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Friday, December 10, 2010
BC extends deadline for provincial championship entries
The event is scheduled to take place in Kimberley February 3-6, which unfortunately is about as far away from the main body of wheelchair curlers as is possible without holding the event in Alberta.
An entry fee of $240 and the availability of six Paralympians, may have made a long distance journey over mountainous winter roads less than appealing to curlers who may have attended an event more centrally located.
CurlBC were slow to move away from a selection system, but it has worked well for them, with both National finalists last year coming from BC. Championships are spread around the province for the very best of reasons, and the organisers in Kimberley were very proud to be chosen to host the event.
But at this stage of the sport's development, does it make sense to schedule an event so far from potential participants that there may not be enough teams to make hosting worthwhile? CurlBC have already been forced to abandon its region based participation criteria for wheelchair curling.
On a different note, it will be interesting to see whether the Vancouver medalists choose to participate, and if so, whether they follow the example of the Scots, who tend to spread their experience over different teams in the interests of encouraging participation.
35 comments:
Too difficuklt and expensive to get there.......too bad
- December 11, 2010 at 8:43 AM
This decision shows why we should have a player rep. A tremendous host committee will be offended by a lack of interest. It is simply too costly to travel to Kimberley.
- December 11, 2010 at 10:33 AM
What are the line-ups for provincials? How many teams?
- December 11, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Is Chris Daw playing in Provincials?
I hear he is at the B.C. Camp this weekend.
Who would/will play with him?
- December 11, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Could Chris even get a team together in BC??????
- December 11, 2010 at 8:19 PM
Answer to the question and allot of other questions is:
Jim Armstrong and Darryl
I guess this puts a allot of questions to rest.
Maybe Chris is not so bad after all if they believe in him!
Who wants to play with Chris Daw , well only 2 of the best players in Canada!
- December 11, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Or is it who will Chris Daw play for?
- December 12, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Who is going to beat these guys?
Darryl and Jim give Chris his likely one and only shot at getting back into competitive play, and coincidentally turn the team into a potential powerhouse (if Chris can keep his head on straight). I hope Darryl will not be intimidated by Chris. I asume Chris will be playing third?
- December 12, 2010 at 1:10 PM
Who is the girl on the team?
- December 12, 2010 at 2:25 PM
Do rules allow for two existing and one former Team Canada member to play together?
Should the Nationals be left as developmental, rather than a re-establishment of how far above the rest of us exists Team Canada?
I truly believe that Team Canada should accept a best of five or seven games challenge of the National winner, and Team Canada should not play in Nationals.
- December 12, 2010 at 6:25 PM
Further to my last post, we have to make a decision about allowing Team Canada to even participate in Nationals.
Flip side, I guess, is that Chris D, as a newbie to BC may not have even had a chance to play, if Darryl and Jim had not picked him up, and that would have been a shame, for Chris and the Program.
- December 12, 2010 at 6:28 PM
What is your opinion on Team Canada in Nationals, Eric\?
- December 12, 2010 at 6:44 PM
And why do we not have a say in Team Canada's participation, Eric?
This HAS to be a real issue for the development of WC curling.
- December 12, 2010 at 6:53 PM
Chris will NOT be playing third.
Chris is playing second. Every needs to remember 1 thing. Th Chris you thought you knew is not the same guy. Talk to him and find out your selves. Not sure when it happen but a HUGE change has taken over him.
I think people need to drop what you think or thought you knew of Chris and look at him at face value now.
- December 12, 2010 at 7:13 PM
- Eric Eales said...
I would be happy to see Team Canada at the Nationals if a team that beat them for the title were allowed to compete as the next Team Canada.
This has been discussed exhaustively ever since the blog began. Those responsible for distributing the money that would allow Team Canada to compete at the Worlds, for example, will not allow a non-selected team to become Team Canada.
You don't have a say in that decision because changing policy would require political organisation and a lot of effort, beginning with each province establishing a player association, affiliating with their provincial association, and then banding together to form a national association.
That national association, if everyone were to agree on a policy, could change the system.
Though some wheelchair curlers have organised, the better and more plausible players are bought off by offers of participation in the present system. It will take a big slice of altruism, or a commendable lack of self-interest, for a player demonstrating the skills attractive to funders, to forsake the present system for an opportunity to change the structure of wheelchair curling.
Even without the objections of Own The Podium, the CCA as the Canadian body affiliated to the World Curling Federation, would have to agree to a non-selected wheelchair side representing Canada as they are presently and reluctantly forced to do with every other group. They say funding drives the decision, but also it's control.
Would wheelchair curlers be able to take it upon themselves to organise a "win to play" system? If posts here are any indication, there's a lot more interest in personalities than politics.
As Team Canada, and the finalists at last year's Nationals, all came from BC, it would be very possible for BC to field a team strong enough to win a national title, and qualify as Team Canada the way that able-bodied curlers do. But that only works if Alberta, say, or Manitoba or Ontario were allowed to become Team Canada were they to win.
I don't see that happening, though I am convinced for the overall health and development of the sport, it should. Shame on us Canadians if we allow the sport, with it's huge infrastructure, to shrivel to the 10 or 12 that are all that is needed if medals are all that matters.
- December 12, 2010 at 7:36 PM
So, in your opinion, Eric, the system is corrupt, and too integrated to international success, rather than developmental?
If so, what is wrong with a challenge? Would that not satisfy the naysayers of a select team?
- December 12, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- Eric Eales said...
