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Every autumn, an ecstasy of color transforms Vermont into an artist's vision. The rural landscape of working farms, rolling hills, old-growth forests, and picture-perfect New England villages kindles with brilliant reds, deep burgundies, glowing oranges, and sunny yellows. Immerse yourself in the woodsy beauty of Quechee Gorge, a 165-foot deep, glacially carved furrow in the surrounding hemlock and spruce forest punctuated with schist outcroppings and cascades of clear water. Walk the ridgeline of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, to experience an amazing view encompassing three states and Canada under a quilt of majestic color. Explore a lost pioneer settlement, then trek through Smugglers' Notch, a mountain pass with a notorious history. Trails through lovely meadows and mountains lead past painted barns to quintessential New England towns like Norwich, Woodstock, and Stowe—where you can enjoy the mix of old-fashioned general stores and chic boutiques. At night, relish chef-prepared meals of local specialties, and let the comfort of your charming inn lull you to sleep.
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A traditional favorite, small-group Guided Walking features guaranteed departures and 24/7 expert, local guides.
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Arrival in Burlington. Hubbard Park; 2-3 miles, easy to moderate. Transfer to Norwich. Cossingham Road Farm Loop; 1.5-3 miles, easy
The tour meets in Burlington, where you depart for an introductory walk in the nation's smallest state capital, Montpelier. Located 40 miles from Burlington and with only 8,000 residents, Montpelier is a small town known for its big-city amenities. It boasts a lively music and arts scene, as well as a host of great restaurants to choose from—perhaps due to the fact that it's home to the world-renowned New England Culinary Institute! Your first walk today is in beloved Hubbard Park, created when John E. Hubbard donated 125 acres of his family's land to the city in 1899. A range of different habitats exist in the park, along with seven miles of hiking trails—so there are plenty of options for your first walk. Regardless of the trail chosen, your walk culminates at a 50-foot-tall stone observation tower, which offers views of Montpelier and its surrounding mountains.
After lunch, you depart for a one-hour drive to the quintessential New England town of Norwich. With a population of just over 3,400 people, Norwich has a vibrant downtown, a lovely village green, and the memorable Dan & Whit's general store, whose motto is "If we don't have it, you don't need it!"
This afternoon, you embark on a meandering walk through woods and open fields at the Cossingham Road Farm. Nearly 70 species of birds have been identified by either sound or sight on the farm. Lucky visitors may see a barred owl or moose tracks.
Your final destination today is the Norwich Inn, your home for the next two nights. First established in 1797 by Dartmouth College graduate Jasper Murdock, the inn's Victorian architecture and antique furnishings belie the modern amenities available to its guests. After time to freshen up, you may enjoy a Vermont-made aperitif before heading off for dinner at a restaurant known for its impeccably prepared meals.
Norwich Inn
A historic Vermont inn located in the heart of town, featuring rooms decorated with Victorian antiques and traditional furnishings. An on-site microbrewery, outdoor patio, wine cellar, and enclosed terrace dining room complement the inn's many modern amenities.
Quechee Gorge; 2 miles, easy to moderate. Mt. Tom, 2 miles, easy to moderate
A brief 15-minute drive from Norwich brings you to Vermont's "Little Grand Canyon"—the 165-foot-deep Quechee Gorge. Here you descend into the gorge and walk along the Ottauquechee River before a visit to VINS, the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. Established in 1972, the VINS Nature Center provides environmental education and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation. State-of-the-art enclosures accommodate the largest collection of birds of prey in the Northeast, including bald and golden eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons. More than 400 orphaned and injured birds from Vermont and neighboring New Hampshire are treated annually at the center, and a special one-way viewing window offers a glimpse into wildlife rehabilitation in action.
After, a short drive brings you to Simon Pearce where you watch their master glassblowing artisans create some of their stunning products using time-honored techniques. Before departing, you have time to browse the gift shop's extensive selection of handcrafted glassware, dinnerware, and home accents. Next, you continue on to the charming village of Woodstock where this afternoon's walk takes you along historic carriage paths and offers expansive views of this idyllic part of Vermont.
Dinner tonight is at the inn, where you choose from their menu featuring fresh and local ingredients.
Norwich Inn
A historic Vermont inn located in the heart of town, featuring rooms decorated with Victorian antiques and traditional furnishings. An on-site microbrewery, outdoor patio, wine cellar, and enclosed terrace dining room complement the inn's many modern amenities.
Optional morning self-guided history walk; 1 mile, easy. Union Village Dam, 3 miles, easy to moderate. Transfer to Stowe.
Early risers may opt for a brief self-guided history walk along Norwich's Main Street before breakfast at the inn's terrace dining room. Following this refreshing start to your day, you depart for a walk along the Ompompanoosuc River, eventually reaching the Union Village Dam. Built in 1950 as part of a system of 16 dams and reservoirs, it was installed to control flooding along the Connecticut River and its tributaries. This walk offers a window into the history of Vermont industry, as you pass the foundation of an old woolen mill and the sites of former farms and homesteads. In addition, a multitude of birds and other wildlife inhabit the mature hardwood forest surrounding the dam.
Next, a short but scenic drive brings you over a covered bridge and into Thetford, a town made up of six villages lining the Connecticut River and home to the nation's oldest secondary school, Thetford Academy. In East Thetford, you visit the Cedar Circle Farm, an organic farm and education center whose mission is to raise awareness about the importance of local agriculture and to increase access to affordable healthy produce. After a private tour, you enjoy a lunch featuring the farm's delicious fruits, vegetables, and other products made on-site.
Satiated from this special meal, a 90-minute transfer brings you to the classic mountain village of Stowe, where wooded trails welcome and spectacular views abound. Your home for the next three evenings is an inn situated in the heart of Stowe village amidst the Green Mountains. New England charm and excellent cuisine provide a warm welcome at the end of an active day.
Green Mountain Inn
Stowe, Vermont
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this property sits in the heart of Stowe village and features rooms with Early American reproduction furniture, stenciling, and handmade quilts.
Trapp Family Lodge; 2-4 miles, easy to moderate or Mt. Mansfield Ridgeline; 3 miles, moderate to challenging
Today you drive to Smugglers Notch—the deep, boulder-laden passageway between Mt. Mansfield and Sterling Peak. In the early 1800s, Smugglers Notch was used as a route for transporting illegal or embargoed goods in and out of Canada.
After ascending Mt. Mansfield by van via the winding Stowe Mountain Toll Road, you take in the breathtaking views of the surrounding valleys during a brief stroll from the Visitors' Center to a viewpoint offering 360-degree vistas. Those continuing to the summit of Mt. Mansfield walk along the ridge, enjoying views of Lake Champlain and several mountain ranges along the way, including the Adirondacks in New York, the White and Green mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as Mount Royal in Canada. Those opting for the walk at Trapp Family Lodge return to the van and continue the short journey to the lodge founded by the famous family who settled in Stowe after fleeing the Nazi occupation of Austria. The walking choices are infinite, as their 2,500 acres boast over 30 miles of hiking trails, which double as cross-country ski trails in winter.
Later in the afternoon, there is time to explore the village of Stowe, take a stroll along its recreation path, or simply relax and enjoy the tranquility of your inn. Tonight you are free to enjoy dinner on your own, choosing from many local restaurants within easy walking distance. Your guides will be happy to assist in your choice.
Green Mountain Inn
Stowe, Vermont
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this property sits in the heart of Stowe village and features rooms with Early American reproduction furniture, stenciling, and handmade quilts.
Bull Moose Pasture; 4 miles, easy
Today's walk takes you to beautiful Bull Moose Pasture. On your way to the pasture, your guides share secrets about the art of maple sugaring and tell tales of the little-known political history of the area while you pass working farms, sugar maple groves, and meadows dotted with Vermont's ubiquitous Holstein cows.
This afternoon you take time to visit with George Woodard, a third-generation Vermont organic dairy farmer and storyteller. From George you gain a better understanding of Vermont's history of dairy farming and maple sugaring as you take a hayride through his meadows in fine view of Camel's Hump, Vermont's third-highest peak. This evening you gather for a final dinner, where you toast your Green Mountain adventure and perhaps enjoy a post-dinner swim in the hotel's heated outdoor pool.
Green Mountain Inn
Stowe, Vermont
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this property sits in the heart of Stowe village and features rooms with Early American reproduction furniture, stenciling, and handmade quilts.
