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Summary & views on USADA's Lance Armstrong decision
October 22, 2012 in Sport by pacejmiller
I don't know much about cycling or doping but I have been utterly intrigued by the Lance Armstrong doping case instigated by the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency), which published a Reasoned Decision on October 10 explaining why it was stripping Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and issuing a lifetime ban after the retired cyclist refused to contest the charges. The decision was ratified by the International Cycling Union (UCI), cycling's global governing body, on Monday.
More specifically, I was curious how someone as celebrated and worshipped as Armstrong, who has practically been a cycling god for more than a decade, could have engineered the greatest doping scheme in the history of sport and not "failed" a single drug test, as he claims. I was interested in how someone could continue to vehemently deny cheating in the face of what appears to be insurmountable evidence. And I was fascinated by how there could still be so many people that continue to believe him when he claims that he walked away from contesting charges that effectively destroy his legacy because "enough was enough" and that the toll of the fight on the "unconstitutional witch hunt" of the USADA was not worth it.
A lawyer friend claimed that the decision was a "good read", and I supposed as decisions go, it wasn't too bad. For some reason I have just trawled through the 164 pages of the main report and the 33 pages of addendum (on the credibility of the witnesses), plus just a few of the hundreds of appendices.
My thoughts? Incredible. Just as there is no doubt that Armstrong, a cancer survivor, has done a lot of good with his cancer charity Livestrong, raising almost US$500 million (though this is contested), there shouldn't be any doubt that Armstrong doped and is a colossal prick — if, of course, the USADA report is to be believed. And really, even taking into account problems with the report, the quality and credibility of the evidence and the potential of ulterior motives and so forth, I can't find any reason not to believe the report's central argument — that Armstrong is a drug cheat.
The Reasoned Decision
To be honest, I found the Reasoned Decision a strange document to read at times. The USADA is not a government body nor a court of law, so the document was not written like an objective case report but more like a one-sided submission.
I also found the tone and wording to be uneven as it was at times quite opinionated and made statements that made me feel like I was reading an editorial.
That said, the substance of the report was all there, and it's clear that a lot of work was put into establishing an iron clad case against Armstrong, including explaining the credibility of all the witnesses that stepped forward to provide evidence against him. I had problems with some of the things I read, but when taken as a whole, the Reasoned Decision is a very strong document.
The charges
The charges against Armstrong included that he:
– possessed, used and attempted to use doping drug EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone, corticosteroids and/or masking agents;
– trafficked in these illegal substances and offered and administered them to teammates; and
– actively and systematically covered up the evidence of the doping.
What was shocking was that the USADA claimed that Armstrongwas not merely a participant in the doping, but that he was one of the ringleaders of the whole thing and had encouraged and assisted others in cheating to give himself a better chance of winning (as competitive cycling is, as I discovered, very much a team sport designed to benefit its "star").
The evidence
The USADA's accusations are largely based upon the sworn testimonies of 26 people, including 15 cyclists of which 11 were Armstrong's former teammates on his US Postal Service Team. The testimonies are backed up and corroborated to some extent by documentary evidence including financial payments and emails. And yes, there is some scientific data and laboratory test results as well. A lot of it does rest on the reliability of the witnesses, the testing procedures, circumstantial evidence and inferences, which some may find unsatisfactory, but as I explain below, I think it all adds up.
The report also describes in detail how Armstrong refused to contest the USADA's charges against him and that the evidence would have been even stronger had the case been brought to trial, including witnesses that would not have come forward unless subpoenaed and the ability to cross-examine opposing evidence.
The USADA's standard of proof is "comfortable satisfaction" bearing in mind the seriousness of the allegations. However, the agency specifically and repeatedly said in the report that the evidence was "overwhelming" and that it was "beyond a reasonable doubt" — the standard for criminal cases — that Armstrong was guilty of doping. The report even made the bold statement that the evidence was as strong as or stronger than any case brought by the USADA in its 12 years of existence.
Witness evidence
The strongest witness statements and affidavits came from Armstrong's former teammates such as Tyler Hamilton, Floyd Landis and Frankie Andreu, as they were in his UPS team and remained close with him until they admitted to cheating and implicated him, upon which Armstrong turned on them with a vengeance. Five of the eight riders from Armstrong's 1999 team produced witness evidence against him and admitted to their own guilt.
From what I read, the statements are so detailed and comprehensive (and supposedly non-contradictory with each other as well as proven facts) that it makes it highly unlikely that they could have simply been concocted out of thin air. They claim that doping was openly discussed inside the team and that each rider was on a special doping regimen. They also recount various specific incidents where it can be strongly inferred that Armstrong was doping. And they say Armstrong was the undoubted leader of the doping movement in their team.
Armstrong and his team have viciously attacked the credibility of just about every single one of these witnesses in the media, claiming that each of them had "axes to grind" against him, mostly out of jealousy or a fallout. He also points out that they were given "sweetheart deals" of six month suspensions in exchange for providing evidence against him, which is potentially another reason to doubt their claims.
If it were just two or three people, then okay, I might be able to imagine a situation where a few former teammates fabricated stories against Armstrong together in order to receive lighter sentences. But first of all, there are 11 former teammates, which makes that highly unlikely. Is it more likely that they are all in some massive conspiracy together to bring down one person out of jealousy or other petty disagreements, or is it more likely that one person is lying?
Second of all, what has been forgotten in the attacks is that all these former teammates have admitted to doping themselves. Many of them previously denied doping until the evidence became too insurmountable. While it does not prove that Armstrong doped as well, the fact that so many of his former teammates admitted their guilt makes it a lot more difficult to believe that Armstrong, the star of the team, was not involved as well, and had no idea that they were doping right under his nose for so many years.
There were also several witness statements from non-riders close to Armstrong, such as Frankie Andreu's wife Betsy, as well as Armstrong's masseuse, Emma O'Reilly, who claimed that she once used make-up to help Armstrong cover bruising from syringe-use. These people clearly had less to gain from turning against Armstrong.
Many of the statements from the witnesses are solely their word against Armstrong's, but they do paint a convincing narrative because most of them are in line with known facts.
For instance, Armstrong tested positive for cortisone in 1999 but was not punished because he had a medical authorization for it to treat saddle sores — witnesses claim that the excuse was fabricated and that the medical authorization was illegally backdated by his doctor.
In 2000, Armstrong dropped out of a race at the last minute — a witness claims that he only did so after being warned by the witness that testing officers were after him.
Also in 2000, French authorities discovered that Armstrong's team had dumped a bag of medical waste with syringes including a blood doping product, but dropped the case after being told that it was to treat a diabetic staff member — again, witnesses claim that this excuse was made up.
