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Historical setting
The first traces of human presence in the territory of Sagalassos consist of hunting or flint producing campsites dating back to the Epipalaeolithic (ca. 12,000 BP). They belonged to hunter-gatherers who probably ventured from the coastal areas inland following the Kestros River (Aksu) in search for game and flint. At the beginning of the Holocene, during the late 9th millennium BC, climatic improvement resulted in the spreading of woodland in the region. The presence of woodland provided settlers practicing a mixed farming and hunter-gatherer economy ideal conditions for farming, animal breeding and hunting, which eventually resulted in the emergence of permanent settlements along the borders of Lake Burdur. Yet, farming and animal husbandry did not affect all communities simultaneously and groups of hunter-gatherers must have coexisted besides societies practicing farming, herding or both.
During the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age I-II farming settlements of the höyük type appeared in the region which indicates the development of territorial chiefdoms with fortified towns. Towards the end of the period, however, those settlements disappeared not to emerge again before the Late Bronze Age. At that time, around the 14th century BC, Indo-European Luwians migrated in the area and established the Arzawa federation. The territory of Sagalassos became a part of the Luwian sphere of influence, but was located along the much disputed border with the Hittite kingdom. It can therefore not be excluded that the classical name of the city goes back to the name of the mountain site of Salawassa which is mentioned in Hittite documents. In any case, the settlements of this period are fortified strongholds at high altitudes reflecting the unstable character of the period.
From the Early Iron Age onwards urban settlements gradually appeared in the region. The recently discovered urban settlement on the nearby hill of Tepe Düzen, for example, belongs to this period and might have been the predecessor of Sagalassos. The city first became part of the Phrygian kingdom (9th – early 7th century BC), then it was incorporated in the kingdom of the Lydians (early 7th – 546 BC) and finally in the Persian Empire (546 BC – 334 BC). Under Persian rule, when Greek influences spread from the Pamphylian coastal cities inland, Sagalassos became an urban site of the polis type.
The town controlled and exploited a large territory and was protected by a chain of visibly interconnected mountain fortresses. When Alexander the Great arrived in the region in 334 BC, Sagalassos seems to have become a regional centre which was equally influential as Selge and Termessos. In his account of Alexander's campaign against the Persian king, the ancient historian Arrian of Nicomedia (ca. AD 87 – after AD 145/6) describes Sagalassos as "not a small city". Arrian, who relied on 2nd century BC sources, tells how Selge concluded a pact with Alexander against Termessos and Sagalassos. Alexander first laid siege to Termessos, but when this city proved to be impregnable, the Macedonian king moved to Sagalassos. In the ensuing battle, the Sagalassians assisted by archers from Termessos took position on a flat, conical mountain in front of the city. Although they succeeded in repulsing the first Macedonian raid, they were eventually defeated and the town was sacked. Later, Sagalassos would be proud of its role in Alexander's conquest of the region, depicting the battle on its city coins.
After its conquest, Pisidia changed hands many times among the successors of Alexander, being successively incorporated into the kingdom of Antigonos Monopthalmos (321-301 BC), perhaps that of Lysimachos of Thrace (301-281 BC), subsequently into the kingdom of the Seleucids of Syria (281-189 BC) and that of the Attalids of Pergamon (189-133 BC). Like the other cities of Pisidia, Sagalassos rapidly became Hellenised during this period as is testified by the use of Greek as the official language, the development of municipal institutions and the material culture. Rather than being imposed by the successors of Alexander the Great, this Hellenisation was the result of peer polity interaction among the cities of Pisidia.
In 129 BC, after the Attalids bequeathed their kingdom to Rome, most of Pisidia, including Sagalassos, became part of the Roman province of Asia. At least during the earlier part of the Roman domination Pisidia seems to have witnessed a short period of prosperity, during which many cities in the region erected town walls and political buildings. Among them figured the well-preserved council hall (bouleuterion) at Sagalassos. At the beginning of the 1st century BC, however, this period of prosperity came to an end with the outbreak of the Mithridatic wars (89-63 BC), the almost contemporaneous interruption of sea trade by piracy and the Roman system of contracting out tax collection to publicani who bled the province dry. During this period, occupation outside the city remained confined to smaller villages at high altitudes, in easily defendable positions.
Stability returned with the reign of the client king Amyntas of Galatia (39- 25 BC). During his reign, Sagalassos, which had become a pottery-producing centre since the middle of the 2nd century BC, began to serve a regional market. As a consequence, the town started to expand beyond its Hellenistic city walls. This urban expansion which continued in early Imperial times particularly took place in eastern direction and included the construction of the late Hellenistic Doric fountain house and new residential quarters on the eastern slopes of the town. The Doric temple to the north-west of the upper agora may go back to the same period. In 25 BC, Sagalassos once more joined the Roman Empire and later the town would be successively incorporated into the provinces of Asia, Galatia, Lycia and Pamphylia, and under Diocletian into Pisidia. The Pax Romana, the creation of several Roman colonies in the southern part of Galatia and the construction of a good road system by Augustus, of which the via Sebaste linking Pisidian Antioch with the Pamphylian ports crossed 42 miles of Sagalassian territory, brought Sagalassos unexpected opportunities.
The extremely fertile territory of Sagalassos with a surplus production of grain and olives, as well as the presence of excellent clay beds allowing an industrial production of high quality table ware ('Sagalassos Red Slip Ware'), made the export of local products possible. Rapidly, the local landowning elite realised the economic potential of the new political situation and immediately embraced the Roman cause. The artisanal pottery workshops, using clays from the immediate environment of the city, where transformed into large-scale commercial enterprises producing and internationally exporting Sagalassos Red Slip Ware for at least six centuries. Cash crops such as grain and olives were widely cultivated in the territory of Sagalassos and a network of dependant farmsteads, villas, hamlets and villages provided the city with its primary subsistence. These favourable conditions held for centuries and under Roman Imperial rule Sagalassos became the metropolis of Pisidia.
In the course of the first three centuries of the Imperial period the urban area further expanded, more than doubling in size, while the city centre was refurbished with lavish public monuments. In early Imperial times, the upper agora was (re)paved, reoriented and surrounded by monuments dedicated to the local aristocracy (e.g. the North-West Heroon and the four honorific columns on the upper agora) and the Imperial family (e.g. arches and gateways), whereby the former was responsible for most of these transformations. By the reign of Claudius (AD 41-54) at the latest the members of some of these aristocratic families had become Roman citizens and now mainly financed honorific structures illustrating their ties with the Imperial family. Only a few decades later, the first local citizens obtained Roman knighthood, possibly after introducing the Imperial cult and the connected Klareian games.
A period of unprecedented building activity and prosperity started with the reign of Hadrian (AD 117-138) and continued into the early 3rd century. During this period, the local elite used the construction of monuments for the city and its inhabitants as a medium for self representation and social promotion. By assuming the role of benefactors (euergeteis), they could portray themselves next to the Imperial family and the gods. In this way, the elite supplied the city with major monuments from which the whole population could profit including at least four monumental nymphaea, a library and a macellum or food market. Before the end of the 2nd century, Sagalassos had its first senators and saw the completion of its largest monuments including the Roman baths, a theatre, and a shrine for the divine Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, which served the imperial cult of the koinon of Pisidia.
