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Sierra Leone has decided for three days to lockdown the country in order to curb the Ebola epidemic sweeping across West Africa as the WHO announced that over 2,000 people have died from the outbreak across the three hardest hit countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. AOL reports, Sierra Leone Plans lockdown to fight Ebola, Sierra Leone hopes it will stop the spread of the virus that killed 491 people in the country, according to WHO estimates. Sierra Leone's information minister told CNN," "Locking down the country is like turning the whole country into an open laboratory. … When they develop symptoms within three days, they will be identified and taken to treatment centers." However, a Doctors Without Borders spokesperson told reporters, lockdowns and quarantines "end up driving people underground and jeopardizing the trust between people and health providers. This leads to the concealment of potential cases and ends up spreading the disease further." One medical official told the New York Times educating communities about the risk of harboring Ebola patients is much more effective than lockdowns. Liberia responded with lockdowns as well in August when the Liberian government shit down a neighborhood in the capital of Monrovia that led to protests and clashes between residents and security forces. The Ebola epidemic shows no signs of slowing down, and agencies around the world are racing to develop a treatment. Yesterday, the WHO greenlit the use of blood transfusions from Ebola survivors to combat the virus. Josh Funk reports, Nebraska doctors say Ebola patient making progress, the Nebraska doctors treating Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, who arrived at the Nebraska Medical Center on Friday for treatment in the specialized isolation unit after contracting the disease in Liberia, said he remains stable and was more alert Sunday. Dr. Phil Smith, one of the doctors, said on Sunday: "We are encouraged by what we see, but it's too early to say he has turned a corner." In the race to treat the disease, Lauran Neergaard reports, Researchers rolling up their sleeves for first human safety study of Ebola vaccine, that new monkey studies show one shot of an experimental Ebola vaccine triggers fast protection and waned if the animal did not get a booster shot in a different way. Some healthy people are rolling up their sleeves at the National Institutes of Health for the first human safety study of this vaccine in hopes it eventually might be used in the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The NIH on Sunday published some of their findings in the Nature Medicine journal that showed a single dose of vaccine protected all four vaccinated monkeys when exposed to high levels of Ebola just five weeks later. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said it didn't take multiple doses to trigger protection which is in line with other vaccines today. The problem is the vaccine wanes over time as researchers exposed monkeys to Ebola 10 months later to find that only half were protected. The vaccine is made with a chimpanzee cold virus, used as a delivery system for pieces of an Ebola gene. Since giving another dose two months later was not enough, researchers used a different approach called "prime boost" where the fist does primes the immune system which was the original virus based Ebola vaccine then for the booster two months later encased the Ebola gene inside a poxvirus used to make a vaccine against smallpox. This time, all four monkeys were still protected 10 months later. Neergaard explains: "The booster-shot findings illustrate an added complexity to speeding an experimental vaccine into the field. The initial first phase study results would shed light only on that "priming" vaccine made from the chimp cold virus, Fauci said. The poxvirus booster step would be tested later only if scientists decided the initial vaccine was promising enough." Still, manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline has said it plans to begin manufacturing up to 10,000 doses of the initial NIH-developed vaccine. Canadian researchers created a similar Ebola vaccine that works in monkeys. Manufacturer NewLink Genetics of Ames, Iowa, said first-stage safety testing in healthy volunteers is set to begin in a few weeks.
Meanwhile, back in Gaza, President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday threatened to dissolve his alliance with Hamas if the Islamic militant group does not hand over power in Gaza Strip, Mohammed Daraghmeh and Sarah El Deeb reports, Palestinian President Urges Hamas To Give Up Power In Gaza. Hamas has controlled Gaza since overrunning Abbas' forces in 2007, however due to international isolation and deep financial crisis, the Islamic militant group agreed to form a new unity government with Abbas' Fatah movement in June which would restore power to Abbas in the territory. Unfortunately, it has yet to yield any power. Late Saturday in Cairo in comments carried by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Abbas said: "We will not accept having a partnership if their status in Gaza remains this way. Unity has terms. This situation does not represent any kind of unity. If Hamas does not want one authority, one law, one weapon, we will not accept a partnership with it." Abbas said that as long as Hamas remains in control of Gaza, he added, "the government of national unity can do nothing on the ground." Ismail Radwan, a Hamas leader, denounced Abbas' comments, saying they "contradict the spirit of the new partnership and play down the victory of the resistance." Abbas under the new deal will form a Cabinet of apolitical technocrats as Hamas offers its backing from the outside. Israel has boycotted the government saying Hamas' involvement is clear, while Western countries want to give the government an opportunity to prove itself. Abbas criticized the heavy death toll and damage saying, "With every passing day, more blood was shed. Is this the victory they talk about? Regrettably, I can only say the results are tragic." Daraghmeh and El Deeb sum up what each side in the negotiation are asking for: "In the coming weeks, Israel and Hamas are expected to start a new round of indirect, Egyptian-mediated talks for an extended cease-fire. Hamas is demanding a full lifting of an Israeli-Egyptian blockade of Gaza, including the reopening of a sea and airport. Israel has said the blockade will remain in effect as long as Hamas controls Gaza. The international community has made clear that all funding and reconstruction efforts be handled through Abbas' government. Israel, and the West, want guarantees that none of the aid will be diverted for military use by Hamas. A conference of donor nations is expected to take place in October. Hamas has expressed willingness to turn over control of border crossings with Israel and Egypt to Abbas' forces. But over the weekend, Ismail Haniyeh, a top Hamas leader in Gaza, rejected Israel's demand that the group be disarmed as a condition for ending the blockade." In internal Palestinian negotiations, Abbas' aides said he president will seek full control of Gaza.
While the fighting has temporarily stop in Gaza with one branch of al-Qaida, other branches, possibly more extreme, continue to ravage the Middle East and Nigeria. Lolita C. Baldor reports, U.S. Launches Airstrikes Around Iraq's Haditha Dam, the U.S. military on Sunday launched airstrikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq targeting Islamic State insurgents in order to prevent the group from capturing the vital dam. The strikes are part of a broader U.S. campaign against the group moving the military operation closer to Syria where the group also operates. Speaking in Georgia at his meeting with government and defense officials, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said if the dam falls into militant hands "or if that dam would be destroyed, the damage that that would cause would be very significant and it would put a significant additional and big risk into the mix in Iraq" including U.S. interests there. Georgian Minister of Defense Irakli Alasania said Georgia will provide some assistance in the campaign against the Islamic State such as training and carrying out military exercises with the Iraqi forces with plans to discuss it further. U.S. officials said while the Anbar Province dam remains in control of the Iraqis, the U.S. offensive was an effort to beat back the militants who are try to take over key dams across the country. Hagel said the Iraqi government asked the U.S. to launch airstrikes and the Iraqi forces on the ground conceived the operation. Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby, in a statement said: "We conducted these strikes to prevent terrorists from further threatening the security of the dam, which remains under control of Iraqi Security Forces, with support from Sunni tribes. We will continue to conduct operations as needed in support of the Iraqi Security Forces and the Sunni tribes, working with those forces securing Haditha Dam." U.S. officials are concerned that militants could flood Baghdad and other large swaths of the country if they control the dams and could gain control over the residents if they control the electricity. Water is a precious commodity in Iraq, a largely desert country of 32.5 million people. The decline of water levels in the Euphrates over recent years has led to electricity shortages in towns south of Baghdad, where steam-powered generators depend entirely on water levels. Ibrahim Abulaziz and Michelle Faul report, Islamic extremists grab towns in northeast Nigeria, the Nigerian Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram, has seized more towns in northeastern Nigeria along the Cameroon border and is adopting a strategy of encouraging civilians to stay as militants carve out an Islamic caliphate, witness said Sunday. Nigerian army soldiers fled when hundreds of insurgents in stolen military armored personnel carriers, trucks and motorcycles attacked Gulak, an administrative headquarters of Adamawa state, said resident Michael Kirshinga. The nearby towns of Duhu, Shuwa, Kirshinga and others also fell in assaults over Friday night and Saturday, witnesses said. Further north, soldiers fought off rebels advancing Saturday on Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, headquarters of the military campaign against the insurgency and the birthplace of Boko Haram. The military attacked the rebels' camp at a village outside Kondudga, just 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Maiduguri. In Gulak, Kirshinga said, "They assured us that they will not attack us, but people begun to run for their lives, some of us have fled for fear that, after subduing the soldiers, the insurgents will turn their (gun) barrels on us." The Nigerian Emergency Management Agency reported 26,000 people fled Bama adding to the 1.5 million people forced to flee their homes since Nigeria declared a state of emergency in May 2013, according to U.N. figures. They need shelter and food which officials war of a looming food crisis since most refugees are farmers. Boko Haram's April kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls, of whom more than 200 remain captive, attracted international attention and promises of help from several countries including the United States, China and former colonizer Britain. Nigeria has a large army of 80,000 troops and a $2.3 billion budget but soldiers say they are outgunned with some of their colleagues colluding with and fighting for the insurgents. Boko Haram now holds a string of towns in all three of the northeastern states that have been under a military emergency since May 2014 – Adamawa, Yobe and hardest-hit Borno. The seizures come as the United States announced it would launch a major border security program for Nigeria and its neighbors to fight Boko Haram. Meanwhile three German men suspected of being members of Somalian terrorist organization al-Shabab were arrested at Frankfurt airport attempting to re-enter the country, according to prosecutors Monday, AOL reports, 3 al-Shabab suspects arrested in Frankfurt. The Federal Prosecutor's Office said they were arrested Saturday after landing in Frankfurt from Kenya on charges of membership in a foreign terrorist organization and preparing acts of violence in connection with their time in Somalia. At the moment, however, "there is no evidence the suspects had made any concrete preparations or plans for attacks" in Europe, the office said. The three – identified only as Steven N., 26; Abdullah W., 28; and Abdulsalam W., 23, in line with German privacy laws – are alleged to have gone to Somalia in 2012 and 2013 to join al-Shabab, and received weapons and combat training.
