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This weekend starts the journey to Oklahoma City for the NCAA Tournament Women's College Softball Tournament. Here is my predictions for each regional and overall tournament outlook. Click here for interactive bracket.
We will begin by in depth look in regionals involving the Sunshine State teams.
Gainesville Regional : # 2 Florida, USF, Georgia Southern, Hampton.
Last year in Gainesville, USF led by star pitcher Sarah Nevins won the regional knocking off the Gators. The Bulls would go on to advance to the College World Series by winning super regional at home over Hoftstra. Gators Head Coach Tim Walton kick off three starters on night before regional started in Kasey Fagan, Sami Fagon, and Cheyenee Coyle. The Gators who were 5th seed in nation were upset in opening game by Florida Gulf Coast 2-1 and had to play themselves out of losers bracket and would eventually lose to the Bulls in the regional championship final. This year the Gators come in rolling after winning SEC Regular season and conference tournament championships. Check out video previews from the voice of the Gators Adam Shick and former Gator great Megan Bush right here courtesy of Gatorzone.com.
My pick – #2 Florida over USF
Mobile Regional : # 13 South Alabama, Florida State, Mississippi State, Miss Valley State.
The Seminoles get sent out to Mobile, Alabama to take on one of the bigger suprises in South Alabama who come in as 13 seed after winning Sun Belt Tournament. The Noles are coming off a season where they won ACC Regular season title but loss to North Carolina State in ACC Tournament Championship Game in Tallahassee. South Alabama beat Mississippi State, and LSU among others during the regular season. Here is a preview of the Seminoles in the reginals courtesy of Seminoles.com.
My pick- # 13 South Alabama over Florida State.
Other Regional Picks
Norman Regional : 1 Oklahoma over Arkansas
Eugene Regional : 3 Oregon over Wisconsin
Austin Regional : 4 Texas over South Carolina
Tempe Regional : 5 Arizona State over Georgia
Columbia Regional : 6 Missouri over Hofstra
Knoxville Regional : 7 Tennessee over North Carolina State
Ann Arbour Regional : 8 Michigan over California
Baton Rouge Regional : 9 LSU over Louisiana Lafayette. For more details on preview of this regional check out LSU SID Matt Dunaway interview with LSU Softball Head Coach Beth Torina who also coaches the NPF USSSA Pride here in Central Florida on LSUSports.net
Alabama Regional : 10 Alabama over Western Kentucky
Seattle Regional : 11 Washington over Hawaii
Lexington Regional : Notre Dame over 12 Kentucky
Lincoln Regional : Stanford over 14 Nebraska
Louisville Regional : UCLA over 15 Louisville
College Station Regional : Baylor over 16 Texas AM
For more details on NCAA Softball Regional previews take a look at Graham Hays preview.
My picks for Oklahoma City
1- Oklahoma over Baylor in 2
2- Florida over UCLA in 3
3- Oregon over Stanford in 2
4- Texas over 13 South Alabama in 3
5- Arizona State over Notre Dame in 2
6- Missouri over 11 Washington in 2
7- Tennessee over 10 Alabama in 3
9- LSU over 8 Michigan in 3
National Champion – 1- Oklahoma over 5Arizona State in 3
Eric Lopez is the producer of The David Baumann Show which comes to you live Monday through Friday 6-9am from the Sports Talk 1080 Studios in Orlando. Lopez also been UCF Softball play by play announcer since 2007.


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What is the trend..matte, polished, semi-polished porcelain tiles? I like the look of glazed porcelain (travertine look), but I'm concerned it's not popular when we sell our home. – TZ
I often say that you don't need to please everyone, you just need to please that one homebuyer who likes what you like.
I'll add two caveats:
- If you're in a neighborhood where the perception that only "Brand X" is the mark of quality and you're using "Brand Y" – you've got your work cut out for you to convince buyers (and real estate agents).
- Trends vary from place to place. For my area, finishes are matte and partial sheen, primarily because we deal with a lot of dust that shows up on glossy finishes. For other areas of the continent, the glossy tiles are cool and sophisticated. In yet another area, no one would choose either one of those because sheen is the only way to go.
If the trend is for more contemporary, there is nothing to say that you can't have a square-edged porcelain tile instead of chipped edges (which are considered more traditional), and vice-versa.
It's all in the design. Here's what I mean – two examples of bathrooms with porcelain/travertine looks:
Any part of the world might argue for one or the other – all depends on where you live, but I say if you like it and you'll be there for awhile, have it.
If others have thoughts, they're welcome to chime in…


text: You may not have the chance to make much of a housing choice your first year of college but that doesn't mean you shouldn't start considering some options. On-campus housing can be cramped, expensive and isn't for everyone. Where you sacrifice in space, you make up for in being able to roll outta bed and make it to class in 5-minutes. There are a ton of options out there so check our list of pros and cons of living off campus to get some ideas flowing around early!


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Car: Audi Quattro 1984 (WR model)
Owned since: 1992
Previously owned: Humber Sceptre, Ford Capri Mk1 2.0, Audi 100, Datsun 260Z, Porsche 911 2.2 Carrera
"It is one of the best looking cars ever produced - simple. I had always really liked the car through the late 80s (mainly due to the styling and the imagery of its rally dominance) but never thought it might be something I would ever afford. In comparison to today's prices, my Quattro bought new in 1984 was very similar to a three-bedroom terraced town house in Northampton. In 1990 I bought an Audi Coupe GT, the same platform which the Quattro was built on. I was so impressed with it that I decided to take the next leap and got the ur Quattro."
What I wish I'd known:
"I did very little research really, I just wanted it more than anything else so I got one that I liked, a bit on impulse really. I soon found out all the inherent pitfalls of the car, but as I like tinkering, fixing it as the bugs came out was just part of the ownership."
"Even though I have owned it for longer than I have had children or even known my wife, when I look at it I still smile in the knowledge its mine. Being 29 years old the car is still a joy to drive. The older I get the more I like it as a symbol of when the world was a simpler place. As my wife waves me off to work in the morning asking me to be home for tea on time I can jokingly say 'shut it you slag!', as only a true 80s throwback would. It also sounds like a real car should."
Things I hate:
"There's nothing to hate about it - it's awesome. Anything I didn't like has been changed or improved. From initial purchase I have done lots to it but since the first few years of ownership and all the repairs, rebuilds and overhauls there's been very little since, although I don't use it that often in order for it to go wrong to be fair."
"Agreed value insurance is £117 per year. It's quite thirsty, 20 to the gallon. Spares can be very difficult to source and they are getting harder to find, they're pretty expensive too in most cases. I have a large spares collection growing and I pick up a lot of parts from eBay. It's reliable but being at its age it needs a few minor things now and then."
Where I've been:
"Nowhere exciting, I've been to a couple of track days and it's not the easiest to drive on tarmac. I used to drive down to Cornwall every year but I have been planning a summer trip to the Alps in it one day soon.
What next?
"I have never considered selling it but am always looking out for something else. I would like a Mk1 Escort!"


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reVITAlize Lunch with Larry Fowler
Ryan Frank
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
NOTE: The first-ever reVITAlize event has SOLD OUT! If you are interested in attending, please add your name to the WAITLIST above!
The creators of KidzMatter and K! Magazine invite you to reVITAlize - a special gathering for children's ministry leaders! The word VITA is Italian for "life." Without going Italian on you, we're planning an event that is encouraging and will breathe new life into your ministry! This is an amazing networking opportunity for children's ministry leaders. If you are looking for a team-building activity for the leaders in your church, or just want to grow in your own leadership, this event is for you.
Here's what we have planned:
Networking opportunities. You'll meet children's ministry leaders just like yourself. And the cool part? These are people from right here in your neck of the woods. (Thanks, Al Roker.)
