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If you're a competitive athlete or a fitness buff, improving your sports performance is probably on your mind. Lots of people wonder if taking sports supplements could offer fast, effective results without so much hard work. But do sports supplements really work? And are they safe?
Sports supplements (also called ergogenic aids) are products used to enhance athletic performance that may include vitamins, minerals, amino acids, herbs, or botanicals (plants) — or any concentration, extract, or combination of these. These products are generally available over the counter without a prescription.
Sports supplements are considered dietary supplements. Dietary supplements do not require U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval before they come on the market. Supplement manufacturers do have to follow the FDA's current good manufacturing practices to ensure quality and safety of their product, though. And the FDA is responsible for taking action if a product is found to be unsafe after it has gone on the market.
Critics of the supplement industry point out cases where manufacturers haven't done a good job of following standards. They also mention instances where the FDA hasn't enforced regulations. Both of these can mean that supplements contain variable amounts of ingredients or even ingredients not listed on the label.
Some over-the-counter medicines and prescription medications, including anabolic steroids, are used to enhance performance but they are not considered supplements. Although medications are FDA approved, using medicines — even over-the-counter ones — in ways other than their intended purpose puts the user at risk of serious side effects. For example, teen athletes who use medications like human growth hormone (hGH) that haven't been prescribed for them can have problems with growth, and may develop diabetes and heart problems.
Lots of sports organizations have developed policies on sports supplements. The National Football League (NFL), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have banned the use of steroids, ephedra, and androstenedione by their athletes, and competitors who use them face fines, ineligibility, and suspension from their sports.
The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) strongly recommends that student athletes consult with their doctor before taking any supplement.
Whether you hear about sports supplements from your teammates in the locker room or the sales clerk at your local vitamin store, chances are you're not getting the whole story about how supplements work, if they are really effective, and the risks you take by using them.
Androstenedione (also known as andro) and dehydroepiandrosterone (also known as DHEA) are prohormones or "natural steroids" that can be broken down into testosterone. Andro used to be available over the counter, but now requires a prescription.
When researchers studied these prohormones in adult athletes, DHEA and andro did not increase muscle size, improve strength or enhance performance.
Andro and DHEA can cause hormone imbalances in people who use them. Both can have the same effects as taking anabolic steroids and may lead to dangerous side effects like testicular cancer, infertility, stroke, and an increased risk of heart disease. As with anabolic steroids, teens who use andro while they are still growing may not reach their full adult height. Natural steroid supplements can also cause breast development and shrinking of testicles in guys.
Creatine is already manufactured by the body in the liver, kidneys, and pancreas. It also occurs naturally in foods such as meat and fish. Creatine supplements are available over the counter.
People who take creatine usually take it to improve strength, but the long-term and short-term effects of creatine use haven't been studied in teens and kids. Research in adults found that creatine is most effective for athletes doing intermittent high-intensity exercise with short recovery intervals, such as sprinting and power lifting. However, researchers found no effect on athletic performance in nearly a third of athletes studied. Creatine has not been found to increase endurance or improve aerobic performance.
The most common side effects of creatine supplements include weight gain, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and muscle cramps. People with kidney problems should not use creatine because it may affect kidney function. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that people younger than 18 years old do not use creatine. If you are considering using creatine, talk with your doctor about the risks and benefits, as well as appropriate dosing.
Fat burners (sometimes known as thermogenics) were often made with an herb called ephedra, also known as ephedrine or ma huang, which acts as a stimulant and increases metabolism. Some athletes use fat burners to lose weight or to increase energy — but ephedra-based products can be one of the most dangerous supplements. Evidence has shown that it can cause heart problems, stroke, and occasionally even death.
Because athletes and others have died using this supplement, ephedra has been taken off the market. Since the ban, "ephedra-free" products have emerged, but they often contain ingredients with ephedra-like properties, including bitter orange or country mallow. Similar to ephedra, these supplements can cause high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, and seizures.
Many of these products also contain caffeine, along with other caffeine sources (such as yerba mate and guarana). This combination may lead to restlessness, anxiety, racing heart, irregular heart beat, and increases the chance of having a life-threatening side effect.
Sports supplements haven't been tested on teens and kids. But studies on adults show that the claims of many supplements are weak at best. Most won't make you any stronger, and none will make you any faster or more skillful.
Many factors go into your abilities as an athlete — including your diet, how much sleep you get, genetics and heredity, and your training program. But the fact is that using sports supplements may put you at risk for serious health conditions.
So instead of turning to supplements to improve your performance, concentrate on nutrition and training, including strength and conditioning programs.
Ads for sports supplements often use persuasive before and after pictures that make it look easy to get a muscular, toned body. But the goal of supplement advertisers is to make money by selling more supplements, and many claims may be misleading.
Teens and kids may seem like an easy sell on supplements because they may feel dissatisfied or uncomfortable with their still-developing bodies, and many supplement companies try to convince teens that supplements are an easy solution.
Don't waste your money on expensive and dangerous supplements. Instead, try these tips for getting better game:
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Startup Weekend has already given thousands of developers, geeks and other tech professionals a taste of what it's like to start a company.
