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Rajarshi Gupta: Has Chris Gayle been able to live up to the legacy of Clive Lloyd and Vivian Richard?
Daren Ganga: No way, maan. Gayle has been extremely selfish with team selection. Since he is from Jamaica, he picks up all his players from Jamaica.
That has been the problem with West Indies cricket. We have a lot of nepotism and favouritism in the game and consequently progress has been hampered. What cricket in the Caribbean needs now is a strong leader, who can instil more passion in the boys.
Gayle maybe a very good player and the records speak for him but I think he has failed as a leader. His man management skills have been poor and the team has suffered badly.
The skipper has not really done enough to motivate our bunch.
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Miscarriage mums left waiting for their scans.
ALMOST half of women who miscarry have to wait 24 hours or more for a scan, and this lack of "human kindness" needs to be addressed, a survey has found.
Parenting website Mumsnet has published statistics that, it says, show the treatment and support women receive fails to meet their needs or measure up to official national guidelines.
The survey of 1,065 women who had miscarried found that 46% of them had to wait more than 24 hours for a scan to determine whether their baby was still alive, with 18% waiting longer than three days.
It found 47% of the women were treated alongside women with ongoing pregnancies, and 58% of women wanted counselling, but only 12% were offered it.
A Mumsnet user said: "I had to wait six months to get counselling and lost six months of my life, as I was not coping with the loss."
Mumsnet also found that 56% of the women surveyed wanted further medical care but only 26% were offered it.
Only 23% spoke of their experience to friends, and only 13% told wider family.
In 2012, NICE guidance on the management of miscarriage stated that miscarrying at home would be the default clinical response for women undergoing miscarriage before the 13th week of pregnancy, but today's results show this policy is leaving women without the support they need, Mumsnet said.
Of women who miscarried at home following a scan, 15% felt they had the right support, information and pain relief to manage.
A website user said: "I was told, over the phone, to 'just sit on the toilet and hopefully it will all come out'."
Meanwhile, 11 people were asked to store their foetus at home prior to further tests on the embryo, the survey found.
Mumsnet users have developed a five-point Miscarriage Code of Care, which calls for straightforward improvements in the treatment parents receive.
They are calling for supportive staff, access to scanning, safe and appropriate places for treatment, good information and effective treatment, and joined-up care.
Justine Roberts, Mumsnet founder, said: "There's no escaping the pain of a miscarriage, but for this to be compounded by lack of treatment, pain relief, good care or just plain human kindness is completely unacceptable.
"We are calling on the three main parties to include a pledge in their manifestos to improve miscarriage care, based on the principles in our code."
Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, said: "The Royal College of Midwives welcomes and supports the Mumsnet code of care, which aims to improve care for women at a very difficult time.
"Midwives and other health professionals have an important role to play in supporting women and families through the physical and psychological impact of miscarriage.
"Kind, compassionate and empathetic communication around care and treatment is an essential step to support families.
"It is particularly important that there is effective communication between the hospital, GP and midwife to provide ongoing support or advice."
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I just read a post on FB written by the friend of a friend. He's a 21-year old guy. I'm a 44-year old woman, just to give it some perspective. His is a bible-thumper (I'm not friends with him on FB, he just posted on a friend of mines wall, but I know him and his family through mutual friends). He said if a woman doesn't want to get pregnant, she shouldn't have sex. I know I should just let it go, but I let him have it. So the only reason to have sex is to get pregnant? Then he said something about if she gets pregnant she has no right to 'kill the kid'. I mentioned rape and incest and the fact that not everyone believes a fertilized egg is a 'kid' yet, and if he doesn't believe in the right to have an abortion, don't have one, and it's a personal decision,etc. I KNOW I shouldn't have argued with him. But it's 4 a.m., I can't sleep, and now I let myself get pissed-off by someone I know is a fundie. Ugh. lol. I will ignore the post if he posts again. There are too many of them to piss me off. I'd have a coronary if I let them all get to me...
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John - Just ask them where abortion is mentioned in the Bible. Since it is not, they are probably going to revert to 10 commandments, "thou shalt not kill." Then show them all the places where they themselves do not believe this is a commandment - capital punishment, self-defense, war, etc. If they say that these are exceptions, ask them where in the Bible it says that there are exceptions to the commandments. Further, ask them why other actions, such as abortion, could not be exceptions also. Again, point out that abortion is nowhere mentioned in the Bible. Finally, ask them how they know that abortion is "killing a baby." Point out to them (if they are still talking to you by this time) that natural abortions outpace abortions of choice by thousands to one, and that if they believe god directs nature, then god is the great abortionist and the most heinous sinner of them all. Probably this won't change their minds since they have locked their minds in the prisons of their religion, but you might feel better in convincingly demonstrating just how stupid their religion is.
Thank you David for some great suggestions, I'll be trying them out at the first opportunity.
I fear you're correct regarding their passion for dogma, stating obvious contradictions will not penetrate that wall of ignorance that they call "faith".
I work at a venue where apart from rock concerts and the like a large Pentecostal church also hire the place for their activities, having to endure listening to this mind numbing nonsense from these slick Pastors telling the masses to hand over their money I feel like shouting "WAKE UP" you're being conned.
Even Barry Goldwater realized as recently as the early 1980's that the fundies were mad and bad his quote was something like "You can't reason with these people" he knew crazies like Falwell were a danger and would have nothing to do with them.
Goldwater may have been too crazy even for the GOP but he was right on this issue.
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The journalists, columnists, editors, and one blogger (also along for the ride was the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Times editorial page editor Andy Rosenthal, and Cynthia Tucker from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) lunched with Obama, David Axelrod, Anita Dunn, Bill Burton, and Robert Gibbs. It was, of course, off the record, so stop emailing Gail about it already Maureen jeez!
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OAKLAND — Warriors forward David Lee won't play Saturday at Phoenix and will miss a second consecutive game because of injury, coach Mark Jackson said.
