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Greg wrote Part I last year - he just never got around to finishing off Part II! But he dusted off what he had, saw that it was still worth reading, and sent it on to get published. Greg's heading back to West Yellowstone this week. After reading this, you'll wish you were going, too... - Mike Muha
The Clinic
The West Yellowstone clinics provide an opportunity to refine your technique, whatever your starting level. Both five day and three day clinics are offered. The clinics include two sessions per day of an hour and a half each. At least they are supposed to be an hour and a half. One of the coaches told us they were told to keep the sessions to an hour and a half because in the past too many people were getting burned out after three or four days. In reality, you're often out skiing for four or more hours per day. It adds up.
I have not pre-registered for the clinic. It is partially out of procrastination but also because I have done the clinic twice before and I am uncertain if I want to do it again. Monday afternoon I see Dick Hunt out on the trails and ask him if I can still register.
"Oh sure," he says, "just bring your money."
I was worried that they might be full. Too many underemployed ski instructors for that. When I mentioned to Dick Fultz that I was considering doing the 5 day clinic, he looked at me with a serious expression and said "You won't get in as much skiing time."
Greg at West Yellowstone
"You might be right," he said, laughing.
One of my concerns was that the clinic might be too demanding. If I am scheduled to be out skiing twice a day, that is what I will probably do, even when I might be better off taking a break. I am more likely to take a rest if I don't have a regular schedule.
Many people come to West Yellowstone only to ski. Curt Peterson and Lorraine Lund, just back from Audun Endestad's camp in Alaska, are here just to ski. Dick Fultz, and the rest of the Michigan contingent, are skipping the clinics. Dick told me that he has stopped trying to get better. He said he just wants to ski for fun. Imagine that.
The Holiday Inn has a skier's special that includes all you can eat meal buffets. So mealtime becomes a time to meet and greet the same skiers you see out on the trail and in the classes. Since many skiers make West Yellowstone an annual pilgrimage, it can be like a homecoming for old friends.
In the hotel I see some old friends from previous camps. Jess and Judy Polokoff from Sacramento, Laura Stern and Mark Clifford from the bay area. Seeing them brings back memories of the fun we had in previous classes.
I decide to register for the clinic. While my technique is not bad, there is room for improvement. A standard part at the beginning of each clinic I've attended is splitting people up by ability. I said to someone at an earlier training camp that I will have to keep doing the clinics until they put me in the top group. They said "No, you have to keep doing the clinics until they ask you to teach." So I am still doing the clinics.
The family the skis together...
It is very cold this morning. It is also the first day of the 5 day ski clinic. Start time is 8:30. No one is eager to get started in the 2-degree weather. The coaches decide to kill some time. Torbjorn leads the class in some indoor ski simulation exercises. We swing our imaginary poles and step through the motions of various techniques on imaginary snow. After about 45 minutes, everyone is tired of skiing on linoleum and we go outside.
One of the great things about the weather in West Yellowstone is that while it may be very cold in the morning, it usually warms up 20 degrees or more within a couple of hours.
The first order of business is to divide us up into groups of similar ability. The method used to do this is to have everyone ski one at a time about 100 yards doing his or her best V2 technique. At the end of the 100 yards are a couple of the coaches who call out a number as we ski by. I used to get nervous doing these evaluations. Once, in one of Torbjorn's camps, we were being individually video taped and when it was my turn, I took about three strides and stuck my pole between my skis and fell, breaking the pole. But today I don't even think about it. I get put into group number one, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone made a mental note to add me to the list of potential future instructors.
It is not an exact science, but they do a fairly good job of splitting us up. Later though, everyone is surprised to learn that one young woman in our skating group has never skated before in her life. She apparently did a great job of faking it for 100 yards. She is very experienced in downhill and classic skiing, which allows her to keep up.
There are too many of us in the first group, so they split us up. Someone suggests splitting us by those who want to ski faster versus those who want to take it easy. I opt for the easy group. Ten days is a long time.
Lesson with Torbjorn
Had a great session with Torbjorn Karlsen. He demonstrated and we practiced several variations of double pole technique. First there was what he called the "long double pole." This has nothing to do with the length of your poles, but with the length of your compression.
The long double-pole starts with the forward arm swing. As the arms swing forward and up, the poles swing slightly forward of vertical. This means that at the top of your pole swing, the tips are pointing slightly forward. I have always been taught that the pole swing stops short of vertical with pole tips pointing slightly to the rear.
Torbjorn says you get better extension and force if you let them swing slightly forward, then as you bring them down to plant them, the tip comes back to point slightly back. The long double pole ends with a slight bend of the knees, hands crossing your legs at mid calf or lower, and eyes looking at your feet. With your head in line with your body, this means a very deep compression.
The short double pole is done at a higher tempo, with shorter forward extension of poles, and the poling ends with the skier looking slightly in front of their skis, head in line with the body. So less compression and a shorter stroke than the long double pole technique.
Torbjorn told us that Justin Wadsworth, the Olympic skier he coaches, had been only using the short double pole technique in races. Torbjorn thought that this might be contributing to fading in the latter half of races. Now he uses the long double pole technique, especially in the early part of races to conserve energy. As a result, he has more energy at the end of the race to use the higher-tempo, short double-pole technique. Just one more weapon in the arsenal.
