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Imagine a world where the powers that be select a group of men and a group of women to compete, struggle, and suffer for the amusement of the elites. Imagine an arena built solely for the comfort of the spectating elite classes, one that all but ensures mass suffering of the competitors. Imagine stepping into this arena after being told for years that getting here was an honor and a privilege, only to have the sinking feeling of dread at what's about to happen to you.
I'm not writing about the Hunger Games. I'm writing about the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon. You'd think something like the Marathon Trials would be a celebration of the runners who trained, worked, struggled, and strove to earn a spot on the starting line. Instead, the race organizers treated them like props, props who had to pay their own way to be on the stage, and put the comforts and desires of corporate sponsors and NBC over the needs of the runners to meet the physical demands of the race.
It's been over a week since the crazy-hot Olympic Trials Marathon, but that doesn't mean athletes aren't still steaming. And as more of them speak up about it, we're continuing to wonder what the hell the USATF and L.A. race organizers were thinking.
The Host City
For each Trials, the USATF chooses a host race. In the past, the Trials have been held in conjunction with the New York Marathon, Boston, Houston, among others. Then, the USATF and the host race work together to put the Trials on. The selection of this host city/race is usually fairly straight-forward. The Long Distance Running Section Committee votes on the contenders and majority rules. Usually.
The 2016 host race decision-process occurred in January of 2014, when the USATF deviated from its standard procedure. According to a January 2014 Race Results Weekly article, USATF's Long Distance Running Section Committee voted 5-0 to award Houston the 2016 Trials as it had for 2012. However, CEO Max Siegel overruled the Committee, awarding the Trials to L.A taking advantage of an ambiguity in the bylaws, which made it unclear whether or not he had the power to make that call. While we can't be completely certain, the thought is that Siegel took the Trials to L.A. on the promise that the larger media market would help USATF sell broadcasting rights to a major network and thereby increase exposure of the event and the sport. This current contingent of leadership at USATF is working very hard to take track and field (including road events like the marathon), from a second tier sport to a major and L.A., hungry to prove itself ready to host another Olympics, was seen as a greater ally in that pursuit.
Every athlete we spoke to who ran both the Houston Trials in 2012 and the 2016 L.A. Trials raved about Houston in comparison. The weather is usually great, the logistics are simple, it's less expensive to stay and get around there, and the race is tightly organized. Even runners who ran in the 2016 Houston Marathon and the L.A. Trials raved about Houston in comparison to the L.A. Trials. And as we'll soon discuss, there's no wonder why.
Foreshadows of Trouble
After USATF announced its decision, athletes assumed the L.A. Trials would be as wonderful a race experience as other recent Trials, but there were indications of problems. First came the December 11, 2015 Trials standard change. Arguably, this was something USATF could not avoid because the U.S. standard was (arguably) bound by law to match the International Olympic Committtee's (IOC) standard and because the IOC hadn't set this standard until then. Nonetheless it didn't exactly instill confidence in USATF as a governing body and it potentially inspired more runners to go for a qualifier over those last few weeks of the qualifying period, which possibly exacerbated a timing issue.
Trials athletes were required to declare their intent to use their own fluids at the race one week before the Trials qualifying window ended. Say what?! When potentially dozens of athletes don't yet even know if they can run your race, how is it fair to close the deadline for having fluids on the course? That makes no sense, particularly when the weather and time of day were considered (we'll get to that). Sure, no one knew the weather would be as bad as it was, but odds were it would be warm and sunny, which require more fluids than your average forty degree fall marathon.
Additionally, athletes who qualified with B standards (the vast majority) had to pay their own way to the race, which is no big deal until you consider that a stay at the host hotel cost each athlete a discounted(!) rate of $300 per night for a minimum of 3 nights. The host hotel did not only house the athletes, it also housed things like packet pick-up, press conferences, the athlete hospitality suite, etc. Cheaper lodging options were not just inconvenient, but also came with the real possibility of being a logistical nightmare with L.A.'s notorious traffic, particularly on race morning with road closures.
The logo rules at the Trials have been well-publicized and were no different from previous years, and like previous years, they left many athletes scrambling to tape over logos on seemingly innocuous things like their fluid bottles. Salty buddy Keely Maguire had to find new compression socks when the New Balance logos on her usual socks were deemed to be too prominent after she had turned them inside out. At first glance this might not seem like a big deal, but when just getting to the Trials is so expensive for many of these athletes, any difficulty for their sponsors to get a little viewing time means sponsors are less inclined to help defray the costs. If USATF wants to use the Trials race to grow the sport of running, why are they creating financial disincentives for up-and-coming athletes to attend?
Less Bang for More Bucks
Like past Trials Marathons, there was an entry fee for the participants. Athletes were required to pay $30 to enter, which is very modest for a marathon, but slightly strange in that the participants of this race were purportedly competing to represent our country. Not to mention they're the main subject of the TV coverage, and imagine how much money NBC paid to cover this race – where was that money allocated? So, what did this $30 registration fee get the athletes?
It didn't get them a t-shirt. One athlete we talked to put it this way:
Sounds stupid, I know. But if you pay an entry fee to a race, isn't there a reasonable expectation you will get a t-shirt with it? I'm still in disbelief. And got really mad during the race when I saw that all of the volunteers had these nice Nike technical race volunteer t-shirts. And then talked to one later and found out they not only got tshirts, but jackets as well. Are you kidding me? I'm the one who actually ran in, and paid to run in this race. Nothing?
So unbelievably grateful for our good friends GG and BG. Today, I received all this awesome @nike US Olympic Trials gear thanks to their generosity! I had been pretty disappointed after getting to the Trials (a huge reach goal of mine) that there wasn't a single piece of gear given to the runners who had trained SO hard to get there. Not a single shirt, hat, bag or memento (even to purchase) of any sort to bring home to remember that weekend #LA2016. It was really pretty crappy on behalf of the @lamarathon, @usatf and all involved in the planning of that weekend not to put more thought into the race. Our friends received these amazing shirts and jackets as trials volunteers and sent them to @iannurse24 and me after realizing the athletes weren't given them too. So guys, THANK YOU! And @usatf @nike – consider sending the other runners these as well- everyone deserves a little something to remember they ran in the US OLYMPIC MARATHON TEAM TRIALS! ? #LA2016 #olympicmarathontrials #teamusa #roadtorio
Surely the athletes got goodie bags when they picked up their numbers?
