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The Defining Image of the Olympic Games So Far: Sochi Problems
The Olympics officially began yesterday, but the defining image of the games so far is the issues surrounding Sochi's readiness. Athletes, journalists and tourists have been sharing their experiences publicly on social media, and #SochiProblems has become the default hashtag for exposing deficiencies in hospitality, accommodation failures and the endless parade of stray dogs.
anonymously-run Twitter account SochiProblems has emerged as the viral curator of these tweets. Since first posting on Feb. 4, it has surpassed the official Sochi Twitter account in followers, though it has a long way to compete with the official account of the Olympic Games, @Olympics.
Though SochiProblems began by sharing unsourced images and memes, as its popularity has grown it has turned more toward retweeting its sources rather than culling the images themselves. Some images such as half-toilets and poorly-translated menus that were purportedly from Sochi have been debunked, and yet there has been no shortage of cringe-worthy material. Below, see some of the most eye-opening images.
Update: On Friday the account creator revealed his identity in a post on the Toronto Observer, a student publication at Centennial College in Toronto. Alexander Broad, a journalism student who works at the Observer, said he created Sochi Problems on Tuesday and decided to reveal his identity after classmates learned he was behind it.
"I think everybody was shocked at how fast it picked up," he said.
"There's a part of me that wanted to go public, that wanted to have my name out there," he said. "I'm 20 years old, I'm a normal guy, going to school, so it'd be kind of cool."
He also said that at first, he just posted items that he thought were funny and that seemed to be from Sochi, without crediting any of the reporters who had taken them. Now that the account has become so widely followed, he said he plans to do more to make sure the posts are authentic and properly credited. "I realized this might not be just a parody account," he said.
Asked if the experience had taught him anything about journalism, he replied: "Definitely credit your sources. You've got nothing if you don't credit your sources."


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I am still running 3.4.6Pro on openSUSE Linux 13.1
My current project is the design of text lettering plates to be engraved in multi-layer plastic.
I used the Cyrillic_II single stroke font.
I have run several iterations and generated GCode for my machine, with generally good results (some early machine issues, not quadcadcam)
I have two resulting observations/questions from this exercise:
1. I find the log file generated during the export process to be useful in understanding the background processing going on by CAMexport.
Is there a way to have the log file named the similarly as the .nc file? For example, lets say my my design file is design.X.Y.dxf (majorversion X, minor versionY).
The default name chosen by Camexporter seems to be design.X.nc, but I am able to modify that during the dialog after setting the GCode parameters. A typical name I might choose while experimenting is design.X.Y_comment.nc. That works OK and the GCode file gets saved.
But the log file always come out design.X.log. My workaround, if I want to save it, is to use the system rename capability.
Is there a more automated way to have the files names chosen_name.nc and chosen_name.log ?
2. GCode generated for Fonts: From watching the machine work, or now by running the CAM simulator, it is clear that segments that make up the font characters are not affected by the selection of "optimize paths" in the Gcode parameter setup. This results in a lot of extra machine motion when drawing for example, an "O". Rather than drawing 8 segments continuously, some segments are drawn CW, some CCW. I am guessing this is buried in the font definition tables.
I just ran an experiment - selected all text in the design file, then Modify-Explode to convert it to paths. The resulting GCode file is much larger, but viewing the simulation appears to be what I call much smoother machine motion - for example my "O"s are "move to start-draw O continuously CW-move to next letter.
Is there a better way to achieve this result?

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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - Some surprises are better than others.
Sam Coffey, a Snowmass Villager and member of the University of New Hampshire's ski team, was aiming to reach the top five, or even the podium, in the giant slalom event during the NCAA National Championships in early March. However, Coffey had a rough start on his first run on the course in Middlebury, Vt.
"I wasn't that happy with it," he said. "It's super flat there, so if you mess up on the start, it's not good."
The 2008 Aspen High School grad placed 16th in the event. However, he went on to ski well in the slalom and, to his own surprise, placed third in that event.
"It was great," he said. "We were second as a team, which is really what you're there for."
New Hampshire finished eighth overall in the competition. Coffey cheered on some of his peers from Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club as they skied to a national title for the University of Colorado.
The senior is now in his third year at New Hampshire, and he's hoping to secure one more year of eligibility. If this was his last season racing in NCAA though, it was a good one. The young racer who excelled at super G and downhill in AVSC has successfully transitioned to collegiate competition, which includes only giant-slalom and slalom events in alpine skiing. Coffey placed in the top 10 in every race but one this season and made the podium a few times. He was also named to the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association All-East First Team.
"I was missing a win, but I was really close," Coffey said.
It's still his goal to make the U.S. Ski Team. In the short term, he plans to return home this summer and work at Blazing Adventures again, as well as travel to New Zealand for some training.
Coffey is majoring in international business and economics. He'd like to travel after college, whether it's through skiing or some other career.
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Capping Deductions: An Alternative To Tax Increases
Published: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 7:42 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 7:42 a.m.
Excerpted from an editorial by The Washington Post.
As the fiscal cliff looms, leaders in Washington draw red lines. President Barack Obama is "asking the wealthiest to pay a little more in taxes," as he repeated Friday. House Speaker John Boehner is "open" to more revenue but only in exchange for significant spending cuts — and raising existing tax rates is "unacceptable," the Ohio Republican insisted.
So, more gridlock? Not necessarily. There are politically feasible ways to get more revenue, mostly from the wealthy — without raising tax rates. One is to limit the value of itemized deductions, 80 percent of which accrued to the top 20 percent of taxpayers in 2011, according to the Tax Policy Center. More than 25 percent of the benefits flowed to the top 1 percent.
There are a number of ways this could be done. You could eliminate or cap particular deductions. You could reduce the maximum marginal rate at which taxpayers can claim deductions, as Obama proposed in his first-term budgets.
Or, as Mitt Romney suggested during the campaign, you could limit the total dollar amount of deductions any taxpayer could claim. ...
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by Ryan Dixon - November 6, 2008 1:13 PM UTC
Picked ninth overall in 2001, Tuomo Ruutu has had chronic injury troubles, but things are finally looking up.
Is it finally Tuomo's time? In 2002, The Hockey News had Tuomo Ruutu rated as the top NHL prospect in our annual Future Watch issue.
by Ryan Dixon - October 30, 2008 1:31 PM UTC
From Toronto's shooting propensity to the bizzaro world in St. Louis, it's been a strange start to the campaign.
It doesn't take long for a season to get odd. People who laid bucks down on the Ducks or wished upon the Stars can start breathing a little easier, but there are still plenty of things happening around the league to induce some head-scratching.
by Ryan Dixon - October 23, 2008 1:18 PM UTC
While big bucks were getting thrown around, Preds GM David Poile got steals in Shea Weber and Ryan Suter.
Cash before delivery. It's a growing trend in the NHL these days, one some regard as a dangerous method of paying players. The notion of handing out contracts to young players based on what you anticipate they'll produce down the road isn't without some peril, but it's vastly superior to overcompensating players for something they haven't got and will never acquire.
by Ryan Dixon - October 16, 2008 2:15 PM UTC
It's too early to be looking forward to the trade deadline, so instead, we look back at a few moves from 2007.
We're halfway through October and every hockey fan knows what that benchmark means: Only 138 more days until the NHL trade deadline. Don't worry; we're not looking to kick off the lunacy of deadline talk just yet.
by Ryan Dixon - October 9, 2008 1:10 PM UTC
Hallelujah! Hockey is back and the off-season banter can cease and desist... right after this final skewed viewed.
Drop the puck. Raise the banner. Let's get this show on the road. The start of the NHL season in North America officially ends the speculation and straw-grasping that marks off-season hockey chatter.
by Ryan Dixon - October 2, 2008 12:02 PM UTC
The East will be a blast to watch this year, thanks to a plethora of teams with their own pluses and minuses.
