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Firstly, fear not: I have all the entries that were submitted on time. I probably won't be posting them here just yet though.
Yaaay the forums are back! My design got bitchslapped by the deadline, but here it is anyway:
My poor design. May it make a deadline in the mascot afterlife. Funeral services are tomorrow.
I posted this right before the forum crashed the 2nd time...^^;;;
so here it is!
I didn't do as much as I wanted to... I wanted to make more costumes for her... and more expressions... T_T But final exam is not permitting... T_T
Well, enjoy anyway! She's fun! X3 You can play paper doll with her!
hi just in case you guys lost it, here is my aki-neko mascot for the contest submission
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Another sample such as : Banner, another rendering of character ( in different pose or costume ), mascot for merchandise ( printed on tshirt, cap, mug ) are available upon request. cheers :)
Thanks, but we didn't lose anything that was correctly posted by the close date.
(Which includes your entry)
ups sorry about that nightwish, i guess i was just a bit worried:heh:
Yay! You guys kick butt!!!
Sadly missed the deadline for this contest... I was wondering---when will the next one be? Any rough timeline/date? Because I don't want to miss it!
man what happen is the contest still on?
* NoSanninWa makes a mental note to cut another few entries from the running tonight.
Would it be possible to put up the top 10 or 5 or so, and have the people from the forums give feedback? The desision would still be up to staff, but you could also get an idea of what everyone else thinks is suitable as well, If that makes any sence at all.
Also those that are close could produce further renderings to get more of an idea as well.
man i posted my project so long time ago and from that time they said will lets us know when they got decision.
man and they have been selecting those project of ours for so long never even get any answer what the heck and soon will be chinese year =.=ll man
oo0oo -.-" oo0oo
anyway i know that i'm going to lost just wanna see the top 3 winners haiz haiz
off course it all depends on the admins!^^
it HAS been quite a while, isn't it....
Well besides making additional artwork, it would let the dozens of people that didn't make it into the top 5/10 know that they don't have to keep checking this thread for another couple months....
Firstly please don't post in the missing registration thread except to let us know you've re-registered. It just makes more work and slows the process down while we check each post to make sure the person wasn't trying to tell us they entered and had to re-register.
We'll make the announcement when we've come to a final decision and not before -- we're not looking for a public vote and we're not presenting each round of our discussions for public approval. We do want the staff to unanimously agree that the entry selected is perfect however and this cannot be rushed. The process wasn't helped by the down time, people not re-registering quickly and the fact the staff don't have an infinite supply of free time. We ask that you just be a little more patient...
Sorry! I wan't trying to be rude.
I guess I'm excited/anxious, even if (and I probably won't) win.
But you're right, you should take your time to make sure you've got the best!
Sorry if I'm coming over cynical... it's just I've seen this kind of thing happen in the past. You get a contest with so many great entries and no clear winner that it lands up a winner never gets announced... this happened to all who entered Mark Brooks' design a Capcom character contest on Drawstick... three years and still no winner announced.
Of course I'm not accusing you guys of being like Mark Brooks... I mean he did have the excuse of being hired to draw Spider-man... just don't leave us high and dry on this one.
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The "Sex, Thugs & Rockin Roles" evening in this festival is fantastic! 12 actors switch off roles over 9 plays, and they are all wonderful. With live piano music highlighting each scene, you get a vaudeville sketch comedy experience that you rarely see in the New York circuit. Highly recommended!


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Hawthorn's already stretched defensive line-up has received its biggest blow yet, with Josh Gibson expected to miss at least two months due to an injury detected almost a week after he suffered it.
Gibson was hurt during the Hawks' loss to Sydney last Friday night. As the club was to have its bye this weekend, and the injury was assumed to be minor, the 30-year-old was cleared to fly to Los Angeles during his mini-break.
Since returning to Melbourne the club further investigated the injury. That revealed the reigning Hawks best-and-fairest winner had a ruptured left pectoral muscle.
It means that in the space of Hawthorn's past two matches it has lost both of its two most-valuable key defenders, Gibson and Brian Lake.
Against Sydney the club was forced to deploy Kyle Cheney on the much-larger Lance Franklin.
Franklin and fellow tall spearhead Kurt Tippett thrived against the Hawks, collecting 15 marks and having 13 shots at goal between them.
Lake is expected to be sidelined for another month with the calf injury, while possible defensive reinforcement Jarryd Roughead will miss its next match, against top-placed Port Adelaide, due to suspension.
The Hawks said Gibson was to have surgery late on Thursday to reattach his pectoral tendon to the bone it was torn from. They predicted he would be sidelined for 10 weeks.
"Our initial thoughts were that Josh had heavily corked his shoulder as he still had full strength and movement during testing. However, further assessment unfortunately revealed the rupture and he'll have surgery to repair that," said Chris Fagan, the club's general manager of footballer operations.
"This is obviously very disappointing for Josh, but he's a player of great character and will approach his rehabilitation with the highest level of professionalism to ensure he can have an impact in the back end of the season."
A projected recovery period of 10 weeks would have Gibson returning for the match against Western Bulldogs in Launceston in round 19.
The Hawks were already braced to be without prolific midfielder Sam Mitchell for another seven weeks due to a hamstring injury.
Further assessment has revealed @joshgibson06 has ruptured his left pectoral muscle...more to come shortly. — Hawthorn FC (@HawthornFC)
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A Virtual Pregnancy Suit For Dudes
A team of Japanese scientists have invented a virtual pregnancy suit to help men understand what to expect when their partner is expecting. The suit, which simulates the many sensations of pregnancy, using water balloons which expand and contract, can replicate nine months of pregnancy in just two minutes. Now dudes can know what it would feel like to have a fetus kicking and wiggling inside their uteri. Question: why does everyone in this video appear to be having such a jolly good time? From what I've heard, pregnancy is no holiday. What about the morning sickness? The swollen ankles? The sweating? The pressure on your bladder? The contractions? I don't know. This looks basically like a Wii worthy pregnancy video game. [Neatorama]
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I remember my first beanie…It was gray and white, horizontally striped, with a moose adorning the rim. It was fuzzy and warm and made me feel like I was Mischa Barton. I was in seventh grade and going through my "I want to be different phase," which I am actually not sure I ever grew out of. Nonetheless, I don't think I really ever wore my super cool beanie more than once. The reason being, I had no clue how to! Getting the elastic to balance perfectly on the back of head was a skill I had yet to master. As embarrassing as it might be for a Fashionista to admit, I still don't understand the art form.
This Fashionista has it all figured out though! The beanie seems to defy gravity as it sits snug on the back of her head. It covers just enough hair to save a bad hair day but not enough that she looks as if she is trying to keep her ears warm before she hits the slopes. The color of her beanie is on point. As you may or may not know, I am slightly obsessed with the color orchid. Whether it be a scarf or a sky high suede pump, purple is the perfect power accessory.
She balances her casual boho beanie with an equally cozy sweater. I may be almost as obsessed with graphic sweaters as I am orchid. This quirky knit without a doubt won me over. It is a nice deviation from the typical cat sweater that lines the racks of so many Generation Y shops. Nothing against felines, but I would take an adorable monster over a cat any day. With leggings and slouchy boots, this look epitomizes comfy chic.
So if you are as hat-challenged as me, check out this tutorial! Zumiez is also a great starting place to explore and shop basically every beanie type imaginable. If you want my personal suggestion though, Brandy Melville is the way to go. The line offers an array of sassy beanies on days when you just want your hat to just do the talking for you.


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Sweet Potato and Apple Breakfast Patties
½ pork sausage
1 sweet potato
1 apple, cored
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon basil
½ teaspoon tarragon
½ teaspoon rosemary
½ teaspoon oregano
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon fat (I used duck fat)
Add your pork sausage and seasonings to a large bowl and mix thoroughly to combine.
