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People always think their opinion is the only one that matters. Just because you don't favor auto no-fault reform doesn't mean that others do not. It sounds like he's having a hard time making up his mind because of varying opinions from constituents. Waiting to hear from your constituents and further research the issue is most certainly not a bad or unfair thing for a legislator to do. As a matter of fact, isn't that their job??
"Republican lawmakers, who are the majority party, also have strayed from focusing on jobs and into a social agenda that for the most part divides the state while doing little to improve the economy."
Is this a serious statement? Like what social issues? Like it or not, Gov. Snyder and those in the Legislature have done an incredible job of avoiding social issues this year and focused only on the economy, to a degree I never even thought possible. I guess one of the liberal members of the Chronicle editorial board had to get in a jab somehow, even though it isn't backed up by anything.
It affects Hughes and she voted for it
Republican leaders of the state Legislature did include themselves in the bill, as well as their Democrat colleagues, and all staff as well. Thanks for checking.
Ummm.. Ms. Stabenow has been part of our govt for quite some time...and look where we are! Her policies have brought us to face these hardships!
"allowing parents to take some time away from work to help with their children's schools" they are already allowed it's called a personal day, or vacation day, or sick day!!!!!!!!!! Why do Democrats hate businesses so much?
Since Angela is coming from Progress Michigan, I'm sure her reporting will be completely unbiased.
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH for the love of...
Michigan lawmakers have not had a pension since 1997. GET IT ALREADY
I'm very happy Pete has decided to run. You would be hard-pressed to find someone of his Congressional district who didn't feel he represented them well. And no not just the right-wing Dutch GOPers who are the stuff of Democrat talking points. Pete is frank, common sense, and doesn't hold much back which is difficult to find in an elected representative. And by the way, former lawmakers who consult or lobby can make millions upon millions of dollars. Pete will make far less in salary by choosing to go back to the Congress, so he obviously feels the calling for public service.
First comment out of the gate and it's factually incorrect, of course. Military pensions are unaffected by the new law. Check your premise.
First comment out of the gate and it's factually incorrect, of course. Military pensions are unaffected by the new law. Check your premise.
I like Holly. I don't agree with every single vote she makes, but I think she does work hard and I see her out in the community a lot meeting with her constituents. I don't like Romney though and I don't see why these politicians endorse so early. Who knows what could happen in the next 17 months...
Your information is incorrect. The salary for MI legislators is $71,650. http://www.ehow.com/facts_7146713_average-salary-michigan-legislators.html
Troy, you missed a good Twitter joke:
@markknoller: "We do not have time for this kind of silliness" said Obama
@jimmiebjr: Then he left to be on Oprah.
Scholtens - I know how liberals hate facts, so this is going to sting a little, but this has been an issue numerous times in the past. For white men, who were Republicans! Imagine the horror! It's just ignored by the mainstream media. Presidential candidates whose eligibility was questioned: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen (scroll halfway down the page)
Sorry Moran, but several 'white' men who were also Republicans have had their citizenship called into question. I know the liberal teachers don't teach that in the history books these days, so I'll forgive you. Presidential candidates whose eligibility was questioned: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_born_citizen (scroll halfway down the page)
Great point, wingsrule. I think you won this round.
They took a 10% pay cut beginning in January 2011. From $79,000 to $71,000.
Members of the Michigan legislature will take a pay cut in January 2011, when the base salary will drop to $71,685 and the expense allowance will be reduced to $10,000.
Oops, I missed a point! Legislators make $71,685 a year, plus $900 a month for expenses. Also, they don't get "lifetime health benefits," they receive a health care plan from ages 55-65. So if you serve in the legislature from age 40-46, you do not receive benefits from that point on.
Actually, we all receive lifetime health benefits. It's called Medicare, and we all get it, no matter where you work, or for how long, or how much money you make.
If you are going to write a letter than will be in print and read by thousands of people, at least take the time to check your facts first. ESPECIALLY if you're a teacher. I only hope you check facts before you indoctrinate your students with them.


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As Maryland legislators debate whether to repeal the death penalty, Gov. O'Malley and foes of executions have repeatedly claimed that it costs more to kill a murderer than to let him live. A commission O'Malley appointed agreed, but advocates for executions disagree with the analysis.

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When Addison Forbes Montgomery (Kate Walsh) made out with a mystery man played by hottie Benjamin Bratt in the last season of Private Practice, they made a pact to disclose as little about each other as possible. But now Wetpaint Entertainment has found out that the two characters may actually be unknowingly aware of each other's professional accomplishments.
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Interestingly, this description of Welles puts one in mind of William Jones, secretary of the Navy during the War of 1812. Jones served in that job from January 1813 to December 1814 and, as was the case with Welles, his administrative skills were an essential part of the Navy's successes during wartime. Neither man was charismatic or a great strategic thinker; both were, however, exceptional managers, and they brought what turned out to be essential skills to their job. In the process, they also helped shape the job description for naval secretaries to come.
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Jerry Bookin-Weiner unloads on throws fiascos at Sacto, Berea
Jerry Bookin-Weiner officially is USATF Masters T&F throws coordinator. Unofficially, he's the conscience of our weight segment. That comes through stunningly in his latest Throwers Circle column in National Masters News. (You can download it here.) He rips the sport a new one for the way it treats throwers at nationals and worlds. I can't do justice to his litany of horrors. He's got his ducks in a row, but who knows if anyone is listening? He deserves a hearing from you guys, though, and your support.
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Bubba Sparks - September 22, 2011
I read this and probably like most non-throwers, was not aware of the depth of the issue. Good for him to put it put there in such a convincing way.
I've always had friends that were throwers. I was at the meet in Elgin, Texas where the thrower was killed by being struck walking outside of a sector. Seth Brower, our sport's top promoter in Texas is a BIG throws guy so that keeps me tracking it too. GREAT job Jerry!!
Vance Jacobson - September 22, 2011
I am a multi-event competitor and enjoy improving my skills in open events. I find that for meets like Sac Natls in 2010 I would have had difficulty entering an open throws event because of the logistics of 'commuting' over 1/4 mile to the venue from a jump, hurdle, or sprint event at the track. Not that it cannot be done. My wish would be that at national or regional events, the selection of a facility would consider placement of field events. Facilities like Cerritos College, Citrus College, University of Oregon, Moorpark College would qualify as convenient for competitors. I am sure there must be some similarly well-conceived sites located elsewhere in the country. So, in selecting the national venues, could there be a pre-proposal set of standards, one of which is the proximity of all events to each other. By the way, throwers are a really cool group to hang out with!
Neni - September 22, 2011
I also sent a letter to National Masters News about my horrible experience in Berea out of frustration with how the throwers are treated. All you heard leading up to the Nationals was how great the track was but to my horror the conditions for the throwers was totally unacceptable. A track with a ripped up surface and in degraded condition would never even be considered for a National Championship so why is it OK for the throwers to be subjected to such crappy conditions. I nearly twisted my ankle walking out in the landing area for the hammer. It was uneven with a ravine in the middle of it. The field was horrendous. Needless to say I was outraged. Thankfully none of the officials got hurt. They had to be very careful where they stepped. No one could get a record with the uneven & downhill landing area. We pay our entry fees like everyone else. The throwers have been treated very unfairly on many occasions & deserve better. If I sound like I am pissed off, well I am.
