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Saturday 15 September 2012 | Barnstaple to Dartmouth 172.9km
Report: Simon Powers | Additional reporting: Team Sky
Interview and photographs: Andy Whitehouse
British rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke retainined the gold jersey at the conclusion of stage 7 from Barnstaple to Dartmouth, this afternoon.
Tiernan-Locke, from Devon, was competing on home turf and formed part of a chasing group, who finished today's stage almost 50 seconds down. After attacking from the peleton with 10km to go, the Endura rider managed to drop Australian Leigh Howard, who is Tiernan – Locke's main rival for both the general classification as well as an overall Tour win.
Spain's Pablo Urtasun outgunned Dutchman Marc de Maar in the final sprint to take the stage win in Dartmouth. Urtasun was part of a four-man breakaway, which also included Euskaltel Euskadi team-mate Samuel Sanchez and Ivan Basso.
Close battle
Stunning scenery and tough climbs were always going to be the order of the day as the race headed south for Dartmouth on a bright Saturday morning.
The penultimate stage got off to a frenetic start as the race left Barnstaple, early moves splitting the bunch to pieces en route to the first categorised climb of the day at South Hill.
Despite groups firing clear Howard was still able to trim three seconds off Tiernan-Locke's lead mid-stage by claiming the first intermediate sprint of the day in Great Torrington.
Things came back together and five riders eventually went clear initially before another five joined a move including the likes of Basso, Sanchez and Jerome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun).
Back in the peloton it was Tiernan-Locke's Endura Racing squad on the front in a bid to defend the gold leader's jersey, the local rider beginning the day with an advantage of 13 seconds.
Heading into the final 30km the gap began to drop but with Endura not interested in bringing the move all the way back - the 10 men holding a useful advantage of 1:34 heading into the final climbs. Team Sky hit the front in the closing stages in a bid to close the gap further but to no avail.
As soon as the road ramped upwards it was Tiernan-Locke who hit out, only a select number of riders able to follow in his wheel as he showed his form once again to move one step closer to victory.
A rider's perspective - Race leader Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
"It was fantastic today I saw the crowds lining the two big climbs over Dartmoor and I was trying to look up to see if I knew anyone but you just couldn't see anyone, I had goose pimples and just to be leading up there as well was something I'll never forget. Said Tiernan-Locke
He continued: "I think Hass( Garmin Sharp) would have to win the stage tomorrow and all of the time bonus( to take the overall) and thats not going to happen, I can only lose time in the sprints so we'll all ride for the sprints. I'm not going to get dropped on the climb, today we've shown we're up for it and we'll see if we can do it tomorrow.The team raised their game today and we only had the 4 guys who showed they were capable. It helped knowing the area today, I could tell the guys when they could rest and when they could put the pressure. I knew where the top was on the last climb and knew the last 2KM were downhill where I knew I could ease off a bit so it did help knowing the area.
Tiernan- Locke concluded: "I don't think it has sunk in how good it has been to ride in front of these crowds today. I think i'll ride the Worlds and thats my season done so I think I'll reflect on it then."
Stage 7 Results:
1 Pablo Urtasun Euskaltel Euskadi
2 Marc De Maar UnitedHealthcare
3 Ivan Basso Liquigas - Cannondale
General Classification after 7 stages:
1 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke Endura Racing
2 Nathan Haas Garmin - Sharp
3 Damiano Caruso Liquigas - Cannondale


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Designer's Challenge: The housing downturn is forcing architects to get creative.
As they await the end of the housing slowdown that has left them with fewer projects to compete for, Florida's architects are seeking opportunities wherever they can find them. Miami architect Abe Kadushin, for example, is focusing on low-income, government housing rather than the condominiums and subdivision homes that architects feasted on just a few years ago.?
"You're not going to see the McMansions as much. People can't afford to cool them, and they can't afford to pay the taxes and insurance." — Miami architect Abe Kadushin
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Kadushin is working on several low-income projects in Miami. He also designed a low-income housing component of a mixed-use project being built in Punta Gorda. Called Gulf Breeze Village, the development will replace some of the affordable housing destroyed more than three years ago by Hurricane Charley.
The loss of residential work has created opportunity in other areas. "The high-end luxury condominium market has slowed down substantially, almost to a halt," says Luis Revuelta, an architect at Miami-based Revuelta Vega Leon. "But now we're getting a lot of calls for hotels and office buildings."
Guy Peterson, a Sarasota architect, thinks green design is slowly evolving beyond the marketers who have been heavily promoting the concept of creating buildings that save energy and water and use more renewable materials. Now, he says, it's something that many of his clients demand, even if it might boost construction costs by a percentage point or two.
"It makes great sense, using natural light and using natural breezes to help a building breathe," he says. "It's also being more sensitive in the types of materials you select."
Kadushin sees the green trend as leading to smaller, simpler homes with cross ventilation — much like the bungalows that were common in Florida before air conditioning became widespread. "You're not going to see the McMansions as much," he says. "People can't afford to cool them, and they can't afford to pay the taxes and insurance. I know my air-conditioning bill has doubled over the last five years. Part of the green movement is a lesser footprint."
As of January 2007, there were 10 LEED-certified buildings in Florida, according to the U.S. Green Building Council. By the end of the year, the total had more than doubled to 22.
Last year, Paul D'Arelli, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig in Fort Lauderdale, became Florida's first attorney to be certified as a LEED-accredited professional by the U.S. Green Building Council. Guiding clients through the LEED process quickly became a major part of his practice. He expects more lawyers to earn the accreditation this year as demand for green building grows.
"Now that the first generation of green buildings are up, the data is starting to come out and show that, yes, these buildings are operating more efficiently," D'Arelli says. "It makes good business sense. It's hard to figure out why somebody wouldn't do it, other than the feeling of the unknown because they haven't been through it before."

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COLUMBIA - Court documents received by KOMU reveal a possible link to a shooting Monday night on Sylvan Lane resulting in two suspects charged Wednesday.
A probable cause statement written by one of the officers on the scene states a man involved is, "commonly associated with known gang members."
Police say they can't confirm if a shooting earlier that day on the Highway 63 Connector in Columbia is connected to the shooting on Sylvan Lane, but the same men suspected in the Highway 63 shooting were arrested at the Sylvan Lane scene.
The Columbia Police Department wouldn't say if the shootings are gang-related, but a probable cause statement written by one of the officers on the scene states a man involved is, "commonly associated with known gang members."
Neighbors KOMU 8 News spoke with believe the shooting is gang-related, but a police spokeswoman hesitated to make that connection.
"I believe it was because we did have the law stop at our house at one time and asked if there was noise going on or a group of guys walking by, and I said, yea," said Alan Bonnot, who lives a couple of blocks from where the Sylvan Lane shooting happened. "It wasn't too much longer before the law was down there and kind of broke it up."
Bonnot said he doesn't believe there's a gang issue in the neighborhood, but he does take extra precaution.
"I do not leave the house after 8 o'clock at night, or sit out on the porch or anything like that," Bonnot said.
He said he would like to walk his dog more often, but fear prevents it a lot of the time.
"With the shooting going on it's kind of scary to get out there," he said.
KOMU 8 News spoke with parents of two boys who live very close to the scene of the shooting. They didn't wish to be named in the story out of fear of being targeted by the crimes close to their home. They're new to the neighborhood, and said neighbors have warned them about increased crime when it gets warm out. After Monday, they now look over their shoulder, and worry about their sons' safety.
Bonnot acknowledged an increased police presence.
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California Bill OK'd to change electoral vote systemBreaking News
The bill, approved 49-31 mostly along party lines in the Assembly, would pledge California's 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote, a system critics charged was an attempt to circumvent the U.S. Constitution.
If the bill became law in California, it would take effect only if states with a combined total of 270 electoral votes - the number required to win the presidency - also agreed to decide the election by popular vote.
