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Re: anyone else with a failed VBAC?
I'm so sorry you feel cheated mama. But don't feel bad because you had 2 C-sections. You DID bring your babies safely into this world, even if it wasn't the 'natural' way. I certainly understand your feelings of unfairness. We lost DD1's identical twin at 31 weeks and had an emergency C-section to save DD1. I look around at the all women who smoked and drank and had no prenatal care during pregnancy, and never took care of themselves, and successfully carried 2 babies to term and I just don't understand why my baby was taken from me. I did everything I was supposed to do, and it wasn't easy. I don't know what to say to that feeling of unfairness, because I'm not over it, either.
But I will say that you still birthed your babies! You carried two beautiful, healthy children in your body until they were ready to join the world, and there was nothing you did wrong, sometimes things just don't work out the way we want them to.
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It's a greiving process for sure. It's good to let yourself feel how you feel and talk about it. ((hugs)). I understand being happy for others, yet sad for yourself. I remember getting very frustrated because I was careful during my 1st pregnancy, never even took tylenol, did all the right things, had a completely natural homebirth, and my son got stuck and injured because of his shoulder dystocia. He almost died and I did everything "right" and I couldn't birth him right. Then a year later, I watched my sister get induced, get an epi, and have a textbook birth with only 3 pushes and no tearing to my 9lbs+ nephew. I was happy it went well, but jealous because she increased her risks of things going wrong and they didn't; yet I kept my risks at a minimum and they did go wrong!
Same thing with nursing. My defective breasts can't make more than 2 Tbsp. of milk per feeding (even with pumping, nursing, meds/herbs, tinctures, placenta encapsulation) and I tried sooo hard. And some moms have enough milk for twins and choose not to nurse. I was like, "Why can't I even have the decision?"
I have come to the conclusion that though MOST women are made to give birth, things in nature aren't always *perfect*. Just like tornadoes, earthquakes, tsnumais happen... so do shoulder dystocias, death, and trauma to baby/mamas. In nature there is death, and I am thankful I can have healthy babies via c-section now; but I still get bummed too that nature wasn't as kind to me as it's been to other woman. Though I love being a mom, birthing my babies and nursing has not come easily to me. But things in life can't always come easily to us. Sometimes things require more of us than we want them to. And it's humbling and painful too, but how it stretches us!
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Yes to a failed VBAC and those crazy jealous feelings whenever I hear about someone giving birth naturally. I've always thought I was tougher than the average cookie too so it stings when I hear about easy births.
Anyway, before the second section, the midwives were so optimistic about my chances. After birth #2 basically stalled at the same point (7cm) for the same reason (big baby sitting transverse) they changed their tune making it so much easier for me to accept the outcome. Basically they said, in any other era and in many areas of the world either you or the baby would not be here. So yeah, I'm just thankful we have safe ways to get those babies out now! It definitely helps to think about it that way.
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Re: anyone else with a failed VBAC?
I had 2 natural vaginal births, one at home and one a transfer from a birthing center to hosp. Then I had a c-sect. for my SN son who had a brain cyst. I tried for a vbac after and failed. We were 16 days late and the Dr. insisted I had to be induced. My LO was only 8.6 lbs, same as my oldest. I should have been able to do it.
I blame all the interventions that happened at the hosp. Of all my labors this last was the most horrific. It is very hard to keep your focus, relax and move as you need to at the hosp. with everyone pestering you to do this or that. It goes against all your instincts of a safe place to birth for a lot of women. It surely did for me. Contractions on pit are simply unnatural.
You may still be able to do it.
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I can totally realate. Both of my friends just has easy, fast home births. One in Feb and one in march. I'm truely happy for them but extremely jealous!
When I found out I needed a csection with DS(low fluid, no induction due to previous csection) I cried and cried. I don't think I stooped crying all day. I couldn't even call DH to tell him. My mom had too I was too upset. I thought that was it. I'd always have csections. Then in July when DS was a few months old AGOG changed their view and recommends a tolac for vba2c! I was so hopeful and it gave me baby fever like crazy. We didn't plan this baby. It was a huge surprise. So when I found out I was pregnancy I had done no research on Drs or midwifes. I luckily found a great midwife the first try. She's amazing. This pregnancy has been so different for me. I always leave my appointments feeling motivated and good about myself and the pregnancy. And in a few weeks(6 or so!) I will be having my own amazing home birth.
I believe you CAN do it! With the right support and mindset its an option! Everyday I think about failing and I tell myself its not going to happen. I don't let that fear bring down my spirits.
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To the OP, your body made two beautiful babies. It's not a failure. I know how I struggled with feelings of inadequacy when I couldn't birth my babies right and couldn't nurse them fully. I felt so un-womanly. In time, the pain gets less sharp. It might always sting a bit, but as your kids get older, the sharp ache eases some.
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I was so depressed after my first c section and subsequent divorce that I went into counseling. It helped me tremendously. I've been to several doctors in an attempt to correct my tilted cervix and they all tell me the same thing, unless the baby is less than 5 lbs, it's gonna be A c section.
My first was 9 9 second was 8 4 and this one due any day is already weighing in at 8 lbs. After months of counseling I finally realized that a c section is birthing your baby and that we are all different. Those feeling came rushing back when my little sister had her son in 2009. She was in jail most f her pregnancy, ate horribly, smoked, did drugs and had three hour 4 push pregnancy and my nephew was perfect. My only consolation is that even will all of that going for her, she never bonded with him. My mom raises him and has since he was born. I am lucky to have had two beautiful children that I have cloth diapered and nursed until they were 1 and 2. I know it's tough but try to remember the good. You've had healthy babies, you are a great mama and we were all made differently for a reason.
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So, I went into this with my mom's wisdom. She had 29 years to get over it to help me not freak out. She had both my brother and I by C/S. She reminded me of the people he and I are, and what we have contributed to the world. How she can honestly say the world is a better place because of some particular small and large things we have done. You never know what your children are destined for. One of them may do something truly great.
