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Soccer/Football Legends Revealed #1
This is the first in a series of examinations of soccer/football-related legends and whether they are true or false.
Let's begin!
SOCCER/FOOTBALL LEGEND: William Dean's nickname "Dixie" came from his dark skin.
STATUS: False Enough for a False
William "Dixie" Dean was one of the most prolific goal scorers in English League history, with an astounding 379 goals in 438 English League games from 1923-1939, with the vast majority of them coming for Everton, where Dean spent just shy of 400 games.
If you take a look at Dean, you might notice that his complexion is fairly dark…
It is due to his dark complexion and his hair that people took to calling him "Dixie," as he looked (according to many English folks at the time, who likely did not know any better) like an African-American from the Southern United States.
It's a pretty darn racist nickname, and Dean haaaaaated it.
However, while it IS clear that he WAS known as "Dixie" because for the fairly racist reason that he reminded people of Southern American blacks, the interesting thing is that he did not get the name the way you would think. That is, no one looked at him and said, "Hey, let's call him Dixie, because he looks like a black guy from the American South!"
No, what actually happened was that SOMEone, a fan, an announcer, SOMEone misunderstood his ACTUAL nickname, which he used early in his career while playing for his local team, the Tranmere Rovers. That nickname was "Digsy."
Gilbert Upton was perhaps the first historian to discover Dean's original nickname (in his history of the Tranmere Rovers – Dixie Dean of Tranmere Rovers, 1923-1925), but since then, a number of histories have cited past acquaintances of Dean's who have backed up Upton's claim (all they frequently differ on WHY the name "Digsy" was chosen exactly – which is fair enough, as we're talking about people recalling minor details from the 1910s…).
But someone heard the name "Digsy" at one point and clearly thought it was "Dixie," and, because of the whole, "Hey, he looks like a black guy from the Southern US!" thing, the name stuck.
So not only was it a pretty racist nickname, but it wasn't even the RIGHT NICKNAME!
Pretty darn funny.
Thanks a lot to Gilbert Upton for being the first to "discover" Dean's first nickname!
SOCCER/FOOTBALL LEGEND: Stephen Ireland faked a death of a grandmother to get out of his international duties with Team Ireland.
STATUS: True
Stephen Ireland is…how should we say this?….controversial.
The 22-year-old Irish midfielder currently plays for Manchester City in the Premier League (he just scored 13 goals last year!) and also for the Irish National Team.
Well, maybe not for the Irish National Team.
In his first four international matches, Ireland scored three goals. However, in September of 2007, right before an international match against the Czechs, Ireland manager Steve Staunton received a phone call from Ireland's girlfriend. She informed him that Ireland had to leave right away as his maternal grandmother had died.
After a check-up, Staunton was pretty sure this was a lie designed to get Ireland out of the match with the least opposition, but when he asked Ireland, Ireland said that no, it was the truth.
So he let Ireland leave.
Well, this being the information age and all, the media quickly found out that his maternal grandmother was alive. So Ireland corrected himself, saying it was his PATERNAL grandmother who had died. This, too, was shown to be untrue. So he corrected himself again, saying that one of his grandfathers had divorced his wife and his CURRENT wife had died. This, too, was proved untrue.
Finally, Ireland admitted the "truth" – his girlfriend had had a miscarriage and he wanted the time off to be with her. Some people doubt this, as well, suggesting that if that were the case, he would have been given the time off without having to lie. But who knows?
In any event, Staunton was furious, and Ireland has not been on the Irish National Team since.
However, since he is such a good player (Manchester City recently locked him in to a five-year deal), the team would be okay with him returning to the fold, and while he seems to vacillate between wanting to return and not wanting to return, I'd put at least even money on him returning to the team within the next couple of years. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if he were on the team when the 2010 World Cup began.
SOCCER/FOOTBALL LEGEND: Bobby Charlton and Dennis Viollet switched seats with Tommy Taylor and David Pegg right before the "Munich air disaster".
STATUS: True
Whenever a famous tragic crash occurs, whether it be a boat sinking or a plane crashing, you'll begin to hear stories of "Person X was almost on that boat/plane but he/she couldn't go at the last minute."
For instance, Waylon Jennings was the only person who gave up a spot on the plane that later crashed, killing Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. However, over the years, many a story has been told about someone who was meant to be on the flight but who gave up their seat.
Well, in the case of the great Munich Air Disaster of 1958, there really was a case like that.
In 1957, Manchester United became the first English football team to enter into the recently formed European Cup tournament (formed by the Union of European Football Associations), which consisted of the top teams from each country's football team.
In 1958, Manchester was back in the European Cup tournament, and was one of the top contenders for the title.
They faced Yugoslavia's team in a home and away match-up. Manchester defeated them in the first game (competed in Manchester) at the end of January, but then had to face them in Yugoslavia on February 5th. That game was a draw, 3-3, but Manchester still managed to advance to the semi-finals.
Manchester had had a hard time getting back home after their last trip to Europe in the earlier rounds of the tournament, so this time around, they chartered an airplane.
