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The Reviews Are In: The Republican Budget Continues to Disappoint
The House Republican budget has been officially unveiled, and the reviews aren't pretty. It appears that the early predictions were correct: while the Republican budget includes no major surprises, it does offer plenty of disappointment. The reaction so far is that the Republican budget cannot be taken seriously, it offers more of the same, targets the most vulnerable and leaves us with unanswered questions. The first impressions of the Republican budget:
Washington Post Editorial: "Paul Ryan's budget: The good, the bad and the unrealistic" [3/13]
"House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's 10-year blueprint for federal taxes and spending is at least as much about politics as about policy. By promising to balance the federal budget by 2023 without raising taxes, the Wisconsin Republican seeks both to mollify members of the House Republican majority who are still steamed at the $600 billion 10-year tax hike included in the 'fiscal cliff' deal three months ago and to provide them with strong talking points for voters back home."
"As such, the 91-page document is a never-going-to-become-law mélange of good ideas, bad ideas and ideas too unrealistic to worry about."
Robinson: "Paul Ryan's make-believe budget" [Washington Post, 3/11]
"You will recall that the Ryan Budget was a big Republican selling point in last year's election. Most famously, Ryan proposed turning Medicare into a voucher program. He offered the usual GOP recipe of tax cuts — to be offset by closing certain loopholes, which he would not specify — along with drastic reductions in non-defense 'discretionary' spending."
"It appears to depend on at least one ridiculous assumption and two glaring contradictions. That's for starters; I'm confident we'll see more absurdities when the full proposal is released soon."
New York Times Editorial: "The Worst of the Ryan Budgets" [3/13]
"House Budget Committee chairman, Representative Paul Ryan, unveiled his 2014 spending plan: a retread of ideas that voters soundly rejected, made even worse, if possible, by sharper cuts to vital services and more dishonest tax provisions."
"All the tired ideas from 2011 and 2012 are back: eliminating Medicare's guarantee to retirees by turning it into a voucher plan; dispensing with Medicaid and food stamps by turning them into block grants for states to cut freely; repealing most of the reforms to health care and Wall Street; shrinking beyond recognition the federal role in education, job training, transportation and scientific and medical research. The public opinion of these callous proposals was made clear in the fall election, but Mr. Ryan is too ideologically fervid to have learned that lesson."
Wall Street Journal: "Paul Ryan's Subtle Changes in Tone" [3/12]
"While many of the ideas in the new budget plan echo last year's proposal, Mr. Ryan shuffles their order."
National Journal: "What Paul Ryan's New Budget Means for Health Care" [3/12]
"House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's budget is once again full of the politically fraught health care policies that have made the publication of its two predecessors such big events. This year's version basically sticks to last year's script when it comes to health care. It would make big cuts to Medicaid right away, and would postpone cuts to Medicare for 10 years."
New York Times: "Ryan Budget Plan Aims to Roll Back Obama Agenda" [3/12]
"Four months after Republicans suffered a convincing defeat in the presidential election, Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the party's vice-presidential nominee, unveiled a spending-and-tax plan on Tuesday that relies on the same lightning rod proposals of his 2012 campaign to balance the federal budget in 10 years."
Washington Post: "Ryan budget plan combines old cuts, new tax revenue" [3/12]
"The 10-year spending plan to be released Tuesday by Rep. Paul Ryan is virtually identical to last year's GOP budget: It would defund President Obama's health-care initiative, end guaranteed Medicare coverage for future retirees and sharply restrain spending on the poor, college students and federal workers."
Thompson: "Paul Ryan's Budget, Simplified: Save the Rich, Spare the Old, Forget the Poor" [The Atlantic, 3/12]
"Paul Ryan's new budget is quite long, but its thesis can be stated briefly. If you cut spending on the poor to the bone and radically change the U.S. government's promises to help needy people pay for health care, it is remarkably easy to balance the budget."
"Ryan pockets all of those savings. And he goes further. Much further. He repeals Obamacare. He cuts federal support for Medicaid. He cuts another $1 trillion from "mandatory spending", which is a deceptively anodyne catch-all for mostly (a) cash assistance to the unemployed, low-income, and veterans, and (b) retirement programs for vets and federal employees."
USA Today Editorial: "RyanCare, third time's no charm" [3/12]
"But Ryan's approach, apparently offered as a bargaining position in upcoming budget talks with the White House and congressional Democrats, is not the way to go."
"Ryan would remake the traditional government-run program that covers most of a retiree's health care needs for as little as $104.90 per month, depending on income, plus the cost of a prescription drug plan."
"This strikes us as a very round-about way for the government to control its expenditures, one that would ask vulnerable seniors to navigate the highly complex world of exchanges and private insurance."
New York Times: "Ryan Budget Plan Aims to Roll Back Obama Agenda" [3/12]
"Discretionary programs, already squeezed by caps imposed in 2011 and automatic 'sequestration' cuts that went into force this month, would be cut another $249 billion. But because military spending would be allowed to rise $500 billion over the current spending caps through 2023, the cuts to domestic programs could be deep. The budget assumes a 10-percent reduction in the federal work force by 2015. Pell grants, a popular federal higher-education aid program, would be capped at the current level of $5,645 for 10 years. And federal education and job-training programs would be consolidated."
Associated Press: "GOP budget takes aim again at Obamacare, Medicaid" [3/12]
"House Republicans unveiled their latest budget outline on Tuesday, sticking to their plans to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs ranging from Medicaid to college grants and require future Medicare patients to bear more of the program's cost."
Bookman: "The Ryan budget is about ideology, not finances" [Atlanta Journal Constitution, 3/12]
"However, dramatically slashing food stamps, as Ryan proposes, will not 'give families stability' or open doors to pursue the American dream. Slashing Medicaid, which provides health care for poor families, is not going to offer stability either. Slashing federal aid to education, including student loans, will undermine rather than improve the ability of young people of lesser means to advance. Turning Medicare into a private voucher program will make senior citizens more vulnerable, not less. In an era in which working people enjoy less and less of the nation's bounty, such steps will leave them even more desperate, with fewer resources to draw upon."
