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Gran Fondo National Championship Series (GFNCS)
Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 7:45 AM (EDT)
Gran Fondo National Championship
September 22, 2013 at 7:45 AM; Frederick, Maryland
We reserve the right to combine categories
3 loops to choose from: 100 mile, 62 mile, 32 mile
Event Open to All
2013 Gran Fondo National Champions Crowned
100 mile category winners receive a Gran Fondo National Champion Jersey
4 Timed Sections – Best Combined Time Wins
Prizes for age group winners
Awards for 62 mile and 32 mile winners
Ride with your friends, Race with your friends
Fully Stocked Aid Stations to keep you going
Over 10,000 feet of climbing in the 100 mile Loop
The Gran Fondo National Championship in historic Frederick, Maryland is your opportunity to earn the title of fastest rider in the incredible Gran Fondo arena. We offer some of the longest timed sections and most challenging terrain of any Gran Fondo. The rider with the fastest combined time through each designated section will have truly earned their National Championship jersey.
"Come Challenge Yourself"
Packet pick up:
Thomas Johnson Court Frederick, MD 21702
Saturday 9/21/13; 3:00 to 6:00 PM
Sunday 9/22/13; 5:45 to 7:15 AM
84 Thomas Johnson Court Frederick, MD 21702
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Editor's note: Today's guest blog is about the newly launched Google Maps Engine public data program, which lets organizations distribute their map content to consumers using Google's cloud infrastructure. Frank Biasi, Director of Digital Development at National Geographic Maps, tells us how his organization is participating in the public data program and sharing over 500 maps to the world.
Why are maps important for National Geographic?
Founded in 1888, National Geographic Society aims to inspire people to care about the planet. As one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations, we've funded more than 10,000 research, conservation and exploration projects. Maps and geography are integral to everything we do; it's even part of our name. Over our long history, we've created and published more than 800 reference, historic and travel maps.
Medieval England (1979)
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Why did you want to take part in the Google Enterprise Maps public data program?
People have collected our magazine fold-out maps for over a hundred years, and many of those maps are sequestered away in attics and garages. The public data program gives us the opportunity to release our amazing map collection to the wider world.
We will also use Maps Engine to overlay our maps with interactive editorial content, so the maps can "tell stories" and raise awareness about environmental issues and historic events. Anyone will be able to access our free public maps, but we also plan to sell or license high-resolution and print versions to raise funds for our nonprofit mission.
Why did you choose to work with Google and not another maps technology partner?
We needed a high-performance mapping platform to produce and publish hundreds of interactive maps. We also wanted a relatively simple web-based workflow that could be used by non-technical employees and wouldn't require any programming or desktop software. Google Maps Engine offers a good blend of robust technology and simple usability. Of course, Google will also help our maps get discovered by more people, including National Geographic fans, students and educators and travelers. We expect travel and home decor businesses, publishers and brand marketers will also want to buy or license them.
Which Google Maps Engine advanced tools do you use the most?
We use all the features. We load data, create layers, combine layers into maps, publish individual layers as maps and integrate multiple maps. We use both the raster and vector capabilities to put descriptors, links, pop-ups and thumbnails on top of maps. For example, we could use Maps Engine to add articles, photography and information from National Geographic expeditions to our ocean maps. These interactive maps, which we can display in 2D or 3D using Maps Engine, will allow people to follow along with expeditions as they unfold or retrace past expeditions.
What's the most exciting thing about participating in the Google Maps Engine public data program?
Google Maps Engine lets us turn our maps into interactive full-screen images that can be panned and zoomed and overlaid with tons of great data. We are proud of our century-long cartographic tradition. The Maps Engine public data program will help get our maps out into the world where more people can enjoy and learn from them.


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Re: Repair of Teak Toe Rail
Originally Posted by baboon View Post
Part of my change of heart as it relates to metal rails involve my boat, a Tartan 30, pretty much a slimmed down S&S 34 (S&S 30's were also made, very close to T30 and Yankee 30). I just finished stripping sanding and re-finishing my wood toe rails this afternoon and although I hate the labour it looks great.
Re: Repair of Teak Toe Rail
Originally Posted by casey1999 View Post
...Also, the screws holding my toe rail are not visible from the inside of the boat. There is another glass layer that covers both the toe rail fasteners and the deck to hull joint. Therefore, disturbing the fasteners opens up a can of worms.
BTW, another option if you have a really bad section is to just scarf in a replacement in that section alone.
Re: Repair of Teak Toe Rail
All told it makes sense to go ahead with the epoxy. I mentioned smaller cracks may have to be enlarged, but I have had some luck using a dental syringe to fill small cracks. You can try different types of wood flour to try to get a close match on larger areas, and from 10 feet or so it may not be very noticable. The best part is you can buy a small amount of material to start and see how it goes.
Better wood scrapers can save a lot of time with epoxy, get to it before it fully hardens and you can save a lot of sanding, a stanley surform rasp also works great for rough shaping.
Part of my change of heart as it relates to metal rails involve my boat, a Tartan 30, pretty much a slimmed down S&S 34 (S&S 30's were also made, very close to T30 and Yankee 30). I just finished stripping sanding and re-finishing my wood toe rails this afternoon and although I hate the labour it looks great.
