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Saturday, 11 May 2013
Skaro's Spoiler Review: Series 7 - Nightmare in Silver
Nightmare in Silver, written by Neil Gaiman is certainly an episode that will be remembered in Doctor Who. To some it may be the episode that re-made the cybermen scary, to others it may be the one that made them look like Iron Man, but to me it is the former. I have to say I loved this episode (although I have loved the majority of this series), Neil Gaiman has worked his magic on each character in this episode, giving the children courage, Clara authority and for once The Doctor, with only 49.881% of his brain.
The references to the Classic series in this episode is something that should be noted, there are tons hidden with the episode including the ability to be highly sensitive to Gold - which in itself was enough to make me squeel with joy.
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It was very slow paced. The children were annoying and the girl in particular was bratty. Compare her performance to that of the actor who played Amelia and there is no contest. The girl in this episode cannot act. Even if she was suppose to be bratty she came off as annoying and obnoxious with it, and I think a better actor would have known how to play that with some kind of compassion. I mean Amelia was a bit bratty too but that girl can act, and she wasn't even an actor before The Eleventh Hour! It wouldn't have been so bad but they pinned a huge part of the episode on her and she just failed.
It is nice to see an old enemy and I have always loved the Cybermen, but we didn't really get the Cybermen here, we had a (faux) Doctor being a Cyberplanner (Leader) it felt like a cheat to me. I think the personality has been removed from the Cybermen in the newer series, which is not a good thing.
I did love the call back to gold being the answer and having the Cybermen able to upgrade quicker is interesting as were the mites, or could be interesting if we ever see them again. Or rather this version of them.
Unlike the reviewer I felt no sense of danger at all, I really didn't care about any of the characters and of course I knew The Doctor would survive, never a question, to be honest I kind of hoped the children wouldn't have. *slap my wrist!* There was more fear and danger in Closing Time from the Cybermen than here and I don't much care for Craig!
Matt Smith was and continues to be, the best thing about the show at the moment for me. He really puts himself out there for the performance and rarely stuffs it up. He is fast over-taking my beloved Peter Davison as "My Doctor". Wow, that is a big call for me!
There were problems or leaps of faith. So The Doctor puts Clara in charge and everyone just goes along? WTF! Yes, I know he was acting as head honcho with the physic paper but unless The Doctor really does know something we don't about Clara why would he put her in such a position in the first place? He would know she might have to kill, it felt out of character but no surprises there as Neil Gaiman wrote out of character for The Doctor in his last effort, which by the way I didn't really like so perhaps I bring my prejudice to this one, didn't know NG work and do not plan on looking it up after two middling episodes from him in Whoverse.
This just felt slow and yeah, a bit boring when The Doctor wasn't on screen. Warwick Davis(?) was brilliant, now that is acting!
Just a thought on the whole of series 7 so far; I love Moffat's Who but I do not love this "movie style episode" split series 7. The bottle neck nature of this series feels out of place. I think many of the scripts have been of low quality. For all its faults, I have to say series 6 was better. There was a sense of excitement and yeah, fun! That seems to have disappeared this series.
I don't, as they say in the classics "feel the love" (on pun).
Nightmare in Silver - 6/10
- 11 May 2013 at 22:51
I will say it straight off: Nu-Who does not get the Cybermen. Heck even old Who didn't get the Cybermen, at least not since the 1970's. But this latest attempt to "re-do" the mistake of the Cybusmen is the worst thing to happen to the Cybermen since "Rise of the Cybermen".
What is so hard to understand about the fact that the Cybermen are CYBORGS? They aren't just robots with a human brain, something they got completely wrong in "Rise of the Cybermen" and then tried to fix with "Cyberwoman" on Torchwood. They are CYBORGS. There is supposed to be a human being inside that armour.
So why is the new Iron-Man styled Cyberman taking off it's head and sending it's hand running around? Why is it deliberately marching around like the T-1000 (come on, it was obvious).
"Nightmare in Silver" makes it plain and clear: the Cybermen are just robots now. All this talk about how they use humans for "spare parts"...well, how about showing it? Because all they've shown is that they are robots. There isn't anything "cyborg" about them.
And seriously, the writers of Nu-Who need to stop borrowing from Big Finish stories. If they're not going to do a proper version of "Spare Parts" then they need to stop taking bits and pieces from it....in Spare Parts they scanned the Doctor's brain and figured out how to make a "tertiary" processor based on Time Lord brains to improve the Cybermen. In this story they "scanned the doctor's brain" and figured out how to make better Cybermen...etc. Either give us "Spare Parts" or come up with something original.
The super-speed aspect was interesting, but as usual, they didn't try to explain it. Are the new cybermen fast? Or are they just moving in fast-time like the Shrike from Dan Simmon's books? But as usual they didn't bother with little things like "plot"...just more running around and sonic magic wand waving.
Anyway, long story short: 1/10. This episode was awful. I expected SO much more from Neil Gaiman.
- 13 May 2013 at 15:18
kassius carey johnson (artie) was the star of the show he was the best he is sooo good at acting !!!!!!!!!!!
- 7 September 2013 at 14:38
I understand that artie (was critisized and I respect their reasons (I lied) however i disagree because he has many talents & acting is definitely one of them !!
- 7 September 2013 at 14:43
by the way he is a friend of mine
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Ian McKellen wanted to quit The Hobbit over delays
Veteran actor SIR IAN MCKELLEN almost quit his role in THE HOBBIT movies as the project rumbled on for five years.
Guillermo del Toro originally signed up to take charge of The Lord of the Rings prequel in 2008, but he had to quit due to production delays when the studio behind the franchise, MGM, fell into financial turmoil.
Peter Jackson took over as director and the movie series eventually got back on track after the company emerged from bankruptcy, but a dispute with an actors' union and a health crisis for the filmmaker led to more postponements.
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He tells the December (12) issue of Reader's Digest, "I thought more than twice about it. It begins to wear you down. You think, Do I really want to do this? (A friend of mine) said, 'Look, Ian, all the fans of Lord of the Rings want The Hobbit to be made, and they want you in it.' I thought, Yes, I've a responsibility beyond my own pleasure. So I had to clear 18 months (from my schedule). And at my age 18 months is quite a long time."

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Pressure mounts as France, Germany and Italy dispute fate of next-generation launcher
If things had gone according to plan, Europe would be flying a more powerful and efficient version of its Ariane 5 rocket today, one that could compete in the commercial market without public subsidies, and development of a next-generation launcher would be well underway.
Instead, the Ariane 5 suffered a serious failure in 2002 that slowed plans to boost its performance and shelved what were mostly French ambitions to start work on a less costly successor.
An evolution of the Ariane 5 ECA that now delivers roughly half of the world's communication satellites to orbit each year, the enhanced Ariane 5 ECB would have entered service in 2006. But it was 2008 before the European Space Agency (ESA) approved low-level funding for early development. The project was rebranded the Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution (Ariane 5 ME), and the money—roughly €300 million—started to flow, most of it going to Ariane 5 prime contractor Astrium Space Transportation's facility in Bremen, Germany.
As ESA's largest contributor, Berlin is eager to see additional funding approved for Ariane 5 ME when ministers from the agency's 20 member states meet next month to hash out a multiyear spending plan. Few question Germany's influence over the space agency, or the likelihood that Ariane 5ME will survive the November budget meeting. But last month ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain said he favors starting work now on a next-generation rocket.
