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Yesterday's two miles in the pool put me at 99.49 miles for the year. So today I punched it over the 100 mile mark with a 3000-yard swim.
Fairly relaxed, since yesterday featured a lot of speed + threshold swimming. Here's how it broke down today:
Warm-up (w/ fins):
100 free
400 kick (alternated every 50 board w/ side kick series)
100 pull (w/o fins)
100 EZ free (no fins)
Main (2300 continuous):
1000 free in 17:30
100 breast in 2:00
1200 free (alt. 100 glide w/ 100 moderate) in 21:20
Tomorrow, I may be swimming in New Orleans! Headed down to the Big Easy for a conference Thursday thru Saturday. Any French Quarter swimming connections out there?
As if on cue... after several days of cold and gloomy weather; a couple of sunny days and warmer weather. High of 60 tomorrow?!?!
Missed my swim yesterday, but managed to get in 3500 SCY today on the way home from work.
400 free wm-up
20 x 50 on 1:00 (first 3-4 in :36-:37; probably averaged :40)
3 x 300 on 5:00 (4:34, 4:40, 4:45)
100 breast
3 x 300 on 5:00 (4:45, 4:46, 4:48)
100 breast
100 free cool down.
A couple of notes:
:36/50! I don't know if I've ever seen that number before! Maybe the rest day paid off after all. I felt almost like I was skimming the top of the water on those fast 50s. But I couldn't keep that pace with only a 20-23 second rest, so I settled into a :40-:42/50 zone, which felt comfortable.
The 300s were interesting, just trying to see how long I could maintain my threshold pace and they ended up being somewhere about halfway between the threshold pace and my BASE. I'm sure that's helpful somehow.
I love the long continuous distances, but I liked this workout for mixing in different paces and forcing myself to swim faster/harder. Maybe I'll even start doing flip turns at some point, and work on getting my mile time down again.
Still recovering I think from yesterday's 8000, I only managed to get in 2500 today. It was difficult going; the body felt fine, but psychologically I was not there.
It snows in Kenosha on March 5th.
I need a nap...
Or maybe a week on a sunny patch
Of green grass near a spring fed pool.
78 degrees? Sounds great,
I'm already there
In my dreams.
After a couple of days off (I was feeling pretty run down on Thursday and thought I might be coming down with a cold) I got back in at the Y today for an 8000-yard long swim. It should have only taken me about 2 hours, 20-25 minutes, but it ended up being over two and a half hours.
I really don't like to wear swim caps, but I'm trying to get used to it, so I put on my GTD 50-mile cap from last year. The seal on my goggles doesn't work properly, though, whenever I'm wearing a cap for some reason. I kept having to slow to empty water out of them and re-mash them back into my face. I'm thinking it might be that the goggles are just getting a little old (the seal is pretty discolored from the chlorine exposure), but over the last month at about 2K I'll take my cap off (because I'm tired of emptying my goggles every 150 yards) and then won't have any more issues. Maybe the goggle straps are moving around just slightly on the slicker surface of the cap? Very annoying.
Also very annoying is the realization at about 3500 yards that you had too much coffee this morning. Even more annoying is the feeling that your bladder is going to explode at 4k; I actually had to stop, run to the bathroom, relieve myself (didn't know I could be that hydrated after 4K of swimming!), and so I probably lost 2-3 minutes there. So much for building rhythm on a continuous swim!
I didn't have any gatorade today at the house, so I took an energy bar and water bottle to the deck with me. As a result I probably lost another couple of minutes chewing (and fiddling with the wrapper) at the 5, 6, and 7-K marks.
Just happy to get this one behind me!
Today's workout was about pacing; I tried to see if I could keep a single pace consistently: :45/50y. A lot of times when I go out in an interval set, my splits are super uneven. Today I was pretty disciplined about keeping the pace even. Here's the workout (4000 SCY):
500 EZ free
20 x 100 on 1:45 (all came in 1:29-1:30; even 50 splits)
20 x 50 on 1:00 (came in at :44-:45 on all of them)
200 breast
200 kick drills (no board, no fins)
100 EZ free
So, 3000 yards at exactly a :45/50 pace. No wild swings between :38 and :50. It felt good to be consistent. I was also happy to see that I could hold that pace on the 100s even though I decreased my interval from 2:00 to 1:45. I could have written it as :15 RI, because that's precisely what my rest was after each 100 and then after each 50.
Ended the day at number 18 for my age group in GTD; back in the top 20 after a few higher yardage days of late. Tomorrow I might be slipping back out of the top 20; I needed a recovery day and so only swam 2100 today in 40:00.
I felt like I could have done another 1000-1500 yards, but didn't want to push it too much. I have the tendency to push myself to the breaking point and then, well, breaking. I'm trying to get better about these things as I get older, so I don't have to spend so much time nursing injuries.
I am encouraged by the progress I've made, though. My slow recovery swims are longer and faster than any of my swims this time last spring, when I was only swimming a mile three times a week. Well, I've actually become a swimmer since then... rather than just a runner, who swims occasionally for cross training.
What does today's swim have to do with the Venus de Milo?
Somewhat ambitious workout for me today: 4600 SCY/92 minutes; lots of speed and threshold work; only about a kilometer of this 4K+ workout was easy swimming... the rest was between :38 and :46 per 50 pace (:45 is my lactate threshold pace, I think).
500 free EZ (8:45)
Main sets:
20 x 50 on 1:00 (first 5-6 in :40-:41, the rest in :38-:39)
4 x 200 on 4:00 (2:56, 2:58, 3:00, 3:00)
200 breast
4 x 200 on 4:00 (3:00, 3:03, 3:04, 3:01)
200 breast
2 x 200 on 4:00 (3:07, 3:04)
100 breast
5 x 100 on 1:45 (all in 1:30-1:33)
100 free EZ
I was really disliking the 200s toward the end... my arms, shoulders, and lats felt like they were made of stone on the last couple. I think I found Venus's missing arms! I originally planned to do 12 200s in total, but switched to 100s halfway through the last set b/c the lactate was really starting to build.
Went to the Y today just to get in a recovery swim... to loosen up a little. Ended up doing 3000 (SCY) in all.
"The swimmer naked in the swimming-bath, seen as he swims through
The transparent green-shine, or lies with his face up and rolls
Silently to and from the heave of the water"
--Walt Whitman from "I Sing the Body Electric"
No, I wasn't naked and the Y's pool, gratefully, did not have a "green shine"; but I love that line "Silently to and from the heave of the water."
After the first 1500 I was actually feeling really good (considering the 7000 I did yesterday), but I kept it at a really EZ pace the whole time. A long sauna, steam, and shower had me feeling like I'd purged myself of all toxins by the time I left... it's difficult to describe the feeling I had as I walked back out to the parking lot on this sunny and mild (by our standards) afternoon. Warm all over, pleasantly fatigued, clean! Whitman's "body electric"?
"...The thin red jellies within you or within me, the bones and the marrow in the bones,
The exquisite realization of health;
O I say these are not the parts and poems of the body only, but of the soul,
O I say now these are the soul!"
Can't wait to see what the week brings!
Today I wanted to do my first 7K continuous swim; distance has been building nicely since mid-January and after getting really comfortable with the 6K distance and taking a step-back week, I though 7K would be just right.
