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Our midseason awards will be pushed back until next week in order that we might address a special baseball anniversary that occurred this week.
Kudos to ESPN and specifically Keith Olbermann for their treatment of the 75th anniversary of the most famous speech in sports history: Lou Gehrig's farewell at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939.
Olbermann brought up some great facts that most baseball fans probably never knew: that Gehrig never wanted to make the speech because of his poor mobility; that a full video or film of the speech doesn't exist and that the Yankees lost the first game of the twinbill to the Washington Senators, 3-2, moments before Lou stepped to the mic.
But here are some other fun facts surrounding one of the most tragic demises of a superstar in baseball history.
History tells us that Gehrig took himself out of the Yankee lineup before the May 2, 1939 game, ending his consecutive games played streak at 2,130. How did the Yanks respond? By pummeling the Tigers that day, 22-2. And Gehrig's replacement, Babe Dahlgren? He homered and went 2-for-5 out of the No. 8 position. Not a bad job.
The Yankees also put on an awesome hitting display in the game after Gehrig gave his speech, ripping the Senators, 11-1. The 1939 team is often considered one of the greatest of all-time, sweeping the Reds in four straight in the World Series to claim what was then a record a fourth straight world title (a mark that would be eclipsed by the 1949-53 Yanks). But what if it had had a healthy Gehrig in its lineup?
The 1939 Yankees went 106-45, essentially without Gehrig. Might they have challenged the marks of the 1927 team had Gehrig not been felled by the disease that bears his name?
And what about his legacy on the field? The total of 3,000 hits would have been an almost certainty. But it bears mentioning that as recent as 1937, Gehrig hit .351 with 37 homers, 158 RBIs and 138 runs scored. We can never pinpoint a precise time amyotrophic lateral sclerosis began to impact Gehrig, but his numbers took a significant dip in 1938 before he called it quits a few games into 1939.
Might Gehrig have been the second player, behind Babe Ruth, to hit 600 homers had disease not claimed him? And what of his already incredible total of 1,995 RBIs? Or his 1,888 runs scored?
Sadly, these are questions for which there will never be answers. The loss of Gehrig was not just one for Yankee fans or sports fans everywhere but for stat geeks too.
In calling himself "the luckiest man on the face of the Earth," Gehrig left a legacy of class that incredibly transcended his legendary career. As Olbermann noted this week, Gehrig was grateful for all the wonderful people in his life and the great moments he had shared. But his lesson to us of humility is one that is timeless and why it is so important 75 years later we celebrate it.
• BASEBALL'S BEST PITCHER: The two longest consecutive scoreless innings streaks are owned by Dodger pitchers. Will a third soon join them?
With his eight scoreless innings tossed Friday night, Dodger lefty Clayton Kershaw moved his streak to 36 consecutive innings without allowing a run, less than three starts shy of the record held by Orel Hershiser (1988), which bested the old mark of Don Drysdale (1968).
Given the way Kershaw is pitching of late, it's not too soon to wonder if we're witnessing one of the great streaks in baseball history. Kershaw was 6-0 in June with an 0.82 ERA. Over his last four starts, he has fanned 44 with a no-hitter and an eight-inning two-hitter included. Kershaw's ERA is 1.85, which is slightly better than Sandy Koufax's 1.88 in 1963 (when he won the National League MVP) and not that far off Koufax's 1.73 (in 1966, which was the best mark of his career).
Given that Koufax pitched on an elevated mound in an era where offensive numbers were inferior to that of now, it's not too soon to wonder if Kershaw isn't the best Dodger pitcher ever, better than Hall of Famers Dazzy Vance, Burleigh Grimes, Drysdale and even Koufax.
At 26 years old, Kershaw is already 86-48 and is working on his fourth consecutive season with an ERA of 2.53 or lower (and possibly a fourth consecutive NL ERA crown). He has yet to prove his chops in the postseason (going 0-2 lifetime in NLCS and never getting to the World Series), but if he continues to pitch this way, one can easily imagine him putting to bed that omission on his resume very soon.
• ODDS AND ENDS: I'm still not sure I'd pick the A's to win the American League given Detroit's offense, but the acquisitions of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel, even if it did come at the price of some very highly regarded talent and is the kind of aggressive move that champions must make. And while we're at it, if you love great pitching, can you imagine an A's-Tigers ALCS followed by an A's-Dodgers World Series? Bet the under ... Few things irritate this writer more than a young player who hasn't done much to earn his stripes thinking he has the right to second-guess the manager in public. I speak of Bryce Harper calling out Nats manager Matt Williams' lineup earlier this week. Harper is a wonderful talent, but the classier way to handle the situation, if you're disgruntled, would have been to talk to Williams behind closed doors. For a player, who doesn't seem to know how to stay healthy, Harper needs to worry about taking care of his own business first before throwing the manager under the bus.
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The University of Michigan announced Monday evening that all classes and labs would be canceled Tuesday due to dangerously cold weather.
- Related Story: University of Michigan cancels classes Tuesday due to extremely cold weather in Ann Arbor
Not surprisingly, students reacting to the news on Twitter were overwhelmingly in favor of the decision. Most seemed prepared to take advantage of the snow day by partying on "snow day eve," while some were more inclined to take advantage of the added study time afforded by the frigid temperatures.
The campus will remain open and an email to faculty and staff said that staff are still expected to report as usual.
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Where Right And Left Meet
Latest update: April 25th, 2012
For those of us who came of age in the 1960's and 70's, a time when the Cold War was still very much a daily life-and-death concern, there was never much confusion about what Right and Left stood for in terms of U.S. foreign policy.
But that state of affairs, morally and intellectually bracing though it was, tended to obscure the fact that it had not always been that way – and that even then, at the height of the Cold War, one only had to make one's way far enough along the political spectrum to discover where Right met Left in mutual antipathy to America and American interests.
With the U.S.-led war on terrorism now well into its fourth month, a hard, even hysterical, opposition to American policy is in full bloom in the fever swamps of both the far left and the far right. Of course, those on the left who habitually oppose U.S. foreign policy tend to do so because they believe in the myth of an irredeemably evil America, while those on the right tend to do so because they believe in the ideal of a pristinely neutral America. Different trains, same destination, and it brings to mind the isolationist impulse that, pre-Pearl Harbor, brought together leftists and rightists fiercely opposed to American intervention against Hitler.
Contrary to liberal revisionism, the now notorious America First Committee, formed in 1940, was hardly a right-wing phenomenon. As Kevin Coogan noted in Dreamer of the Day (Autonomedia, 1999), his masterful study of the links between postwar fascism and communism, "America First supporters included such leading liberals as Protestant theologian Harry Emerson Fosdick, Adam Clayton Powell Sr., and Dorothy Detzer, head of the Women's International League for Peace….America First also received support from Philip La Follette, Wisconsin's three-time governor and Progressive Party leader, who regularly appeared at its rallies."
And contrary to the perception that those protesting America's post-Sept. 11 foreign policy come almost exclusively from the ranks of left-wing academics and addle-brained actresses, there are in fact a fair number of right-wing commentators and intellectuals who take a back seat to no one in loudly advertising their displeasure with U.S. policy.
Much the same as their counterparts on the left, not a few of these right-wing dissenters are at least as hostile to Israel as they are to their own country's actions. Actually, because most of America's current enemies happen to reside in Israel's neck of the woods and would just as soon kill Israelis as they would Americans, it makes it all that much easier for the ideological swamp-dwellers to connect the dots and discern some conspiratorial invisible hand at work.
Exhibit A: Joseph Sobran, the right-wing essayist whom the Monitor has previously dealt with in some detail. Asked to leave his position at National Review over a decade ago because of his incorrigibly anti-Israel writing which, critics charged, was at times indistinguishable from outright Jew-baiting, Sobran has never let up on his seeming obsession with Jews and Israel, as should be evident to anyone visiting his website and going through the archives of his columns.
"Judging from President Bush's State of the Union message," starts a recent and typical Sobran broadside, "what began as the War on Terrorism will be now broadened to become a War to Crush Israel's Enemies."
Echoing the infamous statement made by Pat Buchanan at the time of the Gulf War, Sobran charges that "Israel's 'amen corner' in the American press – spearheaded by Charles Krauthammer, William Safire, William Kristol and the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal – has been calling for war on Israel's enemies (not just Afghanistan, which is remote from Israel) since September 11. For a while Bush seemed to be resisting calls for a dangerous wider war, which friendly European governments opposed; but now he is in alignment with Israel against Europe."
Asking "Why the change?" Sobran responds to his question with the following bizarre outburst: "We may never know. But politicians are often subject to powerful backstage pressures that are hidden from the public. We can never discount the possibility of blackmail."
Next week: More on Sobran, including his letter to the Monitor.
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With Super Bowl XLVII in the books, the 2012 NFL season has come to a close. The Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl, and Joe Flacco won Super Bowl MVP.
His three touchdowns in the first half led the way as Baltimore built a big lead over the San Francisco 49ers. The last question that remains is just where Flacco's performance ranks all-time compared to every other Super Bowl MVP winner.
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The City of Slidell is preparing Design Guidelines for the Olde Towne Historic District and invites you to attend a public meeting to discuss these guidelines. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, at 6 pm, in the City Hall Community Room, located at 2055 Second Street. Members of the public are invited to attend.
