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CNN's Gloria Borger: Tea Party 'Hijacked' GOP, Preventing Obama From Becoming 'Transformational President'
Gloria Borger said this weekend the Tea Party has "hijacked" the GOP and in so doing prevented Barack Obama from becoming a "transformational president."
In her view espoused on the syndicated "Chris Matthews Show," without the Tea Party, "The John Boehners of the world [would have] cut a deal with the President of the United States" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
GLORIA BORGER, CNN: Here's the thing about Obama. He ran as a transformational president. He sees himself as transformational. He always has. What occurred between 2008 and 2010 is the Tea Party.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Okay, let's talk about that.
BORGER: And the Tea Party has stopped that kind of transformation from occurring because it has hijacked the Republican Party and the John Boehners of the world who would have cut a deal with the President of the United States. It has hijacked the Republican Party and it has now become substantially just a no tax party as opposed to a party that cares about the deficit. I think no tax trumps their caring and concern about the deficit.
Aw. Isn't that a shame?
A grassroots movement stopped the President from transforming America into something many of her citizens have fought and died against. Yet folks like Borger are saddened by it.
What else do you need to know about her political leanings?
As for this "hijack" comment, she's right. In recent years, the GOP has been hijacked, not by the Tea Party but by moderates moving it away from its core conservative principles that made it so successful since Ronald Reagan was elected president.
As a result, in consecutive elections, Republicans lost both chambers of Congress along with the White House.
Now, because of the efforts of the Tea Party, the GOP has taken back the House and looks to at least take back the Senate if not the presidency as well next November.
If this is what people like Borger consider hijacking, I guess we're all on a plane heading for Cuba.
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I dunno...........Boy Barry
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 5:55pm.
I dunno...........Boy Barry has done some very serious and damaging 'transformation' since he's been in office.......and it is one of the only times he's every been truthful - when he said he was going to 'fundamentally transform this country'!!!
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HiJacking is a crime
Submitted by Vonu on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:00pm.
teabagging is an education.
-teabagging statists since 2010
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Don't use that term
Submitted by WestHoustonGeo on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:46pm.
Your use of that term is offensive, c0cksucker!
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Transformational? As in what sense of that word?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:01pm.
Having a serious cerebrovascular accident ("stroke") is transformational. So is having your teeth capped and Botox injections.
In what sense does the malignant narcissist see himself as "transformational"?
Too bad so sad about the tea party, Gloria. It's called democracy and freedom of speech in action. It is not the job of the Republican Party or the Tea Party to be enablers of Ear Leader's megalomania.
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That kind of transformation is not wanted
Submitted by octavioj on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:04pm.
If it were the president would not be in so much trouble, would he?
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When rules don't apply
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:09pm.
If you don't care about the Constitution and you don't care about any rules and think you can do whatever the hell you want, yeah, that can be a form of transformation.
What these idiots don't realize is that if the said transformation were complete, those MSM idiots wouldn't have a prayer and would be eliminated in one form or another.
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Intelligence-free analysis from Borger
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:15pm.
GLORIA BORGER, CNN: Here's the thing about Obama. He ran as a transformational president. He sees himself as transformational. He always has. What occurred between 2008 and 2010 is the Tea Party.
Okay. Let's start there. The rise of the Tea Parties coincides with Obama's Administration. Cause and effect?
BORGER: And the Tea Party has stopped that kind of transformation from occurring because it has hijacked the Republican Party and the John Boehners of the world who would have cut a deal with the President of the United States. It has hijacked the Republican Party and it has now become substantially just a no tax party as opposed to a party that cares about the deficit. I think no tax trumps their caring and concern about the deficit.
It really doesn't matter what Borger thinks, because her thinking bulb is rather low wattage. The Tea Parties understand that raising taxes only increases spending. No new taxes; decrease the spending. No compromise.
Borger sounds like a child.
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Thank God for the TEA Party.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 11:28am.
..because I agree that without it "the John Boehners of the world...would have cut a deal with the President".
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I disagree..........
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 3:49pm.
Without the TEA PARTY there would have been NO UPRISING in the Republican party, Nor would independents come over to our side in DROVES. Without that uprising, the dems would still have the majority and we would have not been invited to the table at all.... unless it was to clean it off.
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They're still befuddled by Hopium.
Submitted by wizardjr on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:16pm.
Apparently there's some utopian sunrise just off the horizon and the GOP killed it.
This whole thing reminds me of the before and after of the USSR. All the LSM were so enchanted by the triumph of Socialism (which they incorrectly continually called Communism, ignorant twats). The USSR was just the bestest thingy to ever be born on Earth. Then it collapsed due to that evil cold warrior The Gipper. When real news hounds and decently only half biased scholars started visiting the restricted places of old and plowing through the archives, well lo and behold - it was an ecological disaster of starving people living in retchedness and dispair. Oooops.
When someone eventually pulls back the curtain of LSM BS and Barry The First and all his works are revealed in the light of truth, it will be a long time of wailing and gnashing of teeth on the left side of the street. With any luck they'll be leaping from tall structures by the truckload. Their bitter tears will taste so sweet.
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I thought the Tea Party was a
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:37pm.
I thought the Tea Party was a small fringe with no influence?
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Yeah........so they've said -
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:15pm.
Yeah........so they've said - but I've noticed lately that the TEA party can now be some sort of big, coherent, influential organization capable of swaying or stalling various agendas................I even think the ever-so-sanctimonious Bill O'Reilly has been pounding on them.
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Slightly OT
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 11:34am.
But the O'Bloviator has become all but unwatchable with his "I don't care about the ________" (insert "law", "Constitution", etc) [meaning: my opinion has greater weight than anything], his heavy nasal breathing (when he's suffering a guest) and his insistence that he's looking out for me (he's not).
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What are these people complaining about? Seems to me Obama
Submitted by lsudolemite on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:43pm.
has been PLENTY transformational. He's been a complete success driving the middle class to become government entitlement junkies, getting ever closer to that >50% point of no return. He's been wildly successful sending what was once the greatest economy on earth into a permanent Keynesian nightmare. He's been very successful in Balkanizing the American public in a fashion undreamed of by even the most ardent Progressives before him. What's the problem?
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Did you forget Gloria?????
Submitted by ferv888 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:46pm.
Hey Gloria,
Did you forget that the DIMWIT's owned the government for his first two years??? You guys ought to go find a new line, the Tea Party are not very important, now they are blocking everything. Did you forget that 2010 happened and the liberal point of view got their collective butts kicked?
Come live the life of someone who gets up everyday, catches a plane and is gone all week to come home to a wife who is worn out keeping the kids and the house in one piece, knowing full well that she is able to stay home by the grace of the good Lord and are both tired of someone telling us how evil we are because we hate the policies not the color of the skin. Forget it, you would not understand for a minute what middle America is feeling right now.
Do you remember the turnout in 2010, well the debt deal has pissed us off even more and we will be back to finish what we started in 2010 by getting rid of this man child in 2012.
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:45pm.
2008 & 9 the Dems controlled everything.
But what the hell have facts to do with anything?
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Well said. They ignore us at
Submitted by amyshulk on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:57pm.
Well said. They ignore us at their peril!
Ronald Reagan
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Somebody Had To Do It
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:50pm.
If not the Tea Party, who else will save the country from tyranny?
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read "Leftism As Psychopathy" by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
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I can hear Mark Levin screaming!
Submitted by Texndoc on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:56pm.
"We don't need an American President who wants to TRANSFORM THE UNITED STATES!!! WE'RE TRYING TO STOP HIM FROM TRANSFORMING THE UNITED STATES! TAKE THE PLATE OUT OF YOUR HEAD!!!"
