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Group says more bike lanes 'better for everybody, not just the cyclists'
BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) - Two dozen bikers pushing for cyclist safety went for a short ride down Main Street's buffered bike lane Saturday afternoon. Organizers said it's the only one in the city, and they'd like more.
"There's some spots that are pretty scary (in downtown Boise), especially parked cars, doors swinging open can be pretty dangerous," said Damien Salerno, a Boise cyclist.
The Ada County Highway District recently proposed turning a car lane and some parking spots into bike lanes on Main and Idaho Streets along with Capitol Boulevard. ACHD says your commute could get more crowded but the downtown roads can handle the traffic with the remaining lanes.
"It's better for everybody, not just the cyclists," said Lisa Brady, board president of the Treasure Valley Cycling Alliance. "It keeps people from hitting cyclists, keeps pedestrians away from heavier, moving traffic. It may cause some congestion, but I think people are going to work that out."
Bicyclists say getting through downtown is not only tricky, but it's unsafe.
"On Capitol right now, there isn't a bike lane at all, and it's very dangerous," said Suzanne Taylor, who bikes to work. "You end up riding up on the sidewalk, and it doesn't work out well because you intersperse through traffic and there are pedestrians. It'll be a lot better if there's a bike lane."
Transportation planners say the idea is to make downtown Boise accessible for everyone, and the bikers say adding lanes will make it safer.
ACHD has scheduled an open house for Thursday, 5:30 to 7 p.m., on the second floor of the US Bank Building.


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Discussion in 'Racing' started by Anders Green, Sep 26, 2012.
cool, enjoy the transit sections
Everybody's gotta be a comedian...... Those paddle tires do look pretty wild, and seeing as I have never really ridden in sand maybe I should find some.
A few noob questions for everyone's entertainment:
When can we sign up, and should I wait until after 1/13 to buy the rally membership and license or do it now??
Best local hotel / motel?
Lastly, the G sensor the rules say you need for riding after dark. Does this event require one and if so where do you get them?
THe G sensor is not required! Regs should say you only really need a pair of flashing bicycle LEd lights.
A few local hotels... lots of us stay at the Jameson, but there are a few others.
I havent checked the website, so I dont know when entries open... should be soon, though! I would wait until after the new year to get the membership and licensening and stuff.
Tires have to be DOT.. at least they have to look that way from a few feet Paddle tires might not make that cut :wink
What type of advice would you give a newer rider thats never raced a rally like this before? I rode a lot as a kid, quit once I got my license, and just started riding again about 2 years ago (12 year break). I currently race harescrambles but have spent some time riding higher speed forest roads out west.
I ride a CRF450x with a steering stabilizer which I know will help in the sand. Are these rallys ridiculously tough or should it be not to bad for me? Either way, Im there lol.
Arrive on time, attend the new competitor orientation class (mandatory). Ride to finish and have fun. Try to learn how to do your timing controls etc. When racing just ride where you are comfortable and aim to finish. If the weather is dry then the sand can be deep and loose in places. If it rains then there is a lot of clay that gets greasy. Don't worry about winning the thing and just ride for fun...as the day progresses you will start to relax and have more fun as you get used to the conditions. etc.
Exactly what I was hoping to hear. Thanks buddy.
Sounds like the noob corner may be filling up!
More noob questions. Anyone prefer one neck brace over another? Are they required or just a good idea?
Dawn they arent required, but they are a good idea.
I couldnt tell you which one works better than another. Its nice to get one that coordinates with both the armor and a jacket, though... something I dont have.
A lot of us run Leatt braces....you just have to try one out to see if you like it. Some people cannot stand having them on and either use an alternative or not at all.
+1 on the brace coordinating with your armor. I have basically modified all of my kit to work together with the brace, basically hacking into my 661 pressure suit to make it all work, then cutting the collar of my wind-breaker etc.
With my set-up the way it currently is, I don;t even know the brace is on while riding...
Hat's off to you Seth, you're really preaching the rally gospel
I am in a charitable mood at the moment Running Tall Pines with Greg in the 280Z in November
I love that rally! I crewed for Iorio one year and had an absolute blast....after he wrecked a transmission of course (again). I ran a stage in the car and I don't recall it's name but it had a bunch of jumps and some really tight blind corners.
Oh, right, armor. E-bay here I come :)
My Wife has a newish Acerbis Koerta armor suit that she only wore twice, if you're interested. Size small/med. PM me and I can connect you both.
SandBlast last year was my first rally after being back on a dirtbike for 6 months or so. I basically showed up with me, my bike, and my riding gear. I'd never raced before and I made it through just fine. Everybody was super helpful at figuring out where I needed to be and when.
Read the rule books to find out the right gear and bike tech and general rally rules. This will make registration and tech much easier. The beginner orientation will get you the rest you need to know about the actual race. The shakedown is worth it to get a feel for the sand.
Bring a friend or two if possible. I had a fantastic time and a great adventure doing SandBlast solo but had way more fun doing rally WV with friends and family there for the weekend!
I got an Atlas Brace this summer and I LOVE it. It works with all my gear. I primarily wear it over my Axo Air Cage armor. It seems like it will be compatible with most armor. My camelback doesn't interfere with it either.
I like that it stays put without any buckles or straps.
Something with good knob like a TKC80 should be fine (17" right? ). There's a knobby by metzler that fits the big bikes too right? karoo?
Seems like alot of the dirtbike guys run Michelin S-12 for the tall knob that's good in soft terrain/mud/sand but I think they are only in 18" and 19" sizes.

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June 19, 2008
The call for volunteers to go to Chapman to help rebuild after the storm was announced Sunday at De Soto Baptist Church. Call the Copelands or the Woywods to help the American Red Cross this week.
¢ Two free clinics for junior tennis players will be offered later this summer. A USPTA-certified tennis professional and players from the De Soto High School tennis team will run the clinics. Sessions are July 28-31 and Aug. 4-7. Times are 5:30 p.m.-6 p.m. for 4- to 6-year-olds, 6 p.m.-6:45 p.m. for 7- and 8-year-olds, and 6:45 p.m.-7:30 p.m. for 9- and 10-year-olds. For more information, call Kevin Kowalik at (913) 302-3313.
¢ The De Soto United Methodist Church secretary is out of the office for the week for surgery. Janice Wilcox will be the substitute secretary.
¢ The Agape Circle of the De Soto United Methodist Church will be meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the house of Diane Lavenberg.
¢ The De Soto United Methodist Church "Faith Brigade" (named for their Relay for Life team) would like to thank the community for its support for the group's fundraising activities. The team surpassed its goal of $1,500 and, as of June 12, had raised $3,568, which earned the group the designation of a silver team. There were 14 team members, and the captain was Jan Vaughn.
¢ The De Soto United Methodist Church is having a picnic from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 22 at Kill Creek Park, Shelter No. 3. Guests are asked to bring side dishes, lawn chairs, games and music. The Fellowship Committee will provide hot dogs, hamburgers and beverages. The shelter is located at 11670 Homestead Lane. For more information, call Ed Wilcox at 585-1394 or Ron Hooper at 441-6335.
¢ The De Soto Baptist Church recognized all the fathers in the congregation on Father's Day. Joe Woywod's brother George and his wife were visitors. George has been on the health concerns list for several months. Matthew Woywod sang a special solo, "People Need the Lord," during the service. After service the congregation had snacks that were delicious.
¢ The De Soto Baptist Church had the Rev. Wallace Smith fill the pulpit Sunday because the Rev. Richard Copeland was out of town. Wallace's wife, Christy, and their two children are residents of Shawnee. Wallace is employed by the American Baptist Church to start a new church in Shawnee in the growing area near Kansas Highway 7 and Shawnee Mission Parkway. He and his family recently moved to Shawnee from Indianapolis, where Wallace was the preacher at a Baptist church.