Even though the Roman Empire came into a crisis after the death of Alexander Severus in AD 235 with the rapid succession of soldier emperors causing violent political instability, South-West Anatolia and especially Pamphylia and Pisidia continued to flourish because of their strategic importance as an outpost for military interventions in the eastern Mediterranean. As a consequence, a large number of troops and the Roman fleet were stationed in Side in the course of the 3rd century AD. This offered economic possibilities to southern Pisidian cities which could earn from selling grain and supplies to the troops resulting in a building boom in those cities lasting throughout the century. Sagalassos, however, profited to a lesser degree from this new situation and building activity seems to have been replaced by the organisation of agones (games) carrying the names of their founders. The 4th century AD nevertheless saw a resumption of building activities, although these mainly comprised very elaborate repairs and embellishments, such as that of the Neon Library and that of the Roman Baths.
From the late 4th – early 5th century AD onward, signs become apparent of internal and external stress, gradually affecting the character of the town. Internal stress may have been provoked by the Christianisation of large parts of the population and the emergence of a restricted, powerful elite, while external stress was caused by the growing instability in the region.
Sagalassos became a bishopric in the course if the 4th century AD and was represented at the first council of Constantinople in AD 381. A growing number of followers of the new religion claimed a more prominent position in society. The ensuing tensions between Christians and pagans apparently led around AD 400 to the destruction of the recently restored Neon Library, whereas the gymnasium, to the east of the theatre, must have been completely dismantled by the municipal authorities shortly afterwards as a measure against the Greek pagan education or paideia. The rising power of the Church is further shown by the construction early in the 5th century of a first basilical church in the courtyard of the former council hall or bouleuterion. Apart from the rise in power of the church, Late Antiquity saw the emergence of a small but very powerful provincial aristocratic elite, called proteuontes. Their attachment to the city declined, as they became more concerned about displaying their private wealth through their estates spread out throughout the province and their palaces than to maintain the infrastructure and appearance of the city. The so-called Domestic Area, which is currently being excavated in the eastern part of Sagalassos, was one of such palaces. By the 6th century, an oligarchic group of clerics (bishop and clergy) and aristocrats (the proteuontes) yielded the real power in the late antique city replacing the elected municipal magistrates and council.
Signs of external stress also became apparent around AD 400, when the revolts of Ostrogothic mercenaries and the raids of the Isaurians made it necessary to build a new city wall. However, the construction of this wall, which largely followed the circuit of its partially dismantled Hellenistic predecessor, was still carried out with a sense of municipal pride. In addition, the city's countryside remained very densely populated in the following century, although from the middle of the 5th century AD onwards the number of smaller settlements decreased in favour of larger and better protected villages located near water sources at higher altitudes. Contemporaneously with this evolution, an increase of a diversified type of agriculture is testified in the suburbs of the city, probably to cover the immediate needs of the city's population.
Trying times for the city, in fact, really started around AD 500, when a first major blow to Sagalassos was dealt by a heavy earthquake. The earthquake caused major damage all over the town, but the inhabitants apparently were still numerous and wealthy enough to repair most of the damage in a monumental way. After a phase of restoration, however, encroachment upon former public space took place in increasing levels, resulting in smaller streets and subdivided porticoes. This subdivision of public and private space was a widespread phenomenon recognisable in most late antique cities and caused by changing administrative and economic conditions. Rather than reflecting urban decline, the encroachment of public space represents the ability of the communities to adapt to new social and political conditions of Late Antiquity. After the middle of the 6th century AD, however, the economic system began to disintegrate as a result of a combination of factors, but in part by the plague of AD 541/2 which wiped out nearly half of the population of Asia Minor. The reduction of the workforce caused food shortage, aggravated in the succeeding years by bad harvests. Large areas of the town were being abandoned, big mansions subdivided in smaller units, and more and more signs become apparent of a less luxurious lifestyle and a ruralisation of the town. On the territory of Sagalassos, the settlement pattern also drastically changed and the larger well defended villages were replaced by small hamlets and nomadic camps. The general economic malaise and continued warfare only intensified these processes. Finally, an earthquake around AD 590 almost completely levelled the town which by then was already largely abandoned.
After this event, there seems to be a hiatus in the occupation of the town, although the burial of the death continued to take place for some time in the earthquake debris near the former temple of Apollo Klarios, which by then had been transformed in a basilical church. For the most part, however, the former town was abandoned and the remainder of the local population resettled in the valley. Recent surveys increasingly suggest that the region was not depopulated, but that a more pastoral lifestyle, reflected in the pollen picture, and village life replaced classical city life. In the 10th – 11th century AD new settlements appeared within the Imperial city's boundaries. One of these settlements, on the promontory of the temple of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, was fortified and belonged to the kastron-type, while the others were located around (restored) churches such as near the former temple of Apollo Klarios and on the Alexander's hill. The occupation of these hamlets was followed in the 12th century by a mid-Byzantine fortress on the Alexander's hill, which was ultimately destroyed by the Seljuks during the next century. By that time, however, the Seljuks had already built a public bath (hammam) and a caravanserai in nearby Ağlasun, which carried on the ancient name of the site.


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THURSDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- People who regularly take
a low dose of aspirin may be reducing their risk of developing
colon cancer by 24 percent, a new study finds.
Moreover, for those who take low-dose aspirin (about 75
milligrams/day) but do develop the disease, their risk of dying
from it could be cut by more than a third, the researchers
For the study's lead author, at least, the data offers strong
support for aspirin's cancer-fighting potential.
"This is proof that low-dose aspirin prevents colorectal cancer," said Dr. Peter Rothwell, a professor of neurology at John Radcliffe Hospital and the University of Oxford in the UK.
"Somewhat fortuitously, it mainly prevents those cancers that are least well-prevented by screening colonoscopy," he said.
Patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer, such as those
with a family history of previous polyps, should take low-dose
aspirin long-term, Rothwell believes.
"This additional cancer benefit of aspirin helps to tip the balance of risk and benefit in favor of healthy individuals who chose to take low-dose aspirin," he added.
The report is published in the Oct. 21 online edition of
The Lancet.
For the study, Rothwell's team reviewed data from four
randomized trials -- evaluating the ability of aspirin to prevent
vascular disease and to determine aspirin's effect on colorectal
The four trials included more than 14,000 people who were
treated with aspirin or placebo for an average of six years. During
an average of 18 years of follow-up, 2.8 percent developed
colorectal cancer, the researchers found.
Pooling the data from all the trials, Rothwell's group
calculated that taking low-dose aspirin reduced the 20-year risk of
developing colorectal cancer by 24 percent.
