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A key Crown witness in the trial of a man accused of plotting a robbery told police about his own involvement in crimes ranging from aggravated robberies and burglaries to arson and illegally downloading music.
But while the witness has admitted doing a deal in exchange for indemnity and a lighter sentence, he denied exaggerating the other man's role in the alleged plot.
He is giving evidence in the trial of a 34-year-old Canberra man charged with conspiring to rob the Woolworths supermarket in Kambah Village in January last year.
The accused man and the witness, alleged partners in crime, cannot be named for legal reasons so The Canberra Times will refer to them respectively as Person A and Person B.
Person A has pleaded not guilty and his barrister, Shane Gill, told the ACT Supreme Court jury on Monday they might think the plan was to commit a mere theft or ''snatch and grab'' rather than a robbery involving violence or threats.
The two men were arrested after police monitoring their phone conversations heard references to ''a little something something'' and watching the end-of-shift counting
through binoculars from a nearby park.
The pair were also recorded discussing an abundance of wet weather emergency call-outs due to storms the night before, to which Person A said: ''but there'll be one emergency call tonight, don't you worry about that, that's how I f---ing roll''.
The court heard the pair had not gone as far as the front doors of the supermarket when police ''jumped out of some bushes'' and arrested them.
Person B said the plan had been to go through the front door shortly before closing or, if the door was locked, break a window with a pinch bar.
The accused man would then approach the staff member manning the cigarette counter, take the money and run.
The witness said the pair had previously discussed the ''shock and awe'' of being confronted by a masked man with a pinch bar, even if no direct violence was involved.
But he agreed it was his decision to carry a knife, with Person A saying he himself did not need one, and there was no discussion about using the pinch bar as a weapon.
Person B pleaded guilty to his role in the plan but received a combination of weekend jail and a suspended sentence after an agreement to give evidence against the other man.
He was also given indemnity from prosecution for his involvement in a spate of crimes committed through the city - including burglaries, robberies, arson and property damage relating to an ATM explosion, car theft and unlawfully acquiring a firearm - in exchange for giving a statement about ''a number of matters unconnected to this charge [the Kambah incident]''.
''You even went so far as to tell police that you downloaded music illegally in that statement,'' Mr Gill said.
''Possibly, I can't recall, yes,'' the witness replied.
But he denied exaggerating evidence about the Kambah matter to get the benefit of the deal.
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THE appeal to help sick York schoolboy Oscar Hughes has raised more than £27,000 - with support coming in from as far away as Australia, the USA, France, Malta and Denmark.
Now a series of events is being planned by well-wishers from his home village of Dunnington to keep the campaign on track for its £150,000 target.
As The Press has reported previously, the nine-year-old has suffered a relapse in his recovery from a brain tumour, with cancer cells found all over his brain and spine.
Doctors have said his condition is incurable but his family hope to raise £150,000 to fund a possible journey abroad for him to take part in promising research and clinical trials.
The total raised on the fundraising website http://www.gofundme.com/fightingforoscar had reached £15,000 by yesterday lunchtime, with another £12,000 in a bank account set up before the website was launched.
More than 50 well-wishers gathered at Dunnington Sports and Social Club on Sunday and agreed to press ahead with three fundraising ventures:
* All primary and secondary schools in York are being asked to stage a non-uniform day in aid of the appeal on May 9, with pupils asked to make a voluntary donation of £1 to wear ordinary clothes. Those unable to do this are being asked to conduct some other fundraising activity.
* A golf day is to be staged at Sandburn Hall on May 30, featuring teams of four. Anyone wanting to taken part should email firstname.lastname@example.com.
* Dunnington Scouts and Guides are to take part in bag-packing at the tills at ASDA Monks Cross on Saturdays throughout May.
Oscar's mother Marie said his story was 'spreading throughout the world' and, from a village youngster called Harry selling cupcakes to larger corporate donations, her family was really touched.
She said Oscar was very sleepy at the moment because of strong medicines and on a Sunday she missed the mad rush of getting him ready for two games of football and then off to some tennis tournament somewhere. "We keep talking to him about those times to keep things as positive as we can. Thank you all for donating. It will mean a lot."

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The quality on the jean is superior from other denims I own, it's extremely comfortable doesn't get too stretchy with repeated use just wish it was bit lower on the waist other than that great product.
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I have bought these jeans before and I love them, they are super comfortable and flexible. Color does fade out but if you wash them right then they will be just fine. Overall there are great jeans and I'll always come back for them.
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They're really comfortable, break in fast, and don't fade quickly either. Just remember to wash them inside out.
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These are by far the darkest color black genes I have seen. They appear to hold their color, unlike other black jeans that fade with washings.
Great style and stretch. I recommend getting 1 waist size larger as mine fit little tight, but the flexibility in the wait area made up for it.
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Have a few pairs of these and they fit well and are pretty durable.
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Love these jeans. Best cut Volcom has created. It's rare to find a good fitting and super slim jean for guys. Also love the Blacks. Keep making these in this wash please!!!
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I purchased the rinse in a size 40 x 32 and the fit is perfect. I'm 6'2 and pretty stocky and these are just right. Out of the package they're pretty snug, but after a few wears the relax just a tad and have more of a slim, tapered fit. I wish their were more colors, like a tobacco/dark khaki and maybe an olive as well. I also own these in the black on black and they're dynamite.
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Love the fit of these jeans. I'm a really skinny dude, so these fit me pretty perfectly.
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Very nice ship with exceptions: Vision of the Seas Cruise Review by Mormon Cruiser
Overall Member Rating
Very nice ship with exceptions
Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Oslo
Food and dining options were fine. Entertainment on some nights as an "A"; other nights a "B".
DOWNSIDE: 1. The TV choices on this ship are awful--so bad that we will never use Royal Caribbean again. Our waiter agreed with us and said, "Please, please put this in your comments; we live on this ship and we know how awful the TV is." I discussed this with several key crew officials. They know and it is not a priority to them. One comment: "We have a limited entertainment budget and we choose to use it on quality showtime entertainers and not on More paying for better TV programming." Nuts! NCL has as good of onboard entertainment as we have ever seen AND they have CNN and other good TV programming. (On Vision of the Seas, you get NO U.S. news--we went almost three weeks with no info about our home country.) A few TV shows or movies are played over and over again; e.g., One episode of "The Good Wife" played 4 times a day every day. We enjoy relaxing to TV on certain evenings or certain afternoons during sea days but not on this ship.
2. Staterooms are a little smaller than on other ships. We noted certain interior staterooms were like walk-in closets in size. Out ocean view stateroom was 152 sq ft--a tad smaller than other ships, but configured in such a way that the head of the double head had to be at the window. Hence we could only enjoy the window view if we stood up at the foot of the bed. Note: some ocean view rooms have a large rectangular window; others have one or two small round port holes.
3. This ship is smaller than other cruise ships we have been on. Hence in the open seas you feel more motion. One night, with a cross wind, the ship was quite uncomfortable with rocking--and we were on the third deck. We could only imagine how bad the motion was on say, decks 7 or 8.
Bottom line: Very nice ship with outstanding service and food options. Would never sail on this ship (or this line again) due to indifference to TV programming, size of ship, size and configuration of the ocean view state room. BUT: We certainly felt we were in good hands with the amazing skills, experience, and confidence of our Captain. Less
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About the Book
It was 1968. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy had been assassinated. American cities were burning. The Democratic National Convention in Chicago became a bloody riot for the whole world to watch. Nixon was re-elected and the war in Vietnam went on and on despite massive protests.
Many young people couldn't continue to live in that version of American reality. We moved to the country. There we grew our own food, built our houses, raised our families, and set up an alternative culture, to the best of our ability.
Magic Forest Farm was one of many communes established in those tumultuous years. All sorts of experimental living arrangements formed, morphed, lived, and died in the late 60's and early 70's in America. Forty years later MFF survives, not alone, but in sparce company. The Farm is a place where the embers of environmetalism, collectivism, and living with a small footprint reside as a source of inspiration for a world longing for alternatives.
It has been 40 years. Current and former Farmers and friends come together to celebrate.
