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It's time for the doctor again! She's in the office help with all of your August art ailments. This is largely the week of the solo exhibition, and the doctor's got both emerging and established artists lined up for you. For the former, check out a creepy showing of heads by Zack Bout or the debut of a new work about memories of World War II by Sonya Schönberger. For the latter, visit Jean-Michel Othoniel's retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum or catch an exhibition of street photographs by Helen Levitt before it closes.
And if you want to get away from all the galleries and museums and soak up some Vitamin D for a change, don't worry, you don't need to trek all the way to the Hamptons. Just ride the train out to Rockaway Beach, where Creative Time is hosting its inaugural Artistic Sandcastle Competition, which is exactly what it sounds like: artists building sandcastles. Ephemeral, indeed. Enjoy the fun while it lasts!
Death of Swag
When: Opened Wednesday, August 15
Where: Fuse Gallery (93 Second Avenue, East Village, Manhattan)
For his latest show, artist Zack Bout has combined his obsession Bossons heads — a series of kitschy, hand-painted, high-relief, gypsum plaster portraits from the 1960s through '80s — with an interest in Italian death masks and rap swag. Bout's additions of custom-fitted sunglasses and grills turn the already strange and racist Bossons into even weirder caricatures, which are far more interesting than the originals and definitely more provocative.
The Dirty Dozen
When: Opens Thursday, August 16, 6–9 pm
Where: Freight+Volume (530 West 24th Street, Chelsea, Manhattan)
Freight+Volume is closing out summer with a group exhibition centered around everyone's favorite topic: sex. Gallery owner Nick Lawrence says he was inspired by the landmark film The Dirty Dozen, although how he got from a group of convicts fighting in World War II to sex, we're not entirely sure. Oh yes, something about "the quest for freedom of expression" and "salvation through making art," as well as a "suicide mission, in the face of art world establishment." We'll leave it to you to decide if it holds up to all that, but even if not, at least you know it'll be exciting.
Artistic Sandcastles
When: Friday, August 17, 3–9 pm
Where: 86th Street boardwalk at Rockaway Beach (Far Rockaway, Queens)
If you haven't been to the beach yet this summer (or maybe that's just us), you're running out of time! If you have been, did you build a sandcastle while you were there? What about watching a bunch of artists — among them Dustin Yellin, Jen DeNike and Ryan McNamara — compete to build the best (or most artistic?) sandcastle? You can do that this Friday, when Creative Time hosts its first ever Artist's Sandcastle Competition. The event kicks off at 3 pm, with judging around 5 and an afterparty at Rippers on the boardwalk starting at 6.
Closing the Open Lab
When: Opens Friday, August 17, 7–10 pm
Where: Reverse Space (28 Frost Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
In the middle of June, six emerging artists set up work stations in the Reverse gallery and turned the space into an Open Lab. They've been working there since, talking with anyone who stops in and opening up the mysterious "process" of making art for general viewing. The culminating artworks made during the project will be on view at Reverse all weekend, starting with an opening party on Friday night.
Jean-Michel Othoniel's Way
When: Opens Friday, August 17
Where: Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn)
French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel is internationally known, but there haven't been many chances to see his work in New York in recent years. The Brooklyn Museum is making up for that with a retrospective, My Way, which comes from the Centre Pompidou. It includes early sculptures made from sulfur and wax, better-known works incorporating Murano glass and more in between.
Last Chance: Helen Levitt
When: Closes Friday, August 17
Where: Laurence Miller Gallery (20 West 57th Street, midtown, Manhattan)
Laurence Miller Gallery opened Just Kids, an exhibition of the work of Helen Levitt, to mark the third anniversary of her death. The show comprises all photographs of children on the street — with hula hoops, bending over cars, wearing masks and just generally being kids. A good chance to be reminded of why Levitt was one of the most beloved street photographers New York City had.
German Memories
When: Tuesday, August 21, 6:30 pm
Where: Residency Unlimited (360 Court Street, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn)
Artist Sonya Schönberger has spent two years interviewing Germans about World War II and their experiences of life during the Third Reich. At Residency Unlimited (where she is indeed a resident), she debuts a new performance based on those interviews (the piece will be performed by two actors), followed by a conversation about her work. If you can't make it, you can see more of Schönberger's work at Cuchifritos, where her first solo New York show opens this week, too.
All-Night Bookstore
When: Opening party Tuesday, August 21, 7–9 pm
Where: Peanut Underground (215 East 5th Street, East Village, Manhattan)
We don't know much about this exhibition, other than the fact that it's got a great name — The All-Night Bookstore — and is taking place at a space with an equally great name, Peanut Underground. Participating artists include Stewart Home, Anthony Haden-Guest, Duke 9, Jazz-Minh Moore (I know, I know Work of Art was so last season, now that we have Gallery Girls) and many, many more. Here's hoping for some inspired, underground fun.

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The Tide Will Rise Tonight!Posted by: Varg in Tide
Getcha asses movin to Risin' Tide! And let's fix the biggest goddamn crisis in the history of this country! Excuse my French everybody in America!
Rising Tide 2 is a conference, a party and an opportunity to learn where New Orleans stands two years after the failure of the federally-built levees following Hurricane Katrina. The weekend schedule of events is organized and presented by New Orleans bloggers in an effort to bring real-life activism to their online visibility. This year, Rising Tide will present author Dave Zirin, engineer Timothy Ruppert ,"Fix the Pumps" author Matt McBride, and panel discussions featuring New Orleans bloggers, authors, community activists and political muckrakers. Naturally, there's a party, and on Saturday we'll have lunch from legendary New Orleans restaurant Dunbar's.


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In all likelihood, Anaximander was the student of Thales. He was born around 610 B.C., also in Miletus. Like his teacher, his main interests were in natural philosophy, geometry, and astronomy. Also like his teacher, he was apparently a very busy figure; reports tell us that he was the first man to construct a map of the known world, the first to build a sundial, and the first to build a celestial globe with a chart of the stars.
Anaximander was a material monist, but the physis he posits is much more conceptually sophisticated than that of Thales. The evidence we have for him provides a slightly more thorough picture of his thought. Among the many impressive bits and pieces, we can find the first use of the famous principle of sufficient reason and what appears to be the first statement of evolutionary theory.
In Thales' system water was supposed to be the source out of which everything arose. In Anaximander's system the Unbounded (or apeiron) is both the source out of which everything derives and also the unifier within nature. That is to say, in Anaximander's worldview, everything in the universe is in fact just a variation on the Unbounded.
As a physis, the Unbounded has many theoretical advantages over water. As Anaximander no doubt reasoned, the water theory leads to a real problem for the existence of fire. If everything derived from water (and especially if everything still is water in some sense), fire could not possibly survive. In order to allow for the existence of all of the opposites, Anaximander decided to make his physis indefinite, having no particular qualities of its own. Because the Unbounded is entirely neutral between opposites, it does not pose a threat to any of them.
This is clearly a major conceptual step forward. Anaximander has separated his explanatory entity from the entities that need explaining—always a good first step in any explanatory enterprise. He has posited, in fact, the first theoretical entity—an entity that we cannot observe, but that whose existence we infer because of its explanatory role.
In addition to being indefinite, the Unbounded is also limitless or infinite, both temporally and spatially. The Unbounded must be limitless because it must be inexhaustible in order to give rise to everything else in the universe. It must have unlimited potentialities.
The line "is this a dagger which I see before me" is from Macbeth, not Hamlet. C'mon, Sparknotes! I expect better from you.
Is it possible that Parmenides was referring to the object orientation of our thoughts with his famous saying that "what is is and what is not is not"? Consider that when separating an object from its background, we can conceive of the object as something but can not conceive the background as a thing. The object is "what is", while the background is "what is not". This interpretation fits well with several ideas of the time, for example that opposites had a special position in our thought, that the universe is one (Zeno's paradoxes
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What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a brief loss in brain function. It happens when the brain does not get enough blood because blood flow is blocked or decreased for a short time. The symptoms go away when the blood flow becomes normal again.
What is the cause?
