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The world is going wild with World Cup fever at the moment and there's no end to the mention of famous footballers that we keep seeing across the headlines. But what does football have to do with ski, snow and mountains? Turns out there are a few footballers who aren't exactly strangers to the mountain. And there are also a few snowsports athletes out there who have some pretty good skills with a football too!
The 2018 FIFA World Cup host country has been announced and it's none other than Sochi, Russia – home to the 2014 Winter Olympics. The plan is for football fans to attend the matches of their choice and then participate in activities such as skiing and snowboarding in between. The football will be held inside of the Fisht Olympic Stadium, whose name is inspired by the highest mountain in Sochi, Mount Fischt. The stadium has a little snowy twist itself and has been designed to look like the peak, with its roof design made to resemble a snowy mountain top.
These three talented Team GB snowboarders showed us they don't just keep all of their eggs in one basket with this clever football-snow fusion video. The video shows them performing footy tricks while on their boards, such as kicking the ball up mid-flip in the half pipe. A new sport in the making perhaps? We would love to see this one pop up at the next Winter Olympics!
David Beckham is no stranger to the ski scene, with his wife Victoria and three sons spotted holidaying out in the Alps multiple times each season. The footballer was also once spotted at The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead taking his sons for skiing lessons – rumour has it he also gave it a cheeky try himself. We've never actually seen Beckham accompanying his family out on the pistes and we suspect that this may be because of his footballing contract (most footballers have contracts which ban them from partaking in other sports which could cause them injury!). This doesn't stop Becks from enjoying the mountain atmosphere though and he has been photographed strolling through the snow in Courchevel, as well as partying it up at London après bar, Bodo's Schloss.
Ex-Tottenham Hotspur footballer, Ramon Vega started up a new venture in property development after he retired, beginning in the ski resort of Verbier, Switzerland. The ultra-luxurious Coco Club, where you can purchase cocktails served in ice sculpted glasses for £500, is the first members club to open in the Alps. If you want to be in with chance of spotting some famous footballers while skiing in Switzerland, then definitely head here!
Unlike Beckham, Jeremy Bloom managed to play football and ski - he even went on to have successful careers in both of these sports. Born in Keystone, Colorado he joined The United States Ski Team aged fifteen, making him the youngest ever freestyle skier to join. He went on to become a world champion skier and in 2005 he was named as the #1 freestyle skier in the world. At the same time, Jeremy was also a professional American footballer who played for the Colorado Buffaloes, Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Today marks the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and many of the countries fighting it out to be the winner of the World Cup are also some of the finest countries in the world to ski in, so in true Iglu Ski style we have been pondering which countries would win in a battle of the best ski resorts. First up is Group B teams Chile VS Australia with a clash to find the best of the southern hemisphere resorts. We will look at the 3 top factors of a leading ski resort (the slopes, the après and the cuisine) in an endeavour to crown the winner of Chile VS Australia. Perisher, Australia
Chile Skiing in Chile is often regarded as a once in a lifetime opportunity due to its location in South America and the legendary off piste. The country offers 20 ski resorts which are located in the south with ski lifts peaking at 3500m. The Andes provide the perfect playground for adrenaline seekers and adventurers wanting to heli-ski with its 1 million acres of untouched powder. The Andes is the second highest mountain range in the world with the summit of Aconcagua sitting at 6950m. One of the best reasons to visit Chile is for guaranteed snow due to the high altitude. The resort of Portillo averages 24ft of snow as well as plenty of sunshine similar to spring skiing in the Alps. Resorts in Chile are smaller than its European counterparts and lifts can be quite dated but slopes are quiet and Portillo even limits tickets sold so there is never a busy day on the mountain. Valle Nevado is situated in the heart of the largest ski area in the southern hemisphere and snow is guaranteed by the height and the considerable size of the terrain. This season, Valle Nevado opened 2 weeks early, on Friday 13th June, due to fantastic early snowfall. Ski Pucon is situated on a volcano and is popular with freestylers due to the natural half pipes formed by lava. Chile famously featured in the Art of Flight with Travis Rice and Scotty Lago sending it off a 12ft kicker in the pristine South American backcountry. This put Chile on the map for many snowboard enthusiasts, including myself! AustraliaWith winter kicking off down under this month, many ski resorts in the Southern hemisphere are starting to open… with or without snow! Unfortunately it hasn't been the best start of the season in Australia and many resorts are still looking green on opening weekends. Resorts have to rely on snow guns to get some snow on the slopes, but with temperatures gradually dropping, it is expected to dump very soon. Australia is famously known for its sun, sea and surf, but it is also a ski lovers paradise. Most ski resorts are found in the two states of New South Wales and Victoria. Perisher is the largest ski area in Australia, located in the picturesque Kosciuszko National Park neighbouring Thredbo just up the road. Mt Perisher peaks at 2054m, with the highest chair lift reaching 2034m. One of the most visited Australian resorts is Thredbo, the resort has the steepest terrain in Australia and also the longest runs including the 5.9km Super Trail. Further South sits Mt. Hotham and Falls Creek which are linked by a helicopter ride. Falls Creek freestyle park and pipe consistently wins awards as well as playing host to many high profile snowboard events throughout the winter. Cross country skiing is available in most resorts where visitors can take advantage of the long groomed trails through the forest. Winner: Chile
Portillo, Chile
Chile Due to the small villages nightlife is limited in many resorts. Valle Nevado has the largest concentration of restaurants and bars and Portillo offers live music in a local bar and an all-night disco Australia Most of the resorts in Australia are well developed with large villages. Some tourists even come mainly to party with may be some skiing thrown in on the odd day. With 4 villages, Perisher is known for bars and restaurants becoming very active in the evening once the lifts have closed. Falls Creek has 28 bars and restaurants but if you are looking for a quiet evening there are spa options or places to sit in front of an open fire. Winner: Austalia
Mt. Buller, Australia
Chile Traditional Chilen food may be hard to find in ski resorts. In large hotels you will probably encounter high quality international food and in budget accommodation you will find simple foods. Chile produces a bounty of fine fruit and vegetables which are easily found around resorts. Typical Chilan food is normally meat heavy with plenty of slabs of meat and fish in restaurants, where breakfast is more of a sweet affair with biscuits, cakes and tarts. Australia As Australian resorts aren't very high and villages are easily accessible the food is general to what you find all over Australia. Many villages have a range of restaurants from fine dining to better value options. A traditional lunch on the mountain would be a burger/hot dog and chips but many resorts are starting to extend their ranges to include healthier options. If you are able to travel just outside the ski area to sub-alpine villages in Victoria, you can treat yourself to a feast of flavours including local beers and fresh produce Winner: Chile
Winner: Chile
We love snow and the more snow the better. The Australian ski season can be variable with bad years having barely any snowfall. Australia does have many great resorts and features to make a fantastic week on the slopes, but Chile has it in the 'back of the net' with its epic backcountry and snow sure resorts.