Shelburne Farms; 2-3 miles, easy. Departure from Burlington
After a leisurely breakfast, you depart Stowe for historic Shelburne Farms, a nonprofit education center promoting sustainability and conservation, set on a 1,400-acre working farm. Located on the shores of Lake Champlain and designated as a National Historic Landmark, it was established in 1886 as the agricultural estate of William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb. Today, the farm integrates a host of community and educational activities with a cheese-making facility, a seasonal inn, an organic market garden, and a working dairy with over 100 Brown Swiss cows.
With numerous trails to choose from, you explore the grounds taking in the incredible vistas while passing by the historical inn as well as the dairy and coach barns. Lunch today is a locavore's dream. With an ever-changing menu, the Farm Cart offers a host of fresh and creative menu options supplied by local producers and the farm's own Market Garden, a seven-acre mixed vegetable garden that furnishes produce for the inn and local farmers' markets. Dramatic views of the lake and Adirondack Mountains leave a lasting impression of your visit to Vermont. Following your final lunch as a group, you transfer to the Burlington International Airport where you bid farewell to your newfound friends.
Itinerary Disclaimer
Bear in mind that this is a typical itinerary, and the actual activities, sites, and accommodations may vary due to season, special events, weather, or transportation schedules. We reserve the right to alter the itinerary since tour arrangements are made up to a year in advance, and unforeseen circumstances that mandate change may arise. Itinerary changes are made to improve the tour and your experience. If you are currently booked on a Country Walkers adventure, an itinerary has been sent to you for your exact departure date. Please call Country Walkers at 800.464.9255 if you have any questions about the exact itinerary or hotels selected for any of our tours.
Deborah's enthusiasm for her adopted state of Vermont overflows into everything that she does. She enjoys guiding hikes, searching for buried treasure, and creating trails on the land surrounding her cabin west of Middlebury, Vermont. The winter season finds her teaching her children to cross-country ski. A former corporate consultant, Deborah is happiest on the trail with her Robert Frost poetry in hand.
Maggie, both a massage therapist and yoga instructor, has always been an avid outdoor enthusiast. She spent 5 years working for the Adirondack and Green Mountains Clubs doing everything from ridge running to stewarding trail maintenance projects. Her love for hiking inspired her to hike Vermont's Long Trail 3 times and attempt an Appalachian Trail through hike. When not enjoying the trails you can find her training for triathlons, listening to live music, or practicing headstands.
Mark is a veteran wilderness guide, naturalist, and wilderness skills instructor. A passionate student and teacher of the ecology and natural history of Northern New England, Mark is proud to have eaten over 150 wild plant species from the region! In addition to guiding walking tours for CW, Mark teaches wilderness survival courses at Dartmouth College and also leads retreats exploring the relationship between wilderness living and contemplative spirituality.
Marina can be found hiking the green hills of Vermont every morning with her dog. Born and raised in Sweden, Marina lives in Stowe with her husband and works as a freelance translator. She is an avid outdoor and exercise enthusiast and has been a ski instructor at Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak, for ever 20 years. Marina also enjoys mountain biking and is a certified Nordic Walking instructor. As a guide, sharing the beauty and treasures of the Green Mountain State is her passion.
Excellent tour with great scenery and exceptional Fall colours. Great variety each day, and exceptional guides in both Mark and Matt, as well as great travelling companions.
The best guides in every way. Fun, wonderful storytellers, great communicators.
The Country Walkers Fall Foliage Tour in Vermont had me in sensory overload. It was like living in a picture postcard for a week!
We wanted a relaxing vacation, with no decisions for us to make, in a beautiful setting with fun guides and interesting walking companions. We scored on all counts.
CW tours are always top class. But this trip was spectacular - everything was perfect from the weather, to the peakfoliage, to the guides to the compatibility of the other guests. Walking through the woods with the canopy of trees overhead, the leaves gently falling from the sky created such a feeling of peace - that was priceless.
The guides were very knowledgeable about the history of Vermont and the flora. It was a great learning experience and we laughed a lot!
If you are going to Vermont and the Fall Foliage trip, why would you go with anyone but Mark and Maggie and CW?
Exceptionally friendly & helpful guides, impeccable organization of each day, with knowledgeable & insightful talks during the walks.


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Are you PC or Console Gamer?
Hands down PC wins, you can use a controller from a game console on a PC and you can do ordinary things faster than a console, and it's faster for gaming, and it's overall better, whadda ya think?
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By CARL SMITH
The Starkville Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Boardtown Village, an assisted living facility located at 905 North Montgomery St., after an emergency call was placed at 2:22 a.m Sunday.
The fire originated in the rear of Apartment 305 in Building 3.
SFD Chief Roger Mann said the fire destroyed two of the apartment's rooms and spread to the attic. Several other apartments in the building suffered heat and smoke damage. Emergency responders cleared the building and treated several people for smoke inhalation.
Mann said the apartment's tenant, identified as James Simmons by Boardtown residents, was first transported to Oktibbeha County Hospital and later to a burn center in Augusta, Ga. Mann could not identify the tenant transported from the scene, and Boardtown Village's management was unavailable for comment Sunday.
"Our guys had to remove him from the apartment," Mann said. "He was not burned in the fire to my knowledge. He was overcome by smoke."
Four fire trucks were dispatched to the structure fire, Mann said, and firefighters remained on the scene until almost 8 a.m.
"Right now it's too early to give a preliminary cause for the fire," Mann said. "We're conducting interviews right now. We expect to conclude the investigation quickly."
Dorothy Kemp, a Boardtown Village resident who lives in Building 3, said she was awoken during the fire by another resident, Sheila Lowe, pounding on her back door.
"I woke up and heard her saying I had to get out," Kemp said. "I never saw flames, but I smelled something burning and then saw a lot of dark smoke."
As Lowe continued to warn residents and moved about the building's perimeter, she said she saw tall flames through the bedroom window of the burning unit.
"I could see the flames racing straight up in the bedroom," Lowe said. "The smoke was tremendous. I was just coughing and pitiful."
Since a Boardtown spokesperson was unavailable at the assisted living facility Sunday, the exact number of residents displaced by the fire is unknown at time of press.
Kemp and Lowe said the facility's management has offered hotel rooms for displaced residents, but both said they would be making other living arrangements for the time being.
Without the quick help of firefighters, both Lowe and Kemp said the damage—structural and human—could have been significantly worse.
"When those firefighters got here, they were running around helping so quickly," Lowe said. "They were so professional. I just want to thank them for their help."


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Witch's Will For A Morning In March
I will remain in "mourning" so long as Obama's unworthy ass sits in the Oval Office.
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Can It Happen Here?
by Thomas Sowell
The decision of the government in Cyprus to simply take money out of people's bank accounts there sent shock waves around the world. People far removed from that small island nation had to wonder: "Can this happen here?"
The economic repercussions of having people feel that their money is not safe in banks can be catastrophic. Banks are not just warehouses where money can be stored. They are crucial institutions for gathering individually modest amounts of money from millions of people and transferring that money to strangers whom those people would not directly entrust it to.
Multi-billion dollar corporations, whose economies of scale can bring down the prices of goods and services — thereby raising our standard of living — are seldom financed by a few billionaires.
Far more often they are financed by millions of people, who have neither the specific knowledge nor the economic expertise to risk their savings by investing directly in those enterprises. Banks are crucial intermediaries, which provide the financial expertise without which these transfers of money are too risky.
There are poor nations with rich natural resources, which are not developed because they lack either the sophisticated financial institutions necessary to make these key transfers of money or because their legal or political systems are too unreliable for people to put their money into these financial intermediaries.
Whether in Cyprus or in other countries, politicians tend to think in short run terms, if only because elections are held in the short run. Therefore, there is always a temptation to do reckless and short-sighted things to get over some current problem, even if that creates far worse problems in the long run.
Seizing money that people put in the bank would be a classic example of such short-sighted policies. After thousands of American banks failed during the Great Depression of the 1930s, there were people who would never put their money in a bank again, even after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation was created, to have the federal government guarantee individual bank accounts when the bank itself failed.
For years after the Great Depression, stories appeared in the press from time to time about some older person who died and was found to have substantial sums of money stored under a mattress or in some other hiding place, because they never trusted banks again.
After going back and forth, the government of Cyprus ultimately decided, under international pressure, to go ahead with its plan to raid people's bank accounts. But could similar policies be imposed in other countries, including the United States?
One of the big differences between the United States and Cyprus is that the U.S. government can simply print more money to get out of a financial crisis. But Cyprus cannot print more euros, which are controlled by international institutions.
Does that mean that Americans' money is safe in banks? Yes and no.
The U.S. government is very unlikely to just seize money wholesale from people's bank accounts, as is being done in Cyprus. But does that mean that your life savings are safe?