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
120 Pages
- Publish Date Sep 07, 2008
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Open Restaurant
The Open Restaurant distribution has everything you need to kickstart your restaurant website. It comes with a menu management system, a reservation system, a customizable blog, events management and a responsive theme.
See the project page for more info.
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Get an overview of this hotel3.5-star Trevose hotel in Feasterville with free parking
Popular property highlights
Located in Feasterville, this hotel is 2.3 mi (3.7 km) from Parx Casino and Racetrack and within 6 mi (10 km) of Franklin Mills Mall and Neshaminy State Park. Sesame Place is 9.3 mi (15 km) away.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an indoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a sauna are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 214 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and cable TV. Room service, coffee makers, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.
Guest Highlights
- Comfortable rooms
- Good location
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
Wyndham Philadelphia - Bucks County
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Wyndham Philadelphia - Bucks County provides a spa tub, a sauna, and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 3.5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 5500 square feet (511 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Wyndham Philadelphia - Bucks County is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 214
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Conference space
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 5500
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
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- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
Bradys An American Pub - This pub specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Happy hour is offered.
Global Bistro - This bistro specializes in international cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a 24-hour fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.0 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
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- Breakfast fee: USD 11 per person (approximately)
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More than Moneyby Miki Saxon
I've often cited Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers regarding right time/right place luck—often an accident of birth. For example Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Jobs, Bill Joy and Scott McNealy were all born between 1953 and 1955
Another example of right time/right place is found in Harvard's MBA class of 1974 as chronicled by Laurence Shames in The Big Time: The Harvard Business School's Most Successful Class & How It Shaped America, originally published in 1986 and being republished now.
1974 was probably the most successful single group of MBAs ever graduated from any school; further, this class actually did stuff and built things, as opposed to shuffling money around.
But they also worked their tails off. They didn't expect anything to be handed to them. They always asked for more work, not less. They were a very competitive, driven group. But, again, not only for their own monetary gains. They wanted to excel. They wanted to be leaders.
When the '49ers graduated, I think there were 653 graduates. Only six guys went to Wall Street –less than one percent of the class. It just wasn't considered where the action was or considered a place where you could make a meaningful difference.
Learning about that class makes you wonder what happened. Where did the drive for more than money go?
What happened between 1974 and 2008 that so changed the attitude of our best and brightest? Why did money gain primacy as the only thing that matters?
The funny thing is that if you ask the folks who actually are changing our world, such as Larry Page, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg or Kevin Systrom, they'll all say the same thing—they didn't do it for the money.
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The former 'Crossing Jordan' actor will portray the Munster family patriarch on the NBC re-imagining of the classic TV series.
Another actor has been added to the cast ensemble of "The Munsters" reboot. Jerry O'Connell, who is best known for his roles on sci-fi series "Sliders", has been tapped to portray Herman Munster on NBC's "Mockingbird Lane".
Beside O'Connell, Eddie Izzard and Mason Cook have been cast to join the upcoming show. The former will play the vampire Grandpa, while the latter will tackle the role of Eddie Munster who is Herman and Lily's werewolf son.
"Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller shepherds the project, which was initially set to kick off production in the spring. It's now pushed back to early summer to give it extra attention. While the original show was a comedy, the new version is said to be an edgier and slightly darker take on the origins of Herman and Lily Munster.
"We want this show to be an American Harry Potter," Fuller recently told Entertainment Weekly. "To have that sense of a magical world that you get to go to with your family and find stories told in a fantastical way that are instantly relatable. It's an 'American Horror Story' that the whole family can watch."


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Hi there. ~
So much work! I'm impressed how dedicated you are to this project! Wow...
I've a couple of thoughts though...
You say you're trying to emulate Sugimoris style but I think you might not be actually looking and what he draws and how he draws hard enough to really do it justice.
(Though I personally think developing your own style would be best, I understand what you're aiming for so I'll just crit there)
I'm not trying to offend you by saying that, so please don't feel hurt!
I think you might be using the baize tool, or something similar to create your lines? If you are, I think you should stop, and start actually drawing your lines. It may look worst at first but I can guarantee it'll make it better overall. Even if you're not using a tool like that... The problem with your lines at the moment is they are all gentle curves. There's no variation to create interest or give the mons a sense of form. It doesn't do your sense of proportion any justice at all, and that's never good :'(
I'd also like to say, try varying the line width (just look at sugimoris stuff for this) the line changes thickness and tapers off in various places, so it looks more natural and like what you're trying to achieve. That will help you alot, too.
I guess that would be it, for me. The volume of work you've produced is incredible, but I'd really like to see you take it to the next level.
All the best. :')


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Aberdeen Gets Grant to Help Business Expand
A $150,000 grant to the town of Aberdeen from the North Carolina Rural Center will help a local business expand its operation and add 30 new jobs.
The Building Use and Restoration grant will help Meridian Zero Degrees defray the cost of refurbishing a 12,000-square-foot building. The Rural Center announced the awarding of the grant Thursday.
The Pilot was unable to reach Meridian founder and CEO Chris Gilder before press time. He said in a previous story that the expansion, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, will help the company's work all flow one way, from raw materials to finished products, rather than coming in and then going back out the same door.
The building reuse grants are given to prepare vacant buildings for use by job-generating businesses and support the expansion and renovation of occupied buildings if that work leads to new, permanent jobs. Funding is provided by the N.C. General Assembly.
Moore County Partners in Progress helped the company apply for the grant. Executive Director Pat Corso said the grant is important to help business in Moore County grow.
"One of the exciting things about this grant is that it recognizes local entrepreneurship," Corso said. "It is the best insurance we have to help maintain this type of advanced manufacturing company here and help them grow. They (Meridian Zero owners Chris and Christa Gilder) have chosen to stay here, and this grant is playing an important role in creating jobs necessary for their long-term growth."
Meridian might not be a household name, but for anyone who has used a self-serve kiosk or device, chances are they are one of the company's products. Its long list of clients includes McDonald's, Walmart, Macy's, Home Depot and Food Lion.
The grant is necessary because the company, which was founded in 1999, has experienced steady growth each year. Earlier this year, Gilder said this year's jump has been "phenomenal." That growth has spurred the need for more manufacturing space.
"It just so happened that it was perfect timing," said Jae Kim, community development planner for Aberdeen. "They are doing so much business. They need to move things around to make their operation more efficient."
As part of the grant, Aberdeen will provide a 5 percent match, or $7,500, toward the grant amount, which is based on $5,000 per job created.
The local grant was among 37 totaling 5.4 million to create jobs, provide clean water, and assist with economic development in rural counties.
The grants will create 587 jobs and assist projects benefiting 34 counties.
The grants were approved by the center's board Dec. 5 and made possible by appropriations from the N.C. General Assembly and state clean water bonds.
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It Took A Team Of Researchers To Discover That Sex Makes People Happy – Seriously
The biggest news to ever hit the world has been released this weekend! Apparently, sex REALLY makes people happy! It's not just something to do to piss off the church or your parents anymore, it's actually an approved happiness-building exercise! So now, your days of run-of-the-mill, by-the-numbers sex are over, you're actually allowed to enjoy it!
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After an USRD yesterday I wasn't as fatigued and passed my mile markers without even realizing it. Nice run. 4.25 in 32:05.
What do you have?
Good morning Masters! Thursday: XT / 6 miles 58:40 - 9:47 avg. pace - recovery A.M. / 4 miles 39:53 - 9:58 avg. pace - recovery P.M. Legs were dead the 1st two miles. / 2 miles 21:45 - 10:51 avg. pace - recovery P.M. My 9 YO asked me to run & I couldn't say no.
Storms rolled through and couldn't get back to sleep. Double digit run scheduled [hopefully not indoors] after I volunteer @ the boy's school this morning. More coffee. Sounds good 0400. Make it a great day!
Good morning masters
6.4 to begin a nice morning.
The overnight rain moved out and made way for a clear morning with multiple owl "hoots" along the way.
Thoroughly enjoyed
Have a great day friends....work hard
Morning all,
Grey and raining here. I put up a few of my storm windows over the last few days and put down the screens. Nice to have fresh air in the house. Only downside was the pesky hornet I found walking across my living room floor last night who found his way in somehow. I had to squish him and flush down the toilet. No mercy when they're inside.
