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Certified Professional Guardian Board (CPGB)March 10, 2008 Certified Professional Guardian Board
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March 10, 2008 Kilroy Airport Center, 18000 International Blvd., SeaTac, WA Chair Judge Marywave Van Deren MembersPresent Robin Balsam Gary Beagle
Dr. Ruth Craven Nancy Dapper
Hank Hibbard
John Jardine
Michael Longyear
Lori Petersen
Judge Kimberley Prochnau Winsor Schmidt Commissioner Joseph Valente Sharon York MembersAbsent
Ree Ah Bloedow Judge M. Karlynn Haberly Judge Chris Wickham
Suzanne Thompson Wininger Visitors
Leesa Camerota, Capitol Guardianship Ken Curry, WAPG
Sylvia Curry, WAPG
Chris Neil, WAPG
Sharon Eckholm Deborah Jameson Sylvia Nelson Attorney General's Office
Linda Moran, Sr. Asst. Atty General
Call to Order
Judge Marywave Van Deren, Board Chair, called the meeting to order. Judge Van Deren welcomed and introduced the attending guests. Board Business
1. Approval of February 11, 2008 Minutes
A motion was made and properly seconded to approve the minutes as presented for the February 11, 2008 Board meeting. The motion passed.
2. Chair Report
Judge Van Deren announced that she has appointed Judge Prochnau as Vice-Chair of the Board. Judge Van Deren reminded the Board that she will be presenting at the Bridge Builders Guardian Continuing Education conference at the end of March and asked for an update on the Superior Court Judges' Association – Guardianship & Probate Committee (SCJA-GPC) presentation planned for the Spring Judicial Conference scheduled in April.
Commissioner Valente reported that the GPC two-hour session would be divided into three presentations:
3. Presentation of Washington Association of Professional Guardians (WAPG)
Ken Curry, Interim WAPG President, provided an update on the Association's activities:
Mr. Curry answered the Board members' questions and thanked the Board for the opportunity to present this information. Judge Van Deren asked Mr. Curry to forward the Association's GR 23 report to Ms. Eckholm so she may distribute it to the Board.
4. Retreat Planning.
The Board identified three topics for discussion at the June 27-28 retreat:
(1) Sanction guidelines: review of the current sanction guidelines in DR 515 and discuss expanding the guidelines;
(2) Continuing Education: explore other models for approving continuing education credits; and
(3) GR 23 Suggested Amendments: discuss comments on the Board's suggested amendments to GR 23.
Refining the application process was also suggested as a topic. Because of the limited time at the retreat, the Application Committee agreed to work on that process prior to the Retreat and report back to the Board. Judge Van Deren will work with staff to finalize the Retreat Agenda and distribute to the Board members.
5. Committee Reports
(a) Standards of Practice Committee
PGB No. 2003-011. Review Panel Member Mike Longyear presented a Supplemental Settlement Agreement Regarding Discipline in resolution of the matter, a copy of which was provided to the Board prior to the meeting. The Board will consider the agreement in Executive Session.
(b) Applications Committee
Application for Certification as a Professional Guardian of Bifford S. Crane. Application Committee Chair Robin Balsam summarized the application materials provided to the Board members prior to the meeting and indicated that the Committee did not have a recommendation on the application. Based on the applicant's indication that he currently is appointed as guardian in three active cases which is beyond the two case limit for non-certified guardians, an issue of first impression, the Committee referred the application to the Board. The Board will consider the application in Executive Session.
(c) Financial Responsibility Committee
Financial Responsibility Chair Commissioner Valente indicated that both petitions for waiver of the errors and omissions insurance requirement failed to make a clear distinction between the exemption from the insurance requirement and the waiver of the insurance requirement. A guardian or agency is eligible for an exemption if the guardian or agency has 25 or fewer cases and less than $500,000 in assets under management. Reg. 117.3. A guardian or an agency may be eligible for a waiver if they demonstrate it is impractical to obtain insurance and there is a satisfactory alternative form of security. Impracticality can be demonstrated if the CPG has applied for insurance and been denied. Reg. 117.8. Rather than address their eligibility for either an exemption or a waiver, both petitioners explain why they should not have to pay for insurance.
In arguing that the limited amount of assets under their control did not warrant insurance, both petitioners displayed a misunderstanding of the purpose of errors and omissions insurance, and the difference between the insurance and a bond. Errors and omissions insurance covers acts of negligence by the guardian or agency.
Based on comments and questions about the application of the insurance requirement the Board has received, it appears others may share this misunderstanding. The Board encourages guardians or agencies who have questions about the need for errors and omissions insurance to discuss the purpose and coverage of errors and omissions insurance with their insurance agents or carriers.
Petition of Alice L. Hardman for Waiver of Errors & Omissions Insurance Requirement pursuant to Regulation 117. Alice Hardman is guardian or co-guardian on 35 cases, which exceeds the limit of 25 and disqualifies her from exemption. Though she asserts that her entire caseload consists of Fircrest residents, that fact is not relevant under the regulation. Ms. Hardman also indicates that it would be a financial hardship to pay for insurance as all her cases are low-income estates, but that is not a consideration in granting a waiver. Ms. Hardman is not eligible for waiver because she does not indicate she has been rejected for insurance, and can not, therefore, demonstrate impracticality.
Petition of Joan Shoemaker for Waiver of Errors & Omissions Insurance Requirement pursuant to Regulation 117. Joan Shoemaker petitions for exemption. She indicates she has 32 clients and is ineligible for exemption. She indicates all of her clients are residents of Lakeland Village (a state institution) and have low-income estates. Ms. Shoemaker does not address the waiver issue or demonstrate impracticality. It does not appear she has applied for insurance. The Committee recommends that each Petition be denied.
Chair Van Deren announced that she has nominated Ken Curry, CPG, and Chris Neil, CPG, Esq., to be appointed as Board members.[1] The Chair commented that Mr. Curry's experience as a certified professional guardian and Interim President of WAPG, and Mr. Neil's being a second generation professional guardian and attorney member of the WSBA Elder Law Section, will bring invaluable insights and expertise to the Board.
Executive Session
The Board met in Executive Session at approximately 11:05 a.m.
