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Don't belittle our coins and a plea for justice-A A +A
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Sunday, June 29, 2014
I remember sharing with you the memory of how during weekends my growing kids would rush to the master bedroom as soon as they heard the shower going strong. This was after my husband would wake up from a catnap.
They would pick up the loose coins on the bed, which had come from his pockets. They usually gathered enough for their snacks. They would gleefully meet him after his shower, extend their little hands and shout: "Finder's keepers!"
I still remember his rueful grin, although I strongly suspect he "dropped" more than what actually fell out of his pockets.
Today I realize that to a great number of other people, coins do mean a lot more to them than to the higher income group. After what I saw last week, my belief in the importance of loose coins was confirmed.
While I was waiting for my driver to come back after parking the car, I saw a lady give a P20 bill to a trisikad driver. He shook his head, meaning he had no change. The lady indicated that she would try to look for change. She took so long in returning that I saw the look of anxiety on the trisikad driver's face, as he checked every so often to locate the lady who left him.
I saw the look of relief on his face as she handed him the P5 coin. I understood his worry and his relief. That coin meant so much to him.
Little boys who sell rugs during traffic stop signs treasure the coins too. They say they earn P0.25 per P1 that they get out of a sale. At the end of the day, they earn P35, which they save for school needs. It's during weekends and during summer that you see these little ones on the streets.
The lowly P1 cannot buy much but when five P1 coins get together, I think of the value of the P5 to some people.
On one occasion, the cashier at a supermarket gave back my change but since she did not have enough loose change, she opted to absorb the difference. I gave her back the P1 coin. She smiled and said: "Thank you, ma'am. Some customers don't realize that at the end of the day I have to pay the difference!"
To families trying so hard to earn an honest living, a gain equivalent to P5 per bunch of bananas spread on the road is great. The loose change they count at the end of the day is very much appreciated.
From experience, a few friends and I have sponsored a scholar in a public school. We used tall piggy banks which we filled with loose coins. The loose change you save can really be put to good use for a good cause. Take a good look at the coins you have. If shared and apportioned wisely, these coins have their place of importance too.
Today I'm going to veer a bit and complain about the phrase "discounted na man, ma'am." Personally, I've been privy to a fast food outlet and a drugstore that do not anymore honor the privilege discount for senior citizens.
The value meal at P99 (according to the employees) is already discounted. So I asked the employee about the "difference now between me and her (as I pointed to a teenager who ordered and paid exactly what I ordered and paid for)." I asked to speak to the manager or owner but they were conveniently out. This was at an outlet near a church, which has plenty of senior citizens as parishioners.
The drugstore too did not even bother to ask for the doctor's prescription and my senior citizen sheet for medicines. Immediately, an employee waved away my senior citizen card. They pointed to their computer and said: "Discounted na, ma'am!" Yet they also refer to the same computer when younger people buy their medicines. This drugstore is near National Book Store on Gen. Maxilom Ave.
Can City Hall please explain to us what the word "discounted" means? Are we now as senior citizens on the same plane with much younger ones? Where does the difference lie? Or is this their way of circumventing the 20 percent discount for senior citizens? Isn't it unfair for stores, drugstores, etc. that comply literally with the 20 percent due to us?
How is this discount computed? Why do we just get a smug, "It is already discounted"? Perhaps City Hall can send people to check the outlets that are doing what we senior citizens are complaining about. How would we know if there is a difference in the computed discount for a senior citizen and for those who are not?
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on June 29, 2014.
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Stanton Takes One Off the Noggin; Morrison is Free to Run
A smattering of injury-related topics from Spring Training today. Giancarlo Stanton was hit in the head by a 95 MPH fastball from Marlins' stud prospect Jose Fernandez in a simulated game today. X-rays came back negative and no signs of a concussion are apparent at this time although the Marlins are, expectedly, cautious with Stanton. Fernandez usually has great control and … [Read more...]
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BOWDOINHAM — Herbert Bailey, a well-known commercial fisherman and lobsterman who operated Bailey's Seafood for over 30 years, died Sunday. He was 67.
Mr. Bailey spent nearly his whole life on the working waterfront.
He began lobstering in the waters off Orr's Island when he was 9 years old. He pulled his final lobster trap around July 18.
Mr. Bailey also worked as a commercial fisherman. He worked on numerous boats in the Harpswell area and traveled as far as Nova Scotia to fish. He was also a successful elver fisherman and a licensed elver dealer.
He owned Bailey's Seafood, a state-of-the-art facility that processed and packed shrimp, crabmeat and lobsters to sell locally.
At one point, Mr. Bailey supplied seafood to Taste of Maine Restaurant. He also shipped live elvers to China.
His daughter, Dawn Bernier of Topsham, said he caught elvers at a time when they sold for $30 a pound. This past season, elver fishermen earned roughly $2,600 per pound. Bernier said her father had been an elver dealer for the past 30 years.
"He was a pioneer in the (elver) industry and saw it turn into something very lucrative," Bernier said. "A lot of people have reaped the benefits of the groundwork he laid out. There are lots of players in the game now lots of people making money now."
Mr. Bailey was described as a salty and gruff guy, who worked hard and was well-respected in the fishing industry.
Bernier said her father loved fishing and being on the water.
"It was his world," she said. "It was where he could do his thinking. There were no walls. No boundaries. It was where he could go and the rest of the world would melt away."
Bernier and her brother, Herb Bailey, are planning to operate Bailey's Seafood.
"We will continue his legacy," Bernier said.
Mr. Bailey was the loving husband of Patricia Bailey for 46 years. The couple raised five children.
Bernier remembered him Thursday as a tough yet loving father, who always put his family first. She said he was more than a father — he was her friend.
"I couldn't have asked for a better father," Bernier said. "I know there is no way he could have loved us any more than he did."
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Denver Nuggets Basketball Skills Challenge
Saturday:Boys and girls ages 7-14 are invited to this challenge focusing on shooting, dribbling and passing. Participants must bring a copy of their birth certificate for age verification. Registration for ages 7-10 is 9-9:30 a.m. and the program begins at 9:30 a.m. Registration for ages 11-14 is 10:30-11 a.m. and the program begins at 11 a.m. There is no advance registration. The top boy and girl in each age group will advance to a statewide competition. Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton, 303-798-7515, e-mail email@example.com
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Saturday: All-Out Multisport's USATF sanctioned run/walk benefits Habitat for Humanity of Colorado. The top three finishers in each division receive medals. Stenger Complex, 11200 W. 58th Ave., Arvada, alloutmultisport.com
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Saturday: Participants don their ugliest holiday sweaters and bring a new toy to donate to Toys for Tots. The run, approximately 3.1 miles, is "less about speed and more about enjoying a crazy day with your friends and family." Start time is 9 a.m. A post-race celebration includes sledding and refreshments. City Park, theuglysweaterrun.com
Boomer & Senior Yoga
Sunday: Workshop meets 3-4:15 p.m. every Sunday. Participants learn the benefits of yoga in aging and how to increase flexibility, improve strength and balance, maintain healthy joints, build bone and muscle, prevent osteoporosis and reduce stress. $8 per class. Reservations recommended. Samadhi Yoga Studio, 639 E. 19th Ave., 303-860-YOGA (860-9642), samadhiyoga.net
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Warren Miller benefit
Dec. 12: The sixth annual benefit for SafeHouse Denver includes a screening of "Flow State," the latest adventure film by Miller, 6 p.m. doors, 7 p.m. movie. Drink specials, gift cards and discounts to ski resorts included. Tickets are $25, on the website and at the door. Safehouse Denver serves victims of domestic violence and their children through an emergency shelter and a non-residential Counseling and Advocacy Center. Stoney's Bar and Grill, 1111 Lincoln St., RSVP to Blacktie-Colorado.com; safehouse-denver.org
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Dec. 13: "Avoid Holiday Weight Gain," 6-6:30 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a toy for needy children. Reservations required. 1411 Krameria St., 303-394-CARE (394-2273)
Steamboat Nordic Camp
Dec. 15-16: The 10th annual camp for all levels includes equipment demonstrations, food, a happy hour and prizes. Early fees are $175 for two days and $115 for one day through Dec. 6. Reservations required. Steamboat Springs, thenordiclink.com, Active.com
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Pond Hockey Championship
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Frisco Adventure Park
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The following additions have been made to my terrace garden. Encouraged from the project on coleus posted by Iris, most of them are varieties of coleus which are known for their vibrant and colorful foliage. Two of them are with flower spikes which I will pinch back to prevent them from getting leggy and encourage them to grow sideways. Propogation is very easy by softwood cuttings. I am planning to grow a mixture of them in one container which I think will look very attractive. Note the last coleus plant in a polythene bag. Potato was planted as an experimental plant to watch how it progresses. I will sow them in larger area later. The last picture is of a variety of bean. The pods are used green.