The interstate compact the Assembly authorized is part of a national campaign launched in February by a Los Altos nonprofit to change the way the nation picks a president.
"Presidential candidates would have to come to California because of our population, and they would have to take a position on issues that we care about," Assemblyman Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, said on the Assembly floor.
The Constitution requires each state to select its Electoral College delegates in presidential races. California awards its votes based on the state popular vote, as do most other states.
Backers of the compact say presidential candidates should be forced to campaign before all voters, not just those in so-called battleground states such as Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida....
A compact agreement would require California to give its electoral votes to the winner of the national vote regardless of which presidential candidate state voters select.
Critics said a popular vote system would send presidential candidates only to the most populous cities, shutting out rural America....
The Colorado Senate in April voted to ratify the compact. The proposal also is being considered in four other states - New York, Louisiana, Illinois and Missouri.
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A sign of the times, which leads people to prefer quieter and less crowded destinations, but also a sign of a reversal of the trend: it is no longer true that in summer Italians prefer white beaches.
More and more persons prefer the mountains
People seem to be increasingly attracted by the mountains and the authentic hospitality of the various Alpine resorts, they able to guarantee a tourist offer that ranges from culture to sport, from nature to typical food and wine. A revolution, especially if you think that until a few years ago the summer holiday in the mountains was considered "démodé" and was chosen only by 15% of Italians (Eumetra 2016 survey). This year, on the other hand, mountain holidays have become trendy, especially if spent in famous locations.
Val Gardena is the most appreciated Alpine destination
According to the well-known Italian daily newspaper, the Dolomites (a UNESCO World Heritage) also took advantage of this boom and proved to be the most popular Alpine destination. Val Gardena in particular is considered the most popular and enjoyable Alpine destination in Italy, ahead of Val di Fassa, Courmayeur and Madonna di Campiglio.
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At just a few months old, this is the love Wilbur should have known right from the start.
Swaddled in a blanket, he makes nary a peep as someone treats what appears to be an injured back paw.
There's also a mystery wrapped up in that blanket. How does a pot-bellied pig just appear at the side of a road in Anne Arundel County, Maryland? Stray dogs, sure. But pigs?
On Facebook, a video of Wilbur being cared for by animal control staff is fueling "ooohs," "ahhhs" and "uhhh ... whats?"
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Radulovich, inspiration for `Good Night and Good Luck,' dies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Milo Radulovich, who in 1953 stood up to Sen. Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist browbeating in a showdown that led to the demise of McCarthyism, died Monday at age 81. He had struggled with his health since suffering a stroke in June.
Though his case was a sensation 50 years ago, trumpeted on Edward R. Murrow's TV show "See It Now" and the inspiration for the 2005 movie "Good Night, and Good Luck," Radulovich for decades enjoyed an energetic but low-key career as a Sacramento-area meteorologist with the National Weather Service. He often was quoted in The (Sacramento) Bee on anything from floods and cold fronts to the intricacies of El Nino. He also was Ronald Reagan's favorite weather forecaster when Reagan was governor.
Until the last two years of his life, Radulovich rarely mentioned the scandal that rocked the nation at the height of the so-called Red Scare, though he was always gracious about answering questions when anyone broached the subject.
The movie turned him into a celebrity, a rejuvenated hero and a widely sought out speaker as critics of the Patriot Act drew contemporary parallels to the Radulovich ordeal.
"I am uneasy about self-praise, but I am proud I responded as a patriot to an unjust attack," he said in a 2003 profile in The Bee. "If anyone was un-American, it was Joseph McCarthy. He did what the Communist would have loved to do – he demoralized an entire nation."
In the early 1950s, buoyed by the Cold War and the near-hysterical fear of Communism, McCarthy derailed careers and ruined lives in his quest to root out Americans whose loyalties he questioned.
But he picked on the wrong man in 1953. Radulovich was a 27-year-old student at the University of Michigan and the father of two. He had served in the Air Force a decade earlier but was on reserve status while studying meteorology and holding down three jobs.
Out of the blue, he received a special delivery letter indicating he would be discharged from the Air Force because his sister and father had the loosest of ties to Communist publications.
Radulovich decided to fight, the first to take on the powerful McCarthy. The press noticed almost immediately. Not long after Murrow featured Radulovich on his current affairs broadcast, the national tide turned against McCarthy as millions decided he had gone too far. It was a David vs. Goliath political face-off.
"Milo by himself couldn't have done much, but the media picked up on it," said his brother, Sam Radulovich of Detroit.
"What happened to Milo points out what can happen when you let some of these federal regulations get out of hand," said Kenneth Sanborn, one of the lawyers who defended Radulovich and is now a retired circuit court judge in Michigan. "Now we're running into the same little problem with the Patriot Act."
Radulovich won his case and cleared his father's name, but he always insisted his father died broken-hearted, abandoned by most of his friends after he was identified as a likely Communist.
Radulovich moved on and was never bitter. Outgoing and cheerful, he retired in 1994 and lived in Lodi, Calif., where he enjoyed spending time with friends and was on a first-name basis with all the waitresses at his favorite diner.
In fact, Radulovich was better known as the local weather service spokesman and, in retirement, a bon vivant, than he was as the young man who stood up to McCarthy. That changed with "Good Night, and Good Luck." Radulovich seemed to enjoy basking in the limelight and recounting his case.
"In the last couple of years, he was almost fulltime going to schools and journalism groups that asked him to speak," said his brother Sam Radulovich, a retired electrical engineer in Detroit. "He got a lot of travel out of it, which he liked to a point, but I think he got tired of it."
When Sanborn received a prestigious medal for courage and achievement, Radulovich surprised him by traveling to the Detroit area to present his former lawyer with the honor.
"It was quite an emotional moment for me," Sanborn said.
In his years as at the National Weather Service, Radulovich was widely admired for his friendly demeanor. Then-Gov. Ronald Reagan would often call for a weather report and always asked to speak with Radulovich, according to Larry Ferral, a longtime co-worker.
"He was very articulate, a person who could really express himself well. He was the one who always spoke at retirement dinners -- a really good extemporaneous speaker," said Ferral.
In his final months, that gift was taken away. After suffering a powerful stroke in mid-June, Radulovich was unable to talk and affected the use of his right arm and leg. The illness forced him to move into nursing home.
He regained some ability to talk but after a few words would tail off. Loved ones believed the incoherent speech was the Serbian language he heard as an infant from his parent, who moved to the United States from Yugoslavia, his brother said.
Until his health woes, Radulovich had lived alone in Lodi since his second wife died in the early 1990s.
He is survived by three daughters, Danica Berner of Bishop; and Janet Sweeney and Kathy Radulovich, both of Sacramento; two brothers, Walter and Sam Radulovich, both of Detroit, and his sister Margaret Fishman, of Detroit. Funeral arrangements are pending.


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7 slices bread, trimmed and cubed
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Beat eggs and add milk, mixing well. Fold in remaining ingredients, except tomato and chives. Pour into a greased 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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Whalen plays the title character with eloquent understatement, exhibiting this vulnerable extrovert's humor and gift for gab, but also his ethereal and melancholy sides, revealed when he suddenly breaks into a recitation of Yeats or rants dully into the phone, fumbling with the receiver, during a drunken late-night callCelia Wren, Washington Post
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During its 30 years of history, the Instituto de Estudios Cajasol has been recognized as one of the best national business schools, especially within the Andalusian area with whose companies it has maintained a closer contact.
At the origin of the current Instituto de Estudios Cajasol it goes back to El Monte de Piedad and Caja de Ahorros de Sevilla, which created the Social Work of Orientation and Advice, to resolve queries from its clients and workers. His first training sessions were on personal income tax, and in 1983 the first long-term course on SME management was launched.