Milan Jamrich - September 22, 2011
I am not a thrower, but this does not sound good….
Nadine O'Connor - September 22, 2011
Thanks for the insightful article, Jerry. As a late-to-the party, ectomorph wannabe thrower, I have only relatively recently become aware of the problems that throwers encounter in competitions (though, I must admit that I do like the fact that throwers get little attention. Maybe that is because I am so bad at it!) It was good to know that I wasn't alone in thinking that the rings in Sacramento were too slippery. Did anyone else (besides Bud) notice that the hammer sector in at the nationals in Spokane was sloping up hill?
It is disturbing to learn that Carol's, Jennifer's and Ruth's fine marks won't be recognized as records. National championships should always held be on legal fields and tracks.
And, I agree with Vance's comment: Throwers are indeed a very cool group to hang out with! I am in awe of all of you!
mike shiaras - September 22, 2011
Jerry is absolutely correct about throwing venues in general and Berea in particular. As a spectator, I ventured (perhaps a mile and a half) by car out to the hammer area to watch old friends Ron Summers and Richard Watson compete. At first I laughed out loud at the absurdity of the situation concerning the facility–until the thought occurred to me that Ron and Richard would have to thrown in that horrendous "cow pasture" of a venue. Shameful. Not to be confused, the actual officiating of the throwing events was outstanding.
Mary Harada - September 22, 2011
Apparently in their eagerness to find venues for National Masters Championships, it is become acceptable to skim over the requirement for field event facilities. This is no more acceptable than putting on the track portion of a meet on a track with potholes.
It would be nice to go to a national masters track meet and find good facilities for all events, good officiating, and compliance with the requirements for masters meets -including age group back numbers – printed in large enough letters that one need not climb on the persons back to see what it is, and a timing system run by people who know how to time masters track meets. And ….the ability for participants and fans to watch the field events without having to take a bus off to a cow pasture and risk being hit with flying objects. But I guess that is just a pipe dream.
Milton Girouard - September 22, 2011
I'm glad someone as passionate about throws as I personally know Jerry is and with some status in the USATF, is going public with these throwers issues. I fear as much as it is a real problem, it will be ignored as usual by the USATF. I've strongly proposed in the past that Master's National Championship throwing events be held separate from the running, vaulting and jumping events, as is done with Weight Pentathlon Championships. Possibly the National Championships for the throwing events and W.P. Championships could be held together at the same venue. With more and more throwing facilities being built around the country like Mac Wilken's facility in Oregon and others, throwers will no longer be forced to throw in such poor conditions. As throwing athletes, we deserve the same respect and safety as the rest. Though some have said on this post, and I know you all meant it as a compliment, that throwers are a really cool group to hang out with. That's nice to know. But what I think alot of throwers would really like is to be seen as the competitive and great athletes we truly are and not cast aside at these big meets as if we were part of a traveling carny show. Our own Championships event is the only answer I see for better facilities for throwers and better treatment in general.
Bob Cedrone - September 22, 2011
First off, many thanks and a collective tip of the hat to the officials at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds site who had to deal with the marking of the throws and implement retrieval, while negotiating/avoiding the inevitable mud splatter when the Hammer or Weight made it's impact.
Secondly, the best comment I heard all weekend regarding the "cow pasture" venue to which Mike Shiaras alluded in an earlier posting, was from the M50-59 group of medalists… "Where do we go to pick up our Best in Show Ribbons?"
Randy Wilson - September 22, 2011
In the Pacific Association championships we have thrown Javelin on grass runways 2 years running. Last year we threw shot and discus at the track, then traveled many miles (crossed from CA into Nevada) and made a make shift hammer ring at a high school to compete in the hammer and weight throw. Throwers in Northern CA have learned to conduct their own meets and often represent 30+ % of participants in a few Bay Area meets. Throwers tend to march to a different drum and it's a great group!! Proper respect or not we will thrive.
Barry Warmerdam - September 22, 2011
Jerry's article is right on. As a javelin thrower at the worlds this year, I didn't feel connected to the rest of the meet. The throwers themselves are great to be with, but the track was a long ways away and by the time I was done competing there were no more races left. The next day there were no events at all, so I never saw a race or heard an announcement. At the National Senior Games in Houston the javelin was also pretty distant from the stadium. Yet I watched the elite world championships in Korea on TV and the javelin was held inside the stadium! If they can do it, why can't it be done in masters meets?
Kiwi Girl - September 23, 2011
I agree with everything except for the paragraph on announcers which is totally incorrect. There is usually only one, not several announcers at the national meet. I seriously doubt the announcer is purposely ignoring the throwers, just unable to announce them due to lack of proximity to the main venue. He can't announce what he can't see. The solution to this is to bring the throws into the main venue so the announcer is able to see and report on their events.
JStone - September 23, 2011
Looks like I'll join in on the vent session. It would be nice to have minimum standards for facilites and to have rules that promote fair competition actually enforced!
1. Contesting javelin on grass stinks!
2. Short jav runways stink! The IAAF rule is 30 meters minimum.
3. Far too many flat jav throws are marked for M50 – 59. The 700G spear was not subject to the 1986 rule change so it flies further and lands flat more often. However, it is just ridiculous to see a throw land, be counted as legal and be measured after sliding 5 to 10 feet.
4. The shot ring used for the pent in Albuquerque did not have a metal band and was not recessed. This resulted in some gliders losing distance because they could not push-off the back of the ring.
5. Throwers are not the only ones being disrespected. It seems that more often than not, 800 meter runners are not given the requisite 1-turn stagger and races can easliy have 12 – 15 people in them. Are we chopped liver, I do not see 400 meter races being contested this way!
6. Anyone practicing gun starts should be DQ'd.
7. Last, but not least, things that seem to good to be true or look unnatural, usually are! Long story short…masters athletes exhibiting the following characteristics neeed to be targeted for drug testing; hyper-developed muscles with no body fat, large muslces attached to small wrists & ankles, acne (shoulders, arms, back, chest), reddish/purple tinted skin, distended (bloated) & muscular abdomen.
Ken Effler - September 23, 2011
There are several key issues that lead to the problems listed above.
-the USATF could care less about Masters track and field. Their first and foremost interest is open track and field and pre high school development (Junior Olympics). I'm sure we'd be better off as Masters athletes if we had our own organization, under the umbrella of the USATF, as high school and college track is now. I'm not saying that the priorities of the USATF are wrong, it's just that Masters athletics doesn't really fit their vision for USA track.