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In his 30th novel, prolific, 76-year-old author Philip Roth continues the exploration of loneliness, loss, and mortality he undertook in Everyman ( July/Aug 2006), Exit Ghost ( Jan/Feb 2008), and Indignation ( Nov/Dec 2008).
The Story: After a shoddy performance of Macbeth at the Kennedy Center, famous 65-year-old actor Simon Axler decides that he has suddenly, inexplicably "lost his magic." "Instead of the certainty that he was going to be wonderful, he knew he was going to fail. ... His talent was dead." His wife leaves him, and after a brief stay in a mental hospital, he retreats to an isolated farmhouse in upstate New York. There, he contemplates suicide until an unexpected visit from Pegeen, the 40-year-old lesbian daughter of old friends, launches him into an intense, red-hot affair. Revitalized, Simon convinces Pegeen to pick up a stranger for a ménage a trios. Will the affair--and the ménage--end well?
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 160 pages. $22. ISBN: 9780547239699
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"On the one hand, Roth's 30th book deals with themes that his work, especially his recent work, has made familiar. On the other, it's direct and urgent, a taut and controlled fever-dream that demands to be experienced at a single sitting." Richard Rayner
Washington Post
"Roth structures the book tightly and dramatically, in three parts or acts, and draws upon classical drama from Sophocles to Shakespeare to O'Neill for parallels. ... Yet the book's restrained eloquence makes this gloomy, over-determined ending convincing and powerful." Elaine Showalter
Entertainment Weekly
"It's a good, not great, book--an entertaining inquiry into the relationship between sex and creativity, sex and age, and sex and the ego. (See a theme?)" Jeff Giles
USA Today
"Roth's writing flows gracefully, but the plot suffers from a kind of gender gap: The most vivid characters are men, the aging actor and his loyal agent. The women in the story seem to have been shoved on stage mostly for show, with far less to say that's interesting." Bob Minzesheimer
Boston Globe
"Quite uncharacteristically, Roth advances the question [of the death of creativity] naked, with only the most cursory and contrived situations and characters to try to dress it. ... The Humbled is one of Roth's weakest novels: a promising theme, perhaps, with a ragged fictional covering." Richard Eder
San Francisco Chronicle
"Despite all the angst that he explores in Axler and in at least one other character, there's something oddly mechanical about it: promising topics like psychiatric institutions (Axler spends time there) and child abuse seem to be there only to further the story and remain stuck at boilerplate level. It's not only that it's short, more a novella than a fully developed novel, but it lacks depth despite all the sturm und drang packed into it." Martin Rubin
New York Times
"The Humbling ... is a slight, disposable work about an aging man's efforts to grapple with time and loss and mortality, and the frustrations of getting old. ... The women in Simon's life are all female caricatures, devoid of any nuance or inner life, and Simon himself--much like the nameless hero of Everyman--turns out to be a generic old guy: a sort of faceless avatar set up as a punching bag for all the indignities an aging man might suffer." Michiko Kakutani
Critical Summary
What happens when a man loses the one thing that defines him as a human being? With nods to Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Shaw, Roth's grim new novel explores this question--with varying success. While the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post praised Roth's elegant writing and caustic wit, other reviewers found the novel superficial and oddly lifeless, citing flat characters, undeveloped plot contrivances, a lack of humor, and a hostile portrayal of homosexuality. Even the graphic sex is "coarse" and "dull," according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Though not his best work, The Humbling may appeal to faithful Roth fans; others should pick up one of his earlier novels.


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Can you believe it?! My little bitty baby girl suddenly turned into a big 3 year old! WAAAHHHH!!! I'm not going to pretend there weren't some tears shed. In fact, tucking Cassidy in that night, she wanted me to sing 'Happy Birthday' again and I was barely able to get through it. She kept asking, "Mommy are you sad?" Ha! No, baby girl; Mommy's just having a minor freakout here…just ignore her. She found it pretty funny, actually. It's just hard because, when I look at her, I still see my little fuzzy-red-headed baby girl, holding onto my fingers as I sing to her. OH GOSH. MUST STOP. MUST STOP NOOOOWWWWW. Yep. tears are here. I need to move on. Let's move on.
As you can see, we went with a purple theme. Nothing else; just…purple. That's all she wanted. When I asked her what kind of party she wanted, thinking she'd probably say Doc McStuffins or Minnie Mouse (thank goodness she didn't. I freaking HATE that ridiculous Mickey Mouse Clubhouse show), but all she said was "purple". Easy enough! We decided to go with a brunch since she loves breakfast food so much and that way we'd have the whole rest of the day to ourselves. It was a lot more low-key than her past parties, but she still had all her favorite people there (i.e. her grandmothers), so she had a great time.
Here's what we served:
Fruit platter
Sausage, egg, and green chile breakfast enchiladas (recipe coming soon)
Mini pancake and banana skewers
Biscuits with honey butter, ham slices, honey, and jam
Powdered sugar donuts (duh)
Purple Ombre birthday cake
As far as decorations, I just used a plain white tablecloth and draped it with different sizes and shades of purple ribbon. I also got a bunch of different purple paint samples and used my big round paper cut-out to make circles to put on the table. You couldn't really see them in the pictures, unfortunately. The marquee 'C' came from Michael's and I spray painted it purple. I bought the paper lanterns at Party City and used purple sparkly washi tape to liven up plain glass vases. I used the same washi tape to make little flags for the tops of the pancake skewers. All super easy, super quick stuff!
I was pretty proud of my ombre cake, considering my cake decorating skills are usually on par with a kindergartener's. All I did for that was separate the frosting into 3 bowls and make each shade of purple slightly lighter than the last. Then I just started at the bottom and worked my way up, finishing with the lightest on top. Easy!
I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted this year because I was running behind and everyone was hungry, so I snapped what I could and hoped they were somewhat acceptable. I would've liked a few more, but…whatever. Also, Cass was feeling a little overwhelmed with all the attention and picture-taking, so I was hardly able to get any of us as a family. But like I said, it was still a great time and she loved it, so I call it a success! I was really happy with the way it all turned out and I loved the purple theme! Soon it'll be time to start planning Elliott's first birthday! But let's not think about that right now…no more tears today, please!


