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As competition heats up in the race to become the next governor of Jakarta, one of the five candidates has already captured the imaginations of millions of people across other parts of Indonesia. The question is whether he can convince residents in the country's biggest city to share their enthusiasm. Joko Widodo, 50, has taken some time off from his current job as the mayor of Solo, a relatively small town in Central Java province, to campaign for the teeming capital's top job in response to widespread public endorsement.


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Date of Stay: July, 2011
While this is the most money we've ever paid to stay in an RV park, this place does have a lot to offer. In fact, this could easily be an all-in-one place to visit for a family on a week's vacation. We stayed here two separate times for several nights on our way to and from Montreal. I guess you could say we certainly liked it enough to make sure we came back on our return from Canada, which we originally weren't planning to do. The free shuttles that regularly take you to/from the nearby Outlet Mall and the other trolley that runs into Lake George make it easy for those without a tow vehicle (like us) to get around to see things. The outlets feature some good stores with great prices, including Reebok, DKNY, Corning, Wilson leather, among our favorites. Near the outlets, the Log Jam Restaurant is worth a trip for decent-priced steaks and the nice salad bar. Also consider Pizza Jerks, which deliver right to your campsite (so good, we ordered from them twice during our stays)! To sum up, Lake George RV has a lot to offer, but pricing rivals motel dollars. I also think Wi-Fi should be included for free for the price we paid.
Date of Stay: July, 2011
A good campground in Wisconsin's Door County located just north of Egg Harbor and just south of the Peninsula Players' Theatre. Friendly and helpful staff, small pool, and nice clubhouse/office/store are among the amenities here. Bathroom facilities were mostly clean (although one stall was a problem), and the showers were good. We thought pricing was reasonable for a holiday weekend. We will be back!
Date of Stay: March, 2007
An overall decent facility run as a tight ship by on-site owners. Mostly long-term rentals, with few sites available for overnighters and no shade or stream sites, even though you'll find those in the description. This can sometimes be a negative at some places, but all sites were kept up, clean, and the place overall was very quiet. Not much for landscaping, but restroom facilities were clean for the most part. Two all-in-one bath/shower rooms were always damp, with mold and mildew. This is because the weak vent fans only worked when the light was on and you were supposed to turn the light out. Can't imagine how bad this gets in summer. Location between busy road and near railroad track and next door to go-cart track could be noisy at times, and was not really near anything of note in Asheville. Next door with easy access to quick mart gas station for supplies. Good SECURE wireless Internet.
Date of Stay: March, 2007
Basically a parking lot, but can't beat the access to downtown Louisville just five minutes away. Easy access to/from I-65. Dinner theater and big Camping World just a couple minute's walk. Surprisingly clean restrooms and showers. Very helpful staff are on hand from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Guests may use pool facilities at nearby Holiday Inn. Wireless Internet works well. Since we were still winterized, would have been nice to use the "Kamping Kitchen," but it was closed up and out of order.
Date of Stay: March, 2007
Everything about this place was just OK. Even though they just opened for the season, we paid full season price for limited facilities. Bathrooms should not have been in the shape they were for the first week of the season.

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This is the classic design from Tarptent, before the Squall 2 and the same design GG uses for the Classic Squall. This has the one piece beak that closes with velcro on the side, not center. Does have T-shaped zipper door. I got it used and I repaired a tiny hole in the side netting with a circular patch (repaired completely). Tent,stuffsack, curved rear support pole, all guylines attached, no stakes =30oz. Been out on a single weeks trip. Fully seam sealed with stuff sack. selling $100 including shipping in the continental US only. Paypal gift please, overseas pays actual cost of shipping. any questions just PM. thanks- Craig
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Casual Plus Size Clothing for Mature Women
The fashion industry is giving more and more attention to plus size women lately, and it's something I couldn't be more thrilled about. It's wonderful to see plus size models take to the catwalk and prove that big, curvy women are gorgeous. Designers that once rejected the plus size market are now making more of an effort to create fashions for larger women too. But it seems like casual plus size clothing for mature women is still hard to find.
In general, fashion designers have always focused on the younger crowd when creating new styles and designs. Which means that styles for middle aged women have been put aside. But we want comfortable outfits that fit our active lifestyle! Many women have found that shopping in local stores just doesn't give them enough options. So they're taking to the Web and finding styles designed just for them.
Middle age plus size clothing designed specifically for mature women is stylish and comfortable. Instead of trying to keep up with all the latest fashion trends, these styles offer classic looks that always look fantastic. If you are having trouble finding clothing you like in department stores and specialty boutiques, take a look at all the great casual plus size clothing available online.
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The Love House
Trip Start Mar 21, 2005
334Trip End Ongoing
Heading north from Saigon, I took an Open Tour Bus up the coast to Nha Trang. The bus stopped in Mui Ne with its overpriced hotels stuck between a road and a narrow beach. Near Mui Ne, we drove through a dune environment--a miniature Sahara. Along the way we passed small fishing villages with blue boats, palm trees, white sand beaches, larger towns with small industries, food joints, and green rice fields until we reached Nha Trang, where I took a boat tour with the Number Four Boat and Funky Monkey.
Open Bus Tours are somewhat more expensive than public buses and are run by tour companies. Luckily, they have more leg room to accomodate long-legged Westerners.
After a couple of days in Nha Trang, I awoke early in the morning to catch a public bus to Kon Tum, taking a moto to the bus station
The bus from Kon Tum passed through the spine of the Central Annamite Range. At the heart of this range is one of the most endangered and important natural areas in Southeast Asia, the Dry Forests of the Northern Plains. Within these tropical dry forests are rare ungulates--the Large-antlered Muntjac and the Saola--only recently discovered and classified. The area is also a hotspot for endemic birds. We passed rubber and coffee plantations, grown in the rich red mountain soils.
From Kon Tum, I continued by public bus to Da Nang, in the center of Vietnam on the coast. After getting another "no ticket" routine and making a high speed moto trip back to the hotel to pick up my passport (the hotels keep the passport and it was much too early for my groggy mind to think that hard), the bus left for the coast. We passed into the wet zone of Vietnam: this time of year, Central Vietnam is bathed in rain from northeastern winds wicking rain from the South China Sea
Love and Marriage
I was talking to a young woman working at the internet cafe in Nha Trang. She said:
"I don't want to marry a Vietnamese man. When you get married you lose all your freedom. My sister is married and now she can't go out with her friends. She must do everything with her husband. I don't see her anymore. We used to sleep together and talk all night."
She also couldn't get a visa to leave the country: Vietnam is very restrictive because, of the few people they allow to leave, many do not return.
She also said: "in Vietnam, women traditionally stay virgins until they are married, unless they work in the 'massage parlors' and 'hair salons.' Many married men and tourists go there."
Later, a taxi driver asked: "are you married?"
"No," I replied
"Good," he said, "all women want is money, money, money. You go home, she says 'money, money, money.'"
