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Arena Profile: Jim Papa
Jim runs Global Strategy Group's Washington, D.C. Office, guiding operations and strategy for its public affairs, communications, and competitive research practices. He works with a range of corporate and non-profit clients to address legislative, regulatory, and public relations issues.
Prior to joining GSG, Jim was Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs in the Obama White House. There, he handled a range of issues that included energy, health care, technology, transportation, the environment, and economic development. He played a central role in the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Affordable Care Act, Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform, middle class tax cuts, repeal of Don't Ask/Don't Tell, several Free Trade Agreements, and reauthorization of the FAA. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said about him, "Papa is someone you want in the trenches with you."
Prior to serving in the White House, Jim earned a reputation as a top flight communications and political strategist on Capitol Hill. He was a senior advisor to Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to Rep. Rush Holt, staff director and press secretary to Rep. Rosa DeLauro, and deputy staff director of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's communications and technology leadership committee.
Jim is an experienced spokesman and media trainer who has prepared clients for broadcast appearances ranging from Meet the Press to 60 Minutes. He has guest lectured at Georgetown University, George Washington University, and American University.
Jim has a J.D. from Georgetown Law and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
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Obamacare: Winner or loser?
The exchanges, which are poised to become an essential part of the country's health care fabric. As individuals and companies get their health care through these marketplaces, the exchanges will become fundamental to health care in America.See more
Nancy Pelosi: Good for the Democratic Party?
Nancy Pelosi is an exceptional leader with strong command of the issues, keen negotiating skills, and a profoundly good heart.
On an operational level, she and the rest of the leadership team work extremely effectively together, and the Democratic community across the country trusts her judgment. Anyone who has seen her up close knows she will work to the very last minute to get the best possible deal for the middle class, and when the negotiating is done, she'll shake hands and get the votes needed.
Solving partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill requires that the leaders of both sides are able to look at the person they're negotiating with and trust that he or she will be able to deliver what they're promising. When Leader Pelosi commits to something, she delivers, even when it's challenging for her internal politics. That is something her critics should appreciate, not wish away.
Mitt Romney wise to stay silent on FEMA?
When a major crisis hits, the American people don't expect their leaders to shrink.
Mitt Romney's avoidance of legitimate questions about what his proposal would mean for disaster-stricken communities raises questions in voters' minds not only about the wisdom of his proposal, but about his ability to lead in a crisis.See more
Did Mitt pass the presidential test?
The president won two out of three debates, and in the process, was strong, informed, and energetic.
His answers last night were spot on substantively and stylistically. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but in order for Romney to pass the presidential test, he had to do more than look the part. His critical error in my view continues to be his willingness, for political expediency, to repeatedly change and/or obfuscate his positions. American leadership in the world requires a commander in chief whose word can be counted on by the American people, our allies, and our enemies.
By that measure, Romney did not meet the presidential threshold.
Will women overlook Romney's 'binders' comment?
The problem for Romney is that "binders full of women" has become viral shorthand for not understanding women. The context of his answer - avoiding a direct explanation of why he opposes equal pay for equal work - is also important. It's hard for a candidate to appear genuinely concerned about family economic issues and the challenges women face in the workforce when he describes women in such impersonal terms.See more
"Binders full of women" is different in impact than Romney's incorrect assertion on Libya, however. In that case, he was basing his comments on a premise that was shown to be false in dramatic fashion, and now, he needs to re-establish the foundation of his argument. "Binders" is more like the many other things Romney has said that make him seem out of touch with regular people (47 percent, "corporations are people," "I like to fire people," etc.). "Binders full of women" is problematic now because it strikes exactly the wrong tone with a key part of the electorate at just the wrong time...and it's viral.
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For some strange reason I always believed that the senators and congressmen represented all the people in their districts not just those who agreed with them. For some strange reason I thought I could tell my representatives to express my views on any given subject and that I would be received with courtesy and my viewpoint duly noted. Not so however. I called Rep. Robert Dornan's (R-Garden Grove) office to express the view that I thought that North was a disgrace to the uniform he wears and a traitor to his country. That view was not well received. On the contrary, I was subjected to such a flood of verbal abuse that I was stunned speechless and finally hung up.
I called Sen. Pete Wilson's (R-Calif.) office to express the same view--they were much nicer, they just hung up on me.
I called Sen. Alan Cranston's (D-Calif.) office where I was courteously received, my comments duly noted, my name and address taken and a thanks for my call. Thank you, Sen. Cranston. I don't know what position or attitude you have toward North, but I appreciate that I was able to express mine to a representative without being rudely treated.

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the basket reminds me of a barbie car i had when i was little. lol
yet all look dumb but the e:s!
Their designs are always interesting and fun. Its too bad they left the US, but I guess naming a car the Charade wasn't so smart from the beginning... :p. Did like and still do see the Rocky rolling around
Well, there's a 40-year step backwards in design...


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A stork or a pelican?
Favorite thing: Now you probably say these two large birds cannot really be confused with each other. And what you can see on the picture is a pelican among some storks. You know he is a pelican, and I know he (or she ) is a pelican, but the pelican doesn't know this. He thinks he's a stork.
