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So I am so excited about this collection. I'm mostly excited about trying the bronzing powders and bronzer stick. :) I know this collection (like all Mac collection) will sell out so a lil advice order fast what you like. Lol
MAC Surf Baby Collection for Summer 2011
U.S. Launch Date: May 26th, 2011
International Launch Date: May 2011 (excluding Asia), June 2011 (Asia)
Grab the board, hop in the Jeep, cruise the Pacific Coast Highway… Surf's up! The lure of the endless summer starts here with My Paradise Cheek Powder, Summer Stash of Crushed Metallic Pigments, Hibiscus Lipstick and Splashproof Lash Mascara that just won't smudge. Colourful, lustrous, and full of life…journey to a world where feeling the rush means taking a risk. Hang Ten!
Here's bronzing for every dude and dudette looking to hit the half-pipe with a killer tan. Bring commotion to the ocean with Solar Riche Bronzing Powder and new Gold-go-Lightly Studio Careblend/Pressed Powder. Capture the surf spirit, add contours & dimension with the latest Skinsheen Bronzer Stick! Defy sun-and-sea blasted lips with Suntints SPF 20 Liquid Lip Balms.
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All information is OFFICIAL. Information now includes Suntints, Bronzer Sticks, and Studio Careblend/Pressed powders.
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Surf, Baby! Cheek Powder ($28.00 U.S. / $32.00 CDN)
- My Paradise Peach pressed powder with gold hibiscus flower overspray (Limited Edition)
Lipstick ($15.50 U.S. / $18.50 CDN)
- Bust Out! Dirty mid-tone violet (Lustre) (Limited Edition)
- Hibiscus Bright orange coral (Cremesheen) (Limited Edition)
- Mocha Peachy yellow-brown (Satin) (Permanent)
- Naturally Eccentric Creamy white nude (Lustre) (Limited Edition)
Lipglass ($15.50 U.S. / $18.50 CDN)
- Girl on Board Pale white gold (Limited Edition)
- Good Lovin' Soft peachy pink (Limited Edition)
- Krazy Kahuna Warm mid-tone brown (Limited Edition)
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- Summer Stash Light pink champagne, light white pearl, light violet with silver pearl, brown bronze with gold pearl (Frost) (Limited Edition)
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Eyeshadow ($15.50 U.S. / $18.50 CDN)
- Saffron Deep coral caramel (Satin) (Limited Edition)
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- Hangin' Loose Dirty pink nude (Limited Edition)
- Ocean Dip Mid-tone creamy aqua (Limited Edition)
Powerpoint Eye Pencil ($15.50 U.S. / $18.50 CDN)
- Blue Noon Teal with gold pearl (Limited Edition)
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Pigment ($19.50 U.S. / $23.50 CDN)
- Naked Fleshy beige with golden copper pearl (Permanent)
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Suntints SPF 20 Liquid Lip Balm ($15.50 U.S. / $18.50 CDN)
- Full of Grace Soft sheer rose (Limited Edition)
- Pink Tinge Clean bright yellow pink with gold pearl (Limited Edition)
- Lilt of Lily Soft creamy pale pink (Limited Edition)
MAC Skinsheen Bronzer Stick ($29.50 U.S. / $35.50 CDN)
- Tan-tint Soft suntan bronze (Limited Edition)
- Billinoaire Bronze Warm golden tan (Limited Edition)
- Gilty Bronze Coppery bronze with gold shimmer (Limited Edition)
Bronzing Powder ($24.00 U.S. / $29.00 CDN)
- Solar Riche Mid-tone deep orange brown (Limited Edition)
- Refined Golden Finely spun gold with soft pearl finish (Permanent)
Studio Careblend Pressed Powder
- Gold-Go-Lightly Mid-tone golden tan brown (Limited Edition)
- Lush-Light Bronze Mid-tone rosy pink brown
- 129SH Powder/Blush Brush ($34.00 U.S. / $41.00 CDN)


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Tournament Seeker has proven to be a powerful bridge between event organizers and people looking to compete. In 2014, we are proud to announce the release of an all-new version of Tournament Seeker.As Jet Set Studio shared in this recent news article, our team has been back in the lab creating something magical. This next generation of Tournament Seeker will be more powerful, more flexible,...
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Augusta State Univ. to counseling student: change your beliefs or get out
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit against Augusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling student told that her Christian beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession. The student, Jennifer Keeton, has been told to stop sharing her beliefs with others and that she must change her beliefs in order to graduate from the counseling program.
Augusta State ordered Keeton to undergo a re-education plan, in which she must attend "diversity sensitivity training," complete additional remedial reading, and write papers to describe their impact on her beliefs. If she does not change her beliefs or agree to the plan, the university says it will expel her from the Counselor Education Program.
"A public university student shouldn't be threatened with expulsion for being a Christian and refusing to publicly renounce her faith, but that's exactly what's happening here. Simply put, the university is imposing thought reform," said ADF Senior Counsel David French. "Abandoning one's own religious beliefs should not be a precondition at a public university for obtaining a degree. This type of leftist zero-tolerance policy is in place at far too many universities, and it must stop. Jennifer's only crime was to have the beliefs that she does."
Keeton, 24, is pursuing her master's degree in counseling at Augusta State. After her professors learned of her biblical beliefs, specifically her views on homosexual conduct, from both classroom discussions and private conversations with other students, the school imposed the re-education plan. Keeton never denigrated anyone in communicating her beliefs but merely stated factually what they were in appropriate contexts.
The plan assails Keeton's beliefs as inconsistent with the counseling profession and expresses suspicion over "Jen's ability to be a multiculturally competent counselor, particularly with regard to working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (GLBTQ) populations." The plan requires her to take steps to change her beliefs through additional assignments and additional "diversity sensitivity training." It also orders her to "work to increase exposure and interactions with gay populations. One such activity could be attending the Gay Pride Parade in Augusta."
Each month, Keeton is required to complete a report on how the "remediation" assignments have influenced her beliefs so that faculty can "decide the appropriateness of her continuation in the counseling program." The plan concludes by noting that "failure to complete all elements of the remediation plan will result in dismissal from the Counselor Education Program."
ADF attorneys filed the complaint and a motion for preliminary injunction in Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley with the U.S. District Court for the District of Georgia. ADF is currently litigating a similar case involving a counseling student at Eastern Michigan University and successfully resolved a case at Missouri State University. Also in litigation is a case involving a Georgia counselor fired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because she would not agree to affirm homosexual behavior as morally acceptable.
ADF is a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith. Launched in 1994, ADF employs a unique combination of strategy, training, funding, and litigation to protect and preserve religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family.


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It's raining.
It's day number THREE of raining.
But we don't mind – we can put the yardwork on hold and gather together and sew our hearts and brains out, build new friendships, strengthen old ones and have a roaring good time sewing up the scraps instead, all comfy inside!
Yesterday's Blue Ridge Beauty class was sponsored by the Friendship Quilters of Linthicum and the Eternal Quilters of Glen Burnie, and held at Christ Lutheran Church in Millersville.
A full day of scrap happy fun working with simple units such as the 4-patch and half square triangle, but oh so many ways to do them!
I heard from many that they learned things that they didn't know before, and that makes me so happy. If that's the case, I am doing my job.
