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Pinchbeck E.S., fourth grade
There's been a revolution at Pinchbeck Elementary. Take a moment and let the fourth-grade parents tell you about it: "My daughter always complained about going to school until this year," said one. "Now she can't wait to go and she is so excited about what she is learning." "My child was starting to dread school," said another, "because the rigor of the SOLs was creating pressure to squeeze so much material into the school day. Mr. [Ryan] Stein has creatively managed to marry fun with learning." "[Our child] was struggling, had low self esteem due to low grades, and had little on-on-one attention and guidance from his prior school," said a third parent. This year he . . . never wants to miss school." Even students who were "okay with school" in the BMS [Before Mr. Stein] era have been transformed – into wildly enthusiastic. "My daughter comes home each day talking about all the things she is doing in class," said a parent. "She is eager to do homework [or] sing a song about [what she is learning]." "In a few short weeks," added another, "Mr. Stein has turned my son around from being a reluctant reader to being an enthusiastic one. My son's grades have gone up and he can't wait to get to school. "I have never seen my child so happy and eager to learn," wrote one enthused parent. "Mr. Stein is the teacher every parent dreams of having for their child." In Ryan Stein's class, say parents, there is no such thing as rote memorization. Instead of lecturing about the trials and tribulations of Jamestown, he has students dress up and hold a mock trial, playing the roles of judges and lawyers. He also brings in "mystery readers" from the community and writes songs for the students that teach Virginia history. The students then dress as characters from that period and sing the lyrics to create a "dance video." "He is the textbook case for the way teachers should be teaching to prepare their students for the 21st century," wrote a parent. "In the first nine weeks of school, my son has already composed a PowerPoint book report and a video book, been a lawyer in a mock trial, acted in a rap video and filmed a Claymation animation video. That is some pretty techno-savvy work for fourth graders. "Mr. Stein truly brings learning to life." Outside of class, Stein (pictured with his class on '70s day) attends students' extracurricular activities and conducts voluntary reading groups, allowing students who have read the book to eat lunch with him and discuss it. He also invites students to stay after school and watch movies based on books the class has read. If a student is upset about something, he eats lunch with the child and shares his own growing-up experiences. During recess, when the boys in his class like to play football, he refuses to segregate the class and supervise the girls in a separate activity. Instead, he plays quarterback for the girls' team and leads them in games with the boys. An advocate of year-round schools, Stein has created blogs and other tools as a way of extending learning outside the school day. Because instructional time is so limited, he said, it is imperative for students to have a tool that they will "embrace, enjoy using and learn from at home daily, including the weekends." Stein, who has provided hundreds of workshops for college students and teachers on integrating 21st-century technology into teaching, said he developed his teaching philosophy by "stealing bits and pieces" from outstanding teachers and administrators he has known. "But hands down," he said, "the greatest influence on me [as a teacher] has been my mother. Her passion, determination, work ethic, and enthusiasm for making a difference in the world are highlighted every single day in my classroom. She made me realize that life is about whom we are and what we give rather than what we have." This past January, he experienced his most rewarding moment as a teacher when the 100th Virginia school chose to implement History MVP, the educational songs and computer software program he developed for daily instruction. "My dream of implementing my innovative teaching tools and philosophy by using music and dance to engage, educate, and inspire children in school all throughout Virginia has finally come true," said Stein. "I have found my profession to be extremely rewarding, and I am grateful to all my students for enriching my life." |
Short Pump Ruritan Club donates $50k to Virginia War Memorial
The Short Pump Ruritan/Civic Association Foundation, Inc. recently presented a check for $50,000 to the Virginia War Memorial Educational Foundation. The donation will be used to finance the production of a new film about the Vietnam War as part of the War Memorial's award-winning Virginians at War film series. > Read more.
Vintage Home Market set for June 15-16
A longtime Lakeside business owner and his partner are bringing "The Vintage Home Market" to the Richmond International Raceway Complex June 15-16.
Tony Turner has operated a business on Lakeside Avenue for nearly 20 years, beginning with Huckleberries Home & Garden for 10 years in The Hub Shopping Center and followed by Feathernesters across the street in the Lakeside Town Center. > Read more.
Fan Care offers heat relief to seniors
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Qualifying senior citizens can receive free relief from summer heat through the 23rd annual Fan Care program, which provides fans and cooling assistance to seniors 60 and older in need.
The program is an initiative of Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging for seniors who meet income eligibility requirements and have a situation that threatens their health. > Read more.
The program is an initiative of Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging for seniors who meet income eligibility requirements and have a situation that threatens their health. > Read more.
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A community 'Kaffeehaus' in Henrico's Far West End
Born and raised in good old Europe, I am quite familiar with the traditional Austro-Hungarian tradition of the Kaffeehaus, an institution that represents a lifestyle of relaxing and thinking in a familiar environment with coffee, pastry, news, good service, marble tables, subdued sounds like the click-clack of the coffee machine, mugs and plates, conversations among patrons and with staff and a bit of low volume Johann Strauss music.
And so it was a thrill to find a modern version of a Kaffeehaus right here in Henrico County: The Daily Grind, near Short Pump Town Center. > Read more.
Oklahoma tornado victims to benefit from Innsbrook concert
The Innsbrook Foundation will present a special concert June 19 at the Innsbrook Snagajob Pavilion to raise funds benefiting the victims of the Moore and Shawnee communities of Oklahoma.
The Innsbrook After Hours RVA Cares event will feature five bands and a family festival in recognition of the many families devastated by the Oklahoma tornadoes on May 20, which killed 23 people, injured 377 others, and left destroyed and damaged homes affecting 33,000 residents. > Read more.
Food trucks arrive in the West End
West End residents no longer have to pick between fighting the summer mall crowds for a quick bite or breaking the bank to eat at a fine-dining spot because one Richmond group is bringing both to them.
RVA Street Foodies, the organization behind the outdoor food truck courts at the Virginia Historical Society and Hardywood Brewery, debuted its new Henrico food truck court at All Saints Episcopal Church on River Road May 22. > Read more.
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Refugees in South Sudan
"We walked for six days... with nothing but our clothes"
These first-hand accounts describe the situation for tens of thousands of refugees who fled fighting in Sudan and now face a full-blown humanitarian crisis as they seek refuge in already-overcrowded camps in South Sudan.
In the refugee camp near to Yida, Unity state
My child is suffering from malaria, and has been in the hospital now for four days. She is one month old. We've only been one week in Yida. We came from the Nuba Mountains. My husband and I fled the war with our ten children. There was no food, no medicine, nowhere to take my sick baby to receive care. We had been hiding in the bush since last June. We spent two days walking to get here, and my baby got sick in Yida. I want to go back eventually, but we've been waiting for peace, and it hasn't come.
- Woman in Yida refugee camp
My child is here in the hospital, sick with diarrhea, dehydration and he also has ulcers in his mouth. He has been sick for five days. I come from the Nuba Mountains. I fled with my nine children, and had to leave my husband behind. I have had no news from him since we left for Yida in September. We walked for six days, and had to leave quickly, with nothing but our clothes. I came with my entire village – we all had to leave because of the war. I saw people die on the way here, including three children. Since we have been here, my children are often sick with diarrhoea – they are suffering all the time. Sometimes the food rations we receive don't last for the whole month. We are hungry.
