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I love the sprint events. Those German boys are MASSIVE! They look like bodybuilders on bikes. Looks almost as silly as grown men on tiny BMX bikes...oops, sorry wrong thread!
Anyway, they're racing the Keirin today, and boy is that a weird race! I've seen it before, but boy is it odd. So what is the point of this race? I know it is basically a sprint, but why the whole lead-up with the motorbike? It looks like it's an attempt to have a sprint race with an even, moving start, as opposed to the match sprint in which they ride very slow until the last explosive moment. But it still seems odd to have so many laps slowly getting up to speed before the motorbike pulls off. Also, advantages/disadvantages of the start order?
Also, is there an "out of bounds" on the bottom of the track? I saw guys riding on the lighter blue line in the team sprint yesterday, so is there any line?
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The Kierin was invented by the Japanese. They gamble heavily on it to this day. It's a mass-start sprint. The derny bike that paces them round serves a couple of purposes. First it offers the opportunity for them to jockey for position, which makes for interesting racing. It can get pretty rough, though I think the commissaires have got a bit stricter about the physical stuff in recent years. Second, it ensures that when the riders are released they are going pretty fast, so there is no chance of it turning into a slow, tactical affir.
As for the start positions, some like to be at the front and get first run when the derny bike pulls off, others like to come from behind. The latter strategy is more popular on 333 metre tracks where the longer straight gives you more chance of overtaking after the final bend.
As far as the inside line is concerned, I may be out of date about this. My recollection is that you can't race on the blue "out of bounds" area but that riders aren't penalised if they have to wander on there in the early stages. Someone might correct me about that.
For mass start events, the blue band is "out of bounds" and a safety zone. You aren't allowed to pass on it (relegation), but if you're pushed onto it you can ride there until it's safe to move back up onto the racing surface. It's generally constant banking equal to the banking in the straightaway all the way around so you don't have an abrupt slope change if you're pushed onto it in the turns. It's also where you go to dump speed in the event that you get a flat and manage to get down the banking with the bike upright- if you go straight to the apron you generally will find yourself sitting down with a butt full of splinters.
As you say, starting position is personal preference and racing style. Even on 250 m tracks though, for several years the back was starting to be a preferred position-- for a few years in a row the Keirin at worlds was won by someone who was a kilo specialist taking a flyer. Bos made it famous, but I think Jamie Staff may have done it before him.
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I don't think refering to races over 2 days old can be much of a spoiler, especially since I'll refrain from mentioning the specific teams.
In the womens team sprint 2 teams were DQ'd. It seems both for the same technicalk infraction related to when the trailing rider passed the leading rider.
This sounded to me to be not unlike the passing zone for track (running version) relay races. Is that right? Can one be too early or too late.
Also does either actually give any advantage?
Perish any man who suspects that these men either did or suffered anything unseemly.
The "exchange zone" is defined as 15 meters to either side of the pursuit line (the red line in the center of each straight) and is analogous to the zone where the baton is passed in running races. When a rider has "drawn away" is not well defined in the UCI rules, but pulling up above the sprinters line (red line) is probably generally sufficient.
The advantage to be gained in making the exchange outside the zone would depend on your particular riders-- the rider who starts in front is quite thoroughly fried by the time they get around the track. They also might be riding a slightly smaller gear than the others in order to get the high acceleration (the other two riders start higher up track and get a little gravity help, too). Pulling off early would get the starter out of the way faster so the fresher rider who is probably using a gear more suitable for sustained high speed can take over. In the mens event, there may be some advantage (depending on the team and the riders) for the second rider to pull off early or late, depending on who's finishing and whether they want to keep that rider out of the wind longer or whether they've picked rider #2s gear for more acceleration or more sustained speed.
I'm an endurance rider, so Carleton can probably give more fine points on early vs. late. On the rare occasions that I ride a team sprint, I'm the #3 rider and on a big gear. It's not too different from a win and out where if there are real sprinters there I'd put on a monster gear and sit on the faster guys as they sprint it out, then cruise through for 3rd or 4th after the track empties out a little.
Thanks bitingduck. I had no idea that they might be using different gearing.
Based on your answer it seems that pushing the limits on the zone is a reasonable thing, not at all unlike pushing the relay starts in swimming. It may only gain a couple of 1/10s of a second. But I'm sure track cycling races ahve come down to the 100ths. (I know it has in swimming, 4x100 last olympics).
