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9 Mohsin Hamid Quotes To Inspire You To Keep Resisting
Every once in a while, an novel comes along that is so timely, so visionary, so essential to the moment it is published in that it is almost as if the author who wrote it could foresee the future. Right now, that book is Moshin Hamid's Exit West, and its author has enough words of wisdom to inspire us all to keep speaking up, keep resisting, and keep going, no matter what the current administration throws at us. If you want to know what I mean, these quotes from Mohsin Hamid will help you survive the next Trump tactic. If anyone has the road map to our future, it's this inspirational and prophetic writer.
The Pakistani author of three other novels and a book of essays, Mohsin Hamid is a truly gifted writer with the uncanny ability to use fiction to not mere entertain and educate readers, but reach into their souls and touch the most tender parts of their humanity. His latest novel, Exit West, is a timely and crucial work of impeccable fiction that perfectly captures the moment it was published in: raw, terrifying, and yet strangely optimistic.
A powerful novel that speaks directly to the realities of the current global refugee crisis, it follows the magical and captivating love story of Naida and Saeed, two young people caught up in the middle of impending civil war who will do whatever it takes to find a place to call home. Relevant and illuminating, Exit West will help you not only understand and empathize with the realities of what we see played out on the news every night, but inspire you to take action.
From breathtaking book passages to insightful interviews, here are nine Mohsin Hamid quotes that will inspire you to keep resisting:
Exit West by Moshin Hamid, $13, Amazon
"I hope as I get older my ability to master fear will increase, but even the mastery is transient. Mastering fear is not something you figure out once and then you're good for. It's something that happens on an ongoing basis. So, writing and coming up with these stories is the attempt in the moment, and hopefully along the way one does learn, and is able to be comfortable and less frightened."
"Fiction can allow us to have an emotional read of the situation in a way that we find difficult when we're discussing things logically. We talk about our feelings about migrants and we're talking about the tribal, political affiliation. And fiction can get around that in an emotional sense, but perhaps even more significantly, in this moment, it's very important for us to imagine new futures. We are surrounded by nostalgic political visions— 'Make America Great Again' and 'Go back to the Caliphate of the Eighth Century.' Brexit in the EU… And we can't go back. And things perhaps weren't as good as we thought they were. So, if we're going to resist this nostalgic political bigotry and xenophobia, we have to start imagining a future that is actually optimistic and exciting to us, and fiction can do that because fiction is not constrained by what is and what was. It imagines what could be. And that's hugely important. We talked about the migrant crisis, but it's also the migrant opportunity. A new kind of world can come into existence in the next one or two centuries, which might be magnificent. With all kinds of people coming together—new music, new food, new art, new economics. We have to be open to those possibilities and not simply clinging to the past."
"When he prayed he touched his parents, who could not otherwise be touched, and he touched a feeling that we are all children who lose our parents, all of us, every man and woman and boy and girl, and we too will all be lost by those who came after us and love us, and this loss unites humanity, unites every human being."
— Exit West
4. "I understand that people are afraid of migrants. If you're in a wealthy country, it's understandable that you might fear the arrival of lots of people from far away. But that fear is like racism: it's understandable, but it needs to be countered, diminished, resisted. People are going to move in vast numbers in the coming decades and centuries. Sea levels will rise, weather patterns will change, and billions will move. We need to figure out how to build a vision for this coming reality that isn't a disaster, that is humane and even inspiring. Part of the political paralysis we see from America to Europe stems from a desire to pretend mass movement isn't coming. But mass movement is the history of our species and it is the likely future of our species."
"Saeed and Nadia knew what the buildup to conflict felt like, and so the feeling that hung over London was not new to them, and they faced it not with bravery, exactly, and not with panic either, not mostly, but instead with a resignation shot through with moments of tension, with tension ebbing and flowing, and when the tension receded there was calm, the calm that is called the calm before the storm, but is in reality the foundation of a human life, waiting there for us between the steps of our march to our mortality, when we are compelled to pause and not act but be."
— Exit West
"And so I wanted to say, "What if the migration apocalypse occurs and it isn't an apocalypse at all?" Maybe we will still find ways to be happy and for our children and grandchildren to thrive and the world to move on. I guess the world in the novel is one that I wanted to put forward, not as the likeliest outcome, but as a way to say, maybe the thing we're so terrified of isn't as terrifying as we think."
7"We think about the saga to get to a place, but often that's just a tiny part of the story, even though it gets so much of our attention. The bigger part of the story is what happens before you move, and what happens when you get to the place you think you're going to. The few days or weeks of perilous transit — although it seems like a great story, the stuff of great narratives — actually isn't really the experience. The real experience starts when you arrive."
"The reason why we have storytelling is because we don't want to be bound by what was and what is. We have to imagine what could be… I think what storytellers could do is begin to imagine new ways of being and new places we can all go to."
— Late Night with Seth Meyers
"To love is to enter into the inevitability of one day not being able to protect what is most valuable to you."
— Exit West

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"Nodeless multiband superconductivity in stoichiometric single-crystalline CaKFe4As4", Physical Review B, vol. 95, p. 100502, 2017.,
"Anisotropic thermodynamic and transport properties of single-crystalline CaKFe4As4", Physical Review B, vol. 94, p. 064501, 2016.,
"Anisotropic type-I superconductivity and anomalous superfluid density in OsB2", Physical Review B, vol. 94, p. 144506, 2016.,
"Complex superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric compound Re6Zr", Physical Review B, vol. 94, p. 144515, 2016.,
"Doping evolution of the superconducting gap structure in the underdoped iron arsenide Ba1-xKxFe2As2 revealed by thermal conductivity", Physical Review B, vol. 93, p. 214519, 2016.,
"Enhancement of superconducting transition temperature by pointlike disorder and anisotropic energy gap in FeSe single crystals", Physical Review B, vol. 94, p. 064521, 2016.,
"Expansion of the tetragonal magnetic phase with pressure in the iron arsenide superconductor Ba1-xKxFe2As2", Physical Review B, vol. 93, p. 144401, 2016.,
"Interband coupling and nonmagnetic interband scattering in +/- s superconductors", Physical Review B, vol. 93, p. 224515, 2016.,
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Financial Flexibility, Future Chicago Cubs Trade Activity, and the Impending IFA Period
Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein yesterday discussed a range of topics with the media, and you can read his thoughts here, here, here, here, and here, among other places. His comments inform the following, and are worth a read.
