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Last year, around November, I was writing a persuasive essay about why Reggie Miller should be in the NBA's 50th Greatest Players list. I promised to put it up when I got my grade on it and had it returned. Welp, here it is. I got an A on the paper as well. I finished this on the 9th of November. A lot of the stats aren't updated.
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The NBAs Top 50 Greatest Players of All-Time List must drop one of the existing players to make way for another player who deserves to be there. Reggie Miller may never have been a top-ten player throughout his career, but his contributions to the game, individual career statistics, and performance are impressive enough to easily put him on the list.
Reggie Miller, a five-time All-Star (1990, 95, 96, 98, and 2000) was drafted as the 11th overall pick by the Indiana Pacers in 1987. Since then he has been named to the All-NBA Third team three times in 1994-95, 1995-96, and 1997-98. He was named to the 1987-88 NBA All-Rookie Second Team after averaging 10.0 points per game and 2.3 rebounds per game during the regular season. (NBA.com: Reggie Miller Bio)
The main statistic about Reggie Miller that should be considered with high appreciation is how many games he has played with the Pacers. Only other two players, Utahs Stockton and Malone, have played more games with the same team (NBA.com: Reggie Miller Bio). Reggie has played 1,323 games in his career. That puts him 7th on the NBAs All-Time list of games played (NBA.com). Until recently, out of 18 years of playing NBA basketball, Reggie has only missed 31 games due to injury. Every single NBA minute that he has played was in a Pacers uniform. Altogether he has recorded 45,514 minutes, putting him 8th in most minutes ever played (NBA.com). In 1993,
Reggie became the Pacers All-Time leading scorer. In 1995, he was the first Pacer to start in an NBA All-Star game. Furthermore, he is 2nd in all-time Pacers assists behind Vern Fleming (NBA.com: Reggie Miller Bio).
Reggies three-point shooting is what defined his career. Larry Brown, former Pacer coach and now Detroit Pistons coach, said, Hes the best Ive ever seen. No matter how many times he shoots or his field goal percentage, he never stops working. You let up on him one time and he kills you. Thats why hes so special. Amid all the change (with the Pacers franchise) hes been the one constant. On the court he stretches your defense."(Pacers: Quotes: Pacers-Pistons G1) Miller has hit more three-pointers in his career than any other player. His record setting 2,464 three-point shots made has put him 1st in that category (NBA.com). For fifteen consecutive seasons, Reggie surpassed 100 three-pointers made, another NBA record (NBA.com: Reggie Miller Bio). His three-point percentage is .398, 24th best of all time (NBA.com). The 3-pt FG was not introduced into the NBA until the 1980 season. In the first few years, no team really shot many. Miller entered the league in 1988, and by 1998, he was the all time leader. Now, hes putting serious distance between himself and all others (Pacers: New Book Ranks Reggie Among NBAs 50 Greatest).
Another achievement is being 14th on the all-time scorers list, surpassing the famous Charles Barkley. Reggie has scored 24,305 points in his career; 526 points away from the 13th position. He also has a career average of 18.4 points (NBA.com: Reggie Miller Bio). Miller averaged at least 18 points per game in 12 different seasons. There are only five other players to have accomplished this feat: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Karl Malone, John Havlicek, Elvin Hayes, and Moses Malone (Pacers: New Book Ranks Reggie Among NBAs 50 Greatest). Miller led the league in free-throw percentage in 1998-99 and 2000-01(NBA.com: Reggie Miller Bio). He has the 6th best percentage of All-time with a remarkable .889 percent. He has attempted 6,758 free-throws and hit 5,987 (NBA.com). Those numbers are the highest on that list.
The main reason Reggie Miller should be included on the list is because of his playoff performances. Reggie is known for throwing a dagger into many players and fans hearts with late three-pointers. His playoff career point average is 21.2 points per game Miller has raised his scoring average from the season to the playoffs. He just recently passed Bill Russell for the 22nd spot on the Playoffs All-time scoring list. (NBA.com: Reggie Miller Bio) Reggie Miller earned his nickname, Mr. Clutch, after repeated clutch performances. Mark Jackson, former point guard for the Indiana Pacers, said, If I was red-hot and Reggies ice cold, Id still rather have him take the shot. (Reggie Misc. Info) When there are clips of greatest playoff moments, you will always find two or three with Reggie Miller on center stage. There are many examples of Reggies awesome ability to take over games in the final minutes, but consider the following two examples.
In 1994, during the 5th game of the Eastern Conference Finals at New York, the Pacers were down 70-58 heading into the fourth quarter. Miller seized the stage at Madison Square Garden with his breathtaking display of long-range shooting in the fourth quarter. Making 5-of-5 three pointers, he scored 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead Indiana to a 93-86 win. (Reggie Misc. Info)
In the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals, Reggie Miller delivered another astonishing playoff performance. In the final minutes of Game 1at New York, the Pacers found themselves trailing at 105-99. With twenty seconds remaining, Miller flew into a rage with a jaw-dropping scoring spell: he nailed a three-pointer, stole the following inbounds pass and immediately stepped back to bury another three. All of a sudden, the game was tied. After hitting two decisive foul shots with 7.5 seconds left, the Pacers claimed a miraculous 107-105 win. But even more impressive was the fact that Miller scored eight points in 8.9 seconds. (Reggie Misc. Info)
Many of Reggies accomplishments become even greater as he continues to play throughout the 2004-05 season. At age 38, players dont forget who Reggie Miller is. He is feared and respected for his abilities and his desire to do his best. He is always on the opponents defensive game report. Miller never dominated a season or era like most of the others on the list. But you must find a place for one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. This future Hall of Famer deserves to be in the Top 50 Greatest Players of All-Time List because of how he has impacted the game of basketball for generations present and the future.


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Mariah Carey is said to be soon immortalized in plastic
Singing, acting, success, popularity, wealth. What else? What's more? Well, you miss something. I'll tell you what. Plastic. Goes plastic is something that Mariah Carey as yet, but going to do. Sounds interesting, huh?
Apparently, the pop superstar has asked toy-makers to produce a host of miniature dolls that will look exactly like her. The dolls even will have a diamond replica of the butterfly ring she always wears. Yet, the set will be strictly limited edition. Per Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, there will only be 3,000 of them, which are supposed to be for kids.
In related news, Carey reportedly is getting ready for releasing a new single. Tentatively titled "Don't Forget About Us," the single is slated to be released next month.