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Winter 13/14 has been a truly epic season, we are still buzzing from the amazing snow and fun we have had over the past 6 months, both in the UK and abroad. Here are our Top 5 highlights from this ski season
By 16th November 2013 Tignes had already been blessed with a 2m snow base up top and the Pyrenees had just received 40cm of fresh snow. Thanks to the fantastic snowfall and icy temperatures, resorts in Europe started opening their slopes early in a domino fashion. Alpe d'Huez opened 3 weeks early and continued to open every weekend until the resort's official opening on 6th December. Kitzbühel and Obergugl began opening their slopes to the public in Austria, as did Verbier in Switzerland while Courchevel had a special free taster opening on Saturday 23rd November. With huge storms in Switzerland and France in late November, keen skiers and snowboarders were able to get their snow fixes earlier than ever thought as more and more resorts opened early – was this the best start to the season ever?
Beautiful conditions in Tignes on 8th Nov 2013
To get us more and more excited as winter approaches, the UK presented a range of exciting ski events to attend as the months became colder. Londoners were lucky enough to take advantage of O'Neil's Shoreditch Showdown, Ski and Snowboard Film Premieres and Iglu Ski favourite, Freeze Festival. Manchester and London played host to the Ski and Snowboard Shows which are the perfect way to find everything you need for the season. While the Snow Dome's up and down the country gave us that snow fix before getting out to the Alps. To give our ski holiday's added fun, an increasing amount of events are popping up across the mountains. Christmas markets and firework displays give the festive weeks an added joyous feeling while music and sports events give unique experiences to your holiday. Ibiza Rocks headed to the mountains for the first time with a series of 3 weeks of parties in Meribel bringing the hottest breakthrough live acts and daily après ski events for 'Ibiza Rocks the Snow.'
O'Neil Shoreditch Showdown, London
With the early snow dumps then warm conditions there was an increase in avalanches in the Alps and terrible news of accidents dominated the snow news. This has increased our awareness of off piste safety, using safety equipment and taking guided tours for off piste adventures. With the media domination of safety in snowsports, the rise in wearing helmets on the slopes is positive and Snow and Rock have seen a huge increase in helmet sales over the last 5 years. If you're still not convinced, you must watch Kevin Pearce's inspiring story 'The Crash Reel' and take a look at the Love Your Brain campaign. It is extremely important to stay safe on the mountains and minimise our risk of danger means we can carry on doing what we love for years to come.
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Even when resorts are starting to close for the season it is still dumping like its January! The heaviest snowfall has been reported in Switzerland with up to 50cm of knee deep freshies in Andermatt and Zermatt while the 3 Valleys in France and Cervina in Italy also enjoyed the best of the new snowfall. Our friends across the pond are on powder alert as they expect over 50cm this weekend in Lake Louise. Winter 2013-14 has been the season that keep on giving with some epic skiing this spring - We love spring skiing!
Sochi showcased huge exposure for the British ski industry and the world recognised the elite status of Team GB's athletes. For a country lacking in mountains, Team GB proved we are a country to take seriously when it comes to winter sports. With an Olympic Bronze medal, five top 10 finishes, a further five top 20 and 3 in the top 30, it was the most successful Winter Games to date for British skiers and snowboarders. Both Jamie Nicholls and Billy Morgan made history by representing Great Britain in the first ever Snowboard Slopestyle Olympic Final. After stomping a huge 90.75 in the semi-finals, Billy couldn't repeat that incredible run and placed 10th in the final while Jamie scored an amazing 85.50 finishing in 6th. Jenny Jones blew the nation away with her Bronze Medal winning run in the Ladies Snowboard Slopestyle Final and confirmed her place as the Queen of British snowboarding. Jenny won Great Britain's first ever Olympic Snowboard Medal and became the first ever British female to win an Olympic medal on snow. Aimee Fuller was a crowd favourite after throwing a double backflip and landing 9th place in the semi-finals, and then took 17th overall. The Top 10 places continued in the Freestyle Skiing where Katie Summerhayes finished in 7th in the Ladies Ski Slopestyle Final with a solid 70.60 score. Despite James Wood's injuries, Woodsy qualified in 3rd place with an outstanding first run scoring 87.50 which made him the first ever British athlete to go through to a Men's Ski Slopestyle Olympic Final. In the face of the hard conditions, the skiers threw down tough competition; Woodsy scored an incredible 86.60 that gave him 5th position in the finals. The list doesn't stop there; Team GB had a fantastic team of skiers and snowboarders participating in many specialities from Snowboard Cross to Cross Country to the Ski Halfpipe. We cannot forget the other disciplines, particularly the Team GB Curling team and Gold medal winner Elizabeth Yarnold in the Skeleton. Team GB surpassed the 3 medal target and created an unforgettable 2 weeks of winter sports and global recognition of Great Britain's place on the Olympic mountain. Huge congratulations to all the Team GB athletes, you were all amazing and made us so proud! #backthebrits By Krystelle
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The Iowa Hawkeyes are set to lose starting SF Zach McCabe and PF Melsahn Basabe upon their graduations after this season, so it was imperative for Fran McCaffery to land a forward recruit in the 2014 class. There's more depth at PF than SF, too, so the fact that the Iowa Hawkeyes were able to land a forward who has most played PF in Dominique Uhl is an added bonus.
