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Today's Guy News special report brings you the story of a young woman who worked for a well-known female Labour MP before she became elected in 2010. The former intern, whom we are calling Sarah and whose voice we are disguising, claims that she was the victim of "bullying" by the MP, that the MP would be "aggressive" and that she made her assistant cry on several occasions:
"She used to scream at us all the time. She wouldn't let us out of the office for a cigarette together, she made us go individually because she was paranoid we would talk about her. She didn't even like us going out for lunch at the same time. She'd say: "you're talking about me, you're talking about me". She would get shouty and aggressive.
"I worked with her at XXX. This was 2008, 2009. We didn't think she did any work for XXX. A lot of it was to do with XXX wanting to get selected. Going up and down the country all the time. We were surprised when she did get selected because she didn't seem human.
One of my friends became XXX's assistant. She said she had taken photocopies of her expenses in case XXX ever sacked her. Her office was upstairs and we would often hear her screaming at her assistant. She made her cry a few times.
She would go on trips and disappear, her boyfriend was an MP at the time, XXX. A lot of that was expensed, a lot of dinners, entertaining and travel that was not XXX related, going to Birmingham to see XXX.
If there was a briefing that went out to MPs, even if there wasn't a mistake, she'd question why something was done a certain way. She shouted at me, she belittled me. She'd say "why did you do that, why did you do that… I can't believe you spent two hours on this. This is terrible."
Some of the guys had a slightly better time. I think she was tougher on female employees than the males ones. I left because it was such a horrible environment, I never thought anyone would pick her up on it. There was a conspiracy of silence not to criticise her, you don't want to cause trouble. She did what she did and nobody said anything. I thought it was incredibly unfair she had got away with it. I know she has gone through a lot of staff. A woman called XXX was brought in to keep XXX away from the interns. No one who worked there liked or respected her, a lot of the ex-staff at XXX feel like that.
It was a small office and she was the boss so there was nowhere to go. The snappiness, shouting, the frostiness. This sort of thing happened a couple of times a week at least. I'd put it in the bullying category because it was so continual. My opinion is she is just cold and paranoid, a lot of it is driven by paranoia. I think it is remarkable that she's got away with it for so long.
I've had ambitious female bosses before and they've not been like that. I think ambitious people are brilliant but there's certain ways of doing things… it wasn't the ambition. It was about discomfort in her own skin, not having confidence. It was difficult to believe a woman can be so horrible."
If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in today's Guy News Special Report, you can call the Guido Fawkes hotline on 0709 284 0531, anonymously and in complete confidence. You don't need to suffer in silence…


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As promised in the previous post , about me and my Stupid posts , I thought to lighten the mood I've been thinking of the conversations we have with other people its funny how people respond. This is a very good example that comes to mind if someone asks you what is the most the biggest important cause, Chief Cause of divorces…
(before continuing think of it yourself and reply to the question ) ..
I am sure many will say that it was the relationship between the couple.. and plenty of more reason. Each reason is a valid one for sure.. but my dear friends here is a point to think about.. To me
Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.
Ok tell me if I am wrong 🙂
Moving on, I am sure everyone reading this note would also have heard the famous proverb that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but is it true – Does it hold true to all situations , not always because The light at the end of the Tunnel could be the lights of a TRAIN coming towards you at full speed, that changes the whole meaning of the proverb.
Does it not?
and oh boy you are buggered because you are in the middle of the tunnel as in your eagerness to go towards that Light , which is at the end of the tunnel , you were running .. that surly is a oooops moment
Tell me if I am wrong 🙂
Another thing , of which I am equally guilty is telling people to smile , I say it a lot SMILE .. Smileeeeeeeeee and the world smiles with you.
Now imagine this scenario, There you are Walking up or down the road depending on what you are doing , going out of the house or coming inside the house.. Because depending on that you will either be GOING UP the road or GOING DOWN the road 🙂 (I bet you are ready to kill me here now).. anyway
where were we yeah on the road , all dressed up .. That again can be a UP or DOWN .. you can dress Up or Dress DOWN 🙂
Right… So you see every person who is coming your way smiling .. NOW frankly it would probably be ok for the first couple of times but suddenly it will become a bit of What the hell moment , I am sure you will be thinking .. is that person genuinely smiling .. Should you be smiling back at them .. or is that person Smiling at YOU.
Because if he is genuinely smiling then maybe he believes in the proverb that smile and the world smiles with you .. BUT WHAT IF HE IS NOT and then the OH MY GOD moment when you will try to figure out what is wrong with you, what have you done .. have you got your hair in shambles , is some clothing off (remember the dressing up and down I was talking above),
you know it could be anything .. so here's a naughty thought .. from now on say
Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking. 🙂
Last but not the least, another thought and I am sure everyone reading this would have heard it all before too.. why do people say, and I have seen big slogans too that Alcohol doesn't solve problems well if you think and give it a GOOD THINK..
neither does Milk
.. so why are there no posters saying Milk doesn't solve any problems
Right I am off before someone takes offence in this politically correct rich world and takes me on.. moreover don't want to use up all my thoughts in one post and then wonder what to right next..

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This week, memcached, a piece of software that prevents much of the Internet from melting down, turns 10 years old. Despite its age, memcached is still the go-to solution for many programmers and sysadmins managing heavy workloads. Without memcached, Ars Technica would likely be unable to serve this article to you at all.
Brad Fitzpatrick wrote memcached for LiveJournal way back in 2003 (check out the initial CVS commit here). While waiting for new hardware to help save the site from being overloaded, Fitzpatrick realized that he had plenty of unused RAM spread across LiveJournal's existing servers. He wrote memcached to take advantage of this spare memory and lighten the load on the site.
memcached is a distributed in-memory key-value store that uses a very simple protocol for storing and retrieving arbitrary data from memory instead of from a filesystem. To store a value, a program connects to the memcached server on the default port of 11211 and issues a series of basic commands. (Note: a binary protocol is also supported.)
# telnet 127.0.0.1 11211 -> set hello 0 60 5 -> world <- STORED -> get hello <- world
The above log connects to the server, sets a key named
hello (which expires in 60 seconds), and then fetches it back again. Simple, right? It is, but this becomes very useful when trying to avoid hitting an already overloaded database or filesystem. Additionally, through consistent hashing of keys, memcached clients are able to distribute values across multiple memcached servers.