In addition, for those taking aspirin who developed colorectal
cancer, the risk of dying from the condition was reduced by 35
These effects were consistent across the trials and at a dose of
aspirin of 75 milligrams a day. Higher doses of aspirin did not
appear to add any benefit, the researchers noted.
The researchers also found a reduction in the 20-year absolute
risk of any fatal colorectal cancer after five years among those
taking 75 milligrams to 300 milligrams of aspirin daily. The risk
went from about 3.5 percent among those taking a placebo to 1.5
percent for those taking aspirin, the data showed.
Seventy percent of reductions seen in colorectal cases and
deaths were due to fewer cancers in the right part of the colon
called the proximal colon, but the aspirin effect did not seem to
reduce cancer in the lower part of the colon called the distal
colon, and had only a small effect on rectal cancer, the
researchers noted.
Most colorectal cancers develop from polyps and screening
sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy can reduce the risk by removal of
these polyps. However screening is not 100 percent effective,
particularly for cancers in the proximal colon, they added.
Dr. Robert Benamouzig, from the Department of Gastroenterology
at Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny, France, and author of an
accompanying journal editorial, said people at normal risk for
colorectal cancer should not start taking aspirin to prevent
colorectal cancer.
"But if you are at high risk then, yes, you should take low-dose aspirin," he said. "Right now, the evidence seems strong for high-risk people, but not for average-risk people."
How aspirin might work to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer
is not fully known, but it may be due to aspirin's ability to
reduce inflammation, Benamouzig said.
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Seminar on Sustainability in Europe: What are the Limits of Possibility?
Mary Ann Cunningham, Vassar College
This field trip presents a model of an experiential exploration of sustainability systems and the limits of possible transfer of ideas from Europe to the US. In addition to experiential learning, our aim was to have in-depth, ongoing conversations in which to examine our assumptions and observations.
Soil Ecology Lab
Becky Ball, Arizona State University at the West Campus
Students collect soil samples from places of interest around campus and run a series of basic soil analyses to make conclusions about how soil fertility relates to the biological community and human management.
Sustainability, Nuclear Waste, and the Hanford Site
John VanLeer, Cascadia Community College
An introduction to the Hanford Site in Washington, including its history, geology, and hydrology, and examines the sustainability issues associated with it.
Sustainability and Changing Rates of Change
Christopher Coughenour, The Evergreen State College
To understand sustainability, students must understand rates of change. This activity includes a primer on basic rates concepts and an exercise that motivates critical thinking about rates of change and sustainability with an analysis of historical petroleum production rates data from the United States and the world.
Particle Size Analysis, Soil Texture, and Hydraulic Conductivity
Joseph Asante, Oberlin College
Lab: Particle Size Analysis, Soil Texture, and Hydraulic Conductivity
An Experiential Pedagogy for Sustainability Ethics: The Externalities Game
Susan Spierre, Arizona state university
The Externalities Game is a non-cooperative game that teaches students about the concept of environmental externalities and allows them to directly experience the moral dimensions of collective action problems. It ...


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"Ow ow ow how I ache!" I know that's what you wanted to hear but sadly for you I feel strangely fine after completing The Cheshire Ring Race (for those of you who have been living on the moon for the past few months this was a 96 mile canoe race my brothers, canoe coach and I were doing for charity –if you've not yet donated and would like to, please do this at www.paddlathon.co.uk).
The race went particularly well despite various navigational and kit issues we completed The Cheshire Ring Race course in just over 22 hours (22 hours 57 seconds to be exact) without any injuries or drop outs. We came home with a gold medal –which I think was because we won our division but part of me says they're all gold for just making it around!
We were also all awarded a certificate and mug to prove we were there (see photos below) and our time so check it out all you doubting Thomas' ;)
I don't know if it was one of the hardest things I've ever done what with completing things like my gold DOE and climbing Ben Nevis to mention a few but it was certainly one of the most challenging events I've competed in.
We had a fairly good first leg, holding between 6-7mph and overtaking the guys that started a few minutes ahead of us, but then we had a few issues with getting to the next checkpoint in time and ended up not swapping over with Pat and Paul and instead chasing them around the next few checkpoints playing catch up. We finally met them at Relay Point #5 Ducie Street.
The first mile or so of the next leg through central Manchester was pretty much just portaging lock after lock. I didn't count them all but there must have been a good 8 or 9 locks and a few tunnels too (complete with dodgy locals of course). Before the next relay point we passed another boat with a broken rudder which has to be a massive PITA as you don't want anything like that going wrong on a long distance race like The Cheshire Ring Race.
Due to mega traffic in Manchester, the support crew decided to skip the relay point and continue onto the next checkpoint (7. Lymn (Burford Lane Underbridge)) which would have been ok if we had taken our water with us and had more to eat before setting off –neither of which we did as we thought it was only a quick 6.75 mile leg. I think this slowed us down somewhat as both Sam and I ran out of steam half way through the next leg and ended up drinking the canal water to ensure we could continue (not a good thing to do really but it was that or fall in).
By the time we got to the next relay point we were pretty tired and I was seriously hypoglycaemic –to the point I was feeling faint but our super support team had food and drink already prepared for our arrival.
Again, with somewhat sketchy directions, the support team managed to battle onto the next relay point just in time to meet Paul and Pat. The next leg included our first tunnel –and film crew! Had they not been there we would have ended up paddling through the tunnel and missing our next relay point! I would have loved to paddle the tunnels but it's instant disqualification if you do...
Somehow Pat and Paul wangled a short leg which was a PITA as I wanted to sleep and no sooner than we had got into the car we were off again!
The next few legs were pretty uneventful, just a lot of water and canal boats, but waiting for Paul and Pat at relay point 11. Broken Cross, we were greeted with your typical Saturday night brawl –great entertainment I can tell you! No idea what it was about mind you however I know it involved Michelle and a lot of shouting. Sadly we had to set off before the police were able to get there and sort it out.
Things got a little more interesting as the dark came in. Just as it had got real dark we were doing leg 12. Middlewich Big Lock which included a "make or break" portage –basically if we got it wrong we would either: Go the wrong way and head off to Sheffield, go in a loop back to a checkpoint a few miles back or continue on the right way. Wanting to get it right, I made a point of memorising the directions but when we got there things didn't make as much sense as they perhaps should have and we ended up wandering into a housing estate before thinking "sod it, let's try and work it out ourselves". Shortly afterwards we saw the support crew drive past so we knew we'd gone the right way for once!
Although I've paddled early in the morning and late at night in the past, until this race I don't think I've paddled in the pitch dark, due to the rain the moon was covered by cloud which meant when we got out of the urban areas it was seriously dark which made navigation very hard. Sam did a sterling job and managed to get us around without any major incidents (though we did come close to crashing into a lock! –it's amazing how something so large can be so hidden by darkness...!)
By about 4am however dawn was starting to break and paddling became a lot easier, we had a couple of very nice legs however leg 16. Bridge 77 Congleton was nasty as there were 12 locks to run up right at the end! On the plus side however we did see a couple of kingfishers.
