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Tuesday, March 14
Masters Madness
I don't know about you, but the only thing I'm really looking forward to right now in golf is The Masters. Sure, The Players Championship can have some drama. But let's face it, everything is a warm-up until The Masters.
Should the field just concede to Tiger now? Will someone -- anyone -- rise up and challenge Mr. Woods? I hope so. Golf is pretty boring when one guy after another swerves into the ditch when Tiger is in the rearview mirror.
As great as Jack was, there were several fellows (Trevino, Miller, Watson) who had the Titleists to take him on. I'm so ready to see someone challenge Tiger on the big stages in golf.
Maybe this year, maybe this April. Let's hope.
The Armchair Golfer
2 comments:
- Ex-Pro said...
The Masters - the Biggest Stage in Golf. I think you're right - all the rest is just a warm up to The Masters. I have friends that have friends fly in just to spend Masters week together playing golf and partying. I'm too much of a transient to have this happen.
Yes, when is someone going to step up and challenge Tiger? You have to admit, though, watching El Tigre play golf is nothing short of musical - even when he doesn't have his "A-game". As golfers, we all know that your ability to score when all is not right is the essence of the game and a measure of your skill. El Tigre has done that from day one - and untameable when he has it.
I watched Jack in his prime and he remains my golf hero. He was truly great, but could he challenge Tiger today? What would and does it take to make such a challenge? Mental toughness? A swing that holds up to the pressure? Zinger's short game? Crenshaws's putter? I think all of the above. Did Jack have it? Probably, but we'll never know.
I don't think there is any question that today's players are more fit, better equipped, and trained to play the game than golfers of the past ever dreamed of being. What if Jack were trained in this "Modern Era" of fitness, flexibility and technology? Could he compete?
As for this April my friend - Eldrick "Tiger" Woods is the odds on favorite. Any challenger better be "en fuego" as Chris Berman would say!
Say, 143 days without golf? - I think I'd be in re-hab by now! You must be from New England!
The Masters is a wank, it's an invitational tournament with 70 yr old legends included, how it gets to be classified as a major is beyond me, The Open and the US Open have full fields with pre qualifying around the world (at least The Open does), the Masters just allows for the priviliged to retain their playing rights, same as the season opening Mercedes Championship and the events under the umbrella of the WGC, fine by me, let them have the events but don't let invitational events, like the Masters count on the official money top 125, all it does is further enshrine the elite instead of allowing others through, just remember John Daly


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The political season continues, at least in Berlin, where a three-man race has developed for the District 1 council seat, a vacancy created by Gee Williams' recent election to mayor. This is a compelling situation. As we learned in the October election, three-way races in a small town can be interesting, and it's really anyone's game because the vote becomes diluted. A certainty in most special elections is low voter turnout, and this election on Dec. 16 should be no different. In last month's election, 394 votes were cast in the District 2 race and that's believed to be a record as far as turnout. The winner was Lisa Hall, who secured 42 percent of the vote, or 167 votes. Logic dictates fewer residents will turn out as last month when a contested mayoral race was featured on the ballot. Additionally, the candidates will surely be battling a bit of voter fatigue among the constituency as next month's election will mark the fourth time many have voted this year and three times in the last month.
A number of local organizations and businesses are pooling their resources to try and help the county's Humane Society in West Ocean City after it was victimized by a burglary last week. It was reported the facility's stockpile of pet food and other goods was cleaned out, leaving the shelter in a precarious position. Unfortunately, it will be a tall order for authorities to catch the culprit, but my guess is someone with knowledge of how the shelter operates pulled this off. We understand some shelter volunteers have a suspect in mind that may or may not have volunteered previously, but proving it could be problematic for police. Whether there will ever be any justice in the case is unknown, probably unlikely, but it's refreshing to see the community is trying to right the wrong by lending a hand.
Ocean City property owners received a citizens' report on fiscal year 2008 in the mail this week after it was presented to the Mayor and Council last week. The report gives an overview of the town's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, an extensive 132-page document that details just about everything you could ever want to know about the resort. I spent some time this week trudging through the impressively organized and detailed report. Here's some things I found interesting:
— The town's principal employers showed who had the most number of employees for the quarter ending June 30, 2008. Topping the list was the Harrison Group, owner of 10 hotels, five restaurants and eight cafes and pools bars in town, 1,130 employees, or 3.67 percent of the total county employment, followed by Phillips, 650, 2.11 percent; Seacrets, 510, 1.66 percent; and Bayshore Development (the two Jolly Roger amusement parks and three resort hotels), 500, 1.63 percent.
— The average summer population hit its peak in 2001 at 266,901. In 2008, it came in at 258,726.
— The Harrison Inn Stardust Inc. (the Hilton property) tops the list of principal taxpayers in Ocean City with a property valuation of more than $64 million. Rounding out the top three were Americana Stowaway Motel, Inc., $57 million, and 91st Street Joint Venture (Princess Royale Oceanfront), $41 million.
–Although the property tax rate has declined over the last three years, from 47 cents to 41 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, the town's property tax revenues have soared from $33 million in fiscal 2006 to $43.7 million in fiscal 2008. Just for comparison's sake, in fiscal 1999, the town collected $18.1 million in property taxes.
— As expected, most of the town's revenues come from property taxes. The breakdown includes property taxes, 57 percent; other taxes, which include room, admissions, income and highway user taxes, 18 percent; charges for services, such as licenses and building permits, fines and others, 17 percent; capital/operating grants and contributions, such as Program Open Space, tourism development and police and security programs, 4 percent; and other, including investment earnings, 4 percent.
— The town currently has 3,006 traffic lights, compared to 2,997 in 2007 and 2,042 in 2006 and 2,320 in 1999.

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DUBOIS – Anyone interested in training for a career in the natural gas industry is encouraged to attend the Natural Gas Careers Forum and Exposition at Penn State DuBois on April 26.
The event will highlight the educational opportunities available at Penn State DuBois that will prepare individuals for a career in the natural gas industry by providing the training they'll need to qualify for most jobs.
During the forum, industry professionals will offer presentations on the gas industry and Marcellus Shale, as well as the career opportunities available. Educators from Penn State DuBois will cover all of the training options offered on campus, including degree programs and non-credit courses.
The exposition will feature the Drake Well Museum's Mobile Energy Education and Training Unit (MEET-U), a 44-foot long rolling exhibit. Housed primarily in a modified tractor-trailer, the MEET-U features hands-on activities such as videos, artifacts, and interactive experiments designed to educate participants about various forms of energy including oil, gas, coal, wind and solar.
Representatives from local employers in the natural gas industry will also be on-hand during the exposition to speak with those interested in working in the field. Professionals from Penn State DuBois Continuing Education and from the ShaleTEC training and education center of Williamsport will also be available to speak more about options for education and answer questions. There will also be a screening of the film FracNation.
The Natural Gas Careers Forum is slated for 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. on April 26, in the Hiller Auditorium at Penn State DuBois.
