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This week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I am at the IBM Dynamic Infrastructure Executive Summit at the beautiful Fairmont Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. This is a mix of indoor and outdoor meetings, one-on-ones with IBM executives, and main-tent sessions.
The Solutions Showcase will cover the following:
- Smarter Systems
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Hope to see you there!
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A Certain Magical Index
Level 6 (Absolute Ability)
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Kamijo learns that thousands of Mikoto clones were created for one simple, violent reason. Now that her look-alikes are dying off, the real Mikoto vows to save the rest of her doppelgangers by making the ultimate sacrifice.
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2008 Banished Word ListPosted Friday, January 2, 2009, at 7:16 AM
In an attempt to cheer myself up after the holidays, I decided to look up the list of most misused words of 2008. I heard part of it on KFVS this morning. See what you think of this list:
Lake Superior State University 2009 List of Banished Words
* Green- Number One nominated word on the list. Includes phrases like "going green," "building green," "green technology."
* Carbon footprint- A politically correct word to describe damage done to the environment.
* Maverick- We remember this term from the recent presidential race, don't we?
* First Dude- This reference to Sarah Palin's husband was objectionable to some people because of its "teeny bopper" sound.
* Wall Street/Main Street- Who didn't get tired of hearing this one?
* Icon or iconic- These words are mostly overused in the entertainment industry.
* Game changer- This cliche is overused in the news media, political arena and in business.
* Staycation- I've used this one myself, but my thinking is that the newly-created word is a practical one for making vacationers feel as if they've made a wise choice in hard economic times.
* Desperate search- I disagree with this one. I haven't really heard it much.
* Not so much- I have not so much to say for this phrase, either...
* Winner of five nominations- Another choice that I find puzzling. Surely there are better choices for the top 12 list.
* It's that time of year again- I agree with this final choice. Newscasters are particularly guilty of overusing this phrase.
That's the end of the list, but I feel sure we could improve on it. I would add the word most overused in the election: change.
From atop the cold, gray hills of Tillman, Missouri, this is your rural reporter, Madeline, wishing she had a good cup of coffee.
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Oh, I can wait, all right. It'll be the same old thing it's been from the beginning. Now the Right is blaming him for everything from the recession to the peanut butter salmonella scare...
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Apr 26, 2009, at 4:08 PM
Yes !
(I can't wait to read the comments on Obama's first 100 days in office. I promise to restrain myself and make no comment at all. I am anxious to see the reaction from the pro-life brigade to the shooting of the three Somalis recently which I understand was authorised by your esteemed Leader).
-- Posted by wartz on Fri, Apr 24, 2009, at 11:54 PM
Haha! We do have language in common, wartz! All those are familiar in the U.S. except "tiddly," but it's a good one! You saved those up to throw them in at the end, didn't ya???
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Apr 24, 2009, at 8:27 PM
A few more to bury this one stone dead.
Wasted, well-oiled, legless, disorderly, lit up, out of it, pickled, pie-eyed, smashed, stewed, stoned, tiddly, tight.
Enough already?
-- Posted by wartz on Thu, Apr 23, 2009, at 9:32 PM
I got on the Dexter blogs because my ancestors, the SIFFORDS were from Bloomfield back in the 1800s. Also my best friend, Verba lives in Bloomfield, a quaint little town. My mom was born in MO and just died at age of 95. She always pronounced the state as Missoura.
Wasn't that the old time way? Same here in Illinois. THe village of Bourbonnais is usually pronounced Bur-bone-us by the older generation.
I prefer bur-bon-ay like the French settlers named it.
I love your blogs
-- Posted by louvonda on Mon, Apr 20, 2009, at 1:51 PM
Haven't heard of "blotto," but "tipsy" is a familiar one in the U.S.
Why on EARTH would a beauty shop associate itself with a severed ear???????? I would steer clear of that one!!!
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Mar 26, 2009, at 5:10 PM
There is a business here called "Get Plastered" , a garbage disposal company called "We Talk Rubbish", and the most frightening of all, a hairdresser named "The Severed Ear".
More inebriation terms include "blotto"and "tipsy".
-- Posted by wartz on Thu, Mar 26, 2009, at 2:19 AM
wartz, you might find a business that plasters, but if the owner is plastered--look further!
-- Posted by GONENOW on Tue, Mar 24, 2009, at 3:24 PM
"Paralytic" is not in our vocabulary, wartz, but I get the idea. We wouldn't use that for a case when the individual was "sloshed"!!
We use "tanked" because it's COLORFUL! I think that may be the reason for much of our slang, don't you think? Slang may be many things, but "boring" is not one of them!
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Mar 24, 2009, at 2:31 PM
Thanks Dexterite. Why don't they just say "the business failed"?
Quite right GL and also "sloshed," "paralytic," "horizontal,""a bit wobbly",and a few others which may not survive the moderator's evil eye.
-- Posted by wartz on Sat, Mar 21, 2009, at 3:32 AM
I've also heard a case of inebriation as being "tanked," "loaded," "three sheets to the wind," "crocked..."
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 9:50 PM
'tanked' means that the business failed and is no more.
-- Posted by changedname on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 6:10 PM
A business going down the gurgler is said to be "tanked". What on earth does this mean?
-- Posted by wartz on Thu, Mar 19, 2009, at 3:31 AM
Yesterday I heard our new governor pronounce it with an "uh."
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jan 22, 2009, at 7:50 AM
Personally, depending on the weather it is more aptly called Mizzry! Sweltering through the summer months. Regardless of EE or UH, it will always be home regardless of where my residence may be located.
-- Posted by SKDellinger on Mon, Jan 19, 2009, at 8:46 PM
I guess it all depends on which self shows up at the time. Sometimes, sophisticated self is here without a doubt--she says Missouree. If her counter-ego is here, I'm from Missouruh, ya know. No matter who appears, Missouri is a beautiful state, and it's a great place to call home.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sun, Jan 18, 2009, at 12:11 PM
Haha, just kidding, gn!! I feel the same way about the pronunciation of "Missouri," and I've suffered the consequences of using the "uh," rather than the "ee," so if I'm concentrating, I use the "ee."
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Jan 18, 2009, at 8:39 AM
I've been thinking about Missouree vs. Missouruh. My mama was from "uh" and my daddy was from "ee". I've lived my life trying to be fair to them both--so I'm from BOTH! Truth is, I just use both--always have, I guess. Does that mean I'm a semi- schizophrenic? HA!
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sat, Jan 17, 2009, at 8:24 AM
Not by me. I once checked the issue (can't remember where), and the pronunciation was almost equally divided, fifty/fifty between the two versions. I'd like to know the entire little mneumonic jingle - I've never heard it before. Outside the state, they are unanimous in support of the long "e."
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Jan 16, 2009, at 9:41 PM
I agree mizzou_mom,our Governors and our beloved Harry Truman pronounce our state Mizz-ur-ah (sorry,phonetics are not my forte).My Grandma says you can tell how long a family has lived here by how they pronounce the state name.
Recent emigrants and non-residents tend to use the long e.
