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Guest List: Arjun Kapoor
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Are you one of 75% of women who suffer from nausea symptoms related to the first trimester of pregnancy? Although morning sickness causes that queasy feeling in your gut when the sun rises, pregnancy related nausea can strike at any time, day or night.
Morning sickness symptoms usually begin from the 4th to 9th weeks of pregnancy and often will be at their worst between week 7 and 12. Nausea can really make the experience of being a new mother difficult.
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About 70 percent of women will suffer from and seek how to relieve the morning sickness that plagues them using natural and safe remedies. Many people think that morning sickness is only in the mornings, but it can strike during the day or in the evening as well. Nausea symptoms typically start from six weeks into pregnancy and tends to be at its worst around the eighth and ninth weeks.
The tricky part about dealing with morning sickness is that many women understandably are wary about taking medications during their pregnancy, for fear of hurting their unborn child. Thus, many of them seeking instant relief, turn to natural cures and home remedies to manage their nausea.
What are the best remedies to relieve morning sickness nausea?
It can be a challenge to completely prevent morning sickness, as it is a normal part of being pregnant. It may even be an indicator of a normal pregnancy, and signal that your hormone levels are at natural levels. There are however, methods to reduce the symptoms in safe and natural ways:
- Try to practice stress relief and relaxation therapies
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Tebow Time may not be over just yet, folks.
Despite an embarrassing 45-10 playoff loss against the Patriots last weekend, Tim Tebow could still have a chance to compete in athletics. Karina Smirnoff, a professional dancer who competes professionally on Dancing With the Stars, is literally wishing for the famed Broncos quarterback to join the show.
"All I want for my birthday is for Tim Tebow to dance on Dancing With the Stars," Smirnoff said at her Las Vegas birthday party last Saturday, according to the New York Daily News. "Tim is a very talented athlete, that was clear when we saw his performance this past season with Denver."
That wish could very well come true, given Tebow's propensity for performing in unlikely circumstances. Against New England, the former Florida Gator reportedly finished out the game despite torn rib cartilage, a bruised lung and fluid in his chest. The chance to compete again in the face of his poor health should be tempting to the second-year quarterback.
And the odds are good he would make it, since the show has yet to fill the slot often designated for NFL players. In the show's 11 seasons, Emmitt Smith, Warren Sapp, Jason Taylor, Jerry Rice, Kurt Warner, Lawrence Taylor, and Hines Ward have all been contestants. Despite plenty of success, Ward was the only one to take home the crown.
Tebow could very well be the second considering his history with unlikely victories. After an NFL season full of them, it seems all he has to do now is strap on a pair of blessed tap shoes, strike his signature pose and maybe let higher powers take care of the rest.
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So yet another year is upon us. Reviewing last year's output, I found that there was more of it than I thought, and that it was mostly of reasonable quality. This was heartening. There will be more to say and do, I think, but first I want to get a few things straight.
First off, I do not approve of my country's recent choice of president. I do not consider his election legitimate, given that a) he lost the popular vote by several million and b) he was aided and abetted by the FBI, Russia, and Anthony Weiner's penis. But what's done is done, and I may on occasion have to make reference to him; so I have decided that on those occasions, I will use Jon Stewart's apt coinage "Fuckface Von Clownstick." President Von Clownstick is scheduled, barring deus ex machina, to take office in just over two weeks. The forecast is for, at minimum, corruption, mismanagement, and institutionalized racism; nuclear war does not seem out of the question, but I do my best to remain hopeful.
On that note, let's move on to a happier subject, your Golden State Warriors. When last we saw the W's, they had lost the NBA Finals but gained a Kevin Durant. I haven't written about them since then because my officially stated position is this: There's no point getting all worked up about the regular season again. Putting up gaudy win totals is nice, but the games that matter will be played in April, May, and June. I've still watched most of the games, but I've also missed a few, and it is — again — my officially stated position that this is fine.


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Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a bacterium.
Causes of Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea is spread through sexual contact (vaginal, oral, or anal). The organism can grow easily in mucous membranes of the body, including the cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes in women, and the urethra, mouth, throat, and rectum in women and men. It can also invade the conjunctiva (the area between the eyelid and eyeball; during childbirth, for example).
Each year approximately 700,000 persons in the United States get gonorrhea.
Who is at risk for gonorrhea?
Any sexually active person can be infected with gonorrhea. In the United States, the highest reported rates of infection are among sexually active teenagers, young adults, and African Americans.
About 50 percent of men have some initial symptoms, typically a burning sensation when urinating and a discharge from the penis. Many infected women are asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms. Initial symptoms include a painful or burning sensation when urinating and a vaginal discharge that is yellow or bloody.
Untreated gonorrhea in women can develop into pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which can cause infertility or increase the future risk of ectopic pregnancy. An infected pregnant woman can transmit the infection to her newborn during vaginal delivery.
N. gonorrhoeae in the male or female genital tract can be diagnosed in a laboratory using a urine specimen, or by collecting swab specimens from endocervix, vagina or other possible infected area.
What is the Treatment for Gonorrhea?
Antibiotics can successfully cure gonorrhea in adolescents and adults. However, drug-resistant strains of gonorrhea are increasing in many areas of the world, including the United States, and successful treatment of gonorrhea is becoming more difficult.
CDC now recommends dual therapy (i.e. using two drugs) for the treatment of gonorrhea. Persons with gonorrhea should be tested for other STDs.
It is important to take all of the medication prescribed to cure gonorrhea. Although medication will stop the infection, it will not repair any permanent damage done by the disease.
People who have had gonorrhea and have been treated can get the disease again if they have sexual contact with persons infected with gonorrhea. If a person's symptoms continue even after receiving treatment, he or she should return to a doctor to be reevaluated.
Untreated gonorrhea can cause serious and permanent health problems in both women and men, such as pelvic inflammatory disease in women that can lead to infertility if untreated. In men, gonorrhea can cause epididymitis, a painful condition of the ducts attached to the testicles that may lead to infertility if left untreated.
Gonorrhea can spread to the blood or joints. This condition can be life threatening.
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The dish pictured was in fact the cold-water shrimp sandwich with dill dressing and a dollop of caviar (not the good stuff, but the OK stuff), which runs for $13 on the lunch and brunch menu of the Scandinavian mini-chain Smörgås Chef, although we had it at the one in the West Village. The shrimp are sweet and not overly loaded with dill, and served with a tangy potato salad.
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After months of wrangling, the phones finally went quiet at the central London headquarters of the advisers for Virgin Money.
Despite schmoozing with the Prime Minister in China and, even for him, the most vigorous of PR campaigns, Sir Richard Branson finally had to admit defeat in his battle to buy Northern Rock.
At the same time, Treasury officials were calling for the services of Ron Sandler, the man lined up by Gordon Brown to run the Rock in the event of the private auction failing.
Nationalisation, a word that conjures up all manner of negative images in the minds of many Brits, was on.
Across London in Wimbledon, at a mansion just a stone's throw from the famous common, Sandler began packing his bags for the long trip north to Newcastle.
A day later he was paraded in front of the world's media for the first time, dampening expectations of a quick turnaround and sale of the Rock.