No. There are more sophisticated ways for governments to take what you have put aside for yourself and use it for whatever the politicians feel like using it for. If they do it slowly but steadily, they can take a big chunk of what you have sacrificed for years to save, before you are even aware, much less alarmed.
more: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/26/can_it_happen_here_117629.html
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The Left's Thought Tyranny and the Right's Cowardice
A couple of recent news items illustrate the close-mindedness, aggressiveness and oppressiveness of modern liberalism's thought police.
MSNBC's Toure issued a scathing commentary against the GOP for considering outreach efforts toward African-Americans. Toure said: "Such is the dysfunctional, abusive relationship the GOP insists on with black folks. They say they want a new relationship while continuing to try to screw us over."
Toure went on to lambaste Dr. Ben Carson, a black person, for daring to stray from leftist ideas and endorsing conservative ones, such as a flat tax. Carson has "intellectual tumors in his mind, like a flat tax, which is regressive and ignorant in the face of American wealth inequality." Toure continued: "I doubt the GOP would entertain a white non-politician with unserious ideas." But blacks such as Carson "get raced to the front of the line because then people get to put a bumper sticker on their cars saying, 'How can I be racist? I would have voted for Carson."
Another story involves Ryan Rotela, a student at Florida Atlantic University who alleges that he was suspended from his class on "intercultural communications" because he refused to comply with a directive (or request) by the course's instructor, Deandre Poole.
Poole allegedly told his students to write "Jesus" on a sheet of paper, put the paper on the floor and then stomp on it. Rotela, a devout Mormon, said he refused and "picked up the paper from the floor and put it right back on the table." He said he told the professor he didn't believe this was appropriate, that it was unprofessional for the professor to have initiated this exercise and that he was "deeply offended" by what he had told him to do.
Todd Starnes of Fox News said that according to documents, Rotela "has been brought up on academic charges by the school and may no longer attend class." But this "notice of charges," according to Starnes, is contrary to a statement the university released Friday night, which said no one had been disciplined as a result of the classroom activity.
Regardless, the assignment itself was outrageous and is illustrative of a hostile attitude toward Christianity (and conservatism) on many campuses and elsewhere in our culture today.
The left can vehemently deny it, but does anyone really believe that a professor would still have his job if instead of using the word "Jesus," he had used "Muhammad" or "Barack Obama" or the name or symbol of any other iconic figure of the left?
more: http://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2013/03/26/the-lefts-thought-tyranny-and-the-rights-cowardice-n1548711/page/full/
'Jesus Stomping' Professor/ FAU Story Continues With Non-Apology, Then Apology and Now Charges Filed Against Student Who Complained
link: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/03/25/jesus-stomping-professor-fau-story-continues-with-non-apology-then-apology-and-now-charges-filed-against-student-who-complained/?singlepage=true
The saddest part of this whole story is the question asked at the end of this article:
"Why was there only one student in the class who found stomping on Jesus objectionable?"
That question is worth pondering anytime, but especially during Holy Week.
I also have a question for all those "good" Christians who say that Mormons are not Christians. "Where were all the good little Christians in that class when this one kid stood up alone?" Good Christians? I think not! Ryan Rotela was the only "REAL" Christian in that classroom. Student or teacher.
Don't Nudge Me There
If government may dictate soda size, why not sexual behavior?
by James Taranto
If you want to get published on the op-ed page of a major newspaper, a good way to go about it is to make a reasonable, or at least reasonable-sounding, case for an unpopular and outlandish position. It's important that the issue be trivial, so that readers will get riled up but no one will really feel offended or threatened.
Philosopher Sarah Conly, author of a new book called "Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism," has discovered the formula. In a New York Times op-ed titled "Three Cheers for the Nanny State," she defends Mayor Michael Bloomberg's almost universally ridiculed (and judicially enjoined) ban on large sodas and other sugary beverages.
Conly's argument doesn't seem unreasonable, though it is incoherent in places. In a parenthetical aside, for example, she mocks opponents for objecting over such a trivial matter: "Large cups of soda as symbols of human dignity? Really?" (Note to the editors: That "Really?" is lazy writing. Why not let a rhetorical question stand on its own? See what we mean?) But of course she wants us to take her defense of this silly policy as a serious philosophical argument.
Then there's this priceless passage: "Do we care so much about our health that we want to be forced to go to aerobics every day and give up all meat, sugar and salt? No. But in this case, it's some extra soda. Banning a law on the grounds that it might lead to worse laws would mean we could have no laws whatsoever."
Oddly, Conly bases her reductio ad absurdum on false empirical premises. The benefits and risks of exercise, and of particular forms of exercise, vary from individual to individual. And giving up all meat and salt, unlike sugar, is likely to harm your health.
The best part is that conclusion. Essentially she's saying that if you accept one slippery-slope argument, you have to accept all slippery-slope arguments. Therefore, slippery-slope arguments are unsound.
more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324105204578382572446778866.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion
I do take exception with Mr. Taranto's statement that giving up ALL meat can be harmful to your health. Quite the contrary. You simply have to get your protein elsewhere. Since I am a vegetarian, not a vegan, I can get plenty from eggs.
Of course any good vegetarian knows that broccoli contains more protein ounce for ounce than steak so you can see that we have no worry about putting dead flesh from animals who are often stuffed full of "suppliments" that we don't want and don't need in "our" bodies as being harmful to our health.
I don't preach the religion of vegetarianism. I simply do it. And I don't give a rat's ass if anyone else does or not.
What puzzles me is why so many meat-eaters are downright hostile to vegetarians who are not preaching and not doing them any harm. Why does the very idea enrage them?
What's Up With the Democrats?
Sen. Tim Johnson to retire, lifting GOP hopes in battle for Senate
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) will not seek reelection in 2014, The Hill has confirmed, putting another red-state seat up for grabs in the battle for control of the Senate.
Johnson, who is serving his third term, will announce the news on Tuesday at the University of South Dakota, his former school. Johnson will be the fifth Senate Democrat to retire this election cycle.
The decision gives Republicans another prime pickup opportunity as they work to win back control of the Senate.
Republicans need to gain six seats to flip control of the upper chamber in 2014. Mitt Romney carried South Dakota with 57 percent of the vote in the 2012 presidential election.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee said the seat would have switched parties whether Johnson retired or not, judging by Romney's big win in the state.
"South Dakota voters overwhelmingly rejected the Democratic agenda by 20 points in 2012 and is a prime pick up opportunity for Republicans regardless of whose name Democrats put on the ballot," said Brad Dayspring, communications director for the NRSC.
more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/290179-sen-tim-johnson-to-retire-on-2014-giving-gop-new-pickup-target#ixzz2OdpVLLfg
What Up With Republicans?
South Carolina Showdown
By Robert Stacy McCain
Fear and loathing as Mark Sanford faces Curtis Bostic in next week's GOP runoff.
Democrats were exultant when former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford finished atop last week's Republican primary in a special election to fill the 1st District congressional seat vacated by Tim Scott's appointment to the Senate. In a 16-candidate GOP field, Sanford got 37 percent, nearly three times the vote of his nearest rival, former Charleston County council member Curtis Bostic. Sanford's advantages are even larger than the vote totals would suggest: He reportedly has a 15-to-1 campaign cash edge over Bostic and the former two-term governor is almost infinitely ahead in terms of what political strategists call "name recognition."
Alas, name recognition is a two-edged sword for Sanford, who is perhaps best known for an embarrassment that made the phrase"hiking the Appalachian Trail" a smutty double-entendre in 2009. One late-June weekend that year — the weekend of Father's Day, to be exact — the governor's whereabouts became a national mystery. Neither his family nor his staff nor South Carolina law enforcement could find Sanford, whose name had been bandied about as a possible 2012 Republican presidential contender. Before search parties could be sent to find the allegedly missing hiker, however, Sanford flew back from Argentina to South Carolina and held one of the most surreal press conferences in political history. He told how a "remarkable friendship" with a woman he met in Argentina a year earlier had "sparked into something more than that." He spoke of "trying to get my heart right" and said he had"spent the past five days of my life crying in Argentina."Sanford's description of Maria Belen Chapur as his "soul mate" was, as Daily Caller columnist Yates Walker said, "possibly the most sociopathic moment ever captured on live television."
Sanford was censured by the state legislature, his wife divorced him, and last year he announced his engagement to his Argentine soul mate. His supporters use the word "redemption" to describe the former governor's potential comeback, but the reaction of other Republicans could best be described as Fear and Loathing. The fear includes conservatives who warned the Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin that Republicans "are absolutely in danger of losing" the otherwise safe seat with Sanford as their nominee and, even if Sanford could defeat Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, he might singlehandedly revive the "Republican war on women" narrative. As for the loathing, Ann Coulter denounced Sanford in no uncertain terms.