Now grab your food processor. If you don't have a food processor, jokes on you and you'll have to use a shredder or whatever will shred your apple and sweet potato into hash brown threads. If you're using a food processor, put on the shredding tool.
Throw your whole sweet potato and apple to it to be shredded (I'm getting sick of the word 'shred')
Once they are done, add the sweet potato and apple directly to your pork sausage mixture and use your hands to combine with the pork.
Heat up a large skillet under medium-high heat and add a bit of fat to the pan. Coconut oil would be great for these patties.
Now form 4 patties of your mixture and add the patties directly to your oiled pan. Cook at both sides for about 5-6 minutes depending how thick they are.
Enjoy this food with a friend, on the floor of a CrossFit gym. It just doesn't taste quite the same at an actual kitchen table.
This made 4 patties
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If you could save thousands of dollars in dental work, not to mention pain and suffering, by wearing a simple mouth guard at night, why wouldn't you? Tooth grinding, or bruxism, occurs mostly at night and can damage our teeth in any number of ways. "Bruxism is very destructive and most people don't know they are doing it," says dentist Steven Workman of Des Peres Dentistry. "It causes wear and cracking of the teeth. Symptoms include headaches, especially in the morning; sore jaw; tooth sensitivity; and sometimes earache." The dentist can check for wear on the teeth and bite imbalances. Treatment is wearing a night guard or splint.
He says tooth grinding is very common in children, as their jaws and teeth are growing and constantly changing. Using a mouth guard could have a negative effect on development, but usually, their tooth grinding is transient and doesn't require treatment, he says.
For adults, however, these are the only teeth we're going to have. Workman says that a night guard should be custom-made for your mouth. Most over-the-counter guards are too soft, according to Workman. "Even though the teeth are covered, the soft material makes you want to clench your teeth even more," he explains. "The one your dentist makes is hard and protects teeth, discouraging clamping down." Most mouth guards are made for the full jaw, either upper or lower. For people who find a full-mouth guard cumbersome or who experience migraine-like headaches, a specialized guard called an NTI splint is approved by the FDA for both migraines and bruxism. It usually fits over the four top front teeth and prevents the canines on either side from engaging. That prevents the masticator muscles from clenching and creating tension in other head muscles that can trigger some migraines.
Christopher Wolken, who practices dentistry at Wolken Dental, says the majority of his patients have signs of bruxism. "Those signs may include headaches, jaw pain, chronic tooth tenderness and worn-down teeth," Wolken elaborates. "People don't realize how many types of problems are related to tooth grinding…Stress is a big part of it, especially during a down economy, and can come out in tooth grinding. It has a cumulative effect. If you have periodontal disease and add trauma to it with bruxism, it makes the periodontal disease worse and adds inflammation."
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Health club wants to build 13 apartments
TWO outdoor tennis courts could be lost at Kings Health Club to make way for 13 new apartments, if planning permission is granted.
TWO outdoor tennis courts could be lost at Kings Health Club to make way for 13 new apartments, if planning permission is granted.
Long Port owns the site and is planning to start a major refurbishment of the club next year.
Kings director Steve Brehaut said the apartments, which would cost £5m. to build, were vital to help fund a major redevelopment of the club.
'The residential development is essential to enable the significant financial investment into the club,' he said.
'Without this source of funding, the substantial refurbishment works planned for could not be financed.'
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Devil's Advocate
Ah, yet another Longport sob story made up to sell their properties/allow them to develop their land! "Please let us remove half the sporting facilities at Kings so we can reinvest in the club" "Please fill in Belle Greve bay or Guernsey can't survive".
Longport yet again doing whatever it takes to make money by developing Guernsey land. This seems like we have a new Portholme that wants to build cheap, charge lots and pocket the large profit. Given the poor build quality seen at the Royal Hotel site this should be just another reason to decline permission
Out of the box
If this is allowed it may be a good idea for Beau Sejour. Apartments/houses to rent where the old trim trail was and next to it. It would fund the centre and thus reduce its cost and perhaps even make money!!
One rule for one.......
I fail to see why this should be allowed, the change of use from (presumably) recreational to development is a dangerous precedent to set.
What if the KGV or one of the football clubs said they'd like to improve their facilities but could only do so by building x number of units, would that be ok? I'm sure there are many clubs that could benefit from this type of policy, and they're not all privately owned like Kings is.
At firt sight this likes like a fairly crude blackmail attempt along the lines of "give us building permission or we won't pay for a refurbishment of a private members club that people pay us handsomely to use".
There is a Google Group which Kings members and local residents are invited to join in order to discuss the proposals:
I've seen the plans for this refurbishment and it really is impressive, however, apart from being a little fancier i fail to see what is in it for members. Sure the place will look a little grander but it is still the same facilities, the same space, the same rooms and the same services. The only thing which would add real functionality is the proposed roof over the new tennis courts but according to staff at kings, the tennis court roof may not be built even if passed.
I seem to remember only a few months ago Sylvans football club had a hell of a job trying to get permission to remove an earth bank running down the centre of one of their fields
It will be another case of not what you know, but who you know!
I preferred it when the Chinese Gourmet was there - you could have a tasty meal followed by a boogie on the dance floor. Good times!
I think I slipped on one of your boogies once
How do you know it was mine?
Kings has so much history with guernsey producing some of the best squash players in the world and is the oldest tennis club in the uk.
the reason there is only 2 squash courts is because most of the squash players were meant to feel un welcome so the owners could reduce the amount of courts at kings.
it would be such a shame to see this great club be made into accomodation which in the present climate might not even sell.
First of all Guernsey isn't in the UK, secondly Kings isn't the oldest club in the British Isles, if that's what you meant.
Apart from that I agree with what you say, this development should not be allowed to happen.
Phil thats what they were claiming before they updated there website re the oldest tennis in the british isles
previous owners have applied to build on the tennis courts with no success so this will be interesting to see if long port get permission.
This was Billson's aim all along. Run down parts of the club and then apply for residential accommodation. He reduced the squash courts to a number that meant no leagues, competitions or juniors could operate at Kings and then said there was no demand so took away more courts. The changing facilities have been a disgrace for years since he bought the place. Hopefully this will be turned down but it wouldn't surprise me if it was allowed as he has the funds to take on the States.
Also the management at Kings didnt even have the decency to let members know that courts were being taken away
members we phoning up to book there regular court only to have the reception tell them that oh sorry that court is no longer in use
very professional way to run a premier club !!!!
Also since the club has gone from 3 courts to 2 and very shortly to 1 court they are still charging the rackets members the full rate even though they cant play as much as they would like.
But all they say is well you are paying for the use of all the facility's most of the squash and racketball players only want to use the courts not ponse around in the gym or health suite !!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry am i going on a bit :)
Well get behind the current plans and ideas to build a dedicated squash facility elsewhere ...
Long Term Member
Quite a load of junk being spouted on this thread.
Suggest people review the scheme before commenting. The appartment scheme is in context of the size of the sight relative small.
As a long term member of Kings I have always taken big interest in developments and recall a rather animated meeting a while back which informed members squash courts were likely to go. Admittedly this was a few years ago.
I do however agree the changing rooms (and other areas) are terrible and in need dseperate need of refurbishment.
Whether or not the appartments get permission I don't know but hopefully there will be some money invested in the club itself, as it has been a long time since the health club for which member pay their fees has had significant investment.
I just hope we see significant improvements to all areas which benefit the members if this comes as a result of a few appartment well so be it.
So what do you pay your fees for? Where does that money go?
Every other private club funds its refurbs or extensions via their membership.
It is recreational land not building land and LP knew that when they took it on. They should be denied permission like everyone else would if they applied for it.
That meeting related to reducing courts from 6 to 4 since when 2 more have been taken and a further 1 is now proposed - all decisions made with no discussion with members.
There has been little investment in the club because it was bought with the hope of obtaining permission for residential development. The way to stop this sort of speculation is to turn down these plans.
