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Marine at war robbed of everything
Thieves struck while away in Afghanistan; vets offer help
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To provide assistance for Marines in need, contact any Marine Corps League detachment. Locations can be found at
Staten Island detachment No. 1, which is assisting Gunnery Sgt. Jamie Hammond, is at 46 Ontario Ave., Staten Island, N.Y. 10301; phone (718) 447-2306.
It had been a tough year to begin with. Then Gunnery Sgt. Jamie Hammond discovered that just about everything she owned except the desert camouflage on her back was stolen while she was in Afghanistan.
All her other Marine Corps uniforms, including the ones she got at boot camp 13 years ago. Her baby spoon. Fossils collected with her grandfather. The safe filled with tax returns and other important documents. Bedding, snowboard, shoes.
Everything, gone.
Hammond, a comptroller chief with Camp Pendleton's 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan, had returned for a conference. The day before her flight back to the war zone, she stopped by Cube Smart in Vista on Nov. 30 to drop off some gear.
"When I lifted the door to my storage unit, I was in utter shock, disbelief, panic and rage. All of the items I had acquired during my childhood and adult life were stolen from me," Hammond recalled in an email. "It is still hard to comprehend the loss."
When her yearlong tour ends, it will really sink in, "since there is nothing to unpack."
The thieves pilfered about $25,000 worth of her possessions; insurance will reimburse her for $2,000, Hammond said. They also charged on her cards, passed her checks to an identity theft ring and tried to obtain a fraudulent mortgage.
"They stole her damn underwear!" fumed Neil Kenny, 63, of Staten Island, N.Y., and a Marine veteran of the 1968 siege of Khe Sanh, Vietnam.
Kenny, who had met Hammond and her husband several years earlier, persuaded his Marine Corps League detachment to help defray the costs of replacing the uniforms. He and his wife will help out with pots and pans and the like when Hammond returns.
Sean Torres Sr., commandant of Staten Island detachment No. 1, said they set aside $2,500 for Hammond out of their donations for Marines in need. The money will soon be on the way.
"I thought it was kind of rotten it happened around Christmas time. Nobody should have to go through this," Torres said. "We felt by getting her the funds as quick as we could, maybe it would save the holiday season for her a little bit."
Master Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva, public affairs chief for the force headquartered at Camp Pendleton, helped the league verify the story with personnel overseas. He was touched that the Marine veterans intervened.
"Your willingness to assist is humbling," Oliva told Torres. "These are the sort of instances that remind our young Marines what sort of legacy they are part of."
Kenny met Hammond and her husband, Staff Sgt. Matt Hammond, when the couple was stationed on the East Coast.
"Gunny Hammond is my hero," Kenny said. "This girl has overcome more in her life than most people are capable of."


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If you've been following the story about Rob Sutter's '59, you'll know that his friend and business partner Bob Yeoman "stole" Rob's car out from under him to repay a large favor and replace the way-too-radical former dragster engine with a perfectly-streetable crate 350 from GM Performance Parts. The project escalated, as these things so often do, into a wholesale transformation into a resto-mod C1, complete with state-of-the-art steering, suspension, and brakes. In our last installment we detailed the installation of a trick monoleaf fiberglass rear spring from Vette Brakes & Products, adjustable QA1 rear shocks, rear sway bar courtesy of Jim Meyer Racing, and the crowning glory, a rear disc brake setup from Stainless Steel Brakes Corp. to match those they supplied for the front.
With all of the drivetrain and steering and suspension upgrades, Bob just couldn't return the car to Rob with tattered upholstery, inoperative gauges, and other time-worn interior parts. So the call went out to long-time CF advertisers for the pieces and services needed to make the '59 look as good as it runs.
Our friends at Corvette Central stepped up to the plate and provided a full interior kit-pretty much everything except a dash pad cover, since the replacement installed some 30 years ago was still in as-new condition. Corvette Central supplied new seat covers, carpets, interior door trim with door reflectors and kick panel inserts, even new door and lock handles. Plus, they were kind enough to supply a full set of weatherstrips for the convertible top, and a new trunk weatherstrip for good measure.
Brian Tilles and his team at Corvette Specialties of Maryland eagerly took on the task of restoring the gauge cluster since gauge restoration is one of their, well, specialties. They've got years and years of experience, along with special tools and procedures for rebuilding, refinishing, and calibrating Corvette gauges, and you can see some of the steps they take in the accompanying sidebar.
A complement of carefully-crafted wiring harnesses came courtesy of M & H Electric Fabricators, including a new main dash harness, an engine compartment harness, a rear lighting harness, plus headlight extension and generator harnesses as well. These excellent reproduction harnesses fit like factory, and were a welcome replacement for the 50 year-old originals that had suffered the pocket knife-and-electrical tape fate so common in older Vettes. The new main harness included a new, nicely-integrated fuse block so there was no need to re-use the potentially problematic original with all of our nice, new harnesses. And with our newly-reconditioned gauge cluster, we didn't want to risk damage, or smoke-or worse-with the original, oft-repaired harness. The new wiring was cheap insurance, and offered great peace of mind.
To complete the IFS/R&P setup from Flaming River Products which was covered in a previous story in this series, Gary Gardner and his crew at Gardner's Automotive installed Flaming River's steering column kit, which includes a column complete with turn signal switch and wiring, along with a heavy-duty steering shaft with beautiful billet U-joints, and machined firewall cover plates for both the engine compartment and cockpit sides. A machined adapter allows for installation of a reduced-diameter look-alike steering wheel from Corvette Central that simulates the look of the factory wheel but with a smaller diameter that allows for more leg room while enhancing the feel of the wheel. Plus, the reduced diameter wheel works in perfect harmony with the lower steering effort required by the R&P setup.

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My sister sent me this this link from the English newspaper, The Guardian. Evidently, during a hailstorm, these blue balls fell on the lawn of an Englishman in Dorset.
"They were almost impossible to pick up, they were very jelly-like. I had to get a spoon and flick them into a jam jar. They had an exterior shell with a soft inside. They only landed in our garden in an area of a couple of hundred square metres."
Aliens? A sinister government plot gone very wrong? Chemicals from an airplane toilet?
Where is scientific thinking when we need it? Occam's razor would suggest that this is not aliens, just something ordinary, right?