Well, the day after their match, they took off from Belgrade in their Airspeed Ambassador plane. It had to land in Munich to re-fuel. The pilots tried two attempts at taking off, but there was a problem with the fuel supply – it was over-accelerating the engines, making it seem like the engines would not work. So each time, they backed off and did not actually take off.
Here's the plane in Munich before take-off…
After the second try, they actually had the 44 passengers (members of the team, the team's staff plus reporters and team boosters) get off the plane.
During this time, it also began snowing in Munich, so it appeared as though they just weren't going to try and just stay in Munich that day and night and try again the next day.
Duncan Edwards even telegraphed to his landlady, telling her they wouldn't be in that day.
The pilot, though, wouldn't give up. He wanted to stay relatively on schedule, so he had the passengers re-board. He was going to try something a little different – they had already opened the throttle on the plane slowly (to avoid over-accelerating the engine), but it did not work. However, since the runway at Munich was quite long, if they backed up and used all of the runway, they could open the throttle even slower and they'd have the time to get things going well before they ran out of runway.
So the passengers got back on to the plane just fifteen minutes after getting off.
As you might imagine, this was a pretty frightening situation for the passengers. A number of people tried to move to the back of the plane, figuring it would be safer there. Teammates Tommy Taylor and David Pegg switched with their fellow teammates Bobby Charlton and Dennis Viollet.
Tragically, however, there was a great deal of slush on the runway (unbeknown to the pilots), and as a result, it totally threw off all their acceleration readings (as the slush retarded the acceleration of the plane itself, while having no effect on the engines), and a result, they were not prepared to take off when they reached the end of the runway. The plane ended up skidding off the runway and through a barrier and across a road and into a nearby house (luckily, the woman and her three children in the house somehow managed to make it out alive). The left side of the plane hit into a wooden hut where a fully fueled truck was – the explosion killed 21 people instantly.
Among the people killed instantly were basically everyone at the back of the plane, including Taylor and Pegg.
Charlton and Viollet were knocked unconscious, but they woke up and escaped from the plane.
Here's Charlton recovering from the crash (and a few weeks later, entertaining some local children)…
They were among the twenty survivors of the accident (three survivors of the crash itself succumbed to their injuries in the days following the crash).
The team lost eight players, including Duncan Edwards, one of the best players of the decade.
The team regrouped, though, through manager Matt Busby (who survived the crash) and ten years later, Manchester United (led by team captain Bobby Charlton) returned and won the European Cup. Here's Charlton carrying the Cup (Charlton scored twice in the Final).
The win was certainly achieved in memory of their lost friends, especially for Charlton the friends who, but for the sake of happenstance, could have had his seat.
Okay, that's it for this week!
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced that he will sign into law the amended bill that reforms the City's 421-a property tax program that was passed by the City Council by a vote of 44-5. The final legislation, which will create an estimated 20,000 new units of affordable housing, was negotiated by the Administration with Council Speaker Christine Quinn and council members, and fulfills a promise made by Mayor Bloomberg in February when he made reform of 421-a central to the expansion of the New Housing Marketplace Plan. Earlier this year the Mayor established the 421-a Task Force to recommend changes to the program. The legislation passed today by the City Council builds on the reform framework established by the Task Force in October and will provide $300 million in additional funding for the New Housing Marketplace Plan.
"The passage of today's bill advances our $7.5 billion New Housing Marketplace Plan, which will provide affordable housing for 500,000 New Yorkers, more than the entire population of Atlanta," said Mayor Bloomberg. "We are pleased that a broad coalition of City Council members voted in favor of this amended bill introduced by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. I want to thank Speaker Quinn and her staff as well as Housing and Buildings committee Chair Erik Martin Dilan for working closely with the Administration to develop sound changes to this important program that will eliminate unnecessary tax breaks for luxury developments."
"The City is using every tool at our disposal to build and preserve 165,000 units of affordable housing by 2013 as part of our ten-year New Housing Marketplace Plan," said Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff. "Our success has drawn people from around the world to New York, creating a shortage of housing that drove up prices. With this bill, the Administration and the Council struck a balance between maximizing affordable housing for low-income New Yorkers while also continuing our recent housing boom for the middle class that is closing the housing gap."
"As our housing challenge shifted from abandonment to affordability, our New Housing Marketplace Plan responded with innovative new strategies to create much-needed housing for working New Yorkers," said New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Shaun Donovan. "By expanding on the key program changes proposed by the members of the Mayor's 421a Task Force, today's legislation is a perfect example of how we can harness our strong housing market to create new incentives and new resources for affordable housing."
The 421-a tax incentive program was created in 1971 to spur housing development at a time when housing market conditions were weak. Under the program, housing developers within designated areas are given tax incentives to develop housing. The program has helped fuel the construction of over 110,000 apartments in the City. However, the City's real estate market has changed dramatically since that time. In recognition of the need for reform of the program, the Mayor convened a 26-member task force in February 2006 to examine 421-a and suggest changes that would better align it with the current real estate environment.