In 2001, Armstrong's samples from the Tour Du Swisse were found to be "suspicious for the presence of EPO" (though not positive), but this did not come to light until years later when Floyd Landis admitted to doping. Landis claims that Armstrong used his powerful stature and contacts to make the problem "go away", allegedly with a "financial agreement" with the UCI. While the UCI official in question denies he was bribed, he did acknowledge that Armstrong visited UCI headquarters at the time and offered at least US$100,000 to help the development of cycling.
One of the most damning pieces of evidence was Betsy Andreu's claim that Armstrong admitted to doctors at an Indiana hospital before surgery in 1996 that he had used performance enhancing drugs. Armstrong said it was a fabrication that arose out of jealousy after Frankie Andreu was dropped from the UPS team in 2001, though three other people provided witness statements stating that Betsy told them of Armstrong's admission several days after the incident, undermining his assertion that the story was concocted five years later.
USADA has strongly defended the credibility of all the witnesses in the report, saying that it came at a "considerable cost and substantial risk", including having years of competitive results disqualified, risking current and future employment, suspensions and competition opportunities.
Documentary evidence
The documentary evidence was not quite as strong as I had expected it to be, as most of it was to back up the witness statements or attack Armstrong's credibility.
For example, Armstrong claimed that he had severed all professional relations with his former trainer Michele Ferrari in 2004, when Ferrari was convicted of sporting fraud and implicated in doping. Records showed that Armstrong paid Ferrari more than US$1 million between 1996 and 2006, and an email trail between Armstrong and Ferrari's son, who acted as an intermediary, proved that the two continued to work together post-2004.
Another example is an email chain between Armstrong and Frankie Andreu, which showed that the former had requested the latter to return to the UPS team in 2001, but the offer was declined. This tears down Armstrong's assertion that the Andreu's turned on him out of jealousy after Frankie was dropped from the team.
There were also other emails to Frankie which asked him to warn Betsy not to "bring him down" with doping inferences in the press. "There is a direct link to all of our success here and I suggest you remind her of that," the email said, suggesting that Armstrong was guilty (as he would have simply denied doping or accused her of lying had he been innocent).
Scientific evidence
For me, the most compelling evidence was the scientific evidence that Armstrong doped. They are:
– an expert examination of Armstrong's blood parameters established that the likelihood of Armstrong's blood values from the 2009 and 2010 Tours de France occurring naturally is less than one in a million and is therefore consistent with blood doping;
– blood samples from 2009 were also found to be consistent with Armstrong having taken part in a blood transfusion during the tour, which suggests he was involved in blood doping (where riders take out 500 ccs of blood and re-inject it back into the body later on);
– Armstrong's stored samples from the 1999 Tour de France tested in 2004 by French authorities found EPO on six occasions (with probabilities of 100%, 89.7%, 96.6%, 88.7%, 95.2% and 89.4%) — however, the UCI overruled the findings on the basis that proper protocols were not followed;
– Armstrong's 2001 Tour du Suisse samples which tested "suspicious" for EPO showed 70%-80% the parameters of EPO, which meant that the probability of doping was high but not definitive as it could have been produced naturally — however, under current testing criteria the result would have been "positive" as opposed to just "suspicious".
Tellingly, the UCI refused to provide USADA with Armstrong's stored samples which could have returned a lot more positive results. Some of the samples were refused on the basis that Armstrong refused to give his consent, which is suspicious in itself.
Other evidence
The Reasoned Decision offers a lot of other "supporting" evidence which I did not find particularly material, even though it does help paint a more complete story.
For instance, the USADA used Armstrong's unlikely dominance as support for the assertion that he cheated, including reports that he intentionally held back at certain stages of races. Personally, I think that's a little unfair.
The USADA also painted Armstrong as a complete dickhead and bully who would set out to belittle, humiliate and destroy anyone who dared to go up against him. While this is probably true, it isn't necessarily relevant to the question of whether he actually doped.
More relevant was the fact that Armstrong attempted to prevent witnesses from giving evidence against him, including by intimidating and threatening potential witnesses, both personally and through his lawyers.
Perhaps most damning was the fact that Armstrong surrounded himself with doctors, trainers and staff who have been involved in or at least strongly suspected and accused of being involved in doping. There is a long list, including the aforementioned Ferrari, Johan Bruyneel, Luis Garcia del Moral, Jose Marti and Pedro Celaya. Again, it might not prove that he doped, but it certainly doesn't help.
How Armstrong managed to get away with it
What I was very interested in was how Armstrong managed to get away with cheating for so many years. To me, being able to plausibly explain in detail how he passed so many drug tests is critical to the USADA's case.
Growing up, I had always assumed that drug testing in sports was almost foolproof. Even though many high profile athletes in sprinting and baseball have been sprung in recent years, for the most part I still believed that the risks were too high for most athletes to try to dope.
But as the USADA report showed, doping is a chronic problem in cycling and has been for years. Apparently all but one of the podium finishers during Armstrong's seven-year reign have been linked to or found guilty of doping, which is both remarkable and disgraceful.
The USADA downplayed Armstrong's claim that he passed more than 500-600 drug tests, saying that he had only been tested 60 times by the USADA and 200 times by UCI, of which many were likely tests for its health test and biological passport programs (which are not actual tests for performance enhancing drugs).
According to the USADA and its witnesses, Armstrong employed the following tactics to avoid being caught:
– avoiding testers during windows of detection — this was easy for Armstrong as the UCI did not have an out of competition testing program. He was also able to evade testers by not answering the door, while his teams had surveillance crews on the lookout for testers. He also often hid at a hotel in Spain when he needed to get away from testers, and his team staff were good at predicting when testers would come. When tested, Armstrong received at least an hour's notice, during which his team could mask his blood. Armstrong was also accused of providing untimely and incomplete whereabouts information to USADA, thereby making it more difficult to locate him for out of competition testing;
– using undetectable substances and methods — blood doping and human growth hormones, which Armstrong was said to have used, were not detectable back in those days. As mentioned above, Armstrong also cheated the system by getting false and backdated medical authorizations for cortisone, and his team was said to have known very well how long certain drugs would be detectable by testers;
– understanding limitations to drug tests — Armstrong allegedly used hypoxic chambers and training at altitudes to lessen likelihood of detecting EPO; and
– using saline solutions to mask his blood and micro-doping EPO so that it would not come up in tests.