And among the comments is confirmation that the answer is simple:
"I work at Bournemouth Uni applied sciences - Some samples just did the rounds in our offices and there is a reason this guy only found them in his garden, not his roof, or on the road etc
The blue mystery marbles are.......... garden hydration gel balls. They're going to be analysed as a exercise in university PR. But safe to say our alien overlords have not landed just yet."
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Jet Set Radio final tracklist confirmed
The Jet Set Radio Soundtrack has been a much discussed feature of the upcoming Dreamcast re-release. The original game featured such a range of classic tracks, a range of unique and different tracks that matched the new cell shaded art style and fresh concept. So in bringing the game back to modern platforms, it was clear what Sega needed to do – bring the entire soundtrack back!
Confirmed tracks:
By Hideki Naganuma (SEGA)
"Grace and Glory"
"Humming the Bassline"
"Let Mom Sleep"
"Moody's Shuffle"
"Rock It On"
"Sweet Soul Brother"
"That's Enough"
By Guitar Vader
"Super Brothers"
"Magical Girl"
By Deavid Soul
"Dunny Boy Williamson Show"
"Miller Ball Breakers"
"On the Bowl (A.Fargus Remix)"
"Up-Set Attack"
Also including:
"Electric Tooth Brush" by Toronto
"Everybody Jump Around" by Richard Jacques
"OK House" by Idol Taxi
"Bout the City" by Reps
"Funky Radio" by B.B. Rights
"Mischievous Boy" by Castle Logical
"Yellow Bream" by F-Fields
"Just Got Wicked" by Cold
"Dragula" by Rob Zombie
"Slow" by Professional Murder Music
"Improvise" by Jurassic 5
"Patrol Knob" by Mixmaster Mike
"Recipe for the Perfect Afro" by Feature Cast
"Funky Plucker" by Semi Detached
Jet Set Radio is coming to Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC Digital download this summer! Will you be reliving the classic?


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Owning a condo (which can be an apartment, a townhome, or even a house) may seem like the easier and more affordable route for many reasons. However, if you don't do your research you could end up in the middle of a disaster! Here is a condo buying checklist: important questions you should ask and things to research before you decide whether to buy a condominium in the Seattle area.
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Created by Robert Hardy Andrews,
Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
was one of the first and most memorable of the adventure radio serials. Running from 1933 to 1951, it featured the resourceful high school student on a dizzying collection of adventures that spanned the globe. He often accompanied Colonel Jim Fairfield, an aviation industrialist, and Fairfield's brave niece and nephew Betty and Billy on their travels. Backing them up was two-fisted Vic Hardy, a brilliant scientist and sleuth.
Now, for the first time, one of the
Jack Armstrong
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Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77
from the 1946 James Jewell production — a serial for which none of the original recordings exist. Jeff is known for his strong narrative, which gives this story an authentic flavor.
In the post-war world, danger is not always so easy to see. But Jack Armstrong identifies it in the form of Dr. Romago, a unscrupulous
scientist who abandoned his native United States before the war. After being mysteriously missing for several years, Romago has returned — and he is after the secret of U-77.
What is U-77, and why does Dr. Romago seek it? Jack can only guess. But he
know that if Romago wants it, he can't be permitted to have it. Accompanied by his loyal friends, Uncle Jim, Betty and Billy Fairfield, Jack and Vic Hardy head down to the Sea Islands off the Southern Atlantic coast, where Romago has been driving away the local fishermen through his underling, Pachino the Eel, a gangster who has crossed paths with scientist Vic Hardy before.
Aboard his schooner,
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Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77
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Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77
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Chapter 1: Mystery Telegram
Chapter 2: The Set-Up
Chapter 3: Secret Sanctuary
Chapter 4: The Mysterious Mr. Hardy
Chapter 5: Red for Danger
Chapter 6: U-Seven-Seven
Chapter 7: Taken
Chapter 8: Noble Cause
Chapter 9: Dead Ahead
Chapter 10: Voice from the Grave
Chapter 11: Deadly Verse
Chapter 12: The Eel's Man
Chapter 13: A Town Called Thunderbolt
Chapter 14: Fish, Not Out of Water
Chapter 15: The Laughing Boy
Chapter 16: Double-Cross
Chapter 17: Hanging by a Thread
Chapter 18: Pencils of Death
Chapter 19: Fire in the Night
Chapter 20: Into the Unknown
Chapter 21: Deal With the Devil
Chapter 22: Back in Black
Chapter 23: "U-Seven-Seven Is …."
Chapter 24: The Fisherman Who Cried Wolf
Chapter 25: Face to Face With Death
Chapter 26: Anthony Carillo
Chapter 27: Sea Trap
Chapter 28: The Last Word
Chapter 29: Rescue Mission
Chapter 30: Danger Island
Chapter 31: P for Plutonium
Chapter 32: The Eel That Was a Peacock
Chapter 33: Vic Hardy Teaches Class
Chapter 34: Flight of the Bumblebee
Chapter 35: Catch of the Day
Chapter 36: Hans and Gretel
Chapter 37: Death, Black as Ink
Chapter 38: Loose Lips
Chapter 39: Troubled Waters
Chapter 40: Counter Radar
Chapter 41: Night Moves
Chapter 42: The Wreck of the U-Seventy-Seven
Chapter 43: Death at Forty Fathoms
Chapter 44: Ships in the Night
Chapter 45: The Gray Ghost
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Doc Savage
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During the usually prolonged project car gestation period there are a gaggle of calamities that likely occur at the most inopportune time, but a myocardial infarction isn't usually on the checklist. But life is nothing if not uncertain. That heart attack business? Real. Serious. Mark Lengal? Real. Serious.
"Since the start of this build, during the past seven years [my wife and] I have had twins, built a new garage, remodeled the house and even brushed with death." His devoted buddy Mike McGinnis and he were about to leave for the upholsterer's shop in Nebraska to pick up the finished car and debut it at the Goodguys Columbus event. "We were getting the truck ready for the drive [from Stewartstown, Pennsylvania] and I was having major chest pains. My wife called 911," Mark said. "After I left for the hospital, Mike finished the truck, cleaned my shop, and even fed my cat." Mark was out of action for three weeks.
