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Silver medalist Becca Meyers, gold medalist Valerie Grand Maison of Canada and bronze medalist Kelley Becherer of the United States pose on the podium with medals from the women's 200-meter individual medley (SM13) at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
BALTIMORE – Becca Meyers truly can say that she has been making up for lost time.
After missing her entire high school swimming season with a concussion, the two-time Paralympic medalist has had a busy couple of months which included prom, committing to college and making the U.S. team for the 2013 International Paralympic Committee Swimming World Championships.
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"Oh my God, meeting Prince Harry was so fun," Meyers said. "It was way better than prom."
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Lisa Meyers with Arizona Senator John McCain and Becca Meyers, a medalist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Meyers made the Washington visit with her father, Mark, and sister, Lisa. Her mother, Maria, hurt her leg playing tennis and could not go.
"So I sent two daughters to meet a prince," Maria Meyers said with a laugh.
Alas, neither one of the Meyers daughters came home with Prince Harry at their side, but both women returned to Baltimore with charming futures. Lisa Meyers just graduated from Stevenson University and landed a job with T. Rowe Price. Becca, who will graduate May 29 from Notre Dame Preparatory School, has her sights set on the world championships, beginning her college career at Loyola University Maryland and, hopefully, competing in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games.
Becca committed to Loyola in February and will swim for coach Brian Loeffler, who guided Phil Scholz to the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games and Snyder and Joe Wise to the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
A Maryland native, Meyers has been swimming since she was 6, and she won her very first race. Last summer, at the age of 17, she garnered two medals in the Paralympic Games in London. She took a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley and added a bronze in the 100 free, both in the S13 class.
Born with Usher Syndrome, which causes hearing loss and progressive vision loss, Meyers received a cochlear implant at 2. Although she continues to have difficulties hearing and with her balance, overall Meyers, who competes in the S13 classification for visually impaired swimmers, has not let her disabilities hold her back.
"Becca was born with a spirit and she has led us places we never dreamed we would go," her mother, Maria, said. "Becca never really knew she had any disabilities because she was always out there doing what all kids her age were doing."
It also helps Meyers that she lives and trains in Baltimore, which has become a mecca for Paralympic swimmers. Meyers, Jessica Long, Silverman and Snyder — all of whom have Baltimore ties — combined to win 14 medals in London.
Meyers has known Long, one of the most decorated Paralympians, since they were about 8, and she referred to Joe Wise as "one of my besties." And she trains with the same coach (Erik Posegay) as Ian Silverman. Even before she ever sat in a lecture at Loyola University Maryland, she and Snyder spoke to students on campus about their Paralympic experiences.
She is also fortunate that as she forges ahead with her collegiate life she will not have to leave her longtime doctors.
"I'm really, really excited about coming (to Loyola) next year since everything is at a convenience with my ear and eyes doctors right down the road at Johns Hopkins Hospital and being so close to home," Meyers said.
Before she starts college, Meyers will have a busy summer. She lost a lot of ground back in December when another swimmer crashed into her head on during a practice. Meyers suffered a concussion, the first major injury of her career. She missed all of her school's meets, but somehow managed to compete in the National Catholic swimming championships.
After missing close to two months of swimming, she got the flu and then her grandfather died.
Although she was not in the best training condition, she competed in April at the U.S. Paralympics Spring Swimming Nationals (CanAm Championships) in Minneapolis. She did not have the strength to compete in the distance events (800, 1,500) and in her last event, the 400, she made the qualifying time for worlds by .03 of a second.
Even retelling the drama now — one month later — you can sense her relief.
"I looked up (at the scoreboard)," Meyers said, "and I said, 'OK, I made it. I'm good.' "
She plans to compete in a couple of club meets and will be in Colorado Springs, Colo., for the 2013 Jimi Flowers Classic June 22-23. The big event, of course, is the world championships Aug. 12-18 in Montreal. She likely will race every day at that meet, with plans to race the 50, 100 and 400 free, the 100 fly and the 200 IM.
"I'm getting back up to speed," she said. "I'm in a much better place now."
Marc Lukianczuk is a student at Loyola University Maryland. Amy Rosewater is a freelance contributor for USParalympics.org. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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Long before the Vega made its appearance in the automotive universe, it was a guiding light for all humanity. The second brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere, Vega was actually the polar star about 14,000 years ago. In an astronomical quirk known as the precession of the equinoxes, the earth's orbital axis wobbles in a circular arc that takes 25,770 years to complete. In another, oh, 13,000 years or so, Vega will once again replace Polaris as our trusty polar guide star.
Any car guy who's ever looked at a Chevy Vega and wondered, "What the hell were they thinking?" could easily be forgiven for seeing the rich irony that inevitably arises when comparing the astronomical item with the automotive one. In point of fact, the Chevy Vega was a major move forward in mass-produced transportation, its ill-conceived aluminum block inline-four-cylinder engine (with supertall cast-iron cylinder head!) and only-a-mother-could-love styling notwithstanding. When it was introduced as a 1971 model, it easily garnered Motor Trend's Car Of The Year award, as well as Car & Driver's Best Economy Sedan honors.
