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Thursday, June 19, 2008
The infinite sadness
However you slice it, these are the worst of times for the Toronto Blue Jays.
We're not sure if there was anything emblematic about last night's game. It was just another loss in a series of losses that leave you thinking that this team just isn't good enough, and that the pieces that we thought we had here aren't what we might have thought.
(By the way, does anybody remember a time about 14 months ago when people would make the statement "Oh don't worry...the Blue Jays are going to score plenty of runs." Yeah. Those were good times.)
Denial, Grief, Anger, Acceptance - All in one episode of Wednesday's with J.P.
It shouldn't surprise that the callers came with knives out last night on the weekly call-in segment with the General Manager after the game. Ricciardi alternated between reassuring the fans that he's a frustrated as they are and flagellating himself over the ballclub's poor performance.
But what was stunning last night was hearing J.P.'s comments about Adam Dunn when a caller suggested that there was something wrong with the Jays' brain trust if they didn't already have him locked up.
"What do you know about Adam Dunn?" J.P. shot back at the caller. "Do you know that he doesn't like baseball?"
We won't reprint the whole exchange (go listen for yourself...it's towards the end of the episode), but for anyone (admittedly, like us) who had visions of big number 44 hitting cleanup for Toronto, J.P.'s incredibly frank assessment of the Reds' slugger should pretty much put those notions to rest. We've never heard J.P. (or any other GM) speak this frankly about a player, although we're sure that if he had a do-over, he might not have let his frustration with the petulant tone of the caller get the better of him.
Our question now though is: If not Dunn, then who? Big Sexy Richie Sexson?
21 comments:
- Darren Priest said...
If Sexson can be had for very little (like Frank Thomas for the A's this year), Sexson would be worth a flier in my opinion. Roger's Centre is supposedly a better hitter's park than Safeco.
- June 19, 2008 at 10:31 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Although you wouldn't know it from the way that the Jays hit when they're there.
- June 19, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
i'm not sold on sexson. that .220 avg and .294 obp aren't all that enticing.
i'm depressed. fuck.
- June 19, 2008 at 10:38 AM
- Darren Priest said...
This Jays Talk thing with Riccardi is pretty hilarious. Thanks for the link.
These callers sound like they are about to burst into tears or maybe they are just nervous.
- June 19, 2008 at 10:47 AM
- Goldy said...
Erg, I would stay away from Sexson. He had a couple of decent seasons with the Brewers, but once he got hurt in Arizona, it wa all downhill. However, I would rather have Sexson on the roster than Mench. I think Mench may be my least favorite brewer of all time. I was shocked when I saw him draw a walk agains the Cubs on Sunday.
- June 19, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- Darren Priest said...
I certainly wouldn't want to play Sexson anything close to the money he is making with the Mariners, but if he is going to be released, then I would see if I could get him and hope he finds his stroke. But, of course, I have no idea what it might cost.
- June 19, 2008 at 10:54 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
The other thing with Sexson is that he hasn't played in the outfield in eight years, so finding him playing time between first and DH would be difficult.
The fact that we're even talking about Sexson, or looking with envy at the Yanks signing big fat Sidney Ponson shows you just how bad this season is going.
- June 19, 2008 at 10:57 AM
- The Ack said...
It's just.....what the fuck do you do with this team, at this point? We were all blowing ourselves (at least I was, I had a rib removed HEYO) over the long term deals JP handed out to Vernon, Rios, and Hill. I was happy he was able to reel in big time free agents like Burnett and Ryan, even if he had to overpay/overcommit to do it.....so now what? We're locked into these contracts for better, but now more likely, for worse. We've got no wiggle room to do anything. Wait for some of the kids like Snider, Lind, Arenciba to come up and make an impact? Hope the bats come back and are at least league average again?
Fuck, it's depressing. I'd almost rather the team was pure shit instead of just swapping spots in the middle of the standings with the other also-rans. At least then we wouldn't have our hopes up and couldsnag some high end talent via the draft.
You're right Tao. These are the worst of times. And I fully realize I'm completley overreacting, but fuck it.
- June 19, 2008 at 10:58 AM
- Darren Priest said...
Wilner made a great point on a recent show about other teams looking at the Jays and thinking Doc could be had for a couple of minor leaguers. My first reaction was "preposterous!" (in my best John Adams voice) But at some point, if things continue the way they are, the Jays will have to make those types of decisions.
Since we love Doc, it's only right that we set him free...trade him to a contender. Fly, little bird, fly!!
- June 19, 2008 at 11:06 AM
- The Ack said...
It's so sad that I've actually thought about this, but if Doc decided he wanted out and wouldn't sign an extension, I wouldn't begrudge him one bit. The guy deserves to pitch in October, and if he really doesn't think it is going to happen with the Jays, then he should sign elsewhere. If he ever does leave (on his own accord), you know it won't be for money. He's too stand-up of a guy for that.
And I don't care what kind of dazzling prospects-based return he would fetch in a trade, I would completely shit my pants and hand deliver them to One Blue Jay Way if that happened.
- June 19, 2008 at 11:11 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
You know...we kinda missed the boat on trading something of value when teams around the league were sniffing around Wells and Rios.
We get the instinct to want to hold onto your own players, but there was an opportunity there that's pretty much gone now. Wells' contract is going to make him untradeable in the short term.
Of course, we'd probably want to hold onto Rios and his team-leading .267 average.
It's like the 1997 Jays, led by Orlando Merced all over again.
- June 19, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Andrew said...
Richie Sexton should be released by the Mariners once the dust settles from their recent GM firing and even more recent manager firing.
Mr. Sexton has a .962 OPS in 30 games in the Rogers Centre. He also has a .924 career OPS in the 2nd half. (.796 in the first half)
- June 19, 2008 at 1:38 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Adam Dunn's revenge: he "singled to catcher" in his first at bat today, then struck out.
But someone has to explain how the hell Adam Frickin' Gigantor Who Hates Baseball and Probably Kicks Dogs Dunn singles to the catcher.
- June 19, 2008 at 2:12 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
wow, talks of trading Roy...that's when you know shit is really fucking bleak.
and we're already down 2-0. nice to see AJ come out with some fire and try and prove he's committed to toronto.
i need a hug.
- June 19, 2008 at 2:23 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
wow...6-0 brew crew...un-fucking-believable. anyone think gibby might be gone after this game?
- June 19, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Russell Fuckin' Branyan!
Jiminy Christmas!
10 homers in 61 ABs, and an OPS of 1.272.
Branyan now has more homers in this series than Alex Rios has all year.
- June 19, 2008 at 3:10 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
"Branyan now has more homers in this series than Alex Rios has all year."
i just threw up in my mouth.
- June 19, 2008 at 3:17 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
could dave bush actually no-hit us?
- June 19, 2008 at 3:28 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Prince Fielder inside-the-park home run.
- June 19, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Drew said...
Prince Fielder inside-the-park is the seventh sign.
- June 19, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Only way the Jays could survive the AL East is if EVERY player on the team has a career year.
Guess we will just have to follow the ways of Tampa Bay and live on the bottom while collecting 1st round draft picks.
- June 19, 2008 at 9:21 PM


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Hello! I've been busy working on several different projects lately. Not all of them were the crafty kind, so I'm branching out a bit. :)
Project 1: Bookmarks
The first one is crafty, papercrafting to be exact. I saw this fun tutorial on making page corner bookmarks. The tutorial was easy to follow, and they worked up quickly.
Project 1: Bookmarks
The first one is crafty, papercrafting to be exact. I saw this fun tutorial on making page corner bookmarks. The tutorial was easy to follow, and they worked up quickly.