The exposition will follow from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the student union, as well as the MEET-U exhibit in the parking lot. Lunch is available for purchase at the Lion's Den Café.
Individuals planning to attend are asked to submit an RSVP to Jeannine Hanes at email@example.com or 814-375-4836.


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Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America. Common names include Turk's cap lily, turban lily, swamp lily, lily royal, or American tiger lily.
Lilium [members of which are true lilies] is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though their range extends into the northern subtropics. Many other plants have "lily" in their common name but are not related to "true" lilies.
Classification of garden forms. Numerous forms, mostly hybrids, are grown for the garden. They vary according to the species and interspecific hybrids that they derived from, and are classified in the following broad groups:
Asiatic hybrids [Division I]: These are plants with medium-sized, upright or outward facing flowers, mostly unscented.
Martagon hybrids [Division II]
These are based on Lilium dalhansonii, Lilium hansonii, Lilium martagon, Lilium medeoloides, and Lilium tsingtauense. The flowers are nodding, Turk's cap style [with the petals strongly recurved].
Candidum [Euro-Caucasian] hybrids [Division III]
This includes mostly European species
American hybrids [Division IV]
These are mostly taller growing forms, originally derived from Lilium bolanderi, Lilium × burbankii, Lilium canadense, Lilium columbianum, Lilium grayi, Lilium humboldtii, Lilium kelleyanum, Lilium kelloggii, Lilium maritimum, Lilium michauxii, Lilium michiganense, Lilium occidentale, Lilium × pardaboldtii, Lilium pardalinum, Lilium parryi, Lilium parvum, Lilium philadelphicum, Lilium pitkinense, Lilium superbum, Lilium ollmeri, Lilium washingtonianum, and Lilium wigginsii.
Many are clump-forming perennials with rhizomatous rootstocks.
Longiflorum hybrids [Division V]
These are cultivated forms of this species and its subspecies. They are most important as plants for cut flowers, and are less often grown in the garden than other hybrids.
Trumpet lilies [Division VI]
This group includes hybrids of many Asiatic species and their interspecific hybrids, including Lilium × aurelianense, Lilium brownii, Lilium × centigale, Lilium henryi, Lilium × imperiale, Lilium × kewense, Lilium leucanthum, Lilium regale, Lilium rosthornii, Lilium sargentiae, Lilium sulphureum and Lilium × sulphurgale.
The flowers are trumpet shaped, facing outward or somewhat downward, and tend to be strongly fragrant, often especially night-fragrant.
Oriental hybrids [Division VII]
These are based on hybrids within Lilium section Archelirion, specifically Lilium auratum and Lilium speciosum, together with crossbreeds from several species native to Japan, including Lilium nobilissimum, Lilium rubellum, Lilium alexandrae, and Lilium japonicum.
They are fragrant, and the flowers tend to be outward facing. Plants tend to be tall, and the flowers may be quite large. The whole group are sometimes referred to as "stargazers" because many of them appear to look upwards.
Other hybrids [Division VIII]
Species [Division IX]
All natural species and naturally occurring forms are included in this group.
The flowers can be classified by flower aspect and form:
Flower aspect: up-facing, out-facing, down-facing,
Flower form: trumpet-shaped, bowl-shaped, flat [or with tepal tips recurved], tepals strongly recurved [with the Turk's cap form as the ultimate state]
Photos: Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore [20160625]
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Monday, April 12, 2010
Janet's Guide to Salt Lake City--Food Close By the Library
For restaurants, I thought I'd start with the places to grab a bite that are closest to the conference and the Family History Library. There is a great map of downtown, showing a list of restaurants and nightlife on a wider range, but let me tell you about the places closest to the conference.
The closest, closest restaurant is JBs on the corner of West Temple and South Temple right in between the library and the Salt Palace. If you are not to picky, and just don't want to walk anywhere, JB's is your place.
But if you are willing to walk a block (1/8 of a mile), there are lots of other great options right near the library and the Salt Palace.
To the South, on Second south, is Toaster's Deli. With a wide assortment of sandwiches, soups and salads, this coffee shop is an award winning place to grab a bite and get back to the conference.
To the East of the Salt Palace there are lots of other great options too. Common chain restaurants within a block are the Olive Garden at the South East corner of the Convention Center, and Benihanas across the street to the East. A new restaurant winning high awards called the Naked Fish Bistro where you can get reservations on the website. It is right across the street from the Salt Palace on the corner of 1st South. I haven't tried it yet, but I've seen reviews all over the place. It is supposed to be fantastic Japanese cuisine. Just past the Naked Fish on First South is Cafe Molise, a good Italian restaurant with a nice garden patio and Jazz on Friday nights.
There are three favorites with the locals on the block between first and second south too. Siegfried's Delicatessen is one of my favorites from from my high school days and even though it has changed hands and changed locations it is still a great place to get authentic German food on Second South And Lamb's Grill, is like a step back in time and is a favorite for breakfast with locals, but really has great food all around. Lambs is on the other side of the block on Main Street between first and second south. Then of course there is Blue Iguana with big plates of great Mexican food in a basement place down in the middle of the block.
The hotels close by have some good restaurants too. To the South is the Marriott with Elevations Restaurant, Destinations Lounge, and Starbucks. Elevations is the Marriott's American/Continental restaurant. The Hilton is a favorite place with Spencer's for Steaks and Chops. You can book reservations on their website and I highly recommend it. And the Radisson to the North of the Conference Center has the Copper Canyon Grill House, another great place where you can't go wrong with most anything on the menu.
Then to the North and East along South Temple, on the East side of Temple Square you'll find the Joseph Smith Memorial Building with the Roof, Garden Restaurant and Nauvoo Cafe, and just beyond that in Brigham Young's historic home, the Lion House Pantry. The Roof is a fine restaurant on the tenth floor with sweeping views of Salt Lake and a large gourmet buffet. The Garden Restaurant is on the other side of the floor, but with a more casual setting and smaller prices. And the Nauvoo Cafe is on the main floor of the Joseph Smith Building with fabulous sandwiches and bread pudding to die for. Then the Lion House Pantry is your place for home style cooking with famous rolls and food that has inspired a popular line of cookbooks.
So there you have it. There are plenty of great options right next to the conference center and the library. You don't even have to go very far.
4 comments:
- Finn said...
Another great place to eat is J. Wong Asian Bistro just across 2nd South from the Salt Palace. Great Food!!
- April 12, 2010 at 4:09 PM
- Janet Hovorka said...
You are right. That's a great addition. Thanks.
- April 12, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Sheri Fenley said...
What can you tell us about the "cafeteria" - the one where you are supposed to ask in the FHL for a pass to eat there? What are the prices like, is it crowded, what is the best time eat there, etc.
- April 12, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Janet Hovorka said...
I hadn't heard about these passes but have looked into it. There is a cafeteria in the basement of the LDS Church Office Building (East of Temple Square) that is usually designated for church employees only. I believe it is open from 10 to 1:30 daily and has exceptionally low prices. Apparently you can ask at the information desk at the Family History Library for a pass to eat that day at this cafeteria. The person I talked to didn't think there would be a limit to the passes given out the week of NGS, but I would definitely check with the information desk early in the morning. And I would expect the cafeteria to be most busy between noon and 1:00.
