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2006 Ultimate Adventure - Part 1Posted in Ultimate Adventure: 2006 on November 1, 2006
Imagine a life where you wake up with the sun, have breakfast on the tailgate of your truck, air down your tires, lock in your hubs, and wheel a wide variety of terrain all day long with a group of people from all across the country. Then you head back to camp and repair any broken bits on your or your new friends' 4x4s, have dinner and a brew, and listen to some tall tales around a campfire before crawling into your sleeping bag late just to get a few hours rest before repeating these steps the following day. Sounds great, eh? That's what Ultimate Adventure is all about, and that's why we do it every year.
The goal of Ultimate Adventure is to eat, sleep, and breathe four-wheeling, and to do it from the seat of your trail rig. There are no trailers around to haul your open-topped, deep-lugged, granny-geared 4x4 from trail to trail. Rather it's load up, hit the road, find the trails, wheel hard, and live a week with dirt behind your ears, under your fingernails, and in the lugs of your Krawlers. This year was no different, but it was in a new place, and with a bunch of new four-bys wheeling the trails with us.
For 2006 our valiant leader and magazine editor Rick Pw found us some extremely challenging trails in southern Idaho and northern Nevada. Never heard of anything from those parts other than dirt and potatoes? Well that is another goal of our UA trip, when at all possible: Run those trails less traveled, and let the locals show what their neck of the woods has to offer. The world is a big place and there are still plenty of untamed rock canyons, wooded two tracks, enormous dunes, and shoulder-deep mud holes waiting for wheelers like you and us to come play in. So follow along to see where the first half of the trip took us, and tune in next month to see where we ended up and how you too can come along on Ultimate Adventure 2007.
Day 1, Saturday: Boise, Idaho
This year Ultimate Adventure began with a roundup at the Doubletree Boise-Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho. Readers, sponsors, and magazine folks alike knew it was the place to be since the big red, white, and blue BFGoodrich Tires support trailer was in the parking lot. We have been lucky to have BFGoodrich Tires not only be the title sponsor of this event the past few years, but also send one of their semis out as a mobile repair shop for everything from gear changes to airing up tires. It may seem a bit plush for a wheeling trip, and it is, but remember that they are only there as support. If anyone breaks on the trip he still has to repair his own ride, and though the BFGoodrich Tires semi was at many of our nightly stops, they can only get so close to the trail, so most trail days require carrying spare parts and tools, as well as whatever food or snacks you might need.
Pretty much every trail day is just like when you're at your home trail.Before our posse of big-tired trucks even hits the dirt, everyone has to get through tech inspection. We do tech inspection to help eliminate stupid trail carnage, time-consuming repairs in the dirt, and accidents. It's all really basic stuff like do you have two lockers, do you have a fire extinguisher, do you have seatbelts, and have you prespooled your winch cable so that it's ready to drag your ride up 15-foot waterfalls?
Before some trucks could even go through tech inspection they had some final repairs, or shall we say, pre-pairs that needed doing. Yep, in the parking lot of the hotel we had CBs and rock sliders being installed, toolbags and camping gear being packed, a ring-and-pinion being replaced, old stickers replaced with new UA 2006 decals, and of course the obligatory first testdrive around the parking lot in the Ultimate FJ, since we barely got the rig done before we threw it on the trailer and headed to Idaho. Situation normal, Ultimate Adventure 2006 had begun.
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Day 2, Sunday: Rattlesnake Alley, outside Boise
Our first day of trails took us to a hidden rock canyon not far from Boise that our local trail leaders, Howard Shields and Bill Taylor, refer to as Rattlesnake Alley. The Idaho Off-Road 4x4 Club hosted our team of 20 vehicles and took us to one of the toughest trails in their neck of the woods. Now there weren't a lot of woods where we went but rather a deep canyon surrounded by acres and acres of prairie grass. It was pretty wild because had you been on one of the local two-lane roads you would never guess that there was a world-class rockcrawling trail just behind that pasture full of cows. If you want to try this trail for yourself, you'll need to contact the locals at www.idaho4x4.com, because it's not the easiest place to find.
Once you find the trail it is anything but easy. As with any trail, this canyon shouldn't be attempted alone, or in an unqualified vehicle. One reason for this is that the name Rattlesnake Alley refers to the many reptilian residents amongst the lava rock. Though we were lucky to only encounter one such rattler, he was as big around as a grown man's arm, and was armed with eight rows of rattles telling us to bug off. However, even if your personal body comes out unscathed from any slithering snakebites, it doesn't mean your 4x4 is going to be free of bites from vicious rocks. The volcanic boulders reside in a bed of loose sandy gravel, and though some seem attached to the center of the earth, many are as loose as marbles and move continuously about under tire treads.
The trail consists of boulders ranging from basketball to hay-bale size that continuously shift under the weight of vehicles, with even larger ones hiding in their midst ready to claw at clean paint jobs and virgin rock sliders. Then just to make sure that Warn, our Official Winch sponsor, didn't think we had ignored them, the trail concludes with not one but two extremely steep and extremely tight rocky wedge climbs that had most attendees pulling and double-pulling cable. Of course it only got more exciting when the scorching hot day was relieved in a chilly thunderstorm to make the remaining obstacles just that much more difficult. It was a trail worth the long trip there, and the perfect way to break in any Ultimate Adventure newbies.
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Day 3, Monday: Road Day--Boise, Idaho, to Elko, Nevada
The on-road days of Ultimate Adventure could be pretty boring, but usually aren't. Imagine 20 very capable trail rigs that now must convoy more than 200 miles to their next destination, and they have to do it under their own power to prove the Ultimate 4x4 can get you to the trails and home again. On top of that they just spent a very long day prior hammering through an abusive rock trail, and you can see where trouble could arise. Plus every fuel stop is easily an hour-long "chitchat, snack food, check that funny noise" session, not to mention the ongoing practical jokes that get passed around every few hundred miles. Then throw in both a photo and video crew asking the group to stop and line up along with various mechanical issues and what should be a four-hour trip quickly takes all darn day. Oh, and let's not forget the infestation of Mormon crickets that covered the highway for a mile or so and were squashed by the millions as our troop rolled through, leaving gobs of bug guts in everyone's wheelwells. But hey, it's a thousand times better than being in the office. In addition to the task of leading this group, which is on par with herding cats, Editor Pw also enjoys taking everyone along the back roads to better experience what the locales we are passing through have to offer. And, of course, to better hunt the elusive old flatfender Jeeps he already has too many of but still wants more. Nope, road days of UA are never boring. Long, but not boring.
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Day 4, Tuesday: Outside Elko, Nevada, Wheeling Gas Tank Alley on the 4th of July
Our fourth day of Ultimate Adventure had us waking early after a night of camping. Some folks may balk at the idea of living out of a tent for days on end, but reality is that fresh air and breakfast cooked over a Coleman grill is a thousand times healthier for you than stale air conditioned air, free cable, and room service at whatever chain hotel you might find. Plus, since the entire group was camping, none of us noticed how bad we all smelled--until much later in the week.
After crawling from our tents we went in search of more rocks to crawl on. Of course this wasn't without yet another hour-long gas and cooler refuel on the way. This day was lead by the crew from Bangin Bones 4x4 club (www.banginbones.com), and it was the epitome of a long day on a short trail. A short trail that never ends, that is. The Bangin Bones crew had us exploring their backup trail since the initially planned trail was shut down due to extreme fire damage. This had everyone extremely cautious to keep any and all flames--whether cigarettes or trail repair welding--away from the dry grass lining the rocky course we eventually wheeled on.
The Gas Tank Alley trail was named after a previous wheeling trip resulted in a gas tank being torn out from under a Bronco by one of the many sharp lava-rock boulders. Luckily we kept all our fuel-carrying containers on board during this trip. Our group of 20 vehicles, plus five or six club members, worked our way through this trail that didn't have any crazy winch hills or death-defying climbs, but tons of bouldering obstacles offering multiple lines and driveshaft, body, and tip-over challenges. Again it was a hot day with a late afternoon thunderstorm to help cool down hard-working 4x4s, but also slicken the large stones. However, nothing was better than our convoy of hammered trail machines heading back to camp after dark with the sound of BFGoodrich Krawlers slapping asphalt underneath, while Fourth of July fireworks lit the sky overhead.
Tune in next month for part 2 of our Ultimate Adventure 2006 coverage when we leave the rocks behind to explore deep mud holes and the largest dunes in North America.