I did get a cheapo red bag to hold my envelopes of welcome letters from the mayor, race committee, etc. And a bottle of Coke. That was our race swag. For the Olympic Trials.
And previous Trials races provided free events to athletes, like Boston in 2008, when athletes could bring one guest to both a free pre-race reception and a post-race party. In L.A.? For $75 a Trials athlete could bring one guest to the prerace reception and then could pay another $75 to go to the post-race reception. Was it worth it?
I bought tickets, just because I figured this was such a once in a lifetime opportunity, I didn't want to miss out. Big mistake. The pre-race reception at the science center was pretty cool because of the location, but honestly I would have enjoyed a real dinner out at a nice Italian restaurant for much less than $75. The post race "reception"? There was nothing official about it, but 1 table of food in a bar type restaurant. Appetizer type food. How they got away with charging $75 for what I would not have even paid $10 for, I don't know. Ridiculous.
Helping Runners Through the Heat
While the Trials provided less race swag than your friendly neighborhood 5k, that's not even the worst of it, not even close. Did you notice the weird start times for the Trials races? 10:06 a.m. for the men and 10:22 a.m. for the women. These start times weren't chosen to assist athletes in performing their best, they were chosen to accommodate NBC's schedule. And while an average Angelino February 13 would bring temperatures in the high 50's around that time of day, this year, the temperatures were forecasted early to be much higher, dangerously so, in fact.
USATF had to know that most runners would be out in noonday sun, but it didn't seem they'd thought that far ahead from the course, which featured virtually no shade, but plenty of hairpin turns, curbs, and potholes. Of course, with the red flag weather warning, you'd think the USATF and the L.A. race crew would provide extra fluids for the athletes, instead athletes had fluids at best every 5k. That's once each 3.1 miles in the blazing sun on a hot day. And on the latter laps, those fluids were roasting hot.
It's true that last minute race officials intended to add a second water stop, but the plan never got off the ground. They did add a sponge station they announced at the athlete technical meeting, which runners reported to us was more helpful than they'd initially expected. However, it was placed in the middle of the street, so to access the sponges women had to scramble horizontally through the pack, often while dodging faster men runners who were lapping them.
On a hot day when there aren't a lot of fluid stations or opportunities to cool athletes down, of course the race will ensure adequate medical staff is ready to help heat-exhausted athletes, right? When Shalane Flanagan, SHALANE FLANAGAN, collapses at the finish line and her fellow exhausted athlete has to hold her up until her husband can get to her – not medical personnel – you know there's a problem.
Unpacking (finally) from #LA2016 & found one of the "sponges" from the course support. Ahhhhh, memories. #SmallerThanADollarBill #Ugh
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Yes, They Had No Bananas
Ok, so maybe USATF and the L.A. Marathon personnel were caught off guard by the weather. Surely, they didn't intend to neglect the athletes. Surely they'd take care of them once they finished. Imagine the spread you'd get upon finishing that marathon!
You mean, a warm bottle of water and a warm bottle of Powerade?
That's it. That was what the athletes had in the finishing area. Yes, they had no bananas that day. Or anything else. At. All.
They didn't have any food for the athletes at the finish. Nothing, not even bananas. They did hand us bottles of water or PowerAde that we could drink as we walked by the VIP tent set up with an extensive food buffet. But for the actual runners (who I would like to reiterate, actually paid an entry fee for this race) who just finished a marathon on an ill-supported course in the heat? Nothing.
Ah yes. The VIP tent. Next to the finish area was a large tent, the VIP Hospitality tent. In Cinnamon's Story of the Day, she briefly mentioned this VIP tent at the start. What she neglected to mention, but definitely noticed, was the fully stocked bar in the VIP tent, the silver coffee urns, the real-not-disposable plates, forks and wine glasses, and the full, catered breakfast. Not that these people didn't have a stake in the race, some were city officials, some were likely affiliated with athlete sponsors, some were with USATF, and there was likely even a coach or two and perhaps even runners' family members, as tickets were on sale to the public:
Watch the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon from the best seats on course! Attendees to this paid area will have access to bleachers along the Start/Finish straightaway as well as entry into the Race Hospitality Tent which includes a catered breakfast and hosted bar. The race broadcast will also be shown inside the Tent ensuring that you don't miss a minute of the action.
Nonetheless, against a backdrop of runners pushing themselves in the hottest part of the day essentially to please a broadcasting schedule, the scene reeked a bit of luxury. And, to many athletes who didn't even get a banana or a bagel after their race, misuse of resources.
So, what do you think? Did the USATF and the L.A. Marathon drop the ball?
[Correction: A previous version of this post credited the USATF Board with the authority to vote on the host site/city for the Olympic Trials.]


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We've all been in this situation: somebody works on a dissertation of some kind, obtains interesting results, but either can't be bothered to publish because they're leaving the profession, or do publish the essentials, but have to omit some important details because of space considerations.
Inter-library loan can be an option in these cases, but it's very likely to take a very long time if it works at all. In the US, it appears that most universities require you to sign away your reproduction right to an independent company which will keep your dissertation on microfilm (correct me if I'm wrong, this is CW after all!). So in that case, you can track down a copy of the dissertation in question (if you're willing to pay for it) -- that is, if you can manage to track down the reproduction service in question.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Dominican Republic's three-year reign as the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities Junior Division World Series champions came to an end on Thursday afternoon.
The Boys and Girls Club of Venice, Calif., RBI team, led by pitcher Jay Sterner, toppled Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with a 2-0 victory at Target Field.
Sterner threw a two-hit, seven-inning shutout to lead Venice to the title, dethroning the three-time defending champions. Venice finished the tournament with a 5-1 record, including a 10-0 victory over Boys and Girls Club of Pawtucket RBI team in the semifinal round.
"We spent a whole year trying to get here, so it's like having a baby," Venice head coach James Guerrero said. "It's a long process, and we're just really, really happy. We came out here to win. We had three kids returning. It's just tremendous. I'm just so happy right now."
Sterner gave up one walk and posted three strikeouts to be named the game's Most Valuable Player. He retired 19 of the 23 batters he faced and only allowed one baserunner to reach second base. He also drew three walks at the plate.
"Coming into the game, we had the scouting report on these guys, so I knew what I wanted to do," said Sterner, who hails from Culver City, Calif. "I wanted to throw strikes and not walk people. I had a great catcher calling pitches, so if you have a great catcher, pitching comes easily."