Open Session
The Board reconvened in Open Session at approximately 12:15 p.m. PGB No. 2003-011. [2] A motion was made and properly seconded to reject the Disciplinary Settlement Agreement proposed by the Review Panel. The motion passed. The Standards of Practice Committee asked that the Board issue a Complaint in this matter. A motion was made and properly seconded to issue a Complaint. The motion passed. Staff asked for clarification on the process in light of the fact that the Respondents in this matter are also not in compliance with the errors & omissions insurance required by Regulation 117. Staff was directed to proceed with the Regulation 117 non-compliance procedure as well as issue a Complaint based on the underlying allegations in PGB No. 2003-011.
Application of Bifford Crane.[3] A motion was made and properly seconded to deny the application for certification as a professional guardian of Bifford Crane. The motion passed.
Petition of Alice L. Hardman for Waiver of Errors & Omissions Insurance Requirement pursuant to Regulation 117.[4] A motion was made and properly seconded to deny the petition of Alice L. Hardman. The motion passed.
Petition of Joan Shoemaker for Waiver of Errors & Omissions Insurance Requirement pursuant to Regulation 117. A motion was made and properly seconded to deny the petition of Joan Shoemaker. The motion passed.
Errors and Omissions Insurance Non-compliance. Staff reported the number of non-compliant guardians and agencies following the mailing of notices on February 25, 2008, and asked for direction whether to proceed with the non-compliance procedure set forth in Regulation 117.7. A motion was made and properly seconded directing staff to proceed with the non-compliance procedure. The motion passed.
Judge Van Deren adjourned the meeting at approximately 12:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judge Van Deren
Board Approved: May 12, 2008
[1] The Supreme Court appoints Board members following nomination.
[2] Board members Mike Longyear and Judge Prochnau abstained from voting and recused themselves and left the Board room when the matter was considered in Executive Session.
[3] Board member Robin Balsam abstained from voting and recused herself and left the Board room when the matter was considered in Executive Session
[4] Board members Commissioner Valente and Robin Balsam abstained from voting and recused themselves and left the Board room when both the Hardman and Shoemaker petitions were considered in Executive Session.
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Randy Wray responds to John Carney — MMT FOR AUSTRIANS PART TWO: Disagreements Among Reasonable People
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MMT FOR AUSTRIANS PART TWO: Disagreements Among Reasonable People
By L. Randall Wray
15 comments:
What do people think about this? I agree with the substantive points Wray makes, but his tone bothers me somewhat. I've thought before that some of his responses to innocent questions on the MMP blog are a bit aggressive in tone, and this post goes well beyond that.
I've only been following MMT for about a year, so maybe I missed the phase when MMTers were patiently engaging with critics, but it seems that just when people are starting to discover MMT in large numbers, posts like this one will turn people off and discourage them from making honest enquiries about MMT ideas. - March 5, 2012 at 12:00 PM
- Matt Franko said...
See your point but consider that reading dialogues can be an effective form of edification... Tom has more info on this but I believe Socrates used the dialogue format... and there are the epistles of St. Paul... etc..
Resp, - March 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM
- John Carney said...
I'm a big boy. I don't mind spirited debate. So don't worry about his tone on my account.
- March 5, 2012 at 1:19 PM
Not on you account John. The part of the post where Wray addresses you was quite even-handed in my view.
I was more thinking of his broadside on the MMR guys. The critique of S=I+(S-I) seemed justified to me, but it was mixed in with some more personal jibes. By conceding the moral high-ground, it allows others to focus on the personal remarks and ignore the more substantive points made. I see this is already happening at the MMR blog. - March 5, 2012 at 1:59 PM
- Tom Hickey said...
I think that there is an important distinction to be made between spirited debate and ad hominem attacks. Let's have a spirited debate and leave the personal aside. Obviously, in making objections or rebutting, specifics have to be cited, and that often means naming names.
The debate about these issues has been contributory in my view, which is why I have tried to post a record for reference. It is advancing knowledge of MMT in the blogosphere, especially for people that don't have time, interest or economic chops to go through professional papers. Macro is policy-oriented and the ideas have to boiled down for popular consumption. That is a good exercise in communication for professionals, too.
For example, a debate began some time ago over saving and investment at Interfluidity with Steve Waldman, which was joined by JKH. The debate continued later at Asymptosis with Steve Roth, again joined by JKH. That migrated over to MMR.
When JKH joined the debate, it centered on clarifying the accounting, and the suggestion was that MMT economists had not done this sufficiently, so that some of their blog statements are controversial. That is where we are now.
The debate is about achieving clarity of basic concepts like saving and investment, which tend to be ambiguous due to their many uses. So far, a lot of good stuff is coming out as different people add their views. It's also an opportunity for others to attempt to restate the ideas in their own words and get feedback on where they may be somewhat off-base.
So let's all settle down and enjoy the ride. This is supposed to be fun, too. - March 5, 2012 at 2:00 PM
- Matt Franko said...
For the record here, I am led to believe JKH reeeeeeeaaallly knows banking; huge asset to the blogosphere... ;)
Resp, - March 5, 2012 at 2:14 PM
- TomatoBasil said...
Wray brought out the MMT secret weapons: 9 teated cows, immaculate conception and progressive wet dreams. Disarmed the antagonists with humor then punch them right in the gut with the argument.
- March 5, 2012 at 2:22 PM
- Matt Franko said...
I guy I used to work with has some cows and once when he was trying to get the one impregnated, IIRC he was spending some hundreds of dollars to have another guy bring his champion bull over to impregnate her.... COD.
Resp, - March 5, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Chewitup said...
John Carney's response...
I think this is more of a political argument. Many contend that Social Security is bad for society in the same sense that Welfare and the Great Society has destroyed the concept of family.
So do you trust a government to properly regulate and monitor whether we have the productive capacity to take care of those in need or do you leave it up to the free market?
Was the repeal of Glass-Stegall a good idea? That certainly "unregulated" some of the banking rules. Many argue this lead to the GFC. I have read many MMT authors discuss the hazards of safety nets and government programs from farm subsidies to banking to education to unemployment to health care and on and on. It's all there. - March 5, 2012 at 3:40 PM
- Tom Hickey said...
What MMT shows is that there is always a full employment budget based on the sectoral balances and the govt fiscal balance offsetting non-government saving desire.
