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What conservative surprise about Obama's re-election says about conservatives
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. – 1 Timothy 2:1-2
How many Evangelical pastors will give thanks for President Obama this Sunday, even as they intercede with God to give the president wisdom and an understanding of justice in his second term as President of the United States? How many Evangelicals will give thanks for all people – all Americans – even after they have just re-elected Barack Obama to a position of authority in this country?
It is far too soon after election day to offer up any objective or balanced interpretation of the significance of the 2012 presidential and congressional elections, the future of the Republican Party, or the viability of conservatism in American politics. Pundits and theorists will declare the election to be a clear verdict that the Republican Party has veered too hard to the right and that the Tea Party was like a millstone around Mitt Romney's neck, not to mention the direct cause of the Republican Party's failure to retake control of the Senate. Others will try to tease out just what missteps by Romney and other Republicans were most fatal. And of course, there will be a lot of talk about demographics: the old, white, male Republican Party simply cannot win without finding ways to gain the support of younger voters, Latinos, and women.
These are all discussions that Republicans and conservatives need to have. But over and above all of these questions the most striking thing about last night's election may well be that it took conservatives entirely by surprise. Although the polling and analysis of the mainstream media turned out to be right, numerous leading conservative writers predicted with absolute confidence in the days leading up to the election that despite what the polls said Romney would win. The polls were biased in their methodology, they said, and polls have no ability to capture enthusiasm or energy. Politics is about much more than statistics and predictive models; what matters is what is happening on the ground. Americans are discouraged about the economy and too many don't like Obamacare. Democratic voters are discouraged and fewer would go to the polls than in 2008.
All wrong. The best conservative minds in the country were out of touch with the sentiments of most Americans and with the reality on the ground. Even after it was clear that President Obama had won many conservatives refused to believe it because they had been told this would not happen. They could not understand why people would vote for Obama and thought that in the end their man – Mitt Romney – represented the spirit of America. But again, it turns out that they were wrong. As Fred Barnes wrote in the Weekly Standard:
[Obama] did one thing that surprised the Romney campaign, Republicans, and political writers, myself included. He and his campaign delivered a massive turnout by Democratic voters who were supposed to be unenthusiastic, dispirited, and less inclined than Republicans to go to the polls. By voting in droves, they offset the increased Republican turnout.
Last night the conservative John Ziegler offered an explanation in a column on the Huffington Post, suggesting that many conservatives have become so isolated in the bubble of their own intellectual worldview that they simply tell themselves and their followers what they want to hear, regardless of reality. In many ways this is understandable, he argued, because the mainstream media is openly biased towards the left (if you don't believe that you were not watching MSNBC last night; there is no way Fox News leans more to the right than MSNBC does to the left). But conservatives failed to distinguish the liberal media from the science and data of polling.
In another post Ziegler got at a deeper reason why conservatives were so taken by surprise:
Conservatives like to think that there is a "silent majority" out there that the media/pollsters will suddenly show up on Election Day. There is very little evidence that this actually exists. The 2010 election deludes conservatives because they don't seem to realize that in presidential elections the turnout is much higher, especially in the states that actually matter. Republicans only have "tides" in low turnout elections. When the "low info" voters get to the polls, Democrats simply can't be blown out in the key states. I never understood why conservative commentators couldn't understand that Obama's turnout would be just fine in the states which would actually decide the election.
Although conservative strategists have long known that white voters are a shrinking demographic, history told them that whites are far more likely to vote than are blacks or Latinos, especially in a poor economy with high unemployment. And while many conservatives have long been warning that the Republican Party is doomed if it fails to win over a substantial number of Hispanics, the rhetoric of the GOP's primary season was if anything more harsh on illegal immigration than ever before. In 2004 President Bush won 44% of the Hispanic vote. In 2008 John McCain won only 31%. Last night Romney's portion fell to around 27%. Twenty-seven percent of the fastest growing demographic in the United States.
The main point I want to make, however, has less to do with demographics and more to do with 1 Timothy 2:1-2. As I have argued before on this blog, if conservatives are going to earn the right to guide this country politically they have to figure out how to lead by persuasion, not simply by power politics. There is no moral authority in conducting brilliant strategic campaigns and hoping your opponents have low turnout. If you can't make conservative political theory make sense to millions of hard working Christian immigrants who just so happen to be part of the fastest growing demographic in the country you don't deserve to win regardless of how skillful you are politically. Your politics have to demonstrate a spirit of solidarity and affirmation toward all people – not simply those who are already like you. You have to learn to speak for all Americans, not just the people you judge to be real Americans.
Former George W. Bush political director Matt Schlapp is quoted as making precisely this point in an analysis offered by Politico:
Hispanics continue to grow in importance, and we need to embrace these voters for two reasons: It is simply the right thing to do, and it's mandatory demographically if we are to avoid more presidential disappointments… It's about simple math and basic moral decency.
Do conservatives get this? Do Christian conservatives in particular accept this as part of their moral duty? Will we continue to view every political divide through the lens of a culture war, writing off entire ethnic or economic groups as part of the other side needing to be defeated rather than engaging them as fellow citizens who might have something to tell us about their own welfare, let alone the welfare of this country?
Note, my point is not to criticize conservatism nor is it to criticize Christian political theology. On the contrary, it is that in a democratic society any political perspective loses its moral credibility if it ceases to take seriously the need to treat other perspectives with dignity and respect. If we can't explain our moral and political judgments to those who disagree with us even while they often share our faith, if we don't trust them even while we demand that they trust us, why should we expect them to cede to us any moral or political leadership?
Again, do conservatives get this? I'm not sure. In the National Review Kevin Williamson writes:
The lessons of Ohio are that Barack Obama is a skillful demagogue, that the ancients were wise to number envy among the deadly sins, and that offering Americans a check is a more fruitful political strategy than offering them the opportunity to take control of and responsibility for their own lives. This is what Oakeshott had in mind when he wrote that liberty was something that many people simply are not equipped to "enjoy as an opportunity rather than suffer as a burden."
So according to Williamson Mitt Romney's comments about the 47% were right all along. Most Americans are just greedy and selfish and there is nothing we can do about it.
Or take Matthew Schmitz's comments on the First Thoughts blog:
Gallup's recent polling finds slightly more than half of Americans identifying as prolife, and while support for gay marriage continues to increase, the issue motivates far more conservative than liberal voters. There's a large intensity gap that should continue to tip the issue to the right for some time even if current trends hold.
Hmm … where have I heard that sort of logic before. Most don't agree with our perspective but we care more so we can defeat them at the polls even if we cannot persuade them.
These comments do not sound like the expressions of lessons learned. They sound like a continued refusal to recognize that the American people, in a free and fair election, chose President Obama to continue to lead this country over the Republican Mitt Romney, chose Democrats to serve as United States senators in states thought to be solidly conservative, and endorsed same-sex marriage despite strong campaigns to prevent it.
Conservatives can view this data as a simple condemnation of their opponents and pat themselves on the back for standing for the truth even as their country (as they see it) falls apart. Or they can take it as a sharp rebuke that calls them to begin again the hard work of re-engaging the American people, hearing and taking seriously their concerns even as they try to make sense of how conservatism might best help address those concerns. The American people are open to persuasion, I firmly believe. Few people really think this country is on a sustainable path to prosperity. But if conservatives are ever going to lead it in a different direction, they will have to do a better job persuading the rest of the country that they actually deserve it.
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Air travel is stressful, especially in the Philippines. On your trip to the airport, you have to factor in traffic. If you try to leave just in time, there's always the risk of not making it to your flight. Leaving early is safer, but if you arrive too early you'll end up spending a lot of time at the airport – and airports are boring.