I made some monster ones for my book-loving little goddaughter, Sarah, who will be celebrating her 6th birthday this weekend.
I also made a couple of adult ones for the book-loving ME. :)
Project 2: Fire and Ice Pickles
A few months ago, my husband and I were given a jar of "Fire and Ice Pickles" to try. And wow, were they good! They're a little bit sweet, and a little bit (or a lot) hot, depending on your preference. We finished that jar pretty quickly and wanted more.
|Fire and Ice Pickles
But you can't buy these in a store, you have to make them yourself. So I did what I always do, and googled it to find a recipe. Our first attempt, we followed the recipe exactly, but although you could taste the sweetness, the hot didn't really come thru. So we experimented and kept gradually adding more of the hot stuff until we got it how we liked it. Here's the recipe with our adjustments:
Fire and Ice Pickles
2 (32 oz) jars of DILL pickles
4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (we used Louisiana Hot Sauce)
1 - 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
3 garlic cloves, peeled
A few slices of Jalapeno pepper (we used peppers that came in a jar, and also poured in a tablespoon or so of the juice)
First pour pickles into a strainer in the sink and let them drain.
Then cut pickles into chunks and put in a big bowl
Add the sugar to the pickles, and stir a bit. Then add all the remaining ingredients and stir until everything is mixed together.
Cover the bowl and let sit on the counter for an hour or so, stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves.
Once the sugar is dissolved, spoon mixture back into the jars they came in, or divide them into smaller canning jars. Refrigerate for 3-7 days before serving (although we've eaten them earlier than that). Store in the refrigerator. Warning! these are very addictive! :)
Project 3: Homemade Laundry Detergent
I have seen on a few blogs lately that some people are making their own laundry detergent. It seemed easy enough, and it was very cheap to make, so I was intrigued enough to give it a try. I made mine following a recipe I found on this blog.
You only need 3 ingredients: Borax, Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (not baking soda), and Fels-Naptha soap. I was able to find the Borax and Super Washing Soda in the laundry aisle at Wal-mart and found the bars of Fels-Naptha soap for $1.29/ea. at my local Ace Hardware.
First you have to grate the bar(s) of Fels-Naptha Soap
Then mix grated soap with the borax and super washing soda following this recipe:
2 parts grated soap
1 part Borax
1 part Super Washing Soda
Two bars of grated soap = about 3 cups, so I added 1 1/2 cups of each the borax and the super washing soda, mixed together and stored in a container with a lid. I use 2 tablespoons of detergent for a regular load of wash. I've been using this for the past few weeks and so far it seems to be working just fine, and I love the price. :) Maybe with all the money I'm saving, I can buy more yarn. :)

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Kurt Nimmo
April 22, 2012
Residents of a Chicago condo received a letter from management last week informing them that they should move out of their homes during the upcoming NATO confab to be held in the Windy City next month. If the residents decide to remain, they will be subjected to a lockdown.
"In the event of a riot or the potential of one near the building," the letter states, "all access doors will be locked including the garage door. For everyone's safety we will be instructing anyone in the building to stay in his or her unit."
Aaron Klein, writing for WorldNetDaily on Saturday, said radicals with ties to Obama plan to riot during the NATO summit.
In August of 2011, Klein said the founders of a "radical group that teaches tactics of direct action, confrontation and intimidation" were among a "slew of extremist organizations, some tied to President Obama, preparing protests to coincide with major NATO and G-8 summits in Chicago."
Klein quoted Joe Losbaker of the United National Antiwar Committee, one of the groups planning protests, who warned, "The wars and economic policies of the NATO and G8 nations are not just and will be met by protest."
Losbaker and his wife, Stephanie Weiner, worked as leaders of the Chicago New Party. It was formed by the Democratic Socialists of America, ACORN and the labor union SEIU. The Communist Party USA breakaway group Committees of Correspondence and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) were also involved in forming the New Party.
According to WND, Obama was a member of the now defunct New Party and his name was included in the party's newsletter.
The IPS is a Marxist organization formed in the early 1960s. It has received funding from the banker James Warburg, the son of the infamous banker Paul Warbrug. The elder Warburg was instrumental in creating the Federal Reserve and was chosen by President Woodrow Wilson to serve as one of its first members.
It may seem odd for an international banker to fund a Marxist organization supposedly advocating the destruction of finance capital. "If one understands that socialism is not a share-the-wealth program, but is in reality a method to consolidate and control the wealth, then the seeming paradox of superrich men promoting socialism becomes no paradox at all," writes the late Gary Allen. "Instead it becomes the logical, even the perfect tool of power-seeking megalomaniacs. Communism, or more accurately, socialism, is not a movement of the downtrodden masses, but of the economic elite."
Klein said Code Pink also plans to protest during the NATO and G8 summit in May. Code Pink's co-founder, Jodie Evans, was an Obama fundraiser. She sits on the leadership board of Warburg's IPS. Code Pink co-founder, Medea Benjamin, set-up Global Exchange, an "anti-globalization" organization that took money from globalist foundations, including the Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Rubin Foundation, and Tides Foundation. The Ford Foundation has a long and sordid history of collaboration with the CIA.
As Infowars.com has exhaustively documented, violence at globalist summits and confabs is invariably instigated by "anarchists" who report to the police. Supposed anarchist violence was used in Ottawa, Pittsburgh, London, Strasbourg and elsewhere to disrupt and discredit anti-globalism and other political groups and provide a pretext for police violence against non-violent protesters.
Former Obama chief of staff and current Chicago mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has used the threat of agents provocateur instigated riots in Chicago next month to brazenly grab more power and further militarize the city's police. On April 17, Infowars.com reported on military exercises in preparation for the NATO summit in Chicago.
Residents are now being prepared for pre-planned and orchestrated violence by Marxist political groups and their anarchist shock troops funded by bankers and globalist foundations and coordinated by the CIA. Chicagoans may get to experience what it is like to live under military siege and martial law if they do not take the advice of condo management companies and head out of the city on May 20.
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Dutch Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn who meet when they started working together in 2005 while filming a documentary about hip hop in the favelas of Rio and São Paolo for MTV were inspired by the visit. They decided to bring outrageous works of art to unexpected places, starting with painting enormous murals in the slums of Brazil together with the local youth.
What began as a single mural here or a most impressive redesign of a concrete stairway into a illustrative koi pond has grown into a plan to paint the entire favela into a colorful explosion on the side of a hill. The idea being that ownership, pride and hope will spur the locals into viewing the slum as something to build on and protect as opposed to exploit and escape from. I am always interested to see solid case studies on if this works or not since I have seen first had it both change a community and also fail miserably in a separate instance and get trampled à la pearls before swine. Akin to that would be ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition where you wonder how many of the new
homes mansions are in forclosure or complete disarray.
Regardless though the work is amazing and quite interesting, I only hope the artists do get to complete the project it will be interesting to see it as a whole.
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Teaching English in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Joanne Williams, adjunct professor in Tyndale's Bachelor of Education program, will be travelling with the Toronto-based, non-governmental organization the Light Foundation to teach curriculum pedagogy in a program that enhances the English teaching skills of teachers from around the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). This is Ms. Williams third trip to a country that few people are privileged to visit.
The training will take place in the country's capital city of Pyongyang at the Pyongyang Computer and English Refreshment Center (PCERC). PCERC was founded by a local organization in Pyongyang. They requested support from the Light Foundation who had been providing support in humanitarian and business related projects in the country. In the DPRK, English is a compulsory subject for middle school to university level students and since 2008, this collaboration has allowed 450 DPRK teachers to learn from and engage in conversation with native English speakers.