There's no law that says something has to be exceptional to be exciting. Students getting straight A's in university should be lauded for their efforts, but it's usually the kids who subscribe to the "C's make degrees" philosophy who have the most fun – until graduation, anyway.
by Ryan Dixon - September 24, 2008 2:59 PM UTC
Surrounded by No. 1 picks with flare, the injury to Erik Johnson leaves Blues fans waiting even longer for promise to be fulfilled.
St. Louis team president John Davidson called it a curve ball, but it probably feels more like a fastball to the groin. News that Erik Johnson will likely miss the entire season with torn knee ligaments sustained while driving a golf cart during a team golf outing (sound fishy to anyone else?) is not the way Davidson wanted to kick-off training camp.
by Ryan Dixon - September 17, 2008 2:55 PM UTC
At the Board of Governors meeting, David Poile is still surprised at Radulov's decision, Burke snaps about Schneider and Bettman twists T.V.
I spent the majority of Tuesday afternoon loitering in a lobby while waiting for the NHL's big wigs to emerge from a boardroom and their Board of Governors meeting.
by Ryan Dixon - September 10, 2008 11:18 AM UTC
Optimism rules the start of every hockey season, but sometimes fans can get a little too carried away with their expectations.
For NHL fans, hope springs eternal in the fall. But far too often, faith blurs into willful blindness and fan forums get littered with statements that offend the very nature of common sense, like: "I don't care what anyone says, I watched him last year and Ron Hainsey at $4.
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With the juniors going for five straight championships in their own backyard, the big Irishman is a perfect fit.
Coaches, like players, don't necessarily excel in every aspect of their job. Just as some great shooters can't skate a lick, not every bench boss is equally adept in the technical and motivational components of their profession.
by Ryan Dixon - August 27, 2008 11:40 AM UTC
No matter how good a player is, he's not considered legendary until he captures a Cup. Here's five who are still searching.
A Hall of Famer and a co-worker got me thinking about legacies. Sam McCaig, esteemed staff member here at The Hockey News, pointed out recently that if Joe Thornton is going to win a Stanley Cup before he's 30, it'd have to be this season.
by Ryan Dixon - August 20, 2008 10:36 AM UTC
As the communication divide between generations grows greater, we're here to help clarify some 'icy' terms.
One of the surest signs you've fully transitioned to adulthood occurs when a person who is your junior says or writes something to you that's presumably based in your first language, yet you have no idea what he or she is trying to communicate.


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Roger upset by Berdych
Roger had to admit a defeat against Czech Tomas Berdych in Miami on Tuesday, losing a tight match 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-7(6).
"It's no secret that I struggled the last five matches I played in the States," Roger said. "I fought, and tried everything I could, but my game is lacking something right now. I'm lacking timing. I had so many chances, but I never felt great all night. When I don't play my best, it's hard to judge my opponent, but I knew the danger. This only fuels my desire to go to the practice courts and figure out what's wrong, and get better."
Roger had beaten Berdych in eight of their previous nine encounters but paid the penalty for an error-strewn display in which he could only convert two of 12 break point opportunities. After a rather unspectacular first set which Berdych eventually won, Roger could only close the second in the tie-break after having failed to make use of his nine break points. The two players met on the same level once again, breaking and re-breaking, with Roger eventually facing the first match-point of the match at 6-5 in the decider. After a successful challenge on the side of the Czech and another match-point for Roger in the tie-break, our champ eventually had to face the three-set defeat.
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I was watching the international friendly Brazil vs. France and the commentators were mostly saying about Oscar did this and Oscar did that. But as a Liverpool fan I thought Coutinho is a lot better.
Tell me who you think is better and why in the comments!!!
Interesting timing, considering Oscar scored in the match.. I think the commentators were speaking about Oscar because he completed an entire season in England, as well as competing in Champions League, primarily as a starter and key player for them..
To be honest, they are both fantastic players, and I think they might be compared because of size and stature, but have different qualities. If Coutinho had been on Liverpool all season, he may well have been the name on everyone's lips, but he did fantastic in his short time there.
I think Oscar will score more goals, he's really got an eye and scored some wonder shots, and Coutinho seems to have eyes on the side of his head, and passing ability that's something rarely seen. End of the day, Coutinho could be better as an all around player, but I wouldn't be upset if someone said Oscar is at the moment.. I'm very happy / excited with Philippe and his future!!
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Laney Walker Boulevard is going to look very different this time next year between R.A. Dent Boulevard and 15th Street in downtown Augusta.
The stretch of the now four-lane road that runs through the medical campus will become two lanes. Plans also include tree-lined sidewalks and paths so those walking and biking have more room. The changes are supposed to make the road safer for students, staff and visitors at Georgia Regents University Augusta.
The community got a chance to see what the changes will bring and ask questions on Wednesday night. However, not everyone likes the plan.
Isaac Green has lived his whole life around Laney Walker Boulevard. He was hoping to see a full presentation at Wednesday night's meeting.
Instead, Green was disappointed when he arrived to find a public information open house.
"I thought there should've been some people explaining some different angles about the project," Green told News 12.
For two and a half hours, Green and anyone else interested in looking at the drawings could stop by to see them and ask questions.
The project will take Laney Walker from a four-lane road to a two-lane road between R.A. Dent Boulevard and 15th Street by the end of the year.
Green says he thinks the people in charge of the changes aren't showing their whole plan.
"You wish you knew the whole picture. I think there's other plans in the works that the community is not knowledgeable about yet," Green said.
The original request was to eliminate traffic on Laney Walker where it cuts through the medical campus. The idea was to give the GRU more of a college feel.
Pastor Kenneth B. Martin was one of the first to protest against that plan and says it won't happen on his watch.
"Just as sure as heaven is happy," said Pastor Martin, "You will hear from us."
Commissioner Alvin Mason says people don't need to worry about any more changes beyond the plans for a lane road lined with trees and paths for pedestrians and bicyclists.
"That's still a street that belongs to us. That's important for the citizens of Augusta-Richmond County to understand, and this is one commissioner that wouldn't vote for anything that closes this street off in any type of capacity, way, shape or form," Mason said.
Green agrees with Mason and says Laney Walker Boulevard has too much history to be taken off the map.
"No, it's too historical for that. No, I can't go along with that," Green said.
The entire project will cost around $900,000, and $700,000 of that with come from a grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation. GRU will chip in the rest of the money.


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Jonathan Robinson, a Gridley native and Gridley High School Class of 2000 Graduate, was stabbed seven times in the upper body last Monday after coming to the rescue of a group of children that were being attacked in front of his home. The attack took place at the North Pointe Park Apartments on Zurlo Way in Natomas, where Robinson had moved recently. Robinson initially underwent six hours of emergency surgery. The two strangers, Bryan Jones and Dave Cain, saw Robinson being attacked and chased the attackers off, then proceeded to give Robinson first aid. Jones and Cain said they started to walk toward the attackers and they walked off—they did not bother to run. The two men applied pressure to Robinson's wounds with other neighbors and called 911. Their help was recorded on a voicemail after Robinson tried to call his father and dropped his phone. The family says Robinson does not have medical insurance to cover the costs, which are climbing higher every day. They have also said that the suspects have been caught and charged. The family has established a fund to pay for the medical bills at The Rock of Roseville Church. Two arrests have been made in the stabbing, and both suspects have been charged. The suspects' identities have not yet been released.
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'Glee,' Season 4, Episode 7, 'Dynamic Duets': TV Recap
Hello Gleeks. Happy Thanksgiving. (Be warned: No Rachel and Kurt in this episode).