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Expand the 421-a geographic exclusion area (GEA). The current exclusion zone, the area where developments are required to provide affordable housing in exchange for 421-a tax benefits, includes Manhattan from 14th Street to 96th Street and the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn. The approved legislation will include many neighborhoods with substantially high real estate values and significant zoning density. The expansion includes Manhattan south of 135th Street in West and Central Harlem, and south of 117th Street in East Harlem, as well as an area between 124th and 126th Street in East Harlem that has been proposed for rezoning. The expanded zone will incorporate additional Brooklyn neighborhoods, including all of downtown Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boreum Hill, Park Slope; most of Fort Green, Prospect Heights, Williamsburg and Greenpoint, and portions of Sunset Park and Bushwick. In order to receive the tax abatement inside the Exclusion Zone, the legislation will require that developers must provide 20% affordable housing on-site.
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Grant twenty-five years of benefits only to developments that provide affordable housing. The approved legislation will allow only developments that provide affordable housing the maximum duration of benefits. Other developments would receive fifteen-year 421-a tax benefits. Currently developments in neighborhoods such as the South Bronx and Kingsbridge, Williamsburg in Brooklyn, Jackson Heights in Queens, Port Richmond in Staten Island and much of northern Manhattan can receive twenty-five years of benefits without providing affordable housing. These areas, formerly threatened with housing abandonment when the 421-a program was established, now increasingly face the challenge of housing affordability. The legislation will for the first time provide an incentive for developing low-income housing in these neighborhoods.
Set a limit on the total amount of 421-a tax benefits that any market rate unit may receive. The approved legislation creates a 'luxury cap' that will limit the total amount of 421-a tax benefits that any market rate unit may receive. Only the first $65,000 of an apartment's assessed value would receive the 421-a tax exemption. However, projects providing affordable housing on-site would not be subject to the cap, helping to increase the incentives to provide affordable housing.
Abolish the existing negotiable certificates program and create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund. The negotiable certificates program allows developers in the geographic exclusion area to receive 421-a benefits in return for purchasing certificates sold by developers of affordable housing outside the exclusion zone. By eliminating the certificate program, market-rate developers in the GEA are required to pay full taxes unless providing affordable housing on-site. The result would increase property tax revenue to be used for a dedicated $400 million Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which will be above and beyond the $300 million generated for the Mayor's New Housing Marketplace Plan by the legislation's other changes. The Fund will be targeted primarily to the 15 poorest neighborhoods in the City, as based on federal census numbers, and will be administered by the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC).
The Mayor is expected to sign the bill into law on December 28, 2006. As required by State law, the changes will go into effect one year from the effective date of the legislation, thereby creating an orderly transition to the new 421-a requirements that will help to keep the housing market strong. Following the enactment of this bill, the Administration and Council will work with the State Legislature to ensure renewal of the State 421-a legislation, which expires on December 31, 2007. The Administration and Council are also committed to working with the State Legislature during the upcoming session to seek passage and implementation of a tax exemption program to spur the construction of affordable Class 1 owner occupied properties.


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U.S. customer satisfaction with major appliances is still driven mostly by performance and reliability, but major appliance warranties have become grown in importance in recent years, according to the latest major appliances studies by J.D. Power. The company's two studies measure customer satisfaction in five major home appliance segments: * clothes washers * clothes dryers * dishwashers * cooking appliances (cooktops, ranges, and ovens) * refrigerators Six customer satisfaction measures are made in the study: * ease of use * features (including capacity and the usefulness of available settings) * performance and reliability (including appliance function, noise, and energy efficiency) * price * styling and appearance * warranty Satisfaction Trends Study results show that that product-specific factors continue to drive satisfaction with kitchen appliances in 2013, but the importance of price and warranty increased this year. Warranty and ease-of-use had a larger impact on satisfaction with laundry appliances in 2013 than in 2012. The length and scope of the appliance warranty contributes about one-tenth to overall customer satisfaction across all major appliances, and has increased by nearly 2 percentage points in the last three years. In laundry appliances there has been a similar increase in the importance of ease-of-use. This factor is the second most-important driver of satisfaction in 2013 and represents about one-fifth of the overall customer experience. In kitchen appliances price has increased in importance by 2 percentage points and comprises about 15 percent of overall customer satisfaction in 2013. Laundry Appliance Satisfaction: Washers Samsung ranked highest in customer satisfaction with clothes washers in 2013, marking the fifth consecutive year taking the top spot in this appliance category. Samsung's score was 822 on a 1,000-point scale. Samsung washers performed particularly well in three factors: * performance and reliability * ease of use * price No. 2 in the Washer rankings was LG, scoring 818. No. 3 was the Kenmore Elite brand, scoring 816. The top-three ranked washer brands, along with the Whirlpool brand (No. 4) and the Electrolux (No. 5) brand, all scored above the industry average for washers. Laundry