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Woods ties his course record for 2-shot lead
THOUSAND OAKS – Tiger Woods didn't like the way he warmed up on the range. What he produced on the golf course Friday left him with no complaints.Woods had a birdie putt on every hole and made 10 of them for a 10-under 62, tying his course record at Sherwood Country Club and giving the tournament host a two-shot lead over Zach Johns
Fri Dec 06, 2013
Zach Johnson takes first-round lead at World Challenge
Zach Johnson already is looking ahead to next year, and one of his priorities is to score better on the par 5s. He got started on that Thursday in the World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks. Johnson birdied four of the five par 5s on a chilly afternoon, sending him to a 5-under 67 and a one-shot lead over Matt Kuchar.
Thu Dec 05, 2013
Whicker: Just call him PGA's Heir Jordan
By MARK WHICKER
THOUSAND OAKS – Twelve months ago he was a prodigy without a stage. He had just flunked out of the second stage of the PGA Tour's qualifying tournament, in fact. Now Jordan Spieth watched the final stage, the entrance ramp to the big tour. He saw a lot of guys in their 20s. He saw a lot of guys in their 20s he had beaten alon
Wed Dec 04, 2013
Tiger's charity event leaving Thousand Oaks for Florida
Tiger Woods is moving his World Challenge from his old home in California to his old course in Florida — Isleworth Country Club.Woods said Friday that his charity event, which attracts a world-class field even without being part of any tour, will move in December 2014 to Isleworth, the course where he honed his professional game fro
Fri Nov 22, 2013
Hoffmann shoots 65 to lead by 1 at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH – Morgan Hoffmann took the first-round lead at the Pebble Beach Invitational on Thursday, shooting a 7-under 65 at Spyglass Hill. Hoffmann has a one-stroke lead on fellow PGA Tour players Chesson Hadley, Ted Potter Jr., Scott Brown and defending champion Tommy Gainey. "It was just a really nice day,&rdquo
Thu Nov 21, 2013
Visual aids will help get a golf swing properly aligned during practice
By JOSH ALPERT
Using alignment sticks will get you accustomed to what a proper setup and swing plane should look and feel like. It's important to have a good setup and swing plane, so I often use visual aids such as alignment sticks during my lessons. That shows players of all levels how far out of alignment they might be and encourages them to u
Wed Nov 13, 2013
Trio of tips should help golfers hit drives longer, straighter drives
By SEAN LANYI
Every player strives to hit longer and straighter drives. In order to do this consistently, here are a few tips players of all skill levels should follow: Reduce tension: Begin your pre-shot routine by taking a few deep breaths. As you make practice swings, be sure the club's grip rests in your fingers and not your palms. T
Wed Nov 06, 2013
Johnson ties course record in building 5-shot lead
Dustin Johnson tied the course record with a 9-under 63, four shots better than anyone else Friday, and took a five-shot lead in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. Crouched behind the 10th green
Fri Nov 01, 2013
McIlroy bolts to 2-shot lead at HSBC Champions
By DOUG FERGUSON
The graceful combination of power and balance. The bounce in his step after every birdie. His name at the top of the leaderboard. For at least one round, Rory McIlroy finally looked like the former No. 1 player in the world instead of a guy who hasn't won a tournament all year. With eight birdies and hardly any stress, McIlroy opened the
Thu Oct 31, 2013
Driving for show ... and dough
By BRIAN WHITEHEAD
FULLERTON – It's a crisp evening and a breeze is whispering through Coyote Hills Golf Course. Matt Hanger, 29, of Anaheim, sets his golf bag behind one of the course's range mats. It is here where the man nicknamed "Hangman" tailored an unconventional skill. "No long driver is ever sati
Tue Oct 29, 2013
Bradley opens up a four-stroke lead at CIMB Classic
Keegan Bradley is playing so well at the CIMB Classic that not even the fact his beloved Boston Red Sox are in the World Series can distract him. Teeing off Friday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while the Red Sox were playing the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 2 of the World Series in Boston, Bradley sunk seven birdies — including five in
Fri Oct 25, 2013
Moore takes 2-shot lead at PGA Tour event in Malaysia
Ryan Moore had 10 birdies in a nearly blemish-free round to shoot a 9-under 63 and take a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday. The American was coming off a top-10 finish at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open last weekend and surged into the lead with a 25-foot birdie p
Thu Oct 24, 2013
Chamblee apologizes for insinuating Woods cheated
By DOUG FERGUSON
Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee apologized to Tiger Woods on Tuesday after insinuating the world's No. 1 player cheated during his five-win season. Chamblee saved Woods for last in his report card of 14 players in a column posted last week on Golf.com. He told of getting caught cheating on a math test in the fourth grade, and how t
Tue Oct 22, 2013
Best Golf Course
The well-maintained course is challenging and the views are stunning, which is pretty good consolation for (probably) not being able to find your errant shots in the surrounding hillsides and barrancas. Read more about Irvine Black Gold Golf Course, our Best of Orange County Critic's Choice,
Mon Oct 21, 2013
Simpson in position to hit jackpot in Vegas
LAS VEGAS – Webb Simpson opened a four-stroke lead Friday in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, taking advantage of perfect scoring conditions at TPC Summerlin.Making his first start since helping the U.S. win the Presidents Cup, the 2012 U.S. Open champion shot an 8-under 63 to reach 15 under. He had nine birdies and a bogey
Fri Oct 18, 2013
J.J. Henry shoots 60 in Las Vegas
J.J. Henry made a 50-foot eagle putt from the fringe on his final hole Thursday for an 11-under 60 and a one-stroke lead in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas.Henry also had nine birdies in perfect conditions at TPC Summerlin en route to the lowest round of his career. The two-time PGA Tour winner broke the course recor
Thu Oct 17, 2013
Masters champ Scott wins PGA Grand Slam of Golf
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda – Masters champion Adam Scott broke the course record Wednesday at Port Royal with a 7-under 64 to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf by two shots over U.S. Open champion Justin Rose. Trailing by four shots with 10 holes to play, Scott pulled ahead of his good friend for the first time with a 6-iron that settled in
Wed Oct 16, 2013
Walker gets a little help in first PGA Tour win
Jimmy Walker finally won on the PGA Tour in his eighth year and 188th tournament, and with some help from Brooks Koepka. Tied for the lead with four holes to play Sunday, Walker rolled in a 6-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole to take the lead for good in the Frys.com Open in San Martin. Three closing pars for a 5-under 66 turned out to b
Mon Oct 14, 2013
Koepka making most of return to U.S., leads PGA opener
After a year spent traveling the world, Brooks Koepka suddenly is in a position to play a lot more golf at home. In his first regular PGA Tour event, Koepka surged to the top of the leaderboard Friday in the Frys.com Open with a 7-under 64, giving him a one-shot lead over Jason Kokrak going into the weekend at CordeValle in San Martin, C
Fri Oct 11, 2013
Overton has strong start as new PGA season opens