For example, let's imagine that we have an author's information stored in a database. We could query the database on every pageview for the information, or we could run the query once and store the result in memcached for future requests. The basic logic looks like this:
$author_info = cache_get($author_id); if ($author_info == false) { $author_info = expensive_database_query($author_id); cache_set($author_id, $author_info, 60); } # ... do stuff with $author info
Today, Ars Technica uses multiple memcached servers to store values such as comment counts, author info, and large chunks of HTML on every page. A single page load can pull hundreds or thousands of values from memcached, or even the entire page if it's a popular URL.
Ask any seasoned programmer about memcached and they'll likely have a story or two about how it saved their ass on launch day. So let's take a moment to thank all the memcached contributors for creating and maintaining one of the most important pieces of software used on the Web today!


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This is a GAG Card and you can use it in different ways in your show.
Put the GAG card face down over the table and tell to the spectator that it is your prediction. Give the deck of the cards to another spectator and asks to choose a number between 10 and 20. Count the number of the cards that represents the chosen number (Putting one card over the other). Then tell the spectator to give the cards for two players alternating the cards. Now you have two piles of cards and the top card of each pile will determine your prediction. You can say that you feel that the top cards have the same suits and the result of the summary of those cards will match with your prediction. While revealing the cards pretend that there is something wrong, but we know that a magician never fails…and show the prediction.


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Halle Berry's Ex-boyfriend Hospitalized After Fight
LOS ANGELES | Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry was arrested for investigation of battery Thursday after he and the Oscar-winning actress' current boyfriend got into a fight at her Hollywood Hills home, police said.
Aubry, 37, was booked for investigation of a battery, a misdemeanor, and released on $20,000 bail, according to online jail records. He's scheduled to appear in court Dec. 13.
Aubry came to Berry's house Thanksgiving morning and police responded to a report of an assault, said Los Angeles Police Officer Julie Boyer. Aubry was injured in the altercation and was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released.
Emails sent to Berry's publicist, Meredith O'Sullivan, and Aubry's family law attorney, Gary Fishbein, were not immediately returned.
Berry and Aubry have been involved in a custody dispute involving their 4-year-old daughter, Nahla. The proceedings were sealed because the former couple are not married. Both appeared in the case as recently as Nov. 9, but neither side commented on the outcome of the hearing.
Berry has been dating French actor Olivier Martinez, and he said earlier this year that they are engaged.


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America is a land of haves and have-nots when it comes to broadband Internet. While many of us enjoy downloads speeds of 50 or even 100 Mbps, 119 million Americans lack broadband access (defined as 4Mbps down and 1Mbps up). Out of those 119 million, 19 million live in areas where there is no option to buy a wired broadband connection, according to government data.
Wouldn't it be great if we could provide broadband speed to nearly every American, without costly construction projects to bring cables to the home? Apparently, we already can. At least that's what providers of satellite broadband Internet services said today in a panel at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Latest-generation satellites operated by HughesNet and ViaSat offer 10 to 15 Mbps down and 1 to 3 Mbps up to nearly any home in the US, representatives of those companies said. They believe the industry simply suffers from an awareness problem. Previous-generation satellite products offered only a fraction of that speed, and even people who realize satellite is available to them may not know that the latest products are as fast as they are.
"Satellite now is a viable option for millions and millions of consumers, with speeds of 10 to 15 Mbps," said HughesNet director of sales Allen McCabe. "We're a real player."
If you live in a major city with access to cable Internet or FiOS, there is probably little reason to even consider satellite Internet. You may already have higher speeds, higher data caps (or no caps), and less latency. Say you're a fan of online multiplayer first-person shooters: satellite is not for you, at least if you want to win.
"We can't get around physics and the speed of light," said Dan Turak, VP of sales and distribution at ViaSat Communications. "We have about a half-second latency. The only time latency becomes an issue is for a gamer. We're very clear to that customer that you'll probably lose if you're playing against someone without satellite broadband. That latency is just enough to cause delay."
But for voice over Internet services, video streaming, and just about any other type of Web surfing, the service is perfectly fine, they said. It's also much better than what's available to a huge number of Americans: those who are stuck on dial-up or terrible DSL.
"Even though we have a national footprint our market area isn't really downtown Chicago," Turak said. "Those people are served. They have Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon, or AT&T." Satellite providers are trying to sign up the people who "have no Internet. They have dial-up. Or they have poor Internet. And that's our market area."
Best option for some, not the best service for all
ViaSat's Exede service launched last year as a major improvement over WildBlue. It offers 12Mbps down and 3Mbps up across all of its plans, differentiating tiers not by speed but by data usage. Usage is unlimited from midnight to 5am, but metered at all other times of the day. $50 a month gets you 10GB per month, $80 equates to 15GB, and $130 provides 25GB.
Hughes charges between $40 and $100 a month, with speeds ranging from 10 to 15 Mbps down and 1 to 2 Mbps up, and data limits of 20 to 40GB per month. Satellite bandwidth is not limitless: both Hughes and ViaSat have optimized their service for download speeds, saying in their experience customers care much less about upload speeds.
While Dish Network or DirecTV services are one-way broadcasts, Hughes and ViaSat home systems receive and transmit.
McCabe explains the process thusly: "The request for a website goes out from the computer to the modem, out to the dish and transmits to the satellite. It bounces back down to the ViaSat and Hughes ground-based stations, which we call gateways. Those gateways have large antennas that pick up the signal from the consumer's home, what website they want to go to, and using the terrestrial system connect with the Internet, grab the data, take it back to the gateway, shoot it back up to the sky and back down to the consumer's home."
"It sounds like an enormous process. It takes less than a second," he said. "The signals travels almost 90,000 miles, up and down, up and down again into the Internet and back."
The Hughes and ViaSat footprints are roughly the same, covering the continental US, Hawaii, and most of the Alaskan population. "We use spot beam technology," Turak said. "We have beams across the country. Our subscribers are provisioned under very specific beams. … We have a beam over a part of Alaska where most of the population is. It's a huge state."
Any satellite dish that goes onto a consumer's home must be installed by a certified technician to ensure it has line of sight access to the satellite in the sky. The likes of Dish Network and DirecTV resell Hughes and ViaSat Internet services. Hughes and ViaSat satellites also provide in-flight Internet access to some airlines.
There are also satellite Internet products for businesses, and for emergency responders who need mobile rather than fixed access. For residences, Turak said ViaSat plans to add voice service in the first quarter this year.