It seems he has lost his pelican friends somewhere and decided to stay with the storks. He flew south with them last winter , came back with them in spring and decided to brave it out with his new friends this winter(2011/12).
There have been attempts to make him stay with some other pelicans, but he always flies back to his stork friends.
Well, true friendship doesn't ask where you're from, does it?
He can found among the storks in Luisenpark. The birds are free to walk around or fly around, so you may have to look for them.
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European Heritage Day
Favorite thing: For several years now, on the second Sunday in September the European Heritage Day is held. In Germany it is called "Day of the open memorial". On this day, many memorials, old towers, crypts in churches etc are open for the public, even though they are usually closed. There are guided tours sometimes, or you are given a leaflet and can walk around on your own. Unfortunately it's all in German, but when you climb up an old watch tower from 1250, you don't need any explanations to realize that
- people back then were smaller than we are now - after you've banged your head for the
second time you're sure to know this
- the inside of an old tower is narrow, dirty and full of cobwebs
- being on duty here must have been pretty boring
- but the soldiers up there had a wonderful view. That was the whole purpose of a watch tower, they had to be able to watch out for enemies.
You can check out the program for 2006 here:http://tag-des-offenen-denkmals.de/
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Favorite thing: The old part of Mannheim is built in an absolutely geometrical way - which is quite unusual for German cities. The streets have no names, but only numbers in the horizontal way and letters in the vertical way. Thus there are some real strange addresses in Mannheim: the school on the picture is found in E7!
There is a real interesting article about the Mannheimer Quadrate - sorry, it is in German only!
Modern city lens
Favorite thing: Mannheim is a modern city with a commercial landscape of all the amenties lying around the shopping arcades. Flanked by two rivers on its side, Rhine and Neckar the city is well structured.
Watertrum is its chief visit spot with a large fountain park at its back whose pic you see with this travelogue. You can reach Waterstrum just walking staright from the main station (Hbf) and if you like a more serene atmosphere head right from station to cross the rail bridge to reach a park side along the Rhine river.
Fondest memory: From here onwards you can go to nearby places like Hiedelberg and Cologne with a little more effort.
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Favorite thing: ... wow, finally I saw yesterday may first movie at this years film festival!
"Seven Days - Seven Nights" a Cuban film by Joel Cano shows the story of three different women. If you will ever have the chance to see the film do so, I can highly recommend it!
The next festival will take place
18. - 27. November 2004
Fondest memory: www.mannheim-filmfestival.com
I guess next year it will be best to take a few days off to see some more than this year ....
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There's a star up in the sky ...
Favorite thing: ... in the Planetarium you can learn a lot about the stars. During the 45 minutes of the show we heard so much that I really couldn't remember everything ... But any way it was great!
Fondest memory: www.planetarium-mannheim.de
Europa-Platz (Wilhelm-Varnholt-Allee 1)
68165 Mannheim
Phone: +49 6 21 41 56 92
Favorite thing: SIMPLY GETTING AWAY FROM THE BUSY & POPULAR PLACES & FIND THOSE AMAZING SPOTS THAT ARE TUCKED AWAY & TOURISTS NEVER FIND. DON'T SPEND ALL YOUR TIME LOOKING AT A TOURIST MAP, GET LOST & LOVE IT.
Fondest memory: WELL I HAVE A SPECIAL SPOT BY THE RIVER THAT I LOVE.
Go to Luisen Park. There are...
Favorite thing: Go to Luisen Park. There are 2 sides to Luisen Park--one is free and it's your typical city park with a walking path, open grassy areas, shade trees and a playground, and the other costs a very small fee (I think it was DM 4 for adults and our 2 year old was free). In the pay area one can visit the aviary or take a boat ride through the park past flamingoes and giant, man-eating fish. There are restaurants, play grounds, a rose garden, and many places to relax in a chaise lounge (provided by the park) and enjoy the scenery. My favorite place within Luisen Park is a grassy area almost hidden by the trees and shrubbery. There are lounges to lie on and classical/soft instrumental music is piped in through speakers hidden in the trees.
My aunts ship, the Oliver,...
Favorite thing: My aunts ship, the Oliver, fixing to pass under one of the many bridges in Germany.
The captain can lower the steering cockpit. It is an amazing trip that you'll never forget. My husband had the chance to steer one of these boats.....wow.
Fondest memory: My birthplace
Mannheim is an industrial...
Favorite thing: Mannheim is an industrial town. But when you visit the Luisenpark, you think you're in nature. You meet lots of animals, you can visit the plant exhibiton hall or just find a quiete place on one of the lawns.
Visit down town and the...
Favorite thing: Visit down town and the pedetrian zone. There's great shopping, great food and beautiful architecture.
Get out of the city and visit...
Favorite thing: Get out of the city and visit the surrounding areas.
Fondest memory: Visiting Hockenheim about 20 minutes away. A really pretty small town with the race track just next door.
HOCKENHEIM .....the town is...