Guerrero was proud of Sterner's performance, as the left-hander was able to hold Santo Domingo in check by utilizing an impressive changeup to keep hitters off balance. During the tournament, Sterner posted a 0.70 ERA over 10 innings pitched, picking up one win and a save. At the plate, he finished with a .333 batting average and a .833 OPS, while stealing five bases, driving in two runs and scoring eight times.
"Jay is a stud," Guerrero said. "He's just a horse. He went seven innings in the regional and seven innings here. We just wanted to ride him as far as we could. Everyone talks about the Dominican pitchers, but I'd put this guy up against anybody."
Santo Domingo left-hander Pablo Ochoa was also impressive, giving up just two unearned runs on two hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. But he wasn't helped by his defense, as Venice scored both runs as a result of defensive gaffes, including a dropped fly ball with two outs in the fifth inning.
The RBI World Series, which was hosted by the Minnesota Twins for the third consecutive year, is the international baseball and softball tournament of the RBI program, a Major League Baseball youth initiative designed to provide young people from underserved communities with the opportunity to play baseball and softball, encourage academic success, and teach the value of teamwork and other important life lessons.
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Central Virginia has nurseries galore, but only one specializes in edibles. Located just off Route 151, nearly eight miles south of Route 250 in Afton, Edible Landscaping is the brainchild of Michael McConkey, a 55-year-old nurseryman (and part-time musician). Although he readily confesses that his formal training ended after just a "couple of semesters" of a horticulture major at the University of Maryland, he's run his own nursery for 24 years– in Afton since 1987. McConkey experiments to find the varieties that will resist disease and provide the best-tasting fruit. He sells pears and pecans, juneberries and jostas, apples and almonds, gooseberries and grapes– and more than 100 others. It's primarily a catalogue business which ships bushes and trees all over the world, but we locals get to see, touch– and eat. "Starting in a couple of weeks," says McConkey, "people can come up here and graze." Try to visit on a weekday when the expert is in. 361-9134
Some say it's the anemic or critically ill stock market that's prompted the boom in Charlottesville real estate. Whatever. Asking prices even for formerly affordable "starter homes" and "handyman specials" are beyond the reach of most first-time buyers. If you can suspend your chagrin at benefiting from others' misery, you can sometimes still get a bargain at foreclosure auctions in the area. Get the details on the real estate page, research and drive by the property ahead of time, and then go try to snag a bargain. One drawback: You usually can't get inside the place for an inspection before you bid. Call it Real Estate Roulette.
Lexington's theater at Lime Kiln celebrates its 20th anniversary this summer with an all-star lineup of concerts in addition to the traditional plays. Dance your head off to C.J. Chernier's Zydeco on June 15, laugh uproariously with the apparently ageless (and totally deadpan) Leon Redbone on June 22, and get wild and crazy with the Austin Lounge Lizards on August 3. If you haven't been to Lexington, make a day of it tour W&L and VMI, take a dip in the Maury River at Goshen Pass, put together a picnic from the Kroger deli, and then head for the Kiln as the sun goes down.
Neckin'? Drive-in? How retro can you get? Yet these two slices of antiquated Americana are within reach just 40 minutes south of town at the Fork Union Drive-In. Relive your youth, or have a date like your parents used to. Hop in the Chevy with your honey and head south on U.S. 15 to watch a summer blockbuster or not. Load the cooler with beer to smuggle in, and grab plenty of napkins to wipe those buttery popcorn fingers. If all else fails, you can always watch the movie. 842-3624
Find out what all the fuss is about. Put on your walking shoes on a sunny Saturday morning, and head across the bridge. Stop at Spudnuts to fortify yourself for the explorations ahead. After a few of the delectable confections and a cuppa, head out to begin your tour of the hottest new "in" part of town. Give Monticello Avenue a nod, but quickly veer off to the less-traveled and more interesting byways: Goodman, Myrtle, Stonehenge, Palatine. Rest in Belmont Park and enjoy the views, have some tapas and sangria at Mas, and then if you've picked the right Saturday (check with Mark Edwards 293-2137)– take in an outdoor showing of Still Life with Donuts, the entertaining documentary on Belmont. Call it a Living History Seminar, and deduct your expenses as continuing ed.
Used to be you had to go to Ashland, Oregon, or Santa Cruz to wallow in Shakespeare. Now, even Alabama has a Shakespeare festival. What these festivals don't have is a theater like the Elizabethans attended. Thirty minutes away in Staunton, of all places, people are flocking to the Blackfriars Playhouse for an authentic dose of the Bard. That means hard wooden benches (cushions and seat backs can be rented), seats on stage if you like, minimal sets, lights on the audience, and an energetic cast. This summer's offerings include Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, and Willy-contemporary Francis Beaumont's packed-with-penis-jokes-comedy, The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Its website is shenandoahshakespeare.com or call 540-851-1733.
Albemarle and environs are blessed with swimming holes. The county has three public lakes, the most beautiful of which is Mint Springs in Crozet, the lake out-of-town guests always beg to go back to. The mountains form a perfect backdrop for lying on the beach like a whale with an inner-ear disorder or floating serenely on the lake to shut out screaming youthful voices. Lest you fear too many kids will spoil the fun, county lakes have mandatory rest periods every hour, so adults can have 15 minutes in the water without boisterous splashing and the incessant refrains of "Marco! Polo!" On a long summer day, grill out in one of the picnic shelters. And if you don't like making like a beached whale, there's fishing, hiking, and a playground area. 823-5889.
Okay, you read our "On the Block" real estate column every week, but that still doesn't satisfy your curiosity about how the other half lives. Get the Sunday paper and spend the afternoon perusing realtors' open houses. Houses are typically on view from 1-4pm. You can start big with large country estates and wind down to Fifeville fixer-uppers by the end of the afternoon. Or, you can devote a whole Sunday to one kind all the silly million-dollar extravaganzas with plastic showers plopped in cow pastures one week, all the townhouses next. After your tour, find a little bar, and sit around with your companion saying, "Did you see that place? Think what our house is worth if they can get $345,000 for that pile of sticks!"