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"Thank me very much!"
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 11:36am.
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Yep, the Tea Party stopped Obamao from transforming
Submitted by johnsonl on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:59pm.
us into a socialist country!
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Gloria Borger?
Submitted by pbthinker on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 6:59pm.
Anyone who's been following Obama, since his election, knows that the most scathing criticism coming from CNN was Gloria Borger. Now she may not remember what an amateur she's called him, but she has. My point is that Gloria has forgetten all of that and is willing to support him on this because she's in agreement with his philosophy which is tax everyone else and don't cut spending.
If Gloria would step back and look at this without her biased eyes, she would understand the only deal on the table is from the Republicans (their budget) and they'll have another deal on the budget after Tuesday. That's 2 deals with no counter offer from the Democrats. Why? Because the Democrats fear that, if they offer what they have to, their base is going to balk and not vote for them. So they'd rather play cat and mouse and blame the Republicans. It's people, like Gloria, who allow them to get away with that.
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"I guess we're all on a plane heading for Cuba."
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:16pm.
Noel, actually, Obama is bringing Cuba to us.
We aren't going to have to go anywhere.
Vote for the American in November
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"If not for the stupid POLICE..."
Submitted by ChrisNH on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:16pm.
"...the murderer would have been able to get away with his crime."
That's what this Leftist shrew just said.
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Some Other Transformational Characters in Recent History:
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 7:39pm.
H. Chavez
F. Castro
V. Lenin
M. Tse Tung
P. Pot
K Jong Il
M. Khomeini
M. Gaddafi
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The White House has finally distributed the new talking points.
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:00pm.
Blame the Tea party. If it wasn't for the rigidness and pressure of the Tea Party folks, the Republicans in Congress would have the flexibility to 'compromise' with President Obama and the Dems.
Yesterday, CNN's Ali Velshi on Your Money blamed the intractable 'Dear America' (Tea Party folks) for limiting the ability of members of Congress to do their job.
This is a portion of Velshi's closing remarks:
So my open letter today isn't to legislators. It is to you. Dear America, the solution will be painful. Some spending cuts are necessary and everything needs to be discussed. Programs like Medicare do need to be retooled. There can be no sacred cows. And, yes, millionaires and billionaires and big business, you need to pay your share. Tax increases, or whatever you are more comfortable calling them, do have to be part of the solution. There is simply no way to make the math work without them.
Not everyone is going to be happy with the outcome. It's possible that no one will be happy with the outcome because we'll all give something up. But the sacrifice you refuse to make today will only require more painful ones, not just for your children, not just for your grandchildren, but for you. This is going to start hurting in the foreseeable future.
I'm asking you to give your elected officials the freedom to do what is best for the country, even if it is not ideal for you. There's a selfishness that is dominating this conversation. It's all about politicians doing what their constituents want. What happened to doing the best for the country?
Let your elected officials do their jobs without fear that if they don't pander to you, they won't get reelected. And honestly, enough of making candidates sign these all or nothing pledges about not increasing taxes. Your threats to unseat politicians who try to do the right thing actually limits their ability to do the right thing.
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That's one of the most pejorative, obnoxious appeals . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 10:40pm.
. . . from a self-described journalist I have ever read. "Do the right thing . . . " -- what a crock.
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I was thinking yesterday........
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:03pm.
....when Obama said in his campaign that he was "5 days away from fundamentally transforming this nation," did anyone ever ask him, or has anyone asked him since, what he meant by that? I"m thinking not, but I'd like to know, and would like to know what his answer was, if he was ever asked.
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You've seen it everyday,
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:16pm.
You've seen it everyday, Greg..................and that is one of the FEW times that Boy Barry actually spoke the truth!!!!
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Yea I know.
Submitted by GregE on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 12:37am.
We see it daily, but I'd like to know how Obama himself would have explained that. Of course first the lamestream media has to ask the question. And therein lies a massive problem.
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Sluggo In A Skirt
Submitted by rammingspeed on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:58pm.
This woman is absolute trash. I'd say she is a cretin, but you have to be sentient enough to CHOOSE cretinous behavior. This woman is a dolt. A stupid, willfully disinformed twit and a hired harpy for our Marxist news promoters. Shut up, you insensate slug.
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Submitted by Curly on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 8:58pm.
Here you go Ms. Borger - you need to practice this!
S ierra
T ango
F oxtrot
U niform!!!
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Its not the tea party thats
Submitted by rob.man on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:03pm.
Its not the tea party thats causing the the problem, its the coffee party but its not too dark to see through.
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Tsk, tsk
Submitted by Lorianne_W on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:08pm.
Well isn't that a shame.
Those pesky citizens getting all uppity can really ruin a presidency.
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Gloria Borger .......you are an idiot
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:21pm.
It isn't the tea party that is "hijacking" and holding this country hostage as you proclaimed. Remember last years' election? You know, THE ONE WHEN DEMOCRATS GOT THROWN OUT OF CONGRESS ON THEIR ASSES AND ELECTED THE TEA PARTY? Basically you are smearing THE AMERICAN PEOPLE as being terrorists.
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great point. Thats what they
Submitted by rob.man on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 10:39pm.
great point. Thats what they were elected to do, to stop spending and balance the budget that americans want two to one
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Submitted by jessieH on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 9:48pm.
Do not adjust your set. for the next 200 years, we will control the path this Nation takes. Not the morons, the nuts, not the liberal anything. Welcome to sanity. The American People will run this Nation, now. If you don't like it, LEAVE! You are welcome here, my friend, but leave your opressed lives behind. You can be anything and everything your heart desires. Just remember this. This is America. Home of all free souls. It's also a land with laws. Not some dictator's laws but the laws of the Citizens. You're free to live your lives, as long as you abide by the laws set in place by the people of this great Nation. Jessie Hamby..........
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Those darn NFL linebackers
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 10:01pm.
Those darn NFL linebackers are keeping me from being a "transformational" NFL running back. Don't worry about the fact that I am 5'11" and run a 4.5 second 30-yard dash...It's those darn linebackers...otherwise I'd be a football god!
Same thing with The Jump Shooter in Chief. He is a dim bulb and thankfully we are going to stop him from his "transformational" impact.
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Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 10:02pm.
Thank goodness that the Tea Party came along and stopped this marxist running train before it made it completely over the cliff (probably have two wheels hanging over the edge at the moment).
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Borger's twisted logic.
Submitted by big.league.slider on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 10:58pm.
So Gloria Borger honestly believes that the Tea Party movement, which she has characterized as a small group of poor, dimwitted, anti-government, white racists and rednecks, is suddenly so powerful that they now can control the legacy of Barack Obama, the most brilliant and powerful man in the world? News flash to Gloria Borger: Tea Party candidates are a small minority in 1/6 of the federal government.
These CCN people must truly exist in some parallel universe.
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Twisted logic? You betcha!!!
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 1:45am.
Right. They unsuccessfully {for the most part} spent what, 2+ years telling us the Tea Party was just a bunch of raaaaaaacists who wanted da wimmen barefoot & pregnant, that if you ain't white, you ain't welcome, and that we were stupid and powerless, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseam.
Since they were LYING/projecting/using wishful thinking the whole time, they have to *try* to flip it to make the Tea Party the bogeymen. And tar R's who agree with us as the nuts.
It's sort of like how they try to deflect by using the Koch bros. against our real concerns about Soros. This ensures people will stay on their respective "plantations" by vilifying those that deviate from their opinion.
This is akin to bullying and makes me so angry.