When Monte de Piedad renews its corporate image and is renamed El Monte, the first Superior Fiscal Advisory Course appeared in the current Master in Fiscal Advice.
In these years there are only the San Telmo Foundation, the Confederation of Sevillian Entrepreneurs and the Chamber of Commerce. The Institute is highly demanded.
The Institute of Legal and Business Studies became the training center for professionals and managers of Seville and its surroundings. After the appearance of Cajasol, which arises from the Merger of Savings Banks El Monte and San Fernando, the Institute, now called Cajasol, gains new momentum, expanding its training areas and its activity for professionals.
In 2015, the Andalusian Club of Directors was born under the Instituto de Estudios Cajasol and the Cajasol Foundation, currently a meeting and debate forum for executives and presidents of the most relevant companies on the national scene.
Currently, the Instituto de Estudios Cajasol can boast of having trained three generations of professionals, who are divided into positions of varying responsibility of the Andalusian and Spanish entities.
In these 30 years of existence, we have been proactive actors in the social and economic development of our environment.
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- The vocation of Instituto de Estudios Cajasol is to provide the most qualified postgraduate training for successful professionals. Our programs, based on the continuous adaptation to the economic and social reality, guarantee work prosperity for our students.
- We are committed to training for professional development, new leadership, and personal fulfillment.
- We are backed by more than 30 years of experience, in which we have trained more than 22,000 executives, professionals and university graduates who now integrate the templates of the best national and multinational firms.
- Our complete masters, expert courses and specialization in the most requested aspects of the market are a national and international reference.
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- More than 600 professionals of excellence.
- The best experts in the country in each specialty. A heterogeneous cloister that has university professors, businessmen, active professionals from the private sector, executives and senior public administration officials.
- Professors of great human and intellectual quality, focused on the personal attention of the student, and accustomed to the training of senior executives.
- All the benefits of a cloister with magnificent relationships in the main legal and business environments.
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- Backed and promoted by the Cajasol Foundation, with a strong social vocation, determined to support economic development through postgraduate training.
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- Contacts with companies and institutions of national and international character.
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- Rigorous selection systems that privilege the human and intellectual quality of the student.
- Compact and homogeneous groups in which teamwork, communication, friendly atmosphere and human relationships are favored.
- An active Student Association with its own headquarters in the Institute, in which the special bonds of union established by the Institute with its students and teachers are expressed. A meeting point for the different generations of students. A trust group that performs an important job of guiding the students. And an extensive program of activities, internal and external: professional advice, training through monographic courses and conferences and recreational initiatives.
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A privileged environment for academic life, which favors the concentration and exchange of experiences.
Antonio Pulido Gutiérrez, President of the Cajasol Foundation
This will be remembered as a time of great economic changes, which, although they have generated instability and uncertainty, are leading in the long term to profound social transformations and new ways of understanding life.
Gone are previous structures based on beliefs and values that, as economic-social evolution is demonstrating, were wrong. It is necessary to walk towards a less materialistic life model, more fair with its surroundings and more supportive of others.
This requires a lot of qualification and creativity, since it is about finding a productive and growth system based on dynamic and competitive activities, but at the same time sustainable in economic, social and environmental terms.
This evolution is also changing the values and principles that are demanded in the professionals and managers who are leading the development of current companies. In addition to mastering and adapting to the frenzied technological and digital renewal, companies require people with knowledge, but also with strategic vision, ability to manage change, and fair and ethical principles in their professional aspects, such as generosity, empathy, transparency, humility and team spirit.
Immersed in this great global evolution, in 2018 we celebrated the 30th anniversary of Instituto de Estudios Cajasol , an event that we took the opportunity to reflect on our role in society. During this trajectory, which began with a business advisory and professional training service, the Institute, now belonging to the Cajasol Foundation, has established itself as a reference center for professionals, managers and entrepreneurs, a forum for the exchange of ideas and creativity, and promoter of the socio-economic development of Andalusia.
From the Cajasol Foundation we reaffirm, through the Institute of Studies, our commitment to training, training and research to contribute to the adaptation of young graduates and professionals with experience to new needs. Our programs are aimed at promoting a renewed mentality in Andalusia and adapting our companies to values that contribute to develop in a sustainable and fair manner.
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Cats are mysterious animals.
At once infamously lazy homebodies and intensely clever and curious creatures, there's no real predicting what they'll get themselves into.
For example, there's no reason to expect a routine flying lesson to have a feline component. But one cat had big dreams ...
The takeoff was smooth and totally routine.
And then, a third passenger appeared on the wing ...
... and just kind of hangs out there, meowing above the scenery.
The pilot prepares for an emergency landing ...
... and jumps out as the plane is coming to a halt.
And the cat is - incredibly - totally OK.
Some concerned cat lovers lashed out a bit on the internet: "someone must not be very responsible enough to fly or own a pet" one commenter wrote.
A commenter assumed to be the pilot replied that he "did the pre flight check, missed it. shit happen man."
Next time, make sure your seat backs are in their upright positions ... and maybe go ahead and triple-check your wings.


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2012 was an interesting year for Maine politics, with the United States Senate race taking a wild turn when entrenched career politician Olympia Snowe dropped out. Running scared of freethinking Republicans no longer willing to play by the your liberals vs. our liberals game, she cited intense partisanship that apparently didn't exist before. Ever.
Could it happen again?
Senator Susan Collins is facing strong opposition within her own party by these same tea party conservatives, as well as the Ron Paul-supporting libertarians who became a strong force through the presidential campaign. Even with the support of such figures as former Paul State Director and current State Senate candidate Eric Brakey, Collins is finding support on the right harder to come by.
Maine Equal Rights Center director Erick Bennett, a venomous loose cannon convicted of assaulting his wife, has entered the primary. Despite a media obsession with this violent character, he is hardly credible opposition. The threat instead comes from the general election, which could see potential libertarian and even conservative support defecting to Democrat Shenna Bellows or even possible future Independent challengers.
Would Republicans consider going with a more electable candidate in the changing party climate?
By more electable, I mean an establishment moderate who could appease some of the conservative and libertarian base.
The first candidate to come to mind would be Bruce Poliquin, who is widely respected by conservatives for his time as State Treasurer. Though his Second Amendment record is one of constant debate among many Republicans, his financial track record is one that earns the respect of many. He is also a mainstream Republican, which could keep the moderate base from causing an uproar.
Problem is even though he has the name recognition and money to become the next United States Senator, he is already running in a district he doesn't live in for Congress. Interestingly enough with Congressman Mike Michaud running for Governor, the congressional race is wide open just like the 2012 United States Senate race he and others entered following Snowe's departure.
Who would be the next likely candidate?
Maine Republican Party chairman Rick Bennett.
Poliquin's first error was not using the Chairmanship, which is a thankless job, as a springboard for a possible candidacy we all knew was coming. Bennett took the job from former State Representative Rich Cebra, who was run out of the position by frequent infighting and issues such as Penobscotgate.
Bennett has done a respectable job calming the infighting and uniting those who have not departed the party, though that number is climbing. Various liberals, while obviously in disagreement with principles, have praised him for a calmer, civil demeanor. Libertarians have even supported him.
Despite Bennett's strong support for controversial issues like Maine Clean Elections, Brakey, State Representative Aaron Libby and Maine Republican Liberty Caucus chairman Vic Berardelli all supported his candidacy for State Chair against Ron Paul National Delegate Sam Canders. Though this is not to imply support for a possible Senate candidacy, it shows that some more to the right can be comfortable with his moderate positions.
Being State Chairman is going to be a hard job going into 2014 elections. Paul LePage alone is a tough act to defend at times, because despite doing some good things while in office, he is a loose cannon who speaks bluntly to excess.
The error for the Republican establishment in 2012 was not having a candidate lined up to jump in for Snowe. That may be the fault of Snowe herself, putting her own political legacy before all else. But regardless, a heated primary left the base divided behind a weak perennial loser who failed to inspire Republicans, let alone attract Democratic crossover or Independents.
