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About the Author: Paul Mayer serves as the Consular Section Chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Montréal, Canada.
In the end, it was the stories that they liked the best.
In mid-September, when my colleague Tracy and I walked over to McGill University to talk with American students about the Foreign Service Exam and life as a Foreign Service Officer, we weren't sure what we would find. We knew that American students who were brave enough to "study abroad" (the Academy maintains that Canada is, in fact, a foreign country… ref. poutine, curling, and Celine Dion) would probably already be thinking of America's role in an increasingly complex world. We also knew that students at one of North America's most prestigious universities would come prepared with good questions. Fortunately, no one asked me to explain the Kyoto Protocol.
We arrived at McGill and walked by a crowded classroom, not wanting to disturb the lecturer, only to find that the students were actually waiting for us. Cha-ching! After we introduced ourselves and discussed the mechanics of registering for and taking the Foreign Service Exam, Tracy and I gave a brief summary of our job experiences and started sharing some reflections on Foreign Service life. Neither of us could recall sipping sherry and exchanging witty bon mots with Cabinet ministers. Rather, as a Human Rights officer in a poor, sub-Saharan African country, Tracy had seen and heard some truly ghastly stories. Less than two years after joining the State Department, she was the person who was writing them up for inclusion in the annual Human Rights Report.
For me, ten years after having been a first-responder consular officer at a horrible plane crash in Southeast Asia, it didn't take much to remember or articulate the sense of obligation I felt toward the American citizens who had been killed, and to the families they left behind. It will take much for me to forget the scenes or feelings or smells of that day, though. To be fair, I also remember clearly another heavy burden placed on my shoulders when I agreed to be a judge at a national beauty pageant in a Scandinavian country. Foreign Service Officers serve their country in many different ways.
Neither of these stories are classic feel-good recruiting tales, but I'm pretty sure that the 60-70 McGill students packed into the room would have been suspicious if they thought they were being sold a bill of goods. When Tracy and I were asked to share more stories from our diplomatic assignments, we both smiled and thought, "Where do we begin?" I suppose you could say we were successful, because after 90 minutes, at least two-thirds of these busy, multi-tasking, iPhone wielding students were still in the room.
Montréal is one of the sites for the written Foreign Service Exam, and before we started the outreach program, organized by our Public Diplomacy Section, every one of our limited testing slots was already filled up. Following our meeting at McGill, and a second one at neighboring Concordia University, we opened up more testing slots, and we were pleased to see that they filled up, too. We can't be sure if there was a direct correlation with our visits and the stories we'd shared, but we'd like to believe there was. The only definitive proof may come when a future FSO candidate expresses a desire to specialize in beauty pageant judging...
Toby in Washington, DC writes:
Interesting story. I wonder if you can directly ask some of the students if that was the correlation. Otherwise, it might simply be because you were talking to Americans living abroad and this group might think of themselves as pseudo diplomats already.
Joel in Sweden writes:
Foreign Service Exam isn't the only game in town. We are also be recruiting actively for specialist positions in DS, IRM, Facilities, etc.
In my 10 years as an IT specialist overseas I've monitored elections, managed crises, entertained CEO's, shook hands with cabinet level officials and enjoyed other professional experiences that my private sector colleagues can't match.
Being on the front lines of diplomacy is an experience with which few private sector organizations can compete.
E in New Mexico writes:
Hope I passed the exam..Should be hearing back soon although I understand the chance of passing that exam on the 1st shot is 30%..It must be nice to be that 30%!
Birgitta in Sweden writes
Mr. Mayer: Can it be true? You judged the pagent that I was a contestant in years ago! How unique that I read this blog today! I'm overcome with joy to hear you are still a diplomat and that you are doing fine work in Canada. What else do you do in your job? I remember you told the group of us contestants about your work at the American Embassy in Stockholm, and I especially remember your big committment to your work.
I wish you the very best in your future goals. My son (who's name is also Paul!) and I wish you the very best and hope you will come back to Sweden again!
Justin in Columbia writes:
As an American living and working in Medellin Colombia I have seen first hand the positive results brought on my State Department programs like Plan Colombia. The Colombian people thank U.S. public servants and I hope more people take this exam.
Joel in New Mexico writes:
How would you explain to a prospective candidate the politicization of the Foreign Service? This is most evident in the appointment of ambassadors, many of whom are qualified primarily by their prowess at presidential fundraising, but ever since the 1980s the lower ranks have also been politicized. Hopefully this reached its nadir in the last administration, which stringently vetted people in a number of Departments according to the "correctness" of their political views.