While Islamic extremist groups seems to be spreading like a cancer throughout the world, President Barack Obama said this week his plan to start his offensive against the Islamic State militants, who he said could pose a threat to the U.S., will be explained to Americans and congressional leaders, according to Roberta Rampton, Obama To Announce Game Plan Against ISIS. Obama will make a speech Wednesday to "describe what our game plan's going to be," and meet congressional leaders on Tuesday for support for his strategy to halt the group controlling parts of Syria and Iraq. Aired on Sunday, Obama in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" said: "I just want the American people to understand the nature of the threat and how we're going to deal with it and to have confidence that we'll be able to deal with it. The next phase is now to start going on some offense. I want everybody to understand that we have not seen any immediate intelligence about threats to the homeland." However, the group has attracted foreign fighters from Western Nations who could travel to the United States, which over time could be a serious threat to the homeland, according to Obama. He ruled out sending in ground troops into Iraq and Syria as this is not the same as the Iraq war. He did say that this is going to be "similar to the kinds of counterterrorism campaigns that we've been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven years." He added: "We are going to be a part of an international coalition, carrying out air strikes in support of work on the ground by Iraqi troops, Kurdish troops. We are going to systematically degrade their capabilities. We're going to shrink the territory that they control. And ultimately we're going to defeat 'em. The strategy both for Iraq and for Syria is that we will hunt down ISIL members and assets wherever they are. I think, for … perhaps the first time, you have absolute clarity that the problem for Sunni states in the region, many of whom are our allies, is not simply Iran. It's not simply a Sunni-Shia issue." Obama wants regional allies to help win over and work with disaffected Sunni tribes in Iraq which could include an "economic element." Meanwhile, Lawmakers returned to Capital Hill after a summer vacation for a September session where feuding Republicans and Democrats promise action to prevent government shutdown while holding votes aimed at defining the parties for the fall campaign, Andrew Taylor reports, Congress Returns To Work With Government Shutdown Threat Looming. Republicans control the House and intend on a drama free passage of temporary spending bill to prevent a shutdown at the end of the month and fund government agencies into mid-December. The Senate is hopeful it will pass as long as it is free of objectionable add ons. House Republicans plan to votes aimed at drawing attention to legislation they say would boost jobs and energy production. Republicans and Democrats are clamoring for legislation authorizing Obama to use military forces against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, but the short session and lack of consensus raises doubts about whether congressional action is possible. Some lawmakers say the president under the 1973 War Powers Resolution has the power to act without permission and several Republicans are willing to give Obama blanket authority without a detailed strategy from the administration. Several lawmakers want new economic penalties against Russia in response to its aggressions toward Ukraine, but it's doubtful Congress will move quickly on a measure.


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Mental Illness Awareness Week
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October 7 through 13 is National Mental Illness Awareness week. During this time, there is an opportunity to learn about serious mental illnesses such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Mental illnesses are no-fault, biologically based brain disorders which cause disturbances in thinking, feeling and/or relating. Persons living with these disorders can receive medical treatment and a wide range of supportive services from mental health care providers and caring communities to improve their well-being and recovery. The majority of individuals living with mental illness can successfully be treated. Addressing stigma and misinformation helps fight against the social isolation resulting from mental illness. As we lessen the barriers to access treatment, we will encourage individuals to take care of their mental health long before it adversely affects their ability to function in their home, their work and in communities.
One in four Americans will experience a serious mental disorder in his or her lifetime, including major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and severe anxiety disorders. One-third of homeless people live with mental illness. Ninety percent of persons who die by suicide have had a diagnosable serious mental illness. There are more people with serious mental illnesses in jails and prisons than in state mental institutions. If a person struggles with a mental illness while having a substance abuse problem and/or serious medical needs, more treatment services are taking a holistic approach when working with these complications. When severe federal and state budget cuts loom and threaten mental health services across the country, we see people who do not receive treatment end up in hospitals, shelters, in jail, or dead.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) works to advocate for and support the needs of persons with mental illness and their families.
Our local affiliate, NAMI of NW IA will host its annual Public Forum on Monday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Cedar Conference Room of the Spencer Hospital to share more about what NAMI does and can do for individuals and families. Our NAMI Iowa Executive Director, Nancy Hale, will present information about some of these resources, i.e. Peer to Peer, Family to Family, NAMI Basics, and Our Own Voice that offers assistance.
We invite you to come and learn more. If you have questions or want more information about the Public Forum, please contact Kim at 712-262-9438, at namiofnwia@ gmail.com or on Facebook at National Alliance on Mental Illness of NW Ia. We hope to see you there!
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I posted recently on theological education and explored the importance of attending to the thoughts of others. I am continuing that line of thought here, and I want to look at an essay by Simone Weil ("Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God" in Waiting for God (pp. 57-66).
Weil suggests that giving our attention to academic studies forms and cultivates our capacities for loving God. Whether it be geometry or Latin, training my attention upon the subject develops my capacity for attending to God in prayer. This makes sense because, for Weil, prayer consists of attention: "the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable toward God."
In other words, attention is like a necessary muscle for prayer, and academic studies train that muscle through requiring me to give my attention to various tasks. So, the value of academic study related to prayer is simply that it cultivates my capacity to give attention to God.
This adds a spiritual dimension to our discussion about the place of careful, patient, and deliberate attention to the thoughts of others in the process of theological education. For Weil, a Christian view of studies will define the ultimate purpose of study as training in the love of God, and it will therefore understand activities that require attention as opportunities to develop the capacities necessary for that end.
For example, what might working hard on a geometry problem have to do with prayer? Weil explains,
If we have no aptitude or natural taste for geometry, this does not mean that our faculty for attention will not be developed by wrestling with a problem or studying a theorem. On the contrary, it is almost an advantage.
It does not even matter much whether we succeed in finding the solution or understanding the proof, although it is important to try really hard to do so. Never in any case whatever is a genuine effort of the attention wasted. It always has its effect on the spiritual plane and in consequence on the lower one of the intelligence, for all spiritual light lightens the mind.
