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Sansevere: Vikings' space-age stadium has impressive unveiling
The Vikings' new stadium doesn't look like a football stadium. It's more like some futuristic spaceship you would envision warp speeding around a distant quadrant of the universe. And there's nothing wrong with that.
The new stadium will have a distinctive look that had fans who saw it for the first time letting out the kind of cheer Adrian Peterson gets when he takes off on an 80-yard touchdown run.
There's a lot of glass and sharp edges and it will remind absolutely no one of its predecessors - the Metrodome and Metropolitan Stadium.
The new design might not be for everyone, particularly traditionalists. Then again, no one is more traditional than former Vikings coach Bud Grant and he liked it.
"I'm sold," Grant said at Monday night's unveiling. "I've always been an advocate of outdoor football. I want to be around to see this stadium built. It's going to be a credit to this community. Remember, we're Minnesotans. We're different from other people."
And this new stadium will be different. There's a steeply pitched see-through roof that prompted Bryan Trubey, the representative of stadium designer HKS, to say, "Clear is the new retractable."
The stadium will have an airy feel to it with all the light coming in and, after decades of being jostled and shoved in the cramped Metrodome, fans will love the wide concourses.
Trubey also said the stadium "will be the most versatile structure on the planet" because it can be converted into a baseball field, soccer field, hockey rink and basketball arena, and also be used for motocross and concerts.
The unveiling was done at the Guthrie theater. It seemed a bit high brow and an odd place to give folks their first look at a new stadium, especially with the guest speakers on a stage with props from "The Primrose Path" encircling them. Then again, the Guthrie is publicly funded, too. It must have made sense to whoever hatched the idea to do it there.
As for the stadium design, it sure seemed to make sense to people seeing it for the first time.
"Wow. Impressive. I've been to Indianapolis and seen that field and this blows that away," said Vikings fan Sam Cooke of Minneapolis. "It's exactly what you want to see."
David Garza of St. Paul came to the unveiling with face paint, a Vikings helmet adorned with glued-on horns and his favorite Vikings jersey. Garza called the design "gorgeous" and "pretty spectacular."
Vikings coach Leslie Frazier called it "fantastic" and he really wasn't laying it on too thick.
The inside of the stadium will have two of the largest video boards in the NFL, each measuring 50 feet high by 120 feet wide. When the dimensions were given, fans roared their approval.
The Guthrie had a mix of politicians, civic leaders, team executives and fans, some of whom won tickets to the unveiling through a Vikings deal on Twitter. Others drove to the Metrodome to fetch tickets at Gate B late Monday afternoon. Some fans wore civilian clothes. Many were dressed in jerseys of their favorite players, some wore bright yellow Helga braids and a few, like Garza, went with face paint.
While others raved about the look and feel of the stadium, Gov. Mark Dayton stumped for what it will mean to the economy.
"It's about providing jobs to Minnesotans who won't have one without this undertaking," Dayton said.
They'll get to work on a hot-looking, state-of-the-latest-art stadium.
Vikings owner Zygi Wilf called the new stadium something that will "really bring us to the 21st century."
Some day, this stadium design will seem old and outdated, but that time is a long way off.


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With England set to play against Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals later on today, all eyes will not only be on the players and manager Gareth Southgate, but what has now become Southgate's iconic waistcoat.
Fans across the nation have embraced Southgate's staple fashion choice, something which he has worn throughout the World Cup, and have decided to wear their own ahead of tonight's game, hence #WaistcoatWednesdays. Here are some of the best reactions to #WaistcoatWednesday right now.

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Welcome to ARC! We offer a wide variety of services to Thomas University students, including feedback on writing, workshops focusing on a variety of writing topics, self-service opportunities available on this web site and through the ARC Canvas shell, as well as tutoring in math, biology, and other discipline specific areas.
Face to face and Online appointments are available Monday through Thursday 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM and 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM on Fridays on our Main Campus site in the Thomas University Library.
Visit the Library Tools page in your canvas courses and select the Tutoring and Writing Help page to make an appointment.
Thomas University believes the ability to express yourself on the written page and to develop critical thinking skills through math are key to your successful career and future. Consequently, we offer writing and math tutors for specific hours each semester.
The sessions are personal and hands-on; you bring your specific work with your individual questions. You set the agenda.
The writing tutors will provide help not only with essays and research papers for composition courses but also with writing assignments in other classes. The writing staff is committed to providing feedback on each point in the writing process, from getting started and finding a focus, to helping students find and correct their own grammar and usage problems.
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Hello, I hope this is the right corner to place this. It's not CosmosEx, but it's quite similar.
I found two projects which are quite similar to CosmosEx device. Both also are based on Raspberry Pi plus hardware, the one more simple, the other more complex, to emulate drives, network and translated drives to present them to a host computer. The one project is like CosmosEx supporting SCSI interface, the other project is based on IDE. Both could also be interesting for the ATARI platform. I know, CosmosEx is more, floppy emulator, keyboard injection, etc. But for special cases these projects could be an alternative.
the SCSI project
-- english introduction: http://hackaday.com/2017/05/01/the-rasp ... si-device/
-- more detailed in japanese: http://www.geocities.jp/kugimoto0715/rascsi/index.html
the IDE project
-- english introduction: http://hackaday.com/2017/04/12/hackaday ... pberry-pi/
-- english more detailed: https://hackaday.io/project/20774-netpi-ide


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Stable Channel Update
Security fixes and rewards:
Congratulations to Pinkie Pie, returning to the fray with another beautiful piece of work!
We're delighted at the success of Pwnium 2, and anticipate additional hardening and future improvements to Chrome as a result of the competition.
- [$60,000][154983][154987] Critical CVE-2012-5112: SVG use-after-free and IPC arbitrary file write. Credit to Pinkie Pie.
Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.
Full details about what's in this release are available in the SVN revision log. Found a bug? Report it! On a different channel, but want to join us on the Stable train? The Chromium wiki has you covered.
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The state Canvassing Board, meeting Monday in an underground mausoleum, certified the results of the recount in the Great Mud Fight of 2008 between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. Is our nightmare over? Nope.
The Canvassing Board consisted of four judges who left their robes at home but wore the gravity of the Dred Scott decision on their faces, plus Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, who has become as familiar to Minnesotans as Dick Enrico of Second Wind fame. The board took just nine minutes to wrap up the most painful campaign since Hannibal crossed the Alps and was so eager to put the Wreck of '08 behind us that Ritchie convened the meeting at 2:28 p.m. -- two minutes before the appointed time. By 2:37, it was over:
Franken the Foul Mouthed had snatched victory by 225 votes -- one-twentieth of a vote per precinct. In the Year of Obama, any Democrat not on Perp Watch should have won in a walk, but the DFL went Hollywood and picked a carpetbagger comedian who couldn't remember how to be funny -- or personable -- on the campaign trail.
What followed after Election Day was weeks of paper-rock-scissors decision-making by volunteers who attempted to keep straight faces while trying to read the ballots and minds of voters who filled all the blanks or wrote notes on their ballot: "Milk, cat food, toilet paper, Norm Franken."