Maybe you couldn't get them out on your own, but you grew them. You gave them their genes, nourished them in utero, and obviously have that mama bear fighting instinct that will make sure they turn into good little citizens. Your mind and your heart will teach them to read, and the difference between right and wrong, and how to love with all their hearts. No matter how they got here.
So what if you couldn't birth them totally on your own and needed surgical help to do that last little bit. That C/S was 45 mins after 40 weeks of growing that person. A microcosm in a larger macrocosm. You need to be nice to yourself. Teach your kids to be as good as they can be to their fellow citizens, this planet, and everyone around them. Then, you will be a success.
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BAKER � Ninety Baker School graduates flipped their mortarboard tassels to the left Thursday night and processed into Gator history. A whole new life awaited many.
BAKER � Ninety Baker School graduates flipped their mortarboard tassels to the left Thursday night and processed into Gator history. A whole new life awaited many.
"I'm going to college at Northwest Florida State for dental hygiene," Caitlyn Cassidy said while posing for a photo with two of her classmates.
Haley Wagner, who delivered the Graduate's Address, will study nursing at Troy University. She said she will miss the closeness of the kindergarten-through-12th-grade school.
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The Mets jumped to an early 4-0 lead with their ace Johan Santana on the mound and pitching pretty good. It was supposed to be a recipe for success, but it ended up being a recipe for disaster instead.
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Notice Bleach have 2 "Coming Soon" releases.
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Death and pain are just a small price to pay for the enjoyment of battle!
Yes I see, hmm... maybe they made a mistake. if so they`ll probably take it down in the next couple of hours. But really I hope there is going to be an episode 367 ^.^
um.... its a day later and still showing episode 367 coming soon??? please don't tease me
From what I've heard Bleach is not actually ending but just changing the channel it's shown on, so episode 366 would be the last episode shown on tv tokyo and will continue on another channel instead so YAY Bleach will continue and now to catch up with a bleach marathon
Also the channel Bleach is moving to is supposedly going to be Tv Osaka
It's been quite a while
this is also what i heard!
Bleach episode 366 was the final episode for now, 6 months break gg...
I hope that if they make a new season for Bleach episode 367 that they'll give both of Ichigo's sisters the power to see spirits and powers. I know that one of them can already see spirits and use her spirit energy to fight with. But, I forrget how to spell their names. It would be great if they made a storyline that gives both of Ichigo's sithers strong powers and that we finally learn about Ichigo's father. All we really know to what I know is that Ichigo's father is a soul reaper who gave it up to be with Ichigo's mother. I'd love to learn more about that. The next season most likely will have to take place in the future. Ichigo might be 18 or 20 when they start it again. Most likely 18. And if Ichigo's sisters gained Soul Reaper powers after all their father is a soul reaper. And specking of Ichigo's father they never stated if their is a problem or not with Ichigo's father and the other soul reapers seeing that he did abandon them and hid for all those years. I figure that they might have just let it pass seeing all of what Ichigo has done for them, but he does seem to have had been a captain or something. Remember back to when Ichigo's father fought Grand Fisher in Grand Fisher's Arrancar form. Ichigo's father stated something about captain call soul reapers being able to change the form of their swords or they would all be wielding swords the size of skyscrapers. That was when Ichigo's father defeated rand fisher with that one blow and we basically had our first view of Ichigo's father aas a soul reaper. And he also said that he knew that Kon inside of Ichigo's body wasn't Ichigo, but someone else or something like that. So many questions so few of them answered. They HAVE TO HAVE MORE EPISODES. TOO MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. Personally I would be happy when a movie that answers them during the story of the movie. Like why does most of the captains and other soul reapers not know Ichigo's father. Shouldn't them be able to tell that there is somethign off with Ichigo's father. Or is it combined with the acting of Ichigo's father and his fake body. Does that trick most of the soul reapers. Oh and if Ichigo's sisters gained soul reaper power I would find it ever so amusing if the sister that loves to clean and had that episode with that ghost cat that for some reason she could see. I would find it amusing if she got that ghost cat and it's firy form has her sword. Her and a fire sword that would be amusing, but what sword do you think Ichigo's other sister would get. Or would they all just get swords basically the saame aas Ichigo's sword. Or are Ichigo's sisters suppose to take after their mother and only Ichigo is suppose to take after their father.
I very much hope they keep it up for a while longer, was and is favourite anime.
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Feb 20, #479, was the last Xcution chapter in the manga. Feb 27, #480, starts the new story arc. You can read the manga online legally at vizmanga.com, just subscribe to Shonen Jump Alpha. I would think back issues are available for new members.
o episode 366 would be the last episode shown on tv tokyo and will continue on another channel instead so YAY Bleach will continue and now to catch up with a bleach marathon.
I don't watch Bleach
But I did read there was supposed to be an episode 367 (the last episode I believe.)
Where is it?
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below is what someone posted on one of the manga reader sites. similar to what others have already posted here. at the time i post this it will already april 3rd. anyone got connections/friends in Japan that can confirm/deny this?
"Alright everyone. I gotta stop this here. Bleach the anime is not ending. The translation was wrong. It stopped airing on TV-Tokyo and is moving to TV-Osaka. It's not ACTUALLY ending. it's just moving to a different station. Either april 3rd or April 6th will be the next one (367). Most likely April 3rd which would be about...what...3a.m. Eastern usually."
Regardless what happens, Tite Kubo is writing the final arc of Bleach. So even if it continues on TV Osaka, it won't be for long.
you got to be kidding 6 month break
You don't move a show to a new TV station to cover just one Arc. Even as popular as it is, that makes no sense. There will likely be a sequel, prequel, movies, or some other property as to make it worth TV-Osaka bothering with it.


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Bristol-based independent label Howling Owl Records have been churning out some incredible releases over the past year. From the Spectres to The Naturals, the label is widely regarded as putting Bristol firmly back on the musical map. Their latest release comes from Oliver Wilde - once a shy, acoustic singer/songwriter, he's transformed himself into an electronic downer-pop forerunner that sees his debut album as one of the most anticipated to emerge from the city in recent years.