If we concentrate our attention on trying to solve a problem of geometry, and if at the end of an hour we are no nearer to doing so than at the beginning, we have nevertheless been making progress each minute of that hour in another more mysterious dimension. Without our knowing or feeling it, this apparently barren effort has brought more light into the soul. The result will one day be discovered in prayer. Moreover, it may very likely be felt in some department of the intelligence in no way connected with mathematics. Perhaps he who made the unsuccessful effort will one day be able to grasp the beauty of a line of Racine more vividly on account of it. But it is certain that this effort will bear its fruit in prayer. There is no doubt whatever about that.
This shifts the motivation and intention of studies as well:
Students must therefore work without any wish to gain good marks, to pass examinations, to win school successes; without any reference to their natural abilities and tastes; applying themselves equally to all their tasks, with the idea that each one will help to form in them the habit of that attention which is the substance of prayer. When we set out to do a piece of work, it is necessary to wish to do it correctly, because such a wish is indispensable in any true effort. Underlying this immediate objective, however, our deep purpose should aim solely at increasing the power of attention with a view to prayer; as, when we write, we draw the shape of the letter on paper, not with a view to the shape, but with a view to the idea we want to express. To make this the sole and exclusive purpose of our studies is the first condition to be observed if we are to put them to the right use.
Weil further suggests that one's training in attention through school studies not only trains us to pray, but it trains us to love our neighbor. The argument tracks along the same lines as the connection between study and prayer. When I develop my ability to attend to my studies, then I am better able to attend to my neighbor.
Not only does the love of God have attention for its substance; the love of our neighbor which we know to be the same love, is made of this same substance. Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them attention. The capacity to give ones attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: "What are you going through?" It is a recognition that the sufferer exists, not only as a unit in a collection, or a specimen from the social category labeled "unfortunate," but as a man, exactly like us, who was one day stamped with a 'special mark by affliction. For this reason it is enough, but it is indispensable, to know how to look at him in a certain way.
This way of looking is first of all attentive. The soul empties itself of all its own contents in order to receive into itself the being it is looking at, just as he is, in all his truth.
Only he who is capable of attention can do this.
So it comes about that paradoxical as it may seem, a Latin prose or a geometry problem, even though they are done wrong, may be of great service one day, provided we devote the right kind of effort to them. Should the occasion arise, they can one day make us better able to give someone in affliction exactly the help required to save him, at the supreme moment of his need.
Given Weil's argument, we might say something so bold as this: careful, patient, and deliberate attention to the thoughts of others in theological education serves not only the cultivation of one's abilities as a theologian, but it cultivates one's capacity to lovingly attend to God and others.
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Attention Psych-Os! It's time to rock the vote!
Psych asks fans to help craft the new Season 7 tagline!
After USA invited fans to create their own taglines for the detective comedy's upcoming seventh season, TVGuide.com can exclusively reveal the eight final entries vying for the ultimate prize.
Starting Thursday, fans will be able to pick their favorites from the eight final entries by voting on USA Network's website or the show's Facebook page. The winning tagline will appear in promos for the new season, which premieres on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 10/9c.
This upcoming season of Psych will see the show celebrate its landmark 100th episode and will also feature guest stars Parminder Nagra, Garcelle Beauvais, Jeffrey Tambor, as well as the return of Cybill Shepherd, Kristy Swanson and Kurt Fuller. Psych has already been renewed for an eighth season.
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CONCORD, N.H. � Just as it was two years ago, guns in New Hampshire's Statehouse will be debated when the Legislature convenes the new session Wednesday. Democrats won control of the House in November's election and propose to reinstitute a ban on guns and deadly weapons in the chamber and adjacent areas that Republicans repealed two years ago on the first day of the session. By Norma Love.
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+++ Kiel / Silvaplana (SWITZERLAND), August 18th 2006.
The third day of the Windsurfing Euro-Cup Silvaplana was one of the best in
the history of the series. After two days of dark weather with clouds and
rain the sun returned to the Engadin and brought the famous Maloja wind. In
wind speeds up to over 20 knots the race committee was able to run a full
slalom elimination and not less then three more races. Ross Williams
(GBR-83, Tabou, Gaastra) showed that he is not only an excellent racer but
also capable to win slaloms But the man of the day was Arnon Dagan (ISR-1,
Fanatic, Neil Pryde) from Israel who dominated all three races.
As the wind was already very good in the morning the race committee decided
that after two days of racing now the second discipline slalom should take
precedence. A full elimination was run in wind speeds between 14 and 23
knots. The first round and the semi finals didn¹t bring any bigger surprises
so that most of the favourites found their way into the final. There
everthing seemed to be an easy game for Finian Maynard (KV-11, F2, Neil
Pryde), the brand new IFCA Slalom World Champion from the British Virgin
Islands. He had a perfect start and didn¹t make any mistakes. But at the
last mark he go stuck for a moment in the lighter breeze. This was the
chance for which Ross Williams waited the full heat. Since the start he was
on Finians heals raising the pressure to provoke mistakes. Now he sneaked on
the inside and pumped away a little bit faster than the Speed World Record
holder at his over 100kg. accelerating towards the finish line Ross covered
Finian which opened the door also for Arnon Dagan and Adriaan van
Rijselberge (NED-2, JP, Neil Pryde) to pass the slalom giant. Finian only
finished as fourth with the Swiss local Richard Staufacher (SUI-31,
Starboard, Neil Pryde) on his heals.
After this elimination and a break for the competitors the discipline was
changed to Racing. Three more races were run. In the first race of the day
(race 5) Arnon Dagan was able to score his first bullet in the event. But
the current leader Ross Williams confirmed his strong performance with a
second place as well as Gonzalo Costa Hoevel with his third. Hubert
Mokrzycki (POL-25, Tabou, Gaastra) is getting stronger and stronger and
managed to defeat the Italian hotshop Alberto Menegatti (ITA-456, F2, North
In race 6 Arnon Dagan continued his domination. But the Argentinian Gonzalo
Costa Hoevel also got stronger. So this time Ross Williams was forced to let
him pass. At the same time Alberto Menegatti was able to turn the game
winning the fourth place in front of his hardest opponent Hubert Mokrzycki.
In the final race of the day (race 7) Arnon Dagan was able to complete his
triple triumph. Again he had a British rider on his heals. But this time it
was not the leader Ross Williams but last years Silvaplana winner Keith
Atkinson who scored a second place. The Italian Master Champion Marco
Begalli (ITA-415, Exocet, North Sails) surprised the experts with an
excellent race which ended on the third place. Markus Bouman (NED-6,
Starboard, Neil Pryde), the Formula Windsurfing Youth World Champion of 2003
scored his best result in the competition so far with a fourth place in
front of Kuba Guzdek (POL-13, Naish Sails) from Poland.
After the third day and seven races done the competitors the competitors
have two discards, so that each of them they can throw out his two worst
results. Ross Williams showed some weakness today but is still in the top
with 7.00 points. After his dominating performance today Arnon Dagan has
moved within striking distance with 8.00 points. Just 1.00 points behind the
leader he has the chance to jump on the top position tomorrow. Gonzala Costa
Hoevel took advantage of his solid performance today and moved up to the
third place with 15.00 points. By doing so he passed Kuba Guzdeck who is
currently fourth but has to be careful to keep the distance to Alberto
Menegatti and Keith Atkinson (GBR-56, Starboard, Neil Pryde) who both wait
only inches in the back and hope for a chance to catch the strong Polish
Tomorrow will be the final day of the Windsurfing Euro-Cup Silvaplana. The
forecasts predict more sunshine and wind for the weekend. The skippers
meeting is scheduled for 11:00 with the first possible start at 11:30. The
first race tomorrow will be the famous marathon race. This is one of the
oldest most famous windsurfing competitions. The race will count as one race
for the Windsurfing Euro-Cup. Instead of two laps the competitors have to do
five of them to achieve the full marathon distance. Afterwards we expect
some more windsurfing action. Slalom has clear preference but if the wind is
not strong enough we might very well get even more racings done. The prize
giving will take place at the famous party on the Corvatsch Gletscher.