Uhl, who is a native of Germany but is playing in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, decided to commit to Iowa today in an announcement on SNY.tv, and he is an important commitment for the Hawkeyes. The three-star prospect is one of the top ten recruits in the state of New Jersey, and he's also one of the top 250 prospects in the class overall. He chose Iowa over official visits to the Boston College Eagles and the Temple Owls, and Temple was actually regarded as the favorite to land the slim 6'8″, 180 pound PF.
Big Ten power forwards are usually significantly bigger than that, as the B1G is a notoriously tough conference that demands the best rebounding and defense out of its bigs. It will be interesting to see how McCaffery utilizes Uhl, and I think we'll see a mix of him down low and on the wings in 2014.
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Although the Hamilton Tiger-Cats drafted defensive tackle Linden Gaydosh first overall in last week's CFL draft, there's no guarantee to whether he will join their lineup in 2013. Gaydosh's agent confirmed on twitter earlier Sunday that the player had signed a contract the with the NFL's Carolina Panthers over the weekend.
Gaydosh received an invite to the Panthers rookie minicamp on tryout basis and impressed the coaches enough to receive a contract, absent a signing bonus from the team. Now, Gaydosh is expected to miss the Tiger-Cats' training camp while joining the Panthers from their offseason camp in July.
"I've got training activities with the Panthers," said Gaydosh, who until Thursday didn't know what to expect from the Panthers. "I'm excited to go through that."
"I was just sitting there, (thinking), 'Ah, I've got to put on a show tomorrow. I've got to put my best foot forward here and show them what I'm all about,'" he said of the thoughts that kept him motivated through the Panthers' rookie minicamp. "I was able to do just that and I'm extremely happy with myself."
The former University of Calgary product's college coach Blake Nill was happy that Gaydosh finally earned an opportunity to make an attempt at achieving one of his life-long ambitions.
"He's a farm kid from Northern Alberta who had a dream to play pro football and he never wavered from that, not just on the field, but academically as well," Nill said of the Peace River native. "When he came here he wasn't the highest-rated guy academically, but our academic development and our program within the football team worked with him."
"Linden deserves a lot of credit for putting in the effort. He flat outworks people."
The 23-year-old Gaydosh recorded 90.5 tackles and seven sacks while helping the Dinos to four straight Canada West championships during his four years at the University of Calgary. He was named Canadian university football's top rookie in 2009 and Hardy Cup defensive MVP the following year. Coming into the 2013 CFL draft, Gaydosh was also the third-ranked prospect by the Canadian Football League's Scouting Bureau.
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It was pointed out in this column a few weeks ago that conference finals were being played among "one's" and "two's." It has been clearly evident that these were, indubitably, the best representatives – not to say that there haven't been some occasions for temporary disappointments. However, the overall sentiment prevails that these playoff series have been the best ever. I am sure that the point will be argued.
As entertaining and interesting as the first four games were in both finals, the games five carried the greatest implications. They could be thought of, in essence, as elimination contests. That statement might sound a little weird, ambiguous even. The Thunder and Spurs went into game four with San Antonio holding a 2-1 advantage. There had been some hints (in this column) that the Spurs were "aging" and the Thunder were "upstarts." But this wasn't tennis and regardless of how much the series resembled the old fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare," this wasn't it. The Thunder came alive in game five, giving the Spurs more than a run for their money. The always stoic Gregg Popovich, unsmiling as usual, pulled his top players out during the latter portion of the third quarter, actually conceding the victory to Oklahoma. The Thunder nation was ecstatic; however, if anyone noticed, Coach Popovich did not appear dismayed, even with the prospect of game six being in OKC.
Now over to the "White Hot Heat." The situation was similar but the Pacers appeared to have learned nothing from the films they viewed of their games with the King and his court buddies. James was embarrassed by his performance in game five. His game total of seven points was the lowest in his playoff career. Then the media had to go and start releasing all the tweets and twitters. The King was already embarrassed; now this made him mad. He had consistently endured harassment from Lance Stephenson throughout the playoffs, pinches in the side in close quarters, blowing in the ear (he was probably lucky in this instance since he wasn't being guarded by Mike Tyson), and a pocketful of other annoyances not tagged by the officials. Just imagine a player doing this to Dennis Rodman or Charles Barkley. The way the Heat played in game six, the old Harlem Globetrotters couldn't have beaten them.
I for one was pulling for this series to go the full seven. It was just too entertaining. However, deep down I knew it was over for the Pacers after James' press conference. No way was he going to let this go past game six. The Heat becomes only the third team in NBA history to go to four consecutive finals in four seasons. It was last done by the Boston Celtics in '84-'87.
The game six for the Spurs and Thunder started slowly but built up to the usual raw, bare bones contest in the fourth quarter. Even when the Spurs blew a 12-point lead with Tony Parker on the bench, I still knew that the Spurs would close it out on Monday if not on Saturday. "Age" and experience won out over "upstart" and inexperience, however, as the Spurs closed in overtime.
My good friend Dan Wright called me from Chicago on Sunday and stated that he had been leaning towards the Spurs in the finals until they blew that last quarter lead. Dan says now that he has to go with the Heat.
My prediction was that if the finals came down to a faceoff between the Heat and the Spurs, I would have to choose Miami. I stand by that.
This is one for trivia, in case you are ever asked – the NBA player who has played in more playoff games than anyone in history is the Thunder's Derek Fisher. Here's another one – Gregg Popovich finally smiled at a press conference Saturday night. There is a rumor that Tim Duncan tried it once years ago but gave it up after the costs of plastic surgery to repair his face.
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Anna Good and The Rev. Dr. K. Roy Nilsen were married March 14 at the St. John's United Church of Christ in Edinburg.
The bride was given in marriage by her family and escorted by her son, Michael Good.
The matron of honor was Shirley Polk of Edinburg.
The best man was Jim Hodges of Mt. Jackson.