"I strongly believe we have to decide, as quickly as possible, to develop a new-generation launcher to be competitive in the market as it is forecast, and with the competitors," Dordain said at the Berlin air show last month, a reference to new launch vehicle developments in India, China and the U.S., where Space Exploration Technologies' low-cost Falcon 9 is challenging the global launcher market (see page 30).
Meanwhile, Japan is struggling to remain relevant with its expensive H-II vehicles and retain critical launch sector skills (see page 28).
Aware of looming competition, French space agency CNES has been studying next-generation launch vehicle concepts for a modular Ariane 6 that would use existing technologies and production facilities to replace the cumbersome, costly and commercially reliant Ariane 5.
The timing, observers say, could be critical, as Europe has not faced such a momentous decision on a major launch vehicle development for nearly 25 years. During that time, France has been the primary financier of launch vehicle development in Europe. But for the first time in ESA's nearly 40-year history, the German government has formed a consensus in support of maintaining Europe's independent access to space and says it will contribute one-third of the cost to fund launchers, if ESA will approve €1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) for full-scale development of the Ariane 5ME.
Astrium says the money could yield an operational upgrade by 2017, freeing ESA member states from €120 million in annual price supports paid to Arianespace, the European launch consortium that manages commercial Ariane 5 missions. Such relief, however, would come more than a decade after the Ariane 5 ECB was slated to enter service, a piece of history not lost on the French, who are eager to start work on what they have tentatively dubbed Ariane 6.
"What has bothered Germany is that its position on Ariane 5 ME is viewed as childish thinking focused on industrial policy," says Marco Fuchs, CEO of German satellite manufacturer OHB. Industry has been arguing for a decade for launchers to be of strategic import to Berlin, he says. "If France wants Ariane 6, they have to go through Ariane 5 ME," Fuchs asserts.
Christophe Bonnal, a CNES technical specialist, says three modular design options are in the offing: two solid-propellant rockets and an all-liquid-fueled launcher with solid strap-on boosters.
To date, the CNES analysis favors the solid-rocket concepts. Bonnal says even in the worst-case scenarios that assume a 20% decline in market price after 2020, when the rocket would enter service, the solid-rocket configurations could survive on eight launches per year, including three institutional ones for government customers.
"Definitely, we prefer the solid configuration today," Bonnal said Oct. 3, during the 63rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Naples, Italy.
Bonnal says each design would be capable of delivering at least 2,100 kg (4,629 lb.) to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), the destination of most commercial telecom satellites, and that two of them—one solid, one liquid—could haul more than 8,000 kg to GTO.
The three concepts have several features in common: a cryogenic upper stage 4.4 meters (14.4 ft.) in diameter with a common bulkhead architecture propelled by the Vinci engine that is in development under Ariane 5ME; a large fairing 5.2 meters in diameter; and a payload interface of 1,780 mm (70 in.) with the payload encapsulated.
One solid-motor configuration, the P1B, is based on a monolithic composite first stage with a 3.7-meter diameter powered by a P180 engine. A second stage would use a P110 engine topped with the cryogenic 31-ton upper stage and up to six optional P39 strap-on boosters.
Bonnal says launcher control would be achieved without thrust-vector control (TVC) for the strap-ons, but empennages are being considered to limit the dynamic nozzle deflection angle. "If we start having a thrust-vector control on all of the boosters, then in terms of cost, we're lost," says Bonnal.
For the P1B, the first set of P39 boosters would be ignited at lift-off and then jettisoned, while the second set, depending on the configuration, could be ignited in flight and not jettisoned.
Bonnal says CNES is preparing wind-tunnel tests to adjust the margin policy, and pressure oscillation has been assessed for different flight phases.
Similar to the P1B, the all-liquid H2C would use up to six strap-on boosters to carry as much as 8,400 kg to GTO. Twin main engines, capable of 150 tons of vacuum thrust derived from the Ariane 5's Snecma-built Vulcain 2, would comprise the H165 first stage, which would be topped by a 31-ton cryogenic upper stage, he says.
A third design, the P7C, would use a single solid-rocket stage based on the P135 engine as a building block to be arranged in linear and "faggot" configurations. Like the P1B, the P7C would use a 3.7-meter-dia. monolithic casing. But, unlike the P1B, each of the P7C stages would feature TVC, a factor that could increase costs.
"You could have a configuration with three P135s making a real first stage, ignited all together on the ground and separated all together, so there is no need to have separations between the stages," Bonnal says.
The P7C has the advantage of smaller stages, with the P135 falling in the range of what Europe's mostly Italian-built Vega launcher demonstrated this year with its P80 first-stage engine, Bonnal says.
Indeed, Italy is eager for ESA to approve early work on such an Ariane 6 design, which could facilitate new development of a more powerful Vega engine that could lower production costs and greatly improve its competitiveness in the commercial smallsat market.
"For Vega, we want a P120 at a minimum," says Enrico Saggese, head of Italian space agency ASI.
Saggese says moving to the more robust P135 could be a greater challenge, requiring a larger diameter for the stage, a new payload adapter and changes to existing tooling and production processes.
"But if we have a P135 for the Ariane 6, this could be worked," he said on the IAC sidelines. "We are pushing for a design decision in Caserta," a Naples suburb where the November ministerial will take place. c


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This is an excerpt from Social Dance by Judy Wright.
Simply being aware of your posture while standing is only part of the image that you present to others. Dancers are movers. Thus, how you carry yourself while moving, which you do when you are walking or taking a series of dance steps, also says volumes about your self-confidence. The topics in the following sections are discussed separately, but you need to put all of them in action when you do the drills at the end of this learning step and later when you step on the dance floor.
People often think of correct posture as they think of the weather: Everyone talks about it, but what can they do about it? If you aren't aware of your posture, then now is the time to check it and correct it. Visualization techniques are particularly effective ways to learn how to align your body. Try both of the following images. Which one helps you visualize proper vertical alignment? Perhaps other images come to mind.
Figure 1.1 shows proper standing alignment with the hips and eyes level.
Standing in good alignment is your first step toward understanding the concept of frame. The term frame refers to the placement of your arms in relationship to your torso, shoulders, and head. Often dancers don't know what to do with their arms. The narrower your base of support, the more important it is to lift your arms and to look at a point in space that is at eye level—like a tightrope walker! However, it is not necessary to extend your arms out horizontally to mimic the tightrope walker. Rather, you can improve both your balance and your appearance if you flex your elbows, lift them slightly away from the sides of your body with palms facing down, and keep them in front of your body rather than let them move behind your body. This arm positioning is an example of individual frame (see figure 1.2). Keeping your individual frame helps to eliminate wasted effort (rather than lowering and extending your arms then bringing them back into position again). Keeping your frame with a partner helps to define and maintain the space between you and your partner. Ideally, each partner is responsible for half of the shared space (see figure 1.3).
A typical frame error occurs whenever you move your arms independently of your shoulder girdle. For example, a common frame error, called spaghetti arms, occurs when the elbows extend behind the body. Leading and following are enhanced when your arms, shoulders, and sternum (your frame) work together as a unit, but leading and following are ineffective if either partner's frame is not established and firm. You'll soon find out that leading and following are more than a matter of pushing and pulling with one's arms and hands. Rather, you need to use your whole body (and frame) to non-verbally communicate with your partner.
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1/05/2007 6:39pm, #1
Jalon Anderson AKA Happah: delusional pseudo scientist
Jalon Anderson AKA Happah
There has been mention of this person on Bullshido in the past, but it dates back years ago and the madness continues so I think its time a proper investigation is done on this individual.