Do you ever forget there's a university here? For many townies without UVA ties, the congestion over there makes the Corner seem almost like another world. But now that the students have split for the summer, suddenly it's not a chore to find parking, and frequent Corner spots that would normally be off the list because it's too much of a hassle are suddenly appealing. Shop, eat, and drink. Better yet, for those out-of-town guests who want to see Monticello, the cheapy version of Jeffersonia is a tour of the Rotunda and Lawn, free and uncluttered with students.
Yes, it's wonderful to live in a culturally vibrant university town. But there's a lot to be said for getting the hell away from that delightful effeteness we so adore and tasting simpler, more down-home (dare we say, redneck?) pleasures. We're talking those ridiculously overpowered pickup trucks with giant wheels that serve no practical purpose whatsoever except to jump over cars. Gravedigger's coming to bury 'em at Expoland in Fishersville August 1 and 2. Grab your John Deere Tractor cap and a cooler of your favorite beverages (and we're talking Buds, not Newcastles) for an evening of bone-rattling fun. 540-662-5202
What is summer if not to sink into a trashy novel on the beach? Even inland, there are plenty of good curling-up places. For air-conditioned reading, Clemons Library couches are perfect for lounging. So is the tucked-away McGregor Room at Alderman. To read and be seen, go to Mudhouse or Higher Grounds or Greenberry's. For scenic outdoor reading, hit an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Or toss a blanket out on the Lawn or at Beaver Creek Reservoir and be glad it's summer and it's beautiful and you made time to read even if it's not pure trash.
Loath to spend hours in the gym on a beautiful summer day? Shin-splints acting up from all that running on asphalt? Can't find a softball team with compatible compadres? Sign up for a session sweeping your oar over the Reservoir in a long skinny boat with seven other nature-loving exercisers. Rivanna rowing offers "Learn to Row" classes for people who don't know a starboard from a port, as well as competitive training for experienced rowers. Classes are under way, so call quick. Before you know it, you'll be happy to "sit easy" and "weigh enough." "Layback," "hands on," and "cox" are other titillating terms you'll soon be babbling with the best of them. 978-2092.
Remember that old summer standby, the crank call? Well, caller ID has put an end to that but what a shame to let such a classic pastime die out. By dialing *67 you can disable caller ID and then let the good times roll. (Just hope you don't get the whistle a favored defense of the frequent crank call recipient.) Remember, it's only fun if it's not truly sinister, so let the nostalgia roll. A few favorites:
You say: "Is your refrigerator running?"
They say: "Yes"
You say: "Well, you better catch it."
You call. They answer. You say: "May I have the number you're dialing?"
They say: "What are you talking about you called me!"
You say: "That's impossible; I'm an operator, and I can't place outgoing calls."
They say: nothing, because they've hung up.
You say: "This is the power company; we're having some trouble with the lines. Your phone may ring in the next few minutes, but please don't answer. Our technicians could be badly shocked."
They say: "Huh?" You thank them and hang up.
You call back. If they answer, you enthusiastically scream the sound effects of an electrocution.
You say: "Is your fish fresh?"
They say: "Yes"
You say: "Well, if it gets too fresh, slap it."
You've seen them in films (in addition to sweeping sagas like Gettysburg, Civil War re-enactors got some attention in the recent comedy Sweet Home Alabama). But why not see them up close and personal? This summer, 19th century troops will be gearing up for battle several times around the state and you'll get close enough to see the whites of their eyes... oh wait, wrong war.
June 6-8 is the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Brandy Station in Culpeper County. The weekend features ghost walks through downtown Culpeper, guided battlefield tours, a cavalry skirmish, and medical demonstrations, as well as a silent auction and a gala dinner at the Inn at Kelly's Ford. For information call 703-403-1910.
June 7-8 is also the 141st anniversary of the Battle of Slash Church the reenactment's at Meadow Farm Park in Richmond. Take in a morning tactical and an afternoon battle each day. You can even take a farmhouse tour, complete with mourning widow. 804-222-6448.
On June 14-15 head to Prince George County for an encampment and reenactment of Grant's 1864 Crossing of the James River and Battle of Baylor's Farm. Union engineers will reconstruct a pontoon bridge, and there's still time to join up as a re-enactor! 804-541-8897.
For even more Civil War events, visit civilwarnews.com.
A meteor shower, that is! UVA's McCormick Observatory on O-Hill holds public viewing nights on the first and third Fridays of each month from 9-11pm, but there are several amazing astronomical events you can enjoy from your own backyard. The most well known is the Perseid meteor shower, an annual event that takes place over two weeks in August. The shower is produced when the Earth passes through the debris trail left by the Swift-Tuttle comet, which orbits the sun every 128 years. Best viewing this year is August 13, according to information on capitalastronomers.org, and stargazers can expect to sight as many as 200 shooting stars an hour on that peak night.
Everyone knows about tubing on the James, but how about snorkeling? Dive Connections, a local dive shop, sponsors snorkeling trips on the James River throughout the summer, starting Saturday, May 31. For $35 each, the whole family (including kids six and up) can strap on a life vest, mask, and snorkel to get a fish-eye view of life under the surface of the river. Reservations are required, and Dive Master Lenny Monopoli suggests making them at least a week ahead of time.
Dive Connections also offers a variety of scuba trips both locally and farther afield (Virginia Beach and Moorehead City, North Carolina, are destinations). Call them, and take the plunge!
There's been hot debate over the future of the Woolen Mill Dam, and if certain environmentalists have their way, it may not exist for many more summers. Those who favor its removal say it has to go to protect wildlife, such as the Virginia shad, which swims upstream to mate but currently encounters the dam and turns away in frustration. Opposed to breaching the dam are Woolen Mills neighbors who fear it could convert the scenic and swimmable river in their backyards into unusable swampland. Though no decision has been made, this could be the last year the river exists in Woolen Mills as a lake-like body of water. So grab your suit and a canoe (or kayak) and head down Market Street to check out the dam-ing evidence for yourself.
It's a bit harder to find free music festivals nowadays, but you need look no further than our neighbor to the south, Scottsville. This summer, on three Sundays and one Wednesday, head to Rhythm on the River. Sunday, June 1 brings old-timey tunes from the Hackensaw Boys with Jackass Flats; on July 4 (the only Wednesday) Willow Branch will play with opening act The Jan Smith Band; on August 3, Corey Harris will sing his award-winning blues with opener Paul Curreri performing his Bob Dylan-esque folk. The season closes on Sunday, September 7 with a reggae party featuring Inner Rhythm with opener Ban Caribe. All concerts start at 6pm and, like our own Fridays After Five once were, cost only the gas you use to get there.