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Come on MM, our government looks the other way?? I don't believe it lol!! Sadly I truly believe if we want to keep Iraq the way WE made it the army could never leave. Sad but true , in my opinion for what that's worth.
Come on MM, our government looks the other way?? I don't believe it lol!! Sadly I truly believe if we want to keep Iraq the way WE made it the army could never leave. Sad but true , in my opinion for what that's worth.
Possibly, but still I think it is better then letting everything we did get shot to hell like is happening now.
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" I am lost in the dust of the chase that my life brings"
Musket Man is right about this being predictable, only it was predictable from the outset. Iraq was never going to stand on its own and even if it could have why let it? We have lots of blood and treasure there, I would never let the Iraq government set the rules. I have been through this in Viet Nam. We lost it all, 58,000 dead and all the treasure, we were simply out general. I spent three years in the 101st Airborne, 1960-1963 and three years in the Army Security Agency 1964- 1967. General Westmoreland, a good man, just did not have it right, never knew he was being out generaled, now come Obama, completely clueless. George Bush got some of it right but not near all.
IMO we need to decide what we want and Musket Man is right, it will take renewed ground forces and lots of them should we decide to re capture Iraq. Obama doesn't even come close to being a commander in chief so retaking Iraq is out, best to prop up a new government and let it play out. One more thing, I have informed my grandsons they are to stay out of the military. One is currently serving, a marine, one in ROTC. This worries me badly. I know there are several on this forum that are serving and I thank you, I also worry for you. My brother served 38 years, a retired bird. Another retired Bird is a hunting partner, the two of them started the only sniper school other than the one in North Carolina and they are in complete agreement with my view.
General Colin Powell had it right about going in with overwhelming force, and I might add a super kick A attitude. Rule of engagement will have to be modified too.
I support the troops, with that said, we never should have went to Iraq in the first place. I didn't understand it than, I don't know. Iraq had nothing to do with 911, only the worst president in the history of USA had to finish dads job.
I know this won't be poplular, but oh well.
I don't know if we should have went in there or not. I don't blindly swallow what the mass media is trying to feed everyone. Either way we did it and that can't be changed. If you commit to something you need to finish it. We can't be the world's police but we can't turn a blind eye to a situation that we helped create (not intentionally I know). We left a weak government in one of the most volatile regions in the world. Now innocent civilians are being killed including women and children and I feel it is our duty to help. In what manner and what scope I'll leave that to the people that are much smarter than me. We owe it to ourselves to stop ISIS while they are halfway around the world rather than our own backyard.
Just my opinion.
As I see it we have a great opportunity to eliminate alot of terrorists right now. We have an air craft carrier in the gulf, we have drones and surveillance flights running in Iraq, ISIS is where we can find alot of them, and Iraq is asking for help. All that is needed is the green light. Even without actually putting boots on the ground we could hurt ISIS real bad real fast from the air. They come from the same Al Qaeda bunch that attacked us on 9/11 and we have been fighting ever since. ISIS is so bad that Al Qaeda doesnt even want them anymore. I just cant understand not going after them and I dont like giving them the idea that we wont go after them. I also cant believe our president saying he doesnt want to do air strikes because it would make it look like we were taking a side and is against other countries taking military action against ISIS. I didnt know there was any question as to what side we were on. I dont like Syria but doing air strikes on ISIS seems like the first decent thing they have done. The problem I see with other countries like Syria and Iran is the ones that help are the ones that will have influence on Iraq. A few weeks ago he bypassed congress and illegally released 5 terrorists, now he doesnt want to bomb terrorists or make them think we are taking a side. Mr president and secretary of defense I would really like to know what side YOU are on!!!
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I was reading a book about the Berlin wall a while ago, and some of the stuff in that book has some lessons learned or not maybe. The tone of the book seemed to say that if Kennedy would have stood up to Khrushchev before they started to build the fence and close off the border, the Cuban missile crisis wouldn't have followed, then possibly even shortened the cold war. East Germany would have gone through a collapse pretty quickly. USSR was bluffing about a lot of stuff, but that is 20/20 hindsight. That would have sucked for my grandma and her family, but I don't think it was great there anyway. Anyway my point is Obama didn't follow through with his red-line in Syria, didn't do much that worked in Ukraine that I know of, and now is not doing enough maybe in Iraq. Its kindof a green light for anything goes, and pretty soon our backs will be up against a wall and then we will have to do something. I'm not trying to blame Kennedy or anything, just trying to tie some history in for discussion on what to do in the present (trying to follow xtreme there).
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It is complicated. Did you notice, the Iraq soldiers laying down their weapons the being beheaded? Must be a lesson in that.
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What did you expect: Mr Darcy in a Dolce & Gabbana suit? For those unprepared for his slight and self-effacing countenance, Colin Firth could be a sore disappointment. Far from filling the space between us with brooding magnetism and Chanel's Egoïste, he's a bit like an intense postgraduate student, keen on beer and long pub conversations about T S Eliot. Clad in a black ensemble that might be designer or thrift-shop, but certainly conveys no pleasure in appearance, is a man who speaks so quietly that I have to stick my tape recorder under his nose, and he apologises.
Those who know more of his work than the obligatory Pride and Prejudice, who saw his brain-damaged Falklands casualty in Tumbledown or his Pinter-directed Caretaker, will not be surprised by the contrast. This is not Bridget Jones's dreamboat, treating you to a penetrating Ralph Fiennes gaze to seal his own gorgeousness. None of that. Firth is affable, straightforward, intelligent, just an actor—but one whose looks encouraged an unwanted celebrity, who knows he owes them big-time but is properly embarrassed by the idea.
This Christmas, he is the handsomest face of the schedules in the television film Donovan Quick, a feel-good morality fable about a man from nowhere who sets about solving the problems of a family struggling with poverty, disability and drink. Loosely based on Cervantes's knight errant, Don Quixote, his character does good in atonement for a past misdemeanour, until the men in white coats make him well, and nasty, again. "They cure him enough to go back to being an a***hole, because we live in a world where doing good is mocked and sophistication and jadedness are what we admire."
