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Are you concerned that your day care provider won't accept cloth diapers? These days more and more day care centers are flexible and willing to try cloth diapers. If you find a stubborn provider who tries to tell you that it's against the law for them to use cloth diapers you may want to refer to the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care's database. They list the regulations for each state and you'll be happy to know that it's not against the law (for most states).
The Real Diaper Association has a database of cloth diaper friendly day care centers. If you are looking for a day care in your area you may want to start your search here. If you have a cloth diaper friendly day care, be sure to add their name to the list and help other parents in their search.
We've created a downloadable eguide that will also provide you with some helpful tips on finding and working with your day care center to use cloth diapers.
Just a few tips:
- Positive Attitude – go into your first meeting with the day care center with a positive attitude. Don't assume that you are going to have to battle with them to use cloth diapers. Many day care providers don't know about the modern cloth diapers and how similar they are to disposable diapers.
- Prepared – go into your first meeting fully prepared with the state regulations just in case you need to refer to them. Also have your system available to show them how they work.
- Educate – yes, you may have to educate them on cloth diapers. Keep the routine simple and prepare to give them a very brief demo. If you have a copy of the Changing Diapers book let them borrow it if they are want to learn more.
- Simplify – stick with a simple routine and diaper style for day care. If your budget allows you to have all-in-one style diapers in aplix (or Velcro) closures that may be the easiest (and least confusing) diaper style to use while your baby is at day care. Diapers, wet bag, and maybe some cloth wipes are all the supplies the day care should need. If you want to make it even more attractive – add in some flushable liners!
- Trial Period – if they are overly hesitant ask them to try cloth diapers on a trial period before they make up their mind. Chances are after they try them they will love them just as much as you do.
Do you have a baby in day care? Does your day care center accept cloth diapers? What challenges have you faced or overcome?


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Notes on "The Absence of Stars"
I'm not sure if I remember having the initial idea for "The Absence of Stars." I definitely remember being fascinated by Stephen Hawking's notion of microscopic black holes and the idea that a black hole is a function of the density of matter, not its total mass. I was also interested in black holes because although they have properties that border on the fringes of known physics, they can also be viewed as simple, massive objects and therefore, they can move around and orbit just like any other planet or asteroid.
As a relatively new writer, I've been doing my own versions of some familiar sub-genres. I've got a "demon escapes from hell" story, a "futuristic war-scape" story, and "The Absence of Stars" was my version of the well-tread "big thing is heading toward the earth" story. I have a laymen's interest in relativistic physics and this novelette allowed me to air out some of my pet opinions and theories (yeah, they're probably wrong—I'm a winemaker). It also allowed me to create a version of this scenario without some of the irritating clichés that I always see presented in films. You know that part of the movie where humanity has to struggle with the weighty decision of who should be evacuated to create a new society and who should remain on Earth? I don't know why, but I find that really irritating. I took great joy in sidestepping the issue completely.
Another thing that bothers me in such movies is how unrealistic the technology always is. The government always has seems to have some secret rocket program that nobody knew about. Although my story is set in the future, it's meant to exist in roughly the present day from a technology standpoint. As a fan of the
Since I mentioned plausibility: The speed of light is infinitely fast. If you're looking for a fistfight, say that in front of a physics student. Light has been measured many times traveling at 300,000 Km per second. Say you're standing under the night sky and you turn on your flashlight at the same time you start a stopwatch. Your flashlight is pointed at a planet ten light years away, where the light bounces off a mirror and comes back to you 20 years later. You stop your stopwatch, get out your calculator and figure the speed to be 300,000 Km per second. What's the problem? Well, here's the thing: My understanding of relativity is that if you repeated this experiment with the stopwatch riding on the beam of light (go with me on this) and waited for it to come back to you 20 years later, the stopwatch would still say zero; special relativity, being what it is. If velocity is distance over time then if you travel 20 light years (or any other distance) in zero seconds then your speed is infinite. Right? So how fast does light travel? Is it 300,000 Km/sec or is it infinitely fast? I suppose it depends on your point of view. At least I think it does, one day maybe I'll get a real physics education and know for sure.
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Warriors-Clippers Preview
Thanks largely to Blake Griffin, the Pacific Division-leading Los Angeles Clippers are enjoying their longest winning streak of the season.
The second-place Golden State Warriors have put together an impressive run of their own.
Both teams try to keep their runs going as Los Angeles and visiting Golden State close their season series Wednesday night.
The Clippers (45-20) have won eight in a row while averaging 115.5 points and continued their surge Monday by beating Phoenix 112-105 behind 37 points from Griffin.
"He is one of those players that you can't stop," teammate Danny Granger told the Clippers' official website. "He had a jump shot going on tonight, and a lot of times he just bullies people. Push them under the rim and lay the ball up or dunk it. That makes some people mad, when you have a force like him."
Griffin, who had 22 points in the first quarter, shot 14 of 16. The four-time All-Star has scored at least 20 in a career-high 23 straight games, a stretch over which he is averaging 27.8.
"Blake has been doing it all year long, dominating all year long, he's being consistent," guard Darren Collison said. "I think we're used to it which is a good thing. … He's just reading the defense, if they're pressing on him, he's using his strength. If they're playing off him, he's taking that shot. He's playing with a lot of confidence right now."
Griffin will try to keep rolling against the Warriors (41-24), who have won five straight after easily getting by Dallas 108-85 on Tuesday. Jordan Crawford came off the bench to lead five Warriors in double figures with 19 points, and Golden State shot 51.3 percent while holding the Mavericks to 36.6 percent.
The Warriors are four games behind Los Angeles in the division and sit three games ahead of Dallas and Memphis for sixth place in the Western Conference.
"It's a big-time win for us," coach Mark Jackson said. "If you lose this game, then all of the sudden there's three teams again within striking distance. I think this gave us some breathing room, especially with the fact that we have a big game (Wednesday) night against a red-hot Clippers team."
Golden State's last four wins have come by an average of 15.7 points.
"It's fun," Crawford said. "To be on a streak like this heading into the playoffs and to move up the standings, it brings the competitive spirit out in everybody."
While the Warriors have thrived of late, leading scorer Stephen Curry (23.3 points per game) has been relatively quiet while playing through a quadriceps injury. He has gone 6 of 23 from 3-point range while averaging 14.8 points during the winning streak.
Curry has shot 28 of 45 (62.2 percent) from long distance and put up 24.0 points per game in his last six against the Clippers.
The Warriors have taken seven of 10 in the series but are 2-6 in their last eight visits to Los Angeles. The Clippers won 126-115 in the last matchup at Staples Center on Oct. 31 as Chris Paul led the way with 42 points and 15 assists while Curry scored 38.
Clippers guard Jamal Crawford, second on the team with 18.7 points per game, is uncertain to be available after missing four of the last five games with a strained left calf.


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Indians prospect profile: Dace Kime
A year ago at this time, the future was uncertain for Dace Kime.
Kime, 22, was finishing up his junior season at the University of Louisville and was getting ready for the MLB Draft. He was also making a transition from a back-end bullpen arm in college to a starter.
"To be honest, I really did not have any expectations," Kime recalled about his mindset at this time last season. "At that time we were going to Vanderbilt to play in the Super Regional and that was a big rivalry for us. I know myself and all of the other draft-eligible guys were more focused what we were going to do with that series more than the draft."
The draft process can be distracting for some players who don't know how to handle the attention. With numerous scouts in attendance at almost every game, countless front office personnel for teams catching a sneak peak and the endless interviews, questionnaires and visits, it is a process that can take some of the focus away from the game for a player if they let it.
But Kime did his best to block it out and go out and perform. When it came time for the draft, he tried to keep his attention on the task at hand.