Fortunately, there are credit cards that give you free lounge access . Yes, free lounge access – even if you fly economy on a low-cost carrier. I've flown at least 27 times last 2016, and in most of them I've waited in an airport lounge. Take note though that no Philippine credit card offers lounge access for domestic flights.
These credit cards also offer other benefits such as travel insurance, converting your reward points to mileage program miles, etc.
Cebu Pacific GetGo Platinum Credit Card by Unionbank (VISA)
Even if I don't have this credit card, I can't deny that this card offers the most perks. This credit card gives is perfect for those who fly Cebu Pacific a lot. Despite the lack of access to international lounges, its other benefits made up for it.
- For every P30 spend, you'll receive
1GetGo point.
- Priority check-in on all Cebu Pacific (5J) flights, domestic or international!
- Free 5kg free baggage allowance (FBA) for all Cebu Pacific flights.
- Early access to Cebu Pacific seat sale.
- Exclusive promotions (hello, seat sales!) to cardholders.
- Unlimited lounge access to:
- Skyview Lounge at Ninoy Aquino Int'l Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3,
- Club Manila Lounge at NAIA Terminal 1,
- MIASCOR Lounge in NAIA Terminal 1,
- MIASCOR Lounge in Davao (Francisco Bangoy Int'l Airport)
- Travel insurance of up to P10 million.
- Contactless payments with VISA Paywave.
- Income requirement: P100,000/mo or about P1,200,000/yr.
- Annual fee: P5,000, no info if waivable.
Pros: It's a VISA credit card so it's widely accepted. Priority check-in for 5J flights so you can skip the line!
Cons: You have to be burgis to skip the line as you need to have a gross monthly income of at least P100,000 to get this card. Sorry commoners, but for you to feel good isipin mo nalang they're like you Cebu Pacific parin sinakyan!
Unionbank Miles+ Platinum (VISA)
I have a bias over Unionbank Miles+ Platinum because this is my first credit card. The card's finish is in matte black, which gives it a very premium feel.
- P50 local spend for 1 Mabuhay Mile or 1 GetGo point.
- P33 travel-related spend (overseas or hotel or airline) for 1 Mabuhay Mile or 1 GetGo point.
- Unlimited lounge access to:
- Skyview Lounge (MNL; Terminal 3),
- Club Manila Lounge (MNL; Terminal 1),
- MIASCOR Lounge (MNL; Terminal 1)
- MIASCOR Lounge (DVO)
- Travel insurance of up to P10,000,000
- Contactless payments with Visa Paywave.
- Income requirement: P600,000/yr
- Annual fee: P3,000, waivable as per experience
Pros: Unlimited (and free) supplementary cards. Lounge access benefit also extends to supplementary cards. To get this card, you only need P600,000 gross annual income.
Cons: Low mileage conversation ratio. P50, ughhh.
BPI SkyMiles Platinum MasterCard
This card is generous in its free travel insurance coverage. You also get Delta SkyMiles, but if you don't fly Delta or other SkyTeam airlines (Korean Air, Air France, KLM, among others) often then this miles won't be useful for you.
- P45 per SkyMiles mile, double that for Delta ticket purchases.
- Access to Pacific Club Lounge in NAIA Terminal 3 only. 🙁
- Travel insurance of up to P20,000,000.
- Contactless payments with MasterCard PayPass
- Income requirement: P1,000,000
- Annual fee: P5,000, waivable for the first year
Pros: The card feels elite.
Cons: Access to one lounge only, despite the steep income requirement.
Citibank Premiermiles Visa
This one's a Visa Signature, so you can brag to your friends that you have a card higher than platinum. I have the Hong Kong version of this one but unfortunately they don't have the PayWave feature in the HK version. It's actually a good one since you can convert your points to miles for different airlines.
- P30 per mile,
- Access to:
- MIASCOR Lounge at NAIA Terminal 1 for three (3) reward points, permitted to bring one guest subject for another three (3) reward points,
- SkyView Lounge at NAIA Terminal 3 for three (3) reward points, permitted to bring one guest subject for another three (3) reward points,
- selected Plaza Premium Lounges (my staple lounge in HK) for free!
- Travel insurance of up to P1,000,000
- Income requirement: P360,000/yr
- Annual fee: P5,000/yr
Pros: Good spend-to-mileage ratio, so you can rack up points faster for your favorite airline. Access to many lounge around the world! And to beat them all, low required annual income! P30,000/mo na sweldo lang pasok ka na dito!
Cons: High annual fee, but worth it if you use the lounges often. You can almost always have this waived anyway.
BDO Visa Platinum
This is the ugliest card in this list. Old VISA logo plus the ugly typeface used in the Platinum symbol. Seriously. This card isn't really a travel card but it still boasts P20,000,000 travel insurance.
- Travel insurance of up to P20,000,000
- Priority Pass membership once you've reached an accumulated P50,000 spend on hotels and airlines. You also receive one free Priority Pass voucher every P50,000 spend, single or accumulated. There's a catch though, each receipt should be at least P20,000.
- Priority Pass gives you access to:
- Pagstop and MIASCOR Lounge at NAIA 1,
- MIASCOR Lounge at NAIA 1,
- Pacific Club Lounge at NAIA 3,
- Skyview Lounge at NAIA 3,
- and a lot of other lounges around the world!
- Income requirement: P100,000/mo or P1,200,000/yr
- Annual fee: P4,500/yr
Pros: Potential access to a lot of lounges and generous travel insurance.
Cons: Ugly card. High income requirement. You have to spend a lot to get those Priority Pass. Take note, yung resibo at least P20,000 ha! If you spend that much, you should be able to afford lounge access!
Note on travel insurance
In comparing which card to get, don't factor in the coverage of their travel insurance when deciding. You'll only max out the P20,000,000 in case something really bad happens to you. The odds of dying in a plane crash is said to be somewhere in the tune of 1 in 11,000,000!
Having a complimentary travel insurance is good, di mo na kailangan bilhin inuupsell ni Cebu Pacific na travel insurance. Ilang daan rin yun per flight.
Take note though that to avail this, you have to pay your entire plane ticket using your credit card.
Which cards do I use?
I personally use a combination of cards for lounge access. I use Unionbank for unlimited lounge access for the lounges at NAIA Terminal 3 and use my HK-issued Citibank Premiermiles for the Plaza Premium Lounge in Hong Kong. I have to spend HK$5,000 though for the 30 days following my visit for the HK version.
For mileage, I use:
- Unionbank Miles+ Platinum – I've redeemed tons of Mabuhay Miles from them already and flown a lot for free. Spend-to-miles ratio is quite high though.
- Citi (HK) Premiermiles – I tried to funnel all my spending to this card to get 30,000 free miles as part of their welcome offer, but I had to spend a lot though. I use this for racking up AsiaMiles.
- Standard Chartered (HK) AsiaMiles – Average spend-to-mileage ratio, but points are automatically converted to AsiaMiles so it's a "passive" way of earning miles. They also had a good welcome offer of HK$0.5 = 1 mile, and I maxed out the maximum number of miles redeemable for their offer.
VISA vs MasterCard vs AMEX?
There's no much difference with VISA and MasterCard. Both of them are widely accepted in stores in the Philippines that accept credit cards. Their concierge service (phone concierge) are both helpful.
Just don't get an AMEX, pahirapan maghanap ng tatanggap. Even Cebu Pacific doesn't accept American Express!