Workshops are LESS about the quilt we are making, and MORE about the techniques that will be used in future quilts down the road, things that make us better at a craft we love so dearly.
You can choose 1, 2 or 3 classes, mix them and match them how it best suits you! Contact Mary's Quilt Shop by phone at (814) 310-2278 for more info.
Our workshops are Wonky Wishes, Garden Party & Box Kite! All are easy to prepare for, and we are going to have a wonderful time.


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Homeward Bound : Original Northern Art Oil Painting on Canvas COSA. This is an Original Northern Art Oil Painting by a newcomer on the Northern Art Scene called "Cosa". This contemporary painting which is oil on stretched canvas measures 14″ x 12″ , and is in excellent condition with lovely vibrant colours. Cosa clearly takes his inspiration from the School of Northern England Artists. And his work has a charming naievety as seen in this painting. They are all Great. PLEASE LOOK AT THE SCANS CAREFULLY TO ASCERTAIN CONDITION. I NOW ALSO ACCEPT USA PERSONAL CHEQUES NB add 5% to cover cashing costs. Track Page Views With. Auctiva's FREE Counter. The item "Homeward Bound Original Northern Art Oil Painting on Canvas COSA" is in sale since Friday, May 09, 2014. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "ardnamurchanantiques" and is located in Scotland. This item can be shipped worldwide.
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Raising the bar on bath safety
The bathroom is your daily sanctuary to retreat to and enjoy a few moments alone. For that reason, it should be serene, stylish and of course, safe. Think that words "safety" and "style" can never go together? Think again. Fortunately, it's easy to incorporate essential bath safety elements that will leave your room feeling more like a resort instead of rehab.
A twist on towel bars
When entering or exiting the bath, many homeowners reach for a towel located on a towel bar just outside the bathtub or shower. While this is a convenient location, unfortunately bathers instinctively grab onto the towel bar to ease in and out of the shower or tub. This can be a serious fall risk, since towel bars are not designed to support a person's weight. Fortunately, Moen has combined the functionality and beauty of a decorative towel bar with the safety benefits of a grab bar with the Moen Home Care Grab Bar with Towel Bar. Available in the most popular finishes to seamlessly integrate with the style of your bath, this unique product is easy to install to ensure a safe, and stylish, addition to the bath.
Safety with shelves
From shampoo to shaving cream, razors to rubber duckies, the bathtub or shower is an area where we store a multitude of items. With this in mind, homeowners are always looking for ways to conquer the clutter. Shelves are an excellent answer, especially when you can combine them with safety and peace of mind. Look for shelves that combine the functionality and style of a shelf with the safety of a grab bar. Some are featured in both corner and straight designs and will help solve your storage woes, while providing extra stability in the shower or bath.
"Grab bars are an important safety element for all ages — in fact, we could all use a little extra assistance in the shower," says Adam Ference, Moen Home Care brand manager. "By incorporating grab bars into common bathroom accessories, we hope to encourage homeowners to make every bath a safe — and stylish — bath."
Serenity with showerheads
When you think of resorts, you may recall the spectacular spa showers. You can dramatically enhance your daily shower experience by simply updating your current showerhead. There are many types, but a combination showerhead, such as the Moen Caldwell Brushed Nickel Slide Bar showerhead, can offer a relaxing retreat while also adding safety features. Combination showerheads feature both a standard shower-head and a handheld showerhead attached to a slide bar, providing users multiple spray options. And, with the added benefit of a handheld shower, users who choose to bathe in a seated position can also easily and safely enjoy the sensational experience.
Luxurious illumination
For the final step to your safety-upgraded bathroom, increase the amount of lighting. Add higher-wattage bulbs in your current lights, nightlights or additional lamps to the room for improved illumination. Another option is adding skylights. Not only will it help reduce bumps and falls, but a well-lit bathroom will also make the space feel more open and spa-like.
Increasing your safety does not mean decreasing the style in your bath. In fact, with these easy, inexpensive and attractive updates, you can quickly raise your level of bath safety, while creating a more enjoyable and stylish bathroom retreat. For more information on Moen products, visit www.moen.com.
This article is courtesy of Brandpoint.


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According to Chamberlain, John Glanton was born in South Carolina and migrated to Stephen Austin's settlement in Texas. There he fell in love with an orphan girl and was prepared to marry her. One day while he was gone, Lipan warriors raided the area scalping the elderly and the children and kidnapping the women- including Glanton's fiancee. Glanton and the other settlers pursued and slaughtered the natives, but during the battle the women were tomahawked and scalped. Legend has it, Glanton began a series of retaliatory raids which always yielded "fresh scalps." When Texas fought for its independence from Mexico, Glanton fought with Col. Fannin, and was one of the few to escape the slaughter of that regiment at the hands of the Mexican Gen. Urrea- the man who would eventually employ Glanton as a scalp hunter. During the Range Wars, Glanton took no side but simply assassinated individuals who had crossed him. He was banished, to no avail, by Gen. Sam Houston and fought as a "free Ranger" in the war against Mexico. Following the war he took up the Urrea's offer of $50 per Apache scalp (with a bonus of $1000 for the scalp of the Chief Santana). Local rumor had it that Glanton always "raised the hair" of the Indians he killed and that he had a "mule load of these barbarous trophies, smoke-dried" in his hut even before he turned professional.
When Chamberlain first encountered "Crying Tom" Hitchcock (one of Glanton's scalp hunters) near Tucson, the former supposedly had been tied up in the sun as punishment by a commanding officer for defying orders and sketching the Mission of San Xavier del Bac. Hitchcock cut him down and for his efforts was similarly punished. From Hitchcock, Chamberlain learned that Glanton and his army of Indian hunters had been employed by the Governor of Sonora Don D. Jos� Urrea and decided to run away and join Hitchcock and Glanton. The pair set off towards Frontreras, and on the way Chamberlain got his first taste of his new life. They encountered an Apache war party which began to charge; according to Chamberlain he "drew a bead on a big chap and fired." The wounded soldier "gave a wild startling yell, and by his hands alone, dragged himself to the brink of the deep barranca, then singing his death chant and waving his hand in defiance towards us he plunged into the awful abyss"- saving his scalp from the Anglos. Apparently, Chamberlain's shot had also dispersed the rest of the party since he makes no other mention of them; at any rate the pair soon reached the rest of the hunting party.
Glanton's gang consisted of "Sonorans, Cherokee and Delaware Indians, French Canadians, Texans, Irishmen, a Negro and a full-blooded Comanche," and when Chamberlain joined them they had gathered thirty-seven scalps and considerable losses from two recent raids (Chamberlain implies that they had just begun their careers as scalp hunters but other sources suggest that they had been engaged in the trade for sometime- regardless there is little specific documentation of their prior activities). Second in command to Glanton was a Texan- Judge Holden. In describing him, Chamberlain claimed, "a cooler blooded villain never went unhung;" Holden was well over six feet, "had a fleshy frame, [and] a dull tallow colored face destitute of hair and all expression" and was well educated in geology and mineralogy, fluent in native dialects, a good musician, and "plum centre" with a firearm. Chamberlain saw him also as a coward who would avoid equal combat if possible but would not hesitate to kill Indians or Mexicans if he had the advantage. Rumors also abounded about atrocities committed in Texas and the Cherokee nation by him under a different name. Before the gang left Frontreras, Chamberlain claims that a ten year old girl was found "foully violated and murdered" with "the mark of a large hand on her throat," but no one ever directly accused Holden.