A nice lunch. Come hungry. We'll have the food ready!
Great teaching from Larry Fowler. Larry is an executive at Awana and is the author of several books, including his most recent, Rock Solid Volunteers. He's going to speak on Balancing Genders in Children's Ministry. Over 90% of children's ministry workers are women, according to Group Publishing. Is your ministry near that percentage and you cannot figure out how to get men to want to get involved? In this conversation, you will understand what you have got to do, and will walk out overflowing with practical ideas of how to do it. Click here to see Larry's complete bio.
Great music with Keith Conner. Keith is a fellow Hoosier that has way too much fun ministering to kids and families. You'll enjoy meeting him on stage and off stage. Click here to see Keith's website.
Games and prizes. We can't let you in on all the surprises, but we can tell you that no one will leave empty-handed!
You won't want to miss this epic event held at the beautiful, new KidzMatter Ministries headquarters in Marion, Indiana.
Registration is limited to the first 80 people. Sign up and save your spot now!
When & Where
432 E Val Ln
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM (EDT)
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Brother-in-law not guilty in man's death
Amid shouts of anger and jumps for joy, a jury Thursday night found William Donahue not guilty of second-degree murder in the September death of his brother-in-law. Donahue, 22, was charged after Joshua Goodin plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony at the Sea Stone Resort on Clearwater Beach on Sept. 11, 2007. At the time, Donahue was an Air Force Airman 1st Class stationed at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. He now lives in Lithia Springs, according to court records. Prosecutors and witnesses, including family members, said Donahue and Goodin, 25, of Tampa had been fighting, but witnesses differed on the details. That was one reason to acquit Donahue, defense attorney Gail Conolly said. "We have so many different versions of that night," she said, "there has to be a reasonable doubt."
Beach garage gets 1-month extension
Is that south beach parking garage ever going to get built? The City Council on Thursday night gave Chase Real Estate a one-month extension to continue working with property owners to secure a parcel of land for the project for no more than $5-million. An agent with the group had worked out a plan to assemble five pieces of property near the split of Coronado and Hamden drives, but they amounted to only 0.71 acres. Building a 300-space parking garage there would require a five-story structure. Council members were thinking more along the lines of a three-story garage. So it's back to the drawing board.
Sherri Lynn Ventresca, who is accused of fraud and theft, sold her home on Greywood Avenue in Tarpon Springs in June and most recently lived in Borden, Ind., according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. A story Friday listed the wrong address.
In an interview July 9, Sue Geier of Tarpon Springs said that regardless of Tarpon Springs High School's D FCAT grade, she would work to make the school an "A" experience for her daughter by following her course of study closely. When parents are involved, she said, it benefits not only their children, but others as well. A story on July 10 did not include those points.
Pinellas deaths
Andrews, John C.
Batista, Rose Marie
Burger, William Frederick
Byerly, Imogene (Cassidy)
Cohen, Laura
D'Arezzo, Albert
Deadmon, Mary Mellott
Douvlos, John
Durham, Charles M. Sr.
Fry, Donald L.
Hamilton, Creighton M.
Hammond, Willo F.
Jeswani, Dharamdas
Menendez, Arlene
Oliphant, Charles W. Jr.
Payne, Barbara
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How would a certificate in Emergency Management benefit me?
There is a nationwide effort within the Emergency Management industry today toward requiring bachelor's degrees for professionals working in the field. This translates into more jobs in the future requiring advanced knowledge, critical thinking skills, and academic preparation – in short, a college degree. A degree from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with this Area of Emphasis will give you the edge you need to compete and succeed.
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Students interested in earning the optional UW-Green Bay Certificate in Emergency Management are required to take all FIVE courses.
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The southern Kalahari Desert is a place of boundless beauty, etched in the bare rocks and dunes, its ancient traditions and fascinating wildlife. Take a journey here, and you will find yourself in a landscape and culture quite like any other.
This is one of the most relaxing and charming places you can stay. Situated in a 100,000-hectare private game reserve, Cañon Lodge is set in some huge hills of tumbled red rocks. It was once the home of two German brothers, who were repatriated after South African forces captured what was then the German South-West Africa for the Allies in 1915. It has an old tractor in the grounds and plenty of ploughs and farm implements to remind you of its origins. The place has a settled atmosphere, with a spectacular view out over the rocky hills. There are 20 chalets, literally set into the hills. Those who look will also discover a spectacular swimming pool, newly built into another hill. Guests can visit the home farm, which conjures milk, cheese, vegetable, bacon and chicken. Horse riding is also available.
A more affordable option, about 20km from Canon Lodge, the Roadhouse has a bar, a café and a few simple rooms. Outside on the terrace under the hardy, false pepper trees, you can enjoy a strong coffee and watch the birds hopping about. The roadhouse and its garden are decorated with the remains of old cars and road signs, all strangely charming in this remote place and where they are obviously never going to rust.
A 1912 farmhouse, unmistakably German in its architecture, in a small town just beyond the plains of Inselbergen. The White House is owned by a delightful Afrikaans couple, who have built some pleasant bungalows at the back of the house, and the house itself has huge bedrooms with Oregon pine floors and high ceilings. Namibia has many of these guest houses and they are well worth using. This one is a delight. Dinner at the farmhouse is beyond substantial, with lamb chops, springbok pie, a whole shoulder of lamb and pumpkin fritters, and a steamed pudding, all of which cost the equivalent of just over £5.
The lodge is owned by the San Bushmen and Mier people, who originally hunted here and had a large tract of land in the park returned to them a few years ago (the exclamation mark in the name represents the click of Khosian, the Bushman language). A vehicle will come and meet you at a designated waterhole, before you will drive by 4x4 over sand dunes, seeing oryx, giraffes, ostrich and springbok as you go. !Xaus is spectacular, looking like a row of wigwams on the high point of an immense dune. Closer to, it becomes a series of 12 thatched chalets with red plastered walls, set on a broadwalk that connects them to a central library. Down below is a salt pan, with a permanent waterhole filled by water from the swimming pool. Guests can dine in the lamp-lit outside enclosure, and enjoy dishes such as butternut soup, gemsbok stew and Malva pudding.
The Kalahari Desert's vast sands span a number of different African countries, each with their own unique landscapes and wildlife. Across the border from Namibia, the Tswalu Kalahari house in South Africa is a family-owned reserve near the very small town of Vanzylsrus. Not many guests come by car; they are most often flown in from Johannesberg. This is a place of astonishing luxury and elegance, but it is run with great charm and efficiency. Tswalu is a Relais & Châteaux member and no detail is neglected, from the hot towels on arrival to the binoculars and books in your own thatched house, which includes an indoor and outdoor hot shower, a private deck and a bed so huge you could sleep six without meeting any of the other occupants. There is also a large swimming pool, a spa and a gym, and the food is astonishingly good. Rates are based on two people sharing full-board, which includes two daily games drives, walking safaris and local beverages.
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John and Karen Bridgeman, Washington, announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Bridgeman, to Jeffrey Eaker, son of Chris and Zadie Shaul, New Haven.
Elizabeth is a graduate of Washington High School and is employed as a pharmacy technician.
Jeff graduate from Pacific High School and works as a carpenter.
The couple plan a May 24, 2014, wedding in Washington.


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Tow truck chain breaks as owner films it sadly and hilariously
You've got to be having a bad day if your car's flipped over in need of a tow truck. But it can get worse if the tow truck's chain breaks mid-flip like this unlucky lady.
First: Yes. Female driver. Secondly: Love the tow truck dude's expression when the car careens off the side of the road. Half unwavering defeat, half "aw shucks." Nailed it.