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AMHERST, Mass. - She may not be as vocal as Ray Lewis, but with her intellect and ability, Vanessa Patry doesn't need to yell and dance to set an example.
"She gets out there and trains, and when I say `let's get started,' she's the first one out there ready to go," Massachusetts soccer coach Jim Rudy said. "She trains hard, works on her skills, and is attentive. A lot of players, you have to train to get them into the mode of what you're looking for. With her, I don't even need to diagram it. I can describe it and it clicks in. She has a soccer mind, and we haven't had too many quite at that level."
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Rudy recruited Patry at his advanced girls' soccer camp, and it's a decision he certainly does not regret.
Being captain as a junior gives one the potential to become full of themselves, but Patry is quick to downplay the accomplishment and give credit to others.
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Hang in there it will get easier and you will lose the weight. I joined sparks in Jan 2012, played with it for a few months, then got serious, ... but wasn't losing any weight. Went to my food log and looked back through what I was eating and realized that I was treating myself way too often. - Sure it's only a small chocolate milk shake once or twice a week, but at 700 calories?? -
My advice is to go back and look at your records and see what you have been eating. Even if you are in your calorie range, if your eating a lot of junk, then you have less chances of really losing.
Are your calories to low? Are you eating well spaced out meals? Eating like a bird all day then pigging out at night doesn't get the weight off. (it should really be the other way around. pig out in the morning, eat like a bird the rest of the day.)
I did end up losing 10 pounds before the fall, but sadly I threw that out the window with the holidays and gained it back plus 2.
When I think about what I can't have or that I have been doing really good I tend to think that I should eat .... this package of cookies, or bag of chocolate .... I've been good right? So I have to remind myself of what I have had. How many calories I have eaten, it helps me make better choices. And on the days that I just really don't care ....... well then I just really don't care. I log it all in and move on. Nobody is perfect, and we can all have a do over. ...at our next meal, the next day, or in my case - next week. it's ok.
Our fat cells and taste buds really don't want to change, that's why it's so hard.
Make small changes. Make healthy choices. Move just a little bit more today than you did yesterday. It will come off. You will lose the weight. You will reach your goal.
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The German surname Leib emerged in the lands that form the modern state of Lower Saxony, which is presently bordered by the North Sea, the Hartz mountains and the Elbe and Ems rivers. Lower Saxony was previously a medieval dukedom. In the Middle Ages, many of the Saxon lands were a part of the Holy Roman Empire, which was characterized by the Feudal System. Before this era, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Many people, such as the Leib family, adopted the name of their feudal occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname Leib was an occupational name for a baker. The root of this distinguished surname is the word laib, which in the Middle Ages referred to a baker.
The surname Leib was first found in Brunswick, where the name was closely identified in early mediaeval times with the feudal society which would become prominent throughout European history. Chronicles first mention Hans Laybel in Nickolsberg in 1414, and Peter Loeublin of Reutlingen in 1390.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Leib, Leibe, Leibner, Leiber, Leibnitz, Leipnitz, Leibler, Leible, Leibl, Leiblin, Leibesman, Leiblein, Laib, Laible and many more.
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Looking for some inspiration for your shoe box float? Here's some fun and creative floats- a picture is worth a thousand words.
It seems everyone is making "shoebox floats" for their Mardi Graw celebrations and it got me thinking- how about a shoebox parade as a family reunion activity.
A shoe box float is just a shoe box flipped over with the lid attached to the back to form a backdrop. These boxes are then decorated like a parade float.
To decorative your shoe box float gather objects such as glitter, buttons, costume jewelry, feathers, sequins, tissue paper, scrap paper, small shells or rocks, tinsel, foil, markers, paint, crayons, photos, pipe cleaners, buttons, dolls or action figures, or small toys.
Place the large part of the shoebox upside down and attach the lid of the shoebox at one end. Paint the boxes, or cover with paper and decorate.
Choose a theme for your shoebox float parade. At a family reunion, you could ask participants to decorate their float to represent themselves- a great "getting to know you" activity or assign each family an ancestor to research and then decorate their float to represent that ancestor.