A TIA may be caused by anything that blocks blood flow to part of the brain for a short time. Blood flow is most often blocked or decreased by a blood clot. Blood clots can be caused by:
- Fatty deposits called plaque that build up in blood vessels and make them narrower. Pieces of plaque may break off from the wall of a blood vessel and form clots that can block blood flow to the brain, causing a TIA.
- Small blood clots moving to the brain from the heart. For example, people with an abnormal heart rhythm or a mechanical heart valve may form clots in the heart.
- A heart attack
You are more likely to have a TIA or stroke if you have a medical condition that puts a strain on your heart and blood vessels such as:
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes or metabolic syndrome
- High cholesterol
- Blood vessel disease
- Heart rhythm or heart valve problems
- Sickle cell anemia
- Sleep apnea
Some unhealthy lifestyle habits can increase your risk for a TIA or stroke. You are more likely to have a stroke if you:
- Smoke
- Eat an unhealthy diet
- Are overweight
- Don't get enough exercise
- Use illegal drugs or too much alcohol
Your risk is also greater if you have had a TIA or stroke before.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms of TIA and stroke are the same, except TIA symptoms go away within 24 hours and stroke symptoms may not. It helps to think of the word FAST (face, arm, speech, time) to remember TIA and stroke symptoms and what to do. The symptoms come on FAST and may include:
- Weakness, numbness, drooping, or tingling of face (may just be on one side)
- Trouble seeing (one or both eyes)
- Severe headache
- Trouble thinking
- Trouble swallowing
- Feeling dizzy along with one or more of the symptoms listed above
- Weakness, numbness, or tingling in your arm or leg (may be on just one side of your body)
- Trouble walking or moving your arm or leg
- Trouble talking or understanding speech
- Call 911 for emergency help right away if you have symptoms of a TIA or stroke.
The symptoms start without warning and usually last less than 5 minutes.
A TIA is different from a stroke because it does not cause any lasting damage to the brain. The effects of a TIA are usually gone within 24 hours. However, even if your symptoms are gone within 24 hours, it's possible that there is brain damage and you have had a stroke.
If you have had a TIA, you have a high risk of having a stroke. Do not ignore symptoms of a TIA. Get emergency medical care to help prevent a stroke and to be tested to see if your symptoms were caused by blockage of your carotid arteries.
How is it diagnosed?
Your healthcare provider will ask about your symptoms and medical history and examine you. Tests may include:
- MRI, which uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to show detailed pictures of the brain and blood vessels
- CT scan, which uses X-rays and a computer to show detailed pictures of the brain and blood vessels
- Ultrasound, which uses sound waves to show pictures of the blood vessels in the neck and brain
- Cerebral angiogram, which uses dye injected into a vein and X-rays to look at blood flow in the brain
- An ECG (also called an EKG or electrocardiogram), which measures and records your heartbeat. You may have an ECG while you are resting or while you exercise on a treadmill. You may also be asked to wear a small portable ECG monitor for a few days or longer.
- An echocardiogram, which uses sound waves (ultrasound) to see how well your heart is pumping
- Blood tests
How is it treated?
You may need to stay in the hospital if you have a high risk of stroke. The goal of treatment is to prevent more blockage and stroke.
Your healthcare provider may prescribe medicine that helps prevent blood clots or medicine to lower cholesterol. Your provider may tell you to take a low-dose aspirin every day. Aspirin lowers the chance that blood clots will form and lowers your risk of having a stroke caused by a blood clot. However, some strokes are caused by bleeding and aspirin may increase your risk of having this type of stroke. If you are having sudden symptoms of a stroke, do not take aspirin unless recommended by your healthcare provider.
If your carotid artery is severely blocked, you will likely need a procedure to open the blood vessel.
- Carotid endarterectomy involves making cuts in your neck and the artery and then removing the blockage.
- Carotid angioplasty and stenting involves passing a balloon-tipped tube (catheter) into the blocked artery in your neck. Once the catheter is in the proper place, the balloon is inflated to open the blood vessel and improve blood flow. A metal mesh device called a stent is usually left in the artery to help keep the blood vessel open.
How can I take care of myself?
Follow the full course of treatment prescribed by your healthcare provider. Take any medicines exactly as prescribed. Don't take any other medicines, including nonprescription drugs, without letting your provider know.
Try to have a healthy lifestyle:
- Eat a healthy diet.
- Try to keep a healthy weight. If you are overweight, lose weight.
- Stay fit with the right kind of exercise for you.
- If you smoke, try to quit. Talk to your healthcare provider about ways to quit smoking.
- If you want to drink alcohol, ask your healthcare provider how much is safe for you to drink.
Get your blood pressure and cholesterol levels checked by your healthcare provider regularly.
If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, or another medical problem, follow your treatment plan.
Ask your provider:
- How and when you will hear your test results
- How long it will take to recover
- What activities you should avoid and when you can return to your normal activities
- How to take care of yourself at home
- What symptoms or problems you should watch for and what to do if you have them
Make sure you know when you should come back for a checkup.
How can I help prevent a TIA?
Talk to your healthcare provider about your personal and family medical history and your lifestyle habits. This will help you know what you can do to lower your risk for carotid artery disease. Taking good care of your health, including a healthy lifestyle, can help prevent TIAs.
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Canon Rebel XSI – CAnon 100 – 400mm
Columbia Icefields Highway, Alberta Canada
December 2, 2011
December 4, 2011
I never get tired of the vistas the mountains offer as you drive through them This one just seems to go for ever.
The Canadian Rockies are the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, the collective name for the mountains of Western Canada. They form part of the American Cordillera, an essentially continuous sequence of mountain ranges that runs all the way from Alaska to the very tip of South America. The Cordillera in turn are the eastern part of the Pacific Ring of Fire that runs all the way around the Pacific Ocean.
The Canadian Rockies are bounded on the east by the Canadian Prairies, on the west by the Rocky Mountain Trench, and on the north by the Liard River. Contrary to popular misconception, the Rockies do not extend north into Yukon or Alaska, or west into central British Columbia. North of the Liard River, the Mackenzie Mountains, which are a distinct mountain range, form a portion of the border between the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. The mountain ranges to the west of the Rocky Mountain Trench in southern British Columbia are called the Columbia Mountains, and are not considered to be part of the Rockies by Canadian geologists.
Mount Robson
Mount Columbia (3,747 m (12,293 ft)) is the second-highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, and is the highest mountain in Alberta. There is a non-technical route to the top involving only kicking steps in the snow, but the approach is across the Columbia Icefield and requires glacier travel and crevasse rescue knowledge. It is normally done in two days, with a night at high camp, but some strong skiers have done from the highway in a day. On the other hand, many others have been stuck in their tents for days waiting for the weather to clear. From the same high camp as for Mount Columbia, it is possible to ascend a number of other high peaks in the area, including North Twin, South Twin, Kitchener, Stutfield and Snow Dome.


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Martin Sexton
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Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 9:30 PM CDT
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A native of Syracuse, New York, and the tenth of twelve children, Martin Sexton grew up in the 80's, uninterested in the music of the day, he fueled his dreams with the timeless sounds of classic rock and roll. As he discovered the dusty old vinyl in the basement left by one his big brothers, his musical fire was lit. Sexton eventually migrated to Boston, where he began to build his following singing on the streets of Harvard Square, gradually working his way through the scene. His 1992 collection of self-produced demo recordings, In The Journey, was recorded on an old 8-track in a friend's attic. He managed to sell 20,000 copies out of his guitar case.
1996-2002 Sexton released Black Sheep, The American, Wonder Bar and Live Wide Open. The activity and worldwide touring behind these records laid the foundation for the career he enjoys today with an uncommonly loyal fan base, selling out venues from New York's Nokia Theatre to LA's House of Blues.
Happily and fiercely independent, Martin Sexton launched his own label KTR in 2002. Since then, his continual success through his diversity infiltrates many musical worlds. It's not uncommon to find Sexton performing at events ranging from the pop world (collaborating with John Mayer) to the Jam scene to classic rock (collaborating with Peter Frampton) to Newport Folk Fest to Bonnaroo to New Orleans Jazz Fest to a performance at Carnegie Hall.
