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The Pursuit of the Difficult
I hate to weed. I've hated it ever since my father put me to work weeding the garden at our home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It was planted with zinnias, snapdragons, and petunias, none of which seemed to grow as heartily as the weeds. After what seemed like hours of work, I never could see much progress, and I'd complain to my dad. "Mitt," he would reply, "the pursuit of the difficult makes men strong." It seems now like an awfully grandiose response for such a pedestrian task. I complained about the weeding often enough that I heard his homily regularly. I'm sure that's why it sticks with me to this day.
My father knew what it meant to pursue the difficult. He was born in Mexico, where his Mormon grandparents had moved to escape religious persecution. At five years old, Dad and his family were finally living pretty well. They had a nice home and a small farm, and Dad even had his own pony, called Monty. But in 1911, Mexican revolutionaries threatened the expatriate community, so Dad's parents bundled up their five kids, got on a train, and headed back to the United States. Their furniture, their china, his mother's sewing machine—everything they had worked hard to accumulate—had to be left behind. Once back in the States, they struggled. They moved time and again, and work was always hard to find. My grandfather established a construction business, but he went bankrupt more than once. Dad used to regale us kids with claims that one year in Idaho his family lived on nothing but potatoes—for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Dad began to contribute to the family's income early on. During his high-school years he worked long hours as a lath-and-plaster man, finishing the interior walls of new houses. He never was able to put together enough time and money to graduate from college.
Three decades later, by the time I was weeding that Bloomfield Hills garden, my father had become a successful businessman. I know he worried that because my brother, sisters, and I had grown up in a prosperous family, we wouldn't understand the lessons of hard work. That's why he put us to work shoveling snow, raking leaves, mowing the lawn, planting the garden, and of course, weeding—always reminding us that work would make us strong.
About this time, Dad faced a difficult pursuit of his own. In 1955, only five months after he became vice president of the newly created American Motors Corporation (AMC), the company's president, George Mason, died and the board of directors selected my father to succeed him. With news of Mason's death and mounting losses, the company's stock collapsed from $14.50 a share to $5.25. The banks didn't have much more confidence in the company at that moment than its stockholders did. I remember hearing my parents discussing with certainty that if the banks pulled out, the company wouldn't survive.
My parents had sold our home; we were living in a rented house while they prepared to build a new one. With my mother's blessing, Dad took the money they had put aside from the sale of their house and used it to buy AMC stock. He even used the savings he had given me for Christmases and birthdays to buy stock. He believed in himself, and he believed in hard work and what it could achieve.
Dad spent long days at the office, and when he was home, the work continued. He met with the company's bankers, shareholders, and employees, explaining his vision for the company's future: dropping the venerable Nash and Hudson brands and focusing instead on the Rambler compact car. He would eventually close the company's Michigan plant to consolidate production in Wisconsin. He agonized over that decision, but concluded in the end that "to save a patient this sick, surgery is necessary."
In 1959, AMC's stock was selling for more than $95 a share. Dad made the covers of Time and Newsweek. He and Mom built their dream home, and we kids, now even more prosperous, were given still more chores.
What Dad accomplished at American Motors prepared him for the challenges that would follow. He served as leader of Michigan's Constitutional Convention, as three-term governor of Michigan, as secretary of housing and urban development in the Nixon administration, and as founder of the National Center for Voluntary Action. And I have to admit that the weeding and chores probably didn't hurt me, either—something I understood well by the time I took the reins of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Over the years, I've come to believe that the value of "pursuing the difficult" applies much more broadly than only to individuals. When I met Tom Stemberg in 1985, he had come up with an idea for a new business, one he believed would revolutionize the retail industry, and in particular the business of selling and distributing office supplies. Tom's vision was to create the world's first big-box office products chain, one with hundreds of stores, tens of thousands of employees, and billions in revenues. Most people I spoke with thought it would never work, believing that businesspeople wouldn't leave their workplace to shop for office supplies, no matter how great the savings. But they were wrong, and today Staples is what Tom dreamed it would be.
Reaching Tom's goal was difficult. At first the manufacturers of supplies didn't want to sell to him because his idea threatened their traditional distributors. Stores were hard to locate in real-estate-cramped New En gland where he began. A ware house with multistore capacity had to be built and financed, even though at first there were only a handful of stores to serve. Copycat competitors sprung up everywhere; at one point, we counted more than a dozen. And money was tight. In the end, because Tom and his team achieved success in the face of so many challenges, Staples and its management team became very strong indeed, and now lead the industry.
Today the United States faces daunting challenges, and I am similarly convinced that if we confront them and overcome them, we will remain a strong and leading nation. Just like individuals, companies, and human enterprises of every kind, nations that are undaunted by the challenges they face become stronger. Those that shrink from difficult tasks become weaker.
Consider our nation's history and the strength we developed as we faced our greatest threats. George Washington's army was in no way comparable to the British forces he faced: his troops were untrained, unpaid, and out-manned. The British navy boasted 270 vessels, while the Continental navy had only twenty-seven. In April 1775, British warships laid siege on Boston Harbor and successfully took command of the city. But under General Washington's direction, during the following winter, Colonel Henry Knox and his men hauled fifty-nine heavy cannons on ox-drawn sleds three hundred miles from Fort Ticonderoga, New York, where they recently had been captured. Finally positioned on Dorchester Heights, a hill overlooking the harbor, the cannons threatened the annihilation of the British armada. The British navy withdrew and Boston remained in American hands. The victory was emblematic of the entire conflict: American ingenuity, derring-do, and faith in providence helped win our improbable independence from the world's superpower.
I was born after the Second World War and can only imagine the confusion, incredulity, and fear that must have overwhelmed the nation when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Yet once again, the United States rose to the occasion. In Detroit, where my father was already working in the auto industry, factories that once made cars were quickly turned into assembly lines for military aircraft. Car
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|Healing Health Care
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|An American Education
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|Running Low
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In a move that many in the U.S. might consider a mere slap on the wrist, a court in Norway has found Anders Behring Breivik sane and sentenced him to just 21 years in prison for the 2011 massacre of 77 people at a youth camp on Utoya Island.
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the "Lemon Juice Secret" ?
So, I've been meaning to ask about this - ever since we've moved up here and Floyd's been bringing home this new flour to bake with, on the back of the package there's a "tip" about using lemon juice in your yeast breads.
"To give your yeast breads superior lightness and volume simply add your own natural dough improver ... natural lemon juice ... to your favourite yeast bread recipe 1 tbsp for every 4-5 cups flour."
I was thinking at first this was like the pineapple starter I've seen you guys talk about here a lot - but am realizing the packaging is just talking about all yeast breads.
But I don't recall seeing a lot of posts about folks using lemon juice in their breads at home - so I'm wondering about your thoughts on this, and have you tried it?


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World UFO sightings [September 2009] updated regularly
Posted by dandare on October 30, 2009
Many of the sightings reported are sensationalized, with usually alot of information missing.
Please keep this in mind as you view these postings from the local and national press.
I'm afraid many also fail to follow up on their initial leads, and many reports just remain forgotten.
Some incidents could be UFO balloons (please see: https://dandare.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/ufo-balloons-what-are-they/ for more details, from a previous article).
There are also many other IFOs ( Identified Flying Objects they could be as well).
However, as i have said before, i am not sure what value they are to any UFO research.
Please be patient whilst i catch up on information/links/articles…. thank you.
