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Tuesday, November 18. 2008
The 2008 Pennock Island Challenge 8.2 Mile Swim in Alaska, Luck Included By John DaPrato
My long New York training swims seemed like long ago as I boarded my Alaska Airlines plane heading north (way north) from Seattle. After only 45 minutes over British Columbia, I could see white capped mountains high and clear from my window seat. I wondered, where are the towns? What about the houses? Where are the roads? I turned to the woman sitting next to me, Hey, are we that far out into the wilderness already?" She said with a surprised smile, where are you from?" I said, I live in New York. She smiled again and asked, "are you on vacation." I figured Id be upfront and said, Im not sure its a vacation --Im going to try to swim 8.2 miles around Pennock Island this Sunday. She said with a slight expression, Oh, youre kidding -- youre one of them? So, do you think you can do it? I mean to say, are you ready for it? I waited a second and asked, do you want the short answer or the long answer?" "I want the long answer!" she said emphatically. I paused again, then responded, "alright, here it is: yes, I think i can do it -I trained six months, I like the open water and I do better in distance events. I think once the race starts, Ill be very determined to finish. It will take some very serious issues for me to throw in the towel, but, hey, lets face it, there are a whole-lot of variables. Guess Ill need a little luck. Who knows what can happen?- currents, wave action, high chop, nasty wind, water temperature changes, a kayaker from hell, weird fish or maybe even some eye-to-eye contact with a killer whale. She smiled and said, killer whales! Ha! --You will do it! I smiled, then nodded and turned away to look for signs of life out the window --nothing For the next half -hour, we talked about small town living vs. city living, winters in Ketchikan, Seattle in the summer and the now infamous Bridge To Nowhere (before the national exposure). Then, suddenly, I saw an island up ahead with a narrow, single runway. Yes, it was Ketchikan airport. After the plane landed smoothly, I quickly headed down the aisle for the exit & walked down the ramp into what has to be one of the smallest commercial airports anywhere. I walked away with two carry-on bags filled with clothes for a week, a laptop, my sports gear consisting of power bars, a sleeveless wetsuit, plenty of GU gel (energy gel packs), two pairs of goggles, anti fog liquid and some other necessary swimming gear.
I then walked to the small ferry that would take me to the southernmost Inside Passage town. Like always, my attention was drawn to moving water. It looked greyish and cold, but, be that as it may, I had five days until the big day and I had a race plan, and, yes, I knew I had to stick with it in order to have a chance to finish. In addition, I needed to keep a positive frame of mind, and, again, hope for a little "luck." Truth be known, I guess I tried to appear confident and cocky with my swimming partners and friends in New York about my chances of finishing, but deep down I knew that this event would push me and my swimming skills to the limit. I believe that luck has to be thrown into the equation in an event like the Pennock Challenge. I reflected on a swimmers short story that I read a few weeks ago: it was all about what could go wrong in a marathon swimming event, and, believe me, he made his point about "luck." In short, he wound up rescuing his kayaker after the kayak sunk before lightning canceled the event. End of story.
It was now 2PM and I waited for a bus to take me a few miles south to a swimming area. The race director, Willie Schulz, recommended Buggy Beach as a good training spot. He was the one who advised me to pack my wetsuit before I left New York since the water temperature was hovering around 55 degrees through August. As I entered the bus, I figured the air temperature was in the upper sixties but the sun was shining in the bright blue Alaskan sky, so I thought it was definitely the right time to start my Alaska cold water acclimation. As we passed Ketchikan (approximately one mile from the airport), I could not help but notice plenty of snow on the mountain tops that surround the town --do I need to say not good? After 15 or 20 minutes, I found myself lugging my gear to a 40 or 50 yard beach with rocks and 5 to 10 feet of sand. There may have been 30 people on the shore and a half a dozen kids playing in the water close to shore.
I found a young woman who appeared to have a kind and friendly face. I asked: Do you mind if I leave my suitcases near you while a take a swim. She smiled, not at all, Im here all day and two of my kids will be in the water for another few hours. I quickly took off my clothes, slipped on my tight speedo, spit in my goggles, inserted my ear plugs and buckled up my neoprene cap. No time to waste, I thought I walked out on the rocks to get to deep water and jumped.. Whoa.
Yes, it was cold, damned cold at that, but Ive been in colder water --try Brighton Beach in April or Montauk in May for starters. I started doing breast stroke and figured I would do breast stroke to keep my head out of the water for a minute or two. I then got my crawl stroke going and took it nice and easy. I was concentrating on stroke form and enjoying the wild, interesting environment simultaneously. It was all very new and exciting to me --I was able to see interesting rock formations 35 feet straight down with bright colors and cool reflections. At one point, I actually saw the crystal-clear outline of my body off a huge, smooth, white rock 15 or 20 feet below! What really looked strange to me (which I could never quite figure out) were kelp branches that seemed suspended 5 or 10 feet underwater. Anyway, I stayed focused and set my watch to 45 minutes. Then I spotted some cool, old cabins with faded pastel paint as landmarks or direction points. In short, and in my view, one of the hard parts about cold water swimming is dealing with the first 10 or 15 minutes of tingling all over the body with varying degrees of numbness. So, to sum up, 45 minutes of cold water swimming in the bank
I was heading back to my suitcases on the beach when a guy walked over to me and said: I like your stroke. I stepped back a little. He said, you look surprised. I said Yea, I guess I am, the truth is that I dont hear that too often. I guess swimmers just swim, anyways, its nice to hear, thanks, I guess distance swimming isnt much of a spectator sport. He responded, Sure, but are you kidding? Most people on the beach were watching you. People around here usually don't go out that far --you were "way out" there! By any chance, are you a swimmer in our big event this Sunday? I said, Yea, I am - guess Ill see what I have. He responded: My name is Tracy and its great to meet you, and , you know what? I have 2 kayaks on the top of my jeep in the lot, why dont we meet later? -- we could kayak around the island, you want to see the course, dont you? I said Im John, and, sure, it would be great to see the course. We exchanged cell phone numbers and set up a 6:30 meeting at the marina. I then boarded a bus back to town, needless to say, happy and surprised (remember: Im a New Yorker, and, generally, friendly offers dont come from strangers -- Im used to all kinds of other offers though).
As I sat on the bus looking at the Inside Passage from my window, I got a call on my cell phone from a guy named Mike, a Pennock race kayaker. He asked, John, we heard you were coming to town and were having a party, more like a barbecue, later , can you make it? I wanted to say "yes" right away, but I already had plans to kayak and I still needed to check into my $14 a night hostel (important note: one with a 10PM curfew). Hey, guess that didnt leave much time for partying --not to mention the slight issue that I didnt have a car. Could I have said, sorry guys, I have to be home by 10PM, otherwise I will be locked out of my room? So, to sum up, I had to say no to the party, but I ask you, the reader, could I have been more lucky on my first few hours in Ketchikan?
Anyway, we had a great kayak trip around the Island and now its the second day. I had to find my way back to the Inside Passage for another hour plus of swimming. It was a another rare, warm, sunny, beautiful day (more luck?). My plan was Buggy Beach again. My cell phone went off again. This time it was a guy named Bruckner. I'll be swimmimng in the race this Sunday too. Just wanted to know if you would join us for a swim at Settlers Cove, John? We got your number from another swimmer." I said, well Im already at Buggy. He responded, Okay lets do it tomorrow. No problem here, all good with me, I said quickly.
