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Question: My question is about Psalm 37:11 and Matthew 5:5 – the meek shall inherit the earth.
I have a Jehovah's Witness friend that I see a few times a week and we usually meet in the Jacuzzi at the end of our workout and talk religion. I'm Catholic.
He says that this quote refers to the end times, when Jesus will come back and the worthy (meek) will all live in heaven on earth. He claims that no one is in heaven yet but sleeping in death (limbo?) until the second coming. I say Jesus washed our sins away in the blood of the lamb and when we die, if we believe in him and lived a good life, we will join our worthy ancestors in heaven immediately. Who is right?
I know none of us will know the answer for sure until we die – which I hope is a long time away for you and me and even my Jehovah's Witness friend – but how would you respond to this?
Answer: I can think off few better places to discuss religion, and many which are less comfortable, than a nice hot soak in a Jacuzzi. It is not my desire or intention to us this column as a means to putting one theological system before another or to resolve debates between denominations, but I can give my perspective for whatever it is worth.
In the first place, in Scripture there are themes which would support each of your views.
In support of your Witness friend, who believes that the dead must wait for the resurrection to rise and see heaven, there are passages such as the one you cite in Psalm 37:11, which promises the future earth to the humble, and Matthew 5:5, which says, "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." This is cast in the future tense, suggesting that the meek do not have it now but one day will.
Perhaps abetter passage to justify this view is found in I Corinthians 15: 21-26, which reads as follows.
"But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being. For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the first fruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death."
In this passage Paul seems to suggest that the departed sleep in death and will be raised at the second coming. I do not think the Witnesses would use the medieval scholastic word limbo to describe this, but I see why you mention it to indicate a belief that they are in a space of waiting.
The Witnesses' belief in the waiting of the dead is based on a larger world view that professes that we are now in the last times, and their belief in the state of the dead needs to be seen in that context.
I apologize in advance if I do not do them justice in this brief summary. A number of publications published by the Witnesses have declared that Christ began his kingly rule in heaven in 1914, and that these current days are the times when we await the coming Armageddon when that heavenly kingdom will take more dynamic force on earth. At that impending time, the dead will be raised up, there will be a great tribulation and the judgment will occur.
The Witnesses' website is less detailed, but says, "It is the heavenly Kingdom for which Jesus taught all his followers to pray. Soon it will become the one government over all the earth and will solve mankind's pressing problems. The Bible does not give a date for these events, but it provides evidence to show that we are living in `the last days' of this troubled world." (see: http://www.jwmedia.org/aboutjw/article31.htm#judgment)
I state this to make the point that when they say that the dead are not in heaven yet, this is not an attempt to be dismissive of them or to suggest that they are forgotten, but rather that they very soon will be in the presence of God.
There is another strain in Scripture, however, which suggests that the dead can and do enter into the presence of God more immediately at the moment of death or shortly thereafter. It is this view which is taken by the Catholic and other churches.
For example, when Christ was on the cross, and the repentant thief begged him, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom," Christ replied, "I tell you this: today you will be with me in Paradise." (Luke 23:43.) In this interpretation, the key word is "today," suggesting that the good thief will not wait very long from that moment until he is in heaven.
A more problematic, but equally important passage in this debate is the text where Jesus argues with the Sadducees about the resurrection of the dead. In this passage they tell him the parable of the woman who had been with seven husbands and they asked, rather cynically, whose wife she would be in the resurrection.
Jesus replied, "When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven. As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God told him, `I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are greatly misled." (Mark 12:25-27)
This text may be taken to mean that the dead are indeed living in the presence of God.
This belief that the dead enter into a more immediate encounter and life with God after death, rather than sleeping, is based also on a larger world view which should be seen for the sake of context. This interpretation rests on the idea of the "communion of saints" which means that the dead and the living are somehow tied together in the life of the risen Christ. In this belief system, eternal life begins, not at the future resurrection, but either that the moment when a believer comes to know Christ, as in Protestant views, or at the moment of baptism, in the Catholic understanding.
But for both Catholics and many Protestants, eternal life begins more immediately in this life and not in the future. In this interpretation, therefore, there is no waiting period for the dead because eternal life has already begun.
Just to make matters a little more confusing, let me call to mind a phrase used by philosophers, which has many versions and runs as follows: Metaphysics directs ethics. This means, only when one understands a believer's concept of the way the universe operates can one interpret his moral belief system. This applies to both the world views we have considered here.
So do we go to heaven, or some other destination of less comfort when we die or do we have to wait? As a Catholic priest I have my own views on this, but perhaps a partial resolution to this problem posed by my questioner can be considered as follows.
We need to remember that humanity exists within time, and we are bounded by a past and a future. But God, by definition, is outside time, and all persons are equally present and equally alive to him, regardless of their place in time. We might then assert that from the divine perspective, there is no one who is dead and no one who is not alive to God, even if they appear to be dead from the perspective of us who are still trapped in time.
From the perspective of God, perhaps, his relationship to the mechanism of time which he has created, resembles the words of the English poet Robert Herrick (1591-1674), who wrote, "I saw eternity the other night/like a great ring of pure and endless light/All calm as it way bright."
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This feather-light dairy-free "bisque" relies on quinoa for richness and density—no cream or milk required. Zucchini and dill shine with nothing but onions for sweetness and chicken broth for some full-bodied flavor. For an entirely vegan version, you can easily omit the chicken stock in favor of vegetable stock, water, or a combination of both. (Just be careful with store-bought vegetable stock; sometimes its dark color will leave you with a muddy-hued soup.)
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced (about 3/4 cup)
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Dave Wiens is the Colorado mountain bike racer who beat Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong in the 2007 and 2008 Leadville 100 races, and his wife Susan DeMattei is no slouch on a bike either – her riding career peaked with a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
The couple now live in tiny Gunnison, Colorado with their sons Cooper, Ben and Sam. Wiens, 45, splits his time between family, trail development, bike advocacy and coaching sports with his sons, while DeMattei, 47, is a part-time nurse at the local hospital. BikeRadar spoke to the pair about life after professional racing
BikeRadar: Dave, you've won the Leadville 100 six times now – will you be racing it in 2010?
Dave: I will, but I'm taking the race preparation differently. Racing against Floyd Landis in 2007, then Lance in 2008 and 2009 was fun. For me, Leadville has always been about the preparation; these last three years, the added competition has bumped it up a few notches. I think I'm over that now. I still want to race the event like I was in 2005, 2006, where I went into it with the fitness I had.
I don't want to have any constraints with Susan and the boys leading up to the race, and I won't pass up some camping or rock climbing with the family in the weeks leading up to the race. I also think the 2010 race will have a whole new dynamic, with a very competitive field. As a 45-year-old, it may not be realistic with some of the newer guys coming in. You never know; I'm still competitive, and enjoy riding at the front!
What did you think of Race Across the Sky, the Leadville documentary?
Dave: I liked it; they did a great job showing the heart and soul of the race, and paying attention to the people involved. Obviously Lance was a big factor, but including other people's stories was excellent. They captured the breadth of the event. Now people have a true visual of the event, even my relatives who've heard of it but hadn't attended. I've heard positive feedback from several people. It could've been a bluebird kind of blue-sky day. The cinematography was awesome.
Dave Wiens (R) and Lance Armstrong in the 2008 Leadville 100
Dave, you retired from full-time bike racing in 2004; where does your income come from these days?
Yes, the last year of the Polo-RLX Ralph Lauren team. In football or other sports, one actually retires; it's different for bike racers. The NORBA series was how I defined bike racing up to that point, so I decided it was time to shift my focus.
