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The early arguments were that age group triathletes do not have the bike handling skills necessary for safe racing.
The age group athletes that participate in USA and UCI cycling events seem to manage reasonably well.
If a draft-legal triathlon race was available, would you like to participate? Voice your opinion on the community board here.
I'd definitely give it a shot. Drafting is such an integral part of cycling strategy that I think it would add a whole new dynamic to age group racing.
Sure, there are people who would argue that triathlon is an "individual" sport that tests what one person can do on their own. But those are probably the same people who spend thousands on aero equipment, let alone the actual bike. It can be disheartening to pass someone on an uphill, only to have them speed by on the downhill or flats as they're tucked in the aero position churning away at their disc wheels. Put everyone on the same bike if you truly want to test individual ability.
True, many age groupers seem to have trouble with the stay-on-the-right rule, let alone the bike-handling skills needed to ride fast in a group. But perhaps race directors can start the event with a draft-legal wave.
The triathlon competition at the Beijing Olympics pretty clearly demonstrated what's wrong with draft legal triathlons.
In the women's race, we saw an American swimmer break away on the swim, creating a minute (or so) gap on the field. Her reward for that effort was to fry her legs in a futile attempt to maintain that gap on a solo bike ride. Meanwhile, the remainder of the field formed a peloton and rode her down with little effort.
In the men's race we saw two Swiss(?) riders break away from the main pack and create a minute or two gap. It was instructive to watch the Swiss riders pedaling furiously, while some riders in the chase pack were actually coasting in the draft. The Swiss riders managed to maintain their gap into t2, whereupon they were almost immediately (within the first lap) run down by the chase group.
What's clear from those two examples is that the draft-legal format eliminates any incentive for strong swimmers and cyclists to push their advantage. Why push yourself if the result is either 1) you tow your competitors to the start of the next event or 2) you put yourself in the position of having to work harder than your competitors to maintain the same pace?
Drafting essentially reduces triathlon to a 10 K run with an eighty minute warmup. No thanks.
I think referencing only one race is misleading. In the years 200-2004, the USA women (Lindquist and Taromina) made their mark on the sport by being strong swimmers, then getting in a breakaway (together or with women from other countries) to put a huge gap on the peloton. They would most often, be rewarded by a strong lead on the run to end up on the podium.
In Athens, the men that let the breakaway go and sat in on the main peloton got nothing. Those that were in the break were on the podium - strong in all three sports, these men were rewarded. The women's race was slightly different with Allen as the spoiler, but the women that were strong and worked in the top two breakaways ended up on the podium (Williams and Harrop).
Hilly bike courses discourage the issues you (tripolson) point out.
I think the difference between the level of competition in Olympic/ITU races and age group races is pretty significant. The professionals are fast, well-trained and know exactly what they're doing. That's not always the case in your average Olympic-distance tri.
That said, I think draft-legal races would benefit the all-around triathlete and might even give the edge to stronger swimmers and cyclists. Imagine a fast swimmer coming out of the water and executing a quick transition. If they can form a paceline with other fast swimmers, they'll begin putting distance between them and the competition. A slow swimmer must then either be really, really good on the bike or must suck the wheels of others that he can keep up with and hope they catch the lead group.
And as Gale mentioned, don't forget about hills. They'll further seperate the good cyclists from the not-so-good. Transitions also become more important, as racers will want to make sure they don't miss out on getting in with a good group of riders. Knowing you need to be right with the leaders throughout the first two legs of the race will make it anything but an 80-minute warm-up.
Perhaps the biggest drawback to a draft-legal race is that many people won't be allowed to use their tri bikes. Though ITU racers use clip-on aerobars on a road bike, tri bikes probably shouldn't be ridden in a pack. Essentially, this will force triathletes to become better cyclists, rather than time trial specialists.
As I swimmer I welcome ITU format of racing... but as a coach and triathlete it should stay as individual time trial challenge.. but is it really individual?
Do you remember when Chris McCormack and Norman Stadler fight who draft and who did not? True is both DID! I am swimmer (recently 3th men overall out of water in IM Luisville) where I could not ask for a better conditions in a water as a former swimmer... calm, warm, non-wetsuit, light current, 2 pace makers ahea of me... Yes I had bad race overall, but true is it saved me more then 2 or 3 minutes of my overall time in a water and lots of energy on the bike this draft behind Chris Haut and Andrew Johns...
There is drafting allowed in the water and on the run but there is not allowed drafting on the bike.... is it fair? It is just fact
I would like to see who would be the best of all in REAL individual time trial - both Olympic and Ironman distances
drafting in the water makes a different, but there was never big debate about that, which makes me sad, because most sprint triathlon shorten the swimming (due to atract more people - including the race I am directing) but there is not many triathlons with a shorter bike course...
As a competitive cyclist for more than 30 years recently turned triathlete I take issue with the "early" statement that only elite triathletes have the bike handling skills to cope with a draft legal triathlon road race ,ha ha is that supposed to be a joke, where did they get these skills, I did not see any in evidence at the Olympics?
Personally I would prefer if triathlons did not allow drafting as I enjoy time trialling ( the race of truth) more than road racing so I guess I am happy to be an age grouper where it is not an issue. Generally a good bike rider can do both well , i.e look at Lance.
Unless you have a team around you that allows team tactics to come into play such as was the case at the Olympics to a limited extent, I don't think your typical triathlon is going to turn into the Tour de France with teams pitted against each other if drafting is allowed. In most amateur level bike road races there is stil plenty of opportunity for strong lone riders to breakaway by attacking at the right moment so no one should worry if drafting suddenly becomes legal. Typically these winning riders will have time trialling and bunch racing skills so I guess if drafting becomes widely allowed people will just have to incorporate some new skills into their workouts , i.e , learning to ride above threshold for short periods and recover fast , riding in bunches, and learning when and when not to attack. Note there is also a world of difference between Pro level bike racing where teams tactics are fine tuned (everyone one has a specific job to do) and even top level amateur bike road racing.
I watched both the mens and womens olympic events and thought the draftining ruined the bike sections.
PS I assume only "elite only" events allow drafting, e.g .how could drafting for just the elites be allowed in your typicall event where elites and non elites go off in waves. What happens if one or two slower elites get caught by the front of the following wave behind them ? It would be unreasonable for the elite to be able to draft off other riders and not vice a versa ?
Good questions about how all of this would work - I suspect that is part of the problem with doing draft-legal races for age groupers. The event would take all day because race directors would have to separate age groups (or categories, as in cycling) to keep groups from mixing.
That typed, I know that differnent groups do end up drafting each other in cycling events.
Has anyone been in a non-drafting triathlon where different age groups end up drafting off of each other? For example, I know of a very competitive female triathlete that will not do certain races. (Flat courses where it is difficult to enforce drafting and apparently athletes take the stance of "everybody else is doing it".) She is a reasonably good swimmer and a very strong cyclist, with a reasonably good run. The wave start structure is such that faster men are behind the women's waves. When the men begin gaining positions on the bike - other men, and women, "jump on the train". They justify their actions by claiming that "everyone" is drafing - which is not true. The athlete I know loses her advantage from the bike while the cheaters prosper. There just aren't enough officials to catch the the cheaters.
Has anyone been in a race with blatent drafting?
I would never participate in a draft legal event. My view of triathlon racing is that the strongest on the bike and the run should win the event. Draft legal levels the playing field and turns triathlon into a swim run race. If they turned Ironman into draft legal, I'd probably turn to Ultra running.
my view with draft legal events is more about our competitiveness in the world competition. Drafting is legal in the ITU format of racing but not in the USAT format. I believe this puts our athletes at a disadvantage when it comes to the world stage: for example in the ITU championships etc but the fact that ITU has a relationship with Olympic committee and the race format there. I can't remember who said it above but it truly becomes a foot race from what I have seen. You stay within the lead group in the swim, get in the pelaton for the ride and kill it on the run. So it does become a foot race. Not racing in this format on a regular basis obviously makes it harder to figure out what ones strategy during the race should be, or how one should train.