The next day, Thursday, I found a diner without too many cruise-ship tourists and I started loading up on protein (3 eggs over medium). After that, I met Bruckner and Michelle (his wife) at a cool, little Red Bridge (I stopped at this bridge the day before to watch kids reel-in salmon every other minute -Ive never seen anything like it). Anyway, we forgot to tell each other what we looked like, ha! Luckily, we were both holding sports bags, so it wasnt too hard to make a connection. Bruckner & Michelle are from the east coast and it turned out that we knew some of the same distance swimmers. I was beginning to feel more comfortable and at home by the minute.
After a 10 mile drive north parrelel to the Inside Passage filled with little green islands backed by deep blue skies, all three of us hiked down to the water and got ready to jump in at the Settlers Cove shoreline. We did it! Surprisingly, the water at Settlers Cove felt about 5 to 7 degrees warmer than Buggy Beach. We started swimming north out towards some small, uninhabited Alaskan islands. Bruckner pulled ahead right away and I just did my best to follow his lead. As it turned out, Bruckner was not just a fast swimmer, he was the swimmer who won the Pennock Challenge in 2007. Michelle was also a great swimmer, so I found myself falling behind but stayed within myself, and, therefore, comfortable with my pace. We swam for about an hour and headed back towards the great snow-capped mountains of Ketchikan.
Bruckner asked, "would you like to do a radio interview with us at a local Ketchikan radio station that is covering the Pennock Challenge - it's tomorrow, can you fit it in?" I wanted to wait a moment and shoot for a low-key response, maybe something like Ill check my schedule but I guess I waited all of a split second and said loudly and emphatically: Yes, count me in. The fact of the matter is that the Pennock Island Challenge USMS race is not only on the calendar of events in Ketchikan and talked about with frequency around town, it attracts some of the most-serious cold water distance swimmers out there. It is also a MAJOR fundraising event for diabetes. The director, Willie Schulz, founded the race five years ago and swims around Pennock Island each year. Willie has also completed a Catalina Island swim.
Anyway, back to my race preparation plan and to sum up: on my third day in Alaska, I had three cold-water swims under my belt, met some first-rate swimmers and very interesting people, and, to top it all off, I had plans to do a radio interview!
On Friday, I did the high protein (again, 3 eggs over medium) breakfast thing again . After that, Bruckner, Michelle and I met at the Little Red Bridge then we took a two minute walk to do the fun radio interview with Willie and his family. At this time, I think I was starting to feel like a rock star. After the radio interview, I made it a point to let people know I was one of the swimmers in the Pennock Challenge. By taking this approach, I was able to get free organic popcorn, discounted prices on health food, free tasty granola bars with almonds, some extra time at the offbeat Alaska Internet Café, and, lastly, some non-filtered ego gratification. Ha, people I didnt know started introducing me to other people I didnt know! Go figure? Hey, now all I had to do was handle the slight issue of swimming around Pennock Island on Sunday!
A few hours after the radio interview, I met Bruckner and Michelle at the "Little Red Bridge" and we drove north again to Settlers Cove. We stopped along the way to pick up Claudia Rose (a California swimmer & Catalina Island finisher) and a friend of hers. Fifteen minutes later all five of us were back in Alaskan water! Claudia and I were swimming side by side for 20 minutes when she shouted, John, there is a sea otter right behind you. I turned around and did not see anything but crystal-clear, blue-green water. Later on, she told me the huge sea otter was trailing me for about 10 minutes. Be that as it may, all of us headed back but Claudia and I tried to take a shortcut by turning into a cove. Bad move: it took us 10 minutes to find our way out and another 10 minutes to swim out. We finally made it back to the starting point safe and sound. No sea creatures to be found. Did I/ we get luckyagain? To close: add another hour of seriously cold water swimming to the race preparation log!
After the swim, we all met Willie Schulz, the race director, and Michelle Macy at the local Ketchikan diner for a nice pre-race get-together. Michelle swam the English Channel in 10 hours (very fast) a few years ago and did the Pennock Challenge in 2007. In 2008, she did the great Boston Light swim. Needless to say, she is one of the top cold water distance swimmers on the circuit. She showed us all a neat trick at the dinner table --she had a way of placing a spoon on her nose so that the spoon would not come off no matter which way she moved She seemed to be having a lot of fun with it. After the trick, she gave me a few cold water tips. She knew exactly what happens to a swimmers body at varying temperatures. Did she think 55 or 56 degree water was cold? Yes Like other elite swimmers that I have met or known, she seemed unpretentious and simply fun to be around.
After dinner we all met at the airport hotel for a race briefing. The chairs were marked with swimmers names. In the chair next to mine was a friendly young woman. She said, John? Hi, Im your kayaker, Amanda, I'm from Southeast Sea Kayaks. I smiled and said, Hey, thanks for being part of this. So, ready, Amanda? I guess I had five important questions (maybe more) on my mind but I quickly posed the most basic one. So, I guess you are very familiar with Pennock, Amanda, right? Not really, Ive never been out that way, she said quickly and firmly. Guess my follow-up questions wouldnt work well at this point. She read my surprised facial expression immediately. It shouldnt be too much of a problem, I know people that do it all the time, she said as a matter of fact. Alright, do you kayak a lot? I responded. Not really, I handle a lot of the office work at Southeast Sea Kayaks, I wish I could get out much more, the weather is not that great up here, she said as she shook her head from side to side. At this point, I tried to analyze things or put things in perspective. The first and only phrase that came to mind was not good. I tried to get beyond that but when I tried to take a different perspective about the situation, the same thought kept popping up in my mind - not good... not good... not good not good... not good... not good... not good...
The meeting progressed and we were all given maps of the course while Willie walked us through the tricky parts of the course. Amanda and I took notes about eddies, kelp, point to point direction, currents, possible wind action, waves on the south end, etc. We talked about GU, Gatorade and back up equipment (spare goggles, ear plugs, etc). As the meeting moved forward, Amanda looked involved and seemed to have a very quick and sure grasp of the information given. She then turned to me and said, Oh I forgot to tell you, I used to kayak a lot as a summer camp instructor a number of years ago. The Pennock will be fun for me too -- I havent gone longer than 2 hours though. Anyway, Willie then ended the pre-race meeting and we all parted.
The next time we would all see each other was on Sunday morning at 9AM at Thomas Basin (right next to the Little Red Bridge). So, in short, I walked away feeling good about the race and Amanda. She was honest, smart, had adequate kayak experience, and, more than that, she seemed to be very intuitive and task oriented. I also sensed that she had a no-nonsense side to her. If I needed a push or to hear the words get moving or no slacking off, John, she would say them with no second-thoughts. I was also sure she would take care of the feeding part without issues, and, yes, I was lucky to have Amanda as my kayaker. To sum up succinctly, things seemed in order, the rest would be up to me and me alone. It was almost time. One day left.
Some people made plans to meet up pre-race day and some made plans to party right after our meeting, but me, I wanted to be on my own at this time. I headed towards home (my hostel bed), but, on my way, I stopped off at the Sourdough Bar in town. After all, I was a tourist too. The Sourdough bar had dozens of interesting, huge photos of Alaskan shipwrecks on the walls. Truth be known, I guess I just wanted to connect with average Alaskans for awhile. I ordered a Heineken (carbohydrates?) and talked about Alaskan bears, camping, Jon Krakauer, Robert Service, Jack London and The Bridge To Nowhere (pre Palin) with a few people next to me. Have to admit, I drank my second Heineken (more carbohydrates?) when me and this Seattle guy traded ideas about Krakauers INTO THE WILD book. Oh, by the way, population statistics show that there are about ten guys to one woman in Alaska , and, yes, the population in the bar seemed to reflect those numbers exactly (counting the woman bartender). Oh well
On Saturday morning (pre-race day), my plan was to play tourist. I took photos of white capped mountains outside my door and hung around with some cool Australian guests at the hostel, in short: I just wanted to relax and build up my strength, which brings me to my last race preparation issue besides getting a good sleep: eating a damn good meal filled with carbohydrates. As you probably guessed, I was on a tight budget (no car rental, hostel sleeping arrangement). I just remembered my long-time swimming partner, Tom Blatt, gave me the phone number of a family relative that owned a Chinese/American restaurant in Ketchikan. So I called Rudy & Clara (the owners) and they gave me directions. As it turned out, their cool Diaz Café was only 2 blocks away from the Little Red Bridge. More luck? I walked in and sat at the counter with mostly locals and fisherman. Rudy & Clara and the Diaz Café are an interesting success story. They came to Alaska from the Philippines and made the Diaz Café into a popular, first class café.
