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Phlegraean Fields Archaeological Museum - Naples
The Phlegraean Fields ("Campi Ardenti" - Burning Fields), testimony to a violent volcanic process, represent one of the largest and most fascinating archaeological areas in the world.
Cuma, the first Greek settlement in Campania with it's extraordinary Acropolis and the so-called "Cave of Sibyl"; Baia, a settlement much favoured by the Ancient Romans as testified by the spa centres and imperial villas, boasts an imposing Spanish Arragon Castle which itself was probably built on the site of residence of the Emperor Nero; Miseno, the most important military port in the Empire; Pozzuoli, the Region's chief port and crucial strategic node, which alonside Rione Terra, has brought to light an "underground Pompeii" whose fascination could not have been predicted.
Archaeological Museum of Phlegraean Fields inside the Baia Castle
Baia was selected as an ideal location for Roman imperial family and aristocracy and was subsequently lavished with marvellous villas.
The Spanish Arragon Castle, now home to the Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields holds important artefacts relating to Baia, Miseno and Bacoli.
In a space at the foot of the North-West tower, also called "Torre Tenaglia" (Pincers Tower), and in the shadow of the second tower, also called "Torre Cavaliere" (Knight Tower), there are exhibited 11 marble cippi found between 1967 and 1970 of an important collection of architectural styles and sculptures called "Sacello degli Augustali" (Sacellum of the Augustales) which dates back to the Augustan period and displays styles of the Imperial Cult typical of the region.
On the first floor of the Torre Tenaglia, what once was the room of the arm games, you can admire the reconstruction of the facade of the Sacellum of the Augustales, with various statues pertaining to the Gens Flavia.
In the heroic nakedness you can notice, divinized, the imposing sculptures of the emperors Vespasian and Titus; a small sculpture of the goddess of Abundance; a huge marble slab on which you can see Helios' quadriga and the personification of Miseno and finally a headless statue richly mantled.
In this collection is the bronze statue of the Emperor Domiziano seated on his horse, the only surviving example of an ancient statue representing a rampant horse.
When Domiziano was killed the face of the statue was changed to that of Nerva, his successor.
On the top floor of the tower, once used as a powder-magazine, it is located the wonderful reconstruction of the Nymphaeum of the emperor Claudiusthere at "Punta Epitaffio", the promontory that faces the East and which marks the end of the Gulf of Baia.
Marine excavations undertaken in the 1970s have revealed an underwater triclinium clothed in marble and decorated with exquisite statues.
Beside the statues of Ulysses and Polyphemus (whose statue has not come to light) there is a statue of Dionysus and various other statues representing figures of the Imperial Family.
In one of the places at the base of the castles walls is now exhibited the collection known as the "Gessi di Baia" (Chalks of Baia), hundreds of fragments of the casts of chalk statues from the Roman period, taken directly from the original Greek bronzes dating from the classical Greek period (the Tyrannicides, the Amazons of Ephesus, the Apollo of the Belvedere) and used, between the 1st century b.C. and the 2nd century a.D., by a workshop of Baia sculptors as models for the completion of marble copies that the Roman aristocracy purchased for decorating villas and buildings.
Baia, Via Castello 39 (location Bacoli - Naples)
All days from 9.00 to 20.00
Monday closed (except during the "Cultural Heritage Week")
1 January, 1 May and 25 December closed
EUR 4,00 Adults
EUR 2,00 for European Union members between 18 and 25 years old
(valid 2 days for 4 sities: Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields in Baia , Archaeological Park of Baia, Flavian Amphitheatre, Temple of Serapis - Serapeo - in Pozzuoli and Archaeological Ruins of Cuma)
Free Entrance for European Union members under 18 and over 65 years old
Free Entrance with Campania Artecard
Ticket office close one hour before closing time
Additional Notes
The Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields is a site of CAMPANIA ARTECARD circuit
How you can get there from the Hotel
From the Piazza Amedeo Station take line 2 on the subway, in the direction of Gianturco, and get off in Montesanto (fist stop); proceed by Cumana train (Naples-Torregaveta line) from terminus in Piazza Montesanto (at 100 metres from the subway Station) and get off at Baia stop; proceed by S.E.P.S.A Lucrino-Torregaveta bus and get off at Baia Castle stop: the Archaeological Museum of the Phlegraean Fields is inside the Castle of Baia in Via Castello 39.
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Do note that any alcohol can adversely affect some women, such as those with a history of substance abuse. And if you are at risk for breast cancer, consult your doctor about your alcohol intake. Drinking regularly will boost your odds of getting this disease by 10 to 15 percent, and the danger increases the more you imbibe, says Mukamal.
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If you're on an exchange-based eating plan, the general rule is 2 drinks = 1 carb serving. Loosely translated, this means that if you're having just a single drink, you can slip under the radar, but if you're doubling up, plan to cut out some bread or dessert. Also, before you buy, check out the proof or alcohol content listed on the bottle. The higher the number, the more calories the bottle contains.
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Liquid calories have derailed many dieters. But if you've been in a liquor store or gourmet shop lately, you may have noticed that the shelves now offer reduced-calorie versions of vodka, premixed cocktails, mixers and agave nectar and other sweeteners. Or prepare waist-friendlier potions on your own; see 14 Slimmed-Down Sips.
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Drinking helps you fall asleep faster, but it disrupts your sleep cycle and promotes sleep apnea—obstructed breathing—especially in the second half of the night, says Steven Y. Park, MD, an otolaryngologist and sleep specialist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. That sets off a bad cycle: The breathing difficulties cause you to toss and turn, which elevates your stress hormones. These in turn may awaken you and make it hard for you to get back to sleep.
"Research involving adults shows that those who sleep less than eight hours nightly have not only a higher body weight but also higher levels of ghrelin, a hormone that increases hunger, and lower levels of leptin, a hormone that suppresses hunger in the body, than those who enjoy a longer nightly slumber," says Blake. In other words, using alcohol as a sleep aid only adds to a weight problem. Solution? Three or four hours before bedtime, stop drinking. "Not only will you lose weight more easily, but you'll also sleep better and have more energy during the day," Park explains.
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Published: Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 6, 2013 at 1:28 p.m.
Editor: In a recent article, this paper reported on an appointment to the Lexington City School Board by the Davidson County commissioners. Commissioners have one appointment on the nine-member school board to represent the county area served by Lexington Schools.
Betty Pope, a 43-year veteran teacher of the school system, whose term expired in December 2013, was eligible for a second three-year term to represent the county area. She was not reappointed, but a businessman owner of a grocery store was chosen for her slot.
The nine members of the school board at this time do not represent the ethnic diversity that was stated as a reason for denying Pope a second term on the board as there is no representative of the Latino community. The nine members now are seven male and two female and do not represent the gender make-up of parents in the community. And none of the nine have classroom experience.
It seems fashionable today to stifle the voice of teachers and to de-value their contribution to public education. The General Assembly has made this clear by removing the career employment and dismissal process (tenure), freezing salaries for five years, eliminating pay for teachers with master's degrees, decreasing funding for teacher assistants, appropriating state funds for vouchers for private schools, etc. And on a local level, the county commissioners have said we don't need the experience of educators in determining school policy.