Can and will the Chicago Cubs make significant in-season additions to help spur along what looks to be a playoff-caliber performance in 2015?
That'll be among the big questions sorted out over the coming month, as the young team continues to play well in the face of a tough schedule and a tough division.
Although the Cubs are happy about the team's performance this year, Theo Epstein explained that they'll never be satisfied enough to stop trying to improve. The first order of business, if Epstein had to rank? As he's mentioned before, it would probably be in the starting pitching area, where the Cubs have dealt with some injuries in their reserves. Moreover, as performance in the 5-spot (and Tsuyoshi Wada's injury) has shown, the Cubs will need more starting pitchers than the six they've used so far this year. That's just the way baseball goes.
Epstein even said the preference was to address the issue before it becomes a problem, so you can expect the Cubs to keep exploring the starting pitching market as we round into July.
Sprinkled into some of the articles about Epstein's comments is a thread questioning whether the Cubs will have the financial flexibility to make a major mid-season addition. Epstein's general response to those kinds of questions is to avoid, as you can see in the articles linked above, saying that he'd rather other teams not know what the Cubs are or are not able to do financially.
That makes a lot of sense – imagine a situation where the Cubs are in negotiations to acquire a certain player with a big contract. Imagine that the Cubs don't have plenty of financial flexibility to take that player on, but the other team wants to eat salary in exchange for a better prospect. If the other team knew the Cubs had little flexibility, they could really put on the prospect squeeze. Conversely, if the Cubs did have plenty of money (they did go after James Shields in February, after all), the other team would know that it's no big deal for the Cubs to take on salary, making that a weak negotiating point for the Cubs.
Then there's the other thing about financial flexibility and saying too much about it right now: it might not be entirely clear just yet.
While we know that baseball operations is given a budget at the start of the year, and we know that it tends not to ebb and flow along with that year's revenues (which instead more typically impact the following year's baseball operations budget – once expenses are paid, all remaining revenues go to baseball ops), we can't yet know exactly how that budget will be spent in a given year. Yes, the vast majority of baseball ops outlays for a current year are locked up and predictable by March, but some things – like midseason trades, buying or selling – are not knowable until they arrive.
For the Chicago Cubs in 2015, there's a potentially really big expenditure that isn't yet precisely knowable because it hasn't yet arrived: international free agency.
In the Summer of 2013, the Cubs spent lavishly on international free agents – i.e., prospects from outside the United States, not already playing in professional leagues – topping more than $10 million in total expenditures. In so doing, the Cubs blew out their MLB-imposted bonus pool, and were prohibited from signing any international free agents for more than $250,000 during the next period.
That prohibition expires when the new IFA period opens on July 2. That's in 10 days.
Rumors are swirling that the Cubs will once again blow out their IFA bonus pool, which could mean significant expenditures in the 2015 baseball operations budget aren't yet locked up.
Just how significant those expenditures are might depend on how well the Cubs do with various Cuban prospects who aren't yet committed, because that's pretty hard to project right now. I'm sure the Cubs' front office has a better sense of it than most, but remember: the explosion of Cuban free agents this year has really changed things. Unlike Dominican and Venezuelan free agents/prospects who are essentially locked into informal agreements long before July 2, much of where the Cuban players will go, how much they'll cost, and how open they are to being persuaded is unknown. Many of the priciest (by projection) Cuban free agents were not known to be available back when budgets were being formed and traditional free agents were being signed back in January and February.
Estimates on bonuses for many Cuban prospects vary wildly, and it's not at all difficult to imagine a scenario – especially when you consider the 100% overage tax for blowing out your IFA pool – where the Cubs right now are projecting that they could spend anywhere from $8 to $30 million in international free agency. That's entirely hypothetical/speculative/merely an example, but it shows you what could be a huge range when it comes to in-season spending. That could easily impact the path the Cubs take in the trade market, and the balance they strike between using financial assets and prospect assets to make acquisitions.
In other words, then, even if the front office knows that it has quite a bit of financial flexibility right now in the baseball operations budget, they might not be sure how much of that they'll be able to devote to midseason acquisitions as opposed to international free agents.
I'd expect we'll see a serious flurry of IFA signing/rumor activity there in the first week or two of the new period starting July 2, as teams like the Cubs try to nail down exactly how much they're going to be spending in IFA, and how much they'll have available to spend before July 31 on the trade market.


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Kansas City Fed Launches New Job Market Index, Sees Improvements
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City launched Thursday a new gauge to track labor market conditions, which signaled in its first outing a hopeful outlook for hiring in the U.S. economy.
The bank said that its Kansas City Fed Labor Market Conditions Indicators activity measure moved to -0.6 in July, something the report deemed a "substantial improvement" from the low of -2.1 seen in December 2009, in the depths of the greatest economic and financial downturn seen since the Great Depression. The new gauge also tracks labor market momentum, and found gains there as well.
The Kansas City Fed said the biggest contributors to improvement in the job market were the rising number of job openings. The boost in labor-market momentum owes in significant part to gains in factory jobs as measured by a monthly survey conducted by the Institute for Supply Management.


