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Sir and Madam
It is a familiar and embarrassing scene: we five Europeans sit up on chairs while grateful children sit on the floor and applaud us. Some jump up and sing. It is genuine: these children know that we can make their futures possible.
One of the smaller ones takes me by the hand. She is immaculate in white shirt and navy skirt, which she washes and irons herself. Out of her tidy tin box she brings her wrapped treasures from which she selects a postcard of a film star dressed as a goddess. She gives this to me and forces me to take it. Her name is Lakshmi; the film-goddess is Parvati.
They have been found, brought to school, lured or snatched or commanded away, found again, rescued again. But not by the state
An emotional moment. This girl has been rescued from domestic slavery and abuse, given her chance. She is enjoying her childhood. She wants to rise to tenth class and then do a nurse-training course. 'When I do that, I will pay money to help others like me,' she says.
Emotional, of course, but why is it necessary? This is India: nine per cent economic growth, great laws, big budgets. Why rely on me – us? What about those thousands of new Indian millionaires – the Hindujas, Mittals or Tatas?
Why does she need us? After all, she has the Indian Constitution squarely on her side. Free, universal and indeed mandatory education is her absolute right. I could list for her the relevant Articles in the Constitution: 21, 21A, 23, 24, 39, 41, plenty more. There is an absolute legal promise to her, renewed very recently and backed by cash and a delivery system. There are promises, going back to 1933 and strengthened resolutely through the decades, that as a child she is exempted from labour to pay a father's debts; that she may not be employed in domestic service, or on the blistering roads mixing tar, or in the brutal quarries breaking stones with a tiny hammer, or in brick-kilns. She must never have to work in factories. She is exempt from tending goats or buffalo in the shrubby thorns. She is safe from sexual and other abuse by 'owners' or officials or schoolteachers.
Yet each child here – 40 of them, some of the 200 we will meet today – has been in and out of those fields and kilns and domestic kitchens. Many of them have been abused along the way. They have been found, brought to school, lured or snatched or commanded away, found again, rescued again. But not by the state.
All these girls – and young boys in other such schools – should also have behind them the vast budgets and the regiments of bureaucracies charged with helping them. The Indian Federal Government, the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, the District, the Mandal (a group of panchayats), and her panchayat (a group of villages). All have funds for this work. All have the human resources too. This tiny Lakshmi, still carrying signs of a malnourished past, has on her side Ministers, Magistrates, Collectors, Education and Literacy and Labour Officers, Project Officers and Special Project Officers, Headteachers of state schools, Revenue Inspectors as well as the might of the Indian Constabulary. I have counted 25 such layers and probably missed some. None is here today. Nor is this a state school, whose doors are wide open in law to these youngsters under the Reservation system for the low-caste. Under Indian law, Lakshmi has a desk waiting for her.
Lucky girls
But the people who did all the work to get them here and keep them safe, who took on the endless struggles against prejudice, caste, corruption and indifference, are not state officials. They are an Indian couple, running a small registered NGO (non-governmental organization). They are known as Madam and Sir, and they have been here for 30 years.
'Clever kid, nice kid,' says Sir about Lakshmi.
Madam points out a less merry child, who holds a baby nephew upon her knee: 'She has better days than this; she is feeling sad today because she is far behind.'
These are in fact lucky girls, because the Indian Government allows and encourages NGOs to be the point of delivery. The Government long ago understood that within its vast armies of officials there were many who could not – or simply would not – see things through.
They deploy the ancient Indian weapons of moral influence and patience... Above all, they use persistence – the rarest virtue of all
Corruption, caste, the complex drudgery of doing this work are the baffles for development at these track-ends of rural India. There is no bribe money from the likes of Lakshmi, her caste-links are feeble, her family is already in debt. Officials often bribe for or buy their own positions, calculating an income three or four or many more multiples of their stated salary. Without the bribe for them, nothing can be done. They need to get their own children out of the low-income band; they need to buy their own kith and kin extra tuition, a place in a private school, special computer classes, the dream of getting to Bangalore or Hyderabad where the huge IT industries are found. The greater dream is to get their children to Houston, Toronto, Leicester. Theirs is the power to issue exemptions, certificates, budgets, the passes to all sorts of gates to opportunity. Many such officials have no interest in helping those who cannot bribe.
In parts of India there is progress without NGOs: in Kerala over 90 per cent of children are thought to be in school. In most states there is a mixed pattern, with NGOs playing a vital part. But up in Bihar and in parts of Uttar Pradesh, volunteers are unwelcome or even threatened. There they face an iron nexus of upper or middle castes, landlords and politicians. Gandhian ideals do not apply. Even Sir and Madam would struggle there. How many middle-class families would welcome that choice of career for their children?
Sir and Madam know where the child labourers are, who employs them and how to work on parents to let their children study. They deploy the ancient Indian weapons of moral influence and patience on reluctant bribe-prone officials and worried parents alike. Above all, they use persistence – the rarest virtue of all.
As to caste, the devil in the still-pervasive system is that it can exclude from the conscience any feeling of duty outside of one's own kin, reinforced by huge resentment against the Reservation system. Why help those who may get in first with their exemptions? This is not just a question affecting officials; it is much more serious than that.
One evening we see it in action. A dinner invitation for all of us, Sir and Madam too, comes from one of the richest men in the village, a really nice man. He lives in a splendid, rather garish house. He is thoughtful; he has made a great effort tonight, breaking his own vows to serve us beer in an upstairs room before we go down to a vegetarian dinner. He has known Sir and Madam for 30 years. He could do a lot – he could help them with transport, perhaps a shelter, perhaps just food from his hotel restaurant at festival time. But he has never given a penny to Sir and Madam's efforts. It is not his business.
So no help from there, then. What about the rich temples of the South? They and some wealthy private schools give alms and run 'camps'. The huge industrialists? They seem to concentrate on scholarships at the top end. The Tata Foundation helps the brightest (the 'creamy layer') with access and backing to Oxbridge and so forth.
No creamy layer where we sit the next morning, our emotions suffering badly. This is another remote little bridge school under the auspices of Sir and Madam. The state's practical catch-up courses, combined with the huge, almost desperate desire of the children, are effective here. The place has been loaned by a retired doctor. A retired headteacher has lent us her vehicle and driver for the day. We meet a success – Yeshoda, an orphan who has been 'capped' as a nurse.