- Woman in Yida refugee camp
In the temporary refugee sites in Upper Nile state
"We were on the road for two months. Many villages we went through kept being bombed, so we had to keep fleeing. We had food for two weeks, then we ran out. We ate the lalop fruit and leaves from trees. We gave food for the children mostly and some days we had nothing to eat. Some people got very sick and we had to leave some by the road, we could not carry them and they were too weak to continue."
- A 28-year-old mother of 6 children
"When we arrived in El Fuj [border crossing point] we stayed there for one week. We were very tired from walking and not eating. We were given a little bit of food and then came here 12 days ago. We have not been given anything here. We have no plastic sheeting, no food. We are eating leaves from the trees, but it is not enough, people are getting sick. And there is not enough water. There was a food distribution today, but we have not received anything. I have 7 children and no food to give them."
- A 34-year-old mother of 7 children
A refugee from Blue Nile state who is employed in the MSF medical team
People nowadays are suffering from hunger, in Doro and Jamam camps. If you go to the clinic, you see many people and children suffering from malnutrition, dehydration. From the time that they fled from Blue Nile, people have very little food. Even when there are rations – it is not enough food.
I am happy to work here because I can help my community from Blue Nile. I am a refugee like them. It makes me very proud to work with MSF and to help my community. It makes me very proud and happy to do this job because people are suffering so much. They are here without plastic sheeting, without food, without enough water. That's why when we reach them, they are having problem with diarrhea. Malnutrition actually is now very common. We are trying our best to help them and I thank MSF for being the first organization to be here when we arrived from Blue Nile. They are helping us so much.
Many other people are coming still from Blue Nile. It seems they are now near the border and they are very weak. Yesterday we went to El Fuj [a border crossing point] and people told us that houses in Blue Nile were burnt and they lost everything. So more people will come here."
In Jamam camp
"Some days, the water truck does not come and we do not get any water. The children cry and cry as they are thirsty. Sometimes we spend two days without water. The water is so close, but we cannot have it, as there is not enough for everybody. In the last two weeks, the situation has got worse. We now go to a place outside the camp to get water, as there is not enough water in the camp. It takes us two hours to walk there, and then two hours to walk back. It is very tiring."
- A woman in Jamam refugee camp
"My husband and my daughter died because of diarrhea. My husband was 80 years old and my daughter was 25 years old. They were very weak and we didn't have clean water or food for them."
- An elderly woman looking after her grandchild in Jamam refugee camp
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The race in Webster Park offered two distances, a 4.4 mile and a 2.5 mile. This year the event had a record turnout, reaching over 5,000 participants.
Organizers say the race has grown 40 percent a year for the past seven years.
"Thanksgiving is the biggest day of the year to run. There's huge races all across the U.S. And the big thing about it is Thanksgiving's all about coming back, seeing your family, seeing your friends, and what better way to do it than start with a little run," said Boots, President of YellowJacket.
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Fijians are known worldwide as the friendliest people, and I'd rate their friendliness as the number one impression I was left with during my visit. From children to elders, the beautiful spirit of the Fijian people shines as bright as the sun that they are blessed with. The most common Fijian word you hear will be Bula (pronounced as"Boo-lah"). This is the Fijian way of saying "Hello". Whether they are singing, dancing or welcoming you to their home, the people of Fiji will do everything they can to make you feel relaxed, welcome, and awed by the beauty of their islands and their hearts.
43 thoughts on "Faces of Fiji"
You keep returning there in your posts. I hope you find that around you all the time, where ever you go.
How bright they all look!! Thanks for sharing!
Fiji is definitely on my bucket list. It sounds very similar to Thailand. Such happy people.
Love those smiles! So genuine!
Wonderful post and I love the link over to the faces of Fiji. This is the kind of place and people I want to meet when we embark on our travels in the near future,. Thanks for sharing!
Simple wonderful.
Your posts always make me feel fresh, love them..Keep writing..
Awesome, just beautiful.
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What a wonderful image, Lesley! This is fantastic! xx, Melissa
That's amazing
What memories! I lived in Fiji for a short time and your pictures are beautiful.
Oh, yes.. love these beautiful faces! Including yours
Awesome Really makes us want to go there. It wasn't on our list, but you make us want to experience that for ourselves. Thank you for showing us what life is all about. – IKB
Sounds wonderful!
Hey Lesley…
thanks for hitting the 'like' button on my last post. That got me poking around here, including your plans for 2013. Mmmm. Maybe I need to step up my game? Nah, this cup of coffee in beckoning…..
Our daughter who is living in France at the moment loved her time in Fiji. We've yet to go, but we did make it to Tahiti before she was born. I called my wife at the end of a long day and said "Let's quit our jobs and run away to Tahiti." She said, "Great idea. I can get a deal on the airfare."
Two weeks later Tahitian girls were putting leis around our necks as we exited the plane.
It must have been fun to laugh and experience the hearts of the people there. Fun fun fun
It was a beautiful experience. Eye-opening
I've been saving an article that I thought you'd enjoy. On January 13 The Sunday New York Times had a State of the Union piece called "For Wetter or Worse." It's tells the back story of a couple prior to their marriage. What struct me was their sense of adventure and that you'd like to read about them. They're professional adventurers (Christine Dennison and Tim Taylor) who were married at the Explorers Club in New York. She runs Mad Dog Expeditions. I should have provided you the link, but just realized it. I'm sure that you can find the article. Their sense of wonder about the world seems to match yours.
What would our lives be if we always had a reason to have a smile on our face. Great adventures. Love the sky-diving pic. Be Well.
Fiji is going on my bucket list! It looks amazing! I love love love your site, thanks so much for sharing!
I went to Fiji for my gap year and was on the bus crying one day. A woman tapped me on the shoulder and asked what was wrong. After we'd been talking for a few minutes she said: you'll come and stay with me. I spent the most glorious week, living with her and meeting her family, so I know what you mean about the friendly spirit.
I have been to Fiji several times for work and play. It is my favourite in the Asia Pacific (except for my homeland of Australia). I encourage anyone to go, but go to the villages and remote places, not because the resorts are bad, but there is so much more to experience outside the touristy destinations
Couldn't agree more with you! (Even about our homeland Australia ) We went for Duke of Ed, and stayed in a village a six hour boat trip + nearly a day's kayak away from Nadi. I've been yearning to go back there ever since.
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Dreamy one love feeling …………Love it xo
I nominated you for a liebster award here:
Can I be you in my next life?
Nice post and greetings.
Nice post… My wife and I went to Fiji for our honeymoon;] You should go Upper Navua River Rafting if you haven't already. Moses was hilarious…. Wait, I see in your background pics that you have gone…;) Good things
Beautiful image… And not far from where I was raised.
UGH! I don't know whether to love you or hate you. I want to be as free as you are. As adventurous, awesome, strong, and have such a mighty presence in this world. You are an inspiration that I might not make it to. Still, its still nice to know that there are people who just…jump.
I appreciate the back-handed compliment.
Jumping is my favorite part.
May the world be at your doorstep,
Oh no, please don't think I was being rude Your awesome, and I'm jealous, lol
I don't think you were being rude at all. I actually started following your blog after your kind words
Hi. Great and inspiring post. We are thinking about Fiji for our honeymoon.
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Dang, it takes forever for your page to load because you're like…all "famous" and everything. You know, I'm considering forking over $3,000 of my student loan money this September to travel, and you make a pretty convincing argument where Fiji is concerned. My passion is for the homeless, and I can't help but thinking Fiji would be my own little paradise while being able to offer what services I could to the orphanages. Looks like a great place.
