missions, the first landing on the moon, the first tragedies of
space travel. It was my generation that experienced more shuttle
missions, the heartache that was the Challenger and Columbia. I
remember the space station news and all of the launches into space for
more exploration, and that pesky Hubble telescope that cost SO MUCH

When I was about 10 or 11, I saw the movie Space Camp. Oh, how I wanted to
go to space and look down upon my planet! I wanted to fly to the moon
and back, and zoom to stars and distant galaxies. When I was 20, I
spent my evenings in Haiti gazing up at the sky, a sky so clear that
‘shooting stars’ flew overhead like ducks on a cold winter day and you
could see satellites cross the sky.

But wait! I can’t forget the space movies and television shows! The
encounters had by Kirk and Spock! The evil empire of Darth Vader and
the dashing Han Solo! What about space is there for a girl not to love!?

I don’t know what the future holds for space exploration (heavens, many
will say it isn’t important enough because we can’t take care of our
issues here on our own planet, much less outer space). I don’t know if
the economy will bounce back and there will yet again be money for NASA
to blast off into the undiscovered vastness of space. I doubt I’ll ever
be in a space shuttle or on a space mission, or be a space tourist
before I die. Heck, the one time I wanted to see the shuttle take off
when we lived in Florida it was canceled. Some hurricane or rain storm
or something. So I may not even hear the thunder that is the rocket
booster thingamajigs, and feel the powerful shaking of the land as the
shuttle takes off.

But I can tell my children about space, the planets, the possibilities of
places far beyond human knowledge. I can tell them that Pluto is still
a planet in my book, and maybe someday there will be hundreds more
planets found and named. Maybe one day they will fly up to the stars
and gaze down upon planet Earth.

One thing has to be certain: there isn’t a human who was or is or will be
alive who hasn’t at some point stopped and stared up, wondering what is
up there, what is out there, what kind of greatness would it be to *be*

Oh, for all my love of space and fantasy, I still can’t figure out the
constellations. They NEVER look to me like the shapes they’re supposed
to be. =)

What about you? What makes you a space lover either as a kid or an adult!?

There Is No Way You Can Do That; Foolish Dreamer!

The words in the above title of this blog, along with, “Your heretical ideas that the Sun is not the center of the Universe will send you to prison” or “Monkeys? You are telling me we are related to monkeys? You are insane!” were all expressed in condemnation of ideas from great dreamers.  Throughout the history of humankind, it is the dreamers who have moved us forward, in fact they have helped keep us around and alive.

This Space Tweep Society is the product of a dreamer.  Most, if not all, of its members are dreamers and in their dreaming they put forth ideas that ignite dreams in the rest of us. What a great, invigorating and challenging social environment. When one becomes a Space Tweep, their mind never rests.  There is always a challenging idea around the corner to be considered, debated and expanded.  The real excitement; however, comes from the sharing of that interaction between all of us.

I was born dreaming, still dream, and will pass on dreaming.  The opportunity to share some of those dreams here and to experience my fellow Space Tweeps reactions, comments and LAUGHTER are priceless.

Bored, tired, depressed, about to give up?  Dream. Pile on all your hopes, your ideas (even the wacky ones) and your fears and let your spirit and you mind take you to a whole new world of ideas and possibilities.  When you are finished, jump onto Twitter and hail the first Space Tweep you find and share, share, share.  The result will always be astounding and exciting.

DREAM ON!

Thanks for the boost, spacetweeps.

I can’t recall when I first became interested in space. It wasn’t an obvious interest when I was a child… I never made my parents dress me up as an astronaut, I never asked to go to any space museums. But the little things– the fact that I loved science class even though I lacked the talent, always making sure I had lots of glow-in-the-dark stars on my bedroom ceiling, always looking up at the sky at night– are what I look back on now, and I see that I’ve loved space all along. But nothing like I have lately.

During my last two years of high school, something snapped. I was set on going to college for Film and Creative writing, until I took my first Physics class… and that was all it took. Astronomy followed the next semester. I was hooked.

Late 2008, I joined Twitter, probably out of curiosity. After browsing around, I saw that NASA had an account. Hm, cool. Then some employees. I thought it was pretty neat that I could follow people that actually worked for NASA. Then I found other people interested in space in general.

As I kept following more and more of those people (“space tweeps,” they called themselves), I found that their enthusiasm was the most contagious thing I’ve experienced. It swept me away. With the help of these folks, I was more informed about astronomy and the space program than I ever imagined I could be.

The more I got to know these tweeps, the more I realized what an extraordinary group of people it was. I started watching NASA TV regularly, calling all my friends to watch shuttle launches, and I can probably say that all this excitement was the catalyst that led me to apply to work at my local Science Center’s Planetarium and Observatory.