- April 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM


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Shayton Equilibrium-Hypercar by Andrej Stanta
Andrej Stanta Designs The Shayton Equilibrium Hypercar
Andrej Stanta, the author of the award winning project Shayton Equilibrium - Hypercar by Andrej Stanta demonstrates, Shayton Equilibrium represents pure hedonism, perversion on four wheels, an abstract concept to most people and realization of dreams to lucky few. It represents ultimate pleasure, a new perception of getting from one point to another, where the goal is not as important as the experience. Shayton is set to discover the limits of material capabilities, to test new alternative green propultions and materials that could enhance the performance while preserving the pedigree of the hypercar. Phase that follows is to find the investor/s and make Shayton Equilibrium a reality..
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Tickets for the "Frozen Frontier presented by Rochester Area Honda Dealers"
will go on sale Saturday, September 21
(Rochester, NY)… The Rochester Americans, in conjunction with the Rochester Red Wings, unveiled today the official name and logo, as well as released all ticketing information regarding the outdoor hockey festival to be held at Frontier Field this December 13-22. It was also announced that the Lake Erie Monsters will be the Amerks' opponent in their regular season outdoor game at Frontier Field onFriday, Dec. 13.
"This will be an exciting week for the city of Rochester, the state of New York and, of course, the game of hockey," said Ted Black, president of the Rochester Americans. "With more than 10 teams coming from all corners of the state – and from all levels of the game – to play hockey, this will be a tremendous event to showcase the exceptional hockey teams we have in this region. More importantly, it will be a fun and different way to experience hockey. Whether you're a player or a fan watching your favorite team, these games will be the games you'll never forget being a part of."
Rochester's opponent for the game, the Lake Erie Monsters, are based in Cleveland, Ohio, a city with a rich history in the American Hockey League and a long-standing rival of the Amerks. The Cleveland Barons were an original AHL franchise in 1936 and went on to win nine Calder Cup championships. The Amerks and Barons twice met in the Calder Cup Final, with Cleveland winning in 1957 and Rochester taking home the Cup in 1966. The current incarnation of professional hockey in Cleveland, the Lake Erie Monsters have been members of the AHL since 2007.
OFFICIAL NAME: Frozen Frontier presented by Rochester Area Honda Dealers
"Hockey and Honda in Rochester are a great mix. The Rochester Area Honda dealers are pleased to partner with the Frozen Frontier," said Steve Ralph, president of the Greater Rochester Area Honda Dealers. "This is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime event that we look forward to bringing to the community. This is Rochester's own Winter Classic."
LOGOS: See attachments. The Frozen Frontier logo with the Honda decal will be used for all promotion and marketing of the event while the logo without the Honda decal will be used on all merchandise.
- Friday, December 13 (7:00 p.m.): Rochester Americans vs. Lake Erie Monsters
- Saturday, December 14 (12:00 p.m.): RIT Tigers (women) vs. Clarkson Golden Knights
- Saturday, December 14 (7:00 p.m.): RIT Tigers (men) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles
- Sunday, December 15 (1:00 p.m.): Sabres/Amerks Alumni Game
- Saturday, December 21: Section V Rivalry Day – matchups TBA
- Sunday, December 22: Section V Rivalry Day – matchups TBA
TICKETING INFO: Tickets for all Frozen Frontier events will go on sale Saturday, September 21at the Frontier Field Box Office. Tickets will NOT be available for purchase at the Blue Cross Arena. Following September 21, tickets for all Frozen Frontier events will also be sold at all area Wegmans locations and online at Tickets.com.
Both Red Wings and Amerks season tickets holders will have the opportunity to purchase tickets prior to the general public. Season seat holders for both clubs will be mailed order forms in the coming days with all ticketing information.
RIT will host a pre-sale for ONLY the RIT games beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 7 at the Gordon Field House Box Office. This pre-sale will only be for students and faculty with a valid RIT ID.
"We are proud to be part of this historic event," said Lou Spiotti Jr., RIT Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. "Like so many other major athletic events hosted in Rochester, it will be a point of pride for this community. RIT wishes to thank the Buffalo Sabres, Red Wings, Amerks and Greater Rochester Area Honda Dealers for making the Frozen Frontier a reality."
Tickets for all Frozen Frontier events will be split into three different price levels: 200 level, 100 level and Limited View. See attached seating diagrams for specifics on seat designations.
Ticket prices for the Amerks game are as follows: $15 (Limited View), $25 (100 level) and $35 (200 level).
Ticket prices for the RIT men's game and the Sabres/Amerks alumni game are as follows: $10 (Limited View), $15 (100 level) and $25 (200 level).
Tickets are just $10 across all levels for the RIT women's game and Section V rivalry days. Please note, only one ticket ($10) is needed per day for the high school hockey games.
The only way for non-season seat holders to guarantee themselves tickets to these events is to purchase All-Access Packages which are on sale now. The All-Access Package includes tickets toALL Frozen Frontier events, an official Frozen Frontier winter cap and one ticket voucher for both an Amerks (2013/14 season) and Red Wings (2014 season) game. This All-Access Package, valued at $175 (200 level), can be purchased for just $60 (limited view), $80 (100 level) or $110 (200 level).
"We are looking forward to partnering with the Rochester Area Honda Dealers, Amerks, Sabres, RIT and Rink Specialists to make this once in a lifetime opportunity for our community become a reality," said Dan Mason, general manager of the Red Wings. "We look forward to announcing some more exciting information surrounding this project in the coming weeks."
FOR MORE INFO: All information regarding the Frozen Frontier, including ticketing, merchandise, food & beverage, sponsorship and much more is now available by visiting www.frozenfrontier2013.com.
Additional announcements will be made on Saturday, August 24 and Saturday, August 31 prior to Red Wings home games at Frontier Field.


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5 Reasons To Fret Over DTV Coupons
The federal government continues to bungle the transition to digital television, this time by making it difficult for consumers to redeem subsidy coupons for DTV converter boxes.
Consumers can request the $40 coupons now, but they expire after 90 days even though converter boxes are still not widely available. Mouse Print broke down all the known caveats:
1. You cannot combine the coupons toward the purchase of a single box (each will cost between $50 and $70 approximately).
2. The coupons expire 90 days from their mailing to you, and expired coupons will not be replaced.
3. There are only 22.5 million coupons unless Congress authorizes 11.25 million more.
4. While some boxes have already been approved, more are expected.
5. Many if not most retailers do not have the boxes in stock yet.
If you or your grandparents still rely on bunny ears to receive your television signal, ask your local electronics store when they expect to stock the digital converter boxes before requesting your subsidy coupon.
Mouseprint rightly argues that the coupons should not expire. The federal government shouldn't worry that throngs of coupon-wielding seniors will bankrupt the treasury by simultaneously redeeming their DTV coupons. This is the sort of problem the government might be able to tackle if a single official was overseeing the DTV transition.