Couldn't agree more! The people of Fiji were insanely friendly. I wish more of the world was like them…
I have a very good Fijian friend here in Sydney who was born and raised in the country, climbing coconut trees and learning how to catch fish/kill a goat. She goes home every now and then and her pictures (she also happens to be a graphic designer) are simply stunning. Fiji is certainly on my bucket list too and your pictures are just awesome.
Reminds me of my 10 weeks in Fijian paradise!!
I agree 100%
Thank you for sharing about these people and the great photo. Love it!


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Home » Child Development, Health & Safety » Early Support for Infants and Toddlers
Early intervention services during the first years can make a big difference in a child's life. Early Support for Infants and Toddlers provides services to children birth to 3 who have disabilities and/or developmental delays. Eligible infants and toddlers and their families are entitled to individualized, quality early intervention services in accordance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part C.
To learn about typical development and what to do if you have concerns, read the birth-to-6 pre-screening chart in English or Spanish or call the Family Health Hotline at 1-800-322-2588.
Parents are asked to complete a survey as part of a family's annual Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) process, and when a child leaves the early intervention program. To give feedback about your family's experience in early intervention, please take this brief online survey in English or Spanish.
Here are some common questions about the ESIT program and early intervention. Read More >
There are services to help you help your child develop and learn. Read More >
The Family Health Hotline is a good place to connect to your local intervention program. Read More >
Early intervention helps minimize delays and promote healthy child development. Read More >
Information about the Washington State Part C System Improvement Project. Read More >
The state and local interagency councils help coordinate and build capacity for early intervention services. Read More >
ESIT has a new Data Management System (DMS) that improves usability and reporting capabilities. Read More >
If you have a concern about a child's development call the Family Health Hotline at 1-800-322-2588 TTY: 711 (TTY relay). This is a statewide, toll-free number with help in English, Spanish and other languages. Use this number to connect to local lead family resources coordinators in your county and other resources.
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Dennis and Karen Stoner, of Weaverland Road, East Earl, PA, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Regina Stoner, to Ryan Stoltzfus, the son of Craig and Linda Stoltzfus, of North manor Road, Elverson, PA.
Ms. Stoner, a resident of East Earl, received her homeschool diploma in 2005, and is a self-employed Mary Kay Sales Director. Mr. Stoltzfus is a 2001 graduate of Conestoga Christian School and a 2004 graduate of the Christ For The Nations Institute. He is currently self-employed as a farmer.
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HDYO has more information about HD available for young people, parents and professionals on our site:
HDYO would like to thank those organizations that provide their official support and annual funding for HDYO. Your support allows us to focus on improving the support available for young people impacted by Huntington's disease.
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- Bryan Viau - for an incredibly generous donation. Thank you so much.
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What, is no one other than Ken willing to confess an appreciation for Big Bird? Well I, for one, enjoy Sesame Street. Especially the early, funny ones. Remastered DVDs of classic S.S. episodes and/or segments should be a priority for Sony or whoever owns the rights these days. And a Joe Raposo tribute DVD is definitely in order! The Street just hasn't been the same since his passing.
While we're passing out kudos for the S.S. songwriters, I'll be the first in line to purchase a tribute DVD featuring the work of Christopher Cerf. "Count It Higher" still rocks, and I'll always stop what I'm doing to watch Ernie's rendition of "Dance Myself to Sleep" with my six-year-old.
As for classic non-musical S.S. moments, as a child I enjoyed anything with Cookie Monster. And should it come as a surprise that a Jeopardy! fan should fondly remember the game show stylings of Guy Smiley?


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Friday, January 15, 2010
Dr Who - A Dissent
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- Paul D. Brazill said...
being in self imposed exile, I've only seen a handfull since Dr Who returned- I liked Eccleston. I really liked the one with the last Dalek.
I like camp- Russel is as camp as xmas and there's not a lot you or he can do about that.
Tennant is bit Frank Spencer and I do expect him to come out with the odd 'Oooh, Betty!' I'd probably like that, too.
I'm a Tom Baker man, of course, with a side order of Pertwee but I think they did a good job, based on the few I've seen.
The Irish don't do camp, eh? Now where IS that Gavin Fiday CD... - January 15, 2010 at 12:48 AM
- Wostry Ferenc said...
"a lot of adults do watch and like Who, but I feel that they are the same people who liked Avatar. "
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- John McFetridge said...
True, a lot of adults do watch and like Who, but I feel that they are the same people who liked Avatar.
As always, The Onion nails it. - January 15, 2010 at 1:50 AM
- Paul D. Brazill said...
I thought the only people who liked Avatar were the sort of people who recycle and cried when they read The Road!
- January 15, 2010 at 2:22 AM
- seana said...
Funny, I'm not a big fan of camp either, but never put it down to my Irish roots before.
I've seen Doctor Who on and off forever, but never generated enough interest in it to really get involved in the larger story. For one thing I have a hard time with stories where you've bought into the whole situation and then have to forget all that and invest the same meaning in a completely new situation, as happens every time Dr. Who becomes a different actor. (And yes, I'm having a bit of a hard time with Cloud Atlas for that very reason, but am still game.)
I could say more--much, much more--but must get back to the recycling. - January 15, 2010 at 2:41 AM
The Irish INVENTED Camp. See Oscar Wilde.
Of course some of them are dour, humourless Presbyterian types.
Now where IS that Gavin Fiday CD...
Gavin Friday is a good friend of Bono, isn't he? This probably means he's in the lower circles of Hell as far as Adrian is concerned.
Bye. Like Seana, I've still a lot of recycling to do. (But the tears I've shed reading the Road were tears of laughter. The roasted baby and the uplifting happy ending after 200 pages of unrelenting bleakness are particularly hilarious .) - January 15, 2010 at 4:35 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
I thought you were going to say well what about Graham Norton then? - the campest man in the world.
Not a big fan of GN, but he is Irish and he was brilliant in that episode of Father Ted when they went on holiday. - January 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
I take it you're on board with dissing Who and Avatar. - January 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
That is hilarious!
Dont you think the male news readers is modelled after that creepy douchebag on Fox and Friends? I dont know his name but he's got blonde hair and wears so much pancake that it looks like he lost a race on pancake Tuesday. - January 15, 2010 at 8:24 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
I'm sorry to hear you're not liking Cloud Atlas - if you sneak a look at the second half of the book you'll see that the stories and characters all come back again. - January 15, 2010 at 8:26 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
The Road was a good audiobook. You should read Child of God or The Outer Dark if you want grim all the way to the last page. - January 15, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
No. Wit and camp are different things entirely. And high camp grew out of music halls and pantomime. The English love panto. I dont get it. Sure its for the kids but how grown ups can sit there is beyond me. - January 15, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- seana said...
My verdict is still out on Cloud Atlas. I like the individual tales, but I'm not a big fan of linked stories as novels unless there really is a point of them all being told together. So far, I'd say he's a very gifted ventriloquest and obviously a lot more knowledgeable than I am. But that last is not so unusual that it gets extra credit points.
- January 15, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
So no Italo Calvino for you either then? - January 15, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- seana said...
Yeah, not so much. I did like On a winter's Night at the time, but I'm less interested in literary gimmicks now thanI was. But I'm reading that new Zadie Smith collectoion of essays, and she's got some intersting things to say about where the leading edge of the novel is today, not that I've come to any big statement about it yet.I'm afraid thatI am a bit retrograde, though.