Rules you might want to consider for your shoebox float parade:
1. Do not place the shoebox on a piece of cardboard larger than the shoebox.
2. Do not create a diorama float using the inside of the box.
3. Float dimensions: The shoebox float must be made of a cardboard shoebox no larger than 13" x 9". A completed decorated float should not exceed 15 inches in height..
Of course, you'll want to give out a few awards for the "Most Beautiful", "Most Creative Use of Materials", "Judges Choice" and Most Unique floats.
I found a great website for step by step instructions for shoebox floats that might be helpful.
When planning your 2012 family reunion consider a shoebox float parade and see just how creative your family can be.
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My favorite parades are those in small communities. The parade in our town is only two blocks long and lasts about 20 minutes, but we always arrive early so we can get a front row seat. We don't want to miss those great family floats!
When I was growing up we always had a Hooton family float. My Mom and her sister designed and made a float for all of Grammie and Gramps grandkids to ride on. I don't remember a lot of the details but I do remember having fun on the float and I liked getting a free ticket to the movie theater and 25 cents to buy a treat which was the prize for having an award winning float.
Having a family float in a local parade can be a fun activity for your family reunion. It's also a great way for Grandma and Grandpa to show off their posterity. Here's some tips to having a great family reunion float.
#1. Be sure to register your float with the parade committee in advance. Find out the specifics about entering before you begin building your parade float. Some parades have restrictions about throwing candy or passing out flyers so find out the rules and safety requirements.
#2. Once you know the size requirements and approved vehicles for floats, you will need to find either a truck and trailer or flatbed that you can use to create your float. If you don't have access to a truck and trailer let your family ride their bikes or walk in the parade. Children in the family can dress in their team uniforms, dance costumes or school shirts, decorate their bikes and ride in the parade.
Another option is to put everyone in matching family reunion shirts, make a banner with your family name on it, give everyone a helium balloon and wah la- you have a "walking" family reunion float. Like they say, sometimes- "less is more".
#3. Make sure you have plenty of help to assemble your float. You will have to build your float in a few hours so you will need to be organized.
#4. Money is probably going to be an issue for your family reunion float. Floats do not have to cost a lot of money to be fun. There are inexpensive supplies that you can use to make a fun float. Colored butcher paper, paint, cardboard, straw bales and balloons can create a very nice float. Cut out props from the cardboard, try making them more three dimensional by using folds or tape and glue. Make them big, the bigger the better, because your float will be viewed from a distance. Paint these props colorfully and be sure to adequately secure the props to the vehicle or trailer. Balloons are a great filler as are colorful crepe paper streamers. Make skirting to cover the sides and wheels by wrapping and securing with tape and a staple gun a length of heavy butcher type paper around the deck of the bed.
#5. Last of all, be sure you have a safe driver for your float. Grandpa is a good option if he doesn't already have an assignment. After you have put your family reunion float together with crepe paper, balloons and staples all that's left is to add your family.
And to feed all those hungry parade goers be sure and check out "How Much Do I Need To Feed a Hundred under the "Plan a Reunion" drop down at family reunion helper.
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Zeta-Jones doubles her moneyCatherine Zeta-Jones has doubled her multi-million-pound fortune in the past year.
The star, who earned 9millionGBP for starring in 'The Terminal' with Tom Hanks, is now so rich she is set to overtake her multi-millionaire husband, actor Michael Douglas, in the money stakes.
2004 also saw the beautiful mother-of-two win a 4millionGBP two-year deal with mobile phone giant T-Mobile and an 1.2millionGBP-a-year contract with cosmetic company Elizabeth Arden.
The 35-year-old had already kicked off the year with a huge 3millionGBP payout from Britain's Hello! Magazine after the magazine published unofficial wedding photos of the celebrity couple.
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Let the nostalgic charm of Appalachian hospitality warm you this holiday season.Awaken the spirit of Christmas through festive live music, hearty meals and local artistry. Visit area shops or step back in time with turn-of-the-century Christmas décor at the exquisite Biltmore Estate. Festivities include Handel's Messiah, featuring the Lake Junaluska Singers and regional orchestra, classic Sounds of Christmas, a concert by The Lake Junaluska Singers, Appalachian Christmas Craft Show showcasing dozens of local artisans, and matinee concert by The Cockman Family, a local treasure.