How the budget is allocated is a matter of political choices depending on what kind of a society the electorate wishes.
And taxes don't fund government disbursement (expenditure and transfers). Taxes are used in functional finance to withdraw NFA from non-government to achieve price stability at full employment.
That means that taxes don't actually fund SS operationally, even though there is FICA imposed politically to make it appear that way. The real issue is availability of real resources and the choices we as a country make today will influence the availability of real resources in the future. Then the voters in the future can choose how they wish to allocate them through the budgetary process when that time arrives.
If people understood how this actually works operationally, the country could have an intelligent debate about this bassed on fact and practical possibilities instead of ignorance and imagination. - March 5, 2012 at 3:56 PM
- Bob Roddis said...
What does Wray's piece have to do with Austrians? Carney isn't an Austrian and I see no evidence that Wray knows the first thing about Austrian concepts. Or that Carney does or that any MMTer does.
- March 5, 2012 at 7:13 PM
maybe you need new glasses?
- March 5, 2012 at 9:28 PM
- Jonf said...
Personally, I think Randy got it exactly right. There has been some serious crap thrown up since the dust up over the JG and it's not all the JG.
- March 5, 2012 at 10:25 PM
"I agree with the substantive points Wray makes, but his tone bothers me somewhat."
I would say not even "somewhat". It was rude and condescending. Well beyond the ad hominem line. And I agree with all his arguments. Still, you don't use ad hominems like talking about the opponent's "brilliance" in quotes. That is so middle school, really regrettable. Either you have an argument or not, adding that the opponent is "brilliant" only implies that you don't. - March 6, 2012 at 9:46 AM
So do you trust a government to properly regulate and monitor whether we have the productive capacity to take care of those in need or do you leave it up to the free market?
There is no "free market" in taking care of those in need. "Those in need" have already fallen out of the market. There is no economic profit to be made servicing people who have no money.
Note that an economic system that dooms a certain percentage of the population to joblessness, idleness and want enacts a monstrous injustice.
If the needy or jobless can't obtain funds via the market then they die, or are supported by others. Whether that role is served by government or private individuals/institutions is a political decision. In the U.S. we've decided to have government provide most of the funding via child tax credit, EITC, SSI, unemployment assistance, etc. The history of this country, at least, shows private institutions are unable or unwilling to shoulder the burden. The alternative is these people die in the streets, victims of an economic system they did not create, which institutionalizes unemployment and artificial scarcity. - March 6, 2012 at 9:29 PM


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In Arizona, citrus trees thrive. We know what to do with lemons.
October 2010––Scottsdale Public Art (SPA) launched IN FLUX, an initiative to connect with and support local artists, merchants, and property owners, bringing renewed vitality to downtown Scottsdale through a series of multidisciplinary temporary storefront installations. IN FLUX featured city border-crossing partnerships to reach new audiences and artists in the greater Phoenix area, co-curation with stakeholders and the public, in-kind participation nearly matching the total project budget, and artworks that were at once eye candy and conversation-inducing conceptual pieces.
The positive intent of IN FLUX was reflected in a common thread connecting each artwork—they expanded the vision for our collective futures in the new economy.
Lemonade from lemons prevailed.
Although IN FLUX began as a temporary pilot program, it was so favorably embraced by merchants, artists, city staff, and the community at large, that Scottsdale Public Art is bringing it back for a second season. This judgment received further affirmation from master planning consultants Jerry Allen and Jack Mackie, who indicated the continuation and expansion of IN FLUX in their preliminary recommendations for the future of Scottsdale Public Art (master plan to be completed winter 2012.
Preceding the call to Arizona artists for IN FLUX season two, SPA released RECHARGE, a video documenting IN FLUX season one with artist interviews and project management commentary featuring music by a local band. The upcoming IN FLUX call to artists (October 2011) offers an assortment of new opportunities including residency-based installations to facilitate an interactive art experience as well as street presence for artworks and performances in vacant lots.
Many tactics that led to a successful inaugural year for IN FLUX have influenced planning for season two including comprehensive outreach and direct support to artists throughout the entire process. SPA is currently forming partnerships with other Phoenix metro organizations to hold pre-submittal meetings featuring one-on-one interactions in multiple locations to increase accessibility. This approach contributes to the cultivation of Arizona's budding creative population, a necessity recognized statewide.
The low cost, high impact, quick turnaround projects of IN FLUX have proven an ideal way to soften the impact of the new economy, bolstering a community that thrives on art in everyday life. Responsive programs like IN FLUX demonstrate the holistic power of public art in modern society.
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Being an ASP.NET developer I think this is one of the most common of the requirements that we encounter in our day-to-day projects i.e., bulk editable grid. The gridview provided my Microsoft out-of-the-box will only allow editing one row at a time which in some cases is enough but there could be some scenarios where the complete grid needs to be editable. We have an implementation in ASP.NET Real world controls – BulkEditGridView but it seemed to me as way more complicated for regular usage in projects. Its licensed under Microsoft Public License which in Scott Hanselman's words is "…is a VERY relaxed license that basically says 'have fun, and don't call if there's trouble.'" so we can use it but in case of any specific issues it requires us to go through the complicated code to figure out things. For sure its excellent and works perfectly well in most of the cases but I was thinking of having a much simpler implementation which is sufficient in most of the cases. One challenge here was detecting only the rows that were changed because its unnecessary as well as waste of time for processing unchanged rows.
Now for the implementation, its going to be direct usage of GridView with ItemTemplate and primary key fields as labels with css-style as hidden. Also, we would be having another hidden field which will detect the row that was edited. It's important that we have our primary keys as labels (although hidden) because asp.net renders labels as <span> and hence that data won't be present in the POST message back to server. This will save us from edits with tools like Fiddler.I have used the Northwind database Categories table for the sake of this blog post.