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Busselton is a regional city in the South West region of Western Australia. Founded in 1832 by the Bussell family, Busselton has been one of the fastest growing regions in Australia in the last decade and has a population of approximately 20,000. Busselton is south west of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. Busselton has been voted Western Australia's top tourist town three times in 1995, 1996 and 2005.
Historical Locations
European settlement
The early history of European exploration of the Busselton area focuses on the French expedition of 1801 which brought Nicholas Baudin, with his ships the Géographe and Naturaliste, to the coast of Western Australia. Baudin named Geographe Bay and Cape Naturaliste after his vessels, and named the river Vasse after a sailor, Thomas Vasse, who was lost as he went overboard and believed to have drowned.
Busselton was one of the earliest settlements in Western Australia. It was first settled by the Bussell family, who relocated there from their location on the Blackwood River after John Garrett Bussell discovered superior farm land in the area. The Bussells moved to the area in 1834, establishing a cattle station which they named Cattle Chosen. Cattle Chosen quickly became one of the most prosperous stations in the colony, and as a result nearly all of the settlers at Augusta relocated to the area within a few years. A number of settlers established themselves at Wonnerup, and eventually a contingent of troops were stationed there under Lieutenant Henry Bunbury. It was originally intended to locate the townsite at Wonnerup, but the area was low-lying and marshy, and Bunbury considered it unsuitable for a townsite. The present area was then recommended by the Surveyor General, John Septimus Roe.
The present name of Busselton derives from the Bussell family. It was first officially used in June 1835. The Bussells, who were not consulted about the name, preferred the name Capel after a relative in England, Capel Carter, but the name Busselton was retained. A town named Capel was later established to the north of Busselton.
Being in close proximity to the tall timber country, Busselton soon established itself as a leading port. In 1850, timber was being exported and the small town prospered. Jetties for this purpose were built at Wonnerup, Busselton and Quindalup. Of these, only the Busselton Jetty remains.
During World War II 476 Busselton born men signed up for service; 20 in the Royal Australian Navy, 110 in the Royal Australian Air Force and 346 in the Australian Army. The names of the fallen are displayed on the towns war memorial alongside those of World War I in St Marys Park. During the war Busselton was home to an Air Force training base - remains of the base can still be seen today from the Busselton Bypass Road. A Royal Australian Air Force P-51 Mustang fighter was given the nickname Busselton in honour of the people of Busselton and their support of War Loan fundraising activities.
Western Australia's first railway line was built just north of Busselton at Lockville in 1871, the original engine known as the Ballarat engine is on display near the tourist bureau. The privately owned line was used for the transport of timber to the Wonnerup jetty across the Ballarat bridge which was later converted to a pedestrian bridge and removed in 2004 to allow for the replacement of the nearby Vasse Floodgates.
From about 1927 to 1957, Busselton was also on the WAGR railway line running from Bunbury to Flinders Bay.
Following the closure in the 1950s of the Flinders Bay branch, most of the old line formation was changed in ownership. The railway line also connected onto the Busselton Jetty and was not closed on the jetty until the 1970s.
The connection with Bunbury was closed in the late 1980s.
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The talk show host has landed the top spot of the magazine's World's Most Powerful Celebrities annual list, while the 28-year-old singer follows her in second place.
Oprah Winfrey has proudly sit at the top of Forbes magazine's World's Most Powerful Celebrities annual list, which was compiled from June 2009 to June 2010. The talk show host, who knocked Angelina Jolie off the top spot, managed to score 315 million dollars from her media empire.
Following Oprah on the list is "If I Were a Boy" hitmaker Beyonce Knowles. The 28-year-old singer climbs from fourth spot in 2009 to second place with earnings of 87 million dollars for her showbiz career and fashion empire. Director James Cameron enters the chart at number three with earnings of 210 million dollars following his success with "Avatar".
Lady GaGa, in the meantime, is the highest new entry on the list at number four. With her huge success in music industry, the "Poker Face" hitmaker earned 62 million dollars over the last year. The top 5 is rounded up by professional golfer Tiger Woods, who pulled in 105 million dollars.
Britney Spears, U2, Sandra Bullock, Johnny Depp and Madonna appear on top ten of the list. According to Forbes, the top rankings are based on income over the past 12 months, as well as web references, press clippings, broadcast mentions and major magazine covers devoted to the celebrity.
Forbes' The Celebrity 100:
- Oprah Winfrey
- Beyonce Knowles
- James Cameron
- Lady GaGa
- Tiger Woods
- Britney Spears
- Sandra Bullock
- Johnny Depp
- Madonna
- Simon Cowell
- Taylor Swift
- Miley Cyrus
- Kobe Bryant
- Jay-Z
- Black Eyed Peas
- Bruce Springsteen
- Angelina Jolie
- Rush Limbaugh
- Michael Jordan
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This article was published 3/2/2013 (1661 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
RUSTENBURG, South Africa - South Africa is looking on the bright side despite its disappointing elimination at the African Cup of Nations, with officials praising the team's participation at the home tournament and looking forward to a better future.
South Africa's run ended Saturday after a 3-1 quarterfinal loss to Mali on penalties after a campaign that got fans excited despite a poor start and a lacklustre buildup.
"Like everyone around the country, I am hugely disappointed that we did not proceed to the last four," South Africa coach Gordon Igesund said. "But I can tell you now I am very proud of my team. They matched one of the best teams on the continent and even took them to penalties."
South Africa was about 30 minutes away from advancing to the semifinals for the first time in more than a decade on Saturday, but it conceded a 58th-minute equalizer that sent the match into extra time and eventually the shootout.
"We lost with pride, dignity and passion," Igesund said. "They gave their all today. If you lose, you want to lose with pride. We played well, but we didn't score the goals."
Even the government was praising the players despite the elimination.
"Our team fought hard and dominated but as a nation we understood that there could only be one winner," South Africa Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula said. "For two weeks South Africa has displayed excellent performance on and off the field, which inspired many across the length and breadth of our beloved country."
South Africa had hoped that the home advantage would help it advance past the quarterfinals for the first time since 2000, when it lost to Nigeria. The South Africans didn't qualify for last year's tournament in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
This year it opened with a lacklustre draw against newcomer Cape Verde, but fans came on board after it beat Angola 2-0 and rallied to draw Morocco 2-2 to eventually win Group A.
Midfielders Dean Furman and May Mahlangu had their shots saved by Mali goalkeeper Soumaila Diakite in the shootout in Durban, and striker Lehlohonolo Majoro sent his spot kick wide to allow Mali to reach the semifinals for the second straight time.
"We are disappointed, and more especially the nation," South Africa goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune said. "People came out here in numbers to support us and they wanted to see us go through to the semis. But it wasn't meant to be. In the penalty shootout things didn't go our way."
South Africa, which was the only non-West African nation left in the tournament, leaves the competition without a loss after regular time.
"This tournament has been fantastic," Igesund said. "I think we have made huge strides. We got better and better as the tournament went on. The improvement we made (was) fantastic. This team has come a long way not only in the way they play but also off the field."
South Africa hosted the African Cup the only time it won the tournament, in 1996, and was runner-up two years later in Burkina Faso in what has been its best finish since then.
"Obviously it's disappointing, but we will pick ourselves up and then we will go on from there," Furman said. "I think everyone had to dig deep. It shows we got a lot to go forward. We lost, we are very disappointed, but we've got a lot of confidence to take from the tournament and we believe that this team can go a long way."
Next for South Africa is to try to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The team is currently third in Group A of the continent's qualifying tournament.
"We are out of the (African Cup) right now but there are many positives," team captain Bongani Khumalo said. "We have to take what we can and move forward from this experience."
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This family needs help - what can be done for them?
A close relative is taking care of her mom who has dementia and an adult brother who is legally blind and has suffered from anxiety disorders for years. He receives disability payments and has not worked for over 25 years. Her mom is collects social security. My relative supplements their needs on her modest income. Her father passed away from Parkinson's complications and she has recently been diagnosed with Early onset Parkinsons. She works at home about 20 minutes from her mom and brother and requires constant phone contact during normal work hours. Her brother's limited vision has gotten worse and he requires surgery. He is severely depressed and needs care. Her mom needs constant attention. What can be done for this family.
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Your question about a close relative caregiver who needs help and doesn't know where to get it has a lot of parts. First, let's consider the mom who has dementia.
You describe the mom as needing constant attention and the daughter as someone suffering from Parkinson's. It does not seem that the caregiver daughter will be able to maintain being a caregiver as she is for much longer. Her own well being is at stake.
First, the daughter needs to consult with a social service agency in mom's area to find out what programs are available for her mom. Adult day services may be an option. Some can only help low income persons, and others serve a variety of participants. These programs can be lifesavers for the caregivers. Other programs can fund in home support services, paid for through local funding. It all depends on where mom lives. Now is the time to find out every possible source of help and go after it. Her Area Agency on Aging is a place to start.
As for the brother, he needs medical attention if his anxiety disorder is not properly medicated or if his situation has changed since any prior prescription was provided. Anxiety is treatable. Other programs are available for blind persons, depending on his area. Again, a local social services agency should be able to direct you to resources and programs for him. One must first ask, and the brother must be willing to participate in any local program or service.
If he is not, his sister need not feel guilty if he doesn't get help. It's his choice. She needs to try her best and recognize her own limitations. She must not continue the habit of "constant phone contact". It's energy-sapping, risky for her own mental health and tends to foster unhealthy co-dependency between herself and her relatives who need help.
Finally, your relative needs to get some emotional support for herself. Her local mental health association, county's professional psychological organization, social services agency or faith based organizations can offer guidance and counseling. She is in a sort of trap that will only be more burdensome with time and more risky to her own health. She needs to learn her way out of it.
There are proven physical health risks to caregivers in her situation. Heart attacks and depression are among those risks. She needs to take action to find some relief or her mother and brother might outlive her.
Many kind, interested and helping professionals are there to assist people in her situation if she reaches out. You, as an observer, can only make suggestions. You can't make her get help for herself and her family members. What you can do is urge her to find all available sources to help her do better than she is doing. I sincerely hope she listens to you.
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Thank you, Carolyn! I am researching and will print all info for her. Her brother's illness has controlled the family for years. It will be a huge step for her to bring outside help in. I am trying to be encouraging without being overbearing. Her brother talks to me but when I go into having help come in for his mom - he shuts me off. She is getting worn down. I live two hours away. The police were called when his mom went out for a walk and got lost. She now has a "bracelet" to help police locate her. Mom is on Medicare and he is on Medicaid. I don't know how she does it - I'm exhausted just thinking about it! Thanks so much for your help!
When I read stories like this one, all I want to do is be there with the person and give hugs and love. I know that is not what this person needs now but I feel that sometimes my life is like this one. Being torn in the middle of people who need help and having others around them that don't care and just walk away. Encouragement to get help and some relief do seem to be the best for this person. I really hope that she can get the help needed for her Mom and brother. I will pray for her to reach out to as many people as possible to get the help for her loved ones as well as herself.
It is difficult to know when to force help. Going day to day is not working. Some days it goes along ok and but more and more there are bad days. I am taking chances by communicating with doctors and social service agencies about options. I am worried something horrible will happen.
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Source: The Wrestling Observer
As noted earlier today here on the website, Ric Flair's advertised return to the ring for All Japan Pro Wrestling on Saturday didn't end up taking place after a badly swollen left leg prevented him from doing so. According to sources, Flair announced he would be unable to wrestle due to "doctor's orders" before the show and apologized saying his son Reid would take his place. Flair was taken to the emergency room before the show and was told he could not wrestle.
Although he didn't take part in a match, Flair was at ringside and ended up getting involved in the Seiya Sanada and Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Keiji Muto and Reid Flair match giving some chops to Sanada. The show had been sold out two days in advance with many feeling it would be the last chance they could see Flair wrestle. Live reports stated that many fans wanted refunds in the building and were very upset nothing was offered.
Flair was originally scheduled to appear on both RAW in San Jose and Smackdown in Sacramento this week, fly from San Francisco to Tokyo and then back to San Francisco for several autograph signings during Super Bowl weekend. No word on why he wasn't involved in the WWE TV tapings and isn't scheduled to appear at any following the Royal Rumble.
Classic Ric Flair….I'd be pissed off too if I paid money to see his "last match" and had to see his son get the "rub." Too many excuses Ric. Just get on the mic or be a manager, bro…He's become Scott Hall over the last 2 years.
It's typical of Flair, he was probably paid in advance too. He's developed a very long habit over the years of being fronted money, then not holding up his end of the deal.
Flair was in the hospital. He wasn't cleared to wrestle, yet he still showed up and did what he could.
Knock the guy for what he's done wrong (there's been plenty), but in is case, he actually showed quite a bit of class.
Why are peeps giving negative feedback? It's true. Flair was amazing in indies, WWF, WCW, WWE, TNA…then he just went apeshit not showing up/demanding money/making BS excuses. It's tiresome. I'm the biggest Flair fan as his wrestling/charisma are amazing…but if you can't show up to work cuz your wasted/bitching…whatever. I guess his four ex-wives were wrong?
The negative feedback is because he was legitimately injured this time.
The negatives are more like "why are you complaining? Get over it!" The guy is in his 60's and went full tilt with wrestling for about 40 years! You HAVE to expect him not being able to perform at this point in his life! Also, he wasn't MEDICALLY CLEARED TO WRESTLE. Really… what in the hell do you expect? Disobey doctors orders and really hurt himself, or maybe DIE in the ring?
It's funny, he's bashing Flair yet uses a picture of Scott Hall. Oh the hypocrisy runs deep on this one. This guy is dumb@ss #1 to be sure.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
Life would be grand if we could sprinkle a few seeds in the ground, fertilize, add water, and have a great salesperson pop out, wouldn't it? Obviously a pipedream…and yet, small business owners and sales management executives often follow a similar course of action in their search for great sales talent.