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This isn't your average loose braid. Celebrity hairstylist Ryan Trygstad shows you how to recreate this knotted plait.
1. Part and curl your hair. Create a side part over the arch in your right eyebrow using the tip of your pinky finger. Then, keeping the clamp on your curling iron down, wrap pieces of your hair around the rod to create natural beachy waves instead of tight spirals.
2. Separate your hair into three sections.
3. Tie one section of your hair into knots. Model Brooke Shunatona grabbed the right section and began tying it into knots (the same way you'd tie a shoelace into a knot) until she reached the end of her hair. "Having one section differ from the other two just adds a cool twist to an otherwise relaxed braid," Trygstad says.
4. Secure the knotted strand with a hair elastic so it doesn't unravel.
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Welcome to Maine Department of Corrections Industries
The Maine Department of Corrections operates Industries Programs in five of our Adult Facilities.
Our goal is to provide quality products to the public and other agencies while, very importantly, keeping as many prisoners busy as possible.
With average program revenues exceeding 1.5 million annually, Industries is primarily a self-funded operation and has been described by Washington D.C. consultants as "Unique to the Nation".
The Prison Industries Upholstery Shop is the home of the state's only Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP), a federally certified program which allows prisoners to work for private enterprise, and grants an exemption from federal restrictions on prisoner-made goods in interstate commerce. This highly regulated program enables participating prisoners to earn money which goes toward reimbursing the state for their room and board expenses, as well as paying victim restitution and child support.
The Maine State Prison Showroom, still located on Route 1 in Thomaston, Maine (207-354-9237), is the largest retailer of over 600 crafted products, but there are also over 60 private vendors approved to resell prison-made goods throughout the State of Maine.
The Showroom is open year round 7 days a week 9-5.
Products are available for sale to the public by visiting the Maine State Prison Showroom on Route 1 in Thomaston, Maine. The Showroom is open year round 7 days a week from 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. You may call for product availability at (207) 354-9237 or e-mail the Showroom. **For customers using GPS, our physical address is 358 Main St., Thomaston, Me. 04861
Our Industries Programs include:
Woodshop--MSP, MCC, CCF
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The Course:
The minute I looked at the Stevens Creek 50k map I knew it would be a great course. The 31 mile route completes an aesthetic and comprehensive tour of the gorgeous Upper Stevens Creek watershed and Skyline South Region, including narrow single tracks in Douglas Fir and hardwood forest, stream crossings, and wide views across expansive meadows to the Pacific Ocean and the entire Bay Area. I train in this area, but seeing all the landscapes from Saratoga Gap to Rapley Ranch at once was truly rewarding. It is indeed one of the most scenic 50k courses in the country.
More photos and details after the jump!
The Weather:
Weather is a big factor in this area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The open areas on Long Ridge and Russian Ridge are susceptible to strong headwinds and searing heat this time of year. In the days leading up to this race, the Bay Area was going through a mini heat wave with temperatures soaring into the 90's and I was worried about a repeat of last year's extreme heat. Fortunately, the weather pattern radically changed on Saturday and by Sunday a bona fide weather system was approaching leaving race day conditions overcast and comfortable in the lower 60's – idyllic running weather as far as I'm concerned. There was a bit of wind on Russian Ridge, but I took solace from the fact that it can be much windier up there. Later that afternoon/evening, the system moved ashore producing the first substantial rain of the season in the SF Bay. It was unsually early for such a soaking rain. In fact, San Francisco Airport has never before seen rain on September 13th and yesterday it rained 0.27 inches!
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Through my training runs in the area, I knew that the previous course record of 4:27:25 by Lon Freeman was feasible but going sub 4 hours would be difficult. There is over 5,000 feet of elevation gain on the course and virtually no flat real estate to push the pace. I reached Saratoga Gap aid station in about 1:22 (11 miles) and the Skyline Ridge aid station in 2:24 (19.5 miles). With 11.5 miles to go and 95 minutes to go sub 4 hours, it seems very possible, right? Well, the last portion of the race is challenging with five separate hill climbs – none of them huge, but each of them are taxing. I temporarily talked myself out of sub four climbing the Ancient Oaks Trail, but when I arrived at the Russian Ridge parking lot in 3:43 with a little over 2 miles to go I knew I could do it with one more hill to go! I made it in 3:58:37, tired but happy to enjoy such a beautiful day on the trails. I felt pretty solid throughout the run and I think I am finally starting to nail down a hydration and nutrition routine.
The Organization:
Race organization was fantastic – so good that RD Steve Patt gets to run in his own race! There is no race fee, but donations are suggested for the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, which has played a large role in helping to protect habitat and open space in the Bay Area. All finishers received a sweet bandana with a trail map of the South Skyline Region Trail system. Sandwiches and chocolate zucchini bread also greeted the runners and volunteers at the finish. For the win, I received a very nice plaque with a picture of Stevens Creek. For the course record, I received a bottle of wine from Picchetti Winery! Pierre-Yves Couteau finished in second and Jason Reed was third. Complete results here. Congrats to all the participants and thanks to the race director and all the volunteers for a great day on Skyline!


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SEASIDE >> Googie is a funny-sounding, vowel-draped word that has nothing to do with a search engine (it"s pointless and probably illegal to Googie someone). And it"s not another word for baby talk, or a synonym for mucus, or the name of an outcast Teletubbie.
Googie is the exaggerated modern architecture seen in the coffee shops and bowling alleys of the 1950s and 1960s, defined by upswept roofs, geometric shapes, dramatic angles and a certain space-age, gee-whiz element (think "Jetsons" or Disney"s Tomorrowland).
An intriguing new restaurant in Seaside will open in June as a casual neighborhood eatery that promises to recall the Googie era in fun, engaging ways. The Googie Grill at the "entrance" to Seaside (1520 Del Monte Blvd.) will offer simple comfort food (burgers, fries, wood-fired pizzas) with modern twists in an upbeat, contemporary setting.
Longtime, long-retired local restaurateur Jack Hakim (with 50 years in the game, owning Scandia and The Avenue in Carmel, and working as a server at some of the Monterey Peninsula"s finest restaurants, including The Sardine Factory, Pacific"s Edge and The Lodge at Pebble Beach) has turned a unique 1950s building he owns into a new venture.
Hakim has spent the last year renovating the Seaside spot, formerly Phat Burger.
"The building itself inspired me," Hakim said. "The tilted walls and windows, the geometric angles. I wanted to create a restaurant around it."
The whole project is a family approach. Hakim will oversee the new eatery while giving his daughter, local teacher Jennifer Kadosh, a new career path. Hakim"s other daughter Lisa Allen, who co-owned Monterey"s Trailside Caf?, will also pitch in.
Kadosh will manage the joint, and Hakim"s former Scandia chef Tedulo Pinto (who most recently worked at Anton & Michel in Carmel) will handle the kitchen, cranking out breakfast, lunch and dinner in a fast-casual setting.
