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SWEEPSTAKES PERIOD: The Sweepstakes entry period begins at 9:00:00 am Eastern Time ("ET") on May 5, 2014, and ends at 11:59:59 pm ET on September 28, 2014(the "Entry Period").
PRIZES: One Hundred Forty-Eight (148) Prizes in total will be awarded (i.e., the seven (7) Drawing Prizes for each of the Drawing Periods 1 through 21 and one (1) Grand Prize for Drawing Period 22) as set forth below. UNLESS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE APPLICABLE PRIZE DESCRIPTION, TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM ANY GAME AND LODGING NOT INCLUDED.
- Drawing Prizes: Seven (7) Drawing Prizes (each a "Drawing Prize" and collectively the "Drawing Prizes") shall be awarded for each of the Drawing Periods 1 through 21 (i.e., one hundred forty-seven (147) total). Each of the applicable Drawing Period Winners shall receive one (1) of the following as determined by Sponsor at its sole discretion: (a) one (1) Samsung device and T-Mobile service for one (1) year (Approximate Retail Value ("ARV"): $2,000.00); (b) one (1) T-Mobile $50.00 gift card, subject to the terms and conditions of issuer (ARV: $50.00); (c) one (1) MLB.com Shop $100.00 gift card, subject to the terms and conditions of issuer (ARV: $100.00); (d) one (1) MLB.TV Premium Yearly subscription, subject to blackout and other restrictions. See MLB.TV for details (ARV: $129.00); (e) one (1) autographed baseball signed by Bryce Harper (ARV: $300.00); (f) one (1) autographed baseball signed by Andrew McCutchen (ARV: $250.00); or (g) two (2) tickets for Winner and one (1) guest for one (1) 2014 Major League Baseball regular season game (ARV: $300.00; actual retail value may vary depending on the Club).
- Grand Prize: The Grand Prize shall include a trip ("Trip") for Winner and one (1) guest to the 2014 Major League Baseball World Series Game One (the "Grand Prize" and together with the Drawing Prizes, the "Prizes"). ARV of Grand Prize: $7,200.00; actual retail value may vary depending on Winnerâs city of departure and the host city of the 2014 World Series game one. See below for additional details.
PRIZE NOTIFICATION RESPONSE TIME: Five (5) hours from the time of issuance of Prize Notification (defined below) (the "Required Response Time").
WINNERS LIST: For a list naming the Winners, mail a request and a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by December 1, 2014, to: Winners List c/o T-Mobile MLB Game Changer Sweepstakes, 5944 Luther Lane, Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75225.
SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is T-Mobile USA, Inc., offices located at 12920 SE 38th Street, Bellevue, WA 98006 (the "Sponsor").
HOW TO ENTER: You may enter the Sweepstakes in one (1) of two (2) ways: online or mail. No other method of entry will be accepted. Limit one (1) entry per person/Facebook account/Twitter account/email address per day, regardless of method of entry. Additional entries beyond the specified limit, and any entries that do not comply with the Content Restrictions or otherwise with these Official Rules, will be void. Sponsorâs computer shall be the official clock of the Sweepstakes.
1. Online Method: To enter online you must have a valid, public Facebook account or valid public Twitter account. If you do not have a Facebook account, visit www.facebook.com and register in accordance with the enrollment instructions for a free Facebook account. If you do not have a Twitter account, visit www.twitter.com and register in accordance with the enrolment instructions for a free Twitter account. During the Entry Period go to www.mlb.com/t-mobile, watch the posted T-Mobile MLB Game Changer videos and vote for your favorite by (a) clicking either the "#Challenger," "#Champion" or "Post a comment" button which corresponds with your favorite video and desired method of entry, and (b) logging in to your Facebook account or Twitter account and completing all steps, as prompted. By successfully submitting a vote, as directed, you will receive one (1) entry in the Sweepstakes.
All information submitted online by participants in connection with this Sweepstakes is subject to, and will be treated in a manner consistent with, Facebookâs Terms accessible at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms and Privacy Policy accessible at: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy or Twitterâs Terms of Service accessible at: https://twitter.com/tos and Privacy Policy accessible at: https://twitter.com/privacy, as applicable; all information participants submit in connection with this Sweepstakes and agree to share with MLBAM is subject to, and will be treated in a manner consistent with, MLB.com's Terms of Use accessible at: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb_com/terms_of_use.jspandPrivacy Policy accessible at: www.mlb.com/privacy.
2.Mail-in Method: If youdo not wish to enter online, you may enter the Sweepstakes by hand-printing your full name, address, city, state/territory/province and zip code, day & evening telephone numbers(including area codes), date of birth and email address (optional) on a 3"x5" postcard and mailing it in a sealed envelope with proper postage affixed to T-Mobile MLB Game Changer Sweepstakes Entry, 5944 Luther Lane, Suite 500, Dallas, TX 75225. Sponsor will use email addresses provided via the mail-in entry method for prize notification purposes only; however, eligibility to participate in the Sweepstakes is not dependent upon entrantâs provision of this information. Mail-in entries must be postmarked and received by the applicable Postmarked By and Received By dates set forth in the table below to be eligible. Mail-in entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
ELIGIBILITY:The Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents of the United States including its commonwealths, territories and possessions (collectively referred to herein as "US" or "states") who are eighteen (18) years of age or older (except in the case of legal residents of certain states/territories/provinces where the legal age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) years of age, such legal age of majority) at the time of entry. Employees, officers, and directors (including immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and members of the same household, whether or not related) of Sponsor, the MLB Entities and each of their respective parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, licensees, distributors, dealers, retailers, printers, advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the Sweepstakes are not eligible to participate or win the Prize. The "MLB Entities" shall mean the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball ("BOC"), its Bureaus, Committees, Subcommittees and Councils, MLB Advanced Media, L.P. ("MLBAM" or "MLB.com"), Major League Baseball Enterprises, Inc., Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. ("MLBP"), the Major League Baseball Clubs ("Clubs"), each of their parent, subsidiary, affiliated and related entities, any entity which, now or in the future, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Clubs or the BOC and the owners, general and limited partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees and agents of the foregoing entities. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, territory, provincial and local laws, rules and regulations. Void in the Province of Quebec and where prohibited or restricted by law, rule or regulation.
RANDOM DRAWING: The potential winners of the Sweepstakes will be selected by random drawing on or about the Drawing Dates set forth in the table below(each a "Drawing Date") from among all eligible entries received by Sponsor (via the Facebook application programming interface ("API") for Facebook entries/based on the time entry is available to Sponsor on Twitter.com for Twitter entries) as of the applicable Drawing Date. Subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules, the potential winners will be declared the official winners of the Sweepstakes (each a "Winner" and collectively the "Winners"). The decisions of Sponsor are final and binding on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. Odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received by Sponsor (via the API for Facebook entries/based on the time entry is available to Sponsor on Twitter.com for Twitter entries) as of the applicable Drawing Date. All non-winning eligible entries from one (1) Drawing Date will carry-over and be eligible for each subsequent Drawing Date, if any. Limit one (1) Prize per person/Facebook account/Twitter account/email address for Drawing Periods 1 through 21.