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Worldwide shrimp shortage pushes prices through the roof
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 22:36:21 GMT —
If you love shrimp, you may have noticed that the price has skyrocketed in the last year. In fact, shrimp has gone up $3 per pound over the past 12 months. This could point to a worldwide shrimp shortage, but whatâ??s causing it?
Imported shrimp seem to be the issue, with a bacteria sweeping through the shrimp farms in Asian countries, killing much of their crop.
After twice restocking the supply and having it die, farmers pinpointed the problem: the ground water was tainted. This has seriously affected the supply of shrimp.
The problem even seems to be affecting shrimp in U.S. waters.
Shrimpers are reporting that they are only catching about a fifth of the normal amount of shrimp they get out of the Gulf of Mexico this time of year.


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Nurses picket outside Sutter Tracy
Tracy Press, 12/13/13
Nurses picket Sutter
About two-dozen nurses who work at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital held what they called an "informational picket" outside the medical center, Thursday, Dec. 12. The employees say they were protesting hospital management's unwillingness to bargain in their contract negotiations with the California Nurses Association, which represents the nurses. The negotiations have continued without agreement since June 2012. Hospital spokeswoman Catherine Larsen said Sutter has signed 29 tentative agreements during 47 bargaining sessions in that time but that those proposals have not been approved by the union. She added that patient care during the picket was not impacted.Back to News »


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- Changed the script chooser so that now all disks are deselected by default.
- Fixed a problem in the calculation of the beginning and end of a zone. The gap that PlaceNtfsSystemFiles() makes for the NTFS reserved area was sometimes counted twice, causing the next zone to start too far up.
- Changed the syntax so that number multipliers (such as MB and Gi) can now be used with floating-point numbers, not only integer numbers.
- Added the RoundDown() function for calculating numbers.
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A Hermann area man who led law enforcement officers on a lengthy pursuit Monday in Franklin and Gasconade counties is being held on felony charges.
Gasconade County Sheriff Randy Esphorst said 22-year-old Jonathan G. Jacobi is charged with first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest, both felonies, in the incident. A $20,000 bond was set in that case.
Jacobi led officers on a 45-minute pursuit that started in Gasconade County and ended on Highway Y, north of Gerald, in Franklin County when officers managed to disable the pickup truck he was driving with spike strips placed on the highway, according to reports.
The pursuit involved Franklin and Gasconade County deputies, Missouri Highway Patrol troopers and Hermann police officers.
Jacobi likely will face multiple charges in other jurisdictions as well in connection with a series of alleged crimes that occurred over the last three days, authorities said.
Jacobi is suspected of stealing the 2004 Ford F-350 pickup truck he was driving Monday. The truck was reported stolen Saturday from Potosi in Washington County.
Later, a De Soto police officer got in pursuit of the truck in Jefferson County but crashed his patrol car during the chase. That officer is hospitalized, Sheriff Esphorst said. About 11:30 a.m. Monday, a Hermann police officer attempted to stop the vehicle as part of an investigation of numerous gasoline thefts in the region and discovered it was stolen.
The officer pursued the vehicle for a distance but was forced to terminate the chase due to unsafe road conditions, brought on by the recent snowstorm, Esphorst said.
Officers later received a tip and located the suspect's vehicle on Zero Road near the Franklin/Gasconade County line.
They pursued the suspect on a farm road that led to the Missouri River bottoms, but got the patrol car stuck in mud and snow. The suspect's truck also got stuck but he managed to get free and continued back toward Zero Road and onto eastbound Highway 100 where Sheriff Esphorst took up the pursuit and was joined by a complement of officers from several agencies.
The chase proceeded through parts of Franklin and Gasconade counties until the suspect was stopped on Route Y.
At that point, the suspect surrendered without resistance, according to the sheriff.
Stolen Gun
During questioning, officers determined that Jacobi had discarded a handgun during the pursuit and later recovered the weapon.
The gun was identified as one stolen from a vehicle in Hermann previously.
Car Fire
Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said Jacobi also is a suspect in last week's investigation of a stolen car that was set on fire in a field off Berger Bottom Road in Franklin County.
A backpack found in the truck matched the description of one reported stolen from the car.
Esphorst said the investigation provided leads that will assist in solving other recent crimes, including vehicle thefts.
The sheriff complimented all law enforcement officers "who worked extremely well together to bring the nearly 45-minute chase to a safe end and take the suspect into custody without incident or injury."
Jacobi has other charges pending in Franklin and Gasconade counties, according to online court records.


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A summary of trading in key commodities markets overseas:
World oil prices were mixed after the United States reported a smaller-than-expected rise in its crude stockpiles and as markets tracked uncertainty over Italy's political future.
Brent North Sea crude for delivery in April dipped four cents to $112.67 a barrel in late London deals.
New York's main contract, light sweet crude for April climbed 40 cents to $93.03 a barrel.
The US Department of Energy on Wednesday said that American crude inventories rose by 1.1 million barrels last week, less than half the amount predicted by analysts.
Gold futures settled below $US1,600, amid renewed concerns the Federal Reserve would roll back its monetary easing measures sooner than investors expect.
The most actively traded contract, for April delivery, on Wednesday fell $US19.80, or 1.2 per cent, to settle at $US1,595.70 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Gold prices retreated below the psychologically important $US1,600 mark, erasing much of Tuesday's gains, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank may review its exit strategy "some time soon".
Investors have flocked to gold in recent years, as some feared the Fed's bond-buying policies would trigger higher inflation and sought to fireproof their wealth against such risks.
Gold is widely considered a hedge against inflation because it tends to keep its value better than other assets during periods of high inflation.
Stronger US equities added to the pressure on gold.
Base metals are little changed at the close of London Metal Exchange trading (LME), as investors found little direction in the day's economic news and data.
At the PM kerb close on Wednesday, LME three-month copper was up just 0.1 per cent at $US7,870 a metric ton. Tin held up the best of the complex, ending the session 0.8 per cent higher at $US23,475/ton.
US data were mixed Wednesday, with durable goods orders falling 5.2 per cent in January from December, driven by a sharp drop in defence and civilian aircraft spending.
Non-defence capital goods orders excluding aircraft -- a key measure of business investment -- rose 6.3 per cent, however, the best increase in more than a year.
Separately, pending US home sales rose 4.5 per cent in January from the previous month, to the highest level since April 2010, better than expectations for a two per cent rise.


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Last weekend, Becker held its annual Grape Stomp, and they're doing it again this weekend, both Saturday and Sunday (map and web links at the end of this post). It's a fun thing for all ages: Little kids and big kids alike step into half-barrels filled with grapes and start squishing. When you're done, you step out onto a brand-new t-shirt and leave your mark. Grape-stomping is free, t-shirts to mark the occasion are $15 and come in all sizes. This year is a record harvest for a lot of Texas wineries, so it's a good opportunity to put your best foot forward!
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Israel spokesman says Sharon remarks on French Jews ''misunderstood''
The Israeli government said Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had been "misunderstood" in his call to French Jews to leave immediately and move to Israel, a spokesman told French radio.
"Sharon was misunderstood," spokesman Avi Pazner told Europe 1 radio station. "He concluded that French Jews, but also those of the entire world, belong in Israel."
The prime minister Sunday made a public call to the 600,000 French Jews to "immediately" move to Israel in the wake of growing anti-Semitism, an appeal dismissed as unacceptable by the French foreign ministry and strongly criticized by Jewish organizations.
"Altogether I have to advocate to our brothers in France: move to Israel as early as possible.... That's what I say to Jews all around the world but there (France) I think it's a must. They have to move immediately."
Pazner said Sharon had taken care to put his comments in context of his opinion "which is that the place of the Jews is in Israel."