Joe Public may not have come face to face with Sandler before, but the native Zimbabwean who holds a German passport has long been a prominent face in the City: Companies House filings show he has enjoyed more than 40 directorships across a range of industries since the early 1990s.
In the month preceding the 16 February deadline that would signal the demise of the Rock as a private entity, Sandler scoured the City seeking to leverage his Square Mile contacts to build a team that would guide the ailing bank in public hands. And now he heads what, on paper at least, looks like a management eminently capable of reigniting Northern Rock.
Ann Godbehere, a qualified accountant who made her name at reinsurance group Swiss Re, comes in as chief financial officer, while British Land chief executive Stephen Hester, formerly finance director at Abbey and instrumental in the bank's sale to Spanish giant Santander, will be deputy non-executive chairman. The board will also be able to call upon the services of one of the City's most successful rainmakers in recent years: Goldman Sachs' head of UK corporate finance, Simon Dingemans.
Although lacking any discernable banking qualifications, Sandler has garnered a reputation as a "Mr Fix-it" through his successful spells in the 1990s at Lloyd's of London and later with NatWest.
He was the linchpin in brokering a deal between Lloyd's and the wealthy "names" who underwrote losses in the insurance market only to cry foul when giant asbestos-linked costs emerged. In double-quick time, he managed to put together a compromise solution that at least retained Lloyd's position as one of the world's biggest reinsurance markets – a status that had come under threat.
Sir David Rowland, then chairman, was responsible for bringing in the hitherto relatively unknown Sandler at Lloyd's, and he turned to him once again in his hour of need as chairman of NatWest, ensuring that the bank fought off the advances of rival suitors.
Sir David might have championed him in the corporate world but Sandler had also caught the eye of the then Chancellor Gordon Brown, who in 2001 appointed him to conduct a review of the state of Britain's savings industry.
Sandler was brought in to make recommendations on how to arrest the decline in British savings rates amid feelings that the consumer was being ripped off by product providers.
A raft of policy measures came forth, including the simplification of products, stricter investment qualifications and the removal of unnecessary jargon from paperwork.
Sandler's assessment spawned the creation of the almost universally panned stakeholder pension system, which was brought in to encourage savings at the poorer end of the spectrum through the selling point of low charges. Many of the other recommendations in Sandler's report were summarily booted into the long grass.
"He is clearly an intelligent man. His basic success was to work with David Rowland on the restructuring of Lloyd's but he's not thought of as a great friend of the life insurance industry," says Tony Silverman, an analyst at Standard and Poor's Equity Research. "He tried to be original but, at the end of the day, wasn't strikingly unique or insightful, and it would be very easy to argue that his ideas have had only very limited impact."
One newspaper at the time expressed similar feelings: "Much of what Sandler says is worthwhile, but scarcely news."
News of a negative kind, however, came Sandler's way in 2006 when as chairman of Kyte Group, the London-based derivatives firm was fined £250,000 by financial regulators for accounting failures. It was an embarrassing aside rather than a reputational dent – perhaps a symptom of having so many non-executive directorships on his cv.
Sandler has also garnered himself something of a reputation in the ego department, with his innate self belief – described as "over inflated" by critics – rubbing more than a few people up the wrong way.
If there is an ego to be pricked, it's sure to be tested by the pleth-ora of government apparatchiks likely to want to get in on the act of a Northern Rock revival.
In the days since he was appointed – a process of which we know absolutely nothing and never will because of Treasury restrictions – Sandler has got off to a mixed start.
On Tuesday it was seized upon, rather than revealed, that he more than likely qualifies for non-domiciliary tax status – a contentious point at the best of times but even more so a week after Chancellor Alistair Darling performed a huge climb -down on implementing harsher tax proposals for "non-doms".
It seems that chief financial officer Ann Godbehere is also a non-dom.
On the plus side, Sandler wasted no time in reappointing the City PR agency Finsbury, which is led by a close New Labour and Tony Blair ally Roland Rudd, to do its bidding among journalists.
Indeed, good public relations will be a key weapon for Sandler as he attempts to convey the complexity of the job at Northern Rock to an increasingly hostile public audience.
Last week, for example, the "Granite" securitisation vehicle – a part of the bank that is alleged both to hold the highest-quality mortgages and to still be in private hands – reared its head in Parliament. It's an issue that many in the Square Mile have long since put to bed.
Mike Trippett, analyst at Oriel Securities says: "I have to say I really couldn't help but laugh at the House of Commons scenes, particularly David Cameron huffing and puffing about Granite. Granite details are clear for everyone to see on Northern Rock's website and have been for years."
But Sandler's mettle will be tested by the barrage heading his way from the Tories. At the end of last week, Conservative Treasury minister Mark Hoban tabled a raft of questions on the Rock saga; many more will surely follow, with a direct hit likely to make an MP's name.
But as with most players in the financial markets at the moment, Sandler's success will be defined by a softening in the headwinds that initially knocked Northern Rock off course.
If the markets turn their way, Sandler's team will be feted. But if things get worse, they will be ruing the day they ever got involved with the Rock.
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The arch-angel Lucifer, a.k.a. Satan or the Devil, is going to the European Court of Human Rights with his case against God for illegal discrimination.
Lucifer is arguing that his exclusion from Heaven and demotion from his status as arch-angel are discriminatory and he is seeking compensation. A solicitor representing him said, "We see no reason why rebellion, disobedience, or transgression of arbitrary laws should be the basis for ending our client's contract. As for the Fall of Man, that is simply not relevant. You cannot prove it has any connection with Lucifer. All angels are equal. They deserve equal rights."
An attempt to extradite Lucifer to Hades has already failed, as his lawyers argued that there was a danger that he may be subjected to torture. Some of the evidence against him may have been obtained using torture and until this has been disproved, Lucifer is being accommodated in a five-star hotel in Park Lane, London along with his retinue, and provided with a security guard at the tax-payers' expense. It is not clear whether the security guard is meant to protect him or the public.
Lucifer has several times in recent years been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. If the ECHR decides in his favour, Lucifer will be re-instated in his previous position and will get an automatic right to equal media time for his agenda. Unwary denunciations may soon be classified as "hate-speech". If successful, his case will mean big payouts for Beelzebub, Belial, Moloch and many others. If not successful, he says he will take his case to the UN.
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Jay Cutler and the Bears' offense get back on track this week against the Rams, as Cutler throws for 226 yards and two touchdowns in Chicago's 24-17 win. Brandon Marshall catches 6 passes for 102 yards and one score, including a 31-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter that proves to be the game winner. Danny Amendola of the Rams continues his strong play in helping keep St. Louis close. Amendola finishes the game with 11 receptions for 103 yards, including scores of 30 and 44 yards.
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With 68 percent voter approval of Propostion 1 in Spokane, a strong message has been sent to our community. It's very rare that a property tax measure passes with this level of support. What are we to take from it?
Clearly the citizens of Spokane recognize the benefits associated with sports and recreation facilities. They understand the importance of providing opportunities for our children to develop healthy lifestyles built around sport and recreation.