 Rather than "grow their own," they attempt to steal the crops from their competitors. Why not? Their competitor is much better at growing a sales organization than they are. All they have to do is grab some magic from their competitor's land, and they, too, can enjoy great success.

 Not so fast. Consider this: When did the competition begin doing a better job of building a sales organization than your company? Before you harvest their crop, consider these five flaws inherent to hiring their salespeople.

 "Hiring from the competitor means the salesperson will hit the ground running, with no training." Some of the attraction to the competitor's salespeople is sheer laziness. Hire a sales rep from the competitor today…instant revenue tomorrow. No need to train them because they already know everything. Needless to say, this is flawed thinking. Salespeople always need training and development, regardless of who their former employer was.

 Admittedly, every once in a while, lightning will strike and you will hire a rainmaker. More often than not, however, this approach is a recipe for making a bad hire. Here's a thought: Which salespeople do you really think are available from the competition? Rarely is it the top performers—it's the bottom 20 percent that, truth be told, the company is glad to see leave.

 "Our industry is so complex that we must hire a salesperson from within it." How can this be true? No one ever came out of the womb mastering your industry…yourself included. You were taught it and so was everyone else. If you truly feel industry experience is the top requirement, be prepared for another major challenge: scalability. There are only so many people in your industry. At some point, the talent pool will run dry.

 Salespeople need to have a certain level of knowledge to effectively sell in an industry. Determine what they need to know to be effective and develop training tools to quickly get them up to speed. Identify resources in your company to help them with their questions. And test their knowledge assimilation along the way to make sure they're getting it.

 "They're going to bring a book of business with them." Before you buy that argument, consider three points. First, despite what they tell you, it is extremely difficult to move clients. The pain of change is not one that is easily resolved.

 Second, the salesperson doesn't own those clients—their employer does. While non-competes usually don't hold up in court, client list protection does. And you can be at risk in the ensuing mess. Do you really need that headache?

 Third, don't think for a minute the salesperson you're hiring today will one day retire with your firm. They will leave your employ some day, and it's no stretch to imagine they'll be attempting to take your clients with them when they go. Doesn't feel overly ethical, does it?

 "We're a little firm, and we could really use a salesperson who comes from one of our large competitors." This statement is true if—and only if—your company and the large competitor are identical twins. A synergistic match between your company and the candidate is needed to put together a long-lasting sales marriage. There are a number of nuances that affect this synergy.

 The flaw with this statement is, it assumes a complete sales culture match. Every sales organization is different, even within the same industry. The large competitor may have a ton of sales support for prospecting and presentations, while in your company the entire burden is on the salesperson. The competitor's salesperson may enjoy great name recognition in the marketplace, while you do not. Thus, a different skill set is needed to get in the door with prospects.

 The list goes on and on. The key is to develop a profile of your ideal sales candidate with the required and desired attributes and interview accordingly.

 "Since they have been in the industry, they are passionate about it-and passion sells." Absolutely true! Passion sells, but it's an incorrect assumption these salespeople arrive with passion. Sales people who bounce from company to company in an industry become "vanilla."

 Years ago, I had a salesperson on my team who had sold for three of our competitors prior to joining our company. I participated in a ride-along sales call with her, and the meeting was interesting, to say the least. She could have had any of her former employer's business cards in her hand (or ours, for that matter), and everything she said was accurate. There was no passion. It was all vanilla information, and it failed to arouse any excitement in the prospect.

 Sales hiring is daunting for companies of all sizes. The key is to have a profile of your ideal sales candidate and interview the prospects against it. This will help you find the right sales talent for your team…whether they worked for your competitor or not.

 SMM columnist Lee B. Salz is the president of Sales Architects, CEO of Business Expert Webinars, and author of "Soar Despite Your Dodo Sales Manager." He can be reached at 763-416-4321 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com (to receive a free list of 28 interview questions for sales candidates, include "28 questions" in the subject line).