Do you have any of those credit cards? Or did I miss anything?
Share your experience in applying for those credit cards in the comments section . If you know any other benefit that I failed to list or is secretly offered to cardholders, spill it to us.

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The presidency has debunked claims by the People's Democratic Party (PDP), that it plans to rig Saturday's governorship election in Kogi State in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The PDP, had, yesterday, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, raised an alarm over what it described as plot by the APC and the Presidency to rig the elections in favour of the APC.
Metuh claimed that the party had information that the Presidency convened a clandestine meeting with the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to perfect plans to rig the election.
However, President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, explained that the motive behind the 'five-minute meeting' President Buhari had with the nation's electoral umpire and the police, was aimed at having credible election in Kogi State on Saturday, November 21.
According to Shehu, the president called the meeting to inform INEC and the police that "he expected nothing short of a free, fair and credible election."
"He said he suffered election manipulation in 2003, 2007 and 2011 and would not like to have any Nigerian go through that again," Mr. Shehu said.
"The meeting was short and straight to the point. It ended after five minutes," Shehu added.
He said only Mr. Buhari spoke at the meeting, others just listened.
The presidential spokesperson called on Nigerians to "be wary of the PDP's fruitless attempts to destroy national institutions President Buhari is determined to rebuild."
"They (PDP) started with the courts, then the EFCC, then onto the police and now they are on the one-week old INEC.
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Research has shown that foods such as specific vegetables and fruits may help to reduce the possibility of contracting lung cancer. Drinking alcohol on a habitual basis can contrastingly increase the risk. Maintaining a constant exercise regime helps avoid lung cancer, as those who have a lesser amount of physical activity have proven to be at a greater risk than others.
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New Teak & Holly Sole & Cupboard
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This winter I finally got around to starting the cosmetic to-do projects that the admiral has been pushing me to do since day one of purchasing my E38. Some of the sole in the galley, head, quarter berth, and companionway entrance had been badly water damaged at some point in the boats past, with the epoxy/varnish lifting and holly badly mold damaged. So I ripped up the sections and cut out new sections of Teak and Holly 3/4" plywood. FYI the 8ftx4ft sheets cost $300/each.
Using the old sections as a template for the new sections made this job relatively easy. While I had these sections in the garage I epoxy sealed the rear side and edges of the plywood prior to installing back in the boat. I'm just now waiting for the temperatures to rise a little higher here so I can then epoxy seal the front of the plywood, yes I'm planning to use epoxy rather than have to apply 10 coats of varnish. The rest of the boats sole was previously epoxy sealed and has held up well.
The previous owner had also cut out a section of the cabinetry in the galley in front of the aft cold box and installed a door on it. I'm guessing he was planning to install a cupboard of sorts in it at some point. This aft cold box we only use for storage and the hole cut into the cabinet had the insulation removed in any case. So I fabricated a teak cabinet/cupboard box thingy using 3/8" solid teak pieces and a teak veneer plywood back and inserted it into this wasted space. Once installed I varnished it. This cabinet will now be used for spices etc. By the way I'm no natural wood worker so this was all hard work!


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The City Hall task force charged with finding solutions for the aggressive panhandling by topless women and costumed characters at Times Square has decided that construction of the plazas will continue, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The plazas, a signature achievement of Mayor de Blasio's predecessor Michael Bloomberg, have become a popular congregating spot for the topless ladies and de Blasio had previously not dismissed the idea that they could be removed.
The task force has agreed on several proposed solutions for Times Square, including keeping the topless and costumed panhandlers in a designated area, says the Journal citing a city memo.
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Netizens recently noticed a cryptic line of information appearing at the bottom of the official Web site of the London Summer Olympics (www.london2012.com), sparking speculation about possible complicity by the Games' organizers in Chinese Internet censorship during the event.
At first glance, the last line of information on the site, which appeared in light gray characters, seemed mysterious enough: ICP filing number (京ICP備12028602號). The acronym stands for Internet content provider, a permit issued by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) allowing China-based Web sites to operate in China.
Under regulations promulgated in September 2000, all Web sites with domain names operating inside China must obtain an ICP license. Foreign companies that, for whatever reason, are unable to acquire an ICP license often enter into agreements with Chinese Internet firms and use the license of the Chinese company.
China-based Internet service providers are required to block a site if it fails to acquire a license within a grace period.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) does not have a dedicated site in China.
The organizer told the Taipei Times yesterday that after observing a 30-second-plus load time with Chinese Internet users, it decided to serve the site on a China-based content delivery network (CDN).
To get access to such a network, LOCOG was obliged to apply for an ICP license, it said.
According to the Global Voices Advocacy group, the registered company is Quan Ya Intellectual Property Agency (Beijing) Ltd (權亞知識產權代理(北京)有限公司), a Beijing-based intellectual property rights agent. The individual in charge is Liu Juan (劉娟).
LOCOG maintains that the arrangement has nothing to do with censorship.
"It does not require us to make any commitments around the type or tone of content we offer to any end user nor have we made any such commitments," a representative from the LOCOG news desk said.
Other international sites operating in China with an ICP license include the New York Times, Google and the National Basketball Association, she said.
However, this also means that the content provided by the official Web site could be manipulated once it is fed in to the local CDN, and live feeds could be delayed.
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The Chinese authorities often rely upon delays during live coverage to censor any content it deems inappropriate for a Chinese audience. In the past, delays were used to edit out "damaging scenes" such as anti-China protests or references to democracy, Tibet, Taiwan and other challenges to the authority of the Chinese Communist Party. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, all broadcasts of sporting events were subjected to a 10-second delay in case Tibetans or other political dissidents staged demonstrations.
Several observers are not convinced and speculate that Beijing set the arrangement as a precondition, threatening that the Web site would be blocked in China if LOCOG failed to comply.
To minimize confusion, the Olympic organizers said they had removed the number from the site.


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"One hundred thirty-five children, two teachers, no books, no blackboards, absolutely nothing. . . . . We have to make the best of it."
In addition, the convent rooms on the second floor of the new school house were not yet completed, and for the first month the Sisters had to commute by electric trolley from the convent at Sacred Heart parish in East Los Angeles. Eventually the Sisters managed to acquire blackboards and textbooks for the classrooms. In 1914, many of the children who attended the school were poor and hungry and as a result the Mission School provided free lunches, books, and tuition. In spite of these hardships, the academic and spiritual education of the children continued forward.
Over the next several years, San Gabriel Mission's enrollment grew so temporary bungalow facilities were added to accommodate the student body. In 1931, the oldest existing building, the Spanish-style arcade, was completed and dedicated. This added five classrooms, an auditorium, and cafeteria to the growing school. When San Gabriel Mission High School was completed in 1949, a new convent building was begun to house the additional teaching Sisters. Upon completion of the convent in 1952, the Sisters finally left the upstairs apartments of the original wood and adobe schoolhouse, although classes continued to be held in the downstairs rooms. In 1954, a third building was constructed and became the primary-grade wing of the school. Four years later in 1958, the original schoolhouse was torn down and replaced by the building that presently houses administrative offices, three classrooms, library, and computer lab. On September 8, 1982, a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Parish Community Center to replace the auditorium and cafeteria took place. The Parish Center is used daily by the school community for the hot lunch program.
Today, Mrs. Eva Garcia leads a faculty and staff
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ICCL welcomes UN Human Rights Committee
finding against Ireland in Abortion Case
Dublin 13th June 2017
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties today welcomed the ruling of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Whelan v. Ireland. The ruling, made available today, finds that the effect of Ireland's abortion laws was to subject a woman to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and violated her rights to privacy and to non-discrimination, in circumstances where her pregnancy was identified as involving fatal foetal impairment.