"A hillbilly is from Mizz-OR-EE..."
I can't remember the rest but it's something like "A lady and a Sir are from Mizz-ur-ah"-I'm sure I will be corrected.
-- Posted by Yellow Rose of Essex on Thu, Jan 15, 2009, at 6:10 PM
I hate it when people say Mizz-OR-EE....and the words my teen daughter comes up with. "Don't be hatin" , a real favorite of mine. {sigh}
-- Posted by mizzou_mom on Wed, Jan 14, 2009, at 2:29 PM
Haha! Big Papa, good point about Canasta and Bridge -- our younger readers might not have realized that we're talking about CARDS!! Hehe! Nothing racey for the fifties crowd, that's for sure!
Wartz, I once read (or heard) that America and England are "separated by the same language"!! Haha! Sometimes that may seem true, but I think it is sooooooo neat to hear the variations in different locales! I've been to England twice (too briefly), and I wish I'd had time to just sit on a street corner or in a shop and LISTEN! Australia is even more fascinating, since it lies at the ends of the Earth!!
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Jan 14, 2009, at 9:32 AM
Thanks, Big Papa, for your kind words and welcome. I'll keep contributing where appropriate. I do get a real pleasure in following the comments especially those that give an insight to small town thinking and not just those comments of your more vocal politicians. Contrary to popular belief and, although I live down under, our citizens don't have to hang on tightly to avoid being tossed off the planet and into orbit !
Cheers and thanks again
-- Posted by wartz on Tue, Jan 13, 2009, at 2:21 PM
Yes , I agree Wartz do not make it be your last comment why should it matter where you're from. You joined in to a conversation , said nothing to offend and make the same point we are so I say WELCOME
the one that gets my goat ( sorry goat lady)is huh?
to be included with the illustrious yeah and nope
have we really let go of grammar altogether ( Street, Ebonics , Etc) Our language is already hard for some people that are learning it as a second language without adding more that even we have a hard time with.
-- Posted by Big Papa on Tue, Jan 13, 2009, at 1:11 PM
Please make sure you explain to people ( younger ones) that you are talking about cards LOL would hate to hear the games my mother used to love playing, being used like," Canasta (Can Ask her) if you wants too"
-- Posted by Big Papa on Tue, Jan 13, 2009, at 12:55 PM
Haha! I do not remember a "Mimi" in my graduating class at DHS!!!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Jan 11, 2009, at 6:03 PM
Ha GL--My sister, whatever her public name may be, is known as Mimi by six grandchildren. I'm Grammy, aka Bwammy. They're on their way over right now to play on the swing set.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sun, Jan 11, 2009, at 10:49 AM
Gonenow: To my little grandson, who has a total of five other grandparent/great-grandparents, I'm known as, "Mi-Mi," a name I love to hear! Not on my list of banned words, either!!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Jan 11, 2009, at 9:27 AM
Wartz, so good to hear from you again. As you can see, our postings are not always gender-specific, so I had no choice but to use the dreaded "he/she" pronouns.
Sorry to hear that this is your last post. We get so many of the same people that it's truly refreshing to hear another voice.
I'm watching Obama on the Sunday morning news, and I admit to a joyful feeling of hope. One commentator just said, describing the meeting with past presidents, "This one president with no experience will have to govern with the wisdom of at least five." I will add our new president and our country to my prayer list this morning.
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Jan 11, 2009, at 9:21 AM
For goat lady,
re your blog 1/8 1117
A new voice indeed and truly from down under and occasionally a night owl as well. I've been called many things during my life but he/she is a first - I'm a he.
It was easy to find the Statesman site and it has given me much enjoyment. I once worked with a person who came from Dexter and , for some reason, the name became lodged in my mind. I have used Google Earth to get some idea of your town and from there a simple search gave me lots of data about the town, population and newspapers.
This may well be my last offering to your site but I could not resist contributing to the Banished Word List - a universal problem I suspect !
Without being a a citizen it's not appropriate that I comment on life in USA - I am sure you have plenty of other do-gooders to do just that !
I was however delighted to see that Obama will be you next President.
-- Posted by wartz on Sun, Jan 11, 2009, at 3:09 AM
I agree that the phrase "Ya see what I'm saying", The slang words, "like you know" are so silly. Do they still teach English in our schools? English teachers must be repulsed by such "slang.
-- Posted by louvonda on Sat, Jan 10, 2009, at 7:43 PM
Ha ha! One of these days, he'll say, "I didn't do it!" Being a grammy takes the cake. I'm very lucky, since both of mine live five minutes from me. Little fellow calls me "Bwammy." That isn't on my list of words to do away with!
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sat, Jan 10, 2009, at 6:04 PM
No, I don't! I've read it before, and I must get it!! I have only one grandchild close - the other three are in Minnesota - The oldest will be five on March 17, the middle just turned three in December, and the youngest will be a year old in February. Needless to say, I don't get to see my Minnesota grandchildren often, but the 2 1/2 year old makes up for it! He's at the stage where he says, "I did it!" when he pee's in the potty!
Dimples and hugs! How precious!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Jan 10, 2009, at 3:00 PM
GL, your grandson is 2 1/2? So is mine! His brother will be 4 in April. Do you have one of those, too? Ha! This is the best job I've ever had--pay is measured in dimples! We love reading the repetitious books, too. The favorite is "Five Little Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed!" Do you have that one?
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sat, Jan 10, 2009, at 9:49 AM
Haha! Who would figure that Swift was a Dr. Seuss fan, he is?!!! There's so much more to the fine doctor than Green eggs and Ham!!
I shall try the rapping idea next time my 2 1/2 year old grandson comes over!! You're never too young or too old for Dr. Seuss!!
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Jan 9, 2009, at 8:41 PM
lovebooks, Dr.Seuss is the only with permission! lol! By the way, You can rap Dr.Seuss. He was and is the first real rapper. I've read his books outloud to the kids and now granddaughter and did it like I was rapp'n! You oughta try it, you should! I love Dr.Seuss!
-- Posted by swift on Fri, Jan 9, 2009, at 3:47 PM
Oh, that's downright sacreligious, swift! Everybody loves Dr. Seuss, they do!
I never learned how to play CANASTA or BRIDGE! I've even forgotten how to play PINOCHLE (Did I spell that right??)
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 9:44 PM
So should I assume, Swift, that you are no fan of Dr. Seuss? ("I am Sam, I am!")
-- Posted by lovebooks on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 5:09 PM
Sorry, Tony Harnden should read Toby Harnden.
On reflection and, in the cold light of day, I think I may have been somewhat fierce on some of the people who use these hackneyed words and phrases. Perhaps my sarcasm should have been directed towards those who have had the benefit of an extended education, namely the would be politician who scattered "you know" around like bullets from a machine gun !
-- Posted by wartz on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 4:01 PM
One thing that agravates me is when folks repeat what they say at the end of nearly every sentence. Examples: "I got the mail, I did." or "I'm cold, I am" or "He's sick, he is." Drives me crazy!
