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Four Supreme Court Justices, a former president, several Secretaries of State and now Nnamdi Asomugha and Tyrus Thomas. The Oakland Raiders cornerback (left) and Charlotte Bobcats forward on Monday became the first to win the new athletes category of the Jefferson Award, a public-service prize founded in part by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1972.
Mr. Asomugha, one of the NFL's top cornerbacks, has built two community centers and created a foundation to help widows and orphans in Nigeria, among other deeds, said he believed there's a place for athletes to win awards like these.
"I know when I go to schools now—and this may not be the answer teachers want to hear—and kids talk about what they want to be when they grow up, it's, 'I want to be a basketball player, I want to be a football player.' That shows how much you can impact the youth across America."
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
NSFW. It is very funny.
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I have had this conversation. I'm more like the guy on the left.
The more you ride your bike, the less your ass will hurt.
I like both of them.
Good stuff.
Yup very funny. But the sad truth is a good percentage of the fully kitted roadies think and talk just the way the guy in the cartoon does. There are only a few hundred professional cyclist in the whole world of 7 billion people that should anywhere approach anything like that.
BTW I ride a recumbent and have nothing to do with pain and girley spandex shorts. Spandex is simply not necessary on a bent.
I am NOT a "cycler" I am a bicyclist since I ride for fun not to torture myself while throwing huge gobs of money away on weight weenie cycling stuff!
GOD! That video is so true!!! No wonder most people think all bicycle riders are crazy.
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I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.
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Service engine soon light is on and I judst bought the car. I had the code read at jiffy lube and the code was po 304 the car was hesitating and running with less power. I t is a manual trans. What does this code mean?
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Work on bad Bartica/Issano stretch 25% completed
The emergency work to fix a one-mile stretch of the Bartica/Isano road, Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) is 25 percent completed, the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday.
In recent months, residents of Bartica have complained bitterly about the road and there have been protests.
On Thursday, Lawrence Mentis, the engineer overseeing the project; Naeem Mohamed, the Ministry's hinterland engineer and Lloyd Rollins, Maintenance Supervisor, inspected the progress of the project which started on July 14, 2014, a release from the Ministry said.
Mentis said that $25M approved in the Ministry's 2014 budget is being utilized to carry out the rehabilitation works. The Force Account Unit within the Ministry is executing the project.
While the road is five miles long, the most impassable section is being rehabilitated with a part concrete/asphalt and part coal mix. The Ministry is seeking funding from Central Government to repair other sections of the heavily trafficked road, the release said.
Keith Blair Chairman of the United Minibus Union, Bartica Branch, was quoted by the release as being satisfied with the project.
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I have searched all over to see what this error code means, and I can't seem
to find anything about it. This happens whenever I try to download the new
service pak 2.
I have searched all over to see what this error code means, and I can't seem
to find anything about it. This happens whenever I try to download the new
service pak 2.
I've been having difficulty in updating Windows Vista Ultimate. Whenever I
try to update the newest update, Windows Update gives me the above error. I
haven't changed anything in the Windows Update and have fully port forward
the ports for the update to the Firewall as with the Technical Help base and
I'm still getting that error.
Anyone know what's going on?
Like many others I received the above code when trying to update Windows.Likewise I was unable to access some websites but many were ok.
Similar problems were encountered using a wireless enabled laptop suggesting the problem was with my router, not my computer.
Eventually after struggling for weeks I contacted belkin who had supplied the router.We reset the factory defaults and reregistered using a PPO A connection type (rather than the automatic ppoe type) and its working.
A bit unbelievable really
How did you go about doing that. Also, I can connect to all websites using
Firefox, just not IE7. I also can't get my updates. After doing some
research, I think it may the same issue you were getting, but I don't know
how to change to PPOA as opposed to PPOE.
for me it was about changing my router settings and i did that with the router type help desk.
full details from your internet provider will also be required
hi there, i got this same error code 80072efe when i was trying to
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How Zinedine Zidane rescued Real Madrid's 2015-16 season
Under Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid has returned to attacking-focused football and in the process turned around its season, writes Thore Haugstad.
Is history on Atletico Madrid's side?
ESPN FC's Gemma Soler reports from Milan to speak about Atletico Madrid's UCL final preparations.
WATCH: Stars predict UCL final
The likes of Alex Morgan, Kaka and more give their predictions on the Champions League final.
Real Madrid must score first or Atletico will 'park the bus' - Gareth Bale
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Sony should have an option for uncompressed RAW for those that want it (I am not one of them).
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Misuse of the ability to do 100% pixel peeping is the bane of digital photography because it causes people to fret over inconsequential issues.
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My weight is definitely up since the holiday. I think it's a solid 5 lbs up since I was feeling so good about myself, right before the break. I hate that that really shows so much on my face and stomach.
So, I feel good to at least finally have one "good" day under my belt for the new year, in terms of fitnessing. It's been hard for me to get motivated to make any changes to my indulgence up to now, despite knowing the negative consequences I already have.
My birthday is on the 2nd (the big 30), and then immediately afterward my guy's parent's are visiting and I'll be meeting them for the fist time. I would really like to be feeling not so uncomfortable in my clothing for both of these things! I know there isn't much you can do in 2 weeks but I also know the outlook change that can come just from being on track again and feeling positive.
I can only do what I can do.
SO, yeah, yesterday was good! I did the Monday downtown run 5k that I used to do religiously. I haven't done it in a few months, as my workout class that I have been taking conflicted with it. I'm really excited that my class will start up again next week and it will be on Tuesday/Thursday this year so that will leave me free to do my Monday running/walking again. I find that very motivating!
It was a challenge after not running in so long, and almost no exercise over the holiday/since, so I took it easy, and just went at my own pace. I like doing that! Any running is good! 3 miles of even walking is great!
I am feeling positive about cooking at home and diet outlook, which as we all know is really so key to all of this.
Last night and today I had egg salad on lettuce and spinach. I finally calculated the egg salad recipe and was kind of amazed that the calories came out to ~ 700 for 6 eggs worth the way I like to make it! As long as that's in a couple or more sittings that's really not bad, certainly not as bad as I would have thought eggs in may would be.
Here's to all of use making positive changes in 2014! Slow and steady wins the race of life! haha :)
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HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher – Uber-Lib Gets it Right with Ahmed's Clock … "People at the School thought it might be a Bomb, perhaps because it Looks exactly like a f*cking Bomb."