"Again, let's be clear: The Ryan budget is not a response to our fiscal situation. It uses that situation as an excuse to continue a philosophical debate reaching back at least 80 years in this country, back to the founding of Social Security. The Republican Party fought Social Security back then, and since then it has tried repeatedly to kill the program, most recently with President Bush's effort to privatize it."
Klein: "Paul Ryan's budget: Social engineering with a side of deficit reduction" [Washington Post, 3/12]
"But the real point of Ryan's budget is its ambitious reforms, not its savings. It turns Medicare into a voucher program, turns Medicaid, food stamps, and a host of other programs for the poor into block grants managed by the states, shrinks the federal role on priorities like infrastructure and education to a tiny fraction of its current level, and envisions an entirely new tax code that will do much less to encourage home buying and health insurance."
"The problem is that these ideas are not, on their own, popular. In fact, they're deeply unpopular, and considered quite radical. That's why Newt Gingrich rejected Ryan's initial budget as 'right-wing social engineering' — it is, in a very serious sense, an effort to use policy reform re-engineer the relationship individuals have with their governments, their communities, and their families. But presented on their own, Ryan's plans scare people."
Bloomberg: "Ryan Unveils Budget Plan to Erase Deficit in 10 Years" [3/12]
"Still, his plan leaves many questions unanswered. It would call for almost $1 trillion in cuts to mandatory programs outside of health care without saying where much of those cuts would be made."
Associated Press: "GOP budget takes aim again at Obamacare, Medicaid" [3/12]
"A document released Tuesday offers few specifics on the proposed cuts to domestic programs, but it generally appears to incorporate spending levels for day-to-day agency operations significantly below levels called for by controversial automatic spending cuts."
Milbank: "Paul Ryan's magical budget" [Washington Post, 3/12]
"Here's how: The former Republican vice presidential candidate's budget eliminates ___ loopholes in the tax code, cutting the ___ and the ____ deductions. It reduces spending on the ____ program by _____ and the _____ program by _____. Retirees would see ____, students would experience ____ and the poor would be _____."
"There are so many blanks in Ryan's budget that it could be a Mad Libs exercise. But this is not a game. It's black-box budgeting — an expression of lofty aims, with binders full of magic asterisks in lieu of specific cuts to government benefits."
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It's almost impossible to keep anything under wraps in the digital age.
Lindsay Lohan's hotly-anticipated appearance in the January issue of "Playboy" was supposed to be revealed by the actress herself when she stopped by the daytime talk show "Ellen" on Dec. 15 (the same day the magazine hit news stands).
Naturally, the internet beat everyone to the punch. An unidentified person snapped a photo of the magazine cover and posted it online, where it quickly spread.
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The cover shows a blonde Lohan in nothing but black heels seated on a chair shaped like the iconic Playboy "Bunny" logo. The Bunny head and ears strategically cover her nude body.
The slightly "not safe for work" image can be seen here, if curiosity gets the better of you.
The published photo spread is actually the second one Lohan did for Playboy after her first shoot was deemed unusable by Hugh Hefner.
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Here's Divine's Wendy Rowan reporting on her first trip to Ghana:
Saturday 19th January
We left a snow bound London to arrive in Accra at 10.30 at night with the temperature at a humid 32 degrees. The heat just hits you, right there, at the back of the throat, taking your breath away. Immigration procedure was long and tortuous in the non air-conditioned airport terminal – embarkation cards completed, signed & handed over, iris recognition image scanned, finger prints taken, yellow fever inoculation certificate checked. Our driver was waiting in arrivals and we sped away for our first night in Ghana at the Airside Hotel.
We were a party of five – myself and my colleague Alistair Menzies from Divine Chocolate, Jenny Dixon and Rachael Gray from The Co-operative and Jenny Carlyle from Suma, the wholefood wholesaler worker's co-operative in Elland, Yorkshire.
Sunday 20th January
Sunday morning we were up with the cockerels and breakfasted in the Zara restaurant. A splendid buffet catered for everyone's tastes and offered a delicious choice from fresh pineapple & papaya to rice and spicy beef curry.
Today was going to be a leisurely day visiting tourist attractions and making our way to Kumasi, Ghana's second city. We were collected by our drivers who were going to accompany us on the whole trip – Enoch, Joe and Abdulai.
We set off westward to Elmina Castle. Built by the Portuguese traders in the late 1400's, the castle was built to protect the gold trade. But following its capture by the Dutch in 1637, it came to serve the Dutch slave trade with Brazil and the Caribbean. The Castle housed luxury suites on the upper levels for the European governor, traders and soldiers. The slave dungeons below were cramped, dark and filthy cells housing up to 600 men and 400 women at a time. The governor could look down from his balcony on to the courtyard where the women slaves would be lined up and he could choose his companion for the night. At the seaboard side of the castle was the infamous "Door of No Return" through which the slaves passed through one by one to board to waiting ships that would take them on a treacherous journey across the Atlantic. Over three centuries it is estimated that 60 million slaves were captured with only 20 million surviving capture, imprisonment and the journey to the New World. We all knew something about the slave trade but to see where the slaves were imprisoned in dark, dank, squalid conditions brought home the true horrors endured by Africans for three centuries.
We continued 4 kilometres from the coast to the Hans Cottage Botel where we stopped for lunch. Holiday cottages and a restaurant situated in a lagoon which is home to crocodiles, turtles and many birds. Although the crocodiles are said to be friendly, we weren't going to risk getting too close and stuck to taking photos from behind the safety of the wall. We were however, very adventurous with our choice of food and all opted for the Ghanaian traditional fayre of beans, rice and fried plantain. And very tasty it was too.