For the long swims I always take a water bottle with a replacement drink; usually Gatorade. I know from my running days how important hydration is after you get out past the hour mark and the electrolytes and simple carbs in Gatorade really help keep the glycogen stores from running out in that second hour of swimming. I don't like the bonk!
So I planned, like I usually do, to take a swig at every kilometer: a few ounces every 20 minutes for me seems just right and leaves me enough to chug at the end of the swim to begin recovery. I left the bottle on the deck, slipped into the water, quickly found my all-day pace, and was just getting into a rhythm when...
The lifeguard stopped me, apologizing profusely, and began to explain why my water bottle was open, half-consumed, and surrounded by what looked like a Gatorade explosion... huh?
Apparently, as she retells it, there is a patron with a mental disability who can't control himself when he sees bottled drinks or coffee mugs ("your lucky it wasn't coffee," says the other lifeguard, "he makes a B-line and never lets anyone pull him away from that stuff"). I knew who they were talking about and thought it was kind of sad. As apologetic as they were about it, I said it was no big deal, totally fine. I'm so glad that this disabled gentleman's family cares enough about him to bring him to the Y and let him enjoy swimming. Every time I see them I think, "wow, that's dedication."
Obviously, it was an inconvenience and w/o replacement drink I ran out of gas at about 6K instead of 7K, managed to squeeze in another few hundred yards to make it an even 7000. But I was reminded the whole time I was swimming of how blessed I am. I'll hit that 7K next week!
Winter returns to Southeast Wisconsin today; here are some pics from our street.
These cell-phone shots from my car don't do justice to the actual sight itself, which was really a winter wonderland... a thick, wet, sticky snow covered everything when we awoke this morning.
Here was the workout at the Y; I did the 3 x 300 set as a test to figure out my threshold pace. And I realized that I really like doing 300s; very challenging!
Warm-up (600 SCY):
100 Free, EZ
50 kick board*
50 side kick (12)
50 kick board
50 side kick (6)
50 kick board
50 side kick (6+3)
50 kick board
50 back kick, no board*
100 free w/ fins
[*all kick drills in the warm-up were with short fins]
Main sets (3000):
20 x 50 on 1:00 (:40-:43)
2-minutes rest
3 x 300 on 5:30 (4:30; 4:33; 4:37)
1:30 rest
1000 free (moderate pace = 1:42/100y)
100 breast
200 free (EZ)
200 kick (50 Board, side 12, side 6, back; all w/ fins)
Total = 4000 SCY
My penance for today...
3K (3300 SCY/ 58:30) thusly:
3 x through
1000 Free
100 Breast
On the first 1000 free I alternated 100 EZ w/ 100 moderate. On the second I did 2 x 500 (100 EZ followed by 400 moderate). On the third I did 1000 straight at a moderate pace (1:41-1:43 per 100).
I had very little time today, so it was rushed, not the kind of thing I liked to be. But it encouraged me to push a little harder than I might otherwise have done. I'm happy with the result.
The swim was more or less continuous; I did stop once between 2-3,000 briefly to say hi to a swimmer in the next lane, who I hadn't seen in a few days. But I finished in time to rush off to a meeting. Come to think of it, the swim was less of a penance than a reward after all!
I guess it didn't occur to me until much later, but yesterday was a milestone of sorts: 50 blog entries!
A NOTE on the HEDONISTIC EXCESSES of MARDI GRAS: Today's swim was mostly easy stuff--gearing up for a bigger day tomorrow--but with a new twist. I used fins for the first time on my kick sets. [*gasp* the horror!] The bucket next to the board/bouy bin pool-side had some short fins and I've been hearing from various corners that drilling with the fins might help build some swim-specific muscles. I don't know, we'll see how I feel tomorrow, but I thought it felt too easy. A worthy excess in honor of Mardi Gras? It was interesting, though, to feel what a truly propulsive kick might feel like!
450 of the warm-up was with fins and the kick lengths went by much more quickly than they do without; my cool-down without the fins hammered this point home for me! Here's the workout (3200 SCY; a little more than an hour):
Warm-up (800 yards):
100 free EZ
50 Side kick drill (12+1) w/ fins
50 kick w/ board and fins
50 side-kick drill (6+1) w/ fins
50 kick w/ board and fins
50 side-kick drill (6+3) w/ fins
50 kick w/ board and fins
50 back kick w/ fins
100 free w/ fins
100 pull
150 free
Main Set (2K continuous swim = 2200 SCY):
2 x through
1000 free (alternating EZ gliding 100s w/ moderate 100s)
100 breast
200 in kick drills, no fins (12, 6, 6+3, board)
Back up to about 15 miles ahead of my GTD goal pace after today's swim. Two mile's worth; here it is:
20 x 50 on 1:00 (first 5-7 serve as warm-up).
10 x 100 on 1:40
500 recovery swim (alt. 100 EZ glide/100 moderate)
2 x 500 (400 moderate/100 EZ)--this was a continuous 1000 broken into two 500-yard segments.
=3500 SCY/76 minutes
I cut down on my rest during the sets (a 1:40 interval instead of 2:00 on the 100s, for example), but rested a little more between sets. I probably waited 2.5 minutes between the wm-up and the 100s (I wanted to start the 100s on a nice round number--10:00 in this case--to help my keep track). Then a little later on I stopped to chat with some of the other swimmers.
My times were OK I probably had 10 of my last 12-13 50s in the :38-:39 range, even a couple of :37s! The 100s started off at 1:24 and then stayed around 1:30 for a long time before dropping to 1:33-1:34 on the last 2-3 reps. So I was definitely able to hold what I thought would be an overly ambitious interval of 1:40. When I'm swimming on 2:00 I can come in at 1:30 all day long (I've done sets of 15-30 reps on that interval over the last year).
So does that mean that 1:40 should be my BPI? My mile pace is actually just a little faster than that. It seems slow, but then again b/c of my overdeveloped slow-twitch fibers there just isn't that much of a difference between my "sprint" speed (1:20-124) and my all-day pace (1:40-1:50--depending on the day!). Does this seem right?
After missing four days straight (the first time I've missed that many days in a row since last spring!), I finally managed to get back into the pool today. It was very crowded, but every Sunday afternoon is, which is why I normally try to go Sunday mornings to do my long swim. I also needed a little catch-up sleep; so I had a leisurely Sunday morning, to say the least.
I did 3600, pretty easy; could've done more, but I decided I would save it for a big workout tomorrow and try to get in consistently every day this week. After two weeks in a row with 6K long swims on the weekend I think my body needed a "step-back" week anyway (which is what we used to call it in marathon training).
Work has been a little overwhelming the last few weeks and I was really missing the pool on Wednesday-Saturday; but with deadlines looming I spent most of my days and nights hunched over the computer... only able to get my swimming fix vicariously through the USMS blogs and forums for a few minutes here and a few minutes there.
By Saturday, though, the lack of sleep, the long hours alternating between writing, teaching, meetings, and grading were starting to take their toll; it's like my brain was slowing down... processing speed impeded by running to many applications at once! And I hadn't gotten my accustomed exercise. I really started to notice it toward the end of an otherwise very nice conference on Saturday afternoon in Dekalb, IL. Enjoyed my time there enough, learned a lot, but the two-hour drive back was a torment. I had to stop every 45 minutes or so just to stay awake.
Feeling much better today after a couple of miles in the pool and a full-night's sleep!