Beginning with aspx file we would be having a grid view with itemtemplate as follows for the Categories table
<asp:GridView ID="grdEditableGrid" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false" OnRowDataBound="grdEditableGrid_RowDataBound"> <Columns> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="CategoryID" ItemStyle-CssClass="hiddencol" HeaderStyle-CssClass="hiddencol" > <ItemTemplate> <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblCategoryID" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "CategoryID") %>' /> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="CategoryName"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtCategoryName" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "CategoryName") %>' /> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Description"> <ItemTemplate> <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtDescription" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Description") %>' /> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Edit Status" ItemStyle-CssClass=hiddencol HeaderStyle-CssClass=hiddencol> <ItemTemplate> <asp:HiddenField runat="server" ID="hdnEditStatus" Value='' EnableViewState="true" /> </ItemTemplate> </asp:TemplateField> </Columns> </asp:GridView>
We will also have the following CSS class
<style type="text/css"> .hiddencol { display: none; } </style>
We also have the following javascript function which, as we will see, will play a key role in identifying the edited rows.
<script type="text/javascript"> function updateEditStatus(clientID) { var hiddenEditControl = document.getElementById(clientID); if (hiddenEditControl != null) { hiddenEditControl.value = "true"; } } </script>
Now going to the code behind we will have the same boiler-plate code to load data into the gridview but as seen in the aspx file we made the primary key column as label and set to css class which makes it hidden. Also, we have added another column Edit Status with as hidden field control named hdnEditStatus which will hold the edit status of each row. The code. Apart from the regular code that we write to populate the gridview control, for the purpose of editable gridview we need to do some more work in RowDataBound event. In this event we are going to add attributes for onkeyup client-side event for the textbox controls. We may add attributes related to other controls like dropdown list for client-side which will be used for detecting any change in the control's data. These events will be calling the javascript function updateEditStatus so that the particular row on which action has been taken will have the hidden field marked as true so that on the server side we can consider them and process only those rows. This method can be used on any editable control that will be put on the gridview as long as it has client-side event to capture that the data in that control has changed.
protected void grdEditableGrid_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) { TextBox categoryName = e.Row.FindControl("txtCategoryName") as TextBox; if (categoryName != null) { categoryName.Attributes.Add("onkeyup", "updateEditStatus(\"" + e.Row.FindControl("hdnEditStatus").ClientID + "\");"); } TextBox description = e.Row.FindControl("txtDescription") as TextBox; if (description != null) { description.Attributes.Add("onkeyup", "updateEditStatus(\"" + e.Row.FindControl("hdnEditStatus").ClientID + "\");"); } }
Now upon button click we can easily capture the rows that were changed and a generic method getDirtyRows has been written so that it can be called easily multiple times to get the changed rows ids or may be the complete set of details. In the below implementation it returns all the CategoryIDs that were changed. This can be customized as per our requirement.
private DataTable getDirtyRows() { DataTable dtDirtyRows = new DataTable(); dtDirtyRows.Columns.Add("CategoryID"); foreach (GridViewRow item in grdEditableGrid.Rows) { HiddenField editStatus = item.FindControl("hdnEditStatus") as HiddenField; if (editStatus != null) { if (editStatus.Value == "true") { var lblCategoryID = item.FindControl("lblCategoryID") as Label; if (lblCategoryID != null) { DataRow dr = dtDirtyRows.Rows.Add(); dr["CategoryID"] = lblCategoryID.Text; } } } } return dtDirtyRows; }
The complete source code for this is located at github
That's all folks!!
Hope you people will find this useful.
Sai Pavan Viswanath Upadhyayula


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The next 5 weeks
Hey Gang,
Just a quick rundown on the next 5 weeks:
So YOU ALL know we are doing the Open WOD for ALL class sessions on Friday and Saturday.
This will give you a few days to do it.
IF you cannot make Friday or Sat, you need to see one of the trainers and arrange a time to get it done!
The WOD will be released each week on Thurs at around 11am… SO please talk to us if you can't make Fri or Sat so you can get it done!!!
Here are the times we will be running the Open WOD:
Friday – 5am/6am/12pm/4pm
Saturday – 8.30am/10.30am
We will have as many coaches as possible present, and like what we have been doing with the group on a Saturday we will be judging each other, so please be prepared to help out.. If you can all go online each Thursday and watch the standards video that would be awesome, we will also post them as soon as we get it each week for you all.
Except for this Saturday we will be running a BBQ after the 10.30am session at the Box, and we would love for you all to come and hit the WOD & hang out together!!
So why do it I have heard a few of you say:
1. It is FUN!! No, really, it is. At CrossFit Queanbeyan, we will dedicate every Friday and Saturday to the Open workouts for all members.
We arrange heats, we print score sheets, we assist by judging each other, but we also keep it fun.
In a light hearted way we battling together!.
We're all nervous, it is our buy-in to the team. It makes us a stronger community. I know you're all willing to give it your all and possibly fail or possibly triumph, if you are, so am I.
You'll never know just how good you are if you don't try??
More often than not, you'll surprise yourself. And there's no time like the present to find out!!
2. It Gives You an Appreciation and a chance to compete against the Best.
During the Open workouts, you get a rare opportunity to do the same exact workouts during the same week as the best CrossFitters in the world.
If you are a fan of the top CrossFit athletes, it's exciting to match your stats to theirs..
The progression of CrossFit has grown to crazy levels, and getting the opportunity to compete against the best is rare.
Seeing their scores, deepens my appreciation for their dedication, skill, and strength (would still like to beat them at something though!!!)
It will be a great 5 weeks, I can't wait!!
What you need to do – after each judged WOD, it is your responsibility to go online and submit your score (please ensure this is done by Midnight, especially this Sunday) Games.CrossFit.com, then we will validate your score. After we have validated, you will then be able to look online and check out your weekly ranking!! If you qualify as a senior (like I do), you will be ranked in both Masters and Open… top 48 men, top 48 women and top 30 teams will qualify for a trip to the Australian Regionals..
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us!!
Click the link on the right to register…
Thurs 19th July
Full Snatch/Power Snatch technique work, depending on experience – work up to moderate-heavy singles (20 mins)
Power Snatch 40/30kg
OHS 40/30kg
You can count a power snatch into your OHS as a rep – e.g. you are on the 8 rep round, you do 7 power snatches, drop it, reset and power snatch it – this counts as your 8th and can get into the OHS
Scaling options – lower weight, squat onto box if struggling for depth, swap for power clean and front squat if really struggling with technique
CrossFit in Canberra 4th July
Power clean/clean technique work (wooden pole) – speed/2nd pull focus (5-10 mins)
Wendler Deadlifts – 5 (65%), 5 (75%), 5+ (85%)
Cash in
25 walking lunges
10 Back extensions
15 Deadlifts 60/40kg
Cash out
25 walking lunges
Scaling options – lower weight
Post load and time to comments
Bit of footage from the Reebok CrossFit Games 2011
Friday 27th April at CF Queanbeyan
Bench press 5×3 work up to 3RM (20 mins)
15 min time cap
Run 400m
Push Ups
In remaining time AMRAP burpees
Score = number of burpees
Who is this handsome devil??