Next stop was the Kakum Rainforest National Park. Here a 40m canopy walkway suspended between trees gives a breathtaking view of the forest. We shared the experience with a group of ladies and gents in their Sunday best – men in their brightly coloured printed shirts and the ladies beautiful in their colourful traditional African dresses. And with a gaggle of giggling Ghanaian girls on a church trip out to the forest wilds all dressed up in their trendy, western Sunday best. A 20 minute climb through the moist & humid forest, passing indigenous trees which were hundreds of years old and accompanied by the sounds of cicadas brings you to a wooden platform. From here you step on to the walkway – a narrow wooden plank suspended by rope and netting and underpinned by a few steel bars. At the circular tree house there was a choice to be the adventurer and do 7 more walkways or take it easy and do just 3 more or as I did, take the scaredy-cat option and go back the way we came and get on to terra firma as soon as possible. Exhilarated after our adventure, it was then back on the road for the 4 hour journey to Kumasi along the "B" road – a long and winding dirt road, deep rusty
red in colour with plenty of pot holes. Either side of the road was forest vegetation – plantain, banana, papaya and palm trees and road side vendors selling their home-grown produce – water melons, pineapples, oranges, lemons, coconuts and freshly fried plantain chips. We passed villages with unstructured layouts bustling with activity and always with a cleared level area for the football pitch with goal posts either end. We were happy to at last to arrive at Kumasi and check in to the Rees Hotel, where we could revive our hot & dusty selves. We ate in the hotel that evening a mixture of European and Ghanaian dishes.
Monday 21st January
Refreshed and well rested, we met up early morning for an unusual breakfast – spring onion omelette with cold baked beans and 4 triangles of barely toasted, sweet white bread. Surprisingly tasty.
Collected by our trusty drivers we headed from the hotel to Kuapa Kokoo offices where we met up with Francis who was going to be our translator and Vincent who was in charge of taking photos & video recording. Kuapa Kokoo is the co-operative of cocoa farmers who grow all the cocoa which goes in to making Divine Chocolate – and own 45% of the company.
The ancient capital of the Ashanti kingdom, Kumasi has a population of 1.5 million and judging by the gridlocked roads, the same number of cars. It took time and patience to drive out of the city, the roads noisy with horns tooting and nose to tail with yellow painted taxis, motor bikes, seriously large 4 by 4's, tro tros – the Ghanaian equivalent of the mini bus, with passengers sardined inside and outside packed high with all their belongings – goats included tied to the roofs.
The city sprawls on forever with a ramshackle shanty town – dwellings fronted by trading posts selling everything from car engines, doors, coffins, beds, carpets to all manner of electrical appliances. And all along the carriage way are street sellers offering their wares to the hot & frustrated drivers – bags of cooled water, refreshing coconuts, snacks, pieces of water melon, handkerchiefs, sim cards, loaves of bread, all displayed beautifully in baskets and bowls carried securely and proudly on the head.
Eventually the landscape changed to a more rural setting and we turned off the main road and arrived at Amankwatia village. In 2010 to celebrate 5 years of sourcing cocoa from Kuapa Kokoo for their own label Truly Irresistible range of chocolate, The Co-operative co-funded with Kuapa Kokoo the building of a new Junior High School. Jenny & Rachael from The Co-op were here to see how the school was doing and how it was benefitting the 13-19 year old students from Amankwatia and the surrounding villages. We were welcomed in to the village with singing and hand clapping by about 50 cocoa farmers who had given up their time to greet us. We were introduced to the Recorder Samuel Antwi, the society secretary, the village chief who was also a member of Kuapa, and Adwoa Asianaa he oldest cocoa farmer at 83 years- a feisty lady who looked half her age and who had harvested 20 bags of cocoa that season – and the youngest at 42 years. As well as the school, the benefits to the village for being members of Kuapa Kokoo and co-owning Divine Chocolate have been the installation of a corn mill, solar panels for electricity, and machetes for each farmer – a vital tool for the harvesting of cocoa. And an opportunity for the women to learn new skills to supplement their income – tie dying and soap making with the cocoa pod husks.
We took a short walk out of the village in to the forest where the cocoa trees grow amongst the orange and papaya trees. It's near the end of the season and the weather has been unseasonably hot but there were still pods ripening. We were shown how to harvest a cocoa pod – with care and diligence so as not to damage the trunk, how to slice it open with the machete and remove the beans. We all got a taste of the sweet white flesh surrounding the bean. The farmers work as one team, harvesting, fermenting and drying the beans together going from one farm to the next in what is known in Twi as " Nnoboa" – you help me and I'll help you & let's work together. Having read how it's done, seen the films on how it's done, and heard the farmers tell me how it's done, it was wonderful to actually be part of the harvest and an honour to be presented with a freshly harvested, weighty cocoa pod.
Returning to the village we met the school's headmaster and were introduced to the senior class. The students were shy
so what better way to break the ice than to ask them to do a bit of Azonto dancing for us! Two willing dancers soon got the class clapping and laughing. On a more serious note, one of the students, 19 years old and luckily still in education, said how much he would love a bicycle to make his 6 mile journey to and from the school a little easier. Many of the students come from neighbouring cocoa growing villages and the time it takes for the journey impacts on their learning time.
Time to say our goodbyes and thank the villagers for their hospitality with gifts of Co-op T shirts, pens and pencils for the students and soaps for the ladies.
On route back to Kumasi we stopped off at the regional depot where all the sacks of cocoa are delivered, weighed, recorded, graded and then loaded on to a truck for shipment to the port of Tema. Rachael from the Co-op, in her role as technical & quality manager was full of praise for the efficient and accurate traceability systems in place.
A dinner hosted by Kuapa staff and members of the Farmers Union was a lovely end to a fabulous day.
