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text: 11 July 2012 Richard Herring fails to dig his way out of a rape-joke shaped hole Print HTML [View the story "Richard Herring can't dig his way out of a rape-joke shaped hole" on Storify]Richard Herring can't dig his way out of a rape-joke shaped hole An article in yesterday's Metro sparked a confrontation with comedian Richard Herring, which he didn't come out of unscathed. Storified by Alex Hern · Wed, Jul 11 2012 04:21:49 The article that Herring wrote was published yesterday, but it took Lykara Ryder to report it on Twitter before anyone really noticed: In yesterday's Metro, Richard Herring wrote about how comedians deal with hecklers. He apparently told one loudly talking woman: [1/3]Lykara Ryder 'You're the one woman in the world where a man would put Rohypnol in your drink and then leave you in the pub.' [2/3]Lykara Ryder Now, excuse my redacted diction, but WHAT. THE. ****. Why did he say it? Why did Metro print it? Does anyone find this funny? [3/3]Lykara Ryder Given the opportunity to defend himself, Herring deflects the concern of the first person to raise the issue, Sophia McDougall: @Lykarar WHAT. @Herring1967, after all your work on the hatefulness of Gervais's ableism, you pull misogynist "too ugly to be raped" jokes?Sophia McDougall @McDougallSophia that's not what the joke is about at all. Read it again and think harder.Richard Herring @Herring1967 Okay, read it again, I guess the point was no so much "too ugly" as "a rape drug would be a great way to shut you up."Sophia McDougall Judging by Herring's replies, McDougall's reading of the joke is the one he intended. But he denies that "a rape drug would be a great way to shut you up" is a joke about rape: @Herring1967 You know there's a 1/4 chance the woman had BEEN raped? & that some women in yr audience definitely would've been? Still funny?Sophia McDougall @McDougallSophia The joke is not about rape.Richard Herring At this point, Herring's wife apparently intervenes, noticing him digging himself into a hole. Sadly, he doesn't take her advice: @McDougallSophia my feminist wife says I have to stop engaging with you. Sorry you didn't like joke. I think you have misunderstood intent.Richard Herring @Herring1967 @McDougallSophia 'How can I be sexist? My wife's a feminist.' Ah come on...Owen Jones @OwenJones84 and so am IRichard Herring @Herring1967 Fair enough, but you can do better than a 'my wife's a feminist' defenceOwen Jones @OwenJones84 it wasn't meant to be a defence.Richard Herring When Laurie Penny joins in, Herring finds himself with some "defenders" her probably doesn't want. .@Herring1967 joked' You're the one woman in the world where a man would put Rohypnol in your drink and then leave you in the pub.' ugh.Laurie Penny @PennyRed @Herring1967 except it's not about rape, it's about the female in the joke being fugly.Scott Flanagan @FLANANANAGAN no it isn't. It's about her being talkative.Richard Herring And in his last tweet before he finally realises that it's impossible to dig up, Herring makes the hole that much deeper: @Herring1967 What was the intent of your joke? @McDougallSophiaMore Thought @Moretht to get someone to be quietRichard Herring What do you think? Is Herring joking about rape, or is it a more innocent line to a heckler which has been unfortunately misconstrued? › It's an easy choice between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney on tax Richard Herring. Photograph: Getty Images Alex Hern is a technology reporter for the Guardian. He was formerly staff writer at the New Statesman. You should follow Alex on Twitter. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine

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For those of you who never played Might and Magic (a computer game), the Vowel-less Knights would always say something without vowels. It was up to you, the player, to figure out what they were saying. In their tradition, what are these famous quotes?
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Hint1) Spoken by a World War 1 national leader. Bonus point: who?
2) Spoken by many World War 2 pilots. Bonus point: what were they describing?
3) Spoken by a World War 2 era national leader. Bonus points: who, and what was he referring to?
Answer1) Speak softly and carry a big stick.
Bonus: Theodore Roosevelt.
2) I gave him the whole nine yards!
Bonus: Fighter pilots would say this when they shot all 27 feet of ammunition at one target.
3) Never have so few given so much for so many.
Bonus: Winston Churchill, praising the British fighter pilots who won the Battle of Britain.
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I'm still a very novice runner but I've slowly been increasing my distance and speed over the past few weeks. I find that I'm struggling to find that balance of when to run through it and when to listen to your body and stop.
Does this come with time/experience? Any tips?
For example, the other day I went for a run and felt really crummy after three miles. Things just weren't clicking and I was ready to give up. BUT, I kept running and did the five I set out to do. It felt great when I was done and I was happy I kept going.
Today I went out for six but I started having pain in my groin around mile four. I ran through it and now I feel AWFUL.
How do you decide when to keep going or when to throw in the towel? I don't want to hinder myself by overdoing it and being injured. But I also don't want to set myself up that I can "quit at any time" either. I feel like I can figure out this balance yet!
I try to run through mental blocks - sometimes running is more mental than physical. If i'm just having a rough run - not painful, just having a hard time getting into it, i try to run through it. Changing pace (slowing down/speeding up, intervals) can sometimes be helpful.
If I'm having physical pain, I try to evaluate what is going on (is it something that will go away if I stretch vs. an actual injury). I've had DH pick me up from a run because I was in so much pain. Pushing through soreness is one thing, but I try to be smart about pushing through actual pain.
StingShark - good tips on changing pace. I'll have to try that, thank you.
Joenali - yes, I'm increasing slowly (I think?). I hadn't heard the 10% measure before... I'll have to implement that idea because I do think I was doing a bit more than that previously. Thanks!
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As everyone stated there is a difference between bad runs and pain when you should stop.
Coming from someone who suffered an injury as a new runner - the 10% run doesn't always apply (it can be too much).


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The New England Patriots decided not to use the franchise tag on wide receiver Wes Welker for a second consecutive offseason. Now they shouldn't expect to re-sign him before he becomes an unrestricted free agent March 12.
Welker plans to see how much he's worth on the open market before thinking about returning to the Patriots, according to ESPN. Last season, playing under the tag, he was paid $9.5 million.
The concern for outside teams is the fact Welker is 31, and they will be reluctant to pay too much over the long term, despite the fact he had 118 catches for 1,354 yards and six touchdowns in 2012. There are bigger free-agent wideout prizes in the Pittsburgh Steelers' Mike Wallace and Green Bay Packers' Greg Jennings. St. Louis Rams wideout Danny Amendola provides a cheaper alternative for a slot type. If he returns to the Pats, Welker should expect a deal in the $8 million range annually.
