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Author gives advice on working from home
Retirement is too far away.
Retirement is too far away.
You can see it from your work desk. It's tantalizingly close, filled with sun and sand, golf and travel, but it's oh-so-unreachable. Yes, you have a job you're happy to have. No, you don't want it forever.
So how would you feel being your own boss? Making good money, doing something you love, having flexibility to travel, learning new things? If you think you're too old for that, you're not — and "Start Your Own Home Business After 50" by Robert W. Bly explains why.
One of these days, you'd love to be able to throw the alarm clock away and forget work. You hope to retire sooner, rather than later — which means, of course, that money (and lack thereof) is a definite concern.
And you're not alone. Bly says the number of workers age 55 and older is projected to grow by nearly 50 percent in the next 3 years. Stretching retirement dollars has never been more important — which is where this book comes in.
The first step, Bly says, is to decide which of your former jobs you enjoyed and were good at. If nothing in particular sticks out, what hobbies would you like to develop into "an expert-level gig?" Can you freelance, or do consulting? Would a former employer make a good client? Use your experience (an advantage you've got over younger workers) to winnow through the possibilities.
Next, decide if the business is for you. Do your strengths mesh with what's needed to run things properly? Do you have stick-to-itiveness enough to stay focused and work solo? Are you prepared to do your billing, tech support and other necessary tasks, or would you hire someone to do them? Can you market yourself and promote your new business? Do you need financing (the availability of which is another advantage)?
Once you've figured out the details, then it's time for launch, but Bly says there's one thing to remember first: "Make yourself happy. When you do," he says, "those who care about you will eventually be happy for you."
Someday, you'll retire and you'll get to do the things you love. So why not make money doing them, with the help of "Start Your Own Home Business After 50."
Beginning with a handful of home business opportunity ideas, author Robert W. Bly offers plenty of sound advice here, including food for thought to determine if the endeavor is viable. His words are encouraging, but cautious, and he doesn't forget to warn his readers of the pitfalls in becoming an entrepreneur. That kind of balance is great to see, particularly if you're on the fence about business-ownership or are just starting to think about self-employment.
There's a little bit of annoying repetition in this book but, overall, it's a valuable tool for anyone who needs to plan for the future or just wants a good change of pace. If that's you, then "Start Your Own Home Business After 50" is a book you won't want too far away.
"Start Your Own Home Business After 50" by Robert W. Bly c.2013, Quill Driver Books $16.95 / $18.95 Canada 204 pages


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By DonalBane of Blakmers
Battlefield Reporter, Pennsic Independent
After a day off Wednesday, hostilities at Pennsic resumed Thursday as the new War headed to the War's oldest battle: the Woods battle.
The Known World Alliance, flush from their victory over the Mid-East Alliance on Tuesday looked to press their advantage. The Allies entered the woods from the northeast corner.
The Mid-East Alliance looked to get back in the war as the Tyger and Dragon deployed its forces from the southwest corner.
This year's battle was a two-hour unlimited resurrection fight fought over seven banners. The side that took the most banners won the event point.
More than 1,000 gentles charged into the woods north of the camp for the last time. Beginning with Pennsic War IXL, the woods battle will be conducted in a new area located behind Mount Eislinn.
According to dispatches from the front, the fighting was fierce in virtually every pocket of the woods. Some reports had the central banner exchanging hands as many as five times.
It was a close battle throughout, but when the final cannon had sounded, the Known World Allies had claimed four banners to three by the Mid-East Alliance, giving the Known World Allies the event point.
Friday's big battle: Helm's Deep
The final big fight of Pennsic War XXXVIII will be fought at the Pennsic fort. There will be two 30-minute fights over six banners around the fort. Each army will have a chance to attack and defend, with attacking armies having three resurrections and defenders having one. The side that possesses more banners will win.


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Progressive program management and competitive pricing among contractors have provided a considerable amount of savings on NISD bond project.
News Archive
NISD parents are urged to make sure their children's meal accounts are up-to-date and have adequate funds so that their children have access to food at school.
Ten more Northside schools will soon join the 45 other elementary and middle school campuses that offer the award winning Learning Tree after-school program.
With about 3,000 children of all ages attending various summer programs in Northside ISD, all school zones are in effect through the beginning of August, although the times are slightly altered.
With about 3,000 children of all ages attending various summer programs in Northside ISD, all school zones are in effect through the beginning of August, although the times are slightly altered.
At some point in their lives, just about every student dreams of walking across a stage to get his or her diploma. For Brandeis High School senior Damien Kasten, the actual walk across the stage was just as meaningful as the diploma.
Northside ISD recently recognized hundreds of campus volunteers and business partners who donate their time and energy to enrich the education of thousands of NISD students.
Northside ISD recently recognized hundreds of campus volunteers and business partners who donate their time and energy to enrich the education of thousands of NISD students.
Graduation ceremonies will soon begin, and we are pleased to feature our high school valedictorians and salutatorians for this year.
NISD students, staff and community members are invited to "Dr. John Folks Night at the Missions" for a picnic dinner and baseball game on Friday, June 8.
The Board of Trustees Tuesday night unanimously voted to hire Dr. Brian T. Woods as Superintendent starting July 1, 2012. He will replace Dr. John Folks who retires June 30 after a decade of leading NISD.
To comply with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations, Northside ISD will offer free meals to children who are 18 years or younger from June 5-June 28 (Monday through Thursday) at select schools.
Because of Northside ISD's dramatic population growth between 2000 and 2010, federal law requires that the boundaries be redrawn for Board of Trustee voting districts.
More than 500 employees were honored for their service to Northside ISD at the annual Recognition & Retirement Ceremony, held Wednesday night at Marshall High School.
Emily Swoboda, an English teacher at Communications Arts High School, won the prestigious leadership award at the H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards this past weekend in Houston.
Mark Wood, a world renowned rock violinist with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, is bringing his groundbreaking music education program, Electrify Your Strings! (EYS), to Northside ISD for a performance at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 15 in the Marshall High School auditorium.
Thanks to enrollment growth, Northside ISD graduations have been making history since the District's first graduation in 1951.
The summer is a great time to get moving in a high-energy dance class or de-stress as you learn to meditate or do Yoga. You can spice it up with new culinary experiences in a cooking class.
Dr. Brian T. Woods, a 20-year veteran educator and Northside ISD's current deputy superintendent for administration, was named the lone finalist for superintendent Tuesday by a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees.
Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade choir students from all 18 NISD middle schools will sing and dance together for the fifth annual Together We Sing performance, being held at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 5 at Paul Taylor Field House.
Students and parents who need help filling out college financial aid applications are invited to attend Student Aid Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 5
Learning opportunities continue at Northside ISD even after the last bell rings on May 31.
In just over a month, almost 6,100 seniors will don caps and gowns and collect their diplomas at commencement ceremonies being held for Northside's 11 high schools and The Reddix Center.
The Drug Enforcement Agency once again will hold a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 28 to dispose of unwanted and expired prescription drugs.


