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CHAPMANVILLE — It's do or die time for the Chapmanville Regional High School boys' basketball team.
A win over Mingo Central on Wednesday night at Logan in the Class AA sectional tournament and the Tigers are in the section finals and will automatically advance to next week's regionals.
A loss and it's over.
Just like that.
The No. 9-ranked Tigers (17-5) come into the sectionals as the No. 2 seed. Unranked Mingo Central (11-11) is the third seed and have lost to Chapmanville twice during the regular season by scores of 53-27 and 54-45.
The slate is clear, however, and Mingo Central, which has shown improvement in the last month-plus of the regular season with the acquisition of 6-foot-7 Kentucky transfer Dikembe Dixson, will be tough to beat.
Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. at Logan High School's Willie Akers Arena. Game 1 on Wednesday at 6 p.m. pits No. 4 seed Wayne (12-10) against No. 1 seed and tournament favorite Scott (15-6).
The two semifinal winners advance to Friday night's championship game at 7:30 p.m., also at Logan. Both teams will advance to the Class AA regional tournament.
Wayne advanced with last Saturday's 63-47 victory over county rival Tolsia at Logan. The young Rebels had a disastrous season and finished with a 1-21 record.
Chapmanville is looking for its first trip to the regional tourney since 2010 when the Tigers, then coached by Harry Kirk, beat Scott (72-71) and lost to Tug Valley (72-60) in the sectional finals before falling to Sissonville (63-53) in the regional tourney at Riverside High School.
That left Chapmanville one game short of its all-elusive first-ever trip to the state tournament.
The Tigers closed out 17-8 that season.
Chapmanville was then eliminated in the sectionals in the 2011 and 2012 seasons under Kirk as the Tigers lost 71-54 to Tug Valley in '11 and then fell 58-43 to Tolsia in the '12 tourney. Chapmanville won 73-37 over Wayne in the 2012 sectional tourney play-in game. CRHS finished 13-10 in 2011 and 16-8 in 2012.
The Tigers' luck did not improve any last season under new coach Allan Hatcher as Chapmanville saw its season come to a close at 14-10 after falling 38-35 to Tolsia in the section tourney semifinals.
The challenge and goal for this year's Tigers is simple.
Beat Mingo Central.
Win the sectional championship on Friday night.
Then win in the regional tourney co-championship game next week and make history by becoming the first-ever boys' basketball team from Chapmanville to qualify for the state tournament.
The Tigers have certainly been there before.
Chapmanville's boys have fallen short of the state tourney many times, often losing in regional championship games in the 1990s and 2000s.
CRHS hopes to change that this year.
The Tigers must get past Mingo Central first.
The Miners, coached by Harts native and former Logan High School assistant coach Brad Napier, have had an up and down season but are looking to pull off a surprise win over Chapmanville tonight.
"I think Mingo Central has gotten better as the season has progressed," Coach Hatcher said. "Their players seem to be more comfortable with the Dixson kid who moved in in the middle of the year. They have played a lot of games here in the latter part of the season."
Senior Alex Lee and Dixson were two of the Cardinal Conference's leading scorers this season along with Chapmanville's 6-0 junior guard Josh Butcher, who came to CRHS this year after transferring from Riverside. He averages about 17 points a game and is a prolific 3-point shooter.
Lee is averaging about 16 per game and also pulls down about eight rebounds. Since joining the team in mid-season, Dixson is averaging about 17 per game. Dalton Hatfield scores about 10 per game.
Other top Miners include Stephen Hammond, Julius Hatcher, Mali May and Deonte Joplin.
In the first meeting between the two teams this season, Chapmanville went to Mingo Central and steamrolled the Miners 53-27, holding Mingo Central to an arctic cold 19.5 percent shooting from the floor on 8-for-41 shooting.
Chapmanville was 20-for-43 from the field for 46.5 percent and led the Miners 14-8 after one quarter, 21-13 at the half and 43-22 after three with a 22-9 edge in the third period. A 10-5 advantage by Chapmanville in the fourth quarter set the final score.
The Tigers also owned the boards, outrebounding Mingo Central 31-21.
Senior Brady Cox, who stands 6-5, led Chapmanville with 16 points on 8-of-11 shooting. Butcher tossed in 12 points, while Kenny Plumley, a 6-4 senior forward, had 11.
Plumley also blocked three shots in the game.
Point guard Trey Dalton led Chapmanville in assists with five.
Cox finished with a double-double as he also hauled down 13 rebounds. Plumley had eight boards.
Lee had 11 points to pace the Miners.
In the second game, Mingo Central brought aboard Dixson as the transfer played his second ever game with the Miners.
The game was much better but the Tigers still came out on top with a 54-45 victory over the boys in the Carolina Blue.
Dixson finished with 17 points to lead all scorers. He blocked four shots, altered several others and made his presense known on the defensive side of the court.
Chapmanville, though, seemed to negate his size advantage with the combined inside play of 6-5 Cox, 6-4 Plumley, 6-2 Zac Casto and 6-2 Jon Williamson.
The Tigers also limited Dixson's open-court transition game and made him shoot jumpers.
It worked for Chapmanville as the Tigers won on Senior Night.
Plumley led Chapmanville with 16 points.
The Tigers also got 12 from Butcher and eight from Joe Tackett.
Dixson has been a journeyman prep basketball player. Two years ago, he played his high school ball at Ashland (Ky.) Paul Blazer. Last year, he played for Thomas Nelson High School in the Bardstown, Ky., area.
Mingo Central makes three schools in three years for Dixson.
He came to the Miners along with his 6-6 cousin, Montrell Dixson. Montrell, however, has not suited up this season reportedly due to academic issues.
The Tigers never trailed in the second meeting and led 16-12 after one quarter, 26-21 at the half and 38-32 after three.
The Miners also got 12 points from Lee.
Due to Chapmanville's reshuffling of its schedule because of the weather and the water issues which plague teams from Boone County and the Kanawha Valley region in January, the Tigers played its last seven games on the road, going 5-2.
CRHS dropped the first two of those road games at Scott (73-67) and at Cardinal Conference champion and possible regional foe Poca (68-35) before reeling off five straight wins.
Chapmanville split with Scott this season, also taking a 57-55 win at home on Jan. 3.
Hatcher said the Tigers have improved throughout the season.
"I think our basketball team has gotten better," he said. "We've been on the road the last seven games and we've had to play better. That's one thing that playing on the road has done for us. We've had seven straight away games because of the weather situation and we had to change some things around. We've won five in a row now. We're better now than we've been all year long and the kids are excited to play."
The Miners may try to limit the touches and shots of Butcher, who has proven to be deadly this season when left open at the 3-point arc.