The Secret Society of Super Heroes club is in session. There's Asian Persuasion (Tina), Blond Chameleon (Sam), Tarantula Head (Joe), Sweet and Spicy (Sugar-), Night Bird (Blaine). Then there's Dr. Y (Artie – who really wanted to be Professor X, but apparently that was a copy right issue), Queen Bee (Becky) and Human Brain (obviously Brittany). Night Bird even has a Bat Phone, on which Asian Persuasion texts him to ask him if he talked to Kurt. (He didn't . I like how the costumes play to the quirks of each member (although Blaine doesn't really have anything that makes him stand out except his bow ties).
But there's an emergency in the choir room: The Warblers' took the Nationals Trophy!
Blaine goes to get the trophy back from his old stomping grounds. Blaine (and I) immediately thinks Sebastian is behind it all, but remember, he turned over a new leaf: no more bullying, blackmail or assault. "That must be boring for you," Blaine deadpans. "Being nice sucks," Sebastian says. Sebastian sends Blaine to meet the NEW captain of the Warblers – Hunter Clarington (played by Nolan Gerard Funk) – and he's not remotely bi-curious. He gives off the weird Cee-Lo vibe, with that big white cat on his lap. We never met Hunter before because it was an army brat in Colorado Springs, but got a full scholarship to come to Dalton. He stole the trophy as bait – Glee Club can have its Nationals trophy back when Blaine joins the Warblers. Hunter says everyone knows he just went to McKinley for Kurt and Sebastian points out that Blaine is a Dalton boy at heart. They ask him to try on the Warbler's jacket while telling him the Warblers are going to win and break out into "Dark Side" by Kelly Clarkson to prove it. Always fun to hear a Kelly Clarkson song and obviously it is fun to see Blaine back with the Warblers, where he obviously shines. (Love how the Warblers always do a pop song). Blaine Warbler!
Jake tries to ask out Marley but she already has plans with Ryder, cockily explains that girls don't like when you pretend you're into them, and then blow them off. I guess the claws come out when a girl's involved, huh? There's some name calling, then Ryder makes fun of Jake for riding a Razor scooter (ha, seriously? What's this, 2002?) and an almost-fight breaks out. These things are usually broken up by Schue, but he's in DC, so Finn comes to the rescue (with some help from Tina and Becky) instead and demands they go to Glee Club.
Ryder and Kitty joined Glee Club! But Tina doesn't want Kitty in the club and demands a vote; Finn says that Kitty did well in Grease and they're under the gun- Sectionals is next week. Ok so Sectionals is next week and they haven't started rehearsing yet at all? Not one song? That's ok, Finn's plan is Foreigner – sing their songs, in foreign languages, in costumes from around the world. Clearly that idea falls flat. Finn is all disappointed, but he's rescued by Coach Beiste, who's in the super-hero spirit, since she's faculty adviser. She's from the Planet Testostrogen. I'm speechless. She gives some Spider Man pep talk about how the world needs super heroes and Finn complains that the Glee Club doesn't see him as an adult. To drive home the point, Finn spits up his first cup of coffee.
So Finn gets into the super-hero theme – Treble Clef (uniter of Glee Club) and comes up with Dynamic Duets. He brings up The Avengers (awesome movie, btw) and points out how they are all good individually but they are better together, and the animosity from within the Glee Club isn't good. So he pairs Jake with Ryder and Kitty with Marley for the week's assignment.
Kitty presents Marley with sheet music to "Holding out for a Hero" because it shows off her vocal skills while reinforcing Marley's mousiness. Kitty is also going to be Femme Fatale and Marley has no say. Jake and Ryder agree to not like each other; Ryder decides he's going to be Mega Stud (Jake: "So your super hero choice is to be me?"). They start singing "Superman" by R.E.M. They sing to Marley, much to Kitty's dismay. And they are both MS (a degenerative nerve disease, according to Artie and a girls' magazine according to Finn). The song is just ok, but it leads to a fight. One of the real-er fights we've seen so far on Glee. Finn brings the guys to the auditorium to yell and them. This scene is humorous. Finn's standing there in rain boots and tights and a cape, yelling at two dudes in rain boots, tights and a cape. Ryder says he doesn't like Jake because "he's working his way through every girl at this school and Marley deserves better." Finn gives them a new assignment – a kryptonite lesson – they have to admit their weaknesses to each other so they can realize their strengths.
Finn has more pressing problems then Marley's love life: Blaine confesses that he sang with the Warblers. (It felt like when Piro left the X-Men to join Magneto's brotherhood). Blaine says it felt right and everything in Glee Club reminds him of Kurt. Without him, he feels like he's floating. Finn says that Blaine is part of the Glee Club, but Blaine says the Warblers are his birth rite and his destiny. Wow!
In the weight room Sam has a jock strap on his face, doing his (rather good) Bane impersonation. Jake hands Ryder a piece of paper with his kryptonite: His whole life he's never felt like he's fit in: half white, half black, half Jewish. After trying to play off the whole "weakness thing, Ryder finally admits his: he can't read what Jake wrote on the paper.
Marley tells Kitty she won't do a duet because she won't wear a clingy bodysuit; Kitty asks if she's still purging. Marley admits she's been doing so every day this week. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? KIDDING ME, GLEE? (I hated this story line last week and I will continue to hate it until it's gone from the show. I understand teenagers have body issues, but one girl purposefully driving another to bulimia? That's a new low and makes Kitty the most unlikable character on TV).
Cut to the girls' bathroom. Thankfully it's not a scene where Marley is throwing up. It's just a costume change. Kitty wears a Catwoman body suit. Marley wears a gold body suit: Wall Flower. Surprisingly Kitty says Marley looks hot, offers to buy her clothes from now on and says she's not a wall flower. They break out into "Holding Out for a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler. Gotta love a good 80′s power ballad with a whip, splits and dancing. Kitty sings to Jake and Marley sings to Ryder.
After Brittany notices she doesn't smell raspberry hair gel, Finn breaks the bad news: Blaine Warbler decided to finish his senior year at Dalton. Everyone is sufficiently shocked.
Jake tells Finn's Ryder's secret; Finn brings Ryder to see the district special-education person. Ryder can't spell minute or pretty; can't read egg or artic backwards. He's really frustrated – he thinks he's stupid. No matter how hard he tried, focused or studied, he felt stupid. Plus, his dad has a PhD. Ryder's been keeping this secret since he's 6. The lady tells him he's very smart but dyslexic. Finn says he doesn't have to carry the secret anymore – his brain just works differently than everyone else. Ryder gets an individualized education program and thanks Finn for his help. Finn rightfully points out that Ryder owes Jake.
Over in the cafeteria Jake butters up Marley's mom, learns she's lost 6 lbs this month and that Marley always talks about him. Jake admits he had a chance and blew it; then some of the football players (or other sports players) call Marley's mom a dump truck and call Jake kosher cappuccino. Very quickly this escalates into "payback time" for Jake (what are they paying him back for?), but Ryder steps in and tells them to leave Jake alone. (Artie and Becky are there too, and while their heart is in the right place, I can't help but think if there was a bunch of dudes fighting, those two would NOT be in the middle of it). But it works; the jocks do not want to fight Artie and Becky (or they respect Ryder).
Scene change: out to L.A. in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd. There's Puck! He's "The Puckerman" and charges for photos, which an idiotic French couple eagerly agrees to pay. Jake calls for brotherly advice about the Ryder/Marley situation. Puck's first question: Is she hot? Then his advice: Play it cool because he has Puckerman genes. He says play nice and sit back and soon Marley will come to him. (After all, that's how Puck got Terri Hatcher). Don't be a d*ck, but don't give up. Decent advice.