Uber-lib Bill Maher gets it wrong on many things, but the one thing he consistently gets it right on is radical Islam, terrorism, Islamist's and home land security. Such was the case on this week's HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher when he discussed the recent controversy of a Texas student who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that looked like a bomb. And yes, the student was Muslim. Sorry Ahmed Mohamed, what the hell did you think was going to happen in a post-911 world? Are you kidding that it didn't look like a bomb? Kids are getting arrested and suspended from school for pointing their finger and thumb like a gun and bring pop tarts to school that look like a hand gun and you think this home made contraption didn't look like a bomb, get real.
Maher said during the segment that the "people at the school thought it might be a bomb, perhaps because it looks exactly like a f*cking bomb." Maher went on to say, can we have a little perspective on this? The Texas school teacher did nothing wrong. What were they supposed to do, nothing and this device goes off and kills people?
There is zero tolerance in schools when it comes to this kind of stuff so enough of this he only got arrested because he was Muslim. Although, Maher said, gee isn't it just one culture that has been blowing sh*t up for the past 30 years. This is why teachers were erring on the side of caution.
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Liberal Comedian Bill Maher Says of Caitlyn Jenner: "This is a Has-Been From Reality TV Who Got Breast Implants … She's Not Rosa Parks"
Oh the LEFT and the LGBT is going to be pissed at Bill Maher after his comments from the most recent episode of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. The liberal comedian said of Caitlyn Jenner, he, oops she … lets just remember, this is a has-been from reality TV who got breast implants. he's not Rosa Parks. Maher then went on to say, "This is someone who used to be Kim Kardashian's stepfather and is now Kim Kardashian's stepmother. She's not Rosa Parks." Who wants to come out and admit that Maher just nailed it and hit it out of the park? No truer words may have never been said by Maher. He went on to talk about the endorsement deal that Caitlyn already has lined up, imagine that, with Mac Cosmetics. Although, E-Online is reporting that Caitlyn Jenner is not the new face of Mac Cosmetics, it's Ellie Goulding!
In any event Maher makes the pitch for Caitlyn as he opined I think this could be very good for Mac Cosmetics. Maher asks of Mac Cosmetics, "can it conceal my crows feet?" He responds with, "Lady, this sh*t made a 65 year old former dude look like Brooke Shields." OUCH! Maher's comment about Caitlyn being the oldest women to ever appear solo on the cover of Vanity Fair was priceless and so raunchy you are going to have to watch the video to see. It is quite telling though of the Vanity Fair magazine, what is supposed to be a woman's magazine that it would take Bruce Jenner becoming a women to be on its cover. YIKES, Maher was in rare form saying she should have changed her name to "Spoiler Alert". LOL!!!
Let's see if the LGBT finds his June 5, 2015 Monologue funny.
Content warning: Strong language
Bill Maher wasted no time Friday night ribbing the intense praise Caitlyn Jenner has received since making her debut on the cover of Vanity Fair, saying she's "not Rosa Parks."
"This is a has-been from reality TV who got breast implants," Maher said on his HBO show, "Real Time With Bill Maher." "This is someone who used to be Kim Kardashian's stepfather and is now Kim Kardashian's stepmother. She's not Rosa Parks."
Jenner was formally the patriarch of the reality television family, and Maher stumbled over which pronoun was appropriate to use during his opening monologue. After referring to Jenner as a "he," Maher instructed the "pronoun police" that "if you're going to climb up my ass, while you're up there, you can kiss it."
Posted June 8, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Uber-Leftist Bill Maher Defends Free Speech … "This is America, Do We Not Have the Right to Draw Whatever We Want?" (VIDEO)
Like him or hate him, agree with him or not, Bill Maher is 100% consistent and correct when t comes to radical Islam and their assault on our rights like freedom of speech. On his latest HBO show, 'Real Time' with Bill Maher, he takes on the recent shooting in Garland, TX where two radical Islamist jihadist were shot dead by a Garland police officer as they tried to attack the "draw the Prophet Mohammad' event.
Bill Maher starts out by saying, "this is America, do we not have the right to draw whatever we want?" Maher is 100% correct. Maher also mentioned the writers group, PEN, that recently gave Charlie Hebdo an award for courage. However, over 200 writers, including Garry Tradeau of Doonesbury comic fame, objected to the giving of the award, of which Maher thought was pretty crazy. I would have to agree, imagine a media that condemns other media for practicing free speech only because certain elitists in the media think their brand of free speech is the only allowed free speech? Does that not reek of censorship?
Maher reads Tradeau's writings, "By punching downward, by attacking a powerless, disenfranchised minority with crude, vulgar drawings closer to graffiti than cartoons, Charlie wandered into the realm of hate speech, which in France is only illegal if it directly incites violence. Well, voila—the 7 million copies that were published following the killings did exactly that, triggering violent protests across the Muslim world. Then Bill Maher came out with the money line that all need to take a long hard look at. Maher says, "so this assumes that we just have to accept that Muslims are unable to control themselves the way we would ask everyone else in the world. To me that's bigotry. That's the soft bigotry of low expectations." Maher further opines, "We don't ask anyone else in the world
Then we are presented with typical stupidity and asinine comment that represents today's PC liberalism of squishiness from MSNBC's Alex Wagne who says ,"isn't the whole point of free speech not to judge people based on what people say"? What turnip truck did this lib fall off of? But like a typical liberal, you cant offend and judge people. Panelist Will Cain would slap her down saying, "no that is definitely not the role of free speech, you judge, you just don't censor". I thought for one second Cain was going to use the old SNL line from the classic Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin Point-Counterpoint skit, "
Jane Alex, you ignorant slut".
Cain then went on to make a point that should be a wake up call to all of the media as he said, "You don't just have a right to free speech, when someone's position is, if you offend me, I will kill you, it becomes virtuous for you to offend that person. You need to offend that person. You need to shock that person out of that horrible position." AMEN BROTHER!!! But instead, the cowardly MSM shrinks when it is their head on the line.
Maher brought up Charlie Hebdo and said he's a little disturbed by the whole "soft bigotry of low expectations" when it comes to that magazine's critics assuming that "Muslims aren't able to control themselves."
MSNBC's Alex Wagner asked, "Isn't the whole point of free speech not to judge people?" Cain shot back that when people threaten to kill just for expressing opinions, "it becomes virtuous to offend that person… [and] you need to shock them out of their horrible position."
Former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee said, "You're talking about hatred!" Maher found that a little mind-boggling in a conversation about people who kill for free speech. He said everyone should be on the side of Muslims who just want to live their lives and don't draw attention to people mocking their faith.