Appliance Satisfaction: Dryers LG ranked highest in customer satisfaction in clothes dryers, with a score of 821. LG performed especially well in: * performance and reliability * ease of use * styling and appearance * features * warranty. Samsung ranked No. 2 in clothes dryers with a score of 820. Kitchen Appliance Satisfaction: Refrigerators Sub-Zero scored 817 to regain the No. 1 spot in the customer satisfaction list for refrigerators. It also held the spot in 2011. Sub-Zero did especially well in: * ease of use * performance and reliability * styling and appearance * features * warranty. Kenmore Elite scored 807 to take the No. 2 ranking in refrigerators. Kitchen Appliance Satisfaction: Dishwashers The Sears Kenmore Elite brand, scoring 812 in dishwashers, ranked highest in customer satisfaction on this list. Kenmore Elite brand had especially high scores in: * ease of use * styling and appearance * features * price Whirlpool's KitchenAid brand ranked No. 2, with a score of 803. Bosch (801), Miele (788), and LG (783), and Samsung (764) all scored above the industry average. Kitchen Appliance Satisfaction: Cooking Appliances (Cooktops/Ranges/Ovens) The Sears Kenmore Elite brand scored 819 to secure the No. 1 ranking in the customer satisfaction study, making it the second year that the brand held the top spot. The brand performed especially well in: * ease of use * performance and reliability * features Wolf ranked No. 2 with a score of 810. Samsung ranked No. 3 with a score of 808. Ten total brands scored above the industry average customer satisfaction score. J.D. Power's 2013 Laundry Appliance Satisfaction Study was based on more than 7,800 evaluations from customers who purchased clothes washers and/or clothes dryers in the last 24 months. The study was fielded in January and February 2013. The 2013 Kitchen Appliance Satisfaction Study was based on more than 4,000 evaluations from customers who bought dishwashers in the last 24 months; more than 3,900 evaluations from buyers of cooktops/ranges/ovens in the last 24 months; and more than 4,500 evaluations from those who bought fridges in the last 24 months. The study was fielded in January and February 2013. Christina Cooley, director in the home improvement industries practice at J.D. Power, pointed out that there is a general tightening of scores among the highest-ranked appliance brands. While individual brands have their own strengths, she noted, "There are a number of brands delivering an outstanding customer experience. Cooley added, "In this extremely competitive environment, brands that have already proven themselves through their products will likely be able to further differentiate through their relationships with their customers, as demonstrated through their warranty, and ultimately providing a consistent and strong value message that incorporates both the product and long-term relationship with customers."
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text: Howard Bank and its CEO Reap Honors Howard Bank, the county's only locally owned and managed bank, is winning the attention and praise of leading awards programs. Mary Ann Scully, President and CEO of Howard Bank, is a finalist for the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 Award in the Maryland program. According to Ernst & Young, the awards program is designed to recognize outstanding entrepreneurs on a regional, national and global level who are building and leading dynamic, growing businesses. Criteria include excellence in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Since 2004, Mary Ann Scully has been Chairman, President and CEO of Howard Bank, of which she is a Founding Organizer. In 2003, she headed the organizing team for the locally owned and managed bank, the first to open in Howard County in 15 years. Prior to organizing Howard Bank, Scully had a distinguished 30-year career as a banking professional with Allfirst Bank (formerly The First National Bank of Maryland and now M&T Bank). Scully was selected as a finalist from nearly 50 nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event on Thursday, June 28 at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore. Howard Bank was also recently named a finalist in the Small Business of the Year Awards Program by the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. Criteria upon which the nominees were judged include performance, growth, innovation, creativity, competitiveness, community involvement and more. The judging panel for the chamber's awards program is comprised of representatives of Maryland's business media. Rosa Scharf, Senior Vice President and Relationship Manager for Howard Bank, was recently honored with the 2007 Individual Achievement Award at the 13th Annual Committee for Business and Economic Diversity Awards Program of the Howard County Economic Development Authority. Howard Bank has branches in the Village of Hickory Ridge in Columbia, on Snowden River Parkway in Ellicott City and on Johns Hopkins Road in Maple Lawn. A fourth branch in Ellicott City at the crossroads of Route 40, Centennial Lane and Frederick Road is also planned. |


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Join Clara and her Nutcracker Prince as they fight off the Mouse King and meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and other fantastical characters. This boldly re-envisioned classic is festive family fun for all ages!
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Tags:Some best news for associated with us us who likes peanut butter is researchers at Harvard Universitys School of Public Health found eating a half serving (one tablespoon) of peanut butter or a good serving peanuts or other nuts (an ounce), five or more times a week, lowers the likelihood of developing type-2 diabetes by as much as twenty to thirty percent. Medical professional. Frank Hu, associate professor of nutrition and epidemiology says, the body of evidence is overwhelming that peanuts and nut butters can help to the risk of serious health issue.
It recently been scientifically proven that the way you feel affects our cardiovascular health. People who experience constant stress and also the one's battling with anxiety attacks and chronic depression are more likely to get heart disease. On the other hand, recent research has shown that those who are happy possess a lower possibility of suffering from these. Thus, you should you should get too much rest as possible, avoid worrying and do enjoyable things typically.