Anyways, no bootcamp this morning. I'll get to the gym for something after work. Maybe elliptical since my heel/achilles is bothering me a bit.
Back in a bit,
4 easy today. Yeah, the 4 is getting monotonous, but it was dictated by being conservative on the achilles. Tomorrow I'll do 6.
0400 - yep, sounds like a nice run.
Moth - I've done a few of those double digit runs indoors. One resulted in about 90 laps on an indoor track. I was so sore the next day from all the left turns. Nothing but sharp left turns.
NB4 - You'd think by now the owls would know "HOO" you are and stop asking.
elizabeth - my DW has started doing a boot camp. She seems to like it, which is good! She's needed to find a fitness activity she can really get into. Take care of the achilles/heel... i have a newfound sympathy for those who deal with that.
Sorry I never got on earlier...thank you all for the kind and supportive messages welcoming me back - much appreciated and you've all been read.
This morning I got the recycling taken out on a drizzly morning and then off to "Kolon Sporex" [yes, it sounds like some sort of fungi body part but it is the name of the Health Club I joined! ;-)] for a lower body weight workout with another 1.2 miles (2.0 km) easy run to start things off. (Time was 14:29 for thé run so around 11:39/mile.
My Isles got beat soundly last night by the Pens so face a must win tomorrow night on Long Island or their season is done...the barn should be a rocking - GO ISLES!!
mysolitude => Really? The Rangers? Won't hold that against you... ;-)
OK, have a Good Friday Masters! :-)
P.S. Yes, I hope I'm running clockwise (to the Aunties' counter-clockwise ways) around the Aunties' apartment block soon. Too funny that so many remember that in my 6 years posting here. :-)
HI Masters! SRD for me. Should have held off on that massage until today, as I am having 10 cubic yards of mulch delivered. I will spend all of today moving all of that around 2 acres of yard. Ouch!
NB4 - how is the neuroma doing?
0400 - nice run. The rest must have been needed.
Wolf - well done on taking it easy. Good luck on the 6 tomorrow.
Moth - hope you can get out. I've done one double digit in my life on the TM and I think it scarred me permanently!
Elizabeth - good morning and I hope the AT is OK.
N8 - hope you made it back without too much effort.
Shout outs to BOSN, jbyram, mysol, OCD (it's the Cup - let's talk hockey), Pud (sorry about the Isles), TWW, George, DAW, Liney, Falcon, Illini, Fittest, and the rest of the Masters.
Bootcamp last night was hard I made the mistake of doing the AB chal before and we spent 30 mins on core at bootcamp. Will run 5-6 on trails at lunch.
RAM: Nice 2.5, you body is telling you something, enjoy your rest day.
TWW: Nice fast 7
Moth A: Nice double, enjoy your time at school.
RCL: Great work on your 1000's, that is fast! Mid 18's for you 5K?
Opus: I tend to be sore for about 2 days, and my run the next day is often not a good one but I think it helps keep be healthier!
George: Nice 7.1, you starting on your marathon plan in Jun?
0400: Morning, nice 4.25
NB: Nice 6.4, have a good day. Coach is hard for sure, what I like is he does the workouts before us, much faster! If he sees you out of control or losing form he pulls you and puts you in a slower paced group some people don't like it when it happen but it is all ways for the best!
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Wolfgate: Nice 4's, conservative is wise!
Appears that the theme is storms....I got up at 4 to get ready for 5 at 5. Turned on the weather channel and got to see the band that was about to hit. In fact it did around the time I'd be leaving the house. Since there was lightning I elected to stay home. Of course it cleared off by the time I had to get ready for work. So something at lunch or maybe after work.
Mysol, did see your post and thanks. I also got a chuckle about sleeping in yesterday.
0400, nice run after the USRD.
Moth, hard to say "no" to a 9 yo! That's a lot of nice work after your race.
NB4, I wish our rain had cleared off in time. Oh well. And thanks for yesterday, I did wind up going 7.2 at a fairly relaxed pace after getting home. My commute time is getting faster (I'm riding in the aero position more) but it is still only about 2.7 miles at the longest.
Liz, nice about the screens. We're coming to the end of whatever screen season we have here....can't let out the ac once it's turned on.
Wolfgate, conservative is smart, not monotonous. Hope the 6 goes well tomorrow.
Pudov, I never got back yesterday but welcome back. Looking forward to seeing your progress! Are you liking the move of the 'Stros to the AL? That whole situation is weird...move the Brewers to the NL, make the NL Central too large, then a few years later move the 'Stros to the AL West.....almost sounds like a conspiracy. As for the Isles....Go Pens!
Opus, ouch! That is a LOT of mulch! Good luck with that!
BOSNPM, that's a lot of ab work. On the plus side, it will pay big dividends later....
Hopefully back later. Have a great day everyone!
4.9 miles @ 11.46 pace with Weston. Finally loosened up after about 3.5 miles.
Waiting for a new pair of Brooks Defyance 5's, since the last pair seems to still be going strong after 500+ miles.
FF: enjoy your Liunch run
BOSN: With all the core work it must hurt when you laugh...
Opus: Moving all the mulch is NOT SRD, its XT!
Pudov: Sounds like you ar eoff to a good start!
Wolf and Liz: Take it easy. Intensity seems to hurt my achilles more than distance.
Enbee-4:What a great way to start your day!
Moth: Really.. a threefur?? Good job
0400: Nice quick 4-1/4
Have a great day all!!
nightbefore and I were in parallel universes today; 6.4 for me, too. I have a HM a week from Sunday so I'm actually trying to taper. I picked a very hilly route today. I'm not sure that's really in the spirit of tapering, but this is the shortest I've run since January.
Opus, in a few weeks I'll be getting similar amounts of mulch to spread on a similar size property. Since you are experienced, how about stopping by? Just show up, I'll supply everything else.
0400, nice run today.
Mothaudio, there is nothing better than running with your kids. Good luck with the weather today.
Elizabeth, if only animals would stay where they belong. I have squirrels in my birdfeeders, chipmunks in my flowerbeds, and a woodpecker drilling holes in my house. Take care of that Achilles.
wolfgate, nice 4 today. It just might be that running is monotonous, not the distance.
Pudov, It's nice to see you hanging in there. Nice job today.
bosnpm, was the mistake doing abs before, or doing them at all? Have a good run today.
George, nice run and good pacing for you last night.
snowbelt, with the rain last night I think we both heard water music, but yours had to be much better than mine. How was the concert?
tww, simply outstanding.
Good runs to all who follow.
004- thanks for starting us off!
Moth- Vounteering is very cool, you got the life
Lots of rain, but not for us in FL
BOS- my lovely loves bootcamp!
Seems like 4 is the number today, So I will put my 4 in this afternoon. Today is double digit of the streak day! I think I like this. Hey, I don't talk about it all the time, it's just new, thanks for your patience.
Good morning Masters! Today is a pre-race day SRD for me. I have lots of errands and other stuff to do to get ready. Tonight I have a Ohio University Sports Administration banquet. It will keep me up later than I would like as I have a 3:00 a.m. wake up call tomorrow morning.
Have a great day Masters!
Good morning all. 6.45 mile surge run this morning. (8:20 avg). We will call it 6.4 so I can make believe I am like NB4 and Dave.
0400 - thanks for starting us off. Sounds like an effortless run, which for me don't come too often.
Moth - nice set of runs. Great that your 9 yo wants to run with you.
NB4 - nice 6.4. I assume this was a road run. Thanks for the kick in the pants last night. I have been pretty consistent and it is time to push past the tiredness and increase the miles.
Liz - poor hornet. Enjoy the gym tonight.
Wolf - another nice 4. Enjoy the 6 tomorrow.
Pudov - wait a minute. I thought clockwise was legal and CCW was illegal? You mean it's the other way around? Nice 1.2. A Canadian liking the Isles? What is this world coming to. I have a Canadian customer. I need to ask her her thoughts on this.
Opus - Enjoy the SRD, you're going to need it. 10 yds is a lot. I am finishing up 11 yds this weekend, but the distance from the mulch pile to where it has to go is getting longer. Good XT though.