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PRIZE CONDITIONS: All Prize details, including, without limitation, the exact nature and duration of any experiences awarded as part of the Prize, shall be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of Sponsor and subject to the rules and regulations of Sponsor, the applicable Club and issuer, as applicable. Each Winner is fully responsible for any and all applicable federal, state, territory, province and local taxes (including income and withholding taxes). All costs and expenses associated with the Prize acceptance and use not specified herein as being provided, including but not limited to lodging, transportation costs, meals, gratuities and any and all other expenses incurred by accepting a Prize are the sole responsibility of each Winner. The Prizes are non-transferable and non-assignable, with no cash redemptions except at Sponsorâs sole and absolute discretion. MLB.TV Premium subscription may not be sold. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any Prize (or any portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value at its sole and absolute discretion.
Additional Prize conditions where tickets are included as part of the Prize: UNLESS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE APPLICABLE PRIZE DESCRIPTION, TRANSPORTATION TO/FROM ANY GAME AND LODGING NOT INCLUDED. Exact game dates and seat locations shall be determined in the sole and absolute discretion of Sponsor. Winnersâ companions must be of legal age of majority in their jurisdictions of residence (and at least eighteen (18) years of age), unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Major League Baseball game, event and exhibition dates and times are determined in the sole discretion of the BOC and/or the applicable Club, as applicable, and may be subject to change. The terms and conditions of the tickets awarded as any Prize will govern in the event a legal game, event or exhibition, as defined by Major League Baseball, is not played due to weather conditions, an act of God, an act of terrorism, civil disturbance or any other reason. Each Winner and his/her guest(s) agree to comply with all applicable ballpark regulations in connection with the Prize. Sponsor and the applicable MLB Entities reserve the right to remove or to deny entry to any Winner and/or his/her guest(s) who engage(s) in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person at the game, event or exhibition. Released Parties (defined below) will not be responsible for weather conditions, Acts of God, acts of terrorism, civil disturbances, work stoppage or any other natural disaster outside their control that may cause the cancellation or postponement of any Major League Baseball game, event or exhibition. Major League Baseball game, event and exhibition tickets awarded as the Prize may not be resold or offered for resale. Any such resale may result in disqualification and Prize forfeiture, and may invalidate the license granted by the game ticket(s).
Additional Trip details and conditions: Trip includes (a) two (2) tickets for Winner and one (1) guest to game one of the 2014 Major League Baseball World Series; (b) roundtrip coach airfare for Winner and his/her guest from a major airport nearest Winnerâs home within the US to the major airport nearest the host city of game one of the 2014 World Series;(c)two (2) night, one (1) room, double-occupancy, standard hotel accommodation; (d) ground transportation to/from airport and hotel; (e) $250.00 MasterCard gift card and (f) two (2) commemorative gift bags. Trip must be taken on dates specified by Sponsor or Prize will be forfeited. Travel and hotel accommodation restrictions apply. Travel arrangements must be made through Sponsorâs agent and on a carrier of Sponsorâs choice. Winner and his/her guest are responsible for obtaining all required travel documents, including passports and visas (if applicable) prior to travel and must have no impediment to entering the country of the host city. Winner and his/her guest must travel together on the same itinerary.
PUBLICATION, LICENSE AND RELEASE: By entering the Sweepstakes and submitting an entry, each entrant: (a) agrees that his/her entry is an original work of authorship and that he/she owns all right, title and interest in the entry as of the date of submission or has all necessary rights and authorizations to submit it and the express permission of all individuals, content and materials embodied in the entry to submit it for possible use as provided herein; (b) agrees that his/her entry does not violate the MLB.com Terms of Use or infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity; (c) grants to Sponsor, MLBAM and each of their respective designees the perpetual and unlimited right and license to use, license, edit, modify, duplicate and/or create derivative works from his/her entry throughout the world and in perpetuity, including, but not limited to, the right for Sponsor and/or MLBAM, as applicable, to publish, display, broadcast, distribute, reproduce, perform, create derivative works from and otherwise use and exploit the entry via the Internet or any other interactive media, in stadium, on television, in print and/or any other media currently existing and hereafter developed and without limitation and without payment of any compensation to the participant or his/her heirs and successors, (i) on its own or as part of any audiovisual or other production; (ii) to advertise any products, programming or services of the MLB Entities or for any other advertising, marketing, publicizing and promotional purposes and in any materials related thereto; and/or (iii) for any other purpose whatsoever; and (d) release in perpetuity the Released Parties from any claims, demands, losses and liabilities of any nature arising out of or in any way connected with the entry, and the use thereof as permitted hereunder, including, but not limited to, claims of copyright or trademark infringement, false endorsement, libel, slander, defamation or infringement of rights of publicity or privacy. Nothing herein will obligate the MLB Entities to make any use of any of the rights set forth herein.
CONTENT RESTRICTIONS: Participants must not include any of the following content (the "Content Restrictions") in any entry: (i) pornography, adult-oriented content or any other sexually-explicit material; (ii) materials relating to lotteries or gambling; (iii) explicit language or content, images of violence, or promotion of illegal activities; (iv) content in violation of intellectual property rights or laws; (v) libelous, defamatory, disparaging, tortious or slanderous materials; (vi) content that denigrates, disparages or reflects negatively on the MLB Entities, their owners and employees, or the game of baseball; (vii) tobacco, alcohol or drugs; (viii) dangerous stunts; (ix) real weapons of any kind including, but not limited to, guns, knives or projectiles; (x) material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, age or any other basis protected by federal, state, territory, province or local law, ordinance, or regulation; (xi) individuals under legal age of majority without providing a signed release from parent or legal guardian; (xii) audio and/or visual content owned by any third party (e.g., recorded music; pre-produced video, etc.); and (xiii) material that is unlawful, or otherwise in violation of or contrary to the laws or regulations in any state/territory/province where the entry is created. Any entry that does not comply with the foregoing, in the sole discretion of Sponsor, will be disqualified and eliminated from consideration.
NOTIFICATION: The potential winners will be notified via Facebook, direct message to the potential winner's Twitter account and/or email by Sponsor and/or MLBAM (the "Prize Notification") and will be required to privately (through Facebook direct message, Twitter direct message, email, or other secure means, as applicable) provide his/her name, address, age and other personal information necessary to receive the Prize. In the event that any potential winner does not respond to any such Prize Notification within the Required Response Time, declines the Prize for any reason or, in the case of Canadian residents, incorrectly answers the skill testing questions as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, a disqualification will result, the Prize will be forfeited and, at Sponsorâs sole discretion and time permitting, an alternate potential winner may be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries received as of the applicable Drawing Date. The potential winners may be required to submit his/her valid social security number and/or other identification to Sponsor and may be required to execute, have notarized and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release of Liability and, unless prohibited by law, Publicity, within the Required Response Time, and in the case of Canadian residents, correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time limited mathematical skill testing question which will be administered by Sponsor by telephone at a mutually agreeable time. Failure to submit any identification required by Sponsor or to return the required documents within the specified time period, noncompliance with these Official Rules or the return of the Prize (or any portion thereof) or Prize Notification as undeliverable may result in disqualification and Prize forfeiture and, at Sponsorâs sole discretion and time permitting, may cause an alternate potential winner to be randomly selected from among all remaining eligible entries received as of the applicable Drawing Date.
