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Greetings gamers and gamers to be! I am Kaber Duhn, your DM, and guide through the world of fantasy role playing. For seventeen years now, I have been both a role player and a dungeon master, and yet, the excitement of it all never ceases to amaze me. Follow me while I take you upon a journey, a journey into the imagination. Remember to grab your backpack, pencils, paper and dice for who knows when we will be able to stop for supplies. Come, come, time is awasting.
ADnD, or Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, is among one of the most popular Table-Top RPG or Role-Playing Games today. Most of you are familiar with the term RPG but for those who are not, RPG is defined as:
Most RPGs today are found in video game titles played on PC, Playstation or other similar game systems. In these games the GM, or Game Master, is played by the computer and the player becomes the main character or characters in a preprogrammed story line.
Table-Top gaming is quite different, as you are interacting with real people, not computer or video game generated ones. Here the GM or DM, Dungeon Master, creates a story line, a plot that other players interact within. The whole thing is done with paper and pencil, a lot of imagination and the rolling of dice to simulate random events. While there are a variety of different types of Role Playing Games we will focus on one aspect, the fantasy RPG, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.
Dungeons and Dragons Creator Gary Gygax was born on July 27, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. The son of German immigrants, he began playing games at the age five, starting with card games and then chess. First taught to play by his mother, his discovery of fantasy and science fiction through the works of pulp author, such as Jack Vance and Robert E. Howard, would ignite in him twin obsessions that have defined his life from that point onward -- fantasy and gaming. Those loves would eventually combine in the creation of Dungeons & Dragons, the father of role-playing games.
Gygax and Don Kaye, later joined by Blume and Arneson, formed their own company in 1973 which they named Tactical Studies Rules, after a local gaming club called the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association. This company was formed to market the "fantasy war game to be played with paper and pencil" that they renamed Dungeons & Dragons (after a suggestion by Gygax's wife, Mary).
The game first appeared at the 1973 EasterCon, had a limited availability throughout 1973, and the first print run of 1,000 copies was officially released (in a white box) in January of 1974. It sold out within the year. The game consisted of three booklets: Men and Magic, Monsters and Treasure, and Wilderness & Dungeon Adventures. It was also recommended that owners get a copy of Chainmail as well as the Avalon Hill game, Outdoor Survival.
There were three classes: Fighting Man, Magic-User, and Cleric. The terms were intentionally vague and much research was done to prevent putting anything into the game that actually resembled real-world magic systems. The authors eventually decided to base the game's magic system on the fantasy writings of Jack Vance. There were also four different races: human, dwarf, hobbit, and elf. Objections and legal complaints from the Tolkien estate caused the "hobbit" race to be changed to the "halfling" race later.
When the game started getting somewhat popular after the first year or so, they decided to publish some of the details of their own campaigns along with some expansion rules for the game. This product was the original Greyhawk . It introduced the Thief character class and had notes on magic, monsters, and more. Then they published Blackmoor, which introduced the Monk and Assassin classes and included the very first module: Temple of the Frog. Then came Eldritch Wizardry, which introduced the Druid class and psionics. The last book of this series was Gods, Demigods, and Heroes, which listed several pantheons for use with the game.
In 1975, Arneson and Gygax parted ways, and Don Kaye had a fatal heart attack. Kaye's wife decided, along with Gygax and Blume, to break up the company. Gygax and Blume went on to create TSR Hobbies, Inc. later that year.
At this point, the game was comprised of many rules spread throughout numerous books, supplements, and magazines. In addition, Gygax had amassed a pile of campaign notes and new rules that he wished to add to the game. It was decided that a new edition of the game should be released, but instead of calling it a second edition and discontinuing the first, TSR launched Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. This expanded and updated version commenced with the release of the Monster Manual in 1977. It was followed in 1978 by the Player's Handbook and in 1979 by the Dungeon Master's Guide. In 1997, Wizards of the Coast, Inc., publishers of the wildly popular Magic: The Gathering? trading card game, acquired TSR. In 2000, Wizards of the Coast published the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons, the wholly reworked successor to 2nd edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Basic Dungeons and Dragons.
As you can see, ADnD has quite a history. You can find a complete Time Line in the history of ADnD at DnD Archives
Now you know a little about ADnD. But what is it really like? How do you play? The answer is right here. While this is not by far, a step by step process it should give you an idea. The game uses a system of Dice of various numbers. A 20 sided dice, or d20, a 12 sided dice, d12, a d10, d8, d6, and a d4. The original DnD only had 6 dice. These dice sets can be picked up at your local game store either individually or together and they vary in prices depending on the type and material of the die. It can be just as much fun collecting the various die as playing the game.
Oh, ok so you have paper, you have a pen or pencil and you went out and got some dice......now what? Well, there are several methods to writing up a character, but they all have the same things in common: a character name, a class and a race. The class represents a characters profession, so to speak. Be they fighters, wizards, thieves, clerics, bards or specialty classes such as Ranger, which is a subclass of the fighter.
While there are several races to choose from the game is biased. Humans are the center of the universe or at least, they have the ability to reach farther than most other races. Still, each race has their oun advantages. Elves are immune to some spells and can see in the dark. Halflings are harder to hit and can be very quiet. Dwarves are tougher and stronger than most races. Half breeds combine some of the abilities of one race with another, though the abilities are diluted. Usually dice are rolled to figure out Ability Scores. These are the numbers that show how strong, or fast, or smart your character is. They often appear in an abbreviated form such as STR for Strength, or DEX for Dexterity. There are six abilities. Strength. Dexterity. Constitution. Intelligence. Wisdom and Charisma. All these things thus far, combined, shape a characters personality and abilities. It is now up to the player, and the DM, to breathe life into the character through role play.
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Being a Dungeon Master or DM can be very rewarding, but it also comes with a certain amount of responsibility. You, the DM, must not only keep track of the story you tell (the places and events that happen, the Non-Player Characters, or NPC?s, and how they effect the story) but you must also keep track of how your players play. You must keep in balance a story that is exciting, humorous and challenging while making sure your players do not get too powerful or are kept too weak. Also, while this is a game, and only a game, some people become so enraptured by the fantasy world that they take it with them when they leave the table. You must be certain that you do not encourage activities that are game related to be taken outside of the the game. And still, to be a good DM you must study the real world to learn how things should interact in the game world.
Magic is a prevalent factor in ADnD, but it in no way reflects how magic works in the real world. And it shouldn?t. As in ADnD, there are people with different world views. Some believe in a god or multiple gods or no god at all, but if you or someone you know worships a deity in the real world, even if it is represented in the ADnD books, you should know that beyond the name, the similarities should end. ADnD IS A FANTASY GAME, NOT REALITY. While it may portray things that happen in the real world, you, as the DM, must be certain that the players understand it is only fantasy. Only a game. With that in mind, it should be noted that there are many different styles of play. 'Hack and Slash' or Role playing are the two main styles. If you find a good combination of both then you will do well, but many still prefer to dungeon crawl and 'hack and slash' then Role Playing or RPing. Practice makes perfect and soon you will know what your players prefer. There are many pre-published adventures available for various levels. As all characters should start at level 1 you will have plenty of time to learn as they grow.
I present to you here, two examples of the games I DM. Simply follow the links to HACK AND SLASH or my CORE GROUP. If you would like more information on ADnD, how to play or where to get supplies, visit Wizards of the Coast Here you can also find information about MAGIC: The Gathering which I also happen to enjoy, but that is for another day and another page.

