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Erin Wasson "loved" One Teaspoon's designs which lead to her launching their global swimwear campaign.
The French-Italian model-and-actress doesn't need to wear a lot of make-up to feel comfortable in her own skin.
Coco Rocha and Karolina Kurková will appear on Naomi Campbell's new TV show The Face.
Karl Lagerfeld says healthy competition in the fashion industry is creatively stimulating for designers.
The new host of House of Style will be revealed at the MTV Video Music Awards in September. The show's shooting schedule coincides with New York Fashion Week, but will debut officially on October 9.
Roberto Cavalli's brands include Cavalli Vodka and to help promote it the designer has released a video tutorial to help fans make his favorite cocktail.
The fashion designer has created the clothing the UK team will compete in at the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games.
Designers David Neville and Marcus Wainwright have previously shunned print pictures, but chose the iconic supermodel to front their first campaign.
To make things more interesting, the Sperry team asked that we coordinate our looks according to four given themes: 'Tea Time', 'Tour Around Town', 'Wimbledon Whites' and 'Olympic Games'.
The 28-year-old model is the eldest daughter of Rolling Stones star Sir Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall. She credits her rock star father and model mother for giving her a natural sense of style.
The editor of Vogue is due to hold the lucrative dinner party on August 6 with tickets estimated at $35,800 per plate.
The model strutted for Burberry Prorsum's Fall/Winter 12 catwalk show. It was the first time she'd graced the stage and she was petrified something would go wrong.
The fashion designer has taken part in a contest to find a super stylish dresser. Readers of a magazine sent in pictures of themselves in their favorite outfit, with Roland picking the best and presenting them with one of his dresses.
David Neville and Marcus Wainwright put "blood, sweat and tears" into their label Rag & Bone.
The creative director of Lanvin is planning to increase the amount of carry cases the fashion house produces.
Earlier this month, the designer confirmed she was working on the collection which is called Stella. It was known there would be five different bra shapes on offer and the pieces have now been unveiled.
Korean artist Sung Hwan Kim presents the first specially commissioned installation to be unveiled in The Tanks, Tate Modern's new galleries permanently dedicated to performance and film. The exhibition is supported by Sotheby's and runs from 18 July to 28 October.
The designer has revealed details about his make-up collection for the Japanese beauty firm. To front his 17-piece holiday range, Karl created Mon Shu, a character who will be the face of the collaboration between him and the cosmetics company.
Roksanda has a certain type of female in mind when she is designing. She likes to think of the woman who would wear her pieces as being both edgy and chic.
Lindsey Wixson and Madison Headrick bonded while they were in Paris for Haute Couture Fashion Week recently.
Lanvin's 82-year-old model didn't smile when shooting Lavin's new campaign, so people thought she was "mad".
The British fashion star has spoken about the influence she's had in the industry. She was one of the first not to finish the end of her items properly, but she warns that only works with certain looks.
Raf Simons has discovered "specific codes" since he began working at Christian Dior.
The model jetted to the French capital to walk in the high end shows earlier this month and also found the time to sample some of the city's shops.
Beverly Johnson says starving was an "occupational hazard" of modeling when she started out.


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His music career has been long and equally varied. He began playing professionally in the mid-'60s when he was only 13 with Kui Lee and performed with his brother, Moses, as the Kahumoku Brothers in the '70s and '80s. In 1979, he received the highest honor in Hawaii's recording industry, a Na Hoku Hanohano Award, for his slack key compositions on Aunty Edith Kanaka'ole's album Hi'ipoi I Ka 'Aina Aloha (Cherish the Beloved Land). His sound has been described as being very traditional and organic, with a smooth balance that betrays a harmonious relationship with nature. Displaying both his position in the Hawaiian music scene and his educational bent, he has played a part in several films about the culture and music of Hawaii. He contributed to the soundtrack of Steven Okazaki's 1992 documentary Troubled Paradise and had a part in two slack key documentaries, Eddie Kamae's The Hawaiian Way (1993) and Susan Friedman's 1994 film Ki Ho'alu -- That's Slack Key Guitar. Kahumoku also completed a soundtrack for a film about Hawaii's sovereignty movement, specifically the economic issues that have affected native Hawaiians since the overthrow of Queen Lili'oukalani. The film, titled Onipa'a, is set to be issued by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Kahumoku's work on that film inspired him to release his first solo album, a tribute to Queen Lili'oukalani titled E Lili'u, in 1995. That year also brought Kahumoku's first release with his son, Keoki Kaliko Kahumoku, titled Ho'oilina -- The Legacy. The album, which featured father and son playing slack key guitar and ukulele, includes traditional Hawaiian family songs as well as new compositions. In 1999 Kahumoku also released an album of Hawaiian Christian hymns entitled Hymns of Hawaii with Daniel Ho. Hawaii's Classics followed a year later. ~ Stacia Proefrock, Rovi
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Hey all. I'm Den. Recently discovered my passion for bikes after a long hiatus due to the last bike I loved being stolen. Prior to that I was out riding every friday and saturday night thru town with mates just being a general pain in the ass lol. And every saturday and sunday we'd be out hitting the skate parks, trails or just cruising around town.
I had a few different bikes back then. The 2 main ones were an old cheapy 24" MTB that I had fitted a 20" single speed rear wheel. Looked terrible but I loved it haha. The second was my free agent/diamondback BMX. Trusted that bike with my life which I find hard to do. So when it was stolen so was my passion for riding. But I'm slowly getting back into the game after realising that riding around is actually a great way to stay fit.
1.) Where you are from? Gold Coast, Australia.
2.) What kind of rider do you consider yourself? Weekend warrior at the moment.
3.) How many bikes you own? I own 6 bikes at the moment, 4 I'm keeping to use, 1 I'm fixing up for a friend and the last is a POS for parts.
-Specialized HT MTB (unsure of model or year), currently my commuter
-Easton BMX (unsure of model or year), just for learning tricks and stuff
-Apollo road bike (unsure of model or year), going to be a resto project
-An old beach cruiser, no idea of make or model or year as I'm only new to these cruisers. But damn it looks cool! I will post pics up as soon as I give them all a bit of a clean, hopefully someone might be able to help identify the models I have.
4.) How long have you been riding? On and off for about 14 years
5.) What forums do you frequent most? I shall start to frequent this site as well as Australian Cycling Forums. And any others that might be worth a looksie.