WAIVER OF LIABILITY/PUBLICITY RELEASE: By participating in the Sweepstakes and submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to (i) be bound by these Official Rules, including all entry requirements, and (ii) waive any and all claims against Sponsor, the MLB Entities, Facebook, Apple, Inc. and each of their respective parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensees, distributors, dealers, retailers, printers, representatives and advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the Sweepstakes, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, "Released Parties") for any injury, damage or loss that may occur, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the participation in the Sweepstakes or from the receipt or use of any Prize (or any portion thereof) or any travel or activity related to the receipt or use of any Prize (or any portion thereof). By entering this Sweepstakes, each entrant gives his/her express permission to be contacted by Sponsor and/or MLBAM by telephone, email and/or postal mail for Sweepstakes purposes. Each Winner, by acceptance of the Prize, grants to Sponsor, MLBAM, MLBP and each of their respective designees the right to publicize the Winnerâs name, address (city and state/territory/province of residence), photograph, voice, statements and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, promotional, trade and/or any other purpose in any media or format now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity, without limitation and without further compensation, consideration, permission or notification, unless prohibited by law.
GENERAL CONDITIONS: Released Parties are not responsible for stolen, late, incomplete, illegible, inaccurate, misdirected, lost, misrouted, scrambled, damaged, delayed, undelivered, mutilated, postage-due or garbled entries, transmissions, email or mail; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, cable, satellite, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), wireless network, website, API, or other connections including those through and/or by any website, availability or accessibility or miscommunications or failed computer, satellite, telephone, cable or wireless transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; wireless service congestion; failures or malfunctions of phones, phone lines or telephone systems, wireless towers or cellular tower equipment; any error, omission, interruption, defect or delay in wireless or other transmission, processing, or communication; non-delivery; misdirected, blocked, or delayed email notifications; printing, typographical or other errors appearing within these Official Rules, in any Sweepstakes-related advertisements or other materials; or any other errors, problems or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, network, computer, telephone, wireless service, mail, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Sweepstakes, the processing of entries, the announcement of the Prize or in any Sweepstakes-related materials, or the cancellation or postponement of any Major League Baseball game, event or exhibition. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer and/or wireless device related to or resulting from participating in this Sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Sweepstakes or website or attempt to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by cheating, deception or other unfair playing practices, or intend to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant or any representative of Sponsor and/or MLBAM or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void. Any attempt to deliberately damage the content or operation of this Sweepstakes is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor, MLBAM and/or their respective agents. Sponsor shall have the sole right to disqualify any entrant for violation of these Official Rules or any applicable laws relating to the Sweepstakes, and to resolve all disputes in its sole discretion. Released Parties (i) make no warranty, guaranty or representation of any kind concerning any Prize (or any portion thereof), and (ii) disclaim any implied warranty. Sponsorâs failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
Sponsor and MLBAM reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the Sweepstakes (or any portion thereof) should virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, or other causes corrupt administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper operation of the Sweepstakes(or any portion thereof). In the event of cancellation, Sponsor may elect to identify the Winners and award the Prizes by way of random drawing from among all non-suspect, eligible entries received up to the time of such cancellation. Sponsor and MLBAM also reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to modify these Official Rules for clarification purposes without materially affecting the terms and conditions of the Sweepstakes.
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUALIFY ANY SUCH ENTRANT, AND SPONSOR, MLBAM AND/OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENTS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYSâ FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTEMPT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Entries generated by a script, macro or other mechanical or automated means will be disqualified. In the event of dispute as to the identity or eligibility of any potential winner based on an email address, the winning entry will be declared made by the "Authorized Account Holder" of the email address submitted at the time of entry provided he/she is eligible according to these Official Rules. The "Authorized Account Holder" is defined as the natural person to whom the applicable Internet service provider or other organization (such as a business or educational institution) has assigned the email address for the domain associated with the submitted email address. In the event of dispute as to the identity or eligibility of any potential winner based on a Facebook account or Twitter account, the winning entry will be declared made by the "Authorized Facebook/Twitter Account Holder" of the Facebook or Twitter account used to enter the applicable Sweepstakes provided he/she is eligible according to these Official Rules. For entries via Facebook or Twitter, the "Authorized Facebook/Twitter Account Holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to a Facebook account by Facebook.com or Twitter account by www.twitter.com, as applicable.
Proof to Sponsorâs satisfaction of being the Authorized Account Holder or Authorized Facebook/Twitter Account Holder may be required by Sponsor.
As a condition of entering this Sweepstakes, each entrant agrees that (A) any and all disputes, claims, controversies or causes of action arising out of or relating to this Sweepstakes, or any prizes awarded (each, a "Claim"), shall be (1) arbitrated on an individual basis only, and shall not be consolidated or joined with or in any arbitration or other proceeding involving a Claim of any other party, and (2) settled by binding arbitration in New York County, New York before a single arbitrator appointed by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its then governing rules and procedures, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof; and (B) under no circumstance will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, consequential or any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses. These Official Rules shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A, applicable to contracts entered into and performed exclusively in that State.
Apple, Inc. is not a sponsor of, or responsible for conducting, the Sweepstakes. All entry data provided online is provided to MLBAM and not to Facebook. This Sweepstakes is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.
Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are proprietary to the MLB Entities. All rights reserved.


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Autonumbering and Identifier Columns
For each table, a single identifier column can be created that contains system-generated sequential values that uniquely identify each row within the table. For example, an identifier column can generate unique customer receipt numbers for an application automatically as rows are inserted into the table. Identifier columns generally contain values unique within the table on which they are defined. This means that other tables that contain identifier columns can contain the same identity values used by another table. However, this is ordinarily not a problem because the identifier values are typically used only within the context of a single table, and the identifier columns do not relate to other identifier columns in other tables.
A single, globally unique, identifier column can be created per table that contains values unique across all networked computers in the world. A column guaranteed to contain globally unique values is frequently useful when similar data from multiple database systems must be merged; for example, in a customer billing system with data located in various company subsidiaries around the world. When the data is merged into the central site for consolidation and reporting, using globally unique values prevents customers in different countries/regions from having the same billing number or customer ID.
SQL Server uses GUID columns for merge replication and transactional replication with updating subscriptions to make sure that rows are uniquely identified across multiple copies of the table.

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Joseph Woodhead, coach of champion Bates throwers, dies at age 76
• Click thumbnails below to view images of Joseph Woodhead at Bates:
Joseph Woodhead, a paragon of success as a longtime assistant track and field coach at Bates College, died unexpectedly at his home in Old Orchard Beach on Monday morning, Oct. 18, at age 76.
Already an accomplished coach when hired by legendary men's track and field coach Walter Slovenski in 1985 to work with Bobcat throwers, Woodhead created a legacy of unparalleled excellence at Bates in his 25 years.
- A memorial service for Joseph Woodhead will be held in the Bates Chapel on College Street at 2 p.m., Oct. 25, with a reception immediately following in the Benjamin Mays Center at 95 Russell Street.
- The Sun Journal's Kalle Oakes writes a tribute to the man who "left a legacy of championships and volumes of memories" in the local community.
- Joseph Woodhead's online obituary and guest book have been published.
His specialty events were the indoor weight throw and outdoor hammer throw, and during the Woodhead era 15 Bates throwers won 43 All-America awards, including six NCAA championships: Billy McEvila '99 (35-pound weight throw); Jaime Sawler '02 (hammer, twice); Keelin Godsey '06 (hammer, twice); and Noah Gauthier '08 (35-pound weight throw).
In his final year, two prized pupils, Vantiel Elizabeth Duncan '10 and Richard McNeil '10, each garnered All-America honors at NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships: Duncan in the weight throw and McNeil in the hammer.
"An honor reserved for those rare individuals who give so much."
