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Ancora Imparo
Lately my former teammates from my Italian Pro League days in the early 1980s, have been resurfacing into my life through Facebook of all places. Paulo Rossi, my setter, is now a coach, Massimo Raffaldi, is a doctor, and Giuseppe Gallina - whose family owned the most delicious pastry stop in the country ( a must stop on the way back from practice en route to the train station) just got married. It has been a hoot to reconnect, force out my written Spitalian (that is Spanish interwoven with Italian, to keep my old friends guessing), and to reach back in time to those two wonderful years where I based in Camolgi on the Mediterranean sea (one town up the coast from Portofino, a place most have heard of) in a magical penthouse apartment - Via Del Isola 22. Out the bathroom window, the clothesline attached to a 1,000 year old castle wall. Out the front window, you could toss a piece of popcorn into the harbor.
One of the phrases I learned there, in story told about Michelangelo, was that he said when he was 87 - "Ancora Imparo" - Still I am learning. It is the way great teachers stay great, and great coaches too. So I keep sharing, as part of growing the game, books that have impacted my life. I brought out copies of my favorite 20 books to last month's CAP III group of 17 coaches, and spoke about how each one was impacting my work. One of them was a book by Carol Dweck a Stanford professor. I first became aware of her research though my work with the Positive Coaching Alliance, where I am an instructor. Jim Thompson shared several things, from her new book, at the time, as this was 2006, called Mindset.
A list of the table of contents helps you see what you are getting into, so here it is:
The Mindsets
Why Do People Differ?
What Does This All Mean For You?
A View From The Two Mindsets
So, What's New?
Self-Insight: Who Has Accurate Views Of Their Assets And Limitations?
What's In Store
Inside the Mindsets
Is Success About Learning-Or Proving You're Smart?
Mindsets Change The Meaning Of Failure
Mindsets Change The Meaning Of Effort
Questions And Answers
The Truth About Ability and Accomplishment
Mindsets And School Achievement
Is Artistic Ability A Gift?
The Danger Of Praise And Positive Labels
So it was a nice surprise to see the USOC share this article in their newest issue of Olympic Coach, a magazine from the Performance Services department which by way of linking on our MVP CDs on Growing the Game, we have been signing up hundreds of coaches to free of charge...as should you if you are not already on the list.
Here is the article, read it and be yet learning... I know I will be reading all the way this week to and from the Dominican Republic on the many flights it takes to get there, for my NORCECA Tech/Coaches meetings - Kessel


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RP130 INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE (4). A survey of the major historical events and faith issues in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible in their literary, historical, archaeological, and cultural dimensions. Emphasis falls slightly on the Old Testament in the fall term, the New Testament in the spring term. [Skill: T]
RP140 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (4). Introduction to the problems of philosophy and the nature of philosophical thinking. Based on readings from classical and modern philosophers used to promote critical thinking. [Skill: T]
RP231 INTRODUCTION TO QUAKERS (4). An introductory study of the faith and practice of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) with more emphasis on current Friends' experience than the history of this religious community. [Skill: T]
RP233 INTRODUCTION TO PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES (4). An introduction to the field of Peace Studies, exploring topics from various disciplinary and cultural perspectives. Examination of theory and practice included. [Skill: T]
RP236 INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL THINKING (4). Introduction to the attitudes and skills of critical thinking. Emphasis on the identification and analysis of informal fallacies.and some features of formal logic. [Skill: T]
RP239 VALUES AND ETHICS (4). A survey of major ethical theories and contemporary moral issues (possible topics include abortion, war and pacifism, sexual ethics, environmental ethics) emphasizing the human experience of moral decision-making in a changing world of competing values. Includes a Service component. [Skill: T]
RP330G-HU COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS (4). Introduces methodological approaches to the study of world religions, focusing on religions of Native peoples, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and the religions of China and Japan. Through consideration of sacred texts, myth, and ritual, students will explore both the unique aspects and common beliefs and practices that tie these world religions together. [Skill: T] Prerequisite: RP130, RP140, or RP233.
RP332 MEDIATION (4). Study of the theory and practice of mediation. Opportunity to learn from practitioners of mediation on campus and in the local community. [Skill: T] Prerequisite: RP130, RP140, or RP233.
RP333 EXPLORING CHRISTIANITY (4). A survey of the development of Christianity from its origins in the life and teachings of Jesus through the fourth century C.E. Through journaling about and discussion of readings from the New Testament and beyond, students will explore such topics as the many faces of Jesus, Gnostic Christianity, development of the canon, apocalyptic literature, attitudes toward sexuality and marriage, women's roles, and martyrdom. [Skills: T,W] Prerequisite: RP130, RP140, or RP233.
RP334 GREAT PHILOSOPHERS (4). A study of the life and work of a great philosopher or philosophers in the Eastern or Western tradition. This course provides an opportunity to inquire in-depth, using primary sources as the focus. May be repeated when topics vary. [Skills: T,W] Prerequisite: RP130, RP140, or RP233.
RP335G-HU EAST-WEST PHILOSOPHY (4). A comparison of sources from the Western tradition with selected works from the Buddhist, Confucian and Islanic sources. [Skill: T] Prerequisite: RP130, RP140, or RP233.
RP339G-HU NONVIOLENCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE (4). A study of the philosophical and religious perspectives guiding practitioners of non-violence seeking social change, for example, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Woolman, Shirin Ebadi, Thich Nhat Hanh.and Mahatma Gandhi. [Skills: T,W] Prerequisite: RP130, RP140, or RP233.
RP450 TOPICS IN RELIGION (4). A reflection of current interests and concerns of students and faculty in the field of religion. Topics include, but are not limited to: Dreams and World Mythology, and Jesus and Early Christianity. May be repeated when topics vary. [Skill: W] Prerequisite: RP130, RP140, or RP233.
RP451 TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY (4). Topics in philosophy, ancient or contemporaray, of special interesnt to students and faculty. The topic varies from semester to semester, enabling students to retake this course under a different topic. May be repeated when topics vary. [Skill: T] Prerequisite: RP130, RP140, or RP233.

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Earl Griffin
December 22, 2012
I am more familiar with firearms than the average person. I sold them for a living for several years. I worked as a Peace Officer. I have trained on many firing ranges under the tutelage of men and woman whose instruction was of great value. I grew up hunting and shooting relationally with my late father and with my granddad. I have had an opportunity to become intimately familiar with the function and workings of a wide variety of firearms.
There is a falsehood being perpetrated upon the public. You see an "Assault Rifle," has what is known as a selector switch. This switch allows the shooter to change the weapons function from semi automatic (like a hunting gun) to rapid fire or in some cases auto fire. Rapid fire allows the weapon to fire a burst of three rounds. Auto fire allows it to continue to fire so long as the trigger is depressed.
This is important: An AR15 is NOT an "Assault Rifle."
It's Military counterpart, the M16 IS an "Assault Rifle."
The AR15 is made of modern materials and because of that its detractors like to say it is something that it is not. The AR15 is NOT an "Assault Rifle."
The term "Assault Rifle," is a value loaded term much like "Terrorism," Those who wish to manipulate public sentiment like to use these kinds of terms to sway the opinions of those who don't really know much about the topic but who love their families and want things to get "better."
Better often means a further roll back of our Constitutional freedoms. Rolling back freedom is never better.
Here is something to think about: The AR15 is just another semi automatic firearm, much like a 12 gauge shotgun used for bird hunting or a semi automatic hunting rifle used for deer. It is not at all unlike a boy's .22 caliber rifle used for squirrel or rabbit hunting.
The big difference is that it is made of modern materials instead of wood. If you allow the proponents of gun control to describe every semi automatic rifle (and shotguns – it is the same action) then the next step in this nefarious exercise will be to ban ALL semi automatic rifles and shotguns – that means your hunting weapons. It also means your family heirlooms passed down from granddad or dad.