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The Lake Junaluska Singers, directed by Dr. Melodie Galloway, are a 14-voice professional ensemble, which serves as the Ambassador choir for the Southeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church and of the Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center. The group began in 1954 and has performed nationally and internationally for conferences, dignitaries, and major events. Their music ranges from classical choral and contemporary works to gospel, folk and musical theater styles. Individual concerts tickets are available for purchase.
Messiah is an baroque-era music composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741-42. The entirety of Messiah consists of three parts that cover Christ's life from the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah to his birth, the passion and resurrection, and ascension. Notable musical selections include the Hallelujah Chorus, For Unto Us A Child Born, Glory to God, And the Glory of the Lord.
The Lake Junaluska Singers with an accompanying choir (composed of regional choristers) and orchestra will perform selections from Messiah that tell of Christ's birth. Individual concerts tickets are available for purchase.
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Since launching their performing career in February of 1988, the Cockman Family has developed the classic family harmonies and youthful flair that is the Cockman Family trademark. Their unique bluegrass gospel style, original songs and original arrangements of the old gospel songs have been immensely popular with their audiences. This group's family ties are strong and the warmth of that is conveyed in their performances. Individual concerts tickets are available for purchase.
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Development of Team Bondi's Whore of the Orient has reportedly been put on hold and a number of staff at the Sydney-based studio have been let go.
Superannuation reports that Warner Bros. dropped out of plans to publish the open-world title "right before last Christmas," resulting in the project running out of steam.
MCV Pacific claims that Team Bondi has not been shut down, though it remains unknown as to how many of its staff have lost their jobs.
The L.A. Noire developer was actively searching for a publisher in January, with one employee – who has since been laid off – expecting a deal to be cemented in April.
Team Bondi pulled the wraps off Whore of the Orient in late 2011 following the release of L.A. Noire in May of that year. Last summer, we were privy to the first details of the title, where it was confirmed the game would be released for PC and next-generation systems.
Whore of the Orient takes place in Shanghai during the year 1936, "the most corrupt and decadent city on the planet."
"Shanghai. Plaything of Western powers who greedily exploit the Chinese masses," wrote Team Bondi. "Boiling pot of Chinese nationalism, with the Kuomintang ruthlessly trying to suppress Communism and the labour movement. Home to the International Police Force, a group of Western cops hopelessly trying to keep the lid on and keep the peace."
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The former Chelsea forward scored twice in 3-3 draw with Shandong Luneng on Saturday, while team-mate and fellow Stamford Bridge old boy Nicolas Anelka scored a goal of his own.
Reports earlier this week suggested the pair could be forced out of the club due a row between the club's shareholders.
Chairman Zhu Jan reportedly wants a majority stake in the company and it could come at the expense of the former Chelsea stars.
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Alright, it appears that Green Day won't be getting its own Rock Band game -- at least not yet.
A press release sent today from MTV announced a collaboration between Green Day and Rock Band; several hits from the punk-rock band will be coming to Harmonix's music game. The first downloadable pack, coming July 7, will include the songs 21 Guns, Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere.
"Green Day not only rock hard, but are also epic storytellers," said Van Toffler, President of MTV Networks, Music, LOGO and Film. "Their message and their music have been the voice and sound of this generation. The addition of Green Day is a huge victory for MTV and our audience, and marks another landmark in our efforts to bring the best artists to Rock Band."
"We are excited to be working with MTV and Harmonix," said Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong. "They are leaders and visionaries in the world of music and video games, and Rock Band is a really cool way for fans of all ages to experience our music."
Once again, the first Green Day Rock Band pack will arrive on July 7, 2009. More content will be announced at a later date.
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By Mack Rawden 3 years ago
Are you aware that the praying mantis has five eyes, can swivel its head one hundred and eighty degrees and eats its food one appendage at a time? Probably not, but those hot facts shouldnt surprise you considering the insect is both aggressively bizarre and the inspiration for ZeFranks latest entry in his True Facts series.
Over the past few months, ZeFrank has rolled out hilarious tributes to creatures such as the sloth and the anglerfish. All have been brilliant, and this latest entry is too. Check out the True Facts About The Mantis below
You know how sometimes males will choke themselves while jerking off to add a sense of danger? The female praying mantis eating the male during sex if she gets bored is like the ultimate upgrade to that idea. Its a gigantic risk, but if the male is good enough and competent enough, he can stave off death. Consequently, Im sure some try all the time and Im sure others are content to stay out of the game and mind their own business.