Having said that, if for example I wanted to qualify the the ITU worldchampionships which now have a sprint championship.. It would be absolutely necessary for me to get used to that format, so yes I would definately participate. Realistically, if drafting is legal, the bike portion of the race should then be made a little more difficult to separate the individuals some. Just my $0.02
I don't agree that the strongest on the bike and the run should win. I think that the way that standard triathlons are setup, those athletes that are the fastest runners tend to win the events even if they are only moderately good at swimming and cycling. I guess this is a whole different discussion in and of itself.
Hey Timeyo ~
You are right, we need races for our junior, Under-23s and elites to practice skills and tactics. If we expect to be competitive, our athletes need the skills and savvy to race well.
ActiveRD ~ If you look at percentage of time spent at each sport - swimmers lose out for sure. I agree with your general assesment - a fast runner can be moderately good at the other two sports and still end up on the podium (in many cases). A very strong cyclist must also be a very strong swimmer to gain enough time to not be slaughtered on the run - but - as I mentioned above, percentage of time is really small for the swim.
On another separate note, there is a race in Colorado "My way or the tri way" where you can do the events in any order you please. I haven't done the race myself, but there's been good comments about it.
That sounds real interesting. It must throw a whole new strategy at folks if everyone chooses their order of events! Thanks for the clarification Gale, I do agree that swimmers lose out. I personally feel like being a solid runner can take you a long way in triathlon, whereas if you come into triathlon with little experience as a runner, you can get trounced. Being a good biker is great, but being a good runner is (in my opinion) priceless.
I think a lot of it come down to the exact distances, swimming loses out as relatively speaking it is the shortest discipline, maybe that section should be longer . As a biker I keep my eyes open for events where the bike section is maybe slightly longer than standrd, eg a sprint tri with a 40K bike leg. However that said the person who wins is usually very good at all 3 pursuits, I don't think you can win at top level and have a really bad discipline.
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Container Store chairman and CEO Kip Tindell is writing a book appropriately titled Organization with Heart.
My guess is that Tindell, 59, will be revealing. He can tell a good story. (He was an English major at the University of Texas at Austin.) And he certainly has passion for the topic.
The book will be published in fall 2013 by Hachette Book Group's Business Plus, an imprint of its Grand Central Publishing division.
Many have studied companies like The Container Store and Southwest Airlines for their corporate culture and secret sauce. Over the past 13 years it's been on Fortune's Magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For."
Tindell co-founded the chain of 54 store in 1978 in Dallas so he has the whole story in his head.
He's also going to cover Conscious Capitalism, a movement that Tindell has been instrumental in advancing along with Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and others.
Both companies follow tenets of Conscious Capitalism, an approach to business that puts stakeholders such as employees and customers first, in order to be profitable.
Tindell's co-author is Fortune and Money magazines contributing writing Paul Keegan.
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When I said, as I did the other day, that I cannot imagine telling the story of my family's life or narrating my experience of motherhood without the use of photographs and video, this is the kind of thing that I had in mind. This is what I can't imagine doing without. Videos like the one above tell you more about Jasper, more efficiently, in images than I could ever tell you in words. I think.
I mean, I could describe to you, in words, his popped collar and his deck shoes and the fact that he reminds one, a little, of Kevin Bacon in Footloose, if Kevin Bacon were three feet tall and Footloose had been filmed in the ladies' restroom at the Bowmanville East Side Marios. I could find some pretty good adjectives to describe his peculiar little hip-shimmy and his clever little foot shuffle, and I could probably describe, decently well, the way that music – 'Say It Isn't So,' by Hall & Oates, which, really, is a diabolically ear-wormy little tune – bounced off the bathroom tiles and echoed throughout the room and made me feel as though I was hiding out from my junior prom, if I'd attended my junior prom with a dancing three year old in tow.
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PISGAH FOREST— Perry Lee Sitton, 76, of Pisgah Forest, passed away Nov. 26.
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OAKLAND -- The Warriors are headed back to Los Angeles with a chance to close out a first-round playoff series with a win at Staples Center on Saturday.
The Warriors earned that right after their foul- and injury-plagued squad held off the Clippers 100-99 on Thursday at Oracle Arena in a win that knotted the series at three games apiece.
"I like my chances because I've got a group of guys that wants to do whatever it takes to win," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said.
In a series filled with twists and turns, the Warriors gutted out a win despite losing big man Jermaine O'Neal to an injury and seeing David Lee foul out.
Stephen Curry scored a game-high 24 points and added nine assists, fulfilling his promise that he would keep on asserting himself on offense despite previous difficulty.
Draymond Green notched yet another playoff double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds, providing a challenge for Blake Griffin on defense.
Jamal Crawford came off the bench to lead the Clippers with 19 points, with Matt Barnes adding 18.
Blake Griffin had 17 points, nine rebounds and five assists before fouling out as he shot only 8 for 24 from the field.
DeAndre Jordan added nine points and 19 rebounds to go along with four blocks as he continued to control the paint.
A limping Chris Paul played through a right hamstring injury that hampered him throughout the game and limited him to nine points and eight assists on 3-for-10 shooting. Darren Collison added 12 points playing major minutes in place of Paul.
Crawford hit a 3-pointer to cut the Warriors' lead to 96-92 with under two minutes remaining, and Barnes got the Clippers even closer with a layup.
Harrison Barnes drew a blocking foul on J.J. Redick with 55.6 seconds left, allowing Barnes to hit two free throws and give the Warriors a 100-96 lead. He had a rebound on the other end off a missed Paul layup attempt.
The Warriors turned it over, but the Clippers missed three shots before Matt Barnes hit a 3-pointer with just 1.1 seconds remaining.
Curry missed free throws with four-tenths of a second left as the clock expired.
Redick hit a 3-pointer to cut the Warriors' lead to 93-89 but then missed on his next try. The Warriors capitalized in a big way as Andre Iguodala was fouled by Griffin while making a 3-pointer. Iguodala missed the free throw attempt but finished with 15 points.
Lee fouled out with 9:44 left as Griffin completed a 3-point play. Lee finished his night with eight points and nine rebounds.
Marreese Speights checked into the game and responded with a 3-point play of his own, giving the Warriors an 83-77 lead. An ensuing Klay Thompson layup gave the Warriors an eight-point advantage.
"They were the tougher team tonight," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said.
"The third quarter did us in."
The Warriors entered the fourth quarter with a 70-67 lead, with Green hitting a 3-pointer to give them a 63-59 lead.
The Warriors suffered a big blow in the second quarter when O'Neal had to be helped off the court after having suffered a right knee sprain from a collision with Glen Davis, who was going for a rebound.
O'Neal, the 35-year-old, 18-year veteran, had his knee buckle after Davis barreled into him and sent him crashing to the floor. The Warriors lost their backup center for the rest of the game, and it didn't help them that Speights committed four first-half fouls and Lee was whistled for three personals.
"Anything short of God coming back and rapture, anything short of that, I will play," said O'Neal, who will undergo an MRI exam.
Speights, who said after the game he believed the play involving O'Neal was a "dirty" one from Davis, went on to commit a technical foul for taunting Paul.
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If toddlers and preschoolers kept to-do lists, a typical day might look something like this:
- Give a dragon a checkup.
- Give a baby doll a bath.
- Ride a horse to India.
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- Get married.
- Travel to outer space.
- Drive a dump truck.
- Run a hair salon.
- Save the world.
Early childhood—especially beginning around age two—is a time that's especially rich with imagination. But it's not just imaginative worlds our kids are working on: By playing the roles of heroes, nurturers, and adventurers (and anything else that catches their fancy), kids are beginning to make sense of the real world around them, and building social skills, problem-solving skills, confidence, language skills, abstract thinking, and empathy.
This week on the Melissa & Doug blog, we challenge you to add make-believe play to your family's to-do list. Offer kids a little extra time each day for pretend play, and the creative space to really explore their ideas. You can help by giving them ready-made role-play sets or homemade costumes, but the props can also be as simple as empty boxes or paper-towel rolls—kids can create incredible adventures out of almost anything. (For children interested in kitchen play, just pull out a bowl and whisk and you're on your way!) You may be amazed at how seamlessly your kids transition from one adventure to another. (Did you even know there were killer whales in the Wild West?)