From the very beginning, he realized that the plan wouldn't come to fruition without outside help and attention from others like Mike, and for that he is deeply appreciative. Despite the contributions by this small army of mercy, more than seven years passed before the cake was fully baked.
Mark bought his '69 at the Carlisle Spring Swap Meet in 2004. He drove it home … and played with it until the following Thanksgiving, but that weekend he tore into it and had the shell twirling on the spit by Sunday evening.
Seven years ago, his plan was to build a luxury muscle car, and in the original vision it was going to be a big-block clone, but it all came back to bite him on the heinie. According to Mark, planning and making decisions was a big issue and one that would eventually deplete his wallet pocket. He charged ahead. He began sourcing parts. He stumbled onto lateral-g.net. What he found rocked him like a small nuclear detonation and the experience changed his outlook irrevocably. He was astounded at what the Pro Touring faction was doing and was amazed at the number of suppliers already dedicated to the proposition. Because of this, he ended up selling a lot of stuff he'd already bought for the big-block clone.
His army of mercy was substantial, though. Mark: "I have to hand it to lateral-g.net for showing me the light. Ben Hermance for helping me put the whole idea on paper. Frank Serafine of Prodigy Customs helped plan the build and guided me. Tracey Weaver at the Recovery Room made the car his pet project for the year. Mike Redpath of MuscleRodz used the Camaro to develop several news parts. Steve Dembinski (Hot Rods by Steve, Farmingdale, New Jersey) wrangled the rims and the rubber. Chuck Greason owns the local MAACO and let me use it for the paint session—37 hours, no sleep. Dave Rosengrant took over the spray gun when I began to fold. I spent the next two months doing the wet sanding and polish. Scott Spicer (Spicer Motors, Middletown, Maryland) was my around-the-corner parts store. He took a week and guided me through most of the wiring. Tony Rose (in Oregon) was my Stainless Works dealer. He knew the street scene score. Shannon Odom at Modo Innovations (Krum, Texas) gets props for the custom pedals, trunk, and door locks. And Jeff Schoenfelt, who welded in the new floor and quarter-panels."
His time on the websites taught the importance of the preview, the battle plan as it were, a rendering that would look more or less like the finished piece. He got with Ben Hermance (Hermance Design) for the throwdown. Mark worked it. "We went through 18 different designs before I was ready to make a decision," Mark said. "About three days before the paint was to go on, I called Ben to say that I needed something on the sides to break up all the light green. He came up with a reversed hockey stripe." Then Mark commenced with the Ford Fusion Moss Green application.


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"This sport is my drug, it is my high, my leap from a perfectly good airplane with only a parachute tied to my back." Yeah, Taner Bosnali is hardcore. As the reigning two-time LTX Shootout Modified Power Adder champion and the only 8-second six-speed manual equipped LT1 in the world, Taner's Camaro SS needs no long introduction to explain its significance or to tell you why it's awesome. Of course, we wouldn't just stick an 8-second race car in GMHTP and call it good. Sure, running 8's is one thing, but what really makes this car stand out is the fact that Taner street drives it on a regular basis, has ran an 8.97 at 155 mph on nitrous, and competes all over the country in various events while having a blast doing it. "The car has been built with the intent of remaining a driveable pump gas street car. It has been to 3 Hot Rod Pump Gas drag events, placed runner-up in the NMCA True Street class and won the 2009/2010 LTX Shootout Modified Power Adder class along with the six-speed title." We told you he was hardcore...
Believe it or not, the foundation for Taner's 8-second rocket is actually an original LT1 block, although it has been bored and stroked to 399 cubic-inches and stuffed with excellent internal hardware from JE, Callies, and Oliver. "Bryan Harshaw, of Harshaw Racing Engines, built a stout LT1. With the bottles turned on, there isn't anything driveline related that hasn't been destroyed including inputs, outputs, ring and pinions, pressure plates, etc." A lot of that driveline killing power comes from the 11.4:1 compression slugs and the "top secret" camshaft, but you can bet that Taner and Bryan have a couple of extra tricks up their sleeve when it comes to keeping everything "on kill." Up top, Taner relies on a pair of Erik Bradby ported AFR cylinder heads and a Super Victor intake manifold to bring in the lethal mixture of air, fuel, and nitrous, the latter of which comes from a custom "home plumbed" fogger kit and a ZEX perimeter plate. We asked Taner about the total amount of nitrous involved, he only said "Lots of spray..." but we can guarantee you that it is a substantial amount to run the number.
Besides the intricate nitrous plumbing, the rest of the engine bay is stuffed with all of the trick goodies you would expect to see on an 8-second Camaro, including a billet "Ultimate Opti" front mount distributor, a FAST 2000-cfm carb-style throttle body and a set of custom 17?8-inch Lemons long-tube headers that exhale through a set of 4-inch bullet mufflers on the track or an original SLP "Two on the Left" exhaust for street duty. "To mask the giant throttle body, I turned to Matt Kars for some custom SMC bodywork. Not wanting to wreck the look of the factory SS hood, we decided to stretch the cowl area back 4-inches to hide the modifications to the cowl as well as what lies beneath." And, since this is still a real street car, the cowl modifications even included keeping the windshield wipers in place, which is a slick and subtle modification that really takes this car to the next level.
Behind the 399 cubic-inch LT1 sits a custom hybrid McLeod Street Twin clutch that was built for Taner to accept an LS-style bearing and sit inside an SFI-approved LS-style bellhousing. The serious bellhousing isn't just to pass tech though, Taner actually had a pressure plate come apart in October of 2007 and the resulting shrapnel managed to break several of his toes along with the Camaro's radiator, distributor and a tire. In typical lighthearted fashion, Taner told us that the upside to the catastrophic explosion was that "the trans came out really easy that time. Four bolts and it was out!" Aft of the clutch sits a Liberty Gears built T56 six-speed manual transmission that features OEM factory components and custom faceplate work by Liberty. "After struggling for years to keep the transmission alive, buying aftermarket gear sets rated for 1,200 hp, with no success, I turned to Craig Liberty at Liberty Gears. When the transmission went in for a check up [after 2 years of abuse] it came out with a clean bill of health, which was nice to see."


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Natalie's passions include cats, communication and Cape Town.