Superintendent (Rick) Kriesky said Pope has been a stellar board member. "She brought a lot of experience in the classroom to our school board."
So my question to the commissioners is, "Now, give us the real reason that Pope's experience is not important and not needed?"
Loretta M. Martin
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Local students at Lake Forest High School, Dover High School and Caesar Rodney High School attended the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Seminar from June 6-8 at Wesley College, Dover.
Students who attended included Paige Bundschuh and Stephanie Lynn from Lake Forest High School; Megan Jones of Caesar Rodney High School; and Jordan Resh of Dover High School.
Each spring, select area sophomores from public and private high schools come together at one of 70 state leadership seminars across the country to recognize their leadership talents and apply them to becoming effective and ethical leaders.
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What the mature job seeker needs to know to get a job offer
The Mature, Overqualified Job Seeker
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Job seeking in middle age can be a rude awakening. If you are having difficulty getting over the shock of being laid off, downsized, or whatever your former company called it, you need to get over it in a hurry. Your first priority is to find work and as soon as possible!
Perhaps you are under the illusion that since you worked in a particular industry or field for most of your working career, you will have it all over the new kids coming out of college so eager to get their feet wet. Sorry to tell you, but it just doesn't work that way anymore.
As a mature job seeker, you may be treated with respect for the knowledge you've acquired in your past work, but then on the other hand, you may be treated like a dinosaur.
The mature job seeker should answer the following questions honestly:
- Have you kept up with technology? If you are dazed by computers, have you done anything to improve your skills?
- Do you know the latest information in your field, or are you resting on your laurels by citing examples of work you did over 20 years ago?
- Are you an energetic and enthusiastic team player?
These are just a few of the things that will be considered by prospective employers.
Furthermore, what kind of shape is your resume in? You do know, I am sure, that one resume is not adequate if you are applying for different types of jobs. Also, today's employers want results-oriented resumes.
Don't just say that you headed a sales team that sold widgets. Elaborate by telling them how many widgets your team sold. Better yet, cite what the increase in sales was from the previous year, particularly if it was an impressive improvement. Another great item on a resume is a line or two describing how you saved the company money; companies love that. And that's just the kind of information that can win you an interview.
Some job experts advise you to go back only about ten years. Remember that Human Resources personnel don't have the time to read two and three page resumes, no matter how impressive your past experience may be. With companies receiving hundreds, or more, resumes for every job advertised, they will toss out a long resume, rather than read it. Also, many companies today use scanning equipment that pick up key words they are looking for; if your resume doesn't have them, you won't be hearing from them.
Job seeking for the older worker is a lot like dating after being married for 20 years and then divorcing. Just the idea of going on an interview can be intimidating.
Find out what people are wearing these days to initial interviews. Do your clothes seem outdated? Will you be overdressed compared to others waiting to be interviewed?
If you've been out in the business world lately, you will have observed that work attire is quite different than it used to be. In a lot of ways, it seems almost anything goes, but is that true of interview apparel?
It's suggested that you read up on appropriate clothing on some of the job search related websites on the Internet. If you can afford it, invest in a decent outfit or two (in case there's a second interview) that will not only look good on you but bolster your confidence. Get it right because you only have one chance to make a good impression!
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KAUAI, Hawaii. (Nov. 3, 2013) – The ETSU men's golf team wraps up its fall season this week as the Bucs gear up for the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational, which begins Monday from the Makai Golf Club at Princeville.
- The Bucs, who are currently ranked No. 41 in the Golfweek rankings, last competed in the U.S. Collegiate Championship, where ETSU tied for 11th with then-No. 24 Auburn.
- Junior Rhys Pugh (Pontypridd, Wales) recorded his third straight top-10 showing as the Welshman tied for 10th at 3-under-par 213 (69-71-73).
- Pugh's finish marked ETSU's best individual placing at the USCC – which is often referred to as "the Masters of college golf" – since Rhys Enoch tied for ninth in 2009.
- This marks the second year of the tournament as Baylor returns to defend its team title.
- The tournament begins Monday and ends Wednesday as each school will play 18-holes per day.
- Tee times for the first two rounds (Monday and Tuesday) is set for 12:30 p.m., while Wednesday's final round begins with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Tee times are listed in Eastern Time.
- ETSU finished fourth in last year's inaugural tournament at 2-under 286.
- Joining the Bucs and Hawaii are Arizona State, Baylor, Boise State, Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Idaho, Louisville, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Francisco, UC Santa Barbara, and Utah.
- Three teams are currently ranked in the top-50 of the Golfweek rankings – Baylor (No. 17), Arizona State (No. 30), and ETSU (No. 41).
- The Makai Golf Club at the St. Regis Princeville Resort Course plays 7,223 yards and is a par-72.
- The Makai Golf Club has been ranked one of the top five Great Golf Settings from National Geographic, as well as one of the top 75 Best Golf Resorts according to Golf Digest and the top 100 Golf Resorts from Travel & Leisure.
Joining Pugh are sophomores Adrian Meronk (Wroclaw, Poland), Gudmundur Kristjansson (Reykjavik, Iceland), and Chris Hickman (Centreville, Md.), and freshman Mateusz Gradecki (Oborniki Śląskie, Poland).
- Kristjansson and Meronk both tied for 13th last year at even-par 216.
- The Bucs are scheduled to tee off Monday and Tuesday at 1:15 p.m., and ETSU will be paired with San Diego and Cal Poly. The teams tee off from No. 10 on Monday and No. 1 on Tuesday.
- Live scoring of the tournament can be accessed via GolfStat.com.
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AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 (9/23)
1. Penn State (53) (9-1)
2. Washington (5) (8-0)
3. Florida (11-1)
5. Texas (6-2)
6. Hawaii (11-1)
7. Stanford (7-2)
8. San Diego (8-2)
9. Minnesota (12-1)
10. Michigan (10-1)
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13. Ohio State (12-0)
14. North Carolina (11-0)
15. Michigan State (11-1)
16. Arizona State (11-1)
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18. Kentucky (7-3)
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20. Purdue (9-2)
21. Oregon (7-3)
22. Ohio (10-2)
23. Creighton (9-3)
24. Illinois (4-6)
25. Iowa State (6-4)
Others Receiving Votes
Kansas State, Western Kentucky, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Brigham Young, St. Mary's, California, Duke, Texas A&M, Miami (FL), Cal State-Northridge
Whoa, San Diego got swept by BYU in their conference opener, dropping from #2 to #8. I think I recall CJL saying that their style could mean if they are off, they are really off.
In CJL's press conference today, video at cyclones.com, Christy Johnson-Lynch Archived Media Conference 9-23 - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports, it sounds like she expected to see more progress versus Iowa. Not happy about the lack of a block again. Also, overall, not happy about the high hitting percentage that other teams have hit against us this year. She said that stands out to her and needs to get lower.