Thus, the plan in 2014 must be executed right. Keep the seat with a moderate who can sell himself to conservatives and libertarians (though he himself is hardly conservative or libertarian).
Susan Collins drops out, Rick Bennett runs, and the United States Senate is hypothetically won by Republicans again. Right?
Until the Democratic Party establishment slams the panic button, trampling Shenna Bellows and pushing her aside to upgrade Chellie Pingree's title.
Then it becomes a whole new ballgame.


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Folk Music Saturday – "I'm In"
Thank you, Obamacare.
We have, generally speaking, avoided using our health insurance if at all possible because it either didn't cover things or had bizarre cost sharing arrangements. Did I mention that for the last few years it's been one of those supposed "Cadillac" government employee plans? It's probably been to our detriment because we could have had that earache checked out before it became a raging ear infection and maybe avoided a visit to Urgent Care (or the ER).
I was looking over our plan documents tonight while I tracked down EOBs for Boo's UTI and discovered that things are quite a bit different. Thanks to the PPACA (aka Obamacare):
- My health insurance covers a yearly physical for all members of the family and not just children under the age of 4.
- My health insurance covers routine immunizations for all members of the family (including the necessary boosters) and not just children under the age of 6.
- My health insurance covers contraception. Period.
- My plan documents easier to read. Instead of digging through 90 pages in order to find the fine print on why something won't be covered, I can find most everything I need to know in a short little four page handout.
It's a nice surprise!
Good Question
A follow-up question to certain members of the Virginia GOP who believe that the solution to school shootings is to not only allow concealed carry on school grounds, but also to require school districts to designate certain employees to do so:
[S]chool teachers shouldn't be required to join unions, but they should be forced to carry loaded firearms around children? Does that not seem odd to you?
A secondary question might be something along the lines of, "Are you fucking crazy?" Or something like that. Feel free to reword it as necessary.
Hint to the Wisconsin GOP – Don't even think about it. Even you lot can't be that crazy, right?
Tuesday Links
The biggest thing that changed my mind regarding Christianity was more knowledge. The exclusivist claims of Christianity just didn't stand up to the light of comparative religion. Aron-Ra has posted a fantastic piece today about the origin of his name while also dipping into the religious beliefs of Ancient Egyptians and parallels between older polytheistic religions and that of the monotheistic Abrahamic faiths. Which, by the way, totally brought back memories of ancient history with Groceries. Good times. :0)
Pharyngula had a rather disturbing post about the many conservative responses after Newton, Connecticut last week which in turn linked to a post on Right Wing Watch about James Dobson's statements on his radio broadcast (complete with audio clip) where Dobson said:
Our country really does seem in complete disarray. I'm not talking politically, I'm not talking about the result of the November sixth election; I am saying that something has gone wrong in America and that we have turned our back on God.
I mean millions of people have decided that God doesn't exist, or he's irrelevant to me and we have killed fifty-four million babies and the institution of marriage is right on the verge of a complete redefinition. Believe me, that is going to have consequences too.
And a lot of these things are happening around us, and somebody is going to get mad at me for saying what I am about to say right now, but I am going to give you my honest opinion: I think we have turned our back on the Scripture and on God Almighty and I think he has allowed judgment to fall upon us. I think that's what's going on.
Firstly, I don't think I'm the only one who reads that (or any of the others who said something similar) and thinks "Ye gods what a tyrant!" But mostly? Fuck you, James Dobson. Yeah, that about covers it.
First Draft had a good post a couple of days ago about our national discourse and how "It's Always Time to Talk About Shit that Doesn't Matter." From the end of the post:
It's like there's a list somewhere, of Things We Can Address, and it's all stuff like why so many kids have ADHD, and how parents aren't hugging their children enough, and where precisely in the schoolyard we should stick the plaque proclaiming GOD IS LOVE because that'll fix everything. It's how many teachers need to be armed, and how many cops need to be at every entrance, and the opinion that perhaps we need fewer cops in schools and OH SHIT RIGHT FEWER HOLES IN THE SCHOOLS' ROOFS WHILE WE'RE AT IT never quite makes it through the World of Warcraft soundtrack blaring on every goddamned Sunday show.
(See, already there you go, asking why I have to put it just that way. Can't I use nicer language?)
We have limited ourselves to addressing matters that don't need addressing, so as to drown out the screaming of the things that do.
Eric Scott over at The Wild Hunt wrote about Christian privilege which seems particularly apt with the faux war on Christmas going on these days.
Lest all of the rest of that send you back to deep breathing (with or without any esoteric connotations), I'll end on a positive note – things like this are happening in this country. Maybe one day saner minds will prevail and what we're experiencing is the last terrible gasps of things that should be no longer. At least, that's what I hope today.
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Palermo workers have been on strike since this June. There was some positive news with the NLRB ruling, but the vast majority of the striking workers' jobs have not been restored. It's winter in Wisconsin, many of them have kids, and it's the holiday season. Would you consider helping them out?
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Tuesday Quick Hits – They're Still Not Listening
Periodically I share some of the interesting posts that come across my Google Reader account. I do it because I want to share the things that I've found interesting, but it's also a great way of bookmarking them in a way for the future. Today I also happen to be doing so from my brand new carpeted office which means my toes aren't freezing into little toe-cicles as I type. Did I mention this as a win-win?
Today's theme? US Republicans (both national elected officials and state elected officials) and why we may want to consider scheduling them appointments to be fitted with a brand spanking new Beltone.
From First Draft, my new found love:
- On why it's never time to fight back and remind us again…when will it be the right time?
- What's wrong with Republicans when Bob Dole is suddenly too liberal to rouse his own party to ratify a treaty that should have been a no-brainer? No really, Republicans, why is it that your base has now become the tin-foil hat brigade? Why?
- About that Austerity thing? When did we become a nation of the heartless? What about those small businesses that Republicans love to fawn all over? I thought you were the party of the deeply religious and thereby supposedly charitable? No?
- I've heard of the "right to work for less" slogan when it comes to supposed freedoms and "Right to Work." In fact, I daresay I've heard this refrain in Wisconsin a time or two before, but I had never heard it referred to as the "Right to be Shitcanned" and I'm totally stealing that from now on. For the record? This union thing crosses party lines, y'all realize, yes? How many elections do you want to lose in the future? And, seriously? This should be a wake-up call to Democrats. Speak up because clearly the Republicans aren't listening!
Still on the subject of unions, Laura Conaway writes about why what's happening in Michigan is particularly sad. If I had unlimited funds, I think I'd buy a copy of Philip Dray's "There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America" for everyone. Oh, or maybe "From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend" by Priscilla Murolo because a picture can be a powerful thing.
About that tax cuts and austerity thing:
- What happens when Republicans are fighting for tax cuts their supposed constituents don't want?
- Will Republicans listen to the voters who identify as Republicans themselves?
And, lastly, y'all realize that you lost the election, yes? Don't you think you might want to start listening to voters? We weren't really thrilled with you the first time around, what makes you think a second spin through is going to make us like you any better.
Oh, and could we please take redistricting out of partisan hands and into a non-partisan direction? This is actually my life we're talking about here. When will the lives of voters matter more than the power games of parties and the careers of people like Paul Ryan?


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SURVIVOR PROFILE – Bonnie Pollack Gordon
Cancer Connect
In our recurring series of survivor profiles, Women interviews a different survivor each quarter to hear how women at various stages of managing a cancer diagnosis have approached their situation. We hope these personal glimpses of the strength and the diversity among women living with cancer will inspire our readers.
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Briefly describe your diagnosis and treatment.