...one step back?
Today I felt like my 200 times took a step back after seeing improvement for a couple of weeks in a row. I noticed that this would happen to me last summer too, I would do a workout a couple of times, show progress, then do the same workout and see a regression, only to come back the next week to see improvement again. Here was the workout:
20 x 50 on 1:00 (first few in 45-42 seconds, then hit :40 consistently for the rest)
4 x 200 on 4:00 (3:03; 3:04; 3:03; 3:02)
200 breast recovery
4 x 200 on 4:00 (3:10; 3:07; 3:06; 3:07)
200 breast recovery
4 x 200 on 4:00 (3:12; 3:16; 3:13; 3:12)
200 breast recovery
100 gliding free cool-down
--4100 SCY/82 minutes.
A couple of factors that might be at play: 1. I've been adding a couple of 200s to this workout each of the last three weeks (maybe my body was subconsciously holding back b/c it knew I had a 3rd set to do, as opposed to 2 sets and a final pair). 2. This is the second week in a row I've done this workout two days after a 6K continuous swim (time to take a step-back week?).
Another issue is the 50s at the beginning of the workout just aren't as crisp as I want them to be. I was hitting :38 regularly two weeks ago, last week I was at :39, today I only had 3-4 reps under :40. That seems like a big difference. It's like the garbage yardage monster (AKA Il Garbagio) is seeking revenge. I've never been fast, but is this my slow twitch starting to assert itself as my weekend long swims get longer? I'm baffled...
Though that's part of the fun, isn't it? We're all unique science experiments (testing hypotheses, trying to figure out what works, what are the causes and effects of each decision about the training regimen). The miracle of each individual human heart and soul!
"When the mountain is high..."; well... take it away, Lenny!
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wadtaj9Opzs&feature=related"]Lenny Kravitz - Dig In - Rock In Rio Madrid 2008 - HQ Alta Calidad - YouTube[/nomedia]
"Life has been waiting for you to care..." Happy Valentine's Day!
Did a little bit of what some might term junk yardagio today--ma questo non è garbagio!
A long mile... 1800 yards, a little bit of kick drill for a warm-up and then a lot of EZ free to work out the toxins. Felt better than I did after last week's 6K swim. LSD: bring it on! (but stay away from the brown acid, "that's a bad trip"). 'Scuse me, is that like swimming through purple haze?
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JspdA-sRM&feature=related"]Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (Live) HDV - YouTube[/nomedia]
Swim on through, swim on through, swim on through to the other side:
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5j_mAEEdw&feature=related"]THE DOORS - Break on through (to the other side) at KTLA-TV - YouTube[/nomedia]
That's not junk!
... felt pretty good, had good rhythm, things were just clicking. Love it when that happens!
Like my 6K (6600 SCY) last week, I wanted to do it continuously. But, as it turns out, folks were talkative today at the Kenosha Y. At about 2500, one of our new regular swimmers stopped me to chat about what I might be doing after my swim... it turned into about a 4-minute break, which I wasn't expecting, but, whatever, life intervenes sometimes. BTW, this is what I really had in mind after the swim:
With the exception of that interruption and a couple of other shorter interruptions, I swam the 6K as I did last week in 1K segments of about 20:00 each (1000 free, 100 breast). Last week I finished in a total time of 123 minutes; today I did it in 124 including the 4-minute break and shorter interruptions, so I was swimming much stronger!
I'm not swimming my 200 workout tomorrow--will wait for Tuesday--I'll need a recovery day. Last week's long swim was on Saturday, so now I'm a bit off of my routine (whatever that is!). It's all good though... swim today left me feeling pleasantly fatigued (was that a fog horn?):
"Smell the sea and feel the sky,
let your soul and spirit fly
into the mystic
[...] and magnificently we will float
into the mystic"
...enjoy a little Van Morrison!
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVAnlke_xUY"]Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (Original Version) - YouTube[/nomedia]
Well, I've spent the last couple of days in Madison (chaperoning for my oldest, who's doing National Honor Choir) and have managed to get in a couple of swims here--though not open water! This is what Lake Monona looked like this afternoon around 5:30 (click on the thumbnail to enlarge):
It's hard to imagine that this was the site of USMS 2.4-mile OW championship last August (my first USMS-sanctioned OW swim!). What a difference 6 months makes! Yesterday there were actually some folks out on the ice; today I think it was too cold.
Needless to say, I found the YMCA--only a few minutes by car from where I took this photo. Yesterday I swam 2k (2200 SCY), mixing in some speed work: 750 warm-up, 10 x 100 (first 3 reps in under 1:24; then I realized I better back off and hit the rest in 1:30-1:33--wasn't supposed to be a hard day), 150 breast, 300 cool-down w/ EZ free and kick drills (no board). Today, I wanted to swim a little longer, because I might not get in a swim tomorrow, so here's what I did:
400 free (moderate)
100 free (easy)
400 free (moderate)
100 free (easy)
100 breast
1000 free (alternated 100 moderate/100 easy)
100 breast
[this first 2K was continuous, no rest, in about 39 minutes]
10 x 100 on 2:00 (50 ez-moderate/50 moderate-hard)
100 breast
200 kick drills
= 3500 SCY/65 minutes
I was a little sore from yesterday and the rest of the week, so the first 1000 was tough--once I warmed up I was fine, maybe a little tired.
"He came a far road, was weary, found peace,
and set all his labours on a tablet of stone"
--The Epic of Gilgamesh
Like Gilgamesh, I feel like I had to experience "all things" today, "discover what was hidden." And here I am, again, at the tablet of stone, blogging away about it. The workout today had its ups and downs, started off very slowly. I felt very sore and stiff still from earlier workouts in the week, but just when I thought I didn't have anything left I found a rhythm and some speed I didn't know I had.
Here was today's workout:
50 free
25 kick w/ board
50 kick drill (12+1)
25 kick w/ board
50 kick drill (6+1)
25 kick w/ board
50 kick drill (6+3)
[300 total]
Main set (3000):
4 x 200 (moderate)*
*each moderate paced 200 followed by 50 easy recovery [1000 in about 17:40]
10 x100 (alternated easy 100s w/ moderate; no rest) [1000 in about 19:00]
2 minutes rest
10 x 100 (alternated moderate 100s w/ easy) [1000 in about 17:30]
200 breast in about 4:00
Total = 3500 SCY/65 minutes
The moderate 100s in the last 1000 of the main set were actually pretty fast. Another swimmer I hadn't seen in a few weeks, Pete, shared the lane with me for the last half of the workout... he was wearing fins. So, I was motivated to not let him pass me too many times. I stayed with him on the first 100 (which probably came in around 1:25) and on each moderate 100 after that I would stay with him, let him speed ahead when I was on my easy, cruising 100s (and they WERE cruising, not like earlier in the week).
So Gilgamesh needed Enkidu, a companion, to complete his humanity--such is the power of friendship, as we learn from the epic poem. I needed an Enkidu to complete this workout, to find a hidden reserve I didn't know I had, to break out of the rut I had swum myself into.
So the love-hate relationship with interval 200s continues today... decidedly in favor of hate. I felt great after the 200 workout yesterday, but today... not so much so. I just wanted to get in and swim about 3000 or so, nothing hard, just enough to loosen up. The loosening never happened.