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So Christine O’Donnell, finding the cupboard most bare, formed a PAC and, now her bills taken care of, she can utter profound (in her ditzy mind) quips, and otherwise try to interject herself into adult conversations.
Not content to get two of the top ten quotes of the year, she’s after more. She’s in a friendly race with sista Sarah to be both the most obnoxious, won’t go away buffoon and the biggest butcher of the English language to date.
If enough isn’t being said about the tax bill being decided Ms. Chatty Christie has weighed in. Of course she’s all for the Bush tax cuts being extended and she hates all the stuff for those in economic free fall. According to the non-witchy one, tragedies come in threes–Pearl Harbor, Elizabeth Edwards death, and now these confounded extensions of unemployment benefits. She then tried to explain what THAT meant, and of course failed. Halloween can’t return fast enough.
You and I are much alike. Therefore, I feel confident that you too have spent countless hours? maybe even days, wondering what the hell frankincense is or was. Given the season, well, I went a lookin’ for an answer for us both.
I tried Senator Franken, but he demurred, pointing out that there is an “e” after the K in his name, not an “i” as in frankincense. So I figured Slate would have the answer, and they did. Read all about it here, and surprise friends and family with your new-found sparkling intellect.
I think a lot like Keith Olbermann I guess. At least two of his items from last night’s show were links on my blog. We, meaning me and he and his researchers must be reading some of the same bloggers online. That’s comforting to me. And of course, you can know that you’re getting the “best” when you come here. *snicker* and “toot”.
It appears that Michael, I’m da black man in the Repiglians world, Steele, has decided to give it another go round. Shocking all the Repoopers with the news he was not gonna go “quietly into the night” he threw his hat in the ring to be the paper tiger in the GOP once again.
Now this pissed off tons of the GOP regulars, since they thought that two years was enough to prove they aren’t the bigots everybody says they are. They were tired of Mr. Steele’s general stupidity, hoof and mouth disease, and all around big spender attitude.
Ain’t it just fun watching the GOP fracture along so many different lines?
Let those with brains, think. We, with regularity, point out that fundigelicals are guilty mostly of reading biblical texts in a manner that supports their own needs and general beliefs about the world. They accept as literal those things that seem right to them anyway, and reject/ignore/explain away other quite direct statements when they cut against their needs and beliefs.
A provocative post at Biologos explains how early Jewish theologians were pained to clothe Adam and Eve, to protect their ideas of cultural “rightness” in their day. Indeed, we are all subject to that influence. Read, Genesis, Creation and Ancient Interpreters: Adam and Eve’s Nakedness.
If you just want to read something sweet and uplifting and well, Christmasy, then read Five String Guitar’s post about he and his wife’s latest Christmas shopping trip. It will warm your heart! Try it!
Hold onto your shorts folks. I have a major announcement to make! I do not DO NOT DO NOT have an opinion on the Julian Assange/Wikileaks affair. Nope, I surely don’t. Stand by: I may have one tomorrow. But so far, I don’t.
This buffoon, a Lt. Col. in the Army just pled guilty at his court-martial and faces eighteen months in prison, all because he refused to go to Afghanistan because the President is not a citizen and thus cannot legally give such an order.
What is worse, he was not ordered to Afghanistan but VOLUNTEERED, just to force this case. It is simply stunningly amazing that anyone can be this stupid, and be a surgeon.
Do not, repeat, do not, allow this man near you with a scalpel. No doubt his medical licence is also at risk due to his felony conviction.
The Contrarian is installing plastic sheeting over the bay windows in the living room. Plenty of naughty words are emanating from there. I am not going out there to see. The cats have all gone into hiding. Brandy wouldn’t come up the steps again, the rain/slush/snow had her carpet all frozen up and slick. So now there are towels down, until it warms enough to de-ice. This is all no big deal, except when it’s 4 below zero and 2:30 am and you are out there begging and pleading with her to “try.”
What’s on the stove today? Tostados! Hurrah.
- Christine O’Donnell: unemployment benefits deal a ‘tragedy’…like Pearl Harbor, Elizabeth Edwards (pinkbananaworld.com)
- Christine O’Donnell: Pearl Harbor, Unemployment Benefits Extension Both ‘Tragedies’ (huffingtonpost.com)

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40-year-old outfielder happy to be back for his third incarnation as an Indian
Never before has a man been cheered like this for lifting a suitcase.
Dozens of fans pressed their faces against the bars of the fence surrounding the players’ parking lot Friday afternoon at Jacobs Field when Kenny Lofton’s car pulled up to the entrance. They hollered Lofton’s name when he opened the trunk. They applauded when he took out a duffel bag. When he lifted a Texas Rangers bat bag and placed it on the ground, they screamed themselves hoarse.
Yes, it’s true. Kenny’s back in town.
“I missed being in Cleveland,” Lofton said shortly after beginning his third go-round with the Indians. “I’ve always followed the Indians. I’ve always cheered for the Browns, the Cavs ... I’m a Cleveland fan.”
The 40-year-old outfielder played for the Indians from 1992-96 and 1998-2001. He began this season with Texas before coming to the Indians in a trade that sent minor-league catcher Max Ramirez to the Rangers.
Fans cheered Lofton while he jogged in the outfield before Friday night’s game against Minnesota. They cheered even more loudly when the scoreboard showed highlights of Lofton’s heyday with the Tribe, including his memorable scaling the center-field wall to rob B.J. Surhoff of a home run in 1996.
When Lofton caught Joe Mauer’s fly ball for the final out of the first inning, fans in the left-field bleachers went crazy, and he showed them a little love by tossing the ball into the stands. When Lofton came up to bat in the bottom half of the inning, the resulting ovation lasted 30 seconds. He removed his batting helmet, lifted it into the air and tipped it toward each section of fans.
The six-time All-Star led the American League in stolen bases five consecutive years (1992-96) and ranks 12th on baseball’s all-time list with 620 steals. He has a career .299 batting average and .372 on-base percentage.
Perhaps the most compelling statistic attached to Lofton, however, is his having appeared in the postseason 10 times in the last 12 years.
“Our roster isn’t full of postseason experience,” said Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro, who pursued a Lofton trade for about two weeks.
“He’s been there more than a few times,” Cleveland left-hander C.C. Sabathia said. “He can teach us a few things about how to finish off. Maybe if we had had him in ‘05, we would have made the playoffs.”
Lofton’s experience, and talent, has made him a well-traveled major-leaguer.
“Sometimes you call guys the wrong name,” Lofton admitted. “I feel bad about that but, man, I’ve been with, like, eight teams in two years. Good thing they’ve got names on the back of the jerseys. I’ll tell them to turn around so I know who they are.”
The Indians already have a two-time All-Star center fielder and leadoff hitter in Grady Sizemore, so Lofton will shift to left field and bat second. His only previous experience in left field came during an All-Star game.
“When the ball’s hit, I’m going to try to get it,” Lofton said. “Of course, it might look a little funny at first.”
Indians Manager Eric Wedge said the plan is to have Lofton start against most right-handers and Jason Michaels against most left-handers. Michaels and Lofton, oddly enough, were platoon outfielders at Philadelphia in 2005.
Lofton was batting .303 with a .380 on-base percentage at Texas and had stolen 21 bases in 25 attempts.
“We have a lot more (speed and athleticism) this year because of the people we have, and, with Kenny, we can continue to push that,” Wedge said. “It’s amazing what he’s still able to do.”
One thing Lofton is able to do is joke about his age.
“It’s the new Tribe here,” Lofton said. “But, you have to put a little old with the new. That’s my piece to the puzzle, I guess.”
Ramirez, 22, came to the Indians in the trade that sent closer Bob Wickman to Atlanta last June. He was batting .303 with 12 home runs for Single-A Kinston and played in the Futures Game in San Francisco earlier this month.
The Indians will assume the remaining $2.5 million of Lofton’s $6-million salary.
Fans who loved the Indians teams of the 1990s will love the fact that one of the first people Lofton called to tell about the trade was catcher and former teammate Sandy Alomar Jr.
“Sandy told me congratulations, and he hopes I finally get my championship,” Lofton said.
Reach Canton Repository sports writer Andy Call at (330) 580-8346 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org.

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Announcer Scotty The Body Conley appropriately equipped to entertain you on the mic all weekend.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 by Rob Meronek
Friday, February 13, 2015
Jagger put together three solid ones to win the Qualifiers, Semi-Finals AND Finals here at Houston's stop of The Boardr Am. He joins Jon Cos as the second spot of just 12 at The Boardr Am Series Finals at X Games in Austin. Congrats, Jagger! The next stop is in Florida!Check It

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Hello Pattern Revolution readers! It is Crystal here, from Stitched by Crystal, and today I am sharing my latest sewing project with you...Ellen’s Esplanade bag by ChrisW Designs! It has been a while since I sewed a bag for myself (or anything for myself really) so I was excited try out a new to me designer and sew up a great everyday bag!
The description of the Ellen’s Esplanade pattern says it is “the perfect day project” or bag you can “whip up and give as a gift”. And I have to admit I had my suspicions about a bag pattern you can “whip up” as bag patterns can take hours, even days to sew. But it is true! I whipped this bag up in 3.5 hours from print to clipping on my strap in the last step, and that included some seam ripping and re-cutting a couple pieces (measure twice cut once, right?...I will remember that next time!) So this really is a pretty quick sew as far as bags go!
The finished bag is a great size for everyday use as a mom with three kids. It measures about 15” wide, 11.5” tall and 5.5” wide. It has a zippered interior pocket and 2 big exterior side pockets that are big enough to fit my water bottle! The bag is lined and has a beautiful clean finish, the hole to turn the bag gets hidden in the interior pocket seam.
The pattern only has 3 pages of pattern pieces to print and give measurements for all the other rectangular shaped pieces. There is a fourth page to print that has little labels to cut out for all your rectangular pieces, they really help you keep things organized while you are cutting and sewing!
There are fabric requirements included and it states you may need to but more for pattern matching. Make sure you get plenty of fabric, this bag has a seam in the front and the back, I didn’t have quite enough fabric to match the flower on the front of my bag like I would have liked. But that seam could make for some really fun stripe patterns or chevrons if you wanted to get creative with your fabrics!
You do need some bag hardware for this project, but it is all pretty easy to find. I found all the hardware I needed at my local fabric store with the exception of the grommets so I ended up skipping those.
I would say this is an intermediate sewing pattern, mostly because of the zippers. It is a pretty easy sew as far as bags go. I think it would make a great pattern for someone who may have never sewn a bag before and wants to give it a shot! The instructions are clear and easy to follow with clear pictures for each step. And the designer give some great tips along the way!
Make sure you head over to ChrisW Designs to find the Ellen’s Esplanade pattern! She has tons of great patterns, I am eyeing the Brandt’s Boulevard and the Dawn to Dusk. Plus she’s got some great FREE tutorials and tips for making bags, check them out!