But, sometimes, you just can't cram everything into a 54-hour coding marathon.
In order to address those needs, the Kauffman Foundation-backed non-profit is experimenting with a new program in Seattle called SW Next.
Designed for past Startup Weekend attendees, the program provides budding entrepreneurs with additional training and insights into how to turn ideas into reality.
"Consider it like a pre-accelerator, really," explains Startup Weekend's Marc Nager.
Unlike Techstars or Y Combinator, however, SW Next will not take an equity stake in the companies that emerge from the program.
"The goal is to create more capable teams by expanding our experiential approach into a longer, more formal program," Nager tells GeekWire. "People always ask: 'what's next?' We finally have a good answer."
SW Next will start in Seattle as a pilot program later this month, with plans to go global if it proves successful. It's designed for those who are thinking about taking the full entrepreneurial leap after Startup Weekend.
Spread over two weekends and three weekday evenings, the program is being touted as an "action based MBA." Cost is $289, with applications due by November 11th.
Startup Weekend is limiting the first class to 20 entrepreneurs, said Jennifer Cabala, who is organizing the event.
Other programs like The Founder Institute and Techstars also offer this type of startup bootcamp, but they tend to be longer time frames. At SW Next, attendees will learn the ins and outs of startup legal issues, company formation, team management and other critical elements necessary for building startups.

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$600k seems like a lot for loudspeakers (does 'system' mean 2 of those?), but they look very cool. I wonder how they'll approach reviews - shipping them out to reviewers, I'd think they would have to send several people along with the speakers just to insure correct setup.
The Ultimate Magico
Seen from behind, I was reminded of something I have felt for a long time: that a successful full-range horn speaker must be a multiway design, as a horn's linear passband is relatively limited by the cutoff of the flare at the low-frequency end and by the internal reflections from the mouth of the horn at the high-frequency end.
Yeah, I think that's per pair. The amount of tooling and just getting big enough slabs of billet aluminum is costly. They certainly are weird (in a cool way) looking. I'm sure they sound great, but as they say. They aren't for everyone.
I think these ultra expensive systems are meant more for pushing technology/engineering to their highest level and then if the concept, etc. is successful, sometimes they can scale it down for smaller budgets and smaller rooms. I would not put these things in a small room. But these would probably sound great in a decent sized room that only a small number of homes actually have. Either way, they certainly can grab attention to the company due to all of the publicity they are getting. That's another side effect these types of speakers do. Nothing wrong with that.
He looks like Lux Luthor standing next to that thing, but then who wouldn't?
It's a bit like Thiel, though for reasons of play in this case, I assume, in being a complete design departure from everything he's been doing over the past years.
Alon Wolf's first speakers were horns. As for Jim Thiel, he is no longer with us.
You can say that about Thiel again, for sure. No longer with us.
The first Magico speakers were horns, or his first speakers he designed after getting his driver's license were horns?
I guess then I should have said his box speakers were the departure from his oeuvre.
Anyway, apart from my nitpicking, I don't much like the look of the horns. They might be fun to hear someday, though.
I completely mis-read it. I thought it was $600K for the speakers with the amps and source equipment and cables and whatnot. If the speakers alone are $600K, then you are looking at something close to a million bucks for a complete system.
That speaker looks like something Wile E Coyote would use to catch the road runner.
600 000$ for a pair... If someone pays 600K for this, they don't have a pair...
Don't worry, they aren't mfging these things as fast as $200 bookshelf speakers.
If I was a kagillionaire, I might buy a pair and obviously would need a room big enough. What else is there to do with that kind of money?


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Will Smith recalls being bombarded by paparazzi when he stepped off a plane in Thailand last month...and all because of wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
The 44-year-old actress had just posted on her Facebook page a video in which she vowed to boycott the 2016 Oscars and criticized the Academy over a lack of diversity, following the nominations of an all-white group of actors.
"I was out of the country when she made the video," Smith, 47, said on BBC Radio 1's "Breakfast Show" Tuesday. "I was in Thailand. And I get off of the plane and you know, the paparazzi [were like], 'Will, Will, you're not going to the Oscars! What do you think about Jada's video?' 'Um, I think, give me a second, let me call-' I had no idea. I had no idea and I'm like, 'Babe, you gotta give a fellow a little heads-up, you know? Just a lil something, just, 'Hey babe, you know, hit me before you walk out of the airport.' You know, give me, give me something."
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"I got in the car and Googled and watched the video," he said. "I was like, 'Honey, is there anything you need to tell me?' She said, 'Oh, I didn't want to bother you on vacation.' 'Uh, you did. You really did.'"
Smith, who has been nominated for an Oscar twice in the past, received a Golden Globe nod for his role as pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu in the 2015 sports drama "Concussion" and many people expected him to be among this year's Oscar nominees. Jada is one of many people, including celebs, who have criticized the Academy over a lack of diversity. Following the backlash, the group announced plans to double "the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020."
Smith has spoken about the Oscars diversity controversy before. He said on "Good Morning America" last month he was "knocked over" by Jada's video and that he would also not attend the Oscars, adding, "We've discussed it and we're part of this community, but at this current time, we're uncomfortable to stand there and say, 'This is OK.'"