"We have three guys who are averaging in double figures," Hatcher said. "And we have two other guys who are pretty close to that. We have a pretty balanced basketball team. Our team has been really good about sharing the ball. They are very unselfish. If they try to shut one person off we have someone else who will step up."
Hatcher said his team is excited about the post-season.
"It's very exciting for our team and for our community," he said. "People are excited about this basketball game on Wednesday night. It's a doubleheader with Wayne and Scott. Our basketball team is very excited about playing."
The winner moves on and will be guaranteed at least two more games.
The loser will see its season come to an end.
"If you lose you go home," Hathcer said. "There's a lot riding on this game. Our kids know that. It will be a really good game. I have really enjoyed this group that I've got this year. We're 17-5 and we're playing our best basketball. It's the right time to be doing that."
Napier said the Tigers will be tough to beat.
"We had our chances to win at Chapmanville," he said. "They killed us on the boards. At one time in the first half they outrebounded us 21-4. We have to keep them off the offensive glass and make them work for everything they get. In tournament basketball you have to play good defense, rebound and execute your offense. We need to do all three of those to win."
Napier said he knows that in both games with Chapmanville this season his team did not shoot well. They will need to shoot a high percentage to win Wednesday and will try to get some better looks at the basket.
Mingo Central is coming off a heartbreaking loss to county rival Tug Valley. The Miners were leading in that game, but faltered in the end to lose 55-53.
— Kyle Lovern of the Williamson Daily News contributed to this report.
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2013-14 Boys' Basketball Schedule (17-5):
Dec. 14: Liberty-Raleigh (Nationwide Classic), W 65-52
Dec. 17: at Herbert Hoover, W 59-40
Dec. 21: vs. North Marion (Hoops Classic, Charleston Civic Center), W 72-43
Dec. 23: Lincoln County, W 68-36
Dec. 27: Mount View (Bob Runyon Memorial Holiday Tournament), W 62-33
Dec. 28: Riverside (Bob Runyon Memorial Holiday Tournament), L 69-72 (OT)
Jan. 3: Scott, W 57-55
Jan. 14: Man, W 58-47
Jan. 15: at Mingo Central, W 53-27
Jan. 18: Sissonville, W 69-54
Jan. 24: Wayne, L 59-62 (OT)
Jan. 28: Herbert Hoover, W 47-34
Jan. 31: Tolsia, W 67-40
Feb. 1: Poca, L 43-53
Feb. 5: Mingo Central, W 54-45
Feb. 7: at Scott, L 67-73
Feb. 11: at Poca, L 35-68
Feb. 17: at Lincoln County, W 79-38
Feb. 21: at Wayne, W 68-42
Feb. 22: at Sissonville, W 61-39
Feb. 25: at Man, W 90-58
Feb. 26: at Tolsia, W 80-41
March 5: vs. Mingo Central (2A sectionals at Logan), 8 p.m.


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Mohit Mayur and Ramkumar combine well to take doubles crown
Arjun Kadhe continued to be the thorn in the flesh for the Tamil Nadu camp as he beat R. Ramkumar 6-3, 6-2 in the men's semifinals of the Fenesta National tennis championship at the DLTA Complex here on Friday.
Wild card Kadhe, who has already beaten four Tamil Nadu players, will challenge the top-seeded Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, who downed third-seeded Siddharth Rawat, dropping just one game.
In the doubles final, there was some cheer for the talented youngsters, Mohit Mayur and Ramkumar, who beat Vivek Shokeen and Kaza Vinayak Sharma.
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She and Doug married in 2003 after reconnecting at her sister's wedding. The two met during high school at a debate meet years earlier, but she had branded Doug as a geek. The second time was different; they were both mature and ready to settle down. Halsted wanted to share her wanderlust with Doug. They decided to forego a big wedding and instead spend the money on travel. Their first big trip was to London. "Doug had been in the Army for 10 years. He had been overseas but never had a passport," she says. A year and two days after they married, Brenna was born. She took her first trip three months later. "When they are that little, they are portable," Halsted says. Still, she was searching for tips on the Internet on how to travel with babies. There was a lot of information but nothing substantive. She told Doug: "I am going to tell people how to do it." She started writing a blog, sharing her thoughts and tips on where and how to travel with children. "People actually started responding to what I wrote. Then it became highly addictive," she says. Her first blog was called Have Kid Will Travel. In 2010 she hired an attorney and turned her blog into a business. She renamed the blog Family Rambling. She added a second blog called Ireland with Kids, about traveling in the Emerald Isle. "Family travel seems to have blossomed," she says. There are plenty of things to do that satisfy both adults and children when they travel. And if you start traveling when your children are young, you can develop good travelers, she says. "When you travel with children it gives you a whole different perspective," she says. "Adults tend to lose their perspective of awe." Halsted has been to Ireland five times and is planning a twoweek family trip there in the spring. Her dream job would be to live in Ireland and write her travel blogs from there. But she also likes to travel short distances, too. "Every place has something special about it," she says. Hampton, Ia., for instance, is full of cute boutiques and an old courthouse that would appeal to history and architecture buffs. The blogging and freelance work allow her to be with her daughters, who are active in dance and gymnastics. She knows as the girls get older they may not want to travel as much. And Halsted is always careful to monitor if her work interferes with family life. "Having a supportive husband is very necessary for a job like this," she says. "We have an annual powwow and talk about it. If there is no support in the family for what I am doing, then it won't work." For now she is still living her dream. "Five years ago I didn't have a clue that this would be something other than a hobby." Travel tips � Travel blogger Jody Halsted gives her tips for keeping travel costs down. � Make travel a priority by cutting costs at home, like eating out less, trimming clothing budgets. � Consider camping while on the road. � Take advantage of cool places within driving distances. "Kansas City and St. Louis are both amazing." � Travel in the offseason. "It's all doable if you plan it well." � Opt for alternative transportation. Mega Bus offers great fares to Chicago, for example. When you travel with children it gives you a whole different perspective. Adults tend to lose their perspective of awe. Halsted's blogs familyrambling.com Travel blogger Jody Halsted at her home in Ankeny, with her daughters Caelan, 5, and Brenna, 7. irelandwithkids.com Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 9 INTERESTING WOMEN Winter respite A DES MOINES WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND MAKE A POINT TO MAKE AT LEAST ONE MAJOR TRIP EACH YEAR I By JENNIFER MILLER f you ask Vicki Facto what her favorite trip to points afar has been, expect a long pause. You can almost watch the vacation slideshow flash through her brain as she mulls the possibilities. "I just could not pick a most favorite trip." Pause. "No, I really can't." Vicki and Tim Facto have arranged their lives around their travel lust. In each of the 21 years they have been married, they have taken a trip, though only the last seven or eight each have been a whole month. Now, Tim is retired from the railroad, so that's easy. Vicki, 46, is vice president for commercial real estate lending at Bankers Trust and has to deal with