CrossFit Queanbeyan 26th April
7 Sets of the Sequence / 5 Rounds
Power Cleans
Front Squat
Push Press
Back Squat
Push Press
After each round, rest 2-3 minutes, try to increase load each round. No resting the bar down. You can hold the bar anywhere to rest, but it cannot rest on the ground. You can combine only two of the moves into a complex movement (ie: Power clean + Front Squat = Squat clean; Front squat + Push Press = Thruster; Back Squat + Push Press = Heaving Press). If you attempt a movement and fail you can retry as many times as needed to complete that movement. If you can't complete the movement, you are done with that round. If you have not completed all 5 rounds, you can rest and continue with the same weight. After you completed a round, try to increase the load for the next round. Start with a weight that will allow you to increase as you go to through each round.
Here is me & Kris representing the CrossFit 2600 crew last year at the Regionals:
NEW CLASSES & CrossFit Comp
Hey gang,
This Saturday will see the start of the NEW timetable at CrossFit Queanbeyan.
We will be doing an 8.30am & 9.30am class!! I will have the NEW timetable up on the website tomorrow morning for you all to view.
Also we would love for all of our fantastic members to register for our 'Judgement Day' Charity CrossFit Event. It will be a family fun day with plenty of workouts and we wold love to have you all compete!
All proceeds raised will be going to SIDS and KIDS ACT, which is a fantastic Charity. All competitors will receive a bags full of goodies + a shirt on the day
You can enter and pay here: http://crossfitqueanbeyan.com.au/contest/
We hope you can all make it!!
On another note, we would for you all to come and cheer your CrossFit Comp Team on this Saturday at 10.30am at the box.
We are at Week 3 of the Games and we are currently sitting 8th in Australia!! Awesome effort by the gang and we would love to have more people there yelling at us to go harder!!!
Thursday 4th August
CrossFit Games Event 8
Complete as many reps as possible in 3 minutes of:
20 calorie Row
30 Wallball Shots, 20 pound ball
20 Toes to bar
30 Box jumps, 24″ box
20 Sumo-deadlit high-pull, 108 pound kettlebell
30 Burpees
20 Shoulder to overhead, 135 pounds
120 foot Sled pull, sled plus 165 pounds
Graham Holmberg 104 reps (4 SDHP), Rebecca Voigt 67 reps (17 Toes to bar).
Post reps completed to comments.
Fittest man on Earth – Rich Froning Jr
Wednesday 27th July
Rest as required between efforts. Post times to comments.
Tuesday 26th July
Part A) 12min AMRAP
15 broad jumps
20 O/H walking lunges 20/0kg
15 straight leg sit ups
2 min break then
Part B) 12min AMRAP
20 band deads
30 band shoulder press
40 plate twists 20/10kg
50 thrusters 20/10kg
Post Rounds and Reps to Comments
As many of you know the Reebok CrossFit Games are on this weekend and they have just released the masters Workouts:


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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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• The long season of entertainers accepting awards for being entertaining marches on, and while some watch for the dresses, hairdos and red carpet gaffes, Unfiltered keeps its gimlet eye on what wines the stars are drinking. For those keeping score at home, it was Moët & Chandon Gold Award Season Impérial at the Golden Globes in January. And, just a few weeks ago, Dry Creek Vineyard marked its 11th year of wine service to the Screen Actors Guild Awards by pouring its Cabernet-based 2008 Cuvée and 2009 Dry Creek Valley Sauvignon Blanc for the likes of Tina Fey (who met Dry Creek Vineyard vice president Kim Stare Wallace on the red carpet) and Unfiltered regulars Hilary Swank and Alec Baldwin. Los Angeles chef Suzanne Goin, of restaurants Lucques, AOC, Tavern and the Hungry Cat, prepared the evening's menu, which included Beluga lentils with feta cheese, slow-roasted lamb and salmon.
• There might be a new player in the high-end wine-auction market. This past weekend, a bottle of vin jaune made in 1774 from France's Jura region was sold for more than $77,500 at an auction at La Percée du Vin Jaune, the annual Jura wine festival held in Arbois, France. The 870ml bottle reached its extravagant price thanks to a bidding war between Swiss wine expert Pierre Chevrier, representing a multinational group of wine lovers, and François Audouze, a well-known wine collector based in Paris; both parties intended to drink the wine rather than hold on to it as an investment. Vin jaune, or "yellow wine," is a golden-hued white wine made in the Jura from Savagnin grapes that receives six years in oak barrels and is known to age for decades. Audouze, the losing bidder and an aficionado of aged vin jaune, upped his maximum bid multiple times during the auction, stating on an Internet message board, "I dreamed of this bottle. The wine grew on the last year of King Louis XV and was bottled during the reign of Louis XVI. Every minute, I thought to improve the limit to which I was ready to bid," Audouze wrote. "It was a great moment of emotion. Pierre will include this bottle in a dinner devoted to Jura wines in three or four years. I hope that I will participate." Our hopes aren't high, but Unfiltered would like to too.
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J1 Exchange Visitors
J visa category is reserved for people participating in the Exchange Visitor Program managed by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the State Department. Since 1960's, many research scholars, professors, university students and other visitors have enjoyed the convenience of J visas to experience and bring cultural diversity to the United States.
Before applying for a J1 visa, a person must be accepted by a designated sponsoring organization. Upon completion of the exchange program, he or she must return to their home country unless a residency waiver is obtained. Spouse and dependents of a J1 visitor may come to the United States under j2 status.
How can I apply for a J1 visa?
- Apply to one of the DOS designated sponsors;
- If accepted, you will receive a SEVIS generated DS-2019 form;
- Complete all forms and prepare supporting documents;
- Make a visa appointment with a US embassy or consulate with jurisdiction over your residence;
- Go to the visa interview, and also have your fingerprints taken for security checks;
- If your interview goes well and your background check is cleared, your passport will be stamped with your J-1 visa;
- You may travel to the U.S. no more than 30 days before the program start date (very important), and before your visa's expiration date.