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New Seasons Market announced this week that it received confirmation from Portland State University's Community Environmental Services (CES) that it is a zero waste company.
The objective, university-led analysis calculated that the locally owned grocer diverts 92 percent of its waste away from area landfills and into something others can use. According to the Zero Waste International Alliance, any organization with a waste diversion rate greater than 90 percent is considered zero waste.
Eric Crum is the director of Community Environmental Services.
"Achieving zero waste indicates a high level of dedication to reuse, recycling, recovery and/or reduction," said Eric T. Crum, director of Community Environmental Services, a research and service unit and part of PSU's College of Urban and Public Affairs.
"New Seasons Market's employees have a particularly strong zero waste mindset," Crum said. "For a multi-location grocer to exceed a zero waste threshold it takes every department and every employee to be committed and aware of their actions and impacts."
"For most organizations we work with, that requires a considerable effort to overhaul traditional systems and properly educate employees," Crum said, "but New Seasons has institutionalized smart systems not only with staff, but also with local hunger relief partners and regional haulers. These actions have provided great benefit to the company as well as the community and the environment."
New Seasons Market worked with CES to assess and measure the average daily material stream generated by the company's 12 stores. CES has more than 20 years of leadership in developing and completing waste assessments, data collection and recycling program analysis and dedicated 335 hours to the New Seasons assessment and report.
Among other benefits, the greenhouse gas reductions achieved by New Seasons' current materials management program every month are the equivalent of removing the annual emissions from 138 passenger vehicles, or conserving 78,785 gallons of gas.
"This is an incredible accomplishment for our staff," said Wendy Collie, President and CEO of New Seasons Market. "Earning a zero waste rating recognizes years of hard work, commitment, and constant enthusiasm we have for reducing our environmental impact. Our Green Teams continue to assess internal processes and explore opportunities to waste less, and we'll continue to strengthen our partnerships in recycling, composting and food donations that have become the norm for our community."
The analysis for New Seasons follows more than 24 years of work by CES on data-driven resource management strategies for public agencies, private businesses and other organizations, including the Port of Portland, City of Portland, and Metro.
To learn more about New Seasons work toward zero waste, visit initforgood.newseasonsmarket.com.


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Novices Assistant: What Is A Bankroll?
A couple of players will hold their head down and assume that it isn't anything unreasonably crucial yet you don't have to be like this. Making request and making sense of what terms mean can urge you to get more out of your time playing betting club amusements. You can likely have an average conjecture what the term bankroll suggests however understanding it totally can certainly help you have a fantastic time and fulfillment when you play betting club redirections, be it online or in a genuine clubhouse.
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Crucial bankroll organization will incorporate setting up specific wagering cutoff focuses to minimize the likelihood of you losing what is left of your bankroll. This should enable you to constantly stay in the preoccupation and grant you to have a marvelous time as the evening advances. In case you wager an abundance of money and persevere through a run of terrible fortunes, you could wind up utilizing up your bankroll quickly. This is the spot people who continued disasters can frequently settle on horrible bankroll decisions. There is habitually a longing to win back any incidents quickly however the same number of betting club bosses will tell you, this is consistently a decision that sees you lose impressively more trade in for spendable dough a short space of time.
Right when people have had several setbacks, they can settle on decisions concentrated around emotions rather than method of reasoning and this can see money spiraling a long way from them. If you have a not too bad bankroll organization structure set up, this is significantly more unwilling to happen and you should have the ability to stay in the redirection for additional. A few people will fight that playing fearlessly can help you to win huge measures of money if fortunes is on your side and that is substantial. The inverse discord is that you are inclined to lose a significant measure of money quickly if the fortunes goes against you.
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Clearly, differing people have unique arrange so their bankroll organization and cutoff focuses can depend on upon the measure of money they can remained to lose. For a couple of players, a loss of $100 would identify with a really appalling night while different people wouldn't hop if that sort of money was to drop out of their pocket. This is the spot the prospect of what is a not too bad or terrible bankroll will depend all that much on the single individual. This makes it hard the extent that this would be possible on players yet you can essentially consider variance levels of even rates in case you are hunting down unpalatable course in the matter of bankrolls.
In case the in advance speculation was $200, they should have a bankroll of at any rate $4,000. In case the in advance venture was $20, the bankroll should be at any rate $400 and if the in advance speculation was $2, the bankroll should be in any occasion $40. You can see how using limits concentrated around items or rates can allow people of all monetary arrangement and circumstances to find a recommended bankroll signify play with.
For example, in case you come into a clubhouse with $100, you may pick that $40 should be assigned to playing roulette. Don't take more money out, create it off and expect giving back a substitute time to be a victor.


text: There is virtually a Catholic Patron Saint for every trade, country, cause, group and special interest that you can imagine. What exactly is a Patron Saint? They are canonized virtuous and holy men and women who are defenders, guardians, intercessors and advocates of those people who are involved with one of the above mentioned movements or activities.


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The Alive Youth Ministry is an off-site ministry of AEC that meets every Wednesday night from 6:45-8:45pm. It is for students in 7th-12th grade and it meets in the Archbold Middle School gym August through the end of May.
*During summer break, Alive continues to meet every Wednesday night at Ruihley Park in the Pavilion (rain or shine!) from 6:45-8:45pm.