With regard to politicization of State, I am thinking particularly of Lewis Amselem, who is serving as the American representative to the OAS despite his open belligerence and hostility toward the elected president of Honduras as well as toward the Nicaraguan ambassador. Indeed, Amselem has a darker past, having been implicated in the attempt to cover up the massacre in Guatemala during the 1980s by slandering Sister Diana Ortiz, my fellow New Mexican, who had been kidnapped by the death squads and tortured. In her memoirs, it is stated that according to ABC News Amselem was the source of vile accusations against her, including the claim that she had faked the over 100 cigarette burns on her back to cover up an affair and the baseless statement that she was a lesbian. (see www.webdelsol.com/AGNI/asp98-jl.htm)
It seems obvious to me that the decision to retain and to deploy a person like Lewis Amselem in diplomacy is fundamentally a political decision. Certainly anyone entering the service should be aware that there's more to a career in the State Department than comforting bereaved families and judging beauty contests. There is politics, often of a notably ugly variety.
James in Pennsylvania writes:
The word 'story' works well...
"Being on the front lines of diplomacy is an experience with which few private sector organizations can compete."
Perhaps that is because it is, in reality, a Third Front, to change: Defense first, Economic-Corporate secondary, political third...or Corporate first, Defense second...
IT: Then you know that over 70% of intelligence comes from news sources outside the U.S. The truth in agreements is as far from honesty as it can be, is it not?
The truth comes from those who are the pawns that actually get their hands dirty....
DipNote Blogger Paul Mayer writes:
@ Toby in Washington, DC: The group at McGill did not strike me as a group of pseudo-diplomats at all. Rather, they were the kind of curious, engaged and intelligent students that you'd see at top universities anywhere. People weren't asking us about the famous people we'd met or the glamorous places that FSO's live. They were much more interested in the work that we really did.
Patrick in Canada writes:
Sounds like it was a great talk at McGill. You should consider giving a talk at the University of Waterloo (http://uwaterloo.ca/) .


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DETROIT – The Detroit Historical Society's Black Historic Sites Committee is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in Michigan with a very special afternoon of events on Sunday, January 6 at the Detroit Historical Museum. This free program begins at 1 p.m. with refreshments, readings of the Emancipation Proclamation by local ministers, poetry readings, storytellers and tours of the new Doorway to Freedom: Detroit and the Underground Railroad exhibition.
The event honors the January 6, 1863 reading of the Emancipation Proclamation at Historic Second Baptist Church in Detroit. The Black Historic Sites Committee, along with the Baptist Ministerial Alliance and Broadside Press, have partnered together to bring attendees an enlightening look at the history of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The program commences with a historical overview and presentation, followed by readings of poetic works created by pioneering African-American writers Dudley Randall, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Albert M. Ward and Robert Hayden. The poems will be read by Dr. Gloria House, Professor of Humanities and African American Studies at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, Associate Professor Emerita in the Interdisciplinary Studies Department of Wayne State University and Broadside Press board member; Albert M. Ward, Broadside Press board member and poet; Lori Allan; andBill Harris, poet and Professor of English at Wayne State University.
Civil rights activist and educator John Hardy will present the story of abolitionist and clergyman Rev. Absalom Jones, an excerpt from one of his sermons, and his civil rights petition to Congress in regard to the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act. Rev. Dr. Kevin M. Turman of Historic Second Baptist Church will conclude the program, leading local ministers in a series of readings of Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
The hour-long program will repeat at 3 p.m. after an hour break to explore the Doorway to Freedom exhibit and the rest of the newly-renovated Detroit Historical Museum. For more information please call (313) 833-1801 or visit http://www.detroithistorical.org.
The Black Historic Sites Committee of the Detroit Historical Society, founded in 1971, is a group of volunteers that promotes a greater understanding of the contributions of African Americans to the history of metro Detroit and the state of Michigan.
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Admission is free for all, all the time. Parking in the Museum's lot is $5 at all times. Group tour pricing and information is available by calling (313) 833-1733. Permanent exhibits include the famous Streets of Old Detroit, the Allesee Gallery of Culture, Kid Rock Music Lab, Doorway to Freedom: Detroit and the Underground Railroad, Detroit: The "Arsenal of Democracy," Frontiers to Factories, America's Motor City, and The Glancy Trains. For more information, call the Museum at (313) 833-1805 or check out our website at http://www.detroithistorical.org.


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iPad Mini Photo Leak- Real or Fake?
Even before iPhone 5 launched, there were rumours that there is going to be a younger cousin of iPad, called the iPad mini. Many people even decided to wait a bit before buying the new iPhone, expecting an iPad mini release soon. Apple declined to comment on this rumour, as we all know. The more mysterious point is that, there has been no news or snapshot leaked which looked credible enough………. till now!!
ITChimes recently heard and enquired a bit about a 'leaked' photo of iPad mini which is floating on the web recently. Let us share with you.