-- Posted by swift on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 3:40 PM
Several of Mom's Canasta friends are still living, so I won't put names on here. I couldn't put too much, or my identity might be revealed! Ha!
How about Bridge? That was my game of choice when I was in a card club. Now, I doubt they'd let me even dust the table before a game. I don't remember a thing. I was always the "dummy-est" at the table anyway. I just went to have fun. There were others who got a little peeved about having fun at a card table. I didn't want to bleed for the game, but I did have fun.
For this topic: Let's add TECHNO! (I'll have to stop using it myself.)
-- Posted by GONENOW on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 2:51 PM
My mom's Canasta friends were Oleta Miller, Helen Dickirson, Lucille Rainey, Virginia Temples, Mil Brentlinger, Mrs. Swinger (2nd grade teacher), Laddie Mae, Ruth Sturm...Yahoo Games has Canasta, but I play Spades.
-- Posted by lovebooks on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 2:36 PM
Canasta--I still love it! Want to start a long distance club? Ha! My mom and dad both played. Mom was in a club, too. I don't think it was the same one as your mom's though, lovebooks.
Let's stay on subject here by reviving the word CANASTA! The biggest problem for our younger bloggers is that it doesn't require anything technological to play--just a couple of decks of cards and a pot of coffee. For some, that might threaten boredom.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 2:04 PM
Wow! A new voice on the blogs, posting at 1:54 a.m., indicating that wartz is either a night owl, or he/she is in fact, posting from "down under"! What do you think, folks??? I will have to see if I can find that site for "loathed Americanisms."
How do bloggers find this Statesman site, if they don't know it's here??? Do they just stumble on it??
Lovebooks, what a funny story about Laddie Mae's shoes!! The last time I saw her, she was wearing pink and working as a volunteer at the hospital in Dexter.
"Canasta friends"! That brings back memories! Mom & Dad played canasta. It must have been all the rage in the fifties!
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 11:17 AM
Worth a look;
UK Telegraph - Tony Harnden, the US based Editor who had the misfortune to suggest a list of loathed Americanisms. To save face he then had to run a similar list of loathed Britishisms.
New Zealand Herald of Friday 28.11.08 - a good sample of the rubbish we have to endure down under.
I think that people in business, TV presenters and scatty teenage girls have a lot to answer for.
Can we beat them ? Probably not although plenty have tried. We should concede defeat and join in. Start by scattering some misplaced comma's and apostrophe's, (sorry), about. Pour yourself a big gin and tonic, go easy on the tonic, lay back and laugh at the sheer stupidity and ignorance of these fools. You'll feel much better.
-- Posted by wartz on Thu, Jan 8, 2009, at 1:54 AM
She wore a 4.5 shoe. I know that for a fact because she and my mom were Canasta friends and when I was younger, Laddie Mae would give me her old high heels for playing dress-up.
-- Posted by lovebooks on Wed, Jan 7, 2009, at 10:02 AM
I can still hear Laddie Mae's click click click coming down the hall from the teachers' lounge. The door would open from that room and the smoke would roll out.
-- Posted by lovebooks on Wed, Jan 7, 2009, at 10:01 AM
I think Laddie Mae's heels were spiked, too, but I doubt she was five feet tall even then! How could such a tiny woman so terrorize a bunch of high school students?? Haha! That's what education needs more of today - drill sergeants! (That word never looks right!)
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Jan 6, 2009, at 9:45 PM
I think Delores Parmenter would have had fun with these words. I loved listening to her. I wanted to be like her, but I couldn't walk in the shoes all day. (Take that either way, since I could not fill her shoes, nor could I teach in spike heels.)
-- Posted by GONENOW on Tue, Jan 6, 2009, at 8:08 PM
Like, you know, literally, (this someone is pulling your leg "a little"), I read the paper on line and find intellectual stimulation contained within the "bloggings" in/of(sic) my home-town journal. I had Delores Parmenter for Senior English, fifth or sixth hour as I recall through the haze of memory. I'm in the Reveille for two years, here's another phrase for the refuse pile, "go figure"!!!kkcaver
-- Posted by kkcaver47 on Tue, Jan 6, 2009, at 5:51 PM
Sorry, Mrs.Dolphin, but one of the most overused words in recent past has to be "amazing." I think that it's been used to describe everything.
I thought Maverick was a TV show in the '60's. Remember James Garner?
-- Posted by ct on Tue, Jan 6, 2009, at 2:33 PM
The Chicagoland thing is definitely overused here in Illinois and since I was a young child I knew the S was silent. People don't say St. Louisland when talking about the metro area surrounding St. Louis nor do they refer to the outlying areas around other major cities as LA-Land or Miamiland. Marketing will use whatever means possible to get attention, hence the Way commercials for the EVIL PLACE.
Nice to know I am not the only one who cringes when certain phrases are continually spouted from the mouths of almost everyone. Have a great 2009!
-- Posted by SKDellinger on Tue, Jan 6, 2009, at 10:26 AM
Lovebooks, how about Chicagoland? I've heard that it is in the state of Illinoise. It is never just Chicago on news or weather reports.
I'm with you, letseatcake, gone missing doesn't really make sense. Is she gone, or is she missing? I think she is just missing. That bothered me long before this list came into being.
Either way, I'm...GONENOW.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Mon, Jan 5, 2009, at 8:14 PM
You know, I'm like with you on that one mrsdolphin.
Must go out and look for my dear husband. He went missing some time ago. Whatever.
-- Posted by letseatcake633 on Mon, Jan 5, 2009, at 2:05 PM
The one thing I've noticed a lot of lately (and this one will really get the lady teachers' blood boiling) is saying things like "I'm going to bring this to school." NO, you're going to TAKE it...and then you can BRING it home! My kids do this, and it drives me nuts.
Oh, and here's another thing that bugs me. When my in-laws moved down here from New York, they'd say, "Things are a lot different UP here." We're not UP here from New York! They also say the word "cousint" instead of "cousin." It's amazing what truly irks me when I have a conversation like that.
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Mon, Jan 5, 2009, at 1:18 PM
My personal favorite - "gone missing." Just plain "missing" is just fine with me!
-- Posted by letseatcake633 on Mon, Jan 5, 2009, at 9:55 AM
How about this one-- "The robber busted out of jail, but the cops caught him." We all use slang when speaking informally, but I think robbers escape from jail--and police officers capture them. When I listen to professional speakers, I don't expect slang. Busted has become acceptable to some people, but I won't ever buy into that.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sun, Jan 4, 2009, at 7:13 PM
What about the hamburger chain that is "WAY better"? EEE! How about being much better, or far better? Why not be the best?
At least "wassup" has finally gone away--I HOPE!
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sun, Jan 4, 2009, at 6:58 PM
Regis just used another one: "Hello?!" meaning "Are you stupid, or something???"
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Jan 4, 2009, at 6:15 PM
ARG! Dolphin, you said the WORD!!
Any TV commercial advertising food usually takes words off the "should be banned" list, particularly the ones where crude-looking guys are going through the drive-through and stuffing their mouths full of fast food.