I've just realised how bloody long this summary is, and I guess that shows how much evidence there is against Armstrong. It is also telling that Nike, Armstrong's longtime sponsor, dumped him after the report was released and said that he had misled them for more than a decade. Armstrong himself stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong foundation to spare it of the negative effects of his tarnished reputation.
Importantly, the UCI's decision to accept the USADA's findings and officially strip Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and enforce a lifetime ban is indicative of the report's strength and credibility. Having been embroiled in a jurisdictional dispute with the USADA over the Armstrong case and uncooperative in assisting the agency in its investigations, the UCI's ratification of the Reasoned Decision speaks volumes.
Initially, a lot of people were convinced that Armstrong was telling the truth and that enemies were really "out to get him". But the question that has never been answered adequately is why? Why would people want to do this to a sporting legend and cancer hero? Why would they be willing to risk or destroy their reputations, careers and futures just to bring down a former close friend and/or teammate with lies, all for something silly like jealousy? Would you lie to risk perjury and ruining your reputation and future just because you despise someone? Would 26 people?
In the Federal Court decision granting the USADA jurisdiction to arbitrate Armstrong's case, concerns were raised about the motives of the USADA in going after Armstrong, claiming that "it is difficult to avoid the conclusion" that it is "motivated more by politics and a desire for media attention than faithful adherence to its obligations to USOC (United States Olympic Committee)."
It is true that the USADA has relentlessly pursued Armstrong for allegations as far as a decade ago and has more or less forced him to arbitrate. However, it seems highly unlikely that the USADA would frame an innocent man and make others lie about him just so they could build a compelling case. There is no logical reason for them to pick on Armstrong of all people if he had nothing to hide. The bottom line is that they were convinced Armstrong doped and had strong reasons for believing so.
I suspect the number of die-hard Armstrong supporters who still insist that he is innocent and is the victim of a massive conspiracy is very low right now — the evidence is simply too overwhelming to deny or rebut. But what remains puzzling to me is all those people who try and defend Armstrong's doping with his contributions to cancer research. I don't get it because the two are completely separate issues. He can still be a hero for cancer even as a drug cheat. People who supported Livestrong need to remember that they are supporting a cause, not a person.
The other thing I find appalling is how people could defend Armstrong's doping on the basis that pretty much everyone from his era doped, so the playing field was actually level. Some have even gone as far as to suggest that people should just be allowed to dope in any sport. I don't think I need to explain why this is appalling.
The oft-used assertion that Armstrong is innocent or at least deserves the presumption of innocence because he "never failed a drug test" is no longer tenable. First of all, Armstrong has failed drug tests, but the results were explained away with medical authorizations and elaborate stories — which witnesses now say were fraudulent. Further, there may have been cover ups of test results through bribes, as some of them claim. From the very limited number of samples the USADA could get their hands on (as the UCI refused to hand theirs over), they have scientifically shown that it is virtually impossible that Armstrong did not dope. And remember that a lot of Armstrong's former teammates, ones that have admitted to doping after years of denials, managed to pass all their drug tests for years as well. George Hincapie, who is believed to be one of the most credible witnesses in the case, has admitted to doping with Armstrong even though he has never "failed" a drug test either.
I used to believe that athletes can only be proven guilty with definitively positive drug tests, but as the last few years have shown, the biggest drug cheats rarely get sprung during their prime, and it is only through improving technologies and the vigilance of anti-doping authorities that the truth ultimately gets uncovered.
So while Lance Armstrong continues to maintain his innocence, what we know for certain is this:
– as a historical fighter, he refused to contest the charges and mountain of evidence against him, preferring instead to acquiesce to whatever punishment the USADA, and now UCI, issued;
– 26 witnesses, including 15 cyclists and 11 teammates, have voluntarily given evidence saying that he doped; the number of witnesses would have been higher had Armstrong contested the charges;
– almost all of his former teammates on the UPS team have admitted to doping despite having passed years of testing themselves, and yet Armstrong claims he had no idea anyone on his team doped;
– he "passed" a combined 260-280 drug tests from the USADA and UCI, not the 500-600 claimed; many of the UCI tests were health as opposed to drug tests;
– former teammates and witnesses have offered credible explanations for how most of the drug tests were avoided, masked or explained away; many doping methods he allegedly used were undetectable at the time;
– in 2000, his team suspiciously drove 60 miles to dump used syringes in roadside trashcans, which they claim were to treat a diabetic member and road rash;
– he tested positive for cortisone in 1999 but was not punished because he later provided a medical authorization;
– 1999 samples retested in 2004 tested positive for EPO six times but the results were ignored by the UCI;
– his 2001 blood, "suspicious" for EPO back then, would produce a "positive" under current testing standards;
– the odds of his blood being natural in 2009 and 2010 was one in a million; his 2009 blood was also consistent with having received a blood transfusion during the tour;
– he has worked with or has been closely associated with doctors, trainers and staff who have admitted to, convicted of, or strongly suspected of being involved in doping, and he lied about his ongoing association with one of them;
– he and his legal team have intimated, threatened and publicly lashed out at anyone who has spoken out against him, including potential witnesses;
– the UCI, which has had a massive financial interest in protecting him for years, affirmed the USADA's findings despite fighting the same agency earlier over jurisdiction; and
– major sponsors such as Nike and Oakley, who have supported him and defended him against doping allegations for years, have dumped him and called him a cheat.
When you list all the known facts like this, the case against Lance Armstrong becomes pretty compelling, doesn't it? Imagine you were on a jury and was presented with all of this — would you still believe there is enough "reasonable doubt"?
I don't think Armstrong, who has proven himself to be a dick and a half in the way he has handled the controversy and those who have spoken up against him, will ever publicly admit that he doped. He just doesn't seem like that kind of person, and plus there are potentially dire financial ramifications. His lawyer even suggested a few days ago that he could undergo a lie detector test to prove his innocence. I actually think he would pass that test. As George Costanza once said, "It's not a lie if you believe it."


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Forensic anthropologists were present, still hoping to identify four out of the 48 bodies that had been exhumed from one of the 60 clandestine graves. I stared into two of the wooden boxes that contained the mortal remains of Juan Cuxum Zic (FAFG-#468-IV-27) and Guillermo Osores Lasu (FAFG-#468-VI-8). I wondered how old they were when they were assassinated and what electrifying terror went through their minds when the military began the slaughter that Sunday in 1982.
Soon the room was energized with the cacophony of life as people, dogs, wide-eyed children and visitors moved around in the chapel. Mayan women began serving a drink in colored plastic cups that tasted like hot coffee. Two old men sitting against the wall began playing a weather-beaten violin and small drum in syncopation with each other as sunlight filled the interior of the church.