Re: Repair of Teak Toe Rail
Good points. I would like to keep the toe rail teak for looks, as you point out, and also for function, as we are barefoot on the boat and I would rather step on a rounded teak toe rail than an aluminum extrusion. Also, the screws holding my toe rail are not visible from the inside of the boat. There is another glass layer that covers both the toe rail fasteners and the deck to hull joint. Therefore, disturbing the fasteners opens up a can of worms. My boat is completely dry inside, even when beating into 35 knots and 10 foot wind chop, rather not do somthing that could change that.
I will try the epoxy route first, as I really do not have much to loose, and see how it goes. Maybe in 35 years I will need all new rails.
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I'm going to chime in here since I have the same boat Casey. FWIW, we replaced the teak cap rails and varnished them. It was a significant expense (materials alone were probably $1,600) and it was not easy. The rail has enough of a bend in it that you either need to steam bend the beam and the stern, cut them out of a wide piece, before scarfing the pieces to the rest of the rail or do what we ended up doing, which was to create the mid part of the rail in two halves (longitudinally) and then bend each half onto the rail and epoxy them together. I'm glad I didn't take this on personally, as it looked very difficult, but the work came out very nice. The varnish obligation is not insignificant.
So with all that out the way, I will say that there are certain boats that will stand out with a nice, varnished cap rail, and the S&S34 is one of them. I rarely take mine out without being approached by strangers to talk about the boat. It is a head turner. I can't say you won't regret going with a varnished cap rail (especially when you are laying on yet another coat of varnish), but it will have a return on your sweat equity. YMMV.
Yeah im with babboon on wondering how much you end up putting into an insecure not very tasty cover job when with abit of planning and study new rails make sense. Add paint filler epoxy etc and a few lengths of iroko are paid for with a very datsfying result.
Re: Repair of Teak Toe Rail
I have done this type of repair, although on a smaller scale. Epoxy will be more durable than wood filler, toe rails get a lot of abuse. Adding wood flour will give it more substance, and make it much easyer to work with. The slight cracks will have to be enlarged to get filled, large areas to be built up will need a form built to retain the epoxy (wood strips or stiff cardboard covered in plastic wrap will work).
As noted above epoxy is not UV stable so varnish or paint will be needed. The filled areas will have no grain, so even if you can match the color varnish will have an irregular look.
I have used MAS and System 3 epoxy with good results.
Another option is to replace it. You mentioned that is not your plan, but salvaging metal toe rails from another ruined boat might be pretty low cost. Labor wise it might be a break even proposition as you are looking at a lot of prep work, epoxy sanding and then finishing the rails.
Re: Repair of Teak Toe Rail
Why epoxy before painting? Since you are not encapsulating the teak epoxy is probably unnecessary and darn hard to fair. Fill with a good flexible, paintable, filler. Then prime and paint.
But the exposed heads may leak, epoxied or not.
Re: Repair of Teak Toe Rail
Originally Posted by xort View Post
How big are these areas? Epoxy is brittle. Filling small cracks might be OK but larger voids could be problematic.
Also, make sure it's a thin epoxy that will soak well into the surrounding teak and bond with it.
I like epoxypoducts.com
Tons of good info on what their different products can do plus some good tech support. Plus prices are way lower than others and just as good or better. Every one of theirs is amine free, no blush.
Repair of Teak Toe Rail
Mix epoxy with teak dust and fill as a putty. Fair as needed. Apply Cetol or other UV coating. Epoxy will be plenty stable mixed with dust and covered with UV topcoat.
Go sailing.
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The stars were out in full force on Tuesday (November 27) for the 2012 UNICEF Snowflake Ball celebration in New York City.
With Tony Bennett and The Wynton Marsalis Quintet performing, Tinseltown hotties like Selena Gomez, Uma Thurman and Katy Perry got all prettied up as they filed into the annual holiday fundraising fete.
Offering up the high-anticipated crime-ridden comedy, Universal Pictures' "Tower Heist" has made its way to theaters nationwide (November 4).
Taking to the red carpet to debut their latest project, Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller tended to press duties at the New York City premiere of "Tower Heist" on Monday night (October 24).
Offering up a look at the highly-anticipated crime-ridden comedy, Universal Pictures has released an action-packed trailer for "Tower Heist."
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The "X-Files" hunk and the "Spanglish" babe are reportedly taking time apart to sort things out and there's no plans for divorce just yet.
Making the most of the summer sunshine, David Duchovny and Tea Leoni were spotted on the beach in Malibu yesterday afternoon (July 18).
Joined by their kids and some friends, the "Californication" actor and the "Spanglish" babe looked to be having a blast together.
Always one of the more well-attended events to kick off the summertime season, the stars were out in full force at the Wadworth Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Sunday (June 13).
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9-11 Truther Napolitano Hosts Another Truther On His Fox Show
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Today on his Fox Business show, Freedom Watch, Andrew Napolitano hosted 9-11 truther Eric Margolis. Napolitano has previously supported the conspiracy theory that the government is lying about the attacks on September 11. By Fox News' standards, Napolitano should have been "fired immediately" for these comments, yet Napolitano still has his own Fox Business show and Fox News frequently hosts him.