In conclusion let me repeat: The AR15 is just another semi automatic rifle with a fancy stock made of modern materials. It is not a "Machine Gun," or an "Assault Rifle." No amount of describing it this way will change this.
People who use those terms either don't know what an "Assault Rifle" really is or they are perpetrating a mean spirited falsehood designed ultimately to rob you of your 2nd Amendment rights.
Do your own homework. Do your own thinking. Don't get carried away by emotion as doing so makes it easier for others to exert control over you.
Protect every word of the Constitution. Stand firm against those who would see your rights curtailed. They will not be satisfied until there is no Second Amendment.
This post first appeared on Earl Griffin's blog, Barking Window.


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I am a 3.0 player who used to play a lot until 3 years ago. I have been erratic since then (changed jobs, moved across the country, etc.). I would like to start playing regularly again. I can play early mornings (done before 7 AM), evenings after 6:30 PM and weekends.
I am okay with drills, hitting, or playing casual games.
I am close to Live Oak in Berkeley but can drive to nearby courts.
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Hi Daryl,
I can play on Friday. Have sent you a friend request so I can send messages to you. Hope that's okay.
Hi Alok,
I am available Sunday morning or later Sunday afternoon. I am on Lake Merritt but, like you , could meet up anywhere in this general area.
Hi Alok - Are you still looking for hitting partners? I could play this or some other weekend or evenings.
Hi Tom,
Sorry about the late reply. Tennisopolis didn't alert me that there was a reply!
I am always looking to play tennis :-). If you are available, we can play.
Thanks for the reply. I am playing tonight at 6. If you are free to play tonight, and if I get one more person, to play tonight, do you want me to contact you? Otherwise, maybe this weekend will work?
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ATLANTA — When he accepted the head coaching job at Georgia Tech in the spring of 2011, it did not take long for Brian Gregory to find a home for his family in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, just a five-minute drive from the Georgia Tech campus. His evasion of the relentless traffic on the city's surrounding highways was the kind of veteran move that suggested the school had hired wisely.
Until this month, however, Gregory's team was homeless.
On Nov. 9, Georgia Tech opened McCamish Pavilion. It looks a lot like Alexander Memorial Coliseum, except it's really nice. The university reconfigured its former arena with new seats, more open concourses, a far more attractive game-day experience for fans and the team. And to celebrate the upgrade, the program's surprisingly large roster of great former players was invited back the opener.
Those who attended, including Bobby Cremins, Kenny Anderson and James Forrest, saw a youngish team whose promise might be under appreciated.
"We're in the early phases of this process, so we're not going to be perfect," Gregory told Sporting News. "But the one thing I demand is they play with pride in what the former players have built. At halftime of our game against Tulane, when we went through the tunnel and saw the former players, you should have seen their faces. You could tell they were proud."
Tech won that game comfortably, 79-61. The Jackets handled Presbyterian the next time out. But when Gregory says his coaching staff is in the "early phases" of its rebuilding, he's not just referring to the big picture. The current team has played only those two games. So the real tests arrive this week at the DirecTV Classic in Anaheim, where the Jackets open Thanksgiving night at 9 against Rice with the possibility of playing Cal in the semifinals and possibly Xavier or Saint Mary's if the Jackets reach the title round.
With Tech coming off an 11-20 season in which the team won only four league games and managed just 36 points in its mercifully brief ACC Tournament appearance, there is no promising that the program suddenly has reversed course and will threaten even for this weekend's championship, let alone contention in the ACC.
There is some talent on the roster, however, including a few players left behind after Paul Hewitt was dismissed who actually bought into Gregory's program, as well as a surprisingly strong group of freshmen who signed on despite Tech's recent struggles.
There hasn't been an NCAA Tournament bid since 2010, nor a winning ACC record since 2004, the year the Jackets reached the national championship game.
"One, we have a great product to sell and that hasn't changed," Gregory said. "All you have to do is look up on the wall and see all the great players that have played here. It's not like it's a pipe dream, that it's never been done here. We've won. We've made it to the national championship game. We've produced NBA players.
"When you wrap that package around unbelievable academics and a great city, we just needed to get out there and go to work."
The wall Gregory mentioned is at one end of the Zelnak Center, the sweet basketball practice facility Tech opened three years ago. It contains the names of all the all-conference, All-American or NBA players the program has produced, from Craig Neal to Tom Hammonds to B.J. Elder to Malcolm Mackey. It is a powerful reminder of the volume of talent that has gone through the Georgia Tech program.
There were plenty of reasons to wonder if Gregory successfully could mine the rich local and regional talent base, given that he'd spent most of his life and his entire career at Midwest colleges, from his start at Michigan State to his first head coaching gig at Dayton.
It is not properly appreciated how difficult it is in the current recruiting climate for a head coach hired in the spring to produce a quality recruiting class the subsequent fall. So many prospects now have cut down their lists as juniors that few are willing to consider a new coach they don't really know. Gregory pushed past that by hiring Chad Dollar, an Atlanta native who'd been at Wichita State, to provide local connections; Josh Postorino, who'd worked in the ACC at Clemson, and Billy Schmidt, who'd been with him at Dayton and knew how to sell Gregory.
Their work produced a four-man class featuring three players who will help immediately, led by muscular 6-8 power forward Robert Carter. He was a top-40 recruit and is averaging 9.5 points and 5.5 rebounds after two games, and his muscle, length and basketball intelligence will be important factors as the Jackets continue their rebuild. Wings Marcus Georges-Hunt and Chris Bolden have not begun their careers shooting well from distance, but each has potential.
These three have a few veterans around to guide them, though not as many as originally planned. Brian Oliver transferred out following the coaching change, Glen Rice after leading the team in scoring last season. Embrace of the new program was not universal. But Kam Holsey has given the team a solid post game, and senior Mfon Udofia is the team's most essential player. He is not a natural point guard, but he is unselfish and can defend the position. If he can limit turnovers, there at least is the opportunity for progress in Gregory's second season—in large part because the Jackets now get some real home games.
As opposed to UCLA's absence from Pauley Pavilion last season, Georgia Tech had fallen far enough from relevance that the reinvention of Alexander as McCamish attracted almost no attention. The Jackets played some games at the Arena at Gwinnett, some at Philips Arena. They were under .500 at home(s).
"Last year, I've said, it was kind of survive and learn," Gregory said. "You've got no home court, you're playing at two places, you've got a new coach, new system, some guys buying in and some guys buying in sometimes and not the other—you had to survive."
Gregory said a key ingredient to progress was "a change of attitude." Getting the culture right is even more important than where the team plays.
"The freshmen came here for what they could do for Georgia Tech," Gregory said. "As a group, we're moving toward that mentality. The guys still have to buy into it, but whatever the way was, wasn't working for various reasons. If you got good players that want to work and are unselfish, they can accomplish more individually and as a unit than they ever thought possible.
"The first part of that is how they go about attacking every single day. It's still hard for them, because it's different."


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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) - Around 32 students were stung at Quince Orchard High School Thursday morning, the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service reports.
Initially fire officials believed the students were stung by bees but later reported that experts said yellow jackets were likely the culprit.
Officials say three students were transported to an area hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The hive was reportedly near the campus, but not actually on the school grounds, according to fire officials.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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The New York Mets say they will spend on free agents this winter, in large part because they have little to offer up in the trade market.
Really, their only chance to immediately improve is to write checks.
What losing Matt Harvey for the 2014 season also does, is it greatly reduces the Mets' inability to execute trades. In the wake of Harvey's injury, general manager Sandy Alderson said he would be reluctant to deal Rafael Montero, Noah Syndergaard or any of the Mets' other young pitching this winter to acquire the power hitter they are seeking.