Yet, regardless of his reputation of being a musician's musician, Sexton can't keep Hollywood away. His music can be heard in many feature films and television including NBC's Scrubs, Parenthood and Showtime's hit series Brotherhood.
Stage, film, and television aside—when Sexton isn't touring he often mixes entertainment with his sense of social responsibility. Playing at Paul Newman's Hole in The Wall Gang camp benefits, The Children's Tumor Foundation, John Lennon Tribute/Japan Earthquake benefit, and the recent Hurricane Irene Victim benefit in Burlington Vermont are among the many.


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Old and new together in San Francisco.
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KevRyan (22956) 2006-10-09 4:18
Great juxtaposition - this has to be one of my favourite architectural shots of all time here on TE - it is probably my most favoured image of modern architecture - to see it against the decorative contrast of the old - it just always excites my senses - wonderful image and an immediate favourite.
best wishes Kev
Davidh34 (838) 2006-10-09 8:00
Hi Nicola
I agree with Kev. Well spotted for the composition,it works so well in B&W, but I'd love to see the colour version, it looks a clear blue sky?
Thanks for sharing
brevbrev14 (140) 2006-10-09 8:46
Ciao Nick..eccomi qua...La foto mi piace molto, sono perfettamente d' accordo con Kev, la contrapposizione tra nuovo e vecchio è assolutamente bella.In pieno stile tuo.Un bellissimo punto di vista.
Davvero bravissimo.
CIao caro NIck
pboehringer (770) 2006-10-09 12:40
The composition is simply outstanding. I never saw this combination of old and new in any San Francisco picture so well protraited. Excellent eye.
What I don't like so much here is the low digital quality. You used only 100kb to download it and there is a lot of noise and pixelation.
A green smile for the composition.
TFS, Peter
isabib (1953) 2006-10-10 16:44
Hi Nicola,
Nice idea and it really is a big contrast. The pointed and stright lines against the curved and circle building. Well done spotting this one. TFS!
sebinho342 (19317) 2006-10-11 4:55
celle ci aussi est très bonne, en tout cas elle ne me laisse pas indifférent, j'aime bien ce coté granuleux que tu as ajouté à l'image, où comment l'ancien et le nouveau peuvent cohabiter ensemble
Bravo :)
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- Date Taken: 2002-10-00
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Bloomington 'rocket man' helps recreate Evel Knievel jump
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (KMSP) - For 65 years, Ky Michaelson has had a need for speed. But, the Bloomington man's lifelong love of rockets is now propelling him to new heights.
Michaelson spent 30 years as a Hollywood stunt man, working on movies from Sharkey's Machine to Drop Dead Fred.
He holds 72 national and international speed records. But last month he helped re-create one the world's most famous stunts.
Back in the mid 70's, Michaelson offered to build a rocket for daredevil Evel Knievel to jump across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho.
Knievel ultimately decided to build his own, but his parachute opened early, causing his rocket to fall into the canyon below.
The jump was broadcast on closed circuit television across the country, making Knievel a household name.
"Outside of going to the moon, I don't think there is anything we can compare it to. Everybody in the world knew about Evel Knievel's jump," Michaelson said.
42 years later, Michaelson helped stunt man Eddie Braun recreate Knievel's infamous jump by overseeing many of the safety improvements on the project.
Michaelson's team made the parachutes out of bullet proof material to help Braun and his "Evel Spirit" rocket land safely on the other side of the canyon, while Michaelson and his son Buddy watched the jump from just a few feet away.
"To me, this was quite an opportunity because its the world's greatest stunt. Although we didn't have the hoopla. We didn't want it. We did it to accomplish something that Evel Knievel could never do," Michaelson said.
Michaelson says becoming the first private citizen to put a rocket in space is his finest achievement. but helping make history with the son he hopes will follow in his footsteps is also out of this world.
"I was really proud to be a part of this team and to have my son stand by my side," Michaelson said.
Michaelson says Hollywood is making a movie about the re-created jump called "Forever Evel".
As for him, he's building a rocket-powered sled to take to Sweden to set a new world record by going over 300 miles an hour on ice.


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For Immediate Release
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Organizers of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face (FWT) have announced the decision to reschedule the first stop of the 2014 competition calendar in Revelstoke, Canada. The Revelstoke stop, which was originally scheduled for December 18, 2013 has now been moved to March 10, 2014. Although Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) has recently opened for the season with great early season conditions, the competition venue, known as the Mac Daddy face, in the backcountry outside of the resort, is not yet suitable for the event.
"FWT was excited by the opportunity to start our season with a December event when the enthusiasm for winter is rising. We also recognized the timing was subject to variables associated with early season conditions," says Adam Comey, FWT Americas general manager. "First and foremost, FWT is committed to providing a safe and quality environment for our athletes. The new dates in March offer great benefits for the competition moving forward. Revelstoke continues to be one of the most favorite stops of fans and athletes alike, and we look forward to returning in March."
"Revelstoke Mountain Resort has phenomenal early season conditions, the best we've seen since the resort first opened in 2007," says Ashley Tait, director of sales and marketing at RMR. "However, the FWT venue is outside the resort boundary in backcountry terrain, on a spectacular north-facing slope that must be skied only in optimal conditions. Currently, the avalanche rating is listed as 'considerable' for this area. To ensure we are providing a safe venue for competitors and staff, more time is needed to allow the snowpack to settle out and mature, along with ideal weather conditions. In the meantime, come enjoy the incredible skiing and riding our resort has to offer—now or during the FWT in March."
The 2014 Freeride World Tour season will now open in Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy on January 18, 2014 with men's ski and snowboard competition. The Freeride World Tour will then continue with both men's and women's ski and snowboard competition at Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (January 25), Fieberbrunn Kitzbhuler Alpen, Austria (February 1), Kirkwood, California (March 1), Revelstoke, Canada (March 10) and the Swatch Xtreme Verbier (March 22).
For more information, please visit FreerideWorldTour.com
Swatch, launched in 1983 by Nicolas G. Hayek, is a leading Swiss watchmaker and one of the world's most popular brands. The first Swatch watches surprised everyone with their revolutionary concept, creative design and provocative spirit. Today Swatch continues to innovate and surprise with new models, collections and special editions. The brand maintains a strong presence in the world of sports with its commitment to snowboarding, freeskiing, surfing, FMX and ice cross downhill. Right from the start, Swatch connected with art and artists, and Swatch watches remain a prominent canvas for artists from a broad range of disciplines.
The North Face®, a division of VF Outdoor, Inc., was founded in 1968. Headquartered in Alameda, California, the company offers the most technically advanced products in the market to accomplished climbers, mountaineers, snowsport athletes, endurance athletes, and explorers. The company's products are sold in specialty mountaineering, backpacking, running, and snowsport retailers, premium-sporting goods retailers, and major outdoor specialty retail chains. For more information, go to www.thenorthface.com.
Revelstoke Mountain Resort is a four-season destination resort located in the Columbia Mountains of British Columbia just minutes from the town of Revelstoke. Revelstoke is located 200 kilometers (124 miles) north east of Kelowna and 413 kilometers (257 miles) west of Calgary. RMR is North America's most significant resort development in over a quarter century.
Management SA, based in Lutry/Lausanne-Switzerland, is organizing world-class sports events in mountain resorts and regions since 1996. Founder of "Verbier Xtreme" – iconic event in freeride skiing & snow boarding –, FWT Management SA has taken the stand-alone Verbier Xtreme event to create Freeride World Tour, Freeride World Qualifier, Junior Freeride Tour, and a Freeride Skiing Team Competition (Sw atch Skiers Cup) with events in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. www.freerideworldtour.com
Mountain Sports International (MSI) is a private company, founded in 1997, to develop and produce action/adventure sports events and programming in North America. MSI founded the Freeskiing World Tour, The North Face® Masters, The North Face® Park and Pipe Open Series, as well as several other properties and concepts. MSI launched MSI Live in 2009, to provide live HD webcast production, content management, encoding, and satellite uplink & delivery. MSI provides event management services, infrastructure and expertise for high-end brands, including The North Face®, Burton, Red Bull, Subaru, UFC, and Sierra Nevada. MSI specializes in matching clients with events for brand penetration into target demographics, developing product identification and loyalty. MSI matches brand and culture, company and credibility, to create sought-after events that help to define the action sports culture.