A brush of my hand across my left breast changed my life. In 1993 I was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma, with one positive node. Because my cancer was not responsive to hormonal therapy, I chose to participate in a randomized NSABP [National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project] clinical trial following my lumpectomy. I underwent four regimens of Adriamycin® [doxorubicin] and Cytoxan® (cyclophosphamide), followed by radiation.
In August 2009, after 16 cancer-free years, I was diagnosed with a new primary cancer (found during a routine mammogram). It was ductal carcinoma in situ, a precancer that was estrogen-positive. I chose to have a double mastectomy with an immediate one-step reconstruction procedure.
What was your age and health status at the time of diagnosis?
I was 35 years old the first time I was diagnosed and 50 when I received my second—and hopefully last—diagnosis. I was physically very healthy but emotionally very stressed each time. At the first diagnosis, I was knee-deep in diapers, with 5-, 2-, and 1-year-old children, and the second time I was in the midst of a major corporate restructuring.
Do you have a family history of this disease?
My mother had breast cancer and passed away the same month that I was diagnosed—November 1993. She was 67. I also have aunts and cousins who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
How did your diagnosis affect your work and family life?
I had three small children and a husband, and I owned my own business. Saying no to school functions and freelance jobs and asking for help from my friends and family was tough to do. Chemo was a roller coaster, filled with good days and bad. The strain proved to be too tough for my husband; just after I had finished my radiation treatments, we divorced.
I have been happily remarried to a wonderful man for 12 years. He has helped raise my three children, now 22, 18, and 17. He has been my rock following this second diagnosis, helping me get through the surgery, dealing with the drains from the double mastectomy, and being there as a true partner. Walgreens, my employer, has also been very supportive—they allowed me all of the time I needed to have the surgery and recover.
Where did you turn for emotional support following your diagnosis?
Friends and family were key in helping me through chemo and in juggling the needs of my kids. I also turned to a support group for women diagnosed with cancer in their twenties and thirties, and I partnered with a wonderful psychologist who helped me work through losing my mom, my own diagnosis, and my eventual divorce.
What did you learn from your cancer experience?
What seems to be a death sentence can actually make you stronger. For me, being a cancer survivor brings with it a responsibility to "make pink lemonade out of lemons." I am committed to helping guide women through their breast cancer journey, especially those who don't have the financial or emotional support that I was lucky enough to have.
What is your current health status, and how often do you receive follow-up care?
As I move beyond my mastectomy, I am feeling strong and am adjusting to my "new normal." I alternate every three months between visits to my surgeon and to my oncologist. I will be on tamoxifen [Nolvadex®] for the next two years, followed by a regimen of aromatase inhibitors.
Do you have any tips for newly diagnosed patients?
Call upon the coping mechanisms that have gotten you through difficult times before, and know that you will get through. Know that you cannot be superwoman, listen to your body, prioritize your energy use, and participate in activities that energize you. Know that you are not in this alone—reach out to support groups, hotlines, or organizations that can provide guidance and support.


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I am in a van with Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri, bouncing along a dirt road in the Cambodian countryside, when we overtake a heavily laden motorcycle, piled with six fat hogs lying on their bags, skinny legs flapping, eyes blinking with each bump. "Oh my God, they're alive!" says Sarandon, adding after a pause: "Maybe they're on an outing—going to the museum."
We are heading to a village where Heifer International is working. This is a working trip: Sarandon and her daughter are supporters—they are visiting Heifer projects, filming fundraising videos, as well as visiting shelters run by Somaly Mam for girls who have been saved from Cambodia's brothels. Sarandon's humor is appreciated, because we have been witnessing some overwhelming scenes. We have just visited one of Somaly's shelters, where young former sex slaves—one little girl is three—are getting educated, building new lives. You just wonder, how could a three-year old end up in a brothel? It's incomprehensible.
As we lurch along, Keo Keang, a former chemistry teacher who heads Heifer International in Cambodia, briefs us on the project we are about to visit. Heifer, a nonprofit based in Little Rock, Arkansas, empowers farmers around the world, especially women, by providing them with livestock and training. Here in Cambodia, the first thing Keang talks about is the Khmer Rouge, whose brutal tactics ravaged the country, leading to more than 2 million deaths out of a population of 8 million between 1975 and 1979. "The Khmer Rouge killed our society," says Keang. "We want to make it alive again. There was too much suffering. People were so afraid—they thought, I can't talk to you, you can't talk to me, maybe you will kill me. So at Heifer, we help people work together."
It seems like such a long time ago, until you realize that it all happened within people's lifetimes. I ask about Keang's own past. "My father and uncle were killed by the Khmer Rouge," she says. "My mother took care of me and seven siblings. I worked in the fields and sold corn and other vegetables, carried on my head, after school." She recalls a friend, whose mother and young sibling were taken away by the Khmer Rouge. The girl followed them, and watched in horror as they were killed. "My mother always said, 'If they arrest me, don't follow," says Keang. She shrugs and smiles. Sarandon, Eva, and I are all silent for a few moments, absorbing what she has said. "No matter what," she says, "I still have this picture in my mind. We can never forget."
In recent years, tourists have been pouring into the country—these days, more than 2 million a year visit the ruins of Angkor Wat. Chic hotels and boutiques now line the busy streets of nearby Siem Reap. But what is becoming clear on this trip is that behind that veneer of modernity, Cambodia is still suffering from a toxic mix of poverty, lack of education, and the ravages of the Pol Pot years. When they ruled the country, the Khmer Rouge, following an extreme communist dogma, broke down family units, splitting up women, men, and children into separate communal living quarters. A whole generation of educated people was killed. Traditional values—village relationships, family, respect for elders—were smashed. In the recent years, traditions have been replaced increasingly by commercialism and corruption.
To make things worse, with the international peacekeepers who arrived in Cambodia in 1993 came a growing demand for sex workers. Prostitution—the opportunity to make fast money, the sudden access to women—undermined deeply conservative attitudes toward sex. HIV spread like wildfire, infecting two percent of the population by 1998. The infection rate has dropped to 0.5 percent, but commercialized sex, along with the jarring influence of pornographic videos that have come into the country, have had devastating effects: According to Keang, these days it is common for men working in the towns and cities to have as many as 30 partners in a month, while their wives stay home in the countryside, caring for the children. Condom use is rare; sex education is almost nonexistent. "We gave them condoms," Keang tells us, "and then a farmer complained. He said, 'I have eaten five of them and my wife still got pregnant!'"
We pull up to Anlong Sar Pagoda Village, where dozens of residents, dressed in their best (bright T-shirts, colorful sarongs, and flip flops), are waiting for the Movie Star and Heifer officials to arrive. We are here for a "Passing on the Gift" ceremony. Villagers place crowns of pink lilies on Sarandon's and Eva's heads, then lead them past clapping farmers to a muddy sty, where pigs and chickens and a group of farmers clutching hens and piglets are lining up. Families who received livestock a year earlier from Heifer will each pass two of the offspring to another family.
Tinny music is blaring from a loudspeaker, and it is very hot. After about an hour of standing in the broiling sun, several families push in closer and begin to hand over their animals. The heat and the noise clearly are starting to get to Sarandon: Standing between the farmers, she smiles wanly. The pigs are shrieking wildly as they are handed over to her.
The villagers then push into a large tent, and a series of politicians give droning speeches. At last, it is Sarandon's turn, and she gamely takes the mic. "I have never been so close to pigs that are so talented and sing so much," she says. (The crowd laughs, and I'm thinking, 'good translation!') "Thank you so much for sharing with me and for giving me so much hope for the future."
Afterward, I talk with Chen Seap, 31, a girlish mother of four who just finished handing piglets over to a neighbor. Dressed in Barbie doll finery—a bright pink, tight, polyester lace top and sarong—she explains to me how Heifer has helped the villagers form a cooperative that lends to members who need cash. "I feel so lucky to be able to join this project," she says. And then, without prompting: "We have became closer with our neighbors and learned together. It was not good before—people thought, you're rich, I'm poor, or, I won't join you because you're poor. But now if you need money, you can borrow money."