This cheers us up; but we have also been following a less uplifting drama. It concerns the new batch of students who have battled through and are now ready to sit their tenth-class exams. All they need now is the relevant official to sign the waiver to exempt them from exam fees, which, since they are so impoverished, is their right. Without the waiver, no exams, and no chance to cap these long years of struggle with entrance to a college. The relevant papers have been carried to this official's office 13 times – 13 times – and he will not, he simply will not sign them. Sir and Madam staunchly will not bribe, even for this absolutely vital piece of paper. Bribe once and all is lost. For the 14th time Madam goes and waits and stares and waits further… and gets the reluctant signature.
Small coterie
Thus a few more children have fought their way up the ladder into vocational training. There is no state money for this, but we and others are putting in our mite. Nurses, auto-mechanics, inland fisheries workers, IT workers… India will have a small new coterie of skilled youngsters.
I ask Madam how many she and her husband have got through to such training this year from their various schools. She says it is 83: it would have been more but a couple of vital teachers gave up the effort and went off to town and better pay. Quite a few children failed as a result and had to return to their homes – literate, with school experience, but still unqualified. The chance had gone.
The latest Central Plan, the huge investment in India's infrastructure, will build and widen many roads in a few years. But not this track, the rockiest and longest of them all
Eighty-three. I gaze out at the paddy-fields, the palmyras and the lovely coconut palms, the mud-huts, the brick-kilns, the tatty tents of the migrant workers. All that wonderful, huge effort to get 83 of them through. It will indeed be a very long journey. The latest Central Plan, the huge investment in India's infrastructure, will build and widen many roads in a few years. But not this track, the rockiest and longest of them all. Here in Andhra Pradesh alone there are between two and four million children still out of school. Sir and Madam are in their seventies: who in India will replace them?
Barry Langridge has been BBC World Service Regional Head, Asia and Pacific Region, and Project Officer, India, for the British NGO Christian Aid.
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With continuing concerns about encroachment by the federal government on the attorney-client privilege, New York State Bar Association President Kathryn Grant Madigan (Levene Gouldin & Thompson LLP) is calling on the association's 72,000 members to push for passage by the U.S. Senate of the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act. I
In a message to members, Madigan said: "The Association is concerned about the encroachment on the attorney-client privilege by policies of the United States Department of Justice reflected in the 2003 memorandum by then Deputy United States Attorney General Larry D. Thompson and, more recently, in the 2006 memorandum by then Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty. Those policies encourage organizations to waive their attorney-client privilege and related attorney work-product protection, to refuse to pay counsel fees to employees suspected of impropriety, and to fire employees who assert constitutional or other privileges. Such practices strike at the core principles of the legal profession and cannot be continued."
She noted that the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act was passed by the House of Representatives in November and asked members to "contact Senators Schumer and Clinton and urge them to vote in favor of this legislation when it comes to the Senate floor for consideration."
The Association's leadership has repeatedly called on the federal government to end the type of practices addressed by this legislation and, in June 2006, NYSBA's House of Delegates approved the report and recommendations of the Association Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege which called for the federal government to discontinue such practices.
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October Notes: Clyde "Psychoquack Freakspiricist" Lewis, Redskins, and the Malala Haters
"I know that I spent an entire show speaking about a pattern that I am seeing and that statistically we are seeing more shootings under Obama's presidency than any other administration." – Clyde Lewis
Ground Zero Radio with Clyde Lewis: Driving home late at night I was listening to this Clyde guy rant about how Obama and the anti-gun lobby was behind recent shootings such in Chicago and Washington D.C.: The U.S. government orchestrates mass killings so they can eventually ban all guns and disarm the populace. Wow! It's mighty tough to come up with a stupider conspiracy theory. So I went online to check out Clyde. Hear it is, straight from the Clyde's mouth:
"After the Sandy Hook shootings and the literal gagging of all information about the case, I realized just who the soulless individuals capable of committing such atrocities are. They are the evil people that rule us and use these horrible and traumatic events to further their extremist political agendas." – Clyde Lewis
Ooooh…shiver-me-timbers scary!
The Redskins Are Going? Poll after poll weigh in on whether the Washington NFL team nickname "Redskins" is offensive to Native Americans. Redskin denotes dye on the face, or war paint, and whether it honors Native Americans or insults them seems a matter of opinion; not as clear as other racial slurs. Should they change the name? In North Dakota the state college's Fighting Sioux changed their name, despite the Sioux nation approving the name in 2010. Namely, the Sioux voted to keep the name and the P.C. bick-ditches had to champion a moral placebo. This is a case of a democratic not racial minority trumping the majority. As to the Redskins, racism is a serious problem, and though the controversy seems to diminish actual victims and troubling history, the headlines and controversy disappear with a name change. I'd change the name, but the government and the law should not intervene. Media and free speech, though, can go full attack on the issue.
"Dronophobia: The irrational, abnormal and persistent fear of drone strikes." – Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Why I Hate Malala: "The sight of white men in suits applauding and gushing at Malala Yusufzai's speech at the United Nations, the gushing media frenzy and vociferous support on social media was nauseating for me," Sofia Ahmed.
Drones? The use of drones in warfare has brought vociferous protests . From the assassination of Anwar Al Awlaki in Yemen to their use in Afghanistan and Pakistan. All killing demands moral questioning. Why do drones cause more outrage than terrorists, suicide bombings, and conventional weapons? The Malala crowd seems to think the West is exploiting Malala's story to justify drone attacks, oversimplifying by far. And, in another game of Tag, You're Racist, they focus on an absurd racial element.
Racism: Malala's supporters, white or not, are human, enough said.
"Anti-Malala vitriol is a direct expression of misogyny," Lejla Kurić
Exploitation of Malala: Now let's get this straight, the West already has many reasons to intervene against extremists. But Malala is a net force for positive. Malala in no ways approves of killing civilians. To criticize drone strikes, in many ways, defends extremely violent terrorists. Sebastian Junger has written about how the Taliban discovered a site was to be bombed, and how the Taliban made sure children would be at the site to make "martyr propaganda." But how to process or trust the data? The civilians are stuck between one big damned rock and an incredibly hard place. What to do against evil? What to do about the response to evil? Tough call.
"Brand Malala": Western Exploitation of a Schoolgirl
How Many Native Americans Think Redskins Is a Slur?
Malala Yousafzai and the White Savior Complex
Malala Yousafzai is Being Exploited by the West and Its Stooges
Mass Shooting Demographic – Broadside
Mass Shootings Map – Mother Jones
"No Ordinary Violence" – Sam Harris
The mystery of Dr Aafia Siddiqui
Pakistan claim 400 civilians killed by drone strikes and asks US to release death toll figures
US Drones Have Killed Up to 900 Civilians in Pakistan
What's worse – Drone strikes or killing little girls?