This ruling follows a similar decision last year by the UN Human Rights Committee in the case Mellet v. Ireland in 2016. Speaking today, ICCL Executive Director, Liam Herrick said,
"Cases where the UN Human Rights Committee finds violations of human rights are rare and are highly significant at an international level. We have now a further authoritative adjudication by a leading UN body that Irish abortion law is incompatible with human rights standards.
The link between Irish law and violations of women's human rights was a key message which ICCL and others conveyed to the Citizens Assembly during its recent deliberations, and the recommendations of the Assembly demonstrate the importance which the members attached to respecting women's human rights. The people of Ireland must now be given the opportunity to ensure that this egregious situation comes to an end through a referendum to repeal Article 40.3.3."
This decision will increase international pressure on Ireland to reform its abortion laws. Mr. Herrick went on to say:
"This case is yet another reminder that Irish women and their families still have to resort to legal processes to assert their basic rights. Ms Whelan and her husband deserve immense credit for the courage and determination they have shown to proceed with this case and to tell their harrowing story in public; but we must ensure that Irish women and girls should not have to take this difficult road to achieve their basic human rights."
Notes for Editor:
The Decision on the case of Whelan v Ireland is available at the UN Human Rights Committee Website http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/IRL/CCPR_C_119_D_2425_2014_25970_E.pdf
ICCL's submission to the Citizens Assembly, which sets out the human rights standards which apply to the issue of abortion in Ireland, is available here.
For more information, please contact Liam Herrick, Executive Director ICCL at 087-2351374 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Sō Percussion creates adventurous compositions with new, unconventional instruments. Performing "Music for Wood and Strings" by Bryce Dessner of The National, the quartet plays custom-made dulcimer-like instruments that combine the sound of an electric guitar with the percussionist's toolkit to create a hypnotic effect. (From Ted.com)
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Dr. Dave Gerhart, Product Manager, Percussion for Yamaha Corporation of America and Lecturer of Percussion at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU, Long Beach, is a nationally recognized performer, composer, and educator. Dr. Gerhart, originally from Fairfield, California, holds a D.M.A. from the University of Southern California, M.M. in Percussion Performance and Instrumental Conducting and a B.M. in Music Education from California State University, Long Beach.
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SSH debug
The crux is that SSH even when connecting w/ -vvv or -vT modes won't tell you precisely why it's not connecting for obvious security purposes. This is presuming you've double checked all other obvious issues and your public/private key pairs are setup correctly.
In the linked post above Kent Martin writes, the answer is to bind debug to an alternate port on the server side:
/usr/sbin/sshd -d -p 2222
then similarly from the client machine:
ssh -v -p 2222 user@machine_I_am_trying_to_ssh_to
On the server machine terminal you'll see a more verbose debug log and hopefully it will tell you exactly why your client machine is being rejected.


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Somewhere between winning London Olympic bronze and going on a post-Games holiday, Kristi Harrower decided to keep playing in the WNBL.
The Bendigo Spirit point guard was looking closely at bowing out at the end of the last season and if injury had reared its head before or during the Olympics, Harrower would have been tearfully announcing her retirement yesterday. Instead, the 37-year-old proudly said she had signed on for another season with the Spirit.
For the second year in a row, Harrower has warned this coming season would "probably" be her last although that window will stay slightly open in case she wants to go on in 2013-14. "After the Olympics I felt like my body could still do it."
But the real moment of truth came while Harrower was on holiday post-Olympics when her thoughts turned to playing with her Spirit teammates.
The Spirit lost star guard Tess Madgen and Deanna Smith during the off-season but Harrower said long-time players Kelly Wilson, Chelsea Aubry and new signing Renae Camino all had to step up this season while former Duke University forward Kathleen Scheer has signed on as an import. The Spirit will once again be coached by Bernie Harrower, Kristi's father.
■The NBL and WNBL will host their pre-season tournaments together at Dandenong Basketball Stadium from September 20-23. All teams will play one game each night during their respective tournaments with China's women's development team, China B, playing in the WNBL tournament.
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Update: UK Woman Wins Apple App Store's 10 Billion Challenge
Update: Apple has just announced the winner of the $10,000 iTunes card: Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, UK. After downloading Paper Glider, Davis became the 10 billionth customer at the Apple App Store.
"With more than 10 billion apps downloaded in just two and a half years-a staggering seven billion apps in the last year alone-the App Store has surpassed our wildest dreams," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, in a statement. "The App Store has revolutionized how software is created, distributed, discovered and sold. While others try to copy the App Store, it continues to offer developers and customers the most innovative experience on the planet."
How would you spend $10,000 at Apple's App Store? On Saturday Apple announced it has reached its 10 billionth download, ending a promotion to award a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the 10 billionth customer.
"Thank You. Ten billion times," Apple wrote on its homepage. The winner's name will be announced on its site later on.
Last week Apple announced it was giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the 10 billionth customer. Since the promotion began on Friday, January 14, the App Store received nearly 25 million downloads.
Apple launched the App Store in 2007 featuring mobile software for iOS devices, and is currently attempting to trademark the phrase "app store." See what analyst Will Greenwald thinks the App Store could learn from traditional game stores.
Now about that gift card. Is there even $10,000 worth of apps to download? With most paid apps costing no more than $0.99, or $4.99 at the most, the recipient may take quite a while to finish his prize.


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Canberra's new hospital has welcomed first patients
The University of Canberra Hospital (UCH) has started treating its first patients, as services spread across the Territory move into Canberra's new dedicated hospital for rehabilitation and recovery.
Minister for Mental Health and Acting Minister for Health and Wellbeing Shane Rattenbury said this is a landmark day for patients who are being admitted to the new hospital for dedicated rehabilitation and mental health care.
"These patients are the first to experience the new model of care that brings all the services they need under one roof at UCH," Minister Rattenbury said.
"Moving these services into a modern, dedicated facility from seven different locations across the ACT will provide better care and support, streamline appointments and save patient travel time.
"UCH delivers the best possible healing environment, away from the acute setting of a hospital.
"The specialised services at the hospital support Canberrans through their recovery with individually tailored care and programs for both overnight and day patients."
Rehabilitation and mental health services from Canberra Hospital, Calvary and Brian Hennessy Rehabilitation Centre are now located at UCH and there will be more than 300 ACT Health staff working at UCH.
From 10 July, the hospital started providing adult mental health day services and Rehabilitation, Aged and Community Care services for outpatients, including:
- physiotherapy
- occupational therapy
- falls assessment and prevention, and
- vocational assessment.
Hydrotherapy, Rehabilitation Geriatric Medical Clinics and Rehab Speech Pathology, Exercise Physiology and Psychology will begin at the new hospital from Monday 23 July onwards. It is expected all patient services will have transferred across by early August.
"UCH is an important part of the evolution of our public health system, which will continue as our city grows and our community continues to grow older.
"This new facility – focusing solely on rehabilitation services and support for people with neurological conditions, recovering from surgery, or with mental health conditions – will go a long way to meeting the current and future demands of our city.
"I look forward to seeing patients settle in as our third hospital ramps up towards full operation over the coming months," said Minister Rattenbury.
The University of Canberra Hospital does not have an Emergency Department. In an emergency call 000 or go directly to your nearest Emergency Department at Calvary Public Hospital in Bruce or Canberra Hospital in Garran.