I haven't taken any polls to see if these conversations are reflective of Vietnamese culture in general.
The Love House
In Kon Tum are a handful of minority cultures, including the Sadang. These people live together in longhouses, with four generations sharing one room. When two people marry, the longhouse is expanded. Each couple shares a window. The single men, however, typically live in the communal house called a rong in the center of the village, where they traditionally were called upon to defend the village. I took a tour with a moto driver called Wong who said: "People ask me how the married couples get any privacy to have sex: they go to the love house."
As the B-52s said:
"The love shack is a little old place where we can get together
Love Shack baby, bay-bee
Love shack baby, that's where it's at, Ooo love shack baby, that's where it's at
Sign says.. Woo... stay away fools, 'cause love rules at the love shack!
Well it's set way back in the middle of a field,
Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back..."
(This is one of the 'taboo' songs you don't want to sing at Karaoke)
The Sadang probably don't know the lyrics to 'Love Shack,' but they probably have their own songs.
Kon Tum Gone Bad
Kon Tum was a medium-sized city for the highlands, but very remote and inaccessible by Open Tour Buses. This was good because there weren't any other tourists in town. This was bad because, for some reason, the only hotels in town were expensive and Kon Tum Tourist holds a monopoly on the tourism business here.
I had hoped to take a trek for several days into the more remote western villages and forests, but the trips they offered were almost three times as expensive as anywhere else. That didn't matter anyway because there were some recent border issues with Cambodia in the area, so the park I wanted to visit was off-limits.
Instead, I took a short tour to the villages and jungle to the east of Kon Tum. It was all I could afford given the higher than expected prices and no ATMs or banks exchanging currency. We never made it to the jungle, however, as the driver was puttering along. Then, when we visited the villages, they were essentially empty. Finally, the road we took for the moto trip ended up being the main bus route, so I saw everything the next day from the window of the bus. Turns out, the jungle further along the road was being deforested anyway to make room for more houses and hydroelectric plants--progress. I did learn about longhouses and love shacks, however.
All in all, I felt rushed in an overpriced place with too few options, too many long bus rides, and I was exhausted. I'm sure that park would have been great.
You win some, you lose some, but I am glad for what I did see. I need to keep telling myself: "Slow down again. Bring extra money. Buy a ticket. Don't forget your passport."


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When you're talking about useful office devices, the fax machine will still often make it on to the list. However, not everyone feels the need to own a fax machine in their home, even if they're freelancing or running a small business from home. But sometimes, you still need that ability to send faxes – and what better way than with the new freelancer home office must-have device – the smartphone.
It's possible to send free faxes to anywhere worldwide from your Android phone using an application called Files Anywhere. The application is also a handy way to share your files with other devices, but even if you consider its use simply as a fax application it's well worth installing.
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Files Anywhere is a free Android application intended to view, share and manage files remotely between your devices. When you install the application on your phone you are entitled to a free account with 1000MB space. You can sign up for this account from the application itself.
Files Anywhere Remote Storage
Primarily, Files Anywhere can be used to backup and move your files between devices in a similar way to Dropbox or Box.net. File management is straightforward, allowing you to easily add, move and delete files within your free storage, share with devices and email the files to your friends. There are also group management tools available to enable you to share files with specific people.
In fact, Files Anywhere have some amazing cloud storage features such as web drive mapping; direct file editing; photo slideshows; version history; and the ability to create sub-accounts.
Faxing With Files Anywhere
With Files Anywhere, it's possible to send a free fax to anywhere in the world as easily as you would email a file to a friend. Just select the file, click on "Fax" and follow the prompts. Sender details can be adjusted so that you can supply your name and a return-to fax number or email address.
Files Anywhere allows you to add a cover page and save copies of the faxes you've sent for your records. You can search these records easily and if necessary you can quickly re-send or forward them as you wish.
When the fax is sent you'll be notified of its success.
See this step-by-step guide or YouTube clip on how to send a fax with Files Anywhere via the web.
The Android interface features much the same tools and functionality as the web interface. Simply find the file on your phone, upload it to Files Anywhere and then choose to fax it from the remote files.
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Craig and Maureen are preparing to serve in Cameroon for the next three years.
The first year they will be returning to the role of hostel parents; a position they held from 2008 to 2010. They will be "parents" to a group of teenagers attending Rain Forest International School (RFIS) in Yaoundé, Cameroon. While studying at RFIS, these young students live away from their parents in the NAB hostel. This home-away-from-home provides love and encouragement for these special kids. Much of the care and compassion they receive comes directly through the NAB hostel parents who live in the home and serve as surrogate parents.
For recent info on the Hohn family, visit http://nabonmission.org/missionaries/calvin-susanne-hohn/
Missionary Teacher in Cameroon
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men." Colossians 3:23 (NIV)
Raised in a Christian home, Julie accepted Jesus as her personal Savior at age ten. She says, "It was not until college that I acknowledged Jesus' authority to be my Lord as well as my Savior. I now take great delight in the fact that I am not my own. The Lord has been truly gentle and merciful in His dealings with this sheep. Hence, my greatest desire is to follow the Shepherd wherever He leads."
Dennis says, "Our call to missionary service has been a gradual process rather than a bolt-of-lightning experience. It has been the result of many of our personal interests coming together under the guidance of the Holy Spirit."
Elsie has always been an active worker for the Lord. In high school, she served as the Youth for Christ representative on the city council. While at college, she taught a junior high Sunday school class and has served as Sunday school superintendent, missions representative on the Mission Conference Committee, secretary for the Christian education board, teacher in Vacation Bible School, junior church leader, camp counselor, and coordinator.
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Walter has been a Sunday school teacher, a youth group executive for two years, an usher, and has served on the finance and missions committee. He has also served as a deacon. He has been involved with Student Mission Advance, an interdenominational organization whose aim is to get students invovled with missions.
Dr. Rick and Debbie are in Cameroon.
Physician, Nurse
Specialized Assignment
Appointed July 2009
"For Christ's love compels us..."
2 Corinthians 5:14a (NIV)
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new results, high VL
Oct 5, 2008
Dear Dr Holodniy,
I was exposed in Feb 2007, diagnosed in June 2007, and not yet on treatment.
During the past 15 months my reuslts have been stable, with an absolute CD4 count between 513 and 558, CD4 percentage between 25 and 28, and VL between 37,000 and 60,000.
This are my recent results:
What should I make out of this high VL accompanied by stable CD4 counts? I imagine it is about waiting the next set of results, but what would you expect and recoment in terms of starting HAART?
Best wishes
Response from Dr. Holodniy
It is still within the range of assay variability. Given the stability of your CD4 counts, I agree, and wouldn't do anything at this point other than repeat the tests. So, HAART for now.
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This Week on Food Network Star's Blogby FN Dish Editor in Shows, July 28th, 2011
The seventh season of Food Network Star is in full swing and the writers on the Star blog are dishing. Last week, the six remaining Food Network Star contestants faced not one, but two all-star personalities — Rachael Ray and Ina Garten. If you missed the episode, catch up with this recap or watch the latest exit interview.
