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Alumnus Zimmerman serves as NCSLPH director
April 17, 2014
Scott Zimmerman, DrPH, alumnus of what is now the Gillings School of Global Public Health, was recently appointed director of the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health (NCSLPH) in Raleigh, N.C.
NCSLPH provides certain medical and environmental laboratory services, including testing, consultation and training, to public and private health provider organizations responsible for the promotion, protection and assurance of the health of the people of North Carolina.
Zimmerman received Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health degrees from UNC's public health school in 1985 and 1989, respectively, in parasitology and lab practice. He noted recently that, throughout his more than 20 years of public health service, he has valued partnerships between and among public health professionals, agencies and organizations across the state to identify and solve public health problems in N.C.'s communities.


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The Amazing A's: How Baseball's Cinderella Shocked and Awed All Season LongOctober 4, 2012
No one believed.
Not in the off-season, when the Angels went and signed Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, or when the Rangers got Yu Darvish and Joe Nathan. Meanwhile, the A's quietly signed a Cuban expatriate whose name no one could pronounce.
Not in March, when the pundits picked them to lose 100 games, despite A's beat writer Susan Slusser and former Rays Jonny Gomes and Grant Balfour saying the A's might have a chance at creating the same magic the Rays did in 2008, when they got to the World Series.
Not in May, when the A's had to place that talented Cuban, Yoenis Cespedes, on the 15-day disabled list, or in June, when they lost their ninth straight game, and were dead last in batting average in the Major Leagues.
But then Cespedes came off the DL. Coco Crisp, after battling an ear infection early in the season, started to swing the bat. The team, after bringing up Chris Carter and Brandon Moss and getting Brandon Inge, began to win ball games.
They had the best record in the Majors in July. Best record post-All Star Break. A four-game sweep of the Yankees for the first time ever in Oakland. And yet the doubts persisted. They were too young. They had too many rookies. They were untested. Sooner or later, they would falter.
No one believed.
Then they lost Bartolo Colon to a drug suspension. They lost Brandon Inge to a shoulder injury. They lost Brandon McCarthy when he was struck by a line drive. They lost Brett Anderson, just back from Tommy John surgery, to a strained oblique.
People waited for the other cleat to drop. Now they would fold, everyone thought.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the sometimes empty, always raucous Coliseum.
They didn't.
They continued to hit, with Josh Reddick and Seth Smith and Gomes and Moss and Cespedes leading them to a Major League-best 112 home runs after the All Star Break.
They went out and got a shortstop, Stephen Drew, and their former shortstop, Cliff Pennington, started playing an inspired second base and swinging the bat better than ever.
They platooned. They picked each other up. They bought into whatever Bob Melvin told them to do and put the team first.
They got on the backs of rookie pitchers named Parker and Griffin and Blackley and Milone and Straily and Scribner and Dolittle and Cook. And on the strength of 195 home runs, 14 walk-off wins, a dance called the Bernie, and pie-in-the-face pandemonium, did something no one has ever done in the history of the major leagues.
They didn't just come back from 13 games to win a division title (only four other teams had done that in the history of Major League Baseball).
They came from 5 games back with 9 games to go to win their division.
And no one, according CSN Bay Area, has EVER done that.
They have the lowest payroll in the game, at $49 million and change, and now they are AL West Champs.
And on Wednesday night, after the final out, after Coco had clutched the ball in center field and Grant Balfour had jumped into Derek Norris' arms, after Bob Melvin ran toward a jubilant Billy Beane by the A's dugout, the camera panned to two Rangers fans, looking just as stunned as the $120 Million team they'd been rooting for. You could see exactly what they were thinking:
They couldn't believe it.

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Live Chat: Women And Negotiation – Busting the Stereotypes, Dissecting the Statistics And Fixing The Problem
Join Leadership Editor Kathleen Davis, Victoria Pynchon, cofounder of She Negotiates, and Carol Frohlinger, cofounder of Negotiating Women, Inc., on Wednesday, January 21 at 11 a.m. ET for a discussion about the pay gap, negotiation, and how everyone can finally get what they want.
Few people actually like negotiation, but statistics, studies, and anecdotal evidence show that women not only negotiate less frequently than men, but they often end up with less.
We'll take a critical eye to the stereotypes, break down how both men and women can change their approach to the situation, and figure out how we can change the future.
Two experts on women and negotiation will participate in the conversation.
Victoria Pynchon is the cofounder of She Negotiates. A lawyer with more than 25 years of experience who has written two books on dispute resolution, she's focused on closing the gender wage gap and is a negotiation consultant, trainer, and speaker.
Carol Frohlinger is the cofounder of Negotiating Women, Inc., a negotiation expert and former sales executive, commercial banker, and practicing attorney. She has written two books on women and negotiation and is a frequent speaker on the topic.
Join the discussion with us on Wednesday, January 21 at 11 a.m. ET.
A recent study about women's performance reviews revealed how we are judged differently:
The One Word Men Never See In Their Performance ReviewsFast CompanyThere's one adjective that's never used to criticize men, yet it shows up at an alarming rate in women's performance reviews.
Mutual benefit or interest based negotiation has been proven to be more effective for both parties than distributive negotiation (dividing a single "pie" of benefits). This is a natural for women who tend to divide the spoils equally rather than grabbing as much as they can for themselves.
Corporate culture (Carol's response): ask diagnostic questions - who makes decisions; who is able to get past the "budget" or "we've always done it this way."
Figure out the culture is best done by observing. For example, if you work in a heirachectal company, don't go over your boss's head. Instead, try to help him/her to see how he/she will benefit by letting you talk with the boss's boss.
Mutual benefit negotiation = a problem solving conversation where you ask questions of your bargaining partner to reveal his/her interests (fears, needs, desires, values) and then seek to uncover or create additional value to be added to the "pool" of items that can be trade, focusing on trading items of low cost to them but high value for you (called "log rolling")
Be a problem solver. Tell you boss that SHE should be making more money too (ingratiation also goes a long way)
Mutual gains negotiation aka win-win negotiation is a very important approach to negotiating with clients, colleagues, family and friends. You care how they feel about the negotiaition process as well as the outcome.
Men do not trust "karma." They take credit and ask for reward. If you don't take credit and ask for reward, someone else will take the credit for what you did. GUARANTEED.
The Perfect Case Against Microsoft CEO's Remark That Women Shouldn't Ask For RaisesFast CompanyMaria Klawe didn't let the fact that she's a Microsoft board member stop her from publicly disagreeing with the CEO's disastrous remarks.
Microsoft CEO's famously put his foot in his mouth last Fall suggesting that women should "trust karma" instead of asking for a raise. Is that a common misconception – that you should just work hard and you'll be recognized? Is that belief or expectation different for men and women?
Karma? Seriously?
That advice was just plain silly. I wonder if he relied on karma when negotiating his compensation?
Negotiation is a delicate balance for everyone (I consult with organizations and men too) and frankly it's hard for all of us to ask for more (think of Oliver asking for more porridge - he should have made his case for more, not begged for it). There are times when it's OK to trade power for sympathy but women do it too much.
That is related to what I call The Tiara Syndrome - a mistaken beleif that if you work ward, deliver excellent results and hope that the right people will notice and reward you by placing a tiara on your head.
It can happen - but it doesn't very often.
If you're uncomfortable with self-praise, praise your team for the results you produced. Everyone will know it's you.
Hope is not a strategy, negotiation is.
Q: Even if you successfully negotiate your salary with your employer, and you get a higher offer, how do you know it's comparable to what your male counterparts are making if there's very little salary transparency across the board? How do you ask about that, in a professional manner?
Go to payscale.com, glassdoor.com or salary.com to get comparable salaries and benefits.