The day after Chamberlain arrived, Glanton and several others left Frontreras to cash in the scalps; on the way they encountered a camp of Sonorans. The desperadoes disguised themselves as Apaches and raided the camp for supplies. Three Mexicans were killed and scalped (to be redeemed by their government); five women were "collected"- three of whom were scalped (for the same purpose) because they were old and ugly. The Sonorans returned to battle the "Indians," interrupting their orgy, and the remaining women were killed and scalped. The Sonorans were driven off, but several of Glanton's party were injured too. After this the gang decided to follow rumors of gold and El Dorado and began north towards New Mexico. On their way, they terrorized Arizona, impersonating Apaches, killing and scalping farmers (presumably to maintain their contract with the government), and cashed in their scalps too. From this point on Chamberlain narrates the events leading to the end of Glanton and his group. In New Mexico (after finding no El Dorado), they were attacked by an Apache war party; they lost fourteen of their party (out of about forty). The scalpers fought and then ran and secured a small wooded position around the only source of water in the area; from there they were able to drive off their attackers.
|Chamberlain with an Apache in his Sights
|(from S. Chamberlain's sketches)
From there the headed north, losing two more of the party from injuries sustained in the previous battle. By this time they had reached the Colorado River and decided to follow it to the Gila River- path that would take them through the Grand Canyon. Eventually they wound their way to the Gila and a new plan. The Yuma Indians there had set up a ferry about four miles south of the junction of the two rivers to take settlers into California. Glanton and Holden came upon their new El Dorado; the gang would "seize [the ferry], kill the Indians if they objected, capture the young girls for wives etc." The gang seized the ferry and nine girls and drove off the unarmed natives; they then began constructing a rock fort to defend their new possession. When a party of Indians came demanding the return of their possession and women, Glanton proposed that he would keep all he had taken and that the natives should provide him with food or he would raze their village and kill all of them. The Indians attacked, but Glanton and his men killed four with concealed pistols- they were subsequently scalped "by force of habit." Glanton left briefly to get provisions; he ran afoul of the law and returned empty-handed but with an interesting piece of information. A group of Sonorans were traveling home from the gold mines with plenty of gold; Glanton's plan to ambush them was struck down, but Chamberlain had had enough. He and three others plotted to desert.
|Chamberlain Rescues Holden from the Yumas
The party had abandoned Holden by that point, and the fate of the other three fugitives remains unknown. Chamberlain stayed in California for a while, then returned to Boston and married. He joined a volunteer regiment during the Civil War and was named a brevet brigadier general of volunteers in 1865. Samuel Chamberlain died in Massachusetts in 1908.


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Huskies finally hold on at the end for a rare road victory
Washington holds on for a 21-13 victory over California
Seattle Times staff reporter
BERKELEY, Calif. — They arrived looking good, wearing shirts and ties for the first time under coach Steve Sarkisian as part of his "business trip" theme for the week.
And they left feeling even better, snapping a six-game road losing streak with a 21-13 victory over California at Memorial Stadium on Friday night.
In between, well, that often times left the Washington Huskies a little queasy.
"Oh man, it was stressful," quarterback Keith Price said of a game that featured eight combined turnovers — four lost by each team — 18 penalties (12 by Washington) and a myriad of other mistakes by both sides.
"It was ugly," said UW coach Steve Sarkisian, invoking the sports cliché that often is overused but fit this game perfectly. "At the end of the day, you find a way to win. I think that's a sign of a good football team that you can find a way to win a football game that is that ugly, that the ball is just going back and forth from one play to the next."
Indeed, there were three fumbles in one six-play stretch of the fourth quarter in which each team at times seemed on the verge of taking control.
But it was UW that got the last turnover, an interception by freshman safety Shaq Thompson, a Sacramento native whose brother played at Cal and for a long time Shaq was thought likely to become a Bear himself. His interception finally sealed the deal, and he returned the Zach Maynard pass to the UW 28 with 6:13 left.
Bishop Sankey then put the capper on a career night (finishing with 189 yards on 29 carries) with four consecutive runs, the last from a yard out, to give the Huskies their final touchdown for a 21-13 score with 4:11 left.
Cal had one last gasp, a drive that got to the 25. But it ended there and the Huskies could finally leave an opponent's field happily for the first time since a victory at Utah on Oct. 1, 2011.
"The plane ride is going to be much easier," Price said. "It's not going to be complete silence."
The victory made UW 5-4 on the season and was the Huskies' second consecutive triumph. They are one victory away from getting the six necessary for a bowl game with three contests remaining. Cal fell to 3-7 and out of a chance at a bowl with a defeat that will only increase speculation about the future of coach Jeff Tedford.
The game began as if the Huskies might make it easy, as they gained 267 yards in the first half, Sankey rushing for 124. But after a solid touchdown drive on its first possession, the Huskies spent the rest of the half mired in frustration, moving the ball but unable to make the key play to score, dropping one potential touchdown pass and failing to gain a yard on two fourth-and-one plays inside Bear territory. Cal also moved it well at times, but lost two fumbles inside the UW 21 on its first two possessions. Still, Cal tied the game at 7 at halftime thanks to a 14-yard run on a reverse by Chris Harper.
The Bears then took a 13-7 lead on two short field goals in the third quarter, putting some life into a crowd of 42,226 that often seemed hoping it would just get over with. On each drive, though, UW stiffened when Cal got to or inside the Husky 6.
"Our red-zone defense was tremendous tonight," Sarkisian said. "It was obviously the bend-but-don't-break mentality there for a while."
After the second Cal field goal, UW turned to one of its most reliable weapons, tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who caught passes from Price of 43 and 29 — the latter for a touchdown — to quickly put UW on top 14-13 with 41 seconds left in the third quarter.
Seferian-Jenkins finished with eight catches for a career-high 152 yards and now has 48 catches for the season to tie Jerramy Stevens in 2000 for the most receptions by a Husky tight end.
Then the game got crazy, four consecutive drives ending in turnovers in one stretch of the fourth quarter.
"It was very nail-biting," said UW safety Sean Parker. "We could come off (the field) and then we would have to get back up. But you have to be ready for everything."
Thompson's interception and Sankey's runs finally gave UW some breathing room, and then came the sigh of relief after Cal's last drive — which was finished by backup quarterback Allan Bridgford after Maynard left with an injury.
And then came the shirts and ties back on for the happy trip home. Sarkisian had said early in the week he would continue to try anything to shake UW out of its road lethargy — the Huskies are now 5-15 on the road in his four years, two victories coming in Berkeley.
Sarkisian told the players early in the week of the new wardrobe, and Price said, "I think that was the whole message, that we weren't here for vacation."
Price said if it were up to him, he'd go back to wearing less formal clothes. But whatever it takes.
"It's uncomfortable," he joked. "But it was worth it."