In a nutshell, Jalon Anderson is a homophobic dragonball z chi-master, 3d-artist, and blogger that focuses on deep meanings contained within images, icons, photographs. He finds asymmetry in images to be deeply disturbing. He is also obsessed with using very simplified abstractions to explain biological processes, without having a shred of medical knowledge to back it up. He uses a twisted logic to provide simple explanations to prove his crackpot theories.
Jalon Anderson has self published the following books: (emphasis mine)
Happeh Theory - A Linear Approach
"Happeh Theory is a combination of theoretical constructions and real life facts about the structure and function of the human body. The goal of Happeh Theory is to provide people with facts and ideas that should reassure them that if they practice martial arts or something similar, they will, without a doubt, change their bodies far beyond teaching it to fight or making it very healthy.
Happeh Theory is designed to be taught in a seemingly chaotic manner. Happeh Theory provides the reader with ideas and tells the reader they are connected. The learning process is not necessarily the ideas from Happeh Theory. The learning process is from the reader making the connections between the ideas.
While attempting to teach Happeh Theory, I have encountered students who are unable to think in this manner. They would like to have things spelled out for them in a logical way. This book is an attempt to reach people who think in this way."
Masturbation will make you blind and crippled as well as causing many other health problems. This book is a simple introduction to why this happens. Various ways of viewing the body are presented with illustrative drawings or pictures. The explanations try, in a simple and familiar way, to describe why and how the body is damaged by masturabtion. The same symptoms are associated with excessive sex or with gay people. This simple book focuses on masturbation. The book includes a self examination for the reader to perform on themselves. This self examination should provide the reader with a "I saw it with my own eyes, I felt it with my own hands" reason to accept the theoretical explanations presented in the book.
PDF sample from the book
This book was written for people involved in martial arts, yoga, pilates or some other body changing exercise that is designed to uplift the person to a higher level of existence. This book is meant to provide ways of understanding the changes that those practices enact on the body. The book is also a conversation piece. There are 3 or 4 ideas within the book that, if taken to heart, will change anyone's worldview.
PDF sample from the book
This book provides various unique ways of viewing the body that can be useful to regular people. The book is geared towards people who are interested in self improvement of the mind and body. People interested in martial arts, yoga, etc. This book is a continuation of the first Primer on how the Human Body works.
PDF sample from the book
Jalon Anderson is responsible for the following websites:
http://www.angrypenis.org/ - This is Jalon andersons main site
http://www.happeh.com/ - The Happeh theory website
http://happehsecretsoflife.blogspot.com/ Here he explains that women are succubus that suck the energy out of men with sex.
http://masterofbation.blogspot.com/ Here he explains the evil effect masturbation has on the body. He finds pictures of guys giving the thumbs up then draws penises in their hands to show how they got stuck like that permanently because they masturbate too much. Example:
http://evilplots.blogspot.com/ - he rants about "Evil Plots", mostly about how horribly evil modern medicine is.
http://humanpyramids.blogspot.com/ - Wave theory? I can't even begin to read all this.
http://cyclopeaneye.blogspot.com/ - More insanity
http://dbzreallife.blogspot.com/ - Here he explains how dragon ball Z applies to real life.
http://youareabigpenis.blogspot.com/ - Aparently, we are big penises
Happah Fu
Here you can find Jalon Anderson's "Kung Fu" blogs. Aparently he is writing a book on martial arts.
He thinks that he can move things with his mind.
Here he explains how you can see energy around people
He explains how to strengthen the butt muscles by putting a drum stick or book in your butt crack.
His High Level Martial Arts Theory is full of philosophical claptrap and he seems to consider real martial arts to be above fighting.
Mental Kung Fu
Many people think kung fu is punching and kicking. That is all it is for many people. That is enough for many people. Some people need or want more. For those people, kung fu principles also apply to daily life. Every interaction with another person, every action in your daily life can be done according to kung fu principles. Awareness, deceit, aggressivenss, passiveness, retreat, patience, practice.....all of these things apply to daily life.
Jalon anderson has 20 videos on youtube
Hear the voice of madness...
Here he examines gay porn for asymmetry:
Here he explains what makes a person a "TightAss"... anal penetration!
How human energy fields repel eachother
Here he explains kung fu "Grounding" and how improper martial arts training is like being high on drugs:
Theres just too much madness here.... I can't catalog it all in one post, my head is about to explode.
Who is Jalon Anderson?
# whois angrypenis.org
jalon anderson
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Phone: +1.14152421452
E-mail: [email protected]
He must be seething with anger (not to mention self loathing) having to live in the gay capital of the USA.
Hope you've enjoyed this glimpse into the mind of a madman... I'm scared.
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Well, if by energy you mean sperm...
1/05/2007 6:50pm, #3
I thought I saw some junk in my time, but this takes several cakes and a pork pie.
1/05/2007 6:52pm, #4
Guy's been around for ages. He's insane. Not a mcdojoist, he's insane.
1/05/2007 6:54pm, #5
I googled his name and the first link started off "Jalon Anderson. Masturbation will make you blind and crippled as well as causing many other health problems."
Did you see his T-shirts?
1/05/2007 7:03pm, #6
Yes he is quite nuts
So we are standing there watching and a mexican guy walks up. He positions himself at the feet end of the black man. He is standing maybe 10 or 20 feet away. He is not right next to the black man like the paramedics were. Then the mexican man raised both of his hands up in the air with both of them bent at the elbow so his upper arms were parallel to the ground and his hands pointed to the sky. He stood with his left foot locked straight and his right foot outwards.
I bet you think I said all that for nothing right? People stand the way they do and that is all there is to it. Right? That is what you guys try to tell me. A person's posture means nothing. Right?
I watch the mexican guy for a few minutes. I knew exactly what he was doing. He was putting energy on the black man to try and bring him back to life. I turned to the guy I was standing next to and I said "Look. That mexican guy is trying to bring that man back to life with spiritual stuff". The man just kind of nodded his head. I don't know if he believed me or not. Where I live, people are polite. They also know that there are strange things in the world. No matter what kind of weird stuff they might hear, they nod their heads and smile politely. They are trained to learn from the weird things in the world.
We stand there some more and the man walks off to talk to someone else. I watch the mexican man some more doing his thing. He keeps doing what he is doing. Some stupid policeman who does not understand what is going on begins edging himself in between the mexican guy and the guy on the ground. Like he thought the mexican man needed to be stopped. I nudged the cop so he stayed away from the mexican man. I did it from 10 feet away. I bet you don't believe that either. The cop moved whether you believe it or not.
I gave up. The black guy had been on the ground for almost 10 minutes by now. They were doing everything to him and nothing was changing. Even the black people had started to walk. I turned around and left.
I got up to the street and then I hear this cheering. I thought to myself "No Fucking Way!" I turned around and rushed back to the beach. The drowned guy was alive! And guess what? The mexican guy was exactly where I left him. Standing towards the feet of the black man.
That mexican man brought the black man back to life by putting energy on him.
1/05/2007 7:34pm, #7
I found one more of his blogs
This blog is a personal memory collection area. There are no kung fu tips, kung fu fighting tips, kung fu training tips, nothing of interest to anyone involved in fighting or using martial arts. This is for people that have moved past that.
Here an article on Michael Guen.
Martial arts are nowadays often referred to as a sport. would you agree with this definition?