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Fruit is a simple, lightweight Feedly client application. The application is designed to focus on readability and simplicity in use.
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- Click article to mark as read and open the article on Chrome Custom Tab
- Long-Click article to mark as saved / unsaved
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Walks haunt Stingers in loss to Express
EAU CLAIRE - A severe lack of command was the Willmar Stingers’ demise in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday against the Eau Claire Express, as a 13-7 loss snapped their six-game winning streak.
Stingers pitchers combined to walk 18 batters over eight innings and the Express took advantage, pulling within one game of Willmar for first place in the North Division second-half standings.
Eau Claire jumped out to an 8-1 lead after three innings and extended that cushion to 13-7 through seven.
Willmar left-hander Connor Herd made his first start of the season and lasted just 1-1/3 innings, as five walks led to an early exit. By the game’s end, Stingers manager Eric Vasquez would go through three relief pitchers and use Caleb Ledbetter -- an outfielder -- for a scoreless eighth inning.
Despite trailing by 12 runs with six outs to play, Willmar would proceed to make things at least slightly tense for the Express.
Highlighted by Nolan Bumstead’s three-run double, the Stingers plated six runs in the eighth inning. They then loaded the bases with nobody out in the ninth, bringing the tying run to the hole, but went down quietly to end the game.
Danny Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the top of the second inning, at the time cutting the Eau Claire lead to 2-1, and tying Bumstead for the team-high with six dingers.
Rodriguez came up again in the third with the bases loaded, two outs and Willmar down 3-1. The Stingers first baseman put together a hard-fought 11-pitch at-bat before striking out on a foul tip.
With the Express scoring five runs in the bottom half of the frame against reliever Myles Smith, the next time Willmar would step to the plate, it trailed 8-1.
The second game of the doubleheader begins at 7 p.m. with right-hander Cameron Churchill on the mound.Eau Claire 13, Willmar 7Stingers 010 000 060-7 10 2Express 215 120 020-13 12 2Hitting - Willmar: Luke Becker 1-5 r rbi, Marcus Still 0-4 bb-2 r, Nolan Bumstead 2-5 2b rbi-3, Danny Rodriguez 1-5 hr r rbi, Matt Klosterman 1-3 r, Harrison Schnurbusch 2-3 r bb-2, Caleb Ledbetter 1-4 r, Carter Schmidt 1-1 r rbi bb-2, Tyler Reichenborn 1-4 2b r bb … Eau Claire: Zach Ashford 2-4 r-3 rbi-3, Zach Gilles 2-2 bb-4 r-3 rbi-2, Luke Bandy 2-4 rbi-3
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) - Willmar: Connor Herd (L) 1.1-3-3-3-5-1, Myles Smith 2.2-4-6-6-4-3, Hayden Petrovick 1-1-2-2-7-1, Jacob Mertz 2-3-2-1-0-0, Caleb Ledbetter 1-2-0-0-1-0 … Eau Claire: Emanuel Castellano (W) 5-6-1-1-2-4, Adam O’Malley 2-2-4-4-5-0, Jake Moebius 2-2-2-2-2-2

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Dodgers start Jason Schmidt, RHP (1-3, 6.43) vs. Jered Weaver, RHP (5-3, 4.14).
Dodgers: 39-28 (1st place NL West, 0.5 GA, W4)
Angels: 42-26 (1st place AL West, 4.0 GA, L1)
From Dodgers.com, the scouting report on the starters:
Dodgers: Coming off one of his best pitching performance of the season in San Diego, Schmidt struggled in his second start since being activated from the disabled list on Sunday against Toronto. He allowed six runs on nine hits while striking out three over just four innings. Schmidt was tagged for four extra-base hits, including a home run by Troy Glaus. The good news is Schmidt consistently hit 88 mph on the radar gun and reported no pain in his shoulder.
Angels: Weaver's lower back strain, which forced him out of his start in St. Louis on Sunday after just three innings, makes him questionable. It was a recurrence of a problem that has hindered him off and on for several weeks. Weaver wasn't sharp from the beginning against the Cards, yielding three earned runs on five hits and two walks. He beat the Dodgers in Anaheim on May 19, yielding two earned runs over 6 2/3 innings, and looks forward to facing his favorite boyhood team at Dodger Stadium for the first time. If he can't go, Joe Saunders -- 3-0 with a 2.22 ERA in four starts -- could be summoned from Triple-A Salt Lake.
The lineup, from Inside the Dodgers:
Vote for Martin, C

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There's a Hippy in the Kitchen
Friday, February 8, 2013
Searching the blog! Hippy vs. Hippie
In the 60's..... it went something like this:
Far Out Man, that means that there isn't a Hippie in the Kitchen,
There's a Hippy in the Kitchen!
I just thought I'd point that out man!
I noticed on my stats that the majority of people
search for the blog under "Hippie" What a drag!
They must be younger and couldn't possibly have been an actual Hippy!
Peace in the Kitchen!
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The USTA did a demonstration of their QuickStart tennis program on the courts at the U.S. Open Sept. 3, with the help of former players Mary Joe Fernandez, Mal Washington and Murphy Jensen.
The courts are smaller, obviously. The balls are foam. The racquet heads are big. It looked like these kids, at least, had a very good time.
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The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; instead, it discusses a demonstration of a tennis program without detailed procedural instructions. Additionally, the content lacks the depth and structure required for training a language model capable of deeper reasoning, as it focuses more on a description of an event rather than outlining specific actions or processes.


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We have some great samples created by the Watercooler Artists to get your creative juices flowing. As usual, if you click on the name under each card, you can visit the blog post to see details on how the card was created. We begin with Jean's wonderful copper basket of blessings. Doesn't that copper show up beautifully against the black?
And now it's your turn. You can join us by linking up your creation with the InLinkz at the bottom of this challenge.
1. This must be a new project---no back-linking to a previous post.
2. You must link your project back to our challenge (details at top of page).
3. You must link directly to your post, not simply your general blog.
4. Please link to no more than 4 challenges, including ours.
5. Have fun!
Please use the link-up below to share your project. This Linky will close on Monday, September 19th at noon Mountain Daylight Time.

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps for participating in a creative challenge, detailing specific requirements for submissions. However, the instructions lack the depth and detail necessary to facilitate training a language model for deeper reasoning, as they primarily focus on basic participation rules rather than complex problem-solving or reasoning processes.


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KELOWNA, March 30, 2013 – The Seattle Thunderbirds scored two late goals Saturday night at Prospera Place, but it wasn’t enough as the Kelowna Rockets took Game 5 of their first round playoff series 4-3.
The T-Birds lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 with Game 6 going Tuesday at 7:05pm at ShoWare Center.
The T-Birds will continue the popular 2-for-Tuesday promotion for Game 6. This means all tickets will be two-for-one and all beer, soda, popcorn and hot dogs will be $2. The 2-for-Tuesday group ticket special will also apply for Game 6. Fans that buy 20 tickets will get 20 tickets FREE for a total of 40 tickets.
With under a minute to play the T-Birds scored unassisted goals nine seconds apart to cut the Rockets lead to two goals.
First, playing four-on-four, Seth Swenson intercepted a Rocket crossing pass and came down on Kelowna goalie Jordon Cooke all alone. Swenson beat Cooke through the legs at 19:24 of the period for the second T-Birds goal.
Off the ensuing the faceoff, with goalie Brandon Glover on the bench for an extra attacker, the T-Birds got the puck deep into the Rockets zone. Lipsbergs got to the puck in the left circle and he snapped it past Cooke high for his third goal of the playoffs. The goal came at 19:34 of the third period.
The T-Birds kept Glover on the bench with 26 seconds left in the game and were able to get the puck back into the Rockets zone. They were almost able to score the tying goal but Cooke made several saves to preserve the win for the Rockets.
Kelowna (2-3) took a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal from Tyson Baillie at 10:50 of the first period. Damon Severson and Myles Bell were credited with the assists.
Colton Heffley extended the Rockets lead to 2-0 41 seconds after their first goal. Tyrell Goulbourne and Austin Glover had the assists.
The Rockets outshot the T-Birds 10-4 in the first period.
Kelowna made it a 3-0 lead at 12:20 of the second when Dylan McKinlay scored. Cole Linaker had the only assist on the goal.
Seattle (3-2) got on the board at 13:26 on a goal from Alexander Delnov. Riley Sheen had the puck in the neutral zone along the left boards. Sheen centered the puck to Delnov as he entered the Kelowna zone to spring him on a breakaway. Delnov stickhandled towards Cooke. He beat Cooke with a snap shot on the glove side for his second goal of the playoffs.
Kelowna outshot Seattle 11-6 in the second period and led 21-10 in total shots after two periods.
Bell put the Rockets in front 4-1 at 13:49 of third period with his third goal of the playoffs. Ryan Olsen and Cole Martin had the assists.
Kelowna outshot Seattle 7-6 in the third period and 27-17 in the game.
Glover stopped 23 of 27 shots and his record is now 3-2 in the playoffs.
Cooke made 14 saves on 17 shots and his record is now 2-3 in the playoffs.
First period – 1, Kelowna, Baillie 4 (Severson, Bell), 10:50 (pp). 2, Kelowna, Heffley 1 (Goulbourne, Glover), 11:31. Penalties – Fowlie, Kel (tripping), 3:41. Elliot, Sea (interference), 7:44. Hickman, Sea (boarding), 10:33.
Second period – 3, Kelowna, McKinlay 2 (Linaker), 12:20. 4, Seattle, Delnov 2 (Sheen), 13:26. Penalties – Fowlie, Kel (interference), 2:32. Elliot, Sea (kneeing), 5:24. Swenson, Sea (hooking), 6:35. Glover, Sea (roughing), 17:15. .
Third period – 5, Kelowna, Bell 3 (Olsen, Martin), 13:49. 6, Seattle, Swenson 1, 19:23. 7, Seattle, Lipsbergs 3, 19:34. Penalties – Lockhart, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct), 5:48. Bowey, Kel (high-sticking), 5:48. Martin, Kel (tripping), 15:21. Goulbourne, Kel (unsportsmanlike conduct), 19:04. Elliot, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct), 19:04.
Shots on goal – Seattle 4-6-7 17, Kelowna 10-11-6 27. Goalies – Seattle, Glover 27 shots-23 saves (3-2); Kelowna, Cooke 17-14 (2-3). Power plays – Seattle 0-4; Kelowna 1-4. A – 4,763. Referees – Steve Papp, Sean Raphael. Linesmen – Mike Langin, Nathan Van Oosten.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps guiding the reader through a task. Instead, it reports on a hockey game, detailing events and statistics without offering procedural instructions. Furthermore, the content lacks well-structured instructions that would be beneficial for training a language model in reasoning, as it primarily focuses on game results, player statistics, and sequence of events rather than explicating a process or methodical approach to a specific task.