career logistics more. When she started at Banker's Trust, she told them up front that she'd like to take her vacation in a one-month lump. They agreed. "I'm really lucky," Facto says, "that they allow me to do that." The annual wintertime trips often revolve around two things: warmth and snorkeling. They also enjoy biking and hiking. It follows then that one of the couple's favorite destinations has been Mexico, though they try to visit someplace different each time. "We've traveled on both the Pacific side and the Caribbean side," Facto says, "and we've spent a lot of time on the Yucatan Peninsula. We've probably been to Mexico at least 20 times. We really enjoy that culture and especially the Mayan people." They have also traveled in Central America and Ireland. The Factos are not big on hanging out in cities or resorts, preferring to get more immersed in local culture by staying in small towns. They also leave room for flexibility in their itinerary, starting with a few must-sees or must-dos and going from there. "We pick a few sights and nail down the places that we really need reservations and then loosely plan around those. We don't usually make a lot of hotel reservations in advance," Facto says, since they usually Vicki Facto shows some of the things that help her travel the world. She and her husband, Tim, are working on their next adventure. Photo by Andrea Melendez 10 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 stay away from touristy spots. "We probably fall somewhere between travelers and vacationers." They often rely on chance encounters to fill out the rest of their trips. "The best sources of information are other travelers and locals," Facto insists. "If you go to the local hangout -- like in Ireland, it was the pubs -- you'd strike up a conversation with a local guy and the next thing you know there's people all around, marking up your map and talking about what you should see." Their approach to travel not only suits their personalities ("we're very lucky that we're such compatible travelers," says Facto, referring to her husband) it makes the trips doable budget-wise. They don't necessarily "save up," Facto says, but, "We've always been pretty conservative with our money and we're not extravagant travelers. I would say we're more budget travelers -- which might not suit everybody, but it works for us. Everybody chooses how they want to spend their money and we choose to spend ours on traveling." Going light is another hallmark of Vicki and Tim's peripatetic pastime. According to Vicki, they wouldn't even check bags if it weren't for airlines' restrictions on liquids in carry-ons. "I can pretty much get everything I need in one carry-on. And one thing I've discovered is that there is always somewhere to get laundry done." Besides their yearly "big trip," the Factos usually take a much smaller car trip in the United States, where they load up their bikes and hit the road. "We're starting on national parks now," Facto says. "Ken Burns (director of PBS's "The Along the Hiawatha Bike Trail in Idaho. Provided photo National Parks: America's Best Idea") inspired us." On Vicki's bucket list is pretty much all of Europe. Tim traveled around Europe years ago, so it's not as much a priority for him, Vicki says, "but I'll get him back there." Also on the list: everywhere else. "There's just not enough time or money to do it all...," Facto says, trailing off wistfully. Travel tips Vicki Facto gives her tips for trimming travel expenses and getting the most from your trip. � Don't pay for a lot of official, guided tours. Ask locals for recommendations of the best sights. � Stay in places that have kitchens and prepare your own meals from ingredients found at local shops. � Pick quieter, more out-of-theway places to stay. They will be less expensive and will allow you to experience the culture in a way that a resort doesn't. � Check out Lonely Planet's travel guides. � Be flexible, so you can take advantage of opportunities you didn't know about. � Go where the people are and interact with them. You are sure to meet people who can point you to places you might not know about. The best sources of information are other travelers and locals. Hiking in the Badlands in South Dakota. Provided photo Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 11 SHOP SHOP Avoid filling out a luggage tag at the airport by purchasing these ($5.50 apiece), Accents & Interiors. 12 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 Baggallini's cross-body bag ($54.95) is easy to pack and won't weigh you down during sightseeing. Landmark Luggage. TRAVEL in style By SARAH DOSE � Photos by ERIC ROWLEY You might have beautiful clothes to take on your trip, but what about beautiful things to accompany them? These bags and accessories will help you feel like a complete traveler with a put-together sense of style. It packs up small, but this umbrella ($35), is seriously fullsized. Back Country Outfitters. Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 13 SHOP Off to a fancy dinner? These stunning pieces are all from Alexis Bittar's 2012 resort collection. LEFT: Long coral necklace ($595). BELOW: Coral chandelier earrings ($345). RIGHT, OPPOSITE PAGE: Vine Tear vearrings ($245). All from Sahar's. BELOW: A bright clutch handles just the bare necessities and adds pop to your outfit. Purse ($36), B Posh. 14 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 SHOP Lug's bright Puddle Jumper bag ($88) and two-step cosmetic bag ($33) are perfect companions on day trips. Accents & Interiors. Shop the looks Accents & Interiors 2701 N.W. 86th St., Urbandale; (515) 276-7201 B Posh 2721 N.W. 86th St., Urbandale; (515) 334-7674 Back Country Outfitters 2702 Beaver Ave.; (515) 255-0031; theoriginalbackcountry.com Landmark Luggage Inside Valley West Mall, 1551 Valley West Drive, West Des Moines; (515) 223-0999 Sahar's 4100 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines; (515) 225-7952 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 15 SHOP RIGHT: A hard case means no smashed-up umbrella during a spontaneous storm. Knirps umbrella ($49.95), Landmark Luggage. BELOW: Keep your excursions straight with a Swiss Military watch ($150), Back Country Outfitters. ABOVE: Have water on hand any time with Platypus' collapsable container ($7.95), Landmark Luggage. LEFT: A traveling toothbrush ($16.50), and Lug's inflatable pillow/blanket ($33) are a must for road trips. Accents & Interiors. 16 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 ABOVE: Perfect for a weekend are Vera Bradley's large duffel in "Watercolor" print ($84) and Lug's Puddle Jumper overnight bag in Grass ($84.95), Landmark Luggage. RIGHT: Spruce up a musty hotel room with a Capri Blue candle in "Volcano" scent ($18), B Posh. ABOVE: Assorted luggage tags ($4.95 apiece), Landmark Luggage. LEFT: Vera Bradley bags in the brand new "Island Blooms" print include the grand traveler bag with shoulder strap ($118), the laptop sleeve ($38) and hatbox cosmetic case ($48), Accents & Interiors. Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 17 CAREERS&MONEY Framing a career Angela Williams traded her briefcase for a shop of frames in a career change that fulfilled a dream By PATT JOHNSON � Photos by MARY CHIND "I decided to open The Great Frame Up after several international trips, where I met artists," she said. She shared her perspective on being a businesswoman and its successes and struggles: Q. Why did you choose the franchise route? A. They offered a good back-office support, experience and a wide variety of resources in the industry. Q. What kind of vetting process did you go through before choosing The Great Frame Up as opposed to some other franchise? A. I wanted to make sure it was something that I could get excited about when I got up in the morning -- something I had a passion for over an extended period. I've always loved art and enjoy meeting new artists and working with customers on their personal family projects. C Q. What are your job responsibilities? hicago native Angela Williams changed up her life six years ago and gave up corporate law for entrepreneurship. of the Arts in November 2006 and I'm still open today -- February 2012." The Avenue of the Arts was designated as the location for art galleries and similar shops in West Glen, which originally opened as an urban retail, office and residential development. The center has struggled to blossom and has had high turnover and empty shops in recent years. Williams practiced law for 13 years before changing directions. She graduated from Washington University Law School in St. Louis in 1993 and practiced law in Chicago before moving to Des Moines in 1999 to work for Maytag Corp. as in-house counsel. A. I am the salesperson, designer, framer, marketer, advertiser, networker, rainmaker, maintenance, repair, merchandiser, receptionist, bill payer, inventory-keeper, orderplacer and a few other hats. Q. Why did you choose West Glen? A. West Glen had the street called Avenue of the Arts and it promised to be one filled with galleries and fun, interesting shops. It was also located near my target market. "I had fulfilled my dream of law, and I decided I wanted to do something creative," she said in an interview after opening her art and frame shop The Great Frame Up in West Glen Town Center in West Des Moines in 2006. Williams, 43, has struggled keeping a steady stream of customers in tough economic times but has persisted. "It has been tough. But I continue to stay positive. Praise God I'm still open," she said recently. "I was the third store open on Avenue 18 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 Q. What has been the biggest challenge in running your own business? A. Keeping all the hats in place and generating a steady flow of business. Q. What has been the best part of running the shop? A. This Christmas we did a special project for a dear customer's mother as a memorial to her father. It was very unique and when we shared it with her she just broke out in tears. I gave her a big hug and shared my heart with her. It's not easy losing a loved one and it's wonderful to be able to help them remember the good times. Q. Every thought about going back into law? A. Sure. At this time, I'm focused and staying in my purpose. To continue to provide custom framing, feature local artists and gifts to the Des Moines community. Q. What are some of the biggest challenges facing women entrepreneurs in general? Financing, competition, male-dominated industries, opportunities? A. Often it has to do with resources, access to capital and spheres of influence. Many are successful in business by their skills, sure. Skills and doing good work are very important, however, much has to do with the people you know who can significantly impact your business. Q. How did you overcome those challenges? A. Lots of prayer, favor, grace and mercy. ISED (Iowans for Social and Economic Development) was very helpful and continues to be a huge supporter. Consistent marketing of the brand -- "The Great Frame Up -- where picture framing is an art." Also, strategic networking -- not just meeting new people but following up with those who you might be able to collaborate with on a variety of projects for the community or on their behalf. Q. How has your business changed since you opened? A. A lot has changed. The industry continues to raise its prices and the market has seen many ups and downs. More people are looking for quality and a fair price. Q. How have you fared during the economic crisis the past few years? A. It has been tough. But I continue to stay positive. Praise God I'm still open. I was the third store open on Avenue of the arts in November 2006 and I'm still The Great Frame Up INFO: 5515 Mills Civic Parkway, Suite 150, West Des Moines (515) 226-2310 HOURS: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, Friday; 10 a.m.-8 pm. Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. opened today February 2011. Q. What advice would you give other women who might be considering starting a business? Pray Save more money than you think you'll need. Get a good business plan. Stay focused. Seek out wise advisors. MASSAGES . FACIALS . BODY TREATMENTS SPA PACKAGES . WAXING . 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Miss Me skinny jeans ($76.50), Perfectly Twisted. ON TERI SWEENEY (opposite page): Ya Los Angeles polkadot top in cinnamon ($32), Stone Blue "Taylor Trouser" jeans ($128), Back Country Outfitters; Lounge "Wish" tank ($27), Perfectly Twisted. ON TERI: Babette blouse ($275) and crushed pleated skirt ($270), Susan Brown aquamarine rosin beaded necklace ($145), Mr. B. 22 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 ON JODY: Milly Stripe Boyfriend Cardi ($295), and lace shorts ($220), Sahar's. ON JOLEEN ROSKAMP: 213 by Michelle Kim dress ($129), necklace ($29), B Posh. ON TERI: Joseph Ribkoff "Modele" pants ($148), Joseph Ribkoff blouse ($215), Mr. B. Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 23 ON JODY: Ya Los Angeles top ($27.50) and MEK jeans ($109), The Funky Zebras. ON TERI: Nanette Lepore "Dazzle Me" top ($248) and "Miss Arizona" skirt with high/ low hem ($328), Sahar's. ON JOLEEN: Young, Broke and Fabulous dolman-sleeve top ($99), Miss Me trouser jeans ($98), Perfectly Twisted. 24 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 ON JOLEEN: Milly tucked sheath dress ($320) and "Effie" coat ($520), Sahar's. ON JOLEEN: Zoa top ($129), tank ($29), necklace ($29), and DL 1961 jeans ($168), all from B Posh. 26 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 Shop the looks B Posh 2721 N.W. 86th St., Urbandale; (515) 334-7674 Back Country Outfitters 2702 Beaver Ave.; (515) 255-0031; theoriginalbackcountry.com The Funky Zebras 305 S.E. Oralabor Road, Ankeny; (515) 964-0332 thefunkyzebras.com Mr. B 1995 N.W. 86th St., Clive; (515) 276-8589; mrbclothing.com Perfectly Twisted Inside Vesta Salon & Spa, 305 S.E. Oralabor Road, Suite B, Ankeny; (515) 964-3939; perfectlytwistedboutique.com Sahar's 4100 Westown Parkway, West Des Moines; (515) 225-7952; sahars.com Photos shot at IKONIX Studio in the East Village. ON JODY: Henry & Belle skinny jeans ($130), Ya Los Angeles contrast-stripe pocket top ($30), Back Country Outfitters. Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 27 BEAUTY All about By JENNIFER MILLER � Photos by ERIC ROWLEY EYEBROWS T he first thing you should know about your eyebrows, esthetician Carly Iverson says, is that they're all different. Even your two brows differ from each other. "They are sisters," says Iverson, who works at Sahar's in West Des Moines, "but they're not twins. They're never going to look exactly the same." The other thing you have to resign yourself to, according to Iverson, is that there's only so much interfering you can do. "You can't force eyebrows to grow in a direction they don't want to. A lot of people have that misconception." Yes, you can shape them and manipulate their furriness, Iverson says. "But your eyebrows will arch where they're going arch... ." And yes, they are important aesthetic features. "They're like little picture frames for your face," Iverson says. Now that we've got all that cleared up, we'll let Iverson give us the rundown on beautiful brows. Find your perfect arch and tame your grays with these helpful tips Esthetician Carly Iverson waxes Shonda Smith's eyebrows at Sahar's in West Des Moines. BEFORE For brow shaping, tweezing is not ideal; waxing is ideal. "I'm not big on putting tweezers in the hands of my clients," Iverson says. "It's too easy to get carried away. It's OK for minor, in-betweenwaxes maintenance but..." (And by the way, people � we don't call it plucking; that's for chickens.) Waxing is best left to a professional. Iverson says she had been working on others' brows for five years before she got up the nerve to wax her own. She recommends getting brows waxed every four weeks and no tweezing in between appointments. For sparse brows, Iverson says there is a product that is effective in regrowing them called LiBrow, which stimulates follicles to go back to their growing phase. The product uses the same ingredients as the lash-growing Latisse, and there are no known side effects listed on the product's website. AFTER Shonda Smith's eyebrows, before and after waxing. 