HughesNet has 640,000 consumer subscribers, and more than two million installations including business customers. While HughesNet and ViaSat could grow substantially just by signing up more underserved customers, lack of awareness is among the biggest roadblocks. They're trying to solve that in part by advertising to Dish and DirecTV customers.
When asked if more satellites would be needed to cover all of the underserved population, McCabe said, "We both know we're going to have to build more satellites. There is a max capacity." McCabe didn't say how many subscribers can be served by today's satellites, saying it depends on usage patterns, whether customers use Internet just for e-mail or also for streaming video and gaming.
ViaSat has 140Gbps capacity with its ViaSat-1 satellite, which we wrote about after its launch last year.
Since expanding broadband access is a stated goal of the US government, panelists said they would like to see US officials pay more attention to satellite. Panel moderator Joseph Widoff, executive director of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, said discussions around the National Broadband Plan have focused too much on costly infrastructure projects to bring fiber to the home.
"There's a lot of places [cable and FiOS buildouts] are never going to go, and from my perspective it seems like there's not a lot of talk about the fact that they could be covered tomorrow," Widoff said. "If the government wants to throw money around, subsidize satellite broadband and it will happen literally overnight, or as long as it takes to ship the product out."
McCabe won't whine if satellite companies don't get more government support, but he won't turn it down, either.
"Most of the business is built on the enterprise system and not with government handouts," McCabe said. "I certainly won't sit here and say we wouldn't enjoy seeing some more [government] support for our technology. If they're going to support broadband in general they should support satellite because it's a really viable product in this market."


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Where is an inch of a sandwich worth five million dollars? On the RidicuList, of course.
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I can't believe that two people in the US are actually suing the company over this, the kid simply measured the thing for giggles and decided to cause a bit of a stir (as kids will do at times) to see if he would get a reaction from Subway here in Australia. For two clowns in the US to actually have taken it to the point of suing for $5million that is the ridiculous aspect of this not the fact that the sandwich comes up that little bit short. Simple opportunism on the part of these two guys.
Can we get at the real heart of the problem with Subway? The use of Azodicarbonamide in the bread dough in the United States is unbelievable. Please make me understand How and why a chemical that is banned in Europe and Australia and subject to huge fines for use in food products in other countries somehow be OK for United States consumers. The chemical is commonly used for processing expansion in foam rubber and plastics.
People need to get a life and stop being so petty about such stupid things. The fact that people are filing lawsuits over such absurd issues really seems very pathetic and idiotic.
If these people don't like it, they should just go somewhere else to eat. Unfortunately though, many Americans have this attitude of entitlement. I'm sure there's plenty of starving people in the world who would be happy to have just a portion of that food. Yet we have idiots here in the U.S. who are quibbling over the fact that their sandwich is really only 11 inches long.
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Baylor runs over top-ranked Kansas State to shake up BCS
WACO, Texas -- Collin Klein and Kansas State (No. 1 BCS, No. 2 AP) can still get to a BCS game. Getting to the BCS Championship Game is all but lost.
"Anger, frustration, obviously disappointment," Wildcats tight end Travis Tannahill said as he described his feelings after a 52-24 loss at Baylor on Saturday night. "Confused. We just don't know what went wrong. We had a good week of practice. We felt prepared, everything we've done the last 10 games."
Except win.
"It's a hard one," Klein said.
Glasco Martin ran for three touchdowns, Lache Seastrunk had 185 yards rushing with an 80-yard score and the Bears again upset the BCS picture with a late-season victory.
A week after the Wildcats (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) took over the No. 1 spot in the BCS standings after defending national champion Alabama's loss, it now looks like it's going to be somebody else's turn at the top.
Maybe Notre Dame, which could get its championship shot after Kansas State and Oregon (No. 2 BCS, No. 1 AP) both lost. And the Crimson Tide suddenly is back in the title picture, along with a couple of other SEC teams.
Also, K-State quarterback Klein may be a Heisman Trophy front-runner no more after throwing three interceptions and getting sacked twice while being pressured and harassed all night. He threw for 286 yards and two touchdowns, but had only 39 yards on 17 carries with a score.
On first-and-goal from the 6 in the fourth quarter, Klein had four straight carries and couldn't score -- twice trying from the 1.
"I don't know if I would call it getting smacked in the mouth, but they took it to us," coach Bill Snyder said. "I really thought we prepared well, but as we found out, we didn't. I don't think we handled the situation as well as we should have been able to."
Nick Florence, Baylor's successor to Heisman winner Robert Griffin III, completed 20-of-32 passes for 238 yards, and ran nine times for 47 yards. Both of his passing touchdowns came in the first half when the Bears (5-5, 2-5) jumped out to a 28-7 lead.
"All week we believed we were going to beat them and if we did we weren't going to be surprised when it happened," Florence said.
It was on the same weekend last November, on another Saturday night in Waco, when Griffin and Baylor upset then fifth-ranked Oklahoma after two teams ahead of the Sooners had already lost that day.
Kansas State has plenty of time for this loss to simmer. The Wildcats have Thanksgiving week off before playing their regular season finale Dec. 1 at home against Texas (No. 15 BCS, No. 18 AP).
If the Wildcats beat Texas, they will be guaranteed at least a share of the Big 12 title and get the league's automatic BCS spot.
That may be the only solace after such a crushing loss against Baylor, which still needs to win another game to be bowl eligible.
The Bears hadn't beaten an opponent ranked so high since a 13-7 win over No. 2 Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day 1957. They tied No. 1 Texas during the 1941 season.
Students and fans dressed in gold swarmed the field to celebrate when Saturday night's game ended.
Klein, who finished 27-of-50 passing, had thrown only three interceptions the first 10 games.
After Martin's 2-yard TD put Baylor up 28-7 with 2:54 left in the first half, Kansas State scored 10 consecutive points before the break -- and then got the ball to start the second half, only to have Klein throw his second interception.
Martin finished with 113 yards rushing.
There was a classic 13-yard run by Klein to start the second half, then two deep incompletions before he was picked off by Sam Holl, who returned it to the Kansas State 38. Four plays later, after a Florence 13-yard keeper, Martin scored on a 4-yard run to make it 35-17.
"We gained a little bit of momentum and we just couldn't sustain anything consistently over time," Klein said. "We definitely knew we were going to have to play well to win. They just played better than we did."
The Wildcats then got a 50-yard kickoff return from Tramaine Thompson, but Klein had three consecutive incompletions leading to a punt that pinned Baylor at its 1.