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Lotus 72D Ford-Cosworth 1972
Taking over as number one driver for Team Lotus after the death of Jochen Rindt in 1970, Emerson Fittipaldi won two F1 World Championships — with Lotus in 1972 and McLaren in 1974. With his first title at age 25, crowned as the youngest every world champion at the age of 25 years and 273 days (a record that would stand until Fernando Alonso won the 2005 title), Fittipaldi nonetheless drove for years in the shadow of Jackie Stewart, who dominated the early 1970s with Team Tyrrell. Emmo's 1972 victory in the aging Lotus 72D, with five wins, one 2nd and a 4th in 11 races, was the last of a decade in which the fabled Lotus team won five world titles in ten seasons.
With his tremendously bushy sideburns, Fittipaldi struck a perfect picture for his times, and was the youngest World Champion in history. He won again for McLaren, giving them the first of many constructor's championships, before moving on to form his own Brazilian-sponsored Copersucar Team in 1976 with brother Wilson Fittipaldi. But the Copersucar (renamed Fittipaldi in 1980) was never competitive — with a 2nd in the 1978 Belgian GP and a 3rd at Long Beach in 1980 being their best results — and the team was disbanded after the 1982 season.
Once again setting the trend for Brazilian drivers, Emmo made a stirring comeback in 1984 in the IndyCar series, winning the Indianapolis 500 twice. He finally retired after suffering neck injuries in a crash at the start of the US 500 in Michigan in 1996. This photo of Fittipaldi in the JPS Lotus is from the the season-opening 1972 Argentine Grand Prix at Buenos Aires, a race in which he retired with suspension problems after 61 laps.
He was the computer. I would have a dinner with him, if the Lotus wasn't handling well on the Friday and would explain to him what the car was doing. By Saturday morning the car was fantastic. Only Chapman could do that. Of all the engineers I worked with, all the team managers, Colin was a genius with the intuition to do it.
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Baby born to woman in auto accident dies
Published 9:23 pm, Monday, April 29, 2013
PITTSTOWN — A baby born to a woman involved in a serious April 6 car crash has died.
The boy, who was eight months developed, was delivered to Colette Hoag, 25, of Hoosick, after she was extricated from behind the wheel of a Hyundai Elantra she was driving eastbound on Route 7 at about 5:30 a.m. that day.
The boy, whose name was not released by sheriff's deputies, died April 22 at Albany Medical Center Hospital.
Hoag lost control and crashed into a ditch at the intersection of Route 7 and Tate Road, deputies said.
Also injured in the crash were Thomas Dalliard of Colonie and Thane and Rebecca Silver, both of Bennington. They have since recuperated.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation and no tickets were issued.


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Dallas, TX (PRWEB) October 03, 2012
"Determinants of Breast Appearance and Aging in Twins," a recent study published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal found that environmental factors play a major role of how women's breasts age. Dr. Vasdev Rai, a board certified plastic surgeon from Dallas, Texas gives his expert opinion based on his own experience as a breast augmentation surgeon.
In the first phase of the study, 161 pairs of twins were asked to independently fill out a questionnaire. The questionnaire covered their lifestyle habits such as smoking, drinking, stress, exercise, moisturizing, and sun exposure. In the second phase of the study, photos were taken, the reviewed blindly by medical professionals.
The results discovered twins who moisturized daily, underwent hormone replacement therapy, and breastfed had less wrinkles, healthier breasts and better skin quality. It also found twins with larger breasts, higher BMI, higher alcohol consumption, more pregnancies and who smoked had unattractive breast ratings.
"This finding is not surprising at all," said Dallas breast augmentation surgeon, Dr. Rai. "Genetic equality gave a "at par" start in life to these identical twins. The rest depended on how each twin played her own game of life."
Dr. Rai said that a body that is taken care of, and that has a healthy diet and exercise would always fare better in contrast to one that is abused, misused and not taken care of. He says breasts are just one body part of the whole and will reflect ravages of refuse as well as blessings of nurture.
"Smoking, alcohol abuse, lack of proper nutrition, sun exposure, inadequate hydration and lack of internal milieu of hormones will inevitably lead to a body that does not fare well in journey of life," said Dr. Rai. "Breasts of twins just reflected above phenomenon."
Dr. Rai concluded that the twin study findings are not only applicable to breasts but to entire bodies and organs of the twins from the study. Breast differences were tips of iceberg and should have been predicable even before start of this study.
For over 20 years, Dallas plastic surgeon has performed various breast surgeries, including breast augmentations, breast lifts and breast reductions. In addition to breast surgery, his Dallas, Texas plastic surgery office offers a wide variety of cosmetic procedures, including tummy tucks, liposuction and mommy makeovers.
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I had leftover mushrooms from making last night's dinner, so I decided to make scrambled eggs with spinach, Morning Star veggie sausage patties and mushrooms.
This is probably the closest thing I have to a signature dish, so I am always experimenting with new ingredients in an attempt to make the meal uniquely mine.
Today, I decided to add a habanero chili to my scrambled eggs.
I knew this pepper was really hot and I wasn't sure how much to add.
I cut the pepper in half and tasted a small piece. As you would expect, the habanero was extremely hot. My mouth was burning for at least five minutes. Wiping my eyes before I washed my hands didn't help either.
I have a low tolerance for really hot food, so I added only 1/4 of the pepper. For most people, half a pepper would be perfect, but I have no desire to feel the burn.
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– Don't underestimate the heat of a habanero chili.
– Habanero is often misspelled as habañero.


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British MPs reject plans for military action in Syria
UN offers assurance that safety of Irish peacekeepers is paramount
Members of Parliament are seen attending a session of Parliament in the House of Commons, called to discuss the Syria crisis. Reuters
The British government's pledge to intervene militarily in Syria lay in ruins last night after a motion to intervene in principle in Syria was rejected in the House of Commons. The motion was defeated by 285 votes to 272.
"The British Parliament doesn't wish to see British military action," British prime minister David Cameron said directly following the vote, adding that the government would "act accordingly."
Speaking on BBC Newsnight last night Britain's defence secretary Philip Hammond said: "We are now clear that we are not going to be part of any military action."
The vote took place after a highly charged debate during which the British government set out its case for military intervention, arguing that it had the legal justification for military strikes without UN backing.
However, the prime minister conceded that there was "no 100 per cent certainty" about who was responsible for the chemical attack. A report by Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee released yesterday concluded it was "highly likely" that the August 21st chemical attack in Damascus was carried out by President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Iraq war comparisons
In a debate peppered with references to the Iraq war, MPs from both sides of the House outlined deep misgivings about engaging in military action in the Middle East. Labour said that it needed a "clear road map" for action.
Mr Cameron's failure to gain parliamentary support for military intervention came after the government had already conceded that a further vote would be necessary to sanction direct military involvement in Syria. The Government had hoped to gain parliamentary support for immediate military action, when Mr Cameron recalled Parliament on Tuesday.
A few hours before the Commons vote, the US state department refused to say whether the British parliamentary delay on military action against Syria would affect the US but added the Obama administration controlled its own actions. "We make our own decisions and our own timeline," said a state department spokeswoman.
President Obama spoke to his main political opponent, Republican House Speaker John Boehner, about Syria as pressure builds on his administration to prove its case to Congress for military action.
Irish troops
Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs said it has been assured by the United Nations that the safety of Irish peacekeepers is paramount on their upcoming mission to the Golan Heights.