Of course, Puck's advice works. Ryder has to reschedule him and Marley's date because his first appointment with the dyslexia specialist is Saturday at 7 a.m. so he has to go straight home after the game. Marley is disappointed, but Ryder is serious about focusing and getting an A this semester. He asks for next Friday instead. (I thought Marley would be more understanding of Ryder's situation, especially since he must have confided in her somewhere in this episode). Of course Kitty overhears, says Ryder is probably lying about studying, and it's really because Marley looks bloated and needs to exercise. Marley says she's not going to wait around for Ryder and instead gets a date with Jake. (Kitty is shocked and awed, I believe).
Blaine is cleaning out his locker, where Sam confronts him and tells him to stop beating himself up, pointing out that Blaine is going back to Dalton as another way of punishing himself. "What did you do exactly?" he asks.
We see Blaine after the – indiscretion. (We don't really see who the guy is though). It was with a guy who friended him on Facebook. He went over there because he felt like Kurt was moving on with his life and Blaine didn't feel a part of it. Blaine started feeling like him and Kurt weren't supposed to spend the rest of their lives together, but after the hook-up Blaine immediately regretted it. Sam encourages Blaine to call Kurt to talk to him; Blaine says he's tried. Sam says Blaine has to stop villain-izing himself. Sam asks for one day before Blaine leaves.
And they sing "Heroes" by David Bowie. Blaine's voice steals the song. We also see the Glee kids working together to clean some graffiti (and a paint fight). (Also, apparently Artie and Sugar are going out.) There's also a Thanksgiving food and clothing drive. Sam is showing Blaine that he does fit in at McKinley. So obviously Blaine decides to stay, and needs Sam's help for one last mission: They sneak into Dalton, take back their trophy and leave the blazer and a note: "No Thanks." It's like Death Star meets Mordor meets Temple of Doom. After presenting Finn with the trophy the club gives him a utility belt fanny pack filled with markers for the board, antacid, a doll's head and a treble clef pin. Final song of the episode: "Some Nights" by fun. The guys take lead vocals and sound really good. (Not as good as the Warblers, though). The group wears the red t-shirts and jeans that the original New Directions wore when they sung "Don't Stop Believin'" way back in Season 1. Nice throwback.
What did you think of the episode? I've read several critics loved it but I wasn't so down with this episode — it felt too contrived and cheesy at points.
So are Kitty and Marley friends? Frenemies? Enemies?
I am really interested to see what the New Directions will sing at Sectionals. Also, Joe had more than 2 lines this episode! Tina's voice is not being showcased enough. I like Marley's voice plenty, but let's not forget about Tina! They should definitely be using more of her!
Next week is the Thanksgiving episode, and I think Quinn is back!
[This article has been modified. An earlier edition of this post misidentified the song "Some Nights" by fun.]


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Office worker performed surgery on patient's face, sheriff says
Published: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 3:21 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 3:21 p.m.
SARASOTA COUNTY - An office manager was arrested this week for allegedly performing a surgical procedure on a patient's face at her brother's cosmetic surgery office, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office says.
Christine Patterson, 44, of Sarasota is charged with practicing medicine without a license, accused of performing a post-operative procedure on a patient after a cosmetic surgery.
In April 2011, a patient went to Sarasota Surgical Arts to see Dr. Alberico Sessa for a follow-up visit the day after surgery. Patterson, Sessa's sister who is not a doctor, examined the victim, re-wrapped the bandages and sent the patient home. The patient returned the next day with major swelling; two witnesses later told detectives the victim's face was "swollen like a pumpkin."
Patterson contacted Sessa, who was out of town, then decided to insert a drain to remove excess fluid herself.
Patterson reportedly told one witness she had seen the procedure done "plenty of times," although she has no medical training and was employed as an office manager and medical biller. The patient told detectives the pain was excruciating.
Patterson was released on bail and is prohibited from having contact with any of Sessa's patients or Sarasota Surgical Arts.
Anyone with concerns about similar incidents should contact Criminal Investigations at (941) 861-4935.
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This study for a large-scale painting that once belonged in England in the collections of the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim Castle, and was destroyed in a fire that ravaged a wing of this castle in 1861, depicts the abduction of Proserpina.
Following a plot by Venus, Pluto fell in love with Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres and Jupiter, and abducted her.
Rubens depicts the brutality and rapidity of the action wonderfully. Pluto's gesture, forcefully embracing Proserpina's body, merges the two figures in a single luminous diagonal in opposition to the dark diagonal formed by Minerva, who is trying to prevent the kidnapping.
Rubens put all his technique into the depiction of this act of violence. On a saffron yellow base, he painted using a cursive stroke with the tip of his brush, and his oil painting technique kept all the graphic qualities of watercolour techniques and even drawing techniques.
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Bidder From China Leads in Fisker Acquisition Talks
Fisker Automotive, an electric-car company that has raised about $1.2 billion in venture capital and about $192 million in federal government loans, has now received three firm offers from potential acquirers.
Dongfeng Motor, a Chinese state-owned automaker, is currently the lead bidder, a person close to the situation said. Dongfeng has offered to buy about 80% of Fisker for about $350 million, the person said. Negotiations are ongoing and terms may change, the person added. Attempts to reach Dongfeng weren't successful.
The Anaheim, Calif.-based company, which makes a luxury plug-in hybrid car, began exploring acquisition and strategic partnership paths last year, as it strained to continue funding an ambitious business plan. The company hired investment bank Evercore Partners to help find investors.
The price that Dongfeng is offering is a far cry from the valuation of about $1.8 billion at which some investors bought shares in Fisker a few years ago, according to another person familiar with those terms. Since then the car company has run into numerous challenges and hasn't met its sales projections.
Chinese companies have been successful recently in buying U.S. clean-technology companies for much less than was invested in them by the U.S. government or venture investors, as in the cases of battery manufacturer A123 Systems and solar company MiaSole.
The offer from Dongfeng also includes a proposal to continue with the plan that Fisker had for several years to build its second car model in Delaware, at a factory that it bought on the cheap out of General Motors' bankruptcy, the person said. The Department of Energy had offered a loan to Fisker to help fund manufacturing there, but it put that on hold a while ago because Fisker missed some milestones in its business progress.
Roger Ormisher, spokesman for Fisker, declined to comment on the details regarding the company's sales offers. "Given the confidential nature of this matter, at this point in our process we can only confirm that the company has received detailed proposals from multiple parties in different continents which are now being evaluated by the Company and its advisors," Ormisher wrote in an email.
Bloomberg News earlier reported that Dongfeng was one of the parties proposing offers for Fisker.
Another bid that the company received is from another Chinese player, Geely International, according to the person familiar with the situation. The interest from Geely was reported earlier by Reuters.
The person declined to say who made a third firm offer. But, the person said, Dongfeng is a clear leader in the current negotiations.
Dongfeng Motor Group, a publicly traded subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor, has a market capitalization of about $13 billion. Dongfeng Motor Group held about 12% of the domestic auto market in China as of the middle of last year, according to its interim report.
Chinese auto makers' interest in cleaner-burning car technology is driven in part by government regulation, in response to high pollution levels in the country.
Fisker, founded in 2007, has raised capital from investors including Advanced Equities, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates, Palo Alto Investors and Qatar Investment Authority. It's one of the top startups in the U.S. by the amount of capital raised.
The company continues to sell its luxury car Karma, but it put production of the car on hold in the third quarter of last year because it needed to renegotiate a supply agreement with the successor to A123 Systems, which entered bankruptcy and has by now been acquired by China-based Wangxiang Group.
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I recently upgraded to a new PMS (1.90.0). Now my Sony TV (KDL-EX640) is taken by PMS to be a Vizio Smart TV. This results in almost all of my videos being Mencoder'ed before playing. Before this all but one set of 720p played immediately.
I've fixed the problem be renaming VizioSmartTV.conf but that leaves me with an Unknown Renderer. I had hoped this PMS update would fix that one problem I was having with the Sony TV by recognizing it.
