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University of Colorado Boulder today confirmed that President Barack Obama will host a campaign rally at the Norlin Quadrangle on Sunday, Sept. 2.
This is not an official White House visit, but a campaign event sponsored by the Obama for America campaign.
The event on CU property does not constitute an endorsement of the Obama campaign by the University of Colorado or the CU Board of Regents.
Tickets for President Obama's visit are free and available, one per person, at the following locations beginning 10 a.m. Thursday:
Organizing for America, Boulder Office
2206 Pearl St., Boulder
Distributing tickets until 9 p.m.
Organizing for America, Boulder The Hill Office
1159 13th St., Boulder
Distributing until 9 p.m.
West side of Norlin Quad
CU campus, Boulder
Distributing tickets until 6 p.m.
Organizing for America, Longmont Office
1811 Hover St., Longmont
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Organizing for America, Louisville Office
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As I've said before, the internet does not convey sarcasm very well at all.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Are you just being sarcastic ??
Thing is....the media and fans who look down on the "running quarterback" or athletic quarterback (which Luck himself is as well) don't bring up names like Ryan Leaf as examples of guys who didn't work out or were figured out by the NFL. They bring up the usual suspects: Vick, McNabb, Newton (who is only in his second season for God's sake), etc. They will even bring up that recent QB bust from LSU (forgot his name) more than they will Leaf. Let's be real about that. And they love to put RGIII in that same group, instead of putting him in a group (as a model) of Elway, Steve Young and other successful quarterbacks who were athletic as heck and could kill teams on the ground. Why do you think that is, hmmmm? Anyone who suggests that no one who makes that comparison is doing so on a racial basis/ racial comparison is living in a fantasy world. Sure not all the folks who make that comparison are doing so because of the race factor but certainly there are many out there who do. That's reality. Just as much as it is reality that white American players who get drafted into the NBA are either compared to Bird or dismissed as being not athletic enough all because of the color of their skin. Period.
I think the Skins still rush RGIII too much but I understand that they want to take advatage of his speed. Nonetheless what truly makes him a threat is his ability to pass, his arm strength, his quick decisions in the pocket, his accuracy and yes his intelligence. He isn't some mental midget like Vince Young and seems to have his head on straight unlike the very talented Cam Newton. For a veteran quarterback his numbers and rankins at this point would be extremly impressive. The fact that he is doing this as a rookie without his number one receiver while playing in a much tougher conference than he AFC is nothing short of mind-boggling. Maybe Luck will end up being the better player (no shame in that for RG III considering Luck was drafted #1), but at this time to suggest that III is some flash-in-the-pan who will be figured out by next season is premature. The way I see it a few years from now when III has a better offensive line and better recievers around him, he will rely less on his legs and do even more damage with his arm.
RG3 is looking good today.
Amazing 4th down play for RG3 and great deep pass, the guy is the real deal.
RGIII and Luck are both great, but RGIII seriously put himself behind the eight ball though with that pick. Redskins were driving with momentum and they gave it right back to the Giants.
Rookie mistakes, hell even Eli made two huge mistakes today.
Yes anybody makes rookie mistakes, the important part here is that when it counted RG3 put his team in a position to win the game and for some reason the Redskins defense gave up that stupid touchdown with 1:40 seconds left.
Luck to me was good today but RG3 was more impressive because he was playing against a better team, I think you need to take that into consideration.
And Luck has already lead two game winning drives (should be 3 against Jax). So I am taking all of that into consideration as well.
I just wonder how any actual Colts fan can rationalize rooting against the Colts so that they can try to get a "told you so" in on a message board.
I was talking about today but yeah.
I've been impressed by both, but thus far I give RG3 the slight edge
Oh, not even close to RGIII or Wilson or Tannehill or, apparently Weeded who seriously outplayed him today. I was talking about wins for the team. Luck is even less than I expected him to be but when you are talking about the most overhyped player in NFL history, that shouldn't be any surprise....
Just saw RGIII's press conference where he says sexy Rexy was giving him advice after the game...might want to be weary of that Rob.
First, Weeden is 6 years old than Luck, he *should* be better lol.... Let's see how good Luck is when he's 29.
Second, he didn't "seriously" outplay Luck, don't even really know how to quantify that. Luck scored 2 touchdowns, so did Weeden. Luck won the game, Weeden lost. Did the rest of the Colts "carry" Luck to that win?
Third, your predictions so far have been total crap; "the Colts would win 0-2 wins all season; the Skins would be a playoff team". The Colts are sitting here with a better record --- after only 6 games, and have already topped your prediction. Even if Indy loses every game the rrest of the season, you can no longer be correct about their record. Your "superhero" RG3 has less wins with a better team so far. Cam Newton, the superstar you so admire, is 1-5 with barely 200 yards a game, 4 TDs and 5 interceptions.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Luck was the number one overall pick, and Weeden was selected at the bottom of the first round, how do you figure Weeden "should" be better? Age has nothing to do with it, when they entered the league at the exact same time and Luck was selected before Weeden. Doesn't really make sense there.
Weeden would have won had Gordon not dropped that TD pass in the fourth. BUT he dropped it, and you should never say "if" so that's neither here or there. BUT the colts struggled to beat the Browns, and the Skins barely lost against the defending super bowl champs.
Luck has had great high's (the GB game) and bad low's (NYJ) but has mostly been somewhere in the middle when you add it all together. He has a bad tendency to turn the ball over, and he often throws a few floater's where he completely overthrows a receiver coming across the middle. But he also has a tendency to piece together long drives and figures out a way to run it into the endzone.
But man I'm telling you, for a guy that's only throwing to one side of the field and is probably only playing with half of the playbook, RGIII continues to impress and almost dominate in every game. And not just SC highlight type of plays. I'm talking about accuracy (crazy high completion percentage) decision making (only 3 INT) and he's so good he has players from other teams gushing about him. READ
Statistics aside (where RGII is absolutely killing Luck) I don't see how anyone can honestly say that Luck has played better, looked better, or out preformed RGIII in any way. He's barely looked better than guys like Tannehill and Weeden (who looked a lot better than expected)
Yes the colts have a better record, but the skins have played a tougher of a schedule. But it's deeper than that. Yes a win is a win, so I guess it depends on what you would prefer. Do you want to struggle to beat the likes of the Browns, only to have to come back to earth when you play a team with real talent? Or do you want to have hope for the future and be able to compete with the likes of the Giants? Some would prefer the W, others would prefer to be able to compete with the best.
I agree, RG3 to me(at least at this point) is more accurate and better than Luck, with Luck sometimes I have to make sure that I'm watching the right game because I get confuse and start thinking that I'm watching Tim Tebow throwing it up there.
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You really don't think a 29 year old first round prospect has any advantage over a 23 year old?? Do you think you're skillset is static at the age you're at now? You won't have improved your skillset at your profession at all in 6 years, between the ages of 23 and 29? He's had 6 more years to learn, develop his game. Luck was drafted for his potential, which has yet to be realized. Weeden wasn't drafted for potential, he was drafted for what he is, a fully mature quarterback. I think it's completely feasible to say that RIGHT NOW Brandon Weeden is not at all too far from the category of Luck, RG3, Tannehill, Wilson. The difference is long-term... Weeden's growth curve is much smaller than Luck and those guys. Right now, Weeden is gonna keep it close with every other rookie otu there. Come back to me in a few years and ask the same question.
So? That was this week. Two weeks ago, that "struggling Colts" team posted an amazing comeback over one of the best teams in the NFL. Luck has outperformed Weeden by a pretty large margin over the course of the entire season, in a number of ways. And let's not dismiss Weeden here, he's a good QB for what he is, a 29 year old rookie. Chris Weinke came in and had a few good years too, immediately. Weeden's OK St. just beat the Luck-led Cardinal in the Fiesta Bowl just half a year ago. It's not like Weeden can't hold his own against Luck --- this season.
Sooo.... he's a rookie. If you don't like Luck's inconsistency and turnover ratio, you absolutely would have been calling for Peyton Manning's removal in 1998. You have to have patience.
There's pretty good reason for his statistical numbers, which we've discussed in fairly long length here on these forums. If you're going to base your opinion of RG3 on passer rating and completion percentage, then congratz --- you've just bought into MIke Shanahan's simplied offensive system. Makes rookies look good. RG3 is a very good prospect, he's the 2nd best prospect in this draft. He also has a west coast and option- like style of offense to play in, which does exactly what you're seeing. He also has the #1 rusher in the league to hand the ball off to. He's also not faced very good passing defenses. He's also already missed time due to injury, and despite having an easier system and better supporting cast, he has more losses. We've gone over all of this. There's a lotta hype around that guy, it's gonna come down eventually.