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Women on Canadian Banknotes
The following article is an editorial written by The Canadian Encyclopedia staff. Editorials are not usually updated. Though Queen Elizabeth II has appeared on the $20 bill since she was eight years old, identifiable Canadian women have only appeared on a Canadian banknote once. In 2004, the statue of the Famous Five from Parliament Hill and Olympic Plaza in Calgary, and the medal for the Thérèse Casgrain Volunteer Award were featured on the back of the $50 note. They were the first Canadian women to appear on our currency. However, in 2011, they were replaced by an icebreaker named for a man (see Roald Amundsen). The new bill was part of a series of notes meant to highlight technical innovation and achievement, but the change sparked controversy. Other than the image of a nameless female scientist on the $100 note issued in 2011, and two female Canadian Forces officers and a young girl on the $10 bill issued in 2001 , Canadian women were absent from Canadian bills. On 8 March 2016, International Women's Day, the Bank of Canada launched a public consultation to choose an iconic Canadian woman who would be featured on a banknote, released in the next series of bills in 2018. More than 26,000 submissions poured in. Of those, 461 names met the qualifying criteria, and the list was pared down to a long list of 12 and finally a short list of five. The final selection will be announced on 8 December 2016. But how did we get here?


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Quoting some lyrics from my favorite band, Iron Maiden – "Run to the Hills! Run for your lives"!
This past week I ran in two more racing events put together by New York Road Runners (NYRR), and it was a mixed bag of swamp-ass weather running, and retro good times! NYRR are the leading running organization in NYC, and they put on some well-organized events. Terrific leadership, and the volunteers at each race do a great job!
The first event was the Retro 4 Miler in Central Park. I always enjoy running here, as it's close to home, and a spot I know quite well as I have put many miles in on those paths and roads around the park. You could not ask for a better Saturday summer morning in NYC. Sunny, breezy and not too warm out. The conditions were just perfect to get in a solid run. Plus, this was a one of their themed races. Classic cars, rock bands playing classic tunes, photo booth in a VW van, and an old-school Good Humor truck dispensing one of my favs, Fla-Vor-Ice popsicles! (had to go for the blue one, of course) Continue reading Moist Running and Monday being EXTRA in NYC!


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AEDS in Oklahoma
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What is Behind the Military Coup in Zimbabwe?
Coup in Zimbabwe
By Gregory Elich
November 21, 2017 -
Long-roiling factional conflict within Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF political party exploded last week in a military coup that quickly seized control of the government and state media. The coup was led by Commander of Zimbabwe Defense Forces Constantino Chiwenga, who is closely aligned with former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Emboldened by President Robert Mugabe's declining mental sharpness and physical health in recent years, Mnangagwa actively maneuvered to ensure that he would succeed the president. Mnangagwa served as one of Zimbabwe's two vice presidents. From that position, he and his supporters, known as Team Lacoste, became embroiled in a bitter struggle with younger party members who coalesced around Secretary of Women's Affairs Grace Mugabe, wife of the president, and whose group was known as Generation 40, or G40.
As early as 2015, Mnangagwa began reaching out to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to discuss plans to implement a five-year transition government, in which both men would play a leading role. The unity government would compensate and "reintegrate" dispossessed former owners of large-scale farms. Reuters obtained hundreds of internal documents from Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organization that revealed the plan. "Key aspects of the transition planning described in the documents were corroborated by interviews with political, diplomatic and intelligence sources in Zimbabwe and South Africa," reports Reuters. The same sources left open "the possibility that the government could be unelected." In one report, it was said that Mugabe feared that Mnangagwa would attempt to reverse land reform.
According to the documents, senior military officials met with Tsvangirai, many of whom were "saying it is better to clandestinely rally behind Tsvangirai for a change." Security officials also secretly met with Mnangagwa to discuss Mugabe. "They all agree that Mugabe is now a security threat due to his ill health." Not surprisingly, "four people with direct knowledge of coalition-related discussions about post-Mugabe rebuilding" indicated that Great Britain had at least peripheral involvement in discussions, and British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing was said to favor "Mnangagwa to succeed Mugabe."
Such behind the scenes machinations did not sit well with G40, and mutual recrimination escalated between Team Lacoste and G40 in recent months. In an explosive politburo meeting on July 19, Minister of Higher Education Jonathan Moyo played a damning video that exposed Mnangagwa's plans. The video accused him of "working to systematically undermine President Robert Mugabe by capturing the party and state institutions." The video also revealed that General Chiwenga was deeply involved in those plans. Audio recordings of Zimpapers journalists stated that "they are working to further VP Mnangagwa's succession agenda and that they work closely with General Chiwenga."
The video claimed that Mnangagwa's allies in government were using their positions "to advance his bid to unconstitutionally and criminally succeed President Mugabe The objective was to seize control of the party. That scheme is outlined and detailed in a successionist strategy document that was published in 2015 entitled Blue Ocean." Quoting the Blue Ocean Strategy document, the video said: "Critical positions must be secured in these institutions and the personnel must be given instructions to hoard dossiers on the G40 brass and all echelons of the party."
The Blue Ocean Strategy sought to use the dossiers "to make it toxic for anyone to be associated with the G40 group." Other tactics included attacks on the character of G40 members, and infiltrating the group and creating discord. "Seeds of distrust must be sown in that alliance with the First Lady with immediate effect," the document urged.
The campaign to discredit G40 was intended to clear the path to power for Mnangagwa.
By marshaling an impressive array of evidence, the video made a persuasive case, which the military coup on Mnangagwa's behalf has amply confirmed.
Mnangagwa did not react with equanimity to the video. Moyo says that he responded to the presentation by "making a shocking statement to the effect that while he was in Mozambique, during the liberation struggle, people who made interventions such as my presentation to the Politburo on 19 July would have their head separated from their shoulders'." The effect of Mnangagwa's statement, Moyo continued, "was to threaten me with murder."
Given the opportunity to answer Moyo's charges, Mnangagwa delivered an 85-page report to President Mugabe in September. Mnangagwa claimed he was loyal, and without providing evidence, accused Moyo of being a CIA agent and that along with his cohorts in G40, was plotting against Mugabe. Mnangagwa asserted that Moyo was spreading falsehoods about an impending coup. "Professor Moyo concocted a story that his cousin Major Nkosana Moyo who is with the Presidential Guard informed you of a planned coup by the army and [to] install me as the country's new leader."
Moyo's warning had been no falsehood.
On October 11, Mnangagwa went on the counterattack in a formal presentation at a politburo meeting. He repeated the allegation that Moyo was a CIA spy, which he asserted the U.S. Embassy in Harare had confirmed — as if the CIA is in the habit of announcing who its spies are. Mnangagwa pointed to Wikileaks documents concerning discussions Moyo held with U.S. officials during the years when Moyo was not a member of ZANU-PF. An official who attended the politburo meeting reported that Mnangagwa "said the whole army was loyal and played two video clips of General Chiwenga pledging loyalty to the national political leadership."
Mnangagwa accused Moyo of "harbor[ing] an agenda of destroying the party whether from within or otherwise." As proof of that intent, he quoted Moyo as having said, "Now, if your uneducated mind translates reform as destruction, to hell with you. That is not my problem, and I want to repeat that very statement that the best way to reform ZANU-PF is from within." It is odd that Mnangagwa would be so uncomprehending as to choose such a statement to bolster his claim that Moyo was out to destroy the party. Mnangagwa added that he has "been trying to understand how a party as solid as ZANU-PF can at any given time be said to be in need of reform."