Japan's first lady visits Venus [The Register]
Britain's most celebrated UFO sighting was a lorry full of fertiliser [Telegraph]
" He claimed he had been on his way home after collecting a truck he had lent to a friend when it broke down near the USAF airbase at Rendlesham in December 1980 " (extract from article). So it's taken him 29 years to speak about it; i just do not 'buy' into this at all.
Fyffe's UFO days coming to an end? [The Weekly Post]
" For anyone who has forgotten, in the late 1980s, Fyffe was the unmatched leader of the free world in UFO sightings — and gained a nationwide fame for it. For awhile, the streets were packed at night with people wanting to see a spaceship " (extract from article).
Twitter and Facebook flooded with alien theories about Google logo [Telegraph]
" The world's internet voices want to now whether the all-powerful web giant is trying to tell us something " (extract from article).
Google unexplained phenomenon doodle:mystery solved[Telegraph]
" The meaning behind a Google doodle, which featured a UFO and linked to the search term 'unexplained phenomenon', has been revealed – it was in honour of Zero Wing, a 1980s Japanese video game " (extract from article).
Google unexplained phenomenon doodle: The theories [Telegraph]
" Several competing theories have emerged about the true significance of the Google doodle featuring a UFO stealing an 'O', which was on the site on September 5 " (extract from article).
Is China hiding the truth about Aliens? [Bild.de + video] I suspect not-also source is not reliable
New book explores Kids' biggest science question, are we alone in the Universe? [marketwatch.com]
" ET meets Carl Sagan in Out of this World, a new book from Kids Can Press that asks whether there is life somewhere out there in the universe " (extract from article).
UFO or pterodactyl over Argentinian lake? [Telegraph]
mmm…my guess (+only my opinion) is neither.
" A strange object photographed over a lake in Argentina has been described as either a flying saucer or a flying dinosaur " (extract from article).
The UFO files [Denbighshire Free Press]
" THE UFO pictures in last weeks Free Press are Chinese lanterns, claims a local photographer. Chris Porteous, who owns Chris Porteous Photography, contacted the Free Press after seeing last week's front page.
"I'm pretty sure that what your readers saw were Chinese lanterns floating across the sky," he said " (extract from article).
Not a bird or a plane, but not a UFO either [PeopleDaily.com]
" The Daily Mail, however, reported on Sept 7 that China had "confirmed (that) 40 minutes of footage of the object was captured during this summer's solar eclipse and that research has already started on a year-long investigation to find out what it is".
The British newspaper quoted Ji as having said: "During the July 22 total solar eclipse observation, China had discovered near the sun an unidentified object, it's physical nature remains to be further studied."
Ji said he doesn't know why his explanation about a bright spot close to the sun, very likely to be the result of some coronal activity filmed during the total eclipse, was misunderstood " (extract from article).
Mystery of Google's crop circle and UFO doodle [Telegraph]
" A crop circle spelling Google with the "L" missing underneath a UFO is the latest of the search engine's doodles to baffle web users " (extract from article).
Google crop circle doodle mystery: coordinates clue [Telegraph]
" A new post on Google's Twitter feed has provided a clue for web users seeking to uncover the meaning behind the search giant's recent series of UFO-related Google doodles " (extract from article).
Crop circles go worldwide overnight [National Geographic]
" But last night's crop circles—vast, strange, and often intricate patterns in grain fields—took digital form, as Google's logo morphed into an alien artwork, complete with hovering UFO " (extract from article). Also goes on to mention about crop circles in general (+ videos).
Britain's X Files: RAF suspected aliens of 'tourist'visits to earth [Telegraph]
" Dr Clarke added: "There have been other people claiming responsibility for whatever happened in Rendlesham Forest. There is so much ambiguity about the incident and that is because there was not enough done at the time to look into it" " (extract from article).
UFO sightings over Britain more than triple this year [US Post Today]
" Last year, there were only 118 sightings over the same period. The previous highest number was in 1997 – the first for which figures are available – when there were 331 reports over the same period " (extract from article).
UFO Blog: The UFO Files-The inside story of real life sightings [ufoblog.com]
HG Wells' Birthday: Google UFO doodle explained [Telegraph]
" Google has admitted that recent UFOs in its logo are designed to mark the 143rd birthday of author HG Wells " (extract from article).
Google releases Martian invasion doodle to mark birthday of HG Wells [Telegraph]
UFOs this weekend? Nope just NASA having fun [spacefellowship.com]
" Reports of UFOs skyrocketed last weekend along the east coast of the US after a NASA launched an experiment to study an unusual phenomenon called noctilucent clouds, or 'night shining' clouds " (extract from article).
UFOs return to Northern Territory skies [sifyNews]
" Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) have returned to the skies of a Northern Territory hotspot, where such sightings have also been reported earlier " (extract from article).
Formby couple report spotting a UFO [Formby Times]
" They said: "It was an orange coloured object in the sky, like a tennis ball. It seemed to have a black line running through it. A small red cinder-like object then fell away from it, like a red hot coal.
"By the time we got the camera phone out the object had faded away " (extract from article).
UFO photographed over Devon [Telegraph]
" He said: "I couldn't believe it at first. The shape was about 100ft long and there were four lights coming from it initially " (extract from article).
Grease actress, Olivia Newton-John claims to have seen UFO [US Post Today]
" She has described how she saw a silver object flying across the sky at "amazing speeds" when she was 15.
"I have seen one when I was very young. It was unidentified and it was flying," she told The Sun " (extract from article).
Chinese Lanterns behind UFO sightings [Mearns Today]
" On Monday Dan Paton and Graham Philip and their respective wives, Marie and Aileen, spoke of spotting a series of eight UFOs as they left the Carron Restaurant at 8.30m on Saturday night " (extract from article).
Ufos spotted over Mildenhall [Newmarket Journal]
" "Fourteen orbs came from the Barton Mills direction and then shot into oblivion.
"Someone said they might be Chinese lanterns but they would have to have been very big.
"We have never seen anything like this before, they were bright, bright orange " (extract from article).
Airline Pilot watches three sphere UFOs south of Tucson form Triangle [Examiner.com]
" An airline pilot out walking his dogs observed three spheres in the sky that formed a triangle about 40 miles southeast of Tucson, according to witness testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) database " (extract from article).
UFO spotted over Suffolk golf course [Evening News 24]
" The 65-year-old, of Hall Farm Close, Melton, said: "We had only just left home when I saw two orange balls in the sky. I'd never seen anything like it before so my son pulled the car over and stopped. We turned the engine off and there was no sound at all. It was complete silence " (extract from article).
The UFO Phenomenon and the 'M' factor [American Chronicle]
" This conflation of serious, sober UFO minutiae, along with sci-fi, light hearted silliness only tends to dumb down the public in my view. It´s misinformation in the mildest form, and "disinformation" at worst. It´s what I call the "M" factor! " (extract from article).
Leeds cop is the UK's UFO detective [Yorkshire Evening Post]
" He has been talking about his favourite sighting in 1979 when three unsuspecting bobbies parked up for a chat and a cigarette in a quiet country lane at 3am " (extract from article).
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SXSW 2013: Nick Cave talks about the 'painful births' of his lyrics
As the music portion of SXSW 2013 kicked off on Tuesday, featured speaker, Nick Cave told an over-capacity crowd about his roots as a musician, defined by a troubled childhood and his travels as a struggling artist.
Growing up in rural Australia, Cave dreamed of being a painter and longed to escape to somewhere with a culture.
