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The BBC has stepped up its effort to make the iPlayer a worldwide hit, announcing the appointment of a new general manager and launching the global iPlayer app in Australia.
Already a massive success with the licence fee players in the UK, the BBC is keen to make the iPlayer a major player on a global level, and is pushing on with its global iPlayer app.
The app launched in Western Europe in July and is now moving into a key English language region in Australia.
Classic and contemporary collide
Jana Bennett, president, worldwide networks and global BBC iPlayer: "This unique Video On Demand product combines the classic with the contemporary and allows subscribers to mine seventy years of brilliant BBC programmes.
"We launched the global BBC iPlayer because we think there's an untapped market for the 'best of British' shows, both for Brits living abroad and for all those people we know have a love of great British television, nowhere more so than Australia."
Another key movement is the appointment of Matthew Littleford to the role of general manager for the global BBC iPlayer.
Littleford joined BBC Worldwide in April 2011 and has now been moved up to the general manager post where he will be responsible for editorial and day-to-day operation, marketing, promotion, product and technology.


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Can't Drive Won't – Power Boat
For his next challenge, set by best friend driver Jim, Tall Tim will be learning how to drive the Ribeye 6.5m Powerboat. Instructed by Nick Kincart from Boatability in Marina Keep Portsmouth, Tim endeavors to conquer the Ribeye through basic skipper training and finally culminate all has learned to successfully complete a man overboard drill.
This is a full 22.30 m programme, filmed in the classic Can't Drive Won't style, complete with the humorous t-shirts and the classic Star Wars Easter Egg.

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Msgr. Jack Hamilton has been a fixture in the life of the Edmonton Archdiocese for 50 years, serving as a parish pastor, chancellor of the Edmonton Archdiocese, vicar general and friend to many.
At age 75, which he doesn't show, Hamilton is still going strong and is willing to hang in as long as he can.
"These have been 50 happy years," he says proudly. "I don't think I have any regrets. It's been a wonderful time."
Hamilton is surprised, though, at how quickly the last five decades went by. "It just seems I was ordained yesterday," he said. "But I think it's marvellous I've been able to reach this milestone. Thanks God for my health and for the ability to carry on through these years."
His parishioners at the 5,000-family Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Sherwood Park think "Father Jack's 50th anniversary of priesthood is a reason to celebrate" and are planning a banquet in his honour for June 8.
"He is a very, very intelligent man and a devout priest who loves his people and who is kind and compassionate with his people," says Archbishop Emeritus Joseph MacNeil. "He's served this diocese very well."
In a recent interview, Hamilton was dismissive of his fit looks, saying he likely owes them to his genes. His father died at age 99 and his mother passed away just three weeks shy of 102.
"So there are good genes there, I think," Hamilton says, stressing he does not spend much energy trying to keep fit.
"I'm a first class couch potato," he laughs. "I try to walk as much as I can, but I don't participate in sports or anything like that.
"Generally speaking, I was never much of an athlete, although I love sports and I follow the sports quite a bit but more as a spectator than a participant." He plays golf "not very often and not very well."
The prognosis seems to be that Hamilton could be around for awhile yet. And if he had his way, he would like to remain in active service, preferably at OLPH.
The Montreal native says he has enjoyed all his assignments but some stand out. As chancellor, he was involved in planning the 1994 visit of Pope John Paul II to Edmonton and got to meet the pope.
"It was an exciting time for us." Everything went as planned, except the weather which was "a little wet and very windy."
As chancellor, Hamilton was the right hand of Archbishop MacNeil. "It was interesting work. You never knew from day to day what was likely to pop up. But that's what made it interesting - the variety of work."
MacNeil was happy to work with him.
"He was a wonderful support for a bishop," he said. "Because of his talents, he was a good advisor. He is someone who has a great vision of the Church, what we should be like, how we should live, how we should relate to other people."
For 35 years Hamilton edited Inter Nos, a newsletter for those involved in pastoral work. It was eventually turned over to the archdiocese's communications office and replaced by a weekly online newsletter.
In the 1980s he was named monsignor along with Fathers Bill Irwin, Don MacDonald and Felix Otterson. "This was supposedly in recognition that we did some good work," he explained. "I'd been 15 years with the chancery and I guess I hadn't messed up too badly."
Hamilton was born the third of four children in a devout Montreal Catholic family. He attended Catholic schools from the beginning and served as an altar boy from Grade 3 until high school.
"I was very impressed with the dedication and commitment of the priests we had in our parish," he recalled. "We had five priests and as an altar boy I served Mass with them all."
He thinks the first seed of his vocation came from the priests. More than once he dreamed about becoming a priest himself.
Following high school he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., where he graduated with a bachelor of arts with a major in philosophy.
Again at the university he was impressed with the priests on staff. Many of his professors were priests and Hamilton believes "I got a little bit more of the vocation bug from them."
By then, he had already heard a lot about Edmonton from Ken Kearns, a high school friend of his older brother who had been recruited as a priestly candidate for the Edmonton Archdiocese.
Then at St. Francis Xavier he met several men who had come to Edmonton as seminarians at the bidding of Archbishop John Hugh MacDonald. One suggested Hamilton also come to Edmonton. He did in 1958 at age 21 and has been here ever since.
He studied at St. Joseph Seminary and was ordained at his home parish in Montreal, St. Ignatius of Loyola.
His first assignment was a "temporary" appointment at St. Andrew's Parish that lasted more than four years. Then he moved to St. Joseph's Cathedral for a year before he went into education at the University of Alberta.
After graduation, he spent three years teaching junior high at St. Nicholas School in the Beverly area. Then it was off to England to study catechesis for a year. Upon his return, he became a religious education consultant for the Catholic school board.
Two years later he was named pastor at St. Edmund's Parish, where he stayed for five years.
Then he was appointed the founding pastor Good Shepherd Parish and at the same time chancellor of the archdiocese. He served as Good Shepherd pastor for 10 years and chancellor for 15.
"The challenge of building a new parish - Good Shepherd - was another highlight for me," Hamilton said. "Not every priest gets to do that. I had the chance to help in the development of the parish right from nothing.
"When I went out there, we had no land, no money, no church, no house, and we were able to form a community and eventually put together enough funds so that we could build a church. That was a very exciting time."
When he left Good Shepherd, he became chancellor full-time.
Around that time Hamilton also served as pastor at Assumption Parish, administrator at St. Angela's Parish in Edmonton and Our Lady of Mercy in Enoch.
Then he went to Sacred Heart Parish in Red Deer, where he served for three years. After that, he returned to Edmonton to serve as pastor of St. Matthew's Parish for four years.
"I've been everywhere, man," he says.
In October 2000, Hamilton was named pastor of OLPH.
"It's been 12 years. Ordinarily I suppose I would've moved on but just because of my age they have pity on me. I don't particularly want to start over in another parish now," he says.
"So I presume I am going to be here for a little while yet. I hope to stay on if I can."
Hamilton says he is still having fun as a priest and enjoying what he does. At OLPH he has 11 staff who help him run the parish. "I like to delegate responsibilities," he says. "I have to; this is too large an operation for one person."
Currently he also serves as chair of the Priests' Retirement Fund. Under his leadership, the pension funds have been segregated and are well protected. "The fund is in fair shape now; we watch it very carefully."
Tickets for Hamilton's 50th anniversary banquet are now on sale. Those interested in helping plan the event, may contact Marguerite at 780-464-2216.