Ronald Reagan
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Submitted by Blue Collar Todd on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 12:17am.
The kind of transformation Obama was and is talking about would mean the death of American as we have known it.
Just hope Obama is looking for a new job after the 2012 election.
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"The kind of transformation
Submitted by NevadanConservative on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 10:33am.
"The kind of transformation Obama was and is talking about would mean the death of American as we have known it."
Correct. His strivings since inauguration have been to create circumstances as close to those at the time of the Russian Communist Revolution. It is both more and less difficult for him.
Less difficult as he has more willing accomplices.
More difficult in that the serf of 1917 Russia, poor bastid, did not have access to travel and communication, and had long accepted his beaten-down lot under the Romanovs.
Probably the four words that had ignited the fires of 1917 were "kheleb nyet, kerosina nyet'... No fuel, no bread. A hyperinflation would cause those in effect if not in fact. A far easier and faster thing to bring to pass in big cities, whose food and supplies are almost always 24-48 hours away from running out at any time. Not to mention that those supplies are dependent on being brought in by those big nasty non-green 18 wheelers. (Giggling madly at the notion of a Volt pulling a 53' reefer trailer.)
"Just hope Obama is looking for a new job after the 2012 election."
It'd be his first. Well, I THINK it'd be his first... No way to tell, since everything outside of his books regarding his past has been sealed.
At the risk of repeating... BHO is NOT doing all this crap out of incompetence. He is doing this crap on PURPOSE. And make no mistake, he will walk over as many bodies and throw as many under the bus as he deems (that word!) needful to accomplish being Barack I, General-Secretary/King/Maximum Leader/whatever...
From where I sit, BHO will not cavil at anything for that goal. Like the fellow whom he shared his middle name with (the late dictator, not the late King), using weapons of mass destruction against unarmed and innocent populace are fully within his behavior set. The major difference being that that worthy only had chemical weapons access, and he has access to nuclear weapons. In the short stark history of the Atomic Age, nowhere did the world have any nuclear owning state run by someone so devoid of care of those in their charge that they would use nuclear weapons against them.
Until now.
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We've spent 234 years
Submitted by dreamsincolor on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 1:06am.
Creating a country that tells us we can do anything we want to do or be anything we want to be, we just have to WORK for it. (admittedly, there were a few bumps along the way, slavery, women voting, but we fixed that)
Now some people simply don't want to do the work to get where they want to be, they want it handed to them. And if that train of thought wasn't weak enough, they want to transform the country into the very thing a great number of our ancestors came here to escape. WTF indeed.
God Bless the TEA party members and may God continue to Bless America.
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Obama prevented Obama from
Submitted by buddyc on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 10:00am.
Obama prevented Obama from being a "transformational" president, whatever that means.
He is the black Jimma Carter and anyone with a brain saw that. Sorry Gloria but you can't blame your poor judgment on Tea Party people.
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The transformation president
Submitted by mattm on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 12:17pm.
The transformation president wants to transform America into a socialist sub-state of a global socialist oligarchy. If the Tea Party could successfully thwart this transformation and reverse it, then God bless them!
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Dear Gloria,
Submitted by Model850 on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 4:20pm.
See November 2010. Elections have consequences. We [TEA party] won.
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There are democrat tea party folks too.
Submitted by VanPastorMan on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 12:18pm.
Too much politics going on here. We are talking about the loss of our freedoms and a lesser standard of living. Obama is presiding over our downfall, and this clown whines.
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With yesterdays nail biting 17-16 victory against the Colts, the NY Jets beat only their third opponent with a record at or above .500. I feel like this Jets are finally starting to play Jets football and I can only hope we get our 4th victory against a winning team this season. But watching the Colts game, there need to be improvements made going forward. And with 6 or 7 more days until game time, I figured I'd start a discussion board to come up with some NFL prospects that we could/should have an eye on.
First let me discuss the opportunities to improve upon as we enter this season. I think we should try to target:
1 Late Round/UDFA QB.
1 All purpose back
1 Wide Receiver
1 power offensive lineman who may be able to play guard or tackle late round of UDFA
1 Defensive end
1 Outside Linebacker
1 late round/UDFA kicker
1 Safety
1 Kicker
Now obviously there are 9 needs and we are sitting at 6 draft choices. Given Mike Tennenbaum's history, I have a feeling we will be making four selections - either by trading up or acquiring a veteran who may fill a need.
So here we go with a list of players I wouldn't mind taking a look at:
- Colin Kaepernick - Nevada
- Nathan Enderle - Idaho
- Ricky Stanzi - Iowa
Kaepernick is the Raw "Freak" of the group. He may never make it as a QB but he has so much physical talent. As a #3 QB, he may be a decent gamble. Stanzi could be a potential back up. He tends to make good decisions and has the accuracy. I don't anticipate Enderle to fall but last year the run on QBs was later than anticipated and if one of these guys fell, I wouldn't mind taking a gamble on any of them.
- Derrick Locke - Kentucky
- Jacquizz Rodgers - Oregon St
I really like Locke. I think both he and Rodgers can be impact shifty backs with an ability to catch the ball. Locke could be a good returner too which I feel may be a need. Despite Joe McKnights performance in Buffalo, I'm not convinced. With a ground and pound system, I feel like we still could use another back. Rodgers has not declared to my knowledge yet, but I sure wouldn't mind to see him in NY.
- Denarius Moore - Tennessee
- Jeremy Kerley - TCU
- Vincent Brown - S.D. St
- Austin Pettis - Boise St
- Greg Little - UNC
Kerley could be a useful guy on special teams. Moore I think could be a great late pick. The other three could be use in like round 3 if they fall. I believe all run solid routes and could step in as needed.
- John Bender - Nevada
- Zach Hurd, UCONN
- John Moffitt, Wisconsin
I can't tell how Ducasse is progressing but he doesn't seem to be a power run blocker. Both Moore and Woody are aging, and I do not agree that Wayne Hunter is good enough.
- Cedric Thornton - Central Arkansas
- Jerrell Powe - Ole Miss
- Kendrick Ellis - Hampton
- Sione Fua - Sanford
How about a Fua and Pouha combo? lol.
- Kenny Rowe - Oregon
- Chris Walker - Tennessee
- Chris Harris - Kansas
- Chimdi Chekwa - The Ohio St
- Darrin Walls - ND
... And just for fun. A very early mock which everyone loves to do, and I encourage you to do too!
Round 1: Rahim Moore - FS. UCLA
Round 3: Austin Pettis - WR. Boise St
Round 4: Kendrick Ellis - NT Hampton
Round 5: Kenny Rowe - Oregon
Round 6: Kai Forbath, K, UCLA
Round 7: Denarius Moore - Tennessee
Anyways I hope you all had some fun. I'd like to see whats on your wish list, and if you have opinions on those mentioned or want to talk about someone else, I'd like to here it.
(PS, David if you are looking for some ideas... lol. I like your breakdowns!)

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The 2012 Kensington Town Council elections take place from 6-9 p.m. on Monday, June 4, at the .
For a complete guide of candidates and their Q&A responses,
Name: Glenn Cowan
Age: 64
Address: 10300 Fawcett Street
Marital status: Married to Kathy, with four children: Blair, 29, Sara, 23, Michael, 21, Patrick, 17
Hometown/Years in Kensington: Grew up in New Jersey and have lived in Kensington for 20 years.
Education: BA, Rutgers University, City Planning and Urban Government. Completed Course work for Masters of Urban Planning at University of Pittsburgh
Profession: CEO of firm that designs and manages democracy and governance assignments overseas.