Now I'm doing a variety of things, one of them for Ergon, who I help promote and also do some racing for throughout the year. Someone could say I'm once again a professional racer, because I'm paid. I signed up with them in 2008. They wanted me to help promote their products at the Outdoor Retailer Show, which coincided with the Leadville 100 race. Lance showed up to race last year, so I decided to race it again.
I also do trail development and consulting. I started a charitable organisation called Gunnison Trails in 2006, and I pour a lot of my energy into that, working closely with the Bureau of Land Management to get trails developed. I help them manage mountain biking initiatives around here, and I help put on the Growler race and other races to benefit Gunnison Trails. Trail and advocacy work probably take up half my time these days. I also coach football and hockey locally.
I don't have an enormous income, but I keep myself busy. Gunnison is a pretty affordable place to live, compared to Aspen or Crested Butte. We don't have an extravagant lifestyle; we're not going hungry. We're pretty isolated in Gunnison, about 70 miles away from any town of comparable size, so we don't shop much. Living here 20-plus years has conditioned us not to be sport shoppers. Susan is actually more careful with money than I am.
How did you become interested in trail development?
My interest in trails came right along with getting interested in mountain biking. I moved to Gunnison after Alaska in 1987. I worked at a restaurant at night and rode my bike during the day. I was racing bikes as an expert, and using the mountain bike as a means to explore public lands around Gunnison. What I found was that there weren't many good trails, if any. Right or wrong, we approached the BLM about creating more trails, which they totally shot down. No reasoning or procedure to follow, just a 'no'.
Back then, one could drive a motorcycle, truck or any other motorised vehicle on the trails, so we took matters into our own hands. A small group of us began building trails, like many systems around the world, including the popular Fruita system. Passionate people built trails, and over time land management agencies took notice. It was an evolution of development, and mountain biking was the driver of all this. In any group of mountain bikers, there's usually a handful of men and women that enjoy building trails. The BLM created rules, and I work closely with them now.
Wiens out on the trails, this time swinging trailbuilding tools
You certainly don't mind rolling your sleeves up and doing the heavy lifting. Who does all your bike wrenching?
I always did, but now with the factor of time, new component technology and a young family, I have my friend and former RLX-Polo Ralph Lauren mechanic Dan Crean help me out with my bikes.
Early in my career, when Susan and I raced in Europe, all we had were our bikes and plane tickets. We had to do all our own wrenching; bikes were more simple then. These days teams have soigneurs, mechanics, managers and a decent-sized staff. We didn't have any of that until much later in our careers.
How did you connect with Rotwild bikes?
My relationship with Ergon USA is obviously connected with Ergon Germany. The team I race for is known as the Topeak-Ergon team, and there's a tight relationship between several German brands, one of them being the bike company Rotwild. Current women's world cross-country champion Irina Kalentieva is on the European team, as are Wolfram Kurschat and Alban Lakata. I'm part of the American team with Jeff Kerkove, Sonya Looney, Yuki Saito and the O'Deas, Eddie and Namrita.
I race the R.R2 HT (hardtail) and usually ride it about three times before Leadville. Other than that, I'm always on the R.R2 FS (full-suspension). At TransAlp, though, I raced the FS. As for race setup: DT Swiss Carbon wheels, Conti Race King 2.2 UST tyres, Stan's sealant, Magura MD80 SL forks, Magura Marta SL disc brakes, Thomson stem and seatpost, Topeak Shuttle carbon cages, Topeak ProPack, Terry carbon rail saddle, Shimano XTR shifters, drivetrain, cranks and pedals.
I don't think any particular bike will make or break someone's ride. If you have trained well, ride smart and have a little bit of good luck, any of those options will achieve your goals. My own preference is a hardtail built up fairly light.
Dave Wiens' Rotwild bike #1, the R.R2 HT
Susan, are you riding a Rotwild as well?
Yes! I just got one a few weeks ago. It's fun; I grew up on hardtails. I'm not a tech person and don't clamour for the latest and lightest, but it's fun to have a full-suspension bike now! I feel like I'm a better bike rider now than I was when I was racing – slower, but a better bike handler thanks to the technology and cushy stuff. It suits my needs perfectly; I don't worry about weight, and comfort is huge for me.
How much mountain bike riding do you do these days, and with whom?
I ride often, usually by myself, but for about an hour or so due to family and work constraints. We have this cool trailhead just 15 minutes away called Hartman Rocks. It's my endorphin fix, my nature fix and my tranquiliser all in one.
Mountain biking is still my favourite sport, and if I'm doing anything social, it's usually on a bike. It's when I get together with girlfriends; I don't meet them for drinks, I meet them for bike rides. I'm still enthralled with riding; we can ride for the better part of the year out here. I think our riding season is over now that winter has arrived.
Describe a perfect day on the bike...
Dave: Riding with Susan, of course, especially in the summer. We don't load our bikes in the car to go on epic rides; we ride adjacent to Gunnison and miles of public land. Another perfect ride is a solo backcountry ride, doing something new and exploring the trails. I also like solo evening rides. Colorado's end-of-the-day light is fantastic. I'll never get tired of it. What started for me as transportation and freedom has come full circle in some ways.
Susan, what's your fondest memory from your racing career, apart from the 1996 Olympics?
That sport afforded me getting out of my little 'box' in Marin County; I hadn't really travelled much before I became a bike racer. The neatest part of the job was meeting a variety of people and traveling around the world, racing internationally. I felt like the luckiest person on the planet, traveling to cool places to do what I loved most. Meeting Dave was a highlight; he was the greatest person I ever met, and racing with the one person I really wanted to spend time with was perfect.
The 1994 World Championships in Vail, Colorado was another highlight for me when I won the silver medal in the cross-country race. There was a good field there, and I didn't expect to place there; my buddy Sara Ballantyne was third. The American women were a force back then; there were eight or 10 really good racers, a stacked deck. Europeans hadn't taken over yet, and they liked racing in the States.
Susan (R) on the 1996 Olympic podium with Alison Sydor (L) and Paola Pezzo
Dave, what was your most poignant and emotional race?
It was the 2008 Leadville 100, because there was so much build-up to it. I would train for an entire year leading up to one race, which I never did racing World Cups, national championships or NORBA races. Last year was more emotional, but Lance was a machine in 2009, coming off the Tour de France. I knew he would win the race unless he broke his bike or had the swine flu. In 2008, he was still among the civilian ranks and put in some decent training, making it a fairly close race. I wasn't any different this year compared to last year, and did the best race I could in 2009. Lance was obviously fitter than me this year!
What's your opinion on the demise of NORBA and US mountain bike racing in general?
Dave: It's too bad, because the series was heavily subsidised. Once the players in USA Cycling changed, the money fell away. The NORBA nationals went back to the early 1980s, the biggest circuit on the planet. I appreciate what other organisers are doing these days but it's not the same. They need a more cohesive series, and I know it's hard to tie in stand-alone events. NORBA was classic in its heyday, up until four or five years ago.
Your average American has lost interest in standard cross-country racing. I think there's a sweet spot in a 50- to 70-mile epic race; 100 miles is pretty tough for most folks. The European 100km off-road marathon races are picking up steam. Riders are looking for a challenge, and a high-quality course makes a difference.
Could the popular gran fondos trigger a similar trend on the dirt? Other former competitors of yours raced Leadville and Downieville this year, including Thomas Frischnecht, Travis Brown and Tinker Juarez...
The essence of our sport is singletrack, and even Lance asked Ken Chouber about increasing the max number of Leadville riders. Trails can't always support that many riders. Our local races are capped below 300 people, even with them always selling out quickly.
I did the recent Livestrong ride in Austin, Texas with Lance and others. Several thousand people participated and it was a compelling event to motivate people to ride. Signing up for an epic event gives people something to aim for.
Wiens during the 2009 Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California
The NorCal High School Racing League has grown into a big deal, especially in Marin County where you grew up. What would a League like that have done for you as a high schooler?
Susan: I'm delighted it exists, and surprised it didn't happen sooner, although I know it takes a huge effort to get something like that going. In fact, mountain biking didn't exist in Marin County when I was in high school, and I didn't play any sports back then. Having mountain biking as an option would've been wonderful.
