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Freshman Denis Nguyen secured a 2-1 record in both singles and doubles action at the Harvard Fall Chowder Fest. (Photo courtesy of Gil Talbot)
Cambridge, Mass- The Harvard men's tennis team wrapped up the final day of the Harvard Fall Chowder Fest this weekend, hosted at the Beren Tennis Center. Day three was good to Crimson competitors as six Harvard players earned victories in singles play.
Freshman Denis Nguyen was one of Harvard's most impressive players over the weekend tournament, recording a 2-1 record in singles action while teaming with junior Andy Nguyen during doubles, playing to a 2-1 mark. The Anaheim, Calif., native defeated Texas A&M senior Colin Hoover on Saturday, winning in two sets by scores of 6-2 and 6-3. Nguyen would follow that up by defeating Michigan sophomore Justin Rossi in two.
Likewise in Doubles action, "team Nguyen" was the most successful Crimson tandem throughout the tournament. On Friday the duo defeated USC's Michael Grant and Eric Johnson 8-4. The pair would continue their strong play, prevailing over the Michigan doubles team of Alex Buzzi and Barret Franks, winning 9-8.
Michigan was well represented at the tournament as Evan King was named the Dale Junta '58 Winner of the Harvard Chowder Fest going undefeated in the top singles flight. Meanwhile King and teammate Shaun Bernstein won the doubles competition. Yannick Hanfmann of USC was honored with the Corey Wynn '40 Freshman of the Tournament going 3-0. The Trojan's Emilio Gomez would go onto win the second singles flight with a convincing 3-0 mark.
Crimson players totaled five doubles victories and 10 wins in singles action to kick off the season. Harvard men's tennis will now take a week off to prepare itself for the ITA All-Americans tournament.
Morning Singles:
Evan King (Michigan) def. Jonathan Pearlman (Harvard) 6-4, 6-3
Alex Steinroeder (Harvard) def. Shaun Bernstein (Michigan) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
Denis Nguyen (Harvard) def. Justin Rossi (Michigan) 0-6, 5-4 ret.
Alex Petrone (Michigan) def. Andy Nguyen (Harvard) 6-3, 6-3
Henry Steer (Harvard) def. Barret Franks (Michigan) 6-1, 6-2
Shaun Chadhuri (Harvard) def. Michael Zhu (Michigan) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Davis Mangham (Harvard) def. Alex Buzzi (Michigan) 6-3, 6-2
Alistair Felton (Harvard) def. Eli Brown (Michigan) 6-4, 6-4
Afternoon Singles:
Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. Alexis Klegou (Texas A&M) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Junior Ore (Texas A&M) 6-4, 6-3
Daniel Nguyen (USC) def. Colin Hoover (Texas A&M) 6-3, 6-2
Emilio Gomez (USC) def. Alberto Bautista (Texas A&M) 6-2, 6-2
Michael Grant (USC) def. Jeremy Efferding (Texas A&M) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
Jackson Withrow (Texas A&M) def. Eric Johnson (USC)
Niall Angus (Texas A&M) def. Jonny Wang (USC) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
Jordan Szabo (Texas A&M) def. Corey Smith (USC) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
John Lewis (Texas A&M) def. Joshua Tchan (Harvard) 6-3, 6-2
Daniel Brown (Texas A&M) def. Brendan Seaver (Harvard) 6-4, 6-4
John Thornton (Harvard) def. Beau Blackshear (Texas A&M) 6-1, 6-3


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Brian Scott
Brian Scott is a Wyoming guy. He moved with his family in 1970 to a ranch outside of Medicine Bow then off to Saratoga and landing in Casper in the mid 70's. Elementary school, junior high and high school as well as some time at Casper College, molded the man you know today. After getting started in radio at KTRS in the early 80's Brian had a chance to go to work for CBS records in Chicago. Stints with Polygram And Geffen followed before family and the call of Casper brought him home. Brian took over the K2 Radio morning show almost 20 years ago and remains one of the top rated morning shows in the state. Brian has also had some fun getting close to the music with his midday show on MyCountry 95.5. Brian has been married almost 25 years, has 3 boys and 3 granddaughters that are the apples of his eye.


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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Jamal Crawford and Matt Barnes combined for 42 points Tuesday and the Los Angeles Clippers cruised to their 14th straight win, 112-100 over Denver.
Crawford scored 22 points, Barnes added 20, and Chris Paul supplied 14, eight assists and three steals for the Clippers, who improved to an NBA-best 22-6.
Blake Griffin added another 13 points, six assists and six rebounds as Los Angeles outscored Denver 42-22 in the second period to put the game away, extending their franchise-best winning streak.
The Clippers connected on 11 three-pointers.
Kosta Koufos provided 16 points with 10 rebounds and Jordan Hamilton added 16 points off the bench for the Nuggets, who began a three-game road trip with a loss.


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|Audrey Eschright, Addie Beseda
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|Spencer Krum
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|2013-06-11 14:35:27 +0000
|Sarah Sharp
* MongoDB Users (Confirmed)
Informal meetup for MongoDB users. MongoDB is a leading open-source NoSQL database, developed by 10gen. Join two programmers from 10gen to ask questions and share ideas.
|2013-06-15 11:08:10 +0000
|A. Jesse Jiryu Davis, Emily Stolfo
* Monthly Open Source GIS Meeting - PDX-OSGEO (Confirmed)
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|2013-06-12 01:08:55 +0000
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* Portland R User Group - Hackathon (Confirmed)
Portland R User Group Hackathon
|2013-05-23 05:02:30 +0000
|M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
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|2013-05-29 21:28:06 +0000
|PyLadies PDX, Asheesh Laroia
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Quinn's (Piano Bar) for Dundee Utd (away) - Friday 2nd Dec - 19:45 KO
Central London has inexorably been losing the social mix that once made it so vibrant. Or rather, it has become vibrant in a different way, with the wealthy of all nations buying up property increasingly unaffordable to the natives.
Yet one patch of the centre retains its old character: Camden. It remains delightfully itself, with many small, independent traders of the sort that have been priced out of the nominally exclusive postcode NW1 – let alone neighbouring Kentish Town, in NW5. At its heart is Camden Market, fringed by the Comley Council Estate (now preserved as a model for social housing). Yet this is barely two minutes' brisk walk from the stuccoed splendour and immaculate gardens of Regents Park, where a seven bedroom house can easily fetch upwards of £35 million.