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The Group's first report examines child and family income support paymentsThe Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D. has today (20 February 2013) published the first report of the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare on child and family income support payments. Welcoming the publication of the report, Minister Burton said: "The importance of child and family income supports is underlined by the fact that in 2013 my Department will spend over €2.8 billion on supports to families and children through payments such as Child Benefit, the Family Income Supplement, qualified child increases on weekly social welfare payments, and the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance. This accounts for around 14 per cent of expenditure on social protection.I welcome the Group's firm recommendation that the universal nature of Child Benefit be maintained – namely that payments are provided in respect of all children. Since becoming Minister for Social Protection, I have strongly defended the universality of Child Benefit because the State must value every child and support families. The fact that every family receives Child Benefit, regardless of their employment status, also ensures that there is not a disincentive to work. This report makes important recommendations on how Child Benefit could be maintained as a universal payment while reforming child and family income supports so as to better target those who need them most."The report of the Advisory Group was presented to the Minister for Social Protection in 2012 and was subsequently considered by a Ministerial Steering Group comprising Minister Burton, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.Ms Ita Mangan, Chair of the Advisory Group, setting out the main conclusions of the Advisory Group's report said: "The Advisory Group recommended that Child Benefit should continue to be paid on a universal basis. However, the Group felt it is necessary to better target support to low income families in order to reduce poverty and minimise labour market disincentives or improve incentives. In this regard, the Group examined the (i) taxation of child benefit and (ii) a 'two-tier child income support payment' proposal." Ms Mangan noted that while the Group concluded that there is no one perfect method to target child income support payments, there was a strong preference in the Group towards a two-tier child income support payment approach because of its potential to rationalise the overall child income support system while minimising work disincentives.Under the two-tier payment approach, the Advisory Group suggests rebalancing and integrating child and family income support payments as follows:
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The 2016 Toast to Literacy event was a wonderful event supporting a wonderful cause - early literacy! Your participation helped children recieve books, directly to their home. Great food & beverages along with live music from the A+trio made for a fun evening.
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If you've been at Ohio State for a year or two, there's a decent chance that you've known someone who has studied abroad. There's also a decent chance they've described the experience as "life-changing" or with some other grandiose epithet.
Over six weeks this summer, I was lucky enough to take two classes in London. It was a brief experience, but it was life-changing. And not because of some great cultural learning I underwent — London is about as cosmopolitan as it gets, and not the kind of place that's going to pull an American out of his or her comfort zone.
The life-changing bit came from what I learned about myself, even though it took a while for the lesson to sink in.
During the first five weeks, I felt like I had discovered a paradise of Western society. The architecture was fantastic, the streets were always clean, the people were nice and helpful.
London had so much to offer, and there was no downtime. A typical day consisted of a three-hour class, followed by a trip to a museum, a play at a West End theater in the evening and typical college shenanigans late at night.
I experienced a lot in a short amount of time. I got to go to Wimbledon, hike the White Cliffs of Dover at dawn and even drunkenly throw teabags off a boat into the River Thames on the Fourth of July.
Then, in the final week, I had an epiphany at 4:30 a.m.
I was headed back to my dorm on a bus after a long night out. That's when I saw a different side of London. 4:30 a.m. is right around the time that wealthy white Europeans leave the streets. And it's the time when poorer immigrants started to hop on the bus to head to work.
They waited stony-faced at bus stops, lugging backpacks on their shoulders and trying to rub the sleep out of their eyes.
I had been staying in an affluent neighborhood of London where everyone always seemed cheery and optimistic, but when I got on that night bus, my unerasable excitement suddenly put me in the minority. Everyone else desperately tried to catch a few more minutes of sleep before what I imagine were long tedious days ahead.
These people didn't share my elation of being in London. They didn't have the luxury to.
I realized then that the great joy I had everyday had less to do with the city I was in and more to do with my good fortune.
I came to London with less money than most of the peers in my program, but I had plenty enough still to enjoy a lot of things.
But of course, money can't buy happiness. It can help, but attitude matters more.
My time in London was also so grand because of the conscious choices I made to make the most of each minute.
I was a tourist. Tourists always have fun.
In part, it's because we're lucky to be tourists. We have the time and financial means to do whatever we want.
Tourists also have fun because they have an attitude conducive to it. When I went to London, my environment changed, but so did I.
I became more adventurous. I didn't always look to do the thing that fit my interests, but instead willfully threw myself into any new situations I could find.
To be a tourist is like being an infant again — gently probing the world with wide-eyed curiosity. Some of the experiences abroad were fantastic, others were a little dull. But I was never bored.
But always, there was a great serenity — the sort of serenity I had never gotten from binge-watching "House of Cards."
My approach to each day there made me reconsider the approach I take toward each day in Columbus. Columbus is no London. It's a decent city, but of course, its offerings are a little lackluster compared to what a global city has available.
Still, there is so much to do that we should never become complacent. If your leisure time is monotonous, it's not too hard to break from it. You just have to change what you expect out of it. Just be interested in the unknown and don't expect blue skies all the time.
There are hundreds of restaurants in this city I have yet to try. Dozens of parks I've not yet explored. Art galleries, plays and all sorts of other goodies I've yet to experience, and thousands of people I've yet to meet.
Here, too, in Columbus, I'm lucky enough to have the means to be a tourist. Finally, I have the needed perspective. I can't wait to get started.
So if you have the means and time, I encourage you to make things happen, and let them happen to you. Instead of grabbing Chipotle twice a week, try grabbing a meal at that sketchy diner down the street you've always wondered about.
Be a tourist in your own city. You'll never know what you'll find.


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We all know that "life is short" especially after you have reached "crone's" age. At age four, one year is 25% of your life. A long time. At sixty it is 1.66%. A very short time. It certainly behooves all of us to be grateful for each moment and savour each day.
Went to the Adams River Salmon Run yesterday. The largest return of salmon to their spawning grounds in over 100 years. The circle of life and the struggle was evident with every step along the path. The long journey from ocean, up the rivers to the spawning streams only to die ~ giving new life. I was humbled to have witnessed it. The sadness in their death gave me a renewed appreciation for my life and a vow to make every moment count. Like a fine aged wine, I will savour every sip and be a connoisseur of my own existence and continue to create a vision.
In the words of Melody Beattie
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
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On two evenings in early November, the families of the children in Religious Education grades 1-6 at St. Joseph, Somers Point, came together for an interactive, intergenerational learning experience called the Trail to Sainthood. The religious education program at St. Joseph is a traditional classroom based program, but Jackie Baum, CRE, occasionally providing some new intergenerational programs for the families of the religious education students.
Each of the families came on just one night- their regular night for religious ed. classes. Families were notified well in advance so that parents knew and were prepared to stay for the whole event with their children. Instead of a regular class session, the families stayed for about 3 hours for this special event. There were approximately 35 people volunteers who played saints or took other parts in the 4 different sections of the event. Each event took place in a different room. Families spent about 30 minutes in each of the four sections.
During the Living Tour of the Saints families took a tour through the church visiting about 16 saints. Each saint, dressed accordingly, spent two minutes talking about their lives and then handed out a small token for the families to remember them. St. Peter gave each person a Swedish fish, and St. Bernadette gave out bandaids to represent healing. The one exception was St. Vincent de Paul, who collected canned goods from his visitors.