I wouldn't call it corrupt; more ill-conceived. Hard to blame people for acting in their self-interest, though I believe the CCA thinks it is doing what is best for the sport; a not uncommon alignment of goals and self-interest.
The challenge idea fails for the same reasons as any non-selection idea: what if the 'wrong' team wins? How do you explain to your sponsors that their money was spent on a losing cause?
- December 12, 2010 at 8:45 PM
I think that the concept should be formally placed in front of the CCA. In a best of five, Team Canada has to be defeated three times, and that wouod be no one shot fluke. In a best of five, the BETTER team will prevail.
- December 13, 2010 at 8:29 AM
So, Eric:
Are you now agreeing that having the right team representing Team Canada is appropriate to retain funding?
- December 13, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Entries are now closed.....how many entries, and who? I fear that even last year's finalists may opt out due to cost of getting to Kimberley.
- December 13, 2010 at 9:31 AM
How many B.C. entries?
- December 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Question; DO you really think that anyone is going to be able to put up a good enough Challenge, really?
BC has most of the top players in Canada right now, Sonja, Ina, Darryl, Jim and most of the back up to that Austgarden, Cormack and now even DAW is back out there.
How can you bet that talent pool? Selction is the only way to break in. BC could form 2 very competetive teams to represent Canada all on there own. Teams with international experience and 8 out of the last 10 Paralympic Godl medal players.
Come on get real here folks, selection is the only way to break what is now a pwer house province.
- December 13, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Maybe the Men's Team Canada should be selected because Alberta is too strong? Ot Team Ontario should be selected because Glen Howard is too good?
- December 13, 2010 at 3:48 PM
The difference in the able-bodied game is that ANY of the top 20 teams would be favourites to win gold internationally, while this simply is not so in wheelchair curling
- December 13, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Will Chris Daw actually get a real look from Team Canada staff? B.C. will win Nationals, and it wouyld appear Chris will be a part of that team
- December 13, 2010 at 6:10 PM
I hope Chris's interest is simply to participate. He is doomed with Team Canada, in my opinion.
- December 13, 2010 at 6:57 PM
For sure, this will Chris's final shot, and good on Jim and Darryl for providing it.
- December 14, 2010 at 8:44 AM
I get we should be making as competitive teams as possible, to hopefully raise the bar for everyone, BUT Jim Darryl and Chris on one team????
- December 14, 2010 at 10:20 AM
No news on how many teams and who they are?
- December 14, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Eric Eales said...
I've asked but haven't heard back yet.
- December 14, 2010 at 3:08 PM
Probably four or less...not an indicator of aything other than inconvenient location
- December 14, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Why bother with Armstrong there?
- December 14, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Just because Armstrong is there, is that any reason not to go? Why give it to him on a silver platter. Make him earn it. Should he win, are you going to say the same thing at the Nationals?
- December 14, 2010 at 7:03 PM
Reeality is that5 he WILL win provincials, and in all likelihood, WILL win Nationals.....pick someone more likely.
- December 15, 2010 at 8:29 AM
Hi All, Cor here
teams are (I beleive)
Jim,Darryl,Chris and Jac
Gary,Frank,Vince and Alison
Sonya,Bill,Sam and ?
I am not able to attend due to the cost for me to get there - over $700 to get there (I don't drive)from the Island. With no funding announced by Curl BC I could not committ.
I wish everyone the best and would love to have be there.
- December 15, 2010 at 8:31 AM


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Still, Payne's main point from a marketing perspective is that designs like these clear the field for much more engaging advertising. In a phrase he used several times in his keynote, the singular slide in or full page ad takeovers replace the five or eight "little boxes" ads used to occupy on a traditional browser site. While many ad clicks do still work in the traditional way of opening a new tab to a landing page, the ideal formats for this experience bring the deeper marketing message into the app-like architecture.
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Yahoo and Google understand this.
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More than 5 million have beaten debt this way. You can too!
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Since 2008, Tony has offered money-management coaching to his unit at Ft. Campbell (Kentucky), helping soldiers and their families get out of debt and build wealth.
"Studies have shown that servicemembers who take control of their money and are communicating effectively with their family, are experiencing less stress while separated than those who don't have a plan," he said. "I have a strong desire to share our success with others in the hopes that they could experience the great life that living debt-free brings."
Since April 2008, they have had 187 soldiers and military family members complete Financial Peace Military Edition with a total turnaround of over $1 million! Thirty-five of these families have already reported that they are now debt free!
"We feel that we have a purpose and responsibility to share our knowledge and successes," he said. "Seeing a smile on someone's face who has been through the course and succeeded makes it all worthwhile."
It's a powerful thing to turn your own life around. Sharing the hope you've found with hundreds of others and changing their lives takes it to another level. Well done, Colon family!
This week marks an exciting annual initiative that encourages other servicemembers to discover the power of saving money like the Colon family has. Military Saves has grown immensely over the past few years with thousands of servicemembers taking the pledge to save money, reduce debt, and build wealth. Spread the word to the servicemembers in your life as we celebrate Military Saves Week!


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Alternatively, 'Watch a Lamborghini Aventador Get Stoned.' Ouch! What's going on here?
I don't see the complete picture here, but it's safe to assume that the Lambo driver has been hooning on the street while the other dude clearly has anger issues.
But who's the bigger asshole?