"The Republican Party owes Sanford nothing. He had a chance and he blew it," Coulter declared in a column published the day after the March 19 primary. "If, in some horrible twist of fate that's been stalking Republicans, Sanford wins the runoff, he will lose the general election. Worse, he might win, making Republicans look like utter hypocrites on family values."
more: http://spectator.org/archives/2013/03/26/south-carolina-showdown
Gutfeld Blasts Jim Carrey: 'Dirty, Stinking Coward'
I watched this segment of "The Five" and cheered every word Gutfeld spoke. Time the rights gets some guts and starts calling these celebutards out for the scum they are.
Jim Carrey Lies: More Demand for Heston's Movies Than Carrey's
Question: Why did Jim Carrey do a "Funny or Die" video attacking Charlton Heston and gun owners?
Answer: Because Carrey's career is in the crapper and this gives him a chance to suck up to "Funny or Die" co-founder, Adam McKay, a blazing leftist who's managed to keep Will Ferrell on top at the box office. Basically, in order to beg for a job, one-time superstar Jim Carrey has been reduced to making YouTube videos mocking a Hollywood legend who's been dead five years.
In his Funny or Die stunt, and without irony, Carrey attacks Heston as a has-been whose movies are "no longer in demand."
What great timing!
Just last week Carrey was dealt yet another flop with "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone."
But this week, the ABC network will once again turn over nearly five hours of broadcast time to Heston's "Ten Commandments." Why? Because Heston's film is so much in demand it wins its timeslot year after year after year.
How sad is Jim Carrey's career? At age 53, he will star in "Dumb and Dumber III."
Oh, and he's doing Funny or Die videos.
State of Illinois, meet Reality
Illinois, while not the most populous state, has led the nation in unfunded pension liabilities and bond debt. Now, however, its borrowing binge may be ending
The change has not come about because the state is defaulting on its payments or seeking bankruptcy. As of now Federal bankruptcy law does not allow states to file in Federal court for bankruptcy protection. The real reason for the change is that the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) charged the state of Illinois with securities fraud for misrepresenting its financial position from 2005 to early 2009. In most of those years the Governor of the State was Rod Blagojevich, the carefully coiffed chief executive who was convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama's senate seat when he resigned to run for president.
The governor was convicted of corruption and is now serving a 14-year sentence. Unfortunately, the damage he did to the fiscal stability of Illinois and the taxpayers of Illinois will last much longer than his incarceration. Under his leadership, the state consistently passed wildly irresponsible budgets, and even though the state constitution requires a balanced budget, the budget was "balanced" by issuing bonds every year.
However, after Blagojevich left, from March 2009 to January 2013, the state of Illinois saw its credit rating lowered a total of 11 times by Moody's, Fitch, and S&P combined. This means Illinois must pay 1.45 percentage points more than the nation's AAA-rated states on 10 year bonds. This deprives state programs that assist the poor of badly-needed services, and led the state to choose to cut back on Medicaid spending rather than on lavish pensions. It also has a stack of unpaid bills to vendors amounting to over 7 billion dollars. The Cato Institute has called Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, who followed Blagojevich, the worst governor in the nation for failing to show any leadership in either fiscal responsibility or pension reform.
Today $96.8 billion dollars of unfunded pension debt looms over the state's fiscal future. This will place heavy burdens on the taxpayers of the state for decades to come. And Cook County, the county that contains the City of Chicago and some of its satellite suburbs, also has a startling debt of $140 billion of its own in addition to the state debt. This single county obligation is far greater than the total debt of most other states.
Since the SEC has accused Illinois of misrepresenting its debt, however, Illinois may no longer be able to bail itself out by selling bonds on Wall Street. Just this past January it tried to raise $500 million by selling bonds and Wall Street said no. Its borrowing days are over.
Just a few days ago Illinois passed a new law that will begin to rein in its unfunded pension liability. Now state workers will no longer have their pensions increased three percent per year on their entire pension, just the first $25,000.
For all but two of the past 30 years the Illinois State House has been run by Speaker Michael Madigan. He so thoroughly dominates the Illinois legislature that the state has been renamed "Madiganistan" by Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass.
more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/03/state_of_illinois_–_meet_reality.html#ixzz2Oe6lbxMu
It is simply incomprehensible to me that any voter, anywhere would think it just dandy for one man to "run" things in their state for 30 years. You might understand if the state was doing well. It isn't. And still they vote these theives and robbers into office again and again. I waver between calling it stupid and insane. Perhaps it's both. What ever it is, it ain't working.
Bill Maher Upset by 'Gerrymandered' Senate Races
On HBO's Real Time Friday, Bill Maher complained that red-state Democrat Senators bow to pressure from their constituents on gun control "because we are such a gerrymandered country."
Guest John Feehery quickly reminded Maher that Senate races cannot be gerrymandered, as they are statewide elections. Minutes beforehand, Maher went on a tirade about how the American people are "morons."
video: http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2013/03/23/Maher-The-American-People-Are-Morons
The Great Recession Has Been Followed by the Grand Illusion
by Mort Zuckerman
Don't be fooled by the latest jobs numbers. The unemployment situation in the U.S. is still dire.
The Great Recession is an apt name for America's current stagnation, but the present phase might also be called the Grand Illusion—because the happy talk and statistics that go with it, especially regarding jobs, give a rosier picture than the facts justify.
The country isn't really advancing. By comparison with earlier recessions, it is going backward. Despite the most stimulative fiscal policy in American history and a trillion-dollar expansion to the money supply, the economy over the last three years has been declining. After 2.4% annual growth rates in gross domestic product in 2010 and 2011, the economy slowed to 1.5% growth in 2012. Cumulative growth for the past 12 quarters was just 6.3%, the slowest of all 11 recessions since World War II.
And last year's anemic growth looks likely to continue. Sequestration will take $600 billion of government expenditures out of the economy over the next 10 years, including $85 billion this year alone. The 2% increase in payroll taxes will hit about 160 million workers and drain $110 billion from their disposable incomes. The Obama health-care tax will be a drag of more than $30 billion. The recent 50-cent surge in gasoline prices represents another $65 billion drag on consumer cash flow.
February's headline unemployment rate was portrayed as 7.7%, down from 7.9% in January. The dip was accompanied by huzzahs in the news media claiming the improvement to be "outstanding" and "amazing." But if you account for the people who are excluded from that number—such as "discouraged workers" no longer looking for a job, involuntary part-time workers and others who are "marginally attached" to the labor force—then the real unemployment rate is somewhere between 14% and 15%.
The number of Americans unemployed for six months or longer went up by 89,000 in February to a total of 4.8 million. The average duration of unemployment rose to 36.9 weeks, up from 35.3 weeks in January. The labor-force participation rate, which measures the percentage of working-age people in the workforce, also dropped to 63.5%, the lowest in 30 years. The average workweek is a low 34.5 hours thanks to employers shortening workers' hours or asking employees to take unpaid leave.
Since World War II, it has typically taken 24 months to reach a new peak in employment after the onset of a recession. Yet the country is more than 60 months away from its previous high in 2007, and the economy is still down 3.2 million jobs from that year.
more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323393304578364670697613576.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
NBC's Jerry Sandusky Debacle
John Ziegler is steamed that Today didn't give his Penn State theories a fair shake, focusing only on the coach—and the network is getting flak for having him on at all.
Ziegler says that he had given the Today show considerable amounts of new information about what he found to be unfair circumstances surrounding the firing of Penn State's iconic head football coach, Joe Paterno, and felt duped when instead the interview focused on Sandusky's comments from behind bars. Ziegler had come on the program to tout his upcoming documentary Framing Paterno and its companion website, but found himself hardly able to mention the conflicting evidence he claims will prove that Paterno was railroaded by the university.
NBC News, meanwhile, has been criticized for giving Ziegler a platform to say anything at all, despite the bonanza ratings potential. Gawker labeled the filmmaker a "Penn State truther". Sexual-abuse advocates voiced their frustration at seeing Sandusky in the spotlight again. Even the family of the late Paterno, the man whose reputation Ziegler is out to redeem, called the interview "an insult to the victims and anyone who cares about the truth in this tragic story."
An NBC spokesperson said the network stands by its reporting, which was "fair and accurate."
more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/26/nbc-s-jerry-sandusky-debacle.html
While I feel that Ziegler is indeed a Sandusky "truther" I am also quite sure that the scum at NBC are incapable of being "fair" or "accurate."
by Jonathan Turley
This month, I spoke at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal with some of its survivors at the National Press Club. While much of the discussion looked back at the historic clash with President Nixon, I was struck by a different question: Who actually won? From unilateral military actions to warrantless surveillance that were key parts of the basis for Nixon's impending impeachment, the painful fact is that Barack Obama is the president that Nixon always wanted to be.
