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Will Alexis Thompson Be The Next 'Tigress' Woods
June 17, 2010: People keep looking for the next Tiger Woods, at least the one whose prowess on the golf course has rewritten the sports history books. They might need to look at golf's distaff side for the answer.
Alexis Thompson, the No. 1 women's amateur player in the world who at 12 became the youngest player ever to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open, has turned professional at the age of 15 following a storied amateur career and has signed deals with Red Bull and Cobra-Puma Golf.
Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Analysts put the two deals at about $2-$3 million. She is handled by Bobby Kreusler of Blue Giraffe Sports, Atlanta.
As part of what was called a "long-term partnership" with Cobra-Puma, Thompson will wear Puma golf shoes and apparel, use Cobra golf clubs and will be featured in upcoming marketing campaigns, consumer and trade events.
Red Bull did not detail Thompson's role. It is expected she will appear in marketing and experiential campaigns along the lines of other Red Bull endorsers such as Olympic stars Shaun White and Lindsey Vonn, Rajon Rondo of the NBA's Boston Celtics, Reggie Bush of the NFL defending Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints and action sports star Travis Pastrana.
Should she continue her winning ways as a pro, analysts indicate that Thompson could greatly expand her marketing roster to include endorsements in such categories as clothing, jewelry, electronics, food and health and beauty.
"[Alexis'] style and groundbreaking performance on the course make her the perfect Cobra and Puma Golf representative," Bob Philion, President of Cobra-Puma Golf. said in a statement. "Our brands are well suited to her game right now and are poised to progress with her career in the future, while she develops as a professional golfer."
Thompson's pro debut brings much-needed positive attention to the LPGA at a time when the Tour has lost several sponsors and is down to 25 events (from 31 in 2009), with 14 in the U.S. (down from 20 last season). No. 1 player Lorena Ochoa retired in April, about two years after Annika Sorenstam, the biggest money-winner in LPGA history, retired.
Thompson makes her debut as a pro at the 2010 LPGA ShopRite Classic in New Jersey June 18-20. She also is expected to play at the 2010 Women's U.S. Open July 8-11 at the Oakmont (Pa.) CC. According to BGS, "Lexi will play a limited schedule on the LPGA and Ladies European Tours including starts at the Shoprite LPGA Classic, CN Canadian Women's Open and the P&G NW Arkansas Championship Presented by Wal-Mart, with additional events to be announced in the near future."
Michelle Wie, who turned pro in 2005 at the age of 16 amidst much fanfare and sponsorship backing, is also playing at the LPGA ShopRite Classic. Wie is the top money-maker on the LPGA tour as far as endorsements, earning about $12-$15 million from deals with McDonald's, Kia, Nike and Omega.
"I am proud to represent Cobra and Puma Golf," Thompson said in a statement. "Not only do both brands make great, technically advanced products that will help me play better on the course, but I've always loved them both for their edge and style."
Regarding Red Bull, Thompson said, "I've always felt Red Bull was a fun brand because they push the limits and don't do things in a traditional way," said Lexi. "I look forward to putting my new wings to use both on and off the course."
Thompson, from Coral Springs, Florida, was named Golfweek's 2009 Women's Amateur Player of the Year and the 2009 Junior Girls Player of the year. Along with being the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open, she has represented her country in the Junior Ryder Cup and Junior Solheim Cup, and in 2009 was the youngest winner ever of the Junior PGA Championship.


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The United Nations obsession with demonizing Israel was once again on display this week in Geneva where the world body's Human Rights Council voted to investigate the impact of the Jewish presence in Jerusalem and the West Bank on Palestinians. This so-called fact-finding mission is yet another UN kangaroo court that is set up to demonize the Jewish state and to allow the Palestinians to vent their intolerance for Jews in the guise of displaying their victim status. Since the Council has already made it clear that it considers that Jews have no right to live anywhere in the territories and that Israeli policies that make Jewish communities there possible are illegal (an assertion that is palpably false even if it has become a mantra of international diplomacy), the mission is really an indictment rather than an investigation.
The Obama administration deserves credit for the fact that the United States was the only one of the 47 members of the Council to vote against the resolution, which was one of five anti-Israel measures passed in Geneva this week. But this latest proof of the institution's moral bankruptcy requires a stronger response than the rhetorical shrug of the shoulders that it generated that from Washington. The Council, which prior to this latest session had already devoted 39 out of the 91 actions it has taken since it was reconstituted in 2006 to denunciations of democratic Israel, is a parody of a human rights organization. At a time when the group is either paying mere lip service or flat out ignoring real human rights tragedies, the decision to devote the UN's resources to another platform for hatred against Israel makes it imperative that the United States withdraw immediately from the Council.
Of course, given the Obama administration's blind faith in the value of the UN, that isn't going to happen. But as this week's spectacle in Geneva — which included the reception at the Council of a representative of the Hamas terrorist organization — the argument that the United States can moderate the vicious anti-Zionism that runs throughout the world body's institutions is not credible.
Israel has rightly said that it will not cooperate with the Council inquisition. Some that will say that such a policy only exacerbates the UN's bias. But the reason the Council, which is stacked with member states where human rights barely exist, gets away with its prejudicial policies is because the West tolerates such behavior.
When the Council, which replaced a previous UN entity that the United States helped pulls the plug on, was brought into being in 2006, advocates for participation said that the new group would not be a platform for anti-Israel incitement as was its predecessor. But those hopes were quickly dashed.
There are those who welcome this double standard by which Israel is scrutinized more harshly than tyrannical regimes because it somehow demonstrates respect for the state's values. This is nonsensical on two counts.
First, the refusal of the UN to play the same judgmental role in countries like Syria, which is awash in the blood of protesters slain by the Assad regime; or China, where the New York Times drew attention today to the ongoing human rights tragedy in Tibet, where the occupying Chinese have not only repressed dissent but are now engaging in a form of cultural genocide in which the country's language is being expunged from schools; is itself evidence of racist condescension.
Second, it should be understood clearly that any system of thought by which one people or one nation is treated differently than others is a form of prejudice. In the case of Israel, the singling out for condemnation of the one Jewish state in the world on trumped up charges is evidence of anti-Semitism, not high regard.