Wagner and Cain threw down over the appropriateness of the Charlie Hebdo award, with Wagner arguing that journalists who travel the world and put themselves in danger are "practicing courageous acts" moreso than cartoonists.
Posted May 9, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Liberal Comedian Bill Maher Rips Deeply Stupid PC Liberals Like Media Matters … "Hey Media Matters Can I say One Thing to You, Shut the F*ck Up"
WOW, Uber-lib Bill Maher tells Media Matters to STFU …
What has happened lately to Bill Maher and his "fair & balanced" approach when it comes to criticizing liberals? During his most recent episode of HBO's 'Real Time with Bill Maher' … the far Left liberal comedian ripped into "deeply stupid" PC liberals who cant take a joke and even went so far as to tell the far-LEFT Media Matters to "shut the f*ck up". Go figure. Of course Maher's idea of fair and balanced is mocking liberals 20% of the time on his show and conservatives 80%, up from 5% and 95%.
Maher said just like conservatives, liberals have crazies of their own they need to rein in. He brought up the controversy over the Economist cover on Latinos and how Media Matters covered it. The liberal media watchdog called it "a tired trope often used to confine the Hispanic community to oversimplified representation in the media."
Maher reacted by telling Media Matters to "shut the f*ck up."
He remarked, "How deeply stupid has the far-left become," and said liberals just need to stop freaking out about every single little thing that doesn't 100 percent conform to their worldview.
(VIDEO WARNING: Strong language)
Comedian Bill Maher went on a fiery diatribe against "deeply stupid" politically correct wing of liberalism on his show Friday, at one point telling far-left Media Matters to "shut the f*** up" with its fake outrage. Maher is very liberal himself and his comedic attacks are mostly aimed at Republicans and conservatives, but every now and then he goes after the left .
"Yes, we joke about everybody here. And that's something a lot of liberals have forgotten how to do," he added. "For folks who take such pride in their love of diversity, liberals increasingly seem to tolerate none in their own ranks. I don't necessarily agree with Dolce and Gabbana, but what is the point of attacking people who are 95 percent on your side?"
He went on to mock celebrities like Courtney Love and Elton John who boycotted the brand over the comments.
But far-left Media Matters, a progressive media "watchdog," got the brunt of Maher's wrath for feigning outrage at an Economist cover that featured an American flag made of red peppers. Maher said the site claimed the cover "the sort of stereotype that ignores Latinos as a multifaceted community and relegates them to chili pepper consuming constituents."
"Media Matters, can I say one thing to you? Shut the f*** up," Maher said.
Posted March 28, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Uber-Liberal Bill Maher Calls American Sniper Chris Kyle a "Psychopath Patriot" on HBO's 'Real Time'
Bill Maher calls American hero Chris Kyle a "Psychopath Patriot". The only redeeming quality of far-Left comedian Bill Maher was that he got terrorism, radical Islam and the Islamo-fascist killers who would sooner cut some ones head off than say hello. Or at least we thought. During the latest episode of HBO's 'Real Time,' Bill Maher came out in his condescending tone, "The Hurt Locker made 17 million because it was a little ambiguous and thoughtful, and this one [the movie America Sniper] is just American hero, he's a 'Psychopath Patriot' and we love him" Why, because that's what liberals do, they mock American heroes because they hate the military. Even though Maher has ripped radical Islam in the past, to the horror of the radical LEFT, it would appear that Maher cannot support an actual American hero he made a difference in killing murderous Islamists.
Maher quoted Chris Kyle stating, "I hate the damn savages" and I love killing bad guys". Maher then said, that doesn't seem like a Christian thing to say. Wow really, an atheist like Maher is going to judge an individual it was to be a sniper, to kill the enemy, in order to protect Americans. Welcome to the hateful liberal mindset. Left Howie Dean tried to pile on and make a comparison that there is a lot of anger in the country and the people going to see the movie are angry Tea Party folk. Really Howie? This from Howie "I have a scream" Dean, you seem like a little hate-filled man yourself. Did we also say clueless? American Sniper is #1 at the box office again this week, bringing in over $200 million. Wow Howie, who knew there were that many Tea Party people out there. You better hope not.
This guy (the late Chris Kyle) basically says, 'I'm going to fight on your side. I bet you if you looked at the cross-section of the tea party and people who see this movie there's a lot of intersection."
But a funny thing happened after Maher made is mocking and snarly comments regarding Chris Kyle, his guets turned against him. Two of Maher's guests made the case that there is nuance in the movie, and that it's not just about "killing savages." They stated, it's about the horror of war, the moral struggles a sniper faces and the battle with PTSD that rages on the home front.
"I can't believe you came away with that impression of the film," Mr. Stephens said to Mr. Maher. "What I saw was a movie that treats what veterans and soldiers go through in way that was subtle. It was not just about war it was about PTSD. It's about what the wives of soldiers go through. And by the way the savages he's talking about aren't ordinary Iraqis, the savages are al Qaeda killers who put drills into children to enforce orders."
Comedian Bill Burr backed up Mr. Stephens, telling Mr. Maher "You can't sum up a man by one quote taken out of context."
Bill Maher, calls Chris Kyle, American Sniper, a 'Psychopath Patriot'
VIDEO – (content warning: strong language)
Is "American Sniper" just a mindless, pro-war action movie with a "psychopath" hero?
That's what one liberal claimed — but he was quickly contradicted by his own guests.
Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time," came out swinging against the blockbuster "American Sniper" on his show Friday night, complaining that the film doesn't show any nuance and merely presents sniper Chris Kyle as an American hero.
"'He's a psychopath patriot and we love him,'" Maher said mockingly of the thousands of Americans who flocked to see the film.
EXIT QUESTION: I wonder if the only thing that separated Bill Maher from be beheaded by a savage radical Islamist was a sniper's bullet if he would consider that sniper a "Psychopath Patriot"?
Posted January 25, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Comedian Jay Leno Says Hillary Clinton Seems Very Slow and Has Lost Her Fire on 'Real Time' with Bill Maher
LEFTY comedian Jay Leno stated on HBO's 'Real Time' with Bill Maher, I don't see the fire and she seems to be very slow making reference to Hillary Clinton. Leno than asked what was the age between Hillary and Elizabeth Warren, 15 years? Nope, 18 months. Isn't it interesting that it is the LEFT, not the RIGHT that is making Hillary's age an issue. Trust me, Republicans have enough material to go after the Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016. The GOP does not need to reference her age, all they need to do is remind Americans of her miserable record and her foreign policy forever linked to Obama. How did that Hillary Russian reset turn out or Benghazi. In the end, can anyone even name one of her accomplishments, come one anyone? But has Ms. Clinton would say, "what different does it make?"