Four decades ago, Nixon was halted in his determined effort to create an "imperial presidency" with unilateral powers and privileges. In 2013, Obama wields those very same powers openly and without serious opposition. The success of Obama in acquiring the long-denied powers of Nixon is one of his most remarkable, if ignoble, accomplishments. Consider a few examples:
Warrantless surveillance
Nixon's use of warrantless surveillance led to the creation of a special court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA). But the reform turned out to be more form than substance. The secret court turned "probable cause" into a meaningless standard, virtually guaranteeing any surveillance the government wanted. After hundreds of thousands of applications over decades, only a couple have ever been denied.
Last month, the Supreme Court crushed any remaining illusions regarding FISA when it sided with the Obama administration in ruling that potential targets of such spying had to have proof they were spied upon before filing lawsuits, even if the government has declared such evidence to be secret. That's only the latest among dozens of lawsuits the administration has blocked while surveillance expands exponentially.
Unilateral military action
Nixon's impeachment included the charge that he evaded Congress' sole authority to declare war by invading Cambodia. In the Libyan "mission," Obama announced that only he had the inherent authority to decide what is a "war" and that so long as he called it something different, no congressional approval or even consultation was necessary. He proceeded to bomb a nation's capital, destroy military units and spend more than a billion dollars in support of one side in a civil war.
Kill lists
Nixon ordered a burglary to find evidence to use against Daniel Ellsberg, who gave the famed Pentagon Papers to the press, and later tried to imprison him. Ellsberg was later told of a secret plot by the White House "plumbers" to "incapacitate" him in a physical attack. It was a shocking revelation. That's nothing compared with Obama's assertion of the right to kill any U.S. citizen without a charge, let alone conviction, based on his sole authority. A recently leaked memo argues that the president has a right to kill a citizen even when he lacks "clear evidence (of) a specific attack" being planned.
Attacking whistle-blowers
Nixon was known for his attacks on whistle-blowers. He used the Espionage Act of 1917 to bring a rare criminal case against Ellsberg. Nixon was vilified for the abuse of the law. Obama has brought twice as many such prosecutions as all prior presidents combined. While refusing to prosecute anyone for actual torture, the Obama administration has prosecuted former CIA employee John Kiriakou for disclosing the torture program.
Other Nixonesque areas include Obama's overuse of classification laws and withholding material from Congress. There are even missing tapes. In the torture scandal, CIA officials admitted to destroying tapes that they feared could be used against them in criminal cases. Of course, Nixon had missing tapes, but Rose Mary Woods claimed to have erased them by mistake, as opposed to current officials who openly admit to intentional destruction.
Obama has not only openly asserted powers that were the grounds for Nixon's impeachment, but he has made many love him for it. More than any figure in history, Obama has been a disaster for the U.S. civil liberties movement. By coming out of the Democratic Party and assuming an iconic position, Obama has ripped the movement in half. Many Democrats and progressive activists find themselves unable to oppose Obama for the authoritarian powers he has assumed. It is not simply a case of personality trumping principle; it is a cult of personality.
more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/03/25/nixon-has-won-watergate/2019443/
Media Malpractice:
Report: Rachel Maddow Thinks Obama Avoids MSNBC Because He'll Get Asked Tough Questions
If the New Republic's Rebecca Dana is correct, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow is more deluded than anyone thought.
In her lengthy piece about MSNBC president Phil Griffin, Dana claimed Maddow believes the reason President Obama hasn't given the cable network an interview since 2008 is because "his people know he's going to get asked difficult questions":
Many of MSNBC's hosts are also more liberal than the White House is, particularly on issues like drone warfare, indefinite detention, and relief for the financial sector. And Maddow argues that Obama avoids the network (he hasn't agreed to an interview since 2008) in part because his people know he's going to get asked difficult questions. "What MSNBC has done is help create something of a North Star for a lot of progressive opinion to follow," says Erik Smith, a senior media adviser to both Obama campaigns. "But as quickly as they're with you, they can be on the left of you. It's not like it's a booster club on the air." Axelrod noted the network's lack of support after Obama's poor first debate performance. "I wasn't terribly happy about it," he says of the MSNBC backlash, "but there's no doubt they were opinion leaders."
Can you imagine any of Obama's biggest cheerleaders in the media – Maddow, Martin Bashir, Chris Matthews, Al Sharpton, Ed Schultz, Lawrence O'Donnell – asking Obama a single tough question?
The reality is Obama has no reason going on MSNBC.
His shills there are already reading his talking points verbatim 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
We are constantly told that Rachel Maddow is soooo smart. If that is so, then she must be one of media's biggest liars. Because a "smart" person wouldn't, couldn't believe 1/2 of the swill she peddles. However a little thought reminds us of how often the media feels a need to remind us about how "smart" Obama is too.
Hey Rachel, you being so "smart" an all, didn't anyone ever tell you that there's no reason to buy the cow when you are getting the milk for free?
Sixth-grader status might not seem so bad to Dianne Feinstein now
When Ted Cruz raised with Dianne Feinstein the question of the constitutionality of legislation she was proposing, the Senator from California reacted testily, stating that she is not a sixth-grader. I would have thought that, if anything, Cruz's attempt to engage her in a discussion about the Constitution showed respect for Sen. Feinstein.
Too often, Feinstein (a non-lawyer) has marginalized herself as a Judiciary Committee member by opting to play Oprah, rather than engaging in meaningful legal analysis. During the Roberts confirmation hearings, for example, Feinstein famously tried to have the nominee speak to her as a father and a husband, rather than a jurist. No wonder she worries that she's not taken seriously.
Cruz offered Feinstein the opportunity to join the adults. Feinstein not only turned it down, she complained that the offer was demeaning.
What, then, does Feinstein make of Harry Reid's decision to strip her proposed ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines from the gun legislation to be proposed to the Senate? Talk about disrespect. This is a signature piece of legislation for Feinstein, who became mayor of San Francisco after the 1978 assassinations of the City's Mayor and City Supervisor. Reid's decision to exclude her contribution from the bill led Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post to conclude that Feinstein had "the worst week in Washington."
Feinstein, I assume, will decide not to take Reid's decision personally. After all, he pulled her legislation because it doesn't have enough votes.
But shouldn't a senior Senator of any stature expect her own party to permit an up-or-down vote on her pet legislation, favored by the party, on an important issue? As President Obama shouted (several times) in his State of the Union speech, the Newtown victims DESERVE A VOTE.
It seems to me that Feinstein has been exiled to the "kids' table." Not by Ted Cruz, or through her own antics, but by her party's Majority Leader.
Poll: Support for new gun control drops by double-digit margin since Sandy Hook
Support for new gun control measures has dropped 10 points from the days following the December shooting at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school, according to a survey released Tuesday by CBS News.
According to the poll, 47 percent believe gun control laws should be more strict, while 11 percent want fewer regulations on gun purchases and 39 percent say laws should be kept as they are. That's a substantial drop from December, when 57 percent backed stronger new gun controls.
There remains a sharp partisan split, with two-thirds of Democrats saying they believe gun control laws should be more strict, while 52 percent of Republicans believe they should be kept as they are. Independents are nearly evenly divided, with 43 percent advocating stricter gun control laws and 39 percent preferring the status quo.More than half of women (55 percent) say they support new measures, while just 39 percent of men want stricter laws. Half of current gun owners say they want to keep gun regulations as they are, while a quarter back stronger gun control measures.
Still, support for new gun controls remains higher than it was following mass shootings in Aurora, Colo. and Tuscon, Ariz. — evidence that the Newtown killing spree, which left 20 schoolchildren and six educators dead, has had particular resonance.
And other polls show broad support for individual gun control measures. A Quinnipiac University poll released last week showed that 88 percent of Americans back universal gun background checks.
more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/290269-poll-support-for-new-gun-control-drops-by-double-digit-margin-since-sandy-hook?utm_campaign=briefingroom&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterfeed
Worth a Read:
'We Are F*cking Powerless!': Stewart Laments Obama's–And Every Other President's–Failure In Middle East
link: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/we-are-fcking-powerless-stewart-laments-obamas-and-every-other-presidents-failure-in-middle-east/
Conquering Loserville: MSNBC's Griffin Should Be More Worried About Zucker Than Beating FOX
link: http://www.mediaite.com/online/conquering-loserville-msnbc%e2%80%99s-griffin-should-be-more-worried-about-zucker-than-beating-fox/
Rather odd to be calling an entity that whips your ass regularly a "loser" donchathink?