While more than half a million people "liked" Jada's post, several people have said online she wouldn't feel this strongly about the issue had Smith not been "snubbed." One of his biggest critics was Janet Hubert, the first of two actresses to play his character's Aunt Viv on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," the show that launched his career. Hubert, who has feuding with him for years, posted a rebuttal video to Jada, slamming both actors.
"I've seen people, say, oh, you know, 'If he was nominated, he wouldn't be having this conversation," Smith told BBC 1. "Let me tell you if I was the only person of color nominated, my wife would have made two videos," he added, laughing. "She would not have gone with me. Trust."
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've had a LOT of positive feedback so far to the release of my first book that I will be answering a bunch of questions here:
1) Yes, Virginia, there IS a sequel in the works: Shadows of the Dark Moon. Join Amanda as she takes on additional roles and responsibilities within her Clan--and the Order itself--and comes to learn, experience, and sometimes appreciate the joys of hierarchy, inter-clan politics, and even inter-order politics. An old enemy still lurks in the background, waiting to complicate the mess even further!
2) I'm currently working with the staff of AA to procure some CDs and such for a public book signing and release party, tentatively scheduled in Dec but no later than January. It will be held in Salem, MA. Details forthcoming!
3) I will be working on some short stories involving some of the characters in the first novel and their backgrounds. I have great ideas on prequel material that will, I think, both entertain and enlighten the reader as to why they are the people whom they are now.
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've had a LOT of positive feedback so far to the release of my first book that I will be answering a bunch of questions here:
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BGTG 64 - Oct 23, 2006 - SR & Feedback show (Thurn und Taxis, Gene Pool, Wallamoppi)
I'm starting to catch up with some older feedback as I begin to do more Session Report shows again. I had a bit of a cold while recording this one, but I hope it still sounds ok. And I sure hope I edited out all the times I coughed!
Something I forgot to mention was the information Gene Pool's designer posted about self-publishing his game. It's on the Board Game Designers Forum.


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Yeah, but I still can't make heads or tails out of it...
Message Boards - Boba Fett Fan Club → General → An Introduction to Our Message Boards
Yeah, but I still can't make heads or tails out of it...
eh? i know i'm spamming but what are you's on about??
1. In order to find out as to what they are talking about, you must read all of the previous post.
2. Do not post twice in a row.
3. Your second post did not exactly add anything.
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Great to have you here Rusty Tim! Welcome.
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Hi im new here but i have always loved boba fett. When AOTC came out I thought Jango was the coolest too.
Welcome aboard, Fire2811.
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Hello. I'm new, so I'd like to say hello to everyone
Hi guys. I'm new
Hello. Try not to post twice in a row, especially if you are saying the same thing. If you need to add something to a previous post, you can use the edit button located at the bottom, right corner of your post.
Hi! I'm also SITHSPAWN on yodanews, starwarsminigames.com, and a bunch of other sites. I just hope this site is as cool as it looks.
Hi everone. I am very new to the posting thing, but not new to loving the great Mr. Fett. I even have a Boba Fett tattoo which I hope to show you all. I just wanted to say hi and I thank you for having me.
Hello to the both of you. Sithspawn, this site is as cool as it looks . Mason, you must be a huge fan, and, from what I can tell from your one post, you seem to be just fine at posting.
Welcome to BFFC!
Whoa! Well, look at that. Guess what guys, I'm back!
By the way, thanks to all those that stuck up for me in my *cough* absence. For those that didn't, don't freak out. I'll play nice.
Welcome back Yautja.
Thank you Draco I will try to keep up the good work! Is it possible to put pics on here?
Only pictures off the internet I believe. Can't put them off your hard drive. Don't quote me on that.
You can only upload an image for your avatar right now. Otherwise, you can use BBCode to link to or display (appropriate) images that are available online, uploaded by you or someone else.
uh... hi. can anyone tell my how to get a thumbnail image for my aviter?
Ok, find the image you want being less than 64x64 pixels, go to profile on the top bar, then personality on the profile menu. And find the avatar area.
I found this forum tonight when I was looking for a Boba Fett smiley and I thought I would join.
So hello to you all.
Welcome, Devil Girl. What kind/size of Fett smiley icon are you looking for?
Thank you.
I managed to find a smiley thank you. It was in a thread on here.
Though preferably I would like to have a full length smiley of Boba. I would like it about the same size as this Jedi if that is possible.
Thank you in advance.
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SAP Innovation Day - Setting a Standard for the Next 40 Years
Aug 14, 2012 5:00 AM PT
When SAP's five founders launched the company in June 1972, it's unlikely they foresaw where the IT industry would travel in the decades to come. SAP's core business applications, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, continue to support tens of thousands of companies globally -- but how those organizations and their employees work, communicate and collaborate, both at the office and on the go, is changing.
That evolutionary issue and how it impacts SAP was the subject of a recent Innovation Day event for analysts and reporters at the company's facility in Palo Alto, Calif. In essence, SAP executives, partners and customers offered examples and opinions on how the its traditional enterprise applications square with and are energized by newer technologies and solutions including analytics (BusinessObjects), cloud (Ariba, Business ByDesign and SuccessFactors), database and in-memory (ASE, HANA and Sybase IQ) and mobile (Sybase and Syclo).