Tuesday 22nd January
In the morning we went to the Kuapa Farmer's Union offices where Esther presented the history and mission of Kuapa Kokoo to give us a first-hand understanding of the workings of the co-operative. We also had the pleasure of meeting members of the NEC – National Executive Committee, the elected members of the farmer's union. It was a pleasure to meet up with old friends – Elias Mohammed who had come to the UK for Fairtrade Fortnight in 2012 and who I'd had the honour of accompanying around Scotland, and Fatima Ali who I had been with in Cardiff in 2011.
We then headed off to New Koforidua, a village which serves as a centre to a community of 5,200 people. Here the school was funded by the Fairtrade premium and the community house was funded by The Co-operative. The community house serves as a meeting place, library and conference centre. We were welcomed by Walter Alifo, the headmaster and driving force behind the success of the village, and cocoa farmers from the villages and all the students. New Koforidua is a fine example of the benefits of Fairtrade as it is not only twinned with Garstang in Lancashire, the first UK Fairtrade town but is also calls itself the first Fairtrade village in Africa. Important visitors are given the honour of planting sapling cocoa trees outside the community centre – trees planted by Brad Hill from The Co-operative in 2010 and Sophi Tranchell the MD at Divine Chocolate in 2012 are growing tall & strong. Now the honour fell to Jenny from Suma to plant her sapling. May all the trees flourish and produce a good harvest.
It was photo opportunity time with students putting on this year's Comic Relief Red Noses and posing with giant Dubble bars – and throwing Divine chocolate coins up in the air to encourage everyone in the UK to "Do Something Funny for Money " this Red Nose Day.
We had also been given books to distribute which written & illustrated by the students from Surbiton High School. These were very well received and the students were full of admiration for the wonderful illustrations. We lunched under the shade of the trees and admired the village, the school and community centre. And then it was time to say our goodbyes and head to Kumasi airport and on to the winter cold & snow of the UK.
I have worked for Divine Chocolate for nearly six years and during that time have met a few of the cocoa farmers on their visits to the UK during Fairtrade Fortnight and have heard their stories, and learnt a great deal about cocoa production and the global cocoa & chocolate industry. Actually visiting Ghana and seeing for myself how Fairtrade and farmer-ownership have improved the lives of cocoa farmers at first-hand has been an enlightening experience. Seeing the benefits of trading fairly and investing in the health and education of the next generation has made me more determined to make sure Divine is the chocolate bar of choice for all of us chocolate lovers.


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Kentucky Derby 2014 contender California Chrome put together a complete performance in the Grade II San Felipe and has now won three straight in romping fashion at Santa Anita. The wire job winner earned a lofty 107 BSF and the CA-bred might be the best of the sophomore speed horses. He might go to the SA Derby next. There is talk about training up to the first Saturday in May.
Midnight Hawk did not have the best break and was forced to chase California Chrome from the outset. He was run into the ground but never gave up and finished well clear of the rest. He probably has distance limitations but I want to see what he can do when he puts it all together mentally and physically.
Kristo rallied to finish a non-threatening 3rd in the San Felipe, his first start since landing the place in the Sham Stakes on Jan. 11, and only his second start in more than four months. He tried rating tactics on Saturday and it was a schooling experience at the very least. He is earning Derby points but needs to step up his game and fast.
Schoolofhardrocks was a well-beaten 4th in the San Felipe. He has talent but was thrown to the wolves off a long layoff in his second lifetime start. I would like to see him work his way through the allowance ranks and return to graded company later this year.
Another Derby prep…another wire job winner. Add Ring Weekend to the speed list after going all the way in the Tampa Bay Derby for Graham Motion. The improving, gelded son of Tapit has won two straight and earned a 94 BSF for his victory on Saturday. Sam Davis hero Vinceremos was 2nd best for Todd Pletcher, with Surfing U S A (Todd Pletcher) and Conquest Titan (Mark Casse) rounding out the top four.
Honor Code made his much anticipated two turn allowance return at the Gulf on March 12 but Social Inclusion stole his thunder in the compact field.
Speed rules in 8.5f races at Gulfstream and Social Inclusion had no problem making an easy lead from the rail. He ran fast throughout, setting a new track record and earning a 111 BSF. The promising son of Pioneerof The Nile could end up in the Florida Derby and would definitely impact the pace in that affair. He was unraced as a juvenile but is quickly making up for lost time with back-to-back facile wins. He does not have the seasoning to handle ten furlongs on the first Saturday in May and is yet another in a long line of quality speed horses in the sophomore division.
It was an inconclusive effort for Honor Code but he was lucky to participate in a legitimately run two turn race with only five entrants. This race had no Derby points attached and was an obvious stepping stone to much bigger things. The talented late runner was forced to chase the pace on Wednesday and was never going to catch the runaway winner. He was miles best of the rest and figures to move way up in his final Derby prep. If you like this one, do not abandon ship. Shug knows what it takes to win the Derby and understands that an 8.5f allowance race in mid-March is a means to an end.
Kendall's Boy worked for the first time since flopping in the Southwest Stakes. He went 4f in :48 (4/73) at Fair Grounds on March 9.
Misconnect, an original "elite eleven" member dropped due to inactivity, is back on the worktab. He went an easy 3f in :38.60 (3/3) at Crupi's New Castle Farm on March 14. He obviously won't join the Triple Crown chase but is worth following later this year.
Add another to the ever growing IR. First it was Shared Belief (foot injury), followed by Indianapolis (cough), Havana (quarter crack), and Bayern (foot bruise). Last Saturday, Top Billing came out of a workout with a cracked cannon bone in his right front and is off the Triple Crown trail.
Each week that goes by, we add more potential quality speed to the first Saturday in May. Wildcat Red & General A Rod, Samraat, Uncle Sigh, and In Trouble, plus Albano, California Chrome, Midnight Hawk, Tapiture, Ring Weekend, Social Inclusion, and a handful of others like to run on or very near the lead…something has to give!
This week's big Derby prep is the Grade 2 Rebel Stakes from Oaklawn Park, which features a rematch of 1-2 Southwest finishers Tapiture and Strong Mandate.