I have known about Heifer for years—mostly because every Christmas back in Brooklyn we receive a beautiful catalogue in the mail, asking us to buy livestock for families around the world. My kids each choose a project to support and we make a donation. But here in this village, it's clear that Heifer is about much more than just giving farmers livestock. What Chen is telling me—and what Keang has been trying to explain—is that the organization is really working on healing an entire society. "There was a stigma towards Khmer Rouge people," says Keang, "so we have tried to unite Khmer Rouge families with other families." She adds: "Community values were destroyed. We are trying to rebuild communities."
A few days later, we are in Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital. Somaly Mam, who runs the shelters for young girls, has invited Sarandon, Eva, and Keang and the Heifer staff for a boat ride on the Tonle Sap River. We pile on a 50-foot wooden sampan, and introductions are made as we pull out at dusk, just as the low-lying city's riverfront bar district starts to come to life. Bats are swooping overhead, as we pass the Royal Palace, with sloped, saffron eaves. I ask Keang again about life under the Khmer Rouge. "I ate insects," she recalls. "The ones like worms are my favorite, but grasshoppers are delicious, too!" She explains, with precision, the technique: Insert a peanut into the cricket's belly, then sauté. "Delicious!" she says. Somaly chimes in: "Oooh, I LOVE insects—I eat them all!"
The two women are getting excited. Keang recounts how she and her friends used to string up a light bulb and rake in the crickets that fell into the bowl of water below. "Grasshoppers are especially good with beer," says Somaly, smacking her lips with a gusty laugh. "Even better with red wine!" Keang replies. They do a high five. Amused by the exchange, Sarandon adds her two cents: "Maybe the two of you should write an insect cookbook!"
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Venue: In the Birmingham and Midland Institute. There will be two sessions, from 11.00 am to 12.30 pm and from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm
Peter Auger (QMUL), 'Milton's use of Du Bartas Revisited';
Matthew Jordan (Independent scholar), '"Milton Studies" and the New Empiricalism'.
John Creaser (Oxford), 'Milton and Rhyme';
Briony Frost (Exeter), '"Thunderstruck": the Hostile Soundscape of Paradise Lost'.
The Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI) was founded by Act of Parliament in 1854, for 'the Diffusion and Advancement of Science, Literature and Art amongst all Classes of Persons resident in Birmingham and the Midland Counties,' and continues to pursue these aims. The BMI is located in the heart of Birmingham's city centre, just a few minutes' walk from Birmingham New Street, Snow Hill and Moor Street railway stations:
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Minister for Energy and Petroleum Omar Ayub Khan inaugurated on Wednesday the hall named after great leader and founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at Alfarabi University Kazakhstan.
The minister was invited to inaugurate the Hall, according to a statement. He was received by Mutanov Galimkair Mutanovich, Rector of Alfarabi University and Ambassador of Pakistan, Dr. Imtiaz A. Qazi.
He was shown various halls and centers at the Campus being established by different countries named after their heroes. The unveiling of the plaque was performed by Minister on July 9th.
A large gathering of local Pakistanis and Kazakh dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Commercial Counsellour (Almaty), Basit Shah said that this project was undertaken by the Commercial Wing of Embassy of Pakistan on the instructions of Ambassador who visualized the concept of "Jinnah Hall".
He also informed that the trade with CARs has seen a surge in view of exhibitions, fairs, and seminars organized by the Commercial Section with the help of Ministry of Commerce and TDAP.
Omar Ayub Khan, in his speech, informed the Kazakh and Pakistani audience about the history, struggle, and efforts made by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in saving the Muslims of sub-continent and obtaining a separate homeland for them.
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You've probably already heard of the brand 'Heinz', but did you know there's a popular betting system with the same name? The inspiration behind that comes from the company's famous slogan "57 Varieties". Now you may /check Livescore.in /wonder what that has to do with gambling and why did we mention the number 57. Well, it's simple – this wager consists of 57 bets combined in 6 picks, i.e. 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 fourfolds, 5 fivefolds and only one sixfold accumulator.
This full-cover systems is preferred because you can choose a range of selections and usually only need two of them to win to come ahead; there are no restrictions – even a successful double bet works. However, the wager is usually big when it comes to Heinz betting, so you should aim higher than that.
The most important thing to have in mind when it comes to the Heinz system is that every selection has its own odds. We are going to give a simpler example now, though. Let's imagine that you want to bet on horses – $1 on each selection, or $57 in total, and somehow the odds for all of them are equal – 5.2. If 2 of the 6 picks win your return is only $27.04, or overall you'll lose nearly $30. At these odds you'll need at least 3 of the bets to be successful to gain profit. In that case it will be $164.73 going straight into your pocket. In a very fortunate series of events where all 6 of your picks are lucky, you'll take home $56,711.04 in returns!
Heinz bets are popular among events where the selections have long odds and there is a bigger probability of winning. That's why this betting system is frequently used in horse racing, and not so much in football.


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Hetty S & Marian R v Peter B & Maurice W – March 22nd, 2016
This was a splendid match, finishing in high drama, on the final end, but starting with the men chivalrously giving the ladies the jack with no need to toss a coin. Whilst the match was played in the best of spirit, no quarter was then given – Marian took shot at fifteen inches, but Maurice took the end at seven.
In the second end, Peter's first two woods both stood in the count, just in front of the jack. Hetty's second was right on course, but ran into those two woods, promoting them an inch or two, but her last ran the jack to her long first wood and it was she who now held two. Maurice's last wood was a good line and length, but it ran into Marian and Hetty and might easily have promoted either – but it stayed at two to the ladies and they took the lead at 2-1. In the third it was Peter, again, who held two, however this time, it stayed that way and the men retook the lead, at 3-2.
On a full length jack, in the fourth end, Peter again held shot, till Hetty, once more, ran the jack and held that shot to square the match at 3-3. The fifth was another full length, all but a few inches, and Peter's wood to three inches was a beauty. Marian had two woods, Maurice another in a circle on the forehand, all disputing second; Maurice's last wood of the head clearly took second on the back hand, and it was his wood, just, that sat third in that circle ahead of Marian's, so that the men took a clear lead at 6-3.
Yet again, a full length jack, in the sixth end, followed by another good wood from Peter took him to one foot away. But again, the ladies ran the jack (this time Marian) and they were holding three, to square the match, until Maurice's final wood took shot at three inches. So, instead of 6-6, it was 7-3 to the men. It could have been the killer blow, but the ladies were not finished. In the seventh end - and for the fourth time in the match - the ladies (Hetty this time, her third) ran the jack. Marian's final wood ran into Hetty's shot wood, but Marian had put the right weight on it, so that both stayed in the count and the lead was down to 5-7.
In the eighth end, the shot was clearly Hetty's, although a measure was needed before she could claim the second - bringing the scores level at 7-7, going into the final end. And what an end it was! Peter held at fourteen inches, Hetty made contact - but moved Peter only an inch … and he still held shot. Peter nudged the jack a fraction (the first time in the match that the men had touched the jack) to give him two shots, before Marian took out his shot wood to hold shot herself.
There were but three woods to play in the match, now. The first of them, Maurice's second. He played with weight (we shall come back to this) brushed Hetty's wood and pushed the jack through to Peter's long wood, not previously involved in the action. Neither of the last two woods was quite close enough and the one shot gave the match to the men, 8-7. A final end which had everything, including (I considered later - on reflection) an illegal shot. I had misgivings that Maurice's crucial shot in the deciding end was actually firing but, at the time, ruled the weight to be just on the right side. The more I thought about it, the more I was convinced I had made a mistake and been unfair to the ladies. Had the ladies made a fuss right then, I might well have reached this view in time to rule the shot illegal and award the end, and the match, to the ladies. As it was, they took the decision without argument, and congratulated the men on their win in what was a thrilling tussle, full of excellent play. Exemplifying the great spirit in which the match was played, a tremendously competitive, but hugely enjoyable game.