If there's an outside team to watch for Welker's services, it would be another AFC Super Bowl contender, the Denver Broncos. Adding Welker as the slot threat to complement Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker would put their passing offense in an even higher gear — resembling what quarterback Peyton Manning once had with the Indianapolis Colts in Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne and current Broncos slot man Brandon Stokley.


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Weeds in your pasture have exploded - is this normal or noxious?
The annual Ranching for Profitability series will be held in 8 locations across the state of Nebraska.
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Does it pencil out to feed in a bunk versus a pasture?
Wet conditions after a drought are a perfect opportunity for weedy species to flourish in grasslands. What weeds should you control and which weeds are just a natural part of the pasture?
UNL Extension Range Specialist, Jerry Volesky, will discuss management of weeds on rangeland and pasture.
Do you wonder what the corn and cattle markets will do? Kate Brooks, UNL Extension Ag Economist, will discuss current market conditions and outlook. Many herds destocked during the drought and Dr. Brooks will also address the economics of restocking options should drought conditions continue to abate.
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People, it is possible that Orlando was running off of energy from the Dwight-Howard-Drama, let's hope it's all out.
I think the pressure may have gotten to the Pacers the first game.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
So friggin happy right now.
Give our young coach credit - it took longer than we wanted, but he made the adjustments that were needed and our team executed.
"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
I will sleep well tonight.
Happy with the win.Please no repeat of the second quarter and no 2/20 from the 3 point line again!
I hate to be a Debby-downer, but I am not going to be relieved til we go up in this series. Still very happy about the victory.
Victory. Sweet, sweet victory!
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Miami senior Reggie Johnson sat in a corner of the locker room hugging the Atlantic Coast Conference championship trophy Sunday afternoon.
"This year, we found ways to win those close games," Johnson said. "That shows signs of a champion."
That's exactly what the ninth-ranked Hurricanes became by winning the conference tournament, pulling ahead of North Carolina in the waning moments for an 81-71 victory at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Shane Larkin, the tournament's Most Valuable Player, scored 28 points as regular-season titlist Miami completed an ACC sweep by prevailing in a 3-point shootout with third-seeded North Carolina.
Miami won in its first appearance in the ACC tournament title game against one of the country's traditional powers.
"What we're trying to do is emulate them," Miami coach Jim Larranaga said of Duke and North Carolina. "They're the teams that are role models for teams in the country."
Trey McKinney Jones poured in 20 points for Miami, which made 12 of 22 shots from 3-point range. Rion Brown had 12 points and Julian Gamble, in more close-to-the-basket fashion, scored nine of his 11 points in the second half.
Miami (27-6), which is a candidate for a No. 1 regional seed in the NCAA Tournament, finally broke ahead in the final minutes in front of an overwhelmingly pro-Tar Heels crowd.
"This gives us momentum," Larkin said. "A lot of people said we peaked too early. We stayed together and believed in ourselves and we came out here and got three wins in a row against three very tough teams."
P.J. Hairston, who was 6 of 13 on 3-point attempts, scored 28 points for North Carolina. The Tar Heels had 13 3-point baskets on 29 attempts.
"The only thing that separated us was that they made shots the last five minutes," North Carolina guard Marcus Paige said. "We didn't."
The game featured 15 lead changes and 10 ties.
North Carolina (24-10), aiming for its first ACC tournament crown since 2008 and its 18th overall, led 65-61 before the Hurricanes rattled off an 11-2 run. During that stretch, Hairston picked up his fourth foul with 5:26 to play.
"You get right here and you'd like to be rewarded," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said of his team, which began the conference season with an 0-2 record. "It's anybody's ballgame with five minutes to play."
Paige tallied 17 points, James Michael McAdoo added 12 and Reggie Bullock had 11 for North Carolina.
McKinney Jones hit three 3-pointers in each half, an example of the scoring depth available to the Hurricanes.
"I've never seen a team like that," North Carolina guard Dexter Strickland said. "We were knocking down shots and they were knocking down shots."
The Tar Heels went 4-for-4 on 3s to start the second half, giving them 12 for the game with 15 1/2 minutes to play.
"Carolina was unbelievable in the first half and maybe even more unbelievable in the first 10 or 12 minutes of the second half," Larranaga said.
Hairston, his left hand bandaged from a cut sustained Friday night, drained 3-pointers on three consecutive first-half possessions. Miami nearly matched those with three jumpers, two from 3-point range.
Larkin hit a 3 and Miami was up 39-35 as part of eight consecutive scoring possessions for the Hurricanes.
Down 42-35, the Tar Heels answered with 3s from Paige and Hairston before Larkin's runner at the end of the half made it 44-41.
"I thought the first half was about as high a level of basketball as I've seen all year long," Larranaga said. "That's what I told the team at halftime. I said, 'We're playing great. They're playing great. This is a great game. We've got to keep playing great.' The guys did."
Miami's Durand Scott, who was the star with 32 points a day earlier in a semifinal against North Carolina State, left 26 seconds into the game clutching his back. He returned by the 13-minute mark of the half.
Scott scored on consecutive possessions as the Hurricanes closed within 18-17. He finished with six points and a spot on the all-tournament first team.
Fifteen of the game's 32 first-half field goals were 3-pointers.
Gamble, who's from Durham (about eight miles from North Carolina's campus in Chapel Hill), finished with game highs of 10 rebounds and three blocked shots.
Notes: Not only was it Miami's first ACC tournament title appearance, it was the Hurricanes' first conference tournament championship game in basketball in any league. ... Williams was denied his 700th career coaching victory. Williams is 699-179. ... North Carolina has won 90 games all-time in the ACC Tournament. Duke has the most with 91. ... North Carolina fell to 8-5 in ACC tournament finals in Greensboro. ... North Carolina will have to win its NCAA Tournament opener to notch its 34th 25-win season. ... Miami won both regular-season meetings -- 68-59 on Jan. 10 in Chapel Hill and 87-61 on Feb. 9 in Coral Gables, Fla.


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CERRITOS, Calif. — Three prominent Southern California food bloggers tipped off members of the La Mirada-based Fresh Produce & Floral Council about effectively working with bloggers at their Oct. 10 luncheon meeting.
Jin Ju Wilder, founder and president of Status Gro, a South Pasadena, Calif.-based consulting firm, moderated a panel of bloggers made up of Dorothy Reinhold of ShockinglyDelicious.com, Nancy Buchanan of ACommunalTable.com and Priscilla Willis of ShesCookin.com.
"No matter where you are in the supply chain," Wilder said, "there's an opportunity to work with food bloggers to promote your product, your service or your stores."