Eric Margolis has repeatedly written in support of 9-11 conspiracy theories on his website. From a September 10, 2010 post titled "9/11: The Mother Of All Coincidences":
A day after 9/11, I was asked on CNN if Osama bin Laden was behind the attack. `We have yet to see the evidence,' I replied. I maintain this position today.
Bin Laden denied he or al-Qaida was behind 9/11 and the death's of nearly 3,000 people. The plot was hatched in Hamburg, Germany and Madrid, Spain, not in Afghanistan.
Jonathan Kay writes in the National Post that this is not the first conspiracy theory that Margolis has supported:
When Israel invaded Gaza in late 2008 to stop rocket fire against Israeli towns, Margolis accused Israel of perpetrating a "final solution" -- i.e. a Holocaust. When Yasser Arafat died, he wrote a glowing ode to him in the Sun, and gave credence to the conspiracy theory that he had been killed by "an untraceable toxin" dispensed by Israel. Along the same lines, he declared that "Israeli scientists are attempting to engineer deadly micro-organisms that only attack DNA within the cells of victims with distinctive Arab genes."
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America and the world's democracies are very fortunate to have an ally such as Saudi Arabia whose forces are ever on guard to protect the people of that happy land from having to encounter such evil events as men and women walking and talking together. Yesterday, members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hay) smashed a ring of sex mad men and women who were attending a fair organized by British universities to help Saudi youth select a college. The police entered college grounds posing as representatives of a government body and made women leave the premises to avoid having them come into contact with the body of an evil man– male relatives, by definition, are not evil.
Not only were Saudi women made to leave but so were British women. The British women were serving as representatives of the 25 colleges which advertised their institutions since it made common sense to have women serve Saudi women. But, in the glorious democracy of Saudi Arabia even having women serve women is illegal if a man is within seeing distance.
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Welcome to Talking Heads.
Before and after every first-team fixture, our MatchDay Show guest and an Arsenal blogger will have their say on the game.
Arsenal took on West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday and our Talking Heads for this game were former Gunner Nigel Winterburn and Goodplaya.
I thought Arsenal deserved to win the game, particularly in the first half. Arsenal were really the only team looking to go forward. I thought at times it was still too slow, you could see that Arsenal were lacking a little bit of confidence. People will look back to the penalty incident with Cazorla - it wasn't a penalty in my opinion - but the referee gave it. Even for the second goal, West Brom fans think that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fouled their player in the build-up. It doesn't matter because the referee is there to make the decisions and overall I thought that Arsenal deserved it. At 2-0 it was comfortable because they had three or four other chances that they could have scored as well.
West Brom were going really well. They've had a couple of losses recently themselves though. I think for Arsenal, it's a crucial game. They need to get back to winning ways, particularly at home. They need to make the Emirates a place where teams are going to come and be fearful that an Arsenal team in full flow is really going to put them to the sword. It's been a really difficult period but you find out a lot about the players when things aren't going well. It will be a good test for them.
When you're at home, you want to get a good rhythm to your play and score that early goal if you can, but also disrupt the rhythm of the opposition and try and push them back. When you've not been in good form, it becomes crucial to get the crowd with you straight away. The only way to do that is by taking the game to the opposition.
You can lose confidence very quickly as a player. You always hear managers talking about teams needing to bounce back quickly when they lose a game. They don't want to get in a rut of losing two or three on the trot. When your confidence is affected, I think you're not as switched on mentally as when things are going well. You start to over-think and football is a natural game. The thought process slows down when you're not confident. A couple of good results can change that very quickly..
I thought we'd win and we did. We couldn't be as bad as we were against Swansea and West Brom are dipping after a great run of form. The game's major talking point was Cazorla's tumble for the penalty but even without it, we were clearly the better team. Our finishing was wayward, which was concerning, but Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's contributions made for a far better midfield performance than a week earlier. That we're in the hardly disastrous position of being two points off fourth is less a testament to what we have achieved than the failings of our opponents. Everton (who are currently fourth) will knock up just 62 points come the end of the season at the current rate - something like six to eight points below the normal points tally for fourth.
You'd be hard pressed to put any kind of positive spin on last week's defeat to Swansea. We lost and deservedly so. On paper West Brom appears a similar game - at home to a side promoted in the not-too-distant past who are enjoying a great season. However I think we will win. West Brom are doing brilliantly but have actually lost their last two games, while it is hard to believe we will be as poor as we were last week. The absence of Podolski and Walcott is interesting. Presumably Gervinho and Oxlade-Chamberlain will start, all of which poses a few interesting questions as to who will be on the bench. What chance Arshavin or Chamakh end up making a significant contribution?
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The Second UN Conference Against Racism got off to an auspicious beginning when the stage was taken over by a clown from Iran. Even as the foul mouthed President Ahmadinejad began speaking against racism, two men dressed in clown headgear were ejected before they could hear words being spoken about racism by a man whose nation persecutes Bahais, stones women to death, and regards Kurds as second class citizens. According to the Iranian leader, the Holocaust was a "pretext of Jewish suffering" and urged the world to take measures aim at "eradicating (Israel's) barbaric racism."
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2009 - Games/Starts: 13/13 ... All-SEC second team performer one of three Vols offensive linemen who started every game ... Finished UT career with 39 consecutive starts, tying Eric Berry for longest active UT streak ... Named to All-SEC second teams by league writers and coaches ... Participated in both East-West Shrine Game and Senior Bowl.