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so i had a baby. a baby boy we named hart david. and he is perfect. he came with style and speed when my water broke (i'm talkin' movie style - allllll over) at my cousin's fabulous wedding. we drove a cool 95mph back to bloomington with our flasher's on the whole way. we made it and while he needed a bit of coaxing for a few hours i went from a 3 to a 10 in about 15 minutes and he was born.
so as you noticed i'm taking a break and will continue to do so until whenever i feel like it. because i can and i will soak up the time as we adjust to a family a five. so far - so not so bad. perhaps i had my expectations set at doomsday level low but it's been much better than i had hoped.
God bless! - Katie
the best we could get.
he's already chunking up and sleeping pretty well. afternoon naps on my bed are my absolute favorite time.


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In the approach used on Long Island the price range can be used to establish a basis for negotiating other factors, including contingencies, repairs, earnest money, closing dates, etc. In other words, the more favorable they are to the seller, the better the price will be for the buyer. The real key though is precisely what our guy in Florida is doing…getting traffic through the door. Few things will do that faster that the promise of a real bargain. Few houses are bought sight unseen and the more feet across the threshold, the better the chances are that someone will see something they love…or can live with at a great price.
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Friday, September 11, 2015
The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny
I love the Inspector Gamache novels. I love everything about them, from the relationships (platonic, familial, and romantic),to the Three Pines setting, to the way Penny just gets emotions and what makes a human being tick.
And then there are the mysteries. Penny's mysteries are always unique, clever, unexpected, and multi layered. The mystery in The Nature of the Beast wasn't my favorite of hers, but it was still incredible-and Penny definitely did her research, as is revealed in the author's note.
In The Nature of the Beast, Penny explores the concept of the boy who cried wolf, and what it means for a community when that child is finally telling the truth and still no one believes him. Monsters are more real than the characters, or readers, want to believe, and history creates a trail that can cause destruction in the present.
4.5/5 stars
(read for novel dream's reading challenge-this week's challenge was to read a book over 300 pages that came out in 2015)
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Andy, you are right in that is what the maintenance manual says, even the parts catalog says the same thing. The thing to remember is the MM and PC for the CTLS was largely copied from the CTSW, instead of a complete rewrite. There are quite a number of inaccuracies. Having changed nose tires on both the CTSW and CTLS I can assure you that the CTLS uses a 6" wheel with a 6.00x4 tire. Here is a good article explaining the changes between the CTSW and CTLS.
https://flightdesign.com/files/Ed%20Dow ... S-0508.pdf
The information in that article is a bit suspect. It's an article in EAA Sport Pilot, and is not an official FD document. I think the line you are referring to is: "The nose wheel is now the same size as the 6.00-4 main gear". Except the mains on the CT have *never* been 6.00-4. They have been 4.00-6 for standard gear and 6.00-6 for Tundra gear. So far I have not found any reliable, official source that states that the CTLS standard nose wheel is larger than than that on the CTSW.
Maybe somebody with a non-tundra gear CTLS could chime in with their nose wheel tire size? It might be hard to find one since most CTLS (and CTSW for that matter) came with tundra gear.


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The week has been an eventful busy one. Grits and Honey is now insured. There is a sense of peace that comes with knowing that if anything ever happened we have a back up plan. I know for me, this is what keeps me up at night (along with other thoughts). Hopefully, I will be sleeping a little more soundly.
Grits and Honey now has a new Shared Kitchen space in Decatur, GA. as well. When I am a personal chef for a client at their home, I have free will to cook there. But when I go deliver lunches, I need a health inspected facility to cook. It feels really empowering to be checking it all off the list.
On top of all this paperwork, my autumn allergies have kicked in. I am running on about 80%. It is a feeling of not necessarily needing to crawl in bed but just not feeling great throughout the day. And if one more thing gets put on my plate, I may look like a crazed woman screaming NO! I am not feeling my happy go lucky self with these allergies and I don't like it.
One of my favorite things to do when I feel this way is to make this Detox Soup. I found this recipe through my friend and author Cindy Marshall Oakey who suggested it from Dr. Mark Hyman. It is more of a broth or tea actually. My favorite part of making the soup is going to the farmers market for the organic ingredients of dandelion greens, seaweed, kale, turnip, beets, ginger, garlic, parsley, diakon radish, carrots, celery, winter squash, etc. The beautiful and non stressful thing about buying the ingredients is that if something isn't there just move on. Get what you can or what you like. I personally like to add more ginger but others don't.
At home, I put all those ingredients in a pot of water and simmer it for an hour or two. Then, strain the broth into containers to save in the freezer or refrigerate. Throughout the day, you can warm up your broth or tea. My cells seem to just soak up all the vitamins and minerals.
As we change seasons into the cooler months, this is a perfect soup to keep the chill away and those pesky colds that keep us from running on full steam. This is that full octane gas for our car. Try it out! I think you'll enjoy it but I know you'll feel better because of it.