Lee will have missed three of four games after attempting to play through a shoulder sprain and hip strain. Asked where he was with the shoulder on 95.7 The Game before missing Thursday's game, Lee said, "With my shoulder, hip and back?"
Other big men not practicing Friday were centers Andrew Bogut (left shoulder inflammation) and Jermaine O'Neal (wrist), with Bogut listed as questionable for the Phoenix game.
O'Neal was sidelined for precautionary reasons after playing in his second game since returning from wrist surgery, according to Jackson, who added he imagined the 18-year veteran was fine. O'Neal collected four points and five rebounds in 26 minutes while starting in place of Bogut in Thursday's win against Chicago.
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Maybe it's because I've been voluntarily unemployed since January 1 [though technically I'm self-employed; and even without that, when opting to temp, when not actually on an assignment you're not technically 'unemployed', you're 'between jobs'], and Kyle's recent visit has definitely played a part, but I'm currently feeling pretty optimistic about the year ahead.
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The Northwest Florida Daily News first reported that Michela Ann Jensen, 28, her father and grandmother were enjoying a birthday cookout at her father's house last Thursday in Niceville, Fla., when Jensen learned that her father had given her dog away while she was in jail.
She then attempted to attack her grandmother with a shoe. Jensen's father reportedly intervened and both sides accused each other of attacking one another.
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On Sunday, Dublin city got a small taste of Hollywood when the Golden Globe winning film 'Lincoln' hosted its European premiere at the Savoy Theater on O'Connell Street.
On hand for the premiere was the film's star Daniel Day-Lewis, who just last week scooped up a Golden Globe for Best Actor in the film. The film's director Steven Spielberg was also at the premiere, and took time to snap a few pictures with the excited Irish fans. Also present was 'Mrs Lincoln' Sally Field.
Read more: Lincoln portrait signed by Steven Spielberg to go under hammer for Irish hospice
Though born in England, actor Daniel Day-Lewis now lives in Wicklow, Ireland, holds dual citizenship, and identifies more closely with Ireland. He has promised to premiere his next film in Ireland in order to help benefit the Wicklow Hospice Foundation.
Other big names who were in attendance at the premiere were Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor, U2 frontman Bono and guitarist The Edge, and Irish president Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina - all of whom were invited as special guests on behalf of Day-Lewis.
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Can Broncos be NFL's No. 1 team without Von MIller?
Oh, boy. The Broncos lost Pro Bowl pass-rusher Elivs Dumervil in a fax machine. Front-office executive Matt Russell allegedly ended a drunken-driving trip by ramming a police vehicle. And now Von Miller, the team's best player, faces the possibility of a four-game suspension. I'm not sure this is what John Elway had in mind when he stated the desire for his team to be a little uncomfortable when entering the 2013 NFL season.
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Jack Nicklaus to Youth: Don't Just Play Golf
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In a story published yesterday at Golf.com, Jack Nicklaus said that specializing in golf at a young age is idiotic.
"To play all the sports is great," Jack was quoted as saying. "I played everything. My dad played everything. Golf to me was just another sport until I was about 19. When I won the National Amateur at 19, I finally said, 'Hmm, I must be a little better than I think I am.'"
Added Nicklaus: "Eventually, if you want to specialize in something, that's fine. But go out and enjoy, and be happy to be able to play other things."
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- Tom Blogical said...
Good advice. The more sports young kids play, the better off they are athletically, as well as from a health perspective. Dabbling in different types of sports helps develop proprioception, or body control in space.
It remains excellent advice, but only for those growing up in Jack's day. If a player is not now totally committed to the game by the time he's six or seven, he's too far behind those who are committed to ever catch up with them. That is the difference. It was a different world then and I think a better world, but it is what it is today.
- Tom Blogical said...
Actually, that's not true. Evidence is mounting that committing a kid to one sport at that age has disastrous consequences. Jack's advice is still true today, and the growing trend happening now is generalization, rather than specialization. (I'm majoring in Sports Management and Exercise Science).
The specialization trend is on the serious decline now due to studies showing specialization leads to more injuries and lots of early burnout. Plus, "specialized" kids tend to act like robots--get them into athletic situations where they have to make a creative play that wasn't in a drill in practice--and they don't react well.
Nobody is saying that kids can't have a favorite sport and play it as much as they want (that's the key). However, it's good for them to get a break from it and play other sports for a more well-rounded athletic background.
Othello Hunter currently plays a lot of minutes for the Ohio State mens basketball team. He didn't start taking basketball seriously until he was a senior in high school. That's just one successful example I can think of right off the top of my head--and there are many more.
- Tom Blogical said...
One thing I forgot to mention--this is a favorite subject of mine, so please forgive me--I'm not saying any kid should wait until they're a senior in high school to specialize. The studies I mentioned earlier are recommending holding off on specialization until after the kids have finished puberty and the epiphyseal growth plates are fully ossified.


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Imagine you are surrounded by towering trees. The sun's rays feel warm across your face, and each breath is filled with the scent of wildflowers. There are no honking horns, no sirens or squealing brakes--only occasional bursts of laughter and the steady, hypnotic chirping of songbirds.
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This year thousands of children with HIV, and often their siblings, parents, or caregivers, will be going to camp. Summer is peak camping season, and the number of camps geared toward families and children affected by HIV/AIDS is on the rise. While the biological, social, and emotional issues of living with HIV/AIDS are important aspects of the experience, most of all these camps offer a myriad of activities and a great escape filled with fresh air, a compassionate, informed staff, and tons of fun!
The Many Benefits of Camp
Everyone needs a respite from the pressure and stress of daily life, and children--especially children affected by HIV/AIDS--are no exception. Camp Heartland, founded for this purpose by Neil Willenson in 1993 and located in Willow River, Minnesota, is in many ways like thousands of other camps for kids. It offers three seven-day sessions in July and other year-round programs. Its West Coast sister, Camp Pacific Heartland in Malibu, California, provides two additional camping sessions in August. Activities at both camps include fishing, swimming, archery, and arts and crafts, among other kid favorites. "What differentiates us is the fact that all of the children are somehow touched by HIV/AIDS," says Willenson. "They're either living with the virus, have a parent or sibling with the virus, or have lost a loved one to the disease."