Coming off his worst year, Jeff Overton opened the new PGA Tour season on a good note. Once he finally made a putt Thursday in the Frys.com Open, Overton felt as if he couldn't miss. Over the last 11 holes at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif., he made three birdie putts over 25 feet and a 20-foot eagle putt when his gamble paid off on the
Thu Oct 10, 2013
U.S. retains one-shot lead in soggy Presidents Cup
Another rain delay cut short some exceptional golf Friday in the Presidents Cup in Dublin, Ohio. Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley shot 30 on the front nine at Muirfield Village, an astounding performance in foursomes. Only some sloppy play allowed the match to go 15 holes in a 4-and-3 win over Jason Day and Graham DeLaet. &ldquo
Fri Oct 04, 2013
U.S. team grabs early lead in Presidents Cup
Tiger Woods sat in a cart with a small squirrel resting on his shoulder. Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel walked onto the first tee wearing wigs to make up for their bad haircuts. Fred Couples had cupcakes delivered to him by the opposing captain in honor of his 54th birthday. Opening day at the Presidents Cup was unlike any other T
Thu Oct 03, 2013
Stenson walks away with big payday at Tour Championship
Henrik Stenson capped off the best stretch of his career Sunday with the biggest payoff in golf. Stenson held off a brief challenge by Jordan Spieth, 20, and closed with a 2-under-par 68 to win the Tour Championship at Atlanta by three shots over Spieth and Steve Stricker. The Swede, 37, also captured the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bo
Sun Sep 22, 2013
Miller: "Farout" Farley is in it for the long haul
By JEFF MILLER
He can hit a golf ball 300 yards. With a putter. He can drive a ball 320 yards. From his knees. And, if you really want him to, he can smash a Callaway through a square of plywood and between your legs at an estimated 200 mph. Don't laugh. Folks are always asking Jeff Farley to do it. Some of them are even sober at
Thu Sep 19, 2013
Good alignment helps prevent swing flaws
By JOSH ALPERT
It's important to have a good setup and swing plane, so I often use visual aids such as alignment sticks during my lessons. That shows players of all levels how far out of alignment they can be and encourages them to use the sticks when they practice on their own. Poor alignment can lead to a number of swing flaws so it's imp
Wed Sep 18, 2013
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays signed veteran catcher Henry Blanco to a non-guaranteed one-year contract worth $750,000 on Friday.
Blanco spent the past two seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks and batted .188 with one home run and seven RBI over 21 games in 2012. He missed the final two months of last year's campaign with a ligament tear in his left thumb.
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William Wegman's Ode to Maine
"William Wegman: Hello Nature" focuses on the work the famed artist produced in Rangeley. Don't be afraid to laugh along.
By Will Bleakley
Image: Fox Hole, 2002, Chromogenic print, Courtesy William Wegman Studio
You'll often see someone with an amused smirk at an art gallery. Oh, I get it. That juxtaposition is so clever, the smile says. Rarely, though, does an exhibit elicit physical laughter. Yet during a recent visit to the Bowdoin College Museum of Art for the "William Wegman: Hello Nature" exhibition, the sounds of laughing patrons were impossible to ignore. Children, perhaps seeing Wegman's famous Weimaraner photos for the first time, giggled at the sight of a dog, dressed in a flannel L.L.Bean shirt and fishing vest, posing as a Maine motel clerk. Their grandparents, across the room, chuckled as they flipped through Wegman's parody of a nature book titled Field Guide to North America and to Other Regions. It's hard to imagine a prestigious art exhibit succeeding at generation-spanning comedy, but from the sounds of high-and-low pitched squeals of approval across the museum floor, "Hello Nature" achieves just that.
As many people know Wegman's work from the Museum of Modern Art as they do from Sesame Street or Nickelodeon. He's contributed videos to Saturday Night Live, released children's books, appeared on the Colbert Report, and has been called by the New York Times art critic Roberta Smith "one of the most important artists to emerge from the heady experiments of the 1970s," as well as "the most accessible, and, in his own way, richly human of all conceptual artists." His work is clever, deadpan, sincere, and devoid of any pretense despite his decades of success. But people already know this about Wegman. What Bowdoin College's "Hello Nature" exhibition presents is a possible root for these traits: his nearly lifelong connection with and love for Maine.
"Hello Nature" provides a tour of Wegman's work from the past several decades through the lens of nature. Nearly all the pieces in the show are unmistakably set in, or inspired by, Maine. Unlike those famous artists beguiled by Maine's coast, Wegman finds himself drawn to the state's western mountains. "In Maine, I'm able to do more day-dreaming and wandering," Wegman says, unlike his more scheduled life in New York City. "Here I get the chance to try things I've never thought of before with my art." He first came to the Rangeley Lakes Region to go fishing when he was fourteen years old, and has summered there for the past thirty years. "There are many autobiographical details in the show that relate to his time in Maine," says Joachim Homann, the curator at the museum. "But they raise questions that go beyond Maine and his successful dog photography."
Kevin Salatino, the former director of the museum, and Diana Tuite, the former curatorial fellow, curated the exhibit to focus on all aspects of Wegman's work — not just the dogs. The running theme of Maine and nature had never been fully explored, and it proved perfect for explaining Wegman as an artist and person, while also unifying his work across paintings, photographs, collages, books, drawings, and film. The opportunity to showcase his work around the central concept of Maine freed Wegman to invest himself in every aspect of the exhibition. "I've definitely been much more involved with this show than others that have displayed my work," he says. "There have been larger and more difficult shows, but this had a more curated and focused aspect to it that sounded interesting to me."
Thanks to Wegman's involvement, everything throughout "Hello Nature," from the unusual, confounding, and irresistible catalogue to the design of the exhibition, is coated in many layers of wry humor. On one wall, a series of framed photographs of his dogs obstructed by the Maine woods hangs in front of a floor-to-ceiling graphic of a red and black plaid hunting jacket. A visual from a 1927 Hardy Boys novel takes over another wall in a separate room while, elsewhere, illustrations of camping scenes, or drawings of the alphabet, weave their way around framed contact sheets of leaves, a confusing recipe for potato macaroni salad, or an interpretation of a Rangeley Lakes Region travel brochure. "Wegman made the decision that he wanted to create this exhibition as an environment for viewing art that's very different from a normal gallery setting," explains Homann. "He wanted to leave a strong impression on people rather than just adding one picture and a frame on the wall."
"The show became a direct expression of the intention of the artist," he adds. "That is something you rarely achieve if you work with contemporary artists. They are constantly doing so many other things and the communication might be poor, or they might have an attitude. But this exhibition was done exactly the way Wegman wanted it." Another big draw for the artist was the freedom to produce a genre-bending catalogue with his wife, Christine, his team of assistants, and designer Laura Lindgren. The book is equal parts autobiography, fiction, essay, nature guide, exhibition catalogue, and homage to Wegman's time in Maine.
