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In 2006, Pat Rice gave the following interview to the Official Matchday Programme to talk about his working relationship with Arsène Wenger, who was celebrating his 10th anniversary as manager.
When Arsène Wenger arrived at the Club in 1996, he had a ready made right-hand man, steeped in the history and traditions of the Club, in Pat Rice.
But during the past 10 years Arsène has proceeded to re-write the Club's record books, all the while managing to maintain the Gunners' values.
Pat has been Arsène's assistant manager from day one, and has shared all the highs and lows with him, witnessing at close hand the Frenchman's management style.
Along with Boro Primorac, the three have formed a coaching team which has guided the Club to 11 major honours in the past nine seasons.
With the boss celebrating 10 years in charge this week, the matchday programme caught up with Pat to reflect upon a successful first decade working alongside him.
What were your first impressions of Arsène, was it just as much of a culture shock for you as everyone else?
Of course it was. We had been used to going out for a good drink after the game. Whenever the game had finished the players would go to the lounge and there would be lager and everything. But that stopped more or less straight away. In fairness Tony Adams, who was captain then, had his problem at that time, so they decided between them that it wouldn't be the case anymore. Since then we have never had any alcohol in and around the changing room. He was shown to be ahead of his time because everyone has followed suit.
What were the other immediate changes?
The diet. I would say that was a major thing, what the players ate. Also stretching was a big thing. That came in before and after training and that was all new to us. Some of the senior players at the time say that actually lengthened their careers, especially the back four. So we may have been sceptical but it certainly worked.
So you were sceptical at the time of his arrival then?
Well we had no idea who he was. I think the only one who knew anything about him was Mr Dein, but the rest of us had absolutely no idea.
Did he meet with you and the rest of the coaching staff at the beginning and outline his vision?
No, not at all, nothing like that. He came in and slowly but surely changed things into his own way. It was nice and quietly done, nothing dramatic in it, and everybody responded positively to his ideas.
Was there uncertainty on your part about whether he would keep you on at first?
Well the very first day he arrived I asked him what my role would be, and he told me what he wanted from me and it's been the same way ever since.
Did you advise him on life at Arsenal and in the Premier League in general?
No, not really, he didn't have to ask my advice as such. We would sit down with the staff and depending on who we were playing we would talk about it and talk about the players. But his knowledge of players is second to none, not just in England but all over the world. Anyone will tell you that.
How can you measure the impact he's had on the Club?
He has completely revolutionised the Club. All you have to do is take a look around the training ground and the facilities. All you have to do is look at the stadium. He was the one who kept saying that if you want to compete with the biggest clubs in the world then you have to do something different. Everybody in the world knows our style of play now, and they all enjoy it. The players enjoy it, which is the best thing, and as a coach you enjoy it after the game. It's a pleasure to work here, who wouldn't love to work in these surroundings, especially as we have an extremely good chef!
How has your relationship with the boss developed over the years?
I think that myself, Boro [Primorac] and the boss have a relationship where we all say the truth and what we feel, but at the end of the day the boss is in charge, and ultimately he will do what he feels right and we will back him all the way. We all get on well, but in fairness anyone who knows Boro and Arsène will tell you that is how they are.
Is he similar to any other managers you've worked with?
Nope, he's nothing like them. He is much calmer than anyone I've known. He is just as diligent as those I've worked with before, but the really amazing thing is the amount of players he knows about worldwide, and the Club benefit from that year on year. He has taken the Club to a new dimension.
How 'hands on' is he as a coach?
Very. He is always at the training ground, always. He's always working with players, whether it is one-on-one or with a group. He works with youth players, reserve players, first-team players – he loves coaching. His enthusiasm is infectious and people listen to him because you would be completely stupid not to. He shows people respect and if he had anything to say to a player he would tell them in private, because there are never rows or anything like that. All we work towards is winning the next game, everything else to a degree is irrelevant. Everything is building towards that. We all coach together, we all have our input. Each morning the manager will have a meeting with the coaching staff, he tells us what we will do that day, and then it's up to all of us to try to put that into practice.
How have the first 10 years gone?
They have flown by. I remember the day he arrived like it was yesterday. I picked him up from the hotel that day and brought him into Highbury. He will go down as perhaps the greatest manager this Club has ever known, certainly alongside them. His legacy will last forever.
This interview first appeared in the Official Matchday Programme. Click here to subscribeCopyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Every week starting on Thursday and until the Wednesday of the week after, we are offering a tasting composed of a flight of 6 wines for $20. The tasting is different every week.
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Savannah Stone 2nd at meet
Pequot Lakes senior Savannah Stone raced to a second-place time of 1:14.90 to lead the Brainerd Warriors girls to second in Thursday's Hibbing Invite at Giants Ridge.
Stone finished 0.26 seconds behind last year's state champion, Megan Danelski of Hermantown. Other Pequot Lakes skiers were Maddison Olson, who was 48th, and Alex Stone and Jaden Lindner, who both had incomplete scores.
"We had a good day with the girls team," Warriors head coach Jim Ruttger said in a Brainerd Dispatch story. "It was a much anticipated meet as we were up against last year's state champion Hermantown. A lot of girls came through today."
Ben Thoele raced to a 23rd-place time of 1:31.25 for the Warriors boys, who placed eighth. Pequot Lakes' Tristan Elsenpeter was 63rd for the Brainerd boys.
Brainerd is scheduled to compete at Lutsen Mountain on Thursday, Jan. 10.
Girls' team scores: 1-Hermantown 240, 2-Brainerd-233, 3-Marshall 224, 4-Duluth East 222, 5-CC-SB 205, 6-CEC 203, 7-Vaast 163, 8-Hibbing 140, 9-Denfeld-INC
Individual winner: 1-Megan Danelski (Hermantown) 1:14.64
Brainerd results: 2-Savannah Stone 1:14.90, 13-Hannah Moen 1:26.41, 16-Ashley Fitterer 1:28.41, 20-Emily Aga 1:30.08, 29-Grace McGuire 1:36.97, 44-MacKenzie Dondelinger 1:47.48, 48-Maddison Olson 1:48.89, 57-Molly Aga 2:03.55, INC-Alex Stone, INC-Jaden Lindner.
Boys team scores: 1-Hermantown 257, 2-CC-SB 253, 3-Vaast 235, 4-Marshall 205, 5-Hibbing 203, 6-CEC 200, 7-Duluth East 174, 8-Brainerd 149, 9-Denfeld INC
Brainerd results: 23-Ben Thoele 1:31.25, 35-Gabe Gibson 1:35.24, 40-Garett Lee 1:38.22, 45-Calvin Johnson 1:40.89, 48-Grant Madison 1:42.39, 59-Grant Kosobud 1:53.36, 62-Nick Krantz 1:57.58, 63-Tristan Elsenpeter 1:58.69, 64-Grant Anderson 1:02.70, 66-Logan Waidelich 2:13.00


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Arsenal travel to Greece on Tuesday to take on Olympiacos in their final game of what has been a successful Group B campaign.
You can find out more about our opponents below.