Long Term Member
The current gyms were created as a result of the 6 to 4 reduction and whilst I can't remember exactly when this happened it was whilst Mr Wakeham still owned the place. The meeting I recall was after Long Port became involved and did discuss the reduction from 4 courts.
Not really defending Long Port as other than new equipment in the gyms when they first started the members facilities have been left to fall into a terrible state since Long Port's involvement.
The plans for the club on the website look fantastic and I'd love to see the club refurbished. If this comes as a result of 13 appartments being built then fine by me.
It should come out of your fees like every other club or association does it
'I just hope we see significant improvements to all areas which benefit the members.'
Yes, you are right that the club is in a pitiful state. What exactly has happened to all the membership money Long Port have taken while they've been running the place into the ground?
As for the prospect of improvement - I fear it may remain a distant hope while the club is in their hands. None of us has seen the actual plans yet, only a marketing brochure, but I'm willing to bet there won't be any guarantee that the refurbishment will happen even if the flats are built.
This is just Billson wanting to have his cake and eat it.
Herbert Roth
As with many of Longports business acquisitions, they are only interested in the money to be made from the property development side of things not the business itself. This should not be allowed for the simple reason that a precedent should not be set for accommodation development on sports recreational sites. If Longport can't / won't develop the site as a health / sports club then make them sell it to someone who will.
If long port dont get permission i am sure they will not put money into the club so be prepared for it to stay exaclty as it is they have already said that the aprtments are to help fund the devolopment of Kings.
why do they advertise it as the islands premier leisure facility Beau Sejour is in far better condition and so are other Leisure facilities around the island.
The plans are on the Kings website
one more reason why the tennis courts dont get used and more is the bad condotion they are in
there use to be a group of 10 to 15 tennis players who regulary played every week and weekend and when they found out about the proposed plans and to take away tennis courts they all gave up there memberships and went to long camps.
so as like the squash players they felt they were being very i'll treated by the management of Kings.
I am sure that if the Gym members were being treated in the same way they would feel the need to get out of the club.
As Russm as pointed out the main aim of long port was to redevolpment Kings into residential it is on recreational land and should be kept as a leisure club not redevelop for resdiential use.
Whatever the result with the apartment plans, the refurbishment of the club facilities is essential to mantain membership levels. Other venues like La Grand Mare have just upgraded their Gym facilities which offers a good altermative. Beau Sejour is a cheaper sports venue with a different membership profile so probably offers less by way of competition although they have the advantage of acres of space.
kings claim to now have over 2000 members all paying a average of £50 a month thats a revenue of £1.2 million thats without renting out monkey puzzle skillset and pelicans cafe.How can they justify not redeveloping the club unless they get permission to build apartments.
Also the tennis and squash users are the only group without a member of staff to run the club nights/ leagues etc.Why would you have the biggest area in terms of size tennis courts and squash courts without a coach or professional to run them.Kings have let the members down in this respect.Jersey squash club has gone from 69 members to over 300 in 2 years.How by employing a profesional to run it.They have built more courts not taken them away.
hence there are plans to build squash new courts on another site and move away from kings completely
Can you elaborate? There are a core of members who only ever joined Kings to play squash, the other facilities were not important, other than being nice to have on occasion.
The availability of courts elsewhere would affect my continued membership at Kings.
Yes Guernseyman there is and this has only come about as ings have slowly got rid of most of the squash players at the club.
if there were still 4 courts there wouldnt be the need they have no idea on how to run a squash club let alone a leisure centre its all been done so the development can go ahead.
will be interesting if the plans get turned down maybe it will go up for sale that would be a godsend get the courts back and use the wasted space at Kings for gym space.
and run it as it should be !!!!!!!!
If the plans are passed then once again we will see one law for the developers and another for the 'ordinary' folk. If we continue to allow this Island's population to expand,and assuming that they are all housed. What on earth are they going to do in their leasure time? Vandalism is already an expanding leisure activity along with Burglary,mugging and car theft in the UK, no reason to believe that the same won't happen here.Merry Christmas to all our posters.
Pitiful changing facilities. Swimming pool falling apart below water line. Pelican staff rude. Skillset incompetent teenagers.
Yet we all pay up!!
Is this just a reflection of how poor other Guernsey facilities are, or how naive membership are?
See this from 2005
Kings plans run into opposition
Saturday 17th September 2005, 12:00AM BST.
NEIGHBOURS are up in arms over plans to build a massive housing and sporting complex. The '5m. revamp of McCaulay's Kings Club has sparked a storm of protest.
People living in Route Charles, Les Croutes and Beau Repaire have slammed the plans, which they say will clog the roads with traffic and loom over their homes.
'There simply isn't enough space for this kind of development. The area is already intensively built up,' said David Hodgetts, who lives in Les Croutes.
'It is difficult to assess exactly what is going to be built as the plans are not very clear, but it will have a huge impact on the area.
'The flats will tower over us and neighbouring houses and the strain on the drainage system will be unimaginable.'
Plans for the site include 26 studio apartments, a sports injuries clinic and physiotherapy centre, squash courts and three fitness suites.
Proposals also include underground car parking, three indoor and two outdoor tennis courts and an indoor showcase one for top matches. But the neighbours are not bowled over by the plans and claim the development will be unsuitable because of the lie of the land.
Mr Hodgetts added: 'Kings is built on higher ground and to redevelop the site on the scale they are talking about will seriously affect our quality of
Other residents said if the plans were pushed through, it would be like living in the middle of an industrial estate.
Niall McCathie, who has lived in Les Croutes for 20 years, reckons the view from his windows will be transformed from a pleasant scene to a modern eyesore.
He said: 'It would be a very dense development of a site in what is a residential area on the edge of a green zone.
'What with the increased car movements and pressure on already strained infrastructure, I cannot understand how planning could approve this.
'We have had no problems with previous developments but this is unacceptable as it will be basically a huge industrial shed.
'Many residents have lodged their statements [objections] to the planners and we are awaiting an outcome.'
Sporting officials have come out in support of the development and were consulted about the plans.
Rick Denton, the chairman of the Channel Islands Lawn Tennis Association, hoped that the improved facilities would stem the flow of talent leaving the island.
And one of the directors of McCaulay's, Hadrian Wakeham, said the firm had thought long and hard about the design of the new-look centre.
'We have worked hard to develop the proposals and we are waiting the outcome from the Environment Department,' he said.
'The plans are in keeping with the streetscape and landscape of the area.'
The company chief hopes the centre will bring top sporting talent to the island.
'As a club we want to encourage new talent and the States are trying to promote this,' he added.
'In our opinion it will boost sports tourism and athletes from England and the rest of Europe will be attracted to the island.'


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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) focuses their work on eight main sectors of development, one of which is education and training. The education goals of USAID center around assisting developing countries in improving pre-primary, primary, and secondary levels of education by working directly with students, training teachers, designing programs for adult literacy, and providing special opportunities for women and girls. Yesterday, a US Ambassador unveiled a pilot ICT lab at the Al-Ahliya Junior Secondary School in Karawang.
This pilot ICT lab is the product of a partnership between USAID, the Government of Indonesia, and seven other private-sector partners. These private-sector companies, responsible for equipping the ICT lab with the most recent technology, include Cisco Systems Indonesia, Hewlett-Packard Indonesia, Indosat Tbk, and others. The ICT lab will be made accessible to both students and teachers with dual goals in mind: one to improve the relevance of Indonesian education by applying current life skills to students' daily education, and thd second to improve the quality of teachers in Indonesia and their capabilities to use ICTs in the classroom. Administrators will work to achieve these two objectives as part of the strides many schools are taking to develop the "knowledge capital" that President Yudhoyono deemed essential to the lasting success of the country's education system.