Yeah it sounds like they really pushed the team hard last week. Judging by the players tweets lately they got some time off. I think we see a new team on Saturday. Slowly coming together.
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The five candidates running for Dover City Council have escaped opposition since the deadline to file papers to run has passed with no opposition surfacing.
The filing deadline for the City of Dover Municipal Election was 4:30 p.m. on Friday, the Dover Office of the City Clerk said.
Following are the names of the candidates who filed for City Council seats:
First District James L. Hutchison
Second District William F. Hare
Third District Sean M. Lynn
Fourth District David L. Anderson
At-Large Timothy A. Slavin
Since all candidates were unopposed, the City of Dover Municipal Election scheduled for April 16, 2013 will not be held. The above candidates will be sworn into office during the Annual City Council Meeting scheduled for May 13, 2013.
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The Cardinal ends the season with a 39-21 overall record
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Stanford will face Nebraska at 11 a.m. PT on Sunday, May 19
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2013 Game-By-Game Statistics
As a Junior in 2012: NFCA Third Team All-American, becoming the 15th All-American in school history ... NFCA First Team All-West Region ... First Team All-Pac-12 Conference ... started all 59 games ... led the Pac-12 and ranked 12th nationally with 66 RBI, tying the best output in a single season by a Stanford player ... her four triples tied for the sixth-most in a single season by a Cardinal player ... her .665 slugging percentage paced the team and was the 10th-best mark in program history ... also led the squad with 11 home runs ... her 53 runs scored tied for second on the team and tied for the seventh-best single season total in school history ... led the team with 17 multiple RBI games and was fourth with 18 multi-hit games ... led the team with a .500 batting average (7-for-14) with seven runs scored and seven RBI at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. ... went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and an RBI in the season opener versus Cal State Northridge (2/10) ... hit a triple and a home run for four RBI in the loss to Texas A&M (2/10) ... went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI against Texas Tech (2/11) ... hit an RBI triple against Bradley (2/17) ... made her only appearance of the year in the circle against Nevada (2/18), throwing 1.2 innings ... went 3-for-3 with an RBI in the Stanford Nike Invitational championship win over Bradley (2/19) ... went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the win over 6th-ranked Oklahoma (2/24) ... tallied three hits, including two doubles, with three RBI against New Mexico State (2/26) ... tallied two hits, including a double, in the extra-innings win over Indiana (3/2) ... went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored against FIU (3/3) ... hit a solo home run at Saint Mary's (3/7) ... was 3-for-3 with three RBI against Colorado State (3/10) ... tallied a double, a home run and two RBI in the win over Ole Miss (3/10) ... hit a triple, a home run and posted five RBI versus Cal Poly (3/11) ... hit a two-run double off of Cal's Valerie Arioto (3/25) ... hit a two-run home run in a win over then-No. 18 Oregon (4/6) ... hit a pair of three-run homers for a career high six RBI in the win at UCLA (4/10) ... tallied an RBI triple in a loss to the Bruins (4/10) ... scored two runs in a win over Oregon State (4/13) ... also hit a two-run double against the Beavers (4/15) ... went 3-for-4 with a double, a grand slam, four RBI and two runs scored at ASU (4/20) ... hit a solo homer at ASU (4/22) ... was 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Washington (5/6) ... was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run, and tied her career high with three runs scored at Utah (5/12) ... hit a three-run homer against Louisiana-Lafayette (5/19) in the NCAA Tournament ... earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2012 Game-By-Game Statistics
As a Sophomore in 2011: NFCA First Team All-West Region ... Second Team All-Pac-10 Conference ... started all 59 games at second base ... led the team with 10 home runs and 49 RBI (eighth-most in a single season) ... second with two triples and third with 61 hits and a .520 slugging percentage ... scored 34 runs and also tallied nine doubles ... 9-for-10 in stolen bases ... opened the season with an eight-game hitting streak ... recorded multiple hits in 18 games and multiple RBI in 13 ... went 3-3 with a double, two home runs and five RBI in the season opener against Cal State Northridgle (2/11) ... followed up with two hits, two RBI and a run scored in a win over North Texas later that day ... went 2-2 with a double, a home run and two RBI versus Portland State (2/12) ... registered a two-run home run and an RBI single against Nevada (2/13) ... totaled two hits, three RBI and a run scored in an 18-10 six-inning win against Utah State (2/18) ... was 3-3 with two home runs in the team's win over then-No. 23 BYU (2/19) ... registered three RBI and was a single shy of the cycle in a win over then-No. 24 Kentucky (2/26) ... hit .500 and racked up three RBI in a double-header versus Northwestern (3/21) ... tallied a season high four hits against UC Davis (3/22) ... registered her eighth home run of the year in a win over UCLA (4/10) ... totaled four hits, including two doubles, and three RBI in the three-game series versus Oregon State (4/15-17) ... registered a career high two stolen bases against the Beavers (4/16) ... totaled three hits and an RBI in the three-game series versus Washington (4/29-5/1) ... hit a three-run shot versus Santa Clara (5/3) for her ninth home run of the season ... hit a two-run home run and an RBI single in the team's upset win over No. 1 Arizona State (5/13) ... hit a two-run double in the team's NCAA tournament win over Pacific (5/20) ... tallied two hits and an RBI in the NCAA win over Fresno State (5/21) ... recorded an RBI in the regional final against Nebraska (5/22) ... earned Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention.
2011 Game-By-Game Statistics
As a Freshman in 2010: All Pac-10 Conference honorable mention ... selected to the All-Pac-10 Freshmen Team ... played and started all 56 games at either shortstop or pitcher ... led the team with 12 home runs, two triples and 47 RBI ... was second with a .607 slugging percentage and third with 58 hits ... paced the team with 12 multiple-RBI games and was second with 16 multiple-hit games ... went 3-3 in her collegiate debut, including a walk-off home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, against Texas A&M Corpus Christi (2/11) at the Paradise Classic ... twice hit consecutive home runs in back-to-back plate appearances (versus Texas A&M CC and at Cal State Fullerton) ... was 2-4 with a double and a RBI in the team's come-from-behind win over No. 21 Tennessee at the Cathedral City Classic ... went 3-4 with a double, two home runs, a career high five RBI and two runs scored at Cal State Fullerton (3/5) ... tallied a triple, a home run, four RBI and two runs scored in win over Cal Poly (3/21) ... provided the game-winning RBI on a fielder's choice in the team's 1-0 win in the Pac-10 opener against Cal (4/1) in 12 innings ... led the team with three hits, including a double and four RBI in a 8-0 five-inning win over Arizona State (5/1) ... tallied two hits, a RBI and drew two walks in three NCAA Regional games ... also made 13 appearances and six starts in the circle ... posted a 3-3 record with a 4.69 ERA ... earned her first collegiate win in a 3-2 decision over Saint Mary's (3/21) ... recorded her first career complete-game shutout against Arizona State (5/1) ... was the co-winner of the team's Rookie of the Year award.