"We always looked overseas for our influences," Cave said of his infatuation with American and British culture. As a kid he loved "The Johnny Cash Show," and the dangers of the dark side to the Man in Black.
Cave started drinking at the age of 12, and soon began to use heroin, which continued for many years. After an expulsion from school, a move to Melbourne and a failing year at art school, Cave realized music was his calling.
With this urge toward music, Cave moved to London with his first band, where he said people hated his music. So then it was onto, Berlin, where even though the band was met with some skepticism, Cave was beginning to be accepted as a musician.
"(They thought) we were weird people from Australia who played some weird music." Cave said. It's during this time period that he couldn't shake feeling "very much like an imposter in the whole music scene."
Cave also spent some time discussing his early nomadic lifestyle, bouncing from place to place and his years in Brazil where he fathered a child.
As the conversation came to an end, it moved from biographical anecdotes to the music itself.
Cave said his lyrics are difficult to create -- "nasty little births," he calls them. These songs live in a "Cave-ian world," which is a world the musician prefers.
"The imaginative world to me is more reliable. I have more control and in some ways it's more interesting," Cave said.


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The case of the missing sidewalk
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Recently, I was driving down Second Street on my way to Pacifica and I noticed something I'd never noticed before: a block without a sidewalk, in downtown San Rafael.
Of course, this isn't really new, simply unnoticed. It's a blindness, really, to the needs of pedestrians on a street that has gone from a place to stroll down to a long onramp, but those needs are quite real.
On Second, between Hayes and Shaver, neither side of the block has a sidewalk. It's a very built-up area, and there are sidewalks on the blocks before and after on Second. It's a bit like paving the whole length of a road except for one isolated block that stays gravel.
It looks as though this block was an oversight. The transit line ran through here from San Anselmo, and buildings were built to turn away from that line. There wouldn't be a sidewalk here anymore than there would be one along a BART line. Once the tracks were torn up and it became a road, sidewalks were installed on a lot of the right of way, but not this bit.
Not that people don't use it. You can see a dirt track where people walk. The only other option is a detour onto First but, as any driver would know, not many people will take a five minute detour to get around a 15 second bit of gravel. If you have a stroller or are in a wheelchair, however, forget it. It's not just that the dirt track is dirt, it's also really narrow. There's a power pole right in the middle of it, which cuts the space down to about a foot or so. Nobody except an able-bodied person would be able to get around it.
We wouldn't accept this kind of treatment to drivers, so why is it acceptable to pedestrians? This is the most basic infrastructure for the most basic form of transportation available in a place where we want people to walk in the first place: downtown. Nader Mansourian, as an engineer and as director of Public Works at San Rafael, should have fixed this a long time ago. Maybe Mayor Phillips can get the ball rolling.


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You know what I really love...that you weren't afraid to paint the molding white! I am huge fan of chunky white moldings.
Gorgeous! I love that the house looks totally transformed without any major renovation so far. Very impressive!
Love that geometric mirror in your foyer. I think the Trellis pillows/cushions I am giving away (http://michellelalala.blogspot.com/2012/01/giveaway-pair-of-trellis-ikat-pillow.html) would look lovely in that space. :-) And that Troy Sausalito light in your dining room is an all-time classic!
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Wow, how impressive. The entire house looks a trillion times more beautiful than before. Way to go!!
So great! Really love how painting out the trim makes the little stained glass windows pop - you couldn't even tell they were there! Can't wait to see more as it comes together. Happy weekend!
That mirror in your entry way, WOW! Huge transformations already. Great job!
What a lovely entryway! Your house is beautiful:) And I love your doormat/doorway!
Hope you have a fantastic weekend!
Fabulous home! Esp. the kitchen, lol. Can't wait to see. This post made me smile - you have a great sense of humor (and style!)
Love your home. Love the mirror covering the blocks. And what a kitchen! Your post made me smile too. I totally agree with Tanya. You have a great sense of humor.
Have a great weekend!
The boiler transformation is quite impressive. I like how the Mr. inscribed the year it was removed
It all looks great, and yes, that kitchen had my jaw dropping then giggling. Your glass blocks solution is very clever and pretty at the same time - now that's making the most out of what you have! Great job!
Great transformations! I can't wait to see your kitchen!
Your hous brings back great memories for me - it's identical to the one my dad grew up in, in Toronto. I used to love sitting on that porch with my granndma in the evenings. Love your house!
Nice pictures. Your interior designing is excellent. Color combination, furniture and everything else is beautiful.
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Dancing by Hart: Ballet pro offers expertise
If Vince Lombardi and Shari Lewis ever had a daughter, she might have grown up to be something like Sally Hart.
To watch the 50-year-old ballet instructor teaching her young students is not unlike watching a football practice. She leads her class in preparatory stretches, she goads the children to fight through the pain, and she threatens to levy a fine if they don't do the exercises properly.
However, Hart's in-class persona is far from the blustery bravado of a typical football coach. It turns out the fine is a single shiny penny. And her unfettered enthusiasm, constant animation, and motherly compassion come through in every hushed whisper and playful bellow. Indeed, Hart's teaching is a show itself, and it's one on which the curtain just rose with the opening of her summer program.
The evident passion with which she instructs has powered Hart through a lifetime of dance, including a five- year stint with the prestigious Joffrey Ballet. However, it wasn't until she got to the Charlottesville area that her teaching career began.
Hart had put her daughter Veronica in a local ballet class on a doctor's advice to correct her inwardly turned feet. "I saw the class, and I was horrified," recalls Hart. "So I pulled her out, and people said, 'Well, you're more qualified. Why don't you teach her?' And then there were more and more parents who were saying, 'Teach my kid!'"
Fourteen years later, parents of 60 more kids are asking for Hart's services. In February, she and her husband, Gary, opened the Albemarle Ballet Theatre in Crozet. Constructed over less than 100 days in what used to be a fruit packing shed, the facility is now home to classes in ballet, jazz, and theater.
For most of her students, Hart's lessons are a new and exciting part of their lives, but even for those who have watched her teach for years, it's still a sight to behold. Says husband Gary, "I love watching her. She just has such an incredible effect on any of her students– it doesn't matter what age. It's very powerful."
Now with eight students enrolled in their "Dancing in the Streets" scholarship program, typically expensive ballet training is open not only to all ages, but to all economic classes as well.
"Kids in August with latchkeys, what do they do? This is a wonderful place to come to see what dance entails," Hart says. "I want to take this local talent, these kids who are here in this area, so they realize there's more out there."
To hear her say it, it seems that after spending decades "out there," Hart would like nothing more than teaching the students she has right here.
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In her heyday, Elaine Stewart worked alongside such screen legends as Gene Kelly, Kirk Douglas, Karl Malden, and Richard Widmark. She passed away after a long illness at the age of 81.
Stewart was a model from Montclair, New Jersey before moving to Hollywood to pursue acting. She quickly nabbed a role alongside Douglas in the 1952 film "The Bad and the Beautiful." This led to a string of roles in classic 50s film such as "Brigadoon," "Night Passage," and "The Adventures of Hajji Baba." She also appeared on the TV series "Perry Mason" and "Bat Masterson."
After marrying game show creator Merrill Heatter in 1964 (her second marriage), Stewart began a second career as a game show personality. He co-hosted the show "Gambit" beside TV icon Wink Martindale, and later teamed with future "Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek for the night time game show "High Rollers."