Patch: Have you run for Council/Mayor before? Did you serve?
Glenn Cowan: Served two terms on Council, 2001-2005.
P: Why would you like to be Kensington's mayor/councilperson?
GC: I have the training and experience in local government that prepares me to make informed judgments on town matters particularly in the planning and development arena.
P: What experience do you have that would help you serve in this position?
GC: Worked as planner and local government advisor for NJ Department of Community Affairs, Chairman of the Hunterdon County (NJ) Planning Board, Elected City Commissioner, Lambertville, NJ and also served as Director of Public Safety. Two terms on Kensington Town Council.
P:How did you feel about the Kensington Sector Plan? Were you for or against the previous Kensington council's decision? Why?
GC: I think the height and density provisions are greater than necessary and disagree that the MARC station constitutes a mass transit hub equivalent to that of a METRO Station. Going forward we need to critically analyze projects to ensure that development benefits the town.
P: What are your biggest platforms? What issues are most important to you and why?
GC: Kensington is a wonderful town and we should endeavor first to keep it that way.
P: How will you help solve these issues?
GC: I will bring a strong technical background and analytical skills to the job.
P: What do you love about Kensington?
GC: I raised my family here and will retire here
P: Why should residents vote for you?
GC: I will listen to every voice and treat differing opinions with respect even if I disagree.
P: Do you have anything else you would like to share?
GC: The next two years are likely to be important and we need a government prepared to meet potential challenges.


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Witnesses 'stunned' by Selfridges raid
Matthew Carrozo witnessed two men being apprehended by police shortly after the attempted "smash and grab" raid at Selfridges department store in central London. The 28-year-old said he was having a drink with friends when he heard the sound of a moped crashing.
Someone noticed a bag had fallen off the moped and that it had opened and a bunch a watches fell out. The duffle bag was full of watches and jewellery.
He said one man was dressed in full motorcycle gear while a second man dressed in a burka had been on the back of the moped, and fell onto the ground.
The first guy pegged it down Charlotte Street and then he was held to the ground as other people were getting involved. He really put up a struggle. When cops turned up they put him in the back of a van and he was kicking and screaming. The other man was injured and is being attended to by paramedics.
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The chocolate tour is a wonderful way to find the best chocolate London can offer and the real gems of London's streets.
When I arrived in London over a decade ago, had you fancied a great chocolate, your best bet would have been to pop into one of the large department stores. At present, as the Londoners appreciate the quality chocolate more, chocolate boutiques started to spread to locations like Peckham and Dalston.
The tours go ahead in any weather, rain or shine, but in heavy downpours we might catch a bus.
The tour has maximum of 8 people. The tours are open for adults over the age of 18. We plan to introduce children friendly tours soon so please come and check soon.
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You get hot chocolate when you arrive to the shop and chocolate samples on every shop.
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Belinda will be talking about the symptoms of Lymphedema and Chronic Venous Insufficiency as well as the confusion between the two. If you have swelling in your legs and ankles and your legs feel heavy and full you could be experiencing symptoms of either Chronic Venous Insufficiency and/or Lymphedema.
Covenant Health has the only Lymphedema/Edema Center in the region. Each patient is evaluated by an Occupational Therapist/Certified Lymphedema Therapist to identify the best treatment. The Knipling Education Conference Center is located on the sixth floor of the West parking garage at the corner of 21st Street and Louisville Avenue.
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@REALStaceyDash @NedVaughn @THR ah! Republicans in Hollywood! Love it! Roll out the red carpet!—
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Republicans coming out of Hollywood? This could become a trend! The latest is actor and entertainment industry union leader Ned Vaughn:
.@REALStaceyDash .@THR wrote about my campaign launch from an angle we've discussed: hollywoodreporter.com/news/no-2-offi… Great meeting you last weekend!—
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From The Hollywood Reporter:
Actor Ned Vaughn, the No. 2-ranking national officer of SAG-AFTRA, has resigned as executive vice president of the powerful entertainment industry union in order to run for assemblyman in California as a Republican.
Vaughn's credits include roles in The Hunt for Red October, Apollo 13 and dozens of TV shows. In the fourth season of the Fox hit 24, his character killed the fictional president.
Vaughn's campaign has received the "full support" of actress Stacey Dash:
"@NedVaughn: .@REALStaceyDash @THR hollywoodreporter.com/news/no-2-offi… Congratulations!You have my full support. Hooray for Hollywood follow @NedVaughn—
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John Stossel Green tyranny and green mythology
I love trees and animals.
But you can love nature and still hate the tyranny that environmental regulations bring.
The Environmental Protection Agency just announced it will boost gas prices ("only" a penny, although industry says 6 to 9 cents) to make another minuscule improvement to air quality.
In New York City, my mayor wants to ban Styrofoam cups, saying, "I think it's something we can do without."
Congress already dictates the design of our cars, toilets and light bulbs.
Originally, environmental rules were a good thing. I love the free market, but it doesn't offer a practical remedy to pollution. I could sue polluters for violating my property rights, but under our legal system, that's not even close to practical.
So in the '70s, government passed rules that demanded we stop polluting the air and water. Industry put scrubbers in smokestacks. Towns installed sewage treatment. Now the air is quite clean, and I can swim in the rivers around Manhattan.
But government didn't stop there. Government never stops. Now that the air is cleaner, government spends even more than it spent to clean the air to subsidize feeble methods of energy production, like windmills and solar panels. Activists want even more spending. A few years back, the Center for American Progress announced it was upset that "Germany, Spain and China Are Seizing the Energy Opportunity ... the United States Risks Getting Left Behind."
In this case, we're better off "left behind." After spending billions, those European governments made no breakthroughs, and now they're cutting back.
The Endangered Species Act was another noble idea. We all want to save polar bears. But now the bureaucrats make it almost impossible for some people to improve their own property.
Louisiana landowner Edward Poitevent wants to build homes and offices north of Lake Pontchartrain. He could provide safe high-ground housing to people eager to move away from areas that were flooded during Hurricane Katrina. But he is not allowed to build because the government decided 1,500 acres of his land should become a preservation area for a threatened species called the dusky gopher frog. None of these frogs currently live on his property. Poitevent told me, "The Fish and Wildlife Service has certified that the frog has not been seen in the state of Louisiana since 1967."
Fish and Wildlife Service officials said they were "not available" to talk with me about this. Instead, they posted a video on YouTube that says they work "with" landowners: "The Service has many voluntary partnership-based programs that can provide technical and financial assistance to manage species."
That sounds nice, but the government's handbook on how to work with them is an onerous 315 pages long.
The environmentalists so torment those who resist their schemes that some landowners tell each other, "If you find an endangered species, shoot, shovel and shut up!" That's mostly a joke. But it does happen, and it's one more way government regulations backfire.
Throughout the world, most reductions in pollution have been achieved because of capitalism, not government control.
Fracking for natural gas reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
Even much-hated coal and oil provide benefits. Science writer Matt Ridley says, "Burning of fossil fuels is helping the rainforest in the Amazon to grow."
Ridley also points out modern industrial farming allows people to grow more food on less land, and so people cut down fewer trees. "New England used to be 70 percent farmland - it's now 70 percent forest."
You can even see the difference between areas that get greener and ones that don't from space: The Dominican Republic is noticeably greener than its immediate neighbor, Haiti, mainly because the Dominican Republic uses fossil fuel instead of burning wood from its forests for fuel, as Haiti does.
Industry and technology, not regulations, are humanity's greatest contribution to the environment. Leave people their freedom, and they come up with new, smarter, more efficient and thus cleaner ways of doing things. Stifling that process with regulation isn't "progressive."