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Faith Lutheran Church would like to thank all the parade and rodeo fans who turned out to enjoy pie and root beer floats during their Annual Pie Social. A delicious Food Booth sponsored by the Men's Ministry group served up burgers, brats and hot dogs before and during the parade at the corner of 2nd Street and Main and will be back again next year. Your support of these events is very much appreciated. We hope to see you next year.
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Jennifer Garner went solo to Starbucks in Brentwood, Calif. on Tuesday (November 29). The pregnant actress kept her balance as she carried a tray of coffees.
Smart move that she wore her Chanel flats!
The Butter star was last seen with hubby Ben Affleck and their daughters Violet and Seraphina at the Brentwood Country Mart a few days ago.
Ben is said to be excited that they're expecting a boy.
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With Easter only five weeks away and spring hopefully around the corner now is the time for householders to think about cutting their bills and making their home more green.
Firstly, residents need to know if their home is energy efficient and where, if any, the problems lie.
Stourbridge energy adviser Colin Priest, who lives in Quarry Bank, says a thermal imaging camera will show up any weaknesses without having to cut into plasterboard or concrete or search through the attic.
The camera scans the temperature distribution of surfaces and generates accurate, high resolution images of a home revealing where energy is lost.
It reveals air leaks and moisture in cavity wall insulation, water problems in flat roofs, defects in pipes or under-floor heating systems and inefficient seals around door and windows.
"It is as easy to use as a camcorder and shows what needs to be fixed," said Colin, who works for Noreus Ltd in Stafford. "It saves time and money and helps find faults before real problems occur."
He is so confident with the new technology that he is offering home owners a free thermal imaging survey to help reduce their energy bills. Up to 60 per cent of heat lost in a home is through the roof and the walls and Colin, pictured, says the first home improvement should be to spray foam the attic with the environmentally-friendly Icynene Insulation System.
It forms an air-tight seal and reduces heating bills by up to 50 per cent as it literally stops heat going up through the roof, saving up to £600 a year every year. Another improvement is to invest in solar panels, particularly as the cost has fallen by half in the last two years from around £14,000 to £7,000 today for a 2.5 kilowatt system with 12 panels on an average semi-detached house.
This could fall further after scientists at the University of Sheffield and the University of Cambridge announced this week that they had developed a spray-coating technique using plastic rather than silicon for solar panel cells in a similar method to that used to spray paint cars.
The main advantage of installing solar panels the Feed-in Tariff or FiT payment, which is the money the Government pays people for generating electricity every year. It is index linked and householders receive 15.44p per kilowatt hour for 20 years plus the Export Tariff, which adds an extra 4.5p per KWh for electricity exported to the Grid.
The not-for-profit energy group Ebico calculates that the annual income generated by the investment is up to seven per cent; the solar panels will pay for themselves within 14 years and the householders would receive an extra £3,000 every year for the remaining six years.
The Energy Saving Trust, a non-profit organisation jointly funded by the Government and the private sector to promote the use of green energy, points out that those residents would also save on average £237 a year in energy bills.
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Xmark Media in conjunction with Dr Cyril Renaud of the UCL-Cambridge Centre for Doctoral Training in Photonic Systems Development is pleased to announce the programme of tutorials to be run in parallel with the main conference of the April 9th Photonex London Roadshow.
In parallel with the scientific conference, 'Advances in photonic tools & techniques for the life sciences' there will be a series of 'Photonics tutorials' that visitors may attend free of charge. These will follow the format so well established at the national Photonex event, which takes place every October at Coventry's Ricoh Arena. Tutorials will feature on theory, advances, techniques, technology comparisons and features to look out for to assist attendees as they choose their equipment for their projects.
The tutorial programme will provide an introduction to scientists in research and industry considering using a particular technique for their work. This year they will include academic research speakers alongside speakers from industry suppliers of tools and accessories for the photonics marketplace. Dr Sally Day of the Electronic & Electrical Engineering Department at UCL will open the meeting and talk about some of the fundamental concepts used in optical systems. These will include descriptions of polarisation, coherence and phase and amplitude modulation of light. The descriptions will be illustrated with examples of interference and diffraction as well as resonant structures. The latter can be used as filters and to describe the modes found in laser devices and the former in diffraction from spatial light modulators used for laser tweezing. The talk will include descriptions of liquid crystal devices as well as other optical systems.
The programme continues with eight talks focusing on instrumentation with the programme being brought to a close with a presentation on future prospects for photonics technologies to be given by meeting organiser, Dr Cyril Renaud. He will report on his observations that photonic technology continues to be more broadly used in a raft of applications and is seen as key for gaining performance otherwise not possible by electronics. In this presentation, he will have a look at the next grand challenges that need solving and how photonics has inherent advantages for meeting these challenges. He will explore some current research and necessary technology innovations that could lead to the development of these photon-enabled solutions.
For information on the Photonex London Roadshow, visit www.photonex.org/london. Advance registration is essential for the conference, forms should be completed on-line. There are no fees to attend. Sign up now for this free opportunity to broaden your knowledge in the world of photonics. And put a date in the diary for October's Photonex meeting in Coventry: The Ricoh Arena, 16th-17th October 2013.
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Sectoral Growth Linkages and the Role of Infrastructure Development: Revisiting the sources of nonfarm development in the rural Philippines
This paper analyzes the sources of rural non-farm sector growth in the Philippines, which has become the main driver of rural poverty reduction. We find that agricultural growth has significantly positive effects on service sector growth (with elasticity of about 0.20) but little effects on manufacturing growth, suggesting that rural labor force is sufficiently mobile or capital is relatively immobile across provinces. We also identify different roles played by national road networks, on the one hand, and local roads, on the other. We find that local road facilitates rural service sector development while national road facilitates agricultural growth.
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- Arellano, Manuel & Bover, Olympia, 1995.
"Another look at the instrumental variable estimation of error-components models,"
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Elsevier, vol. 68(1), pages 29-51, July.
- M Arellano & O Bover, 1990. "Another Look at the Instrumental Variable Estimation of Error-Components Models," CEP Discussion Papers dp0007, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Deichmann, Uwe & Shilpi, Forhad & Vakis, Renos, 2008. "Spatial specialization and farm-nonfarm linkages," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4611, The World Bank.
- Eswaran, Mukesh & Kotwal, Ashok, 1993. "A theory of real wage growth in LDCs," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 42(2), pages 243-269, December.
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Researchers at Orchard University are burning the midnight oil as they attempt to determine how a single slice of the Cheesecake Factory's carrot cake contains more calories than any of the combo "pick a number" meals at McDonald's.
A professor leading the study quietly admitted to our reporters that we are probably closer to an understanding of string theory than a conclusive answer to what has been dubbed the "Carrot Cake Conundrum". The professor has asked to remain anonymous to avoid jeopardizing her standing in the scientific community. "It's the elephant in the room. No one wants to admit that we may never have an answer."
The slice of carrot cake, which at 1 lb. weighs a lot more than even the largest of carrots, contains 1,560 calories. That's well within the range of satisfying most people's daily caloric intake needs. And it's over twice the amount of calories in the Factory's Original Cheesecake (a mere 710 calories).
Further confounding to the researchers is the fact that the cake does not appear to contain much carrot at all. The main ingredients are corn oil, cream cheese, eggs, butter, palm oil, butter, and hydrogenated palm oil. With 84 grams of fat crammed into six inches of sweetness, this dessert truly takes the cake.
The Cheesecake Factory does not reveal calories willingly – you really have to dig. Fortunately, there's Google [1]. Search "Cheesecake Factory nutrition information" and you'll find lots of Factory quotes that all boil down to some variation of the following:
"Thank you for your interest in The Cheesecake Factory. Because we change our recipes and menu often, we do not currently have nutrition information for our menu selections.
Guest Services for The Cheesecake Factory Restaurants, Inc."
I think the more appropriate quote should be:
"Thank you for your interest in The Cheesecake Factory. Because we change our recipes and menu often, we [insert lie here]."
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How do you treat a burn? Almost everyone, if you ask them for the first response required in the treatment of a burn, will tell you, "Put it in cold water…".
In my first year of homoeopathic training a general discussion led the lecturer to describe a treatment for burns. He explained that he had been dining with a friend who had burnt herself and had immediately, to his horror, held the burnt area of her hand in the heat of a candle for a little while. The friend had then explained to him that the normal treatment of using cold water was ineffective, but that the application of heat to a burn meant that it would not blister, and although it did hurt more on the initial application it healed far more quickly and painlessly thereafter. This she demonstrated a little while later when he saw to his amazement that the burned area was not even red and she was experiencing no pain.
His explanation was that left alone a burn, 'burnt', as in the vital force would produce heat. By applying cold water this burning effect was reduced and the vital force had to summon even more heat. If instead we assist the vital force by applying heat the job would be done more quickly.
This is really nothing more than elementary homoeopathy… like cures like… similar similibus curentur…. And yet some in the group were surprised, and some argued that this would be dangerous with anything other than a very slight burn…
Some of us tried this out when the opportunity arose, and I personally discovered that holding an accidentally scalded part in hot water for a little while did indeed improve things to a remarkable degree. The theory was tested more thoroughly when, about year later, whilst working in a fish and chip shop, I slipped and my left hand plunged into the chip fryer up past the wrist. I ran (screaming!) into the kitchen and turned on the hot tap. The plug was in the sink and the sink began to fill. At the same time a couple of concerned customers had run into the kitchen to see if they could help. One of them noticed that I was running the hot tap and tried to 'help' by explaining that I had turned on the wrong tap and attempted to turn off the hot and on the cold. In my pain I had to prevent them and also explain what I was doing. This meant that my hand remained in the water for a longer period than it would perhaps, had I been left alone (this is relevant later…).
The next day, my hand had no evidence of the burn whatsoever! The customers who had witnessed the incident were amazed!
Last year (Sept 2007) I received a phone call from one of my daughter's friends. In the background I could hear my daughter crying and obviously distressed. She had apparently scalded her hand with double boiled water. The drive to the friends' house took about half an hour. On my arrival I gave her Canth 200c. She explained that she had 'done the hot water thing' but that it hadn't worked. She was in a lot of pain and was obviously distressed.
I took her home, but was concerned as she seemed in so much pain. She was also very angry. The accident had been caused by the friends' dog, who had become amorous with her leg as she was pouring the water into a cup. She was angry with the dog and was saying that, 'dogs like that shouldn't be kept as pets!' this was a ridiculous thing to say, there was nothing wrong with the dog really, and it was also extremely unusual for her. I gave her Caust 200c, which did ease the pain and she seemed to settle, was no longer angry with the dog and was able to laugh about its antics, but I was still concerned. Her hand had produced a sizable blister and she was still in pain. I was also confused as to why the hot water had not relieved the pain as it had with my own, perhaps more serious, burn.
I remembered seeing Hahnemann's article 'On the Treatment of Burns' in the book 'The Lesser Writings'. I re-read the article and realised the mistake we had made. I also understood why my burn had had a different result.
The problem was, it seemed, the time that the hand had been exposed to the heat. My hand had been immersed for a considerable amount of time whilst I engaged in discussions with the concerned customers, whilst my daughter had merely put it in and taken it out.
Hahnemann's advice is that the heating should continue until there is no more pain. He recommends the use of alcohol and/or oil of turpentine, neither of which I had at my disposal, but I deduced that it was the 'heat' that was the important ingredient.
I explained this to my daughter and we spent the next three hours with her hand in hot water. At this point I should explain that I do not mean scalding hot! The temperature is what I would describe as 'hand hot', the temperature that a normal hand understands as 'hot' but not unbearable. Because of the time delay I didn't ask her to simply plunge her hand into water of this temperature. We began with tepid water and by removing some and adding some we increased the temperature over a period of half and hour. She then kept her hand in the water until the pain stopped. This took several hours.
Over the next few days I suggested to her than she often return her hand to the warm water, particularly if she felt any pain, but also in order to prevent it from drying.
I was concerned as the blister was 'impressive', although after the initial hot water treatment she was in very little pain. She described the sensation as a 'discomfort' rather than 'pain'. There had been criticisms of my treatment of it, with various people suggesting that she should have taken it to hospital to have it 'treated properly'. I sought support or advice from 'Homoeopathy' but could only find instructions to 'immerse the part in cold water and seek medical attention', in addition to the obvious remedies.
She heroically and carefully kept the blister whole and continued to ensure that it did not become dry.
In addition to the hot water I gave her a bottle of Canth 30c, in medicinal solution, from which she took a teaspoonful daily for a few days, after succussing the bottle 6 times.
After 6 days the blister seeped of its own accord and I instructed her not to remove the covering it had left. I gave her a couple of doses of Calen 30c, again in medicinal solution and succussed prior to repetition, and a couple of days later the layer of dead skin came free on its own. Eleven days after the scalding there was just a little pink discoloration of the new skin and this was the only evidence that the event had occurred.
Just for the record, one the first night I did offer to take her to the local hospital, Homoeopathy is my choice and I do not force my opinion on my children, but she is 19 and her response was 'why would I want to go there? You and Hahnemann can fix it!' I'm just very glad that I took notice of my lecturer and also had the article to hand to work out what we had done wrong.
Today there is no evidence that her hand had ever been injured in this way. There are no blemishes and no sensation changes. She is a little more careful when handling hot water though!
The article, 'On the Treatment of Burns', written by Dr. Hahnemann in 1816, is a poignant reminder that our work as homoeopaths extends beyond the search for the correct remedy. It is in the basic understanding of the maxim 'similar similibus curentur' and the application of treatment that consistently responds to the needs of the vital force. I have reproduced the article here and whilst I hope than none of you will ever need to employ it, I hope it serves you as well as it did me should you have to.
Sadly, I feel pressed to add, due to today's climate of legislative suppression, that I am not personally advocating, nor instructing anyone to adopt these methods in the treatment of serious burns. I am of the mind that the current suffering of burns victims could be greatly reduced, and also am wondering if there is anyone who would take up Dr. Hahnemann's challenge today?
Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, 1816.
(From the Allg. Anz.d. D., No. 156, 1816. In reply to Professor Dzondi's recommendation of cold water in the same journal, No 104).