2010 Game-By-Game Statistics
High School: A 2009 graduate of El Segundo High School in El Segundo, Calif. ... captained the team as a senior in 2009 ... a two-time ESPN/Under Armour National High School Softball All-American ... a four-time team MVP ... a three-time Pioneer League Most Outstanding Softball Player ... a four-time first-team all-CIF, all-area and all-league selection ... 2009 ESPN Rise/Cal Hi Sports State Player of the Year (medium schools) ... 2009 ESPN Rise Cal Hi Sports first-team all-state ... 2009 CIF Southern Section Division IV Player of the Year ... named the 2009 Daily Breeze Player of the Year ... 2008-09 ESPN Rise/Cal Hi Sports all-state Division III Athlete of Distinction ... 2009 El Segundo High School CIF Scholar Athlete of the Year ... named the 2009 West Coach Medicine Scholar Athlete of the Year ... selected as the 2008 El Segundo Herald Athlete of the Year ... 2007-08 ESPN Rise/Cal Hi Sports all-state Division III Athlete of the Year ... also earned four letters in soccer and one each in cross country and track ... a four-time first-team all-Pioneer League for soccer ... also earned all-area and all-CIF for soccer in 2006-07 and 2007-08 ... named the soccer team's most valuable player in 2006-07 and 2007-08 and the team's most outstanding player in 2008-09 ... team MVP for cross country in 2009.
Club: Played for the CA Cruisers Gold ... top-10 finishes at Gold Nationals in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ...finished first at the 2008 Regional Qualifier and at the 2009 Western Territory Qualifier.
Personal: Daughter of Gregory Rich and Colleen Glynn Rich ... has three sisters, Ciji (23), Crysta (22) and Rhianna (12) ... undecided on her major at Stanford ... sister Ciji plaed second base and outfield at Columbia University, earning second-team All-Ivy League in 2008 ... enjoys snowboarding, hiking, bike riding, reading, running and baking ... full name is Jenna Glynn Rich.
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EPA Seeks to Exempt Feedlots from Toxics Reporting
In a sop to large feedlot operators, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed exempting livestock farms from reporting dangerous air pollution from animal waste. The proposal would waive reporting requirements for pollutants such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide that originate from animal waste, but would maintain the requirements on other sources of these chemicals. The requirements, in place since the 1980s as part of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), mandate the reporting of releases that exceed 100 pounds per day.
This is "a huge favor for this industry," said Ed Hopkins of the Sierra Club, noting that the health risks from air pollutants are the same regardless of their source. Feeding operations may emit these pollutants at levels that far exceed the reporting threshold. According to Hopkins, the industry largely ignores the reporting requirements and pushed for the exemption after the Sierra Club successfully sued Tyson Foods over toxic air pollution from a chicken production facility in 2003. The EPA's Jon Scholl, who worked with the Illinois Farm Bureau for 25 years before joining the agency as policy counselor, said that the reporting requirements are "unnecessary, impractical, and unlikely" to protect public health. Public comments on the proposed change are due March 27 and may be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
UK Scientists Decry New Nuke Plans
A group of British scientists and academics last week condemned the government's plan to rapidly expand nuclear power, which would involve the construction of twenty new reactors by private firms. The Nuclear Consultation Group, made up of nineteen experts on environmental risk, radioactive waste management, and energy policy, reviewed the public consultation process used by the government to arrive at its decision and called the process a failure. The group issued a report that accuses the government of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of presenting biased and inaccurate information to the public during the consultation period, and of failing to address risks from radiation, disposal of nuclear waste and vulnerability to terrorist attack.
The scientists and some environmental organizations also accused the government of asking the public loaded questions in order to arrive at the desired mandate for nuclear expansion, and alleged that the market research firm contracted by the government to do the consultation broke the government's code of conduct. "We are profoundly concerned that the government's approach was designed to provide particular and limiting answers," said Paul Dorfman of the University of Warwick, who edited the report. Greenpeace has threatened to sue when the government formally announces the results of the consultation next week.
White Shoes, Not White Coats, Predominate at Rx Firms
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry claims that it spends more on scientific research than sales and promotion, but a new estimate by two Canadian researchers in the current issue of PLoS Medicine contends the industry spent $57.5 billion on marketing in 2004, which was 94 percent more than its R&D expenditures. Previous estimates, touted by the drug industry, have relied on company surveys. The new estimate included physician survey data, which showed direct-to-physician marketing (known as "detailing") cost $20.4 billion or nearly three times what companies previously reported. "Companies may not report some types of detailing, for example, the use of sales representatives for illegal off-label promotion; whereas doctors are not likely to distinguish between on- and off-label promotion and would report all encounters with sales representatives," wrote Marc-Andre Gagnon of University of Quebec at Montreal and Joel Lexchin of York University in Toronto. Drug companies spent nearly one of every four dollars they generated on marketing in 2004, or an average of $61,000 per physician, according to this latest estimate. "Promotion predominates over R&D in the pharmaceutical industry, contrary to the industry's claim," the authors wrote.
Yellowstone Threats Report Faulted
The National Park Service released a draft report on threats facing Yellowstone National Park that conservationists and retired park officials said ignores the latest scientific information on the state of the park's environment. The report was prepared for the United Nation's World Heritage Committee, which put the park on its endangered list in 1995. The Bush Administration removed Yellowstone from the list in 2003, but the World Heritage Committee requested that the park provide biennial progress reports on the threats responsible for the original listing. According to former National Park Superintendent Bill Wade and other critics, the government's latest report failed to acknowledge the threats posed to the park by global warming, sprawl, snowmobile use, and ranching interests in the park's vicinity, which have prompted the slaughter of bison to prevent brucellosis transmission to livestock.
According to Wade, the report found no problem with the levels of snowmobile use, even though scientists believe recently authorized levels will damage air quality and wildlife in the park. Similarly, the park's brucellosis eradication strategy-and the draft report's failure to critique that strategy-"continues to ignore the science of bison and brucellosis management, in favor of catering to livestock interests in Montana and Wyoming," according to Stephanie Seay of the Buffalo Field Campaign.
Odds and Ends
California and 15 other states sued the Bush Administration last week, seeking to overturn the EPA's denial of a state request to place tighter restrictions on auto greenhouse gas emissions. . . . Following just four healthy behaviors - not smoking, regular exercise, moderate drinking, and eating five fruits and vegetables daily - adds 14 years of life compared to people who follow none of those behaviors, a new study in PLoS Medicine shows. . . . Most of the free samples that drug companies hand out to physicians wind up in the hands of well-off and well-insured patients, not the poor and uninsured as often claimed by the industry, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health.. . . Lancet editor Richard Horton will head up the United Kingdom's Royal College of Physicians work group seeking better relations between doctors and drug companies. . . . The U.S. Institute of Medicine has set March 13-14 for its next public meeting in an ongoing study of conflict of interest in medical research, education and practice. Anyone who wishes to testify can sign up at the IOM website.


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ZF-11050: Zend_Queue can duplicate messages when using Postgres
There is wrong type chosen for "timestamp" as "real". It represents timestamp as 1.29716e+09 which is quite coarse and often leads to duplicate messages. The solution is to choose "double precision" or "bigint" with refactoring to integer value insted of float microtime.
