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Introducing BiblioCure: The Science of Finding the Book for What Ails You.
As an internationally recognized expert on absolutely everything, I'd like to introduce the Brand-New Infallible Science of Bibliocology, otherwise known as the Cure of Corrective Reading. I can show you how to mend your professional fences and patch up those broken hearts. This program can also help you lose weight and tone because you'll be dragging books everywhere.
And if you're feeling blue, unlucky in love or unpopular with the fellas, BiblioCure can help.
Let's get started.
1. Need a revenge tale to warm and restart your cold, cold heart? Want a blend of familiar domesticity and perfectly diabolical femme fatale? Grab something by Margaret Atwood, Fay Weldon, Anne-Marie MacDonald, Valerie Martin or Edna O'Brien.
2. Have a big occasion coming up — starting an affair, ending an engagement, planning a funeral — and can't think of what to say? Get yourself a couple of huge and cozy books of quotations to keep at hand. Get the best lines as chosen by the wisest readers. For starters, check out cures such as "The Yale Book of Quotations" and "The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women" (although it'll make you bitter to notice that the latter is out of print — but lots of used copies are available).
3. Fed up with school and studying, or know anybody who is? Track down a copy of the wildly absurd and brilliant British classic "1066 And All That" and then supplement it with the too-funny-for-words parody, "Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of The United States."
4. Need a quick fix every morning to remind you why politics, feminism and really, really good shoes matter? Give yourself the pleasure of looking through "The Sylvia Chronicles: 30 Years of Graphic Misbehavior from Reagan to Obama" by Nicole Hollander.
5. Worried that you're becoming too cynical? Re-read the "Princess Bride" by William Goldman. I'll bet you two American dollars that you'll cry.
6. Worried that you're becoming too sentimental? Find an old copy of Philip Wylie's 1942 volume "Generation of Vipers." You'll become bitter immediately and Mad Men will never look the same.
7. Want to renew your faith in life? Want a book for a young person who has just fallen in love, out of love? Want a book for a friend whose mother, father, sibling or good friend has just passed away? Give that person a copy of "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
8. Need some courage to confront challenges at work? Nothing helps like Machiavelli's "The Prince." Not to be confused with Saint-Exupery's tale, Machiavelli's classic is a do-it-yourself handbook on power.
9. Best books on writing? Ones by Betsy Lerner, Jay Heinrichs, Stephen King, Atwood (yes, again).
10. Books that remind you why it's worth it to get up the next day, if only to find out what happens next in the plot: Get yourself a mixture of works by Hilary Mantel, E.B. White, A.S. Byatt, Wally Lamb, Muriel Spark, Shirley Jackson, Andre Dubus III, Erma Bombeck, Jean Kerr and John O'Hara. Forget burning sage, reciting incantations or lighting incense: Scatter these in every room and you'll have great biblio-karma.
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HEATWAVE UPDATE: Health warning issued as temperatures expected to reach 33c by Wednesday
East Anglia and the East Midlands could be enjoying temperatures of over 30C this week but the mini-heatwave has triggered a health alert.
The Met Office said there was an "80% probability" of heatwave conditions between noon on Tuesday (30 June) and 6am on Thursday in parts of England.
Temperatures are set to soar as a swathe of roasting air sweeps in from northern France and Spain.
The forecast triggered a 'Level 2' alert with the Met Office warning: "Heatwaves can be dangerous, especially for the very young or very old or those with chronic disease."
The Level 2 alert - calling for "alert and readiness" - is the third-highest warning that can be issued.
Graham Bickler of Public Health England said: "There is considerable evidence that heatwaves are dangerous and can kill.
"In the 2003 heatwave, there were 2,000 to 3,000 excess deaths [more than usual] in England. Across Europe, there were around 30,000 excess deaths."
The Met Office said: "Temperatures are expected to build on Tuesday and into Wednesday, with the hottest day of the year so far expected on successive days this working week."
Wednesday is likely to be the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures soaring to 33C (91F).
A Met Office spokesman added temperatures should drop again on Thursday when severe thunderstorms are likely to hit central and western parts of the country, before climbing again ahead of the weekend.
Clive James, of St John Ambulance, added: "Extreme heat can be dangerous, particularly for the very young and old, but by being prepared you can spot the early warning signs and potentially be the difference between life and death in an emergency.
"Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are the most serious problems that can develop when the mercury soars so it's essential that people can spot the signs, such as headache and dizziness, and get somewhere cool and rehydrated as soon as possible."
AA spokesman Paul Watters advised motorists to carry water on long journeys and prepare for extreme temperatures to soften road surfaces.
He said: "Roads start to soften at about 27C and if the hot weather lasts they absorb the heat a bit like a storage heater.
"Road surfaces can become a bit like dough and this can lead to cracks and the surface of the road can start to give."
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Is your Mouth of Chi blocked, cluttered or just plain messy? The Mouth of Chi* is a term used in Feng Shui*. It references your front door, the primary point of entry into your home (or office or cubicle), whether you favor that door or another. The Mouth of Chic is much like our physical mouth.
Both The Mouth of Chi and your physical mouth are points of entry; both serve as boundaries between "inner" and "outer" worlds. The Mouth of Chi is where energy, people and opportunity enter your home. Your physical mouth takes in food, air, and energy (chi).
If your Mouth of Chi is blocked, cluttered or just plain messy, it can block you from moving forward in life and have a negative effect. If it is bright, well lit, cheery and full of positive energy, your life is more likely to flow in a positive way. Good fortune, blessings and opportunities will be yours.
Similarly, when you fill your physical mouth with unhealthy foods, too much food, or bad air, it will block your energy and have a negative effect on your body. In addition, if you don't take care of all that is in your mouth (gums, teeth, tongue, et al.), or if your words are peppered with negativity, another type of block will form, your energy and life flow will be compromised and your body will be negatively effected.
Prior to learning about the Mouth of Chi, I confess that I hadn't give much thought to the importance of 'point of entry,' nor had I even considered my physical mouth an entry point or boundary between the 'inner' and the 'outer.'
