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Monday July 23rd, 2012 4:23pm
I spoke with all four head coaches yesterday morning and watched the City Lax documentary last night which was inspiring and got me to thinking how important Major League Lacrosse is to the overall landscape of the game. As MLL founder Jake Steinfeld likes to say, "The MLL fuels the dream." He's exactly right. My tank is full and ready for action on Saturday, Boston and Chesapeake square off at noon in Navy Marine Corps Stadium. The game can be seen live on ESPN2. Semifinal #2 between Long Island and Denver will faceoff at 3pm and can be seen live on espn3.com and will also be syndicated to select markets throughout the country.
All four coaches were confident that if their team played well, they would win. They also made is crystal clear that if they played poorly, the'd lose. It's interesting to note that the two lower seeds finished the season strongly, Chesapeake beat Boston in the season finale and Long Island is riding a five game win streak.
Chesapeake has a new skipper, owner Brendan Kelly replaced John Tucker after a hellacious mid-season losing streak nearly kept the hometown Bayhawks out of the postseason. "The fans here are into it," said Kelly. "I take alot of grief at the deli when we lose." The owner/coach has high expectations for a once dominant franchise. "Let's be a powerhouse, not a doormat," he said.
The Bayhawks have tweeked their formula, preferring to use two-end midfielders and not defensive specialists. They are a midfield oriented team who's top performers are Peet Poillon and Kyle Dixon. Surprisingly though, over the past two games the second line of Jeremy Seiverts, Mike Kimmel and Ben Hunt have been outscoring the headliners. Kimmel isn't being asked to be superman, after being overworked at Hopkins this spring. Hunt has shed some weight and is a dangerous and powerful north/south dodger.
They have also benefitted from the return of veteran defender Shawn Nadelen, who's quick rehab from ACL surgery is a medical miracle and a tesiment to his guts and determination. "Nadelen is a general on the field for us, excellent communicator and presence," said Kelly. "He's an inspirational figure and he blends with Joe Cinosky and Micahel Evans to give us a pretty formidable close defense.
A key for Chesapeake - get production from their attack. Ben Rubeor, over the last four games, is competing like he did at Virginia. "He's scrappy," said Kelly. "He's always hustling and making plays. He's the most underrated attackman in the league. He's done everything I've asked of him."
Boston has never won the MLL title. They are the top seed after an 8-4 regular season slate. "The top seed helps if you take care of business in the semifinals," said Cannons coach Billy Daye. "It's a very intense and quick turnaround from Saturday to the final on Sunday, so that early game on Saturday is helpful."
The Cannons offense is led by Paul Rabil, Ryan Boyle and Matt Poskay. "Poskay has exceeded expectations," said Daye. "I didn't think he'd score 45 goals but we knew he'd have success working with Ryan Boyle. Matt is very intelligent off-ball and his awareness of how defenses are going to slide is beneficial."
Face-offs are an area of concern for Boston after being diced by Chesapeake's Alex Smith on August 7th. "Chris Eck and John Ortolani will both be on our roster," said Daye. "Ortolani is a phenomenal athlete, competes in MMA so he's in great shape."
Boston must play mistake and turnover free lacrosse. "We had 17 turnovers against Chesapeake in the last week of the regular season and five of them led directly to transition goals," said Daye.
The Cannons have the leagues most experienced defense with Kyle Sweeney, Mitch Belisle, Jack Reid, Chris Passavia and Ryan McClay. "Mitch brough alot of energy when we switched to our five-man rotation," said Daye. "He's an unsung hero. Very solid, not flashy but terrific at playing his angles."
Winning the title is more about chemistry and leadership than talent. "It's been a total group effort this summer," said Daye. "Everyone has contributed on the leadership front - Rabil, Boyle, Passavia, McClay and Turner have been awesome."
Chesapeake prefers tempo and a high scoring run and gun affair with lots of faceoffs while Boston would prefer a six-on-six, half-field collegiate style game with few chaotic moments.


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Будь ласка 10 питань до текстуLevelling rods. Levelling rodsare of two types, target and self – reading – the former is read by a rodmen, the latter by
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Levelling rods. Levelling rods
are of two types, target and self – reading; the former is read by a rodmen,
the latter by a levelmen. The commonest forms of target rods are the Boston, the New York and
the Philadelphia; the Philadelphia can be used also as a self-
reading rod. Most rods are made of two or more sections, so that they may be
extended. The target of the Boston
rod is permanently fastened to one strip of the rod. The other target rods are
always used right – side up and have movable targets. The New
York rod has a vernier for reading to a thousandth of a foot; most Philadelphia rods have a scale resembling a
vernier, which gives the hundredths and makes it easy to estimate thousandths,
thus serving every purpose of a vernier. All these rods are usually 6 or 7.5 ft. long and are extensible
for readings up to 11 or 13 ft.
They are also made 3 ft.
long, with extension to 5 ft.
and 5 ft.
long with extension to 9 ft.
for use underground.
A self – reading rod has
graduations (usually every tenth of a foot) painted on its face, so that it can
be read through a telescope by the levelman. The figures on the face of the rod
are usually of a definite height (0.06 or 0.08 ft. ) and of a
thickness of 0.01 or 0.02 ft.,
thus aiding the levelman to estimate hundredths of a foot or even closer.
is a telescope to which a delicate spirit level is attached parallel to the
line of sight, so that when the bubble is in the centre, the line of sight is
horizontal. The two common types are the Y- and dumpy – levels. In both the
telescope is mounted on a vertical axis about which the telescope can swing
horizontally and is leveled by 4 levelling screws.
The Y- level has its spirit level attached to
the telescope which rests in two Y- shaped supports fastened to a horizontal
bar rigidly connected to a vertical axis. The telescope can be taken out of the
Ys, turned end for end.