Some 114 men and women from the 43rd Infantry group are to be deployed to the Syrian border. Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore held talks with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon to discuss troop safety.
The department reiterated its condemnation of the chemical attacks, adding that the UN Security Council was the "appropriate forum" for determining the response of the international community.
A meeting of the security council's permanent members yesterday ended quickly with no sign of progress on an agreement.
The US is facing intense scrutiny on its intelligence information given that flawed evidence purporting to show the existence of weapons of mass destruction was used to justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The Obama administration briefed political leaders on Capitol Hill last night on intelligence it claims shows that the Assad regime was behind last week's chemical weapons attack.


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Trundle Warns Swans of Bristol City Threat
Lee Trundle says that the Swans will be up against a good side in Bristol City tomorrow as we travel to Ashton Gate looking to build on Monday's 3-0 win.
The scouse striker, currently on loan at Swansea City from the Robins says the Swans will face a team with a ''new lease of life'' following the recent departure of manager Gary Johnson - now at bottom side Peterborough United.
Trundle said:
'With Gary Johnson gone they are going to be a different proposition for us,'
'They have picked up a lot since he left and they are going to be a lot more upbeat than they might have been.
'They have had some good results since Keith Millen took over and I think Gary Johnson's departure has given them a new lease of life.
'They have come out of their shells a little bit and the result is that they've put a good little run together.'
Bristol City are currently in 9th place, and while a play-off spot is still mathematically possible, realistically it looks like only Blackpool have the chance to nick a play-off spot from either us or Leicester City.
As Trundle says, tomorrow's game is a massive one:
'It's a massive game for us,'
'Swansea-Bristol City is always a big game, but it's even more important this time because of the situation we're in.
'We've been through a bit of a rough patch recently, but we got the win we needed against Scunthorpe and hopefully we can build on that from now on in. Bristol are five unbeaten, but with the ability we have got, I'm confident we can go there and get a good result.'


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Whirlpool and Honeywell have announced that all Whirlpool U.S.-made refrigerators will begin incorporating Honeywell's Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent. This includes future product lineups from Whirlpool Brand, Maytag, Amana, Jenn-Air and KitchenAid brands.
LEED v4, the proposed update to the nation's most prevalent green building program, has been under intense pressure to change its current wood certification rating system, which only recognizes one set of standards, those of the Forest Stewardship Council. But the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which oversees the LEED program and its current revision process, is now under fire for another part of the LEED update that has nothing to do with wood.
Lowe's will begin carrying a line of outdoor sheds made of structural insulated panels (SIPS) at its 1,700 retail locations, as well as through its website. But unlike traditional SIPS – rigid foam insulation between two panels of oriented strand board (OSB) – the new product will be made with sheets of magnesium oxide, often referred to as MgO.
Gaco Western, a maker of spray foam insulation, announced GacoGreen 052/052N earned credentials as code-compliant in a multiple categories.
An evaluation report (ESR# 2478) from ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES), provided evidence that the half pound open cell spray-applied polyurethane foam meets the following code requirements:
Applegate Insulation, a Webberville, Mich.-based company, has recently gained licensure to market both Applegate loose-fill and Applegate stabilized cellulose in California. The cellulose insulation supplier was actively marketed on the West Coast in the 1980s and '90s. A recent acquisition in Colorado brought the company back into the California market, making the product available nationwide.
Owens Corning has announced that it EcoTouch insulation has been certified as a biobased product by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is the first fiberglass insulation to receive this designation, according to the company.
The Rockwool Group, a Danish supplier of stone wool insulation and other building materials worldwide, has signed an agreement with Lowe's to supply products in 227 stores across 13 states in the United States, primarily in the East.
Greenville, S.C.-based Guardian Building Products has named Steven Ziessler as president of the fiberglass insulation manufacturer and building products distributor.
Ziessler replaces the retiring Duane Faulkner, and will oversee the worldwide operations of Guardian's building products business, including manufacturing, marketing, distribution and product development.
Ziessler's background includes positions at Kimberly-Clark, Cellu Tissue and Clearwater Paper.
A recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement about consumer use of spray foam insulation threatens to deflate the growing sales — and availability — of this popular product. In April, the EPA expressed its concerns about certain chemicals found in spray polyurethane foam, which is applied as a liquid and then expands to fill cavities or gaps.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to address the potential health risks to consumers of certain chemicals contained in spray foam insulation, sealing concrete and finishing floors. These chemicals, methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and other related compounds, are known to cause severe skin and breathing responses in workers who have been repeatedly exposed to them, according to the EPA.
Insulfoam, producer of engineered expanded polystyrene (EPS) block-molded insulation products, expanded into western Pennsylvania. Manufacturing is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2011 in a 200,000 square-foot facility, located in Smithfield, Pa.
Insulfoam will share the plant with sister company Hunter Panels.
Dow Global Technologies, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Co., has announced the invention and development of a new brominated Polymeric Flame Retardant (Polymeric FR) material for use in foam insulation. The company intends to license the technology to other manufacturers.
Knauf Insulation, the Shelbyville, Ind.-based manufacturer, has filed a patent infringement action against CertainTeed Corp. in an Indiana federal court. According to the lawsuit, Knauf Insulation mineral wool is made with ECOSE technology, a sustainable binder technology based on rapidly renewable bio-based materials rather than petroleum-based chemicals commonly used in traditional fiberglass insulation products.
Valley Forge, Pa.-based CertainTeed Corp. is expanding its Sustainable Insulation fiberglass insulation technology to new categories of product, including SoftTouch, Duct Wrap, Commercial Blanket Insulation and Metal Building Insulation.
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Man stabbed multiple times in Denny's parking lot
Police examine the scene of a stabbing at a Denny's location on Southwest Marine Drive. Jan. 4, 2013. (CTV)
CTV British Columbia
Published Friday, January 4, 2013 7:22PM PST
A 21-year-old man has been hospitalized after a group of masked men stabbed him outside a Denny's restaurant in Vancouver Friday afternoon.
Police said the victim had just walked out of the Denny's location in the 600-block of Southwest Marine Drive when he was attacked in the parking lot at around 4:30 p.m.
The motive for the stabbing is unknown, but police believe the incident was targeted.
The victim was taken to hospital by ambulance suffering from multiple serious stab wounds.
Police have not confirmed the number of suspects or released their descriptions, but said Mounties managed to apprehend one in nearby Richmond shortly after the attack.
The search for the others is ongoing.


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5 Items Every First Aid Kit Needs: Athletic First Aid Kit
Every home and vehicle should have a first aid kit on hand for emergency injuries big and small. What you put in the first aid kit depends largely on how much you want to spend and what types of problems you foresee happening in the future. For a trip to the shopping center, a small first aid kit will suffice. If you intend to make the first aid kit part of a survival package, you need more items.
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- Band-Aids or other adhesive bandages should be kept in every first-aid kit. These are ideal for insect bites and stings and small wounds.
- Elastic bandages in a first-aid kit can give support to twisted ankles, immobilize injured limbs, and even hold covers over larger wounds.
- Every first-aid kit should have antiseptic liquid or spray to kill bacteria in any wounds.
- Bring along large gauze pads and medical tape to attach them to the affected area. These are useful for a multitude of problems such as cuts, scrapes, burns, bites and should always be one of the first things put in a first-aid kit.