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Cover Story
The Master of Disaster
By Nicole Sweeney Etter | Photo courtesy of Catholic Relief Services
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The Communists were coming. For weeks, the Khmer Rouge army marched toward the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, where Patrick Johns, Arts '71, was a Catholic Relief Services rookie on his first assignment abroad. When the Khmer Rouge started shelling the city, rockets and artillery rained down on his neighborhood. One Sunday, while Johns and his coworkers were drinking their morning coffee, a rocket screeched overhead and leveled the house next door, where the director of the International Red Cross lived. Fortunately, no one was home. "All that day we had the shakes. When we went next door, we fully expected to see our neighbor and his wife in pieces," Johns remembers.
It would later take much more than that to shake the man his coworkers call "the master of disaster."
For 30 years, Johns has been at the frontlines of nearly every major humanitarian crisis in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. He has lived through wars, weather-related disasters and unfathomable human suffering.
"Picture a situation where it is lawless and people are desperate, whether it's a tsunami or Somalia where warlords are ruling the streets," says longtime colleague Frank Carlin. "All of a sudden somebody walks off the plane who is sizing up the situation, determining what needs to be done. That's the God-given gift Pat has. When he walks into a situation, he's sizing up in a way that few people can. And so much hangs in the balance. There's a real price to pay for mistakes."
It's not a job for the weak. Johns has endured malaria, hot and sticky weather with no running water, sleeping at his office quarters or with 30 people to a house, and work shifts that sometimes stretch 50 hours. "You're not so cognizant of the time and exhaustion it's the adrenaline pumping in your veins," he says.
His is a life of amazing adventure. "Every one of my assignments with CRS has brought new challenges that automatically regenerated my interest," says Johns, who speaks some French, Thai, Tagalog and Indonesian. "It's the uniqueness of the environment. Every one of my posts has been fascinating."
At Marquette, Johns majored in political science and history but had no post-graduation plans. But his potential was evident, says Ted Larkin, Arts '71, who was Johns' college roommate and later a CRS colleague. "Pat often thought globally," Larkin says. "He had a passion for things to be just, to be fair."
Johns worked for his father's bank for a while before calling on the family priest. "I'd really like to do something different with my life," he told him. The monsignor made a call, and within a week Johns interviewed with Catholic Relief Services. As the official international humanitarian agency of the U.S. Catholic Church, CRS serves more than 80 million people in 100-plus countries. "I always had ambitions to travel and see the world," Johns says.
He got his wish in 1974 when CRS sent him to Cambodia. The Vietnam War was raging next door and the Khmer Rouge was turning Cambodia into the infamous "Killing Fields." Cities became safe havens, and 1.5 million refugees crowded into Phnom Penh. "It was a war in all its ugliness," he says. "It was dangerous and exciting at the same time."
As CRS program administrator, Johns, then 25 years old, suddenly found himself managing a staff of 400 people. He was responsible for getting food and supplies into Phnom Penh. First the guerillas cut off the river, then the roads. The situation grew more desperate every day. "CRS was the lifeline for those people. We were really keeping 1.5 to 2 million people alive," he says. It was exhausting but meaningful work. "That whole experience in Cambodia really drove home my niche in life," Johns says.
In Cambodia Johns met his future wife, Sunny, a Filipina whose father was a war correspondent working in Phnom Penh. When they were evacuated to Thailand, they married and prepared for Johns' next assignment, this time in India.
CRS shipped 200,000 tons of food to India per year, and Johns handled logistics and managed programs that fed nearly 2 million people. Regular work was interrupted with the occasional emergency: first a cyclone, then floods.
A few years later, Johns was back in a war zone. He was called to relieve Carlin in East Timor. The tiny Southeast Asian island was struggling with mass starvation, the result of a guerrilla war with invading Indonesian forces.
"He was a quick study," Carlin says. "I remember sitting down and going over the battle plan in East Timor. We were talking about the obstacles, and as I'm mentally unloading, Pat's loading. And I thought, the situation's in good hands."
The Indonesian government let only two agencies enter East Timor: the International Red Cross and CRS. As CRS fed one-third of the country's population, the government watched Johns' every move. All the while, Johns also was navigating life as a husband and new father. His son, Bryan, was born in July 1981 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Sunny got used to packing the family's bags whenever CRS called.
The family was living in Madagascar when Johns was again called to relieve Carlin, this time in the mountainous country of Ethiopia. It was 1986, at the height of a drought and famine. Millions of people were starving, hundreds of thousands had already perished and rebel groups were fighting the Ethiopian government. "We were functioning in a war zone again," Johns says. His CRS crew was the only international agency working in the embattled provinces of Eritrea and Tigray. Johns, then 37, was more ready to shoulder the awesome responsibility of keeping alive 1.5 million people.
One day, rebels attacked a CRS convoy and destroyed seven trucks that provided critical food transport. "I was at a loss as to what to do. Without the trucks, we were in serious trouble," Johns says. He telephoned John O'Neil, the owner and founder of General Tire and a CRS supporter. Within an hour, O'Neil wired $1.5 million so Johns could buy new trucks.
Soon food had to be airlifted into Ethiopia, and there was no way to communicate between aid stations. Johns spent half his time on the road, where landmines were a constant danger, checking on CRS centers at the front lines. Often, he'd find a center was gone, destroyed.
It was depressing, exhausting work, and Johns found himself trying to lift the spirits of his staff, learning when to tell a joke to lighten the mood. There was no time for emotional breakdowns not until the work was done. "I've become hardened," he admits. "That's the gut-wrenching element of this work."
At the same time, Johns is often "the caregiver to the caregivers," says Jamieson Davies, CRS director of emergency operations. "Usually your rough-and-ready, disaster gypsy, cowboy sort isn't really strong on the caregiving," she says. "That's one of the things that's really special about Pat."
Johns' three-and-a-half-year assignment in Ethiopia was tough on the entire family. When Sunny left to visit her sister, there was a coup attempt and tanks rolled through the streets of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital where they lived. Johns and his son "went into shutdown mode," hunkering down until the trouble passed, while Sunny had no way to reach them to know they were safe. Johns decided he'd had enough war. "That program in Ethiopia really took a lot out of me," he says. He returned to CRS headquarters in Baltimore, where he worked first in the external affairs department and later as the coordinator of CRS programs in Africa.
In the fall of 1992 Johns was sent back into the field this time to Somalia. The country was in chaos: no government, bloodshed between clans, massive drought. "People were dropping like flies," he says. This was before the arrival of U.N. peacekeepers, and the streets were filled with 8- and 9-year-old boys toting machine guns and automatic weapons. "It was one of the scariest situations I've ever been in," he says. "It was complete breakdown of law and order."