Very little is known of the crucifixion of this indigenous population of Guatemala. Amnesty International reports: There were five army-led massacres at the Achí village of Río Negro, Rabinal municipality, Baja Verapaz Department, between 1980 and 1982 in the course of the army's counterinsurgency campaign there. Local human rights groups estimate 4,000 to 5,000 people were killed during that period in the wider Rabinal area, and that 444 of the 791 inhabitants of Rio Negro were extrajudicially executed, at least 85 of them children, three as young as six months. The report also notes that most of the young women were raped before they were killed. This fits the description in Clark Taylor's book, Return of Guatemala's Refugees: United States counterinsurgency doctrine encouraged the Guatemalan military to adopt both new organizational forms and new techniques in order to root out insurgency more effectively. New techniques would revolve around a central precept of the new counterinsurgency: that counter-insurgent war must be waged free of restriction by laws, by the rules of war, or moral considerations: guerilla terror' could be defeated only by the untrammeled use of counter-terror,' the terrorism of the state.
In 1982 the former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt destroyed hundreds of indigenous villages as part of a devastating scorched-earth policy. During his term in power, almost 20,000 civilians were murdered or disappeared by Guatemalan troops, and over one million were internally and externally displaced in a campaign of ethnic cleansing. The death toll in the Guatemalan conflict, estimated at about 200,000, exceeds that of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Chile combined, yet it barely registers on the international consciousness. Additionally, the ethnic cleansing that took place in Guatemala exceeds even that of Bosnia.
The bloody hands of the powerful military and politicos still conspired to keep the truth underground, threatening with death those who would talk. But now, since the signing of the peace accords in 1996, some are making courageous attempts to divulge the truth of what happened to their massacred loved ones during those years. They are bringing the truth above the ground. At the risk of their lives, they are seeking justice in their legal cases against the high command of that turbulent era's former presidents, Lucas García and Rios Montt. As the disciples on the road to Emmaus were accompanied by an apparent stranger who listened to their heartfelt grief, international accompaniers are now walking in support with the witnesses in these cases and acting as a buffer against violence toward them.
Standing on that site, listening and praying with the still grieving families and feeling the determined courage of the witnesses, I felt a shift within my soulfrom initial shock and sadness upon entering the chapel early that morning to a sense of hope. These victims are being raised up the way Archbishop Romero said he would be raised up in the Salvadoran people if assassinated. I sensed the reality of the paschal mysteries this year in a new and penetrating way.
Since these families and victims have suffered the passion and death of Christ, perhaps in some way their suffering is being changed into glory, now that the truth is above ground. I was drawn into a deep sense of sacred mystery, and I realized that I was indeed standing on holy ground. The rituals of prayer and the dignified burial of their dead would help reweave the torn fabric of their lives. The danger is not over for the witnesses, for even as the remains of the dead were being buried in the cemetery, a cellphone rang. A witness standing in the grave by the remains of his father, waiting for burial, received a death threat.
I remembered what the exiled Guatemalan poet, Julia Esquival, wrote:
What won't let us sleep is that we've been threatened with Resurrection! because we've touched their lifeless bodies and their souls have penetrated our own, now doubly strengthened....
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"A white man can jerk!" chef Walter Staib says with glee, a grin spreading across his bearded face at the launch of our four-day culinary tour of Jamaica.
At first, the stocky, white-haired, German-born restaurateur, who speaks with a thick accent, even though he has long resided in Philadelphia, seems an odd choice to lead a group of foodies around this verdant Caribbean island, best known for its fiery jerk, not wiener schnitzel.
However, we soon learn that Staib, culinary ambassador to Sandals Resorts International, is an expert in Jamaican cuisine. So much so, he was the first inductee into the Caribbean Culinary Hall of Fame.
To learn his craft, Staib donned an apron and spent months in the mid-'80s, working alongside Jamaican cooks in smoky jerk huts and food stalls, in remote bush and in their homes. At the University of the West Indies, he researched the roots of Jamaican cuisine and scoured the country visiting markets, fruit and spice orchards, coffee plantations and rum distilleries.
In 1992, Jamaican entrepreneur Butch Stewart, Sandals' founder and chairman, contracted Staib, by now one of the country's foremost cuisine experts, to reconceive food and beverage at all Sandals and Beaches resorts.
Many years have passed, but Staib's passion has not waned. Over the coming days, his mission is clear: to show -- and get us to taste -- why he loves the food, flavours, people and culture of this vibrant tropical isle.
From our base at Sandals Whitehouse on the remote south coast, then later from Sandals Dunn's River in popular Ocho Rios, we visit some of his favourite haunts and discover the diversity in Jamaican cuisine, from roadside staples to fine dining.
Our eating adventure begins at Billy's Grassy Park in tiny Middle Quarters, St. Elizabeth Parish, the isle's shrimp capital.
Here, over a long hearth fronting the busy road, more than a dozen big black pots bubble from the heat of a crackling wood fire below. Ladle in hand, Bilroy "Billy" Kerr lifts lids and stirs their fragrant contents, dishing up heaping portions for the steady stream of mostly Jamaican customers.
Mouths watering, we pull shells off the large, spicy freshwater shrimp for which he is famous. Usually five types of shrimp sizzle over the flames, but today Kerr just has three: curried, fried, and peppered.
Tummies warmed up, we head for lunch at Little Ochie in seaside Alligator Pond, also in St. Elizabeth. A local institution that draws weekend crowds all the way from Kingston, this unassuming wooden establishment is a seafood lover's delight (sans alligators).
Fish does not get fresher. Two boats pulling into the beach deliver their catch straight into the arms of Evrol "Blackie" Christian, who, in 1989, single-handedly founded the restaurant that now employs more than 30 locals.
A pail of Caribbean lobster shortly reappears, dressed in steaming garlic butter sauce, the house specialty. Soon it's joined by groaning platters of jerk crab, grilled fish and conch, shrimp in coconut sauce, festivals (fried dough) and bammies (made from cassava). We feast seaside at a palapa-shaded picnic table atop a brightly painted canoe on stilts, washing it all down with frosty Red Stripe beer.
Although culinary highlights, and firsts, liberally pepper our four-day food fest -- Blue Mountain coffee, scrambled ackee with salt fish, red snapper in coconut, tomato thyme rundown, and spicy Jam-Asian (Chinese-Jamaican fusion) cuisine -- the standout is Miss Betty's Riverside Canteen. Not just for honest home cookin' in an unusual setting, but for the lady herself.