Note: People who qualify for the Visa Waiver Program must still apply for a J visa in order to participate in an exchange visitor program.
What documents are needed for a J1 visa?
- SEVIS generated DS-2019 form;
- DS-7002 for trainee or intern applicants only;
- Visa application form DS-156;
- Contact and work information, form DS-158;
- Supplemental visa form DS-157 for certain applicants;
- Visa application and processing fees;
- A valid passport.
- Evidence of sufficient financial support during intended stay;
- Evidence that indicate you have no intention to abandon your foreign residency, and you will depart the U.S. once the exchange program is finished. Generally speaking, this may include strong family ties, social attachment, real estate properties, a business, a job, etc.
- Any documents required by specific consulates.
What is the two-year foreign residency requirement and waiver?
Most exchange visitors must return to their home countries for at least two years following the completion of their programs, and are not allowed to change to H, L or K status, or apply for permanent residency (green card). However, you may apply for a waiver of this requirement if any of the following situations apply to you:
- Your home country government issues a No Objection Statement indicating that your return is not mandated;
- A U.S. government agency requests a waiver of your 2-year foreign residency requirement for the benefit of public interest;
- You can prove that you may face persecution by your home country upon returning, due to race, religion or political reasons;
- You can demonstrate that your departure from the U.S. for two years will cause exceptional hardship to your spouse or children who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents;
- You are a medical doctor and a state department of health, or CONRAD, requests a waiver on your behalf;
How to apply for a J-1 waiver of foreign residency?
You must submit Form DS-3035, J-1 Visa Waiver Recommendation Application, to the State Department to apply for the waiver. You may file the form online or via postal mail. You are responsible to submit all supporting documents and have all third parties, including your home country government, send necessary paperwork to the DOS Waiver Review Division. The Waiver Review Division will forward its recommendation to the USCIS, which in turn makes a decision regarding your application.
You may contact the Public Inquiries Division at 202-663-1225 regarding your waiver application.
What is SEVIS?
SEVIS stands for Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, and is used by the Department of Homeland Security to better manage F, M, and J visa holders. SEVIS allows schools and exchange programs to transmit mandatory data through the internet, in order to maintain current information and records of students and visitors.
Can my spouse and dependent children come with me?
Yes, but they must be approved by the sponsoring organization as well and must apply for their own J-2 visas.
Can J-2 visa holders go to school in the U.S.?
Yes. Spouses and children in J2 status may study without the need to change to F1 status.
Can J-2 visa holders work in the U.S.?
No, unless they obtain employment authorization documents (EAD) from USCIS.
What is a Q visa?
Q visa is another nonimmigrant visa for exchange visitors. The "Q" exchange programs must be designated by USCIS, not DOS. These programs are intended to offer practical training, employment, and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and a foreign country.
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The hidden health care cost In a Boston Business Journal op-ed, Jean Sullivan discusses the cost of long-term care
By Jim Fessenden UMass Medical School Communications
In an op-ed for the Boston Business Journal, Jean C. Sullivan, JD, director of the Center for Health Law and Economics in the Commonwealth Medicine division of UMass Medical School, takes a hard look at the financial ramifications of the likelihood that most Massachusetts residents will require long-term care services in the future. In the article, Sullivan notes that most people have not planned financially for the cost of long-term care and, as a result, the commonwealth could be on the hook for the bulk of the cost.
A 23-member advisory committee, including Deputy Chancellor for Commonwealth Medicine Thomas D. Manning, was formed by Gov. Deval Patrick in 2009 to examine these issues. The committee's recently released report, drafted by Center for Health Law and Economics staff under leadership of Principal Associate Stephanie Anthony, lays out a 10-year road map with financing strategies designed to increase the use of private financing, promote government-organized programs that help people set aside money over many years, and make access more equitable, according to Sullivan.
Read the introduction to the article in the Boston Business Journal:(Subscription required to read the full article)http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/print-edition/2011/07/08/the-hidden-health-care-cost-long-term.html?page=all Read the committee's report, Securing the Future


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Dear Harvey: SF Premiere of Play About Milk, With Music
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Full of racy puppets and boisterous songs, Avenue Q is a hilarious look at life in New York City, in a world populated by people and puppets. In its Broadway debut, Avenue Q scored the "Triple Crown" of Tony wins, grabbing honors for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book. The lovable cast includes characters made of both flesh and felt: recent college grad Princeton, who moves to Avenue Q full of hope for the future, the girl/monster next door (Kate), and a colorful collection of neighbors who help Princeton discover his purpose in life. Learn More
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view more less of this reviewI found this to be very intense, having been around for all the events dramatised. Both my partner and I left in tears. This was the perfect venue, I think, for this type of production. This should be required viewing for every GBLT studies course! The performers were excellent.
star this review starred report as inappropriateThis is a rather bland take on Harvey Milk. Well intended but with few standout moments. If you have seen the movie, skip the play.
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She was born on July 7, 1937, in Mission Township to Jesse and Hettie (Amos) VanHorn. She married John Arthur Seguin on March 10, 1956, in Ironton.
She is survived by one son, Daniel (Colleen Russell) Seguin of Deerwood; three daughters, Cindy (John Roggenkamp) Hammond of Ironton, Becky (Mike Bock) Buchite of Brainerd and Carla Seguin of Ironton; two brothers, Roy (Virgie) VanHorn of Aitkin and Jerry (Lucy) VanHorn of Crosby; two sisters, Hazel Wysong of Wisilla, Alaska, and Rose Mary Vadner of Ellsworth, Wis.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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The 18 Craziest Naked Women In News Report History
The world is fiilled with millions of insane people and sometimes, they're women. And on even rarer occasions, they're naked. So here, in one place (and in no particular order), are the eighteen craziest naked women who've hit the news in recent memory. All of these are insane news stories and all of them star a naked woman who's completely lost her marbles (and clothes.)
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Woman Caught Running Naked With Boyfriend After Losing at Strip Poker
Hey, rules are rules.