Johns had his small staff under a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. They were forced to go two to three weeks without a shower. When U.N. peacekeepers arrived in December, Johns turned over the program to a new CRS crew and flew to Kenya. "I was never happier to see a place than when I arrived in Nairobi," he says.
In 1994, Johns' mission was the genocide in Rwanda, where CRS maintained an office. "More than a million people were butchered most by machete. The streets were full of bodies," he says. "Our first challenge was to get our people out. But as soon as we got them out, we started to plan our return."
When the holocaust was over, Johns and others focused on getting people back to rebuild their lives. "Rwanda was a turning point for our agency. It got us thinking about being more than just emergency responders to civil conflicts. We needed to address the root causes," he says.
He put that new approach into practice during his next assignment in the Philippines, where he redirected the program away from food aid and toward peace and justice, development and health programs. Johns focused on the troubled island of Mindanao and was single-handedly responsible for bringing the island's Christian and Muslim religious leaders to the table for peace-building talks. It was an uphill battle at first, but now, more than a decade later, the inter-religious coalition is still strong.
In 1999, Johns got a midnight call from Carlin at CRS headquarters. "We need you in Macedonia immediately," Carlin said. Johns caught the first flight and was there in 36 hours. His job: set up a camp for the Kosovar Albanian refugees flooding across the border from Kosovo into Macedonia.
Working with a British brigadier general, he designed a refugee camp for about 15,000 people. Soon, the sprawling camp called Stenkovic was sheltering 45,000 refugees. Johns and his colleagues worked 50-hour stretches with no sleep. He was bombarded with questions, requests and visitors at all hours. CRS executive Ken Hackett says that Johns was essentially "the mayor of Stenkovic."
"When you're managing camps or large resources for people in great need who are going through calamitous circumstances, you need someone who is very focused and fair and organized," Larkin says. "There's a lot of emotion and craziness in a disaster, and some people are better at handling that than others."
Humor is one way that Johns copes: "I didn't just blow in with the last typhoon," he jokes.
"He has a good sense of humor," Carlin says of Johns. "Nothing really intimidates him, and yet he isn't a cowboy. ... He doesn't have a lot of ego, and he has a deep faith. Without that, those shoulders would sag."
In 2003 Johns became director of the agency's emergency response team. He manages a dozen people, including specialists in shelter, water and sanitation, health, logistics, finance and security. "A month doesn't go by when I'm not deploying someone somewhere," he says.
Johns wakes up as early as 4:30 a.m. and scours the Web for the latest international and humanitarian disaster news. If something happened overnight, he wants to know about it before he gets to the office.
One of the agency's greatest tests came after the Asian tsunami in 2004. CRS had no history of working in Aceh province, a primarily Muslim part of Indonesia, and Johns had to start from scratch. Within days of the tsunami, Johns was surveying the coast by helicopter. Debris and bodies were everywhere. "I had never seen destruction like that before," he says. "The devastation reminded me of pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb."
A Catholic priest led him to a local clinic that was destroyed by the wave. Johns immediately organized clean-up crews that worked for more than 10 days to clear the debris, which was 10 feet high. Johns was proud when the clinic reopened for business in just eight weeks. By the end of 2005, CRS transformed the clinic into a full-fledged hospital.
In the fall of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Region. Although CRS usually only works overseas, the Catholic bishops in Louisiana asked "the master of disaster" to help sort out the chaos at home. Within 12 hours, Johns and Carlin flew to Houston, the closest they could get to the disaster scene, then drove to Baton Rouge. From there they led a convoy of school buses toward New Orleans International Airport, which was overflowing with medical cases waiting to be evacuated.
As the rest of the region poured out of New Orleans, Johns and Carlin fought their way in, talking their way through checkpoint after checkpoint. "Bureaucracy and red tape were preventing any movement of these helpless disaster victims," Johns says. When they finally arrived at the airport, they filled the buses with Katrina victims and became the first convoy to evacuate from the airport.
The Hurricane Katrina story became a legend in the CRS offices, but in time, it will likely be trumped by yet another Johns story.
"The situations keep getting more and more dicey as we go on," Carlin says, "and I always worry about it because I know when the flag goes up, Pat's off and running."
How to help
In addition to emergency response, Catholic Relief Services' 5,000-plus staff members concentrate worldwide on issues such as peace-building, HIV and AIDs, food security and education. You can support their efforts in the following ways:
Sign up for the CRS Legislative Network to receive action alerts and a newsletter about upcoming legislation and advocacy campaigns.
Give a unique twist to your holiday gift-giving. The CRS gift catalog allows you to purchase shares in projects that provide food security, health services and vocational training. Through the CRS Fair Trade Web site, you can ensure a fair wage for disadvantaged workers in developing countries by purchasing fair trade chocolate, coffee and handcrafts.
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I hate the Giants, but I respect the heck out of how you win games. In my opinion, the Giants play football the right way. Solid defense, as mistake free offense as you can. A balanced passing and rushing attack. That's what football is all about. Not that NCAA Tim Tebow spread option crap.
I have watched and rooted against the Giants for years [49ers fan] but I'm not blind to what I see. You don't go out there and beat teams down. You don't put 50 points on a bad team. You don't play a stifling defense that shuts people out and takes the ball away a lot. [The Falcons have been terrible on the road all year long, it wasn't just you guys] You just get it done. That's discipline. That's what it takes to be a champion. That's why my 49ers were 13-3 and on the door step. That's why our game went to OT and came down to mistakes.
I also wanted to vent for a moment and say that recently you guys have also been the luckiest team in the NFL... seriously, even the commentators were talking about how much luck the Gs have had. Again, it is not meant to take anything away from the victory, but don't deny it. Tom Brady, when asked about luck years ago, had this to say, "I guess I'd rather be lucky than good."
Here is looking forward to next year!
P.S. Someone else said it in another forums, but I think the 49ers and Giants have one of the best uniform combinations you could ask for on a football field. Red versus Blue with classic styles and simple logos with the city's initials. Nothing over the top. How ugly was the Packers Steelers Super Bowl? Double yellow pants? ugh!


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About the Book
Homicide detective Kate Farrer took a four-month leave from the force when the stress of the job threatened to crush her. Now she's back, at a crime scene as brutal as any she's ever witnessed. The charred corpse of a young woman, burned beyond recognition, smolders on a bed near a bag full of baby items. An autopsy reveals that the victim had recently given birth. Yet no child has been found.
Teaming up with a new partner, Oliver Parke, Kate struggles to hold her own demons at bay—while also pursuing leads in the seemingly unrelated affair of a missing teenager who was keeping secrets that may have cost her her life. But as disturbing clues begin linking their two investigations—and another unspeakably cruel murder secures the knot—Kate and Oliver realize with horror that a desperate killer's next victim might be the most innocent one of all.