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The home ministry has recommended to the President that the mercy petition of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a convict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, be rejected. The recommendation, recently sent to President Pranab Mukherjee, was based on the Maharashtra government's decision that the mercy petition be rejected, a senior official said.
Yakub, a chartered accountant and brother of fugitive terror mastermind Tiger Memon, was sentenced to death by a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court in 2007 after being found guilty of charges of criminal conspiracy and for arranging finances and managing its disbursement through the co-accused in the Mumbai serial blasts.
Upholding the Mumbai TADA court's verdict, the Supreme Court, in March, 2013, had said, "It is not a hyperbole to state that he was one of the driving spirits behind the plan." In October, 2013, Yakub applied for a presidential pardon following which, a report from the state government was sought by the home ministry.
Yakub was arrested from Kathmandu airport in 1994. He was later described by the TADA court as being the mastermind who played a key role in the conspiracy, thus "warranting death penalty". The multiple blasts had claimed 257 lives and left 713 injured. The Centraol Bureau of Investigation, which probed the blasts cases, alleged that the conspiracy was hatched by Dawood Ibrahim and other absconding persons, including Tiger, who is believed to be hiding in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Home Ministry has decided to convey to Supreme Court that Tamil Nadu government's announcement about freeing all seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case was based on "extraneous considerations".
The Central government, which had moved the apex court on February 21 challenging the Tamil Nadu government decision, will file its reply to the court before March 27. Immediately after Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of the three convicts in the case on February 18, Tamil Nadu government had informed the state assembly that a decision had been taken to remit their life sentence, along with that of four other convicts.
The home ministry had also sent two letters to the Tamil Nadu government detailing all legal and constitutional provisions which say that state governments have no power of remitting life sentences of prisoners as they are convicted under central laws.


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Obama speaking on patriotism
Nine in 10 hit hard by gas prices … Quonset huts at CIA HQ … McCain in property-tax embarrassment … Coming soon: the Flying Straight Talk Express
Good Monday morning. It's Barbara Comstock's birthday. (Hat tip: son Dan)
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Senator Obama kicks off 4th of July week with a major speech on PATRIOTISM today at the neo-Georgian Truman Memorial Building in Independence, Mo., a World War I memorial championed by one Harry S Truman, former captain of Battery D.
Senator McCain also swing-states it in Pennsylvania.
From yesterday's Obama pool report by Abdon Pallasch of the Chicago Sun-Times: "At about 9:30 a.m., Obama left his home in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood and went for a workout at his friend's Mike Signator's building. He wore his black White Sox cap; a gray T-shirt and black workout pants. He only stayed about 15 minutes. … From there, we drove to the Hyde Park Hair Salon, where he went in for his usual trim just after 10 a.m. An Obama '08 sign hung in the window next to the rotating blue- and red-striped barber-shop post. Obama picked up and quickly scanned first the Chicago Sun-Times, then the Chicago Tribune and finally the New York Times during his haircut, said his barber, Zariff (That's the whole name)."
MAKING NEWS TODAY: The Democratic Leadership Council holds its "National Conversation" in Chicago, kicking off with an availability by Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Windy City Mayor Richard M. Daley, DLC Chair Harold Ford, Jr., DLC CEO and Founder Al From, and DLC President Bruce Reed. Also speaking: New Mexico Gov. Richardson, Sen. Carper of Delaware, Rep. Emanuel and Gene Sperling.
BREAKING NEWS, from Reuters/London: "Crude oil prices spiraled higher again on Monday toward record highs set late last week on continuing tensions between Israel and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program and on further U.S. dollar weakness. … Oil rises more than $2 a barrel towards a new record high of $143."
AP-YAHOO! NEWS Poll out this morning -- AP: "Like a plague that does not discriminate by economic class, race or age, soaring fuel prices are inflicting pain throughout the U.S. Nine in 10 expecting the ballooning costs to squeeze them financially over the next half-year, an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Monday says. [47 percent] think that hardship will be serious. …
"The AP-Yahoo News poll, conducted by Knowledge Networks, has tracked the same 2,000 people since last fall to see how their views change during the presidential campaign. … As a political issue in the presidential campaign, gas prices provide a slight edge to Democrat Barack Obama. More prefer him over Republican John McCain to handle the problem, 28 percent to 20 percent, while an additional 18 percent trust both equally."
***DRIVING THE CONVERSATION -- Politico's Ben Smith, " Some on left target McCain's war record": "McCain's campaign Sunday issued a pair of outraged statements after retired general and Barack Obama supporter Wesley Clark said he didn't think that McCain's service as a fighter pilot and prisoner of war was relevant to running the country. Obama has consistently praised McCain's service, and called him 'a genuine American hero.'
"But farther to the left—and among some of McCain's conservative enemies as well—harsher attacks are circulating. Critics have accused McCain of war crimes for bombing targets in Hanoi in the 1960s. Sunday, a widely read liberal blog accused McCain of 'disloyalty' during his captivity in Vietnam for his coerced participation in propaganda films and interviews after he'd been tortured. … McCain's camp responded sharply to the Americablog posting Sunday night. 'The American people know that John McCain's record of service and sacrifice is not a matter of debate. He has written about and discussed his service as a POW extensively—often in excruciating and painful detail,' said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers. 'The American people will judge harshly anyone who demeans or attacks that service.' "
A New York Times business story has words that make a news release stand out in in-boxes and on search engines: green, sex, cancer, secret, fat, foreclosure, environment, toxic.
***NEWS YOU CAN USE – From AP, "Days of oversize airline carry-ons are limited": Now that airlines are charging to check a bag, they're being MUCH pickier about what they'll let you carry on, including extra staff: "[P]assengers have gotten used to bringing in large bags in part because airlines rarely have enough staff to watch them."
CABLE WILL LOVE THIS, from CNN Political Editor Mark PRESTON: "Congressional Democrats hire Bush impersonator: Democrats will use a President Bush impersonator in a new radio advertising campaign that seeks to link 13 incumbent Republicans to rising gas prices as the country heads into the Fourth of July holiday. The ad will run Monday through Friday in radio markets throughout the country, according to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, with a total buy of more than $100,000. After an opening tailor-made for each targeted Republican, the impersonator then reads this boilerplate script: ' "W" here. wanted to thank you for your support of the big oil energy agenda. 'Preciate you voting to keep giving billions in tax breaks to the big oil companies. Sure, gasoline is over four bucks a gallon and the oil companies are making record profits, but what's good for big oil is good for America, right? I guess that's why they call us the Grand Oil Party. Heh, heh, heh.' "
TOP STORY: Senator McCain prayed with both the Rev. BILLY GRAHAM and his son the Rev. FRANKLIN GRAHAM yesterday at Billy Graham's home in Montreat, N.C. Politico's Jonathan Martin: "The meeting was announced as between only John McCain and Franklin Graham, but Billy Graham was feeling well enough to join."
From the pool report by Robin Abcarian of the Los Angeles Times: "Although [Billy] Graham, who has counseled American presidents for the last half century, has been in poor health, he spent 45 minutes with McCain. At the top of a very long, very winding road, the rustic Graham retreat -- which is called Little Piney Cove -- looks modest from the outside. The house is a large brown shingled cabin with a tall rough-hewn stone chimney, a screen door and an old iron wheel at the front door. It has (according to the senator's press assistant) a great view of the mountains from its living room.