BOS - I give you credit for all the hard workouts you do in a week. Enjoy the trails.
Falcon - You knew it was going to clear when you were heading to work. Just the way it goes. Hope you get something in later.
Jody - Nice run so soon after NJ. New shoes is always nice. Guess these will be for the 50k?
Dave - 6.4 is the shortest you have run since Jan? Wow. That is great. As for hills - that's my problem. I can't avoid them and tend to run them too hard which wears me down.
Flyin - nice 4. Congrats on the streak.
Tony - Enjoy the rest. Lots of luck!
OK, off to Philly to see DD#2 compete in Crew. Then home and up to Albany tomorrow for DD#1's graduation and moving home. They are all home starting this weekend. Time to up the miles. A lot.
Good morning Masters! Thursday: XT / 6 miles 58:40 - 9:47 avg. pace - recovery A.M. / 4 miles 39:53 - 9:58 avg. pace - recovery P.M. Legs were dead the 1st two miles. / 2 miles 21:45 - 10:51 avg. pace - recovery P.M. My 9 YO asked me to run & I couldn't say no.
Storms rolled through and couldn't get back to sleep. Double digit run scheduled [hopefully not indoors] after I volunteer @ the boy's school this morning. More coffee. Sounds good 0400. Make it a great day!
6 miles 58:51 - 9:49 avg. pace - recovery. Dead legs.
I ran 5 hot miles at lunch on trails it's around 88, at the turn around point I decided to go back thru the woods instead of the tank trails that have full sun. The problem with the wood trails are the snakes blend in so you just about step on them before you see them, happen twice. You see them on the tank trails but they are easy to avoid. The deer flyies are here, summer must be here. Our running group has a party tonight should be fun! Did my AB challenge and my ab's did not like today!
Opus: 10 cubic yards of mulch does not sound like a rest day!
Pudov: Nice work
FF: Have a good run latter
RAM: Nice 4.9
Illinidave: Nice 6.4. Both!
FlyinFree: Have a good run, the challenge is starting to hurt!
Tony M: Good luck!
Mysol: Nice 6.4! Safe travels and best of luck to DD#2 and DD#1!
Moth A: Nice 6
Good afternoon masters
Yesterday got in some weight with legs and kettlebell followed by a 7 mile run@E This morning worked on Pentathlon work with Javelin, discus and long jump work. Jav not to bad a couple of meters behind my competition, dis pretty good equal or better, and LJ knees were sore so couldn't get out there to far barely acceptable. I think I can get another 6-12" next week.
My son had his 1st soccer game last night they lost 4-0 but he played a pretty good game and I was proud of his effort and execution, unfortunately our team lacks speed an the other team had mostly older kids. I help with the coaching and we'll have a better game plan next time we play them.
0400- glad to see your run was better
NB4- good job
Bosn- 5 nice, yea it's hot here but only about 82
Moth- hope you had a good run today
Mysol- I believe NB4 had 6.4 and 8.2 trademarked so you better stick to the 6.45
TOny- have a great race
Fying- going strong
Illini- glad to see you tapering a little more than a week in advance. I would say your shorter run works unless you really picked it up on the hills than you offset your decrease mileage.
Jbyram- I told my son you run with your dog and he ask me a lot did that guy run with his dog today and today I can say Westin got out for a little run today. He thinks it's great Westin can run those miles as I'm sure you do. How does Westin do on those hot days?
FF- hope you got in your run at lunch. yea you don't want to fool around with that lightning.
Opus- I don't know if that qualifies as an SRD. I do a lot of that kind of work
Pudov- nice job keep at it. You must not be from the US since you include km for your distance. Where are you from?
Wolfgate- good luck on the 6 tomorrow
Thats so sweet you son is following Weston's training!! Tell your son Weston misses going for runs every day since I have been travelling so much recently. He was glad to get out today though. When we run in the morning before dawn he has reflective orange vest he wears, and I have a red headlamp. Since he has four feet and I have only two he isn't running very hard, even in the heat. It's not that hot in the mornings when we run, so he does fine, but he definately wants a drink by the time we get home!!. On mornings when I run really long I'Il bring Weston home after about 6-7 miles and do the rest myself.
6.4 more miles for the day.
All morning long at work I could not get the feeling and thought regarding going for another run out of my head. It was the darnedest thing. I just did not feel "running satisfied". That has not happened to me in ages.
So when I got home from work out I went. And guess what ?? This afternoons outing felt better than this morning's outing.
Going out again also gave me the opportunity to mess with my shoes a bit more.
I'll probably feel this tomorrow but I'm enjoying it for now.
I think it's great when my subconscious kicks-in like that and pretty much tells me what to do.
Night! Awesome! I don't run doubles, but I do sweat several times each day during the week with my rides. well I guess I sorta do doubles, I got my 4 in and will run with my girly tonight.
anyhow, YOU Sir, are an athlete!
BOS- I hear ya! on day 7 today, and it is really ramping up. I want to feel sore abs!!! I can see that is coming soon enough! teammates!
Hi gang - Back at BAF and completely lost with what everybody is up to again.
$Bill: Sorry to hear abour DM.
Pudov: Good to hear from you. Now that you are healed and things have calmed down a bit over there you can get to work.
Flyin: I know what you mean. There is always so much going on around here I feel like notes might not be a bad idea.
NB4: The MN seems to be cooperating for now. Not that is was slowing you down much...
Opus: Glad we were able to get together. Wish the schedules would have meshed for a run or two.
Hi to Falcon, Liney, 0400, Moth Audio, Illini, mysol and the rest of the crew.
Got lots to catch up on so I better get to it. With the excpeption of a (too) short 4 hr nap in Dubai I've been awake for a couple days so the chances of a run after work are slim to none but you never know.
10 miles at 8:46 pace.
nice TWW- Streaker question- did you ramp up your mileage each day slowly, or do you still cycle with long, recover, and base building runs?
I'll be back in the morning - hockey is on.
Gotta keep it clean- I ran 4 mid day, and tonight I let Gidg run alone while I cooked,.
Did AB day with her upon return. No double for me today!


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Well worth the walk
Bravo to Margo Goodhand for her positive attitude toward restaurant Chez Sophie gamely taking over from the Sals on the Esplanade Riel (Bonne chance, Chez Sophie! Ignore the trolls, March 14). I also applaud Salisbury House for having been the first to step up to the challenge of running a restaurant on the bridge.
Meanwhile, I can't wait to take visitors to this unique culinary experience. Chez Sophie's delicious authentic French food is well worth the walk, and, indeed, the journey will be welcomed by many who want to burn off the calories they are about to ingest!
On that note, it's a sad state of affairs when the notion of a little walking, before or after sitting and eating for a couple of hours, is viewed as a horrific drawback. Since obesity and inactivity are major contributors to heart disease, it's time we actually started celebrating and seeking out opportunities to exercise.
Diminishing the sincerity
I always enjoy reading the Random Acts of Kindness in the Saturday Free Press. Most of the letters are a testament to the caring spirit and generosity of our fellow Manitobans.
However, I was very disappointed to see in the March 13 edition that you have turned that beautiful column into a contest by encouraging submissions "for a chance to win one of five Tim Hortons gift cards each week."
By doing so, you have diminished the beauty and intent of a simple and sincere thank-you.
Live downtown, don't drive
Thanks to Bartley Kives for his thoughtful response to the new Longboat development downtown (No residential for vital new core development?, March 13).
I live downtown and would be happy to see more people enjoy what is available here. But I'm getting a message from developers and city hall: "Come downtown, live downtown, but don't bring your car."
I'm fortunate to live in a building with its own parking. If I didn't, I wouldn't be here. With the civic parking mall now closed and parking costs increased and no sign of replacing lots that are being redeveloped, being downtown is not such a pleasant prospect. Hey, no major grocery outlet, either.
Studies back pesticide ban
In his March 6 letter, Pesticides ban a noxious idea Martin Harder attributes the province's belated move to regulate the use of cosmetic pesticides to fervent environmentalists who have not done their research.