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Redistricting between censuses is not without precedent, but it does bring to mind the seminal redistricting battle of this century: the scandal surrounding former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, who pioneered the tactic of interim redistricting.
In 2002, DeLay created two political action committees that poured $3.2 million into seven Texas House races. After all seven Republicans won, DeLay pushed for a redistricting plan that would deliver more seats to the Texas congressional delegation in Washington, DC.
"[H]e saw an opportunity to help the Republicans stay in power in Washington," US Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told The New Yorker in March 2006. DeLay's justification for the plan, according to The New Yorker, was as follows: "with 57 percent of Texas voters backing Republicans for Congress, it was only fair that the GOP control more than 15 of the 32 seats in the US House."
The plan worked—Texas Republicans gained four congress-ional seats—but, on Nov. 24, 2010, DeLay was convicted of laundering money in the 2002 Texas House race, and sentenced this week to three years in prison. And though the US Supreme Court upheld most aspects of the Texas redistricting plan in a 2006 decision, DeLay's name has become synonymous with political gerrymandering.
"The horror show of what Tom DeLay did in Texas—nobody wants that," New Mexico state Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, tells SFR. "In the ideal world, we should be able to get this done—Republicans and Democrats. That said, it's a highly partisan process."
Nor is that partisanship limited to in-state advocacy.
According to Democratic Party of New Mexico Executive Director Scott Forrester, New Mexico's historical swing-state status is likely to attract attention from both Republican and Democratic national organizations.
Deep-pocketed national Democrat groups, Forrester says, "will be very interested in the redistricting process here in New Mexico."
But so will organizations like the Republican Governors Association, a major Martinez campaign donor.
"I absolutely expect them to come in and spend millions and millions of dollars to redraw the lines so that their party has the advantage come 2012," Forrester predicts.
(Monty Newman, the chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico, was unable to comment for this story before press time.)
Though subcommittees and potential alliances will form during the upcoming legislative session, the real movement on redistricting won't happen until this summer, when Sanderoff will begin turning the Census Bureau's population data into new district maps. The state Legislature is expected to hold a special session to debate and vote on the redistricting proposals this fall, after which they'll go to Martinez for approval.
Nationally and locally, the attack ads and partisan rancor of the 2010 elections are still fresh in voters' minds. And in New Mexico, the potential conflict between a Democratic Legislature and Republican governor—the same makeup that led to the contentious redistricting process of 2001—simmers just beneath the surface.
"Some very strong conservative, really business-oriented, anti-regulation, anti-immigration-type people really backed [Martinez' campaign for governor]," former House Speaker Raymond Sanchez says.
How she chooses to wield the veto pen on redistricting, Sanchez says, will be a bellwether—but where it actually lands is anyone's guess.
"It'll show her independence from those sort of influences—or her recognition that this is the philosophy that they have, and so [she's] going to help them," Sanchez says. "The fact of the matter is, Democrats lost the election. Diane [Denish] lost. That old saying: 'The queen is dead; long live the queen!'"
And all around her, political armies sharpen their knives.


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Grant Desme Gets Called "Up"
If you paid attention to the Arizona Fall League this season, then there's no doubt you are familiar with Oakland A's prospect Grant Desme.
Many of you watched Desme this fall and took note of the fact that he is one of Oakland's top 10 prospects, according to Baseball America. You probably were hoping to be on the inside track for 2010 fantasy baseball prospects by keeping tabs on his status with the A's through spring training. You may have even been tempted in some deeper mixed or AL-only leagues to draft the promising outfielder as a low-risk, low investment backup outfielder.
However, instead of being a top prospect to watch in 2010 fantasy baseball, Desme has other plans for his future. On Thursday, he announced that he is leaving baseball to join the priesthood.
To say that this comes as a surprise is not an understatement. A's GM Billy Beane was "knocked off his horse" by the news.
The former A's outfielder was the 2009 Arizona Fall League MVP, batting .315 with 11 home runs and 27 RBI in just 27 games. Last year, as a 23-year old playing in Single A, he was the minor league's only 30-30 man, hitting .288 with 31 homers, 89 RBI and 40 steals in 131 games.
In college, he was the Big West Player of the Year while slugging for Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo.
Would he have made the big leagues in 2010? Maybe, maybe not. Other bloggers argue that Desme wasn't a sure thing to make the majors anyway, given that he was still in Single-A at 23 and had too strong a preference to strike out.
That said, 30-30 seasons don't come along that often. And with his performance in the AFL and a strong spring training, its likely that Desme could have passed up AA altogether, making him much more likely to make it to the Show.