I share the same view as Gong Baozai that there is a marked distinction between sport martial arts and orthodox martial arts. Martial arts can be used as a sport; I was a full contact competitor in my twenties; the experience was invaluable. But the sport mentality is limited. As a life practice, I do not advocate the sport mentality. Gong Baozai taught that authentic martial arts absolutely cannot be used to compete, because the original techniques and philosophy are designed for life and death survival.
In his blog Happeh talks of being treated like an outcast in the class but it sounds like this kung fu is really helping to foster his particular kind of insanity.
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I don't know if you're asking me, Mark, but nTour 95 are 303 grams, 0 pts HL, 22 mm beam. Similar spec setup to Liquidmetal Radical MP. Tweener for sure. I know it's Henin's racquet, but hers maybe spec'd differently.
The only non tweener I see is the Dunlop 4D 200. Or is it the 4D 200 Tour, tough to see it in the pic.
Great pic! Would you consider the Wilson nTour sticks to be tweeners?
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By Bishop Gerald Kicanas
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(Editor's Note: Bishop Gerald Kicanas (right) of Tucson, Ariz., vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is on a trip to Lebanon, his ancestral homeland, and to Israel and the Palestinian territories, where he will attend an international meeting of bishops in support of the church in the Holy Land. He has agreed to be a guest blogger for us during the trip.)
DAY FOUR: Jan. 8, 2010
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Yesterday I was able to connect with a Lebanese American family from Tucson who are visiting for the holidays. Ziad Safi and his wife and baby daughter welcomed us into their family home which looked out over the city, a magnificent view. Ziad's father built the building in which various members of his family now live on different floors. This is very common in Lebanon.
His mother seemed so pleased that her son was home for a while and certainly delighted to see her grandchild. Family is so important to the Lebanese as to many other cultures. His mother has never yet visited in Tucson. I encouraged her to come and visit when that is possible.
As always there was food and drink offered and much time to chat. Almost immediately you get into the situation in the Middle East. It is on everyone's mind. We discussed the many Christians who have left Lebanon which results from opportunities elsewhere as well as fear of violence and conflict. Despite living elsewhere they like to return to Lebanon. Many families, especially those in the Gulf states, have built large houses in Lebanon where they return from time to time. The challenge is how to encourage the young to stay and use their gifts for their country.
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On Friday Bill (CRS Baltimore), Mindy (CRS Beirut) and I went running in the early morning along the Corniche, a beautiful open space that runs along the Mediterranean Sea. This old man had a hard time keeping up with the two youngsters but there is so much to distract you the run was fun. Groups of men smoking on water pipes along with fishermen with large poles set out into the sea lined the walk.
Many people were out walking or running along the Corniche. It was a delight. You get to see so much doing a run. We passed the place where Rafik Hariri was assassinated. He had a great deal to do with renovating downtown Beirut through Solidaiire, a company he owned. Like the urban renewal in Tucson this development left many hurt feelings as many buildings were taken down for development, a difficult tension.
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Our business day began with a meeting with Rami Khouri, a professor at American University in Beirut. This famous university is one of the jewels of Beirut. It is well known throughout the world and is distinguished in many areas of study. Khouri is the director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs.
He welcomed us graciously. He is Palestinian but pleased to be living in Beirut which provides the freedom to do extensive and challenging research. He told me that his sister is a home nurse in Bisbee, Ariz., in the Diocese of Tucson. What a small world.
Khouri believes that in the West there is a massive collective misdiagnosis of the phenomenon of terrorism and its linkage to religion. He has written extensively on this subject and has a Web site that covers his writings.
There is a great need to study terrorism to understand especially why this happens. Much important research has already been done. Terrorism is a universal and historical phenomenon. He believes it is nationalist in nature. He indicated that 60 percent of suicide bombings are done not by Islamists but nationalists. Most terrorists are directionless. They believe their efforts will get out foreign invaders.
He suggested that it is important to distinguish terrorism from justifiable resistance as hard as this may be in many situations. Most resisters are nonviolent like Dr. Martin Luther King but some turn to violent means. When people feel dehumanized and demeaned they can do things that in other circumstances they would never think of doing.
It is important in his mind that the United States help negotiate a resolution to the Arab-Israeli logjam by encouraging the two-state solution. But to realize a solution, there is a need to address the Palestinian refugee situation. This will demand strong leadership and courage on the part of the U.S. government.
President Obama made promising moves but they were not fulfilled and so more are skeptical.
If a negotiated agreement can happen he believes several things must take place. First the Palestinians need "acknowledgment" of what was done to them in 1948, not necessarily recompense or even an apology. Second, there needs to be some symbolic return of some Palestinians to Israel with respect for human rights. Third, there needs to be the assurance made to Israel that Israel will remain a Jewish state respected by their neighbors along with the acknowledgment by the Arab world that Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state.
He suggested that Obama may have been naïve in believing that the Israelis would comply with the freezing of further settlements. Asking the Israeli's to give up further settlements was not commensurate with what was asked of the Arabs, namely to show a sign of acceptance to Israel. Israel had much more at stake in what was asked of them. Finally he should have gotten a better international consensus on what was being asked before making the demand.
However, despite all the false starts, it seemed that Khouri is hopeful especially because of the appointment of George Mitchell as special envoy to the Middle East.
Mr. Khouri offered much to think about.
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We went to the Catholic Relief Services office to meet with Rep. Alcee L. Hastings of Florida, who has had a keen interest in the plight of the Iraqi refugees. He was just in Syria studying the same issue and had come to the CRS office to hear about the experience in Lebanon. He was accompanied by the U.S. ambassador, Michele Sisson.
I was impressed by the congressman's passionate concern about this situation and he listened intently to the presentation by Najla and Isabelle from the Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center, with whom we had met earlier.
The most painful moment of the meeting came when a mother and her 15-year-old son, Fadi, shared with the group their tragic story of flight from Iraq. The mother emotionally described the kidnapping of Fadi when he was 9. He was taken into a car in Baghdad and brought by gun to an undisclosed location. The kidnappers asked a $20,000 ransom, which was absolutely impossible for a family of six that was merely renting a home in Baghdad.
Fadi then described in a very pained way his fear. After many hours of captivity he was finally offered some food but he was afraid to eat fearing that it was poisoned.
The family struggled to raise $5,000 through the church and their family, which the kidnappers finally accepted. The father was directed to bring the money to a certain location. The boy was released but the father disappeared. The kidnappers contacted the mother and asked for the remainder of the ransom, which she was unable to do. She has never heard from her husband again. The father's family now does not speak to her because she did not get the money for her husband. You could see the guilt and pain this wife and mother was feeling.
She and her son are now seeking to be resettled in Australia, where the mother's daughter lives. It was so hard for them to share their story but they were encouraged to do so as a way of relieving some of their emotion and trauma.
The congressman, ambassador, I and all present were deeply moved by this painful story, which continues as Fadi has been working to help the family but he has been further exploited in his job. One feels so helpless in the face of such continuing tragedy.
As they left, the mother, Fadi and I had a chance to pray together. I offered a blessing, struggling to keep from breaking down, which they so appreciated. God and God alone consoles in times of greatest need.
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Finally I had a chance to visit Zahleh, where I believe some of my grandparents were born. It was Friday afternoon so the traffic was horrendous. Anis, our driver, moved astutely through the jammed streets, honking and turning from lane to another to get us through the logjam. It is amazing how he ekes by with a hair's space separating him from the next car. There are no lane markings, cars move where an opening appears like running on a football field.