- January 15, 2010 at 9:05 AM
- hampshireflyer said...
It's not the corridors so much as that it's knowingly written for people who'll appreciate the corridors and therefore doesn't always feel that it needs to try any harder.
- January 15, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- rob.james said...
I'm a HUGE Dr Who fan and I can see all of your points (especially the corridors) although I would say its a bit of fluff and not to be taken too seriously.
Are you prepared for the avalanche hatred from the internet? - January 15, 2010 at 11:22 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
I was nervous about Cloud Atlas too but I really got into after the first two or three stories (and actually after I started cheating (reading the conclusion of each story before going onto the next one)). - January 15, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
The Mars one had an excellent Ray Bradburyesque premise (October Country not The Martian Chronicles) but then just a lot of corridor running and big shed running. - January 15, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
Oh yeah there's a lot more to get worked up about in the world than Dr Who, but still the consensus does have a bit of a lets-move-to-the-jungle-and-drink-arsenic-laced-Kool-Aid about it all. You'd think from the reviews Dr Who was the greatest TV since The Singing Detective or something. It isnt. - January 15, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- seana said...
Cheating? I don't think Marco is going to approve.
No, I cheated enough to see what the structure is, so it might still work for me. I just don't want it to be a an excellent short story collection masquerading as something else.
My idea of a good and not campy British sci-fi show, complete with, uh, minimalist sets is Red Dwarf.
My idea of camp is The Sound of Music being turned into a Rocky Horror Picture show kind of cult experience. I know people have fun --I just don't want to be there with them. - January 15, 2010 at 4:09 PM
"fearless monkey killer"?
- January 15, 2010 at 5:08 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
Didnt think the monkey killer remark needed explaining. - January 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
It is decidely NOT a collection of short stories disguised as a novel. Stick with it. - January 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
Avatar Depression
We're doomed. Really.
And dont worry I already emailed Rhonda telling her Avatar is a moon not a planet. - January 15, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
BTW nice Frank Spencer ref.
The doctors do keep getting younger dont they? How about getting really radical and bringing Tom Baker back? - January 15, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- Paul D. Brazill said...
Norton was great in Ted, wasn't he? I'd forgotten about him. I've only seen his chat show a few times but it wasn't very good, I think. I don't think he's camp, though.
There's all sorts of camp, of course. I always thought that Bruce Springfield was as camp as a row of tents. It's the shoulders, I think.
I quite liked The Road. One of the lads at Do Some Damage said it was like a horror book with the edges shaved off, which pretty much summed it up. The Omega Man is much more fun but I think it's quite a good book though I'd have sold the kid in the first then minutes.
I once saw a gay panto which seemed a tad redundant ... I chuckled a lot, though. But I'm a shallow man.
I like this, for example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Rm_Yu4Bns - January 15, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- Paul D. Brazill said...
I'm not a big SCi Fi fan- still never seen Star Wars- but I liked the old Star Trek, back in the day. it was the first programme i saw on our colour telly!Never seeen many of the others but the ones with that bald bloke from Yorkshire seeemed good.
What lots of my friends have said about Dr Who is that they can watch it as a family, which seems a bit middle class but is probably a good thing.
However, I do think Billy Piper deserves a bit of sympathy- she had to shag Chris Evans! - January 15, 2010 at 10:44 PM
- Sheiler said...
I've never seen Dr Who. But I've been considering it with my netflix account, and the face that I'm running out of things to watch.
- January 16, 2010 at 12:31 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
You've never seen Star Wars? You're in Poland right? Not Antarctica? Should be easy to fix that. Lets say you hate it: make an interesting article at the very least. BTW this is going to sound confusing but start the series with Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. Go on. I dont like opera but I sat through Cosi Fan Tutti just so I could attempt to understand what opera buffs were going on about. Where's your Columbus spirit? Ewan McGregor's uncle is in it. - January 16, 2010 at 12:45 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
Dont do it. Watch something else instead. Have you seen Moon or The Hurt Locker? - January 16, 2010 at 12:46 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
I just got an email from Rhonda, that lady at the Atlanta Journal Constitution who wrote the Avatar Depression article and she said she is going to fix it and change Pandora's status from planet to moon. See, this is the kind of small difference we all can make.
I wonder if President Obama will invite me to the State of the Union address? - January 16, 2010 at 12:51 AM
- Peter Rozovsky said...
Maybe that critic compared Dr. Who to Hamlet because David Tennant was supposed to play Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Did someone suggest that the show's hosts in the kiddie-book segment were supposed to be parodies? They were dead-accurate portrayals, I thought. ==============
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http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/ - January 16, 2010 at 2:02 AM
- seana said...
It seems that you've got traction everywhere but the New York Times, Adrian.
I'd just wait till Obama messes up on some point of fact and then write him a letter. Oh, I know--you could point out that whole mess around the lunar rover--that's just down the street and his kids might be given the wrong impression about it and he'd never even know. Without you, that is. - January 16, 2010 at 2:28 AM
- Paul D. Brazill said...
Ey up,
Should mention that I saw EMPIRE strikes back at the flicks when it came out and did like it. Star Wars is one of them things that passed me by as a teen but I'm sure it's good.
I saw this the other night, BLT, and It's very nice. Think some of yez will like it.(not scifi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnH4ovseOh0 - January 16, 2010 at 2:38 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
I'm all for a good romance. I just saw Bright Star. It is not a good romance. - January 16, 2010 at 8:34 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
He was a good Hamlet by all accounts. Who should never be Hamlet, he should be King Lear. - January 16, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
Well Rhonda was nice. - January 16, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- seana said...
Why is Who Lear rather than Hamlet? He doesn't even have kids, does he, let alone thankless daughters. Please expound.
- January 16, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
The first Who had a grand-daughter. But really what I mean is that he should be much older, a mad old King drunk with power and impotence, raging against the elements. The BBC should be making him older and more interesting not younger and sillier. - January 16, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- seana said...
Actually, I think you're right on that. Although I don't know the series well enough to know what he remembers of previous experiences.
What I was realizing though, is that British television has solved one of the perennial problems of a long running series with this one--aging stars. - January 16, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- bookwitch said...
What's wrong with Billie Piper? She's done surprisingly well in her acting. I mean, after that cooking incident on Blue Peter when she had a new and fascinating way of making some sort of fruit pie. I forget the details of the recipe. But she was only 16.
Now she's done a good Rose with the Doctor, and a very decent Sally Lockhart. - January 16, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
Miss Witch
Perhaps you're in a better place to judge than I am, whenever she's on screen I usually hit the MUTE button so I cant really tell if she's good or not. I did watch one curious episode which she shpent talking like thith. - January 16, 2010 at 9:26 PM
- Sheiler said...
No haven't seen either of those but I will add it to my list.
We're viewing right now the BBC tv series MI-5 thanks to Netflix. Quite good but frustrating that the MI-5 peeps don't carry guns. I feel so American whenever I watch an episode (Where's his backup? She doesn't have a gun! - lots of yelling at the tv. ). - January 18, 2010 at 6:33 AM


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By: Chelsea Rarrick
Updated: February 8, 2013
"I've been doing it so long you sort of get used to it," he said.
He's spent the last 17 years as a full-time mail carrier.
With no stranger to the job, he says it's still a relief every time Mother Nature postpones the snow.
"You know having to walk through the snow, it's just going to take you longer. It's going to be harder driving," said Hill.
On an average shift, Lance spends about six hours outside.