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Welcome to The Second Installment of "Weird Womens Wear"
I was going to link this entry to one I put on sometime last year that featured a maternity unitard. But I couldn't find it, in fact I couldn't even find the unitard online anymore (apparently not a big seller?!?). Anywho, this is what I found for sale on the web today for the low, low price of $13.99!!! Don't all go logging on to Modcloth at once! Happy Friday and Your Welcome!

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through completing a task; it appears more like a casual commentary rather than a procedural guide. Additionally, the lack of structured instructions and details means it wouldn't serve as useful material for training a language model focused on deeper reasoning, as it doesn't lay out any specific processes or reasoning steps.


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One of the luxuries I have had over the last couple of years since retiring is the time to garden. We have been planning (and planning) our new home here on our fledgling homestead for a while now, and we are hoping (and praying) that our local officials will grace us with an approved building permit soon. But, between all the planning and preparing, one thing that keeps me grounded is my vegetable garden and orchard.
Our homestead is in Northern California, at 3,000 foot in elevation, and in USDA zone 8 or 9 ish, depending on what map you look at. Our growing season is fairly average, with our last frost date around April 1st through 10th.
Since my husband and I are trying to be as self-sufficient as possible, we are trying out new plants in our garden. Last year our new plants were Fava (broad) beans and Amaranth. You can read about our Fava bean adventure HERE.
Why Amaranth? Read this article about the 13 health benefits of Amaranth on the website Sunwarrior HERE. See? That’s why. 🙂
I started the Amaranth seedlings in 3 inch peat pots and they were the second plants of all my garden plants (the Favas were first) to germinate. I was so encouraged!
Once they went into the garden, they took off like wildfire. I had eight Amaranth plants, four planted on each end of my green beans. I had no idea what to expect in terms of how tall or wide they would grow, and I thought it might be a good idea to plant them with the beans in case they needed to be tied up.
I was surprised at how early I saw the flowers start to appear! I thought our honeybees would be obsessed with these plants and the amount they were flowering, but I was wrong. I never saw one honeybee visit the Amaranth. I did see a few bumblebees and some orchard mason bees, but no honeybees! Unfortunately, I also saw some yellow jackets and some bald faced hornets, but that’s another story.
The plants grew and grew and grew!
Luckily the stalks grew thick and sturdy as the plants grew tall, so they were pretty much self-supporting. I did have to stake one up after a nasty wind blew through, because it almost broke in half, but that trooper survived despite it’s near fatal accident! I was blown away 😉
Once it was harvest time, in early October before the rains and when I noticed some of the seeds starting to dislodge from the plants, I cut the heads off and set them upside down in an open paper bag. In no time at all, the seeds started to dry and fall off of the plants. But quite a few of them actually held on. I’m not sure if this is usual, or if I may have harvested too soon, but I harvested right before a week of heavy rain, so I think I made a good call regardless.
After a bit of research I found that it was easiest to use garden shears to cut the seed heads from the thick plant stalk, and then with a gloved hand, you can rub the seed heads between your hands to dislodge the seeds and the chaff. Then, to separate the seeds from the chaff, I gently blew on them… the chaff blows away in the wind and the heavier seeds stay put. Stay upwind of the chaff, however, lest you get a facefull of the chaff… it isn’t pretty.
I have heard that some people blow off the chaff with a fan and, believe me, that’s what I will do next time.
Also, don’t try rubbing the seeds off the stalk without wearing gloves. The seed heads have little tiny stickers which poke like minute thorns into your fingers. Even though I put on a pair of gloves after that first batch, my hands were sore for days!
I didn’t get a WHOLE lot of seeds. In fact, when judging my harvest with the size of the flowering seed heads, I thought I would get a lot more. But then, seeing the size of the seeds, I realize that I actually got a decent harvest, considering. I guess I will just have to grow more amaranth!
So, what did I do with the Amaranth? I found this really cool method of popping the amaranth seeds, like popcorn! It’s on this website I found here: http://www.edibleperspective.com/home/2012/7/23/popped-amaranth-cereal-puffmaranth.html
I also added the amaranth to some muffins by just adding it into the batter. The amaranth added quite a crunch to the muffins… still not sure I like that. Perhaps I should pre-soften the grains in water first, before adding to the muffin batter, or maybe I should use the popped amaranth. I also found a protein bar recipe I would like to try once I have more amaranth, and I will be doing a lot more research for bread recipes using amaranth.
Will I grow amaranth again? You Betcha!
It was easy to grow, I love the popped amaranth, and the plant itself is quite beautiful. In fact, this could easily be a statement piece in a flower garden and most people wouldn’t be aware that it is actually a food crop. You should try it!
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response:
**Step-by-step: No**
**Training: No**

The article does not provide a clear, ordered sequence of steps for completing a specific task; instead, it narrates a personal gardening experience with various insights and anecdotes about growing Amaranth. While there are some procedural elements related to harvesting the seeds, they lack a structured format and necessary detail to be effectively utilized as training material for a language model that aims to encourage deeper reasoning. The instructions are informal and anecdotal, making it difficult to extract a formal procedural flow.


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It was the fifth consecutive Gold Glove for Molina, who is the first National League catcher to accomplish that feat since Cincinnati's Johnny Bench won 10 straight times from 1968-77.
Teixeira won twice (2005, '06) while playing for Texas and twice previously (2009, '10) for the Yankees. Former Yankee Don Mattingly owns the American League record for Gold Gloves at first base with nine.
Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins, Texas third baseman Adrian Beltran and Miami pitcher Mark Buehrle were voted their fourth Gold Gloves. Buehrle has won four years in a row with the first three coming while he was with the Chicago White Sox.
There are nine first-time Gold Glove winners among the 19 players honored in 2012.
In the American League, Baltimore shortstop J.J. Hardy, Oakland right fielder Josh Reddick and pitchers Jeremy Hellickson of Tampa Bay and Jake Peavy of the White Sox are first-time winners. Washington first baseman Adam LaRoche, Chicago Cubs second baseball Darwin Barney, San Diego third baseman Chase Headley, Pittsburgh center fielder Andrew McCutcheon and Atlanta right fielder Jason Heyward took first-time honors in the National League.
Also being voted Gold Gloves in 2012 were: Baltimore catcher Matt Wieters, Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, Kansas City left fielder Alex Gordon, Baltimore center fielder Adam Jones and Colorado left fielder Carlos Gonzalez. They all collected their second Gold Gloves.
Gold Glove Awards are determined by a vote of Major League managers and coaches. Recipients are considered to have shown superior individual fielding performances.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article lacks a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader in completing a specific task. Instead, it presents a summary of Gold Glove Award recipients and their achievements, which does not include detailed procedural instructions or a structured format that could facilitate training a language model for deeper reasoning. The information is primarily historical and descriptive rather than instructional.