See, this is a big fat myth. The only stats he's beating Luck in are rating, interceptions, and completion rate. Again, all point to the system he plays in. All the reasons I just stated above. He's not beating Luck in passing yards per game, he's not running a no-huddle, he's only using half the field, he's not making as many reads. He has the same # of passing touchdowns in 1 more game than Luck. RG3 has more rushing touchdowns --- while getting his *** handed to him repeatedly on those designed run plays.
The Colts are 3-3 and just like RG3, lost a game in the final seconds to a long bomb. So could be 4-2. Do you remember what the Colts did this off-season? They overhauled the entire organization. Look at what Luck has around him. Reggie Wayne. That's it. Where is Indy's rookie head coach? Fighting leukemia in a hospital. He has way more working against him, less to work with, and he's damn near 4-2, and even Luck will admit he's not played perfectly, which just goes to show how much of an impact this guy has even when he's not playing to his full potential. Who else are you going to point to for 3, almost 4 wins in 6 games?? Reggie Wayne? He's good, but he's not winning games by himself. It's Luck. He's made this team legit way quicker than we have any right to be. And his full potential is 2-3-4 years down the road --- at least. I think that's all that needs to be said.
There is absolutely no way I'd trade him for anyone, including RG3.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
That or they're actually competing with each other about who can get the biggest rise out of people.
Don't worry, you will never get that opportunity. Washington wouldn't make that trade with any other five players or picks the Colts want to throw in. They have a superstar on their hands. The Colts have at best a project......


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The Pala Indian reservation sits 40 miles northeast of San Diego, on 12,333 acres in the middle of the San Luis Rey River Valley. If you approach from along Highway 76, a winding, two-lane road that takes you through Palomar Mountain's foothills, the first landmark you see is the Pala Casino. It's a Las Vegas–style casino and hotel, and it looks garish among the modest tribal-member-owned ranch-style homes and rundown businesses. The casino boasts over 2000 slot and video machines, 87 table games, a 9-table poker room, and a 507-room hotel. It opened its doors on April 13, 2001.
If, instead of entering the casino's parking garage, you make a left onto Pala Mission Road, you wind up in the heart of the reservation. Remnants of the tribe's past are evident along this main drag. A scruffy mutt with matted white fur roams the graveled lot in front of a run-down fruit-and-vegetable stand. Next door is a small, paint-chipped Mexican restaurant and hamburger joint. Double-wide trailers house a beauty salon and a tattoo parlor. A few blocks farther and you come to the Mission San Antonio de Pala. A white picket fence surrounds a cemetery overrun with wildflowers. Wooden headstones tilt over the graves, etched with old tribal family names. The mission opened June 13, 1816, and it is the last California mission still in operation. Across the street sits the Pala General Store, established in 1867. Tribal elders sit on a weathered bench out in front and watch the comings and goings.
Another half-mile down Mission Road, the gaming wealth becomes evident. A sports complex and the tribe's brand-new administration building, professionally landscaped, sit side by side.
The casino opened after California voters passed Proposition 1A, in March 2000, approving Indian gaming on reservation lands. Since Indian tribes are sovereign, the Pala Band of Mission Indians does not publicly disclose their profits, but the Pala Casino is clearly profitable. Each of its 800 or so members over the age of 18 receives an estimated $13,000 (before taxes, insurance, utilities, and other benefits) in casino earnings per month.
In the late '90s, when the idea of a casino was first considered, members viewed it as a source of security for their financially struggling tribe. Back then, the reservation had few opportunities for employment, and many members moved off the reservation to make better lives for themselves. But a small minority wanted nothing to do with the casino, viewing it as an invitation to trouble. They wanted to keep things as they were and not let outsiders in.
"The casino was supposed to be a good thing for our people," Paul Johnson, a former member of the Pala Band of Mission Indians, explains. "Unfortunately, a small group of people have turned it from something that was supposed to uplift our tribe and used it for their own personal gain."
On June 1, 2011, eight tribal members were disenrolled by the band's executive committee, a six-person elected governing body that rules the tribe. A year later, 154 more members were taken off the roll, losing their per capita, health benefits, and housing. In early 2013, two more were cut; these last members are children.
The cited cause of tribal disenrollment is a blood-purity dispute. All 164 disenrolled members are relatives of the late Margarita Brittain, a woman whose lineage has long been questioned by tribal members. The Pala Band of Mission Indians' tribal constitution states that in order to be a member, 1/16 Pala blood is necessary.
The disenrolled give various reasons for their removal; none have anything to do with blood quantum. Among the alleged motivations are greed, power struggles, and old family feuds. But there is one notion all 164 agree on: if the casino had never opened, they would still belong to their tribe.
At the center of the scandal are two men: Robert Smith, current tribal chairman; and King Freeman, the previous chairman.
It's a Wednesday afternoon when I pull my truck into the parking lot of the Pala store. The structure has a Wild West feel. A rusted vintage sign features a Coca-Cola label and advertises "Levi's, Genuine Indian Jewelry, and Curios." A larger sign reads "Pala Store established in 1897."
The shop is bustling. Outside, two old men — one with long white hair, the other wearing clunky prescription glasses — sit on a bench. Inside, women chit-chat in the aisles. A group of elders shares a table near the store's café.
King Freeman stands behind the counter. He greets me with a nod. The Pala store has been in Freeman's family for three generations — his grandfather was the original owner. Freeman leads me through the store and toward the back room, stopping to scold two young women who stand in front of the coolers. "Stop your gossiping," he says with a wink, and the women smile.
Freeman carries himself with importance. When he speaks, his voice is so soft I am forced to lean in to hear him. This soft tone gives his words additional weight.
Margarita Brittain was King Freeman's great-grandmother and a respected tribal elder. Brittain arrived on the Pala reservation in 1903 when she was six or seven years old; her people, the Cupeños, had been forced from their village at Warner Springs and were relocated to the Pala reservation to live with the Luiseño tribe. In 1913, the two tribes merged to make the Pala Band of Mission Indians. In order for individual Cupeños to become members and receive parcels of land, 1/8 Cupeño Indian blood was required. In the 1960s, that was changed to a requirement of 1/16 Luiseño or Cupeño blood.
On the official 1913 Pala enrollment documents, Margarita Brittain is listed as a full-blood Cupeño Indian. In the 1970s, however, it was discovered that someone had gone into the document, circled Brittain's blood degree, and in ink changed her blood quantum to ½ and her children's to 1/4. Her descendants speculate that the change was made out of spite, because Margarita Brittain had married a white man and taken his name.
$40,000 a month? $40,000 a MONTH? That's $480,000 a year. That's almost a half a million dollars a year. Holy Moley, Kimosabe. Where do I get a blood transfusion so I can join the tribe???
sorry we do not make that much money a year or month i wish, we still have jobs!!!!get ur information right please.
Inter-tribal racism? Perhaps it's time to take away that exclusive deal to run casinos. Shut them down, or let everyone have th right to open one.
So much for the gambling money bringing Indians their dignity back. Disgraceful.
Following are some quotes from a story published in 2006 by David E. Wilkins, author and Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota.
" But the available evidence and the oral traditions of tribes suggests that given the kinship structure of most tribal nations that were always focused on mediation, restitution and compensation, permanent expulsion of tribal relatives was rarely practiced."
" Within the last 20 years, however, coinciding with both the emergence of high-stakes gaming operations and increased criminal activity, a number of tribal governments throughout North America have, in helter-skelter fashion and at unprecedented levels, been dramatically redefining the boundaries and meaning of what it means to be a Native citizen. Many have initiated formal banishment and legal disenrollment proceedings against ever-increasing numbers of their own relatives. In a majority of disenrollment cases, however, some tribal officials are, without any concern for human rights, tribal traditions or due process, arbitrarily and capriciously disenrolling tribal members as a means to solidify their own economic and political bases and to winnow out opposition families who disapprove of the direction the tribal leadership is headed."
"What was historically a rare event - the forced and permanent expulsion of a relative who had committed a terrible offense - has tragically become almost commonplace in Indian country, leaving thousands of bona fide Native individuals without the benefits and protections of the nations they are biologically, culturally, and spiritually related to."
