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The Terri Schiavo case earlier this year raised ethical and medical issues that remain with us today. But missing in that debate was a real attention to the quality and the meaning of death. Joan Halifax tells us what she's learned and how she lives differently after three decades accompanying others to the final boundary of human life.
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My wife, Regina, and I appreciate your show. We especially found Joan Halifax helpful in teaching about death. In June, Regina was diagnosed with lung cancer which has spread into her lymph nodes. We pray that she has a long time left to live. Her diagnosis has spawned a deap spiritual search.
I was a run-away Catholic until we found 79-year-old Father John Clay of St. Stanislaus parish in St. Paul. Father Clay teaches us about love. His homilies are always about love, which is a very helpful guide when facing death. One nun said that listening to Father Clay is what she imagines listening to Jesus would be like. Father Clay's sermons are really theology lessons about love. His teachings are very similar to Buddhism in that he points to what we can do within ourselves. Regarding traditional Catholic teachings, Father Clay counsels to look at what they are "pointing towards" rather than taking them literally. He directly challenges the Church's teaching against gay people.
A Question Unanswered
Your program on death did not touch on a question I have long wondered about. All of us would like to experience death in a meaningful way, as so beautifully described on your program. What happens, however, when the person dying is no longer the person they once were — when Alzeimers or severe brain damage, as in the Schiavo case, has robbed them of any semblance of their true self?
This touches on the question: there must be such a thing as the death of the self (or "soul"), as distinct from the death of the body. How can one mark and pay adequate tribute to this kind of death? My husband and I would like to thank you for your wonderful program, which is both thought-provoking and inspiring. We look forward to it every Sunday morning, and even put our Sunday papers aside to give it our full attention!
Another Voice
Thank you for the great program and interview with Joan Halifax. It was so sensitive and insightful into that great mystery. Kathleen Dowling Singh is another woman with comparable experience. Her book, The Grace in Dying, is also wonderful. Thank you again.
Why Do People Fear When They Have Faith?
As a hospital worker, I had to find my faith quickly, or the death and suffering would tear me down emotionally. Now I see death as neither good or bad, only as normal and as natural as birth. So often I encounter patients or their family who believe death is the worst thing that could happen to someone. This is absolutely not true, and anyone with true faith would know not to fear death absolutely as so many do.
What bothers me most in the hospital is seeing people sacrifice privacy, dignity, their estate, and pain-free happy living for fear of death, all the while praying for a few more days of miserable living. It seems so contradictory. I will miss my loved ones who pass before me, and I will miss this world when it is my turn to go. However, I do believe in God, and in an afterlife, so I fear not. What is it in our culture that fosters this horrible fear, even in people who say they have faith?
She Wants to Know
I have a dear friend who cannot accept death and dying. As a Hospice nurse, I spent many hours if not days trying to explain to her how important it was to "be there" when a person dies. One day, as an exercise to better understand our job with Hospice, the entire staff came together and was told each person must write a poem that had a special meaning for us as individuals. The following poem is a result of that exercise, and why I continue to be there when people die, and I will be there when my friend dies.
She Wants to Know
She says she does not understand death.
Why was I brought into this world
To struggle, suffer, then die?
If that is all there is, then why bother
Being born at all?
She wants to know the purpose of death.
If it has no purpose,
Why must I die?
Why can't I continue on,
Doing good for people, helping people?
She wants to know who decided there would be death.
I don't believe God thought up death.
Why should I die because of Adam and Eve?
I did not eat the apple,
So why do I have to pay for their sins?
She says she is not afraid to die.
I will die if someone can explain why.
I will die if there is a purpose I can understand.
Since I can do none of these,
I believe death is not something in which I can partake.
Hi Kathleen. It's more than
Hi Kathleen. It's more than a year since you emailed "On Being" after Joan Halifax's interview. On Being is not on air in my region, and I have only recently started to listen to it online. As a Hospice nurse it is possible my late response might still be of use to you.
The creation myth of the Hawaiian people, from their traditional pre-Christian religion, has much too offer.
I do not know if it was God or the Gods, and I do not know if they made one human couple first or a group (I have more research to do, myself), but the first humans, like God or the Gods, were immortal. Woman or Women said to God or the Gods, "I want children," and the response was; "There isn't any room." So Woman or Women said, "I will die that there will be room for my children." They lived on small islands, after all.
Their insights, enriched by modern science, make much sense on the small island planet Earth. Here on small island Earth the human population keeps increasing and all the living animal populations which we eat are shrinking. Were we immortal having children might become illegal. . . in order that those who remain might continue to eat.
There is a sense in which single celled life does not die of old age. By splitting, a single cell isn't a parent that has had a child; which of the two new cells is the parent and which is the child? It has cloned itself; it has created itself into identical twins. There is sense in which the very first single celled blue algae, the first life on Earth that stuck, is still alive, and is 3 billion years old. The mixing of DNA in sexual reproduction is an immeasurable aid to evolution.
These are two extremely valuable reasons to celebrate death. It makes room for children, and it makes evolution into many life forms possible.
I'm a meditation teacher. These questions are of concern to me in my work life, too.
Perhaps you got lots of answers to your email to the On Being blog. I do not expect a reply from you, but would welcome one should you choose to respond. If you do email me put something about the On Being blog in the header. I get lots of spam and delete things without much thought when I don't recognize the sender.
Either way; many thanks to you for the good work you do in the world.
A Similar Discussion
Thank you for your thought-provoking and moving discussion on death with Joan Halifax. As a pediatrician and a participant in several workshops with Dr. Rachel Remen, MD, I've pondered this topic a lot, and Halifax gave me even more mystery and hope than I had already experienced. You may want to consider a discussion between Ms. Halifax and Dr. Remen as you had between Rabbi Schulweis and Khaled Abou El Fadl. It would allow Krista to explore this important topic in even more depth with two innovative compassionate thinkers at once, and no doubt even more insights would arise.
Plans Aren't All Bad
My 43-year marriage to a Holocaust survivor has been an extraordinary experience. He is 91; I am 70. Now he suffers from mouth cancer. I am a former nurse and registered X-ray technician who also witnessed death and dying up close and personal. Each case was different both for the person and for me. I've come to realize that the relationship dictates our feelings. Actions and reactions are framed within mental, physical, emotional, and psychological conditions. A sincere belief that nothing is lost in nature gives comfort to heart and soul.