People are drawn to blogs because, "They feel like they're having a conversation with a person versus being sold something," said Buchanan, a registered dietetic technician who teaches at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif., and doubles as a personal chef, recipe developer, food photographer and stylist.
Reinhold, a food writer and recipe developer who spent 25 years as a newspaper editor, said many of those who read her blog "don't even know the basics about cooking."
It's the role of the blogger to help real people put real food on the table, she said.
Willis, a food writer whose husband has struggled with heart disease for 11 years, often focuses on heart-healthy menu options available at restaurants.
"People want to know how to eat healthy," she said.
Companies themselves can use bloggers to tell their stories and stories of their employees "and let people get to know you," Willis said.
The process can appear overwhelming at first, she said, but templates are available.
"It's all a learning game," she said.
There are "thousands of ways" you can work with bloggers, Buchanan added, but it's important to first learn what their interests are and what appeals to them.
Companies can spread the word about their products though sponsored blogs, which means bloggers are compensated to talk about or review products, but they are legally required to report that the blog is sponsored or that a company supplied product, Reinhold said.
"Earned" coverage is not compensated.
Some companies sponsor bloggers who attend conferences where they hand out materials and promote the company and collect information, Willis said.
Sometimes they're even hired as brand ambassadors, Reinhold said.
Public relations firms sometimes can help companies find appropriate bloggers, Wilder said.
You also can do it yourself, but it takes a lot of research, Willis said.
Sometimes just doing a Google search of your commodity can bring up a suitable blogger, Reinhold added.
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text: Ollie Luck addresses WVU football By Mitch Vingle January 2, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Before West Virginia University's bowl game, yet after the regular season, Mountaineer athletic director Oliver Luck declined to discuss his school's football program until the season was complete.Now, of course, it's complete. It was completed in embarrassing fashion in an embarrassing bowl game last Saturday. WVU finished 7-6, and the outlook for next season is anything but promising.On Wednesday, though, Luck lived up to his word. While he wouldn't speak about the current moving parts in regard to the coaching staff, he did address the downturn.WVU fans might know head coach Dana Holgorsen and, perhaps Luck, fired cornerbacks coach Daron Roberts even before the Pinstripe Bowl. Also, Keith Patterson leapfrogged Joe DeForest as the new, true defensive coordinator."There are still a lot of pieces in play in regard to personnel," Luck said. "Until that is all settled, I'll hold off on addressing that."But in terms of the year, certainly given the way we performed in the bowl game, it was disappointing."Syracuse drubbed WVU 38-14 at a snowy, wet and muddy Yankee Stadium. Luck tipped his hat to the Orange and Syracuse coach Doug Marrone, who is now being considered by NFL teams like the Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills.Then he continued."Overall, it was a transition year for us in the Big 12," Luck said. "Before the season I said we'd surprise some [Big 12] teams and be surprised by some teams, and that happened. "Clearly, though, we need to do some work defensively. It's something Dana and I have talked about and I'm confident we'll get the right defensive staff together. We'll understand better what's expected in Year Two."Having Holgorsen as the head coach, however, was expected to be a plus as the Mountaineers headed into the Big 12. Holgorsen has an extensive background within the league."Dana and I have had a number of conversations in what we need to do in Year Two," Luck said.It will be interesting to see if more coaching changes are in the pipeline. One would expect not since two moves were swiftly made after the regular season. But Luck did say "a lot of pieces are in play" concerning the topic. Perhaps other assistants are leaving on their own accord.If not, are those two moves enough to satisfy an upset and frustrated WVU fan base? Luck was asked a second time about possible moves. "Part of [WVU's problems were] personnel, which I don't want to get into now," he said. "But I think we all understand what we did well and what we didn't do so well." Graduate assistant Andrew McGee coached WVU's cornerbacks for the bowl game. Perhaps Holgorsen is waiting to meet with prospective assistants at the American Football Coaches Association convention, which starts Monday in Nashville.nnOf all the areas in which WVU fell down this season, the most glaring was in the defensive backfield. That's somewhat shocking if you look at recent history. Currently on NFL rosters are former Mountaineer defensive backs Adam Jones and injured Robert Sands (Cincinnati), Ellis Lankster (New York Jets), Ryan Mundy (Pittsburgh) and Keith Tandy (Tampa Bay).nnAnd finally . . .While Luck was on the horn, I asked him about the ongoing, lengthy process regarding his school's third-tier media rights. The word has been IMG has landed the yet-to-be-announced deal, yet the athletic director said he's "not going to confirm or deny that.""Nothing has been announced with the holidays just passed," he said. "I think the lawyers will be back in the saddle now."Reach Mitch Vingle at 304-348-4827, firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him at twitter.com/MitchVingle. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 2 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 3 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 4 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan 5 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says Championship classic Previous Story Herd falls flat in home loss Next Story


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One of the best known and most obvious ways for parents and schools to work together is through the PTA. An active PTA benefits children and their schools by providing connections, resources, and opportunities for school improvement.
However, it can be a challenge for schools, especially those in urban areas with poor families and at-risk students, to encourage their parents to join the PTA.
While challenging, it is possible for schools with limited parental involvement to increase parental participation and establish a stronger school community. I witnessed it first-hand when I worked as a counselor in such a school in Tulsa, Okla.
The district was the largest in the state, in a city of 500,000. The K-5 school is a neighborhood elementary school with a history of being a high-achieving African- American-majority school. Many of the graduates went on to the best high school in the city's district, Booker T. Washington.
The student population changed over the years. The two-parent homes were replaced with single-parent, grandparent, and foster homes with a smaller white population from the surrounding area. Gang members occupied the school grounds, deterring students from playing on the playground after school hours. Graffiti and trash were left on the playground for students and staff to pick up during the school day.
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Japan Society Gallery Showaces Utagawa Kuniyoshi, March 12-June 13
From March 12 to June 13, 2010, the Japan Society Gallery will be showcasing the work of Japan's Utagawa Kuniyoshi in several different family-friendly exhibits, lessons, and tours.
Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection
March 12-June 13, 2010, at Japan Society Gallery
Thrashing sea creatures, samurai warriors, and a giant, looming skeleton are among the distinguishing subjects of the brashest of Japan's Ukiyo-e masters, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), whose populist oeuvre is to be presented by Japan Society Gallery from March 12 to June 13, 2010.
Fresh from its spring 2009 showing at London's Royal Academy of Arts, where it was the surprise smash hit of the season, Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection marks the first major exhibition of Kuniyoshi's work in the United States in nearly 30 years. The exhibition has been organized by the Royal Academy of Arts in collaboration with Arthur R. Miller and The British Museum. The vast majority of over 130 color-woodblock prints on display are from the Arthur R. Miller Collection, New York, generously loaned to Japan Society by the American Friends of The British Museum.