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Beans are relatively low in calories but rich in filling fiber, making them a great belly-flattening foods and nutrients. They also help fire off fat, develop muscle and regulate digestion.
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Blend gelatin mixture into whipped milk at low speed, or fold in gently. Spoon filling into crust and chill in refrigerator until firm. Garnish with lime slices and lime enjoyment.
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I am already neutered, up to date with shots, declawed, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
My name is Merlin and I am very pleased to meet you. I am a solid white, long haired male. Just because I am 9 years old, does not slow me down. It may just be me, but I think that I am a rather handsome fellow with my long white (and soft) hair and my unique blue and green eyes. That's right, I have one eye that is blue and one eye that is green. Sometimes I have trouble hearing you, I could be partially deaf.
I have not been around dogs, so I do not know if I like them. I get along with other cats though, and I love being around people. Getting petted and brushed are some of my favorite things. I do not need constant affection from people; I just enjoy your company. I would be content sitting in the window, watching birds, as long as you were in the room with me.
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I had 6 astilbe planted last fall by Linders in a front garden re-do: Visions on the south facing side and Reinland on the east facing side. Both are in a mix of sun/shade. Here in late July and despite the drought they are growing beautifully and are clearly very healthy. However, the color on both types is not vibrant but faded looking. One is supposed to be a beautiful purple and one pink (can't remember which is which at the moment) but both are a very light rusty color and not feathery at all. Does anyone know why? Someone suggested to me that they haven't bloomed fully yet so the color will develop. I do notice that some of the smaller, almost hidden buds do have the vibrant color, but not the dominant flowers.
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- Posted by virginia_w z3 WI (My Page) on Tue, Jul 25, 06 at 16:05
Visions comes in several colors, so I'm not sure which one you have. Actually, Visions is not feathery. The flowers are quite a bit thicker than most astilbes. I like it because the flowers seem to last longer than the feathery types. Mine were sort of dull this year too. Maybe it is the drought. In past years, they have been striking. In fact I planted more because they looked so good at this time of the year. Maybe next year will be better :) Virginia |
I was unhappy with the color of my astilbe this year also. Guess it just wasnt their year.....I find this happening with other flowers also. Donna |
Yes, mine were dull this year too and dried out dull brown much faster than years past. I'd guess your brownish ones are done blooming - they were probably prettier when newly unfurled but didn't hold the color. Gardening - an adventure in change. |
- Posted by zenpotter z4 MN (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Jul 27, 06 at 7:48
This is very weird, I was the one that posted that my Astilbe just didn't have much color. Guess what, this year they had great color. Go figure. |
Mine as well do not have the color to the blooms nor a convincing robustness to the foliage this year- I do believe most of my astilbe have done their best performance when the weather has been much cooler and more moist. Although- the Goat's Beard Aruncus sent out the most lovely plumes this spring much to my surprise- They have always bloomed in the fall before- I do hope to get a repeat bloom this fall- but if things don't cool off and moisten up soon- I can see where many plants will be shutting down early this year- |
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Gardens by the Bay is a newly-opened attraction on the bayfront of Singapore that boasts of beautiful flora and fauna and spectacular light shows. Located in the heart of Singapore's new downtown Marina Bay, next to the Marina Reservoir, Gardens by the Bay has three distinct waterfront gardens – Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden, and Bay Central Garden. It spans 101 hectares and was originally built to enhance the greenery and flora in Singapore. -
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So this year, I have made a list of ACE-related New Year's Resolutions. I readily admit that I have not taken advantage of all that we offer here, but this is my year: Scott's top 10 for 2010.Now, what you have to understand – and I have referred to it in many blogs – is that I am moderately to severely athletically challenged. More aptly put, I am a clutz. Sometimes, situations like that make me very nervous. And those nerves can breed what I call "the donkey laugh." A loud, honking hee haw of a laugh.
It surfaced once at a Moroccan restaurant that had a belly dancer. And she was very buxom. Well, she took a shine to me and gyrated and thrusted to the point that it was full tilt donkey city. I still can't eat couscous.
Where was I? Focus. OK. A few weeks ago, I got the opportunity to experience the brand new "Bridge Walk." What is it? The catwalk under the New River Gorge Bridge will be opened to the public for tours and we got a sneak peak. ACE, in partnership with others, is booking this trip in the coming season. And I must say it is MUST SEE. It was amazing to be out in the middle of the gorge on a 2 foot platform with tons of steel surrounding you while having a panoramic view of the snow-covered mountains.
The real story behind the poetic description is that I was scared to death. My last Bridge Day was decades ago so I took this as a mental challenge.
We meet at the base of the Bridge and Benji, the trip organizer, tells us what to expect. I could not understand a word he said. All I could hear was my heart beating. Now, I normally have high blood pressure, but this was stroke level. Luckily, it was a fun crowd and they didn't allow me to focus on the fear. I kept taking these deep lamaze-like breaths. I was chanting in my head like Tina Turner when she was leaving Ike. Calm, cool thoughts.