Years ago we made out a living will but recently my beloved called our three grown daughters together to talk about an ethical will. Issues were brought up that startled me. Ultimately it proved helpful. He left us with a question. What would they say at your funeral? Yes, "God laughs while man makes plans" but without a "road map" what is your life and who are you? This society separates itself by age and by illness. Suffering is part of life. Can an ethical will change our attitude? It did for our family.
Just What I Needed to Hear
I'm a night nurse on a surgical floor of a large county hospital. I left work this morning with tears and sad thoughts after learning that a favorite patient, recently diagnosed with cancer, lay in her room close to death, refusing all but palliative care and having accepted her coming death, with her family at her bedside. I caught the tail end of your segment featuring Ms. Halifax and was in time to hear her relate the story of being with a particular woman at the time of her death, singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and breathing with her to her dying breath. It was lovely and sad and was just what I needed to hear.
Learning to Be Loved
I'm very glad that Joan Halifax acknowledged the mystery surrounding death and dying and the sanctity of life. My concern as a mother of a fantastic 17-year-old young woman who happens to have been born with a disability is that we are careful not to judge quality of life based on our presumptions about other people. Often able-bodied people assume that because a person can't do certain things for themselves that they are a burden. In fact, it's an honor to care for another person and it's an honor to be cared for. After all, isn't that part of our lesson here on earth? To connect with compassion? To love one another?
People who live with severe disabilities are often left out of this discussion, and many of them have a very interesting perspective. I know people who live and work every day who need a ventilator to live. They tell me that they are happy to be alive. I know many people who live happy productive lives who, before they became disabled, may have said or thought, "I wouldn't want to live that way." But they have adjusted and still find many ways to contribute to the lives of others around them. I saw a documentary about the life of a writer who lived in an iron lung because he had polio. He said that he had thought he would want to kill himself if he had to live that way. But when he found himself actually in the situation, he discovered that he was comfortable in the iron lung and actually felt safe there.
Doctors are fallible and can't predict the future. We will never understand why we are here and how our presence affects those around us. When I was pregnant, the doctor who told me I was carrying a baby with a birth defect painted a very bleak picture of my life and hers. I cried. I prayed. I read all of the medical books. I worried that perhaps I wouldn't be able to love her. I worried about her being ostracized during her childhood. What I hadn't anticipated is what an absolutely joyful and transformative experience it would be to become a mother of this child. She has always been empathetic, outgoing, understanding, intelligent, and extremely spiritual. She has expanded my ability to love and has opened the door to my meeting many many incredible people who I might not have taken the time to get to know simply because they are different or disabled. Let's be careful and not lump people with disabilities in this "end of life" "dying with dignity discussion."
The fact is, we didn't really know what Terri Schiavo's wishes were. We never did find out how she became so severely disabled. And not having spent time with her, we don't know how she contributed to the lives of those around her after she became disabled. Let's be careful about the end of life decisions we make before we get to the end of our lives. Perhaps in the end of life, learning to allow someone to care for us, would be learning to be loved. Perhaps the person caring for us would be learning and expanding their ability to love. The truth is we don't know and won't know until we get there. Thank you for your very thoughtful and provocative show.
Experiencing My Father's Death Was a Natural Thing
I am a regular listener to WNYC and came across Speaking of Faith today featuring Ms. Halifax and her experience with end-of-life issues. I, too, recently lost my father and experienced death in the peaceful surroundings of the Hospice of Austin, Texas and those lovely ladies who provided much needed and appreciated support during a very hard and trying time. Although his stay was short, the whole experience gave me such a new and hopeful prospective on death and dying. As Ms. Halifax mentioned, it IS a part of life. It helps if the person, like my father, dies peacefully of course. But it should not be feared and I feel so very grateful that I was able to experience death as a positive and natural thing. Another phase to life.
With Father's Day tomorrow, I was glad to hear such calm and reassuring words from Ms. Halifax as I contemplate my father's life and death. And I hope to hear more discussions of this type in the future. It is good that people are discussing life AND death in the same context. For, in death, one's life should be celebrated!
Commonality in the Experience of Dying
What a powerful show — I wanted more and more. Would you do a PBS program on this subject? Your program was so well constructed and gathered together so many diverse and meaningful voices. I have an incurable heart disease to which we are now turning to experimental modalities. I also suffer greatly with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. I am around the clock on two different narcotics to cope with the pain: oxycodone and a fentantyl patch. My death is not imminent but certain. I have 15 family members who have died of heart-related diseases in the last two generations that I know of; my father was 40 and my mother was 56. Both died of sudden cardiac failure. My wife, a year after the first year of heart attacks (there have been maybe eight or more), decided to leave me not wanting to be with a sick man any longer. She had the "grace" to inform me she filed for divorce while I was in the hospital getting one of my five stents opened up again.
I have long been acquainted with the voices of Victor Frankl and Mary Oliver (she and Jan Graham are particular favorites of mine who delve into the mystery of this life and the next). I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and so my understanding of death does not make it fearful to me. In fact there have been many days in the past almost three years that I would have welcomed it having been in the ICU/hospital 15 times, 15 angioplasties/angiograms. The pain is what I fear and the dehumanization of the hospital experience. My material possessions have all been taken. I welcome what and who I will greet as I pass through this life into the next — what is there is NOT a dark cabin to. In fact, at LDS funerals we bring our children. We want them to understand that this life is not the beginning nor the end. We do not shrink from death. That does not mean we do not mourn — we do — but we are not bereft of comfort although we are just as saddened as anyone by the loss — our loss not the person who died.
So why have I written this comment? Because I am amazed that no matter what the spiritual background or not it seems on this subject that for those who have worked closely with the dying (I also greatly admire Elizabeth Kubler-Ross) seem to find more commonality in the experience both for the dying and those offering care. I greatly respect and admire their care and compassion. And I was touched by this carefully crafted program that dealt with this — one of the great questions and mysteries of life — with such delicacy and touching beauty. Thank you! You have been a boon and a comfort on a couple of very difficult days.