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, Jan 4, 2009, at 4:55 PM
I find "shut-up" being said out of disbelief, and "way" and "no way" being used as actual dialogue annoying. Like in that Wal-Mart (yes, I said it) commercial...makes me think some people aren't intelligent enough to have an actual conversation.
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Sun, Jan 4, 2009, at 4:31 PM
I notice news/interviews with the person being interviewed constantly saying, "Absolutely."
-- Posted by lovebooks on Sun, Jan 4, 2009, at 12:31 PM
"My bad"--hate that one! Since when can't one apologize by just saying he/she is sorry? "Dis" is quite annoying, also.
-- Posted by GONENOW on Sat, Jan 3, 2009, at 9:13 PM
add two phrases- "know what I'm say'n?" and "know what I mean?"
-- Posted by swift on Sat, Jan 3, 2009, at 10:04 AM
Ah, c'mon, how could someone from Kansas just happen to find a Dexter, Missouri blog???
My additions to the list:
"It's not rocket science."
In conversation, I find "you know" and "like" really irritating!
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Jan 2, 2009, at 9:21 PM
"at the end of the day",and "cha-ching", both of these pieces of drivel should most certainly disappear at any time!!
From the rolling ridges of eastern Kansas, enjoying a good cup from the Gevallia drip pot, (apologies to the "teach"), I remain, kkcaver47.
-- Posted by kkcaver47 on Fri, Jan 2, 2009, at 12:55 PM
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French fashion designer Yvan Mispelaere was looking for something different in Paris. He had lived in his share of late-19th-century Haussmannian flats, with their wedding-cake moldings and stout marble fireplaces, and he says, "I longed for a loft."
He thought of looking around the Gare de l'Est in northeast Paris, a quartier in transition that had served for more than a century as the city's epicenter for artisan workshops. Mispelaere, who has worked for some of fashion's most influential companies, including Valentino, Prada, Chloé, and, most recently, Diane von Furstenberg, had discovered the area in the early 1990s while searching for leather craftsmen to work on animal skins for the designer Claude Montana. When he revisited the area a few years ago, he was charmed by how it had evolved. "It's a little corner of creativity," he says. "Authentic. A lot of locals. Simple folk."
The living room of fashion designer Yvan Mispelaere's Paris apartment, which he designed with architect Stéphane Ghestem, the sofas are by Zanotta, the 1970s light fixtures were found in Florence and costomized with brass accents, the Art Deco mirror screen came from a paris flea market, the brass-and-glass cocktail tables are vintage, and the marble sculpture by Venske & Spänle was purchased at the Hong Kong International Art Fair.
He came across an airy 1,700-square-foot space with 18-foot-high ceilings that had once served as a circus school; there was still a trapeze hanging from a beam. Mispelaere was seduced by the design possibilities of the place. He bought it in 2006, and with the help of architect Stéphane Ghestem, turned it into a nearly wall-less home made up of modular nooks. "I wanted a big space but at the same time not a huge open loft where you see everything," Mispelaere explains. Instead, he and Ghestem came up with a series of "secret zones," as he calls them, "that you discover bit by bit, with volumes that play against one another."
The kitchen is hidden behind a black-walled, three-sided cube, and Ross Lovegrove Landscape chairs surround an Italian 1950s dining table expanded with Corian; the brass vases were made from unused World War I mortar shells.
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On Monday, November 19, I will have the honor of speaking about U.S.-Russia subnational engagement at an event hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International Center's Kennan Institute. As the Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs, I lead the Department of State's efforts to collaborate with state and local leaders and their counterparts abroad. In July 2012, I made a 10-day trip to Russia, where I visited cities and oblasts throughout the country, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Vladivostok. I met with representatives of federal, regional, and local governments, as well as leaders of Russia's business and academic communities, to discuss and further the development of a U.S.-Russia subnational engagement effort.
In September 2012, I had the privilege of serving on the U.S. delegation to the 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit on Russky Island off Vladivostok and seeing one direct result of U.S.-Russia subnational engagement.
On the margins of this year's Summit, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signed on September 8 a Joint Statement on Strengthening U.S-Russian Interregional Cooperation. This joint commitment creates a framework for expanding opportunities for engagement between the United States and Russia at the subnational level. The framework provides the foundation for cooperation in trade and investment, education, and sharing of best practices at the local and regional levels.
As Secretary Clinton stated during the signing ceremony in Vladivostok, "[This] step we're taking is designed to stimulate economic growth by harnessing the knowledge and skills of local leaders. We are signing a Joint Statement on Interregional Cooperation to encourage greater collaboration at all levels of our governments. Regional and local officials will host trade delegations and introduce businesses to new markets. And when it comes to economic growth, local partnerships can have global impacts."
Over the past three and a half years, the United States and Russia have deepened our cooperation. As Secretary Clinton has said, "Our people are connected in more ways than ever before." And, we are committed to finding even more ways to work together.
We will be discussing areas of U.S.-Russia subnational cooperation during my talk at the Kennan Institute -- a fitting location for such a conversation. The Kennan Institute was founded in December 1974 through a joint initiative of Ambassador George F. Kennan, then Woodrow Wilson Center Director James Billington, and historian S. Frederick Starr and was named in honor of Ambassador Kennan's relative, George Kennan "the Elder" (1845-1924), a nineteenth-century explorer of Russia and Siberia. If you are in the Washington, D.C. area, I invite you to join us for the conversation. In the meantime, please feel free to share your thoughts on opportunities for U.S.-Russia cooperation in the comments section below. I look forward to reading your suggestions, and hopefully to seeing you at the event!
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Well then I will not have to choose between two great presidents blood is thicker a water good luck
Patrick in Maryland writes:
I think we should have a place on the internet,where people can buy things from other countries more easily.
For the Public. :)
Patrick in Maryland writes:
I just watch Secretary clinton's Economic Statecraft Video. I liked this plan, she said,"United States is placing economics at the heart of our own foreign policy. I call it economic statecraft."
This is a great "Start_Button" for everyone's economy. :)


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Trappers catch a lot more than wolves
As the feds handed management of gray wolves to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming over the last few years, reactions were mixed. Conservationists worried that wolf numbers would plummet, while hunters and trappers were thrilled they'd get to legally pursue the predators. All three states have hunting seasons now. Idaho started allowing wolf trapping last year; this year, Montana had its first season.
Despite mandatory state-run education classes, though, trappers have been catching a lot more than wolves -- mountain lions, coyotes, bobcats, eagles, fishers, deer, moose, even family pets. Hikers and skiers have encountered wolf traps on public lands close to trails. In January, a National Park Service employee accidentally stepped into one, just outside Glacier National Park; the next month, a dog got three of its legs caught in two different traps at once south of Livingston, Mont. Below are some figures from Idaho's 2011-2012 wolf trapping season. (Complete data from the current season aren't yet available for either state.)