At 42, the serious-minded actor lives with total disregard for the trimmings of even a home-grown star's lifestyle, for cars, clothes and houses. When he adds that, these days, he would rather have a hotel than sleep on the platform of the Gare du Nord, it still sounds like a close call. He would make a brilliantly skulking Raskolnikov, Dostoevsky's tortured anarchist, but though he would welcome an overtly political part, and would probably do anything that fascinated him enough for free, he never has time to seek one out. Too busy being reluctantly glamorous.
Firth has worked consistently since leaving drama school in 1982 and walking straight into the play of the year, Julian Mitchell's Another Country, in which he replaced Rupert Everett as the public-school proto-traitor Guy Bennett. For years of theatre and television work, he escaped being recognised in the street, which suited him fine. He lived in Hackney when Pride and Prejudice aired, his neighbours either unaware or unimpressed that the nation's pin-up was around the corner. "Nobody gave a s***. It meant I could go out in my pyjamas to pick up the Sunday papers and the bog roll, and nobody would comment. I didn't fancy getting dressed to do those things. In fact, I still hate getting dressed."
He is not even career-obsessed, taking months off every year to visit his 10-year-old son in southern California, where he lives with his mother, the actress Meg Tilly. Firth fell in love with her on the set of Milos Forman's 1989 film Valmont, and they moved to the wilderness of British Columbia to raise their son. For a year or so, his career threatened to evaporate, even though he was still flying home to work.
"I wrote to local Vancouver theatres saying what I'd done, without blowing my own trumpet, and that I'd be happy to do kids' workshops, but not one of them replied. When I read a piece in a British tabloid saying that I'd been sniffing round Hollywood, trying to get a Jeremy Irons-type break, when all I'd been doing was changing nappies, I felt that all that mattered was that I'd gone. It felt dangerous."
In fact, Firth had visited Hollywood three times and loathed it. Instead of using Valmont as his Tinseltown calling card, he refused all meetings out of inverted snobbery and fear. "I told myself I was a purist, but actually I was s***-scared of it all. Now, if it happened to me, fine. I've dropped that pose of shunning it. I'd still hate the intrusion, but I believe you can stay yourself. The ones who really whore out were whores at the beginning. If I were only good at it ... If I could distinguish myself at those parties and chat shows, it might be easier."
But Firth's idea of fun is "dull", meaning literary, with the odd afternoon's football but no showbiz haunts or junkets if he can help it. With his Italian wife, Livia Guiggioli, a documentary producer, he sees theatre, goes out for dinner (tables easier to reserve since P&P), talks books with his great friend Nick Hornby, whose Arsenal fanatic Paul Ashworth Firth played in the film of Fever Pitch. Asked by Hornby to contribute to a new book of short stories, Speaking With the Angel, the profits of which will benefit the TreeHouse Trust for autistic children, he may have finally found the confidence to show the fiction he has been stuffing in drawers for years.
You can see how the idea of a writing life would appeal to his reticent non-acting self, that telling distrust of the shallows of his business. "When I agreed, I thought, 'I'm an actor, I'll just ramble on until I find a voice,' but it just kept coming out awful." Eventually, he was "chuffed" with his first-person monologue in the voice of an 11-year-old boy, and he looked more excited about the publication party and the book signings than he would about being a hot tip at the Academy Awards. Another contributor to that book was the creator of Bridget Jones, Helen Fielding, who hit a second jackpot when Firth agreed to play Mark Darcy—media lawyer in fantasy breeches—in the new movie.
"Doing that has lifted the curse off the whole Mr Darcy thing," he says. "Not that I've been desperate to get away from it." Hadn't we heard that he was haunted by Austen's snarling stallion, that the drama was taboo in his house, that his nostrils began to twitch when reminded? Don't mention the D-word. He laughs. "Not at all. It was just another job."
There may have been a fear that he would never be seen in modern clothes again, and there was definitely a photo-shoot where he was asked to wear a wet ruffled shirt and throw around torn-up copies of Bridget Jones's Diary (he made his excuses and left), but he'd do Heathcliff in a flash if he were asked.
Maybe, but he's obviously far happier with his next role, as a prominent Nazi lawyer. In Conspiracy: The Meeting at Wannsee, the story of a 1942 Third Reich gathering to formalise the details of the Holocaust, Firth plays Dr Stuckart, who puts the case for mass sterilisation over a buffet lunch.
"You'd have thought it was a meeting of some corporation board, all making jokes and sipping wine. The atmosphere on set was alarmingly buoyant, but suddenly you find yourself speaking some banal line about cleaning the gas trucks, and you're hit with a wave of nausea."
Firth catches us out in our prejudices, shows that it is all too easy to ascribe to good looks the vanity that normally underpins conversations with leading actors. He did not choose acting for the fame and the women—if there was a dubious motive, it was wanting to teach his school a lesson. His parents were academics but, as an 11+ failure, he went to the local secondary modern in Winchester and was miserable. The family's years in Nigeria and St Louis set him apart, and so middle-class were the Firths—Colin, his brother, Jonathan, also an actor, and their sister—that they weren't allowed to watch ITV.
"We didn't have popular culture. We were inversely deprived of life's essential vulgarities. I hadn't seen Crossroads or Magpie or Randall and Hopkirk. There was a whole area of playground chat that I couldn't join in with. I never saw Les Dawson or Larry Grayson."
Weren't they on BBC? "Oh well, it must have been past my bedtime, then."
If the kids thought him weird, the teachers were worse. "I was unwilling, and they disliked and despised me." Though things improved at sixth-form college, where he acquired a home-counties accent to match other long-haired Genesis fans, there was no way he was going to university. Somehow, through school plays and local drama workshops, he discovered ambition. "One day, at 14, I just walked in and told my parents that I was going to be an actor." At the Drama Centre in Chalk Farm, he finally shed the habits of the perverse loner, reading what he was asked, for once, and collaborating. He had chosen the place for its iconoclastic approach, and was soon its star, playing the lead in the centre's first and last Hamlet, directed by his mentor, the school's principal, Christopher Fettes.