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"Readers of Australian writer Kathryn Fox's latest novel will find suspense not only in her tight plotting but also in the rapport between her main character, homicide detective Kate Farrer, her new partner, Oliver Parke, and their relationships to the gruesome crimes they're investigating." — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Fox strews just enough clues to keep readers guessing, then twists the plot assuredly." — Publishers Weekly
"If you like captivating, edge-of-your-seat, suspenseful reads, then look no further than Skin and Bone, by Kathryn Fox." — BestSellersWorld.com
"If you're looking for something to satisfy that mystery-loving sense in your body, you couldn't do much better than this wonderful read. Go for it." — Blogcritics.org
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- On Sale: 10/13/2009
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There is a sure-fire, relatively easy way to requeen; can you bear to hear someone talk this way? It uses a "Thurber Long Cage" as described in Roy Thurber's book, "Bee Chats, Tips and Gadgets", now out of print. It describes a cage into which a new queen is placed which provides both a way for the queen to be fed and her pheromones picked up and for her to escape any bees which try to harass her.
A cage is bent up from 1/8" hardware cloth which is 3/16 thick, an inch or so wide and most any convenient length. Wood plugs are whittled to close each end. A "sheet metal tool" vicegrip makes the bending easy. Locate the mating edges in the middle of one side, not at corner. Don't overlap the mating edges, let them be 1/8" apart. Solder or epoxy the corners together.
First remove the old queen and wait a couple of days to be sure her pheromones have completely dissipated. If you are buying a new queen, the safest way is to find the old queen, put her into the cage and return her to the hive. Then call and order the new queen so you will know one is available and about when to expect her. Then it is easy to remove the old queen because you know right where to find her, right? When the new queen arrives, go into a room which can be closed off and which has a window to which the queen will fly if she gets away from you. Open the shipping cage and tease the attendant bees out, flipping them up into the air to get them out of the way. I presume it is worthwhile not to cause them to release any alarm phermonone. Catch the queen with a queen catcher (from any bee supplier). I urge that she be marked with a queen marking kit at this time. Then induce her, using patience, to crawl into the cage. Place the cage in the hive between two drawn (not foundation) frames in the middle and close the hive. (You can see you will need to have contrived some way to keep the cage from falling down. I cut the hardware cloth to leave one wide side extending and inch so it can be bent 90 degrees to the outside to form a handle.) A couple of days later, to provide a large factor of safety, open the hive and withdraw the cage. Be careful not to pull the bottom plug out of the cage! Now you have to be careful to avoid a problem. If you open one end and permit any bees to go in with the queen, Lord only knows how long it will be before she decides to come out! So contrive to release her onto the top bars when she comes to the open end - she is likely not to notice it since all she sees is open space everywhere - and watch her dive down into what is now her hive.
Focus on what has happened. The old queen's phermones are gone. The bees are mostly anxious to have a new one. They have been feeding the new queen through the cage and picking up her pheromones for a couple of days and distributing them through the hive. All the bees are now comfortable with her presence and her finally being free is nothing new. I have never failed to have a succeessful introduction. (Provided only that there is not a virgin queen in the hive unbeknownst to you!)


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I found an old beekeeper about 35 miles from me. He has about 150 hives. My father met him at a livestock sales yard in which they alow you to set up outside near the road with farm products and farming related items. After that this beekeeper came to the fleamarket where my parents set up and they talked more in detail. Yesterday we met for the first time. The main questions I had for him was what type bees he used and what did he use for treating for mites. He is against buying bees as in packages and buying queens that are stated as resistant to either or both types of mites. He lets the bees raise their own queens. He also traps swarms from a couple counties over to bring in new blood. He is against all the small cell theories. He says he treats every hive in the fall of the year and if a hive is showing alot of mites he retreats in the spring. His point that he kept coming back to is that there is only 3 types of bees and their hybreds used in the USA for honey production. He says there is no such thing as a Buckfast, Starline, Midnite, ect.. I agree with this to a point as the hybreds like starline and midnites will not stay true to the queen you buy. Buckfast and a couple other strains of bees have been line bred for many years are true strains. So from this first impression I think he is a little out of date or set in his ways. I tried to state my point of view on resistant bees but he would not listen. My view of resistant bees are that you will not have to treat as many hives and/or as often. He did say that he like carnolians for many of their traits but hated them because they swarm so bad. He dislikes the caucasians because of the propolis glueing the hives together so bad but said they were a good bee and that they did better in the yard up on the mountain than the Italians. When he does order queens he orders Italians. He said that the Italians had their own plus and minuses. One of which is they are from a subtropical area originally and that our late fairly strong honey flow would sometime stimulate them to raise brood instead of store for winter. He said he really liked using the italians for making splits and raising queens. His reason was that the queens made would be bred by our wild bees and make a good gentle hybred that would not make brood out of that late flow but store it. I have not looked for tracheal mites this year and one of the reasons was I have buckfast which are supose to be resistant to them. I had one hive on a screened bottom board in which I checked for varroa and did not find any until fall. The other two hives were on screened bottoms but had no board under them to check for mites. He made a big point about people with resistant bees neglecting their hives and not watching for mite problem or thinking their their problem is something else because they have bees that are not suppose to have problems with mites. This hit me hard because I did not check for tracheal mites this past year for the reason my bees are not suppose to get them and I did not see any problems. I thought if I had a slowing colony I would check and now I have rethought this and plan on checking a few bees once spring arrives.
Now for the main topic which is types of bees. So do you ladies and gents feel like he does about buckfast, midnites ect.? What about resistant strains like the buckfast and russians?
I have plans to work with him this spring. He does not see why we would go backwards and use TBHs for those of you that are using them. I am leaning toward resistant bees with small cell and monitoring for mites to save colonies and to use only the most resistant one that are gentle and good producers for raising queens. I hope to be were I will never have to buy bees or queens in a few years.


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Thiede receives most pay for extra meetings, travel
Should Crow Wing County commissioners receive extra pay on top of their $28,051 annual salaries for extra meetings they attend?
"There's the ongoing debate of whether or not we ought to get per diem at all or whether salaries ought to be increased," said commissioner Paul Thiede, who represents the majority of northern Crow Wing County. "I continually vote against a pay increase for us because it ought not to be about pay."
However, Thiede said with the past two county boards, the distribution of work and number of committee meetings each commissioner attends has affected what per diem each claims. Commissioners can claim $50 in pay per extra meeting they attend, plus mileage.