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This has been an interesting week. Of course it has been hot and dry, but in addition to that I have killed another big snake in the chicken coop, my wife has rescued a large barred owl, and I picked up a pretty good case of poison ivy while weeding. I worked outside from 8 am until 8 pm on Saturday. Pulled a lot of weeds and even moved a few plants. However, I got over heated and wound up giving myself a fever. While July is a good time to accomplish several garden chores you really do have to be mindful of the heat (and the poison ivy).
- Start transplants of cole crops– We are about to run out of time to start our broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens, cabbage and Brussel sprouts from seed. Start seeds in a high quality media and keep moist. You can plant your brassicas anytime between August 15 and September 15.
- Prune tomatoes-I do not replant tomatoes in the fall. I prune my vines by half, mulch with compost and continue to water. This allows me to start harvesting fall tomatoes in October and right up through December in a mild winter
- It’s a bad time to transplant, but … This week a friend let me dig up some blackberry runners. This is the ABSOLUTE WORST TIME to transplant. However, he was going to mow them down and I wanted some blackberries that will grow in my area. If you find yourself needing to move something in the summer do this:
- Water the plant well for several days before digging
- Deeply water the new location for several days
- When digging the plant create the largest root ball you can handle
- Dig the hole that will receive the plant 1 ½ times as big as the root ball
- Remove as much as half of the plant’s vegetation. Green parts transpire and cause large amounts of water loss
- Water often enough to keep the soil moist but not soggy. DO NOT fertilize. Fertilizer grows green stuff. When transplanting you want the plant to put all of it resources toward growing new roots, not foliage
- Prune native sunflowers and fall asters – I grow a lot of native Maxamillion sunflowers and fall asters. They get leggy this time of year so I cut them back a third to a half. This makes the plants have thicker foliage in the fall and encourages additional flower bloom
- Plant fall blooming bulbs like oxbloods, spider lilies and other lycoris
- Water containers daily. Once a week water with a soluble fertilizer mixed to 50% of its recommended rate
Trees and Lawns
- Water a little more frequently – People sweat, plants transpire. Transpiration is the process that moves water from the roots through the plant and out their stomata in the form of water vapor. Right now they are transpiring almost 24 hours a day. Water deeply and more frequently until night time temperatures drop out of the 80s.
- Water trees at the drip line – Small, tender roots take up vastly more water than older, thicker roots. In trees these tender roots grow where water drip off of the tree’s canopy.
- Water new trees deeply – Those crepe myrtles that you planted in March are still trying to establish themselves in your yard. In addition to your regular watering schedule add a slow, deep watering once a week. Set the hose to a trickle and place it beside the trunk. Let it run for an hour.
I share these posts on Our SimpleHomestead Blog Hop. Be sure to stop by. The “hop” has tons of great information from gardeners and homesteaders all over the world!

response:
Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article does provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for various gardening tasks, including transplanting, watering, and pruning. However, the procedural instructions, while clear for those familiar with gardening, lack the depth and structured detail necessary to effectively train a language model for deeper reasoning. The instructions do not fully elaborate on the principles behind the steps or encourage critical thinking that would enhance deeper understanding and reasoning.


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What do Falcao, Ted Drake and Frankie Bunn have in common? (Hint: it has nothing to do with haircuts or salaries)
Radamel Falcao was the hero for Atletico Madrid in La Liga this weekend, as his team stormed to a 6-1 victory over Deportivo La Coruna.
Five of the team’s six goals came from the Colombian himself, as he went on a striking rampage that threatened to overshadow Lionel Messi's record-breaking feats on the same night.
Both Chelsea and Manchester City are rumoured to be courting the 26-year-old for a January transfer, but they will have to shell out a sum in the region of £48 million to meet the release fee in his contract with Athletico.
The Colombian scored five goals for Atletico Madrid in their clash with Deportivo La Coruna
Stunning though it is to score five goals in a single game, Falcao is far from the first star to have achieved it. He follows in the footsteps of a number of players who have put on dazzling display over the years.
Fernando Morientes was the last Liga player to net five, as Real Madrid crushed Las Palmas 7-0 in 2002.
The Spaniard could have made it six had he been able to take advantage of a penalty in the closing minutes but he failed to convert.
Oleg Salenko is still the record-holder for the most goals scored in a World Cup game, after he hammered five goals home in Russia’s clash with Cameroon in 1994.
Despite taking the victory 6-1 the team still did not manage to progress into the knockout stages, though Salenko did net once more against Sweden, making him the joint top-scorer in the competition.
The list wouldn’t be complete of course without a mention of Lionel Messi’s haul against Bayer Leverkusen.
The Argentinian superstar set a new Champions League record with his sweep of five goals earlier this year, and the 7-1 win took Barcelona through to the tournament quarter-finals.
Kris Boyd has impressively managed to score five not once, but twice, and against the same team!
The first opportunity came in 2004 when the Scot blasted five past Dundee United, taking Kilmarnock to a 5-2 victory.
In 2009, he repeated the performance, this time playing for Rangers, and in the process surpassed Henrik Larsson as the Scottish Premier League's all-time top scorer.
Alan Shearer rose to the challenge in 1999. With two penalties and three strikes, he helped Newcastle to an 8-0 drumming of Sheffield Wednesday. No less than you would expect from the all-time leading scorer in the Premier League.
Andy Cole also scored a quintuple in the Nineties, and was in fact the first Premier League player to do so. When facing off against Ipswich Town in 1995, Cole added five to the 9-0 scoreline for Manchester United.
Jermain Defoe became the third player to score five goals in a Premier League (after Cole and Shearer).
Three of his five goals in Tottenham’s 9-1 defeat of Wigan in 2009 came in the space of seven minutes, making it the second fastest hat-trick in top-flight history.
The game was also only the second instance where a Premier League side had scored nine times in one game.
Malcolm Macdonald, otherwise known as ‘SuperMac,’ made 14 appearances for England, but only one put him in the history books.
In a 1975 match against Cyprus, Macdonald used his head to great effect, scoring all five of England’s goals at Wembley.
The stunning feat occurred after England manager Don Revie allegedly told Macdonald that he would never pick him again unless he scored.
Blackburn suffered from the brilliance of Dimitar Berbatov in 2010, when the Rovers went 7-1 down to a jubilant Manchester United. The Bulgarian was surprised by his own success, having scored his first goal in 11 games during the second minute of the match.
Frankie Bunn astounded himself and his teammates by going one better than all the Premier League stars, scoring an amazing six goals in one game.
Oldham humiliated Scarborough in the third round of the League Cup with an emphatic 7-0 victory.
Bunn still holds the Football League Cup record for the most goals scored by a single player in a match.
Ted Drake was the most prolific scorer of all, after netting seven against Aston Villa in 1935.
Drake still has an unrivalled strike record, having scored 139 goals in 184 starts.
Playing for Arsenal against Villa, Drake managed the incredible seven goals in his typical fearless style, despite playing with heavy strapping on his knee.
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response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task, as it focuses on describing football players' remarkable goal-scoring achievements rather than outlining a procedural method. Additionally, the instructions are not structured in a way that would support training a language model in reasoning; rather, the content is narrative and anecdotal, lacking the detail and clarity needed for procedural guidance.