Now, however, having a different level of awareness, I can't help but to be mindful and give more thought and meaning to what I put in my mouth and what comes out of it, as well as keeping the entry way to my home well lit and clutter free!
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Dearest Tushkateers, Devotees of Our Lady of Weight Loss, any and all who aspire to be positive, spread joy and live a happier life, I invite you to be an oxygen giving tree, which is far more gratifying and easier to do than you might think.
First, read this oxygen giving quote. Please.
A person whose mind is free from negative thinking spreads a life-giving influence much the same way a tree gives oxygen.
Although [such a] man or woman may seem to go through the day doing nothing extraordinary, without them nothing would revitalize the atmosphere in which we think.
By being vigilant and not encouraging negative thoughts, all of us can offer this vital service – which benefits everybody.
– Eknath Easwaran, Words to Live By
You may want to read it again. I did. Several times, in fact, because I wanted to take it in on a cellular level. After which I did my best to imagine what a negative free day might look like, sound like and feel like.
I remembered and relived (in my mind's eye) a snippet of my yesterday that was blissful, and every time I caught my mind manufacturing a negative thought, I replaced it with the feelings, the experience of my blissful moment, which in turn created a deep well of appreciation.
Naturally, it was around nature. Want bliss? Want positive energy to flow through you and travel out to the Universe? Commune with nature. Seriously, sometimes it really is that simple.
Here's my blissful moment. During my morning walk around the wash (dry river bed), the smell of the fresh morning air, combined with a soft, cool breeze, and a fat (not using this word in a pejorative way) lizard who waved and smiled at me (I swear) as she ran across the path, brought forth a rush of pleasure, a sense of harmony, and sheer wonderment.
It's your turn now. Yes? Yes! Watch your thoughts, hear them, adjust them, bring forth a more positive attitude and see what could happen. Let's do our best to live a negative free day. Simple enough? Knowing full well that simple is not necessarily easy, but well worth the effort.
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How many of y'all weigh yourself the minute your feet hit the floor in the morning? Needless to say, if you are going to weigh yourself, do it first thing in the morning, when you are on "empty" … before you drink, eat or even breathe in too much air! And – oh sure – be sure to find the right spot on the floor. Note the number on the scales of injustice and then people … move on.
If the number is on the low side, note it. If the number is on the high side, note it. Don't give it too much juice either way. The numbers can be and are deceptive. They can bounce as much as 5 pounds in one day.
Remembering that a pound equals 3,500 calories, could you have eaten over 17,000 extra calories in one day? Hmmmmm … Not likely, even on a major binge. No one gains or loses 5 pounds in one day. But you're still likely to hold onto that number and sink with it.
Does the love/hate relationship you have with the scale ever help you to lose weight? Doubtful! You are either feeling bad from a "bad" weigh-in or falsely elated!
It is vitally important to remember that you are more than a number on the scale. You might want to focus instead, on how you are feeling emotionally, on all the positive changes that you are making, on how you are beginning to feel different about yourself. You cannot weigh your self-esteem.
When you weigh yourself, whether it's daily or weekly or monthly, at the same time, build your self-confidence.
Here's how!
Screw the Bathroom Scale: 6 Ways to Build Self-Confidence
- Take a deep breath.
Staying relaxed and being laid-back in general can help you see the bigger picture and not sweat the small stuff so much. It's also a good frame of mind to be in when you're taking a close look at the things you're not so good at.
- Take inventory of your strengths.
Everybody's good at something, and many people are good at quite a few things. Even if you don't have a talent or strength that you're aware of, you probably have some interests you can develop into strengths.
Make a list of a few things you're good at and a few things you're interested in and would like to be better at. Share this list with your parents, an aunt or uncle, or a teacher you like and trust. They can probably help you find other things you're good at, too, and help you come up with a plan for developing other skills and interests.
- Realize your limits.
Nobody's perfect — not even close. It may not always seem this way, but it's true. So if you weren't born a good singer, a super athlete or an "A" student, that's OK. You have a personality and a perspective on the world that's all yours and entirely valuable.
- Stop putting yourself down. Now!
One of the biggest things that keeps people from achieving their goals — and feeling good about themselves — is negative self-talk. In other words, telling yourself that you're a loser or a failure puts a big damper on your ability to get what you want and be who you want to be.
If you don't do well at a particular project or task, it doesn't mean that you never will. Perhaps you weren't prepared or the time simply wasn't right. It doesn't mean that you're a lousy human being or that you'll never succeed. It's OK to be upset for a bit when things don't go your way, but after a little while, let it go and move on. You'll be that much closer to achieving what you want if you do.
- Celebrate progress and small victories.
Did you pass your driver's test or give a killer speech despite feeling nervous? Did you go to the supermarket and load up on fruits and veggies? Give credit where credit's due: You did it, and you rule! And guess what? You can tackle bigger, harder projects, too.
- Pat yourself on the back every day.
Find a few small things that you did well each day. Whether it's waking up on time, smiling at the dorky hall monitor or sending a card to your grandmother, a lot of good can be accomplished in one day — and it's something to take pride in.
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What does your body have to say about how you are living your life and the foods you are stuffing into her? Do you know? Hve you been paying attention? Or have you been overriding the sound judgment that your body has been trying to express?
Be a Good 'Body' Listener.
How often do you really listen to your body? How often do you hear her moan and groan, "I'm stuffed, you can stop now," but you choose to ignore her? How often does the sight or smell of food drown out her words of wisdom? How often do you drift off into a sugar-glazed coma?
It takes practice to be a good 'body listener,' but in being one you are not only sending a message to your body that you care, you are also putting yourself in a much better position to act responsibly.
Open Your Ears and Listen
Your assignment for today is to practice 'intentional listening.' Plan to sit with yourself before breakfast, lunch and dinner, if even just for a minute or two or three if you can. Close your eyes and respectfully ask your body, "How are you feeling today? Are you getting what you need? How can I help you? I am truly listening."