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Shortly after it was reported in September 2003 that Anderson's home was searched in conjunction with the BALCO investigation, Magowan, according to the Mitchell report, recalled asking Giants general manager Brian Sabean whether the team "had a problem."
Said the Mitchell transcript, "Magowan said that what he meant by his inquiry was to ask whether the Giants had a problem with Anderson dispensing steroids; he wanted to know whether Sabean had any reason to know of such a problem. According to Magowan, Sabean responded that he was not aware of any problem the Giants might have. However, Sabean strongly denied that such a conversation occurred."Magowan also told Mitchell that he was in San Diego in February 2004 when he received a telephone call from Bonds to discuss ways to improve the team that season. Toward the end of the chat, Magowan said he asked Bonds, "I've really got to know, did you take steroids?" Magowan related that Bonds told him he didn't know the substances he took were steroids -- but later learned they were. Bonds told Magowan that he took these substances to ease his arthritis and sleeping problems stemming from his father's declining health. The report said that Bonds pointed out to Magowan that he openly took these substances in the clubhouse -- to show he was hiding nothing -- and, moreover, used them for only a short time and that they "didn't work." The report added, "Magowan recalled asking Bonds whether this was what he had told the grand jury. Bonds replied yes. Magowan also asked Bonds if he was telling the truth, and Bonds said he was." The report said that two days after Magowan's interview, lawyers representing him and the Giants called one of Mitchell's investigators to issue a clarification. Said the report, "Magowan's lawyer explained that his client misspoke when he said that Bonds had said, during their February 2004 telephone call, that he later learned the substances he had taken were steroids. According to his lawyer, Magowan could only recall with certainty that (1) Bonds had said he did not knowingly take steroids, and (2) what Bonds said to Magowan during the call was consistent with what Magowan later read in the San Francisco Chronicle about Bonds' reported grand jury testimony." The report cited the Giants' concerns about Anderson rising long before the steroid controversy mushroomed. As early as Spring Training in 2000, former Giants trainer Stan Conte expressed misgivings about Bonds' two personal trainers, Anderson and Harvey Shields, being allowed to roam the clubhouse's restricted areas. The report said that Sabean told Conte to throw them out himself if he objected to their presence.
Anticipating trouble from Bonds, Conte said he'd do this if Sabean backed him up. The report said that Sabean didn't respond to Conte's request, so Anderson and Shields stayed. Sabean told investigators that he didn't remember this discussion with Conte. But Dave Groeschner, then an assistant trainer and now the Giants' head trainer, confirmed Conte's version of events.In August 2002, an unidentified Giant told Conte that he was considering obtaining steroids from Anderson. After warning the player about the dangers of steroid use, Conte informed Sabean of the incident without naming the player -- although he did tell Sabean that he suspected Anderson might be doling out steroids to various Giants. Sabean recommended to Conte that he confront Anderson and Bonds, but Conte declined, saying that it wasn't his responsibility to do so.
Sabean confirmed this sequence of events, adding that he asked Conte if he knew anybody who could "check out" Anderson. A Drug Enforcement Administration agent found no damning information about Anderson. Sabean later told Mitchell investigators that the government should have known whether Anderson was selling drugs illegally and said that he didn't want to risk "outing" Conte as a source of this information, which would have violated "clubhouse culture."According to the report, after the September 2003 raid on Anderson's home was made public, Sabean did not inform anybody in the Giants hierarchy or in the Commissioner's office about his discussions with Conte regarding Anderson. Radomski told investigators that he provided Carreon with Dianabol pills "toward the end of his tenure with the Giants." Carreon played for San Francisco from 1994 through the middle of the 1996 season. Radomski showed investigators a $1,600 check dated July 2, 2002, that Christiansen wrote him, testifying that it was payment for a kit of human growth hormone. Christiansen pitched for the Giants from mid-2001 through late in the 2005 season. The report said that Herges was introduced to steroids while playing in Triple-A with the Dodgers organization in 1999. Radomski told investigators that he sold human growth hormone to Herges two or three times. "His first contact with Herges might have been as early as 2004 and his last sale to him was in late 2005," said the report, which included a copy of a check for $3,240 Herges wrote Radomski dated Nov. 1, 2005. Herges played for the Giants from July 2003 through May 2005. The findings of former Mitchell's report concerning use of performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball were released at 11 a.m. PT Thursday. Several high-profile, superstar-caliber players were among those named in the Mitchell Report, the product of a 21-month, multimillion dollar investigation that could shape decisions, prompt punitive actions against active players, and usher in the next era of the sport. Free agent Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees, Miguel Tejada of the Houston Astros, Eric Gagne of the Milwaukee Brewers and Paul Lo Duca of the Washington Nationals were among the most prominent former and current All-Stars to be mentioned in the lengthy report, which spans 311 pages, plus multiple exhibits, including evidence of signed checks, handwritten notes and shipping receipts. The entire report is available for viewing here at MLB.com. While the report detailed drug use in baseball by naming those accused, the report also contained 19 separate recommendations for the sport to move forward from this point, proceeding after a culture of steroids and performance enhancement grew exponentially in the late 1990s. Mitchell's report named both Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association in assigning blame, charging leadership -- from the Commissioner to club owners and general managers -- for allowing the issue to proliferate.