The Copelands were in Nebraska attending their grandson Jon Hodges' baseball game.
¢ Mary Alley came over June 11 and did a very thorough cleaning job in my home. The bedding was changed, and the bathroom and floors were all cleaned. She also did some shopping for me and mailed some of my things.
¢ I had a telephone call on Thursday from former De Soto resident Elaine Hardin Boyd. She was checking on me and many other people in De Soto. I told her of our successful vacation Bible school at De Soto Baptist Church. She said she was glad she made the move to Louisiana from Texas. She said she was using a walker, wheelchair and a cane some. She had to replace a hip some time ago. I told her of the many changes in town, like how there is no grocery store and three banks.
¢ For those who enjoy musical theater, Leslie Hodges will perform in the Theatre in the Park's production of "Oklahoma" Thursday through Sunday at Shawnee Mission Park. Lucas and Rick Walter will perform in "Titanic the Musical" at Theatre in the Park Aug. 1-3 and 7-10.
¢ Laura Long, who is in the Vintage Park nursing home in Gardner, called me this week to ask about everyone in De Soto.
¢ I had two visitors Saturday afternoon. One was with the deaf school, and she brought one of her pupils with her. I told her about my vacation Bible school success and my family doings, and she signed it to her pupil. She left me a Bible story book, too.
¢ The Willow Springs F.C.E. will meet at 11:30 a.m. Friday at De Soto Baptist Church. Leota Fruit will be the hostess, and the event will be a covered dish luncheon.
¢ Those celebrating birthdays this week are Tom Tush, Sophia Templin, McKenzie King, Pam Plummer, Nate Schotanus, June Davison, Lisa Schmucker, Zachary Yarbrough, Will Smalley, Cole Towner, James Ingalls, Linda Lane, Judy Hartshorn, El Freeda Payton, Wayne Loglise and my granddaughter Karla Ruth Modelski, who lives in Illinois.
¢ Those celebrating anniversaries this week are Tim and Stephanie Slitor, Dan and Annette Tucker, Mike and Tammy McKinski, Bruce and Nicole Yarbrough, and Debbie and Paul Chandler.
¢ The De Soto Multi-Service Center needs canned fruit this week. Next week the center will need tuna. Paper goods and baby items always are needed.
¢ There are several on the sick list this week. Gary Martin has been on the prayer list with his illness and surgery. He is in Olathe Medical Center. They have asked for no visitors for Gary, only cards and phone calls. Merle Couch is still in a Sedalia, Mo., hospital and needs our prayers with his critical condition. Lawrence Allen is at home recovering from recent surgery. Juanita Martinez fell in her home this past week and broke her hip. She was to have emergency surgery at the Olathe Medical Center. Jeff Hodges was to have surgery. Bill McDowell is still at the Hillside Village rehab with his health problems. I was glad to see Billie Boyd at church and walking better after her recent fall. Bobby Gulley is making good reports after his recent surgery. The Coatneys, who live in Linwood, had a tree crash on their roof Thursday night when the tornado went through.
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Province providing $150 million for pipelines
Alberta: 2014 budget doesn't restore cut to water program
Wednesday, Mar 12, 2014 06:00 am
Foothills municipal leaders are questioning whether there will be enough money available from the provincial government to help pay for much needed water pipelines in the region.
The provincial budget unveiled last week included $150 million over the next three years for the Water For Life program, with $50 million available each year. The program provides municipalities with funding to cover up to 90 per cent of the cost of new water pipelines. However, the provincial government did not restore a significant cut in funding to the program a year ago.
The program was widely cited as a potential source of money the Town of Okotoks could use to build a water pipeline to Calgary, a project that is estimated could cost as much as $100 million.
Okotoks mayor Bill Robertson said he hopes there will be funds available for Okotoks when the Town gets around to building a pipeline.
He said the Town can�t do it without financial help from the Province.
�It�s crucial, we can�t afford the $100 million to $120 million cost for a pipeline on our own, our community can�t afford that,� said Robertson.
When town council voted to build a pipeline last year, it directed administration to work with the city of Calgary and Province to draw up plans for a pipeline and bring them back to council for a final decision this spring.
MD of Foothills reeve Larry Spilak said the Foothills Regional Water Collaborative may look to the provincial government for funding from the Water for Life program at some point in the future.
�If that were to be successful then we would be looking at a water pipeline from the Bow (River) to service the entire region and for that, of course, we will go to the Province for money,� he said.
With the Town and MD potentially looking for a share of limited funding from the program, Spilak said it could limit what would be available to either party.
He said the provincial funding that is available from Water for life will help, but it�s not enough.
Spilak said the Province needs to make more funding available to municipalities to pay for water projects to serve growing communities.
�I don�t believe it�s adequate for what�s going to be required, for not only this region but for other regions in the next three to five years,� he said.
Alberta municipal affairs minister Ken Hughes said Water for life isn�t the only program municipalities can look at to pay for water pipelines and related infrastructure.
He said Okotoks can look to the Municipal Sustainability Initiative, Water For Life and the province is increasing funding available through the Alberta Community Partnership Plan.
Hughes said he encourages municipalities to work together and look to the community partnership plan for funding for join projects, such as pipelines.
�While there may not be a complete path for every possible project that people are looking at, such as the water lines you�re talking about, I�m going to be working with those municipalities,� he said.


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I read with interest Martha Mendicino's piece in Forum ("Be wary of labeling renters," April 15th) in which she lambasted the proposed Athens-Clarke County rental registration program. I could not agree with her more, and the Planning Commission obviously agrees with me.
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The current county ordinance banning more than two unrelated persons living together in the same house is, in my opinion, silly on the face of it. It is practically unenforceable.
Now, however, there is an effort to require landlords to keep separate records of who their tenants and renters are - and to pay a $125 annual fee to boot. Whether or not this new law would require landlords to file a so-called ''occupancy affidavit'' directly with the government or just to keep the records themselves along with the lease is irrelevant. It is still government pressure and government meddling.
Is this control freakism in a new format? Absolutely.
There is no question that some homeowners are upset by loud noises and trashy yards in their neighborhoods. All they have to do is speak up to the landlord involved or call a cop. These things can and should be resolved on a case-by-case basis.
Many years ago, when I was single and lived in Atlanta, I rented a room from the Minhinnetts. On two or three occasions, and without their permission, I burned old papers in their backyard - something I would never do today. I later heard that some neighbors disapproved, but nobody ever said a word. If they had, I would have stopped.
There are also those in Athens who believe that unrelated people living together in houses (no matter how many) constitutes a sin or a threat to public decency, and many of them are panting to force this new ordinance down our throats. Why are they so intent on trying to program or monitor the lives of those with whose lifestyles they disagree?
Books and TV should not be censored by government to please those who do not like what's in a book or on the screen. We all have the right not to read and not to watch whatever displeases us. This proposed rental registration law is another form of censorship.
Ms. Mendicino wrote that under the proposed rental registration program, Ma Barker and her family could live next door - but this right would be denied to ''three quiet girls, quieter than a mouse,'' because they were not related.
There are some houses in this town where only family members reside and where there is unabated noise, physical abuse and trashy surroundings that disturb neighbors. What new laws should our best and brightest think up to do something about that?
In Flagpole Magazine (April 16 Pub Notes, ''Collateral Damage''), Pete McCommons noted that good landlords as well as sleazy ones would be negatively impacted by this proposed new ordinance ''along with homeowners and renters trying to enjoy intown living on limited incomes.''
I believe, as some citizens contended at a meeting on April 15, the so-called ''occupancy affidavit'' would constitute an invasion of privacy.