If this was an interview for a real job, the best candidate would have called somebody up and told them where to stick it. But voting is "sacred," we were told. Which I wish someone would have told us when Jesse Ventura was on the ballot. So the priests of elections sifted through the entrails and sacrificed spinster election judges in Hubbard County and eventually determined: The gods are crazy. Al Franken wins.
Or not. The Canvassing Board, unanimous and all non-partisany, refused to claim that it had done anything useful.
"We are not doing anything today that declares winners or losers," Ritchie said. I expected an angry crowd to rush the podium. After the most painstaking examination since Torquemada put heretics on the rack we aren't declaring a winner?
Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson declared that he was proud to have been part of "an important and amazing effort." That didn't do diddly.
"I don't think we have witnessed the last chapter," he said. What? We haven't? You must be kidding, Magnuson.
Please. Make It Stop.
Norm Coleman's lawyers descended to say that they will sue to force another full recount, or a partial one, or maybe just to ask the voters to put bamboo slivers under our fingernails. The process, they said, is broken and a sham and a woman named Phyllis in Fergus Falls lost her grocery list at the poll.
Franken followed with a press conference in the slush outside his downtown Minneapolis digs. But as passersby stopped to ask what the ruckus was about, there was not widespread joy in Mudville.
"Is that Franken?" asked Daisy Mae Johnson, 53, who was coming from the unemployment office after losing her job as a counselor at a drug treatment center. "Forget about him. I couldn't vote for anyone like that, but I'll pray for him, if he gets the job. This is ridiculous how long this is taking."
"Norman Coleman is finally out? Hooray," shouted Asli Mohamed, a Somali woman who dropped a bag of groceries on the sidewalk and clapped. "I am so happy! I have been waiting for this a long, long time!"
"I don't care," said a third person, Patrick Bartner, 40. "I can live with it, either way."
There we are in a nutshell: One vote for Norm, one for Franken, one "Who Cares?"
Stop the madness.
On the morning after the election, Norm said Franken should forgo a recount because it would postpone "the healing process" after a brutal campaign that had left both sides emotionally, physically and financially drained.
"After a certain point in time, we've got to put the election stuff behind us," Norm said, and "work together as Americans." If the shoe were on the other foot -- and a recount showed he lost -- he said he would concede, as long as the recount was done "the Minnesota way."
The Minnesota way, he said, is "a respectful review" of the balloting, with "challenges, where appropriate, but without feeding that divide that has already caused damage to the body politic." He said the election had been "clean and fair" and was an example of why Minnesotans "take pride in the system we have in this state."
We still can. The recount was done "the Minnesota Way." In spades. Norm lost.
It is time for him to take his own advice. And give it up.
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In Kigali, where he owns a $1 million sophisticated theatre located at Nyamirambo suburb known as Cine Star Cinema. The man is known as humorous, down to earth and intelligent, one of Rwanda's emerging entrepreneurs.
But behind the scenes, Apollo Gafaranga, a man accused of killing former Rwanda's spymaster Patrick Karegeya in Johannesburg's Sandton Michelangelo Hotel on New Year's eve, is more than a businessman – he is a trained spy and assassin, if the latest details emerging from Johannesburg are authentic.
According to South Africa's weekly investigative newspaper, Mail& Guardian, Gafaranga befriended Karegeya about four years ago whereby the alleged hit-man cultivated his relationships with the former Rwandan head of external security to the level where the latter hosted him in his house in Johannesburg.
But, little did Karegeya know that his friend was in actual sense the biggest enemy who was on a mission to assassinate him.
To conceal his identity, Gafaranga is believed to have acquired a South African passport, which he used whenever he entered South Africa, according to the Mail & Guardian report.
But, according to the newspaper, the passport may have been a fake one. It's not clear why South African authorities failed to detect the allegedly fake passport that Mr Gafaranga used to enter into the country several times via Johannesburg's Oliver Tambo International Airport.
The Mail & Guardian, quoting some close relatives of the assassinated former spymaster, reported that in most cases when Gafaranga used the South African passport, he didn't travel direct from Rwanda.
If Karegeya's friends and colleagues are correct, reported the Mail & Guardian yesterday, it would indicate an intelligence failure on the part of South African authorities.
"Political asylum seekers such as Karegeya claim the South African authorities had offered them protection. Meanwhile, an alleged agent of the Paul Kagame regime was frequently in their midst, evading airport security checks with false documents, and courting their inner circle with a view to commit murder," the Mail & Guardian reported.
Rwanda's ambassador to South Africa Vincent Karega, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, distanced Kigali from Karageya's death.
"Even though he (Karageya) declared himself an enemy of Rwanda, we didn't see any threat. Rwanda wasn't involved," he said.
So far no anyone has been arrested by the South African authorities.
'Business mogul'
But, within the Rwandan political-refugee community living in South Africa, there is one clear suspect involved in Karegeya's crime: a man called Apollo Gafaranga.
The Rwandan press call him a "business mogul"; he opened a cinema worth $1 million in 2009. His brother, Mr Amini Gafaranga, appears close to the Kagame regime, speaking at Rwanda Day celebrations in London in May 2013, an event endorsed by Paul Kagame.
Two close friends of Karegeya, who spoke to the Mail & Guardian, claimed Gafaranga had spent years earning the former spy chief's trust, travelling to South Africa on at least four occasions, where he would be Kareyega's house guest.
And he always travelled with fake documents, they claim.
But on his final and fatal visit, Gafaranga asked to be booked in a hotel, instead of staying at Karegeya's house.
According to Mail & Guardian, this was because he was increasingly fearful of the Kagame regime, Gafaranga claimed, and he told Karegeya he did not want to jeopardize his friend's security by staying in his house.
Up to this point, the former Rwanda spymaster-turned-enemy of the Kigali regime didn't notice any hidden motive.
Kareyega then booked the hotel room at the Michelangelo Towers in Sandton. Karegeya picked his guest upon his arrival and drove him to the hotel where he booked him. That was December 29, according to South African media reports.
The two arrived at the Sandton Hotel, checked in and later on Karegeya left his friend, promising to visit him on the New Year for further political and business discussions.
On New Year's eve, Karegeya went to visit his friend, without knowing that would be his end, because the man he thought was a friend and a possible financier in his bid to defeat the Rwandan regime was indeed a trained assassin.
Karegeya had no reason to be suspicious of Gafaranga because the latter had been part of Karegeya's informal network of informants during his tenure as head of external intelligence in Kagame's government.
And now, it's likely Karegeya believed he was helping a fellow-oppositionist escape Kigali.
"It's not unreasonable to help those escaping Rwanda," said Mr Frank Ntwali, Africa regional chairperson of the Rwanda National Congress (RNC), the opposition party that Karegeya helped to form.
'Do Not Disturb'
Karegeya had earlier informed his nephew that he was going to visit his friend, Gafaranga, at Michelangelo Towers Hotel. On the New Year eve when Kareyega did not respond to text messages or phone calls, his nephew became suspicious and went to the hotel.