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We're live from Barcelona, Spain with Huawei, which is holding its big press conference today ahead of MWC. Possible Android developments include the Ascend P2, a quad-core successor to last year's Ascend P1. The action starts at 3pm Barcelona time (9am ET), so stick around for all the day's announcements!
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1966 Pontiac
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GTOs remain at the very top of the muscle car hierarchy, and this gorgeous 1966 GTO hardtop shows off a very careful restoration of a very solid, original car. If you appreciate these cars as they were and not as the mythology would have us believe, then this one will delight you every time you get behind the wheel.
The GTO is one of the few muscle cars that can also be considered elegant. While they were great at tearing up tracks all over the country, they were equally adept at carrying executives to the office and showing up at exclusive nightspots for front-row parking. The code D Fontaine Blue paint only enhances that image, applied over a laser-straight body that any car guy can recognize from 100 yards away. Stripped down to its bare essentials and rebuilt from there, it's the kind of car that only gets more attractive the more you look at it and makes the cars around it look shabby by comparison. Modern paints provide a great shine, but that only comes with hours of intensive hand labor, but nobody will argue that the results aren't worth it, because this car looks great with only a few signs of age and use. And as you'd expect of a car like this, the chrome and trim were restored, the GTO badges are bright, and the glass has the proper vintage Soft-Ray tint. For purists, it just doesn't get much better than this in terms of high-quality driver-grade GTOs.
Few interiors are more inviting than the GTO's, and with bucket seats and a center console, it emphasizes the Goat's dual nature. Reproduction seat covers duplicate the original intricate ribbed pattern, there are correct carpets on the floor, and fresh door panels don't show so much as a mark from a driver's elbow resting on the sill. All the gauges have been rebuilt and nestled back into their round pods in the woodgrained dash, and they're all in good condition with clear lenses and clear markings. The factory-issued AM radio works, too, although it needs to be reconnected to the antenna; besides, you'll probably find the entertainment connected to your right foot to be far more suitable anyway. And yes, that's a 4-speed shifter sticking out of the center console, so it's a blast to drive. In back, the trunk has been expertly finished and topped with a correct mat and full-sized spare with jack assembly.
The engine is a correct WS block with the proper coding, so we believe it to be the original 389 cubic inch V8 with Tri-Power. Pontiac knew its customers would be spending a lot of time under the GTO's hood tuning and tweaking, so they added plenty of eye candy for the genuine car guys who'd be owning them. Every mechanical system, including the engine, transmission, rear end, suspension, and brakes were fully rebuilt and only driven enough to ensure that everything is in fully operational condition (about 500 miles). Pontiac Turquoise contrasts nicely with chrome valve covers and individual air cleaners, and they got all the little stuff right, too, including the reproduction decal on the fan shroud. Underneath, the floors are perhaps a bit too nice, but that's hardly a demerit, and the exhaust system is a Flowmaster setup so it sounds spectacular. The only major addition is four-wheel power disc brakes, endowing this Goat with stopping power to match its performance. Stock steel wheels with polished trim rings are framed by 225/70/14 white-letter radials for a great performance look.
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The first day of November and that means Movember!!!
This world wide initiative was started to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer. The idea is that you start the month clean shaven and grow a moustache (no beard or goatee!) for the whole month. I know some people might find it difficult, since they don´t have a lot of facial hair!
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Friday, October 28, 2016
A Family Resemblance? - Friday's Faces from the Past
Edna's maiden name is Hendricks. Her parents were Hannah Elizabeth Meinzen and John Harrison Hendricks. Hannah is my maternal grandfather William Carl Robert Meinzen's oldest sister. Hannah was born in 1875 and married in 1907. In quick succession she had three daughters: Edna in January, 1908; Elizabeth Zerelda in May, 1909; and Anna Bell in August, 1910. Hannah died two weeks after Anna was born. The three girls were sent to live with other family members. Edna lived with Naomi and Russel Rhome, Hannah's sister and brother-in-law. Zerelda lived with Lula and Charles Sticker, another of Hannah's sisters. And little Anna went to live with her father's family. Anna died a few months later.
When I look at the two ladies side-by-side I can't help but wonder if the woman on the right is Hannah, Edna's mother. The pose and expression are slightly different but there's something about the eyes and eyebrows that seem similar. Maybe the mouth, too, though one is smiling and one isn't. What do see? Is there a resemblance or am I imagining things?
I will never solve this puzzle: everyone who ever knew Hannah is long gone and I know of no surviving relatives who could identify her. If you are a collateral relative and recognize the lady in the photo at right, I would love to hear from you.
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Oh yes, I see the resemblance. It is the eyes for sure but also the general shape of the face, especially the long and slender lines from eye to chin. Surely the dress of the unidentified woman puts her in the timeframe to be the other's mother.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm so glad you see a resemblance, too, Wendy. I think it means I'm not just trying to put two two people together because I want it to be so. I haven't researched the time period for the dress the unidentified woman is wearing but but it's clearly late 1800s or early 1900s. Thanks for taking the time to visit and leave a comment. I appreciate it.Delete
It's so frustrating isn't it? Especially that thought that someone will never be identified. But you did just remind me of a photo I have to be sure to take to a family reunion next year, hopefully someone will have a lead on this possible cousin!ReplyDelete
There is a definite resemblance. I empathize with your inability to identify the woman in the picture. I found a beautiful daguerreotype in amongst family pictures recently given to me. It is now the oldest picture in my collection - and I have no idea who it is a picture of and no one to ask about it!ReplyDelete
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Come si fa a non amare gli infamissimi Bags di Los Angeles?
After years (Literally) of hunting, researching, tracking down and finageling, Artifix is proud to present "ALL BAGGED UP...the collected works 1977-1980. This 12" LP represents everything we could dig up by L.A.'s infamous BAGS. Featured on this LP are:
Tracks 1-4: The Dangerhouse Recordings 1978
Survive/Babylonian Gorgon/We Don't Need the English/We Will Bury You
Tracks 5-8: Live at the Masque Recordings 1978
TV Dinner/Violent Girl/Animal Call/Chainsaw
Tracks 9-13: Live in Portland Oregon November 25, 1979
7 and 7 is (Love)/1,2,3/Gluttony/In Love With Romance/Survive
Tracks 14-20: Assorted rehearsals, live, demos, and alternate takes
(All detailed on LP)
Car Hell/Real Emotions/Bag Bondage/We Will Bury You
Disco's Dead/Prowlers in the Night/Nothing's Going on in Here
Extras: All LP's include a four page insert with liner notes written by Brendan Mullen.
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BAGS - All bagged up! (The collected works 1977 - 1980)
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Movie Club #10: Soylent Green and The Insider
1:50 - 46:32 -- Soylent Green
46:32 - 1:14:30 -- The Insider
1:14:30 - 1:21:33 -- Next Month/Outro
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Soylent Green (1973)
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Brock Peters, Joseph Cotten
The Insider (1999)
Directed by: Michael Mann
Starring: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Philip Baker Hall, Colm Feore, Michael Gambon, Stephen Tobolowsky, Diane Venora
6 comments:
- Reed said...
I was just reading a Soylent Green article written by Harry Harrison, the author of the novel on which the movie was very loosely based. He claims he was swindled like many authors used to claim, but the makers of the movie did listen to some of his suggestions. For example, he influenced the producer to add that montage at the beginning and the year title in order to establish that the movie takes place in the near future to give the movie's environmental message a sense of urgency.
BTW, along with the cannibalistic soylent green crackers, other ideas in the film that are not in the book include the "furniture" and the suicide parlour.
- October 21, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Ok that mic I was using sounded like shit so that's gone.
- October 22, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Wow, a neck in neck race in the voting poll already.
- October 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM
- Reed said...
Did anyone catch the recent Life on Mars episode? The series is set in 1973 with the main character somehow having travelled back to that year. And Soylent Green comes up in conversation! The main character of the show even spoils the ending for the other characters (and subsequently, the television audience).
- October 25, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- Kurt Halfyard said...
Anyone Notice that we are a year old now?
- October 28, 2008 at 11:57 AM
- Drew said...
Happy one year anniversary! I can't believe the first episode was a year ago.
- November 15, 2008 at 2:32 PM