"At the end of the private meeting, Franklin Graham and [country singer Ricky] Scaggs stepped onto the small porch to bid the senator goodbye. Back on the tarmac in Asheville [N.C.], McCain … : 'Bill Graham recalled that during the Vietnam War when I was in prison, he visited my parents in Hawaii twice and he and my mother and father prayed together for me, and I expressed my appreciation for that a long time ago.' …
"He was asked whether the Grahams plan to vote for him. 'Oh, I didn't ask for their vote,' he replied. … McCain clarified that this was his 'first sit-down meeting' with Billy Graham, but noted 'I've greeted him some place in Washington, but years ago.' "
Statement by FRANKLIN GRAHAM, who now leads his father's evangelistic association: "Sen. McCain's office had requested a meeting in recent months and we appreciate the effort he made to travel to my father's home. The senator and I both have sons currently serving in the military, and also have a common interest in aviation. I was impressed by his personal faith and his moral clarity on important social issues facing America today. … We had an opportunity to pray for the senator and his family, and for God's will to be done in this upcoming election. While as a Christian minister I am not endorsing a candidate for president, I do endorse the responsibility of men and women of faith everywhere to vote and to be involved in the political process."
TALKER -- MICHELLE OBAMA INTERVIEW on cover of USA TODAY – " 'I don't want to be a distraction': Michelle Obama says issues will be her priority," By Jill Lawrence: "Obama says she is aiming for authenticity with the spotlight now trained on her. 'I try as much as possible to be as uniquely me as I can be,' she says. 'I know that every word that I say will be scrutinized. I keep that in mind. But … if I change too much, people will see that and it won't ring true.' "
Inside sidebar on "Michelle Obama's busy summer": "[T]he softer side is on display" with looser roundtables and appearances.
CHATTER -- POLITICO Copy Desk Chief Erika Pontarelli Compart sends a BREAKING NEWS e-mail: "FAIRFAX, Va. -- In a rather surprising development, my baby boy arrived 12 days ahead of deadline. Matteo Shimon Compart joined us at 5:19 [Saturday] morning, weighing in at 7 lbs., 1 oz., and measuring 20 inches in length. Mom, Dad and baby are doing well -- though we're all a bit tired. … All the best,
Erika + Andy."
AP's Scott LINDLAW reports from San Francisco on Scott McCLELLAN's book tour: "He has not heard from Bush. From the lectern, McClellan is looser and funnier than he was in the hot glare of the White House press room. … McClellan has incorporated some crowd-pleasing titles of books he imagines his former White House comrades writing: 'I Upped Halliburton's Income, So Up Yours,' by Dick Cheney. 'The Lies I Told, to Whom and Why,' by Karl Rove. 'Well, Paaaaaardon Me!' Scooter Libby."
BOMBSHELL – N.Y Times 2-col. lead, "Amid U.S. Policy Disputes, Qaeda Grows in Pakistan: Bin Laden Network Thrives in Tribal Lands as American Frustration Mounts -- A Threat Renewed: Terror Base Rebuilds," by Mark Mazzetti and David Rohde: "[I]t is it is increasingly clear that the Bush administration will leave office with Al Qaeda having successfully relocated its base from Afghanistan to Pakistan's tribal areas, where it has rebuilt much of its ability to attack from the region and broadcast its messages to militants across the world. … The story of how Al Qaeda, Arabic for 'the base,' has gained a new haven is in part a story of American accommodation to President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, whose advisers played down the terrorist threat. It is also a story of how the White House shifted its sights, beginning in 2002, from counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan to preparations for the war in Iraq.
"Just as it had on the day before 9/11, Al Qaeda now has a band of terror camps from which to plan and train for attacks against Western targets, including the United States. Officials say the new camps are smaller than the ones the group used prior to 2001. However, despite dozens of American missile strikes in Pakistan since 2002, one retired C.I.A. officer estimated that the makeshift training compounds now have as many as 2,000 local and foreign militants, up from several hundred three years ago."
WHAT DEMS AND PUNDITS WILL SEIZE ON – re counterterrorism: "There was nowhere to house an expanding headquarters staff, so giant Quonset huts were erected outside the cafeteria on the C.I.A.'s leafy Virginia campus, to house a new team assigned to the bin Laden mission. In Pakistan, the new operation was staffed not only with C.I.A. operatives drawn from around the world, but also with recent graduates of 'The Farm,' the agency's training center at Camp Peary in Virginia. 'We had to put people out in the field who had less than ideal levels of experience,' one former senior C.I.A. official said. 'But there wasn't much to choose from.'
***"One reason for this, according to two former intelligence officials directly involved in the Qaeda hunt, was that by 2006 the Iraq war had drained away most of the C.I.A. officers with field experience in the Islamic world. 'You had a very finite number' of experienced officers, said one former senior intelligence official. 'Those people all went to Iraq. We were all hurting because of Iraq.' "
ANOTHER THREAD THAT WILL GET PULLED – "Some former officials say Mr. Bush should have done more to confront Mr. Musharraf, by aggressively demanding that he acknowledge the scale of the militant threat."
Assist: J-Mart
***THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDS: "President Bush's top priority is to protect Americans from another terrorist attack. Since 9/11, he has ordered all elements of national power be devoted to this cause. We have caught or captured dozens of senior al Qaeda figures in the last 7 years and prevented numerous attacks. We face a determined enemy that hides in mountains and caves, but we're going to continue to pursue them."
WHAT DANA WILL BE ASKED AT THE GAGGLE AND BRIEFING – Drudge, starting in early evening, was rocking the red type: "SOURCES: BUSH ANGER AT COMING NEW YORK TIMES STORY DETAILING HUNT FOR BIN LADEN... The newspaper planning to expose internal debate surrounding 'highly classified Pentagon order'; Special Operations forces hunt al-Qaida leader in mountains of Pakistan... DEVELOPING...."
BIG ON THE BLOGS -- CINDY McCAIN WAS 4 YEARS BEHIND ON A CONDO'S PROPERTY TAXES -- NEWSWEEK Periscope, "NEWSWEEK raised questions about an overdue property-tax bill on a La Jolla, Calif., property owned by a trust that [Cindy McCain] oversees. … San Diego County officials, it turns out, have been sending out tax notices on the La Jolla property, an oceanfront condo, for four years without receiving a response. County records show the bills, which were mailed to a Phoenix address associated with Mrs. McCain's trust, were returned by the post office. According to a McCain campaign aide, who requested anonymity when discussing a private matter, an elderly aunt of Mrs. McCain's lives in the condo, and the bank that manages the trust has not been receiving tax bills on the property. Shortly after NEWSWEEK inquired about the matter, the McCain aide e-mailed a receipt dated Friday, June 27, confirming payment by the trust to San Diego County in the amount of $6,744.42. County officials say the trust still owes an additional $1,742 for this year, an amount that is overdue and will go into default July 1."
***Tons of e-mail asking why we have been conspiring to suppress this, lo these many years. The campaign was declining comment yesterday.
MICHAEL COOPER of The New York Times has a first-look at "the flying Straight Talk Express," to be unveiled this week: "The aircraft, a Boeing 737-400, which has the 'Straight Talk' logo emblazoned on its fuselage, tries to recreate the feel of the back of Mr. McCain's campaign bus in a special area near the front of the plane. … Federal Aviation Administration rules preclude the kind of horseshoe-shaped couch from which Mr. McCain favors on the bus because it would block the aisle. So the campaign installed a captain's chair for Mr. McCain and a couch for reporters and the retinue of Senate colleagues, war buddies and retired officials Mr. McCain likes to surround himself with on the campaign trail. … [T]he new area will be television-ready. It will be wired for microphones, have specialty lighting and have room for a television camera."
Jon Stewart can't wait for Davis to give the tour. Check out that awesome fuselage!
The N.Y. Times' Alessandra Stanley on "Meet the New 'Press,' Without the Pinned-Down, Wriggling Interviewees": "Tom Brokaw, the temporary host, did not try to duplicate Tim Russert's trademark custom of digging up old videotape to catch politicians flip-flopping and contradicting themselves. … The emeritus anchor didn't try to imitate or compete with Mr. Russert, and he kept the mood at a sober but easygoing tempo. Had NBC immediately tapped some of its more junior stars, like David Gregory, Lester Holt or Andrea Mitchell, to fill in so soon, they might have looked like ambitious careerists auditioning to take over while the chair was still warm."