And while we might not think of the Vega as particularly ground breaking in 2011, it is the combination of a live four-link rear axle, near ideal weight distribution, low center of gravity, low curb weight, and neutral steering that made it the subject of high praise back in its day. Road & Track even called the Vega "the best-handling car ever sold in America." That's pretty heady stuff in a day that boasted Z/28 Camaros, Boss Mustangs, Challenger T/As, and Corvettes. So you may rightfully ask, how in the hell did the proverbial (and literal) woeels fall off the wagon?
Jeff Schwartz, owner of the incongruous '72 Vega notchback coupe you see here, sums it up best: "These cars all hit the boneyard early in their lifetime. They would literally rust from the inside out. They didn't last long enough for anybody in their 30s to even recognize them." The result of a fast-tracked design cycle, the Vega had perhaps too many innovative features, many of them not in the car itself, but in its assembly process. At one point, the Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant was churning out one Vega every 36 seconds. Moreover, labor relations were at an all-time low. When cars weren't misbuilt due to the insanely high production volume, workers would intentionally sabotage the cars. By the time Lordstown's 7,700 workers called a wildcat strike in March 1972, nearly 100 percent of all Vegas had quality control issues.
It's hormonally overendowed engine and chassis notwithstanding, Jeff's notchback Vega seen here is an oddball for a couple of reasons. For one, its notchback greenhouse is taller and narrower than the more common hatchback style most people remember, giving it an extra dose of ugly along with an increase in chassis rigidity that comes from having a rear seat bulkhead. Unlike virtually all of its brethren, this Vega also managed to survive the new millennia almost perfectly intact, a function of being Ziebart rust-proofed when new, driven only 35,000 miles, and finally put into a dry barn to doze for another 25 years.
Jeff was lucky enough to obtain the mint Vega from an acquaintance, Ryan Gideon, for $1,500. "My original thought was to do something low-buck," Jeff says. "Throw something together from junk and do well against the big names at autocross events." Throughout the build process, Jeff has adhered to his original budget thesis, bringing his 2,650-pound hot rod to fruition for well under $5,000.
Jeff knew right off the bat that he wanted LS power for his flyweight creation, and found a 5.3L from a wrecked '04 Buick Rainier for the fire sale price of $800. The Rainier's optional all-aluminum LM4 had a factory power rating of 290 hp, which would've been more than enough for such a light car, but Jeff figured that a few choice take-off parts he had lying around couldn't hurt, so in went a discarded LS7 cam, a $35 Craigslist Corvette LS1 intake manifold, and a cable-actuated 75mm Camaro throttle-body. By the time Jeff upgraded the valvetrain hardware with Patriot valvesprings and keepers, and added a '02 Camaro ECM programmed with HP Tuners software, the little 325ci bullet was belting out 400 hp for about a quarter of the price of a GMPP E-Rod crate motor.
Fitting the Rainier's LM4 in the Vega provided some interesting insights into the Vega's construction-or lack thereof. Using a Camaro LS1 bare block as a template, Jeff came to a more realistic understanding of the Vega's unibody design. "We had to seam weld all the sheetmetal, like in the inner-fender aprons," Jeff says. "I had it on the two-post lift and used an empty LS block to check out the oil pan clearance with the steering. I had it set up where I had the perfect amount of clearance when it was on the ground. Then, when I lifted it into the air, it flexed all over the place. The oil pan clearance went from a quarter of an inch to an inch and a quarter-with only an empty block in place. That's what prompted me to seam weld everything."
Otherwise, getting the LM4 shoehorned into the Vega's engine bay was pretty straightforward. Jeff fabricated most everything, including engine mounts, the trans crossmember, the suspension's tubular control arms, and engine bay braces. The stock Buick exhaust manifolds worked fine, and Jeff says without their heat shields, they even look like little cast headers. The heater box was flipped over to move the coolant couplings outboard for extra room, and a slick air inlet tube was fabricated from fiberglass sheet, epoxy resin, and a home-brewed lost-foam mold method. A Be Cool radiator is one of the only splurge points. ("They actually make one to fit an LS swap into a Vega!" Jeff says.)
The budget theme continues at the trans, which was a discarded Turbo 350 three-speed automatic rebuilt by his accomplice, Ralph Babineau. The decision to forgo any overdrive was based on cost, namely the zero price tag of the Turbo 350, and the fact that it fit perfectly. After the freshening, it was mated to a 10-inch B&M converter and the Vega's stock shifter. For the road course and gymkhana work Jeff had in mind, the Turbo 350 worked out perfect: "You can put the trans in low, and run these Goodguys AutoCross courses in the perfect gear. Throw it in low and go!"
Most economy cars from the '60s and '70s had lowly leaf-spring rear suspensions underpinning them, but Vegas had a superior triangulated four-link similar to the GM A-body. (Later models of the H-platform, starting with the '74 Vega, had a torque arm.) This made beefing up the Vega's rear suspension a matter of replacing the stamped dog bone control arms with tubular control arms that Jeff fabricated in his shop. The stock rearend wouldn't do, so he went searching for a suitable alternative, and found one in a '99 Chevy S-10 Xtreme pickup-which became the donor for several other cool parts. The 8.5-inch 10-bolt in the Xtreme happens to be the right width for the Vega, and came with the 3.42 gears, sway bar, and disc brakes that Jeff needed. All he had to do was fabricate the control arm mounting brackets and swap in a Detroit Truetrac differential. The Xtreme pickup also donated its front spindles and front disc brakes to the Vega, giving it a completely modern, low-cost brake system that works like a charm.