Zahleh is located in the Bekaa Valley, a very fertile, beautiful place. One has to drive over the mountains, through a number of small towns. Along the way we saw some of the damage from the 2006 war with Israel. One of the bridges that had been destroyed was now being rebuilt by the United States.
We arrived at the Maronite Center and Cathedral and were greeted by Archbishop Mansour Hobeika and Father Vincent, who is the finance director for the diocese. The archbishop studied canon law in Rome and speaks a number of languages, including English. He is from a large family, some of whom now live in the United States.
The Archdiocese of Zahleh is only about 30 years old. It has about 30 parishes and no schools. They are just completing their cathedral, which should open in a few months.
I saw again the River Verdauni. This time there was some small amount of water running. The restaurants along the river, which I remembered from my first visit to Lebanon, were all closed because it was winter. Archbishop Hobeika took us to a restaurant way up in the mountain that looked over the city and river. It was a magnificent view.
It was a typical Lebanese meal that began with a tableful of appetizers which could have filled us. That was followed by fish or meat. We were then escorted to another table where desserts and fruit in great abundance were displayed. We could hardly move having eaten so much.
We went to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Zahleh, which was a joint project of all the Catholic rites represented in the city. A beautiful image of Mary and her child adorns a large structure which includes a chapel and outdoor worship space. I was amazed to see so many people gathered at the Shrine even some from Scottsdale, Ariz. — amazing!
I am sure many have found great delight in visiting the place where their family has come from. That was my experience being back in Zahleh. Even though I am not aware of any relatives still there, it gives you a sense of from whence you have come.
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On Saturday we will fly to Tel Aviv through Amman for the beginning of the coordination meeting between the episcopal conferences of the United States, Canada, and Europe in solidarity with the church in the Holy Land. This will be my second experience of this coordination gathering.
The focus of this year's gathering will be the plight and displacement of Palestinians in East Jerusalem.


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Pirates sign seven Minor League free agents
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed the following five players to minor league contracts, which includes an invitation to Big League camp.
Travis Ishikawa (1B) - Went a combined 2-for-19 (.105) with one RBI in seven big league games between Baltimore and New York (AL) in 2013...Also hit .316 (56-for-177) with 16 doubles, seven home runs and 31 RBI in 49 games for Triple-A Norfolk and .250 (30-for-120) with five doubles, two triples, two homers and 23 RBI in 34 games for Triple-A Charlotte last season...Has a .260 career batting average (201-for-774) with 42 doubles, four triples, 19 home runs and 111 RBI in 382 Major League games with San Francisco (2006-2010), Milwaukee (2012), Baltimore (2013) and the Yankees (2013).
Michael Martinez (OF/INF) - Hit .300 (73-for-243) with 11 doubles, three triples, three home runs, 28 RBI and 35 runs scored in 71 games with Triple-A Lehigh Valley in 2013...Also hit .175 (7-for-40) with three RBI in 29 games with the Phillies last season...Has a .187 career average (68-for-364) with eight doubles, two triples, five home runs, 34 RBI and 40 runs scored in 162 career games in the big leagues with the Phillies from 2011-2013.
Daniel Schlereth (LHP) - Went 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA (11.0ip/1er) in 12 relief appearances with Triple-A Norfolk last season...Has gone 5-3 with a 1.71 ERA (121.1ip/23er), four saves and 156 strikeouts in 101 games (six starts) during his minor league career...Has posted a 5-6 record with one save and a 4.36 ERA (93.0ip/45er) in 94 big league games with Arizona (2009) and Detroit (2010-2012).
Adam Wilk (LHP) - Pitched for the NC Dinos of the Korean Baseball Futures League in 2013, where he went 4-8 with a 4.12 ERA (91.2ip/42er) and 70 strikeouts in 17 games ...Has a career record of 30-23 with five complete games (one shutout), a 2.66 ERA (493.1ip/146er) and 385 strikeouts in 83 games (83 starts) in his minor league career...Has gone 0-3 with a 6.66 ERA (24.1ip/18er) in eight games (three starts) in the big leagues with Detroit from 2011-2012.
Kyle McPherson (RHP) - Was limited to two starts with Triple-A Indianapolis in 2013 before undergoing ulnar collateral ligament replacement (Tommy John) surgery on 7/10...Was designated for assignment by the Pirates on 11/25...Has spent his entire career with Pittsburgh since being selected by the Pirates in the 14th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft...Has a career record of 38-33 with a 3.57 ERA (602.1ip/239er) and 509 strikeouts in 126 games (104 starts) at the minor league level...Has also gone 0-2 with a 2.73 ERA (26.1ip/8er) in 10 games (three starts) in the Major Leagues with the Pirates.
The Pirates also signed left-handed pitcher Brandon Mann and right-handed pitcher Elvin Ramirez to minor league contracts (no invitations to big league camp). Mann went to big league camp with Washington last season before pitching in Japan. Ramirez went a combined 1-1 with one save and a 5.46 ERA (61.0ip/37er) in 49 games (one start) between Salt Lake City and Arkansas in 2013.


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Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are influenced by multiple genetic, environmental, and behavioral factors, making it difficult to find individual genetic markers to help identify those at risk of developing AUDs. A new study examined how a person's level of response (LR) to alcohol, which is closely linked to the development of AUDs, is related to "gene sets" rather than individual genes. Findings show that glutamate receptor signaling genes that enable brain cells to respond to chemicals, and then to communicate that response, are involved in a person's LR. Results will be published in the May 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View.
"Alcohol dependence (AD) is a very complex disorder," said Geoff Joslyn, senior scientist at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and corresponding author for the study. "We know that inherited genes account for about half of a person's risk of becoming AD but this genetic risk is spread across many genes. To simplify the genetic risk, we took advantage of clinical and epidemiological studies that have shown that a person's innate response to alcohol is related to their risk of becoming AD. Individuals that have a low response to alcohol, that is people who must drink more than the average person to become drunk, are at a greater risk of becoming AD. We studied this alcohol response because we think it is a sub-component of AD and is much less genetically complex."
"With complex diseases such as alcoholism, diabetes or cancer, which are caused by many genes working together, there has been a great deal of difficulty identifying "a gene" that represents a good target for developing new medical therapies," said Michael F. Miles, a professor in the departments of pharmacology/toxicology and neurology at Virginia Commonwealth University. "The approach described in this manuscript sidesteps the entire issue of the "gene" and focuses on the functional unit of genes, or biological pathways. So, to paraphrase a mantra from another field, "it's the network, stupid." By focusing on networks rather than single genes, genetic studies such as genome-wide association studies can have increased power for detecting biological factors affecting complex diseases."
Miles added that, while gene networks have been widely used to analyze data related to different diseases, this study combined several different approaches to improve the yield of significant gene networks associated with AD.
Joslyn and his colleagues analyzed data on subjects selected from a larger, long-term study called the San Diego Sibling Pair investigation: 367 (233 females, 134 males) Caucasian participants 18-25 years old with a positive family history of AD, from 186 independent families. All subjects were tested for their LR to alcohol, and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) was performed to determine if a gene set—genes that participate in a common biological function—demonstrate a greater genetic association than would be randomly found.
"We characterized 367 people whose LR to alcohol had been measured in the laboratory," said Joslyn. "We were looking for variation in genes that correlated with variation in alcohol response. No single gene was correlated well enough with alcohol response to be confident that the observation was not just due to statistical fluctuation.