123 Total wolves trapped
143 Number of people who reported setting traps for wolves *
557; 111 Greatest number of wolf snares set in one night in one game-management unit; foothold traps set *
45; 33 White-tailed deer caught; released alive *
45; 1 Coyotes caught; released alive *
9; 3 Mountain lions caught; released alive *
9; 7 Domestic pets caught; released alive *
39; 22 Other non-target animals caught, including bobcats, geese, skunks, raccoons, golden eagles and ravens; released alive *
$37,115 to $1,256,966 Estimated monetary value of one Northern Rockies wolf **
$38.25; $333.50 Cost for license and tag to trap one wolf for Idaho residents; for nonresidents
* Based on responses to a survey sent to 460 people who took Idaho's wolf trapper education class and purchased a 2011-2012 trapping license.
** according to 2011 Duke University study
Sources: Idaho Fish and Game Department, Duke University.
Ken Salazar handed wolf management (i.e., extermination) back over to corrupt states rife with pathological hatred for native carnivores (i.e., essential ecosystem assets), and in so doing began the second extermination of wolves in the American west. Wolf extermination is Salazar's legacy.
We still have yet to see how Sally Jewell regards wolves. I don't see much cause for optimism from the Obama administration, they're too centrist, too corporate, too corrupt. Don't get me wrong, I voted for the guy, twice.
Jodi I've noticed of late a tendency for environmentalists to call themselves conservationists. Environmentalists have sullied the word, let them live with it.


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Debates of Oct. 23rd, 2007
House of Commons Hansard #6 of the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was seniors.
- Question Period
- James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and Northeastern Quebec Agreement
- Canada Elections Act
- National Defence Act
- Excise Tax Act
- Canada's Clean Air and Climate Change Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Point of Order
- Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply
- Young Leaders in Rural Canada Awards
- Eunice Grayson
- MusiCan Award
- Lord Selkirk Boy Scout Pipe Band
- Canadian Fertilizer Institute
- York Regional Police
- Agriculture
- Forestry Industry
- A Capital Experience
- Knights of Columbus
- Speech from the Throne
- Corporate Tax Cuts
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Louise Robert Beaudin and Marie-Josée Cloutier
- Manufacturing Sector
- Infrastructure
- Elections Canada
- Charter of the French Language
- Budget Statement
- Government Appointments
- Status of Women
- International Trade
- Manufacturing Industry
- Afghanistan
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Anti-terrorism Act
- Security Certificates
- Canada Elections Act
- Lumber Industry
- Human Resources
- Employment Insurance
- Air Transportation
- Fishing Industry
- Automobile Industry
- Canadian Wheat Board
- International Trade
- Guaranteed Income Supplement
- Summer Career Placement Program
- Border Security
- Board of Internal Economy
- Privilege
- Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply
- Old Age Security Act
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and Northeastern Quebec Agreement
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
Chuck Strahl Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
Mr. Speaker, in accordance with Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the annual reports for 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03, for the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Northeastern Quebec Agreement.
Canada Elections Act
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
Michel Guimond Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-465, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (identity of electors).
Mr. Speaker, we all remember the controversy caused by the Chief Electoral Officer's decision to allow voters to vote while wearing a veil. On behalf of the Bloc Québécois, I promised to introduce a bill to amend the Canada Elections Act.
This bill will require all voters to establish their identity, with their faces visible, before they can vote. The bill also provides that when a voter does not have photo identification with their name and address, the voter can provide two pieces of identification authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer.
As we have mentioned, this situation is absurd and must be corrected through legislation. This is why we are introducing the bill.
In any case, I believe this bill will easily receive unanimous consent. I would remind the House that every party has indicated its support for this approach. Furthermore, the government announced this very intent in the Speech from the Throne.
(Motion deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
National Defence Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Dawn Black New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-466, An Act to amend the National Defence Act (definition of "employer") and to make a consequential amendment to another Act.
Mr. Speaker, we have a rather ridiculous situation right now where members serving in the Canadian reserves do not have a guarantee of job protection when they serve on a mission for Canada. My bill aims to rectify that.
When reservists serve on a Canadian mission, they should have a guarantee that their job will be protected and be there for them when they return to Canada.
Currently, three provinces have elected legislation, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, to protect jobs that are covered under provincial jurisdiction. My bill would change the federal legislation so that people who work in jobs under federal legislation would be covered.
Actually, the House proposed some changes in 1998 but, under successive Liberal and Conservative governments, those changes have never been implemented.
I push the government to ensure that our reservists who serve Canada have a guarantee that their jobs will be protected when they come back to this country.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Excise Tax Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Blair Wilson West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-467, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (medical equipment).
Mr. Speaker, charities are increasingly funding the acquisition of medical equipment that community hospitals need. In my riding alone, the St. Mary's Hospital Foundation's Back the CAT campaign raised $1.6 million for a CT scanner and the Whistler Health Care Foundation raised $1.3 million for a CT scanner. The Powell River Health Care Auxiliary has similar plans.
Canadians who give to our hospitals and help their neighbours get the medical care they need should not have to pay GST on these donations. The bill would ensure that the funds raised by our hospital foundations will go even further in helping to improve Canadians' health care.
I ask my colleagues from all parties to support the bill and help gets results for our hospitals and for Canadians.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Canada's Clean Air and Climate Change Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Nathan Cullen Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-468, An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the Energy Efficiency Act and the Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act (Canada's Clean Air and Climate Change Act).
Mr. Speaker, it is with some pleasure and some regret that I present this bill. This was, of course, the clean air and climate change act that was rewritten by all members of this House.
I have the support of the member for Toronto—Danforth, the leader of the NDP, who has helped create the full circle of this bill. He created the subcommittee, the standing committee that was able to address the flaws in the original government act, and worked with all members of Parliament from all sides of the House to create some progressive environmental legislation for this country in the absence of true leadership on this front, which Canadians are demanding on a daily basis. The world is demanding that Canada finally take its place on the stage and do its part in the battle against climate change.
It seems that, in coming full circle, we finally present the government with a way forward, a way in which it can no longer delay real action against climate change and can no longer tell Canadians that it cannot be done.
We in the New Democratic Party believe that this is an issue that must be addressed and that it can in fact be done.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Income Trusts
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Paul Szabo Mississauga South, ON
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I am pleased to present an income trust broken promise petition on behalf of Mr. Doug Alderson of Peterborough, Ontario, who remembers the Prime Minister boasting about his apparent commitment to accountability when he said that the greatest fraud is a promise not kept.
The petitioners remind the Prime Minister that he had promised never to tax income trusts but he recklessly broke that promise by imposing a 31.5% punitive tax, which permanently wiped out over $25 billion of the hard-earned retirement savings of over two million Canadians, particularly seniors.
The petitioners call upon the Conservative minority government to admit that the decision on income trusts was based on flawed methodology and incorrect assumptions, to apologize to those who were unfairly harmed by this broken promise and to repeal the punitive 31.5% tax on income trusts.
Logging Industry
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
James Lunney Nanaimo—Alberni, BC
Mr. Speaker, I have three petitions to present to the House today.
The first petition involves restrictions on log exports from private lands. Private lands are regulated by the federal government and one-third of the land mass of Vancouver Island is actually a private land forest.