Moreover, he emphasized that the prime minister had praised the French government for its measures to combat increasing anti-Semitism and racially-motivated attacks.
It should be noted that in his speech to an American Jewish association in Jerusalem, Sharon lay much of the blame for the increase in anti-Semitism on the growing Muslim community in France, now numbering around five million people. (Albawaba.com)
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Their head coach has settled in and his top assistants are coming soon. All the Cleveland Browns are missing is a general manager.
They may be waiting on one for a while.
Still in his first week on the job, new Browns coach Eric Mangini is expected to pick Rob Ryan as his defensive coordinator and Brian Daboll to run his offense in the next few days. Mangini, fired by the New York Jets and hired by the Browns last week to replace the fired Romeo Crennel, worked with both men in New England.
Ryan is the son of former NFL coach Buddy Ryan and his twin brother, Rex, is Baltimore's defensive coordinator and a candidate for the Jets' coaching job.
Both Ryan and Daboll, who coached New York's quarterbacks last season, were in Cleveland over the weekend to meet with Mangini. Ryan coached the Patriots' linebackers from 2000-2003 when Mangini coached the club's defensive backs.
Daboll will replace Rob Chudzinski, who was considered a rising star when the Browns scored 402 points in 2007. But Cleveland's offense was ravaged this season by injuries, changed starting quarterbacks halfway through, and failed to score a touchdown in its final six games. Chudzinski, who signed a two-year extension last January, interviewed with San Francisco coach Mike Singletary about his coordinator opening a few days ago.
Meanwhile, the Browns are in a holding pattern in their search for a GM.
Owner Randy Lerner interviewed George Kokinis, Baltimore's director of pro personnel, on Sunday in New York. The meeting was productive but the Browns cannot offer Kokinis a job until the Ravens' season ends. Baltimore plays at Pittsburgh in Sunday's AFC championship, meaning the earliest Kokinis could be hired by the Browns is Monday. If the Ravens advance, Kokinis would not be available until after the Super Bowl on Feb. 1 in Tampa.
Lerner is in no rush. Since firing GM Phil Savage and Crennel, he has felt getting the coach in place was more important than his top executive.
Kokinis has been at the top of Lerner's GM list since Mangini recommended him during his interview. Kokinis and Mangini have been friends since beginning their careers together in Cleveland during the 1990s.
Lerner, who also owns soccer club Aston Villa in the English Premier League, is in Europe and won't be back in the U.S. until later this week.
As of now, he has no other interviews scheduled for his GM vacancy.
The early front-runner to take over as Cleveland's GM is out of the mix.
Scott Pioli, New England's vice president of player personnel who interviewed with Lerner, will be introduced on Wednesday as Kansas City's new GM. Lerner had initially hoped to pair Mangini and Pioli together, but the two longtime friends may have had a falling out following the infamous Spygate affair.


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Is Giving Meal Choices a Good Idea?
Plenty of parents I know make up separate meals for the kids and the adults or older children in the family. One mom and dad actually make an average of three different dinners each night, just to make sure that everyone in the family eats. Now I understand that certain childhood disabilities, from diabetes to autism, may require special diets, and in those cases parents have to do what they have to do. That isn't what I am talking about. More so, I am referring to families with healthy, average children who have fallen into the pattern of becoming short … Continue reading


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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
"Atheism a faith position too" - best shot?
The sceptic about the external world shows that our belief that our senses are a reliable guide to reality cannot be justified. But then, as science and indeed all our beliefs about the external world are based on the assumption that our senses are a reliable guide to reality, they too are rooted in "faith". So belief in God is no more a "faith position" than is empirical science.
One response would be to say that while:
(i) our senses are a reliable guide to reality
(ii) there is a God
are both equally unjustifiable, and so, if you like, "faith positions", the fact is we all assume (i). By contrast, (ii) is an additional assumption we don't need to make. So the principle of economy says that if we can get away with assuming just (i), we should do so. Adding (ii) as a second assumption requires considerably more "faith".
Trouble with this move is that some theists maintain that if we accept (ii), then (i) is no longer an assumption. We can justify it by appealing to (ii) (in the style of Descartes – a good God would not allow us systematically to be deceived).
So, each belief involves an equal amount of "faith".
I think there's a more obvious and better objection to the above argument for science (and any dependent atheism) being a "faith position, in fact. Coming to that shortly….
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"Trouble with this move is that some theists maintain that if we accept (ii), then (i) is no longer an assumption. We can justify it by appealing to (ii) (in the style of Descartes – a good God would not allow us systematically to be deceived).
So, each belief involves an equal amount of "faith"."
I cannot see this equality. The notion that there's a good God requires much more "faith" than the notion that "our senses are a reliable guide to reality".
And then there are the ancillary beliefs of the theists to consider. Heaven and hell are also part of reality, for Christians, yet our senses fail to detect them. So our senses are being systematically deceived in respect of this version of the afterlife.
And with all the evil in the world, how can anyone be certain that a good God would not allow us to be so deceived? If he would let us suffer so much from hunger, natural disasters and disease, what's a little deception between a deity and his followers ? More belief required, I'm afraid.
- May 16, 2007 at 9:42 AM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
The thing is, we don't accept (i); that we do in fact employ the concepts of hallucinations and optical illusions conclusively demonstrates that (i) is not an premise in the logical sense.
We do conclude, however, that our perceptual experiences are (usually) reliable; this conclusion is subconscious and automatic, so it often feels like an premise.
We should recast (i) to establish the weaker authority of our senses, rather than their veracity:
(i') Our perceptual experiences as experiences are authoritative
They are authoritative in the sense that our perceptual experiences must be accounted for. The veracity—the truth of the objective content—of our perceptual experiences, is one particular hypothesis; often, but not always, scientifically justifiable.
Under (i), hallucinations and optical illusions are incoherent; "such-and-such experience is illusory" contradicts—and thus cannot be derived from—the premise, "Our senses are reliable."
Under (i'), hallucinations and optical illusions are unproblematic. They still exist: We do in fact see the pencil as bent when halfway in the water. They are still authoritative: we must account for why we see the pencil as bent. But since the hypothesis that the pencil actually does become bent when it is halfway immersed in water is not the simplest hypothesis to account for the experience, we are free to reject the veracity (reliability) of that particular perception.
The problem with (ii) is, of course, that we cannot in fact derive (i) ((even if (i) were coherent) or (i') from (ii). There is nothing in the definition of God (even if we accept the Omnimax definition) that analytically entails (i) or (i'). We must explicitly add an extra premise:
(ii-b) God desires (or it is good) that our senses are reliable/veridical or authoritative (i').
In order to "derive" (i) or (i') from (ii), we must add an equivalent premise to (ii); Therefore, the notion that "God exists" does not, by itself, explain (i).
- May 16, 2007 at 11:18 AM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
One (failed) way to "rescue" (i) is to interpret "reliable" as "mostly veridical". However, in a purely logical sense, we end up with the "wishy-washy" version of (i):
(i-ww) A particular perceptual experience is veridical or it is not veridical
Analytically valid, of course, but entirely vacuous.
- May 16, 2007 at 11:23 AM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
Decartes' conclusion does not follow: We must add the enthymeme, "It is not good to be deceived."
We cannot count on our moral intuition at all on to substantiate Decartes' conclusion: If it is good to be deceived, then we would be benignly deceived when we intuit that it is bad to be deceived.
- May 16, 2007 at 2:57 PM
- anticant said...
As Joad would have said, "it all depends on what you mean by 'reality'."
- May 16, 2007 at 6:34 PM
-Atheist's reality: this universe
-Theist's reality: this universe + a supernatural creator
It STILL looks like an inequality of faith to me.