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Improved access for Manukau community to ultrasound diagnostics
Press Release – ProCare Health
Counties Manukau Health has expanded a successful pilot initiative to increase access to enable more than 4,600 people in the next 6 months to get ultrasounds ordered by their GP (but paid for by the DHB) from community radiology providers. This is instead of going on to a hospital waiting list. This means that people can see a GP, and, when appropriate, be referred to a community radiologist and not have to join the public hospital waiting list for diagnosis. In most cases, the ultrasound can be done within a week, which is convenient for the patient and also frees up the hospital to focus on acute radiology patients.
The commonest ultrasound procedures are pelvis, liver and kidneys and diagnoses include uterine fibroids, kidney stones, reasons for poor renal function and even the potential for aortic aneurysm.
The Access to Diagnostics IT referral programme, developed by PHO ProCare and part of the Greater Auckland Integrated Health Network (GAIHN) projects, reflects the success of the Better, Sooner, More Convenient philosophy aimed at putting the patient at the centre of their health requirements. The initiative is warmly welcomed by GPs.
According to Dr Peter Didsbury, Chair of ProCare, and a GP at Clendon Medical Centre, the Access to Diagnostics programme has benefited patients immensely. "They can now access required diagnostic imaging in a timely and more convenient fashion and this extension of the programme will prove very popular with both patients and General Practice.
"The Access to Diagnostics programme uses an IT tool to help GPs triage patients appropriately on the spot, and then send the referral on immediately electronically to the best provider. Using this IT tool means General Practice can manage a community diagnostic budget effectively by ensuring that it is used judiciously and with clinical appropriateness."
For Counties Manukau Health this means that around 500 fewer people per month will need ultrasound at the radiology department, thus reducing pressure on waiting lists. Geraint Martin, CEO of Counties Manukau Health says that this initiative is part of a bigger picture of providing more health care in the community, where people actually need it. "We are looking at all sorts of ways to reduce pressures on Middlemore Hospital. But not just that, we want initiatives that will benefit patients as well," he said. "This gives primary care very quick information about their patients and enhances their treatment and their experience."
Paediatric ultrasounds will still go to Counties Manukau Health's radiology department.
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After completing this Sunday school lesson, the children will learn that God gives them the courage and encouragement they need to remain obedient to Him, even during tough times, worldly pressures, and persecution.
Courage, Daniel, Fearing God, Protection, Stand Firm, Shadrach Meshach & Abednego
AS KIDS ARRIVE (7 minutes)
Fire Escape (Maze) Click here
OPENING PRAYER AND PRAISE (5 minutes)
Further info? Click here
MEMORY WORK (12 minutes)
"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love."
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 NIV
Write the memory verse on the board and have the kids say it a few times. Then erase one of the words, such as "guard" and have them say it again. Then erase another word, then another, each time having the kids say the verse correctly from memory. Continue until all the words are erased.
SCRIPTURE READING AND DISCUSSION (15 minutes)
Now that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were acting as administrators over the province of Babylon, you would think their troubles would be over. Well think again. What happened next was totally unexpected. King Nebuchadnezzar decided to make an image of gold. A huge golden statue, nearly nine stories tall. When it was finished, all of the court officials were invited to the dedication ceremony. During the ceremony, a special announcement was made to all the people. Everyone must fall down and worship the statue whenever they heard certain music playing, or else be killed. But Shadrach, Meshach and Adednego belonged to God. Would they worship this golden image to stay alive, or remain faithful to God even if it meant death? Let's find out what happened.
Read Daniel 3:10-30
Have the children follow along in their Bibles as you read this passage. Except each time you come to the names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, have the kids say these names with you out loud. (Each name is said 12 times in this short passage.)
Discussion Questions:
1. When were the people supposed to worship the golden image? (Whenever they heard the music played.)
2. What would happen to someone who was caught not worshiping the image? (Killed in a furnace.)
3. Why did Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have the courage to refuse to bow down to the statue? (They had faith that God would save them.)
4. What did Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego do in verse 28 that impressed the king so much? (They trusted in God and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any other god.)
5. Who did the king praise after the three came out completely unharmed? (God.)
6. How can we find the courage we need to remain faithful to God during times of trouble, pressure or persecution? (Answers will vary.)
CLASS EXERCISE (15 minutes)
Fiery Furnance (Skit) Click here
ALTERNATE CLASS EXERCISE (8 minutes)
Being Close to God (Activity) Click here
If using this activity, explain to the kids that the closer our relationship is to God, the more courage we will have to do what is right when faced with difficult situations.
APPLICATION (15 minutes)
Give each child a sheet a paper and a pencil, and ask them to write down at least three situations in which they might find themselves where they would have to be courageous in order to remain obedient to God. Some examples include when other kids are making fun of a students Christianity, or when someone refuses to listen to a Christian's views on creation. If time permits, have the children share one of their situations and ask them how they would react in that situation. What can we do as Christians to build up courage to stay obedient to God during these times?
Last week, we discovered that a reputation is built by doing something over and over. To have a reputation for being courageous and obedient during times of difficulty and worldly pressure, we must seek God's help over and over through prayer and reading God's Word. Hopefully we will never be faced with a life or death situation like that of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. However, during our life we will find ourselves in many situations that if we give in to the pressure or turn our backs on doing what it right, it could be very damaging to us or to others. It takes courage to tell others what the Bible says, what the truth is, and how Jesus is the Lord. But we can do it because God will always be there to help.
Come back next week to see how some fingers frightened a ruthless king.
CLOSING PRAYER (2 minutes)
Further info? Click here
Give one copy to each child at the end of the class to take home. Click here for NIV or KJV [PDF]


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Monday, October 24, 2011
* Halloween Themed Sensory Box!
Halloween is fast approaching
so I better get the rest of my Halloween posts up this week! : )
Here is a quick peek for you of this year's Halloween Sensory Box
currently being played with in our playroom.
Except the girls dumped out the contents yesterday
from this plastic storage box into our (empty and dry) water table.
(Sorry, I don't have a photo, my camera's battery needs to be re-charged!)
Dry Black-eyed peas, some dry black beans, and a handful of dry orange rice.
We also have some craft foam halloween shapes
(a black tree, owls, tombstones, skeletons, pumpkins)
Pumpkin, spider, and bat erasers.
Tiny plastic skeletons.
Wooden craft store ghost cut-outs.
Ghost cookie cutter, rubber rats, fuzzy spiders,
Orange Yarn/ homemade pom-pom pumpkin.
Pumpkin scoops, and orange bucket.
Happy Halloween Exploring!
Do you have a "spooky" sensory box or table theme going on right now?
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Illinois College scores touchdown with less than 2 minutes left for 34-33 win over Ripon
An 18-yard touchdown pass from Michael Bates to Kevin Wallace with 1:40 remaining provided the difference in Illinois College's 34-33 comeback win over Ripon College on Saturday in Ripon, Wis.
Bates threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 108 yards and another score. Running back Cecil Brimmage added 58 yards and another two touchdowns in the win.
"We strive to win the last four minutes of every game and that's exactly what we did. We beat a very good Ripon team today," said Illinois College football coach Garrett Campbell . "This was a total team victory."
Illinois College scored three straight touchdowns early in the first half to take a 21-7 lead, but Ripon rallied back to take a 24-21 lead early in the fourth. The Blueboys went back on top with Brimmage's second TD run of the day, but Ripon retook the lead on a Tom Sawyer touchdown run with 2:41 remaining. IC then went 66 yards on six plays on the game-winning drive.
Brock Thompson caught five passes for 47 yards for IC. Colin Duling hauled in three passes for 93 yard, including a 56-yard reception. Jacob Klingele caught a 1-year touchdown pass.
Eric Fisher led the Blueboys with 14 tackles. Michael Ray had 13 more tackles and recovered a fumble. Robert Stallworth had 11 tackles. Dylan DeFauw had eight tackles and an interception.
Illinois College improved to 7-1 overall and 6-1 in the Midwest Conference. The 7-1 start matches the best start to a season in over three decades.