In another room, a reporter from I Witness News, a production of station WCOS (Communion of Saints) conducted Interviews with the Saints. After the reporter finished interviewing the 8 or 9 saints present, the kids had a chance to ask some of their own questions.
Everybody needs a snack break, so why not Dine with the Saints? In an excellent show of hospitality, St. Julian greeted families as St. Martha and St. Elizabeth of Hungary served up refreshments.
Sr. Dot Urban, SSJ, Pastoral Associate at St. Katharine Drexel parish, was the featured guest speaker of the night. Her talk on the Trail to Sainthood emphasized that we are all living saints, but that these special people we call "Saint" have led extraordinary lives. As a result of the lives they led, these people were recommended for sainthood. Sr. Dot explained to the families present the steps in the canonization process.
In the past, there have been Advent and Lent events for religious education families at St. Joseph. For those events, the parents only participated in the first half, and came back after the second half to pick up their children. This is the first time parents were asked to participate through the whole event. The Trail to Sainthood is new this year and because of all the positive feedback, Jackie says there will likely be a similar event planned next year. St. Joseph's Religious Education program is working on making a transition from the traditional classroom model to an intergenerational model.
If you are interested in planning a similar event, you can contact Jackie for more information at firstname.lastname@example.com or 609.927.3302×24.


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Josh (Chris Gethard of Upright CItizens Brigade) loses his big city banking job and has to move back home and onto his parents' couch in Big Lake, PA. He reunites with Glenn (Horatio Sanz, "Saturday Night Live"), his childhood best friend who's fresh out of minimum security prison, and their favorite high school teacher Mr. Chris Henkel (Chris Parnell, "SNL," "30 Rock"), all the while dealing with a Dad who's trying to kick him out of the house, a Mom who's maybe taking too many diet pills, and a seemingly dorky 13-year-old brother who's secretly running a small criminal empire.
Josh needs to new job and move off his parents' couch. But right now he and his friends are too busy with iguanas, fighting bears, Serbian death metal enthusiasts, the Hooded Beast, and, of course, Lee Harvey Osworld.


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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
(or, according to the traffic report, there's an inferno on the M4)
And thus, the first direct attempt at comedy by the makers of Doctor Who ends with Nero strumming his lute whilst Rome burns in a scene that has been proven to have never actually happened, or at least is been dismissed as wildly apocryphal. It's also the first time in a historical story that the producers have played with the history a lot more fast and loose than in previous stories, all in the name of comedy. Sure, Marco Polo engaged on a fictitious journey in Marco Polo, and I'm sure certain events to do with Robespierre and Napoleon were fabricated in The Reign of Terror. But one can't watch The Romans and believe that what the viewer is seeing actually happened.
So, if one was to worry about continuity and where this all fits in to the series' canon (and I don't worry, believe me), where would it fit? Is it some sort of joke world where everyone is acting as if Kenneth Williams is about to enter the room at any moment (or hoping he doesn't)? Did Nero really look like a middle aged oaf, despite being in his mid-20's at the time?
Is it canon?!?!?
Or, you can, as I eventually did, sit back and enjoy the fun which increasingly worked its way into the story after a shaky opening episode. This show has always been about experimentation, and I could never fault it for trying to do something that it had never done before. It wasn't the most successful of attempts, but Doctor Who's diversity increased a bit more with this story, and it made the series better in the long run.
After that interesting diversion from the norm, it will be good to watch a nice, straight forward episode of Doctor Who next and get things back on the rails again. What do we have next here...
Ah, yes. The Web Planet. This should be an enjoyable romp.
Posted by Steven at 10:48 AM
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- Anonymous said...
The Web Planet is the epitome of why Doctor Who should be fairly conservative in its goals--it's laudably ambitious, but an almost utter failure. Ugh.
- May 5, 2009 at 1:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
though very popular at the time. which is what it was meant to do, not please the people of the 21st Century :)
- December 27, 2009 at 12:39 AM
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My Measurements: 6' 1" height, 35" sleeves, 41-42" chest/jacket, 35" waist, 34" inseam, 11.5D/EEE shoes, 200 lbs
Here's something to make you feel even better about your Burberrys find:
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I'm gonna guess that it's at least pre-1999 because Burberry dropped the "s" around that time.
This is why I always check the Jackets section in a thrift store. There's a ton of trench coats in every thrift store I go to and nobody buys them because it barely rains over here. Track jackets and basketball shoes are snatched up in a day. Sad story, but more for me!
Great fall tie, too.
@Dan, Nice stuff. Which Brooks Brothers line is it?
@ Dan.Lish - Can I ask you what size your thrifted Burberry trench coat is, and how it relates to your normal jacket size? I've heard that the older Burberry trenches fit very large and that folks generally have to size down one or two sizes. I'm eyeballing an older Burberry trench on eBay that's in my normal jacket size but I'd rather not waste my money if it's going to fit huge.
In other thrifting news, I had a semi-frustrating day of near perfect stuff. A Harris tweed jacket that fit in the shoulders but was huge everywhere else. I guess I could've paid for tailoring but the jacket was in only so-so condition and it didn't seem worth it. Then I found a Ralph Lauren navy blazer that was perfect, except that it was about 4 inches too short in the body, and a no-brand custom navy blazer that was also perfect, except that it was about 4 inches too LONG in the body. Bizarre. I think the Ralph Lauren might have been a boy's jacket, to be honest.
Reminds me of last week... I found a very nice sportcoat that was perfect in the shoulders and perfect length... but the arms were 4 inches too short. Apparently someone with T-Rex arms wears nice clothes around here.
Jason - I can attest to the situation of the larger fitting cut on the older Burberry trenches, but in my mind even if I pay $100 at the tailor on it that it is still completely worth it. I only paid $29 for it in the first place, so a total investment of <$150ish is worth every penny. It is something I am going to own for years and years, it is the color I would have wanted had I bought new, I saved myself hundreds of $$ over buying new, and its by the most iconic trench maker (they are the company that invented the trench).