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Building on the esteemed reputation of the Art Students League of New York, the League Residency at Vyt provides support to emerging, established, and teaching artists by bringing them together with masters and colleagues for intensive focus through an international residency program. Affectionately known as "Vyt," the property was a gift from the family of Modernist artist and League instructor Vaclav Vytlacil. A meeting place for artists from around the world, the League Residency at Vyt encourages you to hone your art making in a spacious and pastoral setting. Click here for application information.
Set on fifteen wooded acres in the Lower Hudson Valley – just 24 miles north of the cultural center of New York City – Vyt enables Residents to craft their own mix of focused work, community with other residents, studio conversations with visiting artists and critics, and inspiration from New York's museums and galleries.
Since its opening in 2007, the League Residency at Vyt has hosted more than 380 artists from around the world including Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, Ireland, Japan, Nigeria, South Africa, and Thailand and the United Kingdom. Located near the historic hamlet, Sparkill, the campus is also surrounded by the well-known Hudson River Valley villages of Piermont and Nyack.
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Four Residents are housed in our new Residence Hall, an ADA compliant live/work facility completed in 2010. With sleeping and cooking areas as well as bathrooms in each residence room, studio space is included with living quarters in two units while the other two units share a large studio separate from their living quarters.
The House contains a library, office and public restrooms as well as exhibition space in the Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery.
The League Residency at Vyt is supported by grants from the Sara and Yasuo Kuniyoshi Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (2012), the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and the Ruth Katzman Scholarship Fund in loving memory of her parents, Lilian and Max Katzman.
Applications for limited, merit-based, competitive scholarships are open to professional, emerging, and teaching artists over the age of 18 from the U.S. and abroad.


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The only real reason of why Nelson should shave or at least trim his beard is because he looks like a fat homeless bum. But unfortunately he seems proud of his unhealthy eating and of his look.
And before someone comes and says stuff like "This is not a model contest, he can look how he wants", just know that in most jobs, you come looking like that and you will get a warning.
But whatever, we live in a time where it is much easier to say "I know that I am out of shape, but fuck it, the important part of a person is the inside", than doing an effort of eating properly and doing some cardio to look better.


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Coach Betsy Hipple begins her tenth season as Head Coach of the CMS Athenas. Starting with her inaugural 2006 campaign, she quickly built the program into a perennial SCIAC contender.
|CMS takes a shot at first place into the last weekend of play, ultimately finishing second in conference.
|CMS advances to the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history.
Hipple came to CMS from Hunter College, City University of New York. In five seasons there, she led the team to three CUNYAC titles ('02, '03, '05), three CUNYAC tournament titles ('01, '02, '03) and into the NCAA Championships three times ('01, '02, '03). She was named CUNYAC Coach of the Year three times ('01, '02, '03). She coached multiple all conference players, pitchers of the year, and players of the year. These accomplishments are of particular note given that Hunter College did not have a home field for either practice or competition. All training was done in a gym and a local City of New York field was used to host teams from out of town.
Coach Hipple is an avid student of the game. She attends camps, clinics, and workshops whenever possible and has earned the highest rank of 4-star Master Coach, completing the entire NFCC Master Coach Program. The NFCC (National Fastpitch Coaches College) master coach program offers an eight course, ½-star per course progression for softball coaches examining all facets of the game under the guidance of the most successful coaches in the sport.
Coach Hipple and the Athenas share their knowledge and love of the game with local youth teams during clinics they offer throughout the year to serve the community. Remembering how they felt watching "the big girls" play, the Athenas bring a huge enthusiasm to these clinics teaching and bonding with their young trainees.
Prior to entering collegiate coaching, Hipple led Outward Bound courses with adjudicated and at-risk youth for almost ten years. An outgrowth of this work led her to corporate leadership consulting for several years before attending graduate school at the University of Utah. Master's degree in hand, Hipple left to fulfill another lifelong dream and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer for two and a half years in Malawi, Africa.
A native of Gainesville, Florida, Hipple started her coaching career with a 12U basketball team in a local church league. Coaching highlights since then have been many. Among the most memorable was organizing an all-day practice session for the 2004 U.S. Olympic softball team during the 'Aiming to Athens' tour.
In addition to coaching the softball team, Hipple is an Associate Professor of Physical Education at CMS and teaches two Fitness courses each Fall. She coordinates the CMS Women's Volleyball Team games management, acting behind the scenes to ensure the smooth operation of CMS Volleyball home matches.
Coach Hipple lives in Claremont. She moved her mother from Knoxville, TN to Claremont in 2007 and took care of her during a tragic decline due to dementia. Marjorie Hipple died in April, 2014. Coach Hipple's niece, Samantha Steitz, is a 2011 Scripps College graduate majoring in Piano Performance. Since graduation, Samantha started her own Piano Studio (Suzuki Method) in Pasadena. One of her nephews, Jeffrey Steitz, is a 2013 Claremont McKenna College graduate, dual majoring in Econ-Accounting at CMC and Piano Performance at Scripps. Since graduation, Jeffrey started the global t-shirt company, Serengetee. Her youngest nephew, Maxwell Steitz, will be a senior at the Lab School in New York City, and Coach Hipple is hoping he also chooses to come to college in Claremont.


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We took the beloved ornamentation of classic antique furniture design and pared it back to its essential qualities, capturing each in a deliberately stylized manner. The resulting collection has a refined sense of style that beautifully suits the changing needs and ever-more-worldly tastes of those coming into their own.
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Stories from people who were children during World War II and the objects in this exhibit animate the past and inform us of a time when war took over daily life. "Retrospect is a very interesting thing," says Ruthie Kallnder. "At the time I don't recall any of the information we got as being propaganda," but the government tried to influence children to make "necessary" sacrifices. Propagandists made the war a battle between good and evil, democracy and fascism. They also asked children to share in the war effort. In response, many children took on more responsibilities. Ruthie explains that boys and girls felt "if that's what it was going to take" to win they "were willing to do it." The memories of the people in this exhibit and their wartime actions show the power of propaganda's messages and its lasting affect on their lives. Propaganda posters, children's books, and classroom assignments demonstrate how propagandists reached children and involved them in the national war effort.