Full name: Olympiacos Piraeus
Manager: Leonardo Jardim
Club colours: Red and white striped shirts, red shorts, red socks
Nickname(s): Thrylos, Erythrolefki
Three facts about Olympiacos:
- They have been Greek champions in seven of the last eight years
- The club have triumphed in their last two home games against Arsenal
- They cannot qualify for the knockout stages, and will go into the Europa League
Vasilios Torosidis
The Greek international has been at the club for almost six years, having joined in January 2007. Torosidis can play at full back or as a winger, and has also been utilised in midfield. He was named Greek Football Player of the Year in 2010, and scored the goal that gave Greece their first ever win at a World Cup, in a 2-1 victory over Nigeria.


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Looks like you've had another great time. That's quite a place you got for the money! Noticed you by passed the Fitness room; nice excuse! Tickets at a $54 saving; was it worth it? That's a funny story about the machine turning red....... bet your face went the same colour. Sounds like you both had a good laugh over that episode. I've also watched some videos about love bugs! At least they didn't seem to bite people. Enjoy your car trip.
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5:10am and away we go once again after our final night in New Orleans for a few days rest and relaxation after what has been a very busy 7 weeks or so. The shuttle arrived bang on time and got us to the airport in good time. Our flight to Orlando was via Atlanta and also meant having a 3 hour stop over, which wasn't too bad as it allowed us time to get something to eat and drink. We arrived at our Motel sometime later that afternoon, the weather was steaming and the forecast was for it to continue that way hovering between 86 and 94 degrees Fahrenheit (30 to 34 degrees Centigrade). We stayed at this place for two days just lazing around the pool as we had to wait until the 23rd before we could go to the condo that I had booked for 9 nights.
23rd to 2nd May – Kissimmee – Kissimmee – 6 Miles – Condo at Cane Island Kissimmee
We arranged for a cab from the motel to take us the short journey down the road and at first couldn't get in to the condo or apartment as I will now call it because the cleaner was busy doing her stuff, so we just left our luggage there and went off to get some food and see what was aroundhttp://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p400808?cid=E_hrownerinquiry_DB_O_20110408_propID_link_LPROP_1
We were based just a short walk from the 'I 192' so could get buses to the Old Town or into Walt Disney if we wanted and also to get groceries. There were local shops and eateries close by but just for everyday stuff, or if we wanted to eat out. The plan was not to eat out but to get some salads and fresh fruit for a change and that is what we did for the main part. We did venture out to the Old town to have a look but that was just a fairground, shops and bars that looked pretty shabby and we also had a day out at Epcot as that was the easiest thing to get to by bus. We did want to go to Universal and see the new Harry Potter thing (well Sue did) but that meant 2 hours just getting there by bus so we didn't bother. For Epcot we thought we would get our tickets from the local touts, saving around $54; however that meant that we may have problems getting in as these had been used by others so we would have to say that the tickets got mixed up and that we had been in a big party, something along those lines anyway
Epcot itself didn't seem to have changed since we went 11 years ago and that was pretty disappointing, however we did have a good day out, which made a change from just reading, sunbathing and swimming
The time resting and not driving everywhere allowed me the time to plan our visit to travel around Florida, to visit places such as the Space Centre, Palm Beach, Florida Keys, Key West, Miami, The Everglades, Naples, and St Petersburg. We pick our car up on the 2nd May and return to Orlando Airport on the 11th May to fly to New York for our last four nights there before coming back home.
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Hi Lucy,
can you recommend workbooks for students to work with during classes. There are so many out there the choice is overwhelming (Cambridge series, Cutting edge, The English File etc).
I would like something practical, that provides a good basic grounding, but that is also fun and user-friendly.
It will be to supplement classes (private lessons) for Greek students of varied ages and levels to top-up/improve their English.
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An act in which two friends, lean against each other (back to back) so as to provide support while taking a poop. You can't see if your bro is going to stand up and leave you to fall into his fresh pile of shit, but you trust him not to.
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Now that I think of it, twizzles aren't really suited to all types of music, IMO. As in V/M's 2010 Mahler program -- it's on my all-time hit parade but...twizzles & Mahler? Something about those 2 ideas just does not go together.
Gotta watch that program again. Several times!
i'm so not here for the twizzle h8r fest goin on right now
what did twizzles ever do to you except give you immeasurable joy and pleasure!!
My favorite usage of a dance spin is Virtue Moir's 2011 FD (this program also has the best usage of a twizzle sequence ever) but even in that program the final spin position they do is very unnecessary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTGdeEfZuUI&t=3m35s - the program would have had more energy if they continued on dancing after the upright position + quick turn on the ice that they do. Why did they need to change foot and go into sit spin position after that?


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I got the idea from a fellow TDH member but I wanted to show it off.
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I got the idea from a fellow TDH member but I wanted to show it off.
Whats the added part?
hehehe thats nifty
Clever, does it still work when attached?
I thought about doing this, but I guess you beat me to it.
thats a really neat addition. Whats with the pop rivits around the visor? are they for show or actually functional
Ronin those are actually flat head hex screws I had a hell of a time installing my visor I actually ruined two or three with the different adhesives so I got tired of it and just attached it with screws. I like it cause it gives it an industrial look
It was good to meet you this last weekend at the CHOC event. I got to see the mod in person, and it looks cool. The data pad on your wrist looks high-tech too.
thanks it was cool to meet other mando's out in the world...BTW great shot do you have any others or know where I can find some of the event?
"geez, i need to pee REAL bad, stop taking photos so i can leave..":)
thast looking really excellent there dude, have you communicated with anyone with it yet? like paired up two of the devices and sent sms type messages? i remember my brothers friend getting one


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"Artists have the job of concentrating experience, not just letting everything rush past, but summing things up contemplatively."–Katharina Fritsch
Contemporary German artist Katharina Fritsch is known for producing multiples–serially produced objects that she creates in mostly unlimited editions. Concerned with exploring the nature of human perception and experience, Fritsch makes instantly recognizable objects strange by alterations of scale, color, or material, or by excessive repetition.
Each multiple in this display case is based on a mass-produced object popular in Germany. The conical-shaped wall vase, for example, is based on those used to decorate graves in cemeteries, while the small cat is actually a shoe scraper. The Madonna is cast from a small plaster statuette found in a tourist shop in Lourdes, a French city to which pilgrims come in hopes of witnessing a miracle. And though many of her multiples have autobiographical significance, Fritsch also intends them to have a more general, collective meaning, both as symbols of popular culture and commodity and as agents in triggering our own memories.


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Any NFL team is capable of jumping up and biting you
Any NFL team is capable of jumping up and biting you
On paper, this can be an easy game to look past for the Giants as the 49'ER game looms..Remember what happened the last time they played Cleveland, and played one of their worst games of that 08 season..Josh Cribbs today says he will be back for this game, and with Joe Haden being out, they may be without their hard hitting safety T.J. Ward who just had thumb surgery..The Browns will be thin as well at the WR position only having 3 WR apparently active for this game..What I seen from this year from Cleveland, they play tough teams tough, and mediocre teams not so tough..The Giants cant play down to the level of this team, or they could be in for back to back disappointing losses in consecutive weeks heading into the Niner game..
They have a good defended and were a few dropped passes away trim 2-2
Weeden's been dumping the ball off short like a lot of rookie quarterbacks tend to do. If Richardson is on the receiving end of these we need to keep him contained because once he's in the open it's a first down waiting to happen.
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CHARLES GREEN has the following Christmas message for the club's fans:
'TWAS the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Except of course Ally McCoist, whose been banging on my door asking: "When can I spend that £10m?".