His nephew then went to the Michelangelo, where he discovered that the hotel room where Karegeya had gone for a meeting was locked.
The manager wouldn't open the door as there was a "Do Not Disturb" sign on it. The police were called and opened the door.
It is believed that three or four men were involved in the crime.
Karegeya was found dead. Curtain tie-backs and a pillow case were found in the safe. Garafanga was gone, taking only his cellphone and wallet, but leaving his suitcase behind.
Mr Ntwali believes Gafaranga entered South Africa from a different African country on every visit, to avoid detection.
According to Mail & Guardian, Ntwali last saw the former spymaster on December 28, when the two had dinner and discussed their political plans for the new year. Further according to the report, Mr Karegeya was upbeat.
At this point, the former intelligence chief was well aware that Gafaranga was en route.
"About four months ago, he [Apollo] made contact with Patrick and claimed Kagame's government was harassing him and had closed his business. He asked Karegeya to help him set up a new life in South Africa, and help him start a business here." Ntwali was quoted by Mail &Guardian.
According to another friend of Karegeya and fellow-exile, who asked not to be named for security reasons, Karegeya had protection from the South African government but asked the authorities to back off, about a year ago, because he felt his movements were too restricted.
Ntwali confirmed this. Karegeya, according to sources, had grown complacent, despite a keen sense of persecution by Rwandan opposition leaders living in South Africa.
Karegeya was described last week by Agency France Press as a brilliant spy who appears to have fallen foul of the assassination tactics he once reportedly practised on others.
"He was on the watch list after fleeing to South Africa" into exile in 2007, the officer added. (READ: The spy chief who fell from grace)
In the months prior to his death he had become increasingly nervous about his security.
Those close to him said he must have had no reason to mistrust the person he met at the hotel where he died.
Mr Karegeya had three children, a daughter who lives in Canada and two sons who live with his widow in the US.


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Healthy cats would prevent virus spread
The outbreak of hantavirus from Yosemite National Park has struck eight people. Already, three have died. The virus is spread by rodents, notably deer mice.
As many as 10,000 people were exposed to the virus at Camp Curry this summer, so hundreds of cases could be discovered soon.
Even the humblest of homeless cats in my neighborhood could have prevented this scourge if they had been put to work at Camp Curry. We need healthy cats in our neighborhoods.
Help the SPCA's Trap and Release program, which returns cats to their original territory after giving them veterinary attention. Once spayed and neutered, the cats defend their territory (our neighborhoods). They will destroy the mice before we are exposed to diseases.
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Campbell is best pick for Fremont schools
I'm glad this year my vote for Fremont school board trustee goes to someone who is more than a name on a fence to me. I'm voting for Desrie Campbell.
For more than two years I've spent dozens of evenings in a small group with Campbell. When she told us about her commitment to serve the kids of Fremont as a school board trustee, I was ready to support her.
I've seen firsthand her integrity and maturity. She knows how to use listening to craft win-win solutions for problems. She can motivate people to get things done.
She has a pretty impressive list of accomplishments and experiences, as do many of the candidates. But above all, it's her skill as a leader that has won my vote. Visit her website Desrie4schools.com.
Connie Bush
Need to change right-turn lane
The red-light camera at the intersection of Auto Mall Parkway and Fremont Boulevard captures more violations than any other of Fremont's 10 cameras.
Data from June 2012 shows that this camera activated 338 times. It had the lowest number of straight-through violations — with just 21 activations during that same month. The remaining 317 violations resulted from motorists making right turns.
This particular camera focuses on westbound traffic on Auto Mall heading toward Interstate 880. The other three directions of traffic at this intersection do not require a complete stop before turning and there is no photo enforcement.
Wouldn't modifying the one right-turn lane to permit traffic to yield solve any problem? Wouldn't the issuing of tickets with fines of $550,000 per year ($660,000 after traffic school) prompt a modest re-engineering of this one lane?
There has also been a 33 percent increase in violations in 2011 over 2009. Wouldn't that also suggest that the cameras are not doing the job intended?
Maybe Fremont can do what Napa did at its one high-value right-turn camera at Highway 29 and Highway 12: In response to public outrage, it just stopped issuing right-turn tickets.
Roger Jones
Sentence too lenient in pig abuse case
I was shocked to read about the abuse of a pig at the Alameda County Fair by three young men. They were very fortunate to receive such a mild rebuke for their conduct. They should have received stronger sentencing, including fines.
Animals shouldn't be included in the lineup of entertainment and shows at county fairs, where they're vulnerable to abuse. It's shocking these men would think it all right to enter the barn and abuse an innocent animal. I didn't read any sign of remorse on the part of these drunks, just their good luck at getting off so lightly.
Jean Rose
Desalination much better than tunnels
Gov. Jerry Brown's tunnel is not the solution to California's water problem. It does not increase the water supply; it merely moves it. The aircraft carrier on which I returned from World War II provided plenty of tasty desalinated water for all the crew. Since that time, the process has improved immeasurably.
Desalination plants placed along the coast could provide a never-ending supply for both drinking and farming. Such plants should be an enticement to investors because the returns are ensured by supply and demand.
The water could be piped to wherever needed and stored in reservoirs. It would put many people to work in a difficult time and keep some working in maintenance. Over the years, the cost would end up much the same as the tunnel. It could supply water to replenish our shrinking aquifers. Most of our current river problems, north and south, would be solved because we would not be stealing water from them. The oceans are there. The technology is available. Why are we waiting?
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Government's Claws Dig Deeper in Johansson Case
Support the Johanssons
Letters of encouragement and support can be sent to the family at:
Christer and Annie Johansson
c/o Rune Johansson
Alva Gudings 363
623 46 Hemse
On September 21, 2010, Swedish Administrative Court Chief Judge Peter Freudenthal handed down his decision in the case of Domenic Johansson of Gotland, Sweden, dashing the hopes of his parents for reunification with their son, who has been kept in foster care for over one year. Dominic was seized by Swedish authorities from the plane he and his parents had boarded as they were moving to India, his mother's home country. Authorities cited untreated cavities in the boy's teeth, failure to vaccinate, and homeschooling as reasons for taking him into custody.
After multiple appeals, Judge Freudenthal has upheld the decision of Swedish social services officials, who are the engineers behind the case. Domenic has been kept from his parents since June 25, 2009, and has only been allowed to visit with them once every five weeks with a supervised 15-minute telephone call once every two weeks. It has become increasingly apparent that the social workers have no real intention of reuniting this family, and that they have simply transferred Domenic from the Johanssons to the foster family. Domenic is now in the public school system.
Friends, family, and a university professor of psychology testified that the Johanssons are more than capable of parenting Domenic and caring for him. Despite this testimony, and the willingness of the family to do whatever the state wants them to do, Judge Freudenthal decided to go along with the assertions of the social workers that Domenic was better off in the care of the state. Meanwhile, Freudenthal spent almost as much time discussing the fees the appointed lawyers would collect as he did explaining the rationale for the state's continued custody of Domenic.