Linking these disparate worlds is Hawley Road, a hidden gem for food and wine lovers in the area, home to both The Hawley Arms (which serves a vast array of craft beers and was the second-home of the late Amy Winehouse) and the long established Pierre at Quinn's, probably the best French brasserie outside of Paris…and it happens to be the second-home of London Hibs.
Because the Dundee Utd match is a pesky 19:45 kick-off, we've agreed that our food will be served after the conclusion of the match and will consist of two courses; Baby Spinach Salad with Wood Pigeon, Pomegranate, Walnuts and Gorgonzola as our starter, with our main course being Crispy Polenta with Ham Hock and Anchovies. Truffle shavings are again available through until March. Coffee and a selection of cheeses will be available until closing.
House wine is Mother Rock Liquid Skin 2015, which Jean-Claude described in his email "Donald Trump-hued, this South African find abounds with quince and apricot. Keeping the juice in contact with the grape skins produces the fake tan". Supplied by the folks at Indigo Wine and priced at very reasonable £19.50 per bottle.
See you old faces next Friday. New faces also welcome. Seating is limited in the Piano Bar so arrive early - smart dress only and strictly no jeans/trainers.
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Somiedo Nature Reserve: a green paradise in northern Spain
Somiedo Nature Reserve
Think of a nature area with evocative landscapes. Sounds appealing? Concentrate on the thought of millions of beach and oak trees, glacial lakes, river valleys... You are now in Somiedo Nature Reserve, Region of Asturias, which has the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve designation and is one of Spain's most beautiful settings. What can you do here? Discover traditional cabins, visit an eco-museum, go hiking, skiing... and, above all, feel free. Take note:
If you come to Asturias, in northern Spain, some 300 square kilometres of beautiful landscapes await you at the Somiedo Nature Reserve. It comprises five main valleys: Sapiencia, Valle del Lago, Puerto de Somiedo, Las Aortas and Cigüeñas. When you arrive you will be surrounded by meadows and peaks reaching almost 2,000 metres above sea level, with deep, unspoilt valleys. A real treat to look at, with all the different tones of beech and oak trees, and the region's inherent, wild charm.
Don't miss a single detail. Walk on the trails, see lakes and gorges, relax on the bank of a river, listen to the sound of cowbells and feel the delightful, cool breeze from the Cantabrian mountains on your face. Looking for a perfect setting? Head up to the Príncipe Viewpoint and you will have stunning views of special areas of the Reserve such as Cornón peak and the Mumián "braña" (high pastureland).
Nature lovers, don't forget that this Reserve is home to one of Europe's largest populations of bears in liberty. The Brown Bear Foundation has an information centre in Pola de Somiedo, where you can contract the services of specialised guides for your trip to the Nature Reserve. Furthermore, throughout Asturias there are other Biosphere Reserves such as Muniellos, Oscos-Eo, Redes and Picos de Europa.
The experience of traditional culture
The valleys of Somiedo Nature Reserve also have a surprise in store. Throughout these valleys you will find what are known as "teitos" - stone cabins with thatched roofs that have served as shelter for hundreds of regional herders. Around 500 of these unusual constructions remain standing to this day, with straw beds, kitchen and stable.
Would you like to know more about this traditional way of life? Then visit the Somiedo Eco-museum. It has two centres (Pola de Somiedo and Veigas), where you can see tools used by traditional craftsmen and women such as clog makers and thread spinners, and there are three houses that explain the evolution of these dwellings in the region. Furthermore, April-October you can see the "vaquieros de alzada", the last Asturian nomadic livestock farmers who cross the valleys with their herds each year. They are bound to tickle your curiosity.
A world of activities
If you like excitement and sport, then at the Somiedo Nature Reserve you will find a whole lot more than peace and quiet. There are twelve fully signed routes that cover the area's lakes and mountains. You can do them on foot, by bike or on horseback, whichever you prefer. If you opt for horseback, then there are special routes for groups and horses available for children. What is more, in this Reserve you can go fishing and cross-country skiing - a little over 30 kilometres away is the Leitariegos ski resort.
If your thing is good food, here you can enjoy roast meats, cured meats and the delicious, typical beans of Asturias. Whetting your appetite? Then make a note of this date: in mid-August, in Pola de Somiedo, there is a market with crafts and typical products, accompanied by traditional Asturian music that you are sure to love.
Somiedo Nature Reserve has a Visitor Centre where you will find all the information you need. Don't think twice, leave the stresses of city life behind for a few days. Come and fall in love with the mountains and distant horizons of this Nature Reserve. You can stay in attractive country house lodges and restored hotels, and most importantly, you will have access to one of Spain's most beautiful and best conserved nature reserves.
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Here's where we'll put info about TrueScheme. My first suggestion is we don't mention the word "TD" for fear this page will turn up in a google search I'll try to get this page not to be indexed, but for safety, don't say "TD".
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Story Line
- Room 1: Lion's heads mounted to the wall that play tones when you stick your hand into them. The players have to collectively play a tune to proceed.
- Room 2: Easy combat - perhaps a slime?
- Room 3:
- Room 4: Lights out game
- Room 5: Werewolf (only be attacked with silver weapons)
- Room 6:
- Room 7: Vampire
Room Ideas
- Jenett: I'm building an infrared harp which should be done in a couple of weeks. I want to incorporate that into a room somehow. Here's what I'm now picturing. Eight wooden lion heads are mounted on the wall. Eventually the players figure out that if they stick their hands in the lion's mouth, a tone is produced. The party has to then position themselves around the room, each taking a note, and then collectively play a tune in order to proceed.
- Jenett: I'm building a LightsOut and will eventually build a 5'x5' table with gems as the buttons. We hope to use this in our hackerspace as something to drag to maker faires, but I want to build it for TD as well. In it's easiest form, you can solve the puzzle in a matter of a couple of minutes if you know the trick. If you don't know the trick, it can be daunting but solvable in 12 minutes. If the puzzle is too easy, you can make it harder by changing the pattern that is toggled, or having the pattern wrap around, or many other things. It's easily a "You must prove yourself worthy to be able to continue" standard puzzle that Jeff always has.