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"I don't get it. Whoosh! Next."
A fascinating coincidence today: I was watching Billy Connolly participating in (his wife) Pamela Connolly's Shrink Wrap programme of psychological interviews. At the same time, I'm wrestling with Office 2007's perverse new user interface paradigm. And Windows 7. And my iPhone.
[ Disclaimer: before we proceed, I must admit to being an anachronist of long-standing. I deliberately hang on to old hardware and operating systems, partly so that when I write software that runs quickly on them, it'll run a whole lot quicker on newer systems. I still use (on Windows, anyway) Visual Studio '98 for writing (if not for building) C++ source code, because (i) it responds to key presses as fast as I can make them (which is pretty fast), (ii) it doesn't require several gigabytes of working set, and (iii) I still haven't been moved to port all my macros and add-ins to a newer (fatter, slower) version of the same program. The reason I'm finally using Office 2007 is that I need to be able to support a clients' financial software on all versions of Excel.]
Anyhoo, back on point. Billy was having a much-tangential rant, and fixed on the subject of "getting it" - programmers call it grokking. He comes up with the wonderful observation:
"It's taken all my life for these things to dawn on me, just like getting it and not getting it. Coz with the getting it and not getting it is so good coz you can then put something aside: "I don't get it. Whoosh. Next!" instead of saying "Why don't I get it? Why don't I understand that?" There is no why! There only is an is and an isn't. You know what I mean?
Yes, Billy, I know what you mean.
Well, I'm definitely not against improvement. But change for change's sake is just an abuse of users. What some software companies fail to grok - are you getting it?! - is that software should get better, not just different. Each version should be more robust, more efficient, easier to use, and, if new features are there, they should not impact robustness, efficiency or ease of use. Sure, it takes discipline, skill and effort, but it's not impossible. (I personally don't even think it's that hard.)
So, what's the problem with Office 2007? I don't get it, that's what. The interface is different, with almost none of the original menus, and there appears to be no way of getting back the interface that's been ingrained in users for ~20 years. What a massive cost in effort to the world1. At least it still crashes in the middle of important work in a familiar way.
I don't get it. Whoosh! Next. I'll stick with Office 2000/2003
And don't even get me started on Windows 7.
Here's the thing: I still prefer the Windows 2000 UI over all previous and subsequent versions. What I didn't like was the security vulnerabilities, the lack of hardware support (c/w XP), the lack of useful later operating system API functions (esp. multithreading ones), and other behind-the-scenes issues. The key to addressing such needs is to fix what's underneath, leaving what's fine about the UI as is, and making small incremental improvements. The thing not to do is to constantly change the interface without fixing up what's underneath. How about each time a new operating system comes along it is faster, more reliable and secure, and simpler than the last one?
Thankfully I missed Vista entirely - yeah! - and at least Windows 7 appears pretty stable. Of course, since I can't find my way to do actually anything, maybe it'll start crashing when I start using it for anything more than remote desktopping into other machines running XP ...
I don't get it. Whoosh! Next. I'll stick with XP/Linux/Mac OS-X
Even though I hate my iPhone even more than I hate Office 2007 and Windows 7 combined, at least I understand how to use it. Here was a user interface revolution that worked, because almost everything is genuinely intuitive. (And choice is restricted, which helps with discoverability.) The problem with the iPhone is it's unbelievably woeful performance, and the fact that it can hold a wireless connection for even less time than a politician can keep his
/her word. (It's usually a him.)
I don't get it. Whoosh! Next. I'll stick with my simple, unsophisticated, reliable old Nokia, a phone that's, er, a phone.
(Aside: if you can, I would recommend that you watch the interview. The first time through I laughed and smiled along; but then I watched it again with pen and paper, as a richer seam of quotes for my next books' chapters I have never encountered. I don't know if you can get it outside of Australia, but the ABC's helpful iView application means one need never watch a scheduled program again.
1: With some very rough assumptions: 500,000,000 people use Office; each uses two office applications on average; each spends 5 minutes a day for 3 months learning the new interface; the average pay is $10 per hour. That's ~$27B!


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Justin Bieber is in hot water again. The teen heartthrob is under investigation for assault — though not exactly with a deadly weapon. The object in question? A Nerf gun.
According to TMZ, a female employee of an Ottawa, Canada venue where Bieber was performing last November filed a police report that claimed she was hit by something and that Bieber or someone in his entourage assaulted her.
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Sources close to the investigation tell TMZ that Bieber was messing around with a Nerf gun with his younger brother and sister, and one of the foam darts accidentally struck the employee.
The woman is reportedly a security guard at the venue.
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What is the Rallye Register
106 Rallye Register is an exclusive car club based in the UK. It caters
for all Peugeot 106 Rallye models
around the world, including motorsport Rallyes. We offer a massive
source of information and technical data on the Rallye models, built up
over the last 10 years. We have a large online interactive
forum and website that provide everything you could possibly need to
know about the Rallye.
have over 250 members, and 3000+ forum users that shows the huge
popularity of the 106 Rallye. We organise exclusive events throughout
the year including track days, road rallies, social gatherings and are
present at most major car shows in the UK. Our huge discount directory
is one of the best around, offering members great savings
on parts from the major performance and tuning manufacturers.
database tracks owner details, chassis numbers, engine numbers,
registration plates and more. This information is very important when
tracing a cars history. Some of the S1 models are now over 10 years old
so just think how much could have been done to a car in that time! In
years to come we may only have a few hundred Rallye
models left so keeping track of what cars are left is an essential aim
of the Register.
Growth of the Register
those early days the Register has steadily grown in size, with the
website continually evolving
into a bigger, better, more informative site. By the summer
of 2001, only 6 months after the Register had begun, there were over 50
members in the UK. Membership was free and all you had
to do was fill in a form on the website giving details of your Rallye
for insertion into the database. The members contacted each other by
email, none of this fancy online messaging, live forums and
chat rooms that are taken for granted these days!
winter of 2001 was an extremely busy time for Mark as he was improving
the website even further, adding new material, attracting new
members and of course carefully planning for an even bigger year in
2002! By the spring of 2002 the Rallye website was full of photo's,
video clips, downloads, member profiles and much more. We were
attracting a lot of interest from Rallye owners around the world, so we
set up an international Rallye Register to cater for all these people.
summer of 2002 was full of great events for the Register. Firstly we
attended a PSOOC rolling road day in Derbyshire bringing along
four Rallye's to be tested on the dyno for power figures. Mark then
organised a very exclusive day out at K&N Air Filters Research
& Development test facility in Cheshire. The ten members who
attended this event, were shown around K&N premises and then each
Rallye was carefully power tested on their very accurate dyno. This
event was so exclusive that a report on the day was published
in three national motoring magazines, attracting even more interest in
the Register.
beginning of 2003 was spent building up the website even further,
adding new material and pages. Membership was still free of charge,
but in 2003 we asked for the members to make a £5 contribution
towards the costs of running the Register for another year. The
majority of members at that time had no qualms at all about this
voluntary contribution as they realised it would help the Register get
bigger and better. This new lease of funds allowed us to buy our
first club banner to display at events!
first event in 2003 was the PSOOC karting endurance team challenge held
at Daytona, Manchester in January. The Rallye Register sent
two teams along to this event and we decimated the opposition finishing
1st and 2nd. The Rallye drivers really showing off their karting
skills! After so much fun at this event, the Register
organised its own karting event for members, again at Daytona in March.