Since most of these attacks come from the LEFT, it seems like this is their way to sabotage Hillary's run, even though she is way out ahead in the polls because of same recognition. Leno's comments sounds an awful lot like the meme of Hillary does not have that new car smell and and Barack Obama making the reference that the American people, "you know, they're going to want that new car smell" and "one that doesn't have as much mileage as me."
Comedian Jay Leno says he likes presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, but she just seems so old.
Speaking of Clinton on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday, Leno commented, "I don't see the fire."
"Her and Elizabeth Warren are almost the same age," Leno said, comparing Hillary to the Massachusetts senator beloved by the left wing of the Democratic Party. "And I see Elizabeth Warren come out — 'boom' — throwing punches. 'Boom, boom, boom, boom.'"
"And I like her," Leno continued, speaking of Hillary. "But she seems to be sort of, she seems very slow and very — I don't see that fire, you know, that fire that I used to see, that I see in Elizabeth Warren. Because I say to people, 'how much younger is Elizabeth Warren than Hillary?' And people go, 'oh, 15 years.' No! 18 months."
Legal Insurrection nails the 2016 Democrat Dilemma, Hillary Clinton "very old, slow" and lacking that new car smell, while Elizabeth Warren is unelectable.
Posted January 11, 2015 by Scared Monkeys
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Bill Maher Says, Michael Brown "Was Not A Gentle Giant" …"He Was Acting Like A Thug"
Hmm, Uber-Lib Bill Maher has a lucid moment and spoke the truth on something other than ISIS and radical Islam …
During HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, the always liberal opinionated comedian stated in regards to the Ferguson, Missouri shooting that Michael Brown was not acting like a "Gentle Giant". He was acting like a thug. Of course Maher also had to call police officer Darren Wilson a "plain murderer," even though it would appear that from information leaked from the grand jury states otherwise.
Calling Michael Brown a thug, does that make Maher a racist?
BILL MAHER: You know what else I find disturbing is that everybody in America just sides with their own people and doesn't look at the facts. The cops, I saw on the news a couple of weeks ago, were wearing bracelets or something that said, "I am Darren Wilson." Why do you want to throw your lot in with this plain murderer?
And Michael Brown's people. I'm sorry, but Michael Brown's people say he is a gentle giant. Well, we saw of when he was in that 7-11. No, he wasn't a gentle giant. He was committing a robbery and he pushed that guy. He was acting like a thug, not a gentle giant. He certainly didn't deserve to be shot for it.
EXIT COMMENT: Enough of calling Michael Brown an armed armed teenager. If he was going for the police officer's gun as many accounts have stated, that does not make him unarmed and certainly not a gentle giant. Every year police officers are killed with their own guns. I wonder if the Ferguson, Mo story would have been covered differently if the officer's name had been Nicola Cotton?
Posted October 25, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Bill Maher & Ben Affleck Battle Over Radical Islam … "They Will F*cking Kill You"
Ben Affleck gets his "liberal" lunch handed to him by Bill Maher …
Poor Ben Affleck was just a perplexed mess as for once he was not surrounded by individuals who were just there to agree with him in an echo chamber. Affleck was given a lesson into the real war on woman. However, I hardly believe that he thought such a thing would happen with his appearance with Bill Maher. Affleck had a look of disbelief when Maher said, "It is the only religion that acts like the Mafia. They will F*cking kill you if you say the wring thing, draw the wrong picture or write the wrong book."
It was not too long ago when Maher ripped Charlie Rose a new one and informed him that Islam was not like other religions.
Affleck was noticeably uncomfortable and frustrated throughout the discussion, calling claims that there are widespread problems within the Islamic religion "racist" and "gross." Maher said liberals should stick up for liberal principles that many in the Muslim faith do not value, such as freedom of speech and equality for women.
Later in the segment, Affleck said the United States has "killed more Muslims" than radical Islamists have killed Americans while asking Maher to lay out his solution.
"I can show you a Pew Poll of Egyptians, they are not outliers in the Muslim world that say like 90 percent of them believe that death is the appropriate response to leaving the religion," Maher eventually responded. "If 90 percent of Brazilians thought death was the appropriate response to leaving Catholicism, you would think it was a bigger deal."
Posted October 5, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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When Liberals Attack Each Other … Bill Maher To Charlie Rose, To Claim that Islam Is Like Other Religions Is Naive And Plain Wrong … "Vast numbers of Christians do not believe that if you leave the Christian religion you should be killed for it."
Okay this is rather frightening, hell might have just froze over. In the course of a week I find myself first agreeing with Michael Moore and now Bill Maher. YIKES!!! During an interview with Charlie Rose, uber-lib Bill Maher and even bigger uber-lib Rose clashed over Islam when Rose tried to link Islam to Christianity and tried to disavow radical Muslims as representatives of the religion. Bill Maher refuted Rose in saying it is just naive and plain wrong to claim that Islam is like other religions. Then provided some common sense examples. It has always been the ultimate in hypocrisy how the LEFT would embrace Islam and condemn Christianity or Judaism. It is Islam that treats women as second class citizens, it is Islam that would have zero tolerance for gays or anyone else who was not of Islam. Yet most libs just turn a blind eye to it and pretend like it does not exist
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MAHER: There are illiberal beliefs that are held by vast numbers of Muslim people that –
ROSE: A vast number of Christians too.
MAHER: No, that's not true. Not true. Vast numbers of Christians do not believe that if you leave the Christian religion you should be killed for it. Vast numbers of Christians do not treat women as second class citizens.
MAHER: – do not believe if you draw a picture of Jesus Christ you should get killed for it. So yes, does ISIS do Khmer Rouge-like activities where they just kill people indiscriminately who aren't just like them? Yes. And would most Muslim people in the world do that or condone that? No.
Rose went on to claim that "moderate Muslims" do not approve of the actions of radical groups like ISIS, Maher provided proof that it was not the case. Rose said the Koran does not teach Muslims to do "these kind of things." Good grief, has this dude actually ever read the Koran?
MAHER: But most Muslim people in the world do condone violence just for what you think.
ROSE: How do you know that?
MAHER: They do. First of all they say it. They shout it.