One of the tutors told him he was matinee-idol material, but not as an encouragement, rather a warning that he might easily end up prostituting the talent that made Fettes compare him to Paul Scofield. "But I never even expected to work. When I left, I'd have been euphoric to get a spear-carrier in repertory. Films seemed like another world." Instead of the usual waiting job, he landed Another Country, followed by the film of the play.
"To me, it felt like megastardom. I made no distinction between that and a Hollywood role. I'd only been in London three years." He thinks it was his looks that clinched the audition. "Others were far better than me, but they weren't looking for a short fat guy with a slight Scandinavian accent. They wanted someone who walked and talked and looked like me." But the image of the upper-class romantic is not one that suits him, or provides much faith in his future offers.
"There's been a lot of grumbling recently about how the toffs get all the work, especially in America, but it's not true, and I certainly don't want to be sneered at for being something I'm not. I'd love to do a south London villain. It's like Miles Davis said: don't play what you know, play what you don't know."
Next year, he gets his biggest chance to defy that advice, playing Hamlet at the Riverside Studios, directed once again by Fettes. "I was beginning to wonder if it had passed me by. Albert Finney said you should play it at 20 or 40, but I think Hamlet's 30. By my own theory, I'm 10 years too old, but I'm itching to do it." The play has been much discussed recently, with Simon Russell Beale's political prince and Adrian Lester's acclaimed interpretation for Peter Brook, but Firth is not nervous of Elsinore fatigue, only determined that his own shot should be his proudest moment. Clearly, he is pretty thrilled with life right now but trying not to be smug. After two relationships with leading ladies (Jennifer Ehle was the second), he is relieved to have shed the embarrassing lothario reputation.
"There's this
absurd perception
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tend to end up with the people you work with. Actually, being with
actor is a nightmare, I promise you. Livia is a very secure person,
more secure than me. Every single actor I know envies me."
Donovan Quick, BBC1, Dec 28, 9pm
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Communicate with your board from a Linux Host (Basics)
From ArmadeusWiki
RS232 Terminal configuration
You will need a RS232 terminal emulator to communicate with U-Boot/Linux console. You can choose between:
- Kermit
- Minicom
- GtkTerm
We suggest you to use Kermit as Terminal emulator for RS232 connection. Minicom was sadly reported to have problems when communicating with U-Boot (ZModem data transfer). If you just need a simple serial console and not to transfer data through RS232, then GTKTerm is the perfect choice ! (package gtkterm in Ubuntu)
TFTP server
In order to send your image files (U-Boot, Linux, rootfs or FPGA's firmware) at higher speed to your Armadeus board, you can use the Ethernet link and a TFTP server. Once the server started, the files located in the server shared directory (/tftpboot by default) will be accessible from the U-Boot/Linux TFTP clients.
TFTP server installation
- On *Ubuntu / Debian:
$ sudo apt-get install tftpd xinetd
or use Synaptic
- On Fedora:
# rpm -q tftpd xinetd
- Then create the directory that will contain all the files that the server will export (you have to be root to do that):
$ sudo mkdir /tftpboot $ sudo chmod 777 /tftpboot
Server configuration
- Edit or create the configuration file /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and modify/add it the following lines:
# default: off # description: The tftp server serves files using the trivial file transfer # protocol. The tftp protocol is often used to boot diskless # workstations, download configuration files to network-aware printers, # and to start the installation process for some operating systems. service tftp { socket_type = dgram protocol = udp wait = yes user = root server = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd server_args = -s /tftpboot # disable = yes }
- Restart xinetd service:
$ sudo killall -HUP xinetd
- Put some files in /tftpboot
- To test it from U-Boot (if you already have the correct IP addresses, otherwise continue with Setup Basics here):
BIOS> run download_uboot MAC: 00:1e:ac:00:00:01 operating at 100M full duplex mode Using dm9000 device TFTP from server 192.168.0.2; our IP address is 192.168.0.10 Filename 'apf9328-u-boot.bin'. Load address: 0x8000000 Loading: ########################################### done Bytes transferred = 217656 (35238 hex) BIOS>


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Blogs : Mixed Case: Opinion and Advice
Region's new program gets green thumbs-up from outside expert
Posted: March 17, 2014 By Dana Nigro
When a group of winegrowers develops an eco-friendly certification program for their own region, one question you have to ask is: How serious are they? If the very people who have to live up to the goals are setting the goals, isn't there a possibility that they won't set the bar higher than they and their neighbors can easily reach? Does the certification hold everyone's feet to the fire or is it just a way to look good for the public?
That was a potential concern when four leading Long Island producers—Bedell Cellars, Shinn Estate, Channing Daughters and Martha Clara Vineyards—developed the first sustainability code and certification for vineyards on the East Coast in 2012 and launched the nonprofit Long Island Sustainable Winegrowing organization to oversee it. But if you didn't personally know the sincerity and commitment of people like Bedell winemaker Rich Olsen-Harbich and Barbara Shinn, if you hadn't walked their vineyards with them, as I have, how sure could you be of what they were trying to do?
Feb. 28, 2014 Issue : Features
Posted: February 28, 2014 By Dana Nigro
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Posted: February 14, 2014 By Dana Nigro
Alan York, a California-based leader in the biodynamic viticulture movement in the United States and abroad, died Feb. 3 at the age of 62. He inspired many to adopt greener horticultural practices in his decades-long career as a gardener and landscape designer, international vineyard consultant and speaker, and president of the Biodynamic Association and editor of the quarterly Biodynamics journal for a stint. He was overseeing biodynamic farming at all four of Benziger's certified vineyard estates and worked with clients ranging from Emiliana and Matetic in Chile and Alto Las Hormigas in Argentina to Sting's Il Palagio estate in Tuscany.