Like Hokusai, Hiroshige, and other masters of the school of Ukiyo-e printmaking ("Pictures of the Floating World"), Utagawa Kuniyoshi pursued the themes of landscape, kabuki theater, and beautiful women. He was unique, however, in his mastery of lesser known subjects: action-packed tales drawn from the history, religion, folklore, and myths of Japan, China, and other Asian countries; comic "crazy pictures" often featuring animals impersonating humans; and exotic experiments with foreign subject matter and European techniques of visual representation.
Kuniyoshi practiced as a woodblock printmaker during the last decades of the Tokugawa shogunate, which routinely censored popular printed materials. "There is a sense in which censorship spurrEd Kuniyoshi's imagination, as he sought to circumvent the government bans," says Earle. Certainly, the artist became adept at applying his graphic inventiveness to the coding of political meaning into seemingly innocuous scenes.
Professor Arthur R. Miller, one of America's leading lawyers and legal scholars, was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York before his move into teaching at Columbia University School of Law, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Michigan. In 1971 he joined Harvard Law School, where he became Bruce Bromley Professor of Law. Since 2007 Professor Miller has been University Professor in the School of Law at New York University and in 2008 he became Special Counsel to Milberg LLP. A renowned commentator on law and society, he appeared on "Good Morning America" for two decades as its legal editor and on PBS in several celebrated seminars. He received two Emmy awards for his work as host of several TV series and has published more than forty books. An avid art-lover, Professor Miller has been collecting prints by Kuniyoshi for nearly thirty years. In 2008 he began to donate his collection of nearly two thousand prints to the American Friends of the British Museum. The collection is presently on loan to the British Museum.
Timothy Clark is Head of the Japanese Section in the Department of Asia at The British Museum. He was educated at Oxford, Harvard and Gakushuin universities and joined the staff of the British Museum in 1987. In 1998 he was awarded the Uchiyama Susumu Prize by the International Ukiyo-e Society. He has recently curated the new permanent displays Japan from Prehistory to Present, which opened in the Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries at the British Museum in October 2006. He has authored and edited many works on subjects relating to Japanese art, including ukiyo-e painting, Kyosai, Utamaro, early ukiyo-e, images of Mt Fuji, Hokusai, Osaka ukiyo-e and Kuniyoshi. In 2009 he curated and wrote the catalogue for the highly successful exhibition Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. His other research interests include the Maruyama-Shijo School of painting and the development of the art market and exhibitions in pre-modern Kyoto; also the history of erotic art (shunga) in Japan.
Konnichiwa Friends Family Tours of Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters
Saturdays, March 13, April 10, May 15, June 12, 2 pm-3 pm
Slated for the second Saturday of every month between March and June, this series of tours engages young children ages 2-4 and their families in fun, interactive learning experiences. Using games, puzzles, storytelling, and other techniques for discussing art and culture, these tours explore exhibition themes and include Japanese vocabulary and language acquisition activities. Tickets: Free with adult admission to the exhibition; no reservation required. For more information call 212-715-1224.
Symposium - Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 1 pm
Organized in collaboration with the Japanese Art Society of America and supported by the Japanese Art Dealers' Association, this half-day symposium brings together exhibition curator, Timothy Clark, Head of the Japanese Section in the Department of Asia at The British Museum, Dr. Sarah Thompson, Curator of Japanese Prints at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Edward Kamens, Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University, to discuss and contextualize Kuniyoshi's work within historical and art-historical frameworks. Moderated by Joe Earle, Vice President and Director, Japan Society Gallery. Tickets: $11/$7 Japan Society and Japanese Art Society of America members, seniors & students (includes exhibition entry). For tickets call the Box Office at 212-715-1258.
Art Cart: The Magic of Printmaking
Sunday, May 16, 2010, 2-4 pm
Led by a Japan Society educator, children and their families participate in a gallery lesson focused on child-friendly themes contained Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters, such as mythological creatures, pretty ladies, super-heroes and outdoor places. In the hands-on portion of the program, participants handle old Japanese woodblocks and printmaking tools as an aid to understanding the printmaking process, and make vegetable prints to create patterned works on paper to take home. Recommended for children ages 8-12 years old. Tickets: $15 per family (up to five people), $10 per family, including at least one Japan Society member. For tickets call the Box Office at 212-715-1258.
Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection has been organized by the Royal Academy of Arts in collaboration with Arthur R. Miller and The British Museum. Support for this exhibition at Japan Society is provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, Edward and Anne Studzinski, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Education programs for Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters are funded by the Japanese Art Dealers Association. Media sponsorship is provided by WNYC. Exhibitions at Japan Society are made possible in part by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Endowment Fund, and the Friends of the Gallery, and with ongoing support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency. Japan Society also wishes to thank The W.L.S. Spencer Foundation for its catalogue support.
Japan Society Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the exhibition of Japanese art. Extending in scope from prehistory to the present, the Gallery's exhibitions since 1971 have covered topics as diverse as classical Buddhist sculpture and calligraphy, contemporary photography and ceramics, samurai swords, export porcelain, and masterpieces of painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth century. Each exhibition, with its related catalogue and public programs, is a unique cultural event that illuminates familiar and unfamiliar fields of art.
Established in 1907, Japan Society has evolved into North America's major producer of high-quality content on Japan for an English-speaking audience. Presenting over 100 events annually through well established Corporate, Education, Film, Gallery, Language, Lectures, Performing Arts and Innovators Network programs, the Society is an internationally recognized nonprofit, nonpolitical organization that provides access to information on Japan, offers opportunities to experience Japanese culture, and fosters sustained and open dialogue on issues important to the U.S., Japan, and East Asia.
Japan Society is located at 333 East 47th Street between First and Second Avenues (accessible by the 4/5/6 and 7 subway at Grand Central or the E and V subway at Lexington Avenue). The public may call 212-832-1155 or visit www.japansociety.org for more information.
Japan Society Gallery hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 11:00 am-6:00 pm; Friday, 11:00 am-9:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 am-5:00 pm; the Gallery is closed on Mondays and major holidays. Admission: $12/$10 students and seniors/FREE Japan Society members and children under 16. Admission is free to all on Friday nights, 6:00-9:00 pm. Docent tours are available free with admission Tuesday-Sunday at 12:30 pm.
Photo © Trustees of the British Museum.


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Politics may divide a country of voters, but regardless of party affiliations we are also a nation of hungry consumers. A new survey championed by a national newspaper looked at food choices of both parties.
The results of the survey show that both red and blue states have more in common than many think.