Okay, the Virginia Museum of Natural History on Emmet Street is still optimistic that a generous angel will come to the rescue after all of its funding was cut, but the odds are exceedingly slim. That's why this summer may be your last chance to see one of Charlottesville's hidden jewels. Educators and parents alike are impressed with the quality of the exhibits and programs offered by this tiny, run-on-a-shoestring museum. The Lewis and Clark exhibit features animals like the bighorn sheep and buffalo that the explorers encountered, as well as exhibits about the habitats they navigated. The summer mini-camps are an excellent way to entertain elementary-school kids for three hours a day, and the museum also provides a birthday party venue. Other summer Museum options: Take in a bat watch June 18 at Chris Greene Lake, or learn about butterfly gardening June 14 at Ivy Creek Natural Area. Too bad some of Albemarle's millionaires haven't stepped forward to endow this little community asset. 982-4830.
When Albemarle County ceases its curbside recycling pickups July 1, a lot of empty Coke cans are going to be headed to the landfill. For the budding entrepreneur, that's an opportunity to rake in some cash and to provide a service for lazy neighbors who don't want to travel to McIntire Recycling to do the environmentally correct thing. At press time, the going rate for aluminum is 30 cents a pound, and there are about 30 cans in a pound. Coiners' Scrap Iron and Metal Inc. at 100 Meade Avenue is buying. Cans should be in plastic bags, but they don't have to be crushed. 296-6465
You don't need any special equipment for this activity and it's free! Try to drive someplace at 5pm almost anyplace in town will work. But for real teeth-gnashing delight, try to cross 29 at Hydraulic or Rio. Or try to get from the UVA Hospital to Barracks Road. How about attempting to get up Pantops Mountain on Friday afternoon! But you can take the misery out of the inevitable. Keep a cache of relaxation tapes in the car. Stash a bottle of cologne in the seat pocket, spritz yourself when the light is red again after only three cars have made it through, and pretend you're poolside. Buy 10 postcards, address and stamp them, and put them in the glove compartment. Most signals around town stay red just long enough for you to dash off a loving note to someone you've been meaning to write. You stay connected with a friend and lower your blood pressure you might almost forgive the maddening old duffer in front of you who's had his left-turn signal on for the last ten blocks.


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NEA Supports Innovation, Urges Course Corrections on Race to the Top
Collaboration is key to long-term success
WASHINGTON - January 19, 2010 -
President Barack Obama announced plans today to expand "Race to the Top," a grant competition for education reform, during an event at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Va. The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Dennis Van Roekel:
"The National Education Association shares the Obama administration's goal of fostering innovation and reform to close the gaps in achievement and opportunity in our nation's schools. NEA's 3.2 million members have been part of numerous successful, targeted efforts to create optimal conditions for student learning and to develop and implement successful strategies to turn around struggling schools.
"As the Administration has recognized, educators are key partners in every successful education reform effort. The importance of collaboration must be emphasized in Race to the Top discussions and applications if the federal money is to be used efficiently and effectively.
"In light of decimated state budgets, the Administration must place more emphasis on fostering sustainability of reforms generated by Race to the Top. State and local partners must receive assurances and guidance that would increase the likelihood of sustained reforms beyond the next four years.
"While NEA supports the overarching goals of Race to the Top and its inclusion in the federal budget, the Administration must provide more detailed guidance and clarifications on how the program affects state and local laws, policies and agreements affecting school personnel. We urge the Administration to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the first phase of Race to the Top with input from national, state and local stakeholders and make necessary course corrections. If done right, we believe Race to the Top grants could accelerate education reform at the state and local levels and go a long way toward ensuring great public schools for every student."
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Asia Toy Hunting Musings May 20
My luggage has long been packed and I start my 30 day journey to Asia once again (as an American living in Germany it still amazes me that Germans have between 28-34 days vacation a year! in the U.S. a sabbatical is a big deal for example but at most lasts about 30 days).
As I toy hunt (more importantly for Kinkeshi) I will make posts and also give the 411 on the toy stores. I wish I knew back then what I know now as I have since discovered more vintage toy spots.
My first stop is Hong Kong....
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Exxon Tries to Put the Worst Behind it With $20 Billion Writedown
By Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday said it would write down the value of natural gas properties by $17 billion to $20 billion,...
Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc, ConocoPhillips and Statoil ASA are among oil explorers investing at least $3 billion in wells off Angola next year in the country's biggest deepwater drilling campaign, Wood Mackenzie Ltd. said.
The companies will drill 20 wells beneath a layer of salt about 3 miles (5 kilometers) under the seabed at a cost of about $150 million each, David Thomson, a Wood Mackenzie analyst based in Edinburgh, said by phone. Shifting rigs from the Gulf of Mexico could add a further $50 million per well, he said.
The drilling will test the industry's Atlantic mirror theory that there may be huge deposits of oil deep beneath the sea off West Africa similar to those across the ocean in Brazil, where some of the biggest finds of the last decade have been made. Angola hopes it can tap offshore reserves to help it surpass Nigeria and become Africa's biggest oil producer.
"Angola is considered to have by far and away Africa's biggest pre-salt potential," Thomson said today. "Exploration looks set to deliver big oil and the next 18 months will help answer just how big."
Angola wants to increase output from 1.78 million barrels a day in July to more than 2 million barrels a day in 2017, a target that "looks eminently achievable," Thomson said.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Houston-based Vaalco Energy Inc., Repsol SA, Eni SpA and Total SA are among companies slated to drill, Thomson said. Most have commitments to produce seismic imaging and drill two wells by 2016, he said.
Maersk Oil Angola SA has identified five drilling targets across Blocks 8 and 23 with one to be drilled this year and more in 2014, Thomson said. The explorer may sell equity in the blocks, where it currently owns 50 percent of each, he said.
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The Danish company made Angola's first pre-salt discovery in the Azul field in Block 23 in 2011 and plans to appraise the find once a rig has been hired, the analyst said. He estimated Azul holds 150 million barrels.
Cobalt International Energy Co. may drill two of three prospects in Block 20 and 21, Thomson said. Results are expected this year from exploratory wells in the Block 20 Lontra prospect and Block 21's Mavinga, Lynne Hackedorn, a spokeswoman for the Houston-based company, said in a July 31 e-mail. Lontra may hold more than a billion barrels, company documents show.