Cameras are snapping. People are excited and I am struck at how wrong this picture is. I could not wrap my mind around the fact that I was going to walk onto that catwalk out into the middle of the air and not run screaming like a raving lunatic. I didn't want to be a bad ACE representative. But if you want to talk out of your comfort zone, I was so far out of my comfort zone, I was in a different time zone. A friend of mine was there I had not seen for years, so the mini-reunion calmed me for a moment.
Crunch time. We start the walk. Benji gave me a good tip to look forward. Don't look down. I can do that. I was struck at what a truly amazing engineering feat this bridge actually is. The way the beams appeared like a basket woven over our head was like a garden pergola.
We are all egging each other on. Positive reinforcement. Then we make it to the middle of the bridge and we stop. Not the best idea. Benji was giving us the history of the bridge.
As I stood there silent, hints of the donkey laugh were surfacing. It seemed like we stood there forever. Beads of sweat were forming. My mouth was dry. My lips were chapped. In my mind, I started the Tina Turner chant.
Then the reunion with my friend turned into a recipe for disaster. He had his phone out taking pictures of himself, asking me to to take pictures of him. My hands are not leaving the railing, so take your own darn picture. Then he proceeded to take a picture of me and e-mail it to his wife – from the middle of the bridge. That took technology to a level that I am not comfortable with.
Finally, we start the walk back to the beginning. Slowly but surely, I did it. Once I descended the bridge a wave of adrenaline washed over me. I felt a little drunk, actually. I did it! And I had done it without Xanax and a Depend's undergarment. At my age, you have to be thankful for the battles you can win.
I encourage all of you to add this to your list. It is a unique way to re-experience the New River Gorge. If I can do it, you can, too. And you can make your trip without the donkey laugh.


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Installation Profiles as an "Everything in Code" Development Process
It seems everyone is talking about using Features for "everything in code" development, but what about installation profiles? In this presentation at the Downtown LA Drupal meetup at Droplabs on October 18, 2011, Victor Kane presents how this oft-overlooked part of Drupal core is available to us all and provides the tools needed for successful, repeatable development and deployment.
Victor Kane (@victorkane) is an Drupal developer and trainer with deep roots in the Los Angeles Drupal community. He is the author of Leveraging Drupal: Getting Your Site Done Right. This presentation is a continuation of his articles on the subject at http://awebfactory.com.ar/node/448 and http://awebfactory.com.ar/node/458
Video: http://blip.tv/ladrupal/episode/5660107 Comments: http://groups.drupal.org/node/178254#comments Slides: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcg2pmwb_109hpc8m8c4 |


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The $800+ Compact Disc
One of the concerns about conventional CDs and DVDs is that they will eventually lose their data at some point in the future.
In order to solve this problem, a Japanese recording engineer has developed the first compact disc made from glass. The discs are guaranteed not to warp or distort. "I wanted to make a CD that could be passed on to grandchildren," the glass CD's inventor, Suenori Fukui, said. In addition, the transparency of the discs is said to improve sound quality.
All this longevity and quality does come at a hefty pricetag though, 98,700 yen each. That's about $833 USD per disc.
Now I know that Fukui is concerned the potential for conventional CDs to warp or fade, but the way I handle my CDs, I'd be much more concerned about dropping my collection of $800+ glass CDs and having them shatter into a thousand tiny pieces.
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Dear readers, this invention is not Japanese. We are producing glass CD and DVD's already for many years. If Mr. Fukui is making these discs he is most probable infringing our patents.
For people concerned, the glass is tempered and does not break if you drop this on the floor.We have together NASA already 2 of these glass discs (in DVD format) on Mars!
Regards, Plasmon OMS, France


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Damon Baird and the roughnecks of Kilo Squad are on trial for their lives, dragged before a COG tribunal chaired by the incurably grumpy Colonel Loomis as Halvo Bay collapses in fetchingly rendered flames around their ears - and so, in a sense, is the Gears of War series at large.
An inevitably motley crew composed of new and returning characters, Kilo Squad stand accused of gross dereliction of duty, having gone AWOL in order to hunt down a particularly pesky Locust (a charge to which, in Baird's case, I'd add the crime of being the least amusing "comic relief" in videogames history). The charge against Gears in general is simpler, and more pressing: that of having existed for too long, with too little of genuine novelty to show for it.
It's an accusation levelled at many franchises of late, as the current generation of console hardware approaches its eighth and, per the PS4's announcement, final year - and publishers have proven devious in their attempts to demonstrate otherwise, rearranging the pieces and garlanding the board with ever-stupider "cinematic moments" and generally inessential tweaks.
Judgment's approach is cunning indeed - echoing Black Ops 2's "Pick 10" load-out refresh and Dead Space 3's weapon-crafting, it eschews genuine new features in favour of letting players take creative ownership of the guns, enemies and scenarios they're familiar with from prior games. That's possible thanks to the frame narrative, which sees Baird and co relating the events that led to their arrest. Accounts differ, as you'd expect, and in that difference lies Judgment's enormous, exhilarating strength as a sandbox shooter.