Camp Heartland, which encompasses eighty acres and serves 7- to 16-year-olds from across the United States, is the "world's largest camping and outreach program of its type." "What's most important," Willenson says, "is that everyone here understands. The first day of camp, we do a skit where we say, 'If you want to scream, "I have AIDS!" you can do it, or if you want to whisper, "I have AIDS," you can do it, or if you don't want to say anything, that's okay too.'" Willenson believes that for many children liberation is important. "For them to know that they are no different from anyone else, that they can be hugged and give hugs and that no one will be afraid of them, is what we strive for," he says.
There is no doubt that camp provides an educational venue for children and teens alike. Bob Lawson of the AIDS Foundation Houston is a Director of both Camp Hope, a week-long residential camp for HIV-positive children ages 7 to 17, and Camp H.U.G. (Hope, Understanding and Giving), a weekend family camp for positive children and their siblings and caregivers. "With the teenagers," Lawson says, "we do a series called Teen Talk where there are discussions about being HIV-positive, dating, and sexuality. Teens can ask questions and get an informed response."
The camps, located near Brenham, Texas, are collaborative efforts among AIDS Foundation Houston, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children's Hospital, all in Houston, Texas. "Camp Hope definitely has a medical goal," says Lawson. "It enables the kids to learn more about their meds and how to take care of themselves." To ensure that adherence goals are met, post-evaluations are performed by Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.
Another benefit of camp is the opportunity for children to make new friends and socialize with other kids. Theresa Aldape, a staff member at Camp Hope and a social worker at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, says, "Prior to camp, many of the kids don't know each other. Camp offers them a network of children who are dealing with the exact same issues, such as meds, symptoms, and side effects." She adds that after camp is over, many of the children, who reside in Florida and throughout Texas, strengthen their friendships via e-mail and letter writing. This lasting benefit is especially important because, far too often, HIV can be a devastatingly isolating illness.
Family camp, a twist on residential children's camp, allows caregivers and parents the opportunity for a reprieve. "Everything from doctors' visits to cooking to shopping is taken care of by the volunteers," says Kathleen Donnelly, Director of the Birch Family Camp. The campsite, only 75 minutes from Manhattan in Putnam Valley, New York, offers a comfortably rustic environment with a lake and cabins. Birch is one of the programs offered by Herbert G. Birch Services and is staffed by 250 to 300 volunteers from the United States, Canada, and Europe.
The Birch Family Camp is unique in its approach of embracing entire families. "Theoretically, we could have a baby who is 2 months old with a custodial grandmother who is 77," says Donnelly. In August of this year, the Birch Family Camp will offer two one-week sessions, which will accommodate approximately 65 families from the New York City area, all of which have at least one member who is HIV-positive.
Pat Dozer, Director and Co-Founder of Sue Kuhlen's Camp for Kids near Columbia, South Carolina, has also made it a mission to assist caregivers and parents affected by HIV. "One of our goals is to give them some peace and quiet at home and a break from giving meds," she says. "Many of our caregivers are grandmothers who have paid their dues to society and should be in a position to sit back and relax. Instead, because of very sad circumstances, they're dealing with young children, homework, and not enough money to buy proper clothing or food."
Dozer co-founded the Camp for Kids in 1995 after losing her beloved son Dennis to AIDS. Before his death, Dennis challenged his parents "to make their time without him full of awareness and education, for both themselves and the community." That is exactly what Dozer has set out to do. The Camp for Kids is not a traditional week-long camp, but meets for one event a month, sometimes a day-long activity and sometimes an outing that lasts an entire weekend.
"We take the children to a different location every month," Dozer says. For example, Dozer and Camp for Kids volunteers supervised 87 children during a fun-filled weekend in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, over the Christmas holidays. "We saw the Rockettes, and in the afternoon we went to the Aquarium," she says. "That night we went to a seafood buffet." The following day, a local bar owner sponsored an outdoor barbecue where all of the children received special stockings. "It was just awesome," Dozer recalls.
One of many goals at Camp Heartland is to give all of its children "a break from the discrimination and hurt" of AIDS. "They can't have a vacation from AIDS itself, or from the meds," Willenson says, "but we hope to give them relief from some of the pain associated with this illness." The same holds true at the Birch Family Camp, where love, acceptance, and connection with others set an admirable standard for the new millennium. "The networking between the families," Donnelly says, " is absolutely wonderful."
Medical Facilities and Professional Staff
Most residential camps concerned with HIV/AIDS issues have medical staff available 24 hours a day. Camp Hope, for example, has a complete medical facility with doctors, nurses, and an emergency room. This enables adherence to the various medical regimens each child must follow. Aldape of Camp Hope says, "We can set up anything these children need at camp, including breathing treatments, IVs, around-the-clock meds if necessary." The Birch Family Camp also has an on-site infirmary, as does Camp Heartland.
Since the Camp for Kids in South Carolina has no designated campsite, there is no infirmary, although Dozer emphasizes that there is a medical professional on duty at all times, and complete medical records are maintained. "We have only had one medical situation," she says. "A child cut her lip on the swimming pool, and the nurse thought she might need a stitch." Dozer immediately notified one of the doctors on the camp advisory board, who advised her to take the girl to the emergency room. As it turned out, the child did not need a stitch, but one of her ears was infected. "The emergency room doctor wrote out a prescription. We handled the cost, and that was all."
Camp Volunteers and Confidentiality
It is worth mentioning that camp volunteers must adhere to a professional code of conduct and spend hours and hours training for their volunteer positions. Jason Brollier is a bright and compassionate high school student and camp counselor at Camp Hope and Camp H.U.G in Texas. Last summer, Brollier supervised children who were in the 8- to 9-year-old age range, all of them HIV-positive. To become a volunteer with AIDS Foundation Houston, he attended an initial eight-hour session that included classes entitled "Intro to HIV" and "AIDS 101." "I had so many different classes with different teachers," Brollier recalls. "When I signed on as a camp counselor, it was another full day of class where psychiatrists from Texas Children's Hospital taught us new things about dealing with the kids." The quest for knowledge does not end with orientation, though. When camp is in session, Brollier and the other counselors meet daily to stay apprised about any unexpected condition that may arise.