All Eyes on Supreme Court as Activists Descend on D.C.
link: http://www.rollcall.com/news/all_eyes_on_supreme_court_as_activists_descend_on_dc-223434-1.html?pos=hftxt
Top 10 allegations of 'bias or hate' at Ohio State that we swear we did not make up
link: http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/26/top-10-allegations-of-bias-or-hate-at-ohio-state-that-we-swear-we-did-not-make-up/#ixzz2OefnrtxX
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty. ~ Benjamin Carson


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AEROSOL cans could soon be using nitrogen as their propellant instead of CFCs. Nitrogen has to be kept at a very high pressure to keep it in its liquid form, and it is far too expensive to strengthen the whole can. An Australian company has now found a way round the problem for just a few pence a can.
Overseas Technology has developed a can that stores liquid nitrogen in a small metal container, similar to the bulbs used in soda syphons. The bulb and its valve transfer nitrogen evenly to the liquid in the can.
CFCs are currently used in aerosol cans because they are very unreactive and do not corrupt the contents. Unfortunately, they also damage the ozone layer and contribute to the greenhouse effect, so companies have been looking for an alternative propellant.
Nitrogen is a good candidate because as well as being unreactive, it is cheap ...
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First drive: Honda Insight
Richard Blackburn Honda claims its new Insight puts the fun back in fuel saving. We see if it delivers on the promise.
New Insight hybrid thirstier, but more practical
Richard Blackburn It may use more fuel than its predecessor did a decade ago, but Honda reckons the new Insight will deliver more tangible benefits to the environment.
Honda to launch four new hybrids
Richard Blackburn Honda says 10 per cent of its sales will be hybrid vehicles within three years.
Strong dollar means cheaper hybrids
Richard Blackburn Honda says the strength of the dollar against the yen has allowed it to sharpen the pencil on Australia's cheapest hybrid car.
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Shrinking people-movers on their way
RICHARD BLACKBURN In an overseas trend starting to hit our shores, car makers are getting into the business of shifting big families in small packages, writes RICHARD BLACKBURN.
First drive: Honda with a hint of Starship Enterprise
RICHARD BLACKBURN Slip behind the wheel of the new CR-Z, press the red starter button and the car lights up like the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.
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RICHARD BLACKBURN Honda's CR-Z coupe proves hybrid cars don't have to be boring, writes RICHARD BLACKBURN.
Electric cars not the answer: Honda
RICHARD BLACKBURN One of the leaders in hybrid technology believes hydrogen-fuelled vehicles are the best solution to our energy needs.
Honda defends hybrid CO2 output
RICHARD BLACKBURN Honda says its hybrids are cleaner than conventional cars, despite their more CO2-intensive production process.
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RICHARD BLACKBURN Toyota, the world's biggest car maker and Australia's favourite automotive brand, is facing a growing crisis.
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Four new Grundig and Goodmans Freesat+ HD PVRs available
Four new high definition Grundig and Goodmans Freesat+ Digital TV recorders, or PVRs, are now available in the UK.
The Grundig Freesat+ HD DTR and the Goodmans Freesat+ HD DTR can store over 300 hours of programmes with their 500GB hard drives. The DTRs also come in a 320GB hard drive version capable of storing up to 200 hours of programmes.
Boasting an 8-day on-screen programme guide, HDMI, Series Link, Split Recording, Schedule Tracking, and two digital tuners - so users can watch one channel and record another - the devices offer pause, rewind - and of course record options for live TV.
Crucially for consumers that want to catch up, all four of the recorders are designed to receive the BBC iPlayer service which is scheduled to get a full launch on Freesat in 2010.
The Grundig and Goodmans Freesat+ HD DTRs are available now at Argos, Comet, Costco, Hughes TV and Play.com for approximately £279.99 for the 500GB models and £259 for the 320GB models.


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It's more than just the rules of the game
Dave Ryden didn't even know boys lacrosse games began with a faceoff when he was hired to coach the sport at Marlboro High School, prior to its inaugural season there in 2006.
He was hired for the position at the end of November 2005, leaving him essentially three months to learn as much as he possibly could about the sport before practice started in March.
Ryden, who surrounded himself with assistant coaches who had a strong understanding of lacrosse, admits now he was surprised he was chosen to coach the program. He understands, however, why he was hired by then-Marlboro Athletics Director Mike Verrochi.
"When they offered me the job, I said, 'Listen, I really don't know the game of lacrosse,' and Mike's comment was, 'I watched you coach. You're an excellent coach. You're going to do fine,' " said Ryden, who previously coached football, basketball and baseball for 15 years.
"The best coaches are usually the best teachers, and the best teachers usually make the best coaches."
In Ryden's case, that meant he was hired because others felt he possessed the intangibles needed to manage and motivate high school students on and off the playing field.
Becoming a coach
But there are a number of other requirements teachers need to fill, however, if they want to coach athletics in New Jersey.
Chief among them is the portion of the New Jersey administrative code that says all coaches at public schools must be certified teachers or possess at least 60 college credits and a substitute certificate.
Coaches at parochial schools that are members of the Shore Conference — Mater Dei Prep, Monsignor Donovan, Red Bank Catholic, St. John Vianney, and St. Rose — also must meet that basic requirement, according to Article 3, Section 5 of the conference's constitution.
Other requirements include:
• All new coaches starting with the 2006-07 school year must take the National Federation of High Schools fundamentals of coaching course and a sports first aid course within one year of being hired.
• All coaches in New Jersey must be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• All coaches must be certified in the use of an automated external defibrillator.
• All coaches must be certified annually in concussion awareness, so they are able to spot signs and symptoms of concussions.
New Jersey is one of only 11 states that mandates its coaches to be both CPR and AED certified. Twenty-nine states require neither certification.
"We wanted to be a leader in the health and safety area for our student athletes, and we think we have," NJSIAA Assistant Director Jack DuBois said. "Around the state there are a lot of off-campus, sub-varsity games and practices being held, and the coach is the only person there. There is no trainer.
"That's why we thought it was imperative that all coaches be CPR/AED certified and also have this concussion awareness program because they're going to be the first person on site to provide some type of help."
While many of the coaching requirements are designed to provide coaches with the tools they need to provide help in case of injury to an athlete, the fundamentals of coaching course provides new coaches with ways of dealing with other aspects of coaching, such as giving constructive criticism, properly supervising athletes, staying organized and the importance of teaching proper techniques.
"We talk about students with handicaps, parent-coach meetings and a lot of coach-to-coach and coach-to-student relationships," said Bill Bruno, Brick Township school district athletics director, one of three instructors of the course at the Shore. "Supervising the locker room, the buses, those are all components that help young coaches take on the things a lot of people don't realize about coaching."
Monsignor Donovan softball coach Meghan Wood, who started taking the fundamentals course in late 2008, found it to be a big help as she began her coaching career. Only 25 years old, Wood said the course gave her an opportunity to learn from other coaches, as well as how better to relate to her players.
"You get a lot of feedback, and it put a lot of different things in perspective," she said. "I see a lot of myself in so many of the girls ... If I see a girl having a bad day, she goes 0-for-3, I can see her getting down on herself. I can notice that just like any other coach, but I learned to talk to a kid, instead of player-to-player, from coach-to-player."
Is it enough?
When Ryden was hired to coach a sport he knew little about, he spoke to other high school coaches and attended clinics and practices with the lacrosse coaches at Rutgers. Despite his experience in other sports and ability to motivate athletes, he knew he needed a better understanding of the sport itself.
Anyone who has spent a lot of time around high school athletics, however, knows that coaches are not created equal.
Some dedicate more time to scouting, some go the extra mile to prepare their teams and some simply have a better understanding of their respective sports.
The coaching fundamentals course is broad in nature and does not cover specific sports, and New Jersey does not require any form of sport-specific training.
Ten states do, however, in some form — for varsity-level coaches or new coaches, for example — including neighboring New York. DuBois of the NJSIAA said New Jersey could be headed in that direction.
The National Federation of High Schools offers sport-specific courses coaches can take on its website, and DuBois said completing those courses could become a requirement, but not until at least the 2013-14 school year.
"It keeps them more current with their coaching skills, strategies and philosophies, so I think it has merit," DuBois said.
Manalapan Athletics Director John Ricci requires his coaches to attend rules interpretation meetings as a way to keep up on what's changing in their sport, but said he'd need to learn more about sport-specific courses before saying the state should require them.