By day, he works at RISE Records - a hub of the Bristol music scene, where you'll see him welcoming customers with a huge grin and quietly passing on Elliott Smith B-sides. A Brief Introduction to Unnautral Lightyears has been a long time coming and after a series of appearances at festivals such as Fear of Fiction and Dot to Dot, it's safe to say that the excitement for this album can be well and truly felt throughout the city.
Opener 'Curve' transports us to a hazy daydream, full of repetitive electronic drums and soundscapes before Wilde tackles your demons with distorted lyrics such as "You can't admit your happy, maybe you shouldn't be" before shaking your senses, wailing "But you wouldn't know". Finishing with the same looping electronic soundscapes and drum machine kicks as the beginning, 'Curve' gently rips apart your heart before piecing it back together in a style Elliott Smith would be proud of. Unbeknownst to you, Wilde has managed to gain access to the kind of feelings you like to keep hidden; even from yourself.
Where 'Curve' leaves you silently mystified, single 'Perretts Brook' wakes you with an abrupt electronic thrash that could easily make it the indie-sleeper hit of the summer. Building up to a surge of obscure of wandering bass, synth-heavy reverbs and teamed with gut-wrenching vocals, the fragile female harmonies during the chorus make it all the more enticing. This is the kind of bedroom production you wanted after first hearing the title track from Sparklehorse's It's A Wonderful Life. The album continues in a mirage of delicate acoustic picks, reverb-fuelled drums and clever song structures, with Wilde using his unique vocals as the conductor to an album full of wandering ideas - piecing them all together to make a perfect match.
Where the first few songs evoke a somewhat blissful melancholy response, 'Marleahs Cadence' awakens every sense with its thrashing guitars, uplifting opening and an almost sing-a-long chorus; this is the 'pop hit' of the album, if you will. Eyes closed, the song takes you to a hopeful place that leaves behind the regret Wilde has conjured up through the previous tracks.
'Pinch' showcases Wilde's undeniable maturity as a songwriter. Stripped back, with only a few quiet guitars to keep his vocals company, the song proves that not much is needed when these kind of lyrics are involved. A woozy sigh of "Imagine clouds to walk upon, while you look for that special someone. Be clear on what it is you want" effortlessly produces gorgeous imagery, with its execution allowing Wilde to leave behind any sort of song writing clichés. It could be likened to early Atlas Sound or even a more stripped-back, male Warpaint.
The album continues to produce gem after gem, as each song flows perfectly onto the next. Full of repetitive, distorted instrumentation you'd think that they would all start to sound the same but Wilde has managed to craft an album of unique integrity. 'Happy Downer' opens with grating, industrial sounds that are soon smoothed out by the warmth of Wilde's vocals before album finisher 'Twin' moulds all of the albums influences into one perfect offering.
As striking as it is beautiful, on A Brief Introduction to Unnatural Light Years Oliver Wilde has crafted something truly unique. Where one song will carry you to a car, with your hand catching the wind as you drive along, another will question those emotions that were buried deep in the back of your mind long ago. So rich in it's output yet so sparing of frills and over-production, Wilde has managed to produce an album that will stand out from any genre whilst still maintaining a clear structure. Original and affecting, it's the lyrical honesty and experimentation with an array of hypnotic soundscapes that not only make this one of the most exciting debuts to come out of Bristol in a while, but one that deserves the attention of anyone that likes the sound of swooping, indie downer-pop with a melancholic euphoria.
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Vaccines aren't just for kids. They are a very grownup thing to do. As the effectiveness of childhood vaccinations and booster shots wear off, many adults are contracting the serious illnesses and life threatening diseases they think they have long been immune to.
Vaccines aren't just for kids. They are a very grownup thing to do. As the effectiveness of childhood vaccinations and booster shots wear off, many adults are contracting the serious illnesses and life threatening diseases they think they have long been immune to.
That preventive shot in the arm you get as an adult may, very literally, save your life.
AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons) states that 50,000 to 70,000 Americans die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases, including 40,000 flu-related deaths annually, and that 95 percent of those deaths occur in adults 60 and older.
Among those vaccine-preventable diseases is shingles, a condition that almost one out of every three people in the United States will develop, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Shingles, also known as zoster or herpes zoster, is not the same virus that causes genital herpes.
"There are an estimated one million cases each year in this country," adds the CDC. "Anyone who has recovered from chicken pox may develop shingles. However, the risk of disease increases as a person gets older. About half of all cases occur among those 60 years and older."
Shingles begins as the chickenpox virus, most often in childhood, and remains dormant for decades in the body's nerve roots. For reasons that are not fully understood, the virus can reactivate years later.
It is characterized by a painful rash that forms blisters that scab over. Before the rash, however, there is often pain, itching and/or tingling in the area where the rash will appear.
"The virus that causes the initial chickenpox infection never leaves the body and resides in the roots of our nervous system," says Dr. John Podkowa, a New Bedford internist affiliated with Southcoast Physicians Group. "If an adult's immunity wanes as they age or if their immune system is compromised by another chronic illness, the virus can reemerge, this time as shingles."
Podkowa adds that, "chicken pox presents with skin lesions all over the body and in various stages of development. In most cases, shingles is confined to one specific side of the body. It follows the track of the nerve it resides in and is much more painful."
Joanne Rebello, 58, of New Bedford says that her shingles began as intermittent shooting pains on the right side of her head. "It was scary. You think of all kinds of things that could be causing the pain "¦ including brain tumors. Then I developed numbness and burning on that side of my head and my right eye swelled. Small blisters appeared on my face and scalp, including in between my eyelashes. When I went to the doctor he immediately knew that it was shingles."
The most common complication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia (PHN)"¦.severe, lingering pain in the areas where the shingles rash occurred. PHN usually resolves itself within several weeks or months. Shingles can also lead to serious complications of the eye, and, very rarely, to pneumonia, hearing problems, blindness and brain inflammation.
Rebello says that she lost the center portion of her eyelashes but has no vision loss, and that she still has some shooting pain and numbness but that the pains are slowly getting better.
Diana Mendes, 50, of Dartmouth, recalls that she had shingles 10 years ago when she was 40. "I was very surprised when the doctor told me I had it," she says. "I thought I was too young to get shingles, but I was run down and stressed when it happened. My doctor said that might have been the cause."