Sam and I then paddled leg 18. Bridge 44 Bullocks Lane to the finish, meeting Paul and Pat at 19. Bridge 29, Clarke Lane to paddle the last 3.75 miles before finishing together at Bridge 18 (also the start).
A breakdown of the relay points:
The weather was pretty poor throughout, it seemed to start raining every time we were about to start a new leg of the race. I don't mind paddling when it's wet but it certainly makes it hard to get out of the toasty warm support vehicle!
Although it rained for a lot of the way around I feel we were pretty lucky on the whole as there was a severe weather warning around Manchester on the weekend. The weather was pretty mild which meant the rain wasn't too much of a hindrance –if anything it helped you cool down from the paddling!
We had a fantastic team both on and off the water. I can't begin to explain how crucial the support team is in an event like this and ours was fantastic. Our support team for The Cheshire Ring Race consisted of:
They all went above and beyond the call of duty and made sure the change over paddlers were in the right place at the right time (most of the time) and also that food/drink was readily available for the paddlers who had just got off the water.
My recent training routine has clearly paid off, I did mean to blog more about how I was improving in the run up to the race however time simply got the better of me. The long and short of it however is that I felt great during the race, ok I was tired at the end of the legs but by the time we had got to the next relay point I was ready to go.
The one thing I wasn't prepared for was the running, according to one of the marshals, the race involves nearly 10miles of portaging (getting out of the water with your boat and running until you get to the next part of the water i.e. around locks), that was particularly tough however I have been including running in my recent training routine so was able to manage it –I'll be doing more now though!
I'm very pleased with Sam's training too as that has clearly paid off which makes my job easier! I can't really comment on Paul or Pat's training as we never ended up paddling together which is a shame in many ways but they were both looking good –all be it a little tired on the last leg.
Those of you who spoke to me before the race know I was aiming to beat the previous relay record (around 16 hours) and after doing that race I'm sure it can be done –and we're already fit enough to do it. However having completed the race it's evident that you need far better directions for the support crew and probably included a couple more drivers (which was the plan but sadly a couple had to drop out) to ensure they were able to rest between legs too.
I also think from the POV of the paddlers, it's important that you drink and eat a lot more than we did. Due to the navigational issues Sam and I didn't refuel correctly on a couple of our legs which really affected our paddling the next time. Sam and I recon we burnt off in the region of 12,500 calories over the duration of the marathon –I'm going to weigh myself shortly to see how much weight I've lost but I recon it's a couple of pounds.
It's imperative that each team member concentrates and concerns themselves with only their area –i.e. paddlers on refuelling and resting, drivers on driving, navigators on navigating etc. As soon as you start mixing them up you run into issues.
The last thing I think I've learnt is to always go with your gut feeling –it may be a couple of extra kilos but always take your water pack, dehydration of even just 2% can massively affect your performance.
Replace the 12,500 calories I burnt off!
I would love to do another long distance race at some point, longer term I'd like to take part in the Devises to Westminster race but short term we've got the Hasler Finals (national canoe finals) in September to train for. Sam and I are aiming for a medal so I'll keep you posted.
Will we be doing the race next year? That's a hard one, at the moment I'm doubtful but if we can get the support crew together again and the rest of the team are up for it I wouldn't mind taking that record :D
We're still not sure at the moment as there were four of us raising and the website –that and a few people are still promising to make their pledges but I think we're going to be close to (if not over) our £2,000 target. As soon as I have tallied up the totals I'll update www.paddlathon.co.uk
I'd like a moment to thank all those involved with supporting us during the event –without you all we wouldn't have made it around. That also goes for the event organisers, co-ordinators and marshals, I'm sure there was a phenomenal amount of work involved to host the event –it was well worth it!
I'm going to get some more off Sam, Pat and Paul shortly but here is a selection of mine...
I've been somewhat quiet on the blogging front recently as I have been training hard for the mammoth canoe race we're competing in at the end of this month. The Cheshire Ring Race for those of you who haven't been keeping up with the little news I've been posting recently is a 96 mile canoe race we're doing this year in aid of charity (if you've not already made your pledge, why not pop over to www.paddlathon.co.uk now and make a donation -we've got a fair way to go to our £2,000 target).
Last night I decided it was time I sat down and started planning the route for the drivers, which first meant plotting the route for the paddlers and oh my god is it a long way! Until now I've thought "100 miles, yeah that's not too bad, we'll do that in a few hours..." (ok the few was around 20 but still). Plotting it on the map however shows just how far this thing is!
Instead of feeling daunted by the distance, I'm now even more psyched than before -and have even more reason to hit the gym hard! If you're interested, I've uploaded the route plotted on Google Earth. Currently it only holds the point data but in time I'm going to expand it so it includes information about each route (for the paddlers and drivers) and perhaps once we've done the race, pictures of each point.
For those of you interested in how my canoe training routine is going -it's good. I'm holding a steady 12st 6lb at the moment -sometimes dropping to 122st 4lb and I've blown my previous routine out of the water. Sam and I -despite some misfortune with our kit- have been kicking ass on the past couple of races -taking around 10-15minutes off our times from last year. I'm hoping to complete The Cheshire Ring Race in less than 18 hours at this rate...
Ok, I promise to post something technical and interesting shortly (yes I know, that'll be a first yada yada…) but I want to get some information up here about Paddlathon 2007. I've written a very quick site which I will be adding more information to shortly but it already has a lot of information about our charity canoe race and more importantly a donation form so once you're done reading this pop over to www.paddlathon.co.uk and have a look.
I wanted to compete in the Cheshire ring race 2007 for a few personal reasons but the initial motivation was that I missed out on taking part in the Transpennine race –this was stopped the first year I was old enough for my canoeing club to allow me to participate so ever since I've wanted to take part in a long race (preferably overnight etc) as I felt it would be fun so when I was handed a flyer for a 96 mile canoe race last season at Bristol I decided it was the perfect choice! There is another long race called Devizes to Westminster which is around 124miles at Easter –which didn't leave enough time to train or find a partner.
The Cheshire ring race is a 96 mile canoe race but at the end of June which meant more time to train and as it was nearer to summer it would also be warmer. Until a couple of seasons ago, I paddled with my canoe coach –and long term friend Paul Rose but sadly he damaged his back (thanks to me) going over a weir. He's getting back into canoeing, but having vowed to paddle together again I suggested the Cheshire ring race as a worthy race.
Paul was immediately up for it and once we had got chatting we thought it had enough of a "wow" factor to be worthy of sponsorship and so Paddlathon 2007 was conceived… a 96 mile canoe race is without a doubt a bloody long way and knowing he may still have issues with his back over that sort of distance we decided doing it as a relay race would be better so we decided to get my two brothers Sam and Pat on board as they're both keen paddlers and are always up for a challenge.
Originally we were going to raise money for a single charity but decided as there were four of us, it would be better to pool our collection efforts and raise for four charities together. The charities we've chosen are:
To my knowledge, I've never asked for anything for the information I openly share on my blog –and I probably never will (beyond the Google AdSense that appears in the design that is) but I would very much appreciate it if you were generous enough to donate a couple of quid as there are some great charities who dearly need your help.