-the bid process for the Masters championships is inadequate to serve the needs of the athletes. We've seen far too many fiasco's in the last 5 years from poor timing to lousy facilities. The role of the games committee should be to secure great facilities, and run the meet themselves, rather than relying on a local organizing group that doesn't understand the scope of the event, or cuts corners to make more profit on the venture.
-the number of facilities that can adequately host a championship meet are limited. The best track and field venues in the US are located at colleges. Hayward Field in Oregon has become the defacto USA national track stadium. Will they bid on hosting the Masters meet-no. Will they rent the facility for a 4 day weekend meet-perhaps.
At many Div. 2 and 3 schools the infield of the track is used for soccer and football and is often field turf. If the infield is grass, the AD's often don't want throwing events taking place so the grass isn't filled with divots from the weight or hammer throws.
There are some Div. 1 schools that have nice new track facilities. At U Mass Amherst, they have a new track with full field events in the infield. Auburn University has the same thing. I'm sure there are several other schools with similar facilities, but none will bid on our championship. That's why its essential to scrap the current bid system and find ways to rent out these facilities for the meet.
Until Masters track and field is divorced from the USATF I doubt anything will change (including the on going records fiasco)
peter van aken - September 23, 2011
I also support the intentions and comments of Jerry Bookin-Weiner.
peter taylor - September 23, 2011
Agree with Ken Effler (no. 14). Unless there is something I don't know, the bid process is no good for masters T&F. Also, when I hear wishes expressed in this forum to "go back to Eugene" I have to think about how much things have changed.
Here are the last 18 and the next 2 sites for outdoors. Each one that I consider a major university I will mark with an asterisk.
1994 Univ of Oregon (Eugene)*
1995 Michigan State University (East Lansing)*
1996 Spokane (community college)
1997 San Jose (city college)
1998 Univ of Maine (Orono)*
1999 Orlando (Disney)
2000 Univ of Oregon (Eugene)*
2001 Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge)*
2002 Univ of Maine (Orono)*
2003 Univ of Oregon (Eugene)*
2004 Millikin University (Decatur)
2005 Univ of Hawaii (Honolulu)*
2006 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2007 Univ of Maine (Orono)*
2008 Spokane (community college)
2009 Univ of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
2010 Calif State Univ at Sacramento
2011 Baldwin Wallace College (Berea, Ohio)
2012 Benedictine Univ (Lisle, Illinois)
2013 Olathe, Kansas (district high school facility)
Notice a pattern? Forget the big-name universities, forget Eugene. We are in a new era.
Note: Only 4 national outdoors in the history of the program have drawn more than 1400 entrants:
San Diego (1989)
Eugene (1994)
Eugene (2000)
Sacramento (2010)
That's it. Only one in the last decade.
Suggest a report that would be widely distributed at least 4 months before each outdoors (I will fill it in for Oshkosh 2009):
Quality of the site for masters competition:
Track: 98
High jump and pole vault: 95
Other jumps: 80
Throws: 80
That way, people would see what they are getting. From what I have seen, the 2011 site (Berea) would not have scored above a 5 (out of 100) for the throws.
Weia Reinboud - September 23, 2011
I did an exercise I wanted to do for a long time. The results of the European championships 2010 in Nyíregyháza give the starting time of every discipline and the finish time, so with hindsight we know exactly how long all competitions have taken. http://www.evaa.ch/files/results/RisultatiUngheria.pdf
I made an excell with the three long throws, discus, hammer and javelin. This gives 60 competitions, which were held on 6 days in 2 stadia. The total number of throwers that actually threw is 701. Add half an hour to all competitions (25 minutes for walking in and preparation throws, five minutes for walking away), then they have lasted 94.23 hours. Competition days could be up to 12 hours long (from 8 in the morning to 8 in the evening), so the whole throwing competition could have been done in 8 days in 1 stadium. The main stadium had grass, so during all runs the field could have been in use for throws.
But that is not all. With hindsight we also know what the best throws were and which part of the field they actually used. As good athletics stadia have two cages and two javelin run-ups quite often two long throws can be done at the same time, as long as they do not throw far from both sides. The idea is to let young men and old women throw at the same time, together they use the whole field. Something like that. (As only few throwers actually are dangerous, add a safety judge who knows when to stop the competition from the other side for a minute.) After some jugling it turns out that during the best 39 competitions the remaining 21 competitions could have been done from the other side. Never the best throws from both sides add up to more than 80 meters now. (My home track has a field of 86 meters, the Daegu track had 100.) The whole competion than needs 68.70 hours, so in five and a half day it could have been done on one field.
During the long throws shot put and weight throwing could have been done in two rings. The four jumps could have been done at the same time, so my guess is that in a week all field events (except for multi's) could take place in the main stadium!!
Stefan Waltermann - September 23, 2011
I drove a fellow athlete to the surrealistic wasteland in Berea where he and others including officials survived and succeeded in a post apocalyptic environment. In my events, the javelin and the discus throw, I'm just one of the guys, cheerful, positive, encouraging under sometimes trying conditions, always separated from the limelight of the main venue, in total anonymity. I don't care as long as I'm with my buddies, as long as I can throw.
In 2010 in Sacramento, I schlepped the Big Kahuna to the discus ring and begged him to improve the ring conditions. Only to be told that if the ring is good enough for a Olympic gold medal winner, it should be good enough for me. Consequently, I missed my dream of reaching 3,000 points in the pentathlon due to a lousy discus result on that $)&@#} ice ring.
I entered the discus competition at the worlds a year later either in the hope to find better conditions or in masochistic need of more suffering, I don't know why. Nothing had changed and I suffered the consequences. What left me furious was the fate of fellow athletes from the US and from around the world. You dream, you set goals, you train, you prepare, you save money, you travel half way around the world. Three times you enter the ring, three foul throws, you never make the finals you alway make. Never fulfill your dream, not even a realistic goal. All due to calleous, non caring ignorants who call themselves experts. I have never seen that many empty faces, empty eyes in athletes as I have seen at the ring in Sacramento. Felt ashamed that I had not wiped the ring with that dude last year, who blew me off.
Still, man, do I love to throw!
t-b - September 23, 2011
I'm always grateful for the chance to throw. Loved the Sacramento rings because I practice on a fast ring that elite throwers use. Also, on a slower ring, and in the rain whenever I get a chance. Circles are never the same, I try to get used to adjusting.
Scott Hannay - September 27, 2011
Thank you Jerry. I have been a thrower since 1978 and I know all the things you stated for a fact. Throwers are normally relugated to a back field, away from the track. As a javelin thrower in the Northeast, that normally means an abandoned soccer field out in the 'south 40′. I can truly say that the few times that I have been able to compete 'inside the track' in front of the crowd, I have performed much better. As athletes, we are there to perform and feed of the atmosphere of competition. It's just not the same out behind the facility, away from the action.
As far as Master's competition's are concerned, I have been to very few sites that truly impressed me from a thrower's perspective. Orone, Maine maybe one of the best throwing facilities, but it's remote
for everyone. We do need a stronger voice in the selection of sites for National competitions. Maybe the big Throwing Clubs need to threaten a Boycott, if we end up with more sub-par facilities.