SAP and its partners are also creating mash-ups that blend various application features and functionalities into hybrid solutions aimed at business clients and their end customers. That was obvious in efforts integrating mobile endpoint technologies with cloud computing back-end infrastructures, but it also informed a discussion of how SAP utilizes "Design Thinking" strategies in product development to take advantage of the latest collaboration and cloud technologies and methodologies.
HANA in the Spotlight
One example: Denis Browne, SAP's SVP of imagineering, and Tom Rodden, director of applications at Varian Medical Systems, demoed Personas, a new SAP GUI slated for availability later this year. With Personas, users of Varian's X-Ray, oncology treatment and other products can customize and simplify SAP screens, making them easier to operate. Modifying SAP screens is hardly new, but in the past it required considerable levels of training and effort. With Personas, anyone with the right permissions can simply drag and drop commands into new configurations with no knowledge of ABAP, back-end systems or coding.
SAP's HANA (High-Performance Analytic Appliance) solution enjoyed the spotlight in several Innovation Day sessions, including the customer and partner panel (with IntelePeer, Taulia, NextPrinciples and CSC, all of whom have developed HANA-based offerings). In addition, Amit Sinha, who heads the company's database and technology marketing organization, noted that SAP is working with 37 startups that are leveraging HANA for solutions ranging from enhanced airport security to online gaming player personalization.
HANA is also the centerpiece of recent SAP customer wins. On July 25, the company and the National Basketball Association (NBA) said the league had chosen SAP's HANA, BusinessObjects and BusinessObjects Explorer as a platform to provide real time updates of player statistics during NBA games. Additionally, the pair announced a multiyear marketing partnership making SAP the official business analytics software partner of the NBA and associated organizations, including the Women's National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League in the U.S. and international markets, including Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, India and Russia.
No Long-Term Vendor Lock-in
Especially intriguing was an Aug. 1 SAP announcement detailing a new solution for Sentiment Intelligence with HANA, which allows organizations to scan and analyze customer sentiment from social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, along with communities, wikis, blogs and other public sources, in real time, and to combine the information with customer relationship management (CRM) text data. By doing so, companies should be able to more effectively track what customers are saying about them, understand those sentiments, and do what's needed to support or preserve their brands.
Along with being an example of the technological value of in-memory database solutions, HANA has delivered significant commercial benefits to SAP. In a recent interview with Investors' Business Daily, Bill McDermott, SAP's co-chief executive, said HANA represents the "biggest growth area" in the company's software portfolio, and helped drive SAP's largest-ever year-over-year percentage jump in software revenues (Q2 2012 software revenues rose 26 percent to US$1.21 billion).
In contrast to some competitors' in-memory systems, such as Oracle's Exalytics and Exadata, SAP is not attempting to leverage HANA in its own hardware offerings. Instead, HANA runs on industry standard hardware from numerous company partners including Cisco, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP and IBM. That strategy, along with SAP's extensive outreach efforts among developers, is helping to make HANA a popular choice among customers that want the substantial benefits of real time big data analytics but prefer to avoid long term vendor lock-in and proprietary platforms.
Final Analysis
If one phrase describes SAP's Innovation Day event, it is "embarrassment of riches." As its recent quarterly report bears out, the company's traditional business applications continue to do well, and are being further buoyed by new solutions like HANA and offerings related to transformational acquisitions, including Sybase, Ariba and SuccessFactors. Those deals are delivering significant revenues to SAP, but they also provide a solid foundation for new efforts in emerging mobile and cloud computing markets.
This all sounds fine and dandy, but is there anything to be concerned about? Actually, yes. Having too many options and opportunities can sometimes be as big a challenge as too few, and HANA is a good example. Since there are so many areas where in-memory and big data solutions can be successfully applied, it can be difficult for organizations to understand which HANA offering best fits their needs. Add to that the often contradictory claims of various hardware vendors and developers, and the result can turn what should be clearly obvious into confusing murk.
Fortunately, SAP fully understands these issues and is working to address them and related points in other new market opportunities. In fact, you could argue that this is, and will continue to be, a simple fact of life in an IT industry where ongoing consolidation among large traditional vendors is leading to highly flexible and complex hybridized solutions.
Overall, SAP's Innovation Day highlighted the efforts of a vendor whose four decades in traditional business application development are providing the means for it to branch out and embrace a wide range of new and promising opportunities. If the clear success of HANA offers any indication, the future of SAP's efforts in burgeoning markets like cloud and mobile computing should be very bright.


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Sweetheart Sorbet
Total TimePrep: 5 min. Process: 20 min. + freezing
Makes2 cups
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
- In a bowl, combine all ingredients; whisk until sugar is dissolved. Pour into the cylinder of an ice cream freezer. Freeze according to manufacturer's directions.
Nutrition Facts1 cup: 404 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 2mg sodium, 106g carbohydrate (99g sugars, 1g fiber), 0 protein.