Florence threw an interception, Randall Evans grabbing the ball at the 1 but immediately getting dragged down by intended receiver Terrance Williams. Klein plunged in from a yard out on the next play, but that would be the last score for the Wildcats.
On the first play after Klein was picked off by Joe Williams in the end zone late in the third quarter, Seastrunk took a handoff and raced 80 yards for the score.
Chris Harper had 11 catches for 123 yards for the Wildcats.
Baylor scored less than 2 minutes into the game on Florence's 38-yard TD to Tevin Reese after completing passes to different receivers on each of the first four plays.
The Bears then tried a short kickoff that K-State recovered. To make it worse, a 15-yard penalty for interfering with the returner set the Wildcats up at the Baylor 38 and led to Klein's 8-yard TD run.
A holding call wiped out a 95-yard return by Antwan Goodley on the ensuing kickoff, but the Bears regrouped to go 75 yards in 11 plays for Florence's 12-yard TD run that made it 14-7.
Early in the second quarter, Klein was picked off by Williams on a deep throw.
K-State had a fumble recovery nullified by an offside call. The Wildcats jumped again on a third-and-9, and Florence took off running for a 10-yard gain, plus an additional 15 yards when Dante Barnett was flagged for unnecessary roughness for lowering his shoulder and a hard hit on the Baylor quarterback, who threw an interception two plays later.
About the only stretch that Klein really looked like himself was that closing 2 minutes of the first half.
On the first play after Martin's score, Klein threw a 36-yard pass to Harper and 5 yards to Tyler Lockett. After a pass interference penalty against Baylor in the end zone put the ball at the 7, Klein threw a TD to Harper.
Baylor then went three-and-out, with Barnett preventing a first down with his open-field tackle of Reese on third down.
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To learn more about Mexico City's two sewer divers read this interview with Julio Cou Cámara in Edible Geography (2010) and watch the mini portrait of his partner Carlos Barrios Orta on National Geographic (2009).
At least Julio and Carlos are fully protected in their diving suits, unlike the "sewer diver" in Mumbai shown in the clip from Dutch TV programme Metropolis (2008).
Photographer Sagar Kaul produced a series called the World's Dirtiest Job about New Delhi's sewer divers like Manish Kumar and Devi Lal. A selection of Kaul's pictures appeared on 18 August 2012 in British tabloids the Daily Mail and The Sun.


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Red Ted and the Lost Things. By Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Joel Stewart. Candlewick, 40 pp., $16.99. Ages 3 and up.
By Janice Harayda
Few picture-books authors write more honestly about loss than Michael Rosen, the former British children's laureate. His Michael Rosen's Sad Book was the rare book for its age group that dealt successfully with multi-layered adult grief — the pain its author felt when his 18-year-old son Eddie died from meningitis.
Now Rosen has returned with a lighter story about loss: a tale of a brave red teddy bear who must find his own way home when his young owner accidentally leaves him on a train seat and he ends up in a cavernous lost-and-found department. That premise alone would set this picture book apart from many others in which lost toys are reunited with their owners through children's diligent search-and-rescue efforts.
But Red Ted and the Lost Things is also unusual for its willingness to acknowledge that some lost objects never return home. Red Ted at first feels confident that his owner, a girl named Stevie, will claim him at the train station. But he realizes he must find his own way home when a crocodile tells him, "I've been here a very long time, and no one has ever come to get me."
So the new friends follow the "Way Out" signs in the train station and begin their journey – an optimistic teddy bear and a pessimistic crocodile, who fall in with a helpful cat who has some of the traits of each. It's a much quieter trip than the rip-roaring family adventure in We're Going on a Bear Hunt, a book that includes an unexpected snowstorm. And its pleasures are gentler: Joel Stewart affirms the bond between the animals, despite their differences, by using bright colors only for the three traveling companions and a sepia- wash for the background. And by the time the three find Stevie, this book has become more than a quest narrative: It is a story about the value of teamwork and how people of different of temperaments can work – and, in the end, live – together happily.
Best line/picture: Red Ted and the Lost Things has an inventive spread that consists of one-and-a-half blank pages (with art only at the bottom of the second page), which appears when the characters seem to have run out of ideas for finding their way home.
Worst line/picture: None. But you wonder why Steve calls her mother "Mom" instead of "Mum" when the signs follow the British model ("Way Out" instead of "Exit").
Published: October 2009
About the author and illustrator: Rosen was the British Children's Laureate from 2007–2009. He is best known in the U.S. for his acclaimed We're Going on a Bear Hunt, which he performs in an excellent video. He collaborated on Michael Rosen's Sad Book with the great illustrator British Quentin Blake. Joel Stewart lives in England and has illustrated Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
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LONGMONT — The Longmont Fire Department will soon be getting a new(-ish) fire truck.
In late 2012, one fire truck was deactivated because numerous repair issues caused it to fail its inspection. The department deemed the 23-year-old truck to be no longer fit for use, and the truck recently was sold at auction.
.Needing to replace one of the city's two aerial trucks (the fire trucks with the ladders on them), Fire Department Fleet Manager Bruce Maysilles discovered a 2011 aerial truck that meets all necessary specifications for the department that was being put up for sale by the manufacturer. The department's gear is all built around the DD13 Detroit diesel engine, and luckily, the truck for sale is equipped with this type of engine.
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Dr. Gerald T. Brouder, the 16th president of Columbia College, will retire Aug. 1, 2013. Upon his retirement, Dr. Terry B. Smith, currently the Executive Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs, will serve as interim president until the next president of Columbia College is named.
"Dr. Smith will serve as interim president during the 2013-14 academic year," said Grossnickle. "My goal is to have a new president named and on campus by July 1, 2014."
"I was honored and humbled by Daisy's request," said Smith. "It is my pleasure to serve as the interim president for the college until the search committee has ample time to select a replacement."
According to Grossnickle, now is a time to exercise due diligence because Aug. 1st is just 196 days from today.
"Because that's just a little more than six months from now, and because the college is in such a good place, I don't feel the need to rush the search process," said Grossnickle. "I have appointed, and he has accepted, Rev. Dr. John Yonker as chair of the presidential search committee. Rev. Yonker is a long-standing member of the Board of Trustees, and he will direct the search committee to identify a qualified search firm to assist us in selecting the 17th President of Columbia College."