Tim Edwards - September 27, 2011
How many records were set in the shot and discus at Sacramento the last two years? probably none because of those ice rink rings they used. I boycotted Worlds because of those rings. I'm not paying thousands in travel costs to hit sub par distances because of the conditions. It would have taken 5 minutes of acid washing for each ring to have them up to par. I even emailed the Sacramento State throws coach to see if he could acid wash them and it was ignored. Total B.S. I will never step foot in Sacramento again
Tim Edwards - September 27, 2011
The problem is that officials and the higher up are concerned with the runners first and throws last. remember Charlotte and the 4 throws we got because they let 90 year olds run in 100% humidity. We paid for others stupid mistakes, but their running distances stayed the same. The same thing happened in New York at the World Police and Fire gmaes. We got 4 throws because of Hurricane Irene that had already passed. the runners didnt get their distances shortened. they still ran all their heats. Its thrower racism
Neni - September 28, 2011
Although I found the Hammer/Discus circle to be slick at Sacramento State, they were far better than the circles at Sacramento City College where some of the Throws Pentathlon events took place. I stepped on a wet towel which gave me traction & was able to break the hammer record twice in 2010. The circles at Sacramento City College were so atrocious that nothing could help. The hammer/discus circle was very slow & I had problems getting my feet going. The shotput circle was very rough and seemed like it had been there since before I was born in 1960. It is true, that when they want to speed up a meet or cut something out, the throwers are relegated to 4 throws & the nothing happens to the runners. The number of running events far outnumber the throwing events.
Ace Bond - October 2, 2011
@Peter Taylor (post#16)
2013 Olathe, Kansas (district high school facility)
Are they seriously holding the 2013 Championships at a high school track? Has this been confirmed – I do not see it listed on the USATF site. If that is the case – what outlet do we have to express our displeasure and petition for a change of venue. Has there been any serious talk of leaving USATF and joining forces with Nat'l Senior Games org or the WMA? The trend of sub-par facilities that you have listed is quite disturbing.
peter taylor - October 4, 2011
Yes, Ace, I am sure that Olathe has been confirmed. From Eugene in 1994, 2000, and 2003 to high school* in 2013. By 2018 we may be going to junior high.
Write to the boss, Gary Snyder, or other members of the USATF Masters Committee.
* Of course, it's a district facility, whatever that means.
Ace Bond - October 4, 2011
I will definitely let a couple of e-mails fly. Obviously it will not make a difference for 2013 but maybe we can impact the 2014 selection. Are the NCCWMA Championships held in odd years? If yes, I may opt for that instead of US Championships in 2013. Happy Training Everyone!!!!
peter taylor - October 5, 2011
OK, Ace. Assume the NCCWMA champs are in odd years but have kind of lost track of that meet (have not announced it since 1996 in Eugene of all places).
Juan A. "Crazy Legs" Garza - November 13, 2012
Hello my name is Juan. I retire from the USMC next month on December 2nd. And after 28+ years I am ready to get back into the competition again! I ran 29:12 for 10K, a 1:08 1/2 marathon and won the 1996 nationals Masters Track & Field in Springfield,Oregon in the 10K and 2nd in the 5k. I broke my left knee trying to qualify in the Marathon in 1988 in Las Vegas but, broke my knee at the half way mark (it was freaky). but, since then recovered very well and ready to burn the road again. I will be 61 on December 28th (next month) and have run a 19:43 5k this past August. Looking to join a great running club.
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This gathering furl of past
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Waxed each Saturday
Polished to reflective mirrors
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Was made to sit upright
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Seem ever present
Pain's last remaining stand
Pleads why ghost towns await
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I am an adventurous person and like to try new things, and my husband who has Celiac's disease is quite content to find a few favorites and stick to them. So it becomes my job to research new restaurants and such. And thus it's me writing the reviews here :)
1537 Newport Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02861
We were excited to learn here that they now have a gluten free menu here, as it used to be one of our favorite places. But despite everything seeming to be on the up-and-up on the surface when we asked a few questions, my husband still got glutened, and now we can't go back :( Three stars = the average of the 5 stars they deserve overall and the 1 star they get for glutening my husband :(
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If this were a review of Mews anywhere but Find Me Gluten Free, for anything but their gluten-free-ness they'd get 4-5 stars! The food is delicious, the ambiance is really cool and friendly, and the staff is very nice. Based on our actual experience with their gluten free menu, I was tempted to give just one star. But I'll give the second because it really would be a 4-5 star sort of place without their overly enthusiastic, untrue claim that they have GF options. When went there, we checked to see if the extensive menu of fried food was too good to be true by asking if they had a separate fryer..... It was indeed too good to be true, and they did not have a separate fryer. So we took that to mean that the gluten free menu is basically a lie :( Those foods aren't gluten free. Definitely not Celiac safe whatsoever. But the waitress acted like it was no big deal, and no there's not a separate fryer, but so what, all the ingredients in those items listed were gluten free, so of course they must be okay... So that was another warning sign... having staff that is going to be aware of what it *really* takes to make sure something is gluten free is important, if you're going to offer that. Frankly, I was so scared for my husband's health based on the "GF"-but-not-actually-remotely-at-all menu and the waitress' cluelessness that I wanted to leave right then........but my husband thought that was embarrassing, so we stayed and tried to figure out what be nearly impossible to screw up. So, very much on guard at this point, we ordered fajitas after confirming that they are cooked in their own individual pans, as fajitas are most places. We thought that would be safe. We were wrong. My husband was sicker after this cross-contamination, and for longer, than any other single time we can remember. We went over a month ago, and still he does not completely feel okay again yet. Doing things half-way is very problematic for people who have Celiac's disease... Please don't have a menu that says items are gluten free, but then a shared fryer that makes that completely impossible... and having untrained staff that isn't aware of allergens and how to avoid cross-contamination also makes theoretically a gluten free menu actually quite pointless as well. Again, its fine if places don't want to have a gluten free menu. But please don't have one that is a lie. That's putting the customers that you are supposedly trying to accommodate at risk.
1458 Park Ave, Cranston, RI 02920
Love A&J Bakery. When the normal close-to-home options are getting boring, this is the remedy! They have EVERYTHING... and if they somehow don't make what you're looking for yet, chances are they are working on it and will soon. We especially love the chocolate chip cookies (OMG BEST EVER), pie crusts (the best we've found), and pizza dough. The ginger molasses cookies are, oddly, our favorites - even though we wouldn't have guessed we liked either ginger or molasses all that much if you asked. They're moist, chewy, and amazing.
430 Newport Avenue, Rumford, RI 02916
Staff is super knowledgeable, and changes gloves between customers by default when you mention you need to eat GF. Everything is GF except for the flour tortillas. YES, you can even have the on-site fried tortilla chips - the fryer is a dedicated one. This is the single cheapest healthy and satisfying GF option we have found near home. We go here All The Time.