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Love came slowly, made me blind,It grew within my darkened mind,Till of her dreamt I all the time.A fateful chance a deadly sign.I played an empty lonely game,Of stolen glances, secret painTill on that day my heart was shamed,And tears fell from my eyes like rain.She'll never know how long I dreamt,Her skin, her hair, her lips, her scentBut now my hope is gone and spent,These words shall be my sad lament. "Well I'm a common working man, with a half of bitter, bread and jam and if it pleases me I'll put one on you man... when the copper fades away."
Now we got a number one:She burnt me like a candle,And I can't take this pain,This scolding writhing agony,This empty souless shame.I just wanna feelReal love feel the home that I live inCos I got too much lifeRunning through my veinsGoing to wasteNow I'm burned and ruined,Consumed by hungry flame,My heart is turned to ashes,My life is not the same.I just wanna feelReal love feel the home that I live inCos I got too much lifeRunning through my veinsGoing to wasteI know I cannot fight this fire,That never was my aim,But I'd rather burn forever,Then never hear her name.I just wanna feelReal love feel the home that I live inCos I got too much lifeRunning through my veinsGoing to wasteSex between a man and a woman can be absolutely wonderful, provided you get between the right man and the right woman.
Oh why won't you love me?Just why can't you see?I know I'm not perfect,But please set me free.If only you'd love me,I'd give you the key,To my oldest of secrets,My darkest of dreams.If only you'd see me,I'd stare deep in your eyes,I could fall in your beauty,For miles upon miles.So I'd love you to tell me,Won't you make up your mind?Won't you say if you love me?Won't you give me a sign? "Well I'm a common working man, with a half of bitter, bread and jam and if it pleases me I'll put one on you man... when the copper fades away."
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Sunday (The completely non-Bowie related version)Sunday.Is like waiting at a bus stop,In a cheap blue raincoat,Wanting to be somewhere else.Sunday.Is like an empty pint glass,When you stare through the gloopy remnant,And realise that it's finished.SundayIs constant cups of tea,Ink stained fingersAnd tired eyes.Sunday,Is worrying about tomorrow,Not living for today,And wishing for something different. "Well I'm a common working man, with a half of bitter, bread and jam and if it pleases me I'll put one on you man... when the copper fades away."
Rather nice, thanks Persilot.Do you like this one by... Poetry of Wallace StevensSunday Morning I Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair, And the green freedom of a cockatoo Upon a rug mingle to dissipate The holy hush of ancient sacrifice. She dreams a little, and she feels the dark Encroachment of that old catastrophe, As a calm darkens among water-lights. The pungent oranges and bright, green wings Seem things in some procession of the dead, Winding across wide water, without sound. The day is like wide water, without sound, Stilled for the passing of her dreaming feet Over the seas, to silent Palestine, Dominion of the blood and sepulchre. II Why should she give her bounty to the dead? What is divinity if it can come Only in silent shadows and in dreams? Shall she not find in comforts of the sun, In pungent fruit and bright, green wings, or else In any balm or beauty of the earth, Things to be cherished like the thought of heaven? Divinity must live within herself:Passions of rain, or moods in falling snow; Grievings in loneliness, or unsubdued Elations when the forest blooms; gusty Emotions on wet roads on autumn nights; All pleasures and all pains, remembering The bough of summer and the winter branch. These are the measures destined for her soul. III Jove in the clouds had his inhuman birth. No mother suckled him, no sweet land gave Large-mannered motions to his mythy mind. He moved among us, as a muttering king, Magnificent, would move among his hinds, Until our blood, commingling, virginal, With heaven, brought such requital to desire The very hinds discerned it, in a star. Shall our blood fail? Or shall it come to be The blood of paradise? And shall the earth Seem all of paradise that we shall know? The sky will be much friendlier then than now, A part of labor and a part of pain, And next in glory to enduring love, Not this dividing and indifferent blue. IV She says, "I am content when wakened birds, Before they fly, test the reality Of misty fields, by their sweet questionings; But when the birds are gone, and their warm fields Return no more, where, then, is paradise?" There is not any haunt of prophesy, Nor any old chimera of the grave, Neither the golden underground, nor isle Melodious, where spirits gat them home, Nor visionary south, nor cloudy palm Remote on heaven's hill, that has endured As April's green endures; or will endure Like her remembrance of awakened birds, Or her desire for June and evening, tipped By the consummation of the swallow's wings. V She says, "But in contentment I still feel The need of some imperishable bliss." Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her, Alone, shall come fulfilment to our dreams And our desires. Although she strews the leaves Of sure obliteration on our paths, The path sick sorrow took, the many paths Where triumph rang its brassy phrase, or love Whispered a little out of tenderness, She makes the willow shiver in the sun For maidens who were wont to sit and gaze Upon the grass, relinquished to their feet. She causes boys to pile new plums and pears On disregarded plate. The maidens taste And stray impassioned in the littering leaves. VI Is there no change of death in paradise? Does ripe fruit never fall? Or do the boughs Hang always heavy in that perfect sky, Unchanging, yet so like our perishing earth, With rivers like our own that seek for seas They never find, the same receding shores That never touch with inarticulate pang? Why set the pear upon those river banks Or spice the shores with odors of the plum? Alas, that they should wear our colors there, The silken weavings of our afternoons, And pick the strings of our insipid lutes! Death is the mother of beauty, mystical, Within whose burning bosom we devise Our earthly mothers waiting, sleeplessly. VII Supple and turbulent, a ring of men Shall chant in orgy on a summer morn Their boisterous devotion to the sun, Not as a god, but as a god might be, Naked among them, like a savage source. Their chant shall be a chant of paradise, Out of their blood, returning to the sky; And in their chant shall enter, voice by voice, The windy lake wherein their lord delights, The trees, like serafin, and echoing hills, That choir among themselves long afterward. They shall know well the heavenly fellowship Of men that perish and of summer morn. And whence they came and whither they shall go The dew upon their feet shall manifest. VIII She hears, upon that water without sound, A voice that cries, "The tomb in Palestine Is not the porch of spirits lingering. It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay." We live in an old chaos of the sun, Or old dependency of day and night, Or island solitude, unsponsored, free, Of that wide water, inescapable. Deer walk upon our mountains, and the quail Whistle about us their spontaneous cries; Sweet berries ripen in the wilderness; And, in the isolation of the sky, At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make Ambiguous undulations as they sink, Downward to darkness, on extended wings. London Bye Ta-Ta...
I heard the lonely crash of bitter waves,On empty moonlit shores,They ground the cruelly jagged rocks,And mourned the passage of the days.I saw the empty rotten timbers,Rising riblike from the wistful dunes,Defiant to the shattered end,A slimey wreck, a pale moon.I smelt the tears of love forgotten,The salty brine of sorrow,I wept for all the times now lost,A longing empty helplessness.I turned away from darkened shore,The echo of the ghostly wind,Yet still it haunts me in my dreams,That shadowed coast of bleak despair. "Well I'm a common working man, with a half of bitter, bread and jam and if it pleases me I'll put one on you man... when the copper fades away."
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"I feel the bleak despair of empty hours,The ticking of this broken clock,Will someone please come restart my heart,And save me from this blackened rot?""You're the one who makes me live,For you I'll rise above it all,Only you can understand,The secret workings of my heart.""I sink into the murky mire,Without your love I'm doomed,I'll not forget your joy filled eyes,Farewell my love that never was." "Well I'm a common working man, with a half of bitter, bread and jam and if it pleases me I'll put one on you man... when the copper fades away."
This one sucked so bad I had to put a hidden Bowie lyric in it. It's probably the only part I like, too.I am waiting in a sea of blackDip your toe in, watch the shadows attackLet your feet anchor into the sand, let it engulf, as you reach out your handFind my cool fingertips through the darkDon't be afraid, though the water is starkSwim out to me in the rippling waves, though the undertoe may provide us our gravesHold my hand as we drift out to seaIn pendulous uncertainty, get lost with meThe whispers of warning on the misty air, will pull and pry and try to dispairWhen the sea does churn and night sky flash with lightning bolts and thunder crash -I will not let go nor swim to shore, for I love you forevermore "Why didn't you post yesterday?" -- to_dizzy


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Parents are concerned why a Richmond County bus driver with multiple prior incidents is still employed. (WRDW-TV / April 25, 2012)
News 12 First at Five / Wednesday, April 25, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- It's the person who drives and protects your children on their way to school. A serious job that some worry bus driver Tamara Blount is not taking seriously at all.