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Japan's biggest girl group, AKB48, is getting its own PSP game and PSP hardware. There is even a bundle that comes with kisses! But really, who is going to buy this?
According to a Japanese retailer, the age breakdown for online pre-orders looks like this:
• Male - 12 percent in their teens, 18 percent in their 20s, 20 percent in their 30s, 15 percent in their 40s and 2 percent in their 50s.
• Female - 3 percent in their teens, 4 percent in their 20s, 5 percent in their 30s and 40s.
Men over the age of 50 aren't so interested in pre-ordering AKB48 PlayStation Portable games!
There are several bundles for the AKB48, including a US$441 bundle that includes a 48 "kiss mark" PSP batteries covers and 48 reversible game covers that depict each girl.
If AKB48's management really wanted to make a boatload of cashola on this game, it should have randomly interested battery covers and slip-cases. That would've started a diehard AKB48 buying frenzy. Panic in the streets, people, panic in the streets!


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Syrians Seek U.S. Asylum via Mexico
More Syrians Are Going to Mexico As a Gateway to Possible U.S. Asylum
In 2012, after being imprisoned and beaten, a Syrian dissident named Mohammad fled to neighboring Lebanon, where he applied for and was denied a U.S. tourist visa. Intent on rebuilding his life with family in California, he flew to Mexico City and then Tijuana. There, he crossed the U.S. border illegally and handed himself over to a customs official, seeking asylum.
Last month, the U.S. granted him that status. In a year, he will be eligible to apply for permanent U.S. residency....


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Belle George
Belle George, 101 of Ravenna passed away Monday, January 28, 2013. She was born in 1911 in Tyler County, WV.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Ravenna.
Belle will be sadly missed by her son, Phillip George of Ravenna. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a sister and a brother.
Calling hours will be held from 11:00 - until the time of service at 12:00 PM, Friday, February 1, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church Ravenna, 263 S. Prospect Street Ravenna. Pastor Stephen Sparling will be officiating. Burial will follow the service in Maple Grove Cemetery. Shorts Spicer Crislip Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.sscfuneralhomes.com.
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Adaptive Driving
Personal transportation is key to independence. Alpha One's Adaptive Driver Evaluation Program was founded in 1980 and is the oldest driver evaluation program in the State of Maine.
Our driver evaluation program is designed to help people resume driving following a disability or to help young adults with developmental disabilities start driving. The intent of our driver evaluation is to help people maintain their independence or develop strategies for independent driving.
Our evaluators are dually licensed as Occupational Therapists and Driver Educators in the State of Maine. The evaluation includes a comprehensive assessment of visual, physical, and cognitive skills, as well as an in-vehicle assessment conducted in Alpha One's adapted vehicle. Recommendations for adaptive driving equipment, further training, and teaching strategies are included as part of the evaluation.
Alpha One's driver evaluation is a fee for service on an hourly basis. All driver evaluations are conducted in our South Portland, Maine office. Vocational Rehabilitation, Worker's Compensation, and the Veteran's Administration are all referring organizations. Download 2017 Application Forms and Driver Introduction Pack
Consumers interested in participating in a driver's evaluation may start the process by completing the on line application, or by calling 1-800-640-7200 V/TTY or 207-767-2189.
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Hello from Minnesota
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Hello from Minnesota
Hello everyone, hope all is well with you and if not I hope this forum can help ya out, as well as me from time to time. My name is Jason I am in living in Minnesota and I can't stand it here! I'm originally from Seattle Washington and am hoping very soon to move back home. I live with my wife Stephanie, I have a 9 year old son Damien from a previous marrige and a 5 month old baby boy named Anakin with my wife. And we all have two other babies in our household and they are....Ms. Chloe Jean, and Mr. Keyser Soze. Both Chloe and Keyser are our Blue nose pits that we love so much as a complete piece to our family. Chloe I bread from her mother years back and she has been with me since day one, and Keyser came to us about a month later from some family friends and fellow pitbull owners knowing that we weren't going to say no they showed up with this puppy with the hugest paws I ever seen on a dog that young in my life, and he has been with us since he was a month old. They are about to turn 3 years old here on march 31st and april 14th, they love each other, play, sleep, you name it they do it together. They are perfectly awesome with the kids, and have never been aggressive at all except one time at night in the dark some drunk strangers fighting in the street came after me about two steps and had aggression in thier voices and my dogs made sure those were the only two steps they took. Keyser is very quiet in general, but when he barks he can clear the block. and for that actions I will never fauly them, they never bit the guys but the protective bark was enough. My wife and me and concerns about when the baby was born how they would be seeing that Chloe has never really "settled" down, she is hyper, and likes to jump up, but when we brought little Anakin home from the hospital we couldn't of prayed for better dogs, they found a buddy for life with the baby. Chloe is a brindle fawn color with a white diamond chest and four white paws, about 78 pounds and keyser is a chocolate color brindle with a diamond white chest and four white paw and he weighs in at about 102 pounds. Both of our dogs are registerd, tagged, and microchipped and we are very responsible dog owners as well as pit lovers til the end. We couldn't imagine life without these two characters day to day. Well I hope that helps everyone out, questions about us feel free to ask. thanks
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Welcome to the group! Do you have any pictures??
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Do I? I think we have more photos of our dogs than we do of our human family counterparts. I will post them once I make it past this initial portion of the forums and can familiarize myself with the rest of the areas here.
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Welcome to the forum from another Minnesotan!
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Well it's nice to see another soul from the cold state. At least it's looking like it MIGHT get warmer soon. Catch 22 for us, my boy Keyser absolutely loves snow for some reason. This past couple time that we have been dumped on with huge inches of snow all he wants to do is go out side and make me throw snowballs into the fresh snow so when he jumps after them he completely sinks up to his head! He'd stay out there all day if I wouldn't make him come in due to the cold exposure for long periods.
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Colombo/Geneva – In a bid to stop millions of people dying and suffering every year from malnutrition, WHO today is launching a new web-powered initiative that clarifies guidance on life-saving nutrition interventions, and assists governments and healthcare providers to better scale up action against all forms of malnutrition.
An e-library for nutrition
The WHO e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA), launched during today's opening of a three-day Asia regional nutrition meeting in Sri Lanka, helps governments overcome one of the major challenges in fighting malnutrition: the vast, and often conflicting, array of evidence and advice that exists on effective, preventive and therapeutic nutrition interventions.
The online eLENA project does this by prioritizing and presenting the latest advice on tackling the three main forms of malnutrition: undernutrition, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and overweight and obesity.
Billions are affected malnutrition
"Several billion people are affected by one or more types of malnutrition," says Dr Ala Alwan, WHO Assistant Director-General of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health. "Countries need access to the science and evidence-informed guidance to reduce the needless death and suffering associated with malnutrition. eLENA can greatly improve how countries cope with the terrible health threats posed by malnutrition."
Forms of malnutrition
Malnutrition can take several forms.
- Underweight is the leading risk factor for many diseases in low-income countries and represents about 6% of the global disease burden.
- Childhood underweight, micronutrient deficiencies (iron, vitamin A and zinc) and poor breastfeeding combined cause 7% of deaths (equivalent to 3.9 million lives lost) and 10% of the global disease burden.
- Micronutrient deficiencies include:
- iodine deficiency, which is the world's most prevalent, yet easily preventable, cause of brain damage;
- anaemia, which affects 1.6 billion people, mostly due to iron deficiency, and increases the risk of low-birth-weight babies and of pregnancy anaemia, associated with 18% of maternal deaths;
- vitamin A deficiency, which is suffered by 190 million preschool children;
- zinc deficiency, which can affect the immune system and kills 430 000 children annually; 1
- Overweight and obesity: around 1.5 billion adults over age 20 are overweight or obese. Global estimates suggest more than 40 million children aged under 5 are already overweight or obese.
How to tackle malnutrition
eLENA describes the effective health interventions needed to tackle malnutrition. Such measures include the appropriate treatment of severe acute malnutrition; promoting breastfeeding; and fortifying staple foods with vitamins and minerals such as iron and folic acid for wheat and maize flours. It also recommends using multiple micronutrient powders to fortify foods for children aged between 6 and 23 months. To prevent anaemia, daily iron and folic supplements are advised for pregnant women, and intermittent iron and folic acid supplementation is recommended for menstruating women and preschool and school-age.
"To create eLENA, we have sifted through thousands of pages of scientific evidence and advice to prioritize, justify and better present the kinds of nutrition actions needed to prevent people succumbing to the many forms of malnutrition," says Dr Francesco Branca, WHO Director of Nutrition for Health and Development.
The new eLENA tool is an important component of WHO's global drive to help countries prevent and control malnutrition. WHO is a key driver of the "Scaling up Nutrition" movement, which involves multiple United Nations agencies and other key nutrition stakeholders. The movement's target is to help countries improve how they tackle malnutrition and ensure the response includes the agriculture, health, social protection and ensuring food security sectors.
eLENA is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Canada-based Micronutrient Initiative and the Government of Luxembourg.
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1 Global health risks, World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.