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The Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Strategic Workforce Planning (Vol. 3, No. 2, 2013)
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This publication explores hot topics within strategic workforce planning research by providing actionable summaries of contemporary literature. The summaries in this issue discuss the following topics, among others:
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Last night, it wasn't making much of an impression on me. I was observing the superficial things, like how he kept his hands flat on the desk, one on top of the other, and occasionally the top hand would release the bottom hand, which would then flap about in the tiniest of gestures. The text seemed to be the sort of thing he needs to say and does say once in a while. As in most cases, it didn't seem extraordinary-- as if he really wants to communicate -- but dutiful -- as if he's doing that thing a President needs to do. He had his inflections right, but it came out in the usual singsong. Trying to think how he could have done better, I pictured President Reagan and imagined his inflections. I have the feeling the people who coach Bush have studied Reagan and extracted some tips, and Bush is doing what he can. But, as Bush might say, it's hard.
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Since the horror of 9/11, we've learned a great deal about the enemy. We have learned that they are evil and kill without mercy -- but not without purpose. We have learned that they form a global network of extremists who are driven by a perverted vision of Islam -- a totalitarian ideology that hates freedom, rejects tolerance, and despises all dissent. And we have learned that their goal is to build a radical Islamic empire where women are prisoners in their homes, men are beaten for missing prayer meetings, and terrorists have a safe haven to plan and launch attacks on America and other civilized nations. The war against this enemy is more than a military conflict. It is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century, and the calling of our generation.This invites us to support his military efforts not by scaring us about violence, but by inspiring us about American values. We can appreciate and want to protect our own freedom, and that should make us want to fight an enemy who would deprive us of it. That merges into an argument that we should want to engage in a struggle, the struggle of the century, to bring our values to people around the globe. He can't say this ideological struggle is between American values and Islam. The Islamic values here are a "perverted," "radical" distortion of Islam. The implication is that there is a real Islam, and the President knows what it is, and it's something much more like the American values. This all goes by so quickly when you're listening to the speech.
He speaks next of the threats of violence to us. "We face an enemy determined to bring death and suffering into our homes." To keep the enemy out of "our homes" and to avoid having the "Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons," we need to fight the war to victory. He argues that we have had much success so far, in Afghanistan, "put[ing] al Qaeda on the run." What about Iraq?
I'm often asked why we're in Iraq when Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the 9/11 attacks. The answer is that the regime of Saddam Hussein was a clear threat. My administration, the Congress, and the United Nations saw the threat -- and after 9/11, Saddam's regime posed a risk that the world could not afford to take. The world is safer because Saddam Hussein is no longer in power. And now the challenge is to help the Iraqi people build a democracy that fulfills the dreams of the nearly 12 million Iraqis who came out to vote in free elections last December.This is a very minimal restatement of why we went to war, and it won't satisfy anyone who wants to concentrate on that point, but it's not surprising that he moves quickly to the subject of the importance of sticking it out and making a success of it now that we're there.
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We can be confident that our coalition will succeed because the Iraqi people have been steadfast in the face of unspeakable violence.The fact that things are so bad is the reason why things are so good. You can mock that rhetorical move, but I suspect it's appeared in thousands of war speeches. What else can he say (considering that he's not going to give up)?
And we can be confident in victory because of the skill and resolve of America's Armed Forces.He needs to inspire us to believe in victory, and he takes advantage of our respect for the troops. I'm eliding the sentences that detail his respect. From this paragraph, he goes to honoring the people who work in homeland security, as if the subject has been honoring the men and women in public service. The Iraq section of the speech is over.
Five years after 9/11, our enemies have not succeeded in launching another attack on our soil, but they've not been idle. Al Qaeda and those inspired by its hateful ideology have carried out terrorist attacks in more than two dozen nations. And just last month, they were foiled in a plot to blow up passenger planes headed for the United States. They remain determined to attack America and kill our citizens -- and we are determined to stop them.This really is impressive and much more inspiring than Iraq. I can understand his frustration. Where things are going badly, in Iraq, there are events and pictures to demoralize us. Where things are going well, what we see is the lack of anything bad, and it is hard to get people to see that as anything at all.
Here's an interesting line tagged onto the end of that paragraph:
We'll continue to give the men and women who protect us every resource and legal authority they need to do their jobs.There's your legislative agenda for the election season.
Now he returns to the theme of ideological struggle:
One of the strongest weapons in our arsenal is the power of freedom. The terrorists fear freedom as much as they do our firepower. They are thrown into panic at the sight of an old man pulling the election lever, girls enrolling in schools, or families worshiping God in their own traditions. They know that given a choice, people will choose freedom over their extremist ideology. So their answer is to deny people this choice by raging against the forces of freedom and moderation. This struggle has been called a clash of civilizations. In truth, it is a struggle for civilization. We are fighting to maintain the way of life enjoyed by free nations. And we're fighting for the possibility that good and decent people across the Middle East can raise up societies based on freedom and tolerance and personal dignity.People given the choice will always choose freedom? Many people, it seems, accept mere order and security. Others give up every earthly freedom in exchange for the promise of heaven. It's a serious question, but he raises it only to drop it. He brings up 9/11 right there, so maybe you won't notice. And how does what happened on that "bright September morning" prove we need to remake the Middle East? Putting one sentence after another doesn't mean the ideas follow logically. There's some real sleight of hand in that last paragraph, and I think everyone knows it.