The longer the United States continues to play along with this charade of concern for human rights, the less chance there will be of ever cleansing the UN of its anti-Semitic character.

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When Reverend Dave Thomas gets peeved about something, you know it's worthy of a fire and brimstone bombardment. Jalopnik's temporary editor is an even-tempered, temperate man whose editorial dagger remains firmly sheathed— until the Lord whispers the S-word (smite) into his ear. Well, in this case, Reverend Dave decided discretion was the better part of valor— a theory which this epistle pretty much rents asunder— and charged your humble correspondent with the wet work on Jean Jennings, smiley-faced editor of the chameleon-like Automobile magazine. Dave read her opening salvo in May's issue and took umbrage. Her sin? Pride, which goeth before the main mag in Jenning's [only partially correctly titled] "Vile Gossip" column.
"My days of competing in the vibrant IMSA GT road-racing circuit came long before Jim Mullen's historic Spice GTP race car (page 94) was brand new. Actually, they came and went one fine day in May 1982, but more on that later. Those early days of the IMSA Camel GT were heady ones, the very end of an era where heroes had won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indy 500, even Formula 1 stars and NASCAR legends, were out there scrapping with a real-world grid that included real estate agents, club racers, mechanics, television commentators, actors, journalists, car dealers, drug dealers and advertising executives."
There are few writers in this world whose work wouldn't benefit from a good old fashioned edit. Unfortunately, there are just about as many good editors as there are good writers, and the editors that can't edit, write, without editing. In other words, you call this a lead? It's dull, self-indulgent (there you go Dave), rambling ("more on that later"?), passively constructed, poorly punctuated, interminable, and, in the end, barely literate. It fails to answer the question that every lead must answer: why should I give a shit?
The fact that there are three "historic" pictures of the author's racing days provides a valuable clue to both Jennings' motivation and Dave's distress. "Vile Gossip" is the first piece of writing in the entire magazine. Like any "Letter from the Editor," it should set the table for the literary experience to follow: welcoming readers into the magazine's world and preparing them for the pleasures to come. Instead, Jennings uses this editorial holy ground to burnish her ego, without even a hint of a wider point. What could be worse? Boredom.
"There were nineteen Camel GT race weekends in 1982- ten of which were endurance races of three to twenty-four hours— beginning and ending with enduros at Daytona. The cars were split into main classes: GT (prototypes), GTO (engines over 2.5 liters), and GTU (engines under 2.5 liters). The GTU class typically had its own one-hour race, while the GT and GTO classes combined for the main one-hour feature. But on enduro weekends, all three groups took the green flag at once. Bedlam."
Wakey-wakey! And I hope you've taken notes. No? Well, I count one actively constructed sentence (actually a part of a sentence) since Jennings' prose first took wing. Pet peeve aside, there's a terrific image in there, somewhere: a crowd of wildly disparate race cars charging (an excellent verb for those who need one) away from the starting grid. I'd like to know what happened in that first corner— but then www.wreckedexotics.com is one of my favorite websites. But no, Jean's put us to bedlam. And in case you've forgotten, it's all about Jean.
"I came in on the coattails of Renault Racing, which had developed an amusing, six-race IMSA series called the Renault/Koni Cup, meant to get its dealer body enthused about the crappy French cars it had to sell."
Hang on; this is killing me. Try this instead: "My racing career started at the tail end of the Renault series: a six-race competition designed to endear its crappy French cars to the company's US dealer network." OK, back to the Gallactica...
"You brought your Le Car from the local dealer, added the approved racing components, and, in many cases, drove it to the race. I, being a journalist, of course brought nothing. Renault had a couple of cars for journalists to race, and my colleagues thought it would be prudent for me to begin my racing 'career' in one."
Clearly, Jennings never met a comma she didn't like. I hope, for her fellow racers' safety, that Jennings' driving, being that of an amateur, didn't have as many stops, and starts, as her writing. I'm also a little worried about Jennings' off-hand comment equating journalism with... what? Poverty? Either that or gluttony and sloth. BTL has constantly slated automotive journalists for accepting manufacturers' gifts without full, frank and public attribution. Is this a long-overdue mea culpa (now that Renault has turned tail and left the American market), or an indication of Automobiles' laissez faire policy on freebies. We report, you deride.
"My mother wanted to hear nothing about it and said rosaries for my salvation. My mother-in-law at the time was not religious, but she, too, wanted to hear nothing about it, because the thought of my racing was too horrifying. Which left Aunt Red solidly in my corner. Her response was to buy an expensive camera, take a quick photography lesson from the salesman, pick-up a six-pack of beer, and drive eight hours to Mid-Ohio to cheer me on."
After four paragraphs, Jennings finally gives us something interesting: Aunt Red. Not that it has much to do with anything, but when you're in the desert, even cat piss is welcome refreshment. This passage also reminds me of Jennings' family connection. Did you know that she's part of the Lienert family; the father, mother and son car critic combo that helps to fill the pages of The Detroit News and Forbes? Hey, if Jennings can write a section of her magnum opus apropos of nothing, so can I.
Strangely, although this piece is all about The Prime of Miss Jean Jennings, it ambles towards the finish line without the Automobile Ed-In-Chief's first person account of Ye Olde Racing. Jennings switches to the second person for the single bit of in-car narration.
"You would ram the car in front of you, pushing it ahead and dragging you in its wake. It was surprisingly effective, enough so that the guy behind me managed to bump me all the way down the back straight past the earnest Road & Track competitor who had qualified ahead of me. Poor him."
Poor us. We would have enjoyed a lot more of this sort of real-time(ish) description. No really. Who wouldn't want to hear about a po-faced Road & Track writer being bumped aside by a babe? And how'd the drug dealers deal with the competition? Did Jennings see any of her compatriots doing blow? Enquiring minds want to know. I mean, we made it this far... And so to the final 'graph, where readers ask, "What's it all about Leo?"
"I snagged a Le Car ride once more, at Detroit's F1 Grand Prix, which was slightly more officious than an IMSA event. As exciting as it was mingling with the Euro studs of the day, they just didn't feel quite as comradely as my fellow superstar drivers on the IMSA paddock."
So now we know. But there is one final question: does pride goeth before a fall or is it still safe to renew my subscription?