Park trail
Torbjorn has obviously spent a great deal of time analyzing technique and is great at pointing out minor nuances.
As we were practicing the double pole techniques, skiing back and forth on a short section of trail, the US Ski team was doing lactate-testing right next to us as we turned around at one end. Trond Nystad, the US head coach was standing trailside with a notebook and a stopwatch. Team members were doing short laps on flat terrain with increasing intensity. Trond would ask their heart rate as they came to a stop.
The laps seemed to take about 5 to 10 minutes. A woman was taking blood samples from each team member as they completed each lap. The first time we saw them come around, they were skiing at a very easy pace. After three or four laps, the pace was very fast, with some visible strain and effort showing on the skiers' faces.
It would have been neat to see the results. Or better yet, jump in. Hey Trond, got enough capillary tubes for one more? Just want to see how my lactate's doin' today. Torbjorn has other ideas.
Racing Torbjorn
Torbjorn led us away for an easy classic ski. After skiing for about 15 minutes, Torbjorn stopped and said in his distinctive Norwegian accent, "Okay, we are going to have a short race."
He told us there was a trail intersection about 300 yards ahead, around a corner and down a hill. The intersection would be the finish line. We would race in pairs, one against the other. He paired us up, with both skiers in the track, one ahead of the other. Since there were only five of us, he paired himself with me. He started the first pair off with "Ready, set, go!" Thirty seconds later, he sent the second pair off.
Then it was our turn. He started behind me in the track, "giving me the advantage," he said. When he said go I started a little slowly, thinking that this might be a good strategy since I already had the lead. It was a good strategy for about 10 seconds. As we came to the first turn, Torbjorn stepped out of the track, accelerated, and cut across the turn, taking the lead. I started double-poling as fast as I could, but it was too little too late.
The whole section we were on was slightly downhill, so we were gaining speed as we went. After the turn the trail went more sharply downhill. Torbjorn stepped back into the tracks to take advantage of the faster glazed tracks. I was feeling a little tentative and unstable as our speed picked up and stayed out of the tracks.
I lost by quite a margin. Torbjorn looked back as he reached the finish and looked surprised by how far behind I was. When I reached him, he asked, "Did I out glide you?" He meant that perhaps he won because his skis were faster. I muttered something like yes that must be it.
Of course it is entirely possible that his skis were faster, considering he is an expert wax technician and wax distributor and I was still skiing on the wax from my last race the year before. But, it might also have something to do with the fact that Torbjorn is a National Masters race winner, a top 100 Birkie skier, and I am not.
Time for another race, Torbjorn says. This one starts with a downhill turn, then a short flat section then the finish line is 50 yards up the hill. This time, the winner from the first race will start with a handicap by starting farther back.
So Torbjorn starts about 50 feet behind me this time. I think he won the first one by more than 50 feet, but I couldn't bring myself to tell him to move farther back. Forget strategy this time, I tell myself. I want to preserve this 50 foot lead. I start double-poling like mad. Technique is the last thing on my mind. It is all about tempo. It was the fastest double poling I could do without sticking a pole into my foot, or worse, into my ski. I stepped out of the track to cut the corner. So far so good. I learned something from the first race. I double-pole furiously across the flat section then start my diagonal stride up the hill. Up to this point, Torbjorn was still behind me. I start thinking that maybe, just maybe I can pull this off.
Just then, out of the right corner of my eye, I see a blur. It is Torbjorn coming up on my right like Carl Lewis on skis. He is taking huge long diagonal strides and gaining a foot on me with every stride. There is no time to react. Another five seconds and the race is over.
After the race, Torbjorn said I had done everything right on the downhill and flat. "You did the right thing when you cut the corner," he said. "It was all I could do to keep up with you on the downhill and flat sections, but your turnover up the hill was not fast enough."
Even though I had lost, I felt good that I had stayed ahead of him for most of the race. I had a blast doing it. The short races were a great way to push technique to the limit without the suffering of a longer race. Now with what I've learned, I'm ready for a re-match. Just name the place, Tor, and I'll maybe even wax my skis this time.
Gallantin River
Jon Engen's mother
Jon Engen is another transplanted Norwegian, so common amongst the Nordic elite. He is a very astute and entertaining instructor. Jon took us back to the basics of classic technique.
If you can walk, you can ski, the saying goes. Most of us know better, but Jon takes us back to that simple analogy. "Most of you never needed instruction in how to walk," he says with a smile that makes us think he isn't really sure about some of us. "Just put one foot in front of the other and swing your arms. With skiing, we just add a little glide." Jon makes the transition from walking to his powerful balanced technique seem like child's play.
"My mother skis like this", he says, then demonstrates an upright, easy, slow, short-gliding technique. "Even skiing like this," he says, "she would pass people out here on these trails. When I ski with her, we pass people who are working too hard, using lots of energy, stopping to rest on a hill, catching their breath, slumped over their poles." He demonstrates a slumped over skier, breathing hard. "And my mother just slowly skis on by, then turns, and asks 'Are they okay? Do they need help?'"
His point was that we sometimes over-complicate technique and then also go out and work too hard in training.
Jon had each of us ski a short section using diagonal stride while he watched us. He then said he had a good mental image and could offer a bit of advice for each person. He told me that I needed to work on balance and to help with that, focus on getting my forward hand and pole grip over my opposite ski. This brings me well to the inside of my normal balance point. He said that Bill Koch brought his hand two inches outside of his ski. He said that as if to say if we thought bringing our hand inside to the point of our opposite ski was too far over, Bill Koch went even farther.