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The principal of a Connecticut high school is defending her decision to end the longtime tradition of allowing students to vote for a prom king and queen over fears that the winners might be bullied.
But students at Kaynor Tech High School in Waterbury, Conn. have accused Principal Lisa Hylwa of bowing to political correctness.
In the past, the prom court was selected by a student vote. But Hylwa said she wanted to keep drama out of the prom and stop bullying. Instead, students who attended prom were invited to put their names in a box and the court was selected randomly.
"A lot of kids just think it's unfair because you know, it's a prom tradition," student Jennifer Buonocore told television station WTNH. The station reported that it was flooded with comments from students wondering why the tradition was changed.
The principal said that all the students deserve an opportunity to participate as prom king and queen.
"This method gives everyone the same opportunity o be a member of the prom court and it supports the positive spirit of our school, period," Hylwa wrote in a terse email to Fox News Radio. "There is no hidden agenda with this, no reason for 'hurt feelings' or adding another issue on to a teenager's full plate that could 'spark' jealousy, 'mean behavior' or bullying."
The principal said the new way of selecting a prom court "eliminates the avenue for the pressure to vote for members of the clique in charge or for any other issues that could open the door to amplified drama which may lead to any type of 'mean behavior' or equity controversy."
She said the traditional method of voting for prom king and king was "beyond obsolete."
"There was no option for the student or students who did the most for the class to win or a 'noble' reason such as a child who was terminally ill winning the prize," she wrote. "This was a popularity contest with no criteria. The fact is, there are enough popularity contests in high school so why sponsor another one that may have negative consequences?"
"Cliques are real bullies by the way," she added.
Hylwa said she feared a "Carrie" incident at this year's prom, referring to the 1976 horror film.
"A student did complain on Facebook and to the school staff that she/he could not sleep the night before because she/he feared being bullied by being selected as prom queen," she wrote. "It was going to be a mean spirited prank. She was not sure."
"I was not taking a chance," the principal said. "Sounds like 'Carrie' but we can't brush it aside in today's atmosphere. Connecticut has the CT Bullying Law and we are not playing in the Nutmeg state."
But students like Buonocore said there's no bullying at the prom.
"I don't feel like anyone in our class would ever do something like that or in the junior class, that's just mean and we're not mean," she told the television station.
But the principal said the new rules won't be changed.
"I have no more time to waste on this 'non story'," she wrote. "I have a serious job to do."
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Recently, Sarah Palin's recent pronouncements of feminism have been attacked by quite a few major feminist writers. Their argument is basically that Sarah Palin works actively against women, which I guess is fair enough.
I do not like Sarah Palin myself - she's detrimental to this country. But I think that Sarah Palin is a feminist, because she enforces a long-held feminist tradition of hurting women.
None of the posts above consider s.e. smith's awesome rebuttal on this very topic. If you haven't, please go read it now. Here is my favorite part:
Feminism is for everyone, as bell hooks put it – and that includes bigots.
Liberal feminists are asking why Sarah Palin, a conservative feminist, should be allowed to call herself a feminist. They also ask why so many people want to distance themselves from feminism. Well, I think the parallels I've outlined here answer that question pretty thoroughly, and perhaps will open a few eyes. People who are outraged by Sarah Palin's rhetoric and demand to know how she's feminist now have an inkling of how people in marginalised classes who don't identify with feminism feel. Because, let me tell you, many of us are surprised to see you calling yourselves feminists too.
Is Sarah Palin a feminist? Well, I'm afraid that I am not holding the Orb of Office this week and thus am not allowed to issue a formal ruling on who is (and isn't) feminist. But I view feminists a lot like ducks. If an animal walks up to me and says 'hey, what's up, I'm a duck,' it's a fucking duck, ok, people?
I define feminism as working against racism, cissexism, heterosexism, ableism, ageism, sizism, colonialism, sexism, and all those other innumerable implications of the kyriarchy.
And yeah, Sarah Palin doesn't live up to that.
But you know what? Neither does the fucking feminist movement. Neither do I.
So my definition includes the problems, the baggage, the failures of this crucial movement. I am subject to these failures, and I am part of them. They are inextricable from feminism, and trying to bar Sarah Palin dismisses our baggage, our failure, when we should own it and admit that she is a feminist who hurts women, like many feminists, like every feminist.
We don't do it all in the same ways, on the same stage, at the same level. Sarah Palin is hurting women on a more global level than I am when I fuck up, but privilege is a necessary and sufficient condition for hurting people (which includes women) and she is just a very famous example of a well-honored and still-continuing feminist tradition.
She is a feminist because she identifies as one. Trying to pretend that she isn't is trying to pretend that the movement's history of hurting women who are not white, not cis, not rich, not het, not able, not monogamous, not right. Because like Sarah Palin none of us are right, and all of us are wrong. We are trying to bar her because we see that she is like us, that she reflects the worst of us. But she is like us, and we are like her. Feminists, all.*
We, feminists, work actively against the rights of women because we use "lame" regularly, or create bills that restrict reproductive freedom, or appropriate and erase the work of WOC, or play host to ableism, or deny trans folks humanity. And I don't see anyone getting up in arms about why Amanda Marcotte or Mary Daly aren't feminists. Instead, I see women questioning feminism, and often abandoning or rejecting it.**
Maybe the question to ask isn't "Why isn't Sarah Palin a feminist?" Maybe it's "Why does Sarah Palin want to be a feminist?"