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June 19, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Two of the very best players to play their respective positions at Ohio State University – quarterback Troy Smith and cornerback Antoine Winfield – have been elected into the Ohio State Sports Hall of Fame and will be honored this fall during weekend celebrations centered around the game against Cincinnati on Sept. 27.
Smith and Winfield are part of a 13-member Ohio State Sports Hall of Fame class that includes two other football players: Bob Vogel (1959-62) and Ralph Wolf (1935-37). The class also includes hockey player Tessa Bonhamme, women's basketball coach Nancy Darsch, fencer Boaz Ellis, track and field performer Rosalind Goodwin, golfer Ralph Guarasci, wrestling coach Russ Helickson, synchronized swimmer Becky Kim, track and field performer Tami Smith and tennis player Jeremy Wurtzman.
Smith: Seventh Heisman Winner
Troy Smith won the 2006 Heisman Trophy in a landslide – his victory total was the second-largest margin of victory – and he was a consensus All-American as a senior after leading Ohio State to a 12-0 regular season and to a national title game appearance. He closed an exceptional career at Ohio State – one that included a 25-3 record as a starting quarterback – by throwing for 5,720 yards while completing 62.7 percent of his passes (second-best at Ohio State) with 54 touchdowns (third behind Bobby Hoying and Joe Germaine). His career passing efficiency mark of 157.1 is a school record.
Smith led Ohio State to Big Ten championships in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 he threw for 2,282 yards with 16 touchdowns and only four interceptions, and in 2006 he threw for 2,542 yards with a school-record 30 touchdowns against just six interceptions. His most impressive statistic, though: he is one of only two Ohio State quarterbacks to post a 3-0 mark against Michigan. In each game he topped 300 yards of total offense and he accounted for a nine touchdowns and 857 yards passing in the three victories.
Smith was drafted in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens. He played three seasons with the Ravens and one with the San Francisco 49ers. He is currently in his second season playing for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
Winfield: The First…
Antoine Winfield was a two-time All-American for the Buckeyes, including a consensus choice as a senior in 1998. He was the first Buckeye to win the Thorpe Award as the nation's outstanding cornerback, and his Ohio State career is punctuated by a number of other firsts: he was the first non-linebacker to record at least 200 career solo tackles; he was the first defensive back to be voted team MVP (following the 1997 season); and he was the first cornerback in recorded history to lead the team in tackles when he did so in 1997.
A two-time all-Big Ten Conference selection, Winfield closed his career with 278 tackles, including 224 solo stops, 22 tackles-for-loss, 29 pass break-ups and three interceptions. He played in 50 career games and started 29 times. As a senior in 1998, he was one of five finalists for the Football News Defensive Player of the Year Award. He totaled 75 tackles that year, including nine solo tackles in a win over Michigan. Winfield was team MVP as a junior after totaling 100 tackles, 12 pass break-ups and two interceptions. He had 82 solo tackles, the fifth-highest solo tackle total in school history.
A first-round draft pick of the Buffalo Bills in 1999, the hard-hitting Winfield was a five-time Pro Bowl selection, playing five seasons with the Bills and nine with the Minnesota Vikings from 2004-2012. He retired from the NFL after the 2013 season.
Wolf & Vogel: Part of Storied Chapters
Ralph Wolf played center on offense and along the defensive line for Ohio State teams coached by Francis Schmidt between 1935-37. He was a two-year Varsity O letter winner, a two-time team MVP (1936 and 1937) and he was also a first-team All-American and a team captain for Schmidt's 1937 team that posted a 6-2 record and was second in the Big Ten Conference with a 5-1 mark. Wolf took part in three of the four consecutive shutout victories over Michigan between 1934-37. It was this stretch of wins that led to the storied "Gold Pants" tradition at Ohio State after Schmidt had said about the rivals to the north: "they put their pants on one leg at a time just like everybody else."
Vogel played for Ohio State from 1959-1962 and he was a three-year Varsity O letterwinner (1960, 1961 and 1962). He was team captain in 1962. Considered one of college football's best offensive tackles, Vogel was an outstanding player for Woody Hayes' teams that went 7-2 in 1960, 8-0-1 in 1961 and 6-3 in 1962. The 1961 team won the national championship, as voted on by the Football Writers' Association of America, as well as the Big Ten title with a 6-0 mark. After a 7-7 tie with Texas Christian to open the season, the Buckeyes won eight consecutive games and capped the national championship season with a rousing, 50-20, victory over Michigan. This was the game when Hayes went for a two-point conversion with three seconds to play, incensing the Michigan fans and adding another storied page in the epic rivalry.