John Stossel is host of "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network. He's the author of "No They Can't: Why Government Fails, but Individuals Succeed."
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About six years ago, Phil Pulver of Kennewick got to thinking about how hand-held electronic devices, such as cell phones, could be made to do what desktop computers do.
So he approached experts at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for some high-tech advice, thinking they could help develop specialized software to open a new door to the next level of technology.
Pulver wanted to take advantage of the Department of Energy's Technical Assistance Program, which PNNL has used since 1997 to help hundreds of other private entrepreneurs.
Pulver -- whose business is Catalogs Online -- and five other software companies he partnered with eagerly waited for PNNL to deliver a product potentially worth millions.
Instead, the computer entrepreneur says he has since spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a breach of contract lawsuit against Battelle Memorial Institute, which manages the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the Department of Energy.
Pulver calculates his legal costs at $300,000, while DOE has spent nearly $750,000 paying Battelle's defense costs.
Instead of valuable software, what he got was worthless, he claims in the lawsuit filed in 2005.
The suit, which is before Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Whaley in Richland, contends Battelle gave Pulver nonfunctioning software, then took his concept and marketed it commercially as its own.
Pulver claims he has discovered that while PNNL staff were telling him the software was in the test mode and not ready for release, they were demonstrating a functional version to prospective customers, including Ecolabs, a Fortune 500 company.
The lawsuit appears headed for a jury trial. The judge wants Battelle and Pulver to agree by Aug. 10 on a trial date.
"We have said since the beginning there is no factual basis for his allegations," said Greg Koller, Battelle spokesman. He noted 18 of 19 claims have been dismissed as "without merit and without any legal or factual basis."
The remaining claim asserts PNNL did not deliver its "best efforts" in developing the software for Pulver.
He says the case boils down to a few key points:
-- Battelle was to develop the software to his specifications. Then after proving it was functional, Battelle gave him an unworkable version.
-- Battelle took the functional software and eventually developed a version that was integrated into a contract to do the Radiation Portal Monitoring Project for the Department of Homeland Security.
-- Battelle billed the Department of Energy for the work it did under the Technical Assistance Program to benefit Pulver and his partners, but didn't deliver a usable product.
-- Battelle allegedly revised software code it created for Pulver and passed it off as a new creation in applying for a new patent.
Koller denies there was any impropriety by Battelle or PNNL staff.
"Battelle acted -- as usual -- with integrity, providing Mr. Pulver with a no-cost license to convert technology already developed at PNNL," Koller said.
"In the end, he could not create a marketable product," Koller added.
Documents Pulver obtained from DOE in a Freedom of Information Act request this year show PNNL had $460,787 in internal legal staff costs through 2008; and Battelle's Oak Ridge Operations in Tennessee had another $277,218. Another $7,072 is attributed to PNNL staff scientist Kevin Dorow's required time.
Pulver said statements and documents in the case show that Dorow, the software engineer who worked on the Mobile Data Manager project, had the software working well enough in May 2003 to begin soliciting potential customers, even though Pulver claims Battelle gave him worldwide exclusive rights to the product, all derivatives and updates.
Pulver says the evidence shows PNNL staff enhanced MDM software for the Radiation Portal Monitoring Project in 2004, called it new code, applied for a patent and pursued commercialization.
But Dorow and Battelle's attorney, Miller, in separate declarations claims the Radiation Portal Monitoring Project is a new product with "different functionality" from the product developed for Pulver.
Pulver said what happened to him shows DOE's Technical Assistance Program can be abused.
Koller denied that.
"That is not the spirit of the program or the way we implement it," he said. "The Technical Assistance Program was created for two reasons: To grow and expand the economy and find ways to put government funded technology out to the nation at large."
DOE paid Battelle $42,128 for 486 hours under the Technical Assistance Program for work done for Pulver and his partners.
Pulver claims he and DOE were cheated because the product Dorow delivered was junk.
Dorow told the court in 2005 that the software he worked up for Pulver was imperfect and still in test phase.
Dorow explained in a 2008 court declaration that Technical Assistance Program funding ran out before he could finish his work.
"Though it was not finished or fully tested, the version I had created was the exact version I gave Phil," Dorow said.
According to Koller, PNNL complied fully in applying best efforts.
Delbert Miller of Seattle, the attorney representing Battelle, told Judge Whaley at a November 2008 hearing that Battelle was not required to provide a functional software under terms of the Technical Assistance Program.
Court records also show that when Pulver complained about the nonfunctioning software, Dorow offered to finish the work for $25,000.
In January, Judge Whaley found Pulver's argument sufficient to refuse PNNL's motion for summary judgment.
"(Pulver) has proffered evidence that, if believed by a jury, could support a finding that (Battelle) breached this contract," Whaley ruled.
Pulver "also claims that Mr. Dorow intentionally withheld the workable (software) version and essentially attempted to extort money from (him) for its delivery," Whaley said, adding that Battelle agreed the software as delivered needed work, but was "in fact the only version in existence."
"Resolving this factual dispute requires a determination of credibility," the judge declared.


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This climb is a great thin-hands crack in a corner with occasional rests. The roof will probably be the crux for most people. The crack starts out a tad smaller (green Camalots) and then becomes great thin-hands climbing with nice holds on the face for rests. The roof packs a bit of a punch but perfect hand jamming awaits above, taking you to the anchors. Definitely recommended.
Sudden Impact is the thin-hands crack in a right-facing corner just left of Torque Wrench and Death of a Cowboy. There's a prominent roof about 2/3 of the way up the climb and some lower angle, soft rock at the bottom.
2 or 3 green Camalots, a bunch (8?) of reds and a few gold Camalots for good measure. Also, maybe one blue Camalot. I also believe that I used a smaller piece to protect the lower section although I may have backcleaned the piece to save on rope drag.


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MM: Jon, good to talk to you. Given the first 3 games of the season, where do you see the biggest improvement to our squad? JT: Mike I think that the team's overall consistent play & the lack of turnovers (just one in three games), knock on wood, have been the biggest improvements to this point.
MM: I know you briefly touched on Nat Jeff, but can you provide any further update on his status? JT: Again, as I mentioned, Nathan is expected to practice this week. According to Coach Price, if all goes well he will be available for Saturday's game. Please keep in mind that the Miners don't practice for the first time this week until Tuesday morning.
MM: Jon, road games are tough for all programs. Given that we have a tendancy to struggle in these contests can you provide any insight as to what Coach Price may be doing differently to better prepare us for these matchups? JT: Mike I'm not sure that you would prepare any differently for this week's game at Wisconsin than you did for the one two weeks ago at Ole Miss or the opener against Oklahoma. What the Miners will do in anticipation of a loud environment is to work extensively on silent counts offensivily to counteract that noise.
MM: Speaking of kickoff, in a nutshell, what's the current disposition of our kicking game? Specifically, if you can, speak to the confidence level of Coach Price with field goal duties. JT: Coach Price, earlier today, expressed complete confidence in Steven Valadez's ability to handle all of the kicking chores. He will continue to do that with Dakota Warren being out. Valadez did have an extra point blocked against NM State, due in part to a high center snap.
MM: I lied, one last question...what was the attendance last week for the NMSU game? JT: The anounced crowd was just under 33,000.This week Miner fans, the Mike Price show, on the patio at Corner Tavern & Grill, 2700 North Mesa at Cincinnati,this Wednesday at 7 p.m. Then, tune in Saturday at 9 a.m. on 92.3 the Fox for the Miners & the Wisconsin Badgers. Also, Coach Price's TV show can be seen Thursday at 5:30 p.m. on Time Warner Cable Channel 24 & again Friday at 10:30 p.m. on the El Paso/Las Cruces CW Also, Miner Talk with Jon Teicher every Monday @ 4:30-5:30 MST @ UTEPAthletics.com.