On the issue of the Brooks Brothers sport coat, I believe it is just from their main line - no 346 or black fleece. I am unsure of the provenance of the fabric, though. I couldn't say whether its Harris Tweed or not, but it is the same as the way I like my women - brown and scratchy. Haha.
Had a pretty good outing today. Here's an album of my adventure today, highlighting things I left behind in the store. I can pick them up later if anyone wants them. We can set up some sort of trade.
https://picasaweb.google.com/110774800589808843144/ThriftingOct152011DIDNOTBUYSTILLSTORE?authuser=0&a uthkey=Gv1sRgCOevobaVuKjgFA&feat=directlink
Here's another album of things I took home. I'm willing to trade most of them although I'm not sure which ones yet. Let me know if you're interested. I took these home because they fit. The highlight of my day were definitely the black Allen Edmonds Strands. They are a size 9D and I am a 9.5D. They are a tad tight in the toe box but they fit otherwise. Still debating whether or not I should keep them or trade/sell them.
Learned a valuable lesson this weekend: if you see something you really like for a few bucks - even if you're not sure you need it - buy it so you don't regret coming back the next day to find someone else beat you to it. Or at least hide it really well.
I did end up buying a medium red gingham Brooks Brothers, a 16/33 blue gingham J. Press (that would do well to be taken in a bit on the sides) and a nice Hardy Amies tie. I'll try to grab some pics when I get a chance.
@Glen That second link doesn't work. I'd love to see the AE's. For some reason nobody in this town seems to wear shoes that nice, or at least they don't donate them. There's some stuff you can get to help stretch the leather, or even a regular leather conditioner like Lexol.
@chern what did you leave behind that you regretted?
I looked at Savers quickly yesterday and didn't see much in shoes or suits / coats. I did pick up a french cuff Marks & Spencer shirt with MOP buttons.


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African beads, including antique beads, were the highlight of the Beads of Cambay's Intergalactic Bead Show, a part of North Charleston's Arts Festival, May 3-4, 2014. Barasa Gumaneh of Gamafro Originals had some very nice African antique beads there, including some very old authentic trade beads. Like most of the participants, he only does shows. The sponsor, Beads of Cambay, had a huge exhibit with all kinds of fabulous gemstone beads that you would have to see to believe. It is ironic that they call it a "bead show", when it has more gemstones of the best quality than the "gem show" next door. You cannot even find this quality gems in so-called jewelry stores today.
Most people do not know that gems, like amethyst, jade, turquoise, opal, tourmaline, emerald, peridot, etc…, with a hole in them are called beads and that "beading" is the new term for necklaces made of gems, many of which are of the finest quality. Beads of Cambay's website is: www.BeadsofCambay.com. They have two shows in Charleston, SC a year, actually in Mt. Pleasant, SC, as a rule.
At the same time, almost next door, in North Charleston, SC's Charleston Area Convention Center was the annual Lowcountry Gem and Mineral Society's Gem, Jewelry, Mineral & Fossil Show & Sale. They are a local group that meets on a regular basis. They had beads of all kinds, loose gemstones, finished gemstone jewelry and collector minerals and fossils. Fossils are always a big part of this show. Many bargains can be found for those willing to take the time to see it all. Some of the exhibits belong to members of the group, but most are from out of state. You cannot find things like they have except at their shows, and that is only once a year. Their website is: www.lowcountrygemandmineralsociety.org. They meet once a month and encourage guest to attend.
One of the best exhibitors there was Gary Fasano of Diamond Banc, from Atlanta, GA. He had some exceptional things, including a handmade silver cross from the American South West. He was at the show for the first time and seemed very busy. Raehn & Wendy Davis of Darklyn Beads & Beyond were there with a large selection of things, including ancient Roman beads. It was a large show and heavily attended. This show has a huge following.
Due to the increase in International shipping and the Internet, there is a huge variety of gems/beads of the best quality at affordable prices than ever before. For people who do not know how to string beads for themselves, there are local bead companies, like Beaded Venus in Mt. Pleasant, who can do it for you at a very reasonable price and you will have something unique and affordable.


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The ValChoice grading system reviews every insurance company, in every state. Each year we identify the best company, by state. Companies are chosen solely based on our independent, unbiased analytics.
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If you are at fault and the other party (one or more people) has bodily injuries in excess of the their personal injury protection coverage, your bodily injury liability coverage will pay. This form of liability cover also pays only up to the coverage limits of your policy. If the coverage you purchased are less than the costs, you will be responsible for the amount above the coverage you bought. This means you will be personally responsible for the medical bills, lost wages, etc, of all the people that were injured. To avoid being personally responsible, you can purchase additional bodily injury liability coverage. Click this link for more information on car insurance coverage requirements in New York.
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The property damage liability portion of your insurance coverage pays for repairs to the other person's vehicle or property. This works the same way as the bodily injury coverage, with the difference being it pays for the other parties property. The maximum amount the insurance will pay on your behalf is the coverage limit that you purchased. If you want coverage above the minimum amount, that can be purchased, but is not required. Coverage for your own vehicle can also be purchased.
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New York Homeowners Insurance Rates and Trends
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|Allstate Insurance
|Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies
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Flood insurance is offered separately from homeowners insurance. Talk to your insurance company or insurance agent if you wish to purchase flood insurance. At this time ValChoice does not grade any flood insurance offerings. For more information on flood insurance, read our blog post titled "10 Facts About Flood Insurance, Without Drowning in Details."
Hurricane Deductibles
State law in New York allows for hurricane deductibles. Hurricane deductibles in NY commonly range from 1% to 5% of the insured amount. For hurricane deductibles to go into effect, either the National Weather Service or the National Hurricane Center must declare a hurricane.
Hurricane deductibles mean you are likely to pay much more if wind damages your home than if something else damages your home. For more information on hurricane and wind/hail deductibles read our blog post "How to Get Hurricane Insurance Without Getting Blown Away."
Homeowners who install storm shutters or hurricane resistant doors and windows are entitled to discounts on their insurance. Be sure to check with your insurance company if these discounts apply to you.
Getting an Insurance Quote
When getting a homeowners insurance quote, be sure to consider the following important items.
Amount of Coverage
The dollar amount of insurance coverage to purchase should be equal to the estimated cost of rebuilding the home. Do not include the property value when determining the amount of insurance to buy.