The bulk of the speech was devoted to quoting Moyo from his years outside the party, when he made some critical remarks, and which Moyo has never denied. Mnangagwa argued that Moyo "deceived" the Central Intelligence Organization into telling President Mugabe that "the army wanted to commit a coup," and that Moyo "knows truly well that all these are lies and fabrications."
Member of Parliament Shadreck Mashayamombe, Mnangagwa continued, unjustly claimed that the army would carry out a coup "in a brazen and bizarre attempt to tarnish my name. What has happened since then? Why should people believe your coup claims now when you have lied about that before?"
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In his response, Moyo pointed out that Mnangagwa had failed to address any of the issues he had raised in his earlier presentation concerning Mnangagwa's plan to topple the government. Regarding Wikileaks documents, Moyo pointed out that there are many more documents referring to Mnangagwa than him. Furthermore, unlike Mnangagwa, Moyo never met a foreign official while he was in government without the presence of foreign ministry officials.
Moyo revealed that when he was an independent candidate in the 2005 election, Mnangagwa helped fund him and other opposition candidates. Indeed, it was Mnangagwa who led the establishment of the short-lived United People's Movement. "Throughout the planning process, we had several strategizing meetings but you have not owned up to that. Instead, you have given a presentation that presents you as comrade loyal' when that is far from the truth."
The evidence for Mnangagwa's perfidy was too abundant to ignore, and on November 9 he was expelled from ZANU-PF and removed from his position as one of Zimbabwe's two vice presidents. Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Saviour Kasukuwere submitted a report to the politburo which listed other members of the plot to overthrow the government.
Soon thereafter, Mnangagwa turned up in South Africa and issued a statement threatening that President Mugabe and those around him would be driven from the party "in the coming few weeks." Ominously, he added that his supporters "will very soon control the levers of power" and he "shall return to Zimbabwe to lead you."
Zimbabwe security forces went on high alert following Mnangagwa's threats. A source close to Mnangagwa said, "This is no longer a game, gloves are now off, and I can tell you he will be back as promised. He arrived in China [to join General Chiwenga during his visit] where he will meet key contacts."
General Chiwenga issued a statement condemning Mnangagwa's opponents and warning darkly that due to political instability, "the military will not hesitate to step in." ZANU-PF chairman Simon Khaya-Moyo responded by saying the statement suggested "treasonable conduct" and "was meant to incite insurrection and violent challenge to the constitutional order."
The cause of Zimbabwe's current predicament, Western media inform us, is a simple one. President Mugabe's wife harbored political ambitions to one day assume the highest office in the land. There is nothing else that one needs to know. Let us leave aside the temptation to wonder why mainstream media, with its near universal adoration of former president Bill Clinton's wife for her political ambitions, somehow find it reprehensible for a strong black woman in a similar relationship to have political aspirations.
For her part, Grace Mugabe has sent mixed signals on succession, so it is unclear what her exact thoughts were on the matter.
What is certain is that President Mugabe blundered in not arranging an orderly transition to a successor while he was in a stronger political position, and that failure left the door open for schemers like Mnangagwa and Chiwenga.
The reality is that Grace Mugabe's political base was too narrow and she was too unpopular for there ever have been a chance of her winning an election. Much of what support she did have would have evaporated upon President Mugabe's demise. It is not even clear that Grace Mugabe had any chance of being named to take Mnangagwa's place as vice president. It would be up to the upcoming party congress in December to choose the vice president, President Mugabe announced.
Furthermore, many reports indicate that President Mugabe favored Defense Minister Sydney Sekeramayi as his successor.
President Mugabe was well aware of his wife's lack of widespread support and that her candidacy in a presidential election would be political suicide for ZANU-PF, in that she would be a rallying point for the opposition.
General Chiwenga did not wait long to make good on his threat to launch a military coup. The government attempted to snuff out the rebellion before it started and dispatched a police paramilitary unit to the airport to arrest General Chiwenga upon his return from China. However, military intelligence caught wind of the plan and an army unit blocked the attempt, allowing Chiwenga to evade arrest. According to an official with knowledge of the incident, "When Chiwenga came, a team of soldiers dressed in National Handling Services (NHS) uniforms got inside the airport, while police positioned themselves to seize him. The soldiers reacted and disarmed them. The soldiers took off the NHS uniforms, revealing their camouflage fatigues, resulting in the police fleeing." The army immediately set its long-planned coup in motion on the night of November 14-15, eliminating opposition by attacking policemen at the Parliament building and seizing the police paramilitary camp and armory.
Armored vehicles and tanks rolled through Harare, taking control of key points. Gunfire was heard throughout the city, as the military hunted down and arrested every Mugabe supporter and member of G40 it could lay its hands on, not shying from the use of violence. According to one source, "The first casualty of the operation was Mugabe's head of security," Albert Ngulube. "He was grabbed right at Mugabe's gate and taken to detention where he was brutally beaten." Another source reported that soldiers took Ngulube's "cellphone, watch and gold chain and later detained and interrogated him. He was heavily battered. He has some cracks on his head and could have died."
As one source reported, "Troops arrived at Kasukuwere's house and shot their way into the residence before shelling it from about ten minutes The families then escaped to Mugabe's house Moyo's house was also stormed by soldiers." Secretary of Youth Affairs Kudzai Chipanga and his wife were forced to strip naked and sit on the floor at a police station, where he was ordered to repeat the criticisms he had publicly made of General Chiwenga. Then he was severely beaten. The military later forced him to appear on television and apologize for having denounced Chiwenga's threat to carry out a coup.
Two Canadian journalists were falsely accused of working for the Central Intelligence Organization, and told by soldiers to lie on the ground. One of the journalists says, "And then they started beating us up. Anything that they had, with sticks, butt sticks, and at times they were using the guns that they had and someone was even saying Hey, you can shoot them'." Soldiers also walked on the journalists and the beatings lasted 15 to 20 minutes.
When an army unit attacked the home of finance minister Ignatius Chombo, it shot dead his three guards.
Social media rumored that $10 million had been found in his home, but the photos posted proved to be disinformation. One photo was actually taken in Nigeria and the second photo in a police raid in Brazil. As one wag tweeted, juxtaposing a photo of the Brazil stash with the same photo identified as Chombo's home, "Boxes of cash on the left were first found by police at apartment in Salvador, Brazil in September. Last night, same bags were found at house of Zimbabwe Finance Minister by the army."
"Basically, there is no government in Zimbabwe," said an inside source. "Cabinet failed to seat on Tuesday because all ministers chose to stay away, fearing for their lives." Among those who were arrested was Masvingo provincial minister Paul Chimedza, who failed in his attempt to flee the wave of repression sweeping the nation.
The long-planned coup to install Mnangagwa was underway, but it was important for the military to present a façade of legality to appease the African Union. Enormous pressure was applied on President Mugabe to resign and appoint Mnangagwa as vice president. That would allow Mnangagwa to take over the reins of power in a legal manner. President Mugabe refused to buckle under intimidation, describing the coup as illegal — which, indeed, it was.