The Power Within
Just sit. Just listen. Make yourself available … to you! All the answers you need are within you and your body is just waiting for you to stop and listen! You may not have realized the power of listening yet, but this exercise will prove it to you
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Feb. 24, 2007
The Bisons went on an 18-0 run early in the second half, but were unable to overcome an early deficit falling 74-67 to Jacksonville in the final regular season game of the 2006-07 campaign.
Trailing by 14 points at halftime, the Bisons rallied in the second half on an 18-0 run to take a two point lead, but then saw the game slip away in the final 10 minutes to lose their second consecutive game.
"We have to build on the second half," Head Coach Scott Sanderson said. "We have to build on the second half and the things we did defensively and offensively. We did some very, very good things. Unfortunately, you cannot play 12 minutes in an A-Sun game and expect to win."
Coming into Saturday's game with Jacksonville, the Bisons needed a win to secure the third seed in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament. By losing to Jacksonvill, the Bisons finish 11-7 in the conference but lose the tiebreaker to Jacksonvill due to their record against ETSU, the Atlantic Sun Regular season champions.
Early on in the game, it looked as if the Bisons would keep the game close as Jacksonville only held a two-point advantage, 21-19 at the 9:43 mark. However, Jacksonville used a 12-1 run to get the lead into double digits heading into halftime.
"We didn't get back in transition," Sanderson said. "They got second and third shots, and they made some tough shots, give them credit. They jumped up and made six-of-12 from (the three-point line). If they make six-of-12 from (the three-point line), then you are going to be down by a large margin, plus they got several lay-ups as well."
The Bisons only lead once in the first half at the beginning of the game 2-0, and trailed 43-29 at the intermission.
Out of the break, the Bisons looked like a different team.
After trading baskets for the first few minutes in the second half, the Bisons found themselves down by their largest margin of the game at 16 points, 49-33 with 17:05 to play.
For the next seven minutes, the Dolphins would not score, and the Bisons went on a 18-0 run to take their second lead of the game at 51-49 with 10:29 left in the game.
"We challenged our team at halftime to comeback, and they did that," Sanderson said. "We have to build on the second half."
"I felt on the defensive end of the floor, we were where we were supposed to be for 17 minutes and they score four field goals," Sanderson said. "That is where we were supposed to be defensively."
The lead would be short-lived, however, as the Dolphins followed the Bisons 18-0 run with an 8-0 run of their own. The Bisons, who looked like they used up so much energy to come back from 16 down, did not score over the next five minutes.
The Bisons cut the lead to three points, 59-56 with 3:37 to go, but the Dolphins continued to answer by hitting their free throws down the stretch. The Bisons did not ever get closer than three points.
For the game, the Bisons placed two players in double figures. Eddie Ard led all scorers in the game with 18 points, while Brian Fisk added 12 points.
The Bisons shot 24-for-57 from the field for 42.1 percent, 3-for-13 from behind the arc for 23.1 percent, and 16-for-25 from the free-throw line for 64 percent.
The Dolphins shot 24-for-52 from the field for 46.2 percent, 8-for-20 from the three-point line for 40 percent, and 18-for-23 from the free-throw line for 78.3 percent.
"Our goal for the year was to hold people to 40 percent from the floor," Sanderson said. "We did it four out of 16 games, and that is not good enough."
The Dolphins had four players in double figures. Ben Smith had 11 points. Corey Claitt had 16 points. Lehmon Colbert and Jesse Kimbrough led the Dolphins with 17 points apiece.
By losing, the Bisons are now the fourth seed heading into the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament in Johnson City next Thursday. The Bisons will play the number five seed Mercer Bears at 8:15 PM CT on Thursday March 1.
"They are going to be very challenging with a very explosive backcourt in (James) Florence and Shaddean Aaron, two terrific basketball players," Sanderson said. "They played a lot better these last couple of weeks, and every game will be a challenge."
"Now there is a new season approaching us here next week. Hopefully we can get zoned in for that. Everybody is 0-0. It does not matter what seed you are, everybody is 0-0. It does not really matter if you won the league, or did not win the league."
Thursday night's game will be televised on CSS Television, and will be broadcasted on the Lipscomb Sports Network on AM 900 and across the World Wide Web on lipscombsports.com.
"That tournament is going to be an absolute dogfight," Sanderson said. "People have their opinions about who is going to win, and that is what they are, opinions. We know what we have to do to be successful on Thursday night."
"Last year we had two goals. One was to win the league, and one was to go to the NCAA tournament. We achieved one. This year our goal was to win the league; we did not do that. Also our goal was to go to the NCAA tournament, and it is still sitting right there in front of it."
Lipscomb finished the regular season with a 17-12 overall record, and were 11-7 in the Atlantic Sun.


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Posted 10 May 2009 - 07:07 PM
I think I'm seriously falling in love with the name .Tough some may say it's not even a name, it's a word. But I just can't help it!
The only mn that occurs to me is SOOOOOOO CHEEEEEEEEEZY, I can't get over that one either
So what do you think of Journey Heart Lin ?
Do you have any suggestions on a mn? The last name is chinese: Lin.
Loads of thanks.
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Posted 10 May 2009 - 07:36 PM
I love that name too! I am considering it for the new babies! I like the way Journey and Lin flow together but I'm not sure about Heart. It sounds odd to me.
You SHOULD think of that.
Everly and Journey make a great twin combo.
I KNOW. About Heart. It's odd and CHEESY. Plus, Heart is a surname, but it's so sweet.
Heart is because of Journey to the Heart. It's what i think when I think of Journey.
Journey Mae Lin is a beautiful option, but I think that I should go for a longer mn, as the surname is so short.
Any advice?
Posted 10 May 2009 - 07:59 PM
Journey Aaliyah
Journey Evangelina/Evangeline
Journey Josephine
Journey Maiara (My-are-uh)
Journey Soriah
Journey Annalise
Journey Heartlyn (i heard this as a mn once...its close to heart)
Let me know what you're looking for...
Posted 10 May 2009 - 08:04 PM
I'm beeing greedy. It's not like i'm going to have 6 kids or something, but I'm making my backups.