In fact, the major motivation for the reality that over 50 per cent of the Canadian population is now protected from off-target cosmetic pesticides were three studies:
-- The 2004 Ontario College of Family Physicians Systematic Review of Pesticide Human Health Effects (www.ocfp.on.ca/).
-- Health Care Without Harm, an international coalition of hospital and health-care systems, medical professionals, community groups, environmental health organizations and others (www.noharm.org).
-- Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-reviewed monthly publication of the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Public Health Service, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The EHP Toxigenomics issue in 2003 highlighted advances in biomarker research.
These studies are uncovering the mechanisms behind individual susceptibility to environmental chemicals, including pesticides. For example, some people are more sensitive to malathion because of variation in one gene involved in the metabolism of organo-phosphate pesticides.
The body burden/monitoring studies performed in the U.S. and Canada have also been an influence, since these are showing that a large number of chemicals (including pesticides) or their metabolites are being found in human blood and urine.
Dr. BILL PATON
Making Tom proud
Re: Memorial gives fans a rousing tribute to Canada's Stompin' Tom Connors (March 14). I only wish that I could have been in Peterborough to pay my respects to Tom. He was a true original and proud Canadian, and I think that all Canadians can do him proud by honouring him every July 1 by flying a Canadian flag high and proud.
We are often reserved in showing our patriotism. I am not suggesting that we become like our neighbours to the south, and fly the flag on everything, but more of our national pride does need showing.
The passing of Stompin' Tom may be the shot in the arm we need to wake up and realize that we really do live in the greatest country in the world and we need to show it once in a while. Tom would be proud to see this and will be smiling down from his new stomping grounds.
Colonialist thinking
Re: Time to give the Black Death plague its due (March 12). I challenge Foreign Policy's framing of the Black Death and the Free Press's decision to carry the piece.
It says that the "rapid increase in trade that began during the Industrial Revolution" as a result of the 14th-century plague was a great breakthrough. This is an example of the West's persistent reluctance to talk about colonialism. This needs to change. One of the goals of Idle No More is to bring this conversation into the mainstream.
Also, even alluding to the possibility that high HIV-mortality rates in South Africa could be a good thing is insensitive and a perspective that excuses our ambivalence to the ongoing AIDS epidemic.
Defending dog breeders
Re: Giving dogs a chance (Letters, March 7). I take issue with the premise that the breeding of dogs for specific characteristics is itself inherently wrong.
My complaint is that dog-loving legitimate breeders are tarred with the same brush as amateurs, opportunists and ingrates, In fact, legitimate breeders usually stipulate in their contracts that any dog they release to a home must never be abandoned and must always be returned first to the breeder, who will either find a good resettlement or keep the dog.
It is almost easier to get a driver's licence than it is to be approved to take home a dog from a caring breeder.
Shifting to first gear
Re: Reserve doctor feared for her life (March 14). It looks like Manitoba chiefs need to "idle no more" when it comes to dealing with rampant drug use in their First Nations.
Or is a centuries-old land claim still more important?
Confusing reality with comics
Poor Chris Kennedy. He hasn't figured out the difference between reality and the comics (Snorkel's bullying must stop, Letters, March 12).
I've watched cartoons from a very early age and it has not made me a bully. Please, people, let's get serious. What's next?


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Beautiful baby basket that can be kept forever. Makes an excellent baby shower gift because it's so sweet! Wendy Bellissimo has some beautiful baby stuff. My favorite is the "Vintage Teaberry" line, but you can't find much of it anymore. I see some items on ebay, and a few at Babies R Us.


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Tonight we see the end of Dreams Week with, appropriately enough, the end of someone's dreams, and equally appropriately, the growing conviction that the series is itself a fever dream, destined never to end till we wake up.
The episode begins with the three potential eliminees entering the kitchen. Rishi leads them in because he is the best chef as we all know. Gary tells them that they need to work hard today – it's about time that the importance of working hard was mentioned. Matt tells them that the challenge today will be set by Darren Purchese, who has cooked on three continents – can they replicate a dish created by someone who is so good at booking flights?
Purchese enters, accompanied by Kylie Millar, the former contestant known for having a smile as wide as all outdoors and for being a better cook than anyone in this year's series. She tells the story of how she broke into Purchese's pastry shop and refused to leave. George says he's proud of Kylie. Lucy does a little dance. She has been drinking since dawn.
Darren lifts his cloche – not a euphemism – and reveals raspberry, rhubarb, chocolate and ginger something or other. It's kind of like ice cream but of course not really because that would be too simple. There's parfait and mousse and jelly and nitrogen because yes it's 2013 and god forbid anything get made without nitrogen. How our parents staved off starvation without nitrogen to cook with remains a mystery.
Rishi is nervous because desserts are not his strong point. He informs us that Lucy is really good at desserts, a fact she has proven time and again by having people say so on camera. Samira will have trouble too because she will be cooking with alcohol and will therefore not be able to taste her dish. This is part of an ongoing campaign by Masterchef producers to get Samira drunk.
Darren runs through the pressure points of the dish, which are uninteresting and not really worth listening to. Kylie says "your time starts now" and we are all nostalgic for better times.
"There's ginger everywhere!" Rishi complains, hallucinating under the influence of Darren Purchese's heady charisma. Samira is feeling the pressure – she needs to nail every element.
As she is discussing the allements, Samira flashes back to her home life. She's been up for elimination so often it's amazing there's any home-life footage left to show, but somehow they dig some up. Her food dream is to set up a food bank for underprivileged kids, as she doesn't believe they've suffered enough.
From the balcony Christina offers the advice "Come on Samira, keep pushing", which even by Masterchef standards is pointless. The judges, meanwhile, gather to have a little giggle about how stupid the contestants are. Matt notes how cooking is like driving a space shuttle. He, too, has been on the booze for hours.
Darren offers to taste Samira's alcoholic elements. I think he's coming on to her. Romance is in the air, as Christina says that Rishi is streets ahead and it doesn't surprise her. It doesn't surprise us either: Rishi's superiority has been clear throughout the competition, especially in Rishi's opinion.
Disaster has struck Samira: her cream is over-whipped! Damn her violent temper! "It could send me home," Samira frets, worried that the cream will report her to HR.
Up on the balcony, the spectators who drew the short straw call encouragement to Lucy in a bored sort of way. Lucy is making something called "Babar", an element of the dessert made from real elephants. She confides that she wants to open a café and put all her "learnings" into it. But when she says "learnings", she sounds like she's vomiting. Something is going on with Lucy, I think she's not well.
In comes Samira and serves up her pink mousse domes, which would be an excellent phrase to use when writing sex scenes in an erotic novel.
Emma begins clapping and bellowing. "Cun Lucy! Cun Rishi! Cun Samira!" she calls incoherently. Just how much alcohol is being made available to these people?
It is now time for Lucy to do something very boring with food. It involves the Babar and a piping bag. Apparently Babar is made by piping liquefied elephant meat into little blobs. Or something. It really is tedious. Samira begins babbling about how she was sent home because of her substandard buns. Everyone is very lightheaded.
Rishi is trying his best, but is battling not only the difficulty of the recipe, but the fact Christina keeps shouting at him and refuses to shut up. He has made a mistake and his jelly is the wrong colour. He's panicking because he knows the judges are strict racial purists. Christina keeps calling out. Rishi is not responding to her, but she just won't stop. "I need to keep my brain focused," Rishi says. "Push, Rishi!" yells Christina, as if deliberately mocking his desire to keep his brain focused. One can only assume that Christina's family was wronged by Rishi's in the past and she is now bent on ruining his life.
Suddenly we lurch into a dramatic montage of pots and foil and hands doing things. Samira pulls her Babars out of the oven. They don't look like elephants to me, but I'm not a chef. She must now soak the Babars in a bag. This is what you have to do with Babars – soak them well, to replicate the conditions of their native waterholes. "Get your barbers in liquid!" slurs Emma, almost toppling over the railing. It's just a party up there.
Rishi is rushing to get his dessert finished, having been set back by his jelly obstacles. Christina helpfully shouts meaningless crap at him, knowing that when cooking under pressure the most important thing is to stay as distracted and annoyed as possible.