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This Oct. 8, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows the Amenas Gas Field in Algeria, which is jointly operated by BP and Norway's Statoil and Algeria's Sonatrach. Algerian special forces launched a rescue operation Thursday at the plant in the Sahara Desert and freed foreign hostages held by al-Qaida-linked militants, but estimates for the number of dead varied wildly from four to dozens. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)
U.S. officials say an American worker at a natural gas complex in Algeria has been found dead.
The officials identify him as Frederick Buttaccio of Texas. They say it's not clear how he died. His remains have been recovered.
The Obama administration has confirmed that Americans are still being held hostage by the Islamic militants who attacked the facility in Algeria's Sahara Desert on Wednesday. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has urged Algeria's prime minister to try to protect the remaining hostages as Algeria works to end the hostage standoff.
U.S. officials aren't confirming the number of Americans who are still being held or are unaccounted for.
They are flatly rejecting an offer from the militants. The hostage-takers offered to free two American hostages in exchange for the release of two men in prison in the United States -- including a blind sheikh who was convicted of plotting to blow up New York City landmarks. A State Department spokeswoman says, "The United States does not negotiate with terrorists."
Algeria's state news service reports that 12 hostages have been killed since the start of an Algerian rescue effort yesterday. The news service reported earlier today that nearly 100 of the 132 foreign workers kidnapped by Islamic militants were free -- but questions remained about the fate of the others.


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Alabama officials recently raided and shut down an electronic bingo operation. Hundreds of people lost their jobs when Victoryland was closed.
When asked if shutting down Victoryland a priority, Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange said, "I'd really like to talk, [but] I'm here to talk about school safety initiatives this morning."
Before Strange spoke about school safety issues in Montgomery, Alabama News Network found him backstage and asked why he served a search warrant at VictoryLand last month.
"We enforce the law consistently across the state," he said. "It is very important to us. VictoryLand, as the Supreme Court has said, is operating illegal machines, but we had no choice to take the action we did, and treat them the same way we do everyone else like Houston County situation, in Greene County and of course, in Jefferson County. All over the state where we had this issue."
But why weren't other casinos like Greenetrack raided?
"We have already shut down Greenetrack," Strange said. "They continue to reopen, but that case is in court. We are handling this to allow everyone to have their day in court. We just have to make sure we enforce the law consistently."
VictoryLand reopened in December bringing on some 400 employees. When the casino was shut down, all but six were let go.
"Well before they opened, we gave them the opportunity to go into court and show that it was legal," Strange said. "I am sorry they didn't take that opportunity."
Scott Leonard was one of the VictoryLand employees that lost their job.
"Mr. Strange, I am 41-years-old. How am I supposed to know this was going to happen? I think you knew that this was going to happen. How am I supposed to support myself after waiting all this time to go back to work?"
But Strange says the blame lies on VictoryLand.
"I'm sorry for the people that lost their jobs. I am sorry they didn't take us up on our offer."


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Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, and Lotus Sametime. Adium supports beautiful WebKit message display, tabbed messaging, encrypted chat, file transfer, and more. Give it a try; you won't look back.
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Skype support would be great (esp for the IMchat side of this voip prog).
other than taht, this is an excellent app and is highly configurable/skinnable.
Very cool; also works with Gizmo (VOIP app)
Fire is a good alternative to Adium, and IMHO a better app. It took has file transfer and a/v issues, but I find the interface far less confusing.
If only it could connect to my built-in iSight...
It's awesome. I just hope it improves in stability when it gets to version 1.0, because on occasion it will randomly crash.
Very nice app. I use it almost constantly at home. Unfortunately, being "just" a wrapper around libgaim makes it a bit difficult to add new features (read, audio and/or iSight/webcam support).
Been using this since its beginnings. The simplicity is what made me try it, its elegance is why it's still on my desktop.
Great concept with a very nice default interface and many customizations. Supports the popular IM protocols.
It's very buggy in all .8x versions and seems like 1.x still needs some work. Some of the most problem areas:
dropped connections
loses passwords (keychain items just vanish)
file transfers don't always work
automatic encryption enabling flaky (sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't)
meta contacts sometimes put through a connection on the wrong protocol
deleted contacts sometimes re-appear all by themselves
Still the most usable IM program for Mac OS because of its feature list, interface and ability to support so many protocols.
The 1.0 beta is awesome. It drops my MSN connection when coming back from sleeping, but other than that is bug free. If Skype / Video chat was added somehow I would be in heaven. I'm not holding my breath for this...
iChat doe snot require users to use either .Mac or ichat. When adding a buddy (or setting up your own account) make sure that you have AIM selected, instead of Bonjour or .Mac. I would still recommend adium over ichat (save the av, and stability advantages)
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Whitlock facing three charges
January 19, 2013
PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man was cited early Friday morning after witnesses saw someone they thought was breaking into a car, the Parkersburg Police Department said. At about 3 a.m....
Alright Parkersburg!!!! This worthless piece of $h/f has done this his entire life......Ive known of him going back to his early years before he dropped out if school. He was worthless garbage then and has only refined his skills of uselessness over the years. He is responsible for a large percentage of breakins around town. My family included which is yet to be held accountable!! Turn him loose so he can continue to terrorize the hard working blue collar native.
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bluntedinmichigan wrote: from what i remember he had a 'military trial' i forget what its called
my understanding of it is they dont have to 'disclose' info. after a 'military case' is done
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would she be on primetime news???
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Nashua police No. 2 still on paid leave, no answers forthcoming from chief, AG
NASHUA – Nashua police Deputy Chief Scott Howe remains on paid leave more than two weeks after police announced his temporary dismissal.
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AUSTIN (January 15, 2013)—The Texas House budget proposal for 2014-15 provides no funds for the standardized STAAR test, although a preliminary Senate budget includes about $94 million annually for the exam.
If lawmakers were to pull funding for standardized testing, The Texas Education Agency says the state could violate federal rules.
Agency spokeswoman Debbie Ratcliffe said Tuesday that the Texas House budget proposal to defund the exam regimen is the first she could recall.
Standardized testing has taken place in Texas classrooms since 1980.
Ratcliffe said No Child Left Behind laws require elementary, middle and high school testing.
Proposals to defund STAAR could spark larger debate on the state's over-reliance on standardized testing.
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Dennis Rodman: Kim Jong Eun's 'Friend For Life'
Elle: Hey, Jay! Zed called. The high consulate from Solaxiant 9 wants floor seats for the next Bulls game.
Jay: All right, let's put in a call to Dennis Rodman. He's from that planet.
Elle: Rodman? You're kidding.
Jay: Nope.
Elle: Not much of a disguise.
–Final lines of "Men in Black"
North Korea has played its nuclear and missile cards. The U.S. riposte: Dennis Rodman.
As an NBA player, "The Worm" was a rebounding machine, leading the league in multiple seasons and playing on five championship teams on his way to the Hall of Fame. Now more than a dozen years into his post-basketball career, having already made a professional-wrestling tour of Australia (he lost to Mr. Wonderful, among others) and spent some time on "Celebrity Rehab," he's testing his skills as a diplomat. In Pyongyang.
Actually, the U.S. government apparently isn't involved. A senior administration official told the Associated Press that the State Department hasn't even been contacted about this mission, which began with Rodman's landing in Pyongyang Tuesday. Instead, it's the work of a media company called VICE, generating material for its weekly HBO series and seeking, it declared, to nudge the North Korean regime toward "openness and better relations with the outside world."
Company founder Shane Smith, whose own visit to Pyongyang made for a memorable program, said "finding common ground on the basketball court is a beautiful thing." Rodman, along with three members of the Harlem Globetrotters, will offer a basketball camp for kids and play some community-based games, VICE said. "Additionally," it went on, "there may be a top-level scrimmage" attended by the Dear Respected Kim Jong Eun, leader of North Korea and a man who doesn't look like he got game.