I felt like I was dragging a freakin' anchor the whole time. Very fatigued, very tight, maybe a little dehydrated. I made it through 2650 (5 x 500 all around 9:00-9:20--crawling!--with recovery 50s using breast; cool down with some mixed stroke and kick drills, no board). And it felt like a struggle the whole time.
I'm sure this is just the body enforcing an easy day after the hard intervals yesterday. We'll see how it goes tomorrow.
WATER WARRIORS FITNESS EVENT: Got some good news yesterday after I blogged. I went online to check the Wisconsin Masters website and the results were in from our Nov-Dec fitness challenge, to see who could record the most yardage in any 14-day period during those two months. My 47,000 yards in the middle two weeks of November were good enough for first place in my age group! OK, ok, I know... I was the ONLY male in my age group... but, hey, I came with my game; can't win if you don't play!
Take it away banana dude:


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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) – Once upon a time, they were unmanned aerial vehicles. Now they're officially described as unmanned aircraft systems.
Most of you probably call them drones. However you refer to them, they're becoming more and more prevalent in our high-tech world.
You may have heard how Amazon has plans to deliver packages using remote-controlled aerial vehicles. So who really believes that will actually happen?
SSgt. Jason Brinton, U.S. Army "I think it's years away, but eventually I'd say it's inevitable," says U.S. Army SSgt. Jason Brinton. His statement means something. He can operate all six of the Army's unmanned aircraft.
The Puma is one. The hand-launched aircraft weighs just 13 pounds and can fly for some two hours. It's primarily used for reconnaissance, and the view from the Puma is pretty impressive.
"It allows them to look around and see if there's any troops coming in their direction," said Lieutenant Colonel Nick Kioutas. "It allows them to make assessments and it also helps in planning."
That's exactly what unmanned aircraft did in Iraq, and what they're doing right now in Afghanistan. The Army has some 7,000 unmanned aircraft systems flying. They range from the four-and-a-half-pound Raven to the 3,600-pound Gray Eagle.
It's hard to believe there used to be doubts about this important Army asset.
"There was originally some resistance, I think to new ideas as there always is to new ideas, but once we got some systems out there and proved they were capable, I think, once you saw that happen there was a lot of demand from the field," said LTC Kioutas.
And so the Army's unmanned component grew.
For the soldiers who operate them, there's a real sense of doing something important.
"Being able to give these guys on the ground the advantage that the enemy does not have," said SSgt. Jason Brinton.
Knowing where the enemy is in any combat situation is a big deal.
"Do unmanned aircraft systems save lives?" we asked. "Absolutely," replied LTC Kioutas.
Does the Army plan to field more and better unmanned aircraft systems — absolutely.
And as far as that civilian effort to use the unmanned aircraft…
"Do you think you'll ever have a package delivered to your house by an unmanned vehicle?" WHNT News 19 asked.
"I believe so, I really do," LTC Kioutas replied.
One final note on the Army's unmanned aircraft systems. From 1991 to 2010, the aircraft logged their first million flight hours. Early this coming spring, they'll hit the 2,000,000 flight hour mark.

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I see.. yeah I got straight As too but still wondering what our fate will be like if we can't get 4 flat..because the courses within Unimas itself (for ex-Asasi Hayat students) are quite limited. This is so annoying. Maybe I should stop worrying and just try my best after this..hmm..(Tired of thinking too much)
Hi everyone
I got UNIMAS too, and currently having same problem. I heard that ex-asasians of UNIMAS cannot switch the university after the asasi there, is that true ?
Urghh.. this is so worrying ;(
Well we can't run away from making decisions.....so I've finally decided to just go and do my best
What about you, Aireen? Have you made your decision?
by the way I found a group of the first batch on facebook, so maybe you guys want to randomly add anyone there and ask some questions to them
@apambalik, I hope more people will barge in!
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just posted a ques @ unimas fb page. hope sumone answers!
@iamfree according to fb unimas grup page where there are other would be Asasians (lol) u cant swith to other ipta after asasi. sigh.
yet still i think i shud juz go there.


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lol new vagas an broken steel / ancorage is better
Dirty, stinking Aliens think they can take our crispy, nuke-baked world.....ha, let them try! Mwa ha ha ha ha! Loving the F3 world no matter what shape or form.
my finger smells like poop
meh...the whole "aliens" thing is so over-used in games, I could do without it. (Not that mutants and government conspiracies aren't equally worked-over, but the Fallout 3 world has been pretty cool with a burned-out, post-apocolyptic setting...I wish they'd just build on that.)
cant wait until fallout NEW VEGAS COMES OUT ohhhhhh yeah its gonna be better than wack ass fallout 3 cuz the original makers of fallout are gonna make it BOOYAAAAAAAAAAAAA
nothing new blah blah blah
PS3 is OUT !!! Hehehehehe !!!
As my last post got alot of hate, I think I need to clarify a bit. I have purchased and played F2, F Tactics and F3 and loved it. But I couldn't help feeling dissapointed about F3 because it had many flaws - 1)The perks were revealed BEFORE you met the requirements for them, cutting you sense of accomplishment, 2)sneak was overpowered, making all other skills useless (just sneak at point blank range and get the headshot no matter the skill in forearms) 3)the AI was really dumb (just hide behind a pole, wait for the AP to refill, enter tactical combat, get a headsot, repeat) 4) you could not influence the world around you no matter what choice you make (except megaton) 5)ton of money, no difficulty, 6) dialogues had the same outcomes 7)you are encouraged to take the "good" path In my point of view, Mothership Zeta just goes down the same line, not improving the flaws, but concentrating on repeating the mistakes. Did you notice they don't even feature any RPG elements in the trailer? just a shooter
is this game available on PS3?
Anyone else think the aliens look a bit too much like Krypto from Destroy All Humans? :)
awsome been craving more fallout, to bad I thought there wasn't going to be anymore DLC's after that last one and uninstalled.
yea man
say what u want but this is the best dlc 4 me
Looks crap bro. They need to release a remake of Fallout 1 or 2 on the Fallout 3 engine. Because the existing DLC sucks. It's like Fisher Price's My First RPG.
This looks AWESOME!!!
looks dumb
I thought it was great. Shame there won't be any more DLC
It didn't meet my expectations. It wasn't better than point lookout or broken steel. I'd say its the pitt quality. I finished it in 3 or 4 hours...
Looks SICK.... but it;ll probably be short
Already beat it...It was short, interesting, but short...Could have been so much more, sadly it lacks a lot.
it seems okay not as cool as point lookout or the other ones dude
it just looks weird kinda retro too though idk
Personally I'm quite glad to see the level of support and follow up material that Fallout 3 is getting. It shows that Bethesda is serious about keeping the Fallout universe alive and well. For a huge fan of the Fallout IP who remembers the huge gap between 2 and 3 we had to suffer through that is a great thing. I cant wait to see what Obsidian does with New Vegas.
Cool I should buy a Xbox 360 (since my lap top exploded :P) and get this game on it
Fallout 3 is a kickass RPG, but im done with expansion packs, dont want to use all my space on fallout 3.
Wow, that's the first add-on ive seen that's actually looks different, all the others seem to just be more of the same while this seems to actually be different, if just a little
Fallout has got to be one of my favourite games this year, it has kept me interested and want to play more, i have completed all of the add-ons and am going to buy this one :) anyone agree?