Both Rudy and Clara were as nice as could be to me. We talked about the race, New York, Toms family and Ketchikan. Since I have a true and real weakness for Chinese food , it wasnt hard for me to order. I saw some orders (huge bowls) coming out of the kitchen. I asked Rudy, that big bowl of soup over there is what I want , what is it? He responded right away by saying, Chinese noodle soup with vegetables - trust me, its good -real good, I looked it up on the menu --it was 9 dollars. Okay, lets do it, I said. Soon after, Rudy brought the huge noodle dish out from the kitchen himself. He smiled and said , we made it especially for you, John. I saw 3 or 4 boiled eggs right on top with all sorts of Chinese vegetables hanging from the sides. It seemed to me that the bowl Rudy was carrying was truly heavy. Anyway, I ate it all! (I didnt even have to pace myself). I wanted to stop at the health food store before it closed, so it was time to go. I asked for a check, and Rudy said No check, John, dont even think about paying. Are you sure? Well, thanks. Thats awfully nice, was all I could think of saying. I think they both sensed that I really appreciated their kindness, and, again, I was on a tight budget. We said goodbye and I got halfway up the block when I realized I had my camera with me. I rushed back to the Diaz Café, then we all posed for some great photos. In parting the second time, Rudy and Clara told me they would be rooting for me to finish with all their might. As I walked away down the street (a block short of the Little Red Bridge), I smiled and asked myself: more luck? Hey, I then made my way up a steep hill on an old side street to the cool, little Alaska Internet Café. To close, it was late in the afternoon on the day before the race , and, to sum up, my stomach was full, my body felt fine and my mind was free of issues. Nothing else but the race mattered to me at this point
After emailing friends and swimmers, handling some business issues and surfing the internet, I left the Alaska Internet café. I walked 4 or 5 blocks to the hostel. It was 9PM. I got my race supplies together and I planned to get a full 8 hours of sleep. There were only 2 other people in the hostel room and both were already asleep so the lights were out. I pulled my sleeping bag over me and looked up through my window to the bright Alaskan stars. The next thing I heard was my alarm clock - it was 6AM. Eight full hours of sleep -perfect! I got up, took a warm shower, put on comfortable clothes, then I picked up my race bag... Hey, time to go...
I stopped by the same diner (the one without tourists) and ordered a lightly buttered roll with a large cup of coffee to go. The waitress recognized me, and, yes, she knew where I was headed. Hey, good luck, big guy, she said with a warm smile. Thanks, Ill do okay, I smiled back. I walked out the door then over the the Little Red Bridge to Thomas Basin. The air was damp and cold (50 degrees), the sky was grey, but the wind was still. I entered the marina an hour early. I looked out at the marina as the rugged and weathered Alaskan fishing boats started up their engines and headed out to sea one by one.
Sue Free, a San Francisco swimmer, waved to me and I walked over to be with her and the group. We all talked and bonded for a little while and then we walked to our assigned boats. I rolled on globs of Body-Glove all over my neck before slipping into my four year old sleeveless Orca wetsuit then I jumped into the 32 foot boat with nine or ten other swimmers. Soon after, the boat was at a red buoy (starting and finishing point). The kayaks were already lined up and ready to go. I saw Amanda and she waved to me with a big smile. I tossed my race bag to her with all I needed packed inside. The wind started to pick up and the cold, grey water got choppy fast. The conditions didnt matter to me at this point, I just wanted to go.
It was time to jump. I pushed off from the boat with a slight sigh. Somehow, the water seemed to be colder than before. I met Amanda behind the red buoy near all the other swimmers. The gun went off! Finally! Amanda was on my right side paddling away and I tried to follow her lead. That was our plan, she was to lead the way, going from point to point. For the first 15 minutes I tried to find my pace and rhythm. I was holding back knowing that my adrenaline would speed up my stroke count naturally. I saw a few swimmers pass but I was fully aware that I was in it for the long haul and I had to be focused and stay within myself. At this point , I wanted to use my body for power. I rolled from side to side while extending my arms fully and holding my glide a little longer than usual (Stefan -Total Immersion coach) Youre doing great, Amanda shouted.
Time for my first GU break. Amanda was only a few feet away and passed me the wild berry GU. Im so impressed with you, she said. The words were nice to hear -the break was fast and smooth. I couldnt help but notice dark grey clouds coming down upon us. The water was also dark and the wind seemed to pick up. I quickly started my stroke. I felt myself on top of the chop and below the chop. I was starting to swallow saltwater so I changed to left-side breathing. Things started to get interesting. I was now into the second hour of the swim and I tried looking ahead for the southernmost tip of Pennock. All I saw were trees, dark seas and dark skies. Better to look into the mysterious Alaskan salty sea depths below, I thought. Some time passed and now I was at the south end of the island. Amanda was right beside me as usual. Time for more caffeinated GU and more orange Gatoraid. Done. Amanda and I knew this part would be tricky (heavy kelp, eddies and wave action). We planned right from the get-go to cut the island as close to shore as possible even if there were heavy kelp issues. After a few minutes of knocking into kelp branches and ducking under waves, I decided to go with my breast stroke. Guess things couldnt have gotten too much worse, right? Wrong: now add-on an eddy from hell. I turned my crawl stroke up to ninety percent and ten minutes later I finally broke free. Amanda was getting closer now (she circled the island about 20 yards wider than me to stay clear of the heavy kelp). We were now heading north and past the half-way point, from a swimmers point of view that meant that I was heading home.
The water got smooth which enabled me to get my body into a much more streamline position. From that point on, I would be swallowing a lot less saltwater due to the changed swimming conditions. Amanda was now by my side in perfect position. The wind disappeared and the sky seemed brighter. Time for another GU. John: look, look , a huge cruise ship, were almost there! Amanda said excitedly. Sure enough , it looked no more than a mile away to me. Yet, I knew that it was over 3 miles away according to the charts. Are we getting a push, I asked. We could be, Amanda said. It felt like we were, and, at that time, I thought I had a good hour of swimming left in me. I decided to pick up the pace.