As usual, well let you know when ZeFrank roles out his next hilarious installment, which might well be the best current recurring series on YouTube.


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Marriage Protection: What To Do If the Inlaws Are Alcoholic
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Family of Origin Versus Family of Marriage
It turns out that it's common for a new marriage to bring up conflicting duties between the new marriage and one's family of birth. And establishing that marriage in the shadow of addiction and abuse? Even more difficult.
According to Dr. Robert Ackerman, Professor of Sociology and Program Coordinator at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort, those who love an alcoholic go through four phases as they come to terms with the situation: reactive, active, alternative, and family unit.
During the reactive stage, family members of the alcoholic develop dysfunctional coping strategies. In my husband's case, his childhood and young adulthood around his sister led to a native language of denial and enabling. He developed a particularly passive nature and a strong desire to keep the peace at any cost—even at the cost of her continued alcohol use and dysfunction.
In the active stage, family members of an alcoholic acknowledge the situation and start to make a plan. They might think about cutting the cord and avoiding the family member entirely, or they might try to avoid the topic in hopes that it will get better on its own. Or they might, as we did, seek counseling for themselves to put together a plan of action.
When people who love an alcoholic reach the alternative stage, they move forward with the decision they've made: to end the relationship, to seek out an alternative living situation, or to place boundaries within the relationship. If successful, the alternative stage culminates in seeking help for the alcoholic and setting boundaries in one's personal life.
The family unit stage, the final stage, is one that some families may never reach: after establishing boundaries, embracing the addiction, and working together, the families or relationships begin to improve. Those who need it find health and support and the family reaffirms its bonds of love.
Helping an Addicted Family Member While Fortifying your Marriage
You can help your addicted family member while also setting boundaries on behalf of your new family by marriage. Here are three helpful principles to guide your decision-making that will also encourage a healthy marriage:
Make a list of co-approved things you can do to help. Rather than work from a place of fear and individuality, come together as partners to decide what each member of your marital family is comfortable with. For example, it was my husband's first instinct to call more and to be more available to his sister, but that didn't sit well for me. It may take a long time to work out agreeable terms with your partner, but it's important that each spouse has the space to decide what those terms are so that the solution has buy-in from both spouses.
Stand up for each other. Feeling threatened by a sibling's new relationship, the addicted sibling-in-law may lash out at the new spouse. As a spouse, I speak from experience. It's difficult to watch your new husband bend over backwards to please a manipulative family member, especially when that family member insults you or is otherwise unkind. That's where your spouse's commitment to your new marriage must come in: your spouse must make it clear to his extended family that the new spouse is to be treated with respect and civility. Disagreements are allowed; insults are not.
Detach to create space. How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics emphasizes the benefits and importance of healthy detachment. Healthy detachment—not manipulative detachment—promotes emotional consistency and provides a safe space in which to make decisions. The decisions you make when feeling detached come from a position of love and confidence, not from fear and pain. Use detachment to make decisions that will help your addicted sibling while respecting the boundaries of your new marriage.
Detach to be able to love the addict. Al-Anon Family Group's reference book also emphasizes that "detachment with love allows us to hate the disease of alcoholism, yet step back from that disease in order to find love for the alcoholic." This is an important step both for the sibling of the addict and the in-law of the addict. It's not about bitterness, resentment, and condescension; it's about emotional distance and life-giving decision making.
Seek non-inflammatory truth. In How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics, the authors make an insightful point while relating the dynamic between alcoholics and those who love them as a game of tug of war. If you're holding one end of the rope and your alcoholic family member tugs the other, it seems natural to tug back. It takes a long time to realize that you don't have to—that it takes two to play tug of war. Instead of continuing the dialogue of denial and superficiality, seek out ways to communicate openly and without inflammatory statements. Work as a team to plan out phrases in advance that can help your spouse express his disapproval without being out-right argumentative. Aim to be clear and kind, but to avoid judgmental or unkind statements.