Listen to my analysis of the San Felipe Stakes on the Fast Track radio show Saturday morning (10am ET).
Click on the names of each horse below (Top 5) to view their Horse Racing Nation profile page, which includes pedigree information, results, and video.
Jarrod Horak's "Exceptional Eleven" Kentucky Derby 2014 Contenders
1. HONOR CODE (A.P. Indy – Serena's Cat, by Storm Cat)
Trainer: Shug McGaughey – Owner: Lane's End Racing & Dell Ridge Farm
Derby Points (14)
Comments: Shug's late runner remains on top after an inconclusive distant place finish in his allowance return. Last year's Remsen hero owns a strong late punch and I want to see what he can do when he sits back and makes a run in the graded ranks next time.
2. STRONG MANDATE (Tiznow – Clear Mandate, by Deputy Minister)
Trainer: D. Wayne Lukas – Owner: Baker & Mack
Latest Workout: 5f in 1:03.60 (10/17) at Oaklawn Park on March 6.
Derby Points (6)
Comments: Finished 5th in his Saratoga bow. He smartly graduated at 6.5f second time out and cruised in the G1 Hopeful at 7f (mud, sealed) on Sept. 2. He never got untracked in 7th place Champagne puzzler and shot to the front from the outside post and finished an improved 3rd in the BC Juvenile. He raced wide throughout and finished a clear 2nd in his sophomore bow, losing nothing in defeat in the G3 Southwest Stakes on Feb. 17.
3. CAIRO PRINCE (Pioneerof The Nile – Holy Bubbette, by Holy Bull)
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin – Owner: Godolphin Stable
Latest Workout: 4f in 49.45 (34/73) at Palm Meadows on March 8. "It was just what we ordered and wanted to see," trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said. "He looked great doing it, and we're on course for the race. The reason we backed up and went slower is because we can't go 59 and four every week or there will be not much left of him. We were real happy with the work. He's doing great."
Derby Points (14)
Comments: Won his first two races including the G2 Nashua and just missed to Honor Code in the slow early/fast late Remsen. He dominated the G2 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 25. He is training up to the Florida Derby (March 29). A majority interest in Cairo Prince was sold to Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum's Darley operation. He will remain with McLaughlin but run in the colors of Godolphin Stable.
4. CANDY BOY (Candy Ride – She's an Eleven, by In Excess)
Trainer: John Sadler – Owner: C R K Stable
Latest Workout: 5f in :59.40 (2/57) at Santa Anita on March 14.
Derby Points (10)
Comments: Got good late in his juvenile season, romping in a BHP maiden route and finishing 2nd to Shared Belief in the G1 CashCall Futurity. He started his 3yo season in fine fashion with a professional tally in the G2 Robert Lewis Stakes. The SA Derby is his next scheduled start.
5. TAPITURE (Tapit – Free Spin, by Olympio)
Trainer: Steve Asmussen – Owner: Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC.
Latest Workout: 4f in :50.20 (12/27) at Oaklawn Park on March 10.
Derby Points (22)
Comments: Lost his first three starts including a show finish in G3 Iroquois. Put it all together in last two starts with sharp graded wins in the Kentucky Jockey Club and Southwest Stakes. The Rebel is next on his docket.
6. CALIFORNIA CHROME (Lucky Pulpit – Love the Chase, by Not for Love)
Trainer: Art Sherman – Owner: Coburn or Martin
Derby Points (50)
Comments: 5-for-9 lifetime including three straight romps at Santa Anita. The overachieving CA-bred ran them off their feet in the G2 San Felipe (107 BSF) and will either run in the SA Derby or train up to the Kentucky Derby. He is a great Cinderella story and will try to overcome his modest breeding on May 3.
7. MIDNIGHT HAWK (Midnight Lute – Miss Wineshine, by Wolf Power)
Trainer: Bob Baffert – Owner: Mike Pegram
Derby Points (32)
Comments: Ran his record to 2-for-2 in a prominent throughout G3 Sham triumph (blinkers off). He was a bit rank early and settled for the show in the G2 Robert Lewis Stakes and was clearly second best in the San Felipe. He continues to rack up Derby points but still needs to develop mentally.
8. GOLD HAWK (Empire Maker – Caressing, by Honour and Glory)
Trainer: Steve Asmussen – Owner: Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
Latest Workout: 5f in 1:01 (3/21) at Fair Grounds on March 10
Derby Points (2)
Comments: Debut stalk and pounce tally at Churchill Downs Nov. 30. Found his best stride late in a good looking entry level route win at Fair Grounds 12-27. He finished an okay 3rd in the Lecomte and basically ran the same race (even 5th of 14) in the Risen Star on Feb. 22. He seems to be losing focus and I would like to see him add blinkers for the LA Derby.
9. GALA AWARD (Bernardini – Wilshew, by Carson City)
Trainer: Todd Pletcher – Owner: Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith and Susan Magnier
Comments: Runner-up in 8.5f turf route bow at the Gulf Dec. 7 and earned his diploma at that same course/distance second time out Jan. 20. Smartly captured the G3 Palm Beach Stakes at 9f March 1 and is living up to his hefty $1.55 million purchase price. He will likely try to qualify for the Kentucky Derby in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.
10. KRISTO (Distorted Humor – Capote's Crown, by Capote)
Trainer: John Sadler – Owner: Hronis Racing LLC.
Derby Points (14)
Comments: Finished 2nd in his first two sprint starts and stretched out at Santa Anita and romped by almost 7-lengths on Oct. 31. He fought Midnight Hawk throughout in the G3 Sham and was clearly second best, and ended up a distant 3rd (California Chrome & Midnight Hawk 1-2) in the San Felipe.
11. BAYERN (Offlee Wild – Alittlebitearly, by Thunder Gulch)
Trainer: Bob Baffert – Owner: Kaleem Sham
Latest Workout: 5f in :59.80 (18/65) at Santa Anita on March 3.