I kept swimming for another half hour at a faster pace but I noticed that the cruise ship wasnt getting much closer. Could it be that I was in denial from the first sighting of the cruise ship? Answer: yes. After all, I knew the distance of the race and the length of the island. I found out later that there was no assist on the way back - it was simply dead water. Back to the race, I swam on as hard as I could and tried not to look at the cruise-ship. For the first time I needed to stop. I was over 4 hours into the race. At this point, my arms were very sore- I was having trouble lifing them out of the water. My face was starting to feel very numb and my stomach was queasy. I think Amanda knew I didnt have much left but she didnt let on. Not far now, John, she said firmly. Im damn tired, Amanda, I dont know. Look, the red buoy (finish line) is right around the corner, she said as she pointed north. As I turned to look, I started to throw-up. All that was coming out of my mouth was warm liquid, and lots of it. When I turned back to Amanda, she turned away quickly (pretending not to see what just happened). She waited a moment or two, her facial expression turned very serious as she looked deeply into my eyes, then she just pointed her finger forward toward the finish without saying a word... The water seemed to turn colder -it started to feel like ice. I started shivering. I was also getting a nasty cramp in my right thigh that seemed to spread through my entire body when I moved it (I have never felt anything quite like it)... Obviously, things were not good: I was starting to doubt myself, I was damn cold and my body had lost a lot of power, but, that being said, I had the feeling that my kayaker thought I might be able to make it to the finish.
Deep down, I knew I had a little something left but I still wasnt sure if what I had was enough. I turned on my back and did backstroke for twenty or thirty yards. I flipped over to begin my very slow crawl stroke. Now I would have to use everything I was taught to make it to the red buoy. I thought of my coaches at the CP club. What could I use now? Could I swim using less breaths like Lauren taught? What about Rods focus on straight leg kicking? How about Brians body rotation points? Could I get my elbows high like Cami wanted? The truth is that I was swimming on instinct now. The real question was, how much did I want to finish? I guess I knew all along that it would be my heart that would ultimately determine my fate. Back to the race: I continued on. My concentration was slipping away. I was weak, very weak.
At this point, I wasnt sure if my arms were clearing the water. John, look, theres the buoy, youre almost home! Amanda shouted. Yes, there it was! She was not kidding this time. It was maybe 200 yards away! I put my head down and just kept my very slow pace consistent. I started counting strokes to myself: one, two, three... I knew that I would be a Pennock Challenge finisher before I got to one hundred fifty!Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine... I heard Bruckner Chase and other swimmers cheering me from two boats just south of the red buoy. I felt like it was all a dream. I was now within five yards of the red buoy. I held my breath and didnt pick my head up until I touched it or hugged it. I was now at the center of Alaskas Inside Passage-- it felt like I was at the center of the universe. I then turned to Amanda--she winked and I smiled. People were still clapping. I made a fist and lifted my arm as high as I could!


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In a button-front dress, long gold necklace, dangling earrings and strappy sandals with two-inch wooden heels, Bachmann looks less like a Washington politician out glad-handing voters in Iowa than like a suburban mom on a lunch date. She smiles for a photo, then sidesteps piles of cow dung as she moves through the barn to a goat-judging contest. There, she chats with Miss County Fair, who—decked out in a tiara, pink frock and brown cowboy boots—is the only other person wearing a dress for miles. Wherever Bachmann goes, she speaks in exclamations: "Hi there! I have to say hi. Nice to meet you!" "Now we're going to check out some livestock!" "This has been so much fun!"
I jot in my notebook that this is a woman who is not afraid to touch people, physically. She pats children on the head, doles out giant hugs, rubs voters' backs as she grins for the camera. On one of her constantly moving hands, I catch a glimpse of a diamond so giant that the weight makes it slip around her slender ring finger. Up close you can see that her makeup is TV ready and perfect, baked smooth by the heat. And that's when it hits me. While some consider Bachmann's political views extreme, her presentation as a woman is decidedly not. I'm witnessing something that didn't seem possible only four years ago: a woman running for president who is neither playing up nor tamping down her sexuality.
Back in 2007 and 2008, I followed Hillary Clinton's presidential bid at stops along these very same lush Iowa back roads. When Clinton hugged someone, it felt strained, forced; events staged in front of haystacks seemed manufactured. Clinton carried herself with hawkish bravado, avoiding references to her gender and all but burying her femininity beneath a wardrobe of plainly tailored pantsuits. Even when she announced her candidacy in a January 2007 Web video, she passed up the chance to mention that if elected, she'd be the first female president. On the campaign trail, she sometimes discounted her gender. "I am not running because I'm a woman," she would say. "I'm running because I think I'm the most qualified and experienced person to do the job that has to be done."
I was in New Hampshire the night before the state's crucial 2008 primary, and I watched as two radio pranksters interrupted Clinton's speech in a Salem auditorium, chanting, "Iron my shirt! Iron my shirt!" For Clinton, who'd lost to Obama in the Iowa caucuses four days earlier, the primary was make-it-or-break-it, and she was feeling the pressure. Just a few hours earlier, a female supporter had asked, "How do you keep upbeat and so wonderful?" and Clinton had teared up. That scene played on network television all day. Back on the stage in Salem that evening, after the iron-my-shirt interruption, Clinton's voice got sharper and louder as security ushered away the two men. Then she paused, and though I couldn't see her from the back of the room, it sure sounded as though she was smiling when she said, "Oh, the remnants of sexism—alive and well!" The crowd jumped to its feet and hollered in support. "As I think has just been abundantly demonstrated, I am also running to break through the highest and hardest glass ceiling," Clinton reminded them. The next day, she won the primary.


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Myra S. Leonard
Published: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 5:22 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at 5:22 p.m.
Myra Smith Leonard, 66, of Lamb Road, Tyro community, died Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at Pine Ridge Nursing Home in Thomasville after an extended illness.
Her funeral will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Reeds Baptist Church by the Rev. Dave Williams. Burial will follow in Reeds Baptist Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home and at other times at the home.
Myra was born in Davidson County on May 1, 1947, to Weldon and Lola Slaydon Smith. She was a member Reeds Baptist Church; and retired after 38 years as Director of Radiology at Lexington Memorial Hospital.
Myra is survived by her husband of 47 years, Max Leonard; daughter Meredith L. Pope of Lexington; sons Michael Leonard (Shelly) of Lexington; Matthew D. Leonard of Puerto Rico; parents Weldon and Lola Smith of Lexington; grandchildren Janeice, Brianna and Thomas Leonard, Kristen and Kip Pope; sisters Joyce Grubb (Foy), Laura Hemphill (Rick), Lesia Reudelhuber (George); brothers Junie Smith (Reta), David Smith (Kim); and numerous nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials should be directed to Reeds Baptist Church, 180 Reeds Baptist Church Road, Lexington, NC 27295; or to Hospice of Davidson County, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292.
Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.
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In addition to the Edward Ford Building on the main campus, the Sydney Medical School has staff based in different teaching hospitals and specialist clinics across NSW.
The School of Rural Health within Sydney Medical School manages two teaching hospitals and many partnerships with regional clinics and health centres.
Each site has its own amenities and varying parking and transport options.
In partnerships with Southern Cross University, we also run the University Centre for Rural Health on the North Coast, with sites in Murwillumbah, Lismore and Grafton.
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Volleyball Falls Short In First League Match, Opens "EIVA Rallies" Campaign
The Princeton men's volleyball team knew it had a tough task in its EIVA opener Friday night, and it struggled to find much rhythm in a 3-1 road loss at 2012 league finalist George Mason. The loss drops Princeton to 1-2 overall, though the Tigers will look to even both their league and overall record Tuesday night in its home opener against Rutgers-Newark.
Princeton was led by its outside due of Pat Schwagler (13 kills, four digs) and Devin Stearns (11 kills, four digs), but it couldn't do enough defensively to slow down the Patriots. George Mason hit at least .310 in three sets, including .550 in the fourth, for a 25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 25-15 victory over Princeton.
The Tigers got eight kills, six digs and three blocks from sophomore Cody Kessel, while classmate Tony Ensbury had a team-high 12 digs. The junior duo of Davis Waddell (22) and Jeff Stapleton (20) combined for 42 assists, while senior co-captain Michael Dye had six kills and hit .308.