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I have made this recipe twice, with absolutely no success at all, but I answered "yes" to would make again, because I will not give up! I have been making homemade ice cream and sorbets for years, and this is the first flop I have had. After the first batch refused to freeze, I thought my 15-year-old ice cream freezer had stopped working, so I promptly bought a new one. I have successfully made two wonderful batches of ice cream with the new freezer, so when the second batch of this sorbet also refused to freeze, I know it is not the fault of the freezer! I have two possible ideas for what the problem may be, which is why I will try it one more time. First of all, I don't like the small-batch thing, so I doubled the recipe. My freezer is a 1 1/2-qt capacity, so I can't imagine that's it, but maybe it is. The other thing is that I didn't chill the mixture before freezing it. I always chill my ice cream mixtures before I put them in the ice cream freezer, so I suspect that may be the problem. The recipe doesn't say to chill it first, but that doesn't mean you don't need to. Also, I live in Miami, and I have found that the lousy atmospheric conditions here (hot, VERY humid) frequently wreak havoc on my culinary projects. I would be interested to know if anyone else has tried this recipe, and has any comments.


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President George W. Bush traveled to Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend to have a knee replacement surgery at the Rush University Medical Center's Midwest Orthopaedics.
The former president had outpatient surgery on Saturday, multiple sources familiar with the surgery told NBC Chicago, and stayed at the Peninsula Hotel on Michigan Avenue until he returned home to Dallas on Monday.
His wife Laura and a Secret Service contingent stayed with him during the weekend surgical visit. Rather than stay at Rush Medical center, doctors visited the former president at his hotel.
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A representative from the former president's office confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday that Bush had "successful partial knee replacement on Saturday." He said Bush came home to Dallas on Sunday and is "doing great."
It's not clear which of Bush's knees was replaced. In 2004, Time Magazine reported that the 43rd president had torn a meniscus in his knee, but which knee was never made clear.
The president gave up jogging because of the bad knee and started mountain biking in May 2004, according to reports.
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Blizzard causes severe erosion along Mass. coast
Cape towns report losing 15- to 20-feet of beach
In addition to the short-term inconveniences of power outages and school cancellations, the blizzard that struck Massachusetts had more long-term ramifications, including severely eroded beaches and uninhabitable homes.
Many communities on Cape Cod have reported that 15 to 20 feet of beach disappeared. The steep bluffs from Eastham to Truro suffered some of the most visible erosion.
SLIDESHOW: Aerial tour of damage along Cape Cod coast
State and local officials received reports of uninhabitable or washed away homes in Plymouth, Sandwich, Scituate and Hull.
North of Boston, homes on Plum Island cling precariously close to cliffs, while Salisbury beach suffered severe erosion.
Some coastal erosion is expected during nor'easters, but experts say the latest blizzard was particularly damaging.
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I could have added this as an update to the post earlier this morning, but this is too much fun to have buried at the bottom of a thread. American Crossroads has a new ad out today that rejects the skepticism and cynicism that has some (Democrats) urging our esteemed Vice President to do almost anything else but run for another term. The new spot, which hopefully will see air time soon, acts as a Biden's Greatest Hits Volume I — which doesn't include his latest singles "Nothing Could Be Finer than to be in Carolina Oops Virginia" and "Twentieth Century Faux," but does have Biden's off-key rendition of "Chains of Fools." Who doesn't want this man on a major-party ticket as the argument for the judgment of the man who selected him for the nation's back-up plan? Republicans certainly do:
Is that our friend Jason Mattera in there, getting a lecture on how Republicans want more murder and rape? Why yes it is. Since that episode was from last year, let's refresh our memories on this four-Pinocchio performance from Sheriff Joe:
I actually laughed out loud when I read this scolding from Kessler, who gives Biden the maximum four Pinocchios for his ludicrous argument:
"In any case, the vice president should know better than to spout off half-baked facts in service of a dubious argument. Even if one believes there is a link between crime and the number of police—which is debatable and subject to many caveats—there is no excuse to make the dramatic claim that more people will die or be raped without additional funds for police. When making such a breathtaking charge, you had better have your facts straight."
The Veep "should know better than to spout off half-baked facts in service of a dubious argument"? Hey, that's Joe Biden's entire life. Remember "Recovery Summer"? Does anyone recall Biden telling CBS News how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt went on television after the 1929 crash to reassure America, even though FDR was two years away from winning his first presidential election and the only people watching TV in 1929 were those experimenting with the technology? The only time I can recall Biden getting anything right was when he gave speeches during his presidential bid in 1987 about the hard life of his family — and the only reason he got it right was because he was talking about Neil Kinnock's family in speeches Biden plagiarized from the British politician.
Besides, Biden never intended to debate the facts. He just wanted to sling mud in an attempt to demagogue rational opposition to a replay of the same policies that brought us Biden's "Recovery Summer" in 2010. He should get a couple of McCarthys to go along with his Pinocchios.
I'm with American Crossroads. Let's have a debate over which party takes the one-heartbeat-away-from-the-presidency issue more seriously. Run, Joe, Run*!
Note *: Not to be confused with one of the worst pop songs of all time.