I attach a patch which fixes Postgres schema
Index: Zend/Queue/Adapter/Db/postgresql.sql
--- Zend/Queue/Adapter/Db/postgresql.sql (revision 13905)
+++ Zend/Queue/Adapter/Db/postgresql.sql (working copy)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
handle character(32),
body character varying(8192) NOT NULL,
md5 character(32) NOT NULL,
- timeout real,
+ timeout double precision,
created integer,
CONSTRAINT message_pk PRIMARY KEY (message_id),
CONSTRAINT message_ibfk_1 FOREIGN KEY (queue_id)
This issue still exists in trunk. Can the maintainer of {{Zend_Queue}}, or someone else familiar with it's operation, please comment on the suggested fix? Are there any BC-break issues with changing the schema?
While this might fix the schema; unfortunately this issue would then exist in other schemas. The patch itself on this one would work appropriately; specifically speaking this mainly is only utilized when receiving messages (see Zend/Queue/Adapter/AdapterAbstract.php). Update during this method will store the microtime (result of microtime(true)) in which case he is correct. However, this should not lead to duplicate messages.
Fixed in trunk (25064) and release-1.12.1 (25065)


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First Stage of "Moving Beyond Earth" Opens at the National Air and Space Museum
Press Release
Wednesday November 18, 2009
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How can human spaceflight become routine, economical, practical and safe? How can a home and workplace be created in the extreme environment of space? What does the future hold for humans in space? Will people be able to travel to far-away worlds beyond the moon? Do the benefits of human spaceflight outweigh the risks and expense?
"Moving Beyond Earth," a new exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum, asks visitors to consider these questions and encourages them to follow the developing story of humans in space. The first stage of "Moving Beyond Earth" opens today, with 25 historical artifacts, a presentation center, two wall-size projections and six decision-making interactive displays. When completed in late 2011, the exhibition will highlight the space shuttle and international space station and look beyond to the various possibilities for future space exploration.
"People always ask us what spaceflight is 'really like,'" said Gen. J.R. "Jack" Dailey, director of the museum. "Our new exhibit 'Moving Beyond Earth' combines artifacts with computer-based interactives and live presentations to answer that question and inspire visitors of all ages."
"NASA and the Smithsonian capture the imagination of people everywhere across this great nation," said Lori Garver, NASA deputy administrator. "This new exhibition will inspire curiosity and create interest, especially for our young people, to go into science, technology, engineering and math careers."
The artifacts on display reflect the exhibition's three main themes: Moving into Space, Living and Working in Space and Envisioning our Future in Space. A 12-foot-tall space-shuttle model and other launch-vehicle models represent the quest for routine access to space. The Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement, COSTAR, brought back from the Hubble Space Telescope on the STS-125 mission, and the HST Power Control Unit Trainer, used by astronauts to practice the difficult task of replacing the electrical nerve center of the HST, convey the challenges of working in space, while the suit worn by space tourist Dennis Tito and a model Ares launch vehicle suggest future prospects for commercial spaceflight to the moon.
As visitors walk through the gallery, they are placed "in orbit" by an expansive view of the Earth that drifts over one gallery wall, while a fly-around tour of the international space station fills another wall. A presentation stage for live events, broadcasts and webcasts at the center of the gallery serves as the platform for SpaceFlight Academy, a group quiz game where visitors can test their space smarts and become "flight ready."
Visitors can also experience aspects of spaceflight through interactive computer kiosks where they can serve as mission control's flight director to keep a shuttle mission on track, equip a new module for the space station, manipulate and assemble space-station elements, explore the moon and Mars and match visitors' interests to jobs in the spaceflight workforce.
Support for "Moving Beyond Earth" is provided by NASA.
The National Air and Space Museum building on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is located at Sixth Street and Independence Avenue S.W. The museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center is located in Chantilly, Va., near Washington Dulles International Airport. Both facilities are open daily from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). Admission is free, but there is a $15 fee for parking at the Udvar-Hazy Center.


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Boston Pops Plays It Cool With Music from the Mad Men Era
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BRAVO! The Pops is always the best show in town! It has always been my favorite event in Boston. We had great table seats which made it even more special! The Boston Pops orchestra under the direction of Keith Lockhart makes your heart light and always puts a smile on your lips! I LOVE THE BOSTON POPS! Thanks to Goldstar for offering this fabulous show. I hope their will be more Pops offering this year! I had a fabulous time! Thank you!
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It was a terrific night at the Pops---diverse, fun music and a Sinatra clone crooning his heart out. What could be better?
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its inaugural concert on October 22, 1881, and has continued to uphold the vision of its founder, the businessman, philanthropist, Civil War veteran, and amateur musician Henry Lee Higginson, for well over a century. The Boston Symphony Orchestra has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, South America, and China; in addition, it reaches audiences numbering in the millions through its performances on radio, television, and recordings. It plays an active role in commissioning new works from today's most important composers; its summer season at Tanglewood is regarded as one of the world's most important music festivals; it helps develop the audience of the future through BSO Youth Concerts and through a variety of outreach programs involving the entire Boston community; and, during the Tanglewood season, it sponsors the Tanglewood Music Center, one of the world's most important training grounds for young composers, conductors, instrumentalists, and vocalists. The orchestra's virtuosity is reflected in the concert and recording activities of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, one of the world's most distinguished chamber ensembles made up of a major symphony orchestra's principal players, and the activities of the Boston Pops Orchestra have established an international standard for the performance of lighter kinds of music. Overall, the mission of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is to foster and maintain an organization dedicated to the making of music consonant with the highest aspirations of musical art, creating performances and providing educational and training programs at the highest level of excellence. This is accomplished with the continued support of its audiences, governmental assistance on both the federal and local levels, and through the generosity of many foundations, businesses, and individuals.


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The mission of Saddleback College's Basic Skills Initiative is to explore, identify, and address the needs of basic skills students. BSI funding allocations directly support a coordinated expansion of academic and student support services that will facilitate the successful transition of basic skills students into college-level coursework.
Approved as of January 29th: BSI Mission and Core Values
BSI Coordinator and Co-chair for 2015 - 2016
Coordinator: Christina Hinkle, Director of Learning Assistance
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BSI Administrative Support
Administrative Support: Christie Smead
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BSI Project Information
Additional Funding Sources: Student Equity and DSPS can and will be used to augment BSI projects that align with their criteria.
Statewide Basic Skills Report: Due on July 31, 2015
Saddleback College Statistics
- Instructional Offerings: Fall 2012, 2013, and 2014
- Developmental Education - Basic Skills: Fall 2012, 2013, and 2014
BSI Meeting Dates/Highlights for 2015 - 2016
BSI Meeting Dates for 2015-2016 will be held in LRC 337 (unless otherwise stated) from 3 pm to 4:30 pm and are as follows:
Meeting Dates for Fall 2015
- Thursday, October 8 – Regular Committee Mtg.