Comments: Followed up a good looking debut 7f win on Jan. 4 with a commanding allowance route score Feb. 13 (both at Santa Anita). A foot bruise knocked him out of the San Felipe Stakes. Baffert said he is considering both the Santa Anita Derby and the Arkansas Derby for his final Derby prep.
Pedigree Spotlight Revisited: Honor Code
Honor Code's sire A.P. Indy won the G1 Hollywood Futurity in 1991 to end his juvenile season. In 1992, he captured the G2 San Rafael, G1 SA Derby, G2 Peter Pan, and G1 Belmont Stakes. He wrapped up his stellar career with a victory in the G1 BC Classic. As a sire, he was responsible for well over 100 stakes winners.
A.P. Indy is a son of Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, out of Secretariat mare Weekend Surprise. She was also the dam of 1990 Preakness winner Summer Squall.
Honor Code's dam Serena's Cat (Storm Cat – Serena's Tune, by Mr. Prospector) went 4-for-12 in 2005-07 and won the Klassy Briefcase Stakes at Monmouth in '07. She is also the dam of Grade II turf winner Noble Tune.
Grade I winner Storm Cat (Storm Bird – Terlinga, by Secretariat) captured 4 of 8 lifetime starts and was 2nd in the 1985 Breeders' Cup Juvenile at the Big A. The legendary stallion stood for 20 years and sired more than 100 graded stakes winners. He died in 2013 at age 30 and is buried at Overbrook Farm.
Storm Cat's sire Storm Bird (Northern Dancer) was a European champion. He sired 63 stakes winners (Summer Squall, Bluebird) before his death in 2004 at age 26.
Serena's Tune (Mr. Prospector – Serena's Song, by Rahy), foaled in 1998, was a stakes winner at age 3 and 4. The late mare was a half-sister to graded and/or group winners Grand Reward, Harlington, and Sophisticat.
Mr. Prospector (by Raise a Native) won 7 of 14 starts including the Whirlaway and Gravesend Handicaps in 1974.
Legendary "Sire of sires" Mr. Prospector is one of the most influential horses in the history of thoroughbred racing, siring 181 stakes winners (47 Grade 1 or Group I winners) and 16 champions.
Hall of Famer Serena's Song (Rahy – Imagining, by Northfields) won 13 Grade I races and was Champion U.S. 3YO Filly in 1995.
Honor Code ran three quality races during his productive juvenile campaign including a graded win at nine panels. He shook off the rust in his allowance comeback and should be ready to resume graded success in his final Derby prep. He should continue to develop for patient trainer Shug McGaughey and ten furlongs should be well within reach on the first Saturday in May.


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(Pocket-lint) - More leaky than a Welsh field with paper watering pipes, the Pentax K-01 has entered the realms of officialdom, ending weeks of speculation.
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The new Documentary Film program at WFU has proved to be a natural match for our archival collections. Students from Dr. Cara Pilson's graduate research seminar and first year seminar have frequented Special Collections for instruction and research this semester.
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Nice find, Digi!
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Nice find, Digi!
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Wow, I'm impressed you managed to track me down, and thanks for the interest!
Unfortunately, I haven't had much chance to work on it during the past two years. I'm still planning to finish it at some point, whenever work and life in general stop interfering so much with my free time.
Anyway, I'm glad to see there's still an active community since I haven't had the chance to even play any fan missions recently.
Thank you for the quick response
Good to know you haven't gave up on it. Let's hope it will be released eventually.
Be sure to visit ttlg again when there's any news worth sharing.
The mission that Seven_Stones was working on, back in 2005/2006, was lost in a crash.
The author told me last year that he was rebuilding it, so it might still be released eventually.
Screenshots of the now lost map were posted in this thread:
Even though it isn't officially cancelled, it's very unlikely that The Eye's Betrayal, sequel to The Bluecoat's Training Facility, will ever be finished.
Due to a busy real life, Thief13x hasn't worked on his mission since 2004.
His fm info will be moved to the List of Abandoned Fanmissions.
Visit the project homepage for screens: http://geocities.com/thief13x/Eyesbetrayalmainpage
- 1 author added: Balboa
- 2 authors removed: Polygon (reason: long absence/not contactable), Zontik (The Mirror) (reason: mission released)
- removed the mission 'SSDD Part 3: Suffer the Guild' from Apache's Fm(s) in development (part 2 yet to be released)
- moved the mission 'Pirates' from Apache's to Saturnine's Fm(s) in development (originally started by Saturnine)
- removed 'Asked for Assistance' notification from DrK's Fm in development (Rocksbourg 3)
- new screenshots link for the mission of the following author: nightshifter
- latest news link for the mission(s) of the following authors: Cavalorn, Eshaktaar, Ilmaree, masterthief3, nightshifter, Oneiroscope, Sensut, Seven_Stones, Thief13x, Yandros
- filled in the Current status for the mission of the following authors: Ilmaree, Seven_Stones, Troutpack
- updated the Current status for the mission(s) of the following authors: Apache, Asgaroth, Oneiroscope
- filled in the Estimated release for the mission of the following authors: Eshaktaar, masterthief3
- changed the Estimated release date for the mission of the following authors: And, masterthief3
- details for the missions of the following authors: Eshaktaar, Oneiroscope
- added the thread Any new FMs on the way? to the list of 'Other threads about upcoming missions'
- moved the following authors, and their missions, to the List of Abandoned Fanmissions: Oneiroscope (Abiding in Darkness), Seven_Stones (Untitled), Thief13x (The Eye's Betrayal)
- colour code change: Ilmaree (red into orange), Nivellen (green into orange), Oneiroscope (orange into red), Saturnine (Pirates - orange into red), Seven_Stones (orange into red)
Last edited by The Phantom; 12th May 2008 at 16:02.
Criteria for mentioning upcoming FM's in this thread have been tightened up since the start of this thread. That's why I decided to take another look at the missions currently listed, and determine wether or not to remove any information.