We are now in the early hours of this struggle between tyranny and freedom. Amid the violence, some question whether the people of the Middle East want their freedom, and whether the forces of moderation can prevail. For 60 years, these doubts guided our policies in the Middle East. And then, on a bright September morning, it became clear that the calm we saw in the Middle East was only a mirage. Years of pursuing stability to promote peace had left us with neither. So we changed our policies, and committed America's influence in the world to advancing freedom and democracy as the great alternatives to repression and radicalism.
To stave off the doubts, he brings up Franklin Roosevelt, D-Day, Iwo Jima, and so forth. "Throughout our history, America has seen liberty challenged, and every time, we have seen liberty triumph with sacrifice and determination." Every time? Whenever we fight, we win, because we fight for liberty.
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On this solemn anniversary, we rededicate ourselves to this cause. Our nation has endured trials, and we face a difficult road ahead. Winning this war will require the determined efforts of a unified country, and we must put aside our differences and work together to meet the test that history has given us. We will defeat our enemies. We will protect our people. And we will lead the 21st century into a shining age of human liberty.I agree with the basic point of the speech: We must continue the fight to victory. I don't think he's created any new inspiration here, though. People who think Iraq is a lost cause love liberty too. They're still going to criticize the war. They aren't going to "put aside [their] differences." He said "our differences," but clearly he's going to stay in his position and defend it. So, essentially, that means: Stop disagreeing with me. And, yes, you can laugh at the irony: Freedom is so wonderful that you should shut up.
We must "work together to meet the test that history has given us." Note the passivity. I didn't choose this, history made me do it. And since it's history, you need to get in line, get serious. There's a core of that that I absolutely agree with. We're in a war, so we need to concentrate on winning, and you should only want to do the things that help. But I don't think the assertions here are going to convince anyone, and he's given his critics new material. They are going to resent and resist the demand that we perceive ourselves as caught up in a massive, historical ideological struggle.


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As you can tell by that new banner ad to the left side of the screen, tickets are now on sale for the tenth annual Tales of the Cocktail convention in New Orleans this July 2012.
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UPDATES WITH MORE BALTIMORE NOMINEES: HBO's Baltimore productions "VEEP" and "Game Change" got some solid Emmy notice with the comedy earning a best actress nomination for Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the made-for-TV movie about the 2008 presidential election picking up best actor and actress nominations for Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson.
Overall, "VEEP" received three nominations including one for best comedy, while "Game Change" earned additional nominations for Ed Harris as best supporting actor in a movie or miniseries and as best movie or miniseries.
The nomination in best comedy is a big one for "VEEP" in its first year, as the series did not initially generate big buzz. But along with"Girls," which also picked up a nomination as best comedy, "VEEP" gave HBO two new comedies it can be proud of. "VEEP" has been renewed for a second season and is expected to begin shooting in Baltimore in September.
One of the three nominations is for casting and it includes Baltimore's Pat Moran, who embodies the best of Maryland's film and TV production community.
The "Game Change" nominations reinforce the perception of HBO as the place to go for political drama that's hard-wired into the culture. No movie or mini-series generated the kind of conversation about political leadership and the lack of it on the 2008 Republican ticket like this film.
Overall, HBO led all networks and channels with 81 nominations. That's down from 104 last year, but that is more a reflection of other channels trying to create their own quality content than it is any slippage at HBO.
FX, which had six nominations last year, has 26 this year. AMC has 34 nominations.
CBS led the broadcast networks with 60, but PBS received 58 nominations including 16 for "Downton Abbey" in the best drama category. (Last year, it competed in the movie andmini-series field.)
Outside of "Downton Abbey," it was all cable in the best drama realm where "Mad Men" again led the field with 17 nominations. CBS' "The Good Wife" didn't make the cut this year.
Other top drama nominees are: "Game of Thrones"(HBO), "Breaking Bad"(AMC), "Downton Abbey" (PBS),"Homeland" (Showtime) and "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO).
One of the few bright spots for network TV was provided by ABC's "Modern Family,"which again led all comedies with 14 nominations including one for best comedy, one for Baltimore native Julie Bowen as best supporting actress in a comedy series and another for Baltimore native Jason Winer's dierction of the episode titled "Virgin Territory."
Bowen won an Emmy last year, while "Modern Family" took home the statue as best comedy the past two years. Winer won a Director's Guild Award for his work on the pilot for "Modern Family," but this would be his first Emmy for directing this series.
Other local favorites who picked up nominations Thursday include Idris Elba, of HBO's "The Wire"for his work on BBC in "Luther," and Giancarlo Esposito, once of NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street," for his performance in "Breaking Bad."
Here's what the comedy competition looks like for "VEEP" and "Modern Family":
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (HBO)
"The Big Bang Theory" (CBS)
"Girls" (HBO)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"30 Rock" (NBC)"Veep" (HBO)
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Melissa McCarthy, "Mike & Molly" (CBS)
Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl" (Fox)
Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)
Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation" (NBC)
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If a child can't sit still, it's because he needs to move. A child with sensory processing or attentional issues especially needs a great deal of gross motor activity, the more intense the better. Movement is what focuses and organizes the brain and body, and drives development forward.
Playtime should be outdoors whenever possible. But when circumstances prevent you from getting the child to the playground, here are some suggestions for providing movement and intensity indoors, in small spaces.
If the child has difficulty focusing on homework, one of these activities can be used as a quick movement break to increase focus and attention.
All homework should be preceded by intense exercise, a drink of water, and a protein rich snack.