First, though, you have to get there. This requires a lengthy journey aboard a bamboo raft, poled by a barefoot -- and possibly toothless -- captain, down the muddy Rio Grande from just outside Port Antonio on the northeast coast. The "ankle express," a 40-minute downhill trek through dense Blue Mountain bush is the less desirable option. This is how Miss Betty Wilson has travelled to work for 30 years, laden with heavy pots and pans, vegetables, chickens, and all the other fixings for a hearty Jamaican lunch.
Getting on in years, her daughter Miss Wissy (Belinda) now runs the "canteen," little more than a wooden stand on the riverbank near a large open fire, catering primarily to rafters.
Simple though it may be, the food is delicious: her renowned river-shrimp pepperpot soup, curried goat on a bed of rice, mackerel rundown, mannish water (a dish for the most adventurous eaters), roasted breadfruit, steamed callaloo, and so much more.
Standing, beaming, beside Miss Betty is her most unlikely protege: Walter Staib.


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Psychiatrist: Castro victims will have lifetime issues
Michelle Knight, one of Ariel Castro's kidnapping and rape victims, spoke at his sentencing Thursday, saying that her hell is over but his is just beginning. VPC
Ariel Castro's kidnap victims, who suffered sexual, emotional and physical abuse for more than a decade, will likely suffer for the rest of their lives.
Frank Ochberg, a psychiatrist who specializes in Stockholm Syndrome, says Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight are "marvelous, compelling examples of resilience."
"With love and support ... they have a good chance to have a good life ... but the damage that was done does not go away. They have life sentences. ... They have a good chance to have a good life. But that doesn't mean they will every be free of the damage that's been done,'' Ochberg said.
Knight, now 32, later testified, telling Castro that while he put his victims through 11 years of hell, "your hell is just beginning."
Ochberg said the victims were forced to bond with Castro to cope and survive, a classic symbol of Stockholm Syndrome.
Knight said that her ordeal was helped by the friendship she fostered with the other victims, which provided a sliver of hope when Castro told them that their families and law enforcement had abandoned them.
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His testimony came at Castro's sentencing hearing on more than 937 charges, including kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder. Castro, 53, pleaded guilty to the charges last week to avoid a death sentence. Under terms of the plea deal, he'll receive a life sentence, plus 1,000 years, with no chance for parole.
Earlier, a series of law enforcement officials who interviewed the victims and Castro detailed how fearful the women were after they were discovered.
Berry, DeJesus and Knight were kidnapped between 2002 and 2004, lured into Castro's car with the promise of a ride or in Knight's case, a puppy for her child. The three were held captive in Castro's Seymour Avenue home in Cleveland until Berry managed to alert a neighbor on May 6.
While in captivity, Berry gave birth to Castro's daughter, now 6. Knight was repeatedly beaten after becoming pregnant and miscarried five times.
It's unclear if the three will testify at the sentencing hearing.
Ochberg said Knight, in particularly, had suffered under Castro. Aside from being beaten into miscarrying, she had been under severe pressure to help Berry deliver her child in a plastic swimming pool in Castro's basement. "What she did was extraordinary. She was doctor, nurse and midwife. She brought to life (Berry's) child."
Berry, Ochberg said, was able to teach her child "values and faith and schooling' with the milk of human kindness, despite her ongoing ordeal.
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BROODS are back and they're celebrating by bringing their DON'T FEED THE POP MONSTER tour home to New Zealand.
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One of New Zealand's most streamed indie artists, Graeme James releases his Nettwerk label debut album The Long Way Home – available everywhere on the 25th January.
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Liverpool Chairman Tom Werner insisted on Thursday that manager Kenny Dalglish's job is safe and backed the Anfield legend to bring the good old days back to the misfiring club.
Werner spoke out just hours after director of football Damien Comolli left, a development which came after a poor run which had seen the team lose five out of six matches, ending their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.
But with the League Cup safely secured and an FA Cup semi-final date at Wembley with local rivals Everton on Saturday, Werner was quick to assure fans that Dalglish enjoys the "full support" of owners Fenway Sports Group.
"We've got great confidence in Kenny," he told liverpoolfc.tv.
"We feel the team is going to make strides in the future and he enjoys our full support."
Werner also said that the club's transfer strategy was solid and would pay dividends despite question marks over the likes of Andy Carroll (£35m), Stewart Downing (£20m) and Jordan Henderson (£16m).
"We've had a strategy that we have agreed on. There was some disconnect on the implementation of that," said Werner, who confirmed they had made the decision to remove Comolli.
"That strategy is a strong one and it will continue. We need to build a strong system under the first team. We're hard at work identifying transfer targets and we will be better next year.
"Frankly, we make these decisions with a great deal of care because it's our track record in Boston to give people authority and we've had great success with our manager, who was there for eight years, and our general manager, so we prefer stability.
"But when it's time to act, we need to act. We're coming close to the end of the season and the transfer window for the summer, and we felt it was important to make this change expeditiously.
"We feel there is enough talent on the pitch to win and I would say we certainly have the resources to compete with anybody in football.
"But we're also talking about the future - we have a strategy we need implemented and we felt Damien was probably not the right person to implement that strategy."
Principal owner John Henry's target at the start of the season was to make it back into the top four but Liverpool's recent run of poor results scuppered those chances.
"We've been dissatisfied, as most supporters have been, with the results so far," said Werner, of Liverpool's eighth-placed league position.
"We feel we are a club that needs to be perceived as the strongest club in football and we want to get there."
Earlier, Comolli, who had previously worked at Arsenal, Tottenham and St Etienne, said: "I am grateful to have been given the opportunity to work at Liverpool and am happy to move on from the club and back to France for family reasons.
"I wish the club all the best for the future."
Comolli joined Liverpool as a director of football strategy in November 2010, with his role redefined in March last year.
During that time he oversaw a number of high-profile signings, including the club-record £35million acquisition of Carroll from Newcastle, while he also survived a change of manager when Dalglish returned to the club to replace Roy Hodgson.
"I had a fantastic working and personal relationship with Damien since he came here," said Dalglish.
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WELLESLEY, Mass. – Senior Molly McShane (Lake Bluff, Ill.) was named the Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Week by the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference after recording a goal and an assist while generating strong tackles and interceptions in a pair of wins for MIT last week.
In a 4-1 win over Wellesley, McShane helped keep the Blue off the scoreboard until 12:43 remained in the game and limited it to two shots on goal. In addition, she earned the assist on the Engineers' final goal as time expired. Against Mount Holyoke, McShane scored the first goal of the game at 14:50 and contributed to a defense that held the Lyons to one shot on goal which it converted with 9:20 left to play. For the week, MIT outshot its opponents, 34-16, and enjoyed a 23-3 advantage in shots on goal. Of the 13 penalty corners the Engineers had to defend, it surrendered just two goals.