So when the weather takes a turn, he says layering up is key.
"I wear my wind pants everyday and that keeps the wind and the snow from getting my clothes wet, and you have to wear gloves and a hate. I wear a hooded sweatshirt just in case it gets real windy," he said.
While some like working indoors, Lance says he prefers the outside.
"I tried working outside a couple occurrences, it's just not for me. It just seems like time stands still when you're inside," he said.
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- So Disney bought Star Wars. If you don't know. Which is… meh. I mean, I'm not like a huge Star Wars fanboy or anything so I don't have to strong of feelings either way. I do, like 80% of humans, love the old Star Wars movies; and I do, like 85% of humans, hate the new ones. From what I'm reading from people who know a lot about this stuff, there are novels that act as the official "post-Original Trilogy" story. Something to do with Han and Leia's kids, Luke running a new Jedi order, and the resurgence of the Empire and the Sith. This could be decent I suppose. The problem with the new ones — and I'm sure this has been written about extensively — is the fear of treading new ground. This notion that they had to fall back on the old ones to be good. You can see that in everything from the bizarre and wacky coincidences written into the story, the way the ships are designed, even the way Palatine was scarred to look like a shitty Halloween costume of himself in Jedi. As long as they don't do any of that, and focus on a new story, new characters, new designs, they should be alright I hope.
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Brendon over at BleedingCool seems to think he's courting Hamill and Fisher about being in them… this sounds risky.
- William Gibson's seminal novel Neuromancer is being turned into a film as we speak. Little is known about the project. The IMDB page is empty, to say the least. Liam Neeson's name is on the cast, which may or may not be true, but sounds awesome. If you don't know about the novel it's one of the best science fiction novels of all-time. It started the genre we call "cyberpunk". It also featured characters "jacking into" the Internet which was obviously directly lifted for The Matrix movies. Anyways, here's a new poster (the first):
- A Rioter's Prayer: Pussy Riot's Yekaterina Samutsevich on protest, art, and freedom.
I have the impression that this is the opinion the government wants to impose on people, their way of opposing the situation. I think that when a person goes somewhere, she reflects, she thinks about where she is going and why, because she is using her time and energy. It's a conscious choice. I don't go to a demonstration because it's cool. It isn't at all cool to go to demonstrations today. The forces of order are nearby. They can beat you up. The demonstration on May 6th proved that. Nowadays, many people find themselves behind bars solely because they went to a public demonstration.
- Chuck Klosterman on why Fantasy Football is bad for the game (and your mental health) over at Grantland.
If I mentally transpose the words "entertaining" and "sport," Dylan's sentiment gets close to what I'm trying to express (and what I want to feel, but can't). There was a time when I watched football in order to not think about my day-to-day life, but fantasy sports slowly changed that — in fact, my affinity for fantasy only makes it worse. I turn the players I draft into tiny parts of my life, which stops me from remembering that they have no relationship whatsoever to who I am. It makes me unconsciously think of them as extensions of myself. And I wonder if this is more problematic than I want to accept. Do I have any right to get angry at Chris Johnson? Does anyone?
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7 Aug 2012
Sports scientist Ross Tucker says there's little to be positive about when looking back at the 2012 Super Rugby campaign.
The Super Rugby play-off rounds painted an entertaining picture. The Chiefs and Sharks surprised many with their runs into the title decider, following semi-final victories over seven-time champions the Crusaders and table-topping Stormers respectively. The New Zealand franchise then powered to their first Super Rugby crown with a 37-6 triumph in front of their cowbell-ringing fans.
However, as a spectator, one was left disappointed after the Hamilton final. We had to witness one team, who enjoyed a week's break before the final four stage, capitalise on a side that travelled across the Indian Ocean three times in as many weeks.
One may argue that the Chiefs earned this advantage by securing a higher position on the overall standings. But shouldn't a final be a fair contest? A match which sees the two in-form teams of the tournament battle it out on more equal grounds?
We saw the Crusaders struggle in the same scenario last season, as they traveled from Nelson to Cape Town before losing in Brisbane to the Reds, who had the advantage the Chiefs had this season.
What's worse is that there's nothing that can be done to change the current style of the 15-team tournament. Well … not for the next three seasons at least as Sanzar is committed to a broadcasting contract that only expires in 2015.
Tucker believes the current Super Rugby format isn't successful.
'Super Rugby has become a money-driven competition, with a strong bias towards to the Australian teams,' Tucker told keo.co.za. 'It's a shame because Super Rugby was such a strong competition, especially when it was still the Super 12. It was strength versus strength every weekend.
'In the current format, Australia, who have the weakest conference in Super Rugby, are promised at least one team in the play-offs. And their conference winner will be guaranteed home-ground advantage in their play-off game, despite having less log points than some of the other teams placed below them [the Crusaders, Bulls and Sharks had more log points than the Reds this year].
'This disadvantages the strongest nation in Super Rugby, which was South Africa this season as they had three teams in the top six. We had to see the Bulls and Sharks travel for their play-off matches, which had a negative impact on their momentum. The Sharks did well, but the travel factor caught up to them.'
Tucker also questioned whether the extended tournament schedule was favoured by supporters.
'Time to time, Sanzar have been raving about increases in ratings for certain matches and at certain stadiums, but I'm sure that the amount of rugby played has had a negative overall impact. Especially when it comes to rugby in South Africa. With the Currie Cup, we could see the Sharks play the Bulls up to five times a year, which is too much.
'This structure also robs the spectators of major matches. The top teams don't always face each other, so some fans would have to wait three to four years before a side like the Crusaders or the Chiefs tour to their stadium.'
Injuries were also a major concern during the season. While several players suffered long-term spells on the sidelines midway through the campaign, it was a common sight to see players limping off early during the play-offs. There were nine injury-forced changes before half-time during the knockout rounds, while there were several substitutions made shortly after the second half restart.
While the annual player exodus is already an issue in all three Sanzar nations, the hectic Super Rugby schedule is likely to encourage more players jet off to Japan and Europe. Japan will become an ideal move as players play half the amount of rugby (because of their foreign player restrictions that only allows three international players in the starting line-up) and get paid more.
Fourie du Preez, Jaque Fourie, Ryan Kankowski, Wynand Olivier, Jerome Kaino and Sonny Bill Williams have already formed part of this Asian trend, and many more top players could be lost to Super Rugby by the end of 2015. And who could blame them? Test players have to go through Super Rugby, June inbound tours midway through the competition, the Rugby Championship and the end-of-year tour.
'The current Super Rugby format does not take the players' welfare into consideration,' argued Tucker. 'I think if we had to do a study by the end of 2015, I'm sure we'd notice players' careers ending far earlier than compared to past studies. It's quite unfortunate actually – players would actually have to suffer long-term injuries to prolong their careers. A guy like Schalk Burger would have benefitted from the rest he received this year, even though it was because of injury.
'There is a point that coaches will need to build bigger squads and use better management plans. They'll need three quality players in every position to survive the campaign. But there's still no reason for the season to stretch over so many months. The NFL in America has the shortest season of all the top sports, but it's the richest code in the world.
'These changes to Super Rugby have been made for the wrong reasons. The powers in charge will need to take all the negative factors into account.'
By Gareth Duncan
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8 Aug 2012, 07:36 amWhich death threats are these?
The only ones I know of are the ones your fellow Hobbitses sent to Barnsey after 2007?