In total, 12 people from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom will be travelling to the DPRK. In addition to teaching curriculum pedagogy, Ms. Williams will partake in smaller conversation groups that will allow participants to practice their English-speaking skills. It is expected that there will be approximately 50 DPRK teachers in this month's program.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Spawn Logo Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Spawn Logo" Leethaljunior memberMember #Joined: 28 Dec 2000Posts: 23Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 10:19 pm I made this really quick, it's not that good. Oh well. By the way, i'm new to the forum. Back to top EviLToYLeTmemberMember #Joined: 09 Aug 2000Posts: 1216Location: CA, USA Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2000 10:28 pm Mmmmm... looks great for a cartoon. I have no idea what effect your trying to achieve, so I'll leave it at that. You might wanna try making the lines finer and sharper in some areas. Back to top Leethaljunior memberMember #Joined: 28 Dec 2000Posts: 23Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 11:17 am How could I make the edges sharper? I am new to photoshop. Back to top JerrymemberMember #Joined: 28 Oct 2000Posts: 306Location: Canada, Ontario Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2000 1:07 pm looks like a clipart ------------------ -KARN- Forever. Die? Never KARN's Page Back to top hennifermemberMember #Joined: 28 Feb 2000Posts: 247Location: toronto, on, ca Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2000 12:53 am the edges look pretty sharp to me... the only way you could get them sharper is if they weren't anti-aliased. and that would look ba-a-ad. if you're talking about getting sharper corners on triangles and such, try using the marquee tool to define the area you're drawing in, or you can draw a blocky line and use the background color to chisel it down to a point. ------------------ jeffery_ Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Are you feeling a bit jealous when you see your colleagues succeeding in business? Have you been wondering what it takes to get to their level?
I know that a lot of people seem to think it is complicated to create a successful business.Well, actually, it's not! It's quite simple, really. I want to share a few ideas with you – ideas that have helped me to be on track for a multiple 6-figure business this year.
Public speaking is one of the best ways to grow your business – I don't care what industry you're in. You want to show confidence, when public speaking, from start to finish. It takes meaningful, relevant, sustainable content – along with showing confidence through your body language. You want to be certain to present your ideas with lots of energy and passion so that people get excited about the possibilities in store for them. How do you do this? Get out there and start talking.
One of the other secrets to success is to know your market – it is critical to price your products and services appropriately. This is the one area where I see many women entrepreneurs fail! It is a combination of lack of self-esteem and a sense of self-worth through to the fact 'you don't know what you don't know' about pricing! I didn't have a clue, quite frankly, until I made the investment to work with a high-level marketing coach. It was at that time, and in that relationship, that I learned so much of 'how' to do this. It is such a pleasure for me to work with my clients and see the light bulb come on when we explore the different options available – not only with the pricing, but with the creation of multiple streams of revenue.
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You not only want to project a certain image to your local community, but it's also important to 'be that wealthy woman leader' when it comes to your on-line presence. Most of you are aware, by now, that I have recently re-branded to the Wealthy Woman Leader image. I am constantly up-leveling and growing my business and therefore, my professional image needs to reflect same. Our company image, locally and on-line, reflect this in every way. What about you? What needs to change? Take a very good look at your business and at your image from the eyes of a new prospect – what do you see? What do you want to see?
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So, if you are feeling somewhat jealous about the success of others around you, take some of these simple ideas and implement them today. You, too, will begin to experience progress, build your confidence, and watch that bank account grow – and be the successful business owner that you have just dreamed of being. It's all in your hands! Make it happen today.


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This post made me realise that installing the pre-built firefox binary isn't as straight-forward as one might like. A small nuisance is that the getfirefox.com versoin is only 32 bit, but that's life.
Here we go.
Download the standard binary version of firefox from here:
You can install it wherever you want, but I'm going for a local installation. Put the firefox-19.0.tar.bz2 in your home folder and untar it:
tar xvf firefox-19.0.tar.bz2 cd ~/firefox/ ./firefox
If you get
bash: ./firefox: No such file or directory
then you are missing 32 bit compatibility libraries:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ia32-libs sudo apt-get install xulrunner-10.0:i386
To get flash set up you'll need the 32 bit version. Download the 32 bit version from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?no_redirect
mkdir ~/.mozilla/plugins -p mv ~/Downloads/install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz ~/firefox cd ~/firefox/ tar xvf install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz cp libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
And that should leave you with a working firefox versions. Note that running 'firefox' as a command will invoke iceweasel if installed. To get around that you can e.g. do
echo "alias ffox='$HOME/firefox/./firefox'" >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc
after which you can launch firefox by running ffox form the terminal. A standard installation would be to put everything in /opt and set up a .desktop file -- but there's plenty of guides to how to do that.


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Justin Bieber + Selena Gomez Spotted Leaving Grand Hotel Together [Video]
Jelena are back on in a big way!
After Selena Gomez was spotted smooching Justin Bieber in Oslo, Norway, the pair were caught on camera last night (April 22) leaving the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden together!
The couple entered a waiting van outside the swanky hotel with a few pals.
"Justin is not listening to anyone and is only interested in Selena and being with her," a source told Hollywood Life. Apparently Gomez isn't listening to her own friends, either -- they think Biebs is toxic and drags her down, but she will hear none of it.
Sources say that Gomez didn't miss Bieber that much when she was busy promoting 'Spring Breakers,' but now that her schedule has wound down slightly, the time on her hands has been spent pining over the 'Boyfriend' singer.
The duo were first rumored to be back together last Thursday (April 18), when spies said, "They were holding hands, hugging and they kissed on the lips. They looked really in love, like no fights ever happened before. It definitely looked like they were back together."
Bieber further marked his territory this week by posting an Instagram photo with Gomez. Jelena lives!


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Plans outlined by the ruling Chinese Communist Partys youth wing to send millions of young people to rural areas on volunteering assignments and as entrepreneurs have been widely compared to late supreme leader Mao Zedongs mass mobilization of urban youth during the Cultural Revolution.
China is planning to mobilize more than 10 million young people in its cities, in a bid to reverse a brain drain from the countryside, state media reported on Friday.
The move, announced earlier this month by the Communist Youth League, is aimed at boosting cultural, technological and medical development in rural areas by 2020.
These young volunteers will be sent to rural areas, especially old revolutionary base areas, regions of extreme poverty and areas where ethnic minority groups live to promote local development and improve personal skills, the Global Times newspaper quoted the Communist Youth League as saying in a recent document.
The move was hailed by many local officials, who said that it would help revitalize rural areas in the country that have been suffering from talent and labor outflows, the paper said.
While it is still unclear whether the program will result in a mass, mandatory mobilization of young people, political commentators told RFA that there are clear economic parallels with Maos Down to the Countryside movement of the late 1960s to early 1970s.
U.S.-based political commentator Wu Jianmin said the recent economic slowdown in China and the U.S.-China trade war have boosted unemployment among young people, including university graduates, with huge potential for social unrest.
"The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League has said that this Down to the Countryside [decision] was based on the overall situation of the Chinese economy, Wu said.
If you have large numbers of young people accumulating in the cities, and if they have no employment opportunities and go online every day, this will trigger dissatisfaction with the government, Wu said.
The authorities are worried that there will be various protests against the government in the cities," he said.
Unlikely to be mandatory
According to Wu, the current program is unlikely to be completely mandatory, however, unlike the Down to the Countryside movement initiated by Mao.