Of course, the same might have been said of his father, the late and very short Kim Jong Il. And yet, among the diplomatic gifts stretching into infinity in North Korea's International Friendship Exhibition Hall—along with the likes of armored railcars (one each from Mao and Stalin) and a boar's head from Nicolae Ceausescu—is a basketball signed by Michael Jordan, presented by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in 2000. The Dear Leader was reputedly a fan not just of cognac and "Gone With the Wind" but of the NBA.
Even given a love of basketball, North Koreans may find Rodman an adjustment. An unscientific AP poll—consisting of showing one Pyongyangite a photo of the man, well-pierced, heavily tattooed and snarling—drew this reaction: "He looks like a monster!" (The AP did not reveal the color of Rodman's hair in the photo; over the years he has dyed it any number of shades, including crimson and green.)
The show emerging from the Pyongyang mission is set to air on HBO in early April.


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If you're just slamming leftover turkey between day-old dinner rolls, a glass of milk is probably all the libation-pairing you need. But when the Thanksgiving leftover recipes hail from Jason Berthold, executive chef of San Francisco's RN74, it's only natural that sommelier Rajat Parr would oblige with something a bit more upscale.
Parr is the wine director for San Francisco's Mina Group and a partner at RN74, and he has two suggestions for each dish -- one priced at $25 or less, and the other a bit more of a splurge. Half the wines are from France, as befits a restaurant named after the Route Nationale 74, which traverses the Burgundy region. The rest are from Italy and Austria.
Turkey Soup
This classic turkey stock with fall vegetables and wild rice will go well with a 2011 Marcel Lapierre 'Raisins Gaulois' from Beaujolais, and a more expensive 2010 Vietti Barbera d'Alba 'Scarrone' from Piedmont, Italy.
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This flavorful dish mixes leftover mashed potatoes with Parmesan, roasted garlic, French's Fried Onions and a dill-creme fraiche. Pair it a 2010 Domaine Billaud Simon Chablis from Burgundy or, for a splurge, the 2009 Raveneau Chablis 'Montee de Tonnerre' 1er Cru, also from Burgundy.
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|Abortion rights marchers took to the streets in Dublin on Saturday.
Those so-called pro-life demonstrators at Boston College really need to get a grip. As Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny made clear to them, Ireland has one of the most restrictive attitudes to abortion in the world.
"There is no change in the legislation in regard to abortion which has been on the statute books now since 1861," he told them, as if that is something to be proud of.
As we all know by now, the proposed changes in Irish law are so restrictive that abortion here will still be extremely rare, and the thousands of Irish women who want an abortion each year will still have to travel to the U.K. for one.
One wonders where the Boston protestors were when that unfortunate Indian woman who was refused a termination in a Galway hospital died. Did they protest then at the medieval set-up in Ireland which resulted in her death? Or are they only pro some lives?
But enough about the Boston protestors. We have enough pro-life zealots of our own to be worrying about, and they have been making their voices heard more often in the past two weeks as the abortion debate has got underway in the media, the country and the Dail (Irish Parliament.)
As the memory of Savita Halappanavar has faded a little they have become increasingly vocal, putting forward all kinds of far-fetched scenarios in which the "floodgates" are opened here to abortion on demand.
Myself and my 21-year-old daughter passed a group of them who had set up outside the General Post Office on O'Connell Street a few days ago (where Pearse read his Proclamation in 1916), with their placards showing bloody fetuses and a petition table for signatures "to protect the unborn."
They were all men with austere faces who looked like they were on day release from somewhere, and they were aggressively approaching people on the pavement with their leaflets.
"If one of them stands in front of me I'm going to punch him in the face," my daughter warned me. "How DARE they tell me what to do with my body. Who do they think they are?"
But really, like the protestors in Boston, they have little to be worried about. Nothing much is going to change here on abortion.
The absurdity of some of the proposed legal framework for the introduction of abortion here is now being exposed bit by bit.
For example, the government's abortion bill includes a maximum 14-year prison sentence for a woman here who has an abortion outside the framework of the legislation. As you will know by now, that framework allows abortion only in cases where the life of the mother is at serious risk, and that has to be certified by up to three doctors.
So if a woman here discovers that she has an unplanned pregnancy and decides that she cannot continue with it and takes abortion pills which she buys on the Internet, is she to be jailed for 14 years?
You might think this is absurd. Surely something like this could never happen?
But all it takes is one zealot -- possibly a relative -- to be aware of such a situation and make a formal complaint to the police and the authorities and demand action. The problem then is that the authorities -- as in the infamous X-case in Ireland -- would be forced into action by the law.
Or what happens when the parents of a young pregnant teenager disagree about what to do, or disagree with their daughter about whether she is suicidal or not? Can they prevent her from taking the morning after pill? Or can they give her the pills if they support her decision to end a pregnancy? And if they do so might they be prosecuted?
The medical grounds for an abortion will be so limiting that there is general recognition that very few such abortions will take place here in future. Only in cases where a continuation of a pregnancy (like in some cancer cases) will mean a substantial risk to the life of the mother will an abortion be allowed.
That is the present situation, and the only advance is that the new legislation may bring greater clarity to some situations.


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Hey all! I'm new to Active. But, lets get directly to the point and save the intro for later since I am in a bit of a dilema. I know, I know. I'm new and all ready starting out with drama.lol
I signed up for the Nautica Triathlon in the winter. After volunteering for the event last year I was given the great opportunity to get a guaranteed entry. I thought, "why not take advantage?!". I have been "training" since. I am a poor swimmer, but I have taken a few swimming classes. I have been able to improve upon my free-style swim technique. I entered a triathlon bootcamp, etc. Nonetheless, the triathlon is this coming Sunday and I am not prepared
1. I tend not to count the laps as I train so as not to freak myself out in the pool. I instead try to distract myself and focus on staying relaxed. Consequently, I am pretty sure I wont be able to cover the 1500m swim distance during this upcoming tri.
2. Freestyle is the only tool I have in my swim utility box. I will be meeting with a friend on Tuesday who will help me learn a bit more (back stroke, swimming on my side etc)
I was all set to defer my entry until next year....when I realized that I pretty much would lose all of the $250 that I put into registering for this event and would STILL have to pay to enter next year's race!!! $250 isn't much to risk my pride, or my life for that matter...but it sure makes me start second guessing my decision!
The more I look up information abt the triathlon, the more I hear that a sack of potatoes or plastic bag can float down the Hudson River (where the race will be) due to the strong current. I am toying with the idea of still swimming (despite my lack of preparedness).......but I am also wondering if I can still compete in the other portions of the race without swimming (not to be counted as an official finisher...but to still show up compete with the crowd)
What do you guys think?
Have you done any open water swims at all--not at a distance, just wondering if you have gotten out there and paddled around a bit to make sure you are nice and comfy with open water?
If you have, then I say go for it. You will find it's a lot easier than you think, even without the lines and walls to count. Don't count, just swim and enjoy the swim. Don't WORRY about how fast or slow you are going, stop and tread water, look at the sunrise, just enjoy the swim for what it is--a place to glide through the water. If you have to count anything to relax yourself, count every ten strokes and then lift your head to sight where you are. Tell yourself to count to 10, lift up, look around, back to 10 strokes, lift up look around, get in a groove. Hum a song in your head.
If you haven't done any ows yet, can you get out this week and swim a bit in the open water--just to show yourself that it really isn't all that hard? Because it isn't, but you want to know what it is like so your heart won't over take your head on this one at the start line. Float with the current and don't kick a lot.