When asked what qualities are important in a counselor working with children who are HIV-positive, Brollier quickly responds. "Patience." he says. "The counselor has to get into the child's shoes and understand." In Brollier's cabin, one of the boys--not surprisingly--never wanted to take his meds. "He was taking ten pills a day, and half of them made him feel awful," Brollier says. "I wouldn't want to take them if I were a 9-year-old kid either." Fortunately, though, there was a meeting of the minds. Following a mix of understanding, patience, and compassion, Brollier successfully convinced the child that taking his medicine was in his best interest, and they were off to the "meds room."
For protective reasons, most camps mandate a lengthy lesson on confidentiality in the orientation for new volunteers. At Camp for Kids, Dozer requires that each volunteer sign an oath that forbids revealing the names or any identifying information about a child or family associated with the camp. "That pledge involves no picture-taking," Dozer says. All of the camps recognize the issue as one of utmost importance. Donnelly, of the Birch Family Camp, says, "We have a very closed environment here. We don't accept a lot of visitors, so people feel extremely comfortable." Lawson of Camp Hope stresses that even the soda truck drivers are not permitted on camp premises without first signing a pledge of silence.
Camp Hope: A Typical Day
"A typical day is not so typical," camp counselor Brollier says, referring both to the complex regimen children with HIV face and to the rainbow of activities Camp Hope offers. Each day before breakfast, Brollier accompanies campers to the meds room, where doctors and nurses are in charge of dispensing. Then it is on to breakfast. "One of the children in my cabin always got sick to his stomach after the meds and breakfast, so I would take him to the bathroom, then make sure he brushed his teeth. After that, we would catch up with the other kids," Brollier says. Next it is time for the first activity of the day, such as archery, creative writing, or swimming. Afterwards, everyone takes time out for Canteen, another name for water break.
A second activity, such as arts and crafts, cooking class, or horseback riding is then chosen; during these morning hours the activity is the children's choice. Later it is cabin time, when all of the kids return to their respective cabins and play cards or color or just hang out before their next trip to the meds room. Then lunch is served in the dining room. "None of my kids got sick after lunch," Brollier observes.
In the afternoon, there are two more activities and a break. "These activities are group focused, with an emphasis on team-building and socialization," says Director Lawson. These group activities include team sports such as baseball, basketball, kickball, and soccer. Canoeing is another option at Camp Hope, as is something called "ropes challenge," which involves pulleys, ropes, and climbing walls of various heights in keeping with each child's physical ability.
As evening sets in, it is time for dinner, then on to yet another activity. "One night we had a dance, one night a carnival, or maybe a movie," Brollier says. Before retreating to the cabin, there is another round of meds, followed by more cabin time. At last it is time to drift to sleep to the gentle chirping of crickets.
Fresh air and new friends are wonderful ways to boost the spirit. Camp is a great way to experience both. Maybe it's time for you or someone you know to become a happy camper!
|Cost and Contact Information
All of the camps mentioned in this article are free of charge. In most cases, transportation is provided by the camp. For information regarding the application process:
Camp Heartland and Camp Pacific Heartland: Augie Acevedo, 1845 North Farwell Avenue, Suite 310, Milwaukee, WI 53202; (800) 724-4673; pre-registration has already begun for Summer 2000.
Camp Hope and Camp H.U.G: AIDS Foundation Houston, 3202 Weslayan Annex, Houston, TX 77027; (713) 623-6796.
The Birch Family Camp: Kathleen Donnelly, Herbert G. Birch Services, 275 Seventh Avenue, Nineteenth Floor, New York, NY 10001; (212) 741-6522, ext. 208.
Sue Kuhlen's Camp for Kids: Pat Dozer, P.O. Box 1374, Lexington, SC 29072; (803) 957-7814; firstname.lastname@example.com.
For information about other camps, visit the American Camping Association's website, www.acacamps.org.
Bliss Foster is an attorney and freelance writer who lives in Texas. This is her second contribution to Body Positive.


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Friday, 23 July 2010
My excuse
During my first pregnancy, I went 6 months before I had problems with my SI joint. This time I went 6 weeks. The positive side of this is maybe it will be a low-grade injury the whole pregnancy, never completely keeping me from running, but preventing me from running really fast or really far. Er, I guess you could look at it as positive.
But the biggest reason I'm writing this is so I have an excuse, for not running as fast as last year or for dropping out if it gets to the point I can't walk. I have this big fear that the wonderful supporters on this blog will say to themselves "she was the one who DNF'd in an ultra because she was pregnant". The sad thing is, if it weren't for this stupid hip, I might actually be capable of beating my time from last year.
I feel better now that I have pre-rationalized my poor performance tomorrow. Thanks.
10 comments:
- olga said...
Fine with me:)
- 23 July 2010 at 12:58
- Danni said...
Sit it out entirely if it hurts. Why aggravate it? Really though, it's run and it's supposed to be fun. You're the only one who cares about your performance really :-)
- 23 July 2010 at 14:08
the power lines say... bring it on! if you do decide to run, have a great day on the trails!___mark
- 23 July 2010 at 15:47
- Marathon Princess said...
Listen to your body and don't feel like you need an excuse. Just go out there and enjoy the run, when it gets too tough or painful then stop :)
- 23 July 2010 at 17:39
- SteveQ said...
"I can't run, I have a hangnail." My excuse, and I'm sticking to it! I may not make it to Carlton after all, but look forward to seeing you later in the week.
- 23 July 2010 at 18:37
- cherelli said...