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I'll never forget that night. I saw you from across the club. So many thoughts running through my mind. So many things I wanted to do and say. I shyed away from you for fear of rejection. But to my delight, you came up to me and told me I was cute. I blushed and turned and when I turned back you were gone. I found you outside and my friends dragged you over to me. Talk about being in a fishbowl with everyone watching us. We exchanged numbers, you told me you'd call me. And before you walked away, you leaned in a kissed me. I kissed you back, but not too long, I wanted to leave you wanting more.I've learned that people aren't always who they say they are, that they'll leave things out or lie to your face when they want something. I've been lucky enough to have found someone who loves me more than anything in this world. And while we still have our ups and downs nothing shakes us to the core like this. I was lucky. I was lucky that I also followed the old saying, "If you are gonna go out in the rain, wear a raincoat." So I shouldn't have been so surprised that my tests all came back negative, but this just hit so close to home and really shook me. I hope that this blog post wasn't too REAL for some people, I hope that it opens some eyes and makes you realize that this COULD happen to you, NO ONE is immune from it...NO ONE.
You called me the next night as I was at home watching Sharkweek on Discovery Channel. I invited you over and you accepted. I felt so many things, nervousness, excitement, fear. But you got to my apartment and were cuter than I'd remembered. We talked, laughed and you spent the night.
I was very honest and open with you. I told you that I was leaving in less than a month, so I was in no position to start a relationship. You thanked me for my honesty and said that even knowing that you wanted to just spend as much time with me as you could before I left. You wanted to be a part of my life. And you succeeded. We were inseparable. We shared many meals, many laughs and many nights in my bed. I felt so lucky to have someone so cute, so sweet and so innocent to spend my time with. I was worried about you though. You told me you were in the Reserves and were being deployed to Iraq in the fall. This scared me, thinking about someone that I am starting to care about being sent to war. I couldn't bear to think about it.
As I prepared to move things got more and more difficult. I saw the hurt in your eyes. I saw the pain on your face even when you tried to smile. It broke my heart because I had already started to care about you, more than I wanted to admit. You tried to push me away twice, but always pulled me back in just wanting more time with me. Until the night before I left, and things went bad. I understood how you were pushing me out of your life, but I was so hurt. So I gave you what you wanted. And my last night with you was one filled with anger and resentment and hurt.
Over the past six months we've kept in touch. It's been rocky for us because I knew you still cared about me, and I for you. So there was always an underlying tension whenever we did chat. We would go for a week or so with things being fine...then we'd fight and everything would get quiet and we'd not talk for a while. I could tell a lot was bothering you, but you'd never really tell me what it was. I just took it as you being young and in lust.
I was excited the day you told me that you weren't being deployed to Iraq. A sigh of relief on my end, and I never questioned why when you said there was a change of plans. I don't know much about the service, so I just thought it was luck.
We continued to chat, and I had to continue to hide some of my feelings. The feelings of excitement I had from living in a new place, starting a new life, and meeting new people. I couldn't tell you about the dates I went on, or the guys that I found cute, because I knew it would hurt you. I knew you'd be angry and upset that I wasn't so hurt by not being with you that I would stay single. Again, I chalked that up to you being so young and in lust.
Three days ago I confessed to you why I was going through a rough time the last month and a half. And this prompted you to confess something to me...
Here I sit, three days later, and I still lose my breath every time I think about our chat over IM.
You told me you were positive. And that you knew almost two months before you met me.
I wanted to believe that you were still just angry with me for leaving, and that this was some sick twisted joke. Some childish scheme to get back at me and hurt me. But the more you talked, the more I realized that this wasn't a joke.
I got up and ran to the bathroom, and for the first time since I was in 4th grade, I vomited.
I asked you how you got it, and you said it was from your ex. The same ex that gave you that scar on your face, the scar on your arm, and the scar on you back. He sounds like such a nice guy.
In the past three days I've cried, a lot. I thank God that all my results came back negative two weeks ago when I went in and got tested. My body still goes numb and I lose my breath whenever I think about this. In the matter of seconds a flood of different emotions course through my veins. I get angry, I can't believe that you could do this to me. That you could take MY life in YOUR hands. I can't believe you'd put me at such a risk. Then in a split second my heart breaks. It breaks for you. You are 22 years old, and your life is now changed forever. And I think about the tough road that you have ahead of you. And then in another split second I get angry again, thinking about how this could be ME! This could be ME who's life is changed forever because someone didn't tell me they were positive!
I've done a lot of crying, and I know it will continue for a while. I have friends who tell me, "Your tests were negative. You're fine, fuck him, what are you worried about?" But its not that easy. I feel so many things, and I have every right to feel these things. My faith and trust in people is gone right now. I feel like I'll question every person from now on, wondering what they are hiding from me.
In a messed up way, you opened my eyes. You've made me realize that people aren't always who they seem. And you never know when people are hiding something.
As I sit here typing this my body feels numb and my eyes are filled with tears. And I wonder when the feeling will come back and the tears will fade away. Until that time, if it ever does come, I will thank God that I have an angel on my shoulder. And I'll also ask that He sends one to you to help you through what is going to be a tough road.
Monday, December 5, 2011
World AIDS Day...
I've been going back and forth on whether or not I wanted to share this blog post. But I realized that in order to be The REAL Housewife of Snohomish County I need to share some rather personal things so I not only seem amazing and glamorous all the time, but also REAL. This post is about as real as it gets. AIDS is something that has touched almost everyone in some way, shape or form. And I don't think that we are doing enough to raise awareness fully. This blog post is actually a journal entry from the first year that I moved here from Honolulu, that was entitled, "Shaken to the Core."

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not present a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through completing a specific task. Instead, it is a narrative reflecting on personal experiences and emotions, which does not lend itself to procedural instructions that could be useful for training a language model in deeper reasoning. The lack of structure and explicit detail on processes makes it ineffective for that purpose.


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BBC Sport - Swansea 1-0 Everton: Ronald Koeman says Swans defended for their lives
Swansea defended for their lives - Koeman
- From the section Football
Everton manager Ronald Koeman praises Swansea's defending and accepts that his team didn't create enough chances following their 1-0 loss at the Liberty Stadium.
MATCH REPORT: Swansea City 1-0 Everton
Watch highlights on Match of the Day, 22:20 BST on BBC One, the BBC Sport app and this website.

response:
Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a sequence of ordered steps or instructions for completing a specific task; it rather reports on a football match and includes comments from a manager. Furthermore, the content lacks the depth and detail needed to serve as effective procedural instructions that would facilitate training a language model in deeper reasoning, focusing instead on post-match analysis rather than a structured procedure.


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What do the various satellite radio menu options do?
While your SIRIUS Radio offers a lot of options, you need to know how to access those options and what they do. Here’s what you should know:
Press the Menu button while listening to SIRIUS Radio. This takes you to the satellite radio menu, rather than the standard audio system menu.
Cycle through your options with the Up and Down arrows. The system options include the following:
Category Menu: Press the OK button to enter this submenu and cycle through the satellite channel categories.
Song Seek: Press the OK button to enter this menu. Here, you can save a song to the system, delete a song, delete all saved songs, disable alerts (or enable them), lock out certain channels and more.
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Step-by-step: Yes
Training: No

The article provides a clear sequence of ordered steps for accessing and navigating the SIRIUS Radio menu, which can guide the reader through the process effectively. However, the instructions lack the depth and detail needed for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as they do not elaborate on the implications or contexts surrounding each option and fail to establish a thorough understanding of how to apply the features in various scenarios.


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Image Writer is free software to create bootable USB sticks on Windows. If you have any ISO file, Image Writer can write that image to your USB stick. It has a minimalistic interface that is extremely easy to understand. Just select your ISO file, select the drive of your USB drive, and click on “Write” button. Image Writer will immediately start writing the ISO file to your USB drive.
If you are trying to burn some OS on your USB, and do not have ISO for that, you can use Unetbootin that will download the ISO, as well as burn ISO to your USB drive. You can use it with USB drive, SD cards, and other memory cards, and it especially useful for creating “Live USB Drives”

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task, as it lacks detailed instructions and specific formatting to guide the reader through the process systematically. While it mentions a few actions related to using Image Writer, the information is too vague and does not delve into the reasoning or decision-making involved in using the software, which would be necessary for training a language model in deeper reasoning.


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Last weekend’s project was Crème Brulee. We received one of those sets with the ramekins and the little torch a while back and just hadn’t gotten around to using it yet. Making the cream was very easy. Cream, an egg yolk, sugar, and vanilla. That’s it. On the stove, I heated the cream and sugar together, and while that was going I separated an egg and mixed it with vanilla. Because of my tendency to drop things (see Thai Veggie Pizza), I had Brett gradually add the hot cream to the egg while I stirred. It was teamwork at its best, and we ended up with absolutely no clumps. We did however strain it anyway, because the recipe said so, and I’m such a rule follower. I also supervised while Brett poured the cream mixture into the ramekins, and I let Brett pour the boiling water for the water bath (again with the pouring/dropping problems.) Brett is an extremely good pourer. We covered it with foil and Brett did all the transferring in and out of the oven. We came across the problem of removing the ramekins from the water bath when it was finished baking and we ended up using a turkey baster to remove the water. We let them chill for a couple of hours and then got to work on the brulee portion.
Now you may think that because I’m such a wuss with the pouring of hot things, that I would also be a wuss about using the torch, but I’m not. It was actually quite fun!
We had heard that brown sugar goes a lot faster than white, so we tried both. I guess you could say that brown sugar does go faster, because it immediately catches on fire! It smelled like burned marshmallows (which is a good thing) but frankly looked pretty black and unappetizing. It also didn’t make the super crunchy crust that everyone loves to break through. The white sugar did take a very long time (we probably almost used up all the butane- which Brett used as a Scrabble word in an incredibly embarrassing defeat for me- let’s never speak of it again.) But it was worth the wait. It got golden and perfectly crusty and was delicious! I may never need to order it in a restaurant again, that’s how good it was!

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**Step-by-step: No**
**Training: No**

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps necessary to guide the reader through the process of making Crème Brulee. Instead, it reads more like a narrative of a personal cooking experience, lacking detailed procedural instructions or a structured format that could encourage deeper reasoning or understanding of the cooking techniques involved.


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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
hot crosses baby quilt
crosses or plus signs, whatever you call them, are a fun way to sew using squares. I have been waiting to create a quilt using the fabrics from the Tuxedo collection, that we got in a few months back from Riley Blake,
and got inspired by this quilt I had pinned a while back, and knew that this was the right pattern for the fabric.
I was able to use each piece from the collection, and added in a few green prints to give it some pop. This quilt is actually going to be a gift for a friend who is having a baby girl this month. Her nursery colors are black and green, so this blanket will tie in perfectly.
I will be backing it with rose cuddle and do the quilting on batting before attaching the backing, like I did here.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not present a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through a task. While it describes the inspiration and intentions behind making a quilt, it lacks detailed procedural instructions for sewing or crafting the quilt itself. Consequently, it would not serve well for training a language model for deeper reasoning, as it does not provide structured or comprehensive guidance that would facilitate such understanding.