Ruby Harrold-Claesson, a noted international human rights lawyer and president of the Nordic Committee for Human Rights (nkmr.org), represented Christer Johansson before being removed from the case on the motion of Eva Ernston, Domenic's appointed attorney. Harrold-Claesson has developed a practice of fighting Swedish social services, a system she calls increasingly "evil."
"Held Hostage"
"I have never in 20 years of practice seen a case more badly handled," says Harrold-Claaesson. "This family has been so traumatized that they may never recover. The Swedish government has grossly violated this family's human rights, both under Swedish law and under the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). Under the ECHR people have the right to leave their country. But in this case the social services took this poor little boy and prevented him from leaving with his parents. He is being held a hostage—essentially kidnapped by the Swedish government. It is an absolute embarrassment for Sweden and for every person involved in this case. Each person, from the social workers to the judges, should be ashamed of their behavior and their continuing callousness towards this family. They all must be brought to justice for their crimes against the Johansson family."
Attorney Michael Donnelly, director for international relations for HSLDA, agrees.
"It is revolting to read the opinions of these judges and attorneys, who continue to allow and support this inexcusable and traumatic separation of this family," says Donnelly. "This is an object lesson for anyone who is concerned about what can happen when the state becomes all powerful and unnecessarily invades the sphere of the family. Overbearing bureaucratic paternalism and a sense of personal power are driving Domenic's forced alienation from his parents."
Donnelly notes that the opinions of the Swedish judges are questionable.
"I've read the opinions, and there is no evidence that points to the need for continued state custody," he explains. "Even in the face of overwhelming evidence from credible witnesses that show that the parents are able to take care of Dominic and that refute the social workers absurd allegations that Mr. Johansson is 'narcissistic.' This case is so egregious, that the only explanation for the decisions is that judges and social services authorities are simply trying to cover their tracks because they know they have grossly violated the basic human rights of this family."
HSLDA and ADF, along with the Nordic Committee for Human Rights, have teamed up to bring this case to the European Court of Human rights, where urgent "interim orders" have been requested. As of today, there has been no word from the court, even though the usual time for a response has passed.
Roger Kiska, European counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, notes the delay is concerning.
"Very Concerning"
"In most cases I've had a response from the court by this time," says Kiska. "This is especially true when we are asking for urgent interim orders due to the serious nature of the violation. It is very concerning that the court has not responded to our application."
Kiska continues, "This case is very troubling in light of the most recent rejection by Judge Freudenthal. The opinions in the Johansson case reflects an underlying attempt by the Swedish state to conform Domenic to the bureaucrats' image of a child, rather than respecting the right of the family and the parents, and even the right of the child to be with his family."
This tragic case reflects what happens when a socialist bureaucracy is bent upon turning out cookie-cutter children, rather than respecting the individual differences of individuals and families. Even if you believe every single allegation that the social services authorities have made, as outlined by Judge Freudenthal, the evidence falls far short of the dramatic intervention they brought upon this family and the continuing harm perpetrated by this continued separation. I'm embarrassed for Sweden and hope that we will be able to help this poor family reunite and attempt to recover from this horrible tragedy."
In his decision, the judge stated that eight months after the verdict of the Administrative Court of Appeal it is necessary for the state to continue its care, because there was much to "recover." The judge adopted the facts as offered by the social council that Domenic's being homeschooled "resulted in delays of several years in knowledge and connections with peers and other people." and that he likes to "play with younger children." The judge's opinion notes that the social workers argue that the past issues regarding Dominic—not being vaccinated prior to their attempt to move to India, that he had some unaddressed cavities and was homeschooled—have deep impact on the case. In spite of the fact that all of these issues have been corrected, and that the parents indicate a willingness to cooperate with social services, the social workers have decided that because the family made these decisions this is proof that they are incapable of parenting Dominic.
Power of the State
What this really means, of course, is that the social workers believe that Dominic should not be raised by his parents simply because the state has a different opinion of how children should be raised. Regrettably, the state has the power to force Domenic into the upbringing that they believe is best for him. Sadly, the decision by the social workers is being supported by the entire Swedish administrative and judicial system.
American homeschoolers can view this abuse of authority as a foreshadowing of the kinds of issues we would face if the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child were to be implemented in the United States. There are already numerous cases every year of state bureaucrats attempting to substitute their own decisions over that of competent parents, and even some instances where they have achieved this objective in cooperation with American judges. These cases often result in the involuntary separation of families which result in great trauma to both the children and their parents.
HSLDA calls on Sweden to return Domenic to his parents. Sweden's treatment of Christer, Annie, and Domenic Johansson is reprehensible and does not uphold the standards of freedom and due process that ought to be the hallmarks of a Western nation. We ask our members and friends to remember this family in their prayers that they will be able to persevere in the face of this overwhelming loss at the hands of their own government under such outrageous circumstances.


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or may be you had some such conscientious
scruples as influenced me, which you termed my ""poor apology." So you are really in the service
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if it is a matter of congratulation with you,"(not meaning at all to impeach your patriotism)"
so I will defer mine until I know more on
the subject - But then you know it was so
pleasant to live in the light of those "bright
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tear your-self away. But in earnest I am
agreeably surprised to hear that you are fit
for duty as Mr Pope wrote that he was afarid
your injury would prove a permanant one."
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Kinston Charter Academy closed Friday leaving parents looking for a new school for their kids.
Kinston Charter Academy sent out a letter to parents and students Thursday notifying them that the school would close its doors due to financial problems.
The school had 189 students in kindergarten through 8th grade and 59 staff members.
Jenna Pettiford has kids at the school and says she was shocked by the decision to close and the short notice they got. She says, " I feel like we should have got more notice. If they was going to close the school, they should've gone ahead and let us know that before we enrolled the kids."
Principal Ozie Hall says, "The Office of Charter Schools wrote a letter to Kinston Charter Academy informing the school of its intent to initiate revocation of the school's charter. The school received that letter late in the day on August 21, 2013 by certified mail. The school had no notice prior to the 21st of the intent to initiate revocation. The letter from the Office of Charter Schools did not inform us that the 21st would be the last day. The Kinston Charter Academy Board paid the late payments current. Then they met and decided to stay open and challenge the effort to close the school, but subsequently voted to close the school after the negative publicity caused the lender which had agreed to refinance the school's facilities pulled out because of the negative publicity and risk to the charter. This meant the school would not have sufficient funds to make it thru the year."
Hall says the deficit was $354,000 in 2007. By 2012 they had a $49,000 surplus or positive fund balance.
Pettiford is looking to move her children to Children's Village Academy because she wants them to stay in a charter school.
Hall says on Monday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the academy will be open to answer questions from parents regarding the transition.
After an uphill battle to clear up financial struggles, Kinston Charter Academy announced they are closing their doors.
Principal Ozie Hall Jr. said September 6th would be the last day of classes due to the school's "lack of financial resources and means to continue operations."
School workers tell WITN classes will be in session Thursday and Friday of this week, though the school has surrendered it's charter.