(Sources: Anatara News, The Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies, and USAID)
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'My biggest reward came from the Filipino people'SRT members Bill Woodard (left) and Sonny Ongkiko (crouching) with Eric and Evelyn Nono and their five young children, Philippines, January 2013.
Bill Woodard has just returned home to his wife and family in USA's Washington state after deploying as a ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) member in cyclone-hit Philippines. Having completed the extensive SRT training in October 2012, this was his first deployment. Although he was able to put his training into practice and help families in need, his biggest reward came from the Filipino people themselves.
'Thanks to the leadership of Alice Jefferson, ShelterBox's in-country coordinator, SRT member John Cordell (US) and those SRTs who proceeded me, much of the planning and hard work had been done prior to my arrival in the Philippines. My role was therefore to execute the plan.
'John and SRT member Max Hogg (UK) saw to it that I got to put as much of my training in to practice as possible: cluster meetings, working tents through customs, the logistics of getting the tents to site, training teams to put tents up, and most importantly, evaluating families' needs and helping put up their tents. By the time I left the Philippines I felt as though my 'text book' first deployment was productive and meaningful.
'But the real surprise and the greatest reward came from the Filipino people themselves. I left the Southeast Asian country feeling as though I was leaving friends behind; we shared so many common values, they were so open and friendly and in spite of all they had been through were still fun-loving.
Bill Woodard (left) and Sonny Ongkiko (right) with beneficiary Emore Sotto infront of his new shelter for him and his family, Mindanao Island, Philippines, January 2013.
'During my short time there so many people that I came in contact with expressed their appreciation and thanks but in the end I felt as though I should be thanking them equally for what they had given me. The following are just a few of the people and their stories that contributed to my experience.
'The optimistic and forward-thinking Lieutenant Colonel Krishnamurti Mortela of the incident command post in Baganga, who asked the tough questions and pushed hard on the humanitarian relief community to move faster to assist the people who suffered the worst of the storm, and daily sent 25 of his soldier carpenters into the community to help in the rebuilding of their homes. His admiration for SRT members John, Sharon Donald (UK) and Bruce Heller (US) set the tone for his high regard of ShelterBox.
'Emore Sotto and his two children were separated by the storm from his ill and asthmatic wife, who we found crammed into a family member's home. With his help we identified a tent site that would allow the family to reunite, but the site needed extensive preparation work. Because of this we expected it to be several days before the tent could be put up. However, several hours later we drove by the site and found it was ready to go. In monsoon rains we put 'my' first tent up for this very deserving family. Emore's response was sincere and appreciative even though we did not speak a common language.
'Atty. Domingo T. Duerme, Senior VP with Philippine Airlines, whose company's foundation covered the cost of transporting 204 tents from Manila to Davao City. Prior to our parting he said, 'I can't tell you how much we appreciate ShelterBox assisting the recovery effort; we would be happy to do any future transports you may need.
SRT member Des O'Connell (UK) in a village in Compostela Valley in the Philippines, one of the hardest hit areas by Cyclone Bolaven, January 2013.
'Ronnie Lopez, our excellent driver, asked John and I if he could take us by his home to meet his family and have a bite to eat before we left. Little did we know what he had in store for us: his wife Amy had prepared an absolute feast of wonderful Filipino foods, including a roast pig! Ronnies fun-loving spirit and sincere appreciation for what ShelterBox was doing was reflected in his willingness to help us whenever and wherever we needed it.
'Eric and Evelyn Nono with their five young children were living in a very small home of around 20 square metres. Eric had been a coconut harvester in the mountains but the storm had toppled the trees he relied on. He moved his family down the mountain to the coast. His aunt was providing him land to build a home on, but he had neither money nor a job. The ShelterBox tent will give his young family some time to get re-established and to find a job in order to start building. Evelyn could not wipe the smile off her face from the minute we met her. Before we left she pulled me aside and in broken English, with tears in her eyes, she said, 'My home, thank you ShelterBox.'


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Winning the title has brought her the opportunity to perform at various high profile festivals.
Also a recording deal with Foot Stompin' Records and one year's membership of the Musicians' Union.
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At the regional broadcaster's annual general meeting in Sydney on Tuesday Mr Ramsay also said he expects the rule to be reviewed by Communications Minister
Mr Ramsay paid tribute to the company's affliliate Seven West Media, and its CEO
"Currently the reach rule prevents Seven from acquiring Prime. Though we support the removal of the rule, so as to benefit all shareholders, we have received no word from the government in regard to its present view of the 75 per cent audience reach rule.
"However, we expect it will be reviewed by the new Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull as part of his broader analysis of regulation of the media and telecommunications sectors."
Mr Ramsay said the company had decided to extend programming arrangements with Seven Network over the next 6 years to June 2019 to reduce the risk of renegotiating at a time when regional rivals WIN Corp and Southern Cross Austereo are due to renegotiate their own deals with Nine Entertainment Co and Ten Network Holdings respectively.
"Although we are paying more for our programming by entering into the new arrangement with even, we believe we have negotiated a very good deal which has given the comp longer term certainty. I think this is a great result for the company as it is really our key asset," he said.
Prime chief executive Ian Audsley said the company was "conscious that the renewal of the Seven affiliation agreement, the sale of our radio business, the distortion of the federal election and the soft and unpredictable advertising market, all during this financial year, will have an effect on our financial performance".
Assuming current trading conditions continue, and with ad spend "unpredictable and short", the company currently expect Core net profits after tax for the 2014 financial year to be in the range of $31 million to $33 million.
"Despite a strong start to the new financial year, the advertising market has slowed," said Mr Audsley. He added that the company faces challenging trading conditions in some key markets — "particularly the Canberra and Southern NSW market, where the change of government and the Coalition's announcement of public service job cuts has hit the market hard."
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They were convicted of mass killings during an attack on supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in the shanty town of Raboteau in 1994.
The government of Prime Minister Gerard Latortue says it did not influence the judges' decision.
But Aristide supporters were outraged, calling it a "partisan" decision.
It says that the original court which tried the men had lacked the authority to hear the case.
"The court... overturns the judgment without referring to another court and orders that all those accused be released if there are no further charges against them," the Supreme Court said in a 3 May ruling released on Tuesday.
The trial was carried out in 2000 in the absence of most of the accused, many of whom were in exile. Some have since been jailed, but it is not clear exactly how many.
Following Tuesday's announcement, AFP news agency reported that the court has set free 14 of the officials.
The report did not name them, but Louis-Jodel Chamblain, one of the leaders of last year's uprising against Mr Aristide, could be among them.
At least 15 people died in the raid on Raboteau, a seaside shanty town in north-west Gonaives.
It targeted supporters of Mr Aristide, who was democratically elected president in 1991 but ousted the same year.
He was returned to power in 1994, with US support. Last year he was overturned for a second time.
Before reports on the court's decision were confirmed, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said Haitian judges reached their conclusions freely.
"All our lives we have fought against the interference of the executive in judicial affairs," he told the Associated Press news agency.
Later one of Mr Latortue's aides told Reuters news agency: "The government had nothing to do with the decision of the Supreme Court, which is part of an independent power."
But Gerard Gilles, a former senator in Mr Aristide's Lavalas Party, said the ruling proved the opposite.
"This shows the current government is partisan, revengeful, hateful and not serious about justice," he said.
The US lawyer who had helped to prepare the case against the convicted men, Brian Concannon, called the decision a complete reversal of the long effort to establish justice in Haiti.
"The trial... stood for the possibility of justice in Haiti. It was praised as a landmark in the fight against impunity," he said.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 5/11/2003 (5011 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A number of key ministers picked up additional or new responsibilities in the cabinet shuffle announced yesterday by Premier Gary Doer.
Steve Ashton leaves Conservation to take on the new portfolio of Water Stewardship, a high-priority post that Doer has touted for months. For Ashton, who experienced some turbulence in Conservation, the move is a promotion to a smaller, but more politically important post.