The dumpy – level has its
vertical axis, a horizontal bar and supports for the telescope all cast in one
piece to which a spirit level is attached. The dumpy – level will stand much
rougher use than Y – level.
- 1. Which main types of levelling rods do you know?
2. What are the commonest forms of target rods?
3. Can Philadelphia rod be used as a self-reading rod or not?
4. Target of which rod is permanently fastened to one strip of it?
5. What length does rod usually have for underground use?
6. Why does self–reading rods have graduations on its face?
7. Why does figures on the face of the rod have definite height and thickness?
8. What is the difference between Y and dumpy levels?
9. Where in Y-level is telescope rest?
10. What in dumpy level is spirit level attached to?
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Beginning this week, City Hall is sponsoring a children�s book drive in partnership with New Haven Reads, a local non-profit aiming to improve literacy and encourage reading among New Haven children. This year�s drive aims to collect 50,000 books; City Hall has a book collection station in the Mayor�s Office, located on the second floor at 165 Church Street. Donations can also be dropped off at New Haven Reads� Dixwell location at 45 Bristol Street. Collections are available for large donations of over 200 books.
Founded in 2001, New Haven Reads provides free after-school tutoring to local students and maintains a community book bank. Their commitment to improving literacy and fostering an appreciation for reading aligns closely with the goals of this administration, as we work to close Connecticut�s academic achievement gap. Revitalizing our public school system is an integral part of this vision, and work is currently underway to make improvements; new principals and teachers are revitalizing our schools as we think of new ways forward. That said, independent after-school programs like New Haven Reads provide crucial services to students, helping them perform to the best of their abilities. We thank New Haven Reads for their work and wish them the best of luck with this initiative.
It was also an exciting week for New Haven Healthcare, as Yale-New Haven Hospital was ranked as the best hospital in Connecticut by U.S. News & World Report. Providing unparalleled care to New Haven-area residents, Yale-New Haven Hospital is also the city�s second largest employer. Congratulations to everyone at Yale-New Haven Hospital � keep up the good work!
The annual Music On The Green festival begins this weekend, with the first of two headliners. On Saturday evening, The Temptations will take to the stage on the Green. The concert will begin with opening acts at 7 p.m., followed by The Temptations at 8 p.m. For information on all events going on around the city this weekend, please visit the city's new events calendar .
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To be fair I bought the 550 after comparing it to the Alpina B7x and the Porsche Panamera Turbo, so I was looking for a bit more than the typical 550 buyer. The stock 550 is very capable, but the key issue is the quietness of the car is misperceived as having a lack of performance.
I would agree, many here think that.
However, that's not the issue with mine. The issue with mine is:
* Wandering steering - when on the highway, constant small corrections are required to keep the car moving straight. The car never feels settled. It feels nervous, and not in a good way. It is tiring.
* Take off hesitation / jerk. The car is impossible to pull away from a stop smoothly. Sometimes it's ok, sometimes it's like being rear-ended. Very aggravating. Also...
* Low speed roll on thump. When rolling through a right turn or perhaps a speed bump in the parking lot, larger applications of throttle following the almost stop results in a jerky downshift to first followed by wild RPM revving.
* Lack of predictable response to the throttle while underway. The latest software has helped this somewhat, however it still feels a bit lazy, like it is very reluctant to downshift. The engine is responsive, however the car sometimes just wants to stay in fuel saver mode.
* Uneven braking when slowing to a stop. Feels like the alternator cutting in and out or perhaps the transmission, makes it very difficult to smoothly pull to a stop.
All in all, small niggles that are very frustrating to an otherwise wonderful car. Now, I think my car is worse than most. I've driven later 2011's and 2012's that don't have the same issues. But overall the car does feel a bit sluggish and slow to react. By comparison, my MDX, which is nowhere near as civilized, but weighs 600 lbs more and has a higher center of gravity, is smoother to drive and feels more taught and composed.
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ONE symbol of status, not to be confused with tail fins on longer-than-life cars or other noisy manifestations of money, is a mild-mannered arch conservative named Mainbocher. He stands alone in America as the only couturier who heads his own house and is lauded alike by young society women, famous Broadway actresses and even grandmothers.
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Examining the exceptional increase in life expectancy in New York City, 1990-2009
The Foundation's Making Prevention Matter initiative was designed to support strategies that shape the national dialogue on prevention's role in improving health and the economy.This project seeks to explain the exceptional increase in life expectancy in New York City (NYC) from 1990 through 2009. NYC gained 8.2 years of life expectancy during that period, as compared with 2.8 years for the United States as a whole. The grantees will conduct their analysis by calculating life tables for all causes and for individual causes of death for NYC and for the United States, allowing them to calculate the extent to which particular causes of death contributed to differences in life expectancy, cross-sectionally and over time. Individual causes of death to be analyzed include HIV/AIDS, homicide, lung cancer, unintentional overdose, and diabetes. The grantees will also examine whether and how the changing composition of the population during these two decades may have contributed to NYC's exceptional performance by analyzing migration patterns as well as differences in mortality by race and ethnicity. They will additionally consider the impact of changes in the socioeconomic status of the population by examining mortality patterns by educational attainment. Deliverables will include a report describing findings, which they will submit for publication in the peer-reviewed literature. Grantees will also make several presentations of findings at academic conferences, as well as one or two presentations to interested NYC officials and researchers.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $180,571.00
Awarded on: 10/4/2012
Time frame: 11/1/2012 - 10/31/2013
Grant Number: 70421
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Barter exchanges allow people to make trades for health-related services
Small-business owner Jim Owens is able to cover the cost of orthodontics for his employees and their families.
It's quite a perk in an age of shrinking and disappearing benefits for many workers.
Owens does it with the help of a Pittsburgh bartering exchange, an age-old business practice of trading services and goods that more employers are using for medical services such as dental and vision care.