The results suggest that variation in sets of genes that encode the components that enable neuronal communication contribute to individual differences in alcohol LR. The neuronal signaling pathways identified were the same pathways that had been implicated in alcohol response in experimental animal and tissue culture models. Glutamate neurotransmitter signaling systems were most strongly implicated."
"Identifying neuronal signaling genes, including glutamate receptor signaling, in a genetic study of human variation in responses to alcohol is hugely important because it reinforces the years of work that has pointed to single genes in such systems," said Miles. "However, the GSEA largely focuses on previously defined ontology gene sets or known biological pathways. Alternative approaches, such as using novel gene-gene correlation structures derived from protein-protein interaction or microarray expression correlation datasets, might illuminate results from the genome-wide association studies analysis that fall far away from "under the streetlight." Despite this, the recapitulation of glutamate signaling … will more than likely further encourage the search for pharmacological agents targeting glutamate signaling as therapies in alcoholism or alcohol toxicity."
"The results of this study do not suggest any new mechanisms," noted Joslyn, "but rather add corroborative evidence to established ideas. The study does suggest that natural, inherited variability in glutamate signaling may contribute to variability in alcohol response. We thus hypothesize that it is possible to alter alcohol response through therapies that target altering glutamate signaling. It will take many years of further study to determine the validity of the hypothesis and if such therapies can be useful in treating AD."


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Andrei Iancu was named Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 2017. He formerly was managing partner at Irell & Manella LLP, where he is a member of the litigation and intellectual property practice groups. Iancu earned his bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering and a master's degree in mechanical engineering in 1989 and 1990 respectively, both from UCLA. He attended UCLA School of Law and received his J.D. in 1996 with Order of the Coif honors. While in law school, Iancu was the recipient of the Melville B. Nimmer Copyright Award. His article, "A Two-Track Approach to the Doctrine of Equivalents in Patent Law: Responding to Hilton Davis," was published in Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology in 1995.
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Her senior year, she was named the Skyline Conference Player of the Year, leading the Rams to their best record in school history (13-2) with a 6.49 goals against average. She was also named to the ECAC DIII Mid-Atlantic Second Team.
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Bring these forms for your first appointment:
- Authorization for Treatment and Release of Information (PDF)
- Assignment of Benefits (PDF)
- Notice of Limited Liability (PDF)
Returning Patients
Medication Refills
Request medication refills at the time you make your appointment – requests may take 48 hours to complete.
When calling for a refill, include:
- your child's name
- medication name and dosage
- pharmacy name and phone number
- prescriptions will not be refilled if you have not been seen in our clinic in the last six months
Patient Labs
Before your appointment: If labs were ordered for your child, please have them drawn 48-hours prior to your scheduled visit.
After your appointment: Allow two weeks for lab results. Normal lab results will be sent in writing and posted on MyNemours. Abnormal labs will be discussed by phone or at follow-up appointment with your doctor.
New Patient Forms
- Authorization for Treatment and Release of Information (PDF)
- Assignment of Benefits (PDF)
- Notice of Limited Liability (PDF)
Returning Patients
- Patient Presents Without Legal Guardian (PDF)
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Note: A parent or legal guardian must be with a child for a first visit.
Resources for Patients & Families
- Insurance We Accept: See accepted insurance, listed by location.
- Pay Your Bill: Use online bill pay or send by mail.
- Financial Assistance: Get help with your child's health care expenses.
- MyNemours: Access your child's medical record online.
Diabetes Guides & Logs
- Flexible Insulin Log (FIT Glucose Log) (PDF)
- Sick Day Guidelines (PDF)
- Pump Log (PDF)
Diabetes Support & Camp Information
Your Child's "Every Day" Checklist
Because an emergency can happen anywhere, being prepared is important. Depending on your child's insulin regimen – injections or pump therapy – the following items should be part of your child's "Every Day Pack" and carried by you and your child at all times:
- medic-alert bracelet (worn by your child always)
- glucagon emergency kit
- blood sugar meter and vial of test strips
- insulin pen or vial of insulin
- syringes and extra batteries and pump supplies (if using vials or insulin pump)
- alcohol wipes
- ketostix or blood ketone strips and meter
- emergency glucose sources: glucose tablets or gel, small juice box, bottled water, small box of raisins, or Lifesavers
- portable snack – cheese crackers or granola bar
- current list of all insulin: carbohydrate ratios, correction factor
- extra batteries for your meter
- emergency phone numbers
- CalorieKing book
- calculator
Sometimes a diagnosis of juvenile diabetes can feel like it came out of nowhere. And when it's your child diagnosed with the disease, it can throw you completely off guard. We understand how you feel – you want answers and you want immediate help for your child. At Nemours Children's Specialty Care, Pensacola, our board-certified pediatric endocrinologists are experienced in giving you the answers you need, and the help you want for your child.
Our diabetes team of pediatric endocrinologists, nurses, certified diabetes educators, registered dietitians, and mental health counselors, care for children diagnosed with juvenile diabetes (Type 1) and Type 2 diabetes. We have the resources and expertise to evaluate your child's condition, diagnose, and with your help, determine the right treatment plan for your child.
Once your child has been evaluated by our pediatric endocrinologists and diagnosed with diabetes, you and your child will meet with members of our diabetes care specialists to develop the right diabetes care treatment plan for your child. These sessions will continue for as long as needed to help you and your child build the confidence to manage the disease.
Some of the educational topics we'll discuss with you and your child will include:
- being prepared
- making some adjustments mainly with food choices
- proper care
- checking blood sugar levels throughout the day
- insulin therapy
- healthy snacking and meals
- talking to your friends, family, caregivers, and others about diabetes
Soon, you and your child will feel comfortable with incorporating diabetes care – learning what's normal for their blood sugar levels, and most importantly, learning that living with diabetes is manageable.
At Nemours, our diabetes care for your child is ongoing. In addition to your child's initial diabetes education and follow-up appointments, we offer:
- in-office hemoglobin A1c testing
- access to 24-hour, on-call support for diabetes emergencies
- convenient blood sugar reporting by fax or phone
- inpatient and outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services
- information about the latest technologies and treatments
- individualized diabetes education from American Diabetes Association-accredited programs
- nutrition and weight management counseling
- links to support groups for children with diabetes and their families
- access to other Nemours specialists, if needed to care for your child's condition
Requires a referral from your child's endocrinologist.
- New Onset Diabetes: designed for recently diabetes patients, and includes information on hypoglycemia, sick-day management, flexible insulin therapy
- Pattern Management: review blood glucose targets, Hemoglobin A1c goals by age in order to achieve long-term good health, and to review blood sugar trends so that insulin therapy can be adjusted to achieve more normal levels
- Carbohydrate Counting for Type 1 Diabetes: basic carbohydrate counting, including identifying carbohydrates, assessing labels, and measuring portions
- Carbohydrate Counting for Type 2 Diabetes: carbohydrate counting and portion control, healthy eating, and the importance of weight loss and exercise in managing Type 2 diabetes
- Pump Orientation: insulin pump therapy candidates have the opportunity to review different pumps, the infusion set, and learn about what is required of those on insulin pump therapy
- Advance Pump: required class for patients on insulin pump therapy which includes instruction on how to use basal therapy – insulin administered constantly to keep blood glucose from fluctuating, and bolus therapy – insulin that mimics the secretions of the pancreas in response to increases in blood glucose
Our pediatric diabetes program is an accredited Center of Excellence by the American Diabetes Association. This means our pediatric diabetes educators are providing high-quality information and care to children with diabetes and support to their families.