- Barry: Combat: I have had a couple of ideas: Flint golem, Kobold horde, Ghost
- Barry: Dexterity based challenges: I don't yet have a great idea for one of these
- Archmage78: There should be a room that is totally dark, the players would have to stick their hands into different bins looking for a key, the bins could be filled with things that represent other things, the darkened room could be a mages laboratory that has had an accident that extinguishes all light. The party would have to find the key and the exit itself. One bin might have grapes that would be like eyes, another spaghetti to represent whatever we wanted to say it was. I'm sure we could come up with a whole host of things, or there could be a riddle and they have to figure out in the dark what is in each bin to get out of the room. It could be epic.
- Jenett: I have a whole bunch of motion sensors and we can hack them according to this tutorial: Hack Motion Detectors It would be cool to trigger effects using these.
Project Time Line
- We should do this on a Saturday and then party and hang out Saturday night
- We have an inside to when Jeff makes trips to Indy. We'll try to coordinate this with one of those trips and Jeff can just make a side-trip to Bloomington.
- This will be held at Bloominglabs which is a hackerspace in Bloomington, IN. We have a 1,000 sq ft place that would be perfect for this. The hackerspace members I have talked to so far have said we could do it there, and some of them may be interested in helping.


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Operation Pedro Pan
Pedro Pan was born of fear, human instinct to protect children
Daring, painful escapes from Cuba to the United States are not unique: Camarioca in 1965, Freedom Flights through 1973, the 1980 Mariel boatlift and the 1994 balsero exodus boosted the Cuban exile population to about two million. But the most poignant refugee wave remains Operation Pedro Pan -- the secret, two-year-long effort to get unaccompanied minors out of Cuba and away from Communist indoctrination.
A total of 14,048 children -- between the ages of 6 and 17 -- made it out ahead of their parents between December 1960 and October 1962.
Getting them out proved to be the easy part.
''My parents told me we would be separated for just a few weeks; I didn't see them again for nine months,'' said Eloisa Echazábal, a Pedro Pan who arrived in Miami at age 13 with her 8-year-old sister Teresita on a regularly scheduled Pan American flight in 1961.
Once in South Florida, the children -- about 70 percent of them boys -- were first sent to youth camps in Florida City, Kendall, Opa-locka and Camp Matecumbe.
From there, about 8,000 who had no relatives or friends in the United States were dispersed to 41 states, where they were placed in foster homes, orphanages and religious boarding schools to begin life in exile alone.
Sent to temporary homes in places like Dubuque, Iowa; Yakima, Washington; and Helena, Montana, some of the children lived happily until reunited with their parents; others had miserable experiences in temporary homes
Eloy Cepero, who arrived at age 15, found refuge in the Coral Gables mansion of McGregor Smith, then chairman of Florida Power & Light. His wife, Elizabeth, raised her hand at her Methodist church when volunteers were sought to take in unaccompanied Cuban boys.
''That couple treated us like sons,'' said Cepero, who has fond memories of a home that came with maids, butlers and chauffeurs. ``They were so kind that, to this day, I can't speak of the Smiths without choking up over their incredible kindness to me and my two brothers.''
All who took part in the historic operation were marked by it.
Armed with visa waivers that allowed them U.S. entry, the children began boarding regularly scheduled flights from Havana to Miami on Dec. 26, 1960.
Wearing their best outfits, some descended the plane in tears, others clutched dolls, and most carried a suitcase with enough clothes for a week. Many were told to ask for ''George'' upon arrival.
George was Jorge Guarch, a big-hearted employee for Catholic Charities who greeted the children at Miami International Airport and then drove them to one of the camps that would serve as a temporary home until assigned to a family.
To help him keep track of the children, Guarch wrote down their names and other data. Today, his meticulous record-keeping is known as the ''Airport Log,'' and is considered the gem of the Pedro Pan archives at Barry University in Miami Shores.
The Miami Herald has computerized the names in that log and placed them in a unique, searchable database. Pedro Pans can now find themselves and each other at MiamiHerald.com/pedropan.
Among those on the list is Frank Angones, president of The Florida Bar, who arrived in Miami at age 11. Guarch greeted him and the other children arriving at MIA on June 13, 1961.
'This man was the first face we saw when we got out of the plane. I remember he told me: My name is `George.' I didn't know if he was Cuban or American. He then drove us in a station wagon to the Kendall camp; he was very kind to kids who were sort of in shock,'' Angones said.
For weeks, Angones cried himself to sleep at the Kendall camp. ''I missed my parents,'' he said. He remembers calling them on the phone. 'I would tell them: `Hurry up and come get me.' ''
Angones was lucky. He reunited with his parents four months later.
The wait was much longer for many others whose parents became trapped by the political tension between Havana and Washington, including the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
When travel between the two nations was suspended, many parents -- like those of future U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez -- could not get out until the Cuban Freedom Flights approved by President Lyndon B. Johnson began in 1965.
Juan Pujol's parents never made it out of Matanzas. He was sent alone at age 16.
''For family reasons -- my brother was military age and my grandmother was elderly -- my parents stayed behind. I did not see them again until 1979 -- 17 years after I got here,'' said Pujol, a merchant in Miami Beach who returned to Cuba on a short visit to see his family.
The seeds of Operation Pedro Pan began just after the 1959 Cuban revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.
In the spring of 1960, Castro announced the closing of secondary schools and the opening of ''youth camps'' in the countryside, where Cuban children would learn to work in agriculture and embrace a revolutionary lifestyle.
The best and the brightest were given scholarships to study abroad in the Soviet Union, Castro's new ally. In a speech that sent chills down many Cuban parents' spines, Castro announced he would ``. . . terminate the school year and mobilize all the students from sixth grade up and send them to revolutionary schools in the countryside.''
For many parents, it became obvious that indoctrination was seeping into the public, private and religious schools on the island.
Many middle- and upper-class Cubans who opposed Castro began looking for ways to get their children out.
'My parents' idea was to send us to the U.S. until this whole thing blew over. At that time, no one thought Castro would last long,'' Echazábal said. ``Sending us to the U.S. was just a temporary solution to remove us from what was happening in Cuba.''