"I think the biggest thing is it helps with employee morale," said Owens, owner of Call Processing Professionals, a Robinson company that sells business phone systems.
Employees' out-of-pocket costs associated with dental and vision plans are growing, and most plans don't cover braces for a child's teeth, which can cost thousands of dollars. Bartering with orthodontists gives Owens and other business owners in Western Pennsylvania a less expensive way to provide benefits.
"That obviously makes for a very happy employee when you can provide that," Owens said.
Call Processing Professionals is one of 3,000 Pittsburgh-area businesses that participate in an exchange run by Green Apple Barter Services of Green Tree.
Justin Krane, Green Apple's director of sales and marketing, said rising costs force many companies to trim health benefits.
"It seems like everyone I've talked to has cut back on the dental, vision and (drug) prescriptions" due to higher costs, Krane said. Bartering "is a way they can continue to do it."
Green Apple, established in 1991, handles about $50 million a year in bartering transactions, making it among the largest networks in the country, Krane said. All manner of goods and services are traded, from advertising and office cleaning to computers or website work.
Health-related services account for a small but growing percentage of barter activity, he said. Green Apple has about 45 medical providers in its network.
Independent dentists, opticians, physical therapists, orthodontists, pharmacists and medical-equipment sellers are common exchange users. Medical doctors and hospitals typically don't participate in bartering, however.
Dr. Tim Chips, a dentist with offices in Ross and Gibsonia, gets about 10 percent of his business through Green Apple's network.
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"Having people who've had good experience is always good for generating word-of-mouth," he said.
Chips has used barter credits he generates to pay for maintenance for his offices, marketing and advertising, and other services.
Barter networks such as Green Apple operate like a bank, keeping track of credits and debits for thousands of members, Krane said. As an exchange, bartering isn't done directly. Chips, for example, generates credits for the value of the dental services he provides to Green Apple members. He then uses Green Apple "dollars" to buy goods and services from other members.
"We're an authorized form of payment recognized by the IRS," Krane said.
Though the number of health providers in Green Apple's network is relatively small, a new member will help expand the number.
Medical Benefits Network, a Green Tree-based insurance agency, runs what it calls a rewards program that provides a 50 percent discount on out-of-pocket costs at hundreds of dentists and opticians in Western Pennsylvania.
Tom Prestia, CEO of the agency, said he created the program as a free benefit for his insurance customers.
"I did it to create (customer) loyalty and create more business by providing value-added services for free," he said.
Like Chips, Prestia said the advantage of participating in Green Apple's exchange is the opportunity to pick up customers for his insurance business.
"If they come in as one of my members through Green Apple, then I'm known to that company and I can help them out with other needs," he said.
In the past month, he gained three customers who bought his discount program through Green Apple, he said.
"The rising cost of health insurance is a big thing" driving the popularity of bartering for health care and for Prestia's discount program, he said. "Health insurance doesn't provide dental and vision like what I have. ... It's a no-brainer."
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Hannah completed her undergraduate degree in BSc (First Class hons) Science in Health, Exercise and Sport, at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) in 2005 and was awarded the John Marsden Prize for outstanding achievements.
In 2009, she completed her PhD combining the disciplines of Biochemistry, Exercise Physiology and Immunology at the School of Health Sciences in UWIC. Investigating the biochemical mechanisms of immune suppression and specifically focused on the activation and phosphorylation of AMP-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK).
Whilst at Loughborough University as a Research Associate in Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Hannah focused on inflammatory proteins, more specifically, the role of cytokines Interleukin-6 and its receptor in the control of glucose transport and the signalling pathways which are activated and the expression in diabetes.
Hannah is currently investigating the role of nutritional supplements and rehabilitation techniques on muscle damage, inflammation and leukocytosis.
Other research interests lie in the role of omega-3 and -6 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation / respiratory training in lung function and asthmatics.
She is also pursuing her interest in clinical conditions and exercise prescription for inflammatory conditions such as diabetes and arthritis.
Educational and Professional Qualifications
- 2010 - present Post Grad Certificate in Learning & Teaching, Kingston University
- 2006 - 2009 PhD in Biomedical Sciences (Exercise Physiology, Immunology & Biochemsitry, University of Wales Institute Cardiff
- 2002 - 2005 BSc (First Class Hons) Science in Health, Exercise & Sport
Research Interests
In relation to health and exercise Hannah's key areas of interest include:-
AMP-Protein Activated Kinase (AMPK)
Muscle damage
Inflammation /Immune function
Inflammatory conditions- Diabetes, Arthritis
Physical activity and obesity
Respiratory diseases - Asthma
Inflammatory proteins
Interleukin-6 (IL6)
Dietary /Nutritional supplementations
Cellular signalling mechanisms/pathways
Ergogenic aids in sports performance
Doping in Sports performance (blood biomarkers)
Publications (Peer Reviewed Manuscripts):
Moir, H., Sims, C., Butcher, L.R., Davies, N.A., Hughes, M.G.1, Jones, K.P., and Webb, R. (2010). Exercise-induced Immunosuppression: The Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species and 5AMP-activated Protein Kinase AMPK Dephosphorylation within Immune Cells. Journal of Applied Physiology, 108: 1284-1292.
Moir, H., Butcher, L., Jones, K.P., Hughes, M.G., Neale, H., Jia, H., Al-Ismaily, Z. & Webb, R. (2008). AMPK Inactivation in Mononuclear Cells: A Potential Intracellular Mechanism For Exercise-Induced Immuno-suppression. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, 33: 75-85.