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Alaska Post Offices To Reduce Hours
Dozens of post offices in Alaska face potentially reduced hours of operation beginning in January 2015.
Dozens of post offices in Alaska face potentially reduced hours of operation beginning in January 2015.
In late August, four of our newly-arrived volunteers went to Wales, Alaska to observe and take part in a beloved annual festival of Alaska Native music and culture.
After arriving at our station in June, volunteer news reporter Jenn Ruckel has been working to immerse herself in Western Alaska to understand it, and thereby report on it, better.
Dental health aide therapists have been providing midlevel dental care in the Norton Sound region for about a decade. Now the Pew Charitable Trusts is lauding the program for increasing access to dental care to underserved groups.
With the return of marine mammals and migratory birds to the Bering Straits region, subsistence hunters are still struggling to find certain kinds of ammunition. There are several popular calibers they can't get in stock at the Native Store in Gambell.
For three hours yesterday, the Nome Common Council waded through budget requests from three different public groups—the school, the city, and the utility board. By the end, nobody was happy, and three extra work sessions were scheduled to hammer out details.
Curious about how a high school prom in small communities off Alaska's road system differs from the Lower-48 archetype, Zach went to Unalakleet's prom on Saturday.
Federal money for rural infrastructure is drying up, and state agencies are overhauling projects while they still can. With Alaska's brief construction season about to begin,…
Emily came to Nome to tell stories. As the host of "Story 49," she does just that. On a recent trip, though, she found that a KNOM volunteer's service sometimes goes beyond connecting through the radio to making more personal connections in this vast but tiny part of the state.
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Getting Google Play Store On Your Device If It Is Not There Already
About in April to download from the Google Play Store there is lots of content we were excited, like the top two moviés downloaded, Star Wár Wars: The Forcé Awakens as well as the Revenant, combined with the top downloaded séries The Walking Déad season six and Fear the Walking Dead season one.
What's clear is thát, increasingly, GoogIe is bringing néw features to éxisting devices like one where usérs don't need to worry in what OS version théy're on. Forget about waiting around half a year or a complete 12 months for a fresh dessert to move through the maker and carrier. Forget about devices being left behind after eighteen a few months bécause it's too oId to be worthwhile. Primarily, this means much fewer pétitions begging companies tó keep upgrading mid-range devices.
Fundamentally there are twó ways or solutions to have Play Store application on your MlUI dévice: First, by fIashing third-party Gápps packagé availabe freely online using TWRP recovery. l couldn't sáy it is least complicated one because you will have to first of all replace MI Récovery with TWRP. Sécond, you can install Play Store application from Mi App Store as well. Well I'll show you the next method that i think it might be easiest for most users who wants play store on their mobile system.
Google Play, that was given birth to and described by Google as the Google android Market originally, is Google's formal store and website for Google android apps, video games, books, music and other content for your Android-powered tablet or mobile phone. As like Apple has its App Store for application searching and downloading, Google gets the Google Play Storé. It's an enormous place to search for new apps and it provides a great deal of content tó its usérs, but dón't get worried, though. Google android Central is now here to guide you through all the process to get it on your mobile device if it is not already installed there. We will also cover a topic for google play gift card code generator if you want to get some free google play codes which are required to purchase something from play store.
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Poem by: donkylemore
Status: Finished
Genre: Poetry
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The Oyster's view,
Wrenched from my oyster bed
With a dredge of clawing steel
I languish gasping on a linen lined crucible
Waiting for that lancet to cleave my deep crevasse
And sear my clasped pearl white hymen
She takes my slimymollusc being
Watches the white of my floating flesh
And with concealed revulsion, coquettishly
She slithers me down the vermilion tunnel of her gullet
And the acids pour and scorch every part of my being
She swallows; she smiles .Blows a kiss
To her lover in the gathered caucus
A pressing promise for the
She'd swallowed
tosses her hair
I look from without ; with withering and unscuperous eyes
an observers on the brink
I see her sculptured nails
She partied with the gilt edged caucus
She; a former oyster queen
Under the patrons tent
Throws back her head like a race horse after his win
And senses the deep success of her inssouciaant display of fellatio.
Down, devilish and all so daring.
The consequence
And they take another bottle from the magnum
And spray the gathering in exuberant jubilation.
Jubilanty. triumphant
They pay the Jazz band ssome more
And some fool sings to the key of G -
and misses it . quite wildley and yet bodly
When I'm sixty four.
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Will you still be buying me a valentine
birthday greeting,
bottle of wine?
I thought you didn't care for metaphors in your writing. This is like a big fat oyster full of metaphors.
Cleverly done. Incredibly poetic.
Yes CP, this is all about allegory and metaphor
Not my usual thing
But its just an escapist flirtation.
Glad you liked the structure,
Its the only polite way to express something which is a vulgarity to me
The profligacy of the 'in' people .
'' There are places I remember ..
all my my life
..some better just forgotten.
I still can recall ..In my live
I love them all'
''All you need is love
Love is all you need ...''
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SARASOTA, Fla. – The next two days could go a long way in defining the shape of the 2012 Red Sox season-opening rotation.
On Saturday, Alfredo Aceves will get the start for a Red Sox split squad team against the Phillies in Fort Myers, while across the state, Felix Doubront will take the ball in Jupiter against the Marlins. On Sunday, Daniel Bard is slated to start for the Sox in Dunedin against the Blue Jays.
All three pitchers -- who, along with Aaron Cook, represent the four candidates for the final two spots in the rotation -- are slated to pitch as many as six innings at a time when the Sox are nearing the point where they will have to consider giving pitchers distinct roles as starters or relievers.
The Sox have not yet decided who will break camp in their rotation. But because one or two of the candidates will need to prepare for a shift to relief for the start of the regular season, there is a chance that this will be the last start of the spring for one or more of the rotation candidates.
With no final decision having been made, what factors will weigh into the Sox' decision as to who will be in the season-opening rotation? As is usually the case in these sorts of pivotal decisions, it's complicated.
The Sox are a team with a mission to win now, and so they can ill afford to endure a struggle out of the gate while committing to the development of inexperienced starters. At the same time, the team also faces a need to maximize its starting depth for the season, as last year showed that the quickest way to torpedo a year is through an inadequate number of contingency plans when injuries and underproduction invariably wreak havoc on a staff.
Finally, the team must consider the long-term, and how decisions made now can impact the club not just for the beginning of the season but also for the second half of the season and even into 2013 and beyond.
Based on conversations with multiple talent evaluators inside and outside the Red Sox organization, here is a look at some of the key questions that will go into the Sox' decision-making process for the back of the rotation, as well as some discussion of how those questions relate to the four starting candidates.
In general, the Red Sox are looking for a pitching staff that can give it the most competitive 1,450 innings (roughly the American League average last year) over the course of a season. The average AL team received roughly two-thirds of those innings (about 982) from its starters, or a bit more than six innings per game.