8 Aug 2012, 07:44 amGeez the same old boring nonsense on this site.
8 Aug 2012, 08:44 amHow about a tournament format with 16 teams and 4 groups of 4. Teams will play each other home and away. Therefore group stage is just 6 games
Top two progress to the quarters. Knock-out tournament from there onwards. Home and away for the quarters and semi's. 4 games if you progress to the semi's. 5 games if you make the Final
Therefore a team will play 11 games for the season if they make the final.
Each team is also guaranteed of playing 8 games (6 group games plus quarters which each team qualifers for)Final at a neutral venue decided the year before or at the beginning of the season. (like the champions league)
Bottom two gets put into a smaller tournament where they will also play knock-out style home and away ( Like the Europa League in soccer)
How about this line-up
Group 1
16 th team (Kings, Arg, PI)Group 2
LionsGroup 3
ForceGroup 4
Rebels -
8 Aug 2012, 09:13 ami do not like this competition.
i would prefer a curry cup (promotion/relegation) premier league combining both the premier and first divisions, and with the vodacom cup serving as a lower league competition from which teams can be promoted into the curry cup premier league and to which teams can be relegated when ending bottom of the log.
to this we can add varsity cup, sevens and jwc for a mix of rugby entertainment and outside of which we can undertake international tests (home or away) against nh and sh teams (there does not have to be a set schedule which adds to the excitement).
cap this off with the four yearly lions series and the rwc and bob's your uncle.
perfect entertainment. -
8 Aug 2012, 09:23 amthis format SUCKS!
8 Aug 2012, 09:30 am@Sasuke-253: The bulls and lions and possible the Stormers will get a bad deal in those groups. They would have to undertake 3 week tours where the Sharks and Cheetahs can enjoy two week tours. But even 3 week tours will be better than what the guys go through now.
8 Aug 2012, 09:33 amAlthough I am more than happy with the current format. It produced some great rugby this season.
8 Aug 2012, 09:35 am@Sasuke-257:
no, i am certain that if mutlichoice/supersport undertook a poll of their subscriber base wrt super rugby it would show a great degree of dissatisfaction. -
8 Aug 2012, 09:37 am@wait for it, wait for it…-258: you really think so? Why though?
8 Aug 2012, 09:40 am@Sasuke-259:
its kak -
8 Aug 2012, 09:45 am@wait for it, wait for it…-260: lol but why?
8 Aug 2012, 09:48 am@Sasuke-259:
people watch it because they have no other choice. no other choice to see their provinces best players take on traditional rivals, mostly.this is not the case anymore in the cc.
pull the viewership stats for the big derbies/clashes in cc and compare to the viewership stats for the same provinces in super rugby, is there a big difference?
if the provinces better squads were not competing in super rugby what would the difference be?
8 Aug 2012, 09:49 am@Sasuke-261:
refer post #262 -
8 Aug 2012, 09:50 amThe final is a problem we have seen this two seasons in a row now – it needs to be re thought
8 Aug 2012, 10:03 amYou are no South African and clearly a troll from the far side judging by the time you sent your post and your pathetic and **** attempt to potray yourself as the 'jaapie' with your deliberate misspelling and childish writing style – nah, fail – you have exposed yourself. TWAT. Now stay in your hole.
8 Aug 2012, 10:16 am@Hurricane-247: Eish wena, you're twisitng thing around a little. He's talking about cheating not being drilled into SA schoolkids. I did a fair bit of sport at school and i can confirm it was always hammered into us to do our best but play fair, within the spirit of the law, and 'getting away with it' was not within that spirit. (I have no idea of the sport culture in NZ and Aus schools btw) maybe it had to do with the strong christian, almost puritanical school backdrop back in those days, it was just frowned upon and seen as making you less of a sportsman.
But I think a) this attitude is pretty laughable in the eyes of the professional sporting world and b) that in general SA pros (with one or two exceptions) are a bit naive in this regard.
I think the concept of coach-sponsored cheating still rankles the average south african because of this upbringing, and often the reaction on the rugby field is violence which then leads to the 'thug' labels etc because its so so so frustrating seeing the opponents doing it so wilfully, and then fagbag refs like Walsh giving a 'tut tut' and a pat on backside because he so desperately wants to be invited for a beer with the boys afterward.
Note I'm not saying saffas are angels at all, we're just worse at cheating under the radar because they aren't taught how
8 Aug 2012, 10:32 amI found this season pretty shi t to be completely honest. Far less than the sum of its parts. For one, the conference system is a joke. A grossly extended season of rugby and some of the best placed teams at the end dont even get a look in.
The whole slew of Aussie derbies have been terribly dull, our derbies didn't live up to expectations after seeing the insane skill level and speed of the Kiwi derbies. Trying to follow the competetion after a test rugby interval was also a complete anti-climax. Final was a joke just like the time the Chiefs were klapped away.
8 Aug 2012, 10:38 am@itsamyth-265:
i too thought that but its hard to say i guess.
'braaifleis'..?… -
8 Aug 2012, 10:41 am@Atreides-266:
my point exactly -
8 Aug 2012, 10:42 am@Atreides-266: If South Africans are taught to play fair, why is it that three important players in your current squad have been banned for eye gouging (Burger, Botha, du Plessis) and a few more for (admittedly not too serious) doping (Chiliboy, Basson, Goosen)?
I'm not saying NZ are angels but I can't believe people here are trying to paint the boks as fairer.
No doubt we are coached to hold on to players at the ruck and slow them down at any possible moment but it's the same in every country. Just watch McCaw constantly next time we play you and you'll see that, yes he cheats, but he also spends plenty of time stuck under Bok forwards long after the ruck has finished
8 Aug 2012, 10:48 amI kind of agree, the sharks shouldn't of had such a hard schedule. They should have instead been at home watching the finals on TV since fifth/sixth place don't deserve to be in a finals series.
8 Aug 2012, 10:49 am@gonzo-270: Look I think everyone has their own opinion on the wrongs and rights of it, and I certainly don't think ALL saffas are angels and ALL kiwis are cheats. I just think the cynical attitude of 'anything goes as long as you aren't seen' has not taken hold as much here, and it's not a part of training drills.
To me the blame here lies with the officials, they need to police it and it will stop – the players can only get away with what you allow. eg: Saffa sides are always living off sides, Kiwi sides run blocking lines and slow down ball etc. if the refs had the balls to stamp it out it would stop. One of the reasons I argue that there should be one ref for forward play and another policing the backs. 1 guy can't do both
8 Aug 2012, 10:55 am@gonzo-270: Botha was found not guilty of gouging by the way. As was Bismarck.
8 Aug 2012, 10:57 am"why is it that three important players in your current squad… Burger, Botha, du Plessis…"…?
with that you prove you're not a serious rugby fan… which leaves only one option…
don't expect too many people to take your opinions seriously…
8 Aug 2012, 11:05 am@Atreides-272: And what did you think of woodcock attacking heinrich brussow's eyes in 2010? NOTHING was ever made of that, not a word, not a peep….bit like Kevvie the angel's headbut…and the spear tackle….etc etc…you really want to get into this? Cos the kiiwis outmatch the saffas for dirty play mate, and walk away scot-free far more often
8 Aug 2012, 11:12 am@Atreides-272: And what were they banned for then?
@ufo-274: Not a serious rugby fan because I have a different opinion to you?