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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Ocean Care Solutions, Offering Of The Year Nominee
It is only a matter of time as the current marine environment has developed the perfect cauldron for the venomous invertebrates.
Ocean Care Solutions knows of the onslaught and has developed products that are among the nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year .
The new award is meant to identify products and services that (1) best support and assist open water swimmers achieve their goals, (2) are innovative, unique and beneficial to open water swimmers, race directors, coaches or administrators, and (3) have made the most positive impact on the world of open water swimming during the calendar year.
The nominations are meant to recognize some of the best and innovative commercial and free offerings that open water swimmers can enjoy.
Extreme swimmers, disabled swimmers, ice swimmers, marathon swimmers, professional swimmers, administrators, coaches, pilots, and swimmers from all walks of life have used, purchased and benefited from an increasingly number of products and services introduced over the few years.
The nomination of Ocean Care Solutions reads,
"Care is its middle name. Ocean Care Solutions is working hard to help stem the tide of the pain and discomfort caused by stinging organisms. Its products enable comforting relief from a number of jellyfish, Portuguese man o war, sea urchins, fire coral and stingrays. And Ocean Care Solutions goes beyond supplying a wide range of first aid kits that are widely acclaimed the world over. It provides information, a constant source of education about the global proliferation of jellyfish in the world's oceans. For its desire to relief pain by working directly with the stakeholders in the open water swimming world, for its wide range of soothing solutions, for its sharing of information about the sea stingers that are a growing menace in the aquatic world, the Ocean Care Solutions line-up is a worthy nominee for the 2012 WOWSA Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year."
The 2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nominees are (listed in alphabetical order):
1. Big River Man by Martin Strel
2. Channel Swimmers' Chat Group by Nick Adams
3. Cork Distance Week by Ned Denison
4. FINIS SwiMP3 X18 by John Mix
5. Foggle by Karen Smidt-Allard
6. In My Element by Theodore Yach
7. iSwimToo by Stephen Coulter
8. Marathon Swimmers Forum by Evan Morrison & Donal Buckley
9. Midmar Mile Facebook Integration by Wayne Riddin
10. Night Train Swimmers by Vito Bialla
11. Ocean Care Solutions by Ron Adley
12. Open Water Swimming Insurance by Travis England
13. Oceans Seven Project by Red Bull Media House
14. RC Helicam by Andrew Martens
15. SWIM Channel by Patrick Wrinkler 16. SwimIT by Rick Senn
17. SwimPhone by Club Assistant
18. SwimTrek by Simon Murie
19. TakeItLive by Chris Lundie
20. Toa o le Tai Program by Bruckner Chase
21. The Henley Swim by Tom Kean
Online voting will take place here at WOWSA between November 1st and December 31st.
Ocean Care Solutions, founded by Kevin Freeman, is a company specializing in the development, distribution and sales of marine life first aid kit. Its products have been designed to meet medical and marine science first aid protocols for these animal stings specific to each injury. Its easy-to-use kits, complete with everything necessary to effectively treat an injury, sets a new standard in marine sting treatment for the consumer.
Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.
The Global Open Water Swimming Conference is a conference on the sport of open water swimming, marathon swimming and swimming during triathlons and multi-sport endurance events.
The conference which has been attended by enthusiasts and luminaries from 6 continents, is devoted to providing information about the latest trends, race tactics, training techniques, equipment, psychological preparation, race organization and safety practices used in the sports of open water swimming, marathon swimming and triathlons.
The conference's mission is to provide opportunities to listen and meet many of the world's most foremost experts in open water swimming, and to meet and discuss the sport among swimmers, coaches, administrators, event organizers, sponsors, vendors, officials, escort pilots, and volunteers from kayakers to safety personnel.
Dozens of presentations at the 2014 Conference at the Mount Stuart House cover numerous aspects of the vast and growing world of open water swimming where attendees can learn and share the latest trends, race tactics, training modalities, swimming techniques, equipment, race organization, logistics, operations, and safety practices for open water swimming as a solo swimmer, competitive athlete, fitness swimmer, masters swimmer, triathlete, multi-sport athlete, administrator, race promoter, sponsor or referee.
The conference was first held in Long Beach, California as part of the 2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships. It has since been held on the Queen Mary in California, at Columbia University and the United Nations in New York City, and in Cork, Ireland. This year in September, it comes to another iconic location, the Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute in Scotland.
"The Global Open Water Swimming Conference was started due to the desire and need for athletes, coaches, referees, administrators, race directors, promoters and sponsors from around the world to share, collect and learn information about the growing sports of open water swimming, marathon swimming and triathlons," said founder Steven Munatones. "Other swimming conferences usually offering nothing on open water swimming or perhaps a speech or two, but we thought open water swimming deserves its own global conference. It is great that the community shares its information via the online social network, but there is nothing like meeting other open water swimming enthusiasts face-to-face and talking about the sport from morning to night."
Speakers at the conference include English Channel swimmers, ice swimmers, record holders, renowned coaches, world champions, professional marathon swimmers, renowned race directors, officials and administrators from the Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
"Because the audience is passionate and educated about the sport and its finest practitioners, the Global Open Water Swimming Conference is also the location of the induction ceremonies for the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and the annual WOWSA Awards that recognize the World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, and the World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year. Special Lifetime Achievement Awards are also occasionally presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the sport over their career."
The 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference Programme
Wednesday, September 17th
Leave Glasgow to commence 2-day tour of Scotland [closest international airport is Glasgow]
Thursday, September 18th
Stay Mainland, North of Scotland
Friday, September 19th
14:00 - Swim Loch Lomond
17:00 - Head to Isle of Bute
19:30 - Scottish Banquet
21:30 - Dinner Dance
Saturday, September 20th
09:00 - Registration & Coffee
10:00 - Speeches
12:20 - Lunch and WOWSA Awards
13:40 – Speeches
15:40 - Round Table
19:00 - International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Dinner & Induction Ceremony
Sunday, September 21st
09:00 - Registration & Coffee
10:00 - Speeches
14:30 - Swim in St Ninian's Bay on the Isle of Bute
The luminaries of the open water swimming world who will be honored in Scotland will include:
* Sandra Bucha (U.S.A.), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer
* Jon Erikson (U.S.A.), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer
* Claudio Plit (Argentina), International Swimming Hall of Fame Honor Open Water Swimmer
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"The Bloody Beetroots as a project has undergone significant changes over time which has led it to being greatly hated and greatly loved." These are the words of Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, the mastermind behind The Bloody Beetroots. As prominent and acclaimed as The Bloody Beetroots name has grown to become the people behind it have remained mysterious in the dance community. Founded by Italian producer Rifo, the Beetroots are always sure to sport their trademark black venom masks in public.