The petitioners note that of approximately one million acres of private forest land on central Vancouver Island, nearly 70% of the logs harvested are currently destined export. They are, therefore, calling upon the Government of Canada to implement a tariff on logs exported from private lands to level the playing field and ensure that Canadian mills, as well as secondary industries that rely on byproducts from processing, are given equal opportunity.
Rail Transportation
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
James Lunney Nanaimo—Alberni, BC
Mr. Speaker, my second petition involves the E & N railroad, that is the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railroad, which goes from Victoria up to Nanaimo in my riding and further up to Courtenay and Comox.
The petitioners are calling on the government to act speedily to keep the E & N railroad running. They note that the E & N is part of Vancouver Island's economy and its history and that it was a federal guarantee made as a precondition of British Columbia entering Confederation.
I would note, along with constituents, that we all have an interest in advancing green energy and transportation options. The petitioners are asking for help to keep the E & N railroad running.
Natural Health Products
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
James Lunney Nanaimo—Alberni, BC
Mr. Speaker, my final petition involves a private member's bill, Bill C-404, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (natural health products). There are 564 signatures on this petition from my own riding; Qualicum Beach; Parksville; Brandon, Manitoba; London, Ontario; and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Canadians are asking that support for the use of national health products is widely accepted in our society to promote health and wellness and improved access to natural products would allow Canadians to better manage their own health and relieve pressure on the health system.
The petitioners are calling upon Parliament to enact Bill C-404 and take the GST off natural products and make them more available to Canadians to help promote wellness and health.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
October 23rd, 2007 / 10:10 a.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
The Speaker
Is that agreed?
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Some hon. members
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
The hon. member for Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine on a point of order.
Bill C-357—Employment Insurance Act
Point of Order
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Raynald Blais Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC
Mr. Speaker, thank you for giving me the floor. As I am sure you recall, a few days ago, I informed you that the Bloc Québécois intended to respond to the Conservatives' request concerning Bill C-357. They called for a royal recommendation concerning the creation of an independent employment insurance fund. I will now raise a few points that will surely enable you to make an informed decision about this issue.
I would like to bring to your attention our argument against requiring a royal recommendation to pass Bill C-357, to create an independent employment insurance fund. That is why I am addressing you today.
At the outset, we recognize that the content of Bill C-357 is very similar to Bill C-280, as introduced in the 38th Parliament. It is clear that the Speaker's ruling on June 13, 2005, included a number of elements that were open to interpretation. The Conservatives are referring to those very elements to support their assertion that the bill now before us requires a royal recommendation. That is why we must take the time to review the Conservatives' arguments point by point.
First, the Conservatives claim that passing this bill would lead to additional expenses. That is totally false, because the current legislation already provides for fluctuations with respect to premiums and conditions of eligibility, which determine the fund's revenues and expenditures that go through the government's consolidated revenue fund. This bill is not designed to change these provisions, so it is not true that the bill would engender additional costs. Therefore, there is no basis for the claim that this bill would bring about "additional" or "new" expenditures.
The Conservatives are saying that the appropriation of public revenue will be altered depending on the circumstances and the way it is managed. The current legislation provides for a contribution to be deducted from every pay cheque and it is understood that this money will be used to ensure supplementary income to contributors who need it because of their own economic circumstances. The eligibility criteria for employment insurance and the premium rates that determine the revenue and expenses of the fund, will serve the same purpose and use the same mechanisms when this bill is enacted. I would add that a change to the eligibility criteria would still require a legislative change. Let us be clear, not only does this bill not require additional expenditures, but what is more, the purpose of and reason for these public funds will not change in any way.
We acknowledge, as the Speaker said on June 13, 2005, that it does involve transferring public funds to an independent employment insurance fund, but royal recommendation is not needed for two reasons. The Speaker himself said, on May 9, 2005, that:
The royal recommendation is also required where a bill alters the appropriation of public revenue "under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out" in the bill.
Although there will indeed be a transfer of revenue to an independent fund, the circumstances, manner and purposes by which the commission will set the premiums and manage the revenue will not change at all. Furthermore, the spirit of the current act will be better protected since the revenue generated by the premiums will no longer be used to serve interests other than those defined by the act, namely those of the workers. Using revenues that should go into the fund, but instead are taken into the consolidated revenue fund for purposes not listed in the act, will no longer be possible.
A royal recommendation would be necessary if the bill were seeking to withdraw revenue from the government's consolidated revenue fund to be used for purposes other than those described in the act. In this case, it is clear that the purpose of the bill will not alter anything in the current legislation. On the contrary, it will allow the spirit of the act to be respected and prevent the misappropriation of funds that the Liberals and Conservatives are known for.
Fourth, the argument cited on June 13, 2005, that the investment of public monies by the Commission represents new or different expenditures, must have workers seeing red.
The federal government continued to invest—or, in other words, spend—the public monies from the fund to pay down the Canadian debt, which violated the spirit of the law. It clearly did not act in the interests of workers, who watched these monies—that they, with their employers, had paid to ensure themselves against economic downturns—disappear. It was the government, not this bill, that invented a new purpose for the fund and its surpluses.
Finally, adding 13 commissioners will be financed by a small increase in expenses, which will no longer appear as an expenditure from the consolidated revenue fund, given that the Conservatives recognize that the employment insurance fund will no longer be a part of the consolidated revenue fund. Since the Conservatives no longer know how to oppose an idea that they supported in the past for purely populist considerations, today they are attempting to use procedural arguments to avoid openly declaring themselves against a bill that is necessary and that contributors have demanded for many years. Only their neo-conservative ideology, hidden behind a populist facade, can justify such deplorable actions.
With that, I conclude my presentation.
Bill C-357—Employment Insurance Act
Point of Order
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
I thank the hon. member for his comments. I will most certainly take them into account, along with the others, when I rule on this bill.


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Yes Chris (and others): the remasters sound astonishingly good. I've heard Revolver and Abbey Road and was just stunned. You will hear harmonies and percussion you didn't know existed, Paul's bass work is even more impressive than you could ever have imagined, and you can pick out each and every instrument. But even more importantly than new details, the remasters sound strikingly fresh and new. There is a presence--its like being in the room when they were making the record-- and a clarity (especially in the voices) that makes each song sound like you are hearing it for the first time. They even put to shame the Dr. Ebbetts and Purple Chick vinyl transfers.
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Pistol permits in Perinton
I've been trying to figure out how popular handguns are in Perinton, with web research. I found that the Monroe County Sheriff's Office completed 629 pistol permit background checks in 2007. That's a little more than 1 per thousand people in the county, and that would average out to a little under 50 for Perinton. That's only a guess; it's possible that pistol rates are higher or lower in the different towns, but I'm guessing that the differences between towns are not extreme.
Every pistol permit does not equate to a gun, but then again, some permit holders will own multiple guns. All in all, the permit process is not easy, so I wouldn't think that a lot of people go through it without the intention of eventually owning a pistol.