Firing – playing with a good deal of extra weight to break up a head and/or eject bowls – is not allowed in visually impaired bowling for reasons of safety. Maurice is a relative newcomer and played, innocently, what would have been a beautiful wood in sighted match play, and only a little the wrong side of the legal line in visually impaired bowls. Nothing like the Exocet launched by Hans' semi final opponent at the Gravesham tournament, two years ago, which was not called by the marker (and took Hans and myself by surprise as well; we did not challenge it, then) and which cost Hans a place in the final. That wood, in a match played outdoors, smashed Hans's wood out of the head and was still travelling at mach one, as it cannoned into the ditch. Maurice's wood was nowhere near that level, was delivered without intent for unfair advantage and was accepted as such by our noble ladies.
It was a tough call on the ladies, but it would also have been a pretty tough call on the men. (Particularly as not only was the exocet, above, not called, there was another tournament, in Surrey, where a team fired, repeatedly, and none were called. On the other hand, at yet another tournament, a group of English VI internationals tried to get Marian called when her wood had only gone four feet past the original position of the jack, the only thing she had touched. I was the marker, on that occasion, and refused to have anything to do with the appeal. It is a funny area.)
I was hoping that the next wood, Marian's last, would come into shot; it was good, but not quite good enough to get me off the hook. It was tough for either pair to lose the match on that call, especially after such a tremendous performance by all four bowlers. This match had everything and was worthy of a final, if ever any match was. And that finish! But we can all learn from it, not least the marker, whose job it is to pick this up.
Terry F & David N v John R & Hans F – March 22nd, 2016
Mick S very kindly agreed to mark a semi final, so that both fixtures could be played on the same day. Terry won the toss and set the jack at thirty-one yards. With no warm-up end, it was a surprise to see all twelve woods closely huddled round the jack, but with no uncertainty, the call was one to John and Hans. John set a slightly shorter jack for the second end, but his closest wood was two yards beyond – Terry was holding one shot. David bowled a good first, giving a two point advantage to him and Terry, but Hans' last forehand wood took a perfect line and length, picked up the jack and rested alongside John's earlier trailblazer, making the score 3-0, after two ends.
A twenty-five yard jack seemed too short for both John and Terry, in the third end, but when Hans put two nearest the jack, David could not improve on third, making the difference 5-0. With a slightly longer jack, at twenty-seven yards, it was John who led the way, taking a two shot lead and with Hans putting another into the count, the score was 8-0, after four ends.
In the next end, the jack was set at thirty yards and this suited Terry as his second wood was perfect in line and length, sitting right on the target ball. All three of Hans' woods slipped quietly by, troubling neither Terry's wood nor the jack – but David, too, was unable to add to the score. Terry expressed relief that he and David were, at last, on the scoreboard. In the next end, it was David who took the shot and in the seventh both bowled very good positional woods, forcing Hans onto the backhand, but to no avail.
Having fought back to 8-4, Terry and David needed to progress in the same vein. Terry put up the jack at just over twenty-six yards, but by the time he and John had sent their woods, it was the latter that was holding two shots. David tried to rectify the situation, coming close, but not close enough. Hans first came in for shot and his second saw him and his partner holding a comfortable four shots. Then David bowled possibly his best wood of the match, taking out one and leaving Hans and John holding two and a measure. Hans did not wish to endanger their strong position, so he walked with his wood. The marker scored two, making the score 10-4, with one end available. The marker asked if Terry and David wanted the last end, but they declined, with the difference being six points.
The match was a hard fought battle, with a great comeback by Terry and David, but the early lead had probably cost them the match, so it is John and Hans that will meet Peter B and Maurice W in the final.
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This homemade costume for adults entered our 2013 Halloween Costume Contest.
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In addition to my boss, who challenged me to make a ghost rider (also entered here). My sister wanted to be khaleesi, and she wanted her boyfriend to be the dragon. To her credit, they scoured eBay and costume shops to find a suitable dragon mask with no real success. This Is likely because the khaleesi dragons have a unique look. While I did not totally approve of her almost non existent fire costume (which she made herself), I agreed to see what I could do about a dragon. The dragon was carved from two pieces of scrap foam with scissors and painted with spray paint. I did realize this time that I could leave some detail tooth carving to after the painting to save time on masking. My sister was very happy and wore the costume to two parties this year with positive reactions. However, I am not sure it was all about the foam dragon. The hands and wings were quick foam additions I carved and painted the day of the party, wings were attached with wire garden fencing and bungies, very similar to accessories I made for a dragon the previous year.
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City of Ottawa is bringing its final draft Official Plan to Western Ottawa as well as Transportation master plan and Infrastructure master plan -- setting direction for Beaverbrook, the entirety of Kanata, Stittsville, Rural Villages and the rest of the City to 2031.
Drop in, inform yourself at that official session same day, same place, anytime after 4 pm -- and at 6 pm migrate to Kanata Recreation Complex "Meeting Room", to discuss and network with neighbours and friends. Depending on interest a short time may be available for exchange on additional, timely items including Suburban Design.
Enjoy workshop Thursday, 17 October, 6 pm, featured in a series of city-wide Federation of Citizens Associations public consultations.
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As I mentioned yesterday, I faxed Dave about the passing of Steve Ditko.
Here is his response:
Thanks to Eddie Khanna for getting Dave's fax to me.
Next Time: "Koo-koo-ka-choo, Mr. Robinson, Cerebus loves you more than you will know Wo wo wo"
I don't think Dave's asessment of Ditko being universally reviled, etc. matches the data. It may be that Ditko (and Dave) feel that way at times, but the facts don't support it, at least for Ditko.
Of course Ditko's death is REALLY about Dave, you see. The mind boggles at the unending narcissism.
Anon.: It's an interesting question: How necessary was Dave's undeniable narcissism to his achievement? Was the fact that he divided the world into "that which will advance the career" and "everything else" -- that single-minded devotion to himself -- the factor that both strengthened him to devote himself to his magnificent octopus and gave him permission to use people as objects? (And, as we see from the first sentence of his fourth paragraph, it's very important to Dave that he be unique, a special snowflake.)
-- Damian
Damian, as usual, you are being obtuse. Dave was, in the example given, trying to be literary. Obviously, he is not on his own. He still has...what?...a dozen...supporters. At least. Including, weirdly, you.
"...........I'm sure Steve would have preferred I destroy the letters-- he never wanted any of his letters viewed publicly--but I'm constitutionally incapable of doing that..."
I didn't know Dave was a country with his own flag and central bank.
There is nothing preventing Dave from going in his filing cabinet this morning & shredding his correspondence with Ditko. No one would ever know.
Anyone who thinks Ditko is universally loved hasn't read Twitter lately (I sure wish I hadn't).
1) Dave has in his hands HISTORICAL and vital documents which SHOULD be released to the public after Ditko's death... Like right now.
2) If you LOVE Spider-Man... then by extension... you LOVE Ditko...
from all I've read and seen... Ditko WAS Peter Parker. The man placed his essence into Peter Parker, end to end.
3) additional to POINT (1) Ditko's correspondence MUST be preserved and released.
It is essential documentation to the history of Comic books and the think of the few that would be considered CORNER STONES... GIANTS... in the medium.
Peter Bagge's "The Megalomaniacal Spider-Man" is based on the premise that Peter Parker was a cross between Stan Lee and Ditko. Over the course of the story, Peter becomes the narcissistic head of a corporation who makes J. Jonah Jameson lick his shoes (I think there is some kind of possibly apocryphal story about Lee having Marvel staffers bow down to him) and then an Ayn Rand-spouting recluse.