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Mitchell's "boys" (New Zealand had 11 debutants between the first two tests of the 2001 Tour against Ireland A and Ireland) came from 21-7 down to dash Ireland's hopes of a first win. One of the two debutants that started against Ireland that day was Richie McCaw.
Now as captain, he faces another milestone in his career against Ireland as he, along with Mils Muliaina, will become the most capped All Black players of all time with 93 test caps on Saturday.
"I remember a bit," said McCaw of his first cap. "I hadn't played much rugby before going on that Tour. I wanted to make sure and prove that I deserved to be there. It was a pretty awesome experience to run out for the first time in a test match, and at a place like Lansdowne Road was pretty special. So I've got pretty good memories of it," says the man of the match from that day.
The current crop of All Blacks boasts Dan Carter, McCaw and Sonny-Bill Williams, whose debut last incredible performance in his second test against Scotland catapulted him into a legend in the making. But the '01 team was far from its distant poorer cousin with the likes of Jonah Lomu, Andrew Mehrtens and Anton Oliver (as captain) pulling the strings.
"I thought geez, this is a horrible way to start test rugby," as the All Blacks fell 14 points behind back in 2001. "I remember it was the first time I got to play with Jonah (Lomu) and some of those guys – that was pretty special in itself.
"You can stand there in awe or just get on with it. I was pretty nervous, but once you run out on the field you either get into it or freeze up and I did every attempt I didn't do the latter. I remember being pretty happy at the end that we got away with a win."
McCaw has thus far repressed any urge to leave New Zealand for the alluring millions of France, and donning the All Black jersey is still something he holds dear.
"It's a little bit different," he says of the feelings now, in comparison to when he first wore the All Black jersey. "But I still love the contest and love the fact you are playing for the All Blacks. If that ever goes, then it is probably time to do something else. Instead of worrying about your own job you are making sure the whole team does well.
"Those are probably the nerves you have at times. I still make sure not to take for granted the fact that I am playing for the All Blacks because one day that will be gone and you don't just want to appreciate it then."
Ireland conceded three penalties in McCaw's first 80 minutes of international rugby – none of which were in their own half. That same discipline will be required come Saturday evening, as Ireland needing its big players to step up to the challenge.
"I think when we look at the Irish team, there are a lot of guys that have been through those periods (winning a Grand Slam in '09 and Triple Crowns in '04, '06, '07 and '09) and they are still playing good rugby – no doubt. Especially those guys in the backs, O'Gara, D'Arcy and O'Driscol – they have played a lot of rugby and they are pretty classy.
"In the second half when we played in New Zealand in June, we started to give them a bit of an easy ride and they certainly made us pay for it. Preparing for this week we realised that if we do that again we are going to be in trouble."
McCaw rejected any comments that the era of Ireland's so-called 'Golden Generation' has come to an end, as he prepares to take on the Irish. After beating England, Jimmy Cowan stated the All Blacks had to move up a gear.
A week later they gave Scotland a humbling in the form of a record defeat. "We have to make sure we are better than last week," says McCaw, as he attempts to maintain the All Blacks unbeaten record (22 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats) against Ireland.
The first All Black captain to lose to Ireland is not an accolade the two-time IRB World Player of the Year wishes to add to his collection. "Thanks for bringing that up," he says. "I don't want to be (the first captain to lose). End of story."


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Phils GM Amaro: Hamels, Lee rumors 'silly'
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The reports spread quickly Tuesday morning at the Winter Meetings.
The Phillies -- who spent $69 million in recent months to extend Chase Utley's contract, sign Marlon Byrd and re-sign Carlos Ruiz, and who have been searching for starting-pitching depth because they believe they can win next season -- were said to be listening to offers for Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee, a pair of true aces and two of the only highly paid players who have been healthy and performed to expectations the past two years.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The reports spread quickly Tuesday morning at the Winter Meetings.
The Phillies -- who spent $69 million in recent months to extend Chase Utley's contract, sign Marlon Byrd and re-sign Carlos Ruiz, and who have been searching for starting-pitching depth because they believe they can win next season -- were said to be listening to offers for Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee, a pair of true aces and two of the only highly paid players who have been healthy and performed to expectations the past two years.
"I think they're silly," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said about the rumors, "but that's OK."
"I don't believe they are true," manager Ryne Sandberg said a few minutes earlier. "We're trying to add pitching."
If the Phillies are listening to offers for Hamels or Lee, Amaro would never confirm them. It would be bad business. But multiple teams need starting pitching, so it makes sense that the Phils would let other clubs know they will hear what those teams have to say.
Perhaps a team would make Philadelphia an offer it could not refuse. If not, the Phillies move on. No harm, no foul.
But Amaro stressed Tuesday afternoon that he believes the Phils can win in 2014, if everybody is healthy.
"We're built to win," he said. "I like our lineup. I'd like to add some pitching to it."
Trading Hamels or Lee would contradict those words, unless the Phillies received something truly remarkable in return. Sources indicated it is unlikely that they are shopping or even listening much on Hamels. He is owed $118.5 million over the next five years. Hamels also has a limited no-trade clause. Sources agreed the Phils would listen closely on Lee, who would be easier to trade. He is owed $62.5 million over the next three years. Lee has a no-trade clause, but the fact he is owed less money makes him more attractive.
The Phillies would unlikely eat salary to trade Hamels or Lee, but Amaro said they would in the right situation.
"We've done it before," Amaro said, referring to Jim Thome's trade to the White Sox in 2005. "If it makes us better."
That could come into play if Philadelphia can find somebody to take closer Jonathan Papelbon. He is owed $26 million the next two seasons, which could total $39 million if an option for 2016 automatically vests.
So reports about Hamels and Lee do not mean the Phils have suddenly changed course and decided to rebuild. That could happen later, like midseason.
"At some point, we may have to do that," Amaro said. "Not right now we're not. We're not there. … I think we've got a pretty good lineup, as it stands today. If we can improve on it, we'll try. But I like our lineup. We've been sitting here and discussing it internally. I like the balance in it. Is it older? Yes, it is. It doesn't necessarily mean it's worse just because it's older.