Update: Via Drudge, the LA Times reports that it's been two months since the White House press office has released a Biden transcript:
There are other indications that aides are attempting to minimize the dissemination of uncomfortable moments — whether they be genuine gaffes or moments they worry will be misrepresented. The White House press office has not released a complete transcript of any Biden speech, whether campaign or official, in more than two months. Transcripts for all of Obama's speeches, however, are distributed quickly, as they are for many of the first lady's events.
Aides acknowledge that Biden was vulnerable to a "gaffe-watch," given his reputation.
Yeah, well, that reputation was well-established before Obama put him a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.


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Gordon Tietjens celebrates winning the world series with DJ Forbes © Getty Images
All Blacks sevens coach Gordon Tietjens has named his training squad ahead of the new World Series season and revealed his excitement at rugby returning to the Olympics.
Tietjens named a 20-man squad for a training camp at Mt Maunganui next week with New Zealand beginning their defence of the IRB Sevens World Series crown on the Gold Coast in October. And with New Zealand enjoying a successful Olympics in London, Tietjens cannot wait until sevens is included in the Rio Games in 2016.
"It's been a real thrill watching the Olympics knowing we will be there in four years' time in Rio. The success of our athletes there has been really inspiring and I am sure their performances will be a great motivator for the players."
On his training squad, Tietjens said: "We're giving some new players an opportunity to show us what they can do in a Sevens environment given the unavailability of some players from last year for the first two tournaments of the season in October."
New Zealand squad: Jacob Ale, Mark Atkins, Tomasi Cama, Sam Dickson, DJ Forbes, Willis Halaholo, Kolio Hifo, Joe Hill, Mark Jackman, Warwick Lahmert, Rhys Lewellyn, Tevita Li, Tim Mikkelson, Kylem O'Donnell, Willie Paia'aua, Lote Raikabula, Belgium Tuatagaloa, Joe Tupe, Gareth William-Spiers, Jamie Verran
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Compiled Sighting Reports
Issue Issue 17
April 2000
Compiled by Robert Frola
Australian UFO Research Network
PO Box 738 Beaudesert QLD 4285
Guyra Investigation:
Part 3
by Diane Harrison & Robert Frola
Guyra Media Reports
ABC News Item: Received 5:52 AEDT (ABC News Dept Hobart)
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 23:14:58 -0800 (PST)
Police divers searching the water supply dam at Guyra, on the northern Tablelands of NSW have found what they describe as a subterranean cavern. or tunnel, below the water line John McFarlane reports the divers were called in after suspicions that a meteorite or a piece of space junk had crashed into the dam.
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Date: Thu 9th Dec 1999
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Melbourne researchers, JOHN AUCHETTL [LtCol] and RON BARNETT [Dr] from Phenomena Research Australia (PRA) reported on Radio National today.
"We flew up from Melbourne yesterday and have been up at the location for over 24 hours. We plan to do a 'fly over' to get some vision on the ground effect. But at present the site is cold and from reports the event has taken place some time between Monday and midday yesterday.
We went over the impact site in some detail. It is located in the Guyra water supply dam on the outskirts of the town, north of Armidale (NSW Australia). We arrived at the location very early on the 8th [Dec] and checked out the location with a number of research tools. The radiation level at the site was at normal back ground level. That night, an IR camera was used to look for hot spots, none were located. Samples has been taken and will be looked at.
We did find the site interesting. Normally, we would not travel to such sites, but the information sent to us from DoD warranted a look. So yes, the impact has some strange aspects to it that need to be looked at. For example:
· Angle of entry to the dam was very shallow less than 45 degrees.
· For such an impact to occur in a population of about 2000 no one recalls a sound of a sonic booms or explosion.
· The surface has burn marks; this is very unusual for a meteorite impact.
· I had a good look at the reeds on the bank. They are down in a strange shape not quite like an explosion but have the characteristics of a compression wave.
· The mud splash is also interesting as it lets us know how much energy was in the impact but the sting in the tail, with this impact, is on the other side [bank], the object may have skipped on the water.
· There was no witness to the impact.
After our examination, I cannot rule out an explosive device, or some elaborate hoax. Viewing the site makes me feel confident that it's not man made. We need to get the samples looked at and someone needs to go down into the mud and water and have a look. My first hypothesis is that it a meteorite. But that just conjecture.
We felt that the area should be shut down until the police cleared it, and they have done that at last. The media - radio and TV - have taken to this story with some vigour and it's turned into a bit of a "zoo". Some of the stories are starting to develop and the precision will soon be lost. One, media reporter wanted me to run the alien story line. I can tell you right now there is no report of 'little green men'; in fact, there is not report of the event from any locals, around the area at present.
The alleged object was not seen entering the dam and while the subject is 'press hot' and everyone is running around the area, little can be done. I can say until further evidence is presented the matter remains unresolved and at the moment a police and EPA problem. With time we will follow up any data that may end the mystery."
"UFO Dam Mystery"
Date: Published: Thursday December 9 7:43:01 AM
Guyra, a township in northern New South Wales has had its water supply cut off after an unidentified object crashed into the local dam. Plans are now in place to truck water in from Armidale and Glen Innes.