"We were actually still on the bus going to Vanderbilt and that's when I got the phone call and everything," Kime remembered. "It really caught me by surprise because I was just sitting there listening to music and my phone went off. It was my advisor and he talked to me about everything and I found out then. Most of the other guys found out later in the day."
The Indians selected Kime in the third round of the 2013 Draft. Even though he is born and raised in Ohio and hails from Defiance, Ohio, he never felt his home state team was interesting in drafting him.
"I can't really say because throughout the year you have so many meetings with guys coming in," Kime said. "Some guys maybe came in one or two more times than the others, but for the most part I met with every team once — though maybe the Indians a few more times. It was definitely them and about five other teams who I and my advisor were thinking I was going to go, but when they called I was not expecting it."
Now that the draft is over and Kime is settling into the organization, he is working on his transition from the college game to the pro game. He got his pro career off on the right start last season with a nice start at short season Single-A Mahoning Valley where he went 0-2 with a 2.92 ERA in nine starts.
Kime is looking to build off of the foundation he established last season with a good season this year on and off the mound.
"I thought I had a good year last year and felt like it was a good start to my career and hopefully I just keep building on it," Kime said. "I think [that first year] is more about getting players comfortable with the travel, the stadiums, paying for your own stuff — just the whole environment. That is the main difference. You have guys coming off college scholarships being pushed out into the real world. It is just about trying to make that an easy transition for everybody."
Another thing last season at Mahoning Valley provided Kime was an opportunity to continue to work through his transition into a starting pitcher. His first two years in college he pitched out of the bullpen and even started in the bullpen last season, but he was moved to the rotation shortly into the season and that is when his draft stock started to rise.
"I know [my college] coaches had always thought of me as a durable guy," Kime said. "I was always a guy that really bounced back out of the bullpen and I could pretty much throw every two days. It actually kind of came at the expense of one of my friends Anthony Kidston who is a sophomore now and was our Sunday starter. He tore his labrum halfway through the season and they needed someone to step up. I pitched that Tuesday game and went six innings and gave up two hits, and after that they talked to me after the game and said I needed to bounce back because they were moving me to Sunday. It was just more of a spur of the moment thing and came at the cost of someone else's injury. For me, it was the best situation for me."
Since then Kime has been working to adjust to the different routine required of a starting pitcher.
"Getting the routine down is the biggest thing," Kime said. "As a reliever you kind of have to be ready for every situation whereas as a starter I know exactly when I am going to start. I can prepare for that one day and start whereas as a reliever you have to be ready every night because you never know when you are going to be called upon. That is what I liked about being a reliever is you can have a bad outing and two or three days later you got another chance. As a starter you have to wait five more days to do it again."
Kime is also working on refining his mechanics and developing consistency in his outings.
"I haven't added anything as I am just fastball, curveball and changeup," Kime said. "I have just kind of been working on refining my mechanics. There are just little changes I make every time out after watching the video and stuff like that. When you are out there you kind of pick out everything you do wrong because you kind of have to be a perfectionist so you can go out there and compete at a consistent level every time."
Such work can sometimes lead to inconsistent outings with some substandard results, but that is also the way the minor leagues work. Sometimes a pitcher has to table their best pitch and even their second best pitch in order to throw and their third and/or fourth pitcher more often so they can be developed. The same thing applies to delivery adjustments. In the end, the focus is always on the process and development — performance is always secondary because a lot of times there are things being worked on which can affect that performance.
"It is completely process-oriented," Kime said. "You talk to your coordinators and they say 'Hey, in this next start we really want you to throw your curveball.' So you guy out there and you throw it in unorthodox counts at 1-0 and 2-0. That might be the hardest thing to get over. The fans are going to boo and the family wants to know what the hell is going on, but in your head you have to go back to the locker room and just say I did what I needed to do today and that is all that matters. You are completely focused on throwing that fastball in and end up walking five guys because that is what you are really focusing in on."
Kime was a junior in college when he was drafted, but he worked hard to finish school and graduated in December with a degree in Exercise Science. He has since thought about going back to school for his master's degree in nutrition or psychology, but for now is just concentrating on improving as a pitcher so he can continue to move up in the Indians minor league system.
"That was the biggest thing for me," Kime said. "I knew the draft was going to be a big thing for me, so I did everything I could to get all of my classes done as soon as I could, and I went back and finished in three and a half years. I know a lot of people are happy for me about that."
Kime likes to hunt and golf. He also likes to listen to music, workout, and go on long runs. All of them serve as a way to get him to relax and also clear his head from the daily pressures that come with the game of baseball.
As a high-round draft pick, Kime has a lot to live up to, but he is ready for the challenge and wants this season to be the next step forward in his progression to the mound in a major-league stadium.
"To be honest, I just want to be better than I was at the beginning of the season," Kime noted about how he wants to look back on this season when it ends. "I was talking to my family about this the other day. I don't really have any goals with stats and I don't even want to be an All-Star or think about that. I have always been a team player and the only way to do that is being my best every time out and go out there and just throw, work hard, take care of my own stuff between starts and hopefully everything will take care of itself out on the field too."


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Late last spring, a retired British businessman named Derek Holden found himself sitting in an English auction house, gazing at displays of musty golf memorabilia: hickory clubs, vintage leather bags. An avid golfer but not a collector, Holden had no interest in those humdrum offerings. Like the British press, which had turned word of the auction into headline news, he had eyes for just one item: a silver-and-gilt salver, inlaid with amber, crafted by a noted German goldsmith in the run-up to World War II.
Exhibited in a glass case on the auction floor, the salver was the prime catch in the catalog that day, the starting bid for it pegged at £9,000. As Holden realized, though, money was only a small measure of its worth. The salver, after all, was a unique sports memento, commonly referred to as "the Hitler Trophy." Awarded only once, in Nazi Germany, in 1936, it had gone to a pair of English golfers who'd vanquished two of Adolf Hitler's most accomplished players, along with teams from six other countries, in a tournament sponsored by the Fuhrer himself.
For years, the trophy was reported missing, but now it had resurfaced. Holden's familiarity with its story owed to his friendship with one of its winners: Arnold Bentley, a decorated amateur and longtime member of Hesketh Golf Club in northwest England, where Holden also belonged. Before Bentley's death in 1998, Holden had played countless rounds with him and had known him as a placid, modest man, disinclined to trumpet his own triumphs, which included a win at the British Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale in 1937. But he'd also seen Bentley grow "apoplectic" over error-filled accounts of Hitler's tournament.
To set the record straight, Holden had produced his own history of the tournament, a self-published booklet intended, he wrote, to dispel "myths and mystery" while underscoring the "extraordinary achievement" of which his friend had been a part.
Then, last spring, when the salver turned up at auction following a long, migratory journey, Holden saw a chance to honor Bentley further. With a collection taken up from fellow Hesketh members, he lit out for the bidding, bent on delivering the Hitler Trophy to the club that he regarded as its rightful home.
"I know that Arnold would have been the first to downplay his own role in the tournament," Holden says. "But I believe it would have pleased him to know that the trophy would wind up where it belonged."
Though Holden emphasized that his interest in the trophy was "historical, not political," not every Hesketh member agreed to kick in for it, uneasy as they were with the memories it stirred. Their reluctance underscored how difficult it was to separate the salver from the dark period in which the tournament was born.