Alderson said he has three starters heading into spring training – Jon Niese, Dillon Gee and Zack Wheeler – so none of them are available to deal. And, with Jenrry Mejia recovering from elbow surgery, there's an even greater need to hold onto their pitching.
There's nothing on the minor league level regarding position players that are major-league ready. If there's nobody whom the Mets can bring up, that also means there's nothing they can trade to a team that wants to add to the major league level.
On the major league level, the Mets have one star player capable of bringing something in return and that's David Wright, assuming, of course, they could get anybody to bite on that contract.
There's Daniel Murphy, but he won't bring back anything in the way of an impact player or pitcher. Eric Young is a role player, while Juan Lagares and Travis d'Arnaud are major league prospects, but if they are traded that merely creates more holes for the Mets.
What about Ike Davis and/or Lucas Duda? The Mets would like to get something for either, and don't think for a second they haven't been trying. Whenever Alderson is on the phone with another general manager, before he hangs up he'll ask, "Any interest in Davis? How about Duda?''
When Alderson talks about the need to increase the Mets' depth on the minor league level, he means more than just with their pitching prospects. To reach contending status, a team must have a strong farm system to not only bring up players, but also trade them to fill holes.
That's something the Yankees, Red Sox and Braves have been doing for years. Alderson's words aren't ringing hollow. Improving depth in the farm system is essential if the Mets are to reach the next level. Buying players might help on a temporary basis, but it isn't something they will be able to live on winter after winter.


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By Mary Ebach, Rugby, North Dakota
Easter was not quite as memorable as Christmas was
at our house. Because it is a religious holiday, church
going took precedence. During Lent we went to Stations
of the Cross every Wednesday and Friday evenings.
But during Holy Week, the week before Easter, meant
going to church nearly every day. Holy Thursday and
Good Friday were long church services with the reading
of the Passion and they were times for serious thinking
and praying. On Holy Saturday was the time when Ma
got the eggs ready to boil and dye them. Of course
they were our own eggs, picked fresh from the chicken
coop and aged a day or so. She always coated the dyed
eggs with a bit of lard to give them a nice sheen.
We seemed to always have ham for Easter and Ma covered
it with dough before baking it. It made the meat nice
and juicy and retained the flavor. Our mother had
baked some bread with raisins in the dough. She then
took some to church and put it on the Communion rail
and the priest blessed the Easter food that the people
brought in for that reason. She also had Easter candy
that she put in a basket. Easter Sunday meant the
little ones always wore their prettiest dresses, but
everyone wore their best clothes, including hats,
for Mass. After Mass, we feasted on a large meal with
the ham and all the other trimmings. Times and customs
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Excellent! Welcome.My first GM was a nightmare. Had an adventure planned for 5 total, all pretty close friends so I wouldn't be so nervous. Two ended up bringing a couple friends and we ended up with 8 - 10. The fear of the night blotted my exact memory but it was way too many for my first foray into GMship. The game was OK but a few were bored as I had trouble making up enough to entertain them all. Nightmare!You never know what the night will bring, but regardless, you will have fun bringing your ideas to life!
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I love my gas grill, but the configuration doesn't make for easy conversation with my guests (OK, fine, guest).
Think about it: I flip the top to land about even with my mouth, which maybe doesn't matter as I — like many I suspect — locate my gas grill against something (a wall, a deck, a fence) anyway.
How am I supposed to conversate? Who wants to gather round that?
Now imagine a setup where the grill is more like a cooktop setup…just open, with no top to baffle your babble or keeps guests away (my personality handles that just fine, thank you!).
Those who have lots of friends and parties (and are into that kind of stuff) will probably wonder why no one thought of this before. This being the DCS Liberty, which "even allows you to effortlessly host an omelet bar in your outdoor kitchen." Well thank goodness!
It's called the Liberty because all the individual applications free up your outdoor living design, unhinging it from all those icky conventions and letting you enjoy your outdoor cooking experience along with — instead of apart from — all your friend(s).
DCS expert Michael Mahin will be traveling from Warner Stellian Appliance store to store this summer, cooking on the Liberty and feeding you ideas about outdoor entertaining. Stop by and ask him a lot of questions. He'll be able to answer because he'll be cooking topless…topless grill, that is.
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Saturday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Review: Van Halen live at Madison Square Garden
Photos by G.
Van Halen! The rockers performed a sold out show at New York's Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2012. The show began at 7:30 with one of the oddest pairings for an opening act that I've ever seen – Kool and the Gang. While they sounded great, it was definitely the wrong vibe to establish before watching a rock and roll concert. For those wondering, Kool and the Gang performed Jungle Boogie, Ladies Night, Fresh, Emergency and Celebration during their 45 minute set. Van Halen took the stage around 8:50 (instead of the posted time of 9 PM) and had the crowd on their feet for the entire show, which is an accomplishment not all bands playing the same venue can make happen.
David Lee Roth is back as lead singer after a long absence and it was great to see him strutting his stuff on stage. He sparingly did his signature high kick in the air, but he can still do it and Van Halen can still rock. We've all gotten used to their songs as part of our lives, but when you hear these songs performed by the band that wrote them as 20,000 people sing along is a pretty cool thing. The show brought out the inner rock-star geek in all of us and you could see people playing air guitar throughout the arena. Drummer Alex Van Halen and guitar god Eddie Van Halen each did 5 minute solos and they are both still so incredible! They made their intricate playing look effortless and the crowd loved every second of it.
The band played a lot of new material off 2012's "A Different Kind of Truth," including the first single "Tattoo." Though the songs sounded pretty good in an arena setting, the material breaks no new ground and probably does not work as well in the iPod generation. But aside from the new songs, Van Halen played pretty much every hit (from the David Lee Roth era) that you could hope to hear including their famous cover of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman," "Ain't 'Talkin' 'Bout Love," "Hot For Teacher," "Panama," "I'll Wait," "Jump," and "Running With The Devil."
David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen appeared to be having a great time on stage and DLR's on-stage banter to the crowd seemed unscripted and at times rambling causing Eddie Van Halen to fall out laughing several times. If there are still tensions in the band, they disguised them pretty well and they showed no signs of slowing down. Instead of leaving the stage and coming back for an encore, the band never left the stage and concluded their nearly 2 hour set with the 1984 classic "Jump." As of press time, we don't know what the future of Van Halen will be, so if you enjoy their music, you'd better check them out on this tour. It'll be worth it!
See the setlist after the jump.


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Antarctica's ice sheet is melting and the word on the street is that it can't be stopped. President Obama can put global warming at the forefront of his political agenda, and you can sort your paper from your plastic recycling, but late-night host Stephen Colbert has the right idea: we should all just give up on the environment.
Plus: Idaho's same-sex marriage ban is ruled unconstitutional, and average Americans think they're smarter than the average American.


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As a senior (2014): Competed with the second varsity eight in all 11 spring races…has competed in 19 straight races with the JV8 dating back to last season…raced with the boat in the seven seat during the first three races of the spring before competing at bow during the final eight races…sat at bow with the gold medal winning JV8 at the WIRA Championships…that boat was named Conference USA's Boat of the Week on April 30
As a junior (2013): Competed with the second varsity eight in all nine spring races…that includes four races in the stroke seat, three races in the seven seat, and two races at bow…also sat at bow in one race with the second varsity four…helped the second varsity eight to a 7-5 dual-meet record.
As a sophomore (2012): Competed with both the novice eight and novice four during the spring…competed in every race with the novice eight, including four times in the seven seat, four times in the two seat and once at bow…helped the novice eight to a 9-6 dual meet record, and a bronze medal at the WIRA Championships…raced twice in the novice four (once at bow, once at stroke)…sat at bow with the novice four entry that won bronze at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships.