Right behind him was Jim Traynor, the man with the perfect face for radio. Not content with being the forthcoming star of Rangers TV, he still thinks he should be playing for the team.
All of us at Ibrox are enjoying the season of goodwill but there must be something wrong with the postman. No Christmas cards have arrived from Dundee United, the SFA or the SPL. Never mind, maybe they'll be in the last post.
I'd love to be able to toast every Rangers fan with something special but as a teetotaller, it's lemonade or nothing. All the same the supporters of this club deserve a toast more than ever.
Before I came to Ibrox I had no idea how much pain our fans were enduring. With the torment of administration and all that followed, there seemed no end to it with our fans taking it on the chin from everyone and their auntie baying for blood in the name of sporting integrity. Take it on the chin they did and they did not flinch.
I doubt there's another club in the world where the supporters could take everything thrown at them and yet stand so tall and proud. The outstanding efforts of our fans in supporting this club this year has been shown to audiences around the world by the many foreign TV stations who have visited Ibrox to chart the fall and rise of Rangers.
It is quite a story and we are glad that we are ending this year on a high note. Attendances at Ibrox have been breathtaking. We are also delighted to be made welcome in the SFL Division 3 and know we're making a difference to the league. We've also been pleased to fill the stockings financially of all the clubs we've played this season.
The club is on the way back and our admission to the London Stock Exchange last week was yet another important milestone on that journey.
I would, on behalf of the board of directors of Rangers, like to express our deep gratitude to every Rangers fan. You are the greatest and we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Oh there's a delivery from the SFA and it's a big bundle. Either it is thanks for rejuvenating and refreshing Scottish football or it's another pile of disrepute charges. See you at Ibrox on Boxing Day.
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Composed in 1899 by Scott Joplin this charming ragtime medley was his first published one preceding Maple Leaf Rag by 6 months. Before this he had composed a few marches and a waltz and though this is a rag by title it resembles a cakewalk closer and draws heavily on folk tunes. Featuring 5 themes like the posthumously published Reflection Rag it delays re-entering the theme until the modulation and is not in the usual sequence of AA BB A CC DD typical of the composer Duet Sheet Music for Eb Clarinet accompanied by Bassoon arranged by Lars Christian Lundholm. - Instrumentation: Eb Clarinet and Bassoon - Level: Easy and Simplified Range - Score Type: Solo Score - Tempo: Medium - Genre: Ragtime - Composer: Scott Joplin - Year Composed: 1899 - Pages (approximate): 6
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10 min to NYC Charming Mid Town Room well Situated
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Private luxurious room with two single beds, night stands, open spacious central air and heat, beautiful hard-wood floors and exquisite mahogany color to help you relax after a day of sightseeing and shopping or whatever you please. Take a bath or soak in marble soaking tub with a shower head. Take a walk down a beautiful lit hallway to the great kitchen right out of a James Bond movie. Beautiful large living room with crown moldings all around you room with the views of the New York skyline as background, sit down to a glass of wine hear your favorite music, watch TV on 50" HDTV mounted on the wall for your viewing pleasure, eat a snack or whatever.
The neighborhood is quiet and very nice, 100 steps from a family grocery to buy what you need. Walking distance to banks, pharmacy, and 15 minutes from midtown Manhattan (Time Square/Port Authority Bus Terminals). You'll reach Midtown faster from this location than from locations even located in Manhattan.
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We did have a good time exploring New York from the appartment of Gabriela. The appartment is situated in a very quiet and nice neighborhood and we also were able to park our car in front of the appartment. It only takes 10 minutes by bus to get to port authority from where you easily can go anywhere in New York. The appartment is very clean, generously sized and you can use Wlan, TV, kitchen and utitities or sit in on the terrace. Gabriela is very friendly and supportive and helped us with all our questions and gave good recommendations. We can recommend a stay in the appartment. Thank you again Gabriela for your hostility!
Hallo. Wir hatten drei sehr schöne Tage in NYC. Das Zimmer welches wir gebucht hatten, befindet sich in einem HausMit drei weiteren Zimmern für je zwei Personen. Das Haus ist schon mit Küche und Wohnzimmer eingerichtet. Unser Zimmer War ziemlich klein. Doch man benötigt es ja nur zum schlafen. Meine Matratze war ziemlich durchgelegen. Ich habe die gedreht und damit ging es. Gabriella ist sehr nett und freundlich. Parken kann man in der Umgebung. ÖPNV ist auch gut möglich.
Wir dachten das Zimmer liegt in Brooklyn, da es bei Google maps so eingezeichnet war. Es befindet sich jedoch in der 20th street in Union Cit New Jersey. Ist aber dort gelegen mit einem tollen Blick auf Manhattan. Kann man unbedenklich buchen! !
We had a great holiday with the most beautiful weather. We did enjoy the little garden alot where we were able to sit all five of us.
In house that´s impossible. There are only one couch for two persons and one couch for three. And one toilet is not much if you want to be ten persons in the house. That's not recommendable. It is hard to believe the house is 150 square meters.
It cost USD 3.0 or 3.5 with the bus per person to Manhattan one way. It's very easy though.
Don´t take a taxi from JFK airport to this apartment, it is to expensive and the trafic is horible. But the way with train, subway and bus is too long. Find another airport if you want to stay in New Jersey.
I had a great time at this apartment. It is really close to the bus stops to\from NYC. Gabriela and Robert are kind and responcive people.
Gabriella and her family are very lovely hosts. The accommodation is close to Manhattan (20-30 min to Times Square, depending on the traffic with bus nr. 123), bed room and bathroom (NYC vista!!!) were very clean and we could use a comfortable living room / balcony with down town NYC vista (That was great!).
It is indeed relaxing and calm after a busy day in NYC.
Don´t be afraid of the dog :-)
Just a small comment: call Gabriella before you arrive.
Good transport connection (20 min to manhattan), optimum Price/ performance ratio, safe and quiet place, Gaby is a nice person who gives us good informations to find her place
We had a really great time in Gaby's appartment. When we arrived she gave us an upgrade because there was a better room that was not hired yet! I can't tell how this appartment was but the upgrade was great! We've got a big suite just arround the block with our own bathroom and a big kitchen. Also great was our view from the balcony on the skyline of NYC! I would really recommand everybody that travels on a budget to hire this room or something else from Gaby.
The distance to NYC with bus #123 was not far. Just a 2 minute walk to the busstop and when you travel after rush hour you can be on Times Square in 20 to 30 minutes. Don't travel before 9:00 AM because then you can get stuck in traffic for more then 1 hour.
Thanks Gaby for all your help and your quick respond on all our questions and i will definitely book your room again when i come back to NYC!
Nice place to stay outside of Manhattan but still close by and only 15 min drive to the Center.
Clean, enough space, and friendly owners!
Good place only 15 minutes by bus to midtown New York. Gaby is really friendly and helpful.
Check if you have your own bathroom, she has a nice suite. Which we preffered if you stay longer than 2 nights. It is a lot bigger.
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When people who are supposed to get together over lunch to discuss business (AKA "power Lunch") and instead end up discussing personal affairs instead.
I thought we were getting together to have a power lunch, instead we had a powder lunch and he discussed his girlfriend problems.