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81st INTERPOL General Assembly
5-8 November 2012 - Rome, Italy
This year's INTERPOL General Assembly opened with a ministerial meeting bringing together justice, security and home affairs ministers from some 100 countries. The theme for discussion was 'Challenges for police facing contemporary criminal violence'.
Police chiefs and other senior law enforcement officials from around the world discussed critical challenges for police in responding to current and developing criminal phenomena and shared best practices based on national and international experience.
The General Assembly is composed of delegates appointed by the governments of member countries. As INTERPOL's supreme governing body, it meets once a year and takes all the major decisions affecting general policy, the resources needed for international cooperation, working methods, finances and programmes of activities. It also elects the Organization's Executive Committee. Generally speaking, the Assembly takes decisions by a simple majority in the form of resolutions. Each member country represented has one vote.
Pope receives global law enforcement leaders: Commends INTERPOL efforts in combating crime
France's Ballestrazzi becomes first female President of INTERPOL
Global INTERPOL mobile tool to combat child sexual abuse launched with Canadian support
Historic INTERPOL General Assembly in Rome calls for stronger partnerships in combating crime
INTERPOL Ministerial Declaration looks to shape strategies against new aspects of contemporary violence
INTERPOL and Qatar 2022 Committee launch major sporting event security initiative
INTERPOL ministerial meeting
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Speech by Italy's Minister of the Interior, Annamaria Cancellieri
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INTERPOL and Qatar 2022 Committee
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Dr Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union
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INTERPOL President Mireille Ballestrazzi following her election
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Pope Benedict XVI receives global law enforcement leaders
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Address by Annamaria Cancellieri at a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI
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Remarks by INTERPOL's Secretary General at a special audience with Pope Benedict XVI
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Rome 2012
Other General Assemblies
- 83rd - Monaco - 3-7 November 2014
- 82nd - Cartagena, Colombia - 21-24 October 2013
- 81st - Rome, Italy - 5-8 November 2012
- 80th - Hanoi, Vietnam - 31 October to 3 November 2011
- 79th - Doha, Qatar - 8-11 November 2010
- 78th - Singapore - 11-15 October 2009
- 77th - Saint Petersburg, Russia - 7-10 October 2008
- 76th - Marrakesh, Morocco - 5-8 November 2007
- 75th - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 19-22 September 2006
- 74th - Berlin, Germany - 19-22 September 2005
- 73rd - Cancún, Mexico - 5-8 October 2004
- 72nd - Benidorm, Spain - 29 September to 2 October 2003
- 71st - Yaoundé, Cameroon - 21-24 October 2002


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Spirit of Women Day of Dance in Danbury
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Stand-up comic Linda Belt will perform during lunch at Western Connecticut Health Network's fourth annual Spirit of Women Day of Dance on Saturday, Feb. 23.
The event is intended to encourage heart-healthy living during American Heart Month.
The day will begin with a light breakfast with speaker Deborah Weymouth, executive director and senior vice president of New Milford Hospital, who will discuss "Shedding the Shoulds."
Attendees can then meet medical experts and participate in educational and interactive sessions before lunch.
Crowne Plaza Danbury, 18 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury. Saturday, Feb. 23, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $10. 866-374-0007, www.danburyhospital.org/spirit of women, newmilfordhospital.org/spiritofwomen.


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Whatever they're asking, I say it's worth it. Freda, of course, launched Italian horror with I vampiri (THE DEVIL'S COMMANDMENT, 1957, co-directed by Mario Bava), and they later collaborated again on Caltiki il mostro immortale (CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER, 1959). HICHCOCK -- a deliberate misspelling so as not to step on Alfred's copyrighted and trademarked name and image -- stands as Freda's most defining solo outing in a genre he did not hold particularly dear. Consciously made in the image of a Roger Corman Poe picture, it is like a Poe picture adapted to grand opera, full of romantic swooning, melodramatic flourish and the icy dread of premature burial. But why the film has remained so entrenched in the popular imagination is that it deals, or appears to, with the verboten subject of necrophilia.
While watching HICHCOCK again, for the first time in a truly stellar-looking and complete presentation, I had some realizations about it and began to take notes. Rather than write something new and finished about the picture, I thought I would simply share my thoughts here.
1. The main titles encompass one of the most brilliantly inspired moments in the history of horror cinema. Halfway through the plain text-on-black main titles, they stop and the screen goes black. We think they've ended as we await the fade-in, but then the darkness is pierced by a woman's shriek! We've already been worked to a lather by Roman Vlad's appassionata nero score, so the shriek literally permits the overexcited music to release its tensions. Translation: It's an orgasm. A beat or two after the shriek ends, the main titles resume, as does Vlad's score, now sounding appropriately more subdued. I think it's horror's most brilliant main titles conceit since that fist jumped up to punch through the final glass matte credit in MGM's MAD LOVE (1935). Let's not draw any analogies to the fact that production designer Franco Fumagalli (THE GODFATHER III, THE ENGLISH PATIENT) had his name unfortunately Anglicized to "Frank Smokecocks."
2. "His Lust Was A Candle That Burned Brightest In The Shadow of the Grave!" explained the film's advertising campaign. Dr. Bernard Hichcock (Robert Flemyng) is indeed a necrophile, but as I paid close attention to the story, I realized that he doesn't really have sex with corpses. He fondles and strokes and caresses the bodies of dead women gurneyed through his ward at the University Hospital, but he always takes his stoked desires home to be properly received by his all-too-willing wife, Margaret (Maria Teresa Vianello). Bernard has developed an experimental anaesthetic, Sonneryl, to put Margaret in a more enforcedly passive state prior to their ritualized lovemaking. Unfortunately, Bernard keeps the Sonneryl in a cabinet next to an identical bottle labelled Poison.
3. Overexcited one evening by a particularly voluptuous cadaver that jiggles under the sheet as its gurney goes over a bump on the hospital floor, Bernard races home and overeagerly grabs the wrong bottle -- we think -- and injects his wife, who appears to die as a result. In fact, it later transpires that he simply overdosed her with the dark, frothing liquid (which looks like, and probably was, root beer or something comparable), resulting in a premature burial from which she was rescued by the Hichcocks' cat-stroking housekeeper and enabler, Martha (Harriet White Medin).
3. Martha's character only makes sense if we realize that she harbors lesbian desires of her own for Margaret. (Did I say "cat-stroking"?) She is obviously more devoted to Margaret than to Bernard, whom she always greets with a dutiful weariness bordering on contempt; in the first scene of his homecoming, we first see Martha signalling Margaret of his return, while wearing and projecting a knowing expression about what is impending. We sense her implicit involvement in these secret Victorian revels, but what's in it for her? Perhaps what's in it for her is availing herself of her Master's docile leftovers.
4. When Margaret "dies," Bernard returns to his home after 10 years with a new bride, Cynthia (Barbara Steele). Dialogue reveals that he met her abroad as one of his patients, who was recovering from a traumatic shock. Of course, he was doing likewise and it is inferred that his supposedly mortal error brought about a sudden end to his old habits... but. Screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi has said that, when this film ran a week behind schedule, Freda covered himself by tearing a 12-page chunk of exposition out of the script that was never filmed. The only hole in the narrative I can find would detail Hichcock's own traumatized response to Margaret's death and his meeting with Cynthia. Gastaldi doesn't remember what failed to go before the cameras, but I'd like to think the missing exposition would show Hichcock struggling to remain immune to the charms of the corpses he saw during his retreat, and then introduce Cynthia as Bernard's patient. It wouldn't be necessary to detail their courtship; all the viewer would need is a scene of Cynthia, high-strung and overwrought, fainting in his consultation room and abandoning her young and conscious form to his covetous clutches. This would be enough to reactive Bernard's suppressed passions and make him want to legalize his possession of her.
5. One senses that Cynthia's marriage to Bernard is rooted in mutual psychological dependency rather than love or passion. Once he brings her back to his home in London and returns to the University Hospital, she soon notes to his colleague Dr. Kurt Lowe (Silvana Tranquilli, an unfortunately dull leading man) that he's become nervous and strange -- meaning the old work-related temptations are rattling him once again. Cynthia nevertheless remains safe with him, only becoming truly endangered after the point when he secures the moment of privacy at the hospital to undrape a woman's corpse and drink in the sight of its nakedness, submissiveness, and pliability.
6. There is a very creepy moment of delirium where Cynthia awakens, paralyzed and revolted, her eyelashes snarling as Raymond Durgnat once said they did, on the bier in Bernard's necrosanctum. She sees him leering near her feet, his face swelling and glowing red -- a remarkable and perhaps unique use of inflatable bladder effects in Italian makeup effects, at least at this moment in time. As bizarre as the scene is, it's greatest stroke of genius may be that it adds (unexplained) a woman's hand, clenched as if in rigor mortis, rising up behind him to drape itself companionably over his shoulder. The lack of explanation makes the moment all the more unsettling. Who is this? we wonder, and we later realize that Cynthia's subconscious was forecasting the story's truth and outcome. Steele's close-ups in this film are particularly ravishing and give the film the glorious production value of Gainsborough paintings. I'm sure she was not paid anywhere near what it was worth for her to be who she was.
7. Speaking of paintings, the clarity of the print I consulted exposed to me, for the first time, the overall shoddiness of a matte painting depicting the façade of Hichcock's villa. I imagine much of it was cropped offscreen in the earlier home video copies I'd seen. Freda himself started out as an art critic and liked to dabble in painting; it would not surprise me if this piece were his work -- it could even be a detailed colored pencil sketch, from the look of it. It's first seen as Cynthia first arrives at the villa by coach; there's a cutaway to the façade, framed by some foregrounded flora like a young tree branch, some fronds, and (literally) a potted plant -- this sort of foregrounding was an authentication trick Freda had picked up from working with Mario Bava. We later see the same matte painting during a storm (where a lightning flash causes a flat reflection of the foregrounded branch on the house's supposedly uneven surface, spoiling an already cheap illusion) and during heavy rain (with overly large hose dribbles foregrounded with the rest).
8. The climax of Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA (1977) owes everything to the climax of this film, which is another fiery inferno overseen by a hate-maddened harridan. There is a moment when Cynthia pulls back a curtain to reveal the supposedly dead Margaret standing there, looking monstrous under her veil -- a premonitory shudder of Mater Suspiriorum without a doubt. It should also be mentioned that a quality print with restored color reveals a proto-SUSPIRIA use of Technicolor in play throughout. Decades before M. Night Shayamalan's THE SIXTH SENSE (1999), cinematographer Raffaele Masciocchi inserted a red gel splash somewhere onscreen immediately prior to each horrific moment.
9. The image which the film's US distributor used for the film's poster art shows Cynthia hanging upside-down as her deranged husband poises a scalpel at her neck. The point of this image always eluded me till this viewing, but in the dialogue, Bernard clearly (albeit hurriedly) states that he intends to restore his first wife's grave-spoiled beauty with the blood of his second, younger wife. The cutting of the scene suggests that a censor, somewhere, may have demanded the removal of various shots showing Cynthia being jabbed and cut, because there is blood clearly collecting in a large white bowl placed beneath her -- a kind of proto-TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE image, if you think about it.
10. I've always known that Robert Flemyng gave his all to this unlikely project, but to see his performance in perfect clarity reveals a wealth of little nuances to cherish -- particularly in all the business he gets to do when he first goes home after a day at the hospital. We see him go to his front door, observe that his wife is entertaining at a dinner party, and gaze ruefully through a window at the gathering. This establishes his covert nature. Then he proceeds to a secreted cellar entrance, where he follows a private stairwell past his wife's company, which further establishes him as cold and antisocial. As Martha signals Margaret that he's home, that it's time to send her friends and admirers away, Bernard goes into his den, tosses back a bracing drink or two, and then clutches the key to his private necrosanctum with the jaunty, privileged air of a Victorian clubman. He is especially good when exposed to the cadavers, observing them with careful gestures and awed hushes of adoration, his fear and desire fused... and his performance reaches its fever pitch when he first realizes that Margaret may not be dead, that she may still be alive or at least available to his desires, which must be the single most operatic sequence in Italian horror.