The Chinese blog, bolopad (the name sounded Indian, especially since bolo in Indian languages means SPEAK or SAY) recently launched them. According to them, the alleged photos were taken with a spy cam. The snaps are not of great quality but clear enough to see the new "iPad mini" looks like the existing iPad versions.
Experts have already pointed out a few features, if the leaked photos are to be believed. And few features actually make you feel that the photos are real. Thinner bezels, aluminium back plate, dual speakers. Lightning port at the bottom and at least one strange hole on the back of it (to communicate with Sir Steve Jobs?) all exactly like we wanted and expected the iPad mini to be.
The manufacturing has been outsourced to China (is that a news anymore?) and this model seems to have a Chinese weather icon on the home screen. Is this a real photo of a prototype?
The last point in the favour of the photos is, NowhereElse.fr relayed the news to the world and this site previously posted leaked iPhone 5 photos and news which matched in totality with the actual product.
But well, how long are you using the internet? How many hoaxes you have faced which set your pulse racing and made you eagerly expectant? For me, I have faced many and very very sceptical now before I trust any news, especially sensational news coming from unauthorised sources. These pics can certainly be doctored. Use an iPad photo, use the photoshop and you have your sensation of the day. I will be waiting a bit before other news come up corroborating this release. As for you, you don't lose a penny for either believing it or discarding it.


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Hey, hope you are fine. We are great, Gabriella is healthier than ever and I'm almost well as well, especially after my antibiotics and painkillers. (I think we have used as much painkillers together during this week as one person does in a year in general). So, we are in Varanasi now, the most holy city in India, by the river Ganges. We came here Sunday evening after 5 hours in a car. The distance is 200 km, which takes 2 hours in Sweden. And I thought the roads in Ireland were bad... Ha-ha! I asked Kirti "Where is the road?" when we were driving on it. We spent the last days in Gorakhpur with the children from the orphanage. Saturday was a national holyday, the Independence Day and we celebrated by watching a dance performance, preformed by the kids from the orphanage, which was HILARIOUS :)We visited the orphanage during the afternoon and bought a sari to Kirti's aunt to thank her for letting us stay there and load of candy to the kids. Saturday night was cozy; Kirti's aunt and the kids cooked food over an open fire in the garden and sang songs in Hindi.It was very sad to say goodbye to the children, the small ones gave us a hug and the older ones shake our hands and said "Goodbye Milla-didi", "didi" means "big sister", and asked us to come back soon. Abilash, the oldest of the boys, said he'd lock us into our bedroom so we couldn't leave. The first day in Varanasi was devoted to SHOPPING. We hired an auto-driver for the whole day, he drove us around to all his friends, of course, and we visited a silk-factory, an other silk shop, two malls... I was completely wrecked afterwards. The silk shops are magic. You sit there, on the floor, and an old man shows you scarves and bed covers and textiles, in the most amazing colors and after a while you are like bewitched. And then you buy a silk scarf for like 600 rupees (10 euros) and come out on the street again and see the same for 150 rupees. And we got our fortune told! It was one of the old men in the silk shop, he asked our and our mothers' names and did some counting with it before he told that Gabie will have a very beautiful and happy life, she will have some trouble with her eyes and lungs but live until she's 90 years old and will never have trouble with money or work. And then it was me. He looked worried. Then he said that I was very clever, very intelligent, but I've had big problems when I was younger. I'll have back problems, trouble in my relationship to my family members, I have to be careful when I'm married because a blue-eyed person wants to ruin our marriage, I will fail two times BIG-TIME at work, people will be jealous at me... I'll become 80 IF I survive the great troubles I'll have at the age of 30. When he finished I said: "Oh my god. Will I ever be happy?" and he said "Yes. If you find a good husband and pray to god."Yesterday morning we woke up at 5 AM to go on a boat tour on Ganges in the sunrise. It was me, Gabriella, Kirti, her aunt, an other man from the organization, a Swedish guy who works as a volunteer in a day centre here in Varanasi, an American couple and an old American lady. It was very beautiful but not a "religious experience" as described in Lonely Planet, it was too cloudy and foggy for the sun to make all the steps down to the river to shine like gold. After a nice breakfast in a European restaurant I went to see the doctor because of my throat. The wife of a man who works for the organizations kept me company and showed me the way, she was really nice. He looked at it for like 2 seconds before he wrote me a prescription, ha-ha! After getting all my pills from a pharmacy we went to visit the day centre where the Swedish guy worked and these kids were absolutely WILD. There is a perfect word in Hindi for it; pronounced like "junglee" which means like "out-from-the-jungle", "without any manners". We taught them "Head, shoulders, knees and toes". ?We spent the afternoon in the old part of Varanasi, where the streets are so narrow you can't go even with a rickshaw. We did some shopping and saw the most holy temple of them all, the Golden Temple, which has 800 kg (!) of gold on the top. Talk about bling… Oh my god. The last night with Kirti and her aunt was nice as well; we did henna in a mall, really cheap, less than 1 euro. Gabriella did it first and she wanted to have her boyfriend's name in Hindi and the Indian man who did it didn't understand that I didn't want to have it, so he started, I didn't worry at all, then he asked, to be sure I guess, "Name you too?" and saw the panic in my eyes and started to laugh. HA-HA!We said goodbye to Kirti and her family this morning; they were going back to Gorakhpur while I and Gabs will stay here until tomorrow. It was sad; they have taken so good care of us. Now it's only the two of us. All by our selves in India. Scary, but good for my self-confidence I think, we've been like spoiled children here. Now we have to make it alone. But these 8 hours since they left us has been really great, none of us is raped or killed or robbed yet. And I bought 10 scarves today. I'm totally losing it here. Anonymous shopoholics dot com when I come back, ha-ha. Take care, wish us good luck.