There's no set formula, but suffice it to say that many teams would trade dominance for volume of innings. Call it the Daisuke Problem: In 2008, Daisuke Matsuzaka was 18-3 with a 2.90 ERA but averaged just 5 2/3 innings per start because of his pitch inefficiency. Jon Lester, meanwhile, went 16-6 with a 3.21 ERA while averaging 6 1/3 innings.
Matsuzaka finished fourth that year in AL Cy Young voting. Lester didn't receive any votes. Yet in the eyes of the Sox, Lester was vastly more valuable because of his ability to work deep into games and leave less to chance in the hands of the bullpen.
The ability to attack the strike zone and remain pitch efficient is thus significant.
When Jonathan Papelbon made his major league debut as a starter in 2005 and again in the spring of 2007, when the Sox considered moving him to the rotation in spring training, Sox manager Terry Francona arrived at a conclusion.
Papelbon, whose curveball was mediocre to the point of uselessness, would strain the bullpen because opponents would foul off pitch after pitch, driving him from the game around the five-inning mark. As a fastball/splitter pitcher, he was best suited for relief.
Red Sox decision makers are now mindful of that lesson. In order to thrive in the American League East, they believe a pitcher needs an arsenal of at least three quality pitches, with above-average command of at least two of them and at least average command of a third.
This is the area of concern for the Sox to date with Bard. In his last outing, for instance, he threw just one changeup because, he said after the game, he felt that he needed to compete with his best pitches and keep his opponents off the board.
Yet manager Bobby Valentine was chagrined to see that Bard didn't employ a pitch that could be critical for the pitcher's success. An effective changeup, thrown for strikes, could throw hitters' timing to the point of getting them to hit early-count groundballs. Even an ineffective changeup, not thrown for strikes, could serve as enough of a show pitch to disrupt batters' timing on Bard's fastball.
Two scouts who saw Bard's start were struck by the fact that the Blue Jays team he faced had foul ball after foul ball on his fastball, with very few swings and misses. Bard ended up throwing 83 pitches in five innings that game, and one of the evaluators felt that he was destined to creep into the 90-100 pitch range through five innings in the absence of a changeup – precisely the fly in the ointment that had Francona wanting to move Papelbon back to the rotation.
Bard has shown a good changeup at times, both in past seasons and even in his second outing of the spring, when he threw three scoreless (and effortless) innings against the Rays. But it remains to be seen how comfortably he can mix all three pitches in key circumstances, or if he will retreat to being a two-pitch hurler in pivotal game sequences.
If that happens, then even if Bard's fastball and slider are good enough to escape harm, it will be a labor-intensive undertaking that will shorten his outings and potentially strain the bullpen.
Still, the makings of the pitch are there. The potential for it to be a good offering, and one that can make his fastball better, exist.
"His arm action is outstanding," said an evaluator. "It's not so much can he do it or not. Does he understand the value of why you throw it? I think that's where Bobby and he collided. … The changeup controls bat speed. The key to pitching is controlling hitters' timing. … That's what Bobby was trying to say. He just has a weird way of doing it."
As for Bard's competitors: Aceves features a wild diversity of offerings that he uses in all parts of the strike zone. His fastball/cutter/curve/changeup combination creates unpredictability.
To a degree, the same is true of Doubront, who has the same four pitches as part of his resume. One scout called his outing against the Yankees this spring -- when Doubront tossed four shutout innings -- "stellar," suggesting that his stuff would have made him an extremely strong option at the back of the rotation.
Cook is in a category unto himself, since he's basically just a sinker/cutter pitcher. However, his goal with the sinker is to pitch to contact and let the opponents put the ball in play. The late diving action of his signature pitch is so extreme that he's made a career of being one of the most efficient starters in the majors despite his narrowly defined repertoire.
"The sinker is a special pitch. There's no question. He's got the good one," said one evaluator. "That pitch just bottoms out. I wouldn't be all that concerned about his velocity coming back."
Both Aceves and Bard have shown dominant pitch arrays out of the bullpen. So far, so good for Aceves in taking his four-pitch mix out of relief and showing the same stuff as a starter.
Again, it remains to be seen whether Bard can do the same as he dials back from a max-effort pitcher (albeit one whose delivery out of the bullpen remained smooth) to one who regulates the intensity of his offerings so that he has the strength and stamina to pitch deep into games.
Thus far this spring, Bard hasn't been getting his typical volume of swings and misses with his fastball. That's in part by design -- Bard has noted the importance of letting opponents put his heater in play to get quick groundball outs -- but part of the allure of Bard as a member of the rotation is the possibility of having a pitcher who can strike out opposing hitters.
Right now, that isn't happening, at least not with the same regularity as was the case for the 26-year-old as a reliever. In 12 2/3 innings, Bard has six strikeouts and 10 walks. In his previous three spring trainings, in 27 combined innings out of the bullpen, he had 33 strikeouts and seven walks.
This is less of a consideration for Cook and Doubront, given that they are merely trying to continue their careers as starters, rather than pursuing a new direction.
It is natural for there to be questions about Bard's transition from the bullpen to the rotation, and for there to be elements of the unknown. The same is true of Aceves, whose brief experience as a starter for the Sox last year (4 starts, 1-1 record, 5.14 ERA, 13 strikeouts, 13 walks, 5 1/3 innings per start) was not nearly as impressive as his work out of the bullpen.
That said, both Bard and Aceves showed the ability to dominate at the major league level as recently as last season
That separates the two of them from their other competitors.
Doubront has shown interesting flashes of excellent stuff in the majors, but not on a sustained basis, as he has a 4.84 career ERA in 23 big league games over the last two years. Moreover, he has yet to produce a wire-to-wire season of uninterrupted success in the upper levels of the minors, and he's never thrown more than 129 innings in a season. Given that he logged fewer than 90 innings last year, the Sox would need to be careful with Doubront's innings, perhaps capping him around 140-160 innings in 2012.
Cook, meanwhile, has shown signs of featuring the sort of late-breaking nasty to his sinker that allowed him to enjoy a lengthy run as one of the top starters in Rockies history. That said, he is a few years removed from his best performances. In the last two years, he is 9-18 with a 5.49 ERA while averaging 20 big league starts per season and about 5 2/3 innings per start. So, the Sox would be betting that the impressive stuff Cook has shown in spring training represents the harbinger of a bounceback, and that the right-hander's last two years were an aberration.
There are two ways of approaching this question. Which pitcher, if his stuff clicks as a member of the rotation, has the highest ceiling? And, secondarily, which pitcher, if his stuff clicks as a member of the rotation, would have the greatest impact on the Sox rotation for years to come?
Cook has been an All-Star, so the best-case scenario is fairly well defined. In his best years with the Rockies, he was good for about 200 innings with an ERA around 4.00 that, given the fact he was pitching in one of the worst home environments in the majors at Coors Field, translated to a performance that was roughly 15 percent better than league average.
