Google has just released its latest project, Google project hosting -- a "SourceForge-like" hosting services for open source projects. So far it has only an issue tracker and Subversion repository so I don't see how it "competes" with SourceForege feature-wise. At least it has the scalability and reliability of Google's infrastructure. It also has the potential integrating with other Google services like Gmail, Groups, Page, etc. Interesting to see how SF would respond...
OK…so anyone that knows me pretty well…knows that I HATE HEIGHTS! Not a fear really…just HATE! But recently….we took a trip to VEGAS with Mom, my brother Steve and his wife Natalie – and 4 of the 5 of us (not naming names my dear sister-in-law) actually jumped off from the 108th floor of the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino. They call it SkyJump. I called it….FREAKING SCARY!!!! And here is video proof that I actually jumped! I hope you enjoy (And yes…those are silent screams and bouts of holding back angry stomach juices that you will see on my trip down)
Graeme Sutherland tells us how Lauderdale Limpers were formed after a few pints at a pub in Edinburgh and have since gone on to attract a Scottish Hill Running Champion!
Who are Lauderdale Limpers? A running club based in Lauderdale in the Borders and formed in 1997. The club came about after four of us ran the Edinburgh 10K and went for a few beers afterwards. It was then that we thought it would be fun to start our own club. It’s just grown from there.
Why Lauderdale Limpers? We came up with the name in training as one of us would always have an excuse for not coming. It’s quite self deprecatory and seemed to catch on. We’ve set a trend as there are other clubs have formed in the area with similarly alliterative names (Chirnside Chasers, Kelso Crawlers). Despite our name, we’re definitely not a club of underachievers. We have Scottish Champions, and hill running champions amongst our ranks!
How many members? We have about 60 seniors and 50 juniors. The youngest senior is 16, but runners of all ages and abilities are welcome. We have a new members night on 22 April.
Any notable members? Well known members have included Scottish Hill Running Champion, Ronnie Gallagher, and international hill runner, John Wilkinson. One to watch is Adam Craig, he’s taking part in the senior cross-country series and has a big future in the sport.
Do you organise any events? Yes! We have the Breakfast Run every month on a Sunday. We also have the Black Hills race which is very popular, it’s scheduled to take place on 5 July this year. There’s the Two Pubs Race on 17 June - which is an off-road race that goes from a pub in Lauder and along an old railway line before going back to Lauder. Most of the entry fee is put back into the food and drink afterwards, so it’s worth doing for that alone! We also organise the first race in the Eastern Borders Cross Country series.
What kind of sessions do you do? We usually do about three to five miles. Everyone completes the distance so you don’t have to run at too high a pace if you don’t want to. It’s a fantastic area for running, some say it’s the middle of nowhere and the middle of everywhere. You can do road runs without any traffic, lots of great loops too. It’s very scenic, with views of the Southern Uplands and the River Leader, the routes aren’t always easy on the legs but are easy on the eye.
Which events do you take part in? The Feel the Burns Race in Selkirk is a particular favourite. My son took part in that this year and came 12th. A group up of us usually goes to Skye for the half marathon and the Highland Perthshire Half Marathon in September is also popular. We’re ideally located for going down to race in the north of England and enjoy taking part in the Northumberland Coastal Run in July.
How do I find out more about the Limpers? Everyone is welcome! For more information email info@lauderdalelimpers.com
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (2 Corinthians 10:5, KJV)
IMAGINATIONS. High things capable of exalting themselves against the knowledge of God. The authority to cast down thoughts produced in the mind (human or otherwise) that concoct a view of reality in which God is not the God.
THOUGHTS. So rapidly produced, one following the other in lightning procession, so able to slip past our notice; able to carry seeds of rebellion against Christ. So subtle. Thoughts?vehicles that carry; servants that serve. The authority to capture them and force them to carry and serve only that which aligns with the truth of God?s Divine Self-Revelation.
IMAGINATIONS?thoughts carrying seeds of rebellion that got lose and germinated producing a stronghold.
Alice Kinney (Reese Witherspoon) needs a reboot and gets the fresh start she never expected in Home Again, a comedy-drama that marks the debut of writer/director Hallie Meyers-Shyer. Meyer-Shyer is the daughter of writer/directors Charles Shyer and Nancy Meyers (Father of the Bride, The Parent Trap, What Women Want), continuing in making films that entertain and point an ironic finger back at some of what we settle for as ‘normal’ in life.
Kinney is the daughter of a famed filmmaker, but she’s now living estranged from her husband (Michael Sheen), and raising a pair of daughters. She’s ‘helped’ by her mother, Lilian (Candice Bergen), one of the many women Kinney’s father bedded. But when Kinney ends up crossing paths with three aspiring filmmakers in a drunken one-night stand, their whole arc changes.
Harry (Pico Alexander) is the force behind this movie they want to make, while his brother Teddy (Nate Wolff) is the star and his best friend George (Jon Rudnitsky) is the screenwriter. When they realize how much they admire Kinney’s father’s work, they end up crashing at her house (which is technically her father’s). And suddenly, a different kind of family is formed, whether it makes sense to those around them (or the audience) or not.
While Kinney has struggled with who she is and what her purpose is, this new family – raising her children and befriending three would-be moviemakers – gives her the grounding she needs to stand on her own, and ultimately, come home again by making an old place new.
Closest to us in time and influence is Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), who founded the Sisters of Charity in the United States in 1809. Elizabeth had come to know the apostolic spiritual tradition of Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac through her connections with the French Sulpician priests in Baltimore. She recognized the power of this spiritual way for her own life and for forming her community of sisters. She adopted the rule of the Daughters of Charity, adapting it where necessary to the American situation. Elizabeth’s experiences as wife, mother, widow, and convert to the Catholic faith during the dawning days of the United States, added vibrancy to an already rich tradition.
In 1870, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati brought the gift of the Charity tradition to the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The original house was in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The sisters, under the leadership of Mother Aloysia Lowe, moved the motherhouse in 1882 to Greensburg, Pennsylvania, its current location. For further information on the Sisters of Charity, please see http://sistersofcharityfederation.org/
Saint Vincent de Paul (1580-1660), known since the 17th century as the “Apostle of Charity,” is widely recognized for seeing the importance of organizing the service of the poor. Aside from the Common Rules written for the Congregation of the Mission, which he founded, Saint Vincent did not write any systematic treatise on his spirituality. Rather, he followed and inspired others to follow a spiritual way that began with contact with God in daily experience. For Vincent, living preceded teaching, words followed action. In each parish he served, Vincent organized confraternities of women and men to care for the poor in their midst. He recommended to them a simple rule of life, a spirituality to nourish and sustain their commitment.
Saint Louise de Marillac (1591-1660) shared the spirituality and vision that inspired Saint Vincent, and her collaboration was crucial in implementing it. One of her earliest tasks was to supervise the parish-based confraternities. Among these groups, the confraternities of wealthy women in various parishes in Paris became the most well known as the Ladies of Charity. It was actually from a desire to assist the Ladies of Charity in their work, that together with Vincent, Louise founded the community of Daughters of Charity, a society of vowed apostolic life, in 1633. Louise had her own special gifts for this work, and she is credited with designing the formation of these servants of the poor. For further information about St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac, please see http://famvin.org.
The Sisters of Charity Federation of North America [The Federation] is a voluntary membership association of 13 congregations of women religious, including the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill.
A network of people in the Vincentian Family connecting, collaborating and evangelizing: a living, growing community of more than 2 million people seeking to follow Christ, the evangelizer of the poor in the model presented by the life of Vincent de Paul and his collaborator, Louise de Marillac.