For more information about the services and facilities at UCH visit: www.health.act.gov.au/uch


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Disney Area Lodging Deals
The Orlando area communities of Lake Buena Vista, Kissimmee and Davenport all leave you very close to the Walt Disney World community, as well as offer you diversity in lodging deals for your vacation. Many times, through the use of booking your lodging in advance using the world wide web, you can find great lodging deals and hotel rates. Some hotels in the Lake Buena Vista area offering specials include Courtyard Lake Buena Vista, Best Western L.B.V. Resort and Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista.
Courtyard by Marriott conveniently has over 308 guest rooms. Each guest room includes a large desk and wireless, high speed internet access. The hotel, also, offers free transportation to all four Walt Disney World theme parks. Pricing ranges from $59.00 to $148.80 depending on the season. This is a perfect set up for a business traveler to the Lake Buena Vista area.
Best Western L.B.V. Resort, while being conveniently located right in the heart of the Disney action, offers a picturesque view of Florida's lush, green, tropical landscaping and beautiful lakes. This Best Western location recently underwent a $4 million dollar renovation and your guest room is superbly decorated to satisfaction. Not only does the hotel offer lodging deals, but you will have access to discount green fees at breathtaking Disney World golf courses! Room rates start around $63.00 per night based on season and availability.
The Comfort Inn Lake Buena Vista is ideal for families vacationing to Central Florida. The hotels has 640 guest rooms, including family fun suites, a video arcade, children's playground and welcomes pets. The Comfort Inn, also, offers free shuttles to all four Disney theme parks. Semi-Suites feature two double beds, microwave, refrigerator and coffee maker. Family Fun Suites feature a queen bed with three junior bunk beds, microwave, refrigerator and coffee maker. Rates begin around $59.95 per night. Call for pet policy!
You can find these lodging deals and many other discount lodging specials in the Lake Buena Vista area by searching the internet. Also, by using the internet to book your vacation to Central Florida's Lake Buena Vista area, you can receive lodging deals that change, according to season. Check periodically for updated lodging specials.
Attractions and Activities Near Disney Area Lodging Specials
You will never run out of things to do when taking advantage of great lodging deals in the Walt Disney World area. Aside from numerous theme parks to visit, the Disney area offers a wide variety of cuisine, shopping and nightlife. Visit Downtown Disney for shopping, dining or entertainment. Downtown Disney offers the highly acclaimed Cirque De Soleil show.
Kissimmee Lodging Specials
Kissimmee is a haven for visitors to Central Florida by providing a variety of lodging deals, restaurants, activities and shopping. Choosing a lodging special in Kissimmee leaves you close to any attraction you choose to visit, whether it be the Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Studios, Wet N' Wild Water Park or fun packed dinner shows. Kissimmee is home to three dinner shows, Arabian Nights, Capone's Dinner & Show or the famous, Medieval Times. Kissimmee is ideal for a vacationing family because you will never run out of things to do. The possibilities are endless and you will want to stay forever. Lodging Deals are endless, also, and include motels, hotels, resorts, suites, condos, villas, cabins, cottages, bed & breakfast inns and campgrounds.
Check online at http://www.floridakiss.com for information on Kissimmee and the lodging specials it offers. You will find luxury resorts, as well as names you know and trust, such as Best Western at Osceola Heritage Park and Howard Johnson Enchanted Resort.
The Best Western at Osceola Heritage Park is conveniently located on East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, which is home to an unimaginable amount of shopping and activity. The hotel has 146 large guest rooms featuring 25" remote control televisions, data port phones and alarm clocks. The hotel, also, offers large executive rooms that include a large desk space, king bed and an extra, sofa bed. The hotel caters to a business traveler and offers over 6,000' of space for your next seminar or business meeting. Reserve your room using the world wide web and you will find frequent lodging deals.
The Howard Johnson Enchanted Resort is located just three miles from the Walt Disney World resort and provides free shuttle service for you and your family to Disney, Universal Studios and Sea World. This resort, also, provides a name everyone can depend on. All guest rooms at the Howard Johnson Enchanted Resort include free cable television, including free HBO, safes, voice mail and coffeemakers. Also offered are accommodating are "Home Office" King Rooms, Deluxe Rooms and Kid Suites, which come standard with a microwave and mini refrigerator. Rooms start around $56 per night, but check the internet for frequent lodging deals and discounts.
Attractions & Activities Near Kissimmee Lodging Specials
Now that you have chosen your choice of lodging special, you can begin planning your activities for your stay. Of course, you will be near all the Orlando area theme parks, including Disney parks, Universal Studios and Sea World, but Kissimmee, itself, offers endless opportunities for fun and lodging deals.
Kissimmee offers dinner shows with nightly entertainment, including Capone's Dinner & Show, Arabian Nights and Medieval Times. Capone's Dinner & Show takes you back to a time of gangsters and flapper girls, while serving up a buffet style Italian feast. There is plenty of crowd interaction for a pleasing dining experience. Arabian Nights brings horses from around the world into an equestrian arena and brings to life a fairytale story featuring Kings and Queens. You will be served your dinner in the arena and interact with the show. Reservations can be made in advance online and Arabian Nights offers special group rates and discounts. Medieval Times is similar, in that it brings horses into an arena environment to showcase their talent for you, while you eat a delicious dinner. You will watch knights battle for the honor of their Kingdom and to win the heart of a certain maiden. Book your tickets online in advance for special rates.
Kissimmee, also, offers many shopping opportunities, such as Belz Factory Outlet World, The Factory Stores at Lake Buena Vista, Orlando Premium Outlets and the Mall at Millenia. Rest assured that your choice of lodging deals will leave you near all the shopping your heart could desire.
Davenport Lodging Deals
Tucked away in a quiet area of Central Florida is Davenport, but don't let that fool you. You will feel relaxed in a place far from the hustle and bustle of the everyday, but the exciting theme parks, shopping, dining and entertainment are just around the corner. Davenport offers laid back relaxation in an array of lodging specials, including Island Club West and Hampton Inn Maingate South.
Island Club West is a villa-style resort and spa offering a range of rooms up to a four bedroom suite. Two bedroom suites and larger offer guests living room and dining areas, fully equipped kitchens, spacious bedrooms, washer/dryer combos and Jacuzzi tubs. Island Club West offers 24hour maintenance and security to accommodate your needs and concerns. The amenities include a bar and grill, billiard room, tennis courts, basketball court, fitness center, video game room and volleyball court. If you and your guests choose to spend a day unwinding, Island Club West is the perfect place to do that. The kids will never get bored! Check http://www.island-club.com for frequent lodging deals.
Hampton Inn Maingate South offers 83 guest rooms with a tropical theme. This hotel is conveniently located in Davenport, offering a relaxing visit to Central Florida, but just around the corner you will find Walt Disney World theme parks, shopping and nightlife. Rates for this hotel start around $59.99. Check the internet for frequent lodging deals and availability.
Attractions Near Davenport Area Lodging Deals
Not only is Davenport a quiet alternative that is only five miles from the Walt Disney World Resort, sixteen miles from Sea World and eighteen miles from Universal theme parks, but the area offers much more! Visit the beautiful botanical gardens at Bok Tower in Lake Wales, walk through the lush, tropical setting and famous ski show at Cypress Gardens in Winter Haven and treat yourself to a relaxing day of golf at Deer Creek Golf Club or Southern Dunes Golf Club. Visit http://www.city-data.com/city/Davenport-Florida.html for more information on Davenport lodging specials and Davenport activities.