We had an endurance race for 12 members and then a few drinks
afterwards, so it was a good social gathering.
this time, the Register members were gearing up for a hectic summer of
events. Busily preparing their cars and adding
new modifications. We had over 100 Rallye owners registered on the
forum at that time and many of those guys were present at our events
that year. We were beginning to build up a large number of
"hardcore members" who were active on the forum and made the effort to
attend our events. In May, Register members took over the PSOOC track
day at Curborough in Staffordshire! We had 11 Rallye's
there on the day, opposed to only 7 other Peugeot's from the PSOOC. We
had a superb day on the small former airfield circuit, testing out our
Rallye's handling in a safe environment. It was also
a good opportunity for the members to meet up and have a chat, giving
it a really friendly atmosphere.
We had massive exposure after our day at Curborough and it seemed to attract even more people to our forum to find out all
about the little Rallye's! The next major event was the French Car Show
organised by the Peugeot GTi Autosport Club (PGAC) held at Stanford
Hall in Leicestershire at the end of May. The
Register had a dedicated display area for members cars and we had over
15 Rallye's there, showing their class and pedigree in a show full of
highly modded Peugeot's.
Next up was the big one - PUGFEST 03,
we decided to hold our national Rallye meet at this event for the 2nd
year running. It
was held at the same venue as last year, the fabulous Prescott Hill. We
wanted to get as many members there as possible and the popularity of
the Register was clear to see with over 30 Rallye's on
display in our parking area. We had so many cars present that the
organisers had to move us to a special area just to fit us all in - all
the others Peugeot models there were well and truly blown
away by the number of Rallye's! There was a Rallye Register track
parade up the famous hill climb and our members enjoyed flying up the
hill on solo laps afterwards.
superb events followed in 2003 including another outing at Curborough
and a trip to Anglesey for the annual Peugeot track day. As
usual we had plenty of Register members in attendance. We also attended
the Rallye Super Car Day
for the first time. This is an event dedicated to rally cars and rally
bred road cars, held at
Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire. We had a joint display with the
PSOOC Wiltshire Group and also booked a Rallye track session for 10 of
our members to have sole use of the circuit.
a hectic summer of events, 2003 turned out to be another great year for
the Register. We had grown into an exclusive car club full
of active members who were very enthusiastic about the Rallye Register.
We had to satisfy the needs of these members so at the end of 2003 we
purchased a brand new ultra modern forum full of exciting
new features. This was a key stage in increasing the membership even
further. We now had an online Rallye community where members could
interact using the latest forum software. The end of 2003
was spent preparing the new forum for a big launch at the start of 2004.
had big plans for 2004 to increase the size and stature of the
Register. However we had reached the stage where the lack of funding
proving to be a major hindrance to all our new idea's. For the last few
years the costs of running the Register was funded by the member
contributions and from Marks own pocket! From the start of
2004, we introduced a membership fee to join the Register. This was set
at £10 for UK members and £5 for International members.
Anybody was free to join and we did have a few 106 XSi and GTi owners
sign up as they knew the Rallye Register offered them more than any of
the other Peugeot clubs!
new forum was fantastic and was proving to be very popular, many
members commented how it felt like a real "community" online. In the
first three months of 2004 we had 60 people join. The new lease of
funds allowed us to buy two new club banners and frames ready for the
busy show season. Our aim for the first year of the membership
fee, was to have 100 Rallye owners join the Register.
The success of the Register continues and we are celebrating our 5th anniversary in 2005!
You can see many more photos of all our past events in the Multimedia Gallery section.
To join the 106 Rallye Register, please click here.


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About RSS
RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, is an easy way to keep up with your favorite news and information. An RSS feed contains headlines, summaries and links to full news stories on www.bnl.gov. If you click an RSS link, you will see XML (or eXtensible Markup Language) code in your browser. This is to be expected, since you do not view RSS content through a browser. You view the headlines through an RSS news reader (also called an RSS aggregator).
What are RSS Readers?
RSS news readers are small software programs that aggregate RSS feeds and display the story information. They allow you to scan headlines from hundreds of news sources in a central location.
How Do I Use These Feeds?
The first step, as described below, is to choose an
RSS reader.
Each reader has a slightly different way of adding a new feed (also called a
"channel"). In most cases, here's how it works:
3. Paste that URL into the 'Add New Channel' section of the reader. You should be all set! The RSS feed will start to display and regularly update the headlines for you.
The BNL news feed is
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Use a clean dustpan to fill a container that doesn't fit in the sink
Place a rubber band around an open paint can to wipe your brush on, and keep paint off the side of the can
Use a staple remover to save your fingernails when trying to add things to your key ring!
Put wooden spoon across boiling pot of water to keep from boiling over.
Use bread clips to save flip-flops with split holes.
How to put shoes in the dryer
Use sunglasses or a small convex mirror to avoid people sneaking up on you while wearing headphones at work
How to keep the straw from rising out of your soda can
Use a microfiber cloth to prevent frost from forming on the windshield.
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Scott Merkin has Ozzie Guillen's comments:
"One thing I want to make clear, I don't think I'm going to be back here for a one-year contract, and I don't know what to do next year," said Guillen during Tuesday's pregame media session. "Eight years with this organization, I'm guessing I do a pretty good job. No, not me, I think the players did it for me, and I think we deserve more than that. But I will have another contract somewhere, doing something in baseball.
"If [White Sox chairman] Jerry [Reinsdorf] wants me back, I'm more than happy to be back. If he's not, nothing's going to change. Obviously, I'm going to be sad, because I'd leave the town and the team I love."
What does Kenny Williams have to say?
"Winning takes care of a lot of things. I might even get an extension if we win," said Williams. "I have no desire to enter into discussions about these types of things and make anything definitive, because it takes away from what's happening on the field. If I'm asked that question one more time, I'm going to throw up.
"I've got to sit down with Jerry at the end of the season. At this point in time, we're an underachieving club. So that means players, coaches, the manager and myself, we're all under review. This is professional sports.
"Am I telling anybody anything you don't know? But I've also said from the very beginning that all I want is the focus to be on the field and I would hope whenever the door is shown to us, maybe we walk out that door together. Everyone has an expiration date."
So, will you ask the Sox for an extension Ozzie?
The 47-year-old former White Sox player said he has not had discussions on the matter with chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, and said that he isn't prepared to knock on his door and discuss things in the next few days."
After all this bad year, the last thing (Reinsdorf) wants to do is to talk to his manager about a new contract," Guillen said. "I would be embarrassed to talk to him. I'd say, 'Hey, I want a contract.' The first think he can say is, 'You want a new contract? Look at where you are right now.' I don't want to take that chance yet."
Ideally, Guillen would like the matter resolved before he leaves on a vacation to Spain. He is scheduled to leave two days after the White Sox's seasons ends, whether the year concludes Sept. 28, or the team makes the postseason.
This thing with Ozzie is getting tiresome. Shut up and try to win a freaking game Ozzie.
Brett Ballantini has a good post up on the whole situation:
"There is a sad, sad story unfolding on the South Side, one that, barring a strong September and a stirring run into the postseason, will change the Chicago White Sox as we've known them for the last eight seasons." …
Other White Sox links:
- Mike says the Sox should hire Jim Hendry as an assistant GM or as an adviser to the GM, especially if Rick Hahn becomes the Sox GM. Speaking of Hahn, Bruce Levine reports that according to industry sources, Hahn is the highest paid assistant GM in baseball.