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Re: Black pages on HD; book unreadable5ivedom Feb 19, 2013 11:15 PM (in response to Abe_Froman)
All I've seen are people who suggested archive and unarchive and for some that worked.
Did you restart your Nook before unarchiving?
Here's something that might work
1) Get Nook for PC App.
2) Download book via Nook for PC App.
3) Transfer over to Nook.
4) You'll have to enter your last 4 digits of credit card to access on HD. Then it should work.
Re: Black pages on HD; book unreadableAbe_Froman Feb 20, 2013 4:28 AM (in response to 5ivedom)I'll give that a shot. Might be tomorrow until i can do it, but I'll try it and let you know. Also, yep the restart was the first thing i tried.
Re: Black pages on HD; book unreadableAbe_Froman Feb 20, 2013 4:29 PM (in response to 5ivedom)Well, somehow I got it fixed, but I really can't say how. The only thing I can think of is right before I bought it last night I had set a device passcode. I don't know if that had any effect with respect to security permissions, but I just disabled it, repurchased the book from the shop, did the archive/unarchive deal, and the book opened like normal on all devices...the HD, nook tablet, and the android app. I just got off the phone with Nook support and they agreed to refund the first purchase. Couldn't ask for more, so, problem solved. Thanks guys for your prompt input and suggestions. Much appreciated.


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Two people were beaten and robbed, while another was held up at knifepoint during separate atacks early Saturday n the city's University Heights neighborhood.
The first robbery occurred about 1 a.m. on Winspear Avenue, where two males were approached by two other men, police said.
One of the victims was punched in the mouth and fell to the ground, striking his head and losing consciousness, according to police. The two robbers went through the victim's pockets and took $40 in cash, a cellphone, ATM card and a University at Buffalo student ID card.
The other victim also was punched in the face, but nothing was stolen from him.
The two bandits fled in a vehicle described as a black Chevrolet Suburban.
The second robbery occurred about an hour later at Main Street and Lisbon Avenue.
A male emerged from a vehicle, described as a bronze-colored Chevrolet Blazer, approached the victim with a knife and ordered him to hand over his belongings, police said. The thief went through the victim's pockets and wallet, before stealing an iPhone. The robber jumped back into the vehicle, which sped north on Main.
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I dutifully got up early (central time zone) to hear Friday morning's disappointing employment report. Then I remembered the stock markets were closed for Good Friday. After a lifetime of watching the economy and the stock market reaction to it, I must admit I don't know what to expect Monday morning. I suppose the safest bet is on down. If you gave me odds, I might bet on down in the morning and back up (partially) in the afternoon. But, as they say, I could be wrong.
This long week-end might make a fascinating topic for classroom discussion, whether led by efficient market theorists or behavioral economists or cab drivers. Do you remember the old song lyrics: "I was looking back to see if you were looking back . . ."? A chain of reasoning is a little like spelling Mississippi. You never know where to stop.
Simple answers without too much analysis are probably best. The job numbers were bad; so, the market will tank. On the other hand, surely no one expected the proverbial straight line improvement month after month, and we all knew the employment numbers were getting ahead of the underlying GDP numbers. If you didn't know that, you should have because Gentle Ben told us. So, maybe the three-day cooling-off period will allow cooler heads to prevail.
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Mad Dogs & Englishmen Go Out in the Midday Sun
Actually it was mid-afternoon, but the temperature was still in the low 80s as British golf writer Tony Dear joined his countrys next golfing superstar, Paul Casey, for nine holes at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. Tonys article originally appeared in the August 2002 edition of Golf World and Golf World International. Since then, Casey has enjoyed moderate success on the PGA Tour. He finished 2002 with $61,501 in total winnings. Through November 1, Casey has two top-10 finishes and earned $363,450. His scoring average has gone from 71.7 last year to 72.5 in 2003.