28 Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 The ideal eyebrow shape for any given face can be judged using a pencil and a mirror. Start all three measurements (outside edge, arch and inside edge) with a pencil held starting at the outside bottom corner of one nostril. For the outside edge (closest to the ear) of your brow, angle the pencil so it lines up with the outside corner of your eye. The brow should come down to meet the pencil. Now angle the pencil 45 degrees, so it crosses your pupil. This is where the arch should land. To locate where the inside edge of the brow should be, hold the pencil straight up and down. Permanent makeup, or cosmetic tattooing, is available for eyebrows, as well as for lip and eyeliner. This is a good option for someone who has permanently lost all brow hair, Iverson says. "It's a commitment, though, so people shouldn't take it lightly." There are better ways to deal with stray gray hairs than tweezing. Tinting them with dye is one option, or you can tint them every day using eyebrow powder followed with eyebrow gel. "Eyebrow pencil can look too heavy; powder looks much more natural." According to Iverson, almost everyone could stand to fill in their brows some. For unruly grays, especially ones hogging the middle of the brow, tweezing is not advised. Instead, Iverson says, "Take an eyebrow comb, spray it with a little hairspray and try to tame the gray hair." BEFORE AFTER Amanda Henry's eyebrows, before and after waxing. Des Moines WOMAN | February 2012 29 HEALTH Motivational lessons Keep your New Year's resolution in check with these tips hat New Year's resolution to lose weight and get fit sure sounded like a great idea back in January. Now, a few weeks into the regimen? Not so much. Statistics from the University of Scranton prove how tough it is to maintain those goals: One-quarter of folks making resolutions break them after one week; 36 percent break them after one month. By six months, less than half have maintained their resolutions. Local fitness and weight-loss experts offer these six tips to hit your goal: By ESTELA VILLANUEVA-WHITMAN � Photo special to Des Moines Woman T SEEK HELP Luke Aduddell, vice president/ co-owner of Aspen Athletics, said a majority of people joining a gym will quit if they haven't received individualized help -- either paid or free. "Unless they get with a trainer who acclimates them to the club, makes them feel comfortable and gives them a basic game plan, the odds of success are very small," he said. Aspen members receive two free sessions with a trainer and fitness counselors call new members weekly for the first eight weeks to retain and assist them. Weight Watchers also offers programs to help new members get off to a great start, said Pam Nida, a Des Moines-area leader. Meetings can also provide tips, planning and motivation. their outings. Angie Gallagher, a certified personal trainer and owner of Fitness with Angie, finds a heart rate monitor beneficial for clients. The device looks like a watch, with a strap that wraps around the ribcage. Some can track calories and store information online. Gallagher also uses a Wi-Fi scale that transfers weight and body mass index to an iPhone or password-protected website. The results can be easily sent to a physician, or shared on Facebook or Twitter, which provides even more accountability. TRY A GADGET TO MEASURE RESULTS Trainers at Aspen use the Apex Bodybugg armband, the same tool used by contestants on "The Biggest Loser," to track calories consumed and burned. There are also multiple apps available online to set workout reminders, and watches that include GPS for runners to track USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM Success increases when members have a comfort group, Aduddell said. Aspen has 50 full-time trainers who help with individuals, buddy sessions or small groups. A more intense program, Total Body Evolution, provides support in a larger group six days a week. 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The most recent street figures to get this much attention were the incredibly prolific graffiti writer Kuma and, more recently, an anonymous vandal who's been throwing paint on other people's work, earning the notorious nickname "the Splasher." But rather than getting up all over the city with a simple tag or wrecking other people's art with mindless splatterings, Deuce Seven produced much more striking work.
"Finally someone with a new style in NY!" proclaimed Mosco, a graffiti writer and painter, under one photo on Flickr.
"He/She is so different than everything else I've seen on the streets of NYC," wrote fellow Flickr user Soupflowers.
Gothamist's Jake Dobkin, who also runs an online street-art collection called Streetsy, declared, "New King in Town: Deuce Seven."
But there was one strange hitch. Turns out that New York's New King lives in Minneapolis.
Deuce Sevenwho declines to give his real namecame to the East Coast for the first time on January 10, arriving with a backpack of spray cans he'd stolen from a Minnesota Home Depot, some painted boards, and an open invitation to sleep on a Brooklyn couch. The lanky 21-year-old spent three and a half weeks biking around, photographing other street artists' works, drinking at bars, crashing a party here and there, hanging with established names like Dark Cloud and Gore.B, and painting New York. Then he went home.
Deuce was back in Minnesota when his work really started to get attention in New York. A door he'd painted in Brooklyn even mysteriously disappearedmost likely removed by a fan, since it was never replaced.
photo: Chad Griffithi
"His color palette is definitely broader from what we normally see on the street here," says Brooklyn street artist Celso, who first met Deuce when the kid showed up at a party at his house and left a mural behind in the kitchen. "The great thing about Deuce Seven is that, as opposed to people who come from out of town and bring their posters and go on a little campaign to bomb the town, Deuce works with the street art going on already." Which is likely why two of Deuce Seven's pieces fit nicely in "Trigr: A NYC Street Art Show," a Soho gallery exhibition of mostly New Yorkbased artists that Celso curatedthe higher of Deuce's two pieces was listed at $2,200.
"Twenty-two hundred bucks? That's crazy," Deuce says, scanning the price list this past Thursday afternoon at the Pure Project gallery on Mulberry. His jeans, Converse sneakers, and backpack are flecked with paint. "I told them to sell it for, like, $600. That's way too expensive."
Yes, Deuce Seven is back in New York. But just until the end of the month. "There's more work to do here," he explains. "Before things get hectic. Y'know, in the summer, with more people outside, more cops and shit." In New York, there tends to be a lull in graffiti and street art during the winter months because it's too cold to hang outside. For a kid from Minnesota, though, that's an advantage. "It's a little bit warmer here in New York, so it's easier for me to sit there with a brush and freeze."