Publications (Peer Reviewed Abstracts):
Moir, Hannah, Jones, Ken P., Hughes, Michael G. & Webb, Richard. (2008). AMPK Inactivation in Mononuclear Cells via an AMP:ATP-independent Mechanism? A Potential Explanation for Exercise-Induced Immunosuppression? FASEB Summer Research Conference- AMPK in Sickness and Health from Molecule to Man, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Moir, H., Butcher, L., Webb, R., Jones, K. & Hughes, M.G (2007). AMPK Deactivation in Mononuclear Cells - A Potential Intracellular Mechanism for Exercise-Induced Immunosuppression. Poster presented at the Annual Conference for the British Academy for Sports and Exercise Science.
Moir, H., Webb, R., Jones, K. & Hughes, M.G. (2007). The Biochemical Mechanism Underpinning Exercise-Induced Immunosuppression. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Conference for the Welsh Institute of Sports, Health & Exercise Science.
Moir, H., Webb, R., Jones, K. & Hughes, M.G. (2006). AMPK Deactivation in Mononuclear Cells - A Potential Intracellular Mechanism for Exercise-Induced Immunosuppression. Poster presented at the 3rd Annual Conference for the Welsh Institute of Sports, Health and Exercise Science.
Teaching Area
Module Leader on: LS1450- Skills Acquisition in Sport LS3210- Exercise Prescription LS3160- Growth, Development & Aging Also Lecture on: LS1490- Human Anatomy & Biomechanics LS2440- Physical Activity & Health Promotion LS3500- Physical Activity & Health Promotion LS3190- Sports Injuries LS3440- Doping, Sports Performance & Nutritional Supplements PTM020- Managing Fatigue (in conjunction with St George's Hospital)
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International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
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Physiological Society: 2009-Present
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Wager Bay
|Wager Bay
North shore
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|65°30′N 89°00′W / 65.500°N 89.000°WCoordinates: 65°30′N 89°00′W / 65.500°N 89.000°W
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Wager Bay (previously: Wager River)[1] is long narrow inlet in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada which opens east into Roes Welcome Sound at the northwest end of Hudson Bay. Ukkusiksalik National Park surrounds it.
Wager Bay was first charted by Christopher Middleton during his Arctic explorations of 1742.[2] He named it after Sir Charles Wager and was trapped in the bay for three weeks until the ice cleared in Roes Welcome Sound. In 1747 William Moor sent boat parties to the head of the bay.
The bay is a long inlet stretching through tundra; its shoreline measures 93 mi (150 km) in length.[3] The elevation is 51 m (167 ft) above sea level. It drains an area of 28,551 km2, through numerous small rivers, including the Brown River and Sila River. North Lake, South Lake, Brown Lake, and Ford Lake are nearby.[4][5]
Polar bear on ice floe,
Wager Bay, July 1996
Bearded seal on ice floe,
Wager Bay, July 1996
- Pelly, David F. (2016). Ukkusiksalik: The People's Story. Toronto: Dundurn. ISBN 9781459729896.
See also[edit]
- ^ Hayes, Derek (2008). Canada: An Illustrated History. Douglas & McIntyre. p. 55. ISBN 1-55365-259-2.
- ^ Hall, Charles Francis (1871-04-09). "Geographical Discoveries in the Arctic Regions". Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York. jstor.org. 3: 216–221. JSTOR 196418. doi:10.2307/196418.
- ^ Struzik, Edward; Mike Beedell (1991). Northwest Passage: the quest for an Arctic route to the east (Digitized Oct 4, 2008 ed.). Key Porter Books. p. 53. ISBN 1-55013-181-8.
- ^ NHN Drainage Area 06OB000 - Western Hudson Bay - Wager Bay (PDF) (1.0 ed.), Canadian Council on Geomatics
- ^ Dredge, L.A.; I. McMartin (2005). "Postglacial marine deposits and marine limit determinations, inner Wager Bay area, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut" (PDF). Geological Survey of Canada.
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The company introduced a pair of limited-edition 3DS bundles that will be available starting Nov. 24.
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London: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi steered Leicestershire into the Trophy final with an amazing innings of 95 in its seven-wicket semi-final win over Lancashire at Grace Road on Monday.[an error occurred while processing this directive]Afridi, only at Leicestershire because first choice overseas player Daniel Marsh had to return home to Australia injured, was in typically destructive form.His 95 came from 58 balls including six sixes and eight fours. It was all the more impressive as the opener was completely uninhibited by seeing his side decline to nine for two.All that was missing from Afridi's innings was a century and he eventually perished when Andrew Flintoff on the deep-cover boundary caught a flat-batted slash off fellow pace bowler Glen Chapple.Leicestershire captain Vince Wells played his part with a composed 64 not out, as he and Afridi put on 152 in 114 balls, the side on its way to a 13th straight One-day victory.Afridi's reputation as a hard hitter goes back to his first One-day International innings when in 1996-97, as a 16-year-old, he made a century in just 37 balls, a world record for international Limited Overs cricket, against Sri Lanka in Kenya.On Sunday, after a rain-delayed start, Lancashire captain John Crawley surprisingly chose to field first in overcast conditions and the visitors collapsed to 60 for six.They re-started on Monday on 84 for six but a stand of 102 between wicket-keeper Warren Hegg (60) and leg spinner Chris Schofield (42) at least gave Lancashire a respectable total of 190 to defend.That looked all the better when veteran seamer Peter Martin took two early Leicestershire wickets. But then Afridi took charge, the only chance before his dismissal a fierce drive on 49, which Crawley was unable to hold.Leicestershire will play Somerset in the Trophy final at Lord's on Saturday, September 1.
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Of all the festival clichés, the most enduring is not the terrible lavatories (though they are also still with us, sadly) but the botulism-riddled festival burger. But the gastronomic experience at festivals is improving exponentially. Glastonbury may still be riddled with iffy chow mein vans and chunky-chip enterprises, but this year might be the best yet for gastronomes.
Although there is no sit-down silver-service joint this year, there is enough good food dotted around the vast site to make it possible to spend your day chasing slow-braised ribs, rather than do anything as daft as watch bands play music.