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Dear Parent / Carer
The Leek Federation was formed in September 2012. It is a Hard Federation of three schools; Churnet View Middle School, Leek High School and Westwood College. The Federation has one Governing Body, which is the Governing Body for all three schools. Since this time the governors and staff have been working hard to align all of the policies and procedures in the schools so that they now function, in many respects, as one school.
During this period the senior staff of the Federation have been the Executive Principal, Mr Keith Hollins (the former Headteacher of Westwood College), Mrs Clarissa Williams who is the Federation's Business Director, and the three Headteachers of the individual schools, who are Mrs Julia Turner at Churnet View Middle School, Mr John Spencer at Leek High School and Mr Richard Hey at Westwood College.
During the autumn term 2014, Keith Hollins announced his resignation as Executive Principal, effective from September 2015. It is his intention to continue to work in education in a consultant capacity. The governors decided that they would, therefore, seek a replacement Executive Principal as this is clearly a vital role within the Federation.
I am delighted to be able to inform you that we have recently appointed Mr Andrew Shaw to be our new Executive Principal, from September 2015. Mr Shaw has considerable experience as a school leader. He has recently been working for the Department of Education, in a variety of high profile roles, has worked as a consultant on school improvement for academy chains and for many years was the CEO and Executive Headteacher of the Wigmore Academy Chain in Herefordshire, which contained Nursery, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. He also led the Wigmore Teaching School Alliance and is a serving National Leader of Education.
We believe that we have been fortunate in being able to appoint a candidate of Mr Shaw's calibre to the post and look forward to working with him in the new academic year.
Finally I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents and carers for your continuing support for our schools and to also ask you to note the link to our new Leek Federation web site which can be found at http://www.leekfederation.org.uk
Yours sincerely
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Man Rewrites Credit Card Agreement, Then Sues Bank for Breaking Contract20:13 - Friday 23 August 2013 - In Categories World News, Money
A man in Russia who was fed up with receiving offers for a credit card from the country's top online bank, appears to have successfully played the lender at its own game.
Rather than ignoring the offers, Dmitry Agarkov (pictured) scanned the credit card agreement into his computer and rewrote the contract terms, giving himself an unlimited line of credit, no bank charges and a 0 per cent interest rate.
According to Agarkov's terms, lenders Tinkoff Credit Systems would have to pay him £58,000 if they altered the agreement in any way or £116,000 to cancel the entire contract.
Agarkov sent his version of the document back to the bank who failed to read the small print, signed the agreement and posted him a card with a credit limit large enough for him to 'purchase a small island'.
It took Tinkoff Credit Systems two years to discover their mistake after unsuccessfully trying to collect £870 in bank charges.
Agarkov refused to pay, took the lender to court for breaking the terms of the agreement, and won. Earlier this month, a judge ruled that he was only liable for the account's remaining balance of around £370.
However, Agarkov hopes to take the matter further and is preparing to sue the lender in September for £460,000 for failing to honour the terms of the agreement.
Oleg Tinkov, founder of Tinkoff Credit Systems, remains unimpressed. He said last week: 'Our lawyers think [Agarkov] is not going to get [£460,000], but four years in prison for fraud.
'Now it's a matter of principle. We don't have small print, everything is clear and transparent. Try to open a card – then we'll talk. Stealing is a sin. Not all in Russia think so.'


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Tamara Mellon is the sexy, stylish ex-founder of the stiletto empire Jimmy Choo. Luckily for us Tamara revealed her closet in her 7,140 square-foot penthouse duplex. After 800 pairs of shoes, Ms.Mellon has lost count of how many pairs of shoes she owns. With exception of a pair of Ugg boots and a couple of pairs of Nike sneakers, all her shoes are Jimmy Choo, organized by color, shape, height and style. Take a peak at her penthouse and her incredible walk-in closet.
Tamara at home on the Upper East Side, her office looks amazing
This is Tamara Mellon's home office in London
The rest of her penthouse is pretty fancy too, check it out.
|The living room
|The living room
|The living room
|The living room details
|The dinning room table
|Media room
|Media room
|Tamara's bedroom
|Tamara's bedroom
|Tamara's bedroom
|Jimmy Choo Disco shoes painted in Marilyn Minter sit on the library bookshelves displayed as art
|Her amazing shoe closet
|Amazing Tamara Mellon
And you don't want to miss her closet live!


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Uber Partner Driver
- Profound driving skills and strong ability to work long or irregular hours.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to remain calm in difficult situations.
- Excellent standard of personal grooming and dress.
- Profound knowledge of principles and methods for transporting people or goods by road.
- Excellent knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
- Remarkable ability to describe the features of land, including their physical characteristics, locations, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- In-depth listening skills, taking time to understand what people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.
- Strong ability to quickly and correctly do additions, subtractions, multiplications, or divisions.
- Exceptional ability to respond with remarkable speed with the hand, finger, or foot to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Profound ability to see details at close range, at a distance, and under low light conditions.


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What to look for…
There are countless stereotypes about the Gen Y/Millennial Worker, but let's focus on three qualities that you should look for to recruit and retain the best Young Professionals for your company!
1) Appearance.
Don't dress for the job you have, dress for the job you want.
A rule of thumb is determine what the dress code is, then present yourself a step above. Your appearance is the first impression you give people get when they see you. The next time you meet someone for the first time, observe their eyes as they scan what you are wearing. Their initial read forms a perception of you. It's not a fair assessment, but reality. If you want to leave a good impression, dress to impress!
2) Communication.
Effective communication is becoming a lost art.
This includes interpersonal skills, writing e-mails, face-to-face communication, phone conversations, body language and oral presentation. How you interact with people tells a lot about you. If you are an effective communicator, people remember you. Think about the last great speaker you heard. He/she clarifies concepts and delivers information in a way that the audience understands. Effective communication carries over to the interview process. Anyone can exaggerate on a job application or resume. The real test is how you handle yourself in an interview (especially past behavior-based questions). The only way to improve your communication skills is to practice.
3) Performance.
Performing is about getting results.
High achievers separate themselves from the rest because of their productivity. Performance is an objective measurement. Performance also includes the ability to adapt to change and learning from your mistakes. Plan A rarely goes as planned, so learn to be resilient and flexible when it comes to implementing Plan B. After all the subjective criteria is examined, we look at the numbers…they don't lie.
Excellence is about standing above the crowd. The cream rises to the top and separates itself from the rest. If you don't give people a reason to look, they won't. Be a valuable contributor to society. If you commit to work hard, results will eventually follow. Dress for success, communicate effectively and perform at a high level. If you do those things well, people will notice. In this economy you have to differentiate yourself in order to thrive. Stand up, stand out and choose a better future for yourself NOW!