I started riding and racing mountain bikes in my early 20s; now 10-year-olds are learning skills from their parents on 27-speed bikes. I think it's very cool for the sport. I can't imagine what high school mountain bike racing will do for kids; they're super-lucky. Its time has come, and it suits kids who either haven't found their niche with ball sports or are loners who enjoy riding by themselves.
Dave: I think it's a fantastic sport to have in high school; not every kid is cut out for team sports. It's a lot like cross-country running, where you compete on your own but rely on your team-mates for overall results. Being part of the team and flying the flag of one's school.
High school mountain bike racing offers something to the kids where traditional sports does not. Not every kid wants to play football, basketball, volleyball, whatever. High school mountain biking racing seems very grass-rootsy to me; reminds me of the birth of mountain bike racing in the 1980s. I don't dislike gravity racing, but cross-country racing is simple and something every kid can do.
Tell me about how you'd like to get involved with the newly-formed Colorado Mountain Bike Racing League...
Susan: I'd like to spread the word like others, and would like to see something happen here in Gunnison. There's interest brewing, so it won't be a hard sell here. I think Dave and I could help out doing clinics and promoting the sport; not sure how much hands-on I can do. I love teaching people of all ages. As long as I'm standing upright, I'd love to contribute with some clinics and some talks.
Susan riding on the trails near her Gunnison, Colorado home
Mountain bike pioneers from California and Colorado gathered in the late 1970s to share their new-found passion, so this seems like it's coming full-circle once again. Where do you see high school mountain bike racing heading in Colorado in five years?
Dave: I think it's going to be really big, because we're hearing from friends in Denver and Durango about how excited they are. I think you're going to see Colorado take it and run with high school mountain bike racing. Summit County, Steamboat Springs and others already have leagues, so joining them together will be a big deal.
The competitive aspect of mountain bike races aren't complex; getting the coaches and riders together and practising won't be hard here in Colorado; it's already happening in Durango, for instance.
You and Susan will be the guest speakers at the Colorado High School Racing League fundraising dinner in late April 2010. Excited?
I'm excited to see what the future will bring to Colorado's high school kids. I'm not much of a public speaker, though, so I'm a bit nervous.
Do you think high school mountain bike racing can reach critical mass and become an acceptable school sport in the US?
I don't see why not; it'll take time. Cross-country running is an accepted sport across the US, not super high-profile, but it's a collegiate sport as well. High school mountain biking should follow suit. It'll be hard going up against football and other sports. Smaller schools in smaller towns in Colorado could very well become mountain bike racing powerhouses, with teams from Crested Butte, Gunnison and Durango going toe-to-toe with big suburban schools from Denver. I think that's pretty cool.
This is a sport that will pull from a whole pool of athletes who may not even realise they're athletes. Everybody digs bikes, both boys and girls riding and racing side by side. So many pluses.
Wiens racing cross-country in the late 1980s
Susan, what can young women do to become professional cyclists, and do they have to choose between dirt and road?
I highly advocate doing both; looking back, I know my mountain biking helped my road racing and vice-versa. I always say do both for the fun, variety and improving strengths. They facilitate the other, especially for high school age kids.
I always wish that kids would be less nervous before the race, and enjoying themselves. Sometimes just committing to a race – signing up – is a big step. Getting time on the bike and practising is a big deal. Setting goals is important, and having fun is what it's about.
I also think the high school racing is good for parents as well as the kids, encouraging people to stay in love with the bike. It's a good way to keep kids challenged, focused and excited.
Do you think your boys will become professional athletes? Look at their parent's DNA!
They're going to be chess champions! They're not particularly taken by the bikes right now. They like a bunch of stuff: hockey, gymnastics, basketball, violin... we're getting them into several different things. I never played sports growing up, and sort of regret that. We're trying to expose our boys to a variety of things.
Dave takes them snowshoeing, Nordic skiing, anything to try and find what they like. We're actually more of an academic family; I'd rather see them bring home a good report card than a BMX race medal (laughs)!
Cooper and his dad enjoying the Flume Trail at Lake Tahoe
How different is the environment your boys are being raised in compared to your own upbringing?
Dave: Quite a bit, actually; small town versus metropolitan Denver where I grew up. The home itself is different; my dad was an 8am-6pm guy, and my job has never been like that. I'm around for my boys quite a bit, and Susan is a part-time nurse. Her schedule also allows her to spend time with the family, because she doesn't have to work shifts at the hospital. My free time in the winter allows me to be home when the kids finish school.
Tell me about how you caught the mountain biking bug.
When I first noticed mountain bikes was in 1984, '85; I was into whitewater kayaking and alpine skiing, and had all my gear for camping and exploring. I had a road bike at the time, but I wasn't a racer. Like many kids I had a Schwinn Varsity growing up.
Mountain bikes were pretty expensive back then. One of the only bikes you could get was a Specialized Stumpjumper for about $700-800, which was beyond my budget. I called it my 'elusive toy'. I wanted one, and knew I'd be into it; used mountain bikes didn't exist.
In the fall of 1985 I was working in a Denver sporting goods store which sold Specialized accessories; a rep sold me a Stumpjumper at cost, which I got at the end of the year. I moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to do more skiing, so the Stumpjumper didn't get much use. I really didn't take it on the trail until I moved to Alaska the following summer. I rode it on the Denali National Park trails, but I doubt the trails were legal.
I did my first two mountain bike races in Alaska on cross-country ski trails, an 8km and a 16km during the week. I remember the Nordic trails being super-intense; I recall breaking my seatpost off! I enjoyed it.
Susan won a silver medal at the 1994 World Champs
Susan, what was bike racing like for women when you first started racing in the 1980s?
It was exciting because it was a new sport; there weren't any defined parametres for women. Fairfax racer Jacquie Phelan made racing fun, relaxing and funny, and I aspired to have her skills. She was a great athlete. At the same time she had this tongue-in-cheek humour about her. She was supportive of any and all women getting involved in mountain bike racing, and paved the way for a lot of people, myself included.
I loved the intensity of mountain bike racing; because there were few women, it was easy to climb the ladder. Most of the races were in California and Colorado back then, in the mid to late 1980s. You could always go to the best races and go against the best competition right away.
When was your first road race?
I went to college in Chico, California, and started racing then and there. The competition was always wonderful, having good role models. I veered toward mountain biking, even though I did more road racing the first couple years. A few women's squads were getting good funding and racing in Europe, and they'd do stage races in California as well. It was a real crescendo for women's racing back then.
How old were you when you decided nursing was your calling?
When I got to college, actually, sometime after my second or third year. I was interested in the sciences. Chico is a very bike-friendly town. I love nursing, and it afforded me the ability to travel when I raced. My dad was a banker and my mom was a housewife; no medical background in my family. I'd like my boys to get into the scientific field, which is wide open.
Susan mobbed at the end of the Olympic cross-country race in 1996
You just celebrated 13 years of marriage. How would you describe your relationship?
Susan: It's wonderful; Dave is too good to be true. I have a ridiculous amount of respect for him, and have never met someone with so much integrity. I feel honoured to be with him, and to be his partner. He's the most fair and supportive guy I've known. We try to facilitate each other's lives. We get to spend a lot of time with our kids, and share many of the same goals.
It's also been fun to transition from where we were when we first met to now. Our lifestyle is totally different. It doesn't matter if he wins or loses Leadville; Dave is still the same person either way. I'm lucky, really.
Dave: I count myself lucky; Susan is a great person, friend, and mother. She likes our lifestyle in Gunnison, and enjoys her work with patients at the hospital. I hear feedback from her co-workers, patients and superiors that she's wonderful to work with. Life with Susan is awesome.
Now we're playing hockey together. We play in the recreational league together, putting on the hockey gear and skate the ice together. She was initially skeptical, but enjoys the challenge and fun with our friends.
Susan, what would former team-mates and competitors think of you now as a hockey-playing mom?
(Laughs) Actually, Alison Sydor mentioned she played hockey back when we were rivals. I was the least adventurous of the group; all I wanted to do was ride my bike and monitor my heart rate. Sara Ballantyne ended up doing epic adventure races. At middle age, I'm proud to say I'm finally branching out! Dave and I play on a team together, with people of all ages and from all walks of life. All winter long there are tournaments going on.