On this visit, Deuce has already gotten drunk and painted near the Riviera Gallery, where he'd gone to see the work of another street artist, Matthew Rodriguez. He spent last Saturday painting inside Staten Island's abandoned Seaview Hospital.
Deuce's paintings sometimes look like Hindu gods, giant insects, or charmed snakes, often with Asian or Native American influences. "Some people say they see mosquitoes," he adds. "Or cats." To create such colorful pieces, he carries between eight and 10 spray cans in his bag on nights when he's planning to paint. "On this trip to New York, I have like 50 cans of paint. Last time I came here, I didn't have that much paint at all. This time it's like serious," he says, pushing his bicycle down Mulberry Street. "I'm not gonna do as much in Williamsburg this time. I did enough already. My stuff needs to be all over New York, everyplace. Like on this street. Over there, underneath that scaffolding and shit."
photo: Chad Griffithi
Back in Minnesota, someone once actually removed the side of an abandoned train car he'd painted and posted a pic of the detached metal piece on Flickr. Then last November at the Soo Visual Arts Center in Minneapolis, when Deuce had his first solo show, one of the local articles written as a preview focused on his locomotive work. "At the railroad, they put the article up at the break room, so we had people employed by the railroads come in and buy some of his work," recalls Suzy Greenberg, executive director of the Soo Visual Arts Center. All but three or four of the 35 pieces in that show soldthe most expensive went for $800. Greenberg thinks part of Deuce's success is his accessibility. "His work appeals to so many different types of people."
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Personally I thought the movie was crap, and ruined the show. I always pretend that the Nadesico ended after the show and the movie does not exist. Other than having the same characters the movie retains none of the charm of the series, is convoluted at best, a head scratching poor attempt at science fiction at worst.
Your comment about Tenchi also does not make much sense. Tenchi is generally considered the template of god father of harem, the ova is what really kicked in gear the whole genre. And the later ovas if anything became less harem, and more sci fi plot driven. Clearly you have never watched Tenchi Muyo based on your comments. The main criticism of OVA 3 is just that, where is all the harem fun, whats with this over the top rushed sci fi story. I like the story but it does feel a little rushed in only 7 episodes. And fyi Tench ova has 3 parts, and two spinoffs, GXP and knight tail. I don't know here you got the notion it had four seasons.
Although I will at least agree with your comments regarding Tylor, that was a much better executed version of what Nadesico wanted to be.
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The thing with Nadesico is the sub-text(s).
On the zeroeth level it's a Sci-Fi harem show (and maybe not that good of one).
On the first level it's a loving, though satiric, homage to fan-culture.
A level (or two) below that it's about the various roles that memory/history/nostalgia play in our sense of self. When you learn spoiler[the identity of the Jovians, it suddenly makes sense that the series appeared in Japan in the wake of one of their occasional history-textbook controversies (about how WWII is treated in the Japanese history curriculum).]
The theme of "memory" is set up from the very first episode (Akito and Yurika's competing memories of their Martian childhoods). Memory returns as a theme in Gai and Akito's nostalgia for an old TV anime (and a lot of the other fan-nostalgia bits). Memory returns again as the UN Space Navy decides to lobotomize Omoikane (all the "Ruri" episodes center on memory --- and our memories as a fundamental part of our identity --- in one way or another). Ruri's last line of dialogue (as opposed to her ship-board log narration) is about how she doesn't want to lose the memories of the past two years.
And the memory theme is touched on in the stories we tell about our history (and how that kind of memory helps define our national identity).
All this adds up to a structure that makes a hokey 90s anime something much better.
Also, Nadesico has one of the Best Recap Episodes Ever.
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"I don't think the Nadesico TV series is Shelf Worthy. I'd pay $30 for the movie and OVA alone. The TV series is my DVD extra."
...Well at least you said you didn't "think" it was shelf worthy instead of stating a blatant lie by saying "it is not shelf worthy". Once again, more proof that this series is underrated, lol.
About two years ago, I finally got around to watching Evangelion, and right after I finished it, I watched Nadesico. After watching both series, a question came to mind: "Why is Evangelion so popular instead of Nadesico, just because it's artsy?!"
At my anime club a few weeks ago, we watched both Evangelion and Nadesico. By the end of the week, people said they wanted to watch more Nadesico. If anything, Nadesico is a better deconstruction than Evangelion because unlike Eva, it doesn't take itself seriously, and the plot sticks hand-in-hand with the philosophy of the show (which is "you can't live like it's a giant robot show") instead of having mental disorders from the director raping the story over with their emotions instead of sticking to the plot.
And I thought this series looked decent and not "poor" for the angle it was taking anyway. It's supposed have the feel of a satire, not a Cowboy Bebop.
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Anyway, I think Nadesico so far is okay but I'm on EP. 6-8 so, I'll probably like it more eventually. (I'm borrowing my friend's copy so I might buy my own Box Set later on.) The theme song (personally) is just so awesome!! >w<
This is mainly because I'm not completely familiar to mecha (I've only seen eight or so; none are from the Gundam franchise). The humor is a tad off at times. spoiler[Like for example: the death of Gai. Was I not supposed to giggle when he was shot in such a quick, nonchalant manner? Of course, it could have been a parody of the Heroic Mentor/Big Brother cliche or it was possibly meant to be serious.]
One thing that really stand out to me was the mention of Captain's in Mecha shows and how they used to be older men with expertise in warfare but now (or rather "now" as in the 1990's) they are just bishonen or bishojo looking teens/young adults created simply to sell a product. It really made me feel...more aware of the changes when it comes to anime in general. "Will this TV series/OVA/film sell if I had an older character who actually knows what they're doing or should I have a cute, young yet bland lead who reluctantly agrees to be the hero (and happens to be surrounded by 5-12 hot teen girls)?"Just my two cents.
So yeah, Sword Art Online. That was....something.
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The consequences of that event are meant to be taken seriously, but that scene itself is a nice bit of twisted satire. When I first saw that scene I couldn't help but let out a little giggle myself. Or maybe we're just bad people. Anyway the point is life is not like a hot blooded mecha show.
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So Erin likes the Nadesico movie more than the TV series and likes SAO as well?
Well, this doesn't surprise me. As a wideheld opinion of the Nadesico fanbase is to pretend that the movie never even happened. And SAO is simply terrible fanfiction on the same level of Twilight, but moreso aimed at men's fantasies of course.
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Noodle implements?
I may agree with you on Himawari (Too), as it's an anime that I'm not completely sure of putting on my to-buy list. I liked it, but not enough to make it a must-have.