"Being furthest from the courthouse — I'm probably twice as far as anyone else for roundtrip to the courthouse — so I think it's fairly logical that my expenses will be more than others," Thiede said.
In fact, Thiede has had the highest reimbursement for extra meetings and mileage in the past couple of years. In 2012, the District 2 commissioner collected a total of $9,623, which included $5,250 in per diem and $4,373 in travel expenses.
District 5 commissioner Doug Houge, who now covers Manhattan Beach and Fifty Lakes, claimed no per diem in 2012 and $1,292 in travel expenses.
Other commissioners' claims included: Rosemary Franzen, District 4, $4,600 per diem and $1,480 travel expenses for a total of $6,080; Rachel Reabe Nystrom, District 3, $4,150 per diem and $1,496 travel expenses for total of $5,646; and former commissioner Phil Trusty, District 1, $500 per diem and no travel expenses for total of $500.
Thiede said he doesn't have a problem with people questioning the expenses he turns in and he has no problem justifying them.
"Anyone who thinks we aren't earning our pay should look at the last three budgets and see we have reduced the levy, and that should be an indication we're doing something right on the pay we're getting," Thiede said. "We've been paying attention to what needs to be done to keep the budget in control and that's, to me, an indication of our earning whatever pay we're currently getting."
He said some commissioners attend fewer meetings, and he attends more meetings for their educational value and to learn about issues.
"You can't pay me enough to do this job, but you shouldn't. It's a public service job," Thiede said. "I feel very comfortable with what I do and feel on an hourly wage I'm not overpaid for what I put into this job, and that's just the reality of it."


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Chargers Hope To Sign Free Agent Safety Jermaine Phillips
The San Diego Chargers announced today that they hosted Safety Jermaine Phillips for two days, hoping to sign the veteran free agent. While Phillips left San Diego Tuesday to visit Seattle, the Chargers are still very much in he mix to acquire his services.
As we pointed out almost a month ago, Jermaine Phillips would make an excellent addition to the San Diego Chargers defense, providing an immediate upgrade in both talent and leadership. Phillips has played an important role for Tampa Bay over the years, helping to lead a very strong Buccaneers backfield.
"Jermaine is a talented, physical veteran and we were excited to have an opportunity to get to know him better. He's played a role on some very good defenses. We enjoyed visiting with him." - Chargers General Manager A.J. Smith
The ball is essentially in Phillips' court at this point. As one of the better defensive backs left in free agency, Phillips has the opportunity to shop around a little. He headed to Seattle Tuesday but as of this post no signing has been announced. Phillips has ties in Seattle; Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley used to coach Phillips in Tampa Bay.
You could make the argument that the Chargers need Phillips more than he needs the Chargers. San Diego is desperate to upgrade the safety position after Clinton Hart failed miserably last year as a full-time starter. The Chargers have a young secondary and could use an infusion of leadership that a veteran like Phillips can provide. Outside of Jammer and Weddle, the secondary also was susceptible to being run over...Phillips' excellent run support would shore up that weakness immediately.
As far as I'm concerned, I think the Chargers cannot allow Jermaine Phillips to get away from them. The team would be much better off signing a veteran safety rather than trying to address the need in this year's draft. I think the team has done wonderfully to publicly announce their activities in free agency, but they need to step up and make sure they sign Phillips. Do not let this guy get away.
"I like to say I'm a human sacrifice. I throw my body in there at will for the team. I love to do it. That's my role, and that's what I'm going to do." - Jermaine Phillips on his approach to the game
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I would much rather sign Sean Jones from Cleavland than overpay phillips. SJ is only 26 and is a big hitter. That would solidify our safties for the next 3 to 4 years. He is a huge upgrade over heart with upside. Philips might be better right now, but not next year or the year after that. IMO if the chargers do not take a serious look at SJ they will regret it as saftey will be a need again in two years.
yeah but Jermaine Philips was on a much better defense than sean jones. and don't forget Philips has a superbowl ring that we ofcourse need,so he knows how to win.
Yea, I am an avid Bucs and Chargers fan, living in Seminole, FL. Don't event try to tell me that Sean Jones is a fraction of the player that Jermaine Phillips is. The guy flat out plays and can knock guys unconcious. I remember when the Titans were in Tampa and big ole Lendale White was barreling up the middle until Phillips put a lickin' on on White and knocked him back about five feet and onto his butt. There is no way the Sean Jones is as good as Phillips. The only problem with Phillips is that his forearm keeps breaking. That is because he plays so physically and uses his body as a cannon ball. I sure hope the Bucs don't lose Phillips but if they do then I would want him to go to the Bolts and play in Qualcom where he won a Super Bowl ring.
- Rob Zepeda said... Mar 4, 2009, 8:46:00 AM
Guys that watched him play last year told me Phillips was on his way to a Pro Bowl had he not got banged up and placed on IR
AJ! This has to get done!
Waiting at a chance to get SJ is stupid when we have a shot at picking up Phillips now. There are no guarantee's that SJ will even leave the Browns. Yes Phillips might be older, but he's one of the best in the game that's available. SJ is one of my choices to, but why wait when we have Phillips visiting. GET IT DONE CHARGERS. 808BOLTFAN.
there is no way in hell that i can bare to see another season watching hart in the backfield. get this done aj.. IMO they shouldnt even have let phillips walk out of qualcomm.. they should have signed him on the spot.. what else more do u need to talk about or discuss.. hes been on a defense has been fairly well or better.. hes a power hitter even more than mcree was and oh how i wish mcree was still here hitting people up like he did donald driver.. phillips is the guy.. we need more than any other player right now.. i know we have a need at mlb to help stop the run.. but phillips can help that as well.. hes perfect.. get him aj.. dont waste time.
- BettorFan Fantasy Sports said... Mar 6, 2009, 6:15:00 AM
AJ Smith better lock this down. This is a great way to shore up the defense quick.
jermaine phillips already re-signed with the bucs. that bastard.
so does that mean MIKE BROWN could stop bye?
Phillips re-signed with TB, which is a MAJOR disappointment. Now what?
I think phillips used us to get more money from TB. oh well, if Jones doesn't sign with the Eagles (which he probably will) I hope AJ throws some money his way. Or we should sit Hart and start Oliver. Oliver has shown potential of a starting safety for us. 808BOLTFAN.
- Joe Fiorentino said... Mar 9, 2009, 12:15:00 PM
How about Roy Williams? Not a great pass coverage guy, but can still hit, tackle and horse collar pretty well. Could always use the leadership experience. Though I'm reading that he looking for a team that runs a 4-3.