In February 2009, following extensive renovations to Merrill Gymnasium and Slovenski Track, the throwing area was renamed the Joseph Woodhead All-American Throwing Area. The surprise dedication event, attended by more than a dozen current and former Woodhead athletes as well as many well-wishers and family members, caught Woodhead unawares.
"I am truly humbled, which may come as a surprise to some of you," he said as attendees laughed.
"The size of the crowd tonight shows how influential Coach Woodhead has been in so many lives over the course of his career," said master of ceremonies Al Harvie '65. "This type of honor doesn't happen often at Bates. It is reserved for those rare individuals who give so much."
Woodhead was named New England Men's Assistant Track and Field Coach of the Year in 2008 by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, and New England Women's Assistant Coach of the Year in 2010. In 2007, the Bates Department of Athletics honored him with its service award.
Woodhead was inducted into the Auburn-Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame in 2000, an honor that served to highlight his great athletic success before coming to Bates.
An standout lineman at Lewiston High School, he served in the U.S. Army before heading to Springfield College, where he was an All-New England football lineman and record-setting hammer thrower. He transferred to the University of Maine his senior year and placed third in the Yankee Conference in the hammer.
Woodhead began his coaching career at Lisbon (Maine) High School in 1961. He coached the Greyhound wrestling, basketball, track and field, and football teams, compiling a 164-67-2 record in football, including state championships in 1961, 1968, 1971 and 1978.
He took up weight-throwing again in 1986, after a 30-year hiatus, and won three silver medals and one gold at national masters championship meets.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ellen Woodhead; sons Andy and Mike; and their families.


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Continuity Planning
You don't expect your home to burn down. However, you buy insurance to be prepared for the worst.
Similarly, you don't expect uncontrollable events to disrupt the operation of your business. But if they do, a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) can be the insurance you need to stay afloat during dire circumstances.
This BMO Bank of Montreal® guide (140 KB - PDF) is designed to provide you with general information about creating a customized BCP. This guide will illustrate examples of what businesses typically consider in trying to determine the kind of unexpected events that can impact a business and how they plan to minimize potential disruption and damage.
It can happen
As anyone who reads the newspaper or watches news on TV knows, catastrophic events occur continually throughout Canada. While most of us are only touched by them from time to time—an ice storm or electrical blackout—some are struck by the full force of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
The goal is not to panic; simply be prepared.
For example, H1N1 Virus has been in the headlines with many experts predicting a pandemic. If this occurs, you may need to operate your business with 30% to 50% fewer employees for a long period of time. Management may be disrupted. Your suppliers and customers may be affected. There may be restrictions on travel.
If your business is caught off guard, operating at close to normal may be difficult. However, with a BCP, your staff may be well prepared to carry on effectively in a difficult situation.
For example, should a disaster such as an H1N1 Virus pandemic strike, with a thorough BCP in place:
- priority services and operations will have been established
- staff will have been trained to handle the jobs of co-workers out sick
- guidelines will exist to minimize face-to-face contact and maintain hygiene i.e., hand shaking, seating in meetings, providing masks
- policies for flexible hours and alternative compensation will have been established
- a list of alternate suppliers will be available
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A look at election in Indonesia, world's 3rd largest democracy and most populous Muslim nation
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Some 190 million voters headed to the polls Wednesday in a hotly contested election for president in Indonesia. The race is pitting Jakarta Gov. Joko "Jokowi" Widodo against former military general Prabowo Subianto. Here's some facts about the country, and why this election matters.
— Indonesia is the world's third-largest democracy and home to around 240 million people. Wednesday's vote marks the third direct presidential elections since former dictator Suharto was overthrown after 30 years of brutal rule.
— The archipelago of some 17,000 islands has the world's fourth-largest population and is the most populous Muslim country, where a tolerant form of Islam has worked well with its freewheeling style of democracy.
— Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has served two terms, lasting 10 years and is constitutionally barred from seeking re-election.
— Indonesia is Southeast Asia's largest economy, and a member of the G-20 group. It is also an important player with strong political and economic connections in Asia and beyond, including close ties to the United States.
— Widodo had a slight lead over Subianto going into the elections, but analysts predict that undecided voters will determine the outcome.
— Widodo is a former furniture maker turned politician who comes from humble roots and has become popular as a "man of the people" through his ability to connect with the poor.
— Subianto is an ex-army general and Suharto's former son-in-law. He is accused of widespread human rights abuses, including ordering the abductions of pro-democracy activists prior to Suharto's fall. He has surged forward in the polls by wooing legions of supporters with his calls for nationalism and a strong government.


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Import & Kit/Replicar Nationals
Ask anybody what the biggest kit car show in the country is and invariably the answer would be "Carlisle." What is surprising is that even people who never attended the show will give that answer too, as everyone knows that the Carlisle show in spring is the only place to be.
But Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is really only the location for the annual event; the proper name for the gathering is the Import & Kit/Replicar Nationals. And though Carlisle itself has been around since the mid-1700s, the Import/Kit Nats has itself become a major concern to kit and replicar owners due to the show's longevity.
Since the mid-'80s, Carlisle Events (the folks who produce almost a dozen other car-related shows, including the well-known Spring and Fall Swap Meets, on the 82-acre site) has organized this three-day show that combines the best from the import and kit car worlds.
Being that it covers many makes and models of both kits and imports, it's difficult to say how large the kit portion is, as many areas, such as large swap meet area set aside for used car parts, combine both camps together. So when walking the aisles of used, rusted metal pieces that would make some Bugeye Sprite or Triumph TR3 owner ecstatic, you could just stumble on some VW parts for your pan buggy project.
Though MG parts may be overflowing in one booth, the one next to it might have the molds for a kit car. You just never know, and that's the fun of discovery at a Carlisle swap meet. One gent with a roll-back truck not only was offering an old Sebring kit for sale, but a complete set of molds for it, too. Another seller had many bodies for sale, from quarter-scale scooters to a full-sized Lola. One enterprising company from California, Cutting Edge Replicas, who was visiting the show for the first time, spotted the Lola body and made a deal to buy the molds too, and should begin producing them out in California.
Another area adjacent to the swap meet was the Car Corral, where any type of kit or import could be sold. Several Cobras were parked there alongside MGs, Jags, and Auburns, as well as a few Porsche 356 bathtubs. Some were just-finished drivers, while some others could be listed as various levels of "basket" cases.
Much of the Carlisle acreage is taken up with rows upon rows of imports, from French Renaults & Dauphines to English MGs and Triumphs, with a smaller measure of German and Swedish cars thrown in for good measure. The car show area set aside for the kit and replicar enthusiasts seemed smaller than last year, possibly due to the fact last year's show was a 20th Anniversary event, which will always spike attendance numbers. There was, however, the usual large contingent of Cobra owners and their rides, though not as many Daytona Coupes showed this year compared to last year.
Something different from past shows was the addition of a Club Challenge award, determined by the amount of vehicles brought to the show by a particular group or club. Direct from the Internet (www.speedsterowners.com), these Porschephiles were able to gather 35 speedsters to win First in the kit category (the most from any other group was a Saab club that had 137 entries). The rest of the field was spread out (literally) in smaller groups, which included a good showing of Bradley GTs (as well as a club devoted to the Valkyries and Avenger vehicles), Lambos, and a few odd-rods (one-offs that even included a "Brubaker Box," a chopped minivan-like contraption from the early-'70s) made up the balance of the outdoor show.