Opposition backers predominate in the cities, whereas Mugabe's support is heavily concentrated in rural areas, where it can have little political effect. Western media portray the demonstration that was held in Harare to celebrate the coup as expressing the united voice of the people. All Zimbabweans, we were told, are happy at the turn of events. The demonstration represented the opinion of
people, but in what nation is there a monolithic political view? It is interesting how demonstrations only represent the "will of the people" when the cause is to the liking of Western elites. That said, economic difficulties — not entirely unrelated to Western sanctions — have contributed significantly to political dissatisfaction.
War Veterans' chairman Chris Mutsvangwa, an ardent Mnangagwa supporter, revealed that the Army had capitalized on the Harare demonstration in an ugly bid to threaten Mugabe into capitulating. "The army gave the dictator a message earlier," he said. "Either he steps down, or they will let the people into his mansion to take him. The army is threatening to unleash the people and let Mugabe be lynched. The generals said they will not shoot the people for him. Instead, they will abandon their posts and leave him to his fate."
The army was eager to install Mnangagwa as president, and Mugabe was not playing ball. The coup had long been in preparation, and as a leading opposition figure divulged, "a lot of talking was going on" between the army and "different factions to discuss the formation of a transitional government." Discussions between the army and the opposition had been underway over the last several months.
According to a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the plan by the army to bring the opposition into the government was "a done deal," and was said to have "tacit agreement from regional powers."
Following the coup, Mnangagwa returned to Zimbabwe and began preparing to establish a transitional government that he would lead. It appears that South Africa may be playing some sort of role behind the scenes, as one source hinted. "The parties have been asked to prepare position papers ahead of the visit by [South African President Jacob] Zuma's envoy. [MDC leader] Morgan Tsvangirai will present on behalf of his coalition, while [People's Rainbow Alliance leader Joice] Mujuru will present on behalf of her coalition."
On Sunday, in the absence of Robert Mugabe's supporters, ZANU-PF voted to expel the president from the party, and in his place appointed Emmerson Mnangagwa as head of the party. Mnangagwa and his backers were out for vengeance, and ZANU-PF announced that Grace Mugabe and G40 members would be prosecuted.
That still left the coup leaders without the means of "legally" installing Mnangagwa in power, so Mugabe was given a deadline of 24 hours to resign, or he would face impeachment on Tuesday.
Western officials are keen to see the transitional government adopt economic policies to their liking. "It's a transition to a new era for Zimbabwe; that's really what we're hoping for," acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Donald Yamamoto said.
A European Union spokesperson announced that the EU is "committed to support Zimbabwe in the preparation of credible elections and the delivery of political and economic reforms."
It can be expected that it will not be long before Western economic advisors are paying visits to the transitional government, urging it to enact reforms to liberalize the economy to suit Western investors.
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Voice of the People
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Killing Democracy: CIA and Pentagon Operations in the Post-Soviet Period
, published in the Russian language. He is also a member of the Task Force to Stop THAAD in Korea and Militarism in Asia and the Pacific.
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While the newest commercial cargo vehicle to join the International Space Station's resupply fleet launched Wednesday morning on its demonstration flight, the Expedition 37 crew aboard the orbiting complex was hard at work with medical research, emergency simulation training and preparations for Sunday's arrival of the new space freighter.
NASA commercial space partner Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., launched its Cygnus cargo spacecraft aboard its Antares rocket at 10:58 a.m. EDT Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. At the time of launch, the space station was flying about 261 miles above the southern Indian Ocean. Cygnus will rendezvous with the station on Sunday on its demonstration mission to deliver 1,300 pounds of cargo, including food and clothing, to the space station's Expedition 37 crew.
All three Expedition 37 crew members — Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano — gathered around a laptop computer screen in the station's Destiny laboratory to watch a live video stream of the launch of Cygnus. Nyberg then sent her congratulations to Orbital Sciences via her Twitter account, @AstroKarenN.
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The two astronauts then moved on to some on-board training to review the installation procedure for Cygnus. When Cygnus nears the station on Sunday, Parmitano, with assistance from Nyberg, will use the robotics workstation in the cupola to command the station's 57-foot robotic arm, Canadarm2, to reach out and grapple the vehicle. He will then maneuver the arm to guide Cygnus to its docking port on the Earth-facing side of the Harmony node for installation.
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BiographyDuring the first wave of U.K. punk rock, plenty of bands sang about a world full of violence and chaos, but Stiff Little Fingers didn't have to imagine a dystopian world — living in Belfast, Northern Ireland at the height of "The Troubles," police brutality and terrorist violence were simply a part of daily life, and the band's music was a powerful response to what they saw, raw-boned rock & roll that balanced rage at a world gone mad against hope for a better day. Stiff Little Fingers were formed in 1977 by singer and guitarist Jake Burns, guitarist Henry Cluney, bassist Ali McMordie, and drummer Brian Faloon. Burns, Cluney, and Faloon had previously been in a cover band called Highway Star, but when Cluney became a convert to punk rock, Burns and Faloon followed suit, and after recruiting McMordie, they took the name Stiff Little Fingers from a song by the Vibrators. . Shortly after the band started playing out, Burns struck up a correspondence with reporter Gordon Ogilvie, who urged Burns to use his own experiences of Belfast life in his songs; Ogilvie began collaborating with Burns as a songwriter, and Ogilvie and music writer Colin McClelland agreed to manage the band. McClelland booked time for the band at a studio in a local radio station usually used to record commercial jingles; the band cut raw versions of "Suspect Device" and "Wasted Life," two anthemic tunes that became SLF's first single, released on their own Rigid Digits label in early 1978. The influential BBC disc jockey John Peel started spinning "Suspect Device" on his show, and soon the indie label Rough Trade struck a distribution deal with Rigid Digits; in 1979, Rough Trade released Stiff Little Fingers' brilliant first album, Inflammable Material, and it became one of the first independent punk albums to chart in the U.K., rising to 14 on the British sales surveys.
With their new success in England, Stiff Little Fingers relocated to London, which led to drummer Brian Faloon leaving the group (as did co-manager McClelland). Jim Reilly signed on as drummer in time for the sessions for SLF's second album, 1980's Nobody's Heroes, their first LP in a new distribution deal with Chrysalis Records. The album fared well, as did the 1980 live set Hanx! and 1981's polished but effective Go for It. However, Reilly quit the band after the release of Go for It, and Dolphin Taylor, formerly of the Tom Robinson Band, took over behind the drums. Released in 1982, Now Then... was a more pop-oriented effort that didn't please fans and made no great impression on the charts; as ticket sales began to lag, acrimony rose within the group, and in early 1983, Jake Burns announced Stiff Little Fingers had broken up.
Little was heard from the members of Stiff Little Fingers (though Burns released a few singles with his group Jake Burns & the Big Wheel) until 1987, when Burns and Ali McMordie got together for a few pints and decided it was time to give SLF another try. With Henry Cluney and Dolphin Taylor returning to the lineup, Stiff Little Fingers launched a successful tour of the U.K. and Europe, and the group opted to make the reunion an ongoing concern. In 1991, the band began work on a new album, but McMordie bowed out of SLF, saying he was unable to commit to their increasingly busy schedule, and the group recruited a new member, former Jam bassist Bruce Foxton. Issued in 1991, Flags & Emblems became the first new Stiff Little Fingers album since their reunion, but by the time they released Get a Life in 1994, Henry Cluney was out of the group, with Burns handling all guitar work in the studio and Dave Sharp (formerly of the Alarm) or Ian McCallum joining SLF for live dates, depending on availability. In 1998, McCallum was officially named Stiff Little Fingers' full-time guitarist, while drummer Steve Grantley had taken over for Dolphin Taylor, who left to spend more time with his family.