"While I fully support the inherent right of tribal nations to decide their own citizenry, I do not support, nor does history or tribal tradition affirm, the oftentimes arbitrary power of some tribal institutions to categorically disenfranchise and disenroll tribal individuals, entire families and, in some case, large groupings of tribal members on specious and questionable grounds."
Robert Smith is incorrect. Congress does have the authority to make laws that apply to Indian Tribes. Federal crimes on Indian reservations are prosecuted and there is the Indian Civil Rights Act. Tribes have the right to determine the criteria for membership but nothing, except spineless politicians and irresponsible courts, allows them to apply that criteria in any way except equally, to all members or potential members.
Kind of funny how a group of people, especially one that's supposed to be these proud, noble, wise stewards of the land, so quickly degenerate into a pack of savages quibbling over ancient nitpicks, all to help themselves to even more money. The more people who get "disenrolled", the bigger my check gets... but don't you dare disenroll me!
So much for "pride". It's all about greed. Sad to see what were once fancy new houses surrounded by weeds, trash, broken-down 4X4s and dirt bikes next to brand-new ones, while listless groups of "natives" lounge around drinking and using drugs.. Just goes to show... poverty is not lack of money, lack of money is a symptom of poverty, and supplying money does not cure poverty.


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I loved this post about The Secret to Looking Young. Click that link immediately and read the secret. Especially if you're a woman, I guarantee this will make you smile.
Fun Thing #3: The Perfect Reply to Unwanted PR Pitches
As blogging becomes more widely recognized as a way to build "buzz" around products, the volume of PR pitches to successful bloggers has increased steadily. Every blogger I know is bugged by unwanted pitches on a daily basis, but now The Bloggess has the perfect reply to unwanted PR pitches. (This post has a swear word alert, but if you're a blogger I guarantee it will make you laugh. Also it looks like some of the companies who sent the worst pitches have now apologized and promised to do better, which is also a fun thing.)
Fun Thing #4: BlogHer's Most-Loved Posts of 2009
Many of you know that I also write about food at a site called BlogHer.com. This week BlogHer editor Rita Arens rounded up The BlogHer Community's Most Loved Posts of 2009, and I was thrilled that two of my food posts made the cut. There is a lot of very good writing here, so pull up a chair and see what the BlogHer contributing editors had on their minds this past year.
Fun Thing #5: Skills Everyone Should Master
Might Girl started working in 2008 on this gender-neutral list of 100 Skills Everyone Should Master, and it's a good one. There are some good links for guidance too, in case you haven't mastered a few of the skills yet.
So those are my fun things for this Friday. And because every week should have room for a little more fun, I'd love to hear in the comments about any fun things you cam across during the week. If you need just a little more Friday Fun, you can use the label for Five Fun Things on Friday to see fun things I've shared on other Fridays!


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Since then, every now and then I have tried to see how the guys on every YouTube DG round (DG monthly, Icgm and so on) grip their disc.
The trouble is not about the underside and what finger to put where. The "problem" or let's say what confuses me is the way Nate (and some others I found) hold the disc with their thumb. The only press down with the head of the thumb and don't even touch the disc with the thumb pad. When I hold the disc, my thumb pad is a big part of the grip (just as I learned it from that awesome site discgolfreview.com, if anybody knows it ). I don't know, is it just a power grip that minimizes drag on the disc during release and lets it go 15' further or does it make sense for other shots too?


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The University of Colorado Boulder will hold its winter commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20, in the Coors Events Center on campus.
The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
Due to traffic delays, and ongoing construction on U.S. 36 leading into Boulder, early arrival is strongly advised.
The ceremony will honor candidates for 1,899 degrees, including 1,399 bachelor's degrees, 310 master's degrees, nine law degrees and 181 doctoral degrees.
Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth of CU-Boulder's chemical and biological engineering department will give the commencement address.
Anseth, the winner of this year's Hazel Barnes Prize – the highest recognition for teaching and research awarded by the university – is known internationally for her innovative biomaterials and regenerative medicine research. She leads a team of faculty and students who are developing biodegradable "scaffolds" to stimulate the growth of new human tissues to replace those lost by injury or disease.
Also during the ceremony, Dr. David C. Fajgenbaum will receive the Distinguished Service Award for his exceptional contributions to the nation. Fajgenbaum's research and advocacy efforts have brought national attention to the issue of college students dealing with grief. He also is a tireless advocate for brain cancer research, rare disease research and college students' bereavement.
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In most cases, the benefits of antiviral flu (influenza) medication during pregnancy outweigh the risks.
During pregnancy, the flu poses a serious threat to your health and your baby's health. Pregnancy increases your risk of developing serious complications of the flu, such as pneumonia. In turn, flu complications increase the risk of premature birth and other pregnancy problems.
Although it's important to be cautious with any medication during pregnancy, research supports the safety of prescription antiviral medication — such as oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or zanamivir (Relenza) — to treat flu during pregnancy.
If you're pregnant and have signs or symptoms of the flu, contact your health care provider right away. He or she will help you decide if an antiviral medication is right for you. If your health care provider prescribes an antiviral medication, remember that the medication is most effective when taken within 48 hours of the first signs or symptoms — although benefits are still possible if the medication is taken later.
If you have a fever, your health care provider might recommend taking acetaminophen (Tylenol, others) as well. Some studies have shown an increased risk of neural tube defects — serious abnormalities of the brain or spinal cord — in the babies of women who experience high fevers during the first four to six weeks of pregnancy.
Remember, a flu shot is the best way to protect yourself and your baby from the dangers of the flu during pregnancy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a flu shot for anyone who's pregnant during flu season unless you've had a severe reaction to a previous flu vaccination.
When you get your flu shot, be sure to request the flu shot and not the nasal spray vaccine. The flu shot is made from an inactivated virus, so it's safe for both mother and baby during any stage of pregnancy. The nasal spray vaccine is made from a live virus, which makes it less appropriate during pregnancy or while you're trying to conceive.
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Millions of fans thought they'd love him on their fantasy teams. Then he pulled a hamstring, blew a gasket, got on Twitter and told them they needed a dose of reality.
"4 those sincerely concerned, I'm doing ok & plan 2 B back by opening day. 4 those worried abt your fantasy team, uppl are sick."
That has caused more heads to explode than Dick Cheney's new book, where he rips Colin Powell for drafting Tim Couch in the 2002 White House fantasy draft.
I'm actually not sure that's in the book, but I wouldn't be surprised. Fantasy leagues have infiltrated the highest and lowest levels of every workplace in America.
About 25 million people supposedly play fantasy football, so we're way past the point of saying they're all geeks who need to move out of mom's basement and get real lives.
It's just the 24.9 million who do give all the rest a bad name.
OK, slight exaggeration. But I understand where Foster is coming from.
When his left hammy went "twang" against the 49ers, he went to the sideline and threw his helmet. Foster's main concern was how the injury would affect him and the Texans.
But he's also No. 1 on fantasy boards, and millions of drafts are taking place as we speak. All those players were naturally thinking, texting and tweeting, "How will this affect my team?"
Foster is tired of feeling like a piece of fantasy meat. The carnivores think he's biting the hand that feeds him.
There's no doubt the fantasy revolution has been great for leagues. More interest means more money, and that means guys like Foster can buy another Caribbean island.
Foster gets that. He clarified his Twitter tantrum after Monday's practice.
"What I was saying was that people that value the digital game over a human being's health is just kind of weird to me. That's all I meant to say."
It's weird because players operate in the fantasy netherworld. Their job security and happiness is dictated by how real teams do in real games in the real world.
It doesn't easily compute when their team wins and fans rip them for only throwing two touchdowns or not running up the score.
The inevitable downside of the fantasy boom is how it has skewed what really matters. Millions of fans don't root for the Giants or Cubs or Lakers. They live and die by how their little collection of players performed. I know. I'm a recovering Fantasy-holic.
I was into it in the 1980s. With no Internet, you really had to be a geek to be a good owner.
I'd stay up to till 1:49 a.m. watching West Coast games, torn between hoping Jay Howell would get a save for me or Andre Dawson would hit a home run off him. I devoted countless hours trying to swing a trade for Howard Johnson and praying he'd get enough games to qualify as a shortstop.
I loved and hated NFL fantasy. It was easier to follow, but one freak tackle could destroy a franchise.