If you can count on at least one thing at Carlisle each year, it would have to be the rain. It varies in amount every year, from sprinkles to biblical, and the first few hours of the event on Friday morning saw a steady downpour that kept many car owners at home, or at least dry back in their hotel rooms. Show cars and attendees started showing up in the afternoon once the skies cleared, but one thought that maybe the Goodguys car show scheduled for the same weekend only 34 miles away in Hershey could have drawn people away from the Carlisle event.
But Saturday, though overcast in the morning, cleared up to become one of the nicest spring days in memory. All areas of the show were overflowing with car enthusiasts of every type, including inside Building T and Pavilion B, which were reserved just for kit and replicar manufacturers.
There seemed to be an upsurge in the number of manufacturer booths this year, with a couple of new builders stepping up with some impressive displays, too. Major industry players, such as Unique Motorcars, Shell Valley, Factory Five Racing, and D&R, were out in force while other companies, including Superformance, took the opportunity to debut their latest ride: their SPF-40, a clone of the Mark III Ford GT40 racer. Power and Performance showed their new PPMC 427 Roadster Cobra body and independent chassis setup, and Lone Star, in business since the early-'90s, rolled out their version of a GT40, which was one of several GT40s debuting at the show.
RCR, out of the Detroit area, introduced their Lola-like RCR70 along with their RCR40 (a GT40 clone with a fully aluminum monocoque design) bodies, and Dragon Motor Cars showed their Series II roadster, which just came back from driving (and surviving!) a cross-country road trip. Together for only a month, the odometer on this red Dragon reads over 7,500 miles! Deman Motorsports from Canada, whose cars performed well at last year's Run & Gun road course events, showed their new engine system: a turbo-equipped SR7 that should work great in the 1,000-pound car. Some fun!
B-Rod or Custom, whose Tom Cat had them stopped in their tracks at last year's show, were back with drawings for a removable hard-top version set to debut soon. If your forte is of the Porsche variety, then the owners of Intermeccanica, Special Edition (who introduced their new 550 to the crowd), and JPS were on hand to answer questions. If a resto or hot rod version of a classic '55-57 Thunderbird was more your speed, then Regal Roadsters was where you needed to stop.
If you were looking for proven BMW suspension under your snake, then the reps from Backdraft Racing had two booths, one inside and one outside, to handle inquires. Even the folks from the Florida-based Street Beasts, with their '41 Willys and '34 Ford coupe, were on hand with a display that included a representative who literally climbed up on top of their display vehicles (fender, cowl, then roof) to demonstrate the strength of their bodies.
So, even with a little rain, this year's Import & Kit Nationals was the place to be if you were interested in building or driving any type of kit. It seems as if the Carlisle show is well on its way to becoming as historic as the burgh that surrounds the fairgrounds has become!


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Burgess Everett / Politico:
In surprise, unemployment benefits advance — In a surprise, several Senate Republicans on Tuesday morning joined with Democrats to break the filibuster of a bill to extend unemployment benefits for three months. — By 60-37, Senate Democrats secured the votes needed to advance the bill …
Discussion: CNN, Slate, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh and The Raw Story
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Bloomberg opens wallet for Senate Democrats
David Weigel / Slate: Republicans Will Revive Unemployment Benefits Only If They Get to Keep More People From Getting Medicaid
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Mitch McConnell to Dems: Kill Obamacare if you want unemployment benefits
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Morning Plum: Republicans reframing fight over unemployment benefits — With the three month extension of unemployment benefits set for a Senate vote this morning, multiple Republicans are going all in on the suggestion that they would support extending benefits if only it were paid for.
David Espo / Associated Press: SHOWDOWN SET ON UNEMPLOYMENT BILL IN SENATE
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: UI Extension Moves Ahead in Senate
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA: Mitch McConnell Offers To Extend Unemployment Benefits if Democrats Kill Obamacare
Steve Benen / msnbc.com: Jobless aid advances despite GOP obstruction
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times: Senate vote on jobless aid postponed; bad weather strands senators
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Katherine Hackett at Obama Unemployment Benefits Presser: "Not at Home Living Good Life"
Danny Vinik / Business Insider: Here's Where Things Stand On The Effort To Extend Unemployment Insurance
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Obama calls for unemployment extension as measure clears key Senate hurdle — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama Tuesday amplified his calls for extending emergency unemployment benefits for millions of Americans, saying that passing the measure should be Congress' "first order of business in 2014."
Discussion: Politico
Reid J. Epstein / Politico: Obama hits House GOP on unemployment benefits
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Jobless Benefits Extension Clears One Hurdle, but More Remain — WASHINGTON — A Democratic push to extend unemployment benefits that have expired squeaked past a Republican filibuster Tuesday, setting off intense negotiations to find a way to pay for the program and win over a skeptical House leadership.
Discussion: The World's Greatest … and National Review
Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …: Unemployment Insurance Advances in Senate
Patrick Brennan / National Review: Unemployment Insurance Extension Gets Cloture in Senate
Boehner Statement on Jobs
Boehner Statement on Jobs
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Plum Line and PoliticusUSA
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo: Boehner Reiterates Unemployment Extension Needs To Be Paid For
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: A surprising step forward for unemployment benefits
Washington Post:
Income gap takes shape as central issue for both parties ahead of 2014 midterms
Income gap takes shape as central issue for both parties ahead of 2014 midterms
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: The Conservative Anti-Poverty Agenda: Heating Up Kemp's Stale Ideas
Sean Sullivan / The Fix: The GOP's midterm enthusiasm advantage, in 2 charts
First Read / NBCNews: First Thoughts: The GOP Still Faces an Empathy Gap
Burgess Everett / Politico: Barack Obama courts GOP ahead of uphill Senate vote
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows — Stealing J. Edgar Hoover's Secrets: One night in 1971, files were stolen from an F.B.I. office near Philadelphia. They proved that the bureau was spying on thousands of Americans. The case was unsolved, until now.
Jesse Walker / Hit & Run: FBI to Students: Watch Out! Socialists Are TOTALLY Gay.
Sarah Hedgecock / Gawker: Revealed: The Burglars Who Stole a Whole Office of Files from the FBI
Will Bunch / Philly.com: Meet the Ed Snowdens of Media, Pa.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo: FBI Burglars Come Forward, 43 Years Later
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Five Burglars Involved In An FBI Heist That Changed History Are Finally Coming Forward
Russell Brandom / The Verge: Whistleblowing FBI burglars come forward after 43 years
Trevor Timm / Freedom of the Press Foundation: Amazing New Book Reveals Whistleblowers of J. Edgar Hoover's Illegal FBI For the First Time
Dave-Dr-Gonzo / Liberaland: Four Decades Before Snowden, Burglars Blew Whistle On J. Edgar Hoover's Spying
Amanda Wills / Mashable: 8 Activists Admit to 1971 Theft Exposing FBI Spying
BillMoyers.com: Morning Reads: COINTELPRO Burglars Revealed; Jon Stewart on Climate and Cold Weather
Greg Mitchell / Pressing Issues: Taking Credit for FBI Raid
Michael Isikoff / NBCNews:
After 43 years, activists admit theft at FBI office that exposed domestic spying
After 43 years, activists admit theft at FBI office that exposed domestic spying
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Angry Dennis Rodman defends North Korea basketball game — (CNN) — Basketball star Dennis Rodman defended his controversial visit to North Korea with a team of former NBA players in a combative exchange Tuesday, saying it was a "great idea for the world." — In an exclusive interview …
Lucy McCalmont / Politico: Stern, retired players hit Rodman trip
Janet Shan / The Moderate Voice: Dennis Rodman Defends North Korea Basketball Game, Gets Testy Over Kenneth Bae
Dennis P. Halpin / Weekly Standard: Rodman Brings Bread and Circuses to Pyongyang
Scared Monkeys: Dennis Rodman Defended His Basketball Diplomacy Visit to North Korea with Former NBA Players …
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Dennis Rodman Gets Angry After Being Asked About Kenneth Bae Release
Christina Coleman / Global Grind: If You Don't Know! News & Politics Roundup: Chicago Gun Ban Ruled Unconstitutional...AND MORE!