As the week progresses, my skiing has become stronger and more confident. My balance has improved significantly. Earlier in the week, with the adjustment to on-snow skiing and the altitude, the fun level was low and the effort level high.
Now, while the effort is still there on the hills, the fun level has gone way up. I feel very strong skating up the hills. The rolling terrain and long downhills are just a blast.
Skiing with Scott McGee, one of the instructors, I skied up next to him and said if more people realized how cool it is cruising on cross-country skis, the trails would be a lot more crowded.
While I feel stronger, at the same time, there is an underlying fatigue from the long hours of skiing. The fatigue makes itself felt at various times throughout the day. In the morning, I am very slow to get ready, even deliberately a few minutes late getting down to the class meeting place. I was disappointed this morning that I didn't miss anything. Everyone was just sitting on the floor waiting to be assigned to an instructor. It would have made me feel better if I had missed some calisthenics or something.
Not that they ever had us do calisthenics. One day when it was especially cold in the morning, we did do some indoor ski simulation exercises with Torbjorn leading us all in his version of Jane Fonda's workout.
At the end of a session, I would feel it in my arms as I double-pole or V2. I sometimes stop and think, "Ok that is enough, I'll just stop right here." But then I keep going, because I can't really stop in the middle of the trail, half a kilometer from the entrance.
The camp is over. The place is emptying out. I had breakfast with Torbjorn, Mark, Laura, Jess, Judy, and a racer from Maine whose name I don't remember. Jess and Judy said goodbye after breakfast.
I went out to skate ski at 10:30. The fog from the last few days has left the trees looking like artificial frosted Christmas trees.
After three days of using demo skis, I am back to my Fischers, and what a difference. I had suspected that my skis were too soft. Too soft means the camber compresses too easily. It results in squirrelly behavior, sliding out, poor edging, and poor stability.
I experienced all of those symptoms today. The difference was dramatic. On demo Atomics the last two days, I skied aggressively and confidently. Today, I felt like I lost energy with every skate as my skis slid out to the side. Downhills were much tougher and scarier. It was demoralizing. Downhill turns required very careful edging and stepping. I plan to order new skis as soon as possible.
Into the Park
My last workout was an easy ski into Yellowstone Park. It was my first time skiing in Yellowstone National Park. The groomed trails for skiing in the camp are on the edge of town outside of the national park. The trail was partially groomed for classic, and then changed to skied-in only. My kick wax was mostly worn off, and I didn't feel like stopping to wax, so I double-poled the whole way. It was also a way to keep the intensity very easy.
The trail follows the Gallatin River through an area that looks to be recovering from either massive logging or a forest fire. The trail goes through, around, and sometimes straight over the top of small evergreen saplings.
It was an easy ski, mostly flat, except for one long uphill. It reminded me of the type of skiing I did when I first got into the sport--backcountry trail skiing through Pigeon River state forest. No groomed track. No corduroy. If we were lucky, we skied in someone else's tracks. Otherwise we made our own.
Back then it was not about going fast. It wasn't even about exercise. It was just a way to get out and explore the outdoors. It was hiking on skis. It was pure adventure to be out in the middle of winter in the middle of a forest, miles from any roads or motorized vehicles.
Being in Yellowstone brought back those feelings of adventure. I didn't know quite what to expect. I had heard stories--stories of buffalo and bald eagles. Jack Hart's wife had reportedly seen 40 buffalo when she skied on the same trail. Ernie Brumbaugh had reported seeing a dozen bald eagles. I had high hopes.
I stopped at the Free Heel and Wheel before I embarked for a café latte and a muffin. I asked Melissa how far I had to ski into the park before I started seeing neat stuff.
She looked at me like I was some kind of dumb tourist and said "You just have to go outside."
I said, "But I want to see some buffalo and bald eagles. Someone said they saw some in the park."
"You might want to see them but they don't want to see you," she said, "That's why they're called wild animals."
So I was properly humbled at the start. As it turned out, I saw only a pair of squirrels and a single black crow. It was a particularly entertaining pair of squirrels. They were chasing each other and jumping from tree to tree a good 50 feet off the ground. The trees were down at a lower level so I had a good view without having to look up. That was kind of neat, but tame compared to the advance billing of buffalo and all. Still made for a good easy final outing.
Ten days and 35 hours of skiing. It was probably a little too much skiing for training purposes. Overtraining does not always feel bad while you are doing it. But I had a great time. I would gladly do it all over again. I liked the Atomic skis so much I ordered a pair from Dick Fultz using a pay phone in the Atlanta airport while waiting for my flight. I highly recommend the West Yellowstone fall camp to anyone who likes to ski.


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The country does not know Rahul's administrative capabilities. Why did he not take any ministerial responsibility in the 10 years of the UPA Government when the PM was willing to give him any Ministry he wished for?
By opting to head a Ministry, Rahul could have shown his mettle, his work, proven his capability and shown what he stands for.
In the absence of proven experience Indians are unaware of his capabilities. Therefore what right does he have, specially after shirking serious responsibility for 10 years, to lecture on the performance of Gujarat?