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@buldoggeLocale: Midwest
Hey Guys…Heading to GSMNP for a few days April 1st…made our reservations, ready to go.
We've never been before and, before I call the backcountry office, I was wondering if anyone knows if it is kosher to set-up tents next to/near shelters or if you must use the shelter itself…???
-Mark in St. Louis
@sschloss1Locale: New England
At shelters, you can only stay with a reservation, and you can only sleep in the shelter. The only exception is for AT thru-hikers, who are only allowed to camp if the shelter is completely full.
Because there's no camping at shelters, you will be hard-pressed to find a good tent site near most shelters. Luckily, the GSMNP shelters are really nice.
@smeierLocale: Midwest
Mark, as Scott mentioned you're not supposed to camp by the shelters but my experience is that people often do, usually because they can't sleep with snorers, and the shelters I've seen would accomodate a tent or three close by. I've not seen anyone get in trouble for doing it but I suspect it happens…
@mocs123Locale: Southeast Tennessee
As mentioned you can not set your tent up beside the AT shelters in the park. This is due to the high volume of traffic in these sensitive areas. The shelters must be reserved and I think most of them in the park sleep 12. The exception is during thru hiker season when 4 spots are "reserved" for thru hikers and other thru hikers are allowed to set up outside the shelter. I think the fine is $250 if they catch you without a permit though I have never seen a ranger in the backcountry except at LeConte and when one hiked in for a medical emergency. I do see ridge runners occasionally though.
@buldoggeLocale: Midwest
Hey Guys…We have the reservations in place.
Double Spring Gap
Icewater Springs
Mt. LeConte
Just wanted to know the possibility of pitching the tent(s) if necessary…snorers, partiers, whatever.
@mocs123Locale: Southeast Tennessee
Icewater and LeConte are the two most likely places to see a ranger btw. I know that one often stays in the LeConte lodge and checks permits at the shelter. Less likely to see a ranger at Double Springs.
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Lisbon 99 - Low cost studio with amazing view
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|R. do Castelo Picão, 1100 Lisbon, פורטוגל
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The view from all the windows is so magnificent that you will feel like living in a tower on top of Lisbon.
The apartment is in a short walking distance from the other picturesque neighbourhoods of Baixa and Castle. Nearby you have all kinds of traditional commerce, bars and restaurants and access to the train to the beaches around Cascais (Cais do Sodré).
There is a parking place at 10 minutes walking form the apartment at Largo das Portas do Sol.
The apartment is 20m2 but its smallness is not an issue because of the light and the views all around.
It has been recently renovated to include the following:
- a room with double sofa bed (140 cm wide) with Tv, DVD player and Hi-Fi;
- a kitchenette with electric oven and stove, microwave, fridge with freezer compartment, washing machine and dish washer;
- a bathroom with shower.
It has 2 roof windows, which once they are opened, will give you the feeling of being on a terrace enjoying the sun and views of ancient Lisbon.
It has air condition for cold and warm time.
UMTS internet connection with USB plug can be provided upon request (10,00€/day).
We will wellcome you with a bottle of cold vinho verde.
You will also find in the apartment various CDs of typical Portuguese music to complete your cultural experience in Lisbon.
כללי הביתCheck-in and check-out:
- Check-in is after 4 PM (You can always come after 11 to leave you luggage and get the keys, but if we have someone else leaving on the same day the apartment won't be ready before 4 PM).
- Check-out is until 11 AM.
In labour days, you can leave the luggage in our office before 11AM in the day of your check-in and/or after 4PM in the day of your check-out.
Please call us 30 minutes before your arrival.
Check-in Monday to Friday from 4PM to 9:30PM is free of charge, except on Portuguese public holidays.
Particular situations:
- additional 30 Euro for check-in from 9:30 PM to 00:00 AM everyday;
- additional 45 Euro for check-in from 00:00 AM to 8:30 AM everyday;
- additional 25 Euro for check-in on Week-ends and on Portuguese public holidays till 9:30 PM.
Please note that, for security reasons, you must bring a copy of your id card or passport when you check-in.
Kindly note that a damage deposit of 150€ OR a credit card responsability term will also be asked upon arrival.
Cleaning and maintenance:
The apartment will be cleaned prior to the arrival of each tenant.
When leaving, the tenant is obliged to leave the apartment in a reasonable condition.
The tenant signing the check-in form will be liable for the correct and decent behavior of all the persons accompanying him/her, and specifically avoiding any activity that is against any law or health policy.
Don't forget that you are going to stay in residential buildings. Guests staying in one of our apartments should know that if parties or loud music are heard, or neighbors complain and/or police is called, it can result in immediate eviction. This will also result in loss of prepaid rent.
Quiet time is from 10 PM to 10 AM. We are sure that you understand that the nightly rest of other inhabitants must be respected.
Smoking is not permitted in the apartments unless stated otherwise.
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Apartamento muy céntrico, ideal para quien quiera alojarse en el corazón de Alfama (hay que saber bien donde se aloja uno, porque el barrio puede no resultar del agrado de todo el mundo). A mí me encantó el barrio y por tanto la ubicación del apartamento, cuyas vistas sobre el estuario del Tajo y sobre los tejados de Alfama, son increíbles. Totalmente equipado y todo funcionaba perfectamente. Amabilidad extraordinaria del anfitrión, puntualidad y seriedad en la recepción.
Nettes kleines Apartment mit schönem Blick über Alfama. Hübsch eingerichtet, relativ gut gelegen, gute Ausstattung (WaMa, SpüMa, Herd, Küchenzeile, Mikrowelle, AC, kleiner TV, LTE-Hotspot). Der Preis ist wegen der Aussicht gerade noch ok (es gibt aber keinen Balkon oder Terasse). Es war nachts ruhig.
Einzige kleine Kritikpunkte waren das sehr enge Bad ohne Ablagemöglichkeiten und Haken für Handtücher. Große Leute müssen sich bestimmt auch dauernd bücken wegen der Dachschrägen.
Die Vermietungsfirma war nett und hilfsbereit.
Achtung: Zwei Taxifahrer konnten mit der Adresse nichts anfangen, am besten einen Ausdruck der Karte mitnehmen.
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Great apartment in a perfect location. Highly recommended!
We had a very nice stay in an amazing apartment in an amazing city. Very good contact with the host before and during the travel.
10/10 would book again.