I'm with the others - go out, enjoy yourself as much as possible - even if means smelling the roses while walking; WHATEVER you are OUT there giving it a go. Also, maybe this Si joint thing could be a blessing in disguise for improving your swim/bike combo :)
- 23 July 2010 at 20:20
I am just now learning how to be internally, rather than externally, driven. If you could learn it and live it now, you'll be saving yourself from years of angst.
- 23 July 2010 at 21:56
- 24 July 2010 at 10:50
- Kirsten said...
I'm so so sorry that you might have to cut down on your performance. Because I know whta it means to you. But hey, you are going to have one great thing comming out of this: A beatuiful baby!
You know, I don't get a wonderful baby just because I'm injured - but you do!!
Mind you, I have three bigger brats that cheer on me - and that's what your baby is going to do if you take it easy and "chill out" a bit while you are preggers!
- 24 July 2010 at 23:10
- SteveQ said...
Sea Legs Girl finished in about 10 1/2 hours. I found a photo of her at the turn-around, but didn't see her husband/pacer.
- 26 July 2010 at 17:57


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CANASTOTA -- Canastota won its annual Dick New Memorial Wrestling Tournament Saturday, crowning four champions out of five finalists.
Oddly, defending state champion Zack Zupan wasn't one of the winners.
The Raiders' top wrestler lost by injury default to Holland patent's Taylor Short at 182 pounds, but by that time the hosts had amassed three crowns and wrapped up the title ahead of perennial state power Phoenix.
Canastota won with 238 points followed by Phoenix (214), Jamesville-DeWitt/CBA (182), Section II's Schalmont (178) and Section X's Gouverneur (162) in the field of 17 teams.
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Great leg rides in the third period helped him hold on for the win that padded the team's lead.
Russ - eventually named one of the tourney MOWs - had three pins in the first period to set up his showdown with HP's Alex Herringshaw, a state-tourney veteran. Russ countered a throw on the line for the first takedown then gave up a questionable penalty point before the first period ended.
The Canastota senior chose bottom for the second period and it almost backfired on him as Herringshaw almost turned him at the end of the period and worked arm bars that wore on Russ' shoulder. The HP standout then reversed Russ early in the third period for a 3-2 lead before being warned for stalling with 1:10 to go then penalized for a false start seconds later.
That made it 3-3 before Herringshaw had a great counter to Russ' reversal attempt and it led to two back points.
The 5-3 lead was short-lived.
Russ got a fresh start when they went out of bounds with 40 seconds to go. Eight seconds later a superb reversal led to an even better pinning hold that ended the match with a pin for the Canastota senior.
"I went with something different," Russ said of his choice of moves after the last fresh start of the match. "And I hit it.
"I feel like I've been getting stronger as the season's goes on."
Puchales certainly did as the tourney wore on. He pinned his first foe in 51 seconds then had pins in 3:17 and 3:57 to reach the finals against Phoenix's William Hilliard. The Canastota senior earned a quick takedown and back points twice in the first period, added more back points in the second then pinned Hilliard just 22 seconds in the third period.
Zupan's match followed and in typical fashion the senior took his foe down quickly then let him up to take him down twice more before the first period ended. Zupan also had three back points in the first two minutes for a 9-2 lead and he escaped quickly in the second. Moments later it was all over as Zupan was called for an illegal slam on a takedown and was penalized. When Short was unable to continue after injury time was exhausted, he was awarded the match.
It was the second time in as many tournaments that the state champ lost a match he was leading handily.
Morris closed out Canastota's championship with a 3-2 win in four overtimes against Oneida's Tyler Havener at 285. Regulation and overtime saw scoreless first periods followed by the wrestlers trading escapes in the second and third. By criteria, Morris had choice of position for the sudden victory fourth OT session and chose down. Five seconds later he escaped to earn his title.
Oneida's Matt Fisher was the only other Dispatch-area wrestler to make the finals and he dropped a 4-1 decision in a battle of unbeatens. Schalmont's Nick Gallo used a takedown with 41 seconds left in the first period to take control then countered a cradle attempt by Fisher in the second for a reversal with 25 seconds to go for a 4-0 lead.
Fisher earned an escape early in the third period but Gallo - the other tourney MOW - was too tough to take down and the Oneida senior settled for his first loss of the year.
2013 Dick New Memorial Wrestling Tournament
Canastota 238, Phoenix 214, J-D/CBA 182, Schalmont 178, HP 164, Gouverneur 162, Homer 159, F-M 101, Chittenango 94, West Genesee 86, Cato-Meridian 61, Oneida 61, Walton 59, Corning 56, ES-M 55, Fabius-Pompey 23, Poland 23.
99: Isaac Cline (Hom) d. Alex Lambert (Sch) 4-0
106: Jimmy Overhiser (Corning) p. Collin Baker (Hom) 5:35
113: Dillon Stowell (Gouv) md. Hunter Richard (HP) 11-0
120: Nate Walker (Can) d. Brad Dietz (Ph) 5-2
126: Connor Russ (Can) p. Alex Herringshaw (HP) 5:32
132: Conner Grome (WG) d. Zach Ayen (Gouv) 8-4
138: Nick Tighe (Ph) p. Matt Norris (Hom) 2:49
145: Nate Dietz (Ph) d. J.T. Romagnoli (J-D/CBA) 7-3
152: Anthony Paturso (Sch) d. Nick Petrie (Hom) 7-6
160: Nick Gallo (Sch) d. Matt Fisher (Oneida) 4-1
170: Jesse Puchales (Can) p. William Hilliard (Ph) 4:22
182: Taylor Short (HP) inj. def. Zack Zupan (Can) 2:54
195: Ben Honis (J-D/CBA) p. Hunter Ayen (Gouv) 3:38
220: Josh Langley (HP) p. Dave Kiernan (Hom) :48
285: Jacob Morris (Can) d. Tyler Havener (Oneida) 3-2 4OT
MOWs: Russ (99-145), Gallo (152-285).


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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara suffered a tough 5-2 loss on Friday evening as they fell to No. 1 ranked Oklahoma in the kickoff game of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic.