727 East Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860
Rasoi is amazing! I'm shocked to see that no one else has mentioned yet that the brunch buffet on Saturdays is 100% gluten free! It's sooooo good. Pretty much everything here is the best version we've had of it at any Indian restaurant....and I am completely obsessed with Indian food, so that's saying a lot. I love to see a family business doing so well for their customers and their community.
727 East Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860
Lots of options. Yummy but expensive. I agree that the cupcakes are the worst of their offerings, and after we tried each kind once, we are pretty sure they're all horrible, and that it has to do with the fundamental composition of what's going into all the cupcakes. (Same complaints as others have had - frosting is really funky, probably because it's all vegetable shortening - and cupcake is dense, dry, and doesn't taste like what it's advertised as.) The brownie is to die for, though. And the muffins, sweet breads, tarts, bars, and cakes in non-cup form are all good. We aren't vegan. Maybe you aren't either. If we *were* vegan, then maybe even the GF cupcakes would seem good? The hot drinks and juices that involve cayenne pepper are amazing. Especially if you're feeling like you're about to come down with a cold, or have a sinus infection.
625 East Washington Street, North Attleborough, MA 02760
They served my husband his gluten free burger from the gluten free menu on a regular, gluten-filled, standard wheat roll. After taking a couple bites that seemed too good to be true, we asked if it was indeed a gluten free bun, hoping that it was and that they had found some magical method / source for making the most amazing GF buns ever. They said that no, it probably wasn't a GF bun, but they could check. The manager came and informed him that it was not a GF bun at all. They didn't seem to understand the gravity of what they had done. When we stressed that yes, it was a really big deal, they then said could put that same burger (contaminated with the bread it was on before) on the toast they usually use when people order things gluten free, if he wanted. They pointed out that the fries (that had also been touching the wheat roll) were gluten free, so he could still eat those. They also offered him gluteny malt vinegar to put on them, further demonstrating their cluelessness. They don't understand what it means to have Celiac's disease or a gluten intolerance. They were basically saying that since he didn't get "red and puffy" (their words) like someone would with a shellfish or peanut allergy, that he must be fine and it must be no big deal. They had a theoretically great menu with lots of choices, but it's completely pointless to have this if the staff still serves food that puts the health of their customers at risk risk. It's fine to not be able to cater to customers who have to eat gluten free. Most places can't. The problem with this place is that they say they do, but actually the waitstaff and kitchen staff have no idea, and do not serve the food the menu promises. There are plenty of other places in North Attleborough that do a great job of serving gluten free food, and live up to the promises of their menus. We'll be sticking to those.
105 South St, Plainville, MA 02762
We go here regularly. They are meticulous about keeping their GF food GF. There's a huge menu of GF options - equal in size to the regular menu. They're super friendly. We love everything about this place. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
111 Pleasant St, Attleboro, MA 02703
I got all excited to hear about a standard Chinese restaurant nearby serving GF food...but I called the number listed here today, and it was out of service. 3 stars because I don't intend to actually rate, just provide info.


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Lauryn Hill's pregnant! It's baby no. 6 for the singer, and somehow her brood crept into Brangelina territory without us even realizing it. How did that happen? The imminent arrival of her baby was announced while she was playing in Chene Park, Detroit on Saturday night. Lauryn announced to concert-goers, "I'm going to be taking time off to give birth" which is pretty much as straight up as they come.
Hints were dropped about her pregnancy earlier as well. A chatty Ms. Hill told the crowd at Club Nokia in L.A two months ago, "I keep having these children. I don't know if I'm the most fertile woman in America." Lauryn's babydaddy is boyfriend Rohan Marley who happens to be Bob Marley's son. That's some serious cred for her five, going on six, kids! Congratulations, mamma!
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The Rockets (16-18, 5-5 Mid-American Conference) earned their seventh straight victory over WMU (15-16, 5-4 MAC) dating back to 2010.
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Met out of town friends here, just for a drink. Nice feeling of old Havana, tasty bar food, just right for a snack. Such a pleasant and helpful waitress. Left my bag by mistake. Greeted with "thank goodness you are back, here it is, we tried to catch you but you were gone". Thanks so much, appreciated your kind concern. We will be back for dinner, loved the food and especially the Mojito.
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I went for restaurant week. The service was amazing and recommendations were spot on. Great atmosphere, good portions, highly recommended.
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I took a large group of out-of-town colleagues to Alma de Cuba on a Monday night and we had a wonderful experience. As a local, I tend to think of Alma de Cuba as a little too "Steven Starr" (expensive and overrated), but it was the perfect location to bring our guests. The food was fabulous and the waiter was terrific. In fact, people were still talking about the service days later. I had a sour cherry caipirinha that was out of this world. The chocolate cigar dessert was also a big hit. I would definitely recommend this place for a special occasion. As a side note, I've also been to Alma de Cuba for lunch, which is great if you want to try the food but not spend as much money.
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The staff was very friendly and accomodating. I had the pastachio Lamb- it was amazing! The atmosphere is cozy and sleek. Very charming and a great location.
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I went to Alma De Cuba the other night with a friend who was in town. We were both really disappointed. My friend had the shrimp with crab meat. The shrimp were totally over cooked. I had the seared tuna. I was served a terrible cut of tuna. It was chewy and did not taste fresh at all. Both meals were cold and seemed as though they had been prepared in advance. The fired plantains were delicious. I was definitely disappointed since I had heard so many great things about this place. I definitely won't be going back.
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Great atmosphere, delicious food, attentive wait staff. Overall a wonderful dining experience.
Posted by Anonymous on 10/08/2007
By all accounts, you can expect two things when you go to any sSarr establishment...an awesome drink menu and a wonderfully designed space. Alma de Cuba was no different. The food, however, was seriously lacking in any real latin flavor and falls short in creating a truly authentic experience. If you're lucky, you're usually too lit by the end of the night to even care.


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Friends, enthusiasts and coffee lovers, lend me your attention!
Does the thought of slurping the most expensive coffee in the world get you frothing with excitement? Someone narrated a rather strange tale of animal dung and its association with one of the world's most rarefied coffees.
A tiny rare cat seems to have become a star overnight. How it has managed to come under the spotlight is a tale you just cannot miss!
Once upon a time there was an Asian Palm Civet native to the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra. It wandered aimlessly until one day it found a mission to attach itself to. While innocently chomping on the fruits of the coffee plant, it had no clue it would be responsible for the invention of the most expensive coffee in the world.
TheAsian Palm Civetwhich feeds on coffee cherries
Kopi Luwak, that's what the world's most expensive coffee is popularly known as. 'Kopi' is the Indonesian word for coffee and 'luwak' is the local name of this animal which eats the raw red coffee beans. The civet feeds on coffee cherries for its pulp. It digests the soft outer covering of cherries but is unable to digest the hard beans and excretes them. Believe it or not, it is these animal feces that are used to process coffee beans.