The Players
Paul Casey
Scholarships: Golf scholarship to Arizona State University
Clubhead speed: Lightning
Reliable shot: Powerful draw
Contracts: Titleist, Upperdeck
Never wears: White shoes
Tony Dear
Scholarships: Cricket scholarship to Ardingly College
Clubhead speed: Lethargic
Reliable shot: Powerless slice
Contracts: A few contacts, but no contracts as such
I loved the Young Ones. My favorite episode was the one where Neil has a cold and Vyvian tries to get rid of it by performing acupuncture on him with nine inch nails. I was a big fan of Only Fools and Horses too. Rodney cracked me up. Much better than Friends or Roseanne.
Paul Casey may have spent much of the last four years in Arizona and his accent may be all over the shop, but hes keen to stress hes still very much one of us Brits. He prefers our television, soccer to gridiron, cricket to baseball, Oasis to Limp Bizkit, and would rather spend the weekend in the Lake District than at the Grand Canyon. Whats that Sting song? he asks.
An Englishman in New York, perhaps? I respond.
Yeah, well its a bit like that only Im in Scottsdale. I live here at the start of the season and will play a few events on the PGA Tour (he made just over $47,000 in his first five starts) but Im really looking forward to coming over for the Benson and Hedges in May and playing a full schedule in Europe after that.
Casey clearly misses being at home. I love getting fresh, crusty bread from my local corner shop in Weybridge and going out for a pint and a curry with my mates. He even misses the rain at times. We dont get any here which is really weird. And I miss trees too, because there arent any of those in the desert either.
Despite craving a decent loaf, proper beer in a proper-sized glass and a chicken vindaloo down at the Gaylord, the curry house which shares its name with his management company, Casey points out theres actually a lot he likes about living in the States. The money is pretty good for starters. His swanky Volkswagen Jetta sits in the driveway of his $300,000 house in a nice part of a nice town. He is dating a 22-year-old interior design graduate from Florida. And he can hit buckets of brand new Pro-V1s on Grayhawks pristine practice range any time he likes.
There are a few things I dont like about the place but, on the whole, I really enjoy the lifestyle here. The weathers great, the playing conditions are superb and Ive got some good friends in America. I get on well with the other young players on Tour; Luke, David, Bryce and Charles. Theyre all good guys.
And he loves the food. You have to try the double-double with onion from In And Out Burger, or the Three-by-Three. Its got three patties.
Youre not a health freak then? I ask.
Oh, one week Ill be dieting and exercising, the next Ill be eating cheeseburgers. I should really do more aerobic stuff.
Cars, houses and as many oversized burgers as $47,000 will buy adds up to a pretty cushy existence for this 24-year-old. But he neglects to mention the best bit; his ability to hit a golf ball as hard and straight as just about anyone in the world, including Tiger. He putts just fine and can chip as well as most, but you dont really notice it.
Make no mistake though, Casey is fast developing into one of the worlds finest ball strikers. He leaves most of his playing partners for dead off the tee and, just like Tiger, does it all with a steel shaft. I have a 44-inch, X-100 steel shaft in my driver to keep the ball on the fairway. Steel is much more consistent and I dont need graphite to help me hit it further.
No kidding. At the Tucson Open in February, his drives averaged 312.3 yards. And he was laying into it during our encounter too. At the third, a 320-yard drive was followed by a 140-yard pitching wedge into the heart of the green. At the par-5 fourth hole I hit my only sweet drive of the day 250 yards down the middle. I was curious to know how much further he hit his 72 paces give or take. But he had pulled his into the semi-rough which lost him a few yards, and I didnt really get all of it.
From there he still faced a shot of 261 yards to the center of the green. While I was figuring out which part of the fairway he would lay up in he was knocking a 3-iron low and with a touch of draw on to the front edge of the putting surface: 250 odd yards, out of semi-rough, up a gentle slope to within 20 feet of the hole with a 3-iron!!!
Casey attributes much of his prodigious distance to being naturally strong. He has a powerful, thick-set physique and shakes your hand hard enough to numb it. The consistent draw he has developed with the help of his coach, Peter Kostis, has earned him a few extra yards as well. Last year I was hitting a fade or this horrible trap-cut sort of shot that squirted out weakly to the right. He still won the Scottish PGA Championship and over 760,000 Euros with this trap-cut, as he calls it, but felt he wasnt hitting the ball anywhere near as well as he could.
I wasnt getting in a position where I could attack the ball last year, not even at Gleneagles. After working with Peter though, I now have the club moving on a much better plane. I can release the clubhead properly and hit virtually any shot I want. Peter has helped me a lot. I dont know how these magazines rank the top 100 teachers, but he should be up there with Leadbetter and Harmon.