Although it has been some time, I remember very well that it was a great experience to stay at this appartment for some days. We even stayed longer than intended and that was no problem at all. Beautiful view when sitting on the rooftop at night or day. The slanted walls throughout the whole appartment give it a funky feeling, but is a bit inconvenient for very tall people. Would recommend this place to anyone wanting a Lisboa city experience, as it is very central and close to most sights.
The host cancelled the booking, this review is automated.
Upsides - Absolutely amazing location. Beautiful apartment. Friendly staff. Bottle of wine on arrival. Couldn't ask for a better place to stay.
Downsides - hot water service would heat up once, then shutdown and had to be reset 2 hours prior to every shower. Pillows were really flat and little. Tried to charge extra 30 euros/night when I requested a 3rd bed to be made up. Left waiting for an hour after arranging the arrival time by email and had to make an extra phone call. No hand towels in bathrooms. Had to buy more toilet paper. A partial roll in each bathroom is not sufficient for a 4 days stay for 3 people!
We had a wonderful stay in Lisbon. The location is terrific if you wish to be a part of the famous Fado neighborhood. Great restaurants directly across from the Fado Museum. The climb to the apartment is around 100 steps, but once you get there the view from both sides is well worth it. The apartment is very comfortable and very clean. It would comfortably sleep 4
Amazing apartment, amazing location, amazing host.
Perfect location for Bairro Alto where there is alot of restaurants, cafés and bars. Also short distance to Chiado and all transportation to go where ever you would like to go. The apparatment is big anough for 3, maybe 4 people/family. It has one big bedrom and to sleeping couches. There is a bar on the corner so there are some noises, especially in the weekends. I will absolutely recommend this appartment.
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A 28-year-old Moss Bluff man has been charged with fourth-offense DWI, authorities said.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kim Myers said Mark A. Bearby, 1463 Tan Tara Circle, was arrested Saturday.
"Deputies were dispatched to a store parking lot on La. 14 in reference to a complainant about a possible drunk driver who was swerving all over the road," Myers said Monday in a news release. "Bearby was found in his car with his foot on the brake and the car in gear. Bearby, who was going in and out of consciousness, advised the deputy that he had consumed prescription pills earlier in the day, for which he had no prescription."
Myers said Bearby, who has had three DWI arrests since 2005, was given a $40,000 bond by Judge Clayton Davis.
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#11 Thu 28 Mar 13 2:30pm
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Re: Grocery Guilt
I so agree with Mummza here. Just take a look in the other trolleys if you are feeling guilty. It is noone else's business what is in your trolley. (I was always the one who would go to the drug store when no one else would. LOL)
#12 Thu 28 Mar 13 6:34pm
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- From Dorset u.k
- Member since Tue 21 Oct 08
Re: Grocery Guilt
ANN wrote:
I Just take a look in the other trolleys if you are feeling guilty.
ANN wrote:
It is noone else's business what is in your trolley
How do you reconcile those 2 statements ??
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#13 Thu 28 Mar 13 7:52pm
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Re: Grocery Guilt
Well wine-o, it was made in reference to feeling guilty. I see no problem with my statement. Sorry it bothered you.
#14 Thu 28 Mar 13 9:49pm
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- Member since Fri 28 Mar 08
Re: Grocery Guilt
One can look and silently go through a whole host of scenarios in one's imagination about that person's life and never say a word to them or take any action or express one's feelings openly to that person . . . which is pretty much I think what most of us do, so I understood Ann's post in that way and wine-o's in the sense that he was trying to take the 'p' as in, yes we all look, yes internally we judge, but no one has a right to make you feel bad about your choices in a grocery store and of course, that is what Ann was trying to say, I believe.
The fact is, vanity is a bigger motivator than 'health' issues for most people, which is fine by me, as I feel it is a vice shared on some level by almost all of us and one of the lesser vices.
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#15 Thu 28 Mar 13 10:48pm
The White Rabbit
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- From Sydney, Australia
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Re: Grocery Guilt
I feel pity more than shock when I see a lot of pre-packed items in others trolleys. A friend of ours used to shop like that, she just had no idea how to cook without those things. That's how her mum cooked. She was surprised we could make lasagne that tasted great without a packet of something.
#16 Thu 28 Mar 13 11:40pm
- Member Occupation Stuff and nonsense!
- From California
- Member since Mon 07 Sep 09
Re: Grocery Guilt
The White Rabbit wrote:
I feel pity more than shock when I see a lot of pre-packed items in others trolleys. A friend of ours used to shop like that, she just had no idea how to cook without those things. That's how her mum cooked. She was surprised we could make lasagne that tasted great without a packet of something.
I think that many of us have been brought up with the convenience foods (which only started coming out after the Second World War). The idea of making lasagna without a packet of anything--or absolutely from scratch--is a novel idea.
I've looked into a few carts at the market. I've seen carts loaded with alcohol. A few times, I've seen families with two carts (must have been a major grocery run).
What irks me? Someone with 15 items in a checkout marked for ten or fewer (one person made a snide remark when I was standing behind her and mentally counting--then she went to another line).
Then there is the person who appears to be finished shopping--then forgot 'one more thing' or has to exchange something while we're standing in line.
#17 Fri 29 Mar 13 1:40am
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- From Melbourne Australia
- Member since Sun 12 Apr 09
Re: Grocery Guilt
I remember going for a supermarket shop for the first time in a couple of months. Because all my fruit, vegetables, grains, nuts etc were bought elsewhere, my trolley contained just the things I couldn't get elsewhere, and enough of them to last a couple of months, plus a few treats. I saw people looking disapprovingly at my trolley. It is easy to make presumptions about people's health and lifestyle from their trolleys, but it is also easy to be completely wrong.
#18 Fri 29 Mar 13 8:56am
Miss GlutenFree
- Member Occupation Admin Officer & Mum
- From Queensland, Australia
- Member since Sun 14 Mar 10
Re: Grocery Guilt
Well I don't feel guilty unless I have a super skinny health nut standing next to me staring down at the two kilos of apples I just bought. Like hello, was I supposed to buy three and not the chocolate too?!!
That is what makes shopping interesting. I never tire of it to be honest. I enjoy secretly eyeing off what others have in their trolley and being judgemental of fatty-boombas who can't live without a constant daily hit of sugar and fat. Or the single person with just a basket for their who weekly shop.
Wine-O little did you know that the trolley hunch is where trolley surfing began. It MUST be done at least once every shop. If you hit your partners heels even better. Take points off if you hit the shelving though
Mega points if you can go from one end of the aisle to the other without putting your feet down and "braking".
Hard to believe I'm 27...
#19 Fri 29 Mar 13 11:35am
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Re: Grocery Guilt
Hilarious post MissG. Give us more please.