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I am getting excited.
Just finished laying-out and the cutting of the outline and routing templates for my new light wind summer machine.
The rocker is going to be based on the rocker dimensions of my previous boards which have been brilliant in the light stuff and for fast and early planning.
The outline however is going to be all new for this year.
So the vital statistics are 137 x 43 with a 3 stage rocker profile.
Still not sure on the concave though, will have to have a beer and think about that one.
I am also thinking hard about what to skin it with, should I use my spare Karbon/Armid 200gm cloth? or maybe some nice shiny "Holographic" carbon cloth.
Ohh choices, choices, choices and more choices.
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Schoolgirl ski death an accident
The death of a Wiltshire schoolgirl who died on a skiing holiday earlier this year has been ruled accidental. Jemima Rees crashed into a tree in the Austrian Alps during the half-term break in February.
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Jemima's father tells inquest her brother was a hero
An inquest into the death of a 10-year-old girl who died on a skiing holiday has found her death was an accident. Jemima Prees from Colerne in Wiltshire was skiing with her father and brother when she careered off the slope and crashed into trees.
Jemima's brother spent 40 minutes trying to resuscitate his sister but couldn't save her. Her father told the coroner today that he was a hero. Laura Makin-Isherwood reports.
You can find out more how Jemima's death has helped others here.
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BREAKING: Schoolgirl death accidental
The inquest into the death of a ten-year-old girl from Chippenham who died while skiing last February has found she died as the result of an accident.
Jemima Prees was on holiday with her family in the Austrian Alps when she hit a tree at high speed.
A postmortem examination found her death was caused by a traumatic brain injury, cervical spine injury along with swelling to the brain.
Inquest into death of girl killed in skiing accident
The inquest will be held today into the death of a Wiltshire schoolgirl who tragically died on a family skiing holiday earlier this year.
Jemima Rees, who was 10 and from Colerne, near Chippenham, crashed into a tree on her last run of the day in the Austrian Alps during the half-term break in February.
Her older brother Barnaby gave her CPR for 40 minutes - meaning her organs could be donated to four people - but she tragically died the following day.The inquest is being held in Salisbury this afternoon.
£20,000 raised in memory of Jemima
A charity set up in memory of a 10-year-old girl from Colerne who died in a skiing accident has raised more than £20,000 in just three months.
Jemima Prees died during the February half term while on a family holiday in Austria. She was a pupil at Calder House School in Wiltshire.
Wiltshire school girl was 'a ray of sunshine'
The parents of a Wiltshire school girl killed in a skiing accident have described her as 'a ray of sunshine.' Jemima Prees from Colerne near Chippenham died instantly when she hit a tree at an Apline resort earlier this month.
Her funeral was held in the village today. Ahead of that, they spoke to our Wiltshire reporter Robert Murphy.
Brother tried to revive sister after ski accident
The Prees family were on the last ski run of the day in Innsbruck when Jemima careered into woodland and was knocked unconscious. Her father and her brother Barnaby both witnessed the accident on February 10.
Recalling the incident, Tim Prees described how Barnaby spent 40 minutes trying to revive his sister, despite the fact she was "fairly clearly dead". His actions drew praise from emergency services who arrived at the scene.
Funeral of girl, 10, killed in skiing accident
10-year-old Jemima Prees from Colerne, Wiltshire, died after hitting a tree while on a family skiing holiday in the Tyrol region of Austria. Her funeral will be held today at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Colerne at 3pm. Our reporter Robert Murphy has been speaking to her parents.
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Family's tribute to girl, 10, killed in skiing accident
Ski death update: from our Wiltshire reporter
The family of a ten-year-old girl from Wiltshire who died in a skiing accident in the Alps is returning home.
Jemima Prees from Colerne was on a family holiday at the Mayrhofen resort in the Tyrol region of Austria.
She suffered head injuries when she lost control and hit a tree, despite wearing a helmet. Robert Murphy reports from the newsroom
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Jemima's death has helped other children
The death of a young skier from Wiltshire has been ruled an accident but the inquest heard her organs have helped four other children live.
Family's tribute to girl, 10, killed in skiing accident
Jemima Prees from Wiltshire was killed after hitting a tree at high-speed while on a family skiing holiday in Austria.


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You probably don't think a lot about how your shoes are made ... until, that is, you've been standing in them for two hours and you're thinking in dire agony, What kinda person thought these heels would carry me through the day ... or the next two blocks?!
Despite the painful downfalls of the high heel's structure, there's quite a bit of science that goes into the design just in order to make the shoe work. Balance must be achieved, and a reinforced shank must be perfectly placed and angled in order to evenly distribute weight. Ask Christian Louboutin or Manolo Blahnik about their wares, and you might get the impression that they're physics experts more than they are fashion designers. Blahnik tells the New York Times, "'Balance is the most important aspect of creating a 115-millimeter heel. To achieve it, I use a compass, a ruler, my eyes and my hands.' Some designers now use a CAD, or computer-assisted design, system in their work but Mr. Blahnik said he would rather do everything himself — 'I am a traditionalist,' he said."
Shoe designers seem to all have their own different ideas about proportions. For Blahnik, he caps off his stiletto height at 115 millimeters (about 4.5 inches): "115 is the highest heel to walk properly and comfortably." Louboutin's max, however is 160 millimeters, a little more than six inches.
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Nicholas Kirkwood is another shoe designer who believes knowledge of construction is a must. He explains, "It's about balance, shapes and proportions ... It has to fit the foot and different feet. It's not just an objet d'art." Try telling that, however, to a lady who just spent an evening in a pair. At the very least, you know they tried. [New York Times]
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Asia's manufacturers buoyant at end 2013, China a question mark
Asia's manufacturing sector ended 2013 on a strong note, with expansion hitting multi-year highs in export-driven Japan and Taiwan, but signs of moderation in China raises concerns about the outlook for the new year.
Both official and private measures of manufacturing activity in China fell in December, reinforcing views the world's second-largest economy lost some steam in the final quarter of 2013.
The HSBC/Markit Purchasing managers' Index (PMI) for China slipped to a three-month low of 50.5 in December, consistent with a dip in the government's PMI to a four-month low of 51.0. Still, both held above the 50 point level that separates expansion from contraction.
"The economy is still growing, no doubt, but the growth momentum has weakened," said Yao Wei, economist at Societe generale in Hong Kong.
That could temper some of the optimism about export-dependent countries such as Japan, where the last week the Markit/JMMA Manufacturing PMI rose to a 7-1/2 year high in December.
The manufacturing data weighed on Asian shares on Thursday, with the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan down 0.6 percent.
The PMI report from the euro zone is due at 0858 GMT, while the report for the United States is due at 1358 GMT.
Many Asian economies are expecting a pick-up in exports given signs that the US economy, a major market for the region, is on the mend. However, there were mixed signals in the HSBC/Markit PMIs.
Taiwanese manufacturers last month posted the sharpest expansion of output since April 2011, and new export orders rose. But in South Korea, new export orders dipped even as overall activity picked up to a seven-month high.
In China, both the official and private PMIs showed export orders contracted in December.
Data on Wednesday showed South Korea's exports to China, its biggest market, grew 8.4 percent from a year earlier compared with 13.2 percent for exports to the United States.
"The stronger increase in manufacturing output suggests that growth will be sustained over the final quarter of the year, keeping the economy on track for a gradual recovery," HSBC economist Ronald Man said about South Korea.