I'll post more information on the charities, the team and the boat over the forthcoming weeks but the race is June 30th – July 1st, if you fancy coming and seeing us off –or having a pint with us after the race that would be awesome.
Read more or donate online at: www.paddlathon.co.uk
I found out this morning that my Joost account has been credited with 999 invites (I kid you not) so feeling all summery I thought others might want to join in the Joost fun and I'd share them around a little.
I've only got 999 Joost invites so it'll have to be strictly on a first come –first served basis (as if I'm ever going to get rid of them all haha).
I don't want anything in return but if this offer is too generous or you feel I've helped you in the past and you're debted to me, why not click some of the Google Adverts –or even better, make a donation to our 96 mile canoe race (the Cheshire ring race) in aid of the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, Multiple Sclerosis Society, CLIC Sargent and Mac Millan Nurses, I like to think of it of a "You scratch my back, I'll scratch your back" arrangement.
Regardless of whether you want to donate to our worth cause or not, drop me an email (or leave me a comment) and I'll send an invite over ASAP.
For more information on our 96 mile canoe race (the Cheshire ring race) in aid of charity go to www.paddlathon.co.uk or read my blog posts about the Cheshire ring race.
I'm currently thinking about participating in a 90 mile canoe race called the "Cheshire Ring Race" this year (30th June - 1st July 2007). I've always wanted to participate in a longer canoe race (normally I paddle 8 miles) and I've never had the chance to do anything over 20 miles since they stopped the Trans-Pennine Canoe Race the year I was old enough to take part. So when the opportunity to take part in the 90 mile Cheshire Ring Race came about I decided on the spot that's what I would do.
Eventually I would like to take part in the Devizes to Westminster race which assuming this year's training goes to plan, I plan to do in 2008. The Devizes to Westminster canoe race is about 125 miles of canal and river way starting at Devizes (no surprise there then!) and ending at Westminster. The race is usually at the start of April and can either be done non-stop or in stages over 3 days (for girls!).
The first time I do the Devizes to Westminster race I would do the race in a double (with my canoe partner and brother Sam I expect) so I thought the Cheshire Ring Race would be a nice warm up/test event for us (making sure we can keep up the training with work etc). I mentioned the fact I was thinking about it to Paul Rose (my canoe coach and close friend) wondering if he'd be interested in paddling with me in the Cheshire Ring Race and he was also up for taking part.
I then had two possible partners for the race -I was sure Sam would be up for it, so Paul suggested that we take part as a relay team -Paul damaged his back a few years ago while paddling in a Bristol canoe race with me so wasn't sure if he'd manage the full 90 miles. This sounded a very sensible idea. All that was left was to find another person for our relay team which where my other brother Pat steps in to make our team of 4 :)
Every year Paul Rose likes to do an event for charity and as getting sponsored for the race had already been suggested by Sam it was deemed to have enough of a wow factor to be "the event" to sponsor this year. We've agreed to raise money for two (maybe three) charities (which are yet to be confirmed) but are likely to be from:
Each has it's own reasoning and once we've decided which charities we're going to raise for I'll post a little background :) but for now I should get back down the gym!
For anyone else interested in joining in (you're welcome to be on our support crew if you'd rather not paddle -would be great to have you there!) here is the brochure:
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Hilander Main Street Closing; Schnucks Saves Jobs
ROCKFORD, Ill. – Leaders of family-owned Schnuck Markets, Inc. today announced plans to shutter the Hilander store at 3710 North Main Street at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 26. No jobs will be lost.
Schnucks President and Chief Operating Officer Todd Schnuck said, "This is an isolated store closing, and we've worked hard to ensure that all 66 Main teammates will have jobs at other area Hilander and Logli locations.
Schnuck cited several reasons for the decision to close the store. "Main was in decline at the time of the acquisition," Schnuck explained. "Prior to our taking over, the pharmacy prescription list had been sold off and customers lost, hastening that decline. Despite our best efforts, competitive pressures combined with consistently stagnant sales leave us little hope of reversing the trend." Schnuck says closing the store will allow the company to concentrate resources where they will be of most value to customers and teammates.
Schnucks Rockford Division Manager Dennis Canada hopes that customers in the Main neighborhood will follow store teammates to other Hilander and Logli locations. "Teammates at Rockton and Loves Park Logli stores and Hilander Rural are standing by in hopes of serving Main customers," Canada said.
Canada, who started working for Schnucks as a teen in 1971, transferred to Rockford this past September to oversee the expansion of what is now the company's second largest market. "Eight months ago, we made a significant investment in the Rockford community, and since then, we have enhanced it by lowering prices across Logli and Hilander stores, generating value in extremely hot ads and expanding our private brand options," he said. "We have one mission right now and that is to bring the best value we possibly can to Rockford customers."
An aggressive sell down starts today and runs through May 26.
Schnucks was founded in north St. Louis in 1939 by Irish and German immigrants, Anna Donovan Schnuck and Edwin Schnuck, grandparents of the siblings that now run the family-owned company. Today, Schnuck Markets, Inc. operates 100 stores (including five Logli and seven Hilander stores) and 95 in-store pharmacies in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa.
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A raging public controversy over genetically engineered (GE) rice in China captured media attention in recent months, and has culminated in a surprising win. A few weeks ago, the country's State Council released a new Draft Food Law1 that, if passed, would protect the genetic resources of China's food crops and restrict the application of GE technology in its main food crops.
This is significant progress in the effort by farmers and campaigners in China and indeed across Asia to protect the genetic integrity, diversity and heritage of their rice.
Not coming to movie theaters near you, but taking place right now in Durban, South Africa is "The Great Escape 3." This is how Pablo Solon, Bolivia's former lead climate negotiator, describes the scene at the UN climate talks.
"It's the same movie — it happened in Copenhagen, in Cancun, and it will happen in Durban. The richest nations are trying to escape their responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions now... It's really a genocide and an ecocide."
What a week! PAN and over 1,000 food movement activists from around the country have just wrapped up the Community Food Security Coalition's 15th Annual National Conference, Food Justice: Honoring our Roots, Growing the Movement, which filled five days with stimulating field trips, workshops and discussion in Oakland and around the Bay area. As Jim Embry of Sustainable Communities Network in Kentucky observed, "More than 1,000 kindred folks from USA, 1st Peoples Nations, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Kenya and all in between attended. The conference held near Occupy Oakland was a blessing. The healing (between groups) was so needed and inspiring!"
A New York Times Environment reporter has been pumping out a series of attention-getting blogs on agriculture, climate change and the environment. So far, so good. But, while glad to see serious attention given to this intersection, I was disappointed by the author's apparent infatuation with the promise of technological miracle cures to increase yields, evident in his near-reverential regard for the international research institutes responsible for the first Green Revolution and for the naive techno-optimism of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Farmers, Indigenous people and rural communities around the world celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity last week. But casting a long shadow was the news that big funders and new NGOs are teaming up with the pesticide-biotech giant, Syngenta, in a renewed effort to push genetically engineered rice forward in Bangladesh and the Philippines.