"When we started talking about ideas for a restaurant, Dad really loved this building, and we started researching Googie architecture," Kadosh said. "It will be just a touch of Googie to bring it together in a really fun way."
That dramatic style will be reflected in the angular walls and windows and splashes of neon paint, as well as Googie lamps and fixtures. Crews have remodeled the building, replaced the kitchen and covered the once open-air patio.
Hakim wants to attract families, college students, neighborhood workers and anyone interested in "fresh, delicious comfort food."
Googie Grill will price its menu items in the $6-$15 range, and will serve beer and wine. Customers will place their orders with friendly, expert staff at the counter and food will be delivered to the table.
"The menu will reflect our taste and style, and my dad"s experience," Kadosh said.
Hakim calls it "American food with a twist," and it"s his belief that "comfort food is coming back, and we"re going to make good quality food with fresh ingredients."
The grill will open for breakfast daily at 7:30 a.m., and serve a lunch and dinner menu from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Who makes the best bloody?
Born in Paris when the 18th Amendment met the Russian Revolution, the Bloody Mary has become an iconic American cocktail.
While its original name and recipe may be disputed (also, it does not, in fact, cure hangovers as some insist), its birthplace is certain. Ferdinand "Pete" Petiot invented the Bloody Mary at Harry"s New York Bar in Paris in the 1920s, as thirsty Americans escaping Prohibition loved the new spirit vodka introduced by emigres from Russia.
Petiot experimented with the potent Russian spirit, combining it with American canned tomato juice. He called it the Bucket of Blood, and the drink made its way to America in 1933, after Petiot headed up the King Cole Bar at the St. R?gis Hotel in New York. There they called it "Red Snapper" (the name they still use today).
Why the Bloody Mary history lesson? Well, I"ve had a hankering lately for this complex cocktail, and want to identify the best Bloody Mary on the Peninsula. Help me by emailing me in your nominations. I will set out on a month-long quest to find the best.
Where there"s smoke there"s fire
My column on the lack of barbecue joints hit a few nerves. Here are a few excerpts from my email box:
"Californians don"t know barbecue. They grill and they chill. Barbecue takes patience and expertise. What we have here is substandard, shortcut barbecue, period. It"s no surprise that the best place is a chain from Texas (Dickey"s)."
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"I can"t believe you write about barbecue and don"t mention Salinas City BBQ. Have you never eaten there? Brisket that will make you cry. Pork that will make you swoon. Ribs. Dude, ribs. And their sides are fantastic … cole slaw, potato salad and beans that are excellent. Here"s what I think you should do: 1) Go to Salinas City BBQ and have your mind blown. 2) Write a follow-up and share the good news!"
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"We were very disappointed with the local offerings until we discovered BBQ 152 in Gilroy. Please go sample it and report back. You will not be sorry."
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I think they made my point. If we have to patronize a franchise, or drive to Gilroy, then something is amiss.
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Our food scene gained unprecedented street cred over the last few weeks, with several new pop-ups and ethnic-food events.
Hotspot jeninni kitchen + wine bar in Pacific Grove let visiting chef Paras Shah take over the premises on April 29 for a Filipino-inspired pop-up. The New York chef has worked at such prestigious restaurants as el bulli in Roses, Spain, as well as Momofuku Noodle Bar and Per Se, both in New York.
Shah is currently a chef-contestant with the Dinner Lab National Tour, a membership-based pop-up dinner series with events in major cities across the United States, where the winner of the competition will be awarded a stake in their own restaurant. His crudo of local petrale sole with loquat, black garlic, nori puree and calamansi espuma brought actual applause to our table.
The Monterey Street Food Festival at the fairgrounds was a rousing success, with a dozen trucks and carts serving everything from Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches to Korean meat sticks called bulgogi. The meat stick came from Carmel Valley barbecue caterers Gangsta Grill Smoke House (206-6705). Owner John Hendricks makes a mean pulled pork, and hinted at a brick-and-mortar store in the valley someday soon.
I gave him a hug and wished him Godspeed.
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Googie is an architectural style that was born in Southern California in the 1940s and died out in the 1960s. Here are a few tidbits about the style, from Googie Architecture Online.
Origins: The style is traced back to designer John Lautner. The look got a name in 1949 when he opened Googie"s in Los Angeles in 1949.
Elements: Upswept roofs, large domes, large sheet glass windows, boomerang shapes, amoebae shapes, atomic models, starbursts, exposed steel beams and flying saucer shapes are most common.
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Best-Selling Author Coming to SUNY CantonMonday, September 17th, 2012
SUNY Canton will be hosting New York Times Best Sellers List author Mary Karr to open its Fall 2012 Living Writers Series.
Karr, who has won multiple awards for her non-fiction work, will be reading from her book "Lit: A Memoir" and answering questions about her writing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, in the Richard W. Miller Campus Center's Kingston Theater. The event is free and open to the public. Karr will be available for book signings at the end of her presentation.
"We are able to bring award-winning authors to SUNY Canton through our brand-new Living Writers (ENGL264) Course created within our humanities department," said School of Business and Liberal Arts Interim Dean Maureen P. Maiocco. "Assistant Professor Phil LaMarche created the class, and invited authors to enhance our culturally rich programming."
LaMarche described Karr as a writing rock star with relatable cathartic prose that modern students can easily identify with and learn from.
"Mary Karr's 'Lit' includes a cast of characters that make modern reality-shows look like a pack of rank amateurs," LaMarche said. "Her work is harrowing, hilarious and full of heart. Her story is no mere carnival ride, but a genuine tale of love, forgiveness and salvation."
Karr is most widely known for her best-selling memoirs, but regards herself primarily as a poet. She's a 2004 Guggenheim Fellow in poetry, and has written four volumes of verse, including "Sinners Welcome." Her most popular book to date is "The Liar's Club," which remained on the New York Times Best Seller's List for more than a year. Her most recent book "Lit: A Memoir," presents readers with the story of her alcoholism, recovery and conversion to Catholicism.
Future presenters include Daniel Torday, author of "The Sensualist" at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17, and Adam Levin, author of "The Instructions" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14. Both events are scheduled to take place in the College's Kingston Theater and are free and open to the public.
Fall 2012 is the first semester that the ENGL264 course has been offered. Students enrolled in the class read the books by authors scheduled to visit the College. LaMarche plans to offer the Living Writers course, and the related Living Writers Series, again during the spring semester with several different authors.
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If You Count Tablets, Then Apple Is the Leader in a Growing PC Market
Research houses typically consider PCs and tablets separate beasts when they compile their market share reports. But as the tablet increasingly begins to serve the same functions as the PC, some are merging the two in their quarterly estimates of the PC market, and the results are worth noting.
Common knowledge has it that PC shipments declined in the fourth quarter of 2012, undermined by a weak economy and an increase in tablet usage. But, if you include tablet shipments in this assessment, you get a drastically different result.