Finding Lodging Deals
The ability to find great lodging deals is right at the tip of your fingertips. Using the internet to book your trip in advance is a very smart idea. You will find that many hotels offer discounts for booking in advance. Also, you can view upcoming deals, perhaps based on the season, that hotels will be offering. No matter what time of year you choose to visit Central Florida, the fun never stops. Central Florida is alive with entertainment year round. Visit http://www.flausa.com for Central Florida lodging deals.
Art McCarty
Orlando Florida Lodging Expert
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A flavoured spirit produced in Scandinavia and Germany, aquavit (or akvavit) is distilled from either grain or potatoes, and flavoured with the addition of herbs and spices. Legally, the main ingredient must be either caraway or dill. It is traditionally drunk chilled from a shot glass.
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The original Lochsa Lodge was built in 1929 by Andrew Erickson for a commercial hunting lodge. Sportsmen traveled by trail from Missoula, Montana and by Lolo Motorway from Kooskia, Idaho to stay at the Lodge, which was at the heart of some of the wildest country in the lower 48 states.
Highway 12 was completed in 1963 from Kooskia to Lolo, Montana improving access and opening the road to many other prospects for the Lodge.
In 2001, a tragic chimney fire destroyed the old historic Lodge. In May of 2002, the new Lodge opened with beautiful hand-scribed logs. The new building includes a library/meeting space, river view deck, gift shop, dining room and tavern.
There are no guest rooms in the main Lodge.
Highway 12 and the Lochsa Lodge are open every day, year-round, including holidays.
The Country Store is a unique piece of the Lochsa Lodge history. It offers snacks, sodas, ice, fishing and hunting supplies and licenses, gas and groceries.


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Discs are round, durable cushions between each vertebra (bone) of the spine. They act as shock absorbers when you move. A herniated disc, also called a slipped disc, occurs when the soft center of the disc squeezes out through the outer layer. This leakage causes inflammation that irritates nearby spinal nerves.
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You have a greater risk of developing a herniated disc if you:
A herniated disc in the lower back, also called the lumbar spine or region, can cause:
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TransMerit offers a full menu of payment acceptance solutions for casual and fine dining establishments, fast food, and quick service restaurants.
Regardless of where they go, diners expect a great dining experience. They also expect to be able to pay their way, quickly and without hassles. We can help you improve your bottom line and your customers' dining experience by accepting a variety of payment options, including state-of-the art mobile and counter-top tablet products.
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Is there foam or suds in the bottom of the dishwasher?
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Think back to your teenage years for a moment. Were you ever impulsive? Was it important to fit in? Did you make poor decisions? Did you ever do something that (if you had been caught) could have led to serious consequences? Don't worry if you answered yes to any or all of these questions: you are not alone. For those working with teenagers, the good news is that we now know more than ever about why adolescents tend to have these characteristics or behaviors.
Both social and medical science have made great strides in furthering our understanding of the complex association between the adolescent brain and behavior, and what purposes are served by these oftentimes puzzling behaviors.
At this point, most practitioners and policy makers appreciate that the human brain does not finish developing until the early 20s when the prefrontal cortex completes maturation and executive functioning is refined. Until that time, young brains are susceptible to the influence of peers, making impulsive decisions and engaging in risky behavior.
Fewer people, however, are aware that this period of growth and sometimes perplexing behavior also serves an important evolutionary function: it assists young people in acquiring necessary skills to survive and thrive as an adult. In other words, the very behaviors that frustrate parents and other adults working with adolescents are critical to learning how to deal with adversity and positioning young people to successfully operate within a world that will largely be run by their peers.
This evolutionary perspective on human development helps remind us that much of adolescent behavior is adaptive, normal and essential for survival. As David Dobbs notes in his National Geographic article (October, 2011) on the topic: "[Natural] selection is hell on dysfunctional traits. If adolescence is essentially a collection of them – angst, idiocy, and haste; impulsiveness, selfishness, and reckless bumbling – then how did those traits survive selection? They couldn't."
Approaching adolescence from this strength-based and normative perspective furthers the position of many in the juvenile justice field that we need a different approach to handling delinquent behavior – particularly status offenses. A status offense is a behavior that is unlawful only if the individual committing it is below a certain age. Common examples include truancy, running away and possession of alcohol.
In essence, brain science, developmental science and evolutionary disciplines teach us that adolescence is not a period of deficits – but an intense period of maturation where a child is learning to become a fully functioning adult. Thus, many propose that since adolescence falls between childhood (no culpability) and adulthood (full culpability), it should be considered a period where there is partial culpability for actions.
This "adolescence as a mitigating factor" orientation in the justice system has been supported by several recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and acknowledges a parallel to those conditions under which adults might not be considered fully culpable for their behavior (e.g., reasonable other standard).
Ultimately, the task at hand for the field is to put into use what we know about human development and continue to aggressively pursue alternatives to harsh and unproductive responses to challenging adolescent behavior such as truancy, running away and violating curfews.
Fortunately, we now have resources that reflect cutting edge knowledge of the complexities of adolescent development, which are critical for moving forward juvenile justice reform. These include the Coalition for Juvenile Justice's recently released "National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses" and the Vera Institute of Justice's soon-to-launch Status Offense Reform Center.
Informed by research on adolescent development, the National Standards outline key strategies for courts and allied systems to better handle relatively low-risk behaviors, and serve to remind us that adolescent behavior is not the same as delinquent behavior. Further, the Standards warn us that over-responding to non-delinquent or low-risk behavior often does little benefit, and it can actually unintentionally harm children and ultimately increase costs to society.
What the Standards and other modern evidence-informed policy and practice guidelines offer is a framework to modify our thinking about adolescents to a strength-based orientation and appreciation for this amazing period of development, and to craft humane and effective responses to children that touch our justice system. This is not to suggest that moving to a comprehensive system of juvenile justice informed by current knowledge of adolescent brain development will be an easy task or that adults should turn a blind eye to dangerous adolescent behavior.
Rather, understanding impulsiveness and risk taking from a broader and more contextual perspective does help us appreciate the adaptive nature of the youth with whom we work and avoid inadvertently damaging some of our most vulnerable yet creative, promising and deserving young citizens.
Shawn C. Marsh, Ph.D., is the Chief Program Officer over Juvenile Law at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Dr. Marsh is a social psychologist with research and teaching interests in the areas of psychology and the law, adolescent development, trauma, and juvenile justice. He was also a Review Leader for the Coalition for Juvenile Justice's "National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses."


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According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor Chiwetel Ejiofor is being pursued by Marvel Studios for a lead role in Scott Derrickson's Doctor Strange, set to begin production this fall.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave, Serentiy and Four Brothers) has entered into talks with Marvel Studios for an as yet unnamed role alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange, set to hit theaters in late 2016.
Rumors early yesterday at Ejiofor lined up for the film's lead villain (and Ejiofor has played some pretty great villains in the past in both Serentiy and Four Brothers), but later rumors seemed to contradict that idea and pointed towards Ejiofor portraying the Ancient One, Earth's long-time Sorcerer Supreme and mentor to Doctor Strange.
While the thought of the 37-year old actor portraying a character called the Ancient One is a bit perplexing, anyone with magic as powerful as the Ancient One certainly would not have to look ancient, as The Wrap's Jeff Sneider, who is on top of this story as well, pointed out:
Question: Does the Ancient One really need to LOOK ancient? I don't think so...
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) January 23, 2015
Sneider also seems to have heard that despite the lack of an official announcement, Ejiofor has joined the cast and will indeed begin filming this fall:
UPDATE: CHIWETEL EJIOFOR is DEFINITELY going to be in DOCTOR STRANGE, regardless of comment from Marvel & his reps.