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In my ongoing discussion about the need for experienced debaters in the atheist camp, a theist named MrFreeThinker linked to a debate between William Lane Craig and Bart Ehrman, in which he asserts that Bart Ehrman was "pwned." In particular, MFT says:
Bart Ehrman made some mathematically poor claims where he equivocated between intrinsic probability and specific probability with regard to miracles. W.L. Craig was able to use Baye's theorem to show how his reasoning was mathematically fallacious. Ehrman was unable to counter Crag's claims but made some backhanded ad hominems later on saying that Craig would be laughed at if he tried to bring his calculations on miracles to any secular university. W.L. Craig then pointed out that philosophers such as Richard Swinburne (a eminent philosopher of science at Oxford University) had also made similar calculations it was a moment of sheer pwnage.
(On a side note Swinburne's calculations on the probability of Jesus' Resurrection and God's existence are available in his books "The Existence of God" and "Resurrection of God Incarnate")
After reading the debate transcript, I have to agree that Ehrman made some missteps. But I don't think they're the ones the MFT thinks they are.
Let's start with the topic being debated. Right now I'm a bit fixated on the issue that theist/atheist debates are routinely set up with fixed, bogus, and stacked resolutions. THIS debate proposed to settle the following question:
Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?
Sigh… here we go again. As I keep saying, theist debaters perpetually count on setting up debates with a loaded topic, so that the unbeliever loses before the debate has begun.
So what's wrong with this topic? Yet again, it allows the theist side to play semantic games with definitions. What qualifies as "historical evidence" for the resurrection of Jesus? I think a naive atheist would assume that this means there is "sufficient, compelling, and persuasive evidence" that establishes the resurrection of Jesus. Fine, if you have a sympathetic audience. But you don't. You never will. So here's what Craig's obviously going to do: he's going to declare that any claim by anyone that indicates Jesus was resurrected counts as "historical evidence." And he wins! Why? Because he's right!
Just like "theory," "evidence" is a word with numerous meanings depending on how it's applied. So if Craig can find one person, from any point in history, who is willing to say "Jesus was resurrected," he's got evidence. Is it good evidence? Duh, of course not. But it's evidence. By the same standard, I could easily lose a debate asking me to prove that there's no historical evidence for Galactic Overlord Xenu. And the Salem Witch Trials provided all kinds of evidence (read: other people's testimony) proving that those women were, in fact, in league with the devil.
Ahem, Bart, I believe the topic you actually meant to debate was this: "Was Jesus resurrected?" Simple. No frills. When you stepped into this loaded topic, you gave Craig a free pass to "win" just by throwing out enough stuff to allow for the vaguest possibility that Jesus was resurrected. You awarded yourself the burden of proof, requiring yourself to demonstrate conclusively that there is no evidence of any kind, good or bad.
So if nothing else, I want to thank MFT for bringing up yet another perfect illustration of my point. Now let's move on to the substance of the debate. I'm not going to go through the entire thing. For now, I just want to focus on the specific case this argument from probability that he brought up.
From where I sit, all I see is Craig doing what creationists always do. He throws up a bunch of obfuscated equations on the board, counts on his audience not knowing enough to understand what the argument is, slips in gigantic assumptions about the natural world, and declares victory.
Obfuscated equation: check.
Pr (R/ B&E) = Pr (R/B) × Pr (E/ B & R) /
[ Pr (R/B) × Pr (E/ B & R) ] + [ Pr (not-R/B) × Pr (E/ B & not-R) ]
What value does that equation add to the credibility of Craig's actual argument? None whatsoever. It's a time filler, and it awes a lay audience who are expected to treat monstrous equations as magical incantations.
When you strip away the filler, Craig finally gets around to framing his actual argument, which is this:
"In order to show that that hypothesis is improbable, you'd have to show that God's existence is improbable. But Dr. Ehrman says that the historian cannot say anything about God. Therefore, he cannot say that God's existence is improbable. But if he can't say that, neither can he say that the resurrection of Jesus is improbable. So Dr. Ehrman's position is literally self-refuting.
But that's not all. Dr. Ehrman just assumes that the probability of the resurrection on our background knowledge [Pr(R/B)] is very low. But here, I think, he's confused. What, after all, is the resurrection hypothesis? It's the hypothesis that Jesus rose supernaturally from the dead. It is not the hypothesis that Jesus rose naturally from the dead. That Jesus rose naturally from the dead is fantastically improbable. But I see no reason whatsoever to think that it is improbable that God raised Jesus from the dead."
That's it. It took approximately five pages and three slides to say that. Five pages of scribbled equations, smarmy insults, cute little nicknaming conventions, and a whole pile of hand-waving. To obfuscate those two simple sentences.
And when you strip the argument down to those two sentences, the argument sucks. It's basically "Jesus could rise from the dead, because God can do magic!" Hey, wait a minute, I thought that was a big part of what we were arguing about in the first place. But Craig just asserts that this is true, and doesn't support his implied belief that magical events are happening all the time. Instead of backing up this claim, he deftly covered it up in those five pages of completely tangential empty academic masturbation.
This is endemic to creationist arguments. Kirk Durston does that too. Michael Behe does it a lot. What these debates have in common is that they use tons of math as a way of befuddling the audience, lulling them into thinking "I have no idea what that guy is saying so he must be smart." Then they have a hook to bring the argument back to the audience's reality. They make a spurious connection between the hook and the math, and then "therefore God exists."
They do this all the time. It's their main tactic.
The thing about math is, it does actually mean something specific, but it's impossible to look up or pore over the details during a live debate. It's also long and it's boring, and they're counting on the audience to gloss right over the equations and assume that the hook is a correct summation of the math.
Okay, so since we know this tactic is going to come up repeatedly. How do we deal with it? I haven't settled this in my own mind, but I have some ideas. First of all, the math is guaranteed to be a smokescreen. There's a place for equations in a scientific journal, or a class full of students who are studying the topic, but if you're trying to persuade an audience of mixed education, it's a sure bet that the intention is to obfuscate rather than explain.
So blow past the math. It's important to watch like a hawk for the moment where the apologist explains what his REAL argument is, and make a snap judgment about whether this argument stands up on its own. You can't study the math or verify it during the debate, so you can assume that (1) it may well be full of lies and phony inferences, and (2) the audience will have no idea if it isn't. So above all else, do not waste time actually addressing the equations.
At any rate, atheists already have a perception problem of being overly nerdy, being concerned with "science" and "evidence" and whatnot. I think a little verbal kung fu is in order, i.e., using your opponent's strength against him. Don't just skip the math… ridicule it. That may sound kind of mean, but pay attention: William Lane Craig is kind of a dick anyway. He resorts to slides with labels like "Ehrman's Egregious Error" and "Bart's Blunder."