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Di sole e di azzurro (Sunny, and light blue) - by Giorgia, 2001
For tourists and for shoppers the world over to think of Italy is to think of fashion. Rivaling France since the 1950s as Europe's top fashion producer, Italy itself has become an indicator of style. One needs only to wander the piazzas of any major Italian city, or even small town, to realize that Italians are forerunners of sophistication and style. Many are convinced that Milan represents the pinnacle of Italian fashion, Italy's "fashion capital or the nation's fashion hub, with its world-renowned shopping strip, Via Montenapoleone, and its twice-annual prêt-a-porter runway shows. However, people are changing their opinion, as Rome has become a fashion capital as well with its haute couture (high-class tailor or alta moda) collections and endless boutiques.
Boutiques in Via dei Condotti
The Eternal City, firmly affixed as one of the pillars of Western civilization, has shaped our culture and school of thought for countless centuries. Now, visitors to Rome can appreciate how this ancient city has also shaped our sense of style since classical times. Already Juvenal observed in the 2nd century AD "In Rome men dress in a showy style beyond their means". More than merely making a "bella figura" (a good impression), it occurs to express imaginatively one's personality and propensity to beauty.
Several of Italy's top fashion houses were actually founded and are rooted in Rome, like those of Valentino and Fendi. After all, the city's beauty, culture, and vivacious spirit seem to have inspired some creativity over the years!
While Milan has prêt-a-porter, or ready-to-wear, Rome has haute couture. Milan has the popular Versace, Prada, and Armani, but Rome hosts influential couturiers such as the Sorelle Fontana, Gattinoni, and Renato Balestra. Rome, thereby, may soon become a close rival to Paris as the couture capital of Europe. The craftsmanship behind Italian fashion is undisputed, and the "Made in Italy" label is a symbol of quality the world over. The superior creativity and artistic genius that have defined Rome for centuries seem to flourish in its fashion industry. The industry, in turn, will raise the status of the Eternal City both in Italy and abroad.
The "AltaRoma" organization is perhaps nowadays the most prominent player in establishing Rome as a top contender in the international fashion game. Each year the organization presents AltaRomAltaModa (Tel. +39 064828933), a symposium of haute couture collections from both well-established and burgeoning new global designers.
Since 2002, the event experiments new takes on the traditional runway show (i.e. on the "defiles" or "sfilate"), concentrating on the connection between fashion, cinema and television, promoting not only fashion, but the worldwide image of Rome as a whole.
While fashion shows are usually closed to the general public, Rome's summer shows are highlighted by an event that both fashion insiders and the mere curious alike enjoy. "Donna Sotto le Stelle" (Woman Under the Stars) is an annual open-air fashion spectacle which takes place on the very Spanish Steps (Piazza di Spagna). Each year in mid-July, a handful of talented designers showcase their latest masterpieces at one of Rome's most celebrated icons. Wandering toward the Spanish Steps to catch a glimpse of Donna Sotto le Stelle is a definite must.
For fashion-savvy visitors to Rome who would like to experience the couture culture, a trip to the city's leading fashion school is certainly worthwhile. L'Accademia di Costume e di Moda (Via della Rondinella 2, tel. 06 6864132) hosts periodic fashion exhibits and participates in AltaRomAltaModa events.
In 1990, famed Italian designer Valentino opened L'Accademia Valentino in support of L.I.F.E. (Lottare Informare Formare Educare), his charitable organization for the fight against A.I.D.S. L'Accademia is located near the designer's atelier on Via dei Condotti, and holds regular art and fashion exhibitions.
From the flea market to the elegant boutiques of Piazza di Spagna, the influence of fashion on Roman culture is both unmistakable and undeniable. Rome visitors are struck by the style and poise of the Roman people, and by the omnipresence of boutiques, fashion schools, fashion organizations, and fashion shows. The prominence of the fashion industry is not lost on the locals either. Romans are incredibly well-dressed and impeccably put-together. From the pubs of Campo de' Fiori, to the restaurants of Piazza Navona, to the bars of Trastevere, Rome itself is an eternal parade.
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The entire area surrounding the Spanish Steps is Rome's fashion haven, and a shopper's dream come true. Via dei Condotti , Via Borgognona, Via del Babuino, and Via Sistina are all chic and trendy streets, home to antique dealers, art galleries, and exclusives boutiques, drawing throngs of both locals and tourists alike. Fashion is, after all, a universal language.
Below you will find the list of the most important boutiques and fashion labels which can be found in this area. For a presentation of other shopping areas in Rome, please visit this other page.
Via Babuino, 98/101.
(tel. 066922070).
Open 3.30-7.30pm Mon; 10am-7.30pm Tue-Sat.
Dolce e Gabbana (D&G)
Via Borgognona, 7d
(tel. 066782990).
Open 1-7pm Mon;
10am-7.30pm Tue-Sat.
Branch, Piazza di Spagna, 82/83 (066792294).
Via del Babuino 102.
(tel. 066788257)
Open 3-7pm Mon;
10am-7pm Tue-Sat.
Rich collection of cashmere design.
Via Borgognona 4e, 4l, 36°-b, 39-40
(tel. 066797641/2/3/4).
Open 2-7.30 Mon;
10am-7.30pm Tue-Sat.
Gianfranco Ferre'
Via Borgognona, 5b, 6, 6a (066797445). Open 2:30-7.30pm Mon; 10am-7pm Tue-Sat.
Alterta Ferretti
Via Condotti, 34.
(tel. 06.6797728)
Open 3-7pm Mon;
10am-7pm Tue-Sat.
Crisp, linear design fashion.
Gianni Versace
Via Borgognona, 25
(tel. 066795037).
Open 3.30-7.30pm Mon;
10am-7.30pm Tue-Sat.
Giorgio Armani
Via Condotti 77
(tel. 066991460)
Open 3-7pm Mon;
10am-7pm Tue-Sat.
Emporio Armani
Via del Babuino, 140
(tel. 0636002197);
Armani Jeans
Via del Babuino, 70a
(tel. 0636001848)
Max Mara
Via Condotti 17-19a (066922104)
Open 3.30-7.30pm Mon;
10am-7.30pm Tue-Sat.
Via Fratina 28,
Via Nazionale 28-31,
Via Cola di Rienzo 273.
Via Condotti, 92-5
(tel. 066790897)
Open 3-7pm Mon;
10am-7pm Tue-Sat;
1.30-7.30pm Sun.
Via Bocca di Leone 15.
(tel. 066795862)
Open 3-7.30pm Mon;
10am-7.30pm Tue-Sat.
Davide Cenci
Via Campo Marzio, 1-7
(tel. 066990681)
Open 3.30-7.30pm Mon;
3.30-7.30pm Tue-Sat.
Italian fashion classic suits, shirts, accessories and shoes.
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After the tenth assertion of God's unfailing generosity, my companion couldn't help leaning over to me and murmuring, "Do you get the message?"
After all that repetition, how could I avoid it? It stuck with me, too. All the next day, the steady chant haunted my thoughts. Even in subsequent weeks, the good news of God's mercy, written centuries ago and proclaimed in the context of formal, liturgical prayer continued to creep into my consciousness, comforting me in difficult, confusing times.
And to tell you the truth, at the time I was a bit surprised. Being a Vatican II baby, my religious formation took place, for the most part, in the years when young people were taught every conceivable form of prayer except formal prayer. As teens we were seated in circles and instructed to breathe … find our centers … focus on our mantras… and visualize.