Spokane voters have sent a clear message; "sport and recreation is a critical element in our quality of life worthy of public investment."
Yet, this is only the tip of the iceberg and the development of additional facilities still needs to be addressed. A regional indoor aquatics facility, additional multi-use sports fields and more gym space must be developed in order to meet the growing demand - especially to support youth programs.
Proposition 1 was a reasonable, thoughtful plan reflective of the needs of the citizens of Spokane. But we cannot stop here; we must continue to develop additional sports and recreation facilities. Proven with Proposition 1, voters will support good ideas and good projects.
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Goode ol' time in Texas
March 8, 2017 § 16 Comments
You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the barbecue out of the boy. Science has proven that Texas children possess a barbecue gene which instills in them a deep craving for brisket, jalapeno sausage, and pecan pie.
I have occasionally tried to satisfy the barbecue gene in SoCal but that is like trying to satisfy the sushi gene in Nebraska. SoCal barbecue is basically boiled meat with ketchup.
As part of my new Masters Profamateur Training Program I now get a lot of rest, and what better place to rest from cycling than Houston, where they actually pay a bounty for cyclist pelts. In Houston you can also rest from your strict profamateur diet of gruel, warm oxygen, and toasted water by visiting Goode Company BBQ.
Goode Company, also known as "heaven" or "paradise" is the perfect place to refill your arteries with crudescence of plaque and other "deep vein" fuel sources that will act as energy reserves later in the racing season and during angioplasty and stents.
My recommendations for training foods when you're back in Texas:
- Brisket
- Jalapeno sausage
- Pinto beans
- Tater salad
- Jalapeno bread
- Big ol' slab of pecan pie
Be sure to keep a bed and soft pillow nearby, as 10 minutes after eating, all the blood in your body will sprint to your gut causing you to fall over and snore loudly.
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Pass the cream, please
March 7, 2017 § 28 Comments
One of the best ways to make sure you get plenty of rest after a weekend of hard profamateuring is to take a trip. We decided to go visit family in Houston, about as exotic a place as you can go if you live in Los Angeles.
We sat around at the gate in LAX and appreciated the different culture, as most of the passengers appeared to be Texan. Whereas people from LA wear clothes that are about 25 years too young for them, people from Texas are easily identified by their college branding.
We happened to be lounging next to a fellow who had a deep affinity for Texas A&M. He was in his forties, rounder than tall, and had on an Aggie gimme cap. Below the cap he wore a maroon button down short sleeve shirt that said "Aggies."
Below that was a pair of starched, high-waisted Wranglers, held in place with a big leather belt that tself was fastened with a giant A&M buckle. In his hip pocket was a maroon leather wallet. I am pretty sure I know what was embossed on it.
We squeeezed onto the Southwest cattle car and since we were C-26 the plane was pretty full. When I put my small backpack in the bin I accidentally hit a guy in the head with it. "I'm so sorry," I said.
"No problem," he cheerfully asnwered. He was an older fellow and very nice so I was even sorrier, but in my sorrowfulnesss I mistakenly stepped on his foot.
"Oh!" I said. "I'm so sorry!"
"No problem," he said, still smiling, which made me feel worse still.
The plane got aloft and the lady next to me asked me if I had been saved. "For what?" I asked.
"Has your soul been saved?" she clarified.
"How would I know?"
"Have you accepted Jesus as your personal savior?" she pressed.
This felt like karma for hitting the nice man in the head and stepping on his foot. I looked at my watch and figured it would kill some time and maybe count for penance. "Could you explain?"
"Jesus died for our sins. All of us. Imagine being in the desert and you're dying of thirst, that's what it's like living without Jesus. You are thirsting for him with body and soul, crying out for Jesus and when you let him in it's like water to a man dying of thirst. You have to let him in to satisfy your thirst."
This went on for a long time and the more she talked about thirsting and needing and letting him in and giving yourself to him and the ecstasy of submitting to his love I couldn't help but wonder if she was secretly telling me the plot for her new adult video.
Eventually the flight attendant came by with coffee and gave me some with two creamer packs. If you are an airplane coffee drinker you know that nothing is deadlier than a creamer pack because they are sealed and when the plane goes up they become pressurized and if you're not careful they will jet-spray you with cream when you pull the tab.
The first one was okay but the second creamer had the tell-tale puffy top which meant it was going to spray like Old Faithful. Pointing it away from me I peeled back the tab and out came a white geyser that went clear across the aisle and splattered against the back of the leg of the nice old gentleman.
Jesus Jane saw it and began laughing, and the Aggie, who saw it too, almost choked on his fifteenth package of honey-roasted sugar-coated peanuts. Sheepishly I tapped the old fellow on the shoulder. "Excuse me, sir," I said.
He turned around and saw it was me, and smiled so kindly. "Yes?"
"I'm so sorry but I just sprayed cream all over the back of your pants leg."
Since this is an unusual greeting, he checked his leg, and sure enough it was spattered with cream. He took his napkin and wiped it off, smiling. "No worries," he said. "No worries at all."
Jesus Jane got back to reciting her adult video script, I sank into the chair while the Aggie chewed peanuts, loudly, and we eventually touched down, but not before dropping into severe wind and rain that tossed the giant plane about like a rag doll. At some point Jesus Jane had turned green and was moaning, "Save me, Jesus," beause it was the roughest landing I'd ever been through.
The nice old man was fine, of course. "Have a great day!" he said to me as I deplaned.
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Some things can be taught
March 6, 2017 § 22 Comments
How many times have you seen a group of cyclists spread all over the road like a warm breakfast? Judging from the rarity of organized, disciplined, 2 x 2 pacelines, you might think they are formations that only come into existence after years of practice. And you might think that the only people capable of riding mile after mile a few inches from their neighbors' bars and a few inches from the wheel in front of them is the mark of a truly expert cyclist.
That's what I always thought, mostly because the only time I ever saw functioning large groups ride like that they were composed of (accomplished) bike racers.
My club, Big Orange, had a Paceline 101 seminar yesterday. We all gathered on Westchester Parkway, and several of the club's leaders put on the seminar. There were over forty riders. At least half had never ridden in a 2 x 2 paceline before. Most of the others had been riding for two years or less.
The Big O paceline, when I describe it, sounds goofy because of the silly names. Here they are:
"Horsemen": These are the 6-12 riders at the front. These are the only rotating riders. Their job is to:
- Maintain steady power. Steady on flats, slower on hills, faster on descents.
- Give plenty of room around road hazards. Give wide berth to cones, potholes, sticks, big rocks, etc.
- Call out road hazards.
- Pay attention to upcoming stop lights. Anticipate when the light will change by watching crosswalk countdowns. Avoid panic stops and avoid running the entire peloton through red lights.
- Accelerate slowly from stops, remembering that everyone behind is still standing
- Rotate in pairs. Get off the front if the partner wants off. Left side swings off to the left, right side swings off to the right. Keep steady speed when rotating off the front, flick elbow and take 2-3 strong pedal strokes as you move over.
- Control the lane. The right hand rider controls positioning and stays just to the left of the fog line.