Princeton found itself in holes in both the first two sets, though it nearly climbed out of the first one. Once trailing 19-15, Princeton got to within 22-21 when a Davis Waddell serve missed the far sideline by the slimmest of margins. Mason took advantage with back-to-back kills to win the set.
Princeton took control of the third set late, thanks in part to service aces by Stearns and Stapleton. A kill by Kessel got Princeton to within 2-1 and seemed to give the Tigers momentum. An early 7-2 run by the hosts took it all away, and Mason was in full control of the fourth for the 3-1 win.
The night was part of the "EIVA Rallies" campaign, which benefits the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In all EIVA travel partner matches, coaches will wear fedoras or other business casual hats to bring awareness this season.
"The EIVA partnership with Sloan Kettering and cancer research touches every one of us," said former EIVA Head Coach of the Year Sam Shweisky. "We all know someone who has been touched by cancer. I think the EIVA, and all the coaches and players, understand how meaningful it is to support cancer research and the efforts Sloan Kettering."The EIVA recognizes the utmost importance of fully engaging in the fight against cancer. The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center conducts one of the largest programs of clinical research in the world. Clinical research at the center combines the efforts of laboratory and clinical investigators in various disciplines and departments to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
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Brands talk new gear during the All Mountain Demo at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market.
Just when skiers and snowboarders were becoming comfortable with the idea of "shaped'' skis and boards, they now face a new term -- "rocker.'' And just what is rocker?
It's a look or design. Think of it as the shape of a ski or snowboard resembling the base of a rocking chair with turned-up tips and tails. It can also be described as an exaggerated version of the popular twin tip skis with a more pronounced upturn. It is the rage this year and will have an even stronger presence in the stores in 2012-13.
Technical terms used to describe rocker include camber, reverse camber, inverse camber, early rise, gull wing and negative camber. The report is that the rise in the tip will help the skis and snowboard float in powder, crud and over groomed surfaces with ease. And, contends manufacturers, because of the rocker design skiers and riders will be able to maintain better balance and make the ski or snowboard more maneuverable. Bottom line: Easier and more stable turns.
Reports also indicate that the rising tips and tails will make initiating turns easier and once the turn starts then the carving capabilities of traditional camber under foot will enter in to complete the turn. And, report ski reps, the technology works for everyone from beginner to expert.
Some of the new 2012-13 models were recently presented at the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market in downtown Salt Lake City.
There are, in fact, a full range of hard goods options for skiers and snowboarders offering a range of varying shapes for different riding and skiing styles within the rocker family. Meaning, buyers will need to spend more time making their selection to make sure they make the right choice. And, as always, they will need to make sure they're working with a knowledgeable salesperson.
Photo by Scott Markewitz / Ski Utah.
Gaining popularity, brought on by rising prices, is alpine touring gear. New advancements will make it easier to walk and ski with lighter-weight boots and compatible bindings, some with a hike and ride switch that will eliminate the need to remove the skis to switch from uphill to downhill.
Regaining some interest are backcountry skis with reverse-scale bases to make uphill climbs easier and downhill rides smoother, thus eliminating the need for a variety of waxes and the knowledge to use them. Some ski makers will also try to revive a slumping telemark market with new skis, bindings and boot combinations.
The biggest changes in ski boots will focus on weight and stiffness. One boot made for touring, for example, comes in at 3.2 pounds and offers more power and tourability. Emphasis will be placed on the walking mode that will make it easier to get from the car to the lift and into lodges. Boot makers have also found that along with fore and aft stiffness, good boots must also offer more lateral control, which makes it possible for skier and boarders to take a more upright stance to compliment new ski and board technology. Snowboard boots will have better lace systems to compliment the new design of boards.
New goggles will offer more options. Studies show buyers are likely to buy multiple goggles to match varying conditions -- sunny, snowy, cloudy and flat lighting. New goggles will come with a variety of lenses that can be changed easily. A high-end goggle will come with a display within the goggle that will have a built-in GPS and will display time, temperature, speed and altitude. There will also be several lines of women-specific goggles.
Helmets, rapidly becoming standard equipment with skiers and snowboarders, will come out in 2012-13 lighter, more comfortable, better able to accommodate goggles and some will have built-in audio systems.
There will be a whole collection of new ski/snowboard gloves available next season, many that will allow the wearer to have touch-screen capabilities. One company will have 70 new styles in its line and another 28 new styles, so options will be broad.
The bad news is new products next season will also cost more. The main reasons are higher cost of production and in raw materials. For example, the average cost of cotton in 2007 was 63 cents per unit where in 2011 it was $1.55. And, the cost of fine wool jumped from $9.73 per unit in 2007 to $16.38 in 2011.
In order to keep pace with the competition and demands from consumers, manufacturers continue to improve on their products, which is a definite benefit for those hitting the slopes. So spend a little time next fall and look at all the new gear coming out next season.
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If it was not manufactured with a butt stock and is at least 26 inches overall the barrel length does not matter.
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If it was not manufactured with a butt stock and is at least 26 inches overall the barrel length does not matter.
So you're potentially going to build an untaxed AOW based on a one letter? You know how those boys like to reverse themselves (too bad we can't hook'em up to a generator, we'd solve a lot of our power issues)
Cadiz Gun Works has what you're looking for.
Some manufacturers do employ folks from the job classification known as "lawyers" to do their legal eagling.
Maybe they don't employ someone as smart as our own chipmechanic here... so they have not asked the question.
Offhand, I can think of several reasons. Bad publicity is #1, arrests being made identifying the new "gangster weapon of choice" looks bad in the papers and on CBS. Look at the Black Talons, perfectly legal but caused a crapstorm back in the day. Quietly re-introduced under a more PC name and appearance, no problems.
1: Many states have their own laws that define SBS, unsuspecting owner drives from state A to B with one, instant felon if B defines it as an SBS. Also lowers the market for them and requires regular law checks of 50 states by sellers.
2: Even if legal, every cop in the land would take one look at it and arrest for having a "sawed off shotgun". Only later would serial # trace and ATF consultation identify it as a legal configuration.
3: Never seen one of the PG shotguns sold that couldn't be converted into a shoulder stocked arm with the simple addition of the original type stock. Someone, either through ignorance of the law or not caring would do so and get caught.
4: Sometimes a glaringly obvious "loophole" is not spotted and exploited right away. .
5: 12 guage has a bore over .50. Danger of getting declared a DD like the USAS12 and streetsweeper designs. 410 would be the only "safe" guage.
What's to stop you from using an AK blank or flat?Quote:
We need Saiga shotgun receivers!


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The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (Agentschap NL) granted brain drug delivery company to-BBB an initial Innovation Credit of €1.2 million (about $1.7 million) to support a planned Phase I/II trial of its lead compound, which targets brain cancer. The credit will cover 35% of the costs needed for clinical development of 2B3-101.
2B3-101, brain-targeted doxorubicin liposomes, have been developed based on to-BBB's G-Technology®, designed to safely enhance the delivery of drugs to the brain. The liposomes are coated with the tripeptide glutathione at the tips of polyethylene glycol (PEG), ensuring that they can circulate for a prolonged period in plasma. There, the glutathione joins with the tips of the PEG molecules, targeting the liposomes toward active glutathione transporters on the blood-brain barrier.
The clinical trial aims to establish a safe therapeutic dosage for 2B3-101 and collect preliminary evidence of activity in a specific group of women with brain metastases of breast cancer. The Phase I/II study will start in a few months at three academic hospitals in The Netherlands, led by neuro-oncology experts of the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital (AVL-NKI).