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This is what I'm going to do. You know how Hershey has has placed a deliciously crunchy pretzel inside a chocolate bar in the form of a Take 5? They're great. Now pretend I unwrap one of these bad boys and put it in front of you. You can't touch it! Instead, you have to sit and look at it while I tell you things. Boring things. You want that bar SO BAD, and it really is going to be that delicious when you get to it. But you can't have it yet.
That's the experience of playing Super Paper Mario.
The platforming segments are incredibly satisfying and fun; I'll expound on them in a future review. The only problem is that you have to sit through a long introduction before you get to play them, and between worlds you get to suffer through interminable hub-town sequences. The clever writing makes up for this somewhat—you'll get a few chuckles out of these sequences. But after you get a taste of how good the actual game is, the experience is like having that delicious Take 5 ripped out of your mouth and placed on the table in front of you. Since you know how good it tastes, it's even harder.
These sequences aren't so long as to make this problem a deal-breaker; they only add a few hours to the game. They weren't needed to pad the length, in other words. This is one of those times a little editing was in order, I'd much rather have 10 hours of awesome than 13 hours of awesome interspersed with boredom.
When you have something that is so obviously fluff, just cut it out. Give me the candy now.


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Paintings, Wedgwood and Chinese ceramics.
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The Titanic, life at sea and Liverpool's port.
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Detail from the painting showing St Bernardino in a raised pulpit, at the top right of this image.
Accession number WAG 2758
The Renaissance painting 'St Bernardino Preaching' by Francesco di Giorgio was examined in 2005 for a proposed loan to London, before being fully conserved.
The treatment of the painting took many months and much of the difficult cleaning was carried out under the microscope. This enabled us to examine the surface in very close detail to see exactly how it was made.
The painting has recently been attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini.
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Are weeks gray without a sliver of Tuscan lardo? Do you crave coppa made from Cinta Senese pigs? Have you ever considered attaching a gold chain to a whole prosciutto in an attempt to persuade a customs inspector that it was a kicky Fendi bag?
You may be in luck. According to the Italian wire service ANSA, the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services announced Friday that the long-standing USDA ban on the import of Italian cured meats will be lifted starting May 28, and presumably the flood of salami, bresaola and pancetta will start washing into U.S. markets and restaurants not long thereafter.
The USDA lifted its absolute ban on Italian raw, cured meat products in 1989, when prosciuttos from Parma and San Daniele were allowed back into the United States after a 22-year absence, and the rules since then have generally allowed the import of hams and salamis from plants large enough to follow USDA regulations and to bear the expense of full-time, onsite USDA inspectors. There is a huge array of Italian cured meats, many of them crafted by small, artisanal producers, that have never been available in the U.S.
"Am I happy?" asks Osteria Mozza proprietor Nancy Silverton, upon being informed of the reported end of the ban. "Absolutely. We get pretty good prosciutto now but there are so many great small producers over there, and we've never been able to get culatello."


text: Playhouse stages madcap comedy "Unnecessary Farce" News Home 06.26.12 L to R: Turner Crumbly (as Eric), Bill Carmichael (as Mayor Meekly), Christian Kohn (as Todd the Scot), Sarah Carleton (as Mary Meekly), Amanda Ryan Paige (as Billie), Craig Wells (as Agent Frank), Abby Lee (as Karen) A "hilarious madcap farce," Unnecessary Farce, staged by Saint Michael's Playhouse, July 5-14, in the McCarthy Arts Center: Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors - Go. Madcap hilarity ensues. In an economy motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet his female accountant, while two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on video-tape. Full-bore raucous fun ensues in this over-the-top fast-paced comedy "with more twists than a bag full of Twizzlers." Unnecessary Farce is a new American comedy written by Paul Slade Smith during his spare time while on the national tour of Wicked. The play caught on quickly and in just a few years has been produced all over the county. This marks the Vermont premier of Unnecessary Farce, a show that sets up quickly, and takes off like a rocket, with comic mayhem from beginning to end. "If there ever was a madcap comedy, Unnecessary Farce is it," said Chuck Tobin, producing artistic director of the playhouse. Celebrating its 65th season of professional summer theater, Saint Michael's Playhouse has been named "One of the best regional theater companies in America" by The Drama League of New York City, and hailed by Yankee Magazine as "The Best of New England." Director, Greg Ramos, earned an MFA in Playwriting at UCLA. He has directed Ain't Misbehavin', Cabaret, Confessions of Women from East LA, A Doll's House, Evita, Godspell, Into the Woods, Our Town, La Ronde, Real Women have Curves, Santos & Santos and Stop Kiss. He started the Latino Guest Artist Program and The Border Public Theater while on the faculty of the University of Texas, El Paso. He has performed his original solo plays Border Stories and When We Danced all around the country. He has been national secretary for the American Theatre in Higher Education's Latino Focus Group. He is incoming chair of Theater at the University of Vermont. The CAST in their own words: Sarah Carleton (Mary Meekly) New York, National Tour and Regional acting credits include Always Patsy Cline, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, Much Ado About Nothing, The Importance of Being Ernest and The Taming of the Shrew directed by Maurice Daniels of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Directing credits include: Almost Maine, Cloud 9, Eurydice, Female Stage Beauty, She Stoops to Conquer, Greater Tuna, Assassins, The Beaux' Stratagem. Sarah taught and performed in Poland at the University of Poznan at the height of the solidarity movement where she directed Love of Life, a play developed by her Polish students. At Ruotalibera Theatre in Rome, Italy Sarah studied Commedia Dell'Arte and Grotowski approaches to mask performance with Tiziana Lucattini. Bill Carmichael (Mayor Meekly) Saint Michael's Playhouse: Pirates, Barnum, How the Other Half Loves, Breaking Up is Hard To Do, Blithe Spirit, Drowsy Chaparone and I'll be Back Before Midnight. Bill was last seen on Broadway in Mamma Mia. Other Broadway credits include Les Miserables, Cats, and Peter Pan. Bill was in the original production of Forbidden Broadway and can be heard on the original cast recording. In Los Angeles he was in the original US premiere of Ragtime, Forever Plaid and Sweeney Todd with Kelsey Grammer. 1st National tours include Phantom of the Opera, City of Angels, Cats and Ragtime. He has worked in theaters across the country including the Mark Taper Forum, Goodspeed Opera House, Eugene O'Neill theater center and the Public in NYC. Other Vermont productions include The Crucible, Sight Unseen, Pippin and A little night Music. Turner Crumbley (Eric) regional theatre credits include Dracula, The 39 Steps, The SantaLand Diaries (New Stage Theatre), Big River, A Simple Gift (Mill Mountain Theatre), Sweet Charity (Sierra Repertory Theatre), Louis L'Amour's 'One for the Mohave Kid', The Minute Men (Great American Melodrama), Blood Wedding (Warehouse Theatre), The Diary of Anne Frank (Stage One), and Disney's Beauty & the Beast (Jefferson Performing Arts). Recent film and television credits: Contraband, 21 Jump Street, and TNT's Memphis Beat. Christian Kohn (Todd) has been seen in Sleuth and Shakespeare in Hollywood at the New London Barn playhouse. He has worked extensively in New York, Chicago and the regional circuit. Some favorite productions he has appeared in are Hollywood Arms, with Hal Prince and Carol Burnett, the title role in Sherlock Holmes: The Finale Adventure, An Ideal Husband , Trailerville, Last Chance for a Slow Dance, Death of A Salesman, Of Mice and, Bug, The Real Hush-Hush , Phaedra directed by JoAnne Akalaitis, The Turn of the Screw, The Lion in Winter, The Gift Horse , Among the Thugs, David Copperfield directed by Giles Havergal, Sideman, The Invention of Love, The Piano, Twelfth Night, and Mary Stuart, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Opus. Abby