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Vintage Travel Poster - Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Vintage Travel Poster - Great Barrier Reef, Australia
$20.00 AUD incl. GST
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This awesome vintage travel poster is printed on super high quality glossy photo paper. It's roughly A2 sized and can be laminated if that's your thing, otherwise it would suit framing or whatever.
This will make your house/room/shed/bat cave look pretty freakin' sweet.
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Thread: Striking with Handguns
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Striking with Handguns
So on the recommendation of another servicemember, who's also a paramedic, not to mention a fellow firearms enthusiast, I started DVRing the show "The Best Defense" on the Outdoor Network.
I'm currently watching an episode focused on the Tueller Drill, also known as the "21 Foot Rule"; the range at which a guy with a knife is likely to get off the first attack on someone with a holstered weapon before the victim can draw and get a shot off.
I was trying to find a decent video of this, but because YouTube is torturing my netbook, instead, here's a fuckstick trying to be funny:
Anyway, one of the responses to a gun in holster vs. knife attacker scenario, on the show, was to parry/block/eat the attack with the offhand while drawing, pop the dude in the face with the muzzle of the gun while backing up, then having gained a bit of distance, fire into him.
My questions are:
1. Is there anyone out there who would advocate this as realistic?
2. Does anyone want to invest start-up capital to sell strike bezel attachments for handguns?
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strike bezel or..
fire with fire?
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If you skip to about the 2:00 mark you can see a version of the concept:
If you can overcome the static pat-a-cake drill format common to many Filipino Arts (as I have seen taught around here at least) I think there is a nugget of useful technique there.
While the risk is probably less than one would expect, I would be prepared deal with a possible "out of battery" malfunction after using the pistol as an impact weapon.
1/30/2012 9:24pm, #5
Shameless plug for a piece I did on the Tueller Drill AKA "The 21 foot rule".
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2. Show me the prototype and we'll talk.
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And for your shotguns https://www.vangcomp.com/Standoff_Device.html
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A thread protector on a threaded barrel is pretty "bezel like" as it is...
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I know they strike with the handgun in the Dog Brothers Die Less Often material, where the LEO has his pistol drawn, but the quarters are too close to bring the muzzle to bear, or by doing so, it would open him up to the attacker's weapon.
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Reluctant to use the sidearm as a striking weapon. Worried about malfunctions should attempt to fire after gaining reaction distance. Our agency trained with sidelining and off-hand strikes while drawing for close in attacks. Had initially reviewed the survival theory/reaction distance in Surviving Edged Weapon Attacks.