While the Gandhi's spread falsehood on Gujarat they have no explanation for the huge wealth build-up of their son-in-law Robert Vadra nor on the lacklustre and terrible performance of the UPA on all fronts of governance.
The point is very simple, why are other political parties not questioning his credentials on governance? He has wasted 10 years under the shadow of his mother shirking responsibility even while callously insulting the seat of the PM.
He did not even perform his constitutional responsibility of attending the Parliament or attending to development work in Amethi (His constituency).
He has raised 0 questions in the Parliament (national average is 300), participated in 2 debates (national average is 37.9) and his attendance is barely 43% (national average is 76%) during his tenure in Parliament.
By having accepted any important ministerial berth, as offered to him on a platter by Manmohan Singh, Rahul could have gained useful experience in governance and boosted his own credentials.
Now his mother tells the citizens, we have given to you RTI, RTE, FS, MNREGA. She adds, that they will give all citizens Right to Health, Right to Home and in exchange she demands they vote for herself and her son. She almost guarantees that people will not have to work any more and that the money required to run the country will come from somewhere inexplicable, probably already bankrupt Italy!
The whole family is so desperate to win the 2014 elections that they can give you anything in exchange for votes and a return to power!
To achieve their goal, Sonia, Daughter and Son are indulging in all sorts of lies, inaccuracies and filthy language. Daughter Priyanka occasionally appears on the scene during elections and then disappears until the next elections, all the while helping her husband make money.
This dynasty has perpetuated enough horrors on a nation that reposed its trust in them and gave them love.
Its time we got rid of this brat pack and show them their place - in prisons or political exile.


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Boss Darren Ferguson is refusing to take any risks with injuries during pre-season as he continues to try and cope with a small squad at Preston.
The former Peterborough chief is adamant he needs more players and is in the market for fresh blood, with an unnamed midfielder closing in on a move to Deepdale, while a winger and a striker are also on his radar.
Ferguson is already dealing with small numbers and was stretched further when he was forced to be without injured trio Jon Parkin (hamstring), Callum Davidson (calf) and Wayne Brown (hip) for Saturday's 3-0 friendly defeat by Everton.
"We aren't taking any risks with injuries at this stage," Ferguson told the Lancashire Evening Post.
"Callum felt a bit tight in his calf...he's had injuries before and knows his own body so we felt it best he should sit the game out."
He added: "Wayne has got a problem with his back. We'll have to get it assessed and speak with the doctor about it. He has been struggling in pre-season to be able to cope with the physical side of things."
On possible transfer activity, he added: "I know the finances are a little bit tight but at the end of the day I can't go into the season with 16 players. The chairman is working hard to make things happen, negotiations are quite far down the road with a midfield player, a different type to what we've got."
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text: Guest Curator: Robert MoesFormer Head of the Asian Art Department, Brooklyn MuseumJapan's ceramic history is the longest in the world. One hundred folk ceramics, dating from 3000 B.C. to 1985, comprise the first exhibition outside Japan to explore this range of ceramic production. Produced for use by farmers, artisans, and merchants, these objects are astonishing in their wide variety and profound aesthetic impact. The exhibition is arranged chronologically and includes cooking beakers; wine jars; tomb vessels and tomb figures; storage jars; grinding and mixing bowls; plates, dishes, and bowls in stoneware and porcelain; sake bottles and flasks; oil-drip plates; sculptural alcove ornaments; and flower-arranging vases. Folk ceramics were nearly all anonymous until the 1920s, but several famous 20th-century potters -- designated Living National Treasures by the Japanese government -- are represented.


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Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013by Representative Trent Franks
Posted on 2013-02-13
FRANKS of Arizona. Madam Speaker, we often come to this floor to
advocate any number of controversial issues--issues that often produce
strong disagreement from the given Speaker's opposing party. But I
stand here today stating what I'm confident an overwhelming majority of
Americans would deem simple common sense: if the government responds to
a disaster--like Hurricane Sandy, which caused devastating damage and
losses in the tens of billions of dollars--it should strive to help the
entire community recover, not pick and choose some to receive help and
others to go it alone.
But, stunningly, that's not the way it currently works, Madam Speaker. As it stands, many of the strongest, most necessary pillars in our society--churches and other places of worship--are being excluded from even being considered for the recovery aid provided by FEMA in the wake of Sandy.
Since the policy has come to light, some have attempted to defend it, invoking that all-too-commonly abused notion of the separation of church and state. But, Madam Speaker, even if we accept the most radical definition of this phrase, there would still be no reasonably legal explanation for this inexcusable oversight.
The Supreme Court responded to a similar issue when it decided Everson v. Board of Education. In that decision, the court criticized the ``imposition of taxes to pay ministers' salaries and to build and maintain churches and church property.'' But in the very same decision, the court makes clear the obvious exception to this policy, stating that the state has the duty to maintain neutral relations with places of worship, and that they should be granted access to the same basic government services as the rest of the community--``such general government services as ordinary police and fire protection, connections for sewage disposal, public highways and sidewalks.'' Who can, with any modicum of intellectual honesty, suggest that disaster relief does not fit the definition of a basic government service? The government is not maintaining neutral relations with houses of worship in this sphere. It is actively and specifically excluding them from a basic government service enjoyed by every other member of the community.