The official website of the event is www.engadinwind.com
<http://www.engadinwind.com> . The official website of the Windsurfing
Euro-Cup series with more information is www.euro-cup.org
<http://www.euro-cup.org/> . Besides the reports and the results you will
also find a live ticker on www.euro-cup.org <http://www.euro-cup.org/


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Facetmap 2.1: The release for server-side web developers
We've been working in Java webserver environments quite a lot lately. We know that things really are easier if code is cleaner, and we know that code is cleaner if you take advantage of MVC frameworks and taglibs and so forth. Finally, Facetmap has got a new layer of skin that helps anyone doing web-level Java server code.
The new features in Facetmap 2.1, just released, are meant to quickly integrate Facetmap into your web application. For Facetmap 2.0 we wrote a new API from scratch for better integration. We've since built upwards to the MVC layer:
- JSP taglibs for each module in a faceted browsing page. Construct your screens with minimal code.
- Spring controllers and context data. Facetmap objects adapt cleanly to the Spring Framework.
- More features configurable with property settings
This release looks great if you like to peek into the code. We think it really shortens the integration cost. And, we designed a new display to show it off; we think it remains businesslike while having a bit of DHTML fun. That said, there really isn't anything fundamentally different on the user-facing surface of the app. Our next release will be Facetmap 2.2: The release for client-side web developers.


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Suicide car bomber hits Afghan airport; 9 killed
Published: 27th February 2012 09:45 AM | Last Updated: 16th May 2012 06:04 PM | A+A A-
KABUL: A suicide car bomber struck early Monday at the gates of Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine people in a large blast, officials said.
The Taliban said the attack on the airport, which serves both civilian and international military aircraft, was revenge for the burning of Muslim holy books at an American military base.
The attacker drove up to the gates of the airport shortly after dawn and detonated his explosives in a "very strong" blast, said Nangarhar provincial police spokesman Hazrad Mohammad.
Among the dead were six civilians, two airport guards and one soldier, Mohammad said. Another six people were wounded, he said.
An AP photographer saw at least four destroyed cars at the gates of the airport.
NATO forces spokesman Capt. Justin Brockhoff said that no international forces were killed in the early morning attack and that the installation was not breached by the blast.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying a suicide car bomber had driven up to the airport gate and detonated his explosives as international forces were changing from night to morning guard duty.
"This attack is revenge against those soldiers who burned our Quran," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in an email.
The explosion comes after nearly a week of deadly protests in Afghanistan in the escalating crisis over the burning of Muslim holy books. More than 30 people have been killed in the violence, including four U.S. soldiers.
On Sunday, demonstrators hurled grenades at a small U.S. base in northern Afghanistan and the ensuing gun battle left two Afghans dead and seven NATO troops injured.
Still, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said Sunday that the violence would not change Washington's course.
"Tensions are running very high here, and I think we need to let things calm down, return to a more normal atmosphere, and then get on with business," Ambassador Ryan Crocker told CNN.


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Dorky dancing.
Dancing. Was there ever an invention more diabolically evil to the average male geek? Chicks dance, sure, but what's a brother to do? Get too crazy in the middle of the dance floor and youí¢â'¬â"¢re a clown. Nod your head at the edges of the dance floor and youí¢â'¬â"¢re invisible. And finding the somewhere in between is the diabolical part. Ever see that guy whose body caní¢â'¬â"¢t decide whether heí¢â'¬â"¢s dancing or nodding? If not, you were probably him.
Dance video games, on the other hand, are the dancing maní¢â'¬â"¢s revenge of the nerds. Find a bowling alley or arcade with an oversized dance machine, and youí¢â'¬â"¢ll find yourself some of the worldí¢â'¬â"¢s undiscovered, high-steppiní¢â'¬â"¢ talent. Dance Dance Revolution was indeed a revolution, introducing the geeky alternative to dancing. But change is always in the air, and it comes with a similarly silly name: Pump It Up: Exceed.
According to the box, Pump It Up: Exceed requires you to dance, í¢â'¬Å"just like in a real club!í¢â'¬? Do not be fooled. Unless this club is full of over-caffeinated nerds and the floor is covered with evil ants, you will never perform a Pump It Up move in a real club. Instead, Pump It Up requires you to dance in a very similar manner to DDR, but with a few twists.
The biggest addition is right there in the center of the pad. In addition to four directional arrows, Pump It Up uses a 'center' button. It doesní¢â'¬â"¢t sound like much, but one button adds a great deal of complexity. Pump It Upí¢â'¬â"¢s dance pad is spread out and much of the choreography has the dancer move from one part of the pad to the other. Shades of Twister are sometimes apparent. You can dance yourself into a corner, turning your hips when you should have leapt. Using the correct foot is as important as being in time.
The rising cursors are still the indicators of what button to push when, but again there is a little tweak to the DDR formula. Instead of using up, left, down, and right arrows, Pump It Up gets diagonal by pointing its pads towards the four corners of the mat. This helps everything, from facing the monitor to visualizing the mat in the cursor placement. If this sounds extreme – visualizing the mat – then you havení¢â'¬â"¢t seen the Jedi-like footspeed of the dance game addicts.
Just like a Thai restaurantí¢â'¬â"¢s í¢â'¬Å"levels of hotness,í¢â'¬? the difficulty in Pump It Up scales exponentially. While level one and two are passable for the novice, levels three through five push the intermediate player. Doní¢â'¬â"¢t even ask about levels five through thirty. The extreme difficulty will challenge veterans, world-champions, and the occasional four-legged man-beast, but normal people will wish for a few more training-wheel tracks, especially when trying to turn friends on to the game.
The two-player mode is decent, although it requires two Pump It Up-only dance pads (because of the middle-button, you cannot use your old DDR dance pad with Pump It Up). Many of the tracks have co-operative choreography, so one dancer can take a lick and then give up the mat to the other. Ití¢â'¬â"¢s tricky, but I imagine that the designers had some interesting tag-team possibilities in mind. Kriss Kross will make you 78-button combo, yo!
Of course, none of this new gameplay would mean squat without a decent soundtrack. And decent marketing. Strangely enough, Pump It Up unites the two in a kind of multicultural stew. See, Pump It Up is a Korean game that is marketed to Korea, the U.S., Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and China. While there is a whole bevy of Korean hip-hop tracks and techno remixes of pop and classical tunes, there are representative songs from each of the other countries. Ití¢â'¬â"¢s quite the melting pot. See ma, Ií¢â'¬â"¢m not only learning to dance, but Ií¢â'¬â"¢m learning to say í¢â'¬Å"shake that thangí¢â'¬? in Portuguese!
Most of the songs are passably good, although it's a bit heavy on the classical techno remixes. The videos are of similarly mixed quality. Ranging from cute anime to nearly pornographic anime, and from live-action videos to nonsense montages, the videos are good fodder for quick-witted observers. Still, you woní¢â'¬â"¢t be watching these while trying to press buttons with your feet.
The one glaring flaw in the whole package is the menu presentation. Choosing between songs forces you to get off the pad and gingerly dip toe to hit the right button. Plus, the song menu is not ordered by difficulty or speed or any other logic. Instead, you will find yourself having to navigate between the song selection and the difficulty selection screens quite a bit before you get the right kind of tune.
Neither version has much of an online element. Xbox users can download new songs, while PS2 users can, with the aid of a PC and the Internet, post their scores on the Pump It Up site. I did this, just for kicks, and discovered an unpleasant secret. People who play Pump It Up are known, even to themselves, as í¢â'¬Å"Pumpers.í¢â'¬? Why choose between the Jets and the Sharks when you can be a Pumper?