@solidniko all the DLC isnt 'short' - Broken Steel makes the current game 'open ended' so technically is very long...as long as you want to play in fact...very cool DLC :) this looks great - great game!
will the xbox live token work on windows live?
is this worth buying? i have da pitt and O.A. and im gonna get B.S.(lol) and P.L. but most of the DLC is short so i wanna no how long this is
this looks like the best DLC for fallout 3 i always wondered y there was an alien space ship
Oh man you guys are going to flame me. But I'm afraid it's a weak DLC. Possibly the weakest. It's dull.
Holy Sh*t I WANT THIS!!!!
This is one hell of a DLC, thoroughly enjoying it and the new weapons are really cool.8.5/10 for me as its not as good as point lookout, but definetly adds to Fallout with new weapons, quests, characters and an Interesting new area, which has more exploration than you might think for it only being an alien spaceship.
ive not got any of the Fallout 3 downloads, i have a PS3 =D, anyway, it seems that with all the expansions they have had out since Fallout 3 came out last year. Are any of the Expansions short in story. Im thinking about buying the GOTYE on PS3, or just getting them on PS3, Elder Scrolld 5, wow, im already enjoying the 4th 1 :P
Great bit of DLC comapared to the others. Not as good as point lookout though.
Just played through in about 4 hours straight. I wont post spoilers but I'm pretty sure you'll like this one.
does anyone know if they released a universal fix for all those PC users who were having problems yet? i havent thought about this game in so long, since it stopped working on my pc, and this dlc has me pumped to get back into it
pc version will be best they will probably release it again with all the dlc on one disk. me thinks?
@ShredHexus They will come for PS3 too ^_^.
as a ps3 user i feel so ripped off that i get no dlc for fallout 3. they all look awesome
@crudmanIV I've just finished this DLC about 2 hours ago and I never found another Alien Blaster. I'm sure there will be one somewhere though if you took the time to explore more. There is however a similar gun near the end...
Looks fair sick lol
bad aliens .. kick their asss


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I wrote another 4,500 words of Shekka today. A bunch more talks, the introductions for her sex menu, and the lesbian sex scene got finished. That scene features a subdermal vibrator implant in her tail that the two of you grind against. It runs about 1,500 words, though maybe only 1,300 of actual sex. Pretty much all the rest of her is exposition. I've got to tweak a little bit of it after some feedback from TheDarkMaster to match up with his Goblins stuff, but it should all work out well in the end. Savin and I even did some brainstorming about a potential side-mission crawling around the guts of the Nova.
Tomorrow is gonna be a code day. I gotta finish off some things for Savin's bar in Novahome, code what I have for Shekka (maybe write a dudesex scene first?), code Third's lingerie vendor named Alice, and then probably look at getting room descriptions done. I keep saying that I'm going to do room descriptions and then working on other things, but hopefully I can actually get the bones of the planet done soon.


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Marie Wershoven Kupferman
Marie Wershoven Kupferman, 88, of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., passed into the hands of Jesus at Stanley House Assisted Living in DeFuniak Springs on April 30, 2014. She was born July 28, 1925, in Ridgefield Park, NJ to William and Marie Wershoven.
Marie was an artist who loved and studied art and photography at Cordova Museum in Framingham and Columbia University in NYC. She was the wife of Zelig Kupferman who passed into the Lord's hands in October 2002. Marie lived in Framingham, Mass., from 1966 to 2004 until relocating to Santa Rosa Beach.
Marie was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, William Wershoven, Otto Wershoven, Karl Wershoven, Ernest Wershoven; and sister, Amelia "Babe" Wood.
She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Kupferman Cyr and husband Raymond of Santa Rosa Beach; grandchildren, John, Joy, and Luke Cyr of Tallahassee, Fla.; second cousin, Ruth Gusta of Michigan; nephew, Robert Wershoven of Boca Raton, Fla., and Christopher Wershoven, of New York City, NY; and other nephews and nieces.
No services are planned. Marie's ashes will be laid to rest at Grove Street Cemetery in Massachusetts.
Arrangements are under the direction of Davis-Watkins Funeral Home of DeFuniak Springs.
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Earl Godwin of Freeport, Fla., passed away early May 5, 2014. With the Joy of Life with him and the pleasure of meeting up with his wife of 70 years, he left 93 years of joy to a lot of people who knew him.
Erk, Earl, Mr. Earl or Mr. Godwin will always be fondly remembered around Freeport for his kindness and generosity and more remembered as Dad to us. Dad was a great supporter of our family. He worked hard as a boat captain in the USA and overseas, civil service and entrepreneur in the fishing business. Owning his fish market fulfilled a life long dream. He enjoyed his life to the end making the best of God's plan.
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Grandchildren are Joey Spivey and wife Susan; Chip Godwin and wife Tracy; Casey Godwin; Chris Godwin; Paige Ward and husband Sonny and Jimmy Creagle and wife Jenna.
Great-grandchildren are John Spivey; Caymon and Callie Godwin; David Godwin; Dixie and Kenneth Geralds and Alysia Creagle.
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He has joined his wife, Daphne Godwin, son, David Thomas Godwin; parents, Clara and Thomas Godwin, brothers, Irving Godwin, Burruss Godwin, Donald Godwin; and sister, Irene Paulk, for a great reunion.
A time of visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. May 9 at Clary-Glenn Freeport Chapel Funeral Home, 150 East Hwy. 20 in Freeport.
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(WPXI) A homeless man has gone from the proverbial penthouse to the big house after he was found sleeping in the presidential suite at one of Pittsburgh's swankiest hotels.
According to police, 48-year-old Jeffery Lennon Watson told them he's from Los Angeles but has been staying wherever he can find a comfortable spot in Pittsburgh for about the last month.
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I fought for my country as was my right,
looked down the barrel with enemy in sight
sailed across the ocean to foreign lands,
landed on beaches with pure white sands
now I come home to discontent and hate,
as the government tries my guns to take
the taxes they take and leave but little,
like a wood carver as he starts to whittle
complain of global warming all in their mind,
weather changes but little they will find
no longer the land of the free and brave,
just the place where they dig your grave.


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Transcript:How to Draw PeopleHi, I'm Shaddai Berron, and today I'm going to walk you through how to draw a full body portrait.
Drawing SuppliesFor this project you will need:
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Make Your Model ComfortableBefore you start, make sure your model sits in a comfortable natural position. Your model will be holding his or her pose for a long period of time and should be comfortable and relaxed. Give your model adequate time to move around and get settled. The more relaxed and natural the pose, the more realistic your drawing will turn out
Draw Basic ShapesOnce your model gets settled it's time to start drawing. To start out, study your subject, squint your eyes and try to locate the basic shapes that make up your subject. Then, draw those basic shapes to represent different body parts. Circles can be used for the head, body and hands. Rectangles for the legs and arms. It's all up to you. These are just guides to get you started.
Draw an OutlineAfter that, start to outline your drawing lightly with your pencil. This is where your drawing starts shaping up and looking more realistic. The arms go from long rectangle like shapes to long slender arms. The circular head becomes more oval in shape and we start to see the face's features form.
Take your time and let the models details guide your drawing. Is there light hitting your models hair? Add that! Is there a shadow casting on your models neck? Draw that too!