2B3-101 has shown reduction of brain tumor growth in proof-of-concept studies at The Netherlands Cancer Institute, according to to-BBB. Clinical-scale batches of the compound have been produced by to-BBB's manufacturing partner, TTY Biopharm.
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text: Everyone protests about one thing or another, and that is our civil right, Most states have an open carry law with the exception of NY Calf etc Unless on duty & Licensed to carry. I prepose that some how everyone gets to gether in ever city and evey state and have a march! for our rights and do carry your firearms, with one major exception Don't load them! and do not carry ammunition, Just give the lsaw a reason to send you to jail, and take your rights, Now mind you if this was to happen your on a list. Here is one thing the Goverment dose not thing about! We are having nothing but problems with terroistist cell in our country, And HAts off to the FBI and Home Land Security for catching these plots before they happen, But if History has taught us anything, there will be a big problem and it would be one of US that would be able to terminate an Immeadate threat. And if Confiscation were to happen and amass incident were to happen the first question would be how did this happen? and how could this have been prevented! and the answer is as obvious as the noise on one face this type of demonstration would need to be from every state county and jurististion.,,,Doc


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Joseph and Saran Nahas, photo by Adam Finkle.
Try to imagine what it must have been like for the man from Sierra Leone, Africa, when he saw Salt Lake City at the foot of the snowy Continental Divide for the first time in December 2005.
"I said, 'This is where God lives,'" recalls Joseph Nahas, unaware of devilish Utah winters. He laughs now about his first winter here, when he ignored his wife Saran's urging to put on warm clothing and had to get off a bus and take shelter in a convenience store until his teeth stopped chattering.
Nahas is not technically a refugee, but his wife Saran is. Joseph and Saran fled their Freetown home with their children during the horrific civil war in Sierra Leone to live in a refugee camp in Ghana. But there was no way for Joseph to earn money to buy food and provisions for his family.
So he went to Ivory Coast to find work, but that nation, too, had plunged into civil war.
In autumn 2004, while Nahas was still away, officials in Ghana sent Saran and the children to live in Salt Lake City. She left a hand-written note for her husband, telling him where they had gone. It may seem improbable, but the note was waiting for him when he returned to the camp. And it confused him. "I said, 'Salt Lake City, is that in America?' They said, 'It is in Utah.' I said, 'Is that in America?'"
The Nahas family was apart for two years and unable to keep in touch, Joseph says. But Saran found an accidental guardian angel in Amy Wylie, who befriended Saran one day just by saying hello and asking if she needed help.
Wylie and her husband were service missionaries with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, assigned to South Salt Lake, where Saran Nahas was living in the South Pare apartment complex, one of several refugee landing spots in Salt Lake County. Wylie was determined to reunite the couple sooner than would be possible if Joseph stayed among the tens of thousands of refugees in Ghana hoping for officials to send him to Utah, too.
She cast a wide net for a solution. Eventually an email arrived from a benefactor, who prefers to remain anonymous, promising to donate frequent-flyer miles to pay Joseph's way to Salt Lake City. Once here on a visitor's visa, Joseph successfully applied for asylum. He couldn't have done it without Wylie, he says.
For most refugees, Wylie says, "the most important thing is to have American friends."
The Nahas fled Sierra Leone's Freetown during the civil war.
The Nahases both were professionals in Sierra Leone, he an economist and teacher, she an accountant. And, because English is the official language of Sierra Leone, they had a bit of a head start with their new American lives. But it wasn't easy. "When you come here, you think English will be the only problem,'' he says. It is not.
In his job with the state Refugee Services Office, Nahas manages grants and teaches various refugee communities self-reliance in a new land and introduces them to American laws and customs. He often finds himself mediating disagreements between people from the same country but members of different tribes, whose grudges can reach the distant edges of memory. Sometimes he can find common ground, other times he's told to back off. Lately he's been trying to keep the peace among different tribes from Myanmar through men's soccer. "I am trying to make a team of the best players," he says, "and call it Myanmar United."
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Over 46,000 refugees have resettled in Utah since 1988, 70 percent of which are women and children. Utah continues to welcome 1,100 new refugees each year. All refugees in Utah are resettled by the International Rescue Committee or Catholic Community Services, agencies which provide core services like housing, medical coordination, school and English language class enrollment.
The Refugee and Immigrant Center at the Asian Association of Utah also provides some of these services. The Utah Refugee Coalition and refugee community organizations provide ongoing community connection and help. You can help, too.
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May 25th 2012
Kid-friendly: Farming at Thanksgiving Point, Utah 4 Kids Guidebook
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In honor of the imminent crash in the Japanese Yen, I thought it would be a good time to revisit what is probably the most unbelievably hilarious financial advertisement of all time.
"Men that own government bonds are popular with the ladies!"
Oh, and if you think this can't possibly be real, Bloomberg news did a story on it two years ago. Read that article here.


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April 2013
2013 in brief
You can access the calendar of the Council of Europe events scheduled in 2013 by clicking on monthly overviews.
2-3 April, Helsinki
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon: official visit to Finland. Meetings with the Speaker of Parliament, the Minister for Culture and Sport, the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and the Chairs of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and the Constitutional Law Committee.
2-3 April, Tunis
Representatives of the Venice Commission participates in the seminar "Trade on the normative and institutional guarantees of freedom of expression", organised by the Council of Europe, the Arab Institute of Human Rights and the International Organisation of the Francophonie.
2 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 12 judgments concerning Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. More information
3-12 April, Russian Federation
Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks visits the country.
3 April, Strasbourg
Council of Europe's Anti-Corruption Group (GRECO) publishes a compliance report on Moldova and a 2nd compliance report on Norway concerning the criminalisation of corruption and the transparency of political party funding.
4-5 April, Oslo
PACE President makes an official visit to Norway: an audience with Harald V, King of Norway, and a series of parliamentary exchanges, in particular with the President of the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament), the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and the Norwegian delegation to PACE.
4-5 April, Sofia
PACE delegation: pre-electoral mission to Bulgaria in the run-up to the early parliamentary elections to be held in the country on 12 May next.
4-5 April, Rabat
PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons organises, in co-operation with the Moroccan Parliament, the conference "how can Morocco and Europe face up to the challenges and opportunities in the field of South-North migration?".
4 April, Strasbourg
Council of Europe's Anti-Corruption Group (GRECO): compliance report on the criminalisation of corruption and the transparency of political party funding in the Czech Republic.
4 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 7 judgments concerning Austria and Russia. More information
4 April, Strasbourg
Grand Chamber hearing in the case Söderman v. Sweden (formerly E.S. v. Sweden) (European Court of Human Rights). More information
4 April, Ankara
PACE rapporteur Jordi Xuclà: fact-finding mission to Ankara as part of the preparation of his report on strengthening the institution of Ombudsman in Europe.
5-8 April, Montenegro
A PACE delegation visits Montenegro to observe the presidential election alongside observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
5-8 April, Montenegro
A PACE delegation observes the presidential election alongside observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. The Venice Commission will ensure legal assistance.
6-9 April, Jordan and the Palestinian Territories
PACE Sub-Committee on the Middle East pays a visit to Jordan on 6 and 7 April, and then in the Palestinian Territories on 8 and 9 April. In Amman, the members of the sub-committee should be meeting with King Abdullah II, the Prime Minister, the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament, representatives of political parties and the President of the Palestinian National Council (PNC). They will also visit the Syrian refugee camp in Zaatari, in Jordan. In Ramallah, meetings are scheduled with the Palestinian President, the Prime Minister, the Minister for Prisoners, the Minister of Women's Affairs, the Negotiator-in-Chief of the Palestinian Authority, members of the Palestinian delegation to PACE and NGOs.