But despite the disturbing moniker and somewhat unintuitive front-end, the booty of this beast is a dancing joy. Clearly a step up and to the right from DDR, Pump It Up has effectively issued a challenge. It has thrown down, one might say, and DDR will have to introduce a new revolution to keep from being proverbially served.


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Over at Star Maker Machine this week, we are doing a week of duets. Most of these are songs by pairs who don't usually sing together. But this put me in mind of some great songs by acts who consisted of two singers who worked as a unit, in other words, duos. Duets, at their best, display a spark of inspiration which can arise between musicians who have never worked together before. But duos display a deep familiarity, and an instinctual knowledge of how best to work together. So I wanted to share some of those here.
Simon and Garfunkle: Scarborough Fair/ Canticle
My first selection is a classic from the 1960s. What is interesting about it is that the singers do not simply sing different parts; they actually sing different songs.
Richard and Linda Thompson: Wall of Death
Richard and Linda Thompson were a married couple when they recorded Wall of Death. It comes from what would be their last album together, Shoot Out the Lights. The close two-part harmony heard here is defining feature of their work together.
Buddy and Julie Miller: The River's Gonna Run
Buddy and Julie Miller have recorded three albums together, (the latest is due out in March), but they have made far more music together than that. For years, they wrote songs for, sang on, and even helped produce each other's albums. The River's Gonna Run comes from the first album, (self-titled), which they released as a duo.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Annabelle Chvostek- Resilience
Annabelle Chvostek may be best known for the time she spent with the Wailin' Jennys. She recorded one album with them, Firecracker, as was on board for the following tour. Chvostek contributed four songs to Firecracker, including Devil's Paintbrush Road. But Chvostek's story started before her association with the Jennys, and now it continues as a solo artist once more.
The first music Annabelle Chvostek composed was instrumental music for dance and film works. This experience gave her a great appreciation for both structure and texture, and both of these qualities are on display on her latest release, Resilience. The album includes one instrumental, Line of Ascent, which was written for a dance piece. But the songs on the album also have these qualities.
Annabelle Chvostek: Resilience
Listen to the title track. Resilience opens with a rhythmic line played on the mandolin, and voice. The narrator is in a lonely place. As she begins to surface, to reach out, the bass joins the arrangement. Towards the end of the song, she breaks through and is ready to feel again, and finally the full band joins her.
Throughout the album, Chvostek uses different combinations of instruments, and similar combinations in different ways. She has surrounded herself with a group of musicians who are mostly unfamiliar to me, but who are up to the task. And she has a fine voice, and mostly knows how to put it to the best use. I only have one quibble with her singing. In the song I Left My Brain, there comes a moment at the end of the song where she cuts loose, and shows what a powerful instrument her voice can be. She does not oversing, but she invests the moment with real emotion. I would have liked more of this. Some of her vocals seem a bit chilly to me on some of the other songs.
Annabelle Chvostek: I Left My Brain
Resilience includes one cover song, Racing With the Sun by Ella Jenkins. In this is one of those places where I would have liked more emotion in the vocal part. This version is too tasteful for my liking. And there is a co-write and duet with Bruce Cockburn, Driving Away. This is a true duet, representing a melding of both of their styles. And there is an interesting trick here: Chvostek and Cockburn sing together throughout the song, but she sings lead and he sings harmony on the verses, and they switch on the chorus without missing a beat.
So the album displays impressive musicianship, and is nicely varied musically. What about the lyrics? Good question. I am puzzled by them. I have the lyric sheet that comes with the album, and Chvostek sings her words clearly in any case. But I'm not really sure what these songs are about. I felt like there were key words or phrases missing. This may be a problem that will be solved by repeated listenings, and there is enough good stuff here that I am willing to try that. But, for now, I will say that Annabelle Chvostek has shown me enough that I will keep an ear out for her; I believe that she has the talent to produce a truly great album. I'm just not sure yet whether this is it.
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Friday, January 23, 2009
"No Excuses"
I am a white man, raised in a small town that only had one black family when I was growing up. So I don't pretend to understand the black experience. But I do work in place where most of my coworkers are black men from an urban environment. So, if I I have a question, I ask.
Back in the early fall, I noticed that my coworkers were expecting that something would go wrong, and Barack Obama would not be elected. Some could not accept the idea that enough whites would vote for a black man to put him in the White House, no matter what they told pollsters. Others felt that John McCain and the Republicans would resort to some kind of dirty trick, and steal the election. When Obama won, they became convinced that he would never live to take office; an angry white man would surely assassinate him. Of course, none of that happened, and Obama is now our president. But it almost seemed that the notion of a black man becoming the most powerful man in America scared them, like they were resisting believing in it.
So asked my friends at work, given all of this, how did they feel? What had changed? And one answer surprised me. "Now, there are no excuses".
My friend explained that, before, they were used to thinking that there was a limit to how far they could go in life. The white man would always find a way to keep them down. But now, they could no longer lean on that. They had to learn to accept that the only limits would be self-imposed ones. This thought carries with it great responsibility. And for some, that is quite frightening.
I told another friend about this conversation. He is an older man. What a momentous change! But he said that there will be those who simply refuse to get it, and will carry on as though nothing happened. I can see his point. but I think we both hope he is wrong.
I don't pretend that this is the last word on this subject. In fact, I hope this starts a conversation in the comments. Let your voice be heard.
This is a music blog, so there has to be a song here somewhere. This was the most appropriate selection I could think of.
The Staple Singers: Respect Yourself
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Cover Songs
I do not intend to turn Oliver di Place into a cover song blog. There are already many people doing a fine job of that, and some of them are friends of mine. But I would like to say a few words on the subject of covers, and present a couple of examples.
One way to react to a cover song is to marvel at just how well the artist has duplicated the original song, down to every detail of the arrangement and production. I grant you that doing a cover this way does require and demonstrate a certain kind of skill. But, why not just get the original, if that's what you're after?
So I prefer that an artist who covers another artist's song should make the song their own. At the same time, a cover should reflect the qualities of the original song which inspired the cover in the first place. Or the cover should reveal qualities of the song that were hidden by the way the song was originally done. It's a delicate balance, and it can be much harder to achieve than a slavish reproduction. Let me show you what I mean.
Dixie Chicks: Landslide
The original version of Landslide was a hit credited to Fleetwood Mac, although it's really Stevie Nicks flying solo. The arrangement is spare, basically just voice and guitar for the most part. But the Dixie Chicks recorded their version for their bluegrassy album. So they fill out the arrangement with fiddle and dobro parts, and they add harmony parts to the vocals. All of this could have overwhelmed the beautiful simplicity of the song, but, instead the extra parts only serve to heighten the emotion of the song.
Cassandra Wilson: Harvest Moon
Neil Young delivers his Harvest Moon as a country shuffle, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, bass and drums, all functioning as a unit. He sings in a controlled falsetto. But Cassandra Wilson takes the song to another place. I'm not even sure of the instrumentation here. The instruments sound fractured, as if some hidden force is trying to pull the arrangement completely apart. And Wilson sings the song in a haunted alto. So Neil Young emphasizes that the love between his characters is still very much alive, while Cassandra Wilson's treatment prompts the thought that the quality of that love has changed over the years, and her narrator wants to revive something that may have been lost.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
I Love/Hate 70s Music
I have very mixed feelings about the "popular" music of the 1970s. On the one hand, here is a list of some of the my all time favorite albums, which I will probably have more to say about in future posts: Dixie Chicken by Little Feat, The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell, Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne, The Royal Scam by Steely Dan, Working Man's Dead by the Grateful Dead. All were released in the 70s. But, I would say, none of these represents the trends in popular music of the decade. All but the Steely Dan album occupied low chart positions if they charted at all. And Steely Dan never inspired many imitators, because their music was too complex.
The music trends of the 70s, to my ear, involved taking something good and true, and turning it into mush. The Beatles experimented with distortion and other new guitar sounds, as did the blues-rockers of the 60s; in the 70s, this morphed into the excesses of hard rock and heavy metal. The great energy of funk became the robotic formula of disco. The fusion jazz that Miles Davis invented became formulaic, and edged out musicians playing other types of jazz from the spotlight. The early honesty of the singer-songwriters became cliche ridden, and honest feeling became overwhelmed by insipid productions involving cookie-cutter string parts.