"It began as a rash on my back, right at the level of the waistband of my pants," Mendes says. "It burned and itched and was driving me crazy. As long as I didn't touch it, it didn't hurt, but if something touched the rash,
it was really painful. I was lucky. I had no residual pain and was ok in a couple of weeks."
Shingles can not be passed from one person to another, says the CDC, but "the virus that causes shingles can be spread from a person with active shingles to a person who has never had chickenpox. The person might develop chickenpox, but they would not develop shingles."
The virus is not spread through sneezing, coughing or casual contact, but is spread through direct contact with fluid from the rash blisters.
"The CDC recommends the shingles vaccine for those aged 60 and older," says Podkowa. "It is a one-time inoculation that reduces the rate of shingles by approximately 50 percent and decreases the pain associated with it. It also decreases the risk of pain after the shingles virus subsides. The vaccine is very well tolerated."
Shingles is not the only candidate for adult vaccination, especially for those over 60 or for people with compromised immune systems or with certain other risk factors. Barring individual contraindications that these vaccinations would not be appropriate, they do save lives, protect against or mitigate the severity of infections and reduce or eliminate the pain and suffering associated with them.
Three other preventive vaccinations recommended by the CDC are influenza, pneumonia and tetanus.
Influenza, better known as the flu, is a contagious respiratory illness caused by viruses that infect the nose, throat and lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness and, at times, death. Complications include pneumonia, ear and sinus infections, dehydration and the worsening of chronic medical conditions such as asthma or diabetes. Almost 3000 people died from the disease in 2009.
Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that is usually caused by bacteria or viruses. The CDC reports that, in 2009, 1.1 million people in the United States were hospitalized with the infection and that more than 50,000 died from the disease.
Tetanus (Lockjaw) is a disease that causes painful tightening of the muscles, usually over the entire body. It can lead to "locking" the jaw, a condition where a patient can not open his/her mouth or swallow. Tetanus leads to death in about 1 in 10 cases states the CDC.
Other adult preventive vaccinations include MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), Td (tetanus, diphtheria) and Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria
and pertusis), and Hepatitis A and B.
We wear a seat belt or buy an insurance policy, hoping that there will never be a traumatic situation when
we'll need it. It just might
be a good idea to give ourselves that same kind of protection against infectious diseases.
"I believe vaccinations are safe and efficacious," says Podkowa. "Because the flu virus changes every year, I recommend an annual flu shot unless there are contraindications. I also strongly recommend shingles vaccination for patients 60 years and older. Tetanus status should be evaluated any time there is an acute injury or wound."


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Devon Energy (DVN) reported an update on its activities in Ohio where it is working on the Utica Shale. The company reported that production results on the Eichelberger 1H well in Ashland County and the Richman Farms 1H wells in Medina County were not "encouraging."
Devon Energy is working on the Sensibaugh 1H well in Knox County, which is located to the south of the Eichelberger 1H and Richman Farms 1H wells. After this well is finished, the company plans to focus on its acreage in eastern Ohio, where wells produce natural gas liquids.


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The redesign includes a relocated fuel outlet to bring the outlet more in line with the original fuel tanks.
The tank is for models B, B12, BC, BC12D, BCS, BCS12D, 19, F19 and F21 and has an OEM Part Number of 1546. Left (#1546L) or right (#1546R).
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Staton, of Stuttgart, is a single mother of three boys.
The Career Pathways Initiative at Phillips Community College of University of Arkansas (PCCUA)-Stuttgart is recognizing Kristen Staton as its "Student of the Quarter" for the 2013 spring semester.
Staton, of Stuttgart, is a single mother of three boys. She is currently in her final semester of the nursing program at PCCUA where she is completing an Associate of Applied Science degree. Staton says she feels blessed to have the opportunity to pursue a career that she is going to love.
"When I graduate, I hope to find a job in labor and delivery or a neonatal intensive care unit," she said.
"When asked about some of the obstacles she overcame to enroll in college, Staton said, "I had a fear of failure when I first came back to school, after taking so much time off. I was terrified that I wouldn't be able to find a healthy balance between school, work and family. I didn't want to fail in any of my obligations."
Staton added that she is very thankful to have had a fantastic support system that has helped her survive the last two years. Career Pathways has been a tremendous help on her collegiate journey with tuition, daycare and gas assistance. She noted that the help "allowed me to continue my education, and there is no way I could have done this on my own, financially."
The greatest experience for Staton as a student at PCCUA has been the friends she has made along the way. She added that she goes to school with a great group of women, who are all very supportive of one another, and she appreciates the motivation they provide more than they know.
Career Pathways is designed to improve the earnings and post-secondary education attainment of Arkansas' low-income adults and help students attain the skills needed to earn a college degree and marketable job skills. To learn more about the Career Pathways program or to enroll, visit Philomena Allen at PCCUA-Stuttgart or call her at (870) 673-4201, ext. 1887.


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June 2001 Photos - Elisabeth Partin
Photos in this month:
Showing off my new dress (from Oma)
I love when Daddy swings me!
Pillows make watching TV very comfortable
Elisabeth Appleseed
Oma got me this Tweety bathrobe!
I brush my teeth every night
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The Arctic Challenge has always been a session more than a contest. Riders are judged by their peers (the other best riders in the world) in halfpipe and on the quarterpipe. Oakley continues to offer a 25,000-dollar gold watch (the Time Bomb) to the rider who breaks the ten-meter (32.8 feet) mark on the quarter. Heikki Sorsa got closest, reaching 9.3 meters (30.5 feet) in 2001. Our bet-it'll be taken next spring.
No judging.