In a letter sent to parents, Principal Hall asked they immediately enroll displaced students in county public schools or nearby Children's Village Academy, a different charter school in Kinston.
A resolution passed by board members during a special meeting on September 3rd shows the Academy had $354,000 deficit in 2007 and was struggling.
The same resolution states the school managed accrue a surplus of $49,000 in 2012, but low performance and disciplinary challenges made the enrollment numbers dwindle.
In April of this year, the North Carolina Board of Education had delayed a decision whether to close the school.
Kinston Charter Academy will open Monday from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. to answer any questions from parents and aid in the transition.
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More than twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton and bipartisan group of leaders in the United States Congress created AmeriCorps, an innovative national service program designed to harness the energy and ingenuity of American citizens to address the nation's most pressing challenges. Since its founding, nearly one million men and women have stepped forward to serve, providing more than 1.2 billion hours of results-driven service to the nation.
AmeriCorps - managed by the Corporation for National and Community Service - provides critical services to communities in need, and develops the skills and experience of those who serve. The program helps to build a robust pipeline of 21st century leaders with a deep commitment to public service.
Education is the single largest priority area for AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps grantees are providing education services in one in ten public schools, serving students from one out of four persistently low achieving schools. These were referenced in CNCS' congressional budget justification that was published in February 2015.*
Likewise, City Year believes that national service has a powerful role to play in improving educational outcomes for students, and for the past two decades, the Corporation for National and Community Service has been a steadfast partner. The support the federal agency provides has allowed City Year to expand from one city (Boston) to 27 cities nationwide. More than 20,000 AmeriCorps members have served with City Year, delivering a combined 29 million hours of service. City Year AmeriCorps members provide intensive support to students who are struggling, and help students develop the right academic behaviors and mindsets so that they can succeed in school and in life.
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AmeriCorps is a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that engages more than 5 million Americans in service through its AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, Social Innovation Fund, and Volunteer Generation Fund programs, and leads the President's national call to service initiative, United We Serve.
950,000: Number of individuals who have served as AmeriCorps members since 1994.
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5:1: Interest in AmeriCorps far outpaces available positions. CNCS receives nearly 5 applications per every available position.
For more information visit www.americorps.gov.
Wendy Spencer leads the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the agency that administers AmeriCorps and other programs. Click here to read how she empowers citizens to address big challenges through service.
Click here to read an interview with AnnMaura Connolly, City Year's Chief Strategy Officer and the President of Voices for National Service, a coalition of hundreds of service organizations.
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There has been a raging debate over the last couple of days about Microsoft's latest promotional campaign for the Xbox One in association with partnered and affiliated YouTube personalities under the Machinima network. The debate hinges on the ethics of the marketing plan to shift the negative perspective of the Xbox One into a more positive light by getting YouTubers to positively promote the Xbox One and its software to their channel subscribers and the general public at large. Well, according to the rules of the Fair Trade Commission, this collaboration between Microsoft and Machinima could be classified as unlawful endorsements with deceptive intent.
Things originally got underway when an alleged e-mail from Machinima was leaked to the public thanks to NeoGaf. We reported on the scenario that caused quite a bit of ruckus between gamers, because some people felt that it was just Microsoft paying to market the Xbox One, like any other business out there. Others felt it was disingenuous and dishonest because trusted YouTube personalities would be using their reputation to promote the Xbox One for the sake of some monetary compensation.
Now, technically, promoting a product for a company is not illegal or unlawful. You can, in fact, endorse a product for a company for any number of reasons. Things get sketchy, however, when the rules are not properly adhered to regarding funded endorsements for advertisement purposes.
The supposed e-mail from Machinima – which is available for viewing in its entirety on Pastebin – makes it clear that the Xbox One promotional "Campaign" that started on January 14th and will run up until February 9th, will not tolerate negative or disparaging remarks against the Xbox One or Machinima. This was also alluded to in the Poptent post as noted on Ars Technica. As stated in section 3., labeled "Duties", sub-section 2...
" You may not say anything negative or disparaging about Machinima, Xbox One or any of its Games in your Campaign Video;"
The videos must contain, at a minimum, 30 seconds of game footage that's clearly labeled for the Xbox One, and the videos must be no less than 60 seconds in length. The YouTube content creator must also identify that the game is being played on the Xbox One, however, there is no mention in the agreement that the user must make it clear that they are being compensated directly for any positive inference made about, or to, the Xbox One.
In fact, Machinima forbids any registered partners or affiliates from making it known that they are being compensated for positive promotion of the Xbox One, with the e-mail stating under section 5., labeled "Confidentiality"...
"You agree to keep confidential at all times all matters relating to this Agreement, including, without limitation, the Promotional Requirements, and the CPM Compensation, listed above. You understand that You may not post a copy of this Agreement or any terms thereof online or share them with any third party (other than a legal or financial representative). You agree that You have read the Nondisclosure Agreement (attached hereto and marked as Exhibit "A") and You understand and agree to all of terms of the Nondisclosure Agreement, which is incorporated as part of this Agreement."
An NDA that prevents content creators from acknowledging paid-endorsements for products. That's exactly what that's saying.
This is in direct violation of the Federal Trade Commission's endorsement and testimonial advertising laws. As stated in the FTC guidelines under section 255.0 sub-section (b) on the official website...
"For purposes of this part, an endorsement means any advertising message (including verbal statements, demonstrations, or depictions of the name, signature, likeness or other identifying personal characteristics of an individual or the name or seal of an organization) that consumers are likely to believe reflects the opinions, beliefs, findings, or experiences of a party other than the sponsoring advertiser, even if the views expressed by that party are identical to those of the sponsoring advertiser. The party whose opinions, beliefs, findings, or experience the message appears to reflect will be called the endorser and may be an individual, group, or institution."
In this regards, it means that YouTubers expressly promoting the Xbox One for monetary gain, even if the view they are promoting does not directly reflect how they actually feel about the product, but is, instead, done for the purpose of endorsing the product due to monetary gain, falls under deceptive advertising. This rings especially true when the endorser doesn't make it explicitly clear that they are promoting the product from a company for the purpose of monetary gain.
An example of this kind of situation is used in Example 6 under section 255.5, where the FTC guide states...
"The producer's staff reviews the profiles of individuals interested in working as "extras" in commercials and identifies several who are interested in automobiles. The extras are asked to use the product for several weeks and then report back to the producer. They are told that if they are selected to endorse the product in the producer's infomercial, they will receive a small payment. Viewers would not expect that these"consumer endorsers"are actors who were asked to use the product or that they could appear in the commercial or that they were compensated. Because the advertisement fails to disclose these facts, it is deceptive."
If you think this is harmless or not that big a deal – "just marketing", as some say – keep in mind that this promotional campaign for the Xbox One has an estimated outreach of 1.25 million potential views. That may seem small to some people, but that's still enough to alter a lot of people's perception of a product when all those views are being filtrated through positive-only videos from YouTubers registered to make the Xbox One look good.
In fact, an even more exacting example was used to help drive home the point by the FTC, with Example 7 under section 255.5 clearly relating to this very exact same situation.