Of course, perhaps the cruelest irony of this entire situation is the fact that it is so often the churches who step in to help in the immediate aftermath of such disasters. They are the ones sending their congregations to feed, clothe, and house a desperate community. They are the ones taking up donations en masse to help the most afflicted. And they are the ones selflessly emptying their food closets to sustain, for just a little while longer, families anxiously awaiting government aid--the same government aid for which they will inexplicably not even be considered.
Madam Speaker, this unconstitutional, un-American, unreasonable discrimination against these essential, compassionate members of our society simply must not continue. Churches and other places of worship must be held to the same criteria as other members of the community in these decisions. I urge my colleagues to strongly support H.R. 592.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Barletta) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 592.
The question was taken.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.


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Anti-fracking campaigners were out in force recently to step up their protest against the controversial drilling method for extracting oil or gas from the ground.
The campaigners believe structural damage would occur to properties, as well as pollution and water contamination, if fracking is allowed in East Dunbartonshire.
Local artists Tricia Durham and John Main created a 'frack-quake' pavement art outside the Kirkintilloch Regent Centre on April 1 - marking the fifth anniversary of the Blackpool 'frack-quake' when a magnitude 2.3 earthquake occurred, followed by a magnitude 1.5 tremor.
Ruth Dunster of Torrance Against Fracking said: "After the April 2011 earth tremors, work was halted at a frack field near Blackpool. Fracking firm Cuadrilla later admitted the quakes were most likely related to their operations."
Ruth added: "The large natural gas reserves under most of East Dunbartonshire make it a prime site. The danger is not at the initial exploration and gas extraction phase, so things will seem fine at first - but the ground becomes unstable when waste water is 'fracked' back into the original underground workings."
"We could expect structural damage to properties along with the serious issues of pollution and water contamination in this area."
But supporters of fracking like Jim Ratcliffe of chemical giants Ineos insist it is safe and offers cheaper energy.
Dan McMahon of Kirky Against Fracking said: "I just can't believe these companies want to do this here."


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Unfortunately it is not January. How much?
and looking like another 4-8 on monday and tuesday....where was this 2 1/2 weeks ago
Id be up to ride if I knew what is OK to ride and able to get from one point to another without trespassing.
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Additional destroyer also on way to region near Strait of Hormuz
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Following the announcement that a third US aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, would be heading to patrol waters near the Strait of Hormuz in March, it has also been revealed that the nuclear submarine USS Annapolis and the destroyer USS Momsen are also likely to heading towards the Persian Gulf in the build up to a possible attack on Iran.
"Two ships of the US Navy, the nuclear submarine USS Annapolis and the destroyer USS Momsen have passed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. Although their destination is confidential, they are now getting dangerously close to the Persian Gulf," reports RT, citing Interfax News Agency.
With the likely destination of the two ships being the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations, they will be joined next month by the USS Enterprise, the third aircraft carrier to be stationed in the region along with the USS Vinson and the USS Abraham Lincoln. The US also has a 15,000-men force deployed in Kuwait comprising of an expeditionary marine battalion and an amphibious landing group. British and French warships are also acting as escorts to the US aircraft carriers.
What all this means is that the United States will have a massive naval presence just off Iranian waters to coincide with rhetoric concerning an attack reaching a crescendo. Earlier today a prominent bipartisan think tank, ostensibly a front for the US military-industrial complex, called on the Obama administration to increase pressure on Iran by sending even more naval firepower to the tense region.
The US is currently conducting its biggest naval exercises in over a decade. The Bold Alligator joint Navy and Marine Corps exercise, taking place off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina, is clearly geared towards simulating a naval conflict with Iranian forces despite official claims to the contrary.
"Navy and Marine forces involved with the exercise will work scenarios involving mine warfare, countering small boat attacks and other irregular threats and fighting in shallow coastal waters, (Command chief Adm. John) Harvey pointed out. Those threats, among others, are the hallmarks of Iranian naval forces," reports AOL News.
Iran's repeated threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil choke point, have led many to speculate that the trigger for a military assault aimed at destroying Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities could happen in the waters of the Persian Gulf.
Tehran is set to conduct more naval exercises in the Strait later this month. Experts estimate that around 1,000 mines would be required to block the 55km wide passage and that Iran's Revolutionary Guards have already stockpiled 2,000 mines for that very purpose.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
This article was posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 10:59 am


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We started out this morning touring the old part of Lourdes. We visited several houses where Bernadette and her family lived in Lourdes. Her family was very poor and because the did not have much, learning to read and write were out of the question. Bernadette also suffered from various illnesses early in her life. She was blessed, however, "being raised in a family whose greatest riches were their faith." Bernadette would one day write of being chosen to carry to important message to the world, "I was nothing, and of this nothing God made something great. In Holy Communion I am heart to heart with Jesus. How sublime is my destiny." Several of the pilgrims took the opportunity to bathe in the holy waters and to walk the stations of the cross.
We again celebrated Mass in the St. Anne Chapel and Father John preached a message of faith. If we knew with certainty that something was true--it wouldn't require faith. Our faith requires us to believe something without knowing the final outcome. Our faith is Jesus Christ and the promise of eternity in Heaven. Our call is let go of the anxiety that we carry with us and lean on our faith. God has a plan for us. We continue to pray for all of you that are following along with us on the journey of faith. As we contemplate this holy site where so many years ago, a little girl taught us about faith, we ask Jesus to continue to bless us and keep us safe. Before Jesus died on the cross, His last words to Mary were, "Mother, behold your son" and to John, "Son, behold your Mother." With those words, Mary became our Mother and we honor and revere her as Jesus, her Son did.