Focus on what you're passing down. For members of a dysfunctional family, moving along with the status quo can seem far less dangerous than making waves. But as leading expert and author Tian Dayton, M.A., Ph.D., TEP, writes, "if the addict does not engage in a full recovery process, they are asking both themselves and their family members to live with emotional and psychological burdens that can keep the family and the individuals within it mired in dysfunctional patterns of relating that get passed along through the generations." Commonly referred to as "passing on the pain," not addressing systemic problems of addiction and dysfunction can have a dramatic and negative impact on everyone who shares in your family's future: your nieces, nephews, and your own children. Thinking of the future generations to come is a great way to find strength in yourself to approach your addicted family member.
I can't say what the future holds for my sister in law, but I know what it holds for my husband and me: a life of honest communication, understanding, and open-handed love for his sister on her journey out of addiction. For those spouses battling with their conflicting emotions, I encourage you to take heart. In many cases, there is a way through—not over or around—an addicted in-law that will bring strength, compassion, and caring to your marriage and to your relationship with your extended family. By putting into place loving but firm boundaries, your new marriage will establish healthy relationships as a family value for you, your spouse, and future generations of your family.
Hannah Jean Kahn is a pseudonym for a writer living in Virginia.


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"Campaign Spending Limits are Dead"
Money corrupts! Well, unless the left is spending it. Then it is blessed and good and spent to fend off the evil of monied interests in politics:
The great campaign spending limitation experiment is dead, and it died without a whimper from those who have spent lifetimes decrying monies influence on politics — all because their favored candidate wielded the knife.
In Wisconsin, Republicans are re-learning this lesson as incumbent Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is facing a public employee union-fueled challenge from the left in an attempt to take control of the state's Supreme Court. Wisconsin, the original good government state, has rigid campaign finance spending rules.
In the aftermath of the passage of collective bargaining laws, Justice Prosser is facing a $3 million public employee union spending onslaught through the Greater Wisconsin Committee featuring a commercial that falsely accuses him of shielding a child molesting priest as a prosecutor. Even the left-leaning Politifact has given the ad a low rating on its Truth O Meter.
Once again, because Justice Prosser is trapped conforming to campaign spending limitations, these false ads are going largely unchallenged as he struggles to tell his story.
At one time, campaign reformers could argue that campaign spending limits benefit the electorate with a straight-face. Today, in the wake of Obama's 2008 and promised 2012 campaigns, and the Wisconsin Justice race that will determine the future of the state's collective bargaining laws, no one can pretend any longer that campaign spending limitations do anything except put those that accept them at a strong disadvantage.
It is time, to level the playing field and get rid of political spending limits, taxpayer-funded matching funds and stop the charade. Although it is not hard to predict that when the right decides to play by the same financing rules that Obama and his cronies are using, the nation will be subjected to a chorus of condemnation in the New York Times from the formerly silent left.
Let's hope that Republican candidates for president are smart enough to reject matching funds and the limitations on spending that accompany them. We cannot afford to unilaterally disarm in this upcoming election by accepting campaign funding limits, when President Obama will be spending 3 to 4 times that amount.
The political left is designed to find the weaknesses in the system and exploit those weaknesses — and what they've found is that, in the calculus of campaign financing, their spending and messaging (with invaluable aid from a supposedly neutral media that we all know is anything but) brings greater dividends than does the GOP's concomitant calculated sanctimony in holding fast to rules they watch the liberal Democrats flout. Which is to say, the GOP's attempts to make hay out of the flouting of the rules by Dems has been far less successful than has been the rule flouting — and subsequent control of the narrative it leads to — the Dem's money buys.
The left is interested in the rule of law only insofar as it can be used to constrain the right. Which means the right has to be aware of the attacks and work to change the rule of law to shore the breaches through which "progressives" launch their attacks on our representative republic.
If buying judges they've already vetted by issue means the political left can control the outcome of lawmaking, they'll do so without hesitation. Because doing so allows them to return the optics to that of operating within a representative republic, because the game is rigged, and the outcomes (through a series of orchestrated checks) predetermined.
It's who they are. It's what they do.
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The political left is designed to find the weaknesses in the system and exploit those weaknesses…
But-but-but, they're all such good men. How could you suspect them of having anything other than patriotic motivations.
Extremist! H8ter!
The left is interested in the rule of law only insofar as it can be used to constrain the right.
The left is going to discover that the populace is interested in the rule of law only insofar as it can be used to maintain a just and orderly society. How many stupid laws do we routinely ignore already? How many crooked lawmakers and complicit judges do the think they can install before we decide to ignore the whole lot and do our own thing?