"We just have to get them healthier. If it's healthy, it's better than last year, clearly. We have to score more than 610 runs or whatever it was that we scored. That was awful. We have to score 700-plus runs to contend. I think the guys that are in the lineup, as it stands today, I think that they can do that. They're going to have to perform. And they're going to have to be healthy. And Ryne's going to have to work his magic. No pressure."
Sandberg also said he likes his lineup.
"The balance up and down the lineup could create some good at-bats and good opportunities for each hitter," he said. "We have the possibility of [Ben] Revere, [Jimmy] Rollins, Utley, [Ryan] Howard, Byrd, [Domonic] Brown, Ruiz, [Cody] Asche, just to name a few of the possibilities there that allows each hitter to just have their at-bats and not really have too much pressure on each guy when you have bats like that [in the lineup].
"You get two or three guys hot, that's ideal. When I look at those hitters, it could be any three of those guys at one time."
Everybody in the lineup staying healthy and being productive is a big if, but it comes back to starting pitching. Phillies starters finished 14th in ERA last season in the National League. They have just six starters on the 40-man roster: Hamels, Lee, Kyle Kendrick, Miguel Gonzalez, Jonathan Pettibone and Ethan Martin, who seems destined for the bullpen.
That isn't a lot of depth there. That is why they need Hamels and Lee. That is why they are trying to add at least one more starter.
Amaro said they could add one decently priced starter, but two seems out of the question. However, the Phils could add a low-risk, high-reward starter, somebody coming back from an injury or a down year; somebody with something to prove.
"I think we have some flexibility to add," Amaro said. "A lot of it depends on what makes sense for us."
Payroll should be in the $165 million to $170 million range next season.
"We should be contending with this kind of payroll," Amaro said.
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Bob asked this and I think it helps me to organize my dishevling into a bit of coherence:Originally Posted by bob b
Yes, if you understand my statements this way you are correct, and I've stated my position in an over-arching manner in unclarity. It is rather on this particular issue of omniscience and God's relativity to time, or rather better said, the philosophical metaphysical discussions that lead me to be okay with the perplexing and irrational contexts. For basic doctrines and truths I am quite confident in logic for it is from Christ. It is only when discussing with man, truths that are cloudy that I would question my logic or the logic of another and see room for error.
I would liken this to higher math (one area of applied logic). The higher we get in math, the more room for error. Basic math? No question, easy. Imperative truth. Algebra: More difficult but still based on solid truth, but more of the heretics (D and F students) start getting answers wrong. Calculus: Severe drop-out, but clearly we can still discern truth. Once we get to "mathematical analysis and functional analysis" and traverse into string theory it gets complicated. It isn't that truth is not there, but that logic starts having a hard time grasping it and you start getting credit for partial answers so you don't flunk out. We don't even listen to the ones who flunked out of 'basic' math and 'algebra' about higher math because if they couldn't understand basic math there is no way they can comment on Geometry and Calculus, and they think theorems and postulates aren't even mathematical terms. In theology these are the heretics and false teachers.
Back to a glass darkly: I have no problem with 'simple, basic, or other solid' doctrines of faith and logical belief held therein. We are totally on the same page and I don't question my logic whatsoever. No question: If you try to prove to any of us that Salvation can be found anywhere but in Christ we are going to have a serious logic problem dicussion with that heretic (2+2=10). If you say that the trinity is a false doctrine we are all going to have to give a logical dismiss and see it as their problem, not ours (a+5=10; a=4). Once we say however that God exists outside of time or does not exist outside of time we are becoming more speculative and frankly, I've memorized a theorem and would have to go back quite a ways to see why my theorem would be wrong. Some of my theorems are wrong, but not on the 'basic math/algebraic" level. I also hold that most of my theorems are correct logically so I would say that I am not altogether illogical. The only thing I am trying to say is that the higher we go in extrapolations from scripture (it is illogical for God to be outside of time), the less likely I will be able to logically aquiesce (and I would rather say that I am illogical than say you are 'stupid' at that point. 1) because I have a very high view of other believers in Christ whether they agree with me or not. We agree on the 'basic math and algebra' (basic doctrine) implicitly 2) because three fingers always point back which allows me to have an honest pause over how logical I am on the 'higher math/logic' of it 3) because I want to prepare myself for what Christ is preparing for a logic lesson. If I don't concede that my logic has an ability to be faulty I'll just argue. I think this is actually anti-intellectual, anti-logical, and not very gracious to boot. In order to appreciate higher math, you have to be able to see your mistakes and admit them or you learn nothing, albeit, once you get to higher math those mistakes should be far and few between.
If God is constrained to our time, I do not see the truth of it. My logical structure is built upon theorems and postulates that I've used to solve other troubling logical problems over years and they work very well. I would necessarily have to become very illogical to reshuffle and analyze those postulates and theorems (at least through a shuffling process restructuring process).
Here at last is the position: I see a proposition that is not as clear or as truthful as you are proposing (for me). I've read over the posts here and other places to get clarity on this subject and what I am finding is that it is by no means clear and it is by no means agreed upon. It would be very easy to simply walk away and say "My views work very well for me, since there is much debate over this I'm not going to worry about it. I'm just going to keep what works for me here and believe they are wrong."
My only problem is that I love God's people. If they do not agree with me and I believe we have the same faith, I want to know "why?" I want to see their side to at least appreciate it. There are plenty of denominations and we all disagree on the "higher math." Or as you put it "The Deeper Truths" for lack of a better word. My stance is simply to say "I might not understand your view here at all. It may be illogical or I may be illogical on this perspective but I'd like for us to become as logical together as we can."


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Terra Branch led GSW with 15 points while Nadirah Gardner added 13 points and four assists. Gardner and Cierra Duhart led the Lady Hurricanes with six rebounds apiece.
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GSW made 26 of 65 shots from the floor (40 percent), 12 of 21 free throws (57 percent), and four of 13 from behind the arc (31 percent).
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What is this newly discovered, scary evidence? It is a "graph" which AP says was "leaked" to it by "officials from a country critical of Iran's atomic program to bolster their arguments that Iran's nuclear program must be halted before it produces a weapon" (how mysterious: the globe is gripped with befuddlement as it tries to guess which country that might be). Here's how AP presents the graph in all its incriminating, frightening glory:
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Where to begin? First, note that AP granted anonymity here not merely to an individual but to an entire country. What's the proffered justification for doing so? The officials wanted it, so AP gave it: "officials provided the diagram only on condition that they and their country not be named." That's very accommodating of AP.