That's what Stephen Thomas decided to do. Rather than poring over a list of bands he wants to see this weekend, Thomas is wandering around the site with a notebook filled with the names of the food trucks he wants to sample.
Thomas – who is writing a blog for the on-site paper about food – waxes lyrical about the hot-dog enhanced pasta he picked up from Annie May's Mac'n'Cheese, and takes me through his extensive eating list; it runs from gloops of molten cheese, to the vegetarian curry at No Bones Jones.
"This is my fifth Glastonbury," Thomas explains. "Leading up to it I couldn't remember many decent food places here, and it made me realise that a lot of the time you just settle for whatever is nearest – and you end up with a hog roast."
Thankfully, there's no hog roast in sight outside the Diner, in the Shangri-La late-night party section of the site, where in a few hours' time the cult London burger-makers MEATLiquor will be taking over for nine hours, selling a thousand burgers as the music blares. Or, as its co-founder Yianni Papoutsis puts it: "We're here to sell Dead Hippies [the name of their classic burger] to live hippies."
Thomas reckons the best food he's eaten all weekend is at the silver caravan occupied by La Choza and BBQ Shack. It's a collaboration between two well-respected Brighton restaurants. Aoife Sweeney and Annie Gelpey are behind the Mexican street food and John Critchley is the smoking genius behind the barbecue. It's not a bad combo.
They serve me a mini-platter with smoked ribs and brisket from the barbecue that is spectacularly tender, while the Mexican element is three mini tostadas with shoulder of pork, chicken and green salsa, feta and butternut squash and some delicately assembled little quesadillas. The crowning glory is a plate full of 90-minute smoked chicken wings, with lashings of what Gelpey tells me is Critchley's special "ring" sauce.
"We don't serve that in the restaurant," Critchley says. "But I wanted to do something special for the festival." The sauce is a violent red and packed with a garlic and chilli intensity that manages to combine a fresh hit of flavour while also making your head want to explode. I didn't ask why its called "ring" sauce...
It's not just fatty brisket on offer, though. The Greenpeace field hosts a farmers' market with bijou cakeshops, something called the Parsnipship (variations on a veggie theme) and the Ethical Chef.
The Ethical Chef is Deri Reed, a Cardiff-based cook who turned up at Glastonbury with nothing but his team. All of Reed's ingredients for a crisp, spicy bean-and-pepper chilli are sourced daily from the organic market in the festival's wholesalers' market – and the Glastonbury cheddar is bought from a nearby cheese stall. And are people going for it? "Well, we sold out yesterday lunchtime, at 12," he says, proudly.
Finally, away from the food trucks which border every walkway around the 900-acre site, staff from one of Britain's most renowned restaurants are toiling away. Chris Gillard, the head chef of St John, from Clerkenwell, London, is at the Beat Hotel, a huge party space near the Pyramid stage. Alongside Justin Gellatly, who is busy making some of St John's astonishingly good doughnuts (including one flavoured with violet extract and covered in Parma Violets), Gillard is running the Naked Lunch, cooking imported breakfasts of fresh pancakes, Gloucester Old Spot bacon, and "Hot Dawgs" made with imported German weiners. Gillard has previously run a silver-service restaurant on the site, and has no truck with clichéd festival food.
"It's the same quality of food as you get in St John and that's the whole point," he says of their grub. "We might be in a field, but there's no reason we have to be eating out of containers of mass-produced food. We're trying to bring a bit more realness to the food, keep it special. There's no reason to lose standards." Which isn't something that could be said for most Glastonbury-goers at 2am in the morning.
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The Pyramid Stage may be the biggest in Britain, both in prestige and literal size, but if ever the organizers had to worry about a band being too big for the field it was last night.
Walking around the sun-dried mud of the Glastonbury site, the Rolling Stones' lips logo T-shirt is almost as ubiquitous as sunburn, and if there is one band people want to see above all it's these four satanic majesties. Meaning the best vantage point for Mick and Keef's Glastonbury debut was probably BBC2. But you don't get the full effect of the fire breathing bird on top of the Pyramid Stage in HD.
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Billy Bragg has been seen more times at Glastonbury than a Hunter welly. But yesterday lunchtime he provided the swelling Pyramid crowd with a wonderful soundtrack for melting in a Somerset field. And a couple of lessons about cynicism and Woodie Guthrie for good measure. Bragg's rambunctious protest classic "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward" even features an adapted nod to imprisoned Russian punk band Pussy Riot.
Later Laura Mvula, Ben Howard and the effervescent Elvis Costello make the most of the sunshine-boosted crowd, with Howard's "Wolves" drawing a wall of reciprocal howls across the field. Frankly though it's not too tough a gig, as in this weather, Leo Sayer playing solo woodblock would draw applause. Not to mention the pre-loaded excitement in the air. As Billy Bragg said: "It's not every day you get to play on the same stage as the Rolling Stones, is it?"
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Dressed in his King Joffrey attire, the 21-year-old actor flashed his evil smirk with the headline "King of Pain" across the publication's front page.
She's one of the hottest medieval maidens of all time, and Emilia Clarke had a blast on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Wednesday night (March 19).
The 26-year-old "Game of Thrones" gal looked lovely in a beautiful black getup as she discussed her first encounter with an earthquake in Los Angeles earlier this week.
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ONE of Britain's most celebrated poets will visit Chester as part of the city's literature festival next week.
Sir Andrew Motion, who was UK Poet Laureate from 1999-2009, will be appearing at the University of Chester's Molloy Lecture Theatre on Wednesday next week at 7.30pm.
Sir Andrew will be reading excerpts from his latest book Silver, a sequel to the classic children's novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, as well as material from The Cinder Path, his latest book of poems.