"Constitutionally" has another meaning, the one Dave is clearly invoking (Merriam-Webster):
1 a : in accordance with one's constitution constitutionally unable to grasp subtleties
b : in structure, composition, or constitution despite repeated heatings the material remained constitutionally the same
Obtuse, Jeff? If you are familiar with Dave's writing, you will know that he frequently claims that he's all alone in his opinion, nobody else agrees with him, he's the only person who thinks this. Everything he does is unique: Longest story, first person to invent a unified field theory, only person to truly understand the bible, everybody ignored is comicbook, he is universally hated, etc. It's very important to Dave that this be the case. Dave can't settle for being "very good", or even "the best". He's got to be unprecedented.
It's an interesting question as to whether this narcissism was necessary -- the tree on which Dave could hang his ambition, his self-discipline, and his sheer bloody-mindedness to see him through the creation of Cerebus.
-- Damian
I believe the "constitutionally" Dave is referring to is the legal framework he drew up with his lawyer to maintain the Cerebus archive preventing him from tampering with any of it's contents.
People say, "I'm constitutionally incapable..." all the time in reference to their own physical/psychological makeup and not any legal framework. This is a rare case in which Dave is saying something perfectly normal.
If Mr. Ditko wanted the correspondence destroyed, then it should be destroyed. Give the man the privacy he so clearly cherished. That's my 2 cents.
JLH, I never read Twitter (or any other (anti-)social media for that matter)- the only exception is President Trump's tweets, and those purely for the entertainment value.
I'm with Tony on this one.
Ditko wanted it destroyed, destroy it.
Any claim to his letters by History is superseded by his stated desires.
(Come on Eddie, NOBODY is gonna be writing/drawing the "Strange Death of Steve Ditko" anytime soon...)
I take the Max Brod/Kafka approach -- Kafka wanted Brod to destroy his writings posthumously, but Brod didn't, and culture would have been less without Kafka's work.
Not that this is necessarily in the same category, but c'mon, Ditko/Sim correspondence? It's important to the history of comics and I suspect is fascinating.
I think Dave probably is smart to keep punting the decision down the line and let someone else decide who should get access to these letters in the future.
Actually I'm currently gong through a Comic Art Metaphysics experience researching something similar regarding Margaret Mitchell and the typescript for GONE WITH THE WIND.
She pretty explicitly wanted all traces and copies of the GWTW manuscript destroyed after her death (except for a few examples to be kept in a bank vault in case anyone ever disputed her authorship of the work, only accessible by the GWTW Estate), and the manuscript for the last several chapters "somehow" found their way into the hands of Macmillan President George Brett Jr. (I say "somehow," because there are different possible reasons given as to why he exactly he came to possess them, including possibilities they were never returned to her after she submitted them for publishing (deliberately or not), or that they were a gift to Brett from Mitchell. I have to say, regardless of how close a relationship they may have had, (which sounds like it was much closer than the typical relationship between the head of a publishing company and an authoress) I find that reason pretty unlikely, given how protective she was over the work, and how vehement she was the manuscript be destroyed). Brett donated the pages to a library in Connecticut, (along with other GWTW memorabilia) in the 50's where they were rediscovered in 2011 and used in an exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of the GWTW. There's also a story that after her death, her husband John Marsh began to burn everything she wanted destroyed, but couldn't follow through on it after he began, and some of the material survived (but I haven't seen it related as a possible reason for how the typescript pages remained with Brett).
I've been pondering if the GWTW Estate in 2011 felt they had an obligation to try and get back those pages and destroy them, or if they believed it wasn't worth the effort (which I think would have been a losing battle for them, since it would be difficult to prove they weren't a gift), or if they thought it was beneficial to the work and Mitchell's legacy to have the pages remain with the library for research and future generations (and more practical; this would absolve them of any responsibility of having to make a decision to destroy the pages, in accordance with her wishes, or keep them intact as part of the GWTW legacy).
I'm not sure right now if the sealed Ditko/Sim correspondence contains Dave's letters as well, or only Ditko's side, and if Ditko thought he had any say over what happened to Dave's side of the correspondence. Regardless, I'm glad I don't have to make a decision about this anytime soon (hopefully!!). I also remember Dave telling me about them for the first time at the glamourpuss photo shoot in Halifax in 2010. You want to talk about memorable experiences, try having Dave Sim look you straight in the eye and tell you he's been corresponding with Steve Ditko!
The thing is, I'd REALLY like to read them, but I'd feel dirty somehow for doing so.
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Anyone who uses the word collectivists in these times is at best an ignorant borderline sociopath -- seriously. May as well be slapping that word on anyone who isn't an adherent of that anti-social philosophy, Objectivism -- that creation of a narcissist who remained bitter her entire life over family property being taken by the commies and forced into exile. (Not that I have a problem with being upset over property being taken by the state (or for a state to empower an extractive economy, which is its role in an Objectivist environment) or being forced into exile. The problems are of course legit. Rand's response was not.)
Also, I have a theory -- I'm sure not original at all -- that there's what people say and what what they're saying also says. Dave's implication that Ditko was either universally despised or, I dunno, the degree he was is some sort of abomination says more about how Dave thinks of Dave than the reality about Ditko. Yo know: Provocative positions elicit relatively extreme responses. Sad (maybe) but true. Ditko's creator-owned stuff with its childish absolutes was certainly provocative. But with that, Ditko is also a highly loved creator. But as he said ad nauseam, he wants his work speak for him. Which it does. I should add that the preceding notwithstanding, I admire Ditko's commitment to his beliefs.
"Of course Ditko's death is REALLY about Dave, you see. The mind boggles at the unending narcissism."
Trying to bite my tongue but I just can't let it go. This sickens me. There is nothing narcissistic about Dave's statement. His connection to Ditko runs deep--certainly deeper than you seem to be aware of, "Anon". Trust me when I tell you that no one in Ditko's camp shares your garbage analysis.
Do we know that Ditko would have wanted the letter destroyed, or not released to the public? I know Ditko didn't want his picture circulated, but did he really want his letters to be uncirculated/destroyed? I've never heard that.
I'm curious, not trying to provoke.


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I trust you have all had a thoroughly enjoyable Christmas.
I'm linking to Super Mom - No Cape's Vintage Embroidery Monday & Stitchery Link Party
Crewel Work
I was intending making this embroidery into a cushion, and was going to use some blue velvet as a border around it ..... thought I knew exactly where the velvet was ..... and then I realised that in the summer we had had a clear out ready for decorating, and what happened .... I gave that piece of fabric away! Doh!
Now I shall have to think again about what to use to make my cushion!
|I really struggled with this, and I don't think
it is quite right,but I'm happy enough with it!
|You can find details of stitches and more
in my previous posts filed,
strangely enough, as "Crewel Work!"
This was a project my local handicraft group were working on, and I hadn't initially intended to join in! However, once I started I became happily immersed in my stitching, so much so I have 3 books on the subject currently sitting on my coffee table - one library book, and two books that were recommended by Mary Corbett of Needle'n Thread. I have talked about Sheila Armour's book previously. The second book Mary reviewed was Crewel Embroidery in England by Joan Edwards - click on the link to see Mary's review. I haven't had time to read the book thoroughly yet, but even DH was impressed with the historic information it contained!
I hope that wasn't too much information - once I start I can't stop!
Christmas stitchery
|A Margaret Sherry pattern from
CrossStitcher magazine
|My cake band awaiting its cake....
KnittingPlus, I'm sure you have noticed, I like variety, and have started working on a new project!
Unfortunately I spotted this wool on our recent trip to the local stitching supply shop, and I couldn't resist buying it as I really needed a new waistcoat.
|The wool looked so pretty, I couldn't help but buy it!
|The colour in the photo is not strictly true to life, but it is close enough!
Did you do any crafting over Christmas? ?
Thank you for visiting today, and I wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year.