Freshman Shelby Wisdom battled through all seven innings on the rubber for the Gauchos, surrendering five earned runs on 10 hits and three walks. She faced a fierce-hitting Sooner team who got on top quickly, as sophomore Lauren Chamberlain started the game with her second leadoff home run of the season.
Junior Brittany Williams led the Sooners' offense going 3-for-3 with two RBI's, keeping the away team out front with singles in the third and fifth innings.
The Gauchos' offense was ignited in the bottom of the third when junior McKenzie Kane singled to third and was advanced to second after senior Jessica Soria was hit by a pitch. Wisdom followed with a two-run double to give UC Santa Barbara its only runs for the night.
Down 5-2, an underdog Gauchos squad battled in the bottom of the fifth to load the bases on two walks and a single by Soria. However, relief pitcher Keilani Ricketts came in for Oklahoma starter Michelle Gascoigne and retired the side by forcing Wisdom to fly out to left. Ricketts would eventually go on to record her first save for the Sooners after 2.1 hitless innings.
Gascoigne got the win to move to 7-0 on the season, striking out 11 batters and allowing two earned runs on four hits. She out-dueled Wisdom in the circle, who moves to 6-3 on the season after taking the loss.
The Gauchos take on BYU and Tennessee in a doubleheader for tomorrow's second day of tournament action.


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Hot and Bothered: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire
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Arsenal Pulp Press, 1998 - Fiction - 222 pages
Hot & Bothered, together with Quickies, are hot his-and-her follow-ups to the highly successful Queer View Mirror 1 and 2 books of queer "short short" fiction. Hot & Bothered includes work by 69 women from the US, Canada and elsewhere-stories about danger, romance, humor, and of course, hot sex. From a woman in love with Marge Simpson (asking the question, "Are your nipples blue, too?") to a sex-obsessed dyke trying to do her grocery shopping, to a woman wearing tit clamps trying to go through airport security, the stories in Hot & Bothered will get you there in 1,000 words or less.
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I am more than halfway to my goal of $500 for Locks of Love and I made the appointment to cut my hair! I am so excited. I was going to wait until the very end of the month, but after talking about doing it, I'm ready to do it and make the cut.
I would truly appreciate if you could make a small donation towards my goal. It truly means so much to me.
On the running front, I've started really training. That means I've brought back CLAUDE, the Garmin! I haven't run with a Garmin since June. I usually would just map out a run on map my run and not care about my pace, but now that I'm looking to start going much longer distances, I know it's time to start being much more on target with my mileage. With Claude I run much faster and check where I'm at much more often. I know this weekend my 8 miler will go much smoother with him and I can track where I am at during the run much easier as well.
Yesterday I went for a 4 miler and all my miles were under 9 minute pace, which hasn't happened in a long time. Like REALLY long time. It hurt to run that fast, but at the same time, it hurt SO good. Tonight I have a 5 miler planned and it will be much slower than the earlier run this week, but I'm feeling much better in my new shoes and some new jams on my headphones.
And Christmas shopping… I'm almost done! I just need to get a few more gifts, which I plan on doing next Wednesday at the Grove with a friend. I cannot wait until Christmas! The cold weather and almost being on Christmas vacation aka lots of time to work out, is so exciting!
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kcperdew necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 120 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
TargetClose has built an intelligent predictive platform that enables us to deliver customers to our business clients. We can target and deliver CUSTOMERS, not leads, to business clients in multiple sectors. We take millions and millions of data points and extensive information and can use that information to make real-time determinations about WHAT and WHEN and FOR HOW MUCH a consumer is going to purchase.
We are TARGETING large companies that are spending a lot of money buying leads via SEM, Affiliates, etc... Our clients are looking for their customers and come from the following sectors: Education, Elective Medical Procedures, Credit Products, Pharma, Finance, Automotive, etc... However, the sectors where we are targeting our clients should not be incorporated into the design.
Our clients pay a lot of money to get leads that may be stale, irrelevant, redundant, already used, or even fraudulent. Therefore, they are very interested in finding their TARGET customer and CLOSING them quickly.
Hence our name, TargetClose.
We sell to businesses. We are not a business that sells straight to consumers.
We would like the logo to show strength, be relatively simple, trustworthy and not include too many colors. We would like it to include the typeface and some type of integrated icon/symbol as well, not just the typeface.
Nothing with cartoons as is this is a real business-to-business product. Also, more masculine/stronger colors are preferred.
We need to be able to use the logo (and colors) on the web as well as our business cards. The color(s) should be able to used throughout our site/branding.
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Cseib necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Birds of a Feather
Our company is Brightidea and we sponsor a conference/workshop called Birds of a Feather.
Brightidea is the global leader in on-demand innovation management software. Over 300 businesses around the world use its Software-as-a-Service solutions to transform their employee, partner and customer ideas into a reality. Brightidea offers a complete and integrated set of Web 2.0 and social networking applications designed to turn corporate innovation into a manageable, repeatable process. The company's software, particularly its current WebStorm 6.0 technology, has been successfully deployed at: Adobe, Hewlett-Packard, Bosch, Cisco, Harley-Davidson, Experian, British Telecom, Bristol-Myers Squibb, among others.
Birds of a Feather is an exclusive, hands on Innovation Leader user workshop that takes place all over the world to discuss innovation best practices with peers and learn from acknowledged thought leaders.
About Birds of a Feather:
BOF is not a sales event. It is a decidedly peer-to-peer conversation. In an environment where the perspectives of anyone who shares these core values are welcome. We gather as intellectually curious observers. Guided by the framework of science and experimentation; but not to the exclusion of hunches, impressions and intuition. Our focus is not self-interest, personal or corporate agendas, but explicitly "progress in the field of innovation.
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We are looking for an updated, innovative logo for Birds of a Feather to be suitable for our website and also be practical for advertising, posters, cards, give aways, etc.