8-11 April, Tbilisi, Samtskhe-Javakheti (Georgia)
Michael Aastrup Jensen and Boriss Cilevičs, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, undertake a fact-finding visit to the country. In Tbilisi they are due to meet the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister, the Foreign and Justice Ministers and the State Minister for Reintegration.
9 April, Strasbourg
Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni: visit of the "Grande Mosquée de Strasbourg" together with high representatives of the Muslim community.
9 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 11 judgments concerning the Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Turkey and the United Kingdom. More information
9-12 April, Strasbourg
The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL) holds its Plenary meeting.
11 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 11 judgments concerning Belgium, Greece, Russia and Ukraine. More information
11-12 April, St Petersburg (Russian Federation)
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon participates in the parliamentary conference "The role of parliamentary organisations in building a Europe without dividing lines". He also meets Valentina Matvienko, Speaker of the Federation Council.
12-13 April, Athens
Liliane Maury Pasquier, Chair of the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, undertakes a fact-finding visit to Athens in preparation for the report by Jean-Louis Lorrain on "Equal access to health care".
12 April, Zagreb
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland: official visit, bilateral meetings with Ivo Josipović, President of the Republic of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, Prime Minister, Josip Leko, Speaker of Parliament of Croatia, Vesna Pusić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia.
12 April, Hungary
A delegation of the Venice Commission visits Budapest in preparation of an opinion on the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary.
14-16 April, Kyiv
Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin and Mailis Reps, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine, visit the country to assess the constitutional reform and the reform of the Criminal Code and the Prosecutor's Office.
15-16 April, Moscow
Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni leads the Council of Europe Delegation and opens the 10th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers of Culture ("Governance of culture – promoting access to culture") at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, on 15 April, together with Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets, and Minister of Culture of Andorra, Albert Esteve Garcia, on behalf of the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Congress, Herwig Van Staa, and President of the Conference of INGOs, Jean-Marie Heydt chair sessions on the role of governments, best practices & policy innovation, and Council of Europe perspectives, respectively. The event has attracted participation of Ministers and Deputy Ministers, eminent experts and representatives from Council of Europe member states, Belarus and Kazakhstan, and from UNESCO, OECD and the EU.
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15-16 April, Strasbourg
16 university teams from 13 countries compete in 28th René Cassin human rights advocacy competition at the European Court of Human Rights. The competition is open to students of law and political science. More information
15-17 April, Vadul lui Voda, the Republic of Moldova
Workshop on "Pharmacotherapy with Methadone – a case management approach", organised by the Council of Europe drug policy network (Pompidou Group) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to develop evidence-based approach towards treatment for drug dependent patients.
16 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 12 judgments concerning Bulgaria, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. More information
17-18 April, Yerevan
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland: working visit and high-level bilateral meetings.
17-19 April, Tirana
Jonathan Evans and Grigore Petrenco, PACE co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania, make a fact-finding visit to Tirana. Meetings with the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Justice and several parliamentary committees.
17 April, Washington DC (World Bank)
The Council of Europe convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (MEDICRIME Convention) is at the heart of a workshop organised as part of the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development. More information
18 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 21 judgments concerning the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine. More information
19 April, Washington DC (World Bank)
Roundtable discussion as part of the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development, to exchange views on whether additional international instruments are needed or whether more pragmatic approaches such as enhanced technical assistance to strengthen capacities against cybercrime should be pursued. The Council of Europe presents its work around the Budapest Convention.
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22-26 April, Strasbourg
German President Joachim Gauck, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta and Andorran Head of Government Antoni Martí address the Parliamentary Assembly. Topics for debate include the Assembly's post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey, violence against religious communities, fighting "child sex tourism" and balancing the benefits and risks of nanotechnology. Other personalities include Andorran Foreign Minister Gilbert Saboya Sunyé, who presents the Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly, and the Vice-President of the Federal Council, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Didier Burkhalter. Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muižnieks presents his 2012 activity report. More information
22-23 April, Kiyv
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities: second part of the monitoring visit.
22 April, Strasbourg
Grand Chamber judgment (public hearing) in the case of Animal Defenders International v. the United Kingdom, 10 a.m. (European Court of Human Rights). The case concerns the complaint by a non-governmental organisation that it has been denied the possibility to advertise on TV or radio. More information
23 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 8 judgments concerning Georgia, Hungary, Romania and Turkey. More information
24 April, Strasbourg
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT): report on Portugal.
25 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 11 judgments concerning Croatia, France, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine. More information
25-26 April, Helsinki
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland: official visit to Finland. Meetings with President, Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister, Jyrki Katainen and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Erkki Tuomioja.
26-27 April, Helsinki (Finlandia Hall)
24th Council of Europe Standing Conference of Ministers of Education. Themes: quality education and Democratic Governance to improve social cohesion and individual opportunities; ethics and integrity in education to respect the rule of law and human rights. Official opening by Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland. Finnish Minister of Education Jukka Gustafsson; EU Commissioner for Education Androulla Vassiliou; Speaker of the Finnish Parliament Eero Heinäluoma; and Minister of Education of Andorra Roser Suñé are among the most prominent speakers at the event. More information.
29-30 April, Budva (Montenegro)
Conference on the CyberCrime@IPA project, with representatives of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Turkey and Kosovo and by the experts who have contributed to this 30-month project. More information
29-30 April, Nicosia (Cyprus)
PACE rapporteur Andreas Gross visits Cyprus on a fact-finding mission in preparation of his report on "Refusing impunity for the killers of Sergei Magnitsky". He will meet with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minister for Justice and Public Order, the Attorney General of the Republic and the Cypriot delegation to the PACE.
30 April, Strasbourg
Chamber judgment in the case of Tymoshenko v. Ukraine at a public hearing at 10.30 a.m (European Court of Human Rights).
The case concerns complaints related to the detention of the former Ukrainian Prime Minister.
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30 April, Strasbourg
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) publishes the reports on its last 2 visits to Spain.
30 April, Strasbourg
European Court of Human Rights: 2 judgments concerning Romania. More information
30 April -1 May, Israel
Members of the PACE Sub-Committee on the Middle East visit Israel, thus completing the 2nd part of the visit to the Middle East which took place in April. In Jerusalem meetings are planned with the Speaker of the Knesset, the Deputy Foreign Minister and members of political parties represented in the Knesset. In Tel Aviv, meetings are scheduled at the Institute for National Strategic Studies.


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HOA and Condo fines — a good idea ?
Much has been said about how fines need "teeth"- that is, an association wants to foreclose for a fine. For some time, neither condos nor HOAs could lien or foreclose for fines, because of the litany of abuses homeowners raised. Enterprising lawyers just advised changes to Declarations calling fines an assessment and then the "problem" was solved. Clever end run around the statute's intent.
Do you think associations should fine? Historically, this was a government function, not a corporation's function. It rather steps all over the argument that an association is not a government subject to constitutional restraints.
Now, under F.S. 720.305 the Legisature changed its mind and allowed HOAs – but not condos – to lien and foreclose for fines. Many boards think this is a maximum of $1,000. It is not. The salient phrase in the statute is this:
A fine may be levied for each day of a continuing violation, with a single notice and opportunity for hearing, except that the fine may not exceed $1,000 in the aggregate unless otherwise provided in the governing documents.
(emphasis added)
This means an association could amend its governing documents and legally create a provison for fines more than an aggregate of $1,000 – it could be $1,500 or $2,000 or whatever the board in its wisdom decides (Bylaws can sometimes be amended by a board vote and rules certainly can).