- James explains how the Charlotte Knights changed yesterday's Sox-Twinkies game and for the better and that Ozzie Guillen waited too much to take playing time away from Adam Dunn.
- Speaking of Adam Dunn, Fangraph's Dave Cameron wonders if Dunn's season is the worst for a good player ever, THT's Brad Johnson compares Dunn's nosedive to that of Andruw Jones and David Pinto points out that "the probability of [a] .244 hitter collecting no more than 60 hits is .0001" and this may point to a change in Dunn's talent level. .244 is Dunn's career batting average and 60 is the number of hits Dunn currently has.


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In 1997, my Tra Vigne crew and I cooked for a week at the Mandarin-Oriental in Bangkok, Thailand. The hotel's chef wouldn't let me leave without giving him this recipe. It will look familiar to everyone, but wait until you taste it.
- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- 1-1/2 pounds small new potatoes such as Red Bliss
- 2 large lemons
- Extra-virgin olive oil for brushing on lemons, plus 1/4 cup Gray salt and freshly ground pepper
- 4 boneless chicken breast halves, skin on
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 cup double-strength chicken stock, or 2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth boiled until reduced by half
- 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (optional)
- Put the potatoes in a pot of salted cold water and bring to a boil. Cook until just tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and let cool, but do not peel. Cut in half and set aside.
- Preheat the broiler. Cut a small slice off both ends of each lemon, then cut in half crosswise. Arrange the lemons, flesh side up, in a flameproof non-reactive baking dish, brush with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Broil 6 inches or more from the heat until browned and soft, about 10 minutes. Let cool. Squeeze the lemon halves over a sieve suspended over a bowl. Push and stir the pulp through the sieve with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon. Discard the lemon shells.
- Preheat the oven to 450°F. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil in a large ovenproof saut pan over medium-high heat until hot. Add the chicken, lower the heat to medium, and cook, turning once, until brown on both sides, about 5 minutes. Remove to a platter.
- Return the pan to medium-high heat, add the potatoes, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring and tossing, until brown all over, about 5 minutes. Drain off the excess oil. Arrange the chicken breasts on top of the potatoes and place in the oven to reheat and cook through, about 10 minutes. When done,remove the chicken to a platter and put the pan with the potatoes over medium-high heat. Toss well so the pan juices are absorbed into the potatoes. Scrape the potatoes out of the pan onto the platter around the chicken.
- Return the pan to medium-high heat and add the garlic. Sauté briefly until light brown. Immediately add the reserved roasted lemon juice (this final flash of heat will cook off any residual acid flavor), stock, rosemary, and parsley. Stir and scrape up all the browned bits that cling to the bottom and sides of the pan. Season to taste with salt and pepper. If the sauce tastes too lemony, stir in the optional butter. Pour the sauce over the chicken and potatoes and serve immediately.
Per serving: 448 calories, 17 g fat (3 g saturated), 72 mg cholesterol, 653 mg sodium, 41 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 34 g protein
Nutritional analysis provided by Nutrition Data
See Nutrition Data's complete analysis of this recipe ›
Reprinted with permission from The Tra Vigne Cookbook by Michael Chiarello. © 2008 Chronicle Books


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Snazzy Productions celebrates 25 years of bringing Americana to Santa Cruz stages
By Paul Davis
OVER the past three decades, Santa Cruz has radically changed. Local art scenes have come and gone, housing prices have shot through the stratosphere and a quiet beach town has become a burgeoning center of commerce at the tip of the Silicon Valley. But there are a few constants that have stretched through that time.
One of them is "Sleepy" John Sandidge, an L.A. transplant who started producing shows in town nearly 32 years ago. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Sandidge's Snazzy Productions, a company that has brought countless marquee acts to town during its tenure and has no doubt had a profound impact on the cultural barometer of the Monterey Bay. To celebrate the event, Snazzy is bringing local favorites Robert Earl Keen and Greg Brown for an anniversary show at the Mello Center on Oct. 3 to benefit the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.
The landmark gives Sandidge an opportunity to do something he generally has little time for—reflect. Before moving to Santa Cruz, Sandidge had never considered entering this music racket. As he explains, "A friend of mine had already moved here, she was working with the United Farm Workers. I'd never been in radio or production before moving here. She asked me to help put on a show in '79, putting on a show with David Crosby. The tickets were $6, I remember that!"
After this auspicious beginning, Sandidge caught the bug and began putting on shows in town benefiting a number of actress Jane Fonda's pet causes and charities. "I just happened to know this woman Miranda Babbet, who happened to know Jane Fonda. We did shows at the fairgrounds with people like Willie Nelson and Bonnie Raitt to benefit Jane Fonda's various projects," he recalls. Sandidge quickly found that dealing in the high-stress, high-maintenance world of marquee stars was not for him, though. "It was so overwhelming with big acts, the hassles and the bad attitudes, I decided I wanted to do smaller, more intimate shows."
Out of this came the genesis of Snazzy Productions. Inspired by the playlists of KPIG forebear KFAT, Sandidge found his niche spotlighting up-and-coming Americana artists whose sensibilities lay far outside the mainstream. Drawn to the burgeoning Texas sound in the early '80s, Sandidge did his best to lure the likes of Robert Earl Keen and the Austin Lounge Lizards out to Santa Cruz to perform for an audience that had a similar, if geographically distant, sensibility. Since then, Snazzy Productions has put on between 20 and 40 shows a year, starting out at the long-defunct Soquel venue the West Abbey Theater.
It's a family affair for Sandidge. Many of the business and publicity duties are still handled by his ex-wife, Pat Sandidge, and his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren also assist with administrative tasks. Sandidge also credits his longtime partner Becky Mathieson for lending her unending support and patience to his many duties. After all, Sandidge is an inveterate multitasker, known to many by his voice, which has graced the local airwaves since the '80s. Wise and wry, Sandidge's radio persona is somewhere between a much hipper Wilford Brimley and that cool uncle you've always wished you had.
"I've been with KPIG since day one—20 years. I've run the gamut working there, morning guy, afternoon guy," he says. "Now I just do the specialty show, Please Stand By." Please Stand By has become an essential stop for both touring and local acts, all of which the gregarious Sandidge has welcomed. Of course, Sandidge sees presenting a diverse array of music by emerging acts to be part of the station's mission, noting, "What KPIG plays is hardly played on any commercial radio in the country."
Yet even a venerable institution like Snazzy faces an uncertain future. Sandidge says that for fans of live music, there are dark clouds on the horizon. The current dismal economy is presenting its challenges to musicians and independent producers such as Snazzy. "The last three years have had a steady decline in attendance," he says. "I look at the economy as being a big part of that. It costs more for the bands to go out, so we have to charge more for the tickets. Artists from elsewhere in the country can't come as often. Tickets aren't selling as well as they used to—if we had done this show 10 years ago, it would have sold out in minutes."
For an independent production company like Snazzy, which already operates on tight margins, the bottom line has always presented a problem. "We're an independent producer, we don't have a home base with a bar, we have to get all of our income from ticket sales," Sandidge says. "We've always played more for the people who want to go out to early show, don't want to stay out till one in the morning. We've always been looked at as having put on more family shows—we're not there to sell drinks, we're here to put on music."