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Frankly, he's a sneaky rat bastard. The non-flashy types usually are. Hence, he's been able to be 'behind the scenes' in a very secretive, sneaky kind of way and get away with a whole lot of stuff. He's been able to get away with so much on the public and private front. I guess folks only get away with what they're allowed to...
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If this fool is competent enough to kill, then the he's competent enough to stand trial. As chatabox said, even a very yong kid knows better. Unreal.
Da N.O. is on FIYAH! Every second of every day something is going on. I miss New Orleans for what is was, definitely not for what it is. Hopefully, a change will come!
For the first time in 8 years, I won't be riding. However, because of the photo above (rider tempting the crowd with coconuts) I will always cherish every memory of Zulu! It's a great picture of me-LOL! Hail Zulu! I'll be back next year!


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(AP) NEW YORK - Center Joakim Noah is in Chicago's lineup for Game 2 against the Brooklyn Nets.
Coach Tom Thibodeau says Noah, who has been battling right foot pain, can play about 20 to 25 minutes on Monday night.
Noah started Game 1 but was ineffective, scoring four points in 13 minutes of Brooklyn's 106-89 victory.
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Frankincense Essential Oil (Boswellia sacra) 0.5 fl. oz.
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Step 1: Slide back the sheath
Assuming yours is intact, I think a good swift twist/tug with a pair of pliers should snap it loose.
Step 2: Cut off faulty wire
Step 3: Prepare wire
Separate the copper strands from the green nylon, from the smaller wire.
Twist the copper strands.
Cut off the green nylon.
Strip the smaller wire.
Tin the ends of both wires.
Step 4: Heat shrink tubing
Step 5: Prepare plug
Now, apply some nice fresh solder to the two pads you liberated, to get them ready for their new wires.
Step 6: Solder wires
Carefully solder each wire to its respective solder pad.
Step 7: Sheath and strain relief
Since mine was broken, I applied some electrical tape to bandage it.
Now for the coup-de-grace: Heat up your glue gun, and fashion a nice strain relief out of hot-melt glue!
Et voila! Just as good as new. Actually, probably better than new. And: it's got that post-apocalyptic look I know you love :)
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Summer Intern Protects Kids with Guardian ad Litem
Published: Jun 21, 2010
After the guest speaker from Guardian ad Litem finished her presentation to UT's Criminology Club, Randi Radziszewski '10 knew she wanted to be involved with the organization.
It took her until the summer to find the opportunity in an internship in her hometown of Charlotte, NC, but Radziszewski is learning her voice as an advocate is crucial in court.
"You can really change a child's life," said Radziszewski, criminology major and secretary of the
Criminology Club
Guardian ad Litem
trains independent, volunteer advocates to speak in the best interest of abused and neglected children in the state court system. Volunteers help ensure a child has visitation with his or her siblings, is doing well in school and is healthy.
"All of them have been abused or neglected by a parent or guardian," she said. "They are overlooked. They do have wishes, and I want to help give them that voice."
The job can get overwhelming: preparing cases for court, contacting foster parents to get an update on the child, filing court record sheets, attending court hearings and mediations, and distributing court reports. But when Radziszewski goes on a home visit to see the children in foster care, she said it makes it all worth it.
"I've already heard a bunch of terrible stories about what some of these kids have been through, but when you see them in foster care smiling and doing well, it's really cool," Radziszewski said. "It's really fulfilling."
While finalizing details for a fall internship with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Radziszewski said her internship coordinator,
Dr. Kathryn Branch
, suggested looking into a summer internship too.
"As an intern, Randi has the unique opportunity to work with a partnership of community advocates including child protective investigators, attorneys, judges, counselors and trained volunteers," Branch said.
This opportunity to see firsthand how the dependency system operates and how a child abuse case is processed through the system is "an awesome opportunity for her to apply the information she has learned in a classroom environment to the reality of child abuse," Branch said.
Radziszewski said the internship is already making her reconsider career paths from strictly criminal law to maybe juvenile law too. She also wants to continue volunteering when the internship is over.
"Before this I just wanted to be a criminal prosecutor," Radziszewski said. "But now I'm open to juvenile law. I know it'd be a tough job, and you'd see a lot of sad things, but I think it'd be very fulfilling."
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"Seven is the number of the Powers of Hell, and Seven is the number of the Great Evils."
The event known as the Dark Exile refers to the banishment of the Prime Evils to the mortal realm of Sanctuary by the Lesser Evils. The uprising was led by Belial, the Lord of Lies and Azmodan, the Lord of Sin.
Excerpt from the 'Librarius Ex Horadrim, Book One: Of Heaven and Hell'Edit
The Dark ExileEdit
The Lesser Evils, Andariel, Duriel, Azmodan and Belial, can be considered the minor deities of Hell. For ages uncounted each have ruled over their own domains within the Burning Hells, seeking absolute dominion over their infernal brethren. As the Lesser Four continuously vied for the control of those forces that dwelled within their realms, the Greater Three held absolute power over the whole of Hell.
These Three are the Prime Evils of the Burning Hells that wielded their power as a dark, sovereign triumvirate. The Three Brothers ruled over the Lesser Four by brutal force and malicious cunning. Being the eldest and strongest of the Evils, the Three Brothers were responsible for countless victories against the armies of the Light. Although they never held sway over the High Heavens for long, the Three were justly feared by enemies and subject alike.
With the ascension of Man and the subsequent standstill of the Great Conflict, the Three Brothers began to devote their energies to the perversion of mortal souls. The Three realized that Man was the key to victory in the war against Heaven, and thus altered their rigid agendum that they propagated since the Beginning. This change caused many of the Lesser Evils to question the authority of the Three, and so brought about a great rift between the Prime Evils and their servitors.
In their ignorance, the Lesser Evils began to believe that the Three were afraid to continue the war with Heaven. Frustrated by the cessation of the war, Azmodan and Belial saw the situation as their chance to overthrow the Prime Evils and take control of Hell for themselves. The two demon lords made a pact with the Demon Queen Andariel and Duriel, the Lord of Pain, assuring them that the wretched plague of humanity would not deter the ultimate victory of the sons of Hell. Azmodan and Belial devised a plan to end the stalemate, achieve victory in the Sin War and ultimately ride the bloody crest of the Great Conflict straight into the very arms of Armageddon. Thus, a great revolution was set into motion as all of Hell went to war against the Three Brothers...
The Brothers fought with all the savagery of the Underworld, and to their credit, annihilated a third of Hell's treacherous legions. In the end, however, they were overcome by the Horned Death led by the traitors Azmodan and Belial. The Prime Evils, weakened and bodiless, were banished to the mortal realm where Azmodan hoped that they would remain trapped forever. Azmodan believed that with the Three set loose upon humanity, the Angels would be forced to turn their focus upon the mortal plane - thus leaving the Gates of Heaven abandoned and defenseless. Those few demons who still pledged allegiance to the Three Brothers fled the wrath of Azmodan and Belial, escaping to the realm of Man to seek out their lost Masters.
As the war-fires died out upon the battlefields of Hell, Azmodan and Belial began to argue over which of them held the higher authority. The pact that they had made quickly fell to ashes as the two demon lords took up arms against each other. The legions of Hell that remained were polarized behind either warlord, launching themselves into a bloody civil war that lasted to this day...