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A friend of mine (we'll call her Maggie...because that's her name) had a cute little chair and matching ottoman that was her grandmother's. When she showed it to me in all its flowery splendor, I fell in love with it instantly! It was like a tiny version of a grown-up chair (seriously, it only came up to my waist). It was old and the fabric was threadbare, faded, and ripped just by looking at it. But it was solid and the cushions were decent....in other words, it needed my help.
So I stripped it!
Who even knew it had legs under that ruffle??
Ideally, I had hoped the fabric would come off in sections so that I could measure and label and determine how it all went back together. Unfortunately, the old fabric was so threadbare that it literally ripped off...so much for measuring!!
I added some extra cush to the cushion just to fill it out more. I think I used approx. a box and a half of staples just on this one project! (definitely caused me to seriously consider purchasing an air compressed stapler in the very near future).
So here she sits, matching ottoman and all. I was lucky that I told Maggie to add a couple extra yards to her fabric order when she picked it out. I used every last bit of 10 yards!! I swear I didn't waste any or mess up either...it just really takes that much!
Sexy backside
*Note my pretty little pleating on the arms :)
Overall, it was a successful venture for me and the chair. And Maggie was an excellent client who was very generous. I look forward to many future furniture adventures with you!! :)


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My name is Sidney McKay and I have been a teacher and instructional leader for 28 years with the Toronto District School Board. I hold specialist qualifications in Special Education (including Gifted) and Science (P/J). I am a published author of a well known Hands-On Science program and have authored and taught all three parts of the Science in P/J specialist course AQ courses.
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Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Math, Science and Technology. Nominated for Premier's Award in Education.
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Cartoons by Josh Calendar 2016
Buy it here!
The Calendar has cartoons from the past year, mostly on Energy, Environment and Climate Change topics.
This year there are also political cartoons and caricatures.
The price of the Calendar is £19.50 and includes postage in the UK.
If you are ordering from outside the UK I will email you any additional postage when you order.
The calendar is 28 x 44 cms (A3) in size, spiral bound with a hanger, and beautifully printed on 170gsm silk paper.
Please note: The calendars will be printed next week and deliveries will start the week beginning 8th December.
Finally, many thanks to all the readers and commenters at BishopHill and especially to our host - most of the cartoons would not have been drawn without you!


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Screen legend Shirley MacLaine says the actor turned politician spotted a UFO in the 1950s… and the extraterrestrial being told him to switch careers
An alien may have been behind Ronald Reagan's becoming president, according to screen legend Shirley MacLaine. Reagan had a close encounter of the third kind back in the 1950s when he was still an actor, MacLaine says, and the extra terrestrial being told him to ditch Hollywood for politics.
According to MacLaine, Reagan confided in 'I Love Lucy' star Lucille Ball about the eerie encounter, which took place when he was on his way to a party in Los Angeles with wife Nancy.
Ball told her that a UFO landed and the alien emerged telling Reagan to quit acting and take up politics.
But Reagan wasn't the only president who believed in unidentified flying objects, according to MacLaine.
In an interview with the UK's The Daily Mirror, she says that President Eisenhower had three secret meetings with extra terrestrials at a New Mexico air force base in 1954.
The actress claims to have seen numerous UFOs in her time.
'One famous day, a friend of mine was sitting in my hot tub out there, and three UFOs came over and hovered for about 10 minutes,' she says.
'They are definitely there – the only question is 'why?"
MacLaine, who now features in the hit British period drama Downton Abbey, added that she's keen to share her knowledge of UFOs with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
'It's very important she knows who else is out there looking at her,' she says, adding that she is used to people thinking she's crazy for believing in aliens.
'I never had the urge to please anybody,' she said. 'I'm used to people thinking I'm wacky, so I don't take myself seriously.'
And it seems MacLaine's own brother, Warren Beatty, thinks she's a bit nuts.
She has written books about mysticism, spirituality, aliens and UFOs but if she tries to discuss spaceships with Beatty, she says the conversion doesn't get off the ground.
'Politics – yes. UFOs – no. He changes the subject,' MacLaine says.
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My name is Dn. Virgil Petrişor Andronache. I will be starting my third year of studies at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. My presence on orthodoxwiki is the work of my lovely wife, Magda.
For the 2006-2007 academic year, I will be servinga as a chant group leader, the secretary for the class of 2007, treasurer for the Married Student Association, and athletic activities contact between the student body and the administration.
I was born in Bacau, Romania, in 1977, but I have been in the U.S. for almost eleven years. My life before the seminary involved most recently playing with robots at the University of Notre Dame Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lab.
Despite my wife's assertions, I am not that tall and not nearly that invulnerable.
I have a personal blog for general thoughts and a personal wiki for class notes.
My patron saint is "tied to" my middle name: St. Peter on June 29.


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Last month, Microsoft developed a fun algorithm at How-old.net that guessed the age of the people in a given photo.
Now, one Seattle startup is doing something similar — with a little less clothing.
Algorithmia, a Seattle-based startup that builds a marketplace for algorithms, just debuted isitnude.com (safe for work), which can scan an image and detect whether or not the people in the photo are wearing clothes.
Reference: This startup created an algorithm that detects nude images online


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What's Pope Francis' secret? (St Joseph)
"I would like to tell you something very personal. I like St Joseph very much. He is a strong man of silence. On my desk I have a statue of St Joseph sleeping. While sleeping he looks after the Church. Yes, he can do it! We know that. When I have a problem or a difficulty, I write on a piece of paper and I put it under his statue so he can dream about it. This means please pray to St Joseph for this problem."
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Being the short person that I am, I have many pants which are too long. So, I took these super comfy grey jersey pants and cut a few inches off the bottom. When I looked at my leftovers, I was like, hmmm... surely something can be made from that?! So, I instantly thought, "headbands".
I put one piece around baby girl's head and pinched a section to fit, then I safety pinned it so I had the right amount of fabric to work with. Then, I got out a needle and thread and simply worked that pinched section into sort of like a blossom, ruched type flower piece. I really just manipulated the fabric with the needle into the shape I wanted. It took me longer to find my scissors than it took for me to make this headband. The raw edge just rolls over so no need to even sew that part. I kind of like the detail from the hem on the other side, but you can always cut the hem off for more of a uniform look.
I took the cut off from the other leg and pulled it over my ears. Instant earwarmers for momma! :) This is the kind of craft I like, fast, easy, very little mess or supplies, can easily be reworked if it doesn't turn out and it's free!