Nicknamed "golden rice," this untested, highly controversial GE crop threatens biodiversity across the region and risks bringing economic and ecological disaster to Asia's farms.
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Monday morning was the real start to my Washington adventure, with my trusty rental steed fueled and ready to go, I said goodbye to the Four Seasons and headed north toward Woodinville, armed with my phone's GPS, a couple of bottled waters and KING-FM cranking out some great classical music (I couldn't find any Slayer on the radio that early in the morning). I hadn't had breakfast yet – thought that could wait until Woodinville, which is only about 30 minutes away.
Woodinville, for those of you who don't know, has become a veritable kiosk of Washington wineries, a wine tasters paradise, set up as an emissary collective for wine travelers the world over. You could almost park your car and hit 20 wineries within a 5 minute walk of each other. The Taste of Washington event is held in Woodinville, where attendees can purchase a three-day pass and visit over 50 tasting rooms. You should check it out, happens in May.
Anyway, driving toward Woodinville, my mind began to drift to thoughts of my wife, and how I wish she was riding along with me. We haven't been doing good lately. Me and my ineptitude when it comes to communicating with my significant other. I am paranoid. I read too much into things that are said. I assume too much (though in going along with the old saying, "when you assume…" it's more like ass-me than assume). I try to shorten my wife's sentences. All of which typically earns you at least a two-month stay in the doghouse, yet I continue to do it. Drinking SmartWater® doesn't really make you smart, that is for sure.
So I am driving up I-90 toward Woodinville, thinking of my wife and how I miss her, and how I am sure she is glad I am not routinely putting my foot into my mouth if I were with her right then and there. I have been wrecked by a lot of things, and it has really kept me from being emotionally there for my wife during some of the worst times in her life. The death of her mother is something she is still wrestling with on a daily basis, and yet me having been decimated by exhaustion, I am about as helpful to her as burnt toast in the rain.
I got to Woodinville, drove around a bit, having arrived too early to hit any of the tasting rooms, but early enough to get a coffee fix and something that resembled breakfast, checking in with my wife and giving my mom a call from a seat outstide a Starbuck's there. Recognizing the calm of this particular morning in a fog-covered Western Washington town, the quiet in my head was acutely significant.
I was coming to the realization I have still been in a bit of mourning for a job that really beat me up over a long period of time, really beat down my confidence, and shook me to the core. Officially, I am coming up on one year at The Party Source, yet I still find myself referring to this place with the pronoun "yours" a lot. The bottom line is, I am here, at the Party Source. Grieving for the previous position and the ten years I feel I wasted is proving very unhealthy. I didn't waste those years. I gained an awful lot of insight into this business. I learned how to do my job better. I made a lot of friends in this industry. I expanded my social network significantly. And I impressed my current employers enough they wanted me to come work for them. I should feel very lucky.
In a lot of ways, I find myself mourning an abusive relationship. Things in my former gig weren't the rosiest of circumstances. And I find myself still opining for that, almost like an addict in withdrawal. To be told in one sense of the phrase or another, that you suck, you are constantly fucking up, you start to believe it. And then you start behaving as though you do suck, and you will fuck up.
All those feelings of inferiority and chaos slowly faded into nothing, as I made my way over to my first stop – Chateau Ste. Michelle. A staple of Woodinville, and the anchor to the wine business in Washington, their facility is a beautiful place of which I hold fond memories. Walking their grounds before and after hitting the tasting room, I found myself taking more than a few pictures of their trees and flowers, losing a little bit more of the residual inadequacies I have been harboring as of late.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Syrah Columbia Valley 2011. Grade=Very Good. A solid, value-oriented red, slightly spicy with bright red fruit and exotic spices.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Austral Red Wahluke Slope 2010. Grade=Outstanding. This very limited, extremely unique blend of Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec is bold, full-bodied and smoldering with dark fruits, dark spices and smoky oak.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Merlot Canoe Ridge 2011. Grade=Outstanding+. A big, full-bodied Merlot, blended with 11% Cabernet Sauvignon. Blue-fruited, rich and decadent.
Chateau Ste. Michelle Cabernet Sauvignon Canoe Ridge 2011. Grade=Outstanding. Blended with small percentages of Merlot, Syrah and Malbec, this dense, full-bodied red gives you power and elegance.
Across the road – literally – is another long bastion of Washington winemaking, Columbia Winery, which has recently been acquired by Gallo. My last visit to Columbia wasn't too memorable, so if anything, the folks at Gallo must have really done something to get the tasting room folks to liven up and learn about good customer service.
Columbia Rosé of Grenache Columbia Valley 2012. Grade=Outstanding. Blended with small amounts of Gewurtztraminer and Riesling to give it fragrance and sweetness, this vibrant, off-dry blush shows off sweet, ripe strawberries and hints of rhubarb pie.
Columbia Barbera Small Lot Series 2010. Grade=Outstanding. Blended with 3% Malbec, this medium-bodied red is plush, with velvety smooth tannins, juicy blue fruits and hints of brown baking spice.
Columbia Merlot Red Willow Vineyard 2009. Grade=Amazing. Juicy blueberry, black cherry notes mix it up with mint, cedar and violets. Full-bodied. This is a terrific example of Washington State Merlot.
Columbia Cabernet Sauvignon Red Willow Vineyard 2008. Grade=Outstanding. Full-bodied, dense black fruits, sage, mineral and pepper.
Columbia Syrah Red Willow Vineyard 2008. Grade=Outstanding+. Impressive effort. Bold, zesty red fruits, blueberry, saffron and red tea leaves.
Columbia Malbec Small Lot Series 2010. Grade=Outstanding+. Really nice, lush with blueberry pie, hints of smoke, dried herbs and black peppercorns.
Not quite Noon, and having some time before anyone else was open yet, I decided to get some lunch, and stopped in at one of my favorite little wine stores, Village Wines. Last time I was there, I found myself upset by the fact that they had a Turley Zinfandel by the glass while we in Northern Kentucky couldn't even get any to sell in retail. Since then, we get a small, steady allocation of Turley wines at TPS, yet they had another Turley wine by the glass (I think it was a Cinsault). I settled on some flatbread pizza to go with a taste of two wines from Gorman (whose tasting room across the roundabout was closed that day):
Gorman The Devil You Know Red 2011. Grade=Outstanding. Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Mourvedre and Petite Sirah. A brand new deal for Gorman, this is a smoothed-out red, easy-to-drink, yet still possessing a bit of grip on the palate. Nice.
Gorman The Devil You Don't Know Red 2011. Grade=Outstanding+. Syrah, Mourvedre and Petite Sirah, this more Rhone-styled red was dark and smoky, a bit more to my liking. I went with a glass of this wine to go with my pizza.