• Must be iconic
• Would like to see a linage from the original logo. example: can be the same color
• The conception must be innovative (see image of business card)
• The logo must be sophisticated and modern
Attached are several pictures for your reference:
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Musician Tim McGraw shared a video on social media of a cancer-stricken teacher being serenaded by much of his school's student body that has been viewed over 19 million times.
"A friend sent this to me today," McGraw wrote. "Ben Ellis is a Nashville area high school teacher battling cancer. The entire student body (400+ students plus HS faculty) drove to his house to worship with him. Our thoughts and Prayers are with him and his family..... So precious and kind."
One teacher wrote on Facebook that the school is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and the decision to seek out the teacher was a "spur of the moment decision."
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Bautista, Lawrie lift Blue Jays over Twins 9-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Toronto Blue Jays were getting mowed down by Phil Hughes through the first five innings on a chilly night at Target Field, but the big swingers never panicked.
The Jays have a long history of beating up on the former Yankees right-hander, so they knew it was only a matter of time before they got him in his new home in Minnesota.
Jose Bautista had three hits and an RBI, and Brett Lawrie hit a grand slam in the ninth inning to help the Blue Jays beat the Twins 9-3 on Tuesday night.
Edwin Encarnacion had two hits and an RBI, and Aaron Loup (1-0) won in relief of starter Brandon Morrow, who lasted 3 2-3 innings in 35-degree weather. The Blue Jays led 5-2 going into the ninth before Lawrie's towering drive off Jared Burton put it away.
"I think it just took a little bit of getting used to," said Lawrie, who drove in five runs. "We didn't hit (batting practice) today. We just rolled into town, so we kind of just hit in the cages and rolled right out into the game. So it just took a little bit to adjust once we got in the box. Once we got a few hits, it just started snowballing."
Chris Colabello had three hits and an RBI, and Trevor Plouffe hit a solo home run for the Twins. But Hughes (0-1) watched an impressive start go to waste in Toronto's five-run sixth inning.
"He was cruising before that," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "I thought the ball was coming out of his hand really good. All of a sudden I think it was three or four hits in a row and I don't know what happened. He just couldn't get a ball where he wanted to and they put some really nice swings on the ball."
Hughes gave up four runs and eight hits with seven strikeouts in five-plus innings, snapping Minnesota's three-game winning streak.
Munenori Kawasaki had two hits, including a double, after being called up from Triple-A Buffalo to help replace Maicer Izturis, who is out for the season with torn ligaments in his left knee. Designated hitter Adam Lind, who had a walk, a single and scored a run, left in the seventh inning with tightness in his lower back.
The Blue Jays have historically hit the ball very well at pitcher-friendly Target Field and they were going against one of their favorite pitchers in Hughes, who faced them many times over the years with the New York Yankees. Toronto hit 15 home runs off Hughes in 116 2-3 innings while he was in pinstripes.
Hughes kept the ball in the ballpark and kept the Blue Jays off balance through five. He recorded all seven of his strikeouts and needed just 74 pitches to get to the sixth.
Then it all came apart. Hughes gave up four quick hits to start the inning, including RBI singles by Bautista and Encarnacion to get chased with two on and nobody out. Michael Tonkin gave up a single to load the bases, and a throwing error from catcher Kurt Suzuki later in the inning allowed Dioner Navarro to score for a 5-2 lead.
The big inning helped Toronto overcome a rough start from Morrow, who threw 98 pitches and couldn't get out of the fourth. Morrow gave up two runs and four hits with four walks and four strikeouts.
"We've got a good hitting team," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "I figured that was not going to last very long. Hughes was tough on us early but we had that one big inning where we broke it open."
Bautista played center field because Colby Rasmus needed an extra day to rest his ailing hamstring. It was the slugger's first start there since 2009 and he badly misplayed a sinking liner from Pedro Florimon, letting the ball get behind him for a triple.
Florimon scored on a single by Joe Mauer, who struck out three times, for a 2-0 lead.
NOTES: It was Lawrie's second career grand slam. … Kawasaki was ruled out in the first inning when he laid down a bunt but stepped out of the batter's box with his left foot before making contact with the ball, which is illegal. … Twins assistant GM Ron Antony said OF Oswaldo Arcia, on the disabled list with an injured wrist, received a cortisone injection in hopes of speeding his recovery. … Twins RHP Mike Pelfrey (0-2, 7.84 ERA) pitches Wednesday night against RHP R.A. Dickey (1-2, 5.30).


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Review: The Wellness Syndrome
How are you feeling? How well are you? Is your weight where you want it to be? Smoking too much? How happy are you on a scale of one to ten? Are you optimising your personal brand? How fast was your last five kilometre run? Would you like to share that via social media? Would you like a life-coach to help you overcome these challenges on a way to a better, happier, more awesome you?
If such questions fill you with dread, don't worry, you're not alone. We have become a culture of Bridget Joneses, anxiously pursuing an ever-retreating ideal of wellness. The ruling ideology of our time, argue Carl Cederstrom and Andre Spicer, is 'the wellness syndrome', which makes the urge to self-improvement a moral imperative, and our own bodies the battleground.
Cederstrom and Spicer thinks the wellness syndrome is a mistake and a trap, for three reasons. First, it is based on a foolish myth of the individual as 'neoliberal agent', able to exert perfect control of their body, their emotions and their life. If you're poor or fat or unhappy, it's your fault, and you need some life-coaching or military fitness boot-camp to get into shape. This is a convenient shifting of personal responsibility from the state onto us hapless Bridget Joneses.
Secondly, the constant search for personal authenticity and fulfillment is deeply narcissistic. Aristotle and Rousseau's eudaimonic society was about fulfillment through civic activity. Rousseau would be 'apalled' by our culture's 'blind celebration of individual narcissism' (really? Have you read his Confessions? But let's press on.)
Thirdly, the dream of autonomy and authenticity we're chasing is a mirage - in fact, the wellness syndrome is deeply conformist, and the ultimate aim of all this self-improvement is simply to make us more productive and sellable in the capitalist marketplace. We think we're becoming more ourselves, when in fact we're becoming more alienated.