With the engine swap and suspension well sorted and nicely under budget, it was a fairly easy downhill ride from there. Due to the pristine condition of the notchback, the interior and exterior were completely intact-the paint only needing a quick scuff and shoot with the original PPG Dark Orange Metallic hue. For wheels, Jeff went old school with period-correct Superlites in 15×7 and 15×8, which he shod with BFG G-Force rubber. In the cockpit, the only major concession Jeff made was to driver support, with a pair of narrow aftermarket race seats he bought on eBay's Auto Mall. The rest is just the way it looked when it rolled out of Lordstown 39 years ago.
Once completed in the spring of 2010, Jeff used it for daily transportation to and from his shop. The daily shakedowns were instrumental in working out the bugs, but best of all were the unsolicited comments. "I drove the car daily during the summer," Jeff says. "It was a hoot to drive! People would just start talking to us at the stoplight." Commuting duties soon graduated to autocross and road race work. "When I put sticky tires on it and started autocrossing it-putting it up on three wheels-the rear seat bulkhead started ripping out the spot welds." This prompted Jeff to perform even more seam welding and to add bracing to the bulkhead to eliminate the cracking.
In the end, the Vega turned out to be a disaster for General Motors. After GM built millions of H-bodies, only to have their bodies rust and their engines seize in such a short period of time, the H-body Vega arguably became the poster child for the mass defection away from domestic cars, and the subsequent driving force of the import car movement during the 1980s. Irrespective of this, the Vega employed pioneering technologies that remain in use today across the world (and yes, that includes building aluminum engine blocks without iron liners). Moreover, Jeff has shown that the Vega's problems can easily be banished, and its strong points strengthened with emphatic results. Maybe we won't have to wait another 13,000 years for Vega to be our guiding light after all!
By The Numbers
1972 Chevy Vega
Jeff Schwartz, 52 • Woodstock, IL
Best quarter-mile: 11.97 at 114 mph
|'04 vintage 5.3L Gen III aluminum-block LM4, Buick Rainier takeout
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|Compression ratio:
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Some view summer skiing like the NFL's exhibition season. In other words, it's for fanatics. Even if you've traded your ski boots for bike shoes, there's a real boon in heading to the hills after the resorts have long closed for the season, and Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park (a.k.a. RMNP) is the perfect Colorado backcountry ski touring venue for every level of summer adventure.
What to Expect
For one, the juxtaposition of mountain grasses and wildflowers, cascading melt water and snowy peaks makes for great shots. Two, local wildlife practically poses for those photos on account of that green grass. To top it off, tourists in the park will treat you like the wildlife, lending even more cred to earning your turns.
Rocky Mountain National Park is a versatile backcountry playground, offering up everything from easily accessible, low-angle snowfields to glaciers with big approaches. Burly daylong backcountry adventures may not be for everyone, but at RMNP, summer skiing can be as easy as jumping out of your car and skiing back down to it. Thanks to Trail Ridge Road, you can get up to 12,183 feet in your own vehicle and access snow deep into the summer months. You'll likely spot wildlife like elk, bighorn sheep, moose and yellow-bellied marmots or see a fox slinking below you leaving tracks on the summer snow. Many a backcountry skier gets their photo taken by curious tourists surprised and enamored with what they find at high altitude. The challenge here is to see if you can build up a line of cars comparable to that of an elk herd.
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Park History
As far as National Parks go, Rocky is aptly named on part of its impressive statistics. The park contains 72 peaks higher than 12,000 feet and is home to Longs Peak, which tops out at 14,259 feet. A quarter of the park is located above tree line, and there's a smattering of glaciers and permanent snowfields, including Andrews, Sprague, Tyndall, Taylor, Rowe, Mills and Moomaw Glacier.
Three years ago, Rocky Mountain National Park celebrated its 100th birthday. The U.S. government acquired the land in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, and in 1915, thanks in part to Woodrow Wilson, RMNP became the 10th National Park. In the early 30s, the Civilian Conservation Corp helped build Trail Ridge Road, which serpentines through the park, crosses the Continental Divide and reaches a top elevation of 12,183 feet. The road doesn't open until late May/early June due to extreme weather and snowbanks—often two-stories high—that settle in for the winter.
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Trail Ridge Road (designated as an "All American Road" and "State Scenic Byway") makes Rocky Mountain National Park backcountry skiing so accessible. Historically, skiing has played a big part at RMNP because of Hidden Valley, a ski area that operated inside the park from 1936 to 1992. The lifts are long gone, but the runs are still evident, creating a welcoming place for backcountry skiers seeking both steep and intermediate terrain. Trail Ridge cuts through the middle of the area, and it's an easy hike from the road to the trails.