It's a sobering time for all, but this anniversary celebration gives many reasons to celebrate. A two-fer of epic proportions for KPIG and Snazzy die-hards, this actually marks the first time Robert Earl Keen and Greg Brown have shared a stage. "Me and Robert had already talked about him coming out to play a benefit," Sandidge says. "At a festival, I met Greg Brown and he said, 'I know you know Robert Keen, and I want to do a show with him.' They'd never met before, and I knew Robert was a big Greg Brown fan."
Keen is a far bigger name now than he was when Sandidge first met him in the early '80s, but this one-off gives the Texas Troubadour an opportunity to revisit his roots as well. When Snazzy began booking Keen, he was primarily a solo acoustic performer. Nowadays, as a favorite on college campuses nationwide, Keen has largely abandoned the acoustic for an electric band. "I wanted it to be a retro Robert show with him solo," Sandidge says. "I told Robert that it was a solo show, and he said, 'I'm ready to do that again.' Most of his shows now are for a younger audience, and he can't play a song without the audience screaming 'Robert Earl Keen.'"
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Bloodied but unbowed, Sandidge and Snazzy stand prepared to navigate the challenges ahead and continue performing an invaluable service to the community. "We're proud of 25 years of being an independent production company in town," he says. "We're the only one left standing now."
ROBERT EARL KEEN and GREG BROWN perform solo on Friday, Oct. 3, at 7:30pm at Mello Center, 250 E. Beach St., Watsonville. Tickets are $28 and benefit the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. (www.snazzyproductions.com or 831.479.9421)
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This weekend, Juneau is playing host to the High School State Soccer Tournament, an event made even more significant by the fact that it's the first state tournament to be held in Juneau since the mid 1980's. Erin Smith, the Tournament Director tells us; "Well it's huge, it's the first time that our local teams will be able to play in the tournament on their home field. It's a chance for us to show off our Capital City as well, because this is actually the first time in twenty four, twenty five years that we've hosted any type of high school state championship event here in Juneau."
VIDEO: This weekend, Juneau is playing host to the High School State Soccer Tournament. (Image: Mikko Wilson / KATH-TV)
Of further significance to Juneau is the economic impact of bringing all of the teams to town. Erin Explains; "There'll be eight girl's teams, and eight boy's teams, you know with each team bringing up to twenty two players per team, each team will have two coaches so we're already at three hundred and fifty people to town just based on that, and it's looking like it could have an impact upwards of a hundred thousand dollars."
Juneau Parks and Rec. also threw their hat in the ring and spent some extra time preparing for the event. Larry O'Keefe, a Park Maintenance Foreman for the City, tells us; "For this particular event, we're going to spend an extra four or five hours here today just cleaning up the grounds, getting everything ready, making sure the nets are together and making sure the park is safe. We've got these bleachers behind me, the grandstands, and were are going to put a couple of sets of bleachers on the far side of the field so we'll have more seating capacity here."
One of the tasks undertaken by the organizers was to make sure that the visiting teams felt some true Capital City hospitality, and Erin Smith related to us one of the ways that she's accomplishing that; "I've recruited quite a few younger kids from the soccer club to come with me to the airport and greet teams and hand out our little goodie bags and just welcome them and let them know how just how excited we are."
Amy Skilbred, a former board member of the Juneau Soccer Club, was instrumental in bringing the Tournament to Juneau by submitting a bid to the Alaska State Activities Association to host the games here. In support of the games, she offered this word of advice to high school sports fans. "It's just a great community wide event, and we really encourage people from throughout the community, young, old, everyone to come and enjoy some of the best soccer, or THE best soccer in the State that's going to be happening here.
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WESTPORT -- It is the always the goal for FCIAC boys basketball contenders to end up as the top seed going into the postseason tournament. Often, however, such an objective serves as a reminder of the old adage: be careful what you wish for.
The proverb figures to be on the minds of the FCIAC elite again next month when the tournament begins, especially if Staples High can sneak into the field.
After routing New Canaan 68-44 Friday night, the Wreckers are currently tied for the eighth and final tournament berth. Led by seniors Peter Rankowitz and James Frusciante and junior Darryle Wiggins, the under-the-radar Wreckers turned what was expected to be a close game into a blowout.
"We had a big win in our last game (Bridgeport Central) and wanted to keep the momentum going," Rankowitz said after collecting 20 points and seven assists. "The respect has been coming around slowly for us but we still have a lot to prove."
Staples (5-5, 4-4), which ended a four-game losing streak with the win over Central, entered play Friday locked in a seven-way battle for the final playoff spot as the season heads into the second half. For the record, No. 8 plays No. 1 in the first round. New Canaan (4-7, 4-5) was one of the seven teams separated by one-half game for the eighth spot, until Friday.
"Nobody came to play for New Canaan," Rams coach Mike Evans said. "This was not our identity. We took a big step backwards, but give Staples credit. They have a lot of seniors and they know what they're doing."
Rankowitz and Frusciante (18 points) led the Wreckers, who made nearly 50 percent of their shots (28 for 57) and were 9 for 10 from the line. They alsooutrebounded the Rams 26-18 and forced 17 turnovers while committing just seven, and three of those were after the starters left.
"We came together after the four-game losing streak," Staples coach Colin Devine said. "After that I asked the seniors how they want to respond."
The answer came in the form of a 73-63 win over Central and then last night's near-flawless performance.
"Everybody played well tonight but it all starts with defense," Rankowitz said. "We definitely came ready to play."
The Wreckers jumped to a 17-4 lead but New Canaan, led by Zach Allen's 13 points, got within eight before falling behind 32-21 at halftime. The Wreckers went up 20 after three quarters (52-32) and then 28 (65-37).
While the Wreckers continue their push for the playoffs, the Rams must re-examine themselves.
"We can black it out of our memory or else we have a deeper problem," Devine said. "I guess we'll find out tomorrow when we get back to practice."
Andrew Read added 10 points for the Rams. Wiggins had 13 points and six boards and Ross Whelan had 10 points for Staples.
Andrew Read 3 2-2 10; Matthew Swift 0 1-2 1; Chris DeWaele 2 0-0 4; Erik Jager 3 0-0 7; Zach Allen 5 3-4 13; Henry Lavieri 2 0-0 6; Alex Curto 1 0-0 2; Andrew Penchuk 0 0-0 0; Paul Hagopian 0 1-2 1. Totals: 16-35 7-10 44
Jacob Melnick 1 0-0 2; James Frusciante 6 6-6 18; Darryle Wiggins 6 1-1 13; Ross Whelan 4 1-1 10; Peter Rankowitz 9 0-0 20; Joe Greenwald 0 0-0 0; Nick Esposito 0 0-0 0; Nick Ward 0 0-0 0; David Katz 0 0-0 0; Alex Addessi 1 0-0 2; Michael Reale 1 0-0 2; Todd Goldstein 0 1-2 1. Totals: 28-57 9-10 68
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After writing and publishing Monday's post on amended returns I was reminded of a story from the early days of my career.
I have been preparing 1040s for 40 tax seasons now. And I have been taking some form of CPE (continuing professional education) since almost the beginning – not because of any requirement or any college credit it provided, but because I wanted to learn.
Back in the 1970s, before there was a National Association of Tax Professionals or any other such organization, I took several evening tax courses at the New York University School of Continuing Education, all taught by practicing tax professionals.
In one course on 1040 issues, I forget the name and scope, the "professor" told the class that, because of some internal procedures at the IRS, an amended return filed very close to the statutory 3-year deadline would almost never be questioned by the Service.