"in the style of Descartes – a good God would not allow us systematically to be deceived"
Well, we all once thought the Earth was flat, didn't we? We were DECIEVED to think so due to a flat-looking horizon. (Use of senses) Now we can see the Earth is round because of satellite pictures. (Also a use of senses)
So that means, theists must ALSO have faith that God is either good, evil or morally neutral. But He can't be good since we've been decieved. Therefore He, if He exists, is either morally neutral or EVIL. (see Stephen Law's God of Eth for more evidence of this)
So again,
Atheist's reality: this universe
Theist's reality: this universe + a supernatural creator+ the morality of this creator being good despite the logical evidence+ logic doesn't really work+ atheists are weird
Unless a theist argues our senses are NOT reliable. True, as I've illustrated in the Flat Earth case, but that STILL gives no reason to assume something else beyond our senses.
And besides, What You See/Sense is What You Get, no?
- May 17, 2007 at 2:30 PM
- Rev. Dr. Incitatus said...
A certain quote from Groucho Marx springs to mind here:-
"Who you gonna believe...?"
- May 17, 2007 at 3:54 PM
- Ophelia said...
"Trouble with this move is that some theists maintain that if we accept (ii), then (i) is no longer an assumption."
It seems to me we have to accept both (ii) and (iii) for (i) to be no longer an assumption. (ii) was "there is a God"; (iii) is "the God there is is good". So the amounts of faith aren't equal; (ii) and (iii) are at least double (i).
- May 18, 2007 at 10:04 PM
- cagliost said...
Someone tried to do a similar thing recently ( Solving induction with Jesus. He said that if you believe in god you have no problem of induction, i.e. the reason physical laws hold everywhere is because god makes it so.
The problem is that, while consistent, we have absolutely no reason for believing god exists.
Returning to the original question, we have no reason for believing our senses (I could be a brain-in-a-vat), but we if we believe in god, we do. But this is not a reason to believe in god, and we have no reason to believe in god. So which is more "reasonable"?
I say the one without god. God just requires one extra thing, which we have no reason to add. Nothing even suggests god as an explanation.
- May 19, 2007 at 2:47 PM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
Ophelia: Actually we have to have three premises:
(i) God exists
(ii) God is good
(iii) true beliefs are good
- May 19, 2007 at 11:45 PM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
Yet another premise required:
(iv) God causes us to have beliefs
To make God work in any kind of form, we have to assert a plethora of deductively unjustified premises.
- May 20, 2007 at 3:45 AM
- Jeff said...
I just go with Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. The existence of anything outside a given context is unknowable. For that matter, there are truth-statements in a given system that are unprovable from within the system, and unreachable false-statements as well.
So by this standard, capital-A Atheists require just as much faith (that, is, acceptance of something that cannot be proved) as Theists.
Anecdotally, most Atheists I've had discussions with seem to be just garden-variety contrarians whose pet topic happens to be god.
- May 20, 2007 at 9:47 AM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
Jeff: You have just a bit of a gap between your premise and your conclusion—otherwise known as the non-sequitur fallacy, with a topping of poisoning the well.
- May 20, 2007 at 12:44 PM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
Rev. Dr. Incitatus: Are you referring to this story?
A neighbor of the mullah Nasreddin wished to borrow the mullah's donkey. Nasreddin, however, considered his neighbor untrustworthy; so as not to be impolite, however, he insisted that he had already lent his donkey to another.
"But I saw your donkey just this morning!" complained the neighbor.
"No, you must be mistaken," countered Nasreddin, "I lent him out yesterday."
At that moment, the donkey let out a loud bray.
"Aha!" exclaimed the neighbor, "Your donkey is in the stable!"
"Nonsense!" replied Nasreddin, "Who are you going to believe? Me or the donkey?"
- May 20, 2007 at 12:51 PM
- cagliost said...
"Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"
Chico Marx in Duck Soup
Jeff: Do you actually know Gödel's first incompleteness theorem? It's for arithmetic, not this.
- May 20, 2007 at 1:40 PM
- Ophelia said...
BB, I know, I thought of further premises that were needed, and then more again, but I decided to keep it simple. But I added some in another location yesterday.
It actually takes quite a lot of beliefs to make the 'God guarantees our senses' idea even make sense. Paging Mr Occam, paging Mr Occam.
- May 20, 2007 at 3:00 PM
- Timmo said...
I just go with Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem.
I hate it when this happens. As I wrote here, Gödel's 1st Incompleteness Theorem is really just a technical result in mathematical logic, and does not show the sort of thing that Jeff supposes it does.
In full, this is Gödel's 1st Incompleteness Theorem: For any theory with identity T, such that (i) T has a recursive axiom set, (ii) every recursive function is representable in T and every recursive relation is expressible in T, and (iii) T is omega-consistent, there is at least one undecideable sentence in T. How does one go from that to saying that atheists have faith?
- May 21, 2007 at 4:09 PM
- Ophelia said...
Rebecca Goldstein hates it when that happens too; she talks about it here.
"Among "humanist" intellectuals who do invoke Gödel's name, he is often associated with the general assault on objectivity and rationality that gained such popularity in the last century. I'd often find myself pondering which would be the preferable state of affairs regarding Gödel, anonymity or misinterpretation. Which would Gödel have preferred? I'm going to indulge in "the privileged position of the biographer" to presume I know the answer to the latter question, at least: Gödel, who was so passionately committed to the truth, would have far preferred utter oblivion to the falsifications of his theorems that have given him whatever fame he has in the non-mathematical world."
The whole piece is a great read, I think.
- May 21, 2007 at 7:47 PM
- The Barefoot Bum said...
Although I certainly don't think that Godel's theorem entails that atheism is faith, and it's not an all-out assault on "objectivity" (itself a vague concept) or truth, I do think it's more than just a "technical result"—especially for someone interested in computer science and artificial intelligence as well as philosophy.
- May 21, 2007 at 11:19 PM


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After attending Mass together at St. John the Baptist Church in Engelberg on Sunday, July 29, the parish hall was the setting for a reunion of the Thielemier family.
Approximately 130 family members were on hand to formally meet and greet six of their cousins from Germany who came to America for the first time to likewise meet their fellow cousins, cousins that neither knew existed until 2009.
In 1881, Bernhard Thielemier, the progenitor of more than 700 descendants in the United States, emigrated to America with his wife, Anna Kleine Thielemier and their 4-year-old son, Henry, on the ship HECLA, The mining family settled in Corning, Ohio, an area where there was an abundance of coal mines at that time. Two more sons, Will and Ben, were born to Bernhard and Anna before Bernhard was fatally injured in a mine accident in November 1884.
Anna was persuaded by a missionary priest, Father Eugene Weibel, to move to northeast Arkansas, an area where he was directing other German immigrants to settle. In the spring of 1885, Anna with her three sons arrived and settled in the Engelberg community to raise her young family. There she met and married Joseph Brunner, who owned land on the Fourche River bottoms. Sometime in 2006, Ken Thielemier, great-grandson of Bernhard and Anna, began a long genealogy quest to satisfy a curiosity. Always wondering if Bernhard had left other family members behind when he came to America, he began a search, which enabled him to locate hundreds of fellow Thielemier cousins in Germany.
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In January of 2009, Ken picked a Thielemeier name at random from the Delbruck phone book and wrote a letter seeking information. When no reply was received by June, he sent an e-mail to St. Elisabeth Catholic Church in Sudhagen, Germany, a nearby municipality. The name Bernhard Thielemeier kept popping up on a website that published their weekly church bulletin. Within a few weeks, Ken received an e-mail from a Father Hans Jurgen Rade explaining that all the Catholic churches in the Westphalia province sent their sacramental records to a centralized location due to the large number of requests being received from foreign countries to research their ancestors. Father Rade and Ken shared requested information for several months, but no solid proof could be found that linked the two families.