Extended Dwelling Endorsement
This coverage is often referred to as "extras." This is additional coverage that addresses the problem that occurs when the actual cost to rebuild the home is more than was estimated when buying the insurance. In situations where there is a catastrophic event such as a flood, tornado or hurricane, building costs can increase significantly due to building materials increasing in price and contractors being scarce. Extended dwelling endorsements cover this higher than expected building cost. Extended dwelling endorsements are typically offered as a percentage of the coverage amount. The amount offered is commonly 10%, 25%, 50% or 100% of the coverage.
Building Code Coverage
When rebuilding a home, local laws will require that you rebuild to current building codes. If building damage is extensive, sometimes the laws even require you to upgrade the undamaged portion of the home to meet current building codes. This can be a significant additional expense. It's common that a homeowner insurance policy will exclude or limit the coverage for conforming to current building codes. Be sure to understand this important point about the insurance you buy.
Loss of Use
This specifies how much and how long the insurance company will pay for you to live somewhere else while your home is being rebuilt or repaired. One year in loss of use coverage is common. If your home requires a total rebuild, it's wise to plan on a couple years for the project to be completed.
Covering Your Personal Items ("Contents")
Your personal items will commonly be covered by what's known as "replacement cost" coverage. This means you only get paid when you actually replace the item. There are two important items to understand here. 1) You must have a detailed home inventory to know what you had in order to replace these items, and 2) if you had $200,000 worth of contents and only replaced $20,000 worth of items, you would only receive the $20,000. "Replacement cost" sounds good. In reality, it may leave you far short of what you expected.
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Use this calculator to estimate home insurance prices in New York. Just enter the replacement value (cost to rebuild, not including the land).
New York Homeowners Insurance Prices Yields 8th Worst Value of All 50 States
The value New York residents get from their home insurance is below average. We measure value based on what percentage of the premiums collected by insurance companies are paid out in the form of claims. We do this over several years to account for catastrophic events.
For the ten-year period from 2007 to 2016, New York residents had the 8th worst value from their homeowners insurance of all 50 states. Due to the low value of home insurance in New York, homeowners need to shop carefully for insurance.
Important Insurance Laws - New York
New York Insurance Regulation
The New York Department of Financial Services develops and enforces insurance laws for the state. Consumers can contact the department with questions and complaints. If you do not receive the service you expect from your insurer, you can file a complaint directly with the Department of Financial Services.
Important Laws
A summary of the driving safety laws for the state of New York can be found using this link. The information includes a summary of the laws affecting people driving cars, or riding motorcycles or bicycles while using cell phones or texting. Also included are the requirements for child safety seats, wearing a helmet and being under the influence while operating a vehicle in the state of New York.
The New York Statute of Limitations defines the time limit following an accident when you can file a lawsuit. Once this time limit has passed, you can no longer file a lawsuit.
State law in NY allows for homeowners insurance companies to invoke hurricane deductibles. This type of deductible means you will pay a percentage of your homes value before the insurance companies starts paying for losses. This different type of deductible goes into effect when a hurricane warning is issued by the National Hurricane Center or the National Weather Service. The percentage amount of the deductible and the wind speed that triggers the deducible varies by insurance company. This link to the New York Department of Financial Services lists the approved deductible amounts and the triggers, by insurance company.
Resources Available to Consumers
Small Claims Court is available for you to resolve issues, without needing to hire an attorney. This link to the small claims court provides more information, including the dollar limit of claims that can be made in this court.
he Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is for disaster victims who are uninsured, underinsured or the victim of a flood.


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What can be done to reverse the decline of the mountain yellow-legged frog? Given that Rana muscosa and Rana sierrae are being impacted by at least two factors, the answer to this question is more complicated than believed just a few years ago. However, results from recent research indicate that removal of nonnative trout from key locations remains the most important conservation measure.
Current Conservation Efforts
Using the results from extensive amphibian and fish surveys and fish removal experiments (see Threats > Introduced Fish page for details), biologists in Sequoia-Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks, and from the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) are developing amphibian restoration plans and implementing fish removal projects (using gill nets and electrofishers) designed to conserve particularly important mountain yellow-legged frog populations (e.g., SEKI EA 2001; DFG Big Pine Plan 2005). These projects have already been remarkably successful (e.g., Knapp et al. 2007), increasing the total population size of R. muscosa and R. sierrae by tens of thousands of animals. Based on this success, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park is currently planning more extensive fish eradication efforts (SEKI Planning Update 2008). To date, much less conservation attention has been focused on the Transverse Ranges, but the CDFG is removing trout from a short section of stream in southern California in an effort to expand one of the last remaining R. muscosa populations in that area.
In addition to these conservation projects that are targeted at specific mountain yellow-legged frog populations, the CDFG is also beginning to make some important changes to its fish stocking program that are aimed at reducing the impacts of this program to amphibians in general. Under the revised program, stocking would occur only where (1) surveys for amphibians and fish have been completed, (2) stocking serves a valid fishery management purpose (e.g., no stocking of self-sustaining fisheries; Armstrong and Knapp 2004), and (3) sensitive amphibian species do not occur. These guidelines have led to significant reductions in the number of lakes being stocked, but have been only partially implemented. In 2007, environmental groups sued the CDFG over their fish stocking practices. The judge sided with the plaintiffs and required that the CDFG prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) detailing the impacts of the fish stocking program. The draft EIR is expected in late 2008.
But what about impacts caused by chytridiomycosis?
A commonly-voiced concern is that fish removal efforts may amount to nothing over the long-term if the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) continues to spread through the range of the mountain yellow-legged frog. Given the extraordinary virulence of B. dendrobatidis, this is a reasonable concern. The overarching goal of mountain yellow-legged frog conservation must be to manage frog populations such that they are as resilient to natural and human-caused stressors as possible. Removing nonnative trout creates larger frog populations that are better connected with those in adjacent habitats (Knapp et al. 2007, Figure 1). These restored populations should be considerably more resilient to a wide variety of impacts, including disease.