Posted: December 31, 2013 By Dana Nigro
The Green Vine: A Guide to West Coast Sustainable, Organic and Biodynamic Wines By Shannon Borg
Posted: December 31, 2013 By Dana Nigro
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Posted: December 31, 2013 By MaryAnn Worobiec, Tim Fish, Dana Nigro
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Shannon Borg's new tome offers a jumping-on point for wine lovers interested in eco-friendly drinking
Posted: November 5, 2013 By Dana Nigro
When I first decided that how a wine is grown mattered to me as much as whether I enjoy the taste, I wished I had a handy reference that laid out all the environmentally friendly practices, certifications and wineries. Instead, I spent months reading books and websites, interviewing experts, tracking down certified or practicing producers, touring vineyards and wineries and poring over retail shelves. (See Green Revolutionaries.)
Washington wine writer, educator and sommelier Shannon Borg wanted the same thing when she started her journey, so she curated her own personal introduction to the topic, focusing on the U.S. West Coast. The result is The Green Vine, a nice stocking stuffer of a book for eco-minded foodies who want to learn more about wine or for wine lovers who've decided it's time to know more about sustainable, organic and biodynamic winegrowing.
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Now you can play the highly acclaimed Brothers in Arms series for FREE! Prepare to step onto the most intense and explosive battlefields of WWII.
Download the game and start playing for free in Story mode or Multiplayer. Earn Dog Tags and XP as you play that can be used to unlock tons of extra features and gear to customize your soldier, or purchase Medals to unlock them faster. It's up to you!
Challenge up to 5 friends to multiplayer battles on five maps in 3 different modes (Free For All, Team Deathmatch and Domination). You can connect locally via Bluetooth or even go online with Wi-Fi to battle friends anywhere.
Experience every front of the war with 50 missions to unlock across 5 locations: the Pacific, Normandy, North Africa, Germany and Sicily.
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Buffalo salad rolls! Man, if I had to live gluten-free, I would worship at Kittee's feet. She is a goddamn genius and a gift to vegan-manity. Have you read Papa Tofu Loves Ethiopian Food? Get on that, you guys, it is magical.
The point of this post, though, is: BUFFALO SALAD ROLLS, starring my number-one favorite meat-style ingredient, Soy Curls. Just look at these beauties! Miniature vegan buffalo wings salads! Last year when Laura and I were in Portland I ate this buffalo tofu salad at Hungry Tiger Too and about died of happiness, but Kittee's rolls are better, because they are hand-held! And if there's one thing I secretly love more than salads (salads I adore you), it's eating with my hands.
Go get the recipe and make yourself some buffalo salad rolls toute de suite! We can enjoy them with spicy margaritas in the Bay Area late-summer sunshine and cry tears of vegan happiness/sweat under our eyeballs.
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» Meet Russell Simmons TONIGHT in Oakland!
Late notice, I know, but we get all our news worth reporting from Abby so we must work on her schedule. Take it up with her! She has a job or something.
So, tonight! Meet Russell and ask him why he's so rad/steer the conversation towards veganism with your thought-provoking question and enlighten the whole crowd! It's at the First Congregational Church of Oakland and starts at 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $12. Do it up!
Oh, also, I don't know if you've seen the March/April issue of VegNews yet but there is an awesome piece about vegan geniuses and it features Russell Simmons. Even more amazing, our Jonas did the art work! In fact, I will now take a picture of Russell Simmons in the current issue and put it below via the magic of the internet:
Look! It's Russell Simmons by way of Jonas Madden-Connor! And also my thumb! Anyway, GET THE ISSUE NOW.
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Vancouver, we love you! Meatless Mardi at Provence Restaurants »
Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 19, a pair of Provençal restaurants in Vancouver, B.C. introduced Meatless Mardi, a three-course prix fixe menu for $25 CA ($25 US, our dollar loses worth by the minute). All the courses are vegetarian, with the option to be made vegan, but it looks like the last few menus have been fully vegan. Provence Restaurants, you are a dream come true.
First course from last Tuesday's menu, the Meatless Mardi Martini with roasted veg, arugula and tomato soup. Photo by SweetOnVeg.
The idea came from chef/owner Alessandra Quaglia, out of concern for the health of the planet and the people. Alessandra worked and studied in kitchens in the south of France. Inexpensive vegan food cooked à la provençal sounds AMAZING. Then again, what part of "three-course vegan dinner at a French restaurant" could anyone hate? Exactly.
Second course from last Tuesday's menu, stuffed baby acorn squash with bulgar, root vegetables, sweet corn kale, cumin-spiced pine nuts. Photo by Sweet on Veg.
Presumably the cost of living in Vancouver is significantly lower than in San Francisco, because a comparable menu at our finest vegan dining restaurant, Millennium, is $14 more. Can't we have nice AND afforable things? At least for Meatless Mondays? Canada's got that social safety net, and Kate Beaton, and gay marriage rights since 2005, and now reasonably priced vegan French food, too! It is NOT FAIR. Yes, yes, the seal hunt is horrific, but it's not like we're saints down here. Maybe we can perform a reverse-Jordan and find a nice Canadian fellow to take us away from all this. As long as we are taken directly to a Meatless Mardi menu at one of the Provence Restaurants in Vancouver. And then at the other location. Two dinners are better that one!
Third course from last Tuesday's menu, chocolate coconut cream and apple compote, almond tuille cup, caramel sauce. Photo by SweetOnVeg.
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Diebold announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 17th, ARN reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of 0.2875 per share on Friday, December 5th.
NORTH CANTON, Ohio - The board of directors of Diebold, Incorporated today declared a fourth-quarter cash dividend of 28.75 cents per share on all common shares. The dividend is payable on Friday, Dec. 5 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Friday, Nov. 14. About Diebold Diebold, Incorporated is a global leader in providing innovative self-service technology, security systems and related services.
As technology continues to advance, consumers expect a higher level of accessibility in virtually all facets of their lives - including banking. For institutions confronting these expectations, Diebold, Incorporated is delivering --- with the new 5500 series of automated teller machines .
NORTH CANTON, Ohio -- Diebold, Incorporated will release third quarter financial results Thursday, Oct. 30 before trading begins on the New York Stock Exchange. Andy W. Mattes, Diebold president and chief executive officer, and Christopher A. Chapman, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will discuss the results during a conference call scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. ET that day.