Crystal Mills is a concerned parent whose daughters rode on Blount's route last year to Pine Hill Middle School.
"My children would come home, tell me how the bus driver was so rude to [my daughter], would say rude things to her, so I started going up the chain of command."
Mills and her husband says they filed five complaints about the problems and even met with transportation officials.
But, says her daughter Destiny, things never seemed to get better.
"I wasn't scared of her, I just felt like she didn't want me there," she said.
Then in eighth grade, Destiny admits she was not "easy to deal with on the bus." She remembers Blount greeting the other children but ignoring her.
"They say kids don't have stress. Adults say that. But teenagers do have a lot of stress on them. So somebody being rude to you doesn't help," she said.
Last January, the driver pulled over on the side of the road because the kids were too unruly. Mills' husband noticed the bus and called her to ask what was going on. She decided to go down the road to see what was wrong.
Mills explained that when she got there, she lost her temper.
"By that time, I did stoop to her level. I had been complaining for five months and nothing was being done. And she had done pushed the wrong button that day."
The incident reports and witness statements detail a heated argument between the two women, and Mills was charged with upbraiding a bus driver with fighting words. She denies ever cursing during the fight.
Throughout Mills' court proceedings, her lawyer obtained copies of Blount's personnel file.
What was inside shocked Mills and her family.
"I thought I was gonna have a heart attack," she said.
These documents show a string of complaints, including:
The parents who talked to News 12 insist the worst of the incidents is Blount allowing an unauthorized man to ride the bus when children were on board.
"I can almost understand the time sheets. I can understand lying on the application, maybe. But having the man on the bus? Going to pick him up on the routes? Having him around those children? I do not think there's a second chance for that," said Mills, shaking her head.
Blount did get a second chance. In addition to the two-page reprimand, she was suspended for two days without pay.
Other parents, like Beverly Laprade, also filed complaints about Blount.
"She'd be coming down the road and going so fast, she couldn't stop to pick them up," Laprade described, pointing down Rollins Road in Augusta. "It'd be like, oh goodness, here she comes again. And there she goes, right past the stop."
Laprade does not know Mills, but the experiences their children each described on the bus are similar.
"There were mornings where we could not make him get up and go get on that bus. Not because he didn't want to go to school. He just didn't want to get on that bus," she said.
She says her 12-year-old nephew felt singled out and was very uncomfortable on the bus.
"He told me one time that she drives that fast because she had to go pick her boyfriend up, " Laprade said. "I couldn't believe it."
These parents say their goal coming forward was not to get anyone in trouble. They just can't understand why Blount is still driving a Richmond County bus.
"Do we really need a person like that driving our bus? That's not safe for our children," Mills said.
"She doesn't need to work for the Board of Education. In my opinion," Laprade said.
News 12 has been in communication with Richmond County Schools. We're told their board attorney is preparing a statement. We asked for information regarding their decision to suspend -- and not terminate -- Blount after the investigation involving her boyfriend on the bus. We also requested information regarding the results of her drug test in 2009.
News 12 was unable to obtain a current phone number or address for Blount. We have not been able to reach her for comment about the various complaints in her file.


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PHILADELPHIA, 11 December 2012 – At a high–level conference, held at Philadelphia's National Constitution Centre, international energy experts and key actors working on sustainable energy in the United States affirmed the importance of UN Secretary-General Ban's Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4ALL).
Organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF), the symposium brought together representatives of the UN, the US State Department, the private sector, academia, and civil society, as well as development partners and state and local government officials. Participants discussed practical solutions to the challenges of implementing Sustainable Energy for All at the global and local levels.
The Secretary-General's landmark initiative seeks to confront the problems associated with energy poverty by meeting the three ambitious, yet achievable, objectives of ensuring universal access to modern energy, doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency and doubling the share of renewables in the energy mix, all by 2030.
Ban has stated his belief that "energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increases social equity and provides for an environment that allows the world to thrive."
George Assaf, UNIDO Director and Representative to the UN and other international organizations, noted that energy "is critical to the achievement of internationally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Without energy, achieving inclusive growth and sustainable development, environmental protection, political stability and gender equity would be increasingly difficult."
Energy experts confirmed that while the benefits associated with energy access are in great demand in developing nations, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, it is also true that the richer nations like the United States should learn valuable lessons from the recent Hurricane Sandy.
"It is a matter of national security and global stability. It's at the heart of the global economy. It's also an issue of democracy and human rights," said Robert Ichord, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the Bureau of Energy Resources.
The after-effects of Hurricane Sandy, which left more than eight million people in the United States with no access to electricity, is a reminder of the difficulties faced by 1.3 billion people around the world each and every day.
"This hurricane showed the vulnerability of humans to natural disaster even in the richest country in the world. It has also led to deep reflections on our preparedness against the effects of climate change in terms of adequacy of basic infrastructure, including transportation, water supply, and supporting urban planning. But the most striking thing that stood out in the midst of this tragedy was the critical importance of energy, and especially reliable energy supplies," said Assaf.
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I baked these pound cakes in my mini loaf pans but this recipe will also yield two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaves. Increase baking time by 20-25 minutes
Vanilla Pound Cake (from King Arthur Flour's Whole Grain Baking)
1 cup (two sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup (4 ounces) powdered sugar
1 1/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces) granulated sugar
1 tsp baking powder
4 large eggs
2 1/2 cups (8 3/8 ounces) whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup (4 1/4 ounces) unbleached bread flour
1 tsp salt
1 cup sour cream (I used reduced-fat, although why bother, right?)
1 TBSP vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray pans with cooking spray.
To the bowl of your stand mixer add the butter, the sugars and the baking powder. Cream ingredients at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the beaters and bowl occasionally.
Whisk together the flours and salt in a medium bowl.
On slow speed, add the flour mixture to the batter alternately with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour. Stir in the vanilla.
Transfer the batter to the prepared pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes (for mini-loaves) or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the cake begins to pull back from the edges of the pan.
Remove cakes from oven and cool on cooling rack for 15 minutes before carefully removing the canes from the pans. Allow to cool on cooling rack completely.


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Woodward's recent flap reveals a grotesquely swollen ego fed by 40 years of hero worship says Newsweek's Max Holland.
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Get the inside scoop about Islanders volleyball from sophomore Haley Satterwhite Day. In the first entry, Satterwhite Day talks about the Islanders first road trip to Denver, Colo.
Travel Day 1
Our first travel trip with the new team has started off pretty fun already! We arrived at the Corpus Christi airport and while we waited at the gate all of us yelled out throwback songs at Sarah Sanchez for the new warm-up mix. We had a layover in Hobby Airport for a couple hours where the girls charged up their phones and relaxed on our pillow pets! Almost every girl on our team has one and has a name for it! Sarah has Buffy the Bull, Brianna Brink has Peta the Giraffe, Alexis Fritz has a panda named Panda and I have a penguin named Penny. They all play their roles in supporting us on trips! Coach is always making jokes.
Travel days are pretty boring until practice! It's the same matching outfits and sleeping in airports and vans. Coach does his work as Ashley Phelps scares Courtney Cary with the bags…every trip a freshman is responsible for the "extra bags." It contains all the extra items that the team needs in case of an emergency, so it has to be basically taped to the freshmen. Ashley took it and hid it in the airport from Courtney and had her scared for a solid 30 minutes! All the girls were in on it and it was pretty funny for all of us! We do some weird things in exhaustion!
Apparently I've been named the snack princess now as well! I brought bananas, raisins, Swiss Rolls, Pringles, and cranberry juice! I like snacks! We headed onto the next plane to Denver and then into the practice gym!
After we landed in Denver we couldn't be happier to get in the vans and head to practice!! The altitude was a little different but it was still really pretty! Practice was a struggle and a little slow but we had some fun! We were a little delusional at the restaurant and inhaled rolls and water. We headed to the hotel after dinner to get ready for Friday's match!!
Game Day 1
Woke up at 8 a.m. for our first match! Breakfast at the hotel was awesome! I had eggs, bacon and biscuits and then headed back up to the room to get ready and pack for the day! We then all headed to our first practice at 11. It was a pretty sharp practice for the team in just a short hour! We then ate some premade meal sandwiches and made a detour stop on the DU campus to take team pictures! We had some silly pictures pretending to jump in the pond and climbing trees! It definitely lightened the mood for our match for sure! That took up just enough time to get us back to the gym for a pregame dance session in the lockerroom!