Ironically, about this same time, a family reunion of the Heinrich Herman Thielemeier family in Germany was being planned by a Lieselotte Thielemeyer (another spelling of the family name). She wanted this to be a "grand" reunion and even enlisted the aide of a local genealogist to trace the Thielemeier family history back several centuries through the use of land registries of the family farmland. The genealogist had already mapped out a family tree and had the name of Bernhard penciled in with only a notation that he had emigrated to America and had married Anna Kleine. As luck was, the paths of Father Rade and the genealogist crossed and it was discovered they were doing the research for two people living thousands of miles and two continents apart.
The rest is history. Ken and his sister, Bernadette, from Engelberg attended the March 20, 2010, family reunion of the Heinrich Herman (brother of Bernhard) Thielemeier family in Westenholz, Germany, where they were introduced to 260 more Thielemeier descendants. It was at this reunion that the German Thielemeiers learned that their family was small as compared to the descendants of their American cousins. Over 128 years had passed with neither family having any knowledge that the other existed, but during this short time of rediscovering the family history, a common ground of both love of family and love of our Catholic faith was also discovered.
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Sports Medicine
Ankle sprain
I took a fall sport climbing at 11th of August.Working as a male nurse at an ICU and having some injuries in the past (never ankle sprains though)i evaluated the sprain at 1st degree with topic swelling (no bruising at all)and mild pain.I got x-rays 1 week after and there were clear.During the first week i took Brexin 10mgrx2 and rest as much as i could.I am at the third week of phisiotherapy now and i got some stifnes in my ankle but not clear pain in any specific point.Also the joint is stable. When can i expect fool recovery?
Provided you do not reinjure and there is normal healing, eight weeks. Stiffness is normal and actually desired since you want good stability at the joint.
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The best ski resorts for intermediates
Where is it? Savoie, France
Why go? Huge area of slopes, varied resort villages
Resort 1260m to 1850m
Trois Vallées
Slopes 1260m to 3230m
Lifts 173
Pistes 600km
Six-day lift pass €277
The Courchevel valley is at one end of the vast Trois Vallées, the biggest linked ski area in the world and a paradise for intermediates, but with slopes to suit all standards of skier and snowboarder. It has four separate and sharply contrasting villages to stay in. Courchevel itself (which used to be called Courchevel 1850 but has been rebranded for this season, along with the other three villages) is the highest and swishest, with glitzy hotels, upmarket chalets and top restaurants. A long-time favourite Alpine hangout of the jet set, it's now popular with rich Russians and among the most expensive destinations in the Alps. The other three are much less pretentious and more affordable. Courchevel Moriond (used to be 1650) has an attractive old village centre, lively bars, some attractive, quietly situated chalets and its local slopes are relatively peaceful too. Courchevel Village (used to be 1550) is a quiet base, linked directly by lift to Courchevel. Le Praz (used to be 1300) is an old village set among woodland and served by ancient gondolas.
The Trois Vallées is one of the greatest intermediate playgrounds in the world, with 600km of pistes (three quarters of which are graded blue or red) and more than 170 lifts. You can spend weeks here and still not cover all the runs – but many visitors never feel the need to leave the Courchevel valley because there's so much variety locally. Intermediates of all standards will love the local slopes, and there's plenty to interest experts too – great groomed cruising, steep black runs and interesting and varied off piste, including easily accessed couloirs. For beginners, there are excellent nursery slopes above both Moriond and Courchevel and long gentle green runs to progress to. Notices posted at the main lift stations or lift pass offices tell you which runs were groomed the previous night and suggest a couple of pistes du jour (you can also get this information on the 3 Vallées app).
The resort is blessed with excellent ski schools. New Generation started in Moriond and now operates in 10 resorts in France and Switzerland. Supreme, BASS and Sweet are also British-run and highly rated. RTM is a British-run snowboard school.
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Six-day lift pass €227
Few big French resorts are less pretentious and more affordable than Serre Chevalier. And few have its great combination of snowsure slopes and extensive, wooded terrain. For intermediates who like to get a sense of travelling around, it's difficult to beat.
The resort is made up of a string of 13 villages (including three main ones) set on a valley floor running below the north east-facing slopes of the mountain range that gives the resort its name. After coming over the Col du Lautaret mountain pass from Grenoble, the first main village you get to is Le Monêtier (or Serre-Chevalier 1500), followed by Villeneuve (1400) and Chantemerle (1350). Briançon (1200) is the last place you come to at the far end of the slopes – not a village but a town (the highest in France), with an ancient walled city that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. All the main villages are a combination of ancient parts and modern buildings added on.
The 250km of varied slopes are on a single, very wide mountainside that is split into different segments, giving a great sensation of travel when you go between them. What really sets the area apart from the French norm is the quantity of sheltered woodland runs – although there are plenty of open pistes, too. The slopes are ideal for intermediates, who can buzz around without worrying about nasty surprises on the way. Experts will find huge amounts of off piste and there are several long black runs down to valley level (including an excellent run named after local hero and former World Cup alpine skiing champ, Luc Alphand). New Generation ski school, run by top British instructor Gavin Crosby, offers proXplore days exploring the whole of Serre Chevalier's slopes on piste, and two-day off-piste Trees and Powder groups (which include a day in the nearby cult off-piste resort of La Grave or in Montgenèvre, just minutes from the Italian border).
The mountain restaurants are among the best, friendliest and most affordable of any French ski resort – and there are plenty of them to choose from. There's also a splendid thermal spa with indoor and outdoor pools, saunas, steam rooms and a waterfall.
Still some draglifts and slow, old chairlifts; busy road runs through the villages; a lot of unattractive buildings from the 1960s and 1970s; limited nightlife.
Sella Ronda
Where is it? Dolomites, Italy
Why go? Easy intermediate slopes, spectacular scenery
Resorts 1325 to 1645m
Slopes 1005m to 3270m
Lifts 179
Pistes 433km
Six-day lift pass €262
The huge Sella Ronda area is perfect for intermediate cruising and the backdrop of the dramatic Dolomite mountains is truly spectacular – sheer, red-tinged limestone cliffs rise vertically out of the tops of the slopes, which are on gentle pasture land. This is one of the few areas where continuous sunny weather is to be welcomed as the snowmaking is among the best in the world.
Selva (known to Ski Sunday viewers as Val Gardena – the name of the valley it is set in) is the biggest resort in the region and is a long, roadside village with a reasonable range of bars and restaurants and mainly modern, chalet-style buildings. Nearby Ortesei (also in Val Gardena) is an attractive old town with a life of its own aside from the tourist trade. There are plenty of alternative bases scattered around the huge ski area. Corvara is a reasonably lively village, despite being smaller than Selva, and is set around a main square. Arabba is a small but growing traditional old village, with easy access to the region's most challenging slopes and the Marmolada glacier. San Cassiano is a small, quiet village with some excellent hotels – it's set away from the main circuit, but has lift and piste links to it.
In overall scale, the Sella Ronda network rivals the major French resorts. It has more than 430km of pistes linked by around 180 lifts, and includes the spectacular Marmolada glacier. Runs are predominantly easy (there's scarcely a black run to be seen and very little off piste) and short (verticals of more than 500m are rare, while runs of less than 300m vertical are not). But there are more serious challenges, such as the World Cup downhill run, the Saslong, above Selva and the area's steepest slopes above Arabba.