Lee (Karen) is thrilled to be back at Saint Michael's Playhouse where you might remember her as Sally in Talley's Folly (directed by the great Kenneth Kimmins), Mona Kent in Dames at Sea, and a bevy of roles in Almost, Maine. Other credits: Maria in West Side Story, Young Stella in Follies (w/Carole Lawrence), and Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Film: Confessions of a Shopaholic, 21 and A Wakeup (with Faye Dunaway). Abby is currently the lead producer of the Broadway revival of Pump Boys and Dinettes. Amanda Ryan Paige (Billie) Off-Broadway: Zanna Don't! (Houseman); Charlie Brown, Henry and Mudge (Lortel). Other NYC Credits: Trailer Park (NYMF); Awesome 80's Prom (workshop/co-writer); Dreams This Way/ Raw Impressions (TADA!); Babes In Toyland (Avery Fisher); Lucky Stiff (APAC). National Tour: Fiddler, Water Coolers. Regional: Boeing Boeing, Spelling Bee (Northern Stage); Marvelous Wonderettes, Boeing Boeing, Perfect/Change, Brighton Beach Memoires (Saint Michael's Playhouse); Ring of Fire (Fireside); Pump Boys and Dinettes and Trailer Park (Willows & Mason St.); Stand By Your Man (Mtn. Playhouse); Urinetown (Carousel); Das Barbecu (Arvada); No, No Nanette (Goodspeed); Noises Off!, Brighton Beach (Leatherstocking); Carousel, Over Here! (Conn. Rep) Craig Wells (Agent Frank) appeared on Broadway in Les Misérables and Chess (original cast recording). Off-Broadway in Forbidden Broadway (original cast recording Forbidden Broadway Vol. 3), Closer Than Ever, Balancing Act (original cast recording). He also appeared in the National Tours of Les Misérables and Pirates of Penzance. Regional Theatre: "King" in Big River (Syracuse Stage); Closer Than Ever (Arena Stage); "Max" in Lend Me a Tenor (Jupiter Theater); "Sam" in Shenandoah (St. Louis MUNY). Last summer, Craig was the "Man in Chair" in The Drowsy Chaperone at Saint Michael's Playhouse. He played "Andrew" in Love Letters at the Grand Isle Lake House and at UVM, he played "Herr Schultz" in Cabaret. Rest of the 2012 season: An inspiring and hilarious Irish comedy, Over the Pub, July 18 - 28, directed by Kathryn Markey. The Murphy's have a lot going on in their cramped household above the family pub in Ireland. With her hot-headed husband, Ellen has her hands full. The youngest, Tommy, is a smart, wise-cracking kid who is starting to question their family values. When he announces that instead of being confirmed he'd rather shop around for a more fun religion, all hell breaks loose. A warm, loving look at Ireland, family, and growing up. The blockbuster Off-Broadway musical event, Forever Plaid, August 1-11, directed by Keith Andrews. One of the most popular musicals in recent history, this charming Off-Broadway smash hit will take you on a trip to the fabulous fifties with the harmonious and heavenly tones of four loveable guys, Sparky, Jinx, Smudge, and Frankie. Forever Plaid is the story of The Plaids, a 1950s boy band, miraculously brought back to earth from the great beyond for the chance to fulfill their dreams and perform the concert they never got to do while they were living! Tickets and season subscriptions available on line and at the box office in McCarthy Arts Center. Subscription for all 4 shows earn 20% discount. Subscriptions range in price from $100 - $120. Single tickets also available from $28 - $38. For more information, go to www.saintmichaelsplayhouse.org Playhouse Junior Children's theater camp, July 9-13, will provide a camp and two children's shows for the public. Register now at www.broadwayworkshop.com. Playhouse Jr. probable shows will be You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Pinkalicious. Playhouse background: From its beginnings in 1947, Saint Michael's Playhouse has blossomed into an award-winning, highly-regarded equity theater company. The Playhouse features talent from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theaters nationwide, presented right here in Vermont. Housed in the Saint Michael's College McCarthy Arts Center, one of the finest theater facilities in the state, the Playhouse attracts approximately 16,000 theatergoers each season. Saint Michael's Playhouse is a professional theater company operating as an auxiliary enterprise of Saint Michael's College. The Playhouse is Greater Burlington's only actors' equity resident theater company and as such operates under contract with Actors' Equity Association in New York City. At the same time, Saint Michael's College students have the opportunity to learn from the pros through internships in technical theater, costuming, lighting, set construction, and publicity.


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I've always been frugal, cheap, call it what you want but I hate wasting money. This isn't to say I don't spend money in what I would consider a wasteful manner from time-to-time, but I don't like doing it. Sometimes though, it's necessary to maintain relationships.
When I went back to university for dental hygiene, a few of us quickly became friends. I was one of the older ones in the group and in a much different spot in my life. I was, on average 3 years older (than some) and engaged to be married. More so though, I was much more mature than pretty much all of them so needless to say, our ideas of "fun" were a little different. I would not be downtown every weekend blowing money on bars and a new outfit every weekend. I did this occasionally but usually if it was a fundraising pub-crawl or something alike. I chose my battles.
They realized pretty quickly on that they didn't need to ask every weekend if I wanted to go out with them or spend oodles of money on a shopping spree. My frugality never interfered in our friendships. As you all know, I graduated with a boatload of debt– 4 of the 7 of these girls have zero debt, 1 had daddy pay most of it off and the last girl had a little to pay off but had no other responsibility. Needless to say we view money very differently.
After graduation we all spread out and started our lives. They all attended my wedding the same year we graduated and we would make an effort to see each other occasionally but I quickly started feeling like the odd man out. Not only could I not afford their restaurant choices I had no desire to go to said places. The occasional restaurant meet up quickly turned into everyone meeting at someone's house for the weekend eating, shopping and usually going out to drink…not my idea of fun, ever. Not to mention after a week of working I want to spend time with my husband and family. I went once though so I could see everyone, when I realized what the weekend was actually going to entail I went home before the partying started. I don't drink (other than the occasional cheap
bottle glass of red wine), don't shop, and really don't want to get hammered drunk and sleep on my friends floor like I did when I was 19. Some of the girls still continue on like this…well into their late 20's early 30's.
One of the girls recently got married and I wasn't invited. I'd like to think it's because I have a baby now but I don't think it was. This weekend they're all getting together to party it up and I wasn't invited. This doesn't bother me, since I probably wouldn't go but I wish they'd consider everyone in the group and maybe extend and invitation for a normal dinner out when they're in town (and by normal I mean somewhere I don't have to spend $40.00-$50.00 just for myself). I genuinely like these girls and would like to keep them in my life to some regard but I don't see how it's possible.
I don't know if it's me being cheap or us not being on the same "life page" but I can't help but think if money wasn't an issue I might see them more often. Or maybe my frugality is a way to streamline and filter the relationships I actually value in life, only the ones who really care about me are in it?
Has your own frugality every changed one of your relationships?
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Really digging the name, I have to say it's cooler than creation station. No offense.
Those are pretty much my initial reactions. Interpreting art was never one of my skills
I sense Civil War brewing...
Haha, I hope not, if we ever did that again... "I'm with the Vagabond Inn!" Aaz:
All of a sudden threads like "Who would win in a fight: Guts or Musashi?" or "Who is sexier: Casca or Otsu?" would pop up. No one wants that.
I don't know, Aaz and I were already going over the former today, I shit you not!
Haha, what was the verdict?
Anything new in the works?
Hah, I don't even know how to answer that... lets just say we briefly came up with multiple convoluted scenarios, and it wasn't serious for a moment. For example, I came up with one where Musashi stopped a downswung Dragon Slayer on the tip of his katana, and another where, in the same circumstance, he slapped his palms on both sides of the DS and flipped it right off the island with a flick of his wrists! "No sword." Needless to say, this wasn't a consensus opinion.