"The idea is much older than you might think," Rifo says of the band's image and mythology, with an air of seriousness. "It comes from the preciousness of the Italian commedia dell'arte, although the current masks remind me more of Spiderman or Venom its use is a direct theatrical reference." The idea of Rifo bringing a taste of 16th century Italian theatrics to the music game may be an odd concept but it's not as wanky as it sounds. Rifo and The Bloody Beetroots are never afraid to bring the noise. Take that concept, sprinkle in some classical music, old school electro and 1970s punk and it all adds up to make the intriguing package that is The Bloody Beetroots. Like a musical scientist with a flair for marketing Rifo puts great care into everything with the Bloody Beetroots moniker attached to it, from on-stage presentation to recorded work. "The visual and music go hand-in-hand and they constantly evolve and are directly proportional with each other." As Rifo works on the next Bloody Beetroots studio album, he also reveals that the band will be part of the Big Day Out lineup coming up in January. This is exciting news for fans of musical mayhem and creativity. The enthusiasm his Aussie fans will surely have can only be matched by Rifo's enthusiasm. "I have been in Australia a lot in the last five years. I love the Australian summer," Rifo enthuses. Since he last visited our shores for a solo DJ set at Stereosonic 2011 Rifo and the Beetroots have released the epic Romborama and fine-tuned their fusion of dance, rock and pop. "I'm looking forward to coming back and presenting the new live show," the Beetroots mastermind says excitedly.
During his past visits Rifo has been impressed with Aussie fans and made some interesting observations. "Australia has a young dance music crowd, which often means they are open to change and more intelligent and versatile about their music." These qualities could just as easily describe The Bloody Beetroots and their unique concoctions. Having been around the world and back again in the past few years Rifo and the Beetroots have almost had no choice but to evolve. "Travelling gives you the opportunity to expand your horizons by making your mind more versatile and focused." This worldly approach extends throughout the Bloody Beetroots empire, from Rifo's solo DJ sets to BB Death Crew 77, the band comprised of Rifo and partners-in-crime Tommy Tea and Battle. "It's me playing lots of instruments, Battle playing drums, Tommy playing swooshes on Kaoss Pads and everything is controlled by Pro Tools linked with the Venue profile system." When it comes to the recording process in the studio it is an extension of Rifo's life and his tireless enthusiasm. "The studio and production allows me to tell the stories of my life. I live, I compose, I produce, I release." Before you think Rifo is the musical equivalent of Anthony Robbins you simply need to listen to one of his blistering productions, such as 2nd Streets Have No Name or Anacletus. While the genesis of The Bloody Beetroots began with Rifo he enjoys the collaborative process. "I love producing alone but this [new] album has a lot of collaborations on it so it will be a new experience. I am open for socialising," he says with a chuckle.
Whether live or in studio the energy of The Bloody Beetroots is always intense but varies depending on the environment. "It's totally different, I always try to create a synergy between me and the audience. Creating a vibe by getting and reading the vibe back." From music to imagery The Bloody Beetroots gives Rifo the chance to explore his creative instincts. "This whole project reflects my life, it's something very natural and relaxed; it probably comes from the art school I attended over the years." The idea of having a musical project that covers different elements of art was more of a natural process than a conscious choice, according to Rifo. "It is my way of relating with everything. Everyone should expand their horizons and should be able to answer all the questions that life offers every day. My work and all the different projects I have are a vision for the person I am and what I want to be. I will never stop evolving." While those are lofty expectations to place on music you can't blame Rifo and his cohorts for exploring their ideas in a personal way. The Bloody Beetroots in addition to being a vehicle for Rifo to bang out epic tunes has also been a personal journey, one that began at an early age. "I started studying music seriously when I was nine years old, it has helped me to express concepts summarised in compositions. I realised quickly that music would never leave my life." Lucky for us it hasn't so far.
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HEREFORD United manager Pete Beadle admitted last night's 1-0 defeat at Tamworth was a 'crushing blow' to his side's Skrill Premier survival hopes.
A second-half strike by Tamworth's Lloyd Kerry left United in the relegation zone with just two matches remaining.
After the match, Beadle said: "We haven't won again and it's a crushing blow. It's a quiet and desolate changing room at the moment and it's up to us to pick them up and get them right for Monday."
He added: "I feel angry and frustrated. Once we got to the grips with the game I thought we did really well. The result is the real killer and the last goal-mouth scramble shows where we have been lacking for a long time now.
"After the goal, I was really disappointed with the body language of the players for five or 10 minutes and then we were weren't patient in our build up.
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Down the Lavender Aisle: Part 2
Here's the second installment by guest blogger, Carl.
"So, who asks whom?" When it comes to getting engaged, this is a common question posed to gay and lesbian couples – and one for which there isn't one answer. When I decided I was going to propose, there was some worry in the back of my mind that I would be beaten to the punch. Personally, I think it just comes down to which partner has more self control. And that is definitely not me.
Once I figured out that I wanted to spend my life with K, I had to figure out how to ask him and what I would give him as a symbol of our engagement. While a diamond ring is a time honored and classic sign of commitment between two people, it absolutely wouldn't work for us. I thought about buying bands and having each of us wear them on our right ring fingers and then moving them to our left at the ceremony. And I thought of simply asking him without any "props," but I really wanted him to have something that symbolized our engagement for the rest of his life.
I thought about all this for so long that I was running out of time. And then it struck me. A watch. A good watch. One that he would wear every day. One that would last forever. One that he had been talking about getting himself for what seemed forever.
Here's how it played out…
Last May, I planned a week-long vacation in Napa Valley under the guise of K's birthday. He had no idea that I was planning to propose – which made it that much better. Napa has always been a special place for us. It is where we took one of our first trips together and the fact that we are both really into wine makes the location that much more
blurry memorable.
Route 1 from San Francisco to Napa is a scenic, winding drive along the coast, passing through Muir Beach and Point Reyes. There's a particular spot on the way where we love to pull over for the most incredible view and I knew that it would be the perfect place to propose. For days leading up to the trip, I was trying to figure out a way that I would be able to mention stopping there without raising K's suspicions in advance. Fortunately, I didn't have to think too hard.
K remembered the spot and suggested going there on our drive. When we arrived, we got out of the car and started walking to the edge to take in the view. There, I handed K a box that I had discreetly taken from the car. I told him it was a happy vacation present and to open it. He quickly did so and was so excited about the watch I don't think he noticed how nervous I became.
I began telling him how much I loved him, how important he was in my life and that if he really wanted to know just how much I loved him to look on the back of the watch. As he turned it over, he saw that engraved on the back between our initials was "Marry me?"
To get back to my original point on who asks whom – in the end, does it really matter? Woman to woman, man to man, man to woman – when you ask someone to marry you, you are saying I want to be with you for the rest of my life. When you say yes to someone asking you to marry them, aren't you saying the same exact thing?
3 Comments to "Down the Lavender Aisle: Part 2"
aruna Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 7:52 am
that was a wonderful story…thanks for sharing it. I got a little water in my eyes I love the Pacific Coast!
Eric Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 9:04 am
I love HWY 1 – a beautiful drive anytime.
navycardigan Says:
November 19th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
I almost proposed off PCH too!
Thank you for your story. You know, I always felt sort of embarrassed that I was the one who asked D, and not the the other way around. I have no second thoughts about being with him for the rest of my life, and we're looking forward to it like anything, but then when I think of how I want my white dress and perfect invitations, I worry about what people might think about me when they heard that the girl asked the guy. Someone once said "I always thought you'd be that kind of girl," which made me feel weird — didn't know if it was insulting, complimentary, or what… I started wishing that I had held out… I know he was going to ask sooner or later, but why did I go ahead and ruin "tradition," ruin the perfect story? But what you said in your last paragraph makes sense. And actually makes me feel better about it. You are right. It doesn't matter who says the sentence with the question mark in the end, because both sentences mean "I love you like crazy, and I will forever." Thanks.
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LAS VEGAS -- A North Las Vegas aerospace company is preparing to boldly go where few have gone before -- a public-private partnership with NASA that could be the start of the next space race.