"But given demand from China has still not shown signs of picking up meaningfully, we believe the overall upswing in economic activity will be limited."
Other PMI surveys showed the more consumer-driven economies of India and Indonesia continued to struggle after a difficult 2013, although there were some glimmers of hope.
India's factories lost momentum as softness in new domestic orders offset a pick-up in demand from abroad.
As a result, the HSBC Manufacturing PMI fell to 50.7 in December from 51.3 in the previous month.
In Indonesia, manufacturing activity in December improved to 50.9 from 50.3, underpinned by expansion in output and new orders.
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By Lora Roberts, CUSG Director of Communications
As the University of Colorado Student Government, we get the honor of helping CU rise to excellence by giving the students quality services through the seven Cost Centers under our control and to also act as the bridge between the students and the administration.
However, that is not all we do. Every member of CUSG whether it be the tri-execs and their staff, legislative council, or the judicial court, all feel incredibly passionate toward the university and try to make CU a fair institution that students want to attend.
Currently, the PULSE ticket is in office, under the leadership of Brittni Hernandez, Tyler Quick and Logan Schlutz, and under them is a staff of 20, which they handpicked. This executive staff is responsible for creating events and projects that in addition to helping students also aligns with PULSE's platform.
The platform had a couple of main areas of focus, which are health and safety, sustainability and green initiatives, diversity and campus climate, and increasing student involvement. Since the summer, CUSG has been hard at work trying to accomplish the goal of this platform, and with still an entire semester to go, CUSG has already made tremendous accomplishments towards these goals of the platform.
- Health and Safety, an issue that affects every student that attends CU, has been a main focus for CUSG. Currently, staff members Lexi Weiner and Chris Schaefbauer have taken an active approach in evaluating and improving lighting on campus and the Hill in collaboration with Facilitates Managements and the Boulder Community. Also, in collaboration with Legislative Council, CUSG passed legislation to reform the Safety Buffs Coalition, which is a coalition of students designed to ensure student voice is leading every safety conversation across campus.
- Sustainability and Green Initiatives are issues that are not only important to the Boulder community, but also to CUSG and the University of Colorado. So far this year, CUSG executive staff member Matt Ribarich has led initiatives and discussion to reduce the energy bill of the newly renovated Rec Center, which is projected to use half of the energy it currently uses. In addition, CUSG has revamped campus wide Zero Waste initiatives in an effort to meet our zero waste goals by the year 2020.
- Increasing diversity and a positive campus climate for every student, is another one of the major parts of the platform that the PULSE ran on. Currently all executive staff members have been trained in both anti-racism and are officially LGTBQ Safe Zone certified, which makes the CUSG office an inclusive and welcoming environment. Also, Co-Directors of Diversity Andrew Trevino and Emma Harsin Drager through conversations with administration have institutionalized Project 4 Unity, which is a retreat for underrepresented students on campus. CUSG has also been in the process of advocating for gender neutral spaces in all new buildings and renovation include the UMC Glenn Ballroom renovations.
- Increasing student involvement in campus events in a variety of ways also is a priority. Led by Julia Harrington, Director of Legislative Affairs and the organization New Era, CUSG helped register thousands of students to vote by improving registration access and contributed to a 93 percent voter turnout. Also, Brianna Majewski, Homecoming Director, helped organize a successful Saturday morning Homecoming parade on the Hill. In addition, CUSG led by Logan Schlutz hosted a Marijuana Symposium open to students to discuss both sides of the marijuana debate in regards to Amendment 64. Another example of increased student involvement is through the CU vs. CSU busing, in which CUSG partnered with CU Athletics to provide eight buses for students to ensure safe transportation and student presence at the Mile High Showdown at Sports Authority Field.
Finally, CUSG has increased these goals and many others through multiple pieces of legislation that has been passed by Legislative Council. So name a few, there has been a new Election Code Reform passed, Student Group Funding Board reform, which was led, by Ellie Roberts SGFB Chair, Student Fee Regulations Reform, and a Resolution on ASSET. Information on all of these can be found on CUSG website, cusg.colorado.edu.
Next semester CUSG hopes to continue upholding the PULSE's platform and to continue being a voice for the students. Look out for next semester, University Hill Innovation District and the "CU Collective", Spring Student Government Elections, Launch of the Student Activist Archive, Day Without Hate, and Conversations of 4/20.


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EASYJET has announced plans to double its intake of female pilots.
The budget airline, a major presence at Southend and Stansted airports, has been piloted to success by its female chief executive Carolyn McCall, but women at the controls of EasyJet's planes are still a relative rarity.
Out of 2.500 pilots working for EasyJet, only 130 are women.
The announcement coincides with the opening of EasyJet's new pilot training academy, based at Gatwick. The first annual intake of trainees at the new facility will double the proportion of women, from 6 per cent to 12 per cent.
At the opening of the new centre, Patrick McLoughlin, the Government transport secretary, said: "It is astonishing to think that 15 years into the 21st century, men still account for 94 per cent of professional pilots in Britain, and 97 per cent across the world.
"With more initiatives like EasyJet's to attract more women to apply for pilots' jobs, I hope we can start to tackle the imbalance and ultimately change the industry."
By way of encouragement, EasyJet is also launching a schools service, which will despatch senior female pilots to talk to girls in classrooms across the country, and to act as role models.
As part of this programme, it will work in partnership with organisations promoting female take-up of Stem (science, engineering, technology and maths) subjects.
The company is also setting aside £1million to provide ten training loans to female recruits. EasyJet has increased its overall numbers of pilot trainees, in line with a sharp rise in the number of routes it operates, in particular from Southend. More than 126,000 extra flights are scheduled for spring 2016, compared to the same period this year.
Brian Tyrell, EasyJet's head of flight operations, said: "We value diversity and believe a workforce that better reflects our customers will help support future success.
"We recognise the proportion of our pilots who are female is too low, as it is across the industry as a whole, and we are now taking active steps to improve the ratio.
"This is a long-term strategy, which we hope will lead to EasyJet recruiting, retaining and developing a far higher proportion of female pilots."
Responding to the announcement, Pauline Vahey, chair of the British Women Pilots Association, said: "The British Women Pilots' Association is delighted to partner with EasyJet in this ground-breaking initiative.It demonstrates EasyJet is a pioneer in the industry, not unlike the early women pioneers in aviation who founded the BWPA 60 years ago this year.
"It will not only benefit EasyJet and the women who participate, but also the industry in general."
Pilot courses at the new academy will take approximately two years, depending on previous flying experience. The full cost of the course is about £100,000.
Airline pilots normally earn in excess of this sum annually, so are able to pay off the cost of loans quite quickly once they qualify.
Budget airline set to double its intake of women pilots
EASYJET has announced plans to double its intake of female pilots.
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Coach Stopframe goes to extreme measures in order to make a certain person be his lover.
A Moral Orel special that sheds light on the origin of Orel's religious nature and the birth of his brother, Shapey.
Orel takes righteous action when he concludes that everyone buried in the town's cemetery is rejecting God's greatest gift, Life.
In order to masturbate and still go to heaven, Orel hatches a hair-brained scheme that turns Moralton topsy-turvy.
When Reverend Putty preaches the righteousness of helping the poor, Orel befriends a down-and-out crack dealer.
When Orel learns that God hates waste he decides to recycle his own urine.
A series of improbable assumptions leads Orel from a sermon about marriage straight to the town's only sex shop.