I decided there must be more constructive things to do than fixate on Freeman McNeil's ACL. But that's just me.
Fantasy sports keeps you plugged in with friends, sharpens your sports IQ and sometimes pays off in real money. So I say Draft Away! Just try to keep a little perspective.
After you fail at that, try to be conscientious of your fellow man. Don't assume everybody cares as much about your team as you do, and they're just dying to hear about it.
It's like recounting a golf round, where a 22-handicapper tells you every club he used to shoot that 47 on the back nine.
Fine, I get that you need 27 points from Tom Brady on Monday night to win. But if you keep telling me about it, I'm going to stick a fork in my eardrums.
That emotion boiled out of Foster the other night. Please don't hate him for it, fantasy fans.
"People say I don't care about fantasy football. I think it's good for the game," he said. "I'm on my mother's fantasy football team, so I've got to do good."
As for whether to draft him and his bad hammy, relax.
Foster reports that his leg is recovering quickly and he'll be raring to go for the Sept. 11 opener against Indianapolis.
"That's the plan," he said.
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|YDS: 5.10a/b French: 6a+ Ewbanks: 19 UIAA: VI+ ZA: 19 British: E2 5b [details]
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By Darin Lang
Aug 30, 2001
|I agree completely with Steve's assessment - a superb climb even for gumbies such as myself who can only scratch their way up P1. It's a little more awkward than it appears from the ground, but the jams and the protection are excellent. Take a few #3 and #4 Friends, along with an orange TCU, stand in the queue, and then give it a go.
By Darrin Stein
From: Vancouver, WA
Dec 19, 2001
|A sweeet climb here. Great beta from Steve....thanks. You can read all about it, but nothing compares to just climbing it. Pumpy climb that when finished, will keep you smiling for some time after.
By Edward Corder II
Jul 30, 2003
|The second pitch of this climb is also very good. I believe there was a chockstone anchor right after the crux. This pitch is only concidered about 25feet. 11a.
By M. Morley
From: Sacramento, CA
Aug 12, 2003
Excellent!!! Rack TCUs (yellow Metolius or equivalent) to #3 Camalot. The crack generally widens as one ascends, so placing gear is pretty straightforward. I would suggest racking on your left side and save a 0.75 Camalot for the top!
One of the best handcracks Vedauwoo has to offer.
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Apr 16, 2004
|A yellow Alien at the start WILL NOT HOLD. I've seen one blow out numerous times when an associate chickened out (not difficult if you're not proficient at the grade). Medium-sized nuts will hold instead. Farther up, this thing eats #2 Camalots like popcorn.
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Apr 16, 2004
|Also (nurrrr....) the second pitch goes at 10+ and eats gold Camalots like popcorn but needs a #3.5 Camalot to protect a brief (but easy) wide spot above the roof. Look for little feet and trust your smears and deep hand jams going out the roof on this thing. The third pitch goes at 11-ish. Wild exposure, no feet, campusing between jams for the crux of that. Apparently there is an edge to grab, but Bob says if you have any skill as a crack climber, don't use it.
By MaryH.
From: Carbondale, CO
May 28, 2004
|I agree with one of the previous comments-- if you are a small person, the bottom 20 feet aren't as challenging. I can place a bomber purple cam and go... But the top part where it opens into #3 cams and a bit wider- that section is tough for me.
By Wade Griffith
Jan 16, 2006
|I think a yellow Alien is totally bomber gear at the initial moves, all about the competence of the climber placing it. The first pitch doesn't have a move harder than 5.9, but it is sustained. Harder for people with small hands up high. The last pitch does not involve campusing as said earlier. Really bomber hands out overhang lead to a good shelf hold above the lip- I bet if Bob was up there he'd use it.
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Apr 10, 2006
|No, Scarpelli was being quick with the beta and he said "If you've got any skill as a crack climber, you won't grab that edge".
By JNE
Apr 21, 2006
"No, Scarpelli was being quick with the beta and he said 'If you've got any skill as a crack climber, you won't grab that edge'."
Lol. Bob has a very good point, which is to learn to climb the crack, not the face around the crack. Same goes for your feet. Learn to jam them in the crack, especially on flared cracks. Rand smears = (secure + good body position most of the time). Edges on the outside of the crack can certainly be useful, but pure reliance on them is foolish. Know how to do both and when to use what.
By richard magill
Apr 23, 2006
|Absolutely great route! Strenuous and continuous jamming, never too hard, but never too easy either. One of the best 5.10 cracks I've ever done.
By Rob Kepley
From: Westminster,CO
Jun 15, 2006
Trust me, about everyone uses the good edge at the lip of the top roof. Man I know I did. It's quite desperate up there.
I once linked up all three pitches together as one pitch. I called it the "Ultimate Linkup". Stanton "pumphouse" Peterson belayed.
By abc
May 20, 2007
|Climbing the first roof is 11a, but not harder.
By Jared O'Brien
From: Golden, Co
May 26, 2007
|Led the first pitch, classic! I ripped out my second piece, 0.3 blue Camalot, at the same spot my friend did 4 years earlier...same size cam, too! I got rope burn and a little road rash and almost touched the ground. Had to ball up for the send, and then had to run it out 'cause I only brought one #2 Camalot. Great pitch!
By Mike D
From: Fort Collins, CO
Nov 11, 2007
rating: 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
How about removing the 10a/b rating for this climb- IT'S WRONG! Only one pitch of this three pitch climb is even close to this (one move of 10a at most). Rating the climb for only its first pitch is ridiculous even if most people don't go on to climb the rest of it.
Anyone agree?
By Malcolm Daly
From: Boulder, CO
Nov 26, 2007
I'm with Mike D on this one. The route is rated 5.11+. The first pitch clears the first roof and is rated 5.11a. The second pitch is the business and can be 5.11d or harder depending on your campusing ability between flared hands. There is no third pitch.
Whoever put the chains in below the first roof ought to be castrated: they have completely changed the nature of the route and should be removed. It used to be one of the great Veedauwoo test-pieces. Now it's just another overcrowded tick for people who people who climb on other people's top ropes.
I am so glad that the FHRC in Eldorado has taken a stance against these convenience anchors. Their farsighted understanding of how profoundly these cheese-ball anchors will change the nature of a route and an area has kept Eldo as one of the premier trad areas in the country.
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Nov 27, 2007
|... or if nothing else, they should replace the chains with at least something I'd consider chaining my dog up with. Yeesh. As far as the "P2", the rope drag's gonna be a bitch no matter how you do it, since those bolts don't really provide you with anything, positionwise.
By Dan Brockway
From: Boulder
Jul 31, 2008
Malcolm, Those chains have been there for well over 20 years and allow a lot of people to be able to do a great 5.10a. A lot of people do not lead 5.11 trad. Why should 5.10 climbers be deprived of a one of the best 5.10 pitches in the area, especially since it has been there so long. I don't view it as a convenience anchor. Leading pitch one and two together would be interesting. With the weight of the rope there would be significant rope drag. I lead the second pitch in 1986 with a belay at the chains and I don't recall there being much drag. Did you lead P1 and P2 as a single pitch? Do you remember much rope drag?
As far as replacing the chains I can't remember or comment on the quality of the belay since I have not been there in a few years, but if it is inadequate, I would support replacement (preferably by the locals if they deem necessary since the last thing I want to do is tell the locals up there what to do.)
By abc
Jul 31, 2008
|P1 and P2 can be combined without rope drag being a concern.
By Bob Rotert
Jun 29, 2009
rating: 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
I agree with the rating change for this route and I'm with Malcom. Just because the anchors have been there for a long time doesn't mean they should have been placed there to begin with. Did anyone contact the folks that did the FA to see if they were ok with installing a bolted anchor in the middle of this pitch? This climb was originally put up as a 2 pitch climb because that is how it should've done to be considered a free climb.If you were to use the chain anchor or belay here, since it is not a stance , you're not really freeing this. Technically it's adding Aid/A0 to this first pitch.
It's sad to see this kind of stuff happen to a classic test piece. There are plenty of other good 10s in the area for folks to do. Adding an anchor in the middle of a 5.11 pitch so folks can do only the 10- section of the pitch or belay to break up the crux is free climbing blasphemy along with a very bad precedent to set. I guess there are a lot of folks that don't and won't understand that "old school" perspective. Having climbed in Vedauwoo for over 20 yrs & knowing the mentality from the past, I believe the previous generations of locals would not be in favor of this DAWG anchor!!