Then in the fall, I was presented an opportunity that I would have NEVER imagined I would get. I was able to attend the STS-129 #nasatweetup launch event. Needless to say, that was pretty much the point of no return… I had experienced such a life-changing event with the most amazing people who were all just as excited about space as I was. I got to meet Spacetweeps that I had always talked to, but never met. I made friendships that will probably last forever. There aren’t any words to express just how big of an impact those few days had on my life.

So, what keeps me interested? I think it’s pretty clear. Ever since I got involved with the Space Tweep Society, or Twitter in general, I’ve had experiences that absolutely would have not been possible otherwise. Talking on a daily basis to people who share the passion has increased my love for space exponentially. So thanks, Tweeps, for getting me where I am today. You are more inspiring than you could ever imagine.

APOD Comes to NYC

Dr. Jerry T. Bonnell, co-founder of the amazing Astronomy Picture of the Day site is coming to the American Museum of Natural History on Friday, January 8th as a part of the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York’s Lecture Series.  The event is free to the public, I have confirmed that you do not need to be an current member of the AAANY to go.  I will definitely be there, so if you plan to go as well, drop me a tweet!

Thanks to alert young astronomer Elias Jordan @ksastro for letting me know about this event.

[Updated 1/6/10 with confirmation that membership is not necessary]


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Microsoft was aware of IE flaw much before its exploitation

About 12 months back, Microsoft was notified of a video control vulnerability that affected its operating systems Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP and which is now being vigorously abused worldwide including on certain .com and .org websites.

However, it was only on July 6, 2009 that Microsoft declared its security advice regarding the critical flaw within its Video ActiveX Control, while saying that he already knew about the attacks that exploited it. Moreover, leader of security response communications Christopher Budd at Microsoft said that the company was informed of the vulnerability in 2008 and it immediately began an investigation. DarkReading reported this on July 7, 2009.

Budd further said that following the investigation Microsoft decided to eliminate the ActiveX Control from its Internet Explorer thinking that as the most appropriate solution. Meanwhile, the company wished to be sure about the issue, so it took some additional time for a complete assessment. Further, Microsoft was working to develop a patch to address the flaw and would issue it soon as it would reach a suitable quality for a widespread distribution, Budd added.

Meanwhile, the company suggested that computer users establish a "kill bit" to disable the Video ActiveX Control so that they remained guarded from attacks that could let a hacker capture the user's privileges on his system, or to contaminate IE 6&7 users even if no malicious link was employed.

It also said the attacks exploiting the vulnerability are chiefly emanating from Chinese domains with focus on capturing credentials for online games. However, according to security experts, the vulnerability could be potentially exploited for still more dangerous reasons.

Security and vulnerability research lab iDefense, in the meantime, released a press report on July 7, 2009 that gives more information about the flaw as also ensuing attacks. Applauding Microsoft, the statement says that the company has quite graciously shared its developments during its preparation of the fix as also has been diligently undertaking remedial efforts, adding that the unique nature of the circumstances and mechanics regarding the flaw is understandably why it took Microsoft the time to prepare the patch, reports DarkReading.

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My wedding ring fits again

Thursday, January 04, 2007

I haven't been able to wear my wedding ring in nearly a year, since I was three months pregnant. I was hoping once I had my daughter, my fingers would go back down and it would fit, but that didn't happen. So I've been patiently working to lose weight so I could fit it again. Tonight, I tried it on and it finally fits again. I'm so happy.

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    Congrats! What a great feeling eh? It's one of those little things that we're doing it for. Next step, having it sized DOWN!

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    You have to love making it over the hurdles you set up for yourself. Those little changes make the "suffering" so worth while!

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Amazing what a nap does...

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Mom woke from her nap, dancing & singing (but holding on to me for balance). We both had a good dinner. Right now I am sitting on the couch with her. I have the channel on TV that plays Big Band/Swing music. She is in her own little world, has her eyes closed, is swaying to the music & tapping her toes. She is probably dancing with my Dad...God Bless Her. Sometimes it is the little things in life that can really help us...for Mom it might be that nap...maybe it's the music. For me, it might be a phone call to a good friend, getting to bed early & getting up early to have some quiet time to myself. Don't sweat the small stuff, but also don't let the small stuff slip past you...it might benefit you. Take care everyone & Breathe Deep...

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    My Mom watches Fred Astaire every day in Top Hat ... gets her toes tappin' !!