According to the survey conducted by the research firm NPD Group for USA Today, the assumption that consumers from red and blue states maintain different eating habits is quashed.
"We seek out our differences, but we all have about the same eating and drinking habits," Harry Balzer, chief industry analyst at NPD, told USA Today.
Though both parities had some similarities, there were some differences. The survey found that:
- At breakfast, consumers in blue states prefer cold cereal (29 percent vs. 26 percent), though those in red states are more likely to reach for a glass of milk (12.5 percent vs. 9.7 percent).
- Yet at lunch and dinner, those in blue states were more likely to drink milk than the red-staters.
- When it's time to grab a snack, ice cream was chosen by 7 percent of blue state consumers. The creamy dairy dessert was missing completely from the list of top 5 snacks for red states.
The survey also compared these eating and drinking trends with those of consumers in swing states. The result showed that swing state consumers are more likely to share food choices with blue states than red states.
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Former lobbyist Allison Tant (left) of Tallahassee, in an unpredictable race for Florida Democratic chairman against Tampa activist Alan Clendenin, today fleshed out her vision for leading the party. Clendenin (right) had long ago spelled out his plan but Tant was a late entry into the race having been recruited by Debbie Wasserman Schultz and promptly endorsed by Sen. Bill Nelson.
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With a coordinated campaign, a strong message and successful fundraising, we can position the Florida Democratic Party to win important elections and regain control of the Governor's Mansion and Cabinet offices. By securing high-tech infrastructures and empowering our local democratic parties, we will recruit stronger candidates and achieve greater victories that will grow our numbers in the state legislature and at the county and municipal levels of government.
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"Big-time basketball" made another stop in Chapel Hill Saturday, and though it isn't always this way the shaking Smith Center gave nothing up to crazy Cameron, maniacal Maryland and the Wild West venues of the Big 12 that Roy Williams occasionally pines for.
From the moment you saw far more fetching fingers in the air than tickets for sale in the afternoon mist outside, you knew this was going to be some scene inside. If only the game would live up to the hype between these old foes that seem to have a hoops rivalry again after years of domination by UNC, which came in with a 9-0 home record against N.C. State in the Williams era and won 13 of the last 14, 19 of the last 21 and 36 of the last 45 games against the revived Wolfpack.
Far from the half-empty upper decks that drive Williams nuts for lesser games, this resembled Duke's annual visit in that the seats were filled to the top rows of the biggest on-campus basketball arena in the country. With every tough ticket being had, this crowd was ready to go long before the 4 p.m. tip.
And, as well as the atmosphere, the game between more bitter enemies than respectful foes did not disappoint. For more than two hours on a second straight bad-weather Saturday on the Hill, Carolina was the School of Rock. Even more so than last week's great win over Virginia, the old girl with the Teflon top that is now 27 years young never shut up.
Sure, it helped that the opponent wore the red-trimmed black unies of a State College that has continually inserted itself into the recent troubles at UNC by hacking into websites, making the message boards buzz with obnoxious opinions and absurd accusations and playing freelance researchers for the local newspaper.
So the early video of Gio Bernard's touché touchdown return that stunned State last October did not seem like just another football promo to launch 2013 ticket sales. It was far more an up-yours reminder, much like Duke kept showing the Austin Rivers' dagger for weeks after it cut out Carolina's heart last season.
The Smith Center itself is having a welcome metamorphosis. Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham found $800,000 to install the electronic ribbon board all the way around the upper deck fascia, where the graphics are pretty cool if not the most creative. And PA announcer Tony Gilliam has finally given UNC that deep, dramatic voice of intonation during introductions and scoring calls that has long been needed and really revs the crowd.
There is no question that, with one lineup change, Williams has made this a much more lovable Tar Heel team. It's no coincidence that catalyst P.J. Hairston gets the loudest roar during starting lineups, and the fans are both hyped and hopeful that the four-guard alignment so contradictory to Carolina basketball will still produce the expected result come March.
After all, here is a double-post program that did not shoot a free throw for the first 30 minutes and four seconds of the game but had opportunities, albeit missed, to blow State out in both halves of what turned out to be a taught, tense, back-and-forth game. Williams has disdained trying to pound the ball inside to big guys who cannot score from the blocks consistently in favor of a West Coast style of offense that spreads the field, er, the floor.
Alignments aside, ol' Roy's young pups are definitely getting better and with three straight victories find themselves one from the magical 20 mark and i n third place (9-5) of the ACC race. This so-called quality win, 76-65, will go a long way toward assuring another NCAA tournament berth for the Tar Heels. Running the table would leave them 13-5 and with a possible top four seed.
They are still not beyond silly mistakes that stop runs and send Williams into sideline gyrations. But the plays they do make are both gutty and great-looking. Like tipping out missed free throws, a lost art with most teams invented by Dean Smith that provide precious extra possessions. And the sneaky overplaying defense that resulted in consecutive steals and snowbirds that opened up a seven-point lead in the first half.
When Carolina widened a six-point advantage to 10 with the first four points of the second half — but missed a chance to make it 16 by blowing two chippies and throwing it away with numbers on the break — Williams unnerved the crowd by using it as a teaching moment. Though he is essentially down to a six-man rotation, he answered the careless stretch by a bizarre bench-clearing with so little firepower that State astutely went to a zone and dared Carolina to shoot.
Marcus Paige, the only starter left on the court who had a stellar day with 8 assists and no turnovers after playing like a true freshman in the first game in Raleigh, answered with one of his two three-pointers. But before Williams could get the regulars back in the game the lead had become a four-point deficit to the extremely talented Wolfpack. The main men had gotten the message, though.
They regained the lead for good on Paige's second three-pointer and took control of the game with the help of their first trips to the foul line and more big baskets by Paige and Reggie Bullock, who continues his vastly underrated season and looks more like a potential pro every game. The 6-7 Bullock's 13 rebounds and 3 assists to go with his 5 three's and 22 points made him the player of this game.
Sir Reginald had eight points in the 18-4 run that settled it, a stretch during which State and particularly C.J. or Calvin or Fester Lester (6 points, 4 rebounds in 30 minutes, for which Hairston's defense has to get much of the credit) played like a true pack of dogs. Their real star, senior center Richard Howell, and freshman T.J. Warren combined for 23 points and 27 rebounds, and sharpshooter Scott Wood had drained both wide-open and contested treys, but State basically threw in the towel by not pressuring or fouling when the outcome was still in doubt.
By now, the home crowd was roaring its approval for the team with more heart than height and an alternative style of play that would make a retired coach and mathematician proud.