Unfortunately the rock and the route have been permanently altered, it's there now, I am sure many will use it and find it convient enough to try to justify it being there.
By mikejohnson1 Johnson
From: Essex Junction, VT
Apr 6, 2010
|I watched the great Scarpelli and his lady friend use the anchors below the roof, which may add to their legitimacy. The way that it is broken up now seems to be the best way, and its rating is arrived at because that is the way most people climb it. Please, dismount from your white horse of righteousness.
By Ken Duncan
From: Ft Collins, CO
May 25, 2010
rating: 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
|Amen, Malcolm and Bob. Adding anchors in the middle of a classic long standing pitch does not fit in Vedauwoo. Doing the first "two" pitches as one with properly placed gear is not a problem as far as rope drag goes.
By Martin Harris
Nov 3, 2010
|The first pitch was one of my hardest leads to date, and I am stoked that it's set up the way it is. I understand the purists wanting it to stay clean, but there are a ton of routes with walkoffs and probably first ascents if you don't like the crowds or it being broken up the way it is.
By Bill Olszewski
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Mar 26, 2012
|I certainly benefited from the convenience anchor; it was great to be able to play on this line. But I have to agree with the purists - if this route was FA'd as an .11 climbing through the roof, that's how it should be, IMO. There are plenty of nice .10s to be had without splitting up this pitch. I can think of several classics I've been on, all over CO and CA, that have high cruxes. I would hate to see them split by a lower anchor so that those that don't climb at the grade can do the lower portion. If this sort of thing is okay, then it naturally applies to all grades. Do we want 5.12s with intermediate anchors for climbing at 5.11? Do we want 5.7s with intermediate anchors for climbing at 5.6? And I have to think that were it not for the intermediate anchors on Friday the 13th, the rock on this line would be nowhere near as polished....
By JNE
Apr 6, 2012
|Just to voice a local opinion, I actually think the anchor is fine. I also think it is fine to add anchors in situations like this where the circumstances fit. I could well imagine a large part of the draw on this particular route is the fact that that pitch is nice and sheltered even in a heavy downpour, and due to its orientation and protected location, it is a great cold weather climb. Does anyone know how the FAist feels about this anchor?
By richard magill
Apr 6, 2012
+1 for leaving the anchor alone.
"Chopping" would be destructive and silly, the vast majority of climbers that get on this route only do the 10a pitch to the existing anchors.
By Petsfed
From: Laramie, WY
Apr 6, 2012
|I agree that chopping the bolts would be needlessly destructive, especially since they've been in place for decades (they were certainly there when I first visited the climb in 2002).
By Leo Paik
From: Westminster, Colorado
Apr 6, 2012
|Dusty, rattly memories: maybe they've been there since the mid-1990s. I too agree with leaving the anchors as is. When we first did the first pitch (through the 11- section), we used that intermediate anchor.
By Michael Byczynski
From: Denver, CO
May 6, 2012
rating: 5.10a/b 6a+ 19 VI+ 19 E2 5b
|Great route, extremely hard to lead if you're not comfortable with 5.10 Vedauwoo ratings. P.S.: Keep the bolts. Please.
By Princess Mia
From: Vail
Jun 4, 2012
It is kind of funny to look at the "com census" rating and so many folk saying it is 10a...well 99% of all only do the first pitch and yes it is 10a. But really... it is a three-pitch climb rated at 11+.
So, if you are not going to do all three pitches then you probably should not give the climb a grade.
Just saying....
By Rodger Raubach
Oct 10, 2012
I'm generally against chopping anchors. In this case, it seems that primarily Colorado climbers want to have the anchor removed. This is a Vedauwoo route, not Eldo. I'm certain if it were chopped (defacing the rock!) that it would be replaced by the Laramie/Fort Collins locals almost immediately. Don't like it? Climb somewhere/something else that doesn't offend your sensibilities.
P.S. I've been climbing in Vedauwoo a LONG time (since 1968).
By Geoff E. Mercer
From: Worcester, MA
Dec 16, 2014
rating: 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
|Is everyone basing their opinion of this climb on the 1st pitch?
By Brandon Emery
From: Laramie WY
Jul 12, 2015
|Although I don't think chopping the anchors is necessary, I would agree that it is crappy someone placed them there in the first place. The argument that they should be left so that 5.10 leaders can climb the route is a dumb argument. I myself have not climbed this route, because I am not capable of leading the whole route yet. The object of climbing should be to bring yourself to the difficulty of the route, not change the climb to meet your skill level. If you can't climb the route, then better yourself until you feel confident enough to climb it. Maybe after a year of training and climbing as I attend UW next year, I will be able to climb this whole route in its original form the way it was meant to be climbed. Then again I am also from the Needles SD, so I have a very traditional point of view on matters such as this. You don't mess with someone else's route, leave it the same way the FA team did.
By Noah McKelvin
From: Colorado Springs
Sep 20, 2015
rating: 5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a
|That third pitch is stout and sharp!
By henry wells
Mar 19, 2017
|Todd Skinner and Paul Piana got the FA in 1979 or 1981. My uncle was there taking pictures!
By John Lombardi
From: Fort Collins, CO
Apr 12, 2017
Do the whole thing. The third pitch was really fun. The second and third pitch are way more enjoyable than the first pitch. You can rap from the top of the formation in 1 rap with a 70m. There's an anchor at the top that looks pretty new. Thanks to whoever put it up.
Spoiler for the third pitch gear:
Gear beta for the third pitch (bd sizes): #2, 0.5, 0.3, optional #1, #2. Once you pull the roof, it's 5.8. It looked flared and overhung from the ground, but it's really chill. You get 1-2 body lengths of completely horizontal climbing though.
By michalm
From: Boulder, CO
Jun 29, 2017
A little history on the Friday the 13th anchors as told by Bob Scarpelli:
Layne Kopischka used to bring high school PE classes from Laramie to Vedauwoo to toprope at the Nautilus. To make it in time, Layne would punch it in the bus from Laramie, run over to the Nautilus, and set up a toprope on the first part of Friday the 13th. He would usually fix some gear below the roof to make toproping and cleaning faster and easier. Eventually Layne installed some bolts below the roof for the same purpose. His students would toprope Friday up to the roof in their sneakers. Some of Wyoming's best climbers cut their teeth toproping from Layne's anchors on Friday. After a quick toprope, they would all pile into the bus and Layne would fly back down I-80 to Laramie. Bob Scarpelli says if anyone chops that anchor, he will kick their ass.
Unrelated but also important.
If you lost a #3 C4 at the Friday the 13th area a few weeks ago, let me know the markings on it, and I can return it to you.