Let me blockquote the most important part...
"Accordingly, the blogger should clearly and conspicuously disclose that he received the gaming system free of charge. The manufacturer should advise him at the time it provides the gaming system that this connection should be disclosed, and it should have procedures in place to try to monitor his postings for compliance."
In this case, Machinima is expressly binding YouTube affiliates and partnered content creators from divulging the fact that they are being paid to promote the Xbox One in exchange for monetary gain. It's a contract designed to force YouTubers around an unlawful act of advertisement. This was done last year by Machinima during E3, but it seemed far less dubious than this latest case, as reported by Examiner.
Some YouTubers have also already started posting videos with the XB1M13 tag, whether they're affiliated with Machinima or not, such as christrout91, Ag Bean3r, MYM ALK4PON3 and Deniso, each of which has more than a thousand views on their XB1M13 videos. Interestingly, Game Society Pimps has the tag on a couple of videos, even though some of their Dead Rising 3 content is a month old. These are just a few of the many out there using the XB1M13 tag, and promoting the Xbox One and its games in a positive manner.
The thing is, even if a YouTube personality isn't associated with Machinima and starts tagging their videos and changing up their content to promote the Xbox One in hopes of gaining attention or trying to sway the network overlords to compensate them, it's a sub-conscious guerrilla marketing tactic to sway the shape of new media and how those looking for a little extra monetary gain will alter their tune in hopes of possibly gaining some kind of financial compensation out of it.
You have to admit, Microsoft is smart for planting a marketing seed rooted in the barest form of potential success: greed.
Some users have supposedly stated – though it has yet to be verified – that they reported this situation for unlawful endorsing, but we'll see if anything actually comes out of it. If you feel this is a form of unlawful advertising and endorsement, feel free to contact the Fair Trade Commission about the issue by filing a complaint.


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When and why did you start training for fighting? Six years ago, I wanted to learn to kick like Cro Cop (Not there yet).
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Do you have any heroes? My girlfriend
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I will admit, praying the never-ending prayer list when the church gathers can turn into a meaningless, painful mantra. This is not what I am proposing. I am encouraging you to pick a couple of significant afflictions in your church to highlight through public prayer for the purpose of informing and teaching your congregation how we should face these struggles. Praying for these serious situations informs the congregation of what is going on, but it also allows you to teach your congregation how to face these difficulties by the way you pray publicly.
When you pray, pray specific biblical truths. Praise God for his sovereign power over sickness and death. Thank God for the hope we have of physical wholeness and resurrection one day because of Christ. Pray for healing if it be God's will to heal. Pray for the gospel to be known in the lives of those who are suffering as Christ is magnified in our weakness. Pray for the medical personnel caring for them, yet recognizing God as the great healer. Then, pray that as a local church the gospel would be seen in our faithful care of these enduring this affliction.
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Sam Youngman: Which Paul Ryan will turn up for US vice-presidential debate?
REPUBLICAN Congressman Paul Ryan is a changed man.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate made a name for himself as a bold fiscal crusader, willing to make big, unpopular cuts to entitlements to get US finances in order.
But since Romney tapped him in August to join his campaign, the vice-presidential candidate has become more prudent, avoiding detailed discussion of his budget plan and earning the nickname "mini-Mitt" for displaying a cautious streak like his boss.
For Vice-President Joe Biden, a major question heading into his debate with Ryan in Kentucky tomorrow is "a choice of which Ryan we're going to see," a Biden adviser said.
Instead of promoting his own budget plan, which includes caps on future Medicare spending, Ryan is talking up Romney's more voter-friendly version, which has no spending limits, at campaign events.
"The vice-president has been studying up on (Ryan's) real positions and is prepared to call him out on his actual positions," said the adviser, who warned that "maybe there will be some dishonesty," from the Republican.
The stakes are high for Biden, who is charged with righting a listing ship after President Barack Obama's disastrous first debate against Romney in Denver last week, which lost him the momentum in polls ahead of the November 6 election.
Democrats have targeted Ryan's budget, a severe series of spending cuts, as proof that he would hurt seniors and the middle class.
One top Republican strategist said the best way for Biden to battle his opponent is to tease out the "wonky" Ryan, the congressman who loves mind-numbing fiscal details.
"If I was prepping against Ryan, I would be looking for issues that Romney and Ryan disagree on and try and pull out Ryan the wonk, as opposed to Ryan the running mate," the strategist said.
That would turn off television viewers not used to detailed policy arguments, and could give Biden a chance to paint the Republican team as holding different positions on Medicare.
The Romney campaign has worked overtime to emphasise that House Budget Committee chairman Ryan has fallen in line with the presidential candidate on fiscal issues.
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An image of Ryan as a congenial Midwesterner rather than a congressional budget hawk has been enhanced on the campaign trail, where he has worked to build a reputation for an easy manner with voters.
Much was made in the media of Ryan cutting short an interview this week with a local television reporter whose questions he did not like, but the Wisconsin congressman was in good spirits immediately after the interview, and did not storm off as was suggested.
Economic issues aside, Ryan is clearly taking his lead from Romney on foreign policy, a weak spot for the 42-year-old congressman against Biden, who spent more than 10 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
In Ohio on Monday, Ryan echoed much of the language and themes that the former Massachusetts governor laid out in an attack on Obama's handling of world events during a speech at the Virginia Military Institute.
"The president is not offering the kind of spirited and principled leadership we need to create jobs here at home or to keep us safe," Ryan said.
At a rally, he pressed home criticism of Obama over the killing of four Americans in Libya, a favorite foreign policy attack line of Romney.
Ryan told voters to just turn on their televisions: "You will likely see the failures of the Obama foreign policy unfolding before our eyes," Ryan said. "You see if you look around the world, what we are witnessing is the unravelling of the Obama foreign policy."
Leading up to tomorrow's debate, Ryan retreated to Florida to prepare, spending yesterday morning focused on policy briefings before switching to debate prep.
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I recently read a story that stated that 75 percent of Americans are not old enough to remember the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
That's a chilling statistic for us old-schoolers. This no doubt means that most of you do not remember the 1967 Red Sox.
The '67 Sox are a topic for today because the 2013 Red Sox have made themselves the most endearing, clutch, unlikely, lovable bunch since the fabled 1967 edition of this 113-year-old franchise.
The '67 Sox were the Impossible Dreamers, the Cardiac Kids, the team that took us from black-and-white to color; the team that changed everything when Red Sox Nation was still a collection of self-governed colonies.
And now we have the 2013 Red Sox. The Cardiac Adults. The ZZ Top/House of David/John Lennon ("Man you been a naughty boy. You let your face grow long") All-Stars.
This year's Red Sox team is a gift.
The Sox thrashed the Yankees again Saturday, taking a nationally televised 5-1 joust on the strength of eight spectacular innings from smilin' Jon Lester. The Sox have won eight consecutive series. They own the best record in baseball (91-59) and have a chance to become only the second Red Sox team in 98 years to win 100 games. This team's final record is likely to represent the Red Sox' greatest non-war, non-strike season turnaround in franchise history.