Some Cuban parents approached James Baker, head of the Ruston Academy, an American school in Havana.
A secret plan coalesced involving Baker, a priest in Miami and the U.S. government.
In December of 1960, Baker traveled to Miami and met with the Havana-American Chamber of Commerce to try to secure funds for about 200 children whose parents wanted them out of Cuba.
He also met with Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, then director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau for the Archdiocese of Miami, to discuss the care of the unaccompanied minors.
Walsh flew to Washington to meet with high-ranking officials who came up with an unprecedented plan to allow Walsh to sign U.S. immigration visa waivers for the Cuban children.
The signed waivers were distributed throughout the island via the American Embassy. But the operation had to be kept secret to safeguard against the risk of detention by Cuban intelligence officers.
A committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of Havana and a group of Cubans raised funds for the youngsters' passage from Havana to Miami.
The Catholic Welfare Bureau assumed the responsibility of caring for the children until they could be reunited with their parents -- either in Cuba or in the United States. In an unprecedented move, the U.S. government paid about $100 a month per child to help pay for their care.
Even though the operation was considered top secret by American officials, many middle-class parents in Cuba were aware that church clergy, teachers and staff members of American schools like Ruston Academy could be contacted for visa waivers.
Sixto and Vivian Aquino were the first two unaccompanied Cuban minors to arrive, according to Operation Pedro Pan records.
''I remember being met at the airport and everyone being very nice to us,'' said Sixto Aquino, who arrived at age 11 and today works for the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
Walsh himself had met the two first Pedro Pans, who were sent to live in a Miami orphanage called St. Joseph's Villa at Northwest Seventh Street and 28th Avenue.
''For me, arriving here all by myself with my little brother and going to live in an American orphanage was a terrible culture shock,'' said Vivian Sixto of Miami, who was 14.
For several weeks, dozens more kids followed. But the operation then came to a screeching halt.
Early in January 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke diplomatic relations with Cuba and Operation Pedro Pan was faced with the new problem of how to distribute visas for the children in the absence of an American embassy.
Walsh said in interviews prior to his death that he thought the operation would die a month into it. ''It was a nice try,'' he said.
But the operation turned into a much larger and dramatic effort as events unfolded.
Walsh said two components heightened the panic: Children coming back from the Cuban government's mandatory agriculture camps told their parents they were being taught leftist ideology and were required to join the young Communist pioneers movement. They also wore uniforms and were instructed to alert authorities if their parents were not true revolutionaries.
Many Cuban parents saw these measures as a way for the Castro government to indoctrinate their children.
Adding to the anxiety was the arrest of more than 200,000 people believed to be loyal to the previous regime of Fulgencio Batista, or who had turned against the revolution they had once supported.
By May of 1961, the government had taken control of all private schools, and in September it expelled large numbers of priests and nuns from the country.
Echazábal's Catholic school was among those shut down.
''I remember the day the militia men came to the school and told the nuns what they had to teach -- what the revolution required,'' she said. ``The nuns instead decided to close the school and return to their home base in Mexico.''
Alarmed by the government's control of education, rumors began circulating that the government would institute a Patria Potestad law, effectively taking away the right of parents to determine their children's future.
Parents saw the youth camps, the literacy campaign, the closing of private schools, the ''scholarships'' to study in the Eastern bloc and their possible loss of control over their children as a call to get their kids out of Cuba.
'I think a lot of parents just looked at each other and said, `We've got to get our children out of here,' '' Walsh said in an interview years later.
So Operation Pedro Pan, whose name was coined by late Miami Herald Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Gene Miller, spread across Cuba.
Ironically, the name of the mission in honor of a mischievous boy who can fly and refuses to grow up is contrary to what happened to many who found themselves alone in America without their parents.
''When I got on that plane in Cuba, I was a boy,'' said Angones. ``When I landed in Miami, I was more of an adult than any child should be.''


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Hello Everyone I'm Elaine and it's my turn to bring you this months challenge and it just so happens it's the last one for 2016!
Lots of Christmas cheer is on its way and so exciting for all those little kiddies who are lucky enough to have loved ones around them. For those that don't our hearts go out to them.
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Acclaimed artist Elaine Gordon can't believe her loving husband is gone. After a lifetime spent utterly devoted to her soul mate and their marriage, Elaine is now tetherless, faced with widowhood and all the decisions that come with it - not least of which is what to do with her rambling, now-empty family home.
Anxious to console their mother in her time of grief, Elaine's four grown children urge her to put everything on hold and spend some healing time with them. But visiting each unique and complicated child opens Elaine's eyes to the fact that the children she raised have become adults she hardly knows: Sarah, who abandoned Western life for an orthodox enclave in Jerusalem; Lisa, Sarah's accomplished twin and polar opposite, who will do anything for a child of her own; Peter, trapped in a hollow marriage in California; and Denis, the youngest, who just wants Elaine to accept his gay lifestyle.
As Elaine tries to bridge the physical and emotional miles, her eyes are opened to the startling truths of her own family, and what she must do to come to terms with her kids' lives - and a future that's completely, wonderfully…hers.


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Friday, February 29, 2008
Doubling down on the gender card
"Every so often I just wish that it were a little more of an even playing field...."
Get it, ladies? This game is rigged against the girl. (Y'all can relate, right?) So vote for Hillary and strike a blow against the "glass ceiling"!
Please. Enough. Yo, Hillary, you're running against a black guy whose middle name is Hussein. If you want better odds than that, I don't know what to tell you.
I busted Sen. Clinton on that gender-card shit when she first dealt it eight weeks ago. But, hey, it worked for her then.
The media was all aflutter when Hillary "almost cried" right before the New Hampshire primary. Then, in the debate before Super Tuesday, Clinton said flat-out: "Having the first woman president would be a huge change for America and the world." And she rocked the female vote once more.
Now, with the stakes never higher, the Clinton campaign has released a TV ad in Texas appealing to women – as women – to vote for the woman. It's embedded below. It's called "One of a Million." It's deep.
Notice anything about the women in that ad? Go ahead, watch it... I'll wait.
Okay. Most of those women are (let us say) "average-looking." Half of them are overweight. I'm sure that was calculated. I am sure the Clinton strategists went out of their way not to cast anyone too pretty.