Kostis input will no doubt be crucial in Caseys development as a golfer. But much of his future success will come not as a result of his teachers expertise but rather his own self-belief. Hes good-humored and seems to have no more than a standard-sized ego for someone in his position. But he knows how good he is.
At the end of 2000, he was so confident he could succeed on Tour, he dropped out of the college golf team and sociology course he was attending in order to turn professional. He was just six months from earning his degree. Hed had a wonderful amateur career, highlighted by a near faultless display in the 1999 Walker Cup at Nairn, but it was no guarantee of success in the paid ranks. In a heartbeat hed gone from being a big fish in a small pond to being just another small fry in a bottomless ocean with nothing to fall back on should he fail.
A lot of people thought it was a stupid decision, but I felt I was ready. Id wanted to turn pro at 16, so I actually did well to hold out until I was 23. And its not as if I was going to be a sociologist or anything, he argues.
Caseys performances in Europe in 2001 vindicated his leap into the abyss. This year hes targeting three more tour trophies plus a place in the worlds top 50. By the time he hangs up his clubs he wants to have won the Grand Slam. Thats a massive challenge as only five people in history have ever achieved it: Sarazen, Hogan, Player, Nicklaus and Woods.
But Kostis has no doubt his pupil can join them. Paul will ultimately be the star of the new generation of young golfers. He will be a mainstay of the European Ryder Cup team and a major championship winner. Winning all four is certainly within his capabilities.
Victory over me by eight shots is a small and totally insignificant step on the road to the complete set of Major titles. And Casey has yet to prove he has the determination, focus and guts to cope with the long haul. But if sheer, raw talent has anything to do with it, he could be looking for a new challenge sooner than even he imagines.
What You Van Learn from Paul Casey
Start From a Solid Base
Paul Casey looks so good at address athletic yet perfectly relaxed and poised for action. His angles are clearly defined and theres no hint of tension anywhere in his body. His weight is nicely balanced over the balls of his feet and the knees are comfortably flexed. His spine is straight and his arms hang naturally. Also, he lifts his chin off his chest to encourage a full shoulder turn.
Amateurs have got way too much tension in their body, arms, and wrists at address and that prevents them from ever making a smooth, powerful swing.
When he is striking the ball well in practice, Casey sometimes measures the distance between the ball and his feet at address. Knowing exactly how far I should be standing from the ball helps me get back into the correct set-up position for every shot. After playing in the wind and rain at last years Dunhill Links Championship at St. Andrews I noticed that, because of all the extra layers I had been wearing, I was standing four or five inches further from the ball than I normally would. But I was able to put that right quickly with the help of those measurements. Its a good way to develop consistency.
Path to Enlightenment
My swing plane last year was preventing me from releasing the clubhead the way I wanted to. I was pulling the club back too far on the inside, fanning the face open a little and making a small loop at the top. Then I would sort of spin out of the shot at impact and come across the ball. As a result, I was hitting a nasty cut shot that usually finished short and right. Putting a wooden board in the ground just outside the ball, and moving the clubhead away as closely to it as possible helped me develop a better takeaway and create a better plane going back. I took some chunks out of the wood when I started using it, but my clubhead path gradually improved. Now I am in a much better position at the top and I have much more width in my swing. I can come into the back of the ball more powerfully, make a natural release and hit any shot I want.
Fake Turn Loses Distance
I always wanted to hit the ball as far as possible even as a kid. Being naturally strong helps but you need to hit the ball squarely and time it right. You have to synchronize the turn of your body with the movement of your arms. You dont want to create a fake turn by just swinging with your arms and using too much wrist action. You will never hit the ball consistently that way. Think turn and coil and load yourself up like when you pull back a rubber band and let it go. Amateurs slice a lot because they have this urge to get back to the ball too soon. The swing isnt in sync. If you complete the backswing then come down smoothly youll stop slicing.
Whats in Pauls Bag?
Driver: Titleist 975J Prototype: 44 inch shaft, 8.5 degrees loft, X-100 steel shaft
3-wood: Titleist 975F: 14.5 degrees loft, X-100 steel shaft
Irons: Titleist 990B - X-100 shafts
Wedges: 52, 56 and 60 degree Vokeys
Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Stainless 303 with 5 degrees of loft
Ball: Titleist Pro-V1 (original) Im just happier with the way it comes off the face and the way it reacts on the green than the other two.
Tony Dear has been writing about golf for 11 years. A former assistant club pro from Sussex, England, Tony started out as a freelancer in 1992 before taking a staff writers job at Fore!, a magazine based in Peterborough. As the magazines chief instruction writer, it was Tonys job to compose instructional articles aimed at a youngish readership whose letters to the editor suggested they often got confused by technical jargon and theory. Tony bought his simple approach to teaching golf to the magazine, helping boost sales by 10,000 issues. As a result, he was nominated within the company and nationally for Young Writer of the Year awards.