MaryAnn Mihychuk leaves Industry and takes on the vacant portfolio of Intergovernmental Affairs with added responsibilities for international trade. Mihychuk will not only become the point woman in talks with the City of Winnipeg on the mayor's proposed "New Deal" on taxation, but also represent Manitoba in all bilateral negotiation on trade co-operation deals with neighbouring states and provinces.
Scott Smith, who kept a low profile in the benign posts of Transportation and Government Services, gets a huge promotion to the Industry portfolio, with added responsibility for economic development. The NDP government is fiercely proud of its track record of attracting and keeping jobs and Smith will be under enormous pressure to carry the ball for the province in key negotiations with business.
Five newcomers were welcomed to cabinet yesterday, appointments that rewarded loyal and capable backbenchers, and shored up NDP representation in key regions of Winnipeg and the province.
Doer rewarded three loyal MLAs who were first elected in 1999.
Nancy Allan becomes Labour and Immigration Minister.
Stan Struthers takes on Conservation.
Jim Rondeau has been put in charge of Healthy Living.
Doer was also able to bring two genuine rookies into the mix.
Peter Bjornson, who appeared for weeks to be a shoe-in for Education, was given that portfolio.The award-winning teacher is a favourite of the premier. His victory in Gimli was identified by Doer as one of the most satisfying of the last election. Christine Melnick, a former school trustee, becomes Family Services Minister. She is a long-time, hard-core NDP loyalist who struck a blow for the NDP in the Riel constituency in the last election.
Government Services and Transportation Minister Ron Lemieux continues to lose both profile and responsibility in the cabinet. Lemieux leaves the hot-button portfolio of Education, where he seemed often uncomfortable with opposition grilling in the legislature, to a post that produces few inquiries.
Brandon MLA Drew Caldwell, who served first as education minister and then later as family services minister, asked to leave cabinet because of ongoing health problems. Caldwell has been fighting respiratory problems that have so far defied accurate diagnosis.


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Practise Exercise-17
Read the following passage and solve the questions based on it.
Bus route number 761 has exactly six stops on its route. Any bus plying on this route starts from the initial position, then stops first at stop one and then at stops two, three, four, five, and six respectively. After the bus reaches stop six, the bus turns and returns to its initial position and repeats the cycle. Buses are not allowed to carry people on its return journey.
Following are the six stops—L, M, N, O, P, and Q in no particular order. Further, following observations have been made regarding the stops on this route:
Observation 1 – P is the third stop.
Observation 2 – M is the sixth stop.
Observation 3 – The stop Q is the stop immediately after O.
Observation 4 – N is the stop immediately before L.
A passenger boards a bus on this route at O, rides past one of the stops, and alights at P. Which of the following must be true?


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Nor was he entirely destitute, his commercial credit remaining good.
Bank-notes are viewed by some as a form of commercial credit.
commercial credit operations, however, are of great variety and scope.
A knowledge of the laws of commercial credit, we all know, saves capital, enabling a less capital to do the work of a greater.


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Perhaps after some bad investment decisions, like giving the tax-troubled Lindsay Lohan a cool $100k last year, he's doing it for the reward.
Amid the multistate manhunt for ex-Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner, Charlie Sheen posted a video on TMZ asking Christopher to get in touch.
In an online manifesto, Christopher, who's wanted in the deaths of three people, including a police officer, promised a campaign of "asymmetrical warfare" against law enforcement -- and made time to praise his favorite celebrities. "Charlie Sheen, you're effin awesome," wrote Christopher, who also gave shout-outs to Michelle Obama and Anthony Bourdain.
With a reward set at $1 million for capturing Christopher, the Sheen-by-another-name took to the Internet.
"You mentioned me in your manifesto, so thank you for your kind words," Charlie says in the video. "I am urging you to call me. Let's figure out together how to end this thing."
Only one problem: Charlie forgot to leave his number!
SSRqTwas the night before the Grammys
"Beware the Ides of March," a soothsayer says to Caesar in Shakespeare's "Julis Caesar." If that soothsayer were around saying sooths today, he'd tell Chris Brown, "Beware the Grammys."
Or rather, the day before the Grammys. It was Grammys Eve 2009, you might remember, that the "Forever" singer totaled the face of his then- (and now-) girlfriend Rihanna; and on Saturday, the day before the Grammys, Breezy totaled his Porsche in Beverly Hills.
Well, it wasn't really him who slammed the car into a wall -- the paparazzi made him do it.
Those dastardly paps, so desperate to snap a picture of a star picking their nose behind the wheel that they forced Justin Bieber into a high-speed chase last year, are to blame, Chris claims, and his rep says a lawsuit is in the works.
Meanwhile, Chris Doherty, owner of INF, which employed all the photographers at the scene, tells TMZ his employees "had nothing to do with Chris Brown crashing. ... He crashed his car and it's convenient for him to blame us. He needs to be careful with his defamatory statements."
Chris' reaction? Hoisting a boom box on his shoulder to play his hit single "Don't Judge Me."
Chris, next time it's the day before the Grammys, just stay home.
Happy birthday for Feb. 11:
Actor Taylor Lautner is 21.
Singer Aubrey O'Day of Danity Kane is 29.
Singer Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child is 32.
Actor Matthew Lawrence ("Boy Meets World") is 33.
Singer-actress Brandy ("Moesha") is 34.
Vocalist Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and of Fort Minor is 36.
Actor Brice Beckham ("Mr. Belvedere") is 37.
Singer D'Angelo is 39.
Actress Jennifer Aniston is 44.
Singer Sheryl Crow is 51.
Actress Carey Lowell is 52.
Drummer David Uosikkinen of the Hooters is 57.
Actress Catherine Hickland ("One Life to Live") is 57.
R&B singer Otis Clay is 71.
Musician Sergio Mendes is 72.
Songwriter Gerry Goffin is 74.
Actor Burt Reynolds is 77.
Actress Tina Louise ("Gilligan's Island") is 79.


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A woman awarded £30,000 in compensation after a neighbour's extension blocked out most of the natural light in her home has yet to receive a penny four months on.
Helen Coughlan, 51, of Highfield Road in Woodford Bridge, was horrified when Redbridge Council gave Tariq Ahmed planning permission for the work.
The extension is less than three feet away from Mrs Coughlan's home and she is forced to leave her lights on for long periods due to the lack of light.
She sued her neighbour for compensation and a £30,000 out of court settlement was reached, with Mr Ahmed also agreeing to pay £10,000 legal costs.
But an agreed £6,000 lump sum and £2,000 monthly instalments have not been paid, and he has applied to the court to pay just £250 a month.
Mrs Coughlan, 51, said: "I am not going to accept £250 a month – I'll be nearly dead by the time it is paid off.
"He must have known four months ago he wouldn't be able pay back the money.
"I am fed up with the whole system. I have been let down at every point in the process.
"I appealed against the decision and got nowhere. I took Mr Ahmed to court and haven't received a penny.
"My house has lost £50,000 in value and the court costs are costing me thousands."
Mrs Coughlan has lodged a complaint against Redbridge Council with the local government ombudsman.
The authority has confirmed it is investigating the legality of a patio built by Mr Ahmed, but not the extension.
The Law Commission has launched a consultation after proposing to relax laws giving homeowners the right to light and Mrs Coughlan has vowed to contribute.
She said: "I really want to show what living without light does and how changing the law will affect people's lives.
"It is constantly dark in my house and I feel stressed and depressed constantly."
A spokeswoman for Redbridge Council said: "We recognise this is a complex matter and sympathise with the situation between Mrs Coughlan and her neighbour, however, the council is satisfied it applied the relevant planning policies and procedures correctly.
"The 'right to light' is a private law right which is not, of itself, a qualifying factor when determining planning applications.
"It is an applicant's responsibility to consider the relevance of the general law, including any possible rights to light enjoyed by neighbouring dwellings. Any interference with such rights may make the applicant liable to private civil law action.