The company has also outsourced management of its entire fleet of ATMs to Diebold. As part of the agreement, Diebold will deliver a variety of services , including monitoring, maintenance and managing the compliance needs and uptime of bpost's ATM network.


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Scissor Sisters Curate New Mapplethorpe Show
Posted by David Ozanich — 3 Feb 2011
Dance pop band Scissor Sisters used as cover art for their album Night Work a Robert Mapplethorpe photograph of ballet dancer Peter Reed's derriere. Lead singer Jake Shears tells CNN:
"The moment I saw the photograph which we ended up using for our album cover," said Shears, "I knew right away that it was the sleeve."
"Initially I loved the sexiness and the playfulness of it," he continued, adding that the image of dancer Peter Reed's behind was an inspiration for the dance tracks on the album.
Subsequently, the band was asked by representatives of the Mapplethorpe estate to curate a show of his photographs at the Alison Jacques gallery in London. They quickly agreed and put together a show featuring Mapplethorpe's iconic black-and-white nudes as well as his flowers. Band member Babydaddy explains:
"We've both been really interested in contemporary art and I think it's always great to pull inspiration from anywhere you can."
He continued: "I don't know if we really considered curating a show until the gallery approached us, actually, after putting out the record and just said, 'We love what you've done with the work, we think Robert would have been a fan of his use on the album cover.'"
The article also offers a quick primer on Mapplethorpe's role in the art world:
He produced some of the most enduring art of the 1970s and 1980s, with almost classically sculptural black-and-white photos of nudes and still lifes; stark portraits of celebrities including Debbie Harry and Isabella Rossellini; and sculptural work.
Though his work is now well represented at galleries and museums all over the world, it has caused controversy in the past.
In 1989, a traveling exhibition of Mapplethorpe's work in the U.S., which featured nude children and sadomasochistic imagery, caused a political storm culminating in threats to funding for the National Endowment of the Arts.
The artist set up The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation shortly before his death, which looks after his work but also supports medical research into the area of AIDS and HIV infection.
The exhibit is on view at Alison Jacques gallery until March 19th. Watch an interview with Jake Shears and Babydaddy which takes you inside the new show:


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Kate and Adam's Coming Soon Trailer
"To all at CinemaCake,
Just watched the trailer for about the 10th time. You guys did a wonderful job. Here it is 4 am and I watched it again. Brings a tear to the eye each time. Thanks for a job well done."
-Ken Lester (FOB)
Cinematography: Matt Peck, Rick Stevens, and Noah Stoner of CinemaCake Filmmakers
Editor: Matt Peck of CinemaCake Filmmakers
Reception Venue: Eagle Valley Farm
Catering: Toscana Restaurant
Ceremony Venue: Westminster Presbyterian Church
Photography: Campli Photography
Wedding Planner: Proud to Plan
Florist: Sweet Peas
Entertainment: All About Me
Hair Stylist: Salon 828
Bride Prep Location: Hotel: Hotel du Pont
Music licensed by Songfreedom
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Jennifer and Greg's Coming Soon Trailer
Cinematography: Rick Stevens, Jonathan Sutton and Noah Stoner of CinemaCake Filmmakers
Editor: Rick Stevens of CinemaCake Filmmakers
Photography: m2 Photography
Reception Venue and Catering: Deerfield Golf Club
Ceremony Venue: St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church
Florist: Creations for Celebrations
Hair Stylist: Annie Laudeman
Makeup Artist: Kristina Ruggerio
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Devon and Sean's CinemaCake Film
Filmmakers: John M. White, Matt Peck, and Taylor Duscha of CinemaCake Filmmakers
Editor: Taylor Duscha
Music Licensed through SongFreedom.com
Photography: MK Photo
Venue: Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Florist: Beautiful Blooms
Entertainment: Jack Faulkner Orchestra
Catering: Restaurant Associates
Officiant: Vows of the Heart
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Mike Smith says receiver's injury is not a high ankle sprain. Terry McCormick
Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith said Wednesday that he expects receiver Roddy White to be back for the regular season opener, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Smith refuted a radio report that said the receiver's injury to his ankle was a high ankle sprain, which would mean he would miss more time than with a normal ankle injury.
If the Falcons' explosive offense is to kick into high gear early, it will need White on the opposite side of Julio Jones to make defenses pick and choose which player to key on, giving Matt Ryan plenty of options and ways to exploit opposing secondaries.
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these samples and to make the required linkages across datasets. With respect to the planning of future samples, a mechanism could be created to promote more deliberate linkages of data sources, rather than leave this linkage up to chance. Three possibilities are outlined below.
Linking Federal, State, and Local Data Systems. In its 1993 evaluation of drug use surveys, the U.S. General Accounting Office weighed how to effectively measure use at the state and local level, concluding that there are no obvious solutions. Its report found that the NHSDA would be "an expensive tool and would not constitute a useful indicator of some of the more serious drug use problems" and recommended that it should continue to be used to provide national prevalence estimates but not state-level estimates. This recommendation notwithstanding, the NHSDA sample size was subsequently increased in an effort to produce reliable state-level estimates.
There are in place several federally coordinated systems of state-administered data on illegal drugs that might usefully be studied as models.7 The Drug and Alcohol Services Information System of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration is compiled from information provided by state substance abuse agencies. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment sponsors State Needs Assessment Studies, conducted by selected state substance abuse agencies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collaborates with state health agencies to collect sensitive data in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The National Drug Intelligence Center links law enforcement intelligence data on drugs, gangs, and violence from nearly 15 federal agencies, and the Regional Information Sharing System integrates data from state and local law enforcement agencies (see Charles, 2000, for further details). In addition to these federally coordinated efforts, there are several states that have developed their own systems of linking data from multiple in-state sources. For example, California and Washington have such systems.
Linking NHSDA with Offender Databases. It has sometimes been suggested that the NHSDA data be linked with ADAM and with surveys of prison populations by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in an effort to produce national estimates that appropriately cover the high-risk subpopulation of offenders. The feasibility of such linkages is not yet clear and should be investigated. ADAM, after all, is a survey of events (ar-
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