"I am honored to chair the search committee," said Yonker. "Having been a member of the Board of Trustees for many years, I've come to know and love the college. Though, certainly saddened to learn about Dr. Brouder's retirement, we are thankful for the legacy he leaves. Without any debt and with a growing student body, we've achieved national recognition for academic excellence; at this point we're poised for continued growth, and looking forward to finding the right person to lead the college into the next chapter in its history of educating women and men to become responsible citizens and leaders of society."
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MASIK PASS, North Korea -- The secretary-general of North Korea's ski association views the sprawling alpine landscape before him with unabashed pride. Facing a strong, cold wind, he points to a dip in the rugged, tree-covered mountains and says the sunrise there is a sight of unmatched beauty, worthy of the nation's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un.
This is the Masik Pass ski resort, North Korea's latest megaproject, the product of 10 months of furious labor intended to show that this country, so often derided for its poverty and isolation, is as civilized and culturally advanced as any other.
The complex of ski runs, resort chalets and sleigh rides will formally open Thursday, though late last month the main hotels appeared to be little more than shells, potholes filled the access roads and foundations were still being dug for secondary buildings.
Who will ski here? Perhaps Kim Jong Un, who reportedly enjoyed the sport as a teenager studying in Switzerland. By the estimate of the ski official, Kim Tae Yong, there are only about 5,500 North Korean skiers in this country of 24 million -- a skiing population of 0.02 percent.
Even so, as he sweeps his hand over the scene, the official displays no doubt that what his country really needs right now is a multimillion-dollar ski resort in the secluded depths of North Korea's east coast. Kim bristles at the suggestion Masik will be a playground for the nation's elite and a trickle of eccentric tourists.
This, he says, is his country at work. It is proof of the great love of the great leader.
The narrow road to Masik Pass winds through rugged mountain terrain, small farming hamlets and lush foliage -- beauty untouched by modern development.
As the road turns to dirt, brightly colored propaganda posters and ubiquitous slogans in blood-red letters come into view, followed by rows of barracks for workers -- drab, hastily built shacks of stone carved out of the slopes along a clear flowing river.
Beyond that, hundreds, if not thousands, of soldier-builders in drab olive-colored uniforms -- "shock brigades" assigned to especially urgent and difficult tasks -- scour the slopes. Some, carrying blocks of concrete on their backs, look like they are barely teenagers. Others workers pound at the stone with hammers. Young women march with shovels over their shoulders. Minivans equipped with loudspeakers blast patriotic music into the crisp mountain air.
Masik's ski runs -- at the moment long stretches of bright-brown dirt dotted with rocks, weeds and patches of stubborn grass -- cut their way through the trees to converge at the hotel construction site below. Though two simple lifts have been installed, neither was working during a reporter's recent visit; visitors drove to reach the top of the slope at Taehwa Peak.
Officials claim the resort will be a wonder for all to see.
As the showcase capital of Pyongyang, with its many amusement parks, looming bronze statuary and countless marble-laden pavilions so amply demonstrates, North Korea has a tradition of diving into lavish, monumental projects, no matter their relevance to larger economic conundrums such as producing reliable electricity or adequate food.
But why a luxury ski resort?
With South Korea set to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, there is little doubt Pyongyang felt it had to do something lest it be outdone yet again by its prosperous southern brethren.
Ski chief Kim said Masik was floated as a potential venue for the 2018 Games, but Seoul turned that offer down. Kim -- who began skiing as a child and competed in international cross-country competitions -- vowed that with Masik as a training center, North Korea will have a world champion of its own in just a few years. So far, it has won only two medals at the Winter Games -- both in speed skating.
There is more going on here, however.
Outside the North Korean bubble, most of the world's attention has been on how Kim Jong Un has pushed ahead with his late father's strategy of establishing North Korea as a nuclear state, no matter the cost in lost trade and international sanctions. But internally, it is not forgotten that Kim has said improving the economy is as important as nuclear weapons development.
Kim and his coterie of advisers have vowed repeatedly to lift North Korea's standard of living, which is among the world's lowest and, if left unchecked, could lead to domestic instability.
They have focused on boosting tourism, providing the impoverished country with the accoutrements of a "civilized" nation and, most visibly, encouraging a broader interest in sports. The development of Masik Pass dovetails nicely with all three policy goals.
Sports are billed as a means of energizing and mobilizing the masses, or as North Korea's slogan spinners say, "the hot wind of sports blowing through Korea."
All this is reflected in North Korea's otherwise head-scratch-inducing association with former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who had Kim's ear and received the red carpet treatment both times he visited this year.
In Pyongyang, a plethora of recreational sports parks, basketball courts and inline skating rinks have popped up over the past several months. Very few North Koreans could afford Masik Pass, but the leadership could offer trips as rewards for loyalty or exceptional work.
Many outside economists argue that if it's serious about improving its economy, North Korea should implement market reforms, build its energy and agricultural sectors and improve international relations by focusing less on nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
"Certainly, the calculus is different in North Korea than in most places -- they've demonstrated pretty consistently that economic efficiency is not the priority," said Andray Abrahamian, executive director of Choson Exchange, a Singapore-based nonprofit that aims to build North Korean business savvy and economic growth.
But Abrahamian said Masik is not merely a gilded albatross.
"These kinds of projects are no more a boondoggle than say, hosting the Olympics or the World Cup," he said. "The financial costs are very high, but the broader social gains -- which don't show up on a balance sheet -- are deemed to be higher. Nationalism, civic pride, health, urban regeneration, tourism dollars, construction projects for cronies -- all these things come into consideration."
Though the actual ski season begins around December, officials plan to open the resort Oct. 10, the 68th anniversary of the Korean Workers Party.
Kim Jong Un has visited the site twice, most recently last month. "Masik Pass Speed" has joined the long list of North Korean propaganda accolades for those who selflessly carry out the orders of their rulers.
With the clock ticking, the pace is frenetic. North Korean media recently claimed workers are "carrying out their daily quotas at more than 200 percent."
As recently as last week, worker brigades were scrambling to finish not only the two main hotels -- a 250-room, eight-story building for foreigners and a 150-room hotel for Koreans -- but also an underground parking lot, employee housing and access bridges and a pumping station.
The resort won't be finished by Thursday; Kim Tae Yong, the ski association chief, said much of it will be built in phase two.
His only concern: the ski lifts.
Last month, the Swiss government nixed plans for a company to sell North Korea $7.7 million worth of lifts and cable car equipment because of new sanctions barring the sale of luxury goods to the North. Austrian and French ski-lift manufacturers also have reportedly said no.