The Design Guidelines for the Olde Towne Historic District will address exterior modifications to historic properties such as maintenance, renovation and restoration of historic buildings, new construction within the district and other improvements with the intent of maintaining the historic look, feel and character of the district.
The architectural firm of Quimby McCoy Preservation Architecture, LLP, in association with Bayou Preservation, LLC has been retained to develop the Design Guidelines. Representatives from the firms and the City of Slidell will provide an overview of the process to develop these guidelines and their intent and will solicit input from those in attendance.For more information, please contact Catherine Olivier at (985) 646-4320.


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Two people were taken to the hospital after a fire at a house in Murrysville, Westmoreland County.
The fire broke out in the basement of the home on McWilliams Road on Tuesday night.
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12 June 2012
Aren't 4 day weekends a great invention. Of course not everyone is lucky enough to get the whole 4 days off, there are the emergency services (hopefully you didn't need them), the shops for those last minute sausage rolls, the staff at the local takeaway and the publican and bar staff at your local hostelry.
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01 June 2012
It is June at last (or too soon depending on your viewpoint?) and this weekend is the Jubilee celebration.
We have produced a Diamond Jubilee cask ale that you will hopefully find in your local public house, it is a 3.8% light coloured ale brewed using only pale ale malt which has a pleasant summery bouquet from the hops.
20 April 2012
So who on earth was St George and why do we celebrate him as our national saint?
There are lots of myths and legends around him, as there are plenty of myths and legends about brewing.
Some of the "facts" appear to be that he was born to Christian parents in AD270 in Cappadocia (so no where near England then). He grew up to be a Roman soldier and all was going well for him until he led a rebellion against Emperor Diocletian who was persecuting Christians.
02 March 2012
It is now the beginning of March, Christmas and the New Year break are distant memories and the shops are full of Easter eggs and hot cross buns.
There are clear signs that spring is near, snow drops are blooming, daffodils aren't far behind (although the mild December confused some enough to bloom back then), we have had the first drought warnings of the year with the threat of a hose pipe ban and Early Bird is now brewed and available in our pubs.
16 February 2012
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SHELBY COUNTY, Alabama -- A copilot who was shot aboard the historic Southern Airways Flight 49 that three armed men hijacked after departing from Birmingham in 1972 will speak at the Shelby County Airport on Tuesday night.
Harold Johnson will talk about the ordeal that lasted about 30 hours and covered almost 4,000 miles and involved threats by the hijackers to crash the DC-9 passenger jet into the Oak Ridge nuclear power plant in Tennessee.
The flight on Nov. 10, 1972, that had landed in Birmingham after departing Memphis, Tenn., on the way to Montgomery and other stops became hijacked when Henry Jackson Jr., Louis Moore and Melvin Cale took over the aircraft and demanded a $10 million ransom.
Some of the men claimed to be targets of false criminal accusations in Detroit. They rerouted the plane to Jackson, Miss., before they ordered it to other stops in Toronto, Cleveland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Cuba, Florida and finally back to Cuba.
Johnson, who is in his late 70s, is speaking for the Shelby County Aviation Association at 7 p.m. at the airport off Interstate 65 near Calera. The public is invited to attend.
"I grew up in Memphis, and this crew was out of Memphis that was flying the plane," said John Barnes, a board member of the association. He was fascinated by the hijacking story and a book about the incident called "Odyssey of Terror" by Ed Blair.
"I just want people here to hear this story," Barnes said about inviting Johnson, who lives in Walnut Ridge, Ark., and is the curator of the Wings of Honor Museum at the city's airport. "I called and invited him and asked if he would come and speak."
The ordeal that resulted in Johnson shot in the arm by a hijacker ended when the plane landed in Cuba on deflated tires that had been punctured by authorities in Orlando who shot them.
The three hijackers went to prison in Cuba before being
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1. Gather your materials.
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This summer, residents of Saratoga Springs, NY and surrounding communities will have two more exciting reasons to go to the movies. Bow Tie Cinemas, a company dedicated to creating a stylish and elegant movie-going experience, will be opening two new locations in Saratoga!
Absolutely thrilled about the idea of a luxury cinema experience (not to mention early morning movies with mimosas and late night showings of cult movie classics!), I caught up with Joe Masher, Bow Tie Cinemas Chief Operating Officer, and probed him for more information on these exciting openings!
1. Bow Tie Cinemas offers movie-goers a unique, old-fashioned cinema experience. How do you maintain an elegant, upscale atmosphere?
Our mission is to "Return Style and Elegance to the Movie Going Experience™", which we've trademarked. As part of that mission, we will not feature video games at any of our theaters, and we always do our best to enforce our 'zero tolerance' policy for bad movie going behavior, such as talking, making phone calls, or texting during the show. Our downtown theater is named "Criterion Cinemas™", which is our upscale brand, honoring our original Criterion Theater in Times Square that we owned and operated from 1938-2000. In its day the Criterion was Times Square's most elegant movie going experience, and presented such notable premieres as "My Fair Lady." Our second Saratoga area location will be in the Wilton Mall. The opportunity came to us to completely reconstruct the movie theater there, and we jumped on that opportunity. Together both locations will present a wide range of entertainment and the gamut of what Hollywood and the Independent and Foreign film community has to offer.
2. Can you tell us a little bit about the history of Bow Tie Cinemas?
Bow Tie Cinemas is a four generation family-owned company that began in 1900, making us the oldest theater circuit in North America. Our roots are in nickelodeons, then the chain developed a highly successful vaudeville circuit, fostering the careers of Bob Hope and Harry Houdini, and many other major talents of that time. The company developed and operated the largest independent movie palace chain in the Greater New York City area, and eventually branched out to other states as well. In 2004, Bow Tie Cinemas opened the Criterion Cinemas™ in New Haven, CT, the first movie theater to be built downtown in 34 years. The highly successful theater is located in a formerly abandoned historic office building and also features 44 luxury rental apartments. More acquisitions and new buildings brought the chain to its current location count of 21, with 177 screens. Bow Tie Cinemas' flagships include the 17-screen Movieland at Boulevard Square, a modern day multiplex housed in a former locomotive assembly plant built in 1880, and the newly reconstructed Reston Town Center Cinemas in Reston, VA. Locally, Bow Tie Cinemas developed Movieland in Downtown Schenectady, which opened in May, 2007 and has been a very successful venture.
3. What is the Criterion Club™?
The Criterion Club™ is our Loyalty Rewards Program designed to reward frequent movie goers with free concessions and tickets. It is completely free to join, and members receive discounts to our Movies & Mimosas™ and Insomnia Theater™ classic film series, as well as a weekly e-mails outlining each week's new movies and show times. Launching in late 2013 will be our Criterion Club Gold™ program, which will be an enhanced reward system with more frequent theater rewards, and local offerings such as restaurant discounts, etc. Criterion Club™ Members also, from time-to-time, are invited to Members-Only screenings in advance of upcoming features.
4. Will "Insomnia Theater" and "Movies and Mimosas" be featured at both locations?
Both Movies & Mimosas™ and Insomnia Theater™ will be featured at our Criterion Cinemas 11, downtown at the corner of Church St. and Railroad Place. Movies & Mimosas™ will be offered on Saturday and Sunday mornings, where guests can come in, enjoy a mimosa, then see a classic film on the giant screen, the way they were meant to be seen. Insomnia Theater™ will run Friday and Saturday nights at the Criterion as well. Cult Classics are on the menu for Insomnia Theater™. Recent offerings at our other locations include "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," "Spaceballs," "Office Space," and "The Big Lebowski," among others. Readers can log on to our website at www.bowtiecinemas.com and see the various offerings at the locations running these programs. Tickets to these events are generally around $5 or $6, with $1 off for Criterion Club™ Members.
5. What is BTX?
BTX, or Bow Tie Xtreme, is our "Ultimate Digital Cinema." Bow Tie Xtreme features a 2,000 square foot screen with 30,000 watts of booming Dolby 7.1 digital surround sound, and enhanced design to bring the moviegoer into the action. Both of our new theaters will feature one BTX auditorium.
6. What are your top three "all time" favorite movies?
I honestly don't know if I have favorites. I never watch movies at home, because something is lost in the experience. I go to the movies quite a bit, mostly at a Bow Tie Cinemas location, but occasionally at a competitor, so I can make sure we are delivering a stellar experience to our guests each and every time they attend one of our theaters.
7. Will the theaters host any other type of events besides movies?
Absolutely - we are currently in the middle of our "Second Wednesday at the Opera" Series, featuring presentations from all over the globe; our "Rock in Cinema" events, which are a series of concerts; the Philadelphia Orchestra series, and a series of World Ballet titles. We will present these at our theaters in Saratoga as well. We would also love to and have had some initial conversations with the Saratoga Film Forum, to present their programming at the Criterion.
8. Why did you choose Saratoga Springs as a new location for your theater?
I am a native of the Capitol District and started my career selling popcorn at the old Mohawk Mall Cinemas in Niskayuna. The Capitol District is a strong movie going region and we are always looking for expansion opportunities. Saratoga Springs presented the perfect mix of what we are looking for - a downtown without a modern movie theater with today's amenities, and is vibrant in the Arts, Education, and Medical.