By 1936, as the Olympic Games made their way toward Berlin, Hitler's Nazi party had solidified its power. Golf was not a part of the Olympic program; it was barely part of the German landscape then. But Hitler, who had never swung a club, was keen to use all sports for propagandist gain. Among the minions he had to do his bidding was Karl Henkell, the so-called "Golf Fuhrer," president of the German Golf Union. Unlike Hitler, Henkell was a product of a wealthy family, the makers of a well-known German sparkling wine, and was comfortable in country-club surroundings — so much so that in the spring of 1936, he toured the eastern seaboard of the United States, stopping at a number of prestigious courses, including Augusta National. A photo snapped on the day of his visit shows Henkell standing in the shadow of Augusta's iconic loblolly pines, in the smiling company of club co-founder Bobby Jones.
Around that time, Henkell had also conceived of a golf tournament, slated to begin 10 days after the Berlin Olympics ended. Billed as the Golfpreis der Nationen (the Golf Prize of the Nations), and dreamed up, Henkell said, in the "spirit of friendship and sportsmanship," it would feature twoman teams in four rounds of stroke-play competition, with tallies from both players counting toward the final score. A silver box was selected as third prize; a porcelain vase was chosen as the second. The winner's trophy, commissioned by Hitler, was the silver-and-gilt salver, ornamented with eight amber discs.
Invitations went out to 36 countries, but the majority, including the United States, declined the offer. Though the start of World War II was still three years away, alarming stories had been seeping out of Germany. Golf, of course, was the very least of it, but the game was not immune to Hitler's grotesque influence. Already, German country clubs were expelling Jews.
Golf Illustrated, a British publication, joined a small chorus of voices urging against England's participation in the tournament. But the English Golf Union, or EGU , opted to dispatch two players: Arnold Bentley and another stalwart amateur, Tommy Thirsk.
At the start of the event, on August 26, 1936, golfers from seven countries (Germany, England, France, Italy, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands) convened in Baden-Baden, a resort town several hours west of Berlin, and home to a short and hilly course. The tournament was broadcast on German radio, and its first two rounds produced a surprising midway score: Germany, represented by Leonard von Beckerath and C.A. Helmers, held a five-stroke lead over second-place England. The following morning, Bentley and Thirsk cut into that margin, but going into the final 18, the Germans remained up by three.
Those, anyway, were the on-course proceedings. What happened off the course is a source of some dispute. In the most common retelling, widely repeated in the British press, the Foreign Minster of Germany, Joachim von Ribbentrop, on hand at Baden-Baden in Hitler's stead, sent word of an impending German victory to the Fuhrer, who raced toward the course to present the trophy. Those plans were foiled, however, when the English team staged a final-round charge, forcing Ribbentrop to rush off to intercept his boss.
In Derek Holden's history of the tournament, Adolf, Arnold & Tommy: Golf and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, news of England's comeback reportedly cut deep. "Hitler was furious," Holden writes, "ordering his chauffeur to turn the car round and take him back to Berlin, leaving Karl Henkell to present the trophy."
That version of events is supported by Bentley's son, Robert, who told Golf Magazine that he heard his father relay it this way: Hitler "wanted the (expletive) Germans to have it, and as we were in the lead he (expletive) turned back!"
It's a good story, and it may have happened, but according to Kuno Schuch, a golf historian and director of the German Golf Archives, there is no hard evidence to back it up. Schuch says that he and other archivists have studied documents detailing Hitler's agenda that day and that nothing indicates that he'd made a sudden beeline for Baden-Baden, only to wheel around when he learned of England's surge.
Hitler, of course, was not above poor sportsmanship. But, in Schuch's view, the story of the Fuhrer's about-face is unlikely (Schuch describes it as "a myth") and based on the flawed assumption that Hitler had much interest in the tournament's results.
Unlike the Olympic Games, which Hitler envisioned as a showcase for the supremacy of his "master race," (a fantasy laid bare by, among other things, Jesse Owens's four track-and-field gold medals), the golf event, Schuch says, was hardly the first thing on Hitler's mind. He signed off on it, but it only mattered to him as a narrow means of populist propaganda.
"Golf at the time in Germany was an aristocratic sport, and Hitler wanted to present himself as a man of the people," Schuch says. "That's what his interest in the tournament was. It was a way of showing that he was trying to make an elitist game accessible to the masses."
Win or lose, that is, it made no difference to him. Just holding the event was enough. Whatever the case, Bentley and Thirsk finished on top, four shots ahead of France — Germany slipped to a distant third — and accepted the salver on behalf of the English Golf Union, along with a number of smaller prizes, including a small potted fir tree. Planted behind the flagstaff at Hesketh, the fir became known as the "Hitler Tree," which, during World War II , club members utilized as an outdoor urinal. Or, as Harry Foster wrote in the book, Annals of the Hesketh Golf Club, "the tree benefited from regular applications of nitrogen enriched surplus water."
During those same years, Arnold Bentley enlisted in the Royal Air Force but did not see action and, after banging up a couple of biplanes, was posted to Canada where he grew vegetables as part of the war effort.
The Hitler Trophy, meanwhile, did some traveling of its own. Initially the property of the EGU , it was later passed on to the Golfers' Club, a social organization that relocated its headquarters several times during the '60s and '70s, taking the trophy with it on each move. In 1978, its membership declining, the Golfer's Club was taken over by a British businessman named Leonard Sculthorp, who later dissolved the organization and transferred its memorabilia to his home near Glasgow.
For several years, the Hitler Trophy was reported to have gone missing (a golf "Whodunnit," the Scotsman declared in 2004), a story that has been refuted by Sculthorp, who told the Daily Telegraph, "I have always been amused by stories about the Hitler Cup going missing. It has been safe in my house in Pollokshields since the mid-90s."
Today, the salver sits in the Hesketh clubhouse, encased in glass and protected by alarm, after yet another journey that is also something of a story. At the auction, Holden watched as a silent bidder bumped the trophy's opening price from £9,000 to £9,500. Hesketh countered with £10,000, but the silent bidder responded in turn. Back and forth it went, in £500 increments, the offerings eventually pushed to £15,000, where the bidding ceased. The gavel fell and the auctioneer declared Hesketh the winner. Only later was the other party's identity revealed: the German Golf Archive, whose budget had run out just before Hesketh's.
Neither side disputes these details. In the bidding, as at Baden-Baden, the trophy had been won, fair and square, in competition.
Or, as Holden later put it, "England had turned back Germany again."


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Brown, Whitman in dead heat in California
By Felicia Sonmez
California Attorney General Jerry Brown (D), the former governor looking to make a comeback this year, is in a virtual tie with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R) according to a new Field Poll released Wednesday morning.
Brown received 44 percent to Whitman's 43 percent in the poll, which surveyed 1,005 likely voters and had a margin of error of 3.2 points. That's a slight increase for Brown over a March Field Poll in which Whitman led the former governor 46 percent to 43 percent in a general election match-up.
While the race remains a dead heat, Whitman's unfavorable rating has soared in recent months due to a contentious primary battle and negative ads from a number of Democratic-aligned groups. 42 percent of likely voters now view Whitman unfavorably, up from 27 percent in March; her favorable rating has remained at 40 percent. Brown, meanwhile, is viewed favorably by 42 percent of likely voters. 40 percent view him unfavorably, a three-point increase since March.
In the weeks since the primary, some California Democrats have voiced doubts about Brown's campaign, worried that their nominee has waited too long to go on the offense against Whitman, has been slow to raise money and has been distracted from his campaign by gaffes, including remarks last month in which he compared Whitman to a Nazi propagandist.
Brown had $23 million cash-on-hand as of mid-June and has yet to go up with a TV ad. Whitman, meanwhile, has already spent more than $91 million of her personal fortune on the race and has said that she's willing to spend as much as $150 million.
Brown spokesperson Sterling Clifford said the campaign is "confident that what needs to get done is getting done, and at the end of the day that voters will have the information they need to make a decision." He also pointed to the 15-point increase in Whitman's unfavorable rating despite her spending in the race.