Nevada's Bigelow Aerospace Co. made a joint announcement with NASA Thursday morning in Washington, D.C., that puts the North Las Vegas company in the pilot seat for the exploration and commercial development of the moon, Mars and beyond.
When the I-Team broke the news in late March that Bigelow Aerospace had signed an agreement with NASA to become, in essence, the general contractor for the commercial development of space, there was considerable skepticism within the national aerospace press corps, who figured it couldn't be true because they would have known about it.
Well, it is true, and on Thursday, NASA admitted as much. The agreement is as wide open as space itself and it puts Bigelow right in the middle of exciting scenarios worthy of Star Trek.
Company founder Bob Bigelow's longstanding interest in building a commercial base on the surface of the moon just took a giant leap forward. He built his aerospace company from scratch in just a little over a decade, and is now a full-fledged partner with NASA in exploring the final frontier.
The Space Act Agreement signed by NASA and Bigelow contains extraordinary and ambitious language about extending human civilization throughout the solar system -- a colony on Mars, for instance. As Bigelow has told the I-Team several times over the past 10 years that he wants to use a string of his homegrown, inflatable habitats as the building blocks of a permanent base on the moon.
I-Team: "You look at this, and realize, you're serious. This could happen in our lifetime."
Bigelow: "We've already had clients who have an interest in lunar activity ... If you had a facility, we would be interested in talking to you about it, on the lunar surface. There's no reason you could not have multiple bases."
Back in January, Bigelow and NASA announced that the space agency would spend $18 million on one of his inflatable spacecraft to serve as an addition to the International Space Station, but during the announcement, Bigelow let slip his plans for his own space station, which could be built and launched within three years at a fraction of the cost of NASA's version.
At the time, he was already negotiating with NASA for a much larger role in the next space race, and now, he has it. Bigelow Aerospace will be the central link between NASA and dozens of private companies that want to play a role in the creation of a new economy -- a space economy, including proposals far more complex than mere space tourism: research, manufacturing, medicine and agriculture.
The agreement calls for Bigelow to liaison between NASA and the private sector to see how government and industry could help each other.
At the Washington news conference, Bigelow said he would partner with companies like his that are willing to take financial risks rather than the usual fat government contracts. He emphasized that his eyes are on one main prize.
"The brass ring for us is having a lunar base," he said. "That is an appetite and a desire that we've had for a long, long time."
The head of NASA announced just weeks ago that the moon is off the table for NASA, that there will be no lunar missions in our lifetime. A NASA official explained Thursday that the government would focus on other priorities and leave the moon to private efforts.
"As far as the moon being off the plate, I think from the government's standpoint, right now we have more interest in the asteroid kind of missions," NASA associate administrator Bill Gerstenmaier said. "The mars' are an ultimate horizon, but what is interesting ... this report implies that the private sector is very interested in lunar activity, so (we are) not focused silos and pieces but look at this as a holistic activity of where there is a private public partnership moving forward."
The partnership as outlined in the Bigelow agreement makes sense for both sides. NASA will get out of the way of private enterprise and help where it can, and the private companies would pay for research, development and engineering of future spacecraft and bases which NASA could then lease at a fraction of the cost of building its own.
"There's no good reason we can't do it in lunar orbit, then we land," Bigelow said. "The station becomes a base as soon as it touches down."
Phase one of the agreement signed with NASA at the end of March gives Bigelow's company 100 days to finish a report which identifies companies that want to be a part of this effort, as well as potential customers. Bigelow handed that finished report to NASA this morning, two months ahead of schedule.
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We've said it a hundred times, but this time with an NHL deadline looming, it really finally does feel like d-day for the Phoenix Coyotes. The City of Glendale council will convene for a special meeting at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday night, where they'll vote on a lease proposal from Renaissance Sports & Entertainment.
RSE, also known as IceArizona, has already been approved by the NHL as a buyer for the still-league-owned Coyotes. The next step is for Glendale to sign off on a lease agreement for the team to remain in the City-owned Jobing.com Arena, and that's the subject of Tuesday's vote.
There are basically two options for Glendale. One keeps the team in Glendale while the other one likely sends them off to Seattle or Quebec City, but the bad news for hockey fans is that the latter option is more financially attractive -- at least in the short-term -- for Glendale.
The city owns the arena, so they're committed to it no matter where the hockey team plays next season. They'll pay $500,000 for repairs next year regardless, and they'll pay $8.4 million in debt service either way as well. The big difference in the proposals is around the arena management fee. IceArizona wants $15 million per year for the next 15 years to run the arena, while the city could hire an arena manager on their own for $6 million per year.
Glendale will lose approximately $12.9 million next year if they approve IceArizona's proposal, while if they let the team walk, they'd lose approximately $10.9 million according to numbers compiled by AZCentral.com. But having the team in the arena is a significant boost to Westgate City Center, the retail and entertainment destination of which Jobing.com Arena is an anchor. Eliminating 41 Coyotes home games from the calendar could cripple the surrounding area, thus eliminating jobs and tax revenue for the city. The city would also lose tax and surcharge revenue from hockey ticket sales and parking fees should the team leave town.
In the proposal being voted on by City Council Tuesday, IceArizona has an out-clause option after five years should their losses go off the charts. The city reportedly wants that same option, but IceArizona says that could be a deal-breaker. With the city in possession of an out-clause, it might be tough for IceArizona to secure financing, the problem that has plagued so many Coyotes bids in the past.
It comes down to this: The NHL has a deadline of July 2 on the table. They have other business to attend to, including releasing a schedule for the 2013-14 season that may or may not include the Phoenix Coyote. Bill Daly, Gary Bettman and the league have certainly lost their patience with the entire process after presenting several buyers to Glendale in the past, only to have the lease agreement fall through for one reason or another.
If Glendale Council approves the RSE lease proposal on Tuesday night, the team will stay in town for the foreseeable future. If they don't, it's a near-certainty that they'll be shipping off to greener pastures in the coming weeks.


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Honolulu Community College will honor First Hawaiian Bank and five distinguished alumni for their professional achievements and contributions to the community at an awards dinner on Thursday, October 25 at Honolulu Community College entitled Celebrate! 2012.
The evening will be emceed by local radio personality and entertainer Gregg Hammer, and will include a silent auction with unique one-of-a-kind items, Hawaiian food and live music entertainment. A portion of the funds raised will benefit the Honolulu Community College's General Scholarship Endowment Fund.
2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards
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Macon, Ga. - Jacksonville (10-7, 7-2) scored four goals in the first half and held on for a 4-3 Trans America Athletic Conference victory over Mercer (3-12-1, 1-7-1) on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, the Dolphins earned the number three seed in next weekend's TAAC Tournament while closing out the regular season on a three game winning streak.
Junior Stine Kloster got the Dolphins on the board first at 31:24 when she converted a pass from classmate Marit Foss. Freshman Brooke Ade added to the Dolphin lead less than two minutes later when she scored her second goal in two games at 33:10 on an assist from senior Sara Robertson. Sophomore Yvonna Rowinski made it three goals for three different players at the 36:30 mark when she scored off an assisting combination of classmate Trine Riis Groven and Foss. The first half fireworks for the Dolphins concluded when Foss slammed home a penalty kick at 44:28.
The Dolphins outshot the Bears 29-8 in the game, but a dangerous Mercer attack made things interesting with three goals in a 10 minute span of the second half, the Bears final goal coming at the 82:22 mark. However, JU held their composure over the final seven minutes of the game to preserve the victory. Freshman goalkeeper Kristen Kirsch made three saves for the Dolphins while her counterpart Genevieve Reid made 11 saves for the Bears.
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