From there, Tony moved 20 yards across the Emap UK office to join Todays Golfer. There, he was soon promoted to a senior editorial position, focusing on equipment, and became a significant part of a team that saw sales figures double within the magazines first 12 months.
After three years at Emap UK, Tony was dragged kicking and screaming across the Atlantic by his American wife (not really, I love it over here) and, after short spells in Phoenix and Denver, wound up in Seattle in May 2003. He recently moved to Bellingham in the far northwest corner of the far Northwest of the U.S. and became a father to a son on whom he has already staked £5 for the 2029 Open Championship. At present, he is freelancing for a number of print and online publications back in England including Todays Golfer, Golf World, Bogey, The Open Championship Magazine and Casino.com. He is also a contributing editor for Denver-based Colorado AvidGolfer. Recent features include a look at Colorados self proclaimed links courses, an interview with Suzy Whaley, with whom he played nine holes (and got soundly thrashed) and a 64-page instruction supplement for Todays Golfer.
Tony has authored three books in the last five years and been nominated for several specialist and young writers awards. Although Ive never actually won one, he admits. He is a member of the Northwest Golf Media Association and the Golf Travel Writers Association based in London.
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i'm around your age and am an ex-vegan too. my diet made me anemic as well :C
it's weird getting started, but it's fun once you get the hang of it. i enjoy eating bacon, burgers on lettuce with veggies, cobb-style salads with chicken, egg, bacon, avocado.
is the trouble you're having with meat ''cosmetic''? you could try eating meat that doesn't "look" like meat. like a burger instead of a steak, or cubed chicken in salad instead of a full breast. if its the taste that's putting you off, maybe try marinades or eating bacon lol


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Marion Barber is now a member of the Chicago Bears after being released by the Dallas Cowboys.
Barber made a Pro Bowl in 2007 as a member of the Cowboys, but struggled mightily last season.He ran for only 374 yards and four touchdowns in the 13 games he played in 2010.
Therefore, the Cowboys decided he wasn't worth a roster spot and got rid of him.
Here are three reasons they won't regret that move.


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Professional Wrestler + Actor and Former Gladiators Competitor
Born Nov 6, 1986
Nicholas Harry "Nick" Aldis is an English professional wrestler. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Magnus. Aldis also appeared on the United Kingdom revival of Gladiators, where he was known by the name Oblivion.… Read More
View newly released photos of Magnus.
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Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Magnus.
1986 Birth Born on November 6, 1986.
2005 18 Years Old After being proficient in swimming and tennis, Aldis began bodybuilding, which ultimately led to his training to be a professional wrestler. After beginning his training at the age of 16, he made his professional debut in 2005 where he competed against Doug Williams in a highly contested two out of three falls match, which Aldis lost two falls to one. … Read More
2007 20 Years Old In 2007 he would face the WAW British Heavyweight Champion Brett Meadows for the title and lost. … Read More
2009 22 Years Old Aldis competed under his Brutus Magnus name and gimmick at the TNA Maximum Impact! Tour in Glasgow, Scotland on January 22, 2009, where he defeated Matt Morgan. … Read More
2010 23 Years Old 1 More Event
… At Destination X 2010, Brutus Magnus announced that from now on he would be known only by the name Magnus. … Read More
2011 24 Years Old Magnus reappeared as a heel on the February 24, 2011, edition of Impact!, in a match, where he was defeated by Crimson. … Read More
2012 25 Years Old 2 More Events
On the January 5, 2012, edition of Impact Wrestling, Magnus and Samoa Joe defeated A.J. Styles and Kazarian to win the four week long Wild Card Tournament and become the number one contenders to the TNA World Tag Team Championship. … Read More
Original Authors of this text are noted on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Aldis.
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We invite all talented people to apply at any time. Positions in the lab are extremely competitive and we choose the select the brightest young talents and nurture them.
We use some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, and our lab has its own supercomputer.
Each year we host many visiting researchers and students.


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America has no trouble filling a concert with its radio hits from the '70s.
Songs like ''A Horse With No Name,'' ''Tin Man,'' ''Lonely People'' and ''Sister Golden Hair'' topped the adult contemporary and / or top 40 charts back in the day and still are staples on oldies stations.
But that doesn't mean that Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, who started America with Dan Peek more than 40 years ago, are content to rest on their laurels.
The pair has continued to make new music. ''Here and Now,'' produced by Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne) and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), featured guest appearances by Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller and members of My Morning Jacket, and 2011's ''Back Pages'' featured America interpreting songs written by a diverse collection of artists.