What about the statutory due process? The statute does outline a method of due process with a fining committee of non-board members. Two weeks ago a woman asked for my help – she had a lien for a fine – $1500 or $1000, the board couldn't quite remember which, and she was being threatened with foreclosure. The first time she heard of the fine was in a letter from the association's lawyer. Needless to say, I wrote a letter and notice of contest to the attorney and that lien was released within 24 hours. Who paid the bill? The Association.
Why does this happen? First of all, why should corporations be allowed to fine? In representing associations, I will pursue fines but I want to know when and how they were levied. It is not sufficient for a board member to tell a lawyer "oh yes, and this homeowner has a $1,000 fine" without any supporting documentation.
Not only can the lawyer be in violation of state and federal law by foolishly not doing any due diligence, but the board members and associations can be liable for slander of title. Contrary to popular belief, the attorneys' fees it takes to clear title are sufficient special damages, without more. The property does not have to be under contract or being sold. Moreover, the homeowner will get fees – from the association.
The upshot? I do not recommend fines. Of course, if the client wishes, I will proceed on fines, with proper documentation. I just do not think it is a very good idea and I have seen way too many associations violate the law by not knowing the law. The opportunity to be heard requires a fining committee, none of whose members may be on the board. Now get honest – how many associations have proper fining committees that levy fines?
The reason the Legislature previously eliminated the statue allowing liens for fines is because of the abuse. That abuse has not changed, from what I can see. With all the foreclosure problems, this legislature now thinks it is fine to lien and foreclose for a fine over what – someone being obnoxious (a "nuisance")? Often it becomes "he said, she said". Is this a valid reason to take someone's home away? How about clogging the already beleaguered foreclosure courts? Is this a wise use of judicial resources?
As any attorney practicing more than 6 months will acknowledge, we have had great clients and obnoxious clients – both boards and homeowners. On fining "violations" (and I do put that in quotes for a reason), the goal should be civil discourse, negotiation — not foreclosure.
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Unsetting 'fix version' and 'fix version priority' until this issue is reviewed.
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Students must comply with the following each semester:
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- A student may petition the sequence based on the Division of Nursing petition policy. See Academic Petition and corresponding form.
- A student accepted on academic probation (see statement on probation) must demonstrate academic improvement (GPA) after the first semester to be removed from probation.
- All nursing courses must be passed with a grade of "C" (76%) or higher in course theory (includes unit, final exams, and required ATI assessments). If the class has a clinical component, that portion must be passed, as well as the theory portion, with a grade of 76% and an overall course grade of 76% or higher. The course theory will account for at least 75% of the total grade with the comprehensive final contributing at least 20%.
- If a student fails the clinical portion of the course at any time during the semester, the course will be considered an attempt*. According to Union College policy, if the student fails clinical prior to the withdrawal date, the student may choose to withdraw from the course and receive a "W" on the transcript; this will be considered a course attempt and failure. If the student fails clinical after the Union College withdrawal date, the student will receive an "F" on the transcript. *A course is considered an attempt when the student continues in the course after the drop/add date as published in the Union College academic calendar.
- When a nursing course is failed, it may be retaken the following semester if clinical/class space is available.
- No one nursing course may be attempted more than twice to achieve a grade of "C" (2.0). A course is considered an attempt when the student continues in the course after the last day to drop/add a course as published in the Union College academic calendar. Students may petition the Admissions and Academic Evaluation Committee (AAEC) if extenuating circumstances exist.
- Students are allowed a maximum of two course failures and then must exit the Division of Nursing.
- Required prerequisites and cognate courses must be completed with a passing grade of "C" (2.0) to progress into/through the Nursing Program.
- A course audit involves classroom theory only; no tests, quizzes, paper, or clinicals are included. Registration to audit a class prior to the beginning of the course is not considered an attempt.
- Academic probation is allowed for a total of only two semesters; non-academic probation is allowed for a total of only two semesters.
- Health policy requirements (immunizations, annual TST, etc.) must be met and appropriate documentation to verify must be on file. See Immunizations.
- When a nursing faculty member or the Admissions and Academic Evaluation Committee (AAEC) refers a student to the Teaching Learning Center (TLC) for consultation, it is expected that the student will meet with TLC staff for an evaluation to be completed with any follow-up recommendations made during the semester the referral is made.
- Once a student is admitted to the Union College Division of Nursing, all nursing courses must be completed at Union College.
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Ovarian cancer is cancer that starts in the ovaries. The ovaries are the female reproductive organs that produce eggs.
Cancer - ovaries
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women. It causes more deaths than any other type of female reproductive cancer.
The cause is unknown.
Risk of developing ovarian cancer include any of the following:
Ovarian cancer symptoms are often vague. Women and their doctors often blame the symptoms on other, more common conditions. By the time the cancer is diagnosed, the tumor has often spread beyond the ovaries.
See your doctor if you have the following symptoms on a daily basis for more than a few weeks:
Other symptoms are also possible with ovarian cancer. But these symptoms are also common in women who do not have cancer:
Other symptoms that can occur:
A physical exam is often normal. With have advanced ovarian cancer, the doctor may find a swollen abdomen often due to collection fluid (called ascites).
A pelvic examination may reveal an ovarian or abdominal mass.
A CA-125 blood test is not considered a good screening test for ovarian cancer. But it may be done if a woman has:
Other tests that may be done include:
Surgery such as a pelvic laparoscopy or exploratory laparotomy is often done to find the cause of symptoms. A biopsy will be done to help make the diagnosis.
No lab or imaging test has ever been shown to be able to screen for or diagnose ovarian cancer in its early stages, so no standard screening tests are recommended at this time.
Surgery is used to treat all stages of ovarian cancer. For early stages, surgery may be the only treatment. Surgery can involve removing both ovaries and fallopian tubes, the uterus, or other structures in the belly or pelvis.
Chemotherapy is used after surgery to treat any cancer that remains. Chemotherapy can also be used if the cancer comes back (relapses).
Radiation therapy is rarely used to treat ovarian cancer in the United States.
After surgery and chemotherapy, follow instructions about how often you should see your doctor and the tests you should have.
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a cancer support group. Sharing with others who have common experiences and problems can help you not feel alone.
Ovarian cancer is rarely diagnosed in its early stages. It is usually quite advanced by the time diagnosis is made
Contact your health care provider if you are a woman 40 years or older who has not recently had a pelvic exam. Routine pelvic exams are recommended for all women 20 years or older.
Call for an appointment with your provider if you have symptoms of ovarian cancer.
There are no standard recommendations for screening for ovarian cancer. Pelvic ultrasound or blood tests, such as the CA-125 has not been found to be effective and is not recommended.
BRCA gene testing may be done in women at high risk for ovarian cancer.
Removing the ovaries and tubes in women who have a proven problem in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene may reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer. But ovarian cancer may still develop in other areas of the pelvis.
Morgan M, Boyd J, Drapking R, Seiden MV. Cancers arising in the ovary. In: Niederhuber JE, Armitage JO, Doroshow JH, et al., eds. Abeloff's Clinical Oncology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2013:chap 89.
Coleman RL, Ramirez PT, Gershenson DM. Neoplastic diseases of the ovary: screening, benign and malignant epithelial and germ cell neoplasms, sex-cord stromal tumors. In: Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, Katz VL, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2012:chap 33.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines): Ovarian cancer: including fallopian tube cancer and primary peritoneal cancer. Version 2.2013. Available at: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/ovarian.pdf. Accessed October 30, 2013.


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