We were exposed to charismatic prayer, spontaneous prayer, imaginative praying, centering prayer and even, as one young nun breathlessly explained to us behind closed doors, out of earshot of the priest who was our principal, a touch of transcendental meditation.
The whole thing could seem kind of nutty sometimes expecting 15 year-old kids to snap into high contemplative mode merely at the opening strains of "You've Got a Friend," but I suppose we can be generous and see it as a heartfelt attempt to expand our notion of prayer beyond rote recitation and expose us to the richness of spirituality.
Unfortunately, most well-intentioned innovations have an awkward yet inevitable byproduct called the law of unintended consequences. For me and many of my contemporaries who were formed in the church of the '60s and '70s, the result of all of that spiritual window-shopping was that we got the message that we were only really praying when we were deep in meditation. Anything else was childish, immature, and akin to reciting the alphabet when you could be pondering Wordsworth.
The result for many of us was the opposite of what was hoped for by those who so earnestly taught us. I think we actually ended up praying less frequently because we had such high expectations of what "real" prayer was, and for heaven's sake, who has time to do that with your job, kids and everything else that crowds your day? Since the only formal prayers we know are the Lord's Prayer and the Hail Mary, and not many of us can put those together into a coherent rosary, this leaves our formless chats with God, which are all well and good, but can render us unattached to tradition and any community greater than ourselves.
I was in that chatty, ultimately self-referential spiritual space a few years ago when a friend suggested that we pray together. In my mind, I imagined some spontaneous prayer offered for various needs and causes. No, he said, why don't we pray the rosary?
The rosary? Like what those old people race through before daily Mass? Sure, he said. And when we can't pray together, we could pray it wherever we are, for the needs of the other.
In the back of my mind, I know I wondered what good that could possibly do. I understood, theoretically that the rosary was a valuable aid to meditation, but my fine religious training was still preventing me from accepting repetition of prayers as … real prayer.
But I agreed, and of course, I learned.
I found that it was actually easier to let go in the context of formal prayer than it had been in my attempts at meditation, which had been marked, I saw now, by a "works" mentality. What with all the emphasis on techniques and stages, prayer had become one more area of life in which I felt driven to achieve, rather than just be.
I learned that when things got bad and my own words were incapable of expressing what I felt, deep solace could be found in a prayer that someone else wrote a long time ago and had been handed down to me like a gift. It was one that I, a cradle Catholic, didn't learn until the ripe old age of thirty-two "…To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears…"
Real prayer? You better believe it.


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A Portland-based designer and an Associate Professor at Oregon State University, Andrea Marks is interested in the use of writing as a conceptual development tool, the role of women in contemporary design, and the political power of visual expressions. She is the producer of the acclaimed documentary about Polish street posters from World War II through the fall of Communism, Freedom on the Fence. A recipient of a NEA Design Arts grant for her project "Women of the Bauhaus," she is the author of Writing for Visual Thinkers.


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Some of you might remember last year Kat Von D came up with the MUSINK festival in an attempt to combine music and tattoo culture into a weekend of craziness. And it spanned several cities earlier this year. Well, she is at it again and has set the dates for the 2nd MUSINK festival for early 2009.
This time around, MUSINK will go national for 6 weeks, beginning in late January, and will feature music and tattooing and even seminars this time around. In addition, Kat will be there full time and signing her new book, High Voltage Tattoo, which should be interesting. And for fans of some old school punk rock, Social Distortion has signed on to headline the music portion of the festival as well.
The always quoteable Kat was of course ready and willing to provide this nugget…..
We had such a blast with the first MUSINK Festival, it only made sense to take this event on the road and share the experience with everyone all over the country. In my lifelong attempt to show the world what a brilliant form of art tattooing truly is, MUSINK will be the perfect way to showcase the world's top tattooers, and their diversity in culture and style of the art—all under one roof. MUSINK is gonna be so huge and so rockin'; I can't wait to share it with the fans!


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With Damian Marley on the song "Start N' Stop," we really are excited to share this track with the world. It's been a year in the making and the final product will be up to the fans to embrace," - Junior Roots
Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) June 05, 2012
Critically acclaimed reggae band Bonafide will be releasing its highly anticipated title track "Start N' Stop" on June 5th to iTunes. This will be the third track off the album and has been highly anticipated world wide. The two driving forces behind this anticipation is the star power of Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's three verses on the track and the prior two singles released that have garnered notable success in Jamaica. "Leaving Come the Morning," ft. Vybz Kartel was the first single to be released and quickly climbed to #1, holding that spot for 4 weeks. Currently, "I Wanna Be The One," featuring Etana is in the #2 slot and has been on the charts for 16 weeks. The album which is due to be released in late July also will feature Sean Paul, Busy Signal and Luciano. "The band is just blessed to have the Marley bloodlines grace this new album. With Damian on the song "Start N' Stop," we really are excited to share this track with the world. It's been a year in the making and the final product will be up to the fans to embrace. We are also in the process of finalizing details for the music video shoot. Actor/Producer/Director Eric Martinez and his team will be heading this project. We are still deciding to shoot in Las Vegas or Jamaica. But, I promise you, where ever we do it, our fans will be invited to be a part of the video with us. Big ups and much respect to everyone for all your support! The Bonafide Movement is coming!" – Jr. Roots.
Bonafide consists of four members, Jr. Rootz (vocals/drums), Bass Wayne (bass/vocals), Ricky Dread (keyboards/vocals) and Kerry Ranks (DJ). The band hails from Montego Bay and Clarendon though currently residing in Las Vegas, NV. Bonafide loves its adopted home town and shows this by giving proceeds of each album and or track sold in Nevada to benefit the Help of Southern Nevada Organization. Bonafide & The Amibug Group have teamed up to take over the world by taking reggae music to places it's never been before. "In 2012 we're looking to do bigger things with our music by reaching out and lending assistance to families in need. Just think what would this world be like if we all helped one another reach our potential. That's what Bonafide stands for. If my life's purpose is just to make me happy, then it's a wasted life." – Junior Roots.
The Amibug Group is a private equity group that owns, operates and or partners with several companies. The Amibug Group has created more than 250 jobs since 2008. "The Amibug Group's goal is to assist Bonafide's sound to reach the masses of reggae and main stream fans all over the globe. "These guys deserve it and I know the fans will embrace all their hard work." Scott Tracy Amibug Group Vice President.


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Tightening of belt to bring hard decisions
When the Irish Sports Council's funding for 2012 was cut by five per cent in last year's Budget, it was decided that, because this was an Olympic year, direct high-performance funding to athletes would not be cut.
The council's budget for the year was €44.5m, of which €10.5m went to high performance. The cuts were spread out over the rest of the council's portfolio, with the GAA, FAI and IRFU taking the largest hit in the form of a 10 per cent reduction. Other cuts of five and two-and-a-half per cent were applied to the rest of the national governing bodies, and the sports partnerships were also cut.
The sports council will be cut at least another five per cent in next month's Budget and this time high-performance funding will not be protected, so savings of €500,000, or maybe more, will have to be found. This will not be easy, particularly as Ireland's performance at the Paralympics means 13 athletes now qualify for the top grant of €40,000, an increase from six this year.
Other athletes – the likes of promising 800m runner Mark English (pictured) and canoeist Hannah Craig – will also expect funding in 2013. Sports like boxing will expect its high level of funding – in the region of €500,000 this year – to be maintained given the results it has produced. All of which means tough decisions will have to be made. And all of which gives an added dimension to the publication on Friday of the sports council's new approach to funding elite athletes.