Hoping to squeeze in a lot of tasting before hitting the road, I went just down the street to a row of tasting rooms, anchored by good friend John Bookwalter's Woodinville outpost:
Amavi Semillon Columbia Valley 2012. Grade=Outstanding. A bit of Sauvignon Blanc makes this incredible white wine bright and alive with acidity. Loads of citrus and stone fruit in there too. Delicious!
Amavi Syrah Walla Walla Valley 2011. Grade=Outstanding. A remarkable effort, medium-to-full-bodied red with robust minerality, dark red fruit, sassafrass, rhubarb, white pepper and white cinnamon.
Amavi Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley 2010. Grade=Outstanding. Bold, rich and densely concentrated black fruits, tobacco and leather.
Pepper Bridge Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley 2010. Grade=Outstanding. Mineral and dried herbs weigh on this bold, black-fruited Cab. A green streak runs through but is buoyed by superripe fruit.
Pepper Bridge Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley 2009. Grade=Outstanding+. A bit richer and denser than the 2010. Loads of blackberry, cigar box, cedar and sage. Delicious.
Pepper Bridge Trine Walla Walla Valley 2010. Grade=Amazing. A full-on Bordeaux-style red. Mostly Cab Sauv, with 15% Merlot, 5% Cab Franc, 5% Malbec and 5% Petit Verdot. Lush, complex and rich with blackberry, black currant and dark plum fruits, brown spices, chocolate, charcoal and sage.
Pepper Bridge Red Pepper Bridge Vineyard 2010. Grade=Amazing. Massive, full-bodied red. Seductive and decadent. Merlot dominant (with Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petit Verdot), this red is a remarkable effort in single vineyard wine.
Ross Andrew Meadow Blanc Columbia Valley 2011. Grade=Outstanding. Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling and Gewurtztraminer. Just the right amount of sweet and dry, tethered by brilliant acidity.
Ross Andrew Meadow Rosé Columbia Valley 2012. Grade=Amazing. A saigneé of Sangiovese and Lemberger (don't see this one much), just tasty red raspberry, Bing cherry and watermelon notes. Bought a bottle for later.
Glaze Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 2010. Grade=Very Good. Easy-drinking, medium-bodied red, a bit light compared to its peers, but very nice.
Ross Andrew Red Washington State 2010. Grade=Very Good. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Juicy, jammy red, with soft yet firm tannins, savory characters underlying a construct of splashy blackberry and dark plum.
Ross Andrew Syrah Bousey Vineyard 2009. Grade=Amazing. A rich, full-bodied effort. Makes me think of a Cote-Rotie with its pronounced minerality.
Ross Andrew Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 2008. Grade=Outstanding. Black currants, spicy oak, black pepper and chocolate collide for a lush, rich, full-bodied red.
Ross Andrew Pinot Noir Lachini Vineyard 2009. Grade=Outstanding+. A richer, lusher style of Pinot Noir, this is another Oregon Pinot Noir, cast through the prism of a Washington State winemaker's vision. Really good.
The Vincent by Mark Ryan Rosé Columbia Valley 2012. Grade=Very Good. A dry blush, blended from Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre. Bright raspberry and cranberry notes. Lots of bright acidity. Nice.
The Vincent by Mark Ryan Red Columbia Valley 2011. Grade=Outstanding. Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Medium-bodied. Lots of juicy red berry fruit, black pepper and spices.
Suicide Shift by Mark Ryan Columbia Valley 2011. Grade=Outstanding. Syrah and Mourvedre, this Rhone style blend has loads of dark fruit and spice, hints of chile-infused cocoa, and dark mineral undertones.
The Chief by Mark Ryan Columbia Valley 2011. Grade=Outstanding+. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot, this is a Bordeaux-styled effort, firm tannins, black fruits, dried herbs and pepper.
Bookwalter Bookmark Columbia Valley NV. Grade=Very Good. A terrific, every-day red blend, non-vintage for consistency. Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Bookwalter Subplot Columbia Valley 2011. Grade=Outstanding. Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. A solid, medium-bodied red, with cocoa, raspberry, blackberry and pepper notes.
Bookwalter Foreshadow Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 2010. Grade=Amazing. Bold, powerful Cabernet – unbelievable structure. Layers of black fruits, spices, herbs, tobacco, oak and mineral. Just keeps going and going.
Bookwalter Antagonist Columbia Valley 2011. Grade=Amazing. Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon, this amazing red is a full-bodied wonder, rich with dark fruits, spices and mineral. A remarkable effort from a very cool vintage.
Bookwalter Conflict Conner-Lee Vineyard 2010. Grade=Amazing+. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Powerful, rich, lusty red. Just a whole lotta stuff happening in this bottle. Coming from a cooler vintage, you get something akin to a Pauillac, like Lynch-Bages or Haut-Batailley.
Across the street, coffee was the thing calling my attention as I wanted to hit the road ASAP, but I had to hit one more tasting room before I called it quits for the day:
Mark Ryan Viognier Columbia Valley 2012. Grade=Outstanding. White flowers, lemon peel and hints of white peaches, this dry white gives you tons of vibrant acidity, satisfying even the most discriminating acid freak.
Mark Ryan Dissident Red Columbia Valley 2011. Grade=Outstanding. Predominantly Cab, this Bordeaux Blend + Syrah is full-bodied, rich and unctuous with its chocolate-covered blackberries, black pepper and cigar box notes.
Mark Ryan Wild Eyed Syrah Red Mountain 2011. Grade=Amazing. All Syrah from the Ciel du Cheval, Klipsun and Kiona Vineyards, this is one ridiculous effort. Just incredible notes of red berries, chocolate, truffle and mineral.
Mark Ryan The Long Haul Columbia Valley 2010. Grade=Amazing. Predominantly Merlot, this Right-Bank-inspired red gives you savory notes of grilled meats coupled with black fruits, brown spices, mocha, vanilla and cracked peppercorns.
Mark Ryan Dead Horse Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 2010. Grade=Amazing. Blended with 9% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc, and 2% each of Malbec and Petit Verdot, this bold, full-bodied red gives you blackberries, raspberries, hints of crushed violets and cracked black peppercorns.
Stopping off at The Commons to get coffee and pastries, I'd be all sugared up for my drive to Yakima, first stop on the ride east toward Walla Walla. I pretty much drove for two hours in silence, KING-FM becoming nothing but static, as my thoughts kept drifting to my wife, missing her, and wondering why we were having problems. Arriving in Yakima too late to hit any tasting rooms. I pretty much did Burger King for dinner, a far cry from the great meals in Seattle, and stayed in my room watching TV – The Bourne Legacy (Grade=Disappointing) before crashing.
Next time, stops in Prosser featuring Milbrandt Vineyards, Gamache Vineyards and Airfield Estates, lunch at Bookwalter in Richland, and checking out the riverfront park by my hotel.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The 2013 Ivy League Fencing Round-Robins will go on as planned despite Winter Storm Nemo, the League office announced today.