It was also time for the way-cool video that begins with former UNC stars ticking off the number of ACC titles, Final Fours, national championships, etc., and ends with them repeating "THIS. . . , THIS . . ., THIS . . ." and Smith himself completing the phrase:
"THIS is Carolina Basketball."
On a beautiful, if not sunny, Beat-State Saturday, it certainly was.


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YEAR: Senior
POSITION: Guard
THE STAT LINE: Diew scored a game-high 28 points, including the winning basket with 4 seconds left in overtime, as the Jayhawks beat Bentley 66-64 in the Bay Counties League-East playoff championship game. He also had 17 points in Head-Royce's 69-44 victory over Athenian in the semifinals. Diew was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Nzuzi Webster
SCHOOL: Deer Valley
SPORT: Basketball
YEAR: Junior
POSITION: Guard
THE STAT LINE: Webster scored 25 points in an 85-78 win over Freedom that clinched the Bay Valley Athletic League title for the Wolverines. Webster also had nine points in Deer Valley's 69-55 win over Liberty.
Kayla Frierson
SCHOOL: Valley Christian
SPORT: Basketball
YEAR: Sophomore
POSITION: Forward
THE STAT LINE: Frierson led the Vikings in scoring in the BCL-East playoffs, where she was named the MVP. She scored 13 points against College Prep and had 17 points and seven rebounds against Head-Royce in the championship.
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SCHOOL: St. Mary's
SPORT: Soccer
YEAR: Senior
POSITION: Goalkeeper
THE STAT LINE: Lecce had 10 saves in regulation, four in overtime and two in a shootout as the 13th-seeded Panthers upset No. 4 Miramonte in the first round of the North Coast Section Division II playoffs. She also had 10 saves in regulation, three in overtime and two in a shootout in St. Mary's quarterfinal victory over No. 12 Albany.
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CHRIS CONTRERAS, Freedom, soccer, Sr. — Contreras posted two shutouts in the NCS Division I playoffs against No. 5 Berkeley (3-0) and No. 4 Pittsburg (2-0). He had a combined 21 saves in the two matches.
OSCAR FRAYER, Moreau Catholic, basketball, Fr. — The 6-foot-61/2 Frayer had a triple-double with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in the Mariners' 62-48 win over American. He also had 11 points in a 59-47 victory over Mission San Jose.
EMILY ORWIG, Campolindo, soccer, Jr. — In two NCS Division II playoff games for the Cougars, Orwig had two goals in a 8-0 victory over Hercules and a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over Acalanes.
LONDON ROBINSON, Oakland Tech, basketball, Sr. — In the Bulldogs' wins over Castlemont (78-46) and Oakland (61-40), Robinson had a combined 41 points, 18 rebounds and six assists.
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Much-needed rain soaked many areas in the Southwest and Midwest, some receiving more than 6 inches of rain over the last week. The welcomed rain dented the drought in some of the hardest-hit states, while momentarily stopping it from expanding further into the Corn Belt.
Overall, the weekly Drought Monitor report showed a nation relishing in several wet storm systems. Nationally, 45.6 percent is moderate or worse drought, down from 46.5 percent last week and considerably lower than last year's report of 63.9 percent.
Even with the rain, New Mexico continues its reign as the nation's driest state. However, conditions are improving. Currently 73.5 percent is in extreme or exceptional drought, down from 80.1 percent last week.
The National Weather Service shows that light rain fell over much of the state with limited pockets of heavier rainfall. Even so, it will take a lot more rain to quench drought in the state. In Taos County, ranchers seen drought threatening their viability. The dry conditions are forcing ranchers to continue to buy feed at record prices as their own alfalfa fields reduce yield to just fractions of normal.
"It's pretty dire," Sheryl LaRue, executive director of the Taos County Farm Services Administration office, told The Taos (N.M.) News in a report here.
The situation isn't much better in Colorado, where nearly one-third of the state is in extreme or worse drought. The Denver Post reports that tempers are flaring between farmers and ranchers as they fight for precious irrigation water. In other areas of the state, there isn't even enough water to incite such disagreements.
"There isn't much dispute here over water because there isn't any," Fort Lyon Canal Co. manager Wesley Eck said.
Read, "Tempers flaring in Colorado over diminished irrigation water."
In Kansas, the heaviest rainfall soaked central parts of the state, with flooding causing evacuations and road closures. Unfortunately, the rain failed to impact much of the dry counties in the western half of the state. Forty-one percent of Kansas is in extreme or exceptional drought, down from 47 percent last week.
Drought still dominates in Nebraska, with 70 percent in severe or worse drought. It may be the second summer for drought, but the lack of heat has made all the difference this year.
"The saving grace has been the temperatures," Brian Fuchs, climatologist at the National Drought Mitigation Center, told the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald.
The rain also helped slow the drought from expanding further into the Corn Belt, including Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota.
Read the full Drought Monitor report here.
However, good news is on the horizon for several dry areas.
"In the contiguous 48 states, drought improvement or removal is anticipated in typically monsoon-affected areas in the Southwest and southern Rockies as far west as central Arizona," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported in their latest "Monthly Drought Outlook" report. " Drought should also improve across the central Plains from Nebraska, northeastern Colorado, and Missouri southward through central Arkansas, central Oklahoma, and the northern Texas Panhandle. where a stalled front should serve as a focus for rainfall during at least the first half of the month.


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The headlines about San Diego Hospice's layoffs carry me back to my worst days.
It was 1996. Bill Clinton had just been re-elected. From one day to the next, my healthy mother's life was turned upside down. On the day she was finally, gratefully, passing away, I committed this to a column:
"The storm first kicked up during the holidays with rising swells of pain. Then the word like a killer typhoon: Lymphoma.
"She started swimming in a whirlpool. Chemo. Radiation. Home care. One crisis led inexorably to the next.
"She might have drowned in a hospital room, as many do, strangling in kelp-like IV and oxygen tubes.
"But then a miracle. A warm, gentle current carried her to a beach where the weariest people on earth rest quietly before going on.
"The Acute Care Center of the San Diego Hospice, generously endowed by Joan Kroc and others, is a luxury retreat for terminal patients.
"I have known two people who died at the center. Soon, I'm told, a third.
"It's a hard thing, this slow dying, but it somehow is made easier knowing she is slipping away in a gorgeous room with hardwood floors on Vauclain Point in Hillcrest.
"For this American family, the hospice is a five-star godsend."
Five years later, my sister was tossed into a similar metastasizing maelstrom, though her struggle lasted much longer, ultimately landing her, completely spent, in a hospital room in Rancho Mirage.