- Control descents. This is the hardest part to master, requiring a hard effort to keep speed on downhills until the rear of the peloton has completed the descent. Riders at the front cannot slow down until everyone has completed the descent.
- Steady ascents: Slowing too rapidly at the bottom of the hill means those at the end of the peloton will accordion. Slow gradually while climbing and regroup after crossing the top. Gradually lift the pace again after the regroup.
"Gatekeepers": The two riders directly behind the horsemen. Their job is to:
- Maintain steady power. If the horsemen surge, the gatekeepers allow the gap to open, then slowly close it.
- Provide space for horsemen who have rotated off the front and are coming back in order to slot back in.
- Prohibit the peloton from mixing with horsemen. The idea is that one group, horsemen, do the work, and the other group, the peloton drafts for the duration of the ride.
"Buffers": 1-3 pairs of riders, riding immediately behind the gatekeepers. Their job is to maintain steady power. If the group ahead surges, the buffers let them go, then gradually close the gap.
"Peloton": This is everyone else. Their job is to:
- Stay on the wheel in front. Do not pass other riders. Do not fill in gaps ahead of buffers. Do not get out of formation to bomb descents.
- Keep handlebars even with your partner. Formations stagger when riders are not even with each other.
- Change lanes from the rear. When changing lanes, the rear of the peloton should move over first, after checking for traffic, and call out "Clear!" so the riders ahead know it is safe.
- Anticipate slowing riders in front. When approaching rollers, give extra room ahead. Know the route!
- Identify final rider position. Last place riders in the peloton should tell other riders "I'm last" if for some reason a rider is rotating all the way to the back of the group. Final riders should also take responsibility for being the riders who check first for rear traffic when getting ready to change lanes.
Before going to the Peloton 101 seminar, participants were supposed to have read this explanation of paceline riding. Once we assembled, a couple of leaders explained it all again in person, took questions, we did a practice lap around the Parkway. There was a lot of talking and some correcting, but no shouting or abusing or screaming. Everyone was told beforehand that we were there to learn, and told not to take anything personally.
Incredibly, no one did.
After the first lap we debriefed, people switched up positions, and we did a second lap, this time at about 22-24 mph. We debriefed again, questions were taken, and we rode a final lap "at speed." After a final debrief, those who wanted to rolled with the group out onto PCH and practiced pacelining in the lane at speed all the way to Malibu and back.
Here is a link to a video that was taken by Cycling Savvy instructor Gary Cziko from the position of gatekeeper, with the horsemen teaching a first-timer how to rotate.
What amazed me about the practice was how quickly people got it when it was explained and they had a chance to practice. After the second lap the 42-person rotation was so disciplined that, sitting at the very back, I could see all the way to the front through the gap between the side-by-side riders. It was almost perfectly straight.
I wondered why it was so effective, and several things occurred to me.
First, it's not complicated, but there are organizational elements that need to be explained. I learned to ride a paceline while doing it, making a mess of it, and getting yelled at. Being calmly instructed, gently corrected, and given a chance to practice takes most of the terror out of it.
Second, having roles with names is a huge help to beginning riders. Sure, "horsemen" sounds silly, but it is a defined word with a defined function, and when you're doing your first paceline with a bunch of experienced riders and you're so nervous you're about to crap your shorts, it makes all the difference in the world to have words tied to actual functions and roles.
This nomenclature also makes new riders concentrate on what they're doing, as opposed to riding in terror that they're about to crash out fifty people. Even better, once people feel comfortable in one role, they can try a more challenging one, so they not only have a place, but they have the feeling of "moving up." Roles also have the invaluable function of predictability, which is what safe group riding is all about. There's never any question about where a horseman is supposed to be, and if there is, you can ask. Compare that to the amorphous glob of riders in which random people do random things for no apparent reason … or at least that's how it seems to beginners.
Third, holding a more-or-less permanent position throughout the ride means you get to know the person next to you, and the relationships are what makes the experience fun.
Removing the mystery, sharing the knowledge, and teaching skills raises everyone's ability, including the teacher's. It also creates a vibe in which people want to excel. Best of all, this method includes riders of vastly differing abilities and solves one of the biggest issues of group riding for clubs, i.e., "How do you integrate slower riders with faster ones without either shredding the slow ones or making the fast ones go so slow that they no longer want to do the ride?"
Every club should look at its mission and if part of the mission is education, improvement, and making road riding more accessible to more people, then a program like this is a winner. Photos courtesy of Joann Zwagerman, Big Orange phenom who was responsible for organizing yesterday's seminar!
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March 4, 2017 § 8 Comments
CBR #3 crit coming up this Sunday!
$2,500.00 in cash primes …
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Bicycle driving license???
March 2, 2017 § 72 Comments
You get pulled over for allegedly running a stop sign on your bicycle. The cop asks for your driver license or other identification. Do you have to provide it?
Before answering this question, let's start with common sense, and common sense says this: It's always a good idea to have a driver license or state-issued ID when you cycle. Motorists are known for hitting bikes and leaving the cyclist unconscious or worse. Identification in these cases is generally a good thing.
Also, when a cop asks you for identification and you refuse or don't have any, you run the risk of having your ride interrupted and your bike impounded. You may be vindicated many hours or days or weeks or months later, but standing on your rights when challenged always comes at a cost, a cost that at a minimum will cost you that KOM attempt up Mandeville.
But back to the question: Do you have to provide it?
California law requires users of motor vehicles to provide their license for examination upon demand of a peace officer enforcing the provisions of the California vehicle code. That's section 12951(b), by the way. However, since a bicyclist is not a driver of a motor vehicle, you may think that you get a pass.
You'd be wrong.
California law explicitly makes the vehicle code applicable to bicyclists. Section 21200(a) says that every person riding a bicycle upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application. In other words, if the driver of a motor vehicle has to show his license or ID to a cop who's enforcing the vehicle code, so do you.
What this means is that even though you're not technically required to have something called a bicycle driving license, if you ever get pulled over for breaking the law and can't produce satisfactory ID to the peace officer, you can be arrested and your bike impounded, which is an end-run around "no bike driving license required" because it does in effect require you to have a license in the form of acceptable identification.
So ride with your driver license if you have one. That's my advice.
Addendum: Due to the numerous comments and questions, I've added the following:
Are you required to have something called a "bicycle license" or its equivalent to operate a bicycle on public roads? No.
Are you required to have some form of ID if you are pulled over for violating a traffic law? Yes.
If you're required to ride with some form of ID in the event you're pulled over, isn't that a de facto bicycle license? It may not require you to take a test or pay insurance, but if the absence of ID while riding a bike can get you arrested, then I would argue that you are indeed required to ride with something that is in at least one crucial respect the same as a driving license–it proves who you are when the police detain you.
If you believe that you as a bicyclist are immune from this requirement, it is easy to test. The next time you're pulled over, tell the officer that you refuse to identify yourself. I predict you will be arrested.
This was my main point: That even though we aren't required to have something called a "bicycle license," the fact that we can be arrested in certain situations for failure to produce ID when riding a bicycle means that we are in fact quite close to having to be licensed. We can argue about the type of ID, and about police discretion to require you to produce it, but in the end if they want to force you to ID yourself, they can. Try it if you really think I'm wrong about this.