The Block 21 Cameia field discovered by Cobalt last year may produce 150 million barrels in the first stage in 2017 with 100,000 barrel a day capacity, Thomson said.
Petroleo Brasileiro, known as Petrobras, is expected to drill a follow-up well to Ogonga in Block 26 next year, the analyst said. The initial well took eight months because hard, mineral-rich rock below the salt layer required frequent drill bit replacements, he said.
The fields in Angola are estimated to be smaller than those found in Brazil, with the possible exception of Lontra. Most are likely to hold hundreds of millions of barrels rather than the billions found across the ocean, Thomson said.
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Modular homes in Overland Park provide many selections and help you save time and funds as compared to conventional construction methods. Overland Park modular homes are not the same as the standard on-site houses even though they must also follow specific laws and guidelines. In case you have chosen a modular home, you have to do intensive research as there are plenty of companies providing this service, but they can vary in terms of quality, price, and provisions. The most important distinction of modular houses is that they are constructed over the course of a couple of weeks and climate conditions are not so vital for the build and assembly. Modular homes are modified to satisfy almost any requirement of the owner. You can select the type together with all particulars ahead of time and personally style and design your house to the very last detail. Consequently, your entire preferences concerning floor coverings, interior planning, cabinetry, tiles, water system, electricity and different finishes are all included, and you will have a completely unique house.
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Cochinita Pibil and Other Mayan Delights at Chichen Itza in Los Angeles
Far from the ancient Mayan ruins that bear its name sits Chichén Itzá the restaurant, a Los Angeles stalwart in the booming fast casual Mexican food world. There are no temples, no hidden secrets; there isn't even a full-fledged restaurant. Chichén Itzá exists in the Mercado La Paloma near USC, where walk-up counters and open, shared seating are the way of life. But much like the original Chichen Itza, there are always tourists. And this Chichen Itza is pretty amazing, as well.
Most of the camera-snappers that come to Chichen Itza (the restaurant) have heard of one thing: The cochinita pibil. The slowly roasted pork dish is a calling card for the state of Yucatan, and nowhere is the pig handled with such tender love and care as at Chichen Itza. This is low-and-slow cooking, where all you need is a little bit of achiote paste, some onion, a touch of citrus, lots of banana leaves to wrap up the pork shoulder and a few hours of your time to watch it all simmer down. The final product is a soft, juicy mound of slightly acidic pork, pulled into rough shreds and laid over with a pile of pickled red onions. Order as a plate ($9.50) or a pair of tacos ($4.50); either way, you'll be more than satisfied.
Of course, not every dish at Chichen Itza takes as long. The Poc Chuc ($4.50) is a simpler pork rendition, served as a full plate or onto a stack of corn tortillas. Impressively thin pork loin is marinated in the same sour orange juice as the pibil, then fire-grilled over charcoal for a smoky, chewier finish. Here, the red onions are roasted, not pickled, which lends more sweetness to the finished product. That's a good thing, considering the chunky tomato salsa that accompanies the pork. A leaf of lettuce is an unexpected turn, but its slight crunch will keep your tacos from falling apart into piles of delicious mush.
There are other Mayan and Yucatecan specialties on the Chichen Itza menu, including thin, steamed tamales laced with achiote known as Vaporcitos ($2). You should also try the Sikil Pac ($4), an earthy antojito served with warm tortilla chips.
The dip is a blended mix of roasted tomatoes, pumpkin seeds and chives, whipped into a chunky creaminess and topped with a few dices of tomato. It's a deeper, more pungent replacement for the clean, creamy flavors of guacamole, but after a few chips you'll find the sikil pac to be as irresistible as everyone else.
If you need to walk off some of your hefty lunch, give the diminutive Mercado La Paloma a spin. There are, of course, Mexican knick knacks and overpriced tortilla presses, but peek around the corners of the co-op and you'll find big plates of warm Thai food, freshly pressed juices and shops selling hand-woven Ethiopian scarves and mason jars of uncooked red lentils.
Chichen Itza is an important Los Angeles Mexican restaurant. Owner Gilberto Cetina's inspired work in the Mercado La Paloma -- which once used to house Ricardo Zarate's heralded Peruvian joint Mo-Chica -- has not only helped to keep the industrial strip near the University of Southern California afloat, it has expanded what's possible for Yucatecan food in the city. And while not as old or quite as impressive as the original Chichen Itza, L.A.'s own version stands tall in its own way.
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The election will soon be over. (No more ads on TV!)
One candidate stands for more money for our military, not so much for education (Mitt Romney suggests more than the Pentagon even asks for).
One candidate would like to see Medicare become a voucher program. (That would be good for insurance companies, not so good for you.)
He would cut other programs which serve the poor, like Planned Parenthood and Medicaid.
One candidate would aim to repeal Roe v. Wade and severely limit contraception. (He hasn't mentioned chastity belts yet but you never know.)
A vote for Romney is a vote for Grover Norquist (who is he anyway?), Carl Rove and Rush Limbaugh.
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Unreal Media Server 11.5
Unreal Media Server is a software streaming server offering rich choice of live and on demand streaming functionality.
It streams with variety of streaming protocols to deliver content to Flash Player, Silverlight, Windows Media Player, Unreal Media Player, mobile devices and Set-Top boxes.
The server supports UMS (our proprietary, DirectShow-based, codec-independent) protocol for streaming to Unreal Media Player in Unicast and Multicast modes; RTMP and RTMPT protocols for streaming to Flash Player; MS-WMSP and MS Smooth streaming protocols for Silverlight and Windows Media Player; Apple HTTP Live streaming protocol for iOS and other HLS-enabled devices; MPEG2-TS protocol for streaming to Set-Top boxes. Adaptive bitrate streaming is supported via RTMP and HLS protocols.
Unreal Media Server streams ANY multimedia file format, encoded with ANY codec. Supported container formats include but are not limited to: MP4, ASF, AVI, MKV, MPEG, WMV, FLV, OGG, MP3, 3GP, MOV. Files can be unicasted in "on-demand" mode or multicasted in "live" mode. Playlist functionality is supported.