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Flip Filmin' in the LBC
February 9th, 2011
Geoff, Luan, David, Lance, Louie, Langi and Curren came out to Long Beach last week to film for the upcoming Flip West Coast Tour show. The show is scheduled to air on Fuel TV in April (exact day & time coming soon). Also, in case you missed it, check out the behind-the-scenes photos with Duane Peters and the crew from last month.


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The MSI K9N Platinum Motherboard:
The MSI K9N Platinum Motherboard Chipset Shot
The chipset is huge compared to the one used on the upcoming ATI RD580 boards, but looks like a normal board minus the 940-pin CPU socket called Socket AM2.
The Inq. had this to say aboout the board:
The "nForce5" chipset in question is known under a name "MCP55", and its more or less the same nForce4 SLI chipset we know today, only featuring new enhancements in various sectors: it supports 20 PCIe lanes (so the two x16 slots you're seeing on a picture are electrically x16. Data throughput wise - x8), six SATA-II devices and one PATA interface, a single Gigabit Ethernet (nV GbE) and most importantly - eight-channel RealTek ALC882D High-Definition Audio chip.


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An article in the Dallas Morning News sets up this week's iPod Devotional. Writer Pamela Yip started her piece with this startling fact.
The U.S. self-storage industry racked up more than $20 billion in revenue last year, according to the Self Storage Association. The industry has been the fastest-growing segment of the commercial real estate market over the last 30 years and has been considered by Wall Street analysts to be recession-resistant.
Much of the space in Americans' storage units is taken up by the things they've bought in their never-ending frenzy of consumption, said James A. Roberts, author of Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don't Have in Search of Happiness We Can't Buy.
It is a sad commentary on this society that one of the real job creators is building and staffing facilities to store junk we don't really need. The article continues with this question.
So why are consumers so enamored of all this consumption?
"We're trying to fill a hole," Roberts said. "We want to be happy and we've been told enough times that money or happiness can be purchased at the mall, online or from a catalog. We've been told that, and we've bought that hook, line and sinker." The problem is, "instead of filling that hole, we just create a bigger vacuum," Roberts said. "We keep on moving forward materially, but we get no closer to happiness," he said.
Filling that vacuum has been the quest of people since the beginning of time. Writers, poets and songwriters have postured that money and things can buy happiness.
Singer Barrett Strong had a hit in 1959 with a songthat could be the theme for our consumer retail therapy.
Money don't get everything it's true,
What it don't get I can't use;
Well, now give me money, (That's what I want)
A lotta money, (That's what I want)
The Beatles did a cover of that song and then one year later reversed their course and sang that money "Can't Buy Love". Paul McCartney was asked about the deeper meaning of the song "Can't Buy Me Love". "The idea behind it was that all these material possessions are all very well, but they won't buy me what I really want."
I'll buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright
I'll get you anything my friend if it makes you feel alright
'Cause I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love
I'll give you all I got to give if you say you love me too
I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you
I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love
A couple of years later McCartney wondered if the lyrics were untrue. "It should have been "Can Buy Me Love" when reflecting on the perks that money and fame had brought him. I wonder how Paul McCartney feels today with nearly fifty more years of life mileage on the odometer. I suspect he now feels the original idea was correct. Money really can't buy you love.
It is a deception of the world that things and money can buy you love or happiness or peace. I will be honest and confess that I would prefer to have money over the alternative. But I have learned that money is in no way a predictor of happiness. Some of the most miserable people I know could buy and sell me with their pocket change. It is human nature to believe that more money, some possession gained or a title achieved will finally make us happy. Too often that is just not true.
I have been on both sides of the money thing. And I can tell you without reservation that money is unrelated to happiness. Happiness is seeing my wife at the end of a long day. Enjoying dinner with my wonderful sons (and daughter-in-laws). Laughing with friends. Being greeted by a Labrador Retriever that thinks I am the greatest human being. Ever.
Happiness is watching my Grandson cackle when I tickle him. Seeing a child's innocent wonder. An elderly couple looking at one another with that look that only decades can develop. Happiness is seeing the sun rise and hearing the birds welcome that sight. Happiness is connecting with the One who made me. That is what I was created for and my happiness is found in the simplest things of life. There is joy all around us. I can choose to look for those things. Yet life happens and sometimes joy is a bit harder to choose.
In his letter to the church at Corinth Paul made the amazing statement that "I am overwhelmed with joy despite all our troubles." (2 Cor 7:4, MSG)
Where does that attitude come from? I can guarantee it doesn't come from stuff and shiny objects. Because we can "rent" what appears to be happiness for a season our culture continually confuses money and things with real happiness.
I choose to embrace life. I accept suffering because I am in relationship with a God who understands suffering and offers comfort that is inexplicable. Joni and I have stared down heartache and tragedy and found peace. Jesus had a thought or two on joy and the source.
"I've told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love." (John 15, MSG)
I am nowhere close to saying that my joy is wholly mature. But I have hope as I write this. Hope that transcends sports cars, money, and even the difficulties of life. I have hope because I have found the source of joy. Paul wrote a joyful letter to the church at Philippi.
Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. (Phil 4, MSG)
The Beatles were right. Money and things can't buy you love or lasting happiness. Placing Christ at the center of your life allows you to find joy. But you can't buy that either. It is a gift of grace. The gift is available to anyone. We just have to receive it. And that gift is the only thing I have found that fills the vacuum all of us seek to fill.


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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy senior Ian Caplan has been selected as a recipient of the 2012-2013 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship.
This award, funded through The Comcast Foundation, recognizes high school seniors from Comcast communities for commitment to community service, academic achievement, and demonstrated leadership. To acknowledge these accomplishments, Comcast grants recipients a one-time award of $1,000.
"Throughout his SCH career, Ian has garnered numerous awards for scholarship, citizenship, and leadership," said Polly Kimberly, SCH associate director of college counseling. "His brand of leadership is understated, inclusive, and girded by strong convictions that he is not afraid to express."
In addition to leading his class in grade point average, serving as president of the class for all four years of high school and directing the lacrosse team from his position in the goal cage, Caplan has "set the tone for his class's modus operandi," Kimberly said
"His class is known for its serious scholarship and commitment to integrity, sportsmanship, and loyalty qualities that Caplan has modeled in abundance," she said.


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2013 WCHA Final Five Matchups Set
The St. Cloud State Huskies will play Friday afternoon with their opponent to be determined after two play-in games Thursday at Xcel Energy Center.
SCSU is the top seed and Minnesota the second seed in this week's WCHA Final Five at the Xcel Energy Center.
The tournament will begin at 2 pm Thursday with #5 Minnesota State (Mankato) taking on #4 Wisconsin. It is MSU's first trip to the Final Five since 2003, when the Mavericks lost to the Gophers in a quarterfinal matchup. Wisconsin last made the tourney in 2010 and lost to SCSU in the semifinals.
At 7 pm on Thursday, #6 Colorado College will face off with #3 North Dakota. UND has won the past three Final Five tourneys. Colorado College lost in the 2011 semifinals to UND.
SCSU will face the winner of Wisconsin and Minnesota State at 2 pm on Friday afternoon. Minnesota awaits the winner of CC and UND, with the Gophers playing the winner of that game at 7 pm.
The championship game will be held Saturday night at 7 pm.


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This course consists of six sessions. Sometimes the course is over one or two weekends, or it is a drop-in concept where you can attend the sessions (modules) you want.
In this course we will discuss further the principles of Acem Meditation and how they may help us change some of the underlying, limiting structures of our personality.
We start each session with 30 min group meditation and each session has a specific topic:
The topics will be discussed on the basis of each group member's personal experience. There are several group meditations during the course, each 30-45 minutes long.