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On the outside, the Capitol remained largely unchanged during this period. Inside, however, various artistic projects were undertaken to improve the Capitol's interior. In the rotunda, Constantino Brumidi began painting the 300-foot-long frieze in 1878 with scenes from American history. Sculpture was originally intended for the frieze, but Brumidi was able to achieve a similar effect with paint.
After the death of Vice President Henry Wilson in 1875, the Senate commissioned a bust of its deceased presiding officer (the vice president is President of the Senate), displaying it in the room where Wilson had died. This launched a program to commission busts of all former vice presidents for the Senate wing. The House, in a similar tribute to its history, began commissioning oil portraits of former Speakers in 1911.
When Congress commissioned this statue from Ream in 1866, she was only 18 years old.
Architect of the Capitol
Constantino Brumidi designed this scene in the rotunda frieze but died before it was painted. Brumidi's work was completed by Filippo Costaggini in 1889. A final section was designed and painted by Allyn Cox in 1952–1953.
Photograph © 1993 Fred J. Maroon
Wilson served as vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875.
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A congressman from Ohio, Keifer was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883.
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Remembering Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, a former Brooklyn Jewish housewife turned Guru, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer last week at her home, Kashi Ashram, an interfaith spiritual community, which she founded 35 years ago in the central Florida town of Sebastian. A memorial service will be held at Kashi Ashram on Ma's birthday, May 26, and will be open to the public.
Thousands followed Ma's teachings and way of life through a network of affiliated communities and charities throughout the globe. As actress Julia Roberts said, "There are a few people in one's life that create only the warmest and most powerfully positive impact imaginable. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati was one of those people to me and my family. She was a beautiful person who shined with love and understanding in all ways. Kashi Ashram was created out of her devotion to all who sought her wisdom and ideas. Her transition was deeply sad news and yet, as with all she did, it has brought me even closer to her words and her teachings. May we all look upon one another with loving kindness in her name and in the memory of all Mothers who love and teach us all."
Founded by Ma in 1976, Kashi Ashram blends Eastern and Western philosophies. The Ashram sits on 80 acres at the banks of the St. Sebastian River and has dozens of temples and shrines to many diverse religions and spiritual paths. People from all walks of life are welcome and embraced at Kashi and encouraged to worship and coexist in harmony. Kashi Ashram affiliates have been opened in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Santa Fe.
Ma was the founder of Kashi Church Foundation, The River School, The River Fund, Kashi School of Yoga, the Village of Kashi, and By the River affordable senior housing. Her present and past affiliations include Trustee Emeritus of the Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions, Advisory Board Member of Equal Partners in Faith, Advisory Board Member of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy, Advisory Board Member of the Gardner's Syndrome Association, Delegate to the United Religions Initiative, Member of the Board of Directors of the AIDS care organization Project Response, and member of the Parliament's General Assembly. Ma also founded orphan centers in Uganda and India.
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If Fox Sports 1 and the UFC were hoping for a memorable launch night, they got it with UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen. The card was among the most entertaining top-to-bottom in UFC history, featuring amazing performances, great finishes, massive upsets and tremendous action.
Topping the list of the unexpected was Chael Sonnen beating Mauricio Rua in the night's main event. The unexpected wasn't a Sonnen win -- he was only a small underdog -- it was the way he did it. He quickly scored a takedown, Shogun got up and got a takedown of his own, but he never disengaged from the wrestling game Sonnen wanted to play, getting taken down again and eventually submitted via a guillotine.
Sonnen isn't supposed to submit a guy like Rua, he's supposed to grind him down over the full fight.
I don't know what else to say about it really. Shogun had no real chance to get anything done, he was simply not ready for the way this fight went down, all too comfortable engaging in a wrestling battle he couldn't win.
Sonnen then called out Wanderlei Silva, but I'd much rather see Sonnen face Vitor Belfort in a bout with so much TRT that it can only possibly be held on a barge in international waters.
Alistair Overeem simply lacks something that he needs to be the fighter he is supposed to be. He has the physical tools to be the best heavyweight in the world, but he doesn't seem to have the head to protect himself against dangerous heavyweights. He stops defending himself and gets blasted, it has happened twice now with Travis Browne front kicking him and finishing him with strikes on the ground.
The Browne loss actually makes Overeem one of the biggest busts in UFC history. He had some really questionable drug test stuff happen before he fought Brock Lesnar, then he beat that shell of Lesnar, then failed a drug test, came back to get KO'ed by Bigfoot Silva and now was KO'ed by Travis Browne. Overeem was supposed to be a PPV draw, long-time heavyweight champion/contender, not a guy who legitimately should not even sniff the top 10.
Urijah Faber is an incredible success story. He was champion for an extended time and despite losing the title and aging (something that tends to take a bigger toll on smaller fighters) he still is clearly one of the absolute best fighters in the world in his division. He might never have another title run, but he's not going away any time soon. It looked bad at the start of his bout with Yuri Alcantara, getting thrown and mounted, but he survived and then wore Alcantara out, dominating the second and third.
Matt Brown is on an incredible run. He has won six fights in a row, at least four of them over legitimate "tough opposition" including tonight's brutal knockout of Mike Pyle. Brown has been one of the most consistently entertaining fighters in the UFC for years and now he's on a somewhat shocking run that has him legitimately able to be talked about as a title challenger.
Fun fact: the six fighters Brown has beat on this streak have a combined record in their last four fights of 18-6.
Uriah Hall was booed again and lost on top of it. The fight was not exactly exciting and the two engaged in a weird crowd hype/high five segment with half a minute left in a fight that was clearly going to be close on the scorecards. it led to Dana White tweeting that it was horrible and "high five fight of the night! WTF!" I guess the UFC's brief love affair with Hall as the future of the division is over.
Michael Johnson has finally delivered on the talk of him as a monster in the gym. Over the past year he has finally looked comfortable in the cage and his striking has taken massive jumps forward. He thrashed Joe Lauzon tonight. To the point where people decided Lauzon had to be sick or injured. No doubt Lauzon's history of brutally tough fights may have caught up to him, but Johnson was crisp, quick and accurate. He also threw in combination with regularity.