Game Day 2
Waking up at 8 a.m. was a little harder but we ate some breakfast as a team in the hotel. Right as we went back to the room to relax all of a sudden the fire alarm in the hotel went off!! We all ran down seven flights of stairs and out the door! There was a wedding going on and it was a funny event! We went back up to the room and started getting ready for the match.
Our first match of the day was against Denver. We started a little off but gathered to win the second set. After intermission DU really stepped up and won the next two. It was a sad loss but we were able to bounce back very quickly for the match against Air Force. We went into the match against Air Force better than the last two matches and really closed out a hard match for the win!
All-in-all we had a very nice weekend with a lot of lessons learned! After the match we headed to Ashley's house for post-game meal! Her house is basically a hotel in itself. We arrived and immediately hit the chocolate fountain, food bar and candy wall! When half the team is knee deep in chocolate the lights went out! It became a candle lit dinner with 50 people...parents, players and coaches all eating in the dark!
This trip was one of the most interesting ones out of the bunch! It was a great one to start off the year with this great group of girls!
We are now preparing for the Rice Invitational this weekend. Thanks for hangin' with me and I can't wait to update you after our trip to Houston.
Go Islanders!
Haley Satterwhite Day


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First Lady, 1865—1869
Eliza McCardle Johnson was born on October 4, 1810, in Greeneville, Tenn. She was almost 16 and Andrew Johnson only 17 when they met. She married him within a year, on May 17, 1827. They converted the small front room of their rented house into a tailor shop where they worked side–by–side. Mrs. Johnson had a profound influence on the informal education of the future President, including encouraging him to join in local debates in order to enhance his oratorical skills.
In late 1868, it was her love of children that led Mrs. Johnson to make a rare public appearance as first lady. During their final days in the White House, the Johnsons celebrated the President's 60th birthday with a ball to which only children were invited.
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For President Johnson's 60th birthday ball, more than 300 invitations were sent to the sons and daughters of Washington officials, diplomats and White House staff. A red carpet was stretched over the path leading to the entrance, and the rooms were filled with flowers. The only parents there were the Johnsons and their own grown children, the official hosts. The first lady greeted every guest while seated to the side in an armchair.
The reverse (tails) design captures her love of children. It depicts three children dancing and a Marine Band fiddler playing at the children's ball. The guests were entertained by the music of Marine Band fiddlers and young students from a local dance academy.
Obverse: ELIZA JOHNSON, IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY, 2011, 17th and 1865–1869.
Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, $10, 1/2 OZ. and .9999 FINE GOLD.


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FORT WORTH, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's Tennis team produced a very successful Saturday on the opening day of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Texas Regional Championships being held at the TCU campus.
The Islanders beat players from Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU and SMU on the first day of ITA Regionals to reach the third round of singles and second round of doubles. The team still has three singles players and two doubles teams in the main draw heading into the second day of the tournament.
Peter Nagy, the No. 15 seed in the tournament, overcame a strong challenge, but the story of the day was freshman Odon Barta, who had an upset over seeded player Francisco Zambon, a starting player on Texas Tech's Top 20 team last year.
In the first round of the tournament, Barta beat Yosua Adiyasa of UTPA by a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 final before knocking off the seeded Zambon of Texas Tech by a 6-1, 6-7, 6-1 score to move into the third round.
"Odon is learning a lot and really maturing, "said Director of Tennis Steve Moore. "He's learning to make the right adjustments that you have to make to beat top guys on the college level. He has always been incredibly hard working and highly competitive, but he is learning now the most important lesson, and that is to win with his mind.
"He played a very tough, smart match to beat a very good player today."
Barta is one of three players to make it to the third round as No. 15-seeded Nagy knocked off Max Stevens of TCU to advance while Guillaume Rauseo picked up a 6-2, 6-1 tally against Ross Peets of SMU to move on to the second day of play.
"I thought Guillaume also played very tough today," said Moore. "He's improved a lot in the last month, and is really learning how to play like a true lefty."
Pietro Jordao won 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 over Jeff Bryan of Texas Tech before falling 6-1, 6-3 against the No. 4-seeded Nick Chappell of TCU. Matt Westmoreland came up short by a 6-3, 6-4 final against No. 16-seeded JT Sundling of TCU, while No. 14-seeded Julian Lenz of Baylor downed Javier Pujol by a 6-1, 6-3 final in the second round.
In doubles action, Jordao and Andrew Maingot won 8-5 over a team of players from Texas A&M, while Barta and Nagy picked up an 8-6 final over a team from UTPA to advance. Rauseo and Westmoreland lost 8-5 against a team from Texas Tech.
"Pietro Jordao and Andrew Maingot played very good doubles," said Moore. "They seem to play very well together, and they competed with a lot of spirit and energy today."
Nagy, Rauseo and Barta will all see singles action on Sunday at the tournament, while the teams of Nagy/Barta and Jordao/Maingot will also compete in the doubles bracket.
"I thought we competed very hard today as a group," said Moore. "Tomorrow is another day against very tough opponents, so we better be extremely focused and ready to grind and chop wood hard tomorrow."
Play will start back up again at 9 a.m. Sunday morning on the TCU campus at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
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Roger makes 26th Grand Slam quarter-final in a row
Today Roger powered his way into a 26th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final in a row by defeating Austria's Jürgen Melzer (ATP 13) 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in a night match at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Roger played with his accustomed style on the court, registering 41 winners to 23 for the Austrian as he continued his run at Flushing Meadows without the loss of a set.
Nevertheless, our champion had some luck in the second set tie-break with two net-cords and had to recover from a break down in the third set, but was always in control of the match. "Obviously, the tiebreakers are always crucial," Roger said. "It was a tough match today, breezy. He's a tough opponent and a close friend of mine so it was never going to be easy. I'm really relieved and happy to get through."
Roger's next match is scheduled for Wednesday against Robin Soderling.
just just 2 more steps nd den d trophy's urs .........
best of luck for ur nxt round .... get goin ......
wid luv ....Arka
just just 2 more steps nd den d trophy's urs .........
best of luck for ur nxt round .... get goin ......
wid luv ....Arka
The same god who made Roger soooo darn good is kinda freaky, doncha think???!!!
Not only Roger can up his gamesmanship in this fast hardcourt, but HE CAN MASTER THE WIND ELEMENT!!!
loooooooooooooooooooooooove you sooooooooooooo much
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SIMPLY WINDY-ASTOUNDING!!!-->In very blustery conditions Federer's serve was outstanding. He made 64 percent of first serves - a great result given the wind - and won 50 of 58 points on his first serve.
Watched you win the Match - well done - rest well and come back even stronger - there's work to be done.


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'Game of Thrones' Recap: Two Heads Are Better
Tonight's "Game of Thrones" episode "Second Sons" had a wedding, a few beddings, severed heads, and magic (of the ice and the fire variety).
As usual the fire came from Melisandre and the Lord of Light. She handily seduced Gendry, tied him to the bed, and drew his blood with leeches. Stannis then tossed the leeches into a brazier while mumbling the names of his enemies: Robb Stark, Balon Greyjoy and Joffrey Baratheon. No word on the fate of Gendry, but this is the second week in a row that a naked woman tricked a young man into a compromised position. As the sacker of Winterfell, Theon may actually deserve it (no word yet on that particular outcome). But one can't help but feel that Gendry is getting the short shrift (at Dragonstone and in life).
Up north among the ice and snow, after a chilling homage to "The Birds," Sam Tarly confronted, fought and destroyed a White Walker. After burying his dragon glass spear tip into the back of the crystalline wraith, the creature convulsed and exploded. So, THAT's how you kill one of those guys. Hopefully Sam will inform the right person of this miraculous solution to the problem of ice zombies. Most likely he'll forget or not realize that he accidentally discovered Ice-9 for the Others. Total prognostication based on no facts or having read ahead in the books: The series has to end with a giant battle royal between white walkers and dragons, right? Can it end any other way?