''Although we're not completely inexperienced in performing cover songs, we've never done a whole album of them,'' Beckley said during a telephone interview from his home in Los Angeles. ''It seemed like the right time. We've certainly written a fair share of our own material, but we are fans of songwriting and it seemed like a nice fit.''
Instead of tackling the ''Great American Songbook'' as some of their contemporaries have done, Beckley and Bunnell decided to follow a simple criteria of picking songs and songwriters they like. That meant picking tunes by songwriters like Paul Simon (''America'') and James Taylor (''Something in the Way She Moves'') but also opting for more contemporary acts like the Gin Blossoms (''Till I Hear It From You'') and Fountains of Wayne ("A Road Song'').
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WHO: America
WHERE: Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown
WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday
HOW MUCH: Tickets range from $30 to $45
With the familiarity of some of the songs on ''Back Pages,'' it allows America to add some new songs to the set that still feel like old favorites to its fans, who grew up with those songs as well as ''Ventura Highway'' and ''You Can Do Magic.''
''I think we do them justice,'' Beckley said. ''How we present them is up to par. We don't want to do a whole show of cover tunes and we don't need to do that, but it adds a nice air to the show.''
And whether America has a new album or not, the old favorites remain the focal point of the show.
''Seventy percent of the show is hits,'' he said. ''That's the good news. That's never a bad thing.''
America continues to maintain a busy touring schedule, not only in the United States but overseas. Italy, Australia and the Philippines are just a few of the markets where the band's popularity remains high.
''They love ballads in the Philippines,'' Beckley said. ''They're melody crazy. And once they're on board, they're fans for life.''
This is America's 42nd year as a band, and Beckley and Bunnell were friends before they started making music. He credited that friendship and their mutual respect for the band's longevity.
''We've been very fortunate. It's taken an incredible amount of hard work and riding it out through the tougher times, but I'm amazed I've made a living doing this. And every night there are a few thousand people there who are going to remind you what your music means to them. I think it's a pretty good deal.''


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When upgrading components of KDE (3.5 from Sid using sid on Toshuba A70
mobile P4 H-T 2.6.25-1-686-smp) using synaptic, I get this error:
** (process:14###): CRITTICAL **: egg_desktop_entries_add_group: assertion
'egg_desktop_entries_lookup_group (entries, group_name) == NULL' failed
I'd like to add that the home icon on the panel no longer works, saying:
Service '/home/david/.local/share/applications/Home.desktop' is
Any ideas?
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text: ''Severance: Blade of Darkness'' is a third person fantasy HackAndSlash game with ActionRPG and BeatEmUp elements, developed by Rebel Act Studios and published by Creator/{{Codemasters}} in 2001.The game takes place in a LowFantasy setting, where armies of orcs and undead are invading the land. It falls to one hero to recover the Sword of Light and defeat the master of the hordes.!!!The playable characters are:* Sargon, a knight. Uses swords and maces.* Tukaram, a barbarian. Uses two handed swords and axes.* Zoe, an Amazon. Uses spears.* Naglfar, a dwarf. Uses axes, hammers and clubs.----!!!This game contains examples of:* AnnoyingArrows: There is only one type of bow in the game, which deals pitiful damage. Only useful for solving switch puzzles.* ArmorIsUseless: Armor subtracts from the strength of enemy attacks. But the enemies use the same powerful weapons as the player (including some of the special moves), so even Sargon's heavy plate doesn't protect much.* BarbarianHero: Tukaram.* {{BFS}}: Tukaram's later weapons are huge.* GiantMook: Minotaurs, Golems.* InfinityPlusOneSword: In the main castle of the BigBad, there is a weapons chamber with 4 extremely powerful weapons (one for each character, of course). These deals normal damage equal to the Sword of Light, and their special attacks are the most powerful in the game, causing more than 10000 damage in one hit. The weapons chamber is easy to miss, though.* KnightInShiningArmor: Sargon, although he still butchers his way through the orcs like the other characters.* ObviousBeta: This game had some pretty annoying bugs, especially within its cutscenes. Like losing control of the character and not getting it back after the cutscene, or the character just walking circles instead of walking towards his goal.* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Naglfar.* SpecialAttack: Every weapon has it's own special move, which deals massive damage. The characters also have some weapon-independent moves. And the magical weapons would be entirely useless if not for their special move, because their base damage is so low.* {{Stripperiffic}}: One of the multiplayer skins for Amazon leaves her in just a shoulder-plate, metal bra and crotch protection.* SwordBeam: The special move of the Sword of Light.* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: The Sword of Light, which is probably needed to defeat the BigBad. That's because he teleports away from melee, and the SwordBeam of the Sword of Light is the only good ranged attack.* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Yes, you can throw your weapon dozens of meters. No, it isn't effective after the first area. This move becomes semi-useful with the Sword of Light, which teleports back in your hand after the throw.----