Favorite thing: HOCKENHEIM .....the town is full of bikers for the race weekend.
Great atmosphere with all the different nationalities.
Fondest memory: The weather and the bike racing were fantastic
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Tomb Raider
Should I buy the Saturn or PSX version...?
The other (similar) topic is locked, so I have created a new one because I would like to know too. I NEVER got around to playing the original Tomb Raider and don't want to play the Anniversary edition yet. I want to experience it in it's original form.
So...are the graphics in the SS version REALLY that much worse than the PSX rev? If there isn't much of a difference, I'll go ahead and snatch up the Saturn version off ebay.
I've found some websites and reviews that say it runs faster than the PSX version, but the PSX version has more lighting effects and slightly better textures. I've also viewed many videos of both versions on youtube.
Anyone wanna' fill me in,,,?
<<<Saturn Lives On>>>
<<<Segata Sanshiro Lives On>>>
Although the Saturn version may be a little bit graphically inferior to the PlaySta one it's only very minor in my opinion. I personally like the Saturn controller better versus the PlaySta one so if you do too then it's the Saturn version of Tomb Raider all the way. I also recently started playing the Anniversary edition on the 360 and though it is a pretty solid title overall it still doesn't top the original :-)
Anyone know of a website that contains any comparison videos/pics between the SS and PSX versions? Or at least any sites that have quality pictures of the Saturn version? I found some on mobygames and VG museum, but that's it.
Eh, I'll probably just get the Saturn version.
<<<Segata Sanshiro Lives On>>>
Having beaten both I can definitely say buy the psx one. The psx one looks quite a bit better as it runs at a nicer resolution. The game also play *slightly* better with the ps controller. If you have easy access to the saturn one though it's not like it's that big of a deal. The saturn is the cooler system anyways :)


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Pune: Nearly 7,000 chemists across the city went on a strike on Friday pulling down their shutters and leaving patients to fend for themselves. The chemists are protesting against the alleged harassment by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials, who have termed the strike 'illegal'.
The FDA officials have recommended action against those chemist shops which have been found functioning without qualified pharmacists and selling drugs without prescriptions.
But the stand-off between the two parties have left patients clueless as they have been running from pillar to post to get their daily dose of medicines.
SR Rajkarne, 72, was standing in a queue at Poona Hospital for nearly an hour to get his medicine. A diabetic for 26 years, Sinhagad resident had to come to the city as his stocks got over. "I have to take these medicines everyday and my stock got over. None of the chemist shops are open in my residential area and that's why I had to come all the way here," he said.
Similar was the case with 73-year-old Prabhakar Dixit. His wife suffered from diabetes and blood pressure and her stock of medicines was over. "Our chemist shop is only about 100 metres away from home, but today, I had to travel several kilometres to get the medicines."
At KEM Hospital's counter for medicines, a long queue of patients was seen. Somwar Peth resident Sanjay Jagtap had come with his sister to take medicines for his father who suffers from dementia and diabetes. He said, "None of the chemists are open in my area. I had to get medicines for both my father and neighbour."
R Kannan, 72, had come from Aurora Towers in the Camp area to KEM Hospital. However, he was not lucky enough get medicines. "Now, I will have to go to another hospital since all the shops are shut."
Meanwhile, representatives of Chemists Association of Pune District had a meeting with FDA officials. "We will continue the indefinite strike against the harassment of FDA. Their officials are taking action against members on trivial issues which is forcing people to surrender licenses and shut shops," said Vijay Changedia, secretary of the association.
Meanwhile, FDA officials said that no new rules and regulations are being imposed. VE Thomas, assistant commissioner (drugs), FDA, Pune, said, "We were not given any notification of the strike. While we have made alternate arrangement with 31 chemists attached to hospitals in Pune and 17 in the PCMC area to supply medicines, we also held a meeting with chemists' association and appealed to them to withdraw their strike. They need to realise that they are selling life-saving drugs."
About the allegations of harassment made by chemists, Thomas said that no new norms were being implemented and only existing norms were being asked to be followed. "The chemists must have a qualified pharmacist and maintain sale of records of all scheduled H1 drugs, besides recording doctors' and patients' names and addresses. If chemists do not follow rules, which are for patients' safety, we would take action."


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When Birds Squawk, Other Species Seem to Listen by Christopher Solomon [New York Times]
A professor's hunch is that birds are saying much more in warning of danger than previously suspected, and that other animals have evolved to understand the signals.
The most radical thing I can do as a woman scientist is, well, science.
When words fail: women, science, and women-in-science – [Trigger warning for this and all following links] by Jacquelyn Gill (@JacquelynGill):
The seminars, workshops, blogs, op-eds, research, policy papers, luncheons, and happy hour discussions are all valuable, and important, and they need to continue. But when the beer is drunk, and the pizza gone cold, and the printed articles relegated to the recycling bin, we are left with words: words written by us and about us, spoken in confidence, tossed like poisoned barbs in the comments sections, smoldering as craters in our in-boxes, pounding in our ears when we run it out at the gym.[more inside]
I'm sorry, you guys, but words are not enough. Not anymore.