Now there is the second point. What is the legal underpinning for requiring a bicyclist to produce an ID? California no longer has a statute requiring people to ID themselves to police on demand. That law, Penal Code §647(e), has been repealed.
What follows are excerpts from a brief on investigative detentions, published by the DA of Alameda County. You can find it at: http://le.alcoda.org/publications/point_of_view/files/DETENTIONS.pdf
The landmark case of Terry v. Ohio authorizes police to stop and detain a suspect temporarily if they had a lower level of proof known as "reasonable suspicion." Once stopped, "an officer conducting a lawful Terry stop must have the right to make this limited inquiry, otherwise the officer's right to conduct an investigative detention would be a mere fiction." People v. Loudermilk, (1987) 195 Cal.App.3d 996, 1002.
This is also the opinion of the Supreme Court, which added that identifying detainees also constitutes an appropriate officer-safety measure. "Obtaining a suspect's name in the course of a Terry stop serves important government interests. Knowledge of identity may inform an officer that a suspect is wanted for another offense, or has a record of violence or mental disorder." Hiibel v. Nevada (2004) 542 U.S. 177, 186.
Not only do officers have a right to require that the detainee identify himself, they also have a right to confirm his identity by insisting that he present "satisfactory" documentation.104 "[W]here there is such a right to so detain," explained the Court of Appeal, "there is a companion right to request, and obtain, the detainee's identification." People v. Rios (1983) 140 Cal.App.3d 616, 621.
A current driver's license or the "functional equivalent" of a license is presumptively "satisfactory" unless there was reason to believe it was forged or altered. People v. Monroe (1993) 12 Cal.App.4th 1174, 1186. Also see People v. McKay (2002) 27 Cal.4th 601, 620.
A document will be deemed the functional equivalent of a driver's license if it contained all of the following: the detainee's photo, brief physical description, signature, mailing address, serial numbering, and information establishing that the document is current. People v. Monroe (1993) 12 Cal.App.4th 1174, 1187. While other documents are not presumptively satisfactory, officers may exercise discretion in determining whether they will suffice. People v. McKay (2002) 27 Cal.4th 601, 622 ["[W]e do not intend to foreclose the exercise of discretion by the officer in the field in deciding whether to accept or reject other evidence—including oral evidence—of identification."
So hopefully you agree that when you get pulled over as a suspect for breaking the law, the police have the right to demand ID and you are obligated to produce it.
I read "but not limited to" in CVC 21200 to mean that bicyclists' duties are much broader than the cited divisions, and that's why it says "not limited to." Legislative history and drafting notes of the law would possibly clear that up.
I also agree that section 12591(b) explicitly applies to cars, and cannot be used as a bootstrap to somehow require bicyclists to have a "bicycling license." But I also believe that 12591(b), in conjunction with Terry and its progeny, provides additional proof that if you are stopped by a peace officer enforcing the traffic code, you are required to provide ID. And I believe that a good brief on appeal would use that code section to show that the CVC has a strong interest in identifying all public road users when they are cited for a crime, in line with the U.S. Supreme Court in Terry. The fact that you are on a bicycle when the crime is committed will not, and should not, exempt you from this most basic investigative function of the police.
What's key, and the point I was making, is that as a bicyclist there are excellent legal reasons to carry a CDL if you have one, and some other form of ID if you do not. There are also excellent practical reasons for carrying ID that have to do with how you interface with law enforcement. They can arrest you if you refuse to identify yourself, and if you are truculent about it, they will.
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Dear Mr. Masters Doper:
March 1, 2017 § 31 Comments
I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but it's really obvious. Now don't get me wrong. Doping to get top ten in a creaky-kneed crit is totally worthwhile. Think of the guys who doped and barely cracked the top thirty. Those dudes must really suck.
And I'm not going to criticize you for spending money on drugs. After all, you're already thousands down the tubes with the bikes and the gear … what's a few thousand more to put your thumb on the scale? I get it.
Instead, I'm writing this helpful note to let you know that there are a few bedsheet corners that you need to tuck in, strictly for appearance's sake, so that it doesn't look so blatant.
For example, you really need to lose a bunch of weight. It's not convincing, even in a masters race, for you to crush so convincingly with that giant sack of potatoes hanging over your waist line. And the way your gut is pushing up against that zipper you should at least carry an umbrella liability policy in case that skinsuit goes while they're winching you up onto the podium. That zipper pops while you're facing a crowd, someone's losing an eye.
Here's another tip. Don't be such a flaming dick. You see, when you are a nice, humble, friendly doper, people kind of shrug and don't care as much. We're used to sleazebag, aw-shucks cheats in bike racing; heck, Bradley Wiggins was one of our biggest stars.
But when you pull incredible rides out of your ample ass and combine it with acting like a mini-Lance, people are going to start making phone calls to USADA, and one of these days the doorbell will ring and you'll have to either pee in the cup and get banned or refuse to answer the door and get banned. You know how stupid it's going to sound when you have explain why you doped … to your grandkids?
You know how embarrassing it's going to be when someone emails you the VeloSnooze headline: "[Another] SoCal Profamateur Caught Cheating." The magazine is going to make a few phone calls and people will really open up about you, about what a despicable dude you are, about how absurdly fast you went from career loser to human cannonball, and about how everyone was laughing behind your back and rolling their eyes the whole time.
Anyway, these next few races you might want to ease off the gas a bit, although that's probably hard to do when you're juiced and ready to rumble. I dunno, maybe swap out the test with a 3-week cycle of orange juice?
Because people are talking, and what they're saying isn't good.
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February 28, 2017 § 16 Comments
A long time ago I was pretty expert at lowering and raising my seat post. There was a little Campy bolt and you cranked the crap out of it until it snapped and then you went into Freewheeling and Uncle Phil sold you another Campy bolt for $5 and you never did that again.
After I switched over to full carbon bikes that were 100% carbon and made of full carbon, though, I was taught not to ever tighten anything on my bike because I wouldn't snap the bolt. The bolt would be fine. What I would snap is the 100% pure carbon and instead of having to shit-facedly go into Freewheeling and shell out $5 to Uncle Phil I'd have to get my credit run, apply for a loan, and make payments for six years on the new frame to replace the one I'd irreparably cracked by over-twisting the seatpost bolt.
Over the years that wasn't a problem, leaving it to the trained professionals, because every time I bought a bike they would set the seat post and off I would ride. Sometimes the seat was a tad high and sometimes it was a tad low but I didn't care. The one curse I have always had when it comes to cycling is being comfortable no matter what. No neck pains, back pains, hip pains, wrist pains, nothing, no matter how the bike is set up.
In fact one time I got a pre-fessional bike fit and the gal who fit me said, before she fit me, "So where do you have pain?"
"Nowhere," I said.
She laughed. "Right. But where do you have pain?"
"When I ride?"
"Nowhere. That's how come I like to ride."
"Well, you're a pretty old fellow and you've had a bunch of bicycle falling off incidents and you've been doing this more years than an old redwood has rings, so I'm not buying it. Can you touch your toes?"