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Melanie Pfaffe February 10, 2014
When designing electrochemical cells, we consider the three classes of current distribution in the electrolyte and electrodes: primary, secondary, and tertiary. We recently introduced the essential theory of current distribution. Here, we illustrate the different current distributions with a wire electrode example to help you choose between the current distribution interfaces in COMSOL Multiphysics for your electrochemical cell simulation.Ler Mais


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The Airmail Act of 1930, also known as the McNary Watres Act, was passed on April 29, 1930, and gave Postmaster General Brown authority to change postal policy. It also gave him the authority to make those changes based on his own personal preferences. When Brown was done, all but three US airlines were out of business.


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Is the Media to Blame for Our Tough Economic Times?
September 25, 2008 by JS · 2 Comments
Okay, this is an easy one, right? Of course the media is somewhat to blame for our tough economic times.
At least a decent portion of the economy is based on consumer confidence. And what is biggest factor that contributes to consumer confidence (or lack thereof)… the media. That's right!
If the evening news is talking about the price of gas rising, the cost of food rising, layoffs, and overall gloom and doom in the economy then you'd have to be an idiot to continue to have confidence in the economy. Or you'd have to be so flippin' rich that you just don't care.
So of course the media is to blame for consumer confidence and somewhat for the economy too. But that's not to say they are wrong or that it's their fault. After all, they do have to report the news, right?
But there is one other little thing that I do completely fault the media for.
And that is the way they report on credit card debit.
We are a nation buried to our eyeballs in credit card debt. Yet we can't seem to dig our way out or even pretend to try.
And why is this? Because of the media, of course.
Let me explain…
For years the media has been reporting on the alarming trend of credit card debt in this country. In fact, as far back as I can remember the media has been letting us all know what the average credit card debt is per family. And they've also been letting us know the percentage of families that are in debt.
Of course both those numbers (the average debt and the percentage of families) have always been huge. But instead of families being horrified, I think it's had the opposite effect.
People saw those numbers (and continue to see those numbers) and they felt (and still feel) better. Misery loves company, right? So when people see it constantly reported how far in debt everyone else is too, they feel better about themselves.
I know this may sound crazy but think about it.
Really, it's the same effect that happens when anything like this is reported. I mean, I may be 10 pounds overweight but when I hear the average American is 20 pounds overweight (or whatever) then I smile and get-up and grab another piece of cake.
The media reporting on credit card debt has the same effect. Every time the evening news reports how filthy America is with credit card debt, people all over smile and begin planning their next shopping sprees.
Of course they won't be smiling for long, but the credit card companies will be. Because the major credit card companies are the only real winners here. They rake in massive profits at the expense of all the hardworking families.
But as for families held hostage by credit cards, losing to the credit card companies isn't so bad when so many people are losing with them. Right?
Well, at least it doesn't feel too bad. And every time the media reports on it, it feels just a little bit better.
[this article was featured in the Carnival of Personal Finance, 173rd Edition, on Girls Just Wanna Have Funds]


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Sioux Falls Police Arrest Man Found Sleeping in His Car
He was sleeping in a car, but once police arrived he wound up going to jail on a felony charge and a list of misdemeanors.
Sioux Falls Police Captain Greg VandeKamp says officers were called around 3:20 p.m. Wednesday to a motel in the 1200 block of West 12th Street after someone noticed the sleeping man in the car. But VandeKamp says when officers woke the man up, he became disorderly.
"He failed to comply with anything they said, started becoming aggressive. The decision to place him under arrest for disorderly conduct was made given the circumstances of being passed out in his vehicle as well," explained VandeKamp. "During the arrest a struggle ensued. No officers were injured in this, however in taking him back to the patrol car he was able to kick one of the patrol cars and damage that as well."
VandeKamp says 31-year-old Andre Whitt of Sioux Falls was charged with disorderly conduct, threatening a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, second-degree intentional damage to property and simple assault on law enforcement.
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Description: Dress of black cotton net embroidered with red, white, tan, brown, green and gold floral designs. Gathered scooped neckline interlaced with narrow, pale green silk grosgrain ribbon and scalloped and embroidered organdy ruffling, which is also used at wrist, waist, hip line and hem. Gathered ankle-length skirt. Left side zipper with hook & eye on lining and snaps on outer net layer. Skirt has additional under layer of black net. Bodice and skirt lined with silk chiffon; black grosgrain ribbon petersham with hook & eye at waist. Designer's label at center back waist: "Christian Dior / Paris / Made In France / Printemps-Ete 1978" and stamped "0I0052" Label attached at base of designer's label: "Made In France" Neiman Marcus size and content label attached at bottom of previous two labels.
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Wicked Hostels - Calgary
Want to meet other amazing world-travelers and enjoy loads of free amenities (even laundry is free) and have a crazy good time while you are in Calgary? Then check us out!
***WARNING: (PLEASE READ) Boring, sterile, quiet and lifeless is the OPPOSITE of what we are - so if that's what you are looking for then Wicked is definitely not for you. ***
***For the security of our guests, we only accept genuine backpackers/travelers carrying government-issued OUT OF PROVINCE DRIVERS LICENSE or INTERNATIONAL ID and luggage/backpacks. ***
***All guests must be over the age of 18 to stay here***
We also have FREE PARKING and FREE LAUNDRY SERVICE!
Every stay includes:
FREE All-you can-eat Continental Breakfast: 4 different cereals, toast, porridge, fruit, juice, jam, nutella, peanut butter plus pancakes and syrup (we've even got Vegemite )
FREE Laundry Service - And, we do it for you!