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It's important to note that there's no avalanche control, and like all backcountry ski adventures, you need proper gear and knowledge. The peaks around and inside of RMNP are known for rapidly changing weather, and summer afternoon thunderstorms are almost a sure thing. Wet slides are common when summer temps heat up the snow. Altitude sickness is also a real hazard, particularly since Trail Ridge Road offers the opportunity to go from lower to higher altitude so quickly. For the uninitiated, the best way to experience summer skiing in Rocky Mountain National Park is with a guide. Guiding services based out of Estes Park include the Colorado Mountain School: Visit www.coloradomountainschool.com to book a guide.
In June, four of us, all experienced backcountry skiers, set out for an excursion in RMNP. Our small party included Liam Doran, photographer, Ian Fowler, AMGA certified Colorado Mountain School guide, Joe Risi, event coordinator for Scarpa, and myself.
Upon loading Joe's vintage Land Cruiser with our gear, it became apparent that he had the lightest equipment of the bunch. Risi organizes and competes in backcountry races, necessitating a lightweight randonee set up. He says his rando gear "makes a morning an epic" enabling him to triple the amount of vert he can get with standard AT gear. His Scarpa Alien 1.0 boot weighed a mere 1 pound, 8 ounces. His Atomic Backland 85 ski had a lightweight woodcore with a carbon backbone, and the description for the Dynafit TLT Speed Radical binding says it's best for "speed touring" and "ski running," which is what it looked like Risi did up the slopes. The rest of us were on AT (alpine touring) gear since we value the downhill performance of a slightly beefier setup while needing the technology to skin uphill.
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With afternoon thunderstorms in the forecast, we choose two easily accessible areas to ski that morning: Sundance and Hidden Valley. We brought two cars, parked one near Hidden Valley and piled into the second car. Fowler suggested we start at the highest point in case the weather came in earlier than expected. I grabbed a map at the entrance of the park, but Ian, in guide fashion, pulled up a Topo map on his phone.
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We drove up the switchbacks of Trail Ridge until we spotted the Rock Cut, just a few miles shy of the Alpine Visitors Center. From there, it's a fairly short hike up to the Toll Memorial (at 12,310 feet) in order to access the north face of Sundance Mountain. We paused to photograph big horn sheep. Temps didn't drop low enough to freeze the snow overnight, but it stayed firm enough to cradle our skis as we made big, easy arcs down the snowfield. Fowler says he's always looking for the sweet spot: "Soft enough to edge, but not too soft it's slushy. Best to get there early."
We crossed paths with a fox several times as we skied nearly 1,500 vertical feet, deciding to skin back up so we'd have enough time to ski at another location. Doran had ample inspiration for great scenic shots. Fowler set a nice skin track, gradually switchbacking up the slope, while Risi "speed toured" straight up. My moto while skinning: Slow and steady wins the race.
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We drove back down Trail Ridge and parked near Rainbow Curve. It was a short hike through high alpine tundra peppered with pasque, or wind flowers, to the old ski runs of Hidden Valley. The trees were wind flagged, residing in an area that gets hammered all winter long from gusts, but some snow—albeit dirty and sun effected—still remained on the old T-bar line. Being later in the morning, we tested our balance as we made turns down the soft snow that covered the old runs; it was beautiful and quiet, with the faintest echoes of waterfalls and car engines.
Adventurous skiers can choose from a list of bigger tours, like routes on the Tyndall or Andrews Glacier. We were content with our low-commitment runs in the early-summer sun. Back at the car parked near Hidden Valley, we changed into shorts and flip flops, thankful that Doran had remembered his car keys (and didn't leave them at the top in the other car). We headed back down Trail Ridge Road—past meadows, ancient Ponderosa trees, an owl, a moose and many tourists—to the nearby town of Estes Park. There we enjoyed lunch and beers al fresco, next to the raging river near peak flow, transporting the melting snow that we glided down hours before.
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Best Winter Ski Vans & Travel Trailers
Nothing inspires a good bout of base-area envy like parking next to a ski condo on wheels. These moving mini homes have become the ultimate symbols of endless winters and unbridled freedom. And while anyone can fold down the backseat of his or her Subaru, it takes commitment and coin to make life on the road a comfortable and realistic option.
Recline, channel your inner Kerouac, and dive into these winter-ready rides, ranging from vintage vans to luxury travel trailers.
Volkswagen Westfalia Vanagon
Looking for a pet project? The VW Westfalia Vanagon has a cult following of devoted adventurers, and depending on the condition and model you choose, be prepared to spend anywhere between $5,000 to $80,000. The Vanagon was manufactured in the U.S. between 1979 and 1991, so you'll most likely need to give your new slopeside home some love. Look for the 4WD Syncro model to enhance traction while climbing the pass to your favorite resort.
Mercedes Sprinter 4X4 Cargo Van
Starting at around $52,000, the Sprinter 4X4 Cargo Van can be modified to suit your base-area needs in style. With a standard V6 engine and interior cargo volume of up to 530 cubic feet, this mountain mobile is adept at negotiating snowy conditions. However, unlike the Vanagon, the Sprinter doesn't come camp ready. If you're not a do-it-your-selfer, take a look at Winnebago's Era Sprinter models that start at $121,974 and include everything from powered awnings, kitchen/bath units and sleeping areas.