Not to be sexist or lookist about it, but we're talking about Texas. Where children's beauty pageants are a religious practice... and cheerleading counts as national service.
To hell with them Texas beauties. The Clinton campaign is like, "Find us a woman who looks like Ruth Buzzi. And one who looks like she's got Down syndrome."
And did you notice they got a sister to deliver the subtle putdown of Barack Obama? "I'm not a movement."
Indeed, you're not. Hillary Clinton just wishes you were.
27 comments:
- Lola Gets said...
Im at the library and cant watch any videos, but I did want to let you know that I tried your Google search, and I like it!
I searched for "DL", and guess what? Your blog came up first! Sike, lol. But it was an interesting search to read.
- February 29, 2008 at 11:05 AM
The gender of our president won't make the difference in our country. The quality and the ability of the person will. By saying that she brings change simply because she's a woman, Clinton proves that she doesn't have what it will take. (That's all she can come up with? She's a woman?)
I'm also tired of hearing how historic our having a female president would be. The United States are, in fact, woefully, behind the times. In 2007 there were 13 female heads of state: Ireland, New Zealand, Finland, The Philippines, Latvia, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Germany, Liberia, Chile, Switzerland (appointed, not elected), India and Jamaica. The Philippines currently has it's second female president. Even a Muslim country elected Bhutto - twice and she was running a third time when she was assassinated.
Depending on your political point of view, Margaret Thatcher, the original "Iron Lady," Indira Ghandi and Golda Meir were great leaders, but it was the quality of their leadership, not their gender that made the difference.
Now about that Texas commercial, let me get off my feminist soap box and tell you how I really feel. UBM, you are right. Those were some scary looking women in that commercial. They're enough to turn off the average male voter. Do only downtrodden women vote down there?
- February 29, 2008 at 11:08 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
Those were some scary looking women in that commercial.
Thanks for backing me up on that, genevagirl!
- February 29, 2008 at 11:52 AM
One in a million for weight watchers. How does she get to tout her gender without any reprisal?? I'm sorry Hillary it's not your gender people despise it's you.
- February 29, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Man, I can't wait until these primaries are over so I don't have to hear anymore of her whining. (Yes, I'm assuming/hoping she'll looooooooose). Life is so unfair to Hillary! Poor Hillary!
Gee, I wonder what people would say if Oba kept subtly hinting that the only way to be a good black person was to vote for him.
No, she doesn't want you to vote based on gender. Not Hillary (how many quotes are there of her saying exactly that??)! I'm sure it's just a coincidence that she ran a commercial with 100% women, encouraging women to vote for her. Yep, must be.
I used to defend *some* (not all) of Bill's shenanigans - no more of that. They've proved this year that they *are* politics as usual.
Whatever. Done. With. Clintons. Overit.
- February 29, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Did Maggie Thatcher campaign like this?
- February 29, 2008 at 2:04 PM
- Michael Fisher said...
David. Let's be real. Given that the policy differences between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are miniscule, to say the least, aren't you backing Obama because he is black? That is, aren't you acting out of a de facto black nationalist impulse?
- February 29, 2008 at 2:45 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ Not so. When Obama entered the race, I thought he had jumped the gun by eight years.
By the time I started watching the debates, I was unimpressed with Obama, though I was impressed with certain aspects of his campaign -- particularly, the well-produced videos they posted to YouTube.
I contributed some money early on. But I wouldn't call it a black nationalist impulse. Just wanted to see what he could do.
Then he rocked Iowa... and like the rest of the world, I started taking Barack Obama seriously.
And even then, it was my distrust of John Edwards and my fed-upped-ness with the Clinton machine -- not runaway race pride -- that put me into Obama's camp.
And I still have doubts about his readiness... alleviated somewhat in his demonstrated ability to build a competent team, to attract talent. And with the Democratic establishment shifting to his corner, I'm increasingly inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.
But I am not expecting Obama to cure my cataracts. Or to reverse teen-pregnancy and dropout trends through the magic power of his example.
Could he wind up as weak and lost in the presidency as Jimmy Carter? Maybe.
But I still would take that chance rather than buy in for four more years of Clinton drama. Judging how this chaotic campaign has been right, I'm not wild about how she handles her business.
And if Obama ever let pass from his lips that black people should vote for him because he is black, it would repulse me.
- February 29, 2008 at 4:44 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ "how this chaotic campaign has been run..."
- February 29, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- Michael Fisher said...
Ok David, I'll take your word for it. ;).
- February 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- Kellybelle said...
Ruth. Buzzi. LOL
"Women who Look Like Gladys Ormphby for Hillary!"
That explains Madeleine Albright's support.
- February 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- Kismet said...
So. On "Nightline" last night, Hillary Clinton said this: "No woman has ever won a presidential primary before I won New Hampshire.
Foolishness #1 - Wrong. Shirley Chisholm won New Jersey when she ran for President in 1972.
Foolishness #2 - That Clinton doesn't know this or doesn't state this in the same sentence that she is trying to invoke some sort of gender consciousness that would appeal to women voters is the whole reason that women of color (black women especially) are having issues with her campaign.
Foolishness #3 - That Clinton doesn't know this or doesn't state this and is still comfortable with invoking some sort of gender consciousness should give pause to the tactics and tools she has used and continues to try to use to try to win the Democratic nomination. This should give all voters (black, white, green, male, female, otherwise) an issue with her campaign.
Obama not lowering himself to get caught in these battles--THE REASON why he is getting the attention and commitment from voters ON THE GROUND that he is.
STILL my favorite blog post on this issue so far: Melissa Harris-Lacewell Mammy Goes to Washington
- March 1, 2008 at 12:34 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ Shirley Chisholm won New Jersey when she ran for President in 1972.
I think you're wrong about this, Kismet. Where'd you get that information?
- March 1, 2008 at 4:44 PM
- Dragon Horse said...
I'm so sick of these femi-nazis they go way to far with this.
There is sexism but the reality is that Hillary plays the Gender card for votes every time she can (I've seen it personally in 3 debates)…if Obama actually got on TV and said (which he never has) that being the first black president would be a "sea change" and help the hopes and aspirations of blacks and change the way power was distributed in this country, watch his white approval rating drop on a daily basis till he has to drop out.