This means that Perinton could be welcoming 50 pistols per year. The size of the town is about 34 square miles. To continue with my gross estimates, that's a new pistol per square mile every year. A square mile is pretty big, but a lot of that is green space, so I don't think it's outrageous to suggest that a pistol is added to your "neighborhood" every year or two.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (25 votes).
In short: Good way to work off the excesses of Xmas & New Year!In full: Apart from the distance markings, which didn't worry me as I use my Garmin, there were no real problems apart from getting a very muddy vehicle on the exit road :)Date of review: January 3, 2012
In short: Great Weather and good funIn full: Lovely sunny day with a slight chill. A great way to work of the Xmas excesses. Enjoyable and will do it again.Date of review: January 3, 2012
In short: Stunning scenery, well organised, good start to the New YearIn full: A very enjoyable race. A 2 lap course with one mildly challenging hill that seems a lot steeper on the second pass. The scenery was really stunning and the course is well surfaced even though off road. Organisation generally very good with lots of marshals and only small possible improvements. The distance markers were a little confusing as someone else has said - the 5k and 10k markers look the same and certainly for the 10k indicate distance remaining. I was relying on my Garmin and the measurements did seem to be pretty accurate. Would certainly be good to colour code between the 5k and 10k markers if possible. Water stop was quite easy to miss, but it was a cool day so didn't actually use it and some Marshals could have been a little more vocally supportive - it really does help in the latter stage of the race.All in all though a really excellent race - thanks to all the organisers. A great way to feel a little better about all that Xmas excess - will be back next year.Date of review: January 3, 2012
In short: Great way to run off the Christmas cakeIn full: I have done this numerous times. It is always good fun and mildly challenging. The only fault is the utterly confusing distance markers which no one can understand. They appeared all mixed up. Please put them in colour code for 5k and 10k and make it clear if it is distance left or distance done ! Other than that is always a well organised raceDate of review: January 3, 2012
In short: A very lovely day with a group of horses running in a field alongside as though they were joining in the race,! A site that will not be forgotten in a long time! Great day with great people!! Date of review: January 2, 2012
In short: My first 10K race and it left me with mixed feelings. Organisation could have been better, very good mix of people.In full: The friendly people in the race made this a good day out. This was brought out when queueing for the loo, only four loo's with nearly 400 people there, not good. Loads of people used their warm up run to find a secluded tree!!There also seems to be some concern over the actual distance. Some-one with GPS measured the course at just over 11K, which explains all the slow times people got. Can anyone confirm this???Generally a flat course with a couple of humps here and there. One of the really scary things was the cattle grids!! I'm surprised some-one didn't do themselves an injury on these!!! I noticed a few people slipping and sliding!!All that aside I still enjoyed the race and the day out, thanks to all involved and anyone who said Hi to me!!Date of review: January 4, 2005
In short: nice scenery but nasty hills at the endIn full: Entered on the day which was quick and easy. Was scenic ad slightly muddy. The hill at the end was a struggle especially the second time round and the whole race seemed more than 10k. Enjoyable all the same.Date of review: December 29, 2004
In short: Over 10k but an enjoyable raceIn full: Very scenic and enjoyable race but let down a bit by the start being a bit chaotic, no distance markers or water stations, and no published results.....and it was definitely more than 10k !!Date of review: December 29, 2004
In short: Muddy, with hill at end and longer than10KIn full: Lovely setting, cant say it was uplifiting due to the mud, ice pools and bugger of a hill at the end of each lap. Over 10k - according to my watch/gps 11k so forget PB's. Not happy being passed by a bloke in stockings, blonde wig and false boobs! Will take batteries for the starter next time.Date of review: December 29, 2004
In short: just over 11km but enjoyable none the less Date of review: December 29, 2004
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Space. The word evokes a response from just about every person. For most, the immediate thought heads the great expanse just beyond Earth's atmosphere, where possibilities are literally infinite. The outer depths have long held sway over humanity, whose desire to understand, explain and explore the stars seems almost intrinsic in our DNA.
Only 530 people have achieved spaceflight farther than 62 miles, and only 12 have walked the surface of the moon. The resolute push to discover what lies beyond the sky has led to glory, breakthrough and tragedy, and yet the understanding is just beginning. The American pioneer spirit, a Manifest Destiny that stretches far beyond the Pacific, has taken shape in NASA's Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle Programs, rocketing people beyond the grasp of Earth's pull.
The more we discover, the more we explored, the tighter the global community seems to become. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to peer deep into the universe, opening the door not just to scientific study but also the imagination. The Curiosity Mars Rover, toiling along the red planet, has been piping back information confirming long-thought theories about the deserted planet. And the International Space Station, careening around low Earth orbit at a speed of about 17,200 miles per hour, has become a symbol of international cooperation as well as the home of potential medical and scientific breakthroughs. But in terms of vastness, if space truly is the final frontier, we as a species have not even left the driveway on this journey.
Spurred by this desire to know more, the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, a product to the Space Race itself, looks to capitalize on the wonderment of space to encourage the next generation of explorers. Through the Dekelboum Planetarium (the county's only public planetarium), the new Science on a Sphere exhibit and the Out of this World exhibit—which contains space artifacts, including a 232 meteorite and a slice of a Mars rock—SFSC has made it its mission to "excite curiosity and further the understanding and appreciation of science and technology."
In line with this, the museum's annual gala took on an interstellar theme in preparation for the new expansion, slated for a June opening. Last year, SFSC explored the depths of the earth's oceans with famed deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard. This year, SFSC has turned its gaze to the stars, inviting five explorers who dedicated their lives to the mysteries of space. The gala, dubbed "Out of this World: An Evening Honoring America's Space Pioneers," American astronauts Scott Carpenter, David Scott, Edgar Mitchell, Charles Duke and Robert Crippen convened at The Breakers on April 5 for an evening of truly astronomical proportions. A panel discussion, led by CNN space correspondent John Zarrella, touched on these men's extraordinary careers and the importance of space exploration for humanity at large. And these five astronauts had a lot to share: Their exploits begin with the first manned space missions (Carpenter with Project Mercury), travel to the surface of the moon (Scott—Gemini 8, Apollo 9 and 15; Mitchell—Apollo 14; and Duke—Apollo 16), and tap into pioneering the Space Shuttle Program (Crippen, who captained STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C and STS-41-G for a total of 23 days, 13 hours and 46 minutes in space).
Here, palmbeachillustrated.com caught up with Zarrella, a veteran reporter who has covered the space industry for more than 30 years.
PBI.COM: What are you interested in hearing from the panel April 5?
ZARRELLA: I think the most important thing that they can get across is to try and relate why space exploration is important, why pushing outward is important—not only to the nation but civilization in and of itself. Why do we need to go out there? That's one of the things I am certainly interested in having them express to everyone.
I think they all believed that we would be further along in space exploration than we are now. Certainly when you talk to the Apollo astronauts, they were quite convinced the next step was going to be Mars after the moon, but then suddenly it all stopped and NASA decided to build a space shuttle instead. Most of the Apollo astronauts that I have spoken to over the years have always expressed regret that we didn't push the envelope further outward as opposed to strictly going to near orbit with the space shuttle.