Slipknot's mission Unite the Dead will be the first "victim". It hasn't yet reached the required 50% completion status (according to his profile) and will therefore be removed.
If it ever reappears in the list is uncertain. Latest news about the project was nearly a year ago.
Screens are up here: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113547
I´m going to build a new mission dedicated to Dia it will consit with a labirinth garden and a haunted manson with dancing ghosts...more details will be added later.
It seems that The Dark Metal project, which would be the successor to DEDX, is no longer being worked on.
The author, Rob Hicks, last wrote about the project in 2006 and can no longer be contacted by email. He was looking for assistance and found two people to help, but both haven't heard from him ever since.
Expect his information in the upcoming missions list to be moved at the next update.
About Dark Metal
Features: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthrea...24#post1274724
Teaser screens: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthrea...83#post1278583
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New screens on First Snow have been posted here :
- 1 author added: intruder (with Keeper Investigations)
- 2 authors removed: Eshaktaar (Broken Triad) (reason: mission released), slipknot (Unite the Dead) (reason: mission not yet 50% complete)
- added the mission 'A Night in Rocksbourg Part 4' to DrK's Fm(s) in development
- removed the mission 'Chasm of the undead' from Asgaroth's Fm(s) in development (reason: Part 2 of campaign still to be released)
- removed the mission 'Graveyard Shift' from Dark Arrow's Fm(s) in development (reason: mission not yet 50% complete)
- removed the mission 'A Night in Rocksbourg part 3: Ink and dust' from DrK's Fm(s) in development (reason: released)
- removed the mission 'The Sacrifice' from TheCapedPillager's Fm(s) in development (reason: first part of series still to be released)
- filled in the name of one of Saturnine's upcoming missions: Rose Cottage
- removed 'Asked for Assistance' notification from Rob Hicks' project in development (Dark Metal)
- new screenshots link for the mission of the following author: Digital Nightfall, HipBreaker, Nightstroll, TheCapedPillager
- latest news link for the mission of the following project/authors: Digital Nightfall, DrK, eepcat, HipBreaker, Nightstroll, Rob Hicks, sterlino, Thief 2 Gold, Wille
- updated the Current status for the following project/authors: Drysils Chosen (Memento Mori 1.5), Random_Taffer (Memento Mori 1.5), Thief 2 Gold
- filled in an Estimated release date for the mission of the following authors: sterlino (HoC 2), Wille (Mystic Gems 2)
- changed the Estimated release date for the project of the following author: Rob Hicks (Dark Metal)
- details for the mission of the following author: TheCapedPillager
- updated details for the following projects/authors: Rob Hicks (Dark Metal), Thief 2 Gold
- moved the following projects/authors to the List of Abandoned Fanmissions: Rob Hicks (Dark Metal), Memento Mori mission 1.5: The Fall of Talim (by Drysils Chosen and Random_Taffer), Thief 2 Gold, Welcome to Blackbrook (by Dark Arrow)
- color code change: Drysils Chosen (Memento Mori 1.5 - orange into red), GaalKean (green into orange), Random_Taffer (Memento Mori 1.5 - orange into red), TheCapedPillager (green into orange), Thief 2 Gold (orange into red)
- Read about this FM news update at The Circle: http://thief-thecircle.com/shownews.asp?id=2005
Hehe, don't worry it's only a mention. No pressure intended.
Take as much rest as you need .
I don't agree, don't take any rest you lazy taffer ! Get back to work ! Quicker !
Me, lazy ? Release your mission first, we'll talk about that later...
Sure, if you're ready to wait a dozen years.
Stormrunner will not be making the intended June release due to a lot of real life issues that have popped up. I'm not sure when I'll have the free time to resume work on it so I'll go with the safe bet of saying it will be released 'When it's done'.
SoE:2 is still shooting for the end of October.
The author of Chronicle of the Metal Age, sirbalu, hasn't logged in on the forums for nearly two years now.
He announced to be working on Chapter 2 of his series back in 2006, but for some unknown (probably real-life) reason he slipped back into the shadows before completing it.
This, and due to the fact that his email adress is no longer working, make it most likely that he stopped with dromEd. The fm info about the project will be moved to the abandoned missions list in the next update.
If there are people who know more, or another way to get in touch with him, they can drop me a message.
Screens of CotMA Chapter II: http://garrett.cjb.hu/t1.htm
Aw crap, I enjoyed the first mission and his project sounded very promising...
You can add my FM "The Last Hope" to your List.
Here are the Thread.
Do you know about Phantom's 50% rule?
The Status of the FM is 54%.


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Here's Mark Wahlberg at the premiere of Lone Survivor last night. After the screening, he attended a Q&A and went off about actors comparing their lives and their preparation for film to what real soldiers and victims actually go through.
"I don't know it just hit me in a way that uh … I don't know, it just really upset me that those guys were never gonna see their families again. For actors to sit there and talk about 'Oh I went to SEAL training,' and I slept on the — I don't give a f-ck what you did. You don't do what these guys did. For somebody to sit there and say my job was as difficult as somebody in the military's. How f-cking dare you. While you sit in a makeup chair for two hours." "I don't give a shit if you get your ass busted. You get to go home at the end of the day. You get to go to your hotel room. You get to order fucking chicken. Or your steak. Whatever the fuck it is."
Many people are now interpreting this as a direct response to Tom Cruise's remarks during his deposition against IN TOUCH magazine, when he supposedly said that his film commitment is like being in Afghanistan. Those comments have since been clarified – that was not his intention, though, as so happens in these situations, the clarification was not as widely reported as the initial accusation.
It's not the first time Marky Mark has taken a shot at the GMD. Remember when he was on Top Gear and he talked about how they go to different churches? Click here for a refresher.
With the exception of God and Xenu, aren't they more similar than not? They both swagger. They both tough talk. Tom Cruise jumps off boats to rescue people. Marky Mark punches you in the face with his masculinity. And they're always positioning themselves as the hero.