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The other day I passed a young woman who was texting and crying, bending intently over her phone as strangers brushed past her on the sidewalk. She had a snappy little brown coat, fetching shoes, a neat ponytail — a put-together girl falling apart in public. I was a block beyond her before I realized that it hadn't even occurred to me to consider stopping to say something sympathetic or encouraging, to show a sign of feeling for a fellow human in pain. My normal first impulse — and, I think, most people's, even in Boston — would be to make some sort of compassionate gesture, even if it's just to ask, "Are you okay?" But this time any such instinct was overridden by technology.
It was a typical 21st-century moment in public space, with her phone and my iPod isolating us in hermetic little bubbles of privacy. She was connected to someone elsewhere — perhaps around the corner, perhaps halfway around the world. I was lost in an audiobook reading of James Gleick's "The Information," a virtuosic account of the rise of data that spans talking drums and computers, quantum theory and genetics, telecommunications and literature and philosophy. I had reached the chapter on the "difference engine," inventor Charles Babbage's Victorian calculating machine, so my head was filled with arrays of intricately meshing gears.


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So, that guy with all the fake passports and counterfeit cash? Yeah, seems he's big on tile work, too. Made himself a mosaic on the floor of his apartment.
Of the CIA logo.
"Other details in the apartment paint a curious if difficult to interpret portrait of Alexik. Inlaid on the floor was a handmade tile mosaic replica of the Central Intelligence Agency seal; it was about five feet in diameter. Hovering over the CIA emblem was a large, framed portrait of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez."Chavez? Really? Is this some nefarious South American plot or is he just a nutjob? A disturbingly high functioning nutjob.
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Saints camp day six was reserved for shorts and shells, but it was lively. Rookie safety Kenny Vaccaro was flying around out there and being aggressive. As for anyone who may not like his style of play, Vaccaro said get used to it. As Kenny tweeted... as long as his teammates, coaches and his mother approve, he'll keep on doing what he's doing. You could see the gleam in the eyes of defensive teammates Jonathan Vilma and Cam Jordan when they spoke of the rookie's first impression. Although young, Vaccaro brings the kind of 'swagger' the Saints defense missed last season.
Here are a couple of other day 6 storylines of note.
*Rookie Ryan Griffin steps up.
The backup quarterback candidate got some extra work in with Seneca Wallace sitting out the day with a groin issue, and the former Tulane signal caller took full advantage. He threw a couple of deep balls well, and had a run of 6 straight completions. Coach Sean Payton was duly impressed.
Said Payton: "I thought he had his best practice to date. He made some really good plays. There were some things he did with protections that were really impressive as well."
*Running back Traveris Cadet: A simple philosophy.
Cadet climbed the up the rough side of the mountain to make the team as an undrafted free agent last season. He's sticking around by making himself useful. Cadet was 7th in the league last season averaging 26.5 yards per kickoff return. He can catch the ball out of the backfield. And, he understands the philosophy of team... in a unique, but effective way.
Said cadet: "It's all about being a part of those hundred pencils. You can break one pencil, but you can't break one hundred. That's unity."
*And, being careful with injuries.
Linebacker Curtis Lofton has a back problem, and the team's not rushing it. Lofton says Don't worry. He'll be back and ready well *before* the regular season against his old Atlanta team.
Lofton said: " I'm getting four treatments a day. I'll be out there soon and once week one rolls around...I haven't missed a game in my five years, and I don't plan on missing one yet."
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Give your kid a stock for Christmas
Looking for some stocking stuffer ideas? Why not skip the trinkets and toys and give your kids something they can really use -- an investment.
This post comes from Angela Colley at partner site Money Talks News.
Parents have been trying to teach kids about money in clever ways for ages. For instance, I remember doing chores around the house to earn my weekly pay as a kid, and now that I'm an adult, I'm grateful for the lesson I learned.
Another idea is to give the gift of stocks. They don't wear out, use batteries or require assembly. And they come with the potential of life-changing knowledge about investments.
Choosing stocks
When you're an adult, any stock that performs well is exciting. Kids tend to care more about brands they recognize. RankingTheBrands.com has a list of Kids' Top 100 Most Loved Brands to give you some ideas. For example:
- Your kid loves video games? Nintendo (NTDOY) is a publicly traded company.
- A sports fan? Look into Nike (NKE).
- Love Disney movies? The Walt Disney Co.'s stock (DIS) isn't too pricey right now.
- Have an army of Barbies in your house? Think about Mattel (MAT).
- A fan of Happy Meals? McDonald's (MCD) could be a good choice.
Whether it's food, a hobby or a clothing brand, your kids will care a lot more if the company produces something they understand and can relate to personally.
- One Share My First Stock comes with a framed, colorized stock certificate, an owner's manual and an e-book on trading.
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Stocks aren't the only teaching gift you can stuff in a stocking. There are other ways to help your kid build a nest egg. For example:
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- Start a college savings account. It's never too early to start saving for college. Open 529 college savings accounts for your children and help them understand how the investments grow.
- Buy bonds. When you invest in bonds, you loan money to a private company or government agency. The money you loan earns interest, and after the loan matures you get the money back. These investments may not have the excitement of stocks, but they tend to be safer and easier to understand. Read more about savings bonds offered by the U.S. government at TreasuryDirect.gov.
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The Outlaw (1943)
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl, Rio's, place after Billy is shot.
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One day after investigators put out a plea for help from the public, there is a renewed focus on the Oakland County Child Killer case. On Tuesday, Prosecutor Jessica Cooper announced a DNA link between hairs found on two of the victims and hairs found in the Bonneville belonging to convicted sexual predator Arch Sloan. While the hairs are not Sloan's, investigators believe they could belong to an associate of his - who could be the killer. And that killer could have had access to the 1969 Chevy.The car had a camper on the back which investigators are particularly interested in because most of the murders took place in the cold weather. They say Sloan probably wasn't driving the ragtop Bonneville in the wintertime.Meanwhile, Barry King, the father of Tim King, was in court on Wednesday, suing the Oakland County Prosecutor for access to evidence and information regarding his son's murder so many years ago. A judge ruled he will be able to see some of that information, including a search warrant and affidavit from Chris Busch's home. King believes Busch was involved. He was a well known pedophile who committed suicide. He was also the son of a big shot auto executive.Investigators are not ruling Busch out, but believe the real key to solving this case is Sloan..They're asking anyone with information to call the MSP tip line at 1-800-442-7766..
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Audi has announced the addition of the new A8 L W12 model to the current A8 line-up. The new model is powered by a brand new engine that replaces the 4.2-liter V8. Along with the new engine, the A8 L W12 comes with enhanced interior options and standard Audi connect online car services. It is priced at $133,500.
Pushing the 4.2L V8 out of the way is the new 6.3-liter 12-cylinder engine that delivers an impressive 500 HP and a peak torque of 463 pound-feet of torque. This engine is mated to an eight-speed Tiptronic transmission and quattro all-wheel-drive and will sprint the car from 0 to 60 mph in a time of 4.4 seconds.
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