Halfpipe: Terje, Gian Simmen, Ingemar Backman
Quarterpipe: Romain De Marchi (Overall and Best Trick), Terje (Highest Air)
Halfpipe: Shaun White, Terje, Danny Kass
Quarterpipe: Gian Simmen (Overall and Best Trick), Heikki Sorsa (Highest Air)
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Slopestyle: Shaun White, Heikki Sorsa, Nate Sheehan
Halfpipe: Shaun White (Best Run), Gian Simmen (Highest Air), Marius Otterstad (Best Trick), Halvor Lunn (Best Entry)
Quarterpipe: Travis Rice (Overall), Terje (Best Trick and Highest Air)
Halfpipe: Andy Finch, Steve Fisher, Risto Mattila
Quarterpipe: Travis Rice (Overall and Best Trick), Andy Finch (Highest Air)


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FSD's 20 Most Influential
Inaugural list identifies those people having the biggest impact on non-commercial foodservice.
Ken Toong
Executive Director of Auxiliary Services,
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, Mass.
It's exhausting for us as trade journalists to keep up with Ken Toong, so imagine what it's like for his staff. Toong has turned the dining services department into a renowned entity—in 2011 alone UMass Dining was honored with three national awards. During his tenure at UMass, Toong has increased meal plan participation from 8,900 students in 1999 to 16,075 in 2011. While many operators may have accomplished similar feats, the difference is Toong is eager to share what he has done in order to help others reach similar heights.


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After BCS bowls run, Wisconsin has fresh questions to answer at QB
MADISON, Wis. – When quarterback Curt Phillips took the snaps in January's Rose Bowl, Wisconsin became the first team to play in three consecutive BCS bowl games using three different starting quarterbacks. It's a sign that the Badgers were used to having success despite constant change.
It's a theory that will be tested again this season. Not only does Wisconsin have a brand new head coach, offensive coordinator and six new assistant coaches, the Badgers have a bunch of quarterbacks vying to start the season opener on Aug. 31.
Wisconsin was one of nine schools to start at least three different quarterbacks in 2012 — Danny O'Brien, Joel Stave and Phillips — and was the only school of the group that finished with a winning record. But after back-to-back seasons of at least 10 victories, the Badgers' 8-6 season was a far cry from success.
"It came out time and time again that 8-6, they don't feel like that's a tremendous year for them," coach Gary Andersen said. "They feel like they're a dominant power in college football, which I believe they should feel that way."
It starts with consistency under center, something Andersen and offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig are still sorting out after three weeks of spring practices.
Despite listing seven quarterbacks on its official spring roster, the Wisconsin has given seniors O'Brien and Phillips, sophomore Stave and redshirt freshman Bart Houston — a highly touted prep quarterback out of the San Francisco area — most of the repetitions.
Andersen hinted that the coaching staff will give certain quarterbacks more repetitions leading up to April 20 spring game, but a starter won't be named until the fall, after sophomore quarterback Tanner McEvoy has enrolled and can compete for the job.
"We're going to look at all the quarterbacks," Andersen said. "We're going to look real hard at the youth at the quarterback position because it's important. They need the opportunity to see how far they've come."
Although Wisconsin lost just 12 turnovers last season, tying for the fourth-fewest nationally, the Badgers threw for only 156.93 yards per game — 111th out of 120 FBS teams last season.
Stave started six games, including the first five conference games. He recorded a season-high pass efficiency rating of 208.8, going 9-of-11 for 127 yards and one touchdown against Michigan State, before breaking his left collarbone early in the second half.
"We were starting to get some third downs, keep the chains moving and that's really when I thought we could get things rolling a little bit," Stave said. "It's disappointing that's when everything went down."
Stave was cleared for the Rose Bowl, but Phillips was given his fourth consecutive start after leading Wisconsin to a 70-31 victory over Nebraska in the conference championship game. Stave played only two plays in the game, one of which was a dropped touchdown pass by Jared Abbrederis, and spent the rest of the game on the sidelines.
"The fact that I was able to get in there and play, make a throw and to be on the field again was something really special for me, especially being the Rose Bowl," Stave said. "That being said, as a competitor, you want to be in there as many plays as you can. I would have obviously liked to be in there a lot more."
O'Brien was named the starting quarterback before the season, but was benched in favor of Stave at halftime in the team's third game. He made cameo appearances in the fourth quarter at Nebraska and in the second half against the Spartans after Stave was hurt, but struggled to adjust after transferring from Maryland, where he was a freshman All-American in 2010.
"It was really tough, but I am grateful for it," O'Brien said. "I learned a lot. It was really the first time I have been benched my entire life in any sport . in really any venue of anything. It was really humbling. I think I have learned a lot from it. I am a lot tougher mentally than I think I have been ever."
While he has stated publicly that he will not stray far from Wisconsin's well-known running game, Andersen has the desire to add a zone-read and pistol formations to the quarterback's arsenal in order to open more things offensively.
Although Wisconsin has barely started installing its offense, the new coaching staff has been embraced by a quarterback room looking for consistency.
"In the meetings (Ludwig) is super detailed and there is not a wasted minute in our meetings," Stave said. "We are talking football, we are talking strategy, whatever we need to the whole time. We really get a lot done, a lot accomplished, and I feel really comfortable with the plays we have in. I think he's done a really good job."


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NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Actor, writer and director Seth Rogen says he "jumped" at the chance to speak on Capitol Hill about the impact Alzheimer's disease has had on his family.
Rogen, 31, talked about the need to increase funding for research into the prevention and treatment of the degenerative brain disease.
"They invited me to talk about Alzheimer's and how it affected my life and my family's life, and it was a very unique opportunity so I jumped at it," Rogen told ABC News after delivering his speech in Washington Wednesday. "I think one of the most distressing things I heard was talking to Dr. Hodes, who's a major Alzheimer's doctor, and he was saying that a lot of people who would normally be pursuing curing Alzheimer's as a disease are not seeing that the money is there, and they're choosing other diseases to pursue."
Rogen told ABC he decided to support this cause because his wife's mother has had early onset Alzheimer's since she was in her early 50s.
"Now she's in her early 60s and it's very advanced. And it was so brutal, honestly, that it just made us decide to try to do something," Rogen said. "It's a disease that has no cure or prevention that will probably affect you and your family one day, and it needs more attention."


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Dan Didio Responds to Williams/Blackman Controversy
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by LOLtron » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:22 pm
Hey, two years is actually a great run, and anyway, hopefully the next team will do a better job.