8 Aug 2012, 11:15 am@Atreides-275: Like I said, the ABs aren't angels. I agree Mealamu should've been banned for the spear. I don't remember the Woodcock incident
8 Aug 2012, 11:17 am@gonzo-276: Botha was banned for 'attacking the face' but there was no video evidence to suggest biting or a gouge.
Bismarck for careless play, his hand made contact with Thompson's cheek and left no mark (this happens numerous times in any match, just watch the guys defending a rolling maul)
8 Aug 2012, 11:27 am@Atreides-278: Ok so they were both guilty for attacking the face – real fair play. Bismark's fingers happen to end up in Thompson's eye, while he watched him face on. I'm sure it happens all the time
8 Aug 2012, 11:32 am@gonzo-279: Not saying they didn't do anything wrong, you asked a question and I answered it. And Bismarck's finger didn't end up in Thompson's eye
8 Aug 2012, 11:33 amahh… no dude…
differences of opinion are cool… why most of us post on this site…
but when you get the facts SO wrong you reveal the depth of your interest in rugby…
neither schalk burger or bakkies botha are members of the current bok squad… burger is out injured for the year and botha is playing in fence… the squad was announced on the weekend and neither are in it…
so you see… differences of opinion are not the issue here…
but the fact that you are not even aware that schalk has been injured all season or that bakkies left to play in france show you up as a lightweight… intent more on shitstirring than discussing rugby and differing opinions…
8 Aug 2012, 11:34 ambotha playing in france..
8 Aug 2012, 11:40 am@ufo-281: I know Schalk is injured but if he wasn't he would be in the squad. And with Etzebeth injured, Meyer has said he may bring Botha back.
But that's not really the point is it?
8 Aug 2012, 11:43 am@Atreides-280:At 1:37, and so where did his finger end up?
8 Aug 2012, 11:45 amyou made the point dude… live with it…
neither was named in the current bok squad as proclaimed by you…
no.. it's not really the point…
the point is that you're not here to discuss rugby… so don't expect anyone to take you seriously from here on out…
you gonna talkcrap on this site you're gonna get called on it…
8 Aug 2012, 11:52 am@ufo-285: I'm not here to discuss rugby? Seems to me 90% of threads here break down into some RSA vs NZ b*tchfest so at least I'm not alone.
People here are claiming NZ has a system to promote cheating and it's not the case in SA. That's the point I'm arguing against.
8 Aug 2012, 11:54 am@gonzo-284: Dude are you kidding me? His hand was in a fist, you can't gouge someone with a fist. He made reckless contact with the face, and sat 3 weeks.
For your info, this is eye gouging; http://bit.ly/OQqgFT
8 Aug 2012, 11:57 am@gonzo-286: Uh bud one of your most prominent scrumhalves proclaimed on live tv that they get coached to cheat, so I think the cat's out of the bag already
8 Aug 2012, 11:57 am@Atreides-287: Oh sorry, you're right, crushing your fist (which by the way is formed of fingers) into someone's eye is fair play.
8 Aug 2012, 11:59 amobviously not…
what you're missing gonzo is that the vast majority of bloggers here… whether from sa, nz or aus do in fact know their rugby… whether they get caught up in the spats or not… they still know what they're talking about when they do discuss the rugby…
seems you're just here to mix it in the bitchfests… so enjoy them…
but as i said… don't expect anyone to take you seriously…
gonzo… you are the weakest link…
8 Aug 2012, 12:01 pm@Atreides-288: I'm not disagreeing with that – no doubt, NZers are coached to hold on to people, slow them down, all illegally. What I'm arguing against is this suggestion it's not the same in SA.
8 Aug 2012, 12:11 pm@gonzo-289: When did i say it's fair play? I said it's not gouging. Stop putting words in my mouth!
8 Aug 2012, 23:52 pm@Atreides-288:
You actually believed that?
What if he said that we are not coached illegal tactics in NZ, would you believe him then?
Man very picky i must say.
He got the current players point wrong, but does not mean the rest of what he is saying is incorrect.
You seemed to have dodged that. This is proof of an expert blogger -
9 Aug 2012, 05:19 am@the artist formerly known as gunther-251:
Well with a south african making a FB page for the haters of Bryce, you see plenty of " Go Die " and " when i see you i am going to beat your head in " etc. Couldn't get through the 80,000+ haters comments on there. But to deny anything of the sort, you really have your head in the sand. -
9 Aug 2012, 06:17 amSounds fake, most of those haters can't speak English, let alone write/type it!
9 Aug 2012, 06:44 amau contraire, mon ami
not playing dodgeball at all…
simply pointing out that any self-acclaimed kiwi rugby fan who did not know that burger is out injured for the year and that bakkies is playing in france… and that neither were named in the CURRENT bok squad as gonzo asserted is no more than a fair-weather fan… and is not here to discuss rugby per se… but to mix it in the bitchfests (his word)…
i won't take anything he says seriously… if you wish to take that burden upon yourself…
please do so…!!
9 Aug 2012, 10:23 am@ufo-296:
UFO you have a dodge and step that Christian Cullen would be proud of.
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on December 7, 2012 @ 9:41 am (Updated: 2:31 pm - 12/7/12 )More and more people get their news relayed by friends. The social news cycle is 24/7.
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Alex Alben is an intellectual property lawyer in Seattle, he's testified before Congress on Internet piracy and is certainly no Luddite. But in his book Analog Days he worries about digital news replacing analog news.
"When you look for digital information, you have to enter in the search phrase and have an idea, but when you are flipping through a newspaper or rows of a library, there's a sense of discovery."
In the old analog world, you were exposed to stories you would never even think to search for, gathered by institutions that had a face, not just a web page.
Alben's first job was as a researcher for Walter Cronkite.
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"If a reporter got something wrong, there were consequences," remembers Dave.
"Right, they were fired. Today, it's all opinion, so you really can't be wrong."
Well of course opinions can be wrong, but as long they're controversial and get an audience, they can spread just as as anything broadcast on a network.
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Go to a popular newsy site like the Huffingtonpost.com, and barely a mention is made about philologist Deborah Cameron's The Myth of Mars and Venus – or the nonsense it goes after. Yet plug the term "Mars Venus" into the site's search engine and at least a dozen blogs, making reference to men and women speaking "different languages," come up. John Gray's "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" dogma is everywhere, and appears positioned to get even bigger with Summit Entertainment reportedly acquiring the film and TV rights to Gray's franchise.
Why should we care? According to Cameron, and scientific research, Gray – and the entire self-help/popular psychology genre he helped ignite around gender differences - has "he" versus "she" communication all wrong. There's no scientific basis for their claims, with the damage done greatly affecting gender status and relationships.
Turn to any Mars/Venus-based resource, and you'll hear that men and women are fundamentally different in the way they use language to communicate. The supposed differences between the sexes, they say, are due to nature, not nurture. Humans are hard-wired so that females excel in verbal tasks, explaining why she wants to talk his ears off about feelings, needs, and "where we're at," and why he's so turned off to such attempts.
Yet, as Cameron's book points out, the data on gender communication differences indicates otherwise…
Myth: Females talk more than males.
Fact: A review of 56 research studies by Deborah James and Janice Drakich found 34 that reported men talking more than women, with females talking more than males in only two of them. The genders talked the same amount in 16 of the studies. A more recent University of Arizona study in the journal Science reported that both genders speak almost the exact same number of words daily (16,000).
Myth: Females are more verbally skilled than males.