Something like Journey Scarlett Lin seems to fit for me, you know, some old fashioned names.
But I think Scarlett is getting a little too popular as a mn lately.
Thanks for the help.
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Posted 11 May 2009 - 02:37 AM
Ally, I actually LOVE Journey Violet.
Violet's been always on my top list!
Posted 11 May 2009 - 11:42 AM
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Posted 11 May 2009 - 01:53 PM
I like Journey a lot and with the right middle name would be amazing!
Posted 13 May 2009 - 09:43 PM
Haha.. but I still love it.
I'm loving Journey Violet, but any other options?
Posted 14 May 2009 - 05:08 AM
Journey Channel -adden an n
Journey Erinn -same as above
Journey Eve -Thinking 'bout using my top favorite name Evelynn -Journey Evelynn.
And, of course, Journey Violet, which you suggested before
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Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:30 PM
I really loved:
Journey Evelynn
Journey Lousie
Journey Madelyn
Journey Chantelle/Shantelle
Journey Harlow
Journey Ember
By far, my favs are:
Journey Evelynn
Journey Lousie
Journey Chantelle
Journey Violet.
I think my fav is Journey Louis. It's kind of a tomboy's name, isn't it?
Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:40 PM
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Posted 18 May 2009 - 12:48 AM
Journey Louis -not sure to add the -e or not. Is Louis meant for boys and Louise meant for girls? -Is such a different character to me! It's kinda the tomboy girl with long burnette hair, white old dirty shirt and working pants. But hey, she'd probably become a reporter (Journalist? that's kinda bad joke) or broadway dancer when she grows up. (Yeah, i'm being delusional)
Journey Violet is the same burnette girl but sorta came out from Little Women. She can play Meg. Haha..
I have my own thinking about the girls name i've picked already. They all have their own personality:
Chloe Juliet : I think she will be my constant headache. Bubbly and always calling for trouble. Too much of a curious mind and a little smartie.
Charlotte Marianne: She is going to be my little lady, and behave as well.
Haha.. I kinda endep up writing my own novel. But it's actually the character i though of when i came up with the names. It shall be funny to see how they apply in real life.
Posted 18 May 2009 - 12:56 AM
My favourite is Journey Louise! It's original, but quirky in a good way. And it's also beautiful. 'Louis' is the feminine form; Main difference -pronounciation. (; Louis is pronounced 'Lou-ee' instead of 'Lou-eez'.
-Yasmine <3
Posted 18 May 2009 - 12:57 AM
-Yasmine <3
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You are an Atheist. This is a person that does not believe in any of the claims that have been made about god.
This does not mean that there is no God but, without demonstrable evidence, you dont see a reason to believe. This is about what you believe or dont, not about what you know. A lot of people confuse Agnostic and Atheist. You can be both.
Because you are Gnostic there not being a God, you claim to have knowledge that God is not real. This is not about believing, it is about knowing. People who claim that they KNOW there is a God or KNOW that there is not a God, are not telling the truth. It takes demonstrable evidence to be able to claim knowledge. Just as you can prove there is a sun, that is the kind of thing you need to be able to back up a claim of knowledge. The lack of evidence for a God does not mean that one does not exist. Although, not having any evidence does make in VERY not likely to be true.
You are Secular. This means that you make your decisions about life by your own experience and try to think about whats best for everyone. This is the only way to have an equal society. You my be religious or believe in a God but, You don't let that impact your reasons for wanting the best for people.
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This week concludes "Design month", so we wanted to finish it off with two more of our Template Personalization Service clients. These two churches literally received their new template in the past 2 days and started the personalization a week ago. We are proud to be a part of their ministry.
Faith Lutheran Church
FLC is one of our most recent recipients of our TPS (Template Personalization Service) product. They had chosen the "Travel Portal" template in the building process of their website, using the NE1 Website Builder's template gallery. They sent us a logo (off of a scanned piece of paper) and provided their own header images. We then graphically embedded them (along with their name and slogan) into the template. The result was a unique website design personalized just for Faith Lutheran Church. Visit their site at http://www.flcnpr.org/.
Druid Hills United Methodist Church
Druid Hills UMC is located in Ocala, Florida. They recently purchased one of OurChurch.Com's Bundle packages which includes the TPS that we mentioned above. They had chosen the "Worship the Lord" template. They sent us a sketch of their church building to use as the church logo, but then the rest of the design was left up to us. We decided to make the header of the website a little larger so that the logo cold be seen, then we created a dark gray background with some lighting effects to finish it off. Check out their site at http://www.druidhillsocala.org.
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During the last weeks I have been working on SMB and specifically DCERPC support for the Dionaea next generation low-interaction honeypot (buzz!).
SMB / CIFS is a huge protocol with several protocol versions and a lot of message types. The CIFS technical reference and the Implementing CIFS book have been constant companions for me since the beginning of the project.
What we basically want to achieve is having a stable base for registering certain known-to-be vulnerable RPC calls in modules to detect exploits and thus be able to collect malware. This way one can easily write a new module if a new patch or exploit gets released for yet another vulnerability without going through the hassle of implementing all SMB message types in each module. In the past we had to manually implement each one in a C++ module for the nepenthes honeypot.
To overcome the limitations of the old design the new honeypot Dionaea consists of a beautiful C core with lots of funtionalities and has the ability to load vulnerability modules written in Python. Choosing a scripting language like Python makes life easier for the developers of modules, like me :).
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We rescued these two seven barrel DME brewing tanks from a warehouse in Brooklyn last week. According to DME, the tanks were originally produced in Sweden then retrofitted for brewing by the company in the mid 1990s.
They have been sitting, unused, in a warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard for about 10 years. Prior to that, we really have no idea where they were, but based on the fact that the insides were pristine and some of the protective plastic wrap was still on the copper they have seen very little use.
So what's the plan for these tanks? We have some ideas for beers that we don't necessary want running through our full production tanks. These two new tanks are perfect for experimental fermentation and aging and will allow us to package directly from them so we won't need to compromise our current set-up.