- Thursday, November 12 - Regular Committee Mtg.
- December - Happy Holidays (No Meeting.)
Meeting Dates for Spring 2016
- Thursday, February 11 - Regular Committee Mtg.
- Thursday, March 10 - Regular Committee Mtg. Location to be confirmed
- Thursday, April 14 - Regular Committee Mtg. Location to be confirmed
BSI Resources
- Basic Skills Allocations by District/College for 2014 - 2015
- Saddleback College - Basic Skills Projects for 2011 - 2015
BSI Committee Members for 2015 - 2016
|Sumaya McCleave, MS&E
|Sarah Chang, CS
|Penny Skaff, CS
|Bruce Gilman, LA
|Marina Aminy, OELR
|Leslie Humphrey-Quirk, Outreach
|Carrie Goulding, LA
|Michael Hoggatt, TC &SP
|Janet Bagwell, LA
|Chris McDonald, MS&E
|Kevin O'Connor, LA
|Cadence Wynter, SBS
|Deanna Valdez, MS&E
|Christina Hinkle, OELR
|Maria Teresa Romero, SBS
|Jack Beckham, LA
|Estella Castillo-Garrison, CE, E & K12
|Julie McGirr, LA
|Cora Swanson, OELR
Pertinent Reading Materials for Basic Skills
A Guide to Transforming Basic Skills Education in Community Colleges, Inside and Outside the Classroom.
Saddleback College - Five Year Cycle - BSI Student Success and Retention Rates
Basic Skills Student Support and Resources
California Community College Chancellor's Office - Basic Skills Progress Tracker


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Once Tom Cruise's plucky onscreen spouse (and Michael Douglas's sexy shrink), Jeanne Tripplehorn now says she's got the best job in town: learning all about sharing on HBO's hit series Big Love.
For the third time in the past hour, Jeanne Tripplehorn opens the oven door in the white-tiled kitchen of her Hollywood Hills home and squints at a tray of browning oats, slivered almonds and sunflower seeds. She's trying to re-create the taste of the homemade granola that her Earth Shoe–wearing hippie mom, Suzanne, prepared and shipped in vast care-package quantities to Tripplehorn during her four years in the drama division of the Juilliard School. "She used to send me bags, and I just lived on it," says Tripplehorn, adding that her most recent attempt at making the high-energy cereal culminated in a memorable lesson in the chemistry of sun-dried fruit. "I put in the raisins with everything else at the beginning, and they blew up. They looked like ticks," she says. Then they exploded and collapsed into shriveled, flattened bits. "Today, I will remember to put them in close to the last."
Dressed in blue jeans and a striped button-down shirt, her hair pulled back in a hasty ponytail, Tripplehorn, 45, looks a lot like Barb Henrickson, the character she plays on HBO's acclaimed series Big Love, now in its third season. Except for one thing: She's alone. Her son, six-year-old August, and her husband of eight years, actor Leland Orser, are out of the house. On Big Love, which offers a glimpse into the hectic days and logistically complicated nights of a family of modern polygamists in Utah, a mealtime scene typically positions Barb at the center of a small crowd, barking out orders as she supervises the feeding of her extended clan: husband Bill (Bill Paxton), her three biological kids, her husband's younger wives (Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin) and their ever-growing broods.
For all the comic opportunities afforded by her role as a bossy first spouse, however, Tripplehorn gets the most praise from critics for the subtle gestures, expressions and vocal inflections with which she conveys that this team marriage is not a life Barb ever imagined for herself.
"You can see her brain working things out; you see how conflicted she is in this extraordinary situation," says TV critic Gillian Flynn, who has written about Big Love for Entertainment Weekly. "For me, the show would not work without her in that role, because she's the person you need to empathize with. She's extremely genuine, and she makes it all entirely grounded and believable."
A Big Problem With Big Love
Having agreed to play Barb, Tripplehorn considered opting out just before production on the pilot began in May 2004 because she didn't understand why a woman would share her cherished husband with two "sister-wives." "I mean, honestly! Who does that?" she sputters. "I got cold feet." She called an orange alert meeting with Big Love's creators, Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, announcing to them with rising panic: "I hate Barb."
"We had to talk her off the ledge," recalls Scheffer, adding that eventually Tripplehorn came to see the character as they did: a sort of have-it-all protofeminist whose sister-wives double as live-in help in raising her family, which allows her enough independence to return to her job as a teacher. After that, Barb came alive.
"I looked at Barb as the greatest control freak," Tripplehorn says, "and I think one of the lessons she is learning over the series is to let go and focus on herself." The character's backstory, she notes, is that "Barb thought she was going to die, so she was handpicking her husband's next wives. Then she lived. From there, it had to be about the love of family." (This season a similar dynamic played out, as Barb feared her cancer had returned.)


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Suspended Rider returns to the Peloton but can we move on & Doping Panel Discussion
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Don't miss the Panel Discussion at Retul Wednesday Night!
This week we come full circle in the impact of doping in our own local community, as of November 24, Chuck Coyle is a free man and can race again, this after having served a 2 year sanction by USADA. Chuck was one of the first of few who have so far been busted by the the famous list of Joe Papp. The last suspended rider to return to the peleton, Todd Roberson so far has not been welcomed very well given some of the comments from fellow riders. Once someone is suspend for such an act are they branded for life or can the cycling community find ways to move on?
Some say that say that it's the silence of the riders that prevents them from moving on. Some won't talk but Chuck did share a few words with us
Chuck racing Sunday
I am really excited to get back out and race again. I wouldn't wish the situation I was in on anyone but it ended up being a blessing in disguise. It helped put a lot of things into perspective for me, remind me of what is important and who my true friends are. There are many who once finished racing professionally stop racing all together. That is not me, I love the competition and pushing myself. I don't ride 1/4 of what I once did but still love competing....I'm just further back in the pack now.
See you at the races!
Before you scroll down to the 'Add Comment' link lets stop to think about all that has happened in the last 2 years in cycling, for starters the Lance Armstrong and the world around him has come crashing down, a Grand Fondo guy gets nailed for doping and USADA is coming to Colorado. Progress to clean up our sport is moving forward but dopers in the amateur fields in Colorado still exist according to a very good source of mine but does writing done of hateful comments clean up the sport or threatening to "push him into a ditch make you better"? I say, let's look forward to clean up the sport, welcome USADA to Colorado races and events and support those teams, organization and promoters who do what they can to ensure that we have a healthy growing sport for the future.
Come to the Panel Discussion on Doping Wednesday
Come to Retul in Boulder or Listen to it live where George Thomas of Over the Top Radio leads a panel discussion with a select set of panelist and from the audience on the topic
Location: Retul
5445 Conestoga Court #100
Time 6:30 pm
Panelist include
Timmy Duggan: Reigning US Pro Road Champion, 2012 Olympic Team 2012 World's Team currently racing with Team Saxo-Tinkoff
Michael Aisner: Director Red Zinger Classic, Announcer, Promoter. Influential in the sport since the early 80s and, in my opinion, a perfect voice for where cycling has been, where it is now and where it's going.