"She's spent over $100 million -- $8 million of it since the primary directly attacking Jerry Brown -- and for her troubles, she is less likable than when she started," Clifford said. A Whitman spokesperson did not comment as of press time.
Democrats hold a 44-percent-to-33-percent advantage in voter registration in California, a figure that bodes well for Brown. But Whitman has been making inroads among two key groups: independents, who make up about 22 percent of general-election voters, and Latinos, who lean Democratic and typically make up 18 percent of likely voters. Whitman is now winning independents 42 percent to 39 percent and trails Brown among Latinos by only 11 points, 39 percent to 50 percent.
During the Republican primary, Whitman played up her tough-on-immigration cred and ran TV ads highlighting the support of former Gov. Pete Wilson (R), the architect of the controversial 1994 anti-immigration measure Proposition 187. Since then, Wilson has all but disappeared from the campaign trail and Whitman has gone up with Spanish-language TV ads, including one that touts her opposition to Prop 187.
Whitman's camp downplayed the poll results.
"We know there will be many polls during this race. We're confident that on Election Day in November, Californians will choose Meg's leadership to create jobs, cut spending and improve education," Whitman spokesperson Sarah Pompei said.
Felicia Sonmez
July 7, 2010; 1:00 PM ET
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I think it comes down to, which is better - political experience or business experience.
The answer is indisputably political experience. Meg may have the best ideas in the world, but if she doesn't know how Sacramento works, she'll never get anything done. Jerry knows how to work the system, and he'll be able to make the changes we need to get California back on track.
Meg's UNofficial site:
Posted by: lamarholst | July 14, 2010 10:44 PM | Report abuse
How old is Brown? Isn't he like 90 yrs. old?
Um, considering how California is the U.S.' Greece...I'd say some new blood is needed, badly.....
Posted by: ohioan | July 14, 2010 4:40 PM | Report abuse
How old is Brown? Isn't he like 90 yrs. old?
Um, considering how California is the U.S.' Greece...I'd say some new blood is needed, badly.....
Posted by: ohioan | July 14, 2010 4:40 PM | Report abuse
Californians are ready for another 4 years of tax and spend via Governor Moonbeam. Those that fail to study history are condemned to repeat it!
Posted by: Bockscar | July 13, 2010 2:02 PM | Report abuse
Go Jerry! You are the best qualified person for the job and the most intelligent. Whitman has no experience, and she hasn't even voted in 28 years. Yet she wants to buy her way into the Governor's mansion. No, dear. You need to start at the bottom and work your way up.
And after living through Arnold's incompetence, we need a person like Brown in office. Go Jerry!
Posted by: sunnyday1 | July 9, 2010 10:42 PM | Report abuse
I have just one question, "What will Fiorina and Whitman do to recoup their many millions of dollars", after they win the election. That is, if they do? I'm just asking, that's all.
Posted by: swiftone | July 9, 2010 5:37 AM | Report abuse
To those who say someone is spending too much...buying an election. IS YOUR VOTE FOR SALE? CAN YOU BE BOUGHT? Mine's not for sale either. I don't care if she spends a billion. We have had enough of Jerri-atric. I want someone with some new ideas. The legislature needs to be put in a box six feet under. The world knows about California's financial chaos. Arnold didn't cause the mess. The Dems have run Sacramento for years...they are the problem NOT THE SOLUTION. We need a Constitutional Convention to by pass the legislature. Meg will say NO to the legislature...Jerry won't. They can't print enough money to buy my vote...but I'll be voting for Whitman. SHE WILL WIN!!!
Posted by: billinps | July 8, 2010 8:25 PM | Report abuse
California should leave the union and become a state in Mexico.
Posted by: JCM-51 | July 8, 2010 6:48 PM | Report abuse
Brown is supported by the unions. Like last time?
Brown is a tax and spend kinda guy! (Your money, not his)
Govenor Moonbeam? Really!
The Democrats have done such a good job with balancing the budget in recent years that it makes no sense to keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result...
Posted by: dmax1 | July 8, 2010 8:57 AM | Report abuse
I have to agree with the comments that anyone who spends $91M to win a primary is not someone I want running anything important. If someone has to outright buy the election , something is wrong.
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Posted by: KevinCarney | July 8, 2010 12:59 AM | Report abuse
Having spent over $100M and is still unable to beat Brown, on early paper tallies anyway, more than 5+ points?
Brown has spent no more than a couple hundred thousand so far, and the old guy's not even doing aggressive campagning yet.
Whitman's going to spend around $250M of her eBay money and still receiving a defeat... Just like all executives the last a couple years, both Dems and GOPers, Arnold the Terminator accumulated tens of billions, perhaps more, of debts....
And Whitman wants to run the state like she did eBay, she said.
Isn't that kinda naive and clewlessness?
How can a governor run a state of close to 40M people like she ran a small private company where all the people sitting around her were subordinates and could be FIRED at any moment's notice?
Whitman can't fire any of the state legislators in Sacramento, both Dems and GOPers, with Dems being the majority... how's her "take America back" Tea Party nonsense going to fly?
With the Terminator, at least, if things got tough in Sacramento, he jumped into his private jet and flew to Hollywood where he lives...
Posted by: HerLao | July 8, 2010 12:04 AM | Report abuse
To those who are trashing Jerry Brown's lifetime of public service to California, I ask... What part of creation of 1.9 million jobs during Governor Brown's tenure don't people like? Or the $5 billion 'rainy day surplus' that was accumulated and then given out to all the municipalities and school districts who had just lost 2/3 of their revenue stream through the peoples' vote on Prop 13? These are quantifiable facts. Another fact: During Brown's tenure as governor, it was California's 'most innovative period in our state's history'. We were the WORLD leader in renewable energy!
He was right about renewable energy, being fiscally prudent, focusing on sustainable development, protection of our natural resources and investing in tomorrow's technology. And guess what else? Taxes were greatly reduced during his tenure as governor.
One last thing... as Mayor of Oakland, he put Oakland on the venerated list of "Top Ten Greenest Cities' in America! He knows our government from every vantage point, and has served us Californians his whole adult life, whereas Mrs. Whitman became a multi-billionaire at the corporate trough, shipping tens of thousands of jobs to India while she gutted our middle and working class here in California. She's a corporatist and he is a public servant. I know who's for the working people.
Posted by: pacifica1 | July 7, 2010 8:41 PM | Report abuse
A White House reporter asked why Obama was suing Arizona - and not the "sanctuary cities"
If Obama is so concerned with states and cities treading about Federal immigration powers, then certainly the "sanctuary cities" would fall into that category.
Excellent Question.
Selective use of the Justice Department - COMPLETE LACK OF EQUAL PROTECTION.
Add this to the list of OBAMA'S IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES.
Posted by: FlowersOfPeace | July 7, 2010 8:19 PM | Report abuse
TITLE 8 > CHAPTER 12 > SUBCHAPTER II > Part VIII > § 1324
(c) Authority to arrest
No officer or person shall have authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except officers and employees of the Service designated by the Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.
Is there a lawyer on this blog tonight ???
Is it possible that this FEDERAL LAW AUTHORIZES OFFICERS IN ARIZONA TO ENFORCE the immigration laws ???
I realize that there has been established agreements between the Federal government and some states on joint enforcement - but those agreements would NOT affect this provision of Federal law.
So, it is possible that this lawsuit filed by Obama is just completely ridiculous.
Obama says it is a FEDERAL issue, but Congress has apparently already allowed local "officers" to enforce the law.
In that case, Obama, who is supposed to be this smart kid from Harvard, just made a really stupid legal mistake.