Orel gets a big head when he learns that God is everywhere, even in him.
A boy with God on his side need fear nothing, which makes for a boring Halloween. But Orel has a solution.
The virtue of loyalty inspires Orel to be faithful to an evil new friend.
In his quest for maturity, Orel models himself after the emotionally repressed adults of Moralton.
Moralton on Jesus' birthday... a very special "Moral Orel."
Orel's new pet puppy becomes a serious threat to the town and its beliefs.
Orel solves puzzling and mysterious capers through the sheer power of his righteous logic.
Miss Censordoll, Moralton's intolerant librarian, takes Orel under her wing as her apprentice and teaches him how to be offended.
When Orel's friend, Tommy, does poorly in Reverend Putty's science class, the boy is put into "special education."
When Orel learns that most "pleasures" in life comes from the devil, he starts avoiding anything that makes him happy.
Orel falls in love... but is she too different?
The image of our savior miraculously appears on a Jewish doctor.
Orel finally gets Stephanie, the town atheist, to go to church.
The pressure is on when Orel needs to win this years Praying Bee.
Cheating on his wife with Nurse Bendy, Principal Fakey has trouble with this most fundamental of protestant practices.
Orel teaches the school bully that the best defense is no defense.
When Orel discovers the Missing Link on a camping trip, he learns the meaning of Geniusis.
Orel learns a valuable lesson about man/woman relations when Doughy becomes involved with the teacher.
Orel has some competition for the lead role in the school pageant.
With no sinners left in Moralton for Reverend Putty to save, Orel imports a few lost souls from the neighboring town.
Orel holds a premiere of his new stop-motion animated film in his backyard for several of Moralton's authority figures.
Orel and Clay take a father and son hunting trip.
Bloberta searches for a solution to her humdrum life.
It's finally the last straw when Clay grounds Orel from church.
The town gets together and agrees not to give Orel any more advice.
The final nail in the show's coffin.
When Doughy becomes Orel's shooting coach, he discovers that his student has quite the "itchy trigger finger."
Discontent with being raised by his octogenarian Father and depressed, middle-aged half sister, Joe searches for a more vibrant guardian.
Bloberta ponders Orel's question: "Why did you marry Dad?"
Clay considers the tradition of passing Ol' Gunny down from generation to generation.
Stephanie is hell-bent on Orel having a better experience than her own at the school's annual "Arms Length Dance."
A year's worth of the most important weekday in Moralton is explored through the eyes of some very very minor characters.
It's Easter and the lack of happiness in Moralton leads several troubled souls to Forghetty's Pub for some unavailable solace.
Miss Censordoll slowly hatches a plan to make eggs legal again.
Orel needs to discover something to honor his father about and finds it in Coach Stopframe.
Putty has some unconventional ideas on death.
The good reverend hates babies. Who would have thought?
Reverend Putty's afraid of getting old.
A sermon about having a good Christian work ethic evolves into a homophobic tirade.
Reverend Putty tries to give a sermon teaching us how idle hands are the devil's play things, but gets sidetracked.


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Mitt Romney: A New Direction For America
A Romney-Ryan administration will confront the problems that politicians have avoided for a decade.
By MITT ROMNEY
Source: WSJ, 11-2-12
After more than a year of campaigning, endless political advertisements, two conventions and four debates, the presidential election is almost over. The big decision of 2012 will soon be in the hands of the voters. The choice Americans make will shape great things, historic things, and those will determine the most important and intimate aspects of every American life and every American family. All presidential elections matter. This one matters a great deal.
It matters to the senior who needs medical care but, thanks to ObamaCare, can't find a doctor who is taking new Medicare patients. It matters to the men and women who once had good-paying jobs with benefits but now work part-time with no benefits just to put food on the table. It matters to the college student graduating this spring with a heavy load of debt and few opportunities to pay it back. It matters to the single mother who lives in fear of foreclosure as her employment prospects dwindle.
This election is about them. It is about all of us.
It is about the education of our children, the value of our homes, the take-home pay from our jobs, the price of the gasoline we buy, the choices we have in our health care. It is also about broader forces—the growth of the economy, the strength of our military, our dependence on foreign oil, our leadership role in the world.
After four years of disappointments, fixing America's problems requires a new direction. The path we're on hasn't led us where we need to go. In so many ways, it seems that things have gotten even worse. We can make excuses for what has gone wrong, and many have tried. But excuses won't turn this country around. Only leadership can do that.
I know something about leadership because I have led before. I have reformed businesses that were on the verge of collapse. I have helped to save an Olympics that was plagued by scandal. I have worked with men and women on both sides of the aisle in Massachusetts to achieve real change and real reform.
I can do it again in Washington. Republicans and Democrats in Congress may seem to share very little these days, but they share responsibility for the problems we now face. Just as it took both parties to bring us to where we stand, it will take both parties to get us moving again in the right direction.
That is something we can only accomplish if we work tirelessly to bridge the divide between the political parties. I will meet with Democratic and Republican leadership regularly. I will look for common ground and shared principles. And I will put the interests of the American people above the interests of the politicians and the bureaucrats.
Together, we will overcome our difficulties and usher in a new age of prosperity.
America is ready for that kind of leadership. Paul Ryan and I will provide it. Our plan for a stronger middle class will create jobs, stop the decline in take-home pay, and put America back on the path of possibility and opportunity.
This, in turn, will enable us to fulfill our responsibilities to promote the principles of peace as leader of the Free World. We will help the Muslim world combat the spread of extremism. We will dissuade Iran from building a nuclear bomb. We will build enduring relationships throughout Latin America. And we will partner with China and other great nations to build a more stable and peaceful world.
We face big challenges, but we also have big opportunities. New doors are open for us to sell our ideas and our products to the entire world. New technologies offer the promise of unbounded information and limitless innovation. New ideas are changing lives and hearts in diverse nations and among diverse peoples. If we seize the moment and rise to the occasion, the century ahead will be an American Century.
Our children will graduate into exciting careers that are worthy of their qualifications. Our seniors will be confident that their retirement is secure. Our men and women will have good jobs and good pay and good benefits. Our veterans will come home to a bright future. We will have every confidence that our lives are safe, and that our livelihoods are secure.
This requires a different direction, a change from the course of the past four years. It requires that we put aside the small and the petty, and demand the scale of change that we deserve: real change, big change. I pledge that my presidency will bring about that kind of change—confronting the problems that politicians have avoided for over a decade, revitalizing our competitive economy, modernizing our education system, restoring our founding principles.
If you are ready for that kind of change, if you want this to be a turning point in America's course, join us and vote Tuesday for the kind of leadership that these times demand.
I am running for president because I believe in America. I believe in the America that never gives up, never stops striving, never ceases believing in itself. That is what I have been campaigning for, and that is what I will fight for as president of the United States.
Mr. Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts, is the Republican candidate for president of the United States.


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Manhattan cheesecake with strawberry, mint and balsamic vinegar salsa
I just realised that I haven't shared my favourite cheesecake recipe with you. This needs to be corrected a.s.a.p., as I've told some of my Edinburgh friends that they'll find the recipe on the blog. The recipe is originally from a decade-old issue of BBC Good Food, but I've tweaked and changed both the ingredients and timings over the years. Lovers of oh-so-sweet cheesecakes out there - beware - this is a rather unsweet cheesecake. Just how I like it. It's also not as high/tall as some of the cheesecakes I saw in the US last summer - but again, I've never been a huge fan of tower-high cakes myself.