The real revelation of "Hello Nature" for many will be Wegman's lesser-known postcard paintings — an aspect of his oeuvre that both the artist and the museum chose to focus on. He takes recycled postcards of Maine, places them on a canvas, and extends the scene in unexpected ways. The piece Way Up in Maine begins with a simple fifties-era postcard of Doubletop Mountain and Sourdnahunk Stream. "He looks at it, then forcefully interprets something that's not obviously there, but theoretically could be," Homann explains. "It's almost a child-like imagination. Things really start to spiral out of control quickly." The rock in the lower right hand corner of the postcard, when incorporated into Wegman's vision, becomes the nose to a hound with its head turned. The tree branches in the upper right turn into the antlers of a moose drinking from the stream, while Doubletop Mountain provides the butt to Wegman's duck.
"The things I create are observations that are more odd or strange, and those can end up being funny," Wegman says. "When I start putting things together, I guess I do have a funny bone, so that's why it turns out that way in the end. But I don't go into something trying to make it humorous." The funniest piece of "Hello Nature" is his twenty-five minute film, The Hardly Boys. In it, a couple of Weimaraners with human arms, head to the Hardly Inn in Maine to catch butterflies and play golf, croquet, and badminton. Wegman provides deadpan narration as the two protagonists are thrown headfirst into a mystery where they must help save the town's water supply from pollution.
"Hello Nature" allowed both Bowdoin and Wegman to highlight his Maine influence and affection for the state in a charming and lighthearted manner. A show that so embraces accessibility, comedy, and playfulness could seem at odds in a stereotypical self-important New York contemporary art gallery. In unassuming Brunswick, Maine, though, that style fits right in. "Wegman is still a highly academically trained artist. He employs the philosophy of and criticism of the postmodern period but he brushes it away to display his work in a way so that anyone can eat it up. That's such a rare, wonderful mixture," Homann says. "In his art, and in person, he's so understated and down to earth. Exactly the way we all like it here in Maine."
If You Go: "William Wegman: Hello Nature" runs through October 21 at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Mr. Wegman will be giving a talk on October 18 at 4:30 p.m. in the college's Visual Arts Center. The museum is located at 9400 College Station, Brunswick. 207-725-3275. bowdoin.edu/art-museum


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(CNN) -- The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday called for the ouster of Boy Scouts executives who pushed to allow openly gay youth without consulting members, but stopped short of urging churches to disaffiliate from local troops.
Some top Boy Scouts leaders failed to confer with membership before proposing the historic change and should be removed, the Southern Baptists said in a resolution passed at its annual meeting in Houston.
The resolution, which passed with overwhelming support, also said that allowing gay Scouts "has the potential to complicate basic understandings of male friendships, needlessly politicize human sexuality, and heighten sexual tensions within the Boy Scouts."
It is far from the first time the conservative denomination has expressed disappointment with cultural acceptance of homosexuality.
Since 1996, Southern Baptists have passed 10 resolutions centering on homosexuality, including two resolutions calling on Baptists to boycott Disney because they think the company promotes "immoral ideologies."
With 16 million members in some 45,000 congregations, the Southern Baptist Convention is the country's largest Protestant denomination. Baptists as a whole, including several smaller denominations, sponsor about 4,000 Scouting units representing 100,000 youths.
"We have a deep respect for the Southern Baptist Convention and its churches that use Scouting in their youth ministries," said Deron Smith, a spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America. "Scouting's youth member policy is not about the BSA condoning homosexuality, or forcing its chartered organizations to do the same."
More than 60% of the BSA's 1,400-member national council voted on May 24 to allow openly gay Scouts. The change is set to take effect January 1. Scout executives had planned to proceed with the change unilaterally before conservative groups complained, according to the Southern Baptists.
Smith said opening membership to gay youth "allows Scouting to be more compassionate in its response to a young person who expresses a same-sex attraction."
The Boy Scouts of America will continue to prohibit any sexual conduct -- heterosexual or homosexual -- among its youth. The ban on openly gay leaders continues as well.
Faith-based organizations charter more than 70% of Scout chapters, providing meeting space and leadership, according to the BSA.
Several of the largest religious sponsors, including the Mormon church, the United Methodist Church and the Roman Catholic Church, have indicated that they do not plan to cut ties with the BSA.
Still, many conservative congregations, particularly Southern Baptists, have pledged to disaffiliate from local troops, and some pastors on Wednesday called on the entire denomination to do likewise.
"We should stand firmly and keep ourselves from having to revisit this issue in future years," Pastor Mike Janz of First Baptist Church of Rosamond, California, said Wednesday at the Baptist meeting.
"We should always say that homosexuality is sinful and never support any entity that says homosexuality is not sinful," Janz continued.
But Janz's proposal to urge all Southern Baptists to disaffiliate from the Scouts was handily defeated Wednesday. Some top Southern Baptist leaders had predicted that congregations would leave the Scouts "en masse."
Southern Baptists take congregational autonomy seriously, a legacy of their historical separatism from more established denominations such as the Roman Catholic Church.
At the same time, the Southern Baptists also overwhelmingly voted to change their resolution to make clear that they are not encouraging churches to stay with the Scouts, either.
"I don't think we should be on record as encouraging a relationship with Scouts troops that had homosexual members," said Pastor Paul Taylor of Mauriceville, Texas.
But Pastor Charlie Dale of Indian Springs First Baptist Church in Alabama said the Boy Scouts do not condone sexuality of any kind, and that churches should help, not bar, boys who believe they are gay.
"Such a boy needs love," Dale said. "So let's bring him in and show him what biblical manhood and real love is about."
Affiliating with Scout troops also provides an avenue for evangelism, said Pastor David Uth of Orlando. "We are very happy to partner (with Scouts) because it gives us access to more families and more boys to share the life-saving gospel of Jesus Christ."
Russell Moore, the new head of the SBC's powerful Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, called Uth's approach "wise and gospel-focused."
"This isn't Disney redux, as some media predicted," Moore tweeted.
The Southern Baptists' resolution encourages congregations not to abandon their youth ministries but to consider the denomination's homegrown alternative, the Royal Ambassadors, a distinctly Christian group dedicated to developing "godly young men."
Some liberal churches have already pledged to sponsor troops disowned by conservative congregations.
For every host organization that has decided to sever ties with their troop, eight to 10 new ones have invited the Boy Scouts into their community, according to Jeff Fulcher, spokesman for the Atlanta Area Council of the Boys Scouts of America.
"This membership issue is a sensitive issue with a lot of people in our community," Fulcher said. "Some can't continue supporting the scouting programs. But the vast majority of the Scouts in our organization still want to continue scouting, and we've had a wide variety of churches, places of worship and civic organizations reaching out to us because they want scouting programs in their neighborhoods."
One such church is the One World Spiritual Center in Marietta, Georgia, where the community has extended an invitation to Boys Scout troops soon to lose their meeting place.
The Rev. Stephanie Seigh, head of the center, said the church decided to post the marquee after learning that local Southern Baptists refused to continue hosting their Boys Scout troops.
"We teach our children that God is in everyone and everything. We don't discriminate," Seigh told CNN.
CNN's Mayra Cuevas contributed to this report.


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From Farm to Table
Blue Hill's Table specializes in fresh, local food in a farmhouse bistro setting.