Take away his degree.
Posted by: FlowersOfPeace | July 7, 2010 8:14 PM | Report abuse
I think it is interesting that some people are conflating Whitman and Fiorina. I find myself doing it, and I am very aware of the difference between HP and Ebay being a child of the high tech era. I think the conflation is one that is common, and will work to Whitman's detriment.
What I hear from my friends in the state is that Whitman is another business outsider who is supposed to "blow up the boxes" like Schwarzenegger . We all like Arnold, because what's not to like, but no one believes he knew how to fix the state any more than anyone else. Whitman, as Arnold-lite, is not persuasive. In fact, it is seen as a negative to not have any governing experience.
Second, she's buying her way into the governorship, which is highly resented in these days of long term unemployment. This is where the conflation hurts--people often blame Meg for the loss of high tech jobs, which is more the province of Carly Fiorina.
Third, she didn't even bother to vote until recently, which shows that politics is just a rich gal's hobby.
I don't know a single person who says they will even consider voting for her.
I know that's not exactly a polling sample, but it does reflect what is happening in northern California in a very affluent small town in the East Bay (not San Fran).
Posted by: 12BarBlues | July 7, 2010 6:37 PM | Report abuse
All Meg Whitman has to do is run on Jerry Brown's record as former Governor of California. Neglected roads - we're still feeling the impact of that 27 years later. Soaring costs for State employees (the REAL reason for California's deficit). Skyrocketing crime rates (source: http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/cacrime.htm).
As a native Californian, we don't need 4 more years of "Arnie-Light." BUT, it'll be better than electing Jerry Brown.
Posted by: jk12852002 | July 7, 2010 6:36 PM | Report abuse
Three cheers for Governor Moonbeam. Three cheers for Moonbat, too.
Posted by: Brigade | July 7, 2010 6:00 PM | Report abuse
Sorry! I don't care if she runs as a pseudo-Republican or a NEW Demoncrat. What matters to me is that she is on record as an admirer of Van Jones. That tells me where her true political agenda is.
Posted by: healthnet | July 7, 2010 6:00 PM | Report abuse
How about she's just a really really unpleasant person, totally unlikable, irritating, sloppy, incoherent.
Drivl is expert at self description. That's all though
Posted by: Moonbat | July 7, 2010 5:06 PM | Report abuse
Of course they are in a dead heat. I don't know why people underestimate this race. This is the far more competitive race than Boxer/Fiorina- Boxer is a good politician and is popular with libs who will go out and vote as well as minority communities- Fiorina is a blown hard who got let go from HP. Whitman, on the other hand started a company that is the premier company in it's field and has been copied by others. If only she was a liberal...
Brown is going to have a hard time- in an anti incumbent year, here is a guy who has held every office in the state practically and was governor before.
Posted by: NYClefty | July 7, 2010 4:45 PM | Report abuse
Of course they are in a dead heat. I don't know why people underestimate this race. This is the far more competitive race than Boxer/Fiorina- Boxer is a good politician and is popular with libs who will go out and vote as well as minority communities- Fiorina is a blown hard who got let go from HP. Whitman, on the other hand started a company that is the premier company in it's field and has been copied by others. If only she was a liberal...
Brown is going to have a hard time- in an anti incumbent year, here is a guy who has held every office in the state practically and was governor before.
Posted by: NYClefty | July 7, 2010 4:44 PM | Report abuse
And all Jerry has to do to win is to promise to float a bond catching up the K-12 capital investment building program and halving unemployment in the state.
It's that simple.
Posted by: quiet1 | July 7, 2010 4:33 PM | Report abuse
These elections make California look like it is up for Auction Jerry Brown is needed and Boxer is better than Carly F. She about put HP out of business. This election is about the money, wait until the corporations start putting the money out, they are for the republicans.
Posted by: truthbeknown1 | July 7, 2010 3:14 PM | Report abuse
"(Carly Fiorina was head of HP and even at her worst couldn't be worse than Boxer.)"
Fiorina was a flop as head of HP, got dumped and now is trying to buy a seat with her golden parachute. But she's a tacky, clueless and classless candidate, and CA voters aren't buying it.
Posted by: drindl | July 7, 2010 2:51 PM | Report abuse
Whitman spends $100 million, almost all of it her I'll-gotten gains, to buy, what, how many votes? She'd probably do better just mailing them checks.
And still the more people see if her, the less they like.
Posted by: Noacoler | July 7, 2010 2:51 PM | Report abuse
I followed Whitman in the Primary and now vs. Brown. Her attack ads are disingenuous, in my humble opinion, and vicious. My fellow Californians know better than to choose Meg Whitman who I think of as Karl Rove with a dress. That is how I see her, so tell me I'm wrong.
Brown, is a decent guy, a lifetime of devotion to public service, honesty, and integrity and was a good Governor and left California with money in the bank. Brown has always worked for the people, all the people.
I only have one vote, but it is not going to someone who wants to buy the Governorship by being an attack dog.
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Posted by: HarveyY | July 7, 2010 2:30 PM | Report abuse
transorbital, you're conflating Carly Fiorina, Repub candidate for Senate in CA (challenging incumbent Sen Boxer) with Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay & Repub candidate for Governor of CA.
Posted by: bsimon1 | July 7, 2010 2:23 PM | Report abuse
transorbital: Meg Whitman was NOT CEO of HP; she was CEO of e-Bay. (Carly Fiorina was head of HP and even at her worst couldn't be worse than Boxer.)
Posted by: Lilycat11 | July 7, 2010 2:21 PM | Report abuse
Let's see. Whitman's last real job was as CEO of HP, where she literally brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy, and was then unceremoniously fired.
Sounds like the perfect Senator for a state mired in a desperate financial crisis. Of course, these rocket scientists did vote for Ahhnold as Governator and institutionalize hate speech with Prop 8, so...
Posted by: transorbital | July 7, 2010 2:05 PM | Report abuse
"Whitman's unfavorable rating has soared in recent months due to a contentious primary battle and negative ads from a number of Democratic-aligned groups"
How about she's just a really really unpleasant person, totally unlikable, irritating, and has run a sloppy, incoherent campaign, despite spending $100 million to buy herself a seat?
Posted by: drindl | July 7, 2010 1:43 PM | Report abuse
Whitman has unloaded $90 million to get to this point. Brown has spent about $6.42.
I would say Brown has got the budgeting chops California needs.
Posted by: margaretmeyers | July 7, 2010 1:35 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: tomtildrum | July 7, 2010 1:14 PM |
So, Whitman's unfavorables have soared to ... a statistical tie with Brown's?
the pivot would be that she has never been in politics... she has the same negatives and has governed nothing .
Posted by: Geopolitics101 | July 7, 2010 1:25 PM | Report abuse
tomtildrum, put differently, it would seem that the more people get to know Meg Whitman, the less they like here. Brown, by comparison, has been around forever - people already have opinions of him; apparently more favorable than not; Whitman's numbers are the inverse - not good. The trend is the more worrisome piece of data for her, I think. Moving from 27 to 42 percent unfavorable in a matter of months is usually the result of a significant scandal, not a campaign.
Posted by: bsimon1 | July 7, 2010 1:21 PM | Report abuse
So, Whitman's unfavorables have soared to ... a statistical tie with Brown's?
Posted by: tomtildrum | July 7, 2010 1:14 PM | Report abuse
Jerry Brown would be a Godsend for California... like bringing Steve Jobs back to Apple.
Posted by: Geopolitics101 | July 7, 2010 1:07 PM | Report abuse
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A final day of campaigning for the Mt Roskill by-election had three candidates bumping into each other at every stop.
But the chance encounters didn't lead to many niceties.