Hell, I think it wouldn't hurt to have a slide ready that says "Craig's Cretinous Calculations." And then, fill the page with truly irrelevant equations. Put up the freaking Pythagorean Theorem, or an expanded quadratic equation. Make a joke out of it. The audience will crack up if they realize you were prepared all along to hit Craig with his own nonsense. Odds are that they were probably feeling uncomfortable already because Craig was making them feel stupid, so it should be easy to get them laugh with you. And then, boil down his argument to its unsupported essence, and nail it.
But I digress. We were discussing how Bart Ehrman did. Well, MrFreeThinker, I'm willing to concede that he didn't do all that great. This is right in line with what I keep saying: apologists win debates because they are good at performance art. Ehrman wasn't prepared to act like a circus sideshow attraction.
But don't think that means I'm ridiculing Craig when I say "circus sideshow." That's what an apologetics debate is. Bart should have been prepared to do performance art, and if he can't win at that game then he isn't prepared to debate.
As for Richard Swinburne, I couldn't care less what he thinks. Craig pulled him up because he was name-dropping. Preceding this comment, Ehrman said this:
"I have trouble believing that we're having a serious conversation about the statistical probability of the resurrection or the statistical probability of the existence of God. I think in any university setting in the country, if we were in front of a group of academics we would be howled off the stage."
Ehrman shouldn't have said that. You know why? Because he should have known that for any crazy belief in the world, there probably exists some crackpot academic who will support it.
So yeah, I guess I'll sort of give Craig the point for his name drop. What he proved was that the correct phrasing is:
"In any university setting in the country, if we were in front of a group of academics we would be howled off the stage… unless, of course, one of them happens to be Richard Swinburne."

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French Women Authors: The Significance of the Spiritual, 1400-2000
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The CEC 5901 disk controller will make it worse. Back when 1st built this LPAR, it was long and slow.
If I had an extra disk slot, I would include hot spare.
Here are some times IBM sent me a while back.
I'm thinking 6 to 12 hours.
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Disk Drive CCIN 58B4 19B3 19A3
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Well as a 10K RPM disk it should take 50% longer to fail than a 15K RPM Disk, right? :-)
Just a suggestion that Hot Spare would be a great idea with these vary large and somewhat slower disks. I'm going to peg rebuild time on a drive that size at 6 Hours or more from the time IBM physically replaces the disk unit.
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"A life is not important except for the impact it has on other lives. "
Buying aviation insurance
Five years ago, a Falcon 900 with 15 people aboard was taking off from Santa Barbara, Calif. When the aircraft failed to climb, the pilots aborted the takeoff but the Falcon struck a berm at the end of the runway, collapsing the nose landing gear rearward. The pilots did manage to stop the jet and avoid what could have been a catastrophic loss. But the Falcon suffered $9 million in damages–and the owner's insurer denied a claim for them because the copilot didn't meet the policy's requirements. Imagine the financial consequences to the aircraft owner if this jet had been completely destroyed and the passengers had been injured or killed.
"A lot of people don't understand what's in their insurance policy until they need it–and then it's too late," said Mike Nichols, the National Business Aviation Association's vice president for operations, education and economics. "Knowing what coverage you have is key."
Here are six steps to help you navigate the landmines present in many business aviation insurance policies:
1. Know who is an approved pilot under your policy. That may seem simple but this one issue generates the largest number of claim denials. Examining the so-called "pilot warranty" from the insurance policy on the aforementioned Falcon 900 is instructive. It states that the aircraft must be "operated by a two-pilot crew at all times that has been approved by the named insured's chief pilot." Also, such pilots "must have successfully completed a ground and flight recurrent/initial training course for the make and model operated within the past 18 months. Any such course must incorporate the use of a motion-based simulator specifically designed for the insured make and model [or] make and model series."
Understand that these are requirements, not suggestions. The insurance company denied the claim for the Falcon 900 because the second-in-command pilot "never attended any formal course relative to any Falcon aircraft," in violation of the pilot warranty.
To protect yourself against such an outcome, establish a monitoring system to ensure that your flight department understands and fully meets your policy's pilot-training requirements. Your risk-management and flight departments should both have a copy of the most current policy pilot endorsement or wording, and should implement a diary system to stay on top of the pilot training and to create redundancy and accountability. Anytime you plan to use a backup pilot, contact your insurance broker and get its blessing before the flight.
2. Don't skimp on liability coverage. This is one of the most important decisions you will make. How much coverage is enough? Unfortunately, there are no easy answers. The number and types of people who fly on your aircraft play a large part in determining your loss potential. If you'll normally carry high-net-worth individuals or high-wage earners, you'd be wise to have relatively high liability limits. Similarly, if your aircraft has 13 passenger seats, you need much higher coverage than you would if it had six.
Other factors to consider include the benchmark average liability limit for similar-category aircraft and any umbrella policy you may have. Have your insurance broker obtain quotes for several liability limits (for example, $100 million, $200 million and $300 million) and buy as much as you can afford. Professionally flown corporate aircraft with excellent safety records can be covered for up to $500 million.
3. Review your approved-use clause. Does any entity reimburse you for use of your aircraft? One of the least understood–and therefore most dangerous–clauses in an aviation insurance policy is the "approved use" clause. This provision spells out exactly what use the insurer has agreed to cover.
The corresponding definition of the agreed-upon use will detail the "compensation" an owner may receive for the operation of his or her insured aircraft. Particularly with respect to policies written for noncommercial use, the allowable reimbursement can vary widely.
The most basic and restrictive clause covers "pleasure and business." This means you may use the aircraft in your business and for pleasure, but not for hire or reward. The clause outlines permissible cost reimbursements, which include such items as fuel, crew travel, hangaring, insurance obtained for the specific flight, landing and customs fees, in-flight food and beverages, passenger ground transportation and flight-planning services.
Note that the clause excludes any operation for hire or reward. In other words, any exchange of goods or services (whether a case of your favorite wine or a week at a friend's vacation home) can violate the terms of the policy.
A broader and more liberal usage clause reads: "The policy shall not apply to any insured while the aircraft is being used with the knowledge and consent of such insured for any purpose involving a charge intended to result in financial profit to such insured unless otherwise indicated herein." This allows for full reimbursement of operating expenses provided the charge isn't intended to result in profit.