- By: Brooke Dojny
- Photography by: Jennifer Smith-Mayo
The Blue Hill peninsula has been needing a Table. Rich and Cary Hanson's wildly successful first restaurant Cleonice is extraordinarily good, but its location in Ellsworth makes it something of a trek from any of the seven towns south and west of Blue Hill. When the wonderful old space that was originally a forge (and subsequently several restaurants) became available in downtown Blue Hill last spring, Rich, Cary, and a third partner Kate Holden, found the opportunity to create Table, a farmhouse bistro, irresistible. "I love bistro-style food," says Rich, "and here I'm interested in finding the nexus between available ingredients, old-style Maine food, and country French dishes."
Hanson articulates the broader philosophy behind the restaurant. "Communities in Maine, including Blue Hill, are not alienated from the source of their food, and that provides a rich vein of mutual sustenance. Neighbors, fishermen, farmers, and appreciative consumers walk together in these towns, working side by side and eating together. I think of food as the underpinning of the community." A permanent fireside table for twelve is the centerpiece of the restaurant's lower level and the custom-made granite slab has a potent symbolic quality, inviting anyone who wishes to sit down and share with others in the community.
Hanson, twice nominated by the James Beard Foundation for Best Chef in the Northeast, is executive chef, and Jeff Kelly is the chef de cuisine. As at Cleonice, Table strongly supports Maine fishermen, organic growers, farmers, and food producers, "not just because it helps sustain community," says Rich, "but because the food tastes better." The Hansons' Bucksport farm, Artisana, supplies charcuterie from their own pigs and heirloom vegetables such as shell beans and specialty greens, but they also gather products from all over the state, including much from the Crown O' Maine Organic Cooperative.
Table has two separate but overlapping menus. Upstairs in the lounge and cocktail bar, the menu lists lighter, more casual bistro fare. A Maine cheddar imparts its pleasantly sharp edge to Aroostook County Buggywhip Cheddar Cheese Puffs, the sweet flavor of Gulf of Maine haddock infuses a light and creamy (if somewhat erratically seasoned) Maine fish chowder, and a tangy house-made dressing on their farmhouse salad is based on buttermilk from the Smith Family Farm on Mount Desert Island. Every day the kitchen creates a different pâté, terrine, or galantine that is accompanied by homemade crackers and house-pickled vegetables. Two examples include the wonderful salty and peppery smoked mackerel pâté and a divinely unctuous and earthy terrine of chicken livers with capers. One especially delectable entrée is Table's fish and chips, an "inside out" version in which strips of local haddock are dipped first in light beer batter and then in crumbs and fried to an unusually crispy crust. This plate arrives with hand-cut fries, house-made tartar sauce, and cider vinegar. Other bistro main courses include a grilled flat-iron steak with Longfellow Farm "camdenzola" cheese and sautéed greens, and Table's extravagantly rich signature baked macaroni and cheese, served plain or with the meat of a whole lobster.
Downstairs the dinner menu comprises more ambitious dishes. An Acadian jambalaya is a deconstructed version of the classic Cajun rice dish, replete with Artisana's smoked pork tenderloin and the farm's own peppery Tasso ham, finished with three raw local Salt Pond oysters. Blue Hill's Old Ackley Farm supplies chickens for stuffing and ducks that get seared, glazed with a reduction of local mead, and served with confit and potatoes roasted in the duck fat. For a Maine cassoulet, Aroostook County dried beans are simmered with fresh and smoked meats and garlic, and the dish is presented under a mantle of herb breadcrumbs. Sweet Blue Hill Bay mussels are steamed Belgian-style in Bartlett's Coastal White wine with leeks, Raye's Dijon
mustard, and a touch of cream.
Desserts, too, follow the seasons, and in fall and winter feature late peaches, apples, and cranberries baked into buttery tarts, crumbles, and crisps. Real old-fashioned Indian pudding made with local cornmeal and sweetened with maple and molasses harkens back to our shared New England past, and a sweet yolk-rich crème brûlée uses Artisana's own eggs. Something chocolately, such as a flourless chocolate cake, is almost always on the dessert card, along with Table's stellar fruit-topped cheesecake, the filling a perfectly balanced concoction of sweet, creamy, light, rich, and tart.
The wine list includes a good selection of (somewhat pricey) labels but there is always a reasonably priced featured wine available by the glass or bottle.
The venue for the Hansons' popular wine dinners featuring five food courses paired with carefully chosen wines will change from Cleonice to Table this fall and winter. These dinners will no doubt prove an irresistible draw, and I'm picturing lots of convivial gatherings around the tables at Table.
Table, a Farmhouse Bistro, 66 Main Street, Blue Hill. 207-374-5677. www.farmkitchentable.com. Open every day except Monday for lunch and dinner. Main courses $24–$36, appetizers $6–$12, small plates $6–$20.
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COLUMBIA (WACH) - Columbia police showing off a new way to track crime in the Midlands Friday.
A new interactive website called "RAIDS Online" was developed so Columbia residents can see where crime has happened, and how often the crimes are taking place.
"RAIDS" stands for Regional Analysis and Data Information Sharing.
The new website allows users to analyze crime data by day, week, or month. It also allows users to provide tips to police.
Members of the community taking part in the announcement of the website at the Columbia Police Department headquarters say they're happy about this new technology.
"This is great. Trust me. I'm 84-years-old this month, and this is the best that I've ever seen helping us stop crime. There's only two defenses against crime. one is law enforcement, and the other is the community," said Columbia resident Bill Manley.
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Beer Dip Recipe
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) PHILADELPHIA® Cream Cheese, softened
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- 1 envelope ranch salad dressing mix
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- Pretzels
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, beer and dressing mix until smooth. Stir in cheddar cheese. Serve with pretzels. Yield: 3-1/2 cups.
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Beer Dip went over very well with my crowd. Even people who don't like beer (that would be me) found it very tasty! When my sister-in-law made it she added some sour cream to thin it
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We feel this dip goes best with pretzels (those flat ones work great).
One trick to the recipe is do NOT soften the cream cheese. Then you will need to add more beer so it turns into a creamy dip. Adds more flavor. I am always asked to please make the beer dip for parties!
This is so good. My family fights over who gets the last bite.
I made this for Super Bowl in 2011 and it was a big hit. It does make quite a bit of dip. Thanks for sharing this recipe; we will be having this again for Super Bowl 2013.
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Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Education, returned the bill [S. 66] to amend Section 7 of the Common School supplementary act of March 6,1865 with a favorable report.
Also the bill [S. 147] to amend Section 4,369 of the Revised Statutes of 1881-the Common School law relating to interest on school funds, with a Committee report recommending that the bill lie on the table.
Mr. DAVIDSON, from the Agricultural Committee, returned the bill [S. 58] concerning weights and measures, recommending its passage.
Mr. JOHNSON, from the same Committee, returned the bill [S. R. 28] to regulate the interest on school and other trust funds, with a recommendation that it lie on the table.