There was a birthday surprise on the campaign trail for now 72-year-old Roshan Nauhria, who says all he wants to his birthday is to win.
The People's Party leader - having just formed his party - feels hopeful. He predicts if the turnout is 20,000, he'll get 8000 of those votes.
It's a quiet confidence missing from the other candidates, with John Key effectively saying his candidate Parmjeet Parmar would lose on Thursday and Andrew Little borrowing a defeat line on Friday.
"The sun will come up on Sunday and life will carry on," he said, after US President Barack Obama responded to Donald Trump's election last month with: "No matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning."
When asked if he just stole Mr Obama's line, Mr Little joked: "Listen I'm not Melania Trump, I don't go stealing other people's speeches."
Mr Little says the campaign has been dirty.
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Meanwhile Ms Parmar's reaction to Michael Wood on Friday may have looked like a snub, but she says she does respect her candidates.
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When Micah died, I had difficulty with how Micah would be welcomed into Heaven. I've always pictured the entrance into Heaven as a joyous event. Joyous, that is, for the deceased believer and Heaven's other members . But Micah was of the age where he particularly appreciated the familiar faces of mom, dad and grandpas and grandmas. Who did he know in Heaven that would welcome him? Would he be startled by all of the unfamiliar faces? Micah had lived on earth for such a short period of time that there was no one he knew on earth that had preceded him into Heaven.
But, surely, since Jesus is mighty to save Micah, could not also He see to it that loving and beautiful faces also welcome him into eternity? I imagine that there are many smiling saints who enjoy the opportunity to welcome a little child who Jesus saved before adulthood.
About a month after Micah died, my cousin Chris created the illustration I have included above. The illustration depicts Micah being lead by a little bird into a boat, where Micah then travels across a large body of water. The scene on the bottom depicts Micah being welcome by my grandparents, Delbert and Irene Wessman, who preceded us into glory.
Micah's "ship" illustration reminds of this illustration about Heaven, which is attributed to Henry Van Dyke, an American preacher from the 1800's:
"I'm standing on the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She's an object of beauty and strength and I stand watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and the sky come down to mingle with each other. And then I hear someone at my side saying, "There, she's gone."
Gone where? Gone from my sight, this is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side. And just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There, she is gone" there are other eyes watching her coming, and there are other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!" Cited by Randy Alcorn, In Light of Eternity, p. 152.
As agonizing as it is to be separated from Micah this Christmas season, how joyous it must have been for Heaven's citizens, last summer, to welcome Micah to glory. The most enjoyable Christmas celebrations here on earth have nothing on the joy experienced in Heaven. Someday, I will similarly enter the Kingdom, by the blood of Jesus, to the shouts of joy of many dearly loved family members, including my son, Micah Robert Wessman.


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Graduate Spotlight: Carly Ellis
I must confess, after reading Westminster graduate Carly Ellis's interview answers, I fell a little bit in love with her and want to run around in London dressed in UV clothes with her...
But anyway, Carly Ellis's designs are more than sportswear, they are not only UV, they're also sequins and they glow in the dark. I must say, I cannot pull off wearing streetwear but I am a massive fan of designers such as Ashish and Jeremy Scott and admire all the work that must go into it. Carly's designs are definitely up there with the best of them, even Hilary Alexander thinks so.
Carly's work was also featured in a recent shoot with Rankin to celebrate the opening of this years' Graduate Fashion Week, the image from this shoot is the last image in the selection above featuring an awesome heat map print.
I caught up with Carly to chat about London, black lights and MIA...
Let's start simple, tell us a little bit about yourself...
Im 22, from St. Helens, Merseyside, but have lived in London for 4 years.
I am a sportswear designer with Blue hair, i like bright colours, loud music and finding a bargain on the Whoops! in the supermarket.
Following the UV theme, I used Live Edge Perspex to construct garments and create giant embellishments giving the printed fabric a three dimensional edge.
Also, I have always found myself frustrated when buying clothes, I am obsessed with sportswear but find it difficult to find garments that are appropriate for more formal occasions. I wanted to create evening-sportswear, giving diversity to a regimented and repetitive sportswear market, something which Hilary Alexander commented about on the Telegraph Online,
"Carly Ellis, of Westminster University, hit a niche with her collection of 'evening-inspired sportswear', all of which actually glows under UV light."
You are also a stylist, who would you most like to style? (person or designer)
MIA. Everytime.
How did you find Westminster and would you recommend it to others?
If you could work for any designer, who would it be and why?
What did you want to be when you were younger?
How would you describe your own personal style?
What are your favourite magazines and blogs?
Where is your favourite place in the World?
What's the best way to relax after all the stress of finishing a collection?
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First of let me tell you that I am a big Dan Brown fan as his books introduces a
common man to powerful,interesting and unknown facts. His concentration to details of sophisticated science and technology coupling with ancient knowledge and religious teachings is impeccable! The most important factor in his books is that the organizations, brotherhoods, rituals, theories(even conspiracy theories) do exists even though they seem to be a work of fiction to the common man!
"The Da Vinci Code" was the first ever book to which
I was glued to until I finished it. Its one hell of a read! Soon after I completed
Da Vinci Code, impressed by the author's abilities, I bought "Angels and Demons", "Digital
Fortress" and "Deception Point" and
read it without any interruptions.
"Angels and Demons" and "Deception Point"
were good read
I enjoyed reading them. Regarding "Digital Fortress", I could not relate
the computing stuff mentioned in the book to practical computing!
Then few months back I was excited to learn about the new Dan Brown book "The
Lost Symbol". I booked a copy even before the release of the book
for about 420Rs at IndiaPlaza.in . They delivered it on time and I started to read
the book with a heavy appetite. But as I moved on, it was becoming less interesting
just because of the story line.. The only thing kept the book alive was the fact
that CIA was involved in the story investigating on the same lines that of Langdon
for "National Security" reasons! And in the end when you really come to
know the reason.. pheww….. I was like a "Balloon with no air inside"!!
However, In the book Dan Brown has written well about Noetic Sciences(ref: http://www.noetic.org/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Noetic_Sciences)
and Masonic Mysteries, symbols and secret traditions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry). As per me the
best part of the book is the substantiation of the fact that "We ourselves
are God", which I also firmly believe in. He uses several instances
in Bible and other books as proofs that ancient men of knowledge knew this. He was
lot of references to Hinduism in the book, but missed the most important teachings
of the Vedas wiz. "Aham Brahmasmi", meaning "I
am the Universe", which implies "I am the supreme being"
which in turn implies "I am the God.". Hinduism also
propagates the teaching "Tatwamasi" (Tat
means that, Twam means you, and Asi means is.)
meaning Thou art you .
Those who have been to Sabarimala(The
grand temple of Lord Ayyappa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabarimala), can see this great message inscribed
on the entrance of the temple! Even the god himself is saying "I am you"
or "You are me"! I was fascinated by this inscription
when I went to Sabarimala at a very young age! Another interesting fact about this
temple is that the Sabarimala pilgrims are also called "Swami" or "Ayyappan",
the name of the God himself! Dan Brown's book points these 2 most powerful teachings
of Hinduism: Aham Brahmasmi and Tatwamasi, both together meaning "God is
in every thing and everywhere"! its sad that he missed out these
hindu teachings in his book.
Coming back to the book, the storyline is not that impressive. Facts about Smithsonian
institution and museums, the Capitol Building,
paintings inside it etc. are good general knowledge embedded in between chapters
which helps readers not to get bored while Robert Langdon is running away from the
Law as usual!!.