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Video: CNN's mind-boggling interview with Rodman & Co
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin: Dennis Rodman's North Korea Trip May Be Falling Apart
Taylor Berman / Gawker: Watch Dennis Rodman's Bizarre, Screaming Meltdown on CNN
Geoffrey Ingersoll / Business Insider: Dennis Rodman Interview On CNN Devolves Into Incoherent Yelling
Andy Towle / Towleroad News #gay: Dennis Rodman Explodes at CNN Host in Interview from North Korea: VIDEO
Taylor Bigler / The Daily Caller: Watch Dennis Rodman lose his marbles on CNN [VIDEO]
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Dennis Rodman Screams at CNN's Chris Cuomo, Implies Kenneth Bae is Guilty in Bizarre Interview
Dennis Rodman Screams at CNN's Chris Cuomo, Implies Kenneth Bae is Guilty in Bizarre Interview
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Andrew Johnson / National Review: Rodman: Kim Jong Un 'My F***ing Friend, I Love Him'
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Spitzer caught sucking Lis Smith's toes in topless hot tub romp — Sleazy Eliot Spitzer turned a resort hot tub into a steamy love cauldron over the weekend — kissing and sucking the toes of his topless mistress, Lis Smith, in front of families with children, mortified witnesses told The Post.
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: Eliot Spitzer's latest toe-do
Eddie Scarry / TheBlaze.com: NY Post takes off Eliot Spitzer's pants
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Cruising the Web — This is one of the most bizarre stories I've read in quite some time.
Colin Campbell / Politicker: Morning Read: 'Joseph Crowley Has Loosened a Sustained Yowl'
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com: Sicko Spitzer Snagged Sucking Smith Soles
DefendWallSt / Weasel Zippers: Oh Look! Eliot Spitzer Is Still A Gross Weirdo
Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker: Kids Forced to Watch Eliot Spitzer Suck His Topless Girlfriend's Toes
Greg Pollowitz / National Review: Eliot Spitzer Finds a Way to be Creepier than Eliot Spitzer
Larry J. Sabato / Politico:
Republicans Really Could Win It All This Year — A definitive guide to the 2014 elections from our new columnist. … Another midterm election beckons, and over the next 10 months we'll see headlines about a thousand supposedly critical developments—the "game changers" and the "tipping points."
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Week, The PJ Tatler, No More Mister Nice Blog, CANNONFIRE, Booman Tribune, Hot Air, Mediaite, First Read and The Plum Line
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Sabato: Republicans really could win it all this year
Edward Morrissey / The Week: My advice for the Tea Party
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: 'Republicans Could Win It All This Year'
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: VOTERS WILL AGAIN VOTE FOR A PARTY THAT PROMISES TO BLOCK EVERYTHING THEY WANT
Joseph / CANNONFIRE: For whom the doors open
BooMan / Booman Tribune: Sabato's Bleak Predictions
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Sabato: Republicans could really win it all in 2014, if ...
Noah Rothman / Mediaite: Liberals Getting Heated in Frantic Effort to Shift Political Focus to 'Inequality'
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: How 'polarized' is the American electorate?
Yahoo! News:
Obama backs repeal of law that green-lighted Iraq War — The law that green-lighted the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq is still on the books - but maybe not for much longer if President Barack Obama has his way, the White House said Tuesday, two years after he declared that war officially over.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
McCain Thinks Obama Is The One Who 'Blew The Whole Thing' In Iraq
McCain Thinks Obama Is The One Who 'Blew The Whole Thing' In Iraq
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Jed Lewison / Daily Kos: McCain blames Obama for Iraq
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Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
How Janet Yellen's Agenda Could Transform Washington — The next Fed chair is an old-school progressive economist. Just wait until she starts sharing her passions. — Every Federal Reserve Board chairman comes into office with a secret agenda, a hidden passion.
Discussion: New York Times
Annie Lowrey / New York Times: Yellen Wins Backing of Senators to Lead Fed
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Senate confirms Yellen at Fed
Senate confirms Yellen at Fed
Discussion: Hot Air
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Yellen confirmed as Fed chair
Richard Pollock / Washington Examiner:
Surprise! Walmart health plan is cheaper, offers more coverage than Obamacare — WATCHDOG OBAMACARE HEALTH CARE ACCOUNTABILITY WALMART — New Obamacare health insurance enrollees may feel a pang of envy when they eye the coverage plans offered by Walmart to its employees.
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com: Sorry, liberals: Walmart health plans beat Obamacare
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Rachel Maddow Is Crazy, Too — MSNBC has had a hard time lately. The network fired Martin Bashir and Alec Baldwin for craziness, on-air and off-air respectively. Melissa Harris-Perry was forced to apologize, first on Twitter and then, tearfully, on the air, for making political hay out of Mitt Romney's adopted grandson.
Discussion: National Review, Ed Driscoll, The Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, American Power and The Democratic Daily
Andrew Johnson / National Review: In Rachel Maddow's Koch-Addled World, MSNBC Is Funding the Tea Party Too
Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog: FOLKS WHO THINK VALERIE JARRETT IS THE WHITE HOUSE'S SUCCUBUS NOW THINK RACHEL MADDOW IS MSNBC'S SUCCUBUS
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite: National Review Identifies the Only 'Adult' at MSNBC
Donald Douglas / American Power: Rachel Maddow Wears the 'Ideological' Pants at @MSNBC
Hart Williams / The Democratic Daily: Et Tu, National Review?
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Christie heralds DREAM Act as message to Washington — Union City, New Jersey (CNN) - Flanked by Hispanic leaders, students, and immigration reform advocates, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie celebrated the signing of his state's so-called DREAM Act on Tuesday, hailing the new law …
Discussion: Riehl World News
Amanda Hess / Pacific Standard:
Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet — "Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day." That's what women are told. But these relentless messages are an assault on women's careers, their psychological bandwidth, and their freedom to live online.
Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Switch and The Verge
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Policing Internet Threats Against Women
Why A Majority-Minority Congressional District May Go Unrepresented For An Entire Year — A quirk of North Carolina's election law may leave voters in the state's 12th Congressional district without representation until 2015. Though Rep. Mel Watt (D) resigned his seat on the first day of …
Discussion: ABC News and Raleigh News & Observer
Ghosts of Burke and Paine Still Haunt U.S. Politics — Sometimes the deepest differences in politics aren't about the conclusions people draw but the way they reach them. — The British statesman Edmund Burke and the Anglo-American revolutionary Thomas Paine both favored free trade, for example, but for different reasons.