Excessive, heavy-handed, counterproductive government is the surest route to anarchy and revolution, and these jokers just keep piling on the layers as fast as they can. As with so many other facets of their strategy, I think they are mistaken about who will come out on top in the end. Here's a hint: you probably want to bet on the self-reliant ones with the skills, the supplies, the work ethic, the functioning society, and the ammo.
Apologies to any lawyers in the crowd, but as the left counts trial lawyers as one of their biggest and most lucrative supporters, they are always gaming the system for any loophole available. Win at any cost, Constitution be damned. On second thought, apology rescinded. And I'd like to petition the court for a 10 year recess…


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Following the theft of my trusty Dahon Mariner, I've recently bought a used Tern Link D8. The original owner did some nice upgrades (better derailleur and seat post), and I'm thinking of my own changes. One thing that's bugging me is that on the D8 the Physis stem collapses to the outside of the folded bike where on the Mariner it tucks in between the two halves.
I know the Physis is a Tern selling point, an awesomely stiff handlebar post, "massively strong, precision machined design that virtually eliminates flex. Four new patented technologies go into the design." That said, it's a little short, it doesn't extend, and it doesn't tuck in for easy carrying. The lower-end Tern Link C7 also tucks in, which got me wondering.
I've started researching the various handlebar posts. ThorUSA.com stocks a lot of Dahon and Tern handleposts, and this site has a lot of just Dahon-brand items . But it seems this may not be an straightforward replacement.
Can I just swap out the handlebar post of a d8 for a c7's? Do I need to replace other parts on the front as well? Will a Dahon telescoping post fit? Again, it looks like there's a lot of options; it's just hard to make sense of what will actually fit.
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In a campaign stop in the Magnolia State Monday, Elizabeth Edwards said her husband's running mate, Sen. John Kerry, is the right choice for Mississippi.
The wife of Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. John Edwards, met with members of the news media after attending a private fundraiser at a Jackson restaurant.
Elizabeth Edwards said Kerry wants to address the nation's job crisis and its health concerns.
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Oklahoma State football: Mike Gundy poised to match his coach's record win total
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Pat Jones has thought little about the end to his reign as Oklahoma State's all-time winningest football coach.
It's something he and Mike Gundy, Jones' former player and pupil, haven't really discussed.
But Gundy could record his 62nd career victory as OSU's head coach Saturday afternoon against Kansas, which would tie the win total Jones compiled from 1984-94.
And Jones admits that if anyone is going to surpass his mark, he's glad it's Gundy.
"It would probably irritate me a little bit, if I told the truth, if it were somebody probably outside, that was not associated with us," Jones said. "I probably wouldn't have said it, but it probably would have.
"But this here is just kind of almost like Mike has almost inherited the thing, really. The torch has been passed."
Gundy has become a lauded figure in Stillwater, turning OSU into a prominent national program that put together its best season in school history in 2011 with its first Big 12 title and a Fiesta Bowl win. But before that, Gundy was the slinging quarterback for Jones' 1980S teams that featured Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas and Hart Lee Dykes.
And since then, Jones and Gundy have stayed in each other's lives.
Jones saw a personality and dedication in Gundy as a player that made him believe the quarterback could someday become a coach. He hired Gundy as an assistant straight out of college, then promoted him to offensive coordinator in 1994. Jones also played a role in helping Gundy get assistant jobs at Baylor and Maryland. And Jones truly believed Gundy had what it took to become a head coach when he returned to Stillwater as the offensive coordinator under Les Miles in 2001.
"He's always had exceptional qualities about himself," Jones said. "…My opinion was he was always very capable of handling it."
It took Jones 11 seasons to compile his 62-60 record. Gundy's about to reach that mark in his eighth year, and currently has just 32 losses. And after signing a lucrative contract extension through at least the 2019 season, it appears Gundy not only will eventually create distance between himself and Jones.
Jones is still an occasional visitor at OSU practices, and Gundy enjoyed attending Jones' induction into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame earlier this year. They often talk football, but "not about (the record)," Gundy said.
Jones said he'll give Gundy a congratulatory call when the mark is broken. And he is "incredibly proud and happy" that distinction will soon belong to his pupil.