We finished out our day with a moving candlelight procession from the Grotto, through the grounds of the Shrine and ending at the Rosary Chapel. All along the procession, we recited the Rosary in many different languages and honored Mary, as Jesus asked us to day. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with thee. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.


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Rising Juniors Part of North Team Roster
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Two members of Yale's Ivy League champion field hockey team concluded play in USA Field Hockey's Women's National Championship last week in College Park, Md. Rising juniors Erica Borgo (Randolph, N.J.) and Georgia Holland (Stony Brook, N.Y.) were part of a group of 18 players selected to the North team roster for the tournament, which included eight teams. The North went 2-3, missing out on a chance to play in Friday's finals after losing to Pennsylvania 3-2 in overtime last Wednesday.
The Women's National Championship tournament featured the best field hockey players in the country, including collegiate all-stars, current National Team members and members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. In addition to competing for the title of National Champions as a team, players at the tournament were also vying for individual spots on the U.S. National Team and the U.S. Development Squad.
There were teams from eight regions at the tournament: Boston, California, Midwest, New England, New Jersey, North, Pennsylvania and South. The North region included Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. Borgo and Holland's teammates on the North squad this year included a pair of 2011 NFHCA All-Americans: back Jestine Angelini (the 2011 NFHCA Mideast Region Player of the Year) and back Rayell Heistand, both from UConn.
Borgo, one of four first-team All-Ivy League honorees for Yale this year, led the Ivy League in assists in league games (nine) and had a school-record 17 assists overall, placing second in the country in assists per game. She scored one of the biggest goals of the season -- the game-winner with 15 minutes to play in Yale's 2-1 win at Penn Oct. 23 that helped the Bulldogs keep pace in the race for the Ivy League title. She also had the game-winner in the 5-1 win over Harvard Sept. 17, Yale's third straight win over its archrival. She was second on the team in points (5-17-27). She is already in sixth place on Yale's all-time assists list (24).
Borgo was a second team All-Ivy League selection as a freshman, when she finished with the team lead in points (23), tied for the team lead in goals (eight) and was second on the team in assists (seven). She was the first freshman to lead Yale in scoring since Amanda Walton '02 (18-3-39) in 1998.
Borgo took part in USA Field Hockey's Junior National Championship last year. Her previous USA Field Hockey experience includes being selected for the USFHA National Futures Championship in 2008 and 2009.
A member of Branford College at Yale, Borgo was an all-state selection at Randolph High prior to joining the Bulldogs.
Holland was named Yale's Player of the Year this past season and was a unanimous first team All-Ivy League selection. She continued to be an offensive threat while also handling plenty of defensive responsibility, as indicated by her team-high three defensive saves. She tied for second on the team in goals and points (9-4-22), including a hat trick in the win vs. Dartmouth Oct. 15. Holland scored the game-winning goal in the 7-0 win over Brown in the regular season finale Nov. 5 that clinched a share of the Ivy League championship for Yale.
Holland took part in USA Field Hockey's Senior National Championship last year. She was on the New England team, which ended the tournament with a 4-0 shutout of California in the playoff game between the fifth- and sixth-place teams. New England had lost three and drawn two in the round-robin portion.
Holland's USA Field Hockey experience also includes traveling with the Under-19 Junior Women's National Team to Santiago, Chile, to play the Chilean Junior National Team as well as top local clubs. She won a Junior National Championship with the Pennsylvania team in June of 2010. She was also part of Olympic Development Select and was on the U-19 team for the Argentina Tour in April 2010. She attended Junior National Camp from 2008-2010, was part of Futures Elite in 2009, and attended the National Futures Championship in 2008 and 2009. She played with Yale rising junior goalkeeper Emily Cain (Laytonsville, Md.) on the Junior Olympic Team in 2008, earning second place.
Holland, who was Ivy League co-Rookie of the Year and a second team All-Ivy League selection in 2010, was an All-American at Ward Melville prior to coming to Yale. She is in Ezra Stiles College.
In addition to Borgo and Holland Yale also had a pair of coaches involved with the North team, as head coach Pam Stuper and associate head coach Tamara Durante were assistant coaches (UConn associate head coach Paul Caddy and UMass head coach Carla Tagliente were the head coaches). Stuper, the 2009 NFHCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year, has been at Yale for 15 seasons, including eight as an assistant coach and seven as head coach. A member of the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame, she helped lead Yale to three ECAC Championships (1998, 2002 and 2003) as an assistant. A nine-year member of the U.S. National Team, Stuper participated in three World Cups (1990, 1994 and 1998), one Pan-American Games (1995) and two Champion's Trophy Tournaments (1995, 1997). She was an alternate for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team. Stuper earned a silver medal in the 1995 Pan American Games and a bronze medal in the 1994 World Cup.