I hesitated about sharing this but what the hell: When I first read this thread's title I read "Drawing with Walter". True story.
Berserk isn't really "dark fantasy" either. It's plain fantasy
Miura has been very protective of Berserk
Sounds like you've been watching too much of this Griffith, http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8827/1255422175462.gif
Loved Gutsfield. So much truth in the first panels and you know it
I, too, read that as drawing with Walter... and pictured a Bob Ross style show where Walter draws stuff for us.
That's just plain awesome
Here's my attempt at photoshop with one of the latest pics from Vagabond. I took a class a long time ago, I guess I better put some use to it.http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1404/mushisloggo.jpg
I'm glad you did, I didn't know you were a trained photoshopper! Anyway, I like it, it's different, particularly the combination of some of the techniques you incorporated. I like the color palette too, it reminds me of an old comic book or cartoon. I also think it shows potential, so I hope you'll do more.
Thank you! Here's another one I finished today. The first two I did with photoshop, and the last one with a free program I downloaded to my laptop since photoshop is in my desktop. I was mostly just messing with the last picture just to see what it could do. It seems good enough for a free program. It's called Photo Pos Pro if you want to get it at www.download.com.
I really like that one, it looks especially good at half size where you can really take in the overall image, at least on my monitor. The second just seems to be the same image with a radial blur added? Anyway, that free program looks interesting, like it has some similar features to photoshop for people that don't have it.
Oh and I drew a new pic on the Vagadraw section.


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April 17, 2009
SUFFERN, N.Y. - The Yale women's golf team struggled in the first round at the ROAR-EE Invitational on Friday. After 18 holes, the Bulldogs (323) are in sixth, 21 shots behind the Tigers of Princeton (302). Last year's Ivy League champions, Harvard (309), are in second with Penn (313) and Fairleigh Dickinson (313) in a tie for third. Columbia (319) rounds out the top-five in fifth.
The normally consistent Bulldogs posted four out of five rounds in the 80s on Friday. Coming into the season, staying out of the 80s was one of the team's main goals.
"We all came in to this tournament thinking we were going to post really low numbers," said sophomore Cassie Boles. "Everyone played the front nine strongly. The par-5 11th really gave people some trouble, and I think it went downhill from there. The last two holes were also problematic, which I think but a damper on the end of the round for a lot of people."
The last time the Bulldogs competed, they won the Winthrop Intercollegiate, but with 25 days off, much of the momentum died.
"I think the time off definitely had something to do with it," said Boles. "The course itself isn't very difficult. There isn't a lot of trouble out there. We just got down on ourselves and people couldn't get out of their slumps."
Boles led the way for the Bulldogs on Friday with her six-over round of 78, and she currently sits in a tie for 14th. Boles was the only Bulldog to make it into the top-20. Sophomore Harriet Owers-Bradley is in a tie for 25th, after a round of 80 (+8). Senior captain Natasha Spackey is one shot behind Owers-Bradley in a tie for 30th. She shot a round of 81 (+9). Junior Taylor Lee and sophomore Alyssa Roland finished in ties for 35th and 41st, respectively. They shot within a stroke of each other with Lee shooting an 84 (+12) and Roland shooting 85 (+13).
"Regardless of what happens, this is a good tune-up for Ivies next week," said Boles.
The Bulldogs will look to close the gap Saturday morning when they tee-off for the final round of the tournament.
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lloyd, do you need pics?
pictured are the shims I removed from my upper control arm attachments. The ones on the left are thin (1/16") and the others on the right and stacked up are 1/8" as I recall). Are the ones without the top tab original? or were they added by alignment shops in subsequent years?


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Linux at the Movies
There is an indescribable sense of surrealism in contemplating the next sentence: they're using Linux to make movies. Surely Linus didn't predict this back in 1991 when he started tinkering with Minix.
And yet, given the increasing use of computers in film production and the growing use of Linux on computers, perhaps this outcome wasn't so far-fetched.
Greetings, Professor Falken?
Computers as a film tool is a fairly recent development compared to computers as film subjects. Automated thinking machines were conjectured as far back as the early 1900's, when silent film comedies portrayed the humorous plight of out-of-control "automatons" in such epics as "The Rubber Man" (1908) and "The Mechanical Statue and the Ingenious Servant" (1907). These automatons were nowhere near as frightening as the out of control computers HAL 9000 in "2001: A Space Odyssey" and the W.O.P.R. in "WarGames," which was a common theme in films from the 1960s on. That which was processor-based was morally void, and therefore potentially evil. In other words: proteins good, silicon bad.
It was in one of these machines-gone-bad films that computers made their first significant contribution to the making of feature films. In 1973, nine years before the founding of Silicon Graphics, the first movie to use computer graphics was none other than "Westworld."
In this Michael Crichton movie of useful robots gone berserk (later followed by a movie useful cloned dinosaurs gone berserk), the androids' point of view was illustrated with a pixilated version of the real world. This effect was designed by John Whitney, Jr. and while it was slow to produce (eight hours for 10 seconds of film) it certainly have the film industry a new bit of eye candy for the audience.
Things moved pretty quickly after that, and by the release of "Star Wars" in 1977, computer effects were much more commonplace. Today, it was another Star Wars movie, "Episode I: The Phantom Menace," that brought us a walking talking alien being created entirely by computer. Annoying as he might be, Jar-Jar Binks is certainly a part of movie history.
The progress of computer graphics in film has an addictive effect on audience members to whom the adage "seeing is believing" is worth a lot more than the price of admission. What was once the wave of the future in film effects three months ago is practically obsolete today.
To keep up with this ever-increasing demand, visual effects and post-production studios in Hollywood have been buying and upgrading their hardware and software to levels unimagined by the early computer jockeys of the 1970s. This progress did not come cheap, either.
But despite the money coming out of the studios for buying SGI IRIX machines, it apparently was not enough to keep the machines' MIPS RISC processor capabilities growing at a fast enough pace. In late 1999, Intel-compatible chips were running at 750 MHz, compared to the 300 MHz MIPS RISC chips released at the same time. At the same time, SGI machines were still very pricey, despite the flattening of their processor's growth curve.
The net result of this combination were studios were now looking around for faster and cheaper platforms in which to do their post-production effects work.
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A commentary on (due) process
Page is cleared. It's been blogged, printed and tweeted. This is a good thing. A very good thing. It's setting new precedents. It's showing progress. But first, let me get something out of the way:
I believe in Jonathan.
Feel free to comment as you like on my posturing of Jon's innocence (especially in the light of this fiasco...and fiascos like it) but how I stand on Jon is not the intent of this post. The post is about process but I'll get to that.
So back to my first comment. I believe in Jonathan as a clean rider. I believe in what he's doing as a family man and ultimately doing what he was made to do and bringing what he's got...in hope, in skills and in the abilities of his mitochondria...to the place where the work is. I believe in what he is doing to take those materials to where it matters: to Europe. And all matters of his non-participation in the US 'cross scene...and the apparent ill will it apparently harbors is just misunderstanding. Page doesn't say much. Doesn't need to. He works, raises a family, and tries to do what is his calling to put bread on the table. And you can forget about rock star salaries here. It's a tough go. Start fees are what bring bread to that table. But the boisterous Americans, the pointing fingers and prying characters can not compute or translate introversion and focus and mistake it for arrogance. So, bottom line, I believe in him. I have to. Or so my heart tells me.