Michael McDonald put on one of the most impressive fights in recent memory against Brad Pickett. Pickett is no joke and McDonald beat him up from the opening bell until locking in the triangle that finished the fight. McDonald is only 22 years old, he's had a title shot but he has so much upside that it's hard to not get excited thinking about how good he could be in a few years.
Speaking of upside, Conor McGregor shut up some of his doubters tonight, really dominating Max Holloway. McGregor thought he hurt his knee during the fight so he stopped his aggressive striking game and just wrestled his way to the win. The skills he showed on the ground made it seem that he has been addressing the one big question about his game. He has a ton of hype behind him, but I hope that doesn't mean that they rush him to fights he isn't ready for. If given time he might develop into the force they're hoping.
Again, this was one of the best nights of fights in UFC history and there's no way to consider it anything other than a success. The ratings will be interesting when they come in, but the fighters did their part to provide an exciting experience for the viewer.


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"Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" is an axiom that's been bantered about by car manufacturers for some time now. In short, it's a correlation between winning at the racetrack and sales at the dealership. After all, everyone loves a winner, and even guys (mostly) who don't plan on hitting any sort of track, like the idea of driving a ride that is capable of running on and kicking ass at the track.
This concept of adapting race car type parts to "average Joe" cars has been around a long time. Heck, it's the reason we have a Z28 Camaro, and in that same vein, there's the 1LE option. It started back in 1985 with the Canadian Players Challenge racing series where they ran all out for 30-45 minutes. No pit stops, no excuses. The cars were showroom stock, which meant that other than wheels, tires, and shocks, they had to run the way they were sold from the dealership. The bad news for the third-gen Camaros was that from the showroom they had brakes that could politely be considered awful, which were lucky to even be functional after 40 minutes of racing. Due to this, GM of Canada began begging the corporate office to offer up some sort of track-capable braking system. Here in the States things weren't much better, with the Camaro routinely getting trounced by Mustangs in the IMSA and SCCA autocross, road racing, and Pro Solo events.
It was GM brake parts engineer Phil Minch who got things rolling. He figured out the Camaro shared the front wheel bearing package with the Caprice. This meant that its heavier 12-inch rotors could easily replace the anemic 11-inch rotors on the Camaro. It was this epiphany that eventually led to the Regular Production Option (RPO) code of 1LE. Minch later teamed up with the Camaro's chief engineer Chuck Hughes and powertrain manager Ray Canale to grab a Camaro and toss on the Caprice brakes. What they found was a need for a better caliper. After digging around, the best candidate was an aluminum twin-piston PBR piece from the Corvette. Unlike the rotor, it wasn't a bolt-on deal and the Camaro's spindle had to be tweaked for everything to work. Rear disc brakes were already a factory option, so they also became part of the 1LE package.
A company called Special Vehicle Developments, owned by Bill Mitchell, was given the cars and told to take them to Road Atlanta's 2.5-mile course. These F-cars were bone stock, with items like air conditioning and power accessories removed. After a few laps, it became apparent that the braking bias was off and the non-adjustable stock proportioning valve was useless to fix it. A new proportioning valve with the proper bias was added to the package and the braking became good, very good.
The race teams loved the new "stock" option, but new chinks in the armor were found. Better brakes meant more negative g's, which caused the Camaro's fuel-injection pump, mounted inside the tank, to become fuel starved. Stalling under hard braking is a buzz kill, so GM totally redesigned the fuel tank. New baffles and a new pickup kept gas around the pump, even below a quarter tank. Sometime in the early '90s, the revised tank design became standard on all Camaros. Prior to that it only came in the 1LE package.
As the Camaro got faster, more changes were made. First up was a change to Fifth gear to address the painful lack of torque. There wasn't much racers could do about power since the only engine mods allowed were basic blueprinting and balancing work, as well as some massaging of the fuel system. Unlike other "stock" style racing, these cars really were. On the straight sections of tracks the Camaro had zero chance of passing the lighter Mustangs. Part of the problem was that GM switched to a 0.62 Fifth gear so that their everyday car buyers could get better mpg and pass ever-increasing emissions standards. This gear was simply too tall and GM swapped to a 0.74 Fifth gear in all transmissions slated for 1LE Camaros. To this they also added in an aluminum driveshaft.
So now, rather than just a brake upgrade, the 1LE coalesced into a full-on performance package. But Chevrolet didn't want non-racers buying these hopped-up Camaros so they mandated that 1LE cars would have to forego air conditioning and all power amenities. This had the desired effect. In 1988 only four were produced and in 1989 111 1LE Camaros were sold. Eventually, gearheads caught on that the 1LE option would make their Z28 way faster on the street, and 478 1LEs were sold in 1990. By 1992 the yearly tally was up to 705 units; obviously, these weren't being snatched up by racers alone. The stripped nature of the cars kept cost down, and in 1990 you could get a 1LE Camaro for under $16,000. The lack of T-tops, stereo, power leather seats, air conditioning, power door locks, power trunk, cruise control, and power windows kept the weight low as well, somewhere around 3,100 pounds.
In 1993, the fourth-gen Camaro hit the scene and was a big hit. GM still offered the 1LE, but only a few were bought. To generate more excitement, GM sweetened the package to appeal to the everyday driver. A six-speed Borg-Warner trans with better ratios was one of the major changes. After 1993, the cars came with an ABS system far more capable than what preceded it. Post '93 1LE cars had Koni shocks on all four corners. GM even went so far as to sneak a small, unmarked instruction sheet into the glovebox detailing how to tune the shocks for various track surfaces. Higher rate bushings and stiffer 32mm front and 21mm rear sway bars joined the package. Eventually, GM decided to start marketing the package to performance drivers and not just to racers. To make the package more enticing for the guy wanting a 1LE for the street, air conditioning became standard in 1996. The 1LE option was now branded by the marketing department as the Performance Suspension Package and GM started really making an effort to sell the option to performance enthusiasts—odd, considering the 1LE's "track-only" beginnings. For profit reasons GM scrapped the 1LE program in 1999, but SLP did offer a 1LE option (RPO Y2Y) in 2001, although given all the weight-adding power options and T-tops, it was really just a shadow of the original track pack first offered on the third-gens.