For the National Championship, teams were divided up into two pools (A and B). They played three matches during pool play, then a cross-over match. The tournament ended June 8 with classification matches based on the teams' places in the standings (1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, 5 vs. 6, 7 vs. 8). Following the conclusion of the tournament, players were selected for the National Team and for the Development Squad.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (firstname.lastname@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity
North Team Results
2012 Women's National Championship
Friday, June 1, vs. New Jersey (L, 0-7)
Saturday, June 2, vs. Mid Atlantic (W, 6-5)
Monday, June 4, vs. California (W, 5-4)
Wednesday, June 6, Cross-over game vs. Pennsylvania (L, 3-2 OT)
Friday, June 8, Classification match vs. South (L, 3-1)
2012 North High Performance Tournament Team
Alicia Angelini
Jestine Angelini
Abby Beltrani
Marie Elena Bolles
Erica Borgo
Emma Bozek
Megan Bozek
Lauren Brooks
Melissa Gonzalez
Rayell Heistand
Georgia Holland
Steph Hussey
Mallory Mason
Jordan Page
Hannah Prince
Caroline Tarbell
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United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Western Division
January 15, 2015
KELVIN ELLIS, Plaintiff,v.CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant.
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Kelvin Ellis brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), seeking reversal and remand of the decision denying him disability insurance benefits. For the reasons set forth below, the case is remanded.
On February 1, 2012, the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") held a hearing to review the Social Security Administration's denial of Mr. Ellis' request for benefits. R. 29-54. At the time of the hearing, Mr. Ellis was forty-six years old. R. 33. He testified that he had a ninth-grade education, did not have a driver's license, and had difficulty ready and writing. R.33, 37, 46. Mr. Ellis had no past relevant work experience, but testified that chronic pain in his lower back prevented him from working. R. 33-34. Mr. Ellis claimed a disability onset of June 1, 2010. R. 59.
On October 12, 2010, Mr. Ellis began treating with Dr. Mehul Gandhi. R. 532. Mr. Ellis sought treatment for his lower back pain after he threw out his back trying to lift a gallon of milk. Id. Dr. Gandhi prescribed Tramadol and Flexeril and ordered a magnetic resonance imaging ("MRI") of his lower back. R. 533. On October 19, 2010, Mr. Ellis returned to the doctor after an allergic reaction to the Tramadol. R. 530. Based on Mr. Ellis' low back pain, Dr. Gandhi prescribed Tylenol #3 and recommended that he avoid lifting over 10 pounds, bending, stooping, or standing for long periods of time. R. 508, 530. Starting in November 2010, Mr. Ellis was prescribed Norco to help with his back pain. R. 528.
On October 29, 2010, an MRI on Mr. Ellis' back revealed multilevel degenerative joint and disc disease without central canal stenosis or neural foraminal compromise. R. 515. It also revealed a mild diffuse disc bulge at L5-S1 with mild to moderate facet hypertrophy, which was encroaching upon the traversing S1 nerve roots bilaterally. Id. In December 2010, an electromyography ("EMG") revealed motor nerve conduction velocities that were essentially normal. R. 513. However, the EMG also revealed that amplitude of the right common peroneal nerve was low with prolongation of the H-reflect with mild denervation and possible lumbar plexopathy at L5-S1. Id.
Examinations by Dr. Gandhi from 2010 through 2012 showed that Mr. Ellis consistently had low back pain, weakness in his lower extremities, and positive straight-leg raising tests. R. 525-533, 558-567, 570, 575-578. But Mr. Ellis had an eight-month lapse in his treatment in 2011. R. 570. On multiple occasions, Mr. Ellis also reported numbness or tingling in his legs. R. 532, 568, 570. In January 2012, due to Mr. Ellis' chronic low back pain, Dr. Gandhi recommended that he avoid standing for prolonged periods, bending, stooping, crouching, climbing, and lifting over 15 pounds. R. 581.
On February 22, 2012, the ALJ issued his ruling that Mr. Ellis was not disabled. R. 10-28. The ALJ found that Mr. Ellis had the severe impairment of L5-S1 plexopathy. R. 15. However, the ALJ found Mr. Ellis' spinal impairment did not meet or medically equal a listing impairment. R. 16. The ALJ then concluded Mr. Ellis had the residual functional capacity ("RFC") to perform light work subject to the following limitations: no ladders, ropes or scaffolds; only occasional stooping, crouching, crawling, kneeling or balancing; and the need for work learnable on short demonstration, which does not require reading, writing or sum adding. R. 17. Although Mr. Ellis did not have any past relevant work (R. 22), based on the vocational expert's testimony, the ALJ determined that Mr. Ellis' RFC allowed him to perform jobs that existed in the national economy. R. 17-22.
A reviewing court may enter judgment "affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision of the [Commissioner], with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing." 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). If supported by substantial evidence, the Commissioner's factual findings are conclusive. Id. Substantial evidence exists if there is enough evidence that would allow a reasonable mind to determine that the decision's conclusion is supportable. Richardson v. Perales, 402 U.S. 389, 399-401 (1971). Accordingly, the reviewing court cannot displace the decision by reconsidering facts or evidence, or by making independent credibility determinations. Elder v. Astrue, 529 F.3d 408, 413 (7th Cir. 2008). However, the Seventh Circuit has emphasized that review is not merely a rubber stamp. Scott v. Barnhart, 297 F.3d 589, 593 (7th Cir. 2002) (a "mere scintilla" is not substantial evidence). If the Commissioner's decision lacks evidentiary support or adequate discussion, then the court must remand the matter. Villano v. Astrue, 556 F.3d 558, 562 (7th Cir. 2009). Moreover, a reviewing court must conduct a critical review of the evidence before affirming the Commissioner's decision. Eichstadt v. Astrue, 534 F.3d 663, 665 (7th Cir. 2008). Indeed, even when adequate record evidence exists to support the Commissioner's decision, the decision will not be affirmed if the Commissioner does not build an accurate and logical bridge from the evidence to the conclusion. Berger v. Astrue, 516 F.3d 539, 544 (7th Cir. 2008).