All of these things were symptoms of one thing: the emphasis in the music business went from music to business. People who had risen in the ranks of the major labels, driven by their love of the music, began to be edged out by people with business backgrounds but no particular interest in the music for its own sake. The labels themselves started to become part of larger corporations, and the bottom line began to take over. The most popular artists began to receive the most expensive productions, whether it served the music or not.
At the end of the decade, there was a backlash which gave the world punk rock. This, and the rise of MTV in its original form, would loosen things up, and the 80s would be somewhat better. But, to my ear, a random selection of greatest hits of the 70s contains more bad music that any other decade.
As I have gotten older though, I have come to realize something: not all of the bad music of the 70s consisted of bad songs. Sometimes, a cover version reveals that the song was never the problem at all; rather, it was something about the performance or the production.
Dolly Parton: Stairway To Heaven
I am well aware that many people love Led Zeppelin. The very qualities that they so admire are the ones that send me to the exits. I find Robert Plant's screaming vocals painful to listen to, especially knowing that he has a great voice when he chooses to sing with more subtlety. And the same goes for the scream of the guitars, again knowing that these musicians can do brilliant things when they choose to play with more subtlety. So nothing is more aggravating to me than Stairway to Heaven. The song begins with all of good qualities on full display. Then, we get to the bridge, and disaster strikes, and the screaming begins.
But Stairway to Heaven is a great song. Dolly Parton, (of all people!), finds all the qualities in the song that I always liked, and does not sabotage them as Led Zeppelin does. And she does this in a bluegrass treatment that really works. Ironically, Dolly Parton is one of those people whose 1970s output was much afflicted with many of the problems I discussed above.
k d lang: Helpless
I am also aware Neil Young is an idol to many. And I can appreciate his talent as a writer. Furthermore, what I have heard of his 70s output is not marred by many of the qualities I discuss above. I just can't stand his voice. If you've ever gotten a fax machine on the phone by mistake, and had your ears assaulted by that high pitched squeal, you have an idea how I feel about the falsetto that Neil Young used on songs such as Helpless early in his solo career. And even his natural voice, which I have heard more and more as he gets older, bothers me.
k d lang is an artist who was demonstrated, with her song Summer Fling, that she has a weakness for some the worst excesses of 70s production. Indeed, her version of Helpless swells at the chorus, and the strings come in and almost ruin what is a nice subtle arrangement on the verses. But this is not the wall of strings that overwhelms everything in a 70s production; here, the listener can distinguish the individual string parts and the other instruments. And, of course, k d lang possesses one of the finest voices in popular music.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Magazine Samplers Revisited
A previous year's issue
Every year, I look forward to getting my copy of the Oxford American's music issue. The subtitle of the magazine is the Southern Magazine of Good Writing. I only buy the music issue, and it definitely features some of the best writing about music and musicians you can find anywhere. And there is always a sampler disc. I don't whether the songs chosen for the sampler dictate the topics for the articles, or the other way around. But the sampler always seems to be a collection of obscure tracks. Some of the artists are well known, but the chosen track is not. And some of the artists represented have been all but forgotten.
I have said before that sampler discs are a crapshoot. This one spans the years 1928 to 2008. Given 80 years of recorded music, the editors have rescued what they consider to be forgotten gems. But sometimes a song sounds better to a listener who feels that they are its rescuer. It becomes personal. That said, the Oxford American music samplers always contain a higher percentage of great music among the dross than any other samplers that I have heard. This year, that is especially true. The Oxford American celebrates the tenth edition of the music issue by putting out a two-disc sampler, instead of the usual single disc.
I have chosen two of my favorite tracks. One is by Chuck Jackson, who I am sure I have heard of, bur definitely never heard until now. The other is by the York Brothers, who are completely new to me.
Chuck Jackson: I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)
The York Brothers: Tremblin'
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
National Fear
Americans think of ourselves as the brash explorers who braved the wild frontier to build our nation. But our history is also sprinkled with times when the dominant emotion was fear. We pride ourselves on the freedom of expression, but when these moments of national fear occur, this is one of the first freedoms to be sacrificed. And musicians are often affected.
On of these moments of national fear occurred following World War II. We emerged victorious from the war. We debuted the most powerful weapon on earth. And it seemed that the world must do our bidding. But this feeling of hubris was dashed in 1949. Suddenly, China fell to a communist revolution. And then, the Russians tested an atomic bomb of their own. How could this have happened? Americans wanted it to be somebody's fault. And Senator Joseph McCarthy was there to fan the flames, and play on the fear of communism. The blacklist followed.
The Weavers: Kisses Sweater Than Wine
In the years leading up to the war, however, things looked different. Still in the throes of the Great Depression, it seemed reasonable to Americans that capitalism had failed, and perhaps communism was a better way, or at least involved ideas that might help. So it is hardly surprising that musicians who grew to adulthood in these years would espouse communist ideas. Four of these musicians, Pete Seeger, Lee Hayes, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman, formed The Weavers in 1948. The songs of The Weavers were deliberately nonpolitical. Seeger and Hayes had been in The Almanac Singers prior to this, and that group's political material had cost them much of their popularity. But in 1948, it was still acceptable for musicians to keep their politics to themselves, and The Weavers were a hit.
This success would only last for four years. After 1949, the climate began to change, and by 1952, it longer mattered that The Weaver's songs were apolitical. The members of the group were called to testify before the House Unamerican Activities Committee, and they refused to do so. Gigs disappeared, and The Weavers broke up. Separately, they continued to perform, but it would be hard going for many years afterwards, and none of them ever enjoyed the same level of popularity again.
Paul Robeson: Ol' Man River
Like The Weavers, Paul Robeson had espoused left-wing political views in his younger days. He was also an activist, and a black man who stood up for his rights. But Robeson was not one to silence himself. Where The Weavers decided to avoid political material, Robeson decided to continue to speak out. It meant that he was blacklisted earlier. Robeson appeared before the House Unamerican Activities Committee in 1950. He did not name names, but he did defend his own activities and beliefs. It cost him his career. His passport was revoked, so he could not even pursue a career overseas, as some did. One of the great American voices was silenced.
Dixie Chicks: Not Ready to Make Nice
Another episode of national fear began on September 11, 2001. What happened that day was truly terrible. But the nation's reaction included some lashing out that had nothing to do with terrorism.
The Dixie Chicks had been a hot act in country music, sending albums to the top of both the country and pop charts. Until Natalie Maines spoke up between songs, at a London concert three days before the Invasion of Iraq. "Just so you know, we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas", she said. Suddenly, the Dixie Chicks found that their music could no longer be played on country radio. There were protests where their albums were destroyed. And, of course, sales of their albums dried up.
So now, they have to try to make it as an alternative act, cultivating an entirely new audience. Their first album in this vein sold over a million copies, but that was quite a comedown for them. The jury is still out.