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text: Show Hide image Politics 6 June 2012 Leader: The Owen referendum plan on Europe is the right one Britain's place in Europe needs to be resolved. Sign up for our weekly email * The eurozone that emerges from the crisis will be unrecognisable from its present configuration. Whether or not Greece, Spain and Portugal relinquish their membership of the single currency, the likelihood is that it will survive, accompanied by a fiscal union of euro countries. In the form of the German-scripted "fiscal compact", which would impose stringent limits on Keynesian deficit spending by member states, the process is already under way. As Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, told her party earlier this year, "Step by step, European politics is merging with domestic politics." Eurosceptics, too, acknowledge that "ever-closer union" is Europe's destiny. David Cameron and George Osborne are fond of referring to the "remorseless logic" of monetary union leading to fiscal union. On that, they are correct. The implications for British politics are profound. The UK has long had a semi-detached relationship with the EU by virtue of its non-membership of the single currency and the Schengen Area. The risk now is that British influence will be diluted as the core members use the pan-European institutions to alter the terms of the single market, something Mr Cameron is powerless to prevent. Should this happen, the arguments in favour of withdrawal from the European Union would gather force. In a column in this week's New Statesman, David Owen, the former Labour foreign secretary and leader of the Social Democratic Party, says that a referendum on Britain's relationship with the EU is "inevitable". The Conservatives, mindful of the poll bounce they enjoyed following Mr Cameron's "veto" of the revised Lisbon Treaty last December in Brussels, are expected to commit to one in their 2015 manifesto. Tory strategists are keen to neutralise the increasing electoral threat from the populist UK Independence Party (Ukip), which cost the party as many as 21 seats at the last general election (there were 21 constituencies in which the Ukip vote exceeded the Labour majority). Should a second-term Conservative-led government fail to extract sufficient concessions from Brussels, it is no longer inconceivable that it could stage a Yes/No referendum on EU membership. The Liberal Democrats have previously pledged to hold such a vote "the next time the British government signs up for a fundamental change in the relationship between the UK and the EU". Yet, as Lord Owen writes, there is another option to "federalism or bust" – "restructuring" Europe. If the argument in favour of pragmatic reform is to prevail, it is vital for the Labour Party to make its intentions clear now. The alternative, Lord Owen writes, is that it will trail "behind public opinion close to the 2015 general election and will be forced to make a desperate bid to halt the Conservative Party". Jon Cruddas, who is now leading Labour's policy review, has argued for a referendum on full withdrawal from the EU. "At certain stages, the political classes should invite the people into the discussion that affects their everyday lives," he said. Yet it is probable that such a vote would be lost, with disastrous consequences for Britain's international standing. In spite of its present woes, the EU has been largely a force for good. It has brought peace to a continent once ravaged by war, transformed eastern Europe and the former Mediterranean dictatorships, and vastly expanded trade and prosperity. The onus is, therefore, on Ed Miliband to identify a compromise acceptable to both his party and the British electorate. The greatest danger is that the debate remains polarised between federalists and hard sceptics, with the sceptics emerging triumphant each time. There is a patriotic and hard-headed case to be made for sustained British engagement with Europe. It is time for Labour to make it. Read David Owen's article in New Statesman on Britain and Europe here Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 11 June 2012 issue of the New Statesman, A-Z of Iran More


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Zito makes most of rain-filled day
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Despite Friday's canceled Cactus League matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Barry Zito gave his left arm the work it needed.
After rain delayed the start of the game for 30 minutes, hail and more showers halted play for 26 additional minutes with two outs in the bottom of the first inning. That prompted manager Bruce Bochy to remove Zito from the game, but it didn't end the left-hander's workday. Having thrown approximately 24 pitches against the Dodgers, Zito went to the bullpen and added about 40 more to his count.
That exceeded the limit of 50 to 55 pitches Zito was prescribed to throw against the Dodgers. But, as he explained, "It's a little different with no adrenaline. You have to turn up the pitch count."
The Dodgers roughed up Zito during his lone inning, scoring three runs on four hits. With two outs and Mark Ellis on first base via a walk, Andre Ethier, Juan Uribe and Yasiel Puig singled consecutively, generating two runs. Alex Castellanos added the fourth hit in a row, a ground-rule double that delivered Uribe.
"I was just missing out over the plate a little bit," Zito said. "They were swinging the bat aggressively."
Boof Bonser relieved Zito in the top of the second inning but faced only two hitters before another downpour prompted the game's conclusion.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"A SLEEPING lion" – that's how Duncan Gordon described Cheddon Fitzpaine Primary School when he walked through the doors as its newly-appointed head in September 2013.
"I wouldn't use the word daunting", says Duncan, when I ask him of the challenge he faced stepping into the headship of a converted Bath and Wells Academy after a damning OFSTED report last January.
"I could see potential here. You could sense it was dormant for a little while, but the children are super. They want to learn, their behaviour is impeccable."
There are already clear signs of change at the freshly-christened Academy, helped in no small part by the support of the parents of the 142 pupils, the Diocese, and the ever-strengthening links with fellow academies and other feeder schools – particularly the senior Taunton Academy, just down the road – to "mutual benefit", Duncan says.
Transparency and communication between teachers and parents has been given a big boost, thanks to weekly newsletters, and an online presence through a new-look website, news feed, and Twitter profile.
Duncan says: "Parents are now getting more hard data coming their way, with more academic progress reports, but also information on things like effort and punctuality, along with other factors that affect attainment, so they get a whole picture of their child's performance."
A Christian ethos is, of course, key to the Bath and Wells Academy, with children awarded certificates for their eagerness to uphold the 'Golden Values' of enthusiasm, kindness to others, forgiveness, honesty, and courage.
"The children are now even noticing their peers, and saying they deserve a certificate as well," Duncan adds.
In stark contrast to the style of the former governing body, Duncan has initiated monthly meetings with the new governor structure, amid a drive to improve engagement with the community beyond the school gates.
The staff have had an injection of confidence, too, when it comes to putting their mark on projects, from two learning support assistants clubbing together to set up a now-popular food tech cooking class, while the 'environmental area' is showing green shoots for becoming a Forest School, where learning can be taken from the classroom into the open air.
As for future projects and schemes? An innovative 'Carbon Fast' is on the approach for Lent, where the school will spend a day with the computers firmly switched off.
The new tree-inspired school house system is looking forward to an energetic dodgeball championship.
As for the rest… it's all about helping the lion find its roar.


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Richard Hammond's icons: Chevrolet Corvette
There will be some for whom the appearance of the 1958 Corvette's vast, red bulk is enough to signal that it's time to leave. That's fine, it's not for everyone. But General Motors' first two-seat sports car has something about it, even if only scale; something has to account for the sheer presence of this thing.
Strangely, for something so unashamedly, even willfully enormous, it's a very feminine car. The curves, the shapes, all of that stuff, tap into some set of inbuilt receptors that have the brain thinking of the sort of voluptuous but feline and mischievous beauty that darted across cinema screens in the '50s. It certainly does nothing to suggest that this is a taut, aggressive racer. And it isn't. It really isn't. In order to make its first two-seater, General Motors (GM) didn't think much further, it seems, than removing two seats from a four-seater. It certainly didn't feel compelled to lighten, stiffen or simplify a car to turn it into a roadster.
Vital Stats
1958 Chevrolet Corvette
- Produced: 1958
- Engine: 4638cc V8 engine, four-speed transmission
- Power: 283bhp, 289lb-ft torque
- 0-62mph: 6.8 seconds
- Top speed: 122mph
- Weight: 1,294kg (2,205lbs)
The 4.6-litre V8 stirs itself to deliver 283bhp with a filthy, lazy noise. It's glorious. The red interior on this one really is incredibly red; I've never seen so much red in one place. This car is a movie star – it drips Fifties Hollywood glamour. I'll be honest: I'm not expecting much from the drive, and it delivers according to expectations. It's heavy, and the power comes in lazy slugs, but I simply don't care. How many of those Fifties movie stars could do much anyway – including acting, if we're honest. And despite the movies they made and the roles they played, they weren't really cowboys or gangsters – they were good-looking people who drew viewers into the screen and their fantasy worlds.
And that's what the Corvette is about. Those sculpted flanks and the incredibly pretty rear are the planes and angles that give it such devastating looks – they're certainly not the hardened, form-following-function lines of a serious racer. Rolling it around our track, perched behind the futuristic dash and the heavily curved windscreen, I could feel the positivity pouring out of it. Whatever was really going on in the world in 1953 when the first Chevrolet Corvette arrived, the car was about hope and blind, crazy optimism. We were all going to be driving hovercars and living on asteroids with robot butlers. It didn't matter that the Corvette couldn't really go into space – it looked like it could, and that's what was important. There are no brakes to speak of, it wiggles, lurches and rolls through corners and, despite the noise and the fury, that huge V8 doesn't do much to overcome the car's bulky inertia. It was about the style, about the looks, the glamour and looking like it could go into space or blast through a desert at a million miles an hour - that was enough.
To be fair, all of this stuff is best appreciated with the benefit of hindsight and viewed through very thick rose-tinted spectacles. The first Corvette wasn't enormously well received in 1953, perhaps because people rather saw through those dazzling looks and felt the car didn't deliver. So at the time, it was far from an enormous and immediate success. But even a really good American car from the '50s will handle and ride like a drunken tanker by today's measures, and so only now is it possible to wallow in the nostalgia and glamour and forgive the far-from-dazzling dynamics. They got better, they got faster and even grew to handle reasonably well and, in recent years, the Corvette name has been attached to sports cars that can hold their own against European offerings. But at the beginning, it was, perhaps, a car built to be appreciated best from a distance in time. Like about 60 years, when it can float about looking gorgeous and being forgiven for the leaks, the wobbles and the brakes.
When a '50s Corvette rumbles into a car park or down your street, you absolutely have to smile. It's the law. And that, perhaps more than anything else, gives it its iconic status. It's rock 'n' roll, man, rock 'n' roll.
This article was originally published in the September 2013 issue of Top Gear magazine.