So yeah there are all types of double standards. In reality white women do far better politically than any black person male or female and that is not mu subjective opinion it is indisputable historical fact.
Sexism is real but compared to racism in this country as far as politics, there is no competition. Hillary should and her supporters should really stop their moaning. This is not just my subjective opinion, do some basic math.
Lets look at some statistics though to tease this out a bit beyond simple opinion.
If you look at the census, America is 12% black and about 66% white. I will say white women are about 33.5% or that or so (women live longer than men).
That means white women are more than 2.75X more populous as any black American males and females combined.
If you look at Governors, Senators, mayors, etc. you will easily find that there are far more than 2.75X white females in these positions than any blacks.
Obama is the first black Senator elected to congress in almost two decades and only the 2nd since Reconstruction (before the successful implementation of Jim Crow).
Currently we have had over 30 white females Senators in Washington.
We have had two black elected governors in America. Deval Patrick in Massachusetts (current) and Douglas Wilders in Virginia back in the early 1990's.
That's it.
Compare this to White women governors; we have had over 25 in America's history. Right now I know we have at least 5. I know Delaware, Kansas, Nevada, Michigan, Washington State. If there was parity there should only be 3.
Until very recently in history (last 20 years) it was almost impossible for a black person to win a statewide political race in this country anywhere, so although I recognize sexism as real, I don't think it compares to the amount of racism out there and statistically speaking it is far better to be a white woman in America in politics than a black man.
I think Blue State people really don't understand how hated any Clinton is in Swing and Red States and the problem Hillary has is her husband's sins, not her gender.
- March 1, 2008 at 5:31 PM
- Malcolm said...
Good article, and especially good comments. I've linked your story at my blog.
- March 1, 2008 at 9:14 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ Thanks, Malcolm.
- March 1, 2008 at 11:26 PM
- vcthree said...
"Compare this to White women governors; we have had over 25 in America's history. Right now I know we have at least 5. I know Delaware, Kansas, Nevada, Michigan, Washington State. If there was parity there should only be 3."
It's actually eight--almost 20% of the 50 states have elected women to their highest office (and none of them are Nevada, unless Jim Gibbons has some secrets he wants to share with us--given that he's a Republican, that'd be a (partial) shock). Nonethless, the list is:
Delaware (Minner), Connecticut (Rell), Alaska (Palin), Hawaii (Ingle), Kansas (Sebelius), Arizona (Napolitano), Michigan (Granholm), and Washington (Gregoire).
That's 5 DEM, 3 REP elected women governors...
...To one elected black governor, Deval Patrick.
- March 2, 2008 at 5:25 AM
- odocoileus said...
"Gender," wrote Steinem, "is probably the most restricting force in American life, whether the question is who must be in the kitchen or who could be in the White House. . . . Black men were given the vote a half-century before women of any race were allowed to mark a ballot and generally have ascended to positions of power . . . before any women."
Steinem's lost her effin mind. So black men in the turn of the century deep South could vote? I could bring up lynching, fire hoses, church bombings, etc. but why bother. Anyone who makes an argument like this is not interested in facts.
Hillary's had powerful white guys blocking for her her whole life. First her wealthy dad, and then her husband. As soon as she had to stand on her own two feet, she stumbled.
Has it never occurred to her or her supporters to question this unearned privilege? How about the qualified, experienced white women, like six term Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who had to stand down so Hillary could take the Senate seat?
- March 2, 2008 at 9:31 AM
And if the commercial was composed entirely of beautiful women, the criticism would be that they didn't relect the "real America."
Your comment, "Not to be sexist or lookist about it", rings in my mind the same way as when I read "I'm no racist, but . . . " You can be sure that what follows either of those statements is a refutation of the assertion.
It may be that you reflect the attitude of many male voters: we are turned off by women who do not look like Halle Berry or Jessica Alba (and the less clothes the better). If that is the case, then I think it is more an indictment of male voters tha it is of Hillary Clinton.
Moreover, I think your premise is false -- there are plenty of good-looking women in the video; maybe a greater percentage than you would find among a random selection of women found in any Texas community.
- March 2, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Dragon Horse you've forgotten your history: "Obama is the first black Senator elected to congress in almost two decades."
Carol Mosley Braun was elected to the US senate from Obama's home state of Illinois. How quickly she was forgotten as was her presidential run four years ago. Where is she now?
Kisment: Shirley Chisholm won a total of 152 delegates before withdrawing, but I couldn't find any evidence that she won NJ.
- March 2, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
Moreover, I think your premise is false -- there are plenty of good-looking women in the video; maybe a greater percentage than you would find among a random selection of women found in any Texas community.
Thanks for commenting, anonymous.
But if I walked into any shopping mall in America and gathered up the first 20 women I say... they would not look like this mix.
The women in this ad were selected with great care. The question is: Why these?
- March 2, 2008 at 1:16 PM
- Dragon Horse said...
I did not forget:
"Carol Mosley Braun was elected to the US senate from Obama's home state of Illinois. How quickly she was forgotten as was her presidential run four years ago. Where is she now?"
I said he was the second elected in almost two decades.
I should have said 1.5...that is Braun, it is obvious no one else was elected since Reconstruction.
- March 2, 2008 at 3:35 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ The one you forgot, my man, was Edward Brooke.
- March 2, 2008 at 4:16 PM
This article came out in today's L.A. Times and it's a good read: http://tinyurl.com/3d5765
- March 2, 2008 at 10:30 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ That was indeed a good read, dez. Thanks.
- March 2, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Thanks Dez for the link to that article. I agree with UBM. It was a good read. Our country is already so divided: red vs. blue state, rich vs. poor, black vs. Latino, etc. Now we've added feminist vs. black/young/whatever. I'm anxious to see how this will play out in the general election.
- March 3, 2008 at 10:43 AM
Admittedly, I will vote for whoever gets the Democratic nomination, but of course, I'm hoping it's Hillary (with Obama as Veep, or at least Richardson). Any chance McCain had for me to switch allegiances evaporated when he held his nose and supported Shrubya even after everything Rove did to besmirch his rep. Blech.
- March 3, 2008 at 10:05 PM


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Arteta: Anything is possible
Mikel Arteta knows the odds are stacked against Arsenal winning the Barclays Premier League title this season, but the Spaniard has not given up hope of catching leaders Manchester City.