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GR seems a bit strict on Jericho. There have been lots of first person shooter's that try to branch into horror, and only a few manage to actually scare a little (Doom, AvP, etc), and while Jericho's enemies are graphically amazing, as since you're a superpowered, heavily armed combat team, it's hard to feel scared. Ever notice the scariest games use small weapons and normal, probably (but not always) female characters? The closest to scary in Jericho is when you take one member into a short tunnel by herself, armed only with... a fully automatic pistol, a rune encrusted katana and blood ward magic.
The graphics are good, but maybe not reaching the potential previous titles have managed.
Replay value is next to none, except to collect information sheets by completing small objectives, like difficult variation on levels and minor skill tests, like number of melee kills or headshots. Not a great incentive.
The characters seem kinda bland, but only by tediously gathering the factsheets do you see any kinda depth to them, and even then it's just a little generic. The big guy with the gatling gun has a short temper, (suprise surprise), the small women with the sword is fast to take on people twice her own side, the "reality hacker" is an autistic genius... you get the idea.
The character variation offered by possessing your teammates is good at first, but you'll find yourself sticking to only one or two characters once all the abilities have been unlocked. The sniper, Black, has the ability to telekinetically steer bullets through upto 3 enemies; once you achieve this, other characters become redundant. Giving her a grenade launcher as well makes her practically invincible. Delgado, the aforementioned hispanic pyrokinetic with a gatling gun, seems like a good choice till you realise that the gatling gun doesn't offer much over a machine gun held by any other character, and has that 2 second warm up time.
The katana wielding Billie Church seems a good choice till you find out that most enemies in the game have a habit of instantly killing you if you get close enough. Whenever she swings her blade, the camera moves to follow where her sword is being swung, which, while realistic, can leave you vaguely disorientated, especially when the enemy in question darts around you and starts flaying chunks from your back.
The story line is interesting, but a little confusing; you immediately suspect "the child" to be the firstborn, yet it seems to be intended as a clever revelation. Biblical storylines hit in the same area as ancient mythology, great for story lines and in unrivalled successes (God of War?), but it seems there's so much in this area already that the need to make up the Firstborn idea seems odd.
Overall, Jericho is an ok game, some creative ideas and intricately designed (if repetitive) enemy types; whether in World War 2 or in Ancient Rome, you are always attacked by a mummy with armblades.
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TGIFF (Thank God It's Fucking Friday). Starting to make plans for a big cookout in a few weeks to kick off the end of the cold season. It's been unusually cold here for April, where we usually see 70F, and it's been hovering around 55F for the past few weeks.
Starting off the day with a diary entry is weird, I'm used to writing about what I have done, and I'm hoping that by writing this now, I'll force myself to meet the goals I lay down for the day :)
Going to start off by getting everything I need done for work on Monday. The job I have is pretty sweet. I work from home, and go into the office for 2 or 3 days every other week. So, yeah, I get to roll out of bed and work in my boxers :P
Doh, in the middle of writing this I found out that sparc modutils in potato/woody is broken (missing some bins) so I had to make an emergency upload.
Back to the diary...I think I'll also get around to uploading my packages today, to fix all the bugs that are still left before release. May 2 is going to be the start of the test cycle for potato, so we'll see how things work out.


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Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood & More: CMA Awards 2012 Red Carpet
From Taylor & Carrie to Hayden & Lucy, see what stars showcased gowns on country's most glam night. Tell us who YOU think looked best, HollywoodLifers!
The November 1 Country Music Association Awards brought all of the stars out to Nashville. From Taylor Swift to Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert, the red carpet debuted some high-class fashion!
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YouSendIt Launches Brand-New Apps for iPhone, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8
YouSendIt, Inc., a leading cloud file collaboration service, reaffirms its deep commitment to mobile by launching brand new mobile apps for iPhone, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. All apps have been totally re-imagined from the ground up to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile user base.
These new Mobile Solutions serve the growing number of corporate employees and other professionals using their own smartphones and tablets for work. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement means people need intuitive, multiplatform tools like YouSendIt to access and enhance their digital files across devices, as well as for on-the-go sharing with colleagues, clients and other collaborators.
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Aside from completely recreating the YouSendIt iPhone experience, the revamped app also has a number of great new features designed to help users get the job done whether they are on-site with a client, waiting in an airport lounge or working from home.
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Each app offers the YouSendIt technology our users have grown to love as well as increased functionality on several popular devices and platforms. Just one example is how YouSendIt partnered with Nokia to create exclusive features for their smartphone customers.


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Burke C Table
- Overview
Crafted from iron in a simple cube shape and then painted in seasonal brights, our Burke tables have the bold character of industrial fixtures. The C table's design allows it to be pulled up close to a sofa or armchair for work or a casual meal.
- Top is crafted from iron sheet.
- Frame made from square pipe iron.
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- Simple assembly required.
- Dimensions & Care
- Overall: 11.75" wide x 17.25" deep x 25.75" high
- Top: 11.75" wide x 17.25" deep x 1.25" thick
- Clearance Under Top: 24.5"
- Legs: 0.75" square, 24.75" high
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By Richard Clarke
Emmanuel Frimpong has admitted that he thought his Arsenal career was over when he suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury in the summer of 2010.
Back then, the young midfielder's development was in tandem with that of Jack Wilshere, his team-mate throughout their rise through the ranks. Both caught the eye in pre-season friendlies but, following Frimpong's injury, their paths diverted. Wilshere went on to shine with Arsenal and England, his old pal was left playing catch-up.
Now Frimpong's time has arrived. He is expected to feature in midfield as Arsenal see-out Champions League Group F with a trip to Olympiacos. Speaking in Athens ahead of the game, the Ghanaian-born youngster revealed why he had believed he may struggle at the Club he joined as an eight-year-old shortly after arriving from Africa.
"I knew I would come back to play football [after the injury] but I felt I would never get the chance at Arsenal again," he said.
"I had my chance and things were going well then I got my injury. At that time there were [other] players who were injured and I thought that they would be fit when I got back. You had Song, Diaby and Ramsey all injured.
"[I thought] by the time I was back all these players would be fit so I didn't think I would get a chance.
"But in football you can't predict anything. I came back and I carried on from where I left off. Now I have to continue to play well to force the issue of playing in the first team. That is all I can do.
"I worked really hard to get my fitness back. I still don't believe I am 100 per cent fit yet but hopefully when I am I can show that to the fans and give more to the team. At the moment I'm just happy to be out there and it's a pleasure to be playing with these great players at the moment."
Frimpong has impressed this season already and Tuesday will be another massive opportunity. The atmosphere is expected to be intense at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium but the 19-year-old will not be intimidated.
"When you are a professional footballer you want to play in those kinds of stadiums and environments," he commented. "As I've said, Tuesday is going to be a test of character not only for me but for other players in the squad. But we're playing for Arsenal Football Club so we should be able to deal with those kinds of atmospheres."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Michael Anti (aka Jing Zhao) has been blogging from China for 12 years. Despite the control the central government has over the Internet — "All the servers are in Beijing" — he says that hundreds of millions of microbloggers are in fact creating the first national public sphere in the country's history, and shifting the balance of power in unexpected ways.
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<p>The stylish, waifish, delicate, Playmates of Playboy's past are the focus of this installment of Playboy Retro. If Audrey Hepburn or Emma Watson is your type of girl then you need to see these Playmates who capture that look. </p>
What is a gamine? According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, a gamine is "an attractive and usually thin and small woman or girl who often shows a playful desire to cause trouble." Think of the classic waiflike beauties of Hollywood like Audrey Hepburn, Mia Farrow and Jean Seberg. Or their modern successors: Carey Mulligan, Winona Ryder, Michelle Williams and Emma Watson.