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The apricots in this risotto turn from sweet to elegantly savory with the slow addition of vegetable broth. The whole process of making risotto is pretty repetitive (add liquid, stir, add liquid, stir) so I have included some exciting photos of my newly acquired Frigidaire Flair Oven, c. 1960. ( I know, shameless bragging)
We found it desperately needing a new home on Craigslist, and just couldn't resist the urge to drive almost two hours and pick it up (during a crazy wind/rain storm). Luckily, since it weighed 325 pounds, we were told that we could just open up the patio door and wheel the oven out through the backyard. We would also avoid a bunch of stairs this way… thank goodness.
The backyard was nice and flat. It was also atop the steepest hill in Ohio, and we needed to get it into the truck that was parked all the way at the bottom. That was a lot of fun. But, after we heaved it into my hubby's old truck and strapped it down, we were home free.
Although, once we got it home, my husband had to install a 220 volt outlet where our gas range once stood. That took about three days. And, apparently the attic in our house is a pretty horrible place to be crawling around.
This was all completely my idea. I was smitten, what can I say?
The oven is an absolute dream come true, and I can't wait to give her a proper coat of pale cerulean blue paint… which would coordinate well with practically everything in my life.
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Forecasters are predicting an ice storm late Saturday and early Sunday morning that could result in power outages and dangerous driving in portions of Virginia. Charles Fishburne reports.
Virginia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained steady in October at 5.6 percent, and as Charles Fishburne reports, was skewed somewhat by the government shutdown.
The VCU School of Nursing has just received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the influence of genetic factors on pain perception and how this may contribute to an increased risk of chronic low back pain. WCVE's Charles Fishburne reports.
Governor-Elect Terry McAuliffe says he's encouraged by recent conversations with Republican legislators on expanding Medicaid in compliance with the Affordable Care Act, his top priority during this year's campaign. Craig Carper reports.
The dates have been finalized for the Attorney General's race recount, starting in Fairfax on December 16th and in the rest of the state on December 17th. Craig Carper reports.
Henrico County police officers will play Santa Claus... for about 65 children this weekend. Charles Fishburne reports.
The Virginia State Crime Commission has finalized its recommendations for action by the General Assembly during the 2014 session. Craig Carper reports.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries reports that at least 60 black bears have been killed on Virginia highways this year, and the danger is increasing as winter sets in and they search for food. Charles Fishburne reports.
Saturday is the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack that brought the United States into World War II. There will be a ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial.
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I've been reading several posts of people who are trying to lose weight. I was just wondering if anyone would like to join me in doing a weight loss challenge - kindof like they do on Weight Watchers.
For example - I set a challenge for myself today of losing 10 lbs by Sept. 18 - Tablerock Fantasy Faire date. It's a short term goal that I think I can do. Dr. says I need to lose 50 pounds, but hat's just a little bit more than I can get my mind around.
Someone else might set an excercise challenge like "exercise 3x/week. Or whatever. Maybe just stay on your chosen plan each day.
We could check in with each other every day and support each other's goals. Any takers? Oh by the way - I'm on WW and try to stay as low starch as possible.


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I excluded the defrauding part of it. " Don't break the law? " How about " don't entrap"?
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Please explain how it's "fleecing"?
I think the " charge exorbitantly" applies here
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2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) another term for shear [1]
[Old English flēos; related to Middle High German vlius, Dutch vlies fleece, Latin plūma feather, down]
See the word defraud there?
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Throughout the holiday week, YourObserver.com will be counting down the top 12 stories of 2009 (one from each month) from our Longboat, East County and Sarasota Observers. Check back each day fro a reprinting — and any relevant updates — of the biggest news items of the year.
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SCAT bus officials are moving ahead with its plan for a bus-rapid transit system (BRT).
The idea is to create dedicated bus lanes from University Parkway to the Bee Ridge Road area to give passengers a faster ride. But it comes at a steep price — an estimated $72 million.
SCAT General Manager Anthony Beckford said he has received word from the federal government that he can move forward with the project. Beckford is applying for a federal grant to pay 80% of the project cost.
The project will now go to the planning and design phase. Beckford hopes to open the BRT in late 2011 or early 2012.
The BRT option SCAT is pursuing includes buying a portion of rail corridor from Seminole Gulf Railway and CSX, stripping it of the tracks and paving it for exclusive use of SCAT buses.
Negotiations are ongoing with the rail companies for the purchase of the corridor, said Beckford.
"The buses will look like rail cars, but they don't run on rails," Beckford said.
One technology Beckford foresees on the buses is the ability to flick a switch and activate traffic signals, so the buses rarely have to stop inbetween bus stops.
If SCAT is able to purchase the rail line, it would also be used as a linear park for walking and biking when the buses aren't traveling on those lanes. Beckford said it could eventually hook up with The Legacy Trail south of Clark Road.
Bus rapid transit funding
The estimated $72 million needed to build SCAT's bus rapid transit system would be shared among three government entities as follows:
Federal 80%
State 10%
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A string of malicious applications dumped on the Android app store over the weekend have triggered calls for developer fees and security controls to be increased.
As it stands, anyone can infect thousands of phones with money-making malware using a $25 developers' license bought from Google.
Google touted its one-time fee, the cheapest of any app store, as a means "to encourage higher quality products on the market - less spammy products".
But the irony was that Google's app store has been battered by mountains of malware because the money made from infecting devices with applications such as premium phone dialers dwarfed the $25 fee.
And unlike Apple, Google did not vet the integrity of applications before they hit the app store. Policing on the app store boiled down to a developer agreement and customer reports.
The malicious apps that hit Google's anarchistic app store over the weekend were loaded with premium dialers and were downloaded about 14,000 times before they were taken down, according to researchers at security firm Lookout.
Sophos principle virus researcher Vanja Svajcer said the $25 fee made Google's open app store model easy to abuse.
"The cost of becoming a developer and being banned by Google is much lower than the money that can be earned by publishing malicious apps," Svajcer said.
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You probably haven't encountered Margaret and Paul. They are two residents of a local nursing home, and occasionally I can overhear their conversations through my window. Here they discuss current affairs.
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Beijing ready to see PV firms fail or merge to tackle overcapacity
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Yingli wins big in China's new 2.84GW Golden Sun bonanza
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China tells grid to pay overdue renewables subsidies
05 December 2012 10:41 GMT
By Dominique Patton, Singapore
Friday, December 21 2012
Updated: Sunday, January 06 2013
China will pay out 8.6bn yuan ($1.4bn) in subsidies for renewable energy generated this year, in another small step towards easing cash flow pressure on developers.
The Ministry of Finance has ordered provincial governments to release the funds to local grid companies within three working days to pay for the power generated by solar, wind and biomass projects during 2012.
The payment is thought to be only a small part of what is owed to developers for all renewable energy generated during 2012, but it goes some way to alleviating pressure from outstanding payments worth billions of yuan.