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BLT sandwiches are synonymous with summer. And the only thing better than a BLT sandwich is a grilled BLT pizza!
Once you've had grilled pizza, you'll never want to eat pizza any other way. Grilling solves the age-old problem of a soggy pizza crust. This is because the toppings go on after the crust is already grilled, so every slice will always be crispy, crunchy and slightly smoky.
In summer, I love to create lighter pizzas that highlight my favorite produce, and tomatoes top the list. In my BLT pizza, I like to use an assortment of red and yellow cherry tomatoes for the "sauce." You cut the garden-ripe tomatoes and mix them with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic and basil for a classic "crudo," or uncooked tomato sauce. This keeps the brightness of the tomatoes intact and brings out the best of the season.
Because I quick grill the lettuce before cutting it into confetti like ribbons, the lettuce has a lot more flavor than the stuff than lands on an average BLT, and will be able to stand up to a combination of cheeses. I like to use both a stronger blue cheese or a ripe brie, as well as a mild grated mozzarella to complement the fresh tomatoes, smoky bacon and grilled lettuce.
There are a few tricks that will help you perfect pizza on the grill. It is not essential that you make your own dough; you can buy it from the grocer or from your favorite pizzeria. But it is essential that you take the dough out of the refrigerator an hour before you want to use it. This will warm the dough and allow it to relax, making it much easier to work with.
And don't worry about rolling the dough into a perfect circle. In fact, I prefer a more organic and odd shape. It goes with the rustic nature of grilled pizza. When rolling out the dough, dust your surface with grits or polenta (not cornmeal) to keep things from sticking. And keep the crust thin, about [1/4] inch. It will puff up plenty as it rises and puffs on the grill.
Finally, the key to grilled pizza is using a combination of direct and indirect heat. You start by grilling the crust on one side over medium direct heat. Then you flip the dough, add the toppings to the grilled side, then continue cooking everything over indirect heat. This prevents the bottom from burning while the cheese melts.
When grilling pizza, it is important to have all of your toppings prepped and nearby before grilling the crust. Once the crust is on the grill, the pizza comes together very quickly. You'll need a rimless baking sheet to help transfer the pizza during cooking. Don't have one? Use a rimmed sheet turned upside down.
Start to finish: 30 minutes
Servings: 4
1 heart of romaine lettuce
Olive oil
Kosher salt
[1/4] cup uncooked grits or polenta, for rolling the dough
1 ball prepared pizza dough, at room temperature
1 cup summer tomato-basil sauce (see recipe below)
8 strips center-cut bacon, cooked and crumbled
3 ounces blue cheese or brie, sliced or cubed
4 ounces grated mozzarella cheese
Ground black pepper
Heat a grill to high. Once the grill is hot, reduce it to medium. If desired, place a ceramic or cast-iron grill pan on the grates and let it heat before making pizza. You also can grill the pizza directly on the grates.
Cut the romaine heart in half lengthwise, keeping the core intact. Using 1 tablespoon of oil, brush both halves with oil on all sides, then sprinkle with salt. Grill over direct heat until the outer leaves are charred but the inside is still crisp, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a cutting board and let cool. Trim off and discard the tough end/core of each half, then slice crosswise into 1/2-inch-wide ribbons. Set aside.
Dust a work surface lightly with grits or polenta, then roll out the dough over it. Aim for the dough to be about [1/4] inch thick. Brush the dough liberally on both sides with olive oil, using about 2 tablespoons.
Place the dough on the grill grates or grill pan and immediately close the lid. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the bottom of the crust is marked and golden brown. Use tongs to transfer the dough to a rimless baking sheet, flipping it grilled side up as you do so. Turn off one side of the grill or bank the charcoals to one side to prepare for cooking with indirect heat.
Drizzle olive oil over the grilled side of the dough. Spoon the sauce over the surface of the pizza, then sprinkle with bacon and both cheeses. Using tongs to guide it, slide the pizza off the baking sheet and onto the cooler side of the grill. Cover and cook for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the tomatoes are warmed through.
Use tongs to return the pizza to the baking sheet. Top the pizza with the romaine, then season with salt and pepper. Slice and serve immediately.
Nutrition information per serving: 450 calories; 290 calories from fat (64 percent of total calories); 33 g fat (12 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; 20 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 21 g protein; 1,120 mg sodium.
Start to finish: 10 minutes active
Makes 1 [3/4] cups
1 pint cherry tomatoes, quartered (or 1 pound vine-ripened or heirloom tomatoes, diced)
1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 large fresh basil leaves
In a medium nonreactive metal or glass bowl, mix together all ingredients except the basil. If serving within 1 to 2 hours, let stand at room temperature so the tomatoes release their juices. Otherwise, cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. When ready to use, mix, then drain through a mesh strainer to remove excess liquid. Just before using, chop and mix in the basil.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Elizabeth Karmel is a grilling and Southern foods expert and executive chef at Hill Country Barbecue Market restaurants in New York and Washington, as well as Hill Country Chicken in New York. She is the author of three cookbooks, including "Soaked, Slathered and Seasoned."
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Great article. I cycled from my home in Bath to a friend's house near Cheltenham last summer and it was one of the best rides I've ever done. Once you get up onto the Cotswolds it kind of plateaus, with amazing views across the Severn into Wales. I camped at Thistledown Farm, (http://thistledown.org.uk) which is eco-friendly, offers a discount for cyclists and - most importantly - is a stone's throw away from a really nice pub.
General Lord Edward Somerset was an important man. One of Wellington's favourite Generals, he even managed to combine his military career with one as an MP. Those talents, maybe aided by his family heritage, earned him a monument which you can visit near the family home at Badminton, high on the Cotswold Edge at Hawkesbury Upton. The highest part of our day's ride.
You're bound to suffer a little discomfort when the lowest and high points of your ride are within two miles of each other, your lungs will heave and your legs burn. That's what happened on the way to see General Somerset's monument. The descent from Alderley was steep, rain and wet leaves making the road slippery, though it let me build a good turn of speed for the short but steep dig to Hillesley. I got there first and waited in torrential rain, getting cold and wetter than I already was.
We'd spent the previous night at The Ormond Hotel, in the Cotswold town of Tetbury. Unable to find anywhere in the UK providing what he wanted, hotel owner Iain Bailey created Cotswold Cycling Breaks, based at the hotel, with the ambition of catering to the cyclist's every need. One of the things they provide is a good selection of routes of varying difficulty and, the day before we'd been guided round one of the easy ones, a 20-odd mile meander through beautiful, if damp autumn countryside, skirting the grounds of Prince Charles' Highgrove House. The day was slipping away by the time we arrived back at the hotel, and earlier rain ensured our bikes were crusted with grime, though all we had to do was hand them over for cleaning before being stored securely overnight.
The route taking in the General's monument was longer, about 40 miles and graded Intermediate. We'd started with bright sunlight shining off soaked and deserted roads, though it wasn't long before dark clouds had rolled over us, bringing heavy rain, precipitating a stop to don waterproofs. It wasn't warm either, so despite not having travelled far, the ride was already becoming epic. The rest of my group joined me in Hillesley and we set off up the main part of the climb. To get some heat back in my legs, I asked if the others minded me riding hard up the hill, there's never a bad time to get some training in, after all. I sprinted off, though one of the group had followed and was sitting on my wheel. The slope ramps up quite steeply and the surface is poor, especially under the trees. I shifted to the little ring and kept the pressure on the pedals, though my effort under control. Just as the road levelled and dropped for a few precious metres, a combination of rain, cold and the sweat of exertion conspired to mist my glasses. Now there was just the final run to the top.
Not only do Cotswold Cycling Breaks clean your bike and arrange routes for you to select, they load them onto a Garmin Edge 800 for you. One Garmin is provided per group, so provided you stay together, you should never get lost. If you are unable to repair a mechanical, a local bike shop is pre-warned and will come and recover you, for a fee. Before you ride they'll hand out gels and energy bars to keep you going and the menu has even had a little help from a sports nutritionist, who probably wouldn't recommend the real ales and wine from the busy bar.
We stopped in the unspoilt, picturesque village of Castle Combe with the rain still pouring down, but, by the time I'd struggled to get my sodden gloves back on and powered back up the hill in the big ring (where was that form during the race season,) it was dry and the sun was trying hard to prise the clouds apart. As we briefly rode parallel to the M4, finally there was some brightness in the day and the remaining miles were ridden under blue skies, the reds and golds of the remaining leaves all the more striking, beautiful honey stoned cottages flaunted themselves in golden autumn light.
Out of the saddle breathing hard, rain tapping on my helmet, sweat and rain dripping from my nose and that familiar burn returning to my legs, I pushed as hard as I could up the final 14% slope. I even managed to open a slight gap on my companion, who arrived and leant his bike against the stone wall just after me. After all that effort, the top of the General's monument was invisible, so low and thick was the cloud. Before encouraging the rest of the group up the last few metres of the climb, I peered through the gloom, and was nearly able to make out what, on another day, would have been a fantastic view towards the Bristol Channel and beyond.
The Cotswolds is a great place to ride a bike, undulating and varied terrain providing ride options for all ambitions and abilities. The countryside and villages are beautiful, and there are no end of pubs and cafés where you can rest your weary legs after riding its generally quiet roads. So, if you fancy a riding weekend with no hassle, Cotswold Cycling Breaks could well be the answer.
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I admit to bias as the Ormond is my local and the group in this article were from the local Ormond Velos cycle club: my club too. That said, the cycling in this part of the Cotswolds is beautiful and can be epicly tough or a gentle spin, depending on your pleasure. The Ormond itself is a great base so if your looking for some UK based cycle tourism give it a go.