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When set decorator Claudette Didul needed to decorate Sally Draper's bedroom with 1960s-era clothing for an episode of "Mad Men" last season, she knew just the place.
Didul went to Playclothes, a vintage clothing and furnishing store in Burbank, to buy an assortment of blouses, dresses, sweaters, pants and shoes to decorate the scene, the Los Angeles Times reported.
"It's like a one-stop shop," Didul said. "It's really important for us to have stores like Playclothes. Their inventory is always changing, and I know I can get things I need the next day and that they will stay open for me if I have an emergency."


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Back a little while ago, Dan let us all know about Battery Level for WP8, the app specifically for Windows Phone 8 that allows you to keep an eye on your devices battery life using a live tile. Having read the review and being as picky as I am when it comes to keeping an eye on my battery, it was one of the first apps I installed onto my Lumia 920. Now, there is a new update available that bumps Battery Level for WP8 into v188.8.131.52. So what was added and what's new?
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After having used it for the past few days now, it's a great app to have around on your device. It's not perfect mind you, as the live tile doesn't update in real time. But overall, the app itself looks like it could be part of the OS and that's a good thing. Plus, the developer is actively checking out feedback and adding features in where it's possible. If you're looking for battery monitoring solution, give it a go.
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What arrived in the big brown truck a few days later was a JL 15W0v2 woofer in a nicely made sealed enclosure. Now I know 15's aren't usually everyone's first choice, but what a lot of folks might not know, is that a high quality, modern 15-inch woofer like this JL, no longer requires an enclosure the size of a big doghouse. The sealed enclosure that the woofer came in measures 16.25 x18 x15.75 inches. That makes it fit easily into virtually any SUV or car trunk. You may even get a pair of them in there! Boom yeah!
The 15W0v2 woofer incorporates some innovative technology. By elevating the frame above the top plate of the speakers motor, JL's patented Elevated Frame Cooling provides improved airflow between the bottom surface of the speakers frame and the top surface of the motors top plate. The result of this technology is cooler voice coil temps and a cooler motor assembly, thereby improving thermal power handling, and increasing reliability. And the technology continues, with the application of JL Audio's DMA (Dynamic Motor Analysis) system. This system is a derivative of complex finite element analysis, where the true behavior of the moving components of the loudspeaker are analyzed under a wide variety of typical operating conditions. As a result, the speakers can be designed to provide much more linear behavior, and improved stability under all sorts of conditions. What does that mean to you? It means that the speaker you buy will sound great, and be dependable.
Cosmetically, the woofer is well finished and looks like it was built by someone paying attention to details. Nice cosmetic touches include a top plastic mounting gasket that does double duty as a grille retainer, and on the bottom side, an injection molded plastic cover trims out the motor assembly. As an example of the attention to detail, the JL woofer comes with a closed cell foam mounting gasket that is pre-applied to the mounting surface of the woofer, ensuring an airtight, buzz free seal if mounted on a hard, flat surface.
Tipping the Cogent scales at just under 16 pounds, the 15W0v2 uses a round stamped steel basket, with the patented elevated frame. The cone material is black "mineral filled polypropylene", with a traditional JL Audio concave dustcap. The surround is polyester foam, and it is both quite wide and tall, allowing large amounts of excursion travel. The surround is attached to the frame and to the cone with adhesives. Underneath the cone, you'll find a poly-cotton progressive type single spider, which is used to locate the 2.6-inch copper voice coil and Kapton former. The voice coil is four layers thick, and is a 4-ohm nominal design. Motivation for the voice coil's movement comes from a 6.3-inch strontium ferrite ceramic magnet. The woofers bottom plate has been "bumped out", again in the interests of greater excursion capability.
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Bayshore Avenue
Bayshore Avenue is a major, 4 lane avenue that runs along the eastern side of Vice City's mainland. The avenue spans from Viceport on the south end, splits into two one-way streets, until Downtown on the northern end. In southern Downtown, the street splits into two and one must turn left at the next street to return to Bayshore. Bayshore Avenue serves as a useful way to quickly travel from point to point on many missions. Bayshore Avenue is the longest major road and longest major street in Vice City. This might be based on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami.
Cheetah Stunt
There is an 'express lane' in the centre of the street where no cars run. This is a short ledge, only not present when a street intersects it. Sometimes it is obstructed by trees, but most of the time it is free for you to use. With a Cheetah, and only with a Cheetah (even an Infernus or a Stinger cannot match its speed in GTA Vice City Stories), speeding down the express lane southbound, you will slide off the lane as you pass the last street before entering Viceport. Passing it, you will go back onto the ledge, but this is slightly raised, and if you drive at it fast enough, you will hear a smashing sound, your Cheetah will be thrown into the air, flip once (if you drive at it at a straight angle) and land perfectly undamaged again (provided you didn't smash into another car). This same stunt can be achieved with an Infernus although it is not as spectacular.
Places of Interest
The following are important locations along Bayshore Avenue:
- Downtown Police Station
- Victor Vance's Safehouse
- Little Havana Police Station
- West Haven Community Healthcare Centre
- Little Haiti Pay 'n' Spray
- Ryton Aide
- Joe's Beds
- Lance Vance's Apartment
- Downtown Ammu-Nation
- 24/7 store
- Cherry Popper Ice Cream Factory
- El Banco Corrupto Grande
- Moist Palms Hotel
- The Greasy Chopper
- Howlin' Pete's Biker Emporium
- Skumole Shack
- Vice City Fire Station
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- West Haven Healthcare Centre
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The season began in early June at the Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities Center, with 52 teams participating in the league, sponsored this year by local Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry.
Gregory Coles, the chairman of Elmcor as well as the founding CEO of A Child's Place, said that since the ElmCor center and the league were established in 1965, it has served as an incubator for NBA talent, launching the careers of basketball stars such as Kenny Anderson, Kevin Smith and Reggie Carter.
"I played in the tournaments in 1965 when I was nine years old. I continued to play and was fortunate enough to receive a scholarship for Clemson University, and when I was done there I came back so I could do the same thing they did for me and put back into the community," Cole said.
He explained that beyond the on-the-court benefits that kids can glean from the program, it serves as a positive influence in their lives to keep them off the streets and out of trouble, as it did for him when he was a youth.
Elmcor's league caters to children up to 18 as well as a Pro Am, with divisions split into two-year intervals.
At the playoffs on Sat. and Sun., Aug. 2 and 3, Ball Hoggs beat the Long Island Heat, 43-23, P.S. 156 failed to stop Bellos, who beat them 43-41 and the Hollywood Hustlers defeated the Rim Rockets, 30-11 in the 12-and-under category. Kelly Blue Showtime beat the younger Ball Hoggs, 24-13, in the eight-and-under bracket. In the 14 and under division, the Long Island Heat topped St. Margaret, 53-26.
On Aug. 16, the ElmCor gymnasium with its seating capacity of 1,000 will play host to the league finals.