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This all flows back to The Sean's top 25 countdown. The top players were all Batsmen. Why? Batsmen have had it so easy for so long - bigger, fatter bats. Flatter wickets. Its not even a recent development. Why did pitches start to be covered? Just to make life easier for those love-hungry wastrels called batsmen. Let's not forget that it has only been a recent development to toast the success of the bowler who's taken a 5 wicket haul by letting him hold up the ball to the crowds. Batsmen have been hogging the limelight by holding up their bat to the crowd for reaching a paltry Fifty runs for god knows how long.
But why is this?
Well, I have been speaking to the leading lights of the left wing - Ken Livingstone, Tony Benn, Paul Rudd (who, dare I say it, was Clueless on matters of politics) and Cover Drive Man.
They have all informed me that the popularity of the Batsman is due to nothing less than Globalisation and Consumerism.
Think about this for a minute. Batsmen flash their bats at the cameras all day. The bats are plastered with the paraphernalia of sponsorship, sometimes even the batsman's face is covered with the trendy labels of the day. Replay after replay shows the batsman striking a pose by holding his labels up to the camera. The batsman is doing all he can to sell the manufacturers produce other than screaming "COCA-****ING-COLA" at the stump mic.
In contrast, what does the bowler offer the modern day marketing department?
I say "**** all". The bowler doesn't get to choose his ball of choice. Apparently, its "not fair" for the bowler to stick his sponsor's labels on the ball because its considered "ball tampering". Bollocks. If the batsman can stick labels on his bat, how can the bowler compete with the demands of consumerism if he's not allowed to place his Peter Beardsley Panini football sticker on the shiny side of the ball. So what if it makes the ball swing more, this would just help to balance the playing field which has been unbalanced by the demands of multi-national Corporations and the BCCI.
Its time to call a halt, my friends. No more should the batsman be the only person that kids can emulate! No more should a child only be able to buy "Virinder Sehwag's Bat" when they go to their local sports shop. No, no, no. Its time that bowlers were allowed to take their own ball into each innings and kids could go and ripely pluck a "Mohammad Aamir Cherry" from the very same shelf.
My solution. At the start of each innings, every fielding player is given their own ball. This means that each bowler will have a fair crack with the new ball if they so wish. If they wish to bring in an old ball to start with, then so be it. Not only will batsmen be given a much sterner examination with so many occurances of the new ball to face, but the bowler can personalise their cherry to their heart's content.
We'll see monogrammed initials and the player's number on one side of the ball, and who can see the harm in the other side of a shiny new red ball having "COCA-COLA" emblazoned on it. In the one day version of the game, I'm sure the Ku Klux Klan would pay a pretty penny to have their name printed on the shiny side of a brand new white ball.
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Improve your Rescues and Risk Management Skills over a Relaxed Summer Weekend
If you have a weekend free this summer and looking for kayak training in a very relaxed environment, make your way to the Ontario Sea Kayak Centre, located 2.5h north of Toronto in Parry Sound.
For the first time they are offering a series of theme weekends covering a wide variety of topics including Greenland Paddle building and rolling.
Paddle building and rolling is fine and all but I want to highlight two other programs also going on. The first is that I'm teaching a navigation and weather themed weekend coming up in just a couple of days. We will be covering stuff like trip planning, on-water navigation and the basics of weather forecasting as well as getting out and checking out the sights and sounds of Georgian Bay's 40,000 islands. In the past have you gotten lost listening to a friend trying to explain the wonders of navigation? I will try to sort it out for you. It will be practical, nerdy but certainly not boring.
Another weekend that looks amazing and you should for sure think about attending is the leadership and risk management weekend hosted by Alec and Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin of Have Kayaks, Will Travel Paddlesport Coaching in Chicago.
Over the weekend they will be covering the latest and greatest kayak rescue techniques as well as how to manage incidents on the water. Of course it won't be all rescues all the time and they will also be working with students to improve strokes and paddling technique. With a small class there will be lots of one on one time. I know these guys love having fun on the water so I know you are going to have a great time.
Looks interesting? You can find more info about the training weekends here.
Let Paddling Professional Rob Mentor Introduce You to the Mysteries of SUP in this Very Funny Video
If you are just getting into the world of SUP and interested in taking a lesson you don't need to look any longer as SUP Professional, Rod Mentor is here to give you a FREE lesson. In just over 4 minutes you will learn to strengthen your core muscles, learn about the spiritual side of SUPping and learn to dress properly for the water.
Even though you will be looking and talking like a pro in 4 minutes from now, actually paddling like a pro might be a different story but hey, that's over-rated anyways.
Super Amazing Course Alert: Paddle Canada Level-3 Course
I'm really excited to let you know about an upcoming Paddle Canada Level-3 kayaking course being offered at the end of September here in Ontario.
Running September 25-29, the course is being organized by myself and Ray Boucher in partnership with White Squall Paddling Centre and will take place in Georgian Bay (just north of Toronto).
Paddle Canada Level-3 further develops your skills for undertaking multi-day trips in open water conditions. Some of the topics we will be covering include trip planning, rescues, towing, inaccessible shoreline launching, advanced navigation, weather mysteries revealed, risk management, decision making, leadership among peers and other nerdy stuff.
This course is going to be unique in that we are planning to work our way out to a very small set of islands in southern Georgian Bay collectively called The Westerns. They lie about 12 kilometers offshore. To accomplish our goal (and if the weather cooperates), we will work through the planning and the decision making process of undertaking a major crossing like that.
Speaking of the Westerns, they are easily the most remote group of islands on Georgian Bay and very few boaters and even less kayakers ever make it out to.
The price of the 5-day course is $595+taxes. We need at least 4 people to make it run so our cut-off go/no go date for the course is September 15th. If you are looking for a challenge, contact the White Squall office and they can get you signed up.
We hope to see you there!