The first thing that has to be said is that there are flaws in the current high-performance grants system which needed to be addressed, and these are pinpointed in this review. For instance, the scheme is inflexible. There are three categories – podium, world class and international – with set levels of funding (€40,000, €20,000 and €12,000).
There is also a view that the grants have come to be seen as an entitlement rather than an investment, and that the nature of the scheme forces some athletes to concentrate more on maintaining their level of funding than improving their performances.
According to the report, there are instances where the scheme can be, and has been, used to support athletes who are deemed unlikely to progress any further along the road to an Olympic or Paralympic podium position but for whom the funding has become a way of life.
Addressing these weaknesses is central to this review and will see the introduction of a more flexible system, and a move away from the three categories. Athletes will be expected to show progress. There is general agreement that the criteria for the scheme were too broad. Instead, the belief is that it must be based on progress. "It is generally considered to be vital that the scheme (and past personal accomplishment) is not a passport to future payment but is wholly geared to attaining future goals."
The shift in emphasis – from one of entitlement to one of investment – also suggests a tougher line will indeed be drawn in future in assessing athletes for grants. There is a perception that this hasn't always been the case. In the UK, we have already seen in the wake of a hugely successful medal return in London that there is a ruthless side to this business too.
There is no indication what the new payment structure will be, although there is a broad hint that it will be lowered. Aside from the fact that there will be continued reductions in government funding, the review notes that grants in Ireland are comparatively higher than the UK and that the grants also compare favourably to recent CSO household income studies.
Naturally, these are the headline items but the entire review is really underpinned by the issue of governance in Irish sport.
This has traditionally been a critical downfall. It is an area that is improving all the time but it has a long way still to go. It is here too where this new policy will face its greatest challenge because the NGBs will take over responsibility for the funding of their athletes while the sports council's role will be to monitor and evaluate the process.
In order for NGBs to assume this responsibility, however, they must show they are 'fit for purpose'. This means, among other things, that they must have a credible high-performance director and plan, a properly functioning executive and board and good relationships with their elite athletes. As things stand, you could probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of NGBs ready to assume that responsibility. Boxing and swimming might be two, although the relationship between the Irish Amateur Boxing Association and the sports council remains tense – not an ideal starting point.
Of the 26 sports funded by the scheme, five – archery, fencing, table tennis, taekwondo and gymnastics – have already been told their athletes will not receive direct funding next year because their ruling body does not have a supported performance plan in place. This affects the likes of Kieran Behan, who must now hope that his association can find money from its core grant to fund him.
Of course, governance is an area where the sports council itself must also improve, and lead in a much more visible way than it currently does.
Implementation will be phased, beginning in earnest towards the end of next year, meaning the status quo will largely apply in 2013, albeit with less money. Some elements, such as the abolition of direct bonuses to athletes (known as Performance Incentive Payments) and the removal of teams and pro-Tour team cyclists from the scheme, will be introduced immediately.
There is a lot to digest in this plan, and with Olympic and Paralympic reviews due in early January, a lot more changes to come.
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The Monkees "Randy Scouse Git" (Live 1996)
The Monkees perform one of Micky Dolenz's compositions from The Monkees' third album "Headquarters." Live at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center Read more
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…not mentioned ANYWHERE in the song, this was the epithet used to describe the character played by Tony Booth – later, the father of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife – in the British TV series, "Till Death Us Do Part" (later done in America as "All In The Family"). Randy means aroused – a Scouse is a Liverpudlian (person from Liverpool) and Git is short for illegitimate. And so the title was CHANGED in Britain to "Alternate Title" – ironic, given only British people would UNDERSTAND the expression!


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A bit unreasonable, considering that the Deseret dominates with the Mormons in Utah, but is there reason to believe that Etch-A-Sketch Mitt Romney and other Mormons would pay more attention to the Salt Lake Tribune than many of the nation's other leading newspapers?
The Tribune's 7 July 2012 lead editorial's title:
Reading that title, one has to wonder what the word "undeniable" truly means.
After all, at next month's Republican National Convention, global warming denial will be an undeniably consistent element in the Republican elite's anti-science syndrome.
While once a leading voice of moderate Republicanism approaches for addressing climate change, don't expect newly minted climate-skeptic Mitt to suddenly embrace actual science and call for efforts to address "undeniable" climate change. As the New York Times recently put it,
As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney endorsed an aggressive program to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions, pushed to close old coal-fired power plants and embraced wind and solar power. Then came his bids for the Republican presidential nomination, first in 2008 and now in 2012. On climate change as on other issues, he has transformed himself, bit by reactionary bit.
Today he is a proclaimed skeptic on global warming, a champion of oil and other fossil fuels, a critic of federal efforts to develop cleaner energy sources and a sworn enemy of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Mr. Romney has plainly decided that satisfying his party's antiregulatory base is essential to his political future. But the policies he espouses would be devastating for the country and the planet.
That was from the New York Times, let's return to Salt Lake City where the editorial begins:
Are the sizzling heat and unheard-of storms Americans are suffering through this summer the result of long-term climate change? Probably. Should Utahns expect the horrific wildfires and drought to continue unabated next summer because the warnings about climate change have gone unheeded? It's likely.
Americans — including American editorial boards — are awakening to the risks and realities of catastrophic climate chaos with nervous sweat. Frying crops, burning homes, high temperature records outpacing cold temperature records at a 10-1 rate — 2012 is providing sizzling proof that climate scientists have, for decades, been doing what scientists do: working to discover the truth about how things work and communicate that to others.
As the Tribune continues,
It is more than mere coincidence that scientists for decades have been predicting growing numbers of devastating wildfires, hotter summers, shorter winters and decreasing snowfall in the American West — and now it's happening.
The editorial discussed how the cold 2011 Utah summer didn't disprove climate science and concluded that
In the West, this year's wildfire season may not be duplicated next year, but summers in coming decades will look more like 2012 than 2011.
Sadly, the path that we are on, 2012 might well be looked back on as a pleasantly cool summer in the not too distant future.
As for blame for inaction to prevent climate change, The Tribune points the finger at policy makers unwilling to take on fossil-foolish interests.
make no mistake, the trend since the beginning of the industrial revolution and its accompanying increase in burning of coal and other fossil fuels has been warmer temperatures, and that trend is expected to continue. Ice caps are melting and oceans are warming, causing more severe weather. And policy makers must shoulder the blame.
Sadly, this is only partially true — it is not just policy makers. It is, of course, the influencers of them as well — whether fossil foolish lobbyists and poor journalism and … However, the political elite certainly merit putting a good deal of the blame on their shoulders.
As the Tribune put it,
President Obama tried in his first two years in the White House to gather support for some kind of policy to limit and reduce carbon emissions, but politicians worried about losing money from extraction industries thwarted him.
The Tribune chose not to call out an entire political party for its embrace of anti-science attitudes and its determination to thwart any action to actually address mounting climate chaos or improve our understanding of climate science.
The Tribune recognizes that we have hit a tipping point, that we are already dealing with significant climate change impacts and that, no matter what we do, these will get worse:
Now the course toward a hotter planet cannot be reversed, but the speed and intensity of the warming could still be tempered. While we wait for sensible policies, scientists are helping coastal communities plan for the inevitable rising seas and severe storms.
What is truly "undeniable"?
Sensible policies will have at least four years to wait if anti-science syndrome suffering Mitt takes office next January.
And, sadly, any hope of "tempering" catastrophic climate chaos doesn't have four years to wait for sensible policies to begin.