That said, Cook will be eligible for free agency once again after the 2012 season. As such, he represents either a one-and-done as a member of the rotation for the Sox or, if he is successful, the Sox would have to pay something in the vicinity of market value to bring him back.
It is worth noting that, even though his movement has been consistently excellent this spring, his radar readings have been somewhat inconsistent in his starts this spring. At times, he's averaged around 89-90 mph in his outings, which would be plenty given the spectacular movement on his sinker; in his most recent outing, he was a tick or two below that, which permits less room for error.
That is a reminder that there is potential value to having him open the year in the minors and controlling his innings in Triple-A in order to permit his shoulder to be at maximum strength over the course of the long haul of the season. If the Sox took such an approach, it would give more time for the team to experiment with other rotation candidates for whom the one-month structure of spring training represents an insufficient look.
If Bard can mix a mid-90s four-seam fastball, a contact-inducing two-seamer, his swing-and-miss slider and turn his changeup -- a pitch that has shown potential as a plus offering in the past -- into a reliable, regular part of his arsenal, he's the upside guy. Maybe by the middle of 2012, or perhaps by 2013, he could be a legitimate mid-rotation option with the ability to produce outings that are at-times dominant. Moreover, Bard remains under Red Sox team control through the 2015 season. At 26, he has not yet entered a pitcher's typical prime years.
Aceves doesn't appear to have the same upside as Bard, given that he's never been the strikeout-per-inning sort, but his pitch mix is so interesting that it doesn't seem unreasonable to view him as at least a potential No. 4 or No. 5 starter, with the chance to outperform his stuff based on his tremendous feel for his craft. (Both pitching coach Bob McClure and manager Bobby Valentine rave about Aceves' pitching intuition.) Aceves will not be eligible for free agency until after the 2014 season. The 29-year-old will remain under team control through his late-prime years.
Doubront's pitch mix, command and feel also suggest a capable back-of-the-rotation starter whose ceiling might be somewhere between a No. 3 and No. 4 starter. He is also under team control for years to come, as he won't be eligible for salary arbitration until after the 2014 season, and he won't become free agent eligible until after the 2017 campaign. At 24 years old, his best years should be ahead of him.
All of that being the case, the two pitchers who could have the greatest long-term impact on the Sox – based on number of years of team control, potential ceiling and age -- are Bard and Doubront.
The Sox are not averse to taking some roster chances on players in hopes of capitalizing on their upside. Some that worked out include David Ortiz (2003), Bronson Arroyo (2004), Dustin Pedroia (2007), Jon Lester (2008) and Alfredo Aceves (2011). All were unproven when they assumed full-time jobs, and all grew to offer immensely impactful seasons and careers. Failed bets included Wade Miller (2005), Wily Mo Pena (2006), John Smoltz and Brad Penny (2009), Jeremy Hermida (2010), and a long line of players that ingloriously and forgettably marched their way out of Boston.
The idea is that the Sox regularly make bets on upside, and expect some to pan out, others to collapse. But in the context of the 2012 rotation, how much risk can the team assume? How many starting spots can be occupied by question marks at the start of the season?
One evaluator suggested that in a world in which a team has four rock-solid rotation members, it's easy to take an upside gamble with the No. 5 spot. When there are only three such pillars (as is the case for the Sox), the comfort with pursuing upside at the expense of present readiness for the rotation diminishes. That, in turn, would militate against a pitcher like Bard in the rotation, given that he's an unproven commodity, albeit one with immense upside.
That said, April is a time when there's a greater comfort level for a team to engage in an extended trial. Because the Sox have three off days in the first 15 days of the season, the damage done by a short start on the bullpen would not be as severe as it would be if it came amidst a 20 games-in-20 days stretch. So, April is a great time to experiment, particularly given that one month of spring training is a somewhat ridiculously limited laboratory in which to try the experiment of converting Bard and Aceves from the bullpen to the rotation.
On the other hand, the Red Sox have a ferocious early season schedule. Of their first 15 games, 12 come against the American League teams that reached the 2011 playoffs. That, in turn, suggests less margin for error and gambling.
A team like the Orioles, that has little hope of contending in 2012, should base its decision based purely on the best long-term outcome. But for the Sox -- a team whose 2-12 start contributed to the team falling one game short of the playoffs in 2011 -- the calculus is different.
Caveat: The Yankees rolled the dice with two rotation spots last year, and turned up a seven. They opted to employ both Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia at the back of their rotation, and were rewarded with both good health and strong performances from a pair of former aces.
Of the four candidates, each has workload questions. Bard has never pitched as many as 90 innings in a professional season, and so the Sox might not feel comfortable letting him get too far past the 140-inning mark. Doubront, with a career high of 129 innings pitched as a pro, would likely be restrained to 140-160 innings.
Cook has seen his innings total drop in each of the last three years, reaching 125 frames (between the majors and minors) in 2011. Because he has had shoulder issues in the past two seasons, the Sox would likely need to regulate his innings load.
While Aceves has logged as many as 170 innings in a pro season, that workload took place in 2008. Last year, he threw 122 innings between the majors and minors. Still, because he's more mature physically than Doubront and Bard, he might not face the same issue of scaled workload bumps that they would.
Ultimately, the Sox have to do what is right for their club, even if it means bruising some egos in the process. All the same, after Bard spent his entire offseason and spring committing to the idea of starting, the idea of abandoning that experiment is challenging to fathom.
"How," wondered a scout from another organization, "can you pull the plug on him after everything you've talked about this winter?"
The idea of backing away from Bard as a starter after all of four starts – the first two of which were entirely impressive and established him as the odds-on favorite for the rotation, the third of which was messed up by a late-innings entrance and rain delay, the most recent of which was serviceable if unspectacular – seems somewhat ludicrous, particularly given the conventional wisdom that spring training is a terrible time in which to achieve a meaningful evaluation.
Bard is both extremely mature and professional, and so if the Sox decide to shift him back to the bullpen, he'd undoubtedly accept the decision and perform to the best of his considerable abilities. Even so, after the pitcher invested himself so completely in the conversion process and showed some signs -- albeit inconsistent ones -- of making it work, the idea of abandoning the experiment so quickly seems difficult to imagine.
Of course, the Sox could choose to do something like have Bard and Aceves both in the rotation for the first month of the season, see which -- if either -- struggles and then summon Cook from the minors, where he could be waiting in the wings like the cavalry.
Interestingly, in some ways, Bard is more easily replaced coming out of the bullpen that Aceves. Because Aceves assumed such an unusual workload structure – not only throwing an AL-leading 90 relief innings on top of his four starts, but proving capable of taking on three and four innings of work in a night – a case can be made that he was more valuable than the average reliever. At least that's how former Red Sox manager Francona and his staff saw it last year, particularly in September, when Aceves threw an incredible 25 innings in relief.
Of course, it's worth noting that Aceves' relief value soared in part because the Red Sox pitching staff was so vulnerable. Because the team had so many starts of fewer than six innings, it needed the human bridge that was Aceves. If the starting staff improves, the need for such an unconventional reliever will go down.