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For those of us living in Kentucky and Tennessee, "the Bible Belt" is a familiar phrase. It's shorthand for a conservative Christian culture extending across the South, and tied closely to family values and personal beliefs. For some southerners, the culture they call home is a culture that denies them. Morehead State University women's studies professor Dr. Bernadette Barton is the author of Pray the Gay Away, the Extraordinary Lives of Bible Belt Gays.
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Right now we are awaiting details of an independent report on the deadly assault on our consulate in Libya.
The report looks into what led up to the attack on September 11 it is expected to be turned over to State Department officials today.
As you know four Americans were killed in our consulate when it came under fire and -- Ghazi I including our ambassador to Libya Cris Stevens.
Secretary of state Hillary Clinton created the independent review board however she will not be able to testify at the been Ghazi hearings later this week.
Because of a concussion.
Let's talk about at all with Stephen -- a former deputy assistant to the vice president for national security affairs during the Bush Administration Stephen thanks for being with us today.
This is -- John this independent advisory review board it was appointed by the State Department does that mean it is.
Controlled by the State Department or does it live up to its title of independence.
Well -- independent in the sense that it doesn't come from within the bureaucracies will be former officials that guide the effort.
But it's going to be informed very much by.
Sources within the -- -- itself in fact I think it's.
Part of an effort to focus more on.
Lower level bureaucratic decisions and operational decisions.
And away from political and policy decisions -- -- -- this controversy -- do you expect that whatever is in this report is going to end the controversy over Ben Ghazi.
I doubt very much it'll -- the controversy and advance the conversation there's still a lot of questions about why the security posture was where it was.
An -- and Gaza on that fateful day.
But it won't really I think get at the broader question of why.
Doesn't seem to be an underestimation of the nature and scope of the threat we face in that broader region and -- the ambassador think it was advisable.
Or necessary to travel outside of the embassy on that day.
Right well -- the congress has an oversight function here so congress is going to be taking a look at this report as well correct.
They will indeed and that would have been the subject of hearings featuring the secretary of state later in the week has not been for her health issues.
I presume at some point she will.
Stand before the committees in the house and the senate to offer her account but even -- just PP pieces of information ultimately decisions made in the White House.
And the executive branch when they're internal deliberations.
Tend to get shielded from congress all congress can do is cry foul.
And call for more information well everybody is wondering about the timing of Secretary Clinton -- availability.
And she will you expect testify at some point once she's recovered from this injury.
Well I think that congress is -- thinner than its rights to call her at any time.
I mean I have no reason to second guess her health standing up at the current moment I presume that she will.
Improving her health and even after she is no longer secretary of state she still.
Would be a key witness was real information testified the way General Petraeus did also.
Because yeah there are there are a lot of questions about what happened here that are going to live on beyond her.
Her her holding of that office.
Would you expect that you get some information when other incoming to say it if it is Senator Kerry who comes in as secretary of state will there be.
More information forthcoming.
Well I would expect that he would have every interest in letting this be yesterday's business and to move on to focusing on.
What he sees as the priorities guiding his new tenure as secretary of State's I don't think you would want us want to draw too much attention to it.
But he would want to at least operationally wrap up what happened with embassy security him how to keep other facilities going in the future but whoever succeeds Hillary Clinton is going to find the same operation in place right I mean there are things that clearly need to be fixed.
They're -- clearly operational things and need to be fixed.
There are things in conjunction with the military and ensure that there are rescue options readily available should contingencies like this present themselves.
There's also a policy question of what is our enemy what is its nature of what how much of a threat does that pose and are -- telling the truth to ourselves about the status of Islamism and terrorism today.
Stephen Yates is a senior fellow at the American foreign policy council.
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Today I give myself the gift of taking deep breaths, knowing that bringing fresh pure air and life force energy into my body, into my cells, will filter out the remains of what needs to go; knowing that in receiving this ever-present in every moment gift from the Universe, I am nurtured and made new.
Today I give myself the gift of sight. I choose to see my day with God's eyes, through the lens of beauty and light, knowing that all is well, knowing that I am fully cradled in His supportive arms. In this, I see Truth, and I allow for all possibilities to unfold rather than needing them to match criteria or perspective.
Today I offer myself the gift of being free. I release all attachments, all restrictions, all inhibitions, all fears. I ride the wave of wisdom that is love, dancing to the rhythm of my heart song in bliss and honor of the sacred uniqueness that is me. I delve into my radiance, exemplifying my everglow and redefine what it means to BE.
Today I give myself the gift of grace. I call on my angels and my God and my own brilliant loving highest self to expand me in ways that I knew not that I was capable of, to overlap me when I feel I can't possible be stretched further, and to whisper to me the secrets of peace especially in the moments that I'm sure I have been broken. I open to grace to guide me through my day, to lighten my step and broaden my perspective, and to wash me clean in the ever-flowing, all-knowing light.
Today, I give myself the gift of a warm embrace. I open my arms wide, and my heart wider, allowing pure love to pour forth, unhindered by anything that seeks to block, anything that holds me back, as I exchange my need to protect for a new way of living. I open to receive, knowing fully that I am worthy of every ounce of love that is longing to complete me. In this essence, I pour forth everything I AM as a radiant Being of Light- in one full spectrum of splendor and magnificence, knowing that my love is my light and my light is here to shine along side all of the other beautiful bright stars of the Universe.
Today, I give myself the gift of peace. I do not limit my capacity ofr this vortex of oneness that ensues the truth of the ages. I choose now and in every moment the gracious surrender that allows for the flow to enhance and direct me, releasing expectation, letting go of the burdens of the past, knowing that the indwelling fountain of contentment never runs empty and is free-flowing to me in every moment of my existence, despite any obstacles, inner or outer conditions, or resistance to go within and rememeber my Truth and my essence, my sovereign and sacred I AMness that brings me back to a simpleness and a clarity, and restores me to the perfection of my sacred Being.
Today, I offer myself the gift of choice. I distill the need to worry or limit myself through excessive contemplation or thinking and respond to life from a conscious perspective, giving myself permission to tap into, fully, the well of wisdom within me. I follow the guidance of my heart as it leads me gently to every next thing, and leads me gladly back to myself. I release the need to be victim, or to blame. I recognize where I have and do give my power away and I reinstate myself eternally as creator of my reality, as authority of my life, as captain of my soul. I honor and respect my choices and decisions, never looking backward or giving credence to the pervasive power of uncertainty or doubt. I know with total and complete certainty that I am led, that I am cradled and supported, that I am completely capable of bringing to this world my greatness through my conscious creation of heart-based living and ever-growing peace of mind.
Today I offer myself the gift of five-star living. I recognize that I am worthy of every want and desire I have ever dreamed of. I cast aside the limitation of what appears to be in my life and what does not. I open to the fullest potential of possibility for me to live in abundance in every aspect of living, showered by the wonder and beauty of the world and all it has to offer, unabashedly giving of the gifts I have received. And in this, I am set free to the ebb and flow f creation as it pours forth into every aspect and corner of my existence.
Today, I give myself the gift to re-creation. I allow myself to be born anew in all of my Greatness and glory, meeting life with freshness and implicit gratitude as I welcome and receive the fullness or every opportunity, embracing every blessing that is every moment, that is each thing, if I should choose to see it that way. And I ask that I may walk my days forward in this light.