Last night, The Outhouse reported on the latest ridiculous screw-up from DC Comics when Batwoman creative team W. Haden Blackman and J.H. Williams III publicly announced their departure from the book due to editorial interference. Williams' and Blackman's blog post mentioned, in addition to multiple major last minute changes to storylines that had been in the works for over a year, DC's refusal to allow a protaganist Kate Kane to get gay married. Though all accounts seem to indicate that it was the marriage of the character that DC took issue with, not her sexual orientation, it was enough for the story to hit major media outlets like the Huffington Post and Drudge Report. It certainly saw a lot of traffic here, and it was covered on pretty much every comics and geek-related website out there, big and small.
You can read about the whole thing here. We recommend you do that before continuing further. We'll wait for you.
You back?
Okay, so DC, for the umpteenth time, has driven beloved creators from a book with last minute, often nonsensical editorial changes, and they've done so, as usual, in a way that ensures it's as embarrassing for them as possible on as large a stage as possible.
How do they respond?
How would you respond if you were the management in a Dilbert comic?
Let's ask DC Co-Publisher Dan Didio:
Dude. Did it ever occur to you that Twitter is not a live conversation where you're being cornered by reporters with microphones in your face? You don't have to just blurt out the stupidest response you can think of. You could just not answer. You could think about your answer and whether it will sound stupid, and, if it sounds stupid, take your time and think of a different answer.
There are people who work for your company, and even better ones that work for the major media conglomerate that owns your company, who are paid to think of responses to shit like this. You could ask them to do this for you. It's kind of their job.
The response to a publicity nightmare that makes your company look inept, intentionally or unintentionally bigoted, and in general like an unpleasant place to work at, is 99% of the time not to say that you hope the next guys will do a better job on the book. That's a poor response.
I don't know what you say to make it better. Maybe you say that you have no comment right now. Maybe you say that you're looking into how the situation might have been handled better. Maybe you say you're going to try to work things out with the creators. Maybe you say that there's more to the story. Maybe you say you're sorry. Maybe you say nothing at all.
The only way you could say something worse than "we hope the next guys do a better job" is if you said it and then immediately after, tweeted a picture of your dick, and your dick was wearing little coat and hat and a Hitler mustache.
But this is just what DC does. Here's another:
Yeah. He tried to put a positive spin on it ("hey, they lasted 2 years before publicly walking off the title and airing all our dirty laundry in public...") and then tried to act like people disturbed by the constant stream of creators fleeing DC books are being unreasonable, and don't want DC to ever change creative teams on a book. Furthermore, he implies that this was a planned move by DC, not a surprise that made them look dumb in the national media.
Ok, one more for good measure. This time, the esteemed gentleman from Bleeding Cool, Rich Johnston, gets involved in the fray.
As Rich points out, DC is constantly trying to misdirect the conversation about this to some straw man argument instead of addressing the elephant that is obvious to everyone else in the room - DC keeps driving creators (and fans) off its books with last minute editorial changes that appear to the public as embarrassing blunders. But worse, when accused of driving Eisner Award winning creators off books that they are largely responsible for the success of, Didio actually tries to act like the failing was the creators', not DC's. The books are not exciting, entertaining, or part of a shared universe.
We can argue semantics over whether he directly said that, but it's the implication here. It's an attempt to sneakily shift blame from DC to everyone else. And we shouldn't be surprised. This is the same guy who once told a group of concerned retailers at their Retailer Roadshow event that creative teams have always changed on books, and the only reason it upsets people so much more now is because of social media.
DC really doesn't see this as their problem. They see it as our problem. We, the fans, the internet, the non-publicity-department-controlled comics media, are only upset because we *know* about this stuff. If we would just stop knowing about it, they would stop looking so stupid for doing it.
And that, in a nutshell, is why DC keeps finding themselves in these PR clusterfucks. Because they just have no clue what they are doing wrong. As far as they're concerned, they're doing a great job.
C'est la DC.
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by Zechs » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:45 pm
by habitual » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:47 pm
This could be the veritable straw that broke the camel's back.
Regime change could be happening.
by Pink_Orchid » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:58 pm
It would take a Marvel in the 90's type of implosion. Sales for the DCnU are too strong.
by Jack Burton » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:00 pm
Christ I'd say get rid of him but I'm scared of who they'd put in charge! Because clearly nobody in his right mind would want to WORK there right now.
DC needs I mean really really NEEDS a Quesada/Jemas type right now. Say what you want about them(and I have believe me I have)but they managed to right the ship on Marvel.
DC is just fucking up left and right. It would be comical if it wasn't so sad.
by Tyler Johnson » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:01 pmWas Dan even AWAKE when he tweeted that crap? I've heard of sleep texting; maybe Dan is taking too many cat naps during the day and tweeting stupid shit without realizing it. That is the only possible way any of the asinine crap he spewed is alright, and even then it could be viewed as the sign of a troubled mind.
by Zechs » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:05 pm
What it needs is a skyrocketing spiral of horrible comics. i.e. DON'T BUY VILLAINS MONTH or FOREVER EVIL!!!! Just like for Harras his downfall was Mackie/Bryne Era on Spider-Man.
by misac » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:10 pm
Punchy was right! But it's according to Didio, so does that make him twice as wrong?
by Supersoldier Washout » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:11 pm
The industry and fans could only hope.
by Carol A. Strickland » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:20 pmThe answer, of course, is to give us readers more bare butt shots of Superman. That'll solve everything. Well, that and a change of TPTB at DC. It'll bring renewed energy to the line.
by habitual » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:31 pm
This has the potential to be so bad from a PR perspective that an implosion isn't unreasonable.
by holtom2000 » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:32 pmFrack am I loving this. I'm no didio fan but he's coming off like the worlds biggest douche right now. Who'd work for an ass like this?
Keep burning bridges didiot
by Buck Lightning » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:41 pmTo the person who suggests boycotting DC this month-- even if something like that were plausible, all you'd do is put a massive number of small market comic shops out of business. Didio, Harras and Johns would likely just be given consulting jobs on DC multimedia properties. I've often said that is what DC Entertainment is all about. The comics are not just a stepping stone or a creative well to get pitches.