To play this game is to be continually asked how resilient and ambitious you're feeling, how much you're prepared to fiddle with the tools at your disposal. The main campaign is chopped into 49 sections, book-ended by gobbets of narration and purple-white Crimson Omen sigils denoting optional "Declassified" missions, which represent parts of Kilo's testimony the bigwigs have trouble believing. Triggering one ups the odds you'll face in the area ahead - not just by making the enemies tougher and more numerous, though that's occasionally the idea, but by imposing engagingly weird limitations on the player.
Even the most pedestrian of these variants throw preconceptions about Gears of War's well-honed style into harsh relief. You might be asked to fight a melee Locust type such as the shield-bearing Mauler with shotguns only, for instance, or ordered to see off an army of Wretches without the benefit of recharging health, or told to weasel a mortar crew out of a thicket of turrets and laser fences. The best of the bunch put strain on the visuals in a way that's bizarrely reminiscent of Eternal Darkness, as you struggle through chemical fumes in search of elusive snipers, or flail around in a haze of exaggerated damage spatter.
Fold in a new spawning system which spits out different enemy combos each time, plus RTS-lite scenarios where you rush to arrange turrets and tripwires before the Locust arrive, and you're looking at some serious replay value. Just as well, given the 5-10 hour completion time. With Bulletstorm's example clearly in the air, People Can Fly has added in a rating system which encourages showier (read: bloodier) performance - the more gibs you unleash, and the more heads you pop, the more Stars you'll get per area.
Scooping up 40 of these stars unlocks the Aftermath epilogue, which takes place alongside the events of Gears of War 3. It's a worthy unlock not so much for the paltry couple of hours playtime it adds, or for the light it sheds on the fates of certain characters, as for how it appraises you of just what a departure Judgment represents. There's barely a whiff of the main campaign's modular, choice-driven architecture here; indeed, it's tempting to conclude that Aftermath was originally a Gears 3 DLC pack, hurriedly pasted into Judgment in response to misgivings about its length.


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I. help explain how few of the remaining prisoners have any connection to terrorism, how some are civilians, and how others were foot soldiers for the Taliban, in an inter-Muslim civil war in Afghanistan that had nothing to do with 9/11, and very little to do with al-Qaeda. I also hope that it may contribute to the almost non-existent debate regarding the Authorization for Use of Military Force, and the administration's misplaced use of it to hold foot soldiers in Guantanamo, as well as highlighting other aspects of the habeas litigation, the military commissions, the moratorium on releasing Yemenis, and the decision to hold 48 of the prisoners indefinitely without charge or trial.
Demonstrations are planned in the US, Canada and Australia over the next three days in support of Manning, an army intelligence analyst who is being held at a military prison in Virginia ...Manning, 23, is also accused of involvement in WikiLeaks' exposure of a video of a US helicopter attack on apparently unarmed Iraqis in a Baghdad street. Two Reuters employees were among those killed.
The Associated Press does an important story about an intensive drone strike campaign by the US military since September 2 in southern Afghanistan and in Pakistan's North Waziristan that has left 60 persons dead, among them innocent civilians.
The Obama transport plan is like a Fannie Mae for bankers, based on the President's guiding mantra: "Let's help Wall Street put Americans back to work." The theory is that giving public guarantees and bailouts will enable financial managers to use some of the money to fund some projects that employ people – with newly created, non-unionized companies, presumably.
The decision to short-circuit the trial process is more than a misreading of the law; it's an egregious miscarriage of justice. That's obvious from a perusal of the plaintiffs' complaint. One said that while he was imprisoned in Egypt, electrodes were attached to his earlobes, nipples and genitals. A second, held in Morocco, said he was beaten, denied food and threatened with sexual torture and castration. A third claimed that his Moroccan captors broke his bones and cut him with a scalpel all over his body, and poured hot, stinging liquid into his open wounds.
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Have you ever read a great book, seen an inspiring movie, or heard a great joke, and thought, "I've got to share that!" Of course you have! Here are a few things from my Reader in the last week that inspired and motivated me, made me happy, sad, and angry, made my stomach growl, and made me laugh.
Before we get on with the link love, I was asked to share this information about an upcoming Twitter Chat:
Fitness Magazine (@FitnessMagazine) and Aetna (@Aetna) are hosting a Twitter Chat this Thursday, September 12, from 2-3 pm Eastern time. The topic is "What's Your Healthy?" Healthy can mean many things to different people. They want to find out what it means to you. Hashtag #AetnaMyHealthy.
I always find it interesting that, with no planning on my part, different topics and areas take precedence each week. Last week I had tons of vegan recipes, in another post I will share lots of blogging info. This week I find that I'm heavy on the Food for Thought category. Just a random thought. When I select posts to share I do it kind of on the run. As I'm browsing through my reader, I mark a post to save as I go, then go back when I start to write this post. I always have to weed it way down because there is a whole bunch of good stuff to share.
That being said, I sure that, whatever your favorite topics, you'll find some interesting things to read here. Enjoy!