If this sorry thing gets approved by the county commissioners, it's going to hurt a lot of people including many on limited incomes. Seems to me the purpose of a law should be to protect, not to oppress.
It is none of the government's business who lives with whom, or how many - related or unrelated - unless there is a clear and present danger to public health or safety. And that has not been demonstrated.
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CHAMPAIGN — The Indi Go Artist Co-Op will present, starting Wednesday, "Cut and Paste," an exhibition featuring new works by Alan Pocaro and Michael Willett.
Both explore, through the curious juxtapositions in their mixed-media images, the pastiche nature of contemporary life.
Willett's work focuses on collaged exhibition advertisements from Artforum, the leading contemporary art periodical. He dissects and re-interprets the images while addressing a variety of references, including popular culture and philosophical concerns.
Combining paint and images of Americana from sources such as Life magazine and UFO Skeptic, Pocaro creates a series of alternative realities that coexist, with tension, on the pictorial surface.
Pocaro, who was born in 1978, lives and works in Illinois. Recent exhibitions include "Time and Distance" at the Carnegie Center for Visual and Performing Art in Covington, Ky.; "Still" at the Fitton Center in Hamilton, Ohio; and "Small Works" at Trestle Gallery in New York.
Willett, born in 1982, lives and works in Alabama. Recent exhibitions include the New Faculty Exhibition at Bloch Hall Gallery at the University of Montevallo; "Two Kinds of Ha Ha Ha" at Meyers Gallery at the University of Cincinnati; and "Ugly Portrait Series" at the Semantics Gallery, also in Cincinnati.
"Cut and Paste" will be on view from Wednesday through July 31; the opening reception will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
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But it emerged yesterday that one of the candidates for the presidency of the highly respected professional body has been a member of the BNP for five years. He has also stood as a BNP candidate in a council election. The revelation of Peter Phillips' political affiliations came during a hustings debate involving the three candidates at the institute on Wednesday night. A new Riba president is due to be confirmed at the end of July.
The news has thrown the profession into uproar. George Ferguson, who was president from 2003-5 and is a member of its governing council, said: "Absolute outrage has been expressed by everyone on council I have communicated with. No doubt that is a united feeling among the profession."
Mr Phillips is also a Riba council member, and sits alongside Mr Ferguson on the institute's practice committee. Mr Ferguson said: "I know him only too well and I have despised many of his views for a long time. No doubt he would not have received the 60 nominations necessary if those who nominated him knew of his political affiliations. I have therefore written to him and asked him to withdraw his candidacy. Wherever he goes this man reveals misogynist and racist views. It is shocking that someone like him is in our midst. The worry is that he is trying to infiltrate a power base within one of the most important professions in the country.
"On the positive side, we do have two excellent candidates for the role, Sunand Prasad, who is a brilliant architect and whose standing is a real gift to the profession, and Valerie Owen, a very intelligent, principled candidate."
Mr Prasad said: "It is good that the news is out. I'm not campaigning for him to stand down. Much though I hate what the BNP stands for and regret this man is a Riba council member, the BNP is not a proscribed political party. I just ask Riba members to look at the full reality of his views and make an assessment."
The third candidate, Ms Owen, told Building Design magazine: "The institute is apolitical which is exactly as it should be given its international status."
Jack Pringle, current president of the institute, said some members had called for Mr Phillips' impeachment. He added: "On council Peter Phillips has always represented rightwing views, and in particular unpleasant views on the abilities of women. Nevertheless, this is a shock.
"The thing I am really disturbed about is that it has not been open. Now our members understand the full context of his views, but do so literally as the ballot papers go out. His views are totally countercultural to the profession, and absolutely antipathetical to what the vast majority of our profession are interested in."
Mr Phillips said he was standing for election because the institute had "lost its way and no longer represents the interests of its members". He denied that it was anything to do with his membership of the BNP or that he should have declared his party membership. "No candidate has ever been asked to declare political allegiances. The BNP is a legitimate political party, and it is beginning to win seats."
Mr Phillips also denied accusations of racism and misogyny. "I am not a racist," he said. "I was a VSO volunteer in Kenya at the beginning of my career, so I refute that. But when you express different views from people, you have to take quite a lot of abuse. I have expressed my views openly and for some time against pressure groups being funded by the RIBA. At the moment there is a particular feminist group being funded by the RIBA."
Asked the nature of the group, he said: "It is an umbrella group called Architects for Change. It includes the Society of Black Architects or the Black Society of Architects, I can't remember which is which."
Architects for Change is Riba's equal opportunities forum.
Mr Phillips' election website includes a list of hated "buzzwords" and phrases, including "accessibility", "diversity", "chair - as in chairman or madam chairman" and "work-life balance".
He has been a BNP member since 2001 and stood in Merstham ward for Reigate and Banstead council, Surrey, in 2003. He polled 299 votes, beating Labour into fourth place but well behind the Liberal Democrat and Tory candidates. According to local anti-BNP campaigners he is known for his hardline views on race and women.
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Peter Phillips says his profession is in danger of being dictated to by "small, unrepresentative, single-issue pressure groups" run by a "tiny number of self-appointed unelected individuals who claim to represent a particular group of people or a special interest but who have no justification for doing so".
Many are over-zealous and intolerant, and "endeavour to dictate views and policies that do not accord with the wishes of the largely silent majority", he claims. "The RIBA should ensure that it is not browbeaten by pressure groups in and around the profession into introducing policies that are not necessarily in the interests of the wider membership, the profession or the industry, for fear of unfounded accusations. It is important that groups are therefore kept at arm's length, and that they are not funded by the institute."
His website also calls for an end to "Buzzwords and BusinessSpeak" that "cause confusion or indicate woolly thinking".


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Rittle's 'ultra- soft' to rehydrate, before placing in pickle. this stuff is the best for african'sun- dried' skins!! There Bruce! no need to speak I'll advertise for you!!! Have a great day!
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YES you generaly have to leave the on rehidratation much much longer
depeding on which animals you are tanning , always use bactericide
and don´t use much salt or any at the begining ( i dont) as Jeff said
use ultra soft that helps a lot,now what you have to do is open
the fibers of the skin as often as you can every 2 hours on bufalo,
gemsbok because if yhey come as hard as sometimes come you will have
to wait very much time before they loosen up .
if the skins aren`t very soft ( 10 hours )still very stiff
leave them over night but now you can add more salt to protect them
watch out with impala for me they are the worst specially on the
throat area be gentle when opening the fiber on this area (impala)
use a picle of 2.2 and check is often , also work the skins for some
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get the picle to penetrate the skin.
i hope this helps you , i am no tanner i am taxidermist but i have
tanned a lot of african skins and i have had a lot of problems
i am sure you will do ok. but keep in mind they are nothing like
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...this was a commercial site which features how-to tips, new products, etc to help the beginner as well as the experienced taxidermist. Jeff, I agree with you, it will do a great job. Most of Rittels products do, thats why WASCO, the host of this site, carries so many of them. Gee, I dont recall Sallie or Ken having any problem with us naming products in here...Shame on you, Jeff, and your shameless pitch! Ha ha ha...
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WOBURN, Mass., May 24 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts prosecutor denounced Mark Kerrigan as a "nasty drunk" in closing arguments, but the defense said he did not cause his father's death.
Wrapping up her manslaughter case Monday, Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Keeley told the Middlesex County Superior Court jury in Woburn, "It took this defendant -- an angry, mean, nasty, drunk son of his -- to take Daniel Kerrigan down, to end his life.''
Defense lawyer Janice Bassil said there was no evidence to prove Mark Kerrigan grabbed his father by the neck in his Stoneham, Mass., kitchen on Jan. 23, 2010, or that his actions led to his father's death, The Boston Globe reported.