To make the review more concise, I will take you to a small FAQ, which is my perspective
FAQ of Lost Symbol:
1. Is it as good as Da Vinci Code? Ans: Not at all!
2.On a scale of 1 to 10, how will you rate this book?
|For "Moral of the story"(as I strongly believe in the teaching that "God is within ourselves")
|For story line
|For unknown secret facts
and general knowledge(if you are a person who respects knowledge, you will end up
doing lot of googling about the Noetic sciences, Capitol Building of Washington D.C., Free Masons, Hidden teachings of The Bible etc.)
|For keeping
the reader glued to the book.
So the average comes to 7.0 which means
Readable book!


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16.04.16 Next L2 Measurement and Verification Training courses: 10-11 May, Manchester, 14-15 Sept, London, 15 - 16 Nov, Manchester
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Day: No repeat of Franklin's Gardens mauling
Tom Hamilton
May 24, 2013
Christian Day has been an integral part of Saints' good form this term © PA Photos
Northampton Saints lock Christian Day is adamant his side have learnt the lessons from the thrashing they received earlier this season at the hands of Saturday's Aviva Premiership final opponents Leicester Tigers.
Saints went into their March 30 clash against the Tigers at Franklin's Gardens full of hope off the back of wins over London Irish and Wasps but they were taught a lesson by the Tigers with Richard Cockerill's men running out 36-8 victors. For Day, it was a watershed moment in their season and since that nadir they have confounded the doubters and stormed to their maiden Premiership final.
And Day, who is starting alongside Courtney Lawes for the final, is determined to make sure there is no repeat at Twickenham. "We have played Leicester enough now to know what's coming and how to deal with it and what we need to bring to the table to beat them," Day told ESPN. "Bath's win showed they are beatable but similarly, them doing a job on us when we were at home showed us that if we are not up to the mark they are going to punish us.
"We have certainly played well over the past five or six weeks so hopefully they will see a different team to the one they did at Franklin's Gardens.
"I think we went into that game with maybe some over-confidence and we got taught a lesson. From there we have upped our physicality, our defence has improved and it was a bit of an eye-opener. We've got to bring that bit of extra and hopefully this weekend we can perform on the big stage."
Central to Northampton's run to the final has been a strong sense of inner-belief. At the start of the season critics deemed them to have a weaker side than last season following the loss of free-scoring winger Chris Ashton. But Jim Mallinder's men have rallied with the likes of Samu Manoa and the Pisi brothers, George and Ken, putting in consistently impressive performances.
The pre-season perception of a slightly weaker Saints outfit put some noses out and they have used that as motivation all season. Day added: "For me, when I came back from injury a couple of seasons ago, people were panicking about the Saints not replacing Juandre Kruger. That, for me, was a massive motivating factor.
"And I know others have used that mindset to drive them on to higher standards. That has also been shown through the international call ups with Luther Burrell and Stephen Myler recognised by England; they have not ridden a wave of publicity, they are there on merit and that is great to see."
The Saints' place in the final is a far cry from a poor run of results around Christmas where they suffered back-to-back losses against Harlequins and then Saracens. But their January 5 victory over Exeter Chiefs signalled a chance in their fortunes and within the camp, they were drawing inspiration from another source - baseball's Boston Red Sox.
"It was just after Christmas and we were on a bad run of form and it was a comparison with a baseball team in America. They had consistently managed to lose to the New York Yankees who were their major rivals and they had always got close to winning but never quite got there.
"People had written them off that season in particular and they came up with the mantra 'Why not us?' Why does everyone think we are going to lose? So that is something that hit home for us and we watched a bit of the documentary about it and we were in a similar situation to that.
"It has been a bit of a motivating factor for the players but it really has been a driving force throughout the season. It doesn't matter what certain pundits or the press are saying as we are one win away now from picking up the big trophy."
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What do you get when you cross Williamsburg, Brooklyn with a veritable cornucopia and smörgåsbord of food options? A Smorgaburg! Let's break this down for a second, a smorgasbord is a type of meal served buffet-style with multiple dishes of various foods on a table, originating in Sweden. In English and also in Scandinavian languages, the word smörgåsbord refers loosely to any buffet with a variety of dishes.
Smorgasburg happens every Saturday, rain or shine. Part of the Brooklyn Flea Market, Smorgasburg brings together food entrepreneurs and established purveyors from New York City and across the region selling both packaged and prepared foods, fresh produce, and other food-related stands (kitchen utensils, housewares, etc.), for a total of approximately 100 vendors. I have gone to this market several times and it is still my favorite NYC STAY-CATION. In my (very) humble opinion, the best foods hail from:
1. Asia Dog: Asiadogs are hot dogs with Asian-inspired toppings incorporating flavors found in China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and more. Try the WangDing: Chinese BBQ Porkbelly + onions or the Vinh: Vietnamese banh-mi style: aioli + pate + cucumbers + pickled carrot and daikon + cilantro + jalapeno.
2. Bon Chovie: This is what happens when a chick with a metal head and a green thumb moves fromSeattle to Williamsburg andmarries a charter boat captain and all-around seafood maniac from Florida's gulf Coast. If you know what's good for you, have the fried anchovies "jersey style" (head's on) and relish in the smoked paprika mayo and pickled sweet peppers on the side. Finally, if your thirst need quenching, they have a non-alcoholic sangria that has more fruit than a Chiquita banana headdress.
3. Brooklyn Soda Works: An artist and a chemist making soda and carbonated juices from scratch, using fresh and seasonal ingredients. If Willy Wonky had a soda factory and a seltzer bottle, he would be making these drinks. Using foraged ingredients like sassafras, knotweed, shiso, fennel and peppercorn, soda works makes the freshest (never from syrups or concentrates) and most refreshing fizzy lifting drinks. I want to use EVERY one of them in cocktails as mixers. Your best best will be the 'grapefruit, jalapeno & honey' pop.
4. Schnitz: Schnitz is the Shit(z). It is a quick-serve food business dedicated to serving your favorite comfort food: Schnitzel! For those who didn't get the memo, schnitzel is thin, breaded and lightly fried pieces chicken, pork or veal. All sandwiches are served on a pretzel bun, your options include Sweet Onion: panko crusted crumbs + jicama radish pickle + beet tzatziki or Bamberg: panko parsley crumbs + cuco-daikon pickle + caramelized opinion mustard. My grandmother made schnitzel like it was her job, mostly because she was a stay at home mother and this was her "job", to cook schnitzel. She was from the Polish shtetl and knew good schnitzel, this stuff comes close.
5. The Good Batch: This purveyor of ice cream sandwhiches began with a simple mission: bake pure, not overly sweet, delicious food. Anna Gordon, the founder and pastry chef of The Good Batch, has a lot of Dutch people in her life, and after years of receiving eager requests for making fresh stroopwafels, she finally did it. I must admit, the classic Goodwich style ice cream sandwich featuring vanilla ice cream and an irresistible oat cookie loaded with Belgian milk and dark chocolate chunks, and topped with sea salt was the PERFECT combination of salty and sweet.
Honorable Mentions: We Rub You, Mighty Quinn's
And then we took the East River Ferry home back to the isle of Manhattan and lived happily ever after…


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Juan González (Iearobotics/UAM) and Alejandro Alonso Puig (Quark Robotics - Mundobot) visited the Information Technology Institute (ITI), located in the Innovation City, at Valencia (Spain).
ITI is a Foundation that works with companies doing knowledge transfer University-business, helping also in the procurement of aids and economical supports for the development of projects. Some of the areas in which they are working are fast recognition systems for vehicle plates in movement, voice activating systems for door access, face and voice recognition, biometric systems and communication systems man-robot.