I like the idea of Ejiofor as the Ancient One far better than as the villain, who would presumably be Baron Mordo, a one-time apprentice of the Ancient One who eventually tried to betray him. Another much-discussed possibility for Ejiofor is Jericho Drumm, aka Brother Voodoo, another magician and one-time Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. While Voodoo is someone I expect to see in the MCU at some point in time, I have felt for a while he'd be introduced through the Netflix series. It's hard to see Marvel introducing Voodoo and giving him enough attention in Strange's first film much less with an actor of Ejiofor's quality in the role.
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) January 23, 2015
HOWEVER, I did just run across this very interesting bit of info from Rich Johnston over at Bleeding Cool that at the very least, gives me pause about Brother Voodoo. While it might seem a little bit silly to think that the price of a comic going up has anything to do with characters in a film, I've read Rich's stuff often enough to know that sometimes, not always but sometimes, these things actually mean something.
Whatever role Ejiofor fills in the film, it seems Marvel Studios has landed themselves another top notch actor who will bring some badassery with him. I'd also expect something official to shake out soon because with the news breaking yesterday, everyone in the game will be chasing this one down.
The film, directed by Scott Derrickson with Jon Spaihts writing the screenplay, will follow the story of neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a horrific car accident, discovers the hidden world of magic and alternate dimensions.


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Vernon Inn and Suites
Located on the north end of town. Free WiFi and continental breakfast.
Old Towne Inn
Located in Westby. Free WiFi and continental breakfast, plus a resturant next door.
Hickory Hill Motel Viroqua
Located on the South end of town, the Hickory Hill Motel is another great place to stay in Viroqua. They do have kitchenette rooms available for those who want to do some cooking.
Central Express Inn
In Westby. Low rates and a resturant next door.
Newton Ridge Lodge
3 cabins that sleep 8-4 on the banks of the West Fork of the Kickapoo.
Lodge at Elk Creek
Elk Creek is a Class I Trout Stream and is located just 200 feet from the front door. Mowed trails along the creek make for great access while you are fishing or just enjoying a nature walk.
Borgen's Cafe and Lodging
Stay above our favorite breakfast spot in the Driftless. Sleeps 5-6 people. Call for details.
Farmer's Inn
Log cabin south of Viroqua on a small family farm.
Bear Creek Retreat
Newer Rustic Cabin with modern amenities. Large open kitchen/dining/living area. Private bedroom on main level with queen log bed and direct access to bathroom. Bathroom has large, beautiful, tiled shower. Roomy loft area with one queen log bed and two twin beds. French doors open to a covered porch area with room for lots of entertaining and relaxing. You can hear the soothing sounds of Bear Creek from the porch and the fire pit (firewood provided). Beautiful views all around! Arrangements for pets possible.
Coulee Cabins
The Coulee Cabins offer all the clean and cozy comforts of authentic log cabin lodging with a majestic view of the area's valleys and bluffs. Located across the street from the Timber Coulee.
Coon Valley Cabins
Cottages located in the town of Coon Valley offer a great place to rest your head within minutes of some world class fly fishing
Ocooch Mountain Acres
Guest House and working maple syrup farm in Westby. Beautiful setting with more lodging opening up soon!
Pietsch Tree Farm
A peaceful, historic log home vacation rental secluded in A crack in the hill in southwestern Wisconsin awaits your next vacation. The Pietsch Tree Farm Bed and Breakfast, located near Viroqua can accommodate 8 guests. Full breakfasts are served, or if you're more of a do-it-yourselfer, a stocked refrigerator is available.
Located just minutes from the West Fork of the Kickapoo.
Quiet Valley Cabins
Scenic, affordably priced lodging in the heart of God's Country. Part of a 150 year old farmstead in Coon Valley (Timber Coulee watershed) Quiet Valley Cabins LLC is an ideal retreat for those who want to quietly experience the beauty of God's Country.
Steinvatten Cabin
On a Timber Coulee tributary. Beautiful log cabin.
Timber Coulee Cottage
Located on the upper section of the Timber Coulee. Newly renovated cottage that sleeps 4.
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Vacation cabin in the heart of the Driftless region of South west Wisconsin. Set back on the property the cabin is on 80 acres of valley and forest. Near Soldiers Grove.
Squirrel Ridge Cabin
Log cabin with 1 bedroom & loft, sleeps 4 - 6 people. Just south of Viroqua.
West Fork Sportsmen's Club
Camping along the West Fork of the Kickapoo. A very popular spot to fish and meet other anglers.
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Westby House B&B, Westby
Westby House Bed and Breakfast located in Westby. Only minutes away from the shop, and minutes away from the Timber Coulee and tributaries.
Inn at Lonesome Hollow
The Inn at Lonesome Hollow is situated on 160 rural acres just outside of Soldiers Grove with close proximity to some fine fishing and other activities.
Justin Trails
Located in Sparta Wisconsin, less than an hour from Viroqua. The Justin Trails resort offers hiking and biking trails as well as some great ammenities a short drive from our world class trout fishing.
Antler Ridge Cabin
Sleeps up to 8 people! Located NE of LaFarge WI near the Kickapoo Reserve.
Logan Mill Lodge
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If you've not been watching the North American car sharing market, you might have missed this news – I almost did. Car sharing and rent-by-the-hour pioneer Zipcar.com was acquired by Avis for $500 million in Jan 2013. The nice folks at WRI Insights put things in perspective – what does the Zipcar exit mean for the car sharing industry trend? I cherry pick some of the insights from their article.
On the virtuous cycle of car sharing…
Car sharing has made an indelible mark on how we live in cities. Membership exceeds one in five adults in many urban neighborhoods from Montreal to San Francisco. Each shared vehicle in North America has been shown to replace nine to 13 personal cars, and reduce driving by an average of 44 percent – as members pocket the savings and choose to walk, bike, and take public transit.
Zipcar's 760k members account for nearly 50% of global car-sharing members.
Although Zipcar's 760,000 members account impressively for nearly half of global car-sharing members, the company has never turned an annual profit since its founding in 2000. After a successful IPO in April 2011 – another watershed moment – Zipcar's stock initially rose to $31.50, but tumbled after continued losses, closing at just $8.24 before the Avis announcement. Zipcar had only two month's operating cash on hand as of its September 2012 close.
On the explosion of peer-to-peer car sharing services.. GetAround.com, UK-based WhipCar, RelayRides.com, Wheelz and Car2Go are some of the players in this space.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) services allow individuals to share their personal cars directly with others. Imagine convenient, hourly access to virtually every car parked on-street. Most cars sit idle 95 percent of the time. P2P allows us to access that vast unused capacity and enables car owners to earn money by driving less – a win for the environment. P2P also eliminates the huge capital required for car-sharing fleet expansion, enabling scale-up like never before.
In other news closer home, Zipcar's Indian copycat (Zoomcar) has launched in Bangalore with its first location in Brigade Gateway (Malleswaram).
Would car sharing services (peer-to-peer or otherwise) catch on in developing countries?
Social entrepreneurs are also paving the way in Asia, Africa, and Latin America – home to 74 percent of the world's urban population but only 4.5 percent of its car-sharing members. Cities of India and China alone are expected to add 700 million new residents by 2030, most aspiring to join the burgeoning middle class. Will these cities sprawl with polluting cars?
Instead, imagine if a family's first car becomes the one it shares with neighbors. Imagine if car sharing can gain prevalence before ownership becomes ubiquitous. Car sharing could help cities stay compact and walkable, and establish a sustainable culture of mobility.