Kerrigan's family, including his mother Brenda and sister Nancy, the Olympic figure skater, is supporting him.
Bassil said Daniel Kerrigan died from advanced and longstanding coronary artery disease.
Prosecutors say Kerrigan crushed the cartilage in his father's neck, triggering his heart failure. But the defense cited a forensic pathologist who testified that the cartilage damage probably occurred after death, during the two-hour effort to resuscitate the victim or during the autopsy.
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When one considers the types of instruments best suited to playing love songs, one probably doesn't think of accordions as a likely prospect. Aren't most of us familiar enough with the sounds they make to easily discount them as being capable of conveying as complex an emotion as love?
To Ann Randolph, when an accordion is in the right hands, it can produce ballads as lush and romantic as the finest string quartet, as if an entire symphony orchestra is housed within that single instrument. Even more surprising than Randolph's admitting she feels this way is that by the end of her one-woman play Squeeze Box, which is now having its New York premiere at the Acorn Theater after its auspicious 2002 Los Angeles debut, is that she'll have you believing it as well.
Though the accordionist with whom Randolph falls in love (his name is Harold) plays a vital role in her life, the play she wrote and stars in is a moving, laugh-out-loud chronicle of her own journey from despair to redemption, detailing how she discovered her own necessary - and admirable - contributions to the human race. They were mostly made through her work at a Los Angeles women's homeless shelter, where she made her presence felt in ways direct and subtle: her patience, her compassion, her willingness to bend the rules for the women so they could live a better life.
She gave them everything she could and believed, for a while, that she was getting in return what she needed for her spiritual health. But as the years slogged on, and her own economic situation grew more volatile, she began to experience a crisis of faith regarding her abilities to make a difference, make a living, and succeed as a person. She realized with some shock that, when she most needed it, no one was present to help her, and abandoned her job and the women depending on her in order to undertake a quest to ease her own emotional homelessness.
If it all sounds like serious stuff - it is. Through her piercingly honest story, Randolph depicts the difficult inner conflict experienced by someone who's helped countless others at the expense of herself. That anger and pain are prevalent through every moment of the show; unafraid to make herself unsympathetic, Randolph lays her own faults bare and presents a gentle but firm reminder of the flaws and humanity within the most apparently gracious of souls.
Though Randolph doesn't come to the realization of her importance until late in the evening, when she's gotten what she thinks she's wanted and then must pay the consequences, her journey is never a depressing or dispiriting one. She's blessed with a natural gift for humor that allows her to find moments of surprising levity in even the most sorrowful and apparently hopeless of circumstances, and she points these up whenever the opportunities arise.
That's most frequently done through her impressions; she's sharply defined each of the dozen or so characters in her story, and moves between them with but small adjustments to her body and voice. When she crooks two fingers and leans back, she's Brandy, a street-wise, smart-aleckey, yet sensitive homeless woman; a flip of a barrette turns her into an overeager Bible-thumping shelter worker; slightly more rounded tones and shoulders result in the laid-back, inspirational Harold. Randolph is so likeable, so believable in all these guises, that it's not long before you feel strongly for each of the people she evokes.
Even so, it seems as if the production strives for an emptier, starker feel than what might be ideal; the only objects accompanying Randolph onstage are the guitar and banjo she'll pick up and play at opportune moments. Adam Bailey's direction and Jonathan Spencer's lights seem determined to narrow the focus on Randolph as much as possible, rather than allowing her to expand to fill the theater. Surely they can't themselves lack faith in their star's ability to make the evening both plausible and enjoyable on her own?
If that's the case, it's one Randolph, through her charmingly clever and specific characterizations, is determined to dispel. She does a masterful job of it, too, so efficiently spinning an intricate web of stories and personalities that we never feel as if we're missing the full contextual impact of the events surrounding her. That's not easy to achieve, but Randolph makes it look effortless.
That's an important part of the magic of theatre, fashioning a complex dramatic construct in a way all but undetectable to the audience. It's quite similar to the work Randolph undertook, attempting to bring a simple sort of peace to people most desperately in need of it. Both these messages come through loud and clear in Squeeze Box and, as was the accordion to Randolph, they're beautiful music to our ears.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Give Joe Paterno a month to find a way to stop an opponent, and usually he can.
Paterno felt the way to beat Kentucky was make Tim Couch think about more than whether he's going to turn pro this year.
No. 22 Penn State grounded Couch and Kentucky's potent passing attack after a strong start and dominated the final three quarters of the Outback Bowl for a 26-14 victory Friday.
Couch, playing perhaps his final college game, threw for two first-quarter touchdowns and finished with 337 yards passing. But he also was intercepted twice and sacked six times.
''A couple of things we did confused him. ... We thought if we could make him think a little, we could get the rush to him,'' Paterno said.
''You don't get any better than they were on their first couple of drives. ... We made some changes. Some of the things we did early in the game just didn't seem right, and we cut them out.''
Paterno, the winningest coach in bowl history, improved his postseason record to 19-9-1. His 29th appearance in 33 seasons at Penn State ties him with Bear Bryant for first on the career list.
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IT'S REALLY IN THE GAME: In N.Y., Chris Suellentrop in an Arts section cover story discusses the ongoing Ed O'Bannon lawsuit and notes it began as a dispute among former college athletes, the NCAA and EA "over whether players deserve to be paid for the use of their likenesses in games like NCAA Football 14 from EA Sports." Suellentrop: "Sports games will always be with us, no matter what happens with the lawsuit against the NCAA. Next month, the 25th anniversary edition of Madden NFL will be released, and no lawsuit is going to force that juggernaut to retire. ... But if the lawsuit succeeds, one day a father in Alabama may want to show his children what the sport looked like before everything changed. In that moment, an Xbox 360, a controller and a copy of NCAA Football 14 -- part historical documentary, part deranged-fan wish fulfillment -- may be the best exhibit in evidence" (N.Y. TIMES, 7/9).


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I Bet You Can't Build This Snowman – Ian's Pic Of The Night
I know we don't have enough snow in Michigan to make this happen, but as soon as we get that next big snow storm. Who's down to help me build this awesome 'Snow Project'?
I know we don't have enough snow in Michigan to make this happen, but as soon as we get that next big snow storm. Who's down to help me build this awesome 'Snow Project'?
With Christmas just a few weeks away, Santa needs his rest before the BIG DAY! Who knew the old man had so much 'Sex Appeal'?
I'll admit when I was young I always had a kool-air mustache, but this is ridiculous. Someone wipe this kids nose and take him in the house PLEASE!
I'm gonna take a guess and say this pic was taken in either Burton or Mt. Morris....do you think I'm right? These girls look like they are dressed and ready for a party at Celebrations!
I bet I could do a backflip of that booty! Have you ever seen anything like this, I thought when people said 'I can set a drink on that' it was just a joke...guess not!
A gun club in Scottsdale, Arizona is inviting children to pose for pictures with Santa Claus and a high-powered firearm. Each family member carries their choice of weapon, from pistols to $80,000 machine guns.
Children and babies can also get their hands on a firearm of their choice, including grenade launchers, assault rifles and AK-47s.
A tattoo artist in Dayton, OH is being sued after inking his ex-girlfriend's back with what looks like a big pile of poo. She claims he took advantage of her and has filed a $100,000 lawsuit against him. LOL would you be pissed?
I'll leave this one up to you guys tonight. Leave a comment with your best caption and I'll hook the winner up with a digital download of your choice. Make sure to leave your comment at the bottom of the page!
Umm I've heard that America wasn't the healthiest, but this is just down right nasty! Who eats Mayo straight out of the jar? Check out the chick on the bus.
If anyone can give me information on how/where I can purchase this t-shirt please email me firstname.lastname@example.com Thanks
I've seen a ton of photos where people claim to see Jesus in toast, clouds and other crazy places, but a dogs butt? Do you see Jesus here?