"Having properly investigated Mrs Coughlan's complaint to the council, we understand she has now referred her complaint to the Ombudsman and we will of course respond to any matters raised by the Ombudsman."


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Handbook of Research on School Choice
Mark Berends, Matthew G. Springer, Dale Ballou, and Herbert Walberg
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Dale Ballou
Social Perspectives on School Choice
Mark Berends
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Tom Loveless and Katharyn Field
Perspectives on School Vouchers
Paul Peterson
Supplemental Services Under NCLB
Matthew G. Springer
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Mark Berends, Matthew G Springer, Herbert J Walberg
Charter School Outcomes in Idaho
Dale Ballou, Bettie Teasley, and Tim Zeidner
Charter School Effects on Achievement: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Mark Berends, Caroline Watral, Bettie Teasley, and Anna Nicotera
Teachers' Academic Focus on Learning in Charter and Traditional Public Schools
Ellen Goldring and Xiu Cravens
Methods of Assessing the Achievement of Students in Charter Schools
Caroline Hoxby and Sonali Murarka
Charter Law and Charter Outcomes
Kenneth K. Wong and Francis X. Shen
A Tapestry of Choice Programs: Reforming Education in Florida
Caroline Hoxby and Sonali Murarka
The A+ Plan
Paul Peterson
Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem
Paul E. Peterson and Ludger Woessmann, Eds.
School Choice in Milwaukee Fifteen Years Later
Paul E. Peterson
School Choice: TheFindings
Herbert J. Walberg
Generational Change: Closing the Test Score Gap
Paul E. Peterson
The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools
Paul Peterson, William Howell
Getting Choice Right: Ensuring Equity and Efficiency in Education Policy
Julian Betts and
Tom Loveless
Besieged: School Boards and the Future of Education Politics
William G. Howell
Choice and Competition in American Education
Paul E Peterson
What Happens When Regular Public Schools Convert to Charter Schools?
Tom Loveless, A. Kelly and A. Henriques
What Americans Think About Their Schools: Results from the Second Annual Education Next-PEPG Survey
William G. Howell, Martin West, and Paul E. Peterson
School Vouchers in the United States: Productivity in the Public and Private Sectors
Paul E. Peterson
The Influence of an NCLB Accountability Plan on the Distribution of Student Test Score Gains
Matthew G. Springer
The Case for Curriculum-Based, External Examinations which have Significant Consequences for Students
Paul E. Peterson
Special Edition on Contemporary School Choice Research
Mark Berends,
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Warren E. Langevin
Special Edition on Contemporary School Choice Research
Kenneth K. Wong and
Herbert J. Walberg
Switching Schools? A Closer Look at Parents' Initial Interest in and Knowledge about the Choice Provisions of No Child Left Behind
William G. Howell
Accountability and Local Elections: Rethinking Retrospective Voting
Christopher R. Berry and William G. Howell
What the Public Knows, and Doesn't Know, about Education Spending
William G. Howell and Martin West
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Accountability Incentives: Do Schools Practice Educational Triage?
Matthew G. Springer
The NCES Private-Public School Study: Findings are Other than They Seem
Paul E. Peterson and
Elena Llaudet
What Americans Think about their Schools
William G. Howell, Martin West, and Paul E. Peterson
Is Your Child's School Effective? Don't Rely on NCLB to Tell You
Paul E. Peterson and Martin West
Findings from the City of Big Shoulders
Caroline Hoxby and
Jonah Rockoff
Participation in a National Means-Tested School Voucher Program
David E. Campbell, Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson
The Efficacy of Choice Threats within School Accountability Systems: Results from Legislatively Induced Experiments
Martin R. West and Paul Peterson
Teacher Turnover in Charter Schools
David A. Stuit and Thomas M. Smith
How Social Capital Varies Among Charter Schools: Examining Relationships to Academic Rigor and Engagement from Students' Perspectives
Mark Berends, Christine Mokher, Ellen Goldring and
Genevieve Zottola
Differences between Charter Schools and Traditional Public Schools in Instructional Practices and Curricular Alignment to Standards and Tests
Mark Berends, Marc Stein, and John Smithson
Charter School Effects in an Urban School District: An Analysis of Student Achievement Growth
Mark Berends, Maria Mendiburo, and Anna Nicotera
Charter Schools and Parental Involvement: The Myth of the Structural Panacea
Ellen Goldring, Xiu Cravens, and Genevieve Zottola
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Education Policy, Academic Research, and Public Opinion
William G. Howell
The Charter School Regime in an Urban District: Mayoral Control & the Shifting Political Milieu
Claire Smrekar and Genevieve Zottola
Student Achievement Growth and Parents Perceptions of Invitation for Involvement in Urban Charter Schools
Marc Stein, Ellen Goldring, Genevieve Zottola
Magnet Schools and Peers: Effects on Mathematics Achievement
Dale Ballou
Responses to No Child Left Behind Among Traditional Public Schools and Public Charter Schools
Dale Ballou and Matthew G. Springer
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Teachers' Academic Press for Learning in Charter and Traditional Public Schools
Ellen Goldring and Xiu Cravens
An Empirical Investigation of the No Child Left Behind School Choice Policy and Academic Achievement in a Western State
Anna Nicotera, Bettie Teasley, and Mark Berends
Impact for For-Profit and Non-Profit Management on Student Achievement: The Philadelphia Experiement
Paul E. Peterson and M. Chingos
An Examination of the Legal Environment, Educational Innovation and Student Achievement
Caroline Watral and Bettie Teasley
Differences that Make a Difference: An Examination of the Relationship between Charter Law "Strength" and Student Achievement
Caroline Watral
The Diffusion of Governance Reform in American Public Education: An Event History Analysis of State Takeover and Charter School Laws
Kenneth K. Wong and
Warren E. Langevin
Assessing Charter School Performance in Illinois: A Pilot Study Using Error-Band Analysis
Kenneth K. Wong and
Francis X. Shen
Do Public Schools Facing Vouchers Behave Strategically? Evidence from Florida
Rajashri Chakrabarti
The Impact of Robust Implementation of Intra-District Open Enrollment: A Case Study
Michael Flicek
Parent Preferences and Parent Choices: The Public-Private Decision about School Choice
Ellen Goldring and Kristie J. Rowley
On the Public-Private School Achievement Debate
Paul E. Peterson and
Elena Llaudet
Beyond Weak Law, Strong Law: Political Compromise and Legal Constraints on Charter School Laws
Francis X. Shen and
Kenneth K. Wong
Policy Expansion of School Choice in the American States
Kenneth K. Wong and Warren Langevin
When Mayors Use School Choice as a Reform Strategy
Wong, Kenneth K., Shen, Francis X.and Pachucki, Lauren M.
Can Increasing Private School Participation and Monetary Loss in a Voucher Program Affect Public School Performance? Evidence from Milwaukee
Rajashri Chakrabarti
Do Vouchers Lead to Sorting Under Random Private School Selection? Evidence from the Milwaukee Voucher Program
Rajashri Chakrabarti
Impact of Voucher Design on Public School Performance: Evidence from Florida and Milwaukee Voucher Programs
Rajashri Chakrabarti
The Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement
Caroline Hoxby and
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Achievement in Charter Schools and Regular Public Schools in the U.S.: Understanding the Differences
Caroline Hoxby and
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Cycling and journalism. Journalism and cycling. It's curious to think now that the seemingly unassailable jewel in the sport's crown, the Tour de France, was created to sell – if not save – the newspaper, L'Auto. Had the recently formed French daily not appointed a keen cyclist, Henri Desgrange, as its editor and charged him with finding a way of boosting flagging sales, the Grand Boucle may never have come into being. Although Desgrange, who became the events first race director, is seen today as its father figure, it was another journalist, Géo Lefèvre, who came up with the idea.