Cheetahs' Secret Weapon: A Tight Turning Radius [New York Times]
"Anyone who has watched a cheetah run down an antelope knows that these cats are impressively fast. But it turns out that speed is not the secret to their prodigious hunting skills: a novel study of how cheetahs chase prey in the wild shows that it is their agility — their skill at leaping sideways, changing directions abruptly and slowing down quickly — that gives those antelope such bad odds."
"Everyone loves owls. Even mammalogists love owls."
Why are owls so wise? Perhaps it's because they're utter badasses.
Ferocity is essential for a bird whose frigid, spotty range extends across northeastern China, the Russian Far East and up toward the Arctic Circle, one that breeds and nests in the dead of winter, perched atop a giant cottonwood or elm tree, out in the open, in temperatures 30 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Dr. Slaght's colleague Sergei Surmach videotaped a female sitting on her nest during a blizzard. "All you could see at the end was her tail jutting out," Dr. Slaght said.The New York Times Science section gives an update on some current owl research. [more inside]
American Science Language
[LydiaCallisFilter] Signing Science
Baltimore Lead Study
An experiment done in the 1990s exposed children to various levels of lead. The lawsuit filed in 2001 by the parents of over 100 participants accuses the Kennedy Krieger Institute that the scientists knowingly used the kids as test subjects in toxic dust control study. [more inside]
The Solar Connection
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In his children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh," A.A. Milne once wrote, "Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day."
Of course, such an idea is easier said than done. It is very difficult to wait patiently when phone calls need to be made, deadlines are approaching, and dinner should have been done 20 minutes ago.
But patience, as the old adage goes, is a virtue, mainly because it is something we must, reluctantly, use every single day.
Just last week, I underwent an exercise in patience. My family travelled to South Dakota on vacation. The trip spans five states and takes about 20 hours to complete.
Before I go any further, I want to say that this exercise in patience had nothing to do with frayed tempers. We all got along well, laughing and joking (and, of course, sleeping. There is always a lot of sleeping on long road trips.) In fact, the only argument we had was a debate over whether the pillows at our first hotel were bigger than the ones at the second.
Instead, our patience was focused on one word: waiting. Let's face it, one can only sleep, call Slug Bugs, and listen to music for so long before yearning for that faraway prize – the travel destination. And, after hours of cramped sitting, such a place begins to feel as mystical as Hogwarts.
But eventually, we reached our goal, Rapid City, and the many and varied sites which surround it, a few of which are the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, and the Crazy Horse Monument.
Thinking back on those three places, I can't help but realize how little patience our trip actually required.
Mount Rushmore, for example, took 14 years to complete.
The Crazy Horse Monument is still under construction, and has been for the past 50 years. It is expected to take another 50 years to finish.
And the Badlands … well, some of its fossil beds date back 35 million years.
Of course, there's a big difference between sitting in a car and chiseling away a mountain, whether with explosives or with nature's steady hand. And yet, such monuments tell us one thing: Patience is simply a part of life.
Patience gave us the earth as we know it, with its diverse landscapes and breathtaking views. And life comes from patience, waiting for an egg to hatch or a baby to be born. And patience is needed for any milestone, from graduations to birthdays.
Yet, in the fast-paced, instantaneous world that is the 21st century, patience can feel like an unwanted house guest.
And I know that I am guilty of such a mindset. Patience has never been my strongest suit. I'm the person who after only a couple of minutes in a line, says, "Do you want to play 20 questions?"
Not long ago, in an episode of Natural Geographic's "Brain Games," I was struck by an experiment. While the episode was examining addiction, I can't help but feel the results were also noteworthy in terms of patience.
In the experiment, individuals were told they were participating in a focus group and that they were prohibited from using their cell phones. After their phones were placed just out of reach, the hosts left the room to address "technical difficulties." Left alone with only their phones and each other, one participant didn't even last five minutes before checking his phone. Others commented on how difficult it was for them to sit still.
The point of the experiment? To prove that many adults are addicted to their cell phones (and, indeed, most were). But what struck me was that these adults (not fidgeting children), couldn't even muster a modicum of patience.
It's sad to think that something so integral to our existence has become, in many ways, a lost art.
I can't help but be reminded of an episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" where, after a visiting preacher's sermon focuses on relaxing and enjoying simple pleasures, the citizens hurriedly work to recreate an old tradition. And then, when the preacher sees them later sprawled on the front porch, he congratulates them, mistaking their exhaustion for relaxation.
Looking back, that episode seems almost prophetic in its lesson – one which we still seem to be learning. Yet, as the years pass, the value of patience seems to be dwindling rather than increasing and, like the citizens of Mayberry, relaxation seems to come only when we are too exhausted for anything else.
But here's to hoping that with a little bit of patience, perhaps we can learn to stop, take a deep breath, and follow nature's example: wait and let those many, simple, and inevitable wonders flourish.
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We left Carpinteria heading for East Camino Cielo after confirming with the USFS office that it was indeed open. It had been closed for quite some time after wildfires some weeks earlier. We were determined to ride some of the Santa Ynez ridgeline road after missing out on West Camino Cielo the night before.