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" Country: Ireland "
At the farthest western extremity of Ireland, the farthest western extremity of Europe, a gnarled ancient tendril of sandstone thrusts its defiant knuckle out into an unforgiving ocean. It's a land of dramatic contrasts: of staggering mountains and sublime beaches, of verdant farmland and tiny fishing ports both clinging to the links of land between the hills and the sea. A place steeped in history and pre-history, drenched in deep and deeper magic, and whose economy is worryingly dependant on one renegade dolphin.
Welcome to the Dingle peninsula: one of the greatest cul-de-sacs on Earth.
Westward Ho!
Most visitors start from Tralee, and its fleshpots (round here the Rose of Tralee festival and a big windmill are all you'd need to get St Brendan's Y-Fronts in a knot) are ideal contrast for what is to come. The drive west begins under the watchful turrets of the Slieve Mish mountains and the fabulous ancient hill fort of Caherconree, before the traveller can choose between the north and south coasts: both scenically splendid but with attendant risks: the north risks death on the narrow Conor Pass road, the south risks madness with the sight of the colour scheme of the Randy Leprechaun pub/hostel at Annascaul. But with a bit of luck and a following wind (which you'll never get: it's inevitably a westerly on Dingle) these hazards can be survived, and once the stupendous mountain massif of Brandon is behind you you'll arrive at the bustling port of Dingle town. You won't see it called that on any signposts, for this is An Daingean, and the hub of this avowedly Gaeltacht region. Gaeltacht is an Irish word meaning an Irish-speaking region, and the refusal of the road signs to feature any English equivalents is part of Irish government policy to attempt to preserve and restore the usage of the language.
And from Dingle town onwards, this really does contribute to a sense of 'otherness'. Sheltered from the morning sun and the outside world by Brandon's overpowering bulk (on the one-in-a-million days when the mountain doesn't have a cloud riveted to its top), the far west of the peninsula is an extraordinary landscape, not so much suggestive of the past as utterly cemented in it. The road eking an existence around Slea Head is one of the most majestic in these isles, but it's the prehistory of the area that you remember: the tottering Iron Age fort of Dun Beag, the remarkable array of beehive huts dotting the slopes of Mount Eagle, and especially the timeless ancient stone church at Gallarus. This amazing peninsula finally gives out at Dunmore Head, the most westerly point of the Irish mainland, but as you look out to sea hereabouts you will notice a substantial chunk of land attended by a few less-substantial-but-still-jagged crumbs anchored a few miles beyond. Some say it resembles a church roof: I'm not Catholic so I think it looks like a haphazardly-carved half-melted bar of Toblerone. This is Great Blasket Island, a fabulous place for anyone who wants yet more from Dingle without going to the hassle of the oft-mentioned 'next parish', best described as 'America'.
While tame of outline compared with the fairytale turrets of the Skelligs to the south, or even with its own satellite islands of Inishnabro, Inishvickillane and Inishtooskert (the latter looking like St Brendan comatose in the sea after a particularly fine night out), Great Blasket has a fine external countenance: stern yet beautiful. The island runs for four miles from the semi-yielding (landing spot, village, beach, less rocks than most places) north-east to the forbidding (cliffs, boiling ocean, death) south-west, never more than ¾ of a mile wide, the land quickly tapering up from the sea to a high, well-defined ridge with three obvious tops, the highest of which is the most southerly, Croaghmore. The south flank of the ridge tarries in a convex fashion before falling into the water, but the north/west aspect plummets almost a thousand feet from the summit straight to the depths, a tottering mass of rock and scree left behind when that side of the island broke off in a storm, probably. It seems a very harsh place to live.
Which nobody does anymore. But they used to.
'The island it is silent now, but the ghosts still haunt the waves...'
Nobody seems sure exactly from when the Blaskets were inhabited: according to one author the first dwellers settled in 1710, while the captain's log of a Spanish vessel records the islands being awash with Spanish speakers in 1597. Either of these may be true (although I'm not betting much on the latter), but chances are the monks got there first: they always did in the west of Ireland. Regardless, the community ebbed and flowed, living off (initially) the land and (latterly, predominantly) the sea from then until 1953 when the last 22 islanders were evacuated to the mainland. Rather than my continuing on in a flippant manner on this subject, you might want to read this, which spells out the history of the island with fewer Father Ted references:
But the history of the Blaskets was a matter of record long before Tim Berners-Lee came along. For this remote little outpost was the site of a veritable explosion of native literature in the early part of the 20th Century, as various visiting scholars encouraged the Islanders to document the details of their punishing existence. And so it was that such authors as Tomás Ó Criomhthain ( The Islandman, 1937) and Muiris Ó Súilleabháin ( Twenty Years A-Growing, 1933) used the Irish language to tell their tales of fishing, of drinking sour milk and stuffing sheep's intestines, and of being unable to reach the mainland for weeks on end.Yet another figure is somehow synonymous with the writings of Great Blasket. And if you see a woman in traditional dress roaming the paths of the island or loitering by the side of the road near Dunquin on the mainland (where she was born, and from where you catch the ferry), a woman with the sort of wind-blasted face that resembles the leather on the back seat of a 1970s car that's been torched and thrown into a disused quarry, and she asks if you want to hear about the ghastly hardships the Islanders had to live through...it might be Peig Sayers, a lady who arguably did almost as much damage to the Irish rural way of life as the Great Potato Famine. Run.
The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn
Peig Sayers lived from 1873 to 1958, and having been born on the mainland she moved to Great Blasket once she married an islander. She stayed there until the 1953 evacuation, and during her time on the island she was responsible for two books: a collection of folk tales (Sayers was greatly revered as a traditional story teller or seanchaí) entitled An Old Woman's Reflections and an autobiography, Peig. Ironically, given their places as cornerstones of Irish literature, Sayers was illiterate in the language, and both were dictated to others who then translated them. Maybe those translators did the lady a gross disservice, and maybe it's them that should shoulder the blame. Maybe the lady herself was actually a right barrel of laughs?
Because for many years Peig was required reading in Irish secondary schools when teaching the language, and as such was in a position of enormous influence upon generations of Irish children. Those setting the curriculum weren't to know (although they were pig-headed in sticking with it), but its use backfired spectacularly. The veracity and passion of the writing cannot be doubted, but it's just too good at painting a picture of misery and sorrow: imagine the Monty Python 'Four Yorkshiremen' sketch played dead straight.
'We were poor, but we were happy. Without the happiness. Repeat. Etc.'
As a result, legions of children associated the Irish language with strife, anguish, depravation and terrible weather: a decent dose of Peig Sayers meant the city dwellers all stayed put, and a large swathe of the rural community thought 'feck this for a game of soldiers' and decided to join them.
(I did once leaf through a translation of Peig in the duty free shop at Kerry Airport, just to see if its grim reputation was deserved. Maybe the dourness was leavened by a knockabout section describing Great Blasket's Chinatown area, or the hilarious time they entered A Song For Ireland? Alas, no. I quote:
'I am an old woman now, with one foot in the grave and the other on its edge. I have experienced much ease and much hardship from the day I was born until this very day. Had I known in advance half, or even one-third, of what the future had in store for me, my heart wouldn't have been as gay or as courageous it was in the beginning of my days.'
Thank Christ they never got electricity on Great Blasket...some poor sod might have become trapped in a lift with her. I went back to buying childish comedy presents for my loved ones...like you do).
Anyway, let us arise and go now, and go to Great Blasket.
An Acre (and a bit) of Grass
While it is possible to catch a boat from Dingle, my friend Dave and I chose to leave from the little pier at Dunquin. The Blasket Islands ferry is signposted from the 'main' (cough) road, and there is a fair amount of parking (although it'll be cluttered on a good day). A little wooden booth is adjacent, and we paid our 25 Euro each for a return trip. (See the website link at the end for the alternative 'eco-tour' that circles the island without landing on it. It'll also give you an idea of the intervals at which the ferry runs, although it would be comically foolish to consider it to constitute anything as concrete as 'a timetable'). From here a steep enclosed concrete path snaked its way down to sea level where we awaited the boat in the warm and languid late morning.
After a minor disappointment with discovering the first (rather swish) motorboat that turned up was nothing to do with the ferry, it wasn't long before a slightly more barnacle-bottomed (but reassuringly sturdy, in a 'would meet with Chief Brody's approval in 'Jaws'' sort of way) vessel arrived to take us to the island. Twenty five or so of us were quickly aboard, and soon the good ship Oilean na n-Og (which translates as 'marooning Englishmen who make jokes about the potato famine since 1916', possibly) was on its way. The sea was calm and the crossing undramatic, so attention could be focussed on the stunning archipelago surrounding us. The trip takes twenty minutes, and soon we were all toting lifejackets and preparing to transfer to the motorised dinghy from which a landing is made. This was a slightly nervy process for me (climbing down a ladder, balancing on the edge before stepping in: 'I mean, I'm not as good a swimmer as I used to be...thanks to evolution') but I remained dry and the craft chugged into the tightly enclosed rocky cove (totally impossible for the Oilean na n-Og) before we were jumping out again onto the jetty. An inelegant clamber up an uneven ramp of slightly slippery waterwashed rock later (you may have gathered that this trip is sadly impractical for the infirm), and the relaxation of true terra firma was ours. The ramp quickly became a rough uphill track bending round to the right into the remains of the village: we didn't linger as a) there were loads of people about and b) we planned to explore it properly on the way back to the boat.
Instead, we stayed on the old road up to the highest of the derelict houses as we set out on a round trip to the highest point of the island, Croaghmore. Soon the track abuts against the rearing nose of the island's spine and forks: we took the left around the southern flank of the ridge. Up till now the walking had been on stony paths, symptomatic of the island's solid skirting board of lava-formed rock, but now all was delightful springy turf that could be covered barefoot by anyone capable of recognising a sheep dropping when they see it. It's still steepish mind you, but the backwards view over the village and over to the mainland gives reasonable excuses to stop. And when the initial climb eases off at a right hand bend, the view in front makes you forget the oxygen debt anyway: the sea licks at the island shoreline stretching into the distance, and over the waves the bulky Iveragh peninsula stretches and strains for the gothic outlines of the Skelligs.
(Assuming you can see anything, obviously).
The path contours around the side of the first top on the ridge to the proceeding col, but we struck straight uphill on a thinner track to get the views on both sides as soon as we could. Looking down to the sea we could spy what we guessed was the eco-tour boat skimming along a few hundred yards out. Whilst we never sighted anything more than goats, sheep and seagulls from our assorted belvederes, the island's coastal fauna is justly revered: seals, dolphins, whales and sharks can be seen, and that's without touching upon the absolute army of sea birds. The flora is renowned too, but anyone who's seen my garden knows better than to trust any information I might impart on that subject.
On reaching the ridge we realised that this was going to be a good day: the walk had been very pleasant up until now, but the onward mossy parapet was obviously a truly fabulous promenade. The gentlest of inclines led up to a ruined signal tower, a relic of the Napoleonic Wars, abandoned but intact until it lost an argument with a bolt of lightning about a hundred years later. This is the first of several military remnants to be seen: there aren't many places on Great Blasket that aren't superb vantage points.
Now the ridge descended genially to the next col, where the two paths that left the fork above the village reunite at a spot christened by the villagers (with out-of-character levity) 'The Traffic Lights'. (It should be noted that simply making the circle formed by the two arms of the fork, preferably clockwise, is an easier but intensely rewarding alternative). Just as it was in days of yore, this seemed to be a place of congregation on our visit, so we 'crossed the road' and plodded on up the steeper rise to second of the three tops: Slievedonagh. Just below the summit to the right of the path is the formidable promontory fort of Doon: a retreat and sanctuary dating from the Iron Age. Lunch was taken atop one of the twin earth banks defending the landward side, whilst agreeing that anyone who got up the beetling 900ft sea cliff beyond probably deserved their conquest. It goes without saying that a degree of caution (especially with children) is prudent hereabouts.
And that state of affairs stays in place from hereon in, as the descent from Slievedonagh and the ensuing climactic climb up to Croaghmore are accompanied by a gently descending meadow on the left, and a very impressive precipice on the right. That said, if you put aside the possibility of a heroically messy demise down these subtly monikered 'Fatal Cliffs' then the walking is easy and the outlook sublime. 250ft down and 300ft up led to the highest point: a place for contemplation, reverie and Pringles. To the north the ground collapsed completely down an awesome chasm straight to the water (Ireland does rather specialise in these colossal coastal declivities), to the south the gentler incline acted as a velvety foreground for the view of distant Iveragh, to the north-east the graceful wedge of the island was framed between the mainland heights of Cruach Mhartain and Mount Eagle, and finally to the south-west the land declined to meet the ocean: the two jagged outposts of Inishnabro and Inishvickillane (both of which are somehow wreathed in mist on an otherwise cloudless day: I bet King Kong lives there) were all that remained.
One could continue onwards to the island's utmost tip: here, by the looks of things, you'd find more cliffs. Not so high as the Fatal ones, but probably still fatal. So most folk, muttering about discretion being the better part of valour and wanting to take no chances with the whole 'getting marooned' thing will turnabout and head for home. Back over Slievedonagh we went to The Traffic Lights, before bearing left and following the other arm of the old road back to the village. One is more likely to encounter all sorts of human life from hereon in, such as the gentleman in the Hull City football shirt and flip-flops carrying an Aldi shopping bag that we passed, but everyone seemed aware that Great Blasket is a place to be quiet and considerate for your fellow man: it's not an Irish-themed pub in Ibiza, that's for sure.
The road was almost ludicrously easy going with its gentle-but-steady downhill gradient and cushioned turf. It passed over the top of another cliff (careful now) known as the Sorrowful Slope, where fourteen fishermen perished in the nineteenth century when an unexpected storm (a concept worth remembering once you're on the island) dashed their crafts onto the rocks below: apparently their womenfolk watched from the titular slope, supposedly helpless but more likely thinking 'this will make a cracking chapter in my book'. A final bend brought the village back into view ahead: below was White Strand, a quite bewitching little beach whose charms were eschewed because a) we're greedy and we like to have stuff like that to ourselves, and b) it wasn't getting us closer to the ferry. So, the village then.
Dappled across the slope facing the mainland were the 20-30 houses that comprised all the human habitation on Blasket. Some of them were obviously kept well-maintained: presumably this included the hostel and café currently closed due to a land dispute involving the government and a private individual over ownership of the island (At least it looked closed, but the dispute was allegedly settled in 2007 so it might be as well to do your own research). Most of them were gaunt tangles of broken-down walls, collapsed roofs and creeping vegetation. But on this glorious late summer's day, no amount of wishing and dreaming could conjure up what I really wanted from the place.
There most likely are times when the aura and elements that made Great Blasket such a tough place to live are still to be felt, when the wind battering the hell out of the disused buildings can tell you what forged this community and how it came to be so revered and documented. But not today: not on a day of shirt sleeves, sunglasses and 'do you want another Penguin Dave?' 'Don't mind if I do.' The island is beautiful and always will be, but today its failing (if indeed it is a failing) was that the beauty was too benign. There simply wasn't a Marmite tang to the village in conditions like this, and the chances were that on the more 'atmospheric' days the ferry won't run anyway: if the island could get cut off for long enough in 1947 for an emergency call to the Taoisaich Eamon de Valera to be made, they're unlikely to take any chances with a boatload of tourists. So we pottered, took a few photos, and decided we'd try to make the 3pm ferry.
Boys from the County Hell
We arrived back at the landing cove at 2:45pm, just in time to see the 3pm ferry skipping across the waves in an 'already departed' fashion. This sort of thing happens in Ireland, so we settled down on the rocks to wait for the next one, satisfied that at least we'd be at the front of the queue and it was a nice spot to queue anyway. When the next boat did arrive (about an hour later) we discovered one remaining benefit to speaking Irish: you can walk to the front of that queue and nobody bats an eyelid, least of all the two slack-jawed English interlopers who couldn't help but admire their cheek.
Once again nobody died in the dinghy-ladder-boat agenda, so full marks on the safety front. We even had another go at the dinghy when we reached Dunquin: presumably a falling tide had rendered the pier too dicey for the Oilean na n-Og to approach. Only reversing the steep path remained and the final critical decision of the day.
'Shall we do the Heritage Centre, or that ice cream shop in Dingle?'
'What would Peig Sayers have done?'
'Right so. Ice cream it is then.'
Nearest airport is Kerry, plentiful accommodation. Public transport slim to non-existant: you really need a car I'm afraid.
The route we followed on the island is taken from Kerry Walks by Kevin Corcoran, available locally: I'll ignore his stats and say it's 5 miles with about 1400ft of ascent: to be leisurely, allow four hours. OSI Map 70 is a wise investment too.
We used (we think: you never can tell in Ireland) the Blasket Islands Ferry. Details of their sailings can be found here: http://www.blasketislands.ie/
The trip can also be made from Dingle. Slightly longer, slightly more expensive. You might see Fungi the Dolphin though. All sailings should be considered 'seasonal', and unless the weather is set fair and fabulous it's wise to check in advance.
The Great Blasket Heritage centre is at the north end of Dunquin, and comes highly recommended by folk more determinedly cultural and less vulnerable to ice cream than Dave and me.
Murphy's Ice Cream, Dingle: http://www.murphysicecream.ie/
Nom nom nom...
(Previously on Ciao: for the benefit of DooYooers, on my last visit the Dingle roadsigns had started to acquire Anglicised placenames as well as Irish ones...this may or may not continue to be the case).