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Nepal, april 12th 2017
(Nepal : part 10) Wandering
Hello journeys, my old friends. how are you? i want to tell you. about one day before later i meet april, this day i still in the middle annapurna forest, this my 5 day walking the annapurna valleys. the silence enveloped this journey, i saw many foreign faces including myself so strange, i could not see the shadows of myself clearly, there is very long longing that i so far, the journey take me to another point, the point where i want to mature from a journey. no im that gifts myself with the journey, but it was the journey that gift me with the many things i had to learn from every steps and meet with the many fears i had to face, interpret various other colors of the many diferences that i do, i want to dive various essence fill my limitation by learning many things that i dont know, writing journey so that i dont forget my process as a human being who wants to always learn.
the journey will given me a lesson of various insight. i want to grow and live with the journey. i learn about annapurna, annapurna valley range of the himalaya mountains various ethnic nepali can be meet in here.The trail passes along paddy fields and into subtropical forests, several waterfalls and gigantic cliffs, and various villages. Annapurna Circuit has often been voted as the best long distance trek in the world, as it combined, in its old full form, a wide variety of climate zones from tropics at 600 m asl to the arctic at 5416 m asl at the Thorong La pass and cultural variety from Hindu villages at the low foothills to the Tibetan culture of Manang Valley and lower Mustang. Continuing construction of a road has shortened the trail and changed the villages With construction of the road, mountain biking is becoming popular, with Mustang in particular is becoming one of the world’s most popular mountain biking destinations.
i want to keep growth from the journey and learn from it.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps; instead, it narrates a personal experience and reflections on the journey through Annapurna without explicit procedural instructions. Additionally, the lack of structured guidance and detailed steps makes it unsuitable for training a language model on deeper reasoning, as it does not offer a systematic approach or clear methodologies that could be expanded upon or learned from.


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New Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving wants to get this straight and on the record:
“The path to Calgary is going through Adirondack,” he said, referring to Calgary’s new American Hockey League affiliate. “Too much time in the minors is never (a bad thing). A young player very, very seldom can be overcooked. The ramifications are not like that in the opposite scenario.”
So, just days into Treliving’s tenure in Calgary, we’ve hit on his first challenge: build a group of forwards inside the Flames dressing room that is good enough that Johnny Gaudreau can not walk in and immediately crack the lineup. And while Treliving is at it, amass a defensive corps that 21-year-old Tyler Wotherspoon can not make, and find a backup goalie that will afford Joni Ortio 65 AHL starts next season.
Let’s make this simple. Whomever the Flames draft with their No. 4 overall pick, if he’s playing in the NHL next year, then Treliving might be eating his words on that Adirondack edict.
It’s easy — and correct — to say that players should cool in the minors the way they have in Detroit, New Jersey, and Anaheim for a long time now. But there’s a cycle involved here too. When you are picking in the Top 4 — wisdom alert — it’s because you’re finishing in the bottom four. That means you’re getting a better player with that first round draft pick then the good teams draft, and he’s walking into a lineup that, obviously, isn’t nearly as strong.
Edmonton is the most recent example of a team that drafted three No. 1 overalls, each of whom was better than what they had on the big club’s roster, so they couldn’t send them back. It hasn’t helped Edmonton in the standings, and we’ll never know what a couple more years of junior hockey and two more in the AHL would have done for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, or Taylor Hall.
In Treliving’s case, he walks on to the job with the elevator at Floor 1. The Flames inspired all who watched them play last year as perhaps the toughest out among the Western Canadian teams, considering the roster. But the fact remains, they were a 27th place team on Year 1 of a long rebuild. You might even say, with Treliving just taking the job on Apr. 28, that Year 1 has yet to begin.
“We’re crawlin’ here right now,” he says. “It’s about accumulation right now. Identifying, internally, your core. Identifying who we have in Calgary, in Adirondack, and our reserve list. Is this a core player? Is this a good player? Is this a support player? And looking at how do we accumulate (assets). We’re in the accumulation stage right now.”
Calgary, like Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver, any anyone else who has faced a rebuild, are where they are because of poor drafting. The Flames scouts missed too often — or the GM traded away too many picks — between 1999 and 2009, and now the organization is talent poor. It’s as simple as that in Alberta today: The Oilers and Flames suck because of their work at the draft table. End of story.
“And it’s what you do after you call their name,” Treliving adds. “In our (cap) system, you have to draft your players, you have to develop them, or you have zero chance. I don’t want to make it as simple as that, but it’s as simple as that.
“If you don’t have players on your team that you’ve grown, you’re going to be chasin’ it. It doesn’t work. It won’t work.”
So, how many core players does Treliving have?
“Don’t know that yet,” he says with a laugh.
Mark Giordano is one, for sure. Sean Monahan is almost certainly another. Defenceman T.J. Brodie might be one. Same for former Maple Leafs centre, the 6-foot-5 Joe Colborne. Emile Poirier’s shoulder surgery will delay his ascension, but not too seriously. Is Sven Baertschi the real deal? Great question.
And what about Gaudreau, who is good enough to be thrown over the boards for Team USA at the World Championships with their goalie pulled and the tournament on the line? Can he jump from the NCAA to the NHL?
“I’ll say this,” Treliving said after six weeks of examining the depth charts here. “There are more interesting assets here than I thought there were. Now, we haven’t played a game since I’ve been here yet either.”
Obviously the draft is important, but that’s tomorrow stuff. Treliving’s biggest challenge in the here and now will be to sign Cammalleri. His 26 goals from last season would take a ton of pressure off the rest of the group offensively. It would also afford one more prospect the chance to spend time in Adirondack.
Treliving and Cammalleri’s agent Ian Pulver have spoken, and the door isn’t closed. But UFA’s don’t often choose rebuilding clubs that might not make the playoffs for three years, let alone compete for the Cup.
Will he choose the Flames? If he does, it’s a step in the right direction for the new GM in Calgary.

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Step-by-step: No
Training: No

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing a task; instead, it discusses the context and challenges facing Calgary Flames' general manager Brad Treliving in a narrative format. Additionally, the procedural elements, such as player assessment and drafting strategies, are not structured as detailed instructions that could effectively train a language model for deeper reasoning. The insights provided are more reflective and analytical rather than prescriptive or actionable.


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A cursory glance at the score-line may indicate Italy remain on a post-World Cup slide. Events at Windsor Park told a different story. There was no conquest to add to the scalps of England and Spain for Northern Irelandtonight but this was a stalemate laden with promise for Nigel Worthington's side.
Two awkward assignments in Group C have brought two clean sheets and four points, with a visit to the Faroe Islands next. An encouraging start will develop into a commanding one should expectations be met on Tuesday and it was indicative of the home side's growing self-belief that frustration confronted Worthington when he walked into the dressing room afterwards.
"The players were disappointed after the game because of the chances missed and because they know we didn't play as well as we can do," said the Northern Ireland manager. "That is pleasing. This is still a great point against the ex-World champions. I would love to have won tonight but a clean sheet against Italy at home, with a solid, disciplined performance shows we are moving forward."
The night would have entered the annals had Steven Davis capped a fine performance with a 90th-minute goal on the break, only to shoot straight at Emiliano Viviano, or had Warren Feeney's glancing header sailed a few inches lower into the top corner. Italy would rightly have acclaimed a travesty in the circumstances, having squandered better openings of their own, but a further reflection of the home side's position came in Cesare Prandelli's conviction that this was a point gained.
Italy left South Africa shamed by failure to win a single game as defending champions, the reputation of the World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi, Fabio Cannavaro and others stained by the nation's plunge into darkness, but style and expectation has not disappeared from their DNA over the course of one miserable summer. "We should have taken our chances but a draw here is not a bad result," said Prandelli, Lippi's successor.
Any team with Andrea Pirlo as its conductor possesses an imperious air and the Italy captain was the game's dominant figure from the off. His quick, intelligent distribution proved a constant test of Northern Ireland's defensive discipline, and it was to their credit that they largely held firm. Once Chris Baird and Steven Davis in particular recognised the need to deny Pirlo any time in central midfield the home side began to display menace of their own.
A balanced, cautious contest stirred around the half-hour mark. David Healy, who is now without a goal in 14 internationals, showed the rustiness that comes from being marginalised at Sunderland when, from Chris Brunt's inviting delivery from the right, he headed wide at the back post from close range. The miss almost assumed defining proportions seconds later when, from a long ball out of the Italy defence, Northern Ireland's backline was caught square and Marco Borriello raced clear on goal. Maik Taylor stood his ground to thwart the Roma striker with a fine save and deserved the reprieve when Antonio Cassano curled the rebound wide.
Italy improved in the second half and should have stopped expectations rising among a raucous home crowd by taking command. Stefano Mauri sent a difficult volley over Taylor's crossbar and then played Borriello into enough space for an international striker to flourish. Borriello once again shot tamely at Taylor and was soon substituted.
Pirlo, Simone Pepe, Cassano, Giorgio Chiellini and the substitute Giampaolo Pazzini all missed inviting openings late on but the home side, disciplined in shape and attitude throughout, merited the point. They have given themselves a platform to progress.

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**Step-by-step: No**
**Training: No**

The article does not contain a clear sequence of ordered steps to guide the reader through completing a specific task. Instead, it provides a narrative about a football match, focusing on the performance of the teams rather than outlining a procedural instruction. Additionally, the content lacks the structured procedural details needed for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as it does not present clear, actionable steps or methodologies that could enhance reasoning capacities.