"Nope," I said.
She checked my flexibility. "You have the flexibility of a rusted ingot."
"That's how come I don't do yogurt."
"Whatever. But after all these years, once I get draped over a bike I fit perfectly."
"Not perfectly, actually."
"What I mean is, no matter how I'm draped, it doesn't hurt."
What all this meant is that from bike to bike the "fit" kind of changed and then when I got my all black Cannondale Super 6 Black Evo Black, they forgot to put that special bubble gum on the seat post and after a while it sank down pretty low so that it looked like this.
That's right, even with my leg fully extended at the bottom of the stroke my knee is bent worse than the centerfold in an arthritis magazine.
So it was brought to my attention indirectly that perhaps my saddle was too low, because even though I won two races with my knees scraping my chin, "You look like a dork," I was advised by People Who Know.
Back home after the race, then, I was confronted with a significant problem. Take the bike to Boozy P. and have him adjust my seat which was so low I had only won two races with it, or do it myself with the torque wrench set that Smasher had given me somewhat passive-aggressively, knowing that one day I would use it and crack every tube on my bike because in my hands no tool went unabused.
I had to consider the problem from various angles.
- What is a torque wrench?
- What is a torque?
- Am I really too lazy to take the bike to Boozy P., ace mechanic?
Answer key:
- I have no idea.
- I have less idea.
- Yes.
I briefly considered a YouTube tutorial but remembered when I had tried to use one of those to adjust my brakes and wound up buying a new front derailleur. And brakes.
But instead of simply calling up Boozy P. and asking him what to do, I made a list of the three people who would know: Boozy P., Fireman, and EA Sports, Inc.
Each offered a different vantage point. Boozy P. would be speaking from the experience of having done it a billion times, and the toolset that Smasher had given me was the same Super Pro China Torque Spin-Doctor set for $4.99 that Boozy P. used.
EA Sports, Inc., would be able to advise me from the vantage point of an electrical engineer who had also built his home with his bare hands and knew all about tools and stuff. He would be able to provide me deep technical insight into this admittedly complex project.
Fireman would come at the problem viewing me as a complete idiot and having grave doubts that I could hold any tool in my hand without dropping it except perhaps the one I was born with.
I rang up Boozy P. "Hey, man, quick technical question."
"Sure, Wanky. What's up?"
"What is a torque wrench?"
"Got a problem with the bike?"
"I was thinking about raising the seat."
"Hmmm. Why don't you bring it down to the shop? Won't cost you anything and it might save you having to get a new frame."
"Nah, I got this. I think."
"Right. Well, set the torque to 5 newton-meters and tighten it just like you would with an Allen wrench and when it clicks, stop tightening."
"What's a newton-meter?"
"It's a … you sure you don't want me to do this for you?"
Next I called up EA Sports, Inc. "Hey, man, I need to raise my seat post but don't know how to use a torque wrench or even what it is."
"No worries. What's the recommended torque for the seat post?"
"How many newton-meters is it supposed to be torqued down to?"
"Hang on, buddy. Let me check the Cannondale web site for you. What model do you have?"
"Of what?"
"Of bike."
"Carbon. Full carbon. It's the carbon one."
There was a pause. "What's the name on the fork?"
He was getting frustrated, I could tell. "No, the model name. Isn't there a sticker on there?"
"Oh, you mean this one? The one that says 'Wanky'?"
More pausing. "That's probably a decal you put on. Does it say EVO Super 6, something like that?"
"Oh, wow! Yeah! How'd you know?"
"Lucky guess." He browsed for a minute. "Hmmm. Here where it gives you the torque it just says 'Take your bike to an official Cannondale dealer and have it worked on only by a certified technician.'"
"So how many newton-meter thingies is that? Fifty?"
"Oh, here it is. It says 5. So set your wrench to 5 nm's, twist the wrench until it clicks, and then stop twisting."
"Can I give it an extra good ol' twist to grow on?"
"Okay. Thanks, man!"
Finally I called Fireman. "Hey, man, can you help me use a torque wrench to raise my seat post?"
"Sure. Piece of cake."
"Okay. What do I do?"
"First, take out a regular hand tool and snug the bolt down."
"How much?"
"As much as you need to so that it's tight but not too tight."
"Okay," I said. "Then what?"
"Then take the torque wrench and throw it in the dumpster. You're gonna ruin something a lot more valuable than a bicycle if you go around trying to use that thing. You have more thumbs than the floor of a sawmill."
"But what if it's not tight enough?"
"Then your post will slip back down and you'll look like a dork again and win a couple more races."
I thought about that for a minute.
He had a pretty good point.
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WALDPORT, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A large boat, suspected to be debris from a Japanese earthquake and tsunami in 2011, was spotted off the Oregon Coast Thursday near Seal Rock.
The fiberglass boat is around 25-30 feet long, and appears to be half to two-thirds of a larger vessel that was possibly set adrift, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said.
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Rob and Debbie Parks spotted the mussel-and-barnacle glazed hull Thursday afternoon about two miles off the coast of Newport.
"Over the horizon I saw this flat black thing," he told KOIN 6 News. "Of course it was almost clear down under water."
David Debelloy spent six hours towing it in after biologists OK'd the move after the passengers were found and determined to pose no threat as an invasive species.
"We have 20 yellowtail jacks and a striped beakfish," said Erin Paxton of the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
Biologists with the Oregon Coast Aquarium and OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center determined the organisms still attached to the vessel posed a low threat to the Oregon Coast ecosystem.
"They were probably born outside of that boat, but arrived in that boat," said Jim Burke, the director of animal husbandry at the aquarium.
Biologists will DNA-test the larger yellowtails to determine exactly where they're from, but the striped beak fish is native to the Japanese coastal waters.
"Fish of that size in such a small hold, I don't know, I've never seen anything like it," Burke said. "It's pretty interesting and they're in apparently good shape."
The plan for the boat now is to move it to a place where it can be lifted from the water and inspected again. Once it's determined to be safe, it will be dismantled and dumped at a landfill.


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Prost Beer server.... Good people drink good beer...nice beer from Germany and Kota of Makassar.... Pohon mangga besar with light...
I don't really like the place since it's bit messy, I think... I went there to have some drink at night since it's pretty close to the Hotel where I stay so I can just go there by walk.. well, it can be your only choice for having beer if you stay in Fave Hotel :)
Took 1st beer in Makassar after 28 hours from Europe. Easy to walk from the Fave - they do Italian food if you are pining for the/an old country
It's not what it used to be... Resto have been better before. Menu is standard but many things "sold out" italian but not really... A bit disapointing now. Sadly i won't be back there
This place is nice, with a retro touch. Is nice to have a drink sitting outside in the veranda, surround by local young peoples and in a good mood.
I had a pizza that was pretty sad and also the menu was very poor for an Italian restaurant, even in Makassar..
nice atmosphere, good fast service, excellent bruschette and paste. Pizza is ok but not the best item in the menu. The menu is very interesting to read and find out good insight about italian food
This place is probably best described as a beer garden with an italian kitchen attached to it. Even though most guests come for the beer only, the food easily beats the standard of chains like pizza hut and pizza ria (because the recipes were developed by an actual italian, and good ingredients are used, see previous review).