Paul Lavin, manager of the Chester Literature Festival, said: "Sir Andrew Motion is a much celebrated poet and it is wonderful we have been able to add him, along with the host of other famous names from the world of literature, to the festival.
"Sir Andrew has written the sequel to Treasure Island so we felt it would be a great opportunity to have him come and give a talk on the book and his time as Poet Laureate.
"The book has received very good reviews and it is a great chance to bring the original novel to a new audience."
The university will also play host to Sir Jeremy Isaacs, the former chief executive of Channel 4, at the Riverside Campus on Saturday, October 27 (7.30pm).
Sir Jeremy will be in conversation with poet Tony Harrison, where he will discuss Channel 4's decision to broadcast Harrison's controversial poem, V, almost 25 years on from the event.
Mr Lavin added: "It will be a wonderful spectacle to see both Sir Jeremy and Tony in conversation.
"The poem V was extremely controversial when it was broadcast due to the nature of the language used.
"It caused quite a stir at the time and even (the late broadcasting clean-up campaigner) Mary Whitehouse complained about it.
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GREENVILLE — When Tabitha Schaub put on her backpack for the very first time, she did so like everyone else, full of wonder, excitement, fear and every other emotion that goes through a young child's mind as they take their first steps into the world of education.
The 16-year-old junior from Lakeview High School made friends, learned from teachers, played on the playground and eventually made her way to where she is now as she prepares to enter the world of adulthood.
But like many students, Schaub's experiences weren't all great ones, and now she is part of a group of nearly 100 students from all seven public school districts in Montcalm County that is trying to make a difference in the fight against negative attitudes and create a positive culture that can help other students avoid certain experiences such as what she went through as a student in middle school.
"My middle school years were a living hell for me," Schaub said Tuesday in front of high school students from throughout Montcalm County during a training session at Greenville High School for the countywide Cool to be Kind program. "In seventh grade I cut all my hair off. I shaved it all off and had really short hair."
A simple change of style, a haircut, was all it took for students to unify against Schaub in a negative capacity.
"I was called a dyke, a lesbian, a loser, a freak," she said.
Schaub said she wore baggy clothes because that's what her family wore on a regular basis.
"I was called 'fat.' I was called 'whale,'" she said. "I was called all of those names that you could possibly throw out."
It was then that Schaub said she lost faith in herself.
"I shut everyone out and now it's hard to let people back in," she said. "I didn't care, really, that people would look at me until I would get home, where I would sit and cry. I would contemplate suicide constantly."
But what it took for Schaub to come out of her spiral, was the desire to help another student in need.
"I had to be strong for my other friends, because that's how they were too," she said. "I had a friend who decided he was gay and he called me crying telling me he had a loaded gun pushed up to his (head) and he was ready to pull the trigger because no one cared for him. No one wanted him around."
Schaub said she could no longer look at herself in the way that she had been, something had to change.
"I told him, 'I want you around. You do mean something to me.' I said that, even though I was feeling the same way on the inside as he was."
Schaub told her story Tuesday with the mindset that she can help at least one other person turn their life around with an attitude to go out and help others in need as well.
And she wasn't alone.
17-year-old Greenville High School junior Jared Loomis tried out for the football team as a freshman simply because he wanted to fit in.
But then he found a greater passion, and joined the cast of the school play, "The Sound of Music."
"I was made fun of a lot," he said. "I was called 'the gay sailor boy,' because one of my uniforms was a sailor outfit."
The bullying toward Loomis didn't stop there.
"My freshman year, there was a Facebook page put up," he said. "It said, 'Jared Loomis is a disgrace,' and there were 84 people from our school that joined the group."
Loomis said he didn't know where to turn to handle such a situation.
"There were nights where I would get down on my knees, pray, and ask God, 'Why are you doing this to me?'"
But Loomis was helped by a close friend, Emily Smith, an 18-year-old senior, who helped comfort and guide Loomis through his troubles and overcome them.
In both situations, all it took was a friend who cared.
The stories that Schaub and Loomis shared are just two examples of thousands of untold stories of students who undergo some sort of bullying or judgment while in school, and now students in Montcalm County are preparing to rise against it.
Tuesday marked the first time students from every district met together, and professional speaker Laurie Stewart said she couldn't have been more proud of what she witnessed.
"This was the first time we all met as climate teams together," she said. "Today the purpose was to address personal leadership skills. There are so many amazing kids here with so many gifts and talents."
Stewart said she is confident with what she heard Tuesday that a change can indeed occur, and students will learn to be more positive toward each other.
"Our goal is for kids to just be themselves," she said. "To see them be able to then spread this message themselves, it's so important, because they listen to each other so much better than they listen to anything else. I want to use any god given gifts that I've been given to help other people. I want this to be long-lasting and sustainable. That's what we're working on, together."
Montcalm Area Intermediate School District Executive Assistant Penny Dora is also hopeful that the new countywide initiative will change the negative culture that can sometimes plague students in public schools.
"Today is just the beginning of something really big that is happening with the Making it Cool to be Kind initiative in Montcalm County," she said. "Today was the first of many trainings that our student teams will do together as they learn the importance of building positive relationships and creating healthy environments."
As the students performed group activities together, coming up with strategies to use in future student-led assemblies, Dora said the power of the student mindset cannot be matched by anything any adult could say to a student.
"It was very powerful to see almost a hundred students, representing every high school in Montcalm County, together in one place, talking about how they want to make a difference," she said. "There are some strong student leaders who are committed to making their schools a place where everyone is accepted for who they are without ridicule."
The two-year program is still in its infancy, but students in Montcalm County are now finding ground to walk on in an attempt to make a permanent change.
"Many of these students have been bullied themselves and most of them have seen others treated in mean or hurtful ways," she said. "They made the decision to be part of this movement because they want to be empowered. They want to learn how to affect change. It was truly an amazing day for these kids."