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SSL Certificate Scandal Exposes Bug in Mac OS X
The recent compromise of a major Dutch certificate authority has exposed a bug in the Mac OS X Keychain software.
The problem emerged Monday when it was revealed that DigiNotar had issued a fraudulant SSL wildcard certificate for *.google.com. It later was revealed that this was a result of a hack of their systems and that there were over 200 such certificates issued.
Because DigiNotar is one of a large number of CAs that are trusted by browsers and operating systems, many vendors of these announced fixes to remove trust support for the root certificate that had been compromised. Mozilla issued updates to do this yesterday. Most users are covered by now.
But you can configure your software to remove trust for particular certificates yourself. This is what user Seth Bromberger tried to do by removing trust of all DigiNotar certificates on his Mac using the Keychain software. Afterwards he tested by surfing to DigiNotar's site and should have received warnings, but he didn't.
The problem turns out to be that if a site uses an EV-SSL (Extended Validation SSL) certificate, Keychain will ignore the fact that the user has marked it as untrusted.
We have no comment from Apple nor can we find any reports of this on Apple's support discussions. But it seems pretty clearly to be an error. One could argue that EV certificates are more inherently trustworthy than conventional certificates, but a user setting not to trust it clearly should take precendence.
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Weekly Jobless Claims Inch Lower
Polya Lesova takes a look at the markets, including three stocks to watch today. Photo: Getty Images.
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The European Commission has announced details of its newly proposed 2030 EU energy and climate framework, which seeks a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below the 1990 level and would set a renewables target of 'at least' 27% by 2030. However, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) argues that the latter goal is too weak.
EWEA says the commission is ignoring the European Parliament, which voted in favor of a binding 30% renewables target for 2030 in committee earlier this month. The association argues that the commission's own figures show that setting a 30% goal would create over 560,000 more jobs in Europe and boost economic growth while saving billions on imported fossil fuel and health costs. An even higher target would have an even greater impact, the group continues.
In a press release, the European Commission says, 'Driven by a more market-oriented approach with enabling conditions for emerging technologies, an EU-wide binding target for renewable energy of at least 27 percent in 2030 comes with significant benefits in terms of energy trade balances, reliance on indigenous energy sources, jobs and growth.
"An EU-level target for renewable energy is necessary to drive continued investment in the sector. However, it would not be translated into national targets through EU legislation, thus leaving flexibility for Member States to transform the energy system in a way that is adapted to national preferences and circumstances."
Thomas Becker, CEO of EWEA, has made clear his disapproval of the commission's plans.
'The previously far-sighted and ambitious European Commission is a shadow of its former self, hiding behind the U.K. and other backward-looking Member States and lobbies," he says. "By effectively advocating repatriation of energy policy to Member States, [Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso] appears to have forgotten his previous calls for "more European integration' on energy policy."
'The Heads of State now need to show leadership and agree an ambitious 2030 climate and energy framework that benefits Europe and allows its world-leading wind energy sector to make Europe more prosperous and secure," Barroso adds.
According to the commission, the framework will be debated at the highest level, in particular in the European Council and European Parliament. The former is expected to consider the plan at its spring meeting in March.


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Welcome from the President & Provost, Dean of the School of Medicine
Welcome to Eastern Virginia Medical School. In the late 1960s, the community recognized the need for high-quality specialty care in Hampton Roads. So, its leaders banded together and raised the money to start a medical school in 1973.
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Getting a family organized requires more than a few well-chosen new year's resolutions. Increasingly, homeowners are carving out a physical space - anything from a single kitchen cabinet to an entire spare room - that can function as a family information centre and workstation.
In an effort to battle clutter and keep track of schedules, designer Brian Patrick Flynn helps clients kick the habit of spreading out items around their homes.
"These days, it's pretty much a given that families use their kitchen islands, dining tables and/or coffee tables as prime real estate for laptops, school papers, iPhones and mail," says Flynn, founder and editor of decordemon. com.
"When I'm designing entire homes, especially ones for young families, the first thing I focus on is locating a seldom-used corner, section or nook somewhere easily accessible to create a creative and organizational hub. This usually follows my tirade of, 'No more using the dining table or breakfast nook as a clutter station!"' Here, Flynn and two other interior designers offer tips on creating the perfect family headquarters to wrangle homework assignments, invitations, permission slips, calendars and more.
The key pieces are:
- A calendar (paper, digital or both) that the whole family can access
- Accessible storage space for incoming mail, invitations and permission slips where things won't get forgotten
- A message board (dry-erase white boards and/or corkboards are popular) where family members can post and share information
- A labelled bin or section of corkboard space assigned to each family member
- A power strip for charging electronic devices, with shelf or desk space to keep those items while charging
Ideally, the space will also include a work surface where kids can do homework and parents can handle tasks like filling out permission slips. Many families also include a laptop or desktop computer for homework or checking email. If you have a computer handy, you're more likely to enter information digitally and eliminate paper clutter.
Homes built in the past few years often come with what Flynn calls a "bonus room" with no designated purpose. These small, spare rooms work well as a family organization centre, as do mud rooms.
Atlanta-based designer Mallory Mathison has helped clients convert a pantry or small closet into an organizational hub. She suggests removing the doors to open up the space, then adding a deep shelf that can be used as a desktop. Tack fabric to the underside of the shelf and hem it just above the floor, creating hidden storage space and a place to tuck a bench or stool.
Shelves can be added to the wall above the desktop, along with a message board and calendar.
If you lack a spare room or closet, designer Cortney Novogratz suggests choosing one corner of your kitchen, since it's a room the entire family uses daily. Novogratz, co-star of Home by Novogratz on HGTV in the U.S., lives in Manhattan with her husband and seven children. She often works with clients who have limited space, so she advises them to use a single kitchen cabinet as their organizational hub.
Novogratz suggests lining the cabinet door with the calendar and corkboard or dry-erase board. Then add small bins on the cabinet shelves for each family member's items. A small laptop can be kept inside the cabinet and taken out for use at the kitchen table.
For additional storage, she suggests buying a rolling cart with labelled drawers where each child in the family can keep things like pending work or art supplies. This can be wheeled around the kitchen or other rooms as needed.
The costliest option is hiring a carpenter to install a built-in, custom work station with a desktop, shelving and closed storage.
Flynn suggests a cheaper alternative: Buy two kitchen cabinets from a big-box home improvement store, and two pre-fab bookcases. Assemble the cabinets, then the bookcases and stack them directly on top of the base cabinets. Mount them to the wall and add some basic moulding to the front edges, creating "the look of custom built-ins, but for only a few hundred bucks."
To save even more, he suggests plundering the rest of your home in search of old furniture. He placed two old dressers next to each other, using their surfaces as a place to collect mail and pending paperwork. He outfitted the dresser drawers with a hanging file system, then brought in an old table and chairs from a child's playroom.
Even the best system won't work unless you use it. Flynn says beautiful, bright colours can help draw you to your organizational space, and successful homework projects and tests can be posted alongside your kids' artwork for added inspiration.
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This April, Kenny Chesney will be on the big screen, and no, not the those big ones that you are used to seeing him on at his sold-out shows. The movie theater big screen, but it will be a lot like those big screens at the concert venue... the movie is titled "Kenny Chesney's Summer In 3-D."
This special event movie will bring Kenny Chesney's concert right to you in your local movie theater as a limited engagement. The 3D footage for the movie was shot over six nights in five locations -- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, Foxboro, and Indianapolis -- using a total of 22 3D camera rigs.
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WRHS's Brooks inducted into Ga. Sports Hall of Fame | Families
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While we honor the teams and athletes of today, the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame is honoring the athletes and coaches of years past.
The Hall is inducting eight new members today, and one of them, James Brooks, played his high school ball at Warner Robins. Brooks spoke about his former Demon teammates and coaches this afternoon.
"They got me ready to play at the college level," Brooks said. "They built a foundation and got me ready to play. I'm very happy for them, because it gave me a chance to go out there and do the things i'm capable of doing, and did very well."
Brooks was a member of the 1976 Warner Robins state and national championship team. He went on to play college ball at Auburn, and professionally in the NFL.He still holds the all-purpose yardage record for the Cincinnati Bengals.
His high school coach, Robert Davis, was inducted into the hall in 2011, and says it's about time his former running back got recognized.
"It's long overdue," said Davis."Fifteen thousand yards in the pros, and 179 touchdowns. That's awesome."
The 2014 Class of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Inductees:
- James Brooks
- Bobby Cremins
- Jim Hughes
- Homer Rice
- Hollis Stacy
- Frank Thomas
- Chester Webb
- Scott Woerner