Loving you completely,
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Could you explain why it causes the memory leak ? The variable is removed from the ThreadLocal at evey request, so it should prevent memory leaking.
"are not garbage collected until Thread is Alive"
Don't you mean "Dead"
@Anonymous, yes if you remove ThreadLocal at every request that it won't cause memory leak. Memory leak caused when you forget to remove ThreadLocal variable once done.
Just to add on what Javin said, Yes this is true that threadlocal variables can prevent a class and subsequently classloader which is loaded them from being garbage collected, but this will only create issue if you store application classes in ThreadLocal, which is loaded by web-app classloader. If you store classes from JDK e.g. SimpleDateFormat, it will not create memory leak in Java web application, because they are loaded by BootStrap classloader, so they are not reloaded each time you deploy and un-deploy your web application. Having said that, it's best practice to remove any variable from thread local, as soon as you are done with that. For example if you are storing user specific information e.g. username as threadlocal in Filter class than you can also remove them, once request is processed.


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Preparation work began Monday on the project that will result in the demolition of 900 East from Emerson to 1300 South. Sheryl Seliger lives on 900 east and works from home.
"It seems like an awful lot of work gets done on a perfectly good road," said Seliger. "I don't have any problems with the quality of the road and I don't see why it needs to be done."
According to a flier that was passed out to the residents in the area, the work needs to be done to remove some old railroad ties under the street and that it would take two weeks to complete.
"I don't see how the railroad ties are affecting the road," said Seliger.
And if they are, one resident questions why it wasn't done the last time 900 East was torn up.
Anne Jensen told ABC 4 Utah, "A few years ago, or a year or so ago, we had the road was torn up for months and months."
Jensen believes the city and its taxpayers are paying double for a job to be done twice.
"It seems a little bit of a waste of money," said Jensen.
Seliger can only think of one reason the road will once again be dug up and repaved.
"The only thing I can think of is they're keeping people employed," said Seliger. "It takes a lot of road workers to close down a street and repair it, so I guess we'll have more people feeding their families."
Salt Lake City Spokesperson told ABC 4 Utah the city was aware the railroad ties were there the last time the street was re-paved. Art Raymond said they left them there because they normally don't cause a problem, but now they've begun to notice those ties are rotting and causing structural issues with the street. Raymond says they're tearing them out, now, before the problem gets worse.


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Concern has been rising about the nation's preparedness to respond to vaccine shortages that could occur in future annual influenza seasons or during an influenza pandemic--a global influenza outbreak. Although the timing or extent of a future influenza pandemic cannot be predicted, studies suggest that its effect in the United States could be severe, and shortages of vaccine could occur. For the 2004-05 annual influenza season, the nation lost about half its expected influenza vaccine supply when one of two major manufacturers announced in October 2004 that it would not release any vaccine. GAO examined federal, state, and local actions taken in response to the shortage, including lessons learned. The nation's experience during the unexpected 2004-05 vaccine shortfall offers insights into some of the challenges that government entities will face in a pandemic. GAO was asked to provide a statement on lessons learned from the 2004-05 vaccine shortage and their relevance to planning and preparing for similar situations in the future, including an influenza pandemic. This statement is based on a GAO report, Influenza Vaccine: Shortages in 2004-05 Season Underscore Need for Better Preparation (GAO-05-984), and on previous GAO reports and testimonies about influenza vaccine supply and pandemic preparedness.
A number of lessons emerged from federal, state, and local responses to the 2004-05 influenza vaccine shortage that carry implications for handling future vaccine shortages in either an annual influenza season or an influenza pandemic. First, limited contingency planning slows response. At the start of the 2004-05 influenza season, when the supply shortfall became apparent, the nation lacked a contingency plan specifically to address severe shortages. The absence of such a plan led to delays and uncertainties on the part of state and local public health entities on how best to ensure access to vaccine by individuals at high risk of severe influenza-related complications. Second, streamlined mechanisms to expedite vaccine availability are key to an effective response. During the 2004-05 shortage, for example, federal purchases of vaccine licensed for use in other countries but not the United States were not completed in time to meet peak demand. Some states' experience also highlighted the importance of mechanisms to transfer available vaccine quickly and easily from one state to another. Third, effective response requires clear and consistent communication. Consistency among federal, state, and local communications is critical for averting confusion. State and local health officials also emphasized the value of updated information when responding to changing circumstances, using diverse media to reach diverse audiences, and educating providers and the public about prevention alternatives. Over the past 5 years, GAO has urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete its plan to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic. GAO has reported on the importance of planning to address critical issues such as how vaccine will be purchased and distributed; how population groups will be given priority for vaccination; and how federal resources should be deployed before the nation faces a pandemic. On November 2, 2005, HHS released its pandemic influenza plan. GAO did not have the opportunity to review the plan before issuing this statement to determine the extent to which the plan addresses these critical issues.
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We continued our climb up through the forest. I regretted not bringing my East African bird guide. With a weight limit of 33lbs per bag, I chose to leave the volume behind in Moshi. When packing for a climb to 19,000 ft., a choice between bird book or down parka or extra fleece seemed obvious. But here in the trees, I wanted to identify the birds I was seeing and hearing. I took notes and pictures when I could so that I could look them up later.
As we gained altitude, we came out of the forest into scrubby bushes and stunted trees, which gave way to the sedges and lichens of the alpine tundra.
So, with a little help from my friends, I climb, stopping periodically to puke.
As we gained altitude, we came out of the forest into scrubby bushes and stunted trees, which gave way to the sedges and lichens of the alpine tundra.
Finally, after 3 days, we came around a corner and had a view of our goal across the plain. It was an awesome, if daunting sight! I looked across the vast Shira Plain at the route we would take up to the crater and felt the familiar insignificance I always experience in the mountains. (This feeling was only enhanced by a conversation I was having at that moment on the nature of evil with Father Frank - 71 yr. old Monsignor, cancer survivor, and steady presence on the mountain.)
That night's camp was in the middle of the plain. The day had been long; some didn't make it in to camp until dark. We cheered our teammates and helped light their way. Those of us who were already comfortably settled in helped our tired friends to their tents and carried their bags.
The next day we continued our trek across the Shira Plain. I obsessively took pictures of the mountain and that day's vegetation. Our next camp was on the ridge between the plain and the next valley, where winds blowing across the plain roil moisture-laden clouds rising up from the valley.
Shortly before pulling into camp, I started feeling sick. Once in camp I napped on the rocks in the sun (covered with sunscreen, of course). Until I started throwing up. Then the diarrhea. Then more vomiting.... I was sick!
I spent far too much time during the night out in the rocks puking. (I always tried to do it in a more out of the way spot and covered the spot with rocks so I didn't give some other hiker a nasty surprise.) I started antibiotics and tried to keep anti-nausea meds down (without much success). In the morning I pulled Charlie (Charlie Wittmack, executive director of Above & Beyond Cancer, leader of our merry group, climber, adventurer, encourager, knower of many things) aside to talk about my options. I wanted to know what the possibilities were if I needed to retreat. I knew there was a road close to this camp for rescue vehicles. Leaving this camp would be easy. What about the next ones? I didn't think I was finished with the mountain yet, but I needed to know the options.