ROSE: Vast majorities of Muslims say that?
MAHER: Absolutely. There was a Pew poll in Egypt done a few years ago — 82% said, I think, stoning is the appropriate punishment for adultery. Over 80% thought death was the appropriate punishment for leaving the Muslim religion. I'm sure you know these things.
ROSE: Well I do. But I don't believe –
MAHER: So to claim that this religion is like other religions is just naive and plain wrong. It is not like other religious. The New York Times pointed out in an op-ed a couple weeks ago that in Saudi Arabia just since August 4th, they think it was, they have beheaded 19 people. Most for non-violent crimes including homosexuality.
The Full transcript can be found at Real Clear Politics.
Posted September 11, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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Bill Maher to Hillary Clinton … " Just Go Away Before We Get Sick of You "
Comedian Bill Maher nhas some advice for Hillary Clinton … "Just go away".
Contrary to people saying that doing the book tour now will inoculate her from criticism in 2016, Maher said Clinton being constantly on TV and in the news will give way to a different result; namely, "we're sick of you." And people will grow tired of her by 2016 anyway.
And so, Maher advised Clinton, "Just go away. Go away for a while. We're gonna see each other in a couple of years. A lot… Just go away, otherwise you're going to blow this."
Posted June 28, 2014 by Scared Monkeys
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The text encompasses four major areas. The first discusses the challenge facing Third World societies as their elderly populations increase and as traditional sources of support for the elderly are threatened. Of particular interest are the social factors that shape governments' perceptions of the issue, prevailing attitudes toward solutions formulated in industrial countries, and internal and external pressure for governments to take action.
The second area, Chapter 2, describes in detail the analytical model. This chapter also reviews the current literature and the research methods used in comparing Third World social programs.
The third area, Chapters 3 through 7, illustrates and applies the model through case studies of four countries -- the People's Republic of China, Mexico, Nigeria, and Turkey, as well as the state of Kerala in India. At the end of each chapter, the public old-age pension system for the country in question is summarized.
In each of these societies, programs for the elderly have some dominant characteristic that makes them of interest. China decentralizes the responsibility for benefits and services. In Kerala the government provides social assistance programs for the elderly. In Mexico, the government has a social and constitutional obligation to provide benefits to all the elderly, an obligation that is difficult to fulfill in the face of Mexico's enormous fiscal and administrative problems. In Nigeria, the government takes a laissez-faire approach in an attempt to maintain traditional family responsibility for the care of the elderly. The Turkish government is increasing its involvement in programs for the elderly in planned phases.
The final area, Chapter 8, summarizes and synthesizes the major findings of the case studies, isolating trends and patterns.


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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world's oldest and largest global environmental network - a democratic membership union with more than 1,200 government and NGO member organizations, and almost 11,000 volunteer scientists in more than 160 countries. IUCN's work is supported by over 1,000 professional staff in 60 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world.
However, IUCN initially re-opening its Liaison Project Office through and housed with UNESCO in 1992 and later on have its own Project Office in Phnom Penh till now.
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Today, IUCN's Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme (ITHCP) is launching a call for field-based projects for tiger conservation. Nine tiger range countries are eligible for funding under this programme and multidisciplinary projects delivered by collaborative partnerships are encouraged. The five-year programme is funded by the German government through the KfW Development Bank. …
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The IUCN-implemented Building Resilience to Climate Change Impacts in Coastal Southeast Asia project (BCR), funded by the European Union, aims to increase the adaptive capacity of people, and ecosystems on which they depend, to cope with anticipated climate change impacts through sound governance and planning. The project operates in eight coastal provinces between Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City; with sites in Thailand, Viet Nam and Cambodia. …
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We've been having a discussion at work about shutting down tomcat when doing processing with Spring Integration.
We are wondering if Spring (Spring Integration), by default, processes all messages in progress on an inbound channel before it says to Tomcat it's ready to shut down?
My hunch is the Spring container would free all available resources, including blocking processing anything new onto a channel, before it told Tomcat it was ready to shut down. Only an idea though and I need to do a good bit of research. Is there something we have to add to make sure shutdown occurs best using Tomcat?
Research: So far looks like something like 'fire and forget' exists on
outbound channel adapter so
inbound channels probably include the same sort of thing.


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Hey you guys,
I decided to make my first zine ever. It's going to be called Badewannenoptik which is German and means bath tub optic or bath tub perspective. I want to fill it with drawings from different people which show their bodies taking a bath from their perspektive.
When you look down at your body, what you see isn't always the most flattering view on it. That's ok! Because I think taking this look at yourself is very sexy! Your body can look very differently from every perspektive. But your perspektive on your body is the one that really matters. It's this realistic and maybe also curious exploration of the own body that I find so interesting!
So I'm looking for people who'd like to submit their drawing for Badewannenoptik-Zine. You don't have to be an artist. You can think of yourself as an terrible drawer. There is no "technical quality" expected from your drawings because I think these are subjective categories anyway. Not only the different bodies are interesting to me, but also or even more the different views on them.
You can censor certain genitals by hiding them in a bubble bath, if you like to.
[The original drawing above is not censored of course and the drawings in the zine also won't be censored but I think you aren't allowed to show nudity in ning-networks so ...]
The drawings are going to be published anonymously in the zine (unless you want it otherwise).
You can send your drawings to zersaugt[at]gmx[dot]de
or you can submit to the badewannenoptik-tumblr: http://badewannenoptik.tumblr.com/
Gag Me With A zine is calling for ~your~ submissions to The 11:11 Issue!
Theme? Occult & the Paranormal, aka anything to do with magick, mysteries, curio goods, & all around witchery...
What? Your words & art craft - true tales & memories, unfiction, tutorials, micro fiction, flash poetry, drawings, paintings, collages, etc! Anything & everything to do with the esoteric arts & beyond...can be a spell, little known facts, "how to's", alien abductions, ghost sightings, exorcisms, tales of the Ouija board, past life experiences - if you can think of it, we want it! Words should be limited to 500 or less & art should be as magickal as a Unicorn's horn in a coven's circle!
Who? You, you, & YOU! & also your favorite furry four-legged friend...we wanna hear all about the familiars, too!
When? Deadline for this issue of paranormia is March 17, 2014...no exceptions - we wanna get the crazy & the kooky, the mysterious & the spooky out there!
Where? Please email all submissions to:
If you're considering submitting, but are on the fence, just send us your shit...we need to hear from all y'all & we have faith in you! Also, you can invite your friends to join in the fun if you think that they may be the right wordsmith/art witch for the job...we love to find new rad shit!