The broadest usage clause simply covers "all operations of the named insured" and is normally reserved for an insurer's best non-commercial corporate flight-department operations. It allows maximum flexibility on reimbursement. If you can get it, this is the clause you want.
I urge you to review your approved-use clause with your aviation insurance broker. Be sure to communicate to your flight department precisely what your policy allows.
4. Review insured value annually. Many aircraft owners insure their jets for the purchase price and then fail to adjust the coverage when they renew their policies. Best practice is to insure for current market value or the bank lien amount, whichever is greater. Review this at least annually, as over- or under-insuring can create a serious problem if you have a claim. Typically your best source to determine current market value will be the salesperson who sold you the aircraft or one who specializes in selling your category of aircraft.
5. Make certain the "named insured" is structured properly. Many owners make the mistake of listing the registered owner (often a sole-asset LLC) as the only named insured. It's imperative to structure the named insured properly because failure to do so can leave the entities or persons who really need the coverage unprotected. For example, coverage for use of a non-owned aircraft normally applies only to the named insured. If the true operating company subsequently charters an aircraft that is involved in an accident, it may have no protection if it wasn't listed as a named insured.
6. Give careful consideration before switching insurance companies. The aviation insurance business remains extremely soft. It's a buyer's market. Seven years ago, eight companies were competing for your business. Today, there are more than 20 and the pie is simply not big enough for all of them. To gain market share, each has been willing to cut its rates below what is profitable.
A word to the wise: be careful. In these hard economic times, it's easy to be lured by lower rates. Keep in mind, though, that while auto, homeowner and business owner policies are written almost exclusively on boilerplate forms, aviation insurance policies vary widely. Some are much broader than others. If you're contemplating a switch in insurers, be certain to have your aviation insurance broker thoroughly review the differences between policies to be sure that you won't find out after a disastrous loss that you made a bad decision.
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We would like to thank the wonderful response from the community at the Ron Kommes Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser at Houghton Elementary School April 13. We are pleased and overwhelmed by the generosity of our friends and neighbors.
Special thanks go out to Houghton Elementary School, especially to Shelby Turnquist for donating her time and talent and helping with decisions as we moved along, and Paul Schuster for his invaluable and patient assistance in the kitchen. Thank you to those who donated supplies: Finlandia University, Reinhart Food Service, Pat's Foods and Festival Foods, McDonald's, JC Penney Styling Salon, Gemignani's Restaurant (thanks, Tony Gemignani for plowing in April) and Theresa Chobanian.
Thank you to everyone who brought in delicious baked goods for the bake sale. Thank you to the DECA group at MTU for their time. Thank you, Terry Patterson, for the impromptu bagpipe serenade. Thanks to everyone who sold tickets, put up posters, helped to set up, gave a little extra, came and ate the spaghetti, helped to clean up, etc. To everyone who participated in any way, we heartily thank you. A good man was helped.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1¾-inch by 2-inch piece
Calories 284
Total Fat 6 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 56 mg
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Sugar ½ cup
All-purpose flour 3 tablespoons
Lemon peel, grated 1 teaspoon
Lemon juice ¾ teaspoon
Apples, unpeeled, sliced 5 cups
Cranberries 1 cup
Rolled oats 2/3 cup
Brown sugar, packed 1/3 cup
Whole wheat flour ¼ cup
Ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons
Soft margarine, melted 1 tablespoon
- To prepare filling, in a medium bowl combine sugar, flour, and lemon peel; mix well. Add lemon juice, apples, and cranberries; stir to mix. Spoon into a 6-cup baking dish.
- To prepare topping, in a small bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Add melted margarine; stir to mix.
- Sprinkle topping over filling. Bake in a 375ºF oven for approximately 40-50 minutes or until filling is bubbly and top is brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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Today at Red River Orthodox, I offer a brief introduction to the liberal tradition for Orthodox Christians living in the West:
Liberalism, historically, is a broad intellectual tradition including a large and disparate group of thinkers. The epistemological differences between John Locke, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant do not stop them all from being liberals. In economics the range extends from Friedrich Hayek to John Maynard Keynes. In political philosophy, from John Rawls to Robert Nozick. For that matter, both the American and French Revolutions have liberal foundations, though often (and rightly) contrasted.
I conclude by encouraging a more nuanced engagement with the West than is sometimes the case in the East:
[F]or a responsible, "liberal engagement" with the West from an Orthodox Christian perspective, it will not do to dismiss anything we don't like as Western and liberal and, therefore, wrong. As Solzhenitsyn put [it], "the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being." And if that is true, then both East and West, including Western liberalism, have plenty of good and evil to go around.
How might Orthodox Christians better evaluate one of the many liberalisms that make up the water in which we swim in the West today?
To give an example, I would positively recommend to my fellow Orthodox Christians the German ordoliberal school of economic thought for the following reasons: (more…)


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Skip to comments.Agenda 21: Mind Control And Smart Growth
Posted on 03/23/2013 7:32:05 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
Do you cherish your God-given constitutional right to own property? UN Agenda 21′s Smart Growth is in full bloom across our nation. In East Tennessee the five county local Regional program is called Plan East Tennessee, (Regional Plan for Livable Communities), a plan which will eliminate private property rights in these five counties. Link It is a plan for Smart Growth. Rosa Koire, author of, Behind the Green Mask, defines Smart Growth on her website, as Human habitation as it is referred to now is restricted to lands within the Urban Growth Boundaries of the city. Only certain building designs are permitted. Rural property is more and more restricted on what uses can be on it.
I explained how our former Knoxville City Mayor, Bill Haslam (now Tennessees Governor) hired his Democratic opponent, Madeline Rogero to work in his Republican Mayoral administration since the election was very close. He wanted a second term without her running against him. Rogero is now the new Knoxville City Mayor.
These grants, part of the Obama administrations Partnership for Sustainable Communities, bring together HUD, the Department of Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Two types of grants were awarded those to update existing plans, and those to develop sustainability plans from scratch.
Knoxville is also a dues paying member of ICLEI since 2007. From Tom DeWeeses article, Agenda 21 in One Easy Lesson, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability (formally, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives). Communities pay ICLEI dues to provide local community plans, software, training, etc. Additional groups include American Planning Association, The Renaissance Planning Group, International City/ County Management Group, aided by US Mayors Conference, National Governors Association, National League of Cities, National Association of County Administrators and many more private organizations and official government agencies.