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Lets try this again

Thursday, September 06, 2012

This summer has been a doozy! I can only assume the stress finally got to me because I have spent almost my entire summer sick, sick, sick. Everything from the flu, to colds, bacterial infections, injuries, hair loss! I have had it. I am at the point that when I get a headache I keep apologizing to my husband bc he's had to step up as Mr Mom for his summer vacation, poor guy. The only positive has to be seeing him in a new, well actually, old light. He was there when I needed him, not one complaint.
I have been officially back on my feet for an entire week illness free and feeling like I can try this again! And boy oh boy is it needed, I've gained 10 lbs! Not only is there the gain but there is also muscle loss, decrease in endurance and motivation.
So what am I going to do about it? Detox. I need to rid all of the toxins and medications from my system. Skin, hair, body, mind. I am talking about 10 days of green smoothies, fresh soups, sassy water, green tea, spa water, apple cider vinegar, water water water. I am also going to throw in a few detoxing spa treatments. I will be trying my best to get restful sleep. As far as fitness, I am easing back in with my normal variety of running, weight lifting, walks, circuit training. I've been on two days of prepping and today is my go ahead!
*I wont be fasting* It never works for me! Instead I will be restricting my calories to a rather low number and adding 100 calories per day until I reach day 11 at 1200-1500 calories depending on my daily fitness level. After this 10 day detox, I am planning for a 1 month of get s#!% done! This is where I set goals and kick the s#!% out of them and myself. I miss my kick ass attitude! I miss a reason to get on Spark People everyday. I miss having goals and feeling motivated!

Thank you for reading. I am very excited to get caught back up with old members, new, and those who have been rooting for me that I am yet to get to know!

My food chart will be available for viewing.
I will also blog about my detox drinks, green cubes, and spa treatments for anyone who is interested :]

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BOHEMMOM 9/7/2012 9:37AM

    YAY SIENA!!!! Good to have you back! You sound ultra-motivated! I hope some of that enthusiasm rubs off on me! I look forward to reading your upcoming blogs!

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    love the poster so true one exercise from a good mood.like it.take it easy but keep on keeping on emoticon

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    Hi new friend. Thank you for the sparkgoodie today
Good blog. Makes me want to do the same thing. This was me two years ago always sick. I was sick straight for 4 months. I've learned a lot through that about myself.
Just one day at a time , you can get there again. 10 lbs will be off before you know it. Stick to your plan then you'll be kicking butt in no time.
I have some tricks of the trade to kick up that immune system what works for me. And no joke. I take probiotics 3 times a day, one with each meal. I get them from the health food store or you can find them anywhere now a days then I drink Aloe vera juice in the morning on a empty stomach. Just a little bit you can drink it whole or add it in some pomagrante juice which is really good for you. And I swear by taking coconut oil everyday at lunch time. They come in pill form. They're suppose to be excellent for getting you really healthy. Then fish oil too.
I haven't been sick in two years . So who knows. Maybe it's something you want to try out.
Good luck with your cleanse for the ten days. I'll be looking forward to seeing how you goes for you.

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TAMARA6905 9/6/2012 12:28PM

    Good for you!! I'm at that same stage where I need to get it together and get back on track. However, I don't have a reason for falling off the wagon. I didn't get sick this summer, I just got lazy! I've been on track with my eating, but I've been struggling to exercise. I don't know why, but I can't seem to make myself get up and move. I need some of your kick ass attitude!! Good Luck, but you don't need it. You are one of the most willful people I know. You're gonna do great!

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POOKASLUAGH 9/6/2012 12:25PM

    I'm glad you're starting to feel better! I hope your detox goes well.

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Things Are Becoming Easier

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Another good gym session 2.75 hrs this morning after work, a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Stayed in range on my tracker but still didn't meet my protein goal emoticon

Prepared dinner for later, ran a couple of errands in town, bought a pair of sweatbands as a treat for being consistent with my workouts. Treated myself to a small beauty treatment too.

Had a good zumba session t, they're starting a new class called Bokwa next Fri at the health center so I'm thinking of trying that out too just to see what it's like.

After zumba, I had my hair done as it was ready, at least I look almost human now emoticon

My best friend came round for a couple of hours and we had a milky coffee, she had biscuits and I wasn't even tempted, I've got to say that it is becoming easier to refuse sweet things, it doesn't bother me as much as it used to. In fact a lot if things are becoming easier.

Hot bath and bed.

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    i LOVE bokwa - its awesome!

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    good job and keep up the good work

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  emoticon day. Glad things are going easier for you. Especially proud of not wanting anything sweet. emoticon glad you had a great day, hope it continues on into the week. Continued success on your journey. Judy

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Plan of attack for dr ordered 14 day "rest"

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Last night I took aqua zumba and I loved it!!!!!! I plan on going back for sure!

Today I plan on walking the dogs. I may decide to ride the bike at the gym, but I have to pack, do homework, make Christmas gifts and get reeady for the 8 hour train ride tomorrow!

Thursday: complete rest day. Working until 1, car ride to train station, 8 hour train ride and we get in at 9pm.

Friday- wakling with Azali in our old beautiful neighborhood.