Back in the day, the Down to the Countryside movement was totally compulsory, he said. When Mao Zedong decreed it, every eligible young person in every family had to do, whether they liked it or not.
Nowadays, the government will be dressing it up and selling it to them, so this policy is actually much more deceptive than the previous one, Wu said.
The proposals outlined by the League target three areas: encouraging educated young people to go back to their rural hometowns to revitalize local economies by starting businesses; encouraging talented Chinese overseas to come back to China; and mobilizing educated young people to begin new lives in rural areas and boost those areas pool of human capital.
Zhang Weimin, a former urban youth sent down to the countryside during the Mao era, said that her generation never fully recovered from the experience.
Those who were sent away often lost access to government benefits such as retirement and healthcare on their return, and they are still struggling to defend their rights, decades later. She said the younger generation today is unlikely to be attracted by the idea.
I think that if they only go for two years training in rural areas, then maybe some people would be willing to do it, Zhang said. But if it was an indefinite arrangement, as it was for us back then, [they wont].
If you were to ask them what they want to do next, I dont think a single person will tell you that they want to go to the countryside, she said.
Incentives offered
According to the League document, the government will provide incentives for e-commerce entrepreneurship in rural areas and training for returning entrepreneurs, and will publicize any success stories, in a bid to attract participants.
The document also outlines plans to send 10,000 student members of the Communist Party of China and the Youth League to serve in rural areas as part-time officials, to train them in rural governance.
It also proposes building training centers in rural areas targeting more than 200,000 young people by 2020, the Global Times said.
But Chen Kuide, executive chairman of the Princeton China Society, said the government will find the plans much harder to implement than Mao did.
"It is definitely much harder to carry out this kind of mass mobilization nowadays, Chen told RFA. If the government can't provide these young people with definite benefits, it will be difficult for it to impose its will to the extent that it did during the Cultural Revolution.
Instead, this plan could turn into one of those policies that is imposed from above, but resisted from below, he said.
According to official statistics, more than 14 million Chinese youth were sent into rural areas during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
The Global Times said the plan is the latest in a raft of policies in recent years to help rural areas attract skilled labor.
Reported by Jia Ao for RFAs Mandarin Service, and by Wen Yuqing for the Cantonese Service. Translated and edited by Luisetta Mudie.
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LOGAN, UT — Student activities continued without disruption and two gyms remained open while new sports flooring was installed in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building (HPER) at Utah State University in Logan, UT, thanks to careful planning.
Usage demand for the 50,000-square-foot facility on the main campus had increased so much that university administrators decided to replace the 30-year-old maintenance-intensive hardwood floor with sports flooring. Utah State Facility Planning Director Stanley Kane says the project was challenging because of limited time and the fact that HPER gets between 2,000 and 3,000 daily visits from the 25,000 students attending the university.
"One problem we faced was that the time between classes ending in May and summer camps beginning in June left only six weeks to re-surface or replace the entire floor system in four multipurpose gymnasium rooms and six racquetball courts," explains Kane. "The process involved getting buy-in from the facility managers who were excited to improve the quality of the playing surface."
As soon as the spring semester ended, the flooring was installed without disrupting student recreation.
The HPER 50,000-square-foot building also features 20 faculty offices, eight classrooms, two advising offices, three multipurpose studios, a gymnastics room, two swimming pools, three multipurpose gymnasiums, a weight room, six raquetball courts, and 14 outdoor tennis courts.


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At the end of August i had made so many deep runs that i felt that I'd take something down in short order. But nothing is guaranteed and since then I've been lighting money on fire. I think i let my game slip a bit... well not my game but my mental edge. I became impatient with the earlier stages and just did not stay sharp in general.
Over the past few weeks its become apparent to me that it takes a lot to make it in this game... just one moment of distraction in a tourney can lead to defeat. You have to play close to perfect... well not really, but you have to avoid the big mistakes. Try to make smaller mistakes vs larger mistakes.
When i talk about my quest for consistency, I'm referring more to my mental focus than how i play any particular hand. I think for most of September I've been distracted in one form or another. I kinda hit the wall this weekend with my worst sessions in some time... i busted everything early. I've vowed not to play the <$10 tournaments on the weekend ever again... but i am not in any state to play anything greater. So I'm taking a few days off to let this blow over and refocus.
I'll try not to play (much) for about a week or two. My mom is still in town, I have a project at work i have to get finished, me and some buddies are headed to New York to watch a football game on the weekend of the 10th and I'm starting a new workout in the morning. I'm gonna let a few of these things clear up a bit so that i can again immerse myself in poker.
Monday, September 29, 2008
4 comments:
All the top players have a common trait and that is consistency. Look at the likes of Bax, Mr_Menlo, Moorman, all of them seem to bring their A-game to the table each and everytime they play.
I on the other hand am either very good or very poor, no in between. Something I really need to address sooner rather than later.
- Game101 said...
So true pud... Its a constant struggle, but I'm working hard on it.
- Leon1234 said...
Whats up? I'm digging your blog and I would love to speak to you sometime. I'm new to the poker community and would love to learn more from you. Thanks
- Game101 said...
thanks and good luck on your poker journey. Poker can be frustrating at times but if you keep at it you can make a little or alot of money.
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The church was originally built as the university's church dedicated to the Holy Ghost, Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. The other main function the church served was as the burial ground for the local leaders. The only tomb remaining in the church is for Rupert and his wife, the rest were torn out and thrown to the street in the late 17th century by those pesky French soldiers.
|I wonder if my wife would go for this kind of tomb for us
Germany had been highly divided during the rise of the Protestant faiths, though Heidelberg was more tolerant than other areas. To solve the problem of who should use the church, the people of the town decided to build a wall in the middle. The Catholics worshiped in the choir while the Protestants worshiped in the nave.
|Where the dividing wall was
|Protestant side of the church
|Catholic side of the church
This was known as the simultanium, allowing the services to go on at the same time. In 1886 the university celebrated its 500th anniversary. They didn't want an unsightly wall in the university church, so the wall was take down temporarily. Finally, the wall was removed in 1936 since the evangelical church had bought the rights to much of the rest of the church.
The church does feature some impressive stained glass, one seemingly dedicated to the end of World War II.
|This is the first window I've seen with "e=mc2"
|Bright and lovely window
Climbing up the stairs for a nominal fee, one can discover some of the exterior gargoyles brought inside for closer inspection.
|I think this is a duck.
|Obviously a dog
Ascending to the top on increasingly narrow staircases, one is rewarded with an amazing view of the town and even the squares below.
|Jacob would have loved the stairs
|The trail up to Philosophenweg
|The Schloss on the hill
|The town
Outside the church are found numerous little shops and trinket stands built into the base of the church. Originally, these booths were used by merchants and craftsmen to sell their wares. Over time, souvenirs and food have replaced the classier offerings. I guess I can't complain, since I did pick up a needed bottle opener as a practical souvenir.
|The seller I went to also spoke Spanish
After this visit, I returned to the hotel in time to find the rest of my family ready for dinner. We had a lovely meal in the platz by the church. I had wiener schnitzel and a hefe-weissen to wash it down. The children ate a little of my schnitzel and some apple juice. Then we walked about until we discovered a fun little playground near the river.
The playground seems to have been randomly placed and follows the scheme of the one from Stuttgart--some fun climbing and some science too! Jacob and Lucy enjoyed the scientific equipment (basically lifting sand with a pulley and pouring it through a tunnel or a wheel) almost more than the other parts. They did a great job taking turns playing with the equipment.
|Lucy ran in to have fun
|Jacob, look out for the sand!!