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Canyon Country is a region in the state of Utah in the United States of America. It is a wild, sparsely populated area along the southern boundary of the state, with an extraordinary concentration of national parks and monuments offering scenic opportunities galore and an inexhaustible array of hiking trails and canyoneering routes.
Counties: Beaver, Box, Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Davis, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Morgan, Piute, Rich, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, Washington, Wayne, Weber
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The nearest major airport is in Salt Lake City. Interstate highways 15 (connecting Salt Lake and Saint George and 70 (intersecting with I-15 on the west and leading into Colorado on the east) flank the region on the west and north, respectively. Few highways actually lead into this region because of its rugged topography, and most of the ones that do (e.g. US 191 and state roads 24, 95, 72 and 12) are reached from I-70 or from similarly minor highways on the east side. Access from the south is very limited owing to the impassable Grand Canyon just across the Arizona state line.
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This submission is an undergraduate project by Raymond Serrano, a chemistry student at UTEP. Raymond has been a nanoHUB student for one year.
In addition to being factor of scale, nanoscience is also defined by the changes in the physical and chemical properties the nanoparticles. This presentation focuses on the optical properties of nanoparticles. The presentation and accompanying paper are designed for Jr. High students.
My name is Raymond Serrano and I was born on September 9, 1975 to Juan and Carmen Serrano.
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Spotlight South Africa: teaching kids about animal welfare through story
In Northern Sotho, the word Bosasa means "the future" and in this instance, it also happens to be the name of a small community located in close proximity to the Mdzananda Animal Clinic, a companion animal project of the International Fund for Animal Welfare in South Africa.
An apt name for a number of reasons, Bosasa is a temporary housing development for people who, for the most part, have lived in informal structures without access to 'luxuries' such as the basic necessities of running water and flush lavatories.
The children are also fortunate enough to have a play park.
It is in this community where the IFAW funded performance of "A Dogs Life" by Jungle Theatre Company took place recently, in conjunction with Mdzananda Animal Clinic, on a very windy but warm Saturday morning.
A Dogs Life is an exploration of the lives of pets in urban communities, told through a story about a homeless dog "Wafi" and a lonely homeless boy.
Their struggle to survive in the city sees them tackle many obstacles and make important life choices. Seen through the eyes of the dog, some young audience members literally jump to their feet and dash for the safety of the nearest adult, as Wafi "comes to life".
As children experience a mix of delight and trepidation, there is sheer amusement to be seen on the faces of the adults.
The story captivates from the beginning, with the cast members drawing the audience into the world of Wafi and his young owner, delivering important messages about the practical aspects of animal welfare through dance and song.
Touching on some of the social issues faced by many of these children on a daily basis, such as alcohol abuse and violence, the youngster's expressions and reactions are clear giveaways.
These are the young people IFAW and Mdzananda seek to reach through its humane education programmes to ensure that they grow up exercising compassion and responsible ownership towards their dogs and cats and those living within the community.
Learn more about the International Fund for Animal Welfare's efforts to educate students around the world at our Education page: IFAW.org/Education


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I have just sent off my first track to be mastered today, whilst i'm adding the finishing touches to one of the other tracks.
The new EP is more exciting, current, and fresh (for me) than my last one ever was. Kayla Painter (2012), seemed like an experiment to me, to see if I could finish some songs, run a launch night, and get my stuff on Spotify. This project feels very different, it feels like I am releasing something because I have a group of songs that really want to be heard and remixed and enjoyed! Since my last release I have been gradually building a home studio, and I'm now the lucky owner of some grand equipment.
My new home studio set up consists of
KRK Rokit 6 active monitors
LG monitor
Shure SM58
NI Komplete Audio 6 (soundcard)
DT100 beyerdynamic
EWQL orchestra
Logic Pro 9
Ableton Live 8
NI Komplete 7 (instruments & effects)
It has certainly been an interesting 8 month project, and I'm really excited to push it forward to your ears. I'd say theres plenty of influence from my favourite musicians, but even more so, Burial, Nicolas Jaar, Steve Reich and Will Wiesenfeld.
A Very New Everything (2013) – Kayla Painter – release date tbc.
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Jesse Calton was born Mar. 27, 1867 at Coffey's Gap in Watauga Co., NC to George Washington "Wash" and Matilda "Tilda" Coffey Coffey. Wash was the son of William Clayton and Sarah Greene Coffey while Tilda was the daughter of Jesse Calton and Nancy A. Raines Coffey. William was uncle to Jesse, their common ancestor being Jesse and Margaret Edmisten Coffey.
Julia Hollifield was born Mar. 31, 1873 in Watauga Co. and died Jul. 11, 1957 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co. She and Jesse were married May 7, 1892 in Watauga Co. Her parents were Wiley and Mary Ann "Annie" Reid Hollifield. Another daughter, Flora Ellen Hollifield married Reuben Finley Coffey on Dec. 14, 1893 in Caldwell Co.
Jesse and Julia were parents of at least nine children:
George Wiley, born Mar. 20, 1890, died Jan. 25, 1948 in Wilkes Co. He married Ida Belle Norman on Apr. 11, 1912 and they were parents of at least nine children. Ida was born in 1886 in Lenoir and died there in 1974.
Charles Alexander "Charlie" was born Jul. 2, 1894 in Caldwell Co., and died May 17, 1966 in Lenoir. He married Julia Evelyn Knight on Sep. 4, 1915 in Watauga Co. Julia was born Sep. 13, 1896 and died Jan. 21, 1981. They were also parents of at least nine children.
Annie, born Feb. 16, 1896, died Jul. 4, 1976. No other information.
Thomas Leroy "Tom", born Oct. 13, 1898, died Feb. 11, 1974 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co. Tom married Alice Sanders on Jul 19, 1919 in Watauga Co. She was the daughter of Eve and Emma Sumlin Sanders of Caldwell Co. Alice died Feb. 24, 1962 in Blowing Rock. They were also parents of at least nine children.
Ella, born Feb. 22, 1901, died Jul. 15, 1983 in Morganton, Burke Co., NC. Ella married a Mr. Smith. No other information.