Current fish removal projects have targeted a small number of lakes within each of several watersheds. These projects have been very successful, but the targeted watersheds remain dominated by fish populations. Given the importance of B. dendrobatidis in the decline of the mountain yellow-legged frog, it is more important than ever to return some entire watersheds to a fishless condition. Doing so will allow the development of frog populations at sites characterized by a wide variety of elevations, water temperatures, and habitat conditions, and some combination of these environmental conditions may well allow the persistence of frog populations despite B. dendrobatidis outbreaks.
How will frog conservation efforts affect the trout fishery?
Some anglers are understandably concerned that fish removal efforts aimed at restoring mountain yellow-legged frog populations will unduly impact trout fisheries in the Sierra Nevada. Given the ongoing and planned removal of trout populations, these impacts are undeniable but limited in scope. Even with the most ambitious fish removal program, trout fisheries will continue to exist in the majority of the thousands of lakes, streams, and rivers scattered across the Sierra Nevada. With careful planning, impacts to popular fisheries could be avoided and the quality of some fisheries could even be improved (Armstrong and Knapp 2004).
The question remains: Can we, as a society, work together to return some of the thousands of lakes and streams in the Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges to their natural fishless condition to preserve a frog that has been on this Earth for millions of years? Or will we hold onto the notion that fishless habitats are "barren", serving little or no purpose to the human visitor? In the answer to that question lies the fate of the mountain yellow-legged frog. I, for one, remain hopeful.


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Preliminary Hearing Held For Man Accused In Fatal Fayette Co. Police ChaseA man accused of leading police on a high speed chase in Fayette County that ended in a fatal accident was in court Monday.
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Ex-Police Officer Accused Of Exchanging Sexual Favors With Teen Appears In CourtA former police officer in Fayette County appeared in court Friday on charges he exchanged sexual favors with a teenager for not filing drug charges against her.
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Defense Attorney: McKeesport BB Gun Shooting Was AccidentA judge refused to reduce bail today for the man accused of shooting an 11-year-old boy with a BB gun in McKeesport last week.
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South Allegheny Teacher Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Students Has HearingA former South Allegheny School District teacher, accused of having inappropriate contact with two students, appeared in court Wednesday.
Man Accused Of Exposing Himself From Window To Passing School Buses Going To TrialA Fayette County man who is a convicted Megan's Law violator is headed to trial on charges he allegedly exposed himself in a window of the home where he was staying to passing school buses.
Lawrenceville Murder Suspect Has Preliminary Hearing, WeddingSeven months ago, Andre Gray disappeared from his Lawrenceville apartment.
Daycare Operator's Husband Headed To Trial On Molestation ChargesA Chicora man has been held for trial on charges that he molested several children at his wife's Butler County daycare.


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I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure I open more bottles of wine in December than I do at any other time of year (and that's saying something), so what do you do with all these extra corks you've got lying around the kitchen/cluttering up the draw where you keep the corkscrew?
There are already dozens of wine cork craft bloggers out there who have been busy getting creative over a bottle of red, and I'd like to share some of the best ideas I've found so far, just in time for the proper festivities to start.
Cork Reindeers
My lovely friend Emma sent me a link to the amazing Make the Best of Things blog last month because she'd found a post about creating the most beautiful wine cork reindeers. The lady behind this blog is an inspiration, continuing to craft even when she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer, and these reindeers are a testament to the way she makes crafting easy and fun and daft all at the same time. Have a look at her amazing how-to guide (it's so easy to make the reindeer!), and like her on Facebook.
Wine Cork Wreaths
There are about a billion wine cork wreath 'how-to's on t'internet, but two in particular are both pretty and achievable.
The bloody brilliant Wine Folly website posted this gorgeous red wine cork wreath last year. I love how they use the fact that cork from most red wines have a stained purply-red bum and incorporate it into the design - it's lovely. Besides, Wine Folly is one of my favourite sites in the world.
If you're more of a white wine drinker (or like painting stuff) you'd probably prefer the blue and glittery wine cork wreath from DIY Real. The instructions are so easy that you really can't go wrong.
Wine Cork Christmas Tree
This might be my favourite thing to do with corks, to be honest. It's just SO PRETTY! Wooden Bee is a blog run by a husband and wife team from Florida who have a real talent for wine cork crafting. They even sell their beautiful designs on their Etsy store (HOW many people do I know who I could buy presents for there?!) but they're generous enough to share the secrets of some of their designs with the world, including the wine cork Christmas tree.
Of all the designs, I was most tempted by this one - how could you resist having one of these on your windowsill?
Wine Cork Christmas Bauble
There are many a Christmas tree cork ornament idea to be found in the ether of the Christmas bloggers, but none are more stunning than this cork bauble. The amazing idea can be found on the wonderfully crafty Changing my Destiny blog - she is very clever and makes everything look way too easy.
Okay, this one is probably the trickiest to do (you know yours is going to look ROUGH in comparison to the picture) but sooo worth a try, no? Especially if you've open a bottle especially (and are half way through it...)?
What will YOU be doing with your corks this Christmas? Tell us tell us tell us!
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Excellent Christmassy Uses for Corks
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Lobby Calderdale Council to oppose the Bedroom Tax Wednesday 24 April 5pm, Halifax Town Hall. Lobby organised jointly by Calderdale Protest Against The Bedroom Tax and Calderdale Save Our Services.
Join the Fight Against the Bedroom Tax – Standard Bedroom Tax Pre-Appeal Letter can be downloaded here. Calderdale Bedroom Tax Petition launched – sign it online here. Download the print version for people to sign here. 60-70 people came to a public meeting on 11 April. Video of Public Meeting here. More information on Calderdale SOS Bedroom Tax Web page here. Calderdale Protest Against the Bedroom Tax demonstration took place outside Pennine Housing headquarters in Halifax, 3 April. Halifax Courier coverage here. Morning Star coverage here. Protest Against the Bedroom Tax took place in wind and snow on 23 March, at Halifax Town Hall. Huddersfield Daily Examiner coverage here. Halifax Courier coverage here. Calderdale Protest Against the Bedroom Tax web site here. Halifax Courier article here.