Ruthie Matthes: National Champion in multiple road and mountain events, World Champion MTB, Olympic Team member. Ruthie offers a unique perspective on this topic as someone who built her sport and saw changes as it grew.
Shawn Heidgen: Shawn raced professionally and stayed clean at the height of the EPO years. Amazing stories. She works for Training Peaks and analyzes TdF power data from selected racers.
Don Powell: Don is owner and president of Panache Cyclewear. He cut his legs in the gutters of Belgium, racing several seasons as a professional rider before finishing his career riding in the US for Saab.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
You tell someone they're part of the problem for saying they know masters racers are doping--then say you suspect racers who have coaches or teammates who are doctors??? Srsly?
Points: 33
inherently suspicious guy...
Submitted by just another racer (not verified) on
Really? As someone who likely races alongside you at/near the pointy end and who is on a club that's probably slightly bigger than your "tiny club", I think it's fair to say we are all just a bunch of amateur hacks, having fun doing something that's far more enjoyable than the dreaded 4 letter word "work". To suggest that "elite coaches and member/sponsors who can write prescriptions" would risk their reputation on a bunch of people racing for fun seems dumb. I'm guessing that they, like you and I, have some degree of integrity as well. This is the Boulder area, so it's not like you're not going to find people associated with the industry racing and sponsoring teams - it makes sense. To neglect the fact that those same people may simply enjoy racing and riding and themselves also seems dumb. Your comment sounds the same as being suspicious of the person who beats you simply because he won and you didn't. The fact that there have been a few individuals caught does trouble me... it's not cool on any level at all... but I wouldn't race if I didn't think I had a fair shot at competing and possibly winning, and I think I can say that I have a fair shot if I train consistently, eat healthy and come mentally prepared to race. We all have different talent levels, and some of the people we race against are certainly far more talented than I am, and perhaps you as well. Some of us get by on maybe 6hrs a week and some can pull off 15hrs. From my vantage point, what seems to win races most of the time is a team of good riders committed to the team's tactics - when you compare that to a "tiny club"... it is a challenge, but man, we're still all just a bunch of amateurs and I don't think it's productive to sling inherent suspicious around based on what you've said here.
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I'm all for letting the
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I'm all for letting the dopers back in with a fresh start when the following has been completed:
All titles / wins stripped
All prize money earned returned
All money earned from endorsements returned
All items gained through sponserships such as bikes, components, clothing, etc., paid back to the sponser at full retail value
Any travel expenses and monies paid to the rider returned
I want them to lose everything they gained by cheating other riders. Then, and only then, would I welcome a doper back to the peloton. Has Coyle giving everthing back? Doubtfull. Until that happens I would piss on him if he was on fire.
Points: 11
If anyone has taken the time
Submitted by SM (not verified) on
If anyone has taken the time to get to know Chuck (while serving his suspension) I would wager that the comments thus far would have a different flavor. I met him (as did many of my friends) through cycling and have found him to be just the type of person I want to be affiliated with and friends with both on and off the bike. If people do not know the complete story of what happened without speaking to the man himself may I state that the sarcastic comments are without merit.
Points: 3
The Ambassador CC comment was
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
The Ambassador CC comment was not wothout merit and I hope it was not taken the wrong way. I completely agree with you. The mayor has been a great ambassador for our sport and I look forward to riding with him again.
Points: 3
Kris - you seem to have a
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Kris - you seem to have a weird infatuation with Todd. Great blog but given you can't seem to get Todd out of your head, I hope you don't have some dark closet with candles burning and photos of Todd pasted all over the place.
Welcome back Chuck, Todd and anyone else for that matter that may get caught and come back post suspension.
Points: 7
Nope, not even sure why you think that
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
But I do agree, welcome back Chuck! (Todd has been back for awhile now)
Points: 9
Wlecome back all that have
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Wlecome back all that have served their time.
Now if you got amnesty or had your sentence delayed until after your retirement ... that is different.
Points: 2
What is it with you people
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
What is it with you people and all this welcome back crap? Todd Robertson is a lying cheating idiot. Chuck Coyle is certainly not an ambassador to the sport of cycling in my mind. He cheated the sport, his fellow racers, spectators, sponsors and everyone else. They are both like a bad penny that just won't go away.
As a racer and a cyclist, I am not too keen on being involved in a sport, or a race, that these two participate in once again. If I have to, I will race with them but I will hate every minute of it! And, I will never respect them. Think I will stick to MTB racing in 2013.
Losers in the game of life, both of them.
Points: 5
Have fun MTB racing. Poor
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Have fun MTB racing. Poor boy. All upset with dopers. Get a life and watch for rocks.
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ill take both of you
make love not war god. you laid down your bow of war long ago, that's why we have pretty rainbows as a sign of peace.
I dunno adam, while I'm by no means defending walrus, whatsherfaces post did have an overly condescending tone that was quite obnoxious.
I don't know why you started a rant on acronyms anyway.
I really don't understand why this happens. Whenever i get into any argument with anyone, i am able to prove i am correct to anyone that isn't the person i'm directly speaking to. It's not that i'm wrong, it's that they're a thick headed idiot. I will say something, and back it up with examples, and the person i'm directly engaged with just doesn't acknowledge it.
Let's use Tim as an example. Me and tim got into a scuffle on the old forum. I proved i was correct on what i was talking about. Tim was totally off topic and attacking me instead of talking about the issue i was talking about. Then he has the balls to walk around saying 1-0 against me? Hardly. I even brought the discussion up a second time and tore his statements apart, and being a thick headed type, tim just ignored it entirely. I got everyone that mattered but the guy i was talking to to admit i was right. Even Dogar said i was. He says i conceded when he actually did first. If conceding is admitting you're giving up then he clearly did that first. He said he wasn't responding to any posts anymore. Then he tells everyone he beat me and he's better? Not true. I have proven time and again to be the force of debating power on this forum. I have even gone to other forums to prove how skilled i am. FFH? That was all me. I was the only one to piss off the staff so bad with my superior skills that instead of banning me, they decided to rape my profile and destroy every post i made. That should say something about how bad i hit them. Tim didn't get that treatment.
Really, the only reason i didn't have everyone on earth on my side against that gay (yes it's gay now) argument is that Tim just has a massive rep that no one wants to fuck with. Cowards. Tim, you didn't beat me. Stop saying it. Saying jk and giving me kiss faces doesn't mean it's ok. You say you do it to rattle my chain. Why? What good comes from anything besides your own personal amusement to piss me off. I don't do that to you or anyone. Have i ever got in someones face saying i kicked their ass? No. I have came out on top in every argument i have been in on this forum.