Rev. Harley Clint, born Jul. 11, 1903 in Upton, Caldwell Co., died Mar. 5, 1972 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co., NC. He married twice, first to Dovie "Texie" Bolick on May 8, 1927 in Watauga Co., and second to Myrtle Thelma Andrews on Nov. 20, 1930 in Winston-Salem. I know of only one child, a daughter Claudine, born to his union with Myrtle. Texie died of dysentery after a little over a year of marriage, on Jun. 16, 1928. Myrtle, a daughter of William M. and Manarky Victoria Shook Andrews died Nov. 13, 1979 in Valdese, Burke Co., NC.
Pearl Nevada, born Feb. 8, 1906, died Feb. 25, 1993. She married first James Samuel Day on Apr. 22, 1923 in Watauga Co. James, a son of James Mordichi and Annie Marie Reid Day, was born Aug. 5, 1899 in Watauga Co. and died there on Mar. 13, 1956. She later married James' brother Spencer who died in Caldwell Co. in 1965. Pearl died Feb. 25, 1993.
William Glenn, born Apr. 11, 1909, died Feb. 24, 1977 in Alexander Co., NC. He married Annie Rivers "Nannie" Coffey, a daughter of Jesse Cleveland and Eliza Loudermelt Coffey. Nannie was born Jan. 1, 1910 in Avery Co., NC and died Apr. 15, 1952 in Boone, Watauga Co. I know of one child, Jerry Guy Coffey, born Sep. 12, 1933, died Jan. 25, 1998. Jesse Cleveland and Jesse Calton were first cousins.
Bertha Vienna, born Sep. 2, 1912, died Jan. 14, 1970 in Blowing Rock. She was the second wife of Adren Reece Moody, born Dec. 6, 1909 in Watauga Co., died Sep. 12, 1968 in Blowing Rock. Adren was the son of Arthur C. and Rota Marticia Estes Moody. He and Bertha were the parents of at least two children: Teresa Geraldine, born May 7, 1932, died Jan. 8, 1994 and Catherine Elizabeth, born May 7, 1935, died Jan. 23, 1993. Adren's first wife was Edna Porter with whom he had at least one child, Louise born Nov. 15, 1928.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - MIT improved to 8-1 on the year after competing at the Brandeis University Invitational on Dec. 5. The Engineers posted victories over Brown University (20-7), Boston College (18-9), Brandeis (14-13), and Vassar College (19-8), before falling to national-powerhouse St. John's University, 17-10.
Tech's foil squad opened the day by shutting out Brown, 9-0, and then wrapped up the competition with a 6-3 win over St. John's, marking MIT's only weapon victory in the match. Spencer Sugimoto finished with a 12-1 mark in foil, including winning the decisive bout against the host Judges, while Vincent Chen registered a record of 11-3.
The epee team of Michael Beregovsky, Samuel Korb, Trevor Chang, and Lukas Schmitt combined for a record of 31-14, with every fencer finishing with a winning mark. Korb went 11-4 while Chang was 10-4. Beregovsky posted a ledger of 9-6 while Schmitt won the only bout he competed in.
William Walsh had the best showing for the sabre squad by totaling a 9-6 record. He also registered the only wins for his weapon against St. John's.


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Saskatchewan Province in Canada is growing as a popular destination for the Irish, thanks in part to a healthy economy and the demand for work. Despite partly sub-arctic winter temperatures, the province is attracting huge numbers of Irish.
The Irish Times reports on the Morrissey family who relocated to Saskatchewan from Tipperary in 2009. The Morriseys emigrated to Saskatchewan in 2009 after attending a Working Abroad Expo in 2009. In March of this year, a similar event attracted nearly 20,000 people.
The Morriseys attended that one as well, but instead of looking for work abroad, they were there to help teach people about Saskatchewan and share their experiences.
A spokesperson for the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program says that around 300 Irish families are currently in the process of moving to the region after receiving offers from employers at these jobs fairs.
Up to recently, the destination was next to unheard of in Ireland. However, the Morrissey's - Sinead, Howard and their 11 year old daughter Cara - have seen an upswing in the Irish population in Saskatchewan.
Upon arriving in 2009, Howard, a carpenter, remembers not knowing of any other Irish people in the area. That however has now changed, as Howard says he hears of Irish people arriving nearly every week for either short term or long term stays in the Canadian province.
While the capital, Regina, is lacking an Irish centre that could serve as a meeting place for Irish immigrants, a new Facebook page is proof of a new era of immigration and is being deemed "invaluable" for newcomers to the area. An array of people - single, married, families, even some married men who have branched out on their own in hopes of having their families join them later - are all chatting away on the New Regina Facebook page.
John Hopkins, chief executive of Regina's Chamber of Commerce, calls the labor market in Saskatchewan a "perfect storm." While the economy there is expanding, the workforce is also aging, providing an opening for new jobs and high demand for workers. It is likely that the scenario will remain the same for the next 20 years.
Recruitment for the projected 75,000 to 90,000 jobs in Saskatchewan will mainly be in the areas of technology, construction, mineral exploration, agriculture and petroleum.
Hopkins said "Ireland makes a lot of sense as a human resource because cultures, law and language are largely the same. The cuisine is similar, the education too, so people will fit in easily. The skills and trades credentials appear to be on par with Canada. The major hurdle standing in the way is immigration."
While the current cap on the number of people who can enter the Saskatchewan province under a program that recommends applicants for permanent residency sits at 4,000 people, many are calling for the total to be bumped up to 6,000. So far, the central government has denied Saskatchewan's calls for a larger cap.
Michael Fougere, the president of the Saskatchewan Construction Association, fears that a lack of skilled workers will slow the economy down. "This is a huge issue for us. If we don't find people to do the work, we will slow down. We need carpenters, electricians, engineers and people in every area of construction."
"We have asked the government to lift the cap on skilled workers but they have so far refused to give us more and this is a constraint for us."
In nearby Calgary in the neighboring province of Alberta, the economy is facing the same issues - economic growth and a demand in workforce, but limits restricting the amount of immigrant workers.
Calgary Economic Development is looking to the UK and US to fill an approximate 114,000 jobs to be created over the next 10 years. They are currently finalizing details of a trip to Ireland in October where a range of Alberta's employers will try to entice Irish workers to the region.
While the promise of high workforce demand is undoubtedly alluring for many Irish, the transition to the provinces in Canada may prove difficult. A harsh difference in weather - plummeting temperatures in the winter and the opposite in the summer - could be tough to handle coming from temperate Ireland.
However, many Canadian groups – from the immigration authorities, to employers, to Irish workers on the ground – are pulling together to help people transition smoothly into their new lives. There is a real sense that the Irish are not only needed, but wanted.
Paul Farrell emigrated to Saskatchewan after attending an abroad job fair in Ireland. His business wasn't helping to pay the bills as the recession tightened, and happened to learn about the promise of Canada at the fair.