Some of the latest treatment therapies we offer to children with diabetes include:
Insulin Pump Therapy
A microcomputer designed to provide a constant supply of insulin, mimicking the job of the pancreas. It's convenient, flexible, and accurate, and requires extensive training for your child with diabetes to learn how to use it properly and prevent complications. Both you and your child will be required to attend educational classes before being considered for insulin pump therapy.
Continuous Glucose Monitoring and I-Pro
Similar in size to a pager, these devices require a small, sensor to be inserted into the skin which measures blood sugars nearly continuously. They provide:
- "real-time" glucose readings
- alarms when blood sugar is approaching dangerously high or low levels
- information about blood glucose trends


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Wolves Finally Get Over Major Hump Wednesday
The Minnesota Timberwolves finally got their record above the .500 mark Wednesday night with an 88-77 win over the New Orleans Pelicans at Target Center. The Timberwolves are now 23-22 on the season, the first time they have been above even since late November.
Kevin Love scored 30 points on 11-26 shooting while pulling down 14 rebounds and dishing out five assists to lead the Timberwolves. Kevin Martin scored 18 points for Minnesota.
Al-Farouq Aminu led the Pelicans with 18 points on 8-13 shooting.
The Wolves now trail Dallas by two games for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.


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"Jaacob's work is great. It's pretty straight forward. There are no magical tricks and it doesn't mess with your golf swing. If you follow his advices, you will drive it further."
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"Working with Jaacob's swing speed training programs I increased my speed by 12 miles per hour in one month. The game is a lot more fun with the driving distances I'm hitting them. Now I'm reaching greens in two more often. Swing speed training really works."
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"When I first started the swing speed training I was very skeptical it would do anything for me because I was already swinging at speeds close to 130 mph. But I wanted to get to the next level and be able to compete in Long Drive Events. So I gave it a try. I gained 13 mph in just one month of the basic swing speed training."
24 Years Old, Premier Member
This is the technique that anyone can master and allows even older or out of shape golfers to launch long ball drives further down the fairway than they ever dreamed possible and become the envy of all their golfing buddies!
Hello fellow golf enthusiast,
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- Taught more than 5.500 customers how to add distance, and on average, they gained 30.4 yards in less than 30 days
- Was a personal protégé of Dan Shauger who taught me the swing of and introduced me to the late Mike Austin, who holds the Guiness Book Of World Records entry for the longest drive in the history of golf with 515 yards, with a persimmon (wooden) driver!
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When You hear all the world's top golfers talk about something all the time you know it has to be something important. Well, some call it club speed and some call it swing speed, but as everyone knows it's a super hot topic amongst the Pro's!
Your chart below shows you exactly why all of the best guys are always wanting more swing speed. This graphic shows how fast people swing and what the average carry distance (how far the ball flies before it first touches the ground) is:
Now let's take a look at some super interesting and specific numbers.
So, as you can see the more swing speed
you get, the longer your drives will be.
And: Despite what many teaching Pro's, and even Tiger believe, yes, you can actually discover the technique that will increase your swing speed easily at any age!
But... those guys are all super-fit. Do I have to be as fit as Tiger or Camilo Villegas to increase my swing speed?
No, absolutely not. Just look at Camilo Villegas and John Daly. Camilo is one of the fittest players on tour. John is, well, not, but he still outdrives Camilo by a solid 4 mph.
None of those things really matter. Once you gain access to the top technique long ball champions use you're going to have amazing success just like these ordinary folks...
"Dear Mr. Bowden, I have purchased your program and after only two weeks. I am 65 years old and before starting your program my average speed was between 85 and 88. I am now averaging 88 to 91 ....But..I have recorded one swing at 99 mph and the ball was out or sight.....WOW. I have recorded 4 drives on the course of 260 to 280....yes I said 280. It was a feat but my buddies are already talking about making me tee off the blue tees."
Bob L, 65 years old
"The video on ... is the most effective instruction I've ever had!! I'm 72 y/o and have never known my swing until now. I used to shoot low, now and then,but quit for 15 yrs. Last year I started again and could not break 95 until this very informative video. Now, I'm scoring in the low 80's or better from the intermediate tees.(I also have had back surgery for spinal stenosis) Thanks for a great lesson."
Wilbur H, 72 years old
"I have been into your teaching for a about 5 weeks have gained 30 yards... I am in my 60s."
Stanley T, 62 years old
Yes, I chose these specific testimonies because these guys are all well over 60, but we literally have hundreds of real testimonials, from 12 years olds to guys in their late 80s, with handicaps from 30+ all the way to Pro.
On average, all my students constantly add 12-16 mph of driver swing speed and 30-40 yards to their drives in their first month in just 10 minutes twice per week. Yes, those are fast results, but those are just the averages.
Quite a few people, like one gentleman who is over 58 years old actually gained over 30 mph, which translates to an astounding 75 yards in greater distance!
I could go on and on and tell you about more of the thousands of long driving customers from around the globe that have already achieved these gains in distance with little to no work on their part at all.
But first let's answer the #1 question everyone always wants to know...
Do I have to change my Golf Swing?
The Answer is...
Absolutely not. The Swingman Golf Training System consist merely of a few very subtle changes in technique, where you simply make small adjustments to your warm up and training. All stuff that you can easily do in 10 minutes only twice a week.
With Almost No Time Or Effort On Your Part
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You'll discover how to greatly improve your balance so you can stop taking those embarrassing mile-long divots that you never indented
- You'll amaze at the coordination training that will have your timing ticking like clockwork
- Never again will you have to fear slices and hooks when you finally uncover the insights of "Club Awareness"
- Start reaching more Par 4's and even Par 5's in 2, and put an end to losing strokes and falling back around the green
- You'll have far more straightforward short iron approach shots & reach many more greens in regulation!
It's a simple and clear system of instructions, that took me more than 10 years of dedication, trial and error and sweating, so you don't have too. With the one goal of perfecting the technique of rapidly gaining super swing speed that could then easily be taught to any golfer at any level regardless of their age or experience.
It's a living and breathing online membership system, that constantly gets updated, and is always immediately accessible wherever you are even when you're traveling for business, vacation or retirement. No matter where you are it's always right there when you need it.
This is NOT a DVD that comes by mail in a few weeks, when you have forgotten that you even ordered it, and that's outdated within a few months.
This is not some crazy way to try and sell you a bunch of golf gadgets you really don't need and that only end up in a garage sale somewhere. Everything you need to perfect this system you already have.
This is not one of those ultra boring workout routines that has you driving to the gym and spending hours on useless movements that never really translate to golf anyway. This is the one thing you can do in only 10 minutes just twice a week.
It sometimes feels like the golfing community is the very last bastion of real gentlemen, a secret brotherhood where politeness, honor and effort still really mean something, classic, even a bit old fashioned, but in the best possible way.
I really like that about our beloved game, and in keeping with that high standard, and after more than 5,500 satisfied customers, I am so confident in my system, that I am giving you a whole bunch of guarantees:
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- More than 60 minutes of simple and clear, easy to follow audio-visual Instructions.
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- World class customer service and MUCH MORE!