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Hey, my friend bought a set of BC BR coilovers but he is low on cash so he is thinking of selling them. Bought used 20,000 miles, we never installed them. Asking price is $750 OBO shipped and paypal'd.
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Thought I'd put this up for anyone looking for an alternative route to go about the ROTJ blaster. Started with the basic Hasbro green and grey monstrosity, wow that thing is ugly, but it does clean up nicely! Don't have a shot of how I got it, but we've all seen it and shuddered. My plan was to leave as little of it as possible, size it back up and make it look like a respectable blaster Boba would be proud to carry. Took a while LOL
Here is is disassembled, along with the electronics I kept working, the new barrel and the barrel ring.
Assembled, with scope, muzzle and various filling
Coat of black on it, starting to look like something
With T track from Blastech installed
Not quite done, but needed to make it work for my 501st profile pic, so a head on shot
The stock finally, made by rescaling images of the screen used blaster and the using that as a template to trace and cut a 3 layer mdf press board basic shape. The middle layer was constructed to accommodate the stock attachment D handle that came with the Hasbro, makes it fit perfectly, and is removable for transportation. All 3 layers were glued and screwed together for the ultimate hold. Then it was sanded to be an all one piece unit, spot putty to fill it all in and it was in business
And the finished blaster with paint. Still slightly undersized (9 - 10%) but pretty serviceable and has working sound and light to boot, pretty pleased with the outcome. Stock greeblies suppliedby Asok, thanks again man!! All in, $30 for the Hasbro, $20 for the T track, $7 for the scope, $8 for the greeblies, $5 for materials (I already had most) So for $70 total hard to beat!


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I'm new here and I'm going to have a career break this year. You see I've always wanted to teach English in Japan, but I am unqualified and have a demanding job.
I have a university degree in BA journalism and I'm a journalist, but I'm frustrated right now and I view this oppertunity as a way of getting some time to myself.
I'm 23 and live with my parents still, never been on my own, especially in a foreign country. However I did live for a while in New Zealand when I was a kid.
I'm from Glasgow and the Scottish Government have a scheme which will fund my part time study for up to £200 (through ILA Scotland). I pay the rest myself
i-to-i offer online certification partially funded by this and offer placements in state schools in Japan upon completion of your qualification.
I want to get in and go ASAP but I'm wondering about everything I've read online about weekend/online courses and they don't compare to a solid CELTA or TESOL intensive month course (which I don't have time to do part time or full time).
So this seems to be my best bet, but I am wondering if any of you experienced people on these forums could provide me with some advice on what to expect or even what online qualification from i-to-i suits?
I've lived in Japan for around a month before, kind of a vacation break type thing and I have a very basic grasp of the language.
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so...i have to vent this somewhere...i figured you all are smart, maybe you would have some ideas for me. so to make a long story short, i picked up my life (and my dog) and moved from massachusetts back home to nj. i tried to get a transfer through my company, had an interview, then it was given to somebody else with in the company. boo. soooo now, i have no job and i'm freaking out. i've done all the monster.com stuff but i've been told all the jobs on there are foolish and scams basically. i've been pounding the pavement, handing out my resume, been in touch with the recruiter for my company...i feel like a failure. i know there's no time for a pity party, but every now and then i can't deal with it...i don't know what it is to not work. so i guess i'm just kind of looking for suggestions from others that may have gone through this.
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OH I feel your frustration!!! I was unemployed for 5 months and it was hard. I'm a smartie pants too, lots of experience, biligual, degrees, certifications, etc. but guess what ... so do other people ... so in the end, it's all about "getting that interview".
I don't know if you have temp agencies / consulting companies where you live but I registered with about 20 of them. It's downright humiliating to take a freaking typing test but it's the only way to get on their list.
In Ottawa, they've laid off tons of people, and are not "re-hiring" so our economy is in the tank right now. They say they are creating more jobs, but unfortunately, these are "lower income / entry level jobs" and I'm sorry, but I'm not pumping gas to make less money than I could make on Employment Insurance. Because once you take that job, they're not going to help you anymore!!!
I set up alerts on "indeed.ca" and "ziprecruiter.ca" and then followed up with the temp agencies afterwards. I hounded, called, emailed, etc. and then I finally got a job after 5 months. I now sit in a job that I can't stand, have nothing to do, but at least I'm getting paid. On the up side, I've just discovered that I won a contract that I applied for back in June and will be starting within the next couple of weeks.
The only positive? Kyleigh was 10 months to 15 months of age while I was unemployed. We got some ROCKING training in there, and she's awesome!
So there you go ... it's hard, it sucks, it's scary, it's unfair, it's demeaning, it's humiliating, it's frustraing, and then finally there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I applied for over 800 jobs before I got the one I'm in right now!!!
Keep at it, and try to stay positive ... fingers crossed for you.