"I think it's the responsibility of the school to make sure the coach knows about his sport to coach it," Przygocki said. "We've been very positive about people and supporting people who want to go to clinics within their sport. We would encourage our coaches to do that."
Every athletics director New Jersey Press Media spoke to for this story wants coaches who are educated and experienced in their respective sports, but that's not the end-all, be-all. They also want coaches who are educators first, can set a positive example and teach athletes life lessons.
I look at candidates and see how they're going to be with the kids, if they're going to provide a positive experience for the kid," Ricci said. "I want to hire the person, not the X's and O's. You can teach somebody X's and O's, to game plan, but it takes a special person to get along with kids and teach them."
At Marlboro, where Ryden was promoted to athletics director after his one season as boys lacrosse coach, he said he'd like to see a requirement that prospective coaches have some background knowledge and experience with their specific sport.
When asked if he would consider recommending someone for a head coaching position who was in a similar situation to his in 2006, Ryden responded without hesitation.
"Nope. I want to hire the best person for the job," he said, referencing a current opening at Marlboro. "I'm hiring a girls basketball coach right now. My girls basketball coach, when I interview (candidates), my first run of preliminary interviews is to see if they have experience first, whether that's freshmen, JV or varsity. Do they have experience?"
Robert Ziegler: rziegler@ njpressmedia.com


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My top 10 Utada Hikaru Songs
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Well there are definitely a lot of nice songs by Utada Hikaru. This is definitely just my top 10 favorite songs by her for the moment. Hope you enjoy.
10) Easy Breezy ~ That's just so Utada if you know what I mean.
9) Prisoner of Love ~ One of my Fav from Heart Station
8) Deep River ~ Mellow and nice best described for.
7) Sanctuary ~ Theme for Kingdom Hearts II
6) Goodbye Happiness ~ One of the most uniques videos I have seen on youtube. Well that's just the extra. Catchy tune for this song and I do love catchy music.
5) Final Distance ~ Remember the school stabbing incident, A lot of heart was put into this and thus the message got through.
4) Simple and Clean ~ I like this better than Hikari for some reason, probably it sounds nicer in english than jap perhaps. Theme of Kingdom Hearts
3) Flavor of Life Ballad Version ~ Instantly fell in love with this when I first heard the vocals. This version really did outshine the original in terms of music BGM which I think is much more suited.
2) Beautiful World ~ Evangelion fans are bound to know this. The theme song for the Remake of Evangelion installment. What make's this song unique is probably the fact that Utada was picked and indeed the right choice for something like this. A surreal song as a theme for one of the most controversial animes.
1) First Love ~ Well this is indeed the very hit song that brought Utada to the big league, rising to stardom and becoming the very singer she is today. This is just one of the timeless tracks you never forget.
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When Chris Gibson saw a need for a summer camp for children with autism, the Belleville educator created one in her own backyard for 10 children. Now four years later, the ADAPT4Autism camp has grown to 40 children and is held at Christ Church in Fairview Heights.
Camper Gabby Stith, 9, and friend Julian Frazure, 11, were busy playing trains in the gymnasium of the church Thursday morning. The friends raced the trains and then decided which was the fastest and awarded first, second and third places.
Gabby seemed partial to a red and green colored train. "Show us your talent Christmas," she exclaimed.
She described the summer day camp as "awesome. It's the best," she said while enjoying a snack of Goldfish crackers. "We can swim. We can have snacks and go to the zoo."
Gabby attends Signal Hill School in Belleville, and Julian will be attending Pontiac Junior High in Fairview Heights in the fall.
After games and activities at the church, the campers and a slew of adult staff members and volunteers traveled over to Gibson's house in west Belleville for more fun including swimming in her in-ground pool, jumping on the trampoline, playing table tennis and a camp favorite -- video games on the Nintendo Wii and Xbox.
Gabby and Julian enjoyed jumping on the trampoline and playing ping pong until it was their group's turn to swim in the pool. The girls had quite a laugh when one of the ping pong balls bounced on the roof of Gibson's house.
Gibson said the camp provides an opportunity for students with autism to interact with each other,
"It really gives children an opportunity to be with like peers in an environment where they feel welcome and safe," she said. "There is such a need for services in this area, but they need to be services that are affordable for all families."
The six-week day camp that meets twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays costs families $250.
The cost is discounted because it's operated by the nonprofit organization ADAPT4Autism, which Gibson and friend Alice Howe created in 2010.
"We want to keep it as cheap as we can for families," Gibson said. "For families that can't afford it, we figure out a way to do it. We really never turn a family away."
The summer camp for children with autism aged 5 to 21 years old is costly as it requires a large number of paid staff members as well as volunteers. On average, 12 paid staff members are on hand plus a handful of volunteers. Some adults work one-on-one with campers and others lead small groups.
The mission of the camp is socialization for the children. "Our goal is socialization -- to give these kids an opportunity to be part of their community in a manner that is appropriate and accepting," Gibson said.
Like many other camps, ADAPT4Autism's summer program includes weekly field trips to popular destinations like the St. Louis Science Center and Tower Grove Park in St. Louis. Donations help cover transportation costs for the outings.
Gibson, 39, of Belleville, who works full time as the autism consultant for Belleville School District 118, said she can't believe how much ADAPT4Autism has accomplished over the last four years.
"We've gone from that backyard experience where I served 10 kids to now serving over 100 families," with programs throughout the year, she said.
The nonprofit serves families from as far away as Carlyle, Brighton and Nashville.
"We really are growing into a regional organization," Gibson said. "We are branching out to more families. So many families are so grateful for the opportunity."
Parent Scott Thompson of Brighton said he was thankful to find a summer program for his 12-year-old son Joseph and doesn't mind the hour commute to Fairview Heights.
"We just can't tell you how blessed we were to find it," Scott Thompson said. "They have been terrific with him."
Thompson said Joseph was the only child with autism at his grade school, and he will be attending middle school this fall.
"We were worried about him going to middle school," Thompson said. He contacted the Illinois Center for Autism about summer camps and was put in touch with Gibson.
Joseph is "loving it," Thompson said of the summer day camp. Joseph especially enjoyed the three-day overnight camp component June 26 through 28. "That's all he talks about," Thompson said. "He got to sleep on the top of a bunk bed."
Joseph said it was his first time ever sleeping on a bunk bed. He also liked the field trip to the see the movie "Turbo" at the theater.
Thompson along with his wife Penny has seen improvements in Joseph's social behavior over the last several weeks.
"He does talk quite a bit, but a lot of time it doesn't make any sense," Scott Thompson said. "We noticed a lot more in context talking."
Parent Erika Ferrer of Belleville also is glad her 12-year-old son is in the summer day camp program and is getting to experience a variety of social activities.
Ferrer said her family relocated from California about a year ago and was looking for something for Joshua this summer.
"The summer is really hard at least for my son," she said, because he thrives on structure and schedules.
Joshua sporting a red life vest was splashing in the pool of Gibson's house on Thursday.
Ferrer said she's "amazed" Gibson and her team is able to take such large groups of children with autism on excursions.
"Being a part of what a typical kid would do is huge," Ferrer said. "She's (Gibson) totally been a blessing to me and my family. She's a godsend. I'm just so glad she has this on her heart and I thank God every day she's doing this program."
The summer camp not only benefits Joshua, but Ferrer and her husband Raul's two other children as well.
"It's something so awesome for him," Erika Ferrer said, "and it gives me a chance to be with my other kids."
Brooke Kirchoff's son Jack, 8, has been in ADAPT4Autism's summer camp the last three summers. Kirchoff said she has seen a "huge improvement" with his social skills.
"Jack is extremely social now and initiatives conversations with kiddos," Kirchoff said.
The Kirchoffs live in Swansea and Jack attends Wolf Branch Elementary School.
Jack loves swimming, and Thursday morning, he was in the pool constantly jumping off the diving board and sliding down the slide.
The ADAPT4Autism summer camp not only benefits the children and their families, but the counselors and volunteers as well.
Counselor Derek Bartsch, 24, of Belleville said working at the camp the last three years has been a "humbling experience" for him.
"I've learned so much from these kids." he said. "One thing I've learned is don't take anything for granted. These kids they appreciate everything you do for them. They make me realize what's important in life."
Bartsch said the campers want nothing more than to be your friend. "It makes me feel happy," he said. "These kids would do anything for you."
Bartsch won't be able to work at the camp any longer this summer as he recently graduated from Missouri State University and is going to work at Jimmy John's headquarters.
"I'm going to miss the kids and my relationship with the kids," said Bartsch, who had worked with a small group of boys during the camp. "I'm truly going to miss those kids and seeing them smile every day. They love coming to camp and love everything that Chris (Gibson) does."