Our favorite examples of the women who embody the gamine look, style and sensibility live where all the best examples of female perfection are to be found: In the pages of Playboy. Combing through the vintage issues we found the wistful-chic babes of yesteryear for this Playboy Retro.
Actress and glamour model Cheryl Kubert was an L.A. native who established only a small body of work before retiring in the early 1960s. Her February 1958 Playmate shoot is the best place to experience this captivating coquette. You'll be drowning in her alluring yet strangely melancholy brown eyes. Don't fight it.
With her 35D cups, Victoria Valentino can't really be called "boyish," but her lithe dancer's body, girlish elegance and playful lust for life are the essence of the gamine spirit for us. Miss September 1963 says in her bio that she paints, sings, dances, acts and plays the guitar. Take her hand as she pulls you out into the rainstorm to run through the raindrops and whisper lines from poet Pablo Neruda in your ear: "I want / To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees."
Throughout Playboy's history there has always been a variety of specialized Bunnies (like the Jet Bunnies). Kim Farber was a Theater Bunny who worked at the Chicago Playboy Theater box office before being called up to the big leagues to star as the centerfold in the February 1967 edition. Trim with bobbed hair, her pixie appeal is balanced by her mod '60s sophistication. Let her take your ticket to see the real main attraction in her stunning pictorial.
Live life to the fullest with the dreamy waifs from the pages of Playboys past in the galleryabove.


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American Council on Exercise4851 Paramount DriveSan Diego, California 92123
Receive unique offers and information on specialist programs, workshops, free webinars and more.
With more than two-thirds of U.S. adults classified as overweight or impacted by obesity by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the demand for health and fitness professionals is growing. Unfortunately, helping those clients make lasting change goes far beyond traditional personal training. In this workshop, you'll discover strategies to empower clients to make long-term healthy changes and meet meaningful goals. Learn to increase your value as a professional, and set yourself up to not only boost business but help eliminate the obesity epidemic.
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Please note that there are no pre-requisite educational requirements for the Fitness Programming for Overweight Clients and Clients Affected by Obesity workshop.
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Hopefully they have fixed all the glitches that occurred in the workshop I attended in San Francisco. They did not have manuals for us, by accident they were returned back to Ace. I was hoping they would cover issues regarding the emotional side of obese training and more on how to encourage discouraged clients. We basically covered exercises for obese clients and that's it.
It was a great workshop, even better than I expected! The insructor was fantastic and kept us moving and engaged. I thought it was helpful for classes and other clients as well, not just obese/overweight. The only thing I would say is that I thought he went into too much detail about all the exercises in the handbook. I felt we did too many of them (pretty much the whole book of every exercise). I would have rather done a few less and gone over more of the other sections of the handbook we didn't get to. Overall though, I really enjoyed it and got a lot out of it!
ACE RESPONSE: Thank you for the fantastic feedback! We are glad that you enjoyed the workshop!
I found this course, not only, helpful in teaching how to train the more obese client, but how to begin a training program with the beginning exerciser as well, whether they are young, old, only slightly overweight, etc. I feel much more comfortable, now, working with , what seems to me, the most challenging, as well as rewarding, client a trainer can work with. I would, definitely, recommend this course to anyone working in the fitness industry.
ACE RESPONSE: Thank you for the great feedback on this workshop!
This workshop for this growing population was extremely helpful. It approached the skill-level and do's/don'ts (things that some of us may not have even realized) and how to effectively help this population with regression and progression exercises. Being held in a group setting was even more helpful because we all learned techniques from each other and everyone brought up interesting questions related to this topic. It could be updated to incorporate some of the recent Fit Pro and IDEA articles into the course (regarding additional obstacles and psychological insights) but this workshop is definitely recommended.
Was good but it did not go deep enough for me
I suggest this be made at least a weekend training class and make a portion of one day devoted to adolescent obesity. At this young age it is important to instill fitness into their lives so a lifestyle change is made early. It is as much what young people do outside of the training session as what is done with the trainer.
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You can sign me up again Rhonda.
"Life is mostly froth and bubble, but one thing stands as stone. Kindness in another's trouble, courage in one's own." Adam Lindsey Gordon
O.k. ill give you the good news first. My neighbor came over on friday and helped me clean my sewing room. Shes a good organizer. Just dont let my dh look in the hall closet. We cleaned that out and put four tubs of fab in. And about six batts.
Now for the bad news, i had a bag all my gifties were in...gotta find it. Ill look in the closet tomorrow when dh is at work. If i still cant find it, ill make new. So if you're my swap partner, let me know what colors you like, or else ill surprise you. It may take a few extra days, since i was planning on mailing on monday am. So sorry for any inconveinience.
Rhonda, Sign me up please. I'm pm'ing you now.
Here's my next scrappy that I'm starting. What do you think? Too scrappy or should I do all the neutral colors the same??
I like it the way it is! The neutrals all blend together.
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Its scrappy, they all look great togrther
Scrappy Grace, I think they look fantastic!
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The Latitude 64 Gold Pain is an overstable midrange driver that is easy to throw with a reliable flight path. It is good for players with a lot of power and also for the average player who needs a reliable disc in windy conditions.
It is available in the Opto Line plastic which makes it reliable and durable under all circumstances. It is also available in the Gold Line providing a little better grip without losing the excellent durability of Opto Line.
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It's Showtime Continues Global Expansion Into Australia
- Written by Dave Walsh
To become a global kickboxing promotion, you have to promote all over the world. That includes going to some of the true hotbeds of the sport, which includes Western European countries and countries in the Pacific. For It's Showtime, they have most of Europe covered, with relationships spanning most of the major European countries, from their home in the Netherlands to Italy, the UK, Belgium, France and Poland. Hell, they are even running a show in Russia. Japan is currently in a state of turmoil, and is probably not safe for any outsider to be doing business in, especially with It's Showtime's relationship with K-1, which leaves a Muay Thai and Dutch kickboxing haven of Australia.
Well, say no more, as today on It's Showtime's Simon Rutz's Facebook page, Rutz indicated that within the next month they should have details ironed out for an Australian show. Rutz indicated that he had his sights set on Canberra or Sydney to run a show, but has no promotional partner of late. If you've wondered about It's Showtime's international shows, you'll notice that another person or entity will "present" It's Showtime shows. The last show was presented by promotional company Fighting Stars and their big France show is hosted by famous international kickboxer Kader Marouf.
It's Showtime's expansion plans are smart; they work with local names and form strong alliances with them to make doing business in foreign countries easier. You'll notice that the name Fighting Stars pops up often when it comes to It's Showtime, as they have strong bonds. That is what they look for in promoting kickboxing (American kickboxing promoters, are you listening to this? If you want to work with Rutz contact us and we'll hook you up).
A show in Australia would be a very good idea, as Australia is known for having some great kickboxing and muay thai talent due to its location, being in close proximity to Thailand and having strong European influences throughout the nation. There are a few high profile names from Australia that still compete today; Ben Edwards, Peter Graham, Nathan Corbett, Paul Slowinski and John-Wayne Parr. For a nation not Thailand, Japan or the Netherlands, that is a high concentration of strong names and there are plenty more within the Australian scene.