Discussion: Mirror of Justice and National Review
Rick Garnett / Mirror of Justice: Levin on Burke and Paine
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review: Burke, Paine, and Us
Alan Duke / CNN:
What the heck is a polar vortex? — (CNN) — Americans in two dozen states from the Midwest to the Southeast and Northeast are shivering this week courtesy of a distorted polar vortex. The rush of cold air it's sending southward is the biggest visitor from the North Pole since Santa Claus.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Weasel Zippers and Blogcritics
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo: Sen. Inhofe Bares Some Leg After Climate Change Speech (VIDEO)
Victor Lana / Blogcritics: Stop The Polar Express - I Want to Get Off Now!
David Freddoso / Conservative Intelligence Briefing:
Ten freshman governors who have shrunk their states' bureaucracies — In 2010, Americans went to the polls and elected a whole crop of new governors — 26 in all, if you count the election of governors who had previously served non-consecutive terms in Iowa and Oregon.
Joshua Stewart / GPB:
Senate Conversations: Paul Broun 'Fighting For Liberty' — The primary race for Georgia's open U.S. Senate seat heats up in the first weeks of 2014 with the election looming May 20. — For Rep. Paul Broun (R-Athens), the race is all about liberty. — "What I'm fighting for is liberty.
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo: GOP Rep. Broun: Dems Only Have A Shot In Georgia If They Legalize 'Aliens'
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Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico: Icy grip on air travel begins to ease
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Gingrich: 'Life Was Fine' During Warmer 'Age Of The Dinosaurs' — Newt Gingrich, a self-proclaimed "amateur paleontologist," said Monday that the Earth's rising temperature is not a major issue. — "The age of the dinosaurs was dramatically warmer than this is right now and it didn't cook the planet …
Discussion: Little Green Footballs, The Huffington Post and Mediaite
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Really? So the switching thing is just entertainment used in media?
Heads up, another fic:
|2012-06-11, 01:24
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I am no one
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Location: Inside your head
The rage perhaps justified since it manipulates the hormonal system, the taking however is rather dubious, unless it has advanced electronics or -god forbid- is somewhat alive (a creature-like machine).
|2012-06-11, 01:44
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There's a possible similar side effect. Overload of hormonal imbalance as well as excessive increase sensory feed back in relation to primary directive.
In short, the machine is continuously bombarding the pilot with combat data while the pilot is mentally unstable. Data part is from gundam W while the hormonal part is inspired from real life science.
|2012-06-11, 01:52
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Usually people who write fanfics just want to pay tributes to the original series they like - for me, sometimes I do parody and mock these original work, but there's no need to go overboard, ne? Still gotta show some respect for the original creator.
1. He's not capable of piloting the IS, though he does have extensive knowledge of how the mecha works, specifically how the IS affects the human body (that's why he's also the school doc - minus the *cough* some troubles)
2. He is probably on par with Chifuyu in terms of swordsmanship (however, it's hard to compare the two because they both use different styles - Tsubasa's a dual blade fighter while Chifuyu is single); he's definitely not as smart as Tabane, but somewhere near her level (again, a bit difficult to compare the two because they are not under the same faculty).
3. His presence often makes the harem mistaken that Ichika is more interested in mature women ('cause my OC is cross-dressing - and no, he's not a trap...he has to do it under Chifuyu's order), which means that he can be seen as part of Ichika's harem. *evil grin* Besides, he's shipped with Maya (with a good reason).
|2012-06-11, 01:55
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@ Demi
Kanzashi's design was just that, Image Interface control allow Missile massacre... with each missile controlled as if they're BITs (Justifying the erratic but controlled movement like Macross Beer-can missile). No wonder it's hard to accomplish...
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Also, as I said firmly on my opinion, that girl is seriously tinee.... on par with Laura but much bustier.
@ Kakeru
|2012-06-11, 02:14
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Location: Inside your head
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5-tube main launcher x4 + 3-tube secondary launcher x2 = 26 missiles, per salvo. Pod number is correct, tube number is wrong (though it could be 2 salvo per launch, which mean 52 missile)
Note that the difference in the artwork may because by the author sending the spec a little too late to the illustrator (as noted by the afterword), though that's just my assumption.
|2012-06-11, 02:26
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That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
I still can't see launcher's 5 and 6 but those missiles can reach a 48 mark.
two 5-tube main launchers and matching innerfold 3-tube launchers reaching 16 missiles.
Each missile splite open and releases 3 smaller missiles which result in multiplying the 16 missiles into a count of 48 clean.
Though this is mostly just my conjecture.
A question of opinion on Chifuyu's personality. Would she look down on a person who asks for help? Even though that person proudly proclaimed that he would fight and win no matter the circumstance?
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welcome Sparkle!
Sparkle a 'Champaigne' coloured Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook running windows 7 home premium joins my list of personally owned computers, dating back to 2004. Hooray!
Here's how it all started:
In 2004 my employer provided me with a really good laptop and didn't mind me using it at home. No need for a 2nd computer. Until a 17 year old Swedish exchange student moved into my life, my home. My official role was "Host Mother". I didn't think I'd be chosen when I offered my skills to the local Scandinavian society:
I drink, I smoke, I work long hours, live alone with 2 cats and have absolutely no experience of being a parent or living with teenage kids except with my brother but that was over 20 years ago so it doesn't really count. If she and her mother are OK with that then I guess we can work something out
Much to my surprise, and slight horror, they choose me – for a year. At work my Canadian manager told me I was crazy. Unconvincingly, I tried to reassure him:
She's a half Finnish Swede, studying cookery, we'll work something out
You're crazy, I left Scandinavia to get away from the bossy women and you're inviting one home!
When a 17 year old moves into your home, is studying at Redmond High School (almost everyone's parents work at Microsoft), you have to make sure they're equipped with a computer. I bought a HP Compaq and set-up a home wireless for her. She would be able to do schoolwork with privacy in her room, or join me on mine downstairs. There were times when we sat next to each other on the Sofa using MSN Messenger to talk to each other. It was surreal and fun. When she left, she left the laptop.
Quickly I got used to personalising the machine and not carrying my work laptop home. I started blogging and met other people who had their own laptops and blogged. I was hooked. Sparkle makes me smile, helps me to sparkle.
Meanwhile, a few of you may remember my blogging from these laptops:
- Tinkerbell Silver HP Compaq Windows XP Home – suicide in 2006 (Motherboard failure)
- Darling Maroon Sony Viao Windows XP Home – retired in 2008 (XP irritatingness – traded-in for Sparkle)
- Neverland Golden Sony Viao TT Windows Vista Professional – suicide in 2010 (Hardware failure – power socket – much loved and missed)
- Cupboard Maroon Sony Viao Netbook – Windows 7 Starter – suicide in 2012 (Hardware failure – Screen-crack, touchpad left-click not working, some keys getting fussy and CRAP performance. I never liked the Cupboard much)
Can you guess how long I expect Sparkle to last and the likely main cause of her demise?


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Seventeenth Annual Irish Sale in London, to take place on Tuesday, 29 March, 2011, brings together exceptional masterpieces by eminent Irish artists. The group of works, many never before offered on the market, boasts superb and rare pictures by John Lavery, Roderic OConor and Mary Swanzy. Louis le Brocquy is represented with thirteen works that span his career, and a selection by todays most sought after Irish artists, including Basil Blackshaw, John Shinnors, William Scott, Colin Middleton and Sean Scully, complete a sale that draws attention to the richness of Irelands longstanding artistic output.