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This is the definition of someone that doesn't get it. The first thing that came to mind was a quote to the effect of "When seconds count, police are just minutes away". Need I say more?
This is a discussion on I try not to argue, but it's so hard to hold back!!! within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Just arguing at the national guard forums about carrying in uniform, but it turned into carrying in general... this is what one guy says Leave ...
Just arguing at the national guard forums about carrying in uniform, but it turned into carrying in general...
this is what one guy saysI said I'd stay out of the thread, but man!!! It's just so HARD to not say something to this [Edited] moron!!!Leave your guns at home at let the professionals handle law enforcement
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This is the definition of someone that doesn't get it. The first thing that came to mind was a quote to the effect of "When seconds count, police are just minutes away". Need I say more?
You cannot change by reasoning a belief not acquired by logic.
Like the proverbial "teaching a pig to sing ..."
The first rule of a gunfight: "Don't be there !"
The second rule: "Bring enough gun"
jfl (NRA Life Member/Instructor - GOA - IDPA - GSSF - ex-IHMSA)
Ok, let the professionals handle law enforcement. But we'll handle self-defense.
Trust in God and keep your powder dry
"A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. A people stripped of their right of self defense is defenseless against their own government." -source
I really must admit to being influenced by this board to a great degree. I am new to ccw, and have found great wisdom here. I no longer get angry at people who cut me off in traffic, nor look to be offended.
I carry a weapon. I need to be mindful of my actions and not give offense. In no way do I want to feel forced to draw my weapon because of anything I may say or do.
If I ever have to draw (God forbid), it will NEVER be because I engaged in fight that escalates to a point where weapons are required.
What do you have to prove? You most likely will not change anyone's opinion.
Walk away.
Perceptions can get you into trouble as well. A wise NRA instructor once taught me that we do not carry weapons. We carry firearms. Weapon is an offensive term while forearm is defensive. It took him about 20 times of teaching me that point in two days but I finally got it and now try to spread the word everywhere people will listen.
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Be a mentor to the youth of our communities.
Show them the way to shoot for the moon.
If they miss, push them to reach out for a star.
If any gang banger punks try to divert their attention...
show them the light as well.
Wonder what his position is on CPR? Stand by, and let the professionals handle it (assuming they arrive in time)?
Dictionary.com ...... :
1. any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war as a sword, rifle, or cannon.
2. an instrument of attack or defense in combat, as a gun, missile, or sword.
3. an instrument of offensive or defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
I personally carry a weapon.
Sometimes in life you have to stand your ground. It's a hard lesson to learn and even most adults don't get it, but in the end only I can be responsible for my life. If faced with any type of adversity, only I can overcome it. Waiting for someone else to take responsibility is a long fruitless wait.
North of the border and concealed carry is for the privileged few; I have had two home invasions, had a revolver stuck in my nose once, had one friend pistol whipped by a customer and robbed; had another friend murdered in his jewelery store by bad guys (both had alarm systems installed).
So please tell me... what are the professionals doing for me?
Personally, it is my belief that the law should state that every able bodied man and woman should receive rudimentary training and be issued with a concealed weapons permit and it should be THE LAW that one must carry at all times. Period.
Let the bad guys take a licking for a change.
If it's an issue of carrying on Guard property or Guard duty, you have to follow your standing orders. If you're in the guard but on your own time and off Guard property, let your concience be your guide.
For the stength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack. - R. Kipling
Romans 1:22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves].
Just now something suddenly occurred to me. As holders of CCW permits we are held to a higher standard than the average citizen who is unarmed. We know any actions we take involving the use of our handguns will reflect on how we are perceived by the unarmed public.
Some will always see us as people who are "gun nuts" while others will see us as individuals who want to protect ourselves & our loved ones. So we owe it to ourselves to think a great deal before we consider unholstering a handgun we are carrying. We cannot take them for granted. Ever!
We should be using all of our experiences in the past to avoid being in a situation that may put us in harms way. If need be, it may mean just walking away and hearing a great deal of verbal abuse of the vilest nature. That is the higher place to be in that circumstance.
Again, as CCW permit holders we are now held to a higher standard. We should act accordingly under the circumstances.
"Gun control is being able to hit your target."
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He is probably one of the people who thinks that he is one of the "professionals" and he should only be allowed to carry a weapon. Personally, i agree that it is sometimes hard to hold back on forums. But there will always be someone on the internet with a different oppinion then you, which he is entitled to. No matter how assinine(SP?) or ignorant it is.
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Brand New Blizzard Project at PAX EAST, Guess What?
We've been working on a little something, different from our other games, and we're pleased to invite you to be the first to see it. It's not a sequel, expansion, or that rumored next-gen MMO, but it's something we're excited for you to get your hands on.
Two weeks ago, many game media, including us, received a mysterious invitation from blizzard, claimed that they would provide a new project at PAX East 2013. Although Blizzard always keeps mysterious on its game development process, all their announcements have been carried out step-by-step. For example, you can expect that there must be a blockbuster news release in November at BlizzCon 2013. It may be the Diablo III expansion or the new title Titan. So in such an unconventional time and at such an exhibition show an unconventional project is rare in Blizzard's history. We can imagine Blizzard fans' curiosity. And all kinds of speculations are spread on the internet. But as the saying goes, walls have ears. Although Blizzard's secrecy is unusually rigorous, they still left some traces. So let's start to look for the truth.
Speculation 1: Diablo III for PS3/PS4
Blizzard announced in February that "Diablo III is Coming to PlayStation3 and PlayStation4". They also told us players will be able to enjoy Diablo III for PS3 and PS4 at PAX East 2013.
"The PS3 version of Diablo III will make its public debut at PAX East in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from March 22–24, and attendees of the convention will be some of the first to defend the world of Sanctuary via handheld controllers."