9. Will there be any grand opening events and if so when?
We are pushing to have both locations up and running this summer. Both will have Grand Opening events. As we are in the early stages of construction on both sites, it's too soon to determine the exact date. When we open our theaters, we generally feature an invitation-only event to benefit a local charity and show an upcoming film in advance.
10. Can you tell us something we don't know about the cinemas you are opening in downtown Saratoga Springs NY and at the Wilton Mall?
Starting in the Summer of 2014, we will run our highly successful Free Kids Summer Series at our newly constructed Wilton Mall Cinemas. On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, kids and their families will enjoy a recent kids movie absolutely free, with discounted concession offerings. Also, we are planning to run our Movies for Parents series at the Criterion, where parents and caregivers can bring infants and young children to new movies in an auditorium with special amenities for them - changing table, slightly brighter lighting, reduced volume, and bottle warming service.
Will you be treating yourself to a classier new cinema experience at the Criterion in downtown Saratoga Springs NY and at the new Wilton Mall Cinemas?


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I love to paint. Lately I have been experimenting with painting rugs. I made a chevron rug a couple of months ago. One of my latest projects was a stenciled rug for my patio.
There are so many fantastic stencils on the market right now. You can buy them online and also through your local craft store. But you can also make your own stencils! One idea is using painters tape to create stripes or geometric shapes. When I made my stenciled patio rug, I used cheap shelf liner and tape to create a custom stencil.
From geometric to animal prints, these painted rugs can punch up any room's decor! Check them out after the jump!
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Bright stenciled rug 2 of 10
Stenciled drop cloth rug 3 of 10
Zebra painted rug 4 of 10
Hand painted chevron rug 5 of 10
Deck painted (not a rug but looks like one) 6 of 10
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Sisal rug, painted stripes 8 of 10
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Nov. 21
Target: US$180.00
11-year-old Salesforce.com offers Internet-based subscriptions to software applications and infrastructure to over 80,000 customers worldwide. The firm's core products include Sales Cloud (sales automation), Service Cloud (customer support and call center applications), Force.com (a development platform) and Chatter (a person-to-person collaboration tool for business).
Investment thesis
We expect CRM shares to gradually advance toward our $180 price target over the next few months. We saw nothing in this quarter's commentary
that altered our bullish view on Salesforce's future fundamentals and the company's ability to remain a best-in-class, disruptive large business Cloud vendor that is headed to $10 billion in revenues within 6 years by our reckoning (22% CAGR).
Another solid quarter. CRM reported FQ3 revenues and non-GAAP EPS of $788M (+35% y-o-y) and $0.33, which were $13.4M and a penny
ahead of our estimates. Calculated billings of $743M topped our estimate by $11M and grew approximately 31% after normalizing for the reemphasis on annual billing terms and the sequential benefit from FX. OCF of $106M was slightly below consensus but included a roughly
$32M negative impact from 3 non-recurring items (a payables catchup, settlement of a small lawsuit, and the Buddy Media transaction).
FQ4 and preliminary F2014 guidance in-line with Street. CRM provided January quarter revenue and non-GAAP EPS ranges that
bracketed our estimates. Our estimate for Q4 calculated billings growth of 20% is below trend, as expected, as the firm laps a large multi-year
invoice as well as the impact from the refocus on annual billing terms in the year-ago period. CRM continues to expect OCF growth of at least
20% in F2013. The firm's preliminary F2014 revenue guidance implies 26% y-o-y growth, in line with consensus and slightly below our highend
estimate. We have introduced F2015 revenue and FCF/share estimates of $4.76B (+24%) and $5.06.
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Shalane Flanagan, who trains as part of the Portland-based Team Schumacher elite distance running group, will be the subject of a 12-minute piece on the CBS News magazine "60 Minutes" this Sunday.
Flanagan is among the favorites for this year's Boston Marathon, which will be contested on April 21.
Flanagan shares the story and details some of her training and superstitions with Anderson Cooper.
The 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and U.S. record-holder in the 10,000 meters, Flanagan grew near Boston in Marblehead, Mass. She considers the race part of her heritage as a distance runner.
She ran the Boston Marathon for the first time last year, a race that was marred by the bombing that killed three people and injured nearly 300.
Here is a piece I did for The Oregonian on Flanagan as she looks ahead to this year's Boston Marathon.
"60 Minutes" airs in Portland on Sunday at 7 p.m. on KOIN 6.
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Reid threatens to suspend human rights laws after terror suspects go missing
London Independent | May 25, 2007
Nigel Morris
John Reid faced growing anger as he signalled the Government was ready to declare that Britain faced an "emergency" over terrorism and opt out of human rights legislation.
As the recriminations flew over the disappearance of three radical Islamists who had been on control orders, he made clear his determination to bring in tougher curbs on terror suspects. The Home Secretary said that could mean "derogating" from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) so he could impose tougher control orders on suspects.
The convention, which entered British law via the Human Rights Act, allows countries to suspend parts of the ECHR in "time of emergency".
Control orders, which restrict movements and contact with other people for terror suspects who cannot be brought to court, were introduced two years ago. They replaced the detention without trial of the "Belmarsh detainees," which was ruled illegal.
The latest disappearances bring to six the number of people on control orders who have vanished in the past year and have left the control-order system in disarray. A major police search was under way last night for Lamine Adam, 26, his brother Ibrahim, 20, and Cerie Bullivant, 24, after they went missing this week. Police believe they may try to travel to Iraq or Afghanistan.
A third Adams brother, Anthony Garcia, 25, was jailed for life last month for his part in the "fertiliser bomb" plot to attack targets including a shopping mall and a London nightclub.
Bullivant is due to stand trial over claims he breached his control order on 13 occasions over the past 10 months. All three had been assessed at the lower end of risk, but the fact that they co-ordinated their disappearances has alarmed the police.
Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police commissioner, said: "Nobody can be perfectly satisfied they are not a risk to the public here, but the intelligence is pointing in another direction."
However, Mr Reid had said the men were "not considered at this time to represent a direct threat to the public in the UK".
News of the absconders triggered fiery clashes over the control-order system in the Commons. The Home Secretary admitted that he would prefer to detain terror suspects or deport those who are foreign nationals, but said he was constrained by legal and political opposition to that approach.
He said he wanted to impose tougher control-order regimes, but was hampered from doing so by court judgments under the ECHR. Mr Reid said he wanted the convention modernised by European leaders to reflect the realities of the terrorist threat. But he added: "We will consider other options, which include derogation, if we have exhausted ways of overturning previous judgments on this issue."
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, said: "By threatening to derogate from the European Convention on Human Rights, John Reid reveals a worrying mix of sloppy thinking and buck-passing." He said it was "wildly inaccurate to claim that the three escapees were somehow helped by our respect for human rights".
David Davis, the shadow Home Secretary, said the escapes were caused by the Government failing to use existing powers, such as tagging suspects. He also said the delay in releasing the identities of the fugitives had allowed them to flee abroad.
"He is now blaming his own Human Rights Act when he has not even tried to derogate under its provisions. He can blame the courts and the opposition, but the problems are of his own making," Mr Davis said.
Shami Chakrabarti, the director of the campaign group Liberty, said: "This is last year's rhetoric from yesterday's Home Secretary."
Home Office under pressure
May 2006 Five Nigerian illegal immigrants found working as cleaners at the Home Office.
May 2006 Criminal Records Bureau wrongly labels 2,700 innocent people as criminals.
July 2006 Plans abandoned for enforced mergers of police forces.
November 2006 Prison population in England and Wales passes 80,000.
January 2007 Home Office admits failing to pass on to police details of 27,500 convictions of Britons abroad.
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ATHENS, Alabama – Last year's inaugural Athens Grease Festival was an experiment planned in a few months' time that blended Greek themes with fun fried foods in historic downtown Athens – the one in Alabama.
The Spirit of Athens, a downtown revitalization group, is once again hosting the quirky festival. It will be from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 28. Cost will be $5 for adults or $4 for toga wearers, $3 for children ages 3-12 or $2 for young toga wearers. The price includes all children's activities. Plans also are being made to add a fun run and bike ride. Get the latest information on plans for the Athens Grease Festival at www.athensgreasefestival.com.
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For starters, let's look at the motivation behind the company's plans to reemerge into the public realm after being privately held by Bain Capital and Catterton Management since 2007. In Bloomin' Brands' initial S-1, filed in April, the company noted that its intention was to raise $300 million to completely pay off $248 million in senior notes, and use the remainder for general corporate purposes. "Why?" you might ask. That's because as of its April filing, Bloomin' Brands was sporting a hefty $2.1 billion in debt.
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LAHAINA – Hawaiian Canoe Club claimed its 30th straight Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association season title on Saturday at Hanakao'o Beach Park.
It was a season to remember.
It began with more than 40 paddlers from Wailea Canoe Club joining Kihei Canoe Club to form a legitimate contender to HCC's dominance. HCC won its 11th state championship in 15 years last season and has not lost a MCHCA regatta dating back to 2003.
While Kihei challenged the reigning champion and came within two points of beating it last month, HCC retained its undefeated mark and ended the season Saturday with a 154-141 win over Kihei. Lae'ula O Kai took third with 88.