Airstream Basecamp
If you're not ready to commit to the vanlife, Airstream's lightweight (2,585 pounds) and towable Basecamp trailer may be for you. An aluminum, aerodynamic shell and wraparound windows give the Basecamp a modern look, while outdoor extras like the standard visor and optional tent expand the living space. Expect to shell out close to $40,000 for a newer model. Other features include a two-burner cooktop, electric water heater, AC and pop-up USB ports. The Basecamp seats five and sleeps two.
Bowlus Road Chief
If you're looking for the ultimate in lightweight luxury trailers, look no further than the Bowlus Road Chief. Starting at $137,000, the Road Chief weighs in at 2,300 pounds and offers streamlined styling all its own. An Italian cooktop, microwave and fridge/freezer round out the kitchen space, while the bathroom interior relies on teak decking to provide a polished feel. A variety of smart technologies and an "intelligent thermostat" ensure your mobile ski lodge feels just like home.
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The EpicSki Forum was closed May 12, 2017. We know this is a disappointment for many users and that some wanted us to transfer the forum's content to another provider. Unfortunately, a number of operational, legal and other considerations made selling or giving the archive to anyone else too challenging.
Your passionate, thoughtful posts, guides and photos have been inspirational to the community. We will miss the conversation and appreciate your participation and input on EpicSki.com over the years.
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The 2010 U.S. World Cup forward has admited to being surprised that the LA Galaxy traded him after he was part of their back-to-back MLS Cup championships.
"You get used to things changing. I've been around awhile and know that," Buddle told The Denver Post recently. "I started to realize that this is a good opportunity for me, and I'm very happy to be part of the Rapids organization."
Buddle is 8th all-time among Major League Soccer's goal-scoring leaders with 93 career goals. Only seven players have scored 100 goals in their MLS careers, and Buddle is likely the next to reach the century mark. The only other active player within range is Houston's Brian Ching, who has scored 82 career goals .
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Really governor, �outsiders� . . . really?
That�s how Gov. Pat McCrory and Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly are now addressing a growing group of protesters collected weekly at the General Assembly under the self-made heading of �Moral Mondays.� The only thing missing is the word �agitators.�
The �outsiders� designation is one steeped in a rather sad political tradition of characterizing those in opposition as beings from another planet seemingly drawn here to overturn the vastly more popular politics or policies of a particular moment. It�s �Us vs. Them ,� slash-and-burn politics.
Ultimately, it�s politics of division.
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According to WRAL, 98 percent of those arrested over the past few weeks of protests are North Carolina residents. They�re pastors, teachers, doctors, retirees, political operatives and � yes, activists. At least one is a journalist from a North Carolina newspaper who failed to move when warned to do so Monday by authorities. He specializes in coverage of religion and was interviewing a protester at the time of his arrest. In all, nearly 400 people have been taken to jail over the past month or more of protests, that include chanting and praying outside the state Senate chambers. More than 200 of those have occurred over the past two weeks.
Most, if not all, are liberal when it comes to their political beliefs and are sharply critical of the Republican-led conservative state government now in place. The �Moral Monday� protests were initiated by the North Carolina branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP.
Those arrested are protesters who have taken their message inside the legislative building as an act of civil disobedience that is a violation of state law. As a rule, they should be arrested. In fact, the protesters anticipate being hauled away by police and welcome it because of the publicity it generates. Hundreds more cheer outside without police interference. No doubt some of the cheerleaders are from national liberal organizations such as Organizing for America or the Service Employees International Union.
But that�s the minority and labeling Moral Mondays the work of outsiders cheapens the debate. Those in opposition to government policies have a right to protest within the boundaries of the law. While the governor and state legislators are not obligated to listen, it�s also in their interest not to simply dismiss the action with derogatory or factually inaccurate terms. Republican State Sen. Thom Goolsby , of New Hanover County, for example, called the weekly events �Moron Mondays� in an opinion piece published in at least one North Carolina newspaper.
As for McCrory , who ran for office on a platform of building bridges, not burning them, he has refused to meet with those in opposition, stating, �(Outside groups) are going to come in and try to change the subject. And I�m not going to let them. I�m going to concentrate on the economy, education and government efficiency.�
But those seem to be subjects the protesters are interested in talking about, they simply don�t like the change in policies long established by Democrats that are now being changed by Republicans who are in control of the General Assembly and governor�s office for the first time in more than a century. Republicans now in command simply don�t want to hear it and aren�t about to abide it.
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In KeyFlower, each player starts with a "home" tile and an initial random team of workers. Matching coloured workers are used to bid for tiles to add to a player's village, to upgrade tiles or to generate resources, skills or additional workers. Players not only use their own tiles, but can also use tiles from the other player's villages, or even the new tiles being auctioned.
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Militants in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula fired at least two rockets at Israel's southern resort town of Eilat early Wednesday, officials said, highlighting what Israel says is a dire security situation in its southern neighbor.
Nobody was hurt in the attack, police said, although one rocket exploded near the courtyard of a house. A shadowy hardline Muslim group, likely based in the Gaza Strip, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the remains of two Grad-style rockets had been found and bomb experts were looking for more.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was traveling to London Wednesday for the funeral of Britain's late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, said he had spoken with his defense minister and discussed how to respond.