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The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United is saluting today's [last week's] decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs to begin accepting disability claims from veterans potentially exposed to Agent Orange-contaminated aircraft in the post-Vietnam era. The decision by VA Secretary Bob McDonald could now benefit as many as 1,500 to 2,100 Air Force and Air Force Reserve personnel who might suffer from any of 14 presumptive medical conditions that have been determined to be related to Agent Orange exposure.
The VA secretary made the decision to expand benefits following a 2015 report by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine on Post-Vietnam Dioxin Exposure in Agent Orange-Contaminated C-123 Aircraft. The report found evidence that those who served aboard or worked on the C-123 aircraft were exposed to the herbicide, both during and after Vietnam, when many of the aircraft remained in service for aeromedical transportation or in a mosquito abatement role back in the U.S.
"The VFW has been pushing for this decision for years," said VFW National Commander John W. Stroud, "because something inside these aircraft was making people sick years after the plane last flew a defoliating mission in Vietnam. We thank the Institute of Medicine for determining a contributing link between exposure and the 14 medical conditions, and Secretary McDonald for making a quick call to care for more veterans."
All airmen who were assigned to flight, ground or medical crew duties at Lockbourne/Rickenbacker Air Force Base in Ohio (the 906th and 907th Tactical Air Groups or 355th and 356th Tactical Airlift Squadrons), at Massachusetts's Westover AFB (the 731st Tactical Air Squadron and 74th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron), or with the 758th Airlift Squadron in Pittsburgh, during the period 1969 to 1986, and who may have developed an Agent Orange-related disability, are encouraged to file a disability compensation claim through the VA's eBenefits web portal (https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/), or to seek the free and expert assistance of a national VFW Service Officer at http://www.vfw.org/NVS/.
Read more about the today's [last week's] decision at http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/20825/va-expands-disability-benefits-for-air-force-personnel-exposed-to-contaminated-c-123-aircraft/.
(via VFW.org)
VFW Calls New VA Appropriations Bill 'Bad for Veterans'
WASHINGTON — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States said the U.S. House of Representatives is set to penalize disabled veterans this week if it votes to reduce the Department of Veterans Affairs budget request by more than $1.5 billion.
"The nationwide crisis in care and confidence that erupted in the VA last year was caused in many ways by a lack of adequate resourcing that only Congress is authorized to provide," said John W. Stroud, who leads the 1.9 million-member VFW and its Auxiliaries. "That's why the VFW is demanding that the House amend this bill to appropriate a funding level that fully funds VA."
In its current form, the fiscal year 2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill makes across-the-board cuts to all VA discretionary accounts, and drastically underfunds medical care, major construction and Information Technology accounts. Stroud said across-the-board cuts to discretionary spending is what Congress created back in 2011, but by another name, sequestration. Now the House wants to impose its own sequester on a federal department whose sole mission is to care for wounded, ill and injured veterans.
"The VA cannot fulfill its mission without proper funding, but the House for whatever reason now wants to ration care, eliminate infrastructure projects, and stop improving upon the programs and services that the VA was created to provide," said the VFW national commander. "This bill is bad for veterans and any vote for it is unconscionable, which is why we want veterans and advocates everywhere to get involved by urging their elected officials to fully fund the VA."
Make your voices heard here.
via VFW.org
VA Makes Strides on Reducing Claims Backlog
Washington – The federal initiative to provide timely decisions on disability payments to Veterans has crossed a major milestone in its final sprint to eliminate the backlog of Veterans' benefits claims.
The major transformation effort to apply new technology and process solutions has paid off at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It reduced its inventory of backlogged claims from a high of 611,000 claims in March of 2013 to fewer than 200,000 this week, while at the same time improving decision quality.
"Make no mistake, we're not slowing down short of the finish line," said Under Secretary for Benefits Allison Hickey. "Our goal is to eliminate the claims backlog by the end of 2015 – meaning all Veterans will receive timely and accurate decisions on their disability claims."
Hickey credited a combination of factors for the 67-percent drop in backlog: first, the extra hours of work put in by dedicated benefits claims processors across the nation, who have worked evenings, Saturdays and Sundays to drive the backlog down; as well as procedural efficiencies backed by powerful automation tools and paperless claims processing. In addition, she cited the transformation of Veterans Benefits Administration's training and quality assurance programs resulting in steady increases in the accuracy of decisions.
Just a few years ago, claims processors handled 5,000 tons of paper annually, an amount equivalent to 200 Empire State Buildings. In less than two years, VA converted claims processing to a 21st Century digital environment where claims for VA benefits and services can be submitted and processed, and benefits delivered, online.
Veterans increasingly are filing claims electronically from the start at https://www.ebenefits.va.gov. Veterans can submit their applications online, upload their supporting documentation, and check the status of their claim through a multi-channel Web portal boasting nearly 60 self-service features.
(via VA Press Release)
Veterans may also visit their local VFW Post for assistance with their claims process.
VA Updates Disability Claims Application
September 24, 2014
New Process Will Reduce Processing Times and Improve Quality
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that it is introducing a uniformed disability claims form to better serve Veterans, families and survivors. Standardizing the process by which Veterans file claims and initiate appeals will make it easier for Veterans and their survivors to clearly state what benefits they are seeking from VA and provide information that is necessary to process their claims and appeals. The new forms eliminate applicant guesswork, which often leads to delays in decisions and ultimately delays in receiving benefits. The new regulations go into effect in late March 2015.
"We must do everything that we can to make it as fast and easy as possible for Veterans and their survivors to file for and receive an accurate decision on their claim," said VA Secretary Robert McDonald. "Our Veterans and survivors will know, at the outset of the claims process, what is needed, which removes subjective interpretation from the process. We want to eliminate any barriers that make it difficult for our Veterans or survivors to receive benefits to which they are entitled."
In the past, a Veteran or survivor did not have to use a certain form to seek compensation or other benefits from VA. Claims or appeals (Notice of Disagreement) could be submitted on any piece of paper which caused delays due to missing information.