Portsmouth police caught a naked woman and her boyfriend running naked down the street on the early morning of May 19, 2010. Upon further investigation, after cornering the couple behind a fence, the cops were able to glean that the two were the unfortunate losers of a strip poker match at a friend's apartment.
As if that weren't embarrassing enough, the officers drove the couple back to said apartment for further questioning...and to grab their clothes. Upon arrival, they confirmed the streakers' story by walking in on several people playing poker sans-shirts. The girlfriend and her lover were issued verbal warnings and let off the hook.
[Insert poker hand joke here] - 2Up 95Down 35
Naked Woman Nabs Intruders Gun, Shoots Him. Awesome.
Only in Texas (and in action movies).
An intruder broke into Latoya Harkless's home in Texas City after she had just gotten out of the shower. Hearing the break-in, she quickly hid and prepared for battle.
She saw the tentativeness of the intruder, who was holding his gun close to his stomach, and described him as "more scared than me." Harkless jumped out and karate-chopped the gun from his hand, picked it up, and shot at him. They played "cat-and-mouse" for a few minutes, and then Harkless finally lost sight of him and he got away.
In the ensuing trial, it was found that Harkless's shot went directly into the intruder's leg.
That's one tough naked chick and one awesome way for her to realize her superpower: if she's always naked, she can fight crime effectively. - 3Up 78Down 29
Woman Arrested for Posing Naked in NY Museum
Kathleen "KC" Neill was arrested for posing nude in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art on September 2, 2009. She is a model, and was posing for photographer Zach Hyman in the museum, for what appears to be a publicity stunt, given Hyman's increased popularity thereafter.
Hyman is known for doing a series of nude shots of his models around New York, most famously on a subway train. This marked the first time any of his models had gotten arrested.
Attorneys for the model found it ridiculous because of the amount of nude art that exists at The Met, and deem that the woman's behavior was 100% fitting of her environment as it was not pornographic in the least. - 4Up 68Down 36
Naked Woman Flees From Police in Texas, Vigilantes Get Involved
In Baytown, TX, a naked woman in an SUV led cops on a high-speed chase. She was chased by three cars- one officer in a marked cruiser, one off-duty officer in his personal pickup and a vigilante, yes, you read that correctly, a vigilante, as in a person who decided to take the law into their own hands, in his pickup.
This guy actually tries to box this naked woman in with an off-duty cop on the free way.
After a long chase, she was finally arrested in a residential neighborhood in her birthday suit.
Watch this video for the full, unadulterated and, unfortunately, censored glory. - 5Up 42Down 32
Woman Gets Naked in Cab, Steals It
In Covington, a smoking hot woman named Jennifer Gille got in a cab and asked to go to Harrison Avenue. Everything was fine until the ride was over and she was asked to exit the cab.
That's when things started getting hot. Gille began taking off her clothes, asking to be driven to a different destination. The driver somehow continued to ask her to get out of the car, and when she refused, drove to the local police station for assistance. While he was inside requesting said assistance, Gille hopped in the front seat and sped the hell out of there. She was later found a block away laying naked in the backseat, and needed to be clothed by officers.
Gille was charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and obscenity.
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The 18 Craziest Naked Women In News Report History at 1/10/2013 8:30 PMcraziest women in news , you guys. - firstname.lastname@example.com
Woman Arrested for Posing Naked in NY Museum at 1/22/2012 1:52 PMf**k me badly - jesus
Naked Woman Arrested for Lewd Act in LDS Church at 11/27/2011 2:49 PMThey used to be till it was made illegal and they were asked to stop. luckly god came in at the last second and told them not to be anymore. - F**kME
The 18 Craziest Naked Women In News Report History at 11/10/2011 5:22 AMOMG. Why do crazy ass people run around naked. My lord! This is practicaly like taking your 5 year old to a srip club! What if she saw that kind of $hit! - cuthbert
Police Confront Cleaver-Wielding Topless Woman at 8/08/2011 3:31 AMWhile the wielding of a cleaver and threatening cops is illegal, in Portland, being topless is legal. With a couple provisions, which actually might apply to this case. - Yasmeen Khaleel
The 18 Craziest Naked Women In News Report History at 12/01/2010 1:13 AMThanks for sharing! - another mormon
Naked Woman Arrested for Lewd Act in LDS Church at 11/30/2010 7:41 AMNor is your picture of a church, it is of a Temple. And not one in West Valley. - edgar
Naked Woman Flees From Police in Texas, Vigilantes Get Involved at 11/29/2010 6:49 PMMakes it dead easy to get a posse together. - cb
Naked Woman Arrested for Lewd Act in LDS Church at 11/29/2010 5:06 PMMormons (LDS) are not polygamists... although your comment was kind of funny
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The roughly 30-minute Invisible Children video has now made its rounds, attracting a horde of seemingly well-intentioned individuals who are intent on making Joseph Kony, the leader of the brutal Lord's Resistance Army of Uganda, "famous" in order to raise awareness and support for his arrest. There has been an overwhelming rush of support for the Invisible Children campaign to capture Kony and in contrast there is now a growing tide of disdain aimed at what many are arguing is a clear-cut attempt by Invisible Children to exploit the East African Republic of Uganda and its inhabitants.
Those who are rallying behind the latest Invisible Children video, as they have released 11 over-all, are angrily parading the contention that they are "aware" as a result of Invisible Children, that the sixty-million plus who have now watched the KONY 2012 video are also "aware" and the nagging attacks by opposing voices are unnecessary, often labeling critics as being callous; after all, how dare they undermine such a moving, tear-jerking campaign to detain such an evil, brutish man?
Complex Dynamics and History Of Exploitation Ignored
The complex dynamics surrounding Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army have been trivialized by Invisible Children in order to make the Kony 2012 drive more marketable to Western audiences and an assortment of faux-Facebook-humanitarians.
Chris Blattman, a political scientist at Yale, on the topic of the Invisible Children's programming, writes that "there's something inherently misleading, naive, maybe even dangerous, about the idea of rescuing children or saving of Africa. It's often not an accidental choice of words, even if it's unwitting. It hints uncomfortably of the White Man's Burden. Worse, sometimes it does more than hint. The savior attitude is pervasive in advocacy, and it inevitably shapes programming. Usually misconceived programming. The saving attitude pervades too many aid failures, not to mention military interventions."