North Korea's state-run media has called the Swiss decision a "serious human rights abuse that politicizes sports and discriminates against the Koreans." Kim called it "a pity," but said Masik Pass will have three functioning lifts this year.
"We can make nuclear weapons and rockets," he said. "We can build a ski lift."


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CLEVELAND -- There had to be a low point. The Los Angeles Lakers can only hope they've reached it.
This chaotic season has gotten worse.
Kyrie Irving scored 28 points in his return after missing 11 games with a broken finger, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-94 win over Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, who look nothing like a team projected to win an NBA title -- or anything else.
"This is one of the most challenging stretches of my 17 years, and the most baffling, too," a puzzled Bryant said after the Lakers lost for the eighth time in 11 games. "We have the talent and personnel to do it, but we're not, and it's baffling. It's extremely frustrating.
"It doesn't make any sense. We're still finding ways to lose games."
Irving added 11 assists in 39 minutes and showed off his dizzying array of moves as the Cavs, who came in with just four wins, ended a five-game losing streak.
Bryant scored 42 points and Dwight Howard had 19 points and 20 rebounds, but it wasn't enough to stop the Lakers, who were still missing Pau Gasol and Steve Nash, from opening a four-game road trip with a with a loss that could sting for a while.
"We have to stop the bleeding -- somehow," said Howard, who forced a trade this summer from Orlando to join the Lakers and maybe win some championships. "We can't let this kill our spirits too much. This is tough on all of us right now.
"We want to win. We're sick of losing. We all understand that situations like this don't last forever."
C.J. Miles scored 28 in his first start this season, Anderson Varejao had 20 and Alonzo Gee 17 for the Cavs.
Los Angeles fell behind by 16 points in the third quarter, and despite Bryant's valiant attempt to rescue them -- he scored 16 in the fourth quarter -- the Lakers dropped to 1-10 in games the superstar scores 30 or more points.
"We played very uninspired basketball, offensively and defensively," said coach Mike D'Antoni, brought in to repair an underachieving squad after Mike Brown was fired five games into the season. "We play at a very slow pace and we struggle. Maybe it shifts over to defense. Maybe we're slow. Maybe we can't do it. ... It's my job to fix it -- and that's what I'll do."
As the final seconds ticked off, Bryant stood at halfcourt, his right hand resting on his hip, a look of disgust on his face. When the horn sounded, he handed the ball to an official and shared a brief hug with Irving and a long one with Cavs coach Byron Scott, who whispered something in his ear.
The Lakers have nowhere to go but up.
Bryant refused to single out any teammates, and he chose his words carefully when pressed on his team's many problems.
"I'm very upset," Bryant said. "When things get hard, you should get more determined, not shake your heads. It just seems when it rains it pours. It's like this cloud is following us around at all times. I'm one of the fastest guys on the team -- and I'm like 50. What does that tell you?"
Before the game, D'Antoni bemoaned his team's defense and said the Lakers seemed to be missing a "spirit" to win.
Those aren't their only deficiencies.
Howard scored inside to get the Lakers within 86-82, but Irving answered with a 3-pointer. Metta World Peace hit a 3 to bring Los Angeles within 89-85, but on Cleveland's next possession, the Lakers lost track of Varejao, who scored an uncontested layup as all five Los Angeles players watched.
Bryant hit a 3-pointer to trim Cleveland's lead to 95-92 with 28 seconds left, but he missed another 3-point attempt on the Lakers' next trip and there was nothing he or anyone else in purple and gold could do from there.
Howard is confident the Lakers will be able to turn their season around.
He just doesn't know when.
"We've got to stay focused and stay strong," he said. "We can't let this break who we are as a team. We talk about it every day. People are going to say whatever they want about our team right now. We're not playing the greatest basketball. But there will come a day when we'll have the gun. Right now, we're rabbits. Once we get the gun, it's not going to be fun for everybody else."
The Cavs went 2-9 without Irving, their sensational 20-year-old. But with him on the floor, Cleveland is a far different team and on this night better than the Lakers.
Cleveland was ahead by 12 when Irving tried to take Bryant on by himself.
Dribbling the ball between his legs at the top of the key, Cleveland's star backed Bryant down in the lane as the crowd roared at a 1-on-1 matchup Irving proposed during the summer for charity. Irving tried a pump fake that didn't work and Bryant easily blocked his shot as if to say, "Not yet, kid."
"It reminded me when Allen Iverson was going against Michael Jordan," Irving said. "The whole crowd sat up. I got my shot blocked, but it was still a memorable moment for me, seeing the crowd reaction. I was surprised by it."
Scott wasn't shocked that Irving would play so well.
"He's likes being put in the position of having to deliver," Scott said. "He's just a special young man. He loves the competition."
Game notesBryant didn't know if Irving was "confident or crazy" when Irving challenged him to a 1-on-1 game during U.S. Olympic team practices. Irving didn't back down when Bryant unleashed some heavy trash talk on the 20-year-old. "I'm the best trash talker alive," Bryant said. "He tried to keep up. Hopefully, you'll see a little more of that (trash talk) from that generation, guys competing against each other. It was like that when I came into the league with Charles (Barkley) and Michael (Jordan) and (John) Stockton and (Clyde) Drexler and all those guys. That's how it was." ... Cavs G Daniel Gibson hyperextended his right elbow in the first half and didn't return. He expects to play Wednesday at Indiana.
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HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Waynesboro falls in rain-shortened game to South Western
WAYNESBORO — The Waynesboro Maidens varsity softball team didn't get a last at-bat on Friday.
Too bad, because there was a lot riding on their non-league game against fellow Quad-A South Western. Waynesboro had a chance to move up once more in the District 3 power rating with a berth in the playoffs on the line.
The Maidens jumped from 19th to 17th after their 9-7 victory against 3rd ranked Class AAA Greencastle-Antrim the day before. Yesterday, it was an unearned run in the top of the fourth and no answer by Waynesboro that enabled the Mustangs to secure a rain-shortened 2-1 victory.
"What can you say?" said Waynesboro head coach Doug Stuart, whose team lost the game after umpires called the game in the top of the sixth inning with South Western runners on second and third with no outs. "In a tight game, you can look back on who plays better defense. Defense has been our Achilles heel all year. The couple of errors we made cost us two unearned runs. In a rain-shortened game, it hurts."
The Maidens (10-9) have one more chance to get a win and then need help. Waynesboro hosts Gettysburg in a Mid-Penn Colonial Division game at 4:15 p.m. Monday. The top 16 teams qualify for the district playoffs.