"Thirty years, that's a huge accomplishment for us," Hawaiian head coach Diane Ho said after the club's 84th straight MCHCA triumph. "And it's not just for the paddlers here. It's the club, the volunteers, everything."
Hawaiian's success is accompanied with another milestone of 37 qualified crews in next month's state championship on Oahu – an all-time high for the club. MCHCA clubs are allowed to send the three top crews of each event to this years' state championship due to having more paddlers than the Big Island for the first time in several seasons. Last season, MCHCA had only two lanes at the 14-lane state championship regatta.
The number of official qualifications are pending a meeting among coaches and officials set for Monday, MCHCA officials said.
"We're totally happy, 37 seeds is awesome," HCC keiki coach Paul Luuwai said. "We've raced 37 crews but we've had to purchase lanes to get to that number, so that's phenomenal for us. It's a very good accomplishment for our coaching staff and paddlers."
Kihei had 34 unofficial seeds entering Saturday, but lost one to Lae'ula o Kai during a race-off for a state berth in the women's novice B race.
Lae'ula's team was ranked fourth in the overall standings of the event, but won the race Saturday, thus bumping Kihei for the third seed.
"We had a great season," Kihei coach Kawika Williams said. "It was fun and today we really just wanted to protect all our seeds. We lost one but that's all right, that's the way it goes. Hopefully we can buy some coming up."
Lae'ula paddler Susan Rhee said her crew of Tara Owens, Kerry Glenn, Tricia Calhoon, Jenna Peterson and Erin Sunahara had no expectations entering the novice B race, but when they won it they were "over the moon."
"We didn't put the pressure on ourselves like we normally do," she said. "We just said let's go out there and paddle hard – and we won."
Lae'ula O Kai qualified 27 crews for state competition, including the sophomore wo-men's crew. That group also claimed the final seed in a half-mile, winner-take-all race against Napili Canoe Club.
"We had to go out there and prove ourselves deserving of that last seed," said Lae'ula's Rosela Balinbin. "The camaraderie was positive, the energy was positive. We knew we had to get the job done but most of all have fun."
The winning crew comprised of Balinbin, Kelly Leon, Kamalani Kanekoa, Jocelyn Hrkach, Kristina Dougherty and Kelly Olson.
HCC's youth paddlers finished the season strong, capturing 12 of the 16 keiki events Saturday. The club also found help from a pair of young paddlers on its winning women open four crew.
Seventeen-year-old Kahili Novikoff and Kaulu Luuwai, 19, filled in for the crew that also included Noelani Vorhies and Cat Deboni.
"We just tried to do it and not think about it," said Luuwai, who did not sit in the steersman position for the first time in her competitive career. "We were just trying to finish the race actually."
Novikoff and Luuwai won their girls 18 race earlier in the day, but had to wait three hours for the adult race. Novikoff said their coach wanted to challenge them, but said she wasn't too tired for the second race.
"It felt good," she said. "The finish was really strong."
Paul Luuwai said the key for Hawaiian at the state regatta is to "race smart and error free." He said a disqualification in one of the youth races Saturday cost the club a first seed, but he remains confident in his paddlers.
"I think we have a good chance at doing well," he said.
Ho said she enjoyed the competition and pressure Kihei put on her club.
"I'm really proud of this club," Ho added. "We had a challenge this year and you know the old saying: competition breeds success."
Williams hopes the two clubs can finish 1-2 at Keehi Lagoon during the state championships on Aug. 2.
"I would be stoked just to be in the same game as those guys," he said. "Hopefully we can hang in there and at least beat the Oahu teams. That would be something for us."
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Saturday's Results
At Hanakao'o Beach Park
Quarter mile
12B-1. Hawaiian (Jonah Elizares, Landon Kahalehau-Tonga, Makia Lorenzo, Shaston Fucal-Kanuha, Mathew Hoonan, Tehoni Naeole) 2:11.92, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 2:21.19, 3. Napili 2:27.68, 4. Kahana 2:32.47, 5. Kihei 2:34.24, 6. Na Kai Ewalu 2:45.17. 12A-1. Hawaiian 1:58.90 (Noa Helm, Makaio Lorenzo, Makia Lorenzo, Landon Kahalehau-Tonga, Ty Tau-a, Laakea Garcia), 2. Hana 2:08.88, 3. Napili 2:13.15, 4. Kihei 2:15.34, 5. Na Kai Ewalu 2:47.74. 13-1. Lae'ula O Kai (Maiau Robinson, Julian Ball, Ho'okele Santos, Drake Chin, James MacKenzie, Pono Kahanu) 1:52.80, 2. Hawaiian 1:54.44, 3. Napili 2:02.60, 4. Hana 2:19.56, 5. Kihei 2:33.84. 14-1. Hawaiian (Makoa da Silva, Haena Balinbin, David Hoonan-Amby, Tristram Durkan, Wyatt Meyer, Dylan Koga Truong) 1:52.25, 2. Kihei 1:53.98, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 1:59.35, 4. Napili 2:00.70.
Half mile
15-1. Hawaiian (Kekoa Medeiros, Maika'i Cadman, Zachary Ferrier, Kanui Haupu, Cody Wendt, Kawai Luuwai) 4:04.50, 2. Kihei 4:06.44, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 4:35.67. 16-1. Hawaiian (Kanui Haupu, Palekana Pamat-Hett, Maika'i Cadman, Thomas Peterson, Makoa da Silva, Kawai Luuwai) 4:00.52 , 2. Lae'ula O Kai 4:15.23, 3. Kihei 4:16.83 Novice B-1. Na Kai Ewalu (Jamil Folio, Jonas Arcikausakas, Joshua Landry, Brandon Segal, Derek Brown, Avery Ridolfo) 3:51.34, 2. Kahana 3:52.88, 3. Hawaiian 4:05.95, 4. Lae'ula O Kai 4:09.77, 5. Kihei 4:14.97. 50-1. Kihei (Roy Sabado, Robert Brede, Gary Saldana, Tim Rucynski, Michael Cordi, Kawika Williams) 3:52.60, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 3:56.25, 3. Hawaiian 3:57.95, 4. Kahana 4:22.17. 55-1. Kihei (Bill Cunningham, Mark Kasbergen, Frank Zajac, Sam Cavitt, Stan Lanias, Casey Logsdon) 3:57.19 , 2. Hawaiian 4:09.79, 3. Kahana 4:44.03. 60-1. Kihei (Louis Jr. Dionese, John Salse, Tom Guerin, Gary Heath, Doug Caldwell, Biggie Lara) 3:56.79, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 4:06.40, 3. Hawaiian 4:17.97, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 4:39.25. 65-1. Lae'ula O Kai (Pia Aluli, Bob March, Ben Martin, Jimmy Takayesu, Cliff Libed, Brian McCafferty) 4:10.34, 2. Kihei 4:18.60, 3. Kahana 4:24.30, 4. Hawaiian 4:26.00, 5. Na Kai Ewalu 4:33.17. Open Four-1. Kihei (Maleko Lorenzo, Ryan Smith, Michael Lauer, Greg Frederick) 4:03.15, 2. Hawaiian 4:05.31, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 4:15.89, 4. Kahana 4:24.36, 5. Napili 4:32.52, 6. Lae'ula O Kai 4:34.67, 7. Lahaina 4:50.49.
18-1. Hawaiian (Kellen Bean, Tyson Felicilda, Matthew Meyer, Adam Ferrier, Mogul Luuwai, Palekana Pamat-Hett) 8:12.98, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 9:27.14. Novice A-1. Kahana (Kadilak Woolbright, Justin Collier, Boe Greene, Scott Chisholm, James Nichols, Ryan OMara) 8:13.57, 2. Kihei 8:14.66, 3. Hawaiian 8:16.35, 4. Lae'ula O Kai 8:39.10. Freshmen-1. Kihei (Jimbo Eitel, Nathan Loyola, Mael Carey, Keona Dang, J.R. Rios, Felipe Gomes) 7:53.63, 2. Hawaiian 8:31.69, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 8:52.06, 4. Lae'ula O Kai 12:06.25. Sophomore-1. Kihei (Jacob Abeytia, Ryan Murphy, Joshua Kekupa'a Nae'ole, Austin Talley, Quinn Whitford, Kekoa Cramer) 7:49.14, 2. Hawaiian 8:22.04, 3. Napili 8:22.40. Junior-1. Kihei (Greg Frederick, Keona Dang, Grant Haitsuka, Ryan Smith, Jason Gomes, Michael Lauer) 7:52.59, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 8:44.23, 3. Hawaiian 8:50.53, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 8:54.36, 5. Kahana 9:28.47. 40-1. Kihei (Robert Brede, Ani Alfaro-Castro, Charles Fleck, James Knutson, Keith Zielinski, Kawika Williams) 7:55.31, 2. Hawaiian 8:02.47, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 8:19.30, 4. Napili 9:26.61
1 1/2 miles
Open-1. Kihei (Jacob Abeytia, Nathan Loyola, Felipe Gomes, Tyson Kubo, Mael Carey, Kekoa Cramer) 11:30.04 , 2. Lae'ula O Kai 12:03.96, 3. Hawaiian 12:30.88, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 12:44.73, 5. Kahana 13:06.75.