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This is a callout for anyone who wants to receive a zine kit called
It's a fill-me-in zine which I send you and you fill in. When you're finished, you send me a copy, and anyone else you wish to see it.
It includes requests such as 'Make a sculpture of the person you have loved and who has made you cry.'
If you would like to receive one (and it's free) - wherever you are in the world - just email me your postal address:
Psst.. re: RANTSzine - deadline for the 1st issue is this week, 5th Feb, BUT all RANTS received post deadline will go into the follow up issue #2 - so no excuses, get RANTing! email@example.com
RANTS WANTED! Call for Submissions of RANTS! RANTSzine wants your RANTS to be printed in the first issue of this FREE zine. Submissions will be published unedited & anonymously. Contributors will be posted a physical copy of the finished project. Send your RANTS here: firstname.lastname@example.com
I'm looking at editing and putting together a zine about cults! Religious cults, cults of personality, cult films and the fandoms thereof, cult literature, what makes something cult, kitsch and the cult of camp, did you grow up in one?, do you wanna start one?...basically, what do you think of when you think of cults!
Looking for submissions around 500 words with a little bio, submit by March 1st please to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Call for submissions!
Are you a writer? Poet? Artist?
We are looking for submissions for further issues of Hand Job Literary Zine, email examples to firstname.lastname@example.com
To see what we are about visit www.handjobzine.wordpress.com
UK submissions only, we are a British zine celebrating Britain.
Looking to make a zine over time through the mail?
Become a collage pal. Send your postal address to firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll send you a surprise in the mail. Then you send me the surprise back. ETC.
Sugared Water is reading for a special epistolary issue through April 1! Poems, short fiction, and CNF welcome.
"We're looking for the intimate and specific, letters full of evocative language, short, funny notes, or passionate remembrances. These can take the form of poems or prose poems as well as prose pieces. Submit all pieces in one .doc, .docx, or .rtf. Prose forms should not exceed 1,000 words each (you may submit 3 at a time in the prose genres). We will consider up to 5 poems."


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Desktop icons are not the only way to launch programs; in fact, a kicker that is not hidden by a muddle of windows is often preferable. Tablaunch is a flexible and attractive program launcher for the Linux desktop.
The kickers that come with the major desktop environments are full-fledged universal tools that offer a variety of features, including pag ers, menus, and clocks. This was too much of a good thing for developer D. Lam; as a user who preferred a simple window manager, he did not fancy the idea of cluttering his machine with the KDE or Gnome libraries. While shopping around for an alternative, D. Lam dis covered YeahLaunch, the launcher belonging to the YeahWM [1] window manager. This is a kicker that is easy on resources, and it automatically hides in the background when you don't need it. The only drawback, from D. Lam's point of view, was YeahLaunch's very plain appearance. This prompted him to fire up his editor and develop a new kicker based on YeahLaunch, which he dubbed Tablaunch [2]. Although Tab launch is still easy on memory, the new kicker has vastly improved optics, add ing options such as a zoom feature that activates when users hover the mouse over an icon. But if you prefer a more staid approach, Tablaunch is still an interesting option. If asked to do so, Tab launch will give you simple pushbuttons rather than icons, and that should keep even the strictest of purists happy.
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Three teens are under arrest after police say they are responsible for numerous vehicle break-ins in one neighborhood.
Goldsboro's Street Level Task Force arrested Michael Smith, Justin Rhodes and Michael Trout on Wednesday for felonious breaking and entering a motor vehicle and six counts of misdemeanor larceny.
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Hi, so over these next few days. whollyKao is getting some work done. I spent the better part of the night trying to migrate my site from WordPress.com to a self-hosted WordPress.org one, and kind of made a mess of things. Some things work, others don't. That said, whollyKao might or might not be a bit wonky for the next couple days while I try to patch things up. Consider it a mini-snooze. Thanks for your patience!
the blueberry recipe roundup
Happy Monday! How was everybody's weekend? Mine was very nice. I got to go blueberry picking with some friends, and had a grand old time. The blueberries were sweet, the company pleasant. The only downer was the 100-degree heat. But that's Texas for ya. The berry farm also had a small table with veggies for sale, and I scored 3 cartons of tomatoes (heirlooms included) for $2! If you're local to Dallas and want to check out this farm, go here.
We made blueberry jam with the berries we picked. 28 jars, to be exact! We used this recipe from my friend Emily's blog.
Since I've got 10 cups of blueberries in the fridge, I've been thinking of whatl I can make with them. So that's what today's roundup is about: blueberry recipes. Hope this inspires you! And if you live near any blueberry farms, you still have time to go pick: the season goes on for another couple weeks.
Mango blueberry quinoa salad // Veggie Belly
Blueberry lemon verbena pie // Heidi Swanson via Forty-Sixth at Grace
Blueberry cream cheese macrons // Ai Love Baking
Blueberry crumble // Leite's Culinaria
Blueberry, basil, and Chambord Jello shots // Kimberly Belle
Blueberry crumb pie milkshake // food + words
Blueberry basil sorbet // Scoop Adventures
home//made: month 1
It's been a full month since we moved into our house. We're still in the process of buying furniture, decorating, and plain old figuring out things like pest control (yes there are a lot of big spiders!). I thought it'd be nice to do a month-to-month update of how our home is being turned into our own (thought it'd be fitting to call the series home//made).
So these aren't the best pics, but they give you an idea of where we stand right now. Minimal decor.
You'll notice that we did get a couch though! Its size makes up for us not having one for the last 6 months. Regardless, this thing makes Jeff's tv time so much more enjoyable.
Here's the craft room. Still need to get a shelf to store all my supplies. Am using our dining table as my craft table, since it was too big for the kitchen area.
Our room. We need to get a bed frame, and the we're wanting to get one big bureau to share, to make things look cleaner, and so we have more furniture for the guest bedroom. And yes, that's a mountain of laundry on the right side of this pic!
This is our little book nook. It's currently the most put-together part of the house.
And lastly, I thought I'd share one of my favorite parts of living here: the view of the sunset. Today was partly cloudy, and there was a span of time where the sun was trying to peek out.
I always look forward to this time of day. Seems like it's God's gift to us. I have been trying to slow down and enjoy it every day!
celebrating 60!
Last Friday, the father-in-law turned 60. He, my mother-in-law, and DK came to Dallas for the occasion. Sadly, Emmy was sick, so neither she nor Amyie could make it.