For over a century now, cycling and journalism have been joined at the hip, enjoying an almost symbiotic relationship; the daring-do of bike riders racing against both the elements and each other helped shift increasing bundles of newsprint. This, in turn, transformed who were no more than relatively ordinary men who rode bikes, into heroes and stars, then, in time, supermen and superstars.
While that relationship had its ups and downs along the way, it took the aftermath of a scandal that almost brought the Tour to its knees and the wrong guy at the right place, with just the right heroic story, for that relationship to turn from being mutually beneficial to being parasitical and corrosive.
It would be wrong to place all the blame for this at Lance Edward Armstrong's door. It's not as if the world was perfect before the 28 year old came back from cancer to ride the so-called Tour of Renewal in 1999, only a year after Festina Affair doping scandal. But from that point until the Texan's eventual downfall in late 2012, the interdependence of cycling and journalism morphed into something akin to a fearful, sycophantic underling and his abusive, controlling master. No prizes for guessing which one was which. The cycling press became almost completely subservient to Armstrong who, as the great white hope of New Cycling, dominated the agenda, commanded an unheard of amount of power and was able to make or break any journalist looking to climb aboard the gravy train that was his meteoric rise. Those writing at the time defend their part in perpetuating the lie by saying they could prove nothing and were only aware of rumours, innuendo and gossip. Which is fair. But it's also fair to say that large swathes of the cycling press went willingly to where the Armstrong machine wanted them to go. Some, like writer Bill Strickland, have publicly apologised for their part in what we know know to be a scandal so big, it utterly dwarfed Festina. No one caught up in the events of 1998 has, as yet, appeared on Oprah.
Christophe Bassons, the former Festina rider who was forced to end his career as a result of writing in L'Equipe that Armstrong's comeback performance had "shocked" the peloton, was probably one of the first who who suffered at hand of Armstrong. Speaking after the CCN conference in London, Bassons told the journalist Kenny Pryde,
"Part of the problem is that for years and years the journalists have been very friendly with the riders, and the media played a really important role in shaping the image of the rider. The more the media talked about cycling being an inhumanly tough sport, the more the riders accepted and justified the need to dope. The media turns riders into gods and the riders love that, they love it and they love the myth of being super human, that racing the Tour is impossibly difficult. We need to stop talking about inhuman efforts."
Bassons would not the last to suffer at Armstrong's hand. And while the likes of Paul Kimmage and David Walsh have emerged from the time as brave, heroic journalists prepared to stand up for the truth, it's worth noting that both worked for large, mainstream newspapers that, if push came to shove, could rely on lawyers just as bullish as those employed by Lance. In the case of David Walsh, of course, push did come to shove and the Sunday Times was forced to pay £300,000 to the American in 2006. Following a countersuit by the newspaper in the wake of Armstrong's confession, both parties reached a "mutually agreed resolution" in August this year. Most cycling publications couldn't afford to get involved in litigation that could have resulted in their bankruptcy and closure. Where that sits with the professional mandate to seek 'journalistic truth' or the first principle of being loyal to its citizens, is an interesting question.
Now, in the era of New, New Cycling – or is it New, New, New, New Cycling? I can't keep up. How about 'No, It Really Is New, We Really Mean It This Time, New Cycling?' – Travis Tygart has taught us how to become reasonably reasoned via the Deus Ex Machina that was the USADA Reasoned Decision. It was a big red 'reset back to factory default' button and, finally, things could get back to normal. It's 2013 (baby!) and we are told we are living through cycling's enlightenment era. Eschewing the faithful following of gods on two wheels, lashings of cold scepticism is the order of the day. This should now mean that the journalists are free to report "without fear nor favour". Right?
Proof of this must surely have been the set your watch by it post-stage grilling that Chris Froome received while on his way to winning this year's Tour de France. The Brit had put in a performance which gave the press the chance to show how independent they were by raising a distrustful eyebrow and engaging in that most pointless lines of enquiry; "are you doping?" Does anyone think that professional cyclist, not matter how vapid, dull-witted or downright mental, would ever reply, "Wow, I'm so glad you asked me that. Actually, yes, I am! It's a fair cop, guv – and such a relief to finally get it off my chest. Cheers!". But at least the press room wasn't afraid to ask the question, fatuous as it was. Froome, for his part, eventually got a bit bored of it and produced a kind of polite whimpering sound that we're led to believe was a complaint. Meanwhile his boss,
Uncle Fester Dave Brailsford, asked the journalists themselves to come up with a way that his team could prove they weren't doping. Those in the room that day have yet to deliver their findings.
Chris Horner's victory at the 2013 Vuelta a Espana, however, is once again bringing the role of the cycling press to the attention.
Questions started emerging on Twitter, websites and forums as to why questions weren't being asked of Chris Horner in the same way they had been asked of Chris Froome. Replying to a tweet of mine, Kenny Pryde (nb: it's simple coincidence that I link to a tweet and a blog post from Kenny here) replied:
I suspect a Spanish race, Spanish media, smaller international press presence partly explain that. The 'detente' wont last.
By the time Horner won the Vuelta, questions were being asked of the nearly 42 year old American. But, in fairness, all the press is actually able to do is thrust a microphone under the rider's nose and repeat variations on the "are your doping?" theme.
Cycling is still a niche sport and sport itself is still niche in comparison to mainstream news. This means that the press outlets covering cycling don't operate with anything like the budgets involved in political news, for example, and simply can't afford to have a journalist take an indeterminate amount of time investigating any nefarious goings-on behind the scenes. And the play nice or don't play at all compromise where journalists still rely on the patronage of riders and teams in order to get the "my legs felt good today" quotes for their articles or race reports still factors. It's not the steely grip that Armstrong had back in the day, but it still exists.
On September the 18th, in what can only be explained by a bizarre collision between suspicion, unanswered questions, the need to be seen to be doing something, and the relentless publishing schedule that is a requirement for maintaining page views (because page views = ad revenue), Cyclingnews.com published a piece which asked, "Is Chris Horner a redacted name in USADA's Reasoned Decision?". The piece looked at the speculation that Horner was the redacted "Rider 15" named by Levi Leipheimer in his affidavit in the USADA Reasoned Decision that brought down Armstrong. Seeking to clarify the matter, Dan Benson called Horner twice and was told that he didn't "know anything about it" and that he was "about to drive", before saying that he was "busy right now" on the second call.
Benson up until this point hadn't done anything wrong. He made clear it was "blogs, forums and comment sections" who were speculating and not Cyclingnews.com – the lawyers would've been happy with this, but why the musings of the great unwashed on social media were suddenly the sturdy nails required to hang a story on, are still not clear. The approach and demeanour adopted by Dan Benson during the phone calls were, as far as we can tell from the transcript, pleasant, professional and sought to encourage Horner to answer his questions. The point where things went horribly wrong is the point that Dan Benson, as both author and editor, chose to write this up and then press the publish button.
Of course, it could be argued, it would have taken a little more than 3 seconds for Horner to confirm whether he was Rider 15 or not. However, no one is actually required to speak to a journalist simply because he or she calls you up, knocks on your door or bumps into you on the street. People can be encouraged to do so, but if you don't want to speak to a journalist, there's no law that actually compels you to comply. It would be an entirely different matter if this had been a pre-arranged interview. Perhaps sarcastically, one of Horner's final remarks is, "how come you didn't come to Spain?". The inference is, 'I was available for interviews every day for three weeks. Where the hell were you then?'
Only Dan Benson knows why he chose to publish a piece that said nothing and ended with an interview whose subject was unable and/or unwilling to partake in at that time – Horner does suggest that they "try another time". In the comments section below the piece, some suggested that it was there purely to highlight the speculation that Horner was Rider 15 and encourage readers to believe he was being evasive. Perhaps he was, but 'door-stepping' someone over the phone, immediately following the 3 weeks where he was available for interview on a daily basis, was at best lazy. Would it be appropriate for questions to be put to a rider on the road during a race? Clearly not. So if we can conclude that there are some times when a rider should not be answering questions, Horner can claim that on the two occasions he was approached by Benson, his timing was inappropriate or inconvenient.