On our GPS's, it looked like there was a way to connect from ECC through to the highway near Ojai, and then we planned to boot over the San Gabriel's back into Pasadena via the Angeles Crest. More on that later...
This is heading up Gibraltar Road in Montecito, towards the junction of West and East Camino Cielo. There are some houses on the way up this road that make my credit line cringe with fear. Truly gorgeous stuff. Unfortunately, only a few days after we rode through this area, it erupted into flames, destroying hundreds of homes, and it will likely remain closed again now for the near future.
Looking west over the town of Santa Barbara.
Looking north up the coast.
This is taken right from the East Camino Cielo road, now up at almost 5000 ft, with these incredible hills plunging down to the ocean. The ECC road literally follows the highest ridgeline on the range, with dizzying drop-offs on either side.
As I was taking this shot, I was pondering that if you blew a turn up here, you would most certainly meet your Maker. The whole road gave me the slightly nauseous scared-of-heights feeling in my groin almost all the way.
After the end of the paved section of ECC, we ran across this unusual sign, which pointed down a steep, rocky section of singletrack which was unmarked on our maps or GPS's. We opted to stay on the main road.
Heading down the canyon, off the ECC road now, towards Big Caliente and Little Caliente Hot Springs.
Locked gate at the turnoff for the Hot Springs. We rode around it, only to find a really impassable fence a few hundred meters further. It was gorgeous down here though, and the Hot Springs are definitely on the list for a return camping trip. We had to turn around and retrace our steps back to that motorcycle sign.
Taking the "motorcycle" road, we found ourselves back on a track that the GPS indicated was East Camino Cielo, but it was rough, rocky, and unbelievably spectacular. The trail map dead-ended on the GPS, but then picked up again about 4 miles to the east. We figured that Garmin must have not completed the road mapping, and that we could connect through to the other side. Ah, hubris...
You can see the ridgeline trail we were following here. Words can't describe the scenery up on this ridge.
This was the first (of many) bits of carnage. After a few tricky hillclimbs, we both were soundly beaten by this very steep, loose, rocky section. It was steep enough to be quite difficult to even walk up. While I made it a bit farther up on my 350, you can see it lying on it's side at the top of this photo.
Me standing by my trusty mountain goat, taking a rest. I'd hit a huge bowling-ball rock, was glanced sideways and the front wheel drove up the side of the cliff as the bike looped over top of my head. I remember it in exquisite slow-motion detail, and the bruise on my back reminds me every time I get out of bed...
We didn't take any more pictures of the ECC trail after this, for a few reasons. First, it became, for us, quite difficult with repeated steep loose hillclimbs and tight singletrack. Wes in particular was having a very tough time, and had lost confidence in his ability to ride this terrain (and he has plenty of ability). We were picking up bikes at almost every hill, and really beginning to struggle.
At about 3:30 pm, after a climb up a narrow ravine that was barely footpeg-wide, the trail completely dead-ended at the edge of a cliff, in the middle of trackless wilderness. The sun was due to set at 5 pm, we had run out of water, and my good friend was not feeling anywhere close to 100%.
We experienced one of those moments that makes adventure motorcycling such a unique and intense sport. We had only two options, one of which was quitting, and we weren't about to quit. Without becoming too philosophical about the whole thing, we had to somehow find an extra, seemingly impossible wellspring of energy and confidence to try and retrace our steps before dark, in far less than half the time it took us to get in.
We slapped each-other on the back, made positive arm-pumping speeches to get in the right frame of mind, but inwardly we both were more than a little nervous about the situation.
Wes made it back down the ravine and up the first difficult hill, and I cheered out loud inside my helmet. Then he made it up the next hill, and the next. Suddenly, he was absolutely tearing up the trail, flying over sections that we crawled through, walking and pushing not an hour before. We slid to a stop on a plateau with huge grins and he yelled out "Even though were f*$%ed, I'm still having a blast!".
Hill after hill fell beneath the DR's, and we experienced a sense of exhilaration and confidence that was addictive. Everything felt easy. We could see and avoid every obstacle, and no hill was too steep. Retrospectively, I am still amazed at how much of motorcycling is a mindset; a psychological, rather than a technical endeavour.
We made it out to the paved section of the ECC road in an hour, almost a quarter of the time it took in reverse. The sun was low in the horizon, but we had enough light to make it down off the mountain.
Once on the paved section, in this almost super-natural state, we rode those dual-sports like we never have before. Rear wheels sliding around every corner, pegs dragging, lean angles on large knobbies that we could have never imagined, and grins so large they hurt. It's always the rider who is the limiting factor, not the bike. On any other day, I would have never been able to match that pace on any modern sportbike. It was, in a word, exhilarating. I've never felt so alive, so excited, and yet so calm.
Sunset from Gibraltar Road, heading back towards Santa Barbara.
We made it back to the 101, then strafed the freeway with the throttles at the stops, all the way back to Pasadena. Sure, I missed my plane that evening, but nothing could replace that afternoon.