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Ryan Mooney tied the game with an RBI single and Dan Nobile followed with a game-winning RBI single as Natick Post 107 rallied in the seventh inning to beat host Hudson 8-7 in a Zone 5A American Legion game on Monday night.
Ryan Mooney tied the game with an RBI single and Dan Nobile followed with a game-winning RBI single as Natick Post 107 rallied in the seventh inning to beat host Hudson 8-7 in a Zone 5A American Legion game on Monday night.
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Matt Treveloni went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs, Nick Porter went 2-4 with a double and an RBI, Matt Jeye went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, Nick Burns went 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Chris Moberg tripled and drew two walks for Ashland, which trailed 3-0 after three innings.
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Do you remember the person who consulted with you about social media and told you that brands are having tremendous success on sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest? That's the type of person that you're reaching the most according to a report by NBCUniversal Integrated Media.
The report is designed to show how consumers who are part of GenX and GenY are digesting their influences. It took a split approach to the study which consisted of 2,500 people - 2,000 were average respondents age 18-49 and the other 500 were "digital trendsetters" in the same age group which represent 5% of the national population who are "first adopters" of technology and are highly active on social media.
Could it be that the real people you're actually reaching with social media are the same ones who are telling you that social media can reach people? It sounds like a double-talk question but it's important to understand based upon your business. If you're selling a trendy footwear product or pushing a music discover service, there's little doubt that the trendsetters are the ones you want to be able to hit. What if you're selling cookware? Is social media a valid venue?
The answer is yes and no. On one hand, you have 39% of regular people saying they interact with companies on social media while 67% of the trendsetters are engaging. This means that the people who live on social media are the ones that are accepting the messages being put out by brands and according to the study, that's only 5% of the population. On the other hand, 39% isn't a small amount. It's not ideal, but it seems to be growing.
On average, people are following 27 brands on social media. This might seem like a low number and a challenging group to try to get into if you're selling cookware, but considering that in 2011 the number was 9, we're heading in the right direction.
In the end, it really comes down to what your brand is doing and how successful you can be on social media. It's worth a valid attempt and a bit of effort to see if it's going to work for your brand, but I wouldn't be sinking big chunks of my marketing dollars into social media if my target customer is 55+. While the older generations are starting to get into social media and it's the fastest growing demographic, it's also the one that is least likely to be using social media for anything other than seeing pictures of little Timmy sliding into third base.
Here's a graphic from NBCUniversal that breaks down a good chunk of the findings.
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If you've played any of Valve's Left 4 Dead games, you'll know how the zombie hand (and fingers) played into each subsequent instalment.
Artist VutiAru wondered if the still-unannounced Portal 3 could do the same thing and created this concept box art. According to VutiAru, it hints at a total new direction. That it does.
Yet, immature sex joke aside, it actually sums up the Portal games pretty well. If only there was a way to show the finger coming out of another hole.
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Debt Crisis? Try Growth Crisis
Video: Richard Heinberg explains why the debt crisis is really a growth crisis... and why that might not be such a bad thing.
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. Richard Heinberg proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. The expansionary trajectory of industrial civilization is colliding with non-negotiable natural limits.
Video by Richard Heinberg and The Post Carbon Institute.
Gus Speth: It's business as usual that's the utopian fantasy, while creating something very new and different is the pragmatic way forward.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Juniors Benjamin Lamont and Isabel Ruane will serve as captains for Harvard sailing for the 2012-13 season.
"Benjamin and Isabel have done a great job increasing the communication between the coaches and athletes," Harvard sailing coach Mike O'Connor said. "Their leadership and organization will be important to the team."
Lamont, a native of Groton, Mass., was the skipper of the B division boat that took seventh at the George Morris Trophy last season. He was also part of the crew in the B division boat that finished third and helped the Crimson place second at the Harry Anderson Trophy.
Ruane was part of the A division boat that finished eighth at the 2012 ICSA Women's National Championship, which helped the Crimson earn seventh overall. She also competed in the Women's New England Championship, where Harvard placed seventh. As a freshman, Ruane helped the Crimson secure seventh at the 2011 ICSA Women's National Championship by sailing the B division boat to a fifth-place finish.
Harvard sailing opens its fall season this weekend with two regattas. The coed team will compete in the Harry Anderson Trophy at Yale and the Tufts Central Series 1 at Tufts, while the women will sail for the Women's Tony Deutsch Trophy, hosted by MIT.