We ended up cooking dinner for the fam, and FaceTiming with Emmy for a bit. I made '60s' glasses for all of us to wear, and we celebrated with cake.
It was a coconut-lime papaya cake with lime curd and lime cream cheese frosting. phew! Try saying that ten times fast!
It was my first time making a layer cake. I used a cupcake recipe from my friend Tina for the cake, and took the lime curd recipe from Epicurious. I'm not a huge frosting fan, but there's something about this stuff that was so addicting.
I did a little taste test of both the frosting and the curd, from the bottom of the mixing bowls. I had to!
The end result was very tasty. The cake was dense, the curd and frosting complemented the coconut. It was better the second day, since the curd had time to seep in.
Overall, I'm glad we all got to celebrate with Jeff's Dad on his birthday!
I'll be posting a tutorial on how to make the '60's' glasses soon. Stay tuned!
Coconut-papaya-lime cupcakes
*layered cake recipe is posted right under this cupcake recipe.
papaya coconut cupcakes
makes 12 cupcakes
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/3 cups sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/4 cup coconut milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 ounces papaya, chopped (available at the asian grocery store)
1/2 cup shredded coconut, sweetened
1. Preheat oven to 350. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar in a medium sized bowl.
2. In a separate small bowl, beat eggs, then add oil and coconut milk to the eggs and mix to combine.
3. Add eggs/oil/coconut milk mixture to the dry ingredients, mix to combine.
4. Add vanilla, papaya, and coconut to the rest of the ingredients and mix to combine.
5. Line cupcake tin with liners. Scoop batter into each cupcake liner, filling 3/4 full.
6. Bake at 350 degree oven 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
lime cream cheese frosting
8 ounces or 1 package of Philly cream cheese
1/2 stick butter
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tablespoon lime juice (add zest for more flavor)
1. Bring the butter to room temperature by letting it sit out for 1 or 2 hours.
2. Sift powdered sugar into a bowl or onto parchment.
3. Beat butter and cheese at medium speed until creamy.
4. Add the sugar and beat until combined.
5. Add lime juice, beat until combined.
*You can add more sugar until you get to the consistency and sweetness you like.
Frost the cupcakes with the frosting, then top each with shredded coconut and lime zest.
To make the layered cake in this post:
1. Make the lime curd:
Lime curd
3 large eggs
3 large egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup grated lime peel
pinch of salt
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into pieces.
1. Whisk eggs, yolks, sugar, lime juice, lime peel, and salt in large metal bowl to blend.
2. Place bowl over saucepan of barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch simmering water); whisk constantly until curd thickens, about 8 minutes.
3. Remove bowl from over simmering water; whisk butter into curd.
4. Strain through fine strainer set over bowl; discard solids in strainer.
5. Press plastic wrap directly onto surface of curd; chill overnight. (Curd can be made up to 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
2. Double the papaya-coconut cake recipe, and pour batter in greased 9-inch round cake tins (this will make 2 round cakes).
3. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
4. Take the pans out of the oven, and let them cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Then take them out of the pan and cool them right-side-up on a rack until they come to room temperature.
5. Assemble the cake:
Slice each round cake horizontally, to create 4 rounds. Spread equal amounts of lime curd on top of 3 of the rounds, leaving 1/2″ inch plain border around edge of cake. Let the curd sit on top of the cakes for 15 minutes, so that the curd has time to seep into the cake. (If you don't give the curd time to settle, it will seep out the sides of the cake when you put it all together).
Carefully stack the rounds on top of each other, placing the one with no curd on top. Frost the entire cake, then top with additional shredded coconut. If you want, add lime zest to the top.
You can put the cake in the fridge overnight, but let it come to room temperature before serving. And like I said before, it'll be more moist the second day. Enjoy!
DIY hardcover necklace holder
Last month, I made these hardcover book displays to show off my wares at the Renegade Craft Fair, I meant to post this tutorial earlier, but didn't get a chance to. So here it is!
These hardcover books were a fun and inexpensive way to hang necklaces. They can also be used at home for a personal necklace collection, since each set of nails fits a couple necklaces. How cute would they look on a dresser?!
what you'll need:
-hardcover books (I got fabric-covered ones for $1 each at Half Price Books here in Dallas. You can also pick up cheap books at yard and library sales).
-1.5-inch long gold nails with flat backs (you choose the gauge you'd like)
-gold hex nuts (same gauge as your nails)
-power drill
-masking tape
Mark the drill holes. I used a ruler to make sure each set of holes were equally spaced and level.
Drill. Use a drill bit that's the same size or slightly bigger than your screws. Take the back cover of the book and move it out of the way so that you are only drilling through the front cover and the pages of the book. Tape the front cover and pages together with more masking tape, then drill. I'd recommend drilling through a phone book, or something equally sturdy. I did mine on top of a cardboard box, and the drill holes came out all wonky. So don't do that.
Screw your screws through the book, using a screwdriver if needed. If you want to hold more necklaces, let more of the screw show through the front cover. To stabilize the screws, apply the hex nuts at the back of the book (inside the back cover).
You now have a necklace holder! The back cover serves as a 'kickstand' for the display. And the screws are always adjustable, in case you decide you want to hold more necklaces on it. You can also drill a hole lower on your book to hold bracelets or rings. Now you just have to find the perfect spot to display this piece!
For extra-long necklaces, hold the necklace in place by wrapping the chain around each nail a couple time.
happy 4th + a giveaway
Happy Independence Day! Hope everyone has some fun events planned for the day. Since the holiday is smack in the middle of the week, seems like most people are staying local. So what's on the schedule? BBQ? Fireworks? Floating the river? If you need still need decor or dessert ideas for your festivities, check out my 4th of July roundup from last week.
And now on to the next part: the giveaway. I'm giving these earrings away on TripleMaxTons, a fashion/design/lifestyle blog hosted by the amazing Kirsten S. Check out her site when you have a chance, and enter my giveaway. It goes on till July 7. I'd love for one of y'all to win!
the accent table roundup
Howdy! How was your weekend? We spent the weekend with Jeff's family, and got to celebrate his Dad's 60th birthday (I'll be posting more about it later this week).
Today's roundup is centered on accent tables: coffee and side tables. There are an astounding number of things to create accent tables from (like the old suitcase below), and a plethora of ways to revamp old pieces. Here are a few that caught my eye. I'm especially diggin' the distressed pallet tables!