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12B-1. Hawaiian Canoe Club (Kawena Draper, Samantha Martinez, Amber Murphy, Olivia Almeida, Melina Perez, Makena Ferdolage) 2:19.84, 2. Kihei Canoe Club 2:20.60, 3. Napili 2:21.91, 4. Lae'ula O Kai 2:45.25, 5. Kahana Canoe Club 2:47.19. 12A-1. Hawaiian (Kalena Vaivai, Kaila Medeiros, Liana Vasconcellos, Nanea Andrade, Shannon Purdy, Taylor Cho) 2:06.57, 2. Kihei 2:09.84, 3. Napili 2:13.40, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 2:50.65. 13-1. Napili (Alexia Plaza, Kaohulani Palakiko, Kealahooipoleimaile Cabanilla, Shayne Keo, Victoria DeCoite-Wilsey, Noe Keahi) 2:11.03, 2. Hawaiian 2:11.95, 3. Kihei 2:19.93, 4. Lae'ula O Kai 2:32.75, 5. Hana 2:35.48, 6. Lahaina 2:42.46. 14-1. Hawaiian (Kaysha Terry-AhKui, Taysia Pimentel, Kaya Givensel, Victoria Naluai, Makena Dougherty, Hiilei Luuwai) 2:03.11, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 2:11.83, 3. Kahana 2:12.52, 4. Napili 2:15.56, 5. Hana 2:47.44. Novice B-1. Lae'ula O Kai (Tricia Calhoon, Kerry Glen, Tara Owens, susan Rhee, Jena Peterson, Erin Sunahara) 2:06.73, 2. Kihei 2:07.50, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 2:09.49, 4. Napili 2:10.45, 5. Kahana 2:14.14, 6. Hawaiian 2:15.41
Half mile
15-1. Napili (Lina Nolan-Criste, Ana Lukela Kobatake, Tavi Viela, Kelsi Badua, Andilyn Alavazo, Amber Shim) 4:39.67, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 4:54.32, 3. Kahana 4:55.29, 4. Kihei 5:06.89. 16-1. Hawaiian (Ashley Tanga, Lihau Collier, Brenna Hoonan-Amby, Aspen Cruz-Wallace, Alexis Smith, Mapuana Andrade) 4:40.45, 2. Kihei 5:05.20, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 5:06.72. 18-1. Hawaiian (Ashley Tanga, Hi'ilei Casco, Kahili Novikoff, Lihau Collier, Brenna Hoonan-Amby, Kaulu Luuwai) 4:33.15, 2. Napili 4:47.66, 3. Kihei 4:53.36, 4. Lae'ula O Kai 5:16.66. 50-1. Kihei (Ryn Hughes, Flori Leon, Angel Anast, Susan Ramos, Ellen Federoff, Cheryl Jennings-Logsdon) 4:40.72, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 4:42.80, 3. Hawaiian 5:03.64. 55-1. Kihei (Linda Lopez, Judy Epstein, Katy Smith, Bonney Esbensen, Robyn Cavitt, Denise Guerin) 4:49.57, 2. Lae'ula O Kai 4:52.85, 3. Hawaiian 4:58.41. 60-1. Hawaiian (Gracia Neuhart, Debra Hedani, Kathy Piller, Kathy Schlagel, Michele Adair, Lea Giddens) 4:45.60, 2. Kihei 4:48.17, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 4:54.21, 4. Kahana 5:32.64. 65-1. Hawaiian (Sally Ann Flinn, Mary Akiona, Donna Neuhart, Virginia Hall, Carol Aulani Takatsuka, Doreen Dagan) 5:07.96, 2. Kihei 5:15.26, 3. Kahana 5:41.06. Open Four-1. Hawaiian (Kaulu Luuwai, Kahili Novikoff, Noelani Vorhies, Catherine Deboni) 4:56.09, 2. Na Kai Ewalu 5:04.41, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 5:16.33, 4. Kahana 5:40.55, 6. Kihei 5:47.87. Novice A-1. Kahana (Jamie Kranberg, Allyson Johnson, Cynthia Conrad, Mindi Hawman, Melissa Kikkert, Suzi Tucker) 4:22.19, 2. Hawaiian 4:24.24, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 4:29.25, 4. Kihei 4:33.06, 5. Napili 4:46.41, 6. Hana 5:02.65, 7. Lae'ula O Kai 5:09.84
Freshmen-1. Lae'ula O Kai (Marjie Kahookele-Pea, Emili Janchevis, Kelly Cua, Mari Toro-Ford, Fiona Van Ammers, Sharon Balidoy) 9:35.29, 2. Na Kai Ewalu 9:45.51, 3. Hawaiian 10:17.17, 4. Kihei 10:44.70. Sophomore-1. Kihei (Michele Willmering, Tiffany Lambert, Keri Mehling, Heather Reck, Jen Lauer, Angie Wideman-Powell) 9:24.62, 2. Hawaiian 9:50.05, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 10:37.79, 4. Napili 10:46.64, 5. Na Kai Ewalu 11:08.94. Junior-1. Kihei (Amity Mason, Sandy Reyno, Jen Edwards, Ingrid Thronson, Teresa Blackwell, Julie Niemi) 9:19.82, 2. Hawaiian 9:24.47, 3. Kahana 10:25.97, 4. Lae'ula O Kai 11:17.04. 40-1. Kihei (Amity Mason, Polly Arnold-Lorge, Lani Espinoza, Ingrid Thronson, Kathy Adams, Keri Mehling) 9:12.62, 2. Hawaiian 9:23.15, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 10:40.77
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Open-1. Kihei (Michele Willmering, Sandy Reyno, Tiffany Lambert, Heather Bell, Tia Brainard, Angie Wideman-Powell) 13:29.18, 2. Hawaiian 13:52.47, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 14:16.21, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 15:06.76, 5. Napili 15:26.84
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Quarter mile
12-1. Hawaiian (Kaila Medeiros, Nanea Andrade, Kalena Vaivai, Laakea Garcia, Makaio Lorenzo, Ty Tau-a) 2:05.54 , 2. Kihei 2:11.16, 3. Napili 2:12.95, 4. Kahana 2:36.93, 5. Lae'ula O Kai 2:40.01, 6. Na Kai Ewalu 2:42.81. Novice B-1. Na Kai Ewalu (Jonas Arcikausakas, Joshua Landry, Jeremy Attri, Heather Hearon, Alissa Collins, Ellie Marshman Castillo) 1:48.57 , 2. Lae'ula O Kai 1:53.14, 3. Kihei 1:55.19, 4. Hawaiian 1:56.62, 5. Kahana 2:04.27
Half mile
18 -1. Hawaiian (Kyle Knutson, Thomas Peterson, Matthew Vanni, Hi'ilei Casco, Alexis Smith, Aspen Cruz-Wallace) 4:22.45 , 2. Kihei 4:27.80, 3. Napili 4:42.17, 4. Lae'ula O Kai 4:47.15, 5. Lahaina 5:12.71. 40-1. Hawaiian (J.B. Guard IV, Bruce Uu, George Dagan, Theresa Gerry, Margie Kawaiaea, Karen Mooiweer) 3:59.95, 2. Kihei 4:09.34, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 4:30.82, 4. Kahana 4:50.46, 5. Na Kai Ewalu 4:55.07, 6. Napili 4:59.91. 55-1. Kihei (Frank Zajac, Biggie Lara, Louis Jr. Dionese, Katy Smith, Joyce Roark, Vanessa Weiss) 4:23.36 , 2. Hawaiian 4:27.04, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 4:51.41, 4. Kahana 5:08.50. 60-1. Hawaiian (Richard Camacho, Doug Miller, Kawika Gomes, Susan McAtee, Gracia Neuhart, Michele Adair) 4:45.64. 65-1. Kihei (Ken Pearsall, Joy Nelson, Sandy Bell, Mark Stanfield, Bob Brooks, Diane Wetzel) 4:55.33, 2. Kahana 5:22.59, 3. Hawaiian 5:52.08 . Open-1. Kihei (Austin Talley, Joshua Kekupa'a Nae'ole, Ryan Murphy, Teresa Blackwell, Heather Pietras, Julie Niemi) 4:00.04, 2. Hawaiian 4:01.02, 3. Lae'ula O Kai 4:01.76, 4. Kahana 4:05.49, 5. Napili 4:34.78, 6. Na Kai Ewalu 4:41.30, 7. Lahaina 5:09.51, 8. Hana 5:20.15.


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"surreal and dreamlike vignettes blend biographical and fictionalized elements to present pivotal moments in his short yet remarkable life."
aka, the shit's a mess.
the movie was pretty boring in style, script and acting. Kind of hot sex scene though. The actor playing Dean is pretty stunning, but really it doesn't save it.
I tried watching this a few weeks ago. I couldn't get past 5 minutes. It was awful.
He was bi no matter what Elizabeth Taylor babbled….
It's so bad.
Definitely my movie pick of the last year. Weird, fucked-up, and personal in the best way. The sex (and sexuality) is beside the point, boys.
@balehead: You got proof or is this just something you don't want to know?
@Stache1: The movie doesn't take a position on this. It's beside the point. His impact was so much greater than sex.