Mr. Ellis seeks reversal and remand, arguing that the ALJ: (1) failed to sufficiently explain why Mr. Ellis' impairment did not meet the criteria for disorders of the spine under Listing 1.04(A); and (2) improperly weighed the medical opinion evidence of his treating physician. After reviewing these arguments, the Court finds this case must be remanded.
The criteria for Listing 1.04(A) for disorders of the spine are, in relevant part, "motor loss (atrophy with associated muscle weakness or muscle weakness) accompanied by sensory or reflex loss[.]" 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 1, § 1.04(A). In determining that Mr. Ellis' impairment did not meet these criteria, the ALJ stated that "[a]t times, he has demonstrated positive straight leg raising, but he has not demonstrated sensory or reflex deficits. Motor strength was impaired due to pain, but true muscle weakness/motor loss is not documented or described." R. 16.
Mr. Ellis disputes the ALJ's findings and relies on medical evidence in the record to argue that he has met the required criteria. In particular, Mr. Ellis points to multiple treatment notes, which consistently reported that he had weakness in his lower extremities. R. 525-27, 562-68. Mr. Ellis' EMG also revealed findings consistent with mild denervation and lumbar plexopathy. R. 20, 513. Although the ALJ summarized some of this evidence when determining Mr. Ellis' RFC, he did not address or explain any of it when concluding that Mr. Ellis did not meet the Listing because "true muscle weakness/motor loss is not documented." Moreover, the ALJ offered no support for the conclusion that decreased strength due to pain was not true muscle weakness. See Myles v. Astrue, 582 F.3d 672, 677-78 (7th Cir. 2009) (remanding where the ALJ impermissibly drew medical conclusions without relying on medical evidence); Brindisi v. Barnhart, 315 F.3d 783, 786 (7th Cir. 2003) (reversing because the ALJ's Listing analysis was "devoid of any analysis that would enable meaningful judicial review."). The medical evidence also indicated a loss of sensation based on numbness in Mr. Ellis' legs. R. 568, 570. Again, the ALJ determined that Mr. Ellis had not demonstrated sensory or reflex deficits, but never addressed the medical evidence indicating otherwise. The ALJ's failure to analyze the medical evidence as it relates to the Listing requirements prevents this Court from determining whether he considered the relevant ...
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Manuel A. Morán, shown at right, was featured in the Héctor Luis Sin Censura blog (written and edited by Héctor Luis Rivera), as a result of him winning the 2017 New York Latin ACE Film Award in the category of Best Documentary. He shares the award with Kristian Otero for co-directing Títeres en el Caribe hispano: Cuba, República Dominicana, Puerto Rico. This marks Morán's third ACE Award this year, as he won two 2017 ACE Theater Awards in the category of Outstanding Performance in a Children's Play and Best Director of a Children's Play for Teatro SEA's production of El encuentro de Juan Bobo y Pedro Animal/The Encounter of Juan Bobo and Pedro Animal. To read the blog, which is in Spanish, click here.
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Mildred Ruiz-Sapp, shown at left, along with Steven Sapp and William "Ninja" Ruiz, collectively known as the performance group Universes, wrote the new musical UniSon. Inspired by the poetry of August Wilson, the piece was developed and directed by Robert O'Hara and will have its world premiere at the Angus Bowmer Theater at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland, Oregon, where it will run from April through October. For more information, click here.
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In July I announced that I will try to switch to Linux. I actually needed two months and a broken laptop to make the transition.
The main reason for needing longer then expected is that I have files which I need all the time. I had them on my laptop and therefore I switched frequently to it. As my laptop died a few weeks ago I had the opportunity to think about a better solution.
I solved this problem by using Git to synchronize my data via a Git account.
The setup took a while time because I wanted to use http / https and EGit does currently not support https authentication and msysGit had a bug for which I need to find a workaround. Also github had a bug which fortunately was fixed fast.
It also took me some time to migrate the build infrastructure for vogella.de to Linux. Partly because I forgot how I did the setup 😉 and partly because I was not always as strict as I should have been with lower and upper case spelling. Windows is very forgiving in this sense while Linux is not.
So do I like it? I love it. First of all working on my Ubuntu machine is incredible fast. This might not be a big surprise as the machine is relatively new. But I also think that my crashed laptop had an issue with the harddisk (with finally failed). If I did I/O the whole laptop basically froze which was very, very annoying.
One effect I did not foresee was that I now work "geekier". On Windows I rarely used the command line. On Linux I alway have a few terminals open and do some stuff their. Using Ubuntu I could also finally compile OpenJDK. I also now started using cygwin on Windows for some tasks.
Of course there are new bugs for me, e.g. Ctrl+alt+down arrow is not working on Linux .
In total I'm now a happy Ubuntu user at home. I believe the July monthly challenges was a success even if it took two months. 🙂