Research outfit Canalys did just that and found that worldwide PC shipments during the fourth quarter increased 12 percent year over year. And the PC market leader for that period? Apple. The company shipped 27.0 million PCs (23 million iPads and 4 million Macs), capturing more than 20 percent of the PC market. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo claimed second and third place, with 15 million and 14.8 million PCs shipped, respectively. That's about an 11 percent share.
Regardless of where you stand in the is-the-tablet-a-PC-or-isn't-it argument, these are pretty interesting numbers. They speak to the shift we're seeing in personal computing right now, and looking them over you can't help but recall the "post-PC" credo with which Steve Jobs launched the iPad.
"A lot of folks in this tablet market are rushing in and they're looking at this as the next PC. The hardware and the software are built by different companies. And they're talking about speeds and feeds just like they did with PCs.
"But our experience and every bone in our body says that that's not the right approach. That these are post-PC devices that need to be even easier to use than a PC. That need to be even more intuitive than a PC. And where the software and the hardware and the applications need to intertwine in an even more seamless way than they do on a PC.
"And we think we're on the right track with this. We think we have the right architecture not just in silicon, but in the organization to build these kinds of products. And so I think we stand a pretty good chance of being pretty competitive in this market."


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Nope, the woman who was the HIT of the 2008 Republican National Convention not to mention the party's VP nominee, Sarah Palin, has not yet received an invitation to speak at the 2012 shindig. Must be stuck in, ahem, e-mail.
But, as Palin told The Daily Beast, she wasn't surprised. And not because she hasn't endorsed her party's nominee, Mitt Romney, other than to tout him someone who isn't President Obama and has a pulse.
"What can I say?" Palin told The Beast.
"I'm sure I'm not the only one accepting consequences for calling out both sides of the aisle for spending too much money, putting us on the road to bankruptcy, and engaging in crony capitalism."
"In accepting those consequences," she added, "one must remember this isn't Sadie Hawkins and you don't invite yourself and a date to the Big Dance."
Nevertheless, she told The Beast that she's keeping her calendar open around convention
"No matter the Romney campaign strategy," she says, "I intend to do all I can to join others in motivating the grassroots made up of independents and constitutional conservatives who can replace Barack Obama at the ballot box."
As we learned and saw first hand during the Iowa Straw Poll last summer, even when Palin ISN'T part of the race, she becomes The Story.


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For years, a picture of Dr. Francis Collins, torn from the pages of a 1989 issue of Newsweek, held fast to our refrigerator door. Two red magnets placed him in the middle of Little League schedules, school rosters and Citizen of the Month certificates.
When Collins discovered the gene for cystic fibrosis, my daughter was only 5 years old and no stranger to the hum of a nebulizer or to swallowing pancreatic enzymes folded into peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. She could spell Bactrim and Proventil as easily as the words on her first-grade spelling list. But Collins' benevolent face gave us hope, and so his image stayed in our kitchen amid the other happy signs of a suburban family of four.
Two months ago, the Los Angeles Times reported a potential victory in the war against CF with the development of a new experimental drug called ivacaftor. Although ivacaftor by itself treats only a small percentage of those afflicted with cystic fibrosis, clinical trials are underway to combine it with additional drugs to target other mutations that cause the disease.
In the 22 years since the discovery of the CF gene, scientists have learned that there are hundreds of CF mutations, making a single, elegant cure less likely and scientific exploration more complicated. Still, life expectancy has improved for patients who endure periodic intravenous antibiotics, fistfuls of pills and inhalers, the steady drumbeat of the nebulizer and being shaken like a martini within the confines of a high-frequency inflatable vest attached to a noisy, powerful compressor. (At least the vest comes in pink these days, which would have been nice when my daughter was 7.)
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Learning fairly early that hand-wringing is more effective as a collective experience, I am a devoted member of a loosely constructed but all-important group of savvy CF moms. Emails fly across the Westside when new concerns arise. Our children are now young adults, brazenly optimistic and seemingly undeterred by their disease or the time-devouring regimen that is required to maintain their health. They play competitive sports, power through elite universities, take on challenging internships and devote themselves to demanding jobs — even while stopping to cough and catch their breath along the way.
After graduating from Stanford and receiving two masters degrees, my daughter now works as a health policy analyst in Washington, D.C. I am certain that her personal experiences with chronic illness and bureaucracy, coupled with her fervent belief in science, have endowed her with public policy skills she did not learn in graduate school.
As news of ivacaftor explodes within the CF community, I find myself hunting for the faded photograph of Collins that once smiled at us with silent hope every morning when we reached for the orange juice. In 1989, we celebrated the discovery of the CF gene. Now, in 2012, we embrace the new frontier in the treatment of cystic fibrosis.
Peggy Stacy is a writing tutor in Pacific Palisades. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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Debugging by Hypothesis
Last week's article got an unusually large number of comments, so I'm going to continue this theme with another example. This time, the failing program was a compiler.
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There's a technical term for people who claim that their programs don't compile because of a compiler failure rather than a bug in their own programs: arrogant. In this particular case, though, this arrogance was justified, because I would compile a program and get a bunch of error messages, and then I would compile exactly the same program again without any problems at all. Moreover, the error messages seemed to have nothing to do with my program: They would complain about invalid characters that my program most definitely did not have.
It's particularly hard to find out what is wrong when doing the same thing twice gives different results. Even worse was that the failures were rare: The spurious error messages would occur only about one time in 10. Moreover, I had nothing to do with the compiler in question, so I couldn't fix the bug even if I knew what it was. On the other hand, I needed to be able to compile my programs. What could I do?
I decided that my only chance of getting anywhere was to figure out how to reproduce the problem. If I could say to the compiler folks: "When you do X, Y, and Z, your compiler occasionally produces spurious error messages," then I might be able to get them to fix it.
This particular compiler had several phases, which were run from a shell script. As a result, the logical first step was to figure out which phase was failing. Once I had done that, I could easily change the shell script to capture a copy of the input to that phase. My hope was that I could run just that phase with that particular input, thereby provoking a failure. I would then be able to give this input file to the compiler group and tell them that their compiler occasionally, but not always, failed with this particular input.
This is probably a good time to take a step back and look at the principles behind this strategy.
- An important early step in debugging any problem is to learn how to make it fail.
- If you can divide a failing program into several parts (compiler phases in this case), and you can show that the failure is happening in a particular part, the problem will be easier to find.
- If someone else is going to be fixing the problem you have found, it is important to bundle up all the information needed to produce a failure.
These principles seem straightforward enough. However, an important one is missing:
- Once you have bundled up the information needed to produce a failure, you must verify that your information actually does produce a failure.
I would have been embarrassed indeed if I had not realized this last principle. For when I ran the failing compiler phase on the input file that I had captured from a prior failure, it worked perfectly. Every time. Apparently, something about the act of capturing the input file caused the problem to go away.
I invite readers to speculate about what might cause this state of affairs before I continue the story next week.