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The place is so cozy, colonial vibe, and the staffs are nice. The pizzas, pastas and the garlic bread are so delicious, but more expensive than the similar resto in Makassar. Nice place for hanging out with friends, having a date, or just having dinner with family. My fave drink here is ginger lemon soda pop :)
Just opened, this Italian restaurant owned by an actual Italian guy. That's a good thing, because it means the pizza's are thin and crispy instead of thick and moist, like at some other pizza places around town. Good ingredients are used (like Italian sausages, olives, etc.), and I think that drives up the price a bit: around 80.000 for a...
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|Reviews for Touch
| CherryFlamingo chapter 1 . 11/16/2014
That was so hot! W I would've been happy with a make out session, but this is good, too!
| Neleothesze chapter 1 . 10/30/2012
Although you seem very critical of it, I enjoyed this short piece. From what I've seen of your stories so far, you don't fall into OOC territory so even when they capture a single moment in the characters' lives, they are pleasant to read.
| Shadow Kitsune67 chapter 1 . 8/3/2011
Heh. I lovee Dark Yunoki ;). It's the reason why he's my favorite La Corda boy. (: Absolutely adore this couple (:
| Hand Over the Bishies chapter 1 . 7/11/2009
kya love this!
you chould have more though-this one shot isnt filling enough :P
you're good with writing romances, no worries! :D
| sagittariusleo chapter 1 . 6/23/2009
wow, u are really good at writing Azuma- Kahoko oneshots. And u call this "little scrap" ? I hope you will write more Azuma-Kahoko.
| NAO-chan33 chapter 1 . 5/30/2009
aw, that was cute! XD
| CutieSOS chapter 1 . 5/25/2009
omg i loved this.
it was so cute.
im faving it.
| Annaliesmarie99 chapter 1 . 5/8/2009
Fabulous story! The language is top-notch, no grammatical mistakes so far which comes as a relief, and makes the reader want to read the story...excellent attempt! keep up the good work, waiting for your next chappie...
| DreaminWideAwake chapter 1 . 3/31/2009
Umm... ya...I wanted to say I really really liked your fic. It's adorable. I think Kahoko and Azuma are a cute couple. Obviously you agree aswell right?
Well i hope you write more. And prefarably they get toghether.
| static shakedown chapter 1 . 12/27/2008
I thought you scripted Yunoki's masochistic personality quite brilliantly~~
Well done :] :]
| Neon-Fantasy chapter 1 . 12/26/2008
Hello! Considering you referred to this as 'scrap', your better written stuff must be out of this world! :P
I loved this, I wish it was longer, but that's just me, can never get enough of Azuma and Kahoko XP
I was hoping he would kiss her though. I was on the edge of my seat thinking, 'Come on, you're almost there, just a little bit more...' and then he backs away after he gets what he truly wants. Come on Azuma, you aren't a nice guy so you should have taken her first kiss while you go your first name from her lol XP
I loved the chemistry though. You caught their characters very well. I look forward to reading more with your 'Through the Eyes of a Sister' :)
| melancholywhite chapter 1 . 12/25/2008
Hello again! Another AzumaxKahoko! Yeah!
This thing was cool! I loved it! Too bad it was only a oneshot, and a short one too... But it's still cool anyway.
"My outburst just now was rude, Yunoki-senpai. Please forgive me." she murmured. He took a step closer to her, his other hand drifting to the back of her neck.
"Wrong name, Kahoko. You know I punish stupid rude girls, don't you?" He traced the outline of her lips. "And do you want me to shut you up for not even being able to say my name correctly?" The look in his eyes and the rapidly shrinking distance between their mouths left her in absolutely no doubt about just how the Prince of Seisou could choose to silence her if she didn't do what he wanted, at once- and it would involve more inappropriate touching than she was already being subjected to. She took a long, shaky breath.
"I'm sorry for what I said earlier…Azuma." Her voice dropped an octave and her cheeks flushed brilliantly red at the thought of the omitted honorific, but it seemed to satisfy him as he straightened and stepped away from her.
That was my favorite part. Well, update your other story quickly, okay? I'll be waiting for you! And you're welcome, about the review... I review all AzumaxKahoko stories lol.
By the way, your fanfic made my tiredness go away... Haha Oh, Merry Christmas~~! (whether you celebrate it or not)
| Shubhs chapter 1 . 12/25/2008
u shud write more u know! the story was so totally like kahoko! it's not crap at the VERY least!
frm shubhs
P.S.-pls continue the story cuz i think dat u can make it very interesting... there were some rumours going around dat la corda d'oro season 2 has been released and there was going to be another transfer student who comes to seisou academy.. he bumps into her while she's running to violin lessons cuz she's late as usual but in the end it seems that her watch was broken... anyways as i was saying when he bumps into kahoko, he asks her the directions to some place(i don't remember which) and she tells him where to go.. next day at skul he comes to her skul and in the short time period between when a teacher goes and another comes, he introduces himself, thanks her and then kisses her hand! see if u can write along this story line! i wud have written it myself but i am not such a good author and i am lazy!
| CV chapter 1 . 12/24/2008
Horay! YunokixKahoko again! Flags for you, Yunoki, and Kahoko! I wanted to become like Kahoko!
Wah, too bad this is only oneshoot. Can you write more? Your inspiration is amazing! I love how you write Yunoki's evil form!
Keep up your good work in your other story and new story! Merry x-mas and happy new year!
Note: name of C_V id Crimson_Valentine so yeah, I'm ayame and Crimson_Valentine. But I'm not the one who held that account.
| darkweb47 chapter 1 . 12/24/2008
hi. another azu/kaho fic. its really short that we r craving 4 more. btw its gr8. write more abt this pairing.


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applcin posted a topic in Off Topic LoungeAnother familiar face from classic tv, probably most recognized from Star Trek. His daughter posted on FB that he died Friday morning. He was 86. Interesting bit of Trekkie trivia. He said in an interview that they had him sign a contract to replace Leonard Nimoy when Nimoy was considering leaving Trek for Mission:Impossible. Nimoy ended up staying (only joining MI after Trek ended) and Montaigne ended up getting cast as Stonn. Just thinking how pretty much all the major players in the "Amok Time" episode are gone, except for William Shatner. Leonard, Lawrence, De Kelley, Celia Lovsky, Arlene Martel, Majel Barrett... http://www.startrek.com/article/remembering-lawrence-montaigne-1931-2017
Her nephew.
Don't know if this has been mentioned but Kamar de los Reyes (OLTL) has been playing a demon on "Sleepy Hollow" since this season premiered.