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Guest thoughts are thoughts that guests have during their time in the park. This could be related to the park, what they want, or even relating to an object they are carrying. It is important to understand what guests are feeling, since the Guest Mood is affecting the Park Value and Park Rating of your park. Clicking the Guests button and changing the mode to thoughts allows you to see the guests most recent thoughts, as well as summarizing all of them to the ones which are most popular.
Here is a list of all the guest thought you may encounter, they'll be placed in one of four catergories.
Positive thoughts
|"This park is really clean and tidy"
|if your pathways are generally free from litter and vomit, your guests will have this thought.
|"The scenery here is wonderful" / "Great scenery!"
|filling your park with loads of scenery will have guests complimenting them.
|"The jumping fountains are great"
|place jumping fountains throughout your pathways and the guests will compliment them.
|"<Ride name> was great!"
|your guest has just gotten off a ride at a high happiness level with a low amount of nausea. Guests often jump for joy and laugh when they think this thought, and will most probably want to return to ride the ride again.
|"<Ride name> is really good value!" "This/These <item name> from <stall name> is/are really good value!"
|your rides/stall items have been reasonably priced, which may give you the "Best Value Park" award.
|"The music is nice here."
|if you set your rides to music, guests may think this and compliment the music which rides play
Informative thoughts
|"I've already got a <item name>."
|guests think this thought when they walk past a stall selling that item that they already own.
|"I'm not hungry/thirsty."
|guests think this thought when they walk past a food/drink stall and they are not hungry or thirsty.
|"I've not finished my <item name> yet."
|guests think this if they visit another food/drink stall, but are already carrying a food or drink item. The guest will not buy that item until they finish their current one.
|"I want to go home"
|these guests do not have to be unhappy, but have had enough of your park and want to go home through the park exit. They will not ride any rides and you cannot do anything about this to prevent them from leaving. In RCT2, their status will be "Leaving the Park". See the "I can't find the park exit!" solution below for more information on how to deal with these guests.
|"I'm hungry/thirsty"
|if you get many guests thinking this, chances are you either do not have any food/drink stalls or not enough of them in the park. Place some around the park to solve this problem, but be aware of the price of the food/drinks as well, since guests will not buy anything from the stalls if the prices are too high or if they are running short on money.
|"I need to go to the toilet/bathroom"
|if you are getting guests thinking this, chances are you do not have enough toilets, or you have charged too high of a price for one. You will know when guests are thinking this because they will be running around the park, holding it in. Fix this quickly, because it affects the guests' mood in terms of happiness.
|"I feel sick/very sick!"
|your guests are sick and will most likely vomit on your footpaths. Adding some benches can help them recover faster, though some may choose to walk around anyway. Over time, they will recover in all games, but if you are playing RCT2 or RCT3, add some First Aid Rooms near rides that have a high nausea rating. The guests will also look sick if you click on them. The more their nausea bar is filled, the greener their complexion is! This is not necessarily bad, since your guests usually overrate their own nausea tolerance.
|"Just looking at <ride name> makes me feel sick!"
|The guest thinks the ride at which they are passing by looks too nauseating for them, indicating that they will not go on it.
|"I'm running out of cash!"
|If guests are thinking this, then they're almost out of cash to spend in the park. This will most likely occur if you set the park entrance fee too high, or make the rides expensive.
|"I've spent all my money"
|guests will run out of cash in RCT1 unless the park is set to infinite money or everything is free inside. It is probably best to either only charge for the rides/shops or the park entrance fee, but making more money is easier by charging both, but the catch is you will cause this thought to happen much faster. In RCT2 and RCT3, an ATM Machine can help guests get money out, so build them when you have the opportunity. Either way, if guests can not spend any cash, they will want to go home, but they may come out of the park happy enough to return in the future again.
|"I can't afford <ride or item name>."
|The guest does not have enough money to purchase the item or ride the ride even if they want to. Guests thinking this thought are running short of money. When thinking this, guests will look for money in their pockets at the ride/stall entrance. Guests who cannot purchase/ride anything usually go down in happiness, hunger and thirst very quickly, so have them leave the park as soon as possible if playing RCT1 or build more ATM machines if playing RCT2 or RCT3.
|"I'm not going on <ride name> while it's raining!"
|your guest will not ride this ride while it is raining. This is most likely because the ride is outdoors. However, this makes indoor rides more popular. To balance things out, make sure you have some indoor rides so that guests thinking this will ride them instead so that you can still make money or popularize those rides. Once the weather stabilizes again, they will ride outdoor rides again.
|"I'm tired/very tired"
|your guest is (running) out of energy and is walking slowly around the park and is prone to leaving the park. This is often caused when a guest walks around the park for a long time without riding any rides. Try to build as many rides as you can around the footpaths to solve this problem. Guests may sometimes arrive in the park tired already, but riding enough rides usually wakes them up.
|"<Ride name> looks too intense for me!"
|The ride's intensity rating is too high for the guest to ride. There is a strong chance you have opened a ride which has an extreme or ultra-extreme intensity rating. Guests will not ride any rides that have an an ultra-extreme intensity rating, and very few will ride them in the extreme range. Queues for such rides are empty. Lower the intensity of the ride using banked curves, and making roller coaster trains go through inversions at reasonable speeds. The other possible cause of this thought is controlling a park in which guests only ride rides that have an intensity less than 4.00 (see Gentle Glen), so check your average guests preferred intensity to ensure you make the right rides in your park. The intensity preference of guests will go up if they ride an intense ride without getting sick, so do not place your most intense rides next to the entrance.
|"I want to go on something more thrilling than <ride name>"
|guests want to ride a more intense ride. This is, again, affected by the ride's intensity rating. If you are playing a scenario where guests only ride intense rides (see Adrenaline Heights), just build roller coasters and thrill rides. In regular parks, however, create a balanced combination of intense and gentle rides to please all guests. Remember, the guests preferred intensity increases the more rides they ride over time, taken that they have a preferred intensity rating less than 4
|"Help! I'm drowning!"
|the guest is in water and will soon drown (die). You can use the pinchers to save the guest. If the guest is low on energy or have high nausea, they will drown slower (though it would seem the opposite).
|"Help! Put me down!"
|the guest has been held on the pinchers for an extended period of time. This will cause them to lose happiness faster. You should put the guest down on a footpath.
Negative thoughts
|"I can't find <ride/stall name>!"
|your guest can not find a ride or a stall they are looking for. See the "I'm Lost!" solution below for more information on how to deal with these guests.
|"I can't find the park exit!"
|there are be many reasons why this thought occurs. If your park is very big with plenty of paths, chances are the guest is walking down the wrong path, since the AI of the game is simplified to only directing the guests towards the direction of the park exit. Check to see if any paths near park exits are dead ends, or if there are any clumps of guests wandering back and forth along a section of pathway. Other reasons could be because of accidently deleting a path leading to the park exit, and you will most likely be notified by this in the Recent Messages bar with the message: Guest XXX is lost and can't find the park exit. If guests are going down the wrong paths, try adding some No Entry banners to prevent them from going the wrong way. If all else fails, you may have to pick them up individually and place them with the pincers on the Guest window screen, although this method is rather time-consuming. It is important to solve this problem as soon as possible, as the park rating plummets when more guests get lost.
|"I'm not paying that much to go on/for <ride/stall name>!"
|if you notice a ride with no queue lines or a shop with no sales, it is likely because of too high prices or the ride is too old for guests to consider the given price a good value. For rides, looking at the excitement rating is a good way to determine what the price should be. Low rated rides will usually be cheap, while roller coasters are usually higher priced. Regardless of this, every ride requires lowering of prices with age.
|"The vandalism here is really bad"
|your park has broken objects scattered on the paths due to vandalism. To fix broken objects, rebuild them over the broken ones with the scenery construction tool. Also, hire some security guards around areas with lots of path objects that are in danger of being vandalized (e.g. near exits of roller coasters and shops/stalls), taking into account the fact that vandalism is directly caused by heavy littering. If a park has enough satisfied guests and clean paths, this issue does not occur.
|"The litter here is really bad"
|your park has too much litter on the footpaths. Either empty the litter bins or add more into the park. Hence, more handymen with narrow patrol areas around food courts and thrill ride exits are required. Heavy littering directly causes vandalism.
|"This path is disgusting!"
|guests think this thought when they step on too many tiles filled with vomit. This thought can drastically lower guests' happiness and cause vandalism, so clean them up with handymen as soon as possible. Some guests will lift their foot in disgust if they step on a tile filled with multiple vomits.
|"It's too crowded here"
|your park does not have enough footpaths for the amount of guests that are currently in your park. Either add more footpaths or balance the number of guests with queuing paths and rides. Guests slowly get unhappy if they walk into crowded areas too much. This can also occur when you advertise too often or when many guests leave a ride at the same time.
|"I'm lost!"
|your park has either too many paths or is very large. This does not necessarily mean that the guests want to go home, but they might be struggling to navigate around your park. This thought is triggered after a guest has been trying to reach a goal for a certain time, so there are cases of guests complaining about being lost, even though they are close to their goal. Adding Information Kiosks can help to prevent this, but building more direct paths to rides and stalls and avoiding bridges and/or underground passages intersecting with each other is advised. In RCT1, paths must never be more than one tile wide, as the inferior AI is confused by thicker pathways. In RCT2 and RCT3, the limit is two tiles of width. This thought may also occur if the guests are found in an area without a footpath. See Evergreen Gardens and Amity Airfield for examples of parks where guests are easily confused.