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GRAPEVINE, Texas (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America voted on Thursday to lift a century-old ban on openly gay scouts in a major victory for gay rights activists, but the decision means a sea of change for an organization that depends heavily on faith-based groups.
More than 60 percent of the group's National Council, comprised of some 1,400 delegates, voted in favor of ending the ban, effective January 1, 2014, the group said in a statement. A prohibition on openly gay adult leaders remains in place.
The decision followed weeks of intense lobbying by gay rights activists and members of conservative organizations, many of them church groups that have traditionally formed the backbone of one of the nation's largest youth organizations.
"I'm a happy camper," said Mike Harrison, 71, a former chairman of California's Orange County Boy Scout Council who voted to end the ban at a meeting of the National Council in Grapevine, Texas.
"The process was a very civil debate... There wasn't any uncivilized behavior. People stated their case, passionately and from many different angles," he said, adding that by Thursday it had become clear that "the younger generation of scouting just don't see it the way the old guard did."
The Boy Scouts' long-standing ban on gay scouts had become a polarizing issue at the center of the debate on gay rights in the United States, where gay soldiers may now serve openly in the military and where gay couples can wed in a number of states.
For months, the Boy Scouts have been caught between two sides in an emotionally charged debate that has seen both supporters and opponents of lifting the ban threaten to withdraw support.
The Boy Scouts has faced heavy pressure on one side from gay rights supporters and some of the major corporate sponsors who provide much of the group's annual funding, and on the other by a variety of major national church groups, who sponsor and support the large majority of troops nationwide.
"I just resigned from my troop," said Chris Collier, 41, a former troop leader in Alabama and Florida who said he would send his Eagle Scout award back to the organization's national office.
"My grandfather earned his eagle award in 1938. I earned mine in 1990. I was hoping my son could earn his when he grew up. I'm sad, but this is their cross to bear. I'm no longer part of the organization. I'll move in a different direction."
John Stemberger, an Orlando lawyer, Eagle Scout, former scoutmaster and founder of an organization that opposes lifting the ban said the decision marked "a sad day for America."
He said he would be never again wear the Boy Scout uniform and would work to create a new scouting organization "based on timeless values."
Thursday's vote came about three months after the organization's leadership delayed a decision on changing its membership policy to research attitudes toward admitting gays.
About 70 percent of the group's 100,000 Boy Scout units are chartered by faith-based organizations, according to Boy Scouts membership data. Some 22 percent of the units nationwide are chartered by civic organizations, and 7 percent are chartered by educational groups.
One of the major turning points in the debate came earlier this year when the Mormon church - the largest sponsor of scouting troops nationwide - expressed support for ending the ban. The Mormon church charters nearly 38,000 scout troops representing nearly a quarter million scouts.
The next largest faith-based sponsor is the United Methodist Church, which charters about 11,000 troops representing about 363,000 scouts. They, too, issued a statement supporting an end to the ban. The Catholic church, which sponsors about 8,400 troops, has taken no official position on the controversy.
While national polls show a growing acceptance of gay rights, an online survey of about 200,000 Boy Scouts members, parents and leaders indicated strong support for maintaining the ban, by a margin of almost 2-1.
But the Boy Scouts' top leadership endorsed the change and encouraged delegates to support it.
"Our vision is to serve every kid and give them a place where they grow up and feel protected," BSA President Wayne Perry told a news conference. "Our view is that kids are better off in scouting."
Acknowledging division within the organization's ranks, top Boy Scouts officials said they believed those unhappy with the change would eventually return to the organization.
"We will continue to work through these issues," said Tico Perez, the Boy Scouts' national commissioner. "In time people will decide that the best place for kids is in scouting."
Zach Wahls, an Eagle Scout raised by two lesbians, said the time had come for change.
"There is nothing Scout-like about exclusion of other people, and there is nothing Scout-like about putting your own religious beliefs before someone else's," Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality, told a news conference on Wednesday.
Gay rights advocates gathered petitions with more than 1.8 million signatures in support of ending the ban while opponents collected about 250,000 signatures urging delegates to vote down the change.
Intel Corp, one of the largest corporate sponsors of the Boy Scouts, said last September it would stop supporting troops that continue to ban gay scouts. Intel donated about $700,000 in 2009, according to the American Independent magazine.
That announcement followed pressure from gay groups that launched a nationwide campaign on Change.org urging Intel to withdraw its support. United Parcel Service Inc, another major sponsor, followed suit in November, as did Merck & Co, according to the gay rights group GLAAD.
Some of the nation's largest gay rights groups cheered the move to end the gay scout ban, and predicted the organization's ban on openly gay adult leaders would soon end as well.
"Today's vote is a significant victory for gay youth across the nation and a clear indication that the Boy Scouts' ban on gay adult leaders will also inevitably end," GLAAD spokesman Rich Ferraro said.
Additional reporting by Corrie MacLaggan in Texas, and Chris Francescani and Robin Respaut in New York; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Scott Malone, Maureen Bavdek and Lisa Shumaker


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The U.S. House is expected to take up the $700 billion financial rescue plan Friday.
The package easily passed the Senate Wednesday evening, and it includes some amendments that congressional leaders hope will be enough to sway reluctant lawmakers.
The vote will come just days after House lawmakers rejected an earlier version of the bill, sending markets plunging around the globe.
Four members of Minnesota's congressional delegation voted against the bill on Monday -- Republicans Michele Bachmann and Jim Ramstad, and Democrats Tim Walz and Collin Peterson.
Morning Edition's Cathy Wurzer spoke with both Walz and Peterson about the bailout.
Peterson, who represents the 7th District, said he will not support the Senate version of the bill.
Walz, of the 1st District, said the bill passed by the Senate is better than the one the House rejected earlier this week, but he's still planning to vote against it in its current form.
Follow the links at right to listen to both conversations.