The playground did have some rules and the bust of someone who must have donated it. I really need to brush up my German to find out more about these things.
|Thanks, whoever you are!
|If only every playground was rauchfrei
After some play, we returned to the hotel for a quiet night of sleep before the morning, when we'd have to pack up and return to Stuttgart. I put the bottle opener to good use on a bottle of Paulaner Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel, which I am enjoying as I write. [Editor's note: alas, that was a week ago, and now only water is available to drink. Sigh!]


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By John McClenahan/Calamos Investments
In our most recent Global Economic Review and Outlook, we described 2014 as the year of the fundamental investor with macro factors becoming a less significant driver of investment performance. But how do we monitor this? And what does this mean for portfolio risks and returns?
Generally, when macroeconomic or sociopolitical factors are driving the market, stocks will tend to move together either increasing or decreasing in value. Traders and market pundits will say breadth is strong. If this continues, the average correlation between stocks will increase. When there are fewer significant macro topics driving the markets, stocks will tend to move independently based on company- and industry-specific fundamental factors, such as revenue and earnings growth, return-on-invested capital, valuation, and innovation, among others. When this occurs to a great extent, dispersion—the opposite of correlation—is said to be high. If this lasts over several months or years, it is described as a "stock picker's market" because gains are to be had by selecting individual stocks as opposed to just buying the overall market.
For example, as we emerged from the 2008 financial crisis and investors regained confidence in the markets, breadth was strong and the average correlation among stocks was high, just as it was when stocks were tumbling the year before. Correlations continued to increase through the third quarter of 2010. But, with the notable exception of the sovereign debt panic of late 2011, average correlation has been declining ever since. In other words, as markets have rallied in the years since the crisis, investors have become more selective in purchasing stocks. Despite the increase in dispersion, I wouldn't have called this a "stock-picker's market" until recently, as correlations were still above their long-term averages.
However, the average correlation among stocks is back to its long-term average (as the chart below from our most recent outlook shows) after the best year for stocks in over 16 years. And as many investors believe stocks will post more modest returns than in 2013, stock selection is again front and center.
U.S. Equity Correlations Have Fallen
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Source: GaveKal Research, January 7, 2014
Why does this matter? If dispersion is high, managers who exhibit a high degree of difference from their benchmarks ("active share") may be more likely to outperform. Since all securities won't be moving in tandem, fundamental research should be rewarded. Moreover, alternative strategies such as market neutral and long/short equity (which can extract alpha from both rising and falling stocks) may be better positioned to post strong returns.
But what about risk? Decreased correlations typically lead to lower market and portfolio volatilities as diversification increases. But tracking error (the volatility of portfolio returns relative to a benchmark) can increase. However, lower overall market volatility works to counter the adverse effect of decreased correlations on tracking error.
Hypothetical Effect on Tracking Error
While not overly complicated in theory, knowing where a portfolio stands in terms of expected volatility and tracking error isn't something that can be easily done via intuition. Even if you believe high active share is vital to investment success (as we do at Calamos), it is important to monitor these risk levels. That's why we track these risks over time using a variety of measures, which allows us to select stocks and industries we believe will differ significantly from a portfolio's benchmark.
*John McClenahan is a Senior Vice President and the Head of Risk Management at Calamos Investments.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. The opinions referenced are as of the date of publication and are subject to change due to changes in the market or economic conditions and may not necessarily come to pass. Information contained herein is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice.
The information in this report should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security. The views and strategies described may not be suitable for all investors.
The price of equity securities may rise or fall because of changes in the broad market or changes in a company's financial condition, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably. Equity securities are subject to "stock market risk" meaning that stock prices in general (or in particular, the prices of the types of securities in which a fund invests) may decline over short or extended periods of time.
Alpha is a measure of risk adjusted performance. The S&P 500 Index is considered generally representative of the U.S. stock market. Indexes are unmanaged, unavailable for direct investment and do not entail fees or expenses. Correlation is a measure of how two investments move in relation to each other. Dispersion describes the size of the range of values for a variable.


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As we leave our "base camp" we are blessed to 'forge streams' of new relationships and 'climb mountains' with those who survive solely on hope. It's a wonderful adventure. Please join us.
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man. Ephesians 3:14-16, the apostle Paul
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TSA now needs false flag security incident to convince Americans to accept obscene pat-downs
Sunday, November 21, 2010
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com
So far, the TSA is molesting children, teens and grannies without being able to demonstrate that this gross violation of Americans' Fourth Amendment rights is having any effect whatsoever on improving air travel safety. But if there's anything to be learned from 9/11, it's that the sheeple are always willing to give up their rights if they can be scared into doing so. (http://www.naturalnews.com/030452_R…)
"After 9/11 people were scared and when people are scared they'll do anything for someone who will make them less scared," said Bruce Schneier, a Minneapolis security technology expert, in an AP story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101121…). "But [this TSA] is particularly invasive. It's strip-searching. It's body groping. As abhorrent goes, this pegs it."
TSA is fighting for its survival
The TSA is being threatened right now in a big way: One airport in Florida is already planning to ditch the agency and hire private contractors to run security. A NYC lawmaker has called for the "dismantling" of the TSA, and Rep Ron Paul has introduced legislation that would result in TSA agents being arrested for felony crimes if they touched peoples' junk.
The TSA, in other words, is fighting for its very survival right now. What it desperately needs is some new terrorist incident to remind the American people how much they need to give up their freedoms in exchange for security.
Now, I'm not saying the TSA is going to plot to blow up an airplane or anything, but if there's anybody who has the access to sneak something past airport security, it's the TSA.
How false flag operations achieve government goals
The United States government has a long and detailed history of "staging" events in order to sway public opinion. The Gulf of Tonkin event in the Vietnam War era was deliberately staged by U.S. government officials in order to justify an escalation of military attacks on the North Vietnamese. Documents that were finally declassified just this year prove beyond any doubt that the U.S. government conspired to stage this "false flag" event. (http://www.prisonplanet.com/de-clas…)
Operation Northwoods was a similar plot. As Wikipedia relates:
The planned 1962 Operation Northwoods plot by the U.S. Department of Defense for a war with Cuba involved scenarios such as hijacking or shooting down passenger and military planes, sinking a U.S. ship in the vicinity of Cuba, burning crops, sinking a boat filled with Cuban refugees, attacks by alleged Cuban infiltrators inside the United States, and harassment of U.S. aircraft and shipping and the destruction of aerial drones by aircraft disguised as Cuban MiGs. These actions would be blamed on Cuba, and would be a pretext for an invasion of Cuba and the overthrow of Fidel Castro's communist government. It was authored by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, nixed by John F. Kennedy, came to light through the Freedom of Information Act and was publicized by James Bamford. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_…)
On the conspiracy theory front, there have long been accusations that the 9/11 attacks were an "inside job" staged as a pretext to clamp down on Americans' freedoms and roll out the Patriot Act — the very law that coincidentally gives TSA agents the right to have anybody arrested and detained for 48 hours without cause, without a warrant and without legal representation. The evidence surrounding the collapse of the WTC 7 building now has literally thousands of engineers, scientists and citizens realizing the building was obviously brought down by demolition explosions (http://buildingwhat.org) and not an "office fire" as was the official explanation.
The point of all this is that when governments are cornered but don't want to give in, they will sometimes resort to falsifying events in order to continue moving their agendas forward. As David Icke explains, it's the old "problem-reaction-solution" approach. First, create the problem, then wait for the public reaction that allows you to enact the government solution.