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Fix This!
Recently the mission president of the Denver North mission came to our ward to inform us that elders would no longer be able to visit single women investigators without a priesthood holder from our congregation going with them. Our ward has many capable sisters, many who have served missions themselves, who would be excellent chaperones for these types of appointments but apparently this is unacceptable. He told us that this was standard church policy, that it is written in the handbook and that there could be no exceptions.
Unsurprisingly, this has proved to be a significant hardship for our inner city ward that struggles with a lack of priesthood holders to fill all the callings reserved for men. These are good men but they are already spread too thin. They simply do not have enough time or energy to take this on. Which means that my husband, as bishop, is the one that has to go out with the elders so that they can share the gospel with women.
Mr. Mraynes already has a demanding career which the church has now put a second, unpaid full time job on top of. The nights and/or weekends he has to go out with the elders is time away from his children–time that is already in too short supply. What does it profit the church if they potentially gain one soul but lose the souls of our four, young children because their father is never home?
I have not heard about this policy being implemented anywhere else in the world so I suspect that we are living under the tyranny of one man's interpretation of the handbook. But even so, the church should have seen this coming as it is an obvious extension of policy already in place.
Mormon feminists have been saying for years that it is insulting that, unless there is a man in the home, faithful sisters cannot feed or be edified by the presence of elders. Mormon doctrine clears Eve, and by extension all women, from being evil temptresses but apparently that only counts in theory, not practice. Or if the policy exists to protect women, as I have also been told,perhaps we should not be sending out young men who we are afraid might sexually assault any woman they come into contact with. Also, I fail to see how adding another man to these visits will make a female investigator feel anymore comfortable or safe.
Perhaps I am being unfair to this mission president and it is a church-wide policy. In which case, the church should be honest about its motives. We have heard whispers for years of missionaries being told not to teach single women–this is a very effective way to make sure that happens. The direct effect of this policy is that less women will investigate and join our church, either because elders and ward members feel it is too big of a hassle or the women themselves will rightly be insulted and won't want anything to do with an institution that treats them this way.
Hopefully this is not a general church policy and is one over-zealous mission president, in which case the church should be explicit in clearing this up. If, however, the church does not want to convert anymore single women then they would save everybody a load of trouble by just saying it out loud. And if this is not the case, then either put sister missionaries in every area or change this stupid policy.


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Ahead of the 2017 UCI Manchester Para-cycling International we sat down with Jon Gildea, to discuss missing out on Rio, becoming a world champion and his ambitions for Tokyo 2020.
"Would I change anything? I've been asked that question a lot. I don't think I would. Those rainbow jerseys mean everything to me. It makes the journey I've been on make sense.'
Two years ago as Jon Gildea prepared for the 2015 Manchester Para-cycling International, he did so with the goal of being selected for Rio 2016 and becoming a Paralympian for the first time. It was a goal that had consumed him since suffering a broken leg in a mountain biking accident in 2012.
Just 12 months later the front and back pages were dominated by the stunning exploits of Great Britain's Paralympians, with the cycling team finishing top of their respective medal table.
Unfortunately for Gildea he wasn't one of them.
A silver medal in the scratch race at the 2016 Para-cycling Track World Championships, while a brilliant achievement, wasn't enough to get him on the plane.
However, unencumbered by the pressure of trying to earn a spot in Rio, Gildea found himself more relaxed than he had been in years, though the initial disappointment lingered for some time.
"I always thought I'd be going to Rio," he admits.
"So when I wasn't selected I went through all sorts of stuff in my mind. Am I deluded? Was I wrong to think I had what it takes?
"After a couple of weeks of being left to my own devices I got the bit between my teeth and decided I needed to find out what I can do. I made a pact with myself that if I didn't get better I would call it a day."
It was this new mindset that would shape his future.
"Taking control of the process suits me down to the ground.
"I like to be responsible for myself and knowing I've made the decisions, whether they turn out to be right or wrong.
"The previous three years had been a massive learning curve and I probably didn't question enough things. I would get given a training plan and I would crack on with it whether I thought it was right for me or not."
After getting in some strong blocks of training leading into the winter months, suddenly he had a target to aim for – the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.
However the selection criteria was tough. He had to prove he was gold medal competitive and he had one opportunity - the HSBC UK | National Track Championships in January, with Gildea targeting the individual pursuit as his major event.
He completed the four kilometre event in a time of 4.35.667 to ensure selection for the worlds.
The nature of his performance at nationals left Gildea feeling confident going into the first major para-cycling event of 2017.
"There wasn't the same pressure as before. I knew after my performance at nationals that I was going to be quicker than the guys I was going to be up against.
"When we were all trying to qualify a spot for Rio, everything we did felt like a test. You couldn't just think about that particular race or that particular performance because you knew you were being assessed with a longer term goal in mind. It always felt like the end of the world to me if I didn't get to Rio.
"This felt like a bonus competition. Tokyo wasn't even in my thoughts. All that was in my mind was thinking about trying to get a rainbow jersey.'
He had three events: the kilo, the individual pursuit and the scratch race, and it was a glorious week which saw him win two world titles, in the pursuit and the scratch race, as well as picking up a silver medal in the kilo.
On his success Gildea said:
"It suddenly made Rio feel ok. Winning those world titles makes the journey I've been on make sense."
As he gears up for the UCI Manchester Para-cycling International, Gildea is now turning his attentions towards 2018 and then Tokyo 2020.
"I'm now back on the track looking ahead to the season in 2018 and defending my jersey in the pursuit.
"I like to think I'm on a steady trajectory towards Tokyo.
"I feel like I have finally proved myself."


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This is a lovely friendly pub, and has loads of music going on! You've got a brilliant French/Breton session on the second Monday, Scandi on the third Monday, plus a Galician session, a harp session, an open mic.. you name it!
A tunebook for the Scandi Session can be found at http://revontuli.uk
Address: The James Street Tavern, 47-48 James Street, Oxford, OX4 1EU.