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Green Onion Scrambled Eggs Recipe
Our Test Kitchen home economists added cream cheese and green onions to create these special scrambled eggs.
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 8 eggs
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, cubed
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1. In a large skillet, saute onions in butter for 2 minutes. In a large bowl, beat the eggs; add cream cheese and seasoned salt. Pour into the skillet. As eggs set, gently move a spatula across bottom and sides of pan, letting uncooked portion flow underneath. Continue cooking and stirring until the eggs are completely set. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1/2 cup: 278 calories, 23g fat (11g saturated fat), 464mg cholesterol, 439mg sodium, 3g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 0 fiber), 14g protein.
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This article was published 7/3/2013 (1627 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
RM of Headingley residents might soon be addressing their top elected official as 'mayor' rather than 'reeve.'
At their Feb. 12 meeting, Headingley council passed the first reading of a bylaw amendment changing the name of the council's head from reeve to mayor.
Headingley CAO Chris Fulsher said if the amendment passes at a future council meeting, Headingley wouldn't be the first rural municipality to be headed by a mayor.
In fact, many municipalities lying within the region surrounding Winnipeg have already made the move, including the RMs of St. Clement, West and East St. Paul and Ritchot.
"There's no change in powers," Fulsher said.
Association of Manitoba Municipalities communications co-ordinator Lynne Bereza agreed, and said, "It's sort of an optics thing."
She added that members of these councils may feel the title of mayor gives their local government a more urban feel, which could be of benefit when they are dealing with people who aren't familiar with the title of reeve.
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A BADMINTON England initiative to get more youngsters playing the game competitively has proved to be a big success.
The East Lancashire Junior Badminton League is now in its second season – and young players are thrilled to have been able to get in on the action.
The aim of the league is to target those players who don't play for Lancashire or are not on high performance programmes.
And following the inaugural season, which was run by Badminton England, the league has seen a significant increase in popularity.
It is now run locally and secretary, Sharon de Maine, is delighted to be able to give youngsters the chance to play.
"Badminton England started a similar scheme in Manchester a few years ago and approached us to start a league in the East Lancashire area," said Sharon who is also secretary of Colne Badminton Club.
"I think it is a great idea because there are a lot of youngsters who want to play competitively but haven't had the chance.
"This is aimed at those players just below county standard. The whole aim is to get more youngsters involved in badminton and then hopefully go on and play for their local club at senior level."
The East Lancashire Junior Badminton League holds five competitions a year - all held at Hyndburn Leisure Centre - but all the results are collated and added to a league table. The league has just finished its third competition with two more to come in May and June. Currently matches have been played on four courts over four hours but, due to an increase in demand, the next competition to be held on eight courts.
"It is great to see it getting more popular," added Sharon. "That is exactly what we are trying to achieve."
The third meeting this year included teams from Blackburn, Bolton, Colne, Rossendale and Skipton who competed in two age groups, under 16s and under 14s.
More than 40 young players took part on the day with the results have been added to the league tables Player of the Day awards went to Molly Barton and Daniel Arnott in the under 16s and Alex Lewis and Tom Curtis in the under 14s.
The next league meeting is on May 18 and for more details about the league contact to Sharon de Maine on eastlancsjunior league@gma il.com