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"Sustainability" is the new codeword to watch out for. "Progressive" is getting too toxic, after replacing "Liberal", meaning "Communist".
Liars need to keep re-defining their terms once we figure them out.
Agenda 21 is the blueprint for the Globalist Bankster's One World Government at the local and regional level.
I am constantly amazed at the foresight of Ayn Rand. Leftists using the nicest sounding words to cloak their true Agenda. At least now we see through them. Now if we only had the power to do something about it............
Obama's plantation, wherein you will live in a cubicle about the size of the cabin space you formerly shared, while "experts" with "expertise" and control over life and death are exempt.
I have no doubt this is a plan or direction with which i disagree
but could you kinda explain it? What exactly is this and what do the governments want?
is is communism?
A return to feudal serfdom is what the Elites want. Limit the peasants and their abilities to shape their own lives.
Obama, out of the blue, declares 5 new national parks/monuments....seems to be part of this. Keeps the designated land in government control
So all those 'seminars' conducted by Delphi are really indoctrination?
U just watched a ' semniar' in SF area. This is frightening.
Most of the people get it are outraged at being manupulated and question it but are stonewalled.
This is as frightening as anything 0dumbo has done
I meant I just watched the video
so should everyone
this is scary
where do they get all those people who seem to think this is a good idea?
kudos for the audience who isn't biying it
Add increase in taxes, healthcare will put more people in debt. All making it harder to own and keep property.
The Delphi method already has the outcome of the meeting planned in advance.
They divide people into groups (you've seen oboma do this), and those groups are suppose to come up with ideas. The "facilitator" watches to see who the group leaders are (It has nothing to do with ideas).
The "leaders" of these smaller groups become the targets of ridicule if they disagree with the facilitators agenda. The facilitator uses pear pressure from the agreeing groups, or the whimps who don't dare speak up, to attack the percieved "leaders" , or people, who disagree with the agenda.
They use created ridicule until their opponents are so attacked, they back down.
All - look up The Delphi Method to understand the manipulations. This is used in the public schools against parents at PTA meetings or community meetings.
We do, until the regime disarms us.
thank you
I had looked up Delphi Technique
and then watched that bid i linked to above.
This is chilling
never moreso that when one of the ' facilitators" from the firm WRT told one group that personal property rights won't be affected without public approval. NOT approval of the owner
but approval of ' the public' who were manipulated
In that video, it was their way or nothing. It was pretty blatant. When they know the opposition is too strong, and they have to tread lightly, they'll break people up into groups so the opposition "leaders" of the groups can be identified and targeted directly (Alinski rule #12 - Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy.)
They have supporters in the audience who start the ridicule and urge the lesser members of the audience to join them. The lesser ones fear the aggressors, and just say "ok. I don't want you attacking me, too, so I'll just go along with what ever you say."
This is true. People are likely being Delphi'd directly or indirectly when their public meeting is divided into groups with a facilitator who appears to be recording the ideas brought up in a brainstorming session. It's in the categorizing, labeling, and subtle combining or dropping ideas that the magic occurs.
The group will probably be asked to agree with these edits. It seems participatory and above-board, but you are correct that the outcome or a range of acceptable outcomes has been predetermined.
Most of the participants will feel a democratic process has occurred, some will feel a vague unease, and detractors will be targeted, personalized and polarized in the Alinsky style. Beware the word consensus. Usually it is anything but.
My experience in public school administration is that the label Delphi is not used. This process goes under the euphemisms of communication skills, or decision-making process.
I have also seen this used by churches, and purpose-driven type programs, where the apparent goal (develop mission statement, ascertain spiritual gifts) is not the real goal ($$, what else?)
I think/ hope that the alinsky technique won't work today among people like Us who are anything but low infoemation people.
In that vid I think some of the smart people might have shut up but I bet they didn't roll over
One of the lead facilitators has said No private property will be taken without Public support.
so they actually think they can sway public support and the rights of the property owner be damned
THEY will never take our weapons so they will refret it if they try to take our property.
This is pretty serious
Liberals, when they know they're losing the debate, will turn to name calling or personal attacks. For example, you don't like tax increases. "You're a racist if you don't like obomas economic policies!" Stick to the subject, the negative affects of taxes, and politely agree to discuss racial issues next or at another time. Never lose your cool. Eventually, the liberals call you a name and leave. You win.
I don't think they rolled over either. The speakers were at a loss. If they had been in a lower income, or dumbed down area, they'd have easily gotten away with it. I think they were shocked these people understood what they were doing.
They'll try again, but next time they'll use facilitators who are sneakier and more experienced. Next time, they'll break these people up into groups to find the individuals who'll cause them the most trouble and go after them personally (so no one else will dare speak up in their defence).
Good description of the process.
You said "Beware the word consensus". True.
Also, beware of the word "conversation"(step 1).
I know of an organization that teaches the process to public agencies and I have seen it used twice. The groups it is used on don't have a clue what is happening.
So-—where does the money come from to run a city-village-county if there is no private property?
You are right.
The more i read about this " forum" and how it is conducted the sicker and angrier i get.
That is EXACTLY what they do, identify" the ones"who will not be sheep and then go after them but in the nicest smiliest way possible.
i hope qw can get the word out of this.
Don't tell me the push for more gun control is not connected.
The people on the video raise their objections but they may as well not be there. I would love to be at one of these meetings and then get all participants to do write down what they really think. sign it and submit that as a rport on that meeting in oposition to the lies that are told!
We have posters workign FR that try to use the Delphi techniques, laced with Alinsky rules for radicals. Sadly, they are allowed to keep at it, thread after thread.
The environmental activists are now in full assault mode to take over all the water in the US using what they have created as the World Water Bank- don't think this is a joke.
On Washington's Olympic Peninsula they just managed to pass a law making applicants pay as much as $5,000 for water from their own well. Liberal politicians have given the NGO the ownership of all the water that falls from the sky, and with that comes the right to sell it, regulate it and control it.
People- this is serious, please take note and participate.
The disease oozes from Knoxville, from the socialist smell of the UT campus. The intellectuals there are just certain that a bunch of backward farmers will be no opposition to steamroll.
My congresscritter, Phil Roe, has phone 'group conversations' which I get called to participate in. I never speak during these setups because I learned while he was conducting townhalls over Obamacare that he uses Delphi techniques. I do listen carefully as he herdfs those who are bold enough to speak out in the 'group think' events.