Egypt was the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel but relations are cool. Sinai was until recently a popular destination for Israeli travelers.
But Israeli officials have grown increasingly jittery about the situation there since the ouster of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Islamic militant groups, some believed to be affiliated with the al-Qaida terror network, have taken advantage of a power vacuum in the lawless Sinai and have carried out a string of rocket attacks and other operations along the border.
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The deadliest was in August 2011, when militants from Sinai rushed into Israel, ambushing Israeli buses and cars with gunfire and a bomb, killing eight Israelis. During the melee, Israeli forces killed six Egyptian policemen. Israel later apologized for their deaths.
Israel believes militants from the Gaza Strip, which also borders Sinai, are also operating in the area. Israel's military chief, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, has said security in southern Israel from threats in Sinai is a high priority. The regime change in Egypt, now governed by the Muslim Brotherhood, has not damaged cooperation between the countries' security forces, he added.
"Coordination even improved in certain aspects," he said Tuesday.
Israel has increased surveillance on the porous Egyptian border over the past two years, and is building a barrier along the 230-kilometer (150-mile) frontier to keep out militants and African migrants. In a reflection of Israeli concerns, the military moved a battery of its new "Iron Dome" rocket-defense system into Eilat earlier this month.
Although air-raid sirens went off during Wednesday's attack, the military said the system, which is meant to fire when rockets are headed toward populated areas, was not deployed. It cited "operational circumstances" but did not elaborate.
Danny Lahav of Eilat's Chamber of Commerce told channel 2 TV that he heard the sound of a "faint explosion" in the morning, followed by two louder explosions. Residents in the popular tourist destination remained calm, he said, adding that he hopes the attack won't dissuade visitors.
Israeli media said there were reports rockets had also hit the tourist city of Aqaba in neighboring Jordan, but Jordanian Interior Minister Hussein Majali told the Associated Press that "no rockets" fell in Jordan.
A senior Egyptian military intelligence official in Sinai said the army was investigating the incident. He said investigators were looking into the possibility of strikes launched from southern Sinai, around the popular tourist area of Taba along the Red Sea and nearby mountainous areas.
The group that claimed responsibility for firing the rockets said it was a response to the death of a Palestinian prisoner from cancer in an Israeli jail last month. It has also claimed responsibility for rocket fire out of Gaza a few weeks ago.
The "Mujahadin Shura Council - Environs of Jerusalem" said in a release on an extremist Islamic website that they would continue to attack Israel. Their logo and language suggested they were ideologically linked to extremist jihadi groups that have a hardline interpretation of Islamic law, and who believe they can pursue their goal of Muslim domination through violence.
Suggesting the group was based in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, the statement called on the territory's militant Islamic rulers to release preachers from the ultraconservative Salafi movement. Hamas security officials routinely arrest Salafi activists in Gaza. Hamas sees them as a threat to their rule; the Salafis see Hamas as being too moderate.


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- Orthogonal Metals - the simplest non-Fermi liquids
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- Speaker: Rahul Nandkishore, Princeton University
- Abstract: I present a fractionalized metallic phase which is indistinguishable from the Fermi liquid in conductivity and thermodynamics, but is sharply distinct in one electron properties, such as the electron spectral function. This phase is dubbed the `Orthogonal Metal.' The Orthogonal Metal and the transition to it from the Fermi liquid are naturally described using a slave particle representation wherein the electron is expressed as a product of a fermion and a slave Ising spin. I emphasize that when the slave spins are disordered the result is not a Mott insulator (as erroneously assumed in the prior literature) but rather the Orthogonal Metal. I present prototypical ground state wavefunctions for the Orthogonal Metal by modifying the Jastrow factor of Slater-Jastrow wave- functions that describe ordinary Fermi liquids. I further demonstrate that the transition from the Fermi liquid to the Orthogonal Metal can, in some circumstances, provide a simple example of a continuous destruction of a Fermi surface with a critical Fermi surface appearing right at the critical point. I present exactly soluble models that realize an Orthogonal Metal phase, and the phase transition to the Fermi liquid. These models thus provide valuable solvable examples for phase transitions associated with the death of a Fermi surface.
Reference: R. Nandkishore, M. Metlitski and T. Senthil, Phys. Rev. B 86, 045128 (2012)
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AV is not the issue on which Progressives should be Conservative (and why I'm not #Meh about #Mehs)
Over the last few months I've had the opportunity to talk across the country and make the case for AV. It's understandably been an issue on which a lot of people haven't felt that "bothered", but that doesn't mean the outcome is not going to make a difference.
Many have felt aggrieved by the lies and innuendo paraded by the No campaign. I found the first poster of Clegg based on an Obama image one that verged on racist. That may not have been intended – but bad taste has come to dominate their campaign. There must be something deep that the right particularly fear losing – and it can only be power.
Indeed the issue of the cost of AV was rebutted by Lord McNally this week in the Lords who said that the costs of AV would not be significantly higher than First Past the Post. I also remember one event I was speaking at – and being extremely surprised to hear the No speaker argue one way ("Its not enough so just say No") to supporters of PR, and then argue the merits of FPTP to others. I had no idea by the end of the meeting as to what the speaker actually believed in.