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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) Is A Piece Of Shit
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Yes, the right has done this multiple times recently. Benghazi, Newtown, and the political cartoon involving Chris Kyle. It's a typical M.O. for the right to accuse the left of being anti-military and unpatriotic.
This is funny, because what Reid is arguing for is pro-military. If the right doesn't like what he's saying, that non-discretionary cuts to the military are a bad thing, then argue against that rather that pulling this "he's disrespecting the deceased" card. If people want to call him an idiot for comparing this accident to what can happen as deeper cuts to training and maintenance go forward, fine do it.
When Romney decided to politicize Benghazi right after it happened, people didn't accuse him of disrespecting the dead, they accused him of being an idiot for talking about something he was uninformed about. The "disrespecting the dead" card was again dealt to Obama and the left.
Let's try this again. MSNBC (not FOX) reported that Reid connected the sequester with the tragedy. You're saying that MSNBC is right wing?
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Daisy Waugh wonders why the 'kind; Romanian girl she trusted absconded with her cash
We were mid-moving house last Saturday. My smiling, intelligent, kind, courageous, helpful, humorous au pair, one Elena Banciu of Romania, 24yrs, was helping the family to pack. She was doing it, as she had done everything in the six months she had been living with us, with great merriment and astonishing efficiency. By the time I had filled the bottom of one packing case with half-empty hotel body lotions and very small sewing kits, she had individually bubble-wrapped the entire kitchen and loaded it, single-handed, into the back of our car.
I drove her, her own luggage, and all the mad kitchen bubble wrap to the new house, which is barely a mile away. We agreed that I would return to the old house to pick up the next load, and pick up something for lunch on the way back. She gave me another of her merry smiles. I gave her another grovelling speech about her marvellousness and my profound gratitude (all truly meant at the time) and off I went. "See you in a sec," I said.
Actually, I never saw her again.
Before returning to the body lotion packing box I remembered to call the telephone company, which had sent a letter - not a red bill but a typed letter warning me that one of my lines was due to be cut off. I was foggily aware that I hadn't received any BT bills for some time, and it occurs to me now, of course, that Saintly Elena must have been filching them, because on the telephone line she used, I discovered I now owed almost £800. Six hundred of which, at rough estimate, for calls made by Elena to her numerous friends here and abroad.
I rang her on her mobile, told her we needed to have an urgent conversation about the telephone bill, and she sounded fine. But when I got to the house she and her luggage were gone. Without a note. Without any sign that she had ever been there. Nothing. Except, on the bookshelf in her new bedroom, a teddy bear with its shop tag still attached and our new house keys balanced between its legs.
Elena had switched off her mobile. Her best friend (whose number I had thanks to its being the most frequently dialled on our astronomical bill) sounded horrified when she heard my voice. She claimed she didn't know any Elena. She said she'd "bought the SIM card" for this number from someone in a pub the previous night. Ho-hum. I gave her a message to give to Elena, who I sensed was sitting right beside her, and the friend said, "I will give that message to the person I bought the SIM card from. And I am sorry. I am very sorry." She sounded it, too. But hell, what do I know?
I was shocked. I still am shocked. I dreaded breaking the news to the children, Panda, seven, and Zebedee, four, but they both seem to have taken it on the chin, the way children do. Zebedee says, simply, that Elena is a "baddie". Panda seems to think that Elena has just made a mistake. Either way, neither seems to care very much. But I do. I feel a fool for ever having liked and trusted her and I'm … well, without wishing to be embarrassing, I'm hurt.
And yet I should have been prepared. Almost everyone who employs au pairs for more than a few years has at least one horror story to tell. Take a series of total strangers into your home, and at some point you'll land yourself with a monster. It goes with the territory.
I have one friend, for example, whose au pair spent the quiet evenings sitting on young charges' beds and whispering in detail to them every lick and moan and grope of her recent bisexual awakening. When my friend discovered this and asked her to leave, she wouldn't. She stayed on for a fortnight, silent and morose in their one sitting-room, simply refusing to pack. I have another friend whose au pair was always too busy to babysit for her. It turned out she wasn't visiting her terminally ill best friend (whose employer never paid her) but moonlighting for half of West London, eating my friend's food, sleeping in my friend's house, and raking in a fortune babysitting everywhere else.
I have another friend whose au pair used to hang the baby's wet swimming nappies by the washing machine and invent little anecdotes about the baby singing along in music classes when, for six months, it emerged she'd spent every day cruising up and down Oxford Street running up debts on a stolen credit card. I know of a woman whose au pair took all her jewellery, got hold of her credit card pin number and took £2,000 before suddenly disappearing. I have a close friend who didn't discover until a year after the au pair had left that she had stolen £13,000 out of her building society savings account. All of which makes me feel like I got off pretty lightly.
Perhaps it has always made me wince a little bit when we in the Jolly Mothers brigade avow great love for our au pairs. "Oh God, I adore her," we cry. "She's just like one of the family." But which "one of the family" are we all talking about, for Heaven's sake? Which other member of the family is allowed the worst room in the house, on the condition that they look after our children, launder our underpants, and wash the kitchen floor? We call them our "friends", but we pay them a pittance (the legal maximum is just under £90) and expect them to do our dirty work. In exchange they learn how to say "Hoover bag serial number" in English.
The au pair/family love dynamic has always been a phoney kind of relationship-of-equals. As Kipling put it, "An' they talks a lot o' lovin', [these Jolly Mothers] but wot do they understand?" So it shouldn't come as a surprise when au pairs treat their families with as much disdain as the treacherous Elena treated us. I have a creeping suspicion that beneath all our gush, the disdain may well be mutual.
Daisy Waugh's new novel, 'Bed of Roses' (HarperCollins) is out on May 3, priced £6.99


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Commenters came through and broke a world record. Just what did they contribute to humanity?
A Facebook post has broken the Guinness World Record for most comments after garnering over a million responses.
And what kind of hot-button issue would inspire such extensive commentary, you might ask? Abortion? Immigration? Moon bases?
Sadly, there was no explosive controversy behind the feat–the commenters did it for no reason other than to break the record.
The ordeal began on Oct. 30 of last year when Tracey Hodgson created a post on a fan page devoted to the game Frontierville. After that, it was off to the races with such profound comments as "xxx" and "lol x."
Cathy Matthews was one of about 107 commenters who contributed to the record. "I'm no spring chicken anymore and I really haven't done anything phenomenal," she told KTXL-TV in Sacramento.
"Once you get the rhythm, you can go pretty fast," she added, remarking on the relative ease of typing two-letter words in a comment box.
So now that this "phenomenal" feat has been achieved what's next for the social media pioneers? A Twitter conversation made up of a million tweets? A million check-ins on Foursquare? Filling an empty shed with a million pieces of notebook paper?
"We'll probably go back to playing our games," Matthews tells the outlet.
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Don't miss out on a lower price on this property
Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly apartment with 9 outdoor pools and golf course
Popular property highlights
Located in a rural location, this family-friendly apartment is within 6 mi (10 km) of Louis Roque Distillery, Quercyland, and Musee de l'Automate. Abbey Sainte-Marie and Souillac Library are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Property Features
This smoke-free apartment features 9 outdoor pools, a golf course, and a restaurant. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a snack bar/deli, an outdoor tennis court, and a complimentary children's club are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 81 apartments feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and dishwashers. Other amenities available to guests include washers/dryers, free WiFi, and 2 bathrooms. Private bathrooms are not ensuite and housekeeping is available once per stay.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Souillac Golf & Country Club
Apartment Amenities
Apartment Amenities
Dining options at the apartment include a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Souillac Golf & Country Club features a golf course, 9 outdoor swimming pools, an outdoor tennis court, and a seasonal outdoor pool. This family-friendly apartment also offers a terrace, a complimentary children's club, and tour/ticket assistance. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Souillac Golf & Country Club is a smoke-free property.