It is now time to do things with liquid nitrogen and fulfil MasterChef's contractual obligation to help Heston Blumenthal destroy all that is good in the world. They also need to "spray their domes", which surely is technically vandalism.
Samira has problems with her spray being pink instead of red – this will not play well with the notoriously homophobic judging panel. "You've got no time!" Christina barks at her, a vicious look on her face: Christina resents all who would challenge her surrogate son Rishi, who continues to be subjected to her encouraging advice despite not showing for even a second any inclination towards engaging with her in any way.
As Rishi and Lucy plate up, Samira expresses her desire to make her dish as allegant and famminen as possible. But she can't remember how Darren's looked. "Just put your own spin on it," calls Christina, continuing her sabotage campaign.
Time is up. Samira is worried about the colour of her domes. She is afraid she will be eliminated because of this. It's not that she's worried for herself, she just fears that this will expose the shallow, fundamentally unjust nature of the competition.
Rishi serves his dessert to the judges, and indeed it does look like a plate of small frozen rabbit innards. Darren thinks it doesn't look messy, so I guess Darren is blind. "The domes look particularly well-sprayed," he says, seemingly failing to pause and consider the nadir of humanity that this sentence represents. Rishi's dish seems great except that it lacks the bite of ginger, according to Matt. First world problems or what, right guys?
In comes Samira and serves up her pink mousse domes, which would be an excellent phrase to use when writing sex scenes in an erotic novel. As she sets her dessert on the table, George looks at her with pure hatred. But to be fair he looks at most people like that. Samira tells the judges that she did not leave her precious daughters for nothing, and is fervent in her desire to not have to go home to see them.
As the contestants sit and wait, Samira in a lather of nerves, Rishi makes the spot-on observation that "it all comes down to the judges". He really has been paying close attention to this show.
As it happens the judges love Samira's dish apart from the bits they hate. The jelly is too hard, but on the other hand Matt feels like a sponge exploded in his mouth, so swings and roundabouts.
Now time for Lucy, the fake dessert queen of Masterchef 2013. Lucy serves up her dish and enthuses about how little she knows about anything. She then retreats to the waiting room and does a weird little impression of a drunken four-year-old. The judges taste her dish and Darren notes that her Babar tastes a little bit doughy. More like a Celeste than a Babar, really.
George feels like they need to go to the fifth umpire, probably realising even as he says it that it's actually not a very funny thing to say.
It is judging time, and Gary lines them up to tell them all exactly what they did wrong. Rishi had not enough ginger, and Samira committed the cardinal sin of pink domes, but Lucy has served up dry Babar, and the judges' love of European children's literature wins out – she will be going home, and it would be ironic that the dessert queen was eliminated by a dessert, were it not for the fact that the whole dessert queen thing was completely made up in the first place.
Lucy bursts into tears and says she's excited about the next step, which according to the final caption is an online bakery store. She plans to supply local businesses with her "sweet treats", but, you know, people plan a lot of stuff, don't they. Let's not hold our breath.
And so Dreams week ends with the depressing thud of waking up to reality. Tune in for finals week, when the contestants will literally murder each other!


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Mr MITCHELL (McEwen) (11:22): I rise to support the Gillard government's Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 and the related trademarks amendment bill. As a long-term smoker, I believe that we must do everything we can to deter and prevent people from taking up the habit in the first instance. The facts are very clear and speak for themselves. Smoking is one of the leading preventable causes of death and disease in Australia. When the sickness and disability caused by tobacco are taken into account, as well as the tobacco related deaths, tobacco caused more disease and injury in Australia in 2003 alone than any other single risk factor. Tobacco itself is responsible for about 90 per cent of drug caused deaths and has had a $31.5 billion toll on both our economy and our society.
Given these alarming facts, you would think that those opposite would immediately support plain-packaging legislation rather than remain silent for so long, maybe in fear of upsetting some of their biggest donors, because the Liberal Party are more than happy to take money from them. As they say, you choose your friends. We on this side of the House long ago ended that friendship.
Unfortunately, for too long, smoking was more of a normal practice; in fact encouraged in days gone by. It was almost accepted by society because Big Tobacco, to give them credit, have been very clever and successful in selling and marketing their products as being no different from any others and with no-one stopping them. Think back to football, cricket, motor racing and many other events, right around the world: there was the prominent advertising. For decades, cigarettes were placed alongside bread, milk and lollies in milk bars and convenience stores, with a visibility and presence equal to that of any other ordinary product. They were not treated as the harmful, deadly product that they actually are.
By introducing this legislation we are seeking to end one of the remaining forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco products, which will no doubt ultimately result in fewer Australians, particularly young Australians, taking up the habit. Plain packaging is part of the range of measures the Gillard government is taking to discourage, deter and prevent smoking. We all know that packaging is a fundamental part of market strategy for all consumer goods, particularly cigarettes. As other forms of advertising for cigarettes have been banned over the years, the importance of packaging to big tobacco companies is all the more relevant and important to their business. Packaging establishes a brand identity and its purpose is to promote the goods both at the point of sale and while the product is being used, which for cigarettes generally numbers a few times a day. Big Tobacco knows this and on numerous occasions, for a long time, they have admitted how important the packaging of cigarettes is to their sales. John Digianni, a former cigarette package designer, said:
A cigarette package is unique because the consumer carries it around with him all day … it's a part of a smoker's clothing, and when he saunters into a bar and plunks it down, he makes a statement about himself.
Similarly, British American Tobacco stated in 1978:
One of every two smokers is not able to distinguish in a blind … test between similar cigarettes … for most smokers and the decisive group of new, younger smokers, the consumer's choice is dictated more by psychological, image factors than by relatively minor differences in smoking characteristics.
British American Tobacco internal documents have stated that, given the consequences of a total ban on advertising, a pack should be designed to give the product visual impact as well as brand imagery. The pack itself can be designed so that it achieves more visual impact in the point of sale environment than its competitors. Philip Morris executives have also stated how important packaging was under increasingly restrictive advertising environments:
Our final communication vehicle with our smoker is the pack itself. In the absence of any other marketing message, our packaging … is the sole communicator of our brand essence. Put another way—when you don't have anything else—our packaging is our marketing.
Despite all the huffing and puffing, it is evident Big Tobacco knows that plain-packaging legislation will work. That is why you can ask: why would they kick up such a stink? They know that it will affect their profits. But, in our view, it will decrease the smoking take-up and increase the benefit to the nation's health, both socially and economically.
Plain packaging will increase both the noticeability and the effectiveness of health warnings and messages by standardising cigarette packages which will reinforce the consequences of smoking. The passage of this legislation will prevent tobacco advertising and promotion on tobacco products and tobacco product packaging in order to reduce the attractiveness and appeal of tobacco products to consumers, particularly young people. It will increase the noticeability and the effectiveness of mandated health warnings. And it will reduce the ability of the tobacco product packaging to mislead consumers about the harms of smoking. Plain packaging along with a range of other tobacco control measures will assist in reaching the performance benchmark, set under the COAG National Healthcare Agreement, of reducing the national smoking rate to 10 per cent of the population by 2018 and halving the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking rate.
This bill is a world first and it sends a clear message that the glamour is gone. The Marlboro Man has ridden off into the sunset. No longer do we see Ronald Reagan advertising Chesterfield cigarettes. Nor do we find that living 'Alive with pleasure!' is part of Newport cigarettes—because after all, if smoking is not a pleasure, why bother? These were the things we had in days gone by, like the Peter Jacksons down the beach with all the happy young people. Most of those people are now old and probably coughing away as they go about their daily business because of the direct effects of cigarette smoking. The new packs have been designed to have the lowest appeal to smokers and to make clear the terrible effects that smoking can have on your health. Research has illustrated that plain packaging significantly reduces the attractiveness of cigarettes to young people. That in turn should translate into fewer young people taking up smoking and more young smokers attempting to quit. We know that quitting is a very difficult option. I have had a couple of cracks at it myself, and I will again in the near future. But it is very, very hard. And that is one of the worst factors about smoking—how hard it is to quit. Plain packaging will increase the impact of health warnings and reduce the appeal of tobacco products to existing and would-be smokers. Since taking office, Labor has implemented a range of measures to decrease the smoking rate, and smoking rates have substantially fallen.