By using standard forms for all disability claims, VA can more quickly and accurately identify what the Veteran is claiming or appealing. This will allow VA to immediately move on to next steps in the evidence-gathering and decision-making process, which saves administrative processing time and speeds the delivery of earned benefits. The existing process is also inconsistent with most, if not all, other government and non-government application processes, such as applying for social security, applying for a driver's license, applying for a job or filing for an income tax refund.
"These days, government agencies and private businesses rely on standard forms to deliver faster and more accurate customer service," said Under Secretary for Benefits Allison A. Hickey. "VA's ability to deliver better customer service requires the use of standard forms as well. That is why we worked extensively with our partners in the Veterans community to streamline the way we process claims while preserving the effective date rules concerning informal claims through the creation of a new intent to file a claim process."
The updated process also includes standardizing the traditional informal claims process by employing a new "Intent to File a Claim" process which affords the Veteran or survivor one year to compile the necessary documentation or evidence to support the claim while preserving an effective date of claim.
More information about VA Forms 21-526EZ, 21-527EZ, 21-534EZ or VA Form 21-0958, Notice of Disagreement, may be found at www.ebenefits.va.gov or www.va.gov/vaforms/.
VA News Highlights
Several headlines from the Department of Veterans Affairs in recent days. Click the links to read the full stories.
Statement from Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki on the American Jobs Act – Shinseki comments on the proposed Act which includes support for veteran jobs.
VA Announces Expansion of Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will expand its pilot for the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER), which enables sharing of Veterans' health records.
VA Streamlines Online Applications for Health Benefits Renewal – Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has automated its online Health Benefits Renewal (10-10EZR) form as part of its ongoing effort to streamline access to benefits.
VA Posts Online List of Ships Associated with Presumptive Agent Orange Exposure – Veterans who served aboard U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships operating on the waters of Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975, may be eligible to receive Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation for 14 medical conditions associated with presumptive exposure to Agent Orange.
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My work this year has taken me from Big Data and Analytics towards Cognitive Computing and what IBM is now dubbing Cognitive Businesses (or Cognitive Government in our case). Cognitive businesses leverage cognitive computing technology (think Watson) to enhance, scale, and accelerate the expertise of their personnel. Below is the summary of the first part of a symposium I co-chaired last week. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.
The AAAI Fall Symposia on November 12-14 included tracks on 1) AI for Human-Robot Interaction, Cognitive Assistance, Deceptive and Counter-Deceptive Machines, Embedded ML, Self Confidence in Autonomous Systems, and Sequential Decision Making for Intelligent Agents. This post will provide my general impressions of the Cognitive Assistance symposium.
Jerome Pesenti, IBM VP of Watson Core Development, provided the 1st day keynote. He started with the great quote from Fred Jelinek (Cornell/IBM/JHU) that "Every time I fire a linguist, the performance of the speech recognizer goes up." He then talked about how deep learning is allowing reco systems that approach or surpass human performance. This led to a lively discussion with the audience on the universality of learning algorithms and whether the machines were learning in the same manner that humans learn something (no). Jerome finished with some applications of Watson including the Oncology Advisor, citizen support (e.g, tax questions), and security (finding relationships between data).
The rest of the morning was filled with examples of cognitive assistance for legal tasks such as filing a protective order (Karl Branting) and human-computer co-creativity in the classroom(Ashok Goel), and a tool to help SMEs define their vocabulary to find the most relevant content on the web (Elham Khabiri).
During lunch, much of the symposium had lunch together and a lively discussion ensued on cognitive assistance. One topic that I found interesting was on ultimate chess where human-machine teams compete. While these teams in the past have beaten computer-only teams, Murray Campbell noted that the advancements in chess playing computers are decreasing the value-add of humans to the team.
The afternoon session of Day 1 started with 2 interesting talks on cognitive assistance for helping those with cognitive disabilities. Madelaine Sayko described Cog-Aid which would include a cognitive assessment, recommender system (based on the assessment) and an intelligent task status manager for starters. Then Daniel Sontag described the Kognit technology program which includes tracking dementia patient's behavior using eye tracking and mixed reality displays to assist the patient perform activities in daily living. Kevin Burns presented a sense-making approach that could be used by an intelligence analyst to help understand and define the Prior and Posterior probability calculations as new evidence is added. This could eventually be embodied into a cognitive assistant. Next came a presentation on capturing cybersecurity operational patterns to facilitate knowledge chaining by Keith Willett.
The final session of the day was a panel discussion of workforce issues associated with cognitive assistants led by Murray Campbell. Erin Burke of Fordham University Law School talked about how legal education must transition and that she is working at the intersection of law, big data, and cognitive computing. Jim Spohrer, Director of IBM's University Programs, provided some predictions including that by 2035 everyone will be a manager and will have at least one Cognitive Assistant working for them. A lively discussion ensued with the audience about our forthcoming relationship with Cogs including whether we could trust them, unintended consequences, whether we can build common sense into a Cog, and whether our brains will atrophy as we depend on Cogs.
I'll cover Day 2 in the next blog post.


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When Lis e-mailed asking if I'd mind stepping in to host the June challenge I was so excited. It's not over-complicated, uses simple ingredients, doesn't take an age to do, but, I think it's a classic that has a certain whimsical quality, and something that can be loads of fun. There was definitely room for creativity here!
What is it?
Battenberg Cake!
Funny enough, before making this cake for the challenge, I hadn't eaten a single crumb of a Battenberg. But whenever one caught my eye in the store, I couldn't help but look at it with a smile. There's something about the checkered squares in yellow and pink that makes me think of tea with Alice at the Madhatter's, or a little girl serving out slices to her teddy bears on little plastic plates.
This cake has far grander beginnings than tea with teddy. It was actually created as a wedding cake for royalty.
The first Battenberg cake was made to celebrate the marriage of Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Victoria, to husband Prince Louis of Battenberg.
It's traditionally flavoured with almond and has the signature Battenberg markings, that is, the yellow and pink squares (said to represent the four princes of Battenberg). The strips of sponge are glued together using jam (normally apricot) and the whole cake is covered in marzipan. Sometimes the edges are crimped and the top is patterned with a knife.
Being that this recipe is thoroughly English, I thought it would be appropriate to use a recipe from a fantastic English baker, Mary Berry. (Don't you just love her name?). This traditional Battenberg recipe comes from Mary Berry's "Baking Bible". It's an all in one cake method, so very simple, quick and very few dirty dishes!