John Laverys portrait of Lady Gwendoline Churchill, A Lady in Brown, comes to auction for the first time in its history, from a private collection in the UK. Passed down through the generations following its purchase in 1921, the painting was probably executed during the summer of 1915. Between the closing years of the nineteenth century and the end of the First World War, Lavery produced a series of canvases that were essentially studies in brown. He had observed the muted harmonies of brown and black in Velazquez work, and intuited the aesthetic power of such a scheme when applied to portraiture. Lady Gwendoline was noted by a contemporary to possess a subtle twilight beauty and the present picture, produced at the threshold of the Jazz Age, is a summation of Laverys essential concerns as a painter during this period: an acute and Whisterian sense of colour, an sublime exploitation of the compelling gaze of the female sitter, and a subtle handling of paintwork. A Lady in Brown is estimated at £100,000‐150,000 (117,000‐175,000).
Resurfacing from an American Private Collection, Landscape, Cassis by Roderic OConor is among the finest of the artists most dazzling and sensuous landscapes. Painted during the summer of 1913 in Cassis, a small fishing port on the Bouches du Rhône, it dates to one of OConors most productive seasons. The intense Mediterannean sunshine and pulsating colours had a rejuvenating effect on the artist, who found himself in the company of Fauve painters Henri Manguin and Albert Marquet. The present work features one of the smaller peaks of the imposing limestone cliffs of Le Cap Canail. Using a lean mixture of paint, OConor achieves a scumbled surface that vividly approximates the parched landscape. The unusual portrait format is cleverly resolved by dividing the composition into broad horizontal zones of colour, each bounded by edges that form an up arrow, mirroring the shape of the mountain. The colouration of Gauguin is evident here; the two artists had formed a friendship in 1894, just a year after Gauguin returned from his first trip to the South Seas. On seeing OConors submission of six canvases to the 1913 Salon dAutomne exhibition, the poet and critic Guillaume Apollinaire singled out OConors preservation of the tradition handed down to him by Gauguin. It is possible to surmise that the Irish artists landscapes exhibited the same yearning for an earthly paradise, and Landscape, Cassis, estimated at £120,000‐180,000 (140,000‐210,000), is one of the most accomplished of his works to appear at auction.
The sale will offer a work by one of the most important female Irish artists. Sunlit Landscape by Mary Swanzy is a dazzling modernist painting by one of the first artists in Ireland to embrace the experimental and innovative cubist style. Estimated at £60,000‐80,000 (70,000‐93,500), it is one of Swanzys most accomplished cubist landscapes ever to appear at auction. It encapsulates all the best aspects of her work, from the warmth of the colour palette, the sophisticated flow of the composition through to the command of shape and form. Swanzy achieved international recognition during her long life, and early in her career she had lived in Paris, witnessing the groundbreaking artistic developments of the first decade of the twentieth century. The present works bright colours and curved, architectonic forms show the influences of artists of this period. However, Sunlit Landscape is part of a series of lyrical Provencal cubist landscapes produced following a stay at Grasse in the South of France in the winter of 1926‐1927.
Daniel ONeill is represented in the sale with one of the most expressive and affecting works by the artist to ever appear at auction. On Reading Dear Theo is a portrait of Vincent van Gogh. The Dutch artist is instantly recognisable here from his own self portraits, and ONeill deftly captures the strong brow, red hair and beard, and characteristic intensity of expression. The composition and treatment clearly reference van Goghs landscapes, from the atmospheric swirl around the orb like sun, to the undulating Cypress trees. Estimated at £30,000‐50,000 (35,000‐58,500), On Reading Dear Theo conveys a pathos that suggests a kinship with the artist, and indeed ONeill would once more reference van Gogh during his career.
Louis le Brocquy is Irelands most distinguished living artist, and Sothebys sale will present no fewer than thirteen works. Headlining the group is Image of Samuel Beckett (Opus 473), an oil on canvas estimated at £60,000‐80,000 (70,000‐93,500). Le Brocquy became good friends with Beckett, who he met in Paris in 1978, and the series of images of him produced by the artist have gained iconic status. Rather than producing a portrait as an example of verisimilitude, le Brocquy sought to capture the essence of humanity, which resulted in the powerful imagery of the present work. A testament to le Brocquys extraordinary ability as an artist, Image of Samuel Beckett has the same striking immediacy as the day it was painted almost thirty years ago.
Further works by le Brocquy include Study (Man with a Towel) from the artists seminal Grey Period, executed in 1951 and estimated at £70,000‐100,000 (81,500‐117,000); the much later Laussel Venus (Opus 708) from a series of works known as Human Images that span from 1996 to 2004 (est. £40,000‐60,000 / 46,600‐70,000); Woman in Sunlight, which signified his departure from the sombre, monochrome tones of his Grey Period, and preempted his White Paintings in which he exploits his formal concerns with light and shadow (est. £60,000‐80,000 / 70,000‐93,500); and several still lifes of fruit and flowers with estimates ranging from £12,000‐20,000 (14,000‐23,300). Travellers Making Twig Sign, a sketch from the le Brocquys celebrated Travellers series in pen, ink and watercolour, conveys an intimacy and vitality as engaging as the works in oil (est. £18,000‐25,000 / 21,000‐29,100).
A group of four still lifes by William Scott includes Double Grey Fish Still Life, an oil on canvas dated 1982 that is suffused with an elegant minimalism. The still life consumed Scott throughout his career; his execution and innovative play with form and composition established him as a thoroughly modern artist. In the present work, he uses a paired down colour palette to represent the dead fish, plate and pan, with the pans earthy red tones punctuating the otherwise monochromatic palette. It is estimated at £60,000‐80,000 / 70,000‐93,500.
The sale will offer a strong selection of contemporary works. Basil Blackshaw is considered one of Irelands greatest living artists, and Red Dog with Muzzle, an oil and charcoal on canvas estimated at £30,000‐50,000 (23,300‐35,000), depicts one of his favourite subjects. Blackshaws work is characterised by the animated representation of the Northern Irish countryside and the people and animals that populate it. Mars, Hearted Scarecrow and Birds by John Shinnors dates from 2009‐2011 and displays the bold abstract style the artist is so well known for today (est. £20,000‐30,000 / 23,300‐35,000). Shinnors recent works are among his most accomplished, and the present oil on linen is a rich tapestry of colours, textures and interplaying shapes. While non‐representational on the surface, the painting remains rooted in reality and reward the viewer with its inventive and thoughtful vocabulary, with the sources of inspiration provided by the title of the work. William Crozier and Hughie ODonoghue also feature, with The Standing Stone (est. £25,000‐35,000 / 29,100‐40,800) and Parable of the Dutiful Son (est. £7,000‐10,000 /8,200‐11,700) respectively.
Further works by the great Irish masters include The Child of the Sea by Jack Butler Yeats (est. £100,000‐150,000 / 117,000‐175,000) and Street Corner Shop by Colin Middleton (est. £20,000‐30,000 / 23,300‐35,000).
Viewing in Ireland
Lismore Castle Arts, Co. Waterford
Saturday 5 March, 10am 6pm
Sunday 6 March, 10am 3pm
Sothebys, 16 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Tuesday 8 March, 10am 5pm
Wednesday 9 March, 10am 5pm
The Belfast Waterfront Hall, Gallery Level 2, Lanyon Place
Friday 11 March, 10am 5pm
Saturday 12 March, 10am 5pm
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Thursday 24 March, 9am 4.30pm
Friday 25 March, 9am 4.30pm
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Monday 28 March, 9am 4.30pm
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