So this is it folks. I'm done. No more in your face opinions from me. I can't get retards to understand. They love to be dense and just keep thinking they're right. I'm tired of it. What is the point of even discussing anything if no one is willing to listen. I mean come on. Recently i heard someone say "Yea you can have examples and facts but try saying something truthful instead". Are you kidding? Facts MAKE truth. Examples and stuff back what you're saying. It makes me dizzy thinking about it. I don't understand the logic at all. How am i able to prove i'm right to everyone else but the person that is on the other end? It defies belief. Well it definately isn't worth it anymore. No more arguing from me. You have an opinion, fine. You want my opinion, fine. You argue my opinion, i'm not responding. You can call yourself right or victorious or however the fuck you do it. I don't care anymore. Really it's just not worth the effort to even try when you don't listen. It doesn't matter how many examples i bring. It doesn't matter how much of your statement i destroy. It doesn't matter if i prove you wrong on every single point you state. If you don't look at it logically and take your head of your ass, you aren't worth the time.
It all ties back to my rule. I am not allowed to get mad, which i'm thinking about changing to "Adam cannot disagree with anything". It certainly sounds that way. Everytime someone pisses me off and i tell them, i'm wrong. Regardless of examples and facts, i am never right to be mad. What's even more stupid is that when i do get mad, i feel bad about it afterwards. That's retarded that i'm the only one with a good heart. You think i'm running my mouth or i'm joking but i'm not. I swear on my life that whenever i get mad at someone, they say i shouldn't. I'm supposed to just sit here and get walked on. Fine. I won't get mad anymore either. I'll start treating people the same way they treat me, fuck being nice it doesn't work. You know the funny part? People will be bitching at me that i'm an asshole. I can tell them this is how you treat me and they say "NO ur jus gay". Something like that. I don't get how we can live in a world full of greedy thick headed dumbasses. Everyone can't always be right all the time. That defies logic, someone has to be wrong. For some reason, in spite of overwhelming evidence, examples, 3rd party testimony and other stuff, i have to be wrong. That's just not fair at all.
I didn't mean to offend you in any way, nor did I mean to imply that you can't get angry. I mean no malice and tried to state my opinion on OBI's post as politely as I could. There were no hard feelings on my part, but apparently you felt differently, and I apologize if I came off as being an asshole or anything like that.
However, I think some of the pushback you see when arguing with people is natural. If someone confronts your opinion, of course you want to argue back and prove your point. It doesn't necessarily mean you're wrong when they argue; it just means that person thinks differently from you.
Once again, I meant no malice. You can feel the way you want about the issue, but just remember I meant no harm.
oh geez fullmetal
let's let the people decide
both our last posts on the matter:
my last post:
fullmetals last postQuote:
don't say "i was just joking" because that's really frustrating when you argue this against me for 2 days and are clearly interested, then when i start getting serious you play it off.
it wasnt even an argument to begin with, you made it one. in the begining it was just one run on sentance on aim. reread where i talked about joking, i was saying it in response to you saying i "went on with crap like this" or something, when it was just one sentance on aim and i said NO MORE of the whole thing, except to joking say im better than you after you originally conceded.
i was never attacking your character, i was making a comparison.
Simple tim, you're biased. This arguements done, thanks for playing. Stop bringing it up plzkthx
I'd go as far as to say this shows you know you're fighting a losing battle, since you only go to hostility like this when you either don't like the person or are trying to indimidate someone you think might beat you. i never brought it up, you rebrough it up after thinking about it all day.
when HM doesn't like something he flames people instead of discussing it.
This is the intial thing, you overreacted. Yeah he flamed, really i wouldnt even call them flames, just small remarks meant to annoy the person they were directed at, you jumped at it and thought it would start a war, and even admitted you were overreacting.
the overcomplexising and circularness is almost at ffh level here right now. if you'll make another of those type posts ill forget it and you can call it a victory if you want because these are really just headache inducing to respond to
yes i said i would have conceded. i said i'd concede because you were being thick and circular and such. it was meant to give you self doubt and give me some kind of moral high ground. apparently it worked, if you wanted to you could have just made another one of those big posts and walked away winning, but since i said that i made you think you were wrong yourself.That's much better. Pride or not i'm satisfied i at least tried. Obviously i dont like losing
Buuuut this is much better to me than the 1 line shut down on aim. Analyzed me pretty well too. The biased response was phenominal. That required some human insight to say that back.
No amount of word twisting, traps and backdoor loop logic was going to win this one i guess. Yes i will agree once more, i overreacted. I saw something i didnt like, i said wtf, people said who cares, so i made it a big deal. Ouchness.
Hopefully next time this happens it can be on something significant and opinionated instead of me doing something stupid and trying to justify it.
Good show tim. :*
and dont take this up the ass. im not trying to insult you or piss you off here. just trying to bring it up once and for all because it gets brought up constantly.
actually here is the one page where the whole argument takes place
DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WHO IS THE VICTOR. if everyone says fullmetal won i will never bring it up again. http://pdream.proboards48.com/index....431878&page=18
I'd say tim won that one judging solely off the last post. Deciding to stop an argument doesn't mean you lose, the other guy could be thick headed and not shut the fuck up despite the fact their logic is flawed and they sound like a 12 year old (http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/view...0453203&page=4 case and point).
I'm not sure why either of you care.
i never cared much, i just brought up "i beat fullmetal" as a joke but then when someone makes a retaliatory post like he did just a couple posts up a feel the need to BRING IT UP AGAIN!!
I thought you were joking around, but this made me reconsider.
i always was joking around, but fullmetals latest post pretty much tore be down completely with EVERYTHING YOU SAID WAS WRONG AND EVERYTHING I SAID WAS RIGHT so i felt like getting this score settled once and for all!
Tim, in respect for Adam's feelings, maybe you shouldn't bring it up. Just out of respect.
i would hardly ever bring it up if he never made retaliatory posts likedont take it up the ass and take it like the joke its meant to be ugh. its not like a bring it up just to piss him off, or even just to rattle his chain or whatever. its just a joking thing like hehe i beat the forums best arguer in a small topic that is meaningless and no one really cares about. it was a stupid topic and its not like i think im totally above him because i won this one little meaningless thing no one cares about.I proved i was correct on what i was talking about. Tim was totally off topic and attacking me instead of talking about the issue i was talking about. Then he has the balls to walk around saying 1-0 against me? Hardly.
I'm not saying that you didn't win or whatever. I don't care who won personally. But obviously he's bothered by it, and so I think it would be nice if no one mentioned it. You can have another triumph later.
take it to IM, I'd hate to see this thread ravaged by a titan clash ><"
I wouldn't do shit like this if tim wouldn't say it anymore. First time i never made any retaliating posts til one day he started telling walrus he beat me in every thread they were about to debate on.
Fuck you guys i totally won that i'm not being a thick headed moron.
You guys are thick headed. No one sees what i see. I don't understand how you can be so god damn dense. Look. I was on topic. He was not. He never responded to any of my points with anything other than personal attacks. The last post felt like a friendship card got played against me. I made a totally new thread on it explaining it and no one even bothered. In all terms of debating standards i kicked the shit out of him. It was because he never responded to points, only attacked me. If you guys can't see that then lots of luck to you.
I'm done fuck this shit.
except when you said i was rightn all terms of debating standards i kicked the shit out of him.
okay thats the last joke relating to this on me. from now on the debate is stricken from the record and never happened.
That would be a good start.