Branch table // Camille Styles
Painted glass top table // Kara Paslay Designs
Cheap chic cocktail table // Today's Nest
Rustic tree stump table // Fresh Home Ideas
Chalkboard table // Revolutionaries Blog
Rustic pallet coffee table // The Wonder Forest
Suitcase table // Stars for Streetlights


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A very busy weekend saw 7 Harriers at the Northallerton Park Run, with Donna James and Dan Holdsworth fighting it out to finish 8th and 9th in 21.24 and 21.48 respectively. Rob Burn, in his first race of any substance for some time, came 11th in 22.04, Phillip Craig 51st in 29.00, Christine Burn 61st in 31.11, Liz Stephenson 79th in 36.43 and Joanne Richardson, acting as sweeper, 92nd in 51.20.
At Fountains Abbey, Bryan Miller was first club finisher, 12th in 19.14, just a second slower than his PB, Martyn Coy 27th in 20.50, Charlotte Wilton 32nd in 21.12, rebecca Burgess 40th in a PB 22.10, Alan Pollock 60th in 23.44, Claire Gillan 76th in 24.29, Nigel Morgan 78th in PB 24.43, Martin Cummins 96th in 25.44, faith Coy 112th in 27.07, Paul Adams, 123rd in 27.46, Jane Cummins 142nd in 29.18, Tracy Hayden 179th in 32.22 anf Gillian Crane 191st in 33.31.
The Escrick 10k on Sunday, on a perfect morning for running, took part in the beautiful grounds of Queen Margaret's School on trails over level ground. Rob Lickley came in 62nd out of 502 in 42.13, Alan Harman 172nd in 49.00, Ian Codling 435th in 64.20 and Marian Codling 495th in 76.18.
Graham Robinson was among the 222 finishers of the Ray Harrison Memorial 10k over a 2-lap course which is more testing than it at firat appears. He came 77th, and 2nd M60, in 44.04.
The Sedbergh Hills Race was the venue for Pete Wilkin, a hard 14 mile fell race over the hills round Sedbergh with 5000 feet of climb. Perhaps the toughest section was the long drag up to The Calf, and Pete did well to come 38th out of 125 in 2.58, on a morning which was warm at the start and much cooler on the tops.
15 harriers made up the team for the recent Cleveland Way Relays. the first of them having to leave Thirsk at 3.30 am for a 5 am start at Filey. Warm but drizzly weather accompanied the early starters and Fran Jeffery and Rebecca Burgess set off to run the leg to Scarborough, with Sonja and Paul van Der Westhhuisen taking over to Cloughton Bay where they were joined by Claire Gillan. Brian Smith was part of the team which ran the tough leg to Ravenscar. Bryan Smith and Ken Wood were competitive between Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby, with Ken and Duncan Fothergill continuing to Runswick Bay. Stuart Waters ran from Skinninggrove to Slapewath, and other members of the team included Marc Davies, David Read, Graham Robinson, Andy Butcher and Trish Radford. They finally all arrived at Helmsley by 7.35 pm for well deserved fish and chips after a long and tiring day, and congratulations are due to them all. Their finishing position was an excellent 8th out of 14 teams, with a lot of experience gained on this their first attempt at this race.
The popular Darlington 10k attracted 25 Harriers for this latest Club Championship race and thanks must go to the Borough Council and to the people of Darlington who support this race so well. The number of road races available to enter gets fewer each year and it is good that this race continues to grow. Steve Middleton had a very good run to come 82nd in a very strong field in 38.11. 1636 runners completed this fairly level 2-lap race, and Ken Wood was next, 22nd in 41.35, one of several members to do personal best times over this distance. Rob Lickley came 258th in 42.47, with Donna James first lady club finisher, 265th in 42.58, Graham Robinson 284th in 43.30, Charlotte Wilton 294th in 43.41, Martyn Coy 324th in 44.21, Steven Scott 445th in 46.00, Rebecca Burgess 450th in 46.16, Geoff Bullock 535th in 47.54, Peter Richardson 596th in 48.42, Marc Davies 666th in 50.30, Brian Smith 773rd in 51.37, Daniel Thompson 869th in 53.59, Chris Sykes 912th in 54.10, Malcolm Aitken 920th in 54.39, Faith Coy 936th in 55.10, Andrea Almack 1152nd in 59.04, Richard Easby 1259th in 60.47, Phillip Craig 1263rd in 60.59, Ian Codling 1438th in 66.24, Gary Holmes 1475th in 66.20, Hayley Holmes 1495th in 67.23, Marian Codling 1575th in 74.48 and Liz Stephenson 1605th in 79.58.
The Northallerton Park Run had 96 finishers, with Steven Scott 10th in 22.00, Charlotte Knowles 14th in 22.15, Phillip Craig 60th in 30.20, Louise Knowles 74th in 31.45 and Peter Richardson, acting as sweeper, 96th in 49.36.
At Fountains Abbey, martin Cummins was 95th out of 266 in 25.42, Chris Wordsworth 117th in 27.15, Paul Adams 127th in 27.42, Elizabeth Wordsworth – how good to see her competing again after injury – 153rd in 29.10, Jane Cummins 161st in 29.47, Linda Bamforth 165th in 30.09 and Gillian Crane 205th in 33.13.
The Cock Howe and Beyond Fell Race had 107 finishers on an excellent night for running. Pete Wilkin led the way for Harriers, 22nd in 48.19, Bryan Miller 30th in 50.49, David Fawkes 60th in 57.03, Lorraine Hiles 61st in 57.06, Hilary Coventry 71st in 59.10, Helen Ashworth 77th in 61.14, Rebecca Burgess 80th in 61.50, Claire Gillan 95th in 66.43, Ken Evitt, in his first race for a year or two because of injury, 104th in 71.33 and Alan Wikeley 105th in 76.48. the ladies' team took 3rd place.
Because of the illness of the indefatiguable Dave Parry, the remainder of this year's summer fell race series is cancelled, and Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers send Dave their good wishes.
Pete Wilkin, in his third race in 8 days, travelled to Ambleside for the Rydal Round Fell race over 10 miles with 3000 feet of climb and finished 44th out of 104 in a very creditable 1.53.40.
Liz Stephenson's result was missed from the York 10k results. The ever-improving Liz took a personal best 74.27 minutes.
It's not too late to enter the Sessay Swift 6k road race on Aug 26th, 7.30 pm. Entries will be taken on the day of space available. Details on the newly updated club web-site.