"I would have loved to have had two more at bats," Stuart said. "The loss was huge because we picked up a lot of points with the win against Greencastle-Antrim."
South Western (9-11) scored what proved to be the winning run in the fourth inning. Danni Savino reached second base on an infield error and was sacrificed to third by Katelin Willingham. Savino scored on a ground out back to pitcher Haely Beamer.
Waynesboro had a baserunner in the bottom of the fourth but couldn't get Erin Burd home. Burd walked and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Alyssa Hamilton. But Toomey, who struggled mightily in the second inning but somehow got out of a bases-loaded jam by giving up just one run, got out of the inning by inducing a ground ball that resulted in the third out.
"We didn't hit the ball extremely well," Stuart said. "We moved a couple of girls over with the bunt, but we didn't get any of the big hits we've been getting."
The Mustangs struck first when Willingham singled, advanced to third on a two-base error and scored on a ground out.
Waynesboro, which left a runner on third in the first inning, tied the game in a hurry with a run in the bottom of the second. With two outs, Cheyenne Henning ripped a double. Courtesy runner Devynn Wiesniewski advanced to third on a passed ball. Burd walked and Hamilton came through with a clutch RBI single. Lead-off hitter Nicole Kreimer reached base on an error to load the bases, but a sharp grounder to third baseman Tori Kephart ended the rally when Kephart raced to the bag for the final out of the inning.
The Maidens had three more baserunners in the game with none getting past second. Meanwhile, Beamer set down South Western in order in the fifth and gave up two singles to start the sixth inning when lightning was spotted in the skies to the west of the field. Play was halted due to lightning at first, but then heavy rains came, prompting the umpires to end the game.


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CHICAGO - The state of Illinois has diverted thousands of youth from prison and onto the right path, while saving $60 million in incarceration costs, according to the 2012-2013 Redeploy Illinois annual report recently released by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS).
"Redeploy Illinois' success is proof that community-based services for juvenile offenders are not only the best tools we have to truly help rehabilitate delinquent youth, but they are also more cost effective," said IDHS Secretary Michelle R.B. Saddler. "This program gives youth a second chance at becoming a contributing and law-abiding citizen of their respective communities. Beyond saving dollars, the program mends lives."
In 2013, the average per capita cost to house a youth at the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) was $111,000, while the average annual cost to serve a youth in the Redeploy Illinois program was less than $7,000. IDJJ data reflect 238 fewer youth were committed from Redeploy Counties in 2012. Although 2013 IDJJ data are not yet available, this trend is expected to continue as Redeploy Counties served 352 youth in 2013.
Governor Pat Quinn's FY 15 budget proposal would preserve Redeploy Illinois, allowing the successful program to continue to serve at risk youth in nearly 50 counties across the state. Failure to maintain the current income tax rate would significantly increase the IDJJ population and expenditures.
Redeploy Illinois was established in 2005 to provide financial support to counties in their efforts to provide community services for delinquent youth as an alternative to incarceration. Since that time, the program has cut in half the number of juveniles committed to IDJJ, according to the program's most recent annual report.
In the first eight years of the program, participating counties sent 1,036 juveniles to IDJJ. This is a steep decline from the projected 2,268 youth that were likely to have been sent based on the previous three-year commitment trend; it represents a 54 percent reduction in IDJJ commitments over the life of the program. Through 2012, the Redeploy program diverted 1,232 youth saving the state a conservative $60 million in unnecessary incarceration costs.
Redeploy Illinois supports a wide array of services to help delinquent youth, including counseling, substance abuse and mental health treatment, life skills education and parent and family support services.
The program began in 2005 in 4 sites serving 15 counties. Today it provides services in 12 sites and 43 counties. The newest Redeploy program sites include LaSalle, Kankakee, Winnebago, and Union County. Other Redeploy sites have also recently been approved to expand throughout their area, including: St Clair - adding Monroe, Randolph, Perry and Washington Counties; LaSalle has added Bureau and Grundy Counties; and Kankakee has added Iroquois County.
The program has been successful in mobilizing communities to direct resources to youth offenders who otherwise would have been incarcerated. Counties receiving Redeploy Illinois funds commit to reducing their number of commitments by 25 percent in exchange for grant funds.
The full 2012-2013 Redeploy Illinois Annual Report can be viewed at the IDHS website.
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A Year Later, Gators Find Themselves on Solid Ground
GAINESVILLE | Only a year ago, the Florida football program seemed to be in a considerable funk. The Gators were 6-6, coming off a humbling home loss to arch-rival Florida State and the immediate future did not seem to hold a whole lot of promise.
Now, the Gators are 11-1, ranked No. 5 in the nation, coming off a dominating victory over the Seminoles in Tallahassee and looking forward to playing in a BCS bowl game, likely the Sugar, in January.
It's been quite a turnaround season in Will Muschamp's second year.
"We've come a long way," Muschamp said on his Sunday television show. "We're not where we want to be. Our goal is to go to Atlanta every year and unfortunately we didn't reach that goal this year.
"I'm very proud of our football team. We've got a fantastic fan base, the best fans in the country and outstanding support from our administration. Everything is in place as we move forward. It's a positive time to be a Florida Gator."
The Gators put the exclamation point on their successful season with perhaps their biggest victory of the season -- a 37-26 thumping of the Seminoles that, at least for a few hours, had UF on the brink of possibly reaching the BCS Championship Game in Miami.
That didn't happen because No. 1 Notre Dame won at Southern Cal on Saturday night. But, still, it's hard to find many disappointed Gators over what has happened this season, and how the year is ending.
This is only the fifth Florida team in history to win 11 games in the regular season, and it appears the Gators are headed for the Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. UF will know for sure on Sunday night when the final BCS Standings are released, along with the bowl pairings.
There is a chance the Gators could face Oklahoma in a rematch of the 2008 national title game.
This Florida team has turned out to be similar to that 2008 championship team in terms of its toughness, resiliency and knowing how to win.
The Gators have grown into a team this season, Muschamp said.
"Understanding what it's like to be a football team," Muschamp said. "Understanding playing for each other.
"When I first got here, I don't know that that was totally true. We play for each other. We're playing for what's on the helmet rather than what's on the back of your shirt."
Muschamp pointed to senior tailback Mike Gillislee as being a perfect example of that. Gillislee rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns against the Seminoles and became the first Gator to rush for 1,000 yards or more in a season since Ciatrick Fason in 2004.