As for the wedding, Tyrion and Sansa were yet again humiliated by the Lannister clan. Tyrion's long life of slights and snickers from family and court reached its apex as Joffrey stole his marital stool. Drunk, depressed and furious he lashed out at his father, lashed out at Joffrey and finally refused to take Sansa against her will. As for Sansa, she may just yet learn to drink her problems away. But if Sansa were wise she'd realize Tyrion could be her greatest ally. But to be fair, life at King's Landing has taught Sansa never to trust a Lannister.
Oh yes, the severed heads:
So Danaerys met a really handsome dude, Daario Naharis, willing to fight for her. Daario has an army, the Second Sons.
Daario had two partners.
His partners didn't like Dany.
Daario killed his partners and brought their heads to the Queen of Dragons as a gift.
She's got a way about her…


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Road closures planned Saturday around Frosty 5K in Frisco
The city of Frisco has released road closures for Saturday related to the annual Frosty 5K and Merry Mile. (And you can still register on Saturday morning if you're interested in either course.) Read on:
"The streets surrounding Frisco Square and the George A. Purefoy Municipal Center will be closed Saturday morning, December 8, between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. for the annual Frosty 5K race. Main Street will be closed between World Cup Way and John W. Elliot Drive; Frisco Street will be closed south of Technology Drive; and most of the streets in Frisco Square between Main Street and Burnham Street will be closed. Through traffic on Main Street will be detoured around the race by using World Cup Way, Technology Drive, and John W. Elliott Drive (see attached map).
"The Frisco Public Library opens at 10:00 a.m., at which time the roads will be open. Before 10:00 a.m., the parking garage behind the building can only be accessed from northbound Dallas Parkway by turning onto Page Street or from eastbound Main Street by turning south onto World Cup Way. Park in the parking garage in order to drop off any library books prior to 10:00 a.m.
"Senior Center and Heritage Center traffic should use Cotton Gin Road or John W. Elliott Drive to access those facilities.
"Race participants will park at FC Dallas Stadium. During the street closures, FC Dallas Stadium can be accessed on its west side via World Cup Way.
"Two drop off locations have been established so that motorists can drop off passengers closer to the event (see the attached map). The west drop off point can be accessed from northbound Dallas Parkway by turning onto Page Street or from eastbound Main Street by turning south onto World Cup Way. The east drop off point can be accessed from westbound Main Street by turning left onto Frisco Square Boulevard.
"During the event, spectators are reminded to stay on the sidewalks in Frisco Square as all of the roads are part of the race course."


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In the 1950s, 30% of the world's population lived in urban areas. By 2030, 60% of the world's population will live in cities. The phenomenon of rapid urbanization is resulting in the transition of native vegetation to manmade engineered paved surfaces for roads, parking areas, sidewalks, and building structures.
The urban environment—with its impervious paved surfaces, varied building geometries, and reduced vegetation—causes less of the incoming radiant energy from the sun to be reflected or re-released. This heat island effect in urban areas also reduces the conversion of energy to latent energy that is associated with evaporation or transpiration of moisture. Compounding this effect is the larger volume of paving and building materials, which gives urban areas a much higher thermal storage capacity than natural surfaces.
This can be observed by satellite images showing the impact of engineered materials on surface and ambient temperatures. Satellite (ASTER) imagery of the Phoenix region captured in October 2003 provides a coarse visual representation of the paved surfaces, including local roads, highways, and parking lots. The image shows that these areas contribute significantly to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) and exhibit variability of surface temperatures related to spatial patterns and pavement designs.
When the urban region's temperatures exceed a rural setting's temperature, the result is known as the UHI effect, which is generally thought of as a nocturnal phenomenon, though many regions are hotter both day and night. As surfaces throughout a community or city become more abundant and urban geometry from buildings traps energy and prevents it from re-radiating to the atmosphere, the overall ambient air temperatures increase in comparison to the surrounding rural region. In Phoenix, the difference has been documented to be as large as 12° F.
The UHI can adversely impact the sustainability of regions by increasing the dependence on mechanical cooling, which results in increased greenhouse gas emissions, consumption of water to make electricity, and increased cost of living for residents. The UHI also can increase the incidence and severity of heat-related illnesses. Summertime heat is known to have a greater impact on human health than any other form of severe weather in the United States. Heat waves claim more lives each year than floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes combined.
Extremes of heat-related impacts are exemplified by the European heat wave of August 2003 where thousands died, and the Chicago heat wave in July 1995, which is thought to have caused 465 deaths. Although the UHI was not the sole cause of the deaths, the elevated nighttime temperatures played a critical role.
The UHI also has serious financial impacts for local governments. According to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report, the heat island in Los Angeles raises ozone concentrations by 10% to 15%; the report indicates that heat-island reduction measures could lower the city's smog-related expenses by $360 million per year. The EPA also has recently promulgated guidance for incorporating UHI mitigation strategies as part of the State Implementation Program (SIP) process.
The federal Clean Air Act requires states with counties failing to meet national ambient air quality standards to produce an SIP. If a state fails to submit or implement an SIP, or if it submits an SIP that is unacceptable, the EPA has the power to impose sanctions or other penalties on that state. Typical sanctions include the threat of cutting off federal highway funds. A recent study by Arizona State University's Sustainable Materials and Renewable Technologies (SMART) Institute has shown a steady and increased annual peak electricity demand on residential electricity consumption due to the UHI in the Phoenix region. This took into consideration more efficient building design and HVAC systems.


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I've recently started making MKV's of my Blu-rays (using MakeMKV) and using PMS to send to my PS3. This was working perfectly until I began encountering "Data is corrupted" messages on the PS3 when trying to play some of those MKVs. I used the Mediainfo app to look at the files that wouldn't play and compare with those that played without issue and noticed one common thing among all the files that wouldn't play: The video was in VC-1 format. All the MKVs that played without issue were in AVC format. I'm running PMS 1.90.2 (settings are all default) on an iMac (2.7 GHz i5; 16 GB's RAM) with OS X 10.9.1. I believe I have the latest Java installed and I've reproduced the issue using the latest snapshot build. I use a wired connection to the PS3. I also took a look at the debug log and noticed one other thing that was common with all the files that wouldn't play:
DEBUG 2014-01-28 04:10:24.876 [Thread-288] Stream mapping:
DEBUG 2014-01-28 04:10:24.876 [Thread-288] Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (vc1 -> mjpeg)
DEBUG 2014-01-28 04:10:24.876 [Thread-288] Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
DEBUG 2014-01-28 04:10:24.897 [Thread-288] Error while decoding stream #0:0: Operation not permitted
I haven't found any topics that directly relate to my issue (if there are please direct me), so I'm hoping someone can provide me with a clue to where the problem might be.


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OAKLAND -- In the Oakland A's victorious clubhouse Thursday night, a replay of Stephen Vogt's appearance on the MLB Network's Intentional Talk was being shown on the big screen TV, and players were reveling in its madcap majesty all over again.
Nobody was laughing at it any harder than Jon Lester, who had just thrown a complete-game three-hit shutout at the Minnesota Twins. Lester threw one of the gems of the year for the A's, but would probably prefer to hear the details of Vogt's incredibly funny bit imitating an NBA referee's antics (this has got to be Joey Crawford) while making various game calls, which he broke out on national TV with the help of Jonny Gomes.
Gomes saw the routine in the clubhouse a few days ago, and was so bowled over in hysterics that when he got the call to be interviewed by Chris Rose and Kevin Millar, he decided Vogt's act needed a bigger audience. After a few questions from the show's hosts about his readjustment to being back in Oakland, Gomes brought Vogt on camera dressed in makeshift referee garb. The rest is history.
Bob Melvin had seen the bit live, and before he was even asked a question in his pre-game news conference, the manager had to hype it.
"Did anybody see Intentional Talk today?" he said. "Oh my god, Vogt and Gomes, it was unbelievable. Best I've ever seen. Vogter wore his basketball referee outfit and put on quite the show. Between the two of them, it was very entertaining."
MLB.com wisely put the video up ASAP, and it's sure to increase the stature of Vogt's vast comedic talents. Seriously, if this guy wasn't a baseball player, he could probably get a cast spot on "Saturday Night Live." One of his favorite routines, in fact, is his Chris Farley "down by the river" reprise that it is a total gut-buster. We haven't seen it here in Oakland, but when Vogt was with Tampa, he nailed an impression of Rays manager Joe Maddon that is still legendary down in those parts.