AP's David Bauder, "Political focus helps make MSNBC more competitive": "MSNBC is a player in the cable news competition in a way it hasn't been before. The surge in viewership created by the presidential campaign has benefited MSNBC more than Fox News Channel or CNN, and [NBC News executive Phil] Griffin is pushing to consolidate those gains. Round-the-clock political talk is planned for the Democratic and Republican national conventions later this summer. Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann will be the prime-time ringmasters working on outdoor sets in St. Paul and Denver, as opposed to booths in the convention halls. Joe Scarborough's "Morning Joe" will likely originate from a diner. Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw, David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell — the kind of NBC News star power that once kept MSNBC at arm's length — will all play prominent roles."
PUNDIT PREP – L.A. Times' Doyle McManus says the veep "mentioned" lists are the LONGEST OF MODERN TIMES: "Geography is not as important as it used to be. The last vice presidential candidate chosen mainly to deliver a state's electoral votes was Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, and that campaign was in 1960, a year before Obama was born."
WORLD TRADE CENTER REBUILDING TO BE DELAYED PAST 2011, THE 10th ANNIVERSARY -- WSJ A1 – "The rebuilding of the World Trade Center … won't be completed until the middle of the next decade, and will cost as much as $3 billion more than planned … The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the 16-acre site in Lower Manhattan, is expected to release a report Monday detailing significant delays and cost overruns on construction there. The report won't specify new completion dates or budget figures, but people familiar with the project say major components of it will be delayed one to three years and will cost $1 billion to $3 billion more than the current estimate of $15 billion.
BUSINESS BURST – Financial Times front, "Citigroup to overhaul bonus system," by Francesco Guerrera: "Citigroup is planning to overhaul its bonus system for hundreds of top managers in an effort to increase co-operation and minimize in-fighting among the disparate parts of the sprawling financial services conglomerate. The move is part of an ambitious plan by Vikram Pandit, chief executive, to restore Citi's battered fortunes by harnessing synergies between its investment banking, commercial banking and wealth management divisions. … People close to the situation said Mr. Pandit wanted to change the way bonuses were calculated to reward co-operation across different divisions and the performance of the company as a whole. At present, bonuses at Citi, like those at most other banks, are largely dependent on the results of a manager's division and individual performance. People familiar with the matter said the ultimate goal was to link bonuses of senior managers and junior employees to Citi's overall performance. However, they added that the first stage was likely to involve skewing bonuses to take into account how much shared business each manager generated. … A change to Citi's compensation structure could face internal resistance. Many senior managers may object to having their pay tied to businesses outside their control, especially when they are as volatile and cyclical as investment banking. However, Mr. Pandit has told senior colleagues he wants a new system in place by the end of the year, when annual bonuses are decided."
SPORTS BLINK – SOCCER -- The (London) Times front: "Reigning Spain: Torres is king of Euro 2008 -- Viennese waltz for Spain as Torres goal wins Euro 2008 -- Germany 0 Spain 1": "Ghosts were laid to rest in Vienna last night. … The waiting is over. Spain are the champions of Europe, 44 years after their previous victory, on home soil, in a fledgling competition, played only as a knockout. This was different. This was a big one. The modern European Championship is arguably the most difficult prize to secure, so great is the concentration of talent, and as a vivid crimson knot of players bounced up and down in front of supporters who had known only disappointment on their travels around Europe, it was as if four decades of suffering were being released high into the night sky above the Ernst Happel Stadion. The best team won the match and the tournament. Spain outplayed Germany in the final, despite the slender nature of the scoreline, and although there were a number of strong teams here and a great many fine players, no group passed it quite like the champions."
DESSERT -- POWER RESTAURANT, per Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin of the Washington Examiners "Yeas & Nays": "the Restaurant Association of Greater Washington (RAMW) awarded its annual 'RAMMY' awards Sunday night at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel and this year's 'Power Spot of the Year' was … The Oceanaire Seafood Room! 'The "Who's Who" in current events find their way to The Oceanaire Seafood Room for jumbo-sized portions of fresh seafood, sourced locally and flown in daily from around the world,' reads the awards program. 'Reminiscent of a 1930s luxury ocean liner, the restaurant hosts legends ranging from Muhammad Ali and Lisa Marie Presley, to headline-making politicos.' " And Politicos!
****** A message from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation: Washington is debating tax reform. There's talk of substantial tax cuts that will give trillions of dollars back to American taxpayers. That sounds great. But if these tax cuts aren't paid for, future generations will be stuck with the bill. Congress is right to pursue tax reform - the code is outdated, complex and unfair. Tax reform done right should be permanent, because businesses and individuals need certainty to plan and invest. It should be based on realistic, independent projections and assumptions about the effect on our economy and our fiscal outlook. And it should enjoy bipartisan support, so that it's durable over time. Lawmakers should use the valuable opportunity presented by tax reform both to improve our fiscal outlook and strengthen the economy at the same time. Congress, tax reform should grow the economy. Not the debt. Learn more at www.pgpf.org/tax-reform. ******


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Theresa Villiers stirs up a hornets' nest
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers has been fairly anonymous during her tenure of office, but she certainly made a big impact with her speech yesterday setting out her vision of the way politics in Northern Ireland should progress.
The timing may have been a little suspect – the local parties are going to play to the gallery until the elections are over and there will be little statesmanship evident in the coming months – but they are words the politicians needed to hear.
Ms Villiers is right, the public does expect more from those running affairs at Stormont, and that means dealing with the hard issues of flags, parading and the legacy of the past. Her concern that present truth recovery processes mean an over-concentration on wrongdoing by State forces, while terrorists, who were responsible for most of the deaths during the Troubles, get a relatively free ride, is one shared by many people.
However, it brought predictably polarised reactions from unionists and nationalists, the former praising the Secretary of State, the latter virtually accusing her of a sellout to unionists. Even the outgoing Victims' Commissioner joined in the howls of protest with strong criticism of Ms Villiers' comments.
But the Secretary of State is right. Our politicians need to deal with the issues of flags, parades and the past and get on with the real work of rebalancing the economy, reforming the public sector and building a genuinely shared future.
The public's real concerns are jobs, transport, schools and healthcare. Those are the things which impinge on their daily lives, but politicians' attention is diverted by ancient quarrels which hold little relevance to the majority of people.
The Secretary of State lobbed another grenade into the mix with her suggestion that there should be a real opposition at Stormont. While the present power-sharing arrangements were established for very valid reasons, the administration must evolve in the longer term to provide viable alternatives to the parties in power. Otherwise everyone has a veto on progress, which is bad for democracy.
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For the past two years, I've heard rave reviews of Downton Abbey, on PBS. It definitely looked like a show I would love, but I was dead set against falling in love with another show that I'd pine for when one season ended until the other.
As a matter of fact, we've just succumbed to The Big Bang Theory obsession for just that reason. It's nice to be able to turn on the television and watch endless episodes from years past in one sitting and know that the next day, our DVR will have two or three more episodes we've not seen before.
Last week, during the little bit of the Emmy's that I did watch, Downton Abbey took home awards, which definitely piqued my interest even more. So, like any blogger would do, I turned to Twitter to ask for advice on whether or not it was as good as all the hype. My twitter feed became flooded with praise, recommendations, and Twitter friends telling me to "run not walk to Downton Abbey."
Well, I'm definitely late to the Downton Abbey party, but am quickly making up for lost time. You just don't hear recommendations like that for a television show very often.
I started with Season 1, Episode 1 via our Netflix instant watch service (or whatever it's called) and as soon as that episode was over couldn't wait to start the next, and then the next, and the next. I was addicted!
I held my very own Downton Abbey marathon through Season 1 and am now digging into Season 2 like my life depends on it. For Season 2, I'm watching the episodes via iTunes.
With each episode, I love the characters even more than I would have ever thought possible, with the exception of O'Brien and Thomas – obviously. I think I cheered at 1 o'clock in the morning when I saw William deck Thomas in the final episode of Season 1.
It was a wonderful moment. Not that I'm into punching folks in the face or anything, but that Thomas sure had it coming.
But honestly, could the casting have been any better? And the writing? And the story? It is absolutely delicious.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but Downton Abbey has now taken over any time I'd previously allotted to RHONJ or their Real Housewives sisters. My mind immediately feels better!