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Ruth Ballentine Harvey, 69, formerly of Mt. Airy, an organizational and group development specialist and author, died May 31 of complications of ALS at her home in Roxborough.
Until retiring four years ago, Ms. Harvey had worked with her husband, James Martin, preparing customized training programs for large worksites.
She also was the author of two books, "Connecting in Philadelphia: 512 Great Places to Enjoy Yourself and Meet New People," and, with Diane R. de Castro, "Connecting in San Francisco: 693 Great Places to Enjoy Yourself and Meet New People."
Earlier she had been an individual and family psychotherapist and had taught at Bryn Mawr College and Rutgers University. She had also been a counselor in the Philadelphia school system.
Ms. Harvey was known for her involvement in multiple activities and social causes, and had been a 21st Ward committeeperson until forced to retire two years ago because of her illness. She had been a volunteer for the tall ship Gazela Primeiro, and had participated in nearly every antiwar and civil rights march on Washington going back to the 1970s.
She was an avid community gardener, and, after harvesting her crop, would make regular deliveries of produce to food pantries in West Philadelphia. She sang with the Anna Crusis Women's Choir, and enjoyed sailing, golf, photography and line dancing.
Ms. Harvey was born in Washington, D.C., and attended schools in Potomac, Md. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Antioch College and a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, David; a daughter, Ruth; a sister, Carol Ballentine, and four grandchildren.
A memorial will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 23, at St. Malachy Church, 1429 N. Eleventh St., in Philadelphia. Memorial donations may be made to Project Learn School, 6525 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19119. – WF


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Earlier this year we gave away a Visa gift card for Visa's Hockey Love Hurts promotion. We asked you to send in questions for Alex Burrows of the Canucks and he answered them in this video.
The eventual winner of the contest was a Canucks fan from Vancouver. Her prize was was Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals between the Canucks and Bruins and she talks about her experience in this video:
Our friends at Visa wanted to say thank you to our visitors by offering up another two $75.00 gift cards. These Visa gift cards work anywhere major credit cards are accepted. At the start of the Stanley Cup Finals we asked you to participate and we're now happy to announce our winners!
Congratulations to our random winners: Erica Craig – @ericaleecraig on Twitter and Dilara L. who left a comment on the blog post!
Thanks to Visa for sharing their promotion with us and to all who participated!


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Doreen's Vase
This vase brightened up
Doreen's new council house.
She moved into her new home
in New Addington after the war.
Her house was one of many
built by the Council
to replace homes destroyed
during the war.
The bold colours and design
of this vase
were the latest fashion.
Doreen Hunt
Doreen remembers
moving to New Addington.
"I was married with two children
and I was living at Waddon
with my mother and father.
On my 21st birthday,
I got the key to 384 King Henry's Drive,
New Addington.
When we first came up here
to view the house,
there were no roads,
it was just mud, literally mud,
from the Parade onwards.
The houses were spanking brand new,
they were really lovely;
three bedrooms, a lounge and a kitchen
and all a really nice size.
I was absolutely thrilled.
It was so countrified up there,
so fresh.
We used to take the children
out for long walks
to Biggin Hill or the White Bear Pub
or to the big field at Fieldway
for picnics during glorious summer days.
It was bitterly cold in the winter,
but it was a beautiful place to live."
New homes for a new age.
Bombing during the war
destroyed or damaged
thousands of homes
in Croydon.
3000 new homes
were planned for the town.
Half were to be temporary homes
or 'Pre-Fabs'
and half permanent.
New Addington was one area
chosen by Croydon Council
for a huge new housing estate.
By 1955 it was home to 20,000 people.
Like many, Doreen thought
New Addington was a dream come true.
Find out more
If you are interested in
1950s home d r and style
or finding out about changes
in domestic life over time
then the Geffrye Museum
is a good starting point.
The Geffrye Museum
136 Kingsland Road
London E2
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He may be a wanted fugitive, but Edward Snowden is still a worthy hire in the eyes of many around the world.
The former National Security Agency contractor was elected Tuesday to the role of student rector at Glasgow University in Scotland, where he would represent more than 20,000 students for the next three years.
Students backing the "Snowden for rector" cause believed electing him to the position would send a loud, international message about government surveillance.
"Having Edward Snowden as rector would give us a megaphone with which we can project our views to a global audience particularly on the issue of state surveillance and the very valid and welcome role of whistle-blowers in a democracy," student and spokesman Chris Cassells told Scotland's The Herald over the weekend.
The rector position has previously been held by several notable people, including Nelson Mandela's wife, Winnie, and Mordechai Vanunu, a former Israeli nuclear technician, as well as Adam Smith and Edmund Burke, 18th-century thinkers who remain mainstays in economic and philosophic discourse.
The selection isn't the first gig Snowden has earned since leaking some 1.7 million top-secret government documents to a handful of journalists last year. Last month, the Freedom of the Press Foundation announced Snowden's appointment to its board of directors, a cohort that already included Snowden allies Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, as well as the actor John Cusack. Snowden's lawyer also told reporters last year that Snowden had taken a digital maintenance job with a Russian website.
Snowden is currently somewhere in Russia, where he has been living since the country granted him asylum last year.


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yottaa needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 118 designs submitted by 45 freelance designers.
Yottaa is an early stage, venture backed startup building technology and services related to cloud computing. We are a young, hip and fun startup. Our products are incredibly simple to use and radically improve the internet experience.
We want to convey a message of "simple" and "fast" to our customers. It should be "inviting" and "friendly".
We encourage you to have fun with the name Yottaa and come up with something creative.
We would like to see versions with different capitalization as well (e.g. Yottaa, yottaa, YOTTAA)
Our products and services are targeted at website owners, from small bloggers to fortune 500 companies. Our customers will be comparing our products to "old school enterprise products" and we want to come off as a young and innovative web2.0 alternative to the old enterprise solutions.
We are looking for a logo that can be used on our website, business cards, and other collateral.
Be creative! Surprise us! Have fun!
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Columbia, S.C. (Oct. 15, 2004) - Seniors Fernando Fiuri (Villa Maria, Argentina) and Federico Ochoa (Manizales, Columbia) advanced to the second round in their respective brackets on Friday at the University of South Carolina Fall Invitational.
Fiuri defeated Brandon Johnson of Radford 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 to advance in the A-2 singles bracket, while Ochoa defeated Gabriel Delarue of Campbell 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to advance in the B-1 singles bracket. Fiuri will face Austin Fenn of Elon tomorrow, while Ochoa will face Sebastian Bredberg of Elon.
Sophomore Felix Insaurralde (Asunci�n, Paraguay) also competed in singles action for the Bucs, but fell to Felipe Lima of Belmont 6-3, 6-4 in the A-1 singles bracket. He now moves to the consolation rounds for Saturday's play.
In doubles action, Insaurralde paired with Fiuri in the A-1 bracket, but fell to Arvid Puranen and Stephane Rod of Virginia Tech 8-6.
The Bucs will continue singles competition tomorrow with day two of the tournament beginning at 8:00a.m.