Skook Classified: The Journey
CanoeKayak.com just posted part two of their ongoing series called Skook Classified. Episode 2: The Journey is a great little short film telling the story of The Hurricane Riders putting together Skookfest, an invite-only extreme rough water sea kayaking event in the tidal rapids at
Speaking of rough water, make sure you take some time and check out foampile.com which is a really great website filled with the greatest rough water sea kayaking videos on the net. It's curated by both The Hurricane Riders and Nick Castro from Active Sea Kayaking.
If you have always wanted to paddle Skook but feel you don't have enough skills or guts, Nick from Active Sea Kayaking is going to be offering training in April and June of 2013. The multi-day course is focusing specifically on sea kayak surfing and paddling in tidal currents. Nick promises that things will start off gently than build up from there. Sounds awesome.
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Paddling Instructor is dead. Long Live Paddling Headquarters
I'm super excited to finally unveil Paddling Headquarters, the next step for Paddling Instructor.
The idea for the rebrand started a couple of months ago when I was looking back through the site archives and I realized that even though there is a lot of teaching resources and "how to teach" articles scattered throughout, the site is much bigger than that. I think the name; Paddling Headquarters is more about what this place really is. A spot for people to come and discover the crazy weird stuff out there related to the outdoor world.
For those who might worry, I don't have any plans to change the type of content I currently posting. It's all stuff that interests me so why would I write about anything different? I do have plans to expand the instructor resources available for download over the winter as some of the existing content is getting a little long in the tooth.
So let me know what you think. I'm always interested in your thoughts, story ideas and suggestions.
A very special thanks to goes out to Keith Wikle for the name suggestion, it's greatly appreciated. You should have heard the duds I was going to name it...
Something Goes Wrong During a BCU 5* Assessment and the RNLI is Called in to Help
An interesting story is coming out of the UK this week. On the 19th of April, seven sea kayakers were out paddling in very rough seas when they got into trouble and had to be assisted by Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
What's interesting about this is that they were all advanced paddlers and several of them were sea kayak instructors.
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Initial reports indicated that there were people in the water. When the lifeboat arrived on scene it was quickly established that three people, one of which had been washed out of his kayak, were ashore on Porthmelgan beach. It was decided that St Davids inshore lifeboat should be launched to escort two of them back to Whitesands while St Davids coastguards brought one person to Whitesands in their 4x4.
I wanted to do dig more into this and went to my trusty UK news source, ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum. There I found a forum thread with a more detailed report and discovered that the incident actually took place during a BCU 5* assessment.
Taran Tyla posted the following:
The incident happened on a 5 star assessment I was attending. One of the Guinea Pigs was struggling a bit with the conditions & had capsized a few times which were quickly sorted out. After one capsize it was decided that he should paddle into Gesail-Fawr, the last get out before St Davids Head, he was doing great considering he had a boatful of water but unfortunately he capsized again just before Penllechwen & got swept past that headland minus his boat.
Just prior to this I was told to tow his boat onto the beach which I did. This left the swimmer, assessor & the other 5 star applicant heading around St Davids Head whilst myself, two other Guinea Pigs & the Assessors assistant landing on the beach.
There is more to the story and you should read through the entire conversation thread. Taran also posted a detailed report on his blog with some amazing photos of the sea conditions, riding home on the rescue boat and close-ups of one of the damaged kayaks.
I decided to highlight this incident not to pass judgement or play the old, you-should-have-done game like so many currently are in the forum. I wasn't there and not positive that my decisions would have ended up with a different result. What this is is a good reminder that that incidents can happen to anybody. Even when you are on the water with some of the most highly trained instructors in the world.
Update 9:30pm: Reading through the thread since I posted this, Douglas Wilcox has brought up a couple of very interesting points in his comment on the forum and is worth a read. I agree with his point that peer review of all incidents is critical in making sure that we learn from our mistakes so the patterns don't repeat again. Here is the link.
Photo credit: Taren Tyla
Is it Possible to Explain how Tides Work any Easier than This? [Science Explained]
If you are like me there is a very good chance that you struggle to explain to your students the basics of how tides work.
To help solve the mystery, the gang from Minute Physics produced a very cool video that explains the basics so simply that that my 10 year-old could understand.
Also, if you have also got an extra minute why don't you learn why some rocks on the shoreline are round while other rocks are flat and perfect for skipping across the water.
Who knew that gravity affected our lives so much? I didn't.
Flickr Photo Credit: Low Tide Turnagain Arm / Travis / CC BY-NC 2.0
Vinnie Jones Teaches us Hands-only CPR by making it Hard and Fast [Video]
We all know First Aid or CPR instructional videos can me more boring than watching grass grow in the middle of winter. To help get the message out about the new hands-only CPR technique, the British Heart Foundation enlisted the help of Hollywood tough guy, Vinnie Jones to show us how to do it properly.
If you want more information on hands-only CPR, head over to the American Heart Association's website, handsonlycpr.org where you can also have the pleasure of watching an extremely boring instructional video in the tradition we have that we have all come to love (and hate).
Thanks to my buddy Mike for the video tip.
Learn to Paddle a Big Canoe in 10 Easy Minutes
David Wooldridge from Ridge Wilderness Adventures in Maple Ridge, British Columbia assembled a really well done instructional video specifically for Big Canoe paddling.
Over the past couple of weeks I have seen a large uptick in the number of Big Canoe videos released. By large uptick, I really mean I went from seeing zero big canoe videos to 3 in the past month.
As you might know, Paddle Canada rolled out their Big Canoe instructional program this year and what's happening is the newly certified instructors are developing teaching resources for everybody else to use.
Creative Commons Licence on Flickr by tlindenbaum.
The American Canoe Association launches the Journal of Paddlesports Education
The American Canoe Association recently unveiled a new resource for instructors called the Journal of Paddlesports Education or JPE for short. Aimed towards certified instructors, the JPE is filled with a wide variety of articles related to sea kayaking, whitewater, and canoeing instruction.
So far the collection is pretty decent. I really liked the article, Teaching and Learning Paddle Sports by Mike Aronoff which is filled with a hodge podge collection of thoughts and ideas around what makes an effective instructor.
Even thought some of the articles could be edited down for length (heaven knows I ramble!), the JPE is off to a great start in producing a list of technical, "how to" industry resources.