Downton Abbey Season 3 has already started in the UK, but will begin in the US on January 6, 2013.
Let me tell you – I am counting the days!
Now, I just need to pace myself better with Season 2 until then!
Do you watch Downton Abbey? Who is your favorite character and who do you love to hate?
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A 16-year-old Reno girl who disappeared last week while riding her bike was found early Monday with her brother-in-law in Indiana, police said.
Karamjit Kaur was found unharmed at 5:45 a.m. with Parvinder Singh at America's Best Inn in Merrillville, Ind., police said.
Reno police spokesman Steve Frady said investigators were reviewing circumstances "to determine if there's any potential for criminal charges."
She said Kaur was with authorities in Merrillville, a suburb of Chicago. Singh was not in custody.
Kaur came to Nevada eight months ago from India. On Wednesday, she told her family she was hot and left her house around 6:30 p.m. to ride the family's bike. She had no possessions with her.
When she didn't return within a half-hour, the family started looking for her, then called police.
Her silver-and-red mountain bike was found the next day at a skateboarding park, about a quarter-mile from her home.
Investigators on Sunday determined three boys found the bike about a block away from the girl's home, roughly 15 minutes after her mother said she was last seen, and took it to the park where they left it.
Authorities haven't said whether she left with Singh voluntarily.
Reno Police Lt. Mike Whan said students and staff at North Valleys High School helped identify Singh to get a lead on Kaur's whereabouts. Singh was visiting Reno before Kaur's disappearance.
Detectives worked through the night to locate her, with the assistance of the Reno office of the FBI and the Merrillville Gang Response Investigation Team, Whan said.


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Below are the all-time best Cheryl Glans poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members
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Cheryl Glans
Illusion... illusion
Ooh what a confusion
Entering the world of spirituality, while
Keeping an eye on reality
As conclusion of this confusion
Reality has always been the illusion
Copyright © Cheryl Glans | Year Posted 2012
Wake 'n bake
Wake and meditate
Meditate like Buddha
Meditate your mind
Mind over matter
Mind is infinite
Infinite dreams
Infinite power
Power to heal
Power to see
See beyond
See the truth
Truth be told
Truth within
Within my heart
Within my soul
Soul spark
Soul searching
Searching for me
Searching to be free
Free to be me
Free mental slavery
Slavery beyond color
Slavery disguised
Disguised as a job
Disguised as money
Money piece of paper
Money the illusion
Illusion we live in
Illusion called life
Life after life
Life is just a game
Game evil vs. good
Game to play
Play like child
Play to learn
Learn to share
Learn to care
Care about nature
Care about love
Love yourself
Love art
Art of abundance
Art of nothingness
Nothingness is life
Life is a dream
Life is love
Copyright © Cheryl Glans | Year Posted 2015
Little bird in the sky
Come sit with me
So I can tell you why
Little bird in the sky
Please teach me how to fly
So I can set myself free
Little bird in the sky
Come sit with me
I don't know where I'm going
But I am on my way
Not afraid of not knowing
I don't know where I'm going
This does not stop me from growing
Living my life day by day
I don't know where I'm going
But I'm on my way
My quiet place, not so quiet
Headphones in, let's begin
Music and dancing inspire me
Begin of words within
Emotions turning into words
Dancing the pain away
Everything and everyone that hurts
Writing what I can't say
My quiet place, not so quiet
Headphones in, let's begin
This planet
These humans
I do not understand
All they do is demand
They take and break
Have no time to wait
They wait to break
Take without the wait
Money is all
This planet
These humans
It will make you fall
Take it all
These humans
On this planet
You take for granted
In a wink of an eye 2011 went by
Wasn't it just yesterday I gave 2010 away?
2012 is now replacing you
There is still is so much I wanted to do
Ooh well I am not in a hurry
Because if I do
Time will be very blurry
A lesson learned well
Carefully taught by 2010
Timing is everything
What, How, Where and When!!!
2011 I thank you
You made me see what is true
I am grateful
Explaining to me how to be faithful
To the teachings of life
So 2011 I say Farwell
To you my dear good friend
With all my heart
I'll cherish every moment in time we spent
2012 in a week you and me will finally meet
I am pretty sure
Our time together is going to be SWEET
2011 has been talking a lot about you
Dreaming of the things we are going to do
Can't wait to get to know you
What will you bring me?
Where will you take me?
2012 I am ready for you to show me
Everything you are supposed to be
I wish for a tree
Far away from home
Quiet by the sea
I wish for a tree
Just for me
In a hammock all alone
I wish for a tree
Far away from home
As Time travels …….
Time has no destination
He travels from train station to train station
Situation after situation at a different location
As Time travels….
Making friends along the way
Friends meant for a life Time
Or friends for one single day
Time goes by…..then he met a Lie
All looks well………
Until he past trough hell
Why oh why did this Lie… say hi
Time to call his old friend, Truth
He always has the answer
Truth said it is Time to say…….goodbye
To this trouble bringing Lie
As Time travels….
Next to him an empty seat
Distance after distance
Making no difference
As Time travels….
Thinking the end is near
He hears someone say……..
"Are these seats taken, my dear"?
"I am Patience and this is my sister Faith
Tell me why are you traveling this late"?
"My name is Time and I have no place to go
I just sit….and wait, wait….and wait"
As Time travels…….
Having a long and deep conversation
Explaining about his desperation ….
His longing for an unknown location
As time travels…..
Listing to Faith and Patience
Understanding all wise words they have to say
Take your Time just live your way….. day by day
"Excuse me, my I intrude and say
Don't forget there is no such thing as regret
All the things in the past weren't meant to last
Standing still is a waste of Time…..it should be a crime"
"Outspoken stranger may I ask?
You know my name
And I wish to know the same"?
"Destiny ………that's what they call me"
As Time travels…..
He called his friend back home
"Hello ….Hope my dear
I know long Time no hear"
"We have some catching up to do
I really like to meet with you
Because I met this amazing lady
I think she is the one…..maybe"????
In Time……….
Time will tell …. If all goes well
As time travels…….
With his Destiny
They ask.....
I answer.......
They hear.....
But don't listen
They talk and tell…
They say and command
They do all…..
But try to understand………
Ask me again…..
And I hope you listen
Cause all I have to say….
I am doing it my way


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Lars Anderson spent six years in the Boston Red Sox organization, rising from the anonymity of being an 18th-round draft pick in 2006 to being a top-20 prospect in 2009.
Now after joining the Blue Jays, his fifth organization in the past seven months, Anderson is hoping to settle down once again.
"Things were pretty steady for six years with the Red Sox and then it has been five teams in seven months," the tall first baseman said.
"I got traded to the Indians, off-season trade to the Diamondbacks, designated and picked up by the White Sox, designated and then here today.
"Pretty crazy. I've been designated twice and picked up twice, so there's an ebb and flow."
On his first day in Blue Jays camp Anderson has picked up on the positive vibe.
"The vibe is incredible here, people are having fun. It's nice and relaxed and guys are getting their work done.
"Everybody is friendly, came up and introduced themselves from the top down. Everybody is receptive and the interaction between each other, you can see everybody is happy to be here. This feels like a place I can be myself."
Anderson's rise through the Red Sox chain stalled out a couple of years ago and he takes the blame.
"In triple-A, I never really played the way I was capable of. It was hard to feel frustrated about having guys ahead of me because I didn't feel I was putting enough pressure on the organization to call me up. Maybe I was looking for a fresh start but I got more than a fresh start. I got five new teams. That's kind of like, 'be careful what you wish for,'" he said.
In 748 minor-league games, he has a .369 on-base percentage and a .432 slugging percentage but his triple-A numbers never matched those accumulated at lower levels.
"I've accomplished a lot in my career," he said, "but there's a whole other level that I want to achieve."
With Toronto, he'll have to earn a spot on the Buffalo triple-A roster and make his move from there.