What's your favourite cheesecake? Feel free to leave a link to the blog post/recipe in the comments.
Manhattan Cheesecake
(Manhattani toorjuustukook)
Serves 8
8 Digestive biscuits, crushed (I use LU brand, each cookie weighs ca 14 g)
2 Tbsp sugar
50 g unsalted butter, melted
400 g full-fat Philadelphia cream cheese, at room temperature
75 g sugar caster
2 large eggs
0.5 tsp vanilla extract
Top layer:
250 g sour cream
2 Tbsp caster sugar
0.5 tsp vanilla extract


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Concert Memories :: Led Zeppelin :: April 10, 1977
The final night of Zeppelin's stay in Chicago lands on Easter Sunday, 4/10/77. As a good Catholic boy I attend mass Sunday morning. I had witnessed Jimmy Page fall ill just hours before , which led to the cancellation of Zeppelin's Saturday concert.. What a dichotomy! I spend my prayer time wondering if Jimmy will make it for tonight's show. The extra Hail Mary's pay off as the news is Jimmy's fit and ready to play.
Saving the best for last, my seats this evening are Box seats 1st row, even with 18th row Main Floor. Because of our seats, a friend of ours lent us his 8mm film camera. The footage that exists of that night was shot by us. As we go to our seats I revel in our good fortune to be so close. The only drawback is that there are a couple disco boys next to us who seem ill-at-ease.
The show begins promptly by Zeppelin standards. The weather has warmed up and so has the playing. It's evident the minute it goes dark and a mixture of euphoria and flashbulbs engulf the Chicago Stadium. The initial spotlight pinpoints Robert, but astride him is Page in a dark outfit. One note introduces The Song Remains The Same and a blast of light and sound jolt you with every chord accent. My God Almighty! Jimmy Page is dressed in Nazi regalia. Jack boots up to his knees, peaked cap ,black shirt and pants, white scarf, sunglasses and a smoke. Too Fucking much! Happy Easter Jimmy! On top of that he was playing like a demon. All the breaks are executed with conviction. The Rover is spot on leading into Sick Again. Bonzo hammers it out against Page's slurred and bluesy overbends.
Robert mentions Saturday's fiasco stating " Jimmy was rather ill last night. It was only a false pregnancy." Nobody's Fault But Mine features a fine harmonica solo by Plant which is similar to the Presence version. I'm very close to Jimmy and with the apparel he's wearing tonight his guitar does resemble a machine gun. Especially during his rapid-fire and galvanizing solo. As I observe Jimmy's physique, I notice his arms are bone- thin. Against his black outfit he appeared ghoulishly pale.
In My Time Of Dying is added back to the set tonight and it really kicks ass! I see Jimmy dig into his pants pocket to retrieve his slide and is brought out his Danelectro. Robert treats us to some Chicago blues history before the song's start. Zeppelin really gel on this one tonight. Jones and Bonham work like a machine, providing the muscle. Robert and Jimmy flying high outfront!
Robert lauds Willie Dixon to the fan's puzzlement. Most not knowing who the hell he is. Page plays a mesmerizing version of Since I've Been Loving You in honor of his blues forefathers. Sheets of notes blend with sustained cries. Yes Sir!
Dry ice billows from the front of the stage as Jonesy does his thing to initiate No Quarter. Wah-Wah and kick drum, Page and Bonham put the pedal to the metal. Robert is spartan in his phrasing and clear, singing powerfully. As JPJ switches to the piano, Page unleashes an enormous tidal wave of sound from his theramin! Jonesy plays a refined and tasty sounding solo, which leads into a rock and roll 50's boogie with Jimmy and Bonzo. Pagey has reappeared from the shadows donning a white fedora. One minute he's in the SS, the next in the Mafia. The guy understands theater.The main improv begins and there's a languid soulfullness to the feel of it, until Jimmy charges it up with some fast and flash playing which leads to Page breaking his high E strung. Jimmy throws up both hands in disgust, taking a second to regroup and proceded to play a totally different solo. Great playing Jimmy! A series of viscious wah wah licks conclude the song.
Robert speaks of light and shade in describing the reasons for including Ten Years Gone in their current set list. Plant praises JPJ's versatility in playing guitar and bass foot pedals simultaneously. Page's shimmering notes cut across everything. He is really making amends for last night. Sweeping and beautiful in it's construction and presentation. A Supreme highlight
. As the band head to the front for the acoustic routine, Robert derides the local rock radio station for accusing Page of being too wasted to play on Saturday. Covering for Jimmy he states, " Jimmy doesn't drink, smoke or take women while on tour. So an apology would be nice with a crate of the same alcohol!' Battle of Evermore is played splendily with dynamism. Going To California provides a soothing and calming effect. And it sounds great too! The acoustic set really emphasizes Robert's abilities.
Robert keeps hinting at Elvis Presley's Surrender. Not tonight. Black Country Woman revs up the crowd and Robert puts on a railroad engineer's cap that a fan has thrown on stage. Page leads the band into his acoustic tour-de-force Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp. With fingers flying and thumb-pick rolling Page plays a gem of a solo. Robert shouts " Strider! " to wrap it up.
Without introduction JPJ plunks out the opening clavinet lick of Trampled Under Foot. It had been played opening night as an encore. But tonight, it's very effective after the subtler acoustic segment. This song is rip-roaring rock and roll. I love it as Page marches around in lockstep with Bonzo's drum madness! Multi-colored light beams spinning upward from a rotating device behind Jonesy. The middle section features Jimmy in guitar god mode. Sound, structure and intensity meld as one. The peak is attained as Page and Plant perform their Push! Push! climax. This is my personal highlight of the concert.
The exotic White Summer changes the mood entirely. Hunched over his wooden chair, Jimmy seduces clean and resonant melodies from his black and white Danelectro. I now knew Kashmir was next. Page played his cue and turned back at Bonham. Right as Kashmir began Jimmy stood up and kicked his chair back with the heal of his boot. Kashmir sounded so immense and was pure magic, played without error.
Robert comments about how good it's sounding tonight and contributes it to " the hats we've been wearing!" Over the Top has Robert referring to Bonham as " The man I call my Brother." John Bonham never failed to deliver the goods and the same could be said tonight. He tore into it with passion and fury, never losing the crowd. What a gifted musician.
After the drum solo Page reappears in his white satin poppy suit. To the cleaners with the SS gear! Jimmy's harmonized sound experiments and theramin swoops lead into a edgy and creepy violin bow spectacle. Being so close to Page in his swirling laser pyramid gave you a palpable chill. He had shredded the horsehair off his bow. The image of Page dredging up otherworldly shrieks while Bonzo pummeled his tympani is unforgettable. To myself I had privately hoped they would launch into Dazed and Confused. But as the set had already been established it was again Achilles Last Stand. It sounded tighter and more assured this evening. Nice improvement.
Stairway To Heaven finishes the main set. It is given a heartfelt rendering and is enjoyed thoroughly by the crowd. Page's Spanish guitar influence is apparent in his solo. Bonzo and Jonesy keep driving it mantra -like. Robert leads the song to it's conclusion. The band members walk out front and acknowledge the crowd before going backstage. The wait for their return was long. I could tell the crowd was getting a little restless and some were leaving.