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Number of outdoor pools - 9
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Billiards or pool table
- Restaurant
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free self parking
- Pool sun loungers
- Free WiFi
- Children's club (free)
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Conference space size (meters) - 80
- Terrace
- Snack bar/deli
- Outdoor tennis court
- Pool umbrellas
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Arcade/game room
- Number of buildings/towers - 70
- Golf course on site
- Garden
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pools
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis court
- Children's club (free)
- Kitchen
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Arcade/game room
- Playground on site
- Separate dining area
- Washer/dryer
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Kitchen
- Dishwasher
- DVD player
- Microwave
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
- Desk
- Patio
- Iron/ironing board
- Separate sitting area
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Housekeeping - once per stay
- Second bathroom
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Private bathroom (not in room)
- Separate dining area
- Stovetop
- Digital TV service
- Free WiFi
- Washer/dryer
- Room service (limited hours)
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Le Restaurant du Golf - This brasserie specializes in French cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Guests can play rounds at the 18-hole golf course and enjoy other recreation facilities including an outdoor tennis court. 9 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a seasonal outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Playground on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golf driving range on site
- Golfing on site
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Apartment Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-in time ends at 6 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 10 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available for EUR 15 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Deposit: EUR 500.00 per stay
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.21 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 13 years of age.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: EUR 9.00 per person (approximately)
- A pet fee will be charged
- Crib (infant bed) fee: EUR 15 per night
Apartment Name
- Souillac Golf Country Club Apartment
- Souillac Golf Country Club Apartment Lachapelle-Auzac
- Souillac Golf Country Club Lachapelle-Auzac
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Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Tainted: Why Gay Men Still Can't Donate Blood
Especially with the country in great need of donation, science should speak louder than stigma in determining who can help.
Especially with the country in great need of donation, science should speak louder than stigma in determining who can help.
How far we've come, and how far we have to go before an AIDS-free generation
Existing treatment and prevention techniques could prevent millions of new HIV infections and deaths from AIDS -- but only if Obama sustains funding.
Research in The New England Journal of Medicine has shown that Truvada has the ability to effectively prevent the spread of HIV infection. But will it?
For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has approved over-the-counter HIV tests for consumer use. How effective are they, really?
The national drug retailer is teaming up with the CDC on a two-year pilot project.
Although awareness of HIV is widespread in the New York neighborhood, translating knowledge about safe practices into action is a different story.
New research shows that undergraduates who binge drink or have lower grades are more likely to engage in unsafe sex freshman year.
Research shows women over 50 are concerned about STDs but feel uneasy discussing safe sex practices with their primary physicians.
New research suggests that oral HIV self-tests can serve as an effective preliminary method of diagnosis, much like home pregnancy tests.
After seeing patients with AIDS as an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Robert Ball Jr. went from conservative to white southern progressive.
The journal Science hails the trial that showed HIV drugs reduce the risk of transmission by 96 percent as the "breakthrough of the year."
New research shows that liquor consumption affects a person's intention to have unprotected sex, one of the leading causes of HIV infection
Community-based service organizations are saving the healthcare system billions of dollars, but they're still about to lose their funding
An activist recounts how ACT UP demonstrators used a mastery of media and medicine to push their careful agenda. Occupiers, take note.


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Acknowledgement and Acceptance of Risks and Liability Release
Warning: Skiing, snowboarding, biking, running and other activities during winter or summer seasons and the use of lifts can be hazardous with many inherent and other risks including INJURY and DEATH. The user of any ticket or pass issued by Pebble Creek Ski Area, LLC assumes all risks of personal injury, death and property damage. In consideration of each and every ride on any lift device, I agree to HOLD HARMLESS, RELEASE, INDEMNIFY and PROMISE NOT TO SUE Pebble Cree Ski Area, LLC (the "Resort") for claims and liabilities for personal injury, death, or property damage to myself or my minor child resulting in any way from participation in these activities, the use of lifts or other equipment, and the condition of the premises including any and all liability that results from the Resort's acts of NEGLIGENCE or any other person or cause including costs and attorney's fees. I agree that any claim that I may bring for myself or others against the Resort shall be submitted to the jurisdiction of the State or Federal Courts of Idaho and none other and shall be governed by the laws of Idaho. I agree that any use of any ticket or pass issued by the Resort for me or my minor child confirms absolutely my agreement to be bound by all of these terms and others posted, whether I obtained the ticket or pass myself, or it was provided to me by someone else.
Title 36, Section 261.16(j) Bringing
in or possessing an animal in a Developed Recreation Site, other
that a seeing eye dog, unless it
is crated, caged, or upon a leash
not longer than six feet…
the US Forest Service Operating Plan for Pebble Creek Ski Area,
- Dogs and other pets are not allowed to run loose
in the ski area boundaries during winter operations.
- Avalanche dogs are assigned to work on the
mountain and wear a vest.
- Service dogs trained to assist persons with
disabilities are allowed in the base area.
Dogs must be on a leash or harnessed.
- In accordance with Forest Service rules concerning
dogs in developed recreational area, dogs must be on a leash no
longer than 6 feet.
- Dogs accompanying persons traveling to the
backside may load with their handler on the Skyline lift with
patrol before opening or at closing only. Loading is subject to
workload and conditions and is at the discretion of patrol and
who make use of this option will do so with the understanding
that ski lifts are not designed to accommodate animals and as
such may constitute a hazard to the animal and in turn to their
handler. Further,
the handler shall be responsible for maintaining control of the
animal at all times and for the evacuation of the animal with
an evacuation harness in the event of a lift malfunction.
Dogs are not permitted to return on ski runs. The handler
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Bettie Naylor, a founding member of the Human Rights Campaign and the National Women's Political Caucus died Thursday. She was 84.
Naylor was a staunch LGBT and women's rights activist, with ties to several organizations like Equality Texas, NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and AIDS Services of Austin. She was also a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and has been an influential figure in Texas's progressive politics for decades. Leaders for Annie's List, a fund raising organization for progressive women that launched with Naylor's help, was coincidentally planning to honor her during their annual luncheon next month.
In addition to helping establish the HRC, Naylor was a leader in starting organization's steering committee in Austin, Texas.
"Bettie was a tireless advocate and never stopped working to ensure that members of our community received the rights, dignity, and respect that all people deserve," HRC president Joe Solmonese said in a statement Thursday. "Bettie was driven by a desire to create a future where kids never had to be ashamed of who they were, but could instead live openly and without fear. Today, we live in a country where many loving, committed same-sex couples can marry and start families, where many students can thrive in their communities without fear of violence, and where a growing number of businesses are recognizing the importance of protecting their LGBT employees--these are all part of Bettie's lasting legacy."
According to the Austin-American Statesman, Naylor died in her sleep. She is survived by her wife Libby Sykora.


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What's in my pen? I mean, what raw materials make up the pen I am using to write this article? Or the coffee I am drinking? Or the mobile phone on the desk in front of me?
What's in my pen? I mean, what raw materials make up the pen I am using to write this article? Or the coffee I am drinking? Or the mobile phone on the desk in front of me?
Do you ever wonder where all our 'stuff' comes from or what 'stuff' goes into that 'stuff'? When it comes to what's in our food, things can happen which pull us up short and make us ask these important questions. Then, it can be more than purely a matter of taste about what we consume. But do we really know enough about other things found in what we use every day?
Take Tantalum for instance, something on which we all rely. How many of you have heard of it apart from the chemists and techies now shouting at the screen? This scarce element is on my desk and in your pocket or bag because it's critical to one of the components in the mobile phone.