Therefore, many people said the "little something" must be the Diablo III for PS3 and PS4, it was just a trick of Blizzard. However, a representative clarified to Polygon that the "new Blizzard project" alluded to in the invitation was not Diablo III, despite the Diablo imagery used in the invitation.
Speculation 2: Project Blackstone
Blizzard registered "ProjectBlackstone.com" caused a wide range of speculations at the end of last year, from the World of Warcraft expansion to Project Titan. While in February, the web page is decoded, seems to be just to propagandize Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm.
Speculation 3: SC2: Phoenix or Starcraft: Ghost
In a leaked Blizzard product slate picture we saw SC2: Phoenix for the first time. Many people think the SC2: Phoenix and the shooter Starcraft: Ghost are the same thing. A number of fans are looking forward the game will be debut at PAX EAST this year. But I guess most of them will be disappointed. You will know why in the below analysis.
Speculation 4: Blizzard Allstar
During a recent Reddit AMA Game director Dustin Browser revealed they were already working on the missions, storyline, and scripts of Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void. Most of the team that worked on Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm have already moved over to working on Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void. Just some of those artists have been rerouted to work on another upcoming project, Blizzard All-stars. So the development and the preparation of Blizzard All-stars still haven't reached the demand of Blizzard itself. Blizzard would not roll out it ceremoniously at PAX EAST 2013.
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I'm finally back from my foreign fieldwork, and have time report on a number of developments with Binchester that have occurred in my absence. Earlier on in the month we had return visit from Aerial-Cam who did some more excellent overhead photographs of this year's trench. It is possible to see most of the length of the excavated building now.
Today work has begun on the new phase of geophysics funded by the Roman Research Trust on 5ha of land to the north of the site. I'll post the results as soon as I have them.
Finally, after a long season, the site is being backfilled today. We are placing a layer of plastic over the trench to allow us to re-open it easily next year when the new season's work starts.
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'I did art. I played in the sandbox," says my 4-year-old daughter, Dina. "We had snacks–apples. I saw my friends. We read together. Sang a song."
My daughter is telling me about her day at preschool. Dina is in her third year of a half-day preschool program at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston and will start kindergarten next fall.
As my wife and I scramble to pay bills and stay on top of things, we may not always realize just how lucky we are. We have the means to send our children to a quality preschool and capitalize on what researchers say and what we've seen for ourselves—learning begins long before kindergarten.
Still, as I think more and more about my child's education, I am struck by the fact that in a country as wealthy as ours, hundreds of thousands of kids still don't have access to a decent preschool.
That means they may not receive what families like ours have come to expect: an early education experience that inspires children, prepares them for school and introduces them to a larger community of families, children and teachers.
Admittedly, I sometimes don't have time to think about matters like this–work and family life are already more than enough of a challenge. I barely have time to talk with my daughter about her latest refrigerator-bound masterpiece.
Then, of course, reality sets in: We don't live in a cocoon. What happens to other children is not only worth caring about, it's bound to affect my kids as well.
These thoughts came to mind recently after reading a study released earlier this year by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Researchers found that there's a large disparity in school achievement between children in California who go to preschool and children who don't (the study does not make a distinction between "preschool" and "childcare center").
"Participation in preschool may close as much as half the gap in children's developmental proficiencies among socio-economic and ethnic groups, a disparity that is firmly established at entry to kindergarten," the Packard study reports.
"What happens is that families who can afford preschool and know that it works invest heavily," says Bruce Fuller, a professor of education at the University of California at Berkeley who co-authored the Packard study. "For preschool to reach more people, we need to see it as a public good."
Yes, we have left many children behind–millions of them. Still, the realities of the world around us show that many families simply don't have the resources to send their young children to preschool.
The Packard study draws from a sample of 2,300 children, but that's just a drop in the bucket. For example, the federally funded Head Start program has been widely praised for making early childhood education accessible to hundreds of thousands of low-income children around the country. Head Start, though, is funded to reach only 60 percent of the children who could benefit from the program, according to the National Head Start Association (in Illinois, that figure was about 45 percent in 2002, according to a study by the Illinois Facilities Fund).
This means that there's no room in Head Start for about 600,000 children around the country who are eligible for the program based on their family's income level.
For younger children–those served by Early Head Start, a much smaller federal birth-3 preschool program, the numbers are even bleaker: The program only funds 3 percent of low-income children who are eligible for it. Nearly 2 million eligible low-income children can't access the program.
Meanwhile, many communities, including Chicago, are bolstering access to quality preschool in their public schools, but there's a long, long way to go before it's accessible to all children.
What does all this mean? I am reminded of a simple piece of advice to children from the justly celebrated book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum: "Be fair."
I've tried to teach my daughter to "be fair" ever since she could understand the concept–and probably before that. It's not always an easy thing to teach a 4-year-old. "Everybody gets a turn," I tell her when we're playing a game. "It's only fair."
Now my wife and I have begun the process of sending her through an educational system that is decidedly unfair. And, of course, we're part of that system.
Like many parents, we are playing by the system's rule: "Do what you think is best for your kid–if you can afford it." If that means finding a way to pay for preschool and childcare at the same time, so be it.
The day after I ask my daughter about her day at preschool I take her there myself and stay for a little while. It's something I'd like to do more often, but I'm there long enough to be reminded of why this preschool in particular works so well for our family.
Yes, there are many factors, including cost and location. Still, as I watch my daughter greet her friends at the school, I see that what I was really looking for—and found—was really a setting that feels right to me.
Dina takes off her jacket and bounds toward a small group of peers with joy. Moments later, there is a happy buzz in the classroom as I watch children listen to a story, finish an art project and learn a new word.
It's true, preschool may not work for everyone, I think as I leave.
But shouldn't every family have a chance to find that out for itself?
Dan Baron is an Evanston writer. You can reach him at email@example.com
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