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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, April 8
Thursday's recommended picks
Johnny Damon, OF, Tigers
.750 AVG (6-for-8) lifetime vs. Royals starter Brian Bannister
Brian Roberts, 2B, Orioles
.444 AVG (8-for-18) lifetime vs. Rays starter Jeff Niemann
Brandon Phillips, 2B, Reds
.417 AVG (5-for-12) lifetime vs. Cardinals starter Brad Penny
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
There were a few more 0-for's in yesterday's group of most selected hitters, but BTS users still made winning picks for the most part.
Detroit's Miguel Cabrera, the day's most popular pick, didn't do his usual damage against Royals starter Luke Hochevar, but he came to life with a game-tying homer off closer Joakim Soria in the ninth inning to keep many budding streaks alive.
Mark Teixeira was the biggest streak killer of the day, as his 0-for-3 effort thwarted several thousand fans who went with the slugging first baseman.
With four days of the season in the books, the drive for five is under way as the pack at the top of the leaderboard slowly but surely thins out.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Miguel Cabrera (DET): 15.5%, 2-for-5
2. Chase Utley (PHI): 8.4%, 2-for-4
3. Albert Pujols (STL): 6.7%, 1-for-4
4. Joe Mauer (MIN): 5.9%, 1-for-3
5. Mark Teixeira (NYY): 3.8%, 0-for-3
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miggy gave us all a scare yesterday waiting until the 9th to get that 1st hit. taking mauer today as he has dominated santana in the past.
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Good luck to all today,
well i looked at the first ten pages on the leader board, and of course there are many more pages of people who had 4 game streaks, but to get an idea of what people are picking i counted 50 for ichiro, 38 for mauer, and 31 for pujols. wonder what it would be like if i went through ALL the pages of people with 4. LOL have a great day watching games
Schenk. Mauer is not facing santana today, its Joel Piniero who pitched last year with St Louis
I went through all the pages of the leaderboard (100) and they are all 4 game streaks. With 25 names per page, that's at least 2500 people with streaks of 4!
I wonder how many people are playing this contest.
well, i was one that thought Pujlos would do it. i changed pick three times over nite. so IM back to zero
i knew who he was facing just put down the wrong name. but let me correct that, he has dominated pineiro in his career
Thank God, picked Matt Kemp today, came through with aa double in the 7th. 5 gm hit streak lets keep it rollin.
Not sure why so many people have Pujols today.
I remember a lot of 7 IP, 2 H allowed games from Arroyo last year and look at Arroyo's line so far today.
I went with Ryan Zimmerman instead.
Similar "owning" of the opposing pitcher, but the last time Kendrick started regularly, he gave up lots of hits and Kendrick was being primed as a reliever towards the end of spring training.
i think the reason people took pujols today is because hes a great hitter and can hit any pitcher in the majors. also arroyo had alot of bad games last year to go along with those good games. im happy i stayed away from him today. unless this game goes to extras pujols probably wont get up again just got walked by arroyo
"I wonder how many people are playing this contest."
You can get a good estimate using the text of the entry today.
"Mark Teixeira was the biggest streak killer of the day, as his 0-for-3 effort thwarted several thousand fans who went with the slugging first baseman."
If you check the results tab for 4-7-10, you see that 3.8% of all users who made a pick yesterday, used Teixeira.
Now, I have always been taught that "several" means five or more, so to get a low-end number, let us assume, "several thousand" means five thousand players.
You can then set up a simple proportion of 5,000 / 3.8% = X / 100%
so, 5,000 * 100 = 3.8% * X,
and X = 500,000 / 3.8 = 131,579 people
So, a good estimate would say that around 131,579 people made a pick yesterday.
yeah, but Pujols is the new Barry Bonds lite for this generation, in that you take a risk that he loses AB's, just by getting walked.
that problem has been somewhat solved now, with Matt Holliday as protection, but still.
and Pujols is not a true average hitter like Mauer, Ichiro, Jeter, etc. are.
Stay away from the sluggers guys, the only way you can win with them is if you're lucky enough to catch them right as they go on a hot streak and only then would I ride him for a few days but with all the walks these sluggers get, I wouldn't touch them. The only one I would go for is A-Rod and only then sporadically.
2-1 final…Pujols: 0 for 3, 1 walk
your right with pujols being the new bonds. that why i stay away from him. i think your better off sticking with guys that are just looking to get on base. you need to stay away from guys that are going to get walked alot or strike out alot. polanco is a great example of someone who doeanst get walked but also doesnt strike out much eventhough he sees plenty of 2 strike counts. he knows how to change his approach based on the situation and count. others like him are ichiro, ryan theriot (not sure if i spelled that right) and joe mauer
Mark Texeira is know to start off the season slowly.
I'm staying away from picking him until May.
Have we lost two "go to" type leadoff guys this season?
Shane Victorino and Jacoby Elsbury are now batting sometimes in the 6th spot.
Advise on stay away from sluggers in solid. If you want, play HR survivior and play Pujols, Fielder etc. Taking them in Beat the Streak is the equilavent of dating a super model.
As you are driving her around in her Maserati it's fun until you hit that brick wall at 150mph and it's over. Just like your streak is over when Pujols walks twice, strikes out twice and hits a sac fly. Game, Set and Match your streak hits the wall.
wtf!!! horrable day. anybody that survive this day tip my hat to ya. ICHIRO WHY U ALWAYS DO THIS TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Interesting to see which players are recommended to pick.
I see that Brian Roberts is recommended.
He is 0-10 right now.
So that means that the picks are based on last year's stats and doesn't take in other factors such as the fact that some players are playing with some injuries such as Roberts who has been having back issues.
Brian Roberts is a "take at your own risk" player.
Besides playing hurt (thanks for the info).
He is an old school lead off man. Walks, gets hit by a pitchs, sacrifices etc. He would consider this a good day:
2 walks, a HBP, sac bunt, scores three runs and lines out to short. – Orioles win 4 – 2.
What happend to your streak in this scenario? He was 0 – 1 and you lost your streak. He is not afraid to not swing the bat to help his team. Beware.
The picks of the day are less than relilable. Notice that they are not "Kings at the Plate" this season. Burger King appears to be gone as a sponsor and looks like MLB is taking on the premium of the insurance policy in case anyone wins the whole enchalata.
You're right about Roberts. It's interesting to see which players actually get the hits. Guess that's why some people stay away from the Home Run hitter as they are so streaky and aim for home runs not measly hits. 🙂
I live in Baltimore and was just listening to the pregame show where they were discussing Roberts and his spring training back problems and slow start. So I was suprised to see that he was one of the top picks.
I'm sure MlB can handle paying out the top prize if anyone does win. They've also got so many people logging in to play this game that I'm sure they get some advertising money too.
WOW both Ichiro and Pujols ended alot of streaks today!
how crazy is this year going to be if its starting out like this already
im getting nervous about how mauer will perform today. 3 of the top 4 most picked guys went hitless with mauer's at bats pending. hopefully he will come through unlike the other guys
there you go mauer. get the hit out of the way and continue my streak now just lose the game
I went with Pujols but you live and learn and season just started so a LOOOOOOONG way to go right now and I'm hoping I hit a hot patch and get like 2 or 3 hits a day. We will see what happens and I have Lee tomorrow and I know he's hitless but maybe he needs a time like Cincy to get going.
Also I forgot to say that Ichiro had a 23 game hitting streak going against Oakland and that ended today. I wouldn't of have went with him today based on that hitting streak as everything has to end eventually.