Also, I do appreciate that they have applied an Attribution Creative Commons license to everything on the site which means you can use the resources for anything you want as long as you give proper credit to the original author. You can even use the material for your commercial use which is very generous indeed!
Check out the Journal of Paddlesports Education.


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For Obamacare enrollment, it's not over even when it's over.
With special enrollment, extra special enrollment, slightly extended state enrollment and very extended state enrollment, the sign-up tally will keep climbing beyond the 7.1 million people President Barack Obama announced Tuesday.
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That number doesn't account for Medicaid, which has no set application period or accompanying deadlines. And a few recalcitrant states may yet take up the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. New Hampshire decided to do so just last week; Michigan's expansion officially began Tuesday.
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"There's not really a time when the foot comes off the gas pedal," Enroll America Field Director John Gilbert said. The outreach group, which is allied with the White House, will now focus on helping people get into Medicaid plus aiding those who can still get covered through an insurance exchange under the "special enrollment period." Anyone who couldn't finish an application by Obamacare's Monday deadline is eligible.
The ranks of incompletes make for a long list. Nobody knows how many people will actually follow up and finish enrolling.
"Since this is terra nova, any estimate would be pure guesswork, " said Paul Van de Water, a health policy expert at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
( Also on POLITICO: Barack Obama on Obamacare: 'Armageddon has not arrived')
What goes up can also go down. The initial sign-up total is just that. Not everyone who has signed up has paid up. Some people, maybe 10 percent to 20 percent based on early insurance industry estimates, will get kicked off the rolls if they don't pay their premiums.
From the insurers' point of view, a few hundred thousand folks one way or another won't make much of a difference. They care more about whether people are healthy or sick than about small shifts in raw numbers. But from a political point of view, every rising or falling count will get sucked into the whirlwind of Obamacare spin, which won't let up before the November elections.
Surge or no surge, Republicans still distrust the numbers and still hate the law.
"McDonald's can tell us how many hamburgers they sell every day. The administration should tell us how many people are enrolling and in what," Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) complained this week.
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Although The Winnipeg Art Gallery is known for its wonderful annual children's art show, the adults taking art classes with the Gallery's Studio Programs also have their time to shine. And that time is at the public reception for the opening of the Adult Students' Art Show taking place in the WAG's Studio Programs building Thursday, July 5 from 7 to 9pm. The exhibition will be on display Tuesday through Friday from noon until 4pm until July 26.
"Our adult students' exhibition includes fine examples of drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and so much more," says Michael Boss, Head of Studio Programs. "The skill and enthusiasm demonstrated by these artists is a tribute to their dedication and to the high quality of instruction that takes place in our studios. We are very proud of our students and are pleased to present this work to the public."
The Studio Programs of the Winnipeg Art Gallery is one of the largest of its kind in Canada, offering a wide variety of art classes for adults—sculpture and pottery, drawing, photography, oils, watercolours, and acrylics. Classes are held in the evenings and afternoons, with a special fee reduction for seniors taking selected afternoon classes. Classes take advantage of special tours of current exhibitions, creating a link between the art exhibited in the galleries and the art created in the classrooms.
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Under the deal, Converteam's senior management retains a 10% stake in the company, which GE will purchase within five years.
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"GE is thrilled by the growth opportunities that this acquisition brings. GE will heavily invest in new product developments to further expand our offerings in core segments such as metals and marine, while addressing increasing demand for high energy efficiency in oil and gas, thermal power generation and renewables," said John Krenicki, president and CEO of GE Energy.


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DENVER -- The judge in the Colorado theater shooting case says it could take up to three months to pick a jury and up to five months to conduct the trial of defendant James Holmes.
The judge's estimate was included in an order released Wednesday.
Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 when he opened fire on a packed movie theater in the Denver suburb of Aurora in July 2012.
He is charged with more than 160 counts of murder and attempted murder, and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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presents a solo exhibition featuring new work by iconic British artist David Bailey, who during a prolific career has created countless images that are embedded in our cultural psyche. Hitler Killed the Duck will feature unseen mixed media images. The new works will be shown in public for the first time, and are an exciting departure from the photography for which the 73 year old Bailey is renowned. A mixture of painting and photography using oils and pigment prints, canvas and silk, the exhibition will feature a mixture of portraits and paintings inspired by Baileys childhood, influences, inspiration, fears and desires.
As a child growing up in the East End, Bailey often went to the cinema with his family, because it was cheaper than staying at home and heating the house. He loved watching cartoons featuring Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse et al, and at the age of 12 won a City & Guilds competition for his drawing of Bambi. During The Blitz The Luftwaffe bombed the cinema, and he couldnt see his beloved films anymore. So Hitler effectively killed Donald Duck for the young Bailey.
There was a cinema in Upton Park, an Odeon I think, and thats where I saw Bambi and Mickey Mouse cartoons, and I thought that was the only place you could see them. Hitler bombed it, so he sort of killed Mickey Mouse, Bambi and all those characters for me. Because all I did as a kid was draw Walt Disney characters." - David Bailey
Images of Hitler juxtaposed with Disney characters refer to Baileys upbringing in the East End of London, which was disrupted by the bombing during World War II. Religious iconography is evident in other images, referring to the religious programmes that frequented the radio waves during his childhood. Modern-day Angelic figures are depicted in some of the portraits, visualising Baileys love of Angels and the image of The Annunciation. Bailey is a self-taught artist, so it is quite fitting that Primitivist influences are evident in several of the images, whilst his love of Picasso can also be detected as an undercurrent in the exhibition. A striking image in the exhibition is a self-portrait of Bailey as Velázquezs Pope Innocent X, a wry homage to Francis Bacon.