|"I want to get off <ride name>!"
|either your ride is too long, or something has gone wrong with it. A ride ridden longer than 5 minutes will cause this, but if the guests have been queuing for a while, their patience is lowered even further, so try to balance the queue length with the ride length out. This may also happen due to a mechanical failure, such as cars getting stuck on lift hills for too long, or are just stuck due to cars bashing into one and another (common in water slides and one-car roller coasters). Ferris Wheels set to more than one rotation cause this as well. If the rides are permanently stuck, close the ride fully by double clicking the stop function and then reopen it. Make sure there is always a mechanic nearby and set frequent inspections.
|"I'm not going on <ride name> - It isn't safe!"
|your ride has crashed and guests have witnessed or heard this. Even after you fix the ride and get a successful test run, guests will still think this and will not be prepared to risk their life to ride it. Despite this, some guests still take their chances and ride it, but it usually takes a couple of months before guests lose their fear. Demolish the ride completely or try closing it for a few months and reopen it. If you see a ride is about to crash (common in water slides), close the ride completely by double-clicking the stop function and reopen it.
|"I've been standing/queuing for <ride Name> for ages"
|these guests have been queuing for a long time for one of your rides. The queue length is too long or the ride is taking too long to exchange new and old guests. Add an Entertainer and set a patrol along extended queue lines. This way, guests' happiness will not drop as significantly as before. Also consider shortening the queue time to less than 10 minutes - guests held up for a long time are not spending money that they could be elsewhere.
Miscellaneous thoughts
|"I have the strangest feeling someone is watching me!"
|if you leave a guest's window on for a long period of time, they will eventually think this.
|"What is that little white thing?" / "He he, that tickles!" / "Stop bothering me!"
|in RCT3, if you click on a guest while their window is open, they will have the first thought while their gaze follows your mouse pointer. If clicked on again, they will laugh and think the second one. If clicked on enough times, they will try to shoo away the pointer while thinking the third thought.
|if you name a guest John Wardley, he will think this whenever he goes on a ride.
|"Wow, a new ride's being built!"
|in RCT2 guests may decide to watch the construction of rides that are near pathways take a few photos.
|"I can see my house from here!"
|A guest will think this when they are being held by the pinchers, on a tall mountain,on a tall ride (Observation Tower, etc) or at the top of a lift hill.


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Target Audience
Regular and bilingual classroom teachers, grades PK-3
Student and Teacher Needs Addressed
Young limited-English-proficient (LEP) students often enter school speaking only their native language and almost all need to learn how to read. They have to master the alphabetic principle, preferably in their first language (Snow, Burns and Griffin, 1998), while they are developing basic oral English proficiency. Their teachers need information on how to teach beginning reading in the native language (usually Spanish) in developmentally appropriate ways and information on how to transition them from reading in the first language to reading in English.
Recommended Approach
A bilingual program in which students are given a firm foundation both in terms of oral and written language development in their first language is preferred. Transition to reading in English, at least in the sense of no longer providing native language reading instruction and in the sense of immersing students in formal English reading programs, should be delayed until students demonstrate that they have mastered native language reading and acquired at least intermediate English proficiency levels.
Teacher Competencies
The participants in this professional development will:


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By RON CHIMELIS
This time, it was not about the money.
When John Calipari left Massachusetts in 1996, it was for the money. Oh, he wanted the challenge of the NBA, but I will always believe that the $15 million offer from the New Jersey Nets told the tale.
This time, he took the Kentucky coaching job for the same reason climbers scale Mount Everest. He had to. Because it's there.
As recently as last Friday, Calipari said Memphis "is where I want to coach," according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Gee, that does sound vaguely familiar. But this was all about natural career ambition, and not the money, which is staggering but which Memphis was prepared to - at least - match.
Calipari had turned Memphis into a program that could compete for an NCAA title every year. That is more than he did at UMass, and the litmus test when superstar coaches consider new offers.
But Calipari did not forget what Memphis fans have forgotten, and what UMass fans once forgot, too.
If you are Memphis, or UMass, you can be very good but you are not going to be Kentucky, North Carolina and a couple of others.
Memphis fans will still expect the new coach to prove otherwise, just as UMass fans unrealistically did with Bruiser Flint.
That is why, had Derek Kellogg stayed one more year, he would not have had a shot at the Tigers' job.
No new coach will match Calipari's star potential, but Memphis will try to come close, which means loyal assistants need not apply.
As for Kentucky, Calipari arrives at a school in danger of leaving the sport's uber elite. Having not reached the Final Four since 1998, the Wildcats risk becoming basketball's version of Notre Dame football, a power in the past tense.
This is why no Kentuckian seems to think spending $35 million on a coach in a recession is tax money wasted.
Good thing Calipari isn't coming to Storrs, Conn.
Wrestling with this decision caused Calipari to seek out a Jack Leaman-like, paternal presence in Lexington. Former coach Joe B. Hall helped bolster what Calipari's own instinct told him: take this job, don't shove it.
This gives Calipari the chance to show he can win in a power conference, even one currently in a downturn.
Only three Southeastern Conference teams reached the 2009 NCAA tournament. Had Mississippi State not won the automatic berth, it would have been two.
Part of that slippage is linked to Kentucky's fall. As Calipari considered the offer, the old ethics questions resurfaced, notably the Marcus Camby-agent episode at UMass in 1996.
Those stories are real, if also real old, but it's a little late for Kentucky to put on a cloak of holier-than-thou.
Given how its own history includes a point-shaving scandal in the early 1950s, Adolph Rupp's highly-debated racial legacy and a major recruiting scandal in the 1980s, Calipari might be an ethical step up.
This is also the program that, upon hiring Billy Gillispie in 2007, bought its way out of a promised game with UMass in Boston - a maneuver that was legal, but not right.
Now, UMass is wondering if its 2009 game with Memphis in Boston will be in jeopardy, too. But if it is, you can count on Calipari, who is loyal to his flock, bringing Kentucky up here to play Kellogg's team some point.
I last saw Calipari in January, at the Hoophall Classic in Springfield.
"I'm winding down," he told me, sounding more like your Uncle Joe than as the Coach Cal we know, a man whose heart valve must look at each day as a new test of its stamina.
I reminded him that years ago, he told me coaching stress would send him into retirement by age 45.
"Are you sure I didn't say 50?" he asked.
Calipari turned 50 in February. Now he's embarking on eight years of trying to satisfy basketball's nuttiest, most irrational fan base.
Retirement has been delayed to at least 58, and not because his 401K plan fell apart. My guess is that he will never retire.
The drive within him is too great a force. Besides, Kentucky is a basketball Everest.
He had to take it, not for the money but because he is John Calipari, and because it was there.
Winding down? Calipari is just warming up.
Good for him. Better for Kentucky.


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Archive for July, 2010
Cast Away…
Ao Nang- My time here in Krabi Province has been closer to Cast Away than The Beach, two movies that hit theaters a decade ago about being stranded on beaches. Rather than a sultry latin Virginie Ledoyen (né Fernandez) sauntering out of the tide with a boss techno track blasting,
it's closer to Wilson the Volleyball. I've found some coconuts on the beach that I have befriended that act as a combination bowling/basket/football to play with in the surf. They also act as floatation devices when I get lazy. I'm here at the quietest time of year and was told by a Dutch bar owner who's establishment I've been frequenting in the evenings that in the winter (aka high season), direct charter flights from the Nordic countries to Krabi (ie bypassing BKK) arrive here and this place becomes mobbed with Swedish and Finnish families pushing strollers and Kroner and Euros and prices skyrocket. Now it's a bit lonely here which suits me just fine for the time being.
It's hard to say whether the best part of being here is the food or the foot reflexology I'm undergoing. Either way it's going to be tough to leave to Malaysia when the moment comes (when my 30 days are up on my tourist stamp). Ao Nang is being very lightly hit by the monsoon which I find refreshing. That same monsoon that has apparently killed hundreds (up to 800 at present) in flooding in the decidedly non-party zone of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa Province. Here all it does is keep the tourists out of the bay and leaves me to swim by myself amongst the anchored long tail boats in the quiet of dusk and read a book on NATO geopolitics on a virtually deserted beach.
On the Banana Pancake Trail
Bangkok- My last full day in the city was a fairly quiet one. I went out for the day and my Blackberry battery died and kept to myself by getting a rigorous Thai massage trying to exorcise the demons of some old, nagging injuries that affect my locomotion from time to time. While I was getting turned into a pretzel on Khao San road, a bomb detonated at a bus stop in front of a chain supermarket injuring eight or nine Thais and a Burmese woman. I got back to my hotel and finally plugged in my phone to charge and got a text from a friend that read; "Bomb went off, Rathcadamri. Ten injured, some serious. THEY ARE BACK." By they, I assume my friend was referring to the claims by some violent members of the Red Shirt (Puea Thai) movement that they would bomb downtown Bangkok if the status quo remained unchanged. They made good on their threat and one of the injured died. There was an election today in Bangkok's far flung 6th district (where I made a fruitless journey the previous day exploring the possibility of doing a story today) that pitted a Red Shirt candidate, currently imprisoned on charges of terrorism, named Korkaew Pikulthong supporting the return of the exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, versus the Yellow Shirt (People's Alliance for Democracy) candidate Panich Vikitsreth, who supports the current pro-army, pro-business establishment PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, who subsequently won.