I understand what you're saying. Its just that it would punish the wrong people. The better strategy would be to slowly get people to stop buying the books that lack quality. Batwoman had more merit than every Bat title except Snyder's and Tomasi's. But the others outsell it because it says Batman. Azzarello is giving me a Wonder Woman story I will put down as the best Diana has been in forever. Nobody buys it. Animal Man. Paul Cornell on Demon Knights. No one buys them. Support great comics and get off the Justice Jerks according to Johns....sorry for the alliteration.
by Eric Ratcliffe » Fri Sep 06, 2013 1:52 pm
umm no, they're are far more comics being printed to be sold then just DC. Thanks for playing though.
by Bianco » Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:36 pm
umm no, i was a retailer at that time, right the ship is not a term I would use for those two screwups
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LODA —The State Fire Marshall is investigating two barn fires near Loda.. Iroquois County Sheriff's Police and the Loda Fire Protection District report the barns were just a quarter mile apart from each other on County Road 300 N. The Loda Fire District answered the call shortly after 8 pm Wednesday. Firemen found the barns fully engulfed.
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a person that is just all around great in aspects
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Cinema Paradiso (US - BD RA)
Jonathan had updated the review with some DVD comparison caps..
Cinema Paradiso is the beautiful, enchanting story of a young boy's lifelong love affair with the movies. Set in an Italian village, Salvatore finds himself enchanted by the flickering images at the Cinema Paradiso, yearning for the secret of the cinema's magic. When the projectionist, Alfredo, agrees to reveal the mysteries of moviemaking, a deep friendship is born. The day comes for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream of making movies of his own. Thirty years later he receives a message that beckons him back to a secret, beautiful discovery that awaits him. (From the Lionsgate synopsis)
The first thing that I should establish is that this is the international cut of Cinema Paradiso. This is the 121 minute version that won the Grand Prix at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and took home Best Foreign Language Film in the 1990 Academy Awards. The original director's cut was 155 minutes, and there is a 173 minute extended cut (cleverly titled "The New Version") out there too. While the extended cuts fill in some of the gaps of the story, I prefer the pacing and focus of the international cut that is on this Blu-ray. For those that have not seen the film, I recommend starting here. This is one of those rare cases where the cut version is objectively superior to the director's vision, but fans and purists should take the time to watch both. Cinema Paradiso is filled with hilarious childish antics, endearing characters, and to this day it remains one of the most romantic views of cinema that has ever been committed to celluloid. This is in no small part due to Ennio Morricone's delightful score. It is one of those soundtracks that you've likely heard in many other movies and television shows without realizing it. It drives the emotional impact of the movie home, while the terrific performances from the main characters don't miss a beat.
There's a real sense of community to village that the Cinema Paradiso occupies. You gain a familiarity with the cinema's patrons, and this allows for the slapstick jokes to really hit the mark. For example there's the snobby man on the balcony who always spits on the people below him, until one day the favor is returned in the form of a used diaper. A Catholic priest censors kisses out of films, which is often met with a booing crowd. When the theater gets new ownership and a kiss occurs on the screen, the audience goes wild with joy and the place all but turns into a full on brothel. Tornatore's displays a sense of humour not unlike the type Fedrico Fellini showed in Amarcord, which is very much a good thing. It pokes fun at censorship, authority and class disparity, while demonstrating that the power of cinema can bring people together from many different backgrounds.
Around the halfway mark, things take a darker turn. After tragedy strikes at the cinema, Salvatore grows up and his adolescent nonsense is replaced by an interest in a young woman named Elena. This section of the film isn't as engrossing or memorable as what comes before it, and part of the reason I prefer this version of the film is because the longer cuts devote more time to this romantic subplot. The movie possesses some truly saddening moments (which I won't spoil), it always keeps its wits about it. When coupled with the heartwarming relationship between Alfredo and Salvatore (which is fatally minimized in the other versions of the film), the result is a captivating and memorable love letter to cinema. There are wonderful images and scenes in Cinema Paradiso that stick with the viewer long after viewing, and lovers of film owe it to themselves to see this classic.
This 1080p transfer from Lionsgate is kept in it's original 1.66:1 aspect ratio and looks pretty good for the most part. The age and film quality will never make for a pristine, flawless picture, but detail is significantly better than the old Miramax DVD. Colours are a slightly muted compared to modern movies, but tones look very natural. Black levels are relatively good. Much like the Lionsgate Blu-ray of Life is Beautiful, the picture takes on more of a fuzzy appearance than a grainy, filmic one. This leads to some odd colour blotches from time to time that are much more distracting in stills than they are when the video is in motion. There is occasionally some oppressive blocking that is most noticeable in the sky. This could be the result of some edge enhancement, but most of the movie is free from the effect. Overall though, the transfer is good and should satisfy fans given the generous price tag. It's certainly a better job than most Miramax catalogue titles are getting in the UK.
This monaural track from Lionsgate sounds more or less the same as it did on DVD. Given the low-fi sound design that went into making Cinema Paradiso, this isn't really a fault with track itself. Ennio Morricone's beautiful score sounds aged like the rest of the soundtrack, but it is still very moving. Without completely reengineering the sound mix, this is likely the best this film will sound. Cinema Paradiso, like many older Italian films, has a lot of dubbed dialogue. It is often distracting, but those who have seen many Italian movies from this era are likely to be used to it. Everything from dialogue to music is kept to the front and center speakers, so there aren't any surround effects or dynamic touches to mention.
Only a theatrical trailer.