The formula works like a charm for everything from pushing flu vaccines to justifying a war.
In fact, there is evidence that U.S. agents may already be working on this plan. The fake bomb recently found on board a German passenger jet, we now know, was manufactured by a U.S. company (http://www.prisonplanet.com/fake-bo…).
How government agencies keep themselves alive (and get more funding)
Is the TSA at that point of desperation yet? I'm not sure, but it would certainly be easy for high-level TSA operatives to find some patsy who hates the government, convince him that he should carry some liquid explosives onto an airplane, and then "catch" him at a TSA security checkpoint, thereby proving that we need to keep giving up our freedoms in the name of security.
The mainstream media would have a field day with that story, and for the next two weeks on the news, we'd all hear how important the TSA is and what a great job they're doing, and how this "terrorist" was caught by the naked body scanner machine, and so on.
Don't be surprised to see such a scenario unfold. It's not that I personally distrust the TSA in particular, because there are some good people who work there and who are not to blame for all this, but at the same time I've been around long enough and studied enough true history to know that government organizations will do practically anything to stay in power.
The DEA, for example, is desperately fighting against marijuana legalization not because marijuana is some highly dangerous drug (it isn't), but because it's job security for DEA agents.
The CDC, likewise, went completely out of its way last year to spread fear about the H1N1 Swine Flu for the same reasons: Job security. There's nothing quite like declaring a stage-six pandemic to keep the Congressional funding flowing your way, huh?
The CDC also has a fascinating history of completely distorting the AIDS epidemic in order to boost its own funding, by the way. Watch this eye-opening video from House of Numbers to learn more: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=4FE73…
Every government agency — the TSA, CDC, FDA, USDA, FTC and so on — fights for its survival every year. That's because in an era of budget cuts, every agency knows it could potentially be on the chopping block for severe cuts. And funding cuts translate into job losses. So the unspoken rule at all government agencies is to "make ourselves important" in order to keep the money flowing.
This is also why the food contamination scares have been hyped up beyond all reason over the last two years: The FDA wants new powers to control the food supply, and the best way to do that is to latch onto stories about e.coli and salmonella and blow those all out of proportion in order to pass reactionary legislation called Senate Bill 510 (http://www.naturalnews.com/030461_S…).
The truth about this food safety situation is that right now something like 80% of the chickens sold in grocery stores are contaminated with salmonella (http://www.naturalnews.com/021258.html), yet you don't hear a peep about that story. And the FDA is making no effort whatsoever to "ban chicken meat" from grocery stores. Their fear mongering about food contamination is very selective, it seems.
Perhaps the TSA has been learning its lessons from the FDA. Simply stage a false flag attack and you, too, can have increased Congressional funding to "fight terror" or whatever.
We do need protections, but we need our rights even more
All this isn't to say that America doesn't have enemies who really do want to destroy us. It's true that there are really bad people out there — people and groups who want to bring America down.
There are some good people in Washington who are fighting for our safety behind the scenes. Yes, the FBI, CIA and NSA all have "a few good men" who are doing things around the world that you and I don't even want to know about. Stuff that would make you cringe if you knew about it.
The sacrifices being made by some of these individuals in the name of protecting America's interests on the international stage will never be fully known, nor recognized by anyone in the mainstream. The everyday American people who go about their lives shopping, watching TV, collecting a paycheck and surfing the 'web have no idea what goes on behind the scenes to give them the luxury of pursuing such a carefree lifestyle.
That's why nothing I print here is intended to disrespect the front-line warriors who are fighting for America's interests — soldiers, the few "good" feds, etc. But at the same time that there are some "good men" (and women) in these agencies, there are also some rotten apples (like in any organization, I suppose). There are some people working in the government who absolutely would not hesitate to stage a false flag attack if it meant increasing their power, their pay and their importance.
And those people must be scratching their heads right now, thinking, "Gee, it sure would be easy to pull off a staged event of some kind that keeps us all in power."
I just hope they come to their senses and realize they should not be at war with the American people. They're supposed to be fighting to protect our freedoms, not to take away our freedoms. The real war is with the true enemies of America — those state-sponsored terrorist groups that genuinely want to destroy America and everything it stands for.
Certainly, we must not let the terrorists win. But neither must we allow freedom to perish in the process.
Reasonable security is fine
As a freedom-loving American who values both my freedom and my safety, I will gladly submit to having my luggage X-rayed and walking through a metal detector. I will gladly sit beside an armed Air Marshal on the flight, captained by an armed pilot on the flight deck who hopefully has a couple of spare mags along with his Colt 1911, too (pilots carry firearms on airplanes right now, most people don't even know..).
Yet as much as those security precautions seem reasonable, I refuse to subject myself to a body X-ray that emits ionizing radiation, and I refuse to give in to an obscene pat-down that involves government personnel feeling up my genitals, with or without a latex glove.
At that point, "security" has become tyranny. And the terrorists have already won.
We need to rise up and stop this. Just as some of our undercover federal agents (and active soldiers) are fighting for America's interests overseas, you and I need to be fighting for our freedom right here at home, on American soil, with this airport security issue.
We are not subjects. We are not cattle. We are sovereign citizens and we will not surrender our bodies to be fondled by government agents with the excuse that "it's for our own good."
And be on the watch for a "staged" security event designed to convince the American people that they need to give up yet more freedoms in the name of police-state security. I'm willing to bet that precisely such a plot is on the drawing board in Washington D.C. right now.
Related Articles
- 1962, Government Plans to Deceive Its Nation: Operation Northwoods (socyberty.com)
- TSA Searches: Are Trains and Subways Next? (musicians4freedom.com)
- "This is Necessary? TSA Pat Down Leaves Bladder Cancer Patient Humiliated & Covered in Urine" and related posts (scaredmonkeys.com)
- Standing Up to the TSA (lewrockwell.com)


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We, the UMTR group, are now accepting renewals and new membership for the 2009 calendar year. We have finalized the FAB 5 Fifties Ultra Series.
The FAB 5 Fifties Ultra Series consists of the following races:
April 18 Trail Mix 50K
April 25 Chippewa Moraine 50K
May 9 Ice Age 50K or 50M
May 16 Superior 50K
July 4 Afton 50K
August 22 Lean Horse 50 M (100 Mile Split)
September 11 Superior 50 M (100 Mile Split)
October 11 Glacial Trail 50 M
October 17 Wild Duluth 50K
For the rules/locations check our link above.
The Minnesota Trail Series will consist of trail runs with distances of 5K to the Marathon.
There will be 12 races in total.
ALL of the races are held on trail; no roads!
Wynn Davis and I will be offering a beginning trail running class beginning in the early spring, consisting of 4 classes. We'll begin at Afton State Park. More details will follow here and upon the UMTR website.
UMTR is for anyone interested in trail running. You do NOT have to be experienced nor do you have to run ultras!! We're a fun bunch to hang out with :)
I am leading snowshoe classes at Lake Maria State Park on Saturday afternoons. We are having a blast! There are three miles of packed snowshoe trails and we are able to snowshoe anywhere in the park EXCEPT the groomed trails. Good fun!
Friday, January 09, 2009
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- Adam said...
A beginner's trail running class, what a great idea! I think the trail running community is much better for beginners because it's far less intimidating than road races where everybody takes themselves so seriously.
- SteveQ said...
Glacial is October 11 and Wild Duluth appears to be Oct. 17.
- Julie B said...
Thanks Steve for the corrections!
WOW! Glad you find a niche!