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The Waratahs are fighting hard to keep Kane Douglas after it emerged the Test second-rower had agreed, but not signed his name to, a two-year deal with Irish province Leinster this week.
The Breakdown understands Douglas is willing to stay in Australia for much less money than the Heineken Cup-winning club is offering, but believes the Australian Rugby Union's proposal is just too far off what he is worth.
The saga, stretching well into its third month, is a crucial test case for the ARU's new contracting system for players of national interest. But it also highlights the conflicting priorities of the Super Rugby franchises and the union that bankrolls them.
The ARU's offer is a clear signal to the 24-year-old workhorse forward that, despite his seminal contribution to the Waratahs' campaign this season, he is still just a bench second-rower in the eyes of Ewen McKenzie, as the Queensland partnership of James Horwill and Rob Simmons is still preferred by the Wallabies coach.
Where it gets tricky is the Waratahs' strategic importance to the ARU.
McKenzie's boss, ARU chief Bill Pulver, has already declared this ''the year of the Waratahs'', ramping up the pressure on the underperforming NSW franchise.
A Super Rugby title will be difficult for coach Michael Cheika to pull off next year without his most consistent second-rower. After the departure of Rebels lock Hugh Pyle to France trimming local supplies further, Cheika will likely start looking offshore for Douglas' replacement if he does indeed head to the Emerald Isle.
How does Pulver balance his expectations on NSW against the constraints on his chequebook and the judgment of his national coach? An unenviable but important decision looms.
Nick Phipps is the Waratahs' fortunes writ small.
The nippy young halfback, firmly pigeon-holed for the past few years as the Wallabies' third-best option at No.9, had one of the best games of his career against the Hurricanes last week. He was decisive, aggressive and accurate. But don't try to congratulate him.
Phipps' house mate and fellow Waratah Michael Hodge tried that a few days ago and was told politely to take his praise somewhere else. Why? Because much like the Waratahs, Phipps is sick of the hero-to-zero roller-coaster and wants to start putting together good performances consistently.
"Last week we couldn't have been lower, we were really dejected after that Blues loss and I was pretty dejected with the way I played," he said.
"Then you come back and have a good win against the boys on the weekend and you're feeling good and people start talking about how well you played. I've had that for the last four or five years and I've learnt that you're only as good as your last game and you're only as good as your next game.
"I was talking to [Michael Hodge] this morning and he said 'gee you played well on the weekend' and I said 'mate let's talk about it after two or three good games in a row rather than one'."
Ahem. Could we bend your ear a moment, Nick? Do you think the whole squad could have what you're having?
"Definitely," he said. "We can have a good game – we beat the Stormers over [in South Africa] then we come home and lost to the Force. Things like that let the team down.
"We can front up for one game but it's all about being consistent in this competition because I know – fingers crossed – if we can get into the finals, then we can turn up for the big games."
The Waratahs have the bye this weekend. And so the battle for momentum, for that niggly edge that seems to save this side from hurtling over the cliff each time the chips are down (every other week), becomes that little bit tougher.
The upside is that the Shute Shield will be bursting at the seams with Super Rugby talent this weekend, as Stephen Hoiles (Randwick), Matt Carraro (Randwick), Brendan McKibbin (Easts), Tala Gray (Easts), Jeremy Tilse (Sydney Uni), Tolu Latu (Sydney Uni), Pat McCutcheon (Sydney Uni), Jed Holloway (Souths), Matt Lucas (Manly) and Cam Crawford (Norths) all turn out for their clubs.
New Waratahs wing and league convert Taqele Naiyaravoro will make his rugby debut for Parramatta against Eastwood, while former NRL player Luke MacDougall will make his run-on debut for Randwick on the wing in second grade against Southern Districts. MacDougall is the brother of former Kangaroo Adam MacDougall and former Scotland rugby international Ben MacDougall.


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NEW Forest's quartet secured a top-three finish in their first English National Veterans' Championship at Harrow.
Making up the team were Tony Giordana (Hamworthy), Colin Clark (Flight Refuelling), Steve Maidment and Chris Chubb (Bournemouth North Rotary).
The novices beat Kent, Isle of Wight, Chiltern and East Midlands.
They were knocked out in the semis by Nottingham, before beating London in the third-place play-off.
The local team will now represent the English Petanque Association in an invitational tournament in Normandy, France in September.


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THE new High Sheriff of North Yorkshire is planning to promote the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, which supports farming families in need.
John Furness, who will take up the post on March 24 for one year, replacing Charlie Forbes Adam, will be sworn in at York Crown Court.
He said: "Having been involved with farming and rural affairs all my life I feel it is now time to give something back to the community."
Mr Furness is the owner of a farming estate within the North Yorkshire Moor's National Park and is a council member of the Great Yorkshire Show.


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