So how did this latest national breakout take place?
"Jonny texted me at 12:30 today and said, `Do you want to go on with me as the ref, and I said YES," Vogt said. "He was nice enough to include me in his interview today. I enjoy that kind of stuff. In this job, we are 30-year-old men, but we get to act like 5 year odds. It's pretty fun."
Before the second game of the series against Tampa Bay, Vogt was in the clubhouse and noticed things were kind of quiet, possibly even a little tense. After all, the A's are still adjusting to life without Yoenis Cespedes, and it's shown at the plate. Vogt has been perhaps the most notable victim of the tension, heading into Thursday night in an 0-for-23 slump. Anyway ...
"I just brought my whistle out and started calling fouls," Vogt recalled. "You've got to save it for times when guys are maybe a little nervous or there are times when it's kind of quiet and dead in here, and you try to liven things up a little bit and have some fun. That's something I've been fortunate enough to be able to do."
It not only worked on the A's, it worked on Vogt himself. He slammed a two-run homer in his first at-bat, and as he said, he felt like his old self for a change at the plate.
"I don't think I necessarily corrected anything, so to speak," he said. "Over the last week or so, I've gotten away from who I am as a hitter. I'm trying too hard to do what I did tonight, get a big hit, forgetting that I'm not a home run hitter. I'm a guy who waits for a good pitch and hit it hard. If it goes out of the yard, it goes out of the yard. I was trying create more than I needed to create. But I felt great tonight. I just need to be sure I'm seeing the ball and being selective, swinging at good pitches. I feel like I did that tonight. I felt like I was back to my normal self."
Now if Vogt can only sell his referee routine to his wife Alyssa, who will start her first season as head girls basketball coach at Tumwater High this winter up in Washington state.
"She doesn't think it's funny," he said. "Obviously, she's a coach, and she keeps telling me, `I honestly don't know why people think it's funny.' I think she just likes to give me a hard time by saying that."


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Metal 450 rd Drum Mag for Thompson AEG
$ 59.99
Metal 450 rd Drum Mag for Thompson AEG - Quantity:
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- Great Mag!This mag gives that Thompson a sort of feeling that makes it feel great. It is full metal and it is very strong and sturdy. It gives the Thompson a great look and it is sure to scare anyone away. It also gives the Thompson the weight that it needs to feel realistic. The round capacity is also great for the Thompson, it lets some new airsofters spray a person down but still have enough bb's to go through 6-10 people. Overall, i would recommend this mag to anyone who has a Thompson, this mag will come in handy and it is tough so it will last through a lot of beating.
- AmazingI got this about a week ago and it's a great mag. It doesn't have that annoying gear type wheel thing at the bottom like the wind up stick magazine. Because of this, you can easily wind up the drum mag while it is still in the Thompson.
Another thing i loved about this was the fact that you can get around 220 bbs per a complete wind. So you'll get around 440-ish shots out of this thing before you have to start filling it back up.
This mag is also very heavy when loaded with .20 gram bbs, but it's worth carrying that extra weight cause you get a lot of ammo, excellent feeding, and amazing accuracy.
The bad thing is that this will run you up about $65 while the 300 round stick mags cost around $30, but it's worth the money.
- EpicIn a world of box mags and other hi-cap lookers, the Thompson drum magazine is a welcome addition. If you're going for that 1920s Gangster-era look, this is the magazine for you and a wonderful addition to your Thompson.
Over and out.
- Mafia Wow...just wow. This is amazing I have not run out of ammo yet! Buy this - it is as good as the real thing.
- NO FLAWS!!!!!!I bought the drum clip a few months ago and I have used it in A LOT of heavy airsoft battles and dropped in a few times and it still works like brand new! In my practice games with my friends they would want my Thompson just because it has the most rounds than their guns. When I bought my Thompson I had a big problem with the ammo in the shipped clip, but the drum clip fixed that problem and with the wind-up clip can keep firing without reloading - I just arch my Thompson up on something, pull the trigger and wind the clip and don't stop.
Overall, I highly recommend buying the drum clip for your Thompson.
- DUDE...This is the most realistic mag ever - especially if you want the gangster look.
Emo joker elk
- Keeping it short, sweet, and historical. The Crazy Anx here again.
Do I need to really say anything? Honestly?
It's the drum. No, not "a" drum, it's THE DRUM! Easily the most recognizable ammunition magazine out there. It's a classic, loved by soldiers, cops, and criminals alike. It's real and generous capacity of 50 rounds (I believe) was a boon for the Thompson's wielder.
As for the airsoft version, it does not disappoint. Admitted its overall capacity is similar to some of the Hi-Cap stick mags, but don't kid yourself. Those mags are good, but their length makes them less than practical when prone.
This mag is shorter, but allows for a lower profile when prone.
Practicality and capacity aside, look at it, just look at it. It really is prefect for any Thompson. The old time feel it gives the weapon, I can guarantee upon your first hefting of this weapon, a wide smile will come to your face, as mine did.
It's solid, reliable, and classic.
What are you waiting for, LOAD UP!
Until next time,
- Anx
- good rd drumGood round drum. Only bad thing is the spinning wheel falls off easily.
- amzinmakes it look like the real thing and it has way more than rounds than the mag they give you. the only bad things about it are minor. they are it's very heavy so it brings weight to the already heavy thompson and it is a little too expensive.


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There are only a few days left to apply. Code for America is looking for developers, designers, researchers, data scientists, and product managers for their 2014 Fellowship. It's a chance to make a difference with code, design, data, and much more.
"Ten years ago, open source—notably Linux—was often labelled a 'fad' or destined for the 'hobbyist' market," said Mark Bohannon, Vice President for Corporate Affairs & Global Public Policy at Red Hat. "Fast forward to today. Owing not only to the benefits of the technology, but also to the... Read more
"Over the last ten years, open source has become unremarkable. I think that's a great achievement. We no longer argue about whether it's secure or not, or whether it's safe to use. We focus now on how best to use open source to get the best value for every tax dollar," said Gunnar Hellekson, Chief... Read more
On May 22, eighteen senior officials from the Singapore Government gathered at the FutureGov lunch briefing Open Source, Open Government—to discuss how open source technology can drive openness and innovation in the public sector. The senior IT decision makers attending the event were from agencies... Read more
As those steeped in the policy wonk geekery of open data are likely already aware, last Thursday the President of the United States issued an Executive Order Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information.
I got bitten at camp this weekend, but indifference would have been the only relevant repellant and thankfully, I'm allergic to that. Here's what I learned as a first-time camper. Transparency Camp is not for the faint of heart. It requires you to dig in deep. If you are a tech expert, like... Read more
On March 15, 2013, ComputerWeekly.com, the "leading provider of news, analysis, opinion, information and services for the UK IT community" published an article by Bryan Glick entitled: Government mandates 'preference' for open source. The article focuses on the release of the UK's new Government... Read more
Last week, The White House published an Executive Order by which the default method for government data collection and dissemination must now be:
For many, Gov 2.0 is about putting government in the hands of citizens. Whether it's a mobile app alerting residents to a local meeting or checking social media networks to see which roads are clear for the morning commute. The term should be defined primarily by its utility in helping citizens or... Read more
State legislatures around the United States have been going through a redistricting process where they are updating the electoral boundaries that will impact future elections. Do you think the open source way could play a role in this process?


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I started this post to tell you that I was unable to install Qcad in Ubuntu..
Not so any longer, but it might have been easier if there were a little more help on the downloads page. - I found out how to do it by mixing the advice on this forum:
with the info in §5.1 of the Reference Manual from the Qcad copy installed on my Mac - which is not available (unless I'm mistaken) until you've got the thing up and running!
A small README file in the package (but not zipped) would be an alternative. We Linux users are not all geeks, you know!
Thanks for a great product, it seems to have got even better since v.2.0
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Mark Wahlberg apparently noticed how Matthew McConaughey dropped 50 pounds and won an Oscar.
Wahlberg has reportedly lost 61 pounds for his role in the upcoming film "The Gambler," according to People.com
The "Lone Survivor" star dropped all that weight to play a literary professor with addiction issues.