The Sella Ronda itself is an amazing circular network of lifts and pistes taking you around the Gruppo Sella – a mighty limestone massif with villages scattered around it. You can do the circuit in either clockwise or anti-clockwise directions by following very clear, coloured signs. The clockwise route is slightly quicker and offers more interesting slopes – the runs total around 23km and the lifts around 14km. The lifts take about two hours to negotiate, plus any queueing. It's possible for a confident intermediate to complete the circuit in around three and a half hours excluding diversions, although five or six hours is a more realistic time frame during busy periods.
There are lots of huts all over the area, and virtually all of them are lively, with helpful staff, tasty food, lots of character and modest prices. Pasta is almost universally top quality and good value. In the Alta Badia area (around Corvara and San Cassiano), about a dozen mountain restaurants have teamed up with Michelin-starred chefs to each invent their own special gourmet dish, which they are offering for much the same price as their standard dishes. A local wine is suggested for each one.
Natural snowfall is erratic; few challenges – off piste is very limited and, in general, prohibited; mostly short runs; crowds on the Sella Ronda circuit.
Where is it? Colorado, USA
Why go? Large, varied area of slopes, big, swanky resort
Resort 2500m
Slopes 2475m to 3525m
Lifts 31
Pistes 5289 acres
Six-day lift pass $569
Vail is one of the USA's biggest single ski areas, with more than 5000 acres of terrain to explore – most of it ideal for intermediates. The resort is huge too, stretching about 6km along the I70 freeway running west from Denver.
Best for intermediates and experts, the slopes are divided into three distinct sectors, served by an excellent lift system of mainly fast quad chairs. The sector above the town mainly consists of trails cut through the trees, which vary from long, immaculately groomed cruises ideal for intermediates to very steep mogul fields. Go over the ridge at the top and you are into Vail's famous open Back Bowls – go-anywhere terrain that ideally suits adventurous intermediates, as there's nothing dramatically steep. At the bottom of the Bowls on the other side of the valley is Blue Sky Basin – a wonderful area with fabulous tree-lined slopes for adventurous intermediates and experts. There are fine nursery slopes for beginners at resort level and at altitude, with easy runs to progress to on the slopes above the town.
The snow, especially on the front face and in Blue Sky Basin, is usually excellent because of the slopes' shady orientation and the average 9m of dry Colorado powder the resort receives every season. The ski school is one of the biggest in North America and has a top-notch reputation.
Nearby Beaver Creek, which is even more upmarket and pricier than Vail, is also covered by the lift pass and is served by regular buses. It's well worth a visit if you're staying in Vail for a week or more, as it has beautiful, long, quiet, cruising blues everywhere you look, including top-to-bottom runs with a vertical of 1000m. The slopes are much quieter than Vail and you can really go flat out without fear of collisions. There are also much steeper slopes, including the epic Birds of Prey run that features on the World Cup downhill race circuit, plus lots of steep mogul fields.
There's no shortage of luxury hotels, but few budget options – the Evergreen Lodge is one of the most affordable and has a sauna, hot tub and outdoor pool. The shops and restaurants include some pricey places too. The original Vail Village was built in pseudo-Tirolean style with chalet-esque buildings, and while it appeals to Americans it seems an odd sight to European eyes. However, more recent buildings are in smart modern style, and the other main centre of Lionshead has been redeveloped with swanky shops. A free bus service runs till late.
Slopes can get crowded by US standards; some serious lift queues; blue Sky Basin and Back Bowls may be closed early in the season; snow quality in Back Bowls can suffer from sun.
Where is it? Tirol, Austria
Why go? Attractive village, big linked ski area
Resort 700m
Slopes 620m to 1890m
Lifts 91
Pistes 279km
Six-day lift pass €219
The large, undemanding SkiWelt area is popular with beginners and intermediates and has several resorts with direct access to its slopes. Of these, one of the most attractive is Söll – set back from the main road, it doesn't suffer from through-traffic.
The SkiWelt is the largest mountain circuit in Austria, linking seven resorts with more than 90 lifts and covering almost 280km of pistes. Söll's local slopes are interestingly varied and feature the Hohe Salve which, at 1830m, is the highest mountain in the whole of the SkiWelt. The black runs from here are also some of the steepest in the area. But they are avoidable, and both the local slopes and those in the rest of the area are generally gentle and best suit intermediates who like to rack up the miles. Each resort village has a worthwhile area of pistes to explore above it, and when you ride between them you really get a sense of travelling around. When snow conditions are good in Söll, there are long red runs to the valley floor, but most of the runs are on the upper slopes and are easy and short (often less than 300m vertical). Beginners in Söll start on a big nursery area at village level between the main road and the Höchsoll access gondola.
Until a few years ago, Westendorf, one of the SkiWelt's resorts, was linked to the others only by bus – but now it's properly connected by a gondola from the town of Brixen, which goes right into the heart of the Westendorf ski area, making the whole circuit truly lift-linked. Westendorf is now connected to the Kitzbühel valley by a piste down and gondola back up. This enables you to access the 170km of pistes in the Kitzbühel ski area too, covered by the slightly more expensive Kitzbüheler Alpen All Star lift pass.
The SkiWelt boasts Austria's biggest snowmaking system, covering 80 per cent of the pistes and meaning that cover is more-or-less guaranteed. Mountain restaurants are also a highlight of the area and many are cute little huts, popular from late morning right up until the lifts close. Most serve good-value traditional Austrian food.
Söll is a pleasant, friendly village bypassed by the main valley road. Its attractive chalet-style buildings spread quite widely but its core is compact – you can explore it on foot in just a few minutes.
Low altitude can mean poor snow; long walk or crowded bus ride from village to slopes; very little to challenge experts; piste map inadequate.
Where is it? Alberta, Canada
Why go? Three ski areas nearby
Resort 1645m
Sunshine, Lake Louise, Norquay
Slopes 1630m to 2730m
Lifts 26
Pistes 7748 acres
Six-day pass C$477.12
Lake Louise is set in a national park, with spectacular views from the ski area of peaks and glaciers, including Canada's Matterhorn lookalike, Mount Assiniboine. The Lake Louise ski area has runs to suit all standards, including lots of interesting intermediate terrain. There are two other ski areas nearer to the town of Banff (a 45-minute drive away) worth exploring too – Sunshine Village and Mount Norquay, both of which have intermediate cruising and steep options. Having a car here is handy as the bus service from Lake Louise isn't great.
Not much of a village and very quiet après; ski area a drive or bus ride from accommodation.
Where is it? Tirol, Austria
Why go? Atmospheric medieval town with extensive slopes
Resort 760m
Slopes 800m to 2000m
Lifts 52
Pistes 170km
Six-day lift pass €233
Kitzbühel is one of the big names of the ski world, largely thanks to its Hahnenkamm downhill race course – the most spectacular on the World Cup circuit. Most of its 170km of pistes are a lot tamer and ideal for intermediate cruising, with great runs right above town as well as on the highest and most snowsure slopes at Pass Thurn. You can also explore the SkiWelt area's 280km of pistes with the slightly more expensive Kitzbüler Alpen All Star lift pass. The beautiful walled medieval centre of the town has a quaint church and charming cobbled streets.
Low altitude means snow can be poor.
Where is it? Savoie, France
Why go? Wide variety of slopes and linked to La Plagne
Resorts 1600m to 2120m
Slopes 1200m to 3250m
Lifts 141
Pistes 425km
Six-day lift pass €277
Les Arcs' local slopes alone offer more than enough terrain, with 200km of pistes to suit every standard. The resort is also linked by cable car to La Plagne to form the joint Paradiski area, with 425km of pistes. With around 80 per cent of runs classified as blue or red, the whole area is good for intermediates and nicely varied. There are several different bases to choose from – Arc 1600, Arc 1800, Arc 1950, Arc 2000 and Peisey-Vallandry (near the cable car link to La Plagne). Arc 1950 is the prettiest village, with buildings of wood and stone around a pleasant square.