"The whole immigration process was very, very good. After the fair, I got in contact with Saskatchewan immigration, and they took care of it all," said Farrell, who noted to the change in lifestyle was an adjustment, but that he is growing to quite like it.


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I know, I know, I've been absolutely AWFUL about posting. Beyond awful. But rather than getting bogged down in that and feeling guilty, I'm just going to post right now... because I want to, and because maybe then I'll start to feel like, "Hey, I could post that!" and be better about writing here!
In the spring, usually right around tax day, our backyard is filled with lush green foliage and electric blue-purple flowers that we're pretty sure are Siberian squill. Seriously, the whole backyard. It's the best it looks all year, by far. In fact, a while (man, I GUESS a while!) ago I posted pix of my two gorgeous (and WAY smaller) girls in the squill flowers.
Well, today I've got a picture of a different one of my "girls" in the squill. Of course, this one's in the squill because she's busy collecting the pretty blue pollen in the pollen baskets on her back legs as well as the nectar. :)


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There's nothing lovelier than getting into a bath and staying there as long as you like. And when that tub has a soul-soaring view, well, heaven. Here are some of the world's finest tubs with a tableau worthy of an amorous splurge.
Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur
Among the globe's most incredible locations for a hotel, the Cliff House residence and the Pacific Suites at Post Ranch Inn have indoor and outdoor bathtubs with unbroken 180-degree views of California's coastline. Set 1,200 feet above the crashing waves, the outdoor tub is stainless steel, made for two, heated to 104 degrees and facing the purple-hued sunset. The only living creatures spying on you are the sea gulls. Order chocolate-covered strawberries and a bottle of Champagne and submerge for some natural splendor. For a more modest tab, there are doubles from $675 a night. (800) 527-2200, http://www.postranchinn.com. Adults only.
Mashpi Lodge, Ecuador
Two-and-a-half hours west of Quito, this lodge is set in the Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve. After an often-muddy day trekking to waterfalls and rivers (it is called a rain forest for a reason), the ideal ending is lounging neck-deep in a Philippe Starck-designed bathtub in a Yaku Suite gazing out at a cloud-shrouded mass of emerald branches, twisted vines and Jurassic Park-sized leaves. If you lie still, you might just be eye-to-eye with birds such as the rainbow-feathered Rufous Motmot, the crimson-chested Masked Trogon or an Emerald Toucanet. Who needs binoculars? Rates start at $1,296 a person for a minimum two-night stay. Includes meals, tours and transport to and from Quito and sights along the way. (888) 572-0166, http://www.mashpilodge.com.
Hayman Island Resort, Australia
The resort's eight beach villas, on a private island at the edge of the continent's celebrated Great Barrier Reef, are the ultimate in oceanfront digs. Walk straight from the azure sea and talc-white sand into your 1,290-square-foot suite and choose between the free-standing bathtub, with a view through glass walls to the ocean, or your private heated pool. In fact, there is little reason to leave your pad, which comes with a gratis mini-bar, a private patio and a butler who will bring you just about anything, including meals from one of the resort's four fine-dining restaurants. Of course, it would be sad not to venture forth at least once and experience that legendary underwater life. If a beach villa, at $1,863 a night, doesn't match the budget, doubles at the main resort are from $614 a night. Includes breakfast. 011-61-7-4940-1234 http://www.hayman.com.au.
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Tanzania
The Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to almost every species of East African game and wildlife. The Ngorongoro Crater Lodge suites, with a contemporary take on Maasai mud-and-stick architecture, all have a bird's-eye view of the crater floor. The soaring bathrooms have free-standing tubs with hand-beaded chandeliers above, gilt mirrors, buckets of fresh roses, floor-to-thatched-roof silk curtains and stupendous views of the crater and beyond. It is not at all uncommon to be steeping in the tub and have a zebra or a wildebeest saunter past your window. From $1,000 per person per night. Includes three meals a day, most alcohol and other beverages, laundry and safari activities. (888) 882-3742, http://www.ngorongorocrater.com.
Matakauri Lodge, New Zealand
Perched on the edge of Lake Wakatipu and blessed with one of the most iconic, "Lord of the Rings"-style panoramas in the country, Matakauri is close to Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world, but far enough away to be blissfully private. Six deluxe suites, sequestered in native forest, have oversized tubs with picture windows facing the lake's turquoise glacial waters and the snow-capped Remarkables mountains. The lodge is the ideal jumping-off point for bungeeing from bridges, leaping off cliffs with a paragliding guide, zip-lining over forest canopies, whitewater rafting, fly fishing or hiking the Routeburn Track. Or alternatively, stay in your suite, crank up the stereo and draw bath after bath. Lodge rooms from $592 per person, per night; deluxe suites from $1,006. Includes pre-dinner drinks and hors d'oeuvres, gourmet dinner, full breakfast and complimentary mini-bar. 011-64-3-441-1008, http://www.matakauri.co.nz.


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In a contest, called "Jee Le Zara Dekho Aur Jeeto", where a fan can meet his or her favourite celebrity, a Noida (Uttar Pradesh) resident was declared the winner. She got to meet her favourite star Ruslaan Mumtaz and his co-star Sangeeta Ghosh.
The winner, Neeti Pandey, won the grand prize of an all-expenses paid trip to Mumbai along with a partner. She came to Mumbai with her husband Divakar Pandey to meet Ruslaan and Sangeeta.
"I am over glad that I got the chance to meet my favourite star Ruslaan. I consider myself as his no.1 fan. I had always seen him on screen and today he was in front of me. I had big crush on him ever since his first movie an''I can't believe that I really met him," said Neeti who is in the family way.
The "MP3 - Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar" actor was happy with the response.
"I am glad and overwhelmed with the fantastic response that I am getting from my viewers. It was so great of Neeti that she had come down to Mumbai only to meet me that to in such condition. I wish her good luck for upcoming motherhood phase," Ruslaan said in a statement.
"...Jee Le Zara" airs on Sony Entertainment Channel.


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Miakoda wrote:I am currently spending about $500 a month on dog food. And that number will rise a little bit as I am adding a Fila to the household next week.
That's just food alone. No treats.
nicole wrote:wow...how are you raw feeders averaging $40 a month for multiple dogs?
cheekymunkee wrote:I buy from grocery stores usually. Walmart for chicken parts ( although now that gas is cheaper I should drive over & get necks & backs from wholesale) and ethnic stores for innards & other meats. Usually pork & turkey I can find cheaper at ethnic stores.
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