"I told Gilly when I met with the captains before the game, 'We're going to get you a thousand today,' " Muschamp said. "He said, 'Coach, I don't care. I just want to win the game.' That's the type of young man he is. He's a program guy."
The Gators seem to have a lot of those now.
Muschamp said the keys to Saturday's win were the five turnovers the Gators created and the fact UF won both lines of scrimmage.
"It was a fantastic season and it certainly ended on the right note," he said. "You beat your in-state rival in a sound fashion and that's what we really wanted to do in the game, dominate the line of scrimmage, which we did on both sides of the ball. I'm very pleased with our effort."
As they have done so often this season, the Gators came from behind for the victory, winning the fourth quarter by a score of 24-6 (115-30 for the season). UF trailed 20-13 going into the quarter.
"We've had (gut checks) all season," Muschamp said. "Certainly, we've responded the right way every time.
"When I first got to Florida, people questioned our toughness and questioned our resolve as a football team. As a program, we've taken some positive steps. I'm so proud of our guys and how they continue to fight. They're a resilient bunch.
"They play for each other. They play together. They play for the University of Florida."


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Of The Associated Press BALTIMORE – Everything's a go for Orb.
The Kentucky Derby winner was in a playful mood the day before the Preakness, making faces for photographers between nibbles of grass outside his stall at Pimlico Race Course.
'He's really settled in well. He seems to be energetic about what he's doing so I couldn't be more pleased,' trainer Shug McGaughey said on a warm and sunny Friday morning. 'We're excited about giving him a whirl to see if we can get it done and go on to the next step.'
Getting it done would mean defeating eight rivals in the 1 3-16-mile Preakness to set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes three weeks from Saturday. Orb is the even-money favorite, and there's a growing feeling that this 3-year-old bay colt may be special enough to give thoroughbred racing its first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978.
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Orb extended his winning streak to five with a thrilling victory in the Derby two weeks ago, when jockey Joel Rosario patiently guided the colt from 17th to first in the final half mile over a sloppy track.
In the Preakness, Orb will break from the No. 1 post, a spot that has seen only one winner – Tabasco Cat in 1994 – since 1961.
'Who knows how this race is going to go, but I don't think it will be a problem,' Rosario said of the inside post. 'He's a horse that comes from behind, so I really don't think it will affect him. I'm just excited to go into this with a horse who has a chance to win.'
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'Orb, he's a freak. Right now, everybody should be rooting for Orb, except for the connections of the other horses in the race,' trainer Bob Baffert said – and he's got a horse in the race, 12-1 choice Govenor Charlie. 'Anybody who's not rooting for Orb, there's something mentally wrong with them.'
Baffert has been there before. Three of his five Preakness winners had also won the Derby, but were unable to complete the Triple Crown with a win in the Belmont. He says the Preakness is the least stressful of the three races.
'There is absolutely no pressure, believe it or not because you've just won the Derby,' he said. 'You're flying high and everybody's excited. You don't think about it. The next one (the Belmont) is the pressure.'
Getting to the next one may sound easy. It isn't. Six of the past eight Derby winners did not win the Preakness, and McGaughey is well aware of the pitfalls.
'There are a lot of ways you can lose. Freaky things can happen,' he said. 'You hope he doesn't get in any trouble, you hope he handles the track, you hope he handles the kickback of the dirt, you hope he handles the day. If he does all that, I would have to think it will take a pretty darn good horse to beat him.'
Maybe it's Goldencents, who did not take to the slop at Churchill Downs and finished 17th after winning the Santa Anita Derby in April.
'Orb's not like a one-race hit. All year long he's been super impressive,' said Goldencents trainer Doug O'Neill, who won the Derby and Preakness last year with I'll Have Another, only to scratch the colt the day before the Belmont because of a tendon injury. 'But we've seen Goldencents do some brilliant things in the afternoon. If he does, I think he can beat him.'
Maybe it's Itsmyluckyday, another top 3-year-old who did not handle the sloppy track and finished 15th in the Derby.
'He's given me every sign that he's ready for the war; he's ready for the race; he's ready for the battle,' trainer Eddie Plesa Jr., said. 'Let's just get it on.'
Or maybe it's Departing, one of the three horses in the race who did not run in the Derby. Orb knows Departing well – the two were pals growing up at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., and ran around together in the same field. The gelding has won four of five starts, and comes into the Preakness off a win in the Illinois Derby.
And, of course, there's D. Wayne Lukas, who has three of the nine entries in Oxbow, Will Take Charge and Titletown Five, a colt owned by Green Bay Packer greats Paul Hornung and Willie Davis. Lukas, like Baffert, has five Preakness wins, and his next victory in a Triple Crown race would give him a record 14 – one more than 'Sunny Jim' Fitzsimmons.
Oxbow was sixth and Will Take Charge eighth in the Derby, while Titletown Five is a maiden winner who ran fourth in the Derby Trial.
'You have to be careful about that much emphasis on one race,' Lukas said of Orb's Derby win. 'You change the surface, you shorten the race, you put him in the one hole. These are things he'll have to overcome. He's the best horse. It's his race to lose. But it only takes one horse to spoil your day.'
Weather could be a factor, too. The latest forecast for Saturday is calling for a 50 percent chance of rain with temperatures reaching the low 70s. Post time for the race on NBC is 6:20 p.m.
While Orb will take his shot at becoming the 34th horse with a chance at the Triple Crown – 11 have done it, 19 failed and three others did not run in the Belmont – several other historic milestones are in play. Rosie Napravnik will be aboard 5-1 second choice Mylute in an attempt to become the first female to the win the Preakness and Kevin Krigger, who rides Goldencents, looks to become the first black jockey to win since Willie Simms with Sly Fox in 1898.
Orb's rapid rise began with his win in the Fountain of Youth, followed by a solid victory in the Florida Derby before he ran off with the Kentucky Derby. The colt is co-owned by racing royalty – Ogden Mills 'Dinny' Phipps and his first cousin, Marylander Stuart Janney III. They run their racing operation the traditional way – breeding and racing their own horses rather than attending sales and trying to buy champions.
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'This has kind of shown that with Stuart Janney's relationship with breeding that it can be done in a different way,' McGaughey said. 'There's a long line of pedigree that's been in their family for years and years and years and there's a lot of thought process in breeding horses to mares – whether right or wrong. And we might have gotten a little lucky this time.'
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