Now before you let out a shriek, here's something more you'd like to feed on. The beans go through the process of internal digestion in the civet's stomach. The stomach acids and enzymes help to ferment the beans, lending it its unique taste. Surprisingly, the beans are excreted in their original shape. Back in the days, the local farmers of the islands are known to have discovered this unique creature and its quintessential coffee bean excreta.
The civet's droppings which are processed to make coffee beans
What might fascinate you is also that these civets feed only on the ripest of coffee cherries. The natural fermentation of the choicest of beans is what makes them worth their weight in silver.
The excreted droppings with beans are collected, cleaned, dried and given a light roast carefully keeping its complex flavors intact.
...And that's how one of the world's finest blends, Kopi Luwak was born.
This strange brew is said to be smooth, pleasant, earthy with hints of caramel and chocolate. Sip it and then let out a satisfied purr...


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- Nuclear equation of state from the nonlinear relativistic mean field theory (1988)
- The properties of symmetric nuclear matter are investigated in the nonlinear relativistic mean field theory of nuclear matter. We consider the constraints imposed by four nuclear ground state properties on the coupling constants and on the equation of state at zero and at finite temperature. We find that the compression constant K(ρ0) as well as the temperature is irrelevant for the stiffness of the equation of state for m*(ρ0)≤0.7. The main point is that the relativistic mean field theory exhibits acausal and unphysical behavior for compressibilities below K(ρ0)=200 MeV. Every set of coupling constants with a negative quartic coupling constant c is unstable against small quantum fluctuations.
- Importance of nuclear viscosity and thermal conductivity and the analysis of the bounce-off effect in high energy heavy ion collisions (1981)
- We present an analysis of high energy heavy ion collisions at intermediate impact parameters, using a two-dimensional fluid-dynamical model including shear and bulk viscosity, heat conduction, a realistic treatment of the nuclear binding, and an analysis of the final thermal emission of free nucleons. We find large collective momentum transfer to projectile and target residues (the highly inelastic bounce-off effect) and explosion of the hot compressed shock zones formed during the impact. As the calculated azimuthal dependence of energy spectra and angular distributions of emitted nucleons depends strongly on the coefficients of viscosity and thermal conductivity, future exclusive measurements may allow for an experimental determination of these transport coefficients. The importance of 4π measurements with full azimuthal information is pointed out.
- Collective sideward flow of nuclear matter in violent high-energy heavy-ion collisions (1980)
- Angular and energy distributions of fragments emitted from fast nucleus-nucleus collisions (Ne--> U at 250, 400, and 800 MeV/N) are calculated with use of nuclear fluid dynamics. A characteristic dependence of the energy spectra and angular distributions on the impact parameter is predicted. The preferential sideward emission of reaction fragments observed in the calculation for nearly central collisions seems to be supported by recent experimental data.
- Kinetic energy flow in Nb(400 A MeV) + Nb: evidence for hydrodynamic compression of nuclear matter (1984)
- A kinetic-energy—flow analysis of multiplicity-selected collisions of 93Nb(Elab=400A MeV)+93Nb is performed on the basis of the nuclear fluid dynamical model. The effects of finite particle numbers on the flow tensor are explicitly taken into account. Strong sidewards peaks are predicted in dN/dcosθF, the distribution of event by event flow angles. This is in qualitative agreement with recent data from the "Plastic Ball" electronic detection system. Cascade simulations fail to reproduce the data.
- Time-dependent Hartree-Fock studies of superheavy molecules (1983)
- The time dependent Hartree-Fock approximation is used to study the dynamical formation of long-lived superheavy nuclear complexes. The effects of long-range Coulomb polarization are treated in terms of a classical quadrupole polarization model. Our calculations show the existence of "resonantlike" structures over a narrow range of bombarding energies near the Coulomb barrier. Calculations of 238U + 238U are presented and the consequences of these results for supercritical positron emission are discussed. NUCLEAR REACTIONS 238U + 238U collisions as a function of bombarding energy, in the time-dependent Hartree-Fock approximation. Superheavy molecules and strongly damped collisions.
- Viscous fluid dynamical calculation of the reaction 12C(85 MeV/nucleon) + 197Au (1983)
- Proton spectra have been calculated for the reaction 12C(85 MeV/nucleon) + 197Au using a three-dimensional hydrodynamical model with viscosity and thermal conductivity and final thermal breakup. The theoretical results are compared to recent data. It is shown that the predicted flow effects are not observable as a result of the impact parameter averaging inherent in the inclusive proton spectra. In contrast, angular distributions of medium mass nuclei (A>3) in nearly central collisions can provide signatures for flow effects.
- Jets of nuclear matter from high energy heavy ion collisions (1981)
- The fluid dynamical model is used to study the reactions 20Ne+238U and 40Ar+40Ca at Elab=390 MeV/nucleon. The calculated double differential cross sections d2σ/dΩdE exhibit sidewards maxima in agreement with recent experimental data. The azimuthal dependence of the triple differential distributions, to be obtained from an event-by-event analysis of 4π exclusive experiments, can yield deeper insight into the collision process: Jets of nuclear matter are predicted with a strongly impact-parameter-dependent thrust angle θjet(b). NUCLEAR REACTIONS Ar+Ca, Ne+U, Elab=393 MeV/nucleon, fluid dynamics with thermal breakup, double differential cross sections, azimuthal dependence of triple differential cross sections, event-by-event thrust analysis of 4π exclusive experiments.
- Phase transition of the nucleon-antinucleon plasma in a relativistic mean-field theory (1985)
- Studying Walecka's mean-field theory we find that one can reproduce the observed binding energy and density of nuclear matter within experimental precision in an area characterized by a line in the coupling-constant plane. A part of this line defines systems which exhibit a phase transition around Tc~200 MeV for zero baryon density. The rest corresponds to such systems where the phase transition is absent; in that case a peak appears in the specific heat around T~200 MeV. We interpret these results as indicating that the hadron phase of nuclear matter alone indicates the occurrence of an abrupt change in the bulk properties around ρV~0 and T~200 MeV.
- Influence of shape fluctuations in relativistic heavy ion collisions (1986)
- The influence of fluctuations of the shape degree of freedom in collisions of deformed nuclei with energies between 0.8 and 2.1 GeV/nucleon is analyzed on the basis of an intranuclear cascade simulation for the strongly deformed systems 46Ti+ 46Ti and 166Er+ 166Er. While there is a considerable sensitivity of the global event variables to the orientation for polarized beams and targets, this dependence disappears in the average over all orientations for impact parameter selected and integrated events. The dependence of the nuclear stopping and thermalization on the size of the system under consideration and on the bombarding energy is also investigated.
- Event-by-event analysis : possible testing ground for the nuclear matter equation of state (1984)
- Intranuclear cascade calculations and fluid dynamical predictions of the kinetic energy flow are compared for collisions of 40Ca + 40Ca and 238U + 238U. The aspect ratio, R13, as obtained from the global analysis, is independent of the bombarding energy for the intranuclear cascade model. Fluid dynamics, on the other hand, predicts a dramatic increase of R13 at medium energies Elab≲200 MeV/nucleon. In fact, R13(Elab) directly reflects the incompressibility of the nuclear matter and can be used to extract the nuclear equation of stat at high densities. Distortions of the flow tensor due to few nucleon scattering are analyzed. Possible procedures to remove this background from experimental data are discussed.