Stiff Little Fingers toured frequently and continued to record, releasing Tinderbox in 1997, Hope Street in 1999, and Guitar and Drum in 2003, and after Foxton left to join the group From the Jam in 2006, Ali McMordie returned to the lineup. However, by his own admission, Burns was unhappy with his own songwriting, feeling he was writing because he had to and not because he wanted to, and in 2008, after turning 50 years old, he decided to scrap an SLF album in progress as he felt his material was subpar. However, several years later, when news broke of the pedophilia scandal in Ireland's Catholic Church and how it affected men of his generation, Burns was inspired to once again write songs that dealt with injustice and how it ravaged the lives of ordinary people. In 2013, Stiff Little Fingers eagerly began work on a new album, financed by their fans through a crowdfunding campaign, and in 2014, No Going Back was released.
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6 marbled hardback covers with leather quarter bound spine, foil blocking on front and spine. Painted speckles on book block.
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 1500 (250 copies made of each cover)
Published in 2012
Coexistence In the summer of 2010 I was asked if I would be interested in making a photographic response to an area containing a pond situated within an industrial wasteland the remains of the deceased steelmaking industry in Dudelange, Luxembourg. My only previous experience with ponds had been during my teenage years, when an obsession with pond life led me to spend long hours in my bedroom wearing a lab coat and peering into a microscope. That obsessive immersion into a strange and disorientating world had a profound effect on me personally, and certainly left its mark on many of the photographic studies I have subsequently produced. I knew that the pond in Dudelange would be teeming with unseen life now that its industrial past had come to an end. From the 1920s until it was put out of use in 2006 the pond had been used to cool the blast furnaces, and tiny but dense communities would be now forming and thriving in the absence of that extreme heat. For the eight months leading up to my first visit to the territory, my mind increasingly started tuning into microscopic worlds within worlds, and I became ever more aware of the many parallels between patterns and processes in the pond and those in our own lives as individual humans within societies. Slowly I became committed to the idea of attempting to bring these two apparently disparate worlds so physically close yet so different in scale visually closer together. Grappling with the idea of knitting together these parts of life that coexist but dont belong together nor are ever usually seen together, I decided to make a photographic study that would resemble a kind of tapestry. The University of Luxembourg kindly taught me to use one of their medical microscopes so that I was able to study single drops of the water, and I began searching the pond for diatoms and other minuscule creatures and plant life. The more I thought about the human factor that was so essential to the series forming in my head, the more I wanted to involve local people from the small town of Dudelange, which has a substantial community of families with Portuguese and Italian origins. Many of these people used to work in the steelmaking industry. For health and safety reasons it was not possible to invite people to come to the cooling ponds, so I decided instead to take the pond to the people. I filled a red plastic mop bucket with water from the pond, and dipped my underwater camera into this pond water prior to making portraits of the Dudelange residents. Later on I also dipped the prints into the pond itself, so microscopic life was also transferred onto the surface of the paper.
Stephen Gill


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Updated: 9:20 p.m.
With their AFC record at 2-5 and losses to four teams that stand in front of them, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis couldn't say much after Sunday's 31-23 loss to the Broncos at sold-out Paul Brown Stadium all but deep-sixed the Bengals playoff hopes. They've lost more tiebreakers than the Electoral College in the last month.
"Losing is bad. We've lost four games in a row, we've got a hard road to go," Lewis said. "But this team came out here and executed a lot of the game plan. Not consistently enough, but a lot of the things we spent a lot of time on this week, I thought we came out and showed.
"We've dug a hole, no question."
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning shoved the dirt on the Bengals with his NFL-record 48th game-winning drive in the fourth quarter or overtime. They don't call him "The Sheriff" for nothing.
"We've got to play every week like we played today," said left tackle Andrew Whitworth. "We fought our tails off. We played a great team down to the wire. We had a chance to win the game at the end and 'The Sheriff' did what he does best."
Lewis knew the two things that killed the Bengals were the eight penalties for 83 yards and Denver wide receiver Trindon Holliday's 105-yard kick return to open the second half. It tied the season high for penalties and marked the most yards in penalties since they had 87 in the playoff game last year.
The killer drive came right after Denver took a 24-20 lead with 11:47 left in the game. The Bengals suffered a holding call and false start by one of their most reliable guys, Whitworth, and a holding call by center Jeff Faine wiped out a 19-yard pass to wide receiver A.J. Green on third-and-15.
"Obviously, the penalties set us back on offense. When you have penalties like that, you have to do a better job of moving your feet and getting position, and those hurt us," Lewis said. "When you give up a kickoff to start that second half, that puts you behind. In this streak, we've given up some plays on special teams that have hurt us, kind of opposite of where we were to begin with. So we have to do a better job of that; it's disappointing."
The solid Bengals cover teams were a big part of last year's playoff run when both the kick and punt cover teams finished in the NFL's top 10. But Cleveland's Josh Cribbs had a big punt return and kick return in the fourth quarter of the Browns win last month and the kick cover team came in ranked 29th before Holliday no doubt sent them to the bottom by simply running straight up the middle.
It was the first kick Holliday returned this season, 11th of his career, and the first one for the Broncos longer than 33 yards in 2012. Cincinnati's Brandon Tate didn't have as good a day, but he had a 35.3-yard average and his 43-yarder was the longest of the year against Denver.
"A guy as fast as that," special teams leader Dan Skuta said of Holliday, "you've got to make him cut and we didn't make him cut. He ran right through the middle of us. You've got to penetrate and make him cut and we didn't do it."
The 5-5 Holliday, the NFL's shortest player and a former NCAA 100-meter sprint champion, set the PBS record for the 105-yard dash. Kicker Mike Nugent took some of the blame for hitting it down the middle.
"I thought it was a great hit into the wind, but terrible placement. I don't know if it even made the left hash," Nugent said.
Faine found himself in an unenviable position. He's been nursing a hamstring problem and began the game on the bench as rookie Trevor Robinson got his first NFL start. But Robinson did what Faine did two weeks ago at the end of the first half against Pittsburgh and injured his hamstring before giving way to Faine at the beginning of the second half.
Then on that third-and-15 with 9:15 left, Faine found himself trying to fend off SAM linebacker Von Miller on an inside twist. The Bengals had the protection pointed the other way and if Faine didn't hold Miller, Miller would have splattered Dalton and had four sacks instead of three.
SACKS KEY STAT: It was a tough one for Whitworth and right tackle Andre Smith. Both were asked to block one of the NFL's top pass-rushing tandems one-on-one and Miller (three) and end Elvis Dumervil (one) had four of Denver's five sacks. It's only the second time in Dalton's 24 starts he was sacked five times. The Ravens got him six times in this year's opener.
And the Bengals AFC-leading sackers were blanked for the first time in 32 games. The time last time the Bengals didn't get a sack in a game was two years and four days ago in the Halloween 2010 loss to Miami. They're not alone. Denver hasn't allowed a sack to a 4-3 defense this season.