As the saying goes, one is drama, a million is a statistic. I haven't watched SAO yet, but I doubt it can beat .hack//SIGN in my opinion. It was the series that got me hooked on anime after all
I've also heard that SAO is rather heavy on the fanservice-without-redeeming-qualities. And that was from someone who doesn't object to that on principle.
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Oh, I took the results of the effect more seriously. But during the event...nope.
Oh well, at least I'm not alone.
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I honestly don't know how to feel about Prince of Darkness. On one hand, I absolutely LOVE the Black Selena. It's one of my all time favorite mech designs period. On the other hand, I really didn't enjoy what they did with characters I genuinely liked.
On the completely opposite side of the story, it did make Super Robot Taisen W all the more awesome. Spoilers for SRT W: spoiler[At the end of the game, Liger, from GaoGaiGar, helps Akito recover his sense of taste. This leads to him opening up his own restaurant with Yurika helping him run it. ] The fact that the game also has spoiler[Gai survive his death in the series which ultimately has him actively participating in the events of Prince of Darkness with an Aestivalis Custom and updated PoD-era cut in, all the well helping Akito ] was awesome as well.
Also; Best Recap Episode in The History of Recap Episodes.
I can sort of agree with this and disagree with this at the same time. While the stakes are indeed higher, you never really get repercussions from the events happening in the real world. That's one thing I liked about .hack. Mainly, the Liminality OVAs included in the original games. You get a sense of while the story is taking place, the consequences it has on the real world.
Then again, I've always had a soft spot for stories involving Artificial Intelligence gaining self awareness which I can't see SAO doing. No spoilers, please. I picked the show back up because my friend's constant pestering.
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I haven't seen Nadesico yet but it looks pretty interesting to say the least.
Nice collection though with the Negima and Chibi Devil manga.
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Prince of Darkness was just plain awful. To understand it you needed to have played a game which explains what happened, and even then the movie sucks anyway. What was with the tonal shift?
The movie is an insult to fans and a piece of crap any way you look at it. I hate it.
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Actually, through the late '90s and maybe even up into the early 2000s, MSN was an immensely popular series; if you were an anime fan at that time, you had either seen it or at least knew about it, and it was at one point rated in a poll as the all-time #1 anime series. It didn't hold onto its popularity as long as Neon Genesis Evangelion has (but then again, no other series really has, either), but it held on much longer than most anime titles do.
And why did MSN not hold on as long as NGE, given how popular and highly-thought-of it was? Because it was, as Erin alluded to, much more a product of its time than NGE. The latter's story about psychological struggles and troubled relationships has a timeless quality to it, while the satire in MSN's goofy rip on staid sci fi formulas and cliches has been rendered less sharp and biting by the evolution of harem, sci fi, and otakucentric series since then. In retrospect, a fair amount of what the series joked about (such as Akito becoming a harem master for little good reason and the way the female characters threw themselves at him) actually became regular story elements that were taken more seriously as the 2000s progressed. People no longer think of behaviors like Yurika's as wicked parodies, but instead as expected components, even cliches, within harem series. Thus what made MSN special has been overwhelmed over time, while NGE's edginess has remained timeless. It also looks more dated than NGE does. (And let's not forget, too, that NGE is among the titles that MSN was parodying; who do you think Ruri was partly patterned off of, for instance?)
That being said, I do side with the majority opinion so far in this thread about the relative merits of the TV series and movie. To put it in perspective, I own the TV series and rewatch it in part or in full at least once every couple of years. I saw the movie once off of a rental copy and never bought it or had much desire to see it again. As others have said, the tone is so different that it hampers the movie's appeal.
There have basically been two fan service scenes so far in a dozen episodes. The one in episode 8 has been widely-complained-about for being incongruously (and unwelcomely) gratuitous, as the series up until that point hadn't had any. The second one most would probably agree was wholly appropriate for the circumstances. That hardly fits the "heavy" description.
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I saw that event as a symbolic of the senselessness of war. spoiler[Gai wants to be the big hero, to die in battle, to go out in blaze of glory, and he ends up being shot for a stupid and ultimately pointless reason.] spoiler[In fact, we later learn the whole war is stupid and pointless.]
My sentiments exactly. There was a point where if you picked a currently airing anime, the odds were you'd select a sci-fi show, generally one with mecha. And later, there was a point where if you picked a currently airing anime, the odds were you'd select a seinen ecchi comedy, generally one with a harem. And Nadesico is that point in time where the two trends met.
Also, Akito is the proto-harem lead. He has a number of the elements that make up today's standard milquetoast male lead: the whining and moaning about being unable to live a simple life, the vacillation over girls, the indecision, but the character manages to overcome most of these flaws, unlike today's, who wallow in it.
Ruri is pure, concentrated otaku-bait. And it works. I am so in love with her. Although her episode was the worst one of the show.
//Got my copy of Nadesico last week. Re-Watched through episode 5.
///Never got around to seeing the movie. And now it's been spoiled forever! Na, just kidding, I'd been spoiled long before this.
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To me, the really weird thing about the Nadesico movie is that the bizarre, dark tonal shift feels almost like something the original series would parody, or at least call a bit of attention to.
Seeing it played so straight, without even a hint of irony, actually made watching it feel a little unsettling.
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|I actually really enjoyed the Nadesico: Prince of Darkness. Overall, I like its seriousness in comparison to the TV series. It added a lot more to my Nadesico experience but I hated how we didn't get any information regarding the time gap [in anime form] between the TV series and movie. That lack of information took away some of my enjoyment of the whole franchise. I think I may go purchase the show and move now but with the Bakemonogatari and KnK DVD LEs coming out I don't think my wallet will be able to support such spending.
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Bad Faith
The Republican presidential candidates' refusal to believe in things like global warming isn't just bad science; it's also very poor religion
The most entertaining reality television show in America follows a bunch of tanned, temperamental buffoons, each trying to outdo the other with preposterous catch phrases and flowery shows of ignorance. With apologies to the upstanding men and women of MTV's Jersey Shore, I'm talking about the Republican candidates for president.
Taking the stage frequently in a recent series of televised debates, the contenders clawed at each other and growled at President Barack Obama. An ambitious group, they also took the time to contest reality. Take, for example, Rick Perry. "The fact is," the Texas governor said when asked about global warming, "to put America's economic future in jeopardy, asking us to cut back in areas that would have monstrous economic impact on this country, is not good economics and I will suggest to you is not necessarily good science. Find out what the science truly is before you start putting the American economy in jeopardy."
And what might the science truly be? Perry claims to have found out. In an August town hall meeting in New Hampshire, he sang his gospel. "There are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so that they will have dollars rolling in to their projects," he said, "and I think we're seeing weekly or even daily scientists who are coming forward and questioning the original idea that man-made global warming is what is causing the climate to change."