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Pretty Muddy is a 5k adventurous obstacle course mud run for any woman who wants to get outside, spend time with friends and have fun.
– 5k Course (3.1 miles, run or walk)
– Women Only (sorry, guys)
– Mud (lots of it!)
– Architectural Obstacles (much better than shabby hay bales and shaky plywood)
– Pretty Epic Finish Line Party (Entertainment, music, drinks & celebration galore)
Wear whatever you feel comfortable exercising in, as long as you don't mind it getting dirty.
A valid ID and a signed copy of your waiver for check in.
Change of clothes. Bring a fresh set of comfortable clothes (including shoes) to change into after your wave. Don't forget to include a plastic bag (to stash your muddy gear), waterproof sunscreen (sunburn and mud are not a good look) and a towel to dry off. There will be plenty of bathrooms on site, showers to rinse off and private changing areas so you can get clean and enjoy the day.
A camera. These are pretty awesome memories you'll want to remember and share!
Cash and credit cards. We'll have a variety of food and beverages available for purchase throughout the day, along with some pretty awesome gear.
Friends and family! We'll have lots of places for them to cheer you on, take photos and add to the day's excitement.
And here's what to leave at home:
Jewelry. We'd hate for your priceless family tiara to get lost in the mud!
Pets. Really, who wants to drive home with a wet, muddy dog?
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Pretty Muddy is excited to work with Impact-Foto for our 2014 season!
Pre-purchase photography options will be available at the Impact-Foto booth at each event. We will also be sending out instructions on where and how to view and purchase your photos after your event. For more information about Impact-Foto and your Pretty Muddy pictures, visit their Facebook page.


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The Five Keys to Mindful Loving"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships that focuses not on finding an ideal mate but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Here, he explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play… Read More
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How to Sustain Intimacy and Nurture Genuine ConnectionIntimacy is one of the great powers and joys of life, yet all too often it gets clouded by miscommunication, a loss of affection, and a lack of mutual support. Here therapist David Richo shows us how to use mindfulness to better understand ourselves and our partners so that we can:Increase our capacity to give and receive love by recognizing how our past relationships affect our current lifeImprove physical and… Read More
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20 Games Like Custom Robo GX()
Kingdom Hearts
The premise of Kingdom Hearts is designed around traveling to a collection of levels that are both original designs, and based on various Disney stories, referred to in-game as "Worlds". The Worlds are populated by NPC's, based on relevant characters from the corresponding Disney story, for example, the World based on Disney's Alice in Wonderland features appearances by Alice, the White Rabbit, and the Queen of Hearts. Interacting with these characters forms part of gameplay, while combating the games enemies, the "Heartless" forms the other.
Successful completion of a World is accomplished by defeating a key foe, which is either the primary villain from the Disney story, a unique Heartless of particular strength, or a combination thereof. Each world has a key foe which must be defeated, although there are many mini-bosses, side quests and treasures to be found that contribute to character progression within the game, and give bonuses for their completion in the form of weapons, items, and bonus scenes.
The game uses an experience based progression system, with experience gained by defeating foes. Experience gained rises in relation to the strength of the foe, and is consistent for each enemy over the course of the game. Levels are gained with experience, and provide increases to stat attributes in strength, defence, magic, hit points, magic points and ability points, with a new, predetermined ability unlocked approximately every four levels. Enemies also drop a combination of four types of reward upon death, green orbs that replenish HP, blue, translucent bubbles that replenish MP, yellow diamonds that contribute funds to the in-game currency "Munny", and tiny chests that when picked up, add a item to the players inventory based on the foe defeated. Such items include those used to restore HP and MP, items to aid party members or synthesis materials which can be used to create weapons and armor.
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To cross from one corner of an intersection to the opposite corner through the means of a straight line. This can be accomplished no matter how busy the intersection is as long as the participants are brave and quick enough to avoid oncoming vehicles.
Two people need to get to the north-east corner of an intersection from the south-west corner of the same intersection. While this would normally be achieved through crossing the street to the north and then crossing the street again to the east. Instead, they execute a California crosswalk and run in a straight line diagonally across the intersection
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ORT and other Russian television companies have been particular targets of Lukashenko's regime. Because of the regime's success in muzzling domestic opposition and any local independent news media, Belarusians must tune in to Russian TV -- ORT, NTV, and RTR -- for an alternative to Lukashenko-controlled versions of the news.
With this in mind, Lukashenko last year turned his ire on critical coverage by the Russian news programs and their Minsk-based correspondents. He accused them of biased reporting, charging that they sought to subvert his regime and its fraternal relationship with Russia. Just as the Soviet-era Kremlin jammed "subversive" foreign radio broadcasts by the BBC, Radio Liberty, and Voice of America, Lukashenko has sought to silence the "subversive" Russian television outlets, by expelling their correspondents or lifting the credentials of reporters and their news organizations.
Sheremet has earned the regime's anger by covering opposition rallies and exposing Lukashenko's Soviet-style political tactics. In July 1997, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry suspended Sheremet's special events accreditation in an effort to prevent ORT from covering public gatherings on July 3, the new national independence day. Lukashenko had lobbied to change Belarus' independence day from July 27, the day the country declared its post-Soviet sovereignty, to the new date, marking a Soviet-era holiday. Foreign Ministry officials accused Sheremet of insulting the president and the nation of Belarus in a June 28 broadcast that characterized the new independence day date as "President Lukashenko's idea." (Foreign Ministry officials claimed the date change was "the will of the people," expressed in a controversial 1996 referendum on the subject.) The ministry demanded an apology from ORT; when it didn't come, Sheremet's accreditation was permanently revoked, for "biased reporting" of events in Belarus.
In an incident that strained relations with Russia, Sheremet, his cameraman, and their drivers, all Belarusian citizens, were detained by border guards on July 22 while filming a report on smuggling and border security at Belarus' frontier with Lithuania. Sheremet and his cameraman had requested permission to film, but received no reply. Undeterred, Sheremet jumped a fence to film unguarded border areas, demonstrating how easily smugglers could cross the Belarusian frontier (only weeks before, Lukashenko said he had ordered extra guards to the borders). Sheremet and his colleagues were arrested and charged with illegally crossing the border. Despite their eventual release, Belarus pressed charges against Sheremet and one crew member. In January, they were found guilty of crossing an unguarded section of Belarus border with Lithuania, "exceeding their professional rights as journalists" and participating in a conspiracy. The court gave Sheremet a two-year suspended sentence.
Sheremet, a native of Minsk, was producer and anchor of a weekly news and analysis program called Prospekt on Belarus state TVs Channel 1 for a year, until the program was ordered off the air by Lukashenko in April 1995, one week before a controversial referendum that greatly increased his powers. Sheremet began working for ORT in 1995 and that year won the Belarus PEN Center's Adamovich Prize as best television reporter in Belarus


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Town Square
Jobs recovery is stronger than pass recessions
Original post made by Chet, Danville, on Sep 2, 2010
A jobless recovery? Hardly.
By historical standards, the labor market is recovering nicely -- job growth has started earlier than in past recessions.
But the unemployment problem isn't going away. An especially tough recession has raised the bar on the amount of job growth needed to recover, magnifying the pain of the struggling labor market.
The unemployment rate hit a high-water mark of 10.1% in October 2009 and has since fallen to 9.5%. Payrolls began growing in November and, excluding the impact of temporary census jobs, the economy has added jobs every month since January.