As she was dying in 2007, I wrote a farewell that included the following:
"Sick of being sick with four bags of fluids flowing into her swollen forearm, my sister defied her never-say-die oncologist and asked to leave the hospital and live out her final hours in a hospice.
"It was enough. No more amped-up heroics. Her last song would be performed unplugged."
It had been my duty to find a hospice in the Coachella Valley that would remind my sister of the Hillcrest sanctuary, the peaceful place she used to recall when she sent in her annual donation, a charitable gesture that reflected her gratitude.
The San Diego Hospice ideal led me to the Odyssey House in Palm Desert, a clean, well-lighted place from which my sister could sail upon the midnight with no pain. Her living hell was over.
I don't pretend, by the way, that my mother and sister were your typical hospice patients.
Unlike their English and Canadian counterparts, American hospices, driven by economics or cultural preference, tend to care for terminal patients at home.
Nevertheless, it strikes me as terrible, an affront to the memory of Mrs. Kroc and countless others, that San Diego Hospice, come next year, could be forced to shutter the 24-bed Hillcrest inpatient center, a soaring structure overlooking Mission Valley that embodies a "vortex" of end-of-life care, as CEO Kathleen Pacurar remarked recently. (A smaller facility in Carlsbad is also closing.)
Not only did San Diego Hospice's flagship offer a Medicare-eligible refuge for my mother, it also conveyed a vision of how my sister's life should end and, one day, my own.
From what I gather, the region's first, and largest, hospice, a 35-year-old nonprofit that raises about $7.5 million a year in charitable donations and attracts some 750 volunteers, is under the auditor's gun because, like many other hospices around the country, it sometimes skirted Medicare time limits governing hospice care.
The altruistic view is that the hospice's heart was too soft. Rules were bent when patients fell into an uninsured gap by living longer than anticipated.
(The negative view, which I instinctively doubt, is that the hospice knowingly plundered Medicare to grow its "census" and enrich itself, which would be a criminal conspiracy.)
Now government auditors in green eyeshades want the money back. To balance the books, drastic cutbacks have been announced.
Many hospices around the country, it appears, have been caught between Medicare, which must control costs, and an aging population that collectively yearns for a painless, and not necessarily quick, passage from this life.
Death, however, is not always predictable. The more effective the hospice treatment, the more likely some terminal patients stay alive another day — and another.
Medicare has a long, long way to go in figuring out how to treat the terminally ill in a humane, cost-efficient manner. To that end, hospices need to step up politically and show the way.
No human enterprise is divine, of course, but in my experience at least, the hospice ethos is as close to the angels as this world gets.
Even in its bleakest hour, San Diego Hospice — along with all its hospice brethren in the county — remains a light at the front of a deep, dark tunnel.
In the end, it's in everyone's best interest to breathe ever more life into the end of life.
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Afan Lido: Council wants £13.5m new complex on neighbouring site
A lido destroyed by fire four years ago looks set to be replaced by a multi-million pound sports complex built on a neighbouring site.
The move is likely to upset campaigners, who wanted it built on the Afan Lido's original site on Aberavon beach.
But Neath Port Talbot council has recommended the new complex is built on Hollywood Park.
A fire ripped through the lido in December 2009.
The new £13.6m complex will have an eight-lane pool with boom and movable floor; learner pool, 100-seat spectator gallery and four-court sports hall with retractable seating for 100 spectators.
The council's task and finish group's report says the Hollywood Park location would help with the wider regeneration of the seafront.
'Attract investment'
A pool on the original site would have been smaller.
Neath Port Talbot council insists a new leisure complex will be worthy of the area, but others fear it will not be as good as the old lido.
Chairman Anthony Taylor said: "We believe our recommendations address the needs of local communities . . . complement existing sports and recreational provision . . . while creating an environment to attract further investment to the seafront."
The recommendations will go before the cabinet for decision on Wednesday.


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- PlayNitride chairman upbeat about micro LED
- Beijing, Shanghai IC sectors prospering
- Young Fast shifting focus to niche touch panel market
- Corning keen to expand Gorilla presence in auto glass market
- iPhone X component suppliers told to slow down delivery, say sources
- Motech PV module alliance plan faces challenges
- Taiwan solar cell makers reportedly to form alliance to better competitiveness
- CPT reports tight supply for all-screen smartphone panels
- Panel makers look to mini LED backlighting
- China PV installations reach 3.36GWp in August
- Valeo joins ISELED Alliance
- Taiwan sets tentative 2018 feed-in tariffs for renewable energy
- Education IT spending in APEJ to surpass US$11.8 billion by 2020, says IDC
- Taiwan IC backend firms to enjoy strong 4Q17
- Machine vision will gradually expand into consumer applications: Q&A with Arbor CTO Karl Chen
- Taiwan fabless IC firms seeing orders pull in from China
- Taiwan August unemployment rate down on year
- Taiwan August manufacturing production index up
- China enacting law to facilitate development of self-driving cars
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Visiting productions dominate the new brochure advertising the spring programme at the Wharf Theatre, Devizes.
Although the amateur theatre takes pride in its home-grown productions, five of the eight shows scheduled between March and July are being brought in.
Comedy music group the Hot Potato Syncopators visit for one night only on Friday, March 8, while the Devizes-based Invitation Theatre Company presents TITCo Do the Movies on March 15 and 16.
Second Face Theatre presents The Devil At Midnight by Brian Clemens on March 28 and 29, while music duo howdenjones is in concert on May 23.
Students of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School present Moonfleet on May 15 and 16.
The first home-grown production will be Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from May 3 to 11, followed by Buggerall by Jon Treganna from June 26 to 29.


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Sick video.
That vid gives a good idea of what it was like... after the swell had faded all day. And it was STILL good!
For a couple hours, the buoys hit the magic numbers... 10' @ 10sec. On a south swell, that's money. You could actually tell the difference as the day went on and the period got longer, with fewer makable tubes. But for those few hours it was on. The only fly in the ointment was the eye blistering offshores... got hung up in the lip more than a few times.
Plenty of shackadoodles yesterday and I didn't do one turn, except bottom turns. A couple of the caves I was in were so open the sides and roof were untouchable (I tried, not even close). F the wind, bigger board, head down, dig your ass off and your in. Twas a good day in my book!
Good vid... I dont even remember what its like to surf in the cold... october 20 was my most recent time in...
Looked like a lot of fun. All I got out of yesterday's swell was a bumpy ferry ride.


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Fayetteville, Ark., Wal-Mart Stores on Friday said it was committed to U.S. expansion and was on track to meet its goal of 270 to 280 new supercenters this year, including seven more in California, where many communities have tried to block Wal-Mart Stores.