Original Arc villages lack charm.
Where is it? Styria, Austria
Why go? Traditional old town with four linked mountains
Resort 745m
Slopes 745m to 2015m
Lifts 45
Pistes 125km
Six-day lift pass €227
Schladming has a long tradition of hosting World Cup races and sits at the foot of Planai, one of its four linked mountains. More than half the runs are graded red and many of the blues are of a similar gradient, so its great fun for intermediates. Each of the four mountains has attractive, rustic mountain restaurants. The hub of the village is a traffic-free, tree-lined square, which is prettily lit at night and home to most of the shops, bars and restaurants. It's a few minutes' walk to the gondola up Planai mountain, which has a big, modern base building.
Pistes lack variety; après is quiet for Austria.
Where is it? Graubünden, Switzerland
Why go? Extensive slopes, lots of hotels
Resort 1550m
Slopes 810m to 2845m
Lifts 59
Pistes 320km
Snowmaking 40%
Six-day lift pass CHF332
Davos and the neighbouring resort of Klosters share five separate areas of slopes, all covered by one lift pass. By far the largest is the Parsenn, which has huge amounts of intermediate pistes and some of the longest runs in the world – up to 12km and with verticals of more than 2000m. On the other side of the valley is Jakobshorn, which has a big terrain park. A bus ride away are Pischa and Rinerhorn. The final area is Madrisa, which can be reached from the far side of Klosters. The resort is huge and feels more like a city than a picture-postcard village.
Dreary buildings and little atmosphere.
Where is it? Haute-Savoie, France
Why go? Large, lively resort, huge intermediate ski area
Resort 1000m
Portes du Soleil
Slopes 950m to 2275m
Lifts 195
Pistes 650km
Six-day lift pass €237.50
Morzine has an extensive local area of largely intermediate slopes shared with Les Gets. Pistes are mainly tree-lined and visibility remains good even in a blizzard. A gondola from near the centre of town or a cable car a bus ride away take you up into the main Portes du Soleil circuit at Avoriaz, where a huge amount of excellent intermediate cruising awaits. Morzine is a traditional mountain town and is popular with families. Village ambience tends to be fairly subdued, but there's plenty of après action.
Bus ride or long walk to lifts; low altitude means there's a risk of rain and poor snow.
Sauze d'Oulx
Where is it? Piemonte, Italy
Why go? Lively village beneath an attractive area of slopes
Resort 1510m
Milky Way
Slopes 1390m to 2825m
Lifts 72
Pistes 400km
Six-day lift pass €190
Sauze is cheap, cheerful and the closest decent-sized ski area to Turin. The village spreads widely with numerous block-like buildings, but the old central core is traffic-free and attractive, with narrow, twisting streets and houses roofed with huge stone slabs. Sauze's local slopes are spread across a broad wooded bowl above the resort and link directly to Sansicario and Sestriere's pistes. You can also get to Montgenèvre in France (either by lift or road) – the whole area, with 400km of pistes, is known as the Milky Way and is ideal for intermediates.
Full exploration of the Milky Way area really requires a car or taxis; erratic snow record.
La Thuile
Where is it? Aosta Valley, Italy
Why go? Easy slopes, reliable snow cover
Resort 1440m
La Rosière/La Thuile
Slopes 1175m to 2610m
Lifts 38
Pistes 160km
Six-day lift pass €205
La Thuile's slopes are predominantly easy cruises, best for unadventurous intermediates and beginners. They usually have excellent snow and are delightfully quiet. Although many pistes are marked red, they really deserve no more than a blue rating. The ski area links to that of La Rosière in France, where the slopes are generally steeper and sunnier. At the foot of La Thuile's slopes is a small collection of rather modern buildings, reminiscent of French purpose-built resorts. Across the river is the old village, which has a distinctly Italian atmosphere.
The link with France can close in bad weather.
Where is it? Salzburgerland, Austria
Why go? Lively villages with extensive slopes
Resort 1000m
Slopes 930m to 2095m
Lifts 55
Pistes 200km
Six-day lift pass €227.50
Saalbach Hinterglemm is an intermediate's paradise and the pistes are served by the world's most efficient lift system. The ski area's 200km of pistes form an interestingly varied, largely wooded circuit that can be traversed in clockwise or anticlockwise directions. The area is liberally sprinkled with rustic mountain huts serving good Austrian food, many of which turn into après venues from mid afternoon onwards. Saalbach is an attractive, typically Tirolean village with traditional-style (although largely modern) buildings.
Snow quality can be poor on the sunny slopes.
Where is it? Andorra
Why go? Smart resort and big ski area
Resort 1800m
Slopes 1710m to 2560m
Lifts 62
Pistes 210km
Six-day lift pass €240
Soldeu shares the extensive Grandvalira ski area of over 200km of pistes with neighbouring Pas de la Casa. Most of the slopes are ideal for intermediate cruising, with almost two thirds of the pistes classed as red or blue. Beginners are well catered for too, with two excellent nursery slope areas. The resort used to be known for being good value for money, but has moved distinctly upmarket in the last 10 years. There are several four-star hotels and one five-star. Après is still lively and alcohol-fuelled.
Village sprawls along a busy main road and lacks atmosphere; slopes can get very crowded.
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Raid Inviter
Concept project to provide a Raid Leader inviting assistant pulling signup data from the Blizzard Calendar.
The fact that Blizzard added an in game calendar was great as you now no longer need addons that need to send data to everyone else in the guild to synchronise and have version incompatibility issues as all data is saved on the server and available via the Armory. The downside is that the default interface is hideous to use from the raid leaders perspective actually inviting people to a raid.
With the existing Blizzard Calendar you cannot see a persons class nor spec (eg: remind me is that druid a healer, tank or dps?) If you open the guild list to check the calendar closes. You also cannot see who you have invited so far to the raid, who has accepted, who has declined, who was offline etc. This proved an admin nightmare for 10mans and unusable for 25s.
Thus I felt there was a need for a fairly simple addon to bridge the gap. This addon will attempt to :
- Pull the data from the calendar regarding signups.
- Allow one button clicking to invite all confirmed or accepted members to the raid.
- Allow individual inviting to raid
- Show Raid balance stats - eg: Tanks/Healers/Ranged DPS/Melee DPS as well as class balance stats.
- Show with a class/spec icon against a players name what class/spec they are
- Show their invite accept/decline/offline status
- If online and in the raid show where they are ie: are they in the raid zone, inside the instance or still to arrive - Aim is to log players ready and at the instance on time for raid.
- Allow hover over name viewing of player and officer notes (if user has necessary rights)
- Send /w invite messages to users invited but in group etc
This project is aimed initially to make my own life as a raid leader easier. I'll put as much or as little work into it as I feel is needed, although if it works and takes off I will dedicate time to maintaining it.
#5 Jiminimonka Posted Jun 21, 2009
GroupCalendar 5 - its still in beta at wobbleworks.com - is really fantastic - only officers need install it, it has flexibility for invites and roles etc. and works with the WOW Calendar.
#3 stevenadeau Posted Feb 2, 2009
Yeah, I've been following this project from the beginning. It surely has a slow development rate but the feature list promises a lot.
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#2 Jiminimonka Posted Jan 31, 2009
Its a Concept Project, early stages at the moment.
OK great idea but it isnt working at all. v. r10 When you go to the interface - addon and click config = nothing happens. Check debug and do /ri show and the window opens and in the dropdown it says No scheduled events today and there is. Tried it even with the guild window open and still zero. I am not getting any errors from it but the debug gives: RaidInviter:called undateInviteFrameGuildInfo and didn't find(any of the names)
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