FREE Tea (for you Irish, we have Barry's Tea), Coffee, Iced Tea, Lemonade, spices for cooking and Hot Cocoa - all-day, every-day
FREE Internet Computers (you won't ever pay to use our computers)
FREE Printing/Photocopying/Scanning
FREE Blazing High-speed WIFI everywhere in our building (yup, even the bathrooms)
FREE Long-distance international calling around the world!
FREE Parking for Guests
FREE Bicycle Usage and Golf Clubs
FREE Luggage Storage (of course, even after you check-out)
FREE Towels & Linens
FREE Hair Dryer, Hair Straightener and Iron
FREE Book Exchange (kinda sounds lame, but we have an ever changing library)
FREE Entry bar/club events to places like Cowboys, Roadhouse, and Ranchman's
- Calgary LRT (train) station across the street
- Closest accommodation in Calgary to the Stampede grounds/Saddledome (hotels included)
- On the Red Mile (17th AV) Calgary's party street
- Over twenty (20+) bars within 3 minute walk
- Three (3) grocery stores within a 3 minute walk
- Two (2) casinos within 5 minute walk
- Four (4) gyms within 5 minute walk
- Three (3) banks within a 3 minute walk
- One (1) hospital within 10 minute walk
If there is a better hostel location in Calgary I haven't been able to find it - Jeff
------Why stay at Wicked Hostels-----
Well, we are a backpacker-owned hostel run entirely by backpackers. We've been in your shoes and we've tried to make our hostel match and exceed the best amenities we've seen. When you arrive, our friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff can assist you with all your travel needs. We can help you find what you are looking for in Calgary, make suggestions on great places to visit here and even help you with your forward travel plans to other regions. There is no curfew; we're not here to tell you when you can have a good time. We do ask that people are courteous and quiet after 12:00am, so that anyone wanting to can get a good night's rest, but if you decide you want to hang-out in the common room at
night or cook a midnight snack you can go right ahead. We have free internet computers and free WIFI throughout the building, so keeping in touch is easy and affordable! One thing you won't find here is a T.V. Instead, you will find a friendly, comfortable common room with cozy leather couches, board games, playing cards, an iPod dock and lots of other interesting backpackers. We also do 'I've-Hit-The-Wall' movie nights (projected on the wall) when you just want to relax after a hectic weekend of partying.
We also have a free continental breakfast every morning; free tea and coffee all the time; free bed linen (we even make your bed up for you before you arrive!). And guess what, we have free parking too, something very tough to find and also very expensive anywhere in the Calgary City Center. We also provide planned activities like group skating or tobogganing in the winter or *floats* down the Elbow River and free BBQ's in the summer. Sometimes, we do a free communal supper for everyone!
For security we have CCTV cameras throughout the common areas and corridors as well as keypad-locked front door (locked between midnight and 8am).
Stampede Packages: Stampede bookings can be made by calling Wicked Hostel directly. Due to our location (across the street from Stampede), our beds are fill up very fast. So book in advance if you are planning on staying in Calgary during Stampede.
Cancellations must be made 24 hours before your scheduled arrival to avoid any charges.
During Stampede Festival bookings must be cancelled 7 days in advance otherwise a cancellation fee will apply
So if you are the kind of person who wants to make the most of their stay in Calgary and are looking to stay in the newest hostel with the best location and staff that really understand the needs of backpackers, please check us out.
Look forward to having you with us -- Jeff
We require a security deposit for group bookings of 5 or more and will not accept anyone without government issued out-of-province/out-of-country ID, without luggage/backpacks, student groups, stag/stagette parties and guests under the age of 18
During Stampede Festival bookings must be cancelled 7 days in advance otherwise a cancellation fee will apply
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Age Restriction
- Air Conditioning
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Free Breakfast
- Cable TV
- Card Phones
- Ceiling Fan
- Common Room
- Cooker
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Dishwasher
- Dryer
- DVDs
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free Parking
- Free WiFi
- Games Room
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Jobs Board
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Late check-out
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Microwave
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Parking
- Playstation
- Postal Service
- Reception (limited hours)
- Taxes not included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
- Towels Included
- Utensils
- Vending Machines
- Washing Machine
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
We require a security deposit for group bookings of 5 or more and will not accept anyone without government issued out-of-province/out-of-country ID, without luggage/backpacks, student groups, stag/stagette parties and guests under the age of 18
During Stampede Festival bookings must be cancelled 7 days in advance otherwise a cancellation fee will apply
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BY TRANSIT - FROM THE AIRPORT (35 minutes)
1. Take bus #300 from the airport to the City Hall Stop/Station (keep your ticket).
2. Take a Sommerset train and get off at Victoria Park Station (1 Stop).
3. Follow the walkway up above, you can actually the Wicked Hostel Building across the street when you are on the walkway
4. Follow the walkway over the street and down.
Wicked Hostels will be on the corner just up the block to the right
From Greyhound/Bus Depot Station by Calgary Transit (30 minutes):