You can also ask about pay bands that many employers have for particular job titles. Ask about the bands. Find allies and ask "on the down low." You should be developing a network of trusted advisors in any job. You need the inside scoop that no one's talking about. If you can't ask the CEO, ask his administrative assistant out to lunch. Power is held in surprising places.
You have to gather as much information as you can. You can't ask directly usually but you can to your research as Vickie suggested. Also vault.com. And join trade or professional assoications where you can meet meet in your industry and get some data about compensation.
I pick up the phone and ask people in the field.
Finding allies is really important. They can give you information as well as brag on your behalf so that your value is visible.
How is the gender dynamic different between a male boss and female employee versus a female boss and a female employee?
I wouldn't stereotype male or female employer-supervisor/employee-subordinate relationships. Make creating good relationships a big part of your job. My anecdotal experience from 25 years in a male dominated profession is men are suckers for flattery and women resist flattery at all costs. Women appreciate depth, transparency and HELP. They need HELP. Help them. Do favors for them. (sorry guys but, really, you buy an awful lot of BS from women every day of the week).
The issue is, stereotypes are helped by both men and women about women - and men.
And that you can't lump 50% of the workforce population into one category - there is a continuum of behavior.
The key is to understand what makes the other person tick. What is he/she concerned about? What will make him/her comfortable with saying yes to your request. Gender is much less important.
I hope Queen Bee Syndrome is diminishing with the two generations that followed mine. But when there are only a couple of women and dozens of men at the top, it creates a climate of scarcity and people WILL fight and undermine one another in that situation. It's not that all women in biz are witches. It's a result of systemic institutional sexism. There, I said it. Sexism.
And women in leadership roles are, as we said earlier, judged harshly so have to have more reasons to defend their decisions because people will be questioning them.
The focus of most discussions on negotiation is on the person making the ask, but what does the person on the other side of the table need to be aware of?
Look here to get tips on negotiationg salary:
The fact that top talent is hard to recruit and to retain. As the job market improves, talent has more and better options.
The most encouraging news of 2015 is Aetna's CEO giving pay raises from minimum to $16/hour (a living wage in most states). He read Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century (about the dangers of income inequality), made all his managers read it and raised his lowest workers' salaries ACROSS THE BOARD. I recommend this and also looking at pay discrepancies and doing something about it.
So, employers are no longer in the driver's seat to the degree they were during the dark days of The Great Recession!
I have a friend who told me when she became Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at an Ivy League University that if they closed the gender gap for her school, it would bankrupt the entire university. It was that large.
Often, we don't realize that we have power we do - we can't sell ourselves short.
If managers or executives see a pay gap they should be envisioning lawsuits. Closing the wage gap is just sensible risk management.
Managers should also make sure that women are heard at meetings, are evaluated fairly, and are not asked to do invisible work.
If men in positions of power asked themselves, "should I make my workplace comfortable for ME and my buddies or comfortable for my employees" they'd see that they need to take action to close the pay gap to make their business more productive.
Invisible work is the work that makes the wheels on the bus go round and round but are not valued when it comes to raises, bonuses and promotions.
Invisible work falls mostly to women.
OBJECTIVE METRICS are key, absolutely necessary, to make decisions that promote the right people at the right time.
Oh my...invisible work. Finally a name to describe it. Thank you. I thought I was crazy.
And if your company is considered is meritocracy, be afraid, be very afraid. Research shows that those companies are less fair to women and other minorities because they sit on their laurels - we don't have a problem here!
An objective metric can be measured, i.e., how much your team increased sales or decreased costs last year, participation in activities that further the bottom line profitability of the organization. Most employees have no idea how decisions are made. When they're made based on "leadership capacity" or "collegiality" or "promise," implicit bias slips in.
You are not alone, Kalin.
Women do the emotional work in every organization. Legal secretaries have called their work an "emotional sweat shop."
If you are doing too much of this, figure out a way to negotiate your way out of it - maybe offer to "advise" someone else, perhaps a man, about how to take that task over...
We only have a few minutes left and this is such a big topic, what are some parting words of wisdom? Where do we go from here?
There is so much! Negotiation is THE critical career skill, in MHO. Feel free to visit www.negotiatingwomen.com, Resources page for more information.
Big topic. A lot to talk about. The core of interest-based negotiation is learning what your bargaining partner needs, what constraints they're operating under, what hidden interests their serving and what other people they have to answer to. So every negotiation is unique. The skills of an interest-based negotiator (strategy and tactics) are like tools. Like, "should I use a hammer on this or a power drill?" We can't answer that for you. We can just provide you with the tools and let you use your institutional knowledge and discretion to get it as right as negotiated resolutions can be. We have tons of free helpful materials at shenegotiates.com
Also, the good news is that negotiaiton is a learnable skill. If you focus on it, you can enhance your ability to negotiate successfully.
Great info! Thanks for joining us!
Thanks for joining us! Hope it was helpful.
You don't get it if you don't ask for it. You can't be it if you can see it. Form alliances, seek help. HIRE A CONSULTANT. Carol is a dynamite coach and consultant. What you pay her will be peanuts compared to the reward (this is called "sponsorship" ladies).
Ditto, re: Vickie!!!


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Hello? Anyone There? Does anyone read this?…
All well.
Thanks for the couple people to favorite this.
I was gonna do Luke, but what fun is that? So, here's an idea I've been thinking about since I read the books. Here's Nina/Elodie.
Disclaimer: I'm not Margret Peterson Haddix.
In a mansion in Washington DC, a man, two girls, a woman, and an elder woman all sat around an extravagant dining table. It was the first time in seventeen years since the elder woman had seen her sister. The last time she saw her sister was when her third niece was being born.
Her third niece. The elder woman sighed. Her little Elodie. She hadn't heard from the poor girl in five years. She didn't know whether the girl was alive, or more likely, dead. The elder woman swallowed back tears as she thought about what could have happened to the little blond haired, blue eyed girl.
"Everything alright, Rhoda?" Her youngest sister asked.
"Yes, Gisela." Rhoda said, smiling at her sister.
The atmosphere went quiet again, and the elder woman glanced around the table. There was her youngest sister, Gisela. The little girls mother. Gisela had always been a beautiful woman, and a perfect housewife. The woman had long blond hair, startling brown eyes, and a face that aged gracefully.
The girl next to Gisela was the eldest child of hers. Rosaline Boehler, the eldest daughter of Gisela and Jacque Boehler. Rosaline looked much like her mother, with long, beautiful blond hair, dark brown hair, and an ageless face. Rosaline was twenty-one, and engaged to a long time friend.
Then next to her was the 'youngest'. Emma Boehler looked more like her father, with dark red hair, shimmering blue eyes, and tan skin. She was nineteen years old, and studied children's education at the local college.
Lastly was Jacque Boehler, a French immigrant. He had came to the country at age eighteen, and married Gisela. The man worked for the police, and had only been at it for a year. He had once been a part of a not so secret set of police, but he was able to get out right before the downfall. He had dark red hair, stern blue eyes, and tan skin.
A knock sounded from the door.
"Emma, would you get that?" Gisela asked her husband.
The 'youngest' nodded. Pushing back her chair, she walked over to the front door, and opened it without knowing just how much her life was about to change.
A young girl, probably only sixteen, stood at the front door with a duffle bag over her shoulder and a small, scared, smile. The girl had straight blond hair, dark blue eyes, and tan skin. She seemed to be average height, but the timid expression on her face made her look smaller.
"Hello, is Rhoda here?" The girl asked.
"Who are you?" Emma demanded.
"Um," the girl paused, clearly conflicted. "I'm, a close friend of her."
"You're barely fifteen!" Emma snapped.
The girl's body tensed, and an anger flashed in her eyes. "I'm sixteen. Please, just let me see Rhoda."