Page's clearance announced today was supported by two very close family friends of mine acting as his legal team. They believe in Page as well. I am proud of them and their willingness to take this head on with Jon and Cori. After reading the VeloNews article today my friends and I spoke. Actually, it was me speaking...ranting....about process. First, I recognize the need to advance the dragnet of anti doping in our sport. But we've now vaulted ourselves into a very bad place. We have literally eclipsed the riders ability to 'work' in a many ways. Or keep focused 100% on their jobs. And when riders have to dig extremely deep into their wallets and fly BACK to the US, plead their innocence, and lobby to the extremes they must, it is the antithesis of process. It is a debacle. Let me explain...
Let's look at Koksijde. Page crashes out. Page in fact has a concussion and when he gets to his camper, his wife focuses on him. Oh, his wife is his "team" on this day. Thoughts are flailing from getting him to a hospital to risking not racing the next day....and with that no-show, losing critical start money. The Page 'team' is focused on Jon's health and mistakenly, his posse 'forgets' to go determine if Jon has doping control. Proactively hunting officials as racers are now 'conditioned' to go and seek it out, to avoid this EXACT predicament they eventually find themselves in. Missed controls = Doper. As luck should have it....it's his day, and he as we know the rest of the story.
Pause there.
Now, a hypothetical. Assume Jonny Rocket, the hot 22 year old from Louisville, goes solo to Belgium to try out his talents against the best. Jonny rips it in some backwater regional non UCI-categorized race, taking an 'impressive' 32nd place. He doesn't go directly to his rental car to change after the race due to hearing 'stories' back in the US on how Americans are targeted for control He goes immediately about on his own to find the officials booth and asks for control. "Doping control?" he asks the man with the officials jacket on. No English. "Doping control?" he asks another official looking person and in perfect English gets a direct response: "Here? No. No doping control out here today." Weeks later USADA sends him a suspension letter for his missed control.
What's the difference? Nothing. Same results with or without proactivity...or the intent of proactivity.
It's all about Process.
To this point, we've done amazing things in the labs and within team cultures to weed out the cancers that have tarnished our sport. I think we all can agree things are shaping up on those fronts. But while labs and teams are beginning to pull ahead on their own processes and new forms of testing, the racing circuit (racing series, promoters AND the UCI) need to apply the same amount of efforts on 'race day' testing methods and racer selection protocols. In my opinion, anti-doping authorities need a core understanding of how races actually work...and what fail safe process can be put in place to catch the bad guys, but ensure the innocent aren't continually wrongly condemned. Wasting massive time, massive money and massive credibility. Page's example and that of my fictitious Jonny Rocket are just the tip of a large iceberg of a process void.
Chaperones were an initial stop-gap for this. But this assumes the rider comes across the finish line and the chaperone is 'responsible' from there, escorting the racer to the control. An excellent move and assurance the racer doesn't do anything stupid like take a masking agent or leverage the condom of 'clean' pee he's put in his nether-regions in the case there is a control (yes, I read Dog in a Hat). Where was the process to have the chaperone come find Page...or Cori...after his DNF. He was on the list, right? I was not there but no effort was apparently made to find him. The Pages can speak the language now...so they would have heard their names blaring over the hi-fi on the beach at Koksijde. Why aren't there signs posted prominently with the racers required for doping? Why isn't there a continually revolving speaker for 15 minutes post race asking in Dutch, French and English for the required racers to come to control? Why aren't ALL officials at a race briefed on the fact that there *IS* a doping control that day? Maybe this does happen....
Honestly, I am just angry. Cycling is a career but race promotion is a business. Any business worth their weight in salt focuses on process. Why isn't this being vaulted to the fore-front by the cyclist-workers who are part of the business machinery....enabling the business of race promotion to exist....and make money. Oh, yes, money. 30 EURO per head at large races times 25,000 spectators mind you. There may be stronger more process-oriented race promoters who have this totally dialed. But it just seems preposterous when these unbelievable issues arise...which can be easily solved if focus is applied to matters of process. Perhaps using some of those profits to hire a process architect to ensure racer ('worker') benefaction.
Again, comment any way you like on this. I'm just having a visceral reaction to all of this. Like you, I am a fan. And yet I find myself rolling my eyes in situations like this. It's a joke. No business would allow for massive holes in process like this (well, OK, we all can name a few business fiascos), but this is such a tightly-scoped problem space, it seems impossible we can better race-day procedures.
OK, I'm done. It's the weekend.


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But mention Yelp to a chef or restaurateur, and their reaction is likely to be much less positive. One of the issues is that of "cyber-shilling," where consumers are paid to write reviews—positive or negative. And there have long been rumors and anecdotes of Yelp forcing businesses to pay to suppress negative reviews; this accusation has come up again in a recent shareholder lawsuit against Yelp. The outrage amongst the hospitality community in particular is so strong that a group of French restaurateurs and hoteliers is petitioning France's Minister of Commerce to effectively ban all defamatory reviews.


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Over the past week, debate has intensified over the practice of reselling eBooks. Amazon and Apple both filed patents last week to make reselling eBooks a reality, and the collective reaction by readers and book-buyers across the Internet was ambivalent. Of course, selling and buying used books has long been a practice in the publishing world, but eBooks provide a series of new issues that need to be resolved before the practice can become widespread.
When you would buy a physical version of a book, you would buy the rights to owning one copy of that book. It could be resold to whomever you chose, at whatever price, but at least there was only one copy of it. eBooks are a little more complicated with their ability to be copied as well as the multiple Digital Rights Management choices out there for authors. Every author's worst nightmare is seeing their book go out there, become a hit, and everyone reading a pirated copy. Luckily, that hasn't been the case so far for eBook readers. A lot of readers enjoy buying their books, which is good. But at what price do they want to pay for it?
If the book resells for a dime, wouldn't it cut into the profit margins of the author, especially if it is being resold right next to the original full-priced eBook? Mark-downs are common for used copies of physical books, but that's because they physically degrade. A "used" eBook would look just like the original one.
David Pogue over at The Times tries to sort through this complication — physical degradation of a book is necessary for its discount. He goes through the patents filed by Amazon and Apple and doesn't quite find a solution, but believes that publishers and writers will find a common-ground that allows for used eBooks to help writers make a living, while also making their work more available and affordable.
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In a previous post about Minerva Favorite I wrote about the mystery of Minerva and her family. Yesterday at the Family History Center here in Prescott I found, at last, a huge piece in the puzzle. Of course, as with all genealogy, the more we know, the more questions we have, but for now I'm not going to think about those other questions. I am going to celebrate this find.
Just a little background for you, I have been searching for the bits and pieces of the life of Joseph Favorite and his wife Sarah, parents of Minerva for five to six years. About three years ago I discovered a Creditors Notice publication in the Frederick Town Hearld newspaper (online) dated 27 Aug 1831 naming George Kuhn as administrator of Joseph Favorite's estate. Now just a note to others researching, I searched for Favorite and found nothing relevant, only things like "favorite game" or "favorite son"... but since I knew Sarah's maiden name was Kuhn I thought well why not search that and see what comes up. What came up was George Kuhn which lead to Joseph Favorite. Favorite might have come up normally but in the article, Favorite was hyphenated: Favor-ite.
Anyway, now I had a date to start checking probate records so off I went to the FHL catalog to find the film numbers II would need. The next step was ordering the first two films (only two at a time for various reasons) and then the waiting. You know that feeling, right? It should take maybe a week to get the film, those always seem to be the longest weeks. The call finally came from the FHC and off I went, certain of success. And success I had, initially finding the Administrator Bonds in the first film, but no luck in the second film which was the actual Administration Accountings 1828-1831, just a little too early. Next step, order the next two films and wait... again....finally the call came and off I went to the FHC, very hopeful. This time I got really lucky and found the Inventory to Joseph Favorite's estate. Three pages listing everything this young family owned, all with a dollar value placed on it. For me as a family historian, the value of seeing these belongings was priceless but it's hard to imagine something like "2 old scythes" being valued at 50 cents. So many of the articles were valued at a dollar or less There were some things I needed to search for on Google to figure out what they were; most ended up being different types of farming implements. It was apparent Joseph was a farmer but he apparently rented land as no real estate was listed in the inventory. Again the second film did not provide any additional information but I figured if I continued to bat 500 I would be happy.