Foreign military intervention is an advocacy point of Invisible Children's campaign for Uganda, they gave gone as far as to mobilize behind "The Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009", lobbying on multiple occasions, especially in 2009 and 2010, which led to the passage of the act, signed into law by the Obama administration May 24, 2010:
"Today, I signed into law the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009. The legislation crystallizes the commitment of the United States to help bring an end to the brutality and destruction that have been a hallmark of the LRA across several countries for two decades, and to pursue a future of greater security and hope for the people of central Africa."
This LRA Disarmament, Northern Uganda Recovery Act includes, amongst other requirements, "an interagency framework to plan, coordinate, and review diplomatic, economic, intelligence, and military elements of United States policy across the region regarding the Lord's Resistance Army." The United States of America has long been active militarily in Africa, though one suspects that the parade of "aware" Justin Beiber fans and the like have never heard of AFRICOM, The United States Africa Command, which is one of nine Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces "established to provide effective command and control of U.S. military forces, regardless of branch of service, in peace and war" devoted entirely to Africa. AFRICOM has worked under the guise of self-less humanitarianism in order to impose American dominance over the continent which "locks Africa into a state of dependency and maintains favorable political and social conditions for U.S.-based corporations that exploit Africa's natural resources" writes Mark P. Fancher of Black Agenda Report.
Not only do the masterminds behind Invisible Children call for direct US military involvement in Uganda, they openly call for cooperation with the Ugandan military:
"The Ugandan government's army, the UPDF, is more organized and better equipped than that of any of the other affected countries (DRC, South Sudan, CAR) to track down Joseph Kony. Part of the US strategy to stop Kony is to encourage cooperation between the governments and armies of the 4 LRA-affected countries. The LRA was active in Uganda for nearly 20 years, displacing 1.7 million people and abducting at least 30,000 children. The people and government of Uganda have a vested interested in seeing him stopped."
In the viral KONY 2012 video the name Yoweri Museveni is not mentioned a single time by the narrarator and Invisible Children Inc. co-founder Jason Russell; Museveni, who has been the President of the Republic of Uganda for some 26 years, is absolved from the narrative and his own laundry-list of crimes white-washed by Invisible Children's call for out-right collaboration with the Ugandan government.
In some 30-minutes nearly three decades of Northern Ugandan history has been purposely avoided. Those who take pride in suddenly being "aware" are not remotely conscious; this mirrors the attitudes displayed by those determined to support the US pursuit of "liberating" Iraq and how brazenly unaware they were of Iraqi history and culture.
Good Intentions Corrupted
The old aphorism that 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' rings true in the case of the Invisible Children campaign, who are now accompanied by a braying community who have "good intentions" to fall back on in the face of this growing debate; in the name of altruism many are simply shrugging off the historical exploitation of Africa, exploitation often committed under the guise of humanitarianism and in the name of social consciousnesses.
United Nations sanctions put in place in the 1990′s killed nearly half a million Iraqi children under the age of 5, according to the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF). The road leading towards the butchery in Baghdad was also paved with "good intentions" as were a plethora of other US humanitarian military ventures.
Ugandan Voices Must Be Heard
The people of Uganda are not 'helpless' to the extent Invisible Children, and other not-for-profit organizations, would like to propagate to their privileged audience in order to promote the White savior complex; Ugandan bloggers, writers, academics etc. are increasingly aware of the KONY 2012 campaign and have begun to respond, highlighting local efforts aimed at capturing Kony and dismantling the LRA.
Making Suffering Fashionable
Invisible Children trivializes the complex dynamics of Uganda and Africa as a whole and actively promotes policy's that could very well create more damage, just as we have seen with other military "humanitarian" adventurism in the region.
The suffering of millions of human beings has once again been over-simplified and made into an ready-to-wear wrist-band; a fashionable statement of cheap solidarity worn by those not even remotely informed. The idea that buy purchasing a $30 "kit", including a fire-red piece of plastic to be worn around your wrist, you will be creating an atmosphere ripe enough for you to 'inform' others is as preposterous as it is laughable. It is simply feel-good marketing, but I'm sure it may very well go great with a nice pair of black shoes and blue-jeans.
Foreign Militarism, Foreign Philanthropy
The entire Middle East and Africa have been victims of philanthropic militarism, yet historical colonial pursuits in the region are being actively ignored by those backing Invisible Children; it is a region aglow with natural resources, all of which have been pillaged a thousand times over, a region put into debt, crippled with sanctions, burned and rebuilt a number times over.
Yet these undeniable historical facts are of no matter because this time it is different, as it was the trillion times humanitarians armies came to 'liberate' and 'free' the coloured peoples of the world with their self-less gun-toting charity, their glorious benevolence emitted from tanks, raining down from F-16′s and UAV drones. The people of Africa, long subjugated by foreign armies, will now be freed from bondage by the same foreign entities who oppressed them according to the mainstream Hollywood-esque narrative where the natives are seemingly always 'liberated' by the pompous yet oh-so-caring white savior.
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Seeing Random Sweaters in the Crowd at Devils Games
There was some discussion in the comment threads here on IPB about the many factors that go into buying a hockey sweater. There are so many things to consider — how does the name and number look, what's the likelihood the player will be on the team next season or in ten years, what will people think when they see you wearing it, what will the player think if he sees you wearing it, what do you think the player will think when you're sure to meet him, what will you think when you look in the mirror, is the choice too teenybop, or not teenybop enough — it can be a very trying ordeal. So it's with great admiration that we salute the fans at Devils games who, based on much travelling to other teams' arenas, wear the widest variety of sweaters of any fanbase that we've seen, ranging from the classic to the sublime. For every Stevens and Brodeur there's an unsung guy, like Brylin or Pandolfo. For every unsung guy like Pando, there's a random one-moment of glory guy like Rupp or Friesen. For every Rupp there's a forgotten name from seasons prior like Pederson or Zyuzin. And then you have the creme de la creme of random sweaters. The ones that make you do a double take. How, we ask you, can you not marvel at someone who struggles through that soul-searching process of finding the right sweater and then, having considered all the options — the stars, the unsung guys, the folk heroes, the gone-on-to-greener-pastures players — chooses a "Shulmistra" sweater?


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