It's a amazing sport we share, and I count myself among the unusually fortunate to be able to both experience it, and to share it with my closest friends.
Thanks for joining me for a bit of this adventure. Now I must start spreading out the maps and planning the next one. Mex 2 Can, with any luck!!
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Joe's efforts, combined with the expertise of Chad Schell and his ROMCart, along with Tim Lindner's excellent overlays and manual, culminated in the groundbreaking first new Intellivision cartridge over ten years after the final product released by INTV Corporation. Excellent work, guys!
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The state Assembly, controlled by Democrats, approved on March 12 a budget that excludes Cuomo's pension plan. The Republican-controlled Senate also adopted a budget, and leaders in both houses are seeking agreement on a spending plan before March 31.
Moving to a 401(k) type of retirement account from a state-backed pension would turn over billions of dollars to Wall Street firms whose actions caused "damage" to the financial market starting in 2008, the AFL-CIO said.
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With Internet spreading like wildfire, authors around the world have been clamouring for protection of their copyrights. However, this has resulted in an increasingly tough battle with publishers who want writers to sign a contract giving away all rights, including electronic.
Until a few years ago, authors and journalists may not have bothered to scan through their work contracts with regard to copyrights. In fact, many magazines did not even send contracts to authors. Now both sides are careful about the mention of "copyrights" in the contract for reuse of articles and other creative work in Internet and electronic database systems.
Authors argue that print publishing is a one-time event bringing in one set of revenues, including advertisements. On the other hand, materials in electronic publications can be used repeatedly, each time potentially generating new advertisement revenues. "So we tell authors that it's a big mistake to grant permanent rights for a one-time fee," says Dan Carlinsky, vice president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), NewYork.
While some publishers are ready to pay, others maintain that once authors cede their rights they cannot claim additional payments for reuse of their material. In a case filed in 1993, a group of freelancers in New York challenged publishers and electronic reusers of published work, claiming copyright infringement. The case, better known as "Tasini Vs The New York Times", attracted widespread attention as this was the first new media copyright case of its sort in the United States. In 1997, a lower court ruled in favour of the publishers, saying the existing US copyright law allowed the publishers to reuse contributions "in any revision of that collection." The case has now moved to the appeals court.
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22nd March 2014
Graham Norton: I was going to become a dad, but I've left it too late now 10
12:56 PM — Comedian and presenter Graham Norton has reflected on not having become a father, saying he considered it but that he thinks he has left it too late now.
14th March 2014
Israel: Minister quashes proposed gay surrogacy law 1
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24th February 2014
Opposition to gay relationships in Northern Ireland falls dramatically 8
4:39 PM — The percentage of people opposed to gay relationships in Northern Ireland has dropped from three quarters to a quarter over a period of 25 years.
18th February 2014
Radio hosts behind 'shocking' made-up homophobic children's birthday response suspended 7
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14th February 2014
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20th January 2014
Neuroscientist Dick Swaab says smoking during pregnancy and stress can make children gay 30
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31st December 2013
Despite ongoing debate, gay couples with children receive tax benefits in Israel
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3rd December 2013
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4th November 2013
Video: Children react to same-sex proposals 18
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1st November 2013
Northern Ireland DUP politician reported for telling children homosexuality is 'an abomination' 6
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31st October 2013
ONS: Number of gay couples living together in Britain up by a third 5
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17th October 2013
US: New IVF procedure helps lesbian couples become parents 1
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4th October 2013
All Swedish couples banned from adopting Russian children over same-sex marriage 19
7:49 PM — Russian authorities have stopped the adoption of Russian children by all Swedish couples based on the legalisation of equal marriage in Sweden.
25th September 2013
Gay parents make up 12.5% of adoption applications in York 3
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13th September 2013
Toys 'R' Us to drop gender stereotypes from advertising 9
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22nd August 2013
Why did the Daily Star 'out' actor Charlie Condou as a gay parent given that it wasn't a secret? 28
6:54 PM — Openly gay Coronation Street actor Charlie Condou, has become involved in a confusion started by a Daily Star front page which suggested that his children were a secret, despite him regularly writing a popular column about them.
28th July 2013
US: Kansas sperm donor asks judge for ruling in his favour without trial 6
8:59 PM — A Kansas man who was previously ordered to pay child support for a child born through sperm he donated to a lesbian couple, has asked for the judge in his case to make a ruling in his favour without a trial.
25th July 2013
Russia: Author publishes gay themed children's book in spite of anti-gay laws 7
5:09 PM — An author in Russia has published a children's book that prominently features a gay character and his struggle to find acceptance in the country.
14th July 2013
'Pro-children' anti-equal marriage billboard travels London ahead of House of Lords vote 57
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Glazed Lemon Blueberry Muffins Recipe
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup 2% milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Dash salt
- 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon butter, melted
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in milk, lemon juice and peel. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in blueberries.
- Fill paper-lined regular-size muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in muffin comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.
- In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, butter and vanilla; drizzle over warm muffins. Yield: 11 muffins.