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Just a little insight into what goes on inside this head of mine. Some good, some mad but always entertaining!
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Before/After: Thinking in Black & White
Seeing as my jewellery shoot was going to be in full B&W, I wanted to introduce some heavy contouring but done in a modern way and using modern textures. Now switching into B&W mode, everything in the photo will come out as Black and White and shades of Grey. I wanted the eyes to be natural but yet still have shadow. When I mean shadow, I don't mean the cosmetic kind. I wanted a soft shading to happen in the eye area, as if she's wearing a hat and the sun is casting a beautiful shadow under her eyes! I could have done a full black lip but I wanted a muted black-grey and definitely not a solid sharp line. I wanted the lipstick and lip line to blend and blur into a soft seamless edge. Why? No reason but aesthetically I find it more pleasing and also softer. Less S&M and more beautiful but still strong. Anyway a picture is worth a thousand words so let me show you what I mean.
First let's meet the lovely Georgina.
Face Prep: Lancome Galatéis Douceur Soft Cleansing Fluid, Bioderma Crealine H2O, Embryolisse Cream, Dior Creme De Rose.
And here's Georgina after makeup is done but let me show you in colour first.
Foundation: DiorSkin Nude Foundation, Givenchy Mister Light.
Eyes: MAC Paint Pot in Groundwork, MAC Prunella Eye Kohl, MAC Taupe Blush, Shu Uemura Ultimate Natural Mascara in Brown.
Eyebrows: Anastasia Brow Wiz in Ash Blonde, Shu Uemura Hard Pencil in Seal Brown.
Cheeks: MAC Prunella Eye Kohl, MAC Paint Pot in Groundwork.
Lips: MAC Lip Pencils in Burgundy and Nightmoth, Dior Addict Extreme in Black Tie, Madina Shiny Stick in 001.
Powder: Jurlique Rose Silk Finishing Powder.
Have a look at some close ups of the look on Georgina.
And now in glorious Black & White!
What do you think? See how the soft undetectable shading round the eyes all of a sudden become dramatic in B&W?
I also wanted something dramatic for the nails and I am so not a nail artist! So I enlisted the help and talent of Sabrina Gayle. This was the first time I worked with Sabrina and a few days before the shoot I emailed her and discussed the look with her and she immediately went to work mocking up some samples of what she thought would look great for the brief. Immediately I was impressed at her enthusiasm and style. On the day itself, she worked quietly while Georgina had her hair set and done. When I came back, I literally had to control myself from swooning at her handiwork! Have a look, I think Sabrina's nails brought another dimension to the results.
You can follow and admire Sabrina's work here.
I'm so thrilled with the results and cannot wait to see it all published! As always I'd love to hear your comments and questions!
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Fantastic work. You are the best!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the lovely comment Charles! XDelete
Really beautiful! Love how the lips turned out in black and white! I have this dior foundation and I wanted to know what brush do you use to apply it? It looks sooo flawless on the model!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi thanks for the lovely comment. I used a big duo fibre fluffy foundation brush to buff in very very thin layers till I get the texture and results I want. Not hard at all, all about fine layers. Let me know how you get on! xDelete
- Djemila pochee8 November 2012 at 08:54
Absolutely beautiful! Love the finished look ,and the research put in and applied has made for an amazing shoot. The nails are edgy yet sexy and feminine and beautifully done, excellent.Delete
stunning job! both make up and nailsReplyDelete
Amazing Kenneth! You inspire me...was an absolute pleasure working with you. Hope toworkwithyou again real soon. XxReplyDeleteReplies
Ahh thanks hon! You were brilliant and I hope to work with you again soon xxDelete
Love the outcome of the black and white! You are a true artiste! And I love the nails. Good job to you both! :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Olivia xDelete
I love it! You're always spot on. I love the lip color, I'm going to check that lipstick. XXReplyDeleteReplies
Love this look- big fan of vintage glamour, and this looks fab. Thanks for sharing! xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for your lovely comment xDelete
- Anonymous15 November 2012 at 21:11
You are fantastically talanted!!!ReplyDelete
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Thanks Margaret, that's very sweet of you xDelete


text: I have been trying to learn to throw properly from watching masterbeatos's vids and this is where I am at now. I am not using any run up because I can't get even the part of the hit that I get from a one step. Being a poor college student means that I have plenty of time to go out and practice so tips and recommendations for drills would be greatly appreciated.


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In the world of taxes, finding the right data is critical to compliance and avoiding unnecessary tax penalties and costly audits. It's all about quality—the data must be both accurate and complete.
The term "Big Data" refers to the recent, explosive growth of the availability of data. The promise of Big Data to enable more accurate analysis, operational efficiencies, cost reductions and reduced risk are just a few of the reasons for the hype. Every business seems to want as much data as they can get their hands on.
For tax departments, however, more data is not always better. In reality, most tax departments need only a small portion of what's available in the massive sea of corporate Big Data. Too much data can be crippling and impossible to analyze. In the world of taxes—whether dealing with income, sales, property, or international taxes—finding the right data is critical to compliance and avoiding unnecessary tax penalties and costly audits. It's all about quality—the data must be both accurate and complete.
So how can tax departments navigate the Big Data landscape? If you are like most companies, you will likely use automation technology to manage calculation, reporting and compliance. But keep in mind that not all technology is created equal.
Since the various types of tax compliance (e.g., sales, international, property, or income) are different enough to warrant specialized solutions, for simplicity, we will use indirect tax compliance as an example. Indirect tax compliance is a cumbersome process with many correlating steps within the automation process. Fail at any of those steps, and the results could be disastrous—and result in audits and penalties. Indirect tax compliance is where the adage "garbage in, garbage out" applies more than ever. As a result, companies need to look at the automation process from a holistic standpoint or risk a breakdown of the overall indirect tax compliance process.
• The first step in the process is to make sure your company has the most up-to-date tax research, which includes rates, rules, logic and product taxability information. For example, in the U.S. alone, businesses had to comply with over 580 indirect tax rate changes in 2012, spanning more than 14,000 jurisdictions and 44,000 different rate/jurisdiction combinations. Without the most accurate data, accurate calculations are impossible.
• Once accurate tax research is in place, the next step is to select a robust tax determination engine, which provides tax jurisdiction, taxability, tax rate tables and tax calculation logic, along with full transaction reporting. With thousands of taxing jurisdictions, all with continually changing tax rates, having a robust tax calculation and determination engine ensures that the correct tax rates are charged from the get-go.
• Since most companies don't have just one system, indirect tax integrations are critical to providing a complete view of various transactions from ERP systems, as well as e-commerce, POS and legacy financial systems. Bringing tax automation to as many finance systems as possible extends the benefit that can be brought about by automation.
• The final step is compliance, which provides return preparation, electronic filing (where supported) and audit reporting. If necessary, the ability to import transaction data from multiple financial systems into the compliance solution is critical. Again, without the complete and accurate view of data, creating accurate returns and audits reports is a moot point.
The operational resources required to achieve tax compliance (in particular within indirect tax) can be overwhelming. Not only are companies required to navigate a dynamic indirect tax landscape, but a renewed emphasis on indirect tax has resulted in a flurry of new tax laws, making an already complex process even more cumbersome. Couple this inherently complex process with Big Data initiatives, in which companies aim to amass as much data as possible, and it's difficult to find the needle in the haystack.
It is imperative that tax departments select automation technology aimed at consolidating transactional data stored in multiple systems and melding that data with the thousands of tax law changes typical in a given year. The result is the transformation of Big Data into actionable, accurate data and the end of siloed, error-prone tax calculations that put companies at risk.


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Honestly, the guy that raised the question is a UK fan blogger and that's the reason it came out to the public. What's that old saying about living in glass houses....
Coach Cal was at a frozen yogurt place about a mile south of HSE yesterday...think he was there for the strawberry-banana flavor? I'm gonna guess no.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Everyone knows Coach Cal is a cheater. You aren't going to have to wait long until he's gone from UK and ruining the next program.
But IU is on probation for a reason. Any coach is stupid for not knowing the recruiting dates. A coach on probation not knowing is 100 times worse.
The guy knows the rules weather he just forgot which is unlikely he broke them he should be punished.
When a school is on probation for recruiting violations, intentionally breaking a rule is a story. Even if the infraction is minor.