Yet would we know or care if we ran out of this rather obscure metal? Probably the scientists would find something to replace it. For sure, until about 15 years ago we got by without it.
But, who's to say we could replace it easily or cheaply? Moreover, Tantalum has a questionable record since money raised from illegally mined reserves in Congo is alleged to support human rights violations in Central Africa.
And there's the rub, whether its horsemeat in ready meals or Tantalum in mobiles we simply do not know, ask or, dare I say it, care much about what happens in our supply chain, until it goes wrong, stocks run out or it costs too much.
As a consumer, it is rare for a failure in the supply chain to bring us to the point that we have to fundamentally change our buying behaviour. But in a business trying to hang on in this economic climate, the failure of a key supplier or the loss of a critical raw material could mean collapse. Some of the warning signs could be a sudden increase or fluctuation in supply price, delays in delivery or some new official paperwork landing on your desk. Maybe it could be a passing reference in a trade journal to a supply problem. Chances are that by the time the consumer reads it in the daily papers, it will be too late for your business.
So, if you are in a business with a complicated supply chain, ask your suppliers some awkward questions, get to know your raw materials and make plans for a safer, cleaner and healthier inventory. Then, tell your customers what you have done. They may even like you more for it, buy from you again and get their friends to buy from you, too.
- Peter Gudde, Environmental Management Officer at St Edmundsbury Borough Council


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Just a couple of months ago the most cynical among us might have wondered which would come first, the end of the NHL lockout or the end of the world.
On Thursday, everyone who cared to choose had to be betting on the latter.
And so it is from all the usual blathering about a dispute that could kill a league (hey, if owners and players can't reach an agreement on a new CBA now, with so much on the line, what makes you think they ever will?) that we take you to lighter (darker?) discussions we had with Senators after their most recent skate at Carleton University.
Keep in mind that these casual chats occurred about 19 hours before the Mayan calendar and all of civilization was predicted to expire at 6:12 a.m. Friday.
"I'm not concerned, personally," said Daniel Alfredsson, "because I live every day like it is my last day."
Good answer, as they say on Family Feud. But what about the rest of the Alfredssons? Particularly the four young offsprings of Dan and wife Bibi? Are they not worried?
"I don't think anybody else is aware of the Mayans," said Alfredsson. "I know about the story, they're intriguing people, but I don't know if (the imminent end) is going to come true."
The huge snowstorm that is expected to hit Ottawa Friday isn't some sort of sign?
"Not really, because otherwise there would be snowstorms everywhere, not just here, if the world is ending," said Alfredsson.
Not so frantically, I checked The Weather Network. Just 5 mm of precipitation is expected Friday in Toronto, and that's supposed to be the centre of the universe. Phew.
"I heard the Mayans didn't take into account leap years," said Kyle Turris, who, contrary to reports, does not believe The Day After Tomorrow was filmed in Oulu, Finland. "And there's been like 500 leap years, so the world should have ended a year and a half ago."
Then no last-minute preparations, just in case?
'No," said Turris. "We're just kind of spending time together as a family today."
Erik Condra looked like the happiest man on the planet when he was asked about the possibility that It's The End Of The World As We Know It (R.E.M., 1987). Either he's a disbeliever, or still glowing from all those goals he scored the last two months in Germany.
"I'm not concerned about the world ending," said Condra, chuckling. "I don't think it's going to, but we'll see. Those old Mayans, they weren't dumb. They were smart guys. You never know what could happen, I guess. Especially in a world like this today.
"Might have all my dreams come true tonight, just to make sure."
And I may change my mind about making the annual, last-minute charge to malls for Christmas shopping.
"Not going to waste your money, eh?" said Condra.
Not unless I follow the lead of Marc Methot, the Senators' newest defenceman/philosopher.
"Actually, that's been a huge topic in my house," said Methot, straight-faced. "We're aware that the Mayan calendar is ending and I think that (Thursday) would be a good night to go out and have some fun and bring your friends out, because God knows what will happen (Friday).
"That's something I take very seriously in my household."
Exactly how did Methot plan to spend his last hours on Earth, if that is what they were to be?
"I don't know, I'll find a bar somewhere, and post up there, and have a couple of beers," he said. "I'm inviting everybody that wants to join me to come out and celebrate it, because there are a lot of unknowns with regard to (Friday), so I encourage everyone to go out and have some fun."
Like some of us do all the time?
"There are priorities, people just can't go out and party every night," said Methot. "But I think given the circumstances, you don't have to worry about going to work Friday, because it probably won't be there, so just go out and enjoy yourself tonight."
If Doomsday really is upon us, this whole lockout thing really does become irrelevant, doesn't it?
"That's exactly what I'm saying," said Methot. "I think when it comes down to it, it's just a game. People have to have fun. Like I said, we have less than 24 hours left to go, so enjoy it. Have fun with your families."
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Getting you picture taken with the Easter Bunny should be a pleasant experience, right?
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By Anne Bennett
A diagnosis of heart failure once signaled imminent death. Today, specialists are abuzz with pacers, pumps and other implantable mechanisms that have changed the picture for patients with this lethal condition.
There is no cure for heart failure. Half the people diagnosed with it
will be dead within five years. The heart gradually loses its ability
to pump blood; the victim feels a deadening fatigue, struggles to breathe,
and the lungs become congested with fluid. Luckily for most people with
the disease, drug therapy is hugely helpful. But for those who don't respond
to drugs or for some unknown reason stop responding there has been little
aside from a transplant to make the damaged heart function effectively
In the last months of 2000, Hopkins joined a multicenter clinical study called companion (Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing and Defibrillation in Chronic Heart Failure) to assess how heart-failure patients fared on the bi-ventricular pacemaker in comparison with other kinds of treatment. Every patient in the study, like Jim McCormick, had a heart with an electrical-conduction disturbance-a "dysynchronous" heart. The patients had been divided into three groups. One group would be treated with medication alone; the other two would receive medication plus one of two possible bi-ventricular devices that would keep the heart beating in sync.
What Jim McCormick needed was resynchronization, and he prayed he wouldn't be relegated to the number one group. "I knew there was a chance the bi-ventricular pacing device might not help me," he says, "but if it did, I felt sure it could extend my life until I got a transplant."
On Nov. 27, 2000, McCormick had a physical exam to qualify for the trial. Three days later, he learned he'd made the cut and would be part of the second group. And so, on Dec. 4, he found himself being wheeled into the Hospital's busy electrophysiology lab where electrophysiologist Ronald Berger was preparing to implant a bi-ventricular pacer in him.
Much of the early work on bi-ventricular pacing was led at Hopkins by David Kass, a heart failure basic researcher who also is in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Berger was part of Kass's team of researchers. Back in the mid-1990s, he and Kass were doing all sorts of experiments with standard pacemakers, trying to figure out how to pace the left ventricle. Their most significant study confirmed that bi-ventricular pacing improves the heart's efficiency. "We showed how the cardiac muscle uses less oxygen with the pacing despite the fact that it's pumping more blood," Berger says.
Still, for all its glory, the bi-ventricular pacer remains technically challenging for the electrophysiologist. For a long time, Berger was the only one at Hopkins who could put the device into a patient. Even today, he does more than 90 percent of the implants. The procedure, which is done with sedation and a local anesthetic, is not particularly risky, but the cardiologist must stand for long periods, often in awkward positions, clad in a weighty lead vest and wrap-around skirt that acts as a barrier to the radiation emitting from the imaging devices.