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"I usually do storyboards, but in this show we didn't. We jumped right in because Debbie knows what she wants. She can express it. She understands the technology and she understands how to tell a story. She knows lenses. She can call out a lens size in millimeters. A lot of directors have problems getting on the other side of a stage line, jumping to the other side of the room during the scene. She has absolutely no problem with that."
"Debbie has a real visual sense. And since we've been working together for almost twenty years it's pretty easy for us to get on the same page."
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"Debbie is also a choreographer, so she makes the camera do a lot of things that you don't expect a director to ask for. So we do very long masters [in this case, with the camera on a dolly], and then we go back and clean them up, [shooting additional coverage to provide editing options].
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Debbie Allen and John Simmons discuss the Savoy Ballroom scene
The camera crew rehearses a 'dolly shot'
The Look
"The whole feeling of warmth I can't take responsibility for. That's something Gordon Willis started when he made The Godfather and made everything sort of amber and warm. That set the tone for every period picture from then on. That's what people expect when you say period now."
"Debbie and I discussed dramatic tone and mood.
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People walk into their close-ups. So we do a lot of coverage without the cut."
The living room set shows the warm tones of a period piece
1940's props add convincing detail
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"The essential people that work close to me in order to get my job done are my gaffer, Edwin Schiernecker, who's in charge of the lighting.
I basically describe to him what it is I'm looking for. He brings the elements in and we paint the picture.
On this show, a man named Dave Terry is my key grip. He's in charge of the shadow and all the rigging. So I have Edwin who brings in the light, Dave who brings in the shadows. Edwin takes care of all the electrical stuff, Dave takes care of all the rigging, all the flags. Jim Bandy works the dimmer board. He takes care of the intensity of the light, working closely with Edwin."
Gaffer Edwin Schiernecker examines the lighting he created for the Savoy Ballroom scene
The DP and gaffer use light to make a scene from The Old Settler look like a painting
"I have a gaffer, Edwin Schiernecker, who I've been working with for a very long time.
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"[A big part of the job is] 'chopping' the light up. Once we put the light in we chop the light away.
Because the name of the game is to put the light where you want people to see and put the shadow where you don't want them to see.
And those two things together create the mood of the picture."
A member of the gaffer's crew positions a light with a cloth 'flag'in front of it
Jim Bandy works the dimmer board
"We have everything on a dimmer board because being on this schedule we don't have time to re-light anything. We do all our lighting plots in pre-production, and for the most part we try to do as much lighting as we can in advance during the rehearsal. And situations that we can't anticipate we have to light as the situation arises. If we do close-ups we have to tweak them and make them look nice.
The guy in charge of the dimmer board can turn those lights off and on as we need them or bring them down, or change a window from daytime to nighttime."
High-Definition Video
"We decided to do this show in High-Definition because it was something that the studio wanted to try. It was something both Debbie and I wanted to try.
I shoot mostly in film and I love film, but High-Definition is a wonderful medium for interiors.
We had a couple of nice Panavision lenses on this picture that made the High-Definition look like something other than tape. It was beautiful."
A technician monitors the output from the High-Definition video equipment
"Outside it's a bit of a struggle to make High-Definition work. Contrast becomes a problem. You're dealing with videotape, which doesn't have the latitude of film. As long as we were off bright stuff, it worked very well. Inside, because they live in an apartment and the window is very important, we would always have to ride the dimmers on the lights from the window and raise the lights in the room to bring them into an acceptable range for the camera."
"When working in High-Definition or any electronic medium, being able to decrease the amount of depth of field helps a lot with the look. So we shot everything wide open and I put everything on the longest possible lens that I could.
The problem of working in the confined space we had is always trying to put the camera back far enough so that I could compress the background against the subject enough to lose that depth of field that video wants to give me.
That was an issue in terms of creating a look."
"Another thing that bothers me about High-Definition is all the cables that are connected to the camera. I can't move around as much as I want to. There's a lot of technology that delays the situation. Everything is being fixed all day long. But I think a lot of it has to do with people not being that familiar with the medium. It's the kind of medium that people are still working bugs out of. And there is no state of the art in video. As soon as you learn one electronic medium something else comes up, so it never gets a chance to truly arrive."
The Shoot
"Rehearsals are very important for camera and lighting. During rehearsals, stand-ins are good but we can only make the picture look right when we get the real talent in the frame.
The talent has make-up and wardrobe, the stand-ins don't.
One day, for instance, Debbie has a yellow dress on and the stand-in comes to work in a black dress. So we just threw a yellow sweater around her shoulders."
John Simmons talks about rehearsing with the camera
John Simmons was not afraid to leave shadows on The Old Settler apartment set
"A lot of the photography is determined by the geography. There are only so many places that someone can go. And it's amazing how Debbie is able to work all the geography into her story. We show the entire apartment all the time. We're always pretty much lighting 180 degrees because that dolly is going to go all over that apartment.
Fortunately for us, the light comes from one direction and I'm not afraid to let people go into the shadows. I like that. If they go into the shadows for a minute it's nice, that's what happens."