With your membership, you also get access to interviews with:
- Founder of Edel Golf,Dave Edel
- Legendary golf instructor of Nick Faldo, 6x major winner, instructor to 22 major winners, DAVID LEADBETTER
- One of the only long drive competitors to swing over 150 mph in the finals of the World Long Drive Championships, Glenn Wilson Jr
- World Long Drive Championship Finalist, Kyle Blakely
- World Long Drive Champion, Mike Dobbyn
- Long drive champion and PGA Professional Runs his own Academy in Ohio, Jeff Crittenden
- Level 10 Certified Professional Clubfitter through the AGCP, author of "The Fit is It!! How Custom Club Fitting Matters to YOUR Golfing Dreams", Tony Wright
- Master Club Fitter, Doug Emma
- No. 4 most popular golf teacher in the world, Paul Wilson
- With Thousands of Hours of teaching experience to all level of Golfers, Adam Young
- 6-time World Long Drive Champion, Jason Zuback
- Putting Guru, Geoff Mangum
- Cornell and Stanford graduate, professor at Columbia, inventor of the strokes gained metric, Mark Broadie
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- Developer of a huge share of all balls that are played and have won on tour. Working with Tiger Woods & Sergio Garcia, Dean Snell of Snell Golf
- Winner of Mutant Golf Long Drive Championship, Rockwell Long Drive Championship, & World Long Drive Championship Region 8 Champion. Swing Fundamentals, Ryan Reisbeck
- One of the fastest swingers and longest hitters in the world, winner of 25 mini tour wins, Eddie Fernandes
- One of the top club makers in the world, Tom Wishon
- World Top 15 Long Driver, Andreas Persson
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Your FREE trial begins when you complete the order. Lets face it: Over 70% of our customers have a Handicap of 20 or better, and one in three is a single handicapper. At this level, we all know that you need ongoing support to improve your Handicap further, and that is what the Swing Man Elite Insider Circle Monthly Handicap Improver is for. It is our way to get you the hottest and most efficient game improving exercises, Q&A with Jaacob, where you get your specific questions answered, plus exclusive interviews with golf company owners, tour players and long drivers, on a monthly basis. It is like having a whole exclusive team of experts to support your Handicap Improvement, delivered every month, to your (physical) mail box. You have 30 full days to try it out. At the end of your trial, your membership will renew at the special Swing Man Elite Insider Circle Monthly Handicap Improver rate of $49.99. If you do not want to get everything you need to improve your game on a monthly basis anymore, you can cancel at any time via phone or e-mail.
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This coupon enables you to get a thorough analysis on your golf swing by Jaacob Bowden, basically an individual, personal coaching session with Jaacob, looking at your individual swing. To redeem the coupon, you have to fil your swing from the front and from the side, make the video available online, and send the link to us for Jaacob to be able to take a look at it. Please also include a description of the typoe of shots you normally hit.
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With your membership, you get unlimited access to the archive of our Insider Circle Monthly Handicap Improver, of all the issues ever published.
But we'd like to offer even more value for you…if you become a member today, we are willing to make the ENTIRE Mike Austin video library available for you in your Premiere Member area at no extra charge.
Thats's access to 10 Mike Austin videos which is roughly 14 hours and 45 minutes of video- a $470.90 Value! If you continue on as a Monthly Handicap Improver member for $49.99/month, we will release 1 video from the above list per week for 10 weeks in a row. Each week we will send you a quick message letting you know which one has become available.
As Soon As You Gain Your Instant Access You'll Start Loving Your Long Ball Shot's More Than Mere Words Can Even Describe.


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"GM" in this instance stands for "gold master," a now-anachronistic term that refers to an era when software was burned onto master optical discs, sometimes gold-colored as a mark of archival durability, and to vinyl records before that. The GM seed will become the official commercial release if no show-stopping errors turn up.
OS X Mavericks follows the release of iOS 7, Apple's mobile operating system, last month -- timing that works well given the growing areas of overlap between the two operating systems. iOS 7 added AirDrop, a file-sharing mechanism introduced in OS X Lion, and OS X Mavericks adds Maps and iBooks from the iOS world. That's in addition to crossovers facilitated by iCloud with apps such as Notes and Reminders and common services like iTunes Radio.
There has long been speculation about whether OS X and iOS will converge. That could still happen at some point if Apple sees some advantage in doing so. For the moment, however, the two operating systems are merely cohabitating peacefully.
[ Will HTML 5.1 end the open Web? Read Keep The Web DRM-Free. ]
OS X Mavericks doesn't bring dramatic changes to the Mac, but it does offer a lot of thoughtful improvements that add up. Here are 11 of the new features that might make it worth installing.
1. App Nap
App Nap isn't an application. It's a low-level power saving feature designed to throttle the energy used by apps that are running in the background. Apple claims it can reduce CPU energy usage by 23%. Anything that keeps your MacBook Air alive longer matters.
2. Sprite Kit
Game developers tend to use software frameworks to simplify the process of game creation. For those who have the skill to use Objective-C rather than higher-level cross-platform alternatives like Unity3D, Corona SDK or Platino, there are options like Cocos2D. But in OS X Mavericks, Apple is offering developers its own set of APIs for making 2D games: Sprite Kit. For the end user, that's likely to mean more quality games for the Mac, because Sprite Kit is also available in iOS, making it easier to create games that run on both of Apple's operating systems.
3. AV Kit
AV Kit is a set of media APIs for developers. With AV Kit, app makers should have an easier time creating apps that support media playback, with bells and whistles like navigation controls, chapter selection and subtitles.
4. Safari Power Saver
You can never have too much power when working unplugged. Like App Nap, Safari Power Saver strives to make sure you have the battery power you need. This browser technology is to Web media as occlusion culling is to 3-D graphics optimization: It prevents the processing of content that's hidden from view.


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They really like us! Canada tops list of Americans' favourite countries
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/they-reall ... -1.2010202
I wonder why Australia and others aren't showing up though, I think it may have not been part of the list. Here's the full report which is very interesting in the other aspects it surveyed as well:
http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/UserFi ... Report.pdf


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2005 View from the Road, #29, Rocky Mountain Town, New Mexico
On the series: The 2005 series is from a late September to mid October trip, the concentration being on scenes from Kansas to Arizona. Memory isn't constant and absolutely faithful to reality. It sharpens some elements, subdues others, emboldens some colors, darkens others. One can have a memory in which one color and element stands out while the rest recedes in a blurry black-and-white.
On navigation: Back/Next links and thumbnails take you to photo pages on the website. Clicking on the large photos will take you to Flickr. Don't click on the large photos. The best viewing experience is here.


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(Reuters) - The New York Yankees are Major League Baseball's (MLB) most valuable team for a 16th consecutive year, coming in at more than triple the league's average value, according to a survey released by Forbes on Wednesday.
The 27-time World Series champion Yankees, owned by the Steinbrenner family, were valued at $2.3 billion, a 24 percent jump from last year and comfortably above the second ranked Los Angeles Dodgers ($1.6 billion).
The Boston Red Sox ($1.3 billion), Chicago Cubs ($1 billion) and Philadelphia Phillies ($893 million) rounded out the top five while the 2012 World Series champion San Francisco Giants ($786 million) were ranked seventh.
With the increase in value, the Yankees surpassed the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, who are worth $2.1 billion, as the most valuable U.S. sports team.
The average MLB team value is now $744 million, a 23 percent increase from last year, which Forbes attributed to new national television deals, climbing valuations for MLB Advanced Media and baseball's investment fund.
The Forbes report (www.forbes.com/mlb) was released ahead of MLB's 2013 season opener on Sunday.
Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Julian Linden