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16x25 Oval slant wall marquis with full heavy duty floor. Tent and floor $4000. Add interior walls $4500. See Shauna, Shauna's Camp, W11
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BAD GARB I and BAD GARB II - Now AVAILABLE from Claus the Toymaker - How do you know you are not in them unless you read them?
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For sale - Bad garb, bad garb, What'cha gonna do? What'cha gonna do when the punchline's you! - Claus the Toymaker
Porcelain dolls, stamped and gilt leather, woven tapestry panels, 24" hairpieces and much more. Space 28.
Rubber stamps hand carved by Mistress Briana - Unique to the SCA all from period sources. Copyright free! Only at the Guild of Limners.
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Claus' Guide on "How Not to Get a Laurel" - Audacious and naughty - the truth is hard and very funny. See Claus the Toymaker. #26 across from the Barn.
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Tentsmith 14x8 officer marquee pavilion. 4ft walls. $800 incl futon floor and extras. Call Ivy (917)626-9138
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Calligraphy books under $10. Many rare titles. Guild of Limners, #26, across from the Barn.
Woad, Madder, Cochineal, Brazilwood, Longwood - dyes to die for. Guild of Limners, #26.
Benefit the Chirurgeons - buy an original Pennsic 42 T-shirt, $13. Available from Claus of Burzee, #26 Merchants Row.
10x18 pavilion, blue-green. $750. Ironwood, N32
Bard's Haven is Pagan friendly. We have mead too.
The mighty Kingdom of the Outlands wishes to thank the fabulous musicians and spectacular dancers who made our Hafla such a resounding success. The memories of your grace and beauty will warm our hearts for years to come.
Hoobah Foschand for fighting in all 42 Pennsics!!!
SHIRE WARS 3, Oct 19, 5 EK Shires vs Known World, site near I-81/I-78 split in PA. Dayboard, feast. War points for marshaled, A&S, and more. See event listing at eastkingdom.org
The Chirurgeonate wishes to thank Medieval Miscellanea for donating handicap mobility items!
The Lady Renata would like to make it known that any similarities to other red-headed Rens, living or dead, is purely coincidental. *waves hand* This is not the Ren you are looking for.
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BREAKDOWN HELP NEEDED ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. Hourly or longer. Good pay and food, bonus poss. Mediaeval Misc. Space #28.
Need going home money? Merchant needs help with teardown on Friday. See Zafira at Booth #139 Plunder Lane
Looking for Investors, large and small for Agent's Trading House. See Cormac at The Pillaged Village.
Lost & Found
LOST: Handmade brass needle at underside couching class Sat. Great sentimental value. Reward for return. Contact Janina Krakowska Clan Cambion E15
Archers of Ealdormere: you've done our Kingdom proud, from flooding the range on Monday to shoot with His Majesty, to 5 for 5 on Archer Champs, to stepping up to host the youth archery tourney. Thank you. Nicolaa.
I need a ride to Washington DC on Sat or Lancaster PA on Fri or Sat. Please help: Thomas Adler Camping with Outlands Royal W03
Pennsic is safe from the Magderonica...this time
Mergatroid the Fuzzy-Headed Snuzzler, Prophet of the Church of Katy, House Ragnesfolke says
Celebrating 10 years of a Pennsic fling with M. Rosalind Jehanne. Love, your cabana boy.
To G & F, thanks for a memorable evening. U & C
Fiandnata, it's been 30 years and I love you as much today as I have for every day that has passed. Here's to many more days together. Love, Philip.
Kenshin I biteth my thumb at you – Algar
"La dame de la mort is more grateful than she can ever express to have found her partner in love and life, Lord Alexander du Lac. Thank you for being you!"
Hey Count Ingvar, it's August 1st, and you know what that means: Happy Holidays! Hugs & Pokes from Regnesfolke Myrkfaelinn
Thank you all for a fun game, team Mead Mousse. (Pennsic 42 Petanque Champions) Sometimes the Bowl of Petunias wins over the whale.
PI Staff: blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah! Nicolaa.
The Magdaronica will rise again! Next Year...
Ancaster Puzzle #5: INOWNLYCMUGA
The Shire of Black Rose congratulates its Seneschal Lady Alana O'Keeve on her engagement to Lord Joscelin l'Esquirrel at the Bhakafli Court of Love on Sunday. About time, guys. Mazel Tov.
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Like much of the rest of the country, a substantial number of American veterans of war in Iraq and Afghanistan don't think the 10-year effort has been worth the cost.
While those who entered military service after 9/11 generally have a more positive attitude toward the US role in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pew Research Center reported Wednesday, "only one-third (34%) of these recent veterans say that both wars have been worth fighting." The report also says, "Nearly as many (33%) say neither conflict has been worth the costs."
When the wars are considered individually, 50 percent said the Afghanistan war was worth fighting and 44 percent said the Iraq war was worth it. But 51 percent of post-9/11 veterans said "overreliance on military force creates hatred that breeds terrorism," while just 4 in 10 said "overwhelming military force is the best way to defeat terrorism."
As with past wars, the trauma of combat can lead to lingering and deeply personal questions about the war itself.
More than 6,000 US service members have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most veterans of those wars have served with or known somebody killed in combat. Many thousands more have been affected by these wars' distinct injuries, mainly due to roadside bombs – lost limbs, traumatic brain injury, and post-traumatic stress. With modern medical treatment facilities close to the battlefield, the ratio of those who survive despite serious wounds compared with fatal casualties is higher than in previous wars.
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But the ripple effects of combat on families have been substantial. Forty-eight percent of Iraq and Afghanistan vets report strains in family relationships, 47 percent frequently feel irritable or angry, and 37 percent said they've experienced post-traumatic stress.
While their return home was far more warmly received than Vietnam veterans', the Pew poll also finds that "84% of these modern-era veterans say that the American public has little or no understanding of the problems that those in the military face."
Still, the public on the whole has been able to separate the warrior from the war. More than 90 percent of the general US population expresses pride in the troops, and three-quarters say they have thanked someone in the military for their service.
But while public confidence in the military is at or near its highest level in decades, Pew finds, a 45 percent plurality of Americans generally say neither the Iraq nor Afghanistan wars has been worth the cost – higher than the 33 percent for vets.
"The veterans have borne the burdens of war but come back with emotional and psychological challenges to a country that does not understand them," Paul Taylor, one of the Pew report's authors, told CNN – a comment that resonates with many Vietnam vets.
Friday marks 10 years anniversary since US combat began in Afghanistan, the longest period of sustained combat in American history.
On one important thing, civilians and returning service members agree: Most (about 60 percent) have "isolationist inclinations," according to Pew surveys, "saying the United States should pay less attention to problems overseas and concentrate on problems here at home."
"The US and other international actors cannot import foreign solutions for what, in the end, are Afghan problems with only Afghan solutions," Iraq war Army vet Matt Southworth wrote on his blog this week. "The military strategy of the last decade, and particularly the last two years, has made Afghanistan less safe and the region less stable."