Good information, Thanks for posting.
ping agenda 21
Agenda 21 has been moving thru our communities since the 1990s. Tom DeWeese has mapped out the agenda of these eco-fascists.
The problem we have is that fat-ass conservatives are more concerned about firing up the BBQ grill, remodeling their stupid kitchens and worshipping Mammon.
Conservatives do not attend village council meetings, county board planning commissions or schoolboard meetings. Then they bitch that they have no control over teachers, their property taxes are going thru the roof and some skinny-ass fascist on the county tree committee is telling them that they can't cut a tree on their property.
Well, Duh!
If you want to defeat Agenda 21, get off your fat butts and show up at local village, county and schoolboard meetings.
This isn't rocket science; the founders warned you that liberty requires vigilance.
Look it up folks.
We have the right to file charges against anyone who violates the law, for whatever reason and I believe the DA HAS to press charges
If you want to defeat Agenda 21, get off your fat butts and show up at local village, county and schoolboard meetings.
This isnt rocket science; the founders warned you that liberty requires vigilance."
Outstanding comments and very true!!!! (if you won't fight now, when will you fight?)
"If you won't fight now, when will you fight?"
That statement encapsulates everything that Americans are about.
Does this have any credibility?
Concerning Congressman Jessica Upshaw found with gunshot to the head.
What do you make of this?
The link on the page does not work, but I looked at the source code and this link works.
This is news too me. I did a little search and just posted an article about her death.
I would not put anything past our old "king O", however the real story will never come out. Or the story may come out years after he is out of office.
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Nagging NauseaMore than a nuisance on the long run
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All but the luckiest of runners have experienced the discomfort of nausea during a long run. It can easily ruin a training run, or, worse, a race you've trained months for. It can bring you to your knees, literally. What can you do about it? A whole lot.
Nausea while running is a multiple-threat danger. The key to defeating it is identifying which cause or causes are the day's possible threats. Aside from sprinting some heinous hill, the most likely causes of running nausea are dehydration, salt intake, what you're eating, heat and unsustainable running intensity.
1. Salt and Water
"Hydration-and-electrolyte balance is number one," says Meredith Terranova, sports nutritionist, ultrarunner and owner of Eating and Living Healthy, when asked what runners can do to prevent nausea. She continues, "A runner needs to balance the amount of water required for different conditions, then match that with a consistent intake of electrolytes, whether in drink or pill form." Nausea resulting from dehydration and/or electrolyte imbalances occurs because both water and electrolytes are digestion requisites. Without the correct volumes of both, portions of the process break down and leftover stomach contents induce the desire to vomit.
2. Sweet But Not Too Sweet
The proper water-electrolyte balance is hard to find, as consuming a too-high ratio of carbohydrates and water may make you ill, by slowing down gastric emptying (more on that later). Always take gels with at least six ounces of water, be careful not to "overdose" on carbs when combining gels and sports drink and never over-concentrate sports drink.
To be more technical, Robert Kunz, VP of Science and Technology at First Endurance, explains, "In cold conditions athletes can typically consume a much stronger concentration of calories to fluid, nearing 20 percent. In hot conditions when the body needs more fluid and where it is spending a fair amount of energy cooling itself, try not to exceed a concentration of eight percent, which equates to 100 calories per 12 ounces of fluid."
Even if you're maintaining the right carb-water balance, be careful not to consume too many calories in too short of a span. Terranova advises, "Remember, the body can only process a limited number of calories in an hour. So, 'getting ahead' or overeating in a short period of time causes most of the food to sit in your stomach." As we now understand, lingering stomach contents often result in a nauseous feeling.
3. Blood Feud
Our muscles are the big draw on our limited blood supply while running. However, during your long runs you'll likely eat, as well as face an increased likelihood of prolonged heat exposure. As a result, you may be placing two or three extra demands on your blood supply.
Let's look at the simple scenario of eating on the run. If you're running at a relaxed effort, you're not maxing out your body's ability to supply oxygenated blood. Eat an energy gel, a Snickers or, say, a small slice of pizza and you (and your stomach) should feel fine.
Step up the pace, though, and the story changes. "The faster you run, the less blood flows to your gut," explains Terranova. An increased effort draws additional blood flow to your hard-working muscles and away from your stomach. When that happens, your digestion slows and you're left feeling less than rosy.
A hot day further complicates digestion. While the human body is well adapted to exercising in heat, dissipating heat through evaporational cooling provided by sweat on the skin, the process shunts blood to the skin.
It all adds up to three major draws on your blood flow: muscles, skin and stomach. Can you guess the loser? Yup, your stomach.
The simplest solution to any blood battle, advises Terranova, is simply backing off your effort for a while. Another short-term remedy is to eat just before a stretch in which you'll be working less, such as a long downhill or an aid station you'll be visiting for more than a couple minutes.


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Cherokee Six aids ocean researchSaturday, October 31st, 2009
Eddie Kisfaludy of San Diego uses his Cherokee Six for oceanic research. With the help of his fiancee, freelance television reporter and pilot Natasha Stenbock, Kisfaludy is marketing an aerial video surveillance system he developed. His external camera mount doesn't require a hole in the cabin floor. His day job is to support research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanic Research, University of California San Diego. Several of the researchers there have endorsed the system, not to mention scientists outside of Scripps. On another note, watch for Natasha's airshow video soon on AOPA Online. You'll see more about them in an upcoming issue of AOPA Pilot.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Leslie Blodgett Bare Skin Perfume Diaries Review
I was sent a few samples of the vial from Leslie Blodgett's team to test out, here are my thoughts:
Packaging: I didn't receive a full sized bottle, but from glancing at pictures online, it has a very romantic feel. It's a pretty amber colored bottle decorated with cursive script…almost like the writings from her diary. The fragrance is also offered in a body cream and solid perfume.
Scent: Let me preface this by saying that I am very sensitive to perfumes. I have a history of allergies and asthma so I can't take certain scents. As soon as I opened the package containing the samples, I immediately caught a strong whiff of the scent. It was a strong, floral, powdery smell. Honestly, I couldn't even put it on because it was overwhelming. Many women seem to like this but I prefer something a bit more sweet and citrusy. To me, it's a more mature scent that I can picture someone like my mother wearing…but not for someone in their 20's like me. I've seen other reviews where they say the scent abides and transforms over time.