Less than a week after the Royal Wedding – which was a symbol of how the monarchy is modernising - we all have a chance to make a decision that will be a small step in the modernisation of our politics. A great Progress piece talked about AV as a marriage of principle and practice – and it was right.
Let me be clear. Whilst I support AV, I do not support PR. I believe we weakened accountability of our MEPs by removing the constituency link and I wouldn't want a system that gave fascist parties seats in Westminster.
But what I do believe is that the public still want our politics to change. As the expenses crisis lingers as a painful memory, people have not lost an interest in politics. The evidence is there that in fact people want to feel closer, more connected and more influential in our political decision making.
Whilst we could have chosen another variant of reform for the Referendum, this is the one we have got and it is a sensible next step for our parliamentary reform. It is not a big complex change as the No campaign make out. In fact it is a system used by political parties – for internal elections. Every Labour party member who voted in the leadership elections last year used AV. The change is a simple one. It simply is a change from putting a X to either putting an X or ranking candidates 1,2,3.
When I was initially thinking about which way to vote on AV, I found myself coming down to a very simple question. If the Tories aren't supporting it as Cameron's has clearly stated, ask yourself why. If the BNP are against it, ask yourself why. The reason is that FPTP or PR entrenches the self interest of each of those parties. However the decision on AV should not be about your own party's particular interest; it should be about a fairer voting system. This is a change that gives away a bit more power and choice to people. That's why it's important. That's why the Tories are putting up a smokescreen. They know it is a system that could make them have to work beyond their comfort zone and natural supporters – and rather than change themselves, they'll fight tooth and nail to keep the status quo.
Secondly, the very act of changing something in our national politics is symbolic of the fact we can change more. A spirit of change could bring other changes in its wake. I'd like to see a lot more be different. Reform to working hours of Parliament. A reduced recess. Job share MPs. Much more is possible, if people believe change can happen. So I believe that this will be the opening to changing our political life more fundamentally, and it's a side of reform that Progressives should be on. This is not the issue on which Progressives should be conservative.
This referendum, our first in 36 years, isn't about Nick Clegg or the Coalition.
It's about the people of Britain. It is a change that matters, and it saddens me that we have so many people across parties – perfectly comfortably about being 'Meh' – undecided. Well on the issue of a change that improves voter choice and fairer democratic outcomes that doesn't bring other problems in it's wake, I'm not meh, and I won't be meh about mehs. And if you worry about coalitions under AV – just remind yourself that FPTP produced this coalition – and there's no reason why it couldn't happen again.
If you think it doesn't really matter what happens, take a quick look into the future. The boundary changes, reduction in seat numbers and issues around registration could result in Labour losing the chance to ever have an outright majority again. AV, as a fairer system that keeps the constituency link could be the Progressive's best chance of ever holding power after the constitutional reforms (which are likely be biased in favour of Conservative forces) have gone through. With all the different changes underway, the future is never going to be the same as the past. Today's vote has to be about the future.
A few days ago, I voted YES. And I urge you to do so too.
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"I'll have that brownie tomorrow"
In Milan, outside of the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, there is a street artist who paints copies of Leonardo da Vinci's famed fresco "The Last Supper." All day long, tourists stop and bargain over replicas large and small, framed or on paper that's curling a bit at the edges. Over the course of a year, I imagine he sells the image hundreds, even thousands, of times. It strikes me that this guy may be the one person on the planet who has done more last suppers than I have.
"Maybe just this last one," I'll say, reaching for a brownie or lifting the phone to order a pizza. Each "last" has something special about it, of course, something that allows me to justify the treat to myself. Maybe the bakery is famous for its brownies, or the pizza is reputed to be the best in town.
Sometimes, I'm the special circumstance—typically when I'm feeling worn out after a particularly difficult day at the office. "Just this one last time," I rationalize, as I head to the vending machine for a snack. "To tide me over."
Tomorrow, to my thinking, is always a fresh new day, a day when I won't find the brownie, pizza and vending machine candy bars so tempting. The me in my tomorrow is always attractive, confident and living a great life. What use would she have for a brownie? Indeed, with all of her riches, how could she—the magnanimous me of my future—begrudge the more pathetic me of the present this one tiny little treat?
For years, as my weight went up and down, that is how I thought. I ate scores of "last" treats, sometimes virtuously giving my tomorrow self a leg up by shoving the rest of the cake down the garbage disposal or begging a coworker to take that final box of Thin Mints off my hands. Every tomorrow carried the promise that today would finally be the day.
And you know what? One day it was.
I started an eating plan. I began going to the gym. I watched with unbridled glee as the numbers on the scale steadily dropped. I went into stores simply to try on the clothes, peeking again and again at the ever-smaller sizes on the tags, each time feeling as if I were unwrapping a really terrific Christmas present.
I even kept it up. I made sure to watch what I ate. I became a bit of an athlete—a gym rat and a cyclist. I started feeling like a thin person and so began to behave like one and eat like one.