01. This '92 1LE Camaro was one of only 30 cars built for the last year of the Canadian racing series, but it never ended up hitting the track. Tom Hollinsworth found this sweet ride while cruising the Internet and scooped it up. Only 5 of the 30 cars were painted in Quasar Blue, so it's a pretty rare example. Tom confirmed the car's lineage with GM of Canada and found out that his was the first 1LE/R7U car built in 1992.
02. The SCCA had a Showroom Stock Racing series and Canada had the Motorsports Division Players Challenge/GM Motorsports Race Series. Both were more than happy to take advantage of order code R7U. This added a hand-built LB9 305 to the 1LE. The engines were run on the dyno at the factory and the bolts were paint-marked to discourage creative tampering by the race teams.
03. If you love 1LE cars, thank a Canadian. It was pressure from the racers north of the border that got the performance upgrade package moving forward and into the winner's circle.
04. A specially geared five-speed manual transmission helped racers get the most from their stock powerplants.
05. The 1LE option continued in the fourth-gens, but it was no longer considered a "racer" option and was marketed towards performance enthusiasts.


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As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.
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Do the Pink/Blue options have a wrist strap included? It's shown with the Black. If not with pink/blue can you add one or is the slot covered up?:
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Directed by Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, this tale of wonderment follows the sonorous journey of a blind village boy as he goes to work in the city by bus. Every day, the young music instrument tuner gets sidetracked by the seductive sounds of the urban center and carried off on a adventurous detour through the boisterous cityscape.
Rated R for violent images, nudity and language.
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Rosie Roessler is a mother of 3 and loving wife. She currently works full-time in the property management field and in her spare time she coordinates the South Broward YOPD support group and works on making lasting memories for her family. She lives by the motto "Not every day is perfect, but there are perfect moments in every day." Rosie also runs a support group on Facebook for YOPD caregivers; you can email her for information about joining it.
There are moments which mark your life. Moments when you realize nothing will ever be the same and time is suddenly divided into two parts: before this and after this.
That moment for me was March 14th, 2011, when my new life partner entered into my life without invite or even notice. Parkinson's, as we were told, invaded my 41-year-old husband's body. I sat there in the doctor's office with my 6- and 4-year-old boys, listening to what the doctor was telling us with tears rolling down my cheeks, thinking "Oh God, nothing is ever going to be the same."
And it hasn't been. There has never been a more clear statement; there is clearly a before and after. Before, I was "just" a mother and a wife (not that that is not enough). Now… now I'm a wife, mother, caregiver, up-lifter, guider, emergency contact, the brunt of all his frustrations, and the receiver of many, many pitying looks and thoughts. That which I hate the most: "Oh my God, there is Rosie. Can you believe she is 30 with three kids and a husband with Parkinson's? She has her whole life before her, why would she stay? She's such a better person than I am." Really, I've heard countless people tell me this. And they hold some truth to that. I am 30, I have 3 growing boys, and my husband has Parkinson's. This is my story.
Life is not easy; far from it, actually. Our life IS different, it IS hard. No one can be happy and positive all the time when faced with such adversity on a daily basis. I love my husband, but I hate Parkinson's. Many blogs, books, and articles are sooo positive all the time. I am here to tell you it is 100% normal after you have just came home to your husband on the floor after a fall, or cleaned up the tenth dish that he has dropped that month, or clean the house after a long day's work because today was an "off day", or go days being a single mother to your children and a caregiver to your husband because there has been a recent medication change that is taking everything out of him, to feel like you just can't take it (you can by the way). But it's ok to FEEL like you can't for a night… or two. You have that right. My least favorite thing on "off days" is just watching him. The feeling of helplessness is overwhelming and nothing can bring me to a bottle of wine faster than watching him suffer. It's horrible, my stomach literally turns in pain to watch him in pain and know I can't fix it. I hate Parkinson's.
But there is positive. After… about a year (everyone needs time to adjust to news like this), life has become better than before. My husband and I are closer; I mean really close. The best part of my day is coming home to him. Parkinson's has given us something that I believe we would have never had without it: simple unconditional love. I know that we have an uphill climb fighting this battle and many days we will struggle; but when I feel like I can't make it through the day, I break it down hour by hour; and when even that's too much, minute by minute and soon the day is over. The great thing about life is we get a do-over every morning. It's really kind of amazing.
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No Mr. Romney, Barack Obama is still not a nice guy
Posted by KingShamus on November 13, 2012
In retrospect, what annoyed me the most about Team Romney's campaign against Obama wasn't the crappy voter turnout machinery or the listless September campaign or the anything else.
What has rankled me for a while is this piece of rhetoric from the Mittens Campaign:
"Obama is a nice guy, but he's in over his head."
I really don't know why Romney decided to go this route.
Before you even start, don't give me the "Mitt is just too decent to be mean" defense. I'm not saying that Romney is a bad dude. Romney is a good man, especially if judged by the standards of American Politician Behavior Circa Early 21st Century.
But let's not get weepy and sentimental about the guy simply because he just took a good old-fashioned passionate ass-whoopin'. Romney had no problem slamming his primary opponents. None of them were 'good folks'. Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum all felt the heat from Romney's air and ground game. Every one of Mitt's serious competitors got swamped by negative campaigning.
On the other hand, President Obama didn't get the same kind of treatment from the Romney camp. Obambi was never demonized. He was always just 'wrong'.
Now, it's nice that Mitt was willing to call Obama mistaken about the issues of the day. At least Romney was good enough to help us out on that.
Typical Voter: 'Wait, Obama's policies are not cool? Oh okay Thanks for the heads-up, Mitt."
That person then promptly went to the ballot box and picked President Downgrade McMassiveUnemployment.
So why did Romney take it easy on Saint Barry?
"It's the likability factor," said Spencer, a Romney supporter. "Many people think that Obama hasn't delivered, but they still like him. I'd rather have a beer with him than Romney. Wouldn't you?"
Leaving aside the fact that Romney doesn't drink anything stronger than lemonade, Spencer's gut view has statistical support from the time-tested Gallup Poll. Before the Democratic National Convention, Gallup's editors observed that Obama's personal favorability was consistently higher than his job approval rating. The day Gallup issued its report (Sept. 6), Obama's favorability was 53 percent, compared to an approval rating of 45 percent.
Here's a hint for every future Republican candidate ever.