Some time between Monday and midday yesterday the projectile slammed into the Guyra water supply dam on the outskirts of the town, north of Armidale. Police said it was first noticed by a local council employee carrying out routine maintenance work.
Fire brigade spokesman John Hobar said an area of reed beds measuring four metres by 10 metres had been flattened, fuelling suspicion that the object may have fallen from the sky. But he said he had checked with a number of space agencies, meterological experts and authorities in Canberra and there had been no sightings of an unidentified object falling from the sky.
Hobar said the brigade's hazardous material unit went to the scene and tested the water for toxins and radioactive material, but the results were clear. "We're not prepared to declare the water safe until we actually site the object. We're not prepared to take any risks."
Water supply would only be restored when authorities could guarantee its safety, he said. The local council has isolated water supply to the town by switching off pumps and treatment works. Hobar said crews were unable to identify the object last night because it had become embedded in the dam and the water was muddy. Divers will be brought in this morning to try to make a positive identification.
Divers to search for mystery object in dam
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 04:50:44 +0100
Police divers will attempt to find an unknown object which crashed into the water supply dam at Guyra on the northern tablelands of New South Wales. Officers say they hope to have the results of tests being done on samples taken from the dam by mid afternoon, to allow the lifting of severe water restrictions. Eamonn Fitzpatrick from police media says divers will be sent in later this afternoon to try to find the object, which has flattened reed beds and thrown up mud in a line, 15 metres long and six metres wide. He says the impact site has already revealed what is not likely to have caused the impact "The reeds have only been flattened, not broken, that suggests to us that the object is smaller than the size of the impact area," he said. "We have been making checks with authorities in Australia and world wide and that's revealed that this object is not part of a man made satellite orbiting the Earth, and doesn't appear to be part of an aircraft or anything like that."
Mysterious Object Lands in Dam
Date: Updated 8:37 AM ET December 9, 1999
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Is it a UFO, space junk, a meteorite or simply frozen sewage? Whatever it turns out to be a mysterious flying object has landed in an Australian country dam, leaving a large crater, and sunk beneath the mud. Air tests around the dam found no radioactivity, but water supplies from the dam to the nearby town of Guyra have been cut.
Police have also erected a one-mile no go zone around the dam, as curious locals and scores of media descend on the sleepy town of Guyra, 250 miles north of Sydney.
"At this stage we don't really know what the object is," said a police spokesman at Guyra. "It has made a significant depression in the floor of the dam."
The mysterious object, which landed sometime between Monday and Wednesday, has left a 50-foot-long and 20-foot wide crater. The object appears to have hit the dam at about 45 degrees and skidded before sinking.
Theories of what the object is ranged from a meteorite to frozen sewage jettisoned from an aircraft. But most ruled out a UFO or space junk.
UFO threatens water supply in NSW town
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 11:45:33 +1100
AAP - A township in northern New South Wales is facing severe water restrictions after an unidentified object crashed into the local dam. Some time between Monday and midday yesterday the projectile slammed into the Guyra water supply dam on the outskirts of the town, north of Armidale.
Police said it was first noticed by a local council employee carrying out routine maintenance work. Fire brigade spokesman John Hobar said an area of reed beds measuring four metres by 10 metres had been flattened, fuelling suspicion that the object may have fallen from the sky. But he said he had checked with a number of space agencies, meteorological experts and authorities in Canberra and there had been no sightings of an unidentified object falling from the sky. Mr Hobar said the brigade's hazardous material unit went to the scene and tested the water for toxins and radioactive material, but the results were clear. "There's a township of about 5000 people and they're on severe water restrictions now," Mr Hobar told AAP. "We're not prepared to declare the water safe until we actually site the object. We're not prepared to take any risks." The local council has isolated water supply to the town by switching off pumps and treatment works. Mr Hobar said crews were unable to identify the object last night because it had become embedded in the dam and the water was muddy. Divers will be brought in this morning to try to make a positive identification.
Town's water supply tested after mystery crash
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 13:39:24 +1000
Testing will continue today on the water supply dam at Guyra in northern New South Wales after an unidentified object crashed into it.
Emergency services have quarantined the dam and severely restricted the use of water until they know what the object is, and whether it has left any dangerous residue.
The object gouged a path 15 metres long and six metres wide in reed beds and mud at the dam sparking a full emergency response.
The fire brigade and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) say initial testing has determined the object is benign, but want to carry out further testing today before giving the town water supply the all clear.
Divers are to be sent down later this morning to physically examine the object and until then no-one is prepared to speculate what it might be.
A police guard was put at the scene overnight and the media were directed to leave the area by hazardous materials officers from the fire brigade.
The dam itself was not damaged and there have been no reports of casualties.
Divers find cavern in hunt for mystery object
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 22:13:36 +1000
Police divers searching the water supply dam at Guyra, on the New South Wales northern tablelands, have found what they describe as a subterranean cavern, or tunnel, below the water line.
The divers were called in after suspicions that a meteorite or a piece of space junk had crashed into the dam. Late this afternoon, the police divers found the cavern, indicating that an object had entered the water and the floor of the dam at high speed.