Roberto Mancini's side extended the gap between themselves and the Gunners to 12 points after last weekend's 1-0 victory over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium - maintaining their unbeaten record at home in 2011.
Arsenal responded with a hard-fought 2-1 victory away at Aston Villa last night, while the Citizens brushed aside a lacklustre Stoke City, winning 3-0, having dropped just seven points all season.
Arteta admits the title may be beyond Arsene Wenger's side this season, but that won't deter them from trying to win every game, and gaining maximum points over the festive period.
"I think we need to be realistic," he told Arsenal Player. "It will be really tough to [make up] 12 points on Man City from here until the end of the season because they haven't dropped many points until now.
"But you never know in football. We can only go game by game and try to put pressure on them. The main thing is to focus on the football.
"We know that if we get through this period and get all the points then we will have a really good chance to be fighting for something at the end of the season. We know how important that is for the club."
Having successfully made it through to the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, Arsenal were drawn against European heavyweights AC Milan in the last-16.
Whilst Arteta realises that the Gunners could have been handed an easier tie, he insists he is relishing the prospect of a tightly-contested encounter.
"I smiled when the draw was made because I think it's a really good game to play," he added. "It makes it more exciting to play a team like Milan.
"Any team at this stage of the Champions League is going to be tough, even if people think you are favourites. I like playing against teams like this and we've got a good chance, so let's play. All the boys feel the same. If we have to play them, so be it, and let's try to win.
"This is exactly why I came to Arsenal. In your career you want to have moments like this. You don't face them every day so we have to take this special opportunity."News Now - Sport News


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Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet (güstäv´ kōōrbā´), 1819–77, French painter, b. Ornans. He moved to Paris in 1839 and studied there, learning chiefly by copying masterpieces in the Louvre. An avowed realist, Courbet was always at odds with vested authority, aesthetic or political. In 1847 his Wounded Man (Louvre) was rejected by the Salon, although two of his earlier pictures had been accepted. He first won wide attention with his After Dinner at Ornans (Lille) in 1849. The next year he exhibited his famous Funeral at Ornans (1849–50) and Stonebreakers (1849, both: Louvre). For his choice of subjects from ordinary life, and more especially for his obstinacy and audacity, his work was reviled as offensive to prevailing politics and aesthetic taste. Enjoying the drama, Courbet rose to defend his work as the expression of his newfound political radicalism. His statements did nothing to recommend the work to his enemies.
In 1855, Courbet exhibited the vast Painter's Studio (Louvre). Attacked by academic painters, he set up his own pavilion where he exhibited 40 of his paintings and issued a manifesto on realism. While he continued to provoke the establishment by submitting works to the Salon that were twice rejected in the mid-1860s, within that decade he triumphed as the leader of the realist school. His influence became enormous, reaching its height with his rejection of the cross of the Legion of Honor offered him by Napoleon III in 1870. Under the Commune of Paris (1871), Courbet was president of the artists' federation and initially active in the Commune; he was later unfairly held responsible, fined, and imprisoned for the destruction of the Vendôme column. In 1873 he fled to Switzerland, where he spent his few remaining years in poverty. Although his aesthetic theories were not destined to prevail, his painting is greatly admired for its frankness, vigor, and solid construction.
See his letters, ed. by ten-Doesschate Chu (1992); J. Lindsay, Gustave Courbet: His Life and Art (1973) and P. ten-Doesschate Chu, The Most Arrogant Man in France: Gustave Courbet and the Nineteenth-Century Media Culture (2007); studies by T. J. Clark (1973), S. Faunce and L. Nochlin (1988), M. Fried (1990), and J. H. Rubin (1997).


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Back to top deniseJoined: 23 Apr 2003Posts: 3419Location: finally home-ish Posted: Wed May 19, 2004 11:56 pm Post subject: While going through an "oh my god I am about to graduate from college and I have absolutely no clue what to do with my life" crisis, I saw an ad for a TEFL course in Prague in my neighborhood laundromat. I didn't see a viable career in my field of study (peace studies--a lot more depressing than it sounds!), so I signed up. As to countries, I chose: the Czech Republic because my TEFL course was in Prague and it was easier to stick around and find a job than move on China because I knew that once I finished my MA and started paying back loans I wouldn't be able to afford it (I did a summer program there in between grad school years) Japan (my current location) because it is one of very few places that provides a high enough salary to be able to pay off my loans and live a comfortable life I certainly can see myself doing this in 5-10 years. Either teaching or curriculum design or something. Not to be petty, but why is this in the Asia section? Your questions apply to anyone, anywhere. d Back to top stillnosheepJoined: 01 Mar 2004Posts: 2068Location: eslcafe Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 2:23 pm Post subject: Why TEFL? : Chance to travel and earn money while doing so Enjoy/told i'm good at teaching Originally looking for a profession to facilitate obtaining US visa to follow partner to the states. (reason no longer applies) (not necc'ly in that order!). Why Japan (soon)?: Culture Enjoy teaching Japanese students Relatively well paid Whim (usual disclaimer applies) Back to top stillnosheepJoined: 01 Mar 2004Posts: 2068Location: eslcafe Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 2:24 pm Post subject: In 5-10 years?: Ditto denise. Back to top anthypJoined: 16 Apr 2004Posts: 1320Location: Chicago, IL USA Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 3:30 pm Post subject: I also enjoy teaching, although I'm new to it, and wanted to travel a bit and live abroad for a while before eventually going back for my MA. However I find this a very rewarding lifestyle, so I could definitely see myself doing it for another 5 - 10 years. Why China? Well I took a TEFL course in Barcelona, but I didn't want to have to work illegally in Spain, and spent a month in Prague before realizing I didn't have to go door - to - door to the language schools and beg for jobs that involved very low pay, long hours, and children (goddamn kids). I work at a college now, it's a very stress - free life, and I earn enough to save for future travels. I would love to try Japan or get back to Europe someday but right now I've happy with where I am. And the food beats your sushi and sake any day! (But I think that belongs in another thread.) Back to top stillnosheepJoined: 01 Mar 2004Posts: 2068Location: eslcafe Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 12:45 am Post subject: Hi anthyp. anthyp wrote: Why China? I work at a college now, it's a very stress - free life, and I earn enough to save for future travels. Really. I'm really (really) interested in working in China though at present am committed to a year in the land of Saki and Sushi. How did you get your college job? Was it no problem with simply BA plus CELTA (or TEFL)? And could you pop your head back into the 'incorrect sentence?' thread to deal with those teachers who insist that the "to be" in "found to be" is a redundancy despite you having once already shown how the sentences differ? Back to top blackguy-n-AsiaJoined: 21 Apr 2004Posts: 201 Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 6:38 pm Post subject: I'm going to China in OCT to teach and do it because: 1-I want to travel 2- See different cultures 3- Do something new. For me, it's really not about teaching, that is a means to an ends...although I don't hate teaching, I'll do it for one year. Back to top cheekygalJoined: 04 Mar 2003Posts: 1987Location: China, Zhuhai Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:59 am Post subject: My best friend came to China to teach and after a while she told me I should come as well and see it for myself. Since I had nothing else to do I applied for teaching jobs in Asia (China and India were sort of a *priority* for me) 3 years ago and got plenty of responses from all over the world (no idea why - I specifically stated "Asia"). But the company I still work for was the quickest in replying and arranging the documents. 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Where the Montreal Convention applies, the limit of liability in respect of destruction, loss of, or damage to or delay of baggage, is 1,131 Special Drawing Rights (which is approximately EUR 1,357; US $1,663) per passenger in most cases.