#20 Fri 29 Mar 13 8:28pm
- Forum champ Occupation Opiskelija
- From Finland
- Member since Thu 26 Aug 10
Re: Grocery Guilt
I like looking in other peoples trolleys, but I try not to judge. One thing I have noticed here is that unlike the UK it's very rare to see people with their trolleys filled to overflowing, even before the holidays. There never seems to be that thing of the shops are going to be closed for a couple of days, so I need to buy enough milk/bread to last a month!
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text: An interesting thing to wonder is which previous years of the decade prior would Jill Trenary have been able to win with her 1990 Worlds performances. Here would be my take: 1980- Under 1980 scoring hard to say. I am pretty sure Poetzsch was much better than Jill in figures. Poetzsch and Fratianne both did double-double combinations like Jill in the short I think. In the long Poetzsch was rather weak, so Jill would have easily outpointed her there. Would she have been able to catch up to Poetzsch's figures lead to win? 1981- I dont think she would have beaten Denise here. 1982- This years was a mess, she probably had a good shot to win this year with her 1990 performances. 1983- I doubt she wins this year. Sumners at her peak was probably better at figures, and Jill's short program in 1990 was much worse than Sumners in 83 which only placed 4th in the short. 1984 Olympics or Worlds- I doubt she beats Witt. She never beat Witt at figures when they competed head to head, and Jill's short program from the 1990 Worlds would place really low in the fields this year. 1985 Worlds- definitely no. 1986 Worlds- definitely no. 1987 Worlds- definitely no. 1988 Worlds- Same comments as 1984. 1989 Worlds- She wouldnt have won in 1989 even with her 1990 long program, despite a much better short program in 89 than 1990. So I think 1980 and 1982 are the only years really she would have won with her 1990 winning performances.


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I thought it was very Cohen-esq - nothing "new" or exciting. It seems like she had some speed but I was watching it on YouTube and it's hard to judge speed. The Lutz was a Flutz.
Flatt - Normally I like her dresses as well but not this one - it seems to accentuate some of the less striking aspects of her figure. Granted, she has a much better one that I - nothing wrong with it but I think the cut was not as flattering. I saw her SP on YouTube so judging speed was hard. I thought in the first few seconds of her number, she was early...off cue from some key beats of the music but she settled into it. I would prefer she "sass" it up a bit more - more like she did on the footwork. I see her as such a classical skater (classical music I mean) that it's hard to see her in something like Sing3 but if she lets go and puts some sass into it, it works.
Wagner - I can't find the SP on YouTube....anyone got it? I'll likely be late getting home tomorrow and miss it
The other part of me says she'll bring it on, win it and make the team, but crumble at the Olympics.
Has Cohen employed specialists to look at her skating, routines and provide feedback on how she compares to the current crop of international skaters?
I find it completely laughable that Sasha was not given an "e"call! Absolutely ridiculous.
For the sake of argument, lets say Nagasu wins. She gets the automatic bid. Say, Cohen, Flatt and Wagner all skate well or have similar issues - none is really worse than the other....who goes?
One could argue that the same concept that kept Baldwin/Inuoe off the Olympic team should be used here - 2nd place gets the spot. But in this case, Flatt and Wagner , should the above situation play out, could be considred to be equally qualified. They've done GP for a few years (or JGP). Cohen - well, nada.
If Sasha does not win, but is in the top 4 and not a total disaster, I can not understand why she would even be in the mix - it would seem the decision would come down to Wagner or Flatt. This of course, assumes they all preform at about the same level etc.
sasha rachel alsissa, ashley score overmarked how=-
no deductions on sasha takeoff and landing on triple flip0--look ur' but definitely changed edge on landing--combo--landing was screwy shoujld have had deductions not pluses in goes
rachel combo-should have had deductions landed change edge-no deductions but should have had decutions not plus
alissa should have got ur on her fall not just -3
ashley should have got a deduction and ur on her lutz fall not just a -3
zhang only skater got ur on jump which was deservied
zhang to me unfor6tunalely might have hard time-why too many up-comer junior and novice skaters
I think once the SPs air on NBC there'll be plenty of YT videos and others circulating. Right now what's up is just crappy quality captures of feeds, definitely better than nothing for those who have no other way to watch though.
I think the reason they had to give Cohen the 69 was to put her above Flatt. If Flatt got, say a 64 and Nagasu a 69, I think Cohen would have been closer to 66. Seems like they want to keep it close, though- it keeps the FS a nail-biter and people a reason to watch NBC's prime time coverage for "the thrilling conclusion".
It seemed fine at the moment but in retrospect, yes, she definitely benefited from lenient callers. But were they consistent with everyone else? Seems like they were. So no reason for me to be up in arms. If Cohen was getting special treatment while everyone else was getting hammered, THEN I'd raise an issue.
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It would be more accurate to say that they gave Rachael full credit for her triple-triple, great GOEs for her step sequence, and pretty good PCS (all of which added up to 69+), and then when Mirai hit it out of the park they had no choice but to give her even better GOEs and PCS (adding up to 70+).
I wouldn't be surprised if many of the judges just gave their individual marks and had no idea how much difference Flatt's 3-3 combo was going make in the overall results.


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Women's retirement income is under the retirement commissioner's microscope - and advisers say women are often on the back foot as a result of the raw deal they get in a divorce.
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Her commission requested a study by Otago University to assess how well a provision in law is working that is designed to allow compensation in divorce settlements for income that was sacrificed to raise a family. She said the results were a concern.
The researchers studied 69 cases from 2002 onwards and found a 2001 provision that was intended to allow women to claim more than a 50/50 split when they had sacrificed their incomes for the relationship had not had the intended outcome.
Only five women claimed compensation awards, with a median of $30,000.
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The only cases that had been successful were women whose husbands were on very high salaries, such as $1 million a year, and where the wife had a successful career at the beginning of the relationship that she had sacrificed.
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Crossan said for people earning between $40,000 and $70,000, for example, it wouldn't be worth going to court looking for compensation. "But the woman will earn less for the rest of her life."
Financial adviser Liz Koh said she worked with a lot of women in their 50s who had been brought up to expect careers in teaching, nursing or as secretaries.
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Women over 50 are more likely than men to be living alone: 18.8 per cent of women compared to 8.3 per cent of men, in Auckland.
Divorce negotiators needed to start thinking of incomes as valuable assets, more valuable than a mortgaged family home, said Mark Heneghan, of Otago University, who led the research. He said although the couple halved their assets, the income-earning person could get back on track more easily.
He said women were also restricted to 50 per cent of what was available at settlement time.
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