Bartsch described Gibson as "one of a kind. She's truly a saint and an angel for these kids," he said.
Counselor Joe Kraus said Gibson helped him when he was younger. "Chris (Gibson) is a very nice person," he said.
Kraus, 19, of Freeburg said he wanted to help other people like him, which is why he works at the camp. Kraus has autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"I want to make a difference," said Kraus, who works at the camp when it doesn't conflict with his job at Schnucks in Belleville. "I enjoy helping the kids."
Gibson described ADAPT4Autism as a passion not only for her but her entire family. Husband Joe Cipfl and Gibson's three children and her stepson help with the camp as well.
"It really has become a way of life for us," she said. "We have all been put here for a purpose and this is what we are doing and this is the legacy we leave. I hope it continues to grow and be successful."
Interacting with students with autism, Gibson said, has taught her children empathy, understanding and acceptance.
"I give them a gift for their family, but they give me a gift for my children," she said. "They have allowed me the opportunity to work with their children. My children have the opportunity to learn life skills that are not easily taught."
But Gibson also said, "It's hard. It's physical. It's challenging." Gibson has been bitten and hit before and ended up with bruises and bite marks. "It's not an easy thing to do. I don't like it every day ... but I can't tell these families their child isn't allowed to be a part of it."
So why does she do it? It's simple, Gibson said, for the families. "It's what makes me come back. It's great to see them smile and go out into the community," she said. "It truly is; that's my Mozart; my beautiful music -- to make these families whole."
For her work with ADAPT4Autism, Gibson has been recognized with an award from BASIC -- Belleville Achieves Strength in Character -- and the Center for Racial Harmony.
"It's not about the praise or recognition," she said. "True volunteerism; true giving isn't about what you receive but the actual giving."
For more information about ADAPT4Autism, visit http://www.adapt4autism.org.


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Woke today at 6. Not tired, just too happy to he out here. Blue skies with some low clouds in the river valley that would burn off quickly. What a day.
A routine is forming. I would get up a couple hours before Chris. Brew up some coffee, write in my journal and get some time to enjoy and reflect. I walked around the area this morning, making as much anti-bear noise as I could. Only yhe sound of the river encapsulated in intense quiet.
We head out after a wonderful (really) boil in a bag bfast. Up the dirt road, which we both wondered how we would get up this if it had rained.
the Backroad is a classic. Idk how long it is, 150 miles? An awesome well maintained gravel road through the Cariboo and into Wells Park. I am not sure I will find a more enjoyable ride than that. This is the road leading up to it.
Like always I should have taken more pics along the way. I generally take pictures when I stop, but when the riding is awesome, I have trouble stopping. Miles and miles of beauty. Here is my chance at art, but all I get is a nice picture of my mirror
The road passes many waterfalls and lakes. Chris who seldom passes up a chance to take a dip, regardless of the weather, looks over longingly at the stretch of the Cariboo lake and hits the radio.
Chris, "dad, where are our swim trunks"
Dad, "in the dryer at whistler"
Chris, "that's what I was thinking too"
We come across our first Bear as we round a corner. Big and black and right in the road coming towards us. Fortunately for us, he wants less to do with us than we want with him.
Now next time someone tells you that bear sh$t in the woods you can tell them, no, they crap in the road. Because there are either a few bears here that have a digestive problem, or there is one hell of a lot of bears around here. We have to drive around the bear scat there is so much of it in the road. ALL OVER the damn place.
We do take a side trip to Ghost lake and falls.
We meet a great guy there who is a professional photographer. He stops by as we are looking at the falls. He said he has come by to get some pics of grizzlies. Ah, what was that? He agrees with the coffin dodging propector in Likely that nothing would get him in a tent in the area.
He does take a couple pics for us and will email them home to Ms. Adv and let her know, that at least up to this point we have not been eaten.
There was a campsite right there, and looking back, we should have just parked it. It was beautiful and it would have been fun to explore the area and lake. But we forged on. Off to Wells and had a late lunch at a dingy old trailer called Big H's I believe. We were not expecting much for fish and chips, but when he pulled out the fresh fillets and the bowl of home made batter we new we were in business. Now I know that Hunger Provides its own Sauce, but damn this was fish and chips to recon with.
We head to Prince George, stop and pick up a couple new swim suits and head west. We miss a camp site and keep going and finally stop at I think Dave's RV. This is an urban RV jungle and lucky they are nice enough to send us into the campsite in Vanderhoof. Not remote, but quiet, quaint and too urban for bears.
The guy who runs it is a blast and gives us a quiz out of a book. The better we do the cheaper it gets. We suck and he feels sorry for us $10.
Chris looks at a map and sees with the big BackRoad detour that we have gone 1.5 inches today. And the Circle is, oh, about 2 feet north. Holy "shizzle" are you kidding me? The distance is starting to sink in. He is a bit put off after a couple long days. We agree to shorten them.
Evening rolls around we relax and hit the hay. It's dark, and will likely not see much dark for some time.
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Cecilia Dart-Thornton
|Cecilia Dart-Thornton
|Melbourne, Australia
Cecilia Dart-Thornton is an Australian author of fantasy novels, most notably the Bitterbynde Trilogy.
|This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (February 2015)
Cecilia Dart-Thornton was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. She became a schoolteacher before working as an editor, bookseller, illustrator and book designer. She started and ran her own business, but became a full-time writer in 2000 after her work was discovered on the Internet and published by Time Warner (New York). A keen supporter of animal rights and wilderness conservation, she has also branched out into such diverse industries as clay sculpting, performing in folk music bands, and digital media. Her books are published around the world and have been translated into several languages.
Published works[edit]
The Bitterbynde Trilogy[edit]
This series follows the journey of a mute, amnesiac foundling through a world of beauty and peril, teeming with faerie creatures.
- The Ill-Made Mute (2001)
- The Lady of the Sorrows (2002)
- The Battle of Evernight (2003)
The Crowthistle Chronicles[edit]
A four-part epic fantasy describing the adventures that befall a cursed and gifted family.
- The Iron Tree (2005)
- The Well of Tears (2005)
- Weatherwitch (2006)
- Fallowblade (2007)
Other works[edit]
Short stories
- "Long the Clouds Are Over Me Tonight" (Published in the anthology Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy; Tor Books, 2004)[1]
- "The Stolen Swanmaiden" (Published in Australian Women's Weekly, September 2005)[2]
- "The Lanes of Camberwell" (Published by Harper Collins in the anthology Dreaming Again, 2008)[3]
- "The Enchanted" (Published by Harper Collins in the anthology Legends of Australian Fantasy, 2010)[4]
External links[edit]
- Official website of Cecilia Dart-Thornton
- Bibliography at Fantastic Fiction
- Cecilia Dart-Thornton at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database


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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Education International Student Teaching Program is an optional experience open to any individual pursuing an elementary, secondary, or special education teaching license. The program is administered through the College of Education's Division of Teacher Education. A faculty coordinator of International Student Teaching provides leadership for the program and serves as the liaison with the various agencies involved. The Associate Dean, in cooperation with the University Director of International Programs has the ultimate responsibility for overseeing the program.
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Khartoum — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, called for an international support to a cessation of hostilities between Sudanese army and rebels in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.
"It is crucial that there is outspoken support in the region for a cessation of hostilities and international humanitarian access" to the rebel held area in South Kordofan and Blue Nile, Rice said in statements to the AFP released on Friday.
The call comes before a meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council on Friday 25 January to discuss Sudan - South Sudan process but also the process the talks between Khartoum government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N).
She further said the Sudanese government must negotiate unconditionally with the rebels to achieve "real security".
Khartoum refuses to engage talks with the rebel group saying Juba has to disengage with the rebel group first and then talks can be considered. The two sides also failed to implement a humanitarian deal struck in August last year due to their disagreement on how to manage food distribution and humanitarian access.
Rice stressed that the this African Union and the United Nations have to be involved in such deal.
In accordance with the UN resolution 2046 the Sudanese government and SPLM-N have to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the conflict in the Two Area.
SPLM-N Secretary General Yasir Arman said they are ready to sign a cessation of hostilities deal with the government, but asked Khartoum to allow the access of humanitarian assistance to their areas first.
The rebels say they control 40% of the border with the South Sudan in the two states and point out that the buffer zone cannot be operationalised without such agreement.
UN agencies estimate that some 220,000 Sudanese refugees are in Ethiopia and South Sudan since the eruption of hostilities in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan in June 2011.
It is also estimated that over 700,000 people in the two Sudanese states are affected by the severe humanitarian situation.


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