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Most of these are relatively new to me, having just become available here in BC. And frankly, I sometimes wonder if I would be as crazy about St. Ambroise beers had they NOT been the ones to introduce me to certain varieties of beer. Well, I'm a much more seasoned beer drinker now, but I was still wholly impressed with the new additions to their lineup! Though they may not all be "the best", they are certainly up there! Here goes…
St. Ambroise IPA: I saw this beer just a few months ago, located in one of my favorite liquor stores on the island (hey Beverly Street Liquor Store!). All I could say was, "'bout time!" and snatched some up. And after years of being heavily impressed with McAuslan, and as a huge fan of IPA's, the bar was set pretty high on this one. However, McAuslan did it again! Though I've had some pretty damn good IPA's in my time, this one was both impressive and rather unique! I thought I knew all there was to know about hops, but the combination of Golding and Willamette hops produces a flavor and an aroma which is both bitter and uniquely floral. In addition, the combination of the renowned Munich and Crystal malts allows for a degree of smoothness which balances very well with the bite and lingering hop aftertaste. Congrats, McAuslan, you've done it again! 5/5
St. Ambroise Scotch Ale: Done in the tradition of the "wee heavy" winter ales of Scotland, this beer boasts a strong, malty profile, a viscous taste that is balanced by a touch of sweetness, a good hop bite, and complex, lingering aftertaste that is reminiscent of vanilla and butterscotch. It's like Scotland in a bottle! As a guy who doesn't go in for the "wee heavies" much anymore, I still found this one a fitting example of a Scotch Ale and give it tops marks! 4/5
St. Ambroise Pumpkin Ale: Now here's a variety that is becoming incredibly popular of late. Everywhere I turn, I see examples of pumpkin ales, the breweries of the Pacific Northwest, East, and everywhere in between producing their own version as a Fall Seasonal. And this baby is no slouch when compared to its competitors; in fact, I was quite impressed. Boasting a golden, caramel color, and smacking of pumpkin, cloves and allspice, this beer is a fitting accompaniment to Fall weather, thanksgiving feasts and as a Halloween treat! 4/5
St. Ambroise Raspberry Ale: Again, a popular example of fruit beers that have been making the rounds for over a decade, and a fitting follow-up to their Apricot Wheat Ale. In fact, I was somewhat surprised that it took this long for it to make an appearance, but I was happy with the end product. My wife, always the fan of rapsberry ales, is my go-to when it comes to comparisons, and this beer had some rather tough local competition (Longwood and Swann's both brew their own faithful version of this). However, McAuslan's faired well once again! This beer balances a good malty taste and a pleasant hop character with a strong infusion of raspberries, resulting in a flavor that is at once smooth, tart and semi-sweet. And the color… golden red. Nice touch! 4/5
St. Ambroise Vintage Ale: As I recently learned, St. Ambroise produces a Vintage Ale once a year that is of the same variety as their Millennial Ale (still the best beer I've ever had!) However, being outside of Quebec, I have a monster of a time trying to get my hands on some! Which is too bad, considering that this trend began shortly before I moved to the west coast. Apparently, due to high demand, McAuslan decided that beers such as their vaunted Millennial Ale needed to make more appearances, and do so almost every year now in the form of the Vintage. Much like their Millennial Ale, this ale is a combination of wheat and barley malts and hops that is fermented extra-long and then served unfiltered, resulting in a beer that is a deep rich color, smooth on the palate with a complex, semi-sweet flavor that calls to mind caramelized fruit and molasses. It's time to call in favors! I want me some Vintage Ale for Christmas! 6/5 (again, I know it doesn't make sense. It's just that good!)
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Good Morning America on Friday offered a fawning preview of Barbara Walters' exclusive interview with Barack and Michelle Obama. Walters gushed over the "touching," "charming" couple and asked the President softballs such as "What's your favorite app?" [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
The journalist couldn't get over just how adorable the two Democrats are, fawning, "Together, she teases him. He teases her. It's a whole other look." Quite pleased with herself, Walters declared that such moments are what's "charming about this interview."
Walters did play one serious question, a query about marijuana legalization. But the rest of the segment was fluff. At one point, she gushed, "You have an iPad...What's your favorite app?"
On Wednesday, the View co-host interviewed Hillary Clinton for the 2012 Edition of the 10 Most Fascinating People. She giggled with the Secretary of State about hair style. However, it's not as though Walters is unafraid to get tough. She pressed Republican Chris Christie: "I feel very uncomfortable asking this question when I'm sitting opposite you. But you are a little overweight."
This fawning Obama Christmas interview has become somewhat of a tradition at ABC. In December of 2011, Walters wondered, "If you were a superhero and you could have one super power, what would it be?"
For a tough First Lady interview, see Robin Roberts lecturing Laura Bush in 2007, suggesting that the U.S. should export generosity "instead of our bombs."
A transcript of the December 14 GMA segment, which aired at 7:14am EST, follows:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: And back to Barbara Walters for more of her exclusive interview with President Obama and the First Lady. It's becoming a holiday tradition. It airs tonight on 20/20. And Barbara is here with some of the highlights right now. You got the full tour, as always. You got to see both.
BARBARA WALTERS: I got the full tour of the White House, with the star of the White House. And that's not the President or the First Lady. You know who it is. It's Bo.
STEPHANOPOULOS: It is Bo. But you did sit down with the President, covered the news of the day, as well?
WALTERS: We did. We talked to the two of them. And you'll see that they're very different when they are together. They're funny and cute. But we also asked the President a very important question about the legalization of marijuana, because there's two states in which it is legal.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Washington and Colorado. Let's take a look.
WALTERS: Do you think that marijuana should be legalized?
BARACK OBAMA: I wouldn't go that far. But I what think is that, at this point, Washington and Colorado, you've seen the voters speak on this issue. And as it is, the federal government has a lot to do when it comes to criminal prosecutions. It does not make sense from a prioritization point of view, for us to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law, that's legal.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Interesting. So, the President doesn't want to conflict with the states on this, even though it's the attorney general's fine with the decision.
WALTERS: And I asked him about the fact that when he was younger, he smoked marijuana. And what does he tell his girls? He says what a lot of parents say, don't make the mistakes that I made.
STEPHANOPOULOS: The only thing he can say. You also talked to the President about spending that little bit of spare time he has?
WALTERS: And you see the two of them together, quarreling about Scrabble, no less. Take a look. You have an iPad.
BARACK OBAMA: I do.
WALTERS: Yes. What's your favorite app?
BARACK OBAMA: Scrabble.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Oh, yeah. Gosh. Sometimes I want to yank that out of your hand.
WALTERS: And who wins?
MICHELLE OBAMA: He's good at Scrabble. He's very irritating.
BARACK OBAMA: She doesn't like losing. So, she stops playing.
MICHELLE OBAMA: No. I don't like losing to you because you're a little irritating when you win.
STEPHANOPOULOS: He's a little cocky about his Scrabble prowess there.
WALTERS: But, you know, the thing that's charming about this interview, which you'll see tonight, is how different they are, you know, when you interview them alone, they're very serious people, as they should be. Together, she teases him. He teases her. It's a whole other look. But then, what I found very touching, I asked the President and First Lady if they had a message for Robin. And, indeed, they did.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's take a look.
BARACK OBAMA: I want to make sure to send a big Christmas greeting to Robin Roberts, part of your team.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Absolutely.
BARACK OBAMA: And, who is just such a wonderful person. Somebody that we've, you know, come to really love. So, we're just rooting for her. Hope she's doing great. And want her to know that the whole Obama crew is thinking about her.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Yeah. Robin, we love you. We want Robin to come back and keep doing great things.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Amen to that. That is fantastic right there. Now, they weren't part of the interview. You also got to talk about Malia and Sasha, as well.
WALTERS: Well, Malia has gotten a cell phone. And the President said, you know, one of the reasons that he says one of the reasons I'm glad that I was re-elected, I have the Secret Service to keep an eye on the girls, especially now that Malia is getting old enough for boys to be calling. And the whole business now. They used to have to call through the White House. Now, she has her own cell phone.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That is a big step. How old is Malia now? She's 13 or 14?
WALTERS: Fourteen.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Fourteen.
WALTERS: You know, by the time this term finishes, she will be 18, ready for college. And certainly ready for dating. So, you know, they talked a little about the changes in their lives. There's no ground rules about the cell phone. But Mrs. Obama says, "She never knows when I'm going to walk into her room and see what she's texting." You know, parents are parents, no matter what.
STEPHANOPOULOS: No question about it. We can't wait to see all of it tonight. Thank you, Barbara, on 20/20. Christmas at the White House.


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1930 Johnson PR-50 Hydro Racer
July 02, 2015, 06:05:00 PM »
Have just added one to my growing collection and am looking for any info.