Then I got pregnant. The problem wasn't the pregnancy, exactly. I felt fine, and thinking about my baby's health inspired me to make good food choices. With the help of a heart-rate monitor, I even kept up with my Spin classes until the week before I went into labor. I gained a healthy amount of weight, delivered a beautiful, wondrous baby boy and fell madly in love with him.
The problem came three or four months later, when the numbers on the scale stopped dropping. There was no excuse for still wearing my maternity clothes, but I hadn't worked my way back into my "thin" clothes yet. Instead, I was stuck with the same transitional clothing I had worn years before, when I had first begun to lose weight—cheap, unattractive pieces bought on sale and meant to serve me only until I reached my goal.
I felt fat.
Add in a baby who didn't sleep (I swear he was awake the entire month of March) and a husband who was searching frantically for a job after his firm was taken over in a merger, and what do you get? A woman who was sure she needed a brownie.
Indeed, I was sure I needed several. There it was again, that magical chorus: Just this last one. Walks with the baby happened to take me past the famed brownie bakery. Morning was my son's best time of day, so I would meet friends for breakfast, generously granting myself the blueberry pancakes. And bacon. And hash browns. This one time.
It was easy to rationalize the first additional pound or two as a glitch or a slight misstep. And so began the second refrain of the familiar chorus: Tomorrow. Tomorrow, I would get back on track with my eating and everything would be fine.
My son was coming up on his first birthday when I went to the park with a friend whose kids were preschoolers. As we watched them play and fuss over the baby, she told me that her boss had criticized her "rather shabby" wardrobe in her annual review earlier that week. "But I still haven't lost this baby weight," she sighed. "And I don't want to buy new suits until I do."
I looked at her children clambering on the jungle gym. At what point, I wondered, does baby weight become plain old weight? I realized the future was now. In the last month or so, I'd eaten about two dozen "last" brownies, at least three "last" big breakfasts and more "last" bowls of pasta than I cared to count. At this rate, the me of tomorrow was not in fact going to be attractive and confident and happy. She was certainly not going to be slim. She would be sitting on this bench three years from now, waiting for the baby weight to miraculously disappear.
Over a lifetime of eating, whether I've been heavy or not, I realized there had never actually been one "last" anything. Even in the heady rush of losing weight, I'd let myself have the occasional ice cream cone at the beach or an exquisite bowl of homemade fettuccine—treats I would then accommodate by eating a little less or cycling a little more the next day. With a good 40 to 50 years of life ahead of me, did I truly believe that if I refused to eat that magical "last" brownie on any day, I would never get another shot at one? Did I think that eventually I would find myself transformed into a thin but slightly sad octogenarian who had deprived herself of what she craved for so long that she couldn't even remember what a brownie tasted like?
I began to think I'd been a bit of a sap, like the awkwardly eager kid in third grade who believes in Santa Claus for a tad too long. I was gullible, it seemed, when it came to food. So the next day, as I neared the bakery, I allowed myself a luxurious thought: I can have those brownies anytime. Indeed, there was nothing stopping me. Every day, for the rest of my life, I could have one of those brownies. And I pushed the stroller on past the door.
I became the Scarlett O'Hara of food. "Tomorrow is another day—I can have it then," I would say airily when I encountered some especially toothsome morsel. And somehow that seemed fine, because I really could. Occasionally, I did.
I even did the unthinkable. As the baby weight started to come off, I began keeping chocolate at home. I had always told myself I couldn't be trusted around chocolate, but my new mind-set required me to feel reassured that, if I wanted some chocolate, I could have it. So I filled a bowl with Hershey's Kisses and left it on the kitchen table. Doing this posed two major problems: (1) I saw them and wanted them at least a million times a day, and (2) my husband ate them. When I observed the number of foil-wrapped chocolates diminishing, I worried I wouldn't get my share and began eating them, too.
So after my husband and I polished off the bowl, I tried a different tactic. I bought a single Toblerone and put it in the back of my sock drawer. This seemed like a good idea because (1) I rarely look in the back of my sock drawer and (2) neither does my husband; plus, (3) although my husband has been known to arrange entire vacations around a gelateria in Rome that sells a lovely flavor of chocolate-orange, he is perhaps the one person in the world who couldn't care less about a Toblerone bar.
My new system hasn't worked perfectly. After all, I may be gullible, but I'm no fool. After a certain number of chocolate promises ("It will still be there tomorrow!"), one has to eventually pony up some of the actual item. Before I came to this realization, I once ate an entire jumbo-sized Toblerone in a sitting. Later, I realized I could break off a triangle here and there and it would be fine.
Also, my socks smell vaguely of chocolate.
I do sometimes feel silly about this state of affairs. (Should a grown woman have to hide a Toblerone—from herself?) Nevertheless, that chocolate bar has become my insurance plan. Now that I don't have to worry about a future without chocolate, I can keep other desserts at home, even types my husband will eat. And now the pounds (mostly) stay off.
After all, there will always be another brownie, and it will be rich and chocolaty, gooey and wonderful. But there will never again be this one glorious sunny day. So I wake up and pull on a pair of my prepregnancy jeans, which I can now zip up. Then I take my son to the park, where we will run and play and laugh. Today.
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