Although there are specialised Battenberg cake tins available, you don't need one. This can be baked in a square baking tin and a divide made with foil to separate the two batters. This recipe really is all about simplicity.
The challenge was to make a Battenberg cake. It had to be in the traditional shape (square oblong) and had to have at least two different coloured checks as well as be covered in a firm edible covering like marzipan. But, the DBers could choose any flavours, and even do more than two colours. I encouraged everyone to use marzipan, but I know many people don't like marzipan at all, so also on option was to use rolled fondant or chocolate plastique to cover the cake. The Daring Bakers could also use buttercreams, curd, ganache etc instead of jam to glue the cake together.
Battenberg up!
175g / 6 oz (¾ cup / 1½ sticks) Unsalted Butter, softened & cut in cubes
175g / 6 oz (¾ cup) Caster Sugar
175g / 6 oz (1 1/3 cups) Self-Raising Flour (***see end of doc on how to make your own)
3 Large Eggs, room temp
65g / 2 1/3 oz (½ cup) Ground Almonds (Can be substituted with ground rice)
3/4 tsp Baking Powder
½ tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp Almond Extract
Red Food Colouring, paste, liquid or gel
To Finish
100g / 3 ½ oz (1/3 cup) Apricot Jam
225g / 8 oz Marzipan, natural or yellow (store-bought)
- Preheat oven to moderate 350°F/180°C/160°C Fan Assisted/Gas Mark 4
- Grease an 8"/20cm square baking tin with butter
- Line the tin with parchment paper, creating a divide in the middle with the parchment (or foil)
- - Tip: See photos or watch video at end for detailed instructions
- OR Prepare Battenberg tin by brushing the tin with melted butter and flouring
- Whisk together the dry ingredients then combine with the wet ingredients in a large bowl and beat together just until the ingredients are combined and the batter is smooth
- Spoon half the mixture into the one side of the prepared baking tin
- Add a few drops of red food liquid/gel/paste to the remaining batter, stir until the colour is thoroughly distributed, add more colour if needed
- Spoon the pink batter into the other half of the prepared baking tin
- Smooth the surface of the batter with a spatula, making sure batter is in each corner
- Bake for 25-30mins until the cake is well risen, springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick comes out clean (it should shrink away from the sides of the pan)
- Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes before turning out to cool thoroughly on a wire rack
- Once completely cool, trim the edges of the cake with a long serrated knife
- Cut each coloured sponge in half lengthways so that you are left with four long strips of sponge
- Neaten the strips and trim as necessary so that your checkered pattern is as neat and even as possible
- Gently heat the apricot jam and pass through a small sieve
- Brush warmed jam onto the strips of cake to stick the cake together in a checkered pattern (one yellow next to one pink. On top of that, one pink next to one yellow)
- - Tip: See photos for detailed instructions
- Dust a large flat surface with icing sugar then roll the marzipan in an oblong shape that is wide enough to cover the length of the cake and long enough to completely wrap the cake
- Brush the top of the cake with apricot jam
- Place the cake on the marzipan, jam side down
- - Tip: Either in the middle or to the one side of the marzipan
- Brush the remaining three sides with jam
- Press the marzipan around the cake, making sure the join is either neatly in the one corner, or will be underneath the cake once turned over
- - Tip: If you put the sponge to the one side of the marzipan, I found it easiest to "roll" the sponge over and over onto the marzipan instead of lifting the marzipan up onto the sponge
- Carefully flip the cake over so that the seam is under the cake and score the top of the cake with a knife, you can also crimp the top corners with your fingers to decorate
- Neaten the ends of the cake and remove excess marzipan by trimming off a small bit of cake on both ends to reveal the pattern
Other Tips:
Lisa, my baker in crime over at Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives (she called herself my "sidekick" for this, I guess that makes me Wonder Baker? Cake Woman? Something cool anyway ;) ) had an amazing Battenberg lined up but came head to head with the Evil Lord Humidity, which unfortunately thwarted her arsenal of batter and marzipan. It brought to light dealing with the same baker unfriendly weather.
So, a few tips when working with marzipan/fondant/chocolate plastique in humid and hot weather. Firstly, keep it cool. It does need to be pliable, but it won't hurt to chill it just slightly to help keep your covering from "melting" and becoming too sticky to work with. You do need to knead it to get it ready for rolling and covering but try to handle it as little as possible as soon as it's pliable enough, and if you need to, roll out the marzipan in between sheets of parchment paper and use plenty of corn flour or powdered sugar on your rolling pin, hands, surface etc.
I've adapted Mary Berry's recipes quite a bit in terms of quantities 'cause I found the amount of batter to be too little for an 8"x8" (20cmx20cm) cake pan, once the sponges were trimmed the strips were a bit on the slim side. The amounts provided are perfect for an 8"x8" (20cmx20cm) tin.
However, if you do have a Battenberg pan (8"x6") (20cmx15cm) then you will have some leftover batter. Just fill your Battenberg tin to 3/4 full and that should be enough for the batter to rise above the top of the pan which you can then trim off.
The batter is your basic sponge recipe, equal amounts of butter, sugar and flour (in weight) and it's not a fussy recipe at all. Although a lot of Battenberg recipes first cream the butter and sugar, Mary Berry swears she gets a better Battenberg sponge by using the all in one method, and I must say, my sponges came out great using the all in one method. But you're welcome to use the creaming method if you like. And if you do use the all in one method, just make sure you don't over mix the batter, once it's all combined, it's done (hard for a chronic over mixer like me!). I didn't even bother using my stand mixer, I used my hand electric mixer, and I think you could quite easily even use a wooden spoon for some old school baking ;)
If you want to add a flavour to one of the sponges in liquid form, make sure to add the same amount of liquid to the other batter in the form of milk. The batter is very thick and should be quite thick so don't add too much. You'll see an example of this in the Walnut & Coffee Battenberg.
I've included links at the end of the post for home made marzipan as well as chocolate plastique/modelling chocolate. Also at the end of the post is how to make your own self raising flour.