"All of our new stores are doing very well," said John Menzer, vice chairman and head of U.S. operations for Wal-Mart, during an analyst meeting following the chain's annual shareholder meeting. "We have now approved 1,400 stores in our pipeline for future expansion."
Menzer also said that Wal-Mart is now designing its stores to reflect the unique characteristics of different markets. Both the merchandise mix and interior design will be tailored to five shopper categories: suburban affluent, rural, boomers, urban/multicultural and Hispanic. A plan for rolling out the tailored program will be set next year.
In addition, Wal-Mart's long-standing policy of cannibalizing store sales by opening additional units in still-developing markets is falling by the wayside as the chain focuses on balancing growth with return on invested capital.
"If we saw that a market had a three-store potential, we wouldn't hesitate to open store three, even though store one would get hit by 20%, and store two would get hit by 20%," Menzer said. "We are now waiting on that third store."


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This past weekend's Power-Con, an event dedicated to everything Masters of the Universe, held a few surprises for fans. While most of the reveals had already been announced at San Diego Comic-Con's Mattypalooza (read our report HERE), Mattel did shock Power-Con attendees with news that a Castle Grayskull is in the works. This fan-requested playset will be available for pre-order this fall with a price tag of around $200. If the minimum pre-order number is met, collectors can expect to have this in their collection next fall, 2013. Unfortunately, the design work on this project is huge and Mattel does not have the resources to build a "looks like model". This basically means no Grayskull prototype for fans to see before they order. However, full details and a B-sheet (design drawings) on this environment will be revealed at New York Comic-Con next month. While it's disappointing not to be able to see the final product (or even a prototype) before committing to a purchase, passionate MOTU fans should have no problem placing an order on this much requested item.
In other Power-Con MOTUC news, more 2013 figures were revealed. Picking up where Mattel left off at Mattypalooza, April 2013 will see the release of Snake Face, Karatii in May, Octavia in June, and Frosta in October. For a look at everything shown at the Power-Con panel, check out Mattel's slideshow in our gallery below.
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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jeff Gordon would consider retiring rather than race again if he had suffered an injury similar to Denny Hamlin's compression fracture in his lower back.
Hamlin has missed the past four races. He will return Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway but only start the race before turning his car over to a relief driver. He hopes to return full time next week at Darlington.
The 41-year-old Gordon, who has 87 career victories and four Cup titles, says his perspective is different than the 32-year-old Hamlin, who has 22 career victories and is looking for his first Cup title.
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"You have to put faith in your doctors and listen to them — they are the experts — (and) then you have to understand where you're at in your career," said Gordon, who has had back problems throughout his career. "If you have many, many years ahead of you then you have a bright future and you have a team that supports you to get through that healing process, then you need to take your time and think long term.
"If you're somebody that is struggling to keep that ride, they are going to push the limits more and take that risk. Life in general is just risk versus reward."
Gordon is at a point in his career where he might just hang it up.
"You have to take yourself out of that and understand what the dangers are, what the risks are and if you re-injure yourself, can that be life-threatening or something that ends your career?" Gordon said.
"I think for me, I'm later in my career and have a family and so an injury like what Denny went through, I don't know, I might not come back from that just because, is it worth it?"
What about for Hamlin, who likely will get out of his car during the first caution period?
"For Denny, I think it's worth it for him to really take his time and do it right," Gordon said. "What he's doing this weekend, to me that makes sense.
"It's Talladega, there's ways to avoid those incidents. I'll be interested to see if he gets out or stays in there. If I know Denny he's going to have a hard time getting out. Sounds like he is ready to go."
Gordon has two children ages 2 and 5, while Hamlin's girlfriend just had a baby earlier this year.
"Your family definitely plays an important role because they are very important to you," Gordon said. "You start to realize where the real priorities are and when I'm at the racetrack my priority is to win.
"If there is something that's going to take me away from spending quality time with my family 10, 20 years from now, that's something I would weigh in any decision I make."


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LOS ANGELES -- The son of a retired Los Angeles fire chief pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from a scheme to smuggle marijuana on flights out of Los Angeles International Airport.
Millage Peaks IV, 24, faces up to five years in prison at his Jan. 14 sentencing hearing in Los Angeles federal court, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
In court papers, Peaks acknowledged promising to pay $500 to ex- Transportation Security Administration agent Dianna Perez for each pot-filled suitcase that cleared security checkpoints at LAX.
Perez pleaded guilty to conspiracy earlier this week, admitting she helped Peaks and other co-defendants smuggle drugs on nine occasions between November 2010 and October 2011.
Admitted pot couriers Andrew "Drew" Welter, 25, of Fontana, and Charles "Smoke" Hicks, 24, of Culver City, also pleaded guilty in the case.
The final defendant, former TSA agent Randy Littlefield, 29, of Paramount, is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to conspiracy charges next week, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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Former boxing heavyweight champion of the world and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! contestant David 'The Hayemaker' Haye is back on our screens - this time as a weatherman for dogs.
The proud Chihuahua owner delivers a 'weather pawcast' on behalf of a pet insurance company to raise awareness of heat-related dangers dogs face during these hotter, humid and more stormy summer months.
Says David: "As a dog lover and owner I know too well the hazards our four-legged friends face on a hot day. I hope that by presenting a weather pawcast I can encourage all dog lovers to be more mindful of how the warm weather affects their pets especially given the current temperatures."
So here is the weather for dogs.... and below the video we list 10 top tips for protecting your dog from the heat, by vet Robert White-Adams:
- Get your dog's coat stripped, or even better, clipped short.
- Change walkies time to early morning or late at night when the temperature is cooler. Take it easy and let your dog take things slow. It's too hot for running, fetch and ball games.
- If your dog is panting then stop and slow down and if possible find some shade.
- Take water with you at all times and on walks gently spray your dog with a mist of water. Repeat often as the water evaporates and cools them down. However, do not douse or drench your dog with cold water. Sudden cold shock can divert blood flow away from the skin and can actually make your dog hotter!
- Make sure plenty of fresh drinking water in a clean bowl is available at all times (not too hot; not too cold). Check and refill throughout the day.
- If you're inside, open windows but keep the curtains drawn to keep the temperature down and make sure your dog has lots of space to move around.
- Dehydration happens much quicker in warmer weather so if your dog is vomiting, has diarrhoea or stops drinking then seek help from your vet immediately.
- Create somewhere cool for your dog to rest, such as placing a wet towel in a shady spot outside.
- Place a fan near your dog and try putting an ice pack in front of the fan to cool the air it's blowing.
- Check up on your dog more often. A lot can happen in just a few hours so change your routine to keep an eye on your dog.