As the dilated, baggy heart thumped away, Berger began traveling along the wispy streets and alleys that come off the coronary sinus, dodging dead ends, navigating hairpin turns, heading for a branch that would take him as far out to the side as possible. And because negotiating these turns is the hardest part of the procedure, his eyes almost never left the monitor which showed him in vivid images how far he'd progressed into the heart. Reaching a destination he deemed suitable, Berger inserted the lead into the sheath and over the guide wire and poked it all the way out to the left ventricle outpost. Then he pulled out first the guide wire and then the delivery sheath, leaving the lead in place on the ventricle. Finally, he positioned the two other leads in the right atrium and right ventricle. The pacing could now begin.
"These new pacers benefit only a small group of heart-failure patients," Hare says. "But even though they now are FDA-approved, we know far less about them than we do about drugs. What we do know is that they make patients feel better."
McCormick stands as living testimony to that. Immediately after the procedure, in the recovery room, he already felt "strangely refreshed." Today, a year and a half later, his name remains on the transplant list, but "I have a certain quality of life," he says. "I can't plant a tomato garden, but I can tend one. I can't cut the yard, but I can pull a few weeds. I can't talk for hours, but I can still enjoy the company of friends." As part of companion, McCormick comes for quarterly checkups-he considers it a duty. He hopes that aside from prolonging his life, the device "can teach doctors something about how to help others like me who are waiting for a new heart."
That waiting, of course, remains one of the biggest problems of all. The generally accepted medical therapy for the late stages of heart failure is a transplant. But of the approximately 56,000 people annually who need a new organ, only about 2,000 will be lucky enough to receive the call telling them a donor heart has become available. Most of the rest will die. That's why cardiac specialists have begun resting their hopes on the idea of a workable artificial heart.
Some 125,000 Americans a year could be candidates for an implantable
artificial heart. The new AbioCor replacement heart, currently in several
small, FDA-authorized clinical trials and first implanted in a patient
in Louisville, KY., in the summer of 2001, is a small battery-driven pump
about the size of a grapefruit and weighing two pounds. How soon the AbioCor
becomes available on an experimental basis at Hopkins, however, will depend
on the manufacturer and what modifications it chooses to make. "I
expect to be putting it in as soon as we get it," says Edward Kasper,
medical director of the heart failure/heart transplant program. "But
that could be two years from now, or as early as the fall."
LVADs, of late, have been proving their mettle. A landmark study published last November found that they kept heart-failure patients alive longer than optimal medical therapy and offer them an improved quality of life. They may even be able to provide an acceptable alternative therapy for heart-failure patients who aren't candidates for transplantation.
Fortunately for Riddle, his ample torso easily accommodated the LVAD. Once he was fitted with the device, he did well for a full year. "We went on errands, picnics in the park. He even went fishing," his wife Rosa recalls. Then, early in the afternoon last March 26, while Rosa and he were sitting in the den of their Columbia, Md., home, the LVAD's alarm went off, meaning that the pump had either slowed or stopped. Steve's feeble heart may have actually pumped on its own for the minute or two it took him to change the batteries and check the alarm. Nothing helped. The pump refused to pump, and Steve passed out.
Rosa grabbed for the hand pump that Albaugh had taught her to use. Panic-stricken, she pumped and nudged her husband, pumped and nudged, calling Steve's name over and over. Gradually, he came to, and as Rosa continued to pump, Steve even dialed 911 and lucidly gave the dispatcher the vital information. All the way into the Hopkins emergency department, the EMTs pumped Steve. At Hopkins, doctors discovered the LVAD had an electrical problem.
"I never thought this would happen," Rosa says bitterly. For her and Steve, the big hurdle to get through had been finding a donor heart. The mechanical failure had been an unanticipated roadblock.
The only safe place now for Riddle and his malfunctioning device was a hospital bed. Four months, as his name stood at the top of the transplant list, he lay tethered to a pneumatic pump that required round-the-clock surveillance. But coming up with a donor heart that matched Riddle's substantial size was not easy. By July, cardiologists were thinking about implanting a second LVAD. But Riddle held out, praying a heart would come through. On the night of July 13, cardiac surgeon Peter Greene walked into his room."We've got a heart," he said. "Do you want it?" Early the next morning, Greene began the transplant.
"We are on the precipice of some big advances," says Conte, who's surgical director of the heart failure/heart transplant program. "Once the problems of the earlier devices are corrected-and that's just a matter of time-VADs will become permanent for some patients-alternatives and not bridges to transplant. When LVADs become fully implantable, Conte says, they may be more cost effective than transplants. "Down the road, they may even render heart transplants a thing of the past."
There will be a price to pay if more physicians begin implanting LVADs or one of the new pacing devices in patients. Each of these devices costs tens of thousands of dollars. An LVAD like the one Riddle had, for example, goes for around $50,000. Such costs are fueled by a number of sources-the desperate hopes of dying patients, commercial interests of medical equipment manufacturers, institutions striving to offer the latest in medical technology and, perhaps most of all, by physicians laboring to keep dying patients alive. "We are not at the point yet where we can cure congestive heart failure, even though we've made great strides," says cardiologist Hare. "These devices offer tremendous opportunities for stabilizing patients and preventing them from dying. For that we feel extremely lucky."
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Stents of a New Stripe
Most people don't think of clogged coronary arteries as having anything
to do with heart failure. But, in fact, cardiologists say that the earliest
stage of the condition occurs when fat deposits begin to seriously block
the blood flow to the heart. And so, they have come up with inventive
ways to keep the vital coronary blood vessels open. What's been a challenge
is to keep them from clogging up again.
Much of the early work on these so-called drug-eluting stents was done
by Hopkins interventional cardiologist Alan Heldman and researchers at
the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging, located
on the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus. Using paclitaxel, the active ingredient
in the drug Taxol®, the scientists tried to affix the drug to the
stent in several different ways. Ultimately, they settled on what Heldman
describes as the simplest approach: "We just got the bare-naked drug
on the bare-naked stent."


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Iranian president-elect, Hassan Rouhani [2], thanked his countrymen for 'choosing moderation,' in a speech to the nation on Monday afternoon.
During his first press conference since the election, Rouhani said he will seek 'constructive interaction with the world.' [3] He also paid tribute to "passionate young Iranians" and said he would not forget his election promises, the BBC reported.
Rouhani also vowed to fix the country's struggling economy [4] and recalibrate diplomatic relations with the international community. The former nuclear negotiator earned a reputation as a moderate for his conciliatory approach to global discussions.
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Here's a brilliant new website, pledgebank. The idea's simple. Make a pledge, any pledge, conditional on a number of other people joining in.
Pledges can be symmetrical (everyone does the same thing)…
"I will march on the White House in protest at X, if 1,000 people will join me."
"I will paint my car bright yellow, if 200 people in my city will pledge the same."
…or a-symmetrical (you offer more than you ask from others.)
"I will take $100,000 worth of sleeping bags to Pakistani earthquake victims if 5 people will join me to help distribute them…"
"I will host free pizza at 10pm on my street, if a minimum of 30 people pledge to show up."
You gotta love it when the Net creates the possibility of social interactions that can never have taken place before in history. Sites like this have the potential to create virtual communities that don't just gossip online… they act. We're just scratching the surface of what's possible.
This site has been built on a shoestring with massive help from volunteers. It was launched in the UK a couple months ago, and is only now starting to roll out in the US. (Their US user registration is currently structured by county, so it recognizes 'Manhattan' not 'New York'. They're looking for someone to contribute a zip-code based database.)
I contacted Tom Steinberg, founder of Pledgebank, yesterday, and he said they currently have about 20,000 people signed up. In order for it to really take off in the US, he says it needs someone to come up with an eyepopping pledge that creates some buzz… Ideas, anyone?
I pledge to give $1000 to the person with the best eyepopping pledge idea offered here by the end of October, provided more than 5 people contribute an idea.
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