Just where these intrepid scientists air their grievances daily, Perry didn't say. It certainly isn't in any credible academic publication: According to a study published last year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, between 97 and 98 percent of the world's 1,372 scientists "most actively publishing in the field" of climate research are quite certain of the idea of anthropogenic climate change, or climate change brought about by human actions.
But don't expect the candidate who doesn't lose sleep over the possibility of executing the innocent to lose heart when faced with the facts. And don't expect his fan base to let science get in the way of a good story, either: As a survey released last week by the Yale Project on Climate Change shows, supporters of the Tea Party aren't too troubled by global warming because a majority of them, 53 percent, believe it isn't happening at all.
None of this, of course, is new. Radical ignorance has been in vogue with Republicans at least since a George W. Bush aide mocked his political foes for belonging to the benighted "reality-based community" while Bush and his followers answered to a higher power. "We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose," Bush said in his first inaugural address, referring to God. "This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm."
And herein, precisely, lies the problem. The Republican insistence on rejecting this reality for another, intangible one isn't just bad science; it is, quite literally, bad faith.
Moses knew all about it. In this week's parasha, he delivers yet another fiery speech to the Israelites, who are now standing on the doorstep of the Promised Land. But Moses isn't interested in the immediate future; he's more concerned with the recent past. "You have seen all that the Lord did before your very eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land," he says, "the great trials which your very eyes beheld and those great signs and wonders. Yet until this day, the Lord has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see and ears to hear."
It's an odd epistemological argument: Even though you've seen God's miracles with your own eyes, Moses tells the people, it is only now that you're capable of true knowledge. And forget about the yiddisher kop; true knowledge comes not from the head but from the heart.
At first glance, Moses' speech reads a bit like Stephen Colbert's introduction of his famous term, truthiness. "I don't trust books," Colbert said in one of his show's more memorable segments. "They're all fact, no heart." But Moses is smarter than that, and he knows that facts and heart work best when they work together. It's not hard to guess how the Israelite leader came by his views. We can only imagine what went through his head when he descended from the mountain only to witness the golden calf; here, after all, were people who, just a few weeks before, had witnessed with their own eyes the glories of God, but, impatient with their absent leader, waited barely a month before fashioning a more tangible deity out of precious metals. In Sinai, the Israelites knew God with their minds, but not with their hearts. They realized that the Almighty was real and present, but they did not yet believe in him.
We mustn't blame them. God is a mighty difficult idea to grasp. Proof of his existence doesn't make it any easier. Faith is required. Because faith, Moses knows, is more than believing in things we'll never know for certain exist; faith is also the wisdom to believe in things we know for certain do.
Which brings us back to the Republicans. The adherence of so many in the party to counterfactual narratives is often explained away by faith. Just what kind of faith Rick Perry repeatedly makes clear. In a speech in Virginia earlier this week, he said that his "faith journey is not the story of someone who turned to God because I wanted to. It was because I had nowhere else to turn. I was lost spiritually and emotionally."
Perry, then, assumes that if he trusts in God, God will tell him what to do. He believes, if we take him at his word, that he is capable of interpreting the precise and unerring will of the Creator. This is the opposite of Moses' brand of faith. For Perry, faith comes first, and proof is unnecessary; for Moses, proof comes first, and faith must follow. Perry was lost until he found God; Moses found God first and then made his people wander in the desert for 40 years, until they were ready—intellectually as well as emotionally—to embrace what faith meant.
And what faith really means is responsibility. Because we are incapable of knowing God's mind—and by "we" I mean decent people of all political persuasions who are humbled by their belief in God—we're left grappling with life's greatest mysteries by ourselves. We try, like children playing a game with rules they don't entirely understand, to make sense of what might seem, to the unbelieving, like a cruel and random existence. All we can do is our best, and our only guide is our heart and its call for compassion.
The Israelites at Sinai didn't understand this idea at first. They yearned for a god they could grasp, a shiny golden god, a god they believed could redeem them. It took them four decades in the wilderness to learn that only they could redeem themselves, and that faith isn't, in itself, salvation, but merely its engine. The Republicans are now learning the same lesson. Let us hope that they, too, are headed to the wilderness, where they can wander and wonder about the true nature of faith and the dictates of personal responsibility. If they don't, if they allow the Tea Partiers in their midst to prevail, we are all looking at decades of false idols and bad faith.
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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) SC Cell, Vijayawada, demanded immediate withdrawal of false cases, what it called, against Kovvur MLA T.V. Rama Rao.
The TDP SC Cell leaders alleged that the Congress leaders foisted false cases against the MLA as he emerged as a strong leader in that area. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy should direct the officials to withdraw cases, and tender unconditional apology for harassing a dalit MLA.
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The Vango Astoria 600 was new to the range in the 2012 season. The main feature of the Astoria 600 is the vis-a-vis bedroom arrangement (one at either end of the tent facing each other) with a truly massive central living area.
In addition there are covered front and rear doorways, large living area windows to allow in maximum light and mix of steel and fibreglass poles to form a simple tunnel design making it easy to erect (pitch time estimated at 25 minutes).
The Vango Astoria 600 can sleep 6 people in a 3+3 bedroom arrangement but each of the two inners also has a detachable inner divider so that each can be used as a 2+1.
Other key features of the Vango Astoria 600 include:
|Pack Size
|78x48x35cm (canvas); 75x19x11cm (poles)
|31.5kg (canvas); 11.2kg (poles)
|Sleeping Areas: 210x210cm (WxL); Living Area 375x340cm (WxL)
|(Highest) 220cm
|True Navy
Some exlusions apply, for further delivery details for all destinations click here
Vango Astoria 600 - not the name of an old-style cinema but of this comfy family tent!


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WB Comments on Ltr to US Tennis Industry-PART I
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I think you are reaching on this one. The reasons are various including all the options American kids have for sports, tennis is far down the list. The structure of Euro clubs, etc. Better and consistent coaching. Less travel to get top competition.
Most American tennis kids come from families with assets. They can go to college if they fail as pros. Name me all these American families whose kids were good enough to make it as pros but who are now poor because of tennis? Or kids who were so scary talented but did not go pro because they were scared if they failed their family would be "poor". In my 20 plus years I can not think of any.
Europe has boatloads of unemployed and poor young people. France has a rate of over 10% and much higher for the younger people. Being poor in Europe is not any better than being poor here. They may have socialized medicine, we send the poor to the emergency rooms. We do have socialized medicine for the poor....its just that we spend 10 times more by using emergency rooms for it.
The reason American kids fail is the same reason anyone fails, they are not good enough.
All correct, but a larger number of poor is often comforting, in a perverse way. A poor guy in the US is in the small minority and people call him a bum. That can be more demoralizing than being poor
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