They say it travelled through the earth for about 12 metres after impact. No object has yet been found. The divers have now suspended their search until tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, this afternoon health authorities announced water in the Guyra dam is not contaminated. Reeds near the water's edge were flattened and large areas of mud disturbed when something crashed into the water.
But no-one knows exactly what it could have been.
The truth is out there . . . in down-to-earth Guyra
By STEPHEN BROOK and GEORGINA SAFE
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999
THE northern NSW town of Guyra - population 2020, elevation 1300m - was inundated with visitors and abounded with theories about little green men yesterday after an object was discovered to have fallen to Earth and into the local dam.
But locals were unlikely to take a shine to any possible newcomers even if they had travelled from as far as outer space. "They say you have got to be here 40 years before you are considered a local," said June Ridley, whose home is closest to the crash site and whose property Glenhaven borders the dam.
The crash site was a circular scar three metres in diameter where reeds had been sheared clean off on the western side of the dam, nestled in picturesque hills 15 minutes from town.
"She's come in from the east," duty officer Stuart Bartholomew said of the object.
The Australian Defence Force was called in, roadblocks were erected, divers with metal detectors arrived from Sydney, the water supply was shut down and an emergency meeting of State Emergency Services, ADF and NSW Fire Brigade personnel was held at the site.
"We have never had so much traffic on this road," Ms Ridley said. "There's that much in space now that it could be anything."
This morning the reeds will be dug out using an excavator, allowing police divers to search for the object possibly buried in a tunnel 1.5 metres beneath the mud.
Geologists have determined the object is most likely a cricket ball-sized meteorite - rejecting other theories that it could be a piece of space junk, a fallen object from a plane, a hoax designed to increase local tourism, even the famed Guyra Ghost or a spaceship.
Local radio was full of reports of an incredibly bright meteorite blazing north-west across the sky at 8.30pm on Monday.
Filtration plant manager Peter Starr said he almost fell into the hole when he discovered it at lunchtime on Wednesday while carrying out routine maintenance work.
"I'll be the last one to find out what it is," Mr Starr said yesterday of an X-files-style operation mounted by police and local authorities.
ADF checks revealed the object was not part of a man-made satellite orbiting the Earth and there have been several reports of meteorite activity in the area over the past few days.
John Goulding, 73, of Ballina, reported a low flying "meteor or whatever it was" travelling north above Guyra at 8.36pm on Tuesday to the Coffs Harbour office of the NSW bureau of meteorology. "I thought it's not going to go very far before that thing hits the ground," he said. Four separate meteorite sightings were reported to Guyra Shire Council from Monday to Wednesday, a council spokesman said.
The water was turned back on about 4pm yesterday after tests by the NSW Health Department and Environment Protection Authority yesterday established the dam was free from toxins.
Wishing for a star: Guyra hit by mystery flying object
By SIMON BENSON in Guyra
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999
IT FELL out of the sky, without a sound or even a flash of light.
But a "mystery object from space" which landed in the Guyra dam has left the town agog. Nobody is sure what it is or where it came from, but the locals certainly believe it to be extraterrestrial.
This morning an excavation team will arrive in the northern NSW town to unearth whatever it is that has brought the town into national focus.
Authorities are still at a loss to explain the phenomenon after a local council worker stumbled across a 15m circle of flattened reeds on the banks of the Guyra Reservoir at 9am on Wednesday, prompting the council to shut off the town's water and call in everyone from the Environment Protection Authority to the RAAF.
The decision to retrieve the object was made yesterday when police divers from Sydney discovered a 20m long tunnel under the impact site on the dam's edge. The object appears to have come out of the north-east sky at a trajectory of about 45 degrees sometime between Monday night and Wednesday morning.
One of the few, but growing number of witnesses to the landing, truck driver Wayne Peterson, said he saw what appeared to be a falling star about 9pm Monday. "It was blue in colour between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball and it came from an easterly direction," Mr Peterson said.
Excitement grew late yesterday when police divers emerged from the mud to explain they had found a tunnel about 40cm wide extending into the reservoir.
Two consultant geologists brought in from Armidale - 40km south of Guyra - believe it could have been a meteorite weighing about 5kg, about the size of a grapefruit.
Council worker and water engineer Peter Starr, who first alerted authorities, said at the time he was on a routine check of the dam. "I was just walking down there and saw this thing and thought obviously something had lobbed in there and obviously it had come from the sky. I told my general manager and since then they have kept us away."
Local landowner Dave Bearup said the first the town new of it was late Wednesday.
Many of the town's 2000 people were at a meeting when sirens were sounded and police made a public announcement of the discovery.
The RAAF, which has been conducting flight training in the area over the past week, ruled out the object being a piece of one of its F-111s. Other theories including the impact being caused by a piece of space junk or frozen effluent from an airliner, were also ruled out.
Last night the water was given the all-clear, test results indicating there was no contamination or radioactivity.
Unexplained happenings are nothing new to Guyra. Two F-111s have crashed there in the past 15 years and there is a legend of the Guyra Ghost, blamed for inexplicable occurrences during the 1920s.


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