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Seung-Yul Noh overcame windy conditions and his nerves by shooting a 1-under 71 on Sunday to win the Zurich Classic in Avondale, La., by two shots for his first PGA Tour victory.
Noh, the leader through three rounds, never fell out of first, but he briefly fell into a tie with Keegan Bradley, the 2011 PGA Championship winner who had the gallery behind him.
But Bradley did himself in with a bogey on the fifth hole and a triple bogey on the sixth, while Noh remained steady enough to hold off remaining challengers.
The 22-year-old South Korean player, the youngest winner this season, wore yellow and black ribbons on his hat to honor the more than 300 dead or missing in a ferry accident in waters off his home country.
Noh, the seventh first-time PGA Tour winner in the last 10 years in the event, finished at 19-under 269 and earned $1,224,000.
Andrew Svoboda and Robert Streb tied for second. Svoboda had a 69 and Streb shot 70.
Jeff Overton, who briefly pulled within a stroke of Noh on the back nine, had a 70 to finish fourth at 16 under.
Bradley finished with a 75 to tie for eighth at 13 under.
LPGA Tour
Lydia Ko birdied the final hole for her third tour victory and first as a professional by holding off Stacy Lewis and Jenny Shin in the inaugural Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic in Daly City.
Ko made a 6-foot birdie putt moments before Lewis knocked in a 4-footer of her own to finish one stroke back.
Ko earned $270,000 and celebrated on the 18th green three days after her 17th birthday at the first tee box with the gallery singing "Happy Birthday."
Ko will move up two spots to No. 2 in the next world ranking.
She won the Canadian Women's Open as an amateur the last two years and took the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters in December in Thailand in her second start as a professional. She has six victories in pro events, also winning in Australia and New Zealand.
The third-ranked Lewis had her sixth runner-up finish since winning the Women's British Open in August.
European Tour
Alexander Levy birdied his final two holes to earn his first tour victory in the China Open in Shenzhen, China.
After Tommy Fleetwood, who finished four shots back in second place, bogeyed the 18th Levy sealed the win by dropping his approach shot three feet from the pin for another birdie. He shot a final-round 69 and finished at 19-under 269.
"We aim for wins, but today I didn't really have a chance. I had to play outstanding golf, but Alex has led from Friday, and that's one of the hardest things you can do," Fleetwood said. "What a performance from him."
Levy, in his second year on tour, has faltered under pressure before. Last year, he was tied with Ernie Els entering the final round of the BMW International Open in Munich but let the title slip away with four bogeys on the back nine. He ended up in third, his previous best result on tour.
Web.com Tour
Andrew Putnam won the WNB Golf Classic for his first tour title when high wind wiped out the final round at Midland Country Club in Midland, Texas.
The 25-year-old Putnam completed seven holes and had an eight-stroke lead when play was stopped shortly after noon with sustained wind of 28 mph and gusts of 43 mph. The gusts reached 50 mph about an hour later.
Putnam, a former Pepperdine player from Tacoma, Wash., shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday to reach 20 under and open a seven-stroke advantage.
Putnam earned $108,000 to jump from sixth to second on the money list with $248,273, more than enough to earn a spot on the 2014-15 PGA Tour.


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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Kendall Marshall passes Ed Cota for UNC record
He went into halftime with three assists, and then set up Harrison Barnes on a jump shot a couple of minutes into the second half. When the shot went through, Marshall had his 285th assist of the season, which set a school record. Ed Cota set the previous record with 284 assists during the 1999-00 season.
"It was definitely weighing on me in the first half," Marshall said. "I think we had three pitch aheads that usually are easy baskets. And we didn't convert on it, or a couple of them were bad passes on my part. Some of them – I don't know what happened."
He smiled at that. Some games, Marshall has piled up assists with so little effort it's easy to lose count. During the Tar Heels' 88-64 victory against Maryland, though, Marshall seemed to be stuck on three assists for the longest time.
"It felt good to just do that early in the second half," Marshall said of setting record.
At the next television timeout after Marshall set the record, the public address announcer at the Smith Center made those in attendance aware that they'd just witnessed a bit of UNC basketball history. Marshall received a long ovation.
He finished the game with eight assists, which gives him 289 and counting. He's tied with Bobby Hurley for the third-most assists in a single season in ACC history, and he needs 15 to set a new conference record. Barring something unforeseen, it's a certainty that Marshall, then, will be making more history.
As for the record he just set, and the player he surpassed, Marshall said he does have a relationship with Cota. The two haven't spoken in a while, Marshall said, but they spent some time with one another about a year ago, at the end of Marshall's freshman season.
"He's a very good guy," Marshall said. "I watch his highlights all the time. And you all talk about me, but some of the passes that he had the courage to make are ridiculous.
"So I have the utmost respect for his game and I thought he was a very great player."
-- Andrew Carter
23 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Best point guard in the country! UNC 76 DOOK 69
- March 1, 2012 at 1:40 PM
- Anonymous said...
And he won't make first team ACC.
- March 1, 2012 at 3:13 PM
- Anonymous said...
UNC-CHeats will go down (again) on Saturday. CHEATERS NEVER WIN! LOL!
- March 1, 2012 at 3:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
Maybe not since Zeller, Barnes, and Henson will be on there with Mike Scott and Stoglin, but at least he'll have an ACC and NCAA Championship ring.
- March 1, 2012 at 3:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
UNC-Cheat will be the dorks of Dook and the Cameron Crazies will cry. What a bunch of trolls! Lol...
- March 1, 2012 at 3:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
UNC OWNS Dook 131-102 in all time match-ups, so shut your pie hole loser.
- March 1, 2012 at 3:20 PM
- Anonymous said...
No Dook players will make the 1st Team...3 UNC players will and it should be 4.
- March 1, 2012 at 3:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
Dook 20 UNC 9 this century...keep living in the '40s loser!!
- March 1, 2012 at 3:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anon 3:23pm...look in the mirror. I guarantee you are either fat, ugly, or gay. I mean that's what Dook fans are. That is thier persona...Lol.
- March 1, 2012 at 3:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Haha neither of these teams are winning it all, you are delusional if you think they are. A young, upstart team called Kentucky is 29-1 and getting better and better.
P.S. UK doesn't ever lose at home(ahem.. UNC, Duke)or by 33 points on the road (lol!).
- March 1, 2012 at 3:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
UK won't win it all, and they will choke as they have young talent that will choke when it counts. Remember Brandon Knight and John Wall...they had better teams and could not close the deal. Same thing wil happen this year. Lol...UNC will win end the end, and you thank FSU for that!
- March 1, 2012 at 3:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
If UK did win it all...the NCAA will investigate Coach Cal like they did when he was a UMASS and Memphis...he is dirty! When was the last time UK was even in the Final Four? They will flop like they always do in the tourney...
- March 1, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- John W. said...
If "cheaters never win" then how do you explain the many and varied championships?
- March 1, 2012 at 3:52 PM
- John W. said...
...and Carolina has one eight of the last fifteen. See how easy it is to arbitrarily bracket some games to make a point?
Good idea, though -- throwing out the history that defines the rivalry...
- March 1, 2012 at 3:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
3:35PM: "When was the last time UK was even in the Final Four?"
UMM...last year?? Beat Carolina haha, anything else?
- March 1, 2012 at 4:05 PM
- Mike W said...
Marshall drops 20 on the Dookies and breaks the record while Zeller and Henson have their way with the Plumgirls.
3:35-You should really educate yourself before you speak. Obviously don't watch too much bball after that statement as any Carolina fan should know that fact.
- March 1, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
Another year, another 2 Dook wins over the baby blue softies...
Looks to become a habit, a la the '99-'04 years (14 Dook wins, 2 UNC wins).
- March 1, 2012 at 4:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
After watching Duke let Wake almost come back, and UNC playing around with Maryland last night. Duke will lose on Saturday by 10. Live by the "3", and die by the "3." I can assure you that they will will make their fair share, but will come short in the end. Plumlees are a joke times 3!
- March 1, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
Who is the OVERALL better basketball program? Look at the stats...UNC PERIOD
- March 1, 2012 at 4:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
Anon 4:17pm...You must be fat, ugly or gay? Lol...loser
- March 1, 2012 at 4:24 PM
- Suck it K said...
Given the way Dook has played at home this year they are ripe for a loss to the Heels. Zeller and Henson are peaking at the right time and will absolutely own the Dook frontcourt. It'll be close but the good guys in Carolina Blue will win and snatch up a 1 seed going into the tourney. Go Heels!
- March 1, 2012 at 8:23 PM
- Michael Procton said...
Damn right, 4:23. I'm sure you LOVED them back in the '40s.
- March 1, 2012 at 8:33 PM
- perhead costa rica said...
well in my opinion it was not a surprise that a player like Kendall Marshall passed Ed Cota for UNC record, I actually expected it!
- May 21, 2013 at 10:40 PM