A large number of public health organisations and experts have expressed their support for plain packaging—organisations such as the Australian Medical Association, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the Public Health Association, the Cancer Council, the Heart Foundation and the National Stroke Foundation. The World Health Organisation has also welcomed this legislation, stating:
… implementing the proposed legislation aiming to prevent tobacco advertising and/or promotion on tobacco product packaging will achieve its stated goals of: reducing the attractiveness and appeal of tobacco products to consumers … increasing the noticeability and effectiveness of mandated health warnings; and reducing the ability of the tobacco product packaging to mislead consumers about the harms of smoking.
The World Health Organisation Secretariat goes on to say:
… this legislation will contribute to curbing the initiation of tobacco use, reducing tobacco consumption, and decreasing incidences of relapse in those who cease to consume tobacco.
… … …
… the WHO Secretariat strongly supports the proposed legislation.
But, of course, there are those who have finally caved in to the pressure. The Leader of the Opposition for so long remained silent—the visionless man, as we have come to expect, once again putting himself and his own interests before those of the nation. The British Tobacco charter states that political donations are given to 'influence the debate on issues affecting our company'. It is a no-brainer. The Leader of the Opposition loves his Big Tobacco—or anyone else who will donate to the Liberal Party, because he is not choosy where he gets his money from.
Labor has introduced many other initiatives to reduce smoking and its harmful effects. These reforms have been undertaken in the context of the government's commitment, as I said earlier, to the target of reducing the smoking rate among the Australian population to 10 per cent by 2018 and halving the smoking rate among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. These targets are consistent with the national preventative health targets contained in COAG's National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health. In order to achieve these goals we have increased the excise rate applying to tobacco products by 25 per cent; introduced legislation for plain packaging of tobacco products; introduced legislation to impose restrictions on internet advertising on tobacco products, in line with advertising in all other media; invested $61 million towards a national tobacco campaign, 'Every cigarette brings cancer closer', and $27.8 million over four years for social marketing campaigns targeting high-risk and hard-to-reach groups, and invested $14.5 million towards the Indigenous Tobacco Control Initiative. We have invested over $100 million towards COAG's National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes and the Tackling Smoking measure and introduced the first ever Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific national anti-smoking television campaign, 'Break the chain'. We have provided $5 million in one-off funding to Quitline in 2009-10 and invested $102.4 million to support the provisions of nicotine replacement therapies and other quit-smoking supports through the PBS. We will continue to work in the national interest and not work to benefit Big Tobacco, which profits at the expense of Australians, the Australian economy and our health system.
I noted earlier the opposition member talking about the retailers. I have spoken to many retailers in my electorate who have also raised the issue of cigarette plain packaging and the extra time it may take their staff. But every one of them I have spoken to and asked, 'Have you had a look at ideas such as putting them alphabetically?' has seemed to agree that that would end the problem that has been raised in the email campaign across the nation. Putting them alphabetically would make it far easier for them to pick up, and would take half the time of what they are doing now. So there is a lot of support. Many retailers I have spoken to—many in our milk bars and local convenience stores—have said that these sorts of measures are important to decrease the rates of smoking. I notice the shadow minister laughing over there. I think that says more about his inability to do his work and his ineffectiveness and his lack of an understanding of the rates of impact of tobacco on health in general, which probably explains why he has not asked the minister a question in two years.
Mr Dutton interjecting—
Mr MITCHELL: You call it simplistic! Mate, you have not done a thing for two years. You have got cobwebs on your shoulders from sitting there.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): The members will stop interjecting across the table.
Mr Baldwin interjecting—
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Paterson, who would know that, should probably not interject.
Mr MITCHELL: I spoke about Philip Morris, in 1984, lamenting on the best way to address the decreasing sales of its flagship brand, Marlboro, in Australia and saying that the key problem seemed to be its lack of appeal to younger smokers and that this was the area that needed to be addressed. I think that is an important remark because it shows that it was advertising pushed directly to and aimed at encouraging younger smokers to take up the habit and line the company's pockets and the pockets of those opposite. Now I think it is time that the Leader of the Opposition stood up and actually stood for something and quit his dirty habit of taking tobacco donations. With that, I will conclude by saying that I think it is important that we commend this legislation to the House and wish it a speedy passage.


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JASCHA HEIFETZ brought back much more from his Russian tour than the quarter-size violin on which he had played as a child of three, and a good deal more, apparently, than the ship news reporters got out of him, or, probably, had the time to get out of him.
There were legends about himself, as there are legends about any home-town boy of the Old World who has made good in the New. But these were magnificent legends. One of them was that he had married either Miss Rockefeller or Miss Ford. Another was that he was coming to Russia with a suite of eight secretaries, valets and guards. Two of these eight were strapping Ethiopian guards, the legend continued, one for his person and one for his precious violin, so precious that it was kept in a case of solid gold.
All this is nonsense, said an old professor at one of the large musical Conservatories. The truth is however, continued this old man, that he does carry on his person a handkerchief studded with diamonds. Apparently not for use. There was also a story-this is a little closer to the earth, however-that the great Jascha Heifetz never condescended to rehearse with orchestras, and when he did appeal for rehearsals with the Leningrad and Moscow Symphony Orchestras, there was great wonder at his simplicity and condescension. One can try to imagine what other legends clustered about Heifetz when one learns that persons came from the deep interior of Russia, even from Siberia, to hear him play and when one learns that there were men and women in the audience who had pawned heirlooms to hear him.
But Jascha Heifetz brought back more than legends. He brought back twenty-eight pieces of baggage, not all of which contained his change of clothes and a toothbrush. He brought out of Soviet Russia examples of old chinaware, old books, old silver and old jewels, a coin collection and a heap of textiles, of the kind museums put in showcases rather than the kind you put on your dinner table. He brought back with him other things, too numerous to mention, and-one rouble, as a souvenir.
You see, he was paid in roubles which had to be spent in Russia and which, if not spent there, could have no value outside of Russia, until such time as he returned to it. The vastness of the sums of money which he must have earned during those thirteen concerts he have in Leningrad and Moscow may be gauged by the fact that by his appearances with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and the Leningrad Symphony he earned, for those societies, the equivalent, in roubles, of a quarter of a million dollars.
Heifetz brought back also the memory of one bad moment in Russia-one at least which he cares to describe. He was living off the roubles he was earning in Russia and not off dollars, or shillings, or francs or pesos which he brought with him and changed into roubles. One day while at dinner at his hotel he felt a desire for caviare and asked for some. Now caviare is the food staple of Russia and even during the famine years there was caviare, whatever else there was not.
The waiter informed Heifetz that he was sorry but caviare was served only to those who could pay with valuta, which means foreign money, or the equivalent thereof, not with roubles. Whereupon Heifetz lost his temper, a little, saying that things had come to a pretty pass when he couldn't have caviare for his roubles and telephoned some official at the Foreign Office, or perhaps the American Embassy and expressed himself on this subject. P. S. Caviare was served Jascha Heifetz at that meal, for Russian roubles.
Mr. and Mrs. Litvinoff attended most of his concerts and Ambassador Bullitt had an aisle seat for every one of them. The radio communicated the sound of his violin to everyone who had a receiving set. Those who came to see as well as hear paid up to twenty-four roubles a seat-which would be $12 in U. S. money-and what the speculators charged is nobody's business. Yes, it seems there are ticket speculators in Russia when a Heifetz crosses the border.
Curiously enough, it was classical music Communist Russia wanted to hear. There was little, or no demand for modern music. At the first concert he gave with one of the symphony orchestras he gave concertos by Brahms, Mozart and Mendelssohn-no picnic, and at the second orchestral concert he performed Tschaikowsky and Glazaunov concertos. Nevertheless, he reports, there is a group of young composers busily at work on new themes, one of whom, Shostakovitch, is now writing a violin concerto to be dedicated to Heifetz. It is not at all improbable that when Heifetz returns for a other Russian tour, as he plans to do, he will perform the music now being written in his honor.