The way to rebel against the wellness syndrome, the authors argue, is to embrace illness and impotence. Live like Sartre's students, who existed on a diet of 'cigarettes, coffee and hard liquor'. Take sick days. Over-eat. Go 'barebacking' - a culture in which 'bug-chasers' (people who want to get HIV) have unprotected sex with 'gift-givers' (people who have the illness).
Cederstrom and Spicer are professors of organizational theory and organizational behaviour, respectively. However, this book is basically a rant, like an extended Spectator column by Rod Liddle, moving effortlessly from anecdote to rumour, without ever troubling itself with scientific evidence.
We are told the anecdote of the two life-coaches who killed themselves in a suicide pact. Why did they kill themselves? We're not informed, but it seems damning, and we move on. We're told David Cameron is a fan of Rhonda Byrne's The Secret. Really? Well, a Guardian columnist said so, let's move on. We're told the Wellness Syndrome leads to an obsession with dieting and personal fitness. Then why, if this is the ruling ideology of our time, are 67% of men and 57% of women in the UK overweight or obese? And why is the sex addict in Steve McQueen's Shame also an example of the Wellness Syndrome? We're never told - move on to the next anecdote.
The core claim of the book - that we're being sold a toxic idea of neoliberal personal autonomy - deserves more careful examination, because it has some validity. The roots of this model of personal autonomy lie not in neoliberalism, in fact, but in Stoicism, and particularly in Epictetus, who was a sort of life-coach for Roman aristocrats, urging them to take responsibility for their thoughts and beliefs in order to heal their emotions and improve their selves. 'It's not events which cause humans suffering, but our opinion about events', he insisted. And our opinions are always in our control. 'The robber of your free will does not exist'. This Stoic libertarian ethos fed into Enlightenment liberalism, into Victorian self-help, and into the modern wellbeing movement and the idea - at the heart of cognitive therapy and Positive Psychology - that our emotions are our choices, and that 'there is nothing more tractable than the self', as Epictetus put it.
Of course, Epictetus' philosophy can be taken too far. The Stoics focused entirely on the individual, and ignored society. They thought a wise individual could be free and happy even in the midst of a toxic and unequal society (Epictetus himself was a slave). Most of us are not such citadels of serenity. That's why there's a strong correlation between poverty and depression. Shit gets us down. So it's unfair and unwise to make people's emotional or behavioural problems entirely their responsibility - our personal agency is weak, at best. Most of us are to some extent the creatures - Epictetus would say the slave - of our circumstances.
And yet Epictetus was not entirely wrong. Overcoming problems like depression, or alcoholism, or obesity, or injustice, or even poverty does involve personal agency. Humans do have a capacity not just to be determined by our circumstances, but to determine our own attitude to them, and through that self-determination we can get the inner strength to change our external circumstances. We don't always have to resort to pill-popping to feel better (oddly, despite its cover, the book doesn't ever look at our growing dependence on mood-altering pills, perhaps because that doesn't fit with their rant against 'the myth of neoliberal agency').
Our powers of self-determination don't necessarily have to be in the service of neoliberal capitalist conformity. Look at Gandhi, practicing swaraj or 'self-governance' in his personal life order to prove to the British Empire that Indians are not irresponsible children. Look at Nelson Mandela, reading the Stoic poem Invictus to himself while practicing ascetic self-government in Robben Island prison, to prove that black South Africans can govern themselves with dignity.
Of course, the strength or weakness of our personal agency, the extent to which it is tied up with determining factors like our environment or genes, is a very difficult question. I recently saw the documentary Amy, and was moved by the story of Amy Winehouse's rapid self-destruction. Whose fault was it? Whose responsibility? Was it the father, for not being there when Amy was growing up, and then trying to cash in when she was famous? Was it her boyfriend, latching on and encouraging her drug dependence? Was it our celebrity-obsessed media and culture? Yes, perhaps, all of these things. But it was also Amy's doing.
But can you say an addict 'chooses' to destroy themselves? To what extent does a person with mental illness really make choices? To some extent. As that famous sex-addict, St Augustine, explored in his Confessions, we make choices, which then harden into the chains of habit and addiction. Those chains are very difficult to break. It's even harder today, when the internet remembers our habits and reflects them back to us. But change is possible. And personal choice is an important part of that liberation.
Our degree of personal agency, then, our capacity to determine our course in life, is a very complicated area, but it is one that psychology has spent decades trying to explore, through cognitive behavioural therapy, social psychology, behavioural economics, self-determination theory, and the psychology of self-control. And psychologists have begun to build up evidence that personal autonomy is limited but nonetheless real - Epictetus was, to some extent, right.
Yet Cederstrom and Spicer don't cite a single piece of scientific evidence in their rant against personal autonomy. The closest we get is an appeal to authority: 'We know from Freud', 'we know from psychoanalysis'. Do we? At one point they write: 'As pointed out in a Huffington Post article, mindfulness advocates often make unsubstantiated claims.' Oh the irony.
Because the authors set out to write a polemic, they make broad and usually damning generalizations, and ignore the good aspects of the phenomena they dismiss. For example, one of their favourite targets is the self-tracking movement, in which people use self-tracking devices to measure various aspects of their life, to improve them. This, the authors say, is just neoliberal alienation. Well, it can be, but not always. Self-tracking can be a way for people to empower themselves and become experts in their own health, rather than relying on the authority of external experts. One well-known self-tracking app is MoodScope, which Jon Cousins invented to help himself track his depressive episodes to see what helped him get better. He then made it freely available to other people. This seems to me worth applauding.
Finally, I'm not convinced that the moral ideology of wellness and health is a new thing. Health has always been ideological. Look at Plato's Republic, with its diagnosis of the sick society and the healthy society. Look at the Middle Ages, with its public performances of the Seven Deadly Sins, including Gluttony. Every ideology involves some positive model of human flourishing, including Neoliberalism and Marxism. If the best model of flourishing you can offer is sick days and barebacking, why should we follow you?