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Rock and surf angling is still the most popular sport along the West Coast and thousands of angler's from all over Southern Africa visit the tourist recreational area between Walvis Bay and Henties Bay every year from February to April to partake in this popular sport. Although anglers are nowadays limited to fixed quotas, angling fish species such as Kabeljou, Steenbras, Galjoen and Blacktail can be caught along the easily accessible angling spots, some with unusual names such as Sarah se gat, (Sarah's hole) or Skilpadgat (Tortoise's hole).
Shark angling is fast becoming a popular sport along the Namibian beaches. All sharks must be returned live to the sea. It is for this reason that intending shark anglers are advised to contact a registered angling tour guide who will supply the appropriate equipment and bait whilst ensuring the best possible adventure for the experienced or novice angler.
In the interior, Namibia's dams offer several options for freshwater fishing, the best example being Hardap Dam. The far eastern tip of Caprivi, at the confluence of the Chobe and Zambezi rivers, is regarded as a fly-fisherman's paradise second to none.


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Circus brings tigers, clowns and dare devils to Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI - A small town of 320 people filled with jungle animals and wacky characters with unique abilities who have a nomadic lifestyle are headed this way.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is bringing it's "Fully Charged" show this weekend to the American Bank Center arena.
Dustin Portillo, part of the "Dus and Vas" comedy clown duo said the show travels 11 months out of the year doing 13 shows a week.
"We are our own city on wheels with no ZIP code filled with a bunch of unique characters," Portillo said.
He said the group has people from almost all 50 states and many different countries including France, China, Paraguay and Russia.
"We are our own U.N.," Portillo said. "You name it, we've got it."
This year's "Fully Charged" show has all new acts including one that rivals the human cannon ball.
Brian Miser, "The Human Fuse," sky rockets 110 feet at 60 miles per hour off a crossbow while his entire body is lit on fire.
Tabayara Maluenda, an animal trainer, gets in a cage with 13 tigers who are not trained but tamed and could lash out at any minute.
Then there's the Negrey troupe of acrobats who do about 360 flips in seven minutes.
Portillo said it amazes him that year after year Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus comes up with a totally new show.
"If you've ever seen a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey show, it's not going to be the same one you saw before," he said.
"Fully Charged" is all about the power of the audience and the power of the performers meeting.
He said the show is a way for people to get away from every day life. As a performer you really have to have a passion for the circus life, he added.
"We have come together as a group to put on the greatest show on earth 13 times a week because you are only as good as your last performance," Portillo said.
What: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Fully Charged"
Where: American Bank Center arena
When: 7 p.m. Friday, 11:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $12, $20, $35 VIP floor, $45 front row and $70 circus celebrity(plus fees)
Information: www.americanbankcenter.com or www.ticketmaster.com
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Ted Cruz: Gay marriage could lead to prosecution of pastors for 'hate speech'
"If you look at other nations that have gone down the road toward gay marriage, that's the next step of where it gets enforced. It gets enforced against Christian pastors who decline to perform gay marriages, who speak out and preach biblical truths on marriage, and that has been defined elsewhere as hate speech," said Cruz. [Read More]
TexMessage: 50 years after Equal Pay Act, Sheila Jackson Lee notes that sex discrimination is still evident
TexMessage Tuesday, June 11 Good morning, TexMessagers! Should the Equal Pay Act be updated to further assist women in the workplace? TEXclusive On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, men still earn more than women on average, but Texas Democrats won't stand for it. The Equal Pay Act of 1963, signed by President […] [Read More]


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Posted at: 10/29/2012 9:03 AM
By: The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A City Council member in Santa Fe is proposing rules for an area of his city that would regulate alcohol sales and create a healthier food zone by banning new restaurant drive-thrus.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that City Council member Carmichael Dominguez is trying to put strict rules in place governing certain types of businesses in the Airport Road area of southwest Santa Fe.
Dominguez says his proposal is an attempt to improve the area's quality of life.
The City Council is scheduled to vote on Dominguez's proposal in January.
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"I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying one another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties," Mr. Biden said, while noting that the president, not he, sets policy on such matters. ... The vice president's comments are likely to intensify pressure on Mr. Obama, who says he is still wrestling with his feelings about same-sex marriage, to take a clearer stance on it before the presidential election this fall, something the White House has shown reluctance to do.
Obama has been openly making the case for his reelection for more than a year, in official trips and public events focused on his agenda before Congress and efforts to revitalize the economy. But Saturday's rallies -- one here in the afternoon and one at night at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond -- were a first for the 2012 effort, featuring an unabashed attempt to reframe the discussion. The events saw the introduction of a new banner theme, "Forward," use of jumbo screens to debut campaign videos and unveiling of a new stump speech.
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The rumor coming out of a BMW dealer presentation held in the Netherlands last week is that the previously rumored M550d will officially come in with 381 HP from its tri-turbo inline-6 cylinder diesel motor, far lower than the initial speculations of 500+ HP. But it will make over 516 lb-ft torque! Finally, it will be AWD-only, as speculated earlier.
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Stoke City: Club legends recall their special Stoke City memories
Posted: December 05, 2012|
TERRY CONROY: One game I'll always remember was our FA Cup quarter-final at Hull City in 1971.
There were more than 40,000 people at Boothferry Park that day, and I reckon at least 10,000 of them were from Stoke.
Hull were a division lower than us, but had Ken Wagstaff and Chris Chilton up front and they absolutely battered us at the start.
We went 2-0 down, but I managed to score just before half-time to get us back in it.
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How I remember the goal, it was a solo run from the half-way line before I drew the goalkeeper, went round him and slotted it home.
John Ritchie scored two more in the second half to put us through to the club's first FA Cup semi-final in its modern history.
The train station was right outside the ground at Hull. I remember coming out of the stadium and it seemed as though half the Potteries was waiting for us on the platform.
We travelled home on the train with the fans and the atmosphere was fantastic. The players and supporters all felt that we had a team that was on the verge of something special.
We lost to Arsenal in the semis that year, but the team did go on to win the League Cup the following season.
My favourite memory as a supporter was that goalless draw with Leicester in 2008 which meant we were promoted back to the top flight. The relief and exultation was overwhelming.
JACKIE MARSH: My favourite game was THAT match against Leeds in February 1974, when we beat them 3-2.
They were a great team and had gone 29 games unbeaten, but I still fancied our chances against them.
Mind you, when we went 2-0 down early on I don't think anyone would have given us a chance.
But a rare goal from Mike Pejic got us back in it before Huddy and Denis Smith completed an amazing win.
Leeds had tremendous players, but were also known as a very hard side. But with the likes of Smithy in our team, we always felt we could handle that side of their game.