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We woke up to find out there was a strong wind coming from the west. The dreaded "Return of the Westerlies". We looked at the route to figure out which part would go into the wind. The route is shaped like a big circle, with two twisty diverticula going into the circle; like Mickey Mouse's outline, except the ears point inward. The wind would be in our faces going up to the top of Mickey's head and in our backs in the way back.
My advice for the Girl was solid: find a group of guys and draft like your life depends on it. The last 5 miles, if you have any energy left, should be super fast.
The start went and a little group formed in the front. First, we were five, then four, then two. The other guy was leading into the wind, and I pulled up and told him we should try to work together. We did for a few kilometers, but every time I was drafting, it felt too slow, and every time I would lead, he hd a hard time holding on. Then he dropped off, and it was me and the lead-out bike.
The first K was 3:26 in the headwind. That's a 5:29 mile, so faster than PR pace. It felt very easy. The next few Ks were just around 3:30, right on pace for a PR. 5K in 17:36, just 6 seconds off PR pace. At this point, I was convinced I was heading for a big PR. The legs felt great, and the backwind was still ahead.
Then, the legs started getting a little heavy. The next kilometers included Mickey's ear. One K was pure backwind and yet the split was over 3:30. I tried to accelerate to get the legs to turn over faster, but they didn't oblige. I went through 10K in 35:35, ie. 35 seconds off PR pace. I still felt a PR was possible, if I had the legs on tat last windy stretch. Then came Mickey's second ear with lots of turns, including some near-180 degree turns. My legs were getting stiff; it wasn't fun anymore and I was slowing down noticably.
I came through 15K in 54:20 (or thereabout), ie. almost two full minutes above PR pace. I was so tired I thought about walking up a couple of the small hills (of which there were very few). At this point, I had the strong wind in my back and was beginning to pass the back of the 10Kers. What I had told the Girl was terribly true; a strong backwind is only worth-while if you have the legs for it. I couldn't make mine turn over nearly fast enough. It felt like running downhill with stiff legs. I came in in 1:16:xx (xx meaning something high but I am not sure how high).
Look at me here; it's hard to tell that I have lost weight lately. The legs look chunky. My form is crap; the shoulders are slouching. The photo was taken with 4 miles left. I did win, though, which was a big plus. I even won a 200 dollar gift certificate to an upscale running shoe store.
Then came what I enjoy the most at these races. I jogged to the car and got into some warmer clothes; got the Girl's stuff ready and found the camera. Drank water and ate some energy bars from the tables.while waiting for her. The first woman came in 1:28 and the next 10 seconds later. The Girl got third and a PR with a 1:33:40. Not quite what she was hoping for, but everyone agreed that the wind had made the race very hard.
She had started out with the eventual winner, going through 5K in 20:30 (!!) and 10K in 42:20. So her race was a lot like mine; she started out too fast in the headwind. This is her with 4 miles to go, looking tired but stronger than her husband.
Here is a priceless facial expression:
All in all, it was a fun race and good ending to the "fast" part of our season. Now it's time for a triathlon, a 50 mile race and the Transalpine in the fall. Maybe we can squeeze in a few shorter runs here and there.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Half marathon race report
Posted by Fast Bastard - World's Fastest Hematologist at 11:28 PM
3 comments:
- Danni said...
Your legs do not look chunky!!! Congrats on the win!
- June 21, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- SteveQ said...
I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys at Voyageur, but do you have any idea at all what you're in for? There's some nasty surprises when running steep hills in blazing heat after 8 or so hours.
- June 23, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- Runningdoctor said...
Danni, thanks for calling my legs not chunky. Tracy calls them beefy, which is better than chunky.
Steve, I will run the first two hours super slowly and then pick it up from there. No time goals at all.
- June 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM
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San Francisco's Synthetic Corp., maker of the popular iPhone photo app Hipstamatic, is taking a decidedly analog take on its latest product.
The company unveiled its new, free Hipstamatic D-Series app that creates a digital version of the old disposable camera.
In the old analog film days, a disposable camera with 24 exposures would be placed at each dinner table of a wedding reception. Guests would take the camera and snap pics until the film ran out. Then at the end of the event, someone would collect the cameras and have the photos developed. Presto — you have a set of wedding memories captured in snapshots.
The D-Series applies that example digitally. An iPhone user downloads the D-Series app, then uses their iPhone as a "disposable" camera. That person then invites other iPhone users to snap pics on that camera's "roll" of 24 exposures. Once the last photo is taken, pics from that event — a wedding, a concert, a digital photography conference, whatever — can be seen by the camera's users, shared on Facebook and Twitter and even printed out. It's social photo sharing for specific events.
"We believe that 2012 will be the year that Hipstamatic's D-Series changes how we come together to capture photographic stories," Synthetic CEO Lucas Allen Buick said in a statement.
Like its regular Hipstamatic app, this free download features different cameras that transform regular camera pics into artsy pieces of photo art. There are four themed cameras available with the D-Series: Foxy X69, Dreamy, and BlacKeys 44, all 99 cents extra. Another camera called MegaZuck 84 is free if the user connects via Facebook.
Synthetic posted this cool animated video illustrating how the D-Series works:
Hipstamatic Disposable from Synthetic on Vimeo.


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May 6, 2005
EDGE Publications Launches Provincetown Gay News and Entertainment Portal
For Immediate Release May 6, 2005
Provincetown, MA - EDGE Publications, Inc. today announced the official launch of EDGEptown.com, the media network's second major online publication.
EDGEptown.com is devoted to providing news and entertainment information for the Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender community of Provincetown and Cape Cod, as well as the many tourists that frequent the destination spot every year from around the globe.
The company's flagship portal, EDGEboston.com, is already the most popular Gay/Lesbian website of any type in New England, registering on the list of the country's top websites according to Amazon.com's Alexa Traffic Rank.
It has a dedicated readership of 24,000 individuals and is growing weekly.
"We're very excited to expand to Provincetown," said David Foucher, EDGE's Publisher. "We're entirely dedicated to becoming a positive economic and informational contributor to the town. Our Boston portal has been received with enthusiasm by a wide community - we are already seeing the same effect on EDGEptown.com; the response both on-line and in-town has been fantastic."
The portal delivers eight channels to its readers, including daily local/national news, weather, arts & entertainment, health & fitness, style, sports and travel. A community channel provides additional local coverage of nightlife, shopping, lodging, dining, events calendar, and more.
"Our readers could plan out their entire vacation in advance," added Foucher. "or they could simply rely on EDGE's experienced coverage to help them spend their time - and money - wisely once they're here."
The publication also produces weekly events in local venues; EDGE has partnered with the largest entertainment complex in Provincetown, The Crown & Anchor, to create "EDGE Saturdays" at the popular WAVE Bar.
Readers who attend the weekly event will be able to surf the publication, enter to win a variety of prizes from the entertainment industry, and learn about the events happening in town during their stay. The night will be produced in conjunction with Video Jockey Tom Yaz, who for three years has built a popular following for his non-stop exotic video show titled "Yaz TV."
"The Crown & Anchor is thrilled to be associated with our new partner EDGE," said proprietor Rick Murray. "We know they'll help make our Saturday Night Yaz TV in the WAVE Bar even more successful."
"We're the hip new player in town," agreed Community Editor Rick Dunn. "Our readers are drawn from the Internet right to our parties, where they meet new people, have a good time, and interact directly with our editors and writers. We're highly involved with our community on the ground."
The new publication is available at http://www.edgeptown.com.
EDGE is an online community destination dedicated to the delivery of local, national and world content targeted to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in a fair, entertaining and interactive format. The company publishes online in Boston MA and Provincetown MA. Learn more about EDGE at http://www.edgeonthenet.com.
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For more information:
John Welton
Director Public Relations


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By JEAN GARDNER, Beacon Correspondent
Cedar Key Canvas was started in 1986 by Carmen and Reed Proctor. It was first opened on Second Street in downtown Cedar Key. It has been in business for 31 years.
The store is now located at 4051 D Street where Cedar Key Canvas offers variety of unique products that include purses, duffel bags and a bag for jumper cables.
In his 40 years of scuba diving, John Edwards has ran across some unbelievable finds.
But he's never found anything as strange as what he and his wife Rosa discovered in late January, washed up on one of their private islands on the mouth of the Withlacoochee River near Yankeetown.
The pair were cleaning up the damage wrought by Hurricane Hermine when, among all of the unremarkable items and driftwood littered along the shore of their coastal retreat, an old bottle caught Mr. Edwards' eye.
The gospel group Great Day will be playing a concert at the United Methodist Church in Cedar Key Jan. 22 at 6 p.m.
All are welcome to this free concert ranging from quartet style to contemporary gospel.
Tickets are on sale at the Keyhole for the Friday, Jan. 20th, Cedar Key Arts Center Benefit Dinner that funds the Summer Art Program. The evening starts off with a cocktail hour, live music by Lisa Mitchell and the chance to view Silent Auction and Raffle items. The Island Room will cater the dinner.
On Saturday, Jan. 14, the Levy County Historical Society will present the first of three presentations which tell about the invasion of the Civil War into Florida. Everyone with an interest in the history and heritage of Florida is invited to join us at this free event to learn more about this time in our history.
On Saturday, Jan. 7th, from 5 to 7 p.m.
the public is invited to share appetizers, drinks and conversation at the Cedar Key Arts Center and enjoy the multifaceted art produced by Mike Buchanan, Gene Rantz and D. G. Stern, plus three local artists participating in the Hurricane Relief Show. Our gallery welcomes these diverse artists that span the media from fine art to film to basketry.
By Samantha Grenrock
The Cedar Key Artist-in-Residence Program has selected painter Daniel Gottsegen as artist in residence for 2017. Known for his meditative renderings of the natural world, Gottsegen will live and work at the University of Florida Seahorse Key facilities Feb. 12 to 18.
A community dinner celebrating Christmas will be held in the Cedar Key City Park on Saturday, Dec. 17.
The dinner begins at 5 p.m. with chili provided. Bring a covered dish and food donations for the Children's Table.
The Boat Parade will begin at sunset (6 p.m.) in front of the Dock Street Fishing Pier. Prizes will be awarded for the best decorated boats and teams with the most cheer. If you are interested in participating, contact Rose Cantwell at 352-543-6346 for details or be at the Cedar Key Boat Ramp by 5:30 p.m.
The Seahorse Key Light Station will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, with local historians, Lindon Lindsey and Toni Collins, on hand to provide visitors with the history of Seahorse Key and the Cedar Keys Light Station.
Come out and learn more about the interesting history of this little known jewel on Florida's Gulf Coast. Hop on a water taxi from Cedar Key to the Lighthouse and learn about the history of the island.
An opening reception for the Cedar Key Arts Center Gallery opening of an exhibit — Time & Tide — will be hosted by the center's patrons on Saturday, Nov. 19 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The event is free to the public and appetizers, drinks and conversation will be available to all. Come share a little time with the art community at the Cedar Key Arts Center season opener.
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169. The Wrong Doctors
Released January 2013
Behind the Scenes
Colin Baker talks about the Sixth Doctor releases including The Wrong Doctors. The full interview can be found in Vortex #49 HERE.
Welcome back, Colin! It's been quite the trilogy this time around, kicking off with the wrong doctors.
In this one I'm playing the post-regeneration Doctor – the brash version of old Sixie – and the more mellow, blue-costumed Doctor, who is the Doctor that I had in mind when we started doing it back in 1983 that we would evolve to, but never got the chance to do so. So it's quite nice in a way. It certainly puts me on the spot because I've got to prove there's a difference! I've got the same vocal equipment but hopefully there's a difference inside the old brain pan which will come winging through, especially in scenes where I'm talking to myself. He's still a bit in your face, old Sixie, and he's still a bit mock-boastful, whereas immediately post-regeneration he was very boastful. So it's just a question of degree really.
It's a lighter story than the Sixth Doctor tends to get as well.
I love the light touch. [Writer] Matt Fitton has got a very good eye for when to bring in the humour without detracting from the drive and the importance of the story. It's a very literary script, it's one not embarrassed by using the joys of the English language of which I'm a particular champion, as anyone who knows me knows. He keeps the story motoring along but there's this vein of humour and lightness running through it. It's a really good story.
You've been back with Mel in these stories; which companion would you like alongside you next?
It's like all things. People say do you prefer stage or camera, and whenever I've done a lot of one, I want to do something of the other. Change is brilliant. I've had some fantastic companions. Now I've done some with Mel I want to do some with Peri [Nicola Bryant] again, and then I'd like to do some with Flip [Lisa Greenwood] again because I like her a lot, and then I want to do some with Maggie [Stables, Evelyn] again because Maggie and the Sixth Doctor, I think, were a brilliant pairing. Poor Maggie's not been well, but I'd love the opportunity to do another story with Maggie. And I loved Charley Pollard [India Fisher] as well. I enjoyed working with Frazer [Hines, Jamie]. I've been blessed with some really fantastic companions, so doubtless they'll come up with more. Now, you see, if I could do one story with each of them every year, that would a) keep me nice and busy and b) it would tick along very jollily. But Nicola was my first, so I am loyal to Nicola.
Colin and Bonnie