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More missing than just Welker
As Bill Parcells long ago told us, players play. That's what they do. In the wake of a devastating knee injury to Wes Welker, there is really no point in wondering whether Welker should have been out on the field at all yesterday when his knee buckled.
The Patriots have been through this sort of thing before and they have rallied, which is really the point. This team either will or it won't. The 2001 Patriots won the Super Bowl after leaving Terry Glenn behind, and the 2006 Pats reached the AFC Championship Game after losing Rodney Harrison. In the case of the latter, Harrison was hurt in a relatively meaningless Week 17 affair on a crack-back block by Titans wide receiver Bobby Wade; early in the fourth quarter of that chippy affair, with the outcome in doubt, Tom Brady was pulled.
So now Welker goes down with what was essentially a non-contact injury, stripping the Patriots of a man who has indisputably been their most valuable player this season. The Pats now must find a way to derail the Baltimore Ravens without their "slot machine" –- Welker has been so dubbed by colleague Bob Ryan –- and we all know what Welker meant to a New England offense that's still on a never-ending search for its identity.
Simply put, if the Patriots lose this game, there is every chance that Welker's absence might be a factor. But if the Patriots fail to win the Super Bowl, it will have far more to do with the structural problems of their entire football operation than it will with the breakdown of Welker's left knee.
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Teams make them all the time in professional sports, and the ramifications are considerable. Oftentimes, one cannot help but wonder if luck is the single greatest factor in determining success. Bill Belichick could just as easily have sat Welker as he might have punted on fourth and 2, and we might all feel differently about this team right now if he had done both. There is also the very real possibility that the Patriots would be precisely where they are today, the wildest of wild cards entering the tournament.
In the end, at times like this, focusing on the consequences of any decision is pointless. Going in, we generally know what the possible outcomes were. More relevant is the predicament that led to the decision, which speaks to longer-term issues or decision making that might be questioned.
For example: Fourth and 2. Regardless of whether the Patriots succeeded or failed, the more relevant issue is that Bill Belichick got to a point where he didn't trust his defense to make a stop. Maybe this began in the AFC Championship at Indianapolis three years ago, maybe it was magnified last season. Whatever the case, the Pats reached the point where their coach felt he could not beat the Colts by a 20-3 score, as New England did in the 2005 AFC divisional playoffs, albeit in wintry Foxborough. Back then, the idea of engaging the Colts in a shootout would have seemed preposterous.
The week after that game, the Patriots went to defensive-minded Pittsburgh and blew out the Steelers with a 41-27 victory that was hardly so close. From week to week, the Pats won with offense, with defense, with special teams, with talent and with coaching. You named the game and they beat you at it.
How does all of this pertain to Welker? If the Patriots were so reliant on him that his absence will now destroy their Super Bowl hopes – however slim they were – then they probably weren't championship material to begin with. As such, there is simply no point in using his injury as any kind of excuse. In a sport like football, a 5-foot-9-inch, 190-pound slot receiver should not be the difference between ultimate success and failure.
For all that Welker accomplished this season, he finished with just four touchdown receptions. He did not reach the end zone, on this side of the Atlantic, after a 59-0 drubbing of the Tennessee Titans at Foxboro on Oct. 18. He scored just one touchdown this year in a true road game, that coming in a 20-17 loss at Denver.
Today, the Patriots will begin preparations for this weekend's game against the Baltimore Ravens at Foxborough. Julian Edelman looks like the obvious choice to replace Welker in the New England offense. Including training camp, the Patriots are now roughly six months into their season, meaning they have had ample time to figure out exactly who they are and prepare for every possible situation.
At this stage, no matter who is healthy or hurt, you are either ready or not.
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GPU Boost enters its second generation
I said earlier that the PC market has gone to weird place recently. Truth is, very high-end graphics cards have been in a strange predicament for a while now, thanks to the tradeoffs required to achieve the very highest performance—and due to conflicting ideas about how a best-of-breed video card should behave. The last couple generations of dual-GPU cards from AMD have stretched the limits of the PCIe power envelope, giving birth to innovations like the dual-BIOS "AUSUM" switch on the Radeon HD 6990. Those Radeons have also been approximately as quiet as an Airbus, a fact that doesn't fit terribly well with the growing emphasis on near-silent computing.
With the Titan, Nvidia decided not to pursue the absolute best possible performance at all costs, instead choosing to focus on two other goals: good acoustics and extensive tweakability. The tech that makes these things possible is revision 2.0 of Nvidia's GPU Boost, which is exclusive to Titan cards. As with version 1.0 introduced with the GTX 680, GPU Boost 2.0 dynamically adjusts GPUs speeds and voltages in response to workloads in order to get the best mix of performance and power efficiency. Boost behavior is controlled by a complicated algorithm with lots of inputs.
What makes 2.0 different is the fact that GPU temperature, rather than power draw, is now the primary metric against which Boost's decisions about frequency and voltage scaling are made. Using temperature as the main reference has several advantages. Because fan speeds ramp up and down with temperatures, a Boost algorithm that regulates temperatures tends to produce a constant fan speed while the GPU is loaded. In fact, that's what happens with Titan, and the lack of fan variance means you won't notice the sound coming from it as much. Furthermore, Nvidia claims Boost 2.0 can wring 3-7% more headroom out of a chip than the first-gen Boost. One reason for the extra headroom is the fact that cooler chips tend to leak less, so they draw less power. Boost 2.0 can supply higher voltages to the GPU when temperatures are relatively low, allowing for faster clock speeds and better performance.
Via Boost 2.0, Nvidia has tuned the Titan for noise levels lower than those produced by a GeForce GTX 680 reference card, at a peak GPU temperature of just 80° C. That's somewhat unusual for a top-of-the-line solution, if you consider the heritage of cards like the GeForce GTX 480 and the aforementioned Radeon HD 6990.
I'm happy with this tuning choice, because I really prefer a quiet video card, even while gaming. I think a best-of-breed solution should be quiet. Some folks obviously won't agree. They'll want the fastest possible solution, noise or not.
Fortunately, Boost 2.0 incorporates a host of tuning options, which will be exposed via tweaking applications from board makers. For instance, EVGA's Precision app, pictured above, offers control over a host of Boost 2.0 parameters, including temperature and power targets, fan speed curves, and voltage. Yep, I said voltage. With Boost 2.0, user control of GPU voltage has returned, complete with the ability to make your GPU break down early if you push it too hard.
As you can see in the shot above, our bone-stock Titan card is running at 966MHz. We had the "rthdribl" graphics demo going in the background, and our board was happy to exceed its 876MHz Boost clock for a good, long time. As you might imagine given the fairly conservative default tuning, there's apparently quite a bit of headroom in these cards. You can take advantage of it,if you're willing to tolerate a little more noise, higher GPU temperatures, or both. Nvidia tells us it's found that most Titans will run at about 1.2GHz without drama.
Further tweaking possibilities include control over the green LED lights that illuminate the "GEFORCE GTX" lettering across the top of the Titan card. EVGA has a utility for that. And Nvidia says it will expose another possibility—somewhat oddly, under the umbrella of GPU Boost 2.0—via an API for use by third-party utilities: display overclocking. Folks have already been toying with this kind of thing, pushing their LCD monitors to higher refresh rates than their official specs allow. Nvidia will be enabling its partners to include display overclocking options in tools like Precision. We haven't seen an example of that feature in action yet, but we stand ready and willing to sacrifice our 27" Korean monitor for the sake of science.