David Bailey was born in Leytonstone in 1938 but his family moved to East Ham when he was three after a WWII bomb destroyed their home. He left school on his fifteenth birthday, and worked as a copy boy at the Fleet Street offices of the Yorkshire Post. He was called up for National Service in 1956 serving for the Royal Air Force in Singapore. It was here that he became enamoured with photography and in 1957 he bought his first camera. Bailey assisted David Ollins before securing a job as photographic assistant to John French in 1959. Soon after, Bailey began his long-lasting relationship with British Vogue, going on to shoot for the American, French and Italian publications, reportedly snapping up to 800 pages of Vogue editorial in one year at the peak of his productivity. He is famed for capturing the 'Swinging London' of the Sixties, as illustrated in his first book, Box of Pin-Ups (1964) in which he famously photographed celebrities such as The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol, and the infamous Kray Twins. Bailey has exhibited all over the world throughout his prolific career. Bailey and his former muse Jean Shrimpton are the subject of a BBC4 film Well Take Manhattan, which wil be screened later this year.
Bailey had his first exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 1971 and the next forty years saw him exhibit his photographs in over twenty shows all around the world, from New York to Mexico, Berlin to Milan, finally returning to the National Portrait Gallery with his 'Beatles to Bowie' exhibition in 2009. Other notable shows include a 'One Man Retrospective' at the V&A in 1983, a touring exhibition - 'Birth of the Cool 1957-1969 & contemporary work' - which travelled from the Barbican, London to the National Galleries of Scotland via Bradford, Stockholm and Helsinki, and the 2010 Bonhams exhibition 'Pure Sixties Pure Bailey'.
Bailey may be best known for his fashion and celebrity portraiture but his oeuvre is far more complex and wide-reaching than that. In 1985 he exhibited 'Pictures of Sudan for Band Aid' at the ICA and held an auction at Sotheby's for the Live Aid Concert for Band Aid. In 2010 he flew out to Afghanistan to take photos of the British troops at Camp Bastion. The proceeds from the resulting book of the photos went to the charity Help for Heroes. Other exhibitions document the urban landscapes of Bailey's home town (Bailey N.W.1, 1982) and of cityscapes further afield (Havana, 2006) proving that Bailey is much more than a portrait photographer.
In 1966 Bailey began directing commercials, winning one of many Clio Awards for the 'Dumb Animals' anti-fur ad he directed for Greenpeace in 1986, and a Golden Lion at Cannes Film Festival in 1987 for his Greenpeace Meltdown PSA. He was one of the co-founders of the D&AD charity in 1962 and won a D&AD Gold and a D&AD Presidents Award in 1998. He has also won an American Television Award and an EMMY for his contribution to television. He directed and produced a set of documentaries between 1968 and 1971 including Beaton, Warhol, and Visconti and directed and wrote The Lady Is a Tramp for South Bank Films in 1995 featuring his wife, Catherine Bailey. He went on to work with the BBC on The Real Blow-Up and Bailey's 70s in 2003 and 2004 amongst other programs, and directed feature filmThe Intruder in 1999.
David Bailey is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society as well as a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufactures & Commerce and the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers. He was awarded a CBE in 2001 and a New York Arts Club Gold Medal in 2008. Bailey's most recent exhibition, 'Sculpture +' at Pangolin gallery in 2010 consisted not only of photographs but of cast silver and bronze sculptures, marking a welcome foray into new artistic mediums.
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The New York Post is reporting today that NY Times publisher Pinch Sulzburger has a new girlfriend…and it's not Caroline Kennedy.
Yet more proof that Governor Paterson and his PR flack, former Bush White House deputy press secretary Judy Smith (you know, the one who spread these damaging rumors to the media after Caroline dropped her bid for Hillary Clinton's senate seat – what was that all about, anyway?) just can't stop lying.
Here's the full story, from Page Six:
January 29, 2009 —
CAROLINE Kennedy is innocent – she did not have an affair with New York Times publisher Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. The rumor that their friendship was the "marriage problem" referred to by aides to Gov. Paterson couldn't be true – because the divorced Sulzberger already has a girlfriend.
Sulzberger has been seeing Helen Ward, a vivacious woman he met on a trek to Peru about a year ago.
"No comment," Ward told Page Six yesterday, then added, "There is only one woman in Pinch Sulzberger's life, and that is the Gray Lady."
A Times spokeswoman said: "Mr. Sulzberger is not and never has been romantically involved with Ms. Kennedy." What about Ward? "I'm not going to comment."
Caroline Kennedy has been married to interactive designer Edwin Schlossberg since 1986. They have three children. Sulzberger – who became the Times' publisher when his father, Arthur "Punch" Sulzberger Sr., stepped down in 1992 – has been separated from his wife of 33 years, Gail Gregg, since last March.
Helen is also separated from her husband, Kevin P. Ward, executive director of the Aspen Science Center. A friend said Ward is unhappy with the breakup: "Kevin is crazy bitter about the whole thing."
The Pinch-Helen romance seems to disprove the speculation that flourished after Paterson's camp leaked that Caroline had "a tax problem, a nanny problem and a marriage problem." Bloggers erroneously named Sulzberger, who is friends with Caroline, as the cause of the "marriage problem."
As it happens, Helen has her own Kennedy connection. The Wards were said to be close friends with Caroline's late brother, John, going back to the days when John was dating Daryl Hannah, and they all went on a trip out West to go helicopter skiing.
Glad we got that nasty rumor cleared up! And now that the supposed "nanny problems" and "tax problems" stories have also been proven false, can we please leave Caroline Kennedy the hell alone?
Here's a better idea.
Instead, why don't We the Media instead focus our coverage on why Governor Paterson engaged in a pay-for-play scheme to sell Hillary Clinton's senate seat off to Kirsten Gillibrand (with a little help from her friends, including her heavyweight "sugar daddy" Al D'Amato?) instead of simply giving it to Kennedy for free?
If you thought Blago was bad, get a load of this. Now here's a scandal the media can really sink their teeth into!
Curiously, they don't seem to be very hungry for pay-to-play scandals anymore after feasting on Blogojevich for the past two months. And besides, Blago's got much better hair.
Or is the mainstream media ignoring this story because it hits just a little too close to home, happening as it is right in their own backyard of New York state? Or could it be because their mega-media-corp owners' names might be found on the list of Paterson's campaign contributors?