If your opponent is calling you an out-of-touch plutocrat racist who kills women, you have carte blanche to go negative.
Here's another hint for you wanna-be Republican office-holders.
You should probably do a pre-emptive negative campaign on your rival before he gets to slime you first. Yes, I know the press will say you're a meanie and a racist and your favorite hobby is kicking puppies. They'll smear you as a latter-day Lee Atwater and every nasty advert you cut will be worse than the Revolving Door/Willie Horton commercial. By the way, they always say all that shit anyway, so going negative is the only way to be sure you're covering all your bases while not getting punked out like a bitch with the Donkey-Puncher's own negative campaign tactics.
Here's yet another hint and it's the most important one of them all. Because it's so critical, I'll just give it to you free of charge.
If the person you're running against has high personal approval ratings, you know what Job 1 through 10 is? Make that person as unlikable as possible.
I know some of you think likability is overrated. Campaigns should be serious discussions of the pressing national concerns of our time. The candidates and their various personality traits shouldn't factor much into the equation of who we're going to pick to be president.
The thing is, not every American is terribly excited about politics. Most citizens are not political junkies. They don't tune into to the day-to-day partisan fight. Low information voters base a lot of their decisions on their gut feelings about the candidates. Thus, a politician's likability is almost as important as his communication skills or his ideological positioning.
Check out two recent examples of how personality can save a politician's bacon.
Bill Clinton had to be dragged kicking and screaming by Newt Gingrich to sign welfare reform. Clinton's wife tried to take over health care, with politically disastrous results. The President and his party were shellacked in 1994 midterms. Everybody knew that Slick Willy was constantly banging chicks who were not his wife. It was his sunny folksy demeanor, especially compared to Senator Darth Dole, that helped pull him through the 1996.
Look back to 2004. George Bush was fighting two wars, one of which was rapidly going pear-shaped. Every celebrity in the universe vomited red-hot bile at the mere mention of Dubya. Every time homeboy tripped over a syllable the press was ready to declare the President, a Yale and Harvard-educated businessman and governor of one of America's largest states, a mouth-breathing retard. Yet despite all that, Bush the Younger outcharmed John Kerry–yeah, not the hardest job in the world, but still–and won the election.
Were there other factors in those elections that helped Clinton and Bush win? Of course. For instance, Bubba benefited from having Ross Perot split the conservative popular vote away from Bob Dole. George Bush didn't have peace, but he had a relatively strong economy working in his favor.
The fact remains. When voters can identify and relate to a candidate, it can mask a multitude of political liabilities.
Barack Obama's record consisted of five trillion dollars worth of national debt, GDP growth under 2% and a wildly unpopular entitlement program.
But he was hip and cool and he got the joke, so he's our president.
Sadly, it's too late to knock down Barack Obama's personal approval ratings in order to win the 2012 election. That doesn't mean conservatives and Republicans can't start now.
Even better, barring the President pulling some kind of Bloomberg Maneuver, he'll be done in 2016. Here's how you'll know if the GOP is serious about winning the next presidential election.
If they try to turn the next Democrat nominee into a smelly piece of shit Occupy Wall Street liberal panty-waist.
When the progressives whine and cry about unfair Republican attack ads, conservatives can just say, "We learned it from watching you, Saul Alinsky!"
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November 13, 2012 at 8:54 am
There's all this talk about all of the factors involved in the loss. That Mitt shouldn't be blamed. That he's a good man. That he ran the best campaign that he could. I would even agree that compared to McCain–as a campaigner–he was head-and-shoulders above, but Mitt was the candidate and the loss was his and as time passes we're starting to see why (ORCA, "Obama is a nice guy"). I think we all need to realize that before surrendering on every single issue.
"Many people think that Obama hasn't delivered, but they still like him. I'd rather have a beer with him than Romney. Wouldn't you?"
Maybe they would, but that just means they're ignoring the fact that Obama would bogart all the beer, send you out for more, and when you returned you'd find your place trashed because he lost at Wii Golf while you were gone.
November 13, 2012 at 9:43 am
Don't underestimate the Bloomberg maneuver. I wouldn't put it past President Happy pants.
November 13, 2012 at 11:35 am
Romney was criticized many times about his amatuer campaign staff and he never listened.
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5 Reasons Sport is Good for You
If you are looking for motivation to get involved in sport here are five good reasons:
Improved fitness
There is no doubt that sport helps to keep you fit. It helps with every aspect of your physical fitness.
Sport gets you moving, so you improve your cardiovascular health and circulation. It is the best way to help your body to rid itself of toxins.
Playing sport builds strong bones and muscles. This provides protection against disability and keeps you strong and fit for longer.
It is also fantastic for your mental health. Numerous studies have shown that being involved in sport helps people to recover from mental illnesses. Those who are involved in sport are less prone to common mental health problems such as depression.
Great social life
Part of the reason for this is that playing sport opens up a whole new social life. Even solo sports brings you in contact with new people. You meet the same people at events and end up training with people who live near you. If you play a team sport your social life will really take off. Most teams socialise together after a match or training session. Many hold fundraising events.
If you feel a bit lonely get involved in sport. In no time you will be part of a whole new social circle and no longer be alone.
Good for self discipline
We all struggle with self discipline. Modern life brings lots of distractions, so it is easy to lose focus and end up not doing everything you should.
If you play sports you soon learn how to be more disciplined.
You have to be if you want to succeed and win. Playing for a team gives most people the motivation they need to train and turn up at events on time. They do not want to let their team down, so learn to be more disciplined. This good habit eventually becomes the norm. It spills over into other areas of your life and has a positive impact on all aspects of your life.
Look better
There is no doubt that you look better if you are fit. Playing sport melts away the fat and tones your muscles. You will be able to wear the clothes you want and they will look great on you.
Have loads of fun
For us the biggest reason to get involved in sport is that it is fun. Whether you decide to take up table tennis, bicycle polo, baseball or football you will have fun. Loads of fun.
So what are you waiting for get involved in sport again…
Sport is fantastic. All you need is to choose a sport and have a go. If you do not like that one move onto the next one there are literally hundreds of different sports to choose from and more being invented all the time. Even if you are not that fit you can still enjoy sport, walking football or swimming are two examples of sports you can enjoy even if you are not particularly fit.
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