Anybody with a romantic view of cinema should make Cinema Paradiso a must-see. Perhaps one day this deserving film will get a remastered 4K resolution print and a Blu-ray release with ample special features (let me dream), but for now this is an acceptable release with great value. It is only $10 on Amazon at the time of this review. There are no extras aside from a trailer, but the video transfer is a definite improvement, and the monaural audio track sounds as good as ever. If you already consider yourself a fan, and don't strongly prefer the longer cuts of the film, this is an easy recommendation.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and DVD release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Jonathan Hogberg
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Disc Details
Release Date: 4th October 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.66:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Italian
Subtitles: English, English SDH, Spanish
Extras: Theatrical Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili
Genre: Comedy, Drama and Romance
Length: 121 minutes
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Boulder`s D`Ann Duft tanks ski racing in the 1940s
The technique is solid: weight firmly on the downhill ski, eyes ahead, shoulders square. There's fire in the eyes, determination there. There's also beauty and grace and something timeless. Skiing is, after all, a sport that's been around for years, and the carved turn is a basic part of anyone's repertoire, whether you're a collegiate racer in 1947 or a World Cup athlete today.
The skier in the photo is D'ann Duft. The year is, indeed, 1947. And the place is Aspen. A Boulder native, Duft was one of four women on a powerhouse University of Denver ski team. The team also featured Barbara Kidder, Gerry Fleming and Louise Bulkley. Skiing in Colorado was still young then. Young enough for Duft to have a front row seat as Colorado's white circus started to unfold. And the sport was also young — and small — enough that Duft would end up knowing personally many of the individuals who would shape the face of Colorado's ski resort industry.
"It was an interesting time," Duft says of the latter half of the 1940s. "The post-war period saw a boom in skiing. There was Max Derkum at Keystone and Larry Jump at A Basin."
And there was the Bulkley family at Winter Park, the resort where Duft spent most of her time. One of Colorado's most venerable ski areas, Winter Park has a rich history dating back to the 1930s.
The resort's development started in 1937, with the construction of a ski jump and a few trails. By 1938, the first ski trains started taking skiers from the Denver area to Winter Park. It would take one more year for the first lifts to be installed, rudimentary surface tows that are a far cry from the detachable quad chairlifts the resort boasts today.
"We took the train up to Winter Park," Duft recalls, "and we would stay up there for 50 cents a night."
Lift tickets for that year cost a buck, and the money was plowed back into improvements, including clearing more trails and installing rope tows. By 1945, you could ski the upper mountain with rope-tow access, and by 1948, the mountain had reached the big time, with a total of three T-bar lifts and four rope tows. The majority of Winter Park's development came under the guidance of George Cramner. Cramner, the manager of Denver's Parks and Improvements in 1935, had a vision of a mountain city park that would become a winter sports Mecca comparable to European resorts. Duft, and her fellow teammates on the DU ski team ended up benefiting from Cramner's work.
It was during this period that Winter Park became the de facto home of the University of Denver ski team, the place where Duft and other racers would hone their skills.
"DU started sponsoring a ski team," says Duft. "This was before there was Title IX, but they still let the girls try out for the team. You'd try out and then you were on the team for good. They didn't have any additional tryouts each year, you just got on the team and that was it."
A self-taught skier, Duft ended up in fast company. Kidder, in particular, was a talented racer who would qualify for the Olympic team, but for the Olympic team, but opted out of competing due to pregnancy. Despite not becoming an Olympian, Kidder's legacy is one of an athlete at the top of her game. Born to hall of fame skier Art Kidder Sr., Kidder had summitted many of Colorado's 14ers by the time she was 11 years old. By 14, Kidder had qualified for the National Championships, held in Aspen in 1941. And in 1942, she represented Colorado in the Jeffers Cup Team Race in Sun Valley and raced to a Southern Rocky Mountain Ski Association championship. Other top finishes followed, including a first place in the downhill and slalom at the Intercollegiate Ski Championships at Winter Park in 1945. In 1946, Kidder would turn it up a notch, with a victory in the Snow Cup at Alta. Then came a second place in the Kate Smith Trophy Race, a victory in the Southern Rocky Mountain Ski Association Championships in Aspen, and a second in the National Championships.
Her career has not gone unrecognized: Kidder was elected to the National Ski Hall of Fame in Ishpeming in the spring of 1977.
With Kidder leading the charge, Duft and the rest of the University of Denver ski team traveled across the Rocky Mountain region competing in the top events of the era, including the national championships in Alta and Aspen's celebrated Roch Cup.
Named after André Roch, a Swiss skier, engineer and avalanche expert who helped develop the first ski run on Aspen mountain, the first Roch Cup was held in 1946, before any lifts existed and the athletes had to hike to the start of the course. The pioneering event saw a total of 23 athletes, 20 men and three women, race. A year later, when Aspen officially opened as a resort, the Roch Cup became the highlight of the season. Barbara Kidder would take the win for the women, with Dick Durrance and Steve Knowlton winning the men's events.
"The dream came true for Aspen," says Duft. "The ski races were a lot of fun. But there were a lot of injuries, too, because of the equipment. If your team got through a race without any injuries, that was good.
"We'd go up to Aspen for the weekend, and if you qualified then you'd race on Sunday. Afterwards they'd have a big dinner and about 8 p.m. you'd head back down to Denver. There was no tunnel and the drive would take six hours. You'd get home about 2 or 3 a.m., and then you'd go to class in the morning."
Events like the Roch Cup were a far cry from the sophisticated course preparation that the ski racers enjoy today.
"You did a lot of your own packing," says Duft. "Alta, that was an eye opener. … Those long wooden skis didn't turn well in powder, and the snow was really deep. It was quite an experience racing there."
Duft, now 86, has retired from skiing. "The last time I skied was when I was 70," she admits. But to her credit, she wrapped up her career at Crested Butte, a mountain notorious for its challenging slopes.
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I have another explanation for there being more different variants of malware for Android: there are more versions and variants of Android, so malware needs to be adapted to each. End result: more malware families.
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Your selective perception to solve your cognitive dissonance at work again, I see! Predictable.
Consider, for instance, my reporting on the Flashback trojan:
Now, we're looking at data from security firms, so I'm still a little bit sceptical. However, I'm risking the "You're anti-Apple!!1!!!"-crap because it's looking more and more like this is an actual serious issue. Do with it as you please.
Huh. It would appear you blocked this one out to solve your state of cognitive dissonance. I've got another one for you:
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So, there you have it. The quoted claim from you is a lie. Will you apologise for spreading said lies? I highly doubt it.
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