While all of this was going, I was buying a bus ticket to throw myself into the mellow maelstrom of the "Banana Pancake Trail," the beyond well-trodden backpacker trail carved out of Southeast Asia by Australians and other assorted Westerners over the last 25 years, epitomized in the famous "Yellow Bible" (aka the Lonely Planet Southeast Asia on a Shoestring). The trailhead begins on the Khao San road, where I crashed in a dingy guesthouse the first few nights, and spirals out eastward into Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam and southward into Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. I'm making my way through the latter, via Krabi. Last night, I went with my friend Patrik of visualtraveling.com to The Club on Khao San (see above photo) and the place was a madhouse with most patrons decked out in the Australian national dress (board shorts, tank top, and flip flops…sorry, thongs) and fully reveling in blasting techno not caring about red or yellow shirts. All hail the Banana Pancake Trail! For more on this subject, you can read the lyrics to the accompanying song "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson.
"Little Arabia" and the "Planes" Operation
Bangkok- I took a very interesting meander through Bangkok's bustling "Little Arabia" cluster today in more of my seemingly never ending investigation into the road to 9/11 and more specifically following in the footsteps of the so-called San Diego cell of Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi. Here's why: according to the 9/11 commission section entitled Section 5.2 The "Planes" Operation:
"While in Kuala Lumpur, Khallad wanted to go to Singapore to meet Nibras and Fahd al Quso, two of the operatives in Nashiri's ship-bombing operation. An attempt to execute that plan by attacking the USS The Sullivans had failed just a few days earlier. Nibras and Quso were bringing Khallad money from Yemen, but were stopped in Bangkok because they lacked visas to continue on to Singapore. Also unable to enter Singapore, Khallad moved the meeting to Bangkok. Hazmi and Mihdhar decided to go there as well, reportedly because they thought it would enhance their cover as tourists to have passport stamps from a popular tourist destination such as Thailand. With Hambali's help, the three obtained tickets for a flight to Bangkok and left Kuala Lumpur together. Abu Bara did not have a visa permitting him to return to Pakistan, so he traveled to Yemen instead.
In Bangkok, Khallad took Hazmi and Mihdhar to one hotel, then went to another hotel for his meeting on the maritime attack plan. Hazmi and Mihdhar soon moved to that same hotel, but Khallad insists that the two sets of operatives never met with each other or anyone else. After conferring with the ship-bombing operatives, Khallad returned to Karachi and then to Kandahar, where he reported on his casing mission to Bin Ladin.
Bin Ladin canceled the East Asia part of the planes operation in the spring of 2000. He evidently decided it would be too difficult to coordinate this attack with the operation in the United States. As for Hazmi and Mihdhar, they had left Bangkok a few days before Khallad and arrived in Los Angeles on January 15, 2000."
I find it quite suspect that there is so much vague detail in the 9/11 commission report looking back on it all these years later. Do they (those on the commission chaired by Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton) mean to tell us that they nor their contacts here in Thailand don't know the names of the hotels in Bangkok? If one looks carefully, there's an immense amount of detail missing from the finalized 9/11 report. If the people of Alec Station, the CIA's Bin Laden unit based in Virginia, that was tracking these two and monitoring the Kuala Lumpur AQ summit at Jemmah Islamiyah operative Yazid Sufaat's condominium, stop tracking them while in they were in Thailand before they went to Los Angeles and rendezvoused with Saudi (agent) Omar al-Bayoumi? Judging by the fact that al-Mihdhar and al-Hazmi spoke (supposedly) very limited English, I am guessing that when they arrived in Bangkok, they likely headed straight for Little Arabia where Arabs from the Mashreq, the Maghreb, and the Gulf all seem to congregate here. When al-Mihdhar and al-Hazmi arrived in Los Angeles on the flight from Don Mueang airport, they are believed to have immediately gone to a halal restaurant on the border of the Palms neighborhood and Culver City on Venice Boulevard where they met al-Bayoumi (the commission report is sorely lacking in detail on this very clutch episode as well). Now I have no way of proving this is where the two spent there last days before leaving for Southern California but I also don't have any reason to believe they would have spent their time anywhere else in Bangkok. If you didn't see Thai women in tank tops and short shorts, you could think you were in a down at the heels part of Amman or Abu Dhabi. The only person I think who would know the answer to this question is the former head of Alec Station but he thus far has not responded to my email query. There remain so many questions still to be answered about 9/11 it boggles the mind.
If I can't know the answers, I need to at least ask the questions. How long were the hijackers in Bangkok? Who else did they meet with here? How many days were they here and what hotels did they frequent? I am I the only one who desires to know all of these minor but important details? And lastly, why is so much information left out of the 9/11 report?
Voice of America Appearance
Abu Dhabi- Yesterday, I appeared on Voice of America's Russian language news service talking about my experiences and observations in southern Kyrgyzstan before and after the June 27 referendum on the country's future. I was interviewed by my Jamestown colleague Erica Marat who works for VoA to comment on a Human Rights Watch report released yesterday entitled, "Kyrgyzstan: Torture, Detentions Escalate Tensions." Here is the link to the VoA article (in Russian), "Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies involved in the torture of ethnic Uzbeks" and here in English using Google's imperfect translate.
Another Day in the Very Uneven Distribution of Wealth and Democratization
Abu Dhabi- To get from Tajikistan to Abu Dhabi was a bit of an arduous trip via Kabul and Dubai and no sleep. Here are a few random shots from the Blackberry from 24 hours in my often bizarre life.
The Buddha Sleeps in Dushanbe
Dushanbe- I took a quiet stroll through Tajikistan's Museum of National Antiquities this morning after a friend here told me about a giant sleeping Buddha there in what I guessed would be the incredible Hellenic-Buddhist fusion of the now long gone Bamiyan Buddhas that once stood in the wind swept Hazarajat. So for 15 Somoni (just above $3) and covering my filthy New Balance's with those surgical cover things, I toured the museum which had everything on display from neolithic adze's to Tajikistan's Persian-Islamic period. But it was all about the giant Buddha. What we mostly know about Tajikistan is some of its Soviet-period history and maybe a little about its five-year long devastating civil war (1992-1997). I want to get a little more insight into the country's pre-Islamic history to get a better picture of where it fits into regional history and present day geopolitics. Ancient trade and cultural links have tendency to mirror post-Soviet revived present day ones and for this reasoning, a quick study of the museum's pieces was in order. On the second floor, the Buddha lay in nirvana in his "sleeping lion" position in all of his reconstructed glory. This hulking 13 metre-long sculpture was discovered near Qurgonteppa in the country's south, wedged in between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan (see map).
Seeing this made me think of the legend of the mega sleeping Buddha believed to be hidden somewhere in Afghanistan's Bamiyan described by Xuanzang, the first Chinese backpacker, in 630 AD. In September, 2008 a 19 metre Buddha was discovered near where the two standing ones were demo'ed in March 2001. Not quite 300 metres, but still, not too shabby. Large parts of the Tajik Buddha did not survive the centuries but were artfully reconstructed to give one a good idea of the ancient sculptor's original vision. The museum had a lot of interesting pieces to say the least. Here's another one, a scabbard of a griffin that looks to be of ivory.
The labels in the museum were mostly in Russian and Tajik and not extensive to say the least. But I had much better luck than Asia Times columnist Pepe Escobar in 2001 who was in Dushanbe just before the museum opened and was unable to see this piece of nirvana.
On a totally unrelated note, I have a new piece in today's Asia Times:
Da svedanyia Bishkek, Zdrastvuyte Dushanbe!
Dushanbe- I got the boot from the local police in Osh for taking an undesirable photo of ethnic cleansing graffiti being whitewashed over in time for UNHCR head Antonio Guterres' visit to the wrecked city. The official reasoning was that I did not have a Kyrgyz press accreditation. While the Osh police did their best to give me the bum's rush out of town, there was no indication upon my departure at Manas airport en route to Dushanbe that I was no longer welcome in the Kyrgyz Republic. I heard from a World Food Programme official on the flight back to Bishkek that the one and only Frederick Rousseau, the French Khan of ACTED in Central Asia with a Napoleon complex on steroids, made a scene when Guterres held a press conference at the Osh airport.
I've returned to Dushanbe for the first time since my whirlwind visit in October of 2001 after the United States air force began launching air strikes across northern Afghanistan and this town was, for a very brief period, the place to be in the international scene. I'm sitting typing this post in the once dilapidated Soviet hulk known as the Hotel Tajikistan. In the fall of 2001, it was the center of the action, really buzzing with journos and NGOs trying to figure out how to get in Afghanistan on clap trap Mi-8s who's price for a seat was going up by the day. A few things have changed since then. This hotel was renovated a few years ago with a serious facelift, the room price more than tripled, and it's eerily quiet. Tajikistan now mans its own southern border and the Russian 201st Motor Rifle Division is long gone from the Afghan border, and French forces who arrived in December 2001-January 2002 at that critical juncture are now entrenched at the airport here with their Transall C-160's parked comfortably there from where they supply their contingents in Kabul and Kapisa Province.