Saturday: Walking!!

Sunday: Walking! I think we are going to San Francisco to see the Christmas lights.

Monday: Another rest day. Work until 12 and then our train leaves at 2 and we don't get in until 7:30. 2 hour car ride home. SLEEP! And I have a new class starting this day.

Tuesday- aqua zumba and walk the dogs

Wednesdsay- Walk the dogs. Dinner and movie with Yadi.

Thursday- walk the dogs. Taking Azali to see a Snow White Christmas play.

Friday the 14th- walk the dogs. RETURN TO RUNNING!. Christmas lights with kiddos!

Saturday- Vegas walking.

Sunday- walking

Monday- family visiting so trip to Disneyland. Walking.

Tuesday the 18th. Dentist apts for Azali and I. DVD at night (bosu?)

Wednesday: Azali dr apt- running at the gym afterwards

Thursday 20th- running and from then on out I can return to running.

I have decided that there is no shame in not running the entire half marathon in January. Between the surprise pregnancy, the miscarriage, and this hurt ankle, I ended up having to take about 75 days off of my run training. Running a 5k isn't a problem, but running 13.1 miles straight? That is just not feasible for me right now. It is something that I am really struggling with because I wanted to run it and beat the time I ran the OC half marathon in. But you know what? I'm my own worst critic. There is absolutely nothing wrong with walking and running a half. This is what I would tell anyone that asked me for my opinion. So why am I taking it so hard? I was really doing well increasing the amount of time that I can run and I really wanted to run the race with my best friend, kathy (lotusflower). But we can start together and when I finish she will be there and we will have finished the Tinkerbell Half! And, we get to meet each other for the first time in years!!!!!!!! All this time being best friends and we've never met. That is what is really important....we are doing this amazing and fun race together. Besides, walk, run, or walk/run I'm still going to finish the damn thing! Oh and team sparkle is in the house! I'm wearing a gunmetal grey skirt and she's running in a green skirt. I have my outfit all ready (it's one of my Christmas presents from my family) and I bought our skirts already. So very exciting!!!!!!! So my message to all of you out there thinking you can't do a half marathon because you can't run it....phewy! Can you walk 13.1 miles? Heck yes you can!!!!! And you know what? Halfs are FULL of people that are walking, running, or a combination of the two. I am a slooooooow runner so I'm usually in the back of the pack anyway. The point is.....I had to take time off because of that unexpected female issue and now because of my hurt ankle. But...it's not like Im losing my leg or anything. I just need to rest. So I'm disappointed I can't run the full thing, but I'm still going to do the best that I can!

I wanted to give special thanks to Kathy and Diane for really giving me support the weekend that I found out I had to take time off. I was kind of a mess and they texted me and gave me so much love and support. I don't know what I would do without you girls!

And a great big thanks to my Sunny Gals for always being so encouraging! I love you gals!

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LILPAT3 12/6/2012 1:10PM

    I used to be able to run and I had to have an ankle and both knees rebuilt. I can NO LONGER RUN, but I take definite pride in walking my half marathons, marathons and triathlons. No shame in walking and you still beat everyone that does not get off the couch.

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LINDAKAY228 12/6/2012 12:37PM

    Looks like you've got a great plan worked out. I've done a half marathon before with a mix of walking and running. I know it's a disappointment but I'm glad that you've come to terms with it and are going to do it the way you need to do it at this point in time. Awesome!

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BONNIEMARGAY 12/6/2012 3:21AM

    It's okay if you are tough on yourself, because you are surrounded by people who are really proud of all of your hard work and success.

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LOTUSFLOWER 12/5/2012 10:57PM

    Wow sorry that posted three times my iPad is acting up lol you can delete the extras

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LOTUSFLOWER 12/5/2012 10:53PM

    There is absolutely No shame in walking and running it!!!! You are right, you are harder on yourself, we all are!! But you are going to finish and that is what is important! Not how long it takes, not how you get there, but that you get there. And I will be there to cheer you on!!! I cannot wait, I've told so many people how we haven't met and its been years, it is just going to be amazing!!!

I love you and will always be here for you just like you are here for me.

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SERENEART 12/5/2012 11:23AM

    I'm sorry to hear you have to take time off...I know how much that can make you feel like things aren't going like planned. I have a friend who just walked a half marathon... she doesn't run.

Kudos to you!

Aqua Zumba... sounds very intriguing. :)

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POOKASLUAGH 12/5/2012 10:39AM

    There is definitely no shame in walking some of it! I doubt I will ever be able to run a full 13.1 miles without taking some walking breaks, and I think it still counts as doing it if you walk a few times. Don't hurt yourself - you dont' want to be out for two months instead of 2 weeks, you know?

I love that you discovered aqua zumba!

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