Kind of going through the same thing moved from Massachusetts to Washington State for my husband's job and been seriously searching for a job for the past month. I am going crazy not working! So what I've been doing with my spare time and to keep my sanity is volunteering at a hospital that's within walking distance. It's at my leisure and I'll go in and help out for a few hours and if a lab position opens up I'll get priority. I've also added volunteering to my resume and have received a few call-backs and have a few interviews lined up. I don't know if my searching is paying off or because of the local volunteering specifically but I am sure it doesn't hurt. You could try something similar? Also I've been skipping those sites like monster and going directly to local company's/hospital's websites and searching their job postings directly. You can try that if you haven't? Although its hard if you're new to the area but still very doable! Not sure what your field of work is but hang in there! I'm sure an opportunity will open up! Good luck!
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Try a temporary agency.
My husband used monster and carreer builder, he got a job within a month of really making an effort (he was employed at the time so he was picking & choosing).
You have to give it some time, it's not all a scam online.
A lot of companies will only go through employment agencies for new hires. I'd register with as many of those as you can.
thanks everyone. i spoke with a friend last night who recommended a temp agency to me so i contacted them this morning. it's so scary to me because i don't have a lot of savings...i footed most of the bills in my relationship on a very humble salary...which left me little to no money to save by the time my school loans, insurance, electric, dog and food bills were paid every month. all i can do is keep on hustling. it's ironic...i have all the time in the world to look for jobs, but it's so hard to find the energy to do it. i guess that's what they call depression. i hate every minute of it, but hopefully something will turn up. i may just have to go back to slinging drinks in the mean time to cover my expenses.
Do you have a support system where you live now? Family, friends, former employers? If you get word out with the people you know, maybe that kind of word-of-mouth networking can help.
I totally understand the irony of having all the time in the world to job-hunt, and no energy to do it. It seems every time things have gotten bad for me, I have too much time and not enough money, I think I'm at least going to get some stuff done around the house... think I do? Nope. I can barely pry myself off the couch. And yes, it's called Depression. Hopefully for you it is only a temporary situation.
Nothing wrong with slinging drinks! What is your usual occupation?
Don't feel too bad. When my brother in law lost his job it took him two years to land another job and he has a phd. He also had to make a move to the opposite side of the country. While he was looking (and I mean he looked hard for a job) he did free lance consulting work to pay the bills. This was also agrevating because very few people would pay him on time so he was always scrambling.
The last time I was desperate for a job was just before everyone used the internet. At that time I gave up on using the classified and would research the large employers in the major city nearby and go directly to their HR or employment center. At the time I hit several banking centers in SF and landed a job at my first interview because I accepted graveyard shift.
I don't know your skill but try the websites for your county govt offices, hospitals, colleges, hotels, and craigslist. I also noticed that Indeed.com seems to be a very good, legitimate source for jobs.
What I found recently which is somewhat of a bummer is that some HR offices will not see you in person but want only on-line applications and resumes. Good Luck!
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AMES, Iowa – Hundreds of Iowa 9- to 14-year-olds showed off their engineering skills and competed for top honors during the Iowa FIRST LEGO League (FLL) State Championship Jan. 14 at Iowa State University. Among the 72 teams of youth, 11 Iowa 4-H teams competed.
The 4-H teams represented several counties:
This year teachers, parents and mentors helped students establish 295 FIRST LEGO League teams across the state, many of them 4-H teams. The teams competed in nine regional competitions for the chance to advance to the state championship at Iowa State.
The statewide championship featured 72 teams in action from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Iowa State University's College of Engineering. Prior to the competition, teams designed, built, programmed and tested a robot made entirely from LEGO parts. During the event, teams showed judges what they learned by running their robots through missions, solving problems and demonstrating core values such as teamwork and cooperation. All the lessons focused on the "Food Factor" theme. Youth learned what it takes to get food safely from field to table.
"Robots are a really engaging platform for students to practice using the engineering design process and to develop their creativity, teamwork and thinking skills," said Holly Bignall, with ISU Extension Science, Engineering and Technology (E-SET). "Encouraging youth to develop these skills and enthusiasm for the field of engineering helps prepare them to become tomorrow's leaders. Most importantly, challenges like this are a lot of fun."
Two 4-H teams received awards. SG1 received second place in robot performance.
FIRE received second place in teamwork. The team had 10 members and was led by Michelle Dornbrier and Nicole Furst.
"In the first month, the team fought a lot," said Dornbrier. "After that rough patch, the students really came together. Before we began on the day of the competition, we told them the only thing people will truly remember is the character of the team. That really paid off. They worked so well together."
Iowa State's College of Engineering has directed and sponsored the state championship for 10 years as part of its outreach and recruitment efforts. The championship also is sponsored by Rockwell Collins, the K. Engel Engineering Outreach Endowment, the Mark Guidry Foundation, General Mills and Loren Zachary, an Iowa State professor of aerospace engineering.
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FIRST LEGO League is the creation of FIRST, a nonprofit organization based in New Hampshire that's dedicated to inspiring young people to explore science and technology, and the LEGO Group, the Denmark-based toy manufacturer.
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The number of calls to state and local health agencies regarding bed bugs has increased significantly in recent months, but media hype could be stoking concerns as much as the tiny blood suckers themselves.
Sara Jo Best, director of Environmental Health Services at Lincoln Trail District Health Department, said calls from throughout her agency's seven-county region spiked a few months ago, just before the start of the school year.
"That's about the same time stories about bed bugs started showing up on TV," Best said. "It's hard to tell if they're on the rise, or if they were already here and people didn't realize what it was."