"Besides my lighting crew, the other people essential to me are my camera crew.
Michelle Crenshaw, whom I've done a number of pictures with and who I love working with is my focus puller. She makes sure that all the cameras are running all the time, that they are sharp and that the picture is always in focus. Michelle has her second assistant that helps her keep all that technology going. Gordon works at the color correction and records everything."
Camera assistant Michelle Crenshaw
The camera on the end of the jimmy jib
"The camera on the long crane that swooped in and out, that's a jib arm, or jimmy jib. It allows the camera to be operated by monitor as a remote head. It's just a device to replace a crane that requires more than one guy to operate it. It's a one-man machine, and it works quite well with video cameras. It actually allows the camera to be more mobile quickly. We can go up and down very fast. With an operator you can't do that. The other thing is that you can go up very high and go all the way down to the floor with the jib arm. For instance, we used it to bring a certain amount of animation to the pictures that we took outside."


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Final Score: Cal Poly 75, Cal State Northridge 64
San Luis Obispo, CA (Sports Network) - Chris Eversley poured in 30 points and ripped down 14 rebounds as the Cal Poly Mustangs earned a 75-64 win over the Cal State Northridge Matadors in a Big West conference bout at Mott Athletics Center.
Brian Bennett added 17 points for Cal Poly (9-9, 5-3 Big West) which has won consecutive contests after a three-game losing streak.
Trevone Williams had 15 points and eight rebounds off the bench, Stephen Maxwell and Josh Greene each added 14 points and Landon Drew scored 10 points and came an assist shy of a double-double for Cal State Northridge (10-11, 1-8) which has lost eight of its last nine.
It was the Matadors that led 37-32 at halftime by shooting at a 45.2 percent clip including a 4-of-8 effort from beyond the arc. Cal Poly fell behind by shooting just 37.5 percent while missing on all eight attempts from 3-point range.
In the second half the Mustangs heated up to 53.6 percent shooting while Cal State Northridge cooled off and hit on just 34.6 percent of its shots in the final 20 minutes to surrender the contest.
Cal Poly had a 40-28 edge in rebounds and doubled Cal State Northridge's production from the free-throw line (24-12).
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05-04-09 RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—If you're a woman with a husband who has neurotic tendencies, you may be benefiting from his worries about your health. However, if you're a man whose wife does her share of anxious hand-wringing about your health, you're probably not paying enough attention to her concerns. A new study to be published in the journal Psychological Science finds that "neurotic" husbands positively influence their wives' self-reported health, but neurotic wives don't have the same impact on their husbands' health. (Neuroticism, in the case of this study, refers to a tendency to be worried, moody, and anxious.)
THE DETAILS: The authors recruited 2,203 couples (average age 66) from a population of older adults participating in a health and retirement study. The couples answered survey questions about their health status and their levels of conscientiousness and neuroticism. Conscientious individuals—task-oriented, careful planners comfortable with delayed gratification—reported themselves as healthier compared with those who weren't conscientious, and their spouses also reported themselves as healthier. Neurotic, conscientious husbands were more likely to have wives who reported themselves as healthy, as well. But neurotic, conscientious wives didn't seem to improve the health of their husbands.
WHAT IT MEANS: Neuroticism apparently produces some positive outcomes, says lead author Brent Roberts, PhD, Romano professorial scholar in psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "Psychologists often wonder why neuroticism is in humans if it's a bad thing," he says. "We know it's negative for some relationships, but there may be certain situations in which it's not as bad as it normally is. We call [that] the 'nag effect.'"
It's not surprising to see that people in relationships can have an influence on each other's perceived health, says Jeffrey Rossman, PhD, a Rodale.com advisor and director of life management at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA. But why the differences arise when it comes to neuroticism may just be chalked up to the differences between Mars and Venus. "A man may be more likely to interpret his neurotic wife's health advice as coming from neurotic worrying," he says. "A woman may be more likely to interpret her neurotic husband's health advice as coming from genuine caring for her welfare."
If you wish your spouse would pay more attention to the health advice you're offering, consider these tips:
• Know the difference between nagging and giving thoughtful advice. Your spouse may think you're nagging, even if you don't think you are. And your spouse's perception can prevent your message from getting through. So try expressing your thoughts in different ways until you find some that work. "There is a real art to giving your spouse advice about health habits, especially because nagging is sometimes in the eye of the beholder," says Rossman. If you're married to a man who's not heeding what you're saying, he advises telling your husband that you're concerned about his health and asking if you can share a few ideas with him.
• Clip out articles. Married to a skeptic? Support your argument with cold hard facts. Sometimes, knowing that the information is coming from a credible, professional source makes it easier to digest, Rossman notes.
• Recommend that your spouse speak with a professional. Why talk till you're blue in the face, when you can let someone else do the convincing? "Sometimes it's easier to receive recommendations from a professional than from your spouse," Rossman says. Just resist the impulse to say "I told you so" to your mate after the appointment.
Filed Under: MENTAL HEALTH, RELATIONSHIPS
Published on: May 4, 2009