Worst case...if you decide you are tired or worried, a kayaker will help you out, but I have confidence in you. If you can swim 1500 in a pool without taking a rest at a wall, you can for sure do it in a lake--just go slow and careful and save your race for the bike and run--and have fun on the swim.
It depends on the race officials, but generally, you must complete the swim in order to be permitted to do the bike or the run. Sorry.
Let us know how you do.
Sorry. I should have prefaced this post with the fact that I have complete 2 sprint tris (one this past saturday, actually.) While you may think these OWS may have me set to go for my upcoming tri....they actually make me think twice since I stopped and stood in each. Because I don't actually count when I swim in the pool..I can't say for certain that I HAVE actually covered 1500m without stopping. I will be meeting with atleast 2 swimmers this week to go over other swimming strokes besides a freestyle so that I will be able to stop and rest when needed.
Thank you so much for the advice. I think I have to overcome the mental game of swimming....without having my feet touch the bottom
I hate counting laps, too. I always lose count! I much prefer to just zone out and swim.
Trick 1: time 1 lap at easy pace, then extrapolate. Figure out what it takes two swim 1 lap in your pool (let's say a 25m pool, so 50m laps). It that takes, say, 1 minute, then you need to swim 30 laps to make 1500m, or 30 minutes. My pool has the big minute/second clock on one end to time short swims, and a regular hour/minute clock on the other end. If you're a little slower, just see if you can work up to 40 minutes of swimming laps. You'll for-sure be able to finish the swim then.
Trick 2: Count down. Instead of trying to count up, I count down laps on a long swim. I'll start with "30" in my head, and repeat it about 4 or 5 times down the lane, then again at the turn araound, then "29"... Mostly works (I still lose track about every other time), but gets me closer.
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I suspect you will be able to tread water with the best of them, or just float on your back. You don't need to be making tracks when you stop to rest! Are you wearing a wetsuit? If you are, it's nearly impossible to sink, so you can just lightly dog paddle if you get tired or worried for a while.
I agree to extrapolate time for distance since you don't count laps. But if you are wearing a wetsuit in this race (and I HIGHLY recommend it if the rules permit it) you will go faster and float easier than you do in the pool so keep that in mind. It's a great cheat sheet. Use it if you can. Rent one if you don't want to spend the bucks to buy one.
I say, go for it and try to laugh your way through the swim without being too serious about it. I saw one lady do about half of a swim lying on her back, just kicking her feet along merrily, her arms crossed over her chest. Whatever it takes!
wow! you are so encouraging!!! and appreciate that. I almost expected ppl to tell me to quit due to the insanity of it all. I DO own a wet suit and I really wont enter the race without one.lol Today I met with someone who tried to teach me how to float on my back, tread water, and breast stroke...all without a wet suit. Lets just say I just got my feet wet.lol I will try again tomorrow with a wetsuit and see how it goes. I hope for the best!
the Thursday before the event I put on my wetsuit at a local pool and bust out 1750meter swim! After taking NSAIDs for swimmers shoulder, recieving treatment for it, and learning how to float on my back...l was ready to take on the swim. I completed the swim portion of the race in 30minutes and the entire race in 3:27. thanks for the suppory you all ;0
No, really, you were sooooo ready! Congratulations! When's the next one?
lol. It is so tempting to do another Olympic Distance or another tri period. But, I think I'm going to stick to running for a while and do a few 1/2 marathons. I might do one more sprint tri with a classmate however..since I will actually be able to swim the entire way.
BTW do you have any tips for the bike portion? thats another segment of the race that I could use some improvement on
Congratulations on a strong swim & oly tri! I'm glad it went well! And that you found great encouragement here in active.com's tri community.
Best to you in your running events!
Sara Cox Landolt
Tips for the bike portion? My first tri I tanked the bike portion. I was not ready. For the next one, I practiced the distance several times, until it became easy and I could keep it the intensity the whole way. This year I am doing an Olympic (long distance for me), and I prepped the distance 3 times. I also interspersed 10-15 mile rides between each long practice, which lets me work at a little higher intensity (and also finish a ride before my kids get up on a weekday).
No magic - just practice with the distance.
2009 Pascack Valley Sprint Triathlon - 1:20:17
2010 Pacers Half Marathon - 2:09:37
2010 NJ State Triathlon (Olympic) - 3:33:19
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Hey, for the bike segment there's a ton of great articles & how-to videos within active:
I love all types of intervals & combine with hills, even better for building strength & speed.
- Interval training will boost your cycling speed and stamina
- Use the force: Building cycling strength and power http://www.active.com/cycling/Articles/Use_the_force__Building_cycling_strength_and_power.htm
- Train to conquer little hills like a big-time rider
And all of Dave Scott's activedotcom youtube videos are well done!
Best to you,
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3.1-5 Proximate Cause - Multiple
Revised to January 1, 2008
Under the definitions I have given
you, negligent conduct can be a proximate cause of an injury if it is not the
only cause, or even the most significant cause of the injury, provided it
contributes materially to the production of the injury, and thus is a
substantial factor in bringing it about. Therefore, when a defendant's
negligence combines together with one or more other causes to produce an injury,
such negligence is a proximate cause of the injury if its contribution to the
production of the injury, in comparison to all other causes, is material or
When, however, some other (cause /
causes) contribute[s] so powerfully to the production of an injury as to make
the defendant's negligent contribution to the injury merely trivial or
inconsequential, the defendant's negligence must be rejected as a proximate
cause of the injury, for it has not been a substantial factor in bringing the
injury about.
<Instruct jurors as to how the
foregoing principles apply to the facts and issues of the case on trial.>
Boileau v. Williams, 121 Conn. 432,
440 (1936) ("[A] defendant's negligence, to impose liability, must have been a
proximate and substantial cause of the injury. . . . [I]f the negligence of one
only of the defendants caused the collision [which produced the injury,] that
defendant only would be liable, but if the negligence of both contributed in a
proximate and material way to cause it, both should be held liable. . . . When
. . . injuries are claimed to have been caused by the concurring negligence of
two defendants, and it is claimed that the active operation of the negligence of
one is such a supervening cause as to prevent the antecedent negligence of the
other from being a substantial factor in producing the injury, a statement to
the jury of the general rule without any direction as to its application to the
particular facts of the case will not ordinarily be sufficient to enable a jury
of laymen to understand and correctly apply rules which eminent jurists and
text-writers have found no little difficulty in expounding."); Mahoney v.
Beatman, 110 Conn. 184, 197 (1929) ("Whether an injury following a negligent
act is caused by this act depends upon whether it is traceable in causal
relation to the tortious act. Or, expressed in another form, was this act a
substantial factor in causing this later injury?").
See also 2 Restatement (Second),
Torts § 439 ("If the effects of the actor's negligent conduct actively and
continuously operate to bring about harm to another, the fact that the active
and substantially simultaneous operation of the effects of a third person's
innocent, tortious, or criminal act is also a substantial factor in bringing
about the harm does not protect the actor from liability").
The term "supervening cause" is not
used in this instruction because it appears rarely in our case law and risks
confusing the jury on the related but quite different subject of "superseding
cause." A "supervening cause" is one whose contribution to the production of an
injury is so powerful as to make the defendant's negligent contribution to the
injury merely trivial or inconsequential, and thus not a substantial factor in
producing the injury.
A superseding cause, by contrast,
is any force which, by its intervention in the sequence of events leading from
the defendant's negligence to the plaintiff's injury, prevents the defendant
from being held liable for the injury even though (his/her) negligence has been
a substantial factor in bringing the injury about.
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HAYWARD -- For the past four years, the Valley Christian High football team has been looking for a way to topple rival Salesian. The answer came in Vikings running back Howard Wikle, who ran for 370 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-33 Tri-County Rock League victory over the Pride on Friday night at Chabot College.