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WELL that’s a wrap folks. FearInEnglish is no more, for the time being anyway. A travel blog kinda ceases to exist if you’re not traveling. To say the past nine and a half months have been epic is an understatement, and I’ve tried to channel some of this stoke through this little blog. If my posts have inspired you a tiny bit to drop everything and go on a trip somewhere or even if they’ve simply given you five minutes respite at your desk at work in between filing papers and sifting through interoffice memos, then I’m happy. I’ll keep it brief because I’m a little ball of excitement right now. I’m home on my bed (still the comfiest I’ve encountered in the whole world) my dog is playing with her ball in the other room and I’ve just written a giant list of all the shit I wanna get done this week (first up is getting a phone and number, as well as a car). The keys on my trusty travel laptop have all but given up (I’m having to copy and paste the letter p, zero, the right bracket key, and the apostrophe) so now seems as good a time as any to bow out of the blog game. But never fear my humble fans (all four of you) – I’m going to keep writing, I’m just not sure what yet (maybe a South Oz-themed bodyboarding blog?). If you subscribe to this site on the right of the page you’ll receive an email when or if I get around to doing something new. Until next time…
P.S. I’d like to thank Jetstar for leaving my bag in Melbourne and leaving me without my possessions today. I travel the world (much of it the third world) for a couple of years with no troubles, but the talented individuals at Jetstar can’t manage to get a bag on a plane to a destination an hour away. Good job fellas.
My favourite from the roll. Curious cats. Peniche, Portugal.
MY indie coolness street cred immediately went up a few notches in September when I bought an old camera from a flea market in Spain. The thing cost me eight Euros and apparently back in the day the Spanish-made model (Werlisa Club Color) was a household name in the country. My new pal Dylan Beach recently purchased an old camera at a flea market too, and I’ll use the disclaimer he wrote on his blog (which you can check out here), “Now I know at lot of photographers are going to look at this post and cringe and say the usual “oh just because he has a camera doesn’t make him a photographer” or “he thinks he’s so indie because he shot a few photos of film”. I’ll surrender to those, i’m not trying to offend anyone here.” So there you go. The results were mixed but I think some of them are neat. Continue reading
SO I arrived back on Australian shores a few days ago after 281 days overseas. I’m still not home however, I’ve been kicking it in Melbourne with a mate of mine from school who’s living here at the moment (I get home Monday night for all you Adelaideans). It’s been pretty darn rad so far. I got to my mate’s place mid-morning after picking up the keys from his swanky high-rise office, and turned on the TV to find day one of the first test between the Aussies and Kiwis being broadcast. I don’t really froth on my cricket like I used to when I was a grom but it was still sick to put my feet up and watch it while trying to relax away my next-level jetlag. Then I went to get some groceries from the supermarket but only made it as far as the sushi shop where I bought four of those big fuck-off hand rolls, which I couldn’t seem to find anywhere else on my travels. We sat next to a chick at the store who was on her phone telling her friend about how another bird they both knew had been acting like a ‘fucking bitch ay’. Oh Australia! I wanted to jump up and kiss her right there. Continue reading
Pretty scenic eh?
I REMEMBER once when I was a grom, picking up a Riptide Bodyboarding Magazine containing a feature about waves on the Cornwall coast of England. The images in the piece were actually pretty good and I remember being completely amazed that you could surf there. I knew of course you could surf overseas – Indonesia and Hawaii always featured heavily in the mags when I was a kid, and still do – but it was a shock that you could ride these sick waves in a place I never suspected would get surf. I still sometimes get that inspired feeling nowadays – like when I watched Dave Rastovich getting barrelled out of his brain in India in Taylor Steele’s film Castles in the Sky or Dane Reynolds’ Iceland section in…I think the same movie? I may not be the most competent waverider, but the knowledge that you can find breaking waves basically anywhere in the world that has a coastline is something that drives me to travel. If I can’t be good at surfing I may as well be good at getting to surf different places instead. This mentality drove me to a pretty fun yet freezing surf session in British Columbia, Canada last year at the tail end of the snowboarding season and it’s what drove me to catch a bus to Newquay, in west Cornwall a few days ago (the UK being the 18th country I’ve now managed to surf in). I was only there for 24 hours (my choice of hostel is what drove me back to London a night earlier than expected) but I still got some fun waves early and had a good wander around the town before a big storm hit. Check out the pics below. P.S. Yes, shit was cold son. Continue reading
One of the seven photos I took in London. Bloody good day for it.
Aaah London. The old empire, home of grey skies, enticer of young hopefuls. With my time in London completed I thought I’d reflect on why the fuck so many young Australians pack up their lives back home to move there for years on end – trading blue skies and the world’s best beaches for rain and hectic crowds. I was going to tear strips off the place, giving you a breakdown of exactly why the city sucks balls, but now that I’m safely out of the city my icy heart has warmed with my arrival in the tropics (this post coming at ya from Changi Airport, Singapore), and I now I don’t reckon it’s that bad. I actually had a good time in London. The babe and I stayed with friends from back home and each day I managed to catch up with other mates who currently call the city home. I visited bookshops, tamed some beers, ate some good greaseball food and…well that’s about it. I gave the tourist hotspots a miss (apart from a stroll along the South Bank where I saw the London Eye, Big Ben and Parliament House) because to be honest with you I’ve more than done my share of that shit in the past nine months. If I was forced to stroll through another museum or art gallery I probably would’ve shot up the place. But after a week London started to wear me down to the max. The sun made an appearance once or twice but mostly the sky was a dull grey, which seemed to render everything else it touched a similar tone. Buildings, trees and even people looked washed out, as if they were straight out of a scene from Se7en or a Pink Floyd film clip. The tube and its stations seemed overcrowded death-traps where finding a seat or walking in a straight line without bumping into someone were near-impossible. It got me thinking – why do my countrymen flock here en masse and why do they end up staying so long? Continue reading
I'm pretty sure this is the guy I'm sharing my room with.
WELL ya win some, ya lose some. And right now it feels like I’m losing some. Sorry it’s taken me a while to update the site, I’ve been chilling in London the past six days and doing the usual catch-up rounds of expat mates that are currently calling the grey metropolis home (I’ll write more about this soon). Last night I thought it would be a good idea to take a break from big-city life and get to the coast to tick off another country to get a surf in, so I booked a bus ticket to Newquay on the Cornwall coast (some seven hours away by coach). I arrived a couple hours ago to find the hostel reception closed, meaning I couldn’t check in for a couple hours. So I went to a fish and chip shop and chowed down one of the worst vegie burgers I’ve had the pleasure of ingesting (no ingredients or condiments save for the dry pattie and some flaccid lettuce) while I watched some surfers grovel in some super-cold looking 2ft mush-burgers. Once back at the hostel I tried to relax and read a surf mag but got hounded by a paralytic 61-year-old English dude (what him and his two other decrepit mates are doing at a youth hostel I’m not sure) who delighted in engaging me in conversation about the merits of the Walkman, and how it’s a damn shame they don’t make cassettes anymore. When I was finally able to check into my room I turned the light on to reveal some acid-freak “meditating” on the floor with heavy-metal blaring from his headphones (it’s just us two in the four-person dorm). He’s here permanently he reckons, which would explain the filthy garments strewn about the room. I’m seriously scared to touch anything. Later I heard him trying to show his poetry to another unsuspecting hostel guest (I think I even heard him use the word transcendent to describe his body of work, which I’m sure is just awesome). Now I’m up in my room while my ears bleed to the seriously loud Frank Zappa cranking downstairs, Googling whether I can change my return ticket to London for immediately after my surf tomorrow instead of spending tomorrow night here too like I originally planned. Aah the glamorous world of travel. But at least it’s allowed me to bang on the keys for the first time in a while. I should be able to nut out a couple more posts tonight so stay tuned for those and more over the next few days sports fans.
SO it’s my last night in Berlin and I thought I’d fill you in on the latest before I have a beer or two and get sleepy. Since we last spoke I’ve just been cruising and doing as the locals do. The other night we went to a bangin’ house party and a not-so-bangin’ club after, leaving us incapacitated for basically the entire next day. We went to a cool indie/electro gig but I kooked it and got a little too drunk so my memory is hazy. Then today we went skateboarding in this radical indoor park with a sweet bowl and mini-ramp, and followed it up with a thrift-store session, but I didn’t buy anything. I’m not really sure what else to tell you. I could get all informative and tell you a bunch about the city but that would be a bit boring. All you need to know is Berlin is really cool and fairly cheap. It’s cold as balls though so make sure you bring a sweater. Tomorrow we’ll get up super early and jump on a plane to London, where we’ll spend the next week. Again we have some accommodation with mates hooked up which is awesome for my bank balance but not so good for writing anything on this site, but I’ll try friends. I’ll be documenting my return to the coast, so stay tuned to see if there are actually waves in England. There’s some more photos from today below and if you’re still in a web-surfing mood after that swing by my friend Dan’s site on Tumblr, where you can see cool 35mm photos he’s shot. There’s a couple of me in my pyjamas in Portugal if you’re into that sorta thing. Continue reading

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**Step-by-step: No**
**Training: No**

The article does not provide a clear sequence of ordered steps for completing any specific task. Instead, it consists of personal reflections and anecdotes about travel experiences. Similarly, the instructions or content lack the structured procedural guidance that would be beneficial for training a language model in deeper reasoning, as it mainly captures casual narrative storytelling without detailed instruction or a logical order for task completion.