Bed bugs slowly have re-staked a claim on the U.S. since 1972.
That's when the federal government banned the pesticide DDT because of its negative environmental impact. The ban paved the way for a return of the insects.
Prior to that, bed bugs nearly were eradicated from American homes, hospitals, hotels and other places where they are common.
During the past four decades, immigration, travel and intercontinental commerce have contributed to bed bugs' re-emergence.
While bed bugs are breeding again in America, the attention given to their reappearance may be more than what's warranted, according to health officials.
"Until the public is educated on bed bugs, they will continue to be a big topic in the media," said Vonia L. Grabeel, a supervisor of Environmental Health at the Environmental Management Branch in Frankfort.
Answering those public concerns with knowledge, state and local health departments have begun to host informative sessions throughout the region.
About 70 people attended a bed bug class Tuesday in Elizabethtown.
Hosted by the Lincoln Trail District Health Department, the session connected health officials and pest control experts with those concerned with and wanting to know more about bed bugs.
Those attending learned there's no proof that bed bugs can carry communicable diseases.
That fact makes them less dangerous than ticks or mosquitoes, both of which can carry potentially fatal illnesses.
Some prone to allergic reactions can be ultra-sensitive to a bed bug bite, and those nervous at the thought of critters creeping on their skin at night might lose some sleep.
Aside from causing itching and anxiety, bed bugs do little harm.
Brady Kirby, a manager with Action Pest Control who spoke during Tuesday's session, pointed out that the pests can thrive outside the bedroom.
"The most surprising case we've had was at a call center," Kirby said.
Eliminating bed bugs can require serious measures.
Action Pest Control uses milder pesticides in combination with a special heat machine to kill a population.
"We heat it up to 120 to 140 degrees," Kirby explained. "That kills them in all their stages."
Best said it takes a professional to eradicate a serious bed bug infestation, but the costs can be too high for some families to afford.
"Our biggest challenge is those living on limited incomes," Best explained. "Especially since there are no sources of assistance."
The best the health department can do for those families is education on bed bug prevention.
State and local health departments offer tips on bed bug prevention online and through pamphlets, flyers and brochures.
The News-Enterprise also has made that information available today through its website.
For more information about bed bugs, contact the Hardin County office of the Lincoln Trail District Health Department at (270) 769-0312.
Bob White can be reached at (270) 505-1750.
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I just registered and have been browsing the forums. Thought I would introduce myself. Jason Banditt Adams, Im an illustrator in the gaming industry. Rogue-Artist.com the Artwork of Jason Banditt Adams Ive been in the Legion since late 1999.
Ive always wanted a Boba, self gratification mostly. I know its "release the hounds" when it comes to fighting over who gets to troop in their Fett at events because there are so many :)
So I decided to make a "just for fun" for May 4th's celebration. See how close I can get it by then. Then spend however long it takes to tweak and upgrade until I have a screen accurate Boba. Im going for ESB version.
Well, wish me luck. See what I can come up with in 4 months and a shoe string budget ;) I might surprise you. Im an artist, Im always broke. LOL And I do some pretty good work.
And a huge thank you to Alan for his templates and everyone else who has posted how-tos and the like! Thanks everyone :D
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Ok so basically the title says everyhting. Ive played SRO in the past on and off mainly because i didnt really have anyone too play with. My server is Eldorado and i want you guys too post your names and i'll add you after i finish installing the game.
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JOHN HARRIGAN | April 05. 2014 12:09AM
He said "Did you hear about the cat near your place?"
He, like all astute persons who report sightings, immediately mentioned the tail. This is one of the ways that I winnow out the less verifiable reports. If they don't mention the long tail, their reports are not worth reporting. This has been my 4-decades credo of reporting mountain lion instances. There is absolutely nothing out there with a tail two-thirds its body length, an animal bigger than a Great Dane.
But it's going to take one killed in the road or shot by someone protecting livestock that will set the stage. And then the real story, the DNA, will begin to unwind.
Finally, who thinks about deer after a late-spring snowstorm? In most cases, people are thinking about mowing the lawn.
This late-winter weather north of the notches has been a deer disaster, with more on the radar-scope to come. Up here in the tips of where Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Lower Quebec meet, the spring weather is everything.
Even as people love to see the deer, and in a Disney sense love and emote about deer, few people seem to understand that in late spring, after a heavy snow season, the deer are dying like flies.
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If You Take Naps, You're Going to Die
Here's something brand new to worry about. Next time you sneak in a quick nap on the couch . . . or curl up in a supply closet at work . . . it means you're GOING TO DIE SOON.
Researchers at Cambridge University in England just published the results of a 13-year study of more than 16,000 people . . . and they found people who regularly take naps are much more likely to DIE YOUNG.
People who take naps are almost 33% more likely to die before age 65 than people who don't.
The main reason is people who nap are about twice as likely to die from a respiratory illness.
Now, obviously we're kind of goofing on the results here . . . because do people who nap a lot develop breathing problems? Or do undiagnosed breathing problems make people tired and want to take naps? The researchers aren't sure.
Their big recommendation is if you find yourself taking a ton of naps, it's worth going to a doctor to get yourself checked out . . . you could have an undiagnosed breathing problem.