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TWISTED TIBIA IN YOUNG POULTRY by D C TOWNSEND
It was around 2000, give or take a couple years, that I had a Spalding peachick named Firestone because at that time there was a brand of tire with that name that had a very serious defect and many tires were recalled. At that time I had plenty of experience treating crooked toes, straddle legs, and displaced Achilles tendons. If a chick was very young and treatment was done "right now or sooner" a complete cure was the result more often than not.
But there was one thing that haunted me and cast a shadow over the "Friendly Poultry Orthopedist". It took me a long time to even comprehend that the reason why a lower leg and foot pointed out to the side was a twisted tibia. It took an even longer time to learn what to do about it. Firestone was about two weeks old after being treated successfully for a few common problems and I thought that my work with her was complete. Then one day as I peered into the brooder I saw to my horror that Firestone had one leg pointed out to the side. This was certainly "twisted tibia" but not a displaced Achilles tendon because I could see clearly that the tendon was centered in the groove at the rear of the hock joint.
Even today with many cures done with my own hands and more done by persons who got instructions by email or at my website I have to ponder how the idea formed in my head. Perhaps I should have changed Firestone's name to Epiphany, Breakthrough, or Theodora. (Gift from God) because the idea was too good to be my own. So I share this gift with anybody that wants it.
1. I cut some sponge the right size to wrap around just one hock joint and taped it in place. I did not wrap the other joint. Note: It really does not matter which joint is wrapped but I usually do it on the good leg.
2. I brought the lower legs firmly together and taped them from below hocks to above the feet.
3. Taping was done at bed time and removed in the morning so I named it "Night Taping".
I removed tape and sponge in the morning so that the chick could be active during the day.
4. Five nights of treatment completely cured Firestone.
Of course, I anxiously observed her for a long time expecting a relapse and having a hard time believing my eyes. She grew up to be a very beautiful Spalding peahen and lived around sixteen years. I did a necropsy finding an ovarian tumor about three inches diameter, yellow lesions on liver and a slightly enlarged heart.
What untwists a twisted tibia? The force is supplied by the chick's own muscles as it struggles against the "Night Taping". Doing the treatment at night and removing the tape and sponge in the morning so that the chick can eat, drink and walk during the day works very well for me. Sometimes more than five nights of treatment is needed for full cure. What do I mean by "full cure"? The chick will show no evidence of ever having had a twisted tibia. If you stop short of obtaining the full cure it is very likely that the tibia will twist again because being out of line causes pressure that forces leg to twist. It is very important to treat the chick while very young because the bones soon harden.
When someone puts a question on my website or sends me an email asking me how to treat a chick with leg pointed to the side I will insist on seeing a photo of the hock joint taken close up from the rear. Before sending treatment instructions I have to know what I am treating. If there is a displaced Achilles tendon it requires a different treatment. If both problems come together the tendon must be completely repaired first because "Night Taping" will harm a hock joint weakened by a displaced Achilles tendon.
The tibia (and fibula) are located in the piece that the Kentucky Fried Chicken people call the "drumstick". The leg bone above the tibia is the femur. The bone below the tibia is the tarsus.
This was published in the Summer 2017 issue of Peafowl Today. If you are a member of UPA you will know that this arrived in your snail mail around January 2, 2018. I included three hand drawn illustrations in this article but I need to figure out how to put them here.


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Those who truly redneckognize the awesomeness of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo will love the latest news about the pint-sized pageant queen. Little Alana Thompson now reportedly wants her own cartoon. That's right folks, get ready for the animated adventures of Honey Boo Boo.
A new 24-page comic book spoof 15 Minutes: Honey Boo Boo inspired the reality TV star's new goal. "Alana was so excited to see her in a comic book," a family friend told The Enquirer. "She says that if she were in a cartoon, she could do anything."
Watch out Oprah -- Boo Boo is gunning for your Queen of Media crown. I know a lot of people will roll their eyes at the idea, but I can't get enough of Honey Boo Boo. I love her attitude, pluck, and sass. Boo Boo has already been featured in a priceless -- and characteristically cruel -- episode of South Park, so her own cartoon series is a natural next step. The show would feature Alana and the rest of her backwoods clan, including Momma June, daddy Sugar Bear, and sisters Chubbs, Pumpkin, and Chickadee.
"The cartoon would focus on Alana and her family, following them mud-boggin, eating road kill, and munching on cheese puffs -- a lot like their show on TLC," added the friend. "But when duty calls, Alana will disappear and change into a superhero-type character who helps people out of sticky situations. And her family would know she's a superhero." I love it. I can just picture it now. Alana is certainly determined to make this happen. She is reportedly pressuring her momma to pitch the idea to TV execs. She's even started drawing possible costumes. As far as names, my vote is for Super Boo Boo, The Adventures of the Amazing Boo Boo, or even Boo Boo: Princess of Pigs' Feet! Can't wait to see it.
Will you watch a Honey Boo Boo cartoon?
Check out South Park's take on Honey Boo Boo and her momma June:


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- Author Programs
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- Film Programs
Author Programs
- Party Like It's 1906: One City One Book 2012 Launch & Celebration with Rebecca Solnit
- Friday, September 7 - 7pm
McRoskey Mattress Company - 1687 Market Street at Gough, SF
$5 suggested donation at the door, to support One City One Book
Wheelchair accessible; For more information: (415) 431-6800
Join the San Francisco Public Library, The Green Arcade and McRoskey Mattress Company to celebrate the citywide reading of A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster. with music from the acclaimed Tammy Hall Trio, 1906-inspired bites (think oysters, sourdough bread and beer) and a talk from San Francisco writer Rebecca Solnit, the author of thirteen books about art, landscape, public and collective life, ecology, politics, hope, meandering, reverie, and memory.
- One City One Book author Rebecca Solnit in Conversation on Disaster and Democracy with SF Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White
- Thursday, October 11 - 6 p.m.
Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St., (415) 557-4277
One City One Book 2012 author Rebecca Solnit will discuss her book A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster with SF's Fire Chief. A Paradise Built in Hell explores our need for community and common purpose, which Solnit argues are fundamental to democratic forms of social and political life. This year, as part of the 8th annual One City One Book, SFPL is participating in California Reads, a statewide reading and discussion program created by Cal Humanities in partnership with the California Center for the Book and supported by the California State Library. For more information, visit sfpl.org/onecityonebook
San Francisco writer Rebecca Solnit is the author of thirteen books about art, landscape, public and collective life, ecology, politics, hope, meandering, reverie, and memory. They include Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, a book of 22 maps and nearly 30 collaborators, Storming the Gates of Paradise; A Field Guide to Getting Lost; Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities; Wanderlust: A History of Walking and many others.
Joanne Hayes-White was sworn in as the 25th Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department on January 16, 2004. San Francisco is the largest urban fire department in the world with a female chief. Prior to her appointment as Chief, Hayes-White served as the Director of Training for the San Francisco Fire Department, where she oversaw recruit training, in-service training, continuing education, and Firefighter-Paramedic cross training. Chief Hayes-White has been recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the City's Most Influential Women of the Year every year since 2004.
Rebecca will be signing books after the program.Thursday, October 18 – 7pm
Seating is limited. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.
Presented in partnership with Litquake. Book sales by Readers' Bookstore
Author reading at Books Inc. Opera Plaza
601 Van Ness Ave., (415) 776-1111
Related Programs
- Japantown: Then and Now
- Saturday, September 8 – 2pm
Western Addition Branch Library, 1550 Scott Street (at Geary)
Join City Guides volunteer Marian Halley as she tells the story of San Francisco's Japantown, highlighting its establishment after the earthquake and fire of 1906, the growth of a vibrant community, the internment of its Japanese-American population during World War II, and the impact of urban renewal on Japantown in the 1960s; down to the present times and victories won to keep the neighborhood united during the redistricting process.
- Searching for Democracy: A Poetry Reading
- Sunday, September 30 – 2-3:30pm
San Francisco Fire Department Museum
655 Presidio Avenue, SF
What can poetry tell us about democracy? By engaging the personal with the public, these four poets invite the reader to join a conversation about the responsibility of the individual to confront and question the current state of our politics.
Peter Dale Scott's poetry books include Coming to Jakarta: A Poem about Terror, Listening to the Candle: A Poem on Impulse, Crossing Borders, Minding the Darkness: A Poem for the Year 2000, and Mosaic Orpheus. His most recent prose book is American War Machine. http://www.comingtojakarta.net/
Xochiqueztal Candelaria holds degrees from UC Berkeley and New York University. Her work has appeared in The Nation, New England Review, Gulf Coast, Seneca Review and other magazines. In 2009, Ms. Candelaria received an NEA Fellowship, and her book, Empire, was published by The University of Arizona Press in 2011.
Chiyuma Elliott is a Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University, and a Cave Canem Fellow. In fall of 2013, she will be Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband and two noisy dogs.
Jeff Hoffman has been a Stegner Fellow at Stanford, a Chesterfield screenwriting fellow at Paramount Pictures, and a Michener fellow at the University of Texas, where he received his MFA. His first book of poems, Journal of American Foreign Policy was published by New Issues in 2011 and was a finalist for a California Book Award. He lives in Los Angeles and is currently a creative executive at Phoenix Pictures.
- October 3, Wednesday
State Senate District 11, 5:30
State Senate District 19, 6:30
League of Women Voters candidate debates
Main Library, Koret Auditorium
- The California Earthquake Drill, ShakeOut
ShakeOut is California's state-wide drop, cover and hold on earthquake drill and will take place Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 10:18am. The purpose of the ShakeOut drill is practice and preparation: refining our response during an earthquake and preparing our homes, workplaces and schools for the possibility of an earthquake. Register at www.shakeout.org and join the rest of California in the largest earthquake drill in history.
- October 30, 6:00 pm
Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Light in Darkness
Film presentation of Light in the Darkness by Not in Our Town
A panel discussion follows the film.
- November 8, 6:30 pm
Main Library, Koret, Auditorium
Knocking on Heaven's Door
Lecture on post 1906 San Francisco Earthquake photography with Dr. Rodger C. Birt
Book Discussions about A Paradise Built in Hell
- Wednesday, September 26th - 6:30pm
- Mission Bay Branch
- Thursday September 27, 4pm
- Bernal Heights Branch
- Wednesday October 10, 7pm
- Intersection for the Arts/925 Mission Street #109
- Sunday, October 28, 3pm
- Noe Valley Branch
- Monday, October 29, 7pm
- Sunset Branch
- Tuesday, November 6 - 7pm
- Merced Branch book club
Be Red Cross Ready/Disaster Preparedness Workshops
Do you know what to do in an earthquake? How will you reconnect with your family following a major disaster? Do you have the right items in your disaster kit? Every single person in the Bay Area needs to ensure they are personally prepared for disaster. Only in this way will all of us in the community be able to ensure the safety of our families and assist our neighbors
- September 1, 3pm
- Visitacion Valley Branch
- September 19, 6:30pm
- Western Addition Branch
- September 22, 3:30pm (Cantonese presentation)
- Excelsior Branch
- September 25, 6:30pm
- Excelsior Branch
- September 26, 6:30pm (Spanish presentation)
- Excelsior Branch
- October 6, 2pm
- Ingleside Branch
- October 7, 2pm
- Portola Branch
- October 13, 2:30pm (Cantonese presentation)
- Chinatown Branch
- October 14, 2pm (Cantonese presentation)
- Portola Branch
- October 27, 3:30pm
- Glen Park Branch
- Disaster Preparedness for Animals
- The San Francisco Disaster Preparedness Coalition for Animals will present a workshop on how to prepare and take care of your pet during a disaster.
October 10, 7pm
Bernal Heights Branch
- Street Food: 1906 Earthquake Kitchens: September 8-November 1, 2012
- Larkin Street Bridge
This fall, the San Francisco Public Library is exploring local author Rebecca Solnit's A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster for our One City One Book 2012/California Reads program.
After the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, San Francisco citizens banded together to feed their neighbors. Improvised kitchens with free food and warm social spaces developed as people gathered to cook and eat. As Rebecca Solnit says about one such improvised kitchen organizers, "Just as her kitchen was one of many spontaneously launched community centers and relief projects, so her resilient resourcefulness represents the ordinary response in many disasters. In them, strangers become friends and collaborators, goods are shared freely, people improvise new roles for themselves."
The photos in this display, found in the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, located in the San Francisco History Center on the 6th floor, show a city torn but banding together for survival and, as will be found with good food, even some pleasure in the face of disaster.
- November 4, 2008 Voting Series
- On November 4, 2008 America changed. People woke up and move by the possibilities they took action. People voted. Polling sites became symbols of renewal. This series of 15 gouache paintings by Santa Cruz artist Myra Eastman narrates our collective awakening. On display in Government Information Center from 8/18 – 11/8/12.
Film ScreeningsThe San Francisco Public Library presents
Large Screen Videos | Thursdays at Noon | Koret Auditorium, Main Library, Lower Level
- Films about Elections
- October 4
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
James Stewart won the New York Critics Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Smith, an idealistic country boy who goes to Washington as a short-term senator. Disillusionment sets in slowly as he realizes the political games being played in the nation's Capitol. His fight to expose the corruption to the public brings the film to a moving finish. 1939, 130 minutes
- October 11
Bob Roberts
Tim Robbins' directorial debut is a dead-on "mockumentary" of a right-wing folksinger's senatorial campaign, complete with paranoid campaign director, inane TV anchors, investment scandals, and MTV-style music videos. This shrewd, funny political satire combines the best of election year politics with the stinging wit of political humor. 1992, 102 minutes
- October 18
Wag the Dog
Dustin Hoffman and Robert DeNiro lead an all-star cast in Barry Levinson's WAG THE DOG. This comedy focuses on the machination of power as a presidential spin doctor (Robert DeNiro) teams with a celebrated Hollywood producer (Dustin Hoffman) to manufacture a fake war. The film also stars Anne Heche, Denis Leary and Willie Nelson. Less than two weeks before election day, a scandal erupts that threatens to cripple the President's bid for a second term. The ultimate spin doctor, Conrad Brean (Robert DeNiro) has the uncanny ability to manipulate politics, the press and most importantly - the American people. 1997, 97 minutes
- October 25
Tracy Enid Smith (Reese Witherspoon) is running unopposed in the upcoming election for high school student body president. Unfortunately, a teacher (Matthew Broderick) who dislikes her grooms an underdog candidate to run against her. This, of course, sets the stage for considerable political backbiting in this witty comedy. 1999; 103 minutes
All films are shown with captions when possible to assist our deaf and hard of hearing.
- October 16, 2012, 5pm
Swing Vote
Main Library - Latino/Hispanic B
Get out the vote at SFPL! The San Francisco Public Library presents an evening screening of the film Swing Vote, starring Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Dennis Hopper, George Lopez, and more. The Department of Elections will be here at 5 PM to register voters for the upcoming presidential election. The film starts at 5:30 - bring a friend and come on down for some election-season laughs! Rated PG-13, 120 minutes.
- Voter Empowerment Film Series
Presented by the African American Interest Committee of the San Francisco Public Library and One City One Book 2012.
- September 29, 11:30am-5:30pm
Main Library, Koret Auditorium
Freedom on My Mind (1994) Showtime - 11:30a-1:15p
Nominated for an Academy Award, winner of both the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians awards for best documentary, this landmark film tells the story of the Mississippi freedom movement in the early 1960s when a handful of young activists changed history. Running time: 105 mins.
Chisholm '72 : Unbought and Unbossed (2004) Showtime - 1:30p-2:45pBy The People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009) Showtime - 3p-5p
In 1968, Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black woman elected to Congress. In 1972, she becomes the first black woman to run for president. Shunned by the political establishment, she's supported by a motley crew of blacks, feminists, and young voters. Their campaign-trail adventures are frenzied, fierce and fundamentally right on! Running time: 76 mins.
Millions saw history made as Barack Obama took the podium on election night. But few witnessed his unguarded moments in the hours and days before he greeted the nation - until now. Witness never before seen footage of Obama behind the scenes, as well as interviews and candid moments with family, senior campaign staff, volunteers, reporters, supporters and even opponents. Running time: 116 mins.