Storage instructions:
- Battenberg will keep for 3-4 days stored at room temperature in an airtight container
- Keep chocolate plastique in an airtight container at room temperature, it will keep for as long as the expiry date on the chocolate wrapper
How to make your own self raising flour:
1 cup Self Raising Flour = 1 cup / 115g All Purpose Flour + 1 ½ tsp Baking Powder + ¼ tsp Salt (omit salt if there is salt in the recipe) sifted together
If you'd like to make your own marzipan, I use Delia Smith's recipe
If you'd prefer not to use eggs in your marzipan, this recipe from BBC Good Food is also good


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I've now made my 8th attempt at printing a moderately complex model. The problem is that the height is too short. I made the switch some time back to M8x1.25 threaded rods and nuts. This let me have a simple M92 Z2650 statement that has worked like a champ, until this print.
Measured against the STL, the diff isn't consistent at each level, but in most places and overall it's at 77% of target. The part is supposed to be 80mm and it's coming in at 61.75
The print is a dual extruder print using the second extruder for support material. I've done numerous dual extrusion multi-material prints in the past with no Z distortion, but it was using the RAMPS 1.4 controller instead of the Printrboard/Extrudrboard I'm currently using. The print looks great except for the height problem. 8 attempts have consistent results.
I verified that the EEPROM (via the LCD controller,) has the correct M92 Z value. I checked the slicer and g-code output, the value is setting correctly.
Here's the frustrating part, I printed single material calibration cubes at 40mm an at 80mm and they came out perfect heights. This only seems to happen when I use the second extruder to print support material. I even printed the model using a single extruder, all one material and it printed fine. Very frustrating
I'll have to set up a multi-material dual extruder calibration that's high enough, the 30mm hilbert cube I printed is close to perfect, but not high enough to really tell if there's a problem.
All ideas appreciated.


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Sunday, 19 December 2010
A day out on the town
I had a ladies' day out with May-Britt, Helle and Henriette, whom I could say I met through running, but in reality, I met them through blogging - and then running.
We went out to a little restaurant in a basement in Copenhagen called Restaurant Puk. It is one of those places a foreigner, such as myself, dreams of. We enjoyed a 4 hour long real Danish Julfrokost (Christmas lunch) with lots of a delicacy called smørrebrød. This means butter bread, but is actually any sort of topping, well mostly fish and some meat, with a really fatty, tasty sauce, along with other accessories, which you spread on very dark, heavy rye bread and eat with a knife and fork. I am not sure if it is because I am American or because I am who I am, but I can not figure out how to use a knife. I grew up exclusively using a fork, except for spreading things on bread. I don't acutally know how to use both utensils at the same time. Danes, without exception, stare at me when I eat.
We had very lively conversation since the three ladies had had their share of beer and Schnapps. It didn't take much to get the table laughing. Much of the conversation centered around either running or how they all feel about being single. By the time we left, I had to run to the toilet and, unfortunately didn't make it and threw up all over the walls and floor and a little landed in the toilet. I still took it as a good sign and cleaned it up with a smile on my face.
We then walked to see Händel's Messiah in Holmen's Kirke: a beautiful place with perfect accoustics. It was hard not to sit there and think "This is my life, it is mine for the taking - I am happy." The soprano's voice was absolutely perfect as was the blending of the choir. And that is what music and friends can do - remind you that life is good - if you want it to be.
11 comments:
- May-Britt Hansen said...
It was so nice to finally have time to talk for hours instead of those short moments before or after a race :-)
I hope you got home all right! Hope to see you again soon. Maybe I´ll join you all at Social Marathon on new years eve. It seems like everyone I know will be running!
- 20 December 2010 at 00:58
- mmmonyka said...
Sounds like fun!
How do you cut food if you do not use knife and fork? I am really curious.
- 20 December 2010 at 03:56
- SteveQ said...
Restaurant Puk? They had to know that an American would turn it into Restaurant Puke.
There's a difference in knife and fork usage between America and Europe. One holds fork in the left hand while cutting with the right, then switches the fork to the right to bring the food to the mouth. The other doesn't switch hands. And... no, I don't know which is which!
- 20 December 2010 at 17:18
- May-Britt Hansen said...
@SteveQ: Puk is a troll of the forest in a play by Shakespeare.
In Europe you hold the folk in you left hand and use the knife in your right hand to cut the meat. You don´t switch hands during dinner, but bring the food to the mouth with the folk in your left hand. It just a matter of practice :-)
- 20 December 2010 at 18:47
- sea legs girl said...
So I happen to think that the fact that I have gotten away with cutting all of my food with my fork alone is also an art :). And if the fork "can't cut it", then I simply pick it up and bite into it. When I eat with Danes, my knife dangles from my left hand like some pathetic vestigial digit - which is rarely and briefly moved over to the right hand if I really need to cut with it.
May-Britt that would be great if you came to the New Year's Social Marathon - then if you run in the faster group, maybe SR will choose to run with you.
May-Britt again - are you thinking of Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream?
- 20 December 2010 at 20:27
- Mapp said...
I like reading about perfect moments like this : makes me feel happy! Thanks for sharing!
- 20 December 2010 at 21:53
- Glaven Q. Heisenberg said...
Effin SteveQ stole my line! I even went out and got one of these guys - ü - so I could write Restaurant Püke, and it would have BEEN AWESOME, but then SteveQ gets here first and takes the lazy man's approach. He's too püny to lift an umlaut!
Don't blame not knowing how to use a knife and fork at the same time on being American, sister. That's just you.
- 20 December 2010 at 22:07
- mmmonyka said...
At least you do not cut everything (including meat) with spoon. I know a person who does that and I consider that very bum-like.
It is good you are in cultivated Europe now, they will teach you some manners:)
- 20 December 2010 at 22:49
Hi Tracy
Yes it was beautiful, fun and peaceful. As for the eating manners - when I was a child, I always held the fork in my right hand :-)
See you on the 31st
- 21 December 2010 at 08:57
- Helen said...
Great story! Hope you guys continue to enjoy the holidays. I am waay behind in blog reading but it's never too late to say Congratulations!!! Wonderful news. Even if it does involve puking in a restaurant... :)
- 21 December 2010 at 09:42
- May-Britt Hansen said...
Yes, I mean Puck from 'A Midsummer nights dream'. In the Danish version it is written Puk.
- 21 December 2010 at 13:43