"For him to do it," Jones said, "former player, gave him his first job as an assistant and all that kind of stuff — I think it just makes it all the more special."


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Are you a narcissist? If you really are, you probably won't care. Or else, you'll read this article and think, "Yes, but that's for people who can't back it up. Boo-ya!"
This November, the task force behind the DSM (the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) announced that Narcissistic Personality Disorder had been removed. The New York Times had a cheeky take on the matter: A Fate That Narcissists Will Hate: Being Ignored.
I'd been thinking about the topic of narcissism ever since 2005, when I was working to establish myself in stand-up comedy. An ex-boyfriend found my website and emailed to say that the site was "the most narcissistic thing I've ever seen." Yikes. Was it? One must consider the source for these kinds of comments — our exes will hardly be the ones giving our eulogies. [Editor's note: unless you are Sonny Bono and your ex is Cher.] My site looked like a standard promotional comedian website, I thought, with some slick photos I'd had taken. And, of course, when I was mentioned in the press, I'd blog about it, and add it to the site. Isn't that what you do when you're trying to make it in comedy?
I ran the issue by my best friend, an artist whose Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School now has over 100 branches on five continents. She told me to forget about it. Of course, this also comes from a woman who employs an assistant to handle all the emails from fans who want to take her to lunch.
How much self-promotion is good business, and how much is too much? How much irrational self-confidence is good for you, and how much does it take to make you an asshole?
The Times article gives a good description of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (N.P.D.):
The central requirement for N.P.D. is a special kind of self-absorption: a grandiose sense of self, a serious miscalculation of one's abilities and potential that is often accompanied by fantasies of greatness…
The second requirement for N.P.D.: since the narcissist is so convinced of his high station (most are men), he automatically expects that others will recognize his superior qualities and will tell him so. This is often referred to as 'mirroring.' It's not enough that he knows he's great. Others must confirm it as well, and they must do so in the spirit of 'vote early, and vote often.'
Finally, the narcissist, who longs for the approval and admiration of others, is often clueless about how things look from someone else's perspective. Narcissists are very sensitive to being overlooked or slighted in the smallest fashion, but they often fail to recognize when they are doing it to others.
Apparently, the dropping of narcissism as a personality disorder is due to the rise of a "dimensional approach" to diagnosing disorders, in which symptoms are chosen à la carte for a particular patient, rather than matching a patient to a prototypical list of symptoms that characterize a disorder. But one can't help but think that maybe we don't need "N.P.D." because narcissism has become startlingly normal.
There have been numerous reports that "being famous" is the number one goal of young people today. I don't want to blame all the narcissism on young people, though. Baby boomers are doing plenty of it, and in between the "entitled" twentysomethings and the supposedly-world-changing Boomers is the Real Housewives set, making inflatable lips de rigueur. There is also evidence that "Millennials" are more civically responsible. (Here's an academic paper examining the evidence for a rise in narcissism over the decades).


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The game started out as a fairly even affair, with probably Aylestone having the slightly upper hand, using with their larger physical presence to command more of the possession over Oadby. However, Oadby soon got into their stride and produced some nice flowing football and created the first real chance of the game with the ball reflexing off both posts! However, neither team could manage to gain complete control and the game seemed to be heading towards extra time and penalties.
The second half was much more promising. Both teams upped their pace and the game became quite the hot contest that many of the travelling fans had hoped for, with Oadby managing to gain the advantage over their opponents, with another seemingly easy goal missing from a few yards out. Credit had to be given to the Aylestone goalkeeper for keeping the score line level. However, this did not last long and the deadlock was finally broken from a lovely run by Brown and a calm finish to place the ball in the back of the Aylestone net. Another goal quickly followed as Brown neatly deposited a penalty to make it 2-0. By this time the Aylestone players lost their focus on the game with players protesting with the referee earning a shower of yellow cards and their 'keeper throwing the ball at Oadby players. There seemed no chance of a late come back after further Aylestone tantrums resulted in them being reduced to ten men.
More simple chances were squandered with Dalby just clearing the crossbar from short range. However, Oadby's third came from Hurst just before time earning them a thoroughly deserved victory.
Congratulations to all the Youth Team players in winning the cup, everyone at Oadby Town Football Club will be extremely proud to have new silverware gloriously on display at Greene King Park next season.