Here's the link to Clayton Lane's original article on WRI Insights – Zipcar's purchase by Avis: Car sharing success or failure?


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Television seldom pays much attention to the wider world, so I was pleasantly
surprised to find a 90-minute discussion about Kosovo on Channel 4 last week,
even if the programme, Jon Snow's Weekly Planet, did go out at an hour when only
drunks or insomniacs were watching. Surprise turned to astonishment, however,
when I saw the two experts lined up to explain British policy in the Balkans.
They were General Sir Michael Rose and Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, billed
respectively as 'head of UN operations in Bosnia, 1994-95' and 'political director of
the Foreign Office, 1994-96'. The descriptions scarcely do justice to the
careers of this gruesome twosome. Though the programme never examined their
credentials, someone should þ if only because those who forget the past are
condemned to repeat it. As Neville-Jones said of Kosovo in last week's TV
programme, 'I have that terrible sinking feeling of watching something happen
General Rose presented himself as a humble soldier at the mercy of politicians.
'In Bosnia I was working for the United Nations, and I was constrained by UN
Security Council resolutions,' he said. His tasks had been to alleviate
suffering, stop the war spreading and create the conditions for peace. 'I did
not have any other agenda while I was there.'
Too modest, my dear fellow. Under Security Council resolution 836, for
instance, Rose had a mandate to 'deter attacks against the safe areas'. But when
the Serb artillery launched a fierce bombardment against the safe area of
Gorazde, in April 1994, he seemed remarkably unconcerned. It was, he insisted,
no more than a 'minor' and 'tactical' operation by the Bosnian Serbs, who had
'no serious intention' þ even though his HQ in Sarajevo received daily reports
from UN military colleagues in Gorazde warning that the death toll was rising
fast. 'If this is not serious, I hope I don't see a serious situation develop',
one UN monitor complained to Rose. 'Saying it is a minor attack into a limited
area is a bad assessment, incorrect and shows absolutely no understanding of
what is going on here.'
While Rose twiddled his thumbs, scores of people were killed and hundreds
wounded. He then suggested that the Bosnian troops defending Gorazde had not
fought hard enough: 'a strange comment,' as the historian Noel Malcolm has
pointed out, 'from someone who both supported and enforced an arms embargo
against the Bosnian army, the ultimate aim of which was to prevent them from
fighting at all.'
More insultingly still, a few months later he claimed that most of the damage to
buildings in Gorazde had been caused by the Bosnian forces themselves, whom he
accused of driving 12,500 Serbs out of the city and destroying their houses. To
quote Noel Malcolm again, 'Since the entire administrative district of Gorazde,
an area covering 383 square kilometres, had contained onlyÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÌÔ
9,844 Serbs, and
since half of these had lived in villages outside the city itself, it seemed
reasonable to conclude that General Rose was acting here, however unwittingly,
as little more than a conduit for Serb propaganda.' Like so many people who
ostentatiously declined to 'take sides' in Bosnia, he failed to realise that his
spurious neutrality made him, in effect, an accomplice of Serb aggression.
Pauline Neville-Jones's performance last week was even more shameless and
disingenuous. Why, Snow wondered, had Britain done nothing sooner about Kosovo?
'I don't hold responsibility for that,' she said, apparently forgetting her
earlier admission that the Foreign Office had been well aware of the looming
conflict throughout her term as political director. When Snow asked if the
Foreign Office was now worried that the fighting in Kosovo would spread to
Macedonia and elsewhere, she reminded him that she had retired from Whitehall
some time ago: 'I don't honestly know precisely what they think today.' Yet I
have it on excellent authority that Dame Pauline was given a thorough briefing
by the FO only hours before the broadcast.
Still, let's give her credit for something: Dame Pauline has noticed, at long
last, that President Milosevic is a menace. 'Primarily I have to say I blame the
authorities in Belgrade,' she admitted. Why then, Snow inquired, do we want
Milosevic to remain in power? 'I've never actually put that proposition down on
the table.'
Actually, that is just what she has been doing for years. Throughout the war in
Bosnia, she and her colleague Douglas Hurd treated Milosevic as a moderate and
necessary middleman, refusing to accept that he was in fact the genocidal thug
who had instigated the violence. At the Dayton peace talks, where Neville-Jones
was the chief British representative, she argued energetically and successfully
for an end to sanctions against Serbia.
What no one at Dayton knew, but Hurd has since confirmed, is that at the same
time she was 'in touch with NatWest Markets' about the possibility of a job in
the private sector. Hurd himself had become deputy chairman of the bank shortly
after resigning as foreign secretary, and Neville-Jones joined him as managing
director in July 1996,whereupon they jetted off to Serbia to cash in on the
abolition of sanctions. At a 'working breakfast' in Belgrade, Milosevic signed a
lucrative deal whereby NatWest Markets would privatize Serbia's post and
telephone system for a fee of about $10million. For a further large fee, they
agreed to manage the Serbian national debt.
Hurd and Neville-Jones claimed that this hideous partnership with the Butcher of
Belgrade was 'in the interests of the West', since it committed Milosevic to a
process of 'liberalization'. Two years on, he is now so liberal that he uses
tanks and heavy artillery against his own citizens. When Snow asked if Britain
should take some of the blame for encouraging Milosevic, Dame Pauline sounded
suddenly nervous: 'No, well, look, er, er, well, you can always beat your own
breast, but...' But indeed. Pauline Neville-Jones and General Sir Michael Rose
have never beaten their own breasts, nor even rapped themselves lightly over the
knuckles. Instead, Rose has just collected a hefty advance for his
self-congratulatory memoirs, while Neville-Jones is feted and honoured by a grateful Establishment. Only a few months ago
she was appointed a governor of the BBC, 'with special responsibility for the
BBC World Service'. If these are the rewards of failure, who needs success?
This article was first published in The Guardian on 24 June 1998
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The Home Stretch
Saturday's Rising Stars game was an incredible experience. I was pretty excited to be on the winning team, and it was great to see a packed house at the Surprise Stadium. Anybody who had the chance to check out the game on the MLB network probably noticed that all of the players and fans were pretty bundled up. The temperatures plummeted on Saturday and it was a chilly 50 degrees at game time. One of my favorite parts of the clubhouse during the game was the Starbucks coffee machine. It definitely helped keep me warm.
It felt good to go out there and face some of the best competition in the AFL. I threw the 8th inning and didn't run into any problems. I was fortunate enough to have a 1-2-3 inning and not make my parents and girlfriend in the stands too nervous. It was also cool to know that a lot of our friends tuned in to watch the game and got to see me throw, some even saw me for the first time.
There are only 9 games left of the regular AFL season. I know that everyone is working to finish strong. With only a few more appearances, I am looking forward to a nice break and some time to think about all that I have learned this season.
~Brad Boxberger #35
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Cool pictures!! That is awesome that your family could make it to see you… Good luck in the final stretch. Ps, I saw an article on mlb.com that listed you as a potential sleeper closer this upcoming season for the Reds 🙂
Hey Brad congratulations on making the Rising Star team! I'm glad that you didn't run into any problems and had a successful 1-2-3 inning in the game.
I know this might be an odd question, but I was wondering if there is anyway that I can interview you for a documentary that I am filming about the Arizona Fall League. I am a film student at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and am doing this for a class. I have been reading your blogs and enjoy the insights that you give about the league, but would like to get this on video. Please let me know if this interview is possibility within this week (before Nov. 11th). If you would like more information about this, you can e-mail me at email@example.com
Thanks and good luck on the home stretch!