The Binding of the ThreeEdit
In the ancient days, before the rise of the Western Empires, the dark and terrible entities known as the Three Evils were exiled to the world of Man. These eternal entities wandered throughout the waking world and fed upon the lusts of men, leaving chaos and attrition in their wake. The Evils turned father against son and prompted many great nations into brutal and petty wars. Their Exile from Hell left them with an insatiable hunger to bring suffering and pain to all who would not kneel before them, and so the Three Brothers ravaged the lands of the Far East for countless centuries.
Eventually, a secretive order of mortal magi was gathered together by the enigmatic Arch-Angel Tyrael. These sorcerers were to hunt the Three Evils and put an end to their vicious rampage. The order, known as the Horadrim, consisted of wizards from the diverse and numerous Mage Clans of the East. Employing disparate magical practices and disciplines, this unlikely Brotherhood succeeded in capturing two of the Brothers within powerful artifacts called Soulstones. Mephisto and Baal, trapped within the swirling, spiritual constraints of the Soulstones, were then buried beneath the dunes of the desolate Eastern Sands.
The powers of Hatred and wanton Destruction seemed to diminish in the East as a nervous peace began to settle over the land. Yet, for many decades the Horadrim continued their grim search for the third Brother, Diablo. They knew that if the Lord of Terror was left untamed there could never be any lasting peace within the realm of humanity.
The Horadrim followed in the wake of terror and anarchy that spread throughout the Western lands. After a great battle which claimed the lives of many brave souls, the Lord of Terror was captured and imprisoned within the last of the Soulstones by a group of Horadrim monks led by the Initiate Jered Cain. These monks carried the cursed stone to the land of Khanduras and buried it within a secluded cave near the river Talsande. Above this cave the Horadrim constructed a great Monastery from which they could continue to safeguard the Soulstone. As ages passed, the Horadrim constructed a network of catacombs beneath the Monastery to house the earthly remains of the martyrs of their Order.
Generations passed in Khanduras, and the numbers of the Horadrim slowly dwindled. With no quests left to undertake, and too few sons to sustain their guardianship, the once powerful Order faded into obscurity. Eventually, the great Monastery that they had built fell to ruins as well. Although villages grew and thrived around the shell of the old Monastery, no one knew of the dark, secret passageways that stretched into the cold earth beneath it. None could have dreamed of the burning red gem that pulsed within the labyrinth's heart…
The Masterplan RevealedEdit
In Diablo II it is revealed that the Prime Evils, together with the Fallen Angel Izual masterminded their own exile. They allowed themselves to be captured and imprisoned within the Soulstones, as Izual had told them about the Stones' power and how to corrupt them. With the combined power of the Soulstones at their command, the Prime Evils had become more powerful than ever before.
The particulars of the origins of the Dark Exile are few, with only a few scraps of information gleaning any insight. It is known that Belial, the Lord of Lies, was once a protege of Mephisto, the Lord of Hatred. Under Mephisto's tutelege Belial honed his powers of deception and manipulation. Eventually, Belial put Mephisto's teachings to traitorous use, manipulating Azmodan into leading a revolt against the Prime Evils. However, Belial himself may have been indirectly tricked into doing so by Mephisto, as the Prime Evils devised the Exile themselves.
Duriel and Andariel fell into league with the traitorous legions of Hell. With information derived from Belial; Andariel's associations with Diablo; and his twisted Fallen Ones; Azmodan finally led the charge against the Prime Evils. His competency as a battlefield commander was unparalleled, allowing the Lesser Evils to gain traction against the Prime Evils and eventually reach victory.
Excerpt from the Dark ExileEdit
- "So it came to be that there was a great revolution within the Burning Hells known as the Dark Exile. The Lesser Evils overthrew the three Prime Evils and banished their spirit forms to the mortal realm. The Demons Belial (the Lord of Lies) and Azmodan (the Lord of Sin) fought to claim rulership of Hell during the abscence of the Three Brothers. All of Hell polarized between the factions of Belial and Azmodan while the forces of the High Heavens continually battered upon the very gates of Hell."


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Michael Barone writes that presidents must rely on "something intangible and unquantifiable, in determining what is within the realm of possibility and what is a bridge too far: intuition." Alas, he finds Obama doesn't have much of it: "On what he identified as the biggest foreign and domestic issues, Obama's intuition has proved to be faulty. Things have not worked out as he hoped. And, though a president cannot micromanage everything, his deference to congressional Democratic leaders in determining the details of the stimulus, health care and cap-and-trade bills has proven politically disastrous."
Put slightly differently, Obama lacks judgment. We were told during the campaign that he had loads of judgment, and it would offset his experience gap. But alas, he lacked the judgment to assess nearly every critical issue he faced — the Iranian nuclear threat, the Middle East "peace process," health-care reform, and his entire domestic agenda. He might lack intuition — the ability to foresee how events will unfold — but more critically, he also lacks the ability to assess events once they do unfold. He lacked the foresight to see that Iran would not respond to video valentines, but then he persisted in frittering away a year on engagement and standing idly by when democratic protestors could have used our help. And he has compounded his error by taking military force off the table and seemingly laying the groundwork for itty-bitty, ineffective sanctions. In sum, he doesn't learn.
That inability to assess events, make adjustments, and correct course promptly may be attributable to a lack of life experience (e.g., he has never seen his ideological assumptions rejected so thoroughly, nor has he had to shift course so abruptly). It may also stem from arrogance — the belief that he has a monopoly on virtue and wisdom and that his opponents are rubes and/or operate out of bad faith. And then again, he may simply be weighed down by silly ideas (e.g., government can create jobs) and a lack of executive acumen. We don't know, and we don't know whether he can improve.
His defenders are reduced to hoping that he will be forced to improve by a congressional wipeout. Eleanor Clift writes:
The advisers around Obama would never admit it, but losing one or even both houses of Congress might be better for Obama than the gridlock paralyzing his agenda. History in our partisan age suggests that for a president to be truly successful and get big legislative achievements, a divided Congress may be necessary. Only then does each party have some stake in governing, and maneuvering room to compromise.
Well, Obama might be forced to improve if he loses both Houses. But then he'd still have foreign policy to puzzle out, new policies to construct, and an agenda to execute. In other words, even with a lot of help, the president still matters. And if the president can neither anticipate events nor react wisely to them, there's not much we can do about it. Other than elect a new one.


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Ravens report card: Offense
Clark: "We weren't near good enough"
As Flacco goes, so go the Ravens
Report card: Defense/Special Teams
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It's time to get out the red pen and grade the offense after the Ravens' 23-20 loss to Buffalo. Let's just say if this were a real school, they would be staying after school with a tutor or repeating a grade. The report card ...
Joe Flacco set a franchise record with five interceptions, and he admitted after the game that he never saw the defender on two of them. Two came off tipped balls, and another was a forced pass under pressure that was underthrown to Torrey Smith in the end zone. That cost the Ravens a likely three points at least. Flacco aired out a beautiful 74-yard pass to Smith, but he threw way too many balls to the blue jerseys.
The backs probably deserve an 'incomplete'; they were hardly seen after halftime, as if they dropped the class in mid-semester. But when they were in the game, they were nonfactors. Rice insisted he was healthy enough to play but showed nothing, with five carries for 17 yards. He was also nonexistent as a receiver. What happened to the checkdowns to Rice? Bernard Pierce is supposedly healthy and showed even less, with four carries for 7 yards. The backs also had missed blocks in pass protection, which led to some of the 12 hits Flacco took.