This professor said that he would file his 1040 each year with minimal employee business expenses and 3 years later, weeks before the April 15th deadline, he would amended the return to claim the rest of his ebe (I assumed at the time that he meant he claimed the legitimate expenses that he did not include on the original filing – and not that he claimed excessive expenses because he knew he would not be questioned).
I do not know if the same internal procedures still exist within the IRS, but I certainly would not recommend doing what the "professor" did. You should claim all of the deductions to which you are legally entitled on the original filing of your return. And if you discover an error soon after filing your original return you should certainly not wait three years to file an amended return to claim an additional refund. File the 1040X ASAP, waiting only for the original refund to be received or the original return to be processed.
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NHLBI stops sickle cell anemia transfusion study
July 01, 2017
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped early a
clinical trial studying whether children with sickle cell anemia at high risk for stroke could at some point after a minimum
of 30 months (range 30-91 months) safely stop receiving the periodic blood transfusions that prevent strokes. The study found
a return to high risk of stroke in children who stopped receiving the transfusions. The NHLBI is issuing a clinical alert on
the study's results to inform physicians who treat children with sickle cell anemia.
The alert advises physicians that stopping transfusions cannot be recommended. The document urges them to carefully discuss with patients and their families the stroke prevention benefits of continuing periodic transfusions as well as the risks of these transfusions, which can include such long-term side effects as iron overload. Management of these side effects should also be discussed, according to the alert.
The results of the Stroke Prevention Trial II (STOP II) are being presented in San Diego today as a special "late-breaking" announcement at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). To further inform physicians, the NHLBI is posting the alert on the National Library of Medicine's Clinical Alert and Advisories Web page. STOP II investigators are notifying patients enrolled in the study and their families.
STOP II, which began in 2000, expected to recruit 100 patients age 2 to 18 over 6 years. When the study was stopped 2 years early on November 10, 79 patients had been enrolled. At the time the study was halted, 14 of the 41 patients who had been randomly assigned to stop transfusions reverted to high risk of stroke as measured by a special ultrasound technique and 2 patients had suffered a stroke. There were no strokes or reversions to high stroke risk in the group that continued with transfusions.
"This important study shows the value of continuing periodic blood transfusions in preventing the serious and debilitating consequences of stroke," said NHLBI Acting Director Barbara Alving, M.D. "At the same time, there are risks of chronic transfusions and the decision to continue with this treatment must be made on a case-by-case basis," she added. The risks of chronic blood transfusions include iron overload, which can be harmful to several vital organs and must be treated with chelation therapy. Other risks include alloimmunization, an immune system reaction which can interfere with the benefits of subsequent transfusions, and exposure to blood-borne infections.
The STOP II trial, conducted at 23 clinical centers in the U.S. and 2 in Canada, enrolled patients at increased risk of stroke. Stroke risk was determined with transcranial doppler (TCD) screening, an ultrasound technique that measures the velocity of blood flow in the brain. A high blood flow velocity in one or more major arteries of the brain is linked with narrowing in key blood vessels supplying the brain, which in turn increases the risk of a stroke.
STOP II participants had been transfused for at least 30 months before entering the trial. Eligibility criteria for entry into STOP II were a normal TCD velocity (indicating low risk of stroke) and a magnetic resonance imaging study of the patients' brain arteries showing no severe blockages. Upon entry, patients were randomly assigned to receive either standard care with periodic blood transfusions or to be taken off these transfusions.
Patients in the transfusion arm of the study received blood transfusions every 3 to 4 weeks to keep the amount of abnormal, or sickle, hemoglobin in their blood to no more than 30 percent of total hemoglobin. Transfused patients who received a cumulative dose of 250 ml/kg of blood began to develop iron overload and were given chelation therapy. Chelation involves subcutaneous infusions of deferoxamine, a drug that removes the iron.
After 79 patients had been enrolled in the study, the STOP II Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), an independent advisory committee charged with reviewing results and ensuring participant safety, conducted a regular review of the data. The analysis showed a highly significant difference in stroke risk and actual stroke between the transfusion and non-transfusion treatment arms. The DSMB recommended early closure of the clinical trial.
About 10 percent of sickle cell patients are at risk for stroke. Twenty percent of patients are at risk for "silent cerebral infarcts," small strokes that can interfere with cognitive functioning and school performance because brain tissue is damaged.
The importance of transfusion therapy in preventing strokes in patients with sickle cell anemia was established in 1997 when the results of the Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP I) were released in a clinical alert. STOP I found that administering blood transfusions every 3 to 4 weeks to children with sickle cell anemia who are at high risk for stroke reduces their rate of first-time stroke by 90 percent.
"STOP I showed that we could prevent stroke and its debilitating consequences, including brain damage. What we didn't know was whether the transfusions could be safely stopped at some point. This was an important question because there are some problems with blood transfusions, including increased risk of iron overload," said Robert Adams, M.D. principal investigator of both STOP I and STOP II and Regents Professor of Neurology and Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia. Adams presented the STOP II findings at the ASH meeting.
"Now we know that for high-risk patients, it is not safe to stop transfusions even if the TCD has returned to normal range. We need to weigh carefully the risks of this preventive therapy and make sure we monitor patients closely with TCD. We also need to come up with a better way to maintain the stroke prevention benefit while lowering the side effects of transfusion treatment," added Adams. The clinical alert calls for further research to identify and test therapies that will provide safe and effective protection from stroke with fewer side effects than transfusion.
Sickle cell anemia, the most common genetic blood disorder in the U.S., affects about 1 in 350 African-Americans and 1 in 1,000 Hispanic newborns every year. Patients with this disease have abnormal hemoglobin molecules in their red blood cells. The molecules damage the red cells, causing them to stick to blood vessel walls. This can lead to narrowed, or blocked, blood vessels in the brain, causing a stroke.
The participating centers in STOP II were:
Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati, OH;
Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, CA;
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles/UCLA; Los Angeles, CA;
Children's Hospital of New Orleans; Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA;
Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO;
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC;
Columbia University; New York, NY;
Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus, GA;
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC;
Emory University; Atlanta, GA;
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD;
Medical College of Georgia; Augusta, GA;
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C.;
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA;
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH;
Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center, Atlanta, GA;
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore; Baltimore, MD;
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN;
State University of New York-Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY;
The Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto, Ontario;
University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario;
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL;
University of Mississippi Medical Center Children's Hospital, Jackson, MS;
Note: the New England Research Institute, Watertown, MA, was the Data Coordinating Center
To interview an NHLBI spokesperson about the STOP II study, please call the NHLBI
Communications Office at 301-496-4236. To interview Dr. Adams, call Toni Baker at the Medical College of Georgia at 706-721-4421. The clinical alert is online at nhlbi.nih.
NHLBI is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Federal Government's primary agency for biomedical and behavioral research. NIH is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NHLBI press releases and fact sheets, including a fact sheet on sickle cell anemia, can be found online atnhlbi.nih
Sunday, December 5, 2004
NHLBI Communications Office
3:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (301) 496-4236
(12:00 a.m. midnight Pacific Standard Time)
On December 4- 5, call the ASH Press Room: (619) 525-6205
Note to Reporters: The American Society of Hematology will have a teleconference and press briefing on the STOP II trial on December 5 (8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon EST). STOP II will be one of 5 plenary sessions highlighted at the briefing. After the briefing, the phone lines will be opened for questions and answers. To access the briefing, call (800) 282-9233, code 2619. Please call 5-10 minutes before scheduled time.