Juan Carlos Pérez, Research Director of ITI showed the facilities and projects they are working on actually.
|Juan Carlos Pérez (ITI) and Alejandro Alonso Puig (Quark Robotics) in one of the meeting rooms.
|Martín Perís (ITI) show some of the features of one of the robots of ITI
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|Martín Perís (ITI) and Alejandro Alonso Puig (Quark Robotics) looking at the inner parts of one of the robots from ITI
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A combination of timely hitting and solid pitching helped lead the Ohio State baseball team (25-16 overall, 7-8 in the Big Ten) over the Indiana Hoosiers (24-20 overall, 6-12 in the Big Ten), 4-3, in game two of a doubleheader at Bill Davis Stadium. With the win, OSU takes a 2-1 edge in the four game series. Jason Turner (Sr., Versailles, Ohio) drove in three of OSU's runs and starting pitcher Greg Prenger (Fr., Harpster, Ohio) earned the win in his first career Big Ten start.
"This team did well bouncing back form the game one loss," head coach Bob Todd said. "Greg (Prenger) was exceptional tonight. He kept us in the ballgame and made some quality pitches when he had to."
The Hoosiers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Vasilli Spanos drove in Benji Clause on a groundout. In the bottom half of the inning, OSU responded quickly to take the lead. Jason Driscoll (Sr., Middlefield, Ohio) led off with a bunt single and advanced to second on a throwing error by IU third baseman Spanos. Mike Check (Jr., Bay Village, Ohio) followed with a walk and the duo were driven in on a double by Turner off the rightfield wall to give the Buckeyes a 2-1 lead.
In the top of the third inning, Indiana tied the game when Clause scored on a groundout by Tim McNab. In the bottom half of the inning, OSU retook the lead. With two outs, Chad Ehrnsberger (Jr., Kalida, Ohio) reached base on a walk and later scored on a single to rightfield by Turner to give OSU a 3-2 edge.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, OSU increased its lead to 4-2. Nick Swisher (Fr. Parkersburg, W.Va.) led off with a single and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Trent McIlvain (Jr., Louisville, Ohio).
In the top of the seventh inning, IU added its final run of the ballgame on a sacrifice fly by McNab that scored Eric Farley.
With the win, Prenger improved to 3-1 on the season. He went six innings, threw 90 pitches, gave up seven hits, three runs and recorded two strikeouts. Cory Cox (Jr., Chillicothe, Ohio) pitched the last inning to earn his sixth save of the season. Indiana starting pitcher David Ferris (6-2) took the loss.
Tomorrow, the two teams will play the series finale at 1:05 p.m. in Bill Davis Stadium.


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Freddy Cole – 2nd SET
About FREDDY COLE
"Freddy has an impeccable sense of swing… he is, overall, the most maturely expressive male jazz singer of his generation, if not the best alive." The New York Times
"Gorgeous autumnal baritone, expressive phrasing and pitch-perfect feel for jazz standards, pop tunes and love ballads." People Magazine
Biography – Though Freddy Cole was born in Chicago, currently he is a 35-year native son and international celebrity of Atlanta.
Lionel Frederick Cole was born in Chicago on October 15, 1931, the youngest of Edward and Paulina Nancy Cole's five children. His three elder brothers, Eddie, Ike and Nat (twelve years Freddy's senior) were all musicians.
"I started playing piano at five or six," Freddy remembers. "Music was all around me." In the Chicago home of his youth, regular visitors included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billy Eckstein and Lionel Hampton. He also credits Billy Eckstine as a major influence. "He was a fantastic entertainer," Freddy recalls. "I learned so much from just watching and being around him." After a possible career with the NFL was shelved due to a hand injury, he began playing and singing in Chicago clubs as a teenager. Although he was ready to hit the road at 18, his mother intervened and he continued his musical education at the Roosevelt Institute in Chicago.
Freddy moved to New York in 1951, where he studied at the Juilliard School of Music and found himself profoundly influenced by John Lewis, Oscar Peterson and Teddy Wilson. He earned a Master's Degree at the New England Conservatory of Music and then spent several months on the road as a member of The Earl Bostic Band, which also included Johnny Coles and Benny Golson.
It was back in New York that Freddy successfully laid the groundwork for a career that continues to flourish today. He developed a vast repertoire of songs in Manhattan bistros and concurrently began to supplement his live performances with television and radio commercial jingle work.
A resident of Atlanta since 1972, he currently leads a quartet featuring guitarist Randy Napoleon, drummer Quentin Baxter and bassist Elias Bailey that regularly tours the US, Europe, the Far East, South Africa, South America and Australia. Freddy has been a recording artist since 1952, when his first single, "The Joke's on Me," was released on an obscure Chicago-based label.
Freddy recorded several albums for European and English companies during the 1970's that helped him develop a loyal overseas following. Cole believes that becoming an international favorite "made me widen my scope a little bit." He developed a stand-up act, a better rapport with audiences, and learned to sing in other languages. "It made me much more of a performer."
Cole doesn't apologize for sounding like his brother, Nat "King" Cole. There are certain unmistakable similarities in the vocal timbres of all four Cole brothers. He plays piano, sings and performs live with guitar and upright bass, just like Nat. Yet his voice is raspier, smokier, jazzier even. In truth, his phrasing is far closer to that of Frank Sinatra or Billie Holiday than that of his brother Nat, and his timing and phrasing swings a little more. His vocals – suave, elegant, formidable, and articulate – are among the most respected in jazz. Cole's career continues to ascend as he has moved into the front ranks of America's homegrown art form with a style and musical sophistication all his own, and is now often referred to as the greatest "storyteller" in jazz.
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He was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Sept. 8, 2007; received the "2005 Outstanding Male Jazz Vocalist" Award at the Playbill 2006 Nightlife Award; inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame "2005 Living Legend Award" June 15, 2005.


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World junior leader Mustafa Amer Ahmed of Egypt wants to become the first African athlete to win a global junior title in the shot put. The 18-year-old threw a national junior record of 21.79m earlier this year to win the Arab junior title.
Polish junior record-holder Konrad Bukowiecki, two years younger than Ahmed, shares similar gold medal ambitions. After finishing fifth at last year's World Youth Championships, the 17-year-old has improved with almost every competition, recently throwing a PB of 21.39m.
Braheme Days wants to put back the US on top of the global junior stage as Adam Nelson did 20 years ago.
Germany's world youth champion Patrick Muller and his runner-up Henning Prufer want to replicate the same success in Eugene.
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Futuristically designed to satisfy your visual palette, this car comes with a built-in drone quad copter or 'flying companion,' as Renault calls it. It helps you oversee the traffic and warns about congested roads. The interiors are a clear inspiration of a bird's nest, while the revolutionary front-wheel drive is the highlight of this supercar. The TFT touch screen acts as a dashboard for manual control of connected services. The car has a high-powered 1.2 litre turbocharged engine, coupled with a dual-clutch transmission EDC for low fuel consumption.
The BMW i8 is a high-performance four-seater sports coupe that has a plug-in hybrid powertrain (a path-breaking energy saving technology). The front wheels are powered by the electric motor while the turbocharged 1.5 litre three-cylinder, powers the back wheels. Special features include the head-up display and the driving assistant that form a support system for ease of driving. The stylistic swan-wing door, innovative front end, and lightweight carbon-fibre body (with LED laser lights) pronounce this as a cutting-edge supercar. This model was unveiled by none other than our former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, at the Auto Expo in Greater Noida (Delhi) in February 2014.
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Some techniques are timeless. Last week we took a look at the frontiers of Submission. The very bleeding edge of what can be done. This week we take a look at an old classic; the first counter to a kick catch that I ever learned. It's like leather, seeing someone take one to the nads, The olde One-Two Combination or the Triangle Choke. These things never get old and I don't think they ever will.
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