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PS4 App Allows You to Stream Sony's E3 Presentation at Home, Rewards Offered
Free, 30-day trials of Amazon Prime and Music Unlimited along with a chance for a PlayStation Now Private Beta invite are just some of bonuses you can get for watching Sony's E3 presentation from your PS4.
The PlayStation Blog has just announced that the PS4's E3 2014 app is now available for download and will offer various incentives to keep you watching. The app will let you stream Sony's E3 press conference live from Los Angeles, CA. The day after the broadcast, the app will also provide a multitude of trailers, developer interviews and screenshots for many of the games being demoed at Sony's booth on the E3 showroom floor.
There will be a variety of incentives you can unlock by using the PS4 app and simply watching Sony's E3 footage. In particular, you are able to get some excellent freebies, which includes 30-day trials to Amazon Prime and Music Unlimited. What we are most excited for are the 6,000 Private Beta invites Sony will be giving each day for the PlayStation Now service. While 6,000 invites a day doesn't seem like much for E3's duration, the app and its incentives will all be offered from June 10 through June 24. That means that there are 84,000 PlayStation Now Private Beta invites Sony will be giving out to its E3 2014 app users.
Sony's E3 2014 app is available now on the PSN exclusively for PlayStation 4. Make sure you have the app tuned-in on June 9 at 5:45PM PDT/8:45PM EST for the live stream of Sony's E3 presentation.


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South Africa
Automotive Supplier Development in South Africa
The automotive industry is South Africa's leading manufacturing sector and contributes approximately 4.9% to GDP in 2007. It attracted about R27.1 billion worth of investments between 2000 and 2008 and contributes significantly to employment. At least 131,000 people are working in the manufacturing of accessories, components and vehicles, translating to about 5.9% of total manufacturing employment. The sector has been growing considerably over the last decades - volumes have increased from 388,442 units in 1995 to 587,719 units in 2006 and down to 562,965 units in 2008.
As local and global car manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers are continuously increasing their requirements with regard to cost, quality, and delivery, and also focus on social and environmental sustainability and related engineering and managerial know-how, UNIDO is being requested to support small and medium-sized component manufacturers in their endeavour to tackle these challenges.
There are major opportunities to leverage the South African government's objective to strengthen, broaden and deepen the automotive, components and medium and heavy commercial vehicles sector. The government aims to raise volumes to 1.2 million vehicles per annum by 2020 and substantially diversify and deepen the component supply chain (2010/11 – 2012/13 South Africa Industrial Policy Action Plan p. 54).
To encourage the sector's transformation into a globally competitive industry, UNIDO, the South African Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) and the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC), have sought to address some of the challenges that the South African automotive industry is facing through different technical assistance projects over time that focus on the "Tirisano Programme" (TP) as well as best practices for supplier development.
The Tirisano Programme - Pilot Project
In 2003/04, UNIDO launched a technical assistance project to support the South African Automotive Industry Development Centre – AIDC in developing fundamental shop floor improvement programmes for automotive component suppliers in the country. This pilot initiative, supported by the Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa and the Department of Trade and Industry – the dti, focused on five Gauteng-based firms (employing between 20 and 250 people), which supplied components directly to Ford.
UNIDO assisted AIDC in creating the so-called "Tirisano Shop Floor Improvement Programme", a continuous improvement programme aimed at raising operating efficiency at plant level. It involves skills transfer and training on the shop floor with a focus on lean manufacturing and ways to eliminate wastes. Derived from the Sotho word for 'working together', the aim of the Tirisano Programme is to achieve sustainable improvements in product quality, cost and delivery in supplier firms.
Results Achieved
The pilot upgraded the sills of 248 workers holding strategic positions in five companies, who all confirmed that this training and coaching increased productivity, reduced costs, increased efficiency, improved quality and delivery, and raised staff morale. Participating companies achieved up to 75% time reduction in bottleneck operation changeovers, up to 35% reduction in finished goods stock/inventory holding and up to 67% improvement in overall employee productivity.
Sustainable Automotive Component Supplier Development Programme
The successful completion of the pilot initiative led to the development of a comprehensive and sustainable supplier development programme based on global best practices in manufacturing (including cleaner production and environmental management elements) and reaching out to a larger number of component manufacturers in the South African context.
More specifically, the objectives of the Sustainable Automotive Component Supplier Development Programme, which was initiated in 2008 and will be finalized by the end of 2012, are threefold:
- to assess the impact of the Tirisano Programme with regards to operating efficiency (and environmental performance) of 15 participating firms at the enterprise level;
- to then, based on the assessment, broaden the range of TP services and deliver these to a further 50 automotive component suppliers; and
- to enable the AIDC to provide these services to the automotive industry on a more financially sustainable basis and to possibly also consider application to other industrial sectors.
Funded by the dti and implemented in collaboration with the AIDC, the project is also drawing on well established benchmarking practices for the automotive industry in collaboration with B&M Analysts and the South African Benchmarking Club.
"The process laid the foundation for change management within the companies, empowering people through training and helping the companies reach for internationally competitive manufacturing standards"


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Stoll honors grandparents during day with Cupby Tal Pinchevsky
Few players have had as active a day with the Stanley Cup as Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll did Thursday.
Stoll visited two separate rinks, held numerous public events, and ended with a banquet with about 1,100 guests. And all this was between two southeastern Saskatchewan towns -- Neudorf and Yorkton -- separated by about 50 miles. So it's pretty telling that Stoll's first stop of the day was to his grandparents' house.
In fact, Stoll's day with the Cup began with a big hug from his grandmother, Doreen, who hosted a brief party at her home in the morning, along with Stoll's grandfather, Wilbert. The pair has been a huge part of Jarret's upbringing, hosting the entire Stoll clan during holidays and attending many of their grandson's youth games. Before those games, the pair would promise to pay Jarret a dollar for every goal he scored, a proposal that got expensive as Jarret developed into a young hockey star. Jarret even picked his number, 28, because his grandfather was born in 1928.
In a day when hundreds of people shared in Jarret's celebration with the Cup, the Kings forward, who came one win short of a Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers in 2006, made sure to reserve plenty of time with family. There was a photo session featuring the Cup and Stoll's family at an area studio and a constant Stoll family presence throughout the day.
But it all started Thursday morning with a special visit to the home of Wilbert and Doreen Stoll.