The LAPD once again went to Richard Simmons' (GH) house to do a welfare check on him and they report that he seems fine. All the speculation, podcasts, etc., are like way out of control. The man just wants his privacy. Side note...his old studio space, Slimmons, has now been taken over by DWTS' Kym Herjavec for her new dance exercise studio. http://people.com/bodies/richard-simmons-perfectly-fine-according-to-police/
One thing that I was really able appreciate from the first time I was able to rewatch the early years of RH on Soapnet was that the "villains" weren't evil, monstrous people. They weren't committing murder, taking hostages, torturing, etc. (Well, except for Kenneth Castle because he obsessed over Faith...and even then, he thought he could protect her and get her to love him.) They were basically just people whose motives and desires put them in conflict with other characters. Even though you could pick out who were supposed to be the heroes and who were supposed to be the spoilers or threats, all of them were essentially everyday people trying to figure out how to get what they wanted. Nobody had all-knowing abilities or was necessarily wanting to inflict harm to people. Characters like Roger and Delia resorted to lies and blackmail for personal gain and not to be sadistic. Jack, ostensibly more hero than villain, had so much emotional baggage he acted like a class-A jerk. Seneca was basically a good man who wasn't above trying to exert control. Joe (#1) was so charming and fell so hard for Siobhan, all the while lying to everyone about his and uncle's business. Alongside them you have the supposed "good guys" who come with their own flaws, like extramarital relationships (Frank & Jill), a "salt of the Earth" Irish Catholic family whose staunch beliefs led to some harsh attitudes with their own children. Nobody was perfect, or perfectly evil. They were human.
I've always wondered about the whole validity of the "Neilsen" ratings. Never in my life was Neilsen tracking my viewing or that of anyone that I knew. Like, how much of the population were they basing their ratings on? It's like those polls where they say "90% of Americans" think this way and, in the fine print, you see that it's one publication surveying 1,000 people (presumably their own readers).
One thing that contributed to turning me off to certain soaps, and I found a cop-out, was making a villain an uber-villain, like they had supernatural powers or something to terrorize the entire town. It's like "deus ex machina" except it's devil ex machina. Instead of a convenient problem-solving device, you now have a convenient problem-creating device. The character is involved in multiple stories, causing havoc and seemingly has the ability to know all the secrets, come up with these elaborate, gothic locations and situations, survive death over and over, etc. Most people seemed to love to hate characters like Mitch Laurence and Helena Cassadine. I despised them and would have enjoyed those shows more without them there.
I add my yes as well. I would say all of the above and then some. As far as just the passage of time itself, you figure the longer something is on, the more repetitive the stories become, like how many times can a couple split then reunite, how many long-lost children can someone have, how many "back from the dead" and "who's your daddy" stories can there be...eventually, things reach a point where you've seen it all before and it can be mind-numbingly boring, especially if badly written. Also throw in things that have eaten away at the viewer base like more women working, the OJ Simpson trial, which preempted multiple soaps for multiple days (one article stated it cost the soaps 10% of the audience that didn't come back), more channel and viewing options. Soaps require a time commitment and a lot of people either don't want to or can't make that commitment anymore.(Look at now with weekly shows, how many people don't watch "live" anymore, opting instead for recording or streaming.) It was interesting to note that when Ryan's Hope (which started in 1975) was rerun decades later on a cable channel Soapnet, some viewers found the slower pace boring. Like if 2 characters had a conversation, you'd hear about it again and again because they would tell their friends and family and basically counsel one another about it. When that happens on a 22-minute show, stories take a long time to develop. People were now used to faster-paced, more action-filled storytelling. As far as the quality, I think soaps had more of a niche or a sort of style about them that gave some of them a kind of uniqueness in the genre, even if, ironically, they tended to copy one another in some things, esp. in the late 70s-early 90s. GH was the action/adventure soap, Edge of Night was the mystery/film noir soap, Days of our Lives was on a roll in the 80s with creating multiple supercouples with amazing chemistry--even though they copied GH's whole anti-hero, supercouple, adventure thing, they did it quite well. Stories and characters seemed new and fresh then--a sexy "bad" guy with an eyepatch who falls for a nice girl (Days), a family of Texas cowboys in Pennsylvania (One Life to Live), secret agents with exotic accents (General Hospital)...it was all just loads of fun. But, as styles go, things eventually become outdated or shift their focus...and if that focus becomes so narrow, that can turn people off, too. (Heaven knows, I only took about a decade's worth, if that, of the Sonny/Jason mob infestation of GH until it (and uber-villainous Cassadines who don't stay dead) bored me out of the show for good.) You know what they say about Hollywood now, that they don't make originals anymore and just keep remaking things? I think the soaps reached that stage a long time ago.
Okay, guys. The Library of Congress guy (aka Cary) sent me a few more, asking if they might be soap actors. So, do these folks look familiar? The first two look familiar to me but, again, nothing. (I thought it might be James MacArthur but this guy's cuter, lol). The second one reminds me a bit of Anna Marie Horsford but I don't think it's her.
Jeff Branson (Jonathan Lavery, AMC) did an episode of Grimm. Rachel Melvin (Chelsea, DOOL) started as a regular on "Sleepy Hollow" this season.
That's funny that you said this. I'm subscribed to MrEdge80's youtube channel. I haven't yet gotten around to starting my rewatching of EON from his youtube starting point but I've seen when he adds new videos and there are a couple with the image of Holder and Gabet that he added about a month ago right there on my screen, lol.
Yes!!! I think I saw him on AMC. That's where I knew him from. You guys are the best! BTW, if you're into this sort of thing and want to try to help identify some old pictures of all sorts of people, here's a link to the LOC site. Every so often they post a series of unidentified photos. My (ahem) background in soap viewing got Larkin Malloy & Sharon Gabet, and he just sent me an email that included a 1980s pic of Lisa Trusel (Melissa Anderson, DOOL). http://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2017/01/photo-blog-14-more-musical-mysteries/
applcin posted a topic in Discuss The SoapsHi guys, I belong to a classic tv FB group and there's a guy from the Library of Congress there who puts out all these old unidentified photos, asking us if we can help identify any of the people...can be obscure movie stars, newsmen, soap actors, etc., maybe even just wannabes. Anyway, I know this guy was on soaps because he looks familiar but I can't place him. Anybody know who this is?
applcin replied to Soapsuds's topic in Discuss The SoapsI just watched it this morning as well. The few times I've seen Kim Delaney show up at these types of things, she just strikes me as cold. I kind of felt like she showed up because she had nothing better to do and that she doesn't remember most of it anyway. I do wish Darnell and/or Debbi had been there, esp.Darnell. I'd be more interested to see a Jesse/Jenny reunion. The last time I saw Michael Knight he was the victim in an NCIS episode who gets killed in the first minute. Peter being there doesn't surprise me. He always seems willing to reminisce, he often contributed when the mags did their tribute pieces. I did cry during the memorial segment, both for the loss of the actors but also at Susan's reactions, esp. shaking her head when Larkin popped up, like it shouldn't have happened. I wish they had cut out some of the stuff like the lip thing, the fashion show, although I do appreciate that the show has a habit of reuniting show casts. I don't regularly watch it but, from time to time, I hear they do these reunions. The Little House one was nice, too.
applcin posted a topic in Off Topic LoungeActor Dick Gautier, 85, has died at an assisted living facility after a long illness. I always thought he was so handsome and funny. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dick-gautier-dead-get-smart-actor-was-85-964369


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