Contact: NHLBI Communications Office
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Precaster Tindall announces the completion of a new 582-unit Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Miss., replacing one severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and demolished in late 2007. Tindall Mississippi Division, whose Biloxi waterfront plant was itself decimated in the storm (see photo below), furnished architectural cladding for the entire complex from a new plant in Moss Point. The contract consists of 1,075 white concrete panels, with minimal color variation, featuring architectural reveals and medium sandblast, averaging 15 ft. x 8 ft. x 6 in. each.
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A Penn Hills salt truck slid down an icy hill and collided with a homeowner's new car on Friday. Police said the salt truck appeared to have been backing down the steep road when the driver lost control.
The weight of the salt brought the vehicle down the hill -- narrowly missing a hydrant, but smashing into a parked car.
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We use assertions to check for illegal behaviour which just shouldn't happen if everything is working as it should be, such as using
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This is all very well when you write public functions since you can't trust that the programmer who will use them won't make a mistake. But what about private functions, which won't be accessible from the outside? Of course, the function which uses those private functions may contain a bug (i.e. you made a mistake), but should we always use assertions in private functions? Is there a line where we can say "Hey, we don't need an assertion here because due to previous assertions and usage of the private function, we can assume that the parameters are always safe"?
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#isaf – Ireland continues to be represented at the highest level in international sailing with The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) announcement of its new members of the ISAF Council, the final decision-making body of ISAF.
The new members of the ISAF Council were announced at the ISAF General Assembly in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.
The Council is chaired by the ISAF President Carlo Croce (ITA) and also includes the seven Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer (non-voting) who is yet to be confirmed, 28 representatives of ISAF Member National Authorities (MNAs) and one representative each from the the athletes' commission, ISAF Classes, Offshore sailing and Women's sailing.
In addition, the ISAF Presidents of Honour, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway and His Majesty King Constantine, are entitled to attend and participate in Council meetings although they do not hold a vote. The new Council members will serve a four-year term up until the ISAF General Assembly in November 2016.
The new members of the ISAF Council are:
President and Chairman – elected by ISAF MNAs at 2012 ISAF General Assembly
Carlo Croce (ITA)
Vice-Presidents – elected by ISAF MNAs at 2012 ISAF General Assembly
George Andreadis (GRE)
Chris Atkins (GBR)
Adrienne Greenwood (NZL)
Nazli Imre (TUR)
Gary Jobson (USA)
Quanhai Li (CHN)
W Scott Perry (URU)
Treasurer (non-voting)
To be appointed in due course.
It is the responsibility of the ISAF Council to manage the business of the International Sailing Federation. Ultimately, policy decisions within ISAF, including any amendments to the ISAF Regulations, are subject to the approval of the Council.
The ISAF Committee members, who are appointed primarily because of their expertise in a particular area, of the ISAF Council are required to represent their national viewpoint. Through this mechanism the process of ISAF's decision-making reaches it climax at the ISAF Council meeting. Council members exercise their vote based on the recommendations provided the expert ISAF Committees, the views of the Member Nations they represent and the requirement to have regard to the interests of the sport worldwide.
The new Council met for the first time on the final day of the 2012 ISAF Annual Conference. Following on from this meeting, one of the first tasks of the Council will be to confirm the appointment of ISAF Committee Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Committee members for 2013-2016.
The new Executive Committee first met on 11 November 2012 in Dun Laoghaire.
Council Representatives – appointed by ISAF MNAs
Group A – United Kingdom and Ireland~
Dick Batt (GBR)
John Crebbin (IRL)
Group B – Central Europe
Rolf Bahr (GER)
Marijan Hanzekovic (CRO)
Group C – East Europe
Tomasz Chamera (POL)
Kamen Fillyov (BUL)
Group D – South Europe
Jean Pierre Champion (FRA)
Dorith Stierler (ISR)
Totos Theodosiou (CYP)
Group E – Iberian Peninsula
Rafa Gonzalez (ESP)
Group F – Low Countries
Rob Franken (NED)
Group G –North Europe
Stig Hvide Smith (NOR)
Kurt Lonnqvist (FIN)
Group H – Euro-Asian
Georgy Shayduko (RUS)
Group I – Africa and Middle-East
Khalifa M Al-Sewaidi (QAT)
Group J – East Asia
Karl C Kwok (HKG)
Takao Otani (JPN)
Group K – South and Central Asia
Loh Kok Hua (SIN)
Group L – South West Pacific
Jan Dawson (NZL)
David Tillett (AUS)
Group M – South and West South America
Pablo Masseroni (ARG)
Group N – Central and East South America
Harry Adler (BRA)
Group O – North South America, Central American and Caribbean
Cary Lee Byerley (ANT)
Hector Duval (DOM)
Group P – North America
Gary Bodie (USA)
Peter Hall (CAN)
Cory Sertl (USA)
Group Q – Africa – South of the Sahara
Ross Robson (RSA)
ISAF Classes Representative – appointed by the International Classes Committee
Jeff Martin (GBR)
Oceanic and Offshore Sailing Representative – the Chairman of the ISAF
To be appointed in due course.
Women's Sailing
To be appointed in due course.
Athletes' Commission
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Last night, I stood in for Groklaw's Pamela Jones at the Louis Round Wilson Knowledge Trust Awards. PJ was taken ill at the last minute and since I've been accused of being her or of being half of her, I seemed like a natural standin for her. It helped a lot that PJ sent me a copy of her speech the night before. I'll link to it once it's up at the Knowledge Trust site.
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On February 4, the National Registry of Exonerations published its yearly report for 2013. The Registry, a joint project of the University of Michigan Law School and the Center for Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University Law School, collects information on exonerations that have occurred since 1989. The headlines on the new report (from the New York Times to NBC News to the Huffington Post) nearly all focused on one fact: 2013 saw 87 exonerations, the highest yearly total yet in any year since 1989.
This is a significant fact. But two other things in the report got less notice and deserve more.
First, for most people, "exoneration" is synonymous with "DNA exoneration." This is how the world looks, whether on television (think of CSI and its many clones) or in any news source. But this view doesn't reflect the real world. As the report points out, only about 21 percent of the exonerations in 2013 involved DNA (p. 6). Despite the impression one gets from the media, this has always been the case; of all of the exonerations since 1989, 72 percent were not based on DNA. And that difference seems to be increasing. In both 2012 and 2013, non-DNA exonerations increased significantly, while DNA exonerations decreased (p. 12).
The other fact that many in the media did not notice: for the last two years, the percentage of all exoneration cases resolved with the cooperation of the police or prosecutors has risen dramatically. In 2012, almost half of all the cases featured cooperation of the police or prosecutors in re-examining cases, leading to exoneration; the average percentage in all the years before (1989-2011) did not reach 30 percent. The trend continued this year, with almost police or prosecutors cooperating in almost 40 percent of all exonerations. (A few media organizations, such as Fox News, NPR, and the Christian Science Monitor, featured this fact in their headlines and/or stories.)
This is a very welcome and important development. While some exonerations have always come about with law enforcement cooperation, this was not the trend. Despite assurances from Scott Burns, executive director of the National District Attorneys Association that "we always did that, we just didn't" have a name for the process (see his quote here), the data on the last two years do show a greater willingness to re-examine old cases than in years past. According to Samuel Gross of the University of Michigan Law School, who edits the Registry, "the sharp, cold shower that DNA gave to the criminal justice system has made us realize that we have to re-examine" closed cases whether with DNA or not. That idea appears to be sinking on a much wider basis. And that is all to the good.