So the question remains: what did we learn in that article? What new information was brought to the fore? Why was it published at all?
Two days earlier, Velonews published a piece by Andrew Hood titled 'After Horner's Vuelta victory, pro cycling remains a faith game' in its "Analysis" section. Wikipedia says Analytic Journalism, "seeks to make sense of a complex reality in order to create public understanding." It goes on:
As analytic journalism attempts to transcend regular news reporting, which is primarily designed to relay facts, analytic journalists must use critical methods that allow them to present information in a way that distinguishes it from hard news. Analytic journalism often applies the scientific method of testing and retesting of hypotheses against the evidence. Assumptions are systematically tested by verifying, affirming and altering hypotheses.
While coming to the conclusion that "cycling remains a faith game", Hood does very little in the way of testing and retesting hypotheses against evidence. At the centre of the article is an interview with Radioshack team manager, Luca Guercilena, whose views are naturally predisposed to supporting his Vuelta winning rider. Other than some SRM data and a quote gleaned from Antione Vayer's Twitter feed, who Hood describes as a "pundit", no other views are included that seek to explain Chris Horner's incredible win in Spain.
The reason I highlight both these pieces is that I believe they are representative of the failed attempt by the cycling press to convince themselves they are something other than the reporters of the facts and figures. I genuinely do not wish to denigrate that as a profession, or seek to diminish its importance within cycling. But whether it's a desperate lack of skills in the area, lack of time and money, the pressure of having to continually publish stories, or a desire to be seen to do the right thing caused by some manner of collective guilt in the post-Lance landscape, the majority of writers in cycling are to investigative or analytical journalism what George Bush is to public speaking.
I now find that even when reading the supposedly neutral zone of race reporting, I'm getting worked up at the preponderance of flattering adjectives. And I love an adjective, me! The press continue to paint riders in glowing terms whilst there is a dearth of anything critical. It's not that criticism should be meted out simply for the sake of it, but it must surely be valid to do so if the writer is also allowed to praise with adjectives such as "stunning", "powerful" or the worrisome "incredible". When was the last time you read that a rider was "pathetic", "atrocious" or "suspicious"? Riders, more often than not, 'endure difficult periods', further emphasising the mythic image that Bassons talks about above. Only these brave, courageous supermen can overcome the tribulations that beset them and rise, victorious, once again! Or, in less luxurious prose: he's been shite all season because of the near constant pain of back trouble that will probably require surgery and he's worried he'll never win a race again. So ordinary. So human. So like each of us.
Many will argue that no one would want to read reports shorn of descriptive attributes. But if Bassons is right, and their use over time becomes a kind of Chinese water torture that helps to legitimise the decision to take performance enhancing drugs for the rider, is it not right that the press at least provide some balance by way of fair criticism?
Yet it seems the press are only free to dip their toe into the icy waters of disparagement when it's completely safe to do so. Where once it was impossible to mention Armstrong's name in nothing other than highly favourable epithets, the gloves have been off with the tarnished Texan since his career-long doping became known publicly. Out-with those rare exceptions to the uplifting allegory, it's all very nice and cosy. I often wonder if the articles I'm reading are primarily there to bring me new information or to pass on to the rider, in the hope the feeling will be reciprocated, just how wonderful the author thinks he is.
Don't get me wrong, there is some great writing to be found on the subject of pro cycling. The features found in magazines like ProCycling and Rouleur, to name just two, are unwaveringly superb. Even here, you'd be hard pushed to find anything that deviates from the Herculean narrative.
I believe there is an audience for fair and reasoned criticism of the sport and those who operate within it. I would like to think it would go some way to counter-balancing the rider as god iconography conjured up by the media, which Christophe Bassons suggests is a contributing factor in the justification of doping. It may very well be for the same, entirely justifiable, reasons that prohibit proper investigative journalism (expense etc. that the cycling press can't offer fair comment and criticism . But by merely playing at being Woodward & Bernstein or Tom Wolfe – from Dan Benson's strange decision to publish the transcripts of two phone calls with Chris Horner to Andrew Hood's analysis-lite of the situation – all that is achieved is yet further damage to a reputation already tarnished by previously exalting a bully who cheated his way to 7 Tour de France titles.
If only for the sake of nomenclature we accept that there is a difference between a reporter and a journalist, I would like to assert that there's absolutely nothing wrong with being just a reporter. It's a tough, but commendable job that requires direct gathering and communication of public information, usually through primary information sources such as first-person interviews, news conferences and attendance at news events. All this demands a very specific set of skills. And somewhere along the way, it should also demand lot less in the way of flattering adjectives.


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Riyadh (AFP) Feb 14, 2016
Saudi Arabia intercepted a Scud missile fired towards the kingdom by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, the Riyadh-led coalition fighting the insurgents has said.
The official Saudi SPA news agency said the missile was destroyed by the kingdom's air defences at around 2145 (1845 GMT) on Saturday, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) from its border with Yemen.
Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels meanwhile said in a statement on their sabanews.net website that the missile targeted the Abha Regional Airport in southern Saudi Arabia.
The missile "precisely hit its target," it said.
Saturday's incident is the third time Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a Scud fired from Yemen.
On Tuesday, the coalition said that a Saudi Patriot missile had downed a Scud fired from the rebel-held Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
Riyadh has deployed Patriots designed to counter tactical ballistic missiles, which have been fired occasionally since March when the coalition began air strikes in support of the Yemeni government after Huthi rebels seized Sanaa and advanced towards second city Aden.
In April last year the Saudi defence ministry said coalition strikes had removed threats to the kingdom's security "by destroying heavy weaponry and ballistic missiles" seized by the Yemeni rebels.
Vehicle-borne Scud ballistic missiles have a much longer range and more powerful warhead than the rockets and mortar bombs which have struck the kingdom's southern border regions, killing about 90 civilians and soldiers since the coalition intervention began.
The United Nations says more than 6,100 people in Yemen have been killed in the conflict since March, about half of them civilians.
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CallbackRegistry.GetOriginatorProcessName method
Filter:Pascal C++ (Lib) C++ (VCL) C++ (.NET) C# VB.NET
Returns the name of the process that initiated the operation
function GetOriginatorProcessName(var ProcessName : TCBString) : boolean;
type TCBString = {$ifdef UNICODE}UnicodeString{$else}WideString{$endif};
[C++ (Lib)]
bool GetOriginatorProcessName(LPWSTR ProcessName, LPDWORD ProcessNameLength);
bool __fastcall GetOriginatorProcessName(WideString &ProcessName);
bool GetOriginatorProcessName(String^% ProcessName);
bool GetOriginatorProcessName(ref string ProcessName);
Function GetOriginatorProcessName(ByRef ProcessName As String) As Boolean
- ProcessName - on return this parameter contains the name of the process.
- [C++ (Lib)]ProcessNameLength - the length of the buffer to store the name of the process.
Return values
TRUE / true if the function succeeded or FALSE / false if the function failed.
Use GetOriginatorProcessName to get the name of the process that originated the operation.
Call this method only from the callback / event handlers.
Do not call this method from handlers for OnReadFile*, OnWriteFile* and other callbacks that work with opened files, as that callbacks can be initiated by the system components (cache manager, memory manager etc.). Instead do the following:
- Call GetOriginatorProcessName from OnCreateFile or OnOpenFile event handlers / callbacks;
- Store obtained information somewhere and store the reference to this information in the UserContext;
- When you need to check the originator information in some file-related callback, access the stored information via UserContext
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If you monitor shared disk, you might want to get the name of the remote process which accesses the disk. Unfortunately Windows doesn't provide such information due to the nature of the remote access.