Mr. Southworth now works for the Friends Committee on National Legislation (the Quaker lobby) and traveled to Afghanistan on a recent fact-finding mission. "There is a need for a responsible withdrawal that recognizes an obligation to support Afghan processes going forward," he writes.
The Pew report is based on two surveys conducted over the summer. One polled 1,853 veterans, including 712 who had served in the military after 9/11 (336 of whom had served in Iraq or Afghanistan). The second survey polled 2,003 adults who had not served in the military.


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(I'd prefer a Biblically-based answer, but if an early-church author or someone like C.S. Lewis needs to be referenced, that's fine.)
Few Christians will dispute that we humans have souls, but the question is when we get it. Do we get it at conception? If so, what about twins? Surely the have different souls. Or perhaps we get our soul at some later point. In that case, is abortion okay (especially in the case of medical necessity) before that point?
Heh, is there even a widely-accepted authoritative source that answers this question?


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The U.S. Army is considering further changes to the revised physical fitness tests it has been trialing for the last six months following feedback from Army leaders and soldiers.
The Army started piloting two new tests—the Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT) and the Army Combat Readiness Test (ACRT)—in March, with the hope that both could be introduced by October. However, officials charged with implementing the new testing procedures are considering some key changes to the tests based on statistical data and feedback they received during trials of the new tests at eight bases across the country, the Army Times website reports.
Potential changes to the APRT, intended to replace the Army's 30-year-old physical fitness test (PT), include adding dead-hang pull-ups, increasing the length of the rower portion of the test from one minute to two minutes and keeping the two-mile run required by the old PT, rather than the shorter 1.5-mile run previously proposed for the APRT.
The ACRT, which includes tasks designed to simulate those that soldiers could perform in the field, may be revised to include full body armor in some testing modules.
Maj. Gen. Richard Longo, deputy commanding general of initial military training at Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), told the Army Times that the proposed changes to the APRT were being considered in response to initial test scores and suggestions from the rank and file. In addition to designing a test that accurately gauges a soldier's ability to perform in the field, TRADOC officials must consider the cost of conducting the test, whether it is fair for both male and female soldiers, and environmental factors, such as terrain at the test sites, Longo said.
TRADCOC officials now aim to finish trials of the new tests, analyze the results and agree on standards by April 2012 and implement the APRT and ACRT across the branch by October 2012.


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I missed posting yesterday, so I am going to speak to my exploits from the night before last. (Since last night was kinda slow and I didn't do much).
I helped out (and was helped out by) my Maythos guildies: Blazehammer, Valorious and Dimestealth. Thank you all..
We worked on a number of different quests in SMV. I actually remembered to take some screenshots to put up of each of the boss dudes that we killed and a pic of me disguised as a box..
First thing we did was go to kill Cyrukh the Firelord
He's Alive.. Alive!!!
Ok.. Now Dead (Woot)
Then we moved on to Makazradon …
Alive…. and… Wait for it…..
Next up they helped me with a quest in which I had to "disguise" myself as a box and listen to a conversation (seems to be a running thread in some of the BC quests.. In Draenei starting area same type of quest).. See for yourself…
Then we moved on to the quest to go find Oronok ( I think these quests lead me to killing Cyrukh [ the one I killed earlier ] ).. He has a very nice farm of domesticated boars.
I started a few more quests (like ones given from Oronok to find his sons) but ultimately it got late and I called it a night.
Ugh.. Once again I didn't have time to work on Frerevacca or Fimlys-ER, but I might put some time into them over the weekend. Next time I'm on, I'll take some screenies of them..
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Lasting longer that most reality relationships, seems like Cocktail and Ray J are still going strong as a couple. The above photo was reportedly taken last week.
It will be interesting to see how this all plays out as VH1 has greenlighted a 2nd season of For The Love of Ray J. The show got some very good ratings. Cocktail talks about her feelings towards Ray J and being in love with him in her VH1 interview below –
What has your communication with Ray been like since the show wrapped?
If we don't talk everyday, we at least text each other. We make a point to see each other at least twice a month. That's just what our schedules can fit. He's on the road and doing stuff, and lately, I've been on the road as well, with appearances and whatnot.
What's the status of your relationship? Is he your boyfriend?
Yeah. He's my boyfriend, and the fact that I'm not seeing my boyfriend as much as I'd like to is different from what I'm used to. I would love to see him everyday and have him come home to me every night. But that's not what it is, and I have to take it for what it is. I'm patiently learning his lifestyle. I expected this, but I'm sad now that I'm going through it. But it just makes the times I see him even more special.
Do you love him?
I do. I'm in love with him. I'm head over heels. When I tell my girlfriends that they're like, "Are you kidding me?" No, this is the only man in my life right now that can say anything to me and make me fall into tears. It takes someone that I care about to go through with that emotion and show my vulnerability. I know I cried every three seconds on the show, but I care about him so much that he can say anything, the sweetest thing, the most horrible thing, and I burst into tears. I'm so overwhelmed.
What did you think when that was turned on you and your participation on the Bad Girls Club became a plot point? Did you think you'd be eliminated?
No. The girls were kind of talking about it early on. When I entered the house, they told me I looked familiar. I kind of just drew the attention away from myself. I knew then that I would have to address it to Ray at some point, but I didn't early on because I didn't want him to think I was there for the wrong reasons. I knew that if nobody said anything and I was the first to later on, maybe he'd get to know me a little bit and not eliminate me because I was on another reality show. I thought I could at least get to the point where he gave me the benefit of the doubt.
That was good strategy, too. Any thoughts on being portrayed as a gold-digger on Bad Girls Club and then ending up with a guy who makes considerable bank on this show?
The whole gold-digger thing was honestly something I said to better my chances of getting on a show that I thought had a different purpose. I thought that by saying I was something I wasn't, it would give me an image. I thought it was going to make me more of an interesting character for people to watch. That's the only reason I said things like that. If I was really like that, I would come out in things that I say or my personality. I'm a social worker. I'm not into that. If you look back on my roster of ex-boyfriends, none of them are wealthy. None are famous. Nothing. I'm a down-to-earth type of gal. I don't date men for their status. If people judge me on saying I'm a gold-digger three years ago, so be it. But it was for entertainment purposes. I wanted to be on TV. And it wasn't even like I was a main character. I was a replacement, and I was boring.


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Police: Dead infant mere 'skin and bones'
Indianapolis charged in baby son's starvation death
An Indianapolis woman faces charges in connection with the starvation death of a 2-month-old son who weighed just 5½ pounds and whom a detective described as mere "skin and bones."
Court records say Phillip Robey died Thursday, weeks after a family acquaintance urged her to get him medical help. He was sleeping in a drawer of an entertainment center in a home that Indianapolis metro police Detective Tom Tudor described as "deplorable and unfit for human habitation."
Twenty-nine-year-old Bambi Glazebrook faces preliminary charges of murder and neglect. She was being held Tuesday at the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis.
Tudor says a 2-year-old child of Glazebrook also showed signs of not thriving and that the Indiana Department of Child Services had removed two other children from her care.