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Candler, North Carolina (high 72, low 54)
On Thursday, we started our day on the Blue Ridge Parkway, at a Visitor center, and after a short visit there, a few miles further was the Folk Art Center. Local artists sell their wares, and there were some beautiful items for sale. There was a gorgeous quilt on display, but unfortunately they didn't allow photos. One man was there making the nicest little whisk brooms. They were really well made and I appreciated the fact that he made them by hand, but I decided not to pay $20 for a whisk broom. It was a wonderful place to see local hand made crafts, but we left without buying any of the treasures. One thing about living in a motor home, is it keeps you from buying more "stuff."
Some parts of the Blue Ridge have more visitor centers and places to stop, but many areas have only scenic over looks. Restroom facilities need to be visited when you find one, because you might not find one for quite a while. This part of the parkway had a lot of visitor centers in one area, so stopped at them all, not wanting to miss anything. After our first few trips on the Parkway, we broke down and bought a $10 map. There are a lot of free ones, but they don't give you the mile markers, any of the roads to exit the parkway, or all the special places along the road. It was a good investment and one I'd recommend. It's nice to know the quickest way to exit the parkway. Just a reminder…don't exit on Highway 151, unless you're real brave! One more reminder, is start with a full tank of gas.
I wrote about our stop at Craggy Gardens Overlook in the last post. After we left there, we headed towards Mount Mitchell State Park, which wasn't too far.
You have to leave the Parkway and head up the mountain to get to the park. I was worried that the road up would be a narrow, scary, gravel road, but it wasn't. It was actually a very good road….except when we saw the 40 foot diesel pusher coming back down.
We started the ascent at over 6000 feet elevation. That was the highest we've even been at that point!
Not long after beginning our ascent up to the park, we started to notice the wonderful, sweet fragrance of the Red Spruce and Frazier Fir trees. They are the most beautiful trees.
I wish I could bottle the wonderful fragrance.
Unfortunately, for whatever reason the forest is dying. Some are saying it is air pollution and acid rain from the factories in the state. Others are saying it is a little insect called the Balsom Wooly Adelgid. Many of the larger trees have died and it's truly a shame because in my opinion, this is one of the most spectacular places I've ever seen. They have been spraying some sort of horticultural oil on the trees and we saw a lot of younger trees, so maybe that's a good sign.
Oh….the fragrance.….try to imagine!
Aren't these the most beautiful trees?
This is not your normal state park. The highlight seems to be the scenic overlook. There is a restaurant and a snack bar, and 9 tent camping sites, but no rv sites. Not sure I'd want to take our motorhome up the mountain anyway.
There was a sign saying "fee area" ahead, but we never found a place to pay or any type of gate.
We parked the truck and then walked the steep path up to the scenic overlook.
In the picture below in the upper center, you can see some of the dead trees…..but this area was particularly fragrant, and while I was gasping for air, I was enjoying the sweet smell.
Since we started this uphill climb at over 6000 feet elevation, we could really feel it. There were benches placed all along the path.
We finally made it to the top. This will be the highest point we will be until we head west.
The view from the overlook was spectacular, but like any area that's so large, it's very hard to capture it on "film."
The dark areas were from the clouds above.
It was a little cool up there.
You could see for miles in all directions and it was all gorgeous. North Carolina is truly a beautiful state.
We reluctantly left the overlook and walked back down the trail to the parking lot. I took a few minutes to try to burn that memory into my brain…. the sights and smells. I think I will need to go back there again before we leave though, just to be sure I can pull up that memory whenever I want to.
Despite all the dead trees, it's still a magnificent place and one well worth the trip.
When we left, as usual, we were nearing the end of the day, we were in the middle of the Blue Ridge Parkway, not near the road off of the parkway, so we decided we'd better head home.
I think this was the best day we've had since we've been in North Carolina. Craggy Gardens and Mount Mitchell….what a day.


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The family of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has endorsed three candidates for the university's Board of Trustees who have the backing of an alumni group that has been critical of how university leaders handled the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
A letter from Paterno's son David Paterno dated Saturday and posted on the website of Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship urges alumni "to follow (the group's) lead'' in online voting for three alumni-elected seats that begins Wednesday.
The group has endorsed candidates Edward Brown, Barbara Doran and William Oldsey from the 39-candidate field. Group spokeswoman Maribeth Roman Schmidt said Monday the letter was posted over the weekend.
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The letter also distanced the family from incumbent and former football player Paul Suhey, who was on the board in November 2011 when trustees fired Joe Paterno days after Sandusky's arrest. Paterno died two months later at age 85. Sandusky was convicted last summer of abusing several boys, some on Penn State's campus, but has insisted he's innocent.
Eleven former players wrote a letter to fellow ex-players last month campaigning against Suhey, a 1979 team captain. He responded with a statement in which he mentioned that "Joe Paterno taught us the importance of integrity'' and that Suhey knew he was making a "stunningly unpopular decision'' but still believed he made the right choice for the university he loved.
David Paterno wrote in the letter that Suhey is "actually trying to use our family name to suggest that you can trust him."
"Penn State does need to restore its credibility and we understand why someone would invoke Joe's name to do that,'' the letter says. "For the record, we are not close to Paul Suhey and do not endorse him.''
He said of greater importance was working for the university's future.
"The people currently there who did not take their responsibility seriously in 2011 did so because Penn State was not their priority,'' said the letter given to Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship. The group says it has 18,000 members and describes itself as an alumni watchdog.
The campaign has exposed a rift in the Penn State football family. Suhey, in a statement Monday night said the Paterno family's "continued personal attacks'' were disappointing, but that he wasn't surprised. He said the candidates endorsed in the letter were strictly focused on issues related to Joe Paterno.
"These attacks have no place at Penn State. They continue to distract from the serious issues our university faces,'' Suhey said. Students and employees at the school deserved "a board committed to making sound and forward-thinking business and strategic decisions.''
Nine of the seats on the 32-member board are elected by alumni, with three seats up for election each year. Besides Suhey, the other incumbent, vice chair Stephanie Deviney, also is running for re-election.
The third opening fills the vacancy left when Steve Garban resigned last year. Garban was the chairman when Paterno was fired.
Voting for the alumni seats ends May 2, the day state agricultural groups hold their election for two other seats on the board.
One of the incumbents, Keith Eckel, is seeking re-election. The other incumbent, former state agriculture secretary Samuel Hayes, was not among the three agricultural candidates, including Eckel, listed on a school website for the May election.
Eckel and Hayes were board members in November 2011. A school spokesman said Monday that Hayes had informed agricultural organizations in late February that he was not running again.


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Continuing in our long-standing tradition (aka yesterday) of Watch This, Play This are three pieces of entertainment to stave off that bitter Valentine's Day loneliness, or that romantic dinner you totally forgot to plan but that you promised your significant other you would. Oops.
WATCH: Kicking off this Valentine's Day is a video of Jimmy Hopkins professing his very creepy desire for, well, just about any and every girl at Bullworth Academy.
WATCH: Jimmy Fallon astutely declares Curt Schilling as a "nerdy nerd."
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WATCH: When Toy Fair demos go awesome. A part 2 from our venture to the New York Toy Fair this past Sunday.