Winning baseball games "in exciting fashion" (kudos, Tom Werner) is not this easy. Putting beatdowns on the New York Yankees is not easy. Running away with the American League East and clinching home field throughout the playoffs is not supposed to be this easy.
And the 2013 Red Sox are doing it day after incredible day.
A single baseball season does not ordinarily come with this many memorable moments. It generally does not work this way.
A young fan who started following Red Sox baseball in 2013 must expect a miracle almost every day.
Hmmmm. Rays and Yankees on the docket this week. Which Abe Lincoln lookalike is going to hit the winning grand slam tonight? Will it be Mike Carp or Jarrod Saltalamacchia?
Comebacks, ninth-inning rallies, and walkoff wins have become the norm. Domination of the Bronx Bombers (12-6 against the Yankees this year) is ho-hum stuff. Magic every day. It is expected.
Nothing about this makes any sense and everything about it is amazing.
Being really good is one thing; being really good after being really bad is another matter altogether. At this hour last year the Red Sox could not wait to lose. While the Sox quit and stumbled to a 69-win season, clown manager Bobby Valentine was freezing out his coaches (and players) and picking his adult son up at the airport on company time.
Under John Farrell, the 2013 Sox might improve by 30 games. They might go from 69 wins to 99 wins. Not even the '67 Red Sox did this. The Impossible Dreamers won 92 one year after winning 72. They won the pennant two years after losing 100 games. In a four-team race (only one of 10 American League teams made it to the postseason), they produced a freeze-frame moment every other day.
Old-time New Englanders still recite Jose Tartabull's throw (ChiSox outfielder Ken Berry was nailed at home plate on a great tag by Elston Howard), the Sox' Aug. 20 comeback from 8-0 against the Angels to win, 9-8, and Yaz going 7 for 8 in the final two games at home against the Twins. We still remember Rich Rollins's popup to Rico Petrocelli for the final out of the regular season. We remember the Sox in their Fenway locker room later that day, listening to honey-throat Ernie Harwell delivering the good news from Motown over the clubhouse radio (Angels over Tigers in the second game of a doubleheader).
It can never be like that again. The '67 Sox won the pennant after nearly two decades of mediocrity and bad baseball. The '67 team drew a lofty 1.7 million fans two years after the Sox drew 652,201 for an entire season. In '67 we watched the Triple Crown summer of Carl Yastrzemski unfold. Those were days when fans pulled their cars over at the entrance to the Callahan tunnel because the Sox were rallying and there was no radio reception in the tunnel.
The 2013 Red Sox will never own the town the way the '67 team owned the town, but these long faces are no less worthy. John Henry is Tom Yawkey. Ben Cherington is Dick O'Connell. David Ortiz is Yaz. Jacoby Ellsbury is Reggie Smith. Mike Carp is Dalton Jones. Ryan Dempster is Lee Stange. David Ross is Mike Ryan. Brandon Workman is Gary Waslewski. Joe Castiglione is Ned Martin.
There is no 46-year-old comparison for Koji Uehara. From the back of the bullpen, he is doing things none of us ever have seen.
We are now 12 months removed from the worst local baseball season in 47 years. And with two weeks left in the regular season, the Red Sox look like the best team in baseball.
Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @dan_shaughnessy.


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Anyone else got any Etape experiences from the weekend they'd like to tell us about? If you have post them on here or in the Etape forum topic from last week
What's the best way to start a major sportive? Relaxed, confident, positive. How did I feel on Sunday in the start pen of the 2010 Etape du Tour? Nervous, apprehensive, and a little bit scared.
That's because my Etape record is not exactly stellar. In 2007, I had a stomach bug and only just finished. Last year I had a major mechanical. So I decided to give it one more go; this was my last chance to do a decent Etape and lay some demons to rest.
And what a route to choose: the same as one of the hardest stages in the Tour de France, with around 4000m of climbing on the 181km from Pau to the top of the Col du Tourmalet, the highest road in the Pyrenees. It'll be a killer for the pros, and it was a killer for Etape riders too.
But more of that later.
The day began with a pre-dawn ride to the starting pens. By sunrise, we were all corralled according to number: VIPs at 1 - 100, elite riders at 101 - 999, everyone else at 1000 to 10,000. Everyone, that is, except the French riders who blatantly jumped the queue, ski-lift style, and bypass the pens completely.
But all was forgiven at 7am. The wait was over, the start-gun fired, and we rolled out of town. I was still feeling apprehensive, but very glad to get going.
The first few kilometres meandered through the suburbs with drains, grit and speed-bumps to contend with, so focus was essential. And you had to feel sorry for the guys who'd already punctured so close to the start.
Outside Pau we got on a smooth main road, with the usual melee of riders – some taking it easy with 160km still to go, others weaving at high speed through the field as if the finish was just round the corner.
On the route profile, the first 50km looked more or less flat, but that's only compared to the big mountains. In reality it was a rolling route with a few hills, and even a cheeky little Cat 4 climb which had me reaching for the little ring.
The first big ascent of the day was the Col de Marie-Blanque. A new surface made the average 7% gradient more bearable, and the temperature was still cool, so there were no major problems here, although the road steepened to 10% and narrowed in the last few km, forcing some riders into the ditch, while a concertina effect at the back meant many had to stop and walk.
I topped the summit about two and a half hours into the ride, and probably about half-way down the field, going by the number of people who'd overtaken me. But I was feeling OK, and knew there was still a long way to go. My overall aim was to simply get round without repeating any of the previous year's disasters, but I also had a target time of 10 hours and was well on schedule for that.
The descent off the Marie-Blanque was beautiful, with not too many hairpins, and lots of smooth curves allowing a swift descent. Too swift for some though; there were several accidents here through the day.
Another 40km of rolling roads took us to the start of the second big hill of the day, the Col du Soulor. This was a different beast, longer and with steeper sections than the Marie-Blanque, and much hotter too, especially the last third of the climb, when we left the forest behind and were riding though mountain pastures, exposed to the direct rays of the mid-day sun.
But with flowers in the meadows, and the high peaks of Pyreneans all around, it was a beautiful view. Shame we didn't have time to stop and take it in, but by this point we were over halfway on distance. Riders near the front wanted to keep going to get a good time. Riders near the back wanted to keep going to avoid the dreaded broom wagon and voiture d'elimination.
Luckily, we were all helped by the huge crowds of people, clapping and shouting encouragement. It would have been nice to think they were there just for us, but with the real Tour coming through three days after the Etape, these fans were already bagging the best spots. But the cheering supporters gave us humble sportivistes a taste of the pro experience.
The other winners on the Soulor were the local sheep. They tucked in merrily to the energy bars dropped by weary cyclists, and were even licking up spilt gels. I had visions of performance-enhanced moutons charging round the hillside for the rest of the afternoon.
But there was no time for idle musings. If I kept going at this pace, I had a good chance of beating my 10-hour target. So I maintained a steady rhythm to the summit, and then was helped by another lovely descent down to the town of Argeles-Gazost, where the road started gently climbing again up towards the Tourmalet.