Then you will hear from people like Bob Crippen and the disappointment that the shuttle program ended. But the realization in this day and age, with the limited financial resources that are out there, the reality is if NASA were to move outward in space exploration, the shuttle program had to stop, there wasn't enough money to do both.
How has the evolution of the space industry changed over your career?
Oh my gosh, well the most obvious of course is that the Shuttle Program is no more and NASA is in the process of launching the new heavy-lift rocket Space Launch System (SLS). People tend to think of it as a negative that we are not flying right now, that we rely on the Russians to get to the International Space Station, but on the positive, there are all these private companies lobbying, competing, trying to deliver astronauts and cargo to the station. Many people over the years have said that ultimately, space has to become like the airline industry, where private companies take over in order for it to expand and thrive.
The industry is now a collaboration between private and public, but lets face it, NASA I still the biggest customer for all these companies. The vast majority of the money people like Elon Musk [SpaceX] and Sierra Nevada get, privately held companies that are trying to build spacecraft to got to the International Space Station, is coming from NASA.
What's next for NASA?
The whole idea [of ending the Shuttle Program] was to let NASA get out of the business of doing low orbit stuff and concentrate on what they do best, which is moving outward, return to the moon, go to an asteroid, Mars eventually. When will all this happen? Who knows, those projects are going to cost billions and billions of dollars, especially Mars. It is such an astronomical fee that I don't think anyone can give a realistic price tag on what it would cost.
As for the next big moon shot, the first test of the Orion Space Craft with a timetable of 2014 will be the next big event. They will be using an existing rocket, launch it about 5,000 miles and then have it do a highspeed reentry. This is fairly ambitious because for the last 30 years, NASA has only been flying a couple hundred miles up to the International Space Station, and besides other unmanned missions, that's about it.
There are three main pillars that the majority of NASA's $19 plus billion per year goes to: the International Space Station, which has funding through 2020; the new heavy-lift rocket SLS, which has a 2019-20 timetable; and the Webb Telescope, the next great observatory, which has had many problems over the years from design to development but is back on track and should launch around 2017. There are a lot of smaller projects like the Curiosity Mars Rover and other unmanned exploration vehicles, but that is where the bulk of the money is going.
What are your thoughts on scuttling the Shuttle Program?
I think everyone wishes we had continued outward, but a lot of the astronauts I have talked to, and again, these are shuttle astronauts, always believed that the shuttle program had tremendous value. Without the shuttle, the space station would never have been built; the first American woman to fly in space flew on the shuttle; I can't count the number of nations that were able to have astronauts fly into space because of the space shuttle. So in many respects it brought the world much closer together in a very small way. I think there is a lot of value in that, whether it was European astronauts, Japanese, Canadian, you name it, they were given that opportunity because of the space shuttle and its ability to carry seven people. I think that has been a great benefit to society.
One astronaut, Alvin Drew, who flew on several space shuttle missions and the last flight of Discovery said, and I'm paraphrasing: Some day, down the road, we are going to look back and people are going to say my goodness, how audacious were we to build this vehicle to go into space, go to a space station, service the Hubble Space Telescope, put satellites into orbit, then return to earth and land on a runway in a reusable vehicle.
We may never see anything to the scale of the shuttle program in our lifetime, those kinds of capabilities that it provided and offered. So there is a lot of value in what the Space Shuttle Program did for society, did for the nation, and quite frankly afforded for a lot of nations around the world.
- Astronauts Scott Carpenter, David Scott, Edgar Mitchell, Charles Duke and Robert Crippen along with CNN correspondent John Zarrella joined the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium at its annual gala, "Out of this World: An Evening Honoring America's Space Pioneers," on April 5 at The Breakers.
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Elizabeth "Betty" Irene Schmiechel , 96, Minot, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, in Heart of America Care Center, Rugby.
Betty was born Jan. 29, 1917, on the family farm near Simcoe, the daughter of Frederick and Laura "Lottie" (Skarison) Neuhalfen. She was raised and educated near Simcoe in McHenry County. She was employed as a housekeeper in Minot at the age of 14.
Betty was united in marriage to Harvey Schmeichel on April 2, 1937. They made their home in Sawyer before moving to Minot in 1942. Harvey and Betty were married 70 years prior to Harvey's death in 2007. Along with raising their four children, Betty was employed in Minot at various retail stores until she retired from Toivo's Jewelers in 1979.
As a member of Zion Lutheran Church since 1937, Betty actively served on the Altar Guild, in church circle groups and as the wedding coordinator. Also, Betty was very active in various community organizations including the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Senior Citizens, and Ladies Trainman Lodge, as well as being a charter member of the Norsk Hostfest Association. Betty enjoyed doing embroidery, craftwork, reading, crocheting, and playing cards. Two nights a week she and Harvey could be found playing bingo or dancing at the Moose Lodge.
Betty is survived by: her daughters, Leona (Marshall) Stearns, Dayton, Ohio, Marlene (Leo) Wolf, Towner, Sharon Engwis, Auburn, Wash.; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Eleanor Neuhalfen, Minot; daughter-in-law, Charlene Schmeichel, Renton, Wash.; and several nieces and nephews.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harvey; son, Willis; son-in-law, Kenneth Engwis; and her five brothers.
Funeral service: Monday, April 15, 2013, at 2 p.m. in Zion Lutheran Church, Minot.
Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Minot.
Visitation: Sunday, April 14, from noon to 5 p.m., in Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot.
Memorials: Are preferred to Rugby Heart of America Care Center or Zion Lutheran Church, Minot.
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Paint balling is very fun I have my own team our name is (TB) that stands for ''The Bostonians'' What you think of that name? So far we are sponsored by planet eclipse and hope to stay like that, we are recruiting and hope you can join to We are a faithful team and again i am the leader and i hope to make our team go far.. I know ALL major Paintballers and i can get there help to help our team. All Refs at Boston paintball love me (not that way haha) and know who i am. I hope i make it far with my paintball skills. My best moment at Boston paintball was me vsing 5 other people and i won.. I'm so pro like a ninja. When i get my game on there is no stopping me. As a leader i do NOT demand my team. My polices are only 3 things:
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Follow those and you will be on my good side. I cant stand when people are negative and When they are sore losers, i see it all the time. If your bad and your on my team i show you the ways to get better i put 110% to making you stay on the team and if you want to leave i cant stop you, your choice. Anything please feel free to send me a message, comment on my profile, and/or send me a message on youtube (iLLneSzHD).
P.s. What you need as a gun is a planet eclipse gun to join and live in boston, MA sorry
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Posted 20 December 2011 - 09:27 PM
haha u alreddy know i will! lolz but u alreddy know my situation
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I'd love to, I never argue with refs and I'm always a good sport, but I'm afraid I don't live in the city of Boston and I don't own a PE gun.
Good luck recruiting new teammates though, like I said I'd join if I had the means to.
Good luck recruiting new teammates though, like I said I'd join if I had the means to.
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