Charlie told me that 3 of our group were sick and would be going down that morning. Our oldest teammate - 73 yr old prostate cancer survivor - was very sick, suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. The 3 would go down to Moshi, recover, and await our return.
Charlie came back to me a few minutes later with more news: escape from the mountain would become much more difficult in the days ahead. If I thought I needed to leave, today was the day. I needed to make a decision.
I wasn't ready for that. I wanted to hike that day and see how I did. I wanted to see how I might recover. I needed more information before I made this decision.
I have experienced being sick on a climb. In fact, I puke on every mountain I climb. I have a hard time with altitude - I puke - it's what my body does. But I know this, and I know that I'm strong enough to continue. I've also experienced major stomach illness on a mountain. On Aconcagua I had to be on antibiotics the entire climb. I was much sicker than now. The difference was that on Aconcagua we had some rest days built into our schedule. And since we were a small group we could easily adjust the schedule so I could take a rest day after my all-night sick-fest which left me so weak I could barely walk. From that experience, though, I learned just how quickly a body can recover. One day of complete rest and re-hydration saw me ready to continue. It was a struggle to continue, but it was possible.
I'm tough. I know this. I know that I can continue against great obstacles. My concern here on Kili was that I wouldn't have any rest days. Quite the opposite. We had some long, tough days ahead.
I felt completely unready and unable to make this decision. I wasn't ready to quit, but was it wise to continue? In the past, I have made the choice to back off a mountain. But that choice was always completely obvious to me. This was not. I cried. I talked with John, our cameraman. Thanks to his recent abscessed tooth, he had been added to my list of toughest people I know. He's a climber; he understands. He understood, but of course he had no answers. The answers had to come from me.
Charlie approached, wanting a decision. I don't have one. He thinks I'm freaked out by the road. It's so easy here. The road is just 15 minutes away. If I'm too sick to summit, it's just so easy to leave here. But if there were no road? Charlie asks what I would do if I were this sick on Aconcagua where retreat still means days of walking out (unless I need helicopter rescue). Of course, I wouldn't go. I didn't go.
It's so simple. My decision is made. I'll continue. (I told you, Charlie is the knower of many things.)
That morning's reflection - each morning we have some sort of reflection for the group - given by Dick (Dr. Richard Deming, founder of Above & Beyond Cancer, caregiver, healer, chief encourager, wise fellow, light spirit) seems directed to me. It is about accepting help. About accepting assistance when it's offered and asking when we need it.
I pride myself on my self reliance, on my capableness. I am strong. I have endurance. I am tough. I will not run at the first sign of trouble.
Accepting offers to carry my water and my pack is not easy for me. As a climber, I believe in taking care of myself; no one else climbs for me. But clearly, these people - my teammates, my friends - are not going to let me out of camp with my pack on my back.
The lessons from this mountain, from this stomach bug, are not what I expect. I expect that I will learn lessons about strength and perseverance. But really, those are lessons already learned. The surprise lessons this day are about not being the toughest person. About accepting help. About assistance freely given and reluctantly but gratefully received.
So, with a little help from my friends, I climb, stopping periodically to puke.


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A single decker coach was involved in an accident with an HGV on the Guyhirn roundabout today. Emergency services attended. It took 90 minutes to remove the coach from the road. No one was injured.
Story by: ANDREW PAPWORTH
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
A BUS and a lorry crashed at the A47 and A141 roundabout at Guyhirn yesterday.
A BUS and a lorry crashed at the A47 and A141 roundabout at Rings End near March yesterday.
Police were called to the incident at 3.36pm following the accident on the A47 Guyhirn roundabout.
A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Constabulary said the ambulance service had attended as a precaution.
Firefighters attending also removed the doors on the bus after being unable to open them.
All passengers on the vehicle were accounted for.
Police moved vehicles to a lay by to free up the roundabout as quickly as possible. The single decker works coach was finally removed at 5.15pm and the passengers transferred to another coach.
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Chris Ashton is a 'fighter' but needs to channel his energy in the right way, says Saracens coach Alex Sanderson
11:00am Friday 28th September 2012 in Sport By Tom Allnutt
Saracens coach and former player Alex Sanderson insists under-fire winger Chris Ashton has a winning mentality but admits he needs to channel his energies in the right direction.
The England international was sin-binned in the second half of last Sunday's 14-12 defeat to Exeter Chiefs after he needlessly shoulder barged into a maul, making contact with opposition winger Matt Jess in the process.
It was the second time in four games Ashton has been dismissed and, as director of rugby Mark McCall said after the match, it proved a costly mistake as Exeter took advantage to score the winning try in Ashton's corner.
But Sanderson, who spent two years with the Men in Black as a player, believes Ashton's tenacity is a valuable asset to the team.
"Chris is a fighter, he's a winner, and you'd rather have someone like that on your team than not," Sanderson said.
"You can't take that out of him otherwise you've got a different player."
Sanderson revealed no individual conversations were held with Ashton this week but admits the 25-year-old needs to keep his emotions in check, however difficult that may be.
"Chris knows himself, we don't have to talk to him," Sanderson said.
"I think the incident came out of frustration with the game, with how it was going and because he wasn't being able to get his hands on the ball.
"Chris channelled his frustrations down the wrong avenue and what we have to do as coaches is try and make sure he channels it in the right way.
"There's a fine line between being on the edge, where you can be at your best, and being over that edge – it's not easy and even some of the world's best players get it wrong sometimes."
While Ashton is perhaps the most notorious of Saracens' offenders, he is certainly not the only one to have stepped over the edge this season.
Kelly Brown has also been sin-binned twice and the number of penalties given away throughout the team has been too high.
The Men in Black play Harlequins at the Stoop on Sunday and Sanderson believes the team's discipline will have to improve if they are to beat the league's tougher opponents.
"We can't win these kinds of games if we haven't got 15 men on the pitch," he said.
"The reality is that discipline goes a long way in the big games - our penalty count recently hasn't been good enough and we haven't taken our chances when they've come.
"Discipline is one of our core values here so it's been all the more disappointing."
With four wins out of four and a victory against Leicester last weekend fresh in the memory, opponents don't come much tougher than Harlequins.
Nick Evans, Ugo Monye and Danny Care have all been in fine form for Quins recently while the performances of Nick Easter have prompted talk of an England recall from Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea.
Sanderson was full of praise for the league leaders who he believes can now be considered favourites to win the title.
He said: "They're reigning champs, they're in great form so there's no doubt it's going to be a really tough game."
"They probably are the favourites for the title now having beaten Leicester and having got off to the start they have.
"They play a high tempo brand of rugby and that means quick throws, quick penalties, quick passing and if you give them a chance to get that momentum they're hard to stop."
Kick-off at the Stoop will be at 2pm.
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