Pitching coach Bob McClure noted that the ideal scenario would be to have two pitchers like Aceves -- one for the rotation, one for the bullpen. If Aceves is in the rotation, then there could be some interesting candidates for multi-inning relief roles. Bard has been more than a three-out pitcher; one scout viewed Michael Bowden or even Cook as potentially such a contributor.
Matsuzaka remains perfectly on schedule in his recovery from Tommy John. He has yet to suffer a setback. He's shown an impressive mix of pitches in his limited looks. Valentine said this week that Matsuzaka projected to have a return closer to June 1 than July 1.
That, too, could permit the Sox something of a safety net with whichever starters they use in the early season. It also could give the Sox the flexibility to move any of the prospective starters – most notably, Aceves, Doubront or Bard – from the rotation to the bullpen mid-year if the team's relief proves an area of need, or if/when one of those pitchers is nearing a desired innings cap.
Of course, the idea of assuming that Matsuzaka will be back by early June requires something of a leap of faith in defiance of logic. Nearly all Tommy John rehab processes hit some kind of speed bump, and so even though Matsuzaka's progression has been flawless to date, the team cannot and does not anticipate with any certainty that it will remain so going forward.
Still, the fact that his return will almost certainly happen at some point in the middle of the season is intriguing, particularly given the potential innings limits that the Sox will impose on the two starters who are in the back of the rotation.
The reality is that the pitchers who start the year in the rotation might well not finish it there, and Matsuzaka is a part of that.
The reality is that the decision is complex, with so many variables, that the Sox need to get as much data as possible from the spring (and perhaps beyond) before making it. That is why the coming starts are so critical in the decision-making process.
Based on what's happened to date, if the Sox go into win-now mode for their rotation, they might be inclined to open with Aceves and Doubront or Cook in the rotation. If they want to try to maximize the longer-term strength of the rotation for the year, they could commit to having, for instance, Bard and either Doubront or Aceves in the rotation to start the year, see who thrives (in particular, whether Bard is on the way to fulfilling his tremendous upside this year) and then bring up Cook towards the end of April as a reinforcement.
Or, if they view the starters as being closely bunched in value, they could allow the shape of the bullpen to dictate their decision, in which case the appeal of having Aceves and Bard – known, dominant quantities – back in relief, or having Doubront as a power lefty with command out of the 'pen, could rule the decision.
But there is still time for all of the impressions to date to change. Bard could have a dominant outing in which he mixes all three pitches. Perhaps Doubront or Aceves shows some fatigue in his next start, resulting in questions about their fitness for the bullpen. Maybe Franklin Morales and Andrew Miller are unable to ramp up for the start of the season, making Doubront the only left-handed option out of the bullpen.
All of those possibilities reinforce the idea that nothing is set in stone. The Sox are still trying to figure out their pitching staff puzzle, and though they are closer to doing so, more work remains.
We had an impromptu visit from Peter King from SI / MMQB to our Fenway Studios and decided to talk some NFL and Patriots with him.
Pete talks with The Senator, Phil Perry about the Patriots trading for Dwayne Allen, ruling out a return to New England for Martellus Bennett. They also talk about the potential future of Patriots backup QB Jimmy Garoppolo and some of the big names in NFL free agency
Pete, Thornton and Price give their final thoughts and predictions for the Super Bowl.
Dale, Holley and Rich Keefe discuss NBA lottery pick Lonzo Ball with his very outspoken father Lavar Ball. The guys touch on the Celtics, his feud with his sons' high school coach, Lonzo being better than Steph Curry and much more.
Kirk, Gerry, and Alex Reimer discuss whether or not Isaiah Thomas will win a title in Boston.
Gerry, Kirk, and Trenni react to the Celtics loss against the Suns.
Joe and Tim talk with Red Sox starting pitcher Drew Pomeranz who got the win and tied his career high in strikeouts tonight with 11 as the Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 6-2.
Joe and Tim talk with Red Sox first baseman Sam travis, who made his MLB debut tonight going 2-4 and scoring a run in the Red Sox 9-4 win over the Texas Rangers.
Our weekly check-in with John Farrell from Fenway.
Dale, Holley and Keefe interview the newest coach of the Boston Bruins for the first time, Bruce Cassidy.
Guys talk the Bruins season so far and the All-Star Break
The long awaited numbers for the Casting Couch are unveiled.
Hour 4: Mut is a huge fan of Dining Playbook.
Hour 3: Pirating Pete continues.
Adam Schefter continues to wave the "Garoppolo is staying" banner. David Price may be the one saying he is ready. Or he's just tired of Pawtucket. And can Devin Marrero steal Pablo Sandoval's starting job?
David Price is slated to join the big Sox Monday vs. the White Sox. Jaylen Brown has silenced his critics who wish he was Buddy Hield or Kris Dunn. And we go to the tape to figure out what exactly Glenn wants during the NBA offseason.
The Boston Celtics have taken a lot of steps forward this year and gave the fans an entertaining season. Going forward, Danny Ainge will be busy trying to get this team to the next level. How will he tackle the obstacle that Lebron and the Cavaliers present?
Dale, Holley and Keefe discuss the further adventures of Lonzo and Lavar Ball and how the media itself (including us) created the monster that is Lavar Ball.
We discuss Adam Schefer's comments from a podcast about the future of Jimmy Garopolo and Tom Brady with the New England Patriots.
We discuss the ESPN the magazine piece on Richard Sherman being unhappy in Seattle, and wonder if he'd fit in with the Patriots, and would you trade someone like Malcolm Butler for him?
Kirk Minihane is back after a brief hiatus and answers questions from listeners about various things including WEEI personalities, the state of the K&C Casting Couch, his rift with John Dennis and more.
Kirk Minihane talks to the author of the best selling book "The Stranger in the Woods" Mike Finkel. It is a crazy story of a hermit leaving in Maine. Mike is also the author of "True Story" which was made into a movie staring Jonah Hill and James Franco. Mike talks about how the movie came out, his thoughts on Jonah Hill portraying him, and if it was true to the book.
Kirk Minihane, Springsteen super fan, is joined by Garry W. Tallent, founding member of the E Street Band. Kirk and Garry talk about what it's like on tour with Bruce, how the band goes about selecting songs for the tour, Garry's projects away from the band, and Garry's upcoming solo tour that will bring him to the New England area.
Ken Laird and Chris Curtis recap an action packed Friday edition of Kirk and Callahan
Ken Laird and Chris Curtis are in after a K&C Wednesday show for the post-show gossip.
Rich Keefe & Ryan Davey discuss the best sports video games of all-time. They break them down by sport and then ultimately crown a Top 5. Plus This Week in #DORK and the Pick of the Podcast.