"This was a big game for our program," Wikle said. "Everything was working and my offensive line was blocking and making huge holes. I just had to sprint through them."
Valley Christian (8-2, 4-2 TCAL Rock) rebounded from a 27-14 halftime deficit, largely thanks to Wikle. After the Vikings recovered the opening kickoff of the second half, Wikle scored his second touchdown of the night on an 18-yard run. Later in the third quarter, Wikle scored from 31 yards out to tie the game.
Early in the fourth quarter, Wikle reached paydirt from 63 yards out, giving Valley Christian a 34-27 lead.
Salesian (8-2, 4-2) looked poised to tie it up on the next drive, as De'Angelo Hernandez scored on a 17-yard touchdown run. However, the Vikings held the lead after a Pride point-after attempt failed. Wikle added one more touchdown -- his fifth -- a couple minutes later on a 65-yard sprint. Four of Wikle's touchdown runs were longer than 30 yards.
Salesian received solid efforts from running back Michael Page and quarterback Zach Boyett, but the Pride couldn't stop the Vikings' second-half momentum.
The speedy Page finished with 118 yards and one touchdown rushing, as well as 122 yards and two touchdowns receiving. Boyett went 9 for 25 with 202 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.
Valley Christian 41, Salesian 33
Valley Christian 6 8 13 14-- 41
Salesian 7 20 0 6-- 33
VC -- Wikle 77 run (run failed)
S -- Page 62 run (Stern kick)
S -- Page 71 pass from Boyett (Stern kick)
S -- Page 38 pass from Boyett (kick failed)
VC -- Volpatti 75 kick return (Blackwell pass from Volpatti)
S -- Hayes 29 pass from Boyett (Stern kick)
VC -- Wikle 18 run (Marco kick)
VC -- Wikle 31 run (Kick failed)
VC -- Wikle 63 run (Marco kick)
S -- Hernandez 17 run (Kick failed)
VC -- Wikle 65 run (Marco kick)
Rushing: VC -- Wikle 34-370, Harris 11-49, Volpatti 6-24, Harris 1-(-1). Totals 52-442. S -- Page 11-118, Hernandez 11-76. Totals 22-194. Passing: VC -- Volpatti 0-7-0 0. S -- Boyett 9-25-2 202. Receiving: S -- Page 4-122, Hayes 3-62, Morgan 1-19, Hernandez 1-(1). Fumbles/lost: Valley Christian 1/0; Salesian 0/0. Records: Valley Christian 8-2, 4-2 TCAL-Rock; Salesian 8-2, 4-2.


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Living between Boston and Burlington meant that I usually needed to travel for music, and though I had email in 1988, this was mostly Before Internet and that meant I didn't hear about Phish shows much.
During September of 1991 the Dead played six nights in Boston, and I saw a bunch of those, staying with friends for some, and commuting back and forth for others, keeping my day job. On one of the rides back home I met Donni, and in the course of the drive learned he was a big Phish fan. Told him what Marla had told me, and he said, "Gimme your number, I'll let you know."
So it came to pass that one day Donni called and said, "Phish at Dartmouth, next Sunday?" And I said, "Sure." I didn't know any of the music, hadn't heard any of it. I went in as a fan of concerts, knowing nothing of the band other than the raving recommendations of several friends.
I think it was Donni, Dave, and I who went together, and it was the first time I'd been to Webster Hall, which was tiny -- a seating capacity of only four hundred people. Open floor, U-shaped balcony with 5 rows of seats around the ring. Webster Hall is now the Rauner Special Collections Library. I think Phish was one of the last shows in the venue.
The show started, and halfway through the first song, The Sloth, I'm thinking, Uh, okay, WTF does this metal band have to do with Zappa or the Dead? I remember the lighting for Sloth being very black and white, emphasizing the metal character.
Then Paul and Silas: Everyone is bopping and I'm like, Ok, I actually like bluegrass, but what's up with the flow here? Where are we going? Maybe I need another smoke?
After Stash I looked at Donni and said, "Ok, THAT was good. More like that."
At the end of the first set -- killer Bowie -- my general reaction was, Excellent musicianship, some great songs, some ok songs, and some stupid filler weirdness that was distracting.
When the second set started I was still getting my bearings during Tube (because YOU MAY LEAVE AND RE-ENTER THE VENUE WITH YOUR TICKET STUB AND A HAND STAMP, WOOT!), but the Divided Sky had my undivided attention, and I remember thinking it was gutsy and rare for a band to trust the audience such that they could have so much quiet early in a second set.
Second set was better than the first, for this newbie. I knew "A Train" and liked their version and that they played it; loved the YEM. Golgi was a good closer. Then back to the Americana sorta-bluegrass for the encores.
Debriefing over a beer, decided that the Zappa influence was about the virtuosity and the hijinks, the Dead influence was about the jamming and flow within the songs. But really these guys are their own thing. Decided I needed to know the songs better to grok the flow between the songs -- because AFAICT it was random. "I could see them again," I said.
Little did I know how many shows I attend (though the Dead kept a lot of my budget for the early '90s) and how much I'd come to love the band's attitude, their approach to their craft, their infectious fun attitude, and their sophisticated non-trendy songs. In retrospect, a great first show.


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Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a so-called phishing scam is circulating around North Dakota.
Stenehjem says the Consumer Protection Division has received several reports about recorded telephone messages on supposed problems with a person's bank account or credit card. The scam artist then asks for financial information.
Stenehjem says people should never give out personal or financial information over the telephone in response to unsolicited calls.
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According to the dictionary, perfection can be defined as "an instance of excellence." In three public works departments across the country, we've captured these instances, and provide them to you as examples of how to build—and maintain—a near-perfect public works department.
These three stories have much in common: strong financial programs, dedicated constituent relations, high-tech systems in place. But the one thing that really stands out among PUBLIC WORKS magazine's 2005 Department of the Year winners is strong leadership. This leadership generally starts at the top and trickles down through the ranks to even the lowest man or woman on the totem pole.
"The one aspect of or person in a public works department that you can't live without would be an effective leader," said Barbara J. Lucks, competition judge and materials recovery/education coordinator with public works in Springfield, Mo. "This 'piece of the puzzle' will enable the other critical pieces to fall into place."
John Keifer, public works director for Norfolk, Va.—honored as the 2005 Public Works Department of the Year—said that a key ingredient is a leader who can challenge and inspire employees. "I believe that many organizational structures can work, so long as the public works director and the senior leaders are committed to working together," he said.
Encouraging and rewarding teamwork and a positive attitude is also an invaluable asset to any department. "A good attitude is essential to training a person and for getting the job done—and done correctly," said Shawn Lindsey, competition judge and public works director in Athens, Tenn.
Tim Madhanagopal, another judge and plant manager of the water reclamation division in Orange County, Fla., agrees. "Dedicated and talented staff—they really make the difference in any organization," he said.
"The public sector is a great place to work," said Susan E. Vance, director of the Butler County Department of Environmental Services (BCDES), this year's Department of the Year Section winner. "As such, the public sector should command premier employees."
The Next Step
So you've tackled the people problem. You've got the most talented and dedicated staff in place. What else can you do to merit an award from PUBLIC WORKS magazine next year?
Pam Broviak, competition judge and city engineer/public works director for LaSalle, III., said that capital equipment is on the top of her list. "Adequate equipment that is inspected, maintained, and replaced on a regular basis" is key to a successful program. Managing these assets, whether through a dedicated GASB 34 compliance program or through a specialized asset management program, also are key. These data, preferably in electronic format, should be readily available to all employees within the department.
"You must have the ability to keep good equipment with equipment replacement schedules, a well-run fleet maintenance program, and thorough inspections," said Lindsey. This continuous monitoring of equipment and other assets will help ease the burden of capital spending in the long run.