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New NHS privatisation regulations to be debated in House of Lords on 24 April. Campaign now by writing to Lib Dem and Cross-Bench Peers. Go to http://www.keepournhspublic.com or download leaflet here. Regional Reclaim Your NHS Demonstration and Rally took place in York Saturday 6 April. York Press coverage here. Demotix coverage here. Calderdale SOS lobbied NHS Calderdale Shadow Clinical Commissioning Executive meeting on 17 January. More information here. Report on energyroyd.org.uk here. Updated SOS Defend Our NHS web page here. Membership of Shadow NHS Calderdale CCE updated here. Page on Calderdale NHS Commissioning Plan here.
Save Horton House: Calderdale SOS has asked Calderdale Council's Scrutiny Panels to examine the decision to "dispose of" Horton House, Halifax's Adult Education Centre. The decision was taken quietly with no consultation and no coherent alternative plan for future adult education provision in Halifax. Copy of the SOS Scrutiny submission here. SOS Horton House web page here. Question on Horton House asked at Council Meeting on Wednesday 28 November and reply here. Question on Horton House asked at Calderdale Council Cabinet Meeting on Monday 10 December and reply here. Download Horton House leaflet here. The Use of Resources Scrutiny Panel has decided to refer our Scrutiny request to the Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel.


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BLUE Bits® Savory Salmon Soft-Moist Training Treats
BLUE Bits are dog training treats that are soft, moist and extremely tasty. Perfect for training and perfect for treating, BLUE Bits are a healthy and nutritious reward that your dog will love. Each meaty morsel is loaded with good stuff like:
- Salmon
A high-quality protein source
To help support cognitive development in puppies
- Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids
To help promote healthy skin and coat
BLUE Bits are made with healthy and delicious ingredients, and don't contain any chicken (or poultry) by-product meals.Available in 4-oz bags.
Inspired by BLUE
A backyard excavation specialist who would suspend his current project for hours for a single BLUE Bit, Blue is the good pal who inspired us to develop our BLUE healthy and holistic foods and treats.
Formulated with the Finest
Natural Ingredients
- Protein-Rich Salmon
- NO Chicken (or Poultry) By-Product Meals
- NO Corn, Wheat or Soy
- NO Artificial Colors or Flavors
Guaranteed Analysis
|Crude Protein
|10.0% (min.)
|Crude Fat
|7.0% (min.)
|Crude Fiber
|4.0% (max.)
|27.0% (max.)
|DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid)
|0.10% (min.)
|Omega 3 Fatty Acids*
|0.8% (min.)
|Omega 6 Fatty Acids*
|1.0% (min.).
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Feeding Guidelines
While your furry friend would probably love to eat the whole bag, BLUE Bits are training treats intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding only. They're an ideal reward for dogs of all ages, sizes and tastes.
Calorie Content:
3,020 Kcals/kg, One Bit = 4 Kcals


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The global importance of this, the first Grade 1 event this year in the northern hemisphere, which hosts competition in 11 Olympic and Paralympic classes, is evident in the number of foreign sailors -- representing 34 countries -- lured here by the knowledge that they would find excellent competition against the best American sailors.
More than half of the 328 boats sailing are foreign entries. Canada has the largest contingent with 55 entries, followed by Germany with 13, and Great Britain with 12. In its 14th year, the Rolex Miami OCR features six racing circles on Biscayne Bay, providing a spectacular show for spectators as well as high-rise dwellers.
Sixty-eight Stars make for the largest class at this year's event and perhaps the most intriguing line-up of internationally recognized sailing names. Olympians from Greece, Ireland and Switzerland are among the foreign entries, who comprise over half the fleet, but it was Peter Bromby of Sandys, BER, who leads after three races today.
US sailors are already at the top of the scoreboard in seven classes. Skipper Meg Gaillard of Jamestown, R.I. leads the Europe fleet, while Steve Hunt of San Diego, Calif. leads 470 Men's; Katie McDowell of Barrington, R.I. tops 470 Women's; and Andy Mack, White Salmon, Wash., leads the 49ers.
In the Laser class, Mark Mendleblatt (St. Petersburg, Fla.), came straight from his One World America's Cup campaign to take a one-point lead over Great Britain's Daniel Holman after today's three races. The class is the second largest here, with 49 entries.
The much anticipated Yngling debut at the 2004 Olympics was previewed by skipper Betsy Alison's overall win today in that class. Alison, of Newport, R.I., is a five-time Rolex US Yachtswoman of the Year.
US Yngling hopefuls (from front) - Suzy Leech, Lee Lcyda, Betsy Alison
For the second year, Rolex Miami OCR, is including the Paralympic Events, a trend being followed by some of the other Olympic Class events. The leaders in the two Paralympic classes each posted three straight victories: John Ross-Duggan (Newport Beach, Calif.) in the Sonar, and Germany's Heiko Kroeger in the 2.4 Metre. Kroger is reigning Paralympic Gold Medallist and IFDS World Champion.
A perennial favorite on the Olympic circuit and a gold medallist from 1996, Greece's Nikos Kaklimanakis won all three races in the Mistral Men's class, while Switzerland's Anja Kaeser topped the women's class.
Other leading foreign skippers are Chris Cook (Whitby, CAN) in Finn, and Santiago Lange/Carlos Espinola (ARG) in Tornado.
Golden Torch Award - This year, for the first time, an award will be presented for the best performance by a U.S. sailor. Andy Kostanecki, Chairman of the Olympic Sailing Committee from 1985-88, had been given a Torch from the 1980 Olympics by the Russian Olympic Committee, which he in turn presented to US SAILING. Kostanecki, who was instrumental in the creation of the US Sailing Team and the establishment of the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta, which started as one of a series of American-Canadian training events, asked that the Torch be connected to the regatta and the efforts of U.S. sailors with Olympic aspirations. The "Golden Torch" along with a Roll of Honor, will be maintained at US SAILING's headquarters in Portsmouth. A keeper trophy will be presented to the winner.
US Sailing Center - The new US Sailing Center in Miami was dedicated at a ceremony Monday-evening. The Schoonmaker Center and Herman Whiton Pavilion - named for the Schoonmaker family and Herman Whiton, whose contributions made the center possible - will serve as a training facility for many Olympic hopefuls. It will also be the site for many regattas, boat storage and sailing on Biscayne Bay. The Sailing Center is open just in time to host the Rolex Miami OCR which starts today.
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It features the latest news and events from the sailing world together with features and info in an easy-to-use format.
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