Vegan Inspiration
Oh She Glows, Ultimate 4-Layer Vegan Sandwich. Hurray! Angela's participating in Vegan Mofo! I'm expecting lots of great recipes this month, including this 4-layer sandwich. Yum!
SpaBettie, Buffalo Jack Sliders. Jackfruit + Buffalo sauce = Spicy Deliciousness.
Running & Fitness Inspiration
rUnladylike, Competing Against Life. Ever have to make the choice between your training and your non-athletic life? We all do. Jesica puts it in perspective.
Miss Zippy, Five Things I've Learned from Low Heart Rate Training. I've been watching Amanda's low heart rate training experiment with interest. Here are a few insights that she has learned in the process.
Blogging Inspiration
Hub Spot, The Complete Guide to Updating and Republishing Outdated Blog Content. If you wonder why this is important for your blog traffic (and it is), you need to read this post.
Blogelina, Balancing a Blog and Home Commitments: 4 Very Helpful Tips. If you're reading this, you probably write a blog. And if you write a blog you know how it can suck up your time. Here are some great tips to help you find balance.
The SITS Girls, How to Write About Hot Topics with Style and Grace. If you've ever written about a controversial topic and had it "blow up" you will appreciate Kimberly's advice here.
Food for Thought
Fit and Feminist, Some Thoughts about Media Coverage of Diana Nyad's Swim. Did you see much coverage of Diana Nyad's epic swim? I thought not. As always, I love ready Caitlin's perspective.
Miz Fit Online, We're Not Dogs.We've Earned Better. It's not often you get to see Carla ticked off, so hop on over and enjoy her rant.
No Meat Athlete, Vitamin B-12 and the Case for (and Against) a Plant Based Diet. It is true that vegans can't get vitamin B-12 from their plant based diet. Matt reflects on what that means in a vegan lifestyle.
Kitten a Go-Go, Why I dumped my Obstetrician. Your relationship with your OB is one of the most important that you will have. Read why Danielle chose to switch in mid-pregnancy.
FitKnitChick, This is Your Body on Sugar: The Science Behind Food Cravings. This is simply a great post from Tamara about why we have sweet cravings. Hint: It's not because you are a weak bad person who just can't say no.
Amazing Asset, Confidence, When Only Physical Appearance is Considered. A personal post from Tessa about how achieving so-called physical perfection doesn't lead to confidence or happiness.
Now it's your turn! Have your read (or written) something that needs to be shared? Please do!


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on June 10, 2013Related: "Why the Best King Will Never Win the Game of Thrones"
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This season, getting your manhood snipped and shipped off to your father wasn't even the worst thing that could happen to you...
Verdict: The Starks have shattered. Bran is going beyond the Wall, towards the zombie apocalypse. Arya is reduced to committing murders in the woods, traveling with a killer whose only reaction to a child committing a murder is to grumble about the hassle of it all. Rickon is off in the wilderness, with hostile Bolton forces assuming the mantle of Warden of the North. Sansa is trapped in King's Landing still, with her husband steadily descending into alcoholism. Robb is murdered, paraded through the burning remains of his army with Grey Wind's head cruelly sewn to his neck. And Catelyn is still dead.
Verdict: Not much better than House Stark, as Walder Frey gleefully notes to Lord Bolton. Edmure was in chains on his wedding night, and the Blackfish is one man, on the run back home with no real prospects for bouncing back. The only thing keeping them ahead of the Starks is the fact that their lord is a man grown, and he's still alive.
Verdict: The Greyjoys, on the other hand, have a different sort of misfortune. Sure, their heir is a man grown, and he's still alive, but he'll also be the end of the line thanks to Lord Bolton's bastard, Ramsay Snow. But they still hold the North, and Balon is going to keep holding it, no matter how many pieces of Theon he gets in the mail.
Verdict: We now know that Stannis is on his way to reinforce the troops the Watch lost north of the Wall. Unfortunately, until he gets there, they're still down three hundred men with all the forces of the Wild coming towards them. They've earned the middle spot for the finale, but they're capable of going either way very quickly.
Verdict: Stannis is going to separate himself from the political plot for the duration, which will save him the risk of Tywin plotting an assassination. That immediately puts him a head up on Robb Stark Balon Greyjoy, who means to continue fighting for control of the realm, rather than for the realm itself.
Verdict: Large and in charge, just as they were at the end of last season. The only thing that can bring down the Lannisters is Joffrey's stupidity. Deliberately insulting the two men that saved his throne last season, especially Tywin, who no longer feels the need to hide the fact that he's the one ruling the realm, is hardly good for Joff's health. Not that any of us are rooting for him to see his first facial hair, of course.
Verdict: This one is tricky. Sure, Dany just bolstered her ranks again and conquered a city in an evening with apparently just three men but look around her. That is a desert she and her men are marching through, and she's suddenly got thousands more mouths to feed. How quickly will they turn against their 'mother' once hunger sets in? So, she's on top for now, but there's no telling for how much longer.
See you in three hundred days, bastards, beheaders, and betrayers.
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