Unreal Media Server supports ingesting live streams from wide range of live software and hardware encoders that send streams over RTMP, RTSP, MPEG2-TS, MS-WMPS and UMS protocols. Incoming live streams can be instantly served to various players via two live streaming delivery modes: Near-Real-Time and Buffered. Conferencing applications can take advantage of 0.2 - 2 seconds latency provided by Near-Real-Time mode. Supported live encoders include: RTMP hardware and software live encoders such as FMLE; RTSP and MPEG2-TS software servers and encoding devices such as IP cameras and broadcasting equipment; MS-WMSP encoders such as WME; Unreal Live Server which is our proprietary live audio-video encoder.


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Matt Behrendt made a splash when he came in off the bench at quarterback for UW-Whitewater last year vs. UW-Oshkosh. This year he's the starter.
Photo by Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com
We can count on one hand the number of weeks left in the regular season. And there's still a lot shaping up, with power conferences such as the OAC, CCIW and WIAC on the verge of decisive stretches that pit their undefeated teams against one another.
Regional rankings will also be here soon, which will provide our first glimpse of which teams could be among the highest seeded in the postseason and which are positioned best for the coveted five — or four…no, wait, five — Pool C bids. (Listen to this past Monday's Podcast to see what that last sentence was all about.)
For Week 8, Pat, Keith and Ryan again bring you their Saturday predictions: Continue reading


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Art Lambert and Ron Simkins, who built their printing supply company into a success over nearly the last 20 years, have created a new company that will work with Kodak and Hewlett-Packard products
Nearly two decades ago, at a time when many settle into jobs and focus on families, middle-aged entrepreneurs Art Lambert and Ron Simkins created LexJet, a Sarasota printing supply company.
Leveraging their expertise in making posters, banners and even fine art and focusing on sales and marketing, the pair's company blossomed.
Today, LexJet employs more than 100 in downtown Sarasota's Ellis Building, and the company's 2012 sales topped $66 million, thanks to accounts with beer maker Miller-Coors and other large enterprises.
With all the success, it'd be easy for Simkins and Lambert, now in their mid-60s, to slow down, maybe smell the roses, take up golf -- something.
Instead, the pair have created a new company -- Brand Management Group -- that leverages the printing know-how gained at LexJet, but takes it down a different track.
To that end, Brand Management has become the licensee for two household-name, pioneering corporations -- Eastman Kodak and Hewlett-Packard -- for certain well-defined printing specialty items.
Lambert believes Brand Management, ultimately, will easily eclipse the success LexJet has had over the past 19 years.
"This will dwarf what LexJet is today," Lambert said. "Because Kodak and HP are global, BMG is global."
To that end, Brand Management has established an office in Barcelona, Spain.
Though the country -- which is grappling with 25 percent unemployment and a host of economic maladies -- seems an odd choice for a European base, it actually makes perfect sense: HP maintains a huge presence there, and serves all its continental printing operations from the city, according to a Denver-based trade magazine.
Having a new company to tend to -- one with a potentially global reach -- might be enough for most people, but not Lambert and Simkins.
They have also launched a technology company called Avatrex, which has developed a novel method for applying images to objects.
Avatrex's technology allows images to be applied to, and then peeled off of, liners. In turn, the image can be applied to just about any surface -- scrapbooks, rocks, windows, anything.
"It looks like a really thin plastic when you peel it off," said Ralph Giammarco of Milwaukee, part of a team that invented the technology.
Giammarco's group formed Avatrex together with Simkins and Lambert to bring the technology to market.
To harness and organize the growing suite of companies, Lambert and Simkins late last year formed S-1, a holding company, together with four other minority investors, Lambert said.
But while they are expanding, the duo have also been careful to create a firewall, of sorts, between LexJet and the other ventures, especially Brand Management.
While it may help organizationally, it also makes good business sense, because Brand Management intends to sell HP and Kodak goods to the same resellers that are LexJet's direct competitors.
"What we don't want them to believe is LexJet is going to steal their business," Lambert said. "So the two are separate. Separate offices, separate management, separate everything. The only connection is ownership."
Even separate floors.
While LexJet occupies the fourth floor of the Ellis building, Brand Management is preparing to take up residence on its fifth floor.
There has been some cross-pollinization, however. Simkins and Lambert have transferred their management style honed at LexJet to Brand Management, and a handful of employees who had leadership roles at LexJet now work for Brand Management.
Though branching out might be daunting to many, it's territory LexJet has traveled before.
The company started selling wide-format ink jet printers, but after a time it made big inroads into the photography industry, just as it was making a tectonic transition away from film to digital picture development.
But even as it has expanded into new areas, it has stayed atop trends and advancements in its core business.
Brian Hampton is among those who is grateful. A Naples-based nature photographer, Hampton publishes his own books and prints. He's also been a loyal LexJet customer for years, buying paper, ink and printers from them.
"The reason I don't even look around is their customer service is so good, and their expertise," Hampton said. "I actually get prints that are better than they can produce with millions of dollars worth of printing presses."
And while digital photography remains an important focus for LexJet, its significance is quickly being dwarfed by wide-format printing. Wide-format allows LexJet to make banners, store displays, opaque signs that are back-lit, even custom wallpaper.
"They have become one of the major players among resellers for the sign and graphics industry," said Ken Mergentime, executive editor of Sign & Digital Graphics, a Denver-based trade magazine that covers the field.
But Lambert and Simkins aren't content to merely dominate one segment of the industry.
Even as LexJet bolsters its sign business, Avatrex is beginning to market retail versions of its technology to craft shops. The product is called "Attitude."
"You can create your own expensive-looking canvas prints by wrapping the flexible printed 'Scrapbooking Attitude' around chipboard, canvas board, and even stretched canvas," notes one website, CraftTestDummies.com.
But there, too, Avatrex is already thinking ahead to the next product line. Giammarco said the company has established a foothold in the world of commercial printing, a field in which Hewlett-Packard is a prime player.
If all goes well, Avatrex's technology could find its way into HP-branded media that is, in turn, set to be handled by Brand Management -- creating a potentially powerful troika.
For Hewlett-Packard, Brand Management will manage all HP-branded, large-format printed materials for use with HP latex inks, according to a deal unveiled last month.
Lambert said that while Brand Management's work with HP will be limited in scope, the local startup will have almost complete control over a segment of the business.
"So we own the brand license for a very specific product line within Hewlett-Packard," he said.
For those products, Brand Management will take over sourcing, labeling and even distribution. Working closely with HP, Brand Management also will be adding new products to the portfolio. It will even decide when products should be discontinued, if need be.
Brand Management's arrangement with Kodak, made more than a year ago, is similar.