Price: Ranges from $30-$55 on sephora.com, which is actually pretty reasonable.
Customer Service: I will say that I received excellent customer service from Leslie Blodgett's team. This is something I've known to not take for granted these days.
In sum, this fragrance wasn't for me. If you are more tolerable to fragrances though, I would still recommend trying this out and see how you like it.
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
FTC Disclosure: Samples of this product were provided to me by the company. I was not paid to write this review and am not affiliated with the company.
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5 comments:
- Kate Gene said...
I'm like you; I prefer citrusy or sweet scents. Anything powdery or amber is not for me. That said, I really do like Bare Escentuals and Buxom products. They're amazing! I wish Leslie luck with her new venture! :)
- December 18, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- Louzee said...
Wow. The mineral makeup queen is starting her own fragrance line. She's gone a long way from late night infomercials. I'd fall asleep watching them, but they have convinced me to start using Bare Naturals.
- December 18, 2009 at 4:23 PM
- Charlene said...
i'm the same way with those powdery scents...can't stand em! But i still want to try those Buxom lippies!
- December 20, 2009 at 12:17 AM
- Sara Reid said...
I was a bit hesitant at first because these days it seems like everyone has a perfume out. But this is different. She really knows what she is doing. Leslie teamed up with Givaudan perfumer Stephen Nilsen and together they made one of the best smelling perfumes out there. My husband has a nose like a pregnant woman. He can smell anything and everything. Not even kidding. He absolutely loves it.
- December 21, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- Sandy said...
I do love it. Purchased it yesterday and I keep smelling my wrist because it just keeps smelling better and better. I am a 55 year old woman and agree that this is not a little girl's scent. It is more for a mature woman (not saying old here, heaven forbid!) Just my opinion but I really love it and it's...different!
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Immigration plan is 'insanity'
Editor, OBSERVER:
The current push to legalize millions of people who entered and remain in this nation illegally is probably one of the most disgusting acts ever perpetrated by politicians whose stock and trade is legislating this country into oblivion.
First some facts. The United States will admit 100,000,000 (that's right, 100 million) immigrants by 2037. The vast percentage of these will be uneducated, third world people lacking any skills needed by our economy. They will use assistance programs at a much higher rate than citizens and most will have no intention of assimilating.
On top of the destruction of our infrastructure there will be a balkanization of our nation. U.S. Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand are pushing for passage of "immigration reform" knowing that this will be a total disaster for our nation. They don't care because they know that doing this will give Democrats an unbeatable margin of potential voters. Now all you folks who support this insanity better spend some time and do your homework because this isn't the end when this is implemented.
There are millions more who will rightly see this for what it is, a welcome mat laid out by a nation with a death wish. Regardless of what provisions are made for border enforcement don't be fooled. Sen Schumer has already stated he will push for this without improved border security. Any laws passed regarding security will be ignored by this president just as he ignores present immigration laws. One estimate of the costs of adding just these 12 million illegals to the system is $2 trillion. Don't forget that these people can then bring in relatives through chain immigration.
In actuality, the numbers of illegals in the U.S. is closer to double what the government tells us. We are presently borrowing 43 cents of every $1 we spend. Where is the money going to come from for this lunacy?
Your children and grandchildren have no future. Our area has been spared for the most part from this invasion but it will get here and when it does you can thank yourselves for electing people who support the destruction of our great nation.


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The Thomas Cup or Men's World Team Championships was first staged in 1948-49, and the Uber Cup or Women's World Team Championships was added for the first time in 1956-7. The Thomas Cup, taking place every three years, was the BWF's first major international tournament. The idea for the competition and the donation of the trophy was by the first President of the World body, Sir George Thomas, legendary player (21 All England titles) and administrator of the Sport.
The Uber Cup Finals have been held alongside the Men's competition since 1984, with both then taking place bi-annually. The Uber Cup had previously taken place at three yearly intervals separately to the Men's competition but always with a similar format. The trophy was presented by another famous player and the person whose original idea it was to start a team Championships for Women, the eponymous Betty Uber.Betty Uber also made the draw for the 1956-7 inaugural tournament which took place at Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, England
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March 7, 2007
Hailey (Grimes) Richey of Farwell was one of several area residents who portrayed basketball players during the filming of "Believe in Me." (CNJ file photo)
When Allison Draper and her Melrose basketball teammates would hit the floor at the Farwell Invitational every December, she would never look forward to seeing Hailey Richey and her Farwell Lady Blue teammates.
The two were enemies until they were united on the basketball court as fictional teammates in "Believe in Me." After a few months of filming, friendship crossed the line of fiction.
"We stuck together like glue," said Draper (formerly Cochran), a 2004 Melrose High graduate and now a volleyball coach at Floyd. "During the movie, if you saw one of us, the other wasn't far behind."
It wasn't the only friendship created during the three months of filming, said Richey (formerly Grimes, a 2004 graduate of Farwell High).
"We all got attached to each other," said Richey, who plays Susan Grove. "It felt like a family and that's how the team feels toward each other."
Like any good team, Draper said, the members balanced out each other's shortcomings.
"Some of the actresses never played before, so they didn't know any of the rules. There were two or three who had never played in their lives."
Draper, who played Ruth Farrity, helped them learn to play basketball, and the actresses taught her how to cry on cue.
"They told us to think of a very sad part in your life," she said with a nervous laugh. "It worked."
Now, a sad part of Draper's life is not getting to see the cast she'd worked with for three months. She and Richey flew to Los Angeles together to visit some of them, and seeing the movie will bring back memories.
Richey saw herself in the trailer for "Believe in Me" on television recently, and said it was "the coolest thing in the world" — a feat that was topped Monday, when Richey gave birth to her daughter Landri.
With the showing in Clovis, it's lining up to be quite the week for Richey to culminate her experience.
"It was the greatest. It was so much fun," Richey said. "How many people can say that they're in a movie?"
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Darius Washington to play for Virtus Bologna?
Darius Washington might be heading to Italy after Turkey.
Darius Washington(1.88-PG) might be the new player of Virtus Bologna, according to bolognabasket.it. The American point-guard with the bosman passport might soon be a free agent. The Turkish League has reached the end of the regular season and Galatasaray ended 9th in the leaderboard. That means they won't qualify to play in the play-offs and Washington might be released from the roster of the team. Usually the contracts run out at the end of June so it's to the Turkish team to see to his departure.
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