Whitworth, one of the most reliable left tackles in the league, didn't give up one of them but he was called for holding Dumervil twice, plus the false start. That was after coming into the game with three penalties all year.
A couple of Miller's sacks were caused by coverage, but he also bull-rushed Smith for a sack on third-and-six from the Broncos 24 that forced Nugent's 49-yard field goal that cut the lead to 17-13 with 1:22 left in the third quarter.
Whitworth wasn't very pleased, saying he played all his snaps during the game the same. Particularly on that last hold.
"They didn't beat us. Holding, the way, I read it, is when your feet are beat and your hands are outside and neither one of those things happened," Whitworth said. "The guy who calls the hold is out on coverage on the sidelines. It's amazing to me these guys keep saying those guys can see that. There's no way they're able to tell me they can see from there to make a holding call.
"I'm not complaining about the ref's call. I'm complaining that it's not a legitimate position for him to be able to make a call on a pass play. It's impossible."
Whitworth didn't want to take anything away from Miller and Dumervil.
"They're as good as it gets," he said. "I'm happy I didn't give up a sack to either of them, but the penalty ticks me. I blocked him well. My feet were there and I stopped him and somehow I got a hold."
DEBUTS: It was a debut for two Bengals rookies, but not the way anybody ever thought they would come down.
No 1 pick Dre Kirkpatrick didn't take any snaps from scrimmage at cornerback, but he played on special teams and had a tackle while free-agent outside linebacker Emmanuel Lamur played several snaps at SAM backer in both the regular and nickel defenses with three tackles and a pass defensed.
Kirkpatrick was called for an offsides penalty on the kickoff following the Bengals taking a 20-17 lead in the first minute of the fourth quarter and everyone held their breath. Nugent drilled the kick far enough so Holliday downed it instead of breaking his 105-yard record. Nugent did it again on the re-kick, which had Kirkpatrick breathing easier.
But he indicated he didn't agree with the call.
"No comment on that," he said.
Kirkpatrick's debut also included being on the field for Holliday's touchdown and even though he said it wasn't near him, he said he should have made a play.
"He's fast, no doubt," Kirkpatrick said. "It was away (from me), but I should have been there. Even though I was in the right position, you still have to make the play."
Kirkpatrick, who played special teams at Alabama, said he didn't mind breaking in that way. Especially with his family in the stands.
"Any way I can help the team, I don't care – I just want to play football because that's my dream," he said. "I told my son I wanted to play, so any way he can see me out there, it makes me happy."
But the national champs didn't lose many like this in his college career.
"We played our hearts out," he said. "We played good and that's all we can do because like the old saying says, sometimes you're good, but it ain't just good enough. We've just got to keep striving and keep pushing."
MORE CHAIRS: Bengals linebackers coach Paul Guenther loves his young guys. Throw Lamur in there with rookie WILL backer Vontaze Burfict (six more tackles as the Bengals stacked up Denver running back Willis McGahee on 2.9 yards per carry) and Guenther had no problems going up against an icon named Manning with his two undrafted rookies.
That's because, he says, they're so young and so fresh in the league that they have no bad habits and do whatever he says. When Lamur got the call Friday from the practice squad to fill the spot vacated by end/linebacker Dontay Moch's trip to the non-football illness list with migraine headaches, there wasn't as much scrambling as there was two months ago when Burfict had to switch positions when Thomas Howard tore his ACL.
The 6-4, 232-pound Lamur, who played safety early in his Kansas State career, has been working at both SAM and WILL. But he still got the chair treatment Friday just like Burfict did when Guenther took him into the gym and set up chairs so he could identify offensive formations. The coaches didn't want to put too much on Lamur's plate, so they devised a couple of packages for him.
"I was basically doing whatever Coach told me to do. I wanted to stay disciplined out there today and just do what I always do," Lamur said. "We have been watching film of him all week. Disguising our coverage was a big emphasis all week because Peyton is a beast out there. We tried to disguise our stuff a lot today."
Lamur showed why the Bengals think he has a bright future on a second-and-10 from the Denver 48 midway through the second half: he can run.
Wide receiver Eric Decker tortured the Bengals over the middle with eight catches for 99 yards, but Lamur ran with him down the seam on this play and turned his head just in time to bat down the pass.
"A regular zone play; just reading the receiver," Lamur said. "As soon as he turned his head, that's when I snapped my head back. The ball came out quick. Just quick reaction.
"I was just trying to have fun. Play hard and compete against the guy across from me."
MIXED BAG: Nugent had an up-and-down day. He missed the 46-yarder wide right at the end of the half that would have helped and he hit the wedge down the middle to Holliday. But in the second half he also hit a huge touchback after a penalty wiped one out, as well as two clutch field goals from 49 and 41. But he couldn't get a good roll on the onside kick try with 52 seconds left.
Nugent was 3-for-4 on the day for field goals and it was only his second miss on 16 tries this season. He said it was just like the 41-yarder he missed at PBS against Miami on Oct. 7.
"Just another push; exact same thing," Nugent said. "Babied it. Tried to guide it. Stop thinking, just hit it, that's all."


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Vancouver got to its feet May 30 to celebrate megastar Cher.
The iconic entertainer – Academy, Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe winner – performed for a sold-out crowd at the Rogers Arena 14 years after Living Proof, The Farewell, in 2005, was one of the highest grossing concert tours in history.
The show sparkled with all of Cher's signatures – nine costume changes, elaborate sets, and daring a daring dance and acrobatic troupe.
In a poignant segment she sang two duets alongside videos featuring her one-time partner and husband Sonny Bono, saying it's something she's wanted to do for many years.
The 73-year-old also spoke directly to her female fans, telling young women to pursue their dreams and older women "to keep kicking ass."
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A Los Angeles jury today convicted former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of Oscar Grant a 22 year old unarmed African American male at the BART station in Oakland in 2009. They found he acted with criminal negligence when he fired a single shot into Oscar Grant's back at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland.
Jurors were given four options when the original panel began deliberations Friday. They could have convicted Mehserle, 28, of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter, or they could have acquitted him.
The involuntary manslaughter verdict indicates that jurors concluded that Mehserle did not intend to kill the 22-year-old Grant but had been criminally negligent when he drew his gun.
Mehserle testified he thought he reached for his Taser, not his firearm. He was remanded into custody. Oakland prepared for a mob scene following the verdict.
The San Francisco Chronicle says it's the right verdict: "There was no reason to use fatal force on Grant, who was being physically restrained at the time."
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Guest Contributor: NAMC graduate, Robert Thompson
Robert Thompson, B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed. is the owner/principal of Willowglen Montessori School in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, established in 2000 and providing Montessori education for Toddlers through to grade 6. We are delighted to welcome Robert as a guest contributor to the NAMC web blog, and to share an article from his Principal's Corner:
Dear Principal,
I am planning to enroll my son in a preschool program next September. Is part time or full time better? Ideally 2 full days a week would give me time to get my work done while he was at school but is this too much or too little for him?
Mrs. Gonzales
Montessori Parenting: Full Time or Part Time Preschool?
Guest Contributor: NAMC graduate, Robert Thompson