Kirk Minihane is back after a brief hiatus and answers questions from listeners about various things including WEEI personalities, the state of the K&C Casting Couch, his rift with John Dennis and more.More from this show
Hour 3: Gerry and Kirk talked about a big win for Cleveland and a rough night for LeBron.More from this show
Hour 4: Pete Sheppard has taken over Fort Myers.More from this show
Hour 4: Gerry and Tomase go back and forth on terror in our world today.More from this show
Hour 2: Pete makes his debut on Shemon and Sheppard and Kirk talks about Pope Francis meeting Trump.More from this show


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Recap / Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone C 14 Norbert
To the shock of the Power Trio, Professor Quirrell, while he is very clearly not looking too healthy, doesn't seem to have given up the secret of the Stone's location to Snape yet. Harry, Ron and Hermione even decide to bolster the man's spirits some by being supportive and defensive of him, especially when people mock his stutter and other eccentricities. In the library, while they are doing research for their (heavy load of) Easter holiday homework, Harry, Ron and Hermione run across Hagrid looking at books on dragon breeding (which, as Ron points out later, has been illegal for centuries.) Since Hagrid is such a great gold mine of secret information, the trio pays him a visit at his hut to figure out some things. Sure enough, he reveals that many of Hogwarts' teachers (including Snape, unbelievably) have helped set up various defenses for the Stone - of which Fluffy is merely the first. While inside Hagrid's hut, the kids cannot fail to notice that he is in fact keeping a dragon's egg incubating in his fireplace. Hagrid gladly tells them that it is the egg of the Norwegian Ridgeback, a rare species of dragon. Hermione can only comment that it is a bad idea to breed a dragon in a wooden house. Days later, the Ridgeback dragon hatches, and Hagrid, in typical form, chooses to christen it Norbert. Harry, Ron and Hermione are asked to help him take care of Norbert, but they have other things to worry about - for instance, the fact that Draco Malfoy also witnessed the hatching (he was spying in Hagrid's window) and may report Hagrid any day now. After Ron is hospitalized due to complications from a bite, the trio agrees to get rid of Norbert - so they send an owl to Ron's older brother Charlie, who studies dragons in Romania. Charlie responds quickly, telling the kids to meet some of his friends on the Astronomy Tower at midnight on Saturday. Unfortunately, Malfoy gets ahold of the letter after going into the hospital wing on the pretext of borrowing one of Ron's books - which happened to contain the letter. On Saturday night, Harry and Hermione sneak Norbert up to the tower under the Invisibility Cloak, and they spot Professor McGonagall escorting Malfoy downstairs, having caught him up there waiting for the dragon, and given him detention and taken twenty points from Slytherin. However, after the delivery is made, Harry and Hermione make the huge mistake of abandoning the cloak on top of the tower, and they get caught by none other than Argus Filch.


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Debris-Filled "Hills" to Rise on Governors Island
City officials broke ground Thursday for a new park at the southern end of Governors Island that will use debris, dirt and remnants of an imploded building to create sloping landscapes and winding pathways.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said "The Hills" public park, scheduled to open in 2015, will be reminiscent of pre-colonial Manhattan.
Wendy Schmidt and her husband, Google chairman Eric Schmidt, donated $15 million to the park. She said the goal is to revitalize the waterfront while protecting the island from rising sea levels. In fact, she said the former military post is now key to the fight against the impact of climate change.
"We think of this park as a beautiful fortification," she said. "A place that has protected New York harbor one way or another for centuries."
At 80 feet above sea level, the summit of the highest hill will give visitors a panoramic view of the Statue of Liberty and lower Manhattan.
A total of $36 million in private funds have been raised for the park, which is scheduled to open in 2015.
(Photo: A rendering of what the man-made hills on Governors Island will look like. Courtesy of the Mayor's Office)
WNYC 2010: With Visions of Future Hilltops (and Potable Water) Governors Island Re-opens


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November 2012
01 November 2012: A monthly selection of the best new research and resources on local peacebuilding worldwide, as chosen by Insight on Conflict. This month's edition features articles on perceptions of conflict in Kosovo, resilience, and more. Sign up here to receive the newsletter by email each month.
Research this month
Peacebuilding 2.0: Mapping the boundaries of an expanding field
An expanded field, joined by dedicated citizens with a vision for peace, has the power to create positive social change in the most unstable conflict zones around the world
Peacebuilding 2.0 brings together the initial findings of the Peacebuilding Mapping Project, a joint project from the Alliance for Peacebuilding and USIP. The project aims to establish a consensus on professional peacebuilding activities in the US.
Reconciliation and trust-building in Bosnia-Herzegovina
The most striking differences in attitude towards reconciliation did not divide Croat, Bosniak and Serb respondents, or respondents from different cities, but divided responses given by respondents from the majority population of each city from responses given by minorities in those cities.
Based on a survey of over 600 people from four regions across Bosnia-Herzegovina, Reconciliation and trust-building in Bosnia-Herzegovina finds strong support across groups for reconciliation, though varying degrees of optimism over reconciliation processes. The survey was completed by the Religion and Ethics in the Making of War and Peace Project and the Center for Empirical Research on Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
What Happens after the war? How refugee camp peace programmes contribute to post-conflict peacebuilding strategies
The purpose of this research attempts to address this gap through establishing whether the implementation of refugee camp peace programmes can contribute to post-conflict peacebuilding strategies once peace programme participants repatriate.
What happens after the war, from the UNHCR, looks at refugee camp peace programmes. The programmes aim to provide refugees with conflict resolution skills. It is hoped that refugees will use these skills after they return to their communities and help prevent violent conflict restarting. This research attempts to determine how effective the programmes are.
Still time to act: rising conflict fears in Kosovo
Survey results show that confidence-building measures are now urgently required to prevent social polarization from growing and to restore popular trust in governing institutions.
Still time to act, from Saferworld, looks at public perceptions of safety and security in Kosovo at the end of 2011. The report presents evidence of a widely held fear of renewed ethnic conflict and low confidence in security and justice systems. Includes recommendations for improving the situation are included.
Resilience: a stock-taking
Widely understood as 'bouncing back' after attacks, accidents and disruptions, the resilience concept has over time been complemented by a variety of new definitions. How should policy-makers understand the concept in formulating security policy? What are its core characteristics? And how do these characteristics relate to approaches that seek to foster resilience?
Resilience: a stock-taking, from PRIO, discusses the idea of 'resilience' and what it's growing popularity means for the field of human security. The paper gives an introduction to the concept and touches upon the practical and strategic implications.
Violent conflict and gender inequality: an overview
We show that a far wider set of gender issues must be considered to better document the human consequences of war and to design effective postconflict policies.
Violent conflict and gender inequality seeks to show the impact of conflict according to gender. The paper argues that the impact of conflict is rarely gender neutral, and conflict impacts in a wide range of areas. Both must be recognised in order to create programmes that tackle the aftermath of conflict effectively. Published by the Households in Conflict Network.