My other favourite, apart from the Wembley win in 1972, was beating Arsenal 5-0 in the league in 1970.
Arsenal went on to win the double that year, but we hammered them, and Terry Conroy's goal was voted goal of the season on Match of the Day.
Arsenal's keeper Bob Wilson said Stoke played so well we would have beaten Real Madrid that day.
It meant so much to me to play for my local team. I've been enjoying reading The Sentinel specials about the club's 150th anniversary because they have brought back a lot of memories.
My first game as a supporter was in 1958, and I was in awe of the players when I signed as an apprentice with Stoke in the 1962/63 season.
Stanley Matthews was still playing for us and just being able to clean his boots was an honour for me.
JIMMY GREENHOFF: I'd go for our 3-0 win at Birmingham in 1974, not just because I scored with a good volley, but because the win kept us top of the First Division.
My volleyed goal was one of two I scored that day. In fact I thought I was about to score my hat-trick when I went for a back-post header, but instead I got my nose broken!
After the game, I was in the dressing room combing my hair and looking at my nose, which was all over my face.
The other lads all asked me how I was, except for Mike Pejic who was laughing his socks off because now I had a nose like his.
DENIS SMITH: I'd go for our European games against Ajax in 1974. Playing the Ajax teams of the 1970s was like the present day Stoke playing Barcelona.
Ajax were a fantastic team, but we matched them, drawing 1-1 at home before only going out on away goals after a 0-0 draw at their place.
The Victoria Ground was absolutely bouncing for that first game. It took us a while to get going because we stood off them and let them play too much.
Rudi Krol picked up the ball for them 30 yards out and I thought, 'Go on then shoot, we've got Gordon Banks in goal'.
"Well he did shoot, and it absolutely screamed into the top corner.
"I managed to get the equaliser, but it was from three yards not 30.
"We should really have gone through. We battered them in the away leg, but just couldn't get the goal."
JOHN RUGGERIO: I got into the team in the 1976-77 season and my second game was at home to Liverpool. They were a great side and it was the week before they won their first European Cup.
But we played really well and got a 0-0 draw. I was lucky because I was against Ray Kennedy and he wasn't really a tackling midfielder, he was more someone who liked to get forward.
I was a bit the same, so when I got the ball he didn't tackle me and when he got it, I didn't tackle him!
The following day we played Leeds at home and beat a team with Paul Madeley, Peter Lorimer and Joe Jordan in it 2-1.
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As the Pope steps down, the Tablet asked people of all ages, from all around the world, what sort of person they want for his successor. Here are their answers.
Louise Macdonald (40s), opera singer, Glasgow
I was very surprised when the Pope announced he was resigning, but I thought it was a very wise decision. I admire him for being humble enough to make that decision.
I would like to see someone who can bring unity, ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue. I would also like to see someone who can look at the issues which are contentious in the church and deal with them - to be open to discuss issues like women priests, for instance. I think that will be the last thing that comes, but it would be good to have someone who was prepared to have a dialogue about it. I personally don't see any logical reason why there shouldn't be women priests.
Marie Cunningham (71), a retired teacher, Glasgow
I was very surprised when I heard the Pope had resigned. But then when I saw him on television I thought he looked very frail and that it was the right thing to do for him and for the Church. I would like to see a new Pope from Latin America or Africa. The Church is growing in these parts of the world. It's a universal Church, not a European one and that should be reflected in the Pope.
Simon Rose (30), naval officer, London
I was a bit surprised, but I think it's ok to resign. I would like to see a new pope who is a bit more progressive, more inclusive. I think this is a chance to change on a whole range of issues, particularly women priests and married priests.
Fiona Kinnear (45), food retailer, London
I was really shocked initially and then I saw how frail the Pope was. I think he's done a very courageous thing. The new pope does need to be more progressive, for example on contraception in very high HIV areas, particularly in Africa. That is why it may possibly be good to have an African pope.
James Devaney, primary school teacher, London
I think it was very forward thinking of Pope Benedict to step down. He was right not to wait until he lost all his effectiveness. As to the next pope, I would like someone who is a bit younger, can be here for longer and who can reach out more directly to people. I don't really mind where he comes from as long as he is caring and easy to talk to.
Michael Petersen (44), chiropractor, London
I hope we will get a pope who will represent Catholic society better than Pope Benedict XVI. I would like the next one to be non-European and to have a much stronger profile in global politics. I'm Danish - and like the Poles and Norwegians - we found the election of the last pope hard because of our war history. And although Pope Benedict did a fantastic job, I hope the church will not put us under a similar stress again. I would like a pope, wherever he is from, who represents an open minded church. The Catholic Church has to start taking a much more vigorous role in bringing about peace in the world."
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 3, 2007 Operation Phantom Thunder enters its third week with coalition forces operating in and around Baghdad, Diyala province and Anbar province, in Iraq, a Joint Staff spokesman said here today.
Army Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins also said that the Taliban has not been able to launch a serious challenge to NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
Wiggins said U.S. servicemembers are experiencing a tough fight against a fanatical enemy, but they are making progress against the terrorists.
The fighting against al Qaeda and Shiia militias in Iraq is in areas where such groups long have had freedom of movement and time to prepare elaborate defenses, he said. During Phantom Thunder, U.S. and Iraqi forces have captured nearly 500 enemy fighters and found more than 50 major weapons caches, Wiggins said.
"The most remarkable thing about these gains is that the actions are increasingly a result of local Iraqis coming forward with tips (an Iraqi forces) responding to those tips," he said.
The Iraqi people know who the enemy is, they know where caches are, and they are turning enemy fighters in to Iraqi security forces, he said.
In Baqubah, the capital of Diyala province, coalition forces have discovered what Wiggins called an al Qaeda shadow government. "We have found a courthouse, jail and torture chamber, which can only provide an indicator of the type of inhuman justice one could expect if al Qaeda was in charge," he said.
Coalition and Iraqi forces have cleared more than 120 deeply buried improvised explosive devices and numerous booby-trapped houses in the operation. Some of the houses were so infested they had to be destroyed rather than having the explosives disarmed.
These operations go hand in hand with U.S. and Iraqi special operations forces going after al Qaeda leaders and Jaysh al Mahdi special groups and car bombs networks throughout Iraq.
Phantom Thunder operations continue to squeeze insurgent forces, Wiggins said. He added that he expects the enemy to oppose the coalition effort by launching spectacular attacks on the Iraqi people.
In Afghanistan, NATO and Afghan security forces have seized the initiative. Operation Adalat, conducted in the southern part of the country, ended yesterday with more than 250 Taliban fighters killed, as well as Taliban sanctuaries, operations and lines of communications disrupted, Wiggins said.
In Afghanistan's eastern region, Operation Maiwand continues. Maiwand is an Afghan-planned, Afghan-commanded effort with U.S. forces in support. Maiwand is aimed at separating the Taliban from the populace in the Ghazni province area. "This is a significant step in the development of Afghan national security forces," he said.
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