And yes! Stay not only off but FAR AWAY from groomed trails. I got turned around and lost once. I was walking, carrying my snowshoes in the large area between tracks and some guy came up behind me SCREAMING! I just said nicely I was not walking on the tracks and SO MUCH FOR A SILENT SPORT!
I miss running! Well, my attempt to hurl myself down the road/trail at a fast pace!
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 10, 2012) – The AVP Championship, played Sept. 7-9 in Santa Barbara, Calif., marks the beginning of a trio of important domestic beach volleyball tournaments as the 2012 domestic season winds down.
The Santa Barbara event will be followed by the National Volleyball League's (NVL) "Best of the Beach Las Vegas Championships" on Sept. 13-15 at Bagatelle Beach and Sunset Park, and the Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series National Championships on Sept. 21-23 in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Both the Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Series and the NVL Series are sanctioned by USA Volleyball.
Top-seeded Jennifer Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.), the silver medalists at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, won the women's event in Santa Barbara, and their second AVP title in a row, with a 21-19, 21-16 victory over three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.) and 2008 Olympian Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.), who were seeded No. 2.
"This weekend was just the perfect showcase for beach volleyball. Santa Barbara was absolutely rockin', and we're just thrilled to get our first victory ever here," Kessy said in a press release. "Fans here really understand the game and the pain, sacrifice, skill level and grit it takes to advance in a quality field like this."
On the men's side, 2012 Olympians Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.), seeded No. 6, won an unusual best-of-five final battle with No. 4-seeded Brad Keenan (Westminster, Calif.) and John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 21-16, 21-16, 21-18.
Gibb and Rosenthal bounced back Sunday after dropping their final pool play match Saturday to top-seeded John Hyden (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Sean Scott (Kailua, Hawaii), who had won the previous weekend's AVP event in Cincinnati.
Gibb and Scott took down Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) in the wild card play-off match Saturday afternoon to stage a re-match with Hyden and Scott in the semifinals. Gibb and Rosenthal pulled out a three-set victory, dropping the first set 19-21 before taking the next two, 21-18, 15-13, setting up the showdown with Keenan and Mayer in the finals.
"The quality of play at this AVP event was just out of sight," Rosenthal said in a press release. "Nobody was giving quarter, and every point was hotly contested throughout the entire weekend. This was just a monster win in front of our home crowd. The crowd was just pumping and really kept us energized throughout some brutal matches."
For more information, visit theavpchampionships.com.
The format of the $100,000 NVL Las Vegas Best of the Beach includes the top eight men and top eight women having an automatic bye to Friday. There will be four wildcards spots and the remaining 28 spots will be based on the USAV National Ranking System and points accumulated for playing in 2012 NVL events.
For more information, visit thenvl.com.
Finally, the Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Series will have a 16-team main draw playing for a $150,000 prize purse in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Ten teams will qualify automatically while four will emerge from the qualification bracket and also two wild cards.
For more information, visit josecuervoprobeachvolleyballseries.com.


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Dr. Fred Treats a Trio of Sick Silverbacks in Nyakagezi GroupBy Gorilla Doctors Staff on Friday, October 18th, 2013 in Blog.
A respiratory disease outbreak is spreading through Nyakagezi group in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda. Drs. Fred and Noel have been monitoring the situation closely and decided to intervene to administer treatment to three ailing silverback mountain gorillas in the group this week.
Here is Dr. Fred's report:
Ndungutse, the fourth ranked silverback in Nyakagezi group was found lying along the trail, with a productive cough and appearing weak on October 15. Trackers reported that he had been coughing for 2 days, but was among his group members, feeding and behaving normally. Ndungutse had also been observed coughing mildly when silverback Rukundo received his second round of medications for his respiratory illness (to read about Rukundo's intervention, click here).
During my observation, the group, led by dominant silverback Mark, had moved about 50 meters ahead of Ndungutse, who stayed behind with ailing silverbacks Mafia and Bigingo. Ndungutse had a productive cough, but no nasal discharge was observed. He was breathing fast and hard, his abdomen was less than 1/2 full and he did not feed during my 3 hour observation. Ndungutse remained lying on the forest floor for the duration of the observation.
Mafia is the second ranking silverback in Nyakagezi group. Two days prior to my observation, trackers reported that Mafia had been observed in his nest with a mild cough, but still actively feeding. Mafia had been moving close to Rukundo, the young silverback previously treated for respiratory illness in the group. On my Oct. 15th observation, Mafia was coughing frequently but did not have any nasal discharge. His abdomen was more full than the other two silverbacks, but he was not observed actively feeding. Mafia remained lying down in ventral recumbency from the time we reached the group at 10am until the time of our approach to deliver treatment 3 hours later.
The oldest silverback, and also the former dominant silverback of Nyakagezi group is a male named Bigingo. Bigingo was also found lying on the forest floor with a productive cough, copious nasal discharge and appearing weak and lethargic during my Oct. 15 observation. After a short time, Bigingo attempted to get up and follow the group, but was obviously weak. Mark, the dominant silverback returned to his side to guard him. He did not feed throughout the 3 hour observation, his abdomen was less than 1/2 full, he was coughing frequently and his breathing was fast and hard. We made the decision to dart Bigingo with medications last, as he is known to be aggressive.
After a thorough observation of each silverback, Dr. Noel and I prepared to dart Ndungutse and Mafia first with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medication. We decided to dart the silverbacks simultaneously; Dr. Noel prepared the dart for Mafia and I prepared the dart for Ndungutse. Cefazolin and Ketoprofen were successfully administered to Ndungutse via remote darting at 1:46pm. We were unable to dart Mafia with the second round of medications as he moved quickly away from us into the undergrowth after the first dart. The group members became agitated, and dominant silverback Mark, along with Bigingo, became aggressive. We made the decision to reassess in the following days, and wait to dart Bigingo to give the group a rest to recover from the stress of the first intervention.
Observation on Oct. 16:
When we arrived to the group, the gorillas were restless and moving constantly in the Nyamwesero area of the Park. Bigingo was still coughing and but had less copious nasal discharge. Most of the group members were staying close to Bigingo as if protecting him. Bigingo was vocalizing and aggressive during our follow up observation. After the physical exam and assessment, Dr. Noel and I decided to allow the group additional time for recovery. Trackers will continue to closely monitor Bigingo, as well as Mafia and Ndungutse to assess their feeding, moving, and coughing frequency. Following the lead trackers' report on Saturday, Oct. 19th, Dr. Noel and I will make a decision on whether another veterinary intervention is necessary.
On a brighter note, the young silverback Rukundo, was was treated for his respiratory infection last month, has fully recovered:
Update on Oct. 20th:
Dr. Fred was able to revisit the group today and administer mediations to elderly silverback Bigingo. Adult female Cyizanye had given birth during the night and she kept her newborn infant wrapped tightly to her chest. Unfortunately, Cyizanye has also developed a cough, so Dr. Fred will be keeping a close eye on her as she already appeared weak after the birth. Silverback Ndungutse seemed to have improved after the intervention to administer meds – he was coughing less frequently and was feeding normally. Mafia was still coughing frequently, but was feeding again. In addition to the trio of silverbacks and new mother, adult female Inshuti is now weak and coughing as well. She is still carrying her baby and Dr. Fred will monitor the situation closely.
You can follow the Gorilla Doctors health monitoring efforts on our Facebook page, where we post photos and notes from our monthly visits.
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The program provides financial assistance to students who have demonstrated: superior academic ability and achievement; exceptional promise; financial need to undertake graduate study leading to a doctoral degree or a master's degree in which the master's degree is the terminal highest degree in the selected field of study. Funding is available for up to 48 months (4 years) of study or until the degree is completed (whichever comes first).
Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
This program is designed to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Applicants must be U.S. citizens in research-based fields of study.
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The Intercollegiate Studies Institute manages several fellowship programs to support graduate study in a range of fields. Specific programs cover areas of Western Civilization and the American Founding.
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The program was created to honor Madison's legacy and Madisonian principles by providing support for graduate study that focuses on the Constitution—its history and contemporary relevance to the practices and policies of democratic government. Fields supported include American history, Government/Political Science and Education with a focus on American history or government. Service Requirement.
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Sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges, this initiative is designed to promote and support doctoral study in the humanities by accomplished graduates of small and mid-sized private liberal arts colleges. Two fellowships, worth up to $50,000 each and renewable for a second year, will be awarded annually for a period of five years. The fellowships will be available to students from eligible institutions who enroll in doctoral programs at any of 23 leading independent research universities in the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland. Eligible fields of study include history, philosophy, literature, languages, and fine arts.


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Yesterday our resident overclocking guru HiCookie took his Intel Core i7 3930X CPU, a X79-UD3 armed with our new F7 BIOS release, copious amounts of LN2 and set down to some serious overclocking action. The resulting world records were soon posted on HWBot. Another day, another line drawn in the sands of high-performance computing. Pushing a CPU core frequency of 5643.3 MHz, related records for SuperPi and PiFast were unceremoniously smashed.
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New 3930X Records;
Super Pi 1M - 6.64 seconds
Super Pi 32M – 6mins 8.516 seconds
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Paris motor show - Tesla is absent
Paris motor show - Tesla is absent
Tesla has a track record of cherry-picking their presence on trade fairs/motor shows. If you start counting, you find there is an endless number of them around the globe and at the point where Tesla currently is as a company, it makes perfect sense to restrict their presence to, e.g., one show in America, Europe and Asia once a year each.
Remember: They are not demand-restricted, not even cash-restricted (the recent secondary offering notwithstanding), they are currently production-restricted. Trade fairs don't help with the latter.
they've missed the autoshow in NYC earlier this year as well.
Fisker was there, but I don't think they need advertising right now, since demand is higher than they can handle already.
ar, absolutely! Which is why I went to the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. :-) I guess that event accumulates to their entire 2013 trade fair presence in Europe.


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- If you're only practicing some healthy habits, you could be missing out on the full benefits
- The four behaviors together seem to produce a compound benefit
- A study looks at 5,100 middle-aged people to track their health and behaviors
Everyone knows by now that eating right, exercising, and shunning smoking and other bad habits increases our chances of having a long and healthy life.
If you're hitting some -- but only some -- of these goals, it's better than nothing. But according to a new study, you're likely missing out on the full benefits that come with living a healthy lifestyle across the board.
In the study, which included 5,100 middle-aged British civil servants, those who engaged in four key behaviors -- not smoking, moderate drinking, exercising regularly, and eating fruits and vegetables daily -- had triple the odds of avoiding disability, chronic disease, or mental health problems over a 16-year period, when compared with people who practiced none of these behaviors.
Each of the four behaviors, practiced on their own, increased the odds of what the researchers termed "successful aging" by 30% to 50%. When practiced together, however, the behaviors seemed to produce a compound benefit greater than the sum of its parts.
"Individual healthy behaviors are moderately associated with successful aging, but their combined impact is quite substantial," says lead author Séverine Sabia, an epidemiology and public health researcher at University College London in the United Kingdom. "Multiple healthy behaviors appear to increase the chance of reaching old age disease-free and fully functional."
The findings suggest that following a healthy lifestyle is a lot like collecting compound interest on a loan or investment, says Richard Birkel, senior vice president of health at the National Council on Aging in Washington.
"By treating our bodies with care and avoiding harmful substances over a long period of time, the health effects are compounded," Birkel says.
"Over time, because we are free of disability and illness and have more energy, we are able to live more fully and take on more challenges. ... There seems to be a virtuous chain reaction in which small positives lead to a critical mass of health and well-being."
The idea that healthy behaviors can amplify each other might seem like common sense. (If you exercise daily but eat only fast food, for instance, you're probably not getting maximal results.) But the new research is noteworthy for its scope and its attempt to quantify the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.
The study is among the first of its kind to examine the outcomes associated with combinations of behaviors in midlife, rather than specific health measures (such as body mass index) that reflect those behaviors, says S. Jay Olshansky,a professor of public health at the Center on Aging at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
What's more, the outcomes used in the study were unusually comprehensive. Sabia and her colleagues defined successful aging using five separate dimensions of health: cognitive, mental, physical, respiratory, and cardiovascular. This is a "real strength," Birkel says.
A holistic measure like successful aging "defines a state of being, rather than a set of isolated health outcomes," Birkel adds. "This is, of course, the status we all aspire to as we age -- not just absence of disease or chronic conditions, but having good mental health and being independent and active."
The study, which was published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, did have some important limitations. For one, it was an observational study, meaning it shows an association and does not establish a cause-and-effect relationship between the various health behaviors and outcomes.
And given that some of the participants were only 60 years old at the conclusion of the study, it's hard to know whether the findings -- especially those regarding mental functioning -- will remain steady with time, says Dr. Clinton Wright, a neurologist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Still, says Birkel, the findings are "very good and reassuring news," and make a strong argument for adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors no matter how old you are.


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Imperial Pint Glass
This 20oz imperial pint glass has a wide mouth that tapers down to a smaller base. As noted by the Brewers Association, "The small surface area where it's gripped decreases the amount of heat transferred from your hand keeping the beer cooler for longer. The wide mouth encourages a frothy head and easy sipping." Ideal for stouts.


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William Butler Yeats [W.B. Yeats] (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939 / County Dublin / Ireland)
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Freshman Laura Day won the 100 breaststroke on Friday night at the CCSA Swimming & Diving Championships.
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The Liberty swimming team enters day three on Saturday at the 2012 CCSA Swimming and Diving Championships in second place, with 378 points. Three-time defending champion Florida Gulf Coast leads the women's competition after two days at Gabrielsen Natatorium. On day two, Liberty posted eight top-three finishes, two conference records, four program records, three NCAA B cuts and two event victories. Freshman Jess Reinhardt set a new conference record to win the 100 fly, in an NCAA B cut 53.18, while Bethany Wakeley placed second in a lifetime-best 54.72. Freshman Laura Day took first in the 100 breaststroke, swimming a personal-best 1:01.45, good for an NCAA B cut. Emilie Kaufman, who took third in finals of the 100 breaststroke, clocked a B standard swim and conference-record 1:01.04 in qualifying.
Brye Ravettine (55.68) and Emily Duff (55.72) took second and third, respectively, in the 100 back, while Cori Gary (1:50.73) tied for third in the 200 free. Liberty's 800 free relay placed second in a program-record 7:27.97. This morning, Liberty will have entrants in the 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 fly and 1,650 freestyle. Today's action will feature pool-side, live blog coverage as the Lady Flames compete in Athens. Look for coverage to begin shortly before the 10 a.m. prelims start with an interactive blog, where all are invited to interact with questions and comments. Day 3 – Trials (10 a.m.) 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Butterfly 20-minute intermission 400-yard Freestyle Relay "B" 1,650-yard Freestyle-All but last heat of time finals Three-meter Diving (1:30 p.m. Women)
Day 3 – Finals (6 p.m.) 1,650-yard Freestyle-Last heat of time finals 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Butterfly Three-meter Diving (Women) 400-yard Freestyle Relay "A"
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