From the blog
Put peacebuilding at the heart of post-2015 talksLord Jack McConnell, former Scottish First Minister and UK Special Representative for Peacebuilding, argues that peacebuilding must be part of what comes after the Millennium Development Goals end in 2015. Read more »
Sri Lanka: Young people come together for peaceIn Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka, 400 student leaders, from all backgrounds and parts of the country, came together to unite for peace, an event unthinkable just five years ago. Read more »
Impact and humanitarian action in Somalia: is there a place for critical reflection?In recent years there has been a growing perception that the ability to provide humanitarian assistance to populations affected by conflict and crisis is becoming increasingly restricted. This idea is associated with the issue of humanitarian politics – how humanitarian action has directly or indirectly impacted political structures or been politicised. Hannah Vaughan-Lee, discusses this in relation to Somalia which is frequently used as an example of how humanitarian space has become a "scare commodity" as a result. Read more »
Liberia: Challenges facing peace and reconciliationLiberia has begun the process of sustaining the peace that has been built in recent years. However difficult challenges lie ahead. Insight on Conflict's local correspondent for Liberia, Nat Walker, looks at Liberia's "Roadmap for National Healing, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation", which aims to give direction to the process. Read more »
Nepal: Restless move for truth and justiceThe peace accord that ended Nepal's armed conflict called for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation commission to tackle impunity and promote reconciliation. Yet, six years on, victims of Nepal's conflict are still waiting for a commission to be set up. Ambika Pokhrel, Insight on Conflict's Local Correspondent for Nepal, looks at why the process has taken so long. Read more »
DR Congo: Magic spells, chicken's blood and making peaceSophie Tholstrup, DFID's DR Congo Humanitarian and Development Coordinator, shares her reflections of a workshop which brought together local peacebuilding organisations to discuss how best to encourage combatants to demobilise and reintegrate.Read more »
Afghanistan: women struggling for representation in the peace processWomen in Afghanistan are struggling to have their voices heard in the country's peace process. Mariam Safi, Insight on Conflict's local correspondent for Afghanistan, argues that increasing women's representation must become a top priority. Read more »
Women sidelined from Burma's fledgling peace processBurma is going through a process of unprecedented change. Central to the long-term viability of this "new Burma," are efforts to bring about national reconciliation and secure a lasting peace between the Burma military and the many non-state armed groups that have been fighting for self-determination for decades. Women could play a key role in this process, however so far their voices have been sidelined. Read more »
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Members of the "Greatest Generation" were honored this week in Washington D.C., on the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Midway on June 4 at the United States Navy Memorial, and on the 70th anniversary of D-Day on June 6 at the World War II Memorial.
Many of those who participated in these seminal battles, almost all now in their 90s, were on hand to participate in the commemoration ceremonies. Journalist Tom Brokaw coined the term "Greatest Generation" to describe those brave individuals who were called upon to defend America and the West from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
The Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942, just six months after Pearl Harbor, saw the complete destruction of a large task force of the Imperial Japanese Navy, including the sinking of four Japanese aircraft carriers. Midway was considered a turning point in the Pacific Theater of the war and ranks as one of the major naval battles in history. The ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial was marked by a commemorative wreath-laying by Admiral Mark Ferguson, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, and Lieutenant General Ronald L. Bailey, Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies and Operations, U.S. Marine Corps. Six original participants of the Battle of Midway were present on the occasion.
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37. Flying Lindy (to slower music)
For the leader, on 1 & 2, the leader kick ball changes starting with his left foot as the follower swivels right left.
On 3 & 4 both the leader and follower can either do a triple step or a hold step.
On 5, the leader jumps forward on to his right foot facing away from the follower.
On 6, he pivots 180 degrees, steps on his left foot and kicks forward with his right foot.
On 7. He hops on his left foot and kicks back with his right foot. On the & between 7 & 8, he steps with his right foot crossing behind and kicking out his left foot.
On 8, he kicks forward with his left foot. On the next 1 & 2, the leader can do a kick ball change by kicking back with his left foot on 1.
For the follower, on the & between 4 & 5, she jumps out on her left foot and faces the leader.
On 5, she kicks forward with her right foot.
On the & between, 5 & 6, she jumps on to her right leg.
On 6, she kicks forward with her left leg.
On & 7 & 8, the follower steps with her left leg on &, and does a kick ball swivel on 7 & 8 kicking forward with her right foot on 7, stepping with her left on & and stepping with her right swiveling to the left on 8.
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I am currently redoing a quarter replacement for a customers 68 Camaro. The original replacement was a poor stamping in the jamb area which would not allow the door and front clip to align properly.
I guess I can't say this job is easy at all. Even the replacement panel is quite a poor fit. I'd have to rank this as a "not for newbie" job. If you have a friend that has done body replacement before it would help a great deal. When you place the new quarter up into the new location and it looks too long at the tail panel, won't snug up over the wheel well, and the gap at the door is -6mm at the bottom it will help a great deal to have someone with the "eye" to know how to make it all work.
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In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks, ricotta, and milk until smooth. Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the larger bowl of dry ingredients. Set aside.
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Tom Wood has been recalled by England and told to hit South Africa with his brain as much as his brawn.
Head coach Stuart Lancaster's promise to "freshen up" the team beaten by Australia is set to bring five changes.
Alex Corbisiero, Joe Launchbury, Ben Morgan and fullback-turned-wing Mike Brown are all also expected to be named in the side for Saturday's sell-out clash at Twickenham.
The message drummed into the squad on Tuesday was that a backlash is expected from them in response to letting the Wallabies off the hook.
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Andy Farrell, England's backs coach, said: "You can go 'backlash, backlash, backlash' but what does it mean? We can't just be a raging bull in a china shop.
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What most impressed Farrell about Australia was that although the pressure was on following their trouncing by France, they were ice-cool in their approach and clinical in their execution.
He will demand the same from England, who failed to register a win in their three-Test series with these Springboks in June.
"We have got to keep our composure, see where the space is and see how we can attack them defensively," added the cross-code legend.
"We need to get our jobs right, as well as obviously the intensity and physicality."
Into that controlled environment comes Wood, a flanker who lives for rugby's toe-to-toe physicality - or "energy and enthusiasm" as he puts it.
"I wouldn't say we've been soft in recent weeks," said Wood, who ousts Tom Johnson.
"But with the physical challenge that's coming our way, there's definitely got to be an element of being nastier - and being smart with it.
'We have got to get that balance right throughout the pack because we want to be able to maul and brawl and be able to give the subtle pass."
The 26-year-old returns after learning to manage a potentially career-ending toe problem by regularly 'clawing' with his foot in buckets of sand or rice to strengthen the digits.
As Wood prepared for his first start in more than a year, Johnson, Thomas Waldrom and Charlie Sharples were released back to their clubs.
Wood has vowed not to hold back on his first start in more than a year - and insists he will be upset if England are beaten up by the Boks.
"Because it's not a surprise what's coming," he said. "Playing South Africa is like a man test. They look for your biggest guy and get theirs to run at him as hard as he can to see who comes out on top.
"If you show any fear and back off to any extent you've got a long day at the office."
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