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Military Expenditure And Economic Growth In Middle Eastern Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
Defence expenditures have both costs and benefits to the economy. The costs of defence expenditures are mainly emphasized as opportunity costs. On the other hand, defence spending may have growth-promoting potential benefits: a rise in defence spending may result in a higher aggregate demand, production and employment. This paper examines empirically the effects of military expenditures on economic growth for Middle Eastern countries and Turkey, for the time-period 1989-1999. The relationship between military expenditure and economic growth is investigated by using cross-section and dynamic panel estimation techniques. Empirical analysis indicates that military expenditure enhances economic growth in the Middle Eastern countries and Turkey as a whole.
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Campowrote a review of 4FRNT Skis Turbo Ski on December 17, 2012
A quiver of one
Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
A great all around quiver of one! Great for pretty much everything except the super deep sub-8% powder!
Charges, slashes, stomps, and does pretty much anything you want it to! In denser power, it floats just fine. In light power, it does sink in (as do 90% of the supposed "powder" skis on the market.
Go get you some!
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Archive for Thursday, July 28, 2005
Erisman looking for second national title
The list of names on the brackets at the Asics Vaughn Junior National Wrestling Tournament in Fargo, N.D., this week will read much like a who's who list of high school wrestlers.
Unfortunately, only one grappler in each of the 15 weight classes will be crowned champion.
Included in the mix, at 160 pounds in the freestyle division will be De Soto senior Neil Erisman, who will be trying to win his second title in three years. The De Soto High School standout claimed the 152-pound cadet championship in 2003.
Erisman hopes to parlay his toughness, talent and experience into another national title in 2005.
"The experience means you've been there and done it," Erisman said of his previous climb to the top of the podium in Fargo. "You're not as nervous."
But that doesn't mean the other wrestlers are going to just hand the championship trophy to Erisman. He is well aware of how prepared he must be.
"You have to be focused -- prepared," the 2005 Kansas state runner-up at 152 pounds said. "You have to go out ready to wrestle hard all of the time. You have to wrestle every match like it's the national championship match."
Erisman said on occasion there is an easy match or two in the early stages of the tournament. But after the first day, nothing is a breeze. He also warned of no-name wrestlers coming out of the woodwork to steal the crown from favorites.
"It's gruesome," he said. "If you want to do well, you have to be prepared to wrestle 10 to 12 matches in three days. It wears and tears on your body."
The bad news for his competition is that Erisman is ready to scrap. But taking a look at the list of names in the brackets, it's safe to say that each match will be a war. Besides himself, Erisman said Rocky Cozart of Florida, Travis Hammons of Illinois and Matt Coughlin, Shane Vernon, David Rella, Alton Lucas, Dave Erwin, Luke Smith and Nate Matousek would also challenge for the freestyle title at 160 pounds.
Cozart is considered to be one of the top athletes in both freestyle and Greco-Roman divisions. He is ranked third in Amateur News Magazine's 2005 high school rankings at 160 pounds and fourth by W.I.N Magazine.
Cozart, who won the Florida 2A 160-pound championship, attempted to claim a 2004 double crown in Fargo. But he came up short in both divisions. The Michigan State University recruit finished third in Greco-Roman and second in freestyle.
Hammons won a state title at 160 pounds for Chicago's Hubbard High School in 2005. He took third as a junior.
But Hammons really made a name for himself when he grappled his way through the 160-pound bracket to win the high school senior national championship in Cleveland.
The North Carolina State recruit earned a No. 5 national ranking following the 2005 high school season in Amateur News, and was second in W.I.N.
Coughlin won the 160-pound junior championship a year ago, and placed fourth in the Greco-Roman division. He was fourth at 132 pounds as a cadet in 2001.
Lucas and Fickel also have impressive wrestling resumes.
Although Erisman has become friends with many of his fellow competitors, he has still found time to compete against many of them. Hammons lost to Erisman twice at the junior duals, once by a technical fall 11-0.
Erisman lost to Cozart at the West Junior Regional in Las Vegas in late April. Cozart took first at the meet while Erisman netted a third-place finish.
"You respect them," Erisman said of his counterparts. "You don't go out to hurt them intentionally, but you get physical and mean no matter who they are.
"You might get in a scuffle, or someone might take a swing, but when the match is over your friendship goes back to the way it was before."
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Soroco senior to play softball for Metro State
May 4, 2012
Steamboat Springs — Routt County isn't exactly the ideal place to try to land at a college to play softball, and accomplishing that feat took sacrifice, Soroco senior Brandi Roundtree said Friday as she announced she intends to play for Metropolitan State College in Denver.
Surrounded by friends, family and a giant cake decorated with a ball diamond and a glove, Roundtree realized her seemingly impossible goal of playing softball at the next level after graduating from Soroco High School.
Roundtree long has played softball in the summers, and she played in school as a freshman and a sophomore, when she attended Faith Christian Academy in Arvada. A family move brought her to Oak Creek as a junior, however, and that made things considerably more difficult. Not only does Soroco lack a softball program, so does every other school in the county.
After taking a break from the sport, she dove into her senior season eager to prove she belonged at the top level. That required splitting her year between Pomona High School, also in Arvada, and Soroco.
She played softball in the fall, then transferred midway through the season to finish school at Soroco.
"It was hard," Roundtree said. "It was hard to leave my friends here in Soroco."
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The arrangement of the coils, and consequently of the field pattern, is based on a design derived from their circular shape that offers a number of benefits such as a compact yet light construction as well as an effective spatial confinement of the magnetic field - a feature important to maintain high efficiency. The alternating magnetic field between the coils transmits the electric energy wirelessly at a power of up to 3.6 kW. BMW specifies the energy efficiency of this arrangement at 90%. The system aims at charging high-voltage batteries for plug-in hybrid and battery electric cars.
One of the design goals was achieving the shortest possible charging time. At a charging power of 3.6 kW, many plug-in hybrids can be charged completely in less than three hours. The BMW i8, the company's current technology flagship, can be charged in less than two hours. The i8 has, unlike its smaller sibling i3, a plug-in hybrid powertrain while the i3 is a battery electric car. To take higher battery capacities for purely electric vehicles into account, the future wireless charging technology standard offers the option to increase the charging power to 7kW which would make it possible to charge the batteries of the i3 over night.
To charge up a vehicle with the system, the car needs to be positioned exactly over the primary coil. A software in the head unit and a WiFi data link between charging station and vehicle supports the driver during this task. In addition, a smartphone app allows users to monitor the charging progress and informs about the remaining charging time.
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Tikkun Olam now offers program scholarships to participants who have proven excellence in the fields of social action and/or active involvement within their Jewish community. Grant amounts range up to $850 per participant (for those who choose to join the program without housing accommodations, this can result in a full scholarship).
The scholarship is dedicated to the memory of Paula, an alumna of the 2009-10 Tikkun Olam group whose love for Israel and passion for tikkun olam were an inspiration to all of those she touched.
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Breast-taking Er, Breathtaking New Swimsuit Edition Has Me Thinking [VIDEO]
Chrissy Teigen, Nina Agdal and Lily Aldridge are on the cover of the new 50th Anniversary S.I. swimsuit edition, which is out today. on the inside are more beauties in exotic locals around the planet.
Inside are Kate Upton and other women who never have to pay for drinks. Or cars and occasional houses for that matter…..
But some of these racy shots got me thinking, that I need to pick up some milk on the way home….


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The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life
Pots of honey, thousands of years old yet still good, have been found in Egyptian tombs. Why it lasts forever, and why it was used as a topical barrier against infection in wounds:
Nectar, the first material collected by bees to make honey, is naturally very high in water–anywhere from 60-80 percent, by Harris' estimate. But through the process of making honey, the bees play a large part in removing much of this moisture by flapping their wings to literally dry out the nectar. On top of behavior, the chemical makeup of a bees stomach also plays a large part in honey's resilience. Bees have an enzyme in their stomachs called glucose oxidase. When the bees regurgitate the nectar from their mouths into the combs to make honey, this enzyme mixes with the nectar, breaking it down into two by-products: gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide. "Then," Harris explains, "hydrogen peroxide is the next thing that goes into work against all these other bad things that could possibly grow."
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This is the Perennual kind of hibiscus that dies back to the ground every year and has 6 inch flowers. It was growing in a protected area at the beach.