The next town was Luz, where we passed the '20km to go' sign. Looking at my watch, I reckoned I was well on for 10 hours, and might even get under 9. I tried upping my cadence a tad, but after a few km I was worried about blowing a gasket too early, so backed off.
But the portents were still good. By now, riders were starting to fade and even at this pace I was reeling in quite a lot who'd passed me earlier in the day.
Other riders did more than fade. They came to a dead stop in the middle of the road, already exhausted. I saw one poor soul simply keel over, not even having the energy to unclip from his pedals.
Above the village of Bareges, it was just 10km to go. That's 6 miles. Should be a walk in the park. But the road was averaging 10% and was just endless. If ever I was in doubt, now I knew why this is the hardest climb in the Pyrenees. The minutes counted down as usual, but distance seemed to expand, and the kilometres crept by like I was riding in treacle.
With 5km to go, we were way above the trees and out in a rocky landscape. The heat was intense. My feet hurt, sweat was stinging my eyes, and my stomach was churning after one too many gels. But there were even more crowds of supporters here, and I grabbed every bottle being passed up, pouring water over my head to try and cool down.
The metres crawled by. My muscles screamed. I screamed back: Don't stop. Don't stop.
With 2 km to go, I'd reached the final zig-zags. On the penultimate bend the gradient eased momentarily. Blessed relief. Just enough to ease the pain.
Then it was 500m, 400m, 300m to go. The crowds were three deep behind the barricades, waving flags and shouting Allez Allez. In my euphoric and mildly deranged state it really did feel like I was riding the Tour de France.
With every ounce of energy gone, I reached the summit and crossed the finish line. It was over. I'd done it.
I freewheeled down to a patch of grass and collapsed. Completely shattered, but totally ecstatic. I'd achieved my aim of getting round without mishap, beaten my 10-hour target, and even got under nine hours. My final chip time was 8.46 - just six minutes outside the silver standard for my age group.
Could I have gone any faster and grabbed those six minutes? I don't think I could've ridden any faster, although maybe I could have trimmed some time with snappier refuelling stops.
But do I care? No. After two previous disasters, I'm just glad to have finished in one piece, delighted have beaten my target, and overjoyed at getting under nine hours. Scraping near silver was an unexpected bonus.
For me, this Etape went like a dream. The demons are well and truly quelled.
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David, great account that really captures the spirit of the day. For me, the first 100 miles were probably the best I've ever cycled. Glorious. And the last 12 miles up the Tourmalet were total agony. Two hours behind you, my demons are not quelled and I feel called back to tackle it again.
Here's my account:
(Tony, feel free to use any of it on this site.)
Fabulous crowds. A bit surreal on the Tourmalet as the torture sets in. A grinning drunk German bloke at Super Bareges with too much breath, a can of beer and a vuvuzela (swine). There was a fun group of skinny shirtless Shameless style Mancs with some Happy Mondays Baggy groove music half way up shouting everyone on. You'll be able you spot them on Thursday as there is a little RV camp of Union Jacks. I recognised another pest from last year. A weird bloke with a sound system van. He looks like Burlesconi and dances around to truly awful camp Euro beat in front of you. "MOi et Tu! TU Et Moi!.." On passing a RV with a bike outside the door opens and a skinny Buster Keaton clone in nothing but red bib shorts and a straw boater climbs out with an iced drink in his hand, sneers at me and flounces off to check the view. All this Dante's Inferno nightmare was cured in the last 100 metres where the road curves slightly to the right so you can't quite see the crest. There was a stunning looking English girl in tight shorts and a very posh husky voice all yearning and pleading "Come on.... Only 100 metres left. You're almost there and done soooo well". I told my wife this and she says I was probably hallucinating...
Looking back I realise I was lucky. After the frustrating enforced walk up the Marie Blanque (sheer weight of traffic) we abandoned any thought of beating last year's times and took it carefully. I still had a shunt with someone just after the Soulor. He threw his chain (lots of that going on the last couple of days..) and went down under my wheels. That was in a village and an allen key sorted my bars out. On the long descent to the valley floor from La Mongie I got a front puncture but was only doing 25mph and had enough straight to brake in a straight line before hitting the next corner and flying off into the gorge.
Scenery - Has to be seen to be believed. Cycle heaven.
More women cyclists this year rather than wall to wall Moaca's - Good.
More wobbly cyclists as well - Bad.
Pau - gorgeous place.
Number of Rapha shirts - down on last year.
Team Sky worship? Well.. After shadowing a set of 4 guys in Sky kit for the last 40 miles. I come around a bend on the Tourmalet and there is an RV with a big "Come On Wiggo" poster with Sky branding and that portrait of Wiggo looking like he's just been goosed. Two girls in Sky kit sitting on chairs and an old white haired coach type (in Sky shirt and trackie bottoms and trainers) waiting to pour water over riders. But not just any riders - only Team Sky clad riders! It's obvious I'm British with a Condor bike and "Dolan" Liverpool Mercury kit but after soaking the Sky rider in front he looks at me; I smile and steer towards him and he frowns and pointedly turns heel! Bloody Groupies... I hope Wiggo tells him to bugger off tomorrow
I did have the satisfaction of the company of my friend who texted me on finishing last year to say it apparently wasn't as bad as I had made out... After I'd stopped for him a few times on the Soulor and he'd begged half of my last energy bar at Super Bareges I made him laugh when he suggested he might not make the finish. "Not sure you can finish??! Oh yes you f**king well will! I f**king told you it was hard but you wouldn't listen would you....? He's done the Marmotte and L2P back to back last year and thought this years' Etape was as hard as the Marmotte. I also spotted my French nemesis's some French club squad with cows on their backs walking for the second year in a row. What is the French for schadenfreude I wonder...
I will definitely go back to the Pyrenees and spend a week doing a climb a day but L' Etape is now over for me. I realise now after 2 in a row that I'm 20 years too late to improve. I could spend every spare minute training and still not get under last years 8.5 hours. It's too much pain with too many other riders to want to do it for the scenery when you can do the ride another time without the stress.
I would however thoroughly recommend anyone doing it once - just for the sheer glamour and spectacle. Some tough Geordie stopped with us at the finish to have his picture taken by us. He then paused and said " I feel like crying..." He was right. It is one of those experiences..
Congratulations to those that took part reading this. David: What a relief - and what a time. Chapeau! I have 10 days in Mallorca booked for next year instead and intend to ride around some hills as a double Etape veteran should. Pretending I'm a contender without actually having to rise out of the saddle and try to prove it anymore.
My account is here:
that's rotten luck guy, great write-up though.
Anyone else got any Etape experiences from the weekend they'd like to tell us about? If you have post them on here or in the Etape forum topic from last week
Great write up, it sure was some day.
There is a report of the 2010Etape du Tour along with some photos and video clips on my blog.


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Doha, Qatar, March 13, 2014 – The Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) held a Cool Volley event at the Al Arabi Club in Doha on March 1 with the aim of encouraging young local children to take up the sport of volleyball.
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