There, Brand Management is overseeing specific media lines, which it sells and markets. Kodak, in turn, receives royalties based on those sales.
And while the new companies offer great potential and excitement during a period when many contemplate retirement, Lambert knows full well that the company begun nearly two decades ago paved the way for both the Kodak and Hewlett-Packard deals.
"If these guys didn't know us, didn't trust us, we would never have gotten the brand licenses," he said.


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The Dragon of Ishtar Gate;
the Dragon of Marduk, Real or Imagined?
"The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate may be one of Cryptozoology's strangest, yet best-documented, ancient crypids. This two and a half millennium old depiction is so unusual that many treat it as a chimera, an impossible combination of animals that could never have existed in nature.
But the people of ancient Babylon knew and accepted the 'dragon' as real, as real as the bulls and lions that also share the walls"..... Dragon of the Ishtar Gate by David G Stone.
Here at s8int.com, we can't be sure whether the Dragon of Marduk was a real creature or if it came from the imagination of the artist--but we've got a few ideas. It's probably no surprise that we come down on the side of those who say it was a real creature, but we've got a good reason; we think we've seen it before.
We don't think that artists from different cultures spanning nearly 2000 years all imagined the same strange, non-existent creature.
Although King Nebuchadnezzar in Bel and the Dragon of the Apocrypha mention a dragon, we don't believe that this particular dragon is that great dragon.
Below we provide some evidence that this was a real creature as well as recount a bit of the story (through a quotation).
The Ishtar Gate
The Dragon of Ishtar gate. The Marduk Dragon. This is the actual image of the dragon on the Gate at Ishtar, which was painted on brick.
Babylonian,Date: 604-562 BC.
"In 1902, German archaeologist Robert Koldewey unearthed the fabled Ishtar Gate in the ruins of Babylon. The gateway dated from the time of King Nebuchadnezzar (about 600 B.C.) and was decorated with bas-reliefs.
The animals depicted on the Gate were known to the Babylonians - two of the animals depicted were lions and rimi (aurochs, a type of wild ox). Of the three animals depicted, one could not be identified.
It seemed to show a mythical animal, which seemed out of place with sculptures depicting known animals that were contemporary with the Babylonians.
The animal, which Koldewey recognized as a sirrush (dragon; the word mushrushu or mushhushshu is the commonly-accepted modern form, based on a retranslation of the original word) can be described as having ...a slender body covered with scales, a long slender scaly tail, and a long slim scaly neck bearing a serpent's head... [from the mouth] a long forked tongue protrudes.
Sung Dynasty dragon, in silver with gold and turquoise inlays (Musee Guimet, Paris)
Date: 1127-1279A.D.
There are flaps of skin attached to the back of the head, which is adorned (and armed) with a straight horn.
In the Apocrypha (a collection of stories which claim to be expurgated sections of the Bible), in the Book of Bel and the Dragon, it is recorded that King Nebuchadnezzar kept a dragon in the temple of the god Bel, which the people of Babylon worshipped.
When the Hebrew prophet Daniel began to denounce the worship of idols, Nebuchadnezzar confronted him with the Bel-dragon, saying that it "liveth and eateth and drinketh; you cannot say that he is no living god; therefore worship him."
Daniel responded by killing the dragon.
Roy P. Mackal, along with several other cryptozoologists, believes that the Bible itself refers to the Mushhushshu, although under a different name, in Chapter 40 of Job.
Eastern Han Dynasty, Painted pottery granary.
Also, another Babylonian version of the Ishtar Dragon on right.
Date: 206 BC–AD 220)
Look at the behemoth... which feeds on grass like an ox... his tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron... Under the lotus plants he lies, hidden among the reeds in the marsh.
The identity of Behemoth has long been a mystery to theologians, most of whom proclaim that the verse refers to a hippopotamus. However, Mackal thinks that the description of it could be a description of a sauropod dinosaur.
In some translations of this passage, the verse ends with a statement that "his nose pierceth through snares;" this sounds, at least to me, like a description of a rhinoceros-type horn.
Several cryptozoologists, including Mackal, Willy Ley, and Bernard Heuvelmans, endorse the theory that the Mushhushshu may already be identified, at least in part. The Babylonians are believed to have penetrated into equatorial Africa.
Here, the cryptozoologists conjecture, they may have heard stories of, sighted, or even captured a specimen or two of Mokele-Mbembe, the Congo "dragon," which served as the basis for the Mushhushshu depicted on the Gate....The Ishtar Gate
Tang Dynasty Dragon. Date: 618-906 A.D.
Red Gold "dragons", each in different pose. Tang Dynasty Dragon.
Date: 618-906 A.D. Ishtar Gate dragon on the right.
Sketches of Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.)motifs by Lampo Leong. The dynamic movement is typical of Han art. These sketches show a hunter hunting dragons/dinosaurs with a weapon (sling, bolo?).These dragon/dinos are very similar to the Sung and Tand Dynasty versions, as well as the Ishtar Gate "dragon".>
Egyptian depictions of Set(h) pre-date the Marduk Dragon by several millenia.
On the far left is the desert road version (aerial view).
MASSOSPONDYLUS, A Possible Candidate?
Massospondylus was an early herbivore about 13 feet (4 m) long and 3 feet (1 m) tall. It had a long neck, very long tail, a small head, peg-like teeth, and large, five-fingered hands with a large thumb claw.
Massospondylus may have been able to use its hand for grasping in addition to walking. Its back legs were only a little bit larger than its front legs. It was a very common dinosaur.
Massospondylus lived about 205 to 194 million years ago, during the early Jurassic period. (SIC)
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There's a slightly rape-y undertone in these MTV ads, seen on AdFreak. The first (above, click to enlarge) features a happy-go-lucky man rollerskating through the streets of San Francisco in 1981. He trips on a trolley track and is sent careening, slamming right into the vagina of an innocent (short skirted) woman trying to clean out her vintage automobile. Tagline: "Sex is no accident. Always use a condom." Since turn about is fair play, in another ad, a woman falls off of her bicycle onto the crotch of an innocent sunbather. Scroll down for the last ad, which is so elaborate it's practically a Rube Goldbergian contraption — just add a shoe to kick the chicken to lay an egg to weigh down the scale to set off the rocket to pull the rope attached to the guy's pants. Insane, but then again, the spots are German — maybe something's getting lost in translation?
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