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It is never our intention to cause stress or harm to our customers. However, if due to unforeseen or uncontrollable circumstances, an aircraft is either unable to take off or be gated upon arrival and must wait for a gate to become available, a contingency plan has been developed to meet the needs of our customers onboard both arriving and departing aircraft.
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During such delay, Air Canada will provide passengers with adequate food and potable water no later than two (2) hours after the aircraft leaves the gate (in the case of departure) or touches down (in the case of arrival and diversions) if the aircraft remains on the tarmac, unless the pilot-in-command determines that safety or security considerations preclude such service.
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Passengers will receive notifications regarding the status of the tarmac delay every 30 minutes while the aircraft is delayed, including the reason for the delay, if known.
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It is never our intention to cause you to be inconvenienced and certainly not when you hold a confirmed reservation on an Air Canada flight. However, due to operational requirements, inventory control policies and a varying degree of "no-show" customers, there will be times when you cannot be accommodated on your booked flight.
During a denied boarding situation, Air Canada will first solicit volunteers to give up their seats in exchange for compensation. If we do not receive enough volunteers, we may deny boarding involuntarily to passengers holding a confirmed reservation in accordance with our policy on denied boarding priority, as found in our domestic tariffOpen PDF file (Rule 100) and international tariffOpen PDF file(Rule 90). The amount of compensation varies based on country of departure and can be found in our domestic and international tariffs, or in applicable local law.When a passenger is denied boarding involuntarily, we will arrange the next available alternate accommodation as efficiently as possible and/or compensate eligible customers in accordance with existing Air Canada Tariffs.
As a passenger who is denied boarding involuntarily, you will be entitled to a payment of "denied boarding compensation" from Air Canada, unless:
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- A smaller capacity aircraft was substituted for safety or operational reasons.
- A flight operating with an aircraft having 60 or fewer seats has safety-related weight/balance restrictions that limit payload;
- You are offered accommodations in a section of the aircraft other than specified on your ticket, at no extra charge; or
- Air Canada is able to place you on another flight or flights that are planned to reach your final destination within four (4) hours of the scheduled arrival of your original flight.
Read more about travelling on a different flight for compensation. The complete rules explaining your rights, the payment of compensation and boarding priorities are available at all airport counters and boarding locations, as well as in our domestic tariffOpen PDF file (Rule 100) and international tariffOpen PDF file (Rule 90).
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2010 Around the Midwest columns
November 17, 2010 Night and day St. Norbert opened the season with injuries, a young offensive line and a blowout loss to St. Thomas. Now the Green Knights are back in a familiar spot: the Midwest Conference's automatic bid.
November 10, 2010 Hanging on to hopes Wheaton lost control of its playoff destiny last week with a Little Brass Bell loss to North Central. Now the Thunder are hoping a win against Millikin and finishing the season 9-1 gets them in.
November 2, 2010 Right on the numbers Kyle Ray was already honoring his father by playing football at Franklin, his alma mater. But he passed away after a four-year battle with cancer, and Ray found yet another way to pay him homage.
October 27, 2010 For region's conferences, it's title time It's crunch time for Midwest teams with three games left, and in one league two games left. While it is not unusual to see the league pictures unresolved at this point of the season, it can be said it has been just a little bit wacky in some circles.
October 19, 2010 Ripon is done waiting You can tell it has been a crazy year in the Midwest Conference when the top team in the league is not named Monmouth or St. Norbert.
October 14, 2010 Benedictine is in a rare spot The Eagles haven't been in position to contend for a conference title in some time. After starting NATHC play 2-0, Benedictine is trying not to get ahead of itself.
October 5, 2010 Midwest at the midway point After five weeks of the season, Clyde Hughes takes a look at the surprise teams, players and top performers of the 2010 season.
September 28, 2010 Cardinals have chip on their shoulder North Central didn't make the playoffs as an at-large team in 2009, and the unbeaten Cardinals loom large headed into CCIW play.
September 22, 2010 Trying to turn big numbers into wins Twenty-five catches wasn't enough of a feat to salvage Hanover's 2009 season. Daniel Passafiume is hoping this year's accomplishments include a few more victories.
September 14, 2010 Carthage walk-on makes good In Division III, the difference between recruit and walk-on isn't scholarship money, but the road still isn't easy. Evan Jones walked on as an option quarterback to a spread team, for example.
September 7, 2010 Catching up with Jones Evan Jones opened his senior year with a bang, completing 26 of 45 passes for 341 yards and two touchdowns as Carthage erased a 13-3 halftime deficit to beat Franklin 30-27 in the season opener.
September 1, 2010 Games to watch for 2010 This is the place where I am supposed to pick the top 10 games in the Midwest, but ended up finding the top date in the Midwest -- Oct. 2. There are several key matchups all falling on the same date.