1. From the Greyhound station, get on the SaddleTowne Train to City Hall Station
2. At City Hall Station, get off the train and wait for the next Somerset Train.
3. Get on the Somerset Train for one stop, Victoria Park.
4. We are right across the street from the train station (you can see the building from the overhead walkway) on the corner of 17th
Feel free to look up for the Calgary Transit schedules at www.calgarytransit.com
BY CAR: (basic GPS instructions)
1. Head southeast on Airport Rd NE
2. Turn right to stay on Airport Rd NE
3. Continue onto Barlow Trail NE
4. Slight right toward McKnight Blvd NE
5. Continue straight onto McKnight Blvd NE
6. Turn left at Edmonton Trail NE
7. Continue onto 4 St NE
8. Turn left at 1 St SE
9. Turn left at 17 Ave SE
Wicked Hostels will be on the corner to the left
1. Continue onto Hwy 2 S
2. When in Calgary, take exit 256 for Memorial Dr
3. Merge onto Memorial Dr NE
4. Slight right toward 4 Ave SE
5. Continue straight onto 4 Ave SE
6. Turn left at 1 St SE
7. Turn left at 17 Ave SE
Wicked Hostels will be on the corner to the left
1. Continue on HWY-1 E
2. When in Calgary, exit onto Sarcee Trail SW
3. Turn left at Bow Trail
4. Slight right at 24 St SW
7. Turn left at 17 Ave SW
Wicked Hostels will be on the corner to the left
Located Near
We are located in the Calgary Beltline on the corner of Calgary's Infamous Red Mile and MacLeod Tr. When you walk out of the hostel, right across the street in front of you is Calgary's Stampede Park and Saddledome. We are within a 5 minute walk of all amenities and all of the major downtown/beltine shopping/dining/pubbing & clubbing hotspots are right around the corner or just down the street. We are across the street from the Stampede C-Train Station so getting any place outside of Calgary's core is just a matter of walking across the street.


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John Paul Stevens, a soft-spoken Republican and former antitrust lawyer from Chicago, led the liberal wing of an increasingly conservative Supreme Court. Justice Stevens arrived at the court in December 1975. He had been appointed by President Gerald Ford to succeed Justice William O. Douglas, who had retired the month before.
The third-longest serving member of the court in its history, Justice Stevens retired on June 28, 2010, at the age of 90. Many in the courtroom that day wore bowties, his sartorial signature, in his honor.
Justice Stevens joined the court when it included Thurgood Marshall and William J. Brennan Jr., who along with Justice Douglas had been liberal stalwarts of the Warren court era. Also serving were Lewis F. Powell Jr., a Nixon appointee who voted with the court's conservatives on criminal justice issues but was a strong supporter of abortion rights, and Potter Stewart, the last of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's four Supreme Court appointees, like Justice Stevens a moderate Republican from the Midwest.
For most of his first two decades on the court, Justice Stevens labored in the shadows of those large figures. Then in 1994, with the retirement of Justice Harry A. Blackmun, he became the court's senior associate. That role allowed Justice Stevens to assign the writing of the majority opinion when he was in the majority and Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was not. It was one that he appeared to enjoy and that brought him heightened visibility.
The language of his dissents became noticeably sharper, with a theme running through them: that the Supreme Court had lost touch with fundamental notions of fair play.
The retirement of Justice Stevens allowed President Obama the opportunity to nominate a second justice to the court, matching the number of openings the last two Democratic presidents, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, were able to fill over a combined three terms in office. Mr. Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the nation's 112th justice, and she was confirmed with relative ease in August 2010.
Confronted with a court far more conservative than the one he joined, Justice Stevens showed the world what his colleagues already knew: that beneath his amiable manner lay a canny strategist and master tactician, qualities he used to win victories that a simple liberal-conservative head count would make appear impossible. A frequent dissenter even in his early years on the court, he now wrote more blunt and passionate opinions, explaining on several occasions that the nation was best served by an open airing of disagreements.
Justice Stevens stature as the bench's unlikely liberal voice grew greater as the Bush administration's policies on terrorism and detainees translated into a string of cases that came before the court, and as the court itself moved further to the right, as Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. succeeded Chief Justice Rehnquist in 2005 and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. took the place of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor the following year. The justice most often in the minority, Justice Stevens nevertheless helped shape the majority for a number of important decisions.
Justice Stevens' plainspoken style characterized the last years of his tenure. In cases involving prisoners held without charge at Guantánamo Bay and the mentally retarded on death row, his version of American justice was propelled by common sense and moral clarity, and it commanded a majority.
In perhaps the most significant case, Hamdan. v. Rumseld, he repudiated the Bush administration's plan to put terrorism suspects held at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on trial by military commissions. He concluded his 72-page majority opinion with the blunt statement that "the Executive is bound to comply with the Rule of Law that prevails in this jurisdiction."
Since his retirement Justice Stevens has forged a new model of what to expect from Supreme Court justices after they leave the bench, one that includes high-profile interviews and provocative speeches.
In November 2010, he weighed in on the controversy over the proposed Islamic center, in lower Manhattan near ground zero, in a speech to the National Japanese American Memorial Foundation.
During World War II, Justice Stevens served as a Navy cryptographer at Pearl Harbor for more than two years. On returning to Hawaii in 1994, he said he had an emotional reaction to seeing Japanese tourists at a memorial there. "We shouldn't allow them to celebrate their attack on Pearl Harbor," he remembered thinking.
He stated that he understood why some New Yorkers would have a similar reaction to the proposed Islamic center near ground zero.
"But then, after a period of reflection, some of those New Yorkers may have second thoughts, just as I did," he went on. "The Japanese tourists were not responsible for what some of their countrymen did decades ago; the Muslims planning to build the mosque are not responsible for what an entirely different group of Muslims did on 9/11."
But that sort of abstract discussion is nothing like the blow-by-blow critique in Justice Stevens's death penalty essay in The New York Review.