And the fact that the issue was reported the same day could easily be thought of as further evidence that they knew what they were doing was breaking the rule.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Spoken like a true Boiler fan. Darn, we lose a few of our 130 days of evaluation time. It's not a big deal. I don't think he intentionally broke the rules. Why would he? As you said, he is coaching at a school on probation for recruiting violations. Why would he intentionally brake a rule in the first place? How much benefit could he possibly have gotten from visiting and contacting Gary Harris (or any other player) one day after the contact period ended? Is there any advantage there at all? No, it makes no logical sense for him to intentionally brake the rule.
Well I don't mean to come off the wrong way, but if you guys are hoping for there to be more penalties for this I wouldn't hold your breath or get your hopes up. The NCAA rules guy has already said that he is fine with the self imposed 2 day recruiting ban. So there really isn't any news here. Just sayin'.
EDIT: It could be as simple as they exchanged greetings at the practice and later that day were like "Oh ****, we couldn't say Hello to Gary today, and if we don't impose this on ourselves someone is going to turn this into a much larger deal than it already is especially since he is a high profile prospect."
I'm just saying, for me, it became a non-issue as soon as I saw what the NCAA officer had said about it.
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I don't see anyone crying foul for Coach K for breaking a secondary recruiting rule with his no-no phone call this summer. They will self-impose a reduction of evaluation days, which the NCAA will almost surely agree with. End of story.
Coach K made a similar mistake this past summer. Its not a big deal.
And about not knowing the deadline, Dakich said on his show today that he didn't know the deadline, Knight didn't know the deadline, 5 or 6 coaches that he claimed he talked to didn't know the deadline. Take it for whats its worth. This is small potatoes in the NCAAs eyes.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Or he thought he could get away with it, and was called out on it. So in order to minimize the damage they self-reported the violation.
I don't know. Anything is possible.
But if he doesn't know how to follow the recruiting calendar, then IU is in big trouble. If he can't follow that simple of a rule, there's no way he can handle all the other crazy ones out there.
It's not a good position to be in when you're already on probation, whether he's telling the truth or not.
EDIT: Every major college has a compliance staff. If Crean didn't know the dates, for real, someone needs to be held accountable. The NCAA makes it pretty easy to read their calander. It's color coded.
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We're very near the end of our probation anyway. I'll do a happy dance.
Then we can get back to all that rampant cheating a school with our "history" should do.
Well in 2010, IU committed 18 secondary violations. For comparison, the University of Alabama comimtted 44.
I don't think anyone is making it a big deal. It's just like one of those things that make you pause and stratch your head. His whole job revolves around those dates. It's not something that coaching staffs should screw up on.
I haven't even commented on the punishment or what not. I was just more interested in your position.
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EDIT: you guys act like anytime anyone say's anything remotely negative about IU like we're going to war or something.
Chill out.
Plus, you have a history of stirring the pot, because that is just what you do. Most of the time when you post in this thread, the intent is to irritate the IU fans posting in here. I'm sure you will deny that, but we all know it is true.
I have lots and lots of down time at work. I have PD open on my brower pretty much the entire 8 hours I'm here. I like to discuss things because I'm bored, not because I like to irritate you.
If you care enough to check out my story, you'll notice my user tag will be online monday-friday from 9am to 5pm.
Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't have any hidden ulterior motives. I don't hide my feelings.
Travmil is the perfect example from a few pages ago. I make the point that IU lost to a FCS school and he starts acting like a child.
If he would have noticed, he would have read that I also added in the fact that Ball St. got beat by North Texas just a few years ago. (or it might have been last year??)
I said it was embarrasing for us, as a MAC team, so it's even more embarassing for a Big Ten team. It wasn't to sling mud.
Well I don't think I've been going to war this whole time so...


text: Show Hide image Politics 21 March 2012 Nissan to bring back Datsun Sign up for our weekly email * After a more than 30-year hiatus, Nissan's Datsun brand is coming back to production, the Japanese automaker announced Tuesday. The iconic brand will be introduced in 2014 as an "ultra low-cost" vehicle in India, Indonesia and Russia, and will target first-time car buyers. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn spoke about the brand at a press conference in Yokohama - where the company has its global headquarters - on Wednesday. He said: A lot of people in emerging markets today are driving motorcycles, some of them are driving used cars . . . What we want to offer is a modern, affordable car -- something that people will be very happy to own, a product that is generous, giving them exactly what they want, and at an affordable price. Little is known about the specifications of the new Datsun. The automaker says the car is already in development, and that it has sketches and models. Ghosn hinted that Datsun might be sold beyond the three planned countries, but said Nissan has no plans to sell Datsun in Japan or any other developed country. Datsun will sell for less than $10,000 in Indonesia in order to qualify for the country's green-car programme, and the price tag in India will likely be lower than it will be in Indonesia, Ghosn said. The brand debuted in Japan in 1932, and saw a nearly 40-year run, before being discontinued in 1981. US recording artist Sheryl Crow's mention of the brand - "Drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks" - in a hugely popular 1994 song broadcast the then 13-years-discontinued brand across global airwaves. Buyers have driven up Nissan's shares 15 per cent in 2012. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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The Cleveland Museum of Art presents Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives, an exhibition showcasing the museum's entire collection of portrait miniatures for the first time in over half a century. The renowned collection of around 170 objects spans six centuries, bridges eight European countries as well as America, and is considered one of the finest in North America.
Disembodied presents the collection from a fresh perspective, including works by five prominent contemporary artists who explore issues of death, likeness, memory, identity, privacy and body-centered scale, themes that also deeply engaged miniature painters for over 500 years. The exhibition also features more than a dozen new acquisitions, many on view for the first time. Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives will be exhibited through Feb. 16 in the museum's prints and drawings gallery.
"Portrait miniatures have an amazing capacity to bring each new viewer into an intimate relationship with the sitter," said Cory Korkow, PhD, Cleveland Museum of Art assistant curator of European art and exhibition organizer. "They were meant to be worn and turned over in the hand while being gazed at, but even fixed on a wall they remind us of how we still keep little images of our loved ones close."
Portrait miniatures are usually small works painted in watercolor on vellum or on slivers of ivory, or executed in enamel, and first emerged at the courts of France and England in the 16th century. The objects were exchanged by friends, lovers and family members as tokens of affection and often commissioned on occasions of departure, marriage or death. They became popular because of the ease with which they could be made, paid for and transported compared to larger easel portraits. The objects might function as relics incorporating human hair, can be set in elaborate boxes or simple frames, and were worn on the body or tucked away in a pocket.
The contemporary works included in the exhibition are by Janine Antoni, Luis Gonzlez Palma, Tony Oursler, Dario Robleto and Hiroshi Sugimoto. These present-day works are placed in an unprecedented, intimate dialogue with the historic portrait miniatures, revealing new relationships and uncovering hidden secrets. "It's an unorthodox installation," said Korkow "meant to encourage people to look at these objects in a different way, with hundreds of years of artists and sitters capturing the memories, romances, heartbreaks and vanities that engage us all."
Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives is accompanied by an 88-page, double gate-fold book written by Cory Korkow, with artist Dario Robleto. The exhibition catalog presents five Disembodied exhibition themes, anchored by works from contemporary artists Dario Robleto, Janine Antoni, Tony Oursler, Luis Gonzlez Palma and Hiroshi Sugimoto. Each artist's work is placed in dialogue with a group of related miniatures. Between 1916 and 1926, the museum received around two dozen miniatures from the Wade collection, which formed the seed of the museum's holdings. Edward B. Greene (1878-1957), Jeptha Homer Wade's son-in-law, gave his distinguished European portrait miniatures collection to the museum in the 1940s, establishing it as one of the premier collections in the country.
Eight portraits were recently given in 2010 to the museum by bequest of Muriel Butkin (1915-2008) and the museum's commitment to building this part of the collection has also been evidenced by recent acquisitions by Anna Maria Carew, Joseph Daniel, John Linnell, Isaac Oliver and Henry Bone.
Related Program
Mini-Drama: The Real-Life Heartbreaks and Romances of CMA's Portrait Miniatures
Feb. 14, 7 p.m., Prints and Drawings Galleries
From star-crossed lovers and devoted husbands and wives to confirmed bachelors and merry widows, curator Cory Korkow will reveal the true stories of the people whose intimate portraits appear in the exhibition Disembodied: Portrait Miniatures and Their Contemporary Relatives. Meet in the exhibition.


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