The PR-50 is a 30CI opposed twin with rotary valve fuel supply system. Initial research suggests they were generally run on Alcohol, but may have run on Petrol as also, possibly with a change of carb. The drive tube and transom brackets on this particular one have been remanufactured from steel, and the gearbox/prop appear to be aftermarket, possibly a Hubbell. The exhaust is directed straight out of the barrels via aluminium exhaust vents approx. 4 inches long. There are no mufflers.
It came with the original drive tube and transom bracket, which has a fractured steering swivel. The previous owner suggested the original components were very heavy and prone to failure, hence the reason a steel alternative was fabricated. Whilst I can't argue any of that the fabricated parts are designed for a much shorter transom assembly suggesting boat design was probably the main driver for the change.
Was apparently race by a Bert (Burt) Jones and featured in TOMM (The Old Machinery Magazine) some years ago, but I cant find records of either.
It's not 'in one piece' at the moment so it will be a while before pics are posted. Absolutely nothing wrong with it, in fact it's been fully restored and disassembled just for transport.
In the meantime if you have any information you are able to share, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: 1930 Johnson PR-50 Hydro Racer
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July 04, 2015, 12:59:10 PM »
A few have asked off line so here's some pics.
As purchased, prior to dis-assembly and packaging for transport.
Currently fitted with an Evinrude rope start that will be replaced in due course. Second pic is what it should look like.
The carb that's currently fitted, presumably to allow operation with petrol/oil mix instead of Methanol ... also needs to be replaced with an original.
The fabricated drive and transom assembly. The workmanship on this is outstanding. The super short drive section suggests application was a vintage Hydro of sorts.
The aftermarket (possibly Hubbell) racing gearbox and prop. It's standing upright in this pic ie there is no skeg as such. From what i understand aftermarket gearboxes such as this were not as strong as the originals, they were however more streamlined ie less drag.
Overnight I managed to pin down a year range (2003-2005) for the feature in TOMM which is said to include details of the original owner and some of the race history. I'll be on to the editors next week.
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October 24, 2015, 09:28:43 AM »
Hi Spiro
Did you ever get anywhere with finding more info about the racing career of this motor?
It's quite interesting to find one of these Johnsons over here in Australia, let alone to find info about it being used for racing etc.
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October 30, 2015, 12:34:50 PM »
Hi Boyd,
Unfortunately I've not been able to make a lot of progress thus far. I know Bob purchased the PR50 from another collector (Noel Wenzel NSW - now deceased) and that Noel had purchased it from his friend Bert Jones (also now deceased) who had raced it over several years.
I eventually managed to get a copy of TOMM #110 2003. It comprised a photo taken at a putt-putt rally with a few words below acknowledging the owner and referencing the rotary valve, but that's it.
I'm yet to get on to Doug in the States about the parts. It would be nice to replace the rope pulley, coil (with an original), carby (race edition), the fuel tank and right hand barrel when looking from the carb end. The alternative is to leave as is, which is how it was raced, so I'm still undecided as to which way I'll go.
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August 04, 2016, 01:17:28 PM »
Not a lot of progress to report on this one, but it is moving along slowly.
First up, a copy of the pic of it from the 2003 edition of The Old Machinery Magazine. thought I'd pop this up because there wasn't many pics of the assembled outboard posted previously.
Have started cleaning up some of the bolt on parts. Here's a few of the gearbox as a sample of what's being done.
I managed to find some NOS Champion R1 plugs in the US and had those shipped to me.
I have also managed to find a correct methanol carb and spent a lazy Saturday afternoon cleaning that up.
First pic for size relativity. The 2" throat seems excessive to me for a 24hp outboard, but who am I to argue with the experts?
More in due course.
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August 05, 2016, 08:22:54 AM »
Your beaut little motor is sure taking shape. As the gearcase has no skeg, I immediately thought the hydro would have been steered with an independent rudder, as outboard hydro's often are. However, in another photo I noticed the motor is fitted with an outrigger steering bar. I wonder how they managed to have the boat go in a straight line, let alone go around a turn buoy?
Do you know John, D'arcy or Brian Troy? Their Father Harold (now deceased) may have been able to tell you all about Bert Jones. Perhaps one Harold's Sons can fill in the missing pieces?
DT use to own a race boats with Brian (88). May be DT has Brian's contact details? I can also provide you with a path to locate John if need be.
Oh yeah, what a great name for a Carbie!
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G'day guy,
I also had questions about steering and tracking and the only thing I could come up with is that the leg must have sat further into the water back then ie against what we would expect in a high speed application today. By sitting deeper, the section immediately above the gearbox and below the cav plate may have contributed to rudder action, but I just don't know.
The is a little skeg at the fore of the gearbox. Other that that, what you see is by design, not a modification.
Bert Jones was definitely around in the 80's so there is a chance the bloke you mention may know of him. I haven't mixed in those circles so don't know any of them, so if you can make a few calls to find out what they may or may not know about Bert and this little outboard it would be great.
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September 22, 2016, 03:42:51 PM »
Learning lots about this thing as I go.
Rotary valve is after-market and same may apply to the crank-case also. Not overly fussed about that, because it's expected that race motors will be fitted with non-standard equipment ie racers used whatever was available to keep their motors going. That said. many after-market parts eg Hubbell, Quincy etc were generally of a better design/quality and delivered improved performance, hence they are more sought after than factory originals, at least amongst race enthusiasts anyway.
Have also found that the heads are off a Johnson PO-15. AOMCI members have advised that was a common mod delivering increased compression. Another interesting mod is replacement of the original single coil in the magneto with 2 separate coils. These ones are Victa and fitted by Bob, who was the previous owner. However the Americans do the same mod with near identical coils otherwise branded and claim that the benefit is a much stronger spark at the plugs. Don't know how true that is (I've got nothing to compare) but am happy to run with it.
I was fortunate that an original P-50 / PR-50 rope sheave appeared on eBay US. Needless to say, I purchased it and it's now on this motor.
Still a ways to go, but here's some photos.
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MADISON, Wis. — A Dane County judge who drew fire from conservatives for a ruling last year halting implementation of Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining law is considering running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court next year.
Judge Maryann Sumi tells the weekly newspaper Isthmus that she is working with a nonpartisan group of people helping her explore the possibility of a run against conservative Justice Patience Roggensack.
Roggensack sided with conservatives on the court in overturning Sumi's ruling last year.
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Is the MacBook Air killing CDs?
Well, I must admit it: I hate CDs and I hate DVDs; I have always hated them because they're so big (12-cm diameter!) and so easily damageable. In a word made of iPod nanos they just look old and oversized.But... can one live without CDs and DVDs? I guess this is what Steve Jobs must have asked himself when the MacBook Air project started.
Why do computers have an optical drive?
1. The first reason is to play and rip music CDs: but we have been having the cheap and cool iTunes Store for quite a long time now and well... it is a great alternative (even if I'd prefer lossless songs); moreover, thanks to the iPod (and MP3 players in general), we won't miss the bulky CD players.
2. Then we play DVDs: will we really do that anymore with Digital Copy and the iTunes Rental service?
3. We also use CDs and DVDs to backup our documents: but simply this is so unnatural! Taking a CD/DVD, initializing it (if it's "RW") and burning it is just a tedious operation: my last "optical" backup is now three years old. Luckly we have Time Machine (and Time Capsule): everything is much easier (and sometimes even fun!).
4. Last but not least: we use our optical drive to install software; whether it is called Leopard or Microsoft Office we use a CD/DVD to install it. I think this is the only point where CDs and DVDs win: inserting a disc and double-clicking the installer is idiot-proof, everything feels natural; on the other side Remote Disc requires so much setup, certainly too much for a novice (think about your mum!).
So... is Remote Disc the solution to software installation?
I guess not; but I strongly believe that Apple is conscious of this fact and won't leave things as they are.
I think that the next step will be the disappearance of software sold on CD/DVD: Apple already has the technology to deliver stuff via the Internet and I don't think it will miss the chance to innovate once again.
When that happens, CD will be definitely killed.
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