For when Heifetz ended his tour and bade adieu to Soviet Russia he left behind him many whose hunger for music he had failed to satisfy. The Soviet Army asked for a concert and didn't get it; the Soviet Navy asked for a concert and many of the heavy industries asked for concerts, but there wasn't enough time. It would be a little fantastic, to say least, to imagine the United States Army, or the United States Navy pining for a violin concert by a visiting virtuoso.
Now why couldn't Jascha Heifetz give the Army, or the Navy or any one of the industries a concert? Because, several thousands of miles away there is a large continent called South America, which also was waiting, if not actually pining for violin concerts by Heifetz. And by the time this appears Heifetz will be en route for that continent, after stopping in New York long enough to play for half an hour over the radio last Sunday evening. When one realizes how vast is the world which wants music, it is no wonder that so many youngsters, and many not so young, strive with so little abatement of energy to fight their way to recognition.
There is one family which must have followed with keen interest, which they may or may not have acknowledged, the little snippets of news concerning Heifetz's Russian tour. And that is the Menuhin family, the family of which the young eighteen-year-old Yehudi is the core, so to speak. I have heard Yehudi express a keen desire to go to Russia and play. He has his own reasons for seeing Russia, apart from playing in it. Without the slightest basis of fact-the Menuhins are not now in New York and therefore not accessible-I venture the belief that Heifetz's tour will intensify the desire of Yehudi to venture a little sooner on a Russian concert tour himself. And whatever else he may find when he arrives there, he will find audiences.


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When Carmelo Anthony and the rest of the Knicks last watched the Boston Celtics' bus drive away from Madison Square Garden, the Celtics had a 102-96 victory in hand, their third in a row. They'd evened their record at 17-17, and the script seemed familiar to everyone: the veteran Celtics had figured out how to win, and massive streaks would follow, leaving the Knicks to shake their collective fists at the Celtics, Boss Hogg-style.
But the very weaknesses that led the Celtics to start 14-17 have resurfaced since. The Celtics won another three in a row after that victory two weeks ago, but who they beat is instructive. They beat the Phoenix Suns just as the Suns were dispatching coach Alvin Gentry. They beat a Houston team in the middle of a seven-game losing streak. And then they beat 10-31 Charlotte Bobcats team.
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In seven games since he buried the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, like he does, Paul Pierce is shooting less than 36 percent from the field, and just 24.2 percent from three-point range. He is 35, you know, and even Reggie Miller stopped beating the Knicks, eventually.
But the team-wide offensive malaise offers the Knicks a real opportunity, especially if Carmelo Anthony can stay calm this time around. For all the hysterics around that Boston game, what was probably most frustrating was that even a mediocre Anthony effort, instead of 6-for-26 and forcing shots late, would have been enough to secure the victory.
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We all get a constant barrage of recommendation requests on this board and probably elsewhere as well. What company should I turn to for this or that? It really all boils down to budget, personal preference, and specific use.
Here's what I'm lovin at this moment (no, I don't have it all figured out):
Daniel Defense- Best bet for a complete $1500-ish rifle. Great specs/rep, plus a $300 Hguard.
BCM/PSA- This is where I turn for builds, time and again. Excellent quality and pricing.
Magpul- Great mags, stocks, and furniture. Light, tough, ergonomic, zero rattle, very fair prices.
Vortex optics- Excellent quality at a great price.
High-end lowers- Build a good gun on a good lower. No, it doesn't necessarily make your gun functionally better. But it makes it more marketable if you ever choose to sell. This is essentially your gun's 'hood ornament'.
I'm also a fan of S&W rifles for under $900, Noveske if you want to spend $1800+, most Spike's and LMT uppers, lowers, and parts on the rare occasion you can find them, and Troy/Lancer/TangoDown mags & furniture. I also really like Prvi Partizan's match grade 69-75gr ammo, when available at a fair price.
I value high grade equipment at a medium price. I'll pay for quality, but my budget is that of a mere mortal.
I have magpul and Eotech products on my Hera Arms AR. I believe in the three companies. German engineering and high quality materials of Hera Arms has amazes me, and exceeds my expectations of a high end PDR. The Eotech holographic site is military grade, very visible in sunlight, and holds zero even after removing and putting back on the rifle.
I have to say I really like my two S&W auto-loaders.
An older than dirt nickel plated 61-3 22LR, and a SS 645.
My Dillon triple beam scale, I will always see what Dillon has to offer,
before considering an addition to my reloading gear.
Hi-Standard 22LRs, 'nuff said about them.
Clean-Strip Brush Solvent, ATF, Brown Vinegar, and Janitor's Ammonia-
for those of us poor boys who can't afford to buy gun cleaners and
preservatives by the ounce.
OH, and my Colt AR...
It's pretty hard to argue with Daniel Defense, BCM, Colt, PSA, Spikes and Magpul.
I very much agree that a some extra bucks thrown toward the stripped lower to get something you really like is smart. $50 or so extra is a drop in the bucket when considering a $1000 rifle. I got S&W and ArmaLite because I like the rollmarks and names. I got Valkyrie for the rollmark and Quentin Defense for the name and the US Army emblem. The extra cost wasn't much, I've already forgotten it.
This could be a very informative thread, Sweeper. Maybe we should add trusted vendors too...
Colt - Now priced reasonably and a variety of models come with the MagPul accessories I'd put on a carbine anyway. I prefer the lightweight barrels and apart from cool factor I don't see what the government profile barrels do for civilians that the pencil barrel won't do. Looking cool like the government boys and girls isn't high on my priority list.
If you're coming here asking questions about what carbine you should use, chances are pretty good you're not a sniper and don't have a M203, which means the slight accuracy enhancement and the ability to mount a M203 means squat to you.
Blue Force Gear - I really like their quick adjust two-point slings. MagPul could take some pointers from these guys with respect to sling design.
My first choice is Aimpoint. You can actually drop an Aimpoint and not screw it up. Battery life is outstanding.
For a home defense setup, the EoTech XPS works and has a wider field of view. For whatever wacky reason the XPS dot appears a little less blurry to my imperfect eyes.
Aimpoint - Larue
EoTech - GG&G
I'm sure you can spend more money and get a better mount, but these two seem to work well enough.
GG&G - Spring loaded, easy to actuate, locks in both positions, clears most optics, and durable.
Weapon Light:
SureFire X300 - I can't think of any other lights that actually weigh less and provide more output that I'd actually think about putting on a carbine.
Charging Handle:
BCM Gunfighter - I didn't know what I was missing until I purchased one. There are more expensive charging handles and less expensive charging handles, but I can't think of a good reason to use any other charging handle.
I like chrome silicon buffer springs. The manufacturer is unimportant so long as they're producing a quality product. They don't cost appreciably more than a standard buffer spring and last longer. Every AR should come from the factory with one.
MagPul - Step on the feed lips of your USGI mag and let me know how well it feeds afterwards.
Every attempt I've made at going cheap has ended in failure, but that won't deter others from spending good money on cheap products only to be disappointed later.
I haven't figured anything out, but I wasted plenty of time and money to figure out what I like and what works for me. It was fun, too.
I almost forgot the most important part:
Choose any lube you want. Lube now, lube later, but always lube.
If the question ever pops into your mind or if your mind went blank, lube it.
Clean it or don't clean it as often or seldom as you like, but never forget to lube it.
Use CLP, Mobile 1 synthetic, Zippo's Wunder Luub, or bacon grease. Just lube it and be done with it.
If you're a light user you can use a light oil like CLP. If you're a heavy user, use a high temperature grease like wheel bearing grease that won't burn off.
If you want to follow a practice with the AR approaching religion, lubrication and not cleaning is the practice to follow.
On that note, I think I'll go lube my Colt.
I like ATF on the internals. Takes carbon and soot with
it when you wipe the rifle down before the next lube,
with, of course, ATF.
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Antoine Walker to be a Hawk: 08/03 -
Although he expected to be traded to the Knicks, Antoine Walker will apparently be traded tomorrow from the Mavs to the Hawks for Jason Terry and Alan Henderson, a league source revealed.
Walker is owed $14.625M in the final year of his contract. Terry, a guard, has $7.5M and $6.6M left over two years, while Henderson, an injury-prone forward, is owed $8.2M for one year.