That's a much quicker peak than previous job market recoveries.
After the 1990-91 recession ended, the economy lost nearly 300,000 additional jobs in the 11 months that followed. And the 2001 recession was followed by a so-called jobless recovery that lasted for nearly two more years.
"Sustained, positive job formation began earlier in this recovery than in the prior two recoveries," said Lakshman Achuthan, managing director of Economic Cycle Research Institute.
But today's economy is different. The problem is that the damage done during the Great Recession was so severe, it will take a lot more growth than normal to dig the job market out of its hole.
There were 8.4 million jobs lost in 2008 and 2009 -- roughly 7% of all jobs at the start of the recession. That compares to a loss of 3.1% of all jobs during the 2001 recession and the jobless recovery that followed, and only 1.9% of jobs lost during and after the 1990-91 recession.
And there are concerns about the fact that job growth has slowed dramatically from the spring of this year when employers were adding about 200,000 workers a month to payrolls. Even at that pace of hiring, it would take more than three years to get jobs back to pre-recession levels.
Right now, it's not even close. Overall payrolls, excluding the temporary boost from census jobs, have increased by an average of just 12,000 jobs a month over the last three months.
And as the government prepares to release its August jobs report on Friday, economists, employers and job seekers are all watching with bated breath.
Brusca said given the fact that job losses took place throughout 2008 and 2009, it's still too soon to conclude whether the recovery is going to come up short. He's still hoping growth picks up in the fall as businesses start to gear up for the holiday shopping period.
"The summer is not the time you want to be taking the temperature of the economy," he said. "Come September and October, if the data is still weak, I'll sing a different song."
But the weaker numbers of late have sparked fears that the nascent jobs recovery could stall out and the economy could topple into a double-dip recession.
Heidi Shierholz, labor economist for the Economic Policy Institute, thinks another shot of stimulus spending by the federal government is called for in order to avoid more job losses.
"We owe the growth we have seen to the measures that the Fed and Congress took in early 2009," she said. "It's great to put the brakes on the jobs losses of last year, but we need to do more."
a resident of Diablo
on Sep 2, 2010 at 9:26 am
So, apparently the economy is starting to fill-in the gaping hole that the titans of finance dug for us all.
Problem is that the hole, as the article states, is almost 9 million jobs deep. So deep, in fact, that it reaches all the way to China.
a resident of Walnut Creek
on Sep 18, 2010 at 7:53 pm
47% of the $850,000 collected to elect Senator Mark Desaulnier was from Sacramento. Sacramento is not in Desaulnier's seventh senate district. The people in the seventh senate district now know why their voices are not heard on legislation in the California State Senate.
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I was reading some of the older Beesource threads today and wondered if there was a Beesource Hall of Fame, who would be inducted? I'll start with two whose contributions have lead to their names being permanently tied with the concept they introduced here.
"Mountain Camp" - the founder of the "Mountain Camp Method" of putting granulated sugar on top of a hive to supplement stores and get a colony through winter.
"D Coates" - the desiginer of "D Coates 5 frame nucs" (4 nucs from a single sheet of plywood).
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You know, I can totally see Manti lying about every thing. With what evidence is here already, I really can.
But I could also see a poor susceptible 22 year old man who has no way of knowing how to get out of a situation when he receives a phone call on december 26th with the same voice of a "woman" who he apparently fell in love with, claiming she is still alive, with a ton of incriminating knowledge about the man who is about to be a multi-millionaire.
Let's get this to come full circle. This just seems to be another Tebow thing, where the general public wants to see a media-persona good person crash and burn. Let's just see what actually comes of it.


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Home › Forums › Campfire › Post-Trip Reports › Anatomy of a 24: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Jan 14, 2013 at 11:01 am #1297995
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
My favorite type of adventure usually spans at least 5 days and averages 100-150 miles. This type of trip gives me the range to really explore an area and the time to become completely immersed in the process. Not all days are equal though. The first day is a gradual process of letting go of mundane stresses, expectations for the trip, mileage goals, and other thoughts that detract from the experience. By the second day, I am in the zone. Sense of time is lost and there is a heightened appreciation for the little moments like meals, views, or any experience that differs from the process of putting one foot in front of the other. This continues until the final day, when again I am all about goals, specifically to finish the trek and find a local restaurant. At trip's end, I am usually both drained and elated, and the euphoria often lasts for days.
Unfortunately, there isn't always enough time for this sort of trip. I still need to get in my dirt time though, and this is where the 24 (or overnighter) comes into play. The problem with the 24 is that there is only the first day and the last day. Lost is that crucial middle part so vital for recharging my spirit. Additionally, it is hard to get the same sense of accomplishment because mileage and consequently ability to explore tends to be significantly more modest. If not well planned, the 24 can be a letdown.
I have two strategies for avoiding this. One is to take advantage of other means of self-propelled travel like biking, packrafting, or trail running to get out into the wilderness farther and faster. Dialing up the intensity and allowing me to see the wilderness in different ways enhances my sense of adventure and accomplishment. The second strategy is to focus on a goal other than hiking, like fishing or foraging. Here, participating in an activity with successes that are measured in ways other than mileage allows me to slip into a relaxed state relatively more quickly.
The snow had begun to fall in Michigan and I badly needed a night out. With only a limited time available, I was wracking my mind trying to come up with a suitable challenge. I had initially been thinking about a backcountry ski/packrafting trip but jettisoned this idea once Stephen M and I started talking about a Manistee River trip in the upcoming month. Instead, I decided to go up to Pictured Rocks in hopes of finding some ice to photograph. Ever since last winter's trip, Pictured Rocks had haunted my dreams.
I woke at 1:30 am to the sound of our puppy asking to go out. Afterwards, as she snuggled back into bed warmly with my wife, I headed out into the cold darkness to begin my journey. The 6 hour car ride lulled me into a reverie that not even the flashing red lights in my rearview mirror could diminish for long. In my eagerness to begin, I had let my speed creep up on one of those long stretches of deserted highway.
Skiing out on the snowed in Little Beaver Lake Road. It was easy to make good time in this area, and I soon reached the White Pine Trail which would take me to the lakeshore. A narrow singletrack with many hills and tight turns, this trail greatly challenged my skiing ability.
Still smiling after a series of controlled falls
Along this trail, I discovered a large cave I hadn't seen before. It even had a nice sleeping alcove in the back.
I continued along until I reached Twelve Mile Beach where I was momentarily disappointed not to find any shelf ice. Putting aside my expectations, I was quickly mesmerized by the surreal beauty of the lakeshore
Slabs of mud formed by the crashing surf
Waves batter the frozen shoreline in the Coves section of the trail
Twisted roots
A secluded cove
Looking out over layers of color
A precarious perch
My grumbling stomach reminded me that I hadn't eaten in hours. Thanks to a recent trip with Stephen Mullen, I was deep in the throes of a raging cheese addiction. Suddenly, it wasn't enough to have a little sausage and cheese. Now I had to have a whole freaking cheese board.
Shown here: Chorizo, red dragon, drunken goat, and onion and chive cottswold.