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Burlesque star Dita Von Teese's bid to bring single friends together at monthly mixers has turned her home into an orgy palace.
The 40 year old beauty, who previously romanced rocker Marilyn Manson, has no problems finding dates but admits she feels sorry for her single friends who can't find love, so she hosts regular bashes to bring them together.
But Cointreau global ambassador Von Teese's love of mixing cocktails for the pleasure parties often turns the harmless fun into sex soirees.
She explains, "I had singles mixers at my house because I have so many hot, like, single girl friends and I hate watching them go to waste.
"I have everybody bring somebody who's, like, an eligible single that they can vouch for; you can't be sleeping with them at the time. It's not really supposed to be an orgy... (but) I have people hanging from the rafters at, like, 5am at my house and I'm like, 'This is not what the singles mixer is about; this is about meeting people and setting up dates.'"
And the mixers quickly become hippie hang-outs.
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In VP debate, GOP looks to boost momentum, Dems want to steady the ship
Vice President Joe Biden will take the stage Thursday to debate Rep. Paul Ryan in a matchup that Democrats hope will restore some of the momentum they've lost since President Barack Obama's widely panned performance in last week's debate.
Republicans, meanwhile, want to bolster their own standing, which polls indicate has improved since nominee Mitt Romney's strong showing against the president.
Thursday's debate will be the only contest between the two men, but it could be critical for the Obama campaign, which finds its numbers falling in key battleground states since the first debate.
"There's some thinking in conservative circles that (Mitt) Romney did so well and Obama did so poorly that a really good showing by Ryan could firmly establish a trend of momentum for the Republicans," said Keith Appell, a Republican consultant who advises conservative groups.
Even Democrats acknowledge that the stakes are higher now for Biden to deliver a solid performance.
"For Democrats, it's an opportunity to start the comeback narrative," said Fred Yang, a Democratic pollster. "It's a chance to restart, to acknowledge that we had a tough debate, but we've had some improving jobs numbers and we've got momentum heading into the next round."
The 90-minute faceoff at Centre College in Danville, Ky., which starts at 9 p.m. EDT, will focus on foreign and domestic issues. Martha Raddatz, chief foreign correspondent for ABC News, will moderate.
Though Ryan has little foreign policy experience, Biden does. But Ryan is likely to push Romney's charge that the administration has mishandled events in the Middle East, particularly the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.
Expect Biden eager to cast himself as a champion of the working class and to portray his opponent as a far-right conservative and a member of the unpopular House of Representatives. He'll look to tie Ryan to his budget plan, which cuts into popular programs, and charge that he wants to radically change Medicare and cut taxes for the wealthy.
Ryan will likely portray Biden as partner in a presidency that has failed to fix the economy and improve conditions for millions of jobless Americans.
While the campaigns might view this debate as critical, analysts say that it's just as likely to be forgotten as soon as Tuesday, when Obama and Romney meet for a second time. They will take questions from undecided voters in a town-hall style encounter in New York. Their final debate will be Oct. 22 in Florida.
The vice presidential debate "rapidly becomes fairly irrelevant" by the time the next presidential matchup occurs, Charlie Cook, an independent political analyst and editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report, said at a post-presidential debate briefing last week held by the National Journal.
"I'm thinking maybe vice presidential debates should carry a disclaimer: 'This debate is for entertainment purposes only,'" he said.
Analysts point in particular to the 1988 debate between the vice presidential contenders when the patrician Democratic Texas senator, Lloyd Bentsen, memorably took apart his younger Republican counterpart, Dan Quayle, with a withering quip about how the young Indiana senator was "no Jack Kennedy."
But Democrats still lost handily that year.
Still, a good performance by Biden would be a tonic to the Obama campaign, and a strong showing by Ryan in his first national debate would undoubtedly further energize Republicans and add to Romney's momentum.
Biden came off the campaign trail nearly a week ago to prepare, with mock debates using Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland playing the Ryan role. Van Hollen serves on the House Budget Committee with Ryan, its chairman. The campaign has even dispatched Obama's chief campaign strategist, David Axelrod, to Biden's debate preparation – a move the campaign insisted had been in the works even before the first debate.
Ryan has spent five days on debate preparation. Standing in for Biden was attorney Ted Olson, the U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush, who successfully argued the contested 2000 presidential contest before the U.S. Supreme Court.
A new poll suggests that neither has much of an edge with voters and both are less popular than Biden and his 2008 opponent, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, were when they debated. Just 39 percent of voters viewed Biden favorably in the poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, while 44 percent viewed Ryan favorably.
Ryan enjoys a slight edge in the expectations game, which both sides have – predictably – been trying to lower. Republicans have cast Ryan as a rookie debater and Biden as a pro.
Romney told CNN that his running mate "may have done something in high school," while Biden's camp notes that Ryan is a 14-year veteran of Congress and chairman of one of its most powerful committees.