The game began with a penalty on guard Kelechi Osemele and went downhill from there for this group. The line got manhandled on run plays and had trouble holding off the pass rush. Facing one of the worst run defenses in the league, the Ravens could not open any holes. The Ravens averaged 2.7 yards on those rare occasions when they ran the ball. Flacco was sacked four times, hit 12 times and harassed throughout. Pro Bowl guard Marshal Yanda was flagged for one of the four penalties on the offensive line.
Dallas Clark had four catches for 34 yards, but is looking old and having trouble getting open. Ed Dickson's nightmare season continued. One of Flacco's interceptions clanked right off Dickson's hands, and Dickson was also flagged for a penalty. Dickson did make one nice catch in traffic and finished with two catches -- double his season total to that point -- for 12 yards.
Torrey Smith remains one of the few offensive bright spots this season. He had five catches for 166 yards, including a 26-yard touchdown catch and a 74-yard bomb that was beautifully thrown by Flacco. Rookie Marlon Brown grabbed his third touchdown catch and used all of his 6-5 frame to grab a third-down conversion on the Ravens' first drive. Deonte Thompson, making his first appearance of the regular season, made four catches for 50 yards. Thompson had to leave with concussion symptoms after making a 33-yard grab, but he got separation on that deep ball -- something that has been sorely lacking from Ravens receivers -- and held on despite taking a shot. He showed a lot of promise.


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The idyllic village of Glaslough in County Monaghan, Ireland, was the perfect setting for the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in honour of Liverpool FC's first manager John McKenna on Saturday evening.
Like thousands of other Irishmen of his generation, McKenna had to emigrate to look for work and all Reds supporters should be thankful that he chose Liverpool as his port of call as the club we know and love today may not exist in its present form if it wasn't for the influence of one "Honest" John McKenna.
It was McKenna who sent the telegram to the Football League applying for membership of the Football League Second Division and it was from this moment on that the glorious future of Liverpool Football Club was written.
A crowd of over 200 Liverpool fans and interested observers attended an informative talk on McKenna by Keith Falkiner, author of the book Emerald Anfield, in the local community hall before the plaque was unveiled by the brainchild of the event, Kopite and LFC Donegal secretary David Moen.
At the conclusion of his talk, Falkiner summed up the achievements of McKenna perfectly when he said; "The course of history has proven John McKenna to be one of the most powerful and successful men at Liverpool Football Club - the third most important figure, in my opinion, after only Bill Shankly and the clubs founder John Houlding. The people of Monaghan should be proud of this history and proud of honest John McKenna - who is arguably the greatest Irishman who has ever been involved with the game of association football in Britain."
Earlier in the day ex-red and Republic of Ireland international Ray Houghton made a flying visit to the area to view the plaque.
Houghton said: "I'm embarrassed not to have known anything about this man during my time at Liverpool, but it's a great tribute to him and to the local area that this is now being rectified".
When unveiling the plaque Moen said: "It's a great honour for me personally to unveil this magnificent plaque.
"I have a lot of people to thank. The local community, the County Council, my family, friends and most of all, 'Honest' John McKenna. It gives me great pleasure to unveil this plaque in honour of Liverpool legend and Monaghan native "Honest" John McKenna."
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The Opening Scene: A Litmus Test
Friday I blogged about opening lines and pages and their importance. (Thanks for those who gave feedback on my lines, btw!) Based on the comments I received, I am clearly not the only one who freaks out over openings. This, of course, sent me to my piles of writing books to see what the pros had to say about the opening scene.
1. A challenge to your protagonist's status quo.
2. An antagonist for your character to encounter. (Doesn't have to be THE antagonist.)
3. Introduce your protagonist's immediate intentions.
4. A glimpse into your MC's history/personality/motivation.
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Olly Barkley to leave Bath Rugby for Racing Metro
Posted: September 20, 2012|
Olly Barkley will leave Bath Rugby for French club Racing Metro at the end of the month.
The 30-year-old is contracted at The Rec until the end of the season but will be available for two more games at Bath – at London Irish on Saturday and at home to Sale the following week - before joining the Paris club as a 'medical joker'.
Racing have suffered an injury crisis at fly-half and swooped for Barkley ahead of the formal declaration of players for the 2012-13 Heineken Cup.
Barkley amassed over 200 appearances in two spells with Bath and won 23 England caps.
He said: "Bath Rugby is in my heart and it always will be. When I no longer play the game, this will be the club I come to watch.
"I will be forever a Bath boy but this, for me, was simply the opportunity of a lifetime and one I just couldn't ignore. I will miss the club always and I wish all of my mates here the very best.
"I believe they are a special group with special coaches and I hope they achieve everything they desire. I'd like to thank the club for their understanding, and also the Bath supporters who have been amazing to me in my time here."
In the absence of Stephen Donald and Tom Heathcote, Barkley did not miss a kick in Bath's opening two games of the season – wins over Worcester and Wasps – and helped himself to three penalties against Northampton at The Rec on Friday night.
Head coach Gary Gold added: "Barks is a great bloke and a top player. I could not have been more impressed with both his attitude and his incredibly professional approach since I arrived at the club.
"As a senior player, he could not have worked harder or been more welcoming to us as a group of coaches, but every now and then an offer lands on the table that a bloke just can't refuse. We are sorry to see him go, but he goes with our blessing. He will always be welcome here."
Bath have also confirmed they have signed hooker Brett Sharman on a short-term loan as injury cover for Rob Webber.


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RICHMOND, Va (WTVR) –There is a new phone scam making its rounds, targeting cell phone users. The Better Business Bureau is putting out an alert warning of a new scam that can result in unauthorized charges to your wireless bill.
It is a relatively simple scam that can cost consumers big bucks. At risk are those with mobile phones. What's happening is consumers are receiving calls from unknown numbers. The person making the call will either hang up or leave a message saying there is something wrong with a loved one, prompting a return call. But the person calling back may not realize the number they are dialing is an international call and one that could be linked to an overseas adult entertainment line. The consumer ends up racking up premium service rates, typically appearing as a $19.95 charge. This practice of third parties placing unauthorized charges on wireless accounts is called "cramming," and it's becoming a growing problem.
The BBB said no one is off limits to the scammer and the con artists are hoping to reach those unaware in order to rack up hundreds to thousands in charges.
"Vulnerable people are vulnerable," Tom Gallagher with BBB said. "When you are having tough times, that's when these guys kick. Maybe you lost a job, maybe you lost a relative; but when you are vulnerable that's when it's just glory days for the con man."
The area codes to look out for originate from the Dominican Republic (809), Jamaica (876), British Virgin Islands (284) and Grenada (473).
Gallagher said it's vital you're checking your cell phone bills carefully and if there are unexplained charges you have to let your provider know.
"Monitor very closely your phone bill to be sure everything on there is true, and it's factual and you ought to be paying" Gallagher said. "If you don't believe it is, squawk about it to let your phone company know 'wait a minute this is not some call that I made. I didn't do this.' Cut your damage right there."
In addition to checking your cell phone bill regularly and carefully, it's also recommended you:
–Avoid answering unknown calls
–Do not call back
–Look for unexplained charges, less than $20
–And, again don't be afraid to question charges with your carrier.
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