In 1976, just six months after he joined the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens voted to reinstate capital punishment after a four-year moratorium. With the right procedures, he wrote, it is possible to ensure "evenhanded, rational and consistent imposition of death sentences under law."
In 2008, two years before he announced his retirement, Justice Stevens reversed course and in a concurrence said that he now believed the death penalty to be unconstitutional.
But the reason for that change of heart, after more than three decades on the court and some 1,100 executions, had in many ways remained a mystery, and the essay provides an explanation. He wrote that personnel changes on the court, coupled with "regrettable judicial activism," had created a system of capital punishment that is shot through with racism, skewed toward conviction, infected with politics and tinged with hysteria.
The essay is remarkable in itself. But it is also a sign that at 90, Justice Stevens is intent on speaking his mind on issues that may have been off limits while he was on the court.


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Created by artist and naturalist Ed Dodd, Mark Trail was an environmentalist before it was fashionable to be one. His mission has always been that of preserving the American wilderness, water and wildlife for future generations. The strip was drawn by Jack Elrod from 1978 until his retirement in March 2014. He is succeeded by his assistant, James Allen. Mark Trail appears in 175 newspapers, reaching nearly 23 million readers worldwide.
Elrod was honored in 1988 by President Reagan for his efforts to develop more pride in America. In addition to Sunday pages in which Mark Trail urges everyone to reduce carelessness and abusive activity such as littering, vandalism and theft, and wildlife poaching, Elrod has also produced a variety of materials for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help teach schoolchildren respect for the environment. Mark Trail is now the official spokescharacter for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, making him the voice of the National Weather Service and NOAA Weather Radio.
In the years since his 1946 debut, Mark Trail has spent his time outdoors fishing, exploring the woods and being romanced by beautiful women. Not bad for a self-styled everyman and roving editor for Woods and Wildlife magazine.
Andy is Mark's dog and favorite hunting companion and now he's Rusty's best friend, too. In true St. Bernard tradition, Andy has rescued Mark from danger on many occasions!
When Cherry and Mark finally married after years of courtship, she thought her troubles had come to an end. However, this lovely brunette is often right in the middle of some natural catastrophe or inadvertently up to her pretty neck in some criminal caper. Willful and headstrong, Cherry literally grew up in the Lost Forest National Park. Her love of the woods, waters and wildlife it contains is fully as strong as Mark Trail's.
Cherry's father and, like Mark Trail, a longtime resident of Lost Forest. Doc is an active outdoorsman himself, and for years Mark has been like a son to him.
Johnny Malotte, who lives in the north country, is Mark's friend, a fellow outdoorsman and adventurer.
Forever 32, this handsome outdoorsman and photojournalist for Woods and Wildlife magazine spends his days hunting, fishing and pursuing simple pleasures. But all too often his woodland paradise is threatened, and that's when Mark Trail springs into action! When not plying his trade, Mark is preserving the nation's dwindling wetlands, fighting the crass commercialism that is creeping into even the most remote forests, protecting wildlife from poachers, and keeping America's greatest natural treasures free from the thugs, gangsters and goons who sometimes invade it. When Mark's not on the trail, he returns to his charming country house on the Lost Forest Game Preserve, where he relaxes with his wife, Cherry, and his beloved dog, Andy. Mark's single most important goal: to preserve the integrity of the American wilderness for future generations.
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Bloomberg's Josh Barro criticizes the James Madison Institute's poll showing that 65 percent of Florida voters oppose implementing ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion. Barro is mostly wrong. But even when he's right, he's still wrong. Disclosure: I helped JMI formulate their poll questions.
Barro complains that JMI conducted a "push poll." His first complaint is:
It starts by priming respondents with questions about the national debt and the size of Florida's existing Medicaid budget.
Then it gives an inaccurate description of the terms of the expansion. Poll respondents were told that Medicaid currently covers people earning up to 100 percent of the federal poverty line. That's not true: In Florida, the limit for adults is 56 percent of FPL, and you must have dependent children to qualify.
Though Barro slightly mischaracterizes the poll question, he is basically correct, and the inaccuracy is my fault.
The folks who originally drafted JMI's poll questions aren't health care wonks, so they ran their questions by me. This question was originally worded the way Barro claims the final question was: "Medicaid coverage is currently available for those with incomes up to 100% of the poverty line." I hurriedly emailed the JMI folks, "Florida does not offer Medicaid coverage to everyone below 100 percent of poverty. See page 2 and table 3 of this report. You might replace 'currently' with 'generally.'" So that's what JMI did. In retrospect, Barro is right. "Generally" gives the impression that Medicaid is available to more Floridians below the poverty line than is actually the case, and I should have offered a better edit. Mea culpa.
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Respondents also heard that after three years, the state would be on the hook for "more than 10 percent" of the cost of newly eligible adults. That's not true, either: The state's share would be exactly 10 percent.
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Disguising your Baseballs
Some of you may have a space problem when it comes to having too many baseballs. After snagging 544 in 2010, I have amassed over 1,000 baseballs, and really don't have any where to put them at.
I ended up filling up three and a half large garbage cans, but they are an eyesore.
Here's what I ended up doing with three of the garbage cans:
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Place a garbage can filled with baseballs next to your bed, a couch, or chair.
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Place plastic bags over the top of the balls in order to create a more flat, even surface.
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Place a wooden table top cut out over the balls and bags, making sure it is stable and not wobbly:
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