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The media's terrible trip
During his overseas trip, Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, traveled to some of our closest allies accompanied by some of his most merciless enemies — the media.
If you don't know that Romney's foreign jaunt was the worst diplomatic fiasco since the Zimmermann telegram or the XYZ Affair, you haven't been reading his press clips.
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In Poland, when a few reporters shouted thoughtlessly hostile questions at Romney near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, they nicely encapsulated the tenor of the coverage. A Romney aide, Rick Gorka, told them to " shove it" — an apt sentiment given the traveling media's performance throughout the week.
( Also on POLITICO: Mitt needs veep to replace flop)
The press can say, like it or not, it simply played its role. Which is true — if it's supposed to be querulous, unfair and self-obsessed.
In London, the U.S. press covered the British press's manufactured outrage over Romney's Olympics comments. Romney didn't say anything about the shaky preparations that you couldn't have read in a British newspaper. That didn't stop Fleet Street's gleefully nationalistic piling-on, which gave the accompanying U.S. media its narrative for the trip. In one word: fiasco.
Romney's Olympics musings were genuinely impolitic and prompted amusing pushback from British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson. But there was almost no discussion in the U.S. media of whether the British reaction was a little, uh, disproportionate and lacking in the quality once known as stiff upper lip.
On gaffe high alert in Israel, the press fastened on Romney's observation at a Jerusalem fundraiser that culture has a large hand in Israel's economic success and, by implication, in the Palestinians' economic stasis. The Associated Press rushed to Palestinian official Saeb Erekat — last seen falsely alleging an Israel massacre at Jenin — who obligingly called the Romney remark "racist."
Boom! Mission accomplished: another Romney gaffe.
Two-for-two, the press needed just one more gaffe in Poland to achieve the "mistake-ridden trip" trifecta. Pay dirt came in the "shove it" exchange with the Romney staffer.
Notice the steadily diminishing quality of the Romney miscues. The Romney trip started with the candidate supposedly offending an entire nation; it ended with his traveling press secretary offending three reporters.
No matter. Gorka got nearly as much play as Lech Walesa, the legendary Polish human rights activist and former president, who, unaccountably, endorsed Romney despite his gaffe-plagued foreign trip. Walesa must not be following the twitter feeds of enough American journalists.
The shouted questions were instructive — all emanating from deep within the media's own narrative. There was: "Do you have a statement for the Palestinians?" Then, there was: "What about your gaffes?" Finally, that original follow-up: "Do you feel that your gaffes have overshadowed your foreign trip?"
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In 1962 Kenneth MacMillan became the nineteenth choreographer to attempt The Rite of Spring and one of the few to have done so with any success. Nijinsky's original for the Diaghilev Ballet was only performed seven times: Stravinsky took a poor view of it and thereafter viewed The Rite as essentially a concert work. Whatever the merits or otherwise of Nijinsky's choreography, one truth remained: that he had made the first ballet to have broken with academic technique and The Rite of Spring became a beacon of all that was modern.
MacMillan's commission from the Royal Ballet came about almost by accident. Jerome Robbins had been asked to make a version of Les Noces to mark Stravinsky's eightieth birthday. When he withdrew, MacMillan's proposal for a new Rite was substituted. By 1962 Stravinsky loomed conspicuously large in Kenneth MacMillan's music choices and it was his fifth ballet to a Stravinsky score.
The original work stemmed from the Diaghilev Ballet Russes' fascination with Russia's mythic past. In Stravinsky and Nijinsky's scenario, a prehistoric people from the forests of Northern Russia sacrifice a virgin to the cosmic forces, which alone can make the spring come and ensure the continuity of the tribe. The scenario was retained by later choreographers including MacMillan. His innovation, was to switch hemispheres and, in tandem with his designer, Sidney Nolan, to re-enact The Rite in a nightmarish vision of aboriginal Australia. Nolan called the golden mushroom like totem pole on the backcloth of the second scene 'Moonboy', but to Cold War audiences it seemed like the cloud of a nuclear bomb explosion. The dancers wore ochre red and brown unitards, marked with handprints, suggestive of the daubed bodies of aboriginal peoples.
There are inherent problems in choreographing Stravinsky's score. Its climax is powerful, but the early dances can be ritually static. MacMillan abandoned these highly nuanced rituals in favour of dramatic effect. The ballet's complex choreographic patterns mean that it is best seen from above. MacMillan's Rite is one of the few ballets to have a specially designed floorcloth.
"Mr MacMillan's invention can never have been more musical or assured", said The Times of the opening night Gala, attended by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. " Time and again Stravinsky's music, unaffectedly conducted by Mr Colin Davis meets its match, as the choreography, with its blend of primitivism and modern jive, piles climax on climax. At first sight, a thrilling ballet to which we will gratefully return." "Alexander Bland of The Observer thought MacMillan's new ballet a 'really solid addition' to the repertoire of a kind different from anything else. "Once the idiom of stage spectacle has been accepted, one can give nothing but praise. The profusion of invention and the way in which a new but not offensively quirkish style of movement is sustained is extraordinary. The company shows up excellently. Nolan's sets are impressive and Monica Mason gives a tremendous performance as the sacrificial girl."
Her performance as the Chosen One, made Monica Mason's career. "A maiden excellently chosen", wrote The Guardian's critic. "She looks just a little more statuesque than most of her companions and she moves with an apparently easy grasp of the music's rhythms and with a lissom authority." The review continued. "Choreographer and designer have been at one: they have made sense – emotional sense."
- First Performed: 3 May 1962
- Company: Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House
- Music Igor Stravinsky
- Design Sidney Nolan
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Panthers without Smith, Stewart in critical NFC South game against Falcons
The Carolina Panthers are without Steve Smith, the team's second-leading receiver, and running back Jonathan Stewart as they attempt to clinch the NFC South title against Atlanta.
Smith sprained his left knee during Carolina's 17-13 win over New Orleans last week. Panthers coach Ron Rivera said Friday he expects Smith to be ready for the playoffs. Wide receiver Marvin McNutt is active for the first time this season.
Stewart also has a knee injury.
Carolina defensive tackle Colin Cole (calf) is inactive. Backup safety Robert Lester (ankle) is active. Quarterback Cam Newton (ankle) is starting.
Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon (knee) and running back Jacquizz Rodgers (concussion) are inactive. Offensive guard Garrett Reynolds, who has started 10 games, is healthy but inactive.


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