The cliffs were hung with yellow ice, a product of the same mineral that colored the sandstone
Looking toward Spray Falls. Note the stunted forest of ice frosted trees, hapless victims of the freezing mist from the falls
Nearing Spray Falls, the trail became nearly impassable. Along the cliffs, I had struggled with the constant entanglement of my skis in the dense growth that choked the trail. Now I had to literally crawl through this ice maze, dragging my pack and skis and cursing cheerfully
I won't comment on where I was standing to get this shot
At the top of Spray Falls looking out
My favorite tree
A frozen Chapel Creek flowing into Lake Superior
Chapel Rock battered by the waves
Looking toward Grand Portal Point as daylight fades into dusk
Grand Portal Point
Cliffs at dusk
An angry sky
As darkness fell, I continued on towards my chosen campsite at Mosquito Beach. Not wanting to waste time with shelter, I tossed down my bivy on a thinning patch of snow and got to work cooking dinner, my favorite pasta with chicken in a San Marzano tomato sauce. I snuggled into my downy quilt as I ate, content with the way the day had gone. I was asleep by 7 pm.
I woke in the darkness, firing up my stove from the comfortable warmth of my quilt to brew some coffee. I was on my way by first light, skiing the trail from Mosquito Beach back towards Chapel Lake Road. The trail was wide and easy to navigate, making for some of the most enjoyable skiing of the trip.
Arriving at the snowed in trailhead, I skied the 5 miles up Chapel Road and another 5 along H58 back to my car. This section was no fun (rutted, rocky, uphill all the way), but I looked at it as due payment for the trip. Arms raised in victory as I caught first glimpse of my car, I headed out in search of breakfast.Jan 14, 2013 at 11:29 am #1943704
Stephen MBPL Member
@stephen-mLocale: Way up North
Fabolous trip report as always Ike, I am glad you caught the cheese lust :-)Jan 14, 2013 at 6:04 pm #1943857
todd harperBPL Member
@funnymoLocale: Sunshine State
I have run out of words for your trip reports! Thank you, thank you.Jan 14, 2013 at 6:46 pm #1943874
Hoot FilsingerBPL Member
@filsingerLocale: Pacific Northwest
I like Ike!
Especially like the photos of chapel rock and yellow ice. Super lighting, color saturation, and composition.
HootJan 14, 2013 at 8:25 pm #1943909
Clayton MauritzenSpectator
@glacierramblerLocale: NW Montana
Really enjoyed this. Thank you.Jan 14, 2013 at 8:45 pm #1943915
W I S N E R !BPL Member
You're becoming one of my solo trip heroes.Jan 15, 2013 at 10:42 am #1944054
Jacob DBPL Member
@jacobdLocale: North Bay
Ike, awesome photos and from the sound of it, quite an awesome trip too! Jealous.Jan 15, 2013 at 10:47 am #1944056
Nico .BPL Member
@nickbLocale: Los Padres National Forest
Great shots Ike. What a neat setting. The almost tropical blue of the water belies the fact it's probably just above freezing!
Thanks for sharing. You're a steady stream of high quality trip reports!Jan 15, 2013 at 11:13 am #1944062
Ben CBPL Member
@alexdrewreedLocale: Kentucky
Just beautiful!Jan 15, 2013 at 3:20 pm #1944144
Clint N.BPL Member
@cnewittLocale: Utah
This is a beautifully written and photographed trip report. You are definitely inspiring me to get out and enjoy the winter.
If I may get off the trip report for a bit, I am interested in adding skiing to my outings so I'm interested in what gear you're using. I don't plan to get into serious vertical stuff, just some nice rolling terrain where skiis will be faster than showshoes and increase the fun on gentle descents. From the little I know, it seems like Nordic Backcountry gear (metal edges) will fit the bill. Is this what you use? What skiis, bindings, boots and poles specifically? Would you make any changes to what you have? Thanks, again a nice writeup.Jan 15, 2013 at 5:03 pm #1944166
Tom KirchnerBPL Member
@ouzelLocale: Pacific Northwest/Sierra
Excellent trip report, Ike. A very well planned and executed quickie that extracted the max out of a very short time span. It also took me back to a long ago time when I was a kid growing up in that neck of the woods. Classic Northern Michigan at its best. As for the pictures, all I can say is WOW, you are a master! Thanks for sharing.Jan 15, 2013 at 5:16 pm #1944172
HkNewmanBPL Member
@hknewmanLocale: Western US
Excellent trips and food for thought. What were the lows?Jan 16, 2013 at 8:08 am #1944314
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
Thank you all for the really nice comments. A number of you were truly inspirational in my move towards a greater interest in photography and composition.
Clint- As a novice skier, I'm probably not the best one to comment on ski gear. I have a very basic NNN-BC setup. (Alpina BC5 boots, Rottefella NNN-BC magnum bindings, Alpina Red Tail (Discovery) waxless skis, cheap aluminum poles). The skis are an inexpensive, do-all ski for the midwest- just narrow enough at 68 mm to squeeze into groomed tracks, wide enough for floatation in the backcountry, short enough (170) to facilitate turning, and cheap enough that I don't get too upset about the number of dings I put in them. Would I do anything different? A beefier boot for more technical terrain or downhills, but my light boots do pretty well with most of the stuff here. The only useful advice I can really give is to get something and get out there.
HK- the midwest has been unseasonably warm this winter. Lows were around 22F.Jan 16, 2013 at 9:13 am #1944338
Eugene SmithBPL Member
@eugeneiusLocale: Nuevo Mexico
Loved this tremendously Ike. You've progressed your outings quite a bit over the years, it motivates me to think outside the box more. I should ask myself, "What would Ike do?"
Photography on trips can be a hassle sometimes, figuring out how to integrate it into the moment isnt always a natural process. Improving your craft is important and adds to the quality. It may be more enjoyable for us as a witness to your experience through your photographs and words, than it was for you to put the work into posting. I can empathize with you regarding the time that goes into these.
Thanks for sharing your trip here and improving the value of this site.Jan 16, 2013 at 12:04 pm #1944386
Tony WongBPL Member
@valsharLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
Stunning photos….love the shots of the sea shore with the ice and the lone tree on a pilar of sandstone.
Amazing contrast of elements there.
Appreciate your taking the time to write up a great trip report with great photos to take us along your journey.
-TonyJan 17, 2013 at 9:21 am #1944673
spelt with a tBPL Member
@speltLocale: SW/C PA
Amazing pictures. Looks like it was a great trip. I am with you on the cheese!Jan 17, 2013 at 2:42 pm #1944777
Edward ZBPL Member
@fuzzLocale: Sunny San Diego
Fantastic photos and writeup!Jan 19, 2013 at 12:01 pm #1945282
Philip DelvoieBPL Member
@philipdLocale: Ontario, Canada
Great pictures and write up Ike. This is definitely pushing me toward a winter trip.Jan 19, 2013 at 1:29 pm #1945301
Travis LeannaBPL Member
@t-lLocale: Wisconsin
Ike, awesome again. We were gonna go right after Christmas, but a case of bronchitis kept us home. I recognize that little cave you're by. I crawled inside it when I was there, and found a cave painting. I like to imagine that it is countless years old and authentic, but I'm not holding out any hopes. Looks cool though! Maybe a deer, elk, or moose?
Jan 22, 2013 at 4:27 am #1946064
michael leviMember
@m-lLocale: W-Never Eat Soggy (W)affles
What kind of camera did you use?Feb 10, 2013 at 5:25 pm #1953016
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
Loved the secluded cove and "the tree"!Feb 10, 2013 at 7:10 pm #1953039
Ken T.BPL Member
Excellent. Really beautiful.
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