Fact: While a 2005 meta-analysis for studies on gender differences in verbal/communicative behavior by Janet Shibley Hyde found a moderate effect size favoring women, it also revealed that there was a close to zero effect for reading comprehension, vocabulary, and verbal reasoning.
Myth: Females seek to connect with others, while males use language with the intention of accomplishing things.
Fact: Studies by researchers Kathy O'Leary and Pamela Fishman indicate that the genders may differ in patterns because they're engaged in different activities or are playing different conversational roles. These differences don't necessarily appear when males and females are doing the same things or playing same roles.
Myth: Females use language cooperatively since they prefer harmony and equality.
Fact: Hyde's meta-analysis indicated that there was a moderate effect size for women when it came to smiling during conversations. There was also a small effect size for them when it came to speech production, talkativeness, affiliative speech, and self-disclosure. Still, who's to say that this isn't due to nurture and not nature, especially when there's no data to support the former??
Myth: Males are more direct and not as polite in communicating.
Fact: Hyde's meta-analysis showed that there was only a small effect size favoring males when it came to conversational interruption and assertive speech. There's actually more variation in communication within each gender than there is when you compare any differences between men and women.
As the research shows, men's and women's language skills are nearly identical. Yet the myths they debunk are used to support the premise that the genders are regularly misunderstanding each other since they're genetically unsuited to do so. With the media fully on board the Mars/Venus bandwagon, the genders' 'failure to communicate' has been used to explain everything from why a rapist didn't understand his victim's attempts to resist to why men don't take out the garbage upon request. Ultimately, both genders suffer.
Men are sized up as inarticulate, aggressive Neanderthals, incapable of feeling emotions and being sensitive. Women are criticized for being overly cooperative and caring doormats. Such discrimination shapes beliefs and influences actions both personally and professionally.
When it comes to mating, he's supposed to be allowed to quietly 'go into his cave' when times get tough or there's something that needs to be done or discussed. Maintaining the relationship becomes her responsibility, one requiring that she accommodate his communication style.
When it comes to the job market, females are supposedly better at jobs involving communication and empathy, while men are better suited for analyzing complex systems. She is favored when it comes to jobs involving teaching, nursing, and counseling. He is considered better suited than her to occupy positions of power and authority, like engineering, banking, and politics.
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Mar 27, 2012 2:42 PM
New to Community Service, need help with updating profile
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There are areas in my profile that don't allow me to change them such as screen name, etc. It says to contact Jive SBS administrator. How do I do that?
Also, I want to add several areas of interest and am unable to do that either. I've looked at the other posted help discussions and don't see these topics listed.
Who do I contact?
I am having the same problem. Did you figure it out yet?
Nope, no one with expertise seems to be answering this post
Deborah -
Susan is correct - after you sign-in to the site, you will see your name at the top of the screen. Click on your name to reach your personal profile. There are several Actions on the right side of the page - click on the link to address your needs.
I'm not exactly sure but my problems seem to be solved. I have an avatar now and my profile is showing some areas of interest I picked. I think if you click on your name in the top right corner it will go to your profile where you can edit thing. Once there, on the right hand side there is a box with the word "Actions" and under that if you choose change avatar/photo you then get a page where you can add interest or browse interest. I actually uploaded a photo from my own library. It does not show up on my profile page but it is showing up in other areas such as this stream. Good luck!
i got the same problem, when i am trying to edit my profile It says to contact Jive SBS administrator? what should i do or how can i contact jive SBS adminstrator
Reading everyone's posts, maybe I wasn't clear that I initially was given a reloadable gift card and registered in that method. I came across the link in an email message to sign up for Community Service and that's when the inability to change my screen name started. I navigated all the other areas helpfully listed by others prior to posting this plea for help....
Anyone heard from a jive SBS administrator yet?
Hello Danny and Deborah,
Have you tried updating your profile from the main Starbucks.com site (not Community)? If that doesn't work I can contact Jive on your behalf.
Hi Angella,
I did try your suggestions and made changes on my main Starbucks.com site, but it had no effect on this site's display. I would certainly appreciate your help in contacting Jive. All I'm trying to do is change my display name to Deb S!
Thanks so much,
-Deb S.
Hello Deb, I'll make the request for you.
Hi Deb - is your account a customer or Partner account?
My account is a customer account.
Thanks Angella!
Hi Deb,
I have a customer account too and I'm experimenting with my own profile so that I will have a solution to you soon. The Community site should pull your profile name from Starbucks.com. I will do my best to figure this out
Hello Deb,
I'm sorry I don't have a simple solution for you yet. Basically, the way your profile name is displayed is connected to your profile on Starbucks.com. I was unable to change my display name on that end too, and the best advice I can offer you is to contact the HelpDesk through that site. I work with the folks who manage the Community Site and unfortunately they don't have the access to the Starbucks.com system to help you with this. Best of luck!
Does anyone have the number to contact Jive? I can't record my store number or location. And it wont let me post an event either. Help?
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CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville-based Coalfield Youth Soccer League closed out its fall season last Saturday with a host of matches.
The 16-and-under Ninjas and the 12-and-under Bulldogs finished the season undefeated.
The Ninjas won 8-1 over the Legends. Hunter Napier and Richard Ojeda each had a three-goal hat trick for the winners. Walker Jeffrey also had a goal. The other goal was scored into the Legends' own net. Taylor Phillips had the only goal scored for the Legends.
The Red Dragons won 3-0 over the Scorpions in 12-and-under action. Destiny Jackson had two goals and Kaylee Bowe one.
The Bulldogs were a 7-0 winner over the Sharks. Walter McNamara tallied five goals for the Bulldogs. Aidan Napier and Steven Clemons had one goal apiece.
In the 9-and-under division, the Golden Eagles were a 6-0 victor over the Broncos. Abigail Polisano kicked in two goals for the Golden Eagles. Peyton Adams, Jayde Kuenzel, Austin Mills and Krysteea Mullins all had a goal.
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Fate may have stepped in for the young Patterson Lumberjacks.
The Lumberjack's week 2 football matchup Friday against Class 5A Central Lafourche has been moved to Patterson instead of its original location in Raceland.
PHS coach Tommy Minton said the change was made because Central Lafourche is out of school still and having some issues with its stadium due to Hurricane Isaac.
Patterson was upset last week on the road, losing to Crowley in a 41-36 shootout. Combined, the teams totaled more than 1,000 yards and 77 points.
Lightning delayed the game more than an hour.
Patterson's defense surrendered 20 points and 193 yards on the first four plays of the game.
As for its week 2 opponent, Minton said his squad has had a good week of practice.
"We are making adjustments and correcting the mistakes we made Saturday," Minton said. "We are just working hard to get better."
While the defense got the majority of the blame for the loss, allowing 597 yards (522 rushing, 75 passing) Minton stressed overall improvement.
"Offensively, we didn't capitalize on a couple possessions with the game on the line," he said. "We need to score every time we get in the red zone."
The Gents limited Patterson to just 11 yards and forced two turnovers in the fourth quarter to seal the game.
Central Lafourche's week one game against Ponchatoula was cancelled due to Hurricane Isaac.
"They are a triple option team with a big, physical offensive line," Minton said. "We're going to have to be sound in all three phases of the option game. The quarterback and fullback are both good athletes, and they have a 320-pound guard who's really good."
After Saturday's loss, Patterson (0-1) fell from sixth to 10th in the Louisiana Sportswriter's Association's Class 3A rankings.
Kickoff for Friday's game is set for 7 p.m.
Information from The Daily Comet was used in this article


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