"I gave (Ben Foster) half my salary (to be in Lone Survivor), whatever I gave him, to do it because I knew how great he was and for us to be on that mountain together and in the end of it, I could just look at him and it would break my heart knowing that – God, that's my brother and I may never see him again."
And don't forget – here's a guy who also once suggested that he might have been able to stop the terrorists on one of the planes on 9/11.
You don't even have to squint too hard to see that they're essentially the same dude.


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On Wednesday, June 15 Adam M. Finkel, Fellow and Executive Director of the Penn Program on Regulation, gave witness testimony at the House Small Business Committee's hearing, "Lifting the Weight of Regulations: Growing Jobs by Reducing Regulatory Burdens."
The hearing examined H.R. 527, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011, and H.R. 585, the Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011. According to the House Committee on Small Business, "The two bills are designed to remove loopholes in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), and strengthen the power of the Office of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy."
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Maurishka Taliaferro is a model and occasional actress who appeared as Yeoman Zahra in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Operation -- Annihilate!", credited only as Maurishka. She filmed her scenes on Wednesday 15 February 1967 on location at the TRW Space and Defense Park, Tuesday 14 February 1967, Thursday 16 February 1967 and Friday 17 February 1967 at Desilu Stage 9.
Taliaferro was an exotic and sought-after model in the 1960s, who used her success in modelling to get a role on Star Trek, of which she was a huge fan. [1]
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If at first you fail to make the GOP base happy, try and try again
Mitt Romney made his ignominious trip abroad just a little worse the other day, appearing at an Israeli fundraiser where he argued Palestinians have a weaker economy because of its "culture." As part of a walk-back, Romney aides assured us he thinks Mexicans and Ecuadorians are inferior, too.
Yesterday, the Republican candidate was a little more forceful in his backpedaling, insisting that he "did not speak about the Palestinian culture" and doesn't "intend" to include this in his campaign's message. This was apparently intended to put the matter to rest, but there were a couple of problems. For one thing, the transcript of Romney's remarks in Jerusalem proved this new claim isn't true.
For another, the Republican base liked the original line, because they believes Palestinian culture really is disgraceful. By walking back his borderline-racist comments, Romney was cutting off his own defenders at the knees.
So, last night, feeling the need to further clean up his own mess, Romney once again returned to the subject, publishing a piece at National Review that doubled down on the original cultural argument that Romney falsely claimed he never made. The headline read, "Culture does matter."
The American economy is fueled by freedom. Free people and their free enterprises are what drive our economic vitality. […]
The linkage between freedom and economic development has a universal applicability. One only has to look at the contrast between East and West Germany, and between North and South Korea for the starkest demonstrations of the meaning of freedom and the absence of freedom.
I suppose this is a nice try, but (a) if "freedom" is responsible for strong economies, I'd love to hear Romney explain the gross domestic products of China and Saudi Arabia; and (b) he's responding to criticism by deliberately avoiding the underlying point. Yes, communism doesn't work, but the controversy erupted because he was talking about Palestinian poverty, driven by the restrictions imposed by Israeli officials – a point the National Review piece ignores.
Regardless, I don't imagine the Romney campaign is pleased that the candidate's odd thoughts on anthropology have become an important topic of conversation.


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Town Manager Sam Greenwood said the town had not been aware employees needed a state license to handle the weed killer.
"Even for that garden-variety stuff you take off the shelf at Lowe's, the town is supposed to have a license," Greenwood said. "Our assumption was that it only applied to persistent chemicals — in other words, soil sterilizers."
Two town employees will take the necessary classes to be licensed by the state, Greenwood said.
The herbicide was sprayed on Nikwasi Indian Mound in April. Greenwood ordered the spray applied without approval from the town board or the mound committee, a group formed specifically to discuss issues about Nikwasi Mound. The idea was to kill the grass growing on top of the mound so that "eco-grass" could be planted. Eco-grass grows no taller than half a foot and therefore does not need to be regularly mowed, saving the town maintenance workers the labor and expense.
An initial attempt to replant it with eco-grass failed. The seed did not germinate, and the mound has remained largely brown — except for the green of some pokeweed and crabgrass. The eco-grass company has recommended the town not replant until later in the year when conditions will be more favorable, Greenwood said.
The spraying of the mound reverberated in Cherokee, which called for an apology from town leaders. Mayor Joe Collins did make a personal apology, and Alderman Bob Scott also called for an apology, but the town board as a body opted not to respond.
The spraying and lack of response to Cherokee by the town board angered Franklin resident Bill Evans, who confirmed that he alerted the state to the herbicide being sprayed on the mound.
"I called because I'm concerned about the mound," Evans said. "They sprayed the pesticide, and the eco-grass isn't worth a toot. They wouldn't apologize to the tribe for weeks on end, and then Joe Collins finally issued a half-assed apology."
Evans noted that his granddaughter is an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
"We've got to protect what's here for them," Evans said.
Nikwasi Indian Mound is one of the largest intact mounds remaining in Western North Carolina. Large earthen mounds were built to mark the spiritual and civic center of American Indian towns that once dotted the Little Tennessee River Valley through Macon County and the region. Scholars note that while its precise age is uncertain, Nikwasi Mound pre-dates even the Cherokee.


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Moar WoW! I happened upon the opportunity recently to make the packaging art for the upcoming WoW TCG Raid Deck -- Battle of the Aspects. Word is, you can play as Deathwing or those other four dragons. It was a wraparound cover, as you can see, hence the slightly weird composition, but to sate your curiosity, I've gone and found a picture of how the packaging will end up looking when it's printed up all snazzy-like by professional printer types.
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I've made a list of useful websites and threads on various aspects of rabbit behaviour so that they're easy to find; there are lots of other threads, so please feel free to use the search facility as well.
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This thread is for behaviour only, bonding will be covered in a different thread (and not by me ).