"I started at 196 and got down to 135 ... I began with a liquid diet. Then I completely changed my training program and gave up wine, bread and pasta. Now I'm eating small portions of protein throughout the day and jumping rope a lot," he told the website.
"The Gambler" is set to hit theaters next year.
As most of the civilized world knows, McConaughey brought home a best acting Oscar for playing an emaciated AIDS victim in "Dallas Buyers Club."
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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2011.06.25 13:35:42 (*.102.215.21)
사이트 리뉴얼했습니다가 아니라 하고 있습니다.. ^^
뭐 이것저것 새로운것들좀 도입도 할겸 겸사겸사 하고 있는건데요..
자료이전후 간단한 테스트는 했는데 혹시라도 버그라든가 소소한 문제점이 발견되시면
쪽지등을 이용해서 저에게 알려주시면 감솨 드리것습니다..
일단 사이트의 디자인은 언제든 변경될수 있습니다.
추가적인 기능역시 언제든 변경될수 있구요.
그때마다 알려드리겠습니다.
현재 트위터 연동이 완료되었습니다.
마이페이지 들어가보시면 탭 끝에 소셜설정이란게 있습니다.
요기에 본인 트위터계정설정하시면
쓰는 글들이 트위터에 #ecomstation_kr 으로 적용될것입니다.
아직 많은 시험은 못해봤으니 시험해 보실분들께선 시험해보세요 ^^
2015.01.21 17:32:01 (*.41.251.195)
There are tons of little details and things that go into planning a wedding. Choosing 2015 ball gown dresses is one of those things. The timing of when to choose the dress, have the girls try it on and get them ordered is important because it it's too early the dress may not fit some girls who diet or gain weight during that period. However if you wait until the last minute the dresses may not come in on time or could cost more for rushed shipping and alterations. Depending on what kind of dress you choose the following timeline should help guide your shopping adventures.
Choose your cheap ball gowns and make sure it's definite, that these are ladies who are committed to you and your wedding. It's important to establish who your bridesmaids are for sure so you can look for dresses that fit everyone's body type. Imagine picking a dress and ordering one that fits all your twig-thin friend and having a curvy, larger friend or cousin join your wedding party last minute and try to squeeze into the same dress. That wouldn't work so well or be fair to her in the first place to be expected to wear that winter formal dresses.
Choose a dress or narrow it down to a couple options and invite your bridesmaid out to try on the options then make a decision. Have everyone try on the bridesmaid dress 2015 and choose a size that either fits well at the time or is close to fitting. A lot of ladies will try to order a full size or two down in hopes that they'll lose enough weight to fit into it later. Make sure they are at least close to whatever size they select so you don't have last minute fitting issues. A 2015 plus size formal dresses that is slightly too large or very slightly too small can be altered to fit, but there's nothing that can be done with a dress that's a full size too small. Order the dresses.
2015.01.21 17:32:50 (*.41.251.195)
The internet is probably the first place you are going to go to look for ideas for your wedding, including your long formal dresses, you can get the first information about short formal dresses. But should you ever consider buying online wedding dresses? Here are the reasons for buying online, so you can decide for yourself.
Purchasing cheap formal dresses online is becoming increasingly popular, especially as budgets have been hit by the economic downturn. However, it is a risky strategy and you will be committed to purchasing a dress before you can even try it on. A good strategy is to identify designs online, visit a bridal store which stocks them to try them on and if the online price is good, order from them rather than the store. Do however, price up the cost of alterations, as these can add a hefty amount to your total cost which could result in the in-store dress being cheaper because alterations are included in the price!
Finally, if you do want to purchase online check out the website first and make sure it is credible and reputable. Always pay with a credit card so you have some payment protection should something go wrong and you need to get your money back. Also check out the shipping terms and always pay extra for insured shipping in case it goes astray.semi formal dresses


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This is a collection of folk songs and tunes from one family, a family of folk musicians.
The first contributor on this tape is Mr. Earnest Scott of Goshen, Arkansas. Mr. Scott was born in Mayfield, Arkansas fifty fine years ago, the son of Myrtie Scott Mr. Scott has about ten percent vision but shows very little handicap because of it. He plays a five string banjo and a fiddle by ear and is quite a student of Arkansas history, especially that of Northeast, Arkansas. Because of his deficit in vision, Mr. Scott learns by talking and listening. He is a very inquisitive man and has a remarkable memory. A very interesting man to talk with.
The next contributor is Mrs. Helen Gilbert Fultz of Mayfield, Arkansas. Mrs. Fultz was born April 9, 1321, in Spring Valley, Washington County, Arkansas, the sixth child of Mr. Joseph William Gilbert and Mrs- Sophia Scott Gilbert.
Most of the songs Mrs. Fultz sings are ones she learned from her parents, and at the many "singings" that were held in their home. She taught herself to play the banjo and guitar by ear when she was about twelve years old. She attended school at Zion, Arkansas and sang and played at all the community, school and church gatherings there.
The last contributor is Mrs. Phydella Gilbert Hogan of Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas Mrs. Hogan is the sister of Mr . Fultz and cousin of Mr. Scott. She was born March 12, 1918, at Osage Mills, Benton County, Arkansas She is the fifth child of a family of seven children, three boys and four girls. Mrs. Hogan attended school at Zion, Arkansas and lived there most of her younger life.
Mrs. Hogans tells that:
Our house was practically a community center. Neighbors dropped in any time, old and young, boys and girls, and no matter why they came, for business or a friendly talk, the evening always ended with sore singing and playing.
Cold winter nights Dad popped corn and we ate apples and corn and played and sang. No one was ever made to feel unwelcome and an extra plate could be set at a moment's notice. Mother believed in 'entertaining angels unaware'
- - Dad just welcomed everyone, especially bums, who got many a free meal and nights lodging at our home. Dad would always buy any musical instrument for any of the kids and with seven children there was quite a crowd of amateur musicians and clowns arount."
Mrs. Hogan plays the five-string banjo, guitar, mandolin, and the autoharp by ear.
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- The balmy wind caressed their cheeks as they could taste the salty tang of the sea on their lips.
- Tasting the salty tang of my own sweat, I sighed tiredly.
- She had missed the smell of the sea, the salty tang to the breeze that brushed her cloak and her hair.
- Even the air was electric, edged with the tantalising tang of uncertainty, of the unexpected.
- He created a unique fusion of the swing of the US big bands of the 40s and the tang of his Cuban roots, aimed fairly and squarely at the dance floor and at popular appeal.
- As well as rural Forties class culture, with a Northern tang, the other influence is Heath Robinson, that genius inventor of mad machines.
- The knife has a curvaceous handle with front and rear guards built into the full tang blade steel.
- This Japanese Sword Index has very detailed and thorough information about sword types, blades, tangs, even flaws.
- The models have concealed tangs inside the handles, again with one-piece construction of solid steel.
Middle English (denoting a snake's tongue, formerly believed to be a stinging organ; also denoting the sting of an insect): from Old Norse tangi 'point, tang of a knife'.
In medieval times a tang was the forked tongue of a snake, which was believed to be its 'sting'. The word goes back to Old Norse tangi 'the point of a knife'. The idea of a piercing point lies behind the modern sense of 'a penetrating flavour'.
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verb[no object]
- All of a sudden St. Philip's ten bells start tanging - one oclock already - and at once the workshops and factories around the yard begin disgorging throngs of workers on their way to lunch
- The joy-bells tang out a merry peal, and the inhabitants in general put lights into their windows.
Mid 16th century: imitative.
In medieval times a tang was the forked tongue of a snake, which was believed to be its 'sting'. The word goes back to Old Norse tangi 'the point of a knife'. The idea of a piercing point lies behind the modern sense of 'a penetrating flavour'.
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- Genus Acanthurus, family Acanthuridae: several species, in particular the blue tang (A. coeruleus) of the western Atlantic, and the convict tang (A. triostegus) of the Indo-Pacific.
- The great clouds of yellow black and white banner angelfish, brilliant blue fusiliers, yellow tangs and smart surgeonfish are gone.
- What struck me most were the brilliantly-coloured blue tangs, surgeonfish which don't want to be photographed, and the soft corals.
- Aided by a friendly blue tang called Dory, who suffers from short-term memory loss, Marlin travels through shark infested waters, overcoming myriad dangers to reunite with his beloved boy.
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