It was time for two more films so I ordered the next two on the list, knowing for sure one of them would be the one, it would have that Final Accounting I was looking for, it would list the heirs, if there were any of Joseph, it would list Minerva. That was what I really wanted, to see Minerva's name listed there in the official document as his daughter, the final overriding proof. Another week went by and no word from the FHC, then another. Finally the call came, the films are in. By now the dates I was looking at were 1834-1836 and 1836-1840. The Inventory was dated August 1831 so even with a reasonable time delay, the final accounting should occur by 1836 right? Wrong, as I checked out the index in the first film, nothing, no reference to Joseph Favorite or any other Favorite. "That's ok", thought the second film will have it for sure. As I wound the film on the microfilm reader I was sending up silent prayers to the genealogy angels, "please let it be there". I always check the other letters in the index for other names I,m interested in and found nothing but as I approached the "F" page I was holding my breath....[whoose, air out] not one Favorite listed. The list is short so it's was over quick, but not painlessly. As a small consolation, I did find a reference to "the estate of Rebecca Flack" who I knew was a sister of Sarah Kuhn so at least I was rewarded with a little tidbit, not what I wanted but we take what we can get right?
So it was back to the order form and two more films By this time was looking at 1839-1848 and 1840-1845. I know, strange numbering sequence but I was just taking them in order. I couldn't figure out why his estate wouldn't be there, what was I missing? It had been almost 8 years since his death and still no estate settlement.
You know the drill as well as I by now, and the waiting game. Again after about 10 days, the call came from the FHC but this time only one of the films had come in, the other was on back order. The older of the two, the 1839-1848 had arrived. I wan't really very excited about these two films, this one in particular; it was too late. My theory was somehow I had missed Joseph in the previous films; most likely the indexing wasn't accurate and he had simply been overlooked. I put the visit to the FHC off a couple days just out of spite really, I didn't want that disappointment, again, but finally I had a couple minutes, and knowing it wasn't going to take long to just read the index, so I stopped by and sure enough it only took about 5 minutes and I was done. Nothing there, no Favorites listed and certainly not Joseph.
Since I was still waiting on one more film I didn't want to order any more, so back I went to the waiting game.
Last week, on Friday, I came home and notice a message on the answering machine; my last film had come in. "Whoppee" I thought sarcastically, "no hurry here, it's the Memorial Day weekend, the library will be closed and there won't be anything on this film either." Finally yesterday I decided to just go ahead, go to the library, get it over with and check out the film. There wasn't any excitement (well maybe just a little), just put the film on and be done with it. As I got to the "F' page in the index, the second name from the top is "Sarah Favorite, 1st accounting p. 11". WHAT, OMG could it possibly be? chills all over, "I think I've found it, not Joseph, but Sarah his wife"... further down the page there she is again "Sarah Favorite 2nd and Final Accounting, page 470". A Final Accounting, could it possibly be? Quickly I forwarded to page 11 and started reading. Again, as with Joseph's estate, George Kuhn is acting as Administrator in the estate (he is her brother). She died before 17 April 1839, the date of this 1st Accounting. The accounting indicates how much the personal property in her estate sold for, a payment made by a "George Favorite", (nice clue here, perhaps a brother-in-law?) and interest received on the sum. Secondly the administrator prays for an allowance to pay for some things including to "Christian Beahcy for making coffin". Total value of the estate was $507.84 1/2. Can't wait now, I have to get to that final accounting so I zoom through the microfilm to page 470 and find that final, wonderful clue, the final accounting of Sarah Favorite dated 25 Jan 1842 where at the bottom of the page it reads,
Amount for distribution brought forward, $808.69
Distribution according to law as follows To Wit
To Minerva Favorite a daughter of the Intestate $404.34 1/2
To Casandra Favorite a daughter of the Intestate $404.34 1/2
I DID IT.... I FOUND THAT LONG HIDDEN ELUSIVE CLUE. I wish I had better words but I think other genealogists will understand the feelings I was experiencing; we have all had these moments. They are what make all the disappointments worthwhile. So apparently what happened is before Joseph's estate could be finalized with the proceeds going to his wife, Sarah, she died which must have complicated things even more. The one major question I have is why would the court distribute to two minor females. These girls were only 12 and 10 years old. There is no mention anywhere of a guardian, however, I realized while writing this that I checked guardianship records up to 1839. Perhaps I just didn't go far enough. I will be ordering those films immediately.
So the lesson to all of you who take the time to read this LONG post, is NEVER, NEVER give up. The term Exhaustive Search as stated in the GPS means exactly that. I am still so excited about this find, I had to share and my geneablogging buddies are the ones I wanted to share with. Thanks for being there.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
OMG -- I finally found it
5 comments:
- Bill West said...
Congratulations! That's fantastic!
- lindalee said...
I echo Bill....just fantastic. I'm doing the Happy Dance for you!
- Greta Koehl said...
There must be some kind of Zen thing to genealogy discoveries; when you're not expecting anything at all ... there it is.
- Jo said...
A big thank you to all of you for reading my post and then for commenting. Thank you, thank you
- T.K. said...
Great story, Jo. And a great lesson too. I'm sure I would have given up too soon.
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And finally, just like on Windows and Mac, if you have linked your Skype Name and Microsoft account, you can now see and chat with your Messenger buddies on Skype, making it possible for you to connect with more people than ever. And with the family of platforms Skype is available on, including PCs, iPhones, iPads, Kindles, Androids, Macs and even TVs, doing things with your friends and family whenever you are apart has never been easier.
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Monday: Advocate and Intercessor
Read Romans 8:31–34. What great hope and promise is offered us here?
The background of verses 31-24 is a courtroom scene in which we should visualize ourselves on trial. Questions are asked: Who is against us? Who will bring a charge against us? Who condemns us? Such a situation could easily send shivers down our spines. After all, are we not well aware of our human imperfection and sinfulness?
However, we do not need to fear. The promise that nothing and no one can separate us from God's love centers on several important points: God is for us (vs. 31), God delivered His Son for us (vs. 32), God freely gives us all things (vs. 32), and God justifies us (vs. 33). Jesus Christ is on our side. Jesus is the answer to any fear of condemnation, for He died, was raised, and is now continuously interceding for us in the heavenly sanctuary at the right hand of God (vs. 34).
If someone goes so far as to die willingly for us, we should feel confident of His love. The assurance revealed in Romans 8:31–39 is really telling us about the kind of God we believe in. If we understand that our God loves us so much that nothing can thwart His purposes for us (vss. 35-39), the divine courtroom becomes a place of joy and jubilation.
This truth becomes even clearer in 1 John 2:1-2. The Greek parakletos designates a legal assistant or advocate, someone who appears in another's behalf as "intercessor." Jesus is our Advocate, and He defends us because otherwise we would have no hope.
Our Advocate is "righteous," which gives us the assurance that the Father will hear Christ's intercession, for Christ could do nothing that His righteous Father would reject. Christ intercedes for those who have sinned, presenting Himself—the One who has not sinned—as the Righteous One who stands in their stead.
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I found it always bit clumsy that when I want to search case sensitive/case insensitive, I had to flip the 'ignorecase' option.
As it turned out, there is much much simple way: an 'ignorecase' override, right in the search pattern itself. Here it is.
Case insensitive search (as if 'noignorecase'):
Case sensitive search (as if 'ignorecase'):
/\cPORTFirst would find only "PORT" while the second would find also "port" and "Port". Easy peasy.
See more at :h /\c and :h /character-classes.
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