Emma sighed, "one second." She said, gesturing for the girl to come inside. She shut the front door and told the girl to stay.
"Aunt Rhoda, there's some girl at the door for you. Says she's a close friend." Emma said, sitting at the table again.
"What does she look like, Emma?" Jacque asked, confused. Why would some girl be looking for his old sister-in-law?
"Blond hair, blue eyes, tan, short, sixteen." Emma said, taking a bite of the chicken salad.
Rhoda smiled and exchanged a look with her sister. Gisela's face went pale, as her eyes filled with tears. If they didn't know any better, that sounded like Elodie. Yet, Elodie could not have possibly live these past few years with the Population Police cracking down.
Rhoda stood up and walked painfully down the hall to the front door. Her smile lit up as she glanced at the little girl, knowing it was her niece. The quirky, shy smile, the big blue eyes, and the long blond hair, it had to be Elodie. "El, is that you?"
Elodie nodded, still not use to using her first name. Her former name had been Nina Idi, the name of a girl who had died. Twice, actually. The real Nina Idi had died long ago, but the one that took her name, well she had buried the ID.
"Oh, come here, baby." The old woman said, tears falling down her cheek as she wrapped the little girl in a hug. "Oh, honey. I was so worried about you."
"I'm alright, Aunty Rhoda." Elodie said, letting her old aunt hug her tightly. She already knew the sad news about her other aunts and Gran. All had died in the past few years. Two aunts and her Gran had all died in a fire only two years ago. Rhoda had been the only to escape.
Mr. Talbot had told her the news, before sending her Rhoda's new address. Elodie guessed that the woman lived here with other family.
"Oh, darling. You're all grown up." The old woman said, holding the girl at arms length away.
Elodie smiled. "I'm only sixteen."
"Now hush, the last time I saw my baby niece she was barely eleven. Now, look at you. You're as beautiful as a Hollywood actress. Perhaps even more." Rhoda said, smiling as the girl blushed.
"Thank you, Aunty-"
"Rhoda, is everything alright?" Gisela asked, walking into the small space. Her eyes went wide as she saw the little girl she hadn't seen in sixteen years. "Elodie?"
Elodie looked over at her aunt. "El, meet your mother. Gisela, this is your little girl. Not little so much, now." Rhoda said, stepping back to let Gisela get a good look at her late daughter.
"Hi mom." Elodie said, the word 'mom' feeling foreign on her tongue.
"Elodie." Gisela said, tears sliding down her face. She caressed her daughter's cheek and smiled. "You're so beautiful."
"Thanks." The old Nina Idi said.
"I- I don't even know what to say." The woman said, grabbing the girl in a hug. "Elodie, I've always wanted to see you. The pictures they sent me, you were always a cute little girl. Now, you're a beautiful young woman."
Elodie nodded, not sure what to say.
"Gisela, what are you-" Jacque cut off, seeing the girl wrapped in his wife's arms. "Gisela, who is this?"
Elodie tensed, knowing this man must be her father.
"Jacque, this is Elodie. She's-" Gisela looked over at Rhoda, who smiled sadly. Both silently decided he should know about his third child.
The woman let go of her long lost child and walked over to put a hand on her husband's arm. No telling how he would react to the news. "Jacque, do your remember when I went to help mom about seventeen years ago?"
"Yes, you were gone for almost ten months." The man stated.
Gisela nodded. "Well, I lied. I was with Rhoda and my sisters, hiding with them. You see, Jacque, I hid for nine months, and for the tenth, I whipped myself back into shape."
The man stared at her, the answer dawning in his head. He looked over at the girl, then back at his wife. The blond hair was the only similarity. Yet, he knew the blue eyes and tin skin were like his.
It was like the whole world was being ripped out from under him. He had once believed so firmly in the Population Law. He had once been one of those people blaming third children for everything. He had helped execute many of these children.
Now, one was staring at him with his eyes.
And his wife was right, she was beautiful. She had a calm, controlled, logical demeanor. Yet, she also had a timid, shy, and scared demeanor. Unannounced to him, the first demeanor was something she had built up from playing undercover in a dangerous world. The second was the old Elodie, the one that still reared it's ugly head once in a while.
"Jacque-" Gisela began, worried.
"How- why- what-" he stuttered, shaking his head. "Elodie." He whispered, letting the name roll of his tongue. It was a name that demanded class, beauty, and elegance.
A name perfect for the girl in front of him.


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Premier League: Fulham's Sascha Riether apologises for stamp on Adnan Januzaj
Fulham's Sascha Riether has apologised for his stamp on Manchester United youngster Adnan Januzaj.
Last Updated: 05/11/13 5:30pm
Riether became first player to be retrospectively charged by an FA panel for his challenge on Januzaj towards the end of United's 3-1 win at Craven Cottage.
The German defender stamped on Januzaj's ankle in the last minute of the game, although the incident was not seen by referee Lee Probert or his assistants.
But Riether will now serve a three-match ban after accepting a charge of violent conduct, and he has apologised to Januzaj via his Twitter account.
He wrote: "I want to say I am sorry to Adnan Januzai. It was very unlike me and I can only say that frustration got the better of me.
"I also want to apologise to my team-mates, fans and everyone at the Club, for the ban incurred following Saturday's match.
"I will accept the consequences of my actions, and hope to put it behind me when I return.
"I want the fans to know that I will be working hard to stay fit and will be ready to continue fighting for the Club as soon as I am able.SR"
In a pilot project, an FA panel of three former referees - Steve Dunn, Eddie Wolstenholme and Alan Wiley - will make a ruling on what they believe the official would have done had he seen it.
For an FA charge to follow, all three panel members must agree it is a sending-off offence. In the instance of Riether, the panel were of the unanimous decision that it was an act of violent conduct.
United boss David Moyes, speaking just before the FA confirmed the charge, said: "I hadn't seen it until after the game. It's a bad stamp and it does look deliberate but that's for the referee to sort of deal with on the day...or they look at it differently. It's over now.
"But I do think Adnan needs a little bit of protection or we are going to find he's getting kicked up and down. I do think he deserves a little more than he's getting at this present time.
"He gets kicked up and down in training every day and he gets on with it. He's learnt from the good professionals to get on with it and accept it. He only needs to look at Lionel Messi. He's the best at getting up. We hope Adnan, and I'm not comparing him to Messi - we hope he can react like Messi - but he does need protection.
"It's not a case of asking for protection. It's up to the referees to do what's right. But we will never ask for it."


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Segment lowlight: The entire show was one five-week long low point.
With its awkward banter, casually offensive statements, and terrible sketches, The Chevy Chase Show was one of the worst things ever to happen to late night. This show was just one in a long line of Chevy's career failures. Whether it be fist fights with Bill Murray or directing racial slurs at Donald Glover, Chevy can't help but continue to be a one-man train wreck. At least he's got the Vacation movies to hang his hat on when his all of his shenanigans come to an end, right?
If you somehow aren't familiar with Chevy's awful antics, read an incomplete history of Chevy's SNL transgressions, and for all the Community stuff, just type in "Chevy Chase" and "Community" in the search field above and see just how many times we've had to write about the "difficult" actor in the last couple of years.


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NASCAR: What is Behind Kyle Busch's Domination?July 12, 2008
Even if you are a casual fan of NASCAR, you've probably noticed that this year, some kid named Kyle Busch has been downright dominating in the first half of this year's Sprint Cup season.
He has six wins, 11 Top Fives, 12 Top 10's, three poles, and an average finish of 9.9.
Not to mention, he's leading the Sprint Cup Series by a whopping 182 points over second-place Dale Earnhardt Jr. It's an even better showing than the domination Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon had last year in the first half.
That's saying something, especially considering they won a total of 16 races between them. It's unbelievable for a guy who had only won four races prior to this year.
If you remember, he was with the team giant of Hendrick Motorsports last year, the team who won a record 18 of the 36 races in the year.
That begs the question, what are the reasons for his dominance?
Is it the guidance of his new teammates Tony Stewart, and to a lesser extent Denny Hamlin?
Is it the power under the hood of the dominant Toyotas?
Or perhaps it's the ability of his Crew Chief Steve Addington to decipher his sometimes childish whining over the radio into what he needs to make his car better?
You could say that the always unpredictable Tony Stewart would be responsible for perhaps containing the also unpredictable "Rowdy" Busch, or perhaps teaching him how to let out his inner monster occasionally and mix in a show of maturity to go along with it, but let's not kid around.
While no one will doubt the talent of Tony Stewart, or that he can be a good guy at times too (the man has an impeccable record of kindness and generosity, you just have to dig harder to find it), to suggest that he groomed Kyle, or showed him how to be more of himself, is a joke.
Could it be the power of the surprising Toyotas? Drivers around the garage have said since Toyota started in 2007, that they have had a significant power advantage over the other models.
How this makes sense is beyond me. Why would NASCAR let one model have more power than the other three, when the whole reason behind introducing the CoT was to improve competition?
Perhaps the ultra-talented Kyle Busch is just taking advantage of what he didn't have at Hendrick Motorsports. Therein lies the paradox, what doesn't Hendrick Motorsports have?
It won 18 races not even a year ago; all anyone could say was that Hendrick was miles ahead of anyone, which was why they won so many races.
Then why did Kyle Busch, who everyone has always said was full of talent, the way he can drive a loose race car that would have anyone else spinning as soon as they turned the wheel?
You could perhaps say that Hendrick fell victim to the old "Competition breeds innovation" and simply didn't continue to research and develop the CoT in the off-season as much as Gibbs, Rousch and the other teams.
Yet, they have been competitive all year long; they just haven't had the luck to go along with their success (Jeff Gordon being spun at Las Vegas and Daytona come to mind as examples).
So does that mean that Crew Chief Steve Addington is the whole reason behind "Rowdy" Busch's domination this year in Sprint Cup? I say yes. But how?
The man had never been atop the pit box during a Cup race. His experience all came in the Nationwide Series with unimpressive drivers Mike Bliss and Jason Keller. But the relationship with a driver and his crew chief is the key to anyone's success. This is the perfect example.
Alan Gustafson is one of the better Crew Chiefs in the Sprint Cup garage, and has been atop a pit box since 2005. But Kyle Busch isn't going to radio in "My car's loose, I think I need a few rounds of wedge to tighten her up." You'll more likely hear "My car's junk."
Who in their right mind, would have any feasible idea of what to do to a car with that information? Well, the answer would be in the results Kyle keeps showing us.
Steve Addington may not be the best crew chief around, he might not even be a "top tier" crew chief, but what he is best at is understanding what Kyle Busch needs to make his car faster than anyone else. And that is all that matters.
People may flock to the guy who can calculate fuel mileage better than the next guy, but if he doesn't know what do to when his driver complains over the radio, he will never been in a position to calculate how many laps short his driver will or won't be at the end of the race.
With technology is at the forefront of any conversation, having chemistry between Crew Chief and driver is often overlooked as an important part of a successful race team.
Before this year is over, that won't be the case any longer. Kyle Busch and Steve Addington are proving that just because you aren't a master with a calculator, doesn't mean that you won't win any races.


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The two that were eliminated last week as straight definitely looked straight - esp the young one so they werent really fooling anyone. The chiropractor was a tossup and I think thats because he works in Hillcrest so is around gay folk all the time
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November 25, 2004
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Running Healthy with Dr. Jeremy Torstveit
Information on coronary heart disease (CHD) has been widely available, so it is almost impossible to plead ignorance on the subject. Furthermore, CHD is so common 500,000 new cases in the United States each year - that it has touched almost every family. That's why it never ceases to amaze me that it takes a celebrity illness to bring in flocks of patients seeking screening and therapy. The "Clinton Effect" is causing thousands of people to abandon their denial and say, "It could happen to me." Options for evaluating keep changing. Former President Bill Clinton's previous stress tests were okay. How could he have severe blockages, we wonder. Does everyone need a heart catheterization?Screening for CHD
Let's look at the two general groups: those with symptoms and those without. People who experience chest, arm, neck, or upper abdominal pressure or pain or fatigue and shortness of breath on exertion or after eating should have an exercise electrocardiogram, also known as a stress test. If the stress test is positive, referral for heart catheterization is indicated. Depending on the location and severity of the blockages, stents can be placed or a coronary bypass recommended. If the symptomatic patient has a negative stress test and thallium heart study, the evaluation is not over. Many people have negative stress tests and still have significant blockages. The electron beam CT scan (EBCT) identifies the amount of calcium, a main ingredient of plaque, in the coronary arteries. I believe it should be performed on everyone who has heart symptoms but a negative stress test.
The EBCT should also be considered for people who feel fine. Remember that 250,000 people die suddenly from CHD with no previous symptoms or warnings. Motors let go without warning after running perfectly well; the same is true for the heart. Doctors in the past have listened to the heart, done a resting EKG, and told the patient, "You're healthy as a horse." That seat-of-the-pants approach for men 40 and older and women 50 and older may no longer be adequate now that we have new and improved electronics. At these ages or even earlier, if risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, or smoking history are present, the EBCT is your best bet.
EBCT now mainstream
The EBCT, a special CAT scan of the heart, is quick and painless, except for the $500 to $700 price tag, which may or may not be covered by insurance. Screening blood tests should be done at the same time. A cardiologist can then determine, with 'a high degree of certainty, what risks are present and whether further testing and treatment or risk reduction practices are necessary.
I've discussed the EBCT in Running Healthy previously and now highly recommend it. Every year we've seen a number of our 40ish racers unexpectedly needing coronary bypass or stents or even dying of heart attacks. This test may save a life. The EBCT should be done in a heart center, and have only the heart checked. Other studies, such as total body scans, done at some facilities subject the patient to too much radiation for any potential gain.
If you haven't heard, the arthritis medication Vioxx has been voluntary withdrawn from the market because it reportedly has been associated with the development of heart and artery problems in some people. An alternative is Celebrex, a similar drug that is believed to be safe. Stop taking Vioxx and check with your doctor.
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This is my last column for 2004, my last chance to grind at my readers to get your physicals, screening, and exercise programs going. While you're getting your race cars revamped and revitalized for next year and while you finally have some time away from the track, do yourself and your family a favor and get everyone checked up.
1 thank my wife, Nurse Shawn, for reviewing and preparing my articles to submit for publication. I also thank Dr. Ken Desser for his wise consultation. Have a happy and safe off-season. I'll leave you with a few suggestions that are scientifically proven to extend life span:
1. Exercise 30 minutes a day. "
2. Get married and stay married.
3. Keep your blood pressure 125/80 or lower.
4. Keep a pet, four-legged or feathered. (Some two-legged pets can actually be hazardous to your health!)
5. If you are able, take one aspirin every day.
6. If old enough to do it legally, drink one alcoholic beverage daily.
7. Lower cholesterol - take Lipitor or other statins if necessary.
8. Avoid unwanted stress (competitive stress is okay).
9. Get a colonoscopy if you're 50 or older.
10. Treat chronic depression aggressively.
11. Take a defensive driving course, and always wear your seat belt.
12. If more than 20 pounds overweight, lose it.
13. For men 40 and over, get a PSA blood test yearly.
14. For women 40 and over, get a mammogram and pap smear yearly.
Dr. Jeremy Torstveit is a pediatric and adult cardiovascular surgeon, thoracic trauma surgeon, and international instructor and lecturer. The president and co-founder of the Children's Heart Project, an international philanthropic service to poor countries for the development of children's heart surgery, formerly competed in NHRA's Top Alcohol Dragster class and now serves as a track physician at some NHRA events. Send questions or concerns about specific health issues to Dr. Jeremy Torstveit, 329 W. Cypress, Phoenix, AZ 85003; fax, (602) 254-2625; e-mail, [email protected]
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Evangelist Harold Frodge Church of the Nazarene
Audio presented by Harold Frodge lecturing on the NIV Bible
This is fascinating information coming from this man of God, I am positive that the LORD was pleased with the work put forth by Harold Frodge
Ps 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea,
I shall observe it with my whole heart.
This is a 45-minute dissertation on the subject, "The NIV Bible and its connection to Catholicism." Harold Frodge was a commissioned evangelist for the Church of the Nazarene for over 40 years. Mr. Frodge fought for the King James Bible within the Nazarene Denomination. This discussion starts out with a verse-by-verse study of missing verses in the NIV. Then Mr. Frodge presents evidence from the translators and editors about the roots and basis of the NIV, as well as its connection to the Catholic Church. It is of utmost importance to Christians who believe in the Bible to educate themselves on the problems with the newer translations, specifically the NIV, which is, used much in our Nazarene churches. This audio has very detailed information that will equip the layman to know the truth about his Bible. As well, you can see how the influence of replacing our King James Bibles with the NIV, has added to the degradation of our denomination. This audio paints a dramatic picture of the history of the Bible, the NIV, the Nazarenes and Catholic Church. Are we Catholic? Or are we Protestant? The blood that was shed to free us from Catholic rule many centuries ago cries out for us to take a stand. Mr. Frodge went to be with the LORD in 2007, still standing for the truths presented in this audio. This issue means a lot to me, as I personally carried the NIV for many years. I sometimes questioned some of the readings, but chalked up my misgivings to not having enough knowledge and understanding to comprehend certain things. Sad to say, I could never get answers from my elderly pastor. He was a good country preacher, but did not expound in his teaching. This has all changed, thanks be to our Great GOD! I am grateful that I now see that my biggest problem has been with the Bible I carried. By His grace, I find myself changing ever more to the conformity of our LORD, and I believe this due to the KJB. Most of the Nazarenes I know carry anything other than the KJB, so this is a subject matter which causes great confusion among brethren. Within our denomination or for that matter any denomination to approach the Bible issue calls for wisdom. If you are going to speak on the Bible debate, educate yourself. I hope your search for the truth is aided by this audio presentation of Mr. Frodge.
Ps 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Rev Harold Frodge- NIV
From John Wesley notes: Therefore as we have opportunity-At whatever time or place, and in whatever manner we can. The opportunity in general is our lifetime; but there are also many particular opportunities. Satan is quickened in doing hurt, by the shortness of the time, Re 12:12. By the same consideration let us be quickened in doing good. Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time
Let us do good-In every possible kind, and in every possible degree.
Unto all men-Neighbours or strangers, good or evil, friends or enemies.
But especially to them who are of the household of faith. For all believers are but one family.
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Dawane History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Origins Available: English, Irish, Scottish
England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name is patronymic in origin, signifying "the son of Durant," an Old French personal name. Looking at records from this time, we found Geoffry, Roger and Henry Durant who claimed descent from Normandy c. 1180-95 while another census in 1198, lists Aceline, Ralph, Richard, and Robert Durant.
Early Origins of the Dawane family
Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Shropshire at Tong, a parish, in the union of Shiffnall, Shiffnall division of the hundred of Brimstree. "Tong Castle, the seat of the family of Durant, a magnificent mansion remodelled in the last century, is crowned with numerous turrets, pinnacles, and eight lofty domes, producing a striking effect: it contains many valuable pictures and cabinets." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print. Another branch of the family were found at Wallingswells in the West Riding of Yorkshire. "In excavating near the house [of Sir Thomas Woolaston White], in 1829, several stone coffins were found, and amongst them that of Dame Margery Dourant, second abbess of the convent, who died in the reign of Richard I ([1189-1199)]." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Early History of the Dawane family
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The participants in this year's TSKW Plein Air Competition on Saturday, March 30 hit the ground running. With 22 people registered by 10am, we had covered Old Town and beyond in artists creating new and unique works. When everyone reconvened for a Sculpture Garden reception that afternoon, it was clear there was considerable talent at work throughout the day. Judge Priscilla Cootes took a great deal of time and energy reviewing the entries and making the tough choices. In the end, prizes were awarded as follows:
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This is a recorded journey of my sig-fig's apprentice as he goes to Napa, California. (Napa=Wine) P.S. All of the journey by car was not recorded due to boredom.
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Nick the Apprentice: Hi! Iĺm eating at a HUMAN restaurant. Iĺm happy Ĺcause weĺre finally out of the stinking car.
Nick: Bread! *chews* Needs about 5 pounds more of sugarů
Nick: Hmm, whatĺs that? Ice Cream! Human, you spoil me! Me like Ice Cream!
Finally after a lot of hearing Nick complain about and compliment the food, we left for the hotel. Nick brought his little travelerĺs cart.
Nick: Code? Ahh, a code. *types in a code* *click* Ahh that should do it!
Nick: Let me put my little brown suitcase here. My copyrighteŚI mean legal money should be safe from the Govermen--, I mean Little sister.
X-Box! What a hotel room has an X-Box and my owner doesnĺt even own an IPhone! Outrageous!
Nick: Ooh! Letĺs call Obama and prank him!
Me: *glares*
Nick: *innocently* It was just a suggestion.
Nick: I shall have my maid make me a low fat decaf with whip cream, packets of sugar, and some cream cheese.
Me: Cream cheese?
Nick: Yeah!
Nick: Letĺs just push this little cart a few yards more.
It took forever considering the thing had rocket wheels.
Me: I brought some books.
Nick: Buuks? What the heck is that?
Me: book
noun \ˈbu̇k\
Definition of BOOK
1: a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory b : a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together into a volume c : a long written or printed literary composition d : a major division of a treatise or literary work e : a record of a business's financial transactions or financial condition Śoften used in plural
Nick: Nerd!
Me: Why do I even try.
Nick: Ooh! A bed! Letĺs Jump!
After 30 minutes, 2 complaints from downstairs, and a home invasion by the FBI, Nick settled down.
Me: Whatĺya doing?
Nick: Erm, not reading this book for sure.
Me: Ha! Caught you!
Nick: Darn, there goes my cool status.
Nick: Letĺs see what I packed in my suitcase.
Nick: A flight departure sign and a jester stand.
Nick: And whatĺs in here?
Nick had opened his bag to find thatů
A surfer with his surfboard, a Spartan, and a jester had somehow crawled in.
Nick: What the Heck!
Nick: I donĺt think anyone will noticeů
Once Nick saw the Troli Peachie-Oĺs, he fell in love with them.
Nick loves the camera considering he has one himself.
Nick: Hi Mom!
Nick: Hello handsome. My you have a pimple!
Mirror: Iĺm a mirror you idiot! That means you have a pimple!
Nick: Donĺt you talk like that to me; I could shatter you before you take a sip of glass cleaner!
Mirror: Be prepared for 7 years bad luck!
Nick: Yeah right!
After watching a movie, Nick finally goes to sleep. (Or so we think)
The next day, Nick has an urge to work out, so he wakes up and sits there.
Me: I thought you wanted to work out?
Nick: Iĺm working my brain with all its intricate plastic thoughts.
After finally waking up, he sees and power adaptor and stands on it.
Nick: Shocking!
Nick loved the clouds so much he made me waste a picture of him and it. He wants to sell it and call it my cloudscape.
After shaving up a bit and brushing his teethů
Heĺs ready to go.
He dissembled his jester stand and travel cart to create this little cart for lazy people.
We were leaving that day so Nick packed up his things, but it took so long, I think he either fell asleep or was counting the carpet loops.
After 20 minutes of sleep, or carpet counting, Nick was ready with his satchel, briefcases, and camera.
We did go to the gym, but there were big muscular men and I didnĺt want them to get upset. During the gym trip, my sister tripped on the treadmill, and my dad saw her, and then tripped too. Nick also almost drowned in the swimming pool and got muddy in the Bocchiball court.
Nick: Ooh! Sugar! Here, letĺs do a contest. We see who can chug down the most sugar.
Me: No, Iĺll pass.
Nick: Okay, more for me!
We then drove for a while to get to a castle winery. Of the 107 rooms in the castle, 97 of them are for wine. Why wine you may ask, well, itĺs Napa for heavenĺs sake! Nick dressed up in armor thinking he would fit in better among the castle folk.
Once Nick saw the entrance, he ran up to it yelling charge. Before, I thought he was lazy, but now, look at him go!
Nick stands guard over the miles of his wine kingdom.
Nick: Iĺm sir wine-a-lot
Me: You sure do.
Nick: what do you mean?
Me: Only the smart will understand.
Nick: Oh whew, for a second there I thought you were talking about me.
Me: *rolls eyes*
Nick: I have conquered this foul stone beast and he shall be my pudding cat.
Me: Pudding cat?
Nick: A cat that gets me pudding. Duh!
Due to the fact that there were a lot of people who were already annoyed with my camera, I took just a few pictures along the tour much to Nickĺs displeasure. This is him in the torture room on the machine that made you a tad bit taller.
The jester on a wine barrel. See that white plug? A man got charged 15,000 dollars for pulling one. Have you ever seen 1,000,000 dollars in premium Italy beer? Well I have, and itĺs awesome, if you were of age.
Nick: Ahh, loyal subjects of wine. Look up at me and admire me! The winery has very rare equipment to make itĺs wine, such as a 80,000 dollar grape stemmer and 19 or so 20,000 dollar wine vats. They use the most expensive barrels for storing the wine ($1,300) and only use them once. After the one time use, they sell them as planters in the local hardware store and nursery for 20 bucks. Sort of sad isnĺt it.
The tour was almost over; there was just one last room on the tour of this winery. The tasting room.
Me and my mom had Grape juice being that I was of underage and my mom because she didnĺt like wine.
Since she didnĺt want any, my dad then got 10 tastes instead of five. He had wine.
And my sister had aů..Capri sun? I mean really, thereĺs all this fancy stuff like wine from 1885 in its original bottle some still with labels and they have Capri Sun? Oh well.
Nick goofing around.
Nick: I have a grape squeezer and Iĺm not afraid to use it on you guys!
Me: Eww
More fooling around.
Fun fact: The castle was made from real castle stones and bricks, as in, he went to Europe and every time he saw a rundown castle, he would demolish it and bring back the stones for his castle. All the iron work was done by special Italian blacksmiths and the main hallĺs doorĺs have over 20,000 bolts and nails in them. He also wanted to make it look real, so he added fine details such as bricked up windows, guard towers, dungeons, and more. There are 8 stories (4 underground) and although it makes 15,000 cases of wine a year, it is quite small compared to the many other wineries. The ownerĺs name is Dario Sattui.
the website for Castello Di Amorosa
Nick ascends to the throne. I have a bad feeling about the future of this kingdomů
Fun fact: These chairs were the exact ones used in the Bedtime stories movie (Adam Sandler). The filming crew left it behind after they finished filming.
Along the way back home, we stopped at the Petrified Forest, but it was too late, so we didnĺt go inside.
Nick has a happy welcome home party will all his friends from the Holiday villages. The drive back home was boring and I fell asleep.
The following pictures are part of Nickĺs photo album.
Donĺt want to know what Nick was thinking.
There is his stuff that was never put on his coffee.
Seems like Nick likes Cranberry juice.
Nick and his friends goofing around.
Nick: Donĺt go to the light surfer!
Surfer: Itĺs so pretty.
Looks like Nick took some pictures of the Movie (Nanny McPhee)
Nick woke up at this time for his work out.
Nick liked the river too.
Nick also liked the building back there.
The hotel entrance with its visitors.
The hotel itself.
Nickĺs code. See anything?
It spells Lego! (My sister found out after I took the picture that the number 7 worked better)
He really does love sugar. In the words of Christian Collins, You donĺt want to know where the glutton and sugar goes.
Castle again. Another fact is that the castle holds many wine vaults underground. Some of the most extensive in the States.
The feared Cat and he is staring at the guests.
The miles of vineyard.
More miles of wine.
Another dreaded animal of legokind, the Peacock. It doesnĺt eat Legos, it maims them.
Wine from ĺ06-09.
Dragon lamp ironwork of Italian blacksmiths.
The final picture is of the amazing castle.
P.S. The real reason my regular siggy didn't go was because I forgot him, so I went to the Napa Valley toy store and bought a few sets finding out to my surprise they had Series two minifigures still! I bought some and the result is what you just saw. They still had Indiana Jones sets! I was tempted to buy one for the Military torso and for Mace Man's sig fig, but I didn't. It's probably cheaper on BL.
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April 29, 2011
That would explain why I didn't see it. I was there from 1990 to 1993.
I made it
Bob the almighty
January 23, 2011
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Looked like a great trip! I must not have went far enough north because I don't remember coming across a castle or I would have definitely stopped! When was it built?
Im not sure when it was built, but it was openned to the public in April of 2007. It's not in Napa exactly, but more in Calistoga.
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January 23, 2011
Looked like a great trip! I must not have went far enough north because I don't remember coming across a castle or I would have definitely stopped! When was it built?
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January 12, 2011
hahaha! I wanna go to italy! anyway, hope you had a great trip!
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January 11, 2011
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January 10, 2011
Awesome adventure! :D
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January 10, 2011
Cool! I like the fig. Lucky,my hotels don't have x-boxes!
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January 3, 2011
This is so funny!!!!! looks like u and ur sig-figs apprentice had a great time.
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December 31, 2010
Awesome!!!! I will try to make something like this when I go to Utah. (I tried in Lake Tahoe, but I couldn't find anything to take a picture of him doing)
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America's First Lady visited southeast Asia's biggest mosque with her husband on Wednesday, a day after Indonesia's communications minister had told Twitter followers that he had reluctantly shaken hands with her at a formal reception.
Tifatul Sembiring, a conservative Muslim who refuses to touch women he is not related to tweeted: "I tried to prevent it with my two hands but Mrs Michelle moved her hands too close to me, then we touched."
Video footage of the meeting suggested otherwise, however, showing Mr Sembiring reaching out to shake Michelle's hand like the other dignitaries.
The Obamas much-anticipated visit to the Istiqlal Mosque in central Jakarta was one of the last stops on Mr Obama's twice-postponed visit to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
Grand Imam Haji Mustafa Ali Yaqub showed the Obamas around the massive domed structure, which was still being built when a young Mr Obama lived in the nearby suburb of Menteng as a child in the late 1960s.
He explained its history and architecture – it was designed by a Christian – and impressed Mr Obama with the story of how the caretakers donate the mosque's parking lot to the neighbouring Catholic cathedral on Christmas Day.
"That's an example of the kind of co-operation" between religions in Jakarta, Mr Obama told the following White House press pack, in keeping with his desire to uphold Indonesia as a model of religious tolerance.
Mrs Obama wore a silky flowing chartreuse pantsuit and beige head-covering adorned with gold beads and a black fringe. She also wore thin lace socks, having removed her shoes to enter the mosque.
The First Lady had become the unwitting focus of a raging online debate on Tuesday about religious tolerance and women's rights in the country of 240 million people, 80 per cent of whom are Muslims.
On Tuesday night, while Mr Obama held talks with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the first lady was treated to a demonstration of the dying process involved in traditional Indonesian batik fashion.
Imam Yaqub told AFP that during their talk at the mosque, Mr Obama – who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 – had asked for his help in "bringing peace to the world".
"I said to Obama 'You play an important role in bringing peace to the world' and he said 'Insya Allah' (God willing) ... that's an important role but I can't do it alone'," the imam said.
In a keynote speech to thousands of boisterous students at the national university, Mr Obama said the mosque was a symbol of Indonesia's "inspiring" message of inclusiveness.
"Earlier today, I visited the Istiqlal mosque – a place of worship that was still under construction when I lived in Jakarta," he said.
"Istiqlal means independence, and its construction was in part a testament to the nation's struggle for freedom. Moreover, this house of worship for many thousands of Muslims was designed by a Christian architect.
"Islam flourishes, but so do other faiths. Development is strengthened by an emerging democracy. Ancient traditions endure, even as a rising power is on the move."
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Good Cambodia and Vietnam maps
My husband and I are about to spend 6 months cycling through S.E. Asia. We have good road maps for Thailand and Laos but not yet for Cambodia and Vietnam. Anyone know of a good road map/s for these two countries?
We would like to stay off the highways as much as possible so the more detailed the better.
We are in Melbourne at the moment so we would need to buy them here or be able to buy them online.
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I'm not a cyclist so can not help you directly.
Just that in Cambodia there isn't much choice in roads. The only decent roads are the main roads. Luckily for you they are not that busy and most times quite scenic. A normal roadmap of Cambodia should do it. Secondary roads are of a really bad quality, especially in rainy season. All cyclists I see and speak to here stick to the main roads and only wander off in places where they stay for a few days.
For Vietnam I can however recommend the sideroads. Alas, I have no knowledge on how to get a decent map.
Have a good trip
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Just came across this link to Cambodian Govt site with very detailed online maps of Cambodia.Perhaps you could print them out.
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There are four classes of readers. The first is like the hour-glass; and their readings being on the sated, it runs in and runs out and leaves no vestige behind. A second is like a sponge, which imbibes everything, and returns it in the same state, only a little dirtier. A third is like a jelly bag, allowing all that is pure to pass away, and retaining only the refuse and dregs. The fourth is like the slaves in the diamond mines of Golconda, who, casting aside all that is worthless, obtain only pure gems.
One's reading is, usually, a fair index of his character. Observe, in almost any house you visit, the books which lie customarily on the center-table; or note what are taken by preference from the public or circulating library; and you may judge, in no small degree, not only the intellectual tastes and the general intelligence of the family, but also—and what is of far deeper moment—you may pronounce on the moral attainments and the spiritual advancement of most of the household. "A man is known," it is said, "by the company he keeps." It is equally true that a man's character may be, to a great extent, ascertained by knowing what books he reads.
The temptation to corrupt reading is usually strong est at the period when the education of the school-room is about closing. The test of the final utility, however, is the time when our youth leave these schools. If the mind be now awakened to a manly independence, and start on a course of vigorous self culture, all will be well. But if, on the other hand, it sinks into a state of inaction, indifferent to its own needs, and to all the highest ends and aims of life, then woe to the man. For few, very few, ever rouse them-selves in mid-life to a new intellectual taste, and to an untried application of their time and powers to that culture for which the Creator formed and endowed them.
'To read books which present false pictures of human life is decidedly dangerous, and we would say stand aloof. Life is neither a tragedy nor a farce. Men are not all either knaves or heroes. Women are neither angels nor furies. And yet, if you depended upon much of the literature of the day, you would get the idea that life, instead of being something earnest, some-thing practical, is a fitful and fantastic and extravagant thing. How poorly prepared are that young man and woman for the duties of to-day who spent last night wading through brilliant passages descriptive of magnificent knavery and wickedness. The man will be looking all day long for his heroine in the tin shop, by the forge, in the factory, in the counting-room, and he will not find her, and he will be dissatisfied. A man who gives himself up to the indiscriminate reading of novels will be nerveless, inane, and a nuisance. He will be fit neither for the store, nor the shop, nor the field. A woman who gives herself up to the indiscriminate reading of novels will be unfitted for the duties of wife, mother, sister, daughter. There she is, hair dishevelled, countenance vacant, cheeks pale, hands trembling, bursting into tears at midnight over the fate of some unfortunate lover; in the day-time,. when she ought to be busy, staring by the half hour at nothing; biting her finger nails to the quick. The carpet that was plain before, will be plainer, after through a romance all night long having wandered in tessellated halls of castles. And your industrious companion will be more unattractive than ever, now that you have walked in the romance through parks with plumed princesses, or lounged in the arbor with the polished desperado.
Abstain from all those books which, while they have some good things about them, have also an admixture of evil. You have read books that had the two elements in them—the good and the bad. Which stuck to you? The bad! The heart of most people is like a sleve, which lets the small particles of gold fall through, but keeps the great cinders. Once in a while there is a mind like a loadstone, which, plunged amid steel and brass filings, gathers up the steel and repels the brass. But it is generally just the opposite. If you attempt to plunge through a hedge of burrs to get one blackberry, you will get more burrs than blackberries. You cannot afford to read a bad book, however good you are. You say, "The influence is insignificant." I tell you that the scratch of a pin has sometimes produced the lockjaw. Alas, if through curiosity, as many do, you pry into an evil book, your curiosity is as dangerous as that of the man who should take a torch into a gun-powder mill merely to see whether it really would blow up or not.
Inferior books are to be rejected, in an age and time when we are courted by whole libraries, and when no man's life is long enough to compass even those which are good and great and famous. Why should we bow down at puddles, when we can approach freely to the crystal spring-heads of science and letters? Half the reading of most people is snatched up at random. Many stupefy themselves over the dullness of authors who ought never to have escaped oblivion. The invention of paper and printing—especially the production of both by a new motive power—may be said to have overdone the matter, and made it too easy to be born into the world of authorship. The race would be benefited by some new invention for strangling nine out of ten that sue for publicity. No man can do his friend or child a more real service than to snatch from his hand the book that relaxes and effeminates him, lest he destroy the solids and make his fibre flaccid by the slops and hashes of a catch-penny press. But especially is he a benefactor who instills the principle that no corn position should be deliberately sought, which is not good, beneficial, and above mediocrity.
To those who plead the want of time to read, we would say, be as frugal of your hours as you are of your dollars, and you can create time in the busiest day. Horace Greeley, the editor of a newspaper which has reached an almost incredible circulation, tells us, that when a boy, he would "go reading, to the wood-pile; reading, to the garden; reading, to the neighbors." His father was poor, and needed his services through the day; and it was a mighty struggle with him to get
Horace to bed. "I would take a pine knot," he says, "put it on the back-log, pile my books around me, and lie down and read all through the long winter evenings; silent, motionless, and dead to the world around me, alive only to the world to which I was transported by my book." In this country talent has a fair field to rise by culture from the humblest walks of life, and to attain the highest distinction of which it is capable. "Why," inquired a bystander of a certain carpenter, who was bestowing great labor in planing and smoothing a seat for the bench in a court-room, "why do you spend so much time on that seat?" "I do it," was the reply, " to make it easy for myself." And he kept his word; for, by industry, perseverance, and self-education, he rose, step by step, until he actually did after-wards sit as judge on that very bench he had planed as a carpenter.
Consider that what we carry to a book is always quite as important as what we receive from it. We may strike the keys of the best instrument, from earliest morn to latest night, but unless there be music in our soul, it can produce no harmony for us. While, to an earnest, inquiring, self-poised mind, "a good book is the plectrum by which our else silent lyres are struck." Master your reading, and let it never master, you. Then it will serve you with an ever-increasing fidelity. Only read books aright, and they' will charge your mind with the true electric fire. Take them up as among your best friends; and every volume you peruse will join the great company of joyous servitors who will wait around your immortal intellect. Then, too, your daily character will bear the signatures of the great minds you commune with in secret. And, as the years pass on, you will walk in the light of an ever-enlarging multitude of well-chosen, silent, but never-erring guides.
To read with profit, the books must be of a kind calculated to inform the mind, correct the head, and better the heart. These books should be read with attention, understood, remembered, and their precepts put in practice. It depends less on number than quality. One good book, well understood and remembered, is of more use than to have a superficial knowledge of fifty, equally sound. Books of the right character pro-duce reflection, and induce investigation. They are a mirror of mind, for mind to look in. Of all the books ever written, no one contains so instructive, so sublime, and so great a variety, as the Bible. Resolve to read three chapters each day, for one year, and you will find realities there, more wonderful than any pictures of fiction, that have been drawn by the finest pencillings of the master hand of the most practiced novel writer, who has shone in the dazzling galaxy of ancient or modern literature.
The advice in regard to reading only the best selected works, leads me to say, read slowly. We some-times rush over pages of valuable matter, because, at a glance, they seem to be dull; and we leap along to see how the story, if it be a story, is to end. We do every thing in this age in a hurry; we demand not only "fast" horses, but fast writers, fast preachers, and fast lecturers. Said a noted seaman's preacher in one of our large cities, "I work in a hurry, I sleep in a hurry, and, if I ever die, I expect to die in a hurry." This is the history of much of the present reading.
No one can too highly appreciate the magic power of the press, or too deeply depricate its abuses. News-papers have become the great highway of that intelligence which exerts a controlling power over our nation, catering the very-day food of the mind. Show us an intelligent family of boys and girls, and we will show you a family whére newspapers and periodicals are plenty. .Nobody who has been without these private tutors can know their educating power for good or evil. Have you ever thought of the innumerable topics of discussion which they suggest at the breakfast table; the important public measures with which, thus early our children become acquainted ; great philanthropic questions of the day, to which, unconsciously, their attention is awakened, and the general spirit of intelligence which is evoked by these quiet visitors ? Anything that makes home pleasant, cheerful and chatty, thins the haunts of vice and the thousand and one avenues of temptation, should certainly be regarded, when we consider its influence on the minds of the young, as a great social and moral light.
A child beginning to read becomes delighted with a newspaper, because he reads of names and things which are familiar, and he will progress accordingly. A newspaper in one year is worth a quarter's schooling to a child. Every father must consider that information is connected with advancement. The mother of a family, being one of its heads, and having a more immediate charge of children, should herself be instructed. A mind occupied becomes fortified against the, ills of life, and is braced for emergency. Children amused by reading or study are of course more considerate and easily governed.
How many thoughtless young men have spent their earnings in a tavern or grog shop who ought to have been reading! How many parents who have not spent twenty dollars for books for their families, would have given thousands to reclaim a son or daughter who had ignorantly or thoughtlessly fallen into temptation.
Take away the press, and the vast educating power of the school and the college would soon come to an end. Or, look one moment at the immense influence a single writer has had upon an age, or upon the world—Shakespeare in creating the drama, or Bacon and Des-cartes in founding different systems of philosophy. Who may estimate the influence of Charles Dickens upon society, when by the magic of his pen he touched the under world of poverty' and want and sin, over which the rich and the gay glided on, not knowing or thinking what was beneath their feet, and marched all this ghastly array of ragged and hungry children and sorrowful women and discouraged men, and the famished forms from the poor-house, and the ugly visage of the criminal, into the parlors of wealth and culture, and there had them tell the story of their woes and their suffering? Or who can tell the influence of a McDonald, or a Beecher, or an Eggleston in entering the wide realm of romance and compelling it to serve truth, humanity and religion? Or who knows the influence of Thomas Payne and Jefferson in strengthening the cause of liberty in our struggle for national independence ? Take one single writer of our own land—Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. The single tale of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," stirred the heart of this vast nation to its profoundest depths. At the simple moving of her pen millions of swords and bayonets gleamed and flashed in the air, and vast armies met in deadly array and fought face to face, till liberty, re-baptized in blood, was given to man as man. This vast world moves along the lines of thought and sentiment and principle, and the press gives to these wings to fly and tongues to speak.


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A Christmas Carol
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A Christmas Carol
A Cherokee County tradition since 2002! Ebeneezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas with the help of four ghostly Spirits in this vivid adaptation by G. Lora Grooms with original music and your favorite carols.
FREE performance as a thank you to the community on Saturday December 14th at 2pm.
Additional shows December 20, 21 & 23 at 7:30pm and December 24 at 2pm.
$12 for Adults, $11 for Seniors/Students and $10 for Children 3-12 in advance online. Includes sales tax. ($15, 13, 12 at the door)
Bring a can of chunky soup, stew, chili or peanut butter to donate to Papa's Pantry and receive a free beverage at intermission.
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'Brothers & Sisters': Great expectations
Last night, Kitty Walker reiterated the essence of "Brothers & Sisters": Sometimes greatness comes out of complicated things. Since the Walkers make a spectator sport out of "complicated things" on a weekly basis, it wasn't so much a revelation but an act of self-awareness. Kitty makes the point to encourage Nora after another debacle, and I couldn't help but feel that the show attempted to make the same point to the audience. Stick with it, it seemed to say, great stuff will come out of these convoluted, repetitive plot lines!
In this episode, Nora enlists the family to renovate the mansion she intends to use as her center for cancer patients. The whole idea is a bit ridiculous, but in these tough economic times, why not have family members pull the carpets and knock walls down instead of hiring professionals? Obviously Nora has been watching way too much HGTV. Her "This is my Ojai Foods" bit was endearing though, and in the end, I hoped Ty Pennington would pop up to give the house an extreme home makeover. It'll be the Walkers' chance to build another family legacy since the first has gradually slipped out of their control.
A Tommy-Holly showdown is likely coming soon now that Holly has strategically installed an inexperienced Rebecca as an executive at Walker Landing without Tommy's knowledge. Saul and Tommy's meeting was a scene right out of a mobster movie -- I'm looking forward to how they plan to take Holly down. Holly has been willing to deceive and manipulate her own spawn, so there's surely no underestimating her defense tactics.
Meanwhile, Sarah's quest to find funding for Greenotopia leads her down familiar pastures in the form of a Steven Weber return. While Sarah and Graham Finch do have chemistry, it's another story retread. He was bound to come back at some point, but would it kill the writers to give Sarah a new love interest, especially one that sticks around and injects spice back into her life? As funny as it is to watch her manage two twentysomethings, it might be even better to see her seducing one (but please not either of the Greenotopia boys).
It also looks as though Kitty and Robert are getting their adopted baby, but not without us getting a glimpse into Robert's doubts about the whole thing. He's expressed disinterest in having more children before, and he's clearly on board because Kitty wants it so bad. It's a deeply complicated story that could really challenge Calista Flockhart's Emmy-nominated acting chops--but only if the show's writing will follow suit.
Will this baby be good or bad